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March 3 , 1986
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at
7 : 00 o ' clock p.m. by Mayor Kelleher. Present: Mayor Kelleher,
Councilmembers Dowell , Houser, Johnson, White and Woods , Acting
City Administrator/City Attorney DiJulio, Planning Director
Harris , Public Works Director Wickstrom and Finance Director
McCarthy. Also present: Personnel Director Webby. Councilmembers
Bailey and Biteman were not in attendance. Approximately 75 people
were present.
PROCLAMATIONS Kent Meridian Gymnastics. Mayor Kelleher
noted that the Kent Meridian Royals had set
a new State record in total points in gymnas-
tics and that Suanne Wales had been declared
the State All Around Gymnastics Champion.
Coach Gunter Bohrman and Miss Wales were
recognized by the audience. The Mayor
declared the week of March 10 as Kent Meridian
Gymnastics Week and March 12 as Suanne Wales
Day.
PTA - Drug Awareness. In recognition of the
educational programs sponsored by PTAs, Mayor
Kelleher declared March 2 through March 8 to
be National PTA Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week.
EMPLOYEE OF Mayor Kelleher noted that Tom Arnson, mechanic
THE MONTH for the Fire Department, had been named the
Employee of the Month for March. A present-
ation was made to Arnson on Saturday at the
Fire Station when the Fire Department ' s new
equipment wasdedicated. Arnson was commended
for his dependability and ingenuity in main-
taining Kent ' s fire apparatus .
CONSENT CALENDAR JOHNSON MOVED that the Consent Calendar Items
A through N be approved, Woods seconded.
Motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A)
Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes
of the regular Council meeting of February 18 ,
1 986 .
HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I )
SANITATION Evergreen Hills Plat. ACCEPTANCE of the bill
of sale and warranty agreement for continuous
operation and maintenance of approximately
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HEALTH & 1 , 325 feet of sanitary sewer extension,
SANITATION 1 , 524 feet of street improvements, and 1 , 367
feet of storm sewer improvements constructed
in the vicinity of 94th Place S. and S. 213th
Place for the Evergreen Hills Plat, and
RELEASE of the cash bond after expiration
of the one year maintenance period.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J)
Western Processing. ADOPTION of Resolution
1095 relating to the Western Processing
hazardous waste site. This matter was dis-
cussed before the City Council at a workshop
session on February 24 , 1986 and Council
President White requested the preparation
of the resolution.
ANNEXATIONS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C)
Ryan No. 3 Annexation. ADOPTION of Ordinance
2611 annexing to the City approximately
15 acres in the vicinity of S . 218th Street
and 98th Avenue S. , for which the public
hearing was conducted on February 18, 1986 .
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H)
Rupert Annexation. AUTHORIZATION to set
April 7, 1986 as the date for the public
hearing to consider annexation of approximately
five acres in the vicinity of 94th Avenue
South and James Street, known as the Rupert
annexation.
TRAFFIC CONTROL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D)
Traffic & Parking. ADOPTION of Ordinance
2612 relating to traffic and parking; amend-
ing KCC 10 . 06 . 04 to add new subsections
22, 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 and 27 , prohibiting park-
ing on designated City streets ; amending
KCC 10 . 08. 08 to add a new section reducing
the speed limit on S.E. 260th Street from the
intersection of 97th P1. S. to the inter-
section of 108th Avenue S.E. to 30 mph.
( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E)
Unauthorized Parking in Handicapped Parking
Zones. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2613 relating
to unauthorized parking in Handicapped Park-
ing Zones and defining penalties therefor.
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TRAFFIC CONTROL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F)
Parking Unlicensed Vehicle. ADOPTION of
Ordinance 2614 relating to parking an
unlicensed vehicle, and adding a new section
to 10 . 06 providing penalties therefor.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G)
_Prohibited Parking in a Fire Lane. ADOPTION
of Ordinance 2615 relating to fire prevention;
amending Chapter. 13 . 02 . 030 (G) , Kent City Code
to amend penalty provisions for parking in
a fire lane.
WATER East Hill Well Improvements. Bid opening
on the above referenced project was held
February 26 , 1986 and the following
four bids were received:
Weber Electric $ 98 , 750
Omega Construction $102 , 940
Haga Construction $104 , 000
Lakeview Construction $104 , 800
The Public Works Director recommends that the
project budget be increased from $100, 000 to
$155, 000 with $55, 000 to be transferred from
the unencumbered funds of the water utility.
JOHNSON SO MOVED. Woods seconded and the
motion carried. JOHNSON MOVED to award the
contract for the East Hill Well Improvements
to Weber Electric, Inc. in the amount of
$98 , 750 plus tax.
PARKS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5K)
Green River Corridor. ADOPTION of Ordinance
2616 relating to parks and recreation; recog-
nizing and accepting the Green River Corridor,
authorizing closure of Russell Road to through
automotive traffic between Meeker Street and
James Street ( S. 240th Street ) ; directing the
opening of T. S. Russell Road conveyed under
recording numbers 2801929 and 2801930, Records
of King County, Washington, in the vicinity
of Van Doren ' s Landing Park, and directing
the City Attorney to proceed with any legal
action necessary to establish rights to open
said portion of Russell Road to pedestrian
and nonmotorized vehicles ; ratifying and con-
firming prior acts . This was discussed at the
City Council workshop on February 24 , 1986 .
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INSURANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5L)
Self Insurance of Property Damage on Certain
Vehicles. AUTHORIZATION for the City to self-
insure property damage on vehicles other than
fire trucks, aid cars and large dump trucks
as discussed at the Finance Committee meeting
of February 14 . The City will continue to
charge the departments and accumulate those
funds in a self-insurance trust similar to
the existing self-insurance trust currently
operated by the City.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5M)
Sound System Modification. As discussed
with the Finance Committee, and based upon
requests from various Councilmembers , AUTHOR-
IZATION to sign an agreement to do a study
of the options related to improving the
sound system within the Council Chambers.
Options will consider the possibility of
Council Chamber remodel and the possible
introduction of cable TV along with addressing
the existing problems.
SOCIAL SERVICE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5N)
CONTRACTS Contract Authorization. AUTHORIZATION for
the Mayor to sign the 1986 social service
contracts with the following agencies: Kent
Valley Youth Services , Kent Community Food
Bank, Green River Community Health Services,
Rape Relief and Domestic Abuse Women ' s Net-
work. As discussed at the Finance Committee
meeting on February 1 , these contracts are
the same contracts that had previously been
approved by the City Attorney and used for
the last couple of years. The only change
from prior year contracts are the inclusion
of the 1986 budgeted amounts.
HEALTH & Creation of LID 322 - Westview Terrace Sani-
SANITATION tary Sewer Improvement. Resolution se
this date for the public hearing on the form-
ation of LID 322 for sanitary sewer improve-
ments in the vicinity of S.E. 208th to S.E.
213th and from 97th Place S. to 102nd Avenue
S.E. Proper legal notice has been given by
the City Clerk.
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HEALTH & Director of Public Works Wickstrom noted
SANITATION that this hearing was the result of a peti-
tion from residents of the area, and that an
informational meeting held on January 30
indicated that there was sufficient support
to form an LID. The proposed project would
include the installation of 8 inch or larger
sanitary sewers , and 6 inch side sewers,
at an estimated cost of $950 , 000 . 40. The
area includes 180 single family parcels
and each therefore would be assessed $5 , 277. 78 .
Upon questions from the audience, Wickstrom
explained that upon the passage of an ordi-
nance to create an LID, a 30-day protest
period begins. If protests are received
from owners of land subject to more than 60%
of the total of the assessments, the proposed
project is cancelled. He explained that after
the completion of an LID project, another
hearing is held on the final assessment
roll noting that at that time any portion
of the assessment may be paid within the
first 30 dys without interest. The balance
is paid over a ten year period, in equal
amounts, plus interest on the unpaid balance.
Upon questions as to why the LID area wasn ' t
larger, Wickstrom explained that the Seattle/
King County Department of Health had identified
failing septic systems and due to the severity
of the problem had approached the City about
sanitary sewers. The City engineers requested
that a petition be circulated. Such a peti-
was received, containing 78 signatures, which
was sufficient to start the process to form
an LID. He pointed out that boundaries
were not planned, that signing the petition
was the property owners ' statement of interest
in forming the LID. He noted that an attempt
to enlarge the boundaries of this proposed
project would cause considerable delay, and
suggested that additional small LIDs could
be formed and then the engineering and con-
struction work could be combined.
Several people questioned the requirement
of an annexation covenant and some noted
that they wanted the sewers but did not
want to sign an annexation covenant.
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HEALTH & Wickstrom explained that although the area
SANITATION is within the City ' s franchise area , it is
outside the City limits, and will , there-
fore require the final approval of the King
County Boundary Review Board. He clarified
that to satisfy the Board the City will require
that an annexation no-protest covenant be
signed for each sewer permit issued. Pro-
perties covered by such covenants will be
counted as "yes" votes if an attempt is
made to annex the area in the future. This
procedure is an alternate to actually requir-
ing annexation prior to forming an LID.
Approximately 20 people participated in the
discussion and after all who wished to speak
had done so, WOODS MOVED to close the hearing.
White seconded and the motion carried.
The City Clerk noted receipt of a letter of
protest from Jerry P. Gilmour of 9737 S. 212 .
JOHNSON MOVED to file the letter for the
record. Woods seconded and the motion
carried.
Johnson clarified that the decision to proceed
with this project rested with the property
owners within the boundaries of the proposed
LID. He pointed out that the City could not
finance a study for an area outside the City
limits. White supported Wickstrom' s suggestion
that areas not included in this proposed LID
should petition the City for sewer lines
through additional LIDs. He recommended
that the progress of this project not be
delayed, pointing out that the problems
were serious .
WOODS MOVED to direct the City Attorney to
prepare the ordinance to create LID 322.
White seconded and the motion carried.
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B)
Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of
the bills received through March 6 after
auditing by the Operations Committee at its
meeting at 8 : 30 a.m. on March 14 , 1986 .
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COMMITTEE REPORTS Public Works Committee. Johnson noted that
the Public Works Committee would meet at
4 : 00 p.m. on March 13 .
EXECUTIVE SESSION At 8: 10 p.m. Mayor Kelleher announced that
the Council would adjourn to an executive
session for approximately 30 minutes . DiJulio
noted that the subjects to be discussed
ADJOURNMENT would be labor negotiations, litigation and
property acquisition. At 8: 45 p.m. the City
Attorney reported that an additional 20
minutes would be required. At 9 : 07 p.m.
the Council reconvened in open session and
WHITE MOVED to adjourn. Dowell seconded
and the motion carried.
Marie Jens , CMC
City Clerk
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