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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 03/17/1986 Kent , Washington March 17 , 1986 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7 : 00 p.m. by Mayor Kelleher. Present: Councilmembers Biteman, Dowell , Johnson and Woods , Assistant City Attorney Leigh Ann Tift in place of City Attorney DiJulio, Planning Director Harris , Public Works Director Wickstrom and Finance Director McCarthy. Approximately 35 people were in attendance at the meeting. PROCLAMATION Child Safety Week. Mayor Kelleher proclaimed the week of April 7 as Child Safety Week in Kent and urged the community to join forces to safeguard our children and to organize a positive effort to teach our children the basic rules of safety. CONSENT CALENDAR WOODS MOVED that the Consent Calendar Items A through M be approved, Biteman seconded. Motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of March 3 , 1986 . HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J) SANITATION LID 322 - Westview Terrace Sanitary Sewer Improvement. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 2617 creating Local Improvement District 322 - Westview Terrace Sanitary Sewer Improvement . The public hearing was conducted on March 3 , 1986 . (Letters of protest have been filed from Steve & Cindy Webb and from Steven & Joan Lightle. ) FINAL, PLAT ( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) Evergreen Hills Final Plat No. SU-79-3. SETTING the date of April 7 , 1986 for a public hear- ing to consider Evergreen Hills Final Plat No. SU-79-03 . The plat has been received by the Planning Department and is in compli- ance with the subdivision code. PLANNING ( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I ) COMMISSION Planning Commission Appointment. CONFIRMATION of the Mayor ' s appointment of Linda Martinez to fill a vacancy on the Planning Commission created by the expiration of Doug Cullen ' s term. This term will expire in December 1988. March 17 , 1986 POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) Additional Jail Staff. AUTHORIZATION for four additional staff for the City of Kent Correction Facility to insure a safe and secure operation of that facility; authorizing cost overruns in the 1986 Budget for the Corrections Facility. This was discussed at the Operations Committee meeting on March 12 . (CONSENT CALENDAR jTEM 5M) Settlement re: Towne v. City of Kent - Ordi- nance. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2618 authorizing the City Attorney to enter into a settlement agreement concerning Towne, et al v. City of Kent, King County Cause No. 80-2-02248-2; authorizing the Police Department to expend $31 , 200 for such purpose. PARKS ( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) Transfer of Educational Trailer from Police to Parks. AUTHORIZATION for the Parks Depart- ment to purchase a 30 ' x 8 ' educational trailer from the Police Department for $3 , 500. This was recommended for approval by the Parks Committee at their February 27 meeting. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) Acceptance of the 1986 City Art Plan. ADOPTION of the 1986 City Art Plan as presented by the Kent Arts Commission. The plan was recommended for approval by the Parks Com- mittee at their February 27 meeting. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) Transfer of East Hill Community Hall Fund to Senior Center Construction Account. AUTHORI- ZATION to transfer $33 , 104 . 28 fund balance from the sale of the East Hill Community Hall to the Senior Activity Center Project, as recommended by the Parks Committee at their February 27 meeting. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5L ) Kent Senior Center Glasswork - Artist Selection. As recommended by the Arts Commission, AUTHOR- ZATION for the Mayor to execute a contract with Dick Weiss, in. the amount of $30 , 000 , - 2 - i March 17, 1986 PARKS to design and construct fourteen colored glass panels to form two sets of seven windows to be placed in the clerestory spine of the Kent Senior Activity Center Social Hall. BUILDING (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5K) MAINTENANCE Engineering Department Heating & Cooling Revision. ACCEPT as complete the contract with IMS Refrigeration for installation of heating and cooling. revisions for the Engi- neering Department and release of the retain- age after receipt of the necessary releases from the State. PERSONNEL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D) Continued Employment of Relative. APPROVAL to continue the employment of Bonnie Fell, wife of a Fire Department employee, in a temporary position in the Finance Department until the completion of the Finance Depart- ment reorganization.,at which time appropriate positions will be advertised. This was dis- cussed at the Operations Committee meeting of March 12 . FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through March 24 after auditing by the Operations Committee at its meeting at 8: 30 a.m. on March 31 , 1986 . STREETS LID 320 - James Street Improvements - West Valley to Russell Road. This date has been set for the public: hearing on the creation of Local Improvement District 320 - James Street Improvements. The City Clerk has given the proper legal notice. Public Works Director Wickstrom described the project for improvements to James Street from Washington Avenue to near Russell Road, which will include sidewalks, bike lanes, turning lanes , landscaping, street lighting and a storm drainage system. The total cost of the project is estimated to be $718, 618, the entire amount to be assessed against the properties within the district. The assess- ments were calculated on the zone and termini method, and the City property is assessed at - 3 - March 17, 1986 STREETS $127 , 677 . 83 . Wickstrom explained the method of payment as a ten year period, which would not start until after completion of the pro- ject, with the first payment estimated as becoming due early in 1989 . A final EIS declaration of nonsignificance was filed by the Planning Department in July, 1985 . He pointed out that a special LID escrow contract had been required from Centron, the owners of the Lakes development , to ensure that assessments would be paid in a timely manner. Upon Dowell ' s question, Wickstrom explained that the cost of constructing the road from the Lakes development to 64th Avenue is dis- tributed among those west of 64th Avenue. The cost to complete the road to Washington Avenue is assessed against those east of 64th Avenue. Wickstrom noted for Biteman that the City had the same option as other property owners and could pay the entire assessment, or any part thereof within the 30 day interest- free period which starts after construction and after the confirmation ordinance. He opined that the City would elect to pay over the ten year period, however. Biteman noted that a property owner had written, stating that the proposed curbs and sidewalks will restrict existing access to parking. Wickstrom noted that parking for individual developments must be provided for on private property, and that if the public right-- of—way had been used for parking, that would have to cease. Driveways and access points will be provided for all properties within the scope of the project . The public hearing was opened by Mayor Kelleher. The City Clerk reported receipt of letters of protest from E. O. Baicy and from The Robert A. McNeil Corporation on behalf of Courts I and II Apartments, copies of which have been distributed. WOODS MOVED to make the letters a part of the record. Biteman seconded and - 4 - March 17 , 1986 STREETS the motion carried. (Also filed for the record was a letter of protest from Washington Federal Savings & Loan, owner of Unit 5 of Chateau 13 Condominium: ) In answer to Mary Kilbourne ' s question, Wickstrom noted that Russell Road will be abandoned north. of James and that new roads will be taken off the internal streets of the Lakes development. He pointed out that the Parks Department ' s request to close Russell Road from James to Meeker had been approved. There were no further comments and DOWELL MOVED to close the hearing. Woods seconded and the motion carried. JOHNSON MOVED that the City Attorney be directed to prepare the ordinance creating Local Improvement District 320 , Woods seconded. Motion carried. EAST HILL PLAN Comprehensive Plan - Amendments to East Hill Plan. The City Council , by Resolution 1040 , directed the Planning Commission to review and study the area in the vicinity of S.E. 256th and 104th Avenue S.E. relative to expansion of commercial areas. On February 25 , 1986 the Planning Commission completed two public hearings to consider changes to the East Hill Plan. Fred Satterstrom of the Planning Department notd that the Commission ' s hearings related to commercial expansion and not to rezones. The Commission findings and recommendations , including several alternatives , are contained in a book entitled "EAST HILL PLAN: Commercial Land Use Review" dated December 1985 . Copies have been distributed to the Council and a copy has been placed on file. Satterstrom rioted that the Commission had recommended 13 sites (A through M) for the "Community Retail Plan" designation, which includes approximately 74 acres within the city limits . He noted that the Planning staff had considered the land use planning together with transportation planning and the Planning Commission had separated these two issues . - 5 - March 17, 1986 EAST HILL PLAN There were no comments from the audience and inasmuch as three councilmembers were absent, Biteman sugested that discussion on the report be held over. WOODS MOVED that the matter be discussed at the workshop of April 14 , Bit.eman seconded and the motion carried. COUNCIL COMMITTEES Public Works Committee. Johnson noted that the Public Works Committee would meet on April 3. Planning and Parks Committee. Woods noted that the Planning Committee had elected to refer the review of home occupancies to the Planning Commission. ADJOURNMENT WOODS MOVED that the meeting be adjourned at 7: 35 p.m. Dowell seconded and the motion carried. Marie Jen�en, d9C City Clerk 6 -