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Kent, Washington
May 5 , 1986
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7: 00
o ' clock p.m. by Mayor Kelleher. Present: Councilmembers Bailey,
Biteman, Dowell, Houser, Johnson, White and Woods, Acting City
Administrator/City Attorney DiJulio, Planning Director Harris and
Public Works Director Wickstrom. Also present: Police Chief
Frederiksen, Fire Chief Angelo, Personnel Director Webby , Finance
Director McCarthy and Parks Director Wilson. Approximately 30
j people were in attendance at the meeting.
j PROCLAMATIONS Youth Week. A proclamation was read by Mayor
j Kelleher declaring the week of May 1 , 1986
as Youth Week in the City of Kent.
Union Pacific Land Resources Corporation Week.
Mayor Kelleher declared the week of May 5 -
10 as Union Pacific Land Resources Corporation
Week in the City of Kent and , to recognize the
efforts of Ted Knapp, who was instrumental
in securing donations of 23 acres for the
City, declared Wednesday, May 7 as Ted Knapp
Day.
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS Central Business District Task Force.
Councilmember Woods noted that this group had
been meeting over the past four months with
the Planning Department and with the City
Attorney' s office, and a report had been
made to the Mayor. Meetings will continue ,
to monitor programs. Sarah Stiteler of the
Planning Department gave a brief overview
of the recommendations of the group, pointing
out that the study is not meant to replace any
of the City ' s existing documents, but will
be in addition to the Comprehensive Plan and
the CBD Plan. Actions recommended by the Task
Force fall into three major areas : Image
improvement, circulation improvement, and
consideration of incentives for new develop-
ment, and a format for implementing these.
Woods, Task Force Chairman, recognized those
j responsible for the action plan: Les Thomas,
Joan Petersen, John D'Amore, Pat Curran, Steve
Burpee, as well as City staff members Sarah
Stiteler and Julie Youmans. Certificates of
j appreciation were presented by the Mayor.
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PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS Solid Waste Task Force. Task Force Chairman
Biteman presented certificates of appreciation
from Mayor Kelleher to committee members Judy
Dexter, Karen Waalkes and David Marshall.
Other certificates were distributed at the
last meeting.
CONSENT CALENDAR JOHNSON MOVED that Consent Calendar Items
A through K be approved, with the exception
of Item G which was removed by DiJulio.
Biteman seconded and the motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A)
Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes
of the regular Council meeting of April 21 ,
1986 , as amended.
The following item was inadvertently omitted
from the minutes of the April_ 21 , 1986 Council
meeting. It should appear at the beginning
of the minutes, under the heading of Public
Communications :
Ed Nelson of 3525 Canterbury Lane stated that
one of the alternative uses for Cambridge
Square would be as a fire station site and
that he had talked to neighbors who favored
such a use over having a shopping center on
that site. Bailey stated that this item
was premature, inasmuch as neither the Police
or the Fire Department had made a report
to the Council regarding site selection, and
therefore the Council has insufficient inform-
ation. He pointed out that other sites could
be considered and these would have to be
ranked, with time required to determine the
impacts of each site. Such impacts would
include response time for emergency vehicles.
Mayor Kelleher noted that an item entitled
Public Safety Bond Issue was scheduled for
later, on this agenda, and that a West Hill
fire station was included in the bond proposal .
He further noted that he would make some
personal comments when this item was heard.
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HEALTH & ( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D)
SANITATION LID 323 - Olympic View Heights Sanitary Sewer -
Resolution. ADOPTION of Resolution 1102
setting June 2 , 1986 as the date for a public
hearing on formation of LID 323 .
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E)
Kentridge Division 4. ACCEPTANCE for continu-
ous operation and maintenance, the bill of
sale and warranty agreement for construction
of approximately 3 , 302 feet of water main
improvements and 4 , 712 for sanitary sewer
improvements constructed in the vicinity of
124th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 280th Street and
release of the cash bond after expiration of
the maintenance period.
STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F)
LID 321 - SR515 Improvements - S.E. 252nd to
S.E. 242nd. AUTHORIZATION to transfer $70 , 000
from the unencumbered funds of the Water Utility
for this project.
STREET VACATION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5K)
Street Vacation - Resolution. ADOPTION of
Resolution 1105 setting June 16, 1986 as the
public hearing date for the vacation of a
portion of 27th Avenue South.
WATER Declaration of Water Emergency Condition. The
Director of Public Works, with the approval of
the Public Works Committee, recommends a
water emergency condition be declared as out-
lined in Section 10 of Ordinance 2227. Upon
questions from the Council , Wickstrom noted
that this is just a safety precaution due
to recent growth. JOHNSON MOVED that a water
emergency be declared as outlined in Section
10 of Ordinance 2227, Woods seconded. Motion
carried.
REZONE Pacific Industrial Concept Rezone No. RZ-82-4
- Ordinance 2604. Correction of an Admini-
strative error under Section 3 Condition 7 (B)
of Ordinance 2604. WOODS MOVED to adopt
Ordinance 2630 to approve the correction as
noted, Johnson seconded. Motion carried.
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G)
(REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF CITY ATTORNEY DIJULIO)
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Affordable Housing Study. AUTHORIZATION has
been requested for the City Attorney to pre-
pare a resolution to accept the Affordable
Housing Study Phase I as City policy and to
direct the staff to meet annually with repre-
sentatives of the Building Committee to review
codes and regulations.
Upon questions from the Council, Harris and
Angelo explained that Jack Ewing ' s letter of
April 21 had stated that the basis for changes
in the housing policies in the City should
come from the options listed in the report
on pages 47 through 58, and further suggested
that annual or semi-annual reviews be included
to discuss changes in Code interpretation,
etc. It was pointed out that the recommenda-
tion did now provide for annual review. Angelo
j referred to a letter. dated May 5 which he and
Jim Chandler, Building Official , had sent to
Ewing, referring to Ewing ' s hand written notes
received by the Planning Department on May 1 .
The letter noted that the City agreed that it
was always healthy to look at possible ways
to improve commnications and the processes ,
and that an option for further study should
be added to the report of the Planning Depart-
ment. Such option should reflect the desir-
ability to communicate and overview the pro-
cesses available to review code changes and
interpretations , with the intent to clarify
and improve the processes where possible.
Bailey objected to the motion as stated in the
agenda and MOVED ONLY to accept the Phase I
Study, without further direction. The motion
was not immediately seconded and was declared
dead. At. Woods ' request, Angelo explained
that the proposed motion on the agenda was
printed before todays meeting with Ewing.
Angelo explained that he had met with Ewing
and that the City could not meet the five
handwritten rpaui rpment-- howpver th?ro are
processes in place now - code changes , pro-
vision for Chamber members to join the Inter-
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING national Congress of Building Officials so
as to have input, etc. The option proposed
to Ewing was that the City would meet with
the Chamber to explain what processes are
already in use and explain in a short one-
day seminar, changes proposed every three
years for the new code adaption.
j WOODS MOVED to accept the Affordable Housing
Study Phase I with the addition of the letter
to Jack Ewing from Angelo and Chandler.
Johnson seconded and the motion carried.
REGULATORY REVIEW _Regulatory Review Request. On March 13 , 1986 ,
the Council Planning Committee met to discuss
the process of Regulatory Review. On April
24, they considered six questionai.re/requests.
The recommendations of the committee have
been distributed to the Council and have
been filed for the record. WOODS MOVED
to accept the Planning Committee ' s reports
and recommendations, Johnson seconded.
Motion carried.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5J)
CORPORATION Economic Development Corporation Appointment -
Resolution. ADOPTION of Resolution 1104
entitled: A RESOLUTION of the City Council
of the City of Kent, Washington, relating to
the City of Kent Economic Development Corpor-
ation, filling positions 1 , 2 , 4 and 5 on
the Board of Directors of the City of Kent
Economic Development Corporation.
These appointments have been reviewed with
the Economic Development Corporation, Council
President White, and the Operations Committee.
Councilmember Dowell will fill Tim Leahy ' s
unexpired term through 1987 . Councilmember
Bailey is reappointed to a four year term.
Tim Leahy is appointed to fill the unexpired
term of Leo Powers through 1987. (Leo Powers
has requested that he be replaced on the
Board. ) Walt Ramsey, who was previously appointed
to fill the unexpired term of Mike Miller, is
appDj nted to a fui t term. co n:,i i memb-r Biteman
continues )n the Boarn.
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BUSINESS LICENSES (CONSENT CALENDAR 5C)
Amusement Device Licensing - Ordinance.
ADOPTION of Ordinance 2629 entitled: AN
ORDINANCE of the City of Kent, Washington,
relating to the licensing and regulation of
amusement devices and arcades ; amending Sections
5. 19 . 020 , 5 . 19. 030 , 5. 19. 054 , 5 . 19 . 080 Kent
City Code; repealing Kent City Code 5. 19. 090
to eliminate the requirement for individual
amusement device licenses, and to simplify
licensing procedures.
This ordinance is recommended by the Finance
Department and the City Attorney ' s Office to
simplify the procedures for licensing of pre-
mises with amusement devices ( e.g. , pinball
machines and video games ) . The previous
regulations required licensing of individual
machines. The Finance Department, working
with the Police Department, has determined
that licensing of individual machines is no
longer necessary. This proposal has previously
been reviewed and approved by the Operations
Committee.
PARKS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H)
Correction of Oakhurst Trail Easement Legal.
AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to execute an
amendment to correct the legal description
of the Oakhurst Office Park Trail easement.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5I )
Application to IAC for Funding Assistance for
Green River Corridor Park. ADOPTION of
Resolution 1103 authorizing application to the
Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation
for funding assistance to develop Green River
Corridor Park; and authorization to transfer
$65 , 000 of Revenue Sharing earmarked for
Russell Road lights to the $37, 000 Green
River Dike Top Paving Account and that the
combined account be renamed The Green River
Corridor Park so that the monies can be used
as the local cash match for the grant applica-
tion. This project is included in the Green
River Corridor Plan adopted March 2 , 1981
and in the Comprehensive Park Plan adopted by
Resolution 976 on October 18 , 1982 . The
Parks Committee recommended approval at its
April 10 , 1986 meeting.
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FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B)
Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of
the bills received through May 7 after audit-
ing by the Operations Committee at its meet-
ing at 8: 30 a.m, on May 15 .
LTGO REFUNDING Advance Refunding 1984 LTGO Bonds. Bailey
BONDS - 1986 noted that the City ' s financial advisors
have advised that conditions are now favorable
to refinance the bonds. The Operations Com-
mittee will meet at 8: 30 Wednesday morning,
May 12 Meeting T�Iay 7 , to consider reissuing these bonds.
The projected savings is estimated at one quar-
ter of a million dollars. He suggested that
tonight ' s meeting be recessed to Monday,
May 12, 1986 at 7 : 00 p.m. , at which time the
Council would take official action to adopt
the required ordinances.
COUNCIL COMMITTEES Public Works Committee. Johnson noted that
th,:E� Public Works Committee will meet on Thurs-
day, May 15 at 4: 00 p.m.
TRAFFIC CONTROL DiJulio noted that an information item had
been distributed from the Public Works Com-
mittee meeting of May 1 , listing the Staff
Recommendations for left turn restrictions
at S. 212th and Frager Road and at S. 212th
and Russell Road.
SENATOR EVANS DiJulio noted that Senator Dan Evans ' mobile
field office will be in the Kent City Hall
parking lot on May 8 from 9: 30 to 11 : 00 a.m.
Staff members will be present to talk with
citizens.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR Mayor Kelleher announced that he has appointed
Brent McFall as the new City Administrator.
Mr. McFall was introduced and welcomed to
the community. Mayor Kelleher expressed
appreciation to the Selection Committee, the
Council and to Tom Waldron who was in charge
of the search for a new administrator. WOODS
MOVED to confirm the Mayor ' s appointment,
and to approve the contract with Brent McFall.
Biteman seconded and the motion carried.
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ADJOURNMENT At 7: 50 p.m. , the meeting was recessed to Mondc
May 12 , at 7: 00 p.m. , at which time action will
be taken on the LTGO Refunding Bonds - 1986.
EXECUTIVE SESSION DiJulio announced that a short executive
session would follow the meeting to discuss
litigation and property acquisition.
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Marie Jensen, CMCI
City Clerk
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