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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 05/19/1986 i Kent, Washington May 19, 1986 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7: 00 p.m. by Mayor Kelleher. Present: Councilmembers Bailey, Bite- man, Dowell, Houser, Johnson, White and Woods, Acting City Admini- strator/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 25 people were in attendance at the meeting. PROCLAMATIONS Rapidly Growing Companies Week. A proclamation was read by Mayor Kelleher declaring the week of May 25 to 31 as Rapidly Growing Companies Week in the City of Kent. National Public Works Week. Mayor Kelleher declared the week of May 18 to 24 as National Public Works Week in the City of Kent and commended our Public Works officials. PERSONNEL Employee of the Month. Fire Chief Angelo introduced Kevin Kearns of the Fire Depart- ment and commended him on his many contribu- tions to the City. A plaque was presented to Kearns by Mayor Kelleher. PUBLIC Petition Regarding Golf Course. Mayor Kelleher COMMUNICATIONS noted receipt of a petition regarding construc- tion of a golf course and read a cover letter from Richard Olsen. BAILEY MOVED to accept the letter as part of the record and to direct the Parks Committee to continue to pursue this matter. Woods seconded and the motion carried. CONSENT CALENDAR WHITE MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A through H be approved, Biteman seconded. Motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of May 5 and continued meeting of May 12 , 1986 . STREETS LID 310 - 72nd Avenue S. P-2 Channel Crossing. Bid opening was held on Thursday, May 8 , with four bids received. The low bid of $111 , 482 . 50 was submitted by Scarsella Brothers , Inc. - 1 - i May 19 , 1986 i STREETS The Public Works Director recommended that th,=_ low bid be accepted. JOHNSON MOVED that the low bid of $111 , 482 . 50 by Scarsella Brothers, Inc. be accepted for construction of LID 310, White seconded. Motion carried. STREET VACATION Street Vacation (S. 209th Street) . Resolution 1096 set this date for a public hearing on the vacation of a portion of South 209th Street in the Daon Addition, as requested by E & H Properties. Proper legal notice has been given by the City Clerk. The public hearing was opened by Mayor Kelleher. There were no comments from the audience and no correspondence has been received. WOODS MOVED that the public hearing be closed, White seconded. Motion carried. WOODS MOVED that the vacation be approved with conditions and for the City Attorney to pre- pare the required ordinance. Johnson seconded and the motion carried. WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5F) Public Works Trust Fund Agreement. AUTHORI- ZATION for the Mayor to execute the Public Works Trust Fund loan agreement pertaining to the financial participation on the Kent Springs Transmission Main Rebuild Project. REGULATORY REVIEW Regulatory Review Request. On April 21 , 1986 REQUEST the Council Planning Committee met to discuss and consider two regulatory review requests. WOODS MOVED to accept the Planning Committee ' s reports and recommendations. Johnson seconded. Upon Bailey ' s question, Woods stated that the committee had asked that the mobile home request be considered within the framework of the Flexible Housing Policy. She also noted that it was the committee ' s considera- tion that the Planning Department be asked to consider whether or not any change should be made in City policy or whether there might be some alternatives that could be brought to the Planning Committee and the Council in the future. I I Bailey stated that he has a great concern about housing in general and he is not in accord with the instructions from the Planning 2 - i May 19, 1986 REGULATORY REVIEW Committee to the Planning Department at this REQUEST time without some elaboration. He stated that the Council and the Planning Department have an obligation to the community to look at what is required in the future for housing. Woods noted that the only action taken was to ask the Planning Department to review the issue of manufactured housing. Paul Morford, 21264 132nd Avenue SE, noted that there is essentially no difference between the Uniform Building Cod= and HUD requirements for manufactured housing. He quoted from a Chamber Committee Report which mentioned allowing manufactured housing and from the City' s Flexible Housing Report, Phase I , which listed options including permitting manufactured housing in a single family zone. He also noted that Governor Spellman had declared October 1983 as Manufactured Housing Month. Morford stated that he considers manufactured housing affordable and safe. White stated that there should be a design review process to assure that quality and size are part of the criteria. Woods affirmed that this would be considered and stated that there would be a good deal of other input. Johnson stated that manufactured housing needs review at this point. Bailey suggested that if the concerns are known now, they won ' t have to be rehashed later. He noted that there are many misconceptions about manufactured housing and that affordability is one of them. There was no further discussion and the motion carried. FIRE DEPARTMENT Fire Station 76 (S. 212th and West Valley Highway) . At the request of Fire Chief Angelo, the City Attorney has prepared an ordinance declaring an emergency and author- izing the City to negotiate and the Mayor to execute a lease for a building to temporarily house Station 76 . Angelo noted that he had been working the Corporate Property Investors and the Boeing Company to resolve the situation. BITEMAN MOVED to adopt Ordinance 2633 , Woods seconded. Motion carried. 3 - i May 19, 1986 FIRE DEPARTMENT (CONSENT CALENDAR 5D) Surplus of Crown Fire Apparatus. As recom- mended by the Public Safety Committee, AUTHORIZATION to declare one 1965 Crown Fire Apparatus as surplus, and to sell the apparatus through advertising and a bid process. Author- ization for all funds received from sale of apparatus to be allocated to upcoming fire capital projects. PUBLIC WORKS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5H) DEPARTMENT Energy Modifications to Public Works Building. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign a grant agreement with Puget Sound Power and Light to complete the energy modifications, as discussed at the Operations Committee meeting of May 15, 1986 . FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) Limited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds - 1986. As approved by the Council on May 12 , 1986 , ADOPTION of Ordinance 2632 providing for issuance of $9 , 608, 000 principal amount of LTGO Bonds for the purpose of retiring the outstanding LTGO Bonds - 1984. The ordi- nance fixes dates and interest rates for the bonds and provides for sale of same to Shearson Lehman Bros. , Foster and Marshall Division. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through May 21 after audit- ing by the Operations Committee at its meeting at 8: 30 a.m, on May 30, 1986 . PERSONNEL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) Golf Course Ten-Month Position. AUTHORIZATION to create a ten-month position for the Kent Municipal Golf Course as discussed and approved by Parks Committee on May 1 , 1986. The posi- tion will be funded by unanticipated revenue. Employment of Relatives. The Parks Committee, on May 1 , 1986 , and Operations Committee, on May 15 , 1986 , considered the City Policy on employment of individuals related to current City employees. The Parks Committee recommendation is set forth in the minutes. 4 - i May 19 , 1986 PERSONNEL The Operations Committee agreed that inter- mittent workers such as athletic officials, census takers and the like need not be subject to Council review. Summer employment of relatives would continue to be subject to City Council review and approval. The Personnel Director will prepare amendments to the policy manual to provide for such changes. Bailey noted that it was his understanding that this procedure would be applied to former temporary summer employees so that they would not have to go through the procedure a second time and that it was at the discretion of the department head. Biteman noted that because of the time involved, it was the intermittent workers such as athletic officials who were being precluded from the issue, and that summer employment of relatives would continue to be subject to City Council review and approval. Bailey stated that that was not his understanding and that although Biteman' s statement was correct, some employees who were members of the official family in one sense or another whom the Council had previously approved were coming back and he felt it was unnecessary to process them a second time. White noted that he is comfortable with the information provided in the agenda, and that future councilmembers may question hiring of relatives. Bailey noted the misunderstanding for the record. WOODS MOVED to accept the Operations Committee report and recommendation, White seconded. Motion carried. Additionally, the Parks Department has requested Council approval of the hiring of certain employees. Because of the period between Parks Committee meetings and the delay for policy review, the Department requested approval by the Council at this meeting. WOODS MOVED to authorize the hiring of cer- tain employees , as recommended by the Parks Department. White seconded and the motion carried. 5 - I May 19, 1986 CABLE TV Transfer of Cable TV Franchise. A public hearin_ has been scheduled to consider the application to transfer a cable television franchise from Group W, Inc. to TCI Cablevision of Washington, Inc. Mike Webby noted that several years ago a number of commitments were made by Group W, the most important of which were providing cable services to the residents of the City of Kent and providing a construction schedule that would guarantee that. Group W further agreed that all citizens of Kent would have the same level of service. Webby introduced Lon Hurd of 3-H Cable Consultants. Mr. Hurd advised that TCI is willing and able to comply with all Federal , State and local regulations which would be part of the transfer agreement and that they agreed to fulfill any franchise agreements made by Group W Cable. He noted that the cable system has been upgraded so that all residents receive identical service at an identical rate, and that all residents will be served out of one office. Mr. Hurd noted that two issues which are still open are the construction schedule and the public educational access programming. Hurd recommended approval of the transfer. Bailey expressed concern regarding service which had been promised but not delivered. Barr Marshall, Division Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for TCI West, pointed out that the franchisee will be Group W Cable, although TCI will be operating the system. He noted that in regard to the construction schedule, specific dates would be provided. He urged the Council to give careful consideration to the issue of access channels and noted that they are pre- pared to help the City recognize what is required. Upon Biteman ' s question, Marshall noted that there is no time constraint regarding approval of the transfer. White noted that he would like to have a construction schedule and a time schedule on the access channel. Marshall noted that the access channel could be done right away. He also noted for White that TCI would work with the City ' s Utility Department when there is new underground work. The public hearing was opened by Mayor Kelleher. A gentleman from the audience inquired as to what could be expected in the way of rates and program availability in the future. - 6 - May 19, 1986 CABLE TV Marshall noted that they will be revamping ser- vices offered to the residents , and that rates will not become radically higher. There were no further comments from the audience. BAILEY MOVED to close the public hearing, White seconded. Motion carried. Bailey noted that he would like to have articles in writing regarding the Council ' s concerns. BAILEY MOVED to authorize the City Attorney to prepare the necessary ordinances to authorize the franchise transfer. White seconded and the motion carried. COUNCIL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) Councilmember Absence. GRANTING excused absences for Judy Woods who will be out of the City for the month of June. COUNCIL DiJulio noted that in honor of National Public COMMITTEES Works Week, there will be an open house in the Engineering Building on May 20 , 1986 from 2 : 00 to 3 : 00. There will also be an open house at the Public Works Shops from 2 : 30 to 3 : 30 the same day. DiJulio reminded the Councilmembers of the AWC Convention which will be held June 24 - 27. DiJulio noted that there will be cake and coffee in the 2nd floor conference room on Tuesday, May 20, at 12 : 00 for Julie Youmans who is retiring. EXECUTIVE At 8 : 10 p.m. , DiJulio announced that the Council SESSION would adjourn to an executive session to discuss labor relations and litigation. ADJOURNMENT At 8: 45 the Council reconvened in open session and WHITE MOVED that the meeting be adjourned. Houser seconded and the motion carried. Brenda Jacobdr ' Deputy City Clerk 7 -