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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 03/17/1987 Kent, Washington March 17 , 1987 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7 : 00 p.m. by Mayor Kelleher. Present: Councilmembers Biteman, Dowell , Houser, Johnson, White and Woods, City Administrator McFall , City Attorney Driscoll , Planning Director Harris , Public Works Director Wickstrom and Finance Director McCarthy. Councilmember Bailey was not in attendance. Also present: Police Chief Frederiksen, Fire Chief Angelo and Parks Director Wilson. Approximately 30 people were at the meeting. PROCLAMATION Chamber of Commerce Month. Mayor Kelleher read a proclamation declaring the month of March, 1987 as Kent Chamber of Commerce Month. CONSENT CALENDAR WHITE MOVED that the Consent Calendar Items A through G be approved. Houser seconded and the motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular adjourned Council meeting of March 10 . HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR 5F) SANITATION Benson Meadows East. ACCEPTANCE of the bill of sale and warranty agreement for continuous opera- tion and maintenance for construction of approxi- mately 260 feet of sanitary sewer extension in the vicinity of S.E. 220th and 112th Avenue S.E. for the development of Benson Meadows East. WATER 1985 Water Main Replacement/LID 316. Bid opening was held on March 12 , 1987 and eight bids were received. Wickstrom noted that the project includes the replacement of water mains in the vicinity of 108th Avenue S.E. between S.E. 264th Street and S.E. 260th Street, 98th Avenue South from S . 248th to S. 240th Street and 94th Avenue South from S. 222nd Street to S. 239th Street. He noted that the low bid was submitted by Robison Construction in the amount of $536 , 914 . 63 and recommended that the low bid be accepted. JOHNSON MOVED that the recom- mendation of the Public Works Director for award of the 1985 Water Main Replacement/LID 316 project to Robison Construction in the amount of $536 , 914 . 63 be accepted. White seconded and the motion carried. - 1 - i i March 17, 1987 ANNEXATION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5E) East Hill Community Well Annexation No. 2. AUTHOR- IZATION to set April 7 , 1987 as the date for a public hearing on the annexation of approximately 410 acres on the East Hill of Kent, known as the East Hill Community Well Annexation Area 2. REZONE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5G) Van Doren' s Landing Rezone - ordinance. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2712 approving the Van Doren ' s Landing Rezone from MA to M-1 as approved by the Council at the March 10 , 1987 meeting. Interurban Heights Rezone R1 -7. 2 to GC. On February 4, 1987 , the Hearing Examiner held a public hearing to consider an application made by A. R. McLean and K. D. Lord to rezone property located at the northeast corner of South 248th Street and 26th Place South, from R1 -7. 2 , Single Family Residential to GC, General Commercial . The Hearing Examiner has recommended approval of this applica- tion. WOODS MOVED to adopt the Findings of the Hearing Examiner and concur with the Hearing Exam- iner ' s recommendation for GC zoning. Biteman seconded. Upon Dowell ' s question about traffic mitigation, it was noted that no conditions were imposed by the Hearing Examiner. Wickstrom opined that perhaps a traffic light would be installed on Highway 99. Motion carried. HEARING ( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5D) EXAMINER Daytime Meeting for the Hearing Examiner. AUTHOP.- IZATION to change the Hearing Examiner meetings from Wednesday night to Wednesday afternoon, as recommended by the Council Planning Committee. FIRE DEPARTMENT ( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5C) Sole Vendor for MSA Breathing Apparatus. AUTHOR- IZATION for the Fire Department to purchase breath- ing apparatus without going out for bid, as recom- mended by the Fire Department and by the Public Safety Committee. PARKS & Arthur Anderson & Company Golf Course Feasibility RECREATION Study. The Arthur Anderson & Company Golf Course Feasibility Study has been reviewed by the Parks Committee and by the Operations Comittee on March 16 . The staff recommends that the study be accepted. A copy of the Anderson report has been filed for the record. WOODS MOVED to accept the study. White seconded. 2 - March 17 , 1987 PARKS & Biteman noted that he would have preferred to RECREATION have the bond proposal for the new golf course voted upon by the citizens. He stated that Page 4 of the report notes that if revenues are insuf- ficient the City intends to cover the shortfall , not that the City could cover the shortfall, as has been stated. He asked also about the state- ( Golf Course) ment that if the revenues exceed the debt service and maintenance & operation costs the City intends to use the excess funds for capital improvements, betterments to the Complex and other legal purposes. McFall noted that "other legal pur- poses included transferring funds back to the general fund, which action is directed by the Council . McFall noted that the reference to the intent to cover the shortfalls was so stated to assure the bond purchasers, and that the City ' s projections show that this will not happen. He noted further that the existing par 3 course would be combined with the new course from the accounting standpoint, and further that the revenue from the par 3 course was now sufficient to meet the debt service for the 9-hole course. He expressed confidence that there would be suf- ficient revenue to meet all obligations. It was determined that the Anderson report was based upon research through the National Golf Founda- tion, population studies, and the number of courses required for given population projections. It was clarified that the bonds for the new course were not to be General Obligation Bonds , affecting all residents , but would be Golf Course Revenue Bonds , supported from the revenue derived from the operation of the golf course. The land contributed by the City is valued at approximately $2 million. The motion to accept the report then carried unanimously. Condemnation Ordinance for Golf Course. With the acceptance of the Arthur Anderson Golf Course Feasibility Study, as outlined in the preceding action, staff recommends adoption of Ordinance 2714 providing for the taking of property for the development and construction of a Kent Muni- cipal Golf Course. It was noted that negotiations were in progress for acquisition of the four 3 - March 17 , 1987 PARKS & parcels involved. Condemnation, therefore, might RECREATION not be necessary. WOODS MOVED to adopt Ordinance 2714 , Johnson seconded. Motion carried. FINANCE Water Revenue Refunding Bond Ordinance. The Operations Committee at their February 13 and March 16 meetings, heard a proposal from Shearson- Lehman Brothers , Inc. /Foster & Marshall Division, to refund $2 , 405, 000 in outstanding 1984 Water Revenue Bonds. These bonds are outstanding at an average interest rate of 10 . 51 % , and can be refunded with the issuance of refunding bonds of $3 , 135, 000. McCarthy noted that at today ' s rate the net present value savings would be $133 , 808 . A bond ordinance has been prepared, fixing inte- rest rates, payment dates and debt service amounts. The debt service savings will accrue to the Water Fund and subsequently to the water utility cus- tomers. WHITE MOVED to adopt Ordinance 2713 pro- viding for the issuance of Water Revenue Bonds - 1987 and for the sale of same to Shearson-Lehman Brothers Inc. /Foster and Marshall Division. Johnson seconded and the motion carried. Retirement of Contracts, Notes and LIDs. McCarthy noted that seven notes, contracts and LIDs with interest rates from 7 to 10% could be retired in 1987 , saving the City $215, 766 in gross inte- rest coss. With lost interest earnings the net saving would be $92 , 178. Such retirement would also increase the bonding capacity by $194 , 570, which would enhance Councilmanic bond status for the upcoming Library issue. He further pointed out that budget savings for 1988 could amount to approximately $205 , 000 in clerical service, inte- rest and principal payments. McCarthy stated that in order to accomplish the above proposal, $628 , 648 would be needed to pay off the notes, contracts and LIDs. His recommendation, sup- ported by the Operations Committee, is to appro- priate $499, 468 from the General Fund and $129, 000 from the Capital Improvement Program for this purpose. McCarthy noted that the City carried over $450 , 000 more than was anticipated into the 1987 budget and that this, along with the $200, 000 which will be saved in the 1988 bud- get, is sufficient to finance the proposal. 4 - March 17, 1987 i FINANCE WHITE MOVED to approve the appropriations as recommended. Houser seconded and the motion carried. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 5B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through March 20 after auditing by the Operations Committee at its meeting at 8: 30 a.m, on March 31 . REPORTS Council President. White set a public hearing date for the April 7, 1987 , Council meeting to Library Site receive public input on the site for the Library. White noted that the Fire Department would hold informational meetings to receive citizen input on locations for the new fire stations. Such Proposed Fire meetings will be held at Totem Jr. High on the Stations West Hill on March 24th at 6 : 30 p.m. and at Meridian Jr. High on the East Hill on March 31st at 6: 30 p.m. At White ' s request, Biteman, Johnson and Houser reported on their attendance at the National League of Cities meeting recently in Washington NLC Meeting D.C. Johnson noted that he had met with our Washington D.C. Representatives and Senators and further that he had gained some useful information for the City regarding Cable TV. Houser noted that she and Biteman had visited the energy resource recovery plc-ntin Baltimore and had found it to be not as well kept as the one in Oregon. She had also talked with the Director of Public Works in Mesa, Arizona, and had learned that Mesa ' s refuse was deposited on an Indian reservation at $7 . 00 per ton. Methane problems have developed at that site. Biteman noted that in a city in Mississippi the State provides the camera and operator to tele- vise Council meetings . He noted that the European incineration (mass-burn ) equipment was more tech- nically advanced and that Tokyo had ordered ten such pieces of equipment. He stressed the impor- tance of choosing a site for such an operation. White pointed out that all of this information was important as a decision must be made by Kent by April of next year. 5 - March 17 , 1987 REPORTS Mayor Kelleher noted that while on a personal business trip to Asia, he had visited with the Kaibara - Sister Mayor of Kent ' s sister city, Kaibara. City Public Works. Johnson noted that the Public Works Committee would meet on March 18th at 4: 15 p.m. in the Engineer ' s office. Parks. Woods noted that the wheelchair basket- ball games would be held in October and that the date would be announced. ADJOURNMENT WOODS MOVED that the meeting be adjourned at 8: 00 p.m. , Johnson seconded. Motion carried. Marie Jensen, CMC City Clerk - 6 -