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Kent, Washington
MONDAY, June 15 , 1987
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7 : 00 p.m.
by Mayor Kelleher. Present: Councilmembers Bailey, Biteman, Dowell ,
Houser, Johnson and Woods, City Administrator McFall , City Attorney
Driscoll , Planning Director Harris and Public Works Director Wickstrom.
Councilmember White and Finance Director McCarthy were not in attendance.
Also present: Personnel Director Webby. Approximately 15 people were
at the meeting.
CONSENT CALENDAR BITEMAN MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A
through M be approved, with the exception of
Item K which was removed by Councilmember Dowell .
Woods seconded and the motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3A)
Approval of Minutes._ APPROVAL of the minutes of
the regular Council meeting of June 2 , 1987.
HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3L)
SANITATION Keifer Water Main Extension. ACCEPTANCE of the
bill of sale and warranty agreement for continuous
operation and maintenance of approximately 1 , 078
" lineal feet of 8 inch water main in the vicinity of
South 274th and approximately 110th Avenue S.E.
and release of the cash bond after expiration of
the maintenance period.
STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3D)
42nd Avenue Overlay. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor
to execute an agreement with King County to reimburse
the City for costs for the overlay of
42nd Avenue.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3F)
Cornucopia Days Street Use Ordinance. ADOPTION
of Ordinance 2725 granting a street use permit
for the Kent Lions Club public festival called
"Kent Cornucopia Days. The ordinance specifies
the terms and conditions for the street use.
Such terms and conditions are the same as those
required for the 1986 festival .
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3H)
Ewing Street Vacation - Ordinance. ADOPTION of
Ordinance 2726 approving the Ewing request for
vacation of property located at 622 South Central
Avenue for which the public hearing was conducted
on March 2 , 1987 . The vacation was approved,
s were
and certain condition required before the
ordinance approving such vacation could be presented.
These conditions
have now been met.
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STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3I )
Gibson Street Vacation - Resolution. ADOPTION of
Resolution 1137 setting a public hearing for
July 21 at 7: 00 p.m. on the Vernon Gibson request to
vacate a portion of Waterman Avenue.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3M)
LID 328 West Valley Highway. ADOPTION of Resolution
1139 declaring the City' s intent to form an LID for
improvements to West Valley Highway from S. 189th
to S. 212th and setting a public hearing thereon for
July 21, 1987 .
ANNEXATION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3J)
LeBlanc Annexation - Ordinance. ADOPTION of
Ordinance 2727 approving the LeBlanc annexation of
approximately 15 acres in the vicinity of 112th
Avenue SE and SE 236th Street. The public hearing
was held on June 2 , 1987 .
REZONE Valley Mission Center Rezone. This date has been
scheduled for the City Council to consider the
findings and recommendations of the Hearing Examiner
relating to the Valley Mission Center Rezone.
It was noted that a letter has been received from
William Chatham requesting that this item be delayed
for a period of 30 days and the Council concurred.
(This item has been rescheduled for July 21, 1987 . )
COMMUTER RAIL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3G)
SERVICE Commuter Rail Service - Resolution. ADOPTION of
Resolution 1136 urging the Municipality of Metro-
politan Seattle to establish a commuter rail service
in South King County running from Auburn through Kent
and Renton to Seattle and utilizing existing
railroad tracks.
PUBLIC DEFENDER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3E)
Public Defender Screener Contract. APPROVAL of a
contract with an individual to work as an independent
contractor to screen defendants for determining
eligibility to receive Public Defender Services . The
former screener has resigned her position. A new
individual has agreed to work on the same terms and
conditions as in past years.
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Environmental Impact Statement.
ENERGY RESOURCES Mayor Kelleher noted that the King County Council
RECOVERY PLAN has decided to complete an environmental impact
statement for the energy resource recovery plan.
Driscoll added that the Council is considering having
the SEPA process apply jointly to the selection site
criteria and the energy resources recovery plan, and
that they have asked suburban cities to be involved.
PERSONNEL Classification and Pay Study Contract. City
Administrator McFall noted that funds were provided
in the 1987 budget to conduct a Classification and
Pay Study for non-represented employees of the City.
He noted that eight consultants had responded to
the RFP with ranging
proposals a gang from $17, 000 to
$43, 000. McFall noted that all of the consultants
had been interviewed and recommended that Ewing &
Company be awarded the contract in the amount of
$19, 600. BAILEY MOVED to approve the professional
service contract for the 1987 Classification and
Pay Study with Ewing & Company in the amount of
$19 , 600 , as recommended by P the operations Committee.
Biteman seconded and the motion carried.
TRAFFIC CONTROL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3K)
REMOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER DOWELL
Tudor Square - Resolution. Tudor Square is a 198-lot
residential subdivision in the County between 114th
Avenue and 108th Avenue at approximately SE 269th.
The County required as a condition of approval ,
that the developer financially participate in the
P Y P P
installation of a traffic signal at 108th Avenue and
Kent Kangley (SR516 ) . Because the signal is in the
city, in order for the developer to meet the County
requirement, an agreement with the City was therefore
necessary. The developer ' s contribution is 22 645 . 00.
Y P $
In answer to Dowell ' s questions , Wickstrom explained
that the City obtained the flexibility within the
agreement to utilize the monies for the 272nd
Corridor Project. DOWELL MOVED to adopt Resolution
1138 approving the traffic agreement for Tudor
Square. Bailey seconded and the motion carried.
PARKS & Lake Fenwick Park Master Development Plan. This
RECREATION date has been set for the public hearing on the
Lake Fenwick Master Development Plan. In order for
a project to be eligible for IAC matching grant
funds, the project site development plan must be
approved through a public hearing process .
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PARKS & Colie Hough of CHA Landscape Architects described
RECREATION the project consisting of Phase I and Phase II . She
noted that Phase I consists of nine acres. The
Mayor declared the public hearing open. There were
no comments from the audi
ence and BITEMAN MOVED to
close the public hearing. Woods seconded. Motion
carried. WOODS MOVED that the Lake Fenwick Master
Development Plan be approved. Biteman seconded and
the motion carried.
Lake Fenwick Park - IAC Grant Application. Based on
the Lake Fenwick Master Plan presented tonight, the
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Parks Department seeks authorization to apply to the
enc
Interag
for outdoor
recreation for
y Committee o
matching development ment funds for Lake Fenwick Park.
The application
tion will be for $150 , 000 to be matched
yrs 1988 CIP. WOODS MOVED
the Cit
by $150, 000 from
that Resolution No. 1140 be adopted authorizing
funding assistance from the State
PP
a lication for g
Interagency enc Committee for outdoor rec
reation
n for
Motion ca rried.
La
ke Fenwick Park. Houser seconded.
Midway Park Site. Robert Brown noted that the
com
munity Y
west of Interstate 5 had been promised
14 acres for a park over twenty years ago, but that
h City of Seattle
site had been given to the y
the park s
H e present
ed a pet iti n asking the City
of
Kent to
Provide adeveloped Park in that community.
BITEMAN MOVED to make the petition a part of the
record. Bailey le seconded an
d the motion carried.
Woods noted that this item had been discus
sed at a
recent Parks Committee meeting and that the
committee intends to pursue the purchase of a park
site. Mrs. Naslund noted that she had pointed out a
piece of land which would be a good buy, and Karen
Waalkes a site across from Fred Meyer.
proposed
Mayor Kelleher noted that the Parks Committee will
look into these possibilities .
POLICE DEPARTMENT CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3C)
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Police Department
t Remodel. AUTHORIZATION for the
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Mayor to sign the architectural agreement
ment for the
remodel of the Police Department. The selection
process for the remodel architect was completed in
tiansen has agreed d
firm of Edber Chris g
May. The fir g/
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to the scope of work for the sum of $ ,
000 maximum,
with $2 , 500 addit
ional for mechanical/electrical.
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3B)
Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the
bills received through June 19 , 1987 after auditing
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FINANCE by the Operations Committee at its meeting at
8: 30 a.m. on June 30 , 1987 .
EXECUTIVE SESSION At 7: 25 p.m. , McFall noted that there would be a
brief executive session to discuss negotiations for
property acquisition.
ADJOURNMENT At 7: 35 p.m. the meeting reconvened and adjourned.
Marie Jensen, CMC
City Clerk
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