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Kent, Washington
September 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, White and Woods, City Administrator McFall, City Attorney
Driscoll, Planning Director Harris , Public Works Director Wickstrom and
Finance Director McCarthy. Councilmember Johnson was not in attendance.
Also present: Police Chief Frederiksen and Personnel Director Webby.
Approximately 30 people were at the meeting.
EMPLOYEE OF THE Employee of the Month. Mayor Kelleher announced
MONTH that Mike Sweeney of the Police Department has been
chosen as the Employee of the Month for September.
The Mayor noted that Sweeney was unable to attend
the meeting tonight, and would receive the
Employee of the Month plaque at a later date.
PROCLAMATIONS Constitution Day. Mayor Kelleher read a proclama-
tion declaring September 17 , 1987 , as 200th
Anniversary of the U. S. Constitution Day in the
City of Kent.
POW/MIA Week. Mayor Kelleher read a proclamation
declaring the week of September 13 - 18, 1987 , as
POW/MIA Week in the City of Kent.
CONSENT CALENDAR City Administrator McFall made a correction to Item
3E, Metro B & O tax refund. He noted that the
amount should be $5 . 92 rather than $9. 30 . City
Attorney Driscoll indicated that the public hearing
for the S. 206th and 72nd Avenue S. street vacation,
Item 30, should be set for October 20 , 1987 , rather
than October 15 as printed in the agenda. Council-
member Dowell asked that Item 31 be removed. BAILEY
MOVED to approve consent Calendar Items A through O
as amended, with the exception of Item 31 .
White seconded and the motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3A)
Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of
the regular Council meeting of September 1 , 1987 .
STREET VACATIONS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 30 )
South 206th and 72nd South Street Vacation.
ADOPTION of Resolution No. 1146 setting the
hearing date for October 20, 1987 , on the
petition by the City of Kent for vacation of a
portion of South 206th Street lying east of 72nd
Avenue South and west of Puget Sound Power and
Light Company right-of-way, necessary for the
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STREET VACATIONS construction of the north end fire station.
South 192nd Street Street Vacation (STV-87-3 ) .
This date has been set by Resolution 1142 to con-
sider a request by Northward Properties to
vacate a portion of South 192nd Street between
West Valley Highway and 72nd Avenue South.
The staff recommends approval with conditions .
Mayor Kelleher declared the public hearing open.
There were no comments from the audience and no
correspondence has been received. BAILEY MOVED
to close the public hearing. White seconded
and the motion carried. BAILEY MOVED to approve
vacation of South 192nd Street between West
Valley Highway and 72nd Avenue South as requested
by Northward Properties, with the conditions
outlined in the staff report dated September 9,
1987 , and to direct the City Attorney to prepare
the ordinance after the applicant has met the
conditions. White seconded. Motion carried.
STREETS LID 324 - 72nd Avenue Street Improvements. This
date has been set for the public hearing on the
final assessment roll for LID 324 . The City
Clerk has given the proper notification to the
property owners . Public Works Director Wickst m
pointed out the area on the map and noted that
the project is a minimal two lane roadway improve-
ment with a storm drainage system and includes 22 '
road width, 6 ' graveled shoulders , storm drainage,
signing, pavement markings and hydroseeding of
unpaved areas. He noted that the roadway is
approximately 1200 feet in length and connects
72nd Avenue S. between 182nd Avenue and previous
cul de sac near the S. 186th block. Wickstrom
noted that a major benefit is that the project
would provide alternative access to the area .
He stated that the final cost of the project
is $184, 662 . 85 and described the method of assess-
ment. White noted that a letter of protest had
been received from Elisa Sagisi , regarding im-
provements across the street from her property.
Wickstrom explained that those improvements were
a requirement of the development and were not a
part of this LID. Mayor Kelleher declared the
public hearing open. There were no comments
from the audience. BAILEY MOVED that the
hearing be closed. Biteman seconded and the
motion carried. BAILEY MOVED to make Ms .
Sagisi ' s letter a part of the record. White
seconded. Motion carried. DOWELL MOVED that
the Public Works Director ' s memorandum be
made a part of the record and the
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STREETS City Y
Attorne be directed to prepare the ordi-
nance confirming the final assessment roll for
LID 324 . Bailey seconded. Motion carried.
SEWER LID 322/323 - Sanitary Sewer Improvements. Bid
opening was held on September 14 , 1987, with
eight bids received. The Director of Public
Works recommended that no action be taken at
this time with respect to award of the contract
for LID 322/323 and the Council concurred.
( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3F)
Armstrong Springs Easement. AUTHORIZATION to
grant a permanent sanitary sewer easement for Soos
Creek Water and Sewer District over a portion
of the southeast corner of the Armstrong Springs
watershed propety, subject to receipt of fair
market value therefore.
( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3G)
NORTHWEST Northwest subsurface Warning System
SUBSURFACE Contract. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to
WARNING sign the new agreement for our "one call" service,
SYSTEM subject to both the Public Works Department and
CONTRACT City Attorney review and concurrence.
STORM DRAINAGE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3H)
UTILITY Lower Garrison Creek. AUTHORIZATION to transfer
$101, 045 from the unencumbered Sewerage Utility
Funds to this project, as recommended by the
Public Works Committee.
SOLID WASTE/ (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3M)
ENERGY RESOURCE Amendment to Environmental Review and Community
SITES Impact Mitigation. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2745
amending Ordinance 2718, regarding environmental
review and community impact mitigation permits.
The cleanup of hazardous and solid waste dis-
posal sites involves unique circumstances that
are not anticipated under traditional land use
requirements. The City land use and zoning code
provisions could interfere with, or adversely
delay such cleanups.
The proposed amendments to the current ordinance
would permit the Planning Director to waive code
requirements that are not inconsistent with
such cleanup activities if certain specified
criteria are met. This was approved by the
Public Works Committee at its meeting on
September 8, 1987 .
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TRAFFIC CONTROL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3N)
Amendment to Speed Limit. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE
2746 relating to speed limits and changing speed
limit established for purposes of construction back
to the former speed limit, on South 212th, 42nd
Avenue and on Frager Road.
TRANSPORTATION Transportation Benefit District. In an effort to
BENEFIT initiate a transportation benefit district to
fund and construct projects identified in the
Green River Valley Transportation Action Plan,
King County Councilman Paul Barden has introduced
a motion before King County Council. This motion
referred to the Kin
has been g County Public Works
Committee. The Green River Valley Transportation
Action Plan task force has recommended some modi-
fication to the motion and Kent ' s Public Works
Committee has indicated support of these modifica-
tions. It is requested the Council go on record
as supporting the motion with the suggested
modifications.
Upon Dowell ' s question, Chris Krumbaugh, President
of Valley Area Transportation Alliance, noted
that they support this as a way for cities in
the valley to work together to complete projects
which cross municipal boundaries. WHITE MOVED
that the Kent City Council support the motion
before the King County Council to establish a
multi-jurisdictional transportation benefit
district with the modifications as suggested by
the Green River Valley Transportation Action
Plan Group. Bailey seconded and the motion
carried.
ANNEXATION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3D)
Zoning Ordinance for East Hill Community Well
Area 1 Annexation. ADOPTION of Ordinance No.
2744 , zoning the East Hill Community Well Annex-
ation Area No. 1 as approved by the Council at
its meeting held September 1, 1987 . The zoning
is set at R1-9. 6 and MRG with a 16 unit per acre
maximum.
PRELIMINARY PLAT Sanctuary No 3 Preliminary Subdivision ( SU-87-2 ) .
This date has been set for the public meeting to
consider the Hearing Examiner ' s recommendation
of conditional approval of the proposed replat
1 of the Sanctuary of Lot Y Short Plat . This sit
is located at 4802 South 216th Street between
42nd Avenue South and Frager Road. The applicant
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PRELIMINARY PLAT is requesting that the City Council amend
Condition No. 6 to read "occupied buildings shall
be constructed with fire sprinklers. . . "
Planning Director Harris recommended that this
item be carried over to October 6th when the
Fire Department will have a modified condition
for consideration. BAILEY SO MOVED. Woods
seconded and the motion carried.
REZONE Green River Square Rezone No. RZ-87-1 . At their
September 1 , 1987 , regular meeting, the City
Council approved the applicant ' s request to
delay consideration of this rezone until
September 15, 1987 in order to clarify Condition
No. 7. On July 15 , 1987 the Hearing Examiner
held a public hearing to consider this rezone
from Ml to Ml-C and subsequently recommended
approval with 7 conditions. The Hearing Examiner
further clarified Condition No. 7 in a letter
dated September 9 , 1987 .
Jim Hansen, Principal Planner, noted that he and
the applicant will meet again to be certain the
intent of Condition 7 is fully understood and
documented. WHITE MOVED to adopt the findings
of the Hearing Examiner and concur with the
Hearing Examiner ' s recommendation of Ml-C zoning
with seven conditions. Houser seconded. Motion
carried.
1988 Housing & Community Development Block Grant
HOUSING & g Y p
COMMUNITY Pro ram.
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DEVELOPMENT date to consider adoption of the 1988 Housing and
Community Development Block Grant Program as
recommended by the City Council ' s Planning
committee. Lin Ball of the Planning Department,
noted that because the King County Con
sortium is
making a transition to a calendar year program
starting Y in in January 1989 , the 1988 program year
-month year running from July 1, 1988 to
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December 31 , 1988. Because, of . the reduced program
year but no reduction in funds , tpe . _C t.y . has
an opportunity to do somE®.-extra- thi rigs
:',r<Bal]
noted the entire program h'ad7 b66h `head-a-t""r'he
Planning Committee meeting of September 1, 1987 ,
and that the
City
was notified of the extra
funds
several days later. She noted that $10, 291
is to be used for the Housing Repair Program
and $10 , 180 is to be used for a capital project.
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HOUSING & Ball stated that the staff recommends that the
COMMUNITY $10, 180 be used for South of Willis Pedestrian
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DEVELOPMENT
Improvements. Ball also noted that the staff
had done a survey of the area covered by Block
Grant funds and found that approximately 240
homes are in need of repair.
Mayor Kelleher declared the public hearing open.
Jean Salls Director of the South King County
YWCA Emergency Housing Program, noted that
homelessness is a serious problem in South
King County and that this project would house
approximately 108 families, or 300 people. Salls
stated that approximately 550 of these people
would be Kent residents , and that priority
would be given in these City-funded units to
residents of the City of Kent. She noted that
the project is consistent with the overall goal
of the Human Resources element of the Kent
Comprehensive Plan, and urged the Council to
support the recommendation of the staff. There
were no further comments from the audience and
WHITE MOVED that the hearing be closed. Woods
seconded and the motion carried. WOODS MOVED
to approve the 1988 Housing and Community
Development Program as presented. White
seconded. Motion carried. Mayor Kelleher
commended the members of the City of Kent Human
Services Commission for the good work they have
done in presenting their material .
ZONING (CONS
ENT CALENDAR ITEM 3I )
REMOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER DOWELL
Multi-Family Density Reduction. ADOPTION of
Resolution 1145, forwarding the City Council
Planning Committee ' s recommendation of Options
B and C of the report on multi-family density
to the Planning Commission and Hearing Examiner
for action. This matter was discussed at the
City Council Workshop of September 8, 1987 .
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Dowell noted that he feels that the resolution
CORRECTED REFER TO restricts the Planning Commission and suggested
including the words "or any other options"
MINUTES OF /0 -6-87 after Options B and C in Section 2 . He noted
that that would free the Planning Commission to
accept input in their hearings on all or any
other options. Woods noted that since the
Planning Gomrrts-sion had discussed this for
several months already, she would be reluctan
t
to include the six options which had been
considered. Dowell stated that he agrees with
Options B and C, but that it would be too re-
strictive to limit the Planning Commission to
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ZONING them. WOODS MOVED that Resolution 1145 be
adopted as presented. Houser seconded.
Bailey suggested adding the words "or with
amendments to those recommendations after
Options B and C. Upon Biteman ' s question,
Harris noted that the recommendation would
not be difficult for the Planning
Commission to implement. Woods noted that the
Plan
ning Committee had hoGn providing the
Planning Commission guidance for their consid-
eration so that they would have a focus in
their hearings, and suggested passing the
resolution. Dowell reiterated that the construc-
tion of Section 2 limits the Planning Commission
to Options B and C. Woods noted that Options
B and C were their primary emphases and that
the Planning Commission could come back to th
e
Committee at an
Planning Co Y time for further
guidance.
Bailey proposed, as a friendly amendment,
adding the word "suggested" before "Options B
and C" and before "recommended options" .
DOWELL MOVED that Section
2 be amended to
read "The City Council hereby directs the
Planning Department, Planning Commission and
Hearing Examiner to undertake actions necessary
to proceed with suggested Options tions B and C or
any P other options in the aforementioned "Report
on Multi-family Density" , which includes
input from the public on the Report and the
suggested recommended options. " Bailey seconded.
The motion was defeated with only Dowell and
and Bailey voting in favor. The motion
to
adopt Resolution 1145 as presented then carried
with Woods, Houser, White and Biteman voting
in favor.
CENTENNIAL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3C)
Centen
nial Committee. ADOPTION of Resolution
COMMITTEE
h to appoint a
1144, authorizing the Mayor y PPoi
Centennial Committee to make recommendations
for the City ' s participation in the celebration
of the Washington State Centennial celebration
and to P
plan special events for Kent ' s Centennial
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celebration.
OFFICE SPACE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3J)
LEASE Leasing of Office Space. AUTHORIZATION for
the City Administrator to negotiate and enter
into a letter of intent for the purpose of
leasing office space. The City Administrator
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OFFICE SPACE will negotiate on behalf of the City, a lease
LEASE for office space to be used for the purpose of
housing the permit operations for the
City. It is anticipated that this space will
be in close proximity to current City opera-
tions in City Hall and will provide for the
creation of a one-stop permit center, which
has been identified as a goal of the City Council .
EQUIPMENT Highway Sandspreader. Bid opening was held
on September 8, 1987 , with three bids received.
Sahlberg Equipment submitted the low bid in
the amount of $7 , 395 . 60 . The Public Works
Director recommended that this bid be accepted.
WHITE SO MOVED. Biteman seconded and the
motion carried.
PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3K)
RECREATION Interim Internal Financing for the Golf Course
Construction Project. AUTHORIZATION to provide
internal interim golf course financing in the
amount of $1 . 6 million prior to the sale of
golf course revenue bonds anticipated in
January 1988, as discussed at the August
31 and September 15 Operations Committee
meetings.
SATURDAY (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3L)
MARKET Saturday Market Board Appointment. CONFIRMATION
of the Mayors appointment of Sally Storey to
the Saturday Market Board for the "at-large/
citizen representative" , to replace Nadine
Masoero who resigned effective July 1987 .
This term expires in May 1989 .
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3B)
Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of
the bills received through September 21 , 1987
after auditing by the Operations Committee at
its meeting at 8 : 30 a.m. on September 30, 1987 .
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3E)
Rebating of Metro B & O Tax Refund. The
Operations Committee discussed the Metro B&O
tax refund to the City on August 14 and
August 31, 1987 . The total tax refund is
anticipated to be approximately $200, 000 , a
portion of which has already been received.
The balance will be received through the
remainder of 1987 . The proposal is to refund
the $200 , 000 in equal proportions to resi-
dential equivalence as of the August 1987
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FINANCE billing. This rebate will provide approxi-
mately $5. 92 per residential equivalent.
WEST HILL Bailey stated that inasmuch as the City Council
PROPERTY motion to select the Cambridge site as the
site for a new Fire Station on West Hill did
not include any mention of the possible sale
of a portion of that property for residential
use, he would like for the City Council to be
on record as directing the City Administrator
to attempt to sell approximately 2 acres of
this property for residential use. He stated
that he believes that it was clearly the
intent of the Council to take this action
as the potential sale was a part of our con-
sideration in selecting the Cambridge site and
that by making a motion to direct the
Administrator to sell this property, he believes
that the Council will be clarifying their intent
for the record and forestalling any possible
confusion that might arise in the future. He
then MOVED that the City Administrator be
directed to sell approximately 2 acres of land
at the northwest corner of the property
being acquired by the City for the construction
of the new West Hill Fire Station commonly
known as the Cambridge site, and that the City
Administrator be directed to determine how
the property should be marketed in order to
receive the highest possible return and to
further determine how the property should best
be marketed to assure that the property is
developed as single family residential housing
compatible with the surrounding neighborhood,
and that the proceeds from the sale of this
property be reinvested in the Public Safety
Bond. Project Fund for use in developing the
projects identified in the bond issue. Woods
seconded. Biteman stated that he would like
to have feedback from the Fire Department
regarding this . Bailey stated that the
purpose of the motion is to answer criticism
regarding the purchase of excess land, and
that it is merely an affirmation of what had
been agreed upon. WHITE noted that the
Council had not had an opportunity to discuss
this with the Fire Department or the City
Administrator and MOVED that the item be
tabled and brought back to the next regular
Council meeting. Biteman seconded. The
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WEST HILL motion carried with Dawell and Bailey
PROPERTY opposing.
COUNCIL President ' s Report. White noted that there
COMMITTEES will not be workshop meetings on September
22 or 29.
ADJOURNMENT WOODS MOVED that the meeting be adjourned
at 8: 00 p.m. White seconded and the motion
carried.
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