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October 6 , 1987
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7 : 00
o'clock p.m. by Mayor Kelleher. Present: Councilmembers Bailey, Bite-
man, Dowell, Houser, Johnson, White and Woods, City Administrator
McFall, City Attorney Driscoll, Planning Director Harris, Public Works
Director Wickstrom and Finance Director McCarthy. Also present:
Police Chief Frederiksen. Approximately 20 people were at the meeting.
PRESENTATIONS Employee of the Month. Mayor Kelleher announced
that Tammy McQueeney of the Finance Department
has been selected as the City ' s October Employee
of the Month. He noted that Ms. McQueeney is
the City ' s Utility Billing Specialist and is
responsible for getting accurate bills to all
utility customers. The Mayor commended her on
her enthusiasm and helpfulness.
CONSENT CALENDAR WOODS MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A
through O be approved. Item P was removed by
Councilmember White. Houser seconded and the
motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3A)
Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes
of the regular Council meeting of September 15,
1987 with minor corrections on pages 6 and 7 .
WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3N)
1985 Water Main Replacement/LID 316. ACCEPT
as complete the contract with Robison Construc-
tion for the 1985 Water Main Replacement/LID 316
project and release of the retainage after
receipt of the required State releases.
STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3D)
LID 320 - James Street Improvements. AUTHORI-
ZATION to set November 3 1987 as the date for
a public hearing on the final assessment roll
for LID 320 .
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3K)
LID 327 (West Valley Highway Improvements From
S. 212th to West James Street) . ADOPTION of
Resolution 1147 setting November 3, 1987 as
the date for the public hearing on creation of
LID 327 .
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STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3L)
LID 324 72nd Avenue South Street Improvements.
ADOPTION of Ordinance 2749 confirming the final
assessment roll for LID 324 for the 72nd Avenue
South street improvement. The public hearing
was completed on September 15 , 1987 .
STREET VACATIONS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3I )
Northward Properties Street Vacation. ADOPTION
of Ordinance 2748 vacating a portion of South
192nd Avenue as requested by Northward Properties.
The public hearing was conducted on September 15,
1987 and all conditions for such vacation have
been met.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3J)
Casson Street Vacation. ADOPTION of Resolution
1149 setting the hearing date for November 17,
1987 on the Casson application for street
vacation located at approximately South 212th
and 77th Avenue South.
Pacific Ventures Street Vacation. This date
has been set by Resolution 1143 to consider a
request by Pacific Ventures, Inc. to vacate a
portion of S. 212th Street (approximately 510
feet east of East Valley Highway) . The staff
recommends denial . Planning Director Harris
stated that through an oversight, the appli-
cant had not received a copy of the staff
report until this evening and suggested there-
fore that the hearing be continued until the
October 20 meeting. Mr. Bowen, of the adja-
cent Bowen Business Center, stated that the
proposed vacation would damage access to his
property. Mr. Harstad, engineer for the appli-
cant, suggested that some of the problems might
be resolved before the public hearing. Mayor
Kelleher opened the public hearing and BAILEY
j MOVED to continue the hearing to October 20 .
Houser seconded and the motion carried.
ZONING CODE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3F)
Multi-Family Development Standards. ADOPTION
of Resolution 1148 directing the Planning Com-
mission and Planning Department to review
multi-family development standards.
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GREATER KENT STUDY Greater Kent Study - Policy Statements and
Annexation Maps. At their April 14 and Septem-
ber 8 workshops, the City Council reviewed the
new annexation policies contained in the Greater
Kent Study. The City Council Planning Com-
mittee recommends that the policies outlined
in Resolution 1150 be adopted, and that the City
Council accept Annexation Alternative Map No. 2
as the ten-year plan and Alternative Map No. 3
as the twenty-year plan for defined impact
areas, planning areas, municipal service areas
and potential annexation areas. Bailey suggested
that public service costs for annexations should
be compared to the amount of money generated
in taxes by annexed areas. Hansen noted that
this is covered in the policy statements and
a program would be formulated to use for annex-
ations which would include fiscal impact.
WHITE MOVED to adopt Resolution 1150 and to
accept Annexation Alternative Maps No. 2 and 3 .
Woods seconded and the motion carried.
PRELIMINARY PLAT Sanctuary No. 3 Preliminary Subdivision (SU-87-2) .
This date has been set for the public hearing
to consider amending the Hearing Examiner ' s
conditional approval of the Sanctuary No. 3
Preliminary Plat. The applicant requested
that Condition No. 6 regarding sprinklers in
buildings be amended. The Fire Department has
proposed the following:
CONDITION NO. 6:
"Buildings shall be constructed with fire sprinklers
and adequate water supply to service said sprinklers,
or owner shall provide a fire hydrant capable of
producing 1,000 gpm."
FIRE DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION:
"All buildings shall be sprinklered except those that:
A. Are classified as M structures by the Uniform
Building Code not containing area separation walls
and,
B. Are used solely for the benefit of the
owners/residents of the property and,
C. Are at least 50 feet from a building requiring
sprinklers and 50 feet from a property line and,
D. Are less than 2,000 square feet in floor area as
defined by the Uniform Building Code.
E. Any building which supports the fire sprinkler
systems such as a pump- house, shall be
sprinklered."
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PRELIMINARY PLAT The public hearing was opened by Mayor Kelleher.
There were no comments and the hearing was
closed by motion. WOODS MOVED to adopt the
findings of the Hearing Examiner and concur
with the Hearing Examiner ' s recommendation
of conditional approval including amended Con-
dition No. 6 as shown. bite seconded and
the motion carried.
REZONES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3C)
Green River Square Rezone. ADOPTION of Ordi-
nance 2747 approving the Green River Square
Rezone as approved by the Council at its meeting
on September 15 , 1987 .
1424 Investments Rezone No. RZ-87-3. At a
September 2, 1987 public hearing, the City of
Kent Hearing Examiner heard an application by
Albert James to rezone 1 . 37 acres of property
located at 2912 So. 240th Street from MHP,
Mobile Home Park to GC, General Commercial.
The Hearin Examiner recommends conditional
following subject to theg conditions
approval, subs
report.
in her re
distributed P
WOODS MOVED to adopt the findings of the
Hearing Examiner and concur with the Hearing
Examiner ' s recommendation of GC zoning with
conditions and to direct the City Attorney
to prepare the required ordinance. White
seconded. Motion carried.
HOUSING & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3G)
990 988-1 H&CD Block Grant In
terlocal Coop era-
COMMUNITY 1
DEVELOPMENT tion Agreement (ICA) . AUTHORIZATION for the
Mayor to sign the amended 1988-1990 Interlocal
in order to comply with
Cooperation Agreement,
new HUD standards. The original agreement was
adopted by the Council in April of this year.
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HOUSING & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3H)
COMMUNITY 1988 H&CD Block Grant Program. ADOPTION of the
DEVELOPMENT revised 1988 Housing and Community Development
Block Grant
Program
m as reco
mmended by
the City
Council ' s Planning Committee and described on
the revised 1988 H&CD Block Grant Program Sum-
mary. The 1988 H&CD Block Grant Program was
adopted by the City Council on September 15,
1987 . One of the projects approved ( KIDS) has
been withdrawn by the applicant.
The 1988
ro ram has been revised to reallocate the
program
$3, 000 approved for the KIDS project to the
Children' s Therapy Project.
PUBLIC SAFETY Sale of Surplus Property Acquired for New West
Hill Fire Station (Cambridge Site) . City
Administrator McFall noted that approximately
seven acres were acquired for the new West Hill
Fire Station. As only three to five acres will
be necessary for the construction of the new
station, authorization is required to deter-
mine the manner in which the excess property
can best be marketed for residential develop-
ment and to negotiate the sale of such excess
property. Proceeds from the sale of the pro-
perty erty shall be reinve
sted in the Public Safety
Bond Project fund
.
BAIL
EY MOVED that the City Administrat
or be
directed to sell approximaely two acres of land
(West Hill Fire at the northwest corner of the property acquired
Station) by the City for the construction of the new
West Hill Fire Station. The City Administrator
her directed to determine is further how the property
should be marketed in order to receive the -
highest possible return to assure that thePro
ert is developed as single family residential
Y
P neigh-
borhood.housing compatible with the surrounding g
borhood. The proceeds from the sale of this
shall
be reinvested in the Publi
c
property ' ect fund for use in developing
Safety Bond Prod
the projects identified in the bond issue.
Dowell seconded and the motion carried.
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POLICE Police Department Remodel. On September 25 ,
four bids were opened for the Police Department
Remodel . Those bids were as follows :
1 . Davis & Son Construction - Seattle
$65, 500. 00
$ 6, 000. 00 - Deductible Alternate
2. Alpine Builders - Tacoma
$55, 442 . 00
$10 , 300. 00 - Deductible Alternate
3 . Armstrong/Gilthvedt - Kent
$76 , 092 . 00
$ 5, 450. 00 - Deductible Alternate
4. Ferrell/Penning - Seattle
$62 , 600. 00
$ 9, 400 . 00 - Deductible Alternate
Upon a question, Chief Frederiksen noted that
provision was made for deductible alternates
so that if necessary, the project could be
decreased in order to stay within the budget.
HOUSER MOVED to award the bid to Alpine Con-
tractors in the amount of $55, 442 , in accordance
with staff and architect ' s recommendation.
Biteman seconded and the motion carried.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3E)
Drinking Driver Task Force. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of the following donations to the Drinking
Driver Task Force design contest totaling $1 , 080 :
Nor-Pac K & L Distributors , Inc.
Stylemakers Town & Country Auto Sales
City Beverages , Inc. Turf Club Barber Shop
PERSONNEL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 30)
Administrative Lieutenant. AUTHORIZATION for
the Police Department to elevate the position
of Research and Development Specialist from
Police Officer to the rank of Lieutenant. This
action would recognize the extra responsibilities
assumed in management control of bond projects
and of
fer enhanced coordinat
ion of staff effort.
In addition, due to the complexities faced as
a result of current and anticipated growth in
the City of Kent, additional administrative
assistance is necessary to coordinate the
following functions within the Police Department:
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PERSONNEL (a ) Recruitment of new employees
(b) Training for three divisions
(c ) Budgetary process
(d) Continued research and development projects
(e) Supervisory control and coordination of
effort by administrative staff
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3M)
Accounts Receivable Write-Off. APPROVAL to
write off $14,793 . 05 in accounts receivable.
These accounts represent miscellaneous receiv-
ables, parking citations and one special assess-
ment for $101 . 39. All these amounts are older
than 12/31 /85 and the City has expended efforts
to collect these amounts to the extent that it
appears cost effective. The recommendation
has also been reviewed by the City Attorney.
(CONSENT CALENDAR 3B)
Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the
bills received through October 6, 1987 after
auditing by the Operations Committee at its
meeting at 8: 30 a.m. on October 15, 1987.
PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3P)
RECREATION REMOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER WHITE
Acceptance of the Senior Activity Center as
Complete. ACCEPTANCE of the contract work of
Jones and Roberts for the Senior Activity
Center as complete and release of the retainage
upon receipt of the State and subcontractors
releases. A one-year warranty starts upon the
date of acceptance. White noted that he had
no objection to accepting the building as com-
plete as far as the contractor's services go,
but that there was an acoustical problem in
the dining room and the day care room. He then
MOVED for the approval of Item 3P and further
MOVED that the problem of the excess noise be
discussed by the Parks Committee and suggested
that the architect be involved. The City Admini-
strator was asked to expedite solving the pro-
blem. Biteman seconded and the motion carried.
Woods noted that the Parks Committee would next
meet on Tuesday, October 13th, at 4: 00 p.m.
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October 6, 1987
RAILROAD James Schneider of 227 Kensington, complained
WHISTLES that the whistles on the trains going through
Kent were too loud. The Burlington Northern
representative told Schneider that the whistles
were required by the Washington Utilities and
Transportation Commission regulations and that
the railroad would be liable if there were no
whistles and an accident occurred. Schneider
stated that Jerry MacDonald of Burlington
Northern had stated that the City was engaged
in a study as to the City ' s liability, and the
impact on the City if a limit were placed on
the noise level of the whistles. City Attorney
Driscoll noted that her ass
istant had had con-
versations on this subject, but that no study
had been authorized. It was determined that
Mr. Schneider was a newcomer to the city, and
that perhaps long-time residents had become
used to the whistles. BAILEY MOVED for the
City Attorney ' s office to review the railroad ' s
latitude with regard to whistles, to review
also the question of liability, with a report
to be made in mid-November to the Council and
for Mr. Schneider to be advised. Biteman
seconded and the motion carried.
BOARD OF Review Committee. Mayor Kelleher noted that
ADJUSTMENT about six months ago he had appointed a com-
mittee consisting of Steve Dowell , Chairman,
Beth Carroll, Walter Flue and Christi Houser,
to review the functions of the Board of Adjust-
ment. The recommendations of the committee
were filed today, and Dowell invited questions
or comments. He thanked the committee and
the City Attorney and Planning staff for their
assistance. The Planning Committee will now
review the report.
COUNCIL COMMITTEES President's Report. White noted that there
will not be a workshop on October 13 .
Public Works Committee. Johnson noted that
the Public Works Com
mittee would meet on
Tuesday, October 13 , at 4 : 15 p.m. in the
Engineering Building.
Planning and Parks Committee. Woods noted
that the Parks Committee would meet on Tuesday,
October 13 , at 4 : 00 p.m. in the 2nd Floor
Conference Room.
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COUNCIL COMMITTEES Public Safety Committee. Houser noted that
the Public Safety Committee would meet at
7: 30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 13 .
The Mayor announced that the City softball
team had won the game with Valley Publishing,
but that this had not been noted in the news-
paper.
EXECUTIVE SESSION At 7 : 50 p.m. , at the request of City Admini-
strator McFall, the Council adjourned to an
executive session to discuss a matter concern-
ing litigation.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting was reconvened at 8: 10 p.m. and
then adjourned.
Marie Je n, CMC
City Clerk
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