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June 21 , 1988
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7: 00
p.m. by Mayor Kelleher at Kent United Methodist Church. Present: Council-
members Biteman, Dowell, Houser, Johnson, Mann, White and Woods, City
Administrator McFall, City Attorney Driscoll, Planning Director Harris
and Public Works Director Wickstrom. Also present: Fire Chief Angelo
and Police Chief Frederiksen. Finance Director McCarthy was not in atten-
dance. Approximately 50 people were at the meeting.
CONSENT CALENDAR HOUSER MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A through S
be approved, with the exception of Item C which was
removed by Councilmember Biteman and Item S which
was removed at the request of City Administrator
McFall. White seconded and the motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3A)
Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of
the regular Council meeting of June 7, 1988.
WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3J)
Clark/Hango Agreement. ACCEPTANCE of the Clark/
Hango Water System improvement agreement and author-
ization for the Mayor to execute same, as approved
by the Public Works Committee.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3M)
Public Works Trust Fund (Kent Springs Transmission
Main) . ACCEPTANCE of the amended agreement and
authorization for the Mayor to execute same, as
approved by the Public Works Committee.
STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3F)
Cornucopia Days Street Use Permit. ADOPTION of
Ordinance 2784 granting a street use permit to
the Kent Lions Club for a public festival called
Kent Cornucopia Days.
( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3K)
LID 297 - Assessment Nos. 3 and 18. AUTHORIZATION
for the City Attorney to prepare a resolution to
segregate Assessment No. 3 and Assessment No. 18
on LID 297 .
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3L)
Puget Power Agreement. ACCEPTANCE of the Puget
Power Agreement for the Smith Street underground
bower conversion, and authorization for the Mayor
to execute same, as approved by the Public Works
Committee.
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FIRE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3N)
King County Fire District #37 Contract Amendment.
AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign the amendment
to the agreement for services with King County Fire
District #37.
RESIDENTIAL Residential Recycling. City Administrator McFall
RECYCLING noted that the Council had authorized him to nego-
tiate with Kent Disposal (Rabanco) for a contract
for residential recycling and that the City Attorney
has prepared a contract for the Mayor ' s signature.
WHITE MOVED to refer the matter to the Operations
Committee for consideration and recommendation to
the Council. Mann seconded and the motion carried.
ANIMAL CONTROL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 30)
Dangerous and Potentially Dangerous Dogs. ADOPTION
of Ordinance 2787 regulating dangerous and potenti-
ally dangerous dogs .
POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3P)
Sergeant Position. AUTHORIZATION to create an
additional Sergeant ' s position within the Detective
Unit.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3Q)
WTSC Grant Funds. AUTHORIZATION to use WTSC grant
funds for an additional part-time position for
the Drinking Driver Task Force.
CITY PROPERTY (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3R)
Sale of Property Adjacent to Golf Course. AUTHORI-
ZATION to sell five acres of commercial property
adjacent to the Riverbend Golf Course at the corner
of Russell and Meeker. This property was reserved
out of the Golf Course Project for future commer-
cial development. The City Administrator has nego-
tiated the sale of the property to Young Development
and Construction Company for the purpose of construc-
tion of a hotel/motel and other compatible uses .
Sale price is $5. 50 per square foot.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3S )
REMOVED BY CITY ADMINISTRATOR MCFALL
Surplus Property - North of S. 244th Street._ AUTHOR-
IZATION for the Public Works Department to have an
appraisal made of City-owned property north of
S. 244th between Summit and 94th Avenue, in order
to start the process to declare the property surplus.
At McFall ' s request, the word appraisal was changed
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CITY PROPERTY to evaluation and JOHNSON MOVED to approve this
item, with the change. Mann seconded and the
motion carried.
HEARING EXAMINER Amendment to Ordinance 2233 - Hearing Examiner.
The Hearing Examiner has requested that Ordinance
2233 , Section 14 , be amended to enable Hearing .
Examiner decisions including findings and conclu-
sions to be sent to the applicant and other parties
of record via first class mail rather than by
certified mail . This change would save the City
the extra postage and staff time expended in pre-
paring certified mailings. WOODS MOVED to amend
Ordinance 2233, Section 14 as recommended by the
City Council Planning Committee and to instruct
the City Attorney to prepare the amending ordinance.
Biteman seconded. Driscoll clarified for White
that State statutes would allow this change and
the motion carried.
AUTOMATION PLAN (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3D)
General Government Software Contract. AUTHORIZA-
TION for the Mayor to sign a contract with Manage-
ment Advisory Group, not to exceed $350, 000, sub-
ject to the approval of the City Attorney.
( CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3E)
ACCESS/WACIC/NCIC Agreement. AUTHORIZATION to
sign an agreement between the State and the Police
Department for establishment of a computer to com-
puter interface.
ANNEXATION ZONING (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3C)
REMOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER BITEMAN
LeBlanc Annexation. Councilmember Biteman requested
that the ordinance for the zoning of the LeBlanc
Annexation be postponed until the next Council
meeting. Mr. Coluccio stated that he would like
to have time to meet with the Public Works and Plan.-
ning Departments to clarify the matter of the roads .
BITEMAN MOVED to postpone this item to the July 5
meeting. Dowell seconded and the motion passed.
VALLEY FLOOR PLAN (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3H)
MAP AMENDMENT Valley Floor Plan Map Amendment. ADOPTION of
Resolution 1170 incorporating the amendments to the
Valley Floor Plan that were recommended in the East
Valley Study.
ZONING CODE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3G)
AMENDMENT Adult Entertainment. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2785
amending the Zoning Code to add adult entertainment
establishments to the list of adult uses.
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ZONING CODE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3I )
AMENDMENT East Valley Study. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2786
incorporating the recommendations from the East
Valley Study for amendments to the Zoning Code.
These include: ( 1 ) establishing a landscape corri-
dor along East Valley Highway, ( 2 ) changing the
front yard setback in the M2 zone, ( 3 ) instituting
screening requirements for dock-high loading areas
in M2 and M3 zones , ( 4 ) establishing transition
area requirements in the East Valley, and ( 5 ) clarif-
ication of solid waste use regulations .
20 Percent Reduction in Multifamily Density. Mayor
Kelleher noted that on March 15, the City Council
referred the Planning Commission ' s recommendation
for a graduated scale reduction in Multifamily den-
sities to the City Council Planning Committee.
The Planning Commission recommendation also
included maintaining Single Family Residential
guidelines in new annexations , reviewing the CBD
to consider increasing densities in that area and
reviewing "overzoned" areas in the City to examine
whether those areas should be reconsidered. The
Planning Committee reviewed the Planning Commission' s
recommendation at their meetings of April 19,
June 7 and June 21 .
Councilmember Woods, Chair of the Planning Com-
mittee, MOVED for an ordinance to be prepared to
reduce Multifamily densities of the Kent Zoning
Code per the Planning Commission ' s recommendation,
including an addendum to the 6-16-88 Multifamily
Density Memo. Biteman seconded. Woods explained
that the addendum, adopted by the Planning Com-
mittee today and distributed this evening, provided
for adding Sections A. 1 , C and D to the Planning
Commission ' s recommendation, as follows :
A.l. Interim Measure
The 20% "graduated scale" reduction city-wide is intended to be
an interim measure which would remain in effect until the
completion and adoption of the area-by-area residential analysis
described in section C, below.
C. Area-by-Area Residential Study
The Planning Department staff is directed to conduct an update of
the Housing Element of the City's comprehensive plan. Within
this context, an area-by-area analysis of multifamily residential
density ,.would." be completed for'-the East Hill, west Hill, and
valley .Floor"planning areas. This analysis would determine areas
which are appropriate for density increases (or potentially new
multifamily areas) and those that are appropriate for density
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ZONING CODE reductions. The goal of the analysis would be to achieve an
AMENDMENT average -20�' reduction overall. In addition, this study would
explore ways of encouraging, new single-family development and
protecting existing single-family 'neighborhoods. The results of
this area-by-area study would be implemented through zoning
amendments to be'.initiated within one year.
D. Following action of the City Council on the interim
reduction policy, sthe Planning„Department will work with;.the City
Council':to develop'-, "work``program for"the area-by-area analysis
outlined in section C, above.
Woods noted that there have been many changes
since Resolution 1123 was sent to the Planning Com-
mission approximately 18 months ago. Input had
been received from groups of citizens as well as
businesses and compromises have been made. She
pointed out that the 20% reduction scale was to be
an interim measure until the area by area study is
completed and acted upon. Upon the Mayor ' s request,
Harris explained the actual reductions proposed for
each classification of multiple zoning.
Bill Carey of 11236 S.E. 244th, stated that when
his area was annexed to the City, the zoning was
downgraded, making it impossible to sell his land
for development. He concluded therefore that it
appeared that the City was already implementing
the 20% reduction proposal . He stated that traffic
congestion and overcrowding of schools was caused
by those outside the City as well as inside, and
this City action would not solve the problem. He
noted that housing had to be affordable and that
for many, this meant apartments . Carey compared
the differences in the zoning assigned to the
LeBlanc Annexation with that of the East Hill Annex-
ation. He filed a map showing the properties on
S.E. 244th and on S.E. 240th between 112th S.E.
and 114th S.E. comparing the zoning shown on the
Comprehensive Plan and the Soos Creek Plan as well
as the City ' s current zoning. He stated that the
Hearing Examiner did not comply with the Comprehen-
sive Plan when recommending the zoning for Area C
of the East Hill Plan. He referred to Ordinance
2469 relating to the zoning of annexed areas .
Johnson noted that consideration had to be given
to both the property owner and to the wishes of
the other residents of the area. Mann noted that
the proposed reductions would be as follows :
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ZONING CODE MRH reduced from 40 to 28 units
AMENDMENT MRM reduced from 23 to 19 units
MRG reduced from 16 to 14 units
MRD reduced from 10 to 9 units
He pointed out that although developers did not con-
sistently build to the higzest density allowed,
this reduction would insure lower densities. He
pointed out that the Council had kept
an open mind and had done its homework on this
issue.
Martin Welch of 11223 S.E. 240th, referred to the
Mayor ' s letter noting that in the past eight years
4400 units of apartments and condominiums had been
built, as compared with only 250 single family
homes during the same time period. Welch stated
that he doubted that building fewer apartments
would mean that more homes would be built. He
opined that the annexations of East Hill areas
occurred because of the need for City water and that
development was a matter of economics.
Luella White of 10005 S.E. 235th stated that she
lived in an apartment complex, but that Kent ' s mix
of single/apartment dwellings had changed over the
past few years . She favored the reduction and
stated that affordable housing could mean houses ,
not necessarily apartments . Grace Studer of 25227
West Valley Highway favored the reduction proposal.
Elmira Forner of the Planning Commission stated
that the Commission had considered the quality of
life while looking at the overall picture. Planning
Commission Chairman Bob Badger stated that the
Commission had found that other cities had taken
similar action and favored the additions proposed
by the Committee. He pointed out that Commission
members served without salaries and that the posi-
tions were not political. Jack Cobsy of 525 Van de
Vanter stated that if it was true that developers
were already building 20% less than their zoning
allowed, then the City should now be asking for
more than 20% reduction.
Dorothy Petersen of 23127 100th Avenue S.E. stated
that although she owned some undeveloped land, she
supported the density reduction proposal. Frank
Chopp also favored the reduction and noted that Kent
had the highest vacancy rate in the State. Tom
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ZONING CODE Miskel•1 of 25175 Frager Road stated that his pro-
AMENDMENT perty was across from the Signature Pointe develop-
ment and that he had put his property in land pre-
servation. He favored allowing no new apartment
building. Tom Lampe of 720 Prospect questioned
whether 20% was enough, noting the traffic problems
and the turnover at the schools. Gene Larcom,
10057 S.E. 244th stated that he favored the reduc-
tion of apartment sites although he has five acres
adjacent to the Fred Meyer development. Leona Orr
presented a petition containing 35 signatures in
support of 20% reduction. Laurie Sundstedt of
24805 114th S.E. also favored the reduction. Donna
Stewart of 26407 West Valley Highway favored the
reduction and noted that parking regulations in
apartment complexes were already being ignored.
Jim Orr favored 50% reduction and stated that a
group of citizens had initiated a petition to have
such a measure on the ballot, and that copies of
the petition were available. Mayor Kelleher noted
that he favored the initiative method to submit
measures to the electorate, but that thus far Kent
had not passed an ordinance to allow this. Larry
Frazier of Seattle Master Builders Association
stated that apartment dwellers are also citizens
and that the Comprehensive Plan is subject to change.
He supported the proposals made by the Planning
Committee as well as the Planning Commission.
Lila Raabe of 24302 111th Avenue S.E. stated that
the citizens had made their wishes known many times
and that the message of not wanting any more apart-
ments was clear. Mary Williams of 25331 West Valley
Highway stated that not many residents knew what
the valley was like 40 years ago. She pointed out
that citizens had to keep coming to the City Hall
to voice their objections to new developments.
Joan Hertel of 25421 West Valley Highway stated
that the City should encourage the building of
small affordable homes instead of apartments.
Dee Moschel noted that she had followed this pro-
posal since its inception and particularly favored
the area-by-area approach. Carol Stoner of the
Planning Commission favored the reduction and noted
further that Kent ' s action on this matter would
influence more than just the City of Kent area.
Dawn Turnham of 23830 98th Avenue South favored
the reduction and especially noted the traffic con-
gestion on the East Hill.
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ZONING CODE Upon questions, Dan Stroh of the Planning Department
AMENDMENT explained that present zoning allows for about 9000
more apartments and the 20% reduction would lower
this to 7200 units .
After all who wished to speak had done so, Woods '
motion carried unanimously.
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3B)
Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills
received through June 22, 1988 after auditing by
the Operations Committee at its meeting at 8: 30 a.m.
on July 1 , 1988.
Approval of checks issued for vouchers:
Date Check Numbers Amount
5/13 - 5/16 60790 - 61292
5/17 - 5/26 61293 - 61320 $ 250,260.16
6/1 61325 - 61693 743,997.16
994,257.32
5/27 61321 - 61324
6/1 - 6/8 61694 - 61710 68,759.89
6/15 61724 - 62029 1,128,492.74
$1,197,252.63
Approval of checks issued for payroll:
Date Check Numbers Amount
6/5/88 104938 - 105536 $ 621,881.45
REPORTS President' s Report. Council President White noted
that there would be no workshop next week, and fur-
ther that he had just become a grandfather! Con-
gratulations were given.
Public Works Committee. Johnson noted that the
Public Works Committee would meet on Tuesday,
June 28 at 4 : 00 p.m.
Parks Committee. Dowell noted that the Parks Com-
mittee would meet on Wednesday, June 22 at 4: 00 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9 : 15 p.m.
Marie Jensen, CMC
City Clerk
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