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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 06/06/1989 Kent, Washington June 6, 1989 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at Y 7 . 00 P Y.m. b Mayor Pro Tem White. Present: Councilmemhers Biteman, 't Administrator Dowell, Houser, Johnson, Mann, White and Woods, City Chow, City Attorney Driscoll, Planning Director Harris and Public Works Director Wickstrom. Also present: Fire Chief Angelo, Police Chief Frederiksen, Information Services Director Spang and Assistant City Administrator Hansen. Finance Director McCarthy was abs ent. Approximately 40 people were at the meeting. PRESENTATIONS Employee of the Month. Mayor Pro Tem White announced that Mart Mulholland of the Information Services Department has been selected as the Employee of the Month for June. White noted that Ms. Mulholland is the computer support person responsible for the development of new Hewlett Packard systems. He commended her for her positive attitude , infectious enthusiasm and dedication, and presented her with the Employee of the Month plaque. Herb Mutschler. Kind County Library System Week. Mayor Pro Tem White read a proclamation declaring the week of June 4 - 10, 1989 as Herb Mutschler Week. White noted that Mr. Mutschler has served as the Director of the King County Library System since 1963 , during which time 28 new King County Library buildings were constructed. He stated that Mr. Mutschler has been an integral part of the growth of our library and a strong advocate and supporter of the new Kent/King County Library due for completion in 1990. Members of the Kent Library Board also expressed appreciation to Mr. Mutschler. Flag Day, Mayor Pro Tem White read a proclamation declaring June 14 , 1989 as Flag Day and urged all citizens of Kent to pause at 7 : 00 p.m. EDT on this date and recite with all Americans the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag and Nation. Historical Preservation. Mayor Pro Tem White read a the week of .Tune 11 through proclamation declaring g 17 as Historical Preservation Week in Kent. Linda Van Nest, an activist in historical preservation, accepted the proclamation. 1 I June 6, 1989 PRESENTATIONS Certification. The City Clerk noted that Brenda Jacober, Deputy City Clerk for the City has recently completed courses at the University of Washington qualifying her as a Certified Municipal Clerk. Education, service and experience standards are set by Municipal Clerks. the International Institute of Certification recognizes the competency of Ms. Jacober to serve in the professional capacity of either City Clerk or Deputy City Clerk. Council President White presented a plaque to Ms. Jacober and congratulations were offered from all in attendance. CONSENT BITEMAN MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A through CALENDAR O be approved. Item 3L was removed by Councilmember Houser, Item 3P was removed by Councilmember Mann, b Councilmember and Items 3R and 35 were removed y Council Dowell . Woods seconded and the motion carried. Item 3Q was handled separately. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR 3A) Approval of Minutes. Remove from the table and approve the minutes of the May 2 meeting. Approval of the minutes of the May 16 meeting. HEALTH AND (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3F) SANITATION Water Main Extension. ACCEPTANCE of the bill of sale and warranty agreement for the continuous operation and maintenance of approximately 247 feet of water main extension constructed in the vicinity of 102nd Ave. S.E. and S.E. 268th Street and release of cash bond. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3G) Bay Club Apartments. ACCEPTANCE of the bill of sale and warranty agreement for continuous operation and maintenance of approximately 1, 132 feet of water main extension and 393 feet of sanitary sewer extension constructed in the vicinity of 99th Ave. south of the Bay Club Apartment project and release of cash bond after expiration of the one year maintenance period. 2 June 6, 1989 STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3H) LID 327/328 Bus Pull Outs. AUTHORIZATION for the g an Mayor to sign agreement with Metro to participate Y g in the cost of constructing bus pull outs in conjunction with the City' s West Valley Highway improvement project, as approved by the Public Works Committee. Bids 1989 Asphalt Overlay. Bid opening was held May 31, and two bids were received. The low bid was submitted by M.A. Segale, Inc. in the amount of $193 , 275. 80. The Public Works Director recommends the low bid be accepted. JOHNSON MOVED that the bid of $193 , 275. 80 from M.A. Segale be accepted for the 1989 Asphalt Overlay. Bateman seconded and the motion carried. STREET (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3M) VACATION 3rd Avenue South. ADOPTION of Resolution 1206 setting July 5, 1989 for a public hearing on the ' on of 3rd Ave. for vacation of a portion application P pP So. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3N) Glacier Park. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2847 approving the Glacier Park Street vacation of a portion of 80th Avenue South. The public hearing was concluded on February 21st and the conditions have now been fulfilled. TRAFFIC (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3K) CONTROL Master Signal Control Computer. As recommended by the Public Works Committee, AUTHORIZATION to pay $21, 730. 15 in settlement of a claim on the sales tax issue for the Master Signal Control Computer Project and for funds to come from the Street Operating Budget with the understanding that it is highly probable said budget may be overrun by that amount. ANNEXATION Hehr Annexation Zoning No. AZ-89-1. This is the ZONING first of two public hearings to consider the Hearing Examiner' s recommendation of initial zoning of R1-7 . 2 , single family residential for the Hehr 3 I I June 6, 1989 1 ANNEXATION Annexation area. The property is approximately 4 . 6 ZONING acres in size and is located on the west side of approximately 116th Ave. S.E. approx y 150 feet south of S.E. 227th Place. The second hearing will be held on July 18 , 1989 . Mayor Pro Tem White declared the public hearing open. There were no comments from the audience, and WOODS MOVED to continue the public hearing to July 18 , 1989 . Mann seconded and the motion carried. SUBDIVISION (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3S) CODE REMOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER DOWELL Lot Line Adjustment. Ordinance 2849 has been prepared amending the Kent City Code 12 . 04 (Subdivision Code) to incorporate administrative procedure for lot line adjustment application submittal and review, and to clarify the definition of accumulative short subdivision. It was determined that this issue had been approved by the Planning Commission and that the Council had approved it on November 15, 1988 and had ordered the ordinance. At Mr. Morford' s request, the ordinance was removed from the February 7 , 1989 Council meeting agenda to allow time for Mr. Morford to discuss his concerns with Mr. Satterstrom of the Planning Department. On April 4 , this item was referred to the Planning Committee and the committee now recommends that the ordinance be adopted. Upon Dowell ' s question, Carol Proud of the Planning Department rtment noted that administrative guid elines were needed for the application, submittal and review processes. In response to Morford' s question about a $25 fee, Proud explained that the Planning Department did not charge but that a title company charged a service fee of approximately $25 . Upon questions from Biteman and Houser, Harris and Proud explained that the lot line adjustment 4 June 6 , 1989 SUBDIVISION procedure had become complex and consistent CODE procedure could be assured by having an ordinance to cover it. It was determined that Larry Frazier of Lot Line Master Builders had been consulted over the course Adjustment of drafting this ordinance and that he had no Ordinance problem with it. The City of Auburn has a similar lot line adjustment ordinance in their code. WOODS MOVED to adopt Ordinance 2849 and Mann seconded. Morford objected, stating that the ordinance would make the procedure rigid and difficult. He noted that some title company fees were $350 and Proud noted that transfer of title fees were $350 but the service fee mentioned was only to verify title. She noted that the form proposed would simplify the process. Leona Orr noted that she had attended the committee meeting and concluded that this procedure could protect the small person. She pointed out that Morford was the only one objecting. Woods commended the staff for their work on this project and noted to Morford that he had never been denied access to speak at committee or council meetings, whether or not items were listed on the agenda. Houser suggested that a simple notarized form might be used to establish ownership. Mann concurred with Woods ' motion and comments and suggested an amendment to guarantee that the fees would not be up to $150 or more. At Driscoll ' s suggestion, Mann changed the wording to "should the fee be excessive, staff will bring the ordinance back to the Council for reconsideration" . This was accepted as a friendly amendment. Houser' s motion to table failed for lack of a second. Jim Orr stated that the City had an open policy toward developers and that maybe it was time to listen to staff. Biteman suggested that the amendment did not change the requirement of involving the title company and that he would prefer 5 June 6, 1989 SUBDIVISION a shorter form of the ordinance. Upon a show of motion to ado CODE hands, the m t Ordinance 2849 as amended p carried with Woods, Johnson, Mann and White voting Lot Line in favor and Dowell , Houser and Biteman voting Adjustment against. Ordinance PRELIMINARY Eastwood Preliminary Subdivision No. SU-89-1. This VISION pub lic meeting will consider the Hearing Examiner' s SUBDI �J P recommendation of conditional approval of a 21 lot single family residential subdivision submitted by W. F. Holmberg. The property is 4 . 36 acres in size and is located at 100th Ave. S. E. and S .E. 244th St. Mary Duty of the Planning Department noted that all lots meet or exceed the 7200 square feet lot size. WOODS MOVED to adopt the findings of the Hearing Examiner and to concur with the Hearing Examiner' s recommendation of approval of Eastwood Preliminary Subdivision No. SU-89-1 with five conditions as clarified. Dowell seconded and the motion carried. EAST VALLEY East Valley Zoning Implementation No. CPZ-89-1. IMPLEMENTATION White noted that this item has been removed from the agenda by Planning Director Harris. Harris noted that a quorum was not present at the last Planning Commission meeting, so no action had been taken on this item. The Commission, consisting of nine members, requires five members for a quorum. This has become difficult since at present two commissioner seats are vacant. White asked that City Administrator Chow check into the possibility of modifying Planning Commission rules regarding quorum. Upon Dowell ' s question, Driscoll pointed out that the Planning Commission must make certain findings of fact before the necessary resolution and ordinance come to the Council . HOUSING AND (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3I) COMMUNITY Sidewalk Development Proiect. ACCEPTANCE as DEVELOPMENT complete of the Juarez Construction contract for the Housing and Community Development sidewalk improvement project and release of retainage after receipt of release from the state. 6 June 6, 1989 REGIONAL (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3J) WATER ASSOC. Regional Water Association. APPROVAL to prepare a letter to the Regional Water Association naming the Director of Public Works as the City' s representative and the Operations Manager as his alternate, as recommended by the Public Works Committee. INITIATIVE AND (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3Q) REFERENDUM Initiative and Referendum Powers. Ordinance 2848 adopting initiative and referendum powers for the citizens of of the City of Kent has been prepared and is presented for Council consideration. JOHNSON MOVED TO ADOPT Ordinance 2848 . Houser seconded and the motion carried. CITY PROPERTY (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3R) Campbell Land Exchange - Ponssen House. AUTHORIZATION for staff to pursue a land exchange proposed by Larry Campbell, with conditions. Dowell noted that his questions regarding this had been answered at the Planning Committee meeting of this date and MOVED to authorize staff to pursue a land exchange proposed by Larry Campbell , with conditions. Woods seconded. Dowell noted that Council is not authorizing a purchase, but recommending that discussions with Mr. Campbell be pursued. Assistant City Administrator Hansen clarified that should the land exchange occur, it would have to be of equal value which would be determined by two M.A. I . appraisals . He noted that the City would select one of the appraisers, but that the cost would be paid by Esquire Court Ltd. He also stated that any and all other issues which might arise will be worked out with the City Attorney and any items not covered will come back to Council . The motion carried. FINANCE 1990 - 1994 Capital Improvement Program CIP . A hearing has been scheduled for this meeting to receive public input on the proposed CIP for 1990 - 1994 . It was noted that the City mailed out 7 June 6, 1989 FINANCE questionnaires in the utility bills and 644 were returned. Departments submitted their capital Capital improvements requests in priority order, totaling Improvement over $48 million dollars over five years. The Plan results of the questionnaire and the projects listed were presented in a Council workshop on May 2nd. The Council gave direction at the workshop with their own questionnaire. The IBC reviewed the priorities and funding resources to create the balanced CIP presented tonight. John Marchione of the Finance Department presented the CIP, a copy of which was included in the agenda packet. The material includes the results of the citizen and the Council questionnaires, the Councilmanic debt schedule, and the recommendation of the CIP Balancing Committee, based upon the Council priorities and target issues, the citizen survey, the department head priorities and the revenue dedicated for this purpose. The public hearing was declared open and Dee Eklund noted that the Chamber of Commerce continues to support transportation issues as its number one priority. Maureen McNamara stated that arterials leading to residential areas should not be considered extensions of freeways. Dowell noted McNamara ' s concern especially regarding James Street and noted that she was welcome to attend Public Works Committee meetings. White noted that the corridor project recommendation came after review by the Green River Transportation Action Plan, that the east/west traffic problem was critical and that the City of Auburn was also involved. There were no further comments from the audience, and JOHNSON MOVED to close the hearing. Woods seconded and the motion carried. JOHNSON MOVED to adopt the 1990 - 1994 CIP Plan as presented and Biteman seconded. Dowell objected to the fact that the Parks Department had no CIP fund allocation for 1990 and pointed out that Kent Parks Department was rated the 8 June 6 , 1989 FINANCE best in the nation for a city this size. Upon his question, Chow identified the members of the Capital Internal Budget Committee and it was noted that the Improvement same group comprised the CIP committee. Plan Dowell asked if the furniture allocation of $250 , 000 was time sensitive for 1990 . Hansen explained that the furniture figure was conservative and covered three departments - Public Works, Planning and Code Enforcement. He further noted that these furniture expenditures would come back to the Council after having been to committee. Hansen noted further that the committee had been charged with addressing immediate needs first, and pointed out that the City was carrying considerable debt related to previous park projects. Marchione noted that the proposed county open-space bond issue includes $3 .7 million for Kent, and that Kent supports the County' s acquisition of Clark Lake. Woods also expressed concern about the lack of allocation of funds for parks. She noted that parks were especially needed on East Hill . Biteman concurred that individual communities need to have their park needs considered. White noted that the Council was facing tough times and priorities had to be set. WOODS MOVED to table the item for two weeks and Dowell seconded. Motion carried. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through June 7 , 1989 after auditing by the Operations Committee at its meeting at 2 : 30 p.m. on June 15 , 1989 . Approval of checks issued for vouchers: Date Check Numbers Amount 5/12 79481 - 79483 $ 996 . 61 5/15 - 5/30 79884 - 79913 206 , 803 . 54 5/31/89 79914 - 80482 541 , 495 . 64 $749 295 . 79 9 June 6, 1989 FINANCE Approval of checks issued for payroll : Date Check Numbers Amount 5/22/89 119366 - 120049 $211, 598 . 76 (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3L) REMOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER HOUSER Printing Graphics Equipment. AUTHORIZATION to use $55, 505 of Central Services fund balance of $107 , 479 to acquire a new press, plate maker and graphics work station. These pieces of equipment will save City expenditures in the long run by making printing and graphics equipment more efficient, will allow the City to do printing that is now done outside and will allow each graphic artist her own machine, eliminating unproductive time. HOUSER MOVED that this item be referred to the Operations Committee to be reconsidered June 30. Johnson seconded. White noted for Dowell that the department head has recommended this action. The motion then carried. A letter from the Chamber of Commerce relating to this subject has been filed. LIBRARY (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3P) Library Design. Approval has been requested of the latest design/development plan for the new library as recommended by the Operations Committee on May 15. Mann requested that more information be given. Jim Hansen noted that Pat Shelby was the project architect for Henry Klein Associates. Hansen displayed the drawings showing elevations, parking areas and traffic patterns as well as the inside design. Hansen described the skylights and the curved walls and a berm which will deflect the noise from traffic and from the railroad. Bite-man expressed concern that the parking for the library might act as a barrier to parking for Kaibara Park. Hansen noted that the landscape design would take this into consideration. Dowell questioned the severity of the spike-like look of the roof and Herb Mutschler commented that the architect had noted that this will be brought down some to relieve the stark look. 10 June 6 , 1989 LIBRARY It was noted that the Kent Library Board and the King County Library Board have already approved the plans. Hansen explained that last December the Council had approved plans very similar to these. It was determined that the contract did not include a model of the building. Upon questions about parking, Hansen clarified that the municipal parking lot was not a part of this project. The library project provides for 124 parking stalls and this will be carefully considered during the permit process. MANN MOVED to approve the latest design/development plans for the new library as recommended by the Operations Committee on May 15 with special consideration of the concerns expressed at this meeting. Biteman seconded and the motion carried. POLICE DEPT. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3C) Drinking Driver Task Force. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of a donation of $200 from the Kent Valley Youth Services to the Task Force. FIRE DEPT. Remodel of Station 71. Bids were received on Bids Friday, June 2 . Chief Angelo stated that the two bidders who bid low enough to be within the budget with a reasonable contingency; are Logan Construction of Kent and C.E. Skinner Construction. He pointed out that Logan Construction may not desire to enter into a contract, as he may have left some items off his bid. He stated that the bid should be awarded as soon as possible and asked that it be awarded to the low bidder who is willing to enter into a contract. He said that the other bids were over the budget and noted that if Logan chooses not to execute a contract, the bid bond situation would be worked out with the Attorney. BITEMAN MOVED for approval for the fire department to enter into contractual agreement with the low bidder who is willing to enter into a contract, as long as the amount of the base bid does not exceed $737 , 684 . 13 which includes sales tax for the remodel/ construction of Station 71. Houser seconded and the motion carried. 11 June 6, 1989 FIRE DEPT. North End Station. Biteman noted that the dedication ceremony for the North End Fire Station has been postponed because construction is not complete. Angelo stated that it will be rescheduled for mid-July. West Hill Station. Biteman noted that citizens had expressed some safety concerns at the ground breaking for the West Hill Station. Angelo noted that fencing curbing, and a built-in projection screen were alternate bids to be considered later. The Planning Department urges that the curbing be added and the safety factor would indicate that the fencing should be added to the project. These items would cost an additional $19 , 614 . 75 including tax and could be taken from the existing contingency, depleting it by only 2%, leaving a 4% contingency. BITEMAN MOVED to add Alternates #4 , 6, and 9 as described above to the Kosmo contract, at a cost of $19 , 614 . 75. Mann seconded and the motion carried. PARKS DEPT. (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 30) City Art Plan. ADOPTION of Resolution No. 1207 amending the guidelines for development and implementation of the City Art Plan. Special Populations Resource Center Kitchen Renovation. Bids were opened on Friday, June 2 , for work associated with the kitchen renovation at the Special Populations Resource Center. Dowell noted that the bids had come in over budget, and asked that this item be pulled from the agenda to be discussed at a later time. There were no objections and it was so ordered. APPOINTMENTS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3D) Saturday Market Advisory Board. CONFIRMATION of the Mayor' s appointment of Judie Sarff to the Saturday Market Advisory Board replacing Janette Nuss. The appointment will be effective immediately and continue through October 1990 . 12 June 6, 1989 APPOINTMENTS (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3E) Library Board. CONFIRMATION of the Mayor's appointment of Ted Ripley to replace Morgan Llewellyn. The appointment will become effective immediately and will be continued until December 31, 1992 . REPORTS Parks Committee. Dowell noted that the Parks Committee will meet at 3 : 30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21st. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9: 35 p.m. Marie Jen: CMC City Clerk 13