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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 01/15/1991 Kent, Washington January 15, 1991 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7 : 00 p.m. by Mayor Kelleher. Present: Councilmembers Dowell, Houser, Johnson, Mann, Orr, White, and Woods, City Administrator Chow, City Attorney Lubovich, Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom, Fire Chief Angelo, Acting Police Chief Byerly, Finance Director McCarthy, Personnel Director Olson, As- sistant City Administrator Hansen, Information Services Director Spang and Deputy City Clerk Jacober. Parks Director Wilson was not in attendance. Approximately 35 people were at the meeting. PUBLIC The flag salute was led by members of Boy Scout COMMUNICATIONS Troop 888 . There was then a moment of silence in honor of the troops in the Persian Gulf. The Mayor distributed to Councilmembers a Mis- sion Statement as presented by Dr. George Dan- iel, Superintendent of the Kent School Dis- trict. He noted that the mission statement says that we, as a community, will work together to pursue appropriate levels of support for our children. WOODS MOVED that the Mission State- ment be adopted. Houser seconded and the mo- tion carried. i CONSENT CALENDAR WOODS MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A - I be approved. White seconded and the motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3A) Approval of Minutes. Approval of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of January 2 , 1991. HEALTH AND (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3G) SANITATION 124th Avenue S. E. Water Main Extension. ACCEP- TANCE of the bill of sale and warranty agree- ment submitted by John E. and Phyllis J. Banks for continuous operation and maintenance of ap- proximately 670 feet of water main extension constructed in the vicinity of 124th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 284th Street and release of the cash bond after expiration of the one-year maintenance period. I 1 January 15, 1991 HEALTH AND (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3H) SANITATION Waterford Apartment at the Lakes. ACCEPTANCE of the bill of sale and warranty agreement sub- mitted by Waterford L.P. for continuous opera- tion and maintenance of approximately 4, 109 ft. of water main extension, 1, 282 feet of sanitary sewer extension and 1,525 feet of street im- provements constructed in the vicinity of So. 236th Street and Lakeside Boulevard East for the Waterford Apartments at the Lakes and release of the cash bond after expiration of the one-year maintenance period. STREET (PUBLIC HEARINGS - ITEM 2A) VACATION Pacific Ventures Street Vacation STV-90-5. A letter received on December 20, 1990 from Richard Boyer of Pacific Ventures, Inc. re- quests that the hearing of street vacation pe- tition STV-90-5 be delayed and put on the agen- da for the City Council meeting of February 5, 1991. The Planning Director concurs. WHITE MOVED to approve the request to delay the hear- ing of Street Vacation STV-90-5 to February 5, 1991. Woods seconded and the motion carried. TEMPORARY USE - (PUBLIC HEARINGS - ITEM 2 B) APPEAL Emerald City Chemical Appeal. A public hearing has been set for this date to consider an ap- peal filed by Emerald City Chemical . Mr. Dodge had asked to have a time extension of two years for an authorized temporary use permit. The Hearing Examiner has recommended an extension to April 15, 1991 and Glen Dodge- has appealed this. He has now requested that this hearing be held over to the February 5, 1991 meeting. WHITE MOVED that the public hearing be held over to the February 5 meeting. Woods sec- onded and the motion carried. Mr. Dodge requested that the Council consider giving the Planning Director the authority to extend public hearings and inform the affected parties so they are not required to attend the Council meeting to be sure the extension was allowed. GROWTH MGMT. (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3D) ACT 961 Growth Management Act Funds. AUTHORIZATION for appropriated funds from the Growth Management 2 II January 15, 1991 GROWTH MGMT. Act of 1990 to be distributed to the City of ACT 961 Kent through King County and for the Mayor to sign the related service agreement. The ser- vice agreement establishes the process by which grant funds will pass through King County to the City of Kent. HUMAN SERVICES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3I) COMMISSION Human Services Commission. CONFIRMATION of the Mayor' s appointment of Susan Ramos to Kent Hu- man Services Commission. Ramos replaces Alice Gregory who served as a representative of the business community and who resigned. TRAFFIC CONTROL (OTHER BUSINESS ITEM 4A) Traffic Safety. Requests have been received that both James Street (between Central Ave- nue and 104th Street) and Central Avenue at 259th Street be moved from their present sta- tus to a high priority within the Public Works Engineering Department in order that the cur- rent safety hazards may be quickly and effec- tively addressed and resolved. Mann noted that the Public Safety Committee has received a petition containing 421 signatures requesting a signal light at the intersection of S. 259th and Central Avenue. White added that a petition has . previously been received regarding James Street. MANN MOVED to author- ize the Public Works Department to upgrade to a high priority the resolution of traffic safe- ty problems at the intersection of S. 259th and Central, and that the safety of our pedestrians on James Street also be upgraded to top priori- I ty and that both of these areas b—ame for completion within two yesC � �itl , onded. 1i;3 ,itl y Jimmy Cordova stated that it is' ery- i � to cross Central Avenue and that because there is no stop light from Willis Street to Auburn, people tend to drive faster than the speed lim- it. Carol Anne Fellers noted that an employee of Pay-N-Pak was seriously injured at this lo- cation, and submitted another petition for a traffic signal which contains over 400 signa- tures. WHITE MOVED to make the petition a part of the record. Woods seconded and the motion 3 I January15, 1991 TRAFFIC carried. Elizabeth Lindgren stated that this is CONTROL a very dangerous situation and expressed hope that the signal can be installed this year. Johnson suggested including this project in the Six-Year Transportation Program in July. White stated that the Council is eager to solve these problems, as well as others in the City. Mann's motion then carried. DONATIONS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3E) Donation Ordinance. ADOPTION of Ordinance 2961 establishing a procedure for accepting dona- tions, as discussed with the Operations Commit- tee at their January 8 committee meeting. The ordinance was prepared to provide a vehicle for City acceptance of donations and to provide some guidance for individuals making donations to the City. FIRE DEPARTMENT (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3C) Sole Vendor Authorization. APPROVAL of L.N. Curtis and Sons as the sole vendor for the pur- chase of fire hose. The 1991 Budget has $35, 000 budgeted for the purchase of fire hose. The amount of funds in- volved usually dictates that the purchase is done through the bid process. In this case, the bid process would be redundant. Only one ven- dor in the Western United States can supply hose that meets the Kent Fire Department's needs. FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the TED - REFE4 bills received through January 17, 1991 after - ^S� `I1 auditing by the Operations Committee at its EsOF meeting at 4 : 30 p.m. on January 30, 1991 Approval of checks issued for vouchers: Date Check Numbers Amount 12/14/90 99349 $ 366.76 12/18-12/28/90 99785-99800 103 , 372 .52 12/31/90 99804-100253 427 , 576 .45 $531, 315. 73 4 January 15, 1991 FINANCE Approval of checks issued for payroll: Date Check Numbers Amount 1/4/91 1148700-1149345 $598,535. 33 REPORTS Public Works Committee. White noted that ac- tion recently taken on the Parkside Division No. 2 Walkway was discussed at the•Public Works Committee meeting today, and that the problem has not been solved. He noted that the Public Works and Legal Departments will meet with cit- izens to work out a solution, and this item will be brought back to the Council for recon- sideration. (Housing Grants) Planning Committee. Johnson announced that the City has received grants in the amount of $200, 000 from the King County Housing opportu- nity Fund and $265, 000 from the Washington State Housing Trust Fund. He noted that these funds will be used for senior housing units and for services for the frail elderly. He con- gratulated the Planning Department, who ini- tiated the applications for these grants. (Impact Fees) Johnson announced that King County is consider- ing an ordinance dealing with school impact fees. He noted that their ordinance imposes fees in unincorporated areas as well as incor- porated areas, and said he feels cities should have the option of imposing such fees within their boundaries. A resolution supporting the action of King County to adopt legislation relating to the imposition and collection of impact fees from new residential development was distributed to the councilmembers. JOHNSON MOVED for the adop- tion of Resolution 1269. White seconded. Dowell and White expressed concern about the wording of the resolution. A friendly amend- ment to change the wording as follows was ac- cepted by Johnson and White: "That the City Council supports the action of King County to address the problems of growth on schools through the adoption of legisla- tion to impose impact fees on residential de- velopment within its boundaries for school tck- -cl�-�-i�s districts provided that cities shall 5 January 15, 1991 (Impact Fees) retain the authority to levy such fees within their own boundaries. " The motion carried. (Annexation/ Johnson noted that the King County Council is Incorporation) proposing an ordinance which would prohibit an- nexation of rural areas to cities and which would prohibit rural areas from incorporating into cities. HE MOVED that the Mayor be di- rected to sign a letter to the County stating the CityyIs opposition to this ordinance. White seconded and the motion carried. Dowell indicated that he would like to have more time to study issues such as these. Johnson suggested a regional issues committee of the Council be formed to address these types of issues. Parks Committee. Dowell noted that the Parks Committee will meet on January 16 at 4: 00 p.m. in the Courtroom. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7 : 25 p.m. Brenda Jac er, CMC Deputy y Clerk 6