HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 06/18/1991 Kent, Washington
June 18, 1991
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at
7 : 00 p.m. by Mayor Kelleher. Present: Councilmembers Dowell,
Houser, Mann, Orr and Woods, City Administrator Chow, City Attor-
ney Lubovich, Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director
Wickstrom, Assistant City Administrator Hansen, Fire Chief
Angelo, Police Chief Crawford, Finance Director McCarthy, Infor-
mation Services Director Spang and Personnel Director Olson.
Councilmembers Johnson and White, and Parks Director Wilson were
not in attendance. Approximately 25 people were at the meeting.
PUBLIC Urban Growth and Road Adequacy Resolution. Mayor
COMMUNICATION Kelleher read a proposed resolution regarding
urban growth and road adequacy in South King
County. He noted that the purpose of the
resolution is to address the issue of urban growth
east of Kent. He stated that the City would like
King County to limit the growth in that area until
there is an adequate level of road service. He
noted that the proposed resolution will be for-
warded to the Planning Commission for their con-
sideration.
Infrastructure - Downtown. The Mayor noted that
the Planning Commission is currently considering
proposals dealing with land use zoning in the
Downtown Plan. He noted that a proposal allowing
more dense development to occur downtown will soon
be submitted. He explained that if larger
buildings were constructed downtown, infrastruc-
ture issues such as utilities and parking would be
affected. He announced that he will soon appoint
a committee to study infrastructure issues in the
downtown area and identify strategies for address-
ing these problems. He asked that the committee
also consider environmental mitigation issues and
recommend changes if required to accommodate
larger scale construction. He also asked that the
committee not look to the General Fund as a source
of funding for staffing.
1992 - 1997 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) .
Finance Director McCarthy noted that three commun-
ity meetings have been held to receive citizen
input on the 1992 - 1997 CIP, and that a question-
naire was mailed out. He went over the results of
the questionnaire and meetings, noting that open
space and transportation issues were the main
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PUBLIC concerns. He also discussed the projects
COMMUNICATION requested by City departments, and explained the
(CIP) method used to rate them. McCarthy asked that a
workshop be held on July 2 to discuss this item
further and to look at funding options. He
suggested that the public hearing be held on July
16 and the CIP be adopted on August 6.
CONSENT WOODS MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A through
CALENDAR L, excluding Item I which was removed by Council-
member Dowell, be approved. Orr seconded and the
motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3A)
Approval of Minutes. Approval of the minutes of
the regular Council meeting of June 4 , 1991.
HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3K)
SANITATION Allen Bond Kent Self-Storage Facility. ACCEPTANCE
of the bill of sale and warranty agreement submit-
ted by Sunup Construction for continuous mainte-
nance and operation of approximately 72 feet of
sanitary sewer extension constructed at 25223
104th Avenue S.E. for the Kent Self-Storage facil-
ity and release of the cash bond after expiration
of the one-year maintenance period.
STREETS (PUBLIC HEARINGS - ITEM 2A)
LID 336 - Widening of East Valley Highway from S
192nd to S. 180th. This date has been set for the
public hearing on the final assessment roll for
LID 336. Public Works Director Wickstrom noted
that the project includes widening the East Valley
Highway between S . 192nd and S . 180th to five
lanes, curb and gutter, concrete sidewalks, a two-
way left turn lane, street lighting and a bioswale
system between the curb and sidewalk. He noted
that the total cost of the project is $3 , 530, 637,
and that $1, 250, 000 is City/State TIB funding,
leaving LID assessments of $2 , 280, 637 to be paid
over a 15-year period. He noted that the contract
was recently awarded to Merlino Construction and
that construction is scheduled to start in June
and be completed by late fall . He also noted that
a pre-pay has been received on one parcel (Assess-
ment No. 3) .
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STREETS Woods noted that two letters of protest have been
(LID 336) received, one from Hill Investment Company and one
from Burr & Temkin. Lubovich stated that another
letter from Hill Investment Company rescinding
their protest was received today. WOODS MOVED
that all three letters be made a part of the rec-
ord. Mann seconded and the motion carried.
The Mayor declared the public hearing open. Jim
Kemmerer, of Burr & Temkin, representing Parcel No.
47 , noted that he had filed a letter of protest
today and asked for time to meet with Engineering
to work out an acceptable solution. There were no
further comments from the audience and WOODS MOVED
that the public hearing be closed. Orr seconded
and the motion carried. Wickstrom suggested that
action on this item be delayed until the next
Council meeting to allow time to meet with the
property owner to try to resolve the issue. WOODS
SO MOVED, Mann seconded and the motion carried.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3F)
Central Avenue Improvement (Willis to Smith) .
AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign the agreement
with Washington State Department of Transportation
to receive $110, 000 for Central Avenue improve-
ments from Willis to Smith Streets, as recommended
to the Public Works Committee.
TRANSPORTA- (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3E)
TION Vehicle Registration Fee/Street Utility. ADOPTION
of Resolution 1286 relating to transportation
planning, programming and coordination require-
ments for using Local Option Transportation
Revenues, as recommended by the Public Works
Committee.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3L)
Six-Year Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) .
AUTHORIZATION to set July 16 as the date for a
public hearing on the 1992-1998 Six-Year Transpor-
tation Improvement Plan.
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ALLEY (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3D)
VACATION Alley Vacation between Smith and Harrison.
ADOPTION of Resolution 1285 setting the date of
August 6 for a public hearing on the petition for
vacation of the alley between Smith and Harrison,
east of 6th Avenue.
CITY (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3C)
COUNCIL Voters Pamphlet Participation. AUTHORIZATION for
the City to participate in King County' s regional
voters pamphlet for the November 1991 election.
Kent candidates and issues will be included in the
South King County pamphlet along with Federal,
State and County candidates and issues.
FIRE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3J)
DEPARTMENT Interlocal Agreement - Fire Inspections.
AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign an agreement
with King County and the Commissioners of King
County Fire District 37 allowing the City to per-
form inspections in the fire district to better
evaluate and litigate hazards . The County will
cover the cost of insurance premiums as would be
calculated if the City did not have self insurance
and the City will also receive a percentage of the
hazardous material/public assembly inspection
permit fees.
PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3G)
RECREATION Russell Road Ballfield Lighting. AUTHORIZATION to
accept the lighting project on Field #2 at Russell
Road Park as complete and to release retainage to
Service Electric Company, Inc. upon receipt of
State releases. The project was completed in a
timely manner and within budget.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3H)
Glenn Nelson Park Tot Lot. AUTHORIZATION to
accept the Glenn Nelson Park Tot Lot as complete
and to release retainage to R. W. O ' Connell Land-
scaping upon receipt of State releases. The pro-
ject was completed in a timely manner and within
budget.
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PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3I)
RECREATION REMOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER DOWELL.
Golf Operational Audit. As discussed with the
Council ' s Operations and Parks Committees and as
recommended by the Operations Committee, the
Council is being requested to authorize Adminis-
tration to select the best firm at a reasonable
price to perform an operational audit of the
City' s Golf Complex. The audit is being requested
to clarify the financial position of the Golf Com-
plex with respect to the cost of operation and its
impact on other City funds. The funding source
for the cost of the audit, which will be less than
$17, 000, will be determined at a later date.
Dowell noted that the golf course is a successful
operation and questioned the need to spend $16, 500
for an audit. He introduced Doug Schwab, Presi-
dent of the Riverbend Men' s Golf Club, and ex-
plained that Mr. Schwab had written a letter to
the Parks Board offering alternatives to the
audit. Mr. Schwab ' s letter was read into the rec-
ord. The alternatives suggested in the letter
include a complete maintenance and agronomic pro-
cedures and budget analysis by the U. S . Golf
Association Green' s Section, an analysis of the
Golf Complex management and staffing by the PGA of
America ' s N.W. Section Community Relations Office,
and a survey and analysis of complex users by the
Riverbend Men' s Golf Club. Schwab indicated that
this could be done for $2 , 500. He added that the
staff at the Golf Complex is dedicated and hard-
working.
Dowell noted that this issue has come before the
Parks Committee, but that no decision was made due
to lack of information. WOODS MOVED that this
item be considered and voted on at the next Parks
Committee meeting and be brought back to Council
for discussion under Other Business. Mann sec-
onded. Dowell pointed out that Councilmembers
will receive written information on this issue,
and that at the Committee meeting he will show how
successful this operation is and what a good job
the staff is doing. Houser explained that the
funds for the audit would come from the Golf
Course Fund, and that the Council is not concerned
with the operation of the Golf Complex, but with a
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PARKS & $700, 000 discrepancy. ' She explained that the
RECREATION situation as reported by the Finance Department
(Golf Audit) has been debated by another department, and that
as a matter of fairness, an outside audit should
be conducted. Schwab opined that the discrepancy
is simply in the way the golf complex budget and
financial statement is being presented. Mann
asked that the Committee provide the Council with
an answer to each item in the financial analysis
as well as whether a study should be undertaken
and what funding options are available.
The motion to refer this matter to the Parks
Committee then carried.
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3B)
Approval of Bills. Approval of payment of the
bills received through June 14 , 1991 after audit-
ing by the Operations Committee at its meeting at'
4 : 45 p.m. on June 25, 1991.
Approval of checks issued for vouchers :
Date Check Numbers Amount
6/1-6/14/91 105992-106469 $3 , 010, 151. 83
Approval of checks issued for payroll :
Date Check Numbers Amount
6/20/91 01156333-01157077 $ 641, 340 . 93
EXECUTIVE At 8 : 00 p.m. , City Administrator Chow announced
SESSION that there would be an executive session of
approximately 5 minutes regarding personnel and
possible litigation. He added that no action is
anticipated.
ADJOURNMENT At 8 : 10 p.m. the meeting reconvened and adjourned.
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Brenda Jacob , CMC
Deputy City Clerk
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