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June 18, 1996
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at
7: 00 p.m. by Mayor White. Present: Councilmembers Clark,
Epperly, Houser, Johnson, and Orr, Operations Director/Chief of
Staff McFall, City Attorney Lubovich, Planning Director Harris,
Public Works Director Wickstrom, Parks Director Hodgson, Police
Chief Crawford, Fire Chief Angelo, and Finance Director Miller.
Councilmembers Bennett and Woods were excused from the meeting.
Approximately 20 people were present.
PUBLIC Regional Justice Center Update. Tom Brown dis-
COMMUNICATIONS played a photo of the project and noted that the
end of May marked the twelfth month of completed
construction for the project. He updated the
Council on the progress of construction, and
noted that the lawn would be rolled out in
August. He added that work is being done on the
second floor of the parking structure, and that
three-quarters of the housing units are roofed.
He noted that March 12 is the negotiated contract
date regarding weather delay days. Brown stated
that there is a 1. 22% possible change order
projection, and the rapport between the construc-
tion management team and the City of Kent is
excellent. He noted that his transition team is
working with the Kent Fire Department and Kent
Police Department on policies and procedures for
response and the basic MOU.
Natural Medicine Task Force. Merrily Manthey
noted that many publications have contained
articles on Kent's activities. She stated that
on May 22nd she was in Washington D.C. as a
panelist and presenter at the World Congress on
Complimentary Therapys in Medicine, which was
chaired by C. Everett Koop. She introduced Donna
Datsko from Bastyr University, who explained the
Request for Proposal process for the Natural
Medicine Clinic. She noted that three proposals
were presented to the County, and said that the
proposal developed by Bastyr University was in
conjunction with the Community Health Centers of
King County, their Kent Community Clinic, and a
research group called The Statistics and
Epidemiology Research Corporation.
Nancy Weaver, Natural Medicine Coordinator for
King County, explained that in February, 1995,
the County Council passed a motion asking the
County Executive to create a natural medicine
clinic. She reiterated that they have received
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PUBLIC three proposals and said that a panel of people
COMMUNICATIONS from all over the United States will review the
proposals and a final recommendation will be made
to the Executive Director of the Health Depart-
ment, who will make a final decision and release
that information on July 2nd.
Ms. Manthey introduced Jack Elder, who will be
dealing with one of the infrastructure issues and
making a report in the future.
Mayor White thanked all who have worked on the
task force.
CONSENT HOUSER MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A
CALENDAR through P 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, 1996, with
the following correction to Item 3A: June 7 , 1996
should say May 21, 1996.
Approval of the following addition to the minutes
of May 21, 1996, Item 4B, No Parking Zone - Lake
Meridian: Woods seconded and the motion carried.
PUBLIC WORKS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3M)
West Valley Highway Properties. ADOPTION of
Ordinance No. 3299 authorizing condemnation on
two properties. During the heavy rainy seasons,
West Valley Highway at S. 272nd has consistently
flooded making it necessary for the Public Works
Department to close the road. The City has been
unsuccessful thus far in negotiations with the
property owners on the west side, to grant an
easement to reconstruct an existing 18" drainage
pipe which will take care of this problem. As
such, it has been recommended by the Public Works
Committee to adopt a condemnation ordinance
authorizing condemnation on these two properties,
should negotiations continue to fail.
Upon Orr' s question, Wickstrom explained that the
construction projects on Benson (State Route 515)
and Canyon Drive (State Route 516) are being done
by the State and that the State scheduled both
projects. He agreed to check on the completion
dates of the projects and inform the Mayor and
Council.
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SEWERS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3G)
Meadow Ridge Elementary School Sewer Extension.
AUTHORIZATION for the Public Works Department to
prepare and the Public Works Director to sign a
Sewer Extension Latecomer Agreement with the Kent
School District, noting that the Agreement is to
be modified to reflect that for those specific
subdividable properties contained therein, the
cost is $7, 102 . 18 per connection not to exceed a
total amount of $21, 306 . 52 from the entire
described parcel, as recommended by the Public
Works Committee.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3L)
MacIsaac Sanitary Sewer Extension. AUTHORIZATION
to accept the bill of sale for MacIsaac Sanitary
Sewer Extension submitted by Robert C. MacIsaac
for continuous operation and maintenance of 685
feet of sanitary sewer improvements, and release
of bonds after expiration period, as recommended
by the Public Works Director. This project is
located in the vicinity of 114th Avenue S.E. and
S.E. 251st Street.
RECYCLING (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3H)
Special Recycling Events and Business Recycling
Program - Ring County Grant Agreement. AUTHORI-
ZATION for the Mayor to sign the King County
Grant Agreement for Special Recycling Events and
Business Recycling Program, and direct staff to
accept the grant and establish a budget in the
amount of $36, 491. 00, as recommended by the
Public Works Committee.
REZONE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3D)
Hillside Manor Rezone RZ-96-1. AUTHORIZATION
to set July 2, 1996, as the date for a public
meeting to consider the Hearing Examiner' s
recommendation of approval with conditions for a
rezone application by Land Enterprises. The
property is located at 24411 98th Avenue S.
REPLAT (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3E)
Glen Kara ReDlat SU-96-13. AUTHORIZATION to set
July 2, 1996, as the date for a public meeting to
consider the Hearing Examiner' s recommendation of
approval with conditions for a preliminary plat
application by Lakeridge Development, Inc. The
property is located at 9800 S. 222nd in Kent.
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PLAT (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4B)
Cherrywood Preliminary Plat SU-95-9. This date
has been set to consider the Hearing Examiner' s
recommendation for conditional approval of an
application by W.E. Ruth, Jerry Prouty, and W.E.
Ruth Real Estate for a 18-lot single family
residential preliminary subdivision. The pro-
perty is located at 26235 114th Avenue S.E.
ORR MOVED to accept the findings of the Hearing
Examiner and to adopt the Hearing Examiner's
recommendation of approval with 25 conditions of
the Cherrywood 18-lot single family residential
preliminary subdivision. Houser seconded and the
motion carried.
COMP PLAN (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4C)
AMENDMENT Comprehensive Plan Amendment - MC-1 Zoning
District (CPA-96-2) . The Interim Land Use and
Planning Board has recommended adding Policy
LU-16. 4 regarding the M1-C zone to the Kent
Comprehensive Plan. This policy was inadver-
tently left out of the Comprehensive Plan when
originally adopted in April 1995.
ORR MOVED to adopt Ordinance No. 3302 adding
Policy LU-16. 4 regarding the Mi-C zone to the
Kent Comprehensive Plan, as recommended by the
Interim Land Use and Planning Board. Johnson
seconded and the motion carried.
HOUSING (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3N)
South Ring County Housing Forum. AUTHORIZATION
to set July 2 , 1996, at 6: 00 p.m. as the date and
time for a workshop concerning housing needs and
issues in South King County, as requested by the
Planning Committee on May 21, 1996. The staff of
the South King County Housing Forum will present
a slide show and a model for addressing the need
for a coordinated approach to fund affordable
housing. A draft resolution will be presented
for consideration, authorizing the City to work
with other South King County cities to develop a
draft interlocal agreement for a regional entity
to address housing in South King County.
ZONING (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 30)
Meridian Stream Buffers Interim Zoning Controls
Extension. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 3300 which
extends the interim zoning controls now in effect
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ZONING in the Meridian Annexation area relating to
stream setbacks and buffers in order to conduct
SEPA review and to develop an implementing
ordinance, all as directed by the Interim Land
Use and Planning Board following a public meeting
on May 29, 1996.
COUNCIL (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3C)
Councilmember Absences. APPROVAL of excused
absences for Councilmembers Bennett and Woods.
Councilmember Bennett has requested an excused
absence from the June 4, 1996, City Council
meeting. He was sick and unable to attend.
Councilmember Woods has requested an excused
absence from the June 18, 1996, City Council
meeting. She will be out of town and unable to
attend.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3P)
(ADDED ITEM)
Council Absence. APPROVAL of an excused absence
for Councilmember Bennett who is unable to attend
tonight's meeting.
PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3I)
RECREATION Kiwanis Club Donation - Kiwanis Tot Lot #3.
AUTHORIZATION to accept and make necessary budget
changes for the $814 . 00 cash donation from the
Kiwanis Club of Kent. This is a donation for
Kiwanis Tot Lot #3 , and is associated with the
King County Cultural Resources Youth Sports
Facilities Grant (YSFG) that was accepted by the
Council on February 20, 1996.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3J)
Kent Lions Club Donation - Yangzhou Park.
AUTHORIZATION to accept and make necessary budget
changes for the $500. 00 cash donation from the
Kent Lions Club of Kent. This is a donation used
during the construction of Yangzhou Park.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3K)
Meridian Community Public Participation Art
Project. AUTHORIZATION to accept the Meridian
Community Public Art proposal by artist Tina
Hoggatt in the amount of $27, 500. The Meridian
Community Public Participation Art Project is a
community art project that will include hands-on
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PARKS & workshops with the completed art work being
RECREATION placed in Lake Meridian Park and Meridian Glenn
Park. Artist Tina Hoggatt has proposed coor-
dinating the project for $27, 500. The artwork is
budgeted in the 1996 City Art Plan. Acceptance
is recommended by the Kent Arts Commission and
the Public Art Jury.
NATURAL (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3F)
MEDICINE Natural Medicine Clinic. ADOPTION of Resolution
No. 1476 relating to a proposal being submitted
to operate the King County Natural Medicine
Public Health Clinic site in Kent.
FIRE (BIDS - ITEM 5A)
Emergency Electrical Generation Systems for Fire
Stations 73 and 76. The 1996 CIP contained a
request for emergency generators for the West
Hill Fire Station and for the North Industrial
Station. These fire stations have experienced
repeated power outages that have impacted
emergency response and repairs to apparatus in
the past. The Fire Department considers these
items to be essential to our emergency and
disaster response capability.
Due to fiscal constraints only $120, 000 was
allocated in the original request. This item has
been discussed with City Administration. It is
felt that to re-bid one of the generators at a
later date would result in significantly higher
cost.
Three (3) bids were received:
Action Plus $173, 943 . 00 (including tax)
Bauch Electric $150, 529 . 01 (including tax)
CTS Northwest $136, 332 . 00 (including tax)
ORR MOVED that the bid for the emergency genera-
tors for the West Hill Fire Station and for the
North Industrial Station be awarded to CTS
Northwest in the amount of $136, 332 ; further,
that the unanticipated revenue from sales tax in
the CIP be utilized to allow for the completion
of the project and that the Mayor be authorized
to sign the contract for the projects. Houser
seconded and the motion carried.
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FINANCE (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4A)
councilmanic Bond Issue. At their June 5, 1996,
meeting, the Operations Committee recommended
proceeding with a bond issue to finance several
projects for the City. This is a councilmanic
Taxable and Nontaxable General Obligation Bond
for the following four specific projects:
1. Purchase of general government building,
known as the Centennial Building.
2 . Purchase of Parks land and facilities.
3 . Street project in cooperation with King
County for 240th Street.
4 . Drainage project for Valley Detention
System.
Finance Director Miller said that this is the
largest transaction in the City' s history, and
one of the most complex because part of it is
taxable. She noted that combining the four
projects saves debt issuance costs. She then
explained the projects, and the cost and funding
of each, as follows:
General Government Building . . . . $11,843, 000
Average annual debt payment of $892, 000
payment of which will be made from the
lease payments received from those
presently leasing the Centennial Building.
Parks Land and Facilities . . . . . $ 3 , 785, 000
Payment will be made out of CIP from sales
tax already set aside
Street Project . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,715, 000
Average annual debt payment of $149, 000
from the utility tax as part of the CIP
Drainage Project . . . . . . . . . . $ 8, 200, 000
TOTAL . . . . . . . $25, 543, 000
Miller reiterated that no new taxes will be
required, as funding sources have already been
identified. She pointed out the location of the
projects and showed photos and drawings of the
lagoon and parks projects. She outlined 1996
Budgeted Ending Fund Balances, noting that the
total potentially available is $11, 554,704.
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FINANCE Dick King of Lehman Brothers, the City's under-
writer, stated that Brent McFall, Don Wickstrom,
and May Miller had recently made a presentation
to Moody's Investor Service and Standard &
Poor' s, and that the presentation was very effec-
tive. He said that this is the only taxable
transaction the city has done, and that the city
saved approximately $750, 000 because of the
structuring they were able to do. He explained
that the cost of bond insurance was among the
lowest he's ever seen, and that the total debt
service is 6. 17%.
Ms. Miller thanked all who were involved for
their efforts and noted that the City's rating
with Standard & Poor's is A+ and with Moody's is
Al, which are equivalent and are considered
excellent ratings.
JOHNSON MOVED to adopt Ordinance No. 3301 related
to the 1996 Councilmanic Bond Issue and authorize
the Mayor to sign the Bond Purchase Contract.
Orr seconded and the motion carried.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3B)
Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the
bills received through May 15 and May 31 paid on
May 15 and May 31, 1996, after auditing by the
Operations Committee on June 5, 1996.
Approval of checks issued for vouchers:
Date Check Numbers Amount
5/15/96 168730-169366 $2 , 097, 118.98
5/31/96 169367-169993 1,989 ,598. 99
$4, 086,717 . 97
Approval of checks issued for payroll for May 16
through May 31, 1996, and paid on June 5, 1996:
Date Check Numbers Amount
6/5/96 Checks 211843-212240 $ 271, 205.87
6/5/96 Advices 34958-35397 551,787 . 02
$ 822, 992 . 89
REPORTS Operations Committee. Johnson noted that the
Committee will meet at 4 : 30 p.m. on June 19th.
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REPORTS Public Works Committee. Clark noted that the
meeting of June 19th has been cancelled and that
the next meeting will be held on the first
Wednesday in July.
Planning Committee. Orr noted that the Committee
will meet at 4 : 00 p.m. on July 16th.
Public Safety Committee. Orr noted that the
Committee will meet at 5: 00 p.m. on July 16th.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7 :45 p.m.
Brenda Jagdber, CMC
City Clerk /
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