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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 08/04/1996 CORRECTED - REFER TC Kent, Washington MINUTES Of -3-- 9(P August 6, 1996 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor White. Present: Councilmembers Bennett, Clark, Epperly, Houser, Johnson, Orr and Woods, Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom, Police Chief Crawford, Finance Director Miller, and Parks Director Hodgson. Approxi- mately 20 people were in attendance at the meeting. PUBLIC Employee of the Month. Mayor White announced COMMUNICATIONS that Sergeant John Pagel of the Patrol Unit of the Police Department has been chosen as Employee of the Month for August. He noted that Sgt. Pagel has served as patrol officer, traffic officer, K-9 officer, field training officer, assisted the accreditation process, and is a team leader for the Emergency Response Team. He said that Sgt. Pagel is extremely hard working and always maintains an excellent attitude. He then presented him with the Employee of the Month plaque. Police Chief Crawford agreed that Sgt. Pagel is an excellent employee and deserves to be Employee of the Month. Pagel said this honor means a great deal to him, as does the City of Kent. Exchange students. Arthur Martin introduced Dai Wei and Zhao Kexin who are exchange students from Yangzhou, Adam Paul and Cheryl Jones who are exchange students to Yangzhou, and Mrs. Paul. Dai Wei then said his visit to Kent has been a chance to learn and to promote friendship between the two cities. He explained the differences between the cities, and said they are enjoying their visit. Mayor White stated that it is an honor to have the exchange students here. CONSENT HOUSER MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A CALENDAR through L be approved. Orr seconded and the motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3A) Aooroval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of July 16, 1996. TRAFFIC (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4D) CONTROL (ADDED BY CITY ATTORNEY LUBOVICH) Land Exchange - 277th street Corridor. Assistant City Attorney Brubaker explained that the City is preparing to commence the earth moving portion of the hillclimb for the 277th corridor project. He noted that a small sliver of land is required and 1 August 6, 1996 TRAFFIC pointed out the location on the map. He said CONTROL that an exchange of land has been negotiated with the property owner, and added that the property owner has asked that his view rights be pre- served. CLARK MOVED to authorize an exchange of surplus City property for private property needed for the 272/277th Street Corridor project, under the terms and conditions described by staff and subject to approval of final terms by the City Attorney. Woods seconded and the motion carried. (BIDS - ITEM 5A) Traffic Signal Hardware for Russell Road and Meeker Street. Bid opening was held on Tuesday, July 23rd with 3 bids received. The low bid was submitted by McCain Traffic Supply of Redmond in the amount of $74,421. 04 . The Engineer's estimate was $80,425. 06. It is the recommendation of the Public Works Director that the Traffic Signal Hardware for the Meeker Street and Russell Road Signal contract be awarded to McCain Traffic Supply for the bid amount of $74,421. 04. Upon questions from the Mayor and Councilmembers Bennett and Johnson, Wickstrom explained that installation will occur in approximately six months, that there are no plans regarding pedes- trian traffic on Russell Road, and that the signal will be a seven-phase actuated signal. CLARK MOVED that the Traffic Signal Hardware for Meeker Street and Russell Road Signal contract be awarded to McCain Traffic Supply for the bid amount of $74,421. 04 . Woods seconded and the motion carried. REZONES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3D) Strawberry Lane Rezone RZ-96-2. Adoption of Ordinance No. 3307 relating to Strawberry Lane Rezone, rezoning approximately 8. 33 acres from SR-4. 5 to SR-6, and from SR-6 to SR-8 . (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3E) Benaroya 218th Warehouse Rezone RZ-96-3. Adoption of Ordinance No. 3308 relating to the Benaroya 218th Warehouse Rezone, rezoning approximately 1. 09 acres from GWC to M-3 . 2 August 6, 1996 PLAT (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4A) Pacific Terrace Preliminary Plat OU-96-12. This date has been set to consider the Hearing Examiner's recommendation for conditional approval of an application by Pacific Industries, Inc. for a 25-lot single family residential preliminary subdivision. The property is located at 10605, 10707, and 10717 SE 248th Street in Kent. ORR MOVED to accept the Findings of the Hearing Examiner and to adopt the Hearing Examiner's recommendation of approval with 23 conditions of the Pacific Terrace Preliminary Plat, a 25-lot single family residential preliminary sub- division. Houser seconded and the motion carried. FINANCE (PUBLIC HEARINGS - ITEM 2A) 1997 Preliminary Budget. This date has been set for the first public hearing on the 1997 budget. The next hearing will be held on November 5, 1996 with adoption planned for November. Public input is desired and welcome as the City begins to prepare for the 1997 budget. Mayor White opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the audience, and HOUSER MOVED to close the public hearing. Woods seconded and the motion carried. (PUBLIC HEARING - ITEM 2B) 1997-2002 Capital Facilities Plan. This date has been set to receive public input on the 1997-2002 Capital Facilities Plan. The Capital Facilities Plan includes all expenditures for the next six years as described in the City's Capital Facility portion of the Comprehensive Plan. The plan can be amended each year but must be presented to the Planning Director by September 1. Public input is encouraged as this plan is finalized for the City of Kent's Capital Facilities and Infrastructure Improvements. Mayor White opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the audience, and HOUSER MOVED to close the public hearing. Woods seconded and the motion carried. 3 August 6, 1996 FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through July 15 and paid on July 15, 1996, after auditing by the Operations Committee on July 17, 1996. Approval of checks issued for vouchers: Date Check Numbers Amount 7/15/96 171078-171665 $1, 654, 052 .81 (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3C) Council Workshop on 1997 Financial Forecast for Budget and Capital Facilities Plan. AUTHORIZA- TION to set August 20, 1996, for a Council Workshop on the 1997 Financial Forecast for the Budget and the Capital Facilities Plan. POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3F) Washington Traffic Safety Commission Grant. ACCEPTANCE of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission Grant for inclusion in the Police Department budget. The Kent Drinking Driver Countermeasure Program has again been awarded a grant by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to help fund this very successful program. The amount of this year's grant is $28, 012 . (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3G) K-9 Memorial Fund. ACCEPTANCE of donations to the K-9 Memorial Fund and authorization to expend those funds. Following the death of K-9 Ranger last February, many members of the community expressed a desire to make donations in remembrance of Ranger. A K- 9 Memorial Fund was established and donations have been received in the amount of $633 . These funds will be used to print a baseball-type card which displays the City's K-9s and can be handed out at community functions as a public relations tool. (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3H) Obstructing, Interfering With, and Resisting Public Officers. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 3309 amending Kent City Code Sections 9.02. 16 and 9 . 02 .20 increasing the penalty for obstructing, interfering with, and resisting public officers to a gross misdemeanor. 4 August 6, 1996 POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3I) Domestic Violence. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 3310 amending Kent City Code Section 9.02. 300 and adding a new section relating to interfering with the reporting of an incidence of domestic violence. FIRE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3L) Disaster Funds. AUTHORIZATION to allocate monies received from the State of Washington for Disasters Nos. 1079-DR-WA and 1100-DR-WA. Emergency Management received a check from the State of Washington in the amount of $6,930. 00 for Disaster #1079-DR-WA. These monies were for costs incurred and damage sustained from the December 1995 Windstorm. The monies were deposited into each Departments Federal and State Revenue accounts. City of Kent Permit Center Receipt #00119934 . Emergency Management received a check from the State of Washington for Disaster 11100-DR-WA. The check in the amount of $70,907.00 was approved by the Operations Committee for allocation on July 17, 1996. A second check was received on July 23, 1996 from the State of Washington in the amount of $9, 979.00 for Disaster #1100-DR-WA. The above monies were for costs incurred and damage sustained from the February 1996 flooding. These monies were deposited into each Departments Federal and State Revenue accounts. City of Kent Permit Center Receipts #0019933 and #0020238. HUMAN RESOURCES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3J) Fire Facilities Maintenance Position. APPROVAL to upgrade a temporary Fire Facilities Main- tenance position to full time. Fire Administration has reviewed this request with City Administration and the Operations Committee. This is the result of the workload, use of these personnel for emergency and non- emergency functions, and past layoffs which have severely taxed the unit. The Fire Department also reviewed future needs to address use of this unit in an expanded form to help free up fire- fighter productivity time for greater overall productivity and effectiveness. The Operations 5 August 6, 1996 HUMAN RESOURCES Committee unanimously approved this request with the understanding that City and Fire Adminis- tration would work with other city agencies to evaluate the best future alternatives for dealing with the long-term needs as they relate to the department operational needs and the overall City operations. (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3K) Building IngRector Position (Regional Justice Center) . AUTHORIZATION of one (1) building inspector position to accommodate the intensified workload created by the Regional Justice Center in its current and completion stages, as recom- mended by the Operations Committee. This will terminate at completion of the RJC, as will the other RJC inspector position previously author- ized. Costs will be covered by the RJC project fund, established by Council with RJC permit fees, as for the first position. After paying costs for both positions, the remaining fund balance is estimated at $50, 000 at conclusion of the RJC, to be transferred to the General Fund. PARKS (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4B) Skate Park Donation & Change order. The Kent Lions Club is donating $32, 300. 00 to complete the bowl area for the Skate Park. Parks Planning & Development requests authorization to utilize this donation to complete the Skate Park bowl area by awarding Change Order Number One to contractor T.F. Sahli Construction. The Lions Club will pay in installments, with one-third down in 1996. They will have up to an additional two years to pay the balance. Funds to cover present costs will be temporarily trans- ferred from the Youth/Teen Program fund and as the Lions Clubs funds are received, the Youth/ Teen funds will be restored. Parks Director Hodgson thanked the Lions Club for their contribution and invited the Council to the groundbreaking ceremony to be held August 7th at 10: 30 a.m. WOODS MOVED to accept and amend the budget for the $32 , 300.00 donation from the Kent Lions Club for the Skate Park, and to accept Change Order No. 1 from T. F. Sahli Construction to complete the Skate Park project. Bennett seconded. 6 August 6, 1996 PARKS Mayor White noted that Cornucopia Days raises funds which service clubs funnel into the community, and that the Skate Park addition will be called The Lions Den. Woods' motion then carried. (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4C) Senior Center Parking Budget. Parks requests authorization to transfer money originally de- signated for neighborhood park acquisition and apply it towards construction of 24 parking spaces and a new entry to the Senior Center from Kennebeck Street. The construction will be performed by the Walsh Construction Company as part of a larger project to construct the Kent Assisted Living Care Center by project developer, Westmont, Inc. Additionally, as part of this overall project, the City needs to dedicate and vacate public access easements pertaining to ingress/egress and utilities to more appro- priately serve the reconfigured design. Upon Houser's question, Hodgson explained that final bids are in the $175, 000 range, and that $200, 000 is available in the budget. WOODS MOVED to authorize the transfer of funds from the neighborhood park acquisition fund to construct 24 parking stalls and a new driveway access to the Senior Center, and to authorize the Parks & Recreation Director to sign the necessary documents to dedicate and vacate certain public ingress/egress and utility easements. Epperly seconded and the motion carried. (BIDS - ITEM 5B) Lake Fenwick Trail, Phase II. Bid opening for this project was held on Thursday, August 1, 1996. One bid was submitted by Ohno Construction in the amount of $269,500. 00, excluding Washington State Sales Tax. The Engineer's estimate was $277, 058. The project consists of clearing and grubbing, installation of site amenities, timber boardwalk, crushed rock trail, wood bollards, wood guard rail, and woodland trail. 7 August 6, 1996 PARKS WOODS MOVED to award the construction contract to Ohno Construction in the amount of $269,500.00, excluding Washington State Sales Tax for the Lake Fenwick Trail Phase II Project. Johnson seconded and the motion carried. REPORTS Operations Committee. Johnson announced that the meeting scheduled for August 7 has been cancelled. public Works Committee. Clark noted that the committee will meet at 3 : 30 on August 7. planning Committee. Orr noted that the next meeting of the Committee will be on August 20 at 4:00. She also noted that the Land Use and Planning Board has adopted their bylaws and elected Steve Dowell as the Chair and Brad Bell as Vice-Chair. She announced that they will hold a workshop on August 19 at 7:00 p.m. Administrative Reports. McFall distributed to Council copies of the Report on Establishing Kent as an Economic Center for South King County, which relates to one of the six key areas that Council has identified under the heading of "Kent - A Home Town for Families" . He explained that five more reports will follow, and that eventually the six reports will be compiled into one document. He said staff would then like to do some testing at a community forum. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7: 30 p.m. CE Brenda Ja ober, CMC City Cler 8