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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 10/01/1996 Kent, Washington October 1, 1996 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7: 00 p.m. by Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Present: Councilmembers Clark, Epperly, Orr and Woods, Director of Operations/Chief of Staff McFall, City Attorney Lubovich, Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom, Fire Chief Angelo, Police Chief Crawford, Parks Director Hodgson. Councilmembers Bennett and Houser were excused from the meeting. Approximately 20 people were in attendance. PUBLIC Employee of the Month. Mayor Pro Tem Johnson COMMUNICATIONS announced that Mary Lou Becker of the Parks Department has been selected as the Employee of the Month for October. He noted that Ms. Becker is an Office Tech III at the Special Populations Resource Center, and that she answers calls for seven people, is the liaison between the Resource Center and the public, handles the budget, and is a listener to citizens with special needs. He added that she is cheerful, helpful and patient. Parks Director Hodgson stated that Mary Lou is an inspiration, and expressed his appreciation for all she gives. Ms. Becker responded that she finds pleasure in her work and enjoys the people in the Parks Department. She thanked those who nominated her, and accepted the Employee of the Month plaque. Fire Prevention Week. Mayor Pro Tem Johnson read a proclamation noting that smoke detectors cut the risk of dying in a fire nearly in half, and declared the week of October 6-12 , 1996, as Fire Prevention Week in the City of Kent. He urged citizens to participate in fire prevention activities at home, work, and school and to test their detectors. Fire Chief Angelo noted that while fires cost money, fire prevention pays dividends. He encouraged the community to work with the Fire Department on fire prevention. He also urged citizens to replace the batteries in their five detectors when they change their clocks at the end of the month. CONSENT WOODS MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A through CALENDAR S be approved. Clark seconded and the motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3A) _ARProval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of September 17, 1996. 1 October 1, 1996 HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3K) SANITATION Little Bend. AUTHORIZATION to accept the bill of sale for the plat of Little Bend submitted by Lakeridge Development, Inc. for continuous opera- tion and maintenance of 1, 616 feet of water main, 1, 546 feet of sanitary sewer, 1, 195 feet of storm sewers, 1, 646 feet of street improvements, and release of bonds after expiration period, as recommended by the Public Works Director. This project is located at 118th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 268th Street. SEWER (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3R) Beck Short Plat Sewer Extension. AUTHORIZATION to accept the bill of sale for Beck Short Plat Sewer Extension submitted by Kenneth and Lois Beck for continuous operation and maintenance of 165.4 feet of sanitary sewer improvements, and release of bonds after expiration period, as recommended by the Public Works Director. This project is located at 22840 96th Avenue South. TRAFFIC (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3L) CONTROL S.E. 208th Agreement with Ring County. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign the S.E. 208th Street Improvement Agreement with King County, as recommended by the Public Works Committee. The Agreement requires the City to reimburse the County on an amortized basis upon annexing the area, the cost for improving S.E. 208th Street from 116th Avenue S. E. to 132nd Avenue S.E. to five lanes plus sidewalks etc. In conjunction therewith, the County is required, at their expense, to widen with amenities, S.E. 240th Street from 132nd Avenue S.E. to 139th Avenue S. E. (Meridian County Club entrance) , construct a new fish passable Soos Creek crossing of S.E. 256th Street westerly of 148th Avenue S.E. , pay half of the cost of replacing the S.E. 256th Street flume with a fish passible facility and repair the 3rd Avenue Green River bridge. STREET (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3F) VACATIONS Street Vacation - Saar/Railroad Ave. ADOPTION of Resolution No. 1483 setting November 5, 1996, as the hearing date for the Saar/Railroad Avenue Street Vacation, as recommended by the Public Works Committee. The Public Works Department has received a re- quest from Mary A. Hofling to vacate a portion of Saar Street at Railroad Avenue. 2 October 1, 1996 STREET (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3Q) VACATIONS Russell Road Street Vacation. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 3316 vacating a portion of Russell Road. Council recently approved this street vacation subject to the applicant first ful- filling certain conditions, all of which have been met. Accordingly, it is now appropriate to pass this ordinance to vacate this part of Russell Road. REZONE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3C) Van Doren's Landing, Building I, Rezone RZ-96-4. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 3313 rezoning approxi- mately 11.93 acres from M1, Industrial Park District to M1-C, Industrial Park District "C" suffix. POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3M) Corrections Facility Food Service Contract. AUTHORIZATION to extend the Food Service Contract at the Kent Corrections Facility. Consolidated Food Management, Inc. has been providing food service at the Kent Corrections Facility since approximately 1990. The contract with them will expire on December 31, 1996, and they have requested extension of the contract for an additional year. Staff has been very pleased with the service provided by Consolidated Food Management and extension of the contract through December 1997 is recommended. (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3N) Contract with City of Federal Way for Housing of Inmates. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign a contract with the City of Federal Way for housing a guaranteed minimum of 20 inmates at the Kent Corrections Facility. This contract was negoti- ated in an attempt to replace revenues lost by the opening of the U. S. Marshals' own facility. Revenue anticipated through this contract will be approximately $425, 000. (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 30) Boating Safety Program Application. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign a Boating Safety Program application. The Kent Police Department was invited to submit an application to obtain boating program approval. This program allows for approved agencies to be eligible for a percentage of the monies received for recrea- tional boat registration fees in their county. Monies received through this program must be 3 October 1, 1996 POLICE deposited in a dedicated account and can only be used for boating safety program activities. This is the application process only and in no way guarantees approval to be eligible for these funds. The application, however, does require signature of the Mayor. (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3P) Bureau of Justice Assistance Block Grant Application. APPROVAL of the application for Block Grant Funds from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, as requested by the Police Department. A preliminary application was prepared and submitted electronically to meet the required grant application deadline. The request is for equipment and computer software, the majority of which will focus on training. The grant requires a 10% matching cash contribu- tion and the grant itself picks up the remaining 90%. The total amount will be $61, 030, with a 90% grant portion of $54 , 927 and a 10% city match of $6, 103 . The State of Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development advised they were in support of the City' s proposal and have ad- vised the Police Department to submit the request directly to the Bureau of Justice for approval and funding. (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4B) Compression Brakes. A citizen who resides near Military Road on the West Hill asked the City to consider outlawing the use of compression brakes within the City limits because of the extremely high noise levels they generate. After review and consideration by the Public Works and Public Safety Committees, the proposed ordinance makes use of compression brakes unlawful in the City of Kent. WOODS MOVED to adopt Ordinance No. 3317, which makes the use of compression brakes in the City of Kent unlawful. Epperly seconded and the motion carried. FIRE (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4A) Disaster Reimbursement Funds. The Emergency Management Unit of the Kent Fire Department has been successful in recovering funds from State and Federally declared disasters. In order to 4 October 1, 1996 FIRE help departments accurately plan for and reflect their expenditures, staff requests that the latest and all future disaster funds be accepted into a revenue account and then appropriately distributed to the respective departments' expen- diture accounts. Any other proposed distribution of funds would come through the appropriate Council committee. The Public Safety Committee would continue to be briefed as to the amount of funds recovered from disasters. WOODS MOVED that the Fire Chief be authorized to have the $5, 209 and all future State and Federal Disaster Reimbursement Funds first placed in a revenue account and then appropriately distri- buted to the respective departments' expenditure account. Orr seconded and the motion carried. PLANNING (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3H) Junk Vehicles. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 3315 amending Chapter 8. 08 of the Kent City Code relating to junk vehicles, as recommended by the Planning Committee. (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3J) Amendment to Countywide Planning Policies. ADOPTION of Resolution No. 1484 ratifying the Countywide Planning Policies as recommended by the Planning Committee, and as adopted by King County in Ordinance No. 12421. COUNCIL (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3E) Council Absence. APPROVAL of an excused absence from the October 1, 1996, City Council meeting for Council President Houser, as she is unable to attend. (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3S) (ADDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ORR) Council Absence. APPROVAL of an excused absence for Councilmember Bennett, who is unable to attend tonight's meeting. BUDGET (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3D) 1997 Preliminary Budget. AUTHORIZATION to set October 15, 1996, at 5: 30 p.m. as the date and time for a Council Workshop on the 1997 Preliminary Budget. 5 October 1, 1996 FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3B) ADDroyal of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through September 16 and paid on September 16, 1996. The Operations Committee meeting scheduled for September 18, 1996, was cancelled. Vouchers signed and approved at the Council meeting of September 17, 1996. Approval of checks issued for vouchers: Date Check Numbers Amount 9/16/96 173775-174395 $2, 137,763 . 42 Approval of checks issued for payroll for September 1 through September 15, and paid on September 20, 1996. Date Check Numbers Amount 9/20/96 Checks 214462-214765 $ 260, 297 . 37 9/20/96 Advices 38211-38659 $ 594 , 388. 88 $ 854 , 686. 25 (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3G) Utility Tax/Sunset Concurrence. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 3314 . The utility tax presently sunsets in April of 2002 and the Six Year Plan goes to the end of 2002 . It has been recommended by the Public Works Committee to adopt an ordi- nance extending the Sunset Clause until December 2006, which will allow time to address all the issues and still remain in concurrency. (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3I) Regional Justice Center Mitigation Agreement Funds. AUTHORIZATION to establish a budget for $200, 000 received from King County related to the Regional Justice Center Human Services Mitigation agreement, and approval to expend the funds. REPORTS Operations Committee. Johnson noted that the Committee will meet at 4 : 30 p.m. on October 2nd. Public Works Committee. Clark noted that the Committee will meet at 3 : 30 p.m. October 2nd. Planning Committee. Orr noted that the Committee will meet at 4 : 00 p.m. on October 15th. 6 October 1, 1996 EXECUTIVE At 7 : 12 p.m. , McFall reminded Council of an SESSION executive session of approximately 15 minutes to discuss negotiations for property acquisition. FIRE DEPT. The meeting reconvened at 7: 37 p.m. WOODS MOVED to accept the tentative agreed upon transfer of assets from King County Fire Protection District #37 under the conditions listed in the October 1st memorandum from Brent McFall, Director of Operations. Orr seconded and the motion carried. ADJOURNMENT There was no further business and the meeting adjourned at 7: 38 p.m. Brenda Jac e , CMC City Cler 7