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May 20, 1997
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at
7 : 00 p.m. by Mayor White. Present: Councilmembers Bennett,
Clark, Epperly, Johnson, Orr and Woods, Operations Director/Chief
of Staff McFall, Assistant City Attorney Brubaker, Planning
Director Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom, Police Chief
Crawford, and Parks Director Hodgson. Council President Houser
was excused from the meeting. Approximately 25 people were
present at the meeting. The flag salute was led by Girl Scout
Troop 1552 .
PUBLIC Stand for Healthy Children Day. Mayor White read
COMMUNICATIONS a proclamation declaring June 1, 1997, as Stand
for Healthy Children Day in the City of Kent. He
noted that caring for the health of children must
be top priority for families, communities, and
the nation. He also noted that the commitment
must begin at the local level where all citizens
working together can make a difference in the
lives of children. The Mayor encouraged Kent
citizens to get involved and support efforts to
improve the health and quality of life for all
children.
CONSENT BENNETT MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A
CALENDAR through P, with the exception of Item L, be
approved. Woods seconded and the motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3A)
Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of
the regular Council meeting of May 6, 1997.
HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3D)
SANITATION Harvest Industrial Park. AUTHORIZATION to accept
the bill of sale for Harvest Industrial Park sub-
mitted by Opus NW L.L.C. for continuous operation
and maintenance of 985 feet of watermains, 362
feet of sanitary sewers, 10 feet of storm sewers,
and release of bonds after the expiration period,
as recommended by the Public Works Director. The
project is located at West Valley Highway & 70th
Avenue South.
PUBLIC SAFETY (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4C)
Criminal Code Amendments. RCW 39 . 34. 180 requires
cities such as the City of Kent to prosecute all
misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor offenses
whether filed under state law or city ordinance.
This has resulted in the City's inability to file
charges in the King County District Court for
certain offenses occurring within the City which
constitute a violation under state law, but not
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PUBLIC SAFETY under the City's criminal code. The proposed
emergency ordinance adopts numerous provisions of
the Revised Code of Washington and repeals cer-
tain City criminal code provisions that duplicate
state provisions adopted in this ordinance. The
emergency ordinance would allow for immediate
enforcement of the ordinance. The adoption of
this emergency ordinance requires a unanimous
vote of the City Council.
Assistant City Attorney Brubaker explained that
the City of Kent has jurisdiction over mis-
demeanor and gross misdemeanor crimes but some of
these crimes, in the past, were charged under the
State Law (RCW) and filed through the Aukeen
District Court run by King County. He further
explained that a recent change in State Law
requires that the City charge, prosecute and
incarcerate all offenders of misdemeanor and
gross misdemeanor crimes. He explained that,
when putting the ordinance together, there was a
conflict between some RCW's adopted and a couple
of existing City ordinances that should have been
repealed but that the changes are now included in
the corrected ordinance pages given to Council.
Brubaker noted that this ordinance has been
established as an emergency ordinance because it
poses an immediate threat to the public health
and safety, and without passage it will inhibit
the officers from charging for all the crimes
that need to be prosecuted. He clarified that
even though this is an emergency ordinance, it
may not necessarily require unanimous passage by
the State but that the recommendation is to pass
it unanimously.
BENNETT MOVED to adopt Ordinance No. 3350 as an
emergency ordinance amending the Criminal Code
and other related provisions. Orr seconded and
the motion carried unanimously.
PLATS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3H)
Meridian West Preliminary Plat. AUTHORIZATION to
set June 3 , 1997, as the date for a public
meeting to consider the Hearing Examiner's recom-
mendation for a preliminary plat application
filed by Wally and Anne Mseitif for the Meridian
West Preliminary Plat. This plat is 4 .86 acres
in size, consists of 25 single family lots, and
is located adjacent to 132nd Avenue SE, between
263rd and 266th Streets.
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PLATS (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4A)
Hillside Manor Preliminary Plat. This date has
been set to consider the Hearing Examiner's
recommendation for conditional approval of an
application by Leonard Stanley and Robert Bennett
for a 23-lot single family residential pre-
liminary subdivision. This plat is 4. 3 acres in
size and is located at 24411 98th Avenue S.
ORR MOVED to accept the Findings of the Hearing
Examiner, and to adopt the Hearing Examiner's
recommendation of approval of Hillside Manor
Preliminary Plat. Woods seconded and the motion
carried.
(OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4B)
Singh Preliminary Plat. This date has been set
to consider the Hearing Examiner' s recommendation
for conditional approval of an application by
Shupe Holmberg, agent for H. Singh and S. Ram,
for a 2-lot single family residential preliminary
subdivision. This plat is . 96 acres in size and
is located on the south side of SE 244th Street,
approximately 600 feet east of 104th Avenue SE.
ORR MOVED to accept the Findings of the Hearing
Examiner, and to adopt the Hearing Examiner's
recommendation of approval of Singh Preliminary
Plat. Woods seconded and the motion carried.
REZONE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3C)
Van Doren's Landing Building J Rezone. ADOPTION
of Ordinance No. 3349 rezoning Van Doren's
Landing Building J. This rezone was approved on
May 6, 1997. The property is located at 22815
West Valley Highway.
ANNEXATION (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3P)
(ADDED BY OPERATIONS DIRECTOR MCFALL)
Del Mar Annexation. SET June 3, 1997, as the
date for a public hearing on the Del Mar
Annexation.
PUBLIC WORKS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3G)
Rent School District Wetland Mitigation.
AUTHORIZATION to direct staff to establish a
budget for $495,216 received from the Kent School
District as a wetland mitigation fee and deposit
same into the Green River Natural Resource
Enhancement Project Fund (D36) , as recommended by
the Public Works Committee.
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PUBLIC WORKS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 30)
House Relocation Contract. CONFIRM and RATIFY
the Public Works Director's award of the house
moving contract for Public Works to Emerald City
Building, in the bid amount of $93 , 000, as
recommended by the Public Works Committee.
HAZARDOUS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3E)
WASTE King County Hazardous Waste Management Plan.
AUTHORIZE the Mayor to endorse, by letter, those
comments on the County' s Draft Hazardous Waste
Management Plan as submitted by the Public Works
Department, and as recommended by the Public
Works Committee. The City requested that the
Plan be amended to include siting of additional
permanent household hazardous waste collection
facilities, as recommended in the 1990 Plan, to
include a location serving the citizens of South
King County.
RECYCLING (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3F)
Department of Health Grant Agreement, Special
Recycling Events. AUTHORIZE the Mayor to sign
the Department of Health Grant Agreement for two
special recycling events, and direct staff to
accept the grant and establish a budget for
$27, 014, as recommended by the Public Works
Committee.
PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3I)
RECREATION Washington Athletic Club Donation. ACCEPTANCE of
a treadmill, valued at $3, 500, which was donated
to Kent Commons Athletic Center by the Washington
Athletic Club.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3J)
IAC Grant Application Submittal. ADOPTION of
Resolution No. 1491 authorizing submittal of
three IAC grant applications to the Interagency
Committee for Outdoor Recreation for the
following priority projects which are eligible
for statewide grant funds:
1. Phase I: development of Salt Air Hills Park.
2 . Acquisition of land in the valley floor for
ball field development.
3 . Acquisition of land for wetland
preservation/wildlife habitat.
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PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3K)
RECREATION CDBG Application, Springwood Park. AUTHORIZATION
to submit the CDBG application for funding trail
repairs at Springwood Park. The Springwood Park
asphalt trail was damaged during the storms in
February of 1996. FEMA funds did not cover the
cost of repair. A CDBG would cover these costs.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3L)
(REMOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER WOODS)
CDBG Applications, Turnkey Park/Russell Road.
This item was removed from the agenda by
Councilmember Woods because it does not require
approval to go forward but will require approval
when it returns.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3M)
IAC Grant Land Acquisition Budget. ACCEPT and
AMEND the land acquisition budget in the amount
of $479, 443, and AUTHORIZE the Mayor to sign the
IAC grant contract. In 1996, staff was awarded
an IAC grant to purchase 13 . 1 acres in King
County to expand an existing site destined to
become a community park for the City of Kent's
East Hill Neighborhood.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3N)
Linda Heights and Garrison Creek Contract.
AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign a consultant
contract with Bruce Dees and Associates to pre-
pare construction bid plans and specifications
and perform related work as outlined in the scope
of work for Linda Heights Park and Garrison Creek
Park. Budgets for both projects were included in
the supplemental CIP budget approved May 6, 1997 .
The Master Site Development Plan for Linda
Heights Park was approved on May 21, 1996 and for
Garrison Creek Park on August 20, 1996.
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3B)
Approval of Bills. No checks were approved
because of schedule changes.
Approval of checks issued for Payroll for
April 16 through April 30, 1997 and paid on
May 5, 1997:
Date Check Numbers Amount
5/5/97 Checks 219341-219694 $ 245, 380.76
5/5/97 Advices 45388-45916 630, 801.29
$ 876, 182 . 05
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REPORTS Public Works Committee. Clark noted that the
next meeting will be held tomorrow at 3 :30 p.m.
He also noted that the next Regional
Telecommunications Meeting will be held on
Thursday at 3 : 00 p.m. for anyone wishing to
attend.
Planning Committee. Orr noted that the next
meeting will be held on June 17th at 4 : 00 p.m.
Administrative Reports. Mayor White announced
that there are two openings on the Bicycle
Advisory Board and asked Council to submit any
nominees they may have who are interested in
serving on this Board.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7: 13 p.m.
Donna Swaw
Deputy City Clerk
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