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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 05/05/1998 Kent, Washington May 5, 1998 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7 : 00 p.m. by Mayor Pro Tem Orr. Present: Councilmembers Amodt, Clark, Epperly, Woods and Yingling, Operations Director/Chief of Staff McFall, Assistant City Attorney Brubaker, Police Chief Crawford, Fire Chief Angelo, Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom, Parks Director Hodgson, and Assistant Finance Director Hillman. Councilmember Brotherton was excused from the meeting. Approximately 25 people were in attendance. PUBLIC Employee of the Month. Mayor Pro Tem Orr COMMUNICATIONS announced that Officer Trisha King of the Police Department has been chosen as Employee of the Month for May. She noted that Officer King is an instructor at the Kent Police Department Training Center, teaches Police Ethics at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center, and has instructed for the International Association of Chiefs of Police. She also stated that Officer King serves on the committee for the annual conference of the Association of Field Training Officers and is a founding member of the King County Peer Support Team which responds to critical incidents throughout the County, facilitating counseling sessions of employees, police officers, fire fighters and communications personnel involved in critical incidents. Orr then presented officer King with the Employee of the Month plaque. Police Chief Crawford stated that officer King is a driving force in the Department in how situations are handled ethically. He said she deserves this honor and expressed his pride in her. Letter Carrier' s Food Drive Day. Mayor Pro Tem Orr read a proclamation explaining that the National Association of Letter Carriers will sponsor their Sixth Annual food drive and declaring May 9, 1998 , as Letter Carrier' s Food Drive Day in the City of Kent. She urged all citizens to aid those in need by participating in the food drive. The proclamation was presented to William Parmenter. Mr. Parmenter thanked the Council for the proclamation and encouraged all families to place some form of food on, in or near their mailbox on May 9th. He noted for Yingling that they would like non-perishable food, as well as articles for babies. He noted that all food 1 Kent City Council Minutes May 5, 1998 PUBLIC will go to Food Lifeline and the Kent Food COMMUNICATIONS Banks. He said that over 65, 000, 000 pounds of food was collected last year and the goal for this year is loo, 000, 000 pounds. Correctional officer Week. Mayor Pro Tem Orr read a proclamation noting that the Kent Corrections Facility is celebrating their twelfth anniversary this month, and that the City wishes to honor the valor, service and dedication of its Corrections Officers, and proclaiming the week of May 3-9, 1998, as Correctional Officer Week in the City of Kent. She presented the proclamation to the Corrections Officers. CONSENT WOODS MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A CALENDAR through G be approved. Clark seconded and the motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3A) Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of April 21, 1998 . WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3F) Guiberson Reservoir. ACCEPT the Guiberson Reservoir Seismic Upgrade project as complete and release retainage to RDS Construction upon standard releases from the State and release of any liens, as recommended by the Public Works/ Planning Committee. The original contract amount was $61, 359 . 00. The final construction amount was $79 , 673 . 85 . The contract exceeded the bid amount due to additional costs incurred in relocating a 6" storm line as well as cap- sizing structural material. Adequate funds exist within the project budget to cover this overage. STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3C) LID 340, S. 196th1200th Street Corridor Proiect. ADOPTION of Resolution No. 1509 setting the public hearing date for June 2nd to establish the formation of LID 340 - S. 196th/200th Street Corridor, as recommended by the Public Works/ Planning Committee. (PUBLIC HEARINGS - ITEM 2A LID 348, 64th Avenue South Street Improvements. This date has been set for the public hearing on 2 Kent City Council Minutes May 5, 1998 STREETS the confirmation of the Final Assessment Roll for LID 348. Public Works Director Wickstrom explained that this is the last stage of a long process for improving 64th Avenue South from Smith Street to 212th. He displayed a map out- lining the boundaries of the LID and noted that the final amount of the project is 11% less than the original amount. He pointed out that the City is a property owner and that funds are budgeted. He explained the method of assessment and noted that many property owners have been waiting for this project as they desire another access. Wickstrom explained that an appraisal was done on Assessment No. 6 in 1997 , which showed that that property benefited to the amount of $225, 000 and has an assessment of approximately $96, 000, assuming that the property is develop- able. He noted receipt of a letter from the property owner saying that the property is not benefited because it is not developable. He explained that the property owner based his information on an appraisal done by the City when trying to acquire property for the road in which it was noted that on the inventoried wetlands, all but the north 30 feet seems to be encumbered by wetlands making it undevelopable, and the City had to base their acquisition costs on that. Wickstrom noted that the property owner provided another appraisal stating that wetlands are not benefited from the improvements to the project and they should therefore not be assessed. He said that there has never been any documented evidence that the property contains wetlands and explained that when a property is shown on the wetlands inventory maps, a more detailed analysis is required. He then gave examples of instances in which the more explicit environmental analysis reveals substantially less wetlands encumbrances than reflected by the inventoried map. Wickstrom noted that the property owner has suggested that the lack of a curb cut is evidence that the property is not benefited, and said the City disagrees. He said the City also disagrees with the property owner' s claim that there is drainage impact to the property because of the lagoon project. Wickstrom then explained the method of payment. 3 Kent City Council Minutes May 5, 1998 STREETS Assistant City Attorney Brubaker explained that in this hearing the Council acts as a Board of Equalization and is adjudicating the rights of specific individuals rather than policy matters of regional or area-wide importance. He said the Council sits in a quasi-judicial capacity, as a neutral decision maker for this hearing, and said that if any Councilmember has had any ex parte contacts with any individuals who may be protesting their assessment, it would appro- priate make a disclosure of those contacts. WOODS MOVED to make the letter of protest regarding Assessment No. 6 and Wickstrom' s memos of April 30 and May 5, 1998 , a part of the public record. Clark seconded and the motion carried. Mayor Pro Tem Orr opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the audience. At 7 : 33 p.m. , on the advice of the Assistant City Attorney, the hearing was continued while the Council went into Executive Session for approxi- mately five minutes. The meeting reconvened at 7 : 43 p.m. There were no comments from the audience and WOODS MOVED to close the public hearing. The motion carried. CLARK MOVED to establish the Final Assessment Roll for LID 348 affecting the properties identified and in the amounts presented for this hearing; to allow additional documentary evidence to be presented and introduced into the record regarding Assessment No. 0006, specifi- cally including additional wetland delineation data; to allow for subsequent adjustment of the Final Assessment amount for Assessment No. 0006, based upon that additional evidence; and to direct the City Attorney to prepare the neces- sary ordinance, including the appropriate findings and conclusions consistent with the record, to establish the Final Assessment Roll affecting the properties identified and in the amounts presented for this hearing (as may be subsequently adjusted for Assessment No. 0006) in order to complete the LID 348 , 64th Avenue South street improvements. Woods seconded and the motion carried. 4 Kent City Council Minutes May 5, 1998 COMMUTER RAIL (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4B) commuter Rail Parking Garage Funding. The City Council has been presented with a number of optional methods for funding the City' s share of a parking garage to be constructed at the downtown commuter rail station. The Council Operations Committee has recommended the use of LTGO (Councilmanic) bonds in an amount not to exceed $4 , 000, 000 with subsequent principle and interest payments to be made from undesignated reserves in the Capital Improvement Fund. McFall noted that this issue has been reviewed by the Committee of the Whole and the Operations Committee. EPPERLY MOVED that the city' s portion of the Downtown Sound Transit Commuter Rail Parking Garage be funded with up to $4 , 000, 000 of LTGO (Councilmanic) bonds and that the Capital Improvement Fund budget be amended to provide for principle and interest payments on those bonds to be paid from the funds which are currently undesignated reserves in the CIP; further, staff is directed to aggressively pursue other funding sources including contri- butions from METRO, Sound Transit contingency funds, grants, and other funding sources which could also include private partnerships for potential retail uses on the ground floor; any funds resulting from this effort will be utilized to reduce the amount of the bonds sold to fund this project or to cover the City' s costs in excess of $4 , 000, 000. Amodt seconded. Woods offered a friendly amendment to consider the possibility of new revenue sources as well. Epperly and Amodt agreed to the amendment. The motion as amended then carried. PUBLIC WORKS (BIDS - ITEM 5A) Vactor Solids Facility S 266th & 64th Avenue S. The bid opening on this project was held on April 29th with seven bids received. The low bid was submitted by Archer Construction in the amount of $339 , 545 . 99 . The Engineer ' s estimate was $369 , 193 . 03 . The Public Works Director recommends that the contract be awarded to Archer Construction. CLARK MOVED that the Vactor Solids Facility (S. 5 Kent City Council Minutes May 5, 1998 PUBLIC WORKS 226th & 64th Avenue South) contract be awarded to Archer Construction for the bid amount of $339 , 545.99 . Yingling seconded and the motion carried. FRANCHISE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3D) Union Pacific Railroad/196th St Spur crossing Franchise. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 3402 which authorizes the operation of a railroad spur crossing to Union Pacific Railroad, as recom- mended by Council. This crossing is located on 196th Street in the vicinity just east of the Green River. DOWNTOWN (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3E) STRATEGIC Downtown Strategic Action Plan Grant. ACCEPT ACTION PLAN the Downtown Strategic Action Plan additional grant of $10, 000 granted to the City from the Washington State Department of Community and Economic Development (DCTED) to complete Kent' s proposed Downtown Strategic Action Plan and direct staff to adjust the budget accordingly and spend the monies for same, as recommended by the Public Works/Planning Committee. PLAT (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4A) Green Meadows Townhomes Final Plat FSU-97-4. This date has been set to consider a final plat application by Baima & Holmberg for the Green Meadows Townhomes. The subdivision is 2 . 85 acres in size and is located north of SE 256th and east of 138th Place SE. This subdivision was transferred to Kent by King County, who approved the preliminary subdivision under Ordinance #12219 on January 16 , 1996 . CLARK MOVED to approve staff' s recommendation of approval with conditions of the Green Meadows Townhomes Final Plat and to authorize the Mayor to sign the final plat mylar. Woods seconded and the motion carried. COUNCIL (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3G) Excused Absencel Councilmember Brotherton. APPROVAL of an excused absence for Councilmember Tom Brotherton who is unable to attend tonight' s Council meeting. 6 Kent City Council Minutes May 51 1998 FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through April 15 and paid on April 15 after auditing by the Operations Committee April 28 , 1998 . Approval of checks issued for vouchers: Date Check Numbers Amount 4/15/98 198501-198771 $ 822 ,447 . 93 4/15/98 198772-199207 1 , 456, 245. 23 $2 , 278 , 693 . 16 Approval of checks issued for payroll for April 1 through April 15 and paid on April 20, 1998 : Date Check Numbers Amount 4/20/98 Checks 226898-227219 $ 247, 776. 13 4/20/98 Advices 57338-57868 759 , 979 . 89 $1, 007 , 574 . 02 REPORTS Council President. Orr asked interested Councilmembers to contact Ms. Banister regarding the Suburban Cities dinner on May 13 . Operations Committee. Woods announced that the Committee now meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 3 : 30 p.m. Public Safety Committee. Epperly noted that the next meeting will be held on May 12th at 5 : 00 p.m. Parks Committee. Woods noted that the meeting time for this committee is now 4 : 30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month, and that at the next meeting they will discuss the possibility of a parks bond issue on one of the fall ballots. EXECUTIVE At 7 : 55 p.m. , McFall announced an Executive SESSION session of approximately fifteen minutes. The meeting reconvened at 8 : 20 p.m. 7 Kent City Council Minutes May 5, 1998 Property WOODS MOVED to authorize the Mayor to execute Acquisition the necessary documents to purchase the property located at and near 212th and Frager Road, known as the LDS Property, pursuant to the terms established in the existing Purchase and Sale Agreement. Amodt seconded and the motion carried. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:22 p.m. V Brenda Ja ber, CMC City Cler 8