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Kent, Washington
April 20, 1999
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at
7 : 00 p.m. by Mayor White . Present : Councilmembers Amodt, Clark,
Epperly, Orr and Yingling, Operations Director McFall, City
Attorney Lubovich, Fire Chief Angelo, Police Chief Crawford,
Planning Director Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom, Parks
Director Hodgson and Finance Director Miller. Approximately 15
people were at the meeting. Councilmembers Brotherton and Woods
were excused from the meeting.
CHANGES TO Operations Director McFall requested the addition
AGENDA of an executive session regarding pending
litigation, potential litigation, and property
acquisition negotiations .
PUBLIC Rotary Presentation. John Perry, 14510 152nd
COMMUNICATIONS Place SE, Renton, noted that the Rotary Club has
worked with the Kent Parks and Recreation
Department for many years on projects such as
Scenic Hill Park and the Fishing Hole . He then
presented the Mayor with a check in the amount of
$25, 000 to be used for a full size basketball
court in the downtown area . Mayor White expressed
thanks to the Rotarians .
Introduction of Avipointees. Mayor White
introduced Ron Cole, his appointee to the Kent
Downtown Public Market Development Authority
Board, and noted that his appointee to the
Drinking Driver Task Force, Paul Dillard, could
not attend tonight ' s meeting.
Skip A Meal for the World' s Childrg1j Mayor White
read a proclamation noting that iodine deficiency
disorders are the leading preventable cause of
mental retardation in the world today, and that it
only costs five cents to protect a child from IDD
for a year. He proclaimed April 25 - May 1, 1999
as Skip A Meal for the World' s Children Week in
the City of Kent and encouraged citizens to
support the Kiwanis campaign to save the world' s
children from mental retardation.
Finance Director Miller expressed thanks for the
proclamation and urged everyone to skip a meal in
support of this project .
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PUBLIC Mayor White commended the service clubs for
COMMUNICATIONS working together to make the community strong.
CONSENT ORR MOVED to approve Consent Calendar Items A
CALENDAR through N. Clark seconded and the motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6A)
Approval of Minutes . APPROVAL of the minutes of
the regular Council meeting of April 6, 1999 .
TRANSPORTATION (BIDS - ITEM 8A)
S. 196th Street Bridge. The bid opening for this
project was held on April 8, 1999, with six
bids received. The low bid was submitted by
Frontier-Kemper Constructors in the amount of
$13, 644, 339 . 00 . The Engineer' s estimate was
$15, 675, 127 . 50 . The Public Works Director
recommends that this bid be granted.
CLARK MOVED that the contract for the S. 196th
Street Bridge Construction project be awarded to
Frontier-Kemper Constructors for the low bid of
$13 , 644, 339 . 00 . Orr seconded. Mayor White
pointed out that this is approximately $2 , 000, 000
under the Engineer' s estimate. The motion then
carried.
STORMWATER (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6E)
System peveloRMnt Fee, Meridian Stormwater
Capital Improvement. DIRECT the City Attorney to
prepare the necessary ordinance adopting the
Meridian Stormwater Capital Improvement Program,
as recommended by the Public Works/Planning
Committee .
SEWER (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6F)
Metro Sewer Interceptor Basement. AUTHORIZATION
to grant Metro an easement along 80th Place South
(Tax Lot #103) for the purpose of Metro continu-
ing with the South Sewer Interceptor Project, as
recommended by the Public Works/Planning
Committee.
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SURPLUS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6G)
PROPERTY Surplus ProRerty. S.S. 274th Street.
AUTHORIZATION to declare specific property along
S . 274th Street as surplus, per the Property Sale
Agreement between the Public Works and Parks
Departments, as recommended by the Public Works/
Planning Committee . The City Attorney has
reviewed the agreement and concurs with the
language therein.
STREET (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6H)
VACATION Street Vacation. S. 188th Street. ADOPTION of
Resolution No. 1535 setting May 18th as the Public
Hearing date for the South 188th Street street
vacation, as recommended by the Public Works/
Planning Committee.
ADULT RETAIL (PUBLIC HEARINGS - ITEM 5A)
ESTABLISHMENTS Adult Retail Establishments Moratorium Renewal.
MORATORIUM This hearing has been set to consider a resolution
to continue a moratorium relating to adult retail
establishments in the City of Kent specifically
relating to the issuance of business licenses or
building, land use and development permits .
The City Attorney explained that his office has
not completed their research into this issue, and
that there is concern regarding a definition. He
noted that an ordinance clarifying the definition
will soon be presented to the Public Works and
Planning Committee, then forwarded to the Land Use
and Planning Board. He said that the process
should take about two months, after which the
moratorium could be terminated.
The Mayor opened the public hearing. There were
no comments from the audience, and ORR MOVED to
close the public hearing. Clark seconded and the
motion carried.
CLARK MOVED to adopt Resolution No. 1534 adopting
Findings of Fact and renewing a moratorium on the
acceptance of applications for and the issuance of
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ADULT RETAIL any business license or any building, land use, or
ESTABLISHMENTS development permit or approval for adult retail
MORATORIUM establishments . Epperly seconded and the motion
carried.
BILLBOARDS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6I)
Billboard Moratorium. ADOPTION of Resolution
No. 1536 establishing a moratorium on the
acceptance of applications for and the issuance
of building, land use, or development permits or
approval for bill boards . The moratorium will
take effect immediately upon passage. Pursuant to
state law, though, the City must hold a public
hearing on this moratorium resolution within 60
days of passage . Accordingly, the resolution also
sets the regular Council meeting of May 4th as the
public hearing date .
ZONING CODE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6C)
AMENDMENT Group Homes Regulations Zoning Code Amendment
ZCA-99-3 . ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 3451
approving the recommendation of the Land Use and
Planning Board regarding group homes regulations .
This item was approved by the Kent City Council on
April 6, 1999 . The City Council approved the
recommendations by the Land Use and Planning and
directed the City Attorney to prepare an
ordinance .
PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6D)
RECREATION Kent Memorial Park Lighting Pole Replacement.
ACCEPTANCE of the Kent Memorial Light Pole
Replacement Project as complete and release of
retainage to Golf Landscaping, Inc . upon receipt
of State releases .
On October 5, 1998 the City of Kent contracted
with Golf Landscaping, Inc. to replace the light
poles at Kent Memorial Park. On March 29, 1999
staff inspected and approved the project .
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FIRE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6J)
DEPARTMENT Fire Records Systma Software Purchase Agreement.
AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign a contract
with Sunpro, Inc. for the purchase of Fire Records
Systems Software and Services, subject to the City
Attorney approval of contract documents.
As part of the Technology Plan, a number of
business systems were identified for replacement
including the Fire Records System. The current
Fire Records System is not Year 2000 compliant and
is unsupported by the current vendor. Fire
Department staff has selected Sunpro, Inc . under
a sole source basis, as the only practical and
available vendor that can provide a workable
product with an acceptable level of support . The
City has been using Sunpro' s Fire Training
software for many years . The Sunpro product is
also used by many other fire agencies in the
region. Following a thorough evaluation, the
purchase of the remaining Sunpro fire software
products is recommended.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6N)
Fire Stations Infrastructure Wiring. AWARD of a
contract to BTS Communications for Fire Station
wiring infrastructure, subject to City Attorney
approval, in the amount of $82, 015 . 79, as recom-
mended by the Operations Committee. As part of
the 1998 Technology Plan, Fire Station 74 and the
outlying Fire Stations were identified for rewir-
ing to meet Category 5 wiring specifications . The
new wiring infrastructure will bring the Fire
Stations up to the City' s wiring standard and will
help prepare these locations to use new
standardized technologies as they emerge .
The new wiring is a key component to successfully
deploy the City' s new phone system and the new
Fire Records Management System from SunPro.
Requests for Proposal were sought pursuant to RCW
39 . 04 .270 . The City received two responses and
the low bidder was BTS Communications, in the
amount of $82 , 015 . 79 .
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COUNCIL (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6M)
Council Absences. APPROVAL of excused absences
from the April 20, 1999, City Council meeting for
Councilmembers Brotherton and Woods, as they were
unable to attend.
APPOINTMENTS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6K)
Kent Downtown Public Market Development Authority
Board. CONFIRMATION of the Mayor' s appointment of
Ron Cole to serve as a member of the Public
Development Authority Board of Directors (PDA) .
Mr. Cole is employed at Edward Jones in Kent . He
has been a member of the Kent Downtown Partnership
Board of Directors for six years and is active in
the Kent Rotary Club.
He will replace Jon Johnson, who resigned, and his
term will be in effect until 5/31/2002 .
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6L)
Drinking Driver Task Force. CONFIRMATION of the
Mayor' s appointment of Paul Dillard to serve as a
member of the Kent Drinking Driver Task Force
(DDTF) . Mr. Dillard serves as Minister of the
Madison Park Church of Christ where he has
ministered for six years . He also works at Metro
where he has been employed for 22 years. He is a
resident of Kent and his children attend Kent
schools .
He will replace Sally Goodion, who resigned, and
his term will be in effect until 1/1/2000 .
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6B)
Approval of Bills . APPROVAL of payment of the
bills received through March 31 and paid on
March 31 after auditing by the Operations
Committee on March 31, 1999 .
Approval of checks issued for vouchers :
Date Check Numbers Amount
3/31/99 214662-214930 $1, 553,496 .21
3/31/99 214931-215397 2 , 354 , 896 . 12
$3 , 908 , 392 .33
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FINANCE Amroval of checks issued for payroll for March 1
through March 15 and paid on March 15, 1999 :
Date Check Numbers Amount
3/19/99 Checks 234328-234652 $ 258, 793 .48
3/19/99 Advices 77554-78115 798, 780 .29
$1, 057, 573 . 77
Approval of checks issued for payroll for March 16
through March 31 and paid on April 5, 1999 :
Date Check Numbers Amount
4/5/99 Checks 234653-235002 $ 260, 758 .40
4/5/99 Advices 78116-78724 782 , 353 . 78
$1, 043 , 112 . 18
REPORTS Council President. Orr reminded Councilmembers
that there is a meeting with Management Partners
scheduled for 4 : 00 p.m. on Friday, April 23 in the
Mayor' s Conference Room. She also mentioned that
continuation of the Council retreat will be on the
evenings of May 10 and 11 .
Public Safety Committee. Epperly noted that the
Committee will meet at 5 : 00 p.m. on April 27 .
Administrative Reports. McFall briefed the
Council on replacement of the phone system which
will take place next week. He noted that the
telephone numbers will change and that the City
has been involved in a very active public
information program.
EXECUTIVE At 7 : 20 p.m. , the meeting recessed into Executive
SESSION Session for approximately 30 minutes .
The meeting reconvened at 7 :45 p.m.
Pgperty Acquisition. CLARK MOVED that the Mayor
be authorized to purchase property located in the
vicinity north of Smith Street, west of 2nd
Avenue, and south of the Borden property, more
legally described in Ordinance No. 3450, for an
amount not to exceed $2 , 055, 700 . 00 ; and further
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EXECUTIVE authorize the Mayor to take any and all steps
SESSION necessary to close the purchase; and to authorize
the issuance of General Obligation Bonds with
interim financing from the City' s water Fund to
finance the purchase . Yingling seconded and the
motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7 :46 p.m.
Brenda Jacobe C
City Clerk b2
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