HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 08/03/1999 Kent, Washington
August 3, 1999
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at
5 : 00 p.m. by Mayor White. Present : Councilmembers Amodt,
Brotherton, Clark, Epperly, Orr, Woods, and Yingling, Operations
Director/Chief of Staff 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 20 people were at the meeting.
CHANGES TO Orr added Public Communications Item 4E National
THE AGENDA Night Out .
PUBLIC Yangzhou Exchange Students. Finance Director
COMMUNICATIONS Miller explained that this is the fifth year of
the Yangzhou Sister City relationship, and that
the theme this year is music . She introduced two
students from Kent, Lisa Chen and Ben Buckley,
who have just returned from Yangzhou, and Zhang
Yawei and Xiao Guang, who have just arrived from
Yangzhou. Each student spoke about their
experiences and thanked the Council for their
support .
Youth Art Winner. International Program
Coordinator Joanne Schaut introduced Anna Slater,
winner of the International Youth Art Award, and
displayed Slater' s artwork. Ms . Slater then
thanked the Sister Cities organization for
allowing her to participate in the contest .
Freight Mobility System. Barbara Ivanov of the
Chamber of Commerce explained the work of the
freight mobility system improvement team. She
noted that the project focuses on low cost
improvements to the system and the ability to
deliver freight on time at a fair price. She
distributed copies of the June 1999 Progress
Report and answered questions regarding financing,
benefits to citizens and impacts of legislation.
She thanked the Council for their support .
Employee of the Month. Mayor White announced
that Susan Hill of the Police Department has been
chosen as Employee of the Month for August . He
stated that Ms. Hill has been committed to helping
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PUBLIC improve the community education program, and that
COMMUNICATIONS under her leadership, the number of Volunteers In
Police Services has grown from six to over fifty,
resulting in 4, 382 hours of donated service in the
past 2% years .
National Night Out. Judy Mauhl of the Police
Department thanked the Council for changing the
time of their meeting in order to attend National
Night Out events . She noted that there are 18
events occurring tonight and six more on other
nights. She then presented baseball caps to the
Councilmembers .
CONSENT ORR MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A through N
CALENDAR be approved. Woods seconded and the motion
carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6A)
Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of
the regular Council meeting of July 20, 1999 .
WATER (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6H)
1998 Miscellaneous Watermain Improvements. ACCEPT
the 1998 Miscellaneous Watermain Improvements con-
tract as complete and release the retainage to
Kar-Vel Construction upon standard releases from
the State and release of any liens, as recommended
by the Public Works/Planning Committee . The ori-
ginal contract amount was $45, 158 . 05 . The final
construction cost was $55, 056 . 05, the overruns
being a result of an additional amount of material
required to raise the watermain and the installa-
tion of an air-vac valve . Adequate funds exist
within the project budget to cover these overruns .
STREET (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6J)
VACATIONS Street Vacation, SE 272nd Near 132nd Avenue SE.
ADOPTION of Resolution No. 1548 setting
September 7th as the public hearing date for
the SE 272nd near 132nd Ave SE Street Vacation,
as recommended by the Public Works/Planning
Committee .
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STREET (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6K)
VACATIONS Street Vacation, Hawley Road. ADOPTION of
Resolution No. 1549 setting September 7th as the
public hearing date for the Hawley Road Street
Vacation, as recommended by the Public Works/
Planning Committee .
TRAFFIC (BIDS - ITEM 8A)
CONSTRUCTION 1999 Traffic Striping. The bid opening for this
project was held on July 29th with three bids
received. The apparent low bid was submitted by
Stripe Rite in the amount of $62, 575 . 60 . The
Engineer' s estimate was $57, 847 . 15 .
The Public Works Director recommends awarding this
contract to Stripe Rite.
CLARK MOVED that the 1999 Traffic Striping
contract be awarded to Stripe Rite for the bid
amount of $62 , 575 . 60 . Brotherton seconded and the
motion carried.
TRANSPORTATION (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6I)
Six Year Transportation Improvement Plan SET
August 17th as the public hearing date for the
Six Year Transportation Improvement Plan, as
recommended by the Public Works/Planning
Committee.
PLANNING (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6F)
2000-2002 Home Interlocal Agreement. APPROVAL
of the 2000-2002 HOME Interlocal Cooperative
Agreement and authorization for the Mayor to sign
the agreement and forward it to King County.
COMMUNITY (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6G)
DEVELOPMENT Community Development Block Grant Interlocal
BLOCK GRANT Agreement (ICA) . APPROVAL of the 2000-2002
Community Development Block Grant Interlocal
Agreement, and authorization for the Mayor to sign
this agreement and forward it to King County.
ZONING CODE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6N)
AMENDMENTS View Regulations. ADOPTION of Ordinance No. 3469
amending Section 15 . 08 . 060 of the Kent City Code
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ZONING CODE relating to view protection regulations, clarify-
AMENDMENTS ing that the purpose of the regulations is to
promote and protect public vistas of the Green
River Valley by encouraging development in ways
compatible with the protection of these view
corridors, and further making other related
changes.
(OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 7A)
Condominium (Townhouse) Zoning MCA-99-5) . This
item was before the City Council on July 20, 1999
and was sent to the Public Works and Planning
Committee for their review. The Committee
reviewed ZCA-99-5 on August 2 , 1999 .
Fred Satterstrom of the Planning Department ex-
plained that the Public Works & Planning Committee
recommended the following:
• To approve the proposed MR-T (Townhouse) zoning
district as proposed by the Land Use & Planning
Board; and
• To disallow the rezoning of low density single
family areas to MR-T (by requiring sites which
are proposed for MR-T zoning already be zoning
SR-8, multifamily residential, commercial or
office) .
He noted that, in addition, the Planning & Public
Works Committee requested that staff initiate
proposals with the Land Use & Planning Board aimed
at offering density bonuses for condominium
developments in all existing multifamily zoning
districts, and agreed to do so.
CLARK MOVED to approve the Land Use and Planning
Board' s recommendation for multifamily residential
townhouse zoning (ZCA-99-5) and to direct the City
Attorney to prepare the necessary ordinance.
Brotherton seconded.
Orr offered a friendly amendment to include "as
amended by the Public Works & Planning Committee
on August 2, 1999 . " Clark and Brotherton agreed.
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ZONING CODE Orr then offered a second friendly amendment to
AMENDMENTS create two different zoning densities to allow
developers to apply for either 12 or 16 units per
acre . She explained that that would give flexi-
bility to the Council to accept or reject the
proposal, and said it protects the 8-unit per acre
property which may be considered for rezone.
Clark and Brotherton agreed to the amendment .
Lubovich questioned the criteria for determining
either density. Clark responded that it would
have to be adjoining an arterial or have immediate
access to an arterial, and if not located near
some other commercial form of property it would be
isolated and disproportionate in terms of its
impact on the neighborhood. Orr concurred. She
noted that another issue is traffic and said this
proposal would provide flexibility to the person
who seeks a rezone to build condominiums .
Upon Yingling' s question, Orr explained that
having two zoning options is a way of protecting
neighborhoods from development that is too dense
for the neighborhood. Amodt stated that this
could benefit both the developer and the residents
of the area.
Clark' s motion as amended then carried.
POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6L)
Kent Drinking Driver Task Force Grant. ACCEPTANCE
and AUTHORIZATION for expenditure of Kent Drinking
Driver Task Force grant funding as follows :
Law Enforcement Education Partnership Program (LEEP
Department of community, Trade and Economic Development
(CTED)
By the U.S. Department of Education under the Federal Safe
and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
7/l/99-6/30/2000 $28,500.00
Kent Drinking Driver Countermeasure Program (DDTF)
Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC)
Federal 402 Transportation/Highway Safety Funds
1999/2000 $28,012.50
2000/2001 $28,012.50
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POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6M)
Kent Drinking Driver Task Force Grant Funding.
AUTHORIZATION to enter into contract negotiations
for Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) Funds .
A maximum of $84, 150 . 00 of ATOD Funds has been
awarded to the City subject to successful
negotiation and completion of a King County
Contract.
Seattle King County Health Department
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention Division
Category 1, ATOD Prevention Project
Two Year Youth Conference Support for Kent
And Eight South King County School Districts'
Junior/Senior High Youth
7/1/99 through 6/30/2001 $84, 150.00
EMPLOYEE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6E)
SERVICES Worker Compensation Third Party Administrator
Contract. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to enter
into an 18-month contract with Johnston &
Culberson, Inc . to provide administration
services for Worker Compensation claims and loss
control services, as recommended by the Operations
Committee at their July 20th meeting.
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6B)
Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the
bills received through July 15 and paid on
July 15, 1999, after auditing by the Operations
Committee on July 20, 1999 .
Approval of checks issued for vouchers :
Date Check Numbers Amount
7/15/99 219958-220377 $ 597, 518 . 61
7/15/99 220378-220823 1, 204 , 845 . 76
$1, 802, 364 . 37
Approval of checks issued for payroll for July 1
through July 15 and paid on July 20, 1999 :
Date Check Numbers Amount
7/20/99 Checks 237114-237501 $ 310, 490 . 04
7/20/99 Advices 82308-82890 864 , 179 . 04
$1, 174, 669 . 08
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FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6C)
Capital Facility Plan. SET August 17, 1999 for
the Capital Facility Plan public hearing.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6D)
2000 Budget. SET August 17, 1999 for the 2000
Annual Operating Budget public hearing.
REPORTS Council President. Orr thanked Epperly for her
efforts enabling Councilmembers to participate in
National Night Out .
Operations Committee. Woods noted that the next
meeting will be held at 3 : 30 p.m. on August 17 .
Parks Committee. Woods noted that the Committee
will meet at 4 :30 p.m. on August 17 .
ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 6 : 05 p.m.
Brenda Jacob r, CMC
City Clerk
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