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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 09/07/1999 Kent, Washington September 7, 1999 Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7 : 00 p.m. by Mayor White. Present : Councilmembers Amodt, Brotherton, Clark, Epperly, Orr, Woods, and Yingling, Operations Director/Chief of Staff McFall, Deputy City Attorney Brubaker, Police Chief Crawford, Fire Chief Angelo, Public Works Director Wickstrom, Planning Director Harris and Employee Services Director Viseth. Approximately 50 people were at the meeting. CHANGES TO Operations Director McFall requested the addition THE AGENDA of a brief executive session regarding labor negotiations . Pamela Dunn, 712 2nd Avenue North, requested that the billboard issue be added to the agenda, and stated that she would like to see the moratorium extended long enough to be able to give notice to the citizens of a public hearing on the issue. Mayor White explained that public hearings have been held by the Land Use and Planning Board twice and that they have made recommendations both times . Council President Orr agreed to bring the issue back to Council with additional information, especially regarding the placement and changing of signs . She said that upon receipt of the addi- tional information from staff, the issue will be scheduled for a Council meeting, probably in mid- November. Upon Dunn' s question, Orr stated that the moratorium will most likely be extended in advance of the November meeting. PUBLIC Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Month COMMUNICATIONS Presentation. John Ryan, President of the Kent Chamber of Commerce, explained that most of the Chamber' s work is done by volunteers, and pre- sented the August Award to Government Affairs Manager Dena Laurent . He noted that Ms . Laurent is being honored for her work as Co-Chair on the Communications Task Force, and expressed his appreciation. Employee of the Month. Mayor White announced that Officer Steve Holt of the Police Department has been selected as Employee of the Month for September. He noted that Officer Holt has 1 Kent City Council Minutes September 7, 1999 PUBLIC performed many different responsibilities includ- COMMUNICATIONS ing working as a Patrol Officer, a D.A.R.E. Officer, and a Bicycle Officer, as well as serving as the Head Advisor of Explorer Post 298 . Holt was presented with the Employee of the Month plaque . Police Chief Crawford expressed thanks and congratulations on behalf of the Police Department and Explorer Scouts . Constitution Week. Mayor White read a proclama- tion declaring the week of September 17-23, 1999 as Constitution Week in the City of Kent . He noted that the two hundred twelfth anniversary of the signing of the Constitution provides an historic opportunity for all Americans to remember the achievements of the framers of the Constitution and the rights, privileges and responsibilities it affords, and encouraged all citizens to reflect on the many benefits of the Constitution. He presented the proclamation to Sally Arnold-Daniels of the Lakota Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Sound Transit Train Speed Limit Presentation. Bob White, Executive Director, presented a slide show and reviewed some of the steps that Sound Transit is currently taking to assure that the operation of sound or commuter rail service is done in a way that will provide fast and reliable service to the customers and will contribute to a safe environment . Mr. White referred to a recent City of Kent resolution opposing the speed limit increases until such time as speed and safety improvements have been made, and asked that the resolution be modified by supporting the speed improvements when the speed and safety improvements have been made . He suggested enumerating what the improvements ought to be . Upon Clark' s question, Mr. White agreed to look into the noise issue and provide some information on it . He noted for Brotherton that the reason for having crossing bars on only one side is to avoid trapping someone on the 2 Kent City Council Minutes September 7, 1999 PUBLIC tracks, and agreed to re-evaluate the situation COMMUNICATIONS with City staff . CONSENT ORR MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A through I CALENDAR be approved. Woods seconded and the motion carried. MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6A) Approval of the minutes of the regular Council meeting of August 17, 1999 STREET (PUBLIC HEARINGS - ITEM 5B) VACATIONS Street Vacation, SE 272nd Near 132nd SE. Resolution No. 1548 established September 7, 1999, as the public hearing date for the application by William Fraser, to vacate a portion of S .E. 272nd Street, a dedicated, unopened street, lying generally west of that street ' s intersection with Kent Kangley Road and 132nd Avenue S .E. A staff report recommending approval was included in the Council ' s packet . Planning Director Harris noted that there are six conditions and requested that Conditions 1, 3 and 4 be modified to read as follows : 1 . That unless approved otherwise by the Public Works Director only the westerly 325 feet be vacated rather than the approximately 700 feet requested by the applicant . 3 . Kent shall retain all easement rights over, upon, and under the vacated right-of-way for public utilities that presently exist and may in the future, from time to time, be constructed and/or installed therein. 4 . Kent shall retain all easement rights for private utilities that presently exist within the proposed vacation right-of-way. Further, the City shall retain the right to grant private utilities any necessary easements in the vacated right-of-way. 3 Kent City Council Minutes September 7, 1999 STREET Upon Clark' s question, Wickstrom explained that VACATIONS the fence along SR516 will not change and that there is a bus cut-out in the area. Mayor White opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the audience and ORR MOVED to close the public hearing. Woods seconded and the motion carried. CLARK MOVED to approve the Planning Director' s recommendation as modified tonight of approval of the application to vacate a portion of S .E. 272nd Street, a dedicated, unopened street, lying generally west of that street ' s intersection with Kent Kangley Road and 132nd Avenue S .E. , as referenced in Resolution No. 548 ; and to direct the City Attorney to prepare the necessary ordi- nance upon compliance with the conditions of approval . (PUBLIC HEARINGS - ITEM 5C) Street Vacation, Hawley Road. Resolution No. 1549 established September 7, 1999, as the public hearing date for the application by Ronald L. Wagers, to vacate a portion of Hawley Road (Willis Street) , a dedicated, unopened street, lying south of Willis Street (SR 516) , north of the Green River and west of Washington Avenue (West Valley Highway) . A staff report recommending approval is included in the Council ' s packet . Harris pointed out that when the last increment of Signature Pointe Apartments was built, a Declaration of Non-Significance was issued, and that one of the conditions regarded improvements . He said that the improvements have been made and that approximately one-third of this street vaca- tion will be in those improvements . He stated that Condition No. 4 of the staff recommendation relates to the improvements . The Mayor opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the audience . CLARK MOVED to approve the Planning Director' s recommendation of approval of the application to vacate a portion of 4 Kent City Council Minutes September 7, 1999 STREET Hawley Road (Willis Street) , a dedicated, unopened VACATIONS street, lying south of Willis Street (SR 516) , north of the Green River and west of Washington Avenue (West Valley Highway) , as referenced in Resolution No. 1549; and to direct the City Attorney to prepare the necessary ordinance upon compliance with the conditions of approval . TRANSPORTATION (BIDS - ITEM 8A) S. 272nd/277th St. Corridor, Fish Habitat Enhancement. The bid opening for this project was held on September 1st with 11 bids received. The apparent low bid was submitted by Scoccolo Construction Inc . in the amount of $193 , 160 . 00 . The Engineer' s estimate was $203 , 796 . 00 The Public Works Director recommends awarding this contract to Scoccolo Construction Inc . CLARK MOVED that the S . 272nd/277th Street Corridor, Fish Habitat Enhancement contract be awarded to Scoccolo Construction, inc . , for the bid amount of $193 , 160 . 00 . Brotherton seconded and the motion carried. LIMITED STREET (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6H) LICENSE Level 3Com Limited Street License. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to execute a Limited Street License with Level 3 Communications, L.L.C. , subject to review and approval of final terms by the City Attorney. Level 3Com is installing a fiber optic telecommunication system along the Union Pacific Railroad mainline right-of-way. This license allows Level 3Com to cross City streets that intersect the UPRR mainline. LIGHT RAIL (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6F) City Of Tukwila, Light Rail Resolution. ADOPTION of Resolution No. 1553 supporting the alignment of light rail consistent with State and Regional Growth Management Policies, as recommended by the Public Works/Planning Committee. 5 Kent City Council Minutes September 7, 1999 COMMUNITY (PUBLIC HEARINGS - ITEM 5A) DEVELOPMENT Community Development Block Grant Year 2000 BLOCK GRANT Funding. This date has been set for a public hearing to consider the Year 2000 Proposed Community Development Block Grant program. Carolyn Sundvall of the Planning Department presented the proposed program as follows : Capital Applications Proposed City of Kent Home Repair Program $253,916 City of Kent Parks & Recreation: Kiwanis Tot 67,946 Lot #2 ADA Community Psychiatric Center: Transitional 0 Housing Catholic Community Services: Housing for 35,000 Homeless Women King County Housing Authority: Nike Manor 10,000 Kent Youth & Family Services: Facility 0 Rehabilitation Habitat for Humanity: Kent Site Acquisition & 0 Development Transitional Resources: Avalon Housing 0 Construction Total Capital $366, 862 Public (Human) Service Applications Proposed Kent Community Health & Natural Medicine $38,520 Services Kent Emergency Feeding Program 18, 324 YWCA Domestic Violence Transitional Housing 38,723 Federal Way Family Center: At Appian Way 0 Apartments ANEW: On the Road to a Family Wage Job 0 Elderhealth Northwest: Connection Adult Day 0 Care Total Public (Human) Services $95,567 Planning & Administration $87,987 2000 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CONTINGENCY PLAN PUBLIC (HUMAN) SERVICES If the City of Kent receives an increase in public service dollars, the increase will be divided equally between the funded agencies. If the City of Kent receives a decrease in public services dollars, the decrease will be split proportionately between funded agencies. 6 Kent City Council Minutes September 7, 1999 COMMUNITY CAPITAL REQUESTS DEVELOPMENT If there is an increase in the Capital estimate, the BLOCK GRANT increase will be split evenly between Catholic Community Services Transitional Housing for Homeless Women and King County Housing Authority Nike Manor Emergency & Transitional Housing Rehabilitation. If there is a decrease in the Capital estimate, the decrease will be as follows: 1) the Home Repair Program will be reduced by the amount of potential carry-over from the 1999 Home Repair Program. 2) The remaining decrease of funds will be to the Parks & Recreation Kiwanis Tot Lot #2 . Mayor White opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the audience, and ORR MOVED to close the public hearing. Woods seconded and the motion carried. CLARK MOVED to approve the proposed Year 2000 Community Development Block Grant Program, including the contingency plan. Woods seconded and the motion carried. Orr commended the Human Services Commission for their efforts . COMPREHENSIVE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6G) PLAN Emergency Comprehensive Plan Amendment. ADOPTION AMENDMENTS of Resolution No. 1554 referring incorporation of Kent and Federal Way School Districts Capital Facilities Plans into the City' s Comprehensive Plan to the Land Use & Planning Board for a public hearing. The City must amend its Comprehensive Plan annually to incorporate the Kent and Federal Way School Districts ' Capital Facilities Plans as part of the school impact fee program. The City has received these plans from the Districts for the 1999 calendar year and now needs to incorporate them into the City' s Comprehensive Plan. This resolution refers this matter to the Land Use and Planning Board for a public hearing. Because these plans affect the imposition of school impact fees, the resolution also declares an emergency so that the comprehensive plan amendment can occur as soon as possible, rather than through the annual comprehensive plan amendment process . 7 Kent City Council Minutes September 7, 1999 COMPREHENSIVE (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 7A) PLAN Mower/Hebert Comprehensive Plan Amendment AMENDMENTS CPA-98-2 (I) /CPZ-98-9 . The Land Use and Planning Board (LU&PB) heard this item on November 30, 1998 as part of the annual deliberations on the 1998 comprehensive plan amendments . The City Council discussed the Planning Board' s recommendation on February 2 , 1999 and decided to table this and one other proposed plan amendment until the matter of townhouse zoning was completed. Recently, the City Council adopted an ordinance implementing a townhouse zoning district, which requires new multifamily developments to be condominiums . Following adoption of the townhouse ordinance, the Council President requested that the Mower/Hebert plan amendment come back to the City Council for action. Kevin O 'Neill of the Planning Department explained the site, the project and the process, and dis- played a map of the area. He noted for Clark that this is currently a mixed use zone, which was created in 1997, in order to provide for businesses operating in the same locale. Hugh Leiper, 815 Reitan Road, thanked the Council for looking at the difference between condominiums and apartments . He explained his project noting that it is compatible, livable, and an asset to the community. He requested zoning for condo- miniums only, a secured entrance off of 260th, and MR-T16 zoning. He responded to Yingling' s questions regarding the secured entrance and pedestrians . CLARK MOVED to modify the Land Use & Planning Board' s recommendation and approve #CPA-98-2 (I) and CPZ-98-9 concerning the proposed 1998 compre- hensive plan and zoning map amendments with a Comprehensive Plan designation of low density multi-family residential and a zoning designation of MR-T16 and to direct the City Attorney to prepare the necessary ordinance. Orr seconded. Clark noted that this development meets some needs and provides an opportunity to put the townhouse 8 Kent City Council Minutes September 7, 1999 COMPREHENSIVE ordinance into effect . Orr said she is com- PLAN fortable with the density on the project and AMENDMENTS thanked Mr. Leiper for his patience. Amodt, Woods and Brotherton spoke in favor of the project . Clark' s motion then carried. ANNEXATION (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6I) ZONING Horseshoe Acres Annexation Zoning. SET September 21, and November 2 , 1999, as the dates for public hearings on Horseshoe Acres Annexation Zoning. INTER- (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6E) GOVERNMENTAL Intergovernmental Affairs Consulting Contract. SERVICES APPROVAL of the Intergovernmental Affairs Consulting contract with Doug Levy. Kent ' s size, population, and service demands will grow signi- ficantly in the coming years, making Kent a player at all levels of government . It also means actions and issues considered at all levels of government can have a significant impact on the ability to deliver service and on the fiscal base from which the City fund that level of service . To be proactive on these issues and to offer comprehen- sive briefings and action options to our elected officials, staff proposes contracting with Doug Levy for intergovernmental consulting services . This item was reviewed and approved by the Council ' s Operations Committee at their August 3 meeting. PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6D) RECREATION King County Deed Of Conveyance For Four Properties. ACCEPTANCE of the four open space areas remaining from the 1996 Meridian area annexation, as approved by the Parks Committee on August 17, 1999, as follows : Kentridge Estates, Division #3 , Tract A; Park Meridian, Tract B; Rainier View Estates, Tract A; Sun Meadows, Division #2 . 9 Kent City Council Minutes September 7, 1999 POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6C) Corrections Facility Medical Services Contract. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to sign a contract with Occupational Health Services for medical services at the Kent Corrections Facility, as approved by the Public Safety Committee . The State and Federal Constitutions require Corrections Facilities to provide medical services to jail inmates . The Kent Corrections Facility currently contracts with Occupational Health Services (OHS) for inmate medical care for the period ending December 31, 2000 . Under the current contract, one nurse provides all services to inmates. It has been determined that addi- tional medical services are necessary to maintain the appropriate level of health care . This new contract reflects the addition of 40 hours nursing and physician assistant services with an increase cost to the City of $121, 505 . 00 over the period of the contract . FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6B) Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the bills received through August 16 and paid on August 16, 1999, after auditing by the Operations Committee on August 17, 1999 . Approval of checks issued for vouchers : Date Check Numbers Amount 8/16/99 221568-221837 $ 814 , 126 . 27 8/16/99 221838-222375 $3 , 053 , 855 . 87 $3 , 867, 982 . 14 Approval of checks issued for pavrcll for July 16 through July 31, 1999, and paid on August 5, 1999 : Date Check Numbers Amount 8/5/99 Checks 237502-237882 $ 307, 005 . 73 8/5/99 Advices 82891-83509 828 , 170 . 15 $1, 135, 175 . 88 10 Kent City Council Minutes September 7, 1999 REPORTS Council President. Orr reminded Councilmembers of the Suburban Cities dinner on September 8th. Operations Committee. Woods reported that the next meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 21, at 3 :30 p.m. Public Safety Committee. Epperly noted that the next meeting will be held at 5 : 00 on Tuesday, September 14 . Public Works and Planning Committee. Clark announced that because of the action taken earlier in this meeting, the Committee meeting of September 8th is cancelled and the next meeting will be on September 20th at 4 : 00 p.m. Parks Committee. Woods noted that the Committee will meet at 4 : 30 p.m. on September 21st . EXECUTIVE At 8 : 02 p.m. , the meeting recessed to Executive SESSION Session for approximately ten minutes to discuss labor negotiations . ADJOURNMENT The meeting reconvened and adjourned at 8 :25 p.m. Brenda Ja b r, CMC City Clerk 11