HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 07/05/1994Kent, Washington
July 5, 1994
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at
7:00 p.m. by Mayor White. Present: Councilmembers Houser, Mann,
Orr and Woods, Operations Director/Chief of Staff McFall, City
Attorney Lubovich, Public Works Director Wickstrom, Police Chief
Crawford, Fire Chief Angelo, Parks Director Hodgson, and
Governmental Affairs Division Manager Martin. Councilmembers
Bennett, Clark and Johnson were excused from the meeting.
Approximately 25 people were at the meeting.
PUBLIC (REMOVED BY MAYOR WHITE)
COMMUNICATIONS Regional Justice Center Update. Mayor White
noted that this item has been removed from
tonight's agenda, due to a conflict in
scheduling.
Kent Community Foundation Grant Award. Linda
Cattey, President of the Kent Community
Foundation, presented a donation of $8,500 to
the Mayor and outlined the funding as follows:
Fireflys Newsletter (Kent/District 37
Fire Department) ..................... $1,000
Keep A Friend Alive Design Contest
(Kent Drinking Driver Task Force) .... $1,000
Game of Life 94 (Youth Wellness
Conference/Kent Police/Kent School
District) ............................ $1,000
Kent Canterbury Faire (Kent Parks &
Recreation) .......................... $5,000
Kent Kids Arts Day (Kent Parks & $500
Recreation) .................••••• ....
Mayor White thanked Ms. Cattey for the funds and
for the efforts of the Foundation.
Employee of the Month. Mayor White announced
that Holly Enfield of the Finance Department has
been selected as Employee of the Month for July.
He noted that she performs all of her duties
with a professional attitude and confiden-
tiality, and that she sets a great example for
her co-workers with her organizational skills
and creative ideas. He then presented her with
the Employee of the Month plaque.
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PUBLIC Recreation and Parks Month. The Mayor read and
COMMUNICATIONS presented to Parks Director Hodgson a proclama-
tion declaring the month of July 1994 as
Recreation and Parks Month in the City of Kent.
He noted that parks and recreation services
contribute to the overall quality of life of a
community, enhance the desirability of locations
for families and businesses, and stimulate
tourism to increase a total community economic
development model.
Wayne Hobbs Family Day. July 17, 1994, was
declared Wayne Hobbs Family Day by Mayor White
in honor of the outstanding and unselfish work
of Kent Lion Wayne Hobbs and his wife Judi and
daughter Marci, in making Kent Cornucopia Days a
success. The Mayor noted that Kent Cornucopia
Days is now the largest event of its kind on the
entire west coast, with over 300,000 people
attending. He encouraged all citizens to
recognize the outstanding efforts of the Wayne
Hobbs family in making the Greater Kent
community a better place to live.
CONSENT WOODS MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A
CALENDAR through G be approved. Orr seconded and the
motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3A)
_Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of
the regular Council meeting of June 21, 1994.
STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3D)
LID 346 - S. 212th Street Improvements.
ADOPTION of Resolution No. 1393 calling for the
formation of LID 346 for the installation of
sidewalks, street lights and sanitary sewers
along S. 212th Street from the Green River to
SR 167, and setting the public hearing date for
August 2nd, as recommended by the Public Works
Committee.
This LID project would run in conjunction with
the S. 212th St. HOV lanes project now being
done from West Valley Highway to SR 167 and
would complete the installation of sidewalks,
street lights and sanitary sewer facilities
along S. 212th Street from the Green River to
the valley freeway. The total cost of these
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STREETS improvements is estimated at $703,596 which
includes design, construction, inspection and a
15% contingency.
PUBLIC WORKS (BIDS - ITEM 5A)
98th Ave South Drainage Repair, 111th/112th
Ave. SE Walkway, 5th Ave. South Pavement
Replacement, 110th Ave. SE Sewer Extension. The
bid opening for this project was held on June
22nd with four bids received. The low bid was
submitted by Mer -Con, Inc., in the amount of
$128,938.90. The engineer's estimate was
$144,048.75. The project consists of the repair
of the storm drainage system on 98th Avenue SE
just south of SE 242nd Street, the construction
of pedestrian walkways along both sides of 111th
Avenue SE between Kent-Kangley Road and Sequoia
Junior High School, the construction of a
pedestrian walkway along the west side of 112th
Avenue SE between SE 232nd and SE 240th Streets,
the reconstruction of the roadway on 5th Avenue
South and the construction of a sewer main
extension in the vicinity of 110th Avenue SE.
The Public Works Director has recommended that
this bid be accepted and the contract be awarded
to Mer -Con, Inc. MANN MOVED that the 98th
Avenue South Drainage Repair, 111th/112th Avenue
SE Walkway, 5th Avenue South Pavement Replace-
ment, and 110th Avenue SE Sewer Extension
contract be awarded to Mer -Con, Inc., for the
bid amount of $128,938.90. Woods seconded and
the motion carried.
(BIDS - ITEM 5B)
Carnaby Street Sidewalks. The bid opening for
this project was held on June 22nd with three
bids received. The low bid was submitted by
Mer -Con Inc. in the amount of $36,290.00. The
engineer's estimate was $37,752.50. The project
consists of the construction of sidewalks east
of the Star Lake Elementary School driveway
along S. 270th Street, Downing Avenue and
Carnaby Street.
The Public Works Director has recommended that
this bid be accepted and the contract be awarded
to Mer -Con, Inc. MANN MOVED that the Carnaby
Street Sidewalks contract be awarded to Mer -Con,
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PUBLIC WORKS Inc. for the bid amount of $36,290.00. Houser
seconded and the motion carried.
(BIDS - ITEM 5C)
(REMOVED BY MAYOR WHITE)
Lake Fenwick Hypolimnetic Aeration System.
Mayor White noted that the bids received on this
item on June 30th were over the budgeted amount
and it will go back to Public Works for further
review.
FRANCHISE (PUBLIC HEARINGS - ITEM 2A)
Soos Creek Water and Sewer Franchise. This date
has been set for the first reading of a fran-
chise ordinance with Soos Creek Water & Sewer
District for the construction of an alternate
sewerage trunk line to serve Soos Creek Water
and Sewer District.
Assistant City Attorney Brubaker noted that the
City has recently experienced a sewer problem,
which deals with sewer trunk main shared by the
City and Soos Creek Water and Sewer District.
He showed a map of the sewer line, and noted
that the City has undertaken emergency con-
struction to alleviate short-term problems and
that Soos Creek Water and Sewer District has
developed storage systems to help prevent
overcapacity of the system. He explained that
in order to construct a long-term solution to
the problem, the District has decided to con-
struct their own sewer main to service their
portion of the system. Brubaker stated that the
District will need a franchise to operate and
that the franchise would be for 25 years. He
noted that the document has been reviewed by the
District's attorney, who made some extremely
minor adjustments, and that one more change may
be made depending on how the City, the District
and Metro determine the terminus of the sewer
main. He added that Soos Creek hopes to con-
struct this line by the end of October.
Mayor White declared the public hearing open.
There were no comments from the audience and
WOODS MOVED to close the public hearing. Houser
seconded and the motion carried. MANN THEN
MOVED that the second reading of the Soos Creek
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FRANCHISE
Water and Sewer Franchise Ordinance No. 3173 be
set for July 19th for final Council action.
Houser seconded and the motion carried.
SURPLUS
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3E)
EQUIPMENT
Surplus Water Meters and Materials.
AUTHORIZATION to declare water meters and
materials used in the water distribution system
as surplus, as recommended by the Public Works
Committee. These items have been replaced and
are no longer useable within the water system.
SURPLUS
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3F)
Surplus of Vehicles. AUTHORIZATION to declare
VEHICLES
vehicles no longer in use as surplus and to sell
them at the next State auction, as recommended
by the Public Works Committee.
UTILITY TAX -
(OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4A)
YOUTH PROGRAMS
Youth Programs - Utility Tax Ordinance.
expanding youth and
Preparation of an ordinance
teen programming within neighborhoods and
apartments on the East Hill, West Hill, and the
Valley was authorized by the City Council at its
June 21 meeting. To fund this program expan-
sion, the Council further authorized an increase
in the utility tax of 0.3 percent. The tax
increase sunsets December 31, 1996. Any reve-
nues from the tax increase are to be set aside
in a separate fund or account dedicated solely
for the purpose of youth and teen program
expansion.
Mann thanked the Councilmembers for their action
on this issue, and noted that this is the first
time in his years on the Council that taxes have
been increased. HE THEN MOVED for the adoption
of Ordinance No. 3174 increasing utility tax
rates to provide funding for youth and teen
program -ming and amending the 1994 budget to
reflect the increased revenues and expenditures.
Houser seconded and the motion carried.
COUNCIL (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3G)
(ADDED BY COUNCILMEMBER WOODS)
Council Absences. APPROVAL of excused absences
for Councilmembers Johnson and Bennett who could
not be in attendance at tonight's meeting.
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APPOINTMENTS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3C)
Human services Commission. CONFIRMATION of the
Mayor's appointment of Rev. Mark Moder to serve
as a member of the Kent Human Services Commis-
sion. Rev. Moder is currently the Youth Pastor
at Kent Christian Center. He attended Northwest
College in Kirkland and has served as a minister
for the past 7 years. He will replace Tony
Ladner, who resigned, and his appointment will
continue to 1/1/96.
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3B)
Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the
bills received through June 15, 1994 and paid on
June 15, 1994, after auditing by the Operations
Committee on June 22, 1994.
Approval of checks issued for vouchers:
Date Check Numbers Amount
6/1/94-6/15/94 143831-144263 $1,045,951.50
Approval of checks issued for payroll:
Date Check Numbers Amount
6/20/94 Checks 195527-195930 $ 279,843.24
Advices 15900-16247 420,988.92
$ 700,832.16
REPORTS Council President. Woods announced that the
Suburban Cities Association meeting will be held
in Black Diamond on July 13, and asked
Councilmembers to contact Ms. Banister.
EXECUTIVE At 7:20 p.m. the Mayor announced an executive
SESSION session regarding pending litigation.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting reconvened at 8:10 and adjourned.
Brenda Jac er CMC
City Cler
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