HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 07/19/1994Kent, Washington
July 19, 1994
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at
7:00 p.m. by Mayor White. Present: Councilmembers Clark,
Houser, Johnson, Mann, Orr and Woods, Operations Director/Chief
of Staff McFall, City Attorney Lubovich, Public Works Director
Wickstrom, Planning Director Harris, Police Chief Crawford, Fire
Chief Angelo, Parks Director Hodgson, Finance Division Manager
Miller and Human Resource Division Manager Viseth. Councilmember
Bennett was excused from the meeting. Approximately 25 people
were in attendance.
PUBLIC Curran, Kleweno & Johnson Appreciation Day.
COMMUNICATIONS The Mayor read a proclamation declaring July 20,
1994 as Curran, Kleweno & Johnson Appreciation
Day in the City of Kent. He encouraged citizens
to recognize and appreciate this law firm for
its community service to those needing legal
assistance. Pete Curran accepted the pro-
clamation and thanked the City for recognizing
their firm. He noted that Jim Curran started
the law firm in 1948 and found the Clark Springs
Water source without which the City could not
survive today. He expressed appreciation to Jim
Curran for the values brought into the law firm
and the principles of delivering service to the
community and noted that the principle
recognition belongs to him.
Introduction of Mayor's Appointees. Mayor White
introduced Monica Saalfeld who is his appointee
to the Kent Saturday Market Board, and Mark
Moder who was appointed to the Human Services
Commission.
Washington State Department of Transportation -
High Speed Rail Program. Jeff Schultz from the
Department of Transportation, Rail Branch,
showed a 15 -minute video highlighting the short
and long term goals of the rail passenger
program. He clarified that this program is an
intercity rail passenger program which is
different from the RTA proposed commuter rail
program because it puts emphasis on passengers
traveling through various cities. Upon Woods'
question, he noted that the current agreement
with Burlington -Northern does not cover Kent,
but that they would be glad to assist in begin-
ning a dialog between the City of Kent and
Burlington -Northern. He also clarified for
Woods that there are 140 air flights a day
between Seattle and Portland. Schultz informed
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PUBLIC the Council that Jan Banister has been provided
COMMUNICATIONS with a generic resolution of support for this
program and expressed hope that the City would
adopt such a resolution. He also presented the
Mayor with a limited edition of the high speed
rail poster, "Futures on Track".
Regional Justice Center Update. Wendy Keller,
Project Manager, noted that asbestos removal is
almost complete and that demolition will begin
by August 12th. She explained that the court-
house will have pilings driven, but the rest of
the site parking structure, as well as most of
detention, will be pre -loaded. She noted that
in order to keep down on the total number of
trucks going in and out of the site loading and
unloading, they have decided to go with a three-
phase pre -load. In the demolition plan, the
contractor will do some excavation of the center
area where the parking garage is going to be,
and that as concrete is crushed and asphalt is
broken up, it will be used rather than hauled
off. She noted that they will then move to the
north end of the site and a lot of what was
preloaded in the first location can be simply
rolled over onto the second location, which will
help keep the costs under control.
Keller noted that they are getting ready to
apply for a building construction permit with
the City, but first will write a letter to the
SEPA Official asking for a final review and
determination about their environmental docu-
ments. She explained that traffic and roads are
one type of mitigation, and the other type of
mitigation concerns operational and social
service issues. She noted that their plan was
to settle these issues before a construction
permit was issued. She noted that there is a
meeting tomorrow night at City Hall to review
the Ad -Hoc Committee report providing input on 9
different areas with regard to social service
agency impacts. She noted that depending on how
the City's SEPA official decides to proceed with
the RJC documents, one of the processes could be
to fill out a checklist, but at the end of this
process the building permit still needs to be
conditioned with both traffic construction and
social services. She noted another way would be
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PUBLIC to accept the County's environmental review
COMMUNICATIONS documents and still condition the building
permit. If this option were chosen, it would
mean that there would be notice to people that
the environmental documents have been reviewed
and are being accepted. She explained that she
didn't want people to think that if this option
were chosen that the social service or con-
struction traffic issues weren't going to be
dealt with, because those conditions would be
added to the permit. She noted that by
August 1, they will have 65% drawings done on
the RJC and much of the interior and exterior
work has been done. She noted that artists have
been selected to do the lighting fixtures on the
north end of the building, along the parking
structure and main drive into the RJC, and that
they are in the process of selecting an artist
to work with the security screen. She noted
that they are currently working on the site
selection for the East Side, Phase II and are
having public hearings on the site selection
process.
CONSENT WOODS MOVED that Consent Calendar Items A
CALENDAR through R be approved, with the exception of
Item Q, which was removed by the City Attorney.
Orr seconded and the motion carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3A)
Approval of Minutes. APPROVAL of the minutes of
the regular Council meeting of July 5, 1994.
HEALTH & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3P)
SANITATION Dalisky Short Plat. AUTHORIZATION to accept the
bill of sale and warranty agreement submitted by
Barry E. Fisher for continuous maintenance and
operation of 15 feet of sanitary sewer improve-
ments and release of bonds after expiration of
the maintenance period, as recommended by the
Public Works Director. The project is located
at 102nd Avenue SE between SE 208th Street and
SE 212th Street.
SEWER (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4C)
Soos Creek Franchise Ordinance - Second Reading.
This date has been set for the second reading
and final Council action on the Soos Creek Water
& Sewer Franchise Ordinance No. 3173. City
July 19, 1994
SEWER Attorney Lubovich explained that this is the
second reading of a franchise ordinance and that
it has some different provisions from the first
reading. Assistant City Attorney Brubaker
explained that there have been two amendments to
the Soos Creek Franchise since the first reading
on July 5, 1994. He noted that the first
amendment clarifies that upon completion of
construction of Soos Creek's new sewer line, the
City will have the exclusive use and ownership
of the currently shared main. He noted that the
second provision added to the ordinance provides
that if Soos Creek's final design requires
continued shared use of any portion of the
existing sewer trunk line, Soos Creek must enter
into an interlocal agreement with the City that
addresses the joint -use operation maintenance of
that shared portion of the line before they will
be allowed to connect to it.
MANN MOVED to adopt the Soos Creek Water and
Sewer Franchise Ordinance No. 3173. Houser
seconded and the motion carried.
PUBLIC WORKS (BIDS - ITEM 5A)
Lake Fenwick Hypolimnetic Aeration System. Bid
opening for this project was held on June 30th
with six bids received. The low bid was sub-
mitted by McClure and Sons, Inc. in the amount
of $169,527.76 including sales tax. The
engineer's estimate was $160,265.84 including
sales tax.
The project consists of a hypolimnetic aeration
system which involves the installation of an
aerator that oxygenates the lake's deeper
waters. The project will improve the fish
habitat of the lake by increasing oxygen levels
during the summer, which is one of the main
objectives of the Lake Fenwick Restoration
project.
The Public Works Committee has recommended that
this bid be accepted and the contract awarded to
McClure and Sons. MANN MOVED that the Lake
Fenwick Hypolimnetic Aeration System contract be
awarded to McClure and Sons, Inc. for the bid
amount of $169,527.76. Houser seconded and the
motion carried.
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PUBLIC WORKS (BIDS - ITEM 5B)
Upper Garrison Creek Conveyance Improvements
112th Avenue Southeast to 98th Avenue South -
Phase I. Bid opening for this project was held
on July 14 with five bids received. The low bid
was submitted by Gary Merlino Construction in
the amount of $752,922.20. The Engineer's
estimate was $788,176.43.
This project includes channel and drainage
improvements in the Garrison Creek Basin in the
vicinity of the Benson Shopping Center (104th
Avenue SE & SE 240th Street). The project will
relieve the flooding problem that occurs in this
area during significant rainfall events. MANN
MOVED that the contract for Upper Garrison Creek
Conveyance Improvements Phase I be awarded to
Gary Merlino Construction in the amount of
$752,922.20. Houser seconded and the motion
carried.
STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3E)
Segregation Request - Lid 320. ADOPTION of
Resolution No. 1398 authorizing the segregation
of Assessment #19 in LID 320, as recommended by
the Public Works Committee. The property is
being subdivided into four parcels for which the
assessment is to be distributed accordingly.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3F)
Segregation Request - Lid 335. ADOPTION of
Resolution No. 1396 authorizing the segregation
of Assessment #6 in LID 335, as recommended by
the Public Works Committee. The property is
being divided into two parcels for which the
assessment is to be distributed accordingly.
(OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4A)
Lid 346 - S 212th Street Improvements. The
proposed resolution repeals Resolution No. 1393,
calls 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 sets a public hearing
date for August 16, 1994. MANN MOVED to adopt
Resolution No. 1395 calling for the formation of
LID 346, setting a public hearing date for
August 16, 1994, and repealing Resolution
No. 1393. Woods seconded and the motion
carried.
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STREETS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3Q)
REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR AND PLACED UNDER
OTHER BUSINESS (4D) BY CITY ATTORNEY LUBOVICH
Kingsport Condemnation Ordinance. An ordinance
has been prepared repealing the original
Kingsport Condemnation Ordinance and re-
establishing condemnation authority over the
Kingsport Truck Distribution Center in order to
obtain right-of-way for the proposed 196th St.
corridor.
Assistant City Attorney Brubaker explained that
a previous condemnation ordinance was passed and
that the ordinance before the Council tonight
repeals the original condemnation ordinance, re-
authorizes condemnation authority in the City
over that Center, and clarifies that the value
of the easement taken plus the damages to the
remaining property shall be off -set by the
special benefits generated by the City's pro-
posed S. 196th Street Corridor project.
Lubovich pointed out that the Council is being
asked to adopt the substitute ordinance pre-
sented to them tonight, rather than the one in
the agenda packet.
MANN MOVED to adopt Ordinance No. 3176. Woods
seconded and the motion carried.
TRANSPORTATION (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3H)
Six Year Transportation Improvement Program.
AUTHORIZATION to set August 2 as the public
hearing date for the review and adoption of the
Six Year Transportation Improvement Program, as
recommended by the Public Works Committee.
SURPLUS (PUBLIC HEARINGS - ITEM 2A)
EQUIPMENT Surplus Water Meters and Materials. A resolu-
tion has been prepared declaring water meters
and materials used in the water distribution
system as surplus, as recommended by the Public
Works Committee, and in accordance with State
law. These items have been replaced and are no
longer usable within the water system. Proper
legal notice of the hearing has been given. The
City Attorney noted that the law requires a
public hearing before disposal of surplus
equipment such as this.
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SURPLUS Mayor White opened the public hearing. There
EQUIPMENT were no comments from the audience and WOODS
MOVED that the hearing be closed. Johnson
seconded and the motion carried.
MANN MOVED to adopt Resolution No. 1394
declaring the water meters and materials used in
the water distribution system as surplus.
Houser seconded and the motion carried.
ANNEXATION (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3D)
ZONING Everson Annexation Zoning (AZ -94-1-).
AUTHORIZATION to set August 2, 1994 and
September 6, 1994 as public hearing dates to
consider the initial zoning for the Everson
Annexation area.
ZONING CODE (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4B)
AMENDMENT Zoning Code Amendment - Bulk Retail Uses -
ZCA-94-2. The proposed ordinance would amend
Chapter 15.02 to provide a definition of Bulk
Retail uses, add a new subsection to Chapter
15.04.170(A)(13) establishing bulk retail as a
principally permitted use in the M1 zone, and
add a new subsection to Chapter 15.05.040(B)
regarding parking standards for commercial
activities. ORR MOVED to adopt Ordinance
No. 3175 amending the Zoning Code relating to
Bulk Retail Use. Woods seconded and the motion
carried.
MUNICIPAL (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3M)
COURT Probation Services Contract and Part -Time
Probation Clerk. AUTHORIZATION for the Kent
Municipal Court to contract with King County
Probation Services, and approval of the addition
of a temporary part-time probation clerk
position and a budget change to provide for
these costs (II. Alternate Proposal).
The Kent Municipal Court requires probation
services that emphasize the responsibility of
the probationers to fulfill their responsi-
bilities to pay fines, fees & restitution and to
complete any community service or treatment
requirements.
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HUMAN RESOURCES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3L)
Unemployment Claims Contract. AUTHORIZATION
for the Mayor to sign the contract with Human
Resources Northwest to handle all appeals,
appearances and responses to the Washington
Employment Security Division resulting from
unemployment claim filings.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3N)
Utility Billing - Regular Part -Time Position.
AUTHORIZATION to approve a budget change for
$27,331 to add a regular part-time position to
the Utility Billing Division of the Finance
Department, as recommended by the Operations
Committee at their July 13 meeting. The cost
will be allocated to the Water, Sewer, Drainage
and Street Utility Funds. Two positions were
lost in this section during 1992-1993; one due
to elimination of a vacant position and the
other due to a transfer when the Kent Municipal
Court was established in January. This would
add back only a regular part-time to maintain
customer service.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 30)
Reclassification - Administrative Assistant II.
AUTHORIZATION to proceed with reclassification
of the Administrative Secretary II position to
an Administrative Assistant II by Civil Service,
as recommended by the Operations Committee.
Human Resources concurs with this request.
COUNCIL (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3R)
(ADDED ITEM)
Council Absence. APPROVAL of an excused absence
from tonight's meeting for Councilmember
Bennett.
PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3G)
RECREATION IAC Application. ADOPTION of Resolution No.
1397 authorizing funding assistance for wetland
and upland habitat enhancement at the Green
River Natural Resources Enhancement Area site,
as recommended by the Public Works Committee.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3I)
Scenic Hill Park Project Acceptance.
AUTHORIZATION to accept as complete the Scenic
Hill Park project and to release retainage to
Golf Landscaping, Inc. upon receipt of State
releases, as recommended by the Parks Committee.
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PARKS & (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3J)
RECREATION East Hill Park Project Acceptance.
AUTHORIZATION to accept as complete the East
Hill Park project and to release retainage to
Golf Landscaping, Inc. upon receipt of State
releases, as recommended by the Parks Committee.
CORRECTED -
MINUTES OF.
REFER TO
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3K)
Titus Railroad Park. AUTHORIZATION to accept
the mural "Northbound," by Paul Cislo and to
commission the artist, Paul Cislo, to paint this
mural on the north side of the building at Titus
Railroad Park.
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3B)
Approval of Bills. APPROVAL of payment of the
bills received through June 30, 1994 and paid on
June 30, 1994 after auditing by the Operations
Committee on July 13, 1994.
Approval of checks issued for vouchers:
Date Check Numbers Amount
6/16/94-6/30/94 144264-144754 $2,232,054.48
Approval of checks issued for payroll:
Date Check Numbers Amount
7/5/94 Checks 195931-196325 $ 273,463.76
Advice 16248-16617 408,002.94
$ 681,466.70
APPOINTMENTS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3C)
Rent Saturday Market Advisory Board.
CONFIRMATION of the Mayor's appointment of
Monica Saalfeld to the Kent Saturday Market
Board. Ms. Saalfeld is a Kent resident and is
employed by Puget Power. She currently serves
as Secretary of the Board of Directors of Puget
Power Credit Union, is a member of the Board of
Directors of the Kent Community Supper, and is a
member of Kent Kiwanis. She will serve as an At
Large/Citizen Representative on the Board and
will replace Midge Sweley, who resigned. Her
appointment will continue to 10/95.
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REPORTS Operations Committee. Johnson noted that the
Operations Committee will meet next Wednesday at
9:30 a.m.
EXECUTIVE At 7:45 p.m., McFall announced an executive
SESSION session of approximately 30 minutes regarding
pending litigation, potential litigation, and
labor negotiations.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting reconvened and adjourned at
8:20 p.m.
Brenda Jace , CMC
City Cler
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