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August 17, 1993
Regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at
7: 00 p.m. by Mayor Pro Tem Woods. Present: Councilmembers
Bennett, Johnson, Mann, Orr, and White, Chief Administrative
Officer McCarthy, City Attorney Lubovich, Planning Director
Harris, Public Works Director Wickstrom, Fire Chief Angelo,
Police Chief Crawford, and Acting Finance Director Miller.
Approximately 30 people were at the meeting.
PUBLIC Game of Life 193 Youth Wellness Conference Grants.
COMMUNICATION Diane Lewis of the Drinking Driver Task Force
showed a video which explained the day-long Game
of Life Conference. Police Chief Crawford said
that he is very proud of the Game of Life, and
introduced Jim McGinness of the Kent Community
Foundation. McGinness presented a check in the
amount of $1, 000 to the City in support of the
Game of Life Conference, and thanked the City for
their contribution to the project.
Domestic Abuse Women's Network Dan McConnell,
19748 S.E. 316th Place, thanked the Council on
behalf of 158 women and 152 children who received
safe, confidential shelter at DAWN' s house in the
first year of operation. He presented Mayor Pro
Tem Woods with a Certificate of Appreciation, and
noted that the City's support has been critical to
their success. Woods expressed appreciation to
Mr. and Mrs. McConnell, who are both Boardmembers
of DAWN, for their service.
EMS Provider of the Year Award Woods announced
that the Washington State Association of Emergency
Medical Professionals has presented the Emergency
Provider of the Year Award for Paid Departments to
the Kent Fire Department. She noted that they had
stated that the skills and caring of the members
of the Kent Fire Department are a model for the
standard to which departments should strive to
attain.
Fire Chief Angelo noted that all of Kent' s paid
firefighters are EMT's and over 95% are certified
as EMT-D (defibrillation) , and that Kent has one
of the highest save rates in King County for
victims of cardiac arrest. He also noted that
they have been selected by King County EMS to
participate in a study of defibrillator calls.
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PUBLIC He thanked the City and the Commissioners of Fire
COMMUNICATION District 37 for their support. The award was
presented to Battalion Chief Weatherill, the
coordinator of the EMS program.
Sarcoidosis Awareness Day. Woods read a procla-
mation noting that sarcoidosis is a non-contagious
systematic disease which is difficult to diagnose,
and that extensive and on-going study and research
is necessary to develop an effective treatment and
cure. She declared August 29, 1993 , as
Sarcoidosis Awareness Day in the City of Kent and
encouraged all citizens to help promote increased
awareness and understanding of this disease.
CONSENT BENNETT MOVED to approve Consent Calendar Items A
CALENDAR through G, excluding Item 3C which was removed by
Councilmember Orr. White seconded and the motion
carried.
MINUTES (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3A)
Approval of Minutes. Approval of the minutes of
the regular Council meeting of August 3 , 1993 .
COMMUNITY (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4A)
DEVELOPMENT 1994 Community Development Block Grant Program.
BLOCK GRANT Orr noted that the Planning Committee met at 4 : 00
PROGRAM o'clock today to consider setting the date for a
public hearing on the 1994 Community Development
Block Grant Program. SHE MOVED to set September
7 , 1993 , as the date for a public hearing on the
1994 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Program. Houser seconded and the motion carried.
ZONING CODE (OTHER BUSINESS - ITEM 4B)
AMENDMENT Indoor Paintball Arena - Zoning Code Amendment
#ZCA-93-5. The Planning Commission has recom-
mended amending the zoning code to permit indoor
paintball operations as a permitted use in both M-
1 (Industrial Park) and M-2 (Limited Industrial)
zoning districts. Upon Orr' s question, Harris
noted that the parking issue has been resolved.
ORR MOVED to amend the Kent Zoning Code to permit
indoor paintball operations as a permitted use in
the M-1 (Industrial Park) and M-2 (Limited
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ZONING CODE Industrial) zoning districts (ZCA-93-5) , as recom-
AMENDMENT mended by the Planning Commission, and to direct
the City Attorney to prepare the necessary
ordinance. White seconded and the motion carried.
YOUTH/TEEN (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3G)
CENTER Youth/Teen Center. AUTHORIZATION for the Mayor to
sign the Youth/Teen Activity Center agreement
between the City and Miller/Hull Partnership
Architects, after final approval by the Law
Department. The City of Kent's Youth/Teen Center
Task Force has requested approval be granted to
complete a planning and architectural design plan
for a community youth/teen center. The plan
involves the siting development, facility planning
and estimated project cost. The Miller/Hull Part-
nership Architecture and Planning firm was
selected for this project.
POLICE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3D)
DEPARTMENT Police Shooting Range Soundproofing. APPROVAL to
budget $20, 000 from the Public Safety Bond Issue
for soundproofing the Police Shooting Range, as
recommended by the Public Safety Committee.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3F)
Game of Life 193 Youth Wellness Conference.
ACCEPTANCE of a $7, 500 contribution from the Beer
Institute and a $1, 000 contribution from the Kent
Chamber of Commerce Foundation to the Drinking
Driver Task Force for the 1993 "Game of Life"
Youth Wellness Conference, as recommended by the
Public Safety Committee.
HORSE RACING (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3C)
FACILITY (REMOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER ORR AT THE REQUEST OF
BILL DOOLITTLE)
Auburn Thoroughbred Horse Racing Facility.
Resolution No. 1370 supports the development of a
thoroughbred horse racing facility in the City of
Auburn. The City of Kent believes that the
establishment of such a facility would economical-
ly benefit the residents of Kent as well as
residents of Auburn and other adjoining local
areas. This resolution endorses the establishment
and development of this facility subject to
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HORSE RACING appropriate mitigation of environmental and
FACILITY traffic impacts. Woods read Resolution No. 1370
into the record, as requested by Doolittle. ORR
MOVED to approve Resolution No. 1370. White
seconded and the motion carried.
BUDGET (PUBLIC HEARINGS - ITEM 2A)
1994 Budget. This date has been established to
receive public input for the 1994 City of Kent
budget. Following receipt of public input, the
Mayor will finalize the preliminary budget for
presentation to the Council on October 19. The
final budget is scheduled for adoption on December
7 after another public hearing on November 2 .
Acting Finance Director Miller noted that revenue
in 1993 has continued to be fairly strong, with
sales tax being the strongest part, and growth
coming through services, construction, manufac-
turing and wholesale. She said a conservative
estimate is that the City will have $952, 000 at
the end of the year, and that $744 , 000 will be
saved on expenditures. She said that the 1994
budget shows no increase in sales tax and shows
the same amount as this year for other revenues.
She pointed out that the 1994 budget includes only
step increases for employees and the contract
amounts settled this year, which is 3% for most
unions. She added that the budget for 1994 will
include a 1% increase in reserves. She outlined
projects which could be funded as well as possible
savings.
Woods declared the public hearing open. Susan
Ramos, Chair of the Human Services Commission,
expressed appreciation to the City for their
support, noting that because of it, citizens have
gotten the services they need. Bill Doolittle,
412 N. Washington, suggested using the money set
aside for vacant positions to meet Police and Fire
needs. He questioned whether the $300, 000 for
Fire equipment would come from the CIP or from the
General Fund, opining that CIP funds would be more
appropriate. He pointed out that the reserve
balance is going down. He urged the Council
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BUDGET as a whole to meet with department heads regarding
their manpower and vacant position requests,
rather than going through a committee. There were
no further comments from the audience and WHITE
MOVED to continue the public hearing to November
2, 1993 . Orr seconded and the motion carried.
FINANCE (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3B)
Approval of Bills. Approval of payment of the
bills received through August 16, 1993 , after
auditing by the Operations Committee at its
meeting on September 7 , 1993 .
Approval of checks issued for vouchers:
Date Check Numbers Amount
8/3-8/16/93 133180-133669 $1, 359, 545. 15
Approval of checks issued for payroll :
Date Check Numbers Amount
8/20/93 Checks 185967-186376 $ 328, 621. 84
Advices 8735-9066 371,739 . 88
$ 700, 361. 72
APPOINTMENTS (CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 3E)
Planning Commission Appointment. CONFIRMATION of
the Mayor's appointment of Bob MacIsaac to serve
as a member of the Kent Planning Commission. Mr.
MacIsaac owns and manages MacIsaac Construction
and was previously employed by General Construc-
tion for 15 years. He is a long-time Kent
resident and is interested in Kent' s future. Mr.
MacIsaac will replace Tracy Antley who resigned.
His appointment will continue to 12/31/93 .
REPORTS Council President. Woods reminded Councilmembers
of the informal joint meeting between the Council
and the Kent School District to be held from 6: 00
to 7 : 30 p.m. on August 25th, in the School
District Board Room.
Planning Committee. Orr announced that a workshop
on the Capital Facilities Plan will be held at
6: 00 p.m. on September 21, 1993 , at which time
Henderson & Young will give an update.
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REPORTS Public Safety Committee. Mann noted that the only
Public Safety Committee meeting to be held in
September will be at 5: 30 p.m. on Monday,
September 20.
Budget Committee. Johnson said that the next
Budget Committee meeting will be held on Monday,
August 23rd, at 4: 00 p.m.
Administrative Reports. McCarthy announced that
Project Lighthouse will open tomorrow and
commended Cheryl Fraser and her staff for their
work on this project.
EXECUTIVE At 7: 55 p.m. , Woods announced an executive session
SESSION of approximately ten minutes to discuss labor
negotiations.
The meeting reconvened at 8 : 03 p.m. City Attorney
Lubovich explained that the City and AFSCME have
negotiated a contract for consolidation of a
number of departments into the Finance Department
contract, as an addendum. He noted that this
would also settle a PERC clarification petition
regarding the status of the Field Auditor,
Financial Analyst, and Chief Accountant positions.
WHITE MOVED to make the documents a part of the
record. Johnson seconded and the motion carried.
HOUSER THEN MOVED to approve the contracts as
entered into the record. Mann seconded and the
motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8: 05 p.m.
Brenda Jacob , CMC
City Clerkl
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