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October 16, 2001
The regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order
at 7 : 00 p.m. by Mayor White. Councilmembers present : Brotherton,
Clark, Epperly, Orr, Worthing, and Yingling. Others present :
Interim Chief Administrative Officer Martin, City Attorney
Lubovich, Police Chief Crawford, Interim Fire Chief Hamilton,
Public Works Director Wickstrom, Planning Manager Satterstrom,
Finance Director Miller, Parks, Recreation and Community Services
Director Hodgson and Employee Services Director Viseth.
Councilmember Woods was excused from the meeting'. Approximately
20 people were in attendance .
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
Mayor White added Consent Calendar Item 6J. Continued
Communications Items 11A and 11B were added at the
request of Bob O 'Brien and Joe Rubio.
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
Proclamation - Make a Difference Day. Mayor White read a
proclamation noting that the City of Kent, the Points of
Light Foundation, USA Weekend magazine, and volunteers in
the Kent community will join together for a common goal
to beautify parks in Kent and proclaimed October 27, 2001
as Make a Difference Day in the City of Kent . He
encouraged all citizens to join him in recognizing the
importance of this observance by volunteering their time
to help "Make A Difference" in our community. The pro-
clamation was presented to Parks Director Hodgson, who
explained the events taking place at Clark Lake Park,
Morrill Meadows Park, Glenn Nelson Park and the Green
River Natural Resource Area, and invited the Community to
participate in these events .
Introduction of Appointee. The Mayor introduced Ms . Moon
Bang, his appointee to the Kent Diversity Advisory Board.
The Mayor announced his reappointment of Sherri Ourada,
Linda Denny, Carol McPherson, Doug Gesler, and Diana
Albertson to the Kent Arts Commission.
CONSENT CALENDAR
ORR MOVED to approve Consent Calendar Items A through J.
Clark seconded and the motion carried.
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MINUTES
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6A)
Approval of Minutes . APPROVAL of the minutes of the
regular Council meeting of October 2 , 2001 .
BILL OF SALE
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6F)
Span Alaska Building Expansion Bill of Sale. ACCEPT the
Bill of Sale for the Span Alaska Building Expansion
submitted by Span Alaska Consolidators for continuous
operation and maintenance of 300 feet of street
improvements, as recommended by the Public Works
Director. Bonds are to be released after the one-year
expiration period. This project is located at 8130 South
216th Street .
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6G)
Seattle Mack Truck Bill of Sale. ACCEPT the Bill of Sale
for Seattle Mack Truck submitted by Sea-Mac LLC for
continuous operation and maintenance of 506 feet of
street improvements and 513 feet of storm sewer, as
recommended by the Public Works Director. Bonds are to
be released after the one-year expiration period. This
project is located at 25619 Pacific Highway South.
PUBLIC WORKS
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6C)
Year 2000 Downtown Sidewalk Replacement and Gateway
Improvements. ACCEPT the 2000 Downtown Sidewalk
Replacement contract as complete and release retainage to
Gary Merlino Construction upon standard releases from the
State and release of any liens, as recommended by the
Public Works Director. The original contract amount was
$1, 135, 836 . 50 . The final construction cost was
$1, 157, 866 . 10 .
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6E)
Kent Springs Production Well. ACCEPT the Kent Springs
Production Well contract as complete and release
retainage to Arcadia Drilling upon standard releases from
the State and release of any liens, as recommended by the
Public Works Director. The original contract amount was
$55, 586 . 91 . The final construction cost was $57, 085 . 73 .
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APPOINTMENTS
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6I)
Kent Diversity Advisory Board. CONFIRMATION of the
Mayor' s appointment of Ms . Moon Bang to serve as a member
of the Kent Diversity Advisory Board. Ms . Bang and her
husband and two children are Kent residents . She has
lived here for nineteen years and she and her husband own
and operate East Hill Cleaners . She spends much of her
spare time with church activities .
On August 21, 2001, City Council passed Ordinance
No. 3570 which increased the number of members on the
Diversity Advisory Board from seven to nine members .
Ms . Bang will fill one of the newly created positions .
Her term will continue until 9/30/2003 .
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6J)
Kent Arts Commission. Confirmation of the Mayor' s
reappointment of Ms . Sherri Ourada, Ms . Linda Denny,
Ms . Carol McPherson, Mr. Doug Gesler, and Ms . Diana
Albertson to continue serving as members of the Kent Arts
Commission. Their new appointment will continue until
10/31/2005 .
BUDGET
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6D)
2001 First Half Budget Adjustments. ADOPTION of
Ordinance No. 3576 amending the 2001 Budget for
adjustments made from January 1, 2001 to July 31, 2001 in
the amount of $31, 914, 129, as recommended by the
Operations Committee . This ordinance is primarily a
housekeeping adjustment, consolidating individual budget
items into one adjusting ordinance. The majority of this
budget adjustment is in the Street Capital Projects Fund
which includes the budget for the City of Auburn' s
portion of the 277th Street Corridor project .
FINANCE
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6B)
Approval of Bills . APPROVAL of payment of the bills
received through September 28 and paid on September 28,
2001 after auditing by the Operations Committee on
October 2 , 2001 .
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FINANCE
Approval of checks issued for vouchers :
Date Check Numbers Amount
9/28/01 Wire Transfers 1047-1052 $ 788 , 263 . 66
9/28/01 Prepays 523201-523483 3 , 648, 509 . 29
9/28/01 Regular 523484-523864 2 , 848, 589 . 97
9/218/01 Void
9/15/01 Reissued
$7, 285, 362 . 92
COUNCIL
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6H)
Excused Absence. APPROVAL of an excused absence for
Councilmember Judy Woods from the October 16, 2001, City
Council meeting, as she is unable to attend.
KENT STATION
(CONTINUED COMMUNICATIONS - ITEM 11A)
Kent Station. Bob O 'Brien, 1131 Seattle St . , stated, in
reference to a discussion at the last Council meeting,
that government does not grow anything in a capitalist
economy. He suggested having a public discussion of the
huge financial layout by the City for this project . He
expressed concern that the City will be asked to partici-
pate in the details of the project .
(CONTINUED COMMUNICATIONS - ITEM 11B)
Kent Station. Joe Rubio, 3831 S . 248th, said the City
should sell the land for this project and put the money
in the bank to earn interest . He also suggested putting
large issues such as this up for a vote of the people .
Mayor White said Rubio has no concept of what is going on
and that this project will not be negotiated in the
newspaper or on television.
Martin explained that this project is not unlike the
Redmond Town Center, and explained the many valuable
things the project brings to the community. He assured
the Mayor and Council of public participation in the
process . He noted for Yingling that the multiplier
effect for sales tax and other revenue generated on the
areas outside of the project would be 6 to 1, and that
there is no doubt it will be an asset to the community.
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ADJOURNMENT
At 7 : 16 p.m. , Orr moved to adjourn. Clark seconded and
the motion carried.
Brenda Jaco je ,'OCMC
City Clerk
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