HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 08/06/2002 K EN T Kent, Washington
W PSHIN GTON
August 6, 2002
A special meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order
at 5 : 00 p m. by Mayor White . Councilmembers present : Clark,
Epperly, Orr, Peterson, White, Woods, and Yingling. Others
present Chief Administrative Officer Martin, City Attorney
Brubaker, Public Works Director Wickstrom, Community Development
Director Satterstrom, Finance Director Miller, and Information
Technology Director Mulholland. Approximately 20 people were in
attendance . (CFN-198)
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
Mayor White removed Consent Calendar Item H from the
agenda, and asked anyone who is interested in serving on
the Kent Downtown Public Market Development Authority
Board to contact the Mayor ' s office . (CFN-198)
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
Employee of the Month. Mayor White announced that Jim
Vinzant of the Housing and Human Services Division has
been chosen as August Employee of the Month. The Mayor
noted that Vinzant is the City' s Home Repair Coordinator,
and that he goes above and beyond the call of duty by
checking up on his clients and their families, and
ensuring they are well and ad3usting to the improvements
his crew has made to their homes . He noted that Vinzant
recently worked with a paraplegic single father to
provide stabilizing devices which would prevent the
client from falling .
Vinzant ' s manager, Katherin Johnson, noted that he has
developed a heater loan program to provide heat in
emergency situations, and a domestic violence program in
which door locks are provided and installed She
commended him and his crew for their efforts, and Mayor
White presented Vinzant with the Employee of the Month
plaque . (CFN-147)
AWC Municipal Award Certificates. Mayor White explained
that the Association of Washington Cities honors juris-
dictions who have shown a commitment to excellence by
developing an outstanding project or program that bene-
fits their community. He announced that the Public Works
Operations Division created a seven-step process for
implementing a successful performance based work plan
budgeting program, and presented a Certificate of
Achievement to Public Works Operations Manager Larry
Blanchard. He also presented a Certificate of
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PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
Achievement to One Stop Permit Center Manager Christine
Nelson, noting that the opening of the permit center
has resulted in dramatic reductions to permit issuance
timelines and in substantial improvements to customer
service ratings . (CFN-198)
CONSENT CALENDAR
WOODS MOVED to approve Consent Calendar Items A through
F. Orr seconded and the motion carried. Item G was
removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion by
Councilmember Orr and Item H had been removed from the
agenda .
MINUTES
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6A) (CFN-198)
Approval of Minutes . Approval of the minutes of the
regular Council meeting of July 16, 2002 .
BILL OF SALE
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6D) (CFN-484)
Landmark Development Bill of Sale. Accept the Bill of
Sale for Landmark Development submitted by Bill Goodwin
for continuous operation and maintenance of 754 feet of
sanitary sewers, 663 feet of street improvements and
1045 feet of storm sewers, as recommended by the Public
Works Director. Bonds are to be released after the
maintenance period This project is located at 25861
124th Avenue Southeast .
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6E) (CFN-484)
Home Depot Bill of Sale. Accept the Bill of Sale for
Home Depot submitted by Home Depot - Kent Plaza for
continuous operation and maintenance of 40 feet of
watermain, 968 feet of street improvements and 80 feet
of storm sewers . Bonds are to be released after the
maintenance period, as recommended by the Public Works
Director. This project is located at 26120 104th Avenue
Southeast .
STREET VACATION
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6C) (CFN-102)
Street Vacation, Temperance Street. Passage of
Resolution No. 1625 setting a public hearing date of
September 17th for the street vacation located along a
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STREET VACATION
portion of Temperance Street, as recommended by Public
Works Committee
PUBLIC WORKS
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6F) (CFN-1231)
Lindental Pump Station. Accept the Lindental Pump pro-
ject as complete and release the retainage to Pivetta
Brothers Construction Company upon standard releases from
the state and release of any liens, as recommended by the
Public Works Committee . The original contract amount
was $1, 451, 601 . 90 . The final contract amount was
$1 , 513 , 253 . 23 . Adequate funds exist within the project
budget to cover this overage.
(BIDS - ITEM 8A) (CFN-1271)
Pacific Highway South HOV Lanes 2002 Storm Drainage
Improvements. The bid opening for this project was
held on July 24th with ten bids received. The low bid
was submitted by SCI Infrastructure, LLC in the amount
of $1, 524 , 546 84 . The Engineer' s estimate was
$1, 823 , 240 40 . The Public Works Director recommends
awarding this contract to SCI Infrastructure, LLC.
CLARK MOVED that the Pacific Highway S . HOV Lanes -
Storm Drainage Improvements (S . 272nd St . to S 252nd
St . ) contract be awarded to SCI Infrastructure, LLC for
the low bid amount of $1, 524 , 546 . 84 . Yingling seconded
and the motion carried.
(BIDS - ITEM 8B) (CFN-1038)
2nd Avenue Extension. The bid opening for this project
was held on July 29th with two bids received. The low
bid was submitted by R. W. Scott Construction Co. in the
amount of $751, 123 . 75 . The Engineer' s estimate was
$634 , 906 21 The Public Works Director recommends
awarding this contract to R. W. Scott Construction Co.
CLARK MOVED that the 2nd Avenue Extension - West
Temperance Street to 4th Avenue North contract be
awarded to R. W. Scott Construction Co. for the low bid
amount of $751, 123 . 75 , Peterson seconded Wickstrom
explained that the reason the bid was higher than the
estimate is because there were only two bids, and that
some contractors did not bid due to the hazardous waste
removal involved. The motion then carried.
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AGRICULTURAL LANDS
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6G) (CFN-131)
(REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMEMBER ORR)
Agricultural Lands Amendment Ordinances. Adoption of
Ordinance Nos . 3611 and 3612 implementing comprehensive
plan and zoning designations for property designated
Agricultural (A-1) , Agricultural General (AG) , and Medium
Density Multifamily Family Residential (MR-M) on the
City' s valley floor; amending the following text portions
of the Kent City Code regarding agricultural lands .
Section 15 . 02 .487 relating to single family zoning dis-
tricts; Section 15 . 03 . 010 relating to the establishment
and designation of zoning map districts; Chapter 15 04
relating to district regulations; Section 15 . 06 050
relating to sign regulations; Chapter 15 . 07 relating to
landscaping regulations; Chapter 15 . 08 relating to
general and supplementary zoning regulations; and amend-
ing the City of Kent Comprehensive Plan' s definitions of
Agricultural and adding an Agricultural Support designa-
tion, EXCEPT that Councilmember ORR MOVED to amend the
motion that was adopted on July 16, 2002 regarding
Comprehensive Plan and Zoning designations for the
agricultural study area as follows that in regard to
King County tax parcel numbers 2322049036 and 2322049076
in the central study area the zoning designation of
Medium Density Multifamily Residential (MR-M) shall
remain unchanged and the comprehensive plan designation
shall change to Medium Density Multifamily (MDMF) to be
consistent with the existing zoning designation. Woods
seconded.
City Attorney Brubaker explained that in the middle study
area, a couple of tax parcels were down zoned from medium
density multifamily to single family one-unit residen-
tial . He said the substitute ordinance which he provided
takes the two medium density multifamily tax parcels and
retains their medium density zoning status . He explained
the changes to the ordinance and exhibits in the agenda
packet .
The motion carried.
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FINANCE
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6B) (CFN-104)
Approval of Bills . Approval of payment of the bills
received through July 15 and paid on July 15 after
auditing by the Operations Committee on July 16, 2002
Approval of checks issued for vouchers :
Date Check Numbers Amount
7/15/02 Wire Transfers 1213-1225 $1, 276, 815 . 31
7/15/02 Prepays & 535739 1 , 125, 610 . 74
7/15/02 Regular 536329 1, 846, 170 . 89
$4, 248, 596 . 94
REPORTS
Council President. Woods reminded Council members and
citizens that the Kent Station project will commence
next Tuesday at 11 : 00 with the Second Avenue extension
groundbreaking and invited everyone to attend.
Operations Committee. Yingling noted that today' s
meeting was cancelled and the next meeting will be held
on August 20 at 4 :00 p.m.
Planning Committee. Orr noted that the next meeting will
be held at 3 : 00 p.m. on September 17 .
Parks Committee. Woods noted that the August 12 meeting
has been cancelled.
ADJOURNMENT
At 5 :21 p.m. , WOODS MOVED to adjourn. Orr seconded and
the motion carried.
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Brenda Jacob Cep zc�
City Clerk
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