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KEN T Kent, Washington
WASHINGTON
February 18, 2003
The regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order
at 7 : 00 p.m. by Mayor White . Councilmembers present : Clark,
Epperly, Orr, Peterson, White, and Yingling. Others present :
Chief Administrative Officer Martin, City Attorney Brubaker,
Public Works Director Wickstrom, Finance Director Miller, Police
Chief Crawford, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director
Hodgson, Fire Chief Schneider. Councilmember Woods was excused.
Approximately 45 people were in attendance. (CFN-198)
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
Councilmember Orr noted a change on Item H blue sheet
should reflect approved by Operations Committee not
Public Safety Committee . CAO Martin noted administrative
changes to Items C, D, E, L, & M should read As
recommended by Public Works Director not Public Works
Committee and Item L should include the street portion
along 132nd Ave . SE and Kent Kangley. He also removed
Public Communications Item 4C. (CFN-198)
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
Community Arts Grant Recipients. Ronda Billerbeck of the
Parks Department announced the recipients of the 2003
Community Arts Support Program Awards as follows :
Rainier Symphony, Rainier Chorale, Martin Sortun
Elementary, Kent Senior Activity Center, Kent Specialized
Recreation, Kent Community Players, Kent Civic and
Performing Arts Board, and Fairwood Elementary. Mayor
White congratulated the winners and presented each with a
certificate . (CFN-118)
State of the City Address. Mayor White gave his annual
State of the City Address, noting that the City faces
significant challenges and is well positioned to meet
them. He said the city is organizationally strong,
politically stable, and secure despite mounting economic
pressures . Mayor White noted that last year, our city,
like our nation, was in the grip of a declining economy
and that it would move forward, despite the economic
constraints, in the years to come.
Mayor White noted that serious crimes have declined since
1998, and that in 2002 , the Fire Department responded to
13, 000 calls . Mayor White stated that Wilson Playfield
opened in 2002 , was a state-of-the-art facility and part
of 1400 acres of city parkland. He noted that in 2002 ,
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the City and the City of Auburn finished the second phase
of the 277th Corridor to link the Valley to I5 . He
stated that the Permit Center had processed more than
90% of all permits in a timely manner. Other issues
addressed were the new Tacoma Pipeline water source, CDBG
funding, the Kent-Meridian pool, Kent Station ground-
breaking, the Pacific Gateway master plan, a soccer
complex on the Midway Landfill site, and the beginning of
design work on a third cross-valley corridor.
Mayor White said that safety would be emphasized, but
that voter mandates, state legislation, statutory
changes, and county actions would severely limit the
city budget and that Council would need to make serious
decisions in the coming years . (CFN-198)
Introduction of Appointees. Mayor White introduced Tom
Hale, appointee to the Kent Bicycle Advisory Board.
(CFN-997)
CONSENT CALENDAR
ORR MOVED to approve Consent Calendar Items A through M,
as amended. Peterson seconded and the motion carried.
MINUTES
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6A) (CFN-198)
Approval of Minutes . Approval of the minutes of the
regular Council meeting of February 4, 2003 .
BILLS OF SALE
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6C) (CFN-484)
Bigfoot Java Bill of Sale. Accept the Bill of Sale for
Bigfoot Java submitted by Bigfoot Properties II, LLC for
continuous operation and maintenance of 369 feet of
watermain, as recommended by the Public Works Director.
The bonds will be released after the maintenance period.
This project is located at 21100 84th Ave South.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6D) (CFN-484)
Kentwood Townhomes Bill of Sale. Accept the Bill of Sale
for Kentwood Townhomes submitted by Kentwood Valley LLC
for continuous operation and maintenance of 1, 402 feet of
watermain, 1, 294 feet of sewers, 1, 743 . 65 feet of street
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improvements and 1, 457 feet of storm sewers, as recom-
mended by the Public Works Director. The bonds will be
released after the maintenance period. This project is
located at SE 260th St . and 108th Ave. SE.
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6E) (CFN-484)
Les Schwab Kent Bill of Sale. Accept the Bill of Sale
for Les Schwab Kent submitted by Les Schwab Tire Center
of Washington, Inc . , for continuous operation and
maintenance of 210 feet of street improvements and
226 feet of storm sewers, as recommended by the Public
Works Director. The bonds will be released after the
maintenance period. This project is located at South
252nd Street .
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6L) (CFN-484)
Safeway #1966 Bill of Sale. Accept the Bill of Sale
for Safeway #1966 submitted by Safeway for continuous
operation and maintenance of 1, 224 . 10 feet of sewers,
811 .49 feet along 132nd Ave. SE and 648 . 64 feet along
Kent Kangley Road of street improvements and 914 . 76 feet
of storm sewers, as recommended by the Public Works
Director. The bonds will be released after the
maintenance period. This project is located at 27211
132nd Ave. S .
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6M) (CFN-484)
Morford Glen Bill of Sale. Accept the Bill of Sale for
Morford Glen submitted by Paul Morford for continuous
operation and maintenance of 340 feet of watermain, 331
feet of street improvements, 135 feet of storm sewers, as
recommended by the Public Works Director. Bonds to be
released after the maintenance period. This project is
located at 21615 94th Place South.
PUBLIC WORKS
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6F) (CFN-102)
71st Avenue South Street Vacation. Passage of Resolution
No. 1635 setting the public hearing on the street
vacation petition for a portion of S . 181st Street and
71st Avenue S . for April 1, 2003 .
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PUBLIC WORKS
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6G) (CFN-239)
SE 288th and 216th Avenue SE Request for Easement.
Authorization for the Mayor to execute the respective
document (s) granting an easement for roadway purposes at
the intersection of SE 288th St and 216th Ave . SE, as
recommended by the Public Works Committee .
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6I) (CFN-1237)
SE 256th Street Improvements. Accept the SE 256th
Street Improvement pro3ect as complete and release
retainage to Scarsella Brothers upon standard releases
from the state and release of any liens, as recommended
by the Public Works Committee . The original contract
amount was $4, 948, 725 . 28 . The final contract amount was
$6 , 333 , 654 .25 . Adequate funds exist within the proDect
budget to cover this overage .
POLICE
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6H) (CFN-122)
Seattle & King County Public Health Grant increase.
Acceptance of Seattle & King County Public Health funding
in the amount of $4, 000 . 00 as an Amendment to Contract
D31539D, and amend the budget for same . The Kent Police
Department has received notification of the award of an
additional $4, 000 . 00 mini-grant to be combined with the
original funding for use with the Youth Conference
follow-up activities involving alcohol and other drug
prevention programs .
FINANCE
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6B) (CFN-104)
Approval of Bills . Approval of payment of the bills
received through January 31 and paid on January 31 after
auditing by the Operations Committee on February 4 , 2003 .
Approval of checks issued for vouchers :
Date Check Numbers Amount
1/31/03 Wire Transfers 1347-1356 $1, 227 , 251 . 29
1/31/03 Prepays & 543838 561, 029 . 39
1/31/03 Regular 544476 2 , 665, 933 . 84
$4 , 454 , 214 . 52
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FINANCE
Approval of checks issued for payroll for January 16
through January 31 and paid on February 5, 2003 :
Date Check Numbers Amount
2/5/03 Checks 265973-266593 $ 246, 118 . 58
Printing error-these
were shredded 265984-266286
2/5/03 Advices 141490-142225 1, 178, 399 . 16
$1, 424, 517 .74
APPOINTMENT
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6K) (CFN-997)
Appointment to Kent Bicycle Advisory Board. Confirmation
of the Mayor' s appointment of Mr. Thomas Hale to serve as
a member of the Kent Bicycle Advisory Board. Mr. Hale
has been a Kent Resident since 1976 . A boat builder by
trade, because of health reasons he changed careers and
is now employed as a King County METRO Bus Driver.
Mr. Hale' s term will continue until 12/31/2004 .
COUNCIL
(CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEM 6J) (CFN-198)
Excused Absence for Council President Woods. Approval of
an excused absence for Council President Judy Woods from
the February 18, 2003 , City Council meeting. She will be
unable to attend.
REPORTS
Administrative Reports. Martin noted that the executive
session regarding property acquisition would last
approximately 10 minutes . (CFN-198)
Pool Issue Update. John Hodgson, Parks Director,
announced that the Kent Meridian pool would open again.
He thanked the Aquatic Management Group and stated that
he was excited to be the staff liaison to work on the
issue . He said the agreements authorized by the Mayor
would be approved by the King County Council within the
next week and that a grand opening was set for March 8th.
Hodgson responded to Martin' s question regarding the
$70, 000 authorized for start-up funds and the $20, 000 a
year subsidy. The $70, 000 would come from the Youth Teen
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Capital Account and be transferred to an aquatic fund
after approval by Council .
Mark Prothero, Aquatic Management Group, said that the
corporation was formed to operate the pool and thanked
everyone for the opportunity to run a great program with
competitive prices and quality programs .
Councilmember Orr thanked everyone involved for their
efforts and said Council was pleased that the issue was
resolved in a timely manner. (CFN-118)
EXECUTIVE SESSION
The meeting recessed to Executive Session at 7 : 30 p.m.
and reconvened at 7 :48 p.m. (CFN-198)
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 7 :48 p.m. (CFN-198)
Bicknell
Council Secretary
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