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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 07/16/2013 • KENT WA MIN GTOV Kent City Council Meeting July 16, 2013 The regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7:01 p.m. by Mayor Cooke. Councilmembers present: Mayor Cooke, Council President Higgins, Councilmember Albertson, Councilmember Boyce, and Ralph. Councilmember Perry was excused from the meeting. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA A. From Council, Administration, Staff. Council President Higgins added an item under 7H, an excused absence for Councilmember Perry. CAO Brubaker added that there would be no executive session tonight. B. From the Public. None. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS A. Public Recognition. Councilmember Ralph thanked the entire Kent Community, specifically the Lions Club, Police Department, and Parks Department for the amazing work done at the Cornucopia event. B. Community Events. None. C. Proclamation - Parks and Recreation Month. Jeff Watling, Parks and Recreation Director thanked the Mayor for the proclamation naming the month of July, Parks and Recreation Month throughout the city of Kent. D. Proclamation - National Night Out, August 6, 2013. Sara Wood, Police Department, thanked the Mayor for the proclamation and noted the specifics of the event. Stacy Judd, Police Department highlighted the 81 events taking place in the City that evening. Mayor Cooke thanked them for their outstanding work in the City. E. Intergovernmental Report. Council President Higgins communicated that the Regional Policy Committee met and the main concern is solid waste. He said that Bellevue didn't execute the ILA and the rest of the cities want to ensure that Bellevue doesn't receive anything disproportionate. The Regional Transit Committee will meet on July 17 and will proceed with the planning process for the 17% Metro cut. He stated he had no report from the Mental Illness and Drug Dependency Oversight Board. Councilmember Ralph communicated that South County Area Transportation Board (SCATBD) met and will generate a letter to legislators communicating that transporta- tion funding is at a crisis level and encourage them to move into special session. She also discussed rapid ride service from east to west in the south county. 1 Kent City Council Minutes July 16, 2013 Councilmember Albertson thanked Councilmember Ralph for going to SCATBD and discussed the Regional Water Quality Committee. She noted that a recommendation went to the Sound Cities Association Policy Issues Committee concerning the need for more information on funding levels. PUBLIC COMMENT 1. Tom Brice, Kent, discussed the possible sale of the Riverbend Par 3 course. He displayed pictures of residents at the course on July 10. He said he goes to the course every day and it is a critical part of Kent. 2. R.C. Sample, Kent, discussed the Riverbend Par 3 course and said it was good to see two Kent council members at the Par 3 meeting. The Council doesn't have the right to sell the course and take it away from the residents of the City, he said. CONSENT CALENDAR Council President Higgins moved to approve Consent Calendar Items A through H. Councilmember Thomas seconded. Motion carried 6-0 and the following items were approved: A. Minutes of the workshop and regular Council meeting of July 2, 2013. B. Approval of Bills. Payment of the bills received through May 31 and paid on May 31 after auditing by the Operations Committee on July 2, 2013. Approval of checks issued for vouchers: Date Check Numbers Amount 5/31/13 Wire Transfers 5487-5502 $1,450,281.88 5/31/13 Regular Checks 673373-673873 4,305,044.71 Void Checks (1,027.88) 5/31/13 Use Tax Payable 331.67 $5,754,630.38 Approval of payment of the bills received through June 15 and paid on June 15 after auditing by the Operations Committee on July 2, 2013. Approval of checks issued for vouchers: Date Check Numbers Amount 6/15/13 Wire Transfers 5503-5522 $1,748,612.66 6/15/13 Regular Checks 673874-674251 1,332,932.05 6/15/13 Use Tax Payable 1,694.63 $3,083,239.34 z Kent City Council Minutes July 16, 2013 Approval of checks issued for payroll for May 16 through May 31 and paid on May 20, 2013: Date Check Numbers Amount 5/20/13 Checks 331834-331990 $ 94,013.84 5/20/13 Advices 314565-315200 1221,801.92 $1,315,815.76 Approval of checks issued for payroll for June 1 through June 15 and paid on May 20, 2013: Date Check Numbers Amount 5/20/13 Checks 331991-332167 $ 96,379.43 5/20/13 Advices 315201-315833 1,221,178.92 $1,318,558.35 C. Washington Traffic Safety Commission School Zone Beacon/Lighting Grant. The Mayor was authorized to accept the Washington Traffic Safety Commission grant for School Zone Beacon/Lighting in the amounts of $15,500 and $7,500, amend the budget, and expend the funds in accordance with the grant terms acceptable to the Police Chief and City Attorney. D. Gravbar - Street Light Restoration Project Goods and Services Agreement. The Mayor was authorized to sign a goods and services agreement with Graybar, in an amount not to exceed $41,760.02 for street light poles and arms, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and the Public Works Director. E. ESA — National Flood Insurance Biological Opinion Compliance Consultant Services Agreement. The Mayor was authorized to sign an amendment to the ESA Contract for the National Flood Insurance Program Biological Opinion Compliance in an amount not to exceed $7,399, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director. F. SE 256th Street (between 1161h Ave. SE and 104th Ave. SE) Resolution. Resolution No. 1877, relating to funding the construction of improvements to SE 256th Street, authorizing expenditure of funds from the City's business and occupation (B&O) tax account to complete those improvements, and confirming that all current and future transportation impact fee revenues shall be transferred to the City's B&O tax account until the total amount expended from the B&O tax account to complete the construction of the SE. 256th Street construction project is completely restored was adopted. G. Economic and Community Development Department Overtime $20,000 Budget Request; Four Month Temporary Receptionist Position Budget Request. An adjustment to the 2013 budget in the Economic & Community Development Department for $20,000 to be added to the Department's overtime and to hire a four month temporary receptionist in the Permit Center to total $28,960 was authorized. 3 Kent City Council Minutes July 16, 2013 ADDED ITEM K. Excused Absence. Councilmember Ranniger was excused from the Council meeting of July 16, 2013. Councilmember Perry was excused from the July 16, 2013 council meeting. OTHER BUSINESS A. ShoWare Center Public Facilities District Board Appointment. Council President Higgins discussed the process. He stated that a full recommendation was given at the workshop meeting and Jeff Piecewicz was preferred candidate. Council President Higgins moved to appoint Jeff Piecewicz to the ShoWare Center Public Facilities District Board, Position #1, seconded by Councilmember Thomas. Councilmember Albertson stated that there are only men on the board and would not support the recommendation. Councilmember Ralph communicated that she chose the most qualified person and didn't base it on an applicants' gender. Councilmember Boyce discussed diversity and said he is a human resource professional. He stated that the decision should be made based on the best person for the Job. He said gender shouldn't be considered and candidates want to be picked because they can do the Job, not because of their gender. Councilmember Albertson communicated that there were highly qualified female candidates and a board is a group of people that need to be diverse in order to have a creative pool of ideas to solve solutions. She said she didn't rank anyone who wasn't qualified. A vote was taken on the motion on the table, which carried 5-1. Councilmember Albertson dissented. BIDS A. SR 516 to S 231st Way Levee Improvements North Reach Secondary Levee. Tim LaPorte presented the details of this bid to the Council. Councilmember Albertson moved to award the SR 516 to S. 2315t Way Levee Improvements North Reach Secondary Levee Project contract SCI Infrastructure, LLC. In the amount of $583,462.54 and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents, subject to signing of the Interlocal Agreement with the King County Flood Control District for this project, and subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director, seconded by Council President Higgins. Motion carried 6-0. 4 Kent City Council Minutes July 16, 2013 Councilmember Albertson highlighted that the engineers estimate was $798,364.50, and the bid amount was $583,462.54. B. 112th Avenue SE Watermain Improvements. Tim LaPorte discussed the specifics on this bid. Council President Higgins communicated that the current city limits should be displayed on any future maps. Councilmember Albertson moved to award the 112th Avenue SE Watermain Improvements Project contract to TITAN Earthwork, LLC in the amount of $1,811,541.01 and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director, seconded by Councilmember Ralph. Motion carried 6- 0. REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES, STAFF AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES A. Council President. Council President Higgins discussed the workshop. He thanked the people that applied for the ShoWare Center Public Facilities District vacancy. He added that the B&O Tax and the specifics of the 3PLs and business thresholds were also discussed in the workshop. He added that the results of the analysis done by the City will be taken back to the business owners for more discussion. He communicated that this is the first year the City has been collecting B&O tax information and that the City needs to establish a threshold. He asked small businesses to continue to file via website and adjustments will be made in January or February. Additionally, he stated that a presentation was given by Doug Levy concerning the legislature who kept the City very informed. Finally, he noted that the Council discussed I-502 and how the City wants to move forward. He stated that by consensus the Council has decided not to take legislative action. Therefore, recreational marijuana will be handled the same as medical marijuana and both uses will be banned in Kent. B. Mayor. Mayor Cooke said that there are members of Kent's Sister City here from Norway. She said they are two talented women that are staying in the homes of two Kent families. She communicated that there were representatives from the "stan" countries here in the Council Chamber yesterday and there was great discussion concerning empowering women in the United States. She also added that the Mayor from the Ivory Coast in Africa wants to establish a Sister City relationship in Kent. Mayor Cooke closed and said that over 4,000 Polynesian people attended a reunion at the ShoWare which took place last weekend. C. Administration. Interim Chief Administrative Officer Brubaker communicated the relationship with ShoWare, ticketing, and SMG. He explained that the item would come back to the Council at a later date. D. Economic & Community Development Committee. No report. E. Operations Committee. No report. 5 Kent City Council Minutes July 16, 2013 F. Parks and Human Services Committee. There is a Parks and Human Service Committee meeting this Thursday at 5:00 p.m. and the main item is reviewing the comments on the Par 3 golf course. She stated that it is pretty clear that no one wants it sold. She noted that it is a meeting to discuss options sustainability. G. Public Safety Committee. No meeting. The meeting in July has been cancelled. The next meeting is August 13. H. Public Works Committee. Councilmember Albertson stated that the meeting on July 16 is cancelled. She communicated that she will be recommending that some of the proceeds from the property sale near Veteran's Drive be used to cover the $2 million debt from the Par 3. I. Regional Fire Authority. Councilmember Thomas said the Regional Fire Authority meeting is tomorrow, but no report. He reported that the service for the 19 firefighters in Arizona was truly amazing. Councilmember Ralph asked for clarification on using funds from the sale of property to cover the enterprise loan debt. CAO Brubaker responded that if the funds from the sale went to the general fund, those funds, not enterprise funds, can be applied to enterprise debt. Mayor Cooke communicated that it would be a good time to send out information concerning these funds. CAO Brubaker concurred. EXECUTIVE SESSION No Executive Session ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:58 p.m. r / Ronald F oo , MMC City Clerk 6 PUBLIC COMMENT KE O T SIGN UP SHEET wxHi.craw / / For the Kent City Council Meeting of: ` �! NAME Street Address Email Address Topic 1234 Main Street SE Comprehensive Ex Jane Doe Kent, WA 98032 )doe@hotmail.com Plan JL 4 J G 7 8 1.0 11 1.2 13 14 is 1.6 1.7 19 �0 Members of the public are invited to speak under "Public Comment" Agenda Item #6. Please sign above and when asked by the Mayor, come to the podium. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes.