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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Works/Planning - 10/16/1990 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE `i RECEIVED OCTOBER 16, 1990 OCT 19 1990 CITY ADAj!"33TRATIDN PRESENT: Jim White Ed Chow Leona Orr Gary Gill Steve Dowell Ed White Don Wickstrom Mr. and Mrs. Rust Carol Morris Alene Barton Local Hazardous Waste Management Plan Wickstrom explained that at the time the Local Hazardous Waste Management Plan was adopted by the cities there were contingencies placed upon those approvals. Kent's concern dealt with the composition of the Management Committee and its manner of reaching decisions. The Solid Waste Interlocal Forum has addressed those issues. Wickstrom indicated he felt they had satisfied any concerns we had expressed. After discussion, the Committee unanimously recommended the Mayor be authorized to sign the concurrence of adoption of the plan. Latecomer Agreement - Chutoni Estates Wickstrom explained we had a request for a latecomer agreement with respect to construction of street improvements for the Chutoni Estates projects. The Committee recommended authorization for staff to prepare the latecomer agreement and the Public Works Director to sign same. Reguest for Vacation of Walkway - Parkside Division 2 Plat This item was referred to the Committee from City Council meeting of 10/2 . Ed White presented a video of the area. Wickstrom clarified that the City actually owns the Tract for which vacation is being requested. It was noted that several of the fences have been constructed about four feet into our property. White stated that some of the concerns that came up were who owns it and perhaps we should be maintaining it better and lighting it. Dowell asked if there were any utilities within this walkway. Wickstrom stated the storm sewer is by Military Road. Carol Morris informed the Committee that if the City owns the property in fee it can not be vacated but could be transferred. White stated he was not thinking in terms of vacating it but in cleaning it up and making it what it should have been initially. White asked - if we opened it up and asked the property owners to move their fences back to where they are supposed to be, cleaned it up, etc. - what would be the cost. Wickstrom stated we would probably do the fence locations for the property owners if they took care of their landscaping. We'd have to bring street lights into the area. Wickstrom stated there is the possibility of an Eagle Scout group being willing to clean up Public Works Committee October 16, 1990 Page 2 the area as a merit badge project. White suggested we bring this back before the next Committee meeting with an idea of the costs involved. He suggested also we might want to have a meeting with the property owners in the area. Dowell reiterated he felt we should get the fences back on their property lines, clean the area up and the City should maintain ownership. Wickstrom added we would need to restrict its use by motorcycles as well. Cran-Mar Trout Farm Ms. Barton had contacted Mr. White asking to address the Committee. Ms. Barton indicated the insurance agent was to be delivering a partial payment of $4 , 000 for her claim this date. Ms. Barton distributed copies of her claim to the Committee with an itemization of her losses totaling $11, 432 . 75. In addition to this total, she stated her claim does include one contingency relating to a certain number of fish that survived the chlorine spill but are in a fragile condition. It may be a couple of months before she would be able to determine if the fish or their eggs or sperm will survive. Thus, this is an unknown item on her claim. Ms. Barton stated the insurance agent had indicated he could not pay the entire amount as it would constitute a prepayment. She contends that if he can make a $4, 000 partial payment then a $12,000 partial payment could be made and her business needs the funds. Dowell asked if anyone had agreed to the figure submitted in her claim. Wickstrom stated we had recommended the claim be allowed but we do not assign a value. Ms. Barton replied that the insurance investigator did not seem to take exception to the figures but she did not have anything in writing. Carol Morris suggested that if the contingency included in Ms. Barton' s claim is a hindrance to settlement, she might consider filing a separate claim for that matter. She added we would have to check the ordinance as to length of time allowed to file a claim. The Committee asked Mr. Chow to investigate the matter. Corridor Funding Wickstrom stated he had received notice from the Transportation Improvement Board that they wanted us to submit our prospectus for the project so they can determine if we are going to be requesting funds for 1991. White and Dowell asked about the County' s progress on their study. Wickstrom stated the County had requested we delay issuance of out DEIS until January to give them time to have public meetings on their proposed alignment and for their consultants to review our proposed alignments to see how they would fit. White stated he is prepared to ask Council to re-evaluate their goals and Public Works Committee October 16, 1990 Page 3 objectives on the corridor projects and perhaps move the 192nd/196th up as the first priority. Dowell asked if it is correct that under Initiative 2929 that we have to have plans and financing in order to bring the intersections into compliance with our adopted level of service before there can be any further growth. Wickstrom stated that would be true for any development that affected the intersections at level of service E or F. Concurrency is an element of the law. Wickstrom recommended waiting until the EIS is completed and at that time make a decision whether to proceed with the 272nd/277th corridor or change priorities. Dowell asked if we changed priorities would that alleviate the bulk of our problems. Wickstrom stated that the 272nd/277th corridor provides the most relief to the downtown area, east hill and the east valley area. The 192nd/196th corridor provides relief to a limited area in the north end. White stated he was also concerned about the narrow window on funding for the 272nd/277th corridor. White stated he felt it was something Council needed to focus on and that January is certainly early enough. He continued he would probably bring it up at Council and requested Wickstrom respond similarly. Wickstrom added he was concerned whether our regional cooperation would be lost if we changed priorities at this time. Wickstrom clarified that the street utility is critical in meeting all of 2929 requirements. Independent of the corridors, to establish concurrency there are other improvements that will need to be made and a financing source will be needed. Wickstrom added that he was planning to submit the prospectus as we will still have a year to establish our financing package. If 547 passes the financing options are eliminated.