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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Works/Planning - 04/18/2005PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MINUTES April 18, 2005 COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Committee Chair Bruce White and Committee Members Ron Harmon and Debbie Raplee. The meeting was called to order at 5:08 P.M. An Informational item was added to the agenda. Tim LaPorte will give a brief presentation on the Pacific Highway South Project. Approval of Minutes Dated April 4, 2005 Committee Member Ron Harmon moved to approve the minutes of April 4, 2005. The motion was seconded by Debbie Raplee and passed 3-0. WSDOT Participation Agreement for SR 516 Ken Langholz, Engineering Supervisor said this agreement is between the City of Kent and WSDOT for the City to repair pavement on SR-516. The agreement was accepted by the City and assumed the Council had accepted same but didn’t. Debbie Raplee moved to recommend concurrence of the WSDOT Participation Agreement in the estimated amount of $11,797.20 for construction of the SR-516 Pavement Repair between Smith Street and Gowe Street, to establish a budget for the same along with directing staff to spend the money accordingly. The motion was seconded by Ron Harmon and passed 3-0. Montgomery Water Group, Inc. Mike Mactutis, Environmental Engineering Supervisor gave an overview of the Cow Creek Relocation/Restoration project, this agreement is an amendment to the original contract and will provide the City of Kent highly technical assistance on wetland delineation and enhancement, additional structural engineering design, and additional hydraulic design and drafting for the project. Larry Blanchard, Public Works Director stated that modifying the contract to include the design work will give them tighter control of cost, the project is within budget. Ron Harmon moved to recommend authorizing the Mayor to sign an amendment (change order 2) with Montgomery Water Group, Inc. for $117,400.00 to provide the City of Kent technical assistance on finalizing the Cow Creek Relocation/Restoration Project upon concurrence of the language therein by the City Attorney and Public Works Director. The motion was seconded by Debbie Raplee and passed 3-0. 116th Avenue SE (S. 277th Street Corridor Extension) Tim LaPorte, Design Engineering Manager said to complete the 116th Avenue SE project specified within the timeframe of the grants the City will have an ambitious work program and will utilize an array of engineering consultants. Approval of this motion would enable staff to enter into these contracts according to schedule, only if within established budgets and further subject to the Mayor’s authorization. Debbie Raplee moved to recommend authorizing the Mayor to sign consultant services agreements for environmental engineering, value engineering , geotechnical engineering, real property appraisal, property negotiations, preparation of traffic 2 control plans and traffic signal engineering. The motion was seconded by Ron Harmon and passed 3-0. Pacific Highway South Project – Informational Tim LaPorte, Design Engineering Manager said that the City had just received approval from the Federal Government to advertise the project. With Federally funded projects all steps must be followed. All right of way must be obtained before project can be advertised. The approval came a month later than we had hoped for resulting in the work needing to be completed in a very short time frame. Tim wanted the Council to be aware that to complete the work in a timely fashion there will only be one lane available in each direction for some time. For the past 7 years the Engineering staff has met with all of the business owners to keep them updated on the progress, in the past 2 months all of the owners were contacted again to update them. Staff will continue to work with business owners to address any problems. The meeting adjourned at 5:50 P.M. Janet Perschek Administrative Assistant