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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Committees - Public Works/Planning - 05/23/1989 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MAY 23, 1989 PRESENT: JON JOHNSON BILL WILLIAMSON JUDY WOODS MARTIN NIZLEK BERNE BITEMAN DAN STROH DON WICKSTROM MIMI CASTILLO ED CHOW JOHN MARCHIONE JIM HANSEN CAROL STONER GARY GILL MAUREEN MACNAMARA i VACATION OF 3RD AVENUE SOUTH Jim Hansen showed a sketch of the proposed Centennial Building as it demonstrates the need for the vacation of 3rd. He reported negotiations j between the developer and the church have been completed. It is anticipated an amended agreement will be before Council in June. The vacation would be contingent upon the actual transfer of title of the property from the City to the developer. Hansen suggested the motion to vacate the street be worded such that it is contingent upon the actual transfer of title. Biteman so moved. The Committee unanimously recommended approval of the vacation contingent upon transfer of title of the property. It was clarified that a resolution would be brought before the Council setting a date for a public hearing on the vacation prior to adoption of an ordinance. SURVEY RESULTS - FRAGER ROAD Marty Nizlek summarized the results of the survey that was mailed to the property owners. Eighteen questionnaires were distributed - nine were' returned. None of those responding i have been cited for any traffic violation in the area. A range of -� trips from 1 per day to 65 trips per day from 0'Brien Nursery. The average would be 10 per day. Nearly half requested the restrictions be continued as they are currently. There was a request for increased enforcement. Nizl4* recommended the present hours of restriction be retained, the, signing be modified to eliminate any possible confusion and he would like to review other options further. Woods moved to accept the recommendations and that the other options developed by Nizlek be brought back before the Committee at a later time. The Committee concurred. FEMA ORDINANCE .� Wickstrom explained FEMA did a flood plain analysis in 1987 concentrating on the Green River addressing overtopping versus internal drainage which was addressed in their 1941 study. The changes affect the Mill Creek between Earthworks Park and SR 167 where they reduced the floodway to parallel the creek and the west side of South Central between 259th Street and 266th showing an inundation area from Pay-N-Pak down to 266th on the east side as a floodway fringe area. An ordinance has been developed adopting the new regulations and FEMA has approved our draft. It was clarified that we have no option but to adopt their findings otherwise there would no flood insurance for new development or refinancing of existing developments. Woods moved to recommend adoption of the ordinance. The Committee concurred. ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS Carol Stoner distributed a report from her Task Force. (copy attached) Two actions were taken at the April 27 meeting of the Task Force. One was to support the proposal that LID 330 be segregated into two parts to allow work to proceed on the part of the LID that has no impact on the lagoon. She continued that the task force had several options - one was to hold the project hostage until it w{Ls clear what the mitigation was going to be. Another was to not act at all. In the middle of these two was to segregate the LID into two parts to construct now the area south of 228th and another was to segregate the LID into two parts that included south of 228th and the area adjacent to the Homecourt/UP property between 216th and 212th. 'ate Task Force opted for the latter recommendation because they felt it was appropriate for the project to move on. However, they were not implying future approval of the road alignment adjacent to the + lagoon. Carol stated, she thought this was a worst case scenario. She commented she did not see the effects of that road not being able to be mitigated. The other action was to look at the model boating issue. The model boaters will be allowed to continue using the lagoon until a contract is let for some, type of major construction work on the lagoon. Another item Carol stated she would like to clarify is the role of the Task Force versus the SEPA process. The Task Force is not part of the SEPA process. The role of the Task Force is to gather the information to make recommendations on wild life habitat in that area. Woods asked how many meetings of the Task Force have be�n :;,,.held. Stoner responded there have been five or six meet, further further clarified they have received input from several aa;s. Biteman asked what portion of the project was to be pald, for by the property owners. Wickstrom indicated approximately ,84%. Biteman stated that what he was getting at was that he doubted if the property owners would have any incentive to prooeed with the project if they felt a portion of it would not, be constructed. Carol Stoner reiterated she felt the project could be mitigated but the Task Force did not want to put their stamp of approval on something they don't have all the information on. Biteman stated he is concerned that with transportation a number one priority of the Council that a roadblock is develgping for this project. Carol stated that also part of the delay► is because of r .+I the SEPA requirements. Dan Stroh indicated that staff felt that an EIS would be required for the alignment on the east side of the lagoon and this proposal of segregating the project allows it to move forward under the SEPA process. Woods ,asked to what extent the property owners have been notified of this recommendation. Wickstrom indicated a letter was sent to those in the immediate area that the City was proposing to phase the project. The bond counsel and financial consultant have also been consulted regarding formation of two LID's. No response has been received from them as yet. Johnson suggested a time line be developed for the consultant to report back to the Task Force and for them to report to the Committee And Council on that portion of the project around the lagoon. Woods stated she felt the Council should send a message that this road is going to be built and they want the project to proceed as quickly as possible. Johnson concurred and suggested the recommendation of the Task Force be modified stating that "the Council is committed to building 64th Avenue and also preserving the lagoon as a wild life site and drainage facility. Williamson stated he preferred the term phased be used rather than segregated. Woods moved to accept the Task Force recommendations. The committee concurred. After lengthy discussion, it was determined that Bill Williamson will develop the proper language for a motion indicating Committee's commitment to building the road, addressing the wildlife issue and drainage facility issue that would be consistent with SEPA. NOTE: The languaga,developed by Bill Williamson is attached and made a part of these minutes. MAUREEN MACNAMA3A CONCERNS Nizlek reported on the speed study on James in the vicinity of Hazel. The maximum observed speed coming down the .hill was 55 and 47 going up the hill. Maureen MacNamara stated she was not requesting a change in the speed limit but an attempt to enforce the speed limit. Johnson stated the Police Department has indicated that James Street is the second most enforced street in the City having Issued over 80 citations over the last two months between Benson' and Central. There was a discussion about different types of signing that could be placed. Johnson inquired about the possibility of installing ;loops. Nizlek brought up the idea of time based signals with signs posted that the signals are set at a particular designated .peed. Johnson asked if that could be done eliminating the peak'parlods so as not to create further congestion going up the hill. Johnson asked Biteman to have his Public Safety Committee 'look at traffic "s enforcement on James. Biteman asked that Nizlfek bring back his recommendation to the Committee at their next msetiog. I REGIONAL WATER ASSOCIATION Wickstrom explained that the auditor would like the Association to have an official letter from the City naming the Director of Public Works as the City's representative and; the Operations Manager as his alternate. The Committee unani*oulsly concurred f ry i SpJ� with the recommendation. COMPUTERIZED SIGNAL PROJECT - ARBITRATOR'S DECISJQM,. Wickstrom explained the City lost litigation concerning a sales tax issue on this project and it was necessary to pay, $21,730 by a specified deadline in order to waive the attorney's fees. This was paid out of the street operating budget and it is requested a budget change be approved for this expenditure. He stated this could create a possible overrun of the 1989 budget in this area. The Committee unanimously approved tie request. ESTABLISHMENT OF AGENDA FOR TjNJ E 13 It was determined the next meeting would be June 13 at 3: 00 p.m. in the 2nd floor conference room at which time the Committee would a review the proposed 1990 Public Works budget and it was determined that two smaller items would be on the agenda. I t} � ;q} 1 f i 1 i Ai