HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Works/Planning - 10/10/1989 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 10, 1989
PRESENT: JON JOHNSON SUZAN AMUNDSEN
JIM WHITE TIM HEYDON
DON WICKSTROM MARV BERG
BILL WILLIAMSON CAROL STONER
GARY GILL JOHN BUCKLErY
MARTIN NIZLEK DIANNE HILYARD
JIM HANSEN
TBD Interlocal Agreement
Wickstrom explained that a draft agreement for establishment of a
TBD has been prepared by. the South County Area TBD Committee and
is being presented for review at this time. Advantages of a TBD
are two-fold. One we could finance a good portion of the
improvements from a voter approved issue and money would be not
just from local citizens but from all the users of the planned
improvements in the Priority One array. There are some
disagreements among bonding counsels whether the latest legislative
action cleared up. the issues for a test case. The other advantage
is that if there is ever a gas tax agreed upon, the TBD and
multijurisdictional projects will receive a higher rating for
funding allocation. Independent of a GO issue that in itself is
a positive reason for trying to form a TBD. Wickstrom stated he
would recommend executing the agreement once finalized. How this
relates to Kent's proposed GO issue, if Kent were to proceed with
a voter approved issue before this, it would be the demise of the
formation of a South King County area TBD. The voters would not
be willing to approve two bond issues. That is why Wickstrom
recommended we should get through the agreement phase to determine
if all parties are willing to sign same. Once the Agreement is
finalized we would be bringing it before Council for authorization
for the Mayor to sign. The Committee unanimously , recommended
approval for the Mayor to sign.
Environmental Task Force Update (Lagoon project)
Amundsen explained the Lagoon project was delayed about a month ago
because of funding concerns raised by DOE. As a new scope of work
has just been received from DOE, it is anticipated work can resume
on the project next week. Currently, background ,data is being
reviewed and should proceed with development of alternatives next
week. Johnson asked how this would affect the time line previously
established. Amundsen explained we originally planned to present
the information to DOE in January for design funding approval.
Subsequently, we received notification from DOE that all
information had to be submitted three months in advance of our
request for design funds. Since we are not able to meet that
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timeline, it will delay the project. How this relates to
construction of the 64th Avenue improvements, Wickotrom explained
that Centron, one of the major property owners in the LID, has
declared bankruptcy; thus, until that issue is cleared up we would
not be able to sell the bonds. Johnson asked if once the
bankruptcy issue is resolved if the project could proceed.
Wickstrom explained that it could and we anticipate construction
to begin in 1990 with construction of the portion around the lagoon
to follow.
Addressing the model boaters issue, Carol Stoner stated a letter
has been sent to all Parks Departments in King County to attempt
to locate a site that might possibly address the needs of the model
boaters as well as the radio-controlled airplane group. Part of
the difficulty is they are unsure of what space they do need.
White expressed a great deal of concern about the ,delays this
project has had.
Mill Creek Study
The consultant, John Buckley, explained their saagpling efforts
started upstream of Western Processing, through the Western
Processing site and extended down to Kent-Renton, city limits.
Buckley reviewed that in 1984-85 contaminants were, found in street
sediments but the Consent Decree did not address anything beyond
the boundary of the Superfund site. Thus, these sampling sites
were selected to verify if the contamination still, existed and
whether it had moved downstream. Another aspect, is that the
Drainage District has cleaned out Mill Creek and they wanted to
determine if the contamination had been cleaned out' o± Mill Creek
and piled on the banks. Buckley demonstrated[ #he' levels of
contamination found as detailed in their repprt'. Buckley
commented he felt Kent should present this info ,*t,,,,,tarn to DOE and
ask them to pursue the cleanup. Currently the 'tees are not
acknowledging this is a problem and continue wi�.�,, premise of
the Consent Decree that their liability stops;� ; s ,;at4ie property
boundary.
Buckley explained they were asked to also si the Lindal
property in the vicinity of 72nd Avenue South and S. 196th. The
City is interested in acquiring this parcel in order 'to ;extend 72nd
Avenue South. Comment was made that one monitorin+� well located
on this property has been damaged and is no longer affective as a
monitoring well but could be a site of vandalism''' and possible
outside contamination of the aquifer. Buckley comxraEttset+ed there are
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a large number of monitoring wells in this area that are
unprotected. Buckley related that are two disorete types of
contamination on the site - that associated with the business
activities of Lindal and previous owners and that associated with
what they believe to be from Western Processing. There appears to
be little contamination associated with prevIJo4s business
activities that will need to be mitigated but there ,3does appear to
be quite a bit of heavy metal contamination on the other end of the
property most likely from Western Processing.
A comparison was made of the cleanup standards now being applied
by DOE, EPA and those that were negotiated for the Western
Processing cleanup which are emergency public heAXth standards.
There is a considerable difference among the three; those of DOE
being far more stringent than that applied 'to the Western
Processing site. Buckley stated the difference between those of
DOE and EPA are those of EPA assume the area will remain an
industrial area and the maximum exposure occurring to a workman
would be relatively limited. Those of DOE assume exposure is over
a lifetime. If the site were to be cleaned up to DOT standards it
would require that all the soil be removed. If cleaned up to the
Western Processing criteria, none would have to be removed.
Wickstrom noted the important thing of note for this property is
that we are trying to acquire this property and ha4 negotiated a
purchase price of $380, 000. We can't get a decre+e ifrom DOE on
cleanup so we don't know the final cost of cleaanUp. The best
scenario is about $350,000 to remove six inches ,of Material. DOE
doesn't want to rule on this property until they h4vq set down a
decree on the LIDCO property which is directly across the street
and that is approximately six months off. Obviously,, we don't want
to continue our negotiations until we know the extent of cleanup
required and cost involved.
White asked how this affected the 196th corridkor. Buckley
responded this particular problem primarily affe 'c` ',72nd Avenue
South. However, they believe there is a cor�ta1*nation plume
extending into S. 196th. There is also contaminati ', found on the
LIDCO site with some evidence of that moving nor;the', 'O#Orly toward
Mill Creek.
Buckley added that Kent should be involved in reviewing and
commenting on the draft of the consent decree on the 34,IrDCO property
and stipulate that the property will be used for pr% l',ic right of
way.
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Master Meter Request - Homecourt
Wickstrom explained the developer has asked to use a master meter
to service the property rather than an individual meter per
building. The Committee unanimously approved the request.
An executive session was called at 4:15 p.m. for approximately
thirty minutes. The Committee reconvened at 4:55 p.m. and
unanimously recommended to accept the reports from R.W. Beck on the
Mill Creek Environmental Assessment and Lindal Property (Parcel
22) .