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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 Public Works Committee October 10, 1989 Page 2 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 Public Works Committee October 10, 1989 Page 3 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. t Y Public Works Committee October 10, 1989 Page 4 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) .