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PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
DECEMBER 1, 1993
PRESENT: PAUL MANN ALANA MCALWAIN
JIM BENNETT ROBYN BARTELT
TONY MCCARTHY HELEN NYLON, HEDGES & ROTH
DON WICKSTROM MR & MRS RUST
GARY GILL
TOM BRUBAKER
ABSENT: JIM WHITE
Soos Creek Sewer Annexation
Helen Nylon, of Hedges & Roth, explained that the Kent School
District has approached the Soos Creek Sewer District with the need
for an annexation. Hedges & Roth reviewed the water quality
concerns in the area. Nylon said Kent' s watershed and Covington's
well field are in the vicinity. Nylon stated that they are
anticipating this particular annexation to go forward. Referring
to a map, Nylon showed which of the property owners had been
contacted. Referring to the property Bill Ruth has the option on,
Nylon said that the owner had originally expressed an interest in
the annexation and has since withdrawn that request. Nylon said
that this is currently being proposed under a septic system and
there are approximately 45 - 50 homes that will be developed in the
area. She said if the City allows the District to use Kent' s
watershed for calculation purposes, than the School District will
be in a position of going in with about 45% of the signatures
required toward their 60% certification. Kent's property would be
about 15% of that area. Nylon said if Kent chooses not to become
eligible for the certification process, than the School District
will have to obtain- 80 acres of additional signatures.
Nylon stated that residences have approached the District,
particularly the properties on the lake, who feel that their
septics are failing arid have been going thru the procedures of
trying to get sewers. - Nylon said there are many property owners
wanting to be annexed into the District.
Bennett, asked if there is a problem with the failures affecting the
quality of water. Gill said that is a definite concern. He said
that the consultants who are working on the Wellhead -Protection
Program identified an area that they felt was within the "one year
influence" area zone and it definitely includes the area in the
northern portion of Lake Sawyer. Gill said our intake structures
are probably deep enough where there is enough purification that it
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has not impacted us as yet, but from the standpoint of protection
of the watershed, sewers in this area would be a real benefit to
the City.
Bennett said that with the sewers comes more building and then more
_ traffic. Gill said that most of the area has already been
developed so there probably won't be a much greater density along
- the lake. He said there is a portion that will be developed for a
school with the rest of it being zoned for urban development which
could be densities of 4 to 6 units per acre, which is a typical
residential plat.
Brubaker asked if the parcel to the north of our watershed is
developed. Nylon said that's a 17 acre parcel and the owners
indicated they would like to be within the district. Nylon said
that several of the property owners in the northerly area want that
kind of designation protection, inasmuch as several owners feel
their septics will fail in the next 10-15 years.
Brubaker asked if the construction of homes in this area threaten
our watershed. Gill said it would contribute to the stream course
and that may be affected by some of the restrictions that the
County has regarding setbacks. Gill said we would look at this
very carefully because it directly discharges into the stream
corridor and comes thru the corner of the watershed. Wickstrom
said our infiltration galleries are higher than the stream. He
said the City' s property comes down into the stream and the well
field is only 55 feet deep and then hits bedrock. He said we are
above the stream bed so it will impact the stream, but not our
facility.
Referring to the map, Bennett asked if the red-lined area is
significant with the requirement that the school district needs or
is it compatible with the residences sewers that are failing and
also, rather than go thru this every 3-4 years, could the red-lined
area be squared off. Nylon responded that the area shown on the
map is already in the district and they take every effort to
exclude properties who have requested to be excluded.
Committee unanimously recommended that Council give authorization
for the City to sign the annexation petition.
In response to Mrs. Rust, Gill stated this annexation would include
the northwest portion of Lake Sawyer.
Ordinance for Cable T.V.
-Brubaker stated we had previously requested authorization to seek
rate regulation authority from the F.C.C. He explained that -we
made an application with F.C.C. and unless the F.C.C. takes no
action on this within 30 days from the date of application, it is
deemed approved. Brubaker said that within the next couple of
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-{' days, we expect to see no action taken and we will have our rate-
making authority. He said the next step in the process is to adopt
rules and regulations consistent with the National F.C.C. rules and
regulations on the rate-making structure. Brubaker explained that
we have 120 days from our certification date to do that. We think
that since cable T.V. is a very sensitive issue, it would probably
be appropriate to set a public hearing date on the ordinance
proposing to adopt the F.C.C. rate structure as our own. At this
time Brubaker gave a draft ordinance to the Committee for review.
Brubaker requested that a public hearing date be set for the second
Council meeting in January, and adopt the F.C.C. rules and
regulations. He said the next step is, the cable company completes
the F.C.C. form, which basically is a form outlining their rate
structure, and returns it to us within 30 days. We then have 30
days to determine whether or not their rates are acceptable.
In response to Bennett, Brubaker said that if we don't do anything
for 120 days, we will lose our certification authority because we
will not have adopted rules and regulations consistent with the
F.C.C.
Committee unanimously recommended setting the public hearing date
for the second Council meeting in January, for the adoption of the
F.C.C. rules and regulations.
Recycling Yard Waste RFP
Brubaker said that he was given clear direction from the past
executive branch, as to how the next RFP should be structured. He
said that Mayor Kelleher's instructions were that when we send out
the next RFP, we should weight our judgement on the applicants in
three areas. The first consideration should be given to the price;
the second should be given to the conveyance system and the third
should involve the frequency and history of service. Brubaker said
that if we go with this system, we should probably add factors of
frequency of pick-up, cost of obtaining the container and the
ability of storage. Brubaker said if this was amenable with the
Committee, he would put together an RFP to go out to bid.
Committee concurred with the RFP concept as presented, subject to
individual review by each Committee member.
Bills of Sale
Oak Hill Water & Sewer; Red Robin; The Meadow; Westminster Place
Committee unanimously accepted the bills of sale for all four
projects, as presented to the Committee.
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Municipal Court Ordinance
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Brubaker stated that upon further review of our Municipal Court
Ordinance, we have also included a phrase that requires
confirmation of the Court Administrator. Brubaker said that he
will put a confirmation motion on Other Business for the Municipal
Court Administrator. He further stated that there was an error in
that ordinance in that it required the judge appoint pro-tem judges
and that is inconsistent with State law which says that the Mayor
appoints pro-tem judges.
Committee concurred with this.
Meeting Adjourned 6 : 30 P.M.
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