HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Works/Planning - 09/24/2001 Special Public Works Committee
September 24, 2001
Committee Members Present: Chair Tim Clark, Rico Yingling
Staff Present: Don Wickstrom, Gary Gill, Cyndi Wilbur, Simon Stocker, Jackie Bicknell
The meeting was called to order at 5:08 PM by Chair Tim Clark. Mr. Clark announced that he
had gotten prior concurrence from absent Committee Member Connie Epperly on all of the
motions to come before tonight's Committee.
Approval of the Minutes of September 10, 2001
Committee Member Rico Yingling moved to approve the minutes of September 10, 2001. The
motion was seconded by Tim Clark and passed 2-0.
WSDOT Grant—Citywide Bicycle Improvements,Acceptance
Don Wickstrom said the WSDOT Grant was received for the installation of bicycle safety
signage and bicycle route maps. The grant was in the amount of$9,670 for a total project cost of
$11,500.
Rico Yingling moved to recommend authorizing Council to direct staff to accept the grant
funds and establish a budget for the Citywide Bicycle Improvements project. The motion
was seconded by Tim Clark and passed 2-0.
Tim Clark commented that the bicycle trails in King County were predominantly north. The
City of Federal Way had been working on trying to run a bike trail from Browns Point waterfront
all the way along the power line to the Weyerhaeuser land. At Weyerhaeuser,the trail had come
to a halt. He stated that the trail needs to go down the hill, and Kent has tried to tie in with some
of the other neighboring cities to accomplish that. A bike trail runs along I ke Fenwick Road,
and one ties in with SeaTac at about 200`h. Mr. Clark asked if there would be any chance of a
trail heading down towards 272"a.. Don Wickstrom responded that the Interurban Trail runs all
the way down to Pacific and there is also a bike lane on 272"a
Supplement Tacoma Second Supply Agrgement
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Don Wickstrom said all the parties in the Tacoma Second Supply Project, kept Tacoma, have
concurred on the partner agreement, and Tacoma staff is now in the prodgetting their
council's approval. One of the issues is that Seattle has in their particular agreement an out
option that if the north branch of the pipeline work does not get built by 2096, they can pull out
• of the agreement. The north branch runs from Lake Youngs down to the main part of the
pipeline and from Howard Hanson dam, which delivers water to Seattle's system. The
construction EIS is only in the beginning stage and no permits have been,captained for the work
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and there is no guarantee that the north branch will be built, which is the reason Seattle wanted
an out provision.
If Seattle were to pull out, their share of$76 million would come up for grabs and all the
remaining parties in the contract would have the option to take a piece. If nobody did, Tacoma
would end up with it— and their council is feeling that they would not want to pick up that entire
option. So, a side agreement was formed where the remaining parties, consisting of Kent,
Lakehaven Utility District, Tacoma, and Covington Water District,would equally share.
If Seattle did drop out, the project costs would drop by the $32 million cost,for their stretch of
the main, and about $44 million dollars would then be left in the obligation,,w'hich would be split
four ways. Kent's share would be about $11 million dollars in additional obligation. Over 22
million gallons of water(which would have been Seattle's share)would be,shared equally. Kent
would get about 5.6 million gallons, the cost of which equals a little under$2 million per million
gallons per day, versus about 3%2 million gallons for the cost now incurred. Kent would be able
to buy a substantial amount of water for a lot cheaper than it's presently paying that would serve
the City's needs into the year 2025. The City would have to look for a newr'source by 2009
under the present circumstances, even with the supply from Tacoma online'. The next source of
development would be impoundment,which would develop about the same,amount of water but
be more expensive. Mr. Wickstrom said it would be to Kent's advantage for Seattle to pull out,
but surmised that would be a remote possibility.
Tim Clark questioned what the source of revenue would be for the $11 mil4on if Seattle did drop
out and Kent had to pick up a share. Mr. Wickstrom said rates would have-to be adjusted—as
was anticipated anyway within that time frame in order to proceed with the4impoundment
project. Kent has to have another water project online by 2009, and the inV' oundment would
cost$25 million.
Rico Yingling asked what the time frame was for knowing one way or the other whether Seattle
would stay with the project. Mr. Wickstrom said it would probably be wi the next couple of
years, particularly after the two year process of getting the EIS and pt ' the construction
done.
Rico Yingling moved to recommend to the full Council that the Mayoobe authorized to
execute the Supplement Tacoma Second Supply Agreement subject tq 1 ,e concurrence of
the terms and conditions therein by the Public Works Director and th pity Attorney. Tim
Clark seconded the motion which passed 2-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:23 PM.
Jackie Bicknell
City Council Secretary
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