HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Works/Planning - 06/15/1998 (3) PUBLIC WORKS/PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES
June 15, 1998
Present: Tim Clark Tom Brubaker
Rico Yingling Gary Gill
Tom Brotherton Jim Harris
Annexation Polia & Strategy
Jim Harris requested that the Committee review the thirteen annexation policy
statements in their packet and any questions they have can be brought back to the
second Committee meeting in July for action. Harris stated that since these policies
were done, the City has annexed the Meridian Valley area (approximately 4,000
persons) and the Del Mar area, which was almost as large. He said that Council has
asked that all annexations be given equal status no matter where they are in the City.
He stated that if the Horseshoe Acres annexation petition goes through, all that is left
is the northeast part of the City. Harris suggested addressing this at the end of July
for further review and action.
In response to Tim Clark, Harris said there are a number of persons who have been
contacting the City in the area of S. 208`n & 108`' ; west and south of that area.
However those have simply been inquiries. Harris said he and his staff are discussing
some potential annexation areas.
Rico Yingling asked if a new annexation could be worked on prior to completion of
another. Harris said that should be discussed at the next meeting — if we have several
going at one time, we really don't know the outcome of the first one. The intent is to
do one, get it done, find out what the impacts are and the next one that comes up
determine if that one will impact us to a point of not being able to handle it. Harris
further stated closure of an annexation occurs when Council receives a 60% petition
for the assessed valuation of the area, holds a public meeting and decides to take the
area into the City. In the findings, the date is determined as to when the area
becomes annexed. Hams also noted that each City has to declare its potential
annexation area. Harris requested a motion that this be continued until the second
• meeting in July.
Committee unanimously recommended continuing this item to July 20`n
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Shoreline Master Program Update
Kevin O'Neill, Senior Planner stated that the Planning Dept is embarking on
updating the Shoreline Master Program which was initially adopted in 1974 under
the Shoreline Management Act. The Master Shoreline Program regulates
development within 200 feet of the Green River and will regulate development
around Lake Meridian, which was annexed in 1996. He said that currently we are
using King County's program until we can amend our own to incorporate the lake.
O'Neill said last summer the City received a grant from the State Dept of Ecology to
assist with this update. In January the City Council approved the Mayor signing a
grant agreement with D.O.E. O'Neill noted that since that time, we have issued the
request for qualifications, hired a consultant firm to assist with the project and
established a Citizens Advisory Committee. He said that Planning has been informed
by the Finance Dept that since grant funding is involved, in addition to authorizing
the Mayor to sign the agreement with D.O.E., Council also needs to authorize
establishing a budget to expend those grant funds. O'Neill requested that Committee
recommend same.
Committee unanimously recommended that Council direct staff to establish a budget
to expend the grant funds received from the Dept of Ecology for the Shoreline Master
Program.
Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) Grant
Pedestrian Improvements SR516 to S. 256' Street
Gary Gill stated that we have three similar projects on the agenda -- they are all part
of the South County Improvements for Pedestrian Program which was put together
by King County Executive Ron Sims and a task force which was assembled in the
South County area to look at areas where we were having some of the highest
pedestrian accident problems in King County. They identified several pilot projects
in the areas they want to use as demonstration projects to try to enhance and
improve pedestrian bicycle safety in the South County area. Gill noted that the first
project on the agenda is in the vicinity of SR516 and Benson Highway/S.256`'
Street. He said we have received a grant of S 100,000 from TIB for designing and
constructing improvements in that area and we are requesting that Council authorize
the Mayor to sign the Grant Agreement and establish the budget for this project. In
response to Rico Yingling's question on cost, Gill stated our main goal is safety and at
the same time keep within the budget.
• Committee unanimously recommended authorizing the Mayor to sign the Grant
Agreement, direct staff to accept the grant, establish a budget for $100,000 and
authorize spending the funds on said project.
TIB Grant — James Street/64`k'Avenue South to West Valley Highway
Gary Gill said this was another project which was identified through that same
program; we received a grant of $100,000 designated to do pedestrian improvements
on James Street between 64`'Ave S &_West Valley Highway. Gill asked for
authorization to move forward on that project. He stated there would be limited
impacts to traffic during construction.
Committee unanimously recommended authorizing the Mayor to sign the Grant
Agreement, direct staff to accept the grant, establish a budget for $100,000 and
authorize spending the funds on said project.
TIB Grant — James Street Intersection/ James Street to 4'Avenue South
Gary Gill said we have received a grant of $74,000 for pedestrian safety
improvements at the intersection of James Street &_4`'Avenue. Gill asked for
authorization to move forward on this project. In response to Clark's question on the
"all-cross intersection" idea, Gill stated that if we implement that type of program it
would be located at 4' &_Smith Streets.
Committee unanimously recommended authorizing the Mayor to sign the Grant
Agreement, direct staff to accept the grant, establish a budget for $74,000 and
authorize spending the funds on said project.
Western Processing Agreement
Tom Brubaker stated that at the May 1" Committee meeting, the Committee
approved the City entering into an agreement pertaining to the S. 196" Street
Corridor to contract with the Boeing Company, Trustee for the Trust remediating the
environmental impacts to the Western Processing Site adjacent to S. 196`' Street.
Brubaker said that as part of the 196°i Street project, we need to construct an earthen
embankment on top of a portion of the Western Processing property. Brubaker had
asked for the Committee's authorization (5/1/98) for the City to enter into an
agreement to have the Boeing Company as Trustee conduct that work Brubaker
explained that the draft agreement has not been finalized. He noted however, that
we are on a very tight time frame to get the bids out in this construction season. He
said this item is on the Council agenda for May 16'. Brubaker stated that the City
has been in negotiations with the Boeing Company and does not expect any
• problems. Essentiallv, they will become an independent contractor for the City to
construct that portion of the work for which we will reimburse them. He further
explained that at Council, we will request authorization for the Public Works
Director and the City Attorney's Office to enter into an agreement allowing the
Boeing Company to construct the embankment for that project.
Brubaker said that as part of the middle leg of the S. 196`h Street Corridor, we will be
constructing a grade separated crossing on S. 196' Street between East Valley &_
West Valley Highways and will ramp up slightly west of the intersection of East
Valley Highway, over the bridge and northern mainline track, it will remain elevated,
cross down over the UP mainline tracks, over Mill Creek and connect to West Valley
Highway. The embankment referred to here is an earthen embankment that will be
the down-ramp on the western edge of that grade separator.
Clark asked if all the projects have been targeted that will affect major arterials. Gill
said yes and noted that public notices will be posted of the detour routes on projects
and in this particular project, the Interurban Trail adjacent to the tracks is involved
so detour routes will be posted for the bicycle routes. Clark suggested that public
notification be made monthly on T.V.
In response to Brotherton, Brubaker stated there will be a problem if we are late on
this project however, he said that Boeing is motivated to complete the project. Their
motivation is that this was originally one of the nation's top 10 superfund sites and
was a highly contaminated area. He said they are getting ready now to put a cap on
it; they will continue to remediate but they are going to try to contain the site and
hope to put it back into some sort of beneficial use in the near future. Tim LaPorte
stated that in the meetings with E.P.A. they have made it very clear that we can't
interfere with their capping. The E.P.A. considers this road project as a "side show"
and E.P.A.'s main agenda is to get that site cleaned up. LaPorte said that we have
asked the E.P.A. to give us an approval of our plan and their response was that they
will acknowledge our plan, not approve it. Apparently it is because of liability
reasons, they will not issue a permit. LaPorte said that we have worked with them for
five years and they have not taken any exceptions to our road plan. With respect to
the Boeing Co and the Trust, the E.P.A. acknowledges what the Trust is doing even
though they haven't given them the final go-ahead to do the cap work. The Trust is
expecting E.P.A. approval in mid-July. LaPorte said the next option would be to
extend the bridge which is about 1,100 feet but there is about $1 Million saving in
going with the embankment instead of bridging it.
Meeting adjourned: 4:15 p.m.
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