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Minutes of Monday, October 1, 2012
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Committee Chair Elizabeth Albertson and Committee members Dana Ralph and Dennis
Higgins were present. The meeting was called to order at 4:06 p.m.
Item 1 — Approval of Meeting Minutes Dated September 17, 2012:
Ralph MOVED to approve the minutes of September 17, 2012. The motion
was SECONDED by Higgins and PASSED 3-0.
Item 2 — Information Only/Fall Residential Recycling Event:
Gina Hungerford, Conservation Coordinator noted that the annual Fall Recycling Event
will be held on October 20, 2012 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm, at Russell Road Park.
Residents are invited to bring items not easily recycled at the curb. New this year you
can bring in your child car seats and have them recycled. Hungerford stated that
some items will have a small fee and only cash will be accepted. TV's, computers and
laptops will not be accepted. For more information visit www.KentRecycles.com or
call Gina at (253)856-5549.
Fall curbside pickup will be the week of November 12-16. Flyers will be sent by mail
and more information is available at www.KentRecycle.com.
Information Only/No Motion Required
Item 3 — Information Only/2012 Storm Vegetation Work Plan:
Scott Schroeder gave an informative PowerPoint presentation showing many of the
challenges his section encounters on a daily basis. Schroeder updated the committee
on the Storm Vegetation Work Plan and their progress this year.
Information Only/No Motion Required
Item 4 — Information Only/Green River Levee:
Environmental Engineering Manager, Mike Mactutis provided an update on current
levee issues. Mactutis noted there will be a meeting on Thursday, in Seattle with the
King County Flood Control District, State Representatives and local Mayors to review
the letter that King County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors sent to the
legislators regarding the Briscoe/Desimone Levee.
Information Only/No Motion Required
Item 5 — Information Only/LID Process:
City Attorney, Tom Brubaker provided the committee with a summary of the Local
Improvement District (LID) process, how each assessment is determined, how each
property owner agreed through an Environmental Mitigation Agreement (EMA) to pay,
and how each owner knew and understood—or should have—that the property they
were purchasing could have two or more overlapping assessments at the same time.
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
Minutes of Monday, October 1, 2012
Councilmember Higgins asked if a property is hit with two or more assessments
simultaneously can their payments be stretched out. Brubaker stated that because it
is a loan that the City sells bonds for, it is not possible to stretch it out further than 15
years.
Information Only/No Motion Required
Item 6 — Information Only/Tacoma Regional Water Supply Storage
Disposition•
Interim Water Superintendent, Sean Bauer gave a brief PowerPoint Presentation on
the Howard Hanson Dam, in relation to regional water supply. Bauer's explained that
the Corps of Engineers, the operators of the dam, normally empty the reservoir pool
by November 1't in order to be ready for the flood season. He also explained the
basic operations of the dam and how the Corps controls flows throughout the year.
Bauer also explain how the City and other partners who have unused capacity can
allow the Corps to use that capacity for flow augmentation for fish or for use by the
other funding partners.
Information Only/No Motion Required
The meeting was adjourned at 5:11 p.m.
Cheryl Viseth
Council Committee Recorder