HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Works/Planning - 09/16/2013 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MINUTES
September 16, 2013
Committee Members Present:
Committee Chair Elizabeth Albertson and Committee members Dennis Higgins
and Dana Ralph were present. The meeting was called to order at 4:08 PM.
Item 1 — Approval of Meeting Minutes Dated August 19, 2013:
Committee member Ralph MOVED to approve the minutes of August
19, 2013. The motion was SECONDED by Committee member Higgins
and PASSED 3-0.
Item 2 — Desimone Levee — Interlocal Agreement with Tukwila:
Ken Langholz, Design Engineering Supervisor gave a brief explaination of
where this reach of levee is located and how the Briscoe/Desimone Levee is
being funded. Langholz noted that a $7 million grant is in the State of
Washington's 2013-2015 budget. That funding was directed to the King County
Flood Control District and is intended to pay for improvements to the levees
needed for FEMA accreditation as well as the accreditation process. Total levee
funding is $18 million.
Langholz stated the interlocal agreement (ILA) describes the requirements of
the City of Kent and the City of Tukwila with respect to design, permitting and
construction of the Desimone Levee repairs.
Committee member Higgins MOVED to recommend Council authorize
the Mayor to sign an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Kent
and the City of Tukwila for improvements to and FEMA accreditation of
the Desimone Levee, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable
to the City Attorney and the Public Works Director. The motion was
SECONDED by Committee member Ralph and PASSED 3-0.
Item 3 — Information Only/Railroad Ouiet Zone:
Public Works Director, Tim LaPorte provided the committee the status of the
Railroad Quiet Zone and explained the rules under Federal Regulations about
sounding warning horns. He then introduced Steve Mullen, Transportation
Engineering Manager and Chad Bieren, City Engineer who provided an update
on the efforts to establish a Railroad Quiet Zone on the Burlington Northern
Santa Fe (BNSF) mainline tracks. Mullen provided a proposal of where to place
the Railroad Quiet Zone horns along the BNSF tracks.
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Mullen gave a PowerPoint presentation that demonstrated what the sound level
comparisons between a train horn and an automated horn system would
sound/look like.
Information Only/No Motion Required
Item 4 —Information Only/Metro Transit Service Reduction Scenario:
Cathy Mooney, Senior Transportation Planner explained that with the failure of
the state legislature to adopt a transportation funding package in 2013, plus
the end of Metro's authorization to continue collecting the Congestion
Reduction Charge of $20 per vehicle in King County, Metro Transit finds that it
must start reducing the amount of transit service.
Mooney's PowerPoint presentation explained how Metro's proposal to cut
600,000 annual hours of transit service may affect bus riders in Kent. The
routes slated to be cut are the 157, 159, 161, 913 and 914. Losing the
Shopper Shuttle in Kent will also be a huge loss.
Former Councilmember Tim Clark stated that there needs to be a huge
lobbying effort because no matter what the cuts are, Metro will still serve
Seattle. Suburban Cities out-number the City of Seattle. He added that state
legislators would like to hear from citizens
Committee member Albertson stated she would be testifying in Bellevue the
following evening on this issue. Committee member Higgins stated he was
working on a letter to the State Senate transportation committee and hopes to
get the letter out in the next few days.
Information Only/No Motion Required
Item 5 — Information Only/Solid Waste Garbage (Litter) — Update:
This item was pulled from the agenda due to time constraints, but will be
heard at a later date.
Item 6 — Executive Session:
Interim, Chief Administrative Officer Tom Brubaker excused the room in order
for the committee could conduct their executive session.
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Item 7 — Resolution of Intent to Set a Public Hearing Date for LID 365
Se 2561h St Improvements, 1161h Ave SE to Kent-Kangley Road:
Mark Madfai, Design Engineering Supervisor stated that no protest covenants
were signed by 24 property owners to participate in a Local Improvement
District (L.I.D.) to complete 256th Street. The resolution of intent would set a
hearing date to move forward on formation of L.I.D.
Committee member Ralph MOVED to recommend Council adopt a
Resolution of Intent setting a public hearing date on the formation of
Local Improvement District 365, subject to final terms and conditions
acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director. The motion
was SECONDED by Committee member Higgins and PASSED 2-1.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
Cheryl Viseth
Council Committee Recorder