HomeMy WebLinkAbout1389RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION of the City
Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, relating to thirteen
(13) City-owned cabins and
appurtenant facilities located on
Lake Fenwick Park property, finding
that an emergency exists, and
requiring the immediate demolition
of the cabin structures.
WHEREAS, the City recently purchased additional property
adjacent to Lake Fenwick Park (a map indicating this property is
attached as Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by
this reference) ; and
WHEREAS, as part of this property purchase, the City also
became owner. of thirteen (13) cabins, in various states of
disrepair (the approximate location of these cabins is indicated on
Exhibit A) ; and
WHEREAS, as a part of purchasing this property and these
cabins, the City was required by state law to relocate the persons
then living in these cabins; and
WHEREAS, the City's final plan for Lake Fenwick Park
improvements showed an intent to demolish and remove the cabins and
their appurtenant facilities from the park property; and
WHEREAS, after completing all required relocation, the cabins
became vacant and untenanted; and
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WHEREAS, since becoming vacant, the City has taken all
reasonable steps to safeguard the cabins by posting "No
Trespassing" signs, by boarding up windows and doors and by
implementing all other reasonable measures to protect the property
and park users; and
WHEREAS, in spite of City efforts, the cabins have been
repeatedly vandalized, forced open, and otherwise damaged; and
WHEREAS, the City believes that this vandalism and damage is
unavoidable and that it will increase in the summer months after
the close of the 1993-1994 school year; and
WHEREAS, the continued vandalization of the cabins poses an
immediate threat to the health, safety and welfare of Lake Fenwick
Park users and a liability to the City of Kent; and
WHEREAS, because of the immediate threats to public health and
safety and to public property, an emergency exists that requires
the immediate removal of the thirteen Lake Fenwick cabins and their
appurtenant facilities without the benefit of any State
Environmental Policy Act ("SEPA") review, if SEPA review would be
applicable to this demolition project, or of the City's public
bidding requirements for public works projects. NOW, THEREFORE,
The City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, does hereby
resolve as follows:
Section 1. The above-listed findings and recitals are found
to be true and correct in all respects.
Section 2. The City Council finds that the thirteen existing
cabins indicated on the map attached as Exhibit A on the City's
Lake Fenwick Park property are now in a hazardous and dangerous
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condition that constitutes both a threat to public health and
safety as well as an imminent danger to public property.
Section 3. The City Council finds that an emergency condition
exists necessitating the immediate demolition of these thirteen
cabins and their appurtenant facilities on the City's Lake Fenwick
Park property.
Section 4. Because the City must take immediate action due to
this emergency, the City Council finds that, if SEPA were to apply
to the demolition of these cabins, the City's action would be
categorically exempt from SEPA requirements because of this
emergency situation pursuant to WAC 197-11-880, and the City
Council also finds that this action shall also be exempt from the
City's public bidding requirements for public works projects.
Section 5. As a result of this emergency condition, the
City's Director of Parks and Recreation is authorized to implement
and proceed with the prompt demolition of these thirteen cabins and
their appurtenant facilities on the City's Lake Fenwick Park
property under such terms and conditions as he deems appropriate to
alleviate the emergency condition.
Section 6. The City's Director of Parks and Recreation also
shall, to the extent reasonably possible, comply with the substance
of both state and local SEPA laws and all applicable public bidding
requirements.
Passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, this 11 day of ~ , 1994.
;r day Concurred in by the Mayor of the City of Kent, this 11/l71 t 1994 • of
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ATTEST:
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CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
I hereby certify that this
Resolution No. /331 I passed
of Kent/ Washington/ on the 17
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is a true and correct copy of
by the City Council of the City
day of ~ 1 1994.
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