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CITY OF KENT
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
Summary Minutes
April 17, 2017 Kent City Hall
4:00 p.m. Council Chambers East
Kent, Washington
1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 4:03 p.m., by Council President
Dennis Higgins.
2. Roll Call: Committee Chair Dennis Higgins and Committee members Dana Ralph and
Brenda Fincher were present.
Absent:
3. Changes to the Agenda: Item #9 was removed from the agenda. Gina Hungerford
was unable to attend the meeting to give her presentation.
4. Approval of Minutes, Dated April 3, 2017
Committee member Fincher MOVED to approve the Minutes of April 3, 2017. The
motion was SECONDED by Committee member Ralph and PASSED 3-0.
5. Consultant Agreement for Cambridge Tank - Recommend
Mike Almaroof, Engineering Tech, presented information regarding the Cambridge Water
Tank including a brief history, the evaluations done to determine what maintenance and
repairs need to be done on the tank. Changes will be made to the ladder, walkway, and
platform. Bid documents will go out late summer of 2017 for a fall/winter 2017 project.
Dave Brock, Deputy Director / Operations Manager thanked Mike for his work on this project
and this presentation.
Committee Member Fincher MOVED to recommend Council authorize the Mayor to
sign a Consultant Services Agreement with Gray & Osborn, Inc., to produce bid
documents for the Cambridge Reservoir Improvement Project in the amount of
$43,000, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and
Public Works Director and Council Member Ralph SECONDED the motion. The
motion passed unanimously 3-0.
6. South 212th Way Overlay - Recommend
Joe Araucto, Engineer, presented information regarding the project, including current
pavement conditions (based on 2016 pavement condition survey), converting to concrete,
and the accelerated defects caused by recent rain events. Dave Brock, Deputy Director /
Operations Manager thanked Joe for his work on this project and this presentation.
Committee Member Ralph MOVED to recommend the Operations Committee
authorize the additional of $1.4 million out of the 2017 B&O revenues for the 212th
Street & 72nd Avenue intersection repair and the South 212th Way Overlay Project
easterly of SR 167 to by utilized this year and was SECONDED by Council Member
Fincher. The motion passed unanimously 3-0.
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7. Schedule 74 Design Agreement with PSE for Undergrounding S. 224th St.
Project - Recommend
Ken Langholz, Engineering Supervisor, presented information regarding the design
agreement with PSE to develop plans for the undergrounding of electrical lines and services
along S. 218th Street as part of the South 224th Street Extension project.
Council Member Ralph MOVED to recommend Council authorize the Mayor to sign a
design agreement with Puget Sound Energy to develop plans for the
undergrounding of electrical lines and services along S. 218th Street, subject to final
terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director and
was SECONDED by Council Member Fincher. The motion passed unanimously 3-0.
8. Information Only/Utility Maintenance
Chris Couvillion, Storm Drainage Supervisor, presented information regarding the work to
remove leaves in drainage ways. Chris reviewed the old way of removing leaves by hand to
the new, more efficient method using the newly-acquired leaf removal vacuum.
Chris also presented information regarding the second vactor truck that was recently
acquired. Having an additional truck allows one truck to be dedicated to cleaning ahead of
the TV trucks. The second truck is being utilized for responding to service requests, cleaning
sewage blockages, and cleaning lines for the TV truck.
Chris presented information regarding the newly acquired TV truck that is more efficient, is
reliable, and produces higher resolution images in addition to having a data management
program. Dave Brock, Deputy Director / Operations, thanked Chris for doing a great job on
his first presentation before the committee.
9. Information Only/Transportation Improvement Program
Lacey Jane Wolfe, Senior Transportation Planner, presented information regarding the 2018-
2023 Six Year Transportation Improvement Program. Lacey Jane identified the three
additional projects that may be added to the Transportation Improvement Program: (1)
Construct a right-in/right-out intersection at the south end of Naden Avenue at Willis Street;
(2) a local access street from the intersection of Naden Avenue and Willis Street; and (3)
improvements to South 248th Street, from 104th Avenue Southeast to 116th Avenue
Southeast.
The Plan is expected to go before the committee for action on May 1st and then on to the
Council in June. Lacey Jane thanked Mel Roberts for meeting with her to discuss all the
projects to ensure that they considered bicycle and pedestrian traffic.
10. Information Only/Quiet Zone Update
Tim LaPorte, Public Works Director and Chad Bieren, Deputy Director / City Engineer,
presented information regarding the Quiet Zone and advised that the City and Union Pacific
intend on moving forward with the Quiet Zone in 2017-2018.
Adjournment
At 4:43 p.m., Committee Chair Higgins declared the meeting adjourned.
Kimberley A. Komoto
City Clerk