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PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE August 7, 2017
Minutes City of Kent, WA
Summary Minutes
Date: August 7, 12017
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Place: Chambers East
1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 4:01 p.m., by Committee
member Dana Ralph.
2. Roll Call: Committee members Dana Ralph and Brenda Fincher were present.
Committee member Ralph chaired the meeting.
Absent: Committee Chair Dennis Higgins
3. Changes to the Agenda: Added Item 15 regarding air quality
4. Approval of Minutes, Dated July 17, 2017
Committee member Fincher MOVED to approve the Minutes of July 17, 2017. The
motion was SECONDED by Committee member Ralph and PASSED 2 - 0.
5. Contract with Harris and Associates for LID 363: S 224th Street
Improvements 84th Ave S to 88th Ave S - Recommend
Jason Bryant, Capital Projects Manager noted that Harris and Associates will provide
bridge inspection services related to the placement of concrete, asphalt, and steel
reinforcement for the S 224th Street Improvements project (84th Ave S to 88th Ave S).
Committee member Fincher MOVED recommend Council authorize the Mayor to
sign a Contract with Harris and Associates for LID 363: S 224th Street
Improvements 84th Ave S to 88th Ave S, subject to final terms and conditions
acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director and was SECONDED by
Committee member Ralph. The motion PASSED 2 - 0.
6. Contract with Mayes Testing Engineers, Inc. for LID 363: S 224th Street
Improvements 84th Ave S to 88th Ave S - Recommend
Jason Bryant, Capital Projects Manager, noted that Mayes Testing Engineers, Inc. will
provide materials testing for concrete, asphalt and steel reinforcement related to the
South 224th Street Improvements Project (84th Ave S to 88th Ave S).
Committee member Fincher MOVED to recommend Council authorize the Mayor
to sign a Contract with Mayes Testing Engineers, Inc. for LID 363: S 224th Street
Improvements 84th Ave S to 88th Ave S , subject to final terms and conditions
acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director and was SECONDED by
Committee member Ralph. The motion PASSED 2 - 0.
7. Upper Mill Creek Dam Improvements Project King County Flood Control
District Sub-Regional Opportunity Fund - Recommend
Stephen Lincoln, P.E., Environmental Engineer II noted that the King County Flood Control
District (District) collects an annual levy from properties within g King County. Through
the District’s Sub-Regional Opportunity Fund ten percent of the levy collected within each
jurisdiction is granted back to the jurisdiction to be used for stormwater or habitat
projects. Staff’s suggests that the city’s portion of the Opportunity Fund be directed to the
Upper Mill Creek Dam project in the amount of $191,815.00.
Committee member Fincher MOVED to recommend Council authorize the Mayor
to direct staff to accept the King County Flood Control District Sub-Regional
Opportunity Fund in the amount of $191,815, subject to final terms and
conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director and was
SECONDED by Committee member Ralph . The motion PASSED 2 - 0.
8. Consultant Services Agreement Amendment with AECOM for the Upper Mill
Creek Dam Improvements Project - Recommend
Stephen Lincoln, P.E., Environmental Engineer II, noted that we are near the final phase
of design for the Upper Mill Creek Dam Improvements project. The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers permitting process established many conditions for this project. The conditions
necessitate design changes to the project and added an entirely new condition of required
stream channel mitigation work. The contract with AECOM will complete the design
modifications and stream channel mitigation design.
Committee member Fincher MOVED to recommend Council authorize the Mayor
to sign a Consultant Services Agreement Amendment with AECOM for the Upper
Mill Creek Dam Improvements Project , subject to final terms and conditions
acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director and was SECONDED by
Committee member Ralph the motion PASSED 2 - 0.
9. Information Only/Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 8 Chinook
Salmon Conservation Plan Update
Mike Mactutis, Environmental Engineering Manager noted that WRIA 8 includes the Cedar
River watershed area, of which Rock Creek is a tributary. The City of Kent’s Clark Springs
municipal water supply is located in the Rock Creek sub-watershed and is the city’s main
water supply. WRIA 8 also encompasses the Lake Washington and Ship Canal watersheds
as well as Puget Sound near shore areas from the ship canal north to Mukilteo.
WRIA 8, including Kent, developed a plan to protect and restore salmon habitat in
response to the 1999 listing of chinook salmon as endangered. The first plan was by all of
the jurisdictions in WRIA 8, in 2005.
The WRIA 8 Forum recently completed a draft update to the Chinook Habitat Plan and
made it available to agencies for review. The intent of the plan is to update
recommendations for actions to restore and protect salmon habitat as well as an approach
to implementing these actions over the next ten years. Comments are requested by
August 18, 2017, and city staff is reviewing it.
Mactutis stated that the only project the City has in association with the plan is the
Habitat Conservation Plan. The WRIA 8 Chinook Salmon Conservation Plan should finalize
in September and it will be brought to the Committee and Council in March.
10. Information Only/Transportation Grant Update
Kelly Peterson, Transportation Engineering Manager noted that the Transportation
Improvement Board has issued a call for projects for the Urban Arterial Program and the
Sidewalk Program. $40.7 million is available for the Puget Sound Region for the Urban
Arterial Program and $2.71 million is available for the Sidewalk Program. Kent staff
reviewed the grant criteria and recommend submitting applications for the following
projects:
1) Urban Arterial Program – SE 248th Street – 104th Ave. SE to the 111th Ave. SE;
full width improvements
2) Urban Arterial Program - 76th Ave S. – 21600 block to the 22200 block; full width
improvements
3) Sidewalk Program – 132nd Ave SE – west side only SE 240th Street to SE 248th
Street and SE 276th Street to SE 278th Pl.
The TIB grants require Kent to a minimum match of provide 20% for projects in both the
Urban Arterial and Sidewalk Programs. Points can be earned on the Urban Arterial Grant
Program for every 4% above the minimum match, up to 5 points, and the Sidewalk
Program provides 1 point for each 1 percent above the minimum up to a maximum of 5
points.
Transportation Alternatives Program – Public Works and ECD staff are working to identify
potential projects which includes non-motorized projects. PSRC is hosting workshops the
week of August 7, 2017.
11. Information Only/South 248th Street Update
Kelly Peterson, Transportation Engineering Manager noted that the SE 248th Street
Corridor Plan includes preliminary cost estimates from 94th Ave S. to 132nd Ave SE
consistent with Kent Construction Standards for Residential Collector Arterials; 3 lane
roadway, bike lanes, planter strip and sidewalks. The planned YMCA facility is adjacent to
this corridor.
12. Information Only/Hawley Road Levee Connection to SR-167 and
Horseshoe Bend Levee Outfall Repair - Update
Richard Schleicher, , P.E., Environmental Engineer II noted that the City recently obtained
permission from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to
construct the final segment of the Hawley Road Levee, which will connect to SR-167. This
connection will provide a certified levee from Foster Park to Signature Point, which will
complete the levee along Hawley Road.
For the Horseshoe Bend Levee, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has identified a
deteriorating City-owned pipe as a levee deficiency, requiring repair or replacement. This
levee is the City’s only FEMA accredited levee and repairing this pipe is necessary.
Pending favorable contractor bids in August and a continuation of dry-weather conditions
this late summer and early fall, our goal is to complete the construction work this year.
13. Meet Me on Meeker Online Survey – Preliminary Findings
Haley Bonsteel, Senior Long Range Planner (ECD) and William Ellis, Economic
Development Analyst (ECD) noted that Meet Me on Meeker, the collaborative redesign of a
key gateway and commercial “main street” connecting the Green River to our historic
downtown, has included community input since the project’s inception in 2015. The latest
outreach efforts have included participation at a Kent Elementary carnival event and
deployment of an online survey that has garnered over 220 responses so far.
Initiated as an action item of the Economic Development Plan, the project’s current phase
includes updating the Design and Construction Standards with a “Meeker Overlay.” The
City’s Complete Streets ordinance, adopted in 2016, requires all future transportation
standards to consider all modes—making this update the first instance of applying this
requirement. Developing the new standards requires public input to help staff ensure the
relevance of design and engineering choices to the community who lives, works or walks
along Meeker today.
Staff shared preliminary findings as well as comments and ideas from the community as
to how Meeker can better serve their needs. A community forum targeting the property
owners along Meeker Street is being planned for mid-August.
14. Information Only/Quiet Zone Update
Chad Bieren, P.E., Deputy Director/ City Engineer stated that the channelization devices
contract has been held pending additional information from Union Pacific. Staff has
information that we are able to move forward. Staff plans to start construction in late Fall.
Peterson stated that the City is receiving fewer calls from the public following installation
of informational signs near the railroad crossings they appear to be contacting the
railroads.
The Federal Railroad Administration is on-site this week doing an investigation on the
Union Pacific signals and the issues they are having with the signals and arms.
15. Information Only/Air Quality – Added Item
Chad Bieren, P.E., Deputy Director/ City Engineer suggested that the public go to the
State of Washington Ecology’s website https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/enviwa/ for an up to
date status on air quality.
Adjournment
At 5:11 p.m., Committee Chair Ralph declared the meeting adjourned.
Wendy Wakefield,
Administrative Asst. I