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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Works Committee - 09/11/2017 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE August 21, 2017 Minutes City of Kent, WA Summary Minutes Date: September 11, 12017 Time: 4:00 p.m. Place: Chambers East 1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 4:02 p.m. by Committee member Higgins. 2. Roll Call: Committee members, Dennis Higgins, Dana Ralph and Brenda Fincher were present. Council member Higgins chaired the meeting. Absent: 3. Changes to the Agenda: N/A 4. Approval of Minutes, Dated August 21, 2017 Committee member Fincher MOVED to approve the Minutes of August 21, 2017. The motion was SECONDED by Committee member Ralph and PASSED 3 - 0. 5. WSDOT Airspace Lease – South 224th Street Garrett Inouye, P.E., Project Engineer, spoke about the Air Space Lease with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for the new bridge over SR 167. The city will construct, own, operate, and maintain the new bridge. WSDOT owns the real property as well as the access, light, view, and air rights for SR 167, the City will need to sign an Airspace Lease for the construction and operation of the new bridge. In addition to paying for all future operations and maintenance costs for the bridge structure, the City shall also be responsible to pay for any cost to maintain or repair SR 167 if the new bridge is found to adversely affect SR 167. The City will be required to reimburse WSDOT for regular inspection of the bridge structure; first response activities, operations and maintenance, or environmental investigation on SR 167; and additional security as required by WSDOT or Homeland Security. The lease with WSDOT will be for 25 years, and may be renewed for two additional 25 year periods. Committee member Fincher MOVED to recommend Council authorize the Mayor to sign the WSDOT Airspace Lease to allow the City to construct, operate, own, and maintain a bridge over SR 167 at S. 224th Street, 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 3 - 0. 6. Info Only/Construction Update Eric Connor, Construction Manager noted that the City of Kent is experiencing a significant amount of construction activity. Public works infrastructure is or has been constructed this season by a combination of city crews, contractors working for the city, and private contractors working for developers. In addition, franchise utilities including Highline Water District (replacing water mains) and Puget Sound Energy (replacing gas mains) have been very busy in our neighborhoods. Connor summarized the more significant work elements across the city as follows:  53 Development Projects currently in progress  Puget Sound Energy – 3 large gas main replacements  CIP Projects Completed - 72nd Ave S Extension - 108th/208th Intersection Improvements - 208th Drainage & Guardrail Improvements - Kent Regional Trail Connector - 1st Avenue North - Striping and Plastic Markings  Projects Close to Completion - 80th Ave S - 2017 Ditch, Culvert and Large Pipe Cleaning Projects - 2017 Asphalt Overlays - S 212th Street and 72nd Ave S Intersection Improvements  132nd Ave SE Walkway – Work began last week  S 212th Overlay – Work to begin this week. Paving done in October  S 240th Pathway Improvements – Starting within the next couple of weeks  S 224th Phase 1 – Work to start this month  Woodford Avenue – Starting work this week  S 228th St Joint Trench Work – Starting in October 7. Info Only/Inter-fund Loan for South 224th Street Paul Scott, Public Works Finance Manager and Kristin Lykken, Financial Analyst discussed funding for the South 224th Street project. Scott stated that staff is proposing to use an interfund loan from drainage to help finance this capital improvement. Loan repayment will come from LID 363 revenues, which is part of the funding source for this project. Scott noted that the full project cost is $22.8 million and that $3.2 million is needed to fund construction. The loan will be repaid by LID revenues over the next 10 years. The following Policies will be met:  Excess funds need to be available  It is not permanent  Borrowing rate is based on current banking standards This item will go to the Operations Committee on October 18, 2017. It was further noted that this loan doesn’t postpone any projects to be. Completed, as permitting issues have delayed several major projects such as the Upper Mill Creek Dam. 8. Crosswalk Safety Improvements Kelly Peterson, Transportation Manager, noted that the city has been asked to install or revise crosswalks at two locations. The first is on 76th Ave South, south of S. 212th Street. Employees in this area cross the street mid-block to access different buildings owned by the same company. A video study was conducted for three consecutive days which showed that there were four 60 minute periods with 20 or more pedestrians crossing 76th Ave S. Peterson noted that this meets the criteria as outlined in the adopted City Crosswalk Policy, and is consistent with criteria established by the Federal Highway Administration. The second location is to relocate a crosswalk on a designated school walking route to address child pick-up issues at East Hill Elementary. Parents are currently using the Fred Meyer parking lot to pick up students. Marked crosswalks are located to the north at James Street and to the south at SE 242nd Place. The school provides a crossing guard at the southern crosswalk. This project would relocate the marked crosswalk from SE 242nd Place to be in front of the school entrance. This project requires construction of ADA ramps, relocation of school zone flashers, removal of some on-street parking and new pavement markings. This proposed crosswalk is consistent with the Kent Crosswalk Policy. 9. Watershed Update Tim LaPorte, Public Works Director noted that in the past week, significant events have occurred at both the Clark Springs watershed and the Upper Green River watershed for our Tacoma Water Supply. LaPorte noted that after more than a decade of discussion and controversy the Washington State Department of Ecology has issued the Draft Consent Decree and the Draft Cleanup Action Plan for the Landsburg Mine contaminants. Committee members may recall that this item was brought before the full Council in a Council Workshop in January of 2017. The city has just received the draft of these two documents. Staff will review the next steps on this matter. A wildfire started on 9/4/17 in the upper part of the Green River watershed called the “Sawmill Creek Fire.” the fire has grown to 930 acres in size and is 0% contained at the time of this report. The City of Tacoma and partners are concerned about the potential effects on water quality in the watershed including the effects of firefighting. Staff has been meeting with Tacoma officials and will provide a current update on the situation to the Committee. 10. Information Only/Quiet Zone Update Chad Bieren, Deputy Public Works Director/City Engineer noted that staff will be meeting with the UTC this Thursday to talk about the Quiet Zone. Staff has an existing cost estimate for improvements that need to be done at both the Burlington Northern (BN) and Union Pacific (UP). The proposed UP agreement to improve the signal at Meeker and the UP (estimated at $30,000). 2 million will need to be set aside to get this done. We will be working with the UTC to see if there is anything that needs to be added or that can be subtracted from the proposal. A funding source is still needed in order to put a final touch on plans. An agreement still needs to be signed with the UP and would like to push this forward. Funds will need to be available within 9 months to a year. The total railroad work is approximately $1.4 million. Adjournment: At 4:56 p.m., Committee Chair Higgins declared the meeting adjourned. Wendy Wakefield, Administrative Asst. I