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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Works Committee - 09/18/2017 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE September 11, 2017 Minutes City of Kent, WA Summary Minutes Date: September 18, 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 Higgins. 2. Roll Call: Committee members, Dennis Higgins, Dana Ralph and Brenda Fincher were present. Council member Higgins chaired the meeting. Absent: N/A 3. Changes to the Agenda: There were no changes to the agenda. 4. Approval of Minutes, Dated September 11, 2017 Committee member Fincher MOVED to approve the Minutes of September 11, 2017. The motion was SECONDED by Committee member Ralph and PASSED 3 - 0. 5. LID 363: S 224th Street Condemnation Ordinance - Recommend Ken Langholz, Design Engineering Supervisor, noted that the City hopes to acquire all of the necessary property rights through direct negotiations with the owners. The property rights are needed in order to construct roadway improvements along 88th Avenue S. and S. 218th Street, the City requires the acquisition of right-of-way and easements from a number of properties. Negotiations, thus far are moving along without the need for formal condemnation proceedings. The City is making every reasonable effort to avoid formal condemnation. City negotiation staff has been working with property owners for over a year. Litigated condemnation proceedings would be a last resort. In order to maintain the schedule necessary for completion of the project, condemnation proceedings may become necessary if negotiation efforts fail. As required by state law, notice of Council’s anticipated consideration of the ordinance was mailed to the affected property owners on August 28, 2017. Committee member Ralph MOVED to recommend Council adopt an ordinance that authorizes the condemnation of property or property rights necessary to construct the S. 224th Street Improvements from 88th Avenue South to 94th Place South. The motion was SECONDED by Committee member Fincher. The motion PASSED 3 - 0. 6. 253rd Street & Reith Road Requested Intersection Improvements Kelly Peterson, Transportation Engineering Manager, invited Tommy Mirante 4223 S 247th Ct to speak about issues that he and neighbors have with the S 253rd Street & Reith Road intersection. Mr. Mirante noted that in 2012 he met with Mayor Cooke and city staff about improvements to the roadway at S 253rd St and Reith Road. On September 8, 2017 Mirante met again with Mayor Cooke as well as various department representatives about a request for improvements. Mirante stated that at the meeting, it was decided that a four way stop would not be feasible, but that a round-about may be an option. He stated that Mayor Cooke suggested that he develop a petition. Signed petitions by residents where handed out at the meeting for the record. The petition included 33 signatures and reads as follows: Whereas the intersection of Reith Road and 253rd Pl E has become more concerning to the residents of the West Hill, and now we petition the Public Work Committee to consider a proposal to install a round-about; this would slow traffic up and down Reith Rod, and further protect the safety of traffic crossing the intersection. Note: The September 8, Committee did agree that an increase in future traffic, without a round-about would create a further risk for the safety of pedestrians as well as crossing traffic. Annette Pratt – 4221 S 247th Street represented the Neighbors of the West Hill Council. Pratt stated that she was personally not in favor of a round-about, but she and her neighbors are in support of figuring out a safer access to Reith Road. Pratt stated that if the Marquee at Meeker moves forward a long term comprehensive plan for the roadway really needs to be looked at. After much discussion Higgins asked that staff come back to the committee in a month with the following information: 1. What can be done at this intersection up to and including a traffic study 2. A list of priority intersections citywide; and what the criteria are for prioritization 3. Request that a 10 minute presentation be brought to Council Workshop as soon as possible so that this intersection can be brought to the Council’s attention. Also the issue of how the city prioritizes studies like this can be brought to the Council’s attention. It was asked that the Marquee on Meeker trip generation be taken into consideration as staff is looking at this. 7. Goods and Services Agreement with Western Systems, Inc. for Traffic Signal Cabinets Kelly Peterson, Transportation Engineering Manager noted that all traffic signals are controlled by electronic components within the traffic signal control cabinet. These components include the controller, malfunction monitor, bus interface units, vehicle loop amplifiers, emergency vehicle pre-emption module, load switches, flasher module, flash tray transfers, and cabinet power supply. Peterson stated that the cabinets and their components have a 20-year life cycle; and that several in the City have exceeded that time frame. Purchasing the equipment off the state contract includes negotiated prices that assume a higher volume of goods and provide for the most efficient delivery and lowest cost. Committee member Fincher MOVED to recommend Council authorize the Mayor to sign a Goods and Services Agreement with Western Systems for the purchase of traffic signal cabinets and lighting panels in an amount not to exceed $119,103.60, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director. The motion was SECONDED by Committee member Ralph and PASSED 3 - 0. 8. Information Only/GIS - Update Catherine Crook, GIS Supervisor introduced herself and her staff and the projects that each of them is working on. Crook noted that data on streets, levees, public utilities, property parcels and zoning are used by the department, by planners and other users throughout the city. Many map layers, especially those relating to public utilities are developed from in-house sources. Other data, such as the tax lot base, are supplied by King County as well as other state and federal sources. Crook said that technology changes over the last several years, offer opportunities to increase efficiencies. The GIS Section presented these new GIS technologies for efficiently collecting data and creating city datasets that are being used by both Public Works and other departments. The GIS Section is working to make these data sets available online to the public starting next spring/summer. Here is a link to the ESRI Story Map Presentation https://cityofkent.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=27aed2efe80c4075befcfbbaf1 4e11e6&edit. 9. Information Only/Meet Me on Meeker Design and Construction Standards Hayley Bonsteel, Senior Long Range Planner weighed in with the committee on key items related to the Meet Me on Meeker design and construction standards. She noted that it’s been a collaborative proposal to redesign this gateway and commercial “main street” connecting the Green River to the historic downtown. The project has continued to draw interest and support from the community since its inception in 2015. Staff has been working with transportation consultants to develop street standards as an overlay to the adopted Design and Construction Standards. Once adopted, any redevelopment that occurs along the corridor would contribute to the vision of a safe and welcoming corridor that embraces businesses and helps create a true sense of place. The Draft standards have been reviewed by staff but do not yet include staff feedback; a more finalized draft will be presented at future meetings. In order to adopt this by the end of 2017 it would mean that this would come back to Public Works Committee on November 16. 10. Information Only/Quiet Zone Update Chad Bieren, Deputy Public Works Director/City Engineer noted that staff met with the UTC in Olympia about our intent to petition for a Quiet Zone. Bieren stated that another railroad diagnostic will need to be done and that staff would like to do this in November. Adjournment: At 5:32 p.m., Committee Chair Higgins declared the meeting adjourned. Cheryl Viseth, Committee Secretary