HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council Workshop - Minutes - 01/17/2017Kent City Council Workshop
Minutes
January L7, 2OL7
Kent, Washington
Approved Feb. 7, 20t7
Date: January L7, 20L7
Time: 5 p.m.
PIace: Council Chambers East/West
Attending: Tina Budell, Councilmember
Brenda Fincher, Councilmember
Dennis Higgins, Councilmember
Dana Ralph, Councilmember
Les Thomas, Councilmember
Absent:Bill Boyce, Council President
Jim Berrios, Councilmember
Aoenda:
5:03 p.m. Councilmember Ralph called the meeting to order
Chanoes to the Agenda
The Landsburg mine cleanup presentation was moved to be the first item on the
agenda.
1. Landsburg Mine Cleanup
Tim LaPorte introduced Robert Warren, Manager Northwest Regional Office, Toxics
Cleanup Program, from the Washington State Department of Ecology, and Joanne
Snarski, Manager, Site Assessments and Toxicology, Office of Environmental Public
Health Systems with the Washington State Department of Health.
Mr, Warren gave a PowerPoint presentation that detailed his department's work,
including: contaminated site locations, and types of sites on hazardous sites list;
landfills, and the Landsburg Mine and Clark Springs. He provided the council with
the steps in the cleanup process, waste disposal in the mine trench, the
groundwater monitoring network, upgraded monitoring and contingency plan
network, the monitoring well schedule, and detections for implementing the
contingency plan, anticipated schedule, and timeline of events.
Joanne Sarski, gave a Powerpoint presentation regarding work in assessing the
Landsburg Mine site, including site assessments, and the completion of a health
consultation, conclusions, and recommendations.
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Kent City Council Workshop
Minutes
January L7, 2OL7
Kent, Washington
Approved Feb.7,2OL7
2. King County Land Conservation and Preservation Work Plan
Bob Burns and Ingrid Lundin, Natural Resource Lands Program with the Parks and
Recreation Divisions of the King County Department of Natural Resource
King County presented information on the initiative to protect high value lands.
The PowerPoint presentation included information regarding: protecting open/green
spaces. King County did an analysis of lands in unincorporated areas that included:
natural lands, health forests, abundant farmland, trail networks, natural river
corridors, and urban river corridors. King County identified 5,500 parcels that total
66,000 acres with an estimated cost of $1.5 to $1.8 billion. Details regarding the
existing County funding sources and sources to fill the gap were discussed.
The next steps include a meeting between King County and the City to identify
lands Kent wants to add to the plan. Councilmember Higgins indicated that the
work to prioritize and preserve the lands should be done within the next six
months. After the lands have been identified, the advisory group will review and
make recommendations by November/December with funding made available in
20t9.
The meeting concluded at 6:31 p.m
City Clerk
January t7,20L7
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