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Minutes
September t9,20L7
Kent, Washington
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5 p.m.
Council Chambers East/West
Bill Boyce, Council President
Jim Berrios, Councilmember
Tina Budell, Councilmember
Brenda Fincher, Councilmember
Dennis Higgins, Councilmember
Dana Ralph, Councilmember
Les Thomas, Councilmember
Council President Boyce opened the meeting at 5:05 p.m
Aqenda:
1. Human Services Home Repair Presentation:
Darrel Hammack, Home Repair Field Supervisor, and Brittany Levens, Human
Services Specialist, presented information on Kent's Home Repair Program that
included funding, program eligibility, eligible repairs, and repair exclusions. Details
regarding the application process were reviewed, in addition to the assessment and
scheduling of the work. Human Services Home Repair often times assist clients with
referrals to various community providers.
Details regarding client demographics and client feedback were also reviewed.
Darrel Hammack and Brittany Levens expressed their appreciation of the home
repair specialists John Casey and Richard Phillips
2. Puget Sound Gateway Update (SR167/SR5O9):
Craig Stone, WSDOT Program Administrator Puget Sound Gateway Program, and
Steven Gorcester, Transportation Advísor with Performance Plane LLC, presented
information on the Puget Sound Gateway SR 167lSR 509 project.
Craig Stone provided an update on the status of the WSDOT Puget Sound Gateway
Program, SR 509 Completion project. WSDOT is working with the City of Kent
regarding modifications to SR 516 and I-5 for ramps and pedestrian walkways.
WSDOT is also working with Metro on bus stops and circulation, and meeting with
Poulsbo RV in October.
The 15olo design plan will be presented to the City of Kent in the near future, and
construction is anticipated to start in 2O2t.
Craig reviewed the Gateway funding that includes Washington State funding, toll
revenue, INFRA Grant, and the local contribution.
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Kent City Council Workshop
Minutes
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Kent, Washington
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Craig requested a letter of support from the City of Kent Council and the Mayor so
that they would support grant applications. Council President Boyce clarified that
the letter of support would not have any guarantee of a financial contribution. The
Legislature has requested that some form of an understanding is received by July,
2OI8, regarding local funding.
Stevan Gorcester detailed how to get the project to full funding and how to make
this project make sense to local jurisdictions.
There is a desire to create a partnership with WSDOT and cities to pursue grants
from other resources including the federal INFRA program. In order to have a
partnership with Kent, WSDOT needs Kent to join them in pursuing funding for an
extension of Veteran's Avenue - a natural extension of a TIB project. The idea is to
join together in funding the match by working together on grant applications. A
share of the money raised from grants will go against Kent's funding schedule.
Steven believes WSDOT and Kent can achieve at least one funding resource and
may also be able to apply to more than one year's grant cycle.
Calculations and funding assumptions suggest that most of the money they are
trying to put together can be raised through the cities helping with funding matches
and some contributions from indirect resources. If there is not funding from INFRA
and TIB funds, the funding solution becomes more complex.
The meeting concluded at 6:17 p.m.
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Kimberley
City Clerk
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