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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 02/17/2015 I (CENT Kent City Council Meeting Minutes February 17, 2015 i The regular meeting of the Kent City Council was called to order at 7:02 p.m. by Mayor Cooke. Councilmembers present: Berries, Boyce, Fincher, Ralph, Ranniger, and Thomas. Councilmember Higgins was excused. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA FROM COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATION, OR STAFF. Chief Administrative Officer Derek Matheson communicated that an executive session needed to be added for Property Negotiations, RCW 42.30.110(1)(b), RCW 42.30.110(1)(c), and for Potential Litigation, as per RCW 42.30.110(1)(i). PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS A. Public Recognition. No public recognition was given. B. Proclamation for Fred Satterstrom. - Mayor Cooke read the proclamation for former Planning Director, Fred Satterstrom. She announced that Satterstrom has been with the City for 32 years. Mayor Cooke proclaimed February 27, 2015 as "Fred Satterstrom Day" in the City of Kent. Satterstrom thanked the Mayor, Council, the Mayor's Leadership Team, the City staff, and his family for the recognition. Councilmember Thomas noted that he was friends with Fred's older brother, Paul. He stated that he appreciated his efforts over the years and he has done a great job. Council President Ralph thanked Satterstrom for his work and is grateful for everything he has done over the years. Councilmember Fincher thanked Satterstrom for him taking the time over the years to answer her questions and being polite and professional to her. She thanked him for his service to Kent. C. City of Kent Employee of the Year. Mayor Cooke noted that Patrol Officer Eric Doherty was selected as the City of Kent Employee of the Year. She highlighted that Eric is known as the "go to" person in the Police Department and has an ability to approach his job in a fair and equitable manner. She noted that he has a gift of obtaining confessions from suspects due to his demeanor with them. She added that he visits the schools at least twice a week. Doherty thanked the Mayor and the Council for the recognition and award. D. Community Events. Council President Ralph announced Mayor Cooke was going to participate with the Harlem Globetrotters at the ShoWare Center. She noted that there are a few Thunderbirds hockey games left in the season and encouraged the public to attend. She announced other events at the ShoWare Center to include the "Rock and Worship" show on March 12 and Salt-n-Pepa on March 14. She noted that "Sesame Street Live" and the women's indoor football league are also coming soon. Kent Ci ty Council Meeting Minutes February 17, 2015 i E. Public Safety Report. Police Chief Ken Thomas noted that Officer Doherty is a top notch officer and he is doing great things in the City. He began his report and discussed auto thefts and crime rates which are about half of the rates in 2006. He discussed reported the vehicle prowl and robbery numbers. He added that robberies have decreased every year since 2011. He also noted that commercial burglaries have gone down every year since 2010. Residential burglaries have decreased since 2012. F. Intergovernmental Reports. Council President Ralph announced that she attended the Transportation Policy Board last week and they discussed how to maintain funding for the major projects that are underway such as the Burke-Gilman Trail. She noted that the board decided to continue funding this project due to some contract issues. She added that some preliminary transportation trend numbers were discussed, for instance, there are longer delays in traffic but no change in the number of cars on the road. The next meeting she attended was the Watershed Inventory Area 9 (WRIA-9) meeting and there was discussion concerning stormwater standards and how large the financial infrastructure would need to be to process all of the stormwater that is running into lakes and rivers in the Puget Sound. However, she noted that the standards need to continue because they are making some progress. The final meeting she said she attended was the South County Area Transportation Board and the first presentation was from Puget Sound Regional Council on industrial lands inventory. She noted that they have a preliminary report out and a final one will be released next month. She explained that this region was looked at to determine if there was enough industrial land available and whether the land is being designated for manufacturing and industry and whether it is being maintained as industrial land. The next question is whether it is supporting the City. The next report was from the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) who reported on the traffic jams at Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM). She announced that JBLM is the second largest employer in the State of Washington. She stated that WSDOT is looking at how it can partner with the U.S. Army to come up with a solution to the traffic issue there. She noted that the Army doesn't have any funding, but they have land that they can revert to easements to ease some of the traffic. Councilmember Ranniger communicated that she attended the first Domestic Violence Task Force meeting with the Sound Cities Association which meets on a quarterly basis. She noted that she is the chair and is interested in looking more deeply into working with highly diverse cultural communities to see how domestic violence is handled. Councilmember Boyce stated that the Sound Cities Association Public Issues Committee has a meeting on February 11. He stated there was a pre-meeting that day with Ann McFarlane who gave a presentation on Robert's Rules and parliamentary procedure. At the regular meeting HB 5811 concerning tribal property tax exemptions was presented and he said City Attorney Brubaker is working to determine whether it affects the City or not. Also at the meeting, King County presented a draft of their Strategic Plan to End Homelessness and they are asking for input from the cities, he said. He said he is going to provide the Council and CAO Matheson with a copy to distribute to the appropriate City staff. PUBLIC HEARINGS 2 Kent City Council Meeting Minutes February 17, 2015 None. PUBLIC COMMENT None. CONSENT CALENDAR Council President Ralph moved to adopt Consent Calendar Items A through H, seconded by Councilmember Thomas. Motion carried 6-0 and the following items were approved: A. Payment of Bills — Approve. Payment of the bills received through January 15 and paid on January 15 after auditing by the Operations Committee on February 3, 2015 were approved. B. Excused Absence for Councilmember Dennis Higgins. The Council approved an excused absence for Councilmember Higgins as he was unable to attend the City Council meeting of February 17, 2015. C. Limited Access License Agreement with Seattle SMSA Limited Partnership d/b/a/ Verizon Wireless - Authorize. The Mayor was authorized to sign a Limited Access License with Seattle SMSA Limited Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, to allow access and maintenance of Verizon's telecommunications system, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director. D. Third Lease Renewal between the City of Kent and Sprint Spectrum Realty Company. L.P. — Authorize. The Mayor was authorized to sign a third lease renewal with Sprint Spectrum Realty Company for the use of real property to operate and maintain a telecommunications system, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director. E. Public Works Agreement with Transportation Systems. Inc. for repair of signal on Kent-Kangley Road in front of Kent Meridian High School — Accept as Complete. The Mayor was authorized to accept the signal repair on Kent-Kangley Road in front of Kent Meridian High School as complete and release retainage to Transportation Systems, Inc. upon receipt of standard releases from the state and the release of any liens. F. Budget Certification for Annexation Sales Tax Credit Resolution — Adopt. Resolution No. 1904 certifying the Panther Lake annexation sales tax credit of $4,206,431, for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 was adopted. G. Emergency Management Performance Grant Memoranda of Understanding and Interlocal Agreement - Authorize. The Mayor was authorized to sign two Memorandums of Understanding with the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority regarding the administration of Emergency Management Performance Grants, and the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Auburn for monitoring services required under 3 Kent City Council Meeting Minutes February 17, 2015 these grants, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the Finance Director and the City Attorney. H. Interlocal Agreement with King County, for use of Electronic Fingerprint Equipment provided by the Regional Automated Fingerprint Identification System Program - Authorize. The Mayor was authorized to sign the Interlocal Agreement with King County for the use and maintenance of electronic fingerprint equipment provided to the City, with final terms and conditions acceptable to the Police Chief and City Attorney. OTHER BUSINESS None. BIDS There were no bids. REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES, STAFF AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES A. Council President - Council President Ralph noted the Council received a presentation from the King County regarding the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network (PSERN) and it may be a ballot measure in April. She noted that it is a complete redesign of King County's emergency radio network system that is used to communicate between the 911 call center and first responders, police and fire, and even the Public Works Department here at the City. She noted that the current system is old and the company that has supported the technology and provided parts will cease to support it at the end of 2018. There would be a ballot measure for $257 million which will cost a homeowner $.07 per $1,000 assessed value to replace this system. She noted that this new system would fill in current coverage gaps, which aren't necessarily in rural areas only. B. Mayor - Mayor Cooke stated that at the Regional Policy Committee meeting she also received a thorough presentation on PSERN and medical marijuana was also discussed. King County Public Health is researching how it can regulate medical marijuana. She added that this isn't an issue that the Committee would be voting on or even recommending to the King County Council, but as a courtesy the Committee was briefed on the item. She stated that the Systemwide Improvement Framework (SWIF) for the Green River continues to move forward and today she attended a meeting of the Executive Committee for the King County Flood Control District that is working on policies that will greatly impact the Green River around Van Doren Landing and the Green River Natural Resource Area. She stated that the district listened to the City's concerns and were responsive and any decisions have been suspended for at least a week. Mayor Cooke noted that she will be testifying tomorrow on the transportation package in Olympia on behalf of the City of Kent. She noted that the package includes projects and revenue that will impact residents and businesses to include the State Route 509 extension. She thanked Senator Fain and the other legislators who ensured the grade separation was included for the Union Pacific tracks at 228th and Veteran's Drive. She noted that there are a lot of things in the package 4 Kent City Council Meeting Minutes February 17, 2015 which impact Kent, to include some interesting multimodal parts of it. Particularly, it is a funding mechanism for Sound Transit which includes bicycles and pedestrians, basically providing a holistic approach to transportation. Mayor Cooke also met with an organization called "Purple Justice" which works for young adults who are between the ages of 18 - 25 and have had a run in with the law resulting in misdemeanor or even felony charges. She added that the norm is that since this group of people haven't become hardened criminals there aren't programs to assist them. Additionally, it is hard for them to obtain any or decent employment. Mayor Cooke noted that Eric Doherty was the City of Kent Employee of the Year and Teri Petrole is the Employee of the Month for February. She congratulated both of them. C. Administration - Chief Administrative Officer Derek Matheson thanked the Council for the retreat on February 6 - 7. At the retreat, he said the Council directed the formation of a financial sustainability task force to look at the City's financial sustainability to make recommendations and long term strategies. He thanked the Council for their input on the first draft and said the second draft was sent to them prior to the meeting. Once the outline is acceptable to the Council the item will be brought back to them for formal adoption, he stated. He said the February 17 CAO Report was emailed to the Council. He stated that there would be an executive session for property acquisition, as per RCW 42.30.110(1)(b), the sale of property, as per RCW 42.30.110(1)(c), and potential litigation, as per RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) for a total of 30 minutes. D. Economic & Community Development Committee - Councilmember Boyce noted that there was an Economic & Community Development Committee meeting on February 9 and encouraged the public to go to the City's website to view the meeting. The meeting consisted of a discussion about Sound Transit light rail and the Kent Comprehensive Plan as well as the results from the Kent 2035 survey. He added that Ben Wolters, Economic & Community Development Department Director provided a brief on the ShoWare Center at the meeting. E. Operations Committee - Councilmember Thomas stated that there was no report. G. Parks and Human Services Committee - Councilmember Ranniger communicated that there was no Committee report. However, Councilmember Ranniger announced that she has been a Councilmember for 12 years and was not running for her seat in the November election. She expressed pride in Kent Station and Town Square Plaza. She said the current Kent Strategic Plan and fostering inclusiveness and having social justice is important to her. She highlighted that Kent, Seattle, and King County are the only entities in the State of Washington which address these goals. She added that she accepted a position as the executive director of a non-profit and will be doing a lot of travelling. She said she will be working on global poverty, health, and water. She said she is looking forward to finishing the year working on the Council, but next year her seat will be open. 5 Kent City Council Meeting Minutes February 17, 2015 H. Public Safety Committee - Councilmember Berrios communicated that there was a meeting on February 10 and an agreement was approved for the Mayor to execute with King County on an automated fingerprinting system. He also stated that he received a presentation on the Police Department budget and the department will come in about $300,000 under budget for 2014. Additionally, he stated that the Kent Special Investigations Unit has handled 374 drug related cases in 2014 and they have seized a total of $2.291 million in drugs, compared to $219,000 in 2013. He noted that they are making a difference in the City and are doing a great job. Additionally, he stated that last Thursday a community meeting was held at Kent Elementary and the Police Department did a great job with engaging the community at that meeting. Lastly, Councilmember Berrios reported that on February 25, Police Chief Ken Thomas will be holding his second "Coffee with the Police Chief" and sitting down with the residents to discuss whatever they want to talk about. H. Public Works Committee - Council President Ralph said the Public Works Committee meeting that was scheduled yesterday was cancelled due to Presidents Day and it is rescheduled to February 23 at 4 pm. I. Regional Fire Authority - Councilmember Thomas announced that the next Regional Fire Authority meeting is a special meeting to be held tomorrow night at 5:30 pm at Station #78. He noted the meeting after that will also be a special meeting next Tuesday at Station #78. Councilmember Thomas thanked Councilmember Ranniger for her work on Town Square Plaza and appreciated her determination on it. He thanked Councilmember Ranniger for her leadership when she was the council president. EXECUTIVE SESSION At 8:04 p.m., Mayor Cooke reconvened the meeting and announced that the Council would recess into an Executive Session for thirty minutes to discuss potential litigation, per RCW 42.30.110(i)(1) and property negotiations, per RCW 42.30.110(1)(b) and RCW 42.30.110(1)(c). At 8.25 p.m., the Executive Session concluded and Mayor Cooke reconvened the regular meeting. ACTION AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION. Tom Brubaker, City Attorney communicated that there is section of Naden Avenue South, north of Willis Street by the Highway 167 interchange, that is a fragment owned by Washington State Department of Transportation which the City wishes purchase. Councilmember Thomas moved to authorize the Mayor to sign all documents necessary to complete the purchase from the Washington State Department of Transportation, approximately 0.63 acres located within a portion of Naden Avenue right of way, immediately north of Willis Street, subject to approval of 6 Kent CityCouncil Meeting Minutes February 17 2015 9 Y , final terms and conditions acceptable to the Economic & Community Development Director and the City Attorney, seconded by Councilmember Boyce. Motion carried 6-0. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:26 p.m. Ronald F. oor� MC City Cie jl 7