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Kent City Council Workshop Minutes
April 7, 2015
The workshop meeting was called to order at 5:04 p.m. by Council President Ralph.
Councilmembers present: Ralph, Berrios, Boyce, Fincher, and Ranniger.
Councilmembers Higgins and Thomas were excused.
Sound Transit Federal Way Link Extension. — Council President Ralph introduced
Chelsea Levy, Sound Transit government and community relations officer for South
King and Pierce counties and Cathal Ridge, Sound Transit South Corridor
Development Manager and Federal Way Extension Project Manager.
Levy discussed Sound Transit's plan for the future. She noted that the long range plan
update took place in December 2014 and reviewed the system plan timeline. She
noted that the next major step is drafting a project list for communities to review in
June or July of this year.
Ridge reviewed ST2. He communicated that the final environmental impact statement
(EIS) summary will be produced this Friday. He also stated that a notice will be
mailed to everyone who is one half mile away from the project, about 27,000
addresses. He reviewed the project and noted that it extends from the Angle Lake
station in SeaTac to the Federal Way Transit Center and that Sound Transit is also
considering alignments and transitions along Highway 99 and Interstate 5. He
discussed the project context, corridor profile (topography), and project timeline. The
EIS comment period is April 10 through May 26, he said, with the preferred
alternative being announced in the middle of 2015. He highlighted the stakeholder
outreach alternatives and that there have been over 400 meetings held concerning
ST2. He reviewed some of the key stakeholder concerns, alternatives for ST2,
presented a visual simulation of the Federal Way Link Extension, reviewed what
business displacements, residential displacements, and commercial land acquisitions
would need to occur for the project,
Council President Ralph inquired as to what the business displacements, residential
displacements, and commercial land acquisitions are for each jurisdiction. Ridge
replied that the information isn't broken down to that level as of yet. He said he could
provide it at a later date. He continued and reviewed next steps, stating that there
are two public meetings, one on April 6 and another on April 7. He added that there is
an interactive "Build Your Own Route" function on their website that will be available
on April 9.
Councilmember Boyce confirmed that ST2 was approved by the voters.
Levy communicated that there are 52 cities in the project area and encouraged the
public to email Sound Transit for answers.
Councilmember Berries confirmed that ST3 is scheduled to be complete in 2023,
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Councilmember Fincher discussed the ridership numbers and verified that 40 percent
of those funds go into 5T2. However, Levy added that ridership depends on
economics and the job market.
Councilmember Berrios inquired about the alternative impacts and Ridge responded
by reviewing a slide displaying the City's commercially zoned land and pointed out
that generally the Interstate 5 alternative costs less. However, ridership would be
higher on Highway 99. He also reviewed the initial property tax impact for each
alternative.
Councilmember Berrios noted that there isn't any information concerning what the
sales tax implications would be. Ridge replied that there would be sales tax
implications that would be adventageous to the cities with this new construction. He
also added that there would be approximately 13,000 new jobs.
Information Technology Sustainability. — Information Technology Director Mike
Carrington reviewed what information technology (IT) is, who does it, and the FTEs in
his department. He reviewed where, when, why, and how IT delivers services. He
continued and noted the needs that the IT Department has. The primary categories of
those needs are to replenish the software lifecyle replacement fund deficit, staff,
infrastructure and data security, and optical fiber infrastructure. Carrington broke
down the specifics concerning the IT funding needs and stated that the 2015
unfunded need in the department is $3.06 million.
Council President Ralph confirmed that the Internal Utility Tax (IUT) that is currently
allocated to the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) is about $1 million.
Councilmember Boyce inquired about the Emerging/Technology Plan line item in the
presentation and Carrington explained that they are mandates that come from
agencies above the City that cause us to upgrade a system or improve an existing
system in order to be complaint. He further explained the process of implementing
systems into the City.
Councilmember Fincher verified that the IT staff works with users to determine
requirements and vets systems. He added that they do some custom work, but they
aren't a pure development shop.
Carrington continued and noted that the cumulative working capital shortfall is $4.52
million for software system replacement. He discussed the projects the IT staff had
for 2013, 2014, and 2015 and reviewed the status of the major projects going on in
the department.
Councilmember Berrios inquired if the "Fiber to the Business & Home" initiative has
been done on James Hill. Carrington replied that he wasn't sure, but he knows the
staff will look to get it done on the Central Avenue project.
Carrington noted that there are 29 FTEs in his department and that the national
average is 41. He highlighted that a critical challenge for the department is
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information & data security and being able to address email, spam, and viruses that
attack the City's IT infrastructure. He summarized the needs from administration and
the Council.
Councilmember Boyce inquired if there is a roadmap which identifies which needs are
more critical. Carrington responded that he does disciplined project management and
has meetings twice a month to handle this.
Councilmember Boyce asked what the financial need would be if he could get funding
and Carrington replied that $6 million would address the current situation. He added
that it takes years to implement legacy systems and can't be rushed into.
Councilmember Boyce inquired what the benefit of doing a technology levy would be
to a resident and Carringon replied that items such as lowering the permit process,
doing a better job in economic development, and other departments would result in a
cost-savings over time.
Councilmember Fincher confirmed that there are not quite 1,000 computers in the
City and that it changes due to seasonal staff. Also, that there are some staff that
have multiple computers, like police, due to requirements, he said.
Councilmember Berrios confirmed that there isn't enough money for IT and noted that
departments do support some of the IT budget for projects. He also communicated
that the RFA is paying for the services it receives from IT.
Councilmember Berrios inquired how long the City will keep using the IUT for the CIP
and BeMiller replied that in 2017 IT and Streets will get approximately $1.2 million of
those funds. He also stated that if the $4.7 cap on the B&O is removed the amount
would be reduced to $100,000 each and not until 2020 would the full $1 million be
available.
The meeting adjourned at 6:42 p.m.
Ronald F.�Moore, MC /
City Clerk
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