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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Regular Minutes - 9/19/2023 Approved Kent City Council • City Council Regular Meeting KENT Minutes WAS HiNaTor+ September 19, 2023 Date: September 19, 2023 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER/FLAG SALUTE Mayor Ralph called the meeting to order. 2. ROLL CALL Attendee Name itlle= Status Arrived Dana Ralph Mayor Present Bill Boyce Council President Present Brenda Fincher Councilmember Present Satwinder Kaur Councilmember Present Marli Larimer Councilmember Present Toni Troutner Councilmember Excused Les Thomas Councilmember Present Zandria Michaud Councilmember Present 3. AGENDA APPROVAL A. I move to approve the agenda as presented. RESULT: MOTION PASSES [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Bill Boyce, Council President SECONDER: Les Thomas, Councilmember AYES: Boyce, Fincher, Kaur, Larimer, Thomas, Michaud 4. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS A. Public Recognition i. Proclamation for Diaper Need Awareness Week Mayor Ralph presented the Proclamation for Diaper Need Awareness Week to Jack Edgerton, Executive Director at KidVantage and Becky Schroeder, Depty Director as Westside Baby. Schroeder and Edgerton expressed appreciation of the Proclamation and conveyed their desire to ensure that all families have their basic needs met. ii. Proclamation for Constitution Week Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting September 19, 2023 Minutes Kent, Washington Mayor Ralph presented the Proclamation for Constitution Week to Anita Speir from the Lakota Chapter member of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Speir expressed appreciation of the Proclamation. iii. Appointment to the Kent Special Events Public Facilities District Board Mayor Ralph announced the appointment of Zenovia Harris to the Kent Special Events Public Facilities District Board. iv. Appointments to the Kent Art Commission Mayor Ralph announced her recommendations for appointments to the Kent Arts Commission and requested the Council confirm her appointments. Julianne Hind conveyed that she has wanted to be on the Arts Commission for over a year and is thrilled to be appointed to serve. Hind spoke about her passion for the arts. B. Community Events Council President Boyce announced upcoming events at the accesso ShoWare Center. Visit accessoShowarecenter.com for ticketing details. Councilmember Fincher invited the public to participate in the September 30th TeamUp2CleanUp event. Visit Kentwa.gov/talkingtrash to sign up. Fincher invited the public to attend the Vienna Boys Choir performance on October 17th at 7:30 p.m. Visit Kentwa.gov for ticketing information. Fincher invited the public to participate in the Releaf event on October 711 at Van Doren's Park or the October 14th Orca Recovery Day with Green River Coalition at Riverview Park. Visit Kentwa.gov for details. Mayor Ralph invited the public to attend the flag raising event for the Thunderbirds at 2 p.m. on September 29th at Kent City Hall. C. Public Safety Report Deputy Police Chief Stansfield provided introductions of new officers Oscar Toledo-Blanco, Dylan Dzuck and Isher Hans and Mayor Ralph conducted the swearing ins. Stansfield announced the promotion of Amber Horejsi to Corrections Sergeant. 5. REPORTS FROM COUNCIL AND STAFF A. Mayor Ralph's Report ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 2 of 9 Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting September 19, 2023 Minutes Kent, Washington Mayor Ralph expressed her appreciation of the City's Meals on Wheels volunteers and talked about the amazing work they do delivering food and interacting with seniors. Mayor Ralph serves on the Regional Policy Committee that received presentations on Waste energy and Best Starts for Kids Grants. The Committee discussed the 405/167 corridor, including why the project is behind. Mayor Ralph serves as the chair on the Transportation Area Policy Board that recently received an update on the scope of work for the Regional Safety Plan. The Board is determining the scope and best practices. Mayor Ralph serves as the vice chair of South King Housing and Homelessness Partnership that gave a presentation to the Council during today's Committee of the Whole meeting. B. Chief Administrative Officer's Report Chief Administrative Officer, Pat Fitzpatrick announced the City will go live with a Climate Resiliency webpage by the end of this week. Fitzpatrick advised his complete report is included in today's agenda packet. C. Councilmembers' Reports Council President Boyce serves as the chair of the City Council workshop and provided recaps of today's two presentations. Councilmember Michaud serves as the subject matter chair for the Parks and Human Services items on the Committee of the Whole and provided recaps of today's presentations. Kaur serves on the Washington State Community Forestry Council that is reviewing the Urban and Forestry Strategic Plan. Councilmember Kaur serves as the subject matter chair for the Public Safety items on the Committee of the Whole and provided recaps of today's presentations. Kaur serves as the chair of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Council that recently toured local air quality monitoring sites in addition to touring a gas station in Georgetown to observe how they track the quality of gasoline and related requirements. The council also received a presentation on the Strategic Plan and Equity update. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 3 of 9 Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting September 19, 2023 Minutes Kent, Washington Kaur serves on the Domestic Violence Initiative Regional Task Force that received updates on the Protections Order Advocacy Program, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and also discussed how King County might consider utilizing vacant hotels for housing. Councilmember Larimer serves on the King County Ageing and Disability Advisory Council that received a presentation from the Washington State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. Visit waombudsman.org or call 1- 800-562-6028 for additional information. Councilmember Thomas serves as the Chair on the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority Governance Board that will meet on September 20th at station 78 in Covington. Councilmember Fincher serves as the subject matter chair for the Public works items on the Committee of the whole and provided recaps of the items from today's meeting. Fincher serves on the King Conservation District and announced upcoming classes. Visit KingCD.org for details. Fincher announced the Kent Arts Commission has an opening for an alternate member. Visit Kentwa.gov to submit an application to serve. 6. PUBLIC HEARING A. First Public Hearing on the 2024 Mid Biennium Budget Adjustments Mayor Ralph provided an overview of the public hearing process and opened the First Public Hearing on the 2024 Mid Biennium Budget Adjustments. Finance Director, Paula Painter provided the staff report by overviewing the 2024 Mid Biennium Budget Adjustments. Mayor Ralph will present her proposed budget on September 26th during a special 5 p.m. City Council meeting. Painter reviewed 2024 adopted revenues and expenditures and advised the foundation of these adjustments are for a status quo budget, refining numbers to more closely reflect current activity, and departments were asked to bring forth funding sources for any budget requests. Painter advised revenues are adjusted to align with current trends - increases to numerous revenue budgets, and reviewed assumptions related to expenditure budgets - adjustments to currently know factors. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 4 of 9 Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting September 19, 2023 Minutes Kent, Washington 2024 Budget Expenditure Assumptions related to salary increases, health plans and insurance allocations were reviewed. The 2024 Mayor's Proposed Mid-Biennium Budget Adjustment o The preliminary budget is currently being finalized o There will be a special Council meeting on September 261" at 5 p.m. where the Mayor will present the proposed budget and it will become public. o The proposed budget is balanced and sustainable for 2024 Fund balance will be used in some instances to balance the budget. There were no questions by the Council. There was no one signed up to provide public testimony. There were no written comments received. I move to close the public hearing. RESULT: MOTION PASSES [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Bill Boyce, Council President SECONDER: Les Thomas, Councilmember AYES: Boyce, Fincher, Kaur, Larimer, Thomas, Michaud 7. PUBLIC COMMENT None. S. CONSENT CALENDAR RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Bill Boyce, Council President SECONDER: Les Thomas, Councilmember AYES: Boyce, Fincher, Kaur, Larimer, Thomas, Michaud A. Approval of Minutes i. Council Workshop - Workshop Regular Meeting - Sep 5, 2023 5:15 PM ii. City Council Meeting - City Council Regular Meeting - Sep 5, 2023 7:00 PM B. Payment of Bills - Authorize MOTION: I move to approve the payment of bills received through 8/15/23 and paid on 8/15/23 and approve the checks issued for payroll 8/1/23 - 8/15/23, and paid on 8/18/23, all audited by the Committee of the Whole on 9/5/23. C. Excused Absence for Councilmember Troutner - Approve ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 5 of 9 Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting September 19, 2023 Minutes Kent, Washington MOTION: I move to approve an excused absence for Councilmember Troutner for the City Council meeting of September 19, 2023. D. Excused Absence for Council President Boyce - Approve MOTION: I move to approve an excused absence for Council President Boyce for the Special City Council meeting of September 26, 2023. E. Accept the 2023 Crack Sealing Project as Complete - Authorize MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to accept the 2023 Crack Sealing Project as complete and release retainage to Huizenga Enterprises, LLC upon receipt of standard releases from the State and the release of any liens. F. Accept the 2021 Asphalt Overlays Project as Complete - Authorize MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to accept the 2021 Asphalt Overlay Project as complete and release retainage to ICON Materials, Inc. upon receipt of standard releases from the State and the release of any liens. G. Repeal of Resolution No. 1950, and Adoption of Updated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Grievance Policy - Resolution - Adopt MOTION: I move to adopt Resolution No. 2065, which repeals Resolution No. 1950 and updates the City's Grievance Procedure under the Americans with Disabilities Act. H. Tiburon Renewal with CentralSquare Technologies, LLC - Authorize MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to sign the Renewal Order with CentralSquare Technologies, LLC, in the amount of $150,689.99, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the IT Director and City Attorney; and authorize the IT Director to sign future renewals that are within established budgets; and to ratify past actions consistent with this motion. I. Targeted Residential Investment Program - Astro Park Townhomes Agreement - Authorize MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to sign a contract with Southworth Properties, LLC, providing an 8-year Multifamily Tax Exemption for the Astro Park Townhome development under the City's Targeted Residential Investment Program, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 6 of 9 Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting September 19, 2023 Minutes Kent, Washington J. Appointment to the Kent Special Events Public Facilities District Board - Appoint MOTION: I move to appoint Zenovia Harris to the Kent Special Events Public Facilities District Board for an initial first term of 4 years from September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2027. K. Home Repair Senior AC Unit Purchase - Ratify MOTION: I move to ratify the purchase of 372 portable AC units in the amount of $198,601.46. L. Easement to Lake Meridian Water District for Backwash Tank at Sun Meadows Park - Authorize MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to sign the Easement Agreement with the Lake Meridian Water District to the City, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the Parks Director and City Attorney. M. Easement to Puget Sound Energy for Well House at Sun Meadows Park - Authorize MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to sign the Easement Agreement with Puget Sound Energy to the City, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the Parks Director and City Attorney. N. Washington Traffic Safety Commission Interagency Agreement for Region 8 Target Zero Manager - Authorize MOTION: I move to accept grant funds in the amount of $255,000 from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission for the partial funding of a Region 8 Target Zero Manager, amend the budget, authorize expenditure of funds, and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary agreements and other documents, subject to terms and conditions acceptable to the Chief of Police and City Attorney. O. Consultant Services Agreement with Fehr and Peers, Inc. for the Local Road Safety Plan Update - Authorize MOTION: Authorize the Mayor to sign a consultant services agreement with Fehr and Peers, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $306,910, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director. P. Joint Funding Agreement with the US Geological Survey - Authorize ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 7 of 9 Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting September 19, 2023 Minutes Kent, Washington MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to sign the Joint Funding Agreement for Water Resource Investigations between the City of Kent and the U.S. Geological Survey, in the amount of $124,420, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the Parks Director and City Attorney. Q. Washington State Department of Commerce Grant - Senior Center Solar + Storage - Authorize MOTION: I move to accept grant funds in an amount not to exceed $500,000 from the Washington Department of Commerce for the funding of a solar rooftop array for the Kent Senior Center, amend the budget, authorize expenditure of funds, and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary agreements and other documents, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the Parks Director and City Attorney. R. Appoint Renee Hazen to the Arts Commission - Confirm MOTION: I move to confirm the Mayor's appointment of Renee Hazen to the Kent Arts Commission for a first four-year term starting November 1, 2023. S. Appoint Julianne Hind to the Arts Commission - Confirm MOTION: I move to confirm the Mayor's appointment of Julianne Hind to a first term on the Kent Arts Commission for a four-year term starting November 16, 2023. T. Appoint Richard Nederlander to the Arts Commission - Confirm MOTION: I move to confirm the Mayor's appointment of Richard Nederlander to a first term on the Kent Arts Commission for a four-year term starting November 1, 2023. U. Reappoint Gerard Philpotts to the Arts Commission - Confirm MOTION: I move confirm the Mayor's reappointment of Gerard Philpotts to a second term on the Kent Arts Commission for a four-year term starting November 1, 2023. 9. OTHER BUSINESS None. 10. BIDS None. 11. EXECUTIVE SESSION AND ACTION AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION None. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Page 8 of 9 Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting September 19, 2023 Minutes Kent, Washington 12. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Ralph adjourned the meeting. Meeting ended at 8:00 p.m. Ki4 Ley A. 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