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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Meeting - City Council Meeting - 02/04/2025 Approved Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting KENT Minutes February 4, 2025 Date: February 4, 2025 Time: 7:02 p.m. Place: Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER/FLAG SALUTE Mayor Ralph called the meeting to order. 2. ROLL CALL Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Satwinder Kaur Council President Present Bill Boyce Councilmember Present John Boyd Councilmember Present Brenda Fincher Councilmember Present Marli Larimer Councilmember Present Toni Troutner Councilmember Present Zandria Michaud Councilmember Present Dana Ralph Mayor Present 3. AGENDA APPROVAL A. I move to approve the agenda as presented. RESULT: MOTION PASSES [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Satwinder Kaur, Council President SECONDER: Bill Boyce, Councilmember AYES: Kaur, Boyce, Boyd, Fincher, Larimer, Troutner, Michaud 4. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS A. Public Recognition i. Employee of the Month Mayor Ralph recognized KateLynn Jennings as the February, 2025 Employee of the Month. Parks Director, Julie Parascondola talked about Kate Lynn's work and expressed appreciation of her and Jennings expressed appreciation of the honor. ii. Proclamation for Black History Month Mayor Ralph presented the Proclamation for Black History Month to Councilmember Boyce. Boyce expressed appreciation of the Proclamation. Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting February 4, 2025 Minutes Kent, Washington ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................._.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. iii. Recognition of Adopt-A-Street Volunteers Public Works Environmental Specialist, Ben Saari recognized the 2024 Adopt- A-Street/Spot volunteers. Saari went onto honor the volunteers by highlighting their work throughout 2024 and provided a review of the number of volunteers, bags of trash, and volunteer hours, in addition to comparing 2024 numbers to prior years. To volunteer, visit Kentwa.gov/talking trash, call 253-856-5589, or email tdonati@kentwa.gov. B. Community Events Council President Kaur announced upcoming events at the accesso ShoWare Center. Councilmember Fincher announced the upcoming Spotlight Series Event. Councilmember Michaud announced the Kent Kids Arts Day that is on March 8tn at 10 a.m. at the Kent Commons. 5. REPORTS FROM COUNCIL AND STAFF A. Mayor Ralph's Report Mayor Ralph provided an update on her meetings in Olympia with the legislative delegation. Discussion surrounded around Kent's #1 priority of looking to replace funds lost through the prior changes to streamlined sales tax. Mayor Ralph talked about receiving recognition from the Project Be Free organization that supports those affected by domestic violence. Mayor Ralph announced that Ezee Fiber is bringing fiber to Kent. B. Chief Administrative Officer's Report Chief Administrative Officer, Pat Fitzpatrick announced that the City settled lawsuits with the Phoenix Court Apartments. Fitzpatrick provided details of the lawsuit, settlement, and positive changes that have come out of this process. C. Councilmembers' Reports Council President Kaur provided an overview of the two workshop presetations from today's meeting. Councilmember Troutner serves as the Chair of the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority Governance Board that will be reviewing requests related to the Fire Benefit Charges. Page 2 of 6 Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting February 4, 2025 Minutes Kent, Washington ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................._.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. Troutner provided statistics of the people that utilized the severe weather shelter and expressed appreciation of the help of the Parks Department, donations from the Clerk's Office, the Kiwanis Club for making soup and for Councilmember Fincher and the Holy Spirit Church for providing space for the shelter. The Shelter will be open from 9 p.m. until 7 a.m. Councilmember Michaud provided a recap of the two Parks-related items on today's Committee of the Whole agenda. Michaud serves on the King County Regional Law, Safety and Justice committee that received a briefing from the Regional Domestic Violence Initiative Task Force that shared information about extreme risk protection orders. Councilmember Larimer provided a recap of the Economic and Community Development item on today's Committee of the Whole agenda. Councilmember Boyce provided a recap of the Public Safety-related agenda item on today's Committee of the Whole. Councilmember Boyce serves on the Sound Cities Association Public Issues Committee and reminded councilmembers to register for next week's panel discussion on ways to get involved. Councilmember Boyd serves on the Local Hazard Waste Management Committee that will meet next week. Councilmember Fincher announced that February 51" is Arts Day in Washington. Fincher serves on the Mental Illness and Drug Dependency Council that received a report on "Be Heard," a community listening project. 6. PUBLIC HEARING None. 7. PUBLIC COMMENT No one signed up to provide public comment. Reference to written public comment: City Clerk, Kim Komoto advised that a written public comment was received and distributed to all persons on the dais. Komoto will attach the written comment to the minutes. S. CONSENT CALENDAR Page 3 of 6 Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting February 4, 2025 Minutes Kent, Washington ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................._.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. I move to approve Consent items A - H. RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Satwinder Kaur, Council President SECONDER: Bill Boyce, Councilmember AYES: Kaur, Boyce, Boyd, Fincher, Larimer, Troutner, Michaud A. Approval of Minutes i. Council Workshop - Workshop Regular Meeting - Jan 21, 2025 5:15 PM ii. City Council Meeting - City Council Regular Meeting - Jan 21, 2025 7:00 PM B. Payment of Bills - Approve MOTION: I move to approve the payment of bills received through 12/15/24 and paid on 12/15/24; approve the checks issued for payroll 12/1/24 - 12/15/24; approve the payment of bills received through 12/31/24 and paid on 12/31/24; and approve the checks issued for payroll 12/16/24-12/31/24 and paid on 1/3/25, all audited by the Committee of the Whole on 1/21/25. C. Ordinance Authorizing Fiber Franchise with Ezee Fiber Texas, LLC - Adopt MOTION: I move to adopt Ordinance No. 4512, granting a non- exclusive 10-year franchise with Ezee Fiber Texas, LLC for the installation of a fiber optic network, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney. D. 2025-2026 Recreation Guide Printing/Mailing Services - Authorize MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to sign the Goods and Services Agreement with Consolidated Press, LLC., subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the Parks Director and City Attorney. E. Accept Funds From the Transportation Improvement Board for the 132nd Avenue S.E. Pedestrian Improvement Phase 3 Project - Accept MOTION: I move to accept grant funds in the amount of $490,000 from the Transportation Improvement Board for the 132nd Avenue S.E. Pedestrian Improvement Phase 3 project, amend the budget, and authorize the expenditure of funds, and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary agreements and other documents, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the Public Works Director and City Attorney. Page 4 of 6 Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting February 4, 2025 Minutes Kent, Washington ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................._.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. F. Accept Funds from the Transportation Improvement Board for the 83rd Avenue South Sidewalk Project - Accept MOTION: I move to accept grant funds in the amount of $625,000 from the Transportation Improvement Board for the 83rd Avenue South Sidewalk project, amend the budget, and authorize the expenditure of funds, and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary agreements and other documents, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the Public Works Director and City Attorney. G. Accept the 2024 Plastic Markings Project as Complete - Authorize MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to accept the 2024 Plastic Markings Project as complete and release retainage to Specialized Pavement Marking, LLC upon receipt of standard releases from the State and the release of any liens. H. Accept the 2023 Paint Line Striping and Raised Pavement Marking Replacement Project as Complete - Authorize MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to accept the 2023 Paint Line Striping and Raised Pavement Marking Replacement Project as complete and release retainage to Specialized Pavement Marking, LLC upon receipt of standard releases from the State and the release of any liens. 9. OTHER BUSINESS None. 10. BIDS A. 2025 Water Main Improvements Bid - Award Public Works Director, Chad Bieren provided details on the 2025 Water Main Improvements Bid and recommended awarding to R.W. Scott Construction. MOTION: I move to award the 2025 Water Main Improvements Project to R.W. Scott Construction Company in the amount of $1,777,602.04 and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director. Page 5 of 6 Kent City Council City Council Regular Meeting February 4, 2025 Minutes Kent, Washington ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................._.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. RESULT: MOTION PASSES [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Brenda Fincher, Councilmember SECONDER: Toni Troutner, Councilmember AYES: Kaur, Boyce, Boyd, Fincher, Larimer, Troutner, Michaud 11. EXECUTIVE SESSION AND ACTION AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION None. 12. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Ralph adjourned the meeting. Meeting ended at 7:42 p.m. Ki4�tey A. 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' To sponsor this spot: K participate: KentWA.gov/Adopt-A-Spot entWA.gov/Adopt-a-Street 253-856-5500 . • 253-856-5500 .� `/Kr ry7 • • / ` r `/N \� KENT : ' C0190 From: Phill Kelner To: City Clerk Subject: Internet Service Choices Date: Tuesday,January 21,2025 5:24:44 PM This message originated outside the City of Kent. Use caution when following links or opening attachments as they can be malicious. Please contact IT Security at ISPCaIKentWA.gov with any questions. Hello, I understand that it's after 4PM on January 21 st and there's a City Council meeting this evening that I am unable to attend, and that my message may be too late to be read at today's meeting. However I'm choosing to submit this message anyway in the hopes it'll be read at the next meeting if I am not able to attend in person. I'll also be sending a version of this message to the Mayor and the Council separately, and I'll likely resend this message before the next council meeting to ensure it's read in. I'm writing today because once again the internet service that I purchase from Comcast has inexplicably gone down, and has been down so far for 13 hours. In the last three months there have been at least 5 such outages that extended beyond 4 hours, and four of those outages have exceeded 20 hours -basically an entire functional day. One of these outages I can somewhat understand -the wind storm in late November caused similar downtime across many utilities over the entire Puget Sound region. The other outages however were inexplicable. This is only based on data that I have from the last three months, but anecdotally, I've been having this experience with Comcast since I moved to Kent three years ago - of random inexplicable outages that can last anywhere from half a day to multiple days. Given the option, I would have long ago voted with my wallet and changed service providers from Comcast,but unfortunately there are no comparable service providers as far as I'm aware that serve my address. T-Mobile 5G Home Internet is not available at my address, CenturyLink only offers DSL that maxes out at 50Mbps for the same cost as the 400Mbps service I purchase from Comcast, and the likes of Ziply, CenturyLink, or Quantum Fiber have only expressed desires, but no concrete plans, to expand fiber optic service to our area. I consider this a failure of public policy to encourage the development of these services in our area, and to encourage robust competition against a juggernaut like Comcast. I do not understand why Comcast is allowed to be a functional monopoly for broadband internet service, and the refunds and solutions that I've been offered by them have been pitiful at best, and insulting at worst. Prior to moving to the Puget Sound region from Rochester,New York, I was a happy customer of a local internet service provider(Greenlight Networks)that offered high speed fiber optic internet. Even before moving to Kent, when I used to live in Bothell, I was a happy customer of Ziply- their service was reliable, high speed, and their customer service was effective when my needs needed to be addressed. I would like to hear if the Council or the Mayor's office have heard any development of rival service providers in the Kent region(specifically East Hill for my own needs), or if there have been any ideas or effort put forth to address this need. I believe that robust competition and choice in the field of internet service is a crucial need for Kent to continue to grow as a destination for individuals, families, and businesses. Thank you for your time to consider this message. I hope to hear some constructive discussion on this soon. 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