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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Works Committee - 08/06/2018 (2) Page 1 of 4 Approved Public Works Committee CC PW Regular Meeting Minutes August 6, 2018 Date: August 6, 2018 Time: 4:00 PM Place: Chambers East Attending: Dennis Higgins, Chair Brenda Fincher, Councilmember Toni Troutner, Councilmember Agenda: 1. Call to Order 4:00 PM 2. Roll Call Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Dennis Higgins Chair Present Brenda Fincher Councilmember Absent Toni Troutner Councilmember Present 3. Changes to the Agenda Items 6 & 7 removed and sent to Public Safety. Items 10 & 11 removed. Item 5 Alex Murillo presenting in place of Richard Schleicher 4. Approval of Minutes dated July 16, 2018 MOTION: Move to approve the Minutes dated July 16, 2018 RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Higgins, Troutner ABSENT: Fincher 5. Consultant Services Agreement with GeoEngineers for Signature Point Levee - Recommend Environmental Engineering Supervisor, Alex Murillo and Environmental Engineer II, Toby Hallock gave a presentation describing repairs on levees throughout the City along with those completed that are still needed on remaining levee's. Murillo explained the contract before the committee is with GeoEngineers for the Signature Pointe Levee and would include a study to analyze up to three alternatives for costs, benefits, impacts, opportunities and overall feasibility. Murillo also explained that the city recently executed an ILA with the King County Flood District to study the Signature Pointe Levee. This contract is consistent with the ILA. Murillo also added that Executive Director Michelle Clark of the Flood District did sign and approve the scope of work for the GeoEngineers contact. Public Works Committee CC PW Regular Meeting Minutes August 6, 2018 Kent, Washington Page 2 of 4 Higgins, thanked Murillo for the presentation and for explaining the ILA portion and commented that the money for this levee is coming from the Flood Control District. Troutner, commented that she is an alternate on the Flood Control District Advisory Committee and that we are very fortunate to receive a large amount of funds for a lot of the different projects that Kent is working on, Higgins agreed. MOTION: Recommend Council authorize the Mayor to sign a Consultant Services Agreement with GeoEngineers in an amount not to exceed $210,919, for levee alternatives analysis, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the City Attorney and Public Works Director. RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Toni Troutner, Councilmember SECONDER: Dennis Higgins, Chair AYES: Higgins, Troutner ABSENT: Fincher 6. School Zone Traffic Safety Camera Program Fund Expenditures – Recommend Vehicle Purchase This item moved to Public Safety Committee for August 14 MOTION: Recommend Council authorize the expenditure of $930,000 from the School Zone Traffic Safety Camera Fund, amend the budget, authorize the Mayor to purchase 15 police vehicles for the second phase of the car-per-officer program, utilizing the State’s master contract with Columbia Ford, Inc., and authorize future purchases with Columbia Ford if they are within the City’s established budgets and made during the term of the master contract. RESULT: PULLED 7. Police Interceptor Vehicles Approval to Order - Recommend This item moved to Public Safety Committee for August 14 MOTION: Recommend Council authorize the expenditure of $434,000 from the 2019 Fleet Reserve fund, amend the budget, and authorize the Mayor to purchase seven replacement police vehicles utilizing the State’s master contract with Columbia Ford. RESULT: PULLED 8. 2018 Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) Grants - Information Only Public Works Committee CC PW Regular Meeting Minutes August 6, 2018 Kent, Washington Page 3 of 4 The Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) has issued a call for projects for the Urban Arterial Program (UAP), the Sidewalk Program (SP), and a call for Complete Streets Award nominations. TIB requires 20% match for UAP and SP programs, but no match is required for the Complete Streets Award. For the Puget Sound Region, $39.1 million is available for the UAP and $2.7 million is available for the SP. Statewide, up to $21 million is available for Complete Streets Awards. Kent staff have reviewed the grant criteria and recommend submitting applications for the following projects: 1) Urban Arterial Program - S. 228th Street Union Pacific Railroad Grade Separation ($3.5 million) 2) Sidewalk Program - Walkway on the north side of SE 256th Street from 137th Way SE to 140th Ave SE and extruded curb on the south side from SE 135th Street to 140th Ave SE (No more than $600,000) The Complete Streets Award is available to any jurisdiction who adopted a complete streets ordinance and shows an ethic of planning and building streets that accommodate all users, including pedestrians, transit riders, cyclists, and motorists. ECD staff are working to secure up to 6 nominations from various non-profit and state agencies. Awards will range from $100,000 to $1 million. The opportunity could build on the $250,000 award the City received during the last round. Higgins wished us good luck and thanked us for pursuing these grants. 9. Information Only – James Street Update - Information Only Construction Manager, Eric Connor gave an update on the James Street Project. Connor explained that we had a 20 day closure of James Street and today is day 17. Today was the final concrete pour and tomorrow asphalt paving. There are sidewalk, curb ramps and clean up left to do. Thursday the crews will be cleaning up and then will open the road to the public by end of the day Thursday August 9, after that there will be 10 more working days on the contract for the remainder of the work. Connor showed a timeline of pictures of the project and complimented the contractor on doing a great job. Higgins asked how the traffic management went. Conner explained they had to make a few adjustments in the beginning because people were coming through the barricades so the contractor added more flagger's. Higgins asked about the Metro route and if we communicated with the neighborhood that Metro buses would be coming through. Connor said that unfortunately no communication went out, but that was a learning opportunity for next time. 10. Quiet Zone Update - Information Only Removed from the Agenda Public Works Committee CC PW Regular Meeting Minutes August 6, 2018 Kent, Washington Page 4 of 4 11. 228th Street Corridor UPRR Overpass Update on the Right of Way Acquisition - Information Only Removed from the Agenda 12. Adjournment 4:24 AM Cheryl Viseth Committee Secretary