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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Committees - Public Works or Public Works Committee - 09/20/2021 Approved Public Works Committee CC PW Regular Meeting Minutes September 20, 2021 Date: September 20, 2021 Time: 4:00 p.m. Place: Chambers Attending: Brenda Fincher, Committee Chair Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember Marli Larimer, Councilmember Agenda: 1. Call to Order 4:00 p.m. Council Chair Fincher called the meeting to order. 2. Roll Call Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Brenda Fincher Committee Chair Present Satwinder Kaur Councilmember Remote Marli Larimer Councilmember Present 3. Agenda Approval No changes. 4. Business A. Lease Agreement with T-Mobile West Tower LLC by and through CCTMO LLC - Authorize Property and Acquisition Analyst, Cheryl Rolcik-Wilcox presented details about a lease agreement the City entered into on September 23, 2005, with a predecessor of T-- operate a wireless communications facility at the Pump Station No. 5 site, th located at 23825 98 Avenue South in Kent. That lease agreement expired on September 26, 2020 and converted to a month-to-month term payment. Rolcik-Wilcox advised that T-Mobile has requested to enter into a new lease which would retroactively commence on September 27, 2020 and end on September 30, 2025 with an option to renew for two additional five-year periods. Rent will start at $2,800 a month and will be adjusted to market rent during the first year of each renewal term. Rent will increase 4 percent years two through five of the initial term and each renewal term. MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to execute a lease agreement with T-Mobile West Tower LLC, by and through CCTMO LLC to operate and maintain a wireless communication facility at Page 1 of 3 Public Works Committee CC PW Regular Meeting September 20, 2021 Minutes Kent, Washington Pump Station No. 5, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the Public Works Director and City Attorney. RESULT: MOTION PASSES \[UNANIMOUS\] Next: 10/5/2021 7:00 PM MOVER: Marli Larimer, Councilmember SECONDER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember AYES: Fincher, Kaur, Larimer B. Termination of Drainage Easements and Sidewalk Easement on Bridge Point Kent 300 LLC Property - Authorize Property Acquisition Analyst, Cheryl Rolcik-Wilcox presented details from Bridge Development Partners LLC who is re-developing the former REI property. The developer has requested the City terminate two drainage easements granted to the City in 1987 that are located on the property in order to construct new buildings in the existing easement area and to convert the drainage system on the property from public to private. As part of the agreement the Developer also agreed to build a new sidewalk and planter strip with street trees, and dedicate as right-of-way the area where a sidewalk easement was granted to the City in 2012, is currently located. MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to sign terminations of two drainage easements and a sidewalk easement on property owned by Bridge Point Kent 300, LLC subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the Public Works Director and City Attorney. RESULT: MOTION PASSES \[UNANIMOUS\] Next: 10/5/2021 7:00 PM MOVER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember SECONDER: Marli Larimer, Councilmember AYES: Fincher, Kaur, Larimer C. Environmental Covenant with State of Washington, Pollution Liability Insurance Agency and G/R Meeker Street LLC - Authorize Public Works Director Chad Bieren presented a drawing of the intersection of 64th and Meeker that included the Midtown 64 Apartment complex, built by Goodman Real Estate (G/R Meeker). There is a portion of the G/R Meeker property that had been contaminated decades ago by an underground tank located at a former Shell Station. The contamination made its way across the street from the Shell site, underneath Meeker Street and onto the G/R Meeker property. G/R Meeker removed the soil, cleaned up the area and installed an activated carbon wall in a portion of the right-of-way, which prevents further pollution of the property. A limited license agreement was entered into with the City and G/R Meeker. As part of the process of getting the property released they need to have an environmental covenant that restricts certain activities and uses of the G/R Meeker Property and the portion of the right-of-way containing the carbon Page 2 of 3 Public Works Committee CC PW Regular Meeting September 20, 2021 Minutes Kent, Washington wall. Bieren went on to explain the benefit of the covenant to the committee. MOTION: I move to authorize the Mayor to execute an environmental covenant with the State of Washington, Pollution Liability Insurance Agency and G/R Meeker Street LLC, subject to final terms and conditions acceptable to the Public Works Director and City Attorney. RESULT: MOTION PASSES \[UNANIMOUS\] Next: 10/5/2021 7:00 PM MOVER: Marli Larimer, Councilmember SECONDER: Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember AYES: Fincher, Kaur, Larimer D. INFO ONLY: Residential Traffic Calming Program Update Transportation Engineer Honey Maria presented an update on the Residential Traffic Calming Program (RTCP). Maria noted the program was updated in June of 2020 to better address neighborhood livability concerns and noted it continues to be a popular program among residents. There were 44 traffic calming requests in 2020 and 23 in the first eight months of 2021. Below is the status of the program and the number of request in each part of the program: · 20 New RTCP requests · Staff scheduled new traffic studies as traffic conditions have settled into a D pandemic. · Staff closed out 21 RTCP requests that do not meet the minimum requirements to install traffic calming devices. 5. Adjournment 4:33 p.m. Council Chair Fincher adjourned the meeting. Cheryl Viseth Committee Secretary Page 3 of 3