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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 14, 2011RENTON CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting March 14, 2011 Monday, 7 p.m. MIN UTES Council Chambers Renton City Hall CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCILMEMBERS CITY STAFF IN ATTENDANCE ADDED SPECIAL PRESENTATION Fire: Renton Heart Month Wrap-Up CONSENT AGENDA Council Meeting Minutes of 3/7/2011 CAG: 11-024, SW Sunset Blvd & Hardie Ave SW Pedestrian Improvements, RLAlia Company Mayor Law called the meeting of the Renton City Council to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. TERRI BRIERE, Council President; KING PARKER; DON PERSSON; MARCIE PALMER; GREG TAYLOR; RICH ZWICKER. MOVED BY ZWICKER, SECONDED BY PARKER, COUNCIL EXCUSE ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER RANDY CORMAN. CARRIED. DENIS LAW, Mayor; JAY COVINGTON, Chief Administrative Officer; LAWRENCE J. WARREN, City Attorney; JASON SETH, Deputy City Clerk; IWEN WANG, Finance and Information Technology Administrator; GREGG ZIMMERMAN, Public Works Administrator; ALEX PIETSCH, Community and Economic Development Administrator; LESLIE BETLACH, Parks Planning & Natural Resources Director; FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR MARK PETERSON, DEPUTY CHIEF ERIK WALLGREN and LIEUTENANT CHARLES DE SMITH, Fire & Emergency Services Department; COMMANDER PAUL CLINE, Police Department. Fire and Emergency Services Administrator Mark Peterson introduced Lieutenant Charles De Smith. Lt. De Smith reported that Renton Heart Month is a program designed to increase awareness about strokes, diabetes, and heart attacks by providing citizens with blood pressure checks and blood sugar screenings. He remarked that these screenings were conducted at various locations throughout the City, and presentations about healthy eating, fitness, and stroke and heart attack awareness were held at the Renton Senior Center. Lt. De Smith reported that over 20,000 people have been screened in the past five years. He stated that 7,000 people were screened this year, and that 860 high blood pressure and 624 blood sugar alerts were recorded. Concluding, he remarked that there are ongoing efforts to foster new partnerships, and thanked Valley Medical Center, The Balanced Athlete, and Kind Healthy Snacks for sponsoring this year's program. Councilmember Taylor noted that approximately 20 percent of the people screened this year had some type of health issue. Lt. De Smith stated that persons with alerts are given cards that explain what the numbers mean. Items listed on the consent agenda are adopted by one motion which follows the listing. Approval of Council meeting minutes of 3/7/2011. Council concur. City Clerk reported bid opening on 3/1/2011 for CAG-11-024, SW Sunset Blvd. and Hardie Ave. SW Pedestrian Improvements project; ten bids; engineer's estimate $157,333.40; and submitted staff recommendation to award the contract to the low bidder, R.L. Alia Company, in the amount of $126,120. Council concur. March 14, 2011 Renton City Council Minutes Page 66 CED: 2011 Neighborhood Grant Program Budget: 2011/2012 Carry- Forward Ordinance Finance: Libraries Facilities Reimbursement Bonds Authorization Lease: Rainier Flight Services, Ground & Building UNFINISHED BUSINESS Finance Committee Finance: Carco Theater Rental Fee Waiver, Smith Community Services: Cedar River Trail Trestle Bridge Repair, King County Road Services Division CED: School Impact Fees Community and Economic Development Department reported submission of grant applications for the 2011 Neighborhood Grant Program and recommended funding 16 newsletters totaling $8,063. Refer to Community Services Committee. Finance and Information Technology Department requested approval of the 2011/2012 carry-forward ordinance in the amount of $29,889,127, which increases the 2011/2012 Budget by carrying forward funds from 2010 for projects that were not completed in 2010. Refer to Finance Committee. Finance and Information Technology Department requested authorization to reimburse certain capital expenditures from the proceeds of the sale of reimbursement bonds, related to the construction of new libraries, to be issued in the future. Refer to Finance Committee. Transportation Systems Division recommended approval of a building and ground lease with Rainier Flight Services, in the amount of $23,447.43 plus leasehold tax, to lease a portion of the 790 Building and 12,000 square feet of tiedown space at the airport from 4/1/2011 to 3/31/2012. Refer to Transportation (Aviation) Committee. MOVED BY BRIERE, SECONDED BY PARKER, COUNCIL APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. CARRIED. Finance Committee Chair Persson presented a report recommending concurrence in the staff recommendation to approve the rental fee waiver in the amount of $390 for Carco Theatre for Congressman Adam Smith to host a Town Hall event in Renton for members of the public. MOVED BY PERSSON, SECONDED BY TAYLOR, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT. CARRIED. Finance Committee Chair Persson presented a report recommending concurrence in the staff recommendation to proceed with a Time & Materials Discretionary Work Request under the interlocal agreement with King County, CAG-08-180, with a budget maximum of $170,000 to repair the trestle bridge along the Cedar River Trail at Maplewood Roadside Park. The Committee further recommended that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute the Discretionary Work Request. MOVED BY PERSSON, SECONDED BY TAYLOR, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT. CARRIED. Finance Committee Chair Persson presented a report regarding the collection of impact fees on behalf of the Renton School District. The Renton School District has demonstrated an effort to collect School Impact Fees from all jurisdictions they serve. Therefore, the Committee recommends concurrence with the staff recommendation and the Renton School District request to adopt an ordinance to continue to maintain the current impact fee of $6,310 for each new single-family home and $1,258 for each new multi-family unit on behalf of the Renton School District. The Committee further recommended that the ordinance regarding this matter be presented for first reading. This matter shall remain in Committee in order to receive updates on the school district's progress on securing impact fees in other jurisdictions. March 14, 2011 Renton City Council Minutes Page 67 Community Event: City Employee Volunteerism, Habitat For Humanity Community Services Committee Community Services: Encroachments on Public Property RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES Community Services: Encroachments on Public Property CED: School Impact Fees MOVED BY PERSSON, SECONDED BY TAYLOR, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT. CARRIED. (See later this page for ordinance.) (The Issaquah and Kent School District impact fees were approved via a 3/7/2011 Finance Committee Report.) Councilmember Persson thanked the 20 City employees who volunteered their time to help with the Habitat for Humanity project last weekend. He praised the employees for persevering in the rainy weather. Community Services Committee Chair Palmer presented a report recommending concurrence in the staff recommendation to amend Renton Municipal Code, Title IX, Public Ways and Property, by adding a new Chapter 17, entitled Encroachments on Public Property. Encroachments on public property include use of City-owned property by persons for illegal purposes, such as dumping, illegal tree removal, and building upon public lands without permission. Many encroachments occur along natural areas where federal funding requirements prohibit these types of uses. The proposed Encroachment on Public Property Ordinance will be one tool to reduce, prevent, and remedy encroachments. The Committee further recommended that the ordinance regarding this matter be presented for first reading. MOVED BY PALMER, SECONDED BY ZWICKER, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT. CARRIED. (See later this page for ordinance.) The following ordinances were presented for first reading and referred Council meeting of 3/21/2011 for second and final reading: An ordinance was read amending Title IX (Public Ways and Property), of City Code, by adding a new Chapter 17, entitled "Encroachments on Public Property," establishing the policy of prevention of encroachments on public property, establishing an appeal procedure for encroachment violation notices, levying costs to resolve, remove or correct an encroachment, establishing damages and value of use for an encroachment, allowing for use permits for public property, declaring an encroachment as a nuisance, and establishing that an encroachment may be an infraction or misdemeanor. MOVED BY PALMER, SECONDED BY ZWICKER, COUNCIL REFER THE ORDINANCE FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING ON 3/21/2011. CARRIED. An ordinance was read amending Subsections 4-1-160.D., Fee Calculations, and 4-1-160.J., Adoption of the District Capital Facilities Plan and Submission of the Annual Updates and Report and Data, of Chapter 1, Administration and Enforcement, of Title IV (Development Regulations), of City Code, setting the impact fee at $3,808 per new single-family home in the Issaquah School District; setting the impact fee at $5,486 per new single-family home and $3,378 per new multi-family unit in the Kent School District; retaining the impact fee at $6,310 per new single-family home and $1,258 per new multi- family unit in the Renton School District; and adopting the Capital Facilities Plans of the Issaquah and Kent School Districts within the City of Renton. MOVED BY PERSSON, SECONDED BY TAYLOR, COUNCIL REFER THE ORDINANCE FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING ON 3/21/2011. CARRIED. March 14, 2011 Renton City Council Minutes Page 68 NEW BUSINESS Transportation: 3rd/4th St Corridor Phase I & S 7th St Project Updates Public Safety: Noise Ordinance & Panhandling ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY PALMER, SECONDED BY PERSSON, COUNCIL REFER THE TOPICS OF THE 3RD/4TH STREET CORRIDOR PHASE I PROJECT AND S. 7TH ST. UPDATE TO THE TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION) COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW. CARRIED. MOVED BY TAYLOR, SECONDED BY PERSSON, COUNCIL REFER THE TOPICS OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE AND PANHANDLING TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW. CARRIED. MOVED BY PERSSON, SECONDED BY TAYLOR, COUNCIL ADJOURN. CARRIED. Time>i7:20 p.m. „~ „_ // /^ I / Ja|bn Seth, Deputy City Clerk Li Li-Wong, Recorder March 14, 2011 RENTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING CALENDAR Office of the City Clerk COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS SCHEDULED AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 14, 2011 COMMITTEE/CHAIRMAN DATE/TIME AGENDA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (Briere) MON., 3/21 Legislative Update; 5 p.m. Sunset Area Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) - Briefing; Regional Issues COMMUNITY SERVICES (Palmer) FINANCE (Persson) MON., 3/21 Emerging Issues in Revenue; 3:30 p.m. Vouchers; 2011 Carry-Forward Ordinance; Library Reimbursement Bonds Resolution PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT (Parker) THURS., 3/17 Title IV (Development Regulations) Docket 3 p.m. #6 Recommendations; City Center Plan Phase II (briefing only) Shoreline Master Program (briefing only) PUBLIC SAFETY (Taylor) MON., 3/21 CANCELED TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION) (Corman) UTILITIES (Zwicker) THURS., 3/17 4:30 p.m. Friedman Latecomer Agreement NOTE: Committee of the Whole meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted. All other committee meetings are held in the Council Conference Room unless otherwise noted.