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Home My WebLink AboutApproved Minutes 05-17-2021May 17, 2021 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES CITY OF RENTON MINUTES - City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM - Monday, May 17, 2021 Council Chambers, 7th Floor, City Hall – 1055 S. Grady Way CALL TO ORDER Mayor Pavone called the meeting of the Renton City Council to order at 7:00 PM. ROLL CALL Councilmembers Present: Randy Corman, Council President Angelina Benedetti, Council Position No. 2 Valerie O'Halloran, Council Position No. 3 Ryan McIrvin, Council Position No. 4 Ed Prince, Council Position No. 5 Ruth Pérez, Council Position No. 6 Kim-Khánh Vǎn, Council Position No. 7 (All councilmembers attended remotely) Councilmembers Absent: ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF PRESENT Armondo Pavone, Mayor Ed VanValey, Chief Administrative Officer Cheryl Beyer, Senior Assistant City Attorney Jason Seth, City Clerk Judith Subia, Council Liaison Preeti Shridhar, Deputy Public Affairs Administrator Chip Vincent, Community & Economic Development Administrator Martin Pastucha, Public Works Administrator Jan Hawn, Administrative Services Administrator Ellen Bradley-Mak, Human Resources and Risk Management Administrator Kelly Beymer, Community Services Administrator Jim Seitz, Public Works Transportation Systems Director Ron Straka, Public Works Utility Systems Director Kim Gilman, HR Labor Manager Kristi Rowland, Organizational Development Manager May 17, 2021 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Vangie Garcia, Transportation Planning Manager Interim Chief Jon Schuldt, Police Department Administrator Commander Dan Figaro, Police Department (All City staff attended remotely except City Clerk Seth) PROCLAMATION a) National Public Works Week: A proclamation by Mayor Pavone was read declaring May 16 - 22, 2021 to be National Public Works Week in the City of Renton, encouraging all residents to recognize the contributions public works professionals make every day to protect our health, safety, comfort and quality of life. Jim Seitz, Public Works Transportation Systems Director, accepted the proclamation with appreciation. MOVED BY CORMAN, SECONDED BY MCIRVIN, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE PROCLAMATION. CARRIED. b) Mental Health Month: A proclamation by Mayor Pavone was read declaring May 2021 to be Mental Health Month in the City of Renton, encouraging all members of the community, businesses, schools and community organizations to take the "stigmafree pledge" at www.nami.org/stigmafree. Mayor Pavone noted that the proclamation would be sent to Paul Charbonneau, Ending The Silence Coordinator, for the National Alliance on Mental Illness South King County. MOVED BY CORMAN, SECONDED BY MCIRVIN, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE PROCLAMATION. CARRIED. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT CAO Ed VanValey reviewed a written administrative report summarizing the City’s recent progress towards goals and work programs adopted as part of its business plan for 2021 and beyond. Items noted were: • Update from the Parks and Trails Division: o Kennydale Beach Park will be closed for fence repairs between Monday, May 17 and Friday, May 21. o Boat launch permits for parking at Coulon Park can be purchased online at rentonwa.gov/boatlaunch, or call 425-430-6700 and press 8. o Remember that no dogs are allowed at Gene Coulon and Kennydale Beach Parks, and no bicycles on the pedestrian trail at Coulon Park. All other parks and trails allow dogs on six-foot leashes, or you can visit the off-leash Cedar River Dog Park at 1500 Houser Way S. o For updated information, visit rentonwa.gov/parks or contact Community Services at 425-430-6600. • Community Services Forestry Division will be continuing with informational mailings as part of the ongoing “No Tree Topping” Campaign. Letters were sent recently to some residential areas where tree topping has occurred. Letters will now be mailed to commercial properties where similar tree topping problems have been noticed. This outreach will remain an information and education campaign only – no enforcement action will be undertaken at this time. • Preventative street maintenance will continue to impact traffic and result in occasional street closures. May 17, 2021 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES AUDIENCE COMMENTS • Peter Duncan, business owner in Renton, spoke about the tragic events leading up to his cousin Kaloni Bolton's death. He urged Council and the Mayor to pressure the board of University of Washington/Valley Medical Center (UW/VMC) to conduct a full root cause analysis of the situation; asked the Mayor to speak to the CEO of UW/VMC on the family's behalf; and requested a meeting between the Mayor and the family. Mr. Duncan also opined about systemic racism in the medical industry being a contributing factor in his cousin's death. • Francis Bowman, King County, stated that she is the aunt of Kaloni Bolton and echoed many of the same sentiments as Mr. Duncan. She requested assistance from the Mayor and Council with getting answers from UW/VMC staff. Ms. Bowman also urged Council to establish new legislation requiring Urgent Care facilities to actually provide "urgent" care to patients, noting that the UW/VMC Urgent Care facility on Benson road took over an hour before seeing Kaloni Bolton. • Kristina Williams, Renton, noted that she is Kaloni Bolton's mother, and explained that Kaloni's asthma issues should not have been a death sentence. She urged Council to help hold UW/VMC accountable, and to get them to provide answers on what exactly happened that led to the death of her daughter. • Celina Irving, Renton, noted that she is Kaloni Bolton's sister, and thanked Council for listening to her family. She urged Council and the Mayor to support the family and help them get answers from UW/VMC. • Holly Hill, Renton, spoke in support of Kaloni Bolton and her family. She echoed Mr. Duncan's concern about racial injustice being a contributing factor in Kaloni's death. She also reiterated Mr. Duncan's requests to help the family get answers from UW/VMC. • Ashley Paynter, Renton, noted that she is a current PhD student who operates a podcast entitled Decolonizing Science where she investigates systemic racism in the sciences, including medical science. She urged Council and the Mayor to help pressure UW/VMC into providing answers for the reasons why their facilities failed Kaloni Bolton. • Krysta Strasbaugh, Renton, voiced support for Kaloni Bolton and her family, and urged Council to become an advocate for the family. • Lydia Nichols, Renton, stated she is the organizer behind the Black Nurses Matter movement who held a recent march in support of Kaloni Bolton and her family. She reiterated Mr. Duncan's request to pressure UW/VMC into providing a full root cause analysis of the events leading up to Kaloni Bolton's death, and requested a meeting between the Mayor and the family. • Rev. Dr. Linda Smith, Renton, stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the ugliness of a system that often fails its black and brown community, by providing yet another example of the poor care most families of color receive from medical institutions. She urged Council to intervene on the family's behalf and help eradicate racism by holding UW/VMC accountable. She concluded by stating that if Kaloni Bolton had been white, she would likely be alive today. May 17, 2021 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES • Joseph Todd, Renton, voiced his support for Kaloni Bolton and her family, and urged Council to do the same. He also exclaimed that he wants, and should expect, that his black family to receive the same level of care as anyone else. CONSENT AGENDA Items listed on the Consent Agenda were adopted with one motion, following the listing. a) Approval of Council Meeting minutes of May 10, 2021. Council Concur. b) AB - 2858 Administrative Services Department recommended adoption of a resolution authorizing execution of Amendment No. 2 to the FileLocal interlocal agreement between the cities of Bellevue, Des Moines, Everett, Lake Forest Park, Seattle, and Tacoma, which extends the current cost allocation until 2024. Refer to Finance Committee. c) AB - 2863 Community & Economic Development Department recommended approval of an agreement with Alexander Codd, in the amount of $5,000, to design and install a mural celebrating the rich history of athletics in Renton over the past 120 years at Liberty Park; and approval to allocate the funds for the project from the Arts & Culture Project fund. Refer to Community Services Committee. d) AB - 2859 Community Services Department requested authorization to execute a restrictive covenant for the Fawcett ROFR property (part of the May Creek Greenway) acquired in 2020, which requires the parcel to be maintained as open space in perpetuity in order to receive $305,181 in King County Conservation Futures Grant funding. Refer to Finance Committee. e) AB - 2860 Community Services Department requested authorization to transfer $250,000 from the Parks Impact Fees fund to the May Creek trail South fund. A contract to design and permit a new soft surface trail and bridge to connect to the existing trail on the north side of May Creek will be brought to Council for approval at a later date. Refer to Finance Committee. MOVED BY CORMAN, SECONDED BY MCIRVIN, COUNCIL CONCUR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED. CARRIED. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a) Transportation Committee Chair McIrvin presented a report concurring in the staff recommendation to approve Change Order No. 6 to CAG-20-001 with Cascade Civil Construction, LLC for $270,000 for the Williams Avenue South and Wells Avenue South Conversion project (TIP No. 20-28). MOVED BY MCIRVIN, SECONDED BY VǍN, COUNCIL CONCUR IN THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION. CARRIED. NEW BUSINESS Please see the attached Council Committee Meeting Calendar. May 17, 2021 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY CORMAN, SECONDED BY MCIRVIN, COUNCIL ADJOURN. CARRIED. TIME: 8:01 P.M. Jason A. Seth, MMC, City Clerk Jason Seth, Recorder 17 May 2021 Council Committee Meeting Calendar May 17, 2021 May 24, 2021 Monday 4:00 PM Finance Committee, Chair O’Halloran – VIDEOCONFERENCE 1. Restrictive Covenants: Fawcett ROFR Conservation Futures Grant 2. May Creek Trail South Project 3. Amendment to the FileLocal ILA 4. Vouchers 4:45 PM Planning & Development Committee, Chair Prince – VIDEOCONFERENCE 1. Docket 16 Update 2. Housing Action Plan Update 3. Emerging Issues in CED 6:00 PM Committee of the Whole, Chair Corman – VIDEOCONFERENCE 1. 2021 Legislative Review 7:00 PM Council Meeting - VIDEOCONFERENCE