HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-15-2001PRESENT: Mayor Booth, Councilmembers Poe, Wagner, and Borden. City of Auburn
Staff: Jim Kelly-Police; Bob Johnson-Fire; Paul Krauss-Planning; Dick Deal-Parks and
citizen Bill Peloza
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Call to Order: Chair Fred Poe called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as written.
Consent:
Michele's Truckin_o and Excavation: Paul Krauss recommended the approval to
accept the excavation and installation of infrastructure work by Michele's Trucking &
Excavation in connection with the new hangar project at Auburn Municipal Airport and
release retainage in the amount of $40,383.38. Mr. Krauss explained that this is the
original grading contract for the north hangar area, which was completed several years
ago. The original contractor contested it trying to get the City to pay an additional
amount of money for a shutdown that was caused by winter. The City refused to pay it
but would like to now, go forward and process the final pay request. Moved to
recommend to Council to accept the contract settlement, seconded and approved.
Ordinance No. 5594: Jim Kelly explained that Ordinance No. 5594 will be consistent
with the recently adopted state laws and adopts a City Ordinance which mirrors the
state law on the precursor drug sale limitations for methamphetamine production.
Moved to adopt Ordinance No. 5594, seconded and approved.
Information/Discussion
Ground Lease Proposal for Hano_ar Pads: Paul Krauss explained that he would like
the Committee to consider the request from Gary E. Bolster from Hangars Unlimited to
extend the marketing period from 3 months to their original request of 6 months from
execution. Also to give similar consideration to Bill Vandenberg. Mr. Krauss did explain
that he needed to find out the legal mechanism to achieve this and that perhaps it would
be through a "Letter of Understanding". Mr. Krauss suggested giving them at least
another 6 to 8 weeks. Chair Poe concurred with Mr. Krauss. The last paragraph in Mr.
Bolster's letter was discussed. Mr. Krauss explained that the depth of the existing
building is somewhat shy of 50 feet, which is really needed to accommodate aircraft.
Consequently, a variance with the FAA is trying to be worked out, in order to allow the
building to encroach into the taxi lane and Mr. Krauss was confident that the FAA would
allow that so a full size building could be built. This is a different issue that needs to
come back to Committee at a later time.
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Security at the Airport was discussed briefly. Jim Kelly explained that even prior to
September 11th, the Police Department had increased and maintained the uniformed
patrols, both by private security and Auburn Police Officers due to the theft, vandalism,
and other issues. Due to heightened awareness, all calls are investigated thoroughly.
Items Not on the A_oenda:
Terrorism/Anthrax Hei_ohtened Awareness: Jim Kelly explained that the Police
Department is on a "heightened awareness" mode and has already responded to three
suspicious mail items throughout the City. Special awareness is being used for mail
handlers at the P.D. by wearing latex gloves, being aware and evaluating any suspicious
mail items and packages. Personnel have been alerted to some of the peculiarities of
the packages that have been received nationally, i.e. hand written-general delivery,
foreign postage, excessive postage, etc.
Bob Johnson explained that Haz-Mat Teams have been responding to a number of
Anthrax related calls in the Tukwila and Seattle area. The State has been trying to get
all the Haz-Mat teams and the Public Health Department together to come up with a
"Citizens" brochure and secondly with "Operational Outlines" for the various Haz-Mat
Teams.
The FAA Incident of an attempted delivery by an unknown person is a major concern
and was referred to the FBI.
Special Commitment Center: Councilmember Borden inquired about the SCC and the
housing of offenders. Jim Kelly responded that Auburn has their fair share and is in the
hopes that the offenders will be located in Northeast King County. Auburn has a
number of sexual predators, level I, II, and III and basically if K.C. does not find a
reasonable spot to locate a "halfway house", the state will step in and determine where it
will be located. Discussion ensued.
In-Car Video System: Jim Kelly reported that the installations are complete. Training
is in process and hopes to be able to invite the Committee to a vehicle at the next
meeting for a view of the equipment. The policy has been written but won't actually go
live until the end of the month. Chief Kelly feels there will be some very creative uses of
the equipment.
1820 "L" ST SE: There have some complaints from residents near Olympic Middle
School. They're upset with the criminal and narcotic activity that's been going on at
1820 L St SE. The Police Department has been responsive to the concerns. Since
1994 there has been approximately 40 law enforcement incidences at the home. The
owner of the home is physically and mentally challenged, however allows criminal
activity to occur. The P.D. is trying to work with her, but it is not working out. Chief Kelly
has submitted a request to the City Attorney's Office to begin abatement procedures
against the house and property owner. However it has the potential to be somewhat of
a sensitive nature.
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Jail Suicide: Jim Kelly reported that recently there was a jail suicide. The investigation
is still pending. The Kent Police were called in to do the investigation and Chief Kelly
has a preliminary report from them that was submitted. He's waiting for the Medical
Examiner and Toxicology reports on the victim, at which time Kent will be able to finalize
their investigation report. The cell where the suicide occurred was under video
surveillance. It revealed that no homicide occurred. There was no correctional staff
misconduct associated with the suicide.
Skootie Brown Agreement: Dick Deal advised the Committee that this agreement had
gone to previous PCDC Committee meetings and there was a couple of errors in terms
of the address of the Green River Professional Center. Also, the original agreement
was amended to get a contribution of $30,000 from the dentist to re-build a lakeside
facility at another location. As a result of the changes this agreement is going to Council
as an agenda modification.
Olson Farm: Dick Deal advised the Committee that Mayor Booth received notification
that the Olson Farm has made the National Register of Historic Places.
Dykstra Foot Bridge: Dick Deal reported that the Dykstra Foot Bridge is down but is
secured now. There appeared to be some minor damage from squirrels mainly to one
of the support beams. Rupert Engineering was asked to go out and make an
assessment. They came up with a plan to modify it to do a short- term fix, and then in
the wintertime, a more correct structural amendment can be done. When the contractor
got out there to make the repairs, they found that it wasn't just a little bit bad; it was
much worse then anticipated. The entire north end of the bridge needs to be rebuilt. It
will be closed approximately 4-6 weeks at a cost of about $30,000 to $50,000.
Adjournment: Chair Fred Poe adjourned the meeting at 5:57 pm.
Next regularly scheduled meeting is Monday, November 5, 2001 at 5:00 PM in Meeting
Room 3.
Submitted by:
Jeanne Herold, Admin. Secretary
Auburn Fire Department
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