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Home My WebLink About10-28-1996PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MINUTES OCTOBER 28, 1996 L CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 5:40 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Booth, Committee Chairman Rich Wagner, Council/Committee member Trish Borden and Council/Committee member Fred Poe. Staff in attendance were Public Works Director Frank A. Curfie, City Engineer Dennis Dowdy, Utility Planning Engineer Nass Diallo, Transportation Planner Nick Afzali, Utilities Engineer Dwight Holobaugh, Traffic Engineer Steve Mullen, Finance Director Diane Suplet, Planning Director Paul Krauss, Senior Planner Bob Sokol, City staff member Don Wright, Council member Gene Cerino and Public Works Secretary Laurie Scheder. Guests in attendance were King County Surface Water Management Terry Butler, Ken Kinared of The Lakeland Company, Consultant Attorney Tom Mortimer, Mark Utting and Nancy Riccio of P.G.G., John Raeder of the Chamber of Commerce, and Jim Bakke of Geodecke Properties. II. ISSUES A. ORDINANCE NO. 4923 - TO ACCEPT $100,000 IN GRANT FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION FOR THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN UPDATE. THE PROPOSED LOCAL MATCH OF $75,000 IS THE LEGISLATIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE GRANT FOR THE BNRR STAMPEDE PASS STUDY City Engineer Dennis Dowdy requested Ordinance No. 4923 be pulled from the agenda. City staff is waiting for Legislative clarification. Confirming no local match is intended. HI. CONSENT A. FINAL PAY ESTIMATE FOR PR 505, CONTRACT NO. 95-07, AUBURN WAY NORTH TO WOODWORTH & COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $74,115.33 The Public Works Committee recommended approval of Consent item A. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MINUTES OCTOBER 28, 1996 PAGE 2 OF 4 B. AWARD PR 596, CONTRACT NO. 96-18, TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR 37TH STREET AND "B" STREET NW STORM DRArNAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT The Public Works Committee recommends approval of Consent item B. C. STREET DELAY AGREEMENT FOR BREWER CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH FOR SIDEWALK AND ILLUMINATION IMPROVEMENTS The Public Works Committee recommended approval of Consent item C. IV'. INFORMATION OR DISCUSSION · A. KING COUNTY JOINT WETLANDS BANKING PRESENTATION Water Quality Programs Coordinator Chris Thorn presented the King County Wetlands Banking Proposal. A general discussion was held. SAMP Plan completion; funding and purchase of land were discussed. The Committee is of the opinion that City participation should proceed only after the Corps completes SAMP and issues a regional permit for Mill Creek. Reservations about purchasing more wetlands, while we already own substantial amounts awaiting some beneficial use, were expressed. Also that this is premature until City Storm Comprehensive Plan is updated and that these funds compete with other more worthy capital projects. Committee Chairman Wagner requested the date of the Storm Drainage Plan completion. Council member Poe asked for updated maps; if they were not cost prohibitive. B. COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN - FINANCE CHAPTER City Engineer Dennis Dowdy presented the financial chapter of the Comprehensive Transportation Plan. It was noted that with current revenue sources, the long- term capital and preservation needs far exceed the level of financing available. That the Council needs to consider more than just Level of Service (LOS) in setting the policy and strategy for developing the total system. That establishing a - PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MINUTES OCTOBER 28, 1996 · ': PAGE 3 OF 4 LOS too high tends to divert funds from repairing and maintaining our existing streets. That perhaps we should begin to favor repairing existing infrastructure before committing to build more which we cannot afford to maintain, Committee Chairman Wagner voiced a strong desire to proceed expeditiously to adoption. C. DRAFT MUCKLESHOOT SEWER CONNECTION AGREEMENT AND PR 560, MUCKLESHOOT SANITARY SEWER VAULT SMALL WORKS BID City Engineer Dennis Dowdy updated the Public Works Committee on the current status of the draft Muckleshoot Sewer Agreement. The Mucldeshoot Indian Tribe is reviewing the Agreement and the City is waiting for revisions. The sanitary sewer vault design is nearly complete and ready for advertisement. It was noted that the schedule for completion is very tight and that the City may need to go to construction prior to the agreement execution. Staff will keep the Committee appraised of developments. · D. AQUIFER CHARACTER PRESENTATION - 20 MINUTES Consultant Attorney Tom Motimer updated the Public Works Committee on the progress, study approach and goals of the Aquifer Study. P.G.G consultant presented a brief overview of date and findings collected to date. E. PIERCE COUNTY PAA COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT Utilities Planning Engineer Nass Diallo discussed the status of the Pierce County PAA Comprehensive Agreement. It is the general consensus that Lakeland Hills (pierce County) will be annexed to Auburn. F. DRAFT AGREEMENT AND ROW PERMIT WITH WORLD COM City Engineer Dennis Dowdy is reviewing and drafting the Right-of-way Permit and Agreement with World Corn; will return to Public Works at a later date. G. LID 346/PR 513 NE AUBURN SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT ROLL City Engineer Dennis Dowdy distributed the Assessment Roll for LID 346; the Public Works Committee is aware of mail out the week of October 28, 1996. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MINUTES OCTOBER 28, 1996 PAGE 4 OF 4 H. CAPITAL PROJECTS STATUS REPORT City Engineer Dennis Dowdy answered general questions regarding the Capital Status Report. · * I. DRAFT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR GEODECKE NORTH Water Quality Programs Coordinator Chris Thorn and staff requested direction ~'om the Public Works Committee on the sale or lease of the Geodecke north property. The Public Works Committee requested further financial data be provided and discussion to be held at a later date. In general the Committee favored: 1. Presenting in RFP as much information as possible without committing City staff 2. Better definition of constraints and requirements. 3. State minimum acceptable offer. 4. Known required improvements such as half-street. 5. Location where wetland fills maybe mitigated. 6. Consider only sale or lease offers. 7. Contingent upon successful processing through SEPA. 8. Allow each developer to determine the lot line between upland and wetland. · * J. DRAFT METRO TURNBACK AGREEMENT Utilities Engineer Dwight Holobaugh presented the proposed Metro Turnback Agreement for further review and discussion. V. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Public Works Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. LS/bd REF. E:NMINUTES\96PW 10-2 (H : XENGINEERXE96XE96-1000)