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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-09-2007 CITY OF WASHINGTON I. CALL TO ORDER CITY OF AUBURN PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MARCH 9, 2007 MINUTES Chairman Rich Wagner called the meeting to order at 2:30 PM. in Conference Room #3, located on the second floor of Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street, Auburn, Washington. Committee members present were: Chairman Rich Wagner, Vice-Chair Roger Thordarson, and Member Bill Peloza. Also present during the meeting were: Mayor Peter B. Lewis, Public Works Director Dennis Dowdy, City Engineer/Assistant Director Dennis Selle, Assistant City Engineer Ingrid Gaub, Senior Project Engineer Bill Helbig, Utilities Engineer Dan Repp, Storm Drainage Engineer Tim Carlaw, Water Quality Program Coordinator Chris Thorn, Project Engineer Ryan Vondrak, Traffic Operations Engineer Scott Nutter, Transportation Planner Joe Welsh, Transportation Planner/Grants Manager Tiffin Goodman, Street System Engineer Seth Wickstrom, Financial Planning Manager Dawna Truman, Finance Director Shelley Coleman, City Attorney Dan Heid, Secretary Kimberly Powell. II. CONSENT AGENDA A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES It was moved by Vice-Chair Thordarson, seconded by Chairman Wagner, that the Committee approve the Public Works Committee minutes for February 26, 2007. Motion carried. B. RIGHT-OF-WAY USE PERMIT NO. 07-10, FOR AUBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT GRADUATION CEREMONIES It was moved by Vice-Chair Thordarson, seconded by Chairman Wagner, that the Committee approve Right-Of-Way Use Permit No. 07-10. Motion carried. C. APPROVE AWARD OF CONTRACT 06-24, PROJECT NO. CP0630, 2006/2007 CITYWIDE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER It was moved by Vice-Chair Thordarson, seconded by Chairman Wagner, that the Committee recommend Council award Contract 06-24, Project No. CP0630, to Transtech Electric Inc. Motion carried. D. AWARD SMALL WORKS CONTRACT 06-26, PROJECT NO. CP0637, TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, LUMINAIRE REPAIR/REPLACEMENT PROJECT TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER It was moved by Vice-Chair Thordarson, seconded by Chairman Wagner, that the Committee recommend Council award Small Works Contract No.06-26, Project No. CP0637, to Construct Company LLC. Motion carried. E. PERMISSION TO ENTER INTO CONSULTANT AGREEMENT NO. AG-C-292, WITH INCA ENGINEERS, INC. FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR PROJECT NO. CP0701, 8T" STREET NE AND R STREET NE SIGNAL It was moved by Vice-Chair Thordarson, seconded by Chairman Wagner, that the Committee recommend Council authorize Consultant Agreement No. AG-C-292, with Inca Engineers, Inc. Motion carried. Public Works Committee Minutes MARCH 9 2007 MINUTES III. ISSUES A. ORDINANCE NO. 6085, AMENDING CHAPTER 12.48 OF THE AUBURN CITY CODE RELATING TO STREET (RIGHT-OF-WAY) VACATIONS Transportation Planner Welsh verified that Chapter 12.48 had been updated to show that appraisals will not be required by a licensed appraiser unless the property is estimated to be valued in excess of $2,000.00. Property value will be determined by using the average assessed value of surrounding properties. It was moved by Vice-Chair Thordarson, seconded by Member Peloza, that the Committee recommend that Council adopt Ordinance No. 6085. Motion carried. IV. DISCUSSION AND INFORMATION A. ORDINANCE NO. 6084, ADDING CHAPTER 13.52 TO THE AUBURN CITY CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITING DECEPTIVE AND FRAUDULENT PRACTICES RELATED TO THIRD PARTY BILLING FOR MASTER METERED OR OTHER UN-METERED UTILITY SERVICES PROVIDED TO MULTI-FAMILY AND MULTI-DWELLING UNIT BUILDINGS Chairman Wagner verified through City Attorney Heid the legal wording and authority level on several items. Chairman Wagner also requested City Attorney Heid to contact the attorney of Bonney Lake as a courtesy to let him know what was discussed. B. ORDINANCE NO. 6086 AMENDS ORDINANCE NO. 6066. THE 2007-2008 BIENNIAL BUDGET ORDINANCE AND AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF AUBURN 2007- 2008 BUDGET AS SET FORTH IN SCHEDULE "A" Finance Director Coleman briefly explained Schedule A and verified various totals. C. 4th STREET SEWER EXTENSION Water Quality Program Coordinator Thorn updated the Committee on the progress and concerns of this project. Chairman Wagner and Mayor Lewis mentioned that this subject has been brought forth prior and that the City needs to re-visit exactly what the community has been told and what the community requested from the City. Chairman Wagner and Mayor Lewis requested that staff bring this subject back to the Committee for further discussion. D. 2007 DRAINAGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE SCOPE OF WORK Utilities Engineer Repp briefed the Committee on the progress of the Comprehensive Plan. Discussion took place in regards to the scope of services and Utilities Engineer Repp explained in detail the mapping requirements in the comprehensive plan, emergency power (generators) and other needs as necessary. E. NPDES PHASE II STORMWATER PERMIT ISSUES BRIEFING Storm Drainage Engineer Carlaw briefed the Committee on the permit general conditions and explained the elements of the permit requirements. Page 2 Public Works Committee Minutes MARCH 9, 2007 MINUTES F. GRANT STATUS UPDATE Transportation Planner/Grants Manager Goodman reviewed the Grant Status Update with the Committee Members. Chairman Wagner requested a briefing paper for A Street NW (West Main to 3~d Street NW) be developed to assist in future funding discussions. F. CAPITAL PROJECTS STATUS REPORT Item 8: C307B, City Wide ITS Improvements Project Chairmen Wager indicated that staff should be considering future ITS routes within the City for after this phase is completed. Routes discussed included Lake Tapps Parkway and A Street SE. Item 13: C501A, Urban Center Transportation Improvements The project is in the right-of-way acquisition phase and is waiting on the final partial acquisition from the Auburn Regional Medical Center at Auburn Ave. and 1St Street NE. Item 22: CP0701, 8th and R Street Traffic Signal The committee requested the budget and cost be updated to reflect their decision earlier in the meeting. Item 34: FAC06-0024, MIT Bingo Hall Signal on AWS The plans have been approved and the pre-construction conference has been held. OTHER DISCUSSION Member Peloza announced that he received a call from a citizen regarding the road condition of 25T" Street SE. It was stated that this is a gravel road and Assistant City Engineer Gaub said that the neighborhood had previously turned down a LID. City Engineer/ Assistant Director Selle suggested to Member Peloza to have the citizen call him and that he would meet with them to discuss the LID process to allow the citizen to discuss the possibility of an LID with the neighborhood. V. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Public Works Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m. Submitted by: Kimberly Powell, Department Secretary. Approved by the Public Works Committee on ~~ a ~Y ~ Page 3