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The consent calendar (items a\u0000through d) passed on a voice vote with no recorded opposition.

Public Works Director Chad Barron summarized two competitive bid processes for annual pavement maintenance. For the 2025 plastic markings (arrows, stop bars and similar thermoplastic roadway markings), the city received four bids. Barron said the low bidder was Construction Ahead, Inc., doing business as Pavement Surface Control, with a bid of $304,130; the engineer\u0000s estimate had been about $386,395. Council moved and seconded a motion to award the contract and to authorize the mayor to sign documents subject to terms acceptable to the city attorney and public works director. The motion carried on a recorded voice vote, 7-0.

For the 2025 paint line striping and raised pavement marking replacement, Barron reported four bids and recommended awarding the contract to the same low bidder, Construction Ahead, Inc., DBA Pavement Surface Control, for $427,580 (engineer\u0000s estimate approximately $458,180). The council approved the motion to award and authorized the mayor to sign, again by a 7-0 vote.

No amendments or conditions beyond the standard authorization for final terms acceptable to the city attorney and public works director were recorded. Materials in the meeting record indicate the purchases are annual operations and were presented as routine maintenance; council members commented on the importance of high-visibility markings for safety in wet and dark conditions.

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Shanal Kumar, who said they live and work in Kent, asked the council to create \"a safe haven\" and described a proposed \"LGBTQ Century City\" as a signal that the city values safety and equality.

Amasay Cheke, who identified themself as vice chair of the Washington State LGBTQI Commission and a staff member with Utopia Washington, urged Kent to adopt a resolution similar to Tacoma\u0000s substitute resolution No. 41,628. Cheke said local government resolutions can reinforce state protections and help ensure city resources are not used to target marginalized people.

\"Local governments have a responsibility to uphold these rights, to ensure they are meaningfully enforced, and to foster communities where everyone, regardless of who they are and who they love, can live freely, safely with dignity,\" Cheke said.

Adrianna Su Luai, policy director for Utopia Washington, said the request reflected both personal experience and professional work supporting queer and trans people. She told the council the resolution would signal to youth and families that Kent is a place where gender-affirming and LGBTQI services and supports are welcome.

No council action on a resolution was recorded in the meeting minutes or the council\u0000s on-the-record motions; the speakers asked the council to take a future legislative step. The record does not show any council members formally introducing or scheduling a resolution during the March 4 meeting.

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Ellis said recent input-output analysis shows the Kent Valley\u0000s transportation and warehousing, wholesale trade and manufacturing sectors together produce tens of billions of dollars in economic output for the state. He said Kent Valley alone accounts for about 34% of the state\u0000s aerospace output and that the valley\u0000s total economic output for the sector is roughly $28 billion a year.

The figures matter because, Ellis said, employers and the local economy depend on a regional supply chain and a skilled pipeline of workers. He told the council the city is convening employers and partners to address recruitment, retention and compliance barriers for small and medium aerospace and manufacturing firms, and that the city has kicked off an \"employer table\" of CEOs and public partners to develop practical steps.

\"We kicked it off in November of last year, at the Museum of Flight, and this is a photo of that. We had 20 CEOs of aerospace companies at the table,\" Ellis said, describing the first two meetings and related work committees on education/skills and contract compliance.

Ellis said the city is coordinating with AJAC (the Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship Committee), school districts and local training partners to expand pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship pathways for high-school students and teachers, and that Port of Seattle partnership funds are supporting professional development with Kent School District teachers.

He also described private redevelopment in the city\u0000s retail corridors: Rhino Investments owns the former Tops supermarket site on East Hill and plans construction on a reconfigured 66,000-square-foot shopping center that will include Burlington Coat Factory and other tenants, with construction expected to start this month and openings later this year.

Ellis reviewed rent and lease-rate trends in the industrial market and said Kent Valley lease rates have risen in recent quarters to levels similar to South Seattle, diverging from Tacoma\u0000Fife prices. He said the city is tracking how that shift affects small manufacturers and the mix of new and legacy industrial space.

Council members responded with praise for the department\u0000s outreach and the employer convening; the record shows no formal action or motion tied to the report.

The report included references to tools and programs the city is using or promoting, including AJAC, Port of Seattle partnership funds, Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship efforts and the federal Foreign Trade Zone program, which Ellis said can reduce tariff costs for cross-border supply chains.

Ellis told council members he will provide updates as the employer table and school-district partnerships advance.

","City economic development staff told the council the Kent Valley accounts for a large share of the region\u0000s aerospace and manufacturing output and outlined employer convenings and apprenticeship partnerships to retain local firms and workers.","actionData","errors"]

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