2017-04-17 Public Safety Minutes

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PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE • . f 1 • Citv Council Public Safetv Committee Meeting Minutes April 17, 2017 - 5:30 p.m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall Councilmembers: Thomas McLeod, Chair; Joe Duffie, De'Sean Quinn Staff: David Cline, Jack Pace, Bob Giberson, Jay Wittwer, Laurel Humphrey CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair McLeod called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. I. ANNOUNCEMENT II. BUSINESSAGENDA A. 2016 Fire Department Annual Report Chief Wittwer provided the Committee with the Fire Department Annual Report for 2016, including information on call volume statistics, department highlights, and events. Councilmember Quinn asked for additional data around mutual aid response, including if mutual aid responses are higher at certain stations. The Committee suggested greater transparency around the Department's successes and challenges, including posting departmental statistics on the Public Safety Plan webpage and giving a "State of the Fire Department" address at a Council meeting or other venue. INFORMATION ONLY. III. MISCELLANEOUS Chair McLeod led a Committee discussion on development agreements in light of the fact that Station 51's location is established per the Development Agreement for Tukwila Valley South. Staff provided copies of the original Agreement and its 2013 addenda to the Committee members for reference. Under the Agreement, Segale Properties, LLC donated three acres of land at Southcenter Parkway south of 180t" Street for future use as a fire station. The Property is subject to a deed restriction, so if it is not used to site a fire station, it will revert to Segale ownership. There is also a blanket easement against the Property due to a 2014 tri -party relocation agreement made for the relocation of Puget Sound Energy's high pressure gas line. The Committee discussed this Agreement as well as the general role of development agreements. The Committee requested that staff provide copies to all Councilmembers along with a one page summary outlining the status of the provisions related to Fire Station 51 location. The summary should be high -level yet provide reference to the relevant sections of theAgreement, and should also be made available to the public. Councilmember McLeod referenced a question asked by Councilmember Kruller at the April 10 Committee of the Whole regarding whether the Department Headquarters will have to be located at the Tukwila Valley South station property. Staff replied that that is not a requirement and that decision has yet to be made.