CDN 2017-11-13 Item 2A - Resolution - 2018 Legislative Agenda

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City of Tukwila Allan Ekberg, Mayor INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM TO: Public Safety Committee Community Development and Neighborhoods Committee FROM: Rachel Bianchi, Communications and Government Relations Manager CC: Mayor Ekberg DATE: October 31, 2017 SUBJECT: 2018 Legislative Agenda (Updated after PS Committee) ISSUE The City of Tukwila develops an annual legislative agenda for use in Olympia during the legislative session. BACKGROUND The City's Legislative Agenda provides direction to staff and consensus among the elected officials as to what policy positions are taken on behalf of the City of Tukwila during the legislative session. At the Public Safety Committee meeting on November 6, 2017 the following were added to the draft legislative agenda with full support of the Committee: • Economic Development staff asked that an item be added to preserve the flexibility in the definition of "tourist." Last session a bill was considered that would have changed the definition of "tourist" to be visitors from more than 50 miles away or from a different state or country. This change would inhibit Tukwila's ability to attract day visitors with lodging tax funds. Since there is a good change the bill will return in 2018, it seemed prudent to include it on the adopted legislative agenda. • Councilmember Quinn asked, and his colleagues agreed, to include an item on monitoring the effect of the McCleary decision and changes to education funding made in the 2017 legislative session to ensure that Tukwila students are benefiting from these new policies. RECOMMENDATION The Council is being asked to approve the resolution and consider this item at the November 13 Committee of the Whole meeting and subsequent November 20 Regular Meeting. The City's lobbyist, Jennifer Ziegler, will provide a legislative update at the November 20 meeting. ATTACHMENTS Resolution in draft form Attachment A — Updated Legislative Agenda 1