2017-11-13 Community Development and Neighborhoods Minutes

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City of Tukwila City Council Community Development & Neighborhoods Committee COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes November 13, 2017 - 5:30 p. m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall Councilmembers: Kathy Hougardy, Chair, Verna Seal, Kate Kruller Staff: David Cline, Nora Gierloff, Rick Still, Stacy Hansen, Rachel Bianchi, Jay Wittwer, Laurel Humphrey Guest: Carrie Holmes, Shells Obletz Johnsen CALL TO ORDER: Chair Hougardy called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. I. BUSINESS AGENDA A. Resolution: 2017 Legislative Agenda Staff is seeking Council approval of a resolution that would adopt a legislative agenda for use during the 2018 Washington State Legislative Session. The agenda includes items in the categories of Transportation & Infrastructure, Housing & Human Services, Shared Revenue, Revenue Reform, Streamlined Sales Tax Mitigation, Education, Law Enforcement, and Lodging Tax Flexibility. The City's state lobbyist, Jennifer Ziegler, will attend the November 20 Council meeting to present a legislative session preview. The draft agenda was also reviewed by the Public Safety Committee. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO NOVEMBER 13, 2017 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. B. Ordinance: Real Estate Excise Funds Staff is seeking Council approval of an ordinance that would amend Tukwila Municipal Code 3.56.050 to include the Public Safety Plan and City Facilities Funds as possibilities for distribution of Real Estate Excise Tax (REET1) collections. State law allows cities to spend REET 1 funds on capital projects, and staff recommends incorporating this flexibility into the code to provide an additional funding source to achieve the goals of the Public Safety Plan considering the realities of market cost escalation. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO NOVEMBER 27, 2017 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. C. Update on Fire Station 51 Design Staff presented the Committee with the initial drawings of the design of Fire Station 51 as a preview before the public Open House on December 2, 10:00 a.m. -12 noon at Valley View Sewer District building. The architects are currently finishing up schematic design of the building and will next work with an estimator to price out the design. The design is in alignment with the program direction received from the Council earlier this year, including covered parking/storage areas that could meet the needs of future expansion. Committee members expressed concern about the limited public parking. Because this design does not fully