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City of Tukwila City Council Finance Committee FINANCE COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes November 21, 2017- 5:30 p.m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall Councilmembers: Verna Seal, Chair; Kathy Hougardy, Thomas McLeod Staff: David Cline, Peggy McCarthy, Marty Grisham, Gail Labanara, Vicky Carlsen, Mia Navarro, Richard Takechi, Stephanie Brown, Erika Eddins, Laurel Humphrey, Joseph Todd, Tami Eberle- Harris, Roman Linsao, Joel Bush Guests: Deanna Gregory, Pacifica Law Group; Duncan Brown, PFM Financial Advisors LLC; Jason Hennessy, Berk Consulting CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair Seal called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. I. PRESENTATIONS II. BUSINESS AGENDA A. Technology Upgrade for Emergency Management Operations Center Staff is seeking Committee approval to purchase a control center for technology equipment in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at Fire Station 51 in the amount of $13,933.64. The Finance Department advised staff that the City's policy for unbudgeted capital items over $5,000 should be followed in this case. Committee members restated their interest in changing this policy to redefine the meaning of the word "unbudgeted" as items like this are not efficient for staff or Council. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. B. Parks and Fire Impact Fees Staff is seeking Council approval of three ordinances and one resolution that would update the City's fire and park impact fees, which have not been updated since 2008. To ensure that growth continues to pay for growth, staff contracted with Berk to update the fee methodology following data analysis. The proposed fire impact fee is based upon the estimated replacement cost of existing facilities on a per fire call or incident basis. The park impact fee is based on the identified capital needs from growth on a new service population per capita. The proposed ordinances include an annual update based upon the Construction Cost Index to avoid falling behind in the future. There is also a proposed ordinance to amend the PROS plan to update the parks level of service, and a proposed resolution to amend the Capital Improvement Program to update the impact fee eligible projects. Staff intends to return to Committee with additional policy options for consideration. Chair Seal stated support for this project, as the assumptions used in 2008 were not accurate. Staff is also working on a public outreach component of the proposed fee schedule. RETURN TO COMMITTEE.