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<br /> <br />City of Tukwila <br />ThomasMcLeod, Mayor <br />INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Tukwila City Council <br />FROM: Brandon Miles, Director of Strategic Initiatives & Government Relations <br /> <br />CC: Thomas McLeod, Mayor <br /> <br />DATE: November 19, 2024 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Ratification of Cort Rental Agreement <br /> <br />ISSUE <br />Ratify the Mayor’s authorization to enter a contract with Cort Rental to install a temporary tent at <br />the Riverton Parked United Methodist Church in Tukwila, not to exceed $391,019.46. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />On October 6, 2023, Mayor Allan Ekberg issued a proclamation declaring a state of emergency <br />to respond to the growing influx of asylum seekers in the City. The proclamation was <br />subsequently ratified by the City Council. Tukwila Municipal Code (TMC) 2.57 allows the Mayor <br />to quickly execute agreements, even above the Mayor’s signing authority when an emergency <br />has been declared. TMC 2.57.040 (3) requires that the City Council ratify the agreements the <br />Mayor has signed to respond to the emergency. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br />As part of the City’s strategy to provide humanitarian housing, while looking for long term <br />housing solutions for asylum seekers, the City rented a “FEMA style” tent. At its peak, the tent <br />housed 77 individuals. The City successfully found housing solutions for people in the tent and <br />the tent has now been removed. <br /> <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT <br />The total financial expenditure was $391,019.46. The City expects to receive grant funds to <br />reimburse the City for most, if not all, of the costs. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Ratify the Mayor’s execution of a contract with Cort Rental in the amount of $391,019.46. <br />ATTACHMENT <br />Executed contract with Cort Rentals. <br />13 <br /> <br />