PCD 2021-03-01 Item 1A - Discussion - Representation on Tukwila Village Community Development Association Board of Directors

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City of Tukwila Allan Ekberg, Mayor INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM TO: Planning and Community Development Committee FROM: Derek Speck, Economic Development Administrator CC: Mayor Ekberg DATE: February 23, 2021 SUBJECT: Representation on Tukwila Village Community Development Association ISSUE Staff is seeking Council direction on City representation on the board of directors of the Tukwila Village Community Development Association. BACKGROUND In 2007 the City Council adopted a vision for Tukwila Village. The vision intended for Tukwila Village to be a welcoming place where all residents can gather and connect with each other. It was intended as an active, vibrant, mixed-use development that would include elements such as a library, retail, restaurants, public meeting space, and an outdoor plaza and could include other elements such as office, live/work, and residential space. Tukwila Village was intended as a privately owned development that would not be under City control but would have some spaces as community amenities. In order to accomplish the vision, in 2012 the City Council approved a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) with the developer of Tukwila Village that set out the deal terms to accomplish that vision. To achieve community access on private property, Section 2.8 of the DDA provided for the creation of an independent, community based non-profit organization that would, through a lease agreement, manage, operate, maintain, and promote the use of the community room with kitchen and plaza to serve as community amenities to benefit not only the privately owned property of the Tukwila Village development but also the community at large. The property owner, Sustainable Housing for Ageless Generations (SHAG), and the City cooperated to create the community organization and in 2018 created the Tukwila Village Community Development Association (TVCDA) as a Washington State non-profit corporation. It was created as its own legal organization and is not a board, commission, or other type of entity controlled by the City of Tukwila. During the creation process, the three organizations realized the mission of the non-profit should be broader than just managing the community facilities and so patterned it after community development associations. Its articles of incorporation describe the mission which includes the following: "to improve the social welfare, including the physical, emotional, and economic health, of members of the public in the City of Tukwila and the residents of Tukwila Village by promoting arts, economic development, education, health, and community building." One could summarize TVCDA's mission as "to improve the quality of life for the Tukwila community."