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City of Tukwila
CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT
The City of opportunity, the community of choice
TO: Mayor Haggerton
Councilmembers
FROM: David Cline, City Administrator
DATE: October 2, 2013
SUBJECT: Report for October 7, 2013 Regular Council Meeting
Jim Haggerton, Mayor
The City Administrator Report is meant to provide the Council, staff and community an update
on the activities of the City and on issues that concern Tukwila. Please let me know if you have
any questions or need additional information about any of the following items.
I. Intergovernmental Update
• Partnership Results in New School Success Coordinator: Human Services attended
a celebration at Providence Health Services where the new partnership between Human
Services, the Tukwila School District, and Providence was recognized. The Tukwila
School District received $60,000 for a new School Success coordinator as a result of our
coordination.
• PSRC Healthy Planninq Toolkit - Interagency Workinq Group: DCD Staff attended a
meeting of PSRC's Interagency Working Group on the Healthy Planning Toolkit. The
meeting focused on best practices from other jurisdictions with an extensive presentation
from Tacoma /Pierce County Health. Staff brought back reference material for future
use. Staff will attend the next meeting in December.
• Watershed Stakeholder Meetinq: Mayor Haggerton attended a Watershed Stakeholder
meeting with representatives from other regional stakeholders to discuss the key
concepts to include in a draft watershed investment bill. The meeting was organized by
WRIA 9 and held at the Tukwila Community Center.
• Kinq County City Administrators /Manaqers Monthly Meetinq: The City
Administrator attended the October 2, 2013, meeting where they discussed
Transportation Investment Package & AWC's 2014 Priorities; Special Purpose District
Relationships; Solid Waste Transfer Station Update and SCA (Sound Cities Association)
provided an update.
• Kinq County Strateqic Plan Update: King County is updating its strategic plan and is
seeking input. They have a website at OneKingCouny.info to receive information. The
City Administrators /Managers met with County representatives and provided their ideas
on how to work cooperatively and regionally on such issues as affordable, quality
housing; infrastructure; transit; economic development and the environment
• Pacific Northwest Diqital Government Summit: IT and Government Relations staff
attended the Pacific Northwest Digital Government Summit October 2 -3 in Tacoma. The
Summit focused on addressing policy, management, and technology issues surrounding
the future of digital government.
• Soundside Alliance - Hiqhline Forum Joint Meetinq: Economic Development staff
attended the joint Soundside Alliance - Highline Forum meeting where they discussed
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Soundside Alliance Update; Port of Seattle Update; 2014 Legislative Positions
Discussion and Emerging Issues.
II. Community Events
• Meetinq about Homeless Children: Human Services and Tukwila School District will
be hosting a meeting for faith based leaders on October 16 to talk about homeless
children and families in the School District.
• Kinq County Small Business Awards: The City's nominee for the "Green /Sustainable
Small Business of the Year" award, EWC Group, Inc. was selected as one of 3 finalists
for the award. EWC preserves the environment by dismantling and recycling electronic
waste. The Mayor and staff attended the awards ceremony and though EWC did not win
this year, they were delighted to be a finalist and will continue their efforts to reduce
materials in landfills and sustain high environmental standards throughout the entire
product recycling chain.
• Up With People: About 20 young people from Up With People worked with Parks and
Recreation staff and volunteers to remove invasive plants along the Duwamish River as
one of their community service projects. The City partnered with the local Southcenter
Rotary club and other regional clubs to support this activity. The group includes over
100 singers, ages 18 -22, representing over 20 countries and they were delighted to be in
our community.
• HERO Scholarship Proqram: Parks & Recreation Department staff coordinating
fundraising events at Barnes & Noble (October 5th) and California Pizza Kitchen
(October 15th). Funds raised will be used to support basketballs for Youth & Teen
Basketball League participants and HERO scholarships for low income Tukwila youth,
teens and seniors to participate in recreation programs.
III. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• Community Emerqency Response Team (CERT) traininq session: Emergency
Management and Fire have teamed to provide another Community Emergency
Response Team (CERT) training session. The current session will graduate 12
community members at its conclusion.
• Fire Department Strateqic Planninq: The internal planning team will meet on October
9, 2013 for the purpose of beginning to organize feedback from members and
stakeholders.
• Meetinq with Coploqic: The police department had a "Kick Off" meeting with a
representative from Coplogic via WebEx for a demonstration and also to discuss the
implementation of our Online Police Reporting project. Online Reporting enables us to
collect reports from citizens online so that patrol and detective resources can better meet
the needs of the community.
• Tukwila Pool /Foster Hiqh School Swim Class: The Tukwila Pool has been working
with Foster High School staff to offer swim classes as part of school year curriculum.
The boys swim class has students of all swim levels; four were non - swimmers at the
beginning of the class. One non - swimmer needed to be rescued three different times
during the first month of class, now he is swimming 20 yards beginning in the deep end
of the pool. This is the first year swim courses have been offered as part of the school
curriculum.
Project Updates
• Tukwila South: The Hearing Examiner has granted preliminary plat approval to Segale
Properties, LLC for a 47 -lot plat in Tukwila South. The next step will be for the applicant
to complete infrastructure and improvements necessary to serve the lots in the plat. The
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applicant has indicated that it will likely seek final approval in the next two to three years.
The preliminary approval is valid for seven years.
• BNSF: Staff has received a draft Request for Proposal from BNSF in regard to
alternatives for southern access to the Intermodal Facility located in Allentown and is
currently reviewing the document for content and legal applicability. Consideration is
also being given to the most efficient way to proceed with the livability study.
• Sound Transit — Tukwila International Boulevard (TIB) Liqht Rail Station: Staff met
with Sound Transit representatives to discuss the initial proposal to reduce crime at the
TIB Light Rail Station by reducing the hours of the public restrooms. After the Police
Department conducted research, it was determined that the restrooms were not a key
component to security issues. The Police will work cooperatively with Sound Transit
security to improve security at the station. The public restrooms will remain open.
• Strategic Plan Implementation (Liaisons): Discussions have been held with the
City's Community Connectors (liaison) team and Global to Local staff regarding the
City's community outreach efforts. The pilot project for this program will enlist the help of
liaisons to share information and gather input regarding the housing element of the
Comprehensive Plan update.
• Cultural Competency: A consultant has been selected to provide cultural competency
training to staff. This work will begin in the next several months and continue through
2014.
Community Services
• National Voter Reqistration Day: On September 24, 2013, the City participated in
National Voter Registration Day.
IV. Responses to Council /Citizen Inquiries
Response to Councilmember Kruller's Inquiry about "FirstNet ": Emergency
Management (EM) attended a presentation by the State addressing "FirstNet ". Each
governor will have to "opt in /out" sometime in late 2014, early 2015. State EM is watching
this closely and will keep local EM's updated. EM Grisham will continue to monitor this as it
moves forward through the government channels.
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