HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg 2013-11-18 Item 7C - Report - City AdministratorCity of Tukwila
CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT
The City of opportunity, the community of choice
TO: Mayor Haggerton
Councilmembers
FROM: David Cline, City Administrator
DATE: November 13, 2013
SUBJECT: Report for November 18, 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
• Tukwila School District provider meeting: Human Services participated in a Tukwila
School District provider meeting on November 5. This is an excellent place to learn
about resources and services. Meetings are set up to meet with King County Library
staff and Jessie McCall, the new Student Success Coordinator in the near future.
• Southwest King County Chamber Membership Luncheon: Mayor Haggerton,
Council President Hougardy and staff attended the Southwest King County Chamber
monthly membership luncheon where Jeff Marcel from the Economic Development
Council (EDC) of Seattle and King County spoke about the EDC's structure and work
plan.
• Draft WA State Rail Plan: The draft plan was released on September 20th and contains
the recommendation for WSDOT to adopt an interim stop policy and then to create a
formal policy on adding or consolidating stops on Amtrak Cascades. The interim policy
states that major service changes will not occur before 2017 and that together with
ODOT, WSDOT will initiate a public process in late 2014 to formalize a new stop policy
for the corridor after both states' rail plans are complete.
• King County City Administrators /Managers Meeting: at this monthly meeting, the
following topics were discussed:
• King County reduction in snow removal due to budget reductions. The County
discussed that it is reducing its snow removal efforts from approximately 30% of their
lane miles down to 10 %, due to the significant reductions in the County road fund.
Several cities were interested in creating a regional map of snow removal efforts to
help coordinate information and services in case of a large snow event.
• There was also a State Transportation update and a recap of election results,
especially of local initiatives.
• National League of Cities Mobile Workshop on Community Schools: Several
Councilmembers and community members worked with Kimberly Matej, Government
Relations Manager as she coordinated a mobile workshop to attendees of the National
League of Cities Congress of Cities being held in Seattle this year. The focus was on
Community Schools Collaboration (CSC) and the close partnership between the Tukwila
School District and the City. The mobile workshop included a tour through some of the
neighborhoods served by CSC, as well as a presentation about the CSC program.
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II. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• 2013 Shared Hope International JuST Conference: A team of police employees
attended the 2013 Shared Hope International JuST Conference in Washington DC. The
conference provided new insights for tackling the growing problem of Human Trafficking.
Here are some highlights from the conference:
Shared Hope teamed up with Brunner to host a live doll box installation exhibit to alarm
the community to the issue of Human Trafficking in a real and tangible way.
Shared Hope announced the first three states to earn an "A" on the Protected Innocence
Challenge - Washington, Tennessee and Louisiana.
During the JuST Conference over 35 national experts led 38 unique sessions and
workshops on topics including: shelter and service provision, the American pimp, gang
trafficking, demand, investigation techniques, advocacy and many other topics.
Of particular interest to Law Enforcement were tools for us to prosecute purchasers
( "Johns ") at a Federal Level for soliciting a known minor.
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Project Updates
• Tukwila Home 2 Suites — 380 Upland Drive
The building permit for a four story, 139 room hotel was issued today. This building is
proposed to be a total of 77,578 square feet. The construction of this project is
anticipated to start in the next two to three months.
• TRAKiT Go LIVE: The new TRAKiT permit system was launched on Wednesday. The
successful implementation of the City's new permitting software could not have been
done without the hard work and dedication of the city's core team and testers.
We will be rolling out a soft launch of the eTRAKiT system that will allow our customers
to apply for permits, check permit status, schedule inspections, and submit
inquiries /issues about a particular property or project online. We will hopefully be
implementing our electronic plan review sometime in the first quarter of 2014 starting
with our smaller projects and moving forward to include the option for all projects
regardless of size.
• Master Builders Meeting: Staff met with Alex Wilford, the new South King County
representative from the Master Builders Association (MBA). We discussed how the MBA
might provide input on our update of the Comp Plan Housing Element.
• Sound Transit Long-Range Plan Update /SEIS Agency Scopinq Meeting: Staff
attended the Open House /Presentation to various city and agency staff on Sound
Transit's request for comment on their Long Range Plan Update. Staff requested a copy
of the slideshow to pass on to DCD and PW for review. Information gained from the
meeting will be used in the refinement of City of Tukwila staff recommendations for
comment due on November 25.
Community Services
• Efforts continue for the Restore the Duwamish Shoreline Challenge: DCD staff
(with logistical support from Parks Department) collaborated with Forterra and BECU to
lead volunteers at a work party at the project site on Friday, November 9. This was the
last regular monthly work party for the year, but there will be individual group events and
BECU employee events through the winter. Also the project's 4 newly trained volunteer
stewards (trained by Earth Corps through a grant to Forterra) will be holding work parties
for site maintenance and monitoring over the winter months.
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