HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg 2013-12-02 Item 8C - 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 26, 2013
SUBJECT: Report for December 2, 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
• Joint Human Services/Community Development Planner Meeting: On November 20,
Human Services, joined by Department of Community Development (DCD) staff,
participated in a joint human services/community development planner meeting to talk
about the housing element of the comprehensive plan.
• Family Homelessness Planning Meeting: On November 22, Human Services
participated in the regional Family Homelessness planning meeting which is reviewing
the system to provide a more coordinated responsive that moves families into
permanent housing more quickly.
• Soundside Alliance Executive Committee: On November 20, Council President
Hougardy and staff attended the bi-monthly meeting of the Soundside Alliance Executive
Committee and reviewed progress on the Alliance's business attraction program.
• Tour of the Bakaro Mall: Economic Development staff gave representatives of the
Southeast Effective Development (SEED) a tour of the Bakaro Mall highlighting the
business model of small retail spaces. SEED is a community development corporation
based in Seattle that may have resources to help development along Tukwila
International Boulevard.
• New Senior Housing Assistance Group (SHAG) Development: Economic
Development staff toured the new SHAG development that recently opened at 14002
Interurban Avenue North in Seattle.
• South King County Food Access Working Group: Staff attended the regular meeting,
joining staff from SeaTac, Seattle/King County Public Health, the Des Moines Area Food
Bank, Forterra, Urban Food Link, King County Agriculture Program, and Lutheran
Community Services. Forterra provided an update on the status of adoption of food
policy regulations in Federal Way, and also provided information on the Regional Equity
Summit held in Renton November 8 and 9.
• South King County Mobility Coalition: Staff attended the regular meeting of this group
on Thursday. King County Metro provided an overview of the proposed reduction to
transit service starting in the middle of 2014 and the organization of a website Metro has
created to provide information to the public (http://metro.kingcounty.gov/am/future/). Metro
will hold a series of informational public meetings in the coming months. However, the
meetings are not meant to result in adjustments to planned cuts in service. The
proposed changes to service will be decided based on the updated Metro Service
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Guidelines. Service cuts may be prevented if Metro is successful in obtaining additional
funding from the state legislature or from another funding option.
• King County Metro Transit Access Study Work Plan Development Meeting: Staff
attended the November 15 work plan development meeting for an upcoming Metro
access study. City staff emphasized to Metro the importance of studying access issues
to non -Metro controlled transit access points heavily used by Metro, citing Tukwila
International Boulevard Station as an example.
• Salmon Habitat Restoration — Duwamish: DCD staff participated in a planning
meeting for a new Duwamish Transition Zone Blueprint Working Group. The group
consists of representatives from Seattle and Tukwila and King County, as well as the
tribes, federal agencies, the Port of Seattle, Boeing and others. The purpose of the
group is to develop a plan to guide salmon habitat restoration work in the Duwamish
transition zone as part of the Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 9 restoration
efforts.
• Highline School District: Staff attended the kickoff for Career Pathway Partners — an
effort by the Highline School District to partner with businesses to prepare students for
entering the workplace.
11. Community Events
• Thorndyke Elementary Care Night: Human Services staff participated in Thorndyke
Elementary School's Care night on November 20.
• The Spirit of Giving Donation Drive was held at Westfield Southcenter Mall on
Saturday, November 23. The Police, Fire, and Parks and Recreation Departments as
well as the Police Explorers, Tukwila Children's Foundation and Westfield Mall joined
efforts to collect donations of toys and monetary donations totaling more than $3,300.
Monetary donations will be used to purchase holiday gifts for Tukwila families in need.
• 2311 Annual Thanksgiving Dinner for seniors was held on Thursday, November 21.
The event is sponsored by the Tukwila Rotary. More than 160 local senior citizens,
community volunteers and City staff came together for a wonderful Thanksgiving meal.
Several local businesses supported the event with food and gift donations including the
Doubletree Guest Suites, California Pizza Kitchen, Barnes & Noble, Interurban
Starbucks and AARP.
111. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• Tukwila Police Department: During the past couple of weeks, several new employees
began their training at the police department. Entry -Level Officer Daniel Luebke
graduated from the police academy and began his Field Training Program as well as
Lateral Officer Isaiah Harris. Records Specialists Chandra Reiter and Joanna Rogge
also began their training in the front office. There are currently 17 lateral candidates in
the application process.
November 13-14, 2013, two staff engagement meeting sessions were held where police
department staff had the opportunity to provide input to department leadership and the
Strategic Plan Planning Committee, on the five tentative topic areas for the police
department Strategic Plan. The feedback will be discussed at our second retreat
scheduled on December 4, 2013, as part of the development of our final strategies and
goals for the Tukwila Police Department Strategic Plan.
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Project Updates
• South 1841—`' Place Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Mayor Haggerton, Council President
Hougardy, Councilmembers Duffie and Kruller, City Administrator Cline and several staff
were joined by representatives from Segale Properties and Puget Sound Energy for the
South 184th Place Ribbon Cutting.
• Tukwila Village: On November 14 the Board of Architectural Review (BAR) held the
public hearing on the design of the first phase of Tukwila Village and the new Tukwila
library. The BAR approved the design for the new library and is scheduled to consider,
and possibly approve, the first phase of the Village on November 26.
• Update on 3736 Southcenter Blvd. — Nuisance Property: The tenants have moved
off the property. The house and garage has been secured. A
Criminal Trespass Agreement has been signed with the Police
Department and NO TRESPASSING signs have been put up. The
inside of the house has been completely cleaned out and a dumpster
is onsite to finish the exterior clean up. Once cleanup is complete,
Code Enforcement will contact Public Works to request two concrete
blocks be placed in the driveway to prevent future illegal dumping.
• Sound Transit's Long Range Plan Update Letter of Comment:
Department of Community Development staff in conjunction with Public Works prepared
a letter of comment to send to Sound Transit to help with their Long Range Plan Update.
The letter focuses on area projects that would enhance regional mobility and help the
region meet Puget Sound Regional Council's Vision 2040 growth and development
goals.
• Local Improvement District (LID) Bonds: The bonds for LID 33 were sold on
November 5 with an interest rate of 5.021%, well below the 6% authorized by the bond
ordinance. The rate charged to the property owners, those owners who did not prepay
their assessment, will be 5.521%, reflecting the .5% administrative fee allowed.
• Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Plan: The draft PROS Plan was
presented to the Council on November 25. Comments will be accepted until January 13,
2014 with the final plan presented to the Community Affairs and Parks (CAP) Committee
on January 27, 2014.
• Trakit Permit System: Staff from the Department of Community Development will
schedule a presentation for the City Council on the new system in January or February,
2014. This will include an update on the citizen response module.
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