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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: February 12, 2014
SUBJECT: Report for February 18, 2014 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
• Kinq County City Administrators /Managers Meeting: The City Administrator attended
the King County City Administrators /Managers Monthly meeting where the group
discussed the King County Transportation Benefit District, Human Trafficking, AWC
Legislative Update and SCA provided an update.
• Multi- Jurisdictional Meeting: City Administrator David Cline and Project Analyst Joyce
Trantina hosted a meeting with other local jurisdictions, such as Renton, SeaTac,
Bellevue, Redmond and Issaquah, that are working on implementing HPO, LEAN and
other organizational programs.
• April 24 Career Day: Staff met with school district personnel regarding a Career Day
scheduled for April 24 at Foster High School. Businesses and others will be invited to
share information about various fields and jobs, and students will have an opportunity to
learn more about a wide range of career and education opportunities.
• Planninq Directors /Human Services Managers Meeting: Planning and Human
Services staff are working with Housing Development Consortium to plan the second
joint Planning Directors /Human Services managers meeting.
II. Community Events
• Business Vitality Forum: The City and Southwest King County of Chamber hosted an
open house /discussion forum on February 12, to share updates and information
regarding projects across the City. Business participants were also led through a SWOT
analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) exercise. The information and
ideas shared will help inform the Economic Development element of the Comprehensive
Plan update.
• Regional Parent Engagement Evening: Tukwila School District and Community Center
for Education Results hosted a regional parent engagement evening on February 6.
Models promoting greater parent engagement were shared, and there was active
participation from the audience.
III. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• Tukwila Fire Department Strategic Plan: Berk and Associates has completed the first
draft of the Fire Department Strategic Plan.
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• Fire Station Tour: Raejean Kreel, Public Educator, organized a tour of station 51 for ten
developmentally disabled citizens who came and had a great time seeing the fire
engines and watching the firefighters dress up in their bunker gear. Thanks to B51 crew
for helping out.
• Fire Extinquisher class at the Museum of Fliqht: Public Educator, Raejean Kreel
conducted a Fire Extinguisher class at the Museum of Flight where 20 people learned
how to properly apply a fire extinguisher to a live fire.
• Natural Gas Leak: On the morning of February 5 fire was dispatched to an odor of
natural gas in the 18300 block of SC Pkwy. Upon arrival a leak from a gas meter's relief
value in the Segale Business Park was confirmed. The area was secured with
assistance from Segale employees and PSE was contacted to secure the leak.
• Police Department assists the Port of Seattle and Seattle Police: The Police
Department Civil Disturbance Unit (CDU) members (as part of the larger Regional Valley
CDU) responded to mutual aid requests from the Port of Seattle and The Seattle police
Departments to assist with the Seahawks return after their Super bowl win. We also
assisted with the parade in downtown Seattle. Our Community Policing Team led by
Sergeant Devlin was the lead element in that parade on bicycles. Our officers
performed superbly in that challenging environment staying safe during extended hours
in the extreme cold as they assisted with managing the epic crowd.
Project Updates
• Traveler's Choice Motel: The City conducted on -site inspections of the property and
will be finalizing purchase of the property in the next few months.
• Strategic Plan Implementation: The City provided Cultural Awareness training to 36
employees on February 6. Additional training will be done later this spring.
• Washington Place Pre - Application Meetinq: DCD Staff held a formal pre - application
meeting with Mr. Lee and his consultants to discuss development issues with the
proposed 18 story hotel and apartment project on the old Circuit City site. Some
potential code issues were identified that may require an amended development
agreement. DCD is also developing a permitting timeline based on their milestone dates
of starting foundation work on July 14 and building construction on September 1.
• De -Icinq Collaboration with SeaTac: Public Works staff completed training with
SeaTac Public Works on the process of transferring de -icing materials from their stock
tank to our de -icing equipment and were able to apply de -icer to primary and secondary
streets during the cold weather last week.
Community Services
• Project Feast: On February 4 the Tukwila Community Center became the "home
base" to Project Feast a local non - profit organization whose mission is "To transform
the lives of refugees and immigrants by providing pathways to sustainable
employment in the food industry, and to enrich communities through exploring ethnic
culture and cuisine." Some of the ways we are partnering with Project Feast include:
Offering International Cooking Classes, providing kitchen space for their FREE
training program and to support their catering program and collaborating to provide
"open house" events to grow our community outreach efforts
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