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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 26, 2014
SUBJECT: Report for March 3, 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
• Southwest Kinq County Chamber (SWKCC) Membership Luncheon:
Councilmembers and staff attended the SWKCC Monthly membership luncheon where
Chelsea Levy, Government & Community Relations Officer for Sound Transit provided a
project update to those in attendance.
• Seattle Annexations: Seattle City Council passed a resolution to go to the voters for the
annexation of the Sliver by the River and Area Q (Duwamish Industrial Triangle). In this
resolution was also a request to look at the costs and revenues for the entire North
Highline Unincorporated area. Tukwila sent a letter to the Seattle City Council members
urging them to work together with all the affected governmental agencies prior to moving
forward with an annexation by election. North Highline Fire District and North Highline
Unincorporated Council also submitted comments to Seattle in opposition of the
resolution. Seattle now has up to 180 days to apply for Boundary Review Board approval
to put the vote for annexation on November's ballot.
• Annexation Mediation: In response to the Seattle City Council Resolution on
annexation (see above), the parties who have been part of the ongoing annexation
mediation met to discuss the next steps. Representatives from Seattle, King County,
Tukwila, Burien, and North Highline Fire District were present at this meeting. Seattle
and King County agreed to review the costs and expenditures for the unincorporated
areas over the next month. All parties agreed to keep everyone informed as this
process continued.
• NW Maps: The City of Tukwila hosted the regular monthly meeting of the northwest
maps GIS team comprised of staff from a number of cities who are members of e -city
gov alliance including Bellevue, Kirkland, Bothell, etc. These cities have combined
resources to create a regional web based mapping service. Tukwila staff and residents
can look up zoning, environmental and other information online at www,nwmaps, net.
II. Community Events
• Buffalo Wild Wings Ribbon Cutting: Mayor Haggerton and Councilmembers Duffie,
Hougardy and Kruller attended the Buffalo Wild Wings Ribbon Cutting on February 17.
Buffalo Wild Wings currently has approximately 2500 employees nationwide with the
Tukwila location providing 270 new jobs to our area.
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III. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• New K -9 Officer: After successfully completing the physical test and oral board test,
Officer Michael Boehmer has been selected as our newest K -9 Officer. Officer Boehmer
will be scheduled to attend a training course for new K -9 teams in March, 2014. The
process for selecting a new K -9 dog will occur in the near future. Currently, the
department is operating with one K -9 team. This team consists of Officer Brent Frank
and K -9 Ace.
Project Updates
• High School Students Job Shadow: The Finance Department and the IT Department
have hosted students from Foster High School for the job shadow portion of their senior
project. Other departments, like Public Works, are also looking into these opportunities.
• Futurewise Comp Plan Grant Assistance: Futurewise has grant funding through
Public Health of King County to strengthen the health and equity content in local
Comprehensive Plans and to increase community participation in Comp Plan updates,
particularly from under - represented populations. We are exploring options to work
together in community outreach efforts.
• TUC Transit Center /Andover Park West: The contractor has set up pedestrian detour
signs, installed erosion control measures, demolished the Firestone canopy, conducted
utility potholing, and set up the perimeter fence in front of Westfield Mall. The project will
continue with clearing and grubbing; removing the existing bus shelters in front of the
mall; demolishing and removing the bus shelter concrete footings, sidewalk and curb;
and produce mock -ups for concrete walls and slabs.
• Rapid Ride F -Line: Gary Merlino Construction is installing new bus shelters for King
County Metro along Southcenter Blvd and West Valley Hwy. Work has started on the
two shelters in front of City Hall and will continue into the first week of March. Once the
new shelter pads have been poured the sidewalks will be permanently open until King
County installs the new shelters.
• Foster Point (56" Ave S & S. 133 : Code Enforcement is working with the Public
Works Department to resolve a neighborhood sight distance issue at Foster Point. Code
Enforcement will be contacting a property owner to request cutback of a bush at the
corner of 56th Ave S and S 133rd Street, and "No Parking Anytime" signs are being
considered for the South side of 56th Ave S along the new fence line.
• Illegal Boarding House at 13204 Military Road South: As part of the city's rental
licensing program and code enforcement efforts, an illegal boarding house was found at
this address. This included zoning violations and lack of building permits. On February
20 Officer Stetson posted an Emergency Order to vacate this building by February 27,
2014; a Complaint of Unfit Building with a hearing is scheduled for March 7. Information
about Relocation Assistance was provided to the current tenants and the landlord.
• Teens for Tukwila: World Vision has awarded a $3,000 Featured Partner Grant to
Tukwila Parks and Recreation. The grant will provide Youth Empowerment Program
(YEP) resources, training, coaching and technical assistance to help equip young people
to become agents of change in their communities
Community Services
• Tukwila Children's Foundation: On February 20 representatives of the City Council,
Human Services, the School Board, School District Communications, McKinney -Vento
Liaison and community members met with the Tukwila Children's Foundation to discuss
homeless and unstably housed families in the community.
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• Preschool Open House: The Tukwila Parks and Recreation Preschool Open House
was held on February 20, 2014. 18 families attended the event and 15 families
completed enrollment forms for the 2014 -2015 school year.
• Project Feast Traininq Class: Project Feast's first culinary training program started on
Monday, February 24, 2014 at TCC. The program meets for 6 weeks, twice a week with
professional culinary instructors. At the end of the program students will have learned
basic culinary skills necessary for gaining employment in the food and beverage industry
and they can work in Project Feast's catering program to gain further hands on
experience.
• 360 Kiosk & Dr. Seuss Niqht: On February 27, 2014 the official launch of the Heart
360 Kiosk occurred during the annual Dr. Seuss Night event at TCC. The kiosk allows
people to monitor health and wellness by performing blood pressure, weight, body mass
index and other basic health screenings.
IV. Responses to Council /Citizen Inquiries
• Marijuana Zoning Issues: In follow -up to Citizen Comments made on January 27, 2014
City Administrator David Cline met with Forest Hurley regarding his retail application for
marijuana distribution in Tukwila. They discussed the area that Mr. Hurley is interested
in and how it is located outside the City's current allowed zoning area. Mr. Cline stated
that the City reviews zoning codes on a semi - annual basis and may re- evaluate the
zoning issue at that time. Mr. Hurley was amenable to this.
• Cascade View Park: The location of the portable toilet at Cascade View Park has been
a concern for one of the Park neighbors. Staff is working with the neighbor and other
City departments to resolve the issue.
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