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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: April 2, 2014
SUBJECT: Report for April 7, 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
• 737 Customer Delivery Center Groundbreakinq at Boeinq Field: Mayor Haggerton
attended the groundbreaking ceremony at Boeing Field for the 737 Customer Delivery
Center.
• Joint Council- Executive Staff Workshop: On March 20, the City Council and
Executive staff discussed potential priority areas for the 2015/2016 biennium budget.
These were based on ideas from the last joint workshop in October 2013 and will form
the foundation for the priority based budgeting model for this upcoming biennium.
• WCMA NW Reqional Conference: City Administrator David Cline attended the
Washington City /County Management Associations Northwest Regional Conference
where he facilitated a session about Implementing Continuous Process Improvement
and also made a presentation highlighting Tukwila's effort to redevelop Tukwila
International Boulevard.
• Emergency Preparedness for Vulnerable Populations: Human Services Manager
Evie Boykan attended the annual regional Urban Area Security Initiative conference on
reaching vulnerable populations during emergencies.
• Reqional Human Service Request Proposal Process: King County cities have
opened up the online application process for human service providers. The Tukwila
Human Services Advisory Board will review proposals this spring and summer for
recommendations to the City Council for the 2015/2016 budget.
• Tree Preservation: DCD staff attended a stakeholders meeting with Seattle City Light
to discuss a pilot project for new vegetation management approaches at the Creston -
Duwamish Transmission Line with the goals of making vegetation management more
environmentally friendly and enhancing the wildlife habitat, while also reducing the
frequency of maintenance.
• Buildable Lands Analysis: DCD submitted the City's Buildable Lands Analysis to King
County on March 21. The analysis identifies the amount of capacity the City has for
development and demonstrates how growth targets assigned to each City for new
housing units and jobs can be accommodated within the 2006 -2031 time period.
• Transportation Demand Manaqement (TDM) Grant Application: WSDOT is
preparing a regional CMAQ grant application with partner agencies and jurisdictions in
the Puget Sound Region for possible inclusion in PSRC's FHWA Funds (STP /CMAQ).
This grant asks for $3 million for TDM implementation and emphasis focused on regional
growth centers and corridors. The City of Tukwila has been asked to participate in the
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grant application as the lead for the South area. Partners would be the cities of Renton,
SeaTac and Kent. If the grant is awarded, the City would manage a "South King
County" project with an award of $270,000. This would build upon the accomplishments
from 2011 -2013 of the grant funded South King County Trip Reduction Program which
was highly successful.
II. Community Events
• Tent City 3 Returns to Tukwila: Tent City 3 is returning to Tukwila. They will be located
at the Riverton Park United Methodist Church, the same location as their prior visit in
2012. We anticipate a move -out date of Saturday, July 12th. A community meeting took
place on Tuesday, April 1st, 7:00 p.m. at the Riverton Park United Methodist Church to
address concerns and answer questions.
• Tukwila Police Explorer Recruitinq Event: Police Explorers held a recruiting event at
Tukwila Community Center on March 28 interacting with high school students and
passing out brochures about the Explorer program.
• Vroom: Parks and Recreation Department staff participated in the Vroom event held at
Foster High school on March 29. The event targeted families with children ages 0 -5
years old to provide resources for healthy brain development. Several agencies were
represented to distribute information and lead healthy brain games and activities ranging
from sing -a- longs, craft projects, story times and much more.
• Arbor Day: Parks and Recreation Department staff along with help from DCD staff will
host an Arbor Day event on April 9 at the Tukwila Community Center at 1:00 p.m. The
event will include a tree planting for kids participating in the spring break camp program
as well as a brief interpretive tree workshop for the kids.
• Shoreline Restoration Monthly Work Parties Continue: DCD and Parks Department
staff supported another monthly work party as part of the Restore the Duwamish
Shoreline Challenge (partnership between the City, BECU, Forterra and other partners).
III. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• Klickitat Slope Failure: WSDOT has been out clearing trees, performing drain
maintenance and performing geotechnical investigations and slope stability analysis.
Staff is working with WSDOT and FHWA to obtain emergency repair funding for the
slope above the retaining wall and the timber elevated walkway.
• Counterinq Violent Extremism Table -top Exercise: The Tukwila Police Department
will be hosting the Countering Violence Extremism Exercise (CVEX) table -top exercise
on April 9, 2014 at the Tukwila Community Center. The purpose of CVEX table -top
exercise is to improve communication between law enforcement and communities and to
share ideas on how best to counter potential violent extremism.
• Support to Oso: The Tukwila Fire Department has deployed firefighters to Oso to assist
with rescue and recovery operations and communications: Captains Rich Rees, Jason
Konieczka, Mark Morales and Firefighter Matt Hickey were deployed on March 24 and
will return on April 4. Captains Chuck Mael and Ken Beckman and Firefighters Matt
Houchens, Patrick O'Brien, Andy Nevans and Matt Czuleger deployed April 2 and
Firefighters Aaron Johnson and Merle Brooks will deploy on April 4.
Project Updates
• Open Government Trainings Act: The Washington State Legislature recently passed
Engrossed Senate Bill 5964, requiring training for elected officials on the requirements of
the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), the Public Records Act (PRA), and records
retention and destruction procedures. The training must be completed within 90 days of
an official assuming his or her duties and must be repeated once every four years. The
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new law goes into effect on July 1, 2014. The City Attorney's Office, in conjunction with
the City Clerk's Office, is currently working on creating a training program for Tukwila's
elected officials.
• South Kinq County Food Access Workinq Group: DCD staff attending the bi- monthly
meeting of the South King County Food Access Working Group. The group acts as a
source of information and as a sounding board for shared issues, and discussed the
topic of food trucks, an issue from previous meetings and determined that the May
meeting will include a forum on how food trucks are regulated in other communities so
that this information can be shared.
• Medical Marijuana —State status and City's action: In 2013, the City amended its
zoning code to allow recreational marijuana uses in the TVS and HI zones while
extending a moratorium prohibiting medical marijuana collective gardens and medical
marijuana dispensaries. The City established a sunset date on the medical marijuana
moratorium of May 31,2014 based on the expectation that the Washington State
Legislature would revise the rules for medical marijuana uses to be similar to
recreational marijuana rules. Revised rules for medical marijuana did not pass the
legislature by the close of the 2014 session. Staff will brief the Community Affairs and
Parks Committee on April 15 on the status of medical marijuana in Washington State,
and will be prepared discuss the City's options regarding medical marijuana issues.
• Tukwila Villaqe Desiqn Review: The Board of Architectural Review held their public
hearing on the Tukwila Village Phase 2 application at their regularly scheduled March
meeting. They heard testimony from three members of the public as well as the
proponent and his design team. They approved the two buildings proposed in Phase 2
subject to Staff's recommended five conditions. The building permit for Phase one of the
project was submitted this week.
• Code Enforcement Resource Guide for residents cominq soon: Code Enforcement
is compiling a Code Enforcement Resource Guide for the residents. It will list the basic
information about maintaining their property and will also include references to help
residents achieve compliance.
• BNSF Update – The City is in the process of creating an internal working group of city
staff and councilmembers to coordinate activities with the community and BNSF. The
staff members are currently working on a timeline of expected activities for discussion
later in April.
Community Services
• Housinq Repair Assistance: Since the beginning of the 2013 Housing Repair contract
period, 9 Tukwila households were served with over 40 hours of services. The grants to
low income households covered heating, plumbing, carpentry, and accessibility. The
pre - application has been submitted for the 2015 Community Development Block Grant
funding cycle.
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