HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg 2014-05-05 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: April 30, 2014
SUBJECT: Report for May 5, 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
• Animal Control Services: City Administrator David Cline met with Burien, Covington,
Des Moines, Kent, Maple Valley, Normandy Park, Renton and SeaTac to discuss
regional options for Animal Control Services.
• Renton Technical College Advisory Board: Economic Development staff participated
in Renton Technical College's quarterly Advisory Board meeting. The main topic was
greater outreach to businesses.
• Tukwila School District: City Administrator David Cline continued his monthly
meetings with Tukwila School District Superintendent Dr. Nancy Coogan to discuss
issues in common between the City and the District.
II. Community Events
• Career Day at Foster High School: City staff assisted at the school district's Career
Day at Foster High School and helped make connections between Tukwila businesses
and students. Several staff members shared information about careers and assisted
throughout the event.
• Healthy You, Healthy Earth 5K: The third annual Healthy You, Healthy Earth 5k was
held on Saturday, April 26. 196 people participated, including 68 participants that Global
to Local brought to the event. The run culminated with riverbank restoration and tree
planting.
• Backyard Wildlife Festival: May 10, 2014 is the annual Backyard Wildlife Festival at
the Tukwila Community Center. Ciscoe Morrise, Marianne Binetti, and Jessi Bloom will
be speaking. The event will include exhibitors, kid's crafts, native plant sale and much
more.
• 18th Annual Tukwila Arts Show: May 10, 2014 is the Tukwila Arts Commission's
annual art show at the Tukwila Community Center. The annual artist's reception will be
held on May 9, 2014 from 6 pm — 7:30 pm in the Social Hall at TCC.
• Duwamish Hill Preserve Design Open House: Parks and Recreation will be hosting a
Design Open House for Phase 2 of the Duwamish Hill Preserve on May 15 at the
Tukwila Community Center.
• Community Clean -Up Event: Code Enforcement is working with the Mayor's office,
Public Works, and the Parks Department on a community cleanup event targeted for this
summer, to encourage residents clean up their properties. Public Works staff is working
with Waste Management to have waste containers available for this purpose. Code
Enforcement staff will be promoting a Junk Vehicle removal emphasis for the residents
over the summer and will assist property owners with Junk Vehicle affidavits.
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111. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• TrackMole: The Tukwila Police Department has teamed with TrackMole to rollout a
powerful and compelling crime prevention tool. This is a virtual web accessible tool used
to track and return lost and stolen property to its owner. It gives officers the ability to
discover and investigate property crimes before anyone is even aware the crime has
been committed. Staff will have business size cards to hand out during contact with
citizens and businesses to encourage their participation with TrackMole. A formal press
conference for the Chiefs and Mayors from participating agencies to market this powerful
crime prevention tool has been scheduled for May 5, 2014. Anyone can register with
Trackmole at www.Trackmole.com.
Project Updates
• Futurewise Outreach Assistance: Futurewise has received a grant from King County
Public Health to support the comprehensive planning processes of 3 local cities.
Futurewise selected Tukwila as one of the cities and assisted us with the second
Community Conversation meeting at Tukwila Community Center. Staff held a follow -up
meeting with them to discuss further assistance opportunities including data gathering
and analysis for background reports, small business outreach and a potential economic
development /community building event focused on Tukwila International Boulevard.
• Community Connectors: Staff participated in a meeting with Forterra, Global to Local
and the Community Connector staff to discuss lessons learned from the two outreach
events. We discussed their participation in future efforts, ideas for how to show results to
the community and expand the program in the future. They were all very positive about
the success of the pilot project and had good feedback about improving future projects.
• Klickitat Dr. Hillside: WSDOT is seeking emergency relief funds for the recent slide,
which may also include funds for repair of the City -owned pedestrian walkway. WSDOT
plans to excavate the hillside and install additional drainage and large boulders. Staff is
looking into a mitigation plan for any Toss of trees during the repair work.
• 51st Avenue South /Klickitat Dr Stop Sign: WSDOT has indicated that guard rail
relocation will occur next month and stop sign removal is expected this summer.
• BNSF: Members of the Allentown neighborhood are scheduled to meet with the City
Council representatives and staff on May 5. Staff has drafted a Request For
Qualifications for the "Livability Study" and it has been routed for internal review. The
Intermodal Project Funding Agreement with BNSF, which will share the costs in studying
alternative access points to the yard, is still being reviewed by BNSF.
• Fire Exploratory Committee: The first meeting of the 2014 Fire Exploratory Committee
took place on March 25 with representatives from Council, Fire, Finance, and the
Mayor's Office. This committee is tasked with a thorough examination of options for fire
service delivery, resulting in a timely recommendation to Mayor Haggerton and the
Council. The Committee kicked off with a discussion of its history and mission, and will
next review information about the current status of fire service delivery in the City as well
as information about different delivery models. The committee expects to meet
approximately every two weeks until a recommendation is made.
• Transit Center /APW: Walls, bus shelter footings, wall footing drain installation, electrical
conduit trenching and junction box installation are underway at the west Transit Center
on APW. North of Baker Blvd on the west side, trees are being removed. PSE continues
to relocate their vault.
• East Marginal Way Overlay & Repair: Storm drainage installation and traffic
intersection work is underway with lane closures occurring throughout the construction
zone on East Marginal Way S.
• ADA Improvements: All ADA access ramps have been installed on Tukwila
International Blvd. We are awaiting the delivery of the Rapid Flash Beacon crosswalk
signal.
• 2014 Bridge Inspections & Repair: Pavement repairs completed on Fort Dent Bridge.
• Interurban Ave S: Received favorable bids and construction award is scheduled for
Council approval on May 5. Construction on Interurban Ave S from Fort Dent Way to S
143rd St is scheduled from June 2014 through October 2015.
• Thorndyke Safe Routes to School (S 150th St): 100% plans are ready to be
advertised for construction bids. Currently awaiting WSDOT approval of the plans.
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• Cascade View Safe Routes to School (Trail): Right -of -Way negotiations are being
finalized and closing should be completed in the next two weeks.
• Strander Blvd: Presented final grant presentation to PSRC for the Regional
competition. TIGER grant submitted with results in December 2014.
• EMW Storm Pipe Repair: Construction bids advertised April 29 and May 6 with bid
opening scheduled for May 13.
• City Hall Campus Wayfinding: City Hall signs have been ordered and are tentatively
scheduled for installation by May 15.
Community Services
• Earth Day Activities: The Duwamish Alive! Event was held on Saturday, April 19 with
approximately 70 volunteers from Boeing, Seattle Central Community College, CBRE,
Inner City Schools (elementary school children) DCD staff, Forterra and BECU sheet
mulching, pulling weeds and prepping areas of the restoration site for the Fun Run
plantings on April 26. The Duwamish Alive! Event is held every year on the third
Saturday of April. This year over 1000 volunteers worked at 7 different sites on the
Duwamish River, helping to improve the overall health of the river habitat. The weather
unfortunately did not cooperate and most of the event was carried out in extremely wet,
cold conditions. The volunteer spirits remained high however and a great deal of work
was accomplished. Many thanks to Starbucks, which donated hot coffee for the event,
helping to keep the volunteers warm and to Seattle Bagel Co. for donating bagels for
lunch.
• Tukwila Community Center provides shelter services: TCC served as an American
Red Cross (ARC) Shelter for residents displaced due to two separate fires earlier this
month. The first shelter response occurred began at 9:OOpm on Friday, March 28 and
lasted until noon on Saturday, March 29 in support of the "Boulevard at South Station"
fire. The second response was a larger scale situation that began at 3:OOpm on Sunday,
March 30 and ran until 6:OOpm on Wednesday, April 2 in support of the "Riverside
Residences" fire. Parks and Recreation staff response went above and beyond the call
of duty as they were called in during the weekend to respond and assist ARC with their
set -up and adjust programs and rental events to allow for minimal disruption.
• Tukwila Community Center Maintenance: TCC was closed for maintenance during the
week of April 14. During this closure the Center received a top -to- bottom cleaning
including carpets and furniture shampooing, rooms and storage areas were cleaned and
organized, benches and bleachers were power washed, and a number of repair items
were addressed. We're also happy to announce that the nice wood floors in the Dance
Studio, Banquet Hall, and Social Hall were sanded down and refinished for the first
time. We are excited to work with Public Works to budget this work for the gym and
racquetball floors in 2015 and every 5 years thereafter.
IV. Responses to Council /Citizen Inquiries
• Increased Speed Patrols on 53ra Avenue South: At the April 28 Council meeting,
Councilmember Duffie reported vehicles speeding on 53rd Avenue South near Joseph
Foster Park in the mornings when the kids are going to school. The information has
been passed along to the dayshift patrol sergeants to do spot checks between now and
the end of the school year.
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