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The City of opportunity, the community of choice
TO: Mayor Haggerton
Councilmembers
FROM: David Cline, City Administrator
DATE: April 1, 2015
SUBJECT: Report for April 6, 2015 Regular Council Meeting
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.
Intergovernmental Update
• South King Food Access Working Group: City staff attended the bimonthly meeting of the
South King Food Access Working Group (SKFAWG) on March 11. Staff from cities in the South
King County sub - region, service providers, and food access advocates discussed their current
efforts to promote food access and a viable local food economy. City staff shared updates on
the Comprehensive Plan update process and discussed a possible food truck rodeo in 2016.
• Feedback to the Committee to End Homelessness: Human Services met with
representatives other cities, the King County Housing Authority, and several non - profit
organizations to continue providing feedback to the Committee to End Homelessness in
conjunction with their draft strategic plan.
• Highline Forum: Tukwila hosted the Highline Forum at Starfire Sports on March �5th The
Highline Forum includes the cities of Tukwila, Burien, Des Moines, SeaTac, Normandy Park,
and Federal Way (which does not attend); the Highline College, and Highline Public Schools.
The topic of the meeting was innovative approaches to providing Parks and Recreation
Services. CM Hougardy, the City's representative on the Forum, provided an update on activity
in Tukwila.
• King County City Managers /Administrators Meeting: Brandon Miles, Economic
Development Liaison attended the monthly meeting of King County City Managers and City
Administrators. Sound Transit and King County Metro each provided updates regarding transit
system planning. Sound Transit noted that a priority project list for Sound Transit 3 will be
released in May. City staff will closely monitor the release of the project list to evaluate
possible transit projects for the City.
• State Senate Bill 536: Last week Chief Villa testified at the House Judiciary Committee in
opposition to State Senate Bill 5363, which would limit the ability to condemn in blighted
areas. According to the Association of Washington Cities the Bill has died in committee in the
State House.
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II. Community Events
• Preschool Open House On April 2 Tukwila Parks & Recreation hosted a Preschool Open House
at the Tukwila Community Center. Parents and children were invited to tour the preschool
room, meet the teacher and staff, and get enrollment information.
• Project Feast Community Open House: On April 10 Tukwila Parks & Recreation in partnership
with Project Feast will be hosting a community open house event featuring culture and cuisine
from Mexico. This free event will be held in the Social Hall at the Tukwila Community Center.
• S2 Inaugural Game: On March 21 S2, the second team for the MLS Seattle Sounders, kicked
off their first season with a 4 -2 win over the Sacramento Republic. Mayor Haggerton and
Council President Kruller and Councilmember Robertson participated in the pre -game coin
toss and members of the Tukwila Police Honor Guard: Officer Chris Daugherty and Officer
Isaiah Harris presented the colors. Staff has estimated that the games will bring approximately
4,000 people to Tukwila. Economic Development has provided a nominal amount of funds for
the Sounders to test a game shuttle to get fans to the game. The shuttle connects S2 fans to
Starfire with stops at Odin Brewery, the Mall, and the TIB Station.
III. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• PD Leadership Summit: The Police Department leadership team (supervisors and above)
attended a two -day leadership summit on March 17 and A. The primary objective was to
continue to build a more cohesive "world- class" team and to ensure alignment of the Police
Department vision and goals. Topics such as trust, conflict, commitment, accountability and
results were discussed as well as why we exist, how we will succeed and as well as the
department's current priority.
Project Updates
• 2o14 Employee Awards: The 2014 Department Employee of the Year Award recipients are:
Lynn Miranda, DCD; Marty Grisham, Fire Department; Diane Jaber, Internal Services; Joyce
Trantina, Mayor's Office; Julie Tran, Municipal Court; Marlus Francis, Parks & Recreation; Rick
Mitchell, Police Department; and Laurie Werle, Public Works. The 2014 City -wide Award
recipients are: The Big Idea Award, Warren Orr, Parks & Recreation for FootGolf; The
Leadership Award, Tracy Gallaway, Parks & Recreation; The Spirit Award, Crystal Sweet,
Municipal Court; The Pride in Service Award, Loren McFarland, Fire Department; and the
Teamwork in Action Award, the Digital Records Team, Christy O'Flaherty, Ana Le, Nora
Gierloff, Brenda Holt and Teri Svedahl. The 2014 Mayor's Award recipient is Nate Robinson,
Parks & Recreation.
• Statewide Leadership: On March 1g at their 45th Annual Conference the Washington State
Municipal Clerk's Association (WMCA) elected Tukwila City Clerk Christy O'Flaherty as the
Vice - President. This professional organization specializes in providing networking and training
opportunities regarding open government, public disclosure best practices, leadership and
strategic planning, and successful intergovernmental relationships.
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• Tree Risk Assessment and Tree Management: Department of Community Development and
the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) hosted a second training class
for City staff and local apartment managers on tree risk assessment and tree management.
This class followed up on the earlier training on proper tree pruning techniques.
• Westfield Mall Flood: While Round One was doing tenant improvements to add a bowling
alley in the space above Seafood City a water leak was discovered. The leak came from a water
line that flowed for over an hour before the main water supply was shut off. The Fire
department had crews' onsite to remove as much standing water as possible. Due to the
diligence of the Fire Department and the Department of Community Development the store
was able to reopen March 27, earlier than initially expected.
0 4448 S. 164th Street: Code Enforcement is working with Public Works, the Police Department
and the Fire Department to secure and clean up the property.
0 4736 S. 164th Street: Code Enforcement continues to work with the tenants on cleaning up
the property. Neighbors should see a visible difference soon.
• 1665 I S3rd Av S: On March g, Code Enforcement received a complaint regarding a vacant
house. The front door had been broken in and Tukwila Police removed 2 individuals from the
property. With collaborative efforts from Public Works, Police and Code Enforcement, the
building has been secured. The debris and overgrowth will be addressed as soon as they
receive approval from their client.
• Tukwila Station: Sound Transit's contractor has requested final approval on their construction
permit. There is an outstanding issue regarding removal of a 350 x loo foot pile of fill placed on
their property sometime during the station's construction, in violation of City
regulations. According to the contractor, Sound Transit is not closing the contract with them
until a final approval is given by the City. The City is working with Sound Transit to get this
issue resolved.
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