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The City of opportunity, the community of choice
TO: Mayor Haggerton
Councilmembers
FROM: David Cline, City Administrator
DATE: August 12, 2015
SUBJECT: Report for August 17, 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.
I. Intergovernmental Update
• ST3 Update: At the August Sound Transit Executive Committee meeting, staff recommended
adding 15 additional projects to the draft ST3 list. Three of these projects are relevant to
Tukwila:
• "Additional structured parking at Tukwila International Boulevard Station"
• "Light rail from Burien to Tukwila and Renton"
• "Study of an extension of light rail from West Seattle to Burien and connect to the
spine at TIBS or the Airport stations"
In all likelihood, these additional projects will move forward on the daft project priority list,
along with both the light rail and commuter rail stations which were on the original list, for
approval by the full Board later this month. Once the draft list has been approved, Sound
Transit staff will begin the ridership and financial analysis, which is what will inform the final
list to go before the voters in November, 2016.
II. Communitv Events
• See You in the Park: The fifth and final See You in the Park event was held on August 4 at
Crestview Park in conjunction with National Night Out. A total of 75o neighbors attended the
events that were held throughout July and early August. More than 50 City staff participated in
the events. Several Councilmembers, Mayor Haggerton and City Administrator Cline as well as
the Park Commission also participated in the community gatherings. Staff gathered contact
information for over 165 households interested in volunteering and /or contributing the future
of their neighborhood park.
III. Staff Updates
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Public Safety
• National Night Out Against Crime: Tuesday, August 4 marked yet another busy National
Night Out Against Crime in Tukwila. 21 events were held throughout the City and 16 City of
Tukwila teams comprised of 33 people were able to visit all of the events. The participants
included City staff, elected officials including Mayor Haggerton, volunteers, Westfield mall
security director, as well as Sounders and Target team representatives. Free prizes were given
out to children at the various neighborhoods. Everyone enjoyed a fun evening with the
wonderful ethnic food contributions Tukwila residents had to offer.
Project Updates
• Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Meetings in Allentown: The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is
holding a series of drop -in meetings in Allentown to hear concerns about air pollution in the
neighborhood. Concerns include odors coming from the Seattle City Light (SCL) pole storage
yard on S. 115th Street. DCD met with City Light staff on site July 1 to discuss options for
getting rid of the odors and have continued to be in contact with them on a weekly basis.
• 2015 Overlay & Repair: Our contractor continues working on South 124th St with utility
casting adjustments to grade in the roadway and replacing the extruded curbing that existed
on the north side of the roadway for pedestrian safety. Temporary video detection was
installed at the intersection of Gateway Drive and Interurban Avenue South by our Street crew.
• BAR Bridge Rehab: Received full project approval and will finalize design and advertise for
bids this fall.
• Duwamish Hill Preserve: The monitoring well has been decommissioned and
removed. Earthwork has started, including excavation and mounding.
• Community Renewal Project: The Purchase and Sale Agreement for the property has been
executed and the environmental /engineering work has been completed. The SEPA checklist
has been submitted for comment on all the motels and Smoke Shop, and we anticipate
advertising for bids in October with building demolition in December.
IV. Responses to Council /Citizens Inquiries
Date of
Inquiry
Inquiry
Response
August 10
Concerns about rental
The Rental Housing program serves over 4,000
Council
housing conditions
rental units which are divided into four
Meeting
geographic zones and inspected once every 4
years. This is the 5th year of the program so
Section 1(west of 599/42nd Avenue /East
Marginal Way and north of S. 144th Street) is
being re- inspected forthe first time. Complexes
and individual units may also be re- inspected at
anytime on a complaint basis.
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Code Enforcement Staff will be submitting the
new 2015 International Property Maintenance
Code for Council approval at the September 14,
2015 CAP. This document will include sections
from the National Healthy Housing Code and
some code enforcement enhancements that
give staff more tools to address mold,
integrated pest management and other
livability issues in addition to life safety
requirements during rental housing inspections.
Under the current inspection rating system just
the existence of mold or pests by themselves
are generally not sufficient to fail a unit. Staff is
considering options for education and outreach
to property owners about housing quality and
possible revisions to inspection standards.
August so
Homeless individual near
Human Services staff responded to a resident
Council
Highway 518
who raised this concern and shared the City's
Meeting
response process which includes contact with
Sound Mental Health and Tukwila Police
outreach as appropriate.
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