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The City of opportunity, the community of choice
Mayor Haggerton
Councilmembers
David Cline, City Administrator
September 30, 2015
Report for October 6, 2015 Regular Council Meeting
Jim Ha Berton, 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.
Intergovernmental Update
• Meeting with King County Housing Authority (KCHA): Project Development Manager Joyce
Trantina and Human Services Manager Evie Boykan attended a meeting with other regional
Human Services managers and KCHA to discuss economic security issues.
• Government Performance Consortium Meeting: City Administrator David Cline,
Communications and Government Relations Manager Rachel Bianchi and Project
Development Manager Joyce Trantina attended a Government Performance Consortium
meeting hosted by Bellevue to discuss data collection /performance metrics that would be
valuable to Consortium cities.
• Tukwila Fire Department assists Renton: TFD assisted Renton FD with station coverage
during the memorial service for FF Donovan Eckhardt.
• Active Shooter Exercise: Sound Transit conducted an Active Shooter Exercise where Battalion
Chief Don Tomaso served as an evaluator.
• WRPA Business Institute: Tukwila Parks and Recreation was selected as the host facility for
the upcoming annual WRPA Business Institute on October 22, 2015. Parks and Recreation
Professionals throughout the state will be attending this annual training event.
Community Events
• Tukwila Community Cleanup: In partnership with Waste Management and Saars Market, the
City conducted its annual Tukwila Community Cleanup Event on September 19. This highly
successful event provided an opportunity for all Tukwila residents to dispose of unwanted
furniture, yard waste, mattresses, E -waste and large bulky items.
• Socktober Fest: Parks and Recreation will be hosting the first Socktober Fest 5k fun run and
walk on October so beginning at so am at Foster Golf Links. Participants are encouraged to
wear their craziest socks and help others by donating sock s to the Spirit of Giving Campaign.
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All participants will receive coupons for food and beverage specials at Billy Baroos Restaurant
to use after the event.
• Community Safety Conversation: On October 20 at Showalter Middle School the City, Global
to Local and Forterra will be hosting a community -wide meeting to share important safety
information with residents. Staff from Police, Fire, Emergency Management and other
departments will present information and answer questions. Translation will be provided in
Somali, Spanish and Burmese.
III. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• COPS Grant: The City of Tukwila was awarded a $250,000 grant from the United States
Department of Justice through its COPS Hiring Program to fund two new officers who will
serve as liaisons to Tukwila's immigrant and refugee communities. This grant will allowthe
City to increase its proactive work and outreach to all communities within Tukwila.
• Juvenile Justice Disproportionality Steering Committee: Chief Villa is one of three King
County Law Enforcement representatives on the Juvenile Justice Disproportionality Steering
Committee. The first meeting on September 24 was kicked off by King County Executive
Constantine. Over the next A months community leaders will establish short -term and long-
term actions to help end disproportionality in King County's juvenile- justice system; identify
root causes of disproportionality and specific solutions needed to address them in individual
communities; and engage communities by sharing information and collecting and
incorporating feedback.
• National Fallen Firefighter Memorial: Chief Floresjoined other fire department members at
the IAFF National Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service in Colorado Springs where Captain Mike
McCoy was honored and his name placed upon the memorial wall.
Project Updates
• Tukwila International Boulevard Community Transformation Committee: Representatives
from Parks and Recreation, Public Works, Department of Community Development, Economic
Development, Police and Fire met to develop a prototype report format to be used by City
Administration to track and discuss progress on Tukwila International Boulevard. The
committee will work to ensure cross - departmental coordination of goals, strategies and tasks
in accordance with the City's Strategic Plan.
• Human Resources: Human Resources (HR) is in the process of developing an HR Operating
Plan with the final draft scheduled to be completed mid - October. They will then begin work on
an HR Strategic Plan to be completed by the end of 2015.
• Upcoming Neighborhood Canvass: Communications and Government Relations Manager
Rachel Bianchi met with apartment managers in the next neighborhood canvass area and,
worked with Economic Development Liaison Brandon Miles to complete final planning of the
S. 152nd St. canvass; the canvass will begin on October 5th.
• United Way Day of Caring: On September A Parks and Recreation coordinated over 40
volunteers to contribute to the National Day of Caring. Events in Tukwila took place at three
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locations: Bicentennial Park, Duwamish Hill Preserve, and along the Duwamish shoreline near
the BECU campus.
• Foster Golf Links: Foster Golf Links has started aerating tee's to prepare for the rain season.
Staff is also going through the trees on the course, trimming all dead and undesirable low
limbs.
• 2015 Overlay & Repair: The Contractor is scheduled for night work this week and will
complete utility hardware adjustments and plastic pavement markings on Southcenter Pkwy
and Tukwila Pkwy.
• Duwamish Gardens: McCann Construction finished Phase I of the projectthis week. All slopes
have been covered with plastic and secured. They will continue to provide erosion control
inspections and submittals through the winter until Phase 2 begins in April 2016.
• Interurban Ave S Roadway: Work continues on the west side of Interurban Avenue. We are
nearing completion of new water facilities and the remaining drainage items. Subcontractors
on site are placing the electrical system upgrades including foundations for new street lighting
and structural sidewalk and traffic barriers along the river bend. Project completion is
expected bythe end of the year with potential plans for final paving next spring.
• Sound Transit Update: Communications and Government Relations Manager Rachel Bianchi
attended the recent Sound Transit meeting where they approved permit parking which will
impact the light rail station on Tukwila International Boulevard.
• Technical suRport for Sound Cities Association (SCA): Technology Services assisted SCA in
building and installing an Exchange e -mail server, migrating all data off of their old system,
installing a new backup battery and implementing a new, more robust Antivirus software.
• Veteran's Memorial at Tukwila Community Center: The Veteran's Memorial was installed
nearly 20 years ago by the Arts Commission and several local veterans. Last spring the Parks
Maintenance staff replaced the wooden arbor and benches, and staff just finished landscaping
the area to revitalize the memorial.
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