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The City of opportunity, the community of choice
TO: Mayor Haggerton
Councilmembers
FROM: David Cline, City Administrator
DATE: October 14, 2015
SUBJECT: Report for October 19, 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
• International City /County Management Association (ICMA) Annual Conference: City
Administrator David Cline served on the Host Committee for the 2015 International
City /County Management Association (ICMA) Annual Conference held in Seattle September
26 -30. Communications and Government Relations Manager Rachel Bianchi, Economic
Development Liaison Brandon Miles, and Community Development Deputy Director Nora
Gierloff attended the conference and several City employees worked as volunteers. During
this conference, Mr. Cline was elected by his peers as the Incoming President for the
Washington City Management Association.
• Tukwila & SeaTac Code Enforcement: On October 5 Tukwila Code Enforcement met with
SeaTac Code Enforcement to discuss various issues such as the McMicken Neighborhood and
Healthy Housing Code, Residential parking regulation, Commercial parking regulations and
abatements.
• Future of Government Training Forum: Several City employees attended a training forum on
the Future of Government at the University of Washington (UW) on October 6. The event was
sponsored by the Government Performance Consortium in partnership with UW Evans School
of Public Affairs, the Municipal Research and Services Center, the State Auditor's Office,
Association of Washington Cities, Washington State Association of Counties and Engaging
Local Government Leaders.
• Public Innovators Training: Councilperson Kate Kruller and Human Services Manager Evie
Boykan attended a training for Public Innovators sponsored by King County Communities of
Opportunity. The Harwood Institute presented about how to authentically engage community
to develop productive relationships across systems.
• King County Aerospace Alliance: Joyce Trantina attended the King County Aerospace
Alliance meeting at South Seattle College, Georgetown Campus where attendees heard
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updates on issues related to workforce development, employment, and toured Worksource,
which has an on- campus office and provides connections between businesses and job seekers.
II. Communitv Events
• Foster High School Alumni Hall of Fame Ceremony: Battalion Chief Don Tomaso and Captain
Mike McCoy were inducted into the Foster High School Alumni Hall of Fame Ceremony on
October 7.
• Child Adult Care Food Program ( CACFP): Parks & Recreation is participating in the Child
Adult Care Food Program. This program allows for reimbursement for the healthy snacks we
serve in the afterschool program at TCC. We are excited to have support from the CACFP to
help continue promoting healthy /well living to our program participants and the community.
III. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• Howard Hanson Dam Table Top Exercise: Emergency Management and Communications
staff attended a King County /Army Corps of Engineers table top exercise related to a dam
event or failure.
• Community Police Team: Detectives Kunsmann and Rusness have been attending youth gang
outreach meetings which are also attended by the Alive and Free Program representatives as
well as multi - jurisdictional violent crime meetings at Seattle PD headquarters.
• Operation Cross Country: On October so TAC Team Detectives, as a part of the Child
Endangerment Task Force (CTEF) participated in Operation Cross Country based out of our
facilities. The exercise partners local and Federal Agencies in combating human trafficking,
child sex crimes, and prostitution.
Project Updates
• Newport Bay Restaurant -17920 Southcenter Pkwy: A permit application has been filed for
the demolition of the Newport Bay Restaurant. The proposed redevelopment of this site is for
construction of a new 7,500 square foot restaurant (Twin Peaks Southcenter). Staff is currently
reviewing the design review application.
• Transit Oriented Development: Staff attended a workshop sponsored by Smart Growth
America and the City of SeaTac to evaluate the existing vision, opportunities, and constraints
for each of the three transit station areas in SeaTac & Tukwila and develop some action ideas.
The workshop was facilitated by an economic strategist who consults nationally on this issue.
• McMicken Neighborhood: In the last year Tukwila Code Enforcement has had 23 problem
properties in the McMicken Neighborhood. Through the joint efforts of residents, police and
code enforcement there are only four unresolved problem properties in various stages of
cleanup.
• Property Taxes: The King County Assessor's Office reported that, based on the 2015 property
valuation notices for Area 24, residential properties in Tukwila increased in value by 130/0 on
average.
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• Accident Prevention Program: Human Resources will be making a presentation about the
City's Accident Prevention Program to Public Works and Parks staff at their monthly safety
meeting on October 22.
• Seattle City Light (SLC) Pole Yard: Community Development and Government Relations
staff as well as a representative from Forterra, met with representatives from Seattle City Light
to discuss the odor emanating from the pole yard just to the north of Duwamish Hill. Potential
plantings have been identified that may help mitigate the odor, and SCL will investigate
whether they can store fewer poles in the summer time as heat exacerbates the odor problem.
SCL staff will attend the October 17 Duwamish Alive event to discuss their attempts to
mitigate the odors.
• Office of Public Defense Grant Award: The City was awarded $22,goo in grant funds from the
Washington State Office of Public Defense for 2o16. Grant funds have been awarded to
provide investigator, interpreter and social worker services to support the public defense
attorneys in their representation of indigent defendants.
• ARMA International Conference: City Clerk staff attended the ARMA International
conference to keep current on issues related to government records management.
• Duwamish Hill Preserve Phase z: The cement pad for artwork and lawn seeding around the
pad is complete. Final irrigation work is currently taking place. Plant deliveries are expected to
begin next week followed by planting, placement of log benches and installation of a rabbit
fence. Public Works is helping to remove some cement blocks and clean up the southwest
portion of the site.
• 4Culture Grant Funding': The City has been selected to interview for grant funding from
4Culture for future work at the Duwamish Hill Preserve. This work includes additional
plantings, interpretive signage, and an entrance kiosk. We have applied for $250,000 in
funding, which does not require any "new" matching funds. The interview is scheduled for
October 20.
• Desimone Levee: The contractor for the Army Corps of Engineers has completed all in -water
riprap construction of the lower bench. Additional riprap is being placed on the upper bench,
which will be followed by topsoil and plantings.
• Interurban Ave S Roadway: The contractor continues to move forward as quickly as possible
with west side drainage and sidewalk features, working from the south end of the project to
the north. All new water main installation is complete aside from final service line adjustments.
Drainage features are near completion. The south end structural sidewalk and traffic barrier
across from Fort Dent Park is approximately 500/6 complete, with the remaining traffic barrier
and containment wall to follow in the next few weeks. The next major construction item is
placement of curb and gutter on the west side from Fort Dent to S 149th St with a target to
complete the base paving before winter rains arrive.
• Cascade View Safe Routes to School Phase II: The City was awarded $838,950 for Phase II of
the Cascade View SRTS Project. Phase 11 will allow the City to construct new sidewalks with
curbs and gutters on the east side of 33rd Ave S (S 14oth St to S 144th St) and S 14oth St
(Military Rd to 34th Ave S) and install a traffic circle at 33rd Ave S/S 14oth St.
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• ADA Transition Plan: GIS data was finalized last week and mapping of the barrier data began
this week. The community outreach specialist is refining the outreach plan for translation
services.
• CBD Sewer Rehabilitation: City received 5 bids for the two 2015 CBD Sewer Projects. The low
bidders were Michels Corporation and PRO VAC and both firms have successfully worked for
the City in the past. The bid award will be presented at the 10/13 Utilities Committee.
• Streets Clean -Up: The Streets Division has been busy. They have collected 45 bags of garbage
from bus stops and spent so hours on graffiti removal.
• Pacific Northwest Digital Summit: Technology Services Staff attended the Pacific Northwest
Digital Summit held at the Tacoma Convention & Trade Center on September 29 & 30. Topics
included Innovation and Leadership, Digital Government Trends, Emerging Technologies,
Mobility and Citizen Engagement, Data and Analytics, Cyber Security, Cloud Services and
Government Collaboration.
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