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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND PARKS COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
Jonuory25, 2016 - 5:30 p.m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall
Councilmembers: De'Sean Quinn, Chair; Kathy Hougardy, Thomas McLeod
Staff: David Cline, Rachel Bianchi, Jack Pace, Tracy Gallaway, Laurel Humphrey
CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair Quinn called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
I. PRESENTATIONS
II. BUSINESSAGENDA
There was consensus to consider the 2016 Legislative Agenda as the first item of business.
A. Resolution: Adopting the 2016 Legislative Agenda
Staff is seeking Council approval of a resolution that would adopt a legislative agenda for use
during the 2016 Washington State Legislative Session. The draft agenda includes items in the
categories of Transportation & Infrastructure, Shared Revenue, Revenue Reform, Public
Records, Human Services Funding, and Education. The Committee supported the inclusion of
education - related priorities that would provide support to local school districts in their efforts.
Councilmember Hougardy distributed copies of the South County Area Transportation Board
(SCATBd) legislative priorities, and the committee agreed that these had compatibility with the
City's proposed priorities. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO JANUARY 25, 2016
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
B. Contract: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds for 2015 -2016 Minor Home
Repair
Staff is seeking Council approval for the Mayor to sign a contract with King County for the
receipt of $130,000 in CDBG funds for the 2015 -2016 Minor Home Repair Program. This program
is administered by the Office of Human Services and provides home repair services to low and
moderate income homeowners. Tukwila serves as the fiscal agent for the contract which also
includes Des Moines, Covington and SeaTac. In 2015, 20 households in Tukwila were served
with 93 hours of housing repair. The Committee requested written responses to the following
questions:
1. How are funds allocated among the cities? Is there a formula?
2. Does the allocation include compensation for Tukwila's administration of
the program?
3. Has the late invoicing /reimbursement always gone smoothly?
4. Is there data to show how many requests are turned down?
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5. What is the average turn - around time for project completion?
6. Does the table of HUD income guidelines (page 21) include or exclude tax
exempt sources of income?
7. Does Human Services have discretionary ability to prioritize need?
8. Based upon previous years, what is the estimated need in Tukwila (dollar
amount and number of applications)?
Chair Quinn also requested a program overview by Human Services Staff at a future
Committee meeting. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO FEBRUARY 1, 2016 REGULAR
CONSENT AGENDA WITH RESPONSES TO COMMITTEE QUESTIONS.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
Teens
Staff provided an update on an effort to send students from Teens for Tukwila to the NLC
Congressional City Conference this March. Councilmembers Duffie, Seal, and Quinn attended a
Teens for Tukwila meeting to promote the opportunity, which resulted in a strong level of interest
from the members. Should every member of the group be able to attend, the rough cost estimate is
$13,350 including chaperones. Several potential funding sources have been identified including the
Council travel budget, contributions from the Mayor, a World Vision grant, and others. Committee
members discussed the proposal and were supportive of the opportunity and of contributing Council
travel dollars. Chair Quinn will address this at the Committee of the Whole to learn if there is
consensus from the entire Council to continue moving forward. The Committee agreed that this
should be treated as a pilot program that will be evaluated before there is commitment to repeating
in the future.
Work Plan
Staff distributed copies of a preliminary work plan for the Committee. This item will be added for
discussion at a future meeting.
The Community Affairs and Parks Committee Meeting adjourned at 6:13 p.m.
Next meeting: Monday, February 8, 2016
Committee Chair Approval
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