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Mayor's Office - David Cline, City Administrator
The City of opportunity, the community of choice
Mayor Ekberg
Councilmembers
David Cline, City Administrator
March 16, 2016
City Administrator's Report
Allan Ekberg, 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
• National League of Cities Congressional City Conference: Mayor Ekberg, Councilmembers
Hougardy, Kruller, Quinn and Seal, Communications and Government Relations Manager
Rachel Bianchi and Nate Robinson, along with j.1 Tukwila Teens, attended the National League
of Cities Congressional City Conference in Washington DC and met with Senators Cantwell and
Murray.
• Washington State Municipal Clerk's Association (WMCA) Executive Board: Christy
O'Flaherty, City Clerk has been elected to the Washington State Municipal Clerk's Association
(WMCA) Executive Board as President - Elect.
• Sound Cities Association Convening of King County Cities: Mayor Ekberg, Councilmember
Kate Kruller, City Administrator David Cline, Human Services Program Manager Evie Boykan
and Commander Rick Mitchell attended a Convening of King County Cities sponsored by the
Sound Cities Association regarding the issue of homelessness.
II. Staff Updates
Project Updates
• Tukwila International Boulevard Redevelopment - Motel Demolition: The contractor has
demolished as much as they can on the Smoke Shop, Spruce Motel, Boulevard Motel and the
Great Bear Motel. The only building segments left to be demolished are still connected to
Seattle City Light (SCL) power. The construction site has been secured pending SCL's
disconnection of power. The power disconnection permit was approved on March :Lo and
demolition will proceed once SCL crews have completed the power disconnection. In the next
few months staff will seek Council direction on when to begin a developer selection process.
• Foster Library: The King County Library System has officially determined that Foster Library is
surplus property and they can accept offers. Before they list it, they are asking if the City or
School District is interested in buying it. The District is willing to purchase it and would
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appreciate funding and partnering with the City. City staff will bring this issue to the Council
once we have more information on what capacity may be available for City use.
• BNSF Intermodal Facility Access: An open house has been scheduled for March 3o at the
Tukwila Community Center. An online Open House is available through March 31 at
TukBNSFAccess .publicmeeting.info. Please visit the website and share your thoughts.
• Interurban Roadway: Seven of the project driveway approaches were paved and several more
are expected to be completed after final grading. The center median landscaping installation is
expected to be completed by March io.
• 5 3rd Avenue South: Staff and KPG are preparing for an open house on March 23 to discuss
design concepts and receive residents input on roadway design options.
• South 144th Street: King County Housing Authority has agreed to the right -of -way acquisition
and paperwork is being finalized. There has been ongoing coordination with the Tukwila
Village site developer and the King County Library System, including placement of the art work
being installed at the NE corner of Tukwila International Blvd and S 144th St.
• 42nd Avenue South Phase III: An open house was held March 15. Requests for Right of Entry to
all affected property owners have been mailed out. This will allow the City's contractor to
install the future underground connections for electricity and communications as well as make
transitions from private driveways to the new street.
• TUC Pedestrian /Bicycle Bridge: The City is waiting for approval from the US Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) of the Section 408 Levee Modification Permit, which is expected by the
end of March.
• Tukwila Village: King County Library System continues construction on the new library,
estimated to be open to the public in late 2016. Tukwila Village Development Associates
continues sitework on the property north of 144th. The City has approved building permits for
buildings A, C, and E. City is awaiting developer response to comments on the permit
application for building D. Developer will submit permit application for building B at a future
time. City and developer expect to close escrow on the land sale for the first phase in May
2016. Developer estimates first buildings will open in late 2017.
• Washington Place: Development is under construction. Expects to open in late 2017.
• Southcenter Marketing Partnership: On March 2 Economic Development held a Southcenter
Marketing Partnership Forum at Total Wine and More. The event was well attended with over
5o people from various Tukwila area businesses. The meeting allowed businesses to network
with one another and to meet City staff. Staff presented the City's day marketing initiative
which was well received by the attendees.
• Little Library at the Tukwila Community Center: Nicholas Boyle installed a free Little Library
in the lobby at the Tukwila Community Center as his Eagle Scout project. He built the shelves
and donated the books for the library. People are encouraged to look through the library and
take a book. Book donations are also being accepted.
• Cascadia Rising: The city will be participating in a Multi -State Emergency Management
Tabletop Exercise called "Cascadia Rising" on June 7 and 8. As part of our preparation for the
exercise staff will be participating in several training opportunities between now and then.
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