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TO: Mayor Ekberg
Councilmembers
FROM: David Cline, City Administrator
DATE: October 12, 2016
SUBJECT: Report for October 17, 2016 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
• Tukwila Selected for Legacy Program: The Center for New Urbanism has selected the
Tukwila International Boulevard project for their Legacy Program. The Legacy Program is a
three day onsite workshop where national leaders in architecture, planning, placemaking
and revitalization partner with local teams to generate designs and strategies for a particular
project.
• Port of Seattle Tour of Tukwila: Mayor Ekberg, City Administrator David Cline, and Business
Relations Manager Brandon Miles provided a tour of the City to Lance Lyttle, Manager
Director at SeaTac Airport. The tour included Allentown, Boeing Access Road, Tukwila South,
and the Strander connection project.
• Seattle Chamber Lunch: Soundside Alliance, which Tukwila helps operate, sponsored a
table at the annual meeting of the Seattle Chamber. Councilmembers Hougardy and Duffie
joined David Cline, Brandon Miles, and Laurel Humphrey at the lunch. Also at the Soundside
table was Bob Edgar, Deputy Mayor from the City of Burien and Andrea Reay, CEO /Present of
the Seattle Southside Chamber.
• 23rd Annual Affordable Housing Conference: Mayor Ekberg and Human Services Manager
Evie Boykan attended portions of the 23rd Annual Affordable Housing Conference held in
Tacoma and sponsored by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission.
• King County City Manager /Administrator Meeting: City Administrator David Cline hosted
the monthly King County City Manager /Administrator meeting on October 5. Presentations
included an update from AWC on their Legislative Agenda and Interim Work, an update about
all of the ballot measures in King County that will be included on the November ballot, an
update about the Washington City /County Manager's Association Strategic Plan and an
update from the Sound Cities Association.
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II. Community Events
• Transportation Open House: The Tukwila Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
Team hosted a Transportation Open House at Sound Mental Health East on September 28.
The ORCA -To -Go mobile sales unit and ORCA Liftjoined us to provide easy access to transit
fare cards. The TDM Team in partnership with Hopelink Mobility Management also provided
transportation route and general information to those who attended.
• 2 °d Annual Socktoberfest: The 2nd annual Socktoberfest, benefitting the Spirit of Giving
Campaign, took place on October 1 at Foster Golf Links. Over 50 runners and walkers
participated and over 400 pairs of socks were donated.
• Cascade View CARE Night: Recreation and Human Services Staff participated in Cascade
View's highly attended CARE Night October 6. Staff distributed socks and underwear, which
were donated by a Spirit of Giving partner: Strong- Bridge Consulting.
III. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• Forum on Refugee Outreach and Engagement Programs for Police Agencies: The Police
Executive Research Forum (PERF) invited Chief Mike Villa to Washington DC and sponsored
his participation in the Forum on Refugee Outreach and Engagement Programs for Police
Agencies. The Chief was one of 52 attendees from across the nation. Colleagues and
community members from the various diverse cities were able to share innovative ideas,
lessons learned and best practices. Chief Villa invited Borka Paponjak, a refugee from
Sarajevo who serves as the Resettlement and Placement Manager for the International
Rescue Committee (IRC) to join him at the Forum. Ms. Paponjak spoke about the great
relationship between TPD and IRC, and emphasized the value of Sergeant Boyd and Officer
Valdez providing American Law Enforcement orientation to new refugees at IRC. Chief Villa
spoke to the group about sustainable outreach programs and building lasting trust that
extends beyond designated outreach officers. PERF staff and other police officials
acknowledged the Tukwila Police Department as being an organization that is leading the
way in community policing in one of the most diverse cities in the United States.
• Outstanding Police Officer Award: Detective Ron Corrigan was honored to receive the
Outstanding Police Officer Award at the Delta -White Center Lodge No. 172 on September 24.
This was the third annual Outstanding Police Officer Recognition Day to recognize the men
and women in blue for their dedicated service.
• Spillman Records Management System: The new records management system: Spillman
went live on October 4, 2016. Spillman representatives were on site to assist with the process
and they will remain on site for two weeks to help with questions, remedial training and any
issues that may occur.
Project Updates
• Southcenter Pedestrian /Bicycle Bridge: Shaft drilling at Piers 2, 3 and 4 has been
completed and the drilling equipment has been demobilized. The rebar for the cap at Pier 2
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and Abutment 1 is being constructed. The next step will be building the forms for Pier 2 cap
and Abutment 1.
• S 119th St Pedestrian Bridge: King County road crews began work on September 21 and
hope to complete the project by October 14. The project will remove and repair wood rot in
the top of the girder and cleaning and filling rot with epoxy putty. In addition, the deck will be
cleaned, leveled, and covered with an epoxy to seal the timber and to provide a non -slip
surface.
• Crystal Springs Emergency Surface Water Repair: The preconstruction conference with the
contractor was held October 5. Construction will begin this week.
• Strander Blvd Phase 3 Early Start: A conference call was held between City staff and
Federal Highway Administration staff to discuss the preparation to move forward with the
federal FASTLANE grant award. The design phase is expected to begin in January 2017.
• Leadership Challenge Training: Mayor Ekberg and City Administrator David Clinejoined
more than 60 City staff members representing every department in the first session of a
leadership training facilitated by Chief Villa and other Police Department staff.
Iv. Responses to Council /Citizen Inquiries
Date of Inquiry
Inquiry
Response
September 26, 2016
What is the City's
The City's Bond Rating is currently AA - High
current bond rating?
Quality - as assigned by the Standard and Poor's
rating agency on March 31, 2015 and A2 assigned
by Moody's on December 18, 2012.
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