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Mayor's 1 David Cline, City Administrator
The City of opportunity, the community of choice
TO: Mayor Ekberg
Councilmembers
FROM: David Cline, City Administrator
DATE: November 2, 2016
SUBJECT: Report for November 7, 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
• Microsoft Envisioning Center: On October 18 several Admin Team members joined
the TIS staff at the Microsoft Envisioning Center for a demo of Office 365 and Azure.
• Tour of Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club: On October 19 Mayor Ekberg, Councilmember
Robertson, Council Analyst Laurel Humphrey, Public Works Director Bob Giberson and
Parks and Recreation Director Rick Still toured the Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club to look
at alternatives to use of reclaimed water at the Foster Golf Course.
• Meeting with King County Metro: Mayor Ekberg and Public Works Director Bob
Giberson met with Rob Gannon, General Manager of King County Metro to discuss ways
the City and Metro can partner to continue to improve service in Tukwila.
• Tour of El Centro: Mayor Ekberg, Council President Duffie, Councilmember McLeod
and several city staff members toured the El Centro development on Beacon Hill.
• Washington State Lean Transformation Conference: Cheryl Thompson, Executive
Assistant, and Lily Jue, Fiscal Coordinator attended the 5t" Annual Washington State
Lean Transformation Conference organized by Results Washington. Governor Inslee
offered opening remarks at the conference.
• Joint Meeting with the State Auditor's Office: On October 20 Finance Director Peggy
McCarthy and Deputy Finance Director Vicky Carlsen attended a joint discussion with
other South King County Finance officers and members of the State Auditor's Office
including Deputy State Auditor Jan Jutte, Deputy Director of Local Audit Sadie Armijo,
Deputy Director of Local Audit Mark Rapozo, and Director of Local Audit Kelly Collins.
All finance officers in attendance reported a much improved audit experience this
year.
• Washington Cities Insurance Association Annual Meeting: Finance Director Peggy
McCarthy represented Tukwila at the Washington Cities Insurance Association (WCIA)
annual meeting on October 21. The meeting included an educational session about
Crisis Communication and highlights from the Board Meeting include an increase in
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cyber insurance coverage and the addition of cyber extortion coverage as well as
discussion about WCIA's 2017 goals.
II. Community Events
• Annual Fall Cleanup: The Annual Fall Cleanup hosted by Waste Management on
October 15 at Saar's and Tukwila Community Center went well although participation
was reduced due to the forecasted storm and its impacts. A makeup dump pass is
available to those citizens who were not able to participate due to the decision to
close an hour early because of the weather. Residents interested in a pass should
contact Public Works at PublicWorksCTukwilaWA.gov.
• Alzheimer's Workshop: The Tukwila Library Advisory Board sponsored an Alzheimer's
workshop on October 20. The session focused on meaningful activities you can do
with people who have dementia. The workshop was very helpful for caregivers and
family members.
• Duwamish Alive!: DCD staff helped support the Duwamish Alive! event on October 22
at the shoreline restoration site behind BECU. The event drew volunteers from BECU,
CH2MHill consulting firm, Associated Grocers, the Boy Scouts and individuals. In
addition to planting in an area recently cleared of blackberries, the butterfly garden
was enlarged and native plants attractive to butterflies were planted.
• She Builds Event: On October 22 Rebuilding Together Seattle sponsored the She
Builds event at the Tukwila Community Center (TCC). Four Tukwila households
received assistance and education sessions were offered at TCC.
III. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• New Non - Commissioned Community Service Officer: Tukwila Police hired a non-
commissioned Community Service Officer, Tek Kaf ley who is going to be helping the
Community Liaison Team with community outreach. Tek is fluent in Nepalese and
Hindi and is a great addition to the team.
• Operation Cross Country: On October 13 Tukwila Police hosted Operation Cross
Country for the local Federal Child Exploitation Task Force. This operation is the
FBI's annual law enforcement action focused on recovering underage victims of
prostitution and drawing the public's attention to the problem of sex trafficking at
home and abroad. In Washington State, five juveniles were recovered and 67 adults
were contacted. Fourteen arrests were made statewide. The Tukwila operation
focused on investigating subjects that were trying to exploit children and led to two
arrests.
Project Updates
• Regional Transit Committee (RTC) Review of Metro Connects: DCD staff attended a
workshop with Councilmember Hougardy on October 19 to continue the Regional
Transit Committee's review of the Metro Connects long range transportation plan.
The RTC has some remaining questions for Metro centered on the implementation
program for the plan. There will be two more striking amendment versions of the plan
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released in November for RTC review prior to the plan's scheduled adoption at the
end 2016 /beginning of 2017.
• Duwamish Hill Preserve: Benches and a new welcome kiosk have been installed. The
kiosk will have temporary panels on them. "Permanent" panels are going through
review stage with the tribes and will installed at later date. Interpretive signs will be
installed later this fall.
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) at Cascade View Park:
Maintenance staff continue to focus on Crime Prevention Through Environmental
Design (CPTED) at Cascade View Park by pruning, thinning, and relocating of plants to
open sight lines and remove hiding spots in the bushes and landscape beds.
• Southcenter Pedestrian /Bicycle Bridge: The Contractor has been building rebar and
forming for eventual concrete pour at the Pier 2 cap and Abutment 1. Construction is
taking place on the west side of Green River.
• S 119th St Pedestrian Bridge: Work began September 21 and is anticipated to be
completed by October 31. The project will remove and repair wood rot in the top of
the girder by replacing some wood components 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. The top wood has been replaced.
The epoxy repair for the handrail tops and deck epoxy is pending due to weather
conditions.
• Crystal Springs Emergency Surface Water Repair: Construction started the week of
October 15 and is expected to be completed by mid - November.
• Duwamish Gardens: Curbs for the five car parking lot have been poured and the
parking lot base courses have been installed. The lawn area has been hydro- seeded,
the rain gardens and streetscape have been planted and berms near the entry have
been installed.
• Boeing Access Road Bridge Rehab: Staff is working towards certifying the right -of-
way (ROW) for this project. WSDOT ROW Certification will allow the project to move
forward and release construction funding and bid advertisements for the project. To
get the ROW certified, the City is awaiting the construction and maintenance
agreement from BNSF. City staff will be working to meet those requirements and
anticipates the project to be advertised for bids in early 2017.
• Employee Transportation Coordinator Training: The Tukwila Transportation Demand
Management (TDM) Team hosted a two -part Employee Transportation Coordinator
(ETC) Training at the Tukwila Community Center. King County Metro's commute trip
reduction specialist led the mandatory training for all new ETC's with in King County.
Two of the twenty participants were ETC's from the Tukwila area.
• Commute Trip Reduction Webpage Updated: The City's Commute Trip Reduction
webpage has been recently updated. The new page provides information about
transportation options with in the City of Tukwila for the community, employees, or
anyone who travels with in the City. The direct link to the page is:
http://www.tukwilawa.g ov /skctransportationoptions.
Community Services
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• Operation Warm Coat: The Fire Department sponsored the 2nd Annual Operation
Warm Coat and successfully reached the goal to provide 138 coats to every
Kindergartner at Thorndyke and Cascade View Elementary Schools. On October 19 Fire
and Police personnel visited Thorndyke and Cascade View Elementary to hand out the
coats, talk with the kindergarten students and let the children sit in and look at
police and fire department vehicles.
IV. Responses to Council /Citizen Inquiries
Date of
Inquiry
Inquiry
Response
October 10,
Residents from the new
S 144th/44th Lane Crosswalk:
2016 Council
development on 144th Street
Crosswalk best practices will be
Meeting
across from the Tukwila Pool
discussed at an upcoming
are requesting a crosswalk as
Transportation Committee.
there are not sidewalks on
Sidewalks and easements are being
the south side of that street.
1 added as redevelopment occurs.
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