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Citv Council Public Safetv Committee
Meeting Minutes
April 17, 2017 - 5:30 p.m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall
Councilmembers: Thomas McLeod, Chair; Joe Duffie, De'Sean Quinn
Staff: David Cline, Jack Pace, Bob Giberson, Jay Wittwer, Laurel Humphrey
CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair McLeod called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
I. ANNOUNCEMENT
II. BUSINESSAGENDA
A. 2016 Fire Department Annual Report
Chief Wittwer provided the Committee with the Fire Department Annual Report for 2016,
including information on call volume statistics, department highlights, and events.
Councilmember Quinn asked for additional data around mutual aid response, including if
mutual aid responses are higher at certain stations. The Committee suggested greater
transparency around the Department's successes and challenges, including posting
departmental statistics on the Public Safety Plan webpage and giving a "State of the Fire
Department" address at a Council meeting or other venue. INFORMATION ONLY.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
Chair McLeod led a Committee discussion on development agreements in light of the fact that
Station 51's location is established per the Development Agreement for Tukwila Valley South. Staff
provided copies of the original Agreement and its 2013 addenda to the Committee members for
reference. Under the Agreement, Segale Properties, LLC donated three acres of land at Southcenter
Parkway south of 180t" Street for future use as a fire station. The Property is subject to a deed
restriction, so if it is not used to site a fire station, it will revert to Segale ownership. There is also a
blanket easement against the Property due to a 2014 tri -party relocation agreement made for the
relocation of Puget Sound Energy's high pressure gas line. The Committee discussed this Agreement
as well as the general role of development agreements. The Committee requested that staff provide
copies to all Councilmembers along with a one page summary outlining the status of the provisions
related to Fire Station 51 location. The summary should be high -level yet provide reference to the
relevant sections of theAgreement, and should also be made available to the public. Councilmember
McLeod referenced a question asked by Councilmember Kruller at the April 10 Committee of the
Whole regarding whether the Department Headquarters will have to be located at the Tukwila Valley
South station property. Staff replied that that is not a requirement and that decision has yet to be
made.
Public Safety Committee Minutes ................................................................................................ ............................... April 17, 2017
Adjourned 6.32 p.m.
LA Committee Chair Approval
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