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City of Tukwila
City Council Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
June 25, 2018 5:30 p.m. Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall
Councilmembers: Thomas McLeod, Chair; Zak Idan
Staff: David Cline, Henry Hash, Hari Ponnekanti, Bruce Linton, Peter Lau, Gail
Labanara, Jaimie Reavis, Cyndy Knighton, Laurel Humphrey, Brandon Miles
Guests: Amy Pellegrini, AT&T; Abdirisak Ahmed, Abu Bakr Islamic Center
CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair McLeod called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
I.PRESENTATIONS
II.BUSINESS AGENDA
Grant Acceptance: West Valley Highway (I-405 to Strander Boulevard)
A.
Staff is seeking Council approval to accept a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant
in the amount of $627,903 for the West Valley Highway (I-405 to Strander Boulevard) Project.
Funding will be used to design and construct a wide shared-use path on West Valley Highway from
the Longacres Way intersection south to the recently widened sidewalks next to the Tukwila
Urban Center Pedestrian Bridge. Funds will also be used to design future improvements on
Longacres Way between SR 181 to the Tukwila Sound Transit Link Station.
come from impact fees, general fund, Fund 104, and other grant funding as shown in the proposed
revision to the Capital Improvement Program summary page. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.
FORWARD TO JULY 2, 2018 REGULAR CONSENT AGENDA.
There was consensus to consider the Design Consultant Supplement with TranTech as the next order
of business.
Supplemental Agreement: Annual Bridge Inspections and Repairs
B.
Staff is seeking Council approval of Supplement No. 1 to Contract No. 18-056 with TranTech
Engineering in the amount of $20,000 for additional design of the South 196/200 Street Bridge
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repairs. A recent inspection revealed that settlement on the west end of the structure has
increased to three inches, and this supplement will adjust the contract scope to include remedy
of that issue. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO JULY 2, 2018 REGULAR CONSENT
AGENDA.
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Small Cell Technology Franchise Agreements with AT&T/New Cingular and Mobilitie, LLC
C.
Staff is seeking Council approval of franchise agreement ordinances with both AT&T/New Cingular
Wireless, PCS, LLC, and Mobilitie, LLC. Both are telecommunications companies currently in the
stages of deploying small cell technology to expand wireless network capacity and the respective
ordinances would grant permission for this deploym-of-way. While the
agreements represent negotiations with each company, the ordinances are substantially
consistent with one another as well as with the Verizon Franchise Ordinance approved in February
2018. The agreements provide for the City to charge site-specific charges prior to permit issuance
as allowable by state law. Committee members asked clarifying questions. Staff mentioned that
the ordinances in the Committee packet were not the most current and those would be provided
before the Committee of the Whole. Councilmembers and staff discussed the need to balance
meeting current technological needs and reducing visual clutter on poles throughout the City, and
how the permitting process will play a role in this. Councilmember Quinn mentioned the
importance of establishing criteria and looking at what neighboring jurisdictions are doing. Ms.
Pellegrini, representing AT&T/New Cingular, offered to bring photo examples of different styles.
Following discussion, the Committee requested the following information for the Committee of
the Whole:
Table explaining differences between the AT&T, Mobilitie, and Verizon franchise
agreements
First drafts of AT&T and Mobilitie agreements
Number and locations of City-owned and non-City owned poles
UNANIMOUS APPROVAL WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. FORWARD TO JULY 9, 2018
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Traffic Calming in Residential Neighborhoods
D.
Councilmembers commonly hear complaints about speeding and requests for traffic calming in
neighborhoods and have requested for the City to have a strong, defensible process for prioritizing and
implementing requests. The Committee discussed and provided input on this topic multiple times in
2017, most recently focusing on data collection from the portable speed signs.The Police Department
and Public Works recently attended a community meeting focused on speed and traffic concerns.
Councilmember Quinn stated that he has previously requested that Council be notified and invited to
participate in such community meetings and was disappointed to hear
Staff acknowledged the oversight and will make sure Council is notified in the future. Staff mentioned
that the City has applicable policy documents such as the Traffic Calming Program, Walk & Roll Plan,
and the Residential Street Prioritization Study, but funding will continue to be a challenge. Staff plans
to present the results of the data collected by the mobile signs at a future Committee meeting, as well
as propose new funding for traffic calming and sidewalks for the 2019-2020 budget. Councilmember
Quinn stated that a purely complaint-based system such as that outlined in the Traffic Calming
Program does not typically result in equitable implementation. Complaints can factor in but all data
should be evaluated, and the Council should be well informed considering its fiduciary authority.
Council is very interested in data gathered by staff to compare with perceptions of concerned citizens
who have spoken up regarding speeding. Mr. Ahmed asked about the status of safety improvements
at Tukwila International Boulevard and South 141 Street, noting that Abu Bakr Islamic Center is
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willing to contribute. Staff has been unsuccessful in securing grants and will provide a status update
at the next Committee meeting. RETURN TO COMMITTEE.
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III.MISCELLANEOUS
SeaTac Airport Study Budget Proviso
Staff updated the Committee on the status of the 2019 Budget Proviso for the SeaTac International
Airport Impact Study. The final adopted proviso language provides $300,000 for the Washington
State Department of Commerce to study the impacts of SeaTac Airport on the cities of SeaTac,
Burien, Des Moines, Tukwila, Federal Way, Normandy Park, and other impacted neighborhoods, not
to be spent unless $300,000 of local matching funds is committed. Since the Committee was last
briefed on May 15, staff has continued to monitor this issue. The City of SeaTac has proposed that
cities contribute on a population basis
Moines, Burien and Normandy Park have informally pledged their population-based contributions,
but Federal Way is proposing an amount less than half of that requested. Staff remains neutral on
contributing, but suggested that if Council gives direction to contribute, Tukwila should have an
independent relationship with the Department of Commerce rather than have SeaTac represent it.
Committee members discussed the scenarios and expressed support for contributing the
$14,445.61, but would like the full Council to weigh in. Chair McLeod mentioned that it is important
to partner with the City of SeaTac on this and other opportunities. FORWARD TO COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE.
The Transportation Committee Meeting adjourned at 6:53 p.m.
Committee Chair Approval
Minutes by LH, reviewed by GL