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Home My WebLink About2020-04-27 Committee of the Whole MinutesTukwila City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting Remote Meeting per Governor Proclamation 20-28 April 27, 2020 — 7:00 P.m. ��U��UU�� x�"nnm�� " �� This meeting was not conducted at Tukwila City Hall, based onthe Governor's Proclamation 20-28 adopted March 24, 2020which says in part: "Any public agency, subject toHCN/42.3K is prohibited from conducting any meeting, subject to RCW 42.30 unless (a) the meeting Lagf conducted in -person and instead provides mnoptionddfor the public toattend the proceedings through, etminimum, telephonic mcceoo.^ All podioipanto, including the Mayor, Counoi|membarm. City staff, and legal counsel were not at Tukwila City Hall and participated via o remote electronic system. The phone number for public participation that was provided via the agenda distribution process was: /-253-292-0750\ access code 678077847#. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council President Quinn called the remote Tukwila City Council meeting to order at 7:UOp.rn.and led the audience inthe Pledge ofAllegiance. OFFICIALS Present atthe virtual meeting were Council President Quinn; Counoi|mennbersVerna Seal, Kathy Hougardy, Kate Kruller, Thomas McLeod, Zak Idan, Cynthia Delostrinos Johnson. CITY OFFICIALS The following staff were present via remote access: Allan EkberO, Mayor; David C|ine, City Administrator; Kari8ond. City Attorney; VickvCmr|aen. Finance Director, Juan Padi||o, Human Resources Director; Bruce Linton, Po|imaChie� Joseph Todd, Technology and Innovation Services Director; Louxa| Humphnay, Council Analyst; Barbara Saxton, Administrative Support Coordinator. PUBLIC COMMENTS Council President Quinn announced that those wishing to provide public comment had the opportunity to deliver public comments via email by 5:00 p.m. today. Laurel Humphrey, Council Analyst, acknowledged receipt of and read the following written comments received byemail: 1. Charles Tyson commented, ^| thought the Boulevard was safe now" inreference toodeadly shooting onthe 141OUblock ofTukwila International Boulevard. 2. Robert Neuffer commented that a person was caught breaking into his neighbor's car today. As other nearby residents have had their cars broken into multiple times, she called the police. The police showed upvery quickly and oman was arrested. Mr. Neufferexpressed appreciation bo the police for the quick response and asked that one or two officers stay in the area to help with fast responses and some deterrence. Tukwila City Council Committee ofthe Whole Minutes SPECIAL ISSUES m' Weekly COVID-11 9meporL David Cline, City Administrator, provided onoverview ofinformation contained inthe report including discussions related to: the Chv'ofinancia| atobi|hx. Police and Fire staffing and calls for service, Human Services'call volume and use of funds related to House Bill 1408. business recovery nevvs, and measures taken tohelp meet basic needs inthe community. b. Financial impacts from the COVID-19 emergency. Vicky Carlsen.Finance Director, explained that while there ionot yet enough information hopredict what the second half of 2020 could look like, a number of assumptions have been made (page 10 of the agenda packet), and those assumptions have been built into financial modeling. Financial impacts affecting the City include lost revenue byway ofadmissions and gambling tax, Community Center programs and rentals, and sales tax, and delayed revenue to include utility and property bnwes, permit activity and business licensing. It is expected the CC)V|U-ne|mb*d recession will last through 2D21.impacting the next biennial budget. The Finance Committee will baholding oSpecial Finance Committee Meeting April 28 to discuss new information and develop a decision tree with recommendations tob*reviewed atthe May 4.2O2OCouncil meeting. Mayor Ekberg stated he conducted anall-hands meeting with staff earlier today to discuss the need toreduce overhead. All Directors have volunteered totake o1U96pay reduction through this year. Astaff reduction ofuptoSnon-rep positions will beneeded. |fall non -reps took a 1596reduction inpay, noloss ofnon-rep positions would beneeded. b. City Council Coumci|memberSeal attended oTown Hall for small businesses hosted last week by Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal to get a better understanding of what small businesses are facing and about federal assistance programs such aothe paycheck protection program. Councilmember Hougardy referenced the Airport Community Ecology (ACE) grant program created by the Port of Seattle, which provides funds for environmental programs to the cities of SeaTac, Burien and Des Moines. Tomorrow the Port will consider temporarily expanding the program to community groups in Tukwila, Normandy Park and Federal Way. City Administration would like to send e letter expressing support and requesting this be a permanent change —not temporary —as Tukwila's air quality is affected byairport operations. Ms. Hougardy also discussed last week's Planning Commission meeting, at which a public hearing was held relating to zoning code amendments on Tukwila International Boulevard. She would like the Council to discuss the timing of this issue and whether the path started pre-COVID should stay the same. Councilmember Kruller referenced the quarterly report from the Fire Chief, which will be reviewed at an upcoming Community Services and Safety Committee meeting. She has listened toseveral White House local, regional and tribal briefings, which include details ontesting. She asked about any planning being done by City Administration on creating testing sites and how they would be coordinated. Counoi|membarMcLeod attended the April 24.2O2Umeeting ofthe South King Housing and Homelessness Partners (GKHHP). He relayed the City'a decision to temporarily retain 90Y6 of the funds available through House Bill 1408. Honoted that nopush-back about the decision was received. Most cities are focused onthe impacts ofthe pandemic. Tukwila City Council Committee ofthe Whole Minutes o, Staff There was noreport. d. Council Analyst There was noreport, City Attorney There was noreport. MISCELLANEOUS Council President Quinn asked if there was Council consensus onsending mletter tothe Port ofSeattle in conjunction with Councilmember Hougardy's report about the ACE grant program. Consensus existed. Council President Quinn asked Police Chief Linton to provide information on an incident that occurred last week Chief Linton reported that a vehicle heading westbound on 124th did not negotiate the stop at 124th and 42nd, and in a subsequent maneuver the vehicle went into the river with two occupants. There was an immediate response from Police and Hre, with divers using UVvvith thermal imaging. King County'eboat/dive team was deployed. One occupant was recovered. The search resumed the following day; however, they were unable torecover the missing person. |tieonon-going investigation. Councilmember Delostrinos Johnson asked for consensus to develop a statement addressing some of the anti -Asian bias that has been occurring inconjunction vviththeooronavirus.ino|udingincidenoaaof hateful language specifically toward Asian Americans inKing County. She would like the statement to naaffirrn Resolution No. 1970 in which the City Council naobabad the (�ity'000nnmitrnentbo being "diverse, bo|anantandindusive.^ She would also like to denounce the use of racially charged terms and encourage residents and visitors to report hate crimes ho law enforcement and the Human Rights Commission. Council President Quinn conducted oroll call consensus. Consensus existed. Counci|rnennberKru||erencouraged the City tocontinue with painting over graffiti. She commended the Tukwila Police and Fire Departments for their response to the incident on the river. She would like hnsee a consistent practice around when Council is notified of similar incidents and the related use of Police and Fire social nmedicaaccounts. ADJOURNMENT 8:45 p-mm'COUNCIL PRESIDENT QUINN DECLARED THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ADJOURNED. DErSean NAn, Council President Ati Barbara Saxton, Adminlistrative Sup'port Coordinator �� APPROVED RYTHE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. -^-^ AVAILABLE ON THE CITYVVEBS|TE: 5/7/20