HomeMy WebLinkAboutSpecial 2021-03-22 Item 2 - Appointment - Nora Gierloff to Community Developemnt Director PositionCOUNCIL AGENDA SYNOPSIS
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ITEM INFORMATION
STAFF SPONSOR: MAYOR EKBERG
ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE: 3/22/21
AGENDA ITEM TITLE Confirm the appointment of Nora Gierloff to the position of Community Development
Director
CATEGORY ❑ Discussion
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® Motion
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❑ Resolution
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SPONSOR ❑ Council ® Mayor ❑ Admin Svcs ❑ DCD ❑ Finance ❑ Fire ❑ P&R ❑ Police ❑ PIS
SPONSOR'S Council is being asked to confirm the appointment of Ms. Gierloff
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REVIE',,v,/T-D BY ❑ Trans&Infrastructure Svcs ❑ Community Svcs/Safety ❑ Finance & Governance ❑ Planning & Community Dev.
❑ LTAC ❑ Arts Comm. ❑ Parks Comm. ❑ Planning Comm.
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Informational Memorandum dated 3/15/2021
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City of Tukwila
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
TO: City Council
FROM: Allan Ekberg, Mayor
DATE: March 15, 2021
SUBJECT: Nomination of Nora Gierloff to Community Development Director
ISSUE
Appointment of Nora Gierloff to Community Development Director for confirmation by the
Tukwila City Council.
DISCUSSION
I am pleased to appoint Nora Gierloff to be the next Community Development Director. Nora
has 25 years of planning and community development experience, and she has spent more
than 20 of those years with the City of Tukwila. Prior to June of 2019, Nora served as the City's
Deputy Director of Community Development for 11 years. There she led such efforts as the
Southcenter Plan, Comprehensive Plan updates and streamlined the City's significant Shoreline
Master Program. Nora is well-respected in the department and the community and brings a
natural ability to seek win-win opportunities for all parties.
In June of 2019, Nora went to the City of Shoreline, where she has continued to hone her
community development resume. There she led the City's Housing Action Plan process,
recruited, hired and mentored new staff and developed an innovative partnership with a
neighboring town to ensure consistent Comprehensive Plan language and pre -annexation
zoning for an adjacent unincorporated area.
Nora is committed to shaping the culture in the Department of Community Development,
enhancing communication and working with staff to ensure a high-level of customer service is
given to customers of the department. With staff turnover, this is an opportune time to further
develop the department as it continues to implement electronic permitting and gear up for the
upcoming Comprehensive Plan update.
Nora's history with the City of Tukwila, investment in our long-term plans and community, and
excitement about leading the organization makes her uniquely qualified to lead the next iteration
of the Department of Community Development.
RECOMMENDATION
Confirm Ms. Gierloff's appointment to be Tukwila's next Community Development Director.
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