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Mayor Ekberg
Councilmembers
FROM: David Cline, City Administrator
DATE: July 14, 2021
SUBJECT: City Administrator's Report
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
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.
�. Intergovernmental Update
• Briefing with King County Public Health: Mayor Ekberg, City Administrator David Cline and
Emergency Manager Mindi Mattson participated in a Sound Cities Association briefing with
King County Public Health on June 15.
• Meetings with Sound Transit Board Members: Mayor Ekberg, City Administrator David
Cline, Deputy City Administrator Rachel Bianchi and Business Relations Manager Brandon
Miles met with Lynnwood Mayor, Nicola Smith on June 16, King County Councilmember Dave
Upthegrove on June 17, Kenmore Mayor, David Baker on June 18 and separate meetings with
King County Councilmember Joe McDermott and Auburn Mayor, Nancy Backus on June 28 to
discuss Sound Transit projects in Tukwila.
• National League of Cities Information Technology and Communications Committee:
Mayor Ekberg participated in the National League of Cities Information Technology and
Communications Committee meeting on June 22.
• Sound Cities Association Mayors Meetings: Mayor Ekberg participated in Sound Cities
Association Mayors meetings on June 22 and June 25.
• 2021 Pacific Northwest Economic Equity Summit: Mayor Ekberg participated in the 2021
Pacific Northwest Economic Equity Summit jointly sponsored by the Kent, Renton and Seattle
Southside Chambers of Commerce on June 23.
• ICMA Institute on Race, Equity and Inclusion Learning Exchange: City Administrator David
Cline participated in an International County/City Managers Association (ICMA) Institute on
Race, Equity and Inclusion Learning Exchange on June 29.
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11. Community Events
• Tukwila Pond Master Plan: The Project Stakeholder team met on July 7 to review the draft
Master Plan. A Community Meeting is scheduled for July 21 from 6:00-7:30pm via Zoom. The
link to the meeting will be available soon.
111. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• Community Outreach: The Community Police Team has been out in the community, visiting
with people in parks, passing out slurpee tickets and stickers to children, meeting with local
businesses like Museum of Flight and Days Inn, and interacting with families and individuals
at the mall and local restaurants.
Project Updates
• Boeing Access Rd over Airport Way Bridge: Estimated Completion: July 2021
All the steel column jackets have been installed, the material that was removed for access
to the footings has been back filled and the center pavilion on Airport Way has been paved.
Crews will be onsite to reinstall the deck drains and clean up the construction/work zone.
City staff is working with the construction management team to form/update the punch list
items as the project is beginning to wrap up.
• 4211 Ave S Bridge Replacement: Design continues for the 42nd Ave S Bridge. City staff has
received permission from the council to submit the paperwork required to receive the
Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) funding for design. An open house meeting is
scheduled for July 14, 2021, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the Tukwila Community Center.
• Tukwila Village: The final apartment building is nearly complete and will open very soon.
The developer/property owner, City, and King County Library System have reached
agreement on the key provisions of a transportation and parking management plan. Now
that construction is complete, new parking signage will be posted soon.
• Tukwila Teen and Senior Center Project: Community outreach efforts continue with small
group outreach across the Tukwila community as well as working with the Champions team.
There are currently a total of 25 community champions. The champions are working towards
evaluating and identifying potential spaces in the building/space, potential sites for the
building/space, and potential layouts for the building/space.
• Park Stewardship: From April- June 2021 the Adopt -A -Spot and Green Tukwila programs had
a combined 143 volunteer occurrences and 261.5 volunteer hours in the field. This does not
account for any of the professional crew work from Partner in Employment, King County, or
Dirt Corps. Partner in Employment worked the last week at Tukwila Park with the Green
Training program, 12 youth worked Monday -Thursday 9-4pm. The Homeschool Stewardship
Squad met at Cottonwood Corner and tackled Bindweed and mulched for a couple hours.
The Bhutanese Community Resource Center will start monthly work parties at Tukwila Park
the last Monday of each month, 1-3pm to begin clearing ivy.
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• Metro's Via to Transit Expansion: Transportation Demand staff is supporting Metro's Via to
Transit expansion planned for August 9. The Tukwila Community Center will be a new hub
that rides can be hailed to or from (in addition to Tukwila International Boulevard Station).
Service hours are expanding from peak commute hours to match Link Light Rail hours
(Monday through Saturday 5am-lam and Sundays 6am-12am). Via to Transit will also be
expanding to Skyway and Renton Highlands. The Tukwila service area will remain the same
for the August launch.
Boards, Commissions and Committees
• Arts Commission: The next meeting is scheduled for July 28, 2021.
2 Resident position terms expire December 31, 2021.
VACANT: 1 Student Representative. One application received. Appointment recommendation
scheduled for August 2, 2021.
• Civil Service Commission: The next meeting is scheduled for July 15, 2021.
1 resident term set to expire December 31, 2021.
No vacancies.
• COPCAB: The next meeting is scheduled for August 12, 2021.
3 Resident position terms set to expire December 31, 2021.
VACANT: 1 School District Representative and Student Representative.
• Equity & Social Justice Commission: The next meeting is scheduled for August 5, 2021.
1 City Council Representative position term expires December 31, 2021.
2 Education position terms expires December 31, 2021.
1 City Employee position term expires December 31, 2021.
1 Community Representative position term expires December 31, 2021.
VACANT: 1 Education Representative and Student Representative.
• Human Services Advisory Board: The next meeting is in the process of being scheduled.
1 Resident position term expires December 31, 2021.
1 Faith -Based Community position term expires December 31, 2021.
VACANT: 1 Business Community Representative.
• Library Advisory Board: The next meeting is scheduled for October 6, 2021.
3 Resident position terms expire December 31, 2021.
VACANT: Student Representative.
• Lodging Tax Advisory Committee: The next meeting is scheduled for August 13, 2021.
All positions are 1 -year terms.
VACANT: 1 Business Collecting Tax Representative and 1 Funded by Tax Representative.
• Park Commission: The next meeting is scheduled for July 14, 2021.
3 Community position terms expire December 31, 2021.
VACANT: 1 Community Representative and Student Representative.
• Planning Commission: The next meeting is scheduled for July 22, 2021.
No terms set to expire in 2021.
No vacancies.
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