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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg 2022-03-21 Item 8C - Report - City Administrator TO: Mayor Ekberg Councilmembers FROM:David Cline, City Administrator DATE: March 16, 2022 SUBJECT: City Administrator’s Report 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 I. PNW Sustainability Summit: Economic Development staff attended the PNW Sustainability Summit hosted by the Seattle Southside Chamber of Commerce on February 24. Governor Inslee Visits Tukwila Library: On March 1 Mayor Ekberg joined Governor Inslee and the First Lady to greet those receiving vaccinations at the Tukwila Library. International Arrivals Facility Reveal Reception: Mayor Ekberg and Councilmembers Hougardy and Kruller attended the International Arrivals Facility Reveal Reception at SeaTac International Airport on March 3. Tour of Progressive Skyway Village: Mayor Ekberg, Councilmembers Hougardy and Delostrinos-Johnsonand Community Development stafftoured the Low-Income Housing Institute (LIHI) Tiny Homes at Progressive Skyway Village on March 4. King County District Court Districting Committee: On March 7 Mayor Ekberg attended a King County District Court Districting Committee meeting. Sound Cities Association Mayors Meeting: Mayor Ekberg participated in a Sound Cities Association Mayors meeting on March 8. South King Housing (SoKiHo) Meeting: Community Development staff attended a monthly SoKiHo meeting with representatives from South King County jurisdictions and South King Housing and Homelessness Partnership to discuss the Housing Action Plan Implementation grants administered by the Department of Commerce and the upcoming Comprehensive Plan updates. Community Events II. Duwamish Hill Preserve Volunteer Event: The first public volunteer event of 2022 will be held March 19 at Duwamish Hill Preserve. More information is available at https://www.tukwilawa.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/green-tukwila/. 75 Business District Work Party: On March 6 the Seattle Sounders, Forterra and Dirt Corps with the support of Tukwila Parks hosted a work party planting trees along the Duwamish in the business district. Staff Updates III. Public Safety Fire Department Town Hall at Marvelle: The Tukwila Fire Department C Shift conducted a Town Hall meeting at Marvelle in Southcenter. Deputy Chief Norm Golden and Battalion Chief Jack Waller lead the discussion and answered questions from the residents. A fire drill was conducted at the endof the event. Violent Crime Strategies Planning Meeting: Chief Drever attended Violent Crime Strategies Planning meeting with other King County Chiefs and stakeholders on March 2. Tukwila Officer Provides Crossing Guard Services: As he was driving by, a Tukwila Police Officer noticed that there were no school crossing guards on duty while children were headed to school. He pulled over and provided crossing guard duties to ensure a safety for the students. Project Updates 42nd Ave S Bridge Replacement: The City plans to open the 42nd Ave S Bridge to one lane southbound traffic after review of the completed structural analysis and bridge inspection report. The plan is to open the bridge to one lane in the southbound direction to allow 3 exits out of the Allentown Neighborhood. It is estimated that the bridge will open by April 1, 2022. Design for the 42nd Ave S Bridge Replacement continues and is on schedule to have 30% plans and engineering estimate in early to mid-2022. The draft type, size, and location (TS&L) has been submitted to the City and has been presented to the Council at the February 14 Committee of the Whole meeting. The Washington State Legislature passed the $17 billion Move Ahead WA transportation package, which included $17 million for the replacement of the 42nd Avenue Bridge. The City of Tukwila has also received funding from PSRC and the State Local Bridge program, totaling an additional $14 million. According to current engineering estimates, the City now has enough funds to complete the 42nd Avenue Bridge replacement. Project staff conducted a monthly Allentown meeting at the Tukwila Community Center on February 22 to present the latest findings to the community and receive the initial feedback. Staff continues to compile all the questions/comments to address the concerns of the attendees. Council will continue to have the opportunity to review the draft TS&L and ask any additional questions. Staff will present answers to the Council questions at the March 21 Transportation and Infrastructure Services Committee meeting. Bridge location selection by Council is planned for the March 28 Committee of the Whole meeting. 76 City Administrator’s Report March 16, 2022 Page 3 Boards, Commissions and Committees Arts Commission: The next meeting is scheduled for March 23, 2022. 2 Resident position terms expire December 31, 2022. VACANT: 2 resident positions. Civil Service Commission: The next meeting is scheduled for March 17, 2022. No terms set to expire in 2022. No vacancies. COPCAB: The next meeting is scheduled for April 14, 2022. UU 1 Business Representative position term expires December 31, 2022. 1 Resident position term expires December 31, 2022. 1 School District Representative position term expires December 31, 2022. VACANT: 2 Resident positions, 1 School District Representative and Student Representative. Equity & Social Justice Commission: The next meeting is scheduled for April 7, 2022. 1 City Employee position term expires December 31, 2022. 1 Education/Community position terms expires December 31, 2022. 2 Community Representative position terms expire December 31, 2022. VACANT: Student Representative. Human Services Advisory Board: The next meeting is scheduled for April 14, 2022. 1 Medical/Health position term expires December 31, 2022. 1 School District Representative position term expires December 31, 2022. 1 Resident position term expires December 31, 2022. VACANT: 1 Business Community Representative. Library Advisory Board: Thenext meeting is scheduled for April 5, 2022. 4 Resident position terms expire December 31, 2022. VACANT: Student Representative. Lodging Tax Advisory Committee: The next meeting is scheduled for April 8, 2022. 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 April 13, 2022. 2 Community position terms expire December 31, 2022. VACANT: 1 Community Representative and Student Representative. Planning Commission: The next meeting is scheduled for April 28, 2022. 2 Resident position terms expire December 31, 2022. No vacancies. 77 Responses to Council/Community Inquiries IV. Date of InquiryInquiry Response March 7, 2022 Councilmembers requested Consultant documentation attached. documentation from the consultants on the opening recommendations for the 42 Avenue Bridge. nd March 7, 2022Councilmember Quinn The RV is on private property which means asked about the burned out the owner of the RV or owner of the RV on InterurbanAvenue property will need to have it towed. It is a and what the status and/or civil matter. expectation is regarding removal? 78 STRUCTURAL MEMO th Date: March 7, 2022 From: Kash Nikzad nd Re: 42 Ave S Bridge Re-Opening Following Critical Damage Repair nd Ave S Bridge was subject to a high impact load from a truck on Wednesday 12/15. The truck struck one sway frame of the bridge and inflicted some critical damages to the mentioned sway frame and its associated vertical elements of the through-trusses of the bridge. The bridge was closed shortly after this incidence by City Police Department and on Thursday 12/16, the King County inspection crew performed an in-depth inspection of the damaged areas. Since that time, the bridge has been repaired by a City-hired specialty contractor and been post-repair rd inspected by the King County bridge inspection crew. Furthermore, on January 3 team performed additional non-destructive testing on a critical gusset plate on the bridge under City supervision. The results of post-repair analyses show that the bridge is further compromised due to this impact, and it can only serve a one-way traffic safely. It is the recommendation of the WSDOT Bridge Engineer, King County Inspectors, TranTech Engineers nd and City staff that the City reopens the 42 Avenue bridge to one-way traffic until the bridge can be replaced. For this reason, City haudy traffic attributes of both north- bound (NB) and south-bound (SB) one-way traffic alternatives on the bridge. The following presents a summary of this comparison study: NB alternative would require Allentown traffic to exit via S 115th St or S 129th St only. The S 115th St/E Marginal intersection is unsignalized which may make outbound left turns challenging and result in queuing back on S 115th St. SB alternative provides Allentown with 3 exit locations; two of these locations are signalized which can better facilitate the outbound turning movements. Given the load limits on 42nd (north of 124th), the SB alternative allows two different routes out of Allentown for trucks. With NB alternative, trucks would only be able to exit via 129th to MLK Way. If for any reason 129th is impacted and/or needs to be closed, trucks would essentially be stranded in Allentown. The SB alternative mitigates this issue by providing redundancy. TranTech Engineering, LLC th Ave SE, Suite 100, Bellevue, WA 98005 425-453-5545 . Fax: 425-453-6779 79 The SB alternative allows trucks to avoid the steep climbing grade on 129th during inclement weather. Trucks may have challenges in the opposite downgrade direction during inclement weather as well, but this should be more manageable than the upgrade. The NB alternative requires fewer needed temp channelization/ signal modifications than the SB alternative. Regarding Emergency Fire access, SB alternative provides for better egress for Fire Station 53 response. This is the established SB response route for Station 53. SB alternative provides less truck impacts to the Superette corner store parking and its patrons, it nd reduces traffic on 42 Avenue heading NB in the neighborhood and restores some normal traffic th flow in Allentown with less cut through traffic via S. 116. In comparing and analyzing the mentioned attributes of the NB and SB one-way travel alternatives over ecommend the SB travel alternative for the bridge re-opening. Should you have questions, please call me at 425-894-8937 or email me at knikzad@trantecheng.com Sincerely, Kash Nikzad, Ph.D., PE Senior Structural engineer TranTech Engineering, LLC TranTech Engineering, LLC th Ave SE, Suite 100, Bellevue, WA 98005 425-453-5545 . Fax: 425-453-6779 80 Memorandum To: Public Works Department, City of Tukwila From: KPG Psomas Date: 3/8/2022 Re: Transportation Analysis for the 42nd Avenue S Bridge Reopening In December 2021, the 42nd Avenue S bridge over the Duwamish River was damaged by an overheight truck load and was closed to all modes of travel. The City has been working on repairs to reopen the bridge. Due to the condition of the bridge, it can only be opened with a single lane of traffic. This memorandum evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of operating the bridge with one northbound lane versus one southbound lane and provides our recommendation. Allentown Neighborhood The 42nd Avenue S bridge over the Duwamish River connects Interurban Avenue S with the Allentown Neighborhood. The approximate boundaries of the Allentown Neighborhood are the Duwamish River to the south and west, S 115th Street to the north, and I-5 to the east. The primary land uses in the Neighborhood are residential, Tukwila Community Center, and the BNSF Railway Intermodal facility. Fire Station 53 is located in the Neighborhood at 4202 S 115th Street. There are three access points to the Neighborhood: S 115th Street, the 42nd Avenue S Bridge over the Duwamish River, and S 129th Street bridge over I-5 that connects to Martin Luther King Way S (SR 900). The City has reached out and solicited feedback from the Allentown Neighborhood residents regarding whether to reopen the bridge in the northbound or southbound direction. Feedback from the neighborhood is a preference to open the bridge in the northbound direction. Residents have expressed concern about trucks traveling downhill (westbound) on the S 129th Street bridge over I-5. There were no reported crashes of this type at this location from January 2016 to September 2021. Transportation Analysis This section evaluates the trade-offs of reopening the bridge in either the northbound or southbound direction. Single Lane Northbound Traffic A northbound bridge would provide three entry locations (S 115th Street, S 129th Street and 42nd Avenue S) and two exit locations (S 115th Street and S 129th Street) for the Allentown Neighborhood. 3131 Elliott Avenue, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98121 206.286.1640 www.kpg.com 81 Pros Provides more direct access to enter the Neighborhood from locations to the south. Trucks and other vehicles entering the Neighborhood have good access from both northbound and southbound I-5. Cons More difficult for trucks and other vehicles to exit the Neighborhood to access southbound I-5. There are no I-5 southbound on-ramps at the I-5/S Boeing Access Road interchange. Vehicles would need to travel northbound on 42nd Avenue S to S 115th Street and then southbound on Interurban Avenue to access the southbound I-5 at S 133rd Street. A third street entering the Allentown Neighborhood is expected to increase traffic volumes using Neighborhood streets. Single Lane Southbound Traffic A southbound bridge would provide two entry locations (S 115th Street and 50th Place S) and three exit locations (S 115th Street, 42nd Avenue S and 50th Place S) for the Allentown Neighborhood. Pros Expected to reduce northbound truck traffic on the segment of 42nd Avenue S, north of S 124th Street, which is signed for only local trucks serving local businesses. Reduces the number of vehicles making unsignalized left turns from westbound S 115th Street to southbound East Marginal Way. Trucks and other vehicles exiting the Neighborhood would have simple access to both northbound I-5 via Interurban Avenue S and southbound I-5 via S 133rd Street. Provides trucks another route to exit the Neighborhood that does not require them to use the steep uphill on the S 129th Street bridge over I-5. Cons Trucks traveling from northbound I-5 do not have a good route to enter the Neighborhood and will be more likely to travel using eastbound on S 115th Street and southbound on 42nd Avenue S. Recommendation Based on the analysis above, feedback from the neighborhood and discussions with City staff, our recommendation is to reopen the 42nd Avenue S bridge in the southbound direction. Reopening in the southbound direction will provide more benefit to Neighborhood circulation and lower vehicle traffic in the Neighborhood. 2 of 2 82