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STAFF SPONSOR: NATE ROBINSON & RACHEL B.
ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE: 3/28/22
AGENDA ITEM TITLE Teen & Senior Center Project Siting
CATEGORY 11 Discussion
3/28/22
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SPONSOR'S Staff was asked to provide additional information to the Council on the proposed Teen and
SUMMARY Senior Center project.
REVIEWED BY ❑ Trans&Infrastructure Svcs ❑ Community Svcs/Safety ❑ Finance & Governance ❑ Planning & Community Dev.
❑ LTAC ❑ Arts Comm. ❑ Parks Comm. ❑ Planning Comm.
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3/28/22
Informational Memo dated March 22, 2022
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City of Tukwila
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
TO: City Council
FROM: Nate Robinson, Teen Program Specialist
Rachel Bianchi, Deputy City Administrator
CC: Mayor Ekberg
DATE: March 22, 2022
SUBJECT: Teen and Senior Center: Follow Up from the March 14, 2022 Committee of the
Whole meeting
ISSUE
Staff was asked to provide additional information to the Council on the proposed Teen and
Senior Center project.
BACKGROUND
The City Council is being asked to choose a site for the proposed Teen and Senior Center, which
was a project initiated by the City Council during the 2021/2022 budget process. This
discussion began at the February 14, 2022 Committee of the Whole meeting, where the Project
Team shared the Predesign Report 2 — Siting Analysis and Mayor's site recommendation. At
that meeting, the Council asked a number of questions of staff that were answered at the
March 14, 2022 meeting. Please refer to those Council packets for more background and
information. More background about the project can be found in the Predesign Report
presented to the City Council on December 13, 2021.
DISCUSSION
At the March 14, 2022 Committee of the Whole Meeting, staff was asked to come back with
additional information, discussed below:
Tukwila School District Potential Partnership
Staff was asked to talk with representatives of the Tukwila School District on whether there are
partnership opportunities for a potential joint venture with the School District and/or whether
they have property that they would be amenable to use for the development of the Teen and
Senior Center. On Monday, March 21, 2022 staff spoke with Flip Herndon, Superintendent of
the Tukwila School District. Superintendent Herndon indicated that the District has no unused
properties with the exception of the properties the City currently leases from the School District
for park use.
Staff also discussed with Superintendent Herndon whether there are opportunities to further
use Foster High School for teen -related programming. He indicated that the buildings are used
by other outside groups on a regular basis, as well as afterschool school -related programming.
Superintendent Herndon reminded staff that the senior part of the proposed Teen and Senior
Center is not within the School District's core mission.
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INFORMATIONAL MEMO
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City of Tukwila Senior Needs Assessment
Staff was asked to share the 2019 Older Adults Recreational Services Needs Assessment. The
Legislative Analyst shared that report with the Council via email on Monday, March 14, 2022
and it can also be found at TukwilaWa.gov/wp-content/uploads/PR-OARS-March-2019.pdf.
Timing of Grants and Information on Funding Source for Schematic Design
At the March 14, 2022 Committee of the Whole, staff announced that the proposed Teen and
Senior Center have been awarded the following grants:
•King County Parks Levy feasibility grant —the project was allocated $100,000 from the
King County Parks Levy grant program, which can go toward schematic design. These
funds need to be used by December of 2023.
•Washington State Capital Budget allocation —thanks to Representative David Hackney, as
well as the rest of the 11th District Delegation, the proposed project received $258,000
from the Capital budget. These funds need to be expended by June 30, 2023.
As mentioned in previous staff reports, the next step in the proposed Teen and Senior Center is
to complete Schematic Design (SD), which equates to 30% design of the project and allows the
first milestone for a project budget estimate. The Project Team estimates SD to cost between
$1.1M and $1.6M. With the two grants identified above, the estimate for City funds to finalize
SD is between $742,000 and $1,242,000.
The City receives Real Estate Excise Tax (REET) on the sale of private property within the City.
REET is available to cities and other jurisdictions for capital expenses. While the City allocates
$500,000 a year of REET to the Public Safety Plan, additional REET funds have come in above
this number. The 301 fund, which is the Land Acquisition, Recreation and Parks Development
Fund, funded by REET, has a balance in excess of $900,000 that could be used for this project.
As REET is specifically to be used for capital projects, the Administration recommends that the
City use REET to fund SD for the proposed Teen and Senior Center, which can cover most if not
all of the cost of SD with the inclusion of the grants discussed above. If final SD is more than
the 301 fund can support, there is 2021 ending fund balance in the general fund available. The
Council will ultimately approve the final SD contract, including the final cost and funding source.
RECOMMENDATION
Information only. Staff is seeking the Council to choose a preferred site between the Bartell pad
and Star Nursery site so that the project can move forward to Schematic Design. Once SD is
complete, the City will have the building's 30% designed and an initial cost estimate that will
inform the next steps for this proposed project.
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