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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCD 2022-04-04 Item 1C - Update - Tukwila Village Community Development AssociationCity of Tukwila Allan Ekberg, Mayor INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM TO: Planning and Community Development Committee FROM: Derek Speck, Economic Development Administrator CC: Mayor Ekberg DATE: March 28, 2022 SUBJECT: Update on Tukwila Village Community Development Association ISSUE Update on the Tukwila Village Community Development Association (TVCDA). BACKGROUND On January 18, 2022 Economic Development staff presented our 2022 work plan to the Planning and Community Development committee. One of the items on the workplan is to "position Tukwila Village Community Development Associates for self-sufficiency" and the Committee asked staff to return later in the year to provide a more detailed update on TVCDA. Note: the workplan used the word "associates" but "association" is more appropriate. DISCUSSION The Tukwila Village Community Development Association was formed in 2018. A description of the formation partners, process, history, and rationale is included in the attached staff memo to the Planning and Community Development Committee dated February 23, 2021. TVCDA is lead by an all -volunteer board that currently has seven members (see attached list). Over the past four years the board has focused on forming itself and seeking a partner organization who can manage the rentals of the community spaces at the Sullivan Center. It has been a challenging four years with the pandemic and finding a venue manager. Once the Board is ready to select a venue manager, TVCDA will execute a lease of the community spaces at the Sullivan Center while simultaneously executing a property management agreement with the venue manager. Until that time, any venue rentals are handled by the property ownership group, Tukwila Village Development Associates, LLC. Currently, the board is reviewing a venue management proposal from Independent Living Associates, LLC which is a business that jointly operates Tukwila Village with Sustainable Housing for Ageless Generations (SHAG). Staff is hopeful that the Board will be ready to approve the lease and property management agreement in April. After that, staff anticipates the Board will reach out to other non-profit organizations that serve the Tukwila area to better understand how TVCDA should direct its efforts. FINANCIAL IMPACT None RECOMMENDATION Information Only. ATTACHMENTS Staff Memo to Planning and Community Development Committee dated February 23, 2021. TVCDA Board of Directors 51 52 City of Tukwila Allan Ekberg, Mayor INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM TO: Planning and Community Development Committee FROM: Derek Speck, Economic Development Administrator CC: Mayor Ekberg DATE: February 23, 2021 SUBJECT: Representation on Tukwila Village Community Development Association ISSUE Staff is seeking Council direction on City representation on the board of directors of the Tukwila Village Community Development Association. BACKGROUND In 2007 the City Council adopted a vision for Tukwila Village. The vision intended for Tukwila Village to be a welcoming place where all residents can gather and connect with each other. It was intended as an active, vibrant, mixed-use development that would include elements such as a library, retail, restaurants, public meeting space, and an outdoor plaza and could include other elements such as office, live/work, and residential space. Tukwila Village was intended as a privately owned development that would not be under City control but would have some spaces as community amenities. In order to accomplish the vision, in 2012 the City Council approved a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) with the developer of Tukwila Village that set out the deal terms to accomplish that vision. To achieve community access on private property, Section 2.8 of the DDA provided for the creation of an independent, community based non-profit organization that would, through a lease agreement, manage, operate, maintain, and promote the use of the community room with kitchen and plaza to serve as community amenities to benefit not only the privately owned property of the Tukwila Village development but also the community at large. The property owner, Sustainable Housing for Ageless Generations (SHAG), and the City cooperated to create the community organization and in 2018 created the Tukwila Village Community Development Association (TVCDA) as a Washington State non-profit corporation. It was created as its own legal organization and is not a board, commission, or other type of entity controlled by the City of Tukwila. During the creation process, the three organizations realized the mission of the non-profit should be broader than just managing the community facilities and so patterned it after community development associations. Its articles of incorporation describe the mission which includes the following: "to improve the social welfare, including the physical, emotional, and economic health, of members of the public in the City of Tukwila and the residents of Tukwila Village by promoting arts, economic development, education, health, and community building." One could summarize TVCDA's mission as "to improve the quality of life for the Tukwila community." 53 INFORMATIONAL MEMO Page 2 In 2018 the TVCDA Board adopted bylaws that provide for the property owner and the City to each appoint one member to the Board of Directors. This was intended to ensure the TVCDA Board would balance the interests of the property owner and community. The initial two directors were named in the articles of incorporation with Mayor Ekberg as the City's representative. This enabled the formation to proceed quickly and indicated the importance of this non-profit as a way to attract others to join the Board. The Mayor continues to serve in that role. DISCUSSION This item is being brought to the Council to understand if the Council would like to have a role in the City's future appointment to the TVCDA Board of Directors. Staff sees four main options: (1) Although TVCDA is not a City board or commission, the Mayor could appoint the City's representative and the Council could confirm the appointment which would follow the City's standard process for appointments to City boards and commissions. Appointees could include any City elected official, a staff member, a resident, or anyone else. (2) The Council could express intent that this position is to be filled by an elected official (either the Mayor or a Councilmember) with the latter to be appointed by the Council. (3) The Council could decide the City should not participate. (4) The Council does not have to take a position. The decision for City participation would continue to rest with the Administration. Some of the reasons in favor of the first two options is because it gives the City a stronger position through which to influence the work and board composition of TVCDA. It is a method to influence the policies for managing the community spaces at Tukwila Village to serve the whole community. TVCDA also has a broader mission than managing the community spaces and it is a way for the City to have an integral role in achieving TVCDA's broader mission. One of the main reasons in favor of the third option, is that the City may prefer to not have a direct connection to setting policies for public use of the community spaces at Tukwila Village, especially because those policies can be controversial. In addition, participation in any organization requires a commitment of time. FINANCIAL IMPACT No financial or budget impact. RECOMMENDATION The Committee is being asked to provide direction on the four options above and forward a recommendation to the March 8, 2021 Committee of the Whole meeting for discussion. ATTACHMENTS None 54 Board Roster TUKWIL A VILLAGE Tukwila Village Community Development Association Roster current as of March 28, 2022 Officers President (on leave of absence) Rossalind Woodhouse, Ph.D. Tukwila Resident Vice President Allan Ekberg Mayor City of Tukwila Secretary and Treasurer Bryan Park Manager Tukwila Village Development Associates, LLC Members Eileen English, Ed.D. Tukwila Resident Hamdi Abdulle Executive Director African Community Housing and Development SeaTac, WA William James, Ph.D., CDP, LMHC (Serving as Acting President) Tukwila Resident Celia Y. Weisman Former Development Director for SHAG Community Life Foundation Current Development Director for Ventures Improving the quality of life for the Tukwila community 55