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City of Tukwila
CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT
Mayor Haggerton
Councilmembers
FROM: David Cline, City Administrator
DATE: April 11, 2012
SUBJECT: Report for April 16, 2012 Regular Council Meeting
Jim Haggerton, Mayor
The City Administrator Report is intended to provide the Council, staff and community an update
on the activities of the City and on issues that concern Tukwila. The report consists of
information provided by the Executive Team, with editing and input by the City Administrator.
Please let us know if you have any questions or need additional information about any of the
following items, and please feel free to contact any of the department heads for additional
information.
I. Intergovernmental and Local Issues Update
Meetings
• Economic Development staff attended the Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs
Committee on April 3, which was held at Western Cascade's office in Allentown. This was
the first time the Chamber held the meeting at one of its member -locations as a means to
spotlight local business.
11. Department Updates
POLICE DEPARTMENT
• The Police Community Relations Committee has partnered with Target and the Tukwila
School District 5th grade class for a poster contest in April. The theme is to "Help Build a
Stronger and Safer Community." The winning poster will be posted at Target and a smaller
version placed on the flyers for the August 7 National Night Out Against Crime events.
Target is contributing gift cards to the top three winners, and the class winning first place will
receive a pizza party. See the flyer on page 3.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
• Right Size Parking. King County Metro has been awarded a grant to address the issues
around multifamily residential parking supply in King County. Tukwila is participating in this
effort by staffing the Jurisdictional Committee and assists in the data collection effort by
contacting all multi -family property owners offering them the opportunity to participate. More
information will be forthcoming on this issue as data is collected and the study progresses.
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HUMAN SERVICES
• The new Healthpoint Urgent Health clinic on Military Road has already served 700 patients.
On demand video interpretation service is available at the clinic as part of the Global to
Local partnership. The service is managed by University of Washington volunteers and
sponsored by Swedish Hospital and the Public Health Department through the use of grant
funds. The service uses telephone communication to connect customers with an interpreter,
and the City is looking into use of the service for City business.
III. Internal Updates
CROSS DEPARTMENTAL
• On April 4, staff from Public Works, Community Development, and Economic Development
attended a workshop hosted by the US Army Corps of Engineers on the Corps' proposed
new policy on vegetation on levees. These critical policies continue to be complex and in
flux.
• On April 5, staff from Economic Development and Seattle Southside Visitor Services
attended the Washington Tourism Alliance (WTA) second annual summit in SeaTac. This
summit was a venue for the WTA to update its members on the health of the tourism
industry and the WTA. In front of over 400 tourism professionals in attendance, the WTA's
Executive Director thanked our own Katherine Kertzman for her hard work and successful
efforts in 2011 to arrange for Washington State's tourism website and brand to be
transferred to the WTA. This was important since the State's budget cuts forced the closure
of the State's tourism office.
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Tukwila Police Department
POSTER CONTEST
2012
for use in promoting Tukwila's
National Night Out Against Crime
Create a poster with this theme:
Help Build ct Stronger and Safer Community
FIRST PLACE
$50 target gift card for student
PLUS
1st place winner's class
receives a pizza parte
SECOND PLACE
$25 Target gift card for student
THIRD PLACE
$25 Target gift card for student
Poster board will be provided
Deadline for entries:
April 30, 2012
Submit entries to your teacher
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