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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-11 Hazelnut Newsletter - Volume 25 No. 5You are invited to attend a Public Hearing on the 2005 budget to be held Monday, November 22, 2004 at 7:OOPM, in Council Chambersat Tukwila City Hall For more callinformation, 206-433!1838 pleas HE HAZELNUT A City of Tukwila publication for our residential and business community VOLUME 25, NUMBER 5 NOVEMBER 2004 2005 TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET General Fund $41,923,000 Capital & Gen Gov't Funds 28,442,000 Enterprise Funds (water, sewer, surface water, golf) 32,326,166 Internal Service and Reserve Funds 12,394,000 Debt Service Funds 2,981,000 TOTAL $118,066,166 2005 GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET BY DEPARTMENT Administration $ 8,134,447 Council, Mayor, Personnel, Finance, Community Development, Attorney, Human Services, Municipal Court, etc. Parks and Recreation 3,443,694 Police 10,668,650 Fire 8,340,771 Public Works 4,995,015 Engineering, Facility Maintenance, Street Maintenance Other Fund balance & transfers .. 6.340.423 TOTAL $41,923,000 Tukwila's 2005 Preliminary Budget and Capital Plan presented to Council As Mayor, I have presented the Preliminary 2005 Budget to the Tukwila City Council. Also, I have submitted a companion document, The 2005-2010 Financial Plan- ning Model and Capital Improvement Plan. The Planning Model projects the revenues and expenditures, including capital, over a six-year period. This docu- ment then becomes the basis for our 2005 Preliminary Budget Proposal. The efforts made during the 2003 and 2004 budget preparation processes have had a positive effect on our long-term financial stability. Stabilizing the City's per- sonnel and programs, along with the addition of a Utility Tax, put the City in a much better position to face the long economic downturn. It is imperative we maintain a 4% or lower growth rate over the next few years to keep operating expenses from escalating faster than revenue. This action, along with early planning and on-going strategy meetings with the Council, have al- lowed us to maintain service levels while limiting expenditure increases. The most significant aspect of the submittals is that we are balanced through the entire period of 2005-2010. Although there is a decline in ending fund balance during this period, we have a positive fund balance each year. Several economic opportunities may enhance the City's revenue base: • Westfield Shoppingtown Southcenter mall expansion. • J.C. Penney's warehouse property redevelopment • Segale annexation and redevelopment • Tukwila Village project. This year more than any other has demonstrated the difficulties of maintaining a reduced expenditure budget in the face of constantly increasing requests for ser- vice. In a city as dynamic as Tukwila, there is often a lag between the need for services and the additional revenues to pay for them. For instance, Public Works and Community Development have spent the last four years investing thousands of man-hours dealing with Sound Transit and Link Light Rail. As construction begins this fall, we will finally begin to issue the permits that will bring in revenue to offset some of those costs. All of the above projects have required considerable staff time to produce the type of economic development that will return future revenues to this city Let's hope that 2005 ends this recession and is the year when we actually begin construction and the return of a vital and expanding business community in Tukwila. (Continued on back page) Steve Mullet, Mayor Tukwila City Council Actions: August Et September 2004 August 2004 Approved an ordinance amending the Traffic Concurrency Standards to clarify language granting credit to developers. Approved a resolution declaring an emergency, and authorizing staff to con- tract for repair of erosion at the NW cor- ner of the 42nd Avenue South bridge. Approved a new lease for the Seattle Southside Visitors' Services new office space at the Fairway Center Building adjacent to the Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce offices. Approved an Interlocal Agreement for the Seattle Southside Visitors' Services to provide some tourism and market- ing services for the City of Kent. Approved 2005 Community Develop- ment Block Grant (CDBG) Projects list. Approved an ordinance setting new water connection fees for the Duwamish neighborhood. Surface Water fees will pay for projects on South 146th Street (west of 51st Ave. S.), Phase 3 of "The Loop," 40th Ave. South (near Southcenter Blvd.), South 180th St. at West Valley Hwy, South 141st St. (near 41st Ave. S.), South 130th St. (35th to 37th Ave. S.), and drainage repairs to the South 180th St. underpass. Approved an ordinance limiting park- ing on single-family residential property. Approved an ordinance adopting the 2003 International Property Mainte- nance Code. Awarded a contract for the 2004 Small Drainage program to Dennis Craig, Inc. Awarded a construction contract for a new stormwater pump station and drainage improvements at Fort Dent Park to Western Engineering Construc- tors, Inc. Approved the City's withdrawal from all lawsuits files by the Airport Cities Coa- lition ACC). Approved withdrawing from the ACC and recommended the organization be dissolved. Approved an ordinance which passes through to customers the monthly sewer charge increase adopted by King County. Approved a supplemental agreement for construction inspection and project management services for the Fort Dent pump station and drainage improve- ments with Penhallegon Associated Consulting Engineers, Inc. (PACE). September 2004 Authorized grant applications to the state Transportation Improvement Board for three projects: Southcenter Parkway extension; Klickitat/South- center Parkway/I-5 access; and South 144th Street Phase 2. Approved a Property Exchange Agree- ment for Northfield Car Wash, for City to purchase the Northfield property and transfer the Newporter property to Northfield for a new car wash site. Authorized sale of police dog Titan to the City of Lakewood, enabling Titan to remain with his handler who is now with the Lakewood Police Department. Approved an Unclassified Use Permit, Shoreline Variance, and Design Review for construction of the Tukwila portion of Sound Transit's Link light rail project including the station at Southcenter Blvd. and Tukwila International Blvd. Approved an ordinance approving a Development and Transitway Agree- ment for the development of the Tuk- wila Freeway Route project, and allow- ing the use of the City's rights-of-way with Sound Transit. Approved an ordinance granting a fran- chise for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a fiber optic tele- communications system in City's rights- of-way to Level 3 Communications. Approved a consultant contract for work related to a possible Tukwila fiber net- work in the Central Business District with Asset Analytics. Volunteers Needed! The Tukwila Children's Foundation has identified a long-term, systemic issue that affects children — literacy. They are working with an organi- zation called Family Literacy Centers, Inc., a charity helping the group to establish a "Tukwila Family Literacy Center." Its purpose is to help all children and adults in our community learn to read and write in English. The Foundation is looking for volunteers to help with this project. If you are interested, please call Verna Seal Griffin at 206-901-9251, or email info@tukwilachildrensfoundation.org. 2 Liberty Mutual Firemark Award At the October 4th Tukwila Council Meeting, firefighter Jack Stevens, who died June 26 in a mo- torcycle accident, was posthumously awarded the Liberty Mutual Firemark Award. This award is given to firefighters that have demonstrated outstanding commitment to their local community, and to firefighters that have demon- strated heroism in saving a life. Jack's wife Kathy received the award on be- half of the family. THE HAZELNUT Business owners will get 2005 license renewal forms in December All 2004 business licenses expire on December 31. Business license renewal forms will be mailed at the beginning of December to all currently licensed Tukwila businesses. By law, all businesses operating within the City (including home occupations) must renew their licenses annually no later than January 31 of each year. Penalty fees will go into effect on February 1, 2005, for businesses that have not submitted their re- newal form and fee to the City Clerk's office. Businesses new to Tukwila in 2005 are required to obtain a license prior to opening. In addition, specialty licenses are required for businesses with live music/entertainment, tow trucks, amusement devices, solicitors/peddlers, or adult entertainment. Application forms are available from the City Clerk's office during regular business hours, 8:30AM to 5:OOPM, Monday thru Friday. Business license applications may also be printed from the City of Tukwila website at http://www.ci.tukwila.wa.us. If you have questions regarding licensing procedures, please call 206-433-1800. Number of Employees License Fee O to 5 $50 6 to 100 $100 101 and above $200 COUNCIL CORNER by Jim Haggerton, Council President By the time this November issue reaches you, this will be old news, yet I feel it is very important to explain the situation to all the citizens and businesses who read the Hazelnut. In September, your City Council dealt with issues having ma- jor impacts and future significance to Tukwila. The issues involved Sound Transit's plans to construct a Light Rail route through a portion of our city, specifically from the Rainier Valley, Boeing Access Road, paralleling I-5 and 52nd Ave South, and turning west along Southcenter Boulevard, with a single station located at the intersection of Tukwila International Blvd and Southcenter Boulevard (South 154th Street). Three issues came before the City Council: An Unclassified Use Permit; A Shoreline Variance, where it crosses the Duwamish river; and Design Review of the station. The rea- son for this article is that I have always encouraged you to openly communicate with your council members with con- cerns. The Sound Transit application is one of the few exceptions where we could not communicate with you or answer your questions! A very important thing came into play that affected the City Council's ability to openly communicate with you and re- spond to your questions and concerns. The application for an Unclassified Use Permit was classified a Quasi Judicial mat- ter, interpreted to mean the Council acts as a judge in a court- room on the public hearing proceedings. Once notified that Sound Transit had applied for the Unclassified Use Permit, Councilmembers could not discuss the subject with anyone, could not attend public meetings held by Sound Transit, and had to be totally unbiased on the issues prior to the public hearing. At the public hearing we had to state in response to questions posed by the City Attorney that we hadn't participated in any of the above preliminary discussions or meetings. I want you to be aware of another very important term that controlled the Council's approach to the three Sound Transit issues mentioned above. The term "Essential Public Facility" is identified in Wash- ington State Law of 1990. This law takes some identified projects — in this case light rail — out of the hands of local municipalities with regard to siting. Our Council could not stop the light rail project or change the routing. All we could do was review information from Sound Transit, from our staff reports, and citizens concerns at the public hearing, and make light rail as acceptable as possible to the citizens and busi- nesses along the designated route. Your City Council worked the public hearing from 7:00PM until 12:00 midnight, and deliberated the following Monday for another full Council meeting. We asked staff to prepare specific conditions identified by the Council in addition to the ones staff had already placed on the project. On the third Monday Council meeting, we reviewed all the conditions and voted to approve the project with a 6-1 Council vote. Many, if not all, of your Councilmembers would much prefer that the initial route of light rail through Tukwila include the "Tukwila Urban Center" (general Southcenter area) with it's tremendous work force population and visitor/shopper popu- lation. This would have increased the ridership of light rail tremendously. Unfortunately, in the end, we had no control over the route. Council Message Line — 206-431-3652 Council Email Address: Agenda Info Line — 206-431-3656 tukcouncgci. tuk wila. wa. us NOVEMBER 2004 3 Sound Transit's light rail project The Tukwila City Council has approved Sound Transit's plans to build its light rail system through Tukwila. Construction of the light rail system is expected to begin during the spring of next year, with light rail operation scheduled to begin in 2009. Light rail trains will operate within a dedicated trackway com- pletely separated from automobile and pedestrian traffic. The trackway will enter Tukwila along Martin Luther King Jr. Way, follow Boeing Access Road to East Marginal Way, turn south to cross the Duwamish River and then follow SR -599,1-5 and I-518 to a station and park-and-ride lot located at Interna- tional Boulevard. A number of street and utility improvements will be com- pleted as part of the overall construction project most notably along Southcenter Boulevard from 52nd Avenue SE to Inter- national Boulevard and along East Marginal Way. Those who have followed the light rail project for the past several years will recall the original route selected by Sound Transit followed Tukwila International Blvd. Overwhelming resident, business and City opposition to this route resulted in a Sound Transit decision to relocate light rail to the exist- ing freeways. Under State law, only the Sound Transit Board has the authority to decide the alignment for Link light rail. approved A number of Tukwila residents addressed the light rail project during a public hearing held the evening of September 7. In approving the light rail project, the City Council established several conditions that must be met by Sound Transit. Under the Council's decision, Sound Transit must: • Build temporary and permanent noise walls to reduce noise impacts on residential properties; • Monitor noise and vibration impacts and correct any vio- lation of applicable standards; • Demonstrate that lights at the International Boulevard station meet recognized standards to ensure security; • Replace certain trees and plants damaged by construc- tion and increase landscape screening; • Develop and periodically evaluate a "Systems Security Plan" acceptable to the Tukwila Police Chief. For more information, please contact: Tukwila: Nora Gierloff 206-431-3670 ngierloff@ci.tukwila.wa.us Brian Shelton 206-431-0179 bshelton@ci.tukwila.wa.us Sound Transit: Sue Comis 206-398-5143 comiss@soundtransit.org Roger Pence 206-398-5465 pencer@soundtransit.org Changing faces at Tukwila City Hall After a combined total of almost 45 years of service, two City department directors have decided to move to the greener pastures of retired life. Tukwila Police Chief Keith Haines is retiring effective November 1, after more than 20 years of dedicated service to the Tukwila community. Chief Haines helped to usher in an era of Departmen- tal professionalism, spearheading our initial accreditation effort 14 years ago. He leaves a legacy of partnership with other agencies, and technological ad- vancement in law enforcement informa- tion systems. Upon retirement he plans to spend more time with two of his pas- sions: Special Olympics and Habitat for Humanity. We owe a great debt of grati- tude to Chief Haines and wish him well as he enters a new stage in his life. Finance Director Alan Doerschel will retire at the end of this year, after 23.75 years. Alan played a vital role in City government, particularly through the annexations of the late 80's and early 1990. His advice and counsel on all things financial allowed the City to weather difficult economic times. Tapped to succeed Alan is Kevin Fuhrer, former Finance Director/Assistant City Manager at Normandy Park. Kevin has some history with the City, having served as Business Manager for the Tuk- wila School District. We wish Alan well and extend a hearty welcome to Kevin. Joining us on December 1 as Economic Development Administrator is Derek Speck, who hails from the City of Fre- mont, California. Derek will lead the City's efforts to revitalize neighborhoods and housing, as well as to maximize eco- nomic development opportunities in commercial sectors. He'll soon be out and about meeting the community. Two Board Members Needed The Community -Oriented Policing Citi- zens Advisory Board (COPCAB) is cur- rently seeking qualified applicants to fill two board member positions. The first position is a business Board member po- sition. The business board member ap- plicant needs to be an owner or man- ager of a business located in Tukwila. The other position is for a residential Board member. The applicant must be a current resident of the City of Tukwila. The COPCAB is an official City board consisting of nine members including five residents, two business people, one school representative, and one student. The Board meets monthly with the Chief of Police and makes recommendations on issues of public safety and commu- nity policing. If you have questions, please contact Police Department Administrative Sec- retary Marja Murray at 206-433-7175. 4 THE HAZELNUT Tukwila Library returns to full service Tukwila has two libraries, the Foster Library and the Tukwila Library. Last winter King County Library System changed the Tukwila Library from a full service library to a children's library and cut operations to 19 hours a month. Citizens from our "old hill" neighborhood, unhappy with the loss of adult services and the drastically shortened hours, came to a City Council Meeting and requested help. The Council dusted off an interlocal agreement created in 1991, just before the annexation to KCLS occurred. That agreement stated that the service and hours of operation should remain the same after the annexation. King County Library System countered with the fact that the use at the library had declined and that there was a need for a children's library. Subsequently, the City administration, Council and the Tukwila Advi- sory Library Board met three times with the KCLS Board, and ultimately convinced them that the Tukwila Library deserved another chance as a full service library. The following agreement was worked out: • Hours of operation would return to 30 hours per month. • Adult offerings will be expanded to include 45 to 50 new shelves of adult fiction, non-fiction, magazines, audio books, DVD's, and CD's. • Additional technology opportunities would be offered through visits by the KCLS Tech Lab. • A KCLS Board member would attend two local Library Advisory Board meetings annually. • The City would agree to end the 1991 Interlocal Agreement in two years. The City considers this a victory for Tukwila citizens. And now, your mission To justify its cost of operation, citizens must bring Tukwila Library's "usage" up to normal for a library its size sufficient in the next two years. Fortunately, this task will prove to be a rewarding assignment. Along with its current, huge collection of children's literature, our Tuk- wila Library will offer a wonderful collection of the newest books, CD's, DVD's, magazines, etc., for your enjoyment. The transformation to full- service library is planned for completion by the end of November. Make it a new habit! Drop by! Discover! Check it out! Better yet, check out a book, or a DVD, or... Tukwila Library 14475 - 59th Avenue S. 206-244-5140 Schedule (starting during November) Monday & Wednesday .... 1 OAM to SPM Tuesday & Thursday 2PM to 8PM Saturday 1 OAM to 2PM Children's Program "Fall Story Times" Tuesdays at 10:30Am November 2, 9 & 16 Join us for stories, songs, games, fingerplays, puppets, flannel board stories, cre- ative dramatics and crafts. Taking care of our land, waters and salmon: your ideas are needed People in the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed are creating a salmon habitat plan. The plan will recommend steps to create a healthier environment for people and fish. The City of Tukwila is a participant in this planning effort and encourages you to learn more and get involved, to ensure that your interests are heard. Here are two ways to get involved: + Participate on Tuesday, November 30 at Renton City Hall, 1055 S. Grady Way: 6:00PM — Open House 7:00-9:OOPM — Public Workshop + Take the on-line survey at: http: //dnr. metrokc. gov/wrias/9/survey.htm For workshop details or to make comments, please contact Dennis Clark at 206-296-1909, or email dennis.clark@metrokc.gov. Website: http://dnr. metrokc .gov/Wrias/9/index.htm Sharing the joy of soccer This past August, Tukwila Parks and Recreation, Washington Recreation and Park Association, and World Vision partnered in an effort to put soccer balls at the feet of needy children around the world who love soccer. Many have never played with a real ball. Many have played with rag balls, sock balls or bundles of plastic banded together with string. Tukwila was one of thirty cities across the state that were able to share the joy of soccer by collecting new and used balls for the "Get A Kick Out of Sharing" program. This statewide event collected 2,000 soccer balls that were shipped to Africa to be distributed to children in its remote rural areas. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Tukwila Parks and Recreation collection. NOVEMBER 2004 5 WHAT'S NEW(S) IN HUMAN SERVICES Human Services Office Evie — 206-433-7180 Stacy — 206-433-7181 Crisis Clinic (24-hour line) 206-461-3222 Grandparents as caregivers Are you among the grandparents raising your grandchildren? Did you know that 32,000 children in Washington State are being raised by grand- parents or other relatives? Many caregivers are women who are parenting for the second time around. It can be a financial hardship and can take its toll in other ways as well. Senior Services of Seattle King County has two programs targeted to kin- ship caregivers age 60 and older. The Caregiver Outreach and Support Program provides information and advocacy in obtaining health services, special education needs, support groups and public benefits. The newly formed Kinship Care Legal Services through Senior Rights As- sistance provides information and lawyer referrals for legal issues related to caregiver authority, custodial arrangements, estate planning and com- munity resources. The agency also assists caregivers who need respite care, counseling and supportive services. Senior Services also administers the Kinship Care Support Program, which will assist eligible caregivers with funding to help pay for the cost of emer- gent needs. For information about any of these programs or other services for caregivers, please call 206-448-3110 or 1-888-435-3377. Tukwila Provider "Tangible Needs" Aside from holiday times, some non-profit agencies serving Tukwila need tangible product to help the families they serve. Here are a few examples: Apple Parenting and Baby and Me Groups The program could use durable, cardboard picture books for infants and toddlers. English would work; however, books in Spanish, Punjabi, Ko- rean, Arabic, Cambodian, Vietnamese and Tagalog would also be appreci- ated. Contact Karen Hendrickson at 206-764-5801. Catholic Community Services — Emergency Services Diapers, especially larger sizes, gift certificates for groceries, new, warm jackets for children in all sizes, new bath towels, frozen turkeys and re- lated holiday foods are needed. Contact Tamara Brown at 253-854-0077. Refugee Women's Alliance — Family Support Services The Agency could use mattresses in good shape for single beds, bed cov- ers and pillow covers, warm winter jackets/gloves/hats for children and adults, and food not containing pork. Contact Amina at 206-957-2245. Domestic Abuse Women's Network (DAWN) Most needed items for their clients at this time of year include grocery store gift cards (small denominations, e.g. $10); phone cards (small de- nominations, for long distance calls); bath stuff; slippers & socks, all sizes (boys, girls & women); Barbie dolls, action figures (Transformers, Power Rangers, etc.); books for all ages. Call Shannon Johnson at 425-656-4305. Way Back Inn — Family Support Services The program could use bed, bathroom and kitchen linens, and some fur- niture. Call 206-682-7382 and leave a message. Looking for EITC volunteers Get involved in the country's largest anti -pov- erty effort. Join 250 volunteers helping eligible low- to moderate -income families in King County find their way through the tax -filing maze, to keep more of what they earned. Working families are eligible for a refundable federal tax credit, which in last year's tax sea- son averaged $1,450. In 1999 the Earned In- come Tax Credit (EITC) lifted 4.7 million people — including 2.6 million children — above the Federal poverty line. It is estimated that last year 27% of King County residents eligible for the EITC did not claim it, missing out on $37.5 million, either because they had no knowledge of the EITC, no money for tax preparation ser- vices, or because they had language/cultural barriers that prevented them from accessing free tax preparation assistance. The 2005 EITC Campaign will make free tax preparation available to people at 12 sites throughout King County. By volunteering for less than 40 hours during the 2005 tax season you can help us put more than $4 million back into the pockets of low -to -moderate -income working families. • If you have experience preparing your own tax return and are comfortable with com- puters, you could serve as a Tax Preparer. • If you wish to volunteer, but do not want to prepare tax returns, you can serve as a Tax Site Greeter. • If you have a high level of tax preparation experience, we could use your help as a Quality Control Volunteer. Speakers of Cambodian, Vietnamese, Spanish, Somali, Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Tagalog and Russian languages are especially needed. All volunteers receive free tax training and are cer- tified by the IRS. The volunteer application deadline is November 30, 2004. For more information on the campaign and to sign up for volunteer positions, please contact Carolyn Cunningham, United Way, at 206-461- 3656, email ccunningham@uwkc.org, or visit www.uwkc.org/volunteer/eitc. 6 THE HAZELNUT TUKWILA RESOURCE Creative ways to Stash It, Don't Trash It Although winter is still a ways off, fall is a good time to gear up for the holiday creative season. By reusing and recycling the materials which you may already have on hand, you can come up with unique and useful items. Some ideas: Recycle unique tins from gum and mints into jewelry, or use them as containers for art supplies. Use cereal boxes or manila folders to make patterns. Remelt candle stubs in a double boiler made from an old tin can and use for batik; or remelt a lot of old candles and make new ones — wicks are readily available from craft stores. Yogurt and butter containers are great for storing custom mixes of paint to use again. They can also be used as water containers for rinsing paint brushes. Decorate cardboard tubes from paper towels, gift wrap and toilet paper and use to wrap odd -shaped gifts. Reuse window or shower curtains as drop cloths for either the floor or your work surfaces, to protect them from paints, solvents and adhesives. Save outdated phone books and catalogs to use as a work surface when gluing... tear out the pages as they become dirty. These are also great to use to protect your table top when drilling holes in projects. Don't throw out old picture frames. Staple fine mesh to the back, decorate the front and use them to hold earrings. Make wind chimes from old silverware. Tennis ball cans make great portable storage containers for paint brushes, colored pencils or markers. (Thanks to Expression Magazine, September/October 2004) REPOR TER Trash impact, by the numbers 30.8 pounds of trash per person per week 132 pounds of trash per person per month 1,606 pounds of trash per person annually 119,292 aluminum cans recycled every minute 210,000 tons of trash put into landfills annually in the United States 450,000 cubic yards that trash takes up annually in land- fills in the United States 571,000 "hits" in a Google search for the phrase "recycled art" 2-3 billion tires currently stockpiled in the United States (Thanks to Expression Magazine, September/October 2004) But what do 1 do with it? Pet Waste Disposal We love our pets, but what should be done with their wastes? Animal waste alone (not absorbent kitty litter material!) can be flushed down the toilet. Rabanco, Tukwila's residential solid waste hauler, says it's acceptable to wrap and dispose of pet waste, including kitty litter, as garbage (no more than a plastic grocery bag full at a time in the garbage container). Pet wastes may be composted in certain circumstances. Do not compost pet wastes along with yard waste, in worm bins or in vegetable garden beds. Burying pet wastes in ornamen- tal garden beds only is the simplest method of composting pet waste. To bury pet waste: Dig a hole about one foot deep. Put three to four inches of food or pet waste at the bottom of the hole, and use a shovel to chop and mix the wastes into the soil at the bottom. Cover the waste with at least eight inches of soil to keep rodents and pets from digging it up. Compost and worm bin sale a success The compost and worm bin sale held on Saturday, September 18 was a success, with combined sales of 260 bins. We hope to hold another sale in the fall of 2005. In the meantime, Tukwila and King County residents may order compost bins online at www.composters.com/kingcounty. (For current and future worm bin composters, here's another source of worms: Evelyn Howe in the Factoria area— 206-501-8844.) NOVEMBER 2004 CITY DIRECTORY TUKWILA CITY HALL 6200 Southcenter Boulevard Hours: Monday Friday, 8.:30AM-5.:00PM Telephone: 206-433-1800 Fax number: 206-433-1833 TTY number: 206-248-2933 Website: http://www.ci.tukwila.wa.us Email tukwila Cerci. tukwila. wa. us TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL Jim Haggerton, Pres. 206-244-7846 Pam Carter 206-244-0558 Joe H. Duffle (beeper #) 206-994-7229 Dave Fenton 206-246-4980 Joan Hernandez. 206-248-0260 Pamela Linder 206-439-2473 Dennis Robertson 206-242-6373 Lucy Lauterbach, Analyst 206-433-1834 Council Message Line 206-431-3652 CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS 7:OOPM in Council Chambers Regular Meetings 1st/3rd Mondays Work Meetings 2nd/4th Mondays Agenda Info Line 206-431-3656 CITY OFFICES Mayor Steve Mullet 206-433-1805 Municipal Court 206-433-1840 Human Services 206-433-7180 Finance Department Alan Doerschel, Dir206-433-1838 Tourism/Marketing 206-575-2489 Fire Department Nick Olivas, Chief 206-575-4404 Dept. of Community Development Steven Lancaster, Dir. 206-431-3670 Code Enforcement 206-431-3682 Parks/Recreation Department Bruce Fletcher, Dir 206-767-2342 Police Department Chief 206-433-1808 Public Works Department Jim Morrow, Dir 206-433-0179 Dept. of Administrative Services VikiJessop, Dir 206-433-1831 City Clerk's Office 206-433-1800 Personnel 206-433-1831 City Job Line 206-433-1828 Emergency Fire, Police 911 TUKWILA COMMUNITY CENTER 12424 - 42nd Avenue South Recreation Division 206-768-2822 Senior Center/Services 206-767-2323 TUKWILA CITY POOL 4414 S. 144th Street 206-267-2350 FOSTER GOLF LINKS 13500 Interurban Avenue South Pro Shop 206-242-4221 Restaurant 206-241-5784 THE HAZELNUT is a bimonthly newsletter published by the City of Tukwila and written by City staff. Editing/production: Stacia Norris Summary of 2005-2010 Proposed Financial Planning Model and Capital Plan Excluding the Enterprise Funds (see right), the General Government Rev- enue and Expenditure six-year projected totals are shown below. REVENUES Sales tax $106,993,000 Property tax 67,245,000 Other revenues 117,976,000 Taxes, charges for services, grants, interest, transfers, etc. Capital grants and mitigations 82.562.000 Total 2004-2009 Revenues.... $374,776,000 EXPENDITURES Operations and Maintenance ...$240,553,000 CAPITAL: Residential streets 2,655,000 Parks and trails 3,746,000 Bridges 1,020,000 Commercial streets 92,704,000 General government 12,280,000 Debt service (bond payments) 12,152,000 Administration/Engineering 6,621,000 Ending balance projected 3,045,000 TOTAL EXPENDITURES $374,776,000 ENTERPRISE FUNDS Totals for the Enterprise Funds for the 2005-2010 period are shown below: Water $ 6,664,000 Sewer 8,611,000 Surface water 13,485,000 Foster Golf Course 874.000 TOTAL $29,634,000 The capital programs for Enterprise Funds are funded by operating rev- enues, grants/developer contributions, and State public works trust fund loans. SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS, ALL FUNDS, FOR 2005 • Completion of Tukwila Int'I Blvd project • South 144th (42nd to Military Road) • Allentown/Foster Point - Water, sewer, surface water • Cascade View - Surface water improvements • Annual overlay program • Traffic calming program Further information Copies of the preliminary 2005 Budget and Proposed 2005-2010 Financial Planning Model and Capital Plan are avail- able at the City Clerk's office at Tukwila City Hall, 6200 Southcenter Boulevard. For more information concerning the details of either document, please contact the Financial Director at 206-433-1838. THE HAZELNUT City of Tukwila 6200 Southcenter Blvd Tukwila, WA 98188 POSTMASTER: If named addressee has moved, deliver to current resident. PRESORT STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID SEATTLE, WA PERMIT NO. 12698 To help us correct addresses or eliminate duplicates, please call 206-433-1800.