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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-05-08 Finance and Safety MinutesCity of Tukwila Finance and Safety Committee FINANCE AND SAFETY COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes Mu�v 8, 2012 5:1.51).m.; Coglf Room #3 PRESENT Councilmembers: De'Sean Quinn, Chair; Dennis Robertson and Kate Kruller Staff: Kim Walden, Trish Kinlow, Mindy Briener, Mike Villa, Peggy McCarthy, Derek Speck, David Cline and Kimberly Matej Guests: Jerry Thornton, Lynn Churchill, Art Rosengren and Jun Castillo COPCAB Members CALL TO ORDER: Chair Quinn called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. I. PRESENTATIONS No presentations. II. BUSINESS AGENDA A. Interlocal Agreement: Citv of SeaTac for Probation Services Staff is seeking Council approval to enter into an Interlocal Agreement to provide probation and jail alternative services to the City of SeaTac. The City of SeaTac would like to utilize the City of Tukwila's probation services in order to increase probation availability, services and jail alternatives to their court customers. Tukwila has the capacity to take on the SeaTac caseload, and would like to do such via an Interlocal Agreement. SeaTac will pay Tukwila a one -time fee of $15,000 to absorb SeaTac's current caseload, and new cases will be billed according to services and costs incurred see Exhibit B, page 8 of the Cnnnnittee agenda packet). Committee Member Robertson asked if this additional caseload would contribute to the high volume of traffic already being experienced at City Hall. Staff explained that they do not anticipate an increase due to this agreement, since SeaTac will still remain the presiding court for SeaTac related offenses, and probationary services are usually one -on -one interactions between the officer and client. Conunittee Member Robertson also commented that the agreement did not appear to cost Tukwila anything; as well, he confirmed that the Court has the capacity to support this additional function. Staff responded in the affirmative, stating that additional functions would require more Court space. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO MAY 21 CONSENT AGENDA. B. Lease for Neighborhood Resource Center Staff is seeking Council approval for two items relating to the re- opening of a Neighborhood Resource Center (NRC): Enter into a lease agreement with Mike West for the property located at 14862 Tukwila International Boulevard (formerly Southtowne Auto Rebuild) Expenditure of drug asset forfeiture funds in the amount of 574,071 for tenant improvements Due to budget cuts, the Police Department's Neighborhood Resource Center (NRC) was closed in early 2011. Since that time, police staff and citizens alike have noticed increased prostitution and drug related activity in the Tukwila International Boulevard corridor. Although a new NRC is planned to be included in the Tukwila Village development, it will be approximately three years until the facility will be complete and functional. Staff believes it is important to the City and conniunity to re -open the NRC as soon as possible, and have identified the former SOUthtowne Auto Rebuild as a potential location. Owner Mike West has agreed to a three -year lease with the City for use of a portion of the building as a Neighborhood Resource Center. Finance Safety Committee Minutes Mav 8, 2012 Paae 2 The three -year draft lease will begin on July 1, 2012. The City will incur a monthly lease payment and be responsible for the cost of utilities, 50% of the property taxes for the parcel, alarm and telephone costs. These annual costs are estimated to be under 530,000 and will be planned for during the regular budget process. These same costs for 2012 (partial year) are estimated to be 513,000 and will be absorbed through the Police Department's current budget. Tenant improvements will need to be made to the site in order for staff to provide functional services. These tenant improvements are a one -time cost, and are estimated to be just over 574,000. These costs include: purchase and installation of video cabling, monitoring, compu m ter and phone equipent Most of the equipment would be utilized in the Tukwila Village NRC, once it is complete. Police staff would like to utilize funds from the Drug Asset Forfeiture Account for these one -time costs. Several Conmiunity Oriented Policing Citizens Advisory Board (COPCAB) members attended the meeting and shared their support of re- opening the NRC as soon as possible. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO MAY 14 COW FOR DISCUSSION. III. MISCELLANEOUS Meeting adjourned at 5:32 p.m. Next meeting: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 5:15 p.m. Conference Room #3 Committee Chair Approval Minutes by KAM.