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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg 2012-08-06 Item 7C - Report - City AdministratorCity of Tukwila Jim Haggerton, Mayor CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT TO: Mayor Haggerton Councilmembers FROM: David Cline, City Administrator DATE: August 1, 2012 SUBJECT: Report for August 6, 2012 Regular Council Meeting The City Administrator Report is meant 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 me 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 Annexation Update: The City Administrator, Community Development Director and staff have been meeting with our consultants and Fire District representatives regarding the proposed annexation area on the Duwamish. Staff members are planning to attend both Fire District Commissioner meetings on August 16 to continue the open dialogue. This issue is tentatively scheduled for the August 20 Council meeting. Il. Department Updates MAYORS OFFICE Strategic Planning: In addition to the third Steering Committee meeting held July 25, an update was also provided to the Executive Team. As part of the community outreach effort, three Family Education Nights, sponsored by the Tukwila School District, provided City staff with opportunities to have candid conversations with many of our immigrant and refugee parents of school -aged children. A cross cultural forum is being developed which would include representatives from City leadership, Steering Committee members, direct service providers and others, to solicit input regarding the future of the City from our culturally diverse residents. A City Council workshop has been scheduled for August 8. The community survey, photo project, staff survey and stakeholder interviews are continuing. Strategic Planning ambassadors will be participating in the Night Out Against Crime event on August 7, as a way to continue conversations with residents in our neighborhoods about their vision for Tukwila's future. 19 City Administrator Report Page 2 TUKWILA MUNICIPAL COURT Regional Affiliations: LaTricia Kinlow, Court Administrator, participated on the interview panel for the recruitment of a new State Court Administrator. Her participation was at the request of Chief Justice Barbara Madsen of the Washington State Supreme Court. POLICE DEPARTMENT Crime Reduction Workshop: On July 12, staff came together for a workshop to identify and recommend strategies to reduce crime in Tukwila. A group of 17 department members that included commander staff, supervisors, and line personnel formed the team. Three strategies were identified and resources were determined. The group brought each strategy to its minimum resource requirements and then prioritized the strategies based upon what they believed would have the greatest positive impact on crime. Command staff will work with City Administration on the viability of strategy implementation. Registered Sex Offender Address Verification: For several years the City has entered into a "Cost Reimbursement Agreement" with the King County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) for the purpose of verifying the address and residency of registered sex and kidnapping offenders (RSOs). KCSO manages the funding from a grant from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs and will reimburse overtime for Tukwila detectives to make direct contact with RSOs to verify their place of residence. In the last calendar year, Police staff processed claims totaling $14,100.00. For the upcoming calendar year the total amount that can be reimbursed to Tukwila is $20,938.67. The schedule of contact by Police staff is to verify Level I offenders once every twelve months, Level II offenders once every six months, and Level III offenders every three months. HUMAN SERVICES Non Profit Proposal Review: On July 19, the Human Services Advisory Board completed review of 46 qualified human service applications. Requests totaled $471,501 and recommendations were made for $365,170. Global to Local Update: The three community health promoter positions are in the process of becoming permanent under HealthPoint. Diabetes education continues with three different ethnic groups. Alma Villegas, formerly with the Community Schools Collaboration was hired as the Leadership Coordinator, and Global to Local was commended for their work by the King County Board of Health on July 19. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Fred Eastland Mobile Home Project -12242 48 Avenue S. Permit D12 -054: Inspections were completed which included demolition and removal of the original single wide mobile home and placement of the new double wide for setback compliance. Additional tasks will be completed within the scope of work associated with this project. Planning Commission Vacancies: Two commissioners, Jeri Frangello- Anderson and Aaron Hundtofte, resigned from the Planning Commission in the past month. These vacancies, combined with scheduling conflicts of two other commissioners, left the Planning Commission meeting of July 19 without a quorum for a hearing on the Southcenter Plan. The hearing has been postponed until August 23, and outreach is occurring to ensure the public is well informed. Tent City: City staff representatives from Police, Fire, Public Works, Community Development, and Human Services met with Reverend Jan Bolerjack of Riverton Park United Methodist Church and representatives of Tent City to discuss their plan of bringing Tent City to Tukwila. Approximately one hundred homeless individuals are planning to live in the City from August 18 to November 17, 2012. Tent City residents had previously stayed in Tukwila approximately five years ago. 20 ZA CityAdministratorReports20l21CAReportAugust6- 2012FINAL.docx City Administrator Report Page 3 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Washington Tourism Alliance (WTA): Seattle Southside Visitor Services is supporting the WTA in an effort to identify and implement a sustainable funding mechanism for statewide tourism marketing. Tourism staff participated in a WTA discussion with industry representatives in Seattle on August 2. The specific funding mechanism is still being developed. Regional Collaboration: Economic Development and Seattle Southside staff met with representatives from the City of SeaTac and SeaTac Airport on July 24 to discuss opportunities for collaborating on tourism services. The Port has identified tourism as a part of its Century Agenda and the cities and Seattle Southside will continue to explore this topic. Tukwila Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC): The Committee met on July 26 and was coordinated by Seattle Southside staff and attended by Mayor Haggerton, Council President Seal, the City Administrator, Finance Director, and Economic Development Administrator. The LTAC recommended a budget for 2013 -14. South King County Economic Development Initiative SKCEDI): Economic Development staff attended the SKCEDI meeting on July 26. The group is still working on updating the regional business attraction program. Open House Events: Economic Development staff attended the Valley View and Water District 125 open house event on July 26. Those districts are pleased to serve the upcoming Tukwila Village development. Shoreline Habitat Restoration: Economic Development and Parks staff attended a meeting on July 23 with representatives from BECU and Forterra to continue planning a launch of a Duwamish shoreline habitat restoration program led by BECU called Restore the Duwamish Shoreline Challenge. The launch event is scheduled for Friday, September 14 at 1:00 p.m. at BECU. More information available at www.RestoreTheDuwamish.ora. PARKS AND RECREATION Metropolitan Park District (MPD) Receives Grant Funding for Pool Improvements: Rick Still, Parks and Recreation Director, received news that the MPD was awarded the full grant amount of $416,666 that was requested. We will be working with our partners and the Board to determine what action may be necessary at the next MPD meeting on August 20. Congratulations to all of those who have helped out in the process: the residents who have supported the pool and provided input; the Tukwila Pool Advisory Committee (TPAC) who provided their in -depth recommendations to the Board; City staff who worked diligently with McKinstry and other partners to formulate this grant request; and to the Board members who deliberated the best approach to improve the pool and submitted this request. Summer Concerts and Movies Update: Staff continues to host the summer concerts and movie events on Friday nights. Concert attendance is high with 200+ for Caspar Babypants and about 135 for The Bubbleman. Waste Management is hosting a Community BBQ event on August 10 at the Tukwila Community Center prior to the Friday Night Movie. Tukwila Kid's Festival will be on August 11 at Cascade View Park from 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. Summer Programs and Camps Update: Registration for Summer Camps (TeenVenture Tukwilly) is up by approximately 17% compared to 2011. The Playground Program started in early July at Cascade View Community Park and is held Monday through Thursday, with approximately 70 kids participating daily. The Playground Program also supplies free lunches to attendees 18 years of age and younger. Hyde Shuttle: The new Hyde Shuttle Service completed its first month of service in Tukwila with 100 one -way trips. Z:1 CityAdministratorReports20l2 \CARepoMugust6- 2012FINAL.docx 21 City Administrator Report Page 4 lll. Responses to Council /Citizen Inquiries Follow -up from City Council meeting of June 4, 2012 regarding large plaque -like monuments on South 144 and Macadam, So. 139 etc.: These monuments were placed by the Arts Commission. Plaques should be placed on the monuments in the future. Follow -up from Council meeting of June 18, 2012 regarding parking in the area of South 139th at Joseph Foster Park. Staff investigated the request for modifying the parking to accommodate angle parking instead of parallel parking to increase the number of parking stalls for park users. The use of these additional stalls would be for special events and during weekend sporting events and tournaments. There is a retention pond along the west end of the park edge that prevents the entire area from being transitioned to angle parking. There are approximately 150 feet where the park fence could be moved further into the park, which would involve grading of the shoulder, the addition of gravel and signage to accommodate approximately 12 additional parking stalls. This would increase parking capability from approximately 6 parallel parking stalls to approximately 18 angle parking stalls. A contractor's quote to complete this scope of work was $21,120, with an additional $9,500 to pave the area instead of leaving it gravel. If this is something the City Council would like to pursue further, staff would look into performing some of this work in house to see if cost reductions could be realized. Follow -up from City Council meeting of July 16, 2012 regarding jersey barriers on the Tukwila Village site: Public Works staff has replaced the barriers and added tow away signs. Follow -up from City Council meeting of July 16, 2012 regarding "Do Not Feed the Birds" signs on the Tukwila Village site: Public Works staff has installed the "Do not feed the birds" signs. Anyone who witnesses someone feeding the birds is asked to notify the Council Analyst. Follow -up from City Council meeting of July 23, 2012 regarding dead trees at the Tukwila School District bus parking lot on East Marginal Way South: Community Development staff visited the site where two groups of dead trees were observed. There are several dead trees along East Marginal Way South, outside the fence that surrounds the School District bus parking lot, which appear to be on School District property and not in the right -of -way. These trees look to be part of the landscaping along the street frontage of the property. The School District will be contacted to request that the trees be removed and the landscaping maintained. The other trees are along the south side of the bus parking lot on the adjacent property. This property is scheduled to be developed as a mixed use project, and these trees will be removed when development gets under way, probably sometime next year. 22 Z:1 CityAdministratorReports2012 ICAReportAugust6- 2012FINAL.docx