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The City of opportunity, the community of choice
TO: Mayor Haggerton
Councilmembers
FROM: David Cline, City Administrator
DATE: July 31, 2013
SUBJECT: Report for August 5, 2013 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. Please let me know if you have
any questions or need additional information about any of the following items.
I. Intergovernmental Update
• Continuing Partnership with Tukwila School District: Several City staff members
have met with Dr. Nancy Coogan, Tukwila School District Superintendent over the past
couple weeks to discuss how the City and the school district can continue to work
together to benefit the community.
• Sound Cities Association (SCA) - Regional Transit Committee Caucus Planning
Staff participated in the July 17 planning meeting for the Regional Transit Committee
meeting occurring later that day. The discussion focused on King County staff members'
response to the last remaining issues concerning the adoption of a Strategic Plan for
Metro and updating the Service Guidelines. Thanks to the hard work of SCA and King
County Staff throughout this process, all issues of the SCA Caucus were satisfactorily
resolved.
• Distinguished Budget Presentation Award: The City of Tukwila and Finance Director,
Peggy McCarthy received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the
Government Finance Directors Association (GFOA). Ms. McCarthy and the Finance
Department were recognized earlier this year for receiving the Certificate of
Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from GFOA. Tukwila is one of only
17 cities in the State of Washington that received both of these awards.
• Valley Communications Tour: The Tukwila Police Department Crime Prevention
Coordinator toured the Valley Communications Center(911 Center) with the Community
Oriented Policing Citizen Advisory Board. There had been interests from the Board as
to what transpires when a 911 call is received and dispatched.
• Danish Delegation Visit: On July 29, Mayor Haggerton and other City staff met with a
group of dignitaries from Kolding and Aalborg, Denmark including the Mayor and Chief
of Police of Kolding, an elected City Councilor, and several others. The group was
accompanied by Thomas Bates, Assistant United States Attorney. They are visiting
several U.S. cities to learn about integration efforts and services, specifically as it relates
to Somali populations.
• Regional Housing and Homeless Issues: Human Services met with other cities and
King County on July 25 to talk about the Family Housing Connection (centralized Shelter
program) and issues around Fair Housing.
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• Non-Profit Relationship Building - Human Services convened a meeting on July 26
between the Director of the International Rescue Committee Resettlement Program and
the King County Resident Services director. Information updates on the resettlement
process were shared.
II. Community Events
• Touch A Truck: More than 500 attendees participated in the Touch a Truck event held
on July 27th. Parks and Recreation Department organized the event and it included staff
from various departments.
• Movies on the Green: Parks and Recreation Department Staff hosted two movies on
the Green at Foster Golf Links. The movies attracted approximately 120 people, with
several attendees that had never been to the facility.
III. Staff Updates
Public Safety
• Human Trafficking Investigation/Operation: The Tukwila Police Department
partnered with the Federal Child Exploitation Task force as part of a large-scale regional
operation with the objective of targeting juveniles who are being prostituted in the
Renton/Tukwila area. Although the Task Force did not recover any juveniles, two active
"Pimps" were arrested. Five prostitutes were also arrested and interviewed.
Project Updates
• 42 Avenue S. Street Improvement Project b/w Southcenter BL and S 160 Street:
DCD and PW staff met with the project's consultant to work out conflicts and unresolved
issues. These issues included options for improved and safer sidewalks, buffers,
sharrows and bike lanes.
• Commute Trip Reduction: Staff received 13 of 22 employer results reports generated
by the 2013 Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Survey. Of special note is that the City of
Tukwila achieved CTR goals in reducing drive alone trips and vehicle miles traveled from
the baseline set in 2007 by the state CTR Law. The CTR survey shows a 64.7% drive
alone rate for those employees who are considered CTR affected by the law, down from
75.8% in 2007 for a 14.6% decrease. The drive alone rate for all employees is 67.8%,
down from 2007's 77.1%. Employee Transportation Coordinator, Diane Jaber,
deserves great credit for her efforts. Other employers achieving goals are Highline
Hospital and The Department of Homeland Security. More CTR results will be
forthcoming from WSDOT in the near future.
• Tukwila Library and Tukwila Village Information Night: As part of the land use
decision making processes for the above projects and in order to expand the opportunity
for public review and involvement, DCD organized an Information Night. There were
about 25 members of the community who showed up to review the project drawings
and the color and materials boards. A dozen written comments were left that will be used
in Staff's review and recommendations for the projects.
• Strategic Plan Implementation:
• Community Outreach: Staff met with Forterra and Global To Local representatives
to discuss options for utilizing liaisons that will soon be hired to assist the city with its
Pilot Liaison program.
• High Performance Organization: City employees completed a survey to establish
baselines for organizational characteristics
(leadership/motivation/teamwork/communication, etc.) for their individual work
groups, as well as the entire City organization. The city will be analyzing these
surveys and sharing the results with each department and all employees.
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