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City of Tukwila
Utilities Committee
UTILITIES COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
September 5,2007- 5:00 p.m.
PRESENT
Councilmembers:
Staff:
Guests:
Joan Hernandez, Chair; Joe Duffie and Dennis Robertson (filling in for Jim Haggerton)
Jim Morrow, Frank Iriarte, Pat Brodin, Bob Giberson, Gail Labanara, Christy
O'Flaherty, and Mary Miotke
Chuck Parrish
CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair Hernandez called the meeting to order at 5 :00 p.m.
I. PRESENTATIONS - No presentations.
ll. BUSINESS AGENDA
A. Riverton Side Channel Grant Application
Riverton Creek enters the Duwamish River by the TIB Bridge at SR599. This project will include
removing the culverts to provide an open water connection to the river, construction of a trail bridge,
and enhancement to the creek. Jim Morrow explained that there was a recent lawsuit between the
Indian Tribes and the State regarding culverts blocking fish passage. This would resolve any fish
passage issues and is consistent with the WRIA 9 Salmon Recovery Plan. Multiple grants will be
applied for and since city matching funds may be required, staff will return to Council for approval
prior to any grant acceptance. INFORMATION ONLY.
B. City Government Channel
Council approved the City Government Channel in August 2006, and supported a pass-through of
approximately $0.25 per subscriber to cover capital costs. Now the City needs to purchase
equipment to broadcast over the channel. Frank explained that the City identified 4 criteria for the
equipment and vendor; equipment must be digital and simple to operate and the vendor must have
experience and a unique service. TVTN met those requirements and has 20 years of experience on
the East Coast. TVTN offered three options with Option 1 being an integrated self-contained
package. Option 2 includes accessibility to a library of programs. Option 3 is the same as Option 1,
however there is a cost-saving if we agree to sponsorship managed by TVTN. There will be a
maximum of five sponsors that will each be able to broadcast up to 15 seconds every hour (for a
total of 1 minute 15 seconds per hour). Dennis had an issue with staff time and what would be
required and who would be our audience as we already have the Hazelnut, website and Parks & Rec.
brochures. Joan asked if we could eliminate anything to make it more cost efficient and Jim
responded that there really is no way to measure how effective our current communication tools are
in getting information to our citizens. Only Comcast subscribers pay the capital costs, but the City
will have to pay the operation and maintenance costs that range from $5,382/yr for Option 1 to
$1,004/yr for Option 3. Also, all of the agreements with TVTN will be for 5 years. Dennis would
like a buyout clause in the agreement as 5 years is a long time and we are unsure of the success of
the channel. Joan thought it would be an excellent emergency operations tool and all three
committee members agreed to recommend Option 3. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD
TO 9/10/07 COW.
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C. Water Use Efficiency Goals Resolution
This is a follow up to the PowerPoint presentation made by Pat Brodin at the 8/21/07 UC meeting.
The resolution will set the guidelines for the conservation goals. The resolution sets the goal to
achieve water savings of approximately 2% or 52,000 gallons each day compared to the current
usage. The resolution will be introduced at the 9/1 0 COW, but the PowerPoint presentation and the
public forum will be on the 9/17 Regular meeting. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO
SEPTEMBER 10 COW.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
Meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.
Next meeting: Tuesday, September 18,2007 - 5:00 p.m. - Conference Room No.1.
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~ Committee Chair Approval
Minutes by GL.