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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council From: Brian J. Wilson, City Manager Date: November 15, 2021 Subject: City Manager’s Report

I. INTERNAL CITY INFORMATION

A. Housing Action Plan Implementation Grant The Department of Commerce has granted $100,000 to the City of Burien to implement aspects of Burien’s Housing Action Plan. In response to a grant application submitted by Community Development, the grant will fund three categories of work: 1. Increase affordable housing supply 2. Encourage residential density along transit corridors, in neighborhood commercial areas and

in certain single-family areas; and 3. Develop a subregional monitoring program for unregulated and regulated affordable

housing across five King County cities. The grant scope of work leverages of the Ambaum Boulevard Park community plans, which will focus on cultural place-making, housing affordability, small business vitality, sustainability, green spaces, transportation connections, and strategies to mitigate displacement. The grant brings much-needed resources to complete and expand this work. Additionally, the grant provides $20,000 toward an intergovernmental effort by the South King Housing and Homelessness Partnership (SKHHP) to establish a program to monitor existing affordable housing across Burien, Auburn, Kent, Renton, and Tukwila. The grant program was created in 2019 under E2SHB 1923 to help local jurisdictions increase housing capacity and implement housing strategies.

B. Transit Oriented Development Implementation Grant Commerce also granted $250,000 to the City of Burien to undertake State-required SEPA analysis to support rezones in the Ambaum and Boulevard Park community planning areas. Burien was one of eleven jurisdictions statewide to receive this source of funding. According to Commerce, the grant dollars must be used to “review zoning in areas served by transit and to study environmental impacts of planned development in advance to streamline permit processing times. Planning for higher levels of development in these areas will leverage significant investment in public transportation and be an efficient way to absorb the state’s expanding population while minimizing traffic and costly sprawling development.”

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C. Communications Update (October 28-November 8) Featured communications Advertising for nominations for Citizen of the Year was launched. The Communications Division is currently supporting several department projects that require community engagement including tree regulations, budget, Climate Action Plan, Ambaum and Boulevard Park Community Plans, Public Art Plan, PaRCS and Public Works projects, and community events. We have also begun work on a new 2022 print event calendar, in partnership with Discover Burien. New* and updated web pages • Permit Center: Applications • Budget • COVID 19: Resources for Business • Citizen of the Year • Seahurst Park • Tree Regulations Update (burienwa.gov/TreeRegulations) News releases and announcements • 11/2/21: Nominations Being Accepted for 2022 Citizen of the Year Council Roundups • 11/1/21: Climate Action Plan, Federal Legislative Agenda, Budget, Trusted Community

Partner Network, Planning Grants, Vaccine Mandate Social media The City of Burien maintains a social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. PaRCS and Economic Development have their own social media channels. Posts that earned the most engagement covered the following topics: Halloween and Día de los Muertos theme posts, Your City at Work: Code Enforcement, recruitment for administrative assistant position, National Sandwich and Donut Day posts, and Seahurst Park hazard tree work. New videos Videos are posted on our City YouTube channel and the Burien TV channel. • 2021-2022 Mid-Biennium Budget Update & Proposed 2022 Financial Policies, Nov 1, 2021 • Burien Climate Action Plan, November 1, 2021

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D. PaRCS Update

1. Recreation Updates a. Afterschool Program at Glacier Middle School

After weeks of promoting an after-school program during lunch time at Glacier Middle School, students finally got to see it come to fruition. On November 1st, staff Lili, Stephen, and Kacy welcomed over 40 students to the cafeteria for a free snack and a variety of activities. The program is offered Monday through Friday, immediately after school until 5:30 pm. Students can participate in homework help, sports, team building activities, crafts, or video games. The biggest focus is helping students interact with each other in positive ways and encouraging physical activity.

b. Gallery Exhibitions Gallery exhibitions, located in the lobby of the Burien Community Center, had been put on hold for 2021 due to COVID-19 and the closure of the community center facility. We are excited to announce that the gallery exhibitions will restart in January 2022. The original artists who were juried for the lobby entrance wall in 2020 will be exhibiting in 2022. Also starting up again will be exhibits by Burien Arts Association and Artist United. Juried Artists for BCC Gallery Space:

Jan-Feb: Alyson Lapan

March-April: Megan Teutschel

May-June: Michele Landsaat

July-August: Chris Stiles

Sep-Oct: Lauren Blake-Kate

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c. Veterans Event (see attachment) Burien PaRCS is partnering with Tukwila Parks & Recreation to honor veterans and their family members on Wednesday, November 10, at the Tukwila Community Center from 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. The program includes gratitude from honored guests, entertainment, and lunch. Event coordinators expect approximately 40 participants. This program is paid for by the King County Veterans, Seniors & Human Services grant to promote social engagement with veterans and seniors.

2. Parks Project Updates a. Burien Community Center Restroom Improvements

The existing restrooms were demolished, abated, and the new restroom partially framed. There have been minor delays due to design changes resulting from material shortages, availability, and shipping and due to new findings within the walls of the restroom that required some design adjustments. Engineers and contractors are working with Burien inspections to ensure recommendations will meet code. Once approved by Burien inspections, framing will recommence, plumbing and electrical will be roughed-in, then tile flooring will be set in place and finishes will be completed.

b. Lake Burien Memorial School Park Improvements The playground is 20% complete. The contractor completed playground drainage. The next steps include installing the playground footings then the playground equipment, and the Engineered Wood Fiber (EWF) surfacing.

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The pathway is 85% complete. The next steps include compacting the gravel pathway, adding topsoil to the edges, repairing the irrigation system, and hydroseeding. Pending weather, the contractor anticipates completing the project before Thanksgiving. Following the contractor cleaning up and demobilization from the site, the PaRCS maintenance crew will complete landscaping improvements, and install benches and trash receptacles.

Lake Burien Memorial Park: Playground drainage installation and gravel pathway installation

c. PROS Plan (see attachment) PaRCS staff partnered with the King County Play Equity Coalition (KCPEC) on a Letter of Interest for a potential grant proposal for a public engagement strategy that will support the development of the PROS Plan. The grant is being offered by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and is called People, Parks, and Power: A National Initiative for Green Space, Health Equity, and Racial Justice. The grant is described further here: https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/funding-opportunities/2021/people-parks-and-power-a-national-initiative-for-green-space-health-equity-and-racial-justice.html. The proposal is for KCPEC to support Burien to develop the tools necessary for ongoing community engagement, including youth and immigrant families, to improve parks equity and adopt and adapt model policies and practices generated by KCPEC’s FT, starting with the model Joint Use Agreement (JUA). Support for Burien includes: 1. Help evaluating current parks and playfield access and use. 2. Creation of a community connectors program to elevate BIPOC, immigrant and

youth voices in planning. 3. Facilitating conversations with Highline Schools. 4. Working towards the adoption of the model JUA and an equitable playfield

allocation system.

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The proposal is to use Burien as a model city and that this work could be duplicated in other cities in the future. The Letter of Interest sent to the RWJF is attached.

3. Parks Maintenance Updates a. Play chips were installed at four playgrounds to maintain

safe fall areas for kids engaging in play at Burien parks, including: Jacob Ambaum, Chelsea, Puget Sound and Manhattan Parks. Play chips will be added to Mathison, Lakeview and Arbor Lake Parks in January 2022.

b. Facilities team members spent time maintaining the Seahurst restrooms, changing toilet gaskets, replacing light bulbs/fixtures, and preparing and painting the restroom walls. They will continue performing maintenance on other park restrooms in the coming weeks.

c. Hand sanitizer dispensers are currently being installed at

parks with play equipment as requested by City Council. These will be checked weekly for refill needs when staff are conducting routine safety inspections of the play equipment.

d. Parks crew is spending time cleaning up branches and lots

of leaves daily. Time is also spent making sure storm drains adjacent to park properties are free of leaves and debris.

e. Town Square Park electrical outlet connections were

recently rerouted for improved safety. PaRCS and Economic Development staff coordinate the holiday lighting installation at Town Square Park. Lights are on nightly now through January.

II. COUNCIL REVIEW/ACTION REQUESTED

A. Electronic Vehicle (EV) Charging Station Event

Please save the date for a ceremonial ribbon cutting for the new Burien EV charging station on Friday, December 3, 2021. The time of the daytime, outdoor event is still to be determined. Is there interest in a Councilmember speaking at this event?

III. COUNCIL UPDATES/REPORTS

A. Sound Cities Association (SCA) Upcoming Events (see attachment)

Attached is an email from Sound Cities Association (SCA) Executive Director Deanna Dawson, which outlines upcoming meeting dates regarding the following:

• SCA Annual Meeting: December 1, 2021

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• SCA Racial Equity and Justice Series: December 3, 2021 • SCA Board Elections – North and Snoqualmie Valley Caucuses: December 15, 2021 • SCA Board Elections – South and South Valley Caucuses: December 16, 2021

B. Volunteer Opportunities – AWC Committees and State Advisory Boards (see attachment)

Association of Washington Cities (AWC) has announced opportunities to serve on an AWC committee or state/national committee. More details and application deadlines can be found on AWC’s website: https://wacities.org/.

C. Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Elected Officials Essentials Webinar (see attachment) Attached is a reimbursable program for councilmembers. The webinar will be held on Saturday December 4, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Please contact City Manager Wilson to register.

D. Correspondence to Representative Jayapal – November 8, 2021 (see attachment) The attached letter was sent to Representative Jayapal in support of full funding to complete construction of downstream fish passage at Howard A. Hanson Dam (HAHD).

E. Technical Improvements to Relay Information to the City Council At City Manager Wilson’s direction, to aid in improved communication with Council, on November 12, 2021 a new feature has been rolled out on all Councilmember iPhones and iPads. There are now two new icons for you (shown below) that will allow quick and easy access to the City Manager Reports (“CM Reports”) and the Council Planning Calendar (“Plan & Proj”) – the newly developed Project Tracking list will also be in the “Plan & Proj” folder once that is rolled out in December. Additionally, beginning in January of 2022 there will be an additional icon titled “Council Handbook” where all important documents, or links to important documents, will be stored for additional ease of access. This electronic Council Handbook will replace the previously issued binders that were issued to all Councilmembers at the beginning of their term. The goal is to allow for these items to be easily accessible at the fingertips of Councilmembers and no longer require Councilmembers to navigate to a Council Meeting packet to reach these items or navigate through the website to find something they need.

CM Reports Plan & Proj CouncilHandbook

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IV. PUBLIC NOTICES (see attachment) The following notice was published; see attached for more details: A. Notice of Cancellation: BEDP Meeting (November 12, 2021)

The City of Burien Business and Economic Development Partnership (BEDP) regular meeting scheduled for Friday, November 12, 2021 has been canceled. Instead, a Joint Special Meeting of the Burien City Council and the BEDP will be held on Friday, November 12, 2021 at 7:30 a.m.

B. Notice of Special Meetings: BEDP Meeting (November 18, 2021 and November 19, 2021) Pursuant to RCW 42.30.080, notice is hereby given to all interested parties that the BEDP will hold two Special Meetings for subcommittee discussions on the following dates: 1. Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 7:30 a.m. – Downtown Parking Discussion 2. Friday, November 19, 2021 at 7:30 a.m. – Minimum Wage Discussion