Shoreline City Manager report week of 6-9-2014
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Update for the week of 6/9/2014
From Shoreline City Manager Debbie Tarry
Council Meetings
· June 9
o Dinner Meeting (5:45 p.m.): Bothell
Mayor Joshua Freed and Bothell City Manager Bob Stowe shared with
Council the steps they have taken to achieve their community’s vision in
revitalizing their downtown core. These actions included acquisition
of property, building infrastructure (roads, pedestrian connections,
parks, utilities), and negotiating development agreements with specific
investors for their downtown area.
o Regular Meeting:
§ City Manager Report: During
the City Manager report, representatives from the Council of
Neighborhoods that attended the Neighborhoods USA conference provided an
overview of the conference and a brief thank-you to Council for
providing budget funds to attend the conference. Also representatives
from the Parkwood Neighborhood, who won 2nd place as
Neighborhood of the Year, shared an excerpt of their presentation and
the actions they are taking to create community in their neighborhood.
§ Award of the Landscape Contract for the City’s right-of-ways: Authorized
the City Manager to sign a contract with TruGreen LandCare for
right-of-way landscaping services. This contract does not allow TruGreen
to use non-organic herbicide or pesticide treatments.
§ Amendment to City’s Personnel Policies: The
proposed amendments included two mandatory items that are required as a
result of a new State law requiring local governments to provide their
employees with two unpaid holidays per calendar year to use for a
“reason of faith or conscience” Also a recent decision on the Family
Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
provides employees with the ability to waive their rights to FMLA
protections. In addition there are three optional items that Council
considered:
1. Removing
the 240 hour cap for vacation cash out for retirement eligible
employees (Public Employee Retirement System II & III).
Although this recommendation was brought forward and it is not unique
to policies of some of our comparable cities, this item will be delayed
and reviewed as part of the 2015 Compensation study.
2. Amending
the language related to sick-leave cash out related to retirement
consistent with the current language in the policy for retirement
vacation cash out.
The City has historically applied both the vacation and sick-leave cash
out for retirement eligible employees in the same way. This language
change will have both policies read the same.
3. Tobacco Free Work Place Amendment. The
change would expand the current “smoke free” work place to make the
City a “tobacco free” work place. I recommend that Council make this
change.
§ Discussion on Cost of Development: Economic Development Manager Dan
Eernissee reviewed costs that investors in Shoreline have to pay, such
as permits and utility connection charges. Dan also provided an
overview of how this compares to other surrounding cities, including
potential impact fees that investors would need to pay.
Ronald Wastewater District Update:
We held our first Committee of Elected Officials on Thursday, June 5. Future meetings will be held on the 4th Thursday of the month at 9 a.m.
at City Hall. We received notification from Snohomish County that our
Notice of Intent packet is legally sufficient. We are still working with
Ronald to get an accurate legal description stamped by a licensed
surveyor (Snohomish County did not require a stamped legal description)
acceptable to King County.
SPU Update
Public
Works Director Mark Relph and I met with Ray Hoffman, Andrea Riniker,
Nick Harper and SPU staff on Monday, June 9, and will meet with Seattle
Councilmember Tim Burgess on June 11.
Economic Development Update
· Last
week Economic Development Manager Dan Eernissee learned from the broker
who was working with a buyer of the Marshall's property that ROIC had
purchased the property. ROIC purchased the property on which the north
half of Central Market sits about 2 years ago.
Financial Update
April 2014 Sales Tax, Real Estate Excise Tax, and Development Revenue Report.
Year-to-date sales tax receipts are 10% higher than projections, but
0.3% lower than the year-ago level. This was anticipated, as the 2014
adopted budget anticipated a decline in construction related sales tax.
Retail related sales taxes are 5.9% greater than projections and 1.0%
greater than year-ago level. Real estate excise tax collections through
April 2014 total $488,346 and are running ahead of projections by
$66,533 or 15.8%. Development activity continues to be strong, with
permit revenue currently 64.2% ahead of projections and 29% ahead of the
year-ago level.
This and That
· Seattle City Light sent a letter and a map
to affected Shoreline customers regarding SCL's plans to replace aging
utility poles beginning this summer and running through mid-September.
Calendar Items
· June 14 – Kick-off of the 2014 Shoreline Farmers Market!
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