City Manager's report for week of 9-29-2014

Update for Week of 9/29/2014

From Shoreline City Manager Debbie Tarry

September 22 Council Meeting Follow-Up

·         2015 Budget - Human Service Funding: Here is a chart of the City’s 2006-2014 human service funding for human service contracts. As you will see from the chart, the City’s general fund contribution has increased by 17% during this time period, or an average of 2.13% annual increase. Even with this increase the total amount allocated for human service contracts has only increased by 11.4% during this time period, with the total allocation remaining flat since 2009. The reason for the difference is that the Federal allocation of CDBG funds has decreased by approximately 25%. The City’s general fund allocation has made-up this gap. Some Councilmembers have expressed interest in providing some additional one-time money for capital or one-time need in the 2015 budget.

·         O’Neill Case: Notice from the Supreme Court of their receipt of the City’s petition for review.

September 29 Council Meeting

·         Dinner Meeting - Station Area Phased Zoning: This was a joint meeting of Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers to discuss one tool that could be used in the Light Rail Station Sub-Areas to “activate” zoning in phases.  The focus of the discussion was on the 185^th Street Light Rail Station Area.  The Planning Commission will further discuss this tool as they work through the light rail station sub-area plan process.

·         Regular Meeting:

o   Selection of 145^th Light Rail Station Zoning Scenarios to be Presented to the Public at October 9 Design Workshop, Part II for the 145^th Street Station Subarea Plan: Council confirmed the maps (No Action, Connecting Corridors, Compact Community) that will be presented at the October 9 Design Workshop. Council will review comments from the Design Workshop and make a decision on November 10 of the zoning alternatives that will be evaluated as part of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement process. 

October 6 – Council Meeting Cancelled

Aurora Update

The west leg of 200^th at Aurora is closed as of this week. This section should reopen in mid October. The contractor is rebuilding the road with all of the utilities. All property owners and tenants have been notified. Remember, businesses along Aurora are open and the best way to support them is to visit them!

King County for Hire/Transportation Network Company Legislation

Intergovernmental Relations Manager Scott MacColl provided Council with an update on the legislation recently adopted by the King County Council to regulate companies providing ride-sharing services based on GPS driven smart phone applications (Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, etc.) to offer for-hire services. This legislation is largely modeled after the legislation passed by Seattle in July 2014. These regulations apply to unincorporated King County; however, as Shoreline has adopted the King County code by reference (Shoreline Municipal Code Chapter 5.07), the changes will automatically apply unless the City takes action otherwise. There are currently sixteen cities in King County that have adopted the King County code to regulate for-hire transportation, effectively creating a regional system of regulation.

Calendar Items

·         145^th Subarea Plan Design Workshop II, Thursday, October 9, 6 p.m., City Hall

·         Monster Mash Dash & Family Safety Fair, Saturday, October 11, starting at 8 a.m., City Hall

This and That

·         Support for Hopelink Grant Application: Letter supporting Hopelink’s Coordinated Special Needs Transportation Grant application.