Shoreline City Manager week of 10/6/2014

Update for Week of 10/6/2014

By Debbie Tarry, Shoreline City Manager

City Attorney

I am pleased to announce that Margaret King has accepted the position of City Attorney. She will be joining us on November 3. Margaret is currently a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with Snohomish County and serves as the chief legal advisor to the Snohomish County Council, the elected County Treasurer, and the Department of Emergency Management.

October 6 Council Meeting – Meeting was Cancelled

October 13 Council Meeting

Dinner Meeting

·         2015 Legislative Priorities: This will be a discussion with Council regarding staff’s recommendation for 2015 Legislative Priorities. Council will be meeting with members of the 32^nd Legislative Delegation on November 3.

Regular Meeting

·         Amending Prosecution Services Contract with Sarah Roberts through 2015: The City’s prosecution contract with current City Prosecutor Sarah Roberts terminates at the end of 2014. Given the recent retirement of the City’s long-serving City Attorney and the transition process within the City Attorney’s office to accommodate this retirement, facilitating a competitive selection process at this time is challenging. The proposed amendment to the existing prosecution services contract would alleviate the need for opening these services for competitive proposals during the transition process. Staff is requesting a one-year extension of the contract.

·         Adoption of Resolution No. 363 Revising the Personnel Policies for the Affordable Care Act Employer Mandate: This action will be to adopt the revised definitions regarding extra-help that were discussed with Council on September 29.

·         Transmittal of the 2015 Proposed Budget: Staff will provide the City Council with the Proposed 2015 Budget. There are a total of five meetings following the Transmittal that Council will have an opportunity to review and discuss the budget. The Budget is scheduled to be adopted on November 24.

·         Strategies for Implementing the City’s Climate Action Plan Recommendations: This will be a discussion of the strategies identified in the City’s Carbon Wedge Analysis that can help the City achieve its goal of to reduce community greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80% by 2050 (80x50), with an interim target of 50% reduction by 2030 (50x30).

Other Agenda Planner Items

·         November 3 – Transportation Benefit District Meeting. We have scheduled this meeting for 7 p.m. with the City Council meeting starting at 7:15 p.m.

·         November 24 – We have added two items:

o   Discussion of Ordinance – Small Vendor License Fees: This is in response to requests related to reduced business license fees for small retail vendors that participate in events such as Art and Holiday Bazaars.

o   Discussion of Amendment to Chronic Nuisance Ordinance: This is a minor technical change.

·         December 1 – Added Discussion of 145^th Route Development Plan - Project goals and funding strategies

Letters

·         Letter from Mayor Winstead to Representative Farrell of the 46^th District regarding Representative Farrell’s interest in supporting the 145^th Corridor Project and the funding for a safe non-motorized crossing across I-5. Mayor Winstead will be meeting with Representative Farrell on October 20. Representative Farrell’s legislative aide attended the City’s 145^th Tour in August.

·         I have sent a letter to Olympic View Water and Sewer District requesting that the City participate in their Comprehensive Plan update and our interest in preserving the wholeness of the Ronald Wastewater District assets.

2014-2017 City Technology Plan

Final draft of the City of Shoreline Strategic Technology Plan for 2014 through 2017. This plan was the product of many hours of meetings by the IT Advisory Board (staff) and involvement by the IT staff.

Staff Changes

·         Iain Draper, Public Works Engineering Manager will be retiring near the end of October.

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

·         Letter from the Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation notifying the City that the Firland Sanatorium (Crista Campus) is being reviewed for nomination to the Washington Heritage Register.

·         Thank-you from Skagit County to the Police Department for their support in responding to the September 24^th Amber Alert for a two year old child taken from Skagit County and suspected in coming to Shoreline. The Shoreline Police apprehended the father of the child and was able to reunite the child with his family.

Key Contacts from the Week and Coming Up Next Week

·         On Monday I met with both Shoreline School District Superintendent Rebecca Miner and with Shoreline Community College President Cheryl Roberts.

·         On Thursday, Intergovernmental Relations Program Manager Scott MacColl, Transportation Services Manager Kirk McKinley, and I met with Representative Cindy Ryu regarding the 145^th Corridor. We asked for her support in funding opportunities through the State budget process given her position on the Transportation Committee.

·         Monday, October 6 – Scott MacColl and I met with Seattle Deputy Mayor Kate Joncas and Nick Harper regarding the SPU negotiations.

·         Tuesday, October 7 – Scott MacColl, Planning and Community Development Director Rachael Markle, and I met with Snohomish County Planning Director Clay White regarding my recent letter to them notifying them of our intent to commence annexation interlocal agreement discussions with the County.