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Poised near the top of Bremmer’s Hill near Foster High School, Jim Diedrich went through the motion for the ump-teenth time to collect someone’s garbage.

Bremmer’s Hill is steep. Th e question probably wasn’t necessary.

“We’re used to the hills,” said Diedrich, a driver for Waste Management, which took over collection of garbage and recyclables from Allied Waste on Nov. 2.

Diedrich was on duty to help collect gar-bage as drivers learned their new routes.

A big change for all Tukwila residents and businesses is that garbage day is now on Fridays, rather than other days during the week.

“Th e transition is going reasonably well,” said Mayor Jim Haggerton. Few questions or complaints have come directly to him.

Th ere were questions about rates and what’s being picked up when, issues that were typical with such changes and an-ticipated and were handled by the public works department.

Th ose traveling on Tukwila International Boulevard will see one of 22 commercial-grade garbage containers that Waste Man-

agement placed on the thoroughfare as part of its contract with the city.

Th e base rate for residential residents will decline from what is charged by the previous hauler, Allied Waste. For example, a 35-gallon garbage cart is typical for an average household. Waste Management’s base rate is $10.92 a month, down 23 per-cent from Allied’s rate.

Th ere are about 900 households that don’t get garbage collection in Tukwila, out of about 3,500 single-family residences that could get their garbage picked up, ac-cording to Frank Iriarte, Tukwila’s deputy public works director.

Tukwila has a big number of self haulers, mostly because the county’s transfer sta-tion is close by, he said. Th at number could decline because of higher rates the county is charging to use the transfer station, he said.

“My expectation is that we will hope-fully see a spike in people signing up,” said Iriarte.

Right now, garbage collection is not mandatory in Tukwila, but the City Coun-cil will revisit the issue in a year or so, if not sooner. Th ere’s also the possibility that rates could go down if enough new cus-tomers sign up.

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BY STEVE HUNTERS H U N T E R @ T U K W I L A R E P O R T E R . C O M

Tukwila Village took an-other step forward as the city prepares to develop a mixed-use project.

The Tukwila City Coun-cil approved the Disposi-tion and Development Agreement (DDA) on Oct. 22 with developer Tukwila Village Development As-sociates.

The 72-page document is the agreement that de-scribes the roles and re-sponsibilities of the city and the developer and sets in motion all of the other agreements to carry it out, according to Derek Speck, city economic development administrator. The agree-ment will govern the sale and development of the property.

“This is a huge mile-stone,” Speck said in an email. “Tukwila has been working on this project since 1998 and this is the farthest we’ve come.”

Tukwila Village covers 5.7 acres of city-owned property at South 144th Street and Tukwila Inter-national Boulevard. The city hopes to turn the land into a mixed-use develop-ment that will include a new King County Library System library, apartments, a neighborhood police re-source center, retail, restau-rants, public meeting space and an outdoor plaza.

“After all of the years

we’ve waited, it’s nice to get something positive going,” said Mayor Jim Haggerton in a phone interview. “This is a high priority. That’s why I’ve dedicated Derek’s time to this and took him off other projects.”

Haggerton said ground-breaking is expected in 2013.

“We’re trying to move forward as fast as we can,” Haggerton said.

Residents can give their input about the project at a community meeting from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the Foster High School cafeteria, 4242 S. 144th St.

City officials and repre-sentatives from Tukwila Village Development As-sociates will co-host the meeting. The developers updated their site plan with more detail and want pub-lic feedback before they submit it to the city for de-sign review.

Discussion about the plaza and commons design topics will include types of indoor and outdoor fur-niture, appliances, surface materials, landscaping, art and utilities and lighting.

Residents are encouraged to bring images or photos with examples from plazas or indoor meeting rooms that they think are fun, at-tractive and functional.

The developer and the city also need to agree on statements of purpose and design for the outdoor pla-za and indoor community commons and would like public feedback on some drafts.

City staff plans to bring another agreement, the Development Agreement (DA), to the council for a public hearing in Decem-ber.

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4 AninspirationLearning is more than just an action of the mind; it takes inspiration of the heart and soul, writes Mellody Matthes, interim school superintendent

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Learning is not just an action of the mind; it takes inspiration of the heart and soul for students to set high expectations for themselves and to never give up on achiev-ing their dreams. All children are special in their own way with ex-ceptional qualities, personal goals, and distinct skills and abilities — and most importantly, their own dreams and potentials. Along with this comes the perpetual challenge in recognizing that every student, of course, is an individual. In Tuk-wila schools, we dedicate signifi -cant work to inspiring and person-alizing the needs of each student.

I’d like to highlight two programs in our secondary schools designed to reach the head, heart, and soul of our students. Once a week, all students 6th through 12th grades, participate in an advisory program called Navigation 101. Th is program helps students make clear, careful, and creative choices for college and career readiness using their High School and Beyond Plan to guide them. Th e High School and Be-yond Plan is described as a plan to get all students thinking about their futures so they are ready to pursue

their career path. We also have a college readiness system which is designed to increase school-wide learning and performance through a program called AVID: Advance-ment Via Individual Determina-tion. Th e formula is simple: raise expectations of students and with the AVID support system in place,

they will rise to the chal-lenge. Students participate in AVID curricu-lum tutorials two days a week to help them be successful in their academic classes. AVID students par-

ticipate in college visits and hear guest speakers from various col-leges and occupations to help them prepare for college and potential careers. In both of these programs, students stay with the same teacher each year through middle school, in high school, students stay with the same advisory teacher for four years in order to facilitate the ca-pacity of the student to connect

with their advisor. Let me share with you my story

and experience of the power of inspiration and positive infl uence through the connection with an educator. I was raised by the most amazing foster parents, yet as a young child I oft en felt abandoned by my birth parents. I believe this contributed to my lack of self-con-fi dence, which manifested into a strong personal desire to be disrup-tive in my elementary class rooms. I consistently had a bad attitude and a huge chip on my shoulder, until my life was dramatically changed by my fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Muir. I never knew if what she did was simply an act of desperation to attempt to redirect my bad be-havior, but she assigned me to help another student who was strug-gling with class work. Th is gesture evolved my self image and gave me confi dence in my skills and abili-ties, making me feel competent and connected. Mrs. Muir changed my life forever. It is my hope that ev-eryone has a story like this, where a caring adult helped to identify and develop strengths, skills and inter-ests, and helped us realize that our

dreams can come true.A community raises its children

together. It takes families, com-munities, businesses, faith institu-tions, civic groups, governmental agencies — everyone — to expect the best and settle for nothing less. Let the heart and soul of compas-sion for our children shine from within our community because we all are “educators.” It is our collec-tive responsibility to set high ex-pectations for every child and push them to achieve. I am constantly reminded of how a student con-nection with one adult can change a life, and that the “connection” can be as small as a single comment of support. I know that the “heart and soul” rhetoric is regarded as passé by some, but without identifying dreams for the future and using in-dividual passion as a compass, how can we expect students to identify their strengths, skills, talents and interests to make their dreams come true?

Mellody Matthes is interim su-perintendent of the Tukwila School District. She will write regularly for the Tukwila Reporter about school issues.

Inspiring hearts, souls of students

In April of this year, the City Council held a public hearing to explore the question of mandatory garbage service in Tukwila. One individual showed up in favor and several showed up against manda-tory service. Th e City Council de-cided against mandatory service

and agreed to re-view the situation in a year. I expect that things will not change. Th is is democracy at work in Tukwila and credit goes to those who showed up to ex-press their views.

As a consequence, we are all paying a little bit more for our garbage ser-vice from Waste Management. Th e rates can be found on the website at: http://www.wmnorthwest.com/tukwila. Go to Residential and then Rates and Billing.

When the city reviewed the con-tract proposals, it was found that the proposals of Allied Waste and Waste Management diff ered by less than $100. Th is was highly unusual given that the contract was worth several million dollars. Th e Clean-

Scapes bid was quite a bit higher. Th e decision criteria were multi-faceted. One consideration was the perception that Allied Waste cus-tomer service had been marginal. It was sporadic: sometimes good, sometimes bad.

Th e bar is high for Waste Man-agement. Customer service in the form of timely response to phone calls and timely resolution of prob-lems is critical to how Waste Man-agement is perceived in the com-munity. WM is well positioned to

provide good customer service. Phone calls are handled by a re-gional customer service center in Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island. About 135 customer service repre-sentatives are employed there. If we call from our home phone number, the representative can automatical-ly see our accounts. We can opt for paperless statements and set up au-tomatic payment with credit card or with a fi nancial institution. WM has more than 150 trucks fueled by compressed natural gas and more

are coming. Recycling trucks are separate from the garbage trucks. Th is prevents cross contamination.

WM is a participant in RPIN.org. Th is is a good thing. Regional Public Information Network in-forms the public about street and highway closures, weather, major transit disruptions, and provides updates on what agencies are doing to respond to emergencies and in-cidents. It is worth having an email subscription to RPIN.

Drivers are represented by the Teamsters union. Th e manner in which WM handled the labor con-tract negotiations earlier this year was troubling. Collective bargain-ing is important to the process of negotiating compensation pack-ages that are fair to employees and aff ordable to the employer and its customers. It is worth keeping an eye on this down the road.

As a history develops with WM, additional information will be made available at Tukwila Reporter blog “As Chuck Parrish Sees It” and Tukwila Talk.

Tukwila Reporter columnist Chuck Parrish can be reached at [email protected].

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REPORTER STAFFTh e Tukwila Pool is closed until

Feb. 4 for a $1.66 million renovation project.

Th e list of repairs includes a new pool liner and tile, air handling sys-tem upgrades, shower temperature controls, ADA pool chair lift , motors and pumps replacement, locker room renovation, improved exterior access, boiler upgrades, pool chemical con-trols, lighting renovations and a new pool cover.

Th e improvements are designed to make the pool more energy effi cient but also create a more comfortable experience for swimmers. Offi cials closed the pool, 4414 S. 144th St., on Nov. 5.

Voters in 2011 approved the forma-tion of a metropolitan park district to fund the pool and these capital im-provements through a property tax levy of 15 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation or about $36 per year for the owner of a $240,000 home. Th e levy will keep the pool operating for the next 20 years.

Tukwila took over ownership of the pool in 2003 from King County aft er county offi cials decided to get out of the pool business. Th e pool opened

in 1973 funded by the 1968 Forward Th rust bond issue to expand county parks and recreation.

To contact the pool during the clo-sure, call the pool at 206-267-2350 or e-mail [email protected]. Staff

will respond to voicemail and e-mail during the closure.

For more information about the pool project, go to www.tukwilapool.org/projectupdates.html.

Tukwila Pool closed for work that will add years to its life

Rick Still, director of the Tukwila Parks and Recreation Department, stands in a now-empty Tukwila Pool that’s undergoing major renovations. Dean A. Radford, Tukwila Reporter

Th e King County Pros-ecutor’s Offi ce has an-nounced it will dismiss all of its misdemeanor mari-juana possession cases, fol-lowing the passage of Ini-tiative 502.

Th e initiative, which was approved in the Nov. 6 general election, legalizes marijuana possession of one ounce or less in Wash-ington state starting Dec. 6 for individuals age 21 and older.

Th e decision will aff ect

175 King County cases that are fi led or referred for fi l-ing, according to the Pros-ecutor’s Offi ce.

King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg said dismissing these cases was the right thing to do in light of the vote.

“Although the eff ective date of I-502 is not until Dec. 6, there is no point in continuing to seek criminal penalties for conduct that will be legal next month,” Satterberg said.

Misdemeanor marijuana cases to be dismissed

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COUNCIL CHAT

Second Saturday of each month, from 10:00am to 12:00pm

Come join the talk at the Foster Golf Links Clubhouse

13500 Interurban Avenue S

Council Chat is an opportunity to stop by and informally speak

with a Tukwila City Councilmember about anything on your mind regarding your community.

Next Chat: Saturday, Dec 13

Tukwila Village Community MeetingThe City of Tukwila owns six acres in a prime location slated to become a special place – a mixed-use neighborhood center at the intersection of Tukwila International Boulevard and South 144th Street, offering con-venient proximity to I-5, I-405, SeaTac Airport, downtown Seattle, and the light-rail station. “Tukwila Village” will include a King County Library branch, a neighborhood Police resource center and a plaza/park, in combination with other retail, office or residential space options.

Tukwila Village Development Associates (TVDA, the selected developer) and the City of Tukwila are co-hosting a Community Meeting regard-ing Tukwila Village on Wednesday, November 28, from 6:00–7:30pm. The meeting will be held at the Foster Commons in Foster High School, 4242 South 144th Street in Tukwila.

At this meeting, TVDA and the City are looking for public feedback regarding the updated, more detailed site plan, and guidance on the envisioned purpose and design for the outdoor plaza and indoor com-munity commons. If you’d like to express your preferences for design of the plaza, commons, or even the site in general, then this is the meeting for you! Design topics will include types of indoor and outdoor furniture, fixtures, surface materials, landscaping, art, utilities and light-ing, topography, etc. Feel free to bring images or photos with examples from plazas and/or indoor meeting rooms that you find fun, attractive, and functional.

Tukwila Pool closed during renovations

Tukwila Pool is currently under-going major renovations! The $1.66-million Capital Improve-ment Project includes:

and controls

These improvements will provide you a more enjoyable, comfort-

energy-efficient Tukwila Pool!

During the closure, you can keep up-to-date on all the changes happening at the Pool by clicking the Project Update Page link at www.TukwilaPool.org.

We are sharing photos of the progress, background informa-tion on the project, and some history of the Tukwila Pool.

We’ll also have weekly contests for a chance to win Tukwila Pool swag!

The Pool is scheduled to reopen early in February of 2013. The Pool’s staff will be responding to voicemail and email during the closure. To contact them, please call 206-267-2350 or email

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As the holidays approach, malls, retail businesses and grocery stores are more crowded than usual with busy shoppers. Keep the following in mind if you will be going out to do some Santa shopping (the rest of the year, too). Common-sense measures are the key to thwarting thieves. Some of the easiest things are the most effective:

and decide to put them in your car and then go back to do more shopping, lock your packages in your trunk and move your car to another park-ing location on the other side of the mall. Thieves often wait for people to stash bags in the car and resume shopping; you never know who’s watching.

cannot be hidden in the car, your next stop is home to un-load it! Don’t leave it sitting in the car while you do additional shopping or have a meal.

or any other attractive items visible in your vehicle.

Once you get your purchases home, store them in a location which cannot be seen from the outside, to prevent thieves from window-shopping your house!

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Winter Break Camp, where kids can play when school is out! Great fun with something for everyone; activities include games, arts & crafts, sports,

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2012Although it has been an ongoing problem regionally, copper wire theft seems to be zeroing in on Tukwila.

loops and two different sets of streetlights here in Tukwila, leaving one neighborhood in the dark with gaping holes in the sidewalk where hatches were re-moved to steal the wire. According to Tukwila Pub-lic Works, this weekend theft – estimated at around $4,000 – is in addition to about 15 other incidents during 2012, which thus far have cost the City ap-proximately $14,000, plus 250 man-hours in repairs.

Besides being costly, stealing wire is a dangerous activity, which can affect our citizens by creating potential electrical hazards and by disrupting neces-sary electric service. It takes a community of eyes and ears to stop this expensive form of vandalism. Please call 911 if you:

electric-related facilities, or attempting to cut wires – without marked vehicles belonging to a utility or the City of Tukwila nearby.

Tukwila businesses recognized for stormwater efforts

-tended Stay America for aggressive maintenance of their private storm drain systems. Because of their efforts, contaminates and sediments

and consequently to Puget Sound have been collected and disposed of appropriately. These contaminates are the pollutants that collect on impervious surfaces such as asphalt parking lots, and then get washed away into the catch basins when it rains.

If your company is taking steps to maintain your storm drainage system, Tukwila’s Public Works Department would like to know. Please submit your company’s name, address, and name of a contact person. We will verify your accomplishment, then add you to our list of Stormwater Champions! Please contact us by phone at 206-431-2442, or send an email to .

Green River Trail Restoration - Winter Shutdown-

sign capacity, the precautionary flood measures can be safely removed, and the trail systems can be restored for public use on both sides of

contractor have made excellent progress on the removal of the flood protection measures made necessary by the concerns with the Dam.

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have been removed from within Tukwila city limits.

King County Flood Control District is funding 75% of the removal costs with the remaining 25% covered by the City of Tukwila. Unfortunately, securing that funding took some time, and the removal of the flood

control measures started later than anticipated. With that delay, the re-maining trail res-toration and pav-ing activities were pushed forward into deteriorating wet winter weath-er conditions. The City and the con-

tractor have mutually agreed to suspend construction efforts on the project until late spring 2013, when the weather will improve and paving can be completed properly.

Although significant restoration remains to return Tukwila’s trail sys-

Inc. – will make every effort to secure remaining hazards so that the public can maintain some restricted use of the trail until the project is complete. Trail users are encouraged to pay special attention to trail conditions at specific locations where remaining hazards exist, and to be very careful and aware when using the trail, since warning markers may become dislodged during winter storms.

If you have any questions or com-ments regarding

trail restoration, contact the City’s Department of Public Works at 206-433-0179.

Green construction for Tukwila? Tukwila’s Department of Community Development is currently

Code. The study is intended to determine the feasibility and conse-quences of adopting this Code for Tukwila. If adopted, it would apply to commercial building and new multifamily residential building construc-tion. Application to new single-family residential buildings is an option that would also need to be considered.

are designed and constructed to be environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout the building’s life cycle. The International

-pact of buildings and structures on the environment.

Although there are currently nationally recognized green building

widely recognized program, which provides third-party certification of green buildings and certification of third-party design professionals. In

-tory design and construction provisions once adopted by a jurisdiction.

Is this a program that Tukwila should undertake? A focus of the study will be investigating the short-term and the long-term consequences. If you would like to know more about this new code or Tukwila’s building requirements, contact Tukwila’s Building Official Bob Benedicto at 206-431-3675.

Accessing your City’s recordsIn 1972, Washington voters adopted Initiative 276, establishing the

-cords Act”). The Act requires that identifiable, non-exempt records maintained by the City be made available to members of the public upon request. An “identifiable” record is one in existence at the time a public records request is made and that City staff can reasonably locate. (Certain records are specifically exempt or prohibited from disclosure based on various applicable statutes.)

a valuable information trail, which helps provide answers to people’s

Washington State must follow strict legal requirements regarding their records — for their preservation, their destruction, and their public accessibility. City records are created and preserved in many forms, including paper, microfilm, magnetic media (such as discs and tape), optical media (CDs and DVDs), and electronic formats.

www.TukwilaWA.gov.)

-cessing records requests provide the public full and timely access to in-formation concerning the conduct of government, while being mindful of individuals’ privacy rights and the desirability of efficient administra-tion of our City government.

-tance or answer questions regarding Tukwila’s records. You can email

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a sidewalk, an open substation gate, open equip-ment cabinet, dangling wire or suspicious person-nel near these facilities.

As extra precautions:

a secure location, and never leave them out while you are away.

-tion; stay away from power lines and anything touching a power line.

If you have any information regarding suspicious activities, call 911. Help spread the word about the dangers and costs of electrical wire theft.

See something? Say something!

BOLO (Be On the Look-Out) for wire thieves

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the first step in the renovation process for Tukwila Pool.

Seasonal Safe Shopping

When you’re going to be away from home for some time, it’s a good practice to stop delivery of your mail and newspaper so as not to advertise that no one is home. On Wednesdays, the Se-attle Times delivers a “Savings Source” advertising supplement to homes and apartments in King County. An accumulation of these publications indicates the dwelling may be vacant. As a crime prevention tactic (and for a neater neighborhood), you can request to be removed from the delivery list by submitting your name and address to [email protected].

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BY BRIAN BECKLEYB B E C K L E Y @ C O U R I E R H E R A L D . C O M

Though it looks similar, there are a few differences between the actual Space Shuttles and the Full Fuse-lage Trainer about to open to the public at the Museum of Flight in Tukwila.

First, unlike the real things, the FFT is made of wood. And, of course, it’s

not quite flight ready.“They have wings; we

don’t have wings,” Museum of Flight CEO Douglas King said, pointing to the back end of the life size, 120-foot model located in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery.

But the other major dif-ference between the FFT and the actual Space Shut-

tles, now located in New York, Los Angeles, Florida and the Smithsonian Insti-tute in Washington D.C., is

even more important.“This one you get to go

inside,” King said.The public can see what

up until now has been the purview of the more than 300 astronauts who trained for the 135 shuttle missions over the 30 years of the pro-gram.

Astronauts each took about 20 classes in the FFT facility in Houston, known as the Space Vehicle Mock-up Building, or about 100 hours per mission.

The trainer was built at Johnson Space Center in Houston in the 1970s and was used by every Shuttle Astronaut in preparation for their flight. According to King, now that the FFT is at the Museum of Flight, it will continue to educate, even more so than the ac-tual orbiters.

“For education purposes, this is it,” King said.

Exhibit curator Dan Hagedorn agreed.

“If people can’t experi-ence it, they can’t learn from it,” Hagedorn said.

Perhaps most surpris-ing about the FFT and the Shuttle in general, is the lack of space inside, consid-ering how large the vehicle is overall.

The crew compartment, split on to two levels con-nected with a ladder, totals less than 165-square-feet of space, shared by up to seven astronauts, often for more than a week.

The crew compartment’s mid-deck and flight deck will not be open to the gen-eral public due to the con-fined space, but the 61-foot long payload bay is open, as is a landing simulator.

However, the museum is now offering educational programs that take students inside the trainer.

Surrounding the FFT is an additional exhibit about the future of spaceflight, now that the Shuttle has been officially retired. In-cluded are several displays regarding private industry space craft, including Blue Origin from Kent, and an actual Russian Soyuz cap-sule, donated by the gal-lery’s namesake, Charles Simonyi.

Simonyi was the archi-tect behind Microsoft’s Word and Excel programs

and following his departure from the company, Simonyi paid for two flights aboard Soyuz spacecrafts to the In-ternational Space Station.

Compared to the Shuttle, the Soyuz is tiny – smaller than a compact sedan – and even more cramped inside, with three small “beds” that require the cosmonauts to lay with their knees on their chests for both liftoff and landing.

The Museum of Flight is at 9404 E. Marginal Way, Seattle. For more informa-tion visit www.museumof-flight.org.

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might open the new South-center Parkway extension this week prior to the busy holiday shopping season.

The City Council was expected to vote Monday, Nov. 19, on a right-of-way ordinance that if adopted would clear the street to open, Mayor Jim Hagger-ton said last week. The vote outcome was unknown pri-or to the Tukwila Reporter press deadline.

“The ordinance is to ap-

prove the right-of-way and that’s the only thing hold-ing it up,” Haggerton said.

The 1.4-mile extension runs between South 180th Street and South 200th Street and replaces the old Frager Road.

The original agreement between the city and de-veloper La Pianta LLC, run by the Segale family, failed to address replacement ac-cess issues for two parcels along Southcenter Park-way, including truck access for a moving company, ac-cording to city documents.

City officials had expected a summer opening until the delay.

The street extension is part of the city’s Tukwila South Development proj-

ect expected to provide up to 25,000 jobs, 1,700 hous-ing units and 10 million square feet of office and re-tail space. The Segale family owns most of the property

along the new street and plans to develop the area. The roadway will provide much-improved access to Interstate 5 via South 200th Street and Orillia Road.

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A Tukwila city hearing examiner upheld a finding by Mayor Jim Haggerton and an independent inves-tigator that City Council member Kate Kruller vio-lated the city’s code of eth-ics in connection with rent-ing a room at the Tukwila Community Center for a legislative campaign ap-pearance.

Tukwila Hearing Ex-aminer Anne Watanabe,

who contracts with the city through the Seattle Hearing Examiner’s Office, issued her ruling Oct. 16.

“The complaint is sus-tained and the mayor’s determination dated July 2, 2012, is affirmed,” Wa-tanabe wrote in her report.

That includes the mayor’s determination that Krul-ler must pay restitution of $1,000 to cover the addi-tional deposit and charges that should have been paid.

Kruller, in her first year on the council, appealed

the mayor’s findings during a Sept. 18 hearing before Watanabe at City Hall.

“The mayor’s determi-nation called for no disci-pline, only a reminder that Ms. Kruller needed to ‘be aware of how your position as a City Council member can be perceived when in-teracting with city staff for private matters,’” Watanabe said in her report. “No er-ror was shown as to the mayor’s determination to issue this statement rather than impose discipline.”

When contacted by phone and email, Kruller issued the following state-ment in response to the hearing examiner’s findings and whether she might ap-peal the decision.

“With an open mind, I received and respectfully reviewed the hearing ex-aminer’s decision on Friday, Oct. 19,” Kruller said in an email. “I want to reserve comment, in order to prop-erly consider the determi-nation, assess the process steps and review options.”

Kruller came under fire after city staff at the Tukwila Community Center filed an ethics complaint against her for using her position as a council member to get special privileges while renting a room in February at the center for a private

function on April 22.As mayor and under the

city code of ethics, Hag-gerton handled the initial complaint. The code directs the mayor to hire an in-dependent investigator or consultant to look into the case.

Edward Lindstrom, an attorney with Kussmann and Lindstrom of Universi-ty Place, handled the inves-tigation, which began June 1. He reviewed documents and interviewed the people involved.

Lindstrom’s conclu-sions included that “Krul-ler knew, or should have known, that her insistence on Feb. 18 to rent/reserve a room at the Community Center, contrary to proce-dure, could be viewed as using her position to secure

a benefit, special privileges or exceptions for herself or for other persons.”

According to Lindstrom’s report and which the hear-ing examiner agreed with, Kruller insisted that an on-duty staff person on Feb. 18 reserve the room for her even though the staff mem-ber told her that he could not reserve the space and that she needed to contract the appropriate representa-tives during normal work-ing hours.

Watanabe, the hearing examiner, recommended in her report that “train-ing in the city’s code of ethics might be useful for all elected officials to help them avoid engaging in prohibited conduct or ap-pearing to engage in such conduct.”

Examiner upholds an ethics complaint

The Tukwila City Coun-cil will hold a public hear-ing Monday, Nov. 26, on the $281 million 2013-2014 city budget.

The council is scheduled to approve the budget on Dec. 3.

The hearing is at 7 p.m. at City Council chambers, Tukwila City Hall, 6200 Southcenter Blvd.

The budget pays for 337.5 employees, a 3.3 percent increase over the original 2011/2012 biennial budget. The budget also includes a 1 percent increase in the property tax.

Mayor Jim Haggerton said in an interview the city is placing heavy emphasis on public safety in the bien-nial budget, which includes paying for what were once three federally funded po-lice officers.

The city has its own bud-get and expenses under control, he said, but what’s chilling, he said, “is not knowing what will come from the outside” from oth-er government mandates beyond the city’s control.

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Tukwila budget hearing Nov. 26


BY ADAM MCFADDENA M C F A D D E N @ R E N T O N R E P O R T E R . C O M

Th e Foster girls soccer team enjoyed a turn-around season, getting to within one game of the state tournament.

"Th e winning attitude has completely changed this season for Ladies Bulldog soccer team," said Foster coach Nasir Tura. "Every single game we laid, the girls played like a winner."

Th e Bulldogs (4-11-1) eventually fell out of the district tournament, when they faced one of the state's top teams, Sumner. Th e Spartans made it to the 2A fi nal four at the state tour-nament, and played for a shot at the title Nov. 16-17.

Foster came out strong in the game, holding it scoreless for the fi rst 20 min-utes, before succumbing to Sumner's at-tack. Sumner led 4-0 at the half.

Captain Sierra Parsons kept the team's spirit up during the break, "We need to push harder and need to fi ght to the

end."Th e team eventually lost 10-0, but Tura said

he was proud of how hard the team fought until the end.

Th e soccer team has only been to the state tournament twice, in 2001 and 1990.

Tura said trips like Oak River in the spring, and the Space Needle and a University of Wash-ington soccer game in the fall helped the team have excellent chemistry.

Parsons, a junior, had a standout season, scor-ing 21 goals and four assists. Both led the team and her 21 goals were second in the Seamount. Parsons made the all-league second team.

Sophomore Aedyn Godina also made the second team at defender. Godina was second on the team with seven goals.

Junior midfi elder Andrea O'Neil, senior de-fender Rigan Rai, freshman midfi elder Cyndia Venegas, junior keeper Dulse Pestana, junior midfi elder Jessica Vilai and junior midfi elder Denise Salgado all earned honorable mention.

Foster fi nished the season third among 2A teams in the Seamount, sixth overall.

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TennisDavidson Chu and Gary Singh each

made the fi rst all-league team for boys ten-nis.

Singh advanced all the way to the district semi-fi nals before falling to Lindbergh's Joe Kwiatkowski. Singh then topped Kla-howya's Drew Fagan to take third.

Th e doubles team of Huan Nguyen and Son Chai beat a team from Franklin Pierce to advance to the second round of the dis-trict tournament before eventually falling.

VolleyballFoster's Eunica Serafi ca earned a spot in

the all-league volleyball fi rst team.Th e junior hitter was the Bulldogs' only

player in the fi rst team. Senior setter Le-sieli Tapealava made the second team. Se-nior hitter Aba Monkah earned honorable mention.

Cross CountryFoster sophomore Alem Belete is an

all-league cross country runner aft er her performance this season. Belete made it all the way to the state meet, where she placed 34th with a time of 20 minutes, 8.8 seconds.

Belete also took third at the Seamount

League meet and 14th at the district meet.FootballFoster's Micah Breland is the Seamount's

Defensive Back fo the Year.Breland fi nished the year with 43 tackles,

one sack and one interception. He is also a fi rst-team linebacker.

Phillip Saau is a second-team defensive tackle. Jimaun Horton is a second-team linebacker. Cameron Myers earned honor-able mention at linebacker. Raudel Sanchez is a second-team defensive back.

Foster’s Sierra Parsons brings the ball up the field in a district playoff game last season. Adam McFadden/Tukwila Reporter

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BY LOUISE JONES-BROWNT R E A S U R E R , T U K W I L A H I S T O R I C A L

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Th e Tukwila Historical Society was organized in 1975 and became a non-profi t organization in 1990. We have hosted fundraising events that will al-low interior improvements of the 90 year old building and make this pub-lic facility meet “ADA requirements” to be inclusive for all to enjoy. Th e Society has had a lease agreement from the City of Tukwila since Sep-tember 2010 and has renamed the building as the Tukwila Heritage and Cultural Center. It is our hope to be able to share the rich history of King County and City of Tukwila.

A special invitation is being ex-tended for new and prospective members to attend the Dec. 13 Holi-day Social to be held at the Nelsen House located at 15634 West Valley Highway in Tukwila. You must RSVP no later than Dec. 1. Th e meeting will be hosted by HomeStreet Bank and the Tukwila Historical Society. Th is event will be catered by Emerald

Cove Catering.We are looking for new members

and off ering the opportunity to win a framed reprint of the iconic ink draw-ing of the Tukwila School/Old City Hall. Th is drawing was presented to the City of Tukwila in 1975 by Tuk-wila Arts Committee. Just return a membership form and dues payment by Dec. 31 and you will be entered in the drawing to be held at our meeting on Jan. 17. You need not be present to win.

Membership forms are available at 14475 59th Ave. S. in Tukwila or you may call 206-244-HIST to have

a form sent directly to you. Special Note: New members and volunteers interested in history are not required to be residents of Tukwila. Our monthly meetings are held on the third Th ursday of each month at the Tukwila Heritage and Cultural Cen-ter. Th ere are exciting plans being formed for new exhibits and building renovations. Visitors and volunteers are always welcome. We are hoping to unveil an exhibit in 2013 to showcase a portion of the collection of artifacts gift ed to the City of Tukwila over the past 35 years commemorating their participation in the Japanese Sister City Program. A visit is expected in the Fall 2013 from the Japanese Sister City contingent.

Many volunteer opportunities are available and include the position of Tukwila Historical Society Secretary. If you are interested in fi lling this vol-unteer position, please contact Pat Brodin/Society President or Louise Jones-Brown/Society Treasurer at the Tukwila Heritage and Cultural Cen-ter or leave a voice message at 206-244-HIST.

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