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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdmin Report Mayor’s Office Memorandum DATE: February 14, 2022 TO: Ryan McIrvin, Council President Members of Renton City Council FROM: Armondo Pavone, Mayor Ed VanValey, Chief Administrative Officer SUBJECT: Administrative Report • In honor of February being Black History Month, the following events will be taking place virtually or in-person.  On Tuesday, February 15 at 1 p.m., the City of Bellevue will be hosting Cultural Conversations – “Story in the Cloth” Quilting Traditions and Practices in the African American Community. To register for this virtual event visit https://cityofbellevue.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuduytpj0iHN2a2lm3sFgfS- uCXuWXAAwW.  Northwest African American Museum is hosting The Past, Present and Future of Black History moderated by Dr. Quintard Taylor of the University of Washington with keynote speaker Lonnie Bunch III, secretary of The Smithsonian Institution. This event will be held on Thursday, February 17, at 5 p.m. For more information and to register for this virtual event, visit https://www.naamnw.org/2022-black- history-month-keynote-program.  The African Americans Reach and Teach Health (AARTH) will host African Dance & Rituals on Wednesday, February 23, from 5-6pm. For more information and to register for this event visit www.aarth.org.  The Renton African American community and the City of Renton will co-host a Black History Month celebration on Saturday, February 26, from 12-2 p.m. Planning is still in progress and more information will be available soon. • The Emergency Feeding Program/SOS will be hosting lunch pop-ups on Tuesday, February 15 and Tuesday, February 22 from 12:30-2 p.m. at 300 Rainier Avenue North. This free event is open to the unsheltered and residents with food insecurities. Amazon Fresh ready-to-eat food and drinks will be available, as well as personal hygiene kits, cleaning supplies and socks. Ryan McIrvin, Council President Members of Renton City Council Page 2 of 3 February 14, 2022 • On Saturday, February 19, Remember and Resist Day of Remembrance 1942-2022, will be held at the Puyallup Fairgrounds Blue Lot Parking, 311 10th Avenue SE, Puyallup starting at 10 a.m. This date marks 80 years since the signing of Executive Order 9066 that authorized the forced removal and mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast and beyond. At 11 a.m. the event moves to the Northwest Detention Center 1623 East J Street, Tacoma, for a continuation of the program starting at 12 p.m. Weather permitting, there will be some outdoor programming. Masks and social distancing required. To RSVP or for more information email info@seattlejacl.org. • Veterans Memorial Park offers a unique setting to reflect on names of over 2,000 US veterans etched into granite tile plaques. Each Memorial Day the City honors military veterans with a ceremony at this park. February 28 is the deadline to submit applications for a memorial tile to be completed by this year’s Memorial Day service. Application instructions are found at www.rentonwa.gov/veteransmemorialpark downloadable and paper versions of the application are also available. For more information contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 425-430-6600. • Washington State Department of Commerce has awarded the City of Renton a $1.768M grant from Connecting Housing to Infrastructure Program (CHIP). The purpose of the CHIP grant program is to fund water, sewer, and storm system infrastructure improvements that serve affordable housing projects and reimbursement of waived utility system development charges that affordable housing projects typically pay as part of the project’s permit approval. The CHIP grant funding will be used by Renton Water Utility to make off-site water system infrastructure improvements at Renton Housing Authority’s 76-unit Sunset Gardens affordable housing project, which will start construction in the spring. Part of the funding will be used as reimbursement of system development charges that were waived on the Sunset Gardens project. • Information about preventative street maintenance, traffic impact projects, and road closures happening this week can be found at http://rentonwa.gov/traffic. All projects are weather permitting and unless otherwise noted, streets will always remain open. Preventative street maintenance, traffic impact projects, and road closures will be at the following locations:  Monday, February 14 through Friday, February 18, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. Single intermittent lane closures on Lind Avenue SW at NE 27th Street due to small cell installation. Questions may be directed to Joel McCann, 425-757-9595. Ryan McIrvin, Council President Members of Renton City Council Page 3 of 3 February 14, 2022  Tuesday, February 15 through Friday, February 18, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. Crews will continue pothole repairs on Oaksdale Avenue Southwest between Southwest 16th and Southwest 27th Street, weather permitting.  Thursday, February 17. Conversion to two-way traffic on Wells Avenue South and Williams Avenue South will occur, weather permitting. Notification one week prior to the conversion date has been through reader boards, social media outreach, and in-person notification. Please visit the project webpage at https://rentonwa.gov/ww for more information.  Williams Avenue South and Wells Avenue South Conversion Project: Impacts to traffic will continue throughout this area on South 2nd Street, South 3rd Street, Wells Avenue South, Williams Avenue South, Burnett Avenue South, and Houser Way South.  Downtown Utility Improvement Project. Several roadway closures and detours are required between now and project completion in 2022. For more information on current upcoming road closures and traffic impacts or to sign up for email or text alerts visit the project website at https://rentonwa.gov/duip.  Duvall Avenue Northeast Project: Continuous right lane closure on Northbound Duvall Avenue Northeast between Northeast 7th and Northeast 10th Street through estimated project completion in February 2023.  On-going Street Closure through October 4, 2023 (City of Renton Resolution No. 4446). FULL STREET CLOSURE on Sunset Lane NE between NE 10th Street and Harrington Place NE in support the Solera Development Project (LUA20- 000305). Questions may be directed to Brad Stocco, 425-282-2373.