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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdmin Report Mayor’s Office Memorandum DATE: April 25, 2022 TO: Ryan McIrvin, Council President Members of Renton City Council FROM: Armondo Pavone, Mayor Ed VanValey, Chief Administrative Officer SUBJECT: Administrative Report • The Emergency Feeding Program/SOS will be hosting a pop-up lunch event at the new King County Permanent Supportive Housing site located at 1150 Oakesdale Avenue SW, from 12:30-2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26. Unsheltered and those residents with food insecurities will receive free ready-to-eat food and drinks from Amazon Fresh. Personal hygiene kits, cleaning supplies, and socks will also be available. Future pop-up lunch events are scheduled for the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Locations will be announced monthly. • Kiwanis Park will be closed for construction of park improvements beginning April 26, with an anticipated reopening by the end of December 2022. Improvements include an ADA accessible entrance at Union Avenue, ballfield upgrades with synthetic turf in-field and covered dugouts, a new restroom, a new shelter with picnic tables, a new playground with play structures for ages 2 to 5 and 6 to 12, and much more. Visit rentonwa.gov/currentprojects to learn more about this bond-funded park renovation. • The Renton Multicultural Festival returns to a two-day, in-person event. Join us Friday, May 6 from 6-9 p.m. at Renton Civic Theatre, 507 South 3rd Street and Saturday, May 7 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Renton Pavilion Events Center, 233 Burnett Avenue South. Enjoy live performances of cultural music and dance, traditional crafts, and local artist displays. The Festival’s Fashion Show is scheduled for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Food trucks will also be in attendance, and maps will help you navigate your way to visit some of Downtown Renton’s fabulous restaurants and businesses. For more information and a soon-to-be-released performance schedule, visit www.rentonwa.gov/festival. • In partnership with Republic Services and Styro Recycle, Solid Waste Utility Division will host the first of three Mini Recycle Events on Saturday, May 7, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Renton Technical College. Materials collected will be scrap metal, including large appliances, polystyrene (Styrofoam ™), and bubble-wrap. Food donations will also be collected for the Renton Salvation Army Food Bank. For more information visit: Renton Mini Recycle Events. Ryan McIrvin, Council President Members of Renton City Council Page 2 of 2 April 25, 2022 • Surface Water Utility Division is developing a stormwater management action plan to protect water bodies from pollution and improve water quality in a selected high- priority basin in Renton’s watersheds. You’re invited to help select the basin and share your ideas for the stormwater management action plan. Learn more at rentonwa.gov/watersheds. • 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, April 25 through Thursday, April 28, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Asphalt repairs on Talbot Road South between S. 55th Street and S. 45th Street. Flaggers will assist with traffic control.  Monday, April 25 through Friday, April 29, 7:00 am to 2:30 pm. Single intermittent lane closures on the southernmost eastbound lane on NE Sunset Boulevard between Aberdeen Ave NE overpass and Harrington Avenue NE due to utility construction. Questions may be directed to Brad Stocco, 425-282-2373.  Monday, April 25 through Friday, April 29, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. Intermittent lane closures in both directions of Duvall Avenue NE between NE 10th Street and NE 12th Street due to utility construction. Questions may be directed to Tom Main, 206-999-1833.  Downtown Utility Improvement Project. Pavement restoration started Monday April 18. New pavement placement, which will take approximately one week, will start April 25, weather permitting. Once paving is complete, the contractor will adjust manhole lids and install pavement striping into the month of June. Expect lane closures, parking restrictions and detours as the paving operation moves around the downtown core. Additional information can be found at rentonwa.gov/duip.  Duvall Avenue NE Project: Continuous right lane closure on northbound Duvall Avenue NE between NE 7th and NE 10th Street and southbound Duvall Ave NE between NE 9th street and Sunset Blvd., and right-turn lane closure on southbound Duvall Ave NE and NE 4th Street. Estimated project completion is 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 of the Solera Development Project (LUA20- 000305). Questions may be directed to Brad Stocco, 425-282-2373.