TUKWILA CITY PAGESMAYOR: Jim Haggerton COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Kathy Hougardy

COUNCIL MEMBERS: Joe Duffie • Dennis Robertson • Allan Ekberg Verna Seal • De’Sean Quinn • Kate Kruller City of Tukwila • 6200 Southcenter Boulevard • Tukwila, WA 98188 • 206-433-1800 • Online: TukwilaWA.gov

The city of opportunity

The community of choice

Is your business a “Home Occupation”?When your home address is identifed as a business address, that business is considered a “Home Occupation” in the City of Tukwila.

House cleaners, landscapers, taxi cab operators, consultants, and many other types of professions – includ-ing internet sales – are commonly referred to as “Home Occupation” businesses. Their customer bases can be anyone or anywhere but, with the home address used as a physical business address, these are classified as Home Occupation businesses. A Tukwila business license is required if the residence is located within the Tukwila city limits.

Independent contractors must ac-quire their own business license from the City as well as from the State. The State of Washington and the City of Tukwila require a physical address at the time you apply for a business li-cense. A post office box may not be used as the physical address.

If your business qualifies as a Home Occupation and you have not applied for a City of Tukwila business license, please contact the City’s business license specialist by calling at 206-431-3680 or by emailing Licensing@TukwilaWA.gov for more information. Contact the Washington State De-partment of Revenue at 1-800-647-7706 for State licensing information.

Meeting agendas, City programs, recreation activities, publications and more… get the most current information at TukwilaWA.gov!

Watch your City Council meetings live on Monday nights – streaming video on our website at TukwilaWA.gov, or on Comcast Channel 21

Come join the talk from 10:00am to 12:00pm at FOSTER GOLF CLUBHOUSE

13500 Interurban Ave S

Council Chat is a monthly chance to stop by and informally

speak with one of your Tukwila City Councilmembers about anything

on your mind regarding your community.

Next Chat: Nov. 9Council

Chat

Items that WILL NOT be accepted

AUTOMOTIVE WASTE Includes all fluids, batteries, running gears, tires, automotive body parts.

CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION MATERIALIncludes concrete, asphalt, dry wall, masonry, roofing, siding, insulation, structural metal, brush, sand, rocks, dirt, windows, doors and door frames, vinyl flooring, fencing

HOUSEHOLD RECYCLABLE MATERIALS Includes mixed paper, glass, aluminum cans

GARBAGE No household trash will be collected at this event

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE Products on which labels read: caustic, flammable, warning, danger, poison, and pesticides.

PRODUCTS CONTAINING MERCURYIncluding thermometers, thermostats, fluo-rescent bulbs, mercury-added batteries and switches.

HOT TUBS

FURNACES

WOOD (treated or untreated)

ELECTRONICS(Limit three items)

• PC • Monitor• Laptop • Printer• Desktopcopier • Scanner• Television • Stereo• VCR • Radio• Cellularphone

SCRAP METALSize less than 24” in any direction and less than 35 pounds per item

LARGE APPLIANCES (Limit three items)

• Washingmachine • Dryer• Dishwasher • Stove• Waterheater • Refrigerator• Airconditioner • FreezerIn the interest of safety, remove doors from all appliances.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Drivers reserve the right to refuse items that are not listed, too contaminated, or too large to handle.

Forrecyclinganddisposalinformationfor these items and more, visit KingCounty.gov/WhatDoIDoWith or call 206-296-4466

WHEN? Saturday, October 26, 2013 – 9:00am to 3:00pm

WHERE? Tukwila Village Site, corner of S 144th Street & 41st Ave S(One block west of Foster High School)

WHO? Tukwila residents who subscribe to Waste Management garbage collection services(Identification and proof of residency required)

FALL CLEAN-UP EVENT

On August 6 the City of Tukwila set a new record for National Night Out Against Crime (NNO) parties. Twenty-six different neighborhoods and businesses held events. The parties ranged from Ryan Hill to the McMicken Heights neighborhoods. Local businessessponsored two of the events; churches hosted another two events, with the rest of the events held at local apart-ment communities, condominiums or in single-family neighborhoods.Fourofthesepartieswereatlocationswhere a Night Out Against Crime event had never been held previously.

Throughout the evening, City of Tukwila staff members visited these events, getting a chance to speak with the at-tendees and listen to comments and concerns about the specific neighborhood or the City of Tukwila in general.

Propertytaxtimeisjustaroundthecornerandhereare some things you should know.

King County property taxes are composed of two parts: the assessment of the land value and its im-provements¶, and taxes arising from special levies pertinent to your taxing district·. All properties in King County are inspected once in every 6-year cycle. Assessed value for residential properties is deter-mined by first valuing the land which, by state law, is to be valued as if it were vacant. This is done by ana-lyzingsalesofcomparablebareland.Adollarvalueisthen assigned to the land only. Next, sales and mar-ket trends of improved properties in the taxing area arestudied,takingintoaccountsuchthingsassizeofproperty,yearbuilt,andqualityofconstruction.Fromthis value, the amount attributed to land is subtracted in order to give the value of the improvements. Both Land and Improvement values are listed as separate items on your property tax statement.

To determine your tax rate pertaining to levies, such asforSchoolsorFireProtection,thetotalamountofmoney needed for your district is divided by the total value of property in your district. Next, all levy rates of the taxing districts in your property area are added

TUKWILA LOCATION DATE – TIME – INFORMATION

Healthpoint Tukwila 12844MilitaryRoadS

Saturday, October 19, 2013 – 10:00am to 2:30pm Languages: English, Spanish, Nepali, Amharic

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 – 5:00pm to 8:00pm Languages: English, French, Mandarin, Spanish, Somali

CascadeView Elementary School 4640 S 144th Street

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 5:00pm to 7:30pm

FosterLibrary 4060 S 144th Street

Tuesday, October 22, 2013 – 10:00am to 2:00pm

Thursday, November 21, 2013 – 4:00pm to 8:00pm

Saturday, December 7, 2013 – 12:00pm to 4:00pm

Local access to Washington HealthplanfinderAtthestartofthismonth,KingCountyandpartnerorganizationsbeganhosting community events for residents to provide enrollment assis-tance in Washington HealthPlanFinder for health insurance coverage beginning on January 1, 2014. Certified customer-service experts are available at each event to provide individual help for comparing and enrolling in health insurance coverage coverage.

Depending on household earnings, residents may qualify for free or low-cost coverage, or for tax credits or financial help to pay for co-pays and premiums. No one will be denied coverage because they are sick orbecausetheyhaveapre-existingcondition.Moreinformationcanbefound at www.KingCounty.gov/coverage.

You are welcome to attend a nearby event in Tukwila, Burien, SeaTac, Renton or other cities in King County. These are some scheduled up-coming enrollment events in Tukwila:

InpartnershipwithWasteManagement,theCityofTukwila’sFallCleanupEventallowsresidents to drop off hard-to-dispose-of items, including electronic waste, scrap metal, large appliances, furniture and cardboard boxes.

Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, November 3.

(Good idea: That extra hour you gained from setting your clocks back? Use it to replace the batteries in your home smoke detectors

and carbon monoxide detectors)

FURNITURE• Mattressandboxspring

(all sizes)

• Chair (lounge, rocking, dining, lawn)

• Loveseat&sofa (NO sofa beds)

• Dressers,patiofurniture,andother large furniture

mISCELLANEOUS• Flattenedcardboard

(NO plastic or wax coating)

• Lawnmowers (must be free of fuel and oil)

• Smallappliances

Items that WILL BE accepted

This event is sponsored by the City of Tukwila and Waste Management

QUESTIONS? Call 1-855-TUKWILA WMNorthwest.com/Tukwila

DON’T MISS TUKWILA’S

together. The assessed value of your property is multi-plied by the combined levy rates which then becomes your share of the total property tax levy in your area.

All properties in King County pay taxes for the County, thePortofSeattle,theState,EMS,FloodControlandtheFerrySystem. InTukwila, thereare29differentlevy codes for services such as schools, parks and Fire/Rescueamongothers.SomeparcelsinTukwilaalsopayfortheTukwilaPoolMetropolitanParkDis-trict,andH-1whichisValleyMedicalHospitalDistrict.

Property taxesareexpressedaspermil (amountoftax per one-thousandth of a dollar)¸.Forexample,a property with an assessed value of $50,000.00 lo-cated in a municipality with a rate of 20, would have a property tax bill of $1,000.00 per year. ($50,000.00 x 20 =$1,000.000.00/1,000 = $1,000.00)

Propertytaxbillsarepaidintwohalves,thefirsthalfdue by April 30 and the second half due by October 31.Formorein-depthinformationaboutthissubjectincluding rate reductions, payment deferrals, mobile home taxes and additional valuation questions, con-tact the King County Assessor’s Office at 206-296-7300 or online at www.KingCounty.gov/Assessor.

NNO is a great way for City employees and elected officials to get to know some Tukwila residents on a personal level. City of Tukwila staff members look forward to participating each year.

This year’s volunteer staff included Mayor Hagger-tonandCityCouncilMembersHougardyandDuffie.Also visiting were 25 City employees – representing Police,Fire,Parks,CommunityDevelopment,HumanServices, theMayor’sOffice, Finance, PublicWorks,CodeEnforcementandIT–andthreePoliceExplor-ers. As a national sponsor of National Night Out Against Crime, Target Stores offers staff members the opportunity to attend local Night Out events and participate in the community; eight Target employees joinedtheteamsofvisitingvolunteers.

2013 National Night Out Against Crime was biggest year yet

TUKWILA 101: Property Tax Basics

Autumn Harvest Festival Wednesday, October 30 – 6:00 to 8:00pm at Tukwila Community Center, 12424 – 42nd Avenue S

Grab your friends, dress up in your best costume and come join in some festival fun with Halloween crafts, games, a costume contest, and much more (Pizza & hot dogs will be available for an extra cost).

FEE: $2.00 per

child

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