City Council Services, Safety & Parks Committee · Tuesday, October 15, 2024 · City Council Digest

4. AGENDA ITEMS

179 1st Ave SE Surplus Report COM 0049

45 min · Jeanne Justice, Administrative Services Manager · packet pp.5–30

▶ Watch from 4:45 Open packet at p.5 ↗

Staff report:

The Administration recommends that the City Council approve the property at 179 1st Ave SE for surplus, as well as the proposed 2025 comprehensive plan amendment necessary to change the land use and zoning to match the surrounding properties to allow non-city ownership. Per the adopted Surplus Policy, Administration recommends the following:

Park System Plan Update COM 0060

Director · 45 min · Jeff Watling, Parks & Community Services · packet pp.31–173

Topics: Parks

▶ Watch from 45:15 Open packet at p.31 ↗

Staff report:

At the June 25, 2024 Services, Safety & Parks Committee meeting, staff provided a presentation on the Park System Plan update and sought the Committee’s feedback on the plan. That feedback included support for parks being vibrant and continuing to have quiet places for park users to enjoy. This is reflected in the final draft of the document (

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0:06 ↗ welcome everyone I council member Toma

0:08 ↗ Mars call the Tuesday October 15 2024

0:11 ↗ city council services safety and Parks

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3:34 ↗ is Eric Aller I'm a resident of esqua

3:38 ↗ and a board member of the isqua food and

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3:59 ↗ clothing back you can take both if you

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4:48 ↗ 0049 170 179 1 Avenue Southeast Surplus

4:53 ↗ report and this is going to be Jean

4:55 ↗ Justice from the administrative our

4:57 ↗ administrative services

5:02 ↗ take it

5:13 ↗ away thank you council members good

5:15 ↗ evening Genie Justice I'm the

5:17 ↗ administrative services manager with the

5:19 ↗ city of isqua in charge of facilities so

5:22 ↗ I'm here tonight to talk to you about

5:25 ↗ the

5:26 ↗ 179th uh

5:38 ↗ I obviously don't come speak to you

5:40 ↗ often enough I have not mastered the

5:42 ↗ process uh I'm here to talk to you

5:44 ↗ tonight about the Surplus evaluation

5:46 ↗ that was done for 179th 1st Avenue

5:49 ↗ Southeast which is uh occupied by the

5:52 ↗ esqua food and clothing bank and to ask

5:55 ↗ you to provide input on the

5:56 ↗ recommendations for the Surplus and

5:58 ↗ disposition of that property so the

6:01 ↗ direction that is needed tonight is is

6:03 ↗ there support for the administration's

6:05 ↗ recommendation to Surplus are there any

6:08 ↗ significant concerns prior to proceeding

6:11 ↗ to a public hearing and consideration by

6:13 ↗ the full city council and then we have

6:16 ↗ some feedback requested in terms of the

6:18 ↗ determination for use of the King County

6:21 ↗ assessed value uh the method of the

6:23 ↗ disposition and any special covenants

6:26 ↗ restrictions or easements that should

6:27 ↗ accompany the Surplus

6:31 ↗ just a little bit of background about

6:33 ↗ the Surplus real property policy that

6:35 ↗ was adopted back in the fall of

6:39 ↗ 2022 um it laid out a process and

6:42 ↗ criteria for disposing of surplus

6:45 ↗ property and follows we um initiated

6:49 ↗ staff initiated the Surplus process for

6:51 ↗ this property back in April in a council

6:54 ↗ memo after we completed the facility

6:57 ↗ condition assessment for the city

6:59 ↗ properties and we had several

7:01 ↗ discussions with the food and clothing

7:02 ↗ bank regarding their interest uh in

7:05 ↗ purchasing the property as well as they

7:07 ↗ had conducted some soil testing to see

7:10 ↗ um about any comination that might exist

7:13 ↗ on the site the next step is the staff

7:16 ↗ report that I'm presenting tonight then

7:18 ↗ it would go to public hearing full city

7:20 ↗ council review and if there is a

7:22 ↗ determination of surplus Council would

7:25 ↗ adopt that by

7:28 ↗ resolution some guiding principles from

7:31 ↗ the Surplus policy were about providing

7:33 ↗ the best stewardship and management of

7:35 ↗ City assets to avoid holding properties

7:38 ↗ without a specific Municipal purpose and

7:41 ↗ when it's not needed for a municipal

7:43 ↗ purpose to sell that property at a fair

7:45 ↗ market value to finance other Capital

7:49 ↗ assets the evaluation criteria that are

7:52 ↗ called out in that policy ask us to look

7:55 ↗ at the relevance of the property the use

7:57 ↗ the condition an analysis of some public

8:00 ↗ benefit and a consideration of other

8:02 ↗ City uses for that

8:05 ↗ property the property that we're talking

8:08 ↗ about is uh 179 1st Avenue Southeast it

8:11 ↗ is located uh just south of here across

8:16 ↗ the street from the Trail's house

8:17 ↗ adjacent to the rainar trail also

8:20 ↗ adjacent to the auto Freight building

8:22 ↗ owned by the isqua history museums so

8:26 ↗ right in downtown uh isqua

8:29 ↗ it contains a one-story Warehouse

8:31 ↗ building that is

8:34 ↗ 5,625 square ft which is actually the

8:37 ↗ same size as the parcel itself it was

8:40 ↗ purchased in

8:42 ↗ 1989 and remodeled in that 1989 1990 it

8:46 ↗ was formerly a an auto garage place it

8:51 ↗ was purchased actually in partnership

8:53 ↗ with the isqua food and clothing banks

8:55 ↗ predecessor um for a permanent home for

8:58 ↗ food and clothing bank using Community

9:00 ↗ Development block grant monies as well

9:03 ↗ as um some general fund

9:06 ↗ money the current King County assess

9:08 ↗ value is

9:10 ↗ $534,000 we also have um received a kind

9:14 ↗ of a building replacement value so

9:15 ↗ that's just the building itself for 1.1

9:17 ↗ million from our insurance

9:20 ↗ agents uh and a basis of value from um

9:25 ↗ Realtors from between about 750,000 to

9:28 ↗ 1.1 million

9:29 ↗ and so that's a general value of that

9:32 ↗ property it has been leased to the isqua

9:34 ↗ food and clothing bank since

9:37 ↗ 1992 about 35

9:41 ↗ years here's some photos of the current

9:44 ↗ building you can see the um some of the

9:47 ↗ operations that are happening in there

9:48 ↗ and the warehouse style of the building

9:55 ↗ itself so when we look at we go through

9:58 ↗ the criteria the relevant use and

10:00 ↗ condition um the property is part of the

10:02 ↗ Oldtown sub area it also is supportive

10:05 ↗ of the Human Services strategic plan to

10:08 ↗ support basic human

10:11 ↗ services as I said before it was

10:13 ↗ purchased in partnership with the isqua

10:15 ↗ food and clothing bank and with King

10:16 ↗ County Community uh development block

10:20 ↗ grants uh to provide a permanent home

10:23 ↗ for the food and clothing bank and

10:24 ↗ Community Services back in 1989 it's

10:27 ↗ been leased by the food bank since that

10:29 ↗ time they're currently six spes at the

10:31 ↗ end of this

10:33 ↗ year the current condition of the

10:36 ↗ building is poor that was uh from our

10:38 ↗ facility condition assessment that was

10:40 ↗ completed last year uh we have also you

10:44 ↗ know heard from the food and clothing

10:46 ↗ bank that the building does not meet

10:47 ↗ their operational needs in terms of the

10:49 ↗ function and form of the

10:52 ↗ building the annual um operation

10:54 ↗ maintenance costs are pretty low only

10:56 ↗ $3,000 uh per year however the capital

11:00 ↗ reinvestment that we're looking at in

11:01 ↗ the next 10 years is about half a

11:03 ↗ million

11:07 ↗ dollar um and just a reminder that those

11:10 ↗ kind of capital replacement costs don't

11:12 ↗ they're really just about repair um and

11:14 ↗ or replacement of things that have

11:16 ↗ reached their end of life it's not about

11:18 ↗ improving functionality or anything like

11:20 ↗ that of the

11:23 ↗ building some site that doesn't include

11:26 ↗ a swimming pool no swimming pools all

11:28 ↗ right

11:31 ↗ know

11:33 ↗ um the site restrictions so there are

11:36 ↗ current uh the current zoning is

11:38 ↗ community facilities facilities which

11:40 ↗ restricts ownership to City uh ownership

11:43 ↗ for

11:44 ↗ Community uses uh so zoning and land use

11:47 ↗ changes would be needed if we would like

11:49 ↗ to dispose of the property we did uh

11:52 ↗ initiate comp plan amendments uh this

11:54 ↗ past September to do that in on the 2025

11:57 ↗ docket

11:59 ↗ uh currently because the building is lot

12:01 ↗ line to lot line there is no on-site

12:03 ↗ parking uh and there is some minor soil

12:07 ↗ contamination that would need to be

12:09 ↗ removed before the property is

12:15 ↗ redeveloped we did consider other City

12:18 ↗ uses um of the site really there were no

12:21 ↗ Municipal services that were indicated

12:23 ↗ during that conversation so the site is

12:25 ↗ very small I it's too small for our use

12:30 ↗ for kind of the current Public Safety

12:32 ↗ type facilities that we're talking about

12:34 ↗ our context is about a third of the size

12:36 ↗ of this site right here for City Hall

12:41 ↗ South we did uh so we looked at we could

12:44 ↗ Surplus and reone the property and

12:46 ↗ transfer or sell that sell it uh we the

12:49 ↗ city could construct a new facility on

12:52 ↗ the site and lease that for purposes or

12:56 ↗ we could uh have a land lece that would

12:59 ↗ allow Redevelopment of the building but

13:02 ↗ retain ownership of the property

13:11 ↗ itself so um so our

13:15 ↗ recommendations uh were to consider the

13:17 ↗ property for Surplus and approve the

13:19 ↗ comprehensive plan amendments in

13:22 ↗ 2025 to dispose of the property um and

13:25 ↗ to accept the King County assessed value

13:28 ↗ as the fair market value to negotiate a

13:31 ↗ purchase and sale agreement with the

13:32 ↗ isqua food and clothing bank for that

13:34 ↗ assessed value and to maintain some

13:37 ↗ special conditions on that disposition

13:39 ↗ to ensure public benefit in the long

13:41 ↗ term um to use the profits to support

13:44 ↗ other facility needs you might remember

13:46 ↗ that the facility condition assessment

13:49 ↗ gave us a an estimate about

13:51 ↗ $750,000 a year to spend on facility

13:54 ↗ infrastructure needs over each year for

13:57 ↗ the next 20 years

13:59 ↗ uh that we would retain the right of

14:01 ↗ first refusal should the food and

14:02 ↗ clothing bank decide to sell the

14:04 ↗ property or need to sell the property in

14:06 ↗ the

14:07 ↗ future and then we had some discussion

14:09 ↗ uh with the city attorney also about

14:11 ↗ adding a Tim limited deed restriction um

14:14 ↗ to ensure that the property maintained

14:16 ↗ long-term benefit um for the

14:24 ↗ public so some options uh would be for

14:28 ↗ Council committee members to provide

14:30 ↗ some minor changes and improve the

14:32 ↗ Surplus determination for the public

14:34 ↗ hearing and full Council consideration

14:37 ↗ or to instruct uh myself to make

14:40 ↗ substantial changes and return to the

14:41 ↗ committee for additional

14:46 ↗ conversation so when we really kind of

14:48 ↗ dug into the history of that uh piece of

14:51 ↗ property and the intent of the purchase

14:54 ↗ the partnership with the isqua food and

14:56 ↗ clothing bank uh the use during the past

14:59 ↗ 35 years and the community benefit

15:01 ↗ that's

15:02 ↗ provided as well as really the looming

15:06 ↗ maintenance costs that would be assigned

15:08 ↗ to the city um the administration's

15:12 ↗ recommendation is to sell the property

15:14 ↗ to this Aqua food and clothing bank at

15:16 ↗ the assessed value of

15:18 ↗ $534,500

15:19 ↗ retain the right of first refusal and

15:22 ↗ add a 25e deed restriction requiring the

15:25 ↗ use for community

15:26 ↗ services and then further to ask Council

15:30 ↗ to approve the Surplus determination and

15:31 ↗ recommend this move forward to a public

15:33 ↗ hearing and full Council consideration

15:36 ↗ on November

15:40 ↗ 4th so timing would be um the public

15:44 ↗ hearing on November 4th we would the

15:47 ↗ current lease ex expires at the end of

15:50 ↗ the year so we would need to do a lease

15:52 ↗ extension on December

15:54 ↗ 2nd with Council Surplus action sometime

15:57 ↗ in January 2025

15:59 ↗ uh the comp plan amendments would be on

16:01 ↗ the docket in the first three quarters

16:04 ↗ of

16:04 ↗ 2025 um the food bank would like us to

16:09 ↗ uh dispose of the property as soon as

16:11 ↗ possible so they can um feel assured of

16:14 ↗ their ability to raise funds and whatnot

16:17 ↗ so we're recommending disposition in the

16:19 ↗ second quarter

16:23 ↗ 2025 are there any

16:26 ↗ questions Deputy council president

16:29 ↗ yeah just to be clear so uh we would

16:32 ↗ dispose of the property but we would not

16:34 ↗ make the change in the zoning until

16:36 ↗ later in 25 is it does that work out

16:40 ↗ okay sorry was um so uh we disposal the

16:45 ↗ property in like a January February of

16:49 ↗ 25 but the zoning change might not occur

16:52 ↗ till the end of 25 or close to the end

16:56 ↗ so is there any problem with that timing

16:58 ↗ or is is is uh no it doesn't prevent the

17:02 ↗ food and clothing bank from starting

17:04 ↗ their fundraising and and getting ready

17:06 ↗ to U take possession of the building

17:09 ↗ yeah correct we've had several

17:10 ↗ conversations with planning that they

17:12 ↗ would be able to proceed with um

17:15 ↗ applying for building permits and that

17:17 ↗ type of thing they would not be issued

17:19 ↗ until the um actual comp plan amendments

17:22 ↗ were

17:25 ↗ approved council member Joe thank you Mr

17:28 ↗ chairman

17:29 ↗ uh first question was uh well thank you

17:31 ↗ for the presentation I appreciate it um

17:33 ↗ as I'm reading through the material um

17:36 ↗ you're giving uh life to it so to speak

17:38 ↗ and and putting a story behind it so

17:40 ↗ much

17:41 ↗ appreciated the first question is is a

17:43 ↗ 25-year deed restriction for public and

17:46 ↗ Community Services a typical length or

17:48 ↗ could we go longer if we wanted to and

17:51 ↗ um if that's a question for the City

17:53 ↗ attorney and would be a you know a email

17:56 ↗ back to us that would be great but I'll

17:58 ↗ just ask it today

17:59 ↗ say we base that on the fact that if you

18:03 ↗ look at the original Community

18:04 ↗ Development block grants the longest

18:06 ↗ time period that they ever put a

18:07 ↗ restriction on a piece of property was

18:09 ↗ 25 years okay thank you and then um you

18:12 ↗ indicated that the proceeds from the

18:14 ↗ sale would go back to the fund that

18:16 ↗ they're originally from what fund would

18:19 ↗ that be I guess the basis of the

18:20 ↗ question is do we have to give King

18:22 ↗ County the money back to the CBD Grant

18:24 ↗ or where does it go if we are successful

18:27 ↗ with this sale cities General general

18:29 ↗ fund general fund facilities fantastic

18:31 ↗ thank you and my last question um just

18:34 ↗ concerns a a general question it sounds

18:37 ↗ like the city did a a fairly in-depth

18:39 ↗ analysis to determine you know what's

18:42 ↗ the you know what can this property be

18:44 ↗ used for in terms of Municipal purposes

18:46 ↗ and then you kind of weigh that to

18:48 ↗ decide well maybe it would be better to

18:50 ↗ sell it given the fact that we have uh

18:52 ↗ upkeep costs and maintenance costs Etc I

18:55 ↗ guess my the question that we often ask

18:58 ↗ in in

18:59 ↗ um you know real estate or or property

19:01 ↗ assessment is is this the highest best

19:03 ↗ use for this property um by doing this

19:07 ↗ transaction or is there something else

19:08 ↗ that we should consider I know the

19:10 ↗ advocates for the food bank would say

19:12 ↗ yes it's the highest and best use but

19:14 ↗ you did the analysis so I just wanted to

19:16 ↗ ask that question and see what the

19:17 ↗ answer might be yes we when we looked at

19:21 ↗ the intent of the purp the what the

19:23 ↗ whole reason that the city purchased

19:25 ↗ this property was to provide a permanent

19:26 ↗ home for the food and clothing bank and

19:29 ↗ so technically I would say that that is

19:31 ↗ the highest and best thank you very much

19:34 ↗ appreciate

19:35 ↗ it and I actually don't have any

19:38 ↗ questions so um we have reached the end

19:41 ↗ of the question uh and answer session

19:44 ↗ which means uh per my comments earlier

19:47 ↗ we are at public so I will invite uh

19:52 ↗ we've already had two people that uh

19:54 ↗ wanted to speak who chose not to speak

19:56 ↗ at the at the start so let's start there

19:58 ↗ and then we'll see if there is any other

20:00 ↗ members of the public that want to speak

20:01 ↗ to

20:04 ↗ us you don't have to both come I mean

20:06 ↗ you can come one at a

20:09 ↗ time

20:13 ↗ you thank

20:15 ↗ you right my name is Stephanie Norton

20:18 ↗ bradel I'm the executive director of the

20:20 ↗ squat food and clothing bank and first I

20:23 ↗ wanted to thank jeie and Autumn for all

20:26 ↗ their work preparing this report

20:29 ↗ and thank you all for considering this

20:32 ↗ recommendation um the property in

20:34 ↗ question as Jeanie mentioned was

20:36 ↗ purchased in partnership with the isqua

20:38 ↗ Valley Community Services which is now

20:41 ↗ the isqua food and clothing bank um for

20:43 ↗ the purpose of operating a food

20:46 ↗ bank and um H allowing access to low

20:51 ↗ barrier services for people in our

20:53 ↗ community and we're very honored that we

20:56 ↗ continue to do that today

20:59 ↗ um we've seen incredible growth in the

21:01 ↗ past few years as many of you have heard

21:04 ↗ since

21:06 ↗ 2019 we saw

21:08 ↗ 115% increase in the

21:13 ↗ unduplicated households visiting our

21:15 ↗ market and using our emergency food

21:18 ↗ program um so in 5 years we saw 115%

21:22 ↗ increase over the previous 5 years we

21:25 ↗ had only seen a 10% increase so this

21:28 ↗ grow is coming really

21:30 ↗ fast this year we're seeing a 33%

21:33 ↗ increase in households accessing our

21:37 ↗ market and our emergency food program

21:40 ↗ every month no excuse me 33% of average

21:46 ↗ number of people accessing our our

21:49 ↗ Market every month compared to 23 2023

21:54 ↗ so 33% increase since last year from a

21:59 ↗ month-to-month

22:00 ↗ basis um we are really prepared to do

22:03 ↗ this expansion we have money in reserves

22:07 ↗ we've been working with the city's

22:08 ↗ Planning and Zoning teams and we've

22:12 ↗ found that there's no significant

22:14 ↗ impediments to redeveloping the

22:18 ↗ property um we've started a capital

22:20 ↗ campaign study and so far it's quite

22:22 ↗ promising but it's on hold right now

22:24 ↗ while we wait to see what's going to

22:26 ↗ happen with this property

22:29 ↗ and we're also talking to um the esqua

22:32 ↗ historical museums about the adjacent

22:34 ↗ Freight building property and working on

22:38 ↗ a partnership that would essentially be

22:42 ↗ us purchasing the building leasing back

22:44 ↗ some space to them so that we have space

22:48 ↗ to grow and continue to

22:52 ↗ expand um due to the urgent need for for

22:55 ↗ more space and the escalating C we're

22:59 ↗ hoping that we can purchase this

23:01 ↗ property sooner than

23:03 ↗ later and um we really appreciate you

23:06 ↗ considering this option thank

23:09 ↗ you thank you for your

23:16 ↗ comment Eric oler I reside at 1779

23:20 ↗ Harrison Court Northeast in isqua uh as

23:23 ↗ I mentioned briefly I'm a uh a food bank

23:27 ↗ board member

23:29 ↗ I I believe that our chair Mike bresco

23:32 ↗ has uh sent a letter to the committee uh

23:35 ↗ outlining many of the statistics and the

23:38 ↗ uh and and stressing the urgency of what

23:41 ↗ we're trying to accomplish

23:44 ↗ um we uh just in terms of highest and

23:48 ↗ best use I wanted to briefly address

23:50 ↗ that we uh looked at we did uh surveys

23:54 ↗ to determine whether this current

23:56 ↗ location is optimal

23:59 ↗ uh for our clients serving the community

24:03 ↗ uh and that turns out to be the case

24:06 ↗ they're not only used to coming here but

24:08 ↗ close to public transportation close to

24:11 ↗ other City uh and community services and

24:15 ↗ so we feel like staying where we are

24:17 ↗ makes the most sense but the building is

24:20 ↗ less than half the size uh that we

24:23 ↗ really need it to be uh and so we've

24:26 ↗ looked at preliminarily a design that

24:29 ↗ would allow us to uh go two stories um

24:32 ↗ sight line to sight line and if possible

24:36 ↗ negotiate uh the purchase of the auto

24:39 ↗ Freight building next door um and we've

24:43 ↗ we've spoken with the uh the County's

24:45 ↗ historical commission about what we

24:48 ↗ might need to to preserve in terms of uh

24:51 ↗ the structure and and image of that

24:54 ↗ building um so we're we're fairly well

24:57 ↗ along in in terms of the analysis uh and

25:00 ↗ as uh Stephanie mentioned um we're

25:03 ↗ anxious to get going so um we'd

25:07 ↗ appreciate your

25:09 ↗ consideration uh and uh and your

25:12 ↗ decision as quickly as possible thank

25:16 ↗ you thank you for your

25:20 ↗ comment CL do we have anyone else uh

25:23 ↗ indicating a desire to speak this

25:24 ↗ evening on this topic this item before

25:28 ↗ for

25:29 ↗ us chair Marts I see no virtual hands

25:32 ↗ raised among our virtual

25:36 ↗ attendees all right Genie could you

25:39 ↗ please put up the uh there we go thank

25:41 ↗ you read my mind

25:47 ↗ discussion council member Joe uh first

25:50 ↗ off I really applaud the work that the

25:53 ↗ esqua uh Food Bank does in our community

25:57 ↗ the volunteers that that show up and and

25:59 ↗ the community members that will bring

26:01 ↗ items from their garden and the way that

26:03 ↗ you have established the green grocery

26:06 ↗ bag program that collects food on

26:08 ↗ Saturdays is very inspiring um I think

26:12 ↗ that this is a uh good idea to go ahead

26:15 ↗ and surplus this property and i would

26:17 ↗ support the recommendation for the

26:19 ↗ administration um I don't believe there

26:21 ↗ are any certificate concerns unless the

26:23 ↗ any of the soil um surveys come up with

26:26 ↗ something more serious and and obviously

26:29 ↗ we won't know that until we get a little

26:30 ↗ bit more in depth there but um you know

26:32 ↗ it's always a what if when you're doing

26:35 ↗ feasibility studies and and determining

26:37 ↗ the the viability of a site um I think

26:40 ↗ that uh the 25e time period for the

26:44 ↗ Restriction of the disposition is a good

26:45 ↗ idea and the right of first refusal for

26:47 ↗ the city um to maintain that or have an

26:51 ↗ opportunity to to get that property back

26:53 ↗ should we need to so that we can fulfill

26:56 ↗ our other Municipal missions in the city

26:59 ↗ is a great idea um other than that I

27:02 ↗ think this is a a prudent step and a

27:05 ↗ step that needs to be done thank you

27:08 ↗ thank you Deputy council president uh

27:10 ↗ thank you I Echo um the comments from

27:13 ↗ council member Joe it was really good

27:15 ↗ report thank you so much very thorough

27:18 ↗ uh very easy to understand and I it also

27:21 ↗ showed a lot of uh back and forth I'm

27:24 ↗ sure with uh people in the community and

27:27 ↗ people at the food B and uh listening to

27:30 ↗ their needs and also watching out for

27:32 ↗ ours so I really commend you on an

27:35 ↗ excellent presentation um is there

27:37 ↗ support for the administration's

27:39 ↗ recommendation absolutely I I think it's

27:42 ↗ a very wellth thought out recommendation

27:44 ↗ I don't have any significant concerns um

27:48 ↗ I too like Russell Joe was asking uh is

27:51 ↗ 25 years enough uh I I know there have

27:54 ↗ been 50-year covenants put on but uh

27:58 ↗ just something for us to think through

27:59 ↗ before the final recommendation comes to

28:01 ↗ the city council there probably reasons

28:03 ↗ for 25 and other reasons for 50 but um

28:07 ↗ uh if 25 is the preferred I don't have

28:09 ↗ any actual objection to that it's just a

28:12 ↗ thought uh that maybe that's that we'd

28:15 ↗ like to keep that there practically in

28:18 ↗ per

28:19 ↗ perpetuity um I think using the King

28:22 ↗ County assess value is uh a good way to

28:24 ↗ go with this and uh the disposition

28:27 ↗ that's been recommended as sounds good

28:29 ↗ to me and um I think uh the um the deed

28:35 ↗ that you've talked about the deed

28:37 ↗ protection um in terms of uh right of

28:41 ↗ first refusal um is a really good one

28:44 ↗ because um in my in my mind the food and

28:48 ↗ clothing bank is uh is an absolutely

28:51 ↗ necessary thing for us to have in our

28:53 ↗ community uh certainly during the

28:55 ↗ pandemic it proved its value not only as

28:58 ↗ a human services provider but as part of

29:01 ↗ our Emergency Response Team uh the the

29:05 ↗ expertise that was there in terms of

29:07 ↗ food distribution during a crisis was

29:10 ↗ just invaluable at that time um and also

29:13 ↗ the uh creativity with which the food

29:17 ↗ and clothing bank uh faced the challenge

29:19 ↗ of uh providing food to people in need

29:22 ↗ during a crisis like the pandemic was

29:24 ↗ really inspiring so um I think that

29:28 ↗ uh all of this is wonderful and I

29:30 ↗ support it absolutely so there thank

29:35 ↗ you uh I'll add uh this to me is part of

29:41 ↗ isqua food and clothing bank is part of

29:43 ↗ what makes us a real City not a suburb

29:47 ↗ we're people come to isqua and they are

29:49 ↗ struck by how we do feel like a real

29:53 ↗ whole city and I think part of that is

29:56 ↗ is what the services we Prov provide for

29:58 ↗ our resident and so having a real

30:01 ↗ downtown and having services in our

30:03 ↗ downtown uh is just part of being a real

30:07 ↗ city um and so I love that I you know I

30:12 ↗ I've been doing this for a while and I

30:13 ↗ know that there have been a lot of

30:15 ↗ conversations about where uh Isa food

30:18 ↗ and clothing bank could potentially be

30:20 ↗ so I'm thrilled um if our action today

30:23 ↗ helps keep them downtown um where folks

30:27 ↗ uh can both get access and are are also

30:31 ↗ U more located um than up in some of the

30:33 ↗ places up in the hills so very excited

30:36 ↗ today I've in support of the

30:37 ↗ administration's

30:39 ↗ recommendation um I don't have any

30:41 ↗ concerns to address prior to the hearing

30:43 ↗ um I think that uh the terms in terms of

30:47 ↗ first right of refusal are smart um

30:51 ↗ because we have first right of refusal

30:52 ↗ I'm not as concerned about 25 versus 50

30:55 ↗ because it's hard to imagine a different

30:56 ↗ use of the fa facility that wouldn't

30:58 ↗ involve a a sale but um but you know if

31:02 ↗ we you know my fellow council members um

31:05 ↗ want to have that addressed at the at

31:07 ↗ the uh at the full Council I I

31:10 ↗ understand um King County assessed value

31:13 ↗ as fair market value I think that's good

31:15 ↗ um I'm you know as as most of you know I

31:18 ↗ I'm a sailor and boats always you know

31:21 ↗ there's there's no such thing as an

31:22 ↗ older boat that doesn't need a bunch of

31:23 ↗ work so knowing that this property needs

31:26 ↗ a bunch of work um I think that uh this

31:29 ↗ this price point seems reasonable given

31:31 ↗ that everything we know and and we're

31:33 ↗ being good stewards of the of the

31:35 ↗ Public's resources um by by going with

31:38 ↗ the King County assessed value um so

31:41 ↗ with that I guess we are three and 0 um

31:44 ↗ I believe the administration's

31:45 ↗ recommendation was to have it come back

31:47 ↗ on regular um I'm seeing head nods

31:50 ↗ council member

31:51 ↗ Joe public hearing oh I'm sorry yes

31:54 ↗ there is a public hearing on November

31:55 ↗ 4th sorry that would be before I guess

31:58 ↗ we should we should you're right we

31:59 ↗ should probably have the public hearing

32:00 ↗ first all right so three to0 in favor of

32:04 ↗ coming back to the

32:06 ↗ aru thank you so much G great thank you

32:09 ↗ appreciate it with that and and people

32:12 ↗ are invited to stay and and and

32:14 ↗ eventually have public comment on the

32:15 ↗ next one which is uh Co

32:18 ↗ 0060 Park system Plan update with Jeff

32:21 ↗ Watling our parks and Community Services

32:23 ↗ director and Robin spear our Park

32:26 ↗ planning and development manager and

32:28 ↗ hassany hogland our Parks business

32:31 ↗ operation specialist welcome

32:34 ↗ all hey thank you so much chair March

32:36 ↗ good evening councel um happy to be here

32:40 ↗ um as you mentioned joining me tonight

32:43 ↗ is is Robin and assanti they've done a

32:45 ↗ tremendous amount of work um on this um

32:48 ↗ effort that uh certainly takes a bit of

32:50 ↗ time forgive me as I make sure am I

32:54 ↗ sharing not yet

33:20 ↗ Council March you weren't in attendance

33:22 ↗ at the last sorry uh meeting um there

33:25 ↗ was a glitch in the director's

33:28 ↗ uh computer and uh he wasn't moving the

33:31 ↗ slides forward so we stopped him and had

33:34 ↗ him do that because when people are

33:36 ↗ watching and we're talking about items

33:39 ↗ without seeing the slides it could be

33:40 ↗ very frustrating so yes we want to make

33:42 ↗ sure the public could have that access

33:44 ↗ absolutely thank you I agree that's the

33:47 ↗ basis for the

33:49 ↗ technical I understand and I am a visual

33:52 ↗ I'm an engineer right so I think

33:54 ↗ visually and if I don't have visual cues

33:56 ↗ uh I get I get lost so I'm I'm all about

34:00 ↗ the uh visual

34:07 ↗ presentation finest mind's working on

34:09 ↗ this

34:12 ↗ problem one of those Apple

34:18 ↗ products an apple that an apple

34:37 ↗ oh I see I see

34:44 ↗ something

34:49 ↗ yep handless

34:51 ↗ passwords down

35:01 ↗ take your

35:03 ↗ time measure twice cut

35:09 ↗ one normally at this point I could sing

35:12 ↗ but as you all know my singing voice

35:14 ↗ right now is temporarily uh down and out

35:17 ↗ so I won't be able to treat uh either

35:19 ↗ staff or the audience at home with my uh

35:22 ↗ vocal

35:23 ↗ stylings I do a mean Sinatra

35:28 ↗ I do I'm not

35:30 ↗ kidding for for charity I've done uh

35:36 ↗ done who is of course the master I

35:41 ↗ mean e plus Ultra

36:17 ↗ right I really wish I could doing for

36:20 ↗ the uh mystery here C Joe's we'll get

36:24 ↗ there but I I literally cannot hold a

36:26 ↗ note right now like if you just told me

36:28 ↗ Sing Mary Had a Little Lamb I could not

36:31 ↗ I could not do the

36:32 ↗ notes it's it's not like you this is

36:36 ↗ this is 50 years of singing

36:45 ↗ right

36:52 ↗ need oh okay

37:01 ↗ yeah unfortunately so I'm scrolling

37:04 ↗ through oh it's not going on the screen

37:07 ↗ so I Max CHR we may need your help to do

37:11 ↗ it forgive me I know my laptop did this

37:13 ↗ just last week as well we're having a

37:15 ↗ few uh HP laptop

37:23 ↗ glitches well as that's getting set up

37:26 ↗ we're we're we're so excited to bring

37:28 ↗ the park system Plan update back to you

37:30 ↗ um appreciated the conversation we had

37:32 ↗ in July uh your feedback was so helpful

37:35 ↗ um since that time we've had a chance to

37:38 ↗ uh do a lot of continued work with the

37:39 ↗ park board um got some additional

37:41 ↗ feedback from the environmental board as

37:43 ↗ long as uh as well as a number of other

37:46 ↗ partners including the snowy tribe so

37:49 ↗ what you see tonight and what uh Robin

37:51 ↗ and hisan will have a chance to present

37:53 ↗ um once the PowerPoint gets going um is

37:57 ↗ some of those changes and some of the

37:59 ↗ work that we did also we'll walk you

38:01 ↗ through a bit of the plan actually of

38:03 ↗ show you some of the pages of the plan

38:05 ↗ um introduce you to that plan um you

38:09 ↗ know what this work reflects similar to

38:11 ↗ the 2018 the 2018 plan that this updates

38:14 ↗ is uh this this document really is the

38:17 ↗ story of our Park system and when I say

38:19 ↗ Park system it's our parks open space

38:21 ↗ and trail system um and also the vision

38:23 ↗ for that plan um unlike many stories uh

38:28 ↗ this is a story with probably a thousand

38:30 ↗ plus voices in it um as you'll see as we

38:33 ↗ walk through this there's a countless

38:35 ↗ amount of community outreach to really

38:37 ↗ make sure we're hearing uh from the

38:41 ↗ owners of this park system and the

38:42 ↗ owners being the residents of isqua um

38:46 ↗ and making sure this plan and the

38:48 ↗ priorities of this plan really reflect

38:50 ↗ um their their vision and interest um i'

38:54 ↗ I'm going to sound like the the old

38:55 ↗ director here I've been doing this a

38:57 ↗ while

38:58 ↗ um and um I'm always fascinated when you

39:00 ↗ try and tell the story of a park system

39:03 ↗ um you can't tell it through one lens um

39:05 ↗ and it's very rare that one family or

39:07 ↗ one resident uses the entirety of the

39:09 ↗ system um our residents see our Park

39:12 ↗ system differently um and this plan

39:14 ↗ really attempts to to do just that um as

39:18 ↗ you see within the vision how was our

39:21 ↗ I'm I'm now about to sing a song as well

39:23 ↗ um before the PowerPoint um comes on

39:30 ↗ T dance would be acceptable also yeah

39:33 ↗ yeah dancing was not my not my

39:36 ↗ thing oh so

39:41 ↗ close

39:43 ↗ oh thank you so much Corner we get rid

39:47 ↗ of the appreciate

39:48 ↗ that oh there's oh there we go here we

39:51 ↗ go look at that look at that so we're

39:53 ↗ here tonight to present this uh final

39:56 ↗ document to you uh seeking your

39:57 ↗ recommendation that to move it forward

39:59 ↗ to council for adoption uh next

40:03 ↗ slide timeline we um outlined this a

40:06 ↗ little bit for you last time um as I

40:09 ↗ said you know the kickoff started in May

40:11 ↗ of 2023 this has been a lot of work um

40:14 ↗ you'll hear from Robin and Hanan some of

40:16 ↗ the community outreach touches that we

40:18 ↗ did throughout this process um we also

40:22 ↗ um you'll notice in October of 2023 with

40:25 ↗ the park board reviewed our goals and

40:27 ↗ policies that was an important date to

40:29 ↗ hit because as the comprehensive plan is

40:31 ↗ coming before you as well uh the goals

40:33 ↗ and policies within the park plan as

40:35 ↗ well as the comp plan were really

40:36 ↗ intended to be the same thing uh so

40:39 ↗ getting that recommendation from the

40:40 ↗ Bark Park Board helped um those goals

40:43 ↗ and policies start their different

40:45 ↗ routes with the comp plan and with this

40:48 ↗ document as I said we we came to you in

40:51 ↗ July uh we did some further refinement

40:53 ↗ and we're here tonight to present that

40:55 ↗ to you so um thank you again for getting

40:58 ↗ the presentation up Autumn or Chris

41:01 ↗ which whichever of you uh did it I'm

41:03 ↗ going to now hand it over

41:05 ↗ to Robin spear um to take it away from

41:12 ↗ here thanks Jeff and good evening

41:15 ↗ council members I'm Robin spear Park

41:16 ↗ planning and development manager and

41:19 ↗ I'll start off by looking at the purpose

41:21 ↗ of a park system plan then I'll move

41:23 ↗ into committee feedback uh Santi will

41:26 ↗ jump in with planned content showcase

41:30 ↗ then we'll move to Jeff who will do our

41:32 ↗ our new Creeks to Peaks concept and then

41:35 ↗ back to assanti with parkboard

41:37 ↗ engagement and

41:40 ↗ recommendation so first let's go back

41:43 ↗ and kind of look at the purpose of a

41:44 ↗ park system plan um Park system plans

41:47 ↗ are created and updated every six years

41:51 ↗ uh this is to ensure eligibility for

41:53 ↗ state and federal level grants our last

41:56 ↗ plan was in 2018 18 it was a really good

41:58 ↗ starting point for us for the 2024 plan

42:02 ↗ um eligibility for state and federal

42:04 ↗ grants include like rco grants

42:06 ↗ conservation Futures grants uh

42:09 ↗ potentially EPA and other Park grants so

42:11 ↗ it's really critical for us to have a

42:13 ↗ robust system plan developed um goals

42:17 ↗ and policies are also incorporated into

42:19 ↗ the city's comprehensive plan as Jeff

42:22 ↗ mentioned um we did add some new

42:24 ↗ policies we retain a lot of the goals we

42:27 ↗ had they're still applicable but um

42:29 ↗ added in some new policies regarding

42:31 ↗ artwork regarding tribal engagement and

42:34 ↗ more um a more robust

42:38 ↗ implementation uh the plan also guides

42:40 ↗ the community's goals and Visions for

42:42 ↗ the park system we couldn't do this plan

42:45 ↗ without community outreach so that was

42:47 ↗ kind of our number one goal and our our

42:49 ↗ number one

42:52 ↗ um intention for the plan is to get as

42:55 ↗ much Community feedback as possible

42:57 ↗ we did an initial survey where we had

43:00 ↗ 749 respondents which is great uh we

43:03 ↗ followed that up I believe first they

43:05 ↗ started off with focus groups we did the

43:07 ↗ survey we did mapping and we did a lot

43:09 ↗ of just Outreach General Outreach with

43:12 ↗ the community uh both s and I were at

43:14 ↗ the farmers market got to talk to a lot

43:16 ↗ of people there so it was really great

43:18 ↗ especially me coming into the city as a

43:21 ↗ new planner to get to know the park

43:23 ↗ system and to get to know the community

43:25 ↗ better we're looking at at new level of

43:28 ↗ service for the park system first uh I

43:32 ↗ think initially it was more quantitative

43:34 ↗ which a lot of parks do they measure it

43:36 ↗ just based on the acreage for per person

43:40 ↗ and we're shifting that to now look at

43:42 ↗ more of a quality of our parks and

43:45 ↗ developing new metrics for that so

43:47 ↗ you'll see that in the

43:48 ↗ planel lastly this provides vision and

43:51 ↗ direction for Capital Investments and

43:54 ↗ budget decisions on projects for the

43:55 ↗ next years

43:57 ↗ kind of leads me into my next slide this

44:00 ↗ graphic kind of shows the capital

44:02 ↗ planning guide and again as Jeff said

44:05 ↗ this plan is really a 20 plus year

44:07 ↗ Vision um for the park

44:10 ↗ system again um we're looking at system

44:14 ↗ level assessments it's updated every 5

44:16 ↗ to 10 years really informed by asset

44:19 ↗ management needs life cycles and growth

44:21 ↗ needs again going throughout this whole

44:25 ↗ planning guide we are touching b with a

44:27 ↗ community and making sure that we're

44:29 ↗ understanding their needs we're still

44:30 ↗ meeting their needs again 20 years is a

44:33 ↗ really broad look um you know

44:35 ↗ communities Chang 10 15 years so we have

44:38 ↗ to keep coming back and making sure

44:40 ↗ we're addressing uh everybody's need um

44:43 ↗ this leads into our six-year CIP where

44:46 ↗ we're really looking at prioritization

44:48 ↗ process that's updated every two years

44:51 ↗ and goes back into lines with a big

44:54 ↗ picture with current resources that six

44:57 ↗ year group moves into our two-year

44:59 ↗ budget like we're doing right now um and

45:02 ↗ this is really a much more collaborative

45:03 ↗ effort where uh we're looking at city

45:06 ↗ council approval um that moves into

45:08 ↗ Capital we're um integrating our capital

45:11 ↗ budget and operating budget at the same

45:13 ↗ time and within that two-year budget

45:16 ↗ those projects move into what would be a

45:19 ↗ funded Capital project that's where the

45:21 ↗ fund really begins

45:24 ↗ right so um on June 25th were here uh

45:28 ↗ presenting our our draft system update

45:30 ↗ plan and I kind of want to run through

45:32 ↗ committee feedback that we heard um and

45:35 ↗ make sure that we're address we

45:36 ↗ addressed all your comments um we

45:39 ↗ appreciated everything all the feedback

45:41 ↗ all the comments again we can't do this

45:44 ↗ in a silo it does take a huge amount of

45:47 ↗ effort in a heavy lift so I do want to

45:49 ↗ thank our Consultants design Workshop

45:51 ↗ definitely the community who we

45:53 ↗ outreached and and tapped several times

45:56 ↗ for feedback

45:57 ↗ um and also our Park operation staff

45:59 ↗ because without them our Parks don't

46:01 ↗ look as good as they

46:03 ↗ do um we heard that we you want parks to

46:06 ↗ be vibrant but you also want quiet

46:08 ↗ spaces for Park users to enjoy we've

46:12 ↗ been talking a lot about the balance

46:13 ↗ needed within the park system where we

46:15 ↗ want vibrant active fun parks um with

46:20 ↗ the shiny new toys but we also really

46:22 ↗ respect and want want to um keep

46:26 ↗ preserving our our Open Spaces our

46:27 ↗ natural spaces that's what makes isqua

46:30 ↗ so unique uh the committee was pleased

46:33 ↗ with the amount of public engagement in

46:35 ↗ the plan again our engagement was really

46:37 ↗ robust uh we got quite a bit of feedback

46:41 ↗ um especially on the balance and the

46:43 ↗ need for um more field space we wanted

46:47 ↗ to maintain emphasis on trail

46:49 ↗ connections and being a trail head City

46:52 ↗ it's definitely important that we look

46:53 ↗ at our Trail heads we look at our Trails

46:55 ↗ we look at the maintenance and we look

46:57 ↗ at our connections especially in our

46:59 ↗ proximity to other public lands it's

47:02 ↗ really critical for us um I'm learning

47:05 ↗ more and more about the trails and how

47:07 ↗ they were used from the Native Americans

47:09 ↗ perspective um and how they are still

47:12 ↗ used which is really interesting so we

47:13 ↗ want to make sure that we have that

47:16 ↗ feedback and we have that integration um

47:19 ↗ moving forward as well uh we heard about

47:22 ↗ development of Playing Fields so they

47:23 ↗ can be used for regional

47:25 ↗ tournaments to bring ancillary economic

47:28 ↗ benefits to the community uh we're

47:30 ↗ definitely looking at that but we want

47:32 ↗ to make sure that we are serving our

47:34 ↗ community first and making sure their

47:36 ↗ needs are met with active Recreation

47:39 ↗ before we start really pulling in and um

47:42 ↗ advertising for more

47:44 ↗ tournaments um again as Jeff keeps

47:46 ↗ saying we're laying constrained so it's

47:48 ↗ difficult for us to make find that

47:51 ↗ available space so Partnerships are

47:53 ↗ going to be really critical uh the

47:55 ↗ committee wanted to ensure matters of

47:57 ↗ equity were addressed throughout the

47:59 ↗ park system and as you'll see later um

48:02 ↗ our desire for multi-use spaces is

48:04 ↗ becoming more and more important um

48:08 ↗ council member mer I know you you talked

48:10 ↗ about Cricket so I learned a lot about

48:12 ↗ Cricket this week but we'll show you

48:14 ↗ what it would take to put a a standard

48:17 ↗ mensiz Cricket

48:19 ↗ field in one in two of our

48:24 ↗ part I will pass this over to

48:30 ↗ hi council members thanks so much for

48:32 ↗ having us um I'm HTI hogland H

48:34 ↗ Department operation specialist um we've

48:37 ↗ been working on this plan for a year so

48:38 ↗ we're really excited to actually be able

48:40 ↗ to Showcase this to you today um as you

48:43 ↗ can see from this Slide the plan

48:46 ↗ includes a brief overview um an

48:48 ↗ introduction of the system an evaluation

48:50 ↗ of the entire park system um some

48:53 ↗ direction for the future and an

48:55 ↗ implementation chapter

48:57 ↗ um as mentioned previously there will be

48:59 ↗ Showcases of specific pages from the

49:02 ↗ plan um we're not going to go through

49:04 ↗ every aspect of it obviously but if

49:06 ↗ there are any items that are not

49:07 ↗ included in here that you have questions

49:09 ↗ about please do let us know and we can

49:10 ↗ pull the plan

49:13 ↗ documents um a little bit more about our

49:16 ↗ community um engagement I know the team

49:19 ↗ spoke to you all about our community

49:20 ↗ engagement at the last meeting and

49:22 ↗ there's lots of pages included in the

49:24 ↗ plan regarding this um but one of the uh

49:27 ↗ key points that I wanted to highlight

49:30 ↗ with our survey um and something that

49:32 ↗ I've heard here at the city is making

49:34 ↗ sure that we're hearing from our actual

49:36 ↗ residents um there's this concern that

49:39 ↗ you know these surveys are out in the

49:40 ↗ public and many of our other Park users

49:43 ↗ or neighbors um might also be taking

49:45 ↗ this from neighboring cities um and one

49:47 ↗ of the great things that came out of

49:49 ↗ this review was 93% of the respondents

49:53 ↗ in our survey have lived in isqua for

49:55 ↗ more than 2 years so that tells us that

49:57 ↗ we really did hear from our residents

49:59 ↗ here in isapa um and then some other

50:02 ↗ highlights from this engagement was um

50:05 ↗ sort of the top three important

50:07 ↗ essential Investments that the community

50:09 ↗ is looking for in the next five years um

50:12 ↗ and that's completing our undeveloped

50:14 ↗ Parks it's working with our partners um

50:18 ↗ and renovating our existing parks and

50:20 ↗ Open Spaces which is really great to

50:23 ↗ hear that they want to invest in the

50:25 ↗ community of facilities that are already

50:30 ↗ here um and one of our other engagements

50:33 ↗ that we did was a mapping exercise and I

50:36 ↗ just wanted to sort of highlight a few

50:38 ↗ of the um main topics that came from

50:41 ↗ this um it underscored everything that

50:45 ↗ we heard in the first survey um that

50:48 ↗ there is this need for more improvements

50:51 ↗ across various uh existing Parks um

50:54 ↗ including many suggestions for for

50:56 ↗ visions of expanded active Recreation

51:00 ↗ amenities um and being mindful of

51:03 ↗ sustainable management and maintenance

51:05 ↗ of those new um

51:07 ↗ amenities um and then another key

51:10 ↗ outcome of this engagement was the need

51:12 ↗ to focus on Tibbits Valley Park um and

51:15 ↗ looking at durable all- weather Turf for

51:18 ↗ yearr round use that was a theme that

51:20 ↗ came up multiple times in all of our

51:22 ↗ Park board meetings as well as through

51:24 ↗ the surveys the mapping engagement and

51:26 ↗ some other public engagement that we did

51:28 ↗ after producing the draft plan um there

51:32 ↗ were also calls through this mapping

51:34 ↗ exercise for a more interconnected Park

51:36 ↗ system and improving Pathways and

51:41 ↗ signed um this next page sort of is an

51:44 ↗ overview of some of the analysis that

51:47 ↗ our consultant team did um one of those

51:51 ↗ being a walk shed analysis that really

51:53 ↗ looks at how close all of our residents

51:56 ↗ are to access a park or a trail um and I

52:00 ↗ think what's really great here is 68% of

52:03 ↗ our residences are within a half mile

52:05 ↗ walk to a park or open space that's

52:08 ↗ about a 10-minute walk that's crazy good

52:11 ↗ for a city um and then when you look at

52:14 ↗ our Trail access about 56% of residents

52:17 ↗ are within a quarter mile walk to a

52:19 ↗ trail which really helps highlight the

52:22 ↗ idea of being able to use trails to get

52:24 ↗ around our city in a more convenient way

52:28 ↗ um the Consultants also did a equity

52:33 ↗ priority area analysis um to look at the

52:37 ↗ impacts of social environmental and

52:40 ↗ health considerations for isqua and to

52:43 ↗ identify areas um that might be

52:45 ↗ experiencing the highest burden so that

52:47 ↗ we can use that as we look at priority

52:50 ↗ for um

52:52 ↗ Investments and then another um analysis

52:55 ↗ that the consultant team was sort of

52:57 ↗ looking at some benchmarking and

52:59 ↗ comparing our city to some comparable

53:02 ↗ communities and so you'll see some pages

53:04 ↗ that sort of review how we stack up here

53:07 ↗ in isqua as compared to Olympia Redmond

53:11 ↗ and Ashland in

53:14 ↗ Oregon council member Joe could I ask a

53:17 ↗ question about the equity priority areas

53:19 ↗ sure um when we're looking at that and

53:22 ↗ you could please guide my thinking I was

53:26 ↗ wondering if we're looking at whether or

53:29 ↗ not people are um close to outdoor space

53:32 ↗ and parks and away from let's say an oil

53:37 ↗ refinery or another item that would

53:40 ↗ produce externalities that would be

53:42 ↗ unhealthy for people is that the kind of

53:44 ↗ analysis that we're looking at there so

53:46 ↗ it did look at access to Parks access to

53:49 ↗ Trails it looked at tree canopy cover as

53:52 ↗ well um and I'm not sure that it looked

53:55 ↗ as specific into like certain uh

53:59 ↗ environmental like factories like an oil

54:02 ↗ refinery per se but it did sort of look

54:04 ↗ at overall health index information

54:07 ↗ through the census um for these

54:09 ↗ different

54:11 ↗ neighborhoods okay and and help me with

54:13 ↗ what health index means for those of us

54:16 ↗ that are not census

54:19 ↗ Buffs um and if you don't know right now

54:22 ↗ you can just put it in email if you I

54:24 ↗ might bring that to you in email and

54:26 ↗ just a check with our Consultants but

54:28 ↗ more or less it looks at sort of how

54:30 ↗ healthy our city is and specific areas

54:33 ↗ of our neighborhood compared to national

54:35 ↗ values so um it looks at usually like

54:39 ↗ the top five different um Health uh

54:42 ↗ indicators heart disease diabetes things

54:45 ↗ of that nature and sort of Compares

54:47 ↗ those statistics for our city nationally

54:50 ↗ um and overall isqua is like much higher

54:53 ↗ nationally and that's also noted in this

54:55 ↗ plan but I'll make sure to get those

54:57 ↗ specifics and send those to you as well

54:59 ↗ thank you very much that certainly is

55:00 ↗ the impression that I have um living

55:02 ↗ here for so many years but U seeing the

55:05 ↗ actual numbers uh supporting that is is

55:08 ↗ very helpful so much appreciated

55:18 ↗ yeah pass this back to

55:25 ↗ you so so in the winter of 2023 and up

55:29 ↗ into the spring of 2024 we were started

55:32 ↗ to review the park classifications and

55:35 ↗ in February brought this um revised

55:37 ↗ classifications to the park board and

55:39 ↗ really we wanted to look at the criteria

55:42 ↗ to confirm the types of parks we wanted

55:44 ↗ to retain uh what ones we wanted to

55:47 ↗ revise and which ones we needed to add

55:49 ↗ into the system uh based on growing

55:51 ↗ needs and space restrictions and space

55:54 ↗ requirements um definitely looking at

55:57 ↗ more urban classifications um against

56:00 ↗ some national standards what other Park

56:02 ↗ systems are doing and this helped us

56:04 ↗ really align better with national Trends

56:07 ↗ um but lets us um develop new types of

56:12 ↗ parts and classification based on these

56:14 ↗ classifications for for the future uh we

56:17 ↗ really wanted to hone in on the primary

56:19 ↗ use for each classification but we also

56:22 ↗ looked at acreage if it was active or

56:24 ↗ passive use what amenities were in each

56:28 ↗ type of classification and what

56:29 ↗ amenities would be appropriate for each

56:31 ↗ type we looked at access um landscape in

56:35 ↗ the environment uh stewardship of

56:37 ↗ natural or open space or suitability

56:40 ↗ within the city-wide Network so

56:43 ↗ Community Parks neighborhood parks and

56:46 ↗ other undevelopment un excuse me

56:48 ↗ undeveloped parks and others remain the

56:51 ↗ same uh we Revis resource parks to

56:54 ↗ nature parks and now natural open space

56:57 ↗ to just open space we did add in new two

57:00 ↗ new classifications the Greenways and

57:03 ↗ the linear Parks again going back to the

57:05 ↗ fact we may have more more constrained

57:08 ↗ land more urban settings for our Parks

57:11 ↗ um and linear Parks will kind of align

57:14 ↗ with more narrow spaces and longer

57:16 ↗ spaces and again our Greenways we've

57:18 ↗ already started quite a few Greenways we

57:20 ↗ just want to make sure uh places like

57:23 ↗ Pickering Barn in that area actually

57:25 ↗ aligns with the name of that

57:27 ↗ classification and the

57:31 ↗ type okay within the plan we did a lot

57:33 ↗ of work on the direction for the future

57:36 ↗ and this kind of established a really

57:38 ↗ good Baseline that we used uh for other

57:41 ↗ elements uh we looked at our plan

57:44 ↗ Vision uh to inspire our community

57:47 ↗ through a vibrant network of parks

57:48 ↗ trails and Open Spaces seamlessly

57:50 ↗ intertwining from the valley floor to

57:53 ↗ the peaks of the isqua Alps and our

57:55 ↗ vision is to Foster connectivity

57:57 ↗ Recreation diverse culture and

57:59 ↗ appreciation of nature while

58:01 ↗ safeguarding and enhancing our precious

58:03 ↗ natural resources for generations to

58:06 ↗ come uh we have a brand new plan concept

58:09 ↗ with Jeff will get into further so I'll

58:12 ↗ have him describe our isqua Creeks to

58:14 ↗ Peaks Park system our core values which

58:18 ↗ are reiterated and emphasize throughout

58:20 ↗ the plan where connectivity vibrancy

58:23 ↗ resiliency and balance our goal

58:26 ↗ statements uh we heard a lot about our

58:29 ↗ goal statements from the public and

58:31 ↗ refined um refined particularly balance

58:34 ↗ and

58:35 ↗ vibrancy uh strategies uh four

58:38 ↗ strategies were developed for

58:39 ↗ connectivity six for vibrancy six for

58:42 ↗ resiliency and eight strategies for

58:45 ↗ balance again that's a lot of um balance

58:48 ↗ is what we heard a lot from the

58:50 ↗ parkboard what we heard a lot from the

58:51 ↗ community so we really wanted to

58:53 ↗ emphasize that throughout the plan and

58:57 ↗ implementation our plan isn't good if we

58:59 ↗ can't implement it so we looked at our

59:01 ↗ Capital Improvements program our funding

59:04 ↗ and particularly Partnerships which we

59:06 ↗ heard a lot

59:08 ↗ about okay and throughout that um we

59:12 ↗ developed our Capital Improvement

59:14 ↗ projects map and our plan for again

59:17 ↗ looking at 20 years out I believe we had

59:20 ↗ 35 36 projects all together we divided

59:24 ↗ those into our near mid and longterm

59:27 ↗ near 1 to six Mid 7 to to 15 and then

59:33 ↗ longterm 15 plus and again some of these

59:37 ↗ projects because they're going to take

59:38 ↗ so long we did shift into the near term

59:41 ↗ to get them started if you don't start

59:43 ↗ them you're not going to finish

59:46 ↗ them so this is just an example um of

59:49 ↗ how we developed our near-term projects

59:53 ↗ again we showed how each project hit our

59:56 ↗ core value focuses um and projects

1:00:00 ↗ differ some hit them stronger than

1:00:03 ↗ others so we wanted to identify and and

1:00:07 ↗ show how each one is differing um in

1:00:11 ↗ those core values uh we looked at

1:00:13 ↗ project cost we looked at project

1:00:16 ↗ duration and we looked at project

1:00:19 ↗ complexity um as you all know uh

1:00:22 ↗ projects are getting more and more

1:00:23 ↗ complex uh permitting um it's

1:00:27 ↗ challenging at times but understandable

1:00:30 ↗ so we want to make sure that we're

1:00:31 ↗ telling the whole story and we're being

1:00:33 ↗ more transparent in our

1:00:36 ↗ project and how how they're going to

1:00:40 ↗ evolve and I will pass it over to Jeff

1:00:42 ↗ to talk about our Creek

1:00:48 ↗ PE all right thank you again so um last

1:00:51 ↗ night at Committee of the whole you got

1:00:53 ↗ a little preview of this um so I will I

1:00:55 ↗ will touch on it uh a little more depth

1:00:58 ↗ but uh not too much

1:01:01 ↗ um so as I mentioned last night this

1:01:04 ↗ really represents a new concept to to

1:01:08 ↗ clarify and the green necklace uh

1:01:10 ↗ concept and to really build upon that uh

1:01:13 ↗ green necklace and um allow it to become

1:01:17 ↗ more of a

1:01:18 ↗ Citywide

1:01:19 ↗ systemwide Vision um a lot of community

1:01:23 ↗ engagement throughout the process but

1:01:25 ↗ but then even as we um since June um and

1:01:30 ↗ and introduced the Greek Creeks to Peaks

1:01:32 ↗ concept to you as well as to the

1:01:34 ↗ community have gotten a lot of of of

1:01:36 ↗ really good Community feedback um we

1:01:39 ↗ hear a lot of emphasis from the

1:01:40 ↗ community about as I said earlier the

1:01:42 ↗ role of the system desires to have

1:01:45 ↗ strong movement through the system to

1:01:47 ↗ make sure our system is protecting the

1:01:49 ↗ natural environment um to make sure we

1:01:52 ↗ have enhanced active Recreation

1:01:54 ↗ opportunities and elements within our

1:01:55 ↗ our system uh to make sure our system is

1:01:59 ↗ supportive of the migration patterns of

1:02:01 ↗ habitat and Wildlife uh through the city

1:02:04 ↗ um and and to make sure um it also

1:02:07 ↗ provides great human connection uh from

1:02:09 ↗ neighborhood to Neighborhood um and also

1:02:12 ↗ out into the surrounding public lands um

1:02:15 ↗ all of that emphasis really um came to

1:02:18 ↗ um creating this definition of creeks to

1:02:22 ↗ Peaks we really feel like Creeks to

1:02:24 ↗ Peaks uh reference is in many ways the

1:02:26 ↗ topography that that we as a community

1:02:28 ↗ celebrate um in so many

1:02:31 ↗ ways to highlight a little bit about how

1:02:34 ↗ the the document goes a little further

1:02:36 ↗ into Creeks to Peaks uh we take a look

1:02:40 ↗ at really three components of the system

1:02:43 ↗ um what does Creeks to Peaks mean in

1:02:45 ↗ terms of the natural connections and the

1:02:47 ↗ natural fabric uh that um our community

1:02:50 ↗ um so wants our Park system to support

1:02:56 ↗ and also taking a look at the human

1:02:58 ↗ connections uh knowing as a community uh

1:03:00 ↗ we have residents that are uh wanting to

1:03:03 ↗ not only connect to nature but also

1:03:05 ↗ recreate in such a wide variety of ways

1:03:08 ↗ um again we feel like Creeks to Peaks

1:03:10 ↗ and this Vision uh begins to speak to um

1:03:13 ↗ how humans um and how residents and

1:03:16 ↗ visitors want to connect to their system

1:03:19 ↗ and connect to

1:03:20 ↗ Nature and then lastly a third layer

1:03:23 ↗ that we put into Creeks to Peaks and

1:03:25 ↗ again the plan um goes into a little

1:03:27 ↗ further detail is the trail connections

1:03:29 ↗ themselves um and how do we really look

1:03:32 ↗ at uh both in city um and out of city um

1:03:37 ↗ making sure those Trail connections make

1:03:38 ↗ sense um I think we have a great

1:03:40 ↗ foundation and all three of these um

1:03:42 ↗ sort of connections and elements uh but

1:03:45 ↗ U making sure as as Robin mentioned and

1:03:47 ↗ as you look at the definitions and the

1:03:50 ↗ descriptions of those projects the

1:03:52 ↗ priorities of near Mid and longterm that

1:03:54 ↗ those projects are begin to build bite

1:03:57 ↗ by bite project by project um a system

1:04:00 ↗ that um would be the Envy of many

1:04:03 ↗ communities around us um it's real for

1:04:06 ↗ us in isqua to think we could create a

1:04:08 ↗ system that has every part

1:04:10 ↗ connected every part connected um uh via

1:04:16 ↗ Trail pretty pretty

1:04:20 ↗ exciting as assanti's coming up I just

1:04:22 ↗ want to uh give a a thank you to HTI and

1:04:25 ↗ I know you're hearing a few new voices

1:04:27 ↗ tonight uh forgive us as we're bouncing

1:04:29 ↗ around uh you may recall um when we

1:04:31 ↗ launched this project we lost a park

1:04:33 ↗ planner uh so we endeavored we jumped

1:04:36 ↗ into this effort um in a bit of

1:04:38 ↗ transition um H Santi has done an

1:04:41 ↗ amazing amazing job of really being that

1:04:43 ↗ bridge in that transition with Robin

1:04:45 ↗ coming on board in September again

1:04:47 ↗ they've both done a great job STI serves

1:04:49 ↗ as our Lea on to the park board so with

1:04:52 ↗ that um you can outline all the great

1:04:54 ↗ work uh we've had a terrific group of

1:04:57 ↗ residents as parkboard members steering

1:04:59 ↗ this

1:05:04 ↗ work um yeah so along with all of the

1:05:07 ↗ other community engagement throughout

1:05:09 ↗ this plan the park board has had a huge

1:05:12 ↗ role in shaping this plan that you see

1:05:15 ↗ before you today um they've had multiple

1:05:17 ↗ touches to help guide review and

1:05:19 ↗ Advocate on topics related to our Park

1:05:23 ↗ classifications the goals and policy

1:05:25 ↗ section

1:05:26 ↗ um how and when we did Community

1:05:28 ↗ engagement reviewing the surveys

1:05:30 ↗ responses and the mapping responses they

1:05:34 ↗ looked at um our core values and themes

1:05:38 ↗ um we did an in-depth discussion about

1:05:41 ↗ our athletic fields and Partnerships and

1:05:44 ↗ how we can expand in places that we may

1:05:46 ↗ be land restricted but still maybe have

1:05:49 ↗ some

1:05:49 ↗ opportunity um they also looked at our

1:05:52 ↗ ass system analysis um helped us really

1:05:55 ↗ create this Creeks to Peak Parks system

1:05:58 ↗ Vision um and looked at our project

1:06:02 ↗ prioritization and multiple versions of

1:06:05 ↗ draft reviews um they've really done

1:06:08 ↗ immense work and we thank them all for

1:06:10 ↗ their Insight their thoughtful

1:06:12 ↗ discussion and considerations um you'll

1:06:14 ↗ see on this Slide the number of meetings

1:06:17 ↗ that um the park plan itself came to

1:06:20 ↗ them for over the year um and we're

1:06:23 ↗ happy to report that at the August

1:06:25 ↗ meeting

1:06:26 ↗ um of this year the board took action to

1:06:28 ↗ move the draft plan document forward

1:06:31 ↗ into the city council adoption process

1:06:33 ↗ bringing us here to you tonight um and

1:06:37 ↗ with that I'm actually going to pause

1:06:40 ↗ this presentation and move to try to um

1:06:44 ↗ utilize Robin's um computer to Showcase

1:06:48 ↗ um the item about athletic fields to

1:06:50 ↗ address a question that you all had um

1:06:53 ↗ from June

1:07:03 ↗ while you're doing that and again sorry

1:07:04 ↗ for some of our laptop um

1:07:16 ↗ glitches so

1:07:18 ↗ um excellent question that that chair

1:07:20 ↗ Marts had at our last meeting uh when we

1:07:22 ↗ were talking about Equity uh you brought

1:07:24 ↗ up the question of of Cricket right and

1:07:27 ↗ what would it look like for us to

1:07:28 ↗ incorporate Cricket either as a single

1:07:30 ↗ use um um or I or a

1:07:34 ↗ multi-use thank you Autumn as you're

1:07:36 ↗ looking at this um so what you're seeing

1:07:40 ↗ is I think what we shared with you is

1:07:42 ↗ Central Park we currently um have some

1:07:45 ↗ Cricket groups utilizing that space um

1:07:48 ↗ this is an aerial of um what is known as

1:07:52 ↗ pad 3 uh at Central Park where we have

1:07:54 ↗ two soccer Fields um a um Cricket group

1:07:59 ↗ comes in and bring puts a portable pitch

1:08:01 ↗ in between the two soccer fields and

1:08:02 ↗ utilizes it as a as a temporary space um

1:08:07 ↗ this overlay is an attempt uh for us to

1:08:10 ↗ and there's a a second overlay uh but

1:08:12 ↗ it's it's a look at what a regulation

1:08:15 ↗ siiz Cricket field would mean um in in

1:08:18 ↗ relation to or relative to those two

1:08:20 ↗ soccer fields um if we were to and

1:08:23 ↗ you'll see in another visual hopefully

1:08:25 ↗ uh we'll make sure it's um at least in

1:08:27 ↗ the in the minutes um is a similar uh

1:08:30 ↗ same siiz um aerial of um tibits Valley

1:08:35 ↗ Park and and shows um some of the

1:08:40 ↗ realities that we have in isqua of we

1:08:43 ↗ are as a land constrained city um

1:08:46 ↗ our amount of uh developable land is

1:08:50 ↗ relatively limited um as the as the park

1:08:54 ↗ plan before you

1:08:56 ↗ identifies um we really see as we look

1:08:59 ↗ at the needs for such a wide variety of

1:09:01 ↗ sports whether it's lacrosse softball

1:09:04 ↗ soccer

1:09:06 ↗ football

1:09:08 ↗ Cricket any number of sports uh to think

1:09:11 ↗ that we could create single use

1:09:13 ↗ facilities for any one of them uh would

1:09:15 ↗ be a a a real challenge for us uh both

1:09:18 ↗ financially and and as well in terms of

1:09:20 ↗ of land and so um as we look at creating

1:09:25 ↗ multi-use field spaces um we very much

1:09:28 ↗ want to include the ability to

1:09:30 ↗ incorporate Cricket um into into that

1:09:33 ↗ use um along with um Central Park for

1:09:37 ↗ example um as you're seeing that aerial

1:09:39 ↗ that is um currently accommodating youth

1:09:42 ↗ football um boys and girls lacrosse um

1:09:46 ↗ boys and girls soccer um baseball

1:09:49 ↗ softball and Cricket as well

1:09:59 ↗ thank you Autumn so here again a similar

1:10:02 ↗ taking that same relative size dimension

1:10:05 ↗ of what Cricut would look like um what

1:10:08 ↗ that would um mean in terms of at tibits

1:10:11 ↗ Valley Park if we were to look at trying

1:10:13 ↗ to incorporate a single use or sole use

1:10:16 ↗ um Cricut facility um what we've heard

1:10:19 ↗ from the community um and as as Asanti

1:10:22 ↗ mentioned earlier Tietz Valley Park is a

1:10:25 ↗ park we see as a high priority to to um

1:10:28 ↗ U reimagine um there's a strong desire

1:10:32 ↗ to take what is really a baseball

1:10:35 ↗ complex um and create more of a

1:10:37 ↗ multi-use um Sports facility um as we do

1:10:41 ↗ that again we see with the growth of

1:10:43 ↗ cricket um a real desire uh for us to

1:10:46 ↗ make sure we're incorporating the

1:10:47 ↗ ability for uh cricket to be um used in

1:10:50 ↗ spaces like that as well so um rough

1:10:54 ↗ visual but um

1:10:56 ↗ there it

1:10:57 ↗ is and with that thank you so much um

1:11:00 ↗ sorry I have a question about Cricket um

1:11:03 ↗ so this is going to display my ignorance

1:11:06 ↗ how long is a is a standard uh cricket

1:11:11 ↗ event wow I would I would need to find

1:11:13 ↗ out you know most of the cricket use

1:11:15 ↗ that's happening right now in our Park

1:11:17 ↗ system are youth games and I know those

1:11:19 ↗ are a modified length of time um I would

1:11:23 ↗ need to cuz what I wanted to ask is how

1:11:26 ↗ many games were being played of cricket

1:11:28 ↗ per weekend but I also wanted to make

1:11:30 ↗ sure that if a game takes you know 10

1:11:32 ↗ hours you're not comparing Apples to

1:11:34 ↗ Apples with a with a soccer man yeah

1:11:37 ↗ yeah I could I could find that out I

1:11:39 ↗ could look at our um I would just be

1:11:41 ↗ curious to know how many people are

1:11:42 ↗ taking advantage of because that's a

1:11:44 ↗ that's a nice setup that temporary the

1:11:46 ↗ way you can use the space between uh the

1:11:48 ↗ soccer fields and I would just be

1:11:50 ↗ curious to know how many folks are are

1:11:52 ↗ actually availing themselves yeah no

1:11:54 ↗ it's a great question we can we can get

1:11:56 ↗ you that data um as this as this moves

1:12:01 ↗ forward council member Joe thank you

1:12:05 ↗ um director uh you had talked about uh

1:12:08 ↗ commenting on the comments from the

1:12:10 ↗ tribe and I want to give you an

1:12:12 ↗ opportunity to do that uh if you if you

1:12:14 ↗ could

1:12:19 ↗ please pardon me as I'm jumping there so

1:12:23 ↗ um as we at interacted with the tribe as

1:12:26 ↗ we interfaced with the tribe um a lot of

1:12:29 ↗ their feedback was um around um access

1:12:33 ↗ to Trails um continued ability to do

1:12:37 ↗ Gathering uh throughout our our natural

1:12:39 ↗ open space system whether that's

1:12:41 ↗ tradition Plateau or or other spaces um

1:12:45 ↗ wildlife and and speaking to as I said

1:12:49 ↗ earlier the need for our Park system our

1:12:51 ↗ Park system plays such a role as

1:12:53 ↗ migration uh routes um for habitat and

1:12:56 ↗ Wildlife and wanting to make sure we

1:12:58 ↗ reinforce that I think some other really

1:13:01 ↗ important feedback we've heard from the

1:13:02 ↗ the tribe is um responsible Recreation

1:13:06 ↗ how are we as we are um managing and

1:13:11 ↗ stewarding the public land how are we

1:13:12 ↗ stewarding in a way that it's not being

1:13:15 ↗ overburdened by Recreation um but

1:13:18 ↗ we're as we're thinking of things like

1:13:21 ↗ Trail heads and Trail use not

1:13:22 ↗ concentrating in one place but um making

1:13:25 ↗ sure that use is um sort of spread

1:13:28 ↗ throughout the system and and not

1:13:29 ↗ impacting one

1:13:33 ↗ area um I appreciate that that uh

1:13:37 ↗ comment there I I was reading an article

1:13:39 ↗ in the newspaper about Kama Beach Park

1:13:42 ↗ um it's uh on the

1:13:46 ↗ uh it's a camping area it up by Stanwood

1:13:50 ↗ and would be island I believe yeah um

1:13:54 ↗ they a a state park that has a number of

1:13:57 ↗ cabins in the area but they can't um the

1:14:01 ↗ the board that oversees it is deciding

1:14:03 ↗ to close the park because there's a

1:14:07 ↗ known um tribal burial area close enough

1:14:11 ↗ that it impacts any new construction or

1:14:14 ↗ Renovations that might be done Etc my

1:14:16 ↗ question to you is um have we reached

1:14:19 ↗ out to the CBE tribe and had any

1:14:20 ↗ discussions about um things that we

1:14:23 ↗ might need to preserve as a city as a

1:14:25 ↗ whole and perhaps in our parks that are

1:14:28 ↗ culturally significant sites or

1:14:31 ↗ important for religious purposes for the

1:14:33 ↗ tribe etc etc um I don't necessarily

1:14:36 ↗ need an answer today but um would like

1:14:38 ↗ to make sure that we are having that

1:14:40 ↗ conversation along the way I know the

1:14:42 ↗ the mayor has put in so much effort to

1:14:44 ↗ have a monthly meeting with this squami

1:14:46 ↗ tribe and I want to make sure that we're

1:14:48 ↗ looking at all the different avenues

1:14:49 ↗ that we can be respectful uh to the

1:14:51 ↗ tribe and and honor their contributions

1:14:53 ↗ to this area

1:14:55 ↗ absolutely it's a great point no

1:14:57 ↗ specific areas have have come up but um

1:15:00 ↗ from the mayor to our department

1:15:02 ↗ throughout the organization through the

1:15:03 ↗ city you know as we're relationship

1:15:05 ↗ building with the tribe um it's it's

1:15:08 ↗ that kind of feedback that kind of

1:15:09 ↗ information that that we want to hear um

1:15:12 ↗ tonight in the committee U meeting I

1:15:14 ↗ just gave a real broad overview of some

1:15:15 ↗ of the feedback but the letter that they

1:15:17 ↗ provided to us is um attached in the the

1:15:21 ↗ packet

1:15:23 ↗ tonight and and I I'll do a followup on

1:15:26 ↗ that specifically in the paragraph

1:15:28 ↗ titled intergovernmental Partnerships

1:15:30 ↗ there's requests for specific language

1:15:32 ↗ change um I mean that letter came in in

1:15:35 ↗ August and I think you said that the

1:15:37 ↗ parks board approved in August did we um

1:15:40 ↗ make the changes requested of us by the

1:15:42 ↗ tribe yes seeing head head nods yes okay

1:15:46 ↗ thank you I think that the statement in

1:15:48 ↗ there about tribal consultation should

1:15:50 ↗ be stated as its own tactic due to

1:15:52 ↗ Sovereign government to government

1:15:53 ↗ nature of Engagement which is different

1:15:55 ↗ from diverse Community engagement is

1:15:57 ↗ super important and the nature of our

1:15:59 ↗ relationship with the tribe is is unique

1:16:02 ↗ in that felt the same way Tres correct

1:16:04 ↗ so we actually added a another strategy

1:16:07 ↗ um under one of our goals and and uh

1:16:10 ↗ core values to be able to speak to that

1:16:13 ↗ wonderful that's a that's a great answer

1:16:15 ↗ and we've sent that update also back to

1:16:17 ↗ our our tribal Partners as well for

1:16:19 ↗ further review great yeah thank you so

1:16:21 ↗ much it's a great answer

1:16:25 ↗ um I have an unrelated question

1:16:28 ↗ um we had had some some Community um

1:16:32 ↗ engagement on the subject of archery and

1:16:35 ↗ uh statements made around that the park

1:16:37 ↗ system plan Community survey had shown

1:16:39 ↗ some interest in archery um I don't see

1:16:42 ↗ archery mentioned in this document so

1:16:43 ↗ can you talk to me a little bit about

1:16:46 ↗ did the park system plan Community

1:16:48 ↗ survey indicate interest from the

1:16:50 ↗ community in archery and if so how do we

1:16:52 ↗ what do

1:16:53 ↗ we how do we want to engage on that and

1:16:56 ↗ I and I ask this because I after after

1:16:59 ↗ we last talked about it um you know I'm

1:17:01 ↗ from Minnesota and um the southwestern

1:17:04 ↗ suburbs of the Twin Cities Bloomington

1:17:07 ↗ Burnsville Apple Valley Eden Prairie all

1:17:10 ↗ have had archery uh since I was I was a

1:17:13 ↗ kid and in fact Bloomington still has

1:17:15 ↗ the same archery field where I did

1:17:17 ↗ archery 35 years ago so just wondering

1:17:20 ↗ uh how we how we how we feel about that

1:17:23 ↗ given I I understand that people

1:17:25 ↗ shooting projectiles you know even

1:17:28 ↗ without gunpowder can be an area of

1:17:30 ↗ concern but you know cour law works the

1:17:32 ↗ same in Minnesota as it does in in

1:17:34 ↗ Washington state so I assume that

1:17:36 ↗ they've been able to do that

1:17:37 ↗ successfully without you know

1:17:39 ↗ bankrupting their AB absolutely well I

1:17:41 ↗ can tell you as a parks department we've

1:17:43 ↗ had multiple conversations with that

1:17:44 ↗ Resident we are very supportive of the

1:17:46 ↗ idea of of archery as as an amenity

1:17:49 ↗ within the system um there are a number

1:17:51 ↗ of things we need to work through with

1:17:52 ↗ risk um and our insurance carrier wcia

1:17:56 ↗ we've already posed uh those questions

1:17:58 ↗ with them um uh it did come up in public

1:18:01 ↗ engagement um um as you look at U one of

1:18:05 ↗ the appendix that really gets into the

1:18:07 ↗ details of of the document you'll see in

1:18:09 ↗ particular um one of the last engagement

1:18:12 ↗ um exercises we did the online mapping

1:18:14 ↗ exercise uh that Resident um did a great

1:18:18 ↗ job of um in that mapping tool you could

1:18:21 ↗ you could note a comment at a specific

1:18:23 ↗ Park and then invite residents to to

1:18:26 ↗ lend comment to that so in particular

1:18:28 ↗ what we saw was um his comment in

1:18:31 ↗ support of Junior archery at tibits

1:18:34 ↗ Valley Park um brought um you know 70

1:18:37 ↗ plus responses from from others taking

1:18:39 ↗ that survey saying yeah a great idea um

1:18:43 ↗ you know relatively that's quite a bit

1:18:45 ↗ um in that same online mapping

1:18:47 ↗ survey um residents who commented on

1:18:51 ↗ additional multi-use fields or or

1:18:53 ↗ improved multi-use fields at tibits

1:18:54 ↗ Valley Park at 100 plus responses so

1:18:57 ↗ again strong um interest um what the

1:19:01 ↗ document reflects um in chapter 3 um

1:19:05 ↗ actually chapter four

1:19:07 ↗ implementation um after you look at the

1:19:10 ↗ the near-term midterm long-term projects

1:19:12 ↗ we also added a table that really speaks

1:19:15 ↗ to park amenities um and and tried to

1:19:19 ↗ call out what are these amenities that

1:19:21 ↗ residents May might not have been site

1:19:23 ↗ specific or might have been amenities

1:19:25 ↗ that could be single projects or

1:19:27 ↗ incorporated into um a a broader Park

1:19:31 ↗ Redevelopment and archery is identified

1:19:34 ↗ um on that table so it it is definitely

1:19:37 ↗ in the document um we feel like it is as

1:19:41 ↗ as we go into Capital planning as we go

1:19:44 ↗ into implementing uh this uh system plan

1:19:48 ↗ it's certainly an amenity worth

1:19:50 ↗ exploring and taking a taking a look at

1:19:52 ↗ and seeing how we could incorporate it

1:19:54 ↗ and and I will offer again you know

1:19:56 ↗ everyone in Minnesota knows everyone

1:19:57 ↗ else it's sort of required by law so Ron

1:20:00 ↗ case the mayor of Eden Perry is a friend

1:20:01 ↗ of mine and I'm sure we could get you

1:20:04 ↗ know parks to Parks level conversations

1:20:06 ↗ they put they put archery in shortly

1:20:08 ↗ after my wife and I and kids moved out

1:20:10 ↗ here and it's still there and I believe

1:20:13 ↗ it's been quite successful at the park

1:20:14 ↗ that was about a block from my old house

1:20:17 ↗ so you know if we if we wanted to talk

1:20:19 ↗ to another parks department about uh

1:20:21 ↗ what to do or what not to do or how to

1:20:22 ↗ make uh uh our insurance is more happy

1:20:25 ↗ I'm sure that um mayor case would be

1:20:27 ↗ glad to help that's great that's very

1:20:29 ↗ helpful to know like I said yeah yeah

1:20:31 ↗ work with wcia and our own work we'll uh

1:20:34 ↗ uh really look at at how we could

1:20:36 ↗ incorporate that thank you other

1:20:42 ↗ questions more to

1:20:44 ↗ present no um we're at the we're we're

1:20:47 ↗ at the end thank you so much sorry for

1:20:50 ↗ again the the thank you for our song and

1:20:52 ↗ dance we ended it did end up singing and

1:20:54 ↗ dancing just not singing and dancing

1:20:56 ↗ metaph uh through this through this

1:20:58 ↗ presentation but thank you again

1:21:00 ↗ direction we're seeking tonight is your

1:21:02 ↗ recommendation and and furthering uh

1:21:04 ↗ this on to full Council for adoption um

1:21:08 ↗ but look forward to any questions and

1:21:10 ↗ and just feedback that you all have

1:21:12 ↗ thank you so

1:21:13 ↗ much well before we uh go to feedback we

1:21:16 ↗ no longer have any members of the public

1:21:18 ↗ in attendance um but I will ask the

1:21:20 ↗ clerk uh whether uh folks online uh have

1:21:24 ↗ any have expressed any interest in

1:21:26 ↗ providing public comment on this

1:21:29 ↗ item chair Marts we have no virtual

1:21:32 ↗ attendees at this time

1:21:35 ↗ what well all right then we we enter

1:21:39 ↗ into the discussion

1:21:40 ↗ phase Council uh Deputy council

1:21:44 ↗ president sorry I thought you were

1:21:45 ↗ moving to the

1:21:47 ↗ mic and well so there um so I'll I'll

1:21:51 ↗ just be very brief I think this was a

1:21:53 ↗ wonderful presentation and uh obviously

1:21:56 ↗ well thought out well sourced in the

1:21:59 ↗ community really amazing uh

1:22:01 ↗ engagement and um I think it is very

1:22:05 ↗ reflective of where our community is

1:22:07 ↗ right now on Parks and I don't have any

1:22:10 ↗ uh suggestions for improvements or

1:22:12 ↗ additions so um yes I would be uh very

1:22:15 ↗ much in favor of uh sending it forward

1:22:17 ↗ for adoption thank

1:22:19 ↗ you council member Joe uh I Echo the

1:22:23 ↗ sentiments of uh Deputy council

1:22:27 ↗ president that uh this should go on to

1:22:30 ↗ the council for approval I'll make just

1:22:32 ↗ a a couple of comments on The

1:22:34 ↗ Impressions that I had and the uh um I

1:22:37 ↗ came away quite impressed with uh this

1:22:40 ↗ plan overall and that's quite a

1:22:42 ↗ compliment to you director and your

1:22:44 ↗ staff were picking up when uh we we lost

1:22:47 ↗ a a a planner and uh I think we didn't

1:22:51 ↗ even see um you know a misstep or any

1:22:54 ↗ kind of slowdown in this process and

1:22:56 ↗ that's quite a credit to you and your

1:22:59 ↗ staff there that it was able to smoothly

1:23:01 ↗ transition to uh get this done um I'm

1:23:04 ↗ quite impressed with the uh Equity

1:23:07 ↗ priority areas that I had a question

1:23:09 ↗ about earlier um as I mentioned I've

1:23:12 ↗ always had the impression that we have a

1:23:14 ↗ great natural environment and our parks

1:23:15 ↗ are a a significant contributor to that

1:23:19 ↗ factor in our city and just having the

1:23:22 ↗ um solid numbers so to speak or looking

1:23:25 ↗ at the the priority areas um based on

1:23:29 ↗ census data does help give us those

1:23:31 ↗ facts behind what I think our citizens

1:23:33 ↗ are seeing every day that helps them be

1:23:36 ↗ very proud of the park system that we

1:23:38 ↗ have also impressed that 68% of the

1:23:40 ↗ residents are within a half mile walk of

1:23:42 ↗ the parks in open space it's just

1:23:44 ↗ tremendous that people can get out their

1:23:45 ↗ front door within 10 minutes being in a

1:23:47 ↗ park and 50 56% of the residents are

1:23:50 ↗ within a quarter mile walk to a trail

1:23:52 ↗ and that's a f minute walk

1:23:55 ↗ um you know to to get there um you know

1:23:58 ↗ and and get out into the natural

1:24:01 ↗ environment and away from the the the

1:24:03 ↗ city Urban world that we live in uh so

1:24:06 ↗ much of our time so um those numbers are

1:24:09 ↗ fantastic for showing the value of our

1:24:12 ↗ Park system to our citizens and how well

1:24:14 ↗ we're planning for the future as well so

1:24:17 ↗ I'm just compliments to you and your

1:24:18 ↗ staff um I would approve moveing this uh

1:24:21 ↗ forward to the next step thank you thank

1:24:24 ↗ you um I I will add I I think this is a

1:24:27 ↗ very good document um I think it's

1:24:30 ↗ important that it reflects the public so

1:24:33 ↗ strongly and and in engagement with the

1:24:35 ↗ public because I think we're entering a

1:24:37 ↗ really challenging time as a city you

1:24:39 ↗ know this committee um deals with the

1:24:42 ↗ three biggest uh expenditures out of uh

1:24:45 ↗ out of our funds right police fire and

1:24:47 ↗ parks and Parks is rightly you know one

1:24:50 ↗ of the big three and I think that uh we

1:24:53 ↗ all know that we are we are under real

1:24:56 ↗ challenges and you know the parks

1:24:58 ↗ department has been able to expand a lot

1:25:00 ↗ of things greatly um over the 15 years

1:25:03 ↗ that I've been here um but you know it's

1:25:07 ↗ probably not going to be looking at

1:25:08 ↗ expansion for I mean there will be

1:25:10 ↗ improvements on to the system but you

1:25:12 ↗ know a lot of it is going to be what do

1:25:14 ↗ we maintain and what do we hold dear um

1:25:17 ↗ as we look to be very very careful with

1:25:20 ↗ our money coming up and that's where I

1:25:21 ↗ think this plan will be most important

1:25:24 ↗ is to come back to be able to come back

1:25:25 ↗ to council and say these are hard

1:25:27 ↗ decisions but these decisions are

1:25:29 ↗ Anchored In what we've heard from the

1:25:30 ↗ community that's where that's where this

1:25:32 ↗ is going to be worth its weight and gold

1:25:35 ↗ so I'm also supportive of bringing it

1:25:36 ↗ back uh was the administration

1:25:38 ↗ recommending on regular

1:25:40 ↗ business

1:25:42 ↗ yes all right so are we three to0 in

1:25:44 ↗ favor of yep three to0 in favor of

1:25:46 ↗ coming back to regular business so Jeff

1:25:49 ↗ thank you and thank you for your staff

1:25:50 ↗ here this evening uh great presentation

1:25:53 ↗ great uh

1:25:54 ↗ conversation um any closing comments

1:25:57 ↗ from my fellow committee

1:26:03 ↗ members uh all right well and then with

1:26:07 ↗ that that was our last item for this

1:26:08 ↗ evening um so uh clerk we have no other

1:26:12 ↗ business right any announcements uh I do

1:26:15 ↗ not have any announcements so with that

1:26:18 ↗ at 7:56 we are adjourned and thank you

1:26:20 ↗ for watching

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