Equity Board · Wednesday, June 5, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of [insert date]

packet pp.3–4

▶ Watch from 5:57 Open packet at p.3 ↗

Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 05-01-24 Equity Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Equity Board 6:00 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave. May 1, 2024 MINUTES SE, Issaquah

4. CHAIR REPORT

Opening Question Facilitated by: Priti Mody-Pan, Equity Board Chair

Topics: Equity

5. STAFF REPORT

Updates on Items from Previous (May) Meeting

Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator

6. AGENDA ITEMS

Parks Plan Update

Hasanthi Hoglund, Business Operations Specialist, Parks and Community Services · packet pp.5–19

Topics: Parks

▶ Watch from 21:07 Open packet at p.5 ↗

Staff report:

II. Community Engagement III. Vision, Goals, Policy IV. System Concept: Issaquah’s CREEK TO PEAKS Parks System

Chair and Vice Chair Annual Election Facilitated by: Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator

Topics: Elections

▶ Watch from 44:24

Closing Thought Facilitated by: Priti Mody-Pan, Equity Board Chair

Topics: Equity

▶ Watch from 1:07:41

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0:02 ↗ and we're

0:04 ↗ good great well let's see it's 603 pm

0:09 ↗ and I called the June 5th meeting of the

0:14 ↗ equity board to order I was trying to

0:15 ↗ think about whether it was a special

0:17 ↗ meeting or not I don't think it's

0:18 ↗ special meeting it's a regular meeting

0:21 ↗ and let's see so Dale can I ask your

0:23 ↗ assistance for uh the roll call

0:28 ↗ absolutely um we'll start with the folks

0:31 ↗ oh there there she is okay I was like

0:34 ↗ how much can I Vamp before the top of

0:37 ↗ the alphabet is here um we'll just do

0:40 ↗ Lear a last as we go uh Barn DOA

0:45 ↗ is not here but is meant to be here

0:47 ↗ currently marked abson um shaie

0:52 ↗ kapor

0:54 ↗ hi uh Ry manahan here Leslie Mander

0:58 ↗ Irwin here pry mod pan here Kelly M here

1:03 ↗ Kunal

1:05 ↗ Shava uh Christina abon has an excused

1:08 ↗ absence Tony

1:10 ↗ Curry not currently here but expected to

1:13 ↗ be here but currently marked absent Shay

1:15 ↗ Fleming has an excused absence and caric

1:18 ↗ kosinov has an excused absence Lura

1:21 ↗ Gilmore here excellent we have forum and

1:24 ↗ we're set to go for this evening great

1:27 ↗ okay so next up on the agenda is public

1:29 ↗ comment

1:30 ↗ and so I see the council president Walsh

1:33 ↗ in the room um and I don't think there's

1:35 ↗ anyone else um in the teams meeting so

1:40 ↗ um council president Walsh I invite you

1:42 ↗ to give public comment yeah fantastic

1:45 ↗ well I am just coming down um we as

1:48 ↗ Council really really really rely on the

1:52 ↗ advice and the uh time that the boards

1:57 ↗ put in and so we always try and visit as

2:00 ↗ many of them as we can especially after

2:02 ↗ new members um start to come on so I

2:06 ↗ really just wanted to stop by and as

2:08 ↗ someone who started out on a board I was

2:11 ↗ on the planning policy board for two

2:13 ↗ years I really understand how much work

2:16 ↗ it is for absolutely no pay very little

2:20 ↗ recognition um and I just want to say

2:23 ↗ thank you thank you for putting in the

2:26 ↗ time doing the work um being really

2:30 ↗ involved in this area in particular um

2:34 ↗ it's lovely seeing how you guys are

2:36 ↗ developing your work here on something

2:39 ↗ that's so new and recognizing that it's

2:44 ↗ so it's so nice as a community to be

2:48 ↗ able

2:51 ↗ to give this to you guys and say we

2:55 ↗ really care about this and we really

2:57 ↗ want to know how do you want to see us

3:01 ↗ make changes you know I

3:06 ↗ love I love seeing the ideas come out as

3:12 ↗ as you pull together in you're like well

3:14 ↗ we feel like the um Staffing model and

3:19 ↗ hiring um could be improved in this area

3:22 ↗ and so I guess I'm just in awe of the

3:25 ↗ work that you guys are doing and the

3:27 ↗ fact that you've been involved and are

3:31 ↗ pushing us on this I encourage you to do

3:33 ↗ more on that um and so toward that idea

3:37 ↗ I would say you have a big important

3:40 ↗ idea obviously Dale um is gonna bring

3:44 ↗ stuff back up to the council but I would

3:47 ↗ encourage you guys to write a letter um

3:50 ↗ if there is something that is uh

3:52 ↗ strongly coming through I would also say

3:56 ↗ your comments as individuals matter and

4:00 ↗ the little secret that I like to tell

4:03 ↗ community members is that we're a town

4:07 ↗ of about 40,000 people city council gets

4:11 ↗ maybe five emails a

4:14 ↗ week yeah yeah and so if you want to

4:18 ↗ have a large impact more than voting the

4:24 ↗ thing that you can do is write to us and

4:26 ↗ tell us about what your concerns what

4:28 ↗ your issues are things that you notice

4:32 ↗ around town um it's it's a really

4:35 ↗ impactful way to be able to say hey we

4:39 ↗ noticed this issue of we had a high

4:41 ↗ schooler who emailed us uh fairly

4:44 ↗ recently and said hey I'm trying to

4:47 ↗ drive down from the highlands and the

4:51 ↗ light poles um aren't lit up and I find

4:54 ↗ that to be a really difficult area and I

4:57 ↗ think for the safety of our community

4:59 ↗ address that and I went to staff and I

5:02 ↗ said who do we talk to about that

5:04 ↗ they're like oh that's easy we just put

5:05 ↗ in a request with pet sound energy and

5:08 ↗ they came out a week later and redid the

5:10 ↗ light so not everything is as quick and

5:13 ↗ easy to handle as something like that

5:16 ↗ but it just goes to show how much um a

5:20 ↗ voice matters in that area and so we

5:24 ↗ always look forward to everything that

5:26 ↗ you guys pull through as the board and

5:29 ↗ commit but also I encourage you to get

5:31 ↗ involved individually so just one St by

5:34 ↗ say thank you for all your work let you

5:36 ↗ know we're paying attention to it and uh

5:39 ↗ we love what you

5:40 ↗ do yeah indeed I'm gonna let you guys do

5:44 ↗ your work I'm gonna go pick up my kids

5:46 ↗ at the

5:47 ↗ garage perfect timing on everything

5:50 ↗ thank you for your

5:54 ↗ comments okay so moving on to the

5:57 ↗ approval of minutes I'll give you all

6:00 ↗ maybe a minute to refresh on uh the

6:03 ↗ document in your packet thank

6:15 ↗ you when someone is ready we get to get

6:17 ↗ a motion to approve

6:32 ↗ I had a just a small brief

6:35 ↗ comment after we uh make a motion to

6:37 ↗ approve we can we'll then have

6:39 ↗ discussion

6:41 ↗ so you could make a motion to approve

6:43 ↗ and someone could second

6:50 ↗ any I make a motion to approve

6:55 ↗ great a second have a second great I

6:58 ↗ love that argument are approving and

7:01 ↗ seconding all right shie what do you

7:03 ↗ what is your uh

7:04 ↗ comments so in the part that you uh

7:09 ↗ mention um can you hear

7:12 ↗ me yeah in the part that you mention

7:15 ↗ hold on it's U my my um screen closed

7:19 ↗ but um uh oh

7:23 ↗ boy

7:25 ↗ um uh can I come back to it I'm so sorry

7:28 ↗ my computer is kind of acting weird and

7:31 ↗ the page just vanished you're

7:37 ↗ good always always happens okay finally

7:41 ↗ worked it out um so the part where you

7:45 ↗ say that uh the board recommended that a

7:48 ↗ section for words and phrases to avoid

7:51 ↗ should be added to the glossery that

7:54 ↗ part I was thinking if you could just

7:56 ↗ put an example over there uh for example

7:59 ↗ example we talked about St the word

8:02 ↗ stakeholders um you know so just kind of

8:04 ↗ add a couple of examples that we

8:06 ↗ discussed

8:08 ↗ there absolutely thank

8:13 ↗ you any other comments or uh requests

8:17 ↗ for

8:22 ↗ revision all right so I think we can

8:25 ↗ consider the minutes approved with uh

8:28 ↗ shaunie's uh

8:30 ↗ suggested

8:33 ↗ change

8:35 ↗ nice okay so now we're on to the opening

8:39 ↗ question and so for folks who uh got

8:41 ↗ here a little early they had a preview

8:43 ↗ of the question um so the question for

8:46 ↗ today is how do you prefer to start your

8:50 ↗ day and um whoever goes first just let

8:54 ↗ me know and then call on someone to go

8:57 ↗ next

9:01 ↗ oh I'll go first so um it's it's three

9:05 ↗ things that I do um practically every

9:08 ↗ day which is um I focus on what I want

9:10 ↗ to accomplish um with intention whatever

9:13 ↗ that is from the B and then um I kind of

9:16 ↗ think about what that looks like in my

9:18 ↗ head and I'm thinking it's going to be a

9:19 ↗ good outcome and then the the third

9:21 ↗ thing that I do is that um if they're

9:23 ↗ not already up I I wake up my family or

9:25 ↗ I go and I say hey I love you and and

9:27 ↗ deliver hugs and kisses so try and do

9:30 ↗ that every

9:31 ↗ day so feel free to call on someone else

9:34 ↗ I know we don't have name tansa but do

9:36 ↗ your

9:39 ↗ best um I am very much a morning person

9:42 ↗ coming from 24 years of being a teacher

9:45 ↗ prob I'm wide awake and ready to go by

9:48 ↗ 7:05 for my first meeting um and so

9:51 ↗ recently the past 6 months I started

9:54 ↗ waking up and getting on the treadmill

9:56 ↗ half the time I'm half asleep but

9:58 ↗ luckily I keep my and shoes there but

10:01 ↗ that's the first thing I do and then as

10:02 ↗ soon as I'm done my workout I go down

10:04 ↗ and give my kid kids a hug and kiss and

10:06 ↗ spend some time with them and send them

10:08 ↗ off to school before I get ready for the

10:10 ↗ day and start my day so that's what I do

10:13 ↗ in the morning and I am going I think

10:16 ↗ you're I'm HTI HTI nice to meet you HTI

10:20 ↗ nice to meet you too goad okay cool H I

10:23 ↗ am not a morning person admittedly so my

10:27 ↗ morning is immediate water on my face to

10:30 ↗ wake me up um and then a cup of coffee

10:33 ↗ and then I can get the day going but uh

10:35 ↗ yeah if I could choose to sleep all day

10:38 ↗ I I might

10:40 ↗ Som but yeah the coffee and the water

10:43 ↗ definitely gets me out of B and then I

10:45 ↗ can get going I wish I were a morning

10:46 ↗ person occasionally on vacational I'll

10:49 ↗ do the early morning and get out and

10:50 ↗ feel the cool air and it feels so great

10:52 ↗ I'm like oh I could do this my whole

10:54 ↗ life and then the next day it just

10:55 ↗ doesn't happen so yeah

11:00 ↗ one day um and I will pass it actually

11:03 ↗ over to mall all right um so I and also

11:08 ↗ not

11:09 ↗ morning but I kind of force myself to

11:13 ↗ wake up early and then for school um

11:16 ↗ either get a quick workout in or go run

11:19 ↗ in my neighborhood um and I get back

11:22 ↗ like a cold

11:23 ↗ shower and then make

11:26 ↗ breakfast love it

11:29 ↗ do you like to go I'll go next um for

11:32 ↗ those of you who don't know me my my

11:33 ↗ name is Tony um the first thing I do

11:35 ↗ when I wake up in the morning I usually

11:37 ↗ will just stay in bed I'll pray I'll

11:39 ↗ pray first I feelig that that centers my

11:42 ↗ my steps and guides my steps throughout

11:44 ↗ the day it really does for me and then

11:46 ↗ when I get out of bed the first thing

11:47 ↗ I'll do is I'll do some some type of

11:48 ↗ workout something like whether maybe not

11:50 ↗ workout like an exercise I read

11:53 ↗ something years ago by two um very not

11:57 ↗ famous scientists who actually did some

12:00 ↗ things for us in the military that was

12:02 ↗ um taught that you could get rid of I me

12:06 ↗ some people need like you know of course

12:08 ↗ we're all different so some people need

12:10 ↗ medication to you know for PTSD issues

12:13 ↗ or depression or anxiety but what I

12:15 ↗ found in that that research is that two

12:18 ↗ minutes of

12:19 ↗ exercise before you do something that's

12:23 ↗ mind Rel it increases what's called

12:25 ↗ brain plasticity your ability to absorb

12:28 ↗ and information to relate information

12:31 ↗ just two minutes or whatever that

12:32 ↗ favorite exercise is just do that before

12:35 ↗ you have to do something so because I

12:37 ↗ work from home what I'll typically do

12:39 ↗ I'll do something whether be push-ups

12:41 ↗ jumping jacks something like that for

12:43 ↗ two minutes then I'll just dive into my

12:45 ↗ desk and just start working and it just

12:46 ↗ finds out it just I just find that that

12:50 ↗ just makes my day just just

12:53 ↗ smooth

12:55 ↗ great well perfect because I I'm G to

12:57 ↗ pay you back up I I

12:59 ↗ need my workout to in the morning um

13:01 ↗ it's not like they maybe 15 20 minutes

13:04 ↗ of I wouldn't call it yoga it's just

13:06 ↗ stretching and getting myself to

13:07 ↗ together exess my workouts in the

13:09 ↗ afternoon and after work but it's

13:12 ↗ something to Center myself as soon as my

13:14 ↗ daughter gets out the

13:17 ↗ door give myself 10 minutes just

13:20 ↗ stretch I do a lot of

13:26 ↗ stretching Dale good it to you me

13:31 ↗ um yeah the the question is prefer so I

13:35 ↗ yeah I thought I was like oh is it how I

13:37 ↗ do this or how I prefer um but I will

13:41 ↗ agree I both do this and I I think I

13:42 ↗ prefer my day this way to start with

13:45 ↗ becoming a thing exercise uh last fall

13:49 ↗ when my mother turned 65 I asked her

13:52 ↗ what's your advice for a younger A

13:54 ↗ Younger You what do you wish you had

13:56 ↗ known um in your 30s and she said I wish

13:59 ↗ I had started strength training in my

14:01 ↗ 30s because my flexibility and my

14:04 ↗ balance at age 65 is not what I wish it

14:06 ↗ were so I uh started seeing a trainer in

14:09 ↗ the fall and have been going to see her

14:12 ↗ three times a week since um last August

14:15 ↗ and that has been like a just

14:17 ↗ revolutionary way I feel like to change

14:20 ↗ my whole day the neuroplasticity I'm

14:22 ↗ like oh yeah and then also by this time

14:25 ↗ of the day when I lack the

14:26 ↗ neuroplasticity because I have I've been

14:28 ↗ sitting or standing um inside but I

14:30 ↗ think both that exercise and then the

14:32 ↗ other thing that I really

14:33 ↗ prefer dog walk and a cup of coffee at

14:36 ↗ the same time if I can get like I just

14:38 ↗ my day is better if I am able to get a

14:41 ↗ full 30 minute walk with my dog in the

14:43 ↗ morning I feel better about who I am as

14:45 ↗ a dog owner I'm sure if J were here

14:48 ↗ she'd be like yes you need more than

14:50 ↗ that 30 minutes but if he gets at least

14:52 ↗ that 30 minutes in the morning I can be

14:54 ↗ at peace with being here until uh 8 8:30

14:57 ↗ tonight so yeah those are the two things

14:59 ↗ for me uh shie what about

15:03 ↗ you oh unmute yeah my response is pretty

15:06 ↗ much similar to in the sense that what I

15:09 ↗ actually do versus what I would prefer

15:11 ↗ to do it's that's by pushing the snooze

15:15 ↗ button at least three

15:17 ↗ times uh but I still have to wake up

15:20 ↗ early because of school um so um then

15:23 ↗ it's uh me and my spouse we talk for 10

15:27 ↗ 15 minutes the whole day charting all of

15:30 ↗ that out and figuring things and then

15:33 ↗ it's um mild 5 minutes of stretching

15:38 ↗ just to you know release all the tension

15:40 ↗ and everything and then it's just uh go

15:43 ↗ go go you know get the kids ready get

15:45 ↗ the breakfast ready and off to I leave

15:49 ↗ by 6:40 so it's pretty yeah I wake up

15:53 ↗ pretty early say it's a go go go but on

15:56 ↗ weekends um we just got our backyard

15:59 ↗ done so it on a beautiful day it's

16:02 ↗ always a pleasure to just sit there and

16:05 ↗ kind of enjoy a little bit of peace and

16:07 ↗ quiet and mindfulness thaning yes thank

16:12 ↗ you Johnny probably can't see well we

16:15 ↗ yeah yeah um um being a retired person

16:20 ↗ with no real time frames I I get up I

16:23 ↗ still I get up way earlier than I used

16:25 ↗ to because I don't have to find it right

16:28 ↗ so I get up probably at 6 I get here's

16:31 ↗ what I really do I what I really do is I

16:33 ↗ get up because my cat's meowing and I

16:35 ↗ feed the cats and then I let them

16:37 ↗ outside that is literally the first

16:39 ↗ thing I do and then I make tea and I sit

16:41 ↗ down and I read probably for an hour and

16:44 ↗ then from there I do my normal day which

16:46 ↗ includes really pretty much the same

16:48 ↗ thing I do some my Spanish and do lingo

16:51 ↗ I do some game puzzles I work out at

16:54 ↗ least 45 minutes doing yoga and then

16:56 ↗ something else every day so I do two

16:59 ↗ things because I can and then

17:01 ↗ volunteering work and sing my friends

17:03 ↗ that is my life literally it is fabulous

17:07 ↗ no don't be afraid of

17:09 ↗ retirement really selling retirement

17:11 ↗ tonight I got

17:12 ↗ say except for the six o'clock in the

17:15 ↗ morning yeah that go that I flipped you

17:19 ↗ know I used to dread getting up because

17:20 ↗ I had to go to work and now it's you're

17:25 ↗ yeah I guess all closes out and so I'm

17:28 ↗ the last one up in the morning so

17:30 ↗ everyone else is gone by the time I get

17:32 ↗ up but um my preferred thing is to get a

17:35 ↗ cup of coffee and sit outside in the

17:37 ↗ sunshine but that is so limiting in the

17:40 ↗ Pacific Northwest next five days I know

17:43 ↗ yeah so I will be doing that for the

17:44 ↗ next five days but otherwise it's like

17:46 ↗ make the bed do a couple of puzzles and

17:49 ↗ then you know roll over to my desk

17:52 ↗ because I work remotly and then get my

17:54 ↗ workday started yeah okay well thank you

17:58 ↗ all

18:00 ↗ playing along uh let's see okay so now

18:03 ↗ we're on to the staff report Dale y I

18:06 ↗ have just a quick update so as a

18:08 ↗ reminder we've added this section into

18:10 ↗ our meeting um for this year as a way to

18:13 ↗ keep track of the impact that the equity

18:16 ↗ board is having in an ongoing basis one

18:17 ↗ of our Reflections at the end of last

18:19 ↗ year was as we looked back was just

18:22 ↗ knowing where the input where the

18:25 ↗ feedback where did it go we we didn't

18:27 ↗ necessarily always see things come back

18:29 ↗ to the board and so one of the practices

18:31 ↗ were this is a good preview for you I'll

18:33 ↗ be following up with you meeting uh one

18:35 ↗ of the what practices we've instituted

18:37 ↗ since then is this practice of the

18:39 ↗ following month getting an update on

18:42 ↗ based on what we how we spent our time

18:44 ↗ last month the feedback we gave last

18:45 ↗ month what's happened since then um I

18:49 ↗ can I have a fresh report it's not even

18:51 ↗ written because it literally happened

18:52 ↗ this afternoon uh our Dei glossery

18:56 ↗ subcommittee our team within the equity

18:58 ↗ internal Equity team that's working on

19:00 ↗ that uh that resource that you all gave

19:03 ↗ be back on last month um we've met now

19:06 ↗ again twice and have worked on two main

19:09 ↗ things one taking the recommended list

19:11 ↗ of additional potential words and

19:14 ↗ building going and sourcing definitions

19:17 ↗ um categorizing them into the categories

19:19 ↗ that we already had in the tool um and

19:21 ↗ then also finding additional um

19:26 ↗ Affiliated Andor related words so sort

19:29 ↗ of building that out the next step will

19:31 ↗ be to determine which of those the

19:33 ↗ internal Equity team which of those

19:35 ↗ words they'd like to see in the 1.0

19:37 ↗ version of this glossery or are there

19:39 ↗ some that we're just like that's that's

19:41 ↗ a great suggestion that's not

19:42 ↗ necessarily one we're going to move

19:43 ↗ forward with and so um that process and

19:47 ↗ then

19:47 ↗ also building on the the feedback shie

19:50 ↗ gave specifically the section around an

19:53 ↗ additional section there on words and

19:54 ↗ phrases to avoid so you provided I think

19:57 ↗ three or four in the meeting uh the

20:00 ↗ subcommittee went and did some

20:02 ↗ additional research and I think right

20:03 ↗ now we have um I think 10 words or

20:07 ↗ phrases to avoid in that section and

20:09 ↗ that section the way it looks right now

20:10 ↗ is the word it's historical context the

20:14 ↗ uh harm that it potentially causes and

20:16 ↗ why we should avoid it and what are

20:17 ↗ alternative words or phrases to use or

20:19 ↗ should you just not even be using

20:21 ↗ anything related to that word or phrase

20:23 ↗ and why um and so that is currently

20:26 ↗ moved forward from draft phase to now

20:29 ↗ finalizing smoothing phase and it will

20:31 ↗ go back to the internal Equity team um

20:34 ↗ July 15th before it comes back to this

20:36 ↗ group um for our

20:39 ↗ September 4th meeting that's not the day

20:42 ↗ SE the first Wednesday in September

20:44 ↗ whatever that day is um it'll come back

20:46 ↗ to this group for final review and

20:48 ↗ approval of sort of the 1.0 uh version

20:51 ↗ of the glossery so lots of the feedback

20:54 ↗ was very helpful um and drove a lot of

20:56 ↗ really great conversation at

20:57 ↗ subcommittee and I'm will drive great

20:59 ↗ conversation of the full Equity

21:01 ↗ team that is the update for our May

21:05 ↗ [Music]

21:07 ↗ meeting all right so next agenda item is

21:11 ↗ the parks Plan update uh we are uh we

21:15 ↗ have Hassan here today thank you for

21:16 ↗ joining us to share um I believe there's

21:19 ↗ a presentation in the board packet as

21:21 ↗ well um any words of introduction or no

21:26 ↗ we're excited to have uh another member

21:29 ↗ of our Parks community service team here

21:32 ↗ to share about you know we've we've

21:34 ↗ engaged with that team on Recreation but

21:36 ↗ this is a totally I mean related but

21:38 ↗ different part of the work that parks

21:40 ↗ and Community Services does which is

21:42 ↗ around the physical locations um across

21:45 ↗ our city both parks and open space that

21:47 ↗ we maintain and think about both the

21:49 ↗ current um way that those spaces are

21:51 ↗ used and what the future might look like

21:53 ↗ you know it's not just about making sure

21:54 ↗ our Parks look great now but it's

21:56 ↗ thinking about what what access to

21:58 ↗ natural environment do we have long term

22:02 ↗ and I'll turn it over to you thank you

22:04 ↗ hi everyone I'm hogland it's really nice

22:06 ↗ to meet you all I'm the department

22:08 ↗ operation specialist for the parks and

22:10 ↗ Community Services Department um and so

22:13 ↗ I'm here uh to talk to you all about our

22:16 ↗ Park strategic plan our Park system Plan

22:18 ↗ update sorry we changed the name from

22:21 ↗ the last one and I'm just going to get

22:24 ↗ my screens up here to share

22:33 ↗ presentation and please feel free to

22:36 ↗ stop me throughout the presentation if

22:38 ↗ you have questions clarification I'm

22:40 ↗ happy to answer as much as I can um and

22:45 ↗ hope that this is

22:47 ↗ a informational update but also that

22:51 ↗ there's time for you all to give us any

22:53 ↗ other feedback that you might have that

22:54 ↗ we may not have heard already um so um

22:59 ↗ this plan has been going on for almost a

23:04 ↗ year now so we're like close to the the

23:08 ↗ end of this um Park system plan but by

23:11 ↗ no means is it actually an end um these

23:14 ↗ documents really do get used um and

23:20 ↗ sorry oh we're just going to go through

23:23 ↗ a little bit of sort of the project

23:24 ↗ background what this park system plan

23:27 ↗ really is what it isn't

23:29 ↗ um some of the community engagement that

23:31 ↗ we've done already throughout this um

23:35 ↗ engagement said that too many times um

23:38 ↗ and just the vision goals and policies

23:41 ↗ that came out of all of our sort of

23:43 ↗ community touch points um as well as

23:45 ↗ debut a system concept that has come out

23:48 ↗ of our community engagement um something

23:51 ↗ that

23:51 ↗ we're starting with calling issaqua

23:55 ↗ Creeks to peep Park system we're going

23:57 ↗ to talk about about that a little bit

23:59 ↗ more a little bit later and there will

24:00 ↗ be opportunity to give us feedback on

24:02 ↗ that um so for the project background

24:06 ↗ just a little bit about what a park

24:08 ↗ system plan is and what it isn't um it's

24:12 ↗ a long range planning tool to determine

24:15 ↗ some service gaps and identify

24:17 ↗ opportunities for improvement for our

24:20 ↗ Parks trails and open spaces so like

24:23 ↗ Dale mentioned this is specifically for

24:24 ↗ our physical spaces not our facilities

24:28 ↗ or

24:28 ↗ programming um but our parks and and

24:32 ↗ Open Spaces including our Trails as well

24:34 ↗ it's a Visionary document that sets

24:37 ↗ values and goals for the city um and

24:40 ↗ it's an opportunity for staff and the

24:42 ↗ public to weigh in on the future of our

24:44 ↗ Park system um these are 20year Vision

24:49 ↗ documents so it really is a long-term

24:52 ↗ vision of what do these parks and open

24:54 ↗ spaces and trails need to be for the

24:57 ↗ future what does our community want it

24:59 ↗ to be for the future um as well as an an

25:04 ↗ document that gets updated every six

25:06 ↗ years so the last time this was done it

25:09 ↗ was 2018 we're now in 2024 and hoping to

25:13 ↗ be able to adopt a plan some things have

25:15 ↗ changed some things have stayed the same

25:17 ↗ but that is true and a reflection of our

25:19 ↗ community things have changed and and so

25:22 ↗ the needs for this park system needs to

25:24 ↗ be able to change with that um so that's

25:27 ↗ why we do these sixe increments for it

25:30 ↗ um it is not an operations model or a

25:32 ↗ financial budget there's not a method to

25:36 ↗ approve capital expenditures in this

25:39 ↗ that is totally separate there's our

25:41 ↗ Capital Improvement plan that is done

25:44 ↗ every six years that takes you know some

25:47 ↗ projects that may come out of these

25:49 ↗ Visionary documents um but this doesn't

25:51 ↗ dictate specifically those those items

25:55 ↗ um and it's also not a detailed design

25:58 ↗ proposal for a specific neighborhood or

26:00 ↗ a park or a facility or an area there

26:03 ↗ might be ideas that come out of it for a

26:06 ↗ specific park or area but the like

26:08 ↗ detailing of all of that doesn't come

26:10 ↗ out of these plans that happens for once

26:13 ↗ the project is decided to be a project

26:15 ↗ and Council has approved there to be a

26:17 ↗ budget and then there's a whole another

26:20 ↗ opportunity for Community engagement

26:22 ↗ within the design

26:26 ↗ process um and then a little bit on the

26:28 ↗ project timeline um again I mentioned

26:30 ↗ it's been almost a year exactly um so we

26:32 ↗ started this project in May of

26:36 ↗ 2023 um and through last summer and the

26:39 ↗ end of the year we hosted some focus

26:41 ↗ groups we did an online survey um and

26:44 ↗ did a lot of data and inventory

26:46 ↗ collection we hired some new park staff

26:49 ↗ which was very exciting we have a new

26:52 ↗ park that's this room actually of the

26:54 ↗ new park planning and development

26:56 ↗ manager um and a senior Park planner

26:59 ↗ were brought on board during this

27:00 ↗ process um and so their eyes sort of

27:03 ↗ seeing the system from A New Perspective

27:05 ↗ has been really helpful um and reviewing

27:09 ↗ our Park

27:10 ↗ classifications our goals and policies

27:13 ↗ that um are actually a part of the

27:16 ↗ comprehensive plan that's being updated

27:18 ↗ at the same time so this is something

27:20 ↗ that is exciting for this plan

27:22 ↗ specifically is those goals and policies

27:25 ↗ and the comprehensive plan and our Park

27:27 ↗ system plan are actually going to match

27:29 ↗ this year um which is a new exciting

27:32 ↗ thing because in the past the the

27:33 ↗ synchronization of those updates hasn't

27:35 ↗ always been in tandem um and then in

27:39 ↗ February and March we had some workshops

27:42 ↗ with internal teams with our park

27:44 ↗ operations team our public works

27:46 ↗ department um and our community planning

27:49 ↗ and development team those are the

27:50 ↗ pictures you're seeing here we were in

27:52 ↗ this room we had a bunch of maps up and

27:54 ↗ markers and dots and sort of looked at

27:57 ↗ what does the future of our entire city

27:59 ↗ look like and how can our Park system

28:02 ↗ help support some of those other visions

28:04 ↗ of things that need to happen within our

28:07 ↗ city um and we also had our we have been

28:11 ↗ working with a consultant team from

28:13 ↗ design Workshop is the name of the uh

28:16 ↗ firm they are based out of Colorado but

28:18 ↗ they have offices all over the place but

28:20 ↗ our team specifically is from Colorado

28:22 ↗ and they came out to visit in March and

28:24 ↗ they were here in this room they toured

28:27 ↗ all of our parks and facilities and

28:29 ↗ trails and really you know saw the

28:31 ↗ system with their own eyes to be able to

28:33 ↗ help us create this document um and then

28:37 ↗ in April we had a community meeting and

28:40 ↗ did some more mapping um interaction

28:43 ↗ with the community to sort of see what

28:45 ↗ are things that you want to have in our

28:48 ↗ Park system that you don't currently see

28:50 ↗ and so that information is actually now

28:52 ↗ being sort of reviewed and information

28:55 ↗ is getting pulled out um and we are are

28:58 ↗ close to our draft system plan um and so

29:03 ↗ right now we are taking this out to our

29:06 ↗ different boards and commissions there

29:08 ↗ will be some city council review we'll

29:10 ↗ be going to the services safety and

29:12 ↗ Parks committee for the city council um

29:15 ↗ in the end of June and also July with a

29:17 ↗ hopeful adoption later this summer for

29:19 ↗ the full plan and our hope is there will

29:22 ↗ be an actual draft copy available for

29:25 ↗ the public and the boards as well boards

29:28 ↗ and commissions um to review in

29:30 ↗ beginning of

29:34 ↗ July so just a little bit about some of

29:36 ↗ the community engagement that we did

29:38 ↗ specifically um we had some focus group

29:41 ↗ meetings in the beginning of this that

29:43 ↗ were topic specific so we reached out to

29:46 ↗ different organizations individuals

29:48 ↗ community members um that had focus on

29:51 ↗ trails and open space um we talked to a

29:55 ↗ a few people about Arts culture and

29:57 ↗ history history and then had a focus

30:00 ↗ group on athletic fields um and some of

30:03 ↗ the key takeaways from those

30:04 ↗ interactions were uh an enhanced

30:06 ↗ collaboration between Park staff and

30:09 ↗ some of our other public entities so the

30:12 ↗ state parks um the Department of Natural

30:15 ↗ Resources as well as our tribal

30:17 ↗ Partnerships with the snowy tribe and

30:19 ↗ the Muckle shoot tribe um and

30:22 ↗ prioritizing a systemwide approach when

30:24 ↗ it comes to our trails and Open Spaces

30:27 ↗ um our Arts culture and history group

30:30 ↗ really wanted to focus on partnering

30:32 ↗ with schools and local groups to expand

30:35 ↗ our Arts and Cultural programming um and

30:38 ↗ designing parks and EV events that

30:41 ↗ reflect isqua's diverse history and

30:43 ↗ cultures and not just the cultures that

30:45 ↗ we often see reflected in the Parks but

30:48 ↗ really going a little bit further um and

30:51 ↗ for our athletic fields a lot of the

30:54 ↗ discussion surrounded sort of creating

30:56 ↗ multi-use facilities that accom

30:58 ↗ accommodate a variety of recreation

31:00 ↗ activities you'll notice as we go

31:02 ↗ through the plan we we focused a lot on

31:05 ↗ the land that we have and the land of

31:07 ↗ our Parks specifically and what we can

31:10 ↗ do within that Park land and what we

31:12 ↗ kind of can't um and something that has

31:14 ↗ come up a lot is you know the drainage

31:17 ↗ um our field use what is available year

31:21 ↗ round versus only specific to Seasons um

31:24 ↗ a beautiful day like today is great for

31:27 ↗ some of our Parks um last week not so

31:30 ↗ much and so how can the future of those

31:33 ↗ Parks be reflected um in some updates

31:36 ↗ that might be needed in lighting Turf

31:38 ↗ bathrooms drainage

31:40 ↗ infrastructure um we also had a

31:43 ↗ community survey that went out to the

31:47 ↗ public um and we had 744 respondents

31:51 ↗ which feels really big for a municipal

31:53 ↗ survey honestly um but knowing that we

31:57 ↗ had that large of a um response rate we

32:01 ↗ also want to make note that this was by

32:03 ↗ no means reflective of our entire

32:05 ↗ Community I'll talk a little bit later

32:07 ↗ about sort of the demographics that we

32:09 ↗ got from this and that definitely needs

32:11 ↗ to be taken into consideration um but

32:14 ↗ the responses were to 13 questions

32:17 ↗ around sort of recreation Trends um and

32:20 ↗ values of the current Park system and

32:23 ↗ program offerings perceived condition

32:25 ↗ and quality of our current system how

32:27 ↗ it's currently performing for our

32:29 ↗ community um as well as Recreation needs

32:31 ↗ and a future focus and so just a couple

32:34 ↗ of highlights here from that survey were

32:37 ↗ that protecting Wildlife um habitat and

32:40 ↗ Water Resources were considered one of

32:42 ↗ the most important environmental goals

32:44 ↗ for this community um 62% of respondents

32:48 ↗ were willing to walk or bike about a

32:50 ↗ mile to a Park Trail or open space um

32:54 ↗ 78% of respondents believed that parks

32:57 ↗ in open spaces encourage people to spend

32:59 ↗ time outdoors and 87% of respondents

33:03 ↗ believe that parks in open space can

33:04 ↗ provide a place for people to maintain

33:06 ↗ and improve their health and wellness

33:08 ↗ and fitness so we had some really good

33:10 ↗ overall positive feedback from the

33:12 ↗ survey with definite room for

33:18 ↗ improvement and again our sample size

33:21 ↗ was pretty large we're able to to do a

33:23 ↗ lot with that data with our consultant

33:25 ↗ team um but our demographics skewed you

33:29 ↗ know here and there we had only about

33:33 ↗ 25% of respondents were between the ages

33:35 ↗ of 35 and

33:37 ↗ 44 um 18% between 45 and 54 so you know

33:43 ↗ within our our working ages we didn't

33:45 ↗ have as many respondents as we would

33:48 ↗ have hoped um but we also had you know

33:52 ↗ 27% that lived in isqua more than 20

33:56 ↗ years so that's a lot um of people that

33:59 ↗ really know this city and know this this

34:02 ↗ area um our top responding neighborhoods

34:06 ↗ were isqua Highland squawk Mountain

34:09 ↗ Oldtown and South Lake samamish so there

34:12 ↗ are neighborhoods in there that we

34:14 ↗ didn't hear as much from um and we

34:16 ↗ probably need to do a lot more to reach

34:19 ↗ out to those individuals to see what our

34:22 ↗ Park system is providing them or maybe

34:24 ↗ it's it's doing okay for them and they

34:27 ↗ didn't want to respond because they

34:28 ↗ didn't have things to say I doubt that

34:31 ↗ um yeah absolutely does this include how

34:34 ↗ many people live in single dwelling

34:37 ↗ versus Apartments we did have a question

34:39 ↗ in there that asked um household type um

34:43 ↗ and it I I don't have the results right

34:46 ↗ in front of me but I'm happy to share

34:48 ↗ that information with the board

34:50 ↗ specifically as a followup I I'd like to

34:52 ↗ know that yeah

34:55 ↗ absolutely and were you

34:58 ↗ survey youth were surveyed we did um we

35:02 ↗ actually specifically went to the garage

35:04 ↗ and did a presentation and spoke with a

35:06 ↗ couple of teens which was fun I went to

35:08 ↗ the Isabel youth Advisory Board and

35:10 ↗ spoke to some of our teens um but

35:12 ↗ getting teens to fill out of survey not

35:15 ↗ not a an easy task and um we definitely

35:19 ↗ did get a ton of survey responses

35:22 ↗ specifically from teens but we did try

35:24 ↗ to engage them a lot I know I asked you

35:26 ↗ to send it out to a couple

35:29 ↗ people um so yeah that's sort of some of

35:34 ↗ the community engagement that we had um

35:38 ↗ and then we also did a mapping exercise

35:41 ↗ I'm not sure if you all saw this

35:42 ↗ recently but um it was an interactive

35:45 ↗ map where people could put pins

35:47 ↗ specifically um in areas around town

35:50 ↗ that they wanted to see you know either

35:52 ↗ an enhancement of nature um an

35:55 ↗ enhancement of connections meaning sort

35:57 ↗ of Trail

35:59 ↗ connections um active Recreation spaces

36:03 ↗ we got a lot of people asking for more

36:05 ↗ pickle ball spaces um or more um

36:09 ↗ multi-use

36:11 ↗ areas um and then Arts culture and

36:13 ↗ events there were some ideas for band

36:15 ↗ shells around town which was kind of fun

36:17 ↗ to see um and then the opportunity for

36:21 ↗ um what we call C click fix which is if

36:24 ↗ you see something that's like broken or

36:25 ↗ needs attention you can fill out a form

36:27 ↗ let us know and our staff will go and

36:29 ↗ and take care of that um so we had about

36:33 ↗ 197 pins and the interaction allowed you

36:36 ↗ to sort of thumbs up or thumbs down

36:38 ↗ someone's um suggestion and add comments

36:41 ↗ as well um so our our team is reviewing

36:44 ↗ all of those right now there were some

36:46 ↗ new ideas that came out of it a lot of

36:49 ↗ it that we've heard before which is

36:50 ↗ always good to know that we're still

36:52 ↗ staying on the right track um but it was

36:54 ↗ a really fun sort of community

36:56 ↗ engagement opportunity to really see

36:58 ↗ where our parks are currently and what

37:00 ↗ we want to be able to have in

37:04 ↗ them um so with the community engagement

37:07 ↗ there are obviously gaps um and you know

37:10 ↗ we did pretty targeted Outreach to the

37:13 ↗ people that we know the to the people

37:16 ↗ that we often hear from um we used you

37:19 ↗ know our newsletters the city websit we

37:22 ↗ worked with some partner organ all of

37:24 ↗ our partner organizations um we did

37:26 ↗ Outreach with our boards and commissions

37:29 ↗ um and we went to a few in-person events

37:31 ↗ like I mentioned I went to the ISA youth

37:33 ↗ Advisory board meeting we went to the

37:35 ↗ garage we went to the farmers market one

37:37 ↗ weekend um and we had some interactions

37:40 ↗ down at the senior center as well um but

37:43 ↗ there's lots of missing voices here um

37:46 ↗ and there are definitely some gaps in

37:48 ↗ our Outreach and I would be so um

37:52 ↗ grateful if you all have any feedback or

37:55 ↗ recommendations that we might be able to

37:57 ↗ take to bridge some of those gaps we did

38:00 ↗ offer the survey and the mapping

38:03 ↗ exercise in two languages that was

38:05 ↗ available in Spanish and Chinese um but

38:08 ↗ that by no means did not you know

38:10 ↗ everybody's language um some of the

38:13 ↗ items were available if you had

38:15 ↗ translate um on your like web browser to

38:18 ↗ maybe do a little bit more um but that's

38:21 ↗ definitely an area that I think we

38:22 ↗ should be doing more in um but I'd be

38:25 ↗ happy to hear if there are other ideas

38:28 ↗ you know it's it's a really hard thing

38:30 ↗ to do how do you hear from the people

38:32 ↗ that you don't hear

38:33 ↗ from um yeah so I have two ideas one of

38:36 ↗ them is you may have already done this

38:38 ↗ one actually the circle they have

38:40 ↗ multiple Circles of different languages

38:42 ↗ they have a Spanish Circle an Indian

38:44 ↗ Circle a Russian circle with a lot of

38:47 ↗ kids and parents there interacting and

38:49 ↗ so then you'll get information from

38:51 ↗ parents as to what these young children

38:53 ↗ as they continue living in a community

38:55 ↗ might be needing uh the other one is I I

38:59 ↗ know that sometimes when I'm in

39:00 ↗ apartment complexes like the y w up in

39:03 ↗ the highlands or in Discovery Park or in

39:06 ↗ anthropology there are basketball hoops

39:09 ↗ and Court area up in Talis have you gone

39:12 ↗ to those apartment complexes where the

39:14 ↗ kids are outside playing maybe with a

39:16 ↗ table and you're giving like a free

39:18 ↗ keychain people love free Beast you know

39:21 ↗ but city employees going hey and an

39:24 ↗ informal surveys because

39:27 ↗ I know I am biased and I'm always

39:29 ↗ thinking what kids might need and

39:32 ↗ through a kid lens and I'm wondering how

39:34 ↗ to get the kids saying this is what

39:37 ↗ we're missing this is what we're needing

39:40 ↗ um because I see kids playing there and

39:42 ↗ I would love to see them in parks and I

39:45 ↗ always wonder do they have access to

39:47 ↗ those parks and what are they needing

39:50 ↗ from those Park

39:52 ↗ spaces yeah no that's a great suggestion

39:56 ↗ we did not do specific apartment

39:58 ↗ Outreach but that is something that the

40:01 ↗ city has done um occasionally with some

40:03 ↗ community outreach but I like your idea

40:04 ↗ of just going to the courts and and

40:07 ↗ being out there and and sometimes our

40:09 ↗ districts CL Offa schools will go into

40:11 ↗ apartment complexes but their principl

40:13 ↗ so these are people who we are trusting

40:15 ↗ so don't send random strangers but with

40:17 ↗ official uniform looking with the table

40:21 ↗ but we did popsicles you know especially

40:23 ↗ in the summer and so then you're getting

40:25 ↗ engagement and it's cas and you're not

40:28 ↗ saying can you do a survey but you're

40:29 ↗ just asking questions and then secretly

40:32 ↗ noting it down so that you're Gathering

40:34 ↗ data just to get some information from

40:37 ↗ kids yeah I just had something to add to

40:39 ↗ that I think as like a high schooler

40:42 ↗ it's much easier to have a conversation

40:44 ↗ with someone about um yeah about

40:47 ↗ whatever um like the parks um and get

40:51 ↗ their input than doing a

40:54 ↗ survey yeah just much at least for me

40:57 ↗ it's much easier to speak to other

40:59 ↗ people about my own experiences than to

41:01 ↗ type it up

41:02 ↗ on

41:04 ↗ yeah let see shie has her hand

41:09 ↗ on yeah um so just curious the first

41:13 ↗ part is I have two two comments first is

41:16 ↗ a I'm curious like you said isqua

41:19 ↗ Highland um you got a good response from

41:22 ↗ them so I was wondering if there was

41:24 ↗ anything additional that was done with

41:27 ↗ that neighborhood number one um and

41:29 ↗ number two is um is especially with

41:33 ↗ youth is uh I don't know if we can think

41:36 ↗ of like a quick social media kind of a

41:39 ↗ thing with them um you know um a briefer

41:43 ↗ form maybe not a huge one but um

41:47 ↗ something using the social media because

41:49 ↗ that seems to work a lot yeah or even an

41:53 ↗ open-ended question yeah because they'll

41:56 ↗ write one or two maybe a sentence or two

42:00 ↗ but they're not as you said going to

42:01 ↗ fill out a form cuz they're used to

42:04 ↗ doing the feed like responding to chats

42:07 ↗ and messaging right comments y fast

42:11 ↗ feedback um yeah we did do some social

42:15 ↗ media outreach to your question about

42:17 ↗ the neighborhoods we didn't do anything

42:19 ↗ specifically different in the isah

42:21 ↗ highlands however we did have yard signs

42:24 ↗ that we put out in our parks and trails

42:27 ↗ and Open Spaces um and so those were

42:30 ↗ sort of moved around the the city a

42:33 ↗ little bit because we already have parks

42:37 ↗ in isqua Highlands we have multiple

42:39 ↗ parks in the isqua highlands there's

42:41 ↗ only one in Talis on to make sort of a

42:46 ↗ comparison there um we did have them

42:49 ↗ within all of our Parks here in the on

42:51 ↗ the valley floor um but that's probably

42:55 ↗ why we got a higher um input from those

42:57 ↗ neighborhoods is because there were more

42:59 ↗ signs in those areas um we did take a

43:02 ↗ look halfway through the survey of what

43:04 ↗ neighborhoods are we not hearing from

43:06 ↗ who's what not represented here and we

43:08 ↗ did some specific um Outreach on

43:10 ↗ Nextdoor social media app um to those

43:14 ↗ neighborhoods and reached out to some of

43:15 ↗ those HOA um presidents and and

43:19 ↗ organizations as well to say like hey do

43:20 ↗ you mind send this out to your your

43:22 ↗ networks to get a little bit more

43:24 ↗ feedback and that actually helped um the

43:26 ↗ next door specifically helped a lot um

43:29 ↗ we also talked to our Park board members

43:32 ↗ specifically to send it out to their

43:34 ↗ neighbors and and friends um and so that

43:37 ↗ helped but we didn't do anything I guess

43:39 ↗ more for certain neighborhoods other

43:41 ↗ than the fact that there were more signs

43:42 ↗ in one area because they have they

43:44 ↗ already have more

43:46 ↗ [Music]

43:47 ↗ Parks yeah do you know for uh Parks

43:52 ↗ usage which communities or uh popul

43:57 ↗ ations might be underutilizing it or not

44:01 ↗ have access I'm just thinking about the

44:03 ↗ groups who you already know don't use it

44:05 ↗ and did you do any kind of focused

44:07 ↗ attempt to get feedback from those

44:09 ↗ groups yeah so we I'll go through a

44:13 ↗ little bit what our our Consulting team

44:17 ↗ looked at in terms of sort of equity

44:19 ↗ review um for some some groups that we

44:24 ↗ maybe don't see a lot of use from but we

44:26 ↗ don't have specific metrics for our

44:29 ↗ Parks um there are a couple of newer

44:33 ↗ Technologies I'll say that are doing

44:35 ↗ some of that work to look at you know

44:38 ↗ how many Park users do you have where

44:40 ↗ are they coming from in terms of like

44:42 ↗ zip code access um but we don't have

44:46 ↗ that currently for our park so it's

44:48 ↗ really it's hard to know um you know

44:51 ↗ specifically who we're we're not seeing

44:53 ↗ from we do know you know the areas that

44:56 ↗ have specific you know populations and

45:00 ↗ whether there is Equitable access to

45:03 ↗ park so there are areas that we do have

45:05 ↗ gaps which we'll all talk about a little

45:07 ↗ bit there um and we do need to do some

45:09 ↗ more Outreach in those areas yeah I'm

45:12 ↗ also thinking about folks who may have

45:14 ↗ like mobility issues or like you know

45:17 ↗ physical disabilities that might prevent

45:19 ↗ them from having experiencing the parks

45:22 ↗ or like if if there's things to be known

45:25 ↗ from those groups that could help

45:27 ↗ improve their

45:29 ↗ access yeah yeah we we do have you know

45:33 ↗ within our department our adaptive

45:35 ↗ Recreation coordinator who works with a

45:37 ↗ lot of individuals with some of that and

45:39 ↗ so she definitely sent this out to

45:41 ↗ people and and we have talked with those

45:44 ↗ groups um but there's definitely more

45:46 ↗ that we can and should be doing um and

45:48 ↗ your

45:50 ↗ um uh example of reaching out to the

45:52 ↗ circle we did reach out through our

45:55 ↗ boards and commissions through the Human

45:57 ↗ Services Commission with some of the

45:58 ↗ organizations that we work with with

46:00 ↗ Hannah through Hannah Roberts um but

46:02 ↗ specifically going to one of their

46:03 ↗ meetings might have also been a little

46:05 ↗ bit more helpful

46:09 ↗ sure thank you all for this feedback I

46:12 ↗ really appreciate it

46:17 ↗ um sorry I just want to make some notes

46:20 ↗ to make sure that I

46:21 ↗ don't and I want to check with shaie do

46:24 ↗ you have any shaie do you have any more

46:27 ↗ comments I know your hand is still

46:28 ↗ raised so I just want I did not realize

46:30 ↗ that I'm sorry oh no

46:35 ↗ worries um so as I mentioned through

46:38 ↗ this engagement we have sort of come up

46:40 ↗ with some planed goals and visions and

46:43 ↗ policies um and what really kept

46:46 ↗ resonating with all of the feedback were

46:48 ↗ sort of these four themes of vibrancy

46:52 ↗ being able to Foster vibrant spaces that

46:55 ↗ enhance social interaction

46:57 ↗ offer plac making history culture and

46:59 ↗ recreation

47:01 ↗ opportunities um resiliency creating

47:04 ↗ spaces that are resilient adaptable to

47:06 ↗ climate change preserve protect and

47:09 ↗ enhance our natural resources um and

47:13 ↗ balancing maximizing our Park system

47:15 ↗ potential for the existing and future

47:17 ↗ spaces fostering Partnerships to expand

47:21 ↗ um field and Court opportunities and

47:24 ↗ then connectivity um increasing

47:26 ↗ connectivity between our Parks trails

47:28 ↗ and Open Spaces to encourage Equitable

47:31 ↗ and safe walkable Park system but also

47:34 ↗ connectivity to each other and that

47:37 ↗ social aspect um so these four themes

47:40 ↗ we've really tried to sort of weave into

47:42 ↗ the entire plan document as we're

47:44 ↗ looking at our entire system

47:48 ↗ um and they came out of sort of these um

47:54 ↗ goals and policies as well that we were

47:56 ↗ reviewed last year through the park

47:59 ↗ board um and so these

48:04 ↗ are are seven sort of um goal areas that

48:10 ↗ really came from this 2018 plan um so

48:14 ↗ there was a smaller working group that

48:16 ↗ looked at these specifically in 2019

48:19 ↗ from the park board um and really built

48:22 ↗ them out for the entire system um and

48:26 ↗ and when we brought this back to the

48:28 ↗ park board they looked at those and felt

48:30 ↗ like they still reflected the goals that

48:33 ↗ the system really needed to meet um but

48:36 ↗ asked for specific policy improvements

48:39 ↗ and changes and updates in these areas

48:42 ↗ that have the little um blue aperture

48:45 ↗ sort of focus on them um so we okay so

48:51 ↗ we added a couple of more policies

48:54 ↗ specifically in um balancing our Park

48:58 ↗ system in planning and design

49:00 ↗ considerations in environmental

49:03 ↗ preservation Partnerships and

49:06 ↗ implementation it doesn't mean that the

49:07 ↗ other ones didn't change or don't need

49:09 ↗ changing but those were the areas that

49:11 ↗ specifically we heard some more focus

49:13 ↗ and and specific policies that were

49:15 ↗ needed within

49:17 ↗ those yeah would you mind going back one

49:20 ↗ slide sure thank you um on the balance

49:23 ↗ Park system would you mind expanding

49:25 ↗ upon that it's a little bit fuzzy yes so

49:30 ↗ it's it's being able to support an

49:34 ↗ active and passive experiences within

49:36 ↗ our park so when you think of parks

49:39 ↗ active Recreation and this was new to me

49:42 ↗ to learn as well um is really our Fields

49:46 ↗ our court spaces those those areas that

49:49 ↗ are really programmed so when you think

49:52 ↗ of like our athletic areas um versus our

49:56 ↗ passive experiences are areas that are

49:59 ↗ more um susceptible for nature that

50:01 ↗ maybe have like a forest path Trail

50:04 ↗ going through them but they don't have

50:06 ↗ active Recreation elements within them

50:08 ↗ so being able to offer both of those

50:11 ↗ opportunities within a community park

50:14 ↗ potentially within a neighborhood park

50:17 ↗ which means just sort of the the the

50:19 ↗ level of service that we're looking for

50:22 ↗ for that Park specifically um and then

50:26 ↗ also opportunities that sort of look at

50:28 ↗ the DI diverse needs of our ifcla

50:31 ↗ residents so um you know one

50:33 ↗ neighborhood park might be looking for

50:36 ↗ something more specific than a different

50:38 ↗ neighborhood park and being sure that

50:40 ↗ we're able to sort of balance that okay

50:43 ↗ thank you you're welcome thanks for the

50:46 ↗ question

50:47 ↗ um so some of the goals and policy

50:51 ↗ updates that we did um were adding some

50:54 ↗ more information about how to Foster

50:56 ↗ Economic Development within the system

50:59 ↗ um making sure to integrate the native

51:02 ↗ tribes into the planning and design of

51:04 ↗ new projects integrating artwork

51:08 ↗ educational historical and cultural

51:10 ↗ elements into the design of new projects

51:14 ↗ um and integrating both the Heritage

51:16 ↗ tree and the urban Force management plan

51:19 ↗ within the environmental preservation

51:22 ↗ goal um as well as developing metrics to

51:25 ↗ your point Frey about being able to

51:27 ↗ evaluate the progress of our system um

51:31 ↗ and be able to plan our projects um and

51:34 ↗ then also integrating technology into

51:36 ↗ the implementation goal so looking at

51:39 ↗ GIS measures that we can take um other

51:42 ↗ things related to our level of service

51:45 ↗ um who's visiting our park so that we

51:47 ↗ know you know maybe this park is being

51:49 ↗ really underutilized and we can actually

51:51 ↗ look at why um so these were just a

51:54 ↗ couple of the areas that the park board

51:56 ↗ had specific feedback for some policy

51:58 ↗ additions and so those policy additions

52:01 ↗ were then added to our policies that

52:03 ↗ went through the comprehensive

52:07 ↗ plan question

52:09 ↗ here I I know that like we're heading

52:12 ↗ into like wildfire season yeah is that I

52:16 ↗ was TR I couldn't see mention of that in

52:19 ↗ these like goals and policies and stuff

52:21 ↗ is there like a plan to kind of mitigate

52:24 ↗ or help prevent

52:27 ↗ for Parks from being susceptible yeah to

52:31 ↗ Wildfire for sure it is definitely

52:33 ↗ something that has come up um the urban

52:36 ↗ Forest management plan is actually

52:38 ↗ looking specifically at that and

52:40 ↗ Wildfire risk there was some Outreach

52:42 ↗ done um that within that plan that also

52:46 ↗ really brought this to light um and our

52:49 ↗ Urban Forest Supervisor has been working

52:51 ↗ with the city emergency management

52:55 ↗ manager um to talk through those options

52:58 ↗ and sort of what can we do we are a city

53:01 ↗ surrounded by Forest um and so it is a

53:04 ↗ reality that we are going to need to

53:06 ↗ face and so both of those plans are sort

53:08 ↗ of looking at that more specifically

53:10 ↗ less the park system plan but it is

53:12 ↗ something that has been integrated into

53:14 ↗ sort of the environmental goals

53:21 ↗ yeah um so I'll pause there actually if

53:24 ↗ there are any other sort of questions

53:26 ↗ questions or feedback related to

53:28 ↗ anything that we've already covered the

53:29 ↗ next part is sort of looking at this

53:31 ↗ larger Vision that we're hoping to to

53:33 ↗ get more feedback on um but I just want

53:36 ↗ to make uh space for any other questions

53:38 ↗ yeah um do you think you can build a

53:40 ↗ little bit more on the G for the

53:43 ↗ technology yes I can so I don't know how

53:47 ↗ familiar you are with GIS I am not at

53:51 ↗ all I will

53:53 ↗ say but our our city uses a GIS it's a

53:57 ↗ mapping tool to sort of show the

53:59 ↗ different layers of assets and and

54:01 ↗ things that we have within our city so

54:04 ↗ our current um layers for our Park

54:08 ↗ system are not at their best shape um

54:11 ↗ they're also not as accurate as they

54:14 ↗ could be for today because they were

54:17 ↗ done some years ago and so part of this

54:20 ↗ um Plan update specifically is to update

54:24 ↗ those GIS layers so we've been looking

54:26 ↗ at making sure that our Park boundaries

54:29 ↗ are in there correctly um making sure

54:31 ↗ that the park classifications are in

54:33 ↗ there correctly we've had some new parks

54:36 ↗ um that have come into the system that

54:38 ↗ haven't been added there yet so we need

54:40 ↗ to do that work to sort of update that

54:43 ↗ um uh Blackberry Park is an example we

54:46 ↗ inherited that from King County we've

54:49 ↗ done some work to renovate that that

54:50 ↗ Park is now opened um and that

54:53 ↗ information needs to be reflected in our

54:55 ↗ in our GIS ERS our our park operations

54:58 ↗ team also has been going through and

55:00 ↗ doing a lot of asset management um

55:03 ↗ within our GIS layers and so they've

55:05 ↗ been going out and tagging you know

55:06 ↗ there's benches here there's playground

55:08 ↗ equipment here there's basketball courts

55:10 ↗ here um there's trash cans here there's

55:13 ↗ this many trash cans here and what type

55:15 ↗ of trash cans they are um to make sure

55:17 ↗ that we know what we have and when we

55:20 ↗ need to sort of life cycle improve those

55:22 ↗ things thousands thousands of assets

55:26 ↗ went and yeah calog in the course of a

55:28 ↗ couple of weeks yeah incredible job I'm

55:31 ↗ sure they discovered things you didn't

55:33 ↗ even know they did we do we have some

55:36 ↗ old concrete trash cans that are getting

55:38 ↗ an update pretty soon here and yeah so

55:42 ↗ that that sort of level of work is is

55:44 ↗ what we've been doing with G yeah number

55:47 ↗ two up there um is that going to going

55:51 ↗ to go beyond land use

55:54 ↗ ofies yes absolutely oh yeah totally so

55:57 ↗ we actually have um a couple of

56:00 ↗ different connections with um the the

56:03 ↗ tribes specifically um we have been in

56:06 ↗ communication with the snow Cy tribe um

56:09 ↗ recently on all of our projects they'll

56:12 ↗ actually be reviewing the plan document

56:15 ↗ um and we've been having conversations

56:16 ↗ with them to bring them into this review

56:19 ↗ process they there are you know some

56:22 ↗ tribes that want to be really involved

56:24 ↗ in the process and others that don't and

56:26 ↗ so that's always an opportunity um but

56:28 ↗ we have a really good relationship with

56:30 ↗ the snow me tribe so we've been having

56:32 ↗ um meetings with them our Park planning

56:33 ↗ staff have been meeting with them and

56:35 ↗ talking to them about you know the plans

56:37 ↗ as they as they move forward yeah yeah

56:44 ↗ absolutely okay um I am going to go into

56:47 ↗ our next concept which we are calling

56:50 ↗ Creeks to Peaks um and forgive me the

56:54 ↗ map is a little bit up upside down um

56:58 ↗ from our from our Consultants but we as

57:02 ↗ we've been doing this this plan review

57:04 ↗ we've been really looking at the land

57:07 ↗ and the space that we have and what has

57:09 ↗ come up a lot more is our topography we

57:12 ↗ are we are a mountain town really we are

57:16 ↗ um and we have this sort of natural

57:18 ↗ fabric of our Creek corridors our tree

57:20 ↗ canopy the topography how our Park

57:24 ↗ systems and trails and Open Spaces layer

57:27 ↗ into that um and then really looking at

57:31 ↗ where our community is the diversity and

57:34 ↗ inclusion the culture the history the

57:36 ↗ values that exist within this whole

57:39 ↗ system um and what we have wanted to do

57:43 ↗ is how do we bring this whole system

57:47 ↗ view to the city and make it feel like

57:50 ↗ it's all one system and not these

57:52 ↗ separated parks and trails and spaces

57:57 ↗ um and so what we have come up with is a

58:01 ↗ couple of concept statements that um are

58:05 ↗ up here now and I'll bre them to you and

58:08 ↗ I'm hoping to see if either of them

58:10 ↗ resonate with you a little bit more um

58:13 ↗ so isqua Creeks to Peaks Park system a

58:17 ↗ diverse system of parks trails and Open

58:19 ↗ Spaces that unites the isaa community

58:22 ↗ from The Creeks along the valley floor

58:25 ↗ through through wooded hillsides to the

58:28 ↗ peaks of the issaqua

58:30 ↗ Alps so that's concept one um and then

58:34 ↗ concept two is a diverse Park system of

58:39 ↗ there's a typo here trails and open

58:43 ↗ sorry a diverse system of parks trails

58:47 ↗ and Open Spaces winding along our valley

58:50 ↗ floor from our Creeks through wooded

58:53 ↗ hillsides and neighborhoods all the way

58:56 ↗ to the peaks of the isqua Alps fostering

58:59 ↗ connections between people and the

59:01 ↗ places they cherish

59:04 ↗ so this would really take something that

59:08 ↗ started with the central isqua plan um

59:13 ↗ of the green necklace which was meant to

59:16 ↗ be this sort of interconnected system

59:19 ↗ that had trails and parks that all could

59:21 ↗ be walkable and expands that out to be

59:26 ↗ the entire system so we have a really

59:29 ↗ unique Park system that really could all

59:32 ↗ be connected where you could start from

59:35 ↗ one park and walk all the way to all of

59:38 ↗ the other parks and this would this

59:41 ↗ vision would sort of put that into

59:44 ↗ action to be able to make all of our

59:46 ↗ Parks connected um and so the reason we

59:50 ↗ chose Creeks to Peaks is thinking about

59:53 ↗ you know our our creeks in our Valley

59:56 ↗ floor are really what grounds us the

59:58 ↗ valley floor is where most of our

1:00:00 ↗ residents are and where our city starts

1:00:03 ↗ and moving out to the hillsides and the

1:00:06 ↗ peaks of our surrounding forested areas

1:00:09 ↗ that are actually you know mostly

1:00:12 ↗ state-owned um forests and connecting to

1:00:15 ↗ those areas so that's where we came up

1:00:18 ↗ with sort of The Creeks to Peaks it's

1:00:20 ↗ from our city outward um and we're

1:00:25 ↗ hoping to to be able to to implement a

1:00:28 ↗ vision that expands the green necklace

1:00:30 ↗ to really be um

1:00:34 ↗ systemwide oh I'll pause there if there

1:00:38 ↗ are thoughts feelings love it hate it I

1:00:43 ↗ love what you

1:00:44 ↗ said but it doesn't exactly match that

1:00:47 ↗ okay so I almost wish that maybe what

1:00:50 ↗ you said was recorded because you

1:00:52 ↗ mentioned a

1:00:53 ↗ word talk oh there you go

1:00:57 ↗ you mention the word connecting it's not

1:01:00 ↗ there okay it's alluded to it's alluded

1:01:02 ↗ to but isn't actually as far as unless

1:01:04 ↗ I'm missing it it doesn't say about

1:01:07 ↗ fostering connections between people I

1:01:10 ↗ just need to read about read

1:01:13 ↗ the but I do think there's you know

1:01:16 ↗ maybe more of that connection piece and

1:01:19 ↗ maybe I just maybe what I'm Miss Missing

1:01:23 ↗ is there not that you can read something

1:01:26 ↗ and get the passion behind it but

1:01:28 ↗ because I work in AI it's it looks like

1:01:31 ↗ that's written by AI oh oh no it wasn't

1:01:36 ↗ was drafted by there were people no we

1:01:38 ↗ were

1:01:39 ↗ actually what TBT would

1:01:42 ↗ say nothing you know creeps to

1:01:46 ↗ Peaks did have some chat GPT um uh

1:01:51 ↗ influence for sure yeah yeah I can

1:01:55 ↗ almost see it yeah yeah that's not bad

1:01:59 ↗ no no it's not bad it's that's not bad I

1:02:02 ↗ mean a great thing

1:02:05 ↗ um but it seems to lack the passion okay

1:02:08 ↗ and the words I'm not sure if you even

1:02:11 ↗ care about that in the message I mean I

1:02:15 ↗ I we want people to resonate with this

1:02:17 ↗ we want this to be something that lives

1:02:18 ↗ on the green necklace really I would say

1:02:21 ↗ our our Parks system has inherited it

1:02:24 ↗ from the central Isa plan and so we

1:02:27 ↗ wanted something that came from the

1:02:30 ↗ community input specifically for parks

1:02:34 ↗ and so these words were actually pulled

1:02:36 ↗ out of the survey

1:02:37 ↗ responses um specifically and by our our

1:02:41 ↗ our um Consulting team and so that's

1:02:46 ↗ where that came from the way that we

1:02:48 ↗ sort of put them all together was done

1:02:50 ↗ through staff um but yeah creeks and

1:02:53 ↗ Peaks and and Valley and nature like all

1:02:56 ↗ of those words were kind of pulled out

1:02:58 ↗ of the survey specifically um to be able

1:03:01 ↗ to to get to you I have a question for

1:03:04 ↗ my colleagues here first um I'm gonna

1:03:06 ↗ ask you a question and I want you to

1:03:08 ↗ just confirm with me your answer can

1:03:10 ↗ each one of you walk to a park without

1:03:13 ↗ having to get in a

1:03:17 ↗ car I gu I can yes you can sort of I

1:03:21 ↗ cannot yeah there's one sliver up there

1:03:24 ↗ do you know what I'm talking about when

1:03:25 ↗ past Cougar Mountain Zoo get to the

1:03:30 ↗ top stretch of 6 I found a way to get

1:03:33 ↗ down but you have to you have to like my

1:03:35 ↗ my partner and we found a trail that

1:03:38 ↗ connects us over to Talis but it's not a

1:03:40 ↗ it's not an organized Trail it's I know

1:03:43 ↗ what you're talking about I do I do know

1:03:46 ↗ what you're talking there's a population

1:03:48 ↗ of us up there that that have this

1:03:49 ↗ conversation and say that windy road

1:03:52 ↗ past Cougar Mountain Zoo is not walkable

1:03:55 ↗ it's I mean there's there's even

1:03:57 ↗ thoughts of closing it down because it's

1:03:58 ↗ it's kind of steep on your way up there

1:04:00 ↗ so my neighborhood that I used to live

1:04:02 ↗ at in Seattle we were right next to a

1:04:05 ↗ part so walking our dog every day just

1:04:07 ↗ getting out exercise with our daughter

1:04:09 ↗ but having to get in our car annoys us

1:04:11 ↗ sometimes close part think about that if

1:04:14 ↗ you had if that was a restriction in

1:04:16 ↗ your daily routine where you couldn't

1:04:18 ↗ walk your

1:04:20 ↗ dog take a walk I personally have it I

1:04:24 ↗ used to live in the Highland next to a

1:04:27 ↗ park and I loved it I was out every

1:04:28 ↗ single day now I moved I don't have a

1:04:30 ↗ park near me and I

1:04:33 ↗ don't so yeah no I do that connection

1:04:37 ↗ actually from Cougar Mountain to Talis

1:04:39 ↗ is a trail that we are working on it is

1:04:42 ↗ in the plans our Park planning team does

1:04:44 ↗ know it um but doing Trail connections

1:04:47 ↗ it takes time and is a little hard but

1:04:50 ↗ it is definitely something that is on

1:04:51 ↗ our mind and we did do um a walk shed

1:04:55 ↗ analysis for our parks and trails to

1:04:58 ↗ look at where people live and do they

1:05:00 ↗ have access to the parks um and there

1:05:03 ↗ are some definite gaps um so that'll be

1:05:05 ↗ included in the plan document

1:05:07 ↗ specifically that you all will see as

1:05:09 ↗ well um that looks at those areas and so

1:05:12 ↗ that's a focus that our Park planning

1:05:13 ↗ team will be

1:05:18 ↗ making so one of the things I love the

1:05:21 ↗ last part fostering connections between

1:05:23 ↗ people and places but I think it needs

1:05:26 ↗ to go up front because to me what diff

1:05:29 ↗ makes differentiates a park than natural

1:05:33 ↗ areas or just wild like wild lands is

1:05:36 ↗ that it's a place for humans to interact

1:05:40 ↗ with at least it's designed it's a very

1:05:43 ↗ uh developed

1:05:45 ↗ societal concept where humans are going

1:05:48 ↗ into this open natural space and

1:05:51 ↗ interacting with that space and so that

1:05:54 ↗ for the couple of those those lines

1:05:56 ↗ winding along a valley floor Creeks

1:05:57 ↗ through wooded hillsides that has

1:05:59 ↗ nothing to do with humans I don't see

1:06:02 ↗ people there and it doesn't that first

1:06:05 ↗ sentence doesn't talk about humans doing

1:06:07 ↗ all of that and interacting so it

1:06:10 ↗ doesn't it doesn't put in the Forefront

1:06:12 ↗ that people are going to be interacting

1:06:16 ↗ with nature and this is for the

1:06:20 ↗ residents or the people of isqua to do

1:06:23 ↗ in nature in community so I would love

1:06:26 ↗ to see the words like well they have

1:06:28 ↗ people at the bottom exactly though but

1:06:31 ↗ that's the whole problem it's at the

1:06:33 ↗ bottom what I'm saying is people in

1:06:36 ↗ community need to go up front because

1:06:37 ↗ for me what I look at a park is I

1:06:40 ↗ Envision a park for hum us as a city of

1:06:43 ↗ Isa to go and gather and build community

1:06:47 ↗ and very often I feel like that's not

1:06:49 ↗ happening you're talking about going to

1:06:51 ↗ a park to walk your dog I would like to

1:06:54 ↗ see us go to a par whole bunch of other

1:06:56 ↗ families are there on the picnicking

1:06:59 ↗ talking walking around but all of us are

1:07:02 ↗ interacting being in

1:07:04 ↗ community and that's also missing in our

1:07:07 ↗ definition of what a park is in Isa and

1:07:10 ↗ so and looking at that I'm like oh

1:07:11 ↗ that's why because there's no vision

1:07:14 ↗ it's more about appreciating nature

1:07:18 ↗ versus the community of

1:07:20 ↗ isqua without appreciating nature I want

1:07:24 ↗ to build on that because I was sitting

1:07:25 ↗ here unsettled by I like the idea of I

1:07:30 ↗ mean it's a great it's catchy however

1:07:33 ↗ it's unsettling to read the first one

1:07:36 ↗ because for

1:07:38 ↗ me Creeks don't go up yeah and that's

1:07:41 ↗ because it's not about people so it was

1:07:43 ↗ bothering me right that it has to be

1:07:46 ↗ Peaks to Creeks really it was bothering

1:07:48 ↗ me but the reason it was bothering me is

1:07:51 ↗ because of what you said it's not about

1:07:52 ↗ it's about the creek it's not about the

1:07:54 ↗ Humes that's the problem so you hit

1:07:57 ↗ it I will say this hits on that balance

1:08:03 ↗ that you asked about of the balance

1:08:05 ↗ between parks and people and nature and

1:08:10 ↗ our places isqua is a place that has a

1:08:14 ↗ plethora of Open Spaces that wants to

1:08:18 ↗ protect and preserve our Natural Area as

1:08:21 ↗ we should and we're stewards of that but

1:08:24 ↗ being able to balance that with the

1:08:26 ↗ people aspect and the active Recreation

1:08:28 ↗ and the community building is definitely

1:08:31 ↗ something that we are looking to make

1:08:35 ↗ sure that we're being able to to do

1:08:37 ↗ within our system so

1:08:43 ↗ yeah my

1:08:46 ↗ question and I wonder because like in

1:08:49 ↗ United States we have differentiated our

1:08:52 ↗ national wildlife refugees our national

1:08:54 ↗ park system on National Forest system so

1:08:57 ↗ we have separated each part of our

1:09:00 ↗ properties into how humans interact with

1:09:02 ↗ those properties and so in looking at

1:09:06 ↗ isqua's properties I wonder we could

1:09:09 ↗ have some designations so that we

1:09:11 ↗ recognize as we're us utilizing them

1:09:14 ↗ that the main goal for these properties

1:09:17 ↗ is as a National Wildlife Refuge versus

1:09:21 ↗ a Recreation Area versus a park versus a

1:09:24 ↗ national forest system

1:09:25 ↗ and so then everyone like as you're

1:09:28 ↗ planning you're knowing that this is

1:09:30 ↗ really to remain untouched and preserved

1:09:33 ↗ that this is take in take out versus

1:09:36 ↗ this is mainly designed for recreation

1:09:38 ↗ versus this is a park system for humans

1:09:40 ↗ to really interact and enjoy versus

1:09:43 ↗ natural Sur park services right so using

1:09:46 ↗ the model that United States has in

1:09:48 ↗ their spaces their their properties and

1:09:52 ↗ using that same designation as the city

1:09:55 ↗ of

1:09:56 ↗ is creating and utilizing their

1:09:58 ↗ properties yeah yeah that's that's great

1:10:01 ↗ and we we do have that that's part of

1:10:03 ↗ the class the park classification sort

1:10:06 ↗ of um redo I'll say that we did within

1:10:10 ↗ this park plan that I didn't present

1:10:12 ↗ here but that is something that we

1:10:14 ↗ looked at of you know our community

1:10:16 ↗ Parks our nature parks our neighborhood

1:10:20 ↗ parks our Open Spaces um we added

1:10:24 ↗ another class classification that's a

1:10:26 ↗ green way that is different than a

1:10:28 ↗ linear Park and so what elements go in

1:10:31 ↗ that specifically is sort of defined out

1:10:34 ↗ of this has you know this type of active

1:10:37 ↗ Recreation this is more preserve and

1:10:40 ↗ protect um these have elements that can

1:10:44 ↗ like our Rainer Trail right now is an

1:10:46 ↗ example of a linear park that is a a

1:10:50 ↗ trail system that actually has different

1:10:53 ↗ recreational elements along it so there

1:10:57 ↗ is the dog park on one end there's a

1:11:00 ↗ forest path through you know past the

1:11:03 ↗ high school kind of um and then there's

1:11:07 ↗ um exercise equipment down by the senior

1:11:10 ↗ center that's actually along the trail

1:11:12 ↗ so it has these sort of active

1:11:13 ↗ Recreation elements along it that would

1:11:16 ↗ be totally different than a Greenway a

1:11:18 ↗ Greenway would be just sort of a a a

1:11:21 ↗ trail system that goes through um a a

1:11:23 ↗ green space um so we have been looking

1:11:26 ↗ at that specifically as well yeah thank

1:11:33 ↗ you just I reinforce I I I do think this

1:11:38 ↗ the statement being a little more human

1:11:40 ↗ centered would would strengthen it for

1:11:43 ↗ me because with that second statement I

1:11:46 ↗ resonated the most with the fostering

1:11:48 ↗ connections between

1:11:52 ↗ people thank you I will take that

1:11:55 ↗ feedback we definitely are by no means

1:11:57 ↗ done with this and this is all super

1:12:00 ↗ helpful to to hear and and see from

1:12:03 ↗ someone that hasn't been mulling this

1:12:05 ↗ over

1:12:08 ↗ for for

1:12:10 ↗ sure um I think that is all that I have

1:12:14 ↗ for my presentation with you all but

1:12:16 ↗ thank you so much for the opportunity

1:12:17 ↗ I'm happy to be in touch with further

1:12:20 ↗ feedback if there is more um as I

1:12:23 ↗ mentioned the draft plan will be ready

1:12:26 ↗ um in July and so we'll make sure that

1:12:28 ↗ you all get a copy of that but if

1:12:29 ↗ there's other feedback ahead of that I'm

1:12:32 ↗ literally just across the street in fact

1:12:35 ↗ our July meeting our July meeting oh yes

1:12:39 ↗ there you go I'll just stay late that

1:12:41 ↗ day and you all can pop in and and give

1:12:43 ↗ me July 17th yeah one one just last I

1:12:46 ↗ think reflection that I had um you know

1:12:50 ↗ the the troll was put in down the road

1:12:52 ↗ like I thought that was just

1:12:55 ↗ it was great right you know it drew

1:12:57 ↗ people here it got people out of their

1:13:00 ↗ houses to like walk even however far it

1:13:03 ↗ was down the trail to see it um there's

1:13:06 ↗ that connection to the economy because

1:13:08 ↗ some fol walk down over to Front Street

1:13:10 ↗ and grab a bite to eat um so that that

1:13:14 ↗ kind of model I thought was just it's

1:13:16 ↗ just a great idea and you know the more

1:13:19 ↗ opportunities to to do something like

1:13:21 ↗ that would be just great for the

1:13:23 ↗ community yeah thank you I am going to

1:13:25 ↗ give all of the kudos for that to Amy

1:13:28 ↗ Dukes our Cultural Arts manager and the

1:13:30 ↗ Arts commission who really made that

1:13:32 ↗ project happen that was something that

1:13:35 ↗ was I before my time with the city

1:13:38 ↗ honestly I think like a fiveyear

1:13:39 ↗ Endeavor um to get that that troll here

1:13:43 ↗ um and Amy really made that happen for

1:13:46 ↗ the city of isqua the Arts commission

1:13:48 ↗ had a really big hand and in where that

1:13:51 ↗ was placed within our Park system as

1:13:53 ↗ well and working with both the artist

1:13:56 ↗ and the Arts commission the Nordic

1:13:57 ↗ Museum art the snow qualy tribe that

1:14:00 ↗ were involved in it like it really is it

1:14:02 ↗ is it was an example of all of the

1:14:04 ↗ things that we want and hope for our

1:14:06 ↗ Park system and so yes absolutely more

1:14:09 ↗ of that for our

1:14:13 ↗ system thank you so much for presenting

1:14:16 ↗ and I think we all appreciated the

1:14:17 ↗ opportunity to give you know comments

1:14:20 ↗ and thank you yeah thanks thanks so much

1:14:22 ↗ for having me nice to see you all

1:14:26 ↗ amazing right so then on to the next

1:14:30 ↗ agenda topic which is chair and vice

1:14:32 ↗ chair annual election um start fail yeah

1:14:37 ↗ absolutely as promised uh in may we we

1:14:40 ↗ uh shared that we'd be doing this in

1:14:42 ↗ June I actually think this is a really

1:14:43 ↗ great way that you know it's kind of odd

1:14:46 ↗ to welcome our new board members and

1:14:48 ↗ then be like vote today on who you'd

1:14:51 ↗ like to have your chair and vice chair

1:14:53 ↗ um so moving it until having it be the

1:14:55 ↗ following month I hope also following

1:14:56 ↗ our social time that we had last month

1:14:58 ↗ give you a little bit of time to get to

1:15:00 ↗ know the folks in the room and the folks

1:15:01 ↗ that couldn't be here tonight um so the

1:15:04 ↗ way this will work is that it will be an

1:15:07 ↗ an open process so if you are a a the

1:15:11 ↗ thing tonight is that all of our

1:15:12 ↗ alternates are standing in for a regular

1:15:15 ↗ member so you all are acting as voting

1:15:17 ↗ members this evening so you can move to

1:15:20 ↗ um nominate for either position what I'd

1:15:23 ↗ like to how I'd like to structure time

1:15:25 ↗ is I would like to have um our current

1:15:28 ↗ chair and vice chair uh share a little

1:15:30 ↗ bit about just their experience this

1:15:32 ↗ past year and where they stand on

1:15:34 ↗ wanting to be eligible to be nominated

1:15:36 ↗ again you can nominate yourself you can

1:15:38 ↗ nominate someone else only regular

1:15:40 ↗ members so even though we I would ask

1:15:43 ↗ you probably not to nominate anyone not

1:15:44 ↗ in the room as they're not able their

1:15:48 ↗ consent they picked a fortuitous time to

1:15:51 ↗ not be here um though I know has shared

1:15:55 ↗ with me that she was willing to to to

1:15:57 ↗ put her hat in the ring so um you know

1:16:00 ↗ she said I can't be there but you know

1:16:02 ↗ and I hope you know but I give my

1:16:04 ↗ consent um but just so so that you know

1:16:07 ↗ it would be a little we should we should

1:16:09 ↗ uh try to to allow people to give their

1:16:11 ↗ consent if we're going to nominate them

1:16:13 ↗ um what we'll do is we'll do uh we'll do

1:16:16 ↗ chair first we'll do a round of voting

1:16:18 ↗ for chair and then we'll do a round of

1:16:19 ↗ voting for vice chair um and I want to

1:16:22 ↗ share one more time about the resp

1:16:24 ↗ responsibilities of this role uh because

1:16:27 ↗ I think sometimes it can seem quite

1:16:28 ↗ intimidating to be like Oh I'm going to

1:16:30 ↗ be the chair um or the vice chair of a

1:16:32 ↗ border commission uh not to say not to

1:16:35 ↗ not to minimize the importance um of

1:16:38 ↗ that role or the incredible work that

1:16:39 ↗ these two have done um and supporting me

1:16:42 ↗ and supporting all of you the last over

1:16:43 ↗ the course of the last gosh we're coming

1:16:45 ↗ up on a year very soon uh the the main

1:16:49 ↗ responsibilities

1:16:51 ↗ are conducting our meeting facilitating

1:16:54 ↗ our meeting facilitating our agenda um

1:16:56 ↗ and then when the chair is unable to be

1:16:58 ↗ there the vice chair stepping in and and

1:17:00 ↗ taking on that task uh meeting with me

1:17:03 ↗ for usually about 30 minutes the week

1:17:05 ↗ prior to the meeting to review the

1:17:07 ↗ agenda to remind me of the things I've

1:17:09 ↗ forgotten to put in the agenda as often

1:17:12 ↗ happens um and say oh Dale I think you

1:17:15 ↗ may have uh may have forgotten a couple

1:17:18 ↗ of items like the opening question and

1:17:19 ↗ the closing thought um so working with

1:17:22 ↗ me on the agenda formation and then

1:17:24 ↗ usually meeting for one longer meeting

1:17:27 ↗ towards the end of the year to talk

1:17:28 ↗ about the work EV um so really and that

1:17:32 ↗ that that meeting the week prior is an

1:17:33 ↗ online meeting uh it's it does not need

1:17:36 ↗ to be in person if You' like it to be in

1:17:38 ↗ person it could be in person uh but we

1:17:40 ↗ meet briefly online to talk about the

1:17:42 ↗ agenda make sure everything is buttoned

1:17:43 ↗ up and ready to go before the agenda is

1:17:46 ↗ sent out to everyone so there's just a

1:17:47 ↗ general level of um under just I get

1:17:51 ↗ second set of eyes to make sure that I

1:17:53 ↗ thought through everything um so those

1:17:55 ↗ are the real um I would say

1:17:58 ↗ responsibilities that one would take on

1:18:01 ↗ in a chair or vice chair role um before

1:18:03 ↗ I turn it over to the two of you to talk

1:18:05 ↗ a little bit is there anything that you

1:18:06 ↗ would add about the role

1:18:10 ↗ itself

1:18:12 ↗ rewarding it's

1:18:15 ↗ rewarding yeah you get a chance to learn

1:18:17 ↗ yeah you get a chance to learn a little

1:18:18 ↗ bit about facilitating a a board some of

1:18:22 ↗ the Parliamentary pieces yes

1:18:25 ↗ you learn a lot about yourself too you

1:18:27 ↗ really will it's it's been

1:18:32 ↗ rewarding question can I can I ask

1:18:34 ↗ question yeah I don't think you've

1:18:36 ↗ missed hosting and and you've never LED

1:18:38 ↗ one so you yeah I've never had

1:18:41 ↗ to no no no I do to support you when

1:18:45 ↗ when is needed so I've never had to in

1:18:47 ↗ that regard um

1:18:49 ↗ if Tony was never in the meetings

1:18:52 ↗ because you you've been planning them

1:18:54 ↗ together so not required as the

1:18:55 ↗ alternate be in the meeting if the the

1:18:58 ↗ the main board lead is there but Tony is

1:19:02 ↗ part of the the planning meetings with

1:19:05 ↗ with the two yeah it's actually the

1:19:07 ↗ three oh okay so so that's also a vice

1:19:10 ↗ chair Ro to with the agenda creation

1:19:13 ↗ yeah I'm even thinking especially yeah

1:19:16 ↗ I've only had to do it one time in two

1:19:17 ↗ years that was one time when Shay was

1:19:19 ↗ doing something I think she was getting

1:19:21 ↗ a car that day she got stuck in a car

1:19:23 ↗ dealership I've only had to do one time

1:19:29 ↗ yeah I'd love to have our current chair

1:19:32 ↗ ADV Vice chair share a little bit about

1:19:34 ↗ their

1:19:35 ↗ own interest and intentions and then

1:19:37 ↗ open it up to the group so okay so I'll

1:19:40 ↗ go first um so one one thing I wanted to

1:19:44 ↗ know is like I felt last year when we

1:19:46 ↗ had our new members come on board in May

1:19:48 ↗ and then the elections it felt very

1:19:50 ↗ quick and sudden so I am very like

1:19:54 ↗ committed to more of this type of

1:19:57 ↗ process where we had a you know met me

1:20:00 ↗ any members had a you know a chance that

1:20:02 ↗ foreverone to get to know each other a

1:20:03 ↗ little bit more before heading into like

1:20:06 ↗ this nomination process so I am like

1:20:09 ↗ 100% on board because I think that's a

1:20:11 ↗ just makes it a better process um I have

1:20:14 ↗ been honored to uh serve as chair over

1:20:17 ↗ the past year I was surprised to have

1:20:18 ↗ been nominated last year but I'm

1:20:21 ↗ definitely honored to serve I'm not

1:20:23 ↗ going to self-nominate this year um I

1:20:26 ↗ would be again honored to continue to

1:20:28 ↗ serve as chair but I will not nominate

1:20:30 ↗ myself so I would leave it up to you to

1:20:33 ↗ determine like who you feel is uh kind

1:20:36 ↗ of the the right person for the board

1:20:38 ↗ moving forward but again I would be

1:20:41 ↗ honored to continue to serve if that's

1:20:43 ↗ the case and I would be fine to be a

1:20:45 ↗ member if that's the as

1:20:47 ↗ well Bry has been an honor to serve as

1:20:50 ↗ your Vice chair and it's been an honor

1:20:52 ↗ to serve on this board as that so Vice

1:20:55 ↗ chair at the equity board I've done this

1:20:57 ↗ for since this Inception um it's time

1:21:01 ↗ for me to step down it's time for me to

1:21:03 ↗ give someone else another a chance

1:21:05 ↗ there's some very capable members of

1:21:07 ↗ this board that I think would be

1:21:11 ↗ fantastic in this role much better than

1:21:14 ↗ I have been and I'm sorry Dale and prti

1:21:17 ↗ I think since you've taken over no I

1:21:19 ↗ need to say this because I have been so

1:21:22 ↗ busy and consumed with my work that I

1:21:25 ↗ have not been able to devote the time

1:21:29 ↗ needed and by you're hearing me say this

1:21:31 ↗ thinking like well was a lot of time it

1:21:33 ↗ is really exactly what Dale said it's

1:21:35 ↗ just said I am so busy at my job that I

1:21:38 ↗ don't have the time that I want to

1:21:41 ↗ devote to this to grow this to be to be

1:21:46 ↗ your supportive Vice chair and it was so

1:21:49 ↗ sweet of you to say so awesome of you to

1:21:51 ↗ say like I'm sorry Tony like I hav't

1:21:52 ↗ giving you a chance that's so I great of

1:21:54 ↗ a leader that you are that you want to

1:21:57 ↗ actually be able to develop leaders

1:21:59 ↗ that's the mark of a leader and so and I

1:22:02 ↗ think another Mark of a leader is

1:22:04 ↗ knowing when to give up leadership and

1:22:07 ↗ put it in someone else's hands to grow

1:22:10 ↗ there's a particular person I want to

1:22:13 ↗ nominate I really do but there's another

1:22:16 ↗ person I want to nominate as well so I'm

1:22:19 ↗ just GNA keep my mouth closed but I

1:22:21 ↗ think it's time for me to just step back

1:22:23 ↗ as a member

1:22:25 ↗ and just support the

1:22:27 ↗ leadership that will make this happen so

1:22:30 ↗ I'm stepping down thanks Tony you're

1:22:33 ↗ welcome and thank you for your

1:22:34 ↗ leadership you're welcome yes thank you

1:22:36 ↗ great being here but I'm remember I'm

1:22:39 ↗ not like stepping out the door Tony's

1:22:41 ↗ gonna still be here every meeting um

1:22:44 ↗ okay so you have some general intentions

1:22:47 ↗ from our our current acting uh chair and

1:22:49 ↗ vice chair um we still still will be

1:22:53 ↗ both positions are technically open even

1:22:55 ↗ though you know and PR has shared you

1:22:57 ↗ know interested in continuing but not

1:22:59 ↗ going to self-nominate so we'll open for

1:23:01 ↗ discussion so we'll start with chair um

1:23:05 ↗ and then uh if you have a question no no

1:23:09 ↗ great I was gonna make a nomination

1:23:10 ↗ great go for it I would like to nominate

1:23:12 ↗ pry and I want to say really clearly why

1:23:15 ↗ I think that the board this year with

1:23:18 ↗ you between you and

1:23:20 ↗ Dale forgot me

1:23:24 ↗ I know it's terrible that's okay there's

1:23:27 ↗ some problems with shows how much I've

1:23:28 ↗ been absent um Tony thank you I got it

1:23:34 ↗ this is why the name tense I'm

1:23:37 ↗ feeling

1:23:38 ↗ Years Years terrible long anyway but I

1:23:43 ↗ really think that the board has I think

1:23:45 ↗ that the listening to each other the

1:23:47 ↗ developing relationships Le other has

1:23:50 ↗ really been a factor of that the work in

1:23:54 ↗ in the three of you leadership so I

1:23:56 ↗ personally would like to see the

1:23:58 ↗ continuity of that work of you know

1:24:01 ↗ really bringing us together and laughing

1:24:04 ↗ more together and and understanding and

1:24:07 ↗ diving into harder stuff together um

1:24:13 ↗ continue do I need a

1:24:15 ↗ second you can you can second but we can

1:24:18 ↗ unless people are

1:24:20 ↗ running

1:24:22 ↗ yeah second

1:24:25 ↗ I agree as well I think that the the

1:24:27 ↗ continuity and just the um I I think the

1:24:30 ↗ collaborative nature you're very uh

1:24:32 ↗ smooth delivery the the seamless

1:24:35 ↗ facilitation um I uh I'm a general

1:24:38 ↗ manager with a large scale Community

1:24:40 ↗ here in isaa so I I work in um kind of

1:24:43 ↗ assist boards and so um when someone

1:24:46 ↗ takes to it naturally and it's great

1:24:48 ↗ transitions within an agenda um um I

1:24:51 ↗ appreciate that because it's something

1:24:53 ↗ that I do so um I absolutely second your

1:24:55 ↗ your nomination as

1:24:57 ↗ well second we got a third and a

1:25:01 ↗ fourth any anyone anyone object I don't

1:25:05 ↗ know this is

1:25:09 ↗ a we we'll do a we'll do a all in favor

1:25:12 ↗ I and any objections would be a nay and

1:25:15 ↗ any any extensions would be an

1:25:17 ↗ exstension so I'll call all in favor I

1:25:22 ↗ any objections

1:25:25 ↗ any

1:25:26 ↗ extensions right with that um if you

1:25:29 ↗ accept chair

1:25:33 ↗ for awesome Vice chair I'd like to

1:25:37 ↗ nominate someone

1:25:41 ↗ excellent second second third four Ray

1:25:46 ↗ was

1:25:50 ↗ nominated for the record I was I support

1:25:57 ↗ I I just have one comment yes I this we

1:26:01 ↗ have been in existence for two plus

1:26:03 ↗ years and I don't feel we do a lot of

1:26:07 ↗ listening as a group and there's very

1:26:10 ↗ little action I'm going to share some of

1:26:12 ↗ the actions that I've taken over the

1:26:13 ↗ past couple months and those are

1:26:15 ↗ examples of actions that I expect from

1:26:16 ↗ my fellow work members yeah I take this

1:26:19 ↗ roll on I'm going to be a little more

1:26:21 ↗ vocal about saying you need to come back

1:26:23 ↗ next month and give us

1:26:25 ↗ a report on what it is from an equity

1:26:27 ↗ perspective you observed in our

1:26:28 ↗ community beginning to be focus on

1:26:31 ↗ whether it be something that was shared

1:26:32 ↗ with us at a previous meeting go out

1:26:34 ↗ there and find out more information like

1:26:36 ↗ I did with these two events share with

1:26:38 ↗ you so I'm happy to take on the

1:26:41 ↗ assistant position yeah but know that

1:26:45 ↗ I'm going to be a little more vocal with

1:26:46 ↗ those things okay fair enough I like

1:26:49 ↗ that it's just interjecting uh

1:26:50 ↗ accountability and a participation at a

1:26:52 ↗ higher level so yeah didn't agree more

1:26:56 ↗ absolutely any questions for me about

1:26:59 ↗ that comment well I hope that you are

1:27:01 ↗ willing to also challenge us members to

1:27:04 ↗ be more active yes to get involved

1:27:06 ↗ whether there be there's been some

1:27:08 ↗ subcommittees that I've wanted and I've

1:27:10 ↗ had in my head that we've talked about I

1:27:12 ↗ think L you and I have talked about

1:27:14 ↗ those things in the past so challenge us

1:27:18 ↗ support yeah I to challenge her and ask

1:27:20 ↗ her about that trail she was

1:27:22 ↗ talking to get that mountain with my dog

1:27:25 ↗ instead of getting in my

1:27:27 ↗ car I think I 100% agree because I feel

1:27:31 ↗ like we learning and evolving as a board

1:27:34 ↗ and I think this year I definitely feel

1:27:38 ↗ like for being H and things have being

1:27:41 ↗ impacted I think I'm still going back to

1:27:44 ↗ how much of community voice we're also

1:27:47 ↗ hearing and I feel like that is still

1:27:50 ↗ really missing and I don't know and what

1:27:52 ↗ you saying for them to come back or what

1:27:55 ↗ you were saying for us to go and I don't

1:27:58 ↗ know if it's us who organizes or us

1:28:01 ↗ attending but how do we be part of that

1:28:05 ↗ because I know in today's presentation I

1:28:07 ↗ very much resonated with it because I

1:28:09 ↗ did a lot of the surveys that were sent

1:28:14 ↗ out and I wish I had been part of more

1:28:17 ↗ listening sessions because when she said

1:28:20 ↗ that she saw the word

1:28:22 ↗ people I'm wondering did you hear like

1:28:26 ↗ what was the frequency like because it

1:28:29 ↗ really you know I think you recognized

1:28:31 ↗ it you recognized that people wasn't

1:28:34 ↗ centered and so what does that mean and

1:28:38 ↗ how was the data collected if it was a

1:28:41 ↗ survey and so how do we listen are we

1:28:44 ↗ listening for understanding so or we

1:28:47 ↗ like are we asking the right questions

1:28:49 ↗ or were those questions being asked

1:28:52 ↗ and so I'd like to see us do more I just

1:28:56 ↗ don't know

1:28:59 ↗ how because I don't think that's the

1:29:01 ↗ role that the city wants from us the

1:29:04 ↗ city council I see it as being more of a

1:29:07 ↗ sounding board and that's what we've

1:29:09 ↗ been kind of developed into well let's

1:29:12 ↗ clarify that I mean is that do is that

1:29:14 ↗ what you understand the equity board to

1:29:16 ↗ be I mean I think we heard tonight

1:29:18 ↗ directly from a council president I

1:29:20 ↗ would agree who said push us

1:29:24 ↗ yeah she didn't share that the city

1:29:27 ↗ council email address is city council at

1:29:29 ↗ es but I wrote that statistic down I

1:29:33 ↗ mean you know 40,000 members in eight

1:29:36 ↗ comments from the city to the city

1:29:38 ↗ council members I get I'm on so I get

1:29:40 ↗ off yeah probably about five a week

1:29:46 ↗ maybe and they read every single one and

1:29:48 ↗ respond to every single

1:29:51 ↗ one so I feel like we should close oh

1:29:55 ↗ yes to answer the

1:29:58 ↗ questions um all any any other

1:30:02 ↗ nominations for vice

1:30:06 ↗ chair Ray manahan all in favor of Ray

1:30:08 ↗ for vice Chair say

1:30:12 ↗ I all all uh any

1:30:15 ↗ opposed any an absten no one can vote

1:30:18 ↗ exstension not um we got Vice chair for

1:30:22 ↗ this upcoming month

1:30:29 ↗ yay so just building off what Ray said I

1:30:33 ↗ mean one immediate thing we could do is

1:30:35 ↗ if we know when they're running meetings

1:30:38 ↗ public meetings that we that there

1:30:40 ↗ someone lets us know we're not goingon

1:30:42 ↗ to all be able to attend them Mall we're

1:30:43 ↗ not we even shouldn't attend them mall

1:30:45 ↗ but somebody can go to some of them

1:30:47 ↗ right and then just know because I'll

1:30:50 ↗ notice them the day before and that's

1:30:53 ↗ too late for me that's the bottom

1:30:55 ↗ line I have a I can't propose anything

1:30:58 ↗ for other business I'm not a member of

1:31:00 ↗ this board but I think that's a great

1:31:02 ↗ thing that we should talk about here in

1:31:03 ↗ other business I also know that there's

1:31:05 ↗ some other items it did not make the

1:31:07 ↗ agenda because the agenda had already

1:31:08 ↗ been emailed out but I know that Ray has

1:31:10 ↗ some items toose for other business and

1:31:12 ↗ I have something too sure you have

1:31:14 ↗ something as well great I think it's a

1:31:16 ↗ great idea it I'll just say quickly as

1:31:18 ↗ your liaison it could be as simple as

1:31:20 ↗ taking time in our agenda monthly to

1:31:21 ↗ look at the upcoming months City

1:31:23 ↗ calendar calend it's a just on the

1:31:25 ↗ website it exists but any public meeting

1:31:28 ↗ we can kind of look and strategize about

1:31:31 ↗ being in those spes

1:31:33 ↗ yes it's worth it a thought yeah I'm

1:31:36 ↗ really cold would you

1:31:38 ↗ mind seemed warm no I was and and and

1:31:42 ↗ thank you for doing that but I don't

1:31:43 ↗ want you to freeze sorry I should have

1:31:45 ↗ about a

1:31:48 ↗ jacket I'm like my gosh I R warm so when

1:31:52 ↗ that air hit me I'm like

1:31:55 ↗ I get you

1:31:58 ↗ those okay we should be good going up

1:32:02 ↗ 49% humid in here

1:32:05 ↗ anyone I don't know what that why um but

1:32:08 ↗ I'll turn it back over to you for yeah

1:32:10 ↗ well I guess I know we have the closing

1:32:12 ↗ thought and then other business I would

1:32:14 ↗ propose if I can let's go to other

1:32:16 ↗ business first so I heard I think Kelly

1:32:19 ↗ and

1:32:20 ↗ R okay I have two announcements to make

1:32:23 ↗ I'm really excited to share with the

1:32:24 ↗ group June is such a busy month isn't it

1:32:27 ↗ I

1:32:28 ↗ mean so much going on in the high school

1:32:31 ↗ getting ready for finals um but um two

1:32:33 ↗ two things I wanted to share with you

1:32:35 ↗ June is also um pride month and the

1:32:38 ↗ garage does a wonderful job of

1:32:39 ↗ coordinating an event um there so on

1:32:42 ↗ June 15th I think um they've planned a

1:32:46 ↗ uh Community event here at the park but

1:32:48 ↗ afterwards um the garage and they worked

1:32:52 ↗ through the

1:32:54 ↗ um Human Services Division so that's

1:32:57 ↗ Monica and Hannah and they wanted the

1:32:59 ↗ equity board to take part in this and so

1:33:02 ↗ they they reached out to me and um

1:33:04 ↗ what's going to piggyback off of this

1:33:05 ↗ Park event that day on the 15th is a um

1:33:09 ↗ a panel discussion that's Gage and I

1:33:12 ↗ took point in um Gathering the panelists

1:33:16 ↗ that will be joining us so I'm going to

1:33:17 ↗ be driving the the the the uh

1:33:19 ↗ conversation but we have four panelists

1:33:21 ↗ from four wonderful organizations one of

1:33:23 ↗ them is gen Pride I'm kind of the senior

1:33:26 ↗ lgbtq population there out in Seattle

1:33:28 ↗ another one I didn't know this

1:33:29 ↗ organization existed they called Pride

1:33:31 ↗ across the bridge and they're based out

1:33:33 ↗ of Redmond so they pay ATT to East Side

1:33:36 ↗ lgbtqi community members so um they're

1:33:39 ↗ going to be there and we also have

1:33:41 ↗ Lambert house who are parti from last

1:33:43 ↗ year they're kind of um a very

1:33:44 ↗ well-known organization also in Seattle

1:33:46 ↗ but I'm really excited about the fourth

1:33:48 ↗ party which is we have a parent from the

1:33:52 ↗ school um who is a parent of an lgbtqi

1:33:56 ↗ individual and we also have a member of

1:33:59 ↗ saga who's going to be at the EV so Saga

1:34:01 ↗ is sexuality Alliance and sexuality and

1:34:04 ↗ gender Alliance Club Saga that's from

1:34:07 ↗ the high school so we have at least five

1:34:09 ↗ panel six panelists are going to be up

1:34:11 ↗ there um I gave them some tasks to do

1:34:14 ↗ which is give me some questions to ask

1:34:15 ↗ you to make it a robust dialogue allow

1:34:18 ↗ for some Q&A so just remember that's

1:34:19 ↗ happening on the 15th 4 o'clock at the

1:34:22 ↗ garage if you can make it um the other

1:34:24 ↗ item um talking about Vanna and uh

1:34:27 ↗ Monica you know they chair the CH

1:34:30 ↗ Services Commission and I've been

1:34:32 ↗ listening into because I was curious

1:34:34 ↗ specifically because of health related

1:34:36 ↗ topics so having listened into a few of

1:34:38 ↗ their meetings um they asked me to

1:34:40 ↗ present on this topic there was

1:34:42 ↗ legislation that was released earlier

1:34:44 ↗ this year on a federal level so this is

1:34:47 ↗ centers for Medicare and Medicaid that I

1:34:49 ↗ have been researching on and they said

1:34:51 ↗ could you just really share that with

1:34:53 ↗ this team so um it's the meeting that

1:34:55 ↗ I'm going to be joining is June 18th

1:34:58 ↗ it's at 300 p.m. and the meeting is

1:35:00 ↗ hosted by the isquat nourishing Network

1:35:03 ↗ Community you know all about it Laura

1:35:06 ↗ participates in that but there's a

1:35:07 ↗ health related topic that I'm going to

1:35:09 ↗ surface which is um if a community-based

1:35:12 ↗ organization is involved in the care of

1:35:16 ↗ a a patient who is seen by a Medicare

1:35:19 ↗ provider so think about that for me a

1:35:21 ↗ Medicare provider is basically only

1:35:22 ↗ provider

1:35:25 ↗ yes um if a community- based

1:35:28 ↗ organization is part in that

1:35:29 ↗ individual's care centers for Medicare

1:35:31 ↗ Medicaid has structured a new

1:35:34 ↗ reimbursement format that that

1:35:35 ↗ community- based organization can

1:35:37 ↗ actually receive some money so you think

1:35:40 ↗ about organizations like the garage you

1:35:43 ↗ think about organizations like our food

1:35:45 ↗ bank you think of organizations like the

1:35:47 ↗ homeless shelter if they are partnering

1:35:50 ↗ with a Medicare provider they can

1:35:53 ↗ actually get paid for the services that

1:35:54 ↗ they provide so this could be a a um

1:35:58 ↗ something that the city could be part of

1:36:01 ↗ because we're connecting the community-

1:36:02 ↗ based organization to the Medicare

1:36:04 ↗ provider um so they now have an

1:36:06 ↗ opportunity to perhaps get paid for the

1:36:09 ↗ services they do and and you know having

1:36:11 ↗ been in the medical field for many many

1:36:13 ↗ years taking care of a patient is

1:36:15 ↗ complex work it's not just the people

1:36:17 ↗ that are in the clinic but they also

1:36:19 ↗ have to outreach to nutritionists they

1:36:21 ↗ have to outreach to mental health

1:36:23 ↗ providers they have to outreach to a

1:36:24 ↗ food bank they have to outreach to

1:36:25 ↗ shelters so there's a whole team taking

1:36:28 ↗ care of that patient and that's where

1:36:29 ↗ CMS land with this is do they understand

1:36:32 ↗ that providers need to better partner

1:36:34 ↗ with Community Based organizations and

1:36:36 ↗ now they created a reimbursement

1:36:38 ↗ struction for it so cool yeah um I think

1:36:41 ↗ it'll be interesting so that is on June

1:36:43 ↗ 18th at 3M you don't have the

1:36:46 ↗ appointment but all you do is send me an

1:36:47 ↗ email and I'll forward it off

1:36:50 ↗ that I was just about to forward your

1:36:52 ↗ email and then I was like oh this is not

1:36:55 ↗ linked to a

1:36:59 ↗ appointment like to know join but I

1:37:02 ↗ think can you've been on I I've been um

1:37:06 ↗ it's very informal so you can but you

1:37:09 ↗ can invite out would email Kim and just

1:37:10 ↗ say in what capacity I think the next

1:37:13 ↗ one I'm going to be missing because I

1:37:15 ↗ think I'm going to be out of town but um

1:37:18 ↗ yeah father people it's so called

1:37:19 ↗ nurishing Network in general I know

1:37:21 ↗ you've attended a couple times is is an

1:37:23 ↗ interesting place to uh hear what's

1:37:27 ↗ going on in the community

1:37:29 ↗ and I do hear from lots of people in the

1:37:33 ↗ community about what's going on so

1:37:35 ↗ that's where I get a lot of the re my

1:37:37 ↗ responses to presentations is based on

1:37:40 ↗ what people in the community yeah I

1:37:43 ↗ unembedded my topic with Hannah first

1:37:44 ↗ and then she had me meet with him to

1:37:46 ↗ really see it this what's what's the

1:37:47 ↗ equity lens in this R well it's it's

1:37:49 ↗ making sure that people are treated in

1:37:51 ↗ an equitable Manner and they're ing

1:37:53 ↗ Community Based resources like the

1:37:55 ↗ shelter like the food bank like mental

1:37:57 ↗ health clinicians in their care so I

1:37:59 ↗ think it's really good topic From

1:38:01 ↗ perspective yeah

1:38:03 ↗ awesome that's it any questions on any

1:38:05 ↗ of those two topics hope you can make it

1:38:08 ↗ if you're available just a comment that

1:38:13 ↗ I've uh been in the Zooms for like past

1:38:17 ↗ events that you've H facilitated panels

1:38:19 ↗ for and they are just excellent so oh

1:38:22 ↗ thank you yeah this I'm looking forward

1:38:24 ↗ to

1:38:27 ↗ it and then Kelly you have yeah I I

1:38:31 ↗ wanted to follow up py Marsh had sent us

1:38:33 ↗ a a email with a question which I am not

1:38:37 ↗ remembering the question either but as

1:38:40 ↗ to our brief comment about only six

1:38:44 ↗ comments going to the city council is

1:38:46 ↗ this because nobody gets gets dealt with

1:38:48 ↗ and so I think we should say something

1:38:51 ↗ or have a discussion in this room at

1:38:53 ↗ least about her question you know I it's

1:38:56 ↗ just a follow-up thing and when we have

1:38:58 ↗ too many questions we can worry about it

1:39:00 ↗ then can we have that as a regular

1:39:03 ↗ agenda item because I never know what

1:39:05 ↗ the how to address it and I was like

1:39:08 ↗ should I ask how we addressing this but

1:39:10 ↗ in our future agendas can we put a thing

1:39:13 ↗ where we say public comment like time

1:39:15 ↗ for public comment also time for

1:39:19 ↗ discussion of public emails or emails

1:39:21 ↗ sent to the court well I think emails do

1:39:23 ↗ canas public comment they do yeah so

1:39:26 ↗ maybe we need to just remind the group

1:39:28 ↗ that this email was sent in how are we

1:39:31 ↗ considering

1:39:33 ↗ response because usually the we decided

1:39:35 ↗ that if a person made a public comment

1:39:38 ↗ we didn't have to respond to the comment

1:39:40 ↗ right away we could defer to the next

1:39:42 ↗ meeting I don't think we're supposed to

1:39:45 ↗ I guess paron to like the meeting you

1:39:48 ↗ can you can propose adding an item of

1:39:50 ↗ other business during a regular meeting

1:39:54 ↗ based on what you hear in public comment

1:39:55 ↗ you can someone could propose could we

1:39:57 ↗ add an item to the to other business to

1:40:00 ↗ talk about whatever the topic was for a

1:40:03 ↗ regular meeting so any of our first

1:40:05 ↗ Wednesday of the month meetings however

1:40:07 ↗ if you wanted to proactively so would

1:40:10 ↗ that like when Connie sent it should one

1:40:13 ↗ of us have responded to pretty or you

1:40:15 ↗ saying can we add this as uh discussion

1:40:19 ↗ point for our meeting okay so then can I

1:40:21 ↗ say can we add it to a discussion point

1:40:24 ↗ for our July

1:40:25 ↗ meeting yes we can make it a we can make

1:40:28 ↗ it a topic because it would not be an

1:40:29 ↗ other business topic it could be a

1:40:31 ↗ regular item for our July meeting is

1:40:33 ↗ discussing the contents of that email y

1:40:36 ↗ so what I'm also hearing Laura suggest

1:40:39 ↗ is maybe we add it as a standing agenda

1:40:42 ↗ topic that was the other thing that I

1:40:44 ↗ thought I I

1:40:46 ↗ did so it doesn't have to be specific we

1:40:49 ↗ could just add you know that ABC and

1:40:52 ↗ yeah let me ask Tisha that to make sure

1:40:54 ↗ that's totally uh within my little

1:40:56 ↗ Roberts Rules book maybe has an answer

1:40:58 ↗ on that but I'll confirm um she

1:41:00 ↗ literally gave me this tiny book to just

1:41:02 ↗ travel with at this point so because I'm

1:41:04 ↗ bad at this um so I'll confirm with her

1:41:08 ↗ to make sure that's fine but um I will

1:41:11 ↗ say it is not up to anyone here to

1:41:14 ↗ respond directly to those emails that go

1:41:16 ↗ to the isqua equity board um council

1:41:19 ↗ president Walsh responded to Connie's

1:41:20 ↗ email directly to her um

1:41:23 ↗ I think there is a bigger discussion to

1:41:25 ↗ have because it really the question was

1:41:27 ↗ about um board and commission

1:41:30 ↗ applications yes yeah that's what I got

1:41:33 ↗ and

1:41:36 ↗ Equity I haven't had a chance to talk to

1:41:38 ↗ the mayor yet so I think what I'm also

1:41:40 ↗ wondering is that like how do we find

1:41:43 ↗ out what the response was to better

1:41:46 ↗ guide us because she's asking a question

1:41:49 ↗ and I'm just looking around going now

1:41:50 ↗ what like how do I respond or and I'm

1:41:53 ↗ curious to know the answer too because

1:41:55 ↗ I'm like well that's a very valid

1:41:56 ↗ question and so how can we also hear

1:41:59 ↗ what that feedback to her question was

1:42:02 ↗ to kind of close the loop for us because

1:42:04 ↗ it feels like otherwise that we're not

1:42:06 ↗ responding and ignoring and doing

1:42:09 ↗ nothing Equity board was not included on

1:42:12 ↗ Council president's response to con's

1:42:15 ↗ Emil so I will one thing is I will

1:42:16 ↗ forward that email to you all so you

1:42:18 ↗ have that ahead of our conversation in

1:42:20 ↗ July um as context also by our July 17

1:42:26 ↗ yes by the time we over a month away

1:42:28 ↗ when we meet in July the mayor and I the

1:42:30 ↗ mayor is currently out of town on a

1:42:32 ↗ family vacation and then is also going

1:42:34 ↗ to visit our sister city and then it's

1:42:35 ↗ going back to Germany where she's on her

1:42:37 ↗ family vacation so she will be back uh

1:42:40 ↗ soon and I will be able to to get her

1:42:41 ↗ thoughts on this also Ahad of that time

1:42:43 ↗ so I'll come prepared to share as well

1:42:46 ↗ thank

1:42:47 ↗ you I think the other point so Connie's

1:42:51 ↗ email is actually in junk mail so in in

1:42:54 ↗ a jump folder I and as you mentioned it

1:42:57 ↗ I realized I rescued it from the spam

1:42:59 ↗ folder but I didn't read it so I don't

1:43:01 ↗ even know what to that so that yeah I

1:43:04 ↗ guess I maybe would suggest folks check

1:43:07 ↗ their spam or junk mail filters for

1:43:09 ↗ things like that but I think if Connie

1:43:12 ↗ is sending it to us and then if you I

1:43:14 ↗ don't know if because I know when you

1:43:16 ↗ send it everything comes directly so if

1:43:19 ↗ because 100% like you

1:43:22 ↗ normally my filter is very strong so

1:43:24 ↗ everything goes in junk but because

1:43:26 ↗ Connie has emailed us before yeah she's

1:43:28 ↗ now a safe sender for me so I'm

1:43:30 ↗ wondering just to help the new board

1:43:32 ↗ members and me in the future from

1:43:34 ↗ someone who is not honey sending me

1:43:37 ↗ email if someone does send an email can

1:43:40 ↗ you just forward it and say hey um we

1:43:43 ↗ I'm going to add this to our public

1:43:46 ↗ comment piece and so that will make sure

1:43:49 ↗ that we see it and recognize that we're

1:43:51 ↗ going to talk about it because now it's

1:43:53 ↗ going to be on on our agenda so that way

1:43:56 ↗ it'll pull it pull it out automatically

1:43:59 ↗ absolutely yeah anytime I would say we

1:44:02 ↗ have some residents who are really good

1:44:03 ↗ about public comment to our shared email

1:44:05 ↗ address our esqua Equity board email

1:44:07 ↗ address anytime you get something and

1:44:10 ↗ you would like to add it to the agenda

1:44:11 ↗ as if it if I've already sent out the

1:44:13 ↗ agenda let me know that you're planning

1:44:15 ↗ to add it to other business Ray did that

1:44:17 ↗ this week with his announcements he let

1:44:19 ↗ me know ahead of time um if it's before

1:44:22 ↗ the agenda let me let your chair or vice

1:44:25 ↗ chair know and we can make sure it gets

1:44:26 ↗ added to the agenda um but in general

1:44:29 ↗ I'll check with Tisha about whether or

1:44:31 ↗ not we can add a standing item um around

1:44:34 ↗ discussion of public comment that would

1:44:36 ↗ be the workaround which makes me think

1:44:37 ↗ that we would have figured this out

1:44:39 ↗ already so I'm like oh it may not be it

1:44:42 ↗ may not be allowed um but always in any

1:44:46 ↗ case and what I'll I'll try to do is

1:44:47 ↗ make sure that if something comes in and

1:44:51 ↗ I did not notice that the council

1:44:52 ↗ president pres response had not included

1:44:54 ↗ this group so um one we'll make sure

1:44:57 ↗ that always happens and then two we'll

1:44:59 ↗ follow up in some way moving forward

1:45:01 ↗ yeah great thank you for bringing that

1:45:03 ↗ up shie has her hand it's a totally

1:45:06 ↗ different question um am I um was I

1:45:10 ↗ supposed to do something about any

1:45:12 ↗ emails like am I supposed to create an

1:45:15 ↗ account or you know no you're good

1:45:19 ↗ you're good at this you're on the list

1:45:21 ↗ serve okay

1:45:24 ↗ great thank you and I guess I have one

1:45:27 ↗ one topic to also bring up and that is

1:45:30 ↗ like an update on That's So the the

1:45:32 ↗ mayor has a strategic Plan update task

1:45:34 ↗ force that I've been sharing and so we

1:45:38 ↗ we're about I think five sessions out of

1:45:41 ↗ six total and we're headed toward a

1:45:44 ↗ presentation with city

1:45:46 ↗ council uh in July yes and I can send

1:45:50 ↗ those dates um my update is like so

1:45:54 ↗ Equity is a guiding principle it's named

1:45:57 ↗ as a guiding principle in the plan but

1:45:59 ↗ it's really been a struggle to figure

1:46:01 ↗ out how

1:46:02 ↗ to embed it into the plan goal

1:46:06 ↗ strategies and actions and so uh and I

1:46:11 ↗ feel like we we keep running out of time

1:46:13 ↗ to really Tee It Up adequately so

1:46:17 ↗ um you know so we're we're in like

1:46:21 ↗ there's a couple more weeks before the

1:46:23 ↗ last meeting and I would you know invite

1:46:26 ↗ you all to look at it and like uh

1:46:29 ↗ council president Walsh said let's use

1:46:31 ↗ our voices to to see how we can um

1:46:34 ↗ interject in a little bit more well into

1:46:37 ↗ the plan can we make that a uh you know

1:46:41 ↗ an item for our next meeting in which we

1:46:44 ↗ is our next meeting co- meeting with

1:46:47 ↗ somebody else not the no okay so it

1:46:50 ↗ couldn't it be can't we just say now

1:46:51 ↗ that it we'd like to have that is an

1:46:53 ↗ item that we we c yeah we come up with

1:46:56 ↗ the ideas for a letter that goes to the

1:46:58 ↗ council it will have gone to the council

1:47:01 ↗ the day before so it'll be fresh yeah

1:47:05 ↗ and the current plan is for the task

1:47:07 ↗ force to present their recommendations

1:47:09 ↗ for Council to consider um and so it it

1:47:13 ↗ will be in flux through the end of the

1:47:15 ↗ year there will be time for this so

1:47:17 ↗ whether or not you want to make an

1:47:18 ↗ agenda item for literally the day after

1:47:19 ↗ it goes to council or if you want to

1:47:21 ↗ wait make an agenda item and September I

1:47:24 ↗ got you that would also be fine question

1:47:26 ↗ are we meeting on August 7th which is

1:47:28 ↗ three weeks later or sorry did that get

1:47:31 ↗ changed August is a recess month okay so

1:47:34 ↗ so then after the 17th will be September

1:47:36 ↗ 4th be September 4th y I would propose

1:47:40 ↗ September 4th so we all can kind of look

1:47:42 ↗ more closely at it and come with fresh

1:47:45 ↗ ideas for that first week of

1:47:48 ↗ September I have another question not

1:47:51 ↗ related to this

1:47:53 ↗ I don't know if I missed it but is there

1:47:54 ↗ a juneth activity in the city yes and

1:47:59 ↗ what will that

1:48:00 ↗ be sorry I know Tony and I have been

1:48:02 ↗ involved in it the past couple years and

1:48:04 ↗ I was like wow I anything and now I

1:48:08 ↗ don't know I feel bad because I not

1:48:11 ↗ involved um yes event taking place at

1:48:15 ↗ the senior center I'm just looking up

1:48:16 ↗ the

1:48:19 ↗ details

1:48:21 ↗ yeah why looking at updat um I I did

1:48:25 ↗ copy on the email that Council had

1:48:27 ↗ reached out to me about accepting that

1:48:30 ↗ did that actually happen Proclamation

1:48:32 ↗ the Proclamation was was announced but

1:48:35 ↗ they are going to present it at the

1:48:36 ↗ juneth event yeah Tony's accepting

1:48:40 ↗ something for it I don't think so I

1:48:43 ↗ think there's a there's a new I think

1:48:46 ↗ they're presenting it at the event okay

1:48:48 ↗ so I'm I'm not 100 I'm not involved in

1:48:50 ↗ the planning of the event so this is

1:48:51 ↗ where Monica and Hannah's team you know

1:48:54 ↗ they still really lead our events City

1:48:56 ↗ our community events Citywide um but I

1:48:59 ↗ think the Pres the it was the sort of

1:49:01 ↗ proclamations we would give them for the

1:49:03 ↗ entire month at City Council on the

1:49:05 ↗ first council meeting of the month but

1:49:07 ↗ the we didn't want to just say it and

1:49:10 ↗ not present it and so I also think that

1:49:13 ↗ this actually brought up a question of

1:49:14 ↗ like what's the point of a proclamation

1:49:17 ↗ if we're not necessarily going and doing

1:49:18 ↗ it at the events that they're happening

1:49:20 ↗ at exact so I think that that is the

1:49:22 ↗ current plan and moving forward for this

1:49:23 ↗ particular one and just calling into

1:49:25 ↗ question the approach to proclamations

1:49:27 ↗ broadly yeah so full context or full

1:49:31 ↗ disclosure or transparency last Friday I

1:49:35 ↗ was um it was last Friday it was um an

1:49:39 ↗ invite to come to the council meeting to

1:49:41 ↗ accept the proclamation Monday night i'

1:49:44 ↗ already had plans got work work to do

1:49:47 ↗ stuff like that so yeah invitation we

1:49:51 ↗ get it right yeah

1:49:53 ↗ oops Yeah that's what it yeah I just

1:49:57 ↗ won't say

1:49:58 ↗ whatever are you still playing this yeah

1:50:01 ↗ I'll get the details and forward it out

1:50:03 ↗ to the group

1:50:05 ↗ yeah right any other other business um

1:50:09 ↗ that folks want to break

1:50:13 ↗ up all right so we are on to our closing

1:50:17 ↗ thought I think we've I I kind of like

1:50:19 ↗ the way we've been ending which is like

1:50:21 ↗ what is like a word

1:50:23 ↗ feeling a handful of words that

1:50:26 ↗ summarize how you're feeling at the end

1:50:27 ↗ of today's meeting and you know whoever

1:50:29 ↗ wants to go first go first and then call

1:50:31 ↗ on someone

1:50:34 ↗ else I can

1:50:37 ↗ startor that's

1:50:39 ↗ great well I I would say this's a

1:50:42 ↗ specific word but I feel like I've

1:50:44 ↗ learned a lot more you things about a

1:50:46 ↗ broad amount of Brad amount of topics um

1:50:51 ↗ and like about the part I learned a lot

1:50:53 ↗ of new ways that you can incorporate

1:50:55 ↗ Equity um into something I would thought

1:50:59 ↗ was simple making parts and making sure

1:51:02 ↗ it's accessible to

1:51:06 ↗ everybody

1:51:07 ↗ you yeah I just feel um invigorated with

1:51:11 ↗ our coming year especially that

1:51:13 ↗ strategic plan I can't wait to lay eyes

1:51:15 ↗ on it I that's a h side look at it and

1:51:17 ↗ say what feedback or input can you have

1:51:20 ↗ in this

1:51:26 ↗ I I don't know if I said that last time

1:51:27 ↗ but I feel best what is hopeful because

1:51:30 ↗ I'm really excited about Frey and Ray uh

1:51:33 ↗ and Leadership next year love you for

1:51:36 ↗ the past four years you know we're buds

1:51:39 ↗ but uh I am I'm looking forward to

1:51:42 ↗ ongoing work and seeing where the equity

1:51:46 ↗ board um how it helps and impacts our

1:51:50 ↗ community in a positive way

1:51:57 ↗ you next um I would say I'm I'm I'm I'm

1:52:00 ↗ excited and also um about the action and

1:52:04 ↗ accountability that as I received it

1:52:07 ↗ that uh raise comment was that we're

1:52:10 ↗ going to be really focused and

1:52:11 ↗ accountable in terms of deliverables

1:52:14 ↗ what we're going to do as an equity

1:52:16 ↗ board and we're going to all be tasked

1:52:18 ↗ with being part of that and so I'm

1:52:20 ↗ excited about that I'm a check mark

1:52:22 ↗ person I want to be involved at a high

1:52:24 ↗ level in order to say that we did this

1:52:26 ↗ it's connected to this this is the

1:52:28 ↗ outcome so I'm excited for your your

1:52:30 ↗ leadership and your continued leadership

1:52:33 ↗ so

1:52:35 ↗ yeah yeah your next I'll say energized I

1:52:39 ↗ feel like this is just a a great meeting

1:52:41 ↗ to you know do some structured stuff and

1:52:43 ↗ then just kind of Riff and kind of

1:52:46 ↗ everyone gets to share what they're

1:52:48 ↗ thinking about so we can help kind of

1:52:50 ↗ Forge our path moving forward still so

1:52:56 ↗ yeah man um there's probably one word

1:53:00 ↗ for it but looking ahead I'm I'm just

1:53:04 ↗ really tonight's meeting has me thinking

1:53:07 ↗ about all the stuff that I know this

1:53:09 ↗ group wants to accomplish in the coming

1:53:12 ↗ months and so I'm just looking ahead and

1:53:14 ↗ as your Le on thinking about how we fit

1:53:16 ↗ that into the agendas and the meetings

1:53:17 ↗ we have between now and the future

1:53:23 ↗ um for me I think it's um at this point

1:53:27 ↗ it is more absorbing and soaking so

1:53:30 ↗ trying to kind of understand how things

1:53:33 ↗ are run and you know and wherever I can

1:53:36 ↗ input so uh do that but more like

1:53:40 ↗ soaking in and absorbing

1:53:43 ↗ everything and I really agree with

1:53:46 ↗ everybody I'm excited I think we're

1:53:48 ↗ invigorate it's invigorating I think

1:53:50 ↗ that we're starting to sort things out

1:53:52 ↗ as a group right both relationally

1:53:56 ↗ relation to us relation to the city you

1:53:58 ↗ know this year has been more about the

1:54:00 ↗ city you know coming and asking us for

1:54:03 ↗ their guide you know to give some

1:54:04 ↗ guidance and so I'm excited about like

1:54:07 ↗ now maybe we can start going and

1:54:09 ↗ listening right and bring that back

1:54:12 ↗ so you know maybe in thinking it back of

1:54:15 ↗ course we had to do all that right these

1:54:18 ↗ steps of building relationships before

1:54:20 ↗ we could actually get much done

1:54:24 ↗ I guess for me it's galvanized I feel

1:54:27 ↗ totally galvanized you know I I love Ray

1:54:30 ↗ what you said and love that you're will

1:54:33 ↗ you're willing to do another year Prett

1:54:36 ↗ on this and so I just feel like let's go

1:54:39 ↗ I just feel like let's let's get this

1:54:41 ↗ let's go let's go for it let's get it

1:54:43 ↗ yeah so I feel really gin

1:54:46 ↗ this everyone

1:54:48 ↗ gone all right well thank you all for

1:54:51 ↗ the wonderful

1:54:52 ↗ evening and um I guess our so our next

1:54:56 ↗ meeting is scheduled for July 17th it's

1:54:59 ↗ a special meeting and um yeah and with

1:55:03 ↗ that I adjourn the meeting at

1:55:05 ↗ 7:58 thank you all thank you amazing

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Attendance

Council / Members (8)

Lorna Gilmour

Shani Kapoor

Ray Manahan

Lesley Millender-Irwin

Priti Mody-Pan

Kelly Munn

Kunal Srivastava

Tony Curry

Staff (3)

Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator

Hasanthi Hoglund, Parks and Community

Services, Business Operations Specialist

Excused

Varnika Dokka

Cristina Abonce

Shalanda Fleming

Karthik Kashinath

Recommendations & actions (4)

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These amended minutes were approved by the Board.
Specifically, Markey-Crimp shared that the subcommittee working on the glossary accepted the feedback and potential additional words recommended by the Equity Board and sourced definitions for these words.
The Board recommended making this statement more “human centered” and focused on the purpose of parks in places of connection and gathering of people.
d) Strategic Plan Update Task Force Progress Update Presented by: Priti Mody-Pan, Equity Board Chair Mody-Pan provided a brief update about the progress that the Mayoral Task Force has made in drafting recommended…