Park Board · Monday, October 26, 2020 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

Membership

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Staff report:

Park Board About Staff Liaison Created in 1983, this board provides guidance and Milissa Ching, Office Manager direction in meeting the City’s parks and Email recreational needs by advising the Mayor and Parks & Recreation Director on matters relating to the Regular Members planning; acquisition, development; and operation 2022 - Bradley Book of parks, facilities and recreational programs inside 2022 - Ruben Nieto the City limits. 2022 - Jonathan Richardson 2022 - Linda Whitworth Membership 2023 - Chris Kovac The Park Board is comprised of nine regular 2020 - Joe Frauenheim members, with four-year terms; and two 2020 - Carl Riess alternates, with two-year terms. All members are 2021 - Jeremy Noble appointed by the Mayor and subject to 2021 - Danielle Wolfrom Githens confirmation by the City Council. Terms expire April 30 of the year listed. For more information, see Alternate Members…

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of September 28, 2020

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 09-28-2020 Park Board Minutes 7:00 PM Virtual Meeting September 28, 2020 DRAFT MINUTES

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

COVID Recovery Update

Director · 30 min · Jeff Watling, Parks and Community Services

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Dog Park Update

Director and Jennifer Fink, Park Planner and · 20 min · Jeff Watling, Parks and Community Services

Topics: Parks

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Pathways for Input

Director · 20 min · Jeff Watling, Parks and Community Services

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5. REPORTS

Director's Report

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Chairperson's Report

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0:00 ↗ uh welcome everyone uh to

0:03 ↗ the park board meeting for october 26

0:07 ↗ 2020.

0:09 ↗ i apologize for a little bit of a

0:12 ↗ computer glitch here it looks like

0:14 ↗ nobody can see me this evening but at

0:16 ↗ least i assume everybody can hear me

0:18 ↗ anyway uh i'm told that it's some sort

0:22 ↗ of a bandwidth issue

0:23 ↗ and who knows maybe my smiling face will

0:27 ↗ show up somewhere along

0:28 ↗ in the meeting we'll see but in any

0:31 ↗ event

0:32 ↗ i think we have a pretty good size group

0:34 ↗ here this evening so

0:36 ↗ much like our last meeting i'm going to

0:38 ↗ go ahead and combine a roll call

0:41 ↗ with approval of minutes uh and so

0:44 ↗ before we do that i need to actually ask

0:48 ↗ does everybody have an opportunity to

0:49 ↗ review minutes

0:51 ↗ and if so does anybody have any

0:53 ↗ questions or comments

0:56 ↗ yeah this is danielle and um i

0:59 ↗ was hoping when i look at the minutes

1:02 ↗ that um i'd be able to get a better

1:04 ↗ flavor

1:05 ↗ for our discussion at least with respect

1:07 ↗ to the dog park temporary dog park

1:09 ↗ structure

1:11 ↗ um so

1:14 ↗ as it is it's difficult if someone were

1:16 ↗ to pick up the minutes to

1:17 ↗ get any sort of sense as to what it was

1:20 ↗ that we discussed

1:22 ↗ and there's a kind of a vague reference

1:24 ↗ to just some concerns

1:26 ↗ um and so i wasn't sure if others felt

1:29 ↗ the same way or that was intentional

1:30 ↗ like

1:31 ↗ i would hate for people to have to

1:32 ↗ actually go and look at a two-hour

1:36 ↗ park board meeting in order to get that

1:39 ↗ information

1:42 ↗ so i guess

1:45 ↗ i can speak to that so this is melissa

1:47 ↗ um danielle

1:48 ↗ because the meetings are recorded we

1:51 ↗ have

1:52 ↗ done more of a summarization of the

1:54 ↗ discussion but what i could do

1:56 ↗ to help somebody if they wanted to go

1:58 ↗ back in reference to see the dialogue is

2:00 ↗ i could put a time stamp in

2:02 ↗ on the recording as to where that

2:03 ↗ discussion took place so that they could

2:05 ↗ fast forward

2:06 ↗ to that point in the meeting um if you

2:09 ↗ think that would be helpful

2:12 ↗ if this is like um i guess a standard

2:14 ↗ thing that everybody's doing now

2:16 ↗ with minutes citywide is it just sort of

2:20 ↗ generally is that

2:21 ↗ correct that people are generally just

2:22 ↗ saying a discussion happened

2:25 ↗ that's my understanding and i can

2:27 ↗ perfect get some clarity from the

2:29 ↗ clerk's office as well if they want

2:30 ↗ more additional details but that was um

2:32 ↗ the direction that i was going from

2:34 ↗ okay danielle yeah this is this is jeff

2:37 ↗ um just to echo that yeah clerks is

2:39 ↗ asked uh from uh in terms of standard id

2:42 ↗ standardizing minutes for boards and

2:44 ↗ commissions to go with

2:45 ↗ more of that overview approach

2:49 ↗ okay so if if that is the case i think

2:51 ↗ it would be helpful

2:52 ↗ to put in some sort of time stamp um

2:55 ↗ i guess i would say like i i know

2:57 ↗ there's a wide range of

2:59 ↗ of techniques of taking minutes and it's

3:00 ↗ very difficult to

3:02 ↗ to actually capture like a conversation

3:04 ↗ but um

3:06 ↗ you know i think there are are instances

3:08 ↗ where i've flipped back through

3:09 ↗ minutes to see what was discussed and

3:11 ↗ you know what the points were and

3:13 ↗ you know to the extent that in this this

3:15 ↗ instance in particular

3:17 ↗ since we you discussed and decided not

3:19 ↗ to move forward and it referred

3:20 ↗ generally to like some concerns

3:22 ↗ it just seemed to me like it would be

3:23 ↗ more helpful if we had them in there but

3:25 ↗ i understand and if it's that's what the

3:27 ↗ city is doing then

3:30 ↗ i would just i guess recommend making

3:32 ↗ that change

3:36 ↗ to add the stamp date or timestamp

3:39 ↗ okay i'll note that thank you

3:43 ↗ any other comments about minutes

3:48 ↗ the only one that i have is i noticed

3:50 ↗ that it

3:51 ↗ showed that jeremy was not at the last

3:54 ↗ meeting i believe he actually

3:56 ↗ showed up late but he was there so you

3:58 ↗ might want to update that

4:00 ↗ melissa that sounds great

4:03 ↗ i'll look at the video and adjust the

4:06 ↗ time stamp for that as well

4:08 ↗ okay i don't know if you need to get

4:10 ↗ that technical in terms of when he

4:12 ↗ arrived but at least

4:13 ↗ to show that he was present on the

4:14 ↗ minutes is would probably be adequate

4:18 ↗ any other comments from anybody um

4:22 ↗ you know i can see everybody you can't

4:23 ↗ see me so you know i guess i didn't need

4:25 ↗ to comb my hair today but um

4:28 ↗ i can see all of you so if you have any

4:29 ↗ questions or you want to have comments

4:31 ↗ throughout the meeting just raise your

4:32 ↗ hand i can see that

4:34 ↗ and i'll call on you i can actually see

4:37 ↗ everybody except melissa but she has her

4:40 ↗ own issues and she won't be talking much

4:42 ↗ anyway so

4:44 ↗ so at this point i need to have somebody

4:47 ↗ that

4:48 ↗ would like to make a motion to approve

4:51 ↗ minutes

4:53 ↗ i'll go ahead and move to approve the

4:55 ↗ minutes as

4:57 ↗ modified thank you danielle anybody like

5:00 ↗ the second

5:04 ↗ hey revenue reuben seconded

5:08 ↗ we'll take that reuben as a hand raise

5:11 ↗ um and so now i'm going to just do a

5:14 ↗ roll call go to everybody to each of you

5:16 ↗ and all you need to do is unmute and say

5:19 ↗ that you are present

5:20 ↗ and that you approve minutes if you do

5:23 ↗ and so first i'll call upon jonathan

5:27 ↗ yep jonathan richardson here um approve

5:30 ↗ the minutes as noted

5:32 ↗ okay thank you jonathan danielle

5:35 ↗ i approve the minutes has noted or as

5:38 ↗ i'm amended

5:39 ↗ thank you and linda yes

5:42 ↗ i'm here and i approve the minutes as

5:45 ↗ amended

5:46 ↗ thank you and marlene

5:49 ↗ hi i'm here and approve the minutes as

5:52 ↗ amended

5:53 ↗ thank you marlene and reuben

5:57 ↗ uh please unmute ruben can you unmute

6:01 ↗ reuben okay here we go yeah i approve

6:04 ↗ the minutes

6:07 ↗ thank you reuben and that covers

6:10 ↗ everybody that i see

6:11 ↗ here that's on the board and um

6:15 ↗ so minutes are approved and so

6:18 ↗ we're moving on to public comments

6:23 ↗ i don't see anybody present uh from the

6:26 ↗ community i think that's what jeff had

6:27 ↗ mentioned

6:28 ↗ because we have a another council

6:30 ↗ meeting going on this evening

6:33 ↗ melissa or jeff there was an indication

6:37 ↗ that uh people can send in

6:39 ↗ comments by email has there been

6:41 ↗ anything arrived in that respect

6:44 ↗ uh i do i did not receive any emails and

6:47 ↗ i don't see any

6:48 ↗ public in the participant line either

6:51 ↗ how about you melissa thanks yeah

6:54 ↗ no same thing i haven't received any

6:56 ↗ emails either okay

6:58 ↗ sounds good public comments are now

7:01 ↗ closed

7:03 ↗ our main topics this evening are three

7:06 ↗ items um one is going to be talking

7:10 ↗ about a covid recovery

7:13 ↗ um gonna be that's going to be an

7:15 ↗ informational topic

7:17 ↗ uh we're going to have an update uh on

7:19 ↗ the

7:20 ↗ temporary dog park concept that's a

7:23 ↗ discussion topic

7:25 ↗ and a third one here is uh pathways

7:28 ↗ for input which is an informational

7:32 ↗ item as well so those three items are on

7:35 ↗ regular business

7:36 ↗ and it starts with covid recovery and i

7:39 ↗ guess

7:40 ↗ we'll turn this over to you jeff

7:45 ↗ sounds good brad thank you everybody um

7:48 ↗ really appreciate everybody's patience

7:51 ↗ and and flexibility as

7:52 ↗ as we are now um doing this monthly it

7:56 ↗ really is

7:57 ↗ it's good to see you i know i know it's

7:59 ↗ new stuff we're navigating but um

8:01 ↗ still it's um terrific to have some

8:05 ↗ progress

8:05 ↗ i am going to attempt to share my screen

8:10 ↗ so as i am doing that um

8:13 ↗ if someone wants to just give me a

8:15 ↗ verbal confirmation that you see this

8:19 ↗ i do sounds good all right i'll go from

8:22 ↗ the beginning here

8:23 ↗ all right so um

8:26 ↗ when we met in august i had the chance

8:29 ↗ to provide at that time a

8:32 ↗ update on coveted recovery and response

8:35 ↗ in terms of

8:36 ↗ um what what we've been going through

8:39 ↗ through the spring you know that if you

8:41 ↗ recall that update really focused

8:44 ↗ more on the big picture and provided an

8:46 ↗ update on our parks trails

8:50 ↗ and sort of outdoor facilities

8:53 ↗ from our our meeting in september i

8:56 ↗ wanted to come back

8:57 ↗ this update really focuses a little bit

9:00 ↗ more and provides some more detail

9:02 ↗ on our recreation programs and

9:04 ↗ facilities

9:05 ↗ and um that really important

9:09 ↗ um set of services that we provide in

9:12 ↗ the department

9:13 ↗ so with that i will

9:17 ↗ get going and forgive me as i navigate

9:19 ↗ notes

9:20 ↗ and a screen but good times

9:24 ↗ so in terms of our priorities when it

9:26 ↗ comes to our recreation programs and our

9:28 ↗ facilities

9:29 ↗ they they really remain the same as

9:32 ↗ as we had throughout the department

9:35 ↗ these are four bullets we provided

9:38 ↗ with the update in august but they're

9:40 ↗ just as relevant and as important as we

9:42 ↗ worked with our

9:44 ↗ recreation staff brian and i in

9:47 ↗ navigating our programs and facilities

9:50 ↗ and that is

9:51 ↗ health and safety of the community our

9:53 ↗ customers and our staff

9:55 ↗ is always been the number one lens that

9:58 ↗ we're looking at

10:00 ↗ safe and responsible access to our

10:04 ↗ recreational programs recreation

10:06 ↗ programs and facilities

10:08 ↗ just as is true with our parks

10:11 ↗ is a very important priority supporting

10:14 ↗ community

10:15 ↗ recovery and what that looks like and as

10:18 ↗ certainly we

10:19 ↗ work with residents and know that access

10:22 ↗ to recreation

10:23 ↗ access to these programs how these

10:26 ↗ programs and services

10:29 ↗ support uh their uh

10:32 ↗ sort of either family recovery or

10:34 ↗ personal recovery or personal health

10:36 ↗ uh was certainly a priority as well

10:39 ↗ uh marlene a tap to you i know you've

10:42 ↗ been uh part of the mayor's recovery's

10:43 ↗ tech recovery task force and and that

10:46 ↗ uh you know has been a priority not just

10:49 ↗ of this department but of of the mayor

10:51 ↗ and the whole city

10:52 ↗ um and then in terms of approach this

10:55 ↗ idea of rather than making

10:57 ↗ static one-time decisions that don't

11:00 ↗ necessarily feel informed of the future

11:03 ↗ we really set about this approach of

11:05 ↗ looking at rolling decision points and

11:07 ↗ allowing us

11:08 ↗ to be agile to be informed with

11:11 ↗ what the latest public health

11:13 ↗ information is and then making

11:16 ↗ smart informed decisions as we go

11:22 ↗ sorry went the wrong way this

11:25 ↗ as you've probably gone around our parks

11:28 ↗ and trails and other facilities

11:30 ↗ is just a reminder of of some of the

11:32 ↗ signage and some of this consistent

11:34 ↗ message

11:35 ↗ uh that we've given and provided

11:38 ↗ uh these past several months and it

11:41 ↗ really

11:41 ↗ is intended to encourage safe and

11:44 ↗ responsible use

11:45 ↗ understanding that we as we make these

11:48 ↗ programs as we make these spaces

11:50 ↗ available we really ask and seek that

11:54 ↗ personal responsibility is also a a

11:57 ↗ priority

12:00 ↗ and and wanting to encourage and foster

12:02 ↗ that and

12:03 ↗ i must say i think as we've

12:07 ↗ seen through all of our facilities and

12:09 ↗ programs this community cares

12:11 ↗ uh cares about the health and safety of

12:14 ↗ of the community at large

12:19 ↗ now sort of looking at these next slides

12:22 ↗ i'll go a little more in detail with

12:24 ↗ each of our recreation facilities and

12:27 ↗ and

12:28 ↗ this is not intended to touch on every

12:32 ↗ single thing we've done but really

12:33 ↗ intended to highlight and hopefully show

12:36 ↗ some of those approaches

12:39 ↗ and goals as we've

12:43 ↗ worked through programmatically and

12:46 ↗ managing the facilities within the

12:48 ↗ community center

12:49 ↗ kathy jones who's our supervisor there

12:51 ↗ at the community center and the team

12:53 ↗ have done

12:54 ↗ just an amazing job of of navigating

12:58 ↗ these these really hard circumstances

13:02 ↗ some examples of what we've done program

13:04 ↗ wise

13:05 ↗ in the spring as we were wrapping up the

13:08 ↗ school year

13:09 ↗ our preschool program and immensely

13:11 ↗ popular preschool program the teachers

13:14 ↗ didn't just throw up their hands and

13:15 ↗ give up but they really transitioned to

13:17 ↗ sending weekly e-newsletters to families

13:20 ↗ encouraging families to do activities at

13:23 ↗ home

13:24 ↗ got a lot of positive feedback from that

13:26 ↗ that really a few bullets down you'll

13:28 ↗ see as we

13:29 ↗ now have started our preschool program

13:33 ↗ for this

13:34 ↗ year uh the issaquah youth advisory

13:36 ↗ board

13:37 ↗ um continued uh through the spring we

13:39 ↗ have a new

13:40 ↗ group of advisory board members starting

13:42 ↗ up this fall

13:44 ↗ some examples that they've done they

13:46 ↗ created a

13:47 ↗ public service announcement to really

13:50 ↗ assist and amplify

13:51 ↗ the needs at the issaquah food and

13:53 ↗ clothing bank and the needs that they

13:55 ↗ they have there great work

13:58 ↗ by the youth board within preschool

14:03 ↗ we hosted a really creative graduation

14:05 ↗ ceremony that looked very different

14:07 ↗ than historically what we've done but

14:09 ↗ again gave

14:10 ↗ an opportunity for closure

14:14 ↗ and recognition of those young

14:15 ↗ preschoolers

14:17 ↗ um throughout the summer we we modified

14:19 ↗ and and provided some very successful

14:22 ↗ summer camp programs

14:23 ↗ focusing really on our younger age

14:25 ↗ groups our kinder camp and what's known

14:27 ↗ as camp qua

14:30 ↗ very safe environments again kathy and

14:33 ↗ molly

14:35 ↗ and really a a

14:39 ↗ a great set of part-time staff

14:43 ↗ and seasonal staff that pulled off a

14:45 ↗ very successful camp

14:47 ↗ as we transitioned into the school year

14:49 ↗ and and

14:51 ↗ saw um that the school district made the

14:55 ↗ online decision we

14:58 ↗ quickly set into motion a

15:01 ↗ daytime option for parents whether it's

15:05 ↗ partial day full day

15:07 ↗ a couple days a week but wanted to

15:08 ↗ provide some supervised

15:11 ↗ um sort of school support

15:14 ↗ and online school support what we're

15:16 ↗ calling schoolhouse rec um

15:18 ↗ is being offered at the community center

15:19 ↗ with a

15:21 ↗ maximum of of 32 kids within that

15:24 ↗ elementary school age group

15:26 ↗ per day that is going on currently

15:30 ↗ as i said earlier we shifted and learned

15:34 ↗ from what

15:35 ↗ we did in the spring and are offering a

15:36 ↗ modified fall preschool program

15:39 ↗ that includes a mix of in-person

15:41 ↗ learning at the community center

15:43 ↗ and then a number of virtual

15:47 ↗ platforms to encourage

15:50 ↗ at-home activities in terms of other

15:53 ↗ uses of the

15:54 ↗ of the facility uh this fall we've

15:57 ↗ transitioned to providing um hard

16:00 ↗ hardwood

16:01 ↗ um or rental space of our hardwood

16:04 ↗ courts

16:05 ↗ a number of basketball and volleyball

16:07 ↗ teams are taking advantage of that

16:09 ↗ again following the the governor's

16:12 ↗ safe start guidelines and parameters

16:15 ↗ staff have done a great job of really

16:18 ↗ being agile

16:19 ↗ and making that rental space available

16:22 ↗ i'm starting this week we've opened up

16:26 ↗ our fitness room and walking track

16:28 ↗ knowing that we're getting into the fall

16:29 ↗ and winter season

16:30 ↗ for reservations so much like we did at

16:33 ↗ the pool

16:34 ↗ residents can go online and register and

16:38 ↗ reserve

16:39 ↗ time and a space for the fitness room or

16:41 ↗ the walking track we've set

16:43 ↗ some really firm maximums so that

16:46 ↗ that can be provided in a safe

16:50 ↗ um safe and healthy way uh so again

16:53 ↗ really just

16:55 ↗ some examples but uh real um hats off to

16:58 ↗ a

16:59 ↗ a very professional team at the at the

17:02 ↗ community center

17:04 ↗ within our athletics group some of what

17:07 ↗ they've

17:08 ↗ certainly been navigating through this

17:10 ↗ through the summer we were able to

17:13 ↗ again modify some of our very popular

17:16 ↗ summer

17:17 ↗ camp programs in an adaptive way

17:21 ↗ in july and august over 50 camps were

17:24 ↗ offered

17:25 ↗ served again with the ratios that we

17:28 ↗ needed to serve as

17:29 ↗ a smaller number than what we usually

17:30 ↗ serve but

17:33 ↗ we're able to fill many of those many of

17:36 ↗ those camps

17:38 ↗ in july you're familiar probably with

17:40 ↗ our gliders track and field

17:42 ↗ and cross-country programs those were

17:45 ↗ also

17:46 ↗ offered in a sort of a new way within

17:49 ↗ the safe start guidelines at confluence

17:51 ↗ park and central park

17:52 ↗ and tibbetts valley park 110

17:56 ↗ youngsters participated in in that

17:58 ↗ program and that's continuing to

18:00 ↗ to go on this fall

18:03 ↗ early in the summer relatively early in

18:05 ↗ the summer as guidelines allowed us we

18:07 ↗ reopened our athletic fields

18:09 ↗ this was needed to be done in

18:13 ↗ guidance with smaller groups practices

18:16 ↗ only but a number of our

18:20 ↗ typical rental groups took advantage of

18:23 ↗ that

18:23 ↗ and and again did a good job of

18:26 ↗ providing us their

18:28 ↗ health plan their safety plan and we're

18:31 ↗ able to provide those

18:33 ↗ those practices some of our indoor

18:35 ↗ sports programs restarted as well

18:38 ↗ this fall within the community center

18:41 ↗ those are everything from basketball to

18:43 ↗ gymnastics

18:45 ↗ our cheer programs karate programs

18:48 ↗ are started up as well

18:51 ↗ something else that jared and the

18:54 ↗ athletics team just did a great job not

18:56 ↗ only with these programs but working

18:57 ↗ with our park ops

18:59 ↗ team the signage that we put up

19:01 ↗ throughout our

19:04 ↗ athletic fields and other spaces jared

19:06 ↗ was

19:07 ↗ really closely collaborative and and

19:10 ↗ coordinating on

19:11 ↗ on that messaging um jared also took the

19:14 ↗ lead on

19:16 ↗ um what we call the park ambassador

19:18 ↗ program uh sort of

19:19 ↗ through the tail end of summer and and

19:21 ↗ through the labor day weekend where we

19:24 ↗ took some of our our part-time staff and

19:26 ↗ sort of sent them out two-by-two

19:29 ↗ to uh with a backpack of of face masks

19:33 ↗ and a positive message to really

19:35 ↗ encourage

19:37 ↗ residents to use their parks on their

19:40 ↗ trails their skate parks their athletic

19:42 ↗ fields in a

19:43 ↗ in a safe uh in a safe way so

19:47 ↗ just again a great example of staff

19:50 ↗ being

19:51 ↗ creative and being responsive to um

19:54 ↗ to the moment um this year

19:59 ↗ sorry to keep going the wrong way

20:03 ↗ at the pool again another great example

20:06 ↗ of a team

20:07 ↗ uh zach uh leeson and our our pool team

20:11 ↗ um as um we were allowed to reopen

20:15 ↗ uh were were ready um and had a plan in

20:18 ↗ place

20:19 ↗ that that started in july with

20:23 ↗ similar to what we're doing now at the

20:25 ↗ community center

20:26 ↗ but reservation a reservation system for

20:30 ↗ lap swimming or water walking

20:33 ↗ we've had reservations that have been

20:34 ↗ full um ever since we've started that

20:37 ↗ uh so uh the the community's really spot

20:40 ↗ responded positively to that offering

20:43 ↗ um and again um hats off to the

20:45 ↗ community as they've re-entered their

20:48 ↗ public facilities they too have been

20:51 ↗ um for the most part very responsive and

20:54 ↗ responsible and understanding the

20:57 ↗ importance of

20:58 ↗ of using these spaces um

21:01 ↗ in a in a healthy and safe way um

21:04 ↗ earlier this fall

21:05 ↗ in early september we resumed swim

21:07 ↗ lessons um

21:08 ↗ as we were given the green light to do

21:10 ↗ that again in a modified format

21:12 ↗ um i think you'll probably sense a theme

21:15 ↗ here as we're

21:16 ↗ reopening our programs it's not it's not

21:19 ↗ an

21:19 ↗ on off switch it's been much more of a

21:21 ↗ dimmer switch

21:23 ↗ even as the state laid out sort of this

21:25 ↗ four phased

21:27 ↗ plan what we've found is it feels more

21:31 ↗ like

21:31 ↗ 20 phases where i think right now not

21:34 ↗ that we're counting but

21:35 ↗ we're probably in phase what i would

21:37 ↗ call 2.8

21:39 ↗ so not quite to three but a modified two

21:42 ↗ um but as swim lessons started

21:46 ↗ uh again zach and team were were ready

21:48 ↗ and positioned um and trained lifeguards

21:50 ↗ uh to offer those programs in a safe way

21:53 ↗ um an example of some modifications is

21:56 ↗ with our

21:57 ↗ our younger beginner lessons uh we ask

21:59 ↗ that parents

22:00 ↗ uh be in the water as well against

22:03 ↗ keeping that safe bubble with family

22:05 ↗ uh but making sure that instructors and

22:08 ↗ and others

22:09 ↗ um are are providing that safe

22:13 ↗ distancing as as required throughout

22:16 ↗ this

22:17 ↗ and really for all of our facilities but

22:19 ↗ certainly an example with the pool team

22:22 ↗ we've had to train staff throughout

22:25 ↗ these processes so

22:26 ↗ is if you could imagine um

22:30 ↗ sort of the work that's going on under

22:33 ↗ the surface

22:33 ↗ that maybe the community doesn't see but

22:36 ↗ um

22:37 ↗ the governor releases when the governor

22:40 ↗ releases new news

22:41 ↗ of of new um

22:44 ↗ rules or new opportunities for

22:48 ↗ recreation spaces to be modified we

22:51 ↗ typically get that news

22:52 ↗ the same day at the the public does

22:55 ↗ we then in turn need to put in place our

22:59 ↗ protocols

23:00 ↗ and our plans and our staff training and

23:03 ↗ make sure that when we

23:05 ↗ um open we're not just

23:08 ↗ willy-nilly but we're doing it in a safe

23:11 ↗ and responsible way and so

23:13 ↗ that training piece is just one example

23:15 ↗ of

23:16 ↗ a lot of work that's going on under the

23:18 ↗ surface

23:19 ↗ as each of these transitions or

23:23 ↗ sub phases of phases of opening take

23:26 ↗ place

23:30 ↗ a rentals team at the pickering barn is

23:33 ↗ certainly no

23:33 ↗ no different jarrah and rozelle rachel

23:36 ↗ and their team just did an amazing job i

23:40 ↗ had mentioned in august to highlight it

23:42 ↗ a little bit the farmers market

23:45 ↗ that was a big lift and what looked

23:48 ↗ really really seamless

23:49 ↗ at the surface and we probably averaged

23:51 ↗ over 2 000

23:53 ↗ residents every saturday on the past 21

23:56 ↗ weeks

23:56 ↗ so last saturday was our our last

23:58 ↗ farmers market of the season

24:00 ↗ for 21 saturdays in a row that market

24:04 ↗ was provided and i think what we found

24:06 ↗ and what we heard

24:06 ↗ both from our vendors and their

24:08 ↗ appreciation for being able to

24:11 ↗ support their economic needs and in

24:14 ↗ terms of providing opportunities to

24:16 ↗ generate revenue in business uh we also

24:18 ↗ heard

24:19 ↗ um overwhelmingly um uh residents that

24:22 ↗ attended really appreciated that chance

24:24 ↗ to just have a sense of community

24:26 ↗ um and and connect if you will in a in a

24:30 ↗ in a safe way um along with the market

24:33 ↗ uh the team has been incredibly busy

24:35 ↗ throughout this season navigating

24:38 ↗ uh what our rental and wedding market

24:41 ↗ looks like

24:42 ↗ um if you could imagine when the

24:44 ↗ pandemic hit we had a we had a full menu

24:47 ↗ of of weddings and and rentals uh booked

24:50 ↗ and so

24:52 ↗ uh jarrah and rachelle um provided

24:56 ↗ hard but excellent customer service um

24:59 ↗ as we often had had to be the

25:03 ↗ message giver of those state rules and

25:06 ↗ what can and can't

25:08 ↗ happen and and when it met cancellations

25:11 ↗ of weddings and

25:13 ↗ encouraging to to to change dates and

25:16 ↗ what that means and

25:17 ↗ if you can imagine such a big important

25:20 ↗ date that you've been anticipating a

25:22 ↗ long time as that changes

25:24 ↗ um again i can't say enough for the work

25:27 ↗ that

25:28 ↗ that that team did in um

25:31 ↗ helping um our renters and our customers

25:34 ↗ uh process through that um was not easy

25:37 ↗ um

25:38 ↗ and it's continuing to happen as we're

25:39 ↗ continuing to navigate

25:42 ↗ what is allowed weddings are allowed but

25:44 ↗ they're allowed on

25:45 ↗ a modified modified basis in fact this

25:49 ↗ saturday we had our first

25:51 ↗ um micromoney by saying that correct

25:55 ↗ brian we're learning new words so you

25:57 ↗ know

25:58 ↗ micro ceremony and micro money um

26:02 ↗ was took place and and done really well

26:07 ↗ some examples of what we're continuing

26:09 ↗ to navigate um

26:10 ↗ just earlier in october october 6 some

26:13 ↗ new guidelines were provided

26:15 ↗ um that provided uh or

26:18 ↗ some obstacles for us we had a

26:20 ↗ consignment

26:21 ↗ group and a craft group that had a a

26:24 ↗ rental that was

26:26 ↗ booked for um the end of this month

26:29 ↗ uh that was allowed prior to october 6th

26:32 ↗ but when we saw the new rules

26:33 ↗ as of october 6 they weren't allowed um

26:36 ↗ and so we had to quickly

26:38 ↗ change gears um and again hats off to

26:42 ↗ the team

26:43 ↗ we have put together a plan that has

26:45 ↗ provided some space

26:47 ↗ um for those on two events to to go on

26:50 ↗ and

26:51 ↗ uh big kudos to our partners and our

26:53 ↗ long-standing relationship with costco

26:56 ↗ and how we work at the barn and with

26:58 ↗ costco

26:59 ↗ they were able to provide uh some space

27:02 ↗ so that those

27:03 ↗ uh events are are going to happen and go

27:05 ↗ on and

27:06 ↗ uh just jarrah ragel

27:09 ↗ uh brian certainly give i wanted to wait

27:12 ↗ and give brian a big kudos for his

27:14 ↗ leadership throughout all these

27:15 ↗ recreation teams but

27:17 ↗ um just their leadership and their work

27:20 ↗ and again trying to provide customer

27:23 ↗ service as best we can

27:25 ↗ in some hard circumstances to navigate

27:31 ↗ and while this is going on we had to

27:33 ↗ transition the closure of the the

27:35 ↗ tibbetts creek manor and and we're now

27:38 ↗ as we look at 2021 are looking at new

27:41 ↗ opportunities and new ways to brand the

27:43 ↗ barn

27:44 ↗ to position the barn

27:47 ↗ to provide um new opportunities

27:51 ↗ and new program opportunities and

27:53 ↗ revenue opportunities

27:55 ↗ for the city so great work by that team

28:01 ↗ um yes brad uh

28:04 ↗ regarding the tibbetts manner so when

28:06 ↗ you say

28:07 ↗ closure does that mean they're not gonna

28:08 ↗ they're never gonna rent it out anymore

28:10 ↗ or they're just going to potentially

28:12 ↗ change what they do as far as rentals on

28:14 ↗ the manor

28:15 ↗ what's the status of that yeah the

28:18 ↗ status of that right now is that is

28:19 ↗ that facility is closed so as part of

28:22 ↗ the april

28:23 ↗ budget reductions that need to be made

28:27 ↗ with the city and with

28:30 ↗ our staffing reductions as well as

28:33 ↗ looking at cost savings

28:35 ↗ one of the really hard decisions was um

28:39 ↗ the manner is not not a facility that

28:42 ↗ we're going to be managing

28:43 ↗ um into 2021. okay so

28:46 ↗ kind of a temporary thing and it's not

28:48 ↗ like they're planning to sell it or

28:50 ↗ anything

28:52 ↗ no the well the manor the manor sits

28:55 ↗ on tibbetts valley park property um

28:58 ↗ so um no there there's not been

29:02 ↗ um any sort of process or or decision to

29:05 ↗ sell that it's

29:06 ↗ um just yeah as of right now a closed

29:09 ↗ facility

29:09 ↗ i think as we um resurrect the the

29:13 ↗ master planning process

29:15 ↗ i i think we see that as an opportunity

29:17 ↗ to further community engagement um

29:19 ↗ the future of the manor was with some

29:21 ↗ discussion that we've already had as we

29:23 ↗ were going into that that master

29:24 ↗ planning effort with tibbetts valley

29:26 ↗ park so we would

29:28 ↗ i guess see that continuing and i really

29:30 ↗ allow that

29:31 ↗ community process to inform what

29:34 ↗ what the future of that space and that

29:37 ↗ area of the park

29:38 ↗ on can can be good

29:41 ↗ thanks make sense you bet yeah thanks

29:43 ↗ for the question

29:45 ↗ uh so continuing on uh senior center

29:49 ↗ uh um team um catherine and

29:52 ↗ and the cooks and our part-time staff

29:56 ↗ have just again continued to to serve

29:59 ↗ our seniors

30:01 ↗ in a really really creative way

30:03 ↗ obviously

30:04 ↗ of all the populations we serve our

30:07 ↗ senior population is a group we want to

30:09 ↗ be most aware of

30:10 ↗ in terms of again keeping them safe

30:14 ↗ and healthy this the senior center is

30:17 ↗ not a facility that we've opened up

30:19 ↗ really in any modified way like we have

30:21 ↗ our other

30:22 ↗ facilities but from the get-go from day

30:24 ↗ one we have

30:27 ↗ and will continue to offer to-go lunches

30:29 ↗ monday through friday

30:33 ↗ seniors continue to take advantage of

30:35 ↗ that opportunity

30:36 ↗ we've also done some really modified

30:38 ↗ in-person stuff in terms of tech help

30:40 ↗ knowing as we've gone to virtual

30:43 ↗ programming as seniors probably rely a

30:45 ↗ little bit more

30:46 ↗ on virtual connectivity for community

30:50 ↗ we've provided tech help with scheduled

30:52 ↗ appointments

30:53 ↗ we also have our partner on-site meals

30:56 ↗ on wheels

30:58 ↗ that program has has continued given its

31:01 ↗ essential really need for providing

31:05 ↗ food and nutrition for

31:09 ↗ our senior population that relies on

31:10 ↗ that

31:13 ↗ we've transitioned a lot of our

31:16 ↗ face-to-face programs where we can to

31:19 ↗ virtual you'll see

31:20 ↗ sort of the list there uh but really

31:23 ↗ um just um great creativity in

31:26 ↗ um trying to con connect sort of what

31:29 ↗ what we do here

31:30 ↗ right with boards and commissions and

31:31 ↗ and though it it can't replace

31:33 ↗ face-to-face

31:35 ↗ um connection and relationship it's

31:38 ↗ certainly

31:39 ↗ um an alternative that's been uh

31:42 ↗ that's been real positive with some of

31:44 ↗ these programs

31:45 ↗ many of these are programs that we do

31:47 ↗ others are partnerships that we

31:49 ↗ provide on site like

31:52 ↗ the story time with king county library

31:56 ↗ some of our other partners east side

31:58 ↗ legal assistance program

32:00 ↗ elab they're providing some virtual

32:02 ↗ opportunities

32:06 ↗ sheba who's health insurance benefit

32:08 ↗ advisors

32:10 ↗ making sure seniors have access to

32:15 ↗ to those resources virtually

32:19 ↗ so it's it's certainly not ideal but

32:24 ↗ certainly continuing to offer those

32:25 ↗ programs

32:27 ↗ is a great priority and again a great

32:30 ↗ testament to

32:31 ↗ um to the teams

32:34 ↗ as we move forward

32:38 ↗ admittedly and and we recognize we're

32:40 ↗ not

32:41 ↗ we're not out of the woods kind of like

32:44 ↗ i was saying earlier we

32:46 ↗ you know as we've modified and been

32:49 ↗ delivering programs

32:51 ↗ there's not an on off switch to this and

32:53 ↗ i think the dimmer switch will continue

32:56 ↗ to move and could move either way and we

32:59 ↗ want to be agile and recognize that as

33:01 ↗ we head into the fall and winter

33:02 ↗ so understanding and and seeing

33:06 ↗ and having that expectation that

33:08 ↗ adjustments and modifications

33:10 ↗ will continue as we've put together our

33:14 ↗ 21

33:15 ↗ 2021 budget proposal for the department

33:18 ↗ within our recreation programs we've

33:21 ↗ anticipated

33:22 ↗ a modified operation both in our revenue

33:25 ↗ expectations

33:26 ↗ and um our operational

33:30 ↗ expectations through next year um i i

33:33 ↗ think

33:34 ↗ um if if we're in a phase four as king

33:37 ↗ county sometime next year that would be

33:39 ↗ great but um i think we're prepared to

33:42 ↗ operate

33:43 ↗ um in some phase like 2.8

33:46 ↗ to somewhere in the threes

33:50 ↗ throughout throughout next year

33:54 ↗ within some of our other services and

33:55 ↗ programs um

33:57 ↗ we talked about this at our past couple

34:00 ↗ of park board meetings but we are

34:01 ↗ anticipating and making adjustments to

34:03 ↗ our outreach efforts and our work plans

34:05 ↗ related to our capital projects we want

34:07 ↗ to make sure

34:08 ↗ as though that those outreach efforts

34:13 ↗ get started again it's it's in a time

34:16 ↗ and a place where

34:18 ↗ we can get the community feedback and

34:19 ↗ the community response that

34:21 ↗ um we really need to move those forward

34:25 ↗ um one of the things we're looking and

34:27 ↗ working out with our communications team

34:28 ↗ along those lines is a questionnaire

34:31 ↗ that we um

34:32 ↗ or even a series of questions that we

34:34 ↗ want to send to residents

34:36 ↗ um in the coming months regarding covid

34:38 ↗ recovery

34:39 ↗ how they're using their parks on their

34:41 ↗ athletic fields their trails

34:43 ↗ their recreation facilities something

34:47 ↗ you'll hear a little bit

34:48 ↗ later um in the meeting but would

34:50 ↗ mention now

34:51 ↗ is uh and i mentioned the work that

34:53 ↗ marlene is doing on the mayor's recovery

34:55 ↗ stat

34:56 ↗ recovery task force uh there's a

34:58 ↗ collaboration

34:59 ↗ uh that's going to take place on

35:00 ↗ november 12th

35:02 ↗ where chairs from all boards and

35:05 ↗ commissions and staff have been invited

35:07 ↗ to

35:07 ↗ take place in that brainstorming looking

35:10 ↗ at 2021

35:11 ↗ so brad will be joining me in that

35:14 ↗ conversation coming up on on the 12th so

35:17 ↗ we know uh that this need for

35:22 ↗ being responsive being flexible um just

35:25 ↗ will will need to continue so i said it

35:28 ↗ before but i

35:29 ↗ i really want to say it again thank you

35:31 ↗ brian

35:32 ↗ um and and the rest of the recreation

35:34 ↗ team for your

35:36 ↗ uh just your work and your flexibility

35:38 ↗ um in in working through this this

35:40 ↗ has hasn't been easy for anybody in this

35:43 ↗ department

35:44 ↗ but we really do have committed staff

35:47 ↗ we've kept our eye on the ball in terms

35:49 ↗ of serving the community

35:51 ↗ as as we've navigated this

35:55 ↗ melissa as well has been just a great

35:57 ↗ support

35:58 ↗ in terms of our whether it's

36:00 ↗ registration

36:02 ↗ or just providing that professional

36:05 ↗ perspective and guidance to our customer

36:07 ↗ service and our business practices

36:10 ↗ i think one thing that um if i can get

36:13 ↗ on my soapbox a little bit more

36:15 ↗ um i just i think one of the gratifying

36:18 ↗ parts of being in this profession and

36:20 ↗ being in this department is

36:22 ↗ we realize none of us do this alone uh

36:24 ↗ we we really rely

36:26 ↗ and lean on each other um and the

36:28 ↗ perspectives of

36:29 ↗ of staff within our divisions and and

36:32 ↗ either other staff

36:33 ↗ in other divisions and um like this year

36:37 ↗ these eight months have really been a

36:38 ↗ testament to

36:39 ↗ a very very dedicated team in this

36:42 ↗ department

36:46 ↗ and just one last one last plug these

36:49 ↗ signs will not go away within our parks

36:52 ↗ within some of our facilities and just

36:54 ↗ just a reminder

36:55 ↗ we're not out of the woods yet we really

36:58 ↗ want to encourage

37:00 ↗ residents as they use our facilities as

37:02 ↗ they use our parks and our trails to

37:04 ↗ to mask up masks aren't a political

37:07 ↗ statement

37:08 ↗ masks are really an opportunity for us

37:11 ↗ to continue

37:12 ↗ um to enjoy community and to enjoy our

37:17 ↗ spaces and continue to progress

37:20 ↗ to keeping things open and available for

37:23 ↗ the community

37:24 ↗ so um with that that ends my report

37:28 ↗ thank you so much for listening thanks

37:30 ↗ jeff

37:31 ↗ really nice work for the from the whole

37:33 ↗ team and staff

37:35 ↗ i gotta say you know really creative and

37:37 ↗ flexible to keep the ball rolling so to

37:39 ↗ speak

37:39 ↗ and um really happy to see all that

37:42 ↗ recreational stuff to keep brian busy

37:44 ↗ too

37:45 ↗ [Laughter]

37:50 ↗ hey could i ask a couple questions i was

37:52 ↗ kind of taking notes as you were talking

37:54 ↗ so thank you

37:54 ↗ jeff for the update on everything um

37:57 ↗ sounds great and

37:58 ↗ i appreciate seeing that mask sign at

38:00 ↗ the end i noticed one of my first

38:02 ↗ questions is the original

38:04 ↗ i think um poster that we put out was

38:06 ↗ maybe even before mask

38:08 ↗ masking was a thing and so those six

38:09 ↗ boxes they don't one of them doesn't say

38:11 ↗ anything about a mask so i don't know if

38:13 ↗ that's an opportunity to revisit

38:15 ↗ just something to think about um and

38:17 ↗ then i had a question around the pool

38:20 ↗ um and that's currently just open for

38:22 ↗ lab swim is that correct

38:26 ↗ no it's open for lap swim and swim

38:28 ↗ lessons

38:29 ↗ um there's another bullet in there sorry

38:31 ↗ i was going so fast but yes

38:33 ↗ lessons started in september we've also

38:36 ↗ um

38:36 ↗ swim teams and swim clubs have had a

38:38 ↗ huge need so

38:39 ↗ uh that the facility's been open for

38:41 ↗ rentals um

38:42 ↗ to uh swim teams and swim clubs as well

38:46 ↗ so i don't know if this is allowed but

38:48 ↗ something that the private pool that we

38:50 ↗ belong to in the summer did

38:51 ↗ is you could they rented the lap lanes

38:54 ↗ to just specifically

38:56 ↗ for like a family swim time so i don't

38:58 ↗ know if that's something that's

39:00 ↗ available or if that was just because it

39:01 ↗ was a private pool or i'm not sure but

39:03 ↗ um just seems like it was you know

39:05 ↗ obviously all the structured things are

39:07 ↗ happening but i know

39:08 ↗ open swim was popular as well so um

39:11 ↗ not sure it seemed like a pretty safe

39:12 ↗ way to do it um

39:14 ↗ we had sort of i think we had two lanes

39:16 ↗ per family or something and you signed

39:18 ↗ up for like an hour or whatever and

39:20 ↗ just seemed like it was a fun way to uh

39:22 ↗ get in there

39:23 ↗ so just for what it's worth i don't know

39:24 ↗ if that's an option or not

39:26 ↗ um and then my third question was around

39:29 ↗ i was surprised to hear

39:30 ↗ volleyball and basketball happening

39:31 ↗ again and i was curious from a parks and

39:34 ↗ rec

39:34 ↗ perspective are we looking at winter

39:37 ↗ basketball i usually get emails by now

39:39 ↗ to form a team so i'm just curious kind

39:40 ↗ of like what's going on there

39:42 ↗ yeah great great question so yeah our

39:44 ↗ hard core rentals

39:46 ↗ um they all have to abide by the current

39:49 ↗ guidelines so

39:50 ↗ so they are small um you know six or

39:54 ↗ less

39:54 ↗ uh one coach practices only

39:58 ↗ training only is what those rentals have

40:00 ↗ been for

40:01 ↗ in terms of our youth basketball program

40:03 ↗ great question brian and i

40:05 ↗ and and jared and kathy just circled up

40:08 ↗ this morning

40:09 ↗ um again so we've had multiple

40:10 ↗ conversations about what that looks like

40:13 ↗ uh we have a meeting with the squad

40:14 ↗ school district on wednesday

40:16 ↗ um we've had a series of meetings with

40:20 ↗ them these last couple of months to

40:22 ↗ get an understanding of what um access

40:25 ↗ to those gym spaces might look like um

40:27 ↗ you

40:28 ↗ for those of you that follow along um in

40:30 ↗ terms of sports

40:32 ↗ our youth activities the october 6th

40:34 ↗ guidelines that came from the state

40:36 ↗ created sort of these three tiers of

40:40 ↗ risk and also measures in terms of where

40:43 ↗ the county is

40:44 ↗ in terms of numbers and data and so

40:47 ↗ what it looks like we're going to be

40:49 ↗ prepared to do is

40:50 ↗ offer a modified youth basketball league

40:53 ↗ that would start in january

40:55 ↗ um assuming that in january we will be

40:59 ↗ at the proper point right

41:03 ↗ we would like to offer that um

41:06 ↗ with sort of this caveat as we'll put in

41:08 ↗ the registration if we're not

41:10 ↗ where we need to be as a county we might

41:12 ↗ not be able to offer

41:13 ↗ that but what we're looking at is a as a

41:17 ↗ scaled down

41:18 ↗ modified similar to what you've seen

41:21 ↗ other

41:24 ↗ our league's nowhere near professional

41:25 ↗ but we're gonna in essence create some

41:27 ↗ pods

41:28 ↗ so that players coaches would be in a

41:32 ↗ pod

41:32 ↗ and that's your that's your pod for the

41:35 ↗ season

41:36 ↗ uh so this would not look like and we

41:38 ↗ don't think we're going to be in any

41:40 ↗ place

41:41 ↗ to be able to offer a youth basketball

41:43 ↗ league that looks like it typically does

41:45 ↗ but we think we're going to be in a

41:47 ↗ place

41:48 ↗ again as we figure out what access to

41:50 ↗ gyms look like

41:52 ↗ to be able to offer something but again

41:55 ↗ in a safe

41:55 ↗ healthy way

41:59 ↗ it's not easy so sorry for the long

42:02 ↗ answer

42:02 ↗ well i love it thank you it's it's uh

42:05 ↗ unchartered territory

42:08 ↗ thanks marlene danielle you had

42:10 ↗ something

42:11 ↗ yeah i also want to reiterate um that i

42:14 ↗ am

42:14 ↗ very grateful that for all of you guys

42:17 ↗ um work and ability to be flexible

42:20 ↗ and um during this time and open

42:24 ↗ fields and the courts and the pool um

42:27 ↗ and doing that you know doing that

42:30 ↗ provides

42:30 ↗ um an opportunity that kids and

42:34 ↗ our community really need um to be

42:36 ↗ outdoors and active and

42:38 ↗ um i know one approach is to be super

42:41 ↗ conservative

42:42 ↗ and kind of keep keeping keep things

42:44 ↗ shut down

42:45 ↗ um so i'm really glad that you guys are

42:47 ↗ looking at it you know from a creative

42:49 ↗ perspective and doing what you can to um

42:52 ↗ open things up so even if it's a

42:54 ↗ basketball i i mean as a parent i can

42:56 ↗ tell you like

42:57 ↗ it does not need to be a basketball

42:59 ↗ league like it was

43:00 ↗ last year right like i you know anything

43:05 ↗ um uh i had a question about the

43:09 ↗ um and i guess that goes for athletics

43:11 ↗ child care

43:12 ↗ aquatic senior center all of those so

43:15 ↗ great

43:16 ↗ um i had a question about the child care

43:20 ↗ the school schoolhouse rock program

43:23 ↗ so it looks like you have do you have a

43:25 ↗ limited number of

43:26 ↗ kids available like per day this has

43:29 ↗ that been pretty booked up or how's

43:32 ↗ how's the community using that

43:37 ↗ yeah um brian you can certainly jump in

43:40 ↗ i i think what we've seen given the sort

43:42 ↗ of the flexibility we've given

43:44 ↗ it it hasn't been at capacity i don't

43:47 ↗ know that we were expecting it to be a

43:49 ↗ capacity

43:50 ↗ um it's really varied some families have

43:52 ↗ used it just a couple days a week

43:54 ↗ right some families have used it um

43:57 ↗ as sort of a half day like afternoon

44:01 ↗ sort of you know relief i think it

44:03 ↗ really

44:04 ↗ um i think with the flexibility we built

44:07 ↗ into that i think we've seen families

44:09 ↗ use it

44:10 ↗ understanding where they're at right so

44:12 ↗ many families are in so many different

44:13 ↗ circumstances that

44:15 ↗ um i i think we've been 60 70 percent

44:19 ↗ capacity it's hard to it's hard to

44:21 ↗ engage because

44:22 ↗ it really changes from from day to day

44:24 ↗ but

44:25 ↗ i think that flexibility's really um

44:28 ↗ been helpful

44:29 ↗ for how people need it is it available

44:32 ↗ is there any subsidies available for

44:34 ↗ financial aid available for our families

44:37 ↗ yeah so our scholarship we've made that

44:38 ↗ available for our scholarship program

44:40 ↗ yes

44:41 ↗ yep right

44:44 ↗ and how about the field rentals like are

44:47 ↗ those

44:49 ↗ you know how popular are those and are

44:51 ↗ they being are the fields fully utilized

44:54 ↗ or

44:57 ↗ yeah yeah field rentals have been

45:00 ↗ very popular our synthetic turf fields

45:03 ↗ um all four of them

45:04 ↗ at central park have been very popular

45:07 ↗ and well used i

45:08 ↗ i think our baseball fields have been um

45:12 ↗ hit and miss but certainly we've had a

45:15 ↗ lot of

45:16 ↗ a lot of requests and a lot of a lot of

45:18 ↗ use

45:22 ↗ it's very it's varied and that i think

45:24 ↗ this is true of our heart

45:26 ↗ our hard courts as well and certainly

45:27 ↗ danielle i know from your own experience

45:30 ↗ right i mean there haven't been any

45:31 ↗ games going on

45:33 ↗ um so it really has been for training um

45:36 ↗ limited practices for modified practices

45:39 ↗ so

45:40 ↗ um uh but again i i think as we worked

45:43 ↗ with those renters and with all of those

45:44 ↗ sports clubs

45:46 ↗ uh just allowing them to have that

45:48 ↗ access and making sure they had a health

45:50 ↗ plan and a safety plan put in place we

45:52 ↗ just

45:52 ↗ we like you said earlier we really saw

45:54 ↗ that as a priority

45:56 ↗ um to providing that opportunity

46:00 ↗ for for the community two more things um

46:03 ↗ sorry quick ones um one is do we have

46:06 ↗ like hand washing stations or

46:09 ↗ hand sanitizers or anything at the

46:10 ↗ facilities that don't have

46:12 ↗ restrooms easily accessible

46:17 ↗ uh in terms of fields yeah look at it

46:20 ↗ at a field um i'm just you know you have

46:23 ↗ that there's those hand washing stations

46:25 ↗ or well

46:26 ↗ you probably can't get them anymore but

46:28 ↗ you know where it's almost by the people

46:30 ↗ who

46:30 ↗ you know have the honey bucket buckets

46:32 ↗ or handy cans

46:35 ↗ we do not we do not in some of our parks

46:38 ↗ and and i'll be honest this is this is

46:39 ↗ that hard challenge of managing public

46:41 ↗ space

46:42 ↗ um i think where we had some hand

46:44 ↗ sanitizer out

46:45 ↗ in some spaces early it it walked it

46:48 ↗ traveled it was more than one squirt the

46:50 ↗ whole bottle was

46:51 ↗ was gone and so that became really hard

46:53 ↗ to try and manage that um

46:57 ↗ yeah i would i would imagine a hand

46:59 ↗ washing station might be easier

47:01 ↗ kind of to manage because it's there

47:03 ↗ right and nobody's gonna

47:05 ↗ soak like take the cold soap with them

47:08 ↗ the other thing is just an observation

47:10 ↗ um kind of following up on

47:11 ↗ what marlene said about the um the face

47:13 ↗ mask um

47:14 ↗ poster or whatever um i have been

47:18 ↗ had the opportunity to travel a little

47:20 ↗ bit um

47:21 ↗ with my son to some and um

47:25 ↗ it is i think much easier to

47:28 ↗ for people to wear masks if it's clear

47:30 ↗ that that's the expectation

47:31 ↗ for that facility um and so i would just

47:35 ↗ encourage us to have those up at follow

47:38 ↗ our fields

47:38 ↗ and when it's clear i feel like people

47:41 ↗ do

47:42 ↗ abide by it and if it's not clear then

47:46 ↗ you don't see it as much though no i

47:48 ↗ really appreciate that feedback and yeah

47:50 ↗ i think and i think to marlene your

47:53 ↗ comment too that's that that sign

47:55 ↗ that last sign we put up and making sure

47:57 ↗ that that we are consistently

48:00 ↗ um renewing those again sometimes those

48:03 ↗ those have a

48:04 ↗ tendency to block as well um

48:07 ↗ but just making sure that we have those

48:09 ↗ very visible

48:10 ↗ in our spaces appreciate that feedback

48:13 ↗ you're absolutely right

48:19 ↗ oh is that it danielle

48:22 ↗ thanks for all of that and clarification

48:25 ↗ anybody else have any questions or

48:27 ↗ comments on this particular agenda item

48:31 ↗ not seeing any raised hands

48:34 ↗ so we will move on to the next item

48:37 ↗ which

48:38 ↗ is the kind of an update on the

48:42 ↗ um the traveling dog park i don't know

48:46 ↗ what we want to call this but

48:47 ↗ something other than a dog park and i

48:50 ↗ guess that's

48:50 ↗ uh jennifer and jeff and

48:54 ↗ i don't know if jennifer can even talk

48:56 ↗ with that

48:57 ↗ blazing fan she has going on but we

48:59 ↗ could give it a try

49:01 ↗ oh how about jen how about i i kick it

49:03 ↗ off and then we'll open it up for q a

49:06 ↗ um and uh it's gonna sound for those who

49:09 ↗ haven't heard

49:10 ↗ it sounds like jennifer's at the dentist

49:12 ↗ office so uh

49:15 ↗ okay see i'm not hearing anything

49:19 ↗ jennifer so whatever happened

49:20 ↗ got clarified so looks good

49:23 ↗ yeah i think it's fine when i'm talking

49:26 ↗ just uh

49:28 ↗ otherwise my computer fan is being

49:30 ↗ picked up

49:32 ↗ all right well thank you yeah i wanted

49:35 ↗ to take the opportunity to

49:36 ↗ uh um follow up from the conversation we

49:40 ↗ had

49:41 ↗ um last last month um

49:44 ↗ really appreciated that um discussion

49:47 ↗ and conversation about that what we're

49:50 ↗ calling temporary dog park

49:52 ↗ singular even though we know it's going

49:54 ↗ to to travel

49:55 ↗ um um you know i had the chance to to

49:59 ↗ share an email

50:00 ↗ uh to all of you um as the mayor shared

50:03 ↗ the news

50:04 ↗ as this was a program that um she very

50:06 ↗ much wanted to implement

50:08 ↗ um um i really mean it your your

50:10 ↗ feedback was

50:11 ↗ was very helpful as we followed up with

50:14 ↗ the mayor in terms of

50:17 ↗ um sort of setting a a final plan in

50:20 ↗ place for

50:21 ↗ number of sites that we look at number

50:23 ↗ of of times we

50:24 ↗ we want to move this temporary park

50:28 ↗ um we had been thinking and planning a

50:30 ↗ four

50:31 ↗ we we switched that down to three i

50:34 ↗ think the feedback and the discussion we

50:35 ↗ had in terms of

50:37 ↗ our athletic fields in particular

50:40 ↗ tibbetts valley park

50:41 ↗ um um in terms of this pilot

50:44 ↗ and doing it this this first year uh we

50:47 ↗ developed a schedule to to stay away

50:49 ↗ from

50:50 ↗ from that um just to to reiterate

50:54 ↗ um what is going to be happening um

50:58 ↗ uh we will be uh we're in the midst of

51:01 ↗ of

51:02 ↗ working through the special event permit

51:04 ↗ with the planning department right now

51:06 ↗ and if you have questions about that

51:07 ↗ jennifer can certainly speak to that but

51:09 ↗ we are looking at implementing uh this

51:12 ↗ pilot for a year

51:13 ↗ um uh the three sites and and really

51:16 ↗ the progression we're looking at is uh

51:19 ↗ beginning

51:20 ↗ um in november so beginning next month

51:22 ↗ we'll be um

51:23 ↗ on the lawn area at pickering barn

51:26 ↗ um providing a fence space um

51:30 ↗ of about a half acre three quarters of

51:32 ↗ an acre

51:33 ↗ will be there from november through

51:36 ↗ the end of january then from february

51:39 ↗ to may transitioning to the south field

51:43 ↗ of squawk valley park that would leave

51:45 ↗ the bigger

51:46 ↗ north field available for um

51:51 ↗ sport field use drop-in use

51:55 ↗ though we haven't really historically

51:57 ↗ seen any

51:58 ↗ uh field use but knowing that might that

52:01 ↗ might change in in transition

52:03 ↗ uh next year as we're going through

52:05 ↗ through covid

52:06 ↗ um but the south field would be the

52:09 ↗ temporary dog park from february to may

52:12 ↗ and then june uh through october

52:16 ↗ uh the summer months uh we would

52:18 ↗ transition to

52:19 ↗ um a half acre space um or the former

52:23 ↗ skate park

52:23 ↗ in a little larger area um near the the

52:27 ↗ community center

52:29 ↗ some of the the priorities that we

52:31 ↗ looked at and again some of the

52:32 ↗ the discussion we had with with you last

52:35 ↗ month was really helpful

52:37 ↗ in um understanding how do we

52:40 ↗ provide this pilot um but do so in a way

52:44 ↗ that

52:44 ↗ tries to provo um

52:48 ↗ sort of work through minimal disruption

52:50 ↗ with historical uses

52:53 ↗ or other programmatic uses that take

52:56 ↗ place in our

52:56 ↗ in our park spaces we think we have a

52:59 ↗ plan in place that

53:00 ↗ uh best mitigates that

53:04 ↗ um doesn't uh it's not without

53:06 ↗ trade-offs as we talked about

53:08 ↗ but um that's the plan that we

53:11 ↗ have in place like i said jennifer is

53:16 ↗ working through the permit process right

53:18 ↗ now we're working with our park

53:20 ↗ operations team

53:21 ↗ and getting the the fencing and and some

53:25 ↗ of the other supplies

53:26 ↗ are ordered and are are coming in

53:31 ↗ the park maintenance team will be

53:32 ↗ putting together on that

53:35 ↗ first site at pickering barn

53:38 ↗ as we get the experience of that

53:42 ↗ construction we will be working with

53:46 ↗ the community and and other

53:51 ↗ potential partners to look at what set

53:54 ↗ up and take down and transition

53:56 ↗ would look like um to get some

53:59 ↗ assistance from the

54:00 ↗ the the community um in that

54:04 ↗ another piece uh that was really helpful

54:06 ↗ in our conversation with you

54:08 ↗ was we the how we've sequenced this and

54:11 ↗ putting squawk valley park in the middle

54:13 ↗ uh that isn't going to require as much

54:15 ↗ temporary fencing we'll be able to

54:18 ↗ set that site up before we

54:22 ↗ take down pickering barn so from a

54:24 ↗ community standpoint the

54:26 ↗ the the circus if you will or the the

54:29 ↗ pop-up

54:30 ↗ uh will not um have a disruption in

54:33 ↗ terms of having to take down one site

54:34 ↗ and setting out up somewhere else we'll

54:36 ↗ be able to have enough fencing that will

54:38 ↗ have the squawk

54:39 ↗ valley park area ready to go um

54:42 ↗ open that up and then as as we dismantle

54:45 ↗ on the pickering site and then the same

54:47 ↗ would be true we'd be able to set up

54:49 ↗ we'd have enough material to set up the

54:51 ↗ community center site the skatepark site

54:53 ↗ before closing the the squawk valley

54:56 ↗ park site

54:57 ↗ so we're going to learn as we go through

55:00 ↗ this process

55:02 ↗ we're committed to

55:06 ↗ um having some conversations with you

55:08 ↗ all as we go through this providing you

55:10 ↗ updates as we

55:12 ↗ um head into these transitions as we

55:13 ↗ understand what

55:15 ↗ impacts are and replanting looks like or

55:18 ↗ or restoration looks like um

55:20 ↗ certainly in our conversations with the

55:22 ↗ mayor's office they're very supportive

55:24 ↗ and understand the importance of of

55:26 ↗ restoring these spaces

55:30 ↗ to how they were if there is any damage

55:33 ↗ to those sites so

55:35 ↗ we see this as a a learning opportunity

55:39 ↗ but knowing as i sent that out um i know

55:42 ↗ danielle you had an email that

55:43 ↗ that followed and and we had some

55:45 ↗ discussion but

55:47 ↗ i just wanted to i guess share that

55:49 ↗ update and

55:51 ↗ provide this opportunity for any uh sort

55:54 ↗ of further discussion or or questions or

55:56 ↗ comments that you all might have as

56:00 ↗ as we we move into this program

56:07 ↗ uh danielle did you have something well

56:10 ↗ yeah i think um as

56:11 ↗ jeff mentioned you all were on the pain

56:13 ↗ but um

56:14 ↗ for the i guess for the pub benefit of

56:16 ↗ the public record

56:17 ↗ i'd like to just um kind of summarize a

56:20 ↗ couple concerns

56:21 ↗ um but i do like i'm i'm grateful that

56:24 ↗ you

56:25 ↗ have taken tibbetts off the um

56:28 ↗ off of the circuit at least for now like

56:30 ↗ while we see

56:31 ↗ what happens with the fields of first

56:33 ↗ year um i

56:34 ↗ am concerned about using um

56:38 ↗ the field of squawk because um

56:41 ↗ my recollection is that we developed

56:43 ↗ that as a as an athletic field and that

56:45 ↗ we did

56:46 ↗ field drainage work for that to use it

56:49 ↗ as a as an athletic field

56:51 ↗ and i understand that um probably we

56:53 ↗ haven't had as much

56:54 ↗ community need for that athletic field

56:56 ↗ since we've

56:57 ↗ been successful in doing um artificial

57:00 ↗ turf fields

57:01 ↗ which is a higher priority i am

57:03 ↗ concerned though

57:05 ↗ um just with the disruption this year

57:09 ↗ um and the fact that

57:12 ↗ you know nobody has had games to play or

57:14 ↗ whatnot this fall

57:15 ↗ that we could have a higher pressure on

57:18 ↗ those athletic fields in the spring

57:20 ↗ um and i would be disappointed

57:24 ↗ um as a member of this community if um

57:29 ↗ if that was the case and we had to turn

57:31 ↗ user groups away from athletic fields

57:33 ↗ because we

57:34 ↗ are using a field that was developed for

57:36 ↗ athletics or

57:37 ↗ a dog park um so that was one

57:41 ↗ one concern um i'm also i'm hoping that

57:44 ↗ you guys will be

57:45 ↗ taking like monitoring especially

57:49 ↗ um at pickering this first season

57:53 ↗ like i'm just worried about starting in

57:54 ↗ the winter when it's so wet

57:56 ↗ um and what that impact will be on on

57:58 ↗ the grass i'm hoping that

58:00 ↗ if the impact is much more

58:03 ↗ it's much harder on the fields than we

58:07 ↗ might expect

58:09 ↗ that we might put a pause on the program

58:11 ↗ um

58:12 ↗ through the winter months um or at least

58:14 ↗ not then start at squawk

58:16 ↗ um if we are expecting that damage to

58:20 ↗ the turf to be pretty high

58:22 ↗ um so again i think there's a difference

58:24 ↗ in restoring a meadow

58:26 ↗ then having to restore an athletic field

58:28 ↗ that

58:29 ↗ is you know has where the surface may no

58:32 ↗ longer be flat

58:34 ↗ um and then i'm just curious um do we

58:37 ↗ know how long

58:38 ↗ like what is that down time for having a

58:41 ↗ field

58:43 ↗ if it needs to be re-recited or be

58:45 ↗ seated and rest

58:47 ↗ um before it can be used again for

58:49 ↗ athletic purposes what's

58:51 ↗ kind of what's your rule of thumb like

58:52 ↗ what do you think how long do you think

58:53 ↗ that field

58:55 ↗ or spot will need to sit

58:58 ↗ it depends on what it looks like when

59:00 ↗ it's done right and

59:02 ↗ so i some of that is going to be learn

59:05 ↗ as we go

59:09 ↗ i think it'll be good timing though at

59:11 ↗ squawk in the sense that that'll shut

59:13 ↗ down

59:14 ↗ kind of right at the end of winter which

59:16 ↗ is a real good time

59:17 ↗ for you know spring planting

59:20 ↗ and you know and and so you'll be

59:24 ↗ reseeding anything that was impacted

59:27 ↗ probably in march and you know probably

59:30 ↗ be good to go by april i would think to

59:32 ↗ some extent

59:33 ↗ like you say depending on how damaged it

59:35 ↗ is well the squawk one is going to be

59:38 ↗ february february to may and so

59:41 ↗ it would be you know that repairs would

59:43 ↗ happen hopefully in june

59:47 ↗ yeah so i'm i'm curious if it would be

59:49 ↗ ready um you know if there was a soccer

59:51 ↗ season

59:51 ↗ in the fall you know if it would be able

59:52 ↗ to be for you

59:55 ↗ yeah again not with you know i i wish i

59:58 ↗ had a crystal ball but knowing that our

1:00:00 ↗ our commitment is going to be to get

1:00:03 ↗ going on that right away

1:00:04 ↗ yeah we we would want that um

1:00:07 ↗ restored up and running ready to go um

1:00:10 ↗ if there is need for it

1:00:12 ↗ um in the fall i i

1:00:15 ↗ i share your concerns and hear your

1:00:17 ↗ concerns and understand those trade-offs

1:00:20 ↗ um i think as we've done the analysis

1:00:22 ↗ and have tried to look at at options i

1:00:24 ↗ i want to reiterate um that south field

1:00:27 ↗ has not been booked for

1:00:30 ↗ um soccer football lacrosse it's not big

1:00:34 ↗ enough for those

1:00:35 ↗ um it's probably just big enough for mod

1:00:37 ↗ soccer but that has not been used for

1:00:39 ↗ years

1:00:40 ↗ um so um i i i

1:00:43 ↗ i hear your concerns and and would agree

1:00:46 ↗ um you're right

1:00:47 ↗ 2021 um may look different um

1:00:50 ↗ but um we we have capacity at the north

1:00:53 ↗ field knowing that that

1:00:55 ↗ historically hasn't been booked either

1:00:57 ↗ so that that

1:00:58 ↗ presents a whole new um or or an unused

1:01:02 ↗ capacity

1:01:03 ↗ should we see a spike or an increase

1:01:06 ↗ whether it's spring

1:01:07 ↗ summer or fall as well but yeah i would

1:01:11 ↗ i would hope um we're talking about

1:01:14 ↗ um a month or two months in terms of

1:01:16 ↗ restoration timing

1:01:18 ↗ danielle but um we're gonna we're gonna

1:01:20 ↗ have to learn um in this first year

1:01:23 ↗ and one one other place that we that we

1:01:25 ↗ didn't talk about as a group i don't

1:01:27 ↗ think that um

1:01:28 ↗ would that came to my mind is the um

1:01:31 ↗ the very end of tibbetts kind of like

1:01:33 ↗ behind the manor

1:01:35 ↗ which is a field that kind of has

1:01:38 ↗ i don't know when my kids played micro

1:01:40 ↗ soccer that was where they

1:01:41 ↗ you know played in practice and i don't

1:01:43 ↗ know if you guys still rent that area

1:01:45 ↗ out

1:01:46 ↗ or not but it would be it is just

1:01:49 ↗ another

1:01:50 ↗ it's like you know you have your that

1:01:52 ↗ last baseball field

1:01:54 ↗ and an outfield and then there's a

1:01:55 ↗ little there's a another area

1:01:58 ↗ um back there and did you guys look at

1:02:00 ↗ that is it too wet

1:02:02 ↗ is it we did look at that i think its

1:02:04 ↗ proximity to the tennis courts if i'm if

1:02:06 ↗ i'm if i'm following your geography

1:02:10 ↗ it's far it's farther it's farther down

1:02:12 ↗ than that

1:02:13 ↗ um at the very end of the park south of

1:02:16 ↗ four

1:02:18 ↗ well south of field four yeah that's

1:02:20 ↗ that area is exceptionally wet

1:02:22 ↗ in there which is why and also proximity

1:02:27 ↗ to the creek and trying to stay out of

1:02:28 ↗ our critical areas which is why we had

1:02:30 ↗ proposed

1:02:31 ↗ moving it a little higher north adjacent

1:02:33 ↗ to the trails

1:02:35 ↗ to stay out of those critical areas and

1:02:37 ↗ also just want to do

1:02:39 ↗ yeah oh sorry jen but yeah that most

1:02:41 ↗ southern area

1:02:42 ↗ um is in a critical area and so one of

1:02:45 ↗ the priorities for this was

1:02:47 ↗ we need to stay out of of any critical

1:02:50 ↗ area to avoid having to do any

1:02:52 ↗ permitting that makes sense and i just

1:02:55 ↗ wanted to speak to the restoration

1:02:57 ↗ as well we've had this conversation with

1:02:59 ↗ our park operations team

1:03:01 ↗ and in looking at the condition of some

1:03:04 ↗ of the sites like pickering right now

1:03:06 ↗ um that's not the most level lawn even

1:03:09 ↗ though from afar it looks very

1:03:10 ↗ picturesque

1:03:11 ↗ um to walk out there it is not and so as

1:03:14 ↗ we look at some of these restoration

1:03:15 ↗ efforts

1:03:17 ↗ in addition to seeding we may consider

1:03:20 ↗ adding sod which would also shorten the

1:03:22 ↗ rehabilitation time and we also might

1:03:25 ↗ actually be improving

1:03:26 ↗ the long condition from what its current

1:03:28 ↗ existing uh

1:03:30 ↗ condition is with uh having to go out

1:03:32 ↗ and do a restoration due to any damage

1:03:34 ↗ from

1:03:34 ↗ dogs so there is kind of that um flip

1:03:37 ↗ side that we

1:03:38 ↗ um this use might actually give us an

1:03:41 ↗ opportunity to improve the grass which

1:03:43 ↗ we wouldn't otherwise have

1:03:46 ↗ thanks jan was that it for your comment

1:03:49 ↗ jennifer

1:03:51 ↗ i see marlene you have a comment that

1:03:53 ↗ you would like to make

1:03:55 ↗ sure and thanks and i apologize if this

1:03:57 ↗ got covered in last

1:03:59 ↗ uh in the meeting last time that i was

1:04:00 ↗ unable to attend but i guess

1:04:02 ↗ what i would say about um what i'm

1:04:04 ↗ excited about for this dog park is quite

1:04:06 ↗ frankly

1:04:07 ↗ at tibbetts people are using it as an

1:04:08 ↗ awfully shocked park right now

1:04:10 ↗ and so you know the fields are getting

1:04:12 ↗ dug up

1:04:13 ↗ you know there's you know the baseball

1:04:15 ↗ fields have big divots where the dogs

1:04:16 ↗ are digging

1:04:17 ↗ so my hope is you know we can get people

1:04:20 ↗ to

1:04:20 ↗ actually go to the actual dog park and

1:04:22 ↗ maybe that will actually help some of

1:04:23 ↗ our fields

1:04:24 ↗ that are quite frankly since kobe had

1:04:25 ↗ been um i know sometimes when we just

1:04:27 ↗ want to go play there's you know always

1:04:29 ↗ dogs running in and out of those spots

1:04:31 ↗ so

1:04:32 ↗ hopefully that that can at least give

1:04:34 ↗ people an option that is

1:04:36 ↗ safe for the community and intended

1:04:38 ↗ purpose

1:04:40 ↗ and i think we already have a to-do list

1:04:42 ↗ for the new park ranger when that person

1:04:45 ↗ shows up

1:04:45 ↗ you mean it can maybe monitor some of

1:04:47 ↗ that activity

1:04:50 ↗ if they get that through i don't know i

1:04:52 ↗ that is a proposal to have a park ranger

1:04:56 ↗ yes within the 21 budget yep right right

1:05:01 ↗ any other questions or comments about

1:05:04 ↗ this agenda item

1:05:07 ↗ [Music]

1:05:09 ↗ okay go ahead yeah i had a quick

1:05:11 ↗ question what are you guys thinking

1:05:13 ↗ about as it relates to kind of

1:05:14 ↗ collecting

1:05:15 ↗ feedback once the program is up and

1:05:17 ↗ running i mean obviously we're not

1:05:18 ↗ looking for

1:05:19 ↗ feedback on long-term dog parks but as

1:05:21 ↗ we're monitoring kind of the short-term

1:05:22 ↗ impact both for people that love it and

1:05:24 ↗ maybe people around there that

1:05:26 ↗ do or do not um how are we collecting

1:05:28 ↗ that and then feeding that back in as

1:05:30 ↗ the as the process goes on

1:05:32 ↗ jen you want to talk about that a little

1:05:34 ↗ bit and the sort of the signs that we're

1:05:36 ↗ gonna have up

1:05:39 ↗ sure so um as far as signage we're gonna

1:05:43 ↗ put up we're gonna have a banner with

1:05:45 ↗ contact information whether it's a

1:05:47 ↗ repair

1:05:48 ↗ or just questions about the project

1:05:50 ↗ we're going to have social distancing

1:05:52 ↗ information some rules also

1:05:55 ↗ information about pet licensure through

1:05:58 ↗ king county

1:05:59 ↗ at each of the sites as far as

1:06:01 ↗ collecting feedback we'll have

1:06:03 ↗ opportunity that people can either you

1:06:05 ↗ know my email address and phone number

1:06:07 ↗ will be up on the banner they can

1:06:08 ↗ contact me directly

1:06:10 ↗ but i'm sure as we get through the

1:06:12 ↗ season and we're looking at what

1:06:14 ↗ next year may be in depending where we

1:06:18 ↗ are in the master plan adoption process

1:06:20 ↗ and where we might be for getting

1:06:21 ↗ funding

1:06:22 ↗ to complete the dog park at tiffany's

1:06:24 ↗ valley park we may be looking at a

1:06:26 ↗ second season for this

1:06:27 ↗ and so i think maybe as we were getting

1:06:29 ↗ into the latter months of this

1:06:32 ↗ first year tour we would go ahead and do

1:06:35 ↗ some

1:06:35 ↗ community outreach in the survey and

1:06:38 ↗ hold a meeting with our dog park

1:06:40 ↗ um friends and view the park board and

1:06:43 ↗ see

1:06:44 ↗ you know what what's been working what

1:06:45 ↗ hasn't what we could do to improve it

1:06:48 ↗ next time around as we look at year two

1:06:53 ↗ i think that's a real good point uh

1:06:55 ↗ jonathan and i think that

1:06:57 ↗ i'm always a silver lining kind of guy

1:06:59 ↗ and and i guess i would look at the

1:07:01 ↗ feedback that we may

1:07:03 ↗ gather over this next year or so to be

1:07:05 ↗ something that will

1:07:07 ↗ be very helpful when we actually go

1:07:09 ↗ through with the permanent dog park

1:07:12 ↗ and so having a good system in place for

1:07:15 ↗ feedback i think will be crucial

1:07:20 ↗ did i see your hand somewhere along the

1:07:21 ↗ way there danielle too did you have

1:07:23 ↗ something more

1:07:24 ↗ yeah i just wanted to follow up on um

1:07:26 ↗ marlene's comment about

1:07:28 ↗ um dogs using um like the

1:07:31 ↗ athletic fields currently and so that's

1:07:34 ↗ been only

1:07:35 ↗ permitted really for the last not kind

1:07:38 ↗ of a short amount of time the last

1:07:39 ↗ couple years

1:07:40 ↗ um have dogs been allowed like just in

1:07:43 ↗ the parks

1:07:44 ↗ um they're what used to be a prohibition

1:07:47 ↗ um on dogs so anyway if the if dogs are

1:07:51 ↗ actually kind of damaging um the

1:07:54 ↗ athletic fields and it seems like

1:07:56 ↗ we might want to kind of explore whether

1:07:59 ↗ dogs should stay off those and if

1:08:01 ↗ there's signage that needs to be made or

1:08:04 ↗ or whatnot it's just a

1:08:07 ↗ a point to raise so i think there are

1:08:10 ↗ like signs at least at tibbetts i know

1:08:12 ↗ by the ball fields that say like no dogs

1:08:14 ↗ on the fields it's just

1:08:15 ↗ you know people do what people want to

1:08:17 ↗ do right yeah

1:08:24 ↗ uh anything else anybody on this agenda

1:08:26 ↗ item

1:08:29 ↗ not seeing anything check chat

1:08:32 ↗ no okay let's move on

1:08:36 ↗ so we're into the last agenda item which

1:08:38 ↗ is pathways for input

1:08:40 ↗ this is kind of a creative little topic

1:08:42 ↗ so i'm interested to see what jeff has

1:08:44 ↗ to say on this

1:08:46 ↗ yeah this is our poetry round so we

1:08:48 ↗ thought we could

1:08:49 ↗ no kidding um

1:08:52 ↗ this is the title we weren't quite sure

1:08:54 ↗ how to how to

1:08:56 ↗ what to use so we came up with pathways

1:08:58 ↗ to input um

1:08:59 ↗ this is really follow up from the

1:09:01 ↗ discussion we just had um

1:09:03 ↗ and and last month with temporary dog

1:09:05 ↗ park

1:09:06 ↗ um i guess to tee this up i just i guess

1:09:09 ↗ i

1:09:10 ↗ just want to take the opportunity to

1:09:12 ↗ remind um

1:09:13 ↗ you as the board that you have

1:09:17 ↗ multiple platforms and multiple pathways

1:09:21 ↗ to provide input as a park board

1:09:24 ↗ to the mayor to myself and and um

1:09:28 ↗ i know uh brad and linda right we had a

1:09:31 ↗ chance to sort of have a follow-up

1:09:33 ↗ conversation

1:09:34 ↗ just in terms of how the discussion went

1:09:36 ↗ which again was was really really

1:09:38 ↗ positive and and went really really well

1:09:40 ↗ but just wanting to

1:09:43 ↗ confirm to all you as an advisory board

1:09:46 ↗ that

1:09:47 ↗ you i don't want you to feel constrained

1:09:50 ↗ to only

1:09:50 ↗ one way to give feedback to the mayor it

1:09:54 ↗ doesn't it doesn't always need to be in

1:09:56 ↗ the form of a

1:09:58 ↗ recommendation or a

1:10:02 ↗ hard and fast full consensus um

1:10:06 ↗ so many of the topics that come before

1:10:08 ↗ you are

1:10:10 ↗ um specialized in nature right

1:10:13 ↗ and and recognizing one of your big

1:10:16 ↗ roles

1:10:17 ↗ as a board is to really be a reflection

1:10:19 ↗ and a representation of the community

1:10:22 ↗ um it's often that you all have very

1:10:24 ↗ different opinions

1:10:25 ↗ as to as to how a project should proceed

1:10:28 ↗ or if it should proceed um and

1:10:32 ↗ and oftentimes and i think this

1:10:33 ↗ temporary dog park was a great example

1:10:35 ↗ that um you weren't necessarily being

1:10:38 ↗ asked to be the decision maker of

1:10:41 ↗ should it or shouldn't it happen you

1:10:43 ↗ really had the opportunity and i think

1:10:45 ↗ you took great

1:10:46 ↗ advantage of the opportunity to provide

1:10:49 ↗ feedback that helped shape

1:10:51 ↗ that decision or that action and so

1:10:54 ↗ um i just i wanted to take the

1:10:56 ↗ opportunity to

1:10:58 ↗ provide you all that reminder

1:11:01 ↗ certainly share our commitment my

1:11:02 ↗ commitment is staff and i think we can

1:11:04 ↗ do a better job maybe as we're building

1:11:06 ↗ up next year's

1:11:08 ↗ work plan and we know what those items

1:11:10 ↗ are working with the chair

1:11:13 ↗ on as

1:11:16 ↗ as we move through information and

1:11:18 ↗ discussion

1:11:19 ↗ on a topic and get to action

1:11:22 ↗ that is staff we're really clearly

1:11:26 ↗ making sure you know what that action is

1:11:28 ↗ because that action could be different

1:11:30 ↗ forms that action could be

1:11:32 ↗ hey you're being asked to decide whether

1:11:35 ↗ we should proceed with this or not

1:11:37 ↗ or that action might be

1:11:40 ↗ hey we really want your community

1:11:42 ↗ feedback as a representative body

1:11:43 ↗ as we are perceive as we're doing this

1:11:46 ↗ project

1:11:47 ↗ what does that look like and so um i'll

1:11:50 ↗ leave it at that

1:11:51 ↗ brad if you have anything you want to

1:11:52 ↗ add from our follow-up

1:11:54 ↗ um i just i'll leave it at that and

1:11:58 ↗ let you discuss and see if there's any

1:11:59 ↗ discussion amongst the board

1:12:02 ↗ no thanks for that jeff i think that

1:12:04 ↗ covers it pretty well

1:12:06 ↗ i mean i since we last talked i actually

1:12:08 ↗ went back through the rules and rags to

1:12:10 ↗ see

1:12:10 ↗ specifically about this issue and there

1:12:12 ↗ really isn't anything in there about it

1:12:14 ↗ there is about voting

1:12:17 ↗ and some specifics about what happens

1:12:19 ↗ under voting circumstances but in terms

1:12:21 ↗ of

1:12:23 ↗ what you're talking about you know

1:12:24 ↗ formal recommendations and that

1:12:26 ↗ there isn't really anything in rules and

1:12:29 ↗ regs about that so i think it's one of

1:12:31 ↗ those

1:12:32 ↗ flexible situations that you you pretty

1:12:35 ↗ much tagged it

1:12:36 ↗ you know we just need to plan

1:12:39 ↗ ahead of time for certain action items

1:12:42 ↗ that if you do need to have

1:12:44 ↗ certain specific recommendations

1:12:47 ↗ that you have to present the council or

1:12:50 ↗ to the mayor

1:12:51 ↗ that we have you know first-hand

1:12:54 ↗ knowledge of

1:12:55 ↗ of what that is and kind of a timing

1:12:58 ↗ uh so that we can plan for it uh and

1:13:01 ↗ have plenty of time to discuss it along

1:13:04 ↗ the way

1:13:05 ↗ and you know i guess i would just leave

1:13:08 ↗ it at that

1:13:09 ↗ you know for now but i i think the the

1:13:11 ↗ main part is just

1:13:12 ↗ so that everybody's has a level of

1:13:15 ↗ awareness

1:13:16 ↗ when we go into topics in terms of what

1:13:18 ↗ is going to be expected of the board

1:13:21 ↗ and um so there are no surprises

1:13:24 ↗ and that there's plenty of time to flush

1:13:26 ↗ out you know a variety of discussions

1:13:29 ↗ um and you know one of the things that i

1:13:31 ↗ and i guess

1:13:32 ↗ this i would pose a question is is that

1:13:34 ↗ and this came up from the dog park

1:13:36 ↗ discussions is there was some

1:13:39 ↗ uh email communications that occurred

1:13:42 ↗ you know from danielle

1:13:43 ↗ and and others and we do need to have

1:13:47 ↗ some way of making that as public record

1:13:49 ↗ and i think that

1:13:51 ↗ i don't know maybe melissa can talk

1:13:53 ↗ about that or somewhere

1:13:55 ↗ i think even the mayor actually had kind

1:13:57 ↗ of brought that up that that needs to be

1:14:00 ↗ you need to be careful about having

1:14:02 ↗ those kind of side communications

1:14:05 ↗ those should be available to the

1:14:06 ↗ community in some

1:14:08 ↗ form and jeff you got your hand so maybe

1:14:10 ↗ you can address that

1:14:12 ↗ yeah no abs absolutely i was going to

1:14:14 ↗ touch on that at the end

1:14:15 ↗ is yeah i mean as any topic

1:14:19 ↗ um if there begins to be dialogue

1:14:22 ↗ amongst the board

1:14:23 ↗ um in email form we we will we will add

1:14:26 ↗ those emails to the

1:14:28 ↗ to tonight's minutes just so again it's

1:14:30 ↗ available to the public

1:14:32 ↗ um we have to try not to do that

1:14:35 ↗ and and tread into that um tread into

1:14:38 ↗ that realm but

1:14:39 ↗ um um yeah we'll gladly add those at

1:14:42 ↗ those minutes and i think

1:14:44 ↗ to add one one thing to what you were

1:14:46 ↗ saying brad you're right the window and

1:14:48 ↗ the timeline of when that feedback is

1:14:51 ↗ could vary i certainly want to provide

1:14:53 ↗ you all

1:14:54 ↗ as much time as possible and again

1:14:56 ↗ definition of what that

1:14:59 ↗ um what you're being advised or what

1:15:02 ↗ you're being asked to give advice to

1:15:04 ↗ um so that that it helps frame that

1:15:08 ↗ discussion

1:15:09 ↗ um i think too um

1:15:12 ↗ really giving you all the thought and

1:15:14 ↗ the flexibility that

1:15:18 ↗ you know that your feedback whether it's

1:15:21 ↗ in a vote

1:15:22 ↗ um or whether it's in um

1:15:26 ↗ a written form um i i think providing

1:15:29 ↗ the opportunity and understanding there

1:15:31 ↗ might be a majority decision among you

1:15:33 ↗ but there also might be

1:15:34 ↗ a minority position and and i think the

1:15:38 ↗ finding value in how you frame your

1:15:43 ↗ recommendations um to give voice to what

1:15:46 ↗ that

1:15:46 ↗ that minority voice is because that um

1:15:50 ↗ oftentimes is very informative and

1:15:52 ↗ helpful

1:15:53 ↗ um especially in these decisions where

1:15:57 ↗ you all are maybe not being asked to

1:15:59 ↗ make the decision whether it's happening

1:16:00 ↗ or not right or a capital project's been

1:16:02 ↗ budgeted

1:16:04 ↗ council's saying hey do it it's it's

1:16:06 ↗ happening

1:16:07 ↗ but you all as an advisory group and a

1:16:10 ↗ steering group still have great value in

1:16:12 ↗ helping to

1:16:13 ↗ shape that decision as it's happening

1:16:16 ↗ and so

1:16:17 ↗ that idea of majority position

1:16:21 ↗ minority um i don't want to call it a

1:16:23 ↗ minority report it doesn't have to be a

1:16:25 ↗ separate document but

1:16:26 ↗ but giving voice in an action

1:16:30 ↗ and understanding there's likely going

1:16:32 ↗ to be a diversity of

1:16:34 ↗ of position at the conclusion of any

1:16:37 ↗ discussion we have

1:16:38 ↗ for recommendation good

1:16:42 ↗ i'm glad to flush this out for

1:16:43 ↗ discussion okay so everybody's aware of

1:16:45 ↗ it

1:16:46 ↗ and i think as we approach the next

1:16:48 ↗ action item whatever that might be

1:16:50 ↗ uh you know we can talk about it further

1:16:53 ↗ you know

1:16:54 ↗ before we actually even get to the point

1:16:56 ↗ of of any kind of a vote into the future

1:16:58 ↗ so uh darling uh

1:17:02 ↗ danielle um i just wanted to

1:17:06 ↗ mention so um i've been on the board for

1:17:08 ↗ a really long time now

1:17:10 ↗ i don't remember how many years but um

1:17:12 ↗ uh

1:17:14 ↗ so we're an advisory unless things have

1:17:16 ↗ changed we're an advisory board to the

1:17:18 ↗ mayor

1:17:19 ↗ um and in the past different mayors have

1:17:22 ↗ have dealt with that differently but um

1:17:25 ↗ often

1:17:26 ↗ we would you know a mayor will like ask

1:17:29 ↗ us a specific question

1:17:31 ↗ like that that mayor is like asking for

1:17:33 ↗ our input um and

1:17:34 ↗ and um

1:17:38 ↗ so like that is that is helpful when

1:17:40 ↗ that question

1:17:41 ↗ you know comes to us because then we

1:17:43 ↗ know that we have a

1:17:44 ↗ response that's you know that's needed

1:17:47 ↗ um and then the other thing i

1:17:48 ↗ just want to mention is that often in

1:17:52 ↗ in the past historically when we've been

1:17:54 ↗ asked to

1:17:55 ↗ give that type of advice we've talked

1:17:58 ↗ about something

1:17:59 ↗ for a few board meetings now like i know

1:18:01 ↗ in this case like

1:18:03 ↗ we this year is just like completely

1:18:05 ↗ disruptive and like i don't want to say

1:18:07 ↗ that

1:18:07 ↗ i mean yeah we're dealing with a

1:18:10 ↗ different world right but that

1:18:12 ↗ is ideal i think to have that

1:18:14 ↗ opportunity to talk about something for

1:18:16 ↗ a few times

1:18:17 ↗ um just because the first time first or

1:18:19 ↗ second time even that we have something

1:18:21 ↗ you know like you know might get tweaked

1:18:24 ↗ you know like we'll give you

1:18:25 ↗ feedback you'll come back you know tweak

1:18:27 ↗ it and then

1:18:28 ↗ it's it's nice to have that time this

1:18:31 ↗ time it felt like it was a little bit

1:18:33 ↗ truncated um but i understand why that

1:18:38 ↗ is

1:18:40 ↗ thanks for that jeremy you had something

1:18:43 ↗ yeah

1:18:43 ↗ can you can you hear me yep uh along

1:18:46 ↗ with uh what danielle was saying um

1:18:48 ↗ i think it really helps when we know

1:18:50 ↗ going into a topic what is expected of

1:18:52 ↗ the board

1:18:52 ↗ um if people were up front right up

1:18:55 ↗ front

1:18:56 ↗ on a topic and said look this thing is

1:18:58 ↗ happening whether we like it or not but

1:19:00 ↗ we're looking to take opinions

1:19:02 ↗ i think it would save a lot of people

1:19:03 ↗ time and you know there's things that i

1:19:05 ↗ might not even comment on if i know it's

1:19:07 ↗ just going to happen

1:19:08 ↗ regardless of what i say um so

1:19:11 ↗ you know i think uh the expectations

1:19:14 ↗ need to be

1:19:15 ↗ set up front on all the topics that

1:19:17 ↗ we're that we're talking about

1:19:20 ↗ i like that jeremy the only thing i

1:19:22 ↗ guess i would say

1:19:23 ↗ even if something is going to happen i

1:19:25 ↗ still think your uh

1:19:26 ↗ opinion is valued because something

1:19:29 ↗ might happen

1:19:30 ↗ but it but it could be altered to some

1:19:32 ↗ extent

1:19:33 ↗ based upon um opinions especially from

1:19:36 ↗ the board

1:19:36 ↗ yeah but it could shift the discussion

1:19:38 ↗ to like uh

1:19:40 ↗ true right right it might be you might

1:19:42 ↗ pose it differently

1:19:43 ↗ uh you might still make the opinion but

1:19:46 ↗ you know if you're not having to

1:19:48 ↗ if it's not going to lean on whether or

1:19:50 ↗ not something happens or it doesn't

1:19:52 ↗ i understand what you mean there but

1:19:58 ↗ uh anything else from anyone

1:20:02 ↗ on this topic

1:20:06 ↗ not seeing anything let me check

1:20:09 ↗ that not seeing anything okay so i guess

1:20:11 ↗ that's a wrap on that

1:20:12 ↗ and a wrap on the agenda items so

1:20:16 ↗ we're moving on to director's report i

1:20:20 ↗ don't know

1:20:20 ↗ you've already covered so much jeff i

1:20:21 ↗ don't know you have anything but this is

1:20:23 ↗ your opportunity

1:20:24 ↗ i got a couple items but you know what

1:20:26 ↗ chair i'm gonna i'm gonna yield to you

1:20:28 ↗ why don't you go why don't you go first

1:20:30 ↗ no

1:20:33 ↗ okay i'll i'll try and be long-winded to

1:20:37 ↗ give you some extra

1:20:38 ↗ air time uh i don't really have too much

1:20:41 ↗ but a couple things uh i wanted to

1:20:43 ↗ comment on first of all i wanted to

1:20:46 ↗ clarify about our next meeting time um

1:20:51 ↗ like last year the holidays always tend

1:20:53 ↗ to kind of

1:20:54 ↗ interrupt things a bit our next meeting

1:20:57 ↗ is actually scheduled for

1:20:59 ↗ november 23rd which is the monday before

1:21:02 ↗ thanksgiving there's actually five

1:21:04 ↗ mondays in november

1:21:06 ↗ so there's another opportunity to extend

1:21:08 ↗ that to monday november 30th

1:21:11 ↗ or we could also potentially extend it

1:21:13 ↗ into

1:21:14 ↗ monday december 7th with the

1:21:17 ↗ understanding that we will not have

1:21:18 ↗ another meeting in december

1:21:21 ↗ which would be i believe on the 28th

1:21:23 ↗ which is right around christmas

1:21:25 ↗ and we're going to take that off anyway

1:21:28 ↗ so

1:21:28 ↗ just kind of wanted to see what type of

1:21:31 ↗ uh

1:21:33 ↗ feedback people had in terms of our next

1:21:36 ↗ meeting

1:21:38 ↗ does it really matter to me um anybody

1:21:40 ↗ have any preference

1:21:45 ↗ not seeing any preferences i guess

1:21:48 ↗ that's

1:21:48 ↗ open to you and i jeff whenever we want

1:21:51 ↗ to set it

1:21:51 ↗ right now it's set for the 23rd does

1:21:53 ↗ that still look good or do you want to

1:21:55 ↗ extend that to the 30th we might as well

1:21:57 ↗ say now

1:21:59 ↗ i i would suggest moving it to the 30th

1:22:01 ↗ i i think as you and i talked a little

1:22:03 ↗ bit just sharing this with the board

1:22:05 ↗ um it's looking like uh council

1:22:09 ↗ may be at least maybe adopting the

1:22:11 ↗ budget

1:22:12 ↗ uh before then and so to have it on the

1:22:14 ↗ 30th would be a great opportunity to

1:22:16 ↗ talk about

1:22:17 ↗ the 2021 work plan um

1:22:20 ↗ park board work plan and really have a

1:22:22 ↗ chance to to sort of frame

1:22:24 ↗ up and set up 2021 if we did that on the

1:22:26 ↗ 30th

1:22:28 ↗ does that give you enough time or do we

1:22:29 ↗ need to kick it to december 7th

1:22:32 ↗ does november 30th still work for that

1:22:35 ↗ yep absolutely we can make either work

1:22:38 ↗ let's do november 30th then

1:22:40 ↗ so that's that part um

1:22:44 ↗ i wanted to bring to everybody's

1:22:46 ↗ attention

1:22:48 ↗ i don't know how many of you are have

1:22:50 ↗ been clued in on the coexisting with

1:22:52 ↗ carnivores

1:22:53 ↗ project but that's still been ongoing

1:22:55 ↗ has actually been extended a little bit

1:22:57 ↗ even into next year

1:22:59 ↗ that's where the woodland park zoo has

1:23:01 ↗ been working with the city of issaquah

1:23:04 ↗ schools uh as well as uh issaquah parks

1:23:08 ↗ for that project a lot of it has been

1:23:14 ↗ taking pictures off of a variety of

1:23:18 ↗ different cameras

1:23:20 ↗ throughout our mountains i was on that

1:23:23 ↗ team last year i have not served on it

1:23:25 ↗ this year

1:23:27 ↗ and they've also done a number of other

1:23:29 ↗ things they're basically kind of

1:23:30 ↗ wrapping up

1:23:31 ↗ a presentation to the community

1:23:36 ↗ and i just kind of wanted to alert

1:23:37 ↗ everybody when that's going to be

1:23:39 ↗ it's set for november 18th

1:23:42 ↗ at 6 30 in the evening you'll probably

1:23:45 ↗ see

1:23:46 ↗ more communications come out about that

1:23:48 ↗ but i kind of if it's something you've

1:23:50 ↗ had interest

1:23:50 ↗ in uh seeing kind of a bit of a wrap up

1:23:54 ↗ of what this program that's been in

1:23:56 ↗ place for over two years

1:23:58 ↗ um with our community that would be a

1:24:00 ↗ good time to

1:24:02 ↗ attend the meeting it's going to be a

1:24:04 ↗ zoom meeting

1:24:06 ↗ so virtual and you actually have to

1:24:10 ↗ register for it to get an invitation

1:24:13 ↗ if you don't see something and you want

1:24:15 ↗ to join just reach out to me

1:24:16 ↗ and i'll get you a link to register for

1:24:19 ↗ that again november 18th at 6 30

1:24:21 ↗ in the evening uh kind of the last bit i

1:24:25 ↗ wanted to give a little bit of an update

1:24:27 ↗ on friends of lake city

1:24:28 ↗ lakes manage park state park i haven't

1:24:30 ↗ really talked about that organization

1:24:32 ↗ much

1:24:33 ↗ throughout this year but i wanted to

1:24:35 ↗ give everybody at least a little bit of

1:24:37 ↗ an

1:24:37 ↗ update because a number of different

1:24:38 ↗ things have been happening

1:24:41 ↗ like a lot of organizations you know

1:24:44 ↗ funding

1:24:45 ↗ has been

1:24:49 ↗ hampered a good bit because of kovid

1:24:52 ↗ friends has been very successful over

1:24:55 ↗ the last several years

1:24:57 ↗ giving events and virtually all the

1:24:59 ↗ events the most part have been canceled

1:25:01 ↗ this year

1:25:02 ↗ that's had a huge impact on on revenue

1:25:05 ↗ to keep the organization moving

1:25:09 ↗ but it's a great group they've done a

1:25:11 ↗ lot of good work to try and be flexible

1:25:14 ↗ they have actually had some virtual

1:25:16 ↗ things um

1:25:18 ↗ but they've also been successful

1:25:19 ↗ jennifer the

1:25:21 ↗ executive director has been successful

1:25:22 ↗ getting a couple grants that has really

1:25:25 ↗ helped the process

1:25:26 ↗ there's been some flexibility with some

1:25:29 ↗ staffing

1:25:30 ↗ uh so in reality

1:25:33 ↗ the group is still doing very well and

1:25:36 ↗ so

1:25:36 ↗ it's not like this has crushed them or

1:25:39 ↗ anything they've

1:25:40 ↗ if they've done very well and um

1:25:45 ↗ a little bit of update about the state

1:25:46 ↗ park is they're ongoing with a master

1:25:49 ↗ planning effort for the state park

1:25:51 ↗ it's hard to say when that'll be over

1:25:52 ↗ that's a pretty lengthy process

1:25:55 ↗ one of the things that i just wanted to

1:25:57 ↗ comment on as a part of the master

1:25:59 ↗ planning process

1:26:00 ↗ the flis group is going to be

1:26:04 ↗ contributing a trails plan for the

1:26:06 ↗ entire state park

1:26:08 ↗ that's been underway now for well over a

1:26:10 ↗ year

1:26:11 ↗ there's kind of a committee that's been

1:26:13 ↗ in place for that

1:26:14 ↗ headed up by bill way and kit ledbetter

1:26:18 ↗ who are both board members and they are

1:26:21 ↗ they've actually

1:26:22 ↗ drafted a trail plan

1:26:25 ↗ for the state park um and

1:26:28 ↗ also have

1:26:31 ↗ indicated they are going to assist with

1:26:33 ↗ funding of that the goal is to

1:26:36 ↗ put together a hundred thousand dollars

1:26:38 ↗ worth of funding towards the state

1:26:40 ↗ to contribute towards that effort so

1:26:43 ↗ that funding opportunity will get

1:26:44 ↗ underway here

1:26:46 ↗ over this next year um

1:26:49 ↗ all of the plan of the trail has been

1:26:52 ↗ pretty much put in place

1:26:55 ↗ um and we'll see how much of that gets

1:26:58 ↗ drafted into the overall master plan but

1:27:00 ↗ it's expected that it will

1:27:02 ↗ there is some talk of actually adding a

1:27:04 ↗ pedestrian bridge over

1:27:05 ↗ issaquah creek to add additional

1:27:07 ↗ capacity for making loop

1:27:09 ↗ hikes at the state park so that would be

1:27:12 ↗ a really nice feature to add

1:27:13 ↗ also um

1:27:16 ↗ there's been some transition in

1:27:18 ↗ leadership um

1:27:20 ↗ and uh five new board members have

1:27:22 ↗ actually been brought on to the

1:27:24 ↗ organization here just within the last

1:27:26 ↗ uh

1:27:27 ↗ 60 days and so that's nice

1:27:30 ↗ to have some extra people from the

1:27:32 ↗ community contribute to that cause

1:27:35 ↗ um kind of the last thing from flis

1:27:38 ↗ i just want to mention is they are

1:27:41 ↗ actually having

1:27:42 ↗ an online auction that's coming up from

1:27:45 ↗ november 2nd

1:27:46 ↗ to november 10th called experience the

1:27:49 ↗ outdoors

1:27:52 ↗ they've done a great job actually

1:27:54 ↗ compiling a number of

1:27:57 ↗ contributions from various organizations

1:28:01 ↗ you know little trips and different

1:28:03 ↗ things as well as

1:28:04 ↗ different products and items that will

1:28:06 ↗ be auctioned

1:28:08 ↗ so stay tuned for that i send out the

1:28:11 ↗ flist newsletter every month you'll

1:28:13 ↗ probably actually see that posted

1:28:15 ↗ when it comes out the first of november

1:28:17 ↗ again that runs from november 2nd to the

1:28:19 ↗ 10th

1:28:20 ↗ and i understand they have maybe as many

1:28:23 ↗ as 50 items that may

1:28:24 ↗ potentially go up for auction so it

1:28:26 ↗ should be fun and

1:28:28 ↗ a good fundraiser for the group

1:28:31 ↗ as well so

1:28:33 ↗ [Music]

1:28:35 ↗ that's all i had

1:28:38 ↗ oh jeff you're up

1:28:42 ↗ all right thanks brad for that info i'm

1:28:45 ↗ going to

1:28:46 ↗ i've got two items i wanted to update

1:28:48 ↗ you all on

1:28:50 ↗ um under director's report um shouldn't

1:28:52 ↗ be too long

1:28:53 ↗ i'm going to share my screen

1:28:57 ↗ not to look at my mode too much longer

1:29:01 ↗ so first item i wanted to share i we've

1:29:04 ↗ talked a little bit over the this

1:29:06 ↗ last year and a half about green

1:29:08 ↗ issaquah our partnership with forterra

1:29:11 ↗ forte is a non-profit organization

1:29:14 ↗ in the seattle area they have a what's

1:29:17 ↗ called a green cities

1:29:19 ↗ initiative green cities program where

1:29:20 ↗ they partner with cities in

1:29:23 ↗ um looking at ways to

1:29:26 ↗ sort of bolster our volunteerism

1:29:29 ↗ uh within the management of our publicly

1:29:32 ↗ owned urban forest

1:29:34 ↗ um this wednesday so in a couple days

1:29:36 ↗ the 28th we're hosting

1:29:39 ↗ um as we're sort of transitioning into

1:29:41 ↗ the launch and recruitment

1:29:42 ↗ of volunteer stewards we're going to

1:29:44 ↗ have an orientation meeting

1:29:46 ↗ um this wednesday from 6 to 7 30

1:29:49 ↗ uh hosted virtually in this wonderful

1:29:52 ↗ platform of of webex

1:29:55 ↗ i will have uh joanna there from

1:29:57 ↗ forterra

1:29:58 ↗ jennifer and matt meckler from the the

1:30:00 ↗ city team myself

1:30:02 ↗ we'll have some representatives from

1:30:03 ↗ mountains to south greenway

1:30:05 ↗ just to to introduce and orient

1:30:08 ↗ anyone interested in the in the public

1:30:11 ↗ um about what is green issaquah

1:30:14 ↗ what is the forest assessment we've done

1:30:16 ↗ um what's the condition of our forest

1:30:18 ↗ how's it looking

1:30:20 ↗ what is this volunteer steward program

1:30:23 ↗ that we're putting together

1:30:25 ↗ a chance for us to recruit and see if

1:30:27 ↗ there's any interest

1:30:28 ↗ that folks might have in becoming a

1:30:30 ↗ steward but also let anyone who's

1:30:33 ↗ a part of the meeting know that there'll

1:30:35 ↗ be other opportunities in other ways

1:30:37 ↗ that the community can

1:30:39 ↗ volunteer as this program gets started

1:30:42 ↗ in in 2021

1:30:44 ↗ i believe we're nearing 50

1:30:48 ↗ residents who have rsvp'd so we

1:30:50 ↗ anticipate a really good

1:30:52 ↗ turnout on wednesday evening and just

1:30:54 ↗ want to invite you as part board members

1:30:56 ↗ to take part in that

1:30:58 ↗ you can rsvp um with jennifer or i and

1:31:02 ↗ we can get you the

1:31:04 ↗ the meeting invite for that if you

1:31:05 ↗ haven't already done so

1:31:07 ↗ so really exciting to see that program

1:31:10 ↗ um

1:31:11 ↗ ready to gear up and and get going um

1:31:16 ↗ uh the next item i wanted to share if

1:31:18 ↗ you could see my screen

1:31:20 ↗ is um and along with uh the flyer for

1:31:23 ↗ green issaquah we'll we'll

1:31:25 ↗ include that in our meeting minutes um

1:31:28 ↗ we're gonna be posting um this

1:31:30 ↗ um online and including this in the

1:31:32 ↗ meeting minutes as well

1:31:33 ↗ i've shared with you a couple of times

1:31:36 ↗ uh that we as part of our

1:31:38 ↗ funding strategy for the bergsman

1:31:40 ↗ acquisition that

1:31:41 ↗ that happened in late 2018 we put in

1:31:45 ↗ place

1:31:45 ↗ um grant cycles

1:31:48 ↗ that we are going to be seeking funding

1:31:51 ↗ you may recall we've already been

1:31:52 ↗ successful in

1:31:54 ↗ decuring just over five and a half

1:31:57 ↗ million dollars

1:31:58 ↗ uh from king county and and local

1:32:02 ↗ partners uh we submitted a state grant

1:32:05 ↗ application

1:32:06 ↗ um earlier this year um for 2.6 million

1:32:10 ↗ dollars as part of

1:32:12 ↗ the state's wwrp which is washington

1:32:15 ↗ wildlife and recreation program

1:32:18 ↗ grant cycle for 2021

1:32:21 ↗ in august jennifer and i

1:32:25 ↗ i made this presentation i should say

1:32:27 ↗ jennifer did she did an outstanding job

1:32:29 ↗ um jennifer and i put together this uh

1:32:32 ↗ nearly 60 page presentation um we'll

1:32:35 ↗ send this to you if you're interested

1:32:37 ↗ it's it's actually a very informative

1:32:40 ↗ presentation this grant process is

1:32:43 ↗ very competitive and very formal in

1:32:45 ↗ terms of

1:32:46 ↗ how we need to respond to certain

1:32:49 ↗ scoring categories

1:32:52 ↗ the ranking for how we did and all of

1:32:54 ↗ these grant projects

1:32:56 ↗ formally came out last week so i'm i'm

1:32:58 ↗ very

1:32:59 ↗ proud to share with you that we rank

1:33:01 ↗ third

1:33:02 ↗ in our category urban wildlife habitat

1:33:05 ↗ that positions us

1:33:06 ↗ really really well well within

1:33:10 ↗ the funding recommendation that

1:33:13 ↗ the state office is going to be asking

1:33:15 ↗ the the legislature

1:33:17 ↗ what happens now is we transition from

1:33:21 ↗ sort of our application phase

1:33:23 ↗ to now we'll be working with our

1:33:26 ↗ legislative agenda

1:33:27 ↗ and our legislators for next year um as

1:33:31 ↗ the next legislative session in 2021

1:33:34 ↗ they put together the budget

1:33:36 ↗ part of the budget will be uh these this

1:33:38 ↗ wwrp grant funding

1:33:41 ↗ um we'll be closely following that

1:33:44 ↗ and um should we be successful um then

1:33:47 ↗ again we're really really well

1:33:48 ↗ positioned within the

1:33:50 ↗ funding request that's going to be made

1:33:54 ↗ will be recipients of another 2.6

1:33:57 ↗ million dollars

1:33:58 ↗ to assist in this acquisition which

1:34:01 ↗ again

1:34:02 ↗ is part of the funding strategy knowing

1:34:04 ↗ what a

1:34:05 ↗ ambitious bold effort this was for a

1:34:08 ↗ local agency to do

1:34:09 ↗ it would mean

1:34:13 ↗ nearly 75 percent of this grant

1:34:16 ↗ acquisition would be covered through

1:34:18 ↗ uh through grants uh leaving a small

1:34:21 ↗ portion

1:34:22 ↗ of the city contribution for

1:34:26 ↗ this really important acquisition so

1:34:29 ↗ again if you're interested in taking a

1:34:31 ↗ look at the presentation i'll i'll send

1:34:32 ↗ it your way

1:34:34 ↗ um but um hats off jennifer great work

1:34:37 ↗ um on making that presentation and um

1:34:41 ↗ stay tuned as we'll um head into the

1:34:44 ↗ the legislative session uh next year

1:34:47 ↗ following these um recommended grant

1:34:50 ↗ funds

1:34:51 ↗ so jeff is this funding that would be

1:34:54 ↗ used for development of the park or

1:34:58 ↗ is this only just to for the acquisition

1:35:01 ↗ aspect that's a great question brad no

1:35:04 ↗ this is for like we had shared before

1:35:06 ↗ this is for acquisition

1:35:08 ↗ so what we needed to do and what happens

1:35:10 ↗ when

1:35:11 ↗ acquisitions occur and you have these

1:35:14 ↗ state

1:35:15 ↗ sort of grant processes we submitted

1:35:18 ↗ what's called a waiver of retroactivity

1:35:20 ↗ so we presented this application for

1:35:23 ↗ acquisition as if we hadn't acquired it

1:35:25 ↗ yet

1:35:26 ↗ and so this will be all this funding

1:35:28 ↗ would be

1:35:29 ↗ to offset that acquisition which in the

1:35:32 ↗ end is really good news and that it

1:35:34 ↗ um lessens the city's

1:35:38 ↗ um expense and investment and

1:35:41 ↗ creates opportunity to determine what um

1:35:44 ↗ as as these reimbursement funds come

1:35:46 ↗ back into the city

1:35:48 ↗ um what the city wants to do with those

1:35:50 ↗ funds

1:35:52 ↗ good thanks yep keep it

1:35:58 ↗ so that's that's all i have for

1:36:03 ↗ director's report um i can sort of

1:36:06 ↗ transition into the next item brad which

1:36:08 ↗ is a i say danielle has her hand up

1:36:10 ↗ okay sorry yeah just real quick um for

1:36:13 ↗ that

1:36:14 ↗ that grant application if if we are

1:36:17 ↗ successful

1:36:17 ↗ in getting it um are there will there be

1:36:20 ↗ restrictions on how that

1:36:22 ↗ how that land can be used as a park or

1:36:24 ↗ what

1:36:27 ↗ yeah great question uh there already are

1:36:29 ↗ right with the king county

1:36:31 ↗ funds that we require that we the grant

1:36:34 ↗ funds we got

1:36:34 ↗ and in fact council's goal for that that

1:36:37 ↗ purchase

1:36:38 ↗ um it really was as

1:36:43 ↗ relatively passive but still trails

1:36:46 ↗ um perhaps some picnic shelters but much

1:36:49 ↗ more of a passive park it is not

1:36:51 ↗ um if you know where that is and know

1:36:53 ↗ the topography on that site it really is

1:36:56 ↗ pretty limiting in and of itself um

1:36:59 ↗ but it's not entirely restrictive um and

1:37:02 ↗ you'll see as

1:37:02 ↗ if you go through the grant application

1:37:04 ↗ you'll see a slide

1:37:06 ↗ for one of the scoring categories was

1:37:08 ↗ management

1:37:10 ↗ of the site and so we gave a really

1:37:12 ↗ rough

1:37:13 ↗ idea and concept of what we anticipate

1:37:16 ↗ being in that park

1:37:17 ↗ and and yeah we anticipate some um

1:37:19 ↗ against the picnic areas some

1:37:21 ↗ some trails some loop trails and and

1:37:23 ↗ connectivity through that

1:37:25 ↗ through that site okay great i mean it

1:37:28 ↗ is the idea is that it will connect down

1:37:31 ↗ to

1:37:32 ↗ newport way right and then up to all the

1:37:34 ↗ rest of the trails

1:37:36 ↗ yeah exactly in fact yeah no great danny

1:37:40 ↗ you're right in fact community use again

1:37:42 ↗ was one of the

1:37:44 ↗ large scoring areas so um it

1:37:47 ↗ very interesting process but we really

1:37:48 ↗ wanted to demonstrate and i think this

1:37:50 ↗ project scored so well because it is

1:37:53 ↗ that connectivity was such a huge

1:37:57 ↗ opportunity um and as well providing

1:38:00 ↗ connectivity for wildlife but providing

1:38:02 ↗ connectivity for

1:38:04 ↗ us two-legged wildlife in terms of that

1:38:06 ↗ connection and

1:38:07 ↗ an option for talus neighborhood quite

1:38:10 ↗ frankly to

1:38:11 ↗ um be that much more connected to

1:38:14 ↗ um to the city and then uh great thank

1:38:18 ↗ you and then um

1:38:19 ↗ for the green issaquah plan i was just

1:38:21 ↗ curious if you guys have

1:38:22 ↗ had any success in outreaching to

1:38:25 ↗ physical high school or is it claw

1:38:27 ↗ middle school since they're

1:38:29 ↗ right you know right there and about the

1:38:31 ↗ forest

1:38:33 ↗ yeah absolutely and in fact you'll see

1:38:35 ↗ in the presentation we talk about a

1:38:36 ↗ strategy for schools and connecting with

1:38:38 ↗ environmental groups

1:38:40 ↗ um i i've had the opportunity to to be a

1:38:44 ↗ green city

1:38:44 ↗ in the city i came from and we just

1:38:47 ↗ those relationships with the schools are

1:38:48 ↗ fantastic

1:38:49 ↗ um so we would anticipate doing

1:38:52 ↗ something very similar here

1:38:54 ↗ did you have something to add to jen

1:38:56 ↗ yeah i just wanted to say as far as the

1:38:58 ↗ promotion

1:38:59 ↗ of the greenest aqua partnership meeting

1:39:01 ↗ coming up we did send that out to

1:39:04 ↗ 595 volunteers that we have contact with

1:39:07 ↗ also megan curtis murphy from the office

1:39:10 ↗ of

1:39:10 ↗ sustainability she's also sent it out to

1:39:13 ↗ a lot of people on the environmental

1:39:14 ↗ board

1:39:15 ↗ including some active high school

1:39:16 ↗ members over there to help spread the

1:39:18 ↗ word

1:39:20 ↗ i think the city i think the city may

1:39:23 ↗ have posted it on

1:39:24 ↗ their um communication platforms too

1:39:29 ↗ the insider facebook um other social

1:39:33 ↗ media twitter

1:39:34 ↗ so it's been out there quite a bit for

1:39:36 ↗ the past uh

1:39:37 ↗ two three weeks right yep

1:39:41 ↗ and these orientation efforts as sort of

1:39:43 ↗ an initial kickoff are pretty

1:39:44 ↗ typical within green cities it's been

1:39:46 ↗ great working with forterra staff

1:39:48 ↗ i think what they would say is typical

1:39:51 ↗ when

1:39:51 ↗ cities launch this early

1:39:54 ↗ to get 10 people is fantastic but to

1:39:57 ↗ know we're probably going to be

1:39:59 ↗ a little over 50 i think just reflects

1:40:02 ↗ the interest in this community for for

1:40:05 ↗ this program

1:40:09 ↗ any other questions or comments

1:40:14 ↗ not seeing anything so i guess uh

1:40:18 ↗ i've got a little bit of a new item that

1:40:20 ↗ i haven't seen before

1:40:21 ↗ mayor and council update i assume you're

1:40:23 ↗ doing that jeff and

1:40:24 ↗ and mary lou's not showing up here i

1:40:27 ↗ mean

1:40:28 ↗ yeah this is a council meeting but yeah

1:40:31 ↗ you're absolutely right brad and i can i

1:40:34 ↗ can take this

1:40:34 ↗ this is a this is a new item that'll

1:40:36 ↗ become a standing

1:40:38 ↗ um agenda item not only on park board

1:40:40 ↗ but all boards and commissions

1:40:42 ↗ there's just again that opportunity and

1:40:44 ↗ that platform

1:40:45 ↗ um the rest of the staff for or council

1:40:49 ↗ members to come and provide any updates

1:40:51 ↗ um to all of you and again that that

1:40:54 ↗ um two-way communication um and just

1:40:57 ↗ reinforcing that so

1:40:59 ↗ i see it as a great great opportunity i

1:41:01 ↗ thought i'd take the opportunity tonight

1:41:03 ↗ to talk about

1:41:05 ↗ budget the 2021 budget is has been

1:41:08 ↗ presented to council

1:41:10 ↗ in fact tomorrow night another webex

1:41:13 ↗ meeting that i get to take part in

1:41:15 ↗ will be the first budget deliberation

1:41:18 ↗ with city council so

1:41:19 ↗ the chance to really get into council

1:41:21 ↗ feedback

1:41:22 ↗ on on the budget um there will likely be

1:41:25 ↗ through uh the middle of november

1:41:28 ↗ probably a handful

1:41:29 ↗ of budget deliberations as council asks

1:41:31 ↗ their questions

1:41:32 ↗ and moves towards adoption uh before

1:41:36 ↗ thanksgiving holiday a few highlights

1:41:40 ↗ in terms of our department budget and

1:41:43 ↗ what is in

1:41:44 ↗ in that proposed budget from an

1:41:47 ↗ operational standpoint i touched on a

1:41:48 ↗ little earlier with our covid recovery

1:41:50 ↗ we're anticipating

1:41:52 ↗ um with modified operation within our

1:41:56 ↗ recreation facilities

1:41:59 ↗ some lower revenue expectations but

1:42:01 ↗ certainly operational

1:42:02 ↗ funding that's going to allow us to

1:42:04 ↗ continue to operate and

1:42:06 ↗ um provide modified services as

1:42:10 ↗ we expect us gradually reopening

1:42:13 ↗ throughout

1:42:13 ↗ 2021 some other operational highlights

1:42:17 ↗ within our park operations team we had

1:42:20 ↗ two park maintenance positions that were

1:42:23 ↗ frozen for

1:42:24 ↗ for the remainder of 2020 those are

1:42:26 ↗ proposed to be back

1:42:27 ↗ in the budget which is great so we'll be

1:42:29 ↗ fully staffed within

1:42:31 ↗ the park operations team which is pretty

1:42:34 ↗ important given

1:42:35 ↗ in anticipating

1:42:38 ↗ increased use of our athletic fields and

1:42:40 ↗ other and other park spaces

1:42:43 ↗ brad you mentioned earlier there's a

1:42:44 ↗ proposed new position of what's being

1:42:46 ↗ called a park ranger

1:42:48 ↗ um that will be a position that would be

1:42:52 ↗ within the park operations team but

1:42:54 ↗ would provide

1:42:56 ↗ a really close bridge with the police

1:42:58 ↗ department

1:42:59 ↗ it's a job description we would still

1:43:02 ↗ need to get finalized there's a number

1:43:03 ↗ of cities that have similar positions to

1:43:05 ↗ this that will

1:43:08 ↗ certainly borrow from but this position

1:43:12 ↗ would be one that really gives us

1:43:14 ↗ some increased presence from a public

1:43:17 ↗ safety standpoint

1:43:18 ↗ um picture if you will a position that's

1:43:22 ↗ probably not they're not deputized they

1:43:24 ↗ would not be carrying a gun and badge

1:43:26 ↗ but they would have a police radio

1:43:27 ↗ that would provide a little extra

1:43:32 ↗ presence in terms of encouraging

1:43:35 ↗ sanctioned and positive uses within our

1:43:38 ↗ parks

1:43:40 ↗ probably a contact person with king

1:43:42 ↗ county animal control

1:43:44 ↗ whereas we don't really have that direct

1:43:46 ↗ person yet so

1:43:47 ↗ again i think an added resource knowing

1:43:50 ↗ the diversity of acreage and diversity

1:43:52 ↗ of

1:43:53 ↗ of things that happen within our public

1:43:56 ↗ spaces that

1:43:57 ↗ again try and promote safe use of our

1:44:01 ↗ parks and our

1:44:01 ↗ and our trails and the rest of our

1:44:04 ↗ system

1:44:05 ↗ in terms of some highlights for the

1:44:07 ↗ capital budget that's also part of the

1:44:09 ↗ 2021 budget we have

1:44:11 ↗ a couple of projects um probably

1:44:15 ↗ our largest request is turf replacement

1:44:18 ↗ of central park pad 3.

1:44:20 ↗ we had this in our capital improvement

1:44:22 ↗ plan for the last couple of years

1:44:24 ↗ you might also recall in 2018

1:44:27 ↗ we created a turf replacement fund where

1:44:30 ↗ we took some of the proceeds

1:44:33 ↗ half of the proceeds of field rentals

1:44:35 ↗ and and

1:44:37 ↗ basically built a and started building a

1:44:39 ↗ capital fund now we didn't

1:44:41 ↗ obviously make enough revenue in two

1:44:43 ↗ years time to fully fund

1:44:45 ↗ the replacement of those fields but that

1:44:47 ↗ will be part of the funding source

1:44:49 ↗ and then as that moves forward uh by the

1:44:52 ↗ time we replace

1:44:53 ↗ or need to replace the fields at pad one

1:44:56 ↗ uh we'll be much closer to being able to

1:44:58 ↗ fully fund it with that replacement fund

1:45:00 ↗ but

1:45:01 ↗ that turf has lived a good life um it's

1:45:04 ↗ aging out

1:45:05 ↗ and so we have um proposed

1:45:09 ↗ turf replacement of pad three

1:45:12 ↗ we also have a long planned

1:45:16 ↗ play area that would be installed at

1:45:18 ↗ hillside park

1:45:19 ↗ as part of our request

1:45:22 ↗ we also have and anticipate reallocating

1:45:27 ↗ this year's unspent capital dollars to

1:45:29 ↗ complete and continue work on the master

1:45:32 ↗ planning work

1:45:33 ↗ um for tibbetts valley park and veterans

1:45:36 ↗ memorial park

1:45:37 ↗ um and the squat creek corridor we also

1:45:41 ↗ have

1:45:41 ↗ a funding request in place to continue

1:45:44 ↗ the work we're doing with

1:45:46 ↗ what's called called being called

1:45:47 ↗ wayfinding uh what that is is really

1:45:50 ↗ looking at a sign

1:45:51 ↗ standard within our trails uh within our

1:45:54 ↗ parks

1:45:55 ↗ um to sort of unify the park experience

1:45:59 ↗ and make sure

1:46:00 ↗ as residents more visitors are using our

1:46:02 ↗ trail system or our park system that

1:46:04 ↗ they

1:46:05 ↗ um if you have a little more consistent

1:46:08 ↗ and easier way to

1:46:09 ↗ to get around town and use those um

1:46:12 ↗ use those spaces so a few highlights of

1:46:15 ↗ the budget that's certainly not all of

1:46:16 ↗ it um

1:46:17 ↗ if you're curious or interested happy to

1:46:19 ↗ to have further

1:46:20 ↗ conversation with any of you

1:46:22 ↗ individually or if you're so inclined

1:46:24 ↗ um to watch budget deliberations uh

1:46:28 ↗ virtually

1:46:28 ↗ uh feel free to to join in the fun

1:46:34 ↗ so much fun yeah

1:46:38 ↗ is that it for that jeff

1:46:43 ↗ so uh kind of getting to the end here

1:46:46 ↗ other business or announcements anybody

1:46:48 ↗ have anything

1:46:51 ↗ if not uh i guess it's a good time to

1:46:54 ↗ say

1:46:55 ↗ thanks for joining us this evening and

1:46:57 ↗ uh it's nice to see everyone

1:47:00 ↗ and uh looking on the bright side at

1:47:02 ↗ least you don't have a commute drive

1:47:04 ↗ home

1:47:05 ↗ especially jeff you're just one click

1:47:07 ↗ away

1:47:08 ↗ so uh thanks again we'll see everybody

1:47:11 ↗ again on

1:47:11 ↗ the 30th of november

1:47:15 ↗ right brad thanks great seeing everybody

1:47:17 ↗ thanks for the discussion

1:47:18 ↗ have a good evening meeting adjourned

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Approve the amended minutes of September 28, 2020. Approved 5-0 PUBLIC COMMENTS None CoVid recovery Update, (I) Presented by: Jeff Watling, Parks and Community Services Director and Jennifer Fink, Park Planner and Project Administrator Watling reviewed what the department has been doing in response …

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