Park Board · Monday, April 25, 2022 · 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, Operations Specialist 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 2025 - Vacant of parks, facilities and recreational programs inside 2022 of 2025- Danielle Githens the City limits. 2024 - Marlene Waxe 2024 - Zack Szablewski Membership 2023 - Chris Kovac The Park Board is comprised of nine regular 2022 - Bradley Book members, with four-year terms; and two 2022 - Ruben Nieto alternates, with two-year terms. All members are 2022 - Jonathan Richardson appointed by the Mayor and subject to 2022 - Linda Whitworth 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 March 28, 2022

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 03-28-22 Park Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board 7:00 PM Virtual Meeting March 28, 2022 DRAFT MINUTES

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Park Board Appointments and Leadership Elections (I), (A)

Director and Brad Book, Park Board Chair · 30 min · Jeff Watling, Parks and Community Services · packet pp.9

Topics: ParksBoards & Commissions

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Project Updates (I)

Discussion · 45 min · Jennifer Fink, Park Planner and Projects Administrator

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5. REPORTS

Director's Report

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Chairperson's Report

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Youth Report

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0:01 ↗ you're good to go

0:03 ↗ well good evening everyone

0:05 ↗ welcome to the

0:07 ↗ april 25th 2022 park board meeting

0:12 ↗ this evening and um

0:15 ↗ we have uh kind of a short agenda this

0:17 ↗ evening where we only have two things in

0:20 ↗ regular business we're going to talk

0:21 ↗ about appointments

0:23 ↗ and elections and have

0:26 ↗ plenty of time now finally for jennifer

0:28 ↗ to actually give us an update on

0:30 ↗ projects

0:32 ↗ so we'll look forward to that so

0:35 ↗ um

0:36 ↗ i wanted to do a roll call to begin with

0:39 ↗ so when i move around and call your name

0:42 ↗ please

0:43 ↗ acknowledge your attendance

0:45 ↗ uh brenda

0:49 ↗ chris

0:51 ↗ president

0:54 ↗ jack

0:55 ↗ president

0:58 ↗ and uh jonathan

1:00 ↗ present

1:02 ↗ well we've got five of us here tonight

1:04 ↗ to make a quorum so we're good to go and

1:06 ↗ we'll have a few maybe to join us a

1:08 ↗ little bit later

1:10 ↗ we've heard from at least one or two um

1:14 ↗ being held up on the ball field or

1:16 ↗ someplace as such

1:18 ↗ so um

1:21 ↗ i assume everybody had an opportunity to

1:22 ↗ review minutes from our last meeting

1:25 ↗ any comments or questions

1:29 ↗ or corrections

1:31 ↗ i didn't see anything

1:33 ↗ any objection to approval of minutes

1:38 ↗ not seeing any objection i will hereby

1:40 ↗ prove minutes

1:42 ↗ thank you

1:45 ↗ uh melissa do we have anybody from the

1:47 ↗ public joining us this evening i'd like

1:49 ↗ to make a comment um looks like we have

1:51 ↗ connie marsh on the line

1:53 ↗ connie i will go ahead and make you a

1:55 ↗ panelist if you'd like to make comment

1:58 ↗ there you go

2:02 ↗ hey connie

2:06 ↗ my shipping it's nowhere even close you

2:09 ↗ guys were so fast

2:12 ↗ oh well i guess

2:14 ↗ i guess i can just speak um so i have

2:17 ↗ two things that

2:19 ↗ uh connie marshall live up on squawk

2:22 ↗ so

2:23 ↗ two things are title 18 which of course

2:27 ↗ is my favorite

2:29 ↗ um

2:30 ↗ and i guess

2:31 ↗ i want to say if you can possibly

2:35 ↗ look closely at

2:38 ↗ the results of what you said

2:42 ↗ and see if you think that any changes

2:45 ↗ that they have made are appropriate

2:48 ↗ um because i don't see your words

2:52 ↗ translating

2:54 ↗ much into the code

2:56 ↗ and i'm not sure why that is but i

2:59 ↗ wanted to highlight that for your

3:00 ↗ attention

3:01 ↗ and then the other thing that i think is

3:03 ↗ interesting is there's some work being

3:05 ↗ done

3:06 ↗ at the corner of tibbetts creek park

3:10 ↗ um along newport way

3:13 ↗ by the park and ride

3:14 ↗ and one of the things that i'm noticing

3:17 ↗ is as we redevelop the city

3:22 ↗ people are not looking to see what might

3:25 ↗ have been required in prior developments

3:29 ↗ and making sure that that continues

3:32 ↗ forward

3:33 ↗ so

3:34 ↗ i would also encourage the parks board

3:38 ↗ and the parks department

3:40 ↗ to ensure that the history of the

3:44 ↗ obligations for the constructions around

3:47 ↗ parks

3:48 ↗ continues forward because that seems to

3:51 ↗ be being

3:52 ↗ lost to some extent

3:55 ↗ they aren't really even knowing that

3:57 ↗ there's a wetland on that corner they

3:59 ↗ don't seem to realize that a wetland

4:01 ↗ mitigation was required

4:04 ↗ and so unless they look they won't

4:08 ↗ know

4:09 ↗ and i have yet been a not been able to

4:11 ↗ understand how to make them actually

4:16 ↗ check

4:17 ↗ so we don't want to lose any more park

4:19 ↗ we don't want to lose any more wetland

4:22 ↗ we don't want to lose any more creek

4:24 ↗ buffer

4:26 ↗ so any help that you got all can provide

4:29 ↗ in

4:29 ↗ in history

4:31 ↗ because staff now doesn't have much

4:33 ↗ history we are the history but unless we

4:35 ↗ speak no one knows

4:37 ↗ so i think that is it though i am not on

4:41 ↗ a screen where i can actually turn

4:43 ↗ myself off so somebody else is going to

4:44 ↗ have to do that for me thank you

4:48 ↗ thank you connie

4:49 ↗ i think i think melissa can disengage

4:51 ↗ you

4:52 ↗ yeah you got her thank

4:54 ↗ you anyone else from the public

4:58 ↗ attending that would like to speak

5:00 ↗ melissa there's no one else tonight

5:02 ↗ okay thank you for that

5:06 ↗ so we're on to uh regular business

5:10 ↗ and uh

5:11 ↗ we're moving right along here tonight

5:13 ↗ looks like um

5:15 ↗ jeff's gonna get things started uh

5:17 ↗ talking a little bit about how things

5:20 ↗ are going along with appointments

5:24 ↗ great thanks brad good evening everybody

5:27 ↗ um

5:28 ↗ so as as brad and i were setting the

5:30 ↗ agenda for tonight we thought we would

5:32 ↗ um spend some time talking through

5:35 ↗ uh the recent park board appointments

5:37 ↗ and i think as we talked about at our

5:40 ↗ march meeting

5:42 ↗ delve into

5:44 ↗ a board discussion about leadership

5:47 ↗ positions the chair and vice chair

5:48 ↗ position

5:50 ↗ and then i really i think open up for

5:52 ↗ some park board discussion um i say this

5:55 ↗ all in the context of

5:57 ↗ i think we've been a park board you all

5:59 ↗ have been a park board in transition um

6:02 ↗ um i think knowing the number of

6:04 ↗ positions that were open this year we

6:07 ↗ knew we were going to be heading into

6:08 ↗ some further transition and that

6:10 ↗ certainly seems to be the case so i

6:12 ↗ think brad and i both felt

6:14 ↗ this would be

6:16 ↗ timely just to spend some time talking

6:18 ↗ about the board um and and what's ahead

6:21 ↗ so

6:22 ↗ um

6:23 ↗ before we jump into the leadership

6:25 ↗ conversation though um i'll i'll give an

6:27 ↗ update on the park board appointment

6:30 ↗ process

6:31 ↗ as you know

6:33 ↗ positions were opened up

6:37 ↗ applications were submitted

6:40 ↗ interviews took place

6:42 ↗ those interviews led to recommendations

6:44 ↗ that were forwarded to the clerk's

6:46 ↗ office

6:47 ↗ the mayor then forwarded her

6:48 ↗ recommendations to city council

6:51 ↗ those went to council on april 18th and

6:54 ↗ were approved by

6:56 ↗ the council

6:58 ↗ so in that

7:00 ↗ work i can share with you that um the

7:03 ↗ park board will have two new board

7:05 ↗ members starting in may

7:06 ↗ um katie bell and tim motley will be

7:09 ↗ joining the park board in may

7:12 ↗ we had two other

7:14 ↗ board members who sought reappointments

7:16 ↗ uh that's brad um and danielle both

7:19 ↗ sought reappointed they are being

7:21 ↗ reappointed

7:22 ↗ um to fill two regular positions

7:25 ↗ um i'll touch a little bit on that a

7:27 ↗ little bit further uh one of our

7:29 ↗ alternates

7:31 ↗ sought appointment for regular position

7:33 ↗ that's brenda

7:35 ↗ thank you brenda was appointed to a

7:37 ↗ regular position

7:40 ↗ and then we had three other positions

7:41 ↗ three of you board members that weren't

7:43 ↗ up for um

7:46 ↗ your term wasn't expiring so those

7:48 ↗ positions will continue and that's

7:50 ↗ marlene

7:51 ↗ and zach and chris

7:53 ↗ so that gives us

7:55 ↗ effective may 1st a park board of eight

7:58 ↗ park board members

8:00 ↗ that means we have one vacant regular

8:02 ↗ position and two vacant

8:05 ↗ alternate positions

8:09 ↗ a little bit on the

8:11 ↗ um i think even as last year we had some

8:14 ↗ conversations um in

8:17 ↗ really overall um some of the city and

8:20 ↗ some of the mayor's goals for boards and

8:21 ↗ commissions in general and and

8:24 ↗ sort of this desire to

8:26 ↗ continue to encourage um

8:29 ↗ resident

8:30 ↗ involvement

8:32 ↗ in boards and commissions um

8:34 ↗ seeking a sort of a healthy

8:37 ↗ degree of turnover within those

8:39 ↗ positions

8:41 ↗ the mayor has been

8:43 ↗ pretty consistent across all boards and

8:45 ↗ commissions and trying to set that as a

8:47 ↗ goal

8:48 ↗ um

8:49 ↗ with

8:50 ↗ the reappointments of both brad and

8:52 ↗ danielle

8:55 ↗ certainly recognizing that that goal um

8:58 ↗ of all boards and commissions

9:00 ↗ brad and danielle's reappointments were

9:02 ↗ for one-year terms

9:06 ↗ with also a sort of a mindset of of

9:10 ↗ realizing um

9:12 ↗ i think both as our two past chairs um

9:15 ↗ long-standing chairs

9:17 ↗ and really a lot of the institutional

9:19 ↗ knowledge as a board member uh they

9:21 ↗ provide

9:23 ↗ some of the conversations

9:25 ↗ that occurred

9:26 ↗ in this appointment

9:28 ↗ with the clerk's office and the mayor

9:29 ↗ included

9:31 ↗ as

9:32 ↗ as

9:34 ↗ those positions um

9:37 ↗ seek new board members um is their

9:40 ↗ opportunity to take what we've always

9:41 ↗ thought of as all the alternate

9:43 ↗ positions

9:44 ↗ um but also think of them as potentially

9:47 ↗ a

9:48 ↗ um a new role or a a

9:53 ↗ a shared role and that the yes they they

9:56 ↗ would still be alternate positions but

9:58 ↗ do they also be considered in some ways

10:00 ↗ as a legacy position whereas i think

10:04 ↗ brad and danielle both reflect this so

10:06 ↗ well

10:07 ↗ they've served on the park board for so

10:09 ↗ long and they're still energized to

10:11 ↗ continue to serve and want to serve and

10:13 ↗ so

10:14 ↗ how might they as new residents come

10:17 ↗ onto the board and commission

10:19 ↗ allow for

10:21 ↗ almost this way of transitioning off the

10:23 ↗ board

10:24 ↗ or the commission

10:26 ↗ whatever it might be in this case it's

10:28 ↗ the park board but transitioning off

10:30 ↗ into

10:31 ↗ through this legacy position if that's

10:33 ↗ something they're interested in so

10:35 ↗ um

10:37 ↗ that's um i think certainly a transition

10:40 ↗ that is right in front of us um and

10:43 ↗ needs to be talked about a little bit

10:44 ↗ further i would would i think appreciate

10:47 ↗ some some feedback from all of you and

10:50 ↗ and what that would

10:52 ↗ uh what that would look like um

10:54 ↗ but

10:56 ↗ right away with the the

10:59 ↗ vacant regular positions um our vacant

11:02 ↗ regular position

11:04 ↗ um

11:05 ↗ we've been asked to um right away um

11:09 ↗ open up uh another recruitment and uh

11:11 ↗ but uh but a park board specific

11:13 ↗ recruitment process so rather than

11:16 ↗ um uh park board recruitment being

11:18 ↗ lumped in with um you know a lot of ten

11:21 ↗ other boards and commissions doing a

11:24 ↗ more targeted specific park board

11:26 ↗ recruitment process that i know melissa

11:28 ↗ has already met with the clerk's office

11:30 ↗ to

11:31 ↗ begin to outline

11:32 ↗ a timeline and a schedule for that

11:34 ↗ process to to fill that vacancy

11:40 ↗ in

11:41 ↗ sort of recognizing uh brad and

11:44 ↗ danielle's reappointment i i guess i

11:46 ↗ also want to recognize and and uh

11:48 ↗ certainly want to share a few more words

11:50 ↗ under the director's report but now

11:52 ↗ recognizing we had four board members

11:55 ↗ who did not seek reappointment and

11:56 ↗ that's that's just fine but certainly to

11:59 ↗ commend the

12:01 ↗ service of of jonathan

12:04 ↗ and linda

12:06 ↗ and jeremy and reuben

12:08 ↗ all as long-standing board members

12:11 ↗ serving um a variety of of lengths of

12:14 ↗ terms

12:15 ↗ um

12:16 ↗ um i know jonathan you're here and as

12:18 ↗ you've um have a little bit of life

12:20 ↗ change i know has sort of had a chance

12:22 ↗ to chat with you a little bit um but i

12:25 ↗ certainly appreciate and command a staff

12:29 ↗ your

12:30 ↗ involvement

12:32 ↗ your energy your perspective that you've

12:34 ↗ brought

12:35 ↗ to the park board and um

12:37 ↗ i know in the coming weeks certainly as

12:40 ↗ linda's not able to join us uh tonight

12:42 ↗ uh but i certainly will reach out to her

12:44 ↗ and to jeremy and to

12:46 ↗ reuben as well um and certainly give a

12:49 ↗ hearty thank you on behalf of of staff

12:51 ↗ for

12:52 ↗ uh for their service

12:54 ↗ um

12:56 ↗ to that point um maybe we'll talk a

12:59 ↗ little bit about leadership but i wanna

13:00 ↗ i wanna tee up one additional thought

13:02 ↗ brad before handing it over to you

13:04 ↗ um and and just knowing as we head into

13:07 ↗ this period of

13:08 ↗ um sort of new

13:10 ↗ a new degree of

13:12 ↗ of um

13:14 ↗ uh turnover a change amongst the park

13:17 ↗ board

13:18 ↗ um an idea and i give brad credit for

13:22 ↗ this um

13:23 ↗ um you know how might

13:26 ↗ there be some degree of or at least

13:28 ↗ encouraging or fostering peer-to-peer

13:30 ↗ mentoring amongst park board members so

13:32 ↗ what would it look like if a new park

13:34 ↗ board member

13:36 ↗ doesn't have to be formal but a fellow a

13:39 ↗ fellow regular park board member who's

13:41 ↗ been on for a while

13:45 ↗ mentors or or comes side by side with

13:47 ↗ that park board member maybe meets once

13:49 ↗ a month or whatever frequency makes

13:51 ↗ sense for that new park board member

13:53 ↗ to

13:54 ↗ just talk through the process talk

13:56 ↗ through

13:57 ↗ what park board meetings are

13:59 ↗ maybe afterwards boy why was staff

14:01 ↗ presenting you know that that way or you

14:04 ↗ know how come that conversation went

14:05 ↗ this way or that way and and just at

14:07 ↗ least be able to give perspective as a

14:09 ↗ fellow park board member and a

14:11 ↗ peer-to-peer um

14:14 ↗ standpoint

14:15 ↗ it could be a really healthy

14:17 ↗ healthy way for new

14:19 ↗ board members to come on board we as

14:21 ↗ staff will continue to do our part in

14:25 ↗ onboarding but

14:28 ↗ because as a staff person as a as if i'd

14:31 ↗ like to consider myself an honest

14:32 ↗ transparent bureaucrat um

14:35 ↗ um i think it's good for for park board

14:37 ↗ members to also get get perspective from

14:39 ↗ fellow park board members and and fellow

14:41 ↗ residents and not feel like they're

14:43 ↗ getting all their information or all hey

14:45 ↗ what's this park board process like

14:47 ↗ solely from a staff perspective so

14:50 ↗ um

14:52 ↗ just i think some opportunities to think

14:54 ↗ um a little bit more intentionally not

14:56 ↗ only is us as staff but just as as park

15:00 ↗ board in

15:01 ↗ the culture that you all and and that we

15:03 ↗ want to create um here with the park

15:05 ↗ board so

15:07 ↗ um i'd love to jump into the leadership

15:10 ↗ discussion but i'm going to stop there

15:12 ↗ and and i just turn it over to you brad

15:14 ↗ to see if you've got any

15:15 ↗ additional thoughts or perspective on

15:17 ↗ some of those um

15:21 ↗ items uh you know only the mentorship

15:23 ↗ part which you and i have talked about

15:25 ↗ jeff i think that i think it's probably

15:26 ↗ something we could have engaged in you

15:29 ↗ know years ago but i think it

15:31 ↗ what brought it to my attention is

15:33 ↗ because of so many new positions that's

15:35 ↗ coming open here this next term

15:38 ↗ and with that many new people i think it

15:40 ↗ really would add um

15:42 ↗ some additional support to those new

15:44 ↗ people

15:45 ↗ you know to try and get the board

15:47 ↗ um stabilized as quickly as possible and

15:51 ↗ actually having that support you know

15:52 ↗ should help the new people of that

15:55 ↗ um you know i apologize to zach and

15:57 ↗ brenda that that didn't happen here this

15:59 ↗ past year and would have been nice for

16:01 ↗ both of you i think but i think moving

16:03 ↗ forward i think that should be a nice

16:06 ↗ opportunity for people to get more

16:08 ↗ engaged in the board um

16:10 ↗ and also for more experienced people to

16:13 ↗ feel like you're you know still more

16:15 ↗ engaged by you know sharing you know

16:17 ↗ your your knowledge and

16:20 ↗ uh and experience so

16:23 ↗ uh i certainly uh although i have

16:25 ↗ mentioned that it's time for me to move

16:27 ↗ on with leadership uh in passing the

16:30 ↗ baton i certainly want to continue

16:33 ↗ uh to stay involved

16:36 ↗ especially in leadership to be a mentor

16:38 ↗ to whoever the chosen

16:41 ↗ chair is and so that should

16:44 ↗ provide some level of comfort that you

16:46 ↗ know a new person that's coming into the

16:47 ↗ chair seat

16:49 ↗ isn't just uh you know doing this by

16:51 ↗ themselves

16:53 ↗ so you know hopefully i think that this

16:55 ↗ will be a good thing

16:58 ↗ anything anymore you wanted to share

16:59 ↗ jeff or do you want to just kind of go

17:00 ↗ into the

17:02 ↗ leadership part

17:04 ↗ yeah a couple more items i but why don't

17:07 ↗ we jump into leadership now and have

17:09 ↗ that that conversation and then i think

17:11 ↗ we could follow up with um

17:14 ↗ um sort of what i talked about earlier

17:15 ↗ about this idea of of legacy or thinking

17:18 ↗ of those alternate positions as as

17:21 ↗ um

17:22 ↗ sort of a legacy perspective

17:24 ↗ um but first yeah so leadership so um

17:29 ↗ you know at our march 28th meeting we

17:31 ↗ talked about

17:33 ↗ having this opportunity here at the

17:35 ↗ april meeting to

17:38 ↗ consider nominations and take votes for

17:41 ↗ chair and vice chair um

17:43 ↗ i

17:44 ↗ you know will

17:47 ↗ just echo what brad has shared and and

17:49 ↗ give him opportunity to you know brad

17:52 ↗ has served six great years as chair he's

17:55 ↗ ready to pass the baton

17:57 ↗ um i guess is what i've heard

17:59 ↗ i with that and with brad sharing that

18:02 ↗ i've had a chance to reach out

18:05 ↗ to most of you as

18:07 ↗ members who are continuing on

18:09 ↗ to see where you're at

18:13 ↗ without disclosing all the specifics of

18:15 ↗ each of those conversations um

18:18 ↗ you all are hard-working individuals in

18:20 ↗ your profession and in your family lives

18:23 ↗ and are immensely busy and

18:26 ↗ i don't think there was an overwhelming

18:27 ↗ sense of yes i'm ready to to take on

18:30 ↗ that chair role and and

18:33 ↗ um certainly a staff i fully respect

18:35 ↗ that

18:36 ↗ um

18:37 ↗ and also respect

18:39 ↗ where brad is at in wanting to pass that

18:41 ↗ baton so

18:42 ↗ i i i'm gonna tread i guess lightly into

18:45 ↗ this and say you know if

18:48 ↗ if we feel like tonight is a good

18:50 ↗ opportunity to to take nominations and

18:53 ↗ appoint at least a chair we can do that

18:55 ↗ tonight

18:56 ↗ if there's a sense that

18:59 ↗ there's some reluctance or hesitation by

19:01 ↗ everybody

19:02 ↗ it doesn't have to happen tonight it

19:04 ↗ could happen in may and i just i want to

19:07 ↗ say that

19:08 ↗ to not feel like anybody's pressured

19:10 ↗ that that we absolutely have to end up

19:12 ↗ with a chair tonight so

19:14 ↗ um

19:16 ↗ i'll stop there and i guess see what

19:18 ↗ what you all what you all think and how

19:21 ↗ you might want to proceed um tonight and

19:23 ↗ again brad i i didn't mean to speak too

19:25 ↗ much for you in you wanting to pass the

19:28 ↗ baton please add uh whatever you want to

19:30 ↗ share there

19:32 ↗ i think you shared pretty much at all

19:35 ↗ you know i really do just think that um

19:40 ↗ you know

19:41 ↗ historically the park board has had kind

19:43 ↗ of long-standing chairs

19:45 ↗ previously

19:47 ↗ prior to my involvement with the board

19:51 ↗ i understand i don't remember the

19:52 ↗ gentleman's name but he was a chair for

19:55 ↗ many many years before danielle came on

19:57 ↗ board and then danielle was chair for

20:01 ↗ five years six years as well and so

20:04 ↗ um really kind of in a transition of not

20:08 ↗ only trying to get more opportunities

20:10 ↗ for

20:11 ↗ the community to serve on the board but

20:13 ↗ also more opportunities for the board

20:15 ↗ itself

20:16 ↗ to have an opportunity a better

20:19 ↗ opportunity to serve in leadership

20:21 ↗ positions

20:23 ↗ um

20:24 ↗ you know the city council actually

20:28 ↗ kind of

20:29 ↗ turns things over in a matter of a

20:31 ↗ couple years and and so i think that

20:33 ↗ moving forward that would be a good

20:36 ↗ uh a good situation for the park board

20:38 ↗ to consider as well

20:40 ↗ um i think the chair position uh enables

20:43 ↗ you to have a more direct communication

20:45 ↗ with the parks department

20:48 ↗ more engagement

20:49 ↗ with parks in general

20:51 ↗ more so than just as a board member so

20:55 ↗ and gives you an opportunity to test the

20:57 ↗ waters in leadership if you haven't had

21:00 ↗ that opportunity before and if you have

21:02 ↗ it gives you an opportunity to you know

21:04 ↗ extend that further so

21:06 ↗ i think there's a lot of good reasons to

21:08 ↗ have maybe more

21:10 ↗ turnover in

21:13 ↗ in leadership positions moving forward

21:15 ↗ so you know keep an eye on that and have

21:18 ↗ discussions with that as new people come

21:20 ↗ on the board

21:21 ↗ perhaps every couple years would be it

21:24 ↗ would be a good timeline

21:26 ↗ um

21:28 ↗ so i mean i just think that uh you know

21:30 ↗ we have some

21:32 ↗ highly spirited new people on the board

21:34 ↗ it'd be nice to have them be more

21:36 ↗ engaged in the in this situation and

21:39 ↗ uh so

21:40 ↗ that's just amongst some of the reasons

21:42 ↗ why i'm i've decided it's time for me to

21:46 ↗ pass the baton at this point so

21:49 ↗ in any event

21:51 ↗ i think that

21:53 ↗ [Music]

21:54 ↗ we need to determine whether we have

21:57 ↗ enough of an interest jeff touched on

21:59 ↗ this

22:00 ↗ tonight to actually

22:02 ↗ do some

22:04 ↗ uh nominations

22:06 ↗ we have a pretty although we have a

22:07 ↗ quorum we're still missing

22:10 ↗ several people here this evening

22:12 ↗ um

22:14 ↗ and we'll have uh katie and tim uh with

22:17 ↗ us uh in may uh you know what you add

22:21 ↗ even more people as potential

22:23 ↗ candidates

22:24 ↗ um i i think that um

22:27 ↗ you don't necessarily always have to

22:28 ↗ have a lot of experience to be in a

22:31 ↗ leadership position like this this is

22:33 ↗ not

22:34 ↗ um

22:36 ↗ you know

22:37 ↗ running an organization a company or

22:39 ↗ something where you need to actually

22:40 ↗ have a lot of experience to be in

22:42 ↗ leadership

22:43 ↗ you know there's um

22:47 ↗ easily

22:48 ↗ an opportunity for brand new people and

22:51 ↗ people with limited experience to

22:53 ↗ actually serve in leadership positions

22:56 ↗ and so keep that in mind i mean you know

22:58 ↗ this zach's been the vice chair here

23:00 ↗ this past year and this is his first

23:02 ↗ year on the board and

23:04 ↗ zach i commend you for stepping up and

23:06 ↗ also for the nice job that you did

23:08 ↗ uh throughout this past year so i you

23:11 ↗ know i i do think that

23:13 ↗ uh even new people coming on the board

23:16 ↗ uh you know in a month from now

23:19 ↗ may have some potential in those

23:21 ↗ leadership positions if we don't have an

23:23 ↗ adequate amount

23:24 ↗ of interest at this point

23:26 ↗ so

23:28 ↗ saying that

23:30 ↗ um

23:30 ↗ [Music]

23:33 ↗ what's the what's the general consensus

23:35 ↗ here would we like to try and make some

23:37 ↗ nominations this evening

23:40 ↗ we have the interest this evening

23:44 ↗ i think it maybe seems like um

23:47 ↗ we don't uh

23:48 ↗ perhaps have enough representation of

23:51 ↗ everyone on the board to tonight in

23:53 ↗ order to

23:56 ↗ you know explore all the options um

23:59 ↗ that's kind of my my thought we're a

24:01 ↗ little

24:02 ↗ then in terms of members present today

24:05 ↗ um

24:07 ↗ uh

24:08 ↗ i think maybe uh

24:10 ↗ discussing it a little bit but i'm not

24:12 ↗ sure if um

24:14 ↗ making a decision with

24:16 ↗ with this amount of of members present

24:19 ↗ is

24:20 ↗ but i mean that's just kind of my my

24:22 ↗ goal

24:24 ↗ thanks for that zach and i

24:26 ↗ i concur

24:28 ↗ this is looking pretty thin here tonight

24:30 ↗ to make you know an annual decision here

24:32 ↗ um

24:34 ↗ any other thoughts

24:38 ↗ chris um

24:40 ↗ thank you for

24:41 ↗ both you yeah for uh speaking so

24:44 ↗ delicately about it

24:47 ↗ you know what we may you know jeff and i

24:48 ↗ had a conversation on the side he asked

24:50 ↗ me if i had any interest in

24:52 ↗ well i have interest

24:54 ↗ and

24:56 ↗ my plan b

24:57 ↗ of my wife buying a lottery ticket is an

25:00 ↗ action

25:01 ↗ um it

25:03 ↗ the position doesn't fit my uh

25:07 ↗ current bandwidth

25:08 ↗ and uh

25:09 ↗ so

25:11 ↗ that yeah that's what we discussed so we

25:12 ↗ may need to wait until we have everybody

25:15 ↗ likes been suggested

25:16 ↗ and or you know the whole group and then

25:18 ↗ also

25:21 ↗ uh you know i think last time around it

25:23 ↗ was does anybody want to nominate

25:24 ↗ anybody and i just felt like okay

25:26 ↗ strength put on your hands

25:29 ↗ uh you know i knew i couldn't do it and

25:31 ↗ so maybe we ought to see about a okay

25:33 ↗ anybody interested

25:35 ↗ uh you know

25:36 ↗ see if we get any volunteers at that

25:38 ↗ point

25:40 ↗ well jonathan unfortunately you're

25:42 ↗ moving on so you're kind of not uh

25:44 ↗ you're not you're not in the the mix

25:46 ↗ here of any potential candidates but

25:48 ↗ what's your thoughts

25:50 ↗ yeah yeah um you know i i think i

25:52 ↗ probably i i agree with the consensus

25:54 ↗ here i think it would be great to maybe

25:56 ↗ wait until we have some some more

25:58 ↗ members present now so i think you know

25:59 ↗ new members

26:00 ↗ um you know maybe don't have a lot of

26:02 ↗ the historical context um good good for

26:04 ↗ those folks to kind of get engaged

26:06 ↗ immediately so

26:07 ↗ rather than than putting any nominations

26:09 ↗ forward i guess i just say thank you

26:11 ↗ brad for your leadership over the years

26:12 ↗ it's been it's been great

26:15 ↗ thank you for that john jonathan

26:19 ↗ um and i know you have some interest

26:21 ↗ zach but um we'll we'll we can kind of

26:24 ↗ defer till next month before we make

26:27 ↗ some nominations

26:29 ↗ brenda what's your thoughts about uh

26:32 ↗ engagement in leadership

26:34 ↗ well of course my first thought is not

26:37 ↗ your number seven is lucky

26:42 ↗ but other than that

26:44 ↗ i think someone with some

26:46 ↗ valuable experience on the

26:48 ↗ board is is

26:50 ↗ would be an ultimate goal

26:52 ↗ um

26:54 ↗ i spent last year just learning and i

26:56 ↗ thought the alternate role was wonderful

26:58 ↗ for a new person and you're talking

26:59 ↗ about his legacy it'd be great for that

27:01 ↗ too but that is a wonderful way to learn

27:04 ↗ and not feel that you are making any

27:07 ↗ major decisions because generally we

27:09 ↗ have a quorum and you don't have to vote

27:10 ↗ so you just listen and learn

27:12 ↗ um

27:13 ↗ but yeah i agree with wait until next

27:15 ↗ month and let's talk to more people but

27:17 ↗ i really think experience is a major

27:19 ↗ thing if you're going to go into the

27:21 ↗ chair

27:22 ↗ role

27:26 ↗ thank you for that brenda

27:28 ↗ and i agree you know if if we had a lot

27:31 ↗ of experience in people that were

27:32 ↗ interested that that would be best

27:35 ↗ but that's not always the situation when

27:38 ↗ you have

27:39 ↗ a transition into

27:41 ↗ a lot of new people

27:43 ↗ and um

27:45 ↗ you know i wouldn't um

27:48 ↗ you know fortunately this board is

27:52 ↗ um

27:53 ↗ has so much connection with the parks

27:55 ↗ department

27:56 ↗ uh and with uh with the experience and

27:59 ↗ expertise from jennifer and melissa and

28:02 ↗ jeff and brian

28:05 ↗ it really takes the heat off of a chair

28:08 ↗ and vice chair for that matter in terms

28:10 ↗ of

28:11 ↗ you know maneuvering through this whole

28:13 ↗ thing

28:14 ↗ and so i keep that in mind that it's

28:17 ↗ it's a pretty quick study

28:19 ↗ uh when you actually have the

28:20 ↗ opportunity of developing relationships

28:24 ↗ with those key staff people

28:27 ↗ um and um

28:29 ↗ it uh even when there's not a lot of

28:32 ↗ experience um i think you can you can

28:34 ↗ learn pretty quickly about you know how

28:37 ↗ to move or through it

28:40 ↗ so anyway sounds like the general

28:41 ↗ consensus is uh for us to wait until

28:45 ↗ next month

28:46 ↗ and um

28:48 ↗ that ends up being kind of what jeff and

28:50 ↗ i had previously talked about doing um

28:52 ↗ as well you know depending on how things

28:55 ↗ went you know in our discussion here

28:57 ↗ this evening but

28:59 ↗ you know given that that's kind of where

29:01 ↗ most people are leaning towards let's go

29:03 ↗ ahead and wait

29:05 ↗ uh until may

29:07 ↗ and

29:09 ↗ and do it at that time

29:12 ↗ so

29:15 ↗ you good with all that jeff

29:18 ↗ yeah no thank you brad thank you

29:20 ↗ everybody for your your feedback that's

29:22 ↗ that's so helpful i think it also

29:24 ↗ transitions to into another conversation

29:26 ↗ we can have in may

29:27 ↗ um

29:28 ↗ before that though

29:30 ↗ chris i i so appreciate your comment and

29:32 ↗ would agree that i think the opportunity

29:34 ↗ when we when we do bring this up to

29:37 ↗ i think first seek interest before we

29:40 ↗ seek nominations um

29:43 ↗ so so individuals can own their uh

29:48 ↗ own their interest and and express that

29:50 ↗ interest uh i think that's a it's a

29:52 ↗ point extremely well taken

29:55 ↗ so moving this forward into may i think

29:57 ↗ another conversation we could have in

29:59 ↗ may and then maybe try and tie it up in

30:01 ↗ june is

30:03 ↗ this idea of

30:05 ↗ thinking of of both alternate positions

30:08 ↗ as introductory as as brenda you said so

30:11 ↗ well but also thinking of those as

30:15 ↗ serving a bit of a legacy role or or an

30:17 ↗ opportunity for someone to transition

30:19 ↗ not only onto the board but off of the

30:21 ↗ board

30:23 ↗ and so

30:24 ↗ um something brad and i talked about

30:26 ↗ earlier today and would love to maybe

30:28 ↗ frame up in may if if you support this

30:31 ↗ idea is that's

30:32 ↗ we can we can frame up some ideas

30:36 ↗ within our parkour bylaws our rules and

30:39 ↗ regulations to not only define still

30:41 ↗ have the alternate positions there and

30:43 ↗ define what an alternate is

30:45 ↗ but also in the case that it may serve a

30:48 ↗ legacy role

30:49 ↗ or somebody transitioning off what that

30:51 ↗ would look like

30:53 ↗ in in that position

30:56 ↗ and put some definition around that um

30:59 ↗ have a conversation about that in may

31:00 ↗ and if it's something that uh we we see

31:04 ↗ consensus on amongst the board we can

31:06 ↗ bring it back in june

31:08 ↗ um and amend the amend the bylaws to um

31:12 ↗ to talk about both roles that that those

31:14 ↗ positions could play

31:17 ↗ thumbs up on that idea thoughts on that

31:19 ↗ idea

31:22 ↗ you know i think that there's probably

31:24 ↗ going to be

31:25 ↗ well there should be maybe some more

31:26 ↗ discussion um

31:28 ↗ either with the mayor or administration

31:30 ↗ to some extent because this is probably

31:32 ↗ something that's going to be across all

31:34 ↗ boards and commissions

31:37 ↗ i already saw for instance

31:39 ↗ when i went in and actually looked at

31:41 ↗ what the mayor submitted to the city

31:43 ↗ council

31:44 ↗ that she's already used um a legacy uh

31:47 ↗ naming for one of the other uh

31:50 ↗ commissioners

31:51 ↗ uh so she's already kind of embraced

31:53 ↗ that concept but we do need to probably

31:55 ↗ tie down a definition of it and and

31:57 ↗ change the regulations for it

32:00 ↗ so but it would be good to actually have

32:02 ↗ some consistency amongst all boards and

32:04 ↗ commissions

32:06 ↗ so maybe having some sort of dialogue

32:08 ↗ with the mayor prior to june would be

32:11 ↗ helpful to get some consistency what

32:13 ↗ that might look like

32:14 ↗ yep completely agree that would be yep

32:17 ↗ on our on our to-do list as well

32:21 ↗ is there any any conversation around

32:25 ↗ using one of the

32:27 ↗ the benefits of using one of the

32:29 ↗ alternate spots versus creating a

32:31 ↗ separate legacy i'm just kind of curious

32:33 ↗ of of the trade-offs that we make like i

32:35 ↗ i

32:36 ↗ am fully aligned i think with with the

32:38 ↗ notion of it helps to both have somebody

32:41 ↗ that has a lot of historical context of

32:43 ↗ the votes that have come previously and

32:45 ↗ and the initiatives as well as i think a

32:47 ↗ lot of the important community

32:48 ↗ connections i think that you know brad

32:50 ↗ has offered over the years um but but

32:53 ↗ also trying to balance that with with

32:54 ↗ new blood and so i'm just kind of

32:55 ↗ curious if you know if there's been any

32:57 ↗ thought of does that doesn't hurt us to

32:59 ↗ to use one of the alternates as a legacy

33:01 ↗ role um or do we think that you know

33:04 ↗ through recruiting and opening up maybe

33:05 ↗ outside of the typical cadence that we'd

33:08 ↗ still be able to to have a full board

33:12 ↗ and it's a great point jonathan and

33:14 ↗ something to discuss further i i think

33:16 ↗ the idea is you know in that the

33:18 ↗ position wouldn't have to be one or the

33:20 ↗ other necessarily right um uh that that

33:24 ↗ to have a legacy position doesn't mean

33:27 ↗ or or use you know them both as legacy

33:31 ↗ um

33:32 ↗ means they they can they couldn't be

33:34 ↗ an alternate position again um

33:37 ↗ but it is a great point and if it's

33:39 ↗ something that feels like it's going to

33:40 ↗ be universal across multiple boards and

33:43 ↗ commissions

33:44 ↗ uh and this is the reason why they sort

33:46 ↗ of think of it in terms of park board

33:48 ↗ bylaws

33:49 ↗ are we thinking of maybe adding or

33:52 ↗ proposing to add a a position

33:56 ↗ right so to keep the two alternates and

33:58 ↗ add a legacy position i think is what

34:00 ↗ you're asking versus

34:02 ↗ um one is you know hey we have two we

34:04 ↗ have two positions that could either be

34:06 ↗ alternate or legacy so there's a a

34:08 ↗ couple ways we could go with that and i

34:10 ↗ i think

34:11 ↗ um that merits some of what you know

34:13 ↗ brad and i were talking about you know

34:15 ↗ some of our conversations as staff with

34:17 ↗ administration to see where what

34:19 ↗ consistency we're trying to find or

34:21 ↗ achieve across all boards and

34:23 ↗ commissions

34:24 ↗ bring that back to you all and and have

34:26 ↗ a conversation what we think makes the

34:28 ↗ most sense uh for the for the park board

34:32 ↗ yeah i think that um

34:35 ↗ at least my uh feeling about it is um

34:39 ↗ either creating a new position uh i

34:42 ↗ agree that keeping two alternate

34:44 ↗ positions for brand new people makes a

34:46 ↗ lot of sense

34:47 ↗ i think brenda touched on it really well

34:49 ↗ also in terms of the value that that

34:52 ↗ brings for new people to come on aboard

34:55 ↗ so i wouldn't be as much in favor of

34:58 ↗ removing that and exchanging it for a

35:00 ↗ legacy position as much as creating a

35:02 ↗ new position as legacy

35:05 ↗ or as an alternative

35:07 ↗ to keep any

35:09 ↗ people that are tran

35:10 ↗ more experienced people that are

35:12 ↗ transitioning off the board

35:15 ↗ perhaps keep them as regular members

35:18 ↗ um but call them legacy positions if the

35:21 ↗ if their term is being um diminished or

35:25 ↗ re or reduced like danielle and i are

35:27 ↗ now set up as one year regular members

35:30 ↗ um and that you could just rename those

35:34 ↗ as legacy positions to know that they're

35:36 ↗ just you know

35:38 ↗ you know moving out

35:40 ↗ and

35:41 ↗ but still be able to keep you know

35:43 ↗ voting rights and um

35:47 ↗ anyway i don't know i think that really

35:49 ↗ requires some additional discussion as

35:51 ↗ to adding either new position or

35:53 ↗ renaming things it certainly needs to be

35:55 ↗ defined

35:56 ↗ but

35:57 ↗ i i agree to keep the alternate

36:00 ↗ positions for new people um

36:06 ↗ so that's great we appreciate that and

36:08 ↗ yeah so we'll we'll add that along with

36:10 ↗ uh leadership

36:13 ↗ elections

36:14 ↗ a further conversation about this this

36:17 ↗ this legacy

36:19 ↗ idea this legacy concept in may

36:24 ↗ so it's great really helpful

36:27 ↗ any other discussion on this topic

36:32 ↗ well thanks for all your input

36:34 ↗ we'll talk further be thinking about it

36:36 ↗ if you have any other creative ideas let

36:38 ↗ us know

36:40 ↗ even though this is the end of my

36:43 ↗ uh tenure here uh it looks like uh i'll

36:46 ↗ still be running the show in may so

36:48 ↗ you're not getting rid of me just yet so

36:50 ↗ let's just say you only start the

36:52 ↗ meeting as chair right brad so right

36:55 ↗ we'll finish the meeting with someone

36:56 ↗ else

36:57 ↗ a journey

36:58 ↗ yeah yeah

37:00 ↗ though hey i do want it one last thought

37:02 ↗ brad to those to the to that end um you

37:05 ↗ know i've

37:07 ↗ it'll be six years this august that that

37:09 ↗ all have been in my role and so i've had

37:11 ↗ the pleasure of of i think only working

37:14 ↗ with you as as park board chair and have

37:16 ↗ so appreciated

37:17 ↗ um just getting to know you and and your

37:19 ↗ work and um i think you've the even keel

37:22 ↗ you've certainly brought to the park

37:24 ↗ board

37:25 ↗ um i i've been excited to just work not

37:29 ↗ only with you but with the whole park

37:30 ↗ board and i think there's been a lot of

37:32 ↗ you and i were sort of rehashing some of

37:34 ↗ the

37:35 ↗ park boards much more formal than it was

37:37 ↗ six years ago um

37:39 ↗ televised you know whether virtual or in

37:42 ↗ person

37:44 ↗ i think really trying to elevate

37:46 ↗ strategic conversations with the park

37:48 ↗ board policy level

37:50 ↗ guidance

37:52 ↗ advisory throughout projects as opposed

37:54 ↗ to feeling like you're the final

37:55 ↗ gatekeeper and and i just i've so

37:58 ↗ appreciated our monthly

38:00 ↗ agenda meetings and

38:03 ↗ again you've you've done an awful lot

38:04 ↗ for this community and you've done an

38:06 ↗ awful lot for this park board so

38:08 ↗ thank you

38:09 ↗ um it's just it's to be commended so i

38:13 ↗ know you're not going anywhere you're

38:14 ↗ gonna be here in may but i just wanted

38:16 ↗ to give that

38:17 ↗ big big big big thank you

38:20 ↗ thank you jeff it's been my pleasure

38:22 ↗ working with you as well as jennifer and

38:24 ↗ everybody in the parks department

38:26 ↗ melissa brian

38:28 ↗ and everybody on the board as well so

38:31 ↗ it's been uh it's been very enjoyable

38:33 ↗ and again i'm not going anywhere so

38:36 ↗ not yet

38:39 ↗ so with that

38:40 ↗ let's jennifer we're gonna move into uh

38:42 ↗ some time for you here and we're um

38:45 ↗ actually just about right on time here

38:47 ↗ so

38:49 ↗ project updates let's hear it super

38:51 ↗ thank you let me do a quick screen share

38:55 ↗ here

39:00 ↗ can you all see that

39:04 ↗ you can see the screen it's a little

39:06 ↗ hard to actually make it in and out

39:10 ↗ i'm getting old too sorry

39:12 ↗ well this is as big as i can get it on

39:14 ↗ my screen

39:16 ↗ um

39:18 ↗ i can do a little bigger and we can do

39:20 ↗ some bouncing around

39:22 ↗ um but i'm gonna make people look

39:24 ↗ seasick okay

39:28 ↗ so um

39:30 ↗ hi i am here tonight jennifer fink park

39:33 ↗ planner to

39:34 ↗ share with you um

39:36 ↗ our 2021 22 parks capital

39:41 ↗ project update

39:42 ↗ this is our first quarter update

39:46 ↗ you may recall from a few years back

39:48 ↗ this

39:49 ↗ attachment in your

39:51 ↗ packet looks somewhat familiar

39:55 ↗ we started this to

39:56 ↗ show our progress on all of our capital

39:59 ↗ projects and kind of where we are

40:01 ↗ in various stages um i'm going to go

40:05 ↗ over here to kind of refresh everyone

40:07 ↗ about

40:09 ↗ what stage of projects we broke this up

40:11 ↗ into we've got our planning and

40:13 ↗ conceptual design stages

40:15 ↗ design and permitting

40:17 ↗ and then either adoption implementation

40:19 ↗ or construction as our blue color

40:22 ↗ so we look at projects as kind of the

40:24 ↗ early

40:25 ↗ planning process

40:27 ↗ the mid design the nitty-gritty and

40:29 ↗ permitting and then the final stages um

40:33 ↗ getting it built and getting it

40:34 ↗ completed

40:36 ↗ and so we're going to walk through um

40:38 ↗ this update all the capital project

40:40 ↗ managers throughout the city

40:42 ↗ um are asked to provide an update and

40:45 ↗ you'll see this in upcoming council

40:48 ↗ packet

40:49 ↗ um

40:50 ↗ from all the different departments and

40:51 ↗ i'm just showing tonight our parks um

40:54 ↗ segment and i'll be walking you through

40:57 ↗ uh kind of where we are

40:59 ↗ on each of these projects

41:02 ↗ uh first one out of the gate is our

41:05 ↗ dog park

41:06 ↗ tour um

41:09 ↗ as we're coming out of the pandemic we

41:10 ↗ may recall that

41:12 ↗ um there are several things that

41:14 ↗ impacted the dog park project we had

41:16 ↗ created a site at tibbetts valley park

41:19 ↗ that we were very eager to do a

41:21 ↗ community build

41:23 ↗ on

41:24 ↗ and

41:25 ↗ multiple factors happen that we

41:28 ↗ needed to

41:30 ↗ update our master site plan

41:32 ↗ a pandemic happened where working

41:35 ↗ shoulder to shoulder

41:36 ↗ wasn't a good thing and also during that

41:39 ↗ time there were some budget impacts to

41:41 ↗ the project

41:43 ↗ so

41:44 ↗ as a

41:46 ↗ segway into creating a permanent dog

41:48 ↗ park we opted to do

41:50 ↗ a pop-up dog park tour and visit a bunch

41:53 ↗ of different locations

41:55 ↗ um throughout the year

41:57 ↗ and do a tour

41:59 ↗ much like a concert tour would be we are

42:02 ↗ now in our second year of that pop-up

42:05 ↗ tour and this year um it's been at three

42:08 ↗ different locations it was at the

42:09 ↗ community center from november to

42:11 ↗ january it is the duck pop-up dog park

42:14 ↗ is currently at squawk valley park south

42:17 ↗ and it'll be there through the month of

42:19 ↗ may

42:20 ↗ and then again in june of this year it's

42:23 ↗ going to move back to the isquad

42:24 ↗ community center site

42:27 ↗ it's our intent with this project to

42:32 ↗ as we get into the next few months

42:34 ↗ here's really start assessing if one of

42:36 ↗ these sites uh could potentially be used

42:38 ↗ as a secondary

42:40 ↗ permanent site uh one thing we heard

42:42 ↗ them clear from the community as we did

42:45 ↗ in implementing this temporary dog park

42:47 ↗ tours we didn't want to take our eye off

42:49 ↗ the ball of a permanent dog park um at

42:52 ↗ tibbetts valley or perhaps

42:55 ↗ so this would be as a secondary site

42:58 ↗ um

43:00 ↗ that would option so a little more to

43:02 ↗ come on that uh likely some community

43:05 ↗ engagement

43:07 ↗ and some

43:08 ↗ discussions with our planning department

43:11 ↗ but i look forward to

43:15 ↗ bringing you more on that

43:17 ↗ hey jen what kind of community feedback

43:19 ↗ are you getting about those two sites

43:22 ↗ you know really positive actually

43:25 ↗ a lot of people like them for various

43:27 ↗ different reasons um you know i've heard

43:30 ↗ people from squat valley um

43:33 ↗ what beautiful views they've met more of

43:35 ↗ their neighbors at that location than

43:37 ↗ they have previously

43:39 ↗ i think the one thing that makes that

43:41 ↗ site more tricky to become permanent is

43:43 ↗ you know there is um some grant

43:45 ↗ agreements

43:46 ↗ um that hinder that property

43:48 ↗ and so that's something we'd have to

43:50 ↗ address before we could make that more

43:52 ↗ permanent but a lot of favorable

43:56 ↗ feedback for the squad community center

43:58 ↗ i think probably the one

44:00 ↗ negative i've heard is lack of water at

44:03 ↗ these temporary locations and it's just

44:05 ↗ due to the complexity adding water for

44:08 ↗ temporary use ads

44:10 ↗ but something we could certainly you

44:12 ↗ know look for as we were to make any of

44:14 ↗ these a more permanent site but really

44:17 ↗ positive

44:18 ↗ feedback even a lot of people in the our

44:21 ↗ first year of the dog park tour enjoyed

44:23 ↗ the pickering location as well

44:26 ↗ even though it was near a busy road

44:27 ↗ there were a lot of people who enjoyed

44:28 ↗ that i think from a

44:30 ↗ uh

44:32 ↗ that area was not being used as much

44:34 ↗ during the pandemic and so that was a

44:36 ↗ way of bringing use in but those

44:38 ↗ activities are now picking up with um

44:41 ↗ you know weddings and the farmers market

44:43 ↗ stuff making that site a little more

44:45 ↗ difficult for long-term use

44:49 ↗ so look forward to more conversations in

44:51 ↗ the coming months on this one

44:55 ↗ any other questions before i move on to

44:57 ↗ the next project

45:00 ↗ we'll try and be a little informal on

45:02 ↗ this and so if anyone wants to chime in

45:05 ↗ please feel free at any time

45:11 ↗ next project is um i'm gonna kind of do

45:16 ↗ a threesome here

45:17 ↗ as you may recall um

45:19 ↗ great pandemic we were working on a

45:22 ↗ project called the anchor parks

45:24 ↗ project

45:25 ↗ and this included some visioning

45:28 ↗ work for both tibbetts valley park

45:32 ↗ veterans memorial field depot park and

45:34 ↗ pedestrian park

45:36 ↗ as well as the isquad creek

45:38 ↗ corridor

45:40 ↗ we had worked with the community

45:42 ↗ pre-pandemic

45:44 ↗ to create a vision for these and we

45:46 ↗ started

45:47 ↗ we had some concepts that we were ready

45:50 ↗ to send to the community

45:51 ↗ uh for public engagement when um the

45:55 ↗ pandemic hit so those projects have

45:57 ↗ really been laying um idle and we're

46:00 ↗ looking very forward to that to

46:03 ↗ relaunching them again here in 2022

46:06 ↗ instead of doing them as a collective

46:08 ↗ effort like we were previously we are

46:10 ↗ breaking them up into three different

46:12 ↗ individual projects

46:15 ↗ to make it a little easier

46:17 ↗ for engagement and project planning

46:21 ↗ so

46:22 ↗ obviously creating a vision for tibbetts

46:25 ↗ valley park

46:26 ↗ to how this park can serve the community

46:29 ↗ better and perform more effectively

46:32 ↗ for our future

46:33 ↗ um so that project we are looking at um

46:39 ↗ starting back up somewhere around

46:41 ↗ q3 of this year

46:44 ↗ we'll have to redetermine our

46:48 ↗ project scope

46:49 ↗ we hope to have a vision completed in

46:51 ↗ 2023

46:53 ↗ and again we'll

46:55 ↗ revisit our concepts conduct public

46:58 ↗ engagement

46:59 ↗ um and start

47:01 ↗ start that effort in um

47:03 ↗ creating a fresh new vision for that

47:05 ↗ park so

47:07 ↗ more to come here in the coming months

47:09 ↗ on that project

47:12 ↗ the first one out of the gate that we've

47:14 ↗ started work on is veterans memorial

47:17 ↗ field

47:19 ↗ depot park and pedestrian park you may

47:21 ↗ recall we're really looking at all of

47:24 ↗ the different park spaces in there how

47:26 ↗ they can

47:27 ↗ support one another relate to the

47:29 ↗ different facilities functions but also

47:32 ↗ relate to front street the rainier trail

47:34 ↗ the connectivity that's provided and so

47:38 ↗ again this will be a separate planning

47:41 ↗ effort

47:42 ↗ uh we have been working with uh the

47:44 ↗ design team methune as you may recall

47:47 ↗ they were working

47:49 ↗ with us on all of these projects um

47:52 ↗ we've started

47:54 ↗ taking a look at some different concepts

47:58 ↗ um

47:59 ↗ kind of where were we back before the

48:01 ↗ pandemic hit

48:03 ↗ and uh

48:04 ↗ talking through maybe how things have

48:07 ↗ changed and what we how we might want to

48:10 ↗ uh conduct engagement going forward

48:13 ↗ um we hope uh sometime in may to maybe

48:17 ↗ revamp some conversations

48:20 ↗ and

48:22 ↗ start working on that future vision for

48:24 ↗ the park

48:26 ↗ we do anticipate that this vision for

48:28 ↗ veterans memorial

48:30 ↗ field

48:31 ↗ depot park and pedestrian park that we

48:33 ↗ would be able to accomplish that by year

48:36 ↗ end this year

48:40 ↗ and then the next project

48:43 ↗ is the

48:45 ↗ uh isquad creek corridor

48:48 ↗ we anticipate again breaking this out as

48:51 ↗ a separate project and this as you

48:53 ↗ recall is really how do we connect

48:56 ↗ squawk valley park to the south

48:58 ↗ to lake sumac state park create a main

49:01 ↗ backbone or spine of a pathway

49:05 ↗ getting people

49:07 ↗ through the city but also how can we

49:09 ↗ connect to businesses desired

49:11 ↗ destinations and also perhaps create

49:14 ↗ some neighborhood loops as part of that

49:16 ↗ and so that's what we want to further

49:18 ↗ explore some of this uh corridor concept

49:21 ↗ would be

49:22 ↗ within open space existing parts areas

49:26 ↗ may have to be on right-of-way or use

49:28 ↗ other existing trails like the rainier

49:30 ↗ trail

49:31 ↗ so um

49:32 ↗ also as we're looking at doing other

49:34 ↗ planning efforts throughout the city

49:37 ↗ you know with our storm water management

49:39 ↗ and things like that we want to make

49:41 ↗ sure we're being

49:42 ↗ congruent in a lot of our efforts

49:45 ↗ so um right now we're looking at

49:47 ↗ starting this um in

49:49 ↗ q4 of this year um we have not

49:53 ↗ started revamping the visioning work or

49:56 ↗ anything that was done pre pandemic

49:57 ↗ we'll pick that up later this year i do

50:00 ↗ want to make a correction

50:02 ↗ that this vision we anticipate it being

50:04 ↗ complete in 2023 not 22 uh just due to

50:08 ↗ the complexity so

50:10 ↗ i apologize for that

50:12 ↗ uh but we'll also do additional public

50:14 ↗ engagement

50:15 ↗ and uh continue project phasing on that

50:20 ↗ so before i move on are there any

50:23 ↗ questions on either of these three

50:26 ↗ projects that were once collected that

50:28 ↗ are now being individually managed

50:33 ↗ uh jen i have a question and that

50:34 ↗ relates to the issaquah creek corridor i

50:36 ↗ know that that's kind of

50:38 ↗ last on the list to some extent for good

50:41 ↗ reason um

50:43 ↗ my question really relates to is there

50:45 ↗ any land acquisitions along the issaquah

50:47 ↗ creek we don't need to give away any

50:49 ↗ specifics i know but is there any future

50:52 ↗ land acquisitions that that might have

50:54 ↗ some influence on this

50:57 ↗ potentially we do have some uh

51:00 ↗ we are having some conversations with a

51:02 ↗ few folks right now and so there could

51:04 ↗ be some acquisitions

51:06 ↗ that might come down the way and we also

51:08 ↗ have some that are part of our

51:09 ↗ long-range goals but i also think when

51:11 ↗ we start looking at you know some of the

51:13 ↗ work that's happening uh with our storm

51:16 ↗ water master plan and um

51:19 ↗ floodways there may be other parcels

51:21 ↗ that could be

51:23 ↗ a priority

51:24 ↗ for flight capacity but

51:26 ↗ maybe

51:28 ↗ you know haven't been on our radar

51:31 ↗ and might serve a greater opportunity to

51:34 ↗ serve a dual function

51:36 ↗ so we don't need to necessarily have

51:38 ↗ that master plan for the corridor in

51:41 ↗ place in order to continue those efforts

51:43 ↗ then right correct

51:45 ↗ correct

51:49 ↗ that's the biggest part i think of the

51:51 ↗ corridor is to make sure we have as much

51:53 ↗ of the land

51:55 ↗ sized up as possible

51:57 ↗ yeah

51:58 ↗ well and you know fortunately and when

52:00 ↗ we're able to use smaller neighborhood

52:02 ↗ connections

52:03 ↗ or existing

52:05 ↗ connections you know to to maybe bridge

52:08 ↗ some of those opportunities to get to

52:09 ↗ destinations

52:11 ↗ really creates a much better

52:14 ↗ environment

52:19 ↗ anything else

52:22 ↗ okay moving on

52:25 ↗ blackberry park

52:27 ↗ as you know we um started this effort um

52:32 ↗ gosh 20

52:33 ↗ like

52:34 ↗ wait 2019 i think

52:36 ↗ uh we started pre-pandemic uh

52:39 ↗ started working with the neighborhood

52:41 ↗ but we acquired this property in 2016

52:44 ↗ from king county this is in the

52:47 ↗ lower lakes and mammoth neighborhood

52:49 ↗ also known as the

52:50 ↗ south cove

52:52 ↗ often people refer to it as

52:55 ↗ but

52:57 ↗ we held some community engagement in

52:59 ↗ 2017

53:00 ↗ and

53:01 ↗ as this project

53:03 ↗ came on board

53:04 ↗ [Music]

53:05 ↗ when the property was with king county

53:09 ↗ residents in the surrounding community

53:11 ↗ helped create the existing park

53:13 ↗ improvements that you see out there

53:15 ↗ today

53:16 ↗ they don't meet some of the city

53:18 ↗ standards and safety

53:21 ↗ so we've been working with the community

53:23 ↗ as to how we can improve the park

53:25 ↗ to satisfy their their needs and um

53:29 ↗ looking at replacing the additional play

53:31 ↗ equipment making some improvements to

53:34 ↗ the sport court

53:35 ↗ and really making the site accessible

53:39 ↗ for all users

53:41 ↗ and so we have been through the design

53:44 ↗ process as you may know we are in a

53:46 ↗ different phase we're in mid

53:48 ↗ construction

53:49 ↗ or planning right now

53:51 ↗ we have um

53:54 ↗ submitted our site plans we got our land

53:57 ↗ use permit

53:59 ↗ and uh we

54:01 ↗ city council awarded a bid

54:04 ↗ for the construction through kcda

54:07 ↗ um so we're getting the ball rolling

54:09 ↗ materials have been ordered on that

54:12 ↗ we are awaiting our site work permit

54:14 ↗ which gives us the authorization to

54:17 ↗ disturb ground

54:18 ↗ and we anticipate site preparation

54:21 ↗ beginning sometime in may

54:25 ↗ with

54:26 ↗ starting with blackberry removal

54:28 ↗ we anticipate construction i'm

54:30 ↗ finalizing

54:32 ↗ working with the

54:34 ↗ construction team right now and trying

54:35 ↗ to finalize like delivery dates

54:37 ↗ anticipated delivery dates so we can

54:40 ↗ work out a full project schedule

54:43 ↗ but we

54:44 ↗ think construction is going to take

54:46 ↗ eight to ten weeks

54:48 ↗ um i know i have four months on here but

54:50 ↗ that's barring any unforeseen

54:53 ↗ discoveries

54:54 ↗ always want to leave a little space if

54:56 ↗ needed um but we anticipate sometime in

54:59 ↗ june that the park would be closed for

55:01 ↗ public use and then we get in there

55:04 ↗ start the construction

55:06 ↗ and be done we hope to also have our

55:09 ↗ site work permit

55:11 ↗ end of may

55:13 ↗ sometime

55:14 ↗ so

55:15 ↗ the ball is rolling on that

55:18 ↗ and look very forward to um

55:23 ↗ having a ribbon cutting and having the

55:24 ↗ park board out there on site and

55:26 ↗ enjoying but there will be some upcoming

55:29 ↗ notifications sent out to the

55:30 ↗ neighborhood once we get the project

55:32 ↗ scheduled notifying them of the upcoming

55:34 ↗ blackberry removal

55:36 ↗ um and so on and so forth so

55:39 ↗ you as a park board will get copied on

55:41 ↗ those communications so just a heads up

55:44 ↗ you'll be receiving those

55:48 ↗ any questions

55:52 ↗ okay

55:54 ↗ um

55:55 ↗ bike park

55:56 ↗ skills elements

55:58 ↗ may recall this was a project we started

56:00 ↗ working on many years ago

56:03 ↗ um

56:04 ↗ the initial intent um and this

56:07 ↗ location for the bike park that was

56:09 ↗ determined far beyond

56:11 ↗ jeffrey i ever getting here was for a

56:14 ↗ site underneath the power lines in

56:16 ↗ central park

56:19 ↗ we've had some

56:20 ↗ concerns about

56:23 ↗ the construction of the park in that

56:25 ↗ location due to the power lines

56:28 ↗ and

56:29 ↗ are looking at trying to

56:31 ↗ work with the consultant and move it um

56:35 ↗ to potentially a different location

56:38 ↗ a given staff capacity um at this time

56:43 ↗ and due to the lull with some of the

56:45 ↗ concerns um we are

56:48 ↗ going to be postponing this project

56:51 ↗ temporarily

56:53 ↗ also

56:55 ↗ the funding

56:56 ↗ for this project was not reauthorized

56:59 ↗ into 2022

57:01 ↗ so

57:01 ↗ there we don't have the current capital

57:03 ↗ to continue this project

57:06 ↗ work at this time that doesn't mean it's

57:08 ↗ not off our radar

57:10 ↗ we still want to integrate this but as

57:13 ↗ we start looking at

57:14 ↗ our park spaces

57:17 ↗ where is another potential great space

57:19 ↗ we may be able to

57:22 ↗ find a location we are still working

57:24 ↗ with our partners at evergreen mountain

57:26 ↗ bike alliance

57:28 ↗ to see if we can

57:30 ↗ find

57:31 ↗ either some smaller design options than

57:33 ↗ what we previously had planned

57:37 ↗ and maybe some alternate locations so

57:40 ↗ um

57:45 ↗ is the intent to still keep it up in the

57:47 ↗ highlands or is that really open

57:49 ↗ to the city wide

57:52 ↗ great question brad we've taken some a

57:54 ↗ look at a few locations um up in the

57:57 ↗ highlands but

57:58 ↗ i think it's too premature to say it's

58:00 ↗ been determined

58:02 ↗ um you know we have been looking at

58:04 ↗ sites up there our existing city park

58:07 ↗ lands

58:08 ↗ but also as we look at some

58:11 ↗ other areas within our park spaces there

58:13 ↗ there could potentially be opportunity

58:15 ↗ to integrate it elsewhere

58:17 ↗ so don't want to limit us but i don't

58:20 ↗ want to

58:21 ↗ commit either because we're just not at

58:23 ↗ that point in the design process or

58:25 ↗ community conversations

58:30 ↗ jen if i could add a few words as well

58:32 ↗ on this one and a great question brad

58:34 ↗ and great overview jen thank you um

58:37 ↗ yeah just to reiterate um our partners

58:40 ↗ establishing the partnership with

58:41 ↗ evergreen mountain bike alliance is

58:43 ↗ really big

58:44 ↗ um also i i think with the historical

58:48 ↗ location and the thought of this on

58:50 ↗ those power lines i think what we

58:53 ↗ you may recall this

58:55 ↗ but

58:56 ↗ bonneville

58:57 ↗ bpa

59:00 ↗ long had those power lines

59:02 ↗ being maintained by puget power

59:04 ↗ uh that changed a couple years ago and

59:07 ↗ bpa is now

59:09 ↗ taking back over maintenance um of the

59:12 ↗ those power lines that really allowed i

59:15 ↗ think jennifer and i to have so much

59:17 ↗ more focused conversation with bpa

59:19 ↗ um i think understanding what we would

59:22 ↗ need to do

59:23 ↗ um

59:24 ↗ to to make that location a a positive

59:28 ↗ experience for for an element like this

59:30 ↗ and and that led to enough factors for

59:32 ↗ us to realize you know what let's let's

59:34 ↗ continue to work with evergreen and

59:37 ↗ um i think another location is going to

59:40 ↗ be better suited for this uh brad to

59:42 ↗ your question

59:43 ↗ um there was a a portion of money that

59:46 ↗ would certainly not fully fund a bike

59:48 ↗ skills element piece that was provided

59:50 ↗ by port blakely

59:52 ↗ um

59:53 ↗ to to accomplish this um

59:57 ↗ i've been in conversations with them

59:59 ↗ our goal would be to try and find a

1:00:01 ↗ location within the highlands if though

1:00:04 ↗ we needed to transition

1:00:06 ↗ elsewhere we would

1:00:08 ↗ certainly continue those conversations

1:00:10 ↗ with port blakely and let them know

1:00:12 ↗ but we would want to demonstrate our

1:00:14 ↗ effort to try and um provide those those

1:00:17 ↗ elements somewhere within

1:00:19 ↗ uh within the highlands so

1:00:21 ↗ um

1:00:22 ↗ several several moving pieces uh that

1:00:25 ↗ sort of caused us to recognize

1:00:28 ↗ um and to jennifer's point we did not

1:00:30 ↗ seek reauthorizing these these capital

1:00:33 ↗ dollars into 2022

1:00:35 ↗ i think realizing where we are

1:00:37 ↗ post covid with just one park planner

1:00:40 ↗ now from a work capacity standpoint but

1:00:42 ↗ then also realizing

1:00:44 ↗ we have some more community engagement

1:00:46 ↗ to do to to sort of identify

1:00:48 ↗ a more preferred location for this

1:00:51 ↗ type of element this type of amenity in

1:00:52 ↗ our park system so let's do that work

1:00:55 ↗ and then go back and ask for capital

1:00:57 ↗ funding once we have a better idea of

1:00:58 ↗ what it is and where it is we want to

1:01:01 ↗ build it

1:01:02 ↗ thanks jen

1:01:07 ↗ thank you jeff for

1:01:09 ↗ those additions

1:01:10 ↗ any other questions

1:01:12 ↗ on the bike park before we move on

1:01:17 ↗ okay

1:01:19 ↗ uh harvey manning park expansion

1:01:22 ↗ this project um is to design and

1:01:26 ↗ construct regional

1:01:27 ↗ trails uh to help connect to cougar

1:01:30 ↗ mountain

1:01:32 ↗ um

1:01:33 ↗ and tibbetts valley park in the transit

1:01:35 ↗ station

1:01:36 ↗ um and

1:01:39 ↗ as you all know we received our grant

1:01:42 ↗ from the recreation conservation office

1:01:45 ↗ um for fun partially funding this

1:01:48 ↗ acquisition which was great news

1:01:51 ↗ um

1:01:52 ↗ with that though where we have some

1:01:55 ↗ final paperwork

1:01:56 ↗ that needs to get accomplished before we

1:01:59 ↗ can do some ground disturbing activities

1:02:02 ↗ so um we are hopeful to that we'll all

1:02:05 ↗ be buttoned up here very very soon um

1:02:09 ↗ and uh rco is uh taking a look at a

1:02:13 ↗ cultural resources assessment right now

1:02:15 ↗ uh that we had done and so once we get

1:02:18 ↗ that approved then we will be ready to

1:02:21 ↗ get out there and get rolling

1:02:24 ↗ but um

1:02:25 ↗ also

1:02:26 ↗ during the pandemic

1:02:29 ↗ we were able to work with and into 2021

1:02:33 ↗ mountains to sound

1:02:34 ↗ green white truss to come up with some

1:02:37 ↗ preliminary

1:02:39 ↗ design layouts and where might the trail

1:02:41 ↗ go and how might we connect

1:02:44 ↗ we've created those preliminary

1:02:47 ↗ and have some rough order magnitude

1:02:50 ↗ costs and kind of where we might need

1:02:51 ↗ some bridge crossings

1:02:53 ↗ um maybe some stairs things like that

1:02:56 ↗ however it is not to a point

1:02:59 ↗ that we can permit trail construction

1:03:02 ↗ so here

1:03:03 ↗ starting next month i hope to get an rfp

1:03:06 ↗ out to help solicit

1:03:09 ↗ some consultant because of the number of

1:03:11 ↗ streams and wetlands on the property

1:03:14 ↗ there are going to be environmental

1:03:15 ↗ impacts with trail construction

1:03:18 ↗ and so we're going to need to mitigate

1:03:20 ↗ for those efforts um to do that so we

1:03:22 ↗ got to get a team on board to get

1:03:24 ↗ through our

1:03:26 ↗ city permitting process in order to

1:03:28 ↗ construct those trails

1:03:31 ↗ we are also in collaboration with king

1:03:33 ↗ county parks as to how best to connect

1:03:36 ↗ our trails over to the precipice

1:03:39 ↗ trailhead that is going to be under

1:03:41 ↗ construction hopefully later this year

1:03:45 ↗ where there is a segment of trail that

1:03:48 ↗ would be parallel from

1:03:51 ↗ parallel to newport way that would then

1:03:54 ↗ access

1:03:55 ↗ to the trailhead and so we want to make

1:03:57 ↗ sure we're coordinating

1:03:59 ↗ those efforts we're also going to have

1:04:01 ↗ to do some additional

1:04:03 ↗ critical area studies due to the

1:04:04 ↗ environmental impacts of the trail

1:04:07 ↗ construction

1:04:08 ↗ and we hope that by the end of this year

1:04:10 ↗ we can get

1:04:11 ↗ some construction documents and begin

1:04:14 ↗ our permitting process in late year and

1:04:17 ↗ early

1:04:18 ↗ q1

1:04:23 ↗ do you also want to touch real quickly

1:04:24 ↗ on our collaboration with public works

1:04:26 ↗ on interim

1:04:28 ↗ oh yes thank you

1:04:30 ↗ um so one of the the location of the

1:04:33 ↗ temporary trail or the trails uh would

1:04:36 ↗ come down onto newport way on the south

1:04:39 ↗ side where there is no

1:04:42 ↗ sidewalk

1:04:43 ↗ there's just soft shoulder

1:04:45 ↗ but there's also no safe crossing

1:04:48 ↗ at that location to try and get

1:04:49 ↗ pedestrians over there so we're

1:04:51 ↗ exploring

1:04:53 ↗ options with our public works department

1:04:56 ↗ as to how we might get

1:04:58 ↗ sidewalk connection to that point

1:05:01 ↗ junction or

1:05:03 ↗ an interim

1:05:05 ↗ crossing to be able to if and when a

1:05:08 ↗ trail is constructed that people could

1:05:10 ↗ safely access um the site on newport way

1:05:15 ↗ and get over to the

1:05:17 ↗ trailhead

1:05:18 ↗ or the park and ride location so we've

1:05:20 ↗ got a little bit of coordination

1:05:23 ↗ that we're trying to do right now with

1:05:24 ↗ our public works so more to come on that

1:05:28 ↗ segment

1:05:30 ↗ jen when you say conduct additional

1:05:32 ↗ critical studies you don't have to do an

1:05:34 ↗ eis on this do you not in the eis no but

1:05:37 ↗ we are going to have to um go through

1:05:40 ↗ our evaluation of each of the wetlands

1:05:44 ↗ what their boundaries are understand

1:05:46 ↗ what our impacts are so we can mitigate

1:05:49 ↗ for those buffer impacts and if we're

1:05:50 ↗ doing a bridge crossing over a stream

1:05:53 ↗ understanding the extent of those bridge

1:05:56 ↗ crossing um

1:05:57 ↗ where the abutments would go

1:05:59 ↗ and what impacts there would be

1:06:02 ↗ we'll have to mitigate for those as well

1:06:05 ↗ and then do the additional study work

1:06:08 ↗ you know to make sure that we're not in

1:06:09 ↗ the ordinary high-water mark of each of

1:06:11 ↗ those streams and that everything is

1:06:13 ↗ safe and so there's there is some

1:06:15 ↗ additional work that goes into that

1:06:25 ↗ okay cruising right along if there's no

1:06:27 ↗ other questions

1:06:29 ↗ wayfinding

1:06:30 ↗ i know we've had some recent updates on

1:06:32 ↗ wayfinding i think we all know this is

1:06:34 ↗ our

1:06:35 ↗ uh project this has been familiar enough

1:06:38 ↗ hopefully i don't have to go way back in

1:06:40 ↗ history um on this but we are doing a

1:06:43 ↗ collective effort uh to look at how we

1:06:46 ↗ can improve

1:06:48 ↗ park signage

1:06:49 ↗ and also for our facilities and our

1:06:51 ↗ trails and really make it a city

1:06:53 ↗ recognized

1:06:55 ↗ signage program right now our signs are

1:06:59 ↗ called eclectic mess

1:07:01 ↗ throughout the city and this would

1:07:03 ↗ really standardize and you'd know oh

1:07:05 ↗ this is a city park

1:07:07 ↗ and so we've been through a really

1:07:08 ↗ extensive effort with the community

1:07:11 ↗ doing some of the design process

1:07:14 ↗ but right now we are kind of finishing

1:07:16 ↗ up our planning stage

1:07:19 ↗ where we've got a preferred

1:07:22 ↗ design

1:07:23 ↗ that we are going to be

1:07:25 ↗ creating prototypes for and setting them

1:07:28 ↗ out for community engagement

1:07:31 ↗ we are getting documentation

1:07:34 ↗ based upon community design right now

1:07:36 ↗ over to the

1:07:38 ↗ sign shops in hopes that we can get

1:07:40 ↗ those out here in may early june

1:07:44 ↗ depending upon their backlog and with

1:07:46 ↗ that we'll conduct another round of

1:07:48 ↗ public engagement asking

1:07:50 ↗ tell us what you think about this final

1:07:52 ↗ design

1:07:54 ↗ as you may recall the design really

1:07:57 ↗ is a morph of or prior different designs

1:08:00 ↗ that had very different color schemes um

1:08:03 ↗ and was really led by the community and

1:08:06 ↗ um

1:08:07 ↗ steering group

1:08:08 ↗ to get to us uh where we are today

1:08:11 ↗ um

1:08:13 ↗ this

1:08:13 ↗ all of that

1:08:15 ↗ information will be packaged up with the

1:08:17 ↗ different maps and the different signage

1:08:19 ↗ types gateway signage entry signage park

1:08:22 ↗ signage facility signage

1:08:24 ↗ and really

1:08:26 ↗ help identify where they're going to go

1:08:28 ↗ and kind of the process we went through

1:08:31 ↗ what completion of the prototypes we'll

1:08:34 ↗ do is we've also identified a phase one

1:08:37 ↗ construction

1:08:39 ↗ and we can start working on that and get

1:08:41 ↗ design and bid documents created for

1:08:44 ↗ that phase one we do have capital

1:08:46 ↗ dollars

1:08:47 ↗ for the construction this year

1:08:50 ↗ the planning piece is really an

1:08:52 ↗ operational

1:08:54 ↗ cost right now but this uh phase one

1:08:56 ↗ construction documents is where we're

1:08:58 ↗ starting to get into the implementation

1:09:01 ↗ of uh the construction

1:09:04 ↗ of those phase one signs and then

1:09:08 ↗ as we get those construction documents

1:09:10 ↗ and bid packages out on the streets

1:09:13 ↗ we'll be submitting for our sign permits

1:09:15 ↗ and then hopefully

1:09:18 ↗ mid to end of q3 we can start into our

1:09:21 ↗ phase one um installation

1:09:26 ↗ hey jen could you say a little bit about

1:09:28 ↗ what phase one consists of yeah phase

1:09:30 ↗ one we're looking at doing a few

1:09:34 ↗ different sites obviously blackberry

1:09:36 ↗ park

1:09:37 ↗ since we have a new construction going

1:09:38 ↗ there

1:09:40 ↗ some trail signs along the rainier trail

1:09:43 ↗ we're also looking at the issaquah

1:09:46 ↗ community center improve the signage

1:09:48 ↗ there

1:09:50 ↗ and also um as budget allows a pickering

1:09:54 ↗ barn

1:09:55 ↗ as a rental facility

1:09:58 ↗ so places where people will be in and

1:10:00 ↗ around it and access it

1:10:03 ↗ and different types of signage as well

1:10:10 ↗ chris

1:10:12 ↗ just a quick if you could remind us how

1:10:14 ↗ many years

1:10:16 ↗ are you anticipating for full

1:10:17 ↗ implementation

1:10:19 ↗ great question so as i went through

1:10:22 ↗ the 2022 cip

1:10:25 ↗ process we

1:10:28 ↗ broke it out but this will be you know a

1:10:30 ↗ several million dollar

1:10:32 ↗ um project to do city-wide with all of

1:10:35 ↗ the gateway signage lighting for gateway

1:10:38 ↗ signage things like that

1:10:40 ↗ um

1:10:41 ↗ we started with a reduced implementation

1:10:45 ↗ so right now in our

1:10:47 ↗ 2022-27 cip there's only 200 000

1:10:50 ↗ per year

1:10:52 ↗ identified

1:10:53 ↗ but as we

1:10:55 ↗ get new updated prices with all of the

1:10:58 ↗ increase in materials cost

1:11:00 ↗ um and there will be some additional

1:11:02 ↗ costs that aren't um

1:11:04 ↗ included in that you know like

1:11:06 ↗ lighting and

1:11:08 ↗ if we have to do get some electrical to

1:11:10 ↗ a location those are some additional

1:11:12 ↗ costs that won't be included in those

1:11:14 ↗ estimates that

1:11:16 ↗ we'll have to

1:11:17 ↗ add on as we

1:11:19 ↗ start implementing and updating our

1:11:21 ↗ capital planning down the road but as we

1:11:24 ↗ finalize the master plan we should have

1:11:26 ↗ a pretty good idea of what

1:11:28 ↗ um

1:11:29 ↗ the base of implementation would be

1:11:33 ↗ not including those ancillary

1:11:35 ↗ site-specific items that may crop up so

1:11:38 ↗ as we finalize that and we get these

1:11:39 ↗ final estimates it will be identified in

1:11:42 ↗ the

1:11:44 ↗ wayfinding document

1:11:47 ↗ thank you

1:11:49 ↗ thank you

1:11:50 ↗ great question

1:11:54 ↗ and finally um on to hillside park um

1:12:00 ↗ as you know we have been working with

1:12:02 ↗ uh the community up there since starting

1:12:04 ↗ back in 2014 having some conversations

1:12:07 ↗ about how

1:12:09 ↗ people enjoy their park but also what

1:12:12 ↗ improvements would they like to see to a

1:12:14 ↗ park that gets a lot of use by the

1:12:17 ↗ surrounding neighborhoods

1:12:18 ↗ and we've been working with the

1:12:20 ↗ community

1:12:22 ↗ to get some feedback and

1:12:25 ↗ heard that they really want some

1:12:27 ↗ addition of play they want to keep the

1:12:29 ↗ area as it is and i know we've had

1:12:31 ↗ recent updates

1:12:33 ↗ um because i really love the wooded feel

1:12:35 ↗ of this park and we're starting to

1:12:37 ↗ explore

1:12:39 ↗ how we can

1:12:40 ↗ uh introduce play but one of the items

1:12:43 ↗ that came up was they just want to keep

1:12:45 ↗ the

1:12:46 ↗ open grass area functional it's wet so

1:12:49 ↗ much of the year and through some site

1:12:52 ↗ work and further discovery we

1:12:54 ↗ found that the play field um is a

1:12:58 ↗ wetland and

1:13:00 ↗ we

1:13:01 ↗ got that news back in june july of 2021

1:13:05 ↗ we shared that news with the

1:13:07 ↗ neighborhood

1:13:08 ↗ the neighborhood knows we're having to

1:13:10 ↗ do some additional

1:13:12 ↗ geotechnical reconnaissance to

1:13:14 ↗ understand how we can drain it

1:13:17 ↗ but that's also

1:13:19 ↗ bringing up some conversations we're

1:13:20 ↗ having to have at both the federal

1:13:23 ↗ and the state and

1:13:24 ↗ level uh regarding

1:13:26 ↗ um

1:13:28 ↗ permitting and jurisdiction and uh how

1:13:31 ↗ do we go about draining the wetlands so

1:13:33 ↗ we're having some of those uh

1:13:35 ↗ conversations right now

1:13:38 ↗ um in may we hope to resume community

1:13:41 ↗ engagement as we learn more about how we

1:13:44 ↗ might

1:13:45 ↗ drain the wetland

1:13:47 ↗ but also how can we provide some low

1:13:50 ↗ impact play options that really balance

1:13:53 ↗ the different needs of the neighborhood

1:13:56 ↗ keeping it natural but maybe having some

1:13:59 ↗ different play elements that while

1:14:01 ↗ you're there you could enjoy or

1:14:03 ↗ as an accessible picnic table and things

1:14:06 ↗ like that

1:14:07 ↗ and also further trail connectivity how

1:14:09 ↗ can we get to the park from a different

1:14:12 ↗ location without having to walk through

1:14:15 ↗ the cemetery

1:14:16 ↗ so right now it's our goal

1:14:19 ↗ after we go out to the next round of

1:14:21 ↗ community engagement we're hoping to do

1:14:24 ↗ a two-part

1:14:25 ↗ community engagement one would be a

1:14:27 ↗ virtual meeting

1:14:29 ↗ um

1:14:30 ↗ tentatively set for mid-may i hope here

1:14:33 ↗ in the next week or two by the first

1:14:35 ↗ week of may i'll be able to um

1:14:37 ↗ finalize dates but we're looking uh

1:14:40 ↗ probably third week of uh may

1:14:42 ↗ of doing a

1:14:44 ↗ virtual site meeting or a virtual

1:14:46 ↗ meeting with the neighborhood to talk

1:14:48 ↗ through um

1:14:49 ↗ play options impacts uh what we've

1:14:53 ↗ learned about the wetland but also then

1:14:56 ↗ a couple days later go out onto the site

1:15:00 ↗ and maybe stake out how those play

1:15:02 ↗ elements might fit into the native area

1:15:05 ↗ how much land they might disturb

1:15:08 ↗ and maybe how tall they are uh to really

1:15:10 ↗ help

1:15:12 ↗ people understand um and visualize how

1:15:16 ↗ those would fit into the existing

1:15:17 ↗ landscape

1:15:19 ↗ um

1:15:20 ↗ so as we strive towards trying to get a

1:15:22 ↗ goal of completing park improvements by

1:15:25 ↗ the end of august

1:15:27 ↗ that would then set us up to start doing

1:15:29 ↗ our final design and creating some

1:15:31 ↗ construction documents that we could

1:15:33 ↗ submit for permitting

1:15:35 ↗ and

1:15:37 ↗ review

1:15:38 ↗ our budget

1:15:39 ↗ we'll likely have to

1:15:41 ↗ ask for some additional funds in 2023

1:15:45 ↗ just due to the cost of having to

1:15:48 ↗ do study work

1:15:50 ↗ as well as cost to drain and potentially

1:15:52 ↗ mitigate

1:15:53 ↗ the wetland

1:15:54 ↗ so

1:15:55 ↗ we'll have to look and see what that

1:15:57 ↗ means for available budget for any trail

1:16:00 ↗ improvements

1:16:01 ↗ and additional site improvements so it

1:16:03 ↗ would be our goal to have a good grasp

1:16:05 ↗ on that towards the end of the year as

1:16:07 ↗ we go into

1:16:08 ↗ budget conversations

1:16:14 ↗ any further questions

1:16:22 ↗ and we do have other projects we're

1:16:23 ↗ working on these are just the ones that

1:16:25 ↗ have capital funding um so

1:16:28 ↗ if there's something else you have

1:16:30 ↗ questions on please don't hesitate

1:16:34 ↗ well i don't know jen you know we're

1:16:35 ↗ already at the end of april i mean

1:16:37 ↗ that's not a whole lot of time left in

1:16:39 ↗ the year here and you already got a full

1:16:41 ↗ sheet here stuff to do so i think you're

1:16:43 ↗ busy

1:16:45 ↗ yes but als all's good staggering some

1:16:48 ↗ of these has certainly helped

1:16:52 ↗ oh great look forward to your continued

1:16:55 ↗ involvement on these projects

1:17:00 ↗ so thank you for that so the next thing

1:17:01 ↗ is we'll probably hear something about

1:17:03 ↗ uh a virtual meeting at hillside uh

1:17:06 ↗ within the next week or two is that what

1:17:08 ↗ i heard yep and likely an update on the

1:17:11 ↗ construction schedule for uh blackberry

1:17:13 ↗ as well

1:17:15 ↗ okay

1:17:18 ↗ thank you is that it dan

1:17:20 ↗ oh and wayfinding that'll be coming out

1:17:22 ↗ soon um with additional study work

1:17:25 ↗ probably

1:17:26 ↗ three to five weeks

1:17:28 ↗ uh for additional community

1:17:31 ↗ involvement

1:17:32 ↗ so when's our next touch point with

1:17:34 ↗ methuen then is that going to be at

1:17:36 ↗ hillside

1:17:37 ↗ uh yes it would be

1:17:41 ↗ correct

1:17:46 ↗ thank you for all that

1:17:47 ↗ glad we had uh

1:17:49 ↗ enough time for you to go through the

1:17:51 ↗ full meal deal here tonight we usually

1:17:53 ↗ cut you short but i'm glad that that

1:17:55 ↗ didn't happen so

1:17:58 ↗ so appreciate that so we're on to uh

1:18:01 ↗ reports and it looks like uh jeff since

1:18:04 ↗ you had a bit of a reprieve you can

1:18:06 ↗ do it as scheduled i suppose you could

1:18:08 ↗ go ahead

1:18:10 ↗ gladly brad that's great

1:18:12 ↗ um

1:18:13 ↗ first item was uh really just a

1:18:16 ↗ follow-up and a thank you for those of

1:18:18 ↗ you that were able to attend the april

1:18:19 ↗ 7th

1:18:20 ↗ joint meeting with planning policy

1:18:22 ↗ commission around title 18 also

1:18:25 ↗ your

1:18:26 ↗ full parkour conversation uh we had

1:18:29 ↗ march 28th

1:18:31 ↗ um connie as she was providing public

1:18:33 ↗ comment i think echoed as well that

1:18:36 ↗ um

1:18:37 ↗ you know

1:18:39 ↗ we as staff will be tracking and

1:18:41 ↗ continuing to track with community

1:18:42 ↗ planning and development departments um

1:18:44 ↗ as they're working on that to see

1:18:48 ↗ how when where they are incorporating

1:18:51 ↗ the the feedback you all provided as

1:18:54 ↗ park board and we have certainly

1:18:55 ↗ provided as staff um how that gets

1:18:58 ↗ incorporated so

1:18:59 ↗ i think as we continue those follow-up

1:19:01 ↗ conversations with them we will make

1:19:03 ↗ sure to

1:19:04 ↗ continue to follow up

1:19:06 ↗ uh with you all um on that uh process

1:19:10 ↗ that still has

1:19:11 ↗ um

1:19:12 ↗ imagine

1:19:14 ↗ quite a few touches to still um still

1:19:16 ↗ take place um as that um as that moves

1:19:20 ↗ forward so

1:19:22 ↗ look for continued updates um

1:19:25 ↗ certainly from us and

1:19:28 ↗ encouraging cp cpd staff to to be

1:19:31 ↗ following up with you as well as the

1:19:33 ↗ other boards and commissions that it's

1:19:34 ↗ been that they've been working with

1:19:37 ↗ um one of the items that came up on the

1:19:39 ↗ april 7th conversation and something

1:19:41 ↗ that brad and i chatted about in our our

1:19:44 ↗ monthly meeting was the topic of

1:19:47 ↗ um

1:19:49 ↗ city trees and just providing an

1:19:51 ↗ overview

1:19:52 ↗ to you all as park board

1:19:54 ↗ about our city tree program

1:19:56 ↗ everything from tree city usa and what

1:19:58 ↗ that means to

1:20:00 ↗ how we do arborist work now

1:20:03 ↗ what we're hoping to do is as we're

1:20:07 ↗ sort of

1:20:09 ↗ modernizing our park maintenance

1:20:10 ↗ practices in our park maintenance team

1:20:12 ↗ what what arborist program looks like

1:20:15 ↗ there i'm also highlighting and giving

1:20:18 ↗ an overview of the heritage street

1:20:19 ↗ program to you all as park boards so

1:20:22 ↗ um my hope i'm i'm i'm realizing brad as

1:20:25 ↗ we're been talking about park board

1:20:27 ↗ leadership the may may agenda is filling

1:20:30 ↗ up pretty quickly so whether it's may or

1:20:32 ↗ june we talked about

1:20:34 ↗ um adding on to the agenda a pretty good

1:20:37 ↗ chunk of time to just sort of talk city

1:20:39 ↗ tree program

1:20:40 ↗ its entirety and and encompass see tree

1:20:44 ↗ city

1:20:44 ↗ usa our arborist practices

1:20:47 ↗ heritage tree program

1:20:49 ↗ we did

1:20:51 ↗ a couple weeks ago receive a

1:20:53 ↗ heritage tree

1:20:55 ↗ nomination uh that

1:20:57 ↗ we're

1:20:58 ↗ working through with staff

1:21:01 ↗ in our department in various departments

1:21:04 ↗ i'm also getting an understanding as

1:21:06 ↗ this is my

1:21:07 ↗ first

1:21:09 ↗ first heritage tree nomination in my

1:21:11 ↗ time what that process is i know we will

1:21:14 ↗ be bringing that to you all as a park

1:21:16 ↗ board

1:21:17 ↗ um

1:21:18 ↗ in that as well and and um

1:21:21 ↗ so as we get a date identified for that

1:21:23 ↗ we will

1:21:24 ↗ be bringing that forward as well so

1:21:27 ↗ um look forward to packaging that all

1:21:29 ↗ and and having a good um pre-program

1:21:32 ↗ discussion

1:21:34 ↗ um another item uh that we've had some

1:21:38 ↗ conversation about these last couple of

1:21:39 ↗ months uh that i will keep you all

1:21:42 ↗ apprised of and that's the capital

1:21:44 ↗ funding task force

1:21:46 ↗ as that was presented to the to the

1:21:48 ↗ uh city council um

1:21:51 ↗ where that is right now the the mayor

1:21:52 ↗ was going to be and has been gathering

1:21:56 ↗ feedback from that task force

1:21:59 ↗ she will be putting together a

1:22:01 ↗ recommendation

1:22:03 ↗ a suggested

1:22:05 ↗ path forward to go to council that's

1:22:07 ↗ looking now like that will be going back

1:22:09 ↗ to council in june

1:22:11 ↗ so as i get

1:22:13 ↗ a better idea of what that entails

1:22:16 ↗ either in terms of park capital projects

1:22:20 ↗ or some of the conversation that you all

1:22:22 ↗ had and and what you forwarded the city

1:22:24 ↗ council on the task force in regards to

1:22:27 ↗ further exploration of um

1:22:31 ↗ long-range funding for parks be that you

1:22:33 ↗ know capital levies or a park district

1:22:36 ↗ um

1:22:37 ↗ what that begins to look like as as the

1:22:39 ↗ mayor forges it forwards that

1:22:41 ↗ recommendation i'll keep you all

1:22:42 ↗ apprised of that um as well so

1:22:46 ↗ certainly look for for that to be

1:22:48 ↗ some future discussion um

1:22:52 ↗ at our at future meetings

1:22:55 ↗ uh one last item is i guess a courtesy

1:22:58 ↗ and a request as you all have your

1:23:00 ↗ spheres of influence in the community

1:23:02 ↗ um and outside the community

1:23:05 ↗ we are in

1:23:08 ↗ really the the throes of our hiring

1:23:10 ↗ process for all of our summer part-time

1:23:13 ↗ staff

1:23:14 ↗ we rely so much on part-time staff to do

1:23:17 ↗ everything from park maintenance

1:23:19 ↗ to summer day camp to

1:23:22 ↗ running our saturday farmers market to

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1:23:26 ↗ being able to operate and support all

1:23:28 ↗ the event rentals that take place at the

1:23:29 ↗ pickering barn

1:23:32 ↗ and

1:23:32 ↗ we found this to be a little bit of a

1:23:34 ↗ drier year in terms of of part-time

1:23:37 ↗ positions so

1:23:38 ↗ um we have

1:23:40 ↗ um put together a couple of promotional

1:23:43 ↗ pieces

1:23:45 ↗ if you know of anyone that might be

1:23:47 ↗ interested or knows a neighbor who might

1:23:49 ↗ be interested or

1:23:52 ↗ someone coming back from college that's

1:23:53 ↗ looking for summer work please

1:23:56 ↗ encourage them to take a look at the

1:23:57 ↗ opportunities we have here within

1:24:00 ↗ the department um

1:24:02 ↗ i truly mean what i say that you know

1:24:04 ↗ when you look at the diversity of

1:24:06 ↗ experience that someone could get even

1:24:07 ↗ in a summer part-time job

1:24:10 ↗ it's not just

1:24:11 ↗ flipping burgers and cooking fries it's

1:24:14 ↗ a real opportunity to learn leadership

1:24:16 ↗ and regardless of what profession

1:24:18 ↗ someone might be jumping into

1:24:20 ↗ um it's it's a great opportunity to do

1:24:22 ↗ great community work and and learn some

1:24:24 ↗ aspects of leadership so

1:24:26 ↗ just encourage you to spread that word

1:24:28 ↗ um issaquah parks is hiring and we've

1:24:31 ↗ got some great opportunities this summer

1:24:33 ↗ that's it

1:24:36 ↗ well thanks for that jeff and you never

1:24:38 ↗ know what some of those part-time jobs

1:24:39 ↗ can lead to you know i i i think we have

1:24:42 ↗ a park ranger right now that actually

1:24:44 ↗ kind of somewhat started that way so

1:24:46 ↗ there's always lots of future

1:24:48 ↗ opportunity for those that

1:24:50 ↗ are good people

1:24:52 ↗ yeah something just to add to that brad

1:24:53 ↗ i i enjoy so every quarter we

1:24:57 ↗ as we onboard new city staff we have a

1:25:00 ↗ um

1:25:01 ↗ sort of a welcome to the city

1:25:02 ↗ orientation and one of the icebreakers

1:25:04 ↗ is what was your first job and i'm

1:25:06 ↗ fascinated every quarter

1:25:08 ↗ to to see how many professionals their

1:25:10 ↗ first job was i did day camp or i was a

1:25:12 ↗ lifeguard or i was

1:25:14 ↗ this or that um

1:25:16 ↗ the leadership you learn is is key in

1:25:18 ↗ fact we have a we have a mayor right now

1:25:20 ↗ mayor paulie her first job was uh was as

1:25:23 ↗ a lifeguard

1:25:24 ↗ within a city park system so

1:25:27 ↗ you're absolutely right

1:25:31 ↗ well i wish i were younger i'd apply for

1:25:33 ↗ one of those

1:25:34 ↗ my time has come and gone for that kind

1:25:36 ↗ of stuff

1:25:38 ↗ and real glad to hear about all the tree

1:25:40 ↗ stuff i'm a big tree lover and so i'll

1:25:42 ↗ look forward to getting more engaged

1:25:44 ↗ with that and

1:25:45 ↗ would certainly like to see us um have

1:25:48 ↗ more nominations for heritage trees as

1:25:51 ↗ well so maybe if we can put something

1:25:53 ↗ more out to the community that that

1:25:55 ↗ program even exists

1:25:57 ↗ it's kind of disappointing that that's

1:25:59 ↗ the first heritage tree nomination

1:26:01 ↗ you've seen in six years that's

1:26:04 ↗ that means we need to get the word out

1:26:06 ↗ more because there's there's more trees

1:26:07 ↗ than that out there that are worth

1:26:10 ↗ giving that kind of uh acknowledgement

1:26:12 ↗ to

1:26:14 ↗ so thank you jeff for all that

1:26:17 ↗ uh on to my report

1:26:20 ↗ i've got a few things

1:26:22 ↗ um

1:26:27 ↗ again thanks to ruben linda

1:26:30 ↗ jeremy and jonathan especially since

1:26:32 ↗ you're here this evening and this might

1:26:34 ↗ be the last time we'll get to see you i

1:26:36 ↗ do want to

1:26:38 ↗ say thank you and it's been great uh

1:26:40 ↗ working with you and uh i appreciate

1:26:42 ↗ everything that you've done here over

1:26:44 ↗ the the years with your participation

1:26:47 ↗ and input and certainly wish the best uh

1:26:51 ↗ to you in your

1:26:53 ↗ next endeavor here you're you're moving

1:26:55 ↗ outside the city as i understand it but

1:26:58 ↗ every now and then maybe you could still

1:27:00 ↗ uh

1:27:01 ↗ stop in and see us here just uh

1:27:04 ↗ yeah absolutely and and thank you again

1:27:06 ↗ brad for your leadership uh over the the

1:27:09 ↗ past six years and and to

1:27:11 ↗ jeff and jennifer and melissa and the

1:27:13 ↗ entire parks board and and

1:27:16 ↗ parks department as well i mean i think

1:27:17 ↗ it's one of the reasons that uh you know

1:27:19 ↗ i first found issaquah is enjoying some

1:27:21 ↗ of the trails and then wound up being a

1:27:23 ↗ resident and uh it was a special place

1:27:25 ↗ in my heart so

1:27:26 ↗ uh you know kudos to to the full team

1:27:28 ↗ there making uh making the parks a place

1:27:30 ↗ that people want to go and

1:27:32 ↗ one of the reasons that people want to

1:27:33 ↗ call us to call home

1:27:35 ↗ thank you jonathan we appreciate it and

1:27:37 ↗ you'll be missed

1:27:40 ↗ um we talked a little bit about the

1:27:41 ↗ mentor program we'll talk more next time

1:27:43 ↗ about that but be thinking of

1:27:46 ↗ whether or not you would like to be a

1:27:48 ↗ mentor and if so um

1:27:50 ↗ you know let that be known in our next

1:27:52 ↗ meeting so that we can join you up with

1:27:55 ↗ some younger

1:27:56 ↗ more inexperienced people

1:27:58 ↗ uh

1:28:00 ↗ april 29th this friday well is that this

1:28:04 ↗ friday no yeah

1:28:06 ↗ uh 150th arbor day anniversary so that's

1:28:10 ↗ a big event

1:28:13 ↗ it kind of tried to look for anything

1:28:15 ↗ specific but it looks like they kind of

1:28:17 ↗ already joined the arbor day event

1:28:20 ↗ uh with earth day and had a tree

1:28:23 ↗ planting out at um

1:28:26 ↗ harvey manning i think is where that

1:28:28 ↗ happened i didn't get to participate in

1:28:30 ↗ that but jeff were you out there or hear

1:28:32 ↗ anything how that went

1:28:34 ↗ i was not there on saturday we had a

1:28:36 ↗ couple of earth day related events

1:28:38 ↗ throughout last week a couple of green

1:28:40 ↗ issaquah events that all went really

1:28:41 ↗ really well

1:28:43 ↗ good

1:28:44 ↗ i always like to hear about new trees

1:28:46 ↗ being planted

1:28:48 ↗ um

1:28:49 ↗ some of you should know that there was

1:28:52 ↗ uh weyerhaeuser actually did a fair

1:28:54 ↗ amount of

1:28:55 ↗ logging at the top of tiger mountain

1:28:58 ↗ last year

1:29:00 ↗ primarily

1:29:02 ↗ to help service the communication towers

1:29:05 ↗ i think was the intention of all of that

1:29:08 ↗ but it was certainly disruptive to the

1:29:10 ↗ trail system

1:29:12 ↗ just wanted to point out that that trail

1:29:14 ↗ restoration work on tiber mountain

1:29:17 ↗ should start commencing here this year

1:29:20 ↗ perhaps spring and summer and through

1:29:22 ↗ next year as well so with the intent

1:29:25 ↗ eventually of getting that whole trail

1:29:26 ↗ system

1:29:28 ↗ probably nicer because they'll now have

1:29:30 ↗ some views up there once you get to that

1:29:32 ↗ extent

1:29:36 ↗ um i guess the last thing that i had

1:29:40 ↗ here was um

1:29:41 ↗ i've

1:29:42 ↗ i've seen some indication that the city

1:29:45 ↗ is going to try and get uh boards and

1:29:48 ↗ commissions back to in-person meetings

1:29:51 ↗ possibly in july

1:29:54 ↗ so stay tuned you know this whole covet

1:29:56 ↗ thing is like following the bouncing

1:29:58 ↗ ball

1:29:59 ↗ and uh from what i can see everything

1:30:01 ↗ keeps changing on a weekly basis so

1:30:04 ↗ tentatively be considering july and i

1:30:08 ↗ think it's going to be

1:30:10 ↗ in this

1:30:12 ↗ i can't remember what room but i think

1:30:13 ↗ it's going to be in one of the rooms

1:30:15 ↗ across from

1:30:17 ↗ the

1:30:19 ↗ city administration building where they

1:30:21 ↗ have the city council i think not sure

1:30:23 ↗ of that but

1:30:25 ↗ it won't be where we met before anyway

1:30:27 ↗ because that's

1:30:28 ↗ that's not happening

1:30:30 ↗ jeff you sound like you probably know

1:30:32 ↗ more than i do on that

1:30:34 ↗ yeah a little bit brad yeah so as we

1:30:36 ↗ look at coming back to in person um the

1:30:39 ↗ location we're looking at for

1:30:41 ↗ probably the the five boards and

1:30:43 ↗ commissions that that our department

1:30:46 ↗ helps support um we'll all be in what's

1:30:49 ↗ called the steelhead room and that is uh

1:30:51 ↗ the new sort of community meeting space

1:30:54 ↗ that was built that was

1:30:56 ↗ built just before the pandemic um that

1:30:58 ↗ adjoins um the garage so down by the

1:31:01 ↗ community center down by my

1:31:03 ↗ sort of across the street from where

1:31:06 ↗ parks administration offices are in the

1:31:07 ↗ green the green building

1:31:11 ↗ it's called the 235 building because its

1:31:13 ↗ address is 235

1:31:15 ↗ um that's right bush street um so yeah

1:31:18 ↗ large large meeting room equipped with

1:31:21 ↗ video and other

1:31:22 ↗ and other spaces that um

1:31:25 ↗ park board human services commission

1:31:27 ↗ equity board

1:31:28 ↗ arts commission and cemetery board would

1:31:31 ↗ all

1:31:31 ↗ uh would all be meeting there

1:31:34 ↗ not the same time of course

1:31:37 ↗ it's actually most avenue just on it

1:31:39 ↗ correct

1:31:41 ↗ you like right

1:31:43 ↗ you're right

1:31:44 ↗ so i'm familiar with that now that you

1:31:46 ↗ mentioned it and it's actually

1:31:48 ↗ not nearly as big as what we were used

1:31:50 ↗ to um

1:31:52 ↗ before so um

1:31:54 ↗ but it should be adequate size

1:31:56 ↗ for sure for certain is there going to

1:31:58 ↗ be

1:31:58 ↗ larger than the trails house um right

1:32:01 ↗ but you're right not as big as the

1:32:04 ↗ pickering room at city hall northwest

1:32:06 ↗ somewhere in between yep is there any

1:32:08 ↗ indication where they're going to do any

1:32:09 ↗ kind of a hybrid actually also have

1:32:12 ↗ remote um

1:32:14 ↗ attendance

1:32:16 ↗ yeah clerk's office

1:32:17 ↗ and administration are still finalizing

1:32:19 ↗ those details

1:32:21 ↗ yes i think the goal is for board and

1:32:23 ↗ commission meetings to still be hybrid

1:32:25 ↗ likely for

1:32:27 ↗ um

1:32:28 ↗ for the general public and for residents

1:32:31 ↗ to listen in

1:32:33 ↗ the goal right now

1:32:35 ↗ i believe is to be consistent with how

1:32:38 ↗ city council meetings are the boards

1:32:40 ↗ board and commissioners and staff would

1:32:43 ↗ be asked to

1:32:45 ↗ be in person

1:32:46 ↗ so in person for

1:32:48 ↗ boards and commission members and lead

1:32:50 ↗ staff

1:32:51 ↗ remote for general public

1:32:54 ↗ okay

1:32:58 ↗ okay

1:32:59 ↗ so i've got

1:33:01 ↗ looks like uh we don't have any from the

1:33:03 ↗ youth board here this evening so not

1:33:05 ↗ sure what they might be up to but i'm

1:33:07 ↗ sure all good things

1:33:10 ↗ preparing for summer be my guess

1:33:12 ↗ in any event

1:33:14 ↗ any other new business or announcements

1:33:15 ↗ anybody have anything

1:33:20 ↗ not seeing anything well that we're

1:33:23 ↗ getting her out here early so um

1:33:26 ↗ have a good evening and uh see you in

1:33:28 ↗ may if not before then so meeting is

1:33:31 ↗ adjourned good night everyone

1:33:34 ↗ what's up everyone

1:33:38 ↗ thank you good night

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Attendance

Council / Members (5)

Bradley Book

Jonathan Richardson

Chris Kovac

Zac Szablewski

Brenda Spears

Staff (3)

Jeff Watling, Parks Director

Jennifer Fink, Parks Planning and Projects Administrator

Milissa Ching, Department Operations Specialist

Excused

Danielle Wolfrom Githens

Ruben Nieto

Linda Whitworth

Marlene Waxse

Jeremy Noble

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PUBLIC COMMENTS Connie Marsh, Squak Mountain Resident: Requests that the Park Board looks closely at the results of the changes they requested were translated into the code.