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Monday, June 27, 2022

7:00 PM · 1h 56m
Topic tracked across meetings:
Wayfinding & City Signage 3/3
Section
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2a
Minutes of May 23, 2022
packet pp.3–6
Staff report:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 05-23-22 Park Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board 7:00 PM Virtual Meeting May 23, 2022 MINUTES
4. REGULAR BUSINESS
4a
Park Board Alternate Positions – Follow-up (I,D)
Tina Eggers, Chief of Staff · packet pp.7–45
Topics: Parks
Staff report:
J E N NIFER F I NK, PA R K P L A N N E R & P ROJ EC T A D M I N I S T R ATO R REGULAR BUSINESS b)
4b
Wayfinding & City Signage
Information · Jennifer Fink, Park Planner · packet pp.47–56
Staff report:
Invest in PLACES – • Stewardship of Issaquah’s Parks, Trails and Open Spaces. • Manage Issaquah’s Public Facilities – Community Center, Pool, Senior Center and Pickering Barn
4c
Recreation Division Update
Information · Brian Berntsen, Recreation Manager
5. REPORTS
5a
Director's Report
5b
Chairperson's Report
5c
Youth Report
0:01 uh parks board meeting
0:03 um so first uh item on the agenda is to
0:06 uh attendance
0:08 uh so when i call your name please
0:11 unmute and uh state uh that you're
0:14 present
0:17 right brad
0:19 i'm here thank you
0:22 chris
0:26 danielle
0:38 katie
0:39 i'm here thank you
0:41 and brenda present
0:44 okay thank you
0:46 all right so next item on the agenda is
0:50 to approve the minutes from the may 23rd
0:54 meeting
0:55 so did everyone get a chance to review
0:57 the minutes from uh last month's meeting
1:04 and any uh questions comments or
1:07 concerns
1:12 okay uh not seeing anything so um
1:16 any uh objections from approving the
1:20 minutes from last month's meeting
1:25 all right so
1:27 um i hereby approve the minutes from
1:30 last month's meeting thank you
1:32 um so kind of next thing i'd like to do
1:35 is just go through the uh agenda uh for
1:39 this evening
1:41 first thing we'll be going through uh is
1:44 parks board alternate positions and tina
1:47 will be giving that presentation uh then
1:50 jennifer will be giving a presentation
1:52 on wayfinding and city signage
1:55 and then brian will be going through
1:57 recreation division update
2:02 next thing i'd like to see if there's
2:03 any public comments
2:09 and zach we didn't receive any written
2:12 public comment before the meeting um
2:15 and amy do we see anybody in attendance
2:18 no there are no uh attendees
2:23 okay um so
2:25 without any uh public comment i think uh
2:27 we will move
2:29 uh toward the parks board alternate uh
2:32 positions uh
2:33 presentation
2:35 great thank you
2:37 i'm tina aguers and i'm just gonna load
2:39 my presentation here real quick
2:42 i only have a couple slides
2:44 uh you
2:45 should be seeing
2:48 my slide on the computer now
2:50 excellent perfect
2:52 so thanks for having me um it's a
2:54 pleasure um always able to come to your
2:56 meeting if needed as well as the city
2:58 clerk so we're resources to you so
3:01 please use us um i work out of the
3:04 mayor's office i'm her chief of staff
3:07 and
3:08 um i've worked for the city for about 18
3:10 years now and through the whole time
3:13 i've always worked on the annual
3:15 recruitments with boards and commissions
3:17 so again thank you for having me tonight
3:22 move forward so when we look at what
3:24 your definition is for alternate members
3:27 i point to
3:29 the isoqua municipal code
3:31 the park board was created under
3:34 chapter 2 under
3:37 24.020 and it basically just says simply
3:40 that alternate members serve in the
3:42 absence of regular members
3:45 they're appointed using the same
3:46 qualifications of regular members which
3:48 means
3:49 those at the time of appointment need to
3:51 have an interest in parks recreation
3:53 either by training experience or actions
3:56 residency is preferred but not required
3:59 provided that a majority of your members
4:02 are city residents
4:05 there are several benefits to having
4:07 alternate member members and i've listed
4:09 some out here
4:11 first and foremost that ensures a quorum
4:15 so that the business of your board can
4:16 take place although it's important to
4:18 understand
4:19 that you are filling the seats to the
4:21 fullest extent possible
4:23 not just to meet the minimum threshold
4:26 so if you had three people gone this
4:29 evening that were regular members
4:31 uh you'd want to fill your two
4:33 alternates or three alternates or
4:34 whatever member you had into the largest
4:37 capacity
4:38 um so that we have the the most voices
4:42 in the voting capacity
4:44 having a quorum is critical because if
4:46 you don't have a quorum your meeting
4:47 can't take place there's no meeting to
4:49 call to order
4:50 um and a majority of the
4:53 of the positions
4:55 equal a quorum so that was a good
4:56 question before we started is how many
4:58 members do we need you need at least
5:00 five
5:01 and this is the threshold that doesn't
5:04 change this whether you have vacancy or
5:06 absences that number is consistent
5:09 this enhances your discussion um we want
5:12 to hear from
5:14 from all the members
5:16 the only exception would be if an
5:18 alternate
5:20 was not filling in for a regular seat
5:22 that evening we would still want to have
5:25 participation but if there was a vote
5:27 being made
5:29 that was on the floor
5:31 and you were in discussion of
5:34 of the vote that would be the only time
5:36 to refrain
5:37 otherwise participation is key and we
5:40 value the input
5:42 the other thing it does is it helps
5:45 fill our vacancies if and when they
5:46 occur
5:48 that you have someone who's sort of
5:49 onboarded they're knowledgeable they
5:51 have the skill set to step in
5:54 and take over a regular seat if and when
5:57 those vacancies transpire
6:01 it also allows for our transitions and
6:02 this is important
6:04 not just for promotional opportunities
6:06 but for our legacy seats
6:08 council policy that is set by resolution
6:10 addresses this that indicates that terms
6:13 will be reasonably limited to allow a
6:15 broad array of community participation
6:18 so reappointments are not guaranteed uh
6:21 while there aren't term limits
6:24 we do need to find a way to reasonably
6:26 limit the number of terms
6:28 and then the other component in that
6:30 section also speaks to
6:33 at the time that appointments are made
6:34 that
6:35 administration insurers an equitable
6:37 balance of interest and expertise are
6:40 represented across all our boards and
6:42 commissions
6:45 and while this is not new i did want to
6:48 give you a snapshot of of how our recent
6:51 reappointments looked at the beginning
6:53 not beginning of the year but the ones
6:55 that we did in april this is pretty
6:57 consistent
6:58 with our
7:00 past years
7:01 even going back to 2017
7:03 um and further
7:05 earlier this year um
7:07 half of our reappointments
7:09 kept their existing seats
7:11 23 were promoted so they went from an
7:14 alternate to a regular 18 were
7:17 reappointed but to a limited term this
7:19 really allows us to continue recruitment
7:23 and try to
7:25 not create
7:27 or create stability where we can and
7:31 let the the board continue on and and
7:35 and do its uh recruitment as needed
7:37 and then we had nine percent of the
7:39 positions uh where we saw what we
7:42 referred to as legacy seats and
7:45 those were essential for providing
7:46 expertise and
7:48 the continuity of the of the board
7:52 so we certainly strive to create
7:54 flexibility where we can it's not always
7:56 possible but um particularly for our
7:59 long-serving members some choose to
8:01 retire some segue to other boards and
8:03 commissions
8:05 and um some
8:07 uh look for other
8:08 either elected seats like our council or
8:11 for for other service opportunities
8:14 um in this case uh we're looking for
8:16 more flexibility for the park board and
8:19 what we found when we were doing
8:21 interviews before you before you leave
8:22 that slide could you go back just for a
8:24 second
8:27 just as someone that struggles with
8:29 colors i'm
8:30 somewhat colorblind
8:32 trying to tell like what the little
8:34 colors are on the bottom matching up you
8:37 walked your way through it but
8:39 the red and the green and the gray are
8:41 all pretty much the same to me
8:46 so i mean i i got it you don't need to
8:48 clip as you walk through it i'm just
8:50 saying going forward
8:51 you know
8:53 sometimes just be aware colorblind is an
8:55 issue and
8:57 absolutely debate the data may not get
9:00 transferred so
9:03 yeah is there is there any of these that
9:05 you want me to refer back to no i just
9:08 like
9:09 red and green are very common and
9:11 they're the hardest to see
9:13 so got it
9:15 thank you
9:16 you bet
9:20 so um
9:22 with creating that flexibility the
9:25 interview panel recommendation um that
9:29 took place
9:30 uh just a few weeks ago recommended that
9:32 we increase your number of alternates
9:34 from two to three
9:36 and
9:38 the intent is to provide more
9:39 flexibility to be used when needed so
9:42 the keyword is up to
9:44 and in this case you have up to two
9:46 alternates that you can appoint
9:48 we're looking to increase that to three
9:51 and
9:52 um you wouldn't necessarily have to use
9:54 that every year it's just there um
9:57 for
9:58 depending on the applications and the
10:00 expertise pool that you had in front of
10:01 you so the mayor's receptive to this
10:05 increase and i've drafted an ordinance
10:07 that would make that happen
10:09 and we can have that happen at the july
10:11 5th meeting
10:12 i wanted to alert you of that
10:15 again we think it provides some
10:16 flexibility we see some of our other
10:18 boards and commissions have more than
10:21 two members as well so this is
10:22 consistent with our practices
10:27 and i'm going to stop sharing and see if
10:29 i can answer any questions
10:32 there we go
10:34 tina can i add a couple of thoughts
10:37 absolutely thank you so much tina for
10:39 for joining us um
10:41 you know um
10:43 this is really a continuation of the
10:45 conversation we had last may or last
10:47 month
10:48 not last may
10:50 just last month at the may meeting
10:53 and hearing from all of you that there
10:55 was interest in having that added
10:57 flexibility for the alternate positions
11:00 tina again thank you so much what i'm
11:02 hearing is
11:04 uh the the amendment the necessary
11:06 flexibility is really within the city
11:08 code
11:09 um you and the clerk's office are
11:11 prepared to take that as you've talked
11:13 with the mayor that amendment forward
11:16 as of right now
11:18 the rules and regulations
11:20 that the park board has doesn't really
11:22 need to be amended it already has that
11:25 flexibility
11:27 uh to have those alternate positions
11:29 change so the more immediate action
11:31 and i'm just i'm saying this to i guess
11:33 connect the dots to our conversation
11:35 last month um park board members um is
11:38 to make this amendment to go forward to
11:40 city council
11:43 thus giving that ability to
11:45 have an additional alternate
11:47 that could serve
11:49 either at the beginning of a term or or
11:51 the end of a term
11:57 thanks again tina
12:00 thank you um i guess we'll open it up to
12:02 any discussion any concerns from uh
12:05 any
12:06 park board members uh with regards to
12:11 the additional alternate brad
12:17 tina how how is this legacy
12:19 uh position going to lay into this is
12:23 that is that going to be within the
12:24 alternates and then renamed or
12:27 could you explain how that's moving
12:29 forward
12:30 yeah our alternate seats have a simple
12:33 definition they serve in the absence of
12:34 regular members and then we use them in
12:37 a variety of ways so we look for
12:40 opportunities to promote we look for
12:42 opportunities to
12:45 help our boards and commissions and have
12:47 our long serving members transition to
12:49 alternates so they can help our boards
12:52 um in its leadership
12:55 um but we don't call it out as a
12:57 separate title
13:00 nor do we list it as a as a unique item
13:03 we've been we've been doing this for for
13:06 many years
13:07 council policy has been in place since
13:09 84 and i think the last time we updated
13:12 it in front of council was in 2006
13:15 and it's still
13:17 the way that we
13:19 either limit a term
13:23 use an alternate or use a promotion are
13:26 all consistent
13:29 so there's really no
13:31 change other than to
13:32 recommend adding one i guess i mean so
13:35 essentially the term of legacy doesn't
13:38 exist or isn't going to exist
13:40 uh it exists in the sense of how we've
13:43 been using alternates
13:46 it and just reiterates the importance of
13:48 having that flexibility but it's not a
13:50 standalone seat no
13:53 so what i hear you saying tina is
13:55 perhaps you know
13:56 operationally the park board could could
13:59 you know
14:01 when needed if one of those positions is
14:03 sort of uh filling that role of
14:05 longevity
14:07 sort of seen as it's in a legacy role
14:09 operationally but it doesn't need to
14:11 necessarily or hasn't been
14:13 codified as a definition
14:16 legacy right yeah
14:19 i hope that helps brad
14:24 i'm new to the concept and i wonder if
14:26 you could remind me
14:28 one uh how long is a term as an
14:31 alternate
14:32 and two are they uh sent the full park
14:36 board meeting agenda every month
14:38 regardless of whether or not they'll be
14:39 attending
14:41 yeah alternate seats are typically
14:46 staggered
14:47 they're for two year terms but if
14:49 someone leaves a seat midterm
14:52 the the incumbent
14:54 fills out the remainder of the term so
14:56 someone could have a shorter duration
14:58 but when the seat is
15:00 at its
15:01 start at its newest it's for our full
15:04 year term
15:05 and i saw director watley nodding his
15:08 head yes they're part of all the agendas
15:11 the part of the email distribution group
15:13 other part of trainings they're
15:15 encouraged to be at all meetings
15:17 um we really want
15:19 them to be
15:20 up to speed and and and a participant of
15:23 the
15:24 board thank you
15:35 any other comments with regards to the
15:38 alternate positions
15:44 danielle
15:47 i'll just share um historically on our
15:50 board
15:52 at least during my tenure the alternate
15:54 position has been used primarily to kind
15:57 of onboard a new member and has been for
16:00 people who are new to the board and then
16:02 often
16:03 after that term is up they'll apply for
16:05 a regular position so this is a change
16:08 well it sounds like this legacy concept
16:11 has
16:13 been perhaps um
16:15 used in the city for other boards i
16:18 you know like it this is a change for
16:20 our board um
16:22 so so just for for what it's worth
16:25 yes i i recognize it feels different
16:27 yeah for the parks board yep
16:32 and also i just made a comment in the
16:34 chat uh just your or or the language
16:36 that you had up on the board it said
16:38 that um when you were look you had some
16:41 highlighted language that said there
16:43 would be two members and we would say up
16:45 to two members and we changed it to up
16:47 to three and i just was wondering if we
16:50 should be saying
16:51 may be appointed and instead of shall be
16:53 appointed since the whole concept is
16:56 optional
16:57 but
16:58 yeah for you i think it's the up to
17:02 um is already provides you the
17:04 flexibility to go from from two to three
17:07 currently the only language that we'd be
17:09 changing
17:10 is the um
17:12 is the number from two to three but were
17:14 you suggesting some additional language
17:16 i was suggesting that it's i we don't
17:18 have that whole the whole paragraph
17:20 there but i was just suggesting that uh
17:23 perhaps shall shouldn't be used it
17:24 should be may
17:28 all right i'll look at the link because
17:29 yeah just look at the language may would
17:32 allow you to have like zero
17:34 shell might make you think that you need
17:35 to have
17:36 but there might be a requirement for at
17:38 least one
17:39 all right i'll look and see it's wording
17:41 against our other boards that's a good
17:43 point thank you
17:52 all right thank you danielle any other
17:55 comments
18:00 so zach hearing no other comments just
18:02 to close and and um
18:04 again thank you tina it sounds like that
18:08 council action will
18:10 be going to council likely in july i'll
18:12 certainly keep all of you informed um
18:15 under director's report i'll also give
18:17 an update on
18:18 the recent park board recruitment and
18:20 some of the interviews that took place
18:23 um we'll make sure any and all of those
18:26 council amendments coincide with
18:30 any of our upcoming park board
18:32 appointments
18:33 thanks again tina
18:36 thank you
18:40 all right so i think uh next we'll be
18:43 moving on to wayfinding and city signage
18:48 jennifer's presentation
18:52 amy can you provide me a presentation
18:55 abilities
19:01 um i also noticed that there is someone
19:02 that has joined us by phone as an
19:05 attendee do you want to
19:08 check in with that person is that
19:10 something you guys would normally do or
19:11 since public comment has passed do you
19:13 want to just
19:16 we have that flexibility zach would you
19:18 like to
19:19 check and see if there's public comment
19:20 at this time
19:22 sure yes i think we can see if there's
19:24 any public comments
19:26 okay caller i'm going to unmute
19:34 hi caller if you want to identify
19:36 yourself let us know if you want to
19:38 speak for public comments
19:41 yeah well i wasn't going to but then i i
19:44 heard that whole last thing this is
19:46 connie marsh
19:47 and
19:48 that makes sense cm that's that
19:55 having dealt with all the boards and
19:57 missions for many many years this
19:59 concept of legacy
20:03 not a concept that you ever hear in
20:05 boards and commissions
20:08 and
20:10 and how the boards and commissions are
20:13 filled
20:18 well it was presented as if it's sort of
20:20 status quo i have never seen it happen
20:25 i like the legacy concept and i think it
20:29 adds a plushness so i would actually
20:32 suggest not that you've already not let
20:35 it go i would actually suggest
20:38 that
20:40 you add it
20:43 the definitions and the language to be
20:45 sure that it is considered
20:48 as board members are moved along in all
20:51 boards and commissions and the parks
20:53 board so
20:55 uh what 20 years 25 years of watching
20:58 all boards and commissions you all are
21:00 the first time i have ever heard the
21:03 term legacy or talked about the concept
21:06 of legacy so i just wanted to add
21:08 another perspective thank you
21:12 thank you connie
21:15 thanks honey i'm just gonna put you back
21:16 on mute now if that's okay
21:22 hope you did it yourself
21:23 thank you
21:28 and before or as jen is getting the
21:31 sharing capabilities i just want to give
21:33 a shout out and thank you amy dukes our
21:35 arts coordinator here in the department
21:37 is serving as host tonight so thank you
21:39 amy for
21:41 joining the park board this evening oh
21:43 thanks for having me
21:48 jen are you all set it looks like you
21:50 are
21:51 yep
21:52 okay
21:53 good to go
21:59 can everyone see that
22:01 and hear me
22:02 yes all right super
22:05 um hi i'm jennifer fink park planner and
22:08 project administrator with the city and
22:11 i am here to provide an update
22:13 on our city
22:15 wide wayfinding and city signage
22:22 successful wayfinding is a signage
22:25 system that allows us to
22:28 navigate throughout a city
22:31 um using
22:33 various modes of transportation and
22:36 iconography to allow for
22:39 successful movement and reaching one's
22:42 destination
22:43 also provides some identity
22:46 this is a picture of
22:48 different types of signs that you would
22:50 see in a successful signage system
22:55 you can see there's a hierarchy of signs
22:57 we go from gateway monument signage to
23:00 trail bicycle
23:01 gateway signage vehicular signage
23:04 pedestrian
23:05 signage
23:07 park signage and yes we know there's a
23:09 typo on this this is a very old graphic
23:11 i don't have the ability to fix so
23:14 just letting you know
23:15 um trailhead signage as well as some
23:19 facility signage
23:21 um successful signage also has
23:23 consistent
23:26 aesthetics color scale materials
23:29 legibility
23:30 um they're in
23:32 the same type of locations in different
23:35 areas so people understand and can read
23:37 them
23:39 also the frequency of signs you know
23:41 making sure that signs get you to a
23:43 destination and they don't drop off or
23:46 leave you hanging is wondering
23:48 at a decision point which way to go
23:51 but the sign also provides some context
23:54 and
23:55 information on your destinations and for
23:57 our purposes we're really looking at the
23:59 civic
24:00 park and trailhead
24:03 areas but also local attractions like
24:05 which direction is old town
24:10 here are a few examples of city gateway
24:13 signage that you can find in and around
24:16 this area
24:18 as we
24:20 started working on this project we
24:21 started taking a look at what types of
24:24 signage is currently existing
24:26 out in the
24:27 pacific northwest landscape and other
24:30 areas
24:31 in the region that are very popular and
24:34 well known
24:37 there's also various types of vehicular
24:41 and pedestrian oriented signs that you
24:43 might see as you're out and about in
24:45 different
24:47 areas of town
24:52 a little background on how this project
24:54 came to be
24:56 back in 2014
24:58 uh the uh walk and roll plan was adopted
25:02 and
25:03 in that document
25:05 we found that a lot of our existing
25:07 conditions were disconnected
25:10 and so as we
25:12 further explored those in that document
25:16 we identified some priority projects
25:18 which created those connections for both
25:21 pedestrians and bike bicyclists to be
25:23 able to get to their final destinations
25:26 and there was an early very early um
25:29 phased plan for implementation and the
25:32 beginnings of
25:33 funding on that project
25:36 and then as we started in the park
25:39 strategic plan
25:42 wayfinding was identified as
25:45 a priority project
25:47 in the short term that we were going to
25:49 need to address
25:51 citywide as we look at our signage
25:53 systems
25:54 and directions and our
25:57 trail connectivity there's a lot of
26:00 inconsistencies and it was a need that
26:02 we are needing to
26:04 make improvements on um not only for a
26:07 city branding and identity effort but
26:10 to know when you're at a city park or
26:12 trail versus a private park or trail
26:17 and then came along um in 2021 our
26:20 master mobility plan which really looked
26:23 at um
26:24 different goals and policies to help um
26:28 really kind of further launched the
26:31 walk-and-roll plan
26:32 um and looking at you know safety
26:35 quality of life but really multimodal
26:40 transportation and how we can get around
26:42 the city you know does
26:44 you take a bus here and there does
26:45 walking be able to
26:47 uh provide and get you to your next
26:49 connection or
26:51 destination
26:52 but also looking at
26:54 not only walking but bicycling transit
26:57 and automobile
26:59 and all of these are all just a layered
27:01 network
27:03 throughout the city
27:06 as you can see by these pictures these
27:09 are current existing uh city-wide
27:12 facility and wayfinding signs um as you
27:15 can tell
27:16 from the pictures there's no consistency
27:20 in the signage it is very hard to read
27:24 and
27:25 doesn't really always say city of
27:27 issaquah even though issaquah is on
27:29 there it's represented in very
27:31 different fashions
27:34 in some areas we have too much signage
27:36 like this sign in the lower left hand
27:38 corner
27:40 too many words on the sign for it to be
27:42 legible and it's not really in the right
27:44 location so as we look at updating our
27:48 facility signage throughout our
27:50 city wipe system parks and trails uh
27:53 we're also looking at ways that we can
27:55 simplify it and get rid of some of the
27:57 sign clutter that we have existing out
28:00 there like this visitor information
28:02 right in front of another sign um
28:04 creates a very confusing um situation
28:07 and here we have on the left hand side
28:09 as well two different types of science
28:11 which can be really consolidated into
28:13 one and be much more clear
28:15 for a driver
28:17 or a pedestrian
28:20 we want to convey a consistent message
28:24 to visitors and to residents as to how
28:26 to get around town
28:31 so some of our goals and the design
28:33 process um some of this may be familiar
28:36 for
28:37 uh current park board members
28:39 as you've seen this presentation or
28:41 pieces of this several times over the
28:44 last year
28:46 but our project goals as we embarked
28:47 upon the city-wide way finding
28:50 was really to provide a comprehensive
28:52 sys
28:53 facility signage system that builds one
28:55 cohesive identity for issaquah
28:58 wanted to ensure that our
29:01 improvements to connectivity especially
29:03 for those who are walking biking and
29:05 rolling
29:07 and
29:08 also raise the profile for destinations
29:11 for resident residents and visitors so
29:13 like knowing where veterans memorial
29:16 park is or tibbetts valley park or where
29:18 old town
29:20 might be and also
29:22 ensure that residents and visitors can
29:24 find our parks our
29:27 community center the julius bone pool
29:29 and also areas where they might be able
29:31 to gather
29:35 our approach with our consultant team
29:39 really was
29:41 had a lot of different goals one of it
29:43 is we wanted it to be seamless we wanted
29:46 to improve the connectivity we wanted to
29:48 it to be consistent across various modes
29:51 of travel whether you're taking a bus or
29:53 future light rail or
29:55 are walking or you're driving a vehicle
29:57 making sure that all the signage is
29:59 where it needs to be and get you where
30:00 you need to go
30:02 we also needed to
30:04 incorporate
30:05 the city's
30:07 branding and identity colors
30:10 we're also using
30:13 national standards the
30:16 mutcd and ashtoe in the signage system
30:19 which are transportation guidance which
30:21 require reflectivity
30:23 um making sure that the letters are
30:25 legible
30:27 and making sure we're being consistent
30:28 and also you in some of our signage
30:30 we're using iconography and making sure
30:32 that that is consistent across all of
30:34 our different sign types
30:37 i've already
30:38 spoke a little bit about the
30:39 predictability how important it is to
30:42 know
30:43 that when you see those signs it is
30:45 going to get you where you need to go
30:46 but also knowing where to look the
30:49 signs or where they may be located
30:52 and inclusivity
30:54 we want to make sure that this is
30:55 accessible for
30:57 those with visual impairments as well as
30:59 visitors
31:01 regardless of our abilities and
31:03 especially for our residents
31:06 and um again i
31:09 learned habits that once you know your
31:11 way um you can easily get there again
31:13 and again and it also
31:16 signage can is likely to encourage
31:18 people to use alternate modes of
31:20 transportation that they may not have
31:22 previously
31:23 felt comfortable doing
31:25 so they know where they're going
31:28 and also
31:30 not everything can have a sign as i've
31:32 mentioned we're trying to reduce sign
31:33 clutter so being really intentional
31:35 with what information is on that sign
31:38 and where it's located
31:42 some of our considerations as you know
31:44 issaquah this black graphic
31:46 has many neighborhoods and we also have
31:50 in this
31:51 colored inset here that is our
31:54 creative
31:55 district which overlays several
31:57 different neighborhoods
31:58 um one of the considerations as we
32:01 approach this project is how down the
32:03 road might we acknowledge each of those
32:06 neighborhoods in different districts and
32:08 their unique context and identity so
32:10 i'll speak more to that a little later
32:12 but also we've got existing
32:14 infrastructure
32:16 and future infrastructure that's going
32:18 to be coming and how does this
32:20 wayfinding play into future changes let
32:22 alone current changes and current
32:25 conditions
32:27 and future destinations
32:30 maybe there isn't a playground at this
32:32 location now but maybe in the future how
32:34 could we
32:36 get people there safely
32:39 also available funding we have capital
32:43 funds available for some of this
32:45 implementation and the different
32:47 strategies we'll use
32:49 in getting that accomplished
32:54 again just to a quick recap here some of
32:57 our approach was making sure we're
32:59 integrating multiple modes of
33:02 movement and transportation making sure
33:04 that there's um
33:06 decision making and getting people where
33:08 they want to go and providing local
33:11 distinction whether it be for a
33:13 neighborhood or a district
33:15 but also we're designing for all
33:18 prioritizing safe routes
33:20 and making sure that the signage is
33:23 legible
33:24 and also making sure that we're implying
33:27 a good system of signage to be able to
33:31 make sure that our we can maintain it
33:35 that it's easily produced and that it
33:37 can be
33:38 [Music]
33:40 well implemented not only for today but
33:42 over the long run
33:46 some of our parameters as we addressed
33:49 this
33:50 were some of our guiding principles was
33:52 really to create a timeless and simple
33:54 design for um
33:56 the wayfinding and signage system
33:58 wanted to keep it natural but yet modern
34:01 theme
34:02 um wanted to have contrast so the
34:05 science are legible and easy to read
34:08 also making sure that there's durable
34:10 materials that are easy to
34:12 maintain and keep up we worked with our
34:15 public works staff
34:17 also
34:19 making sure that the different
34:21 typologies
34:22 throughout time are still consistent and
34:25 legible
34:26 using universal fonts and iconography
34:30 and making sure that not only are we
34:32 getting people in town we also send a
34:34 lot of people out of town up into our
34:36 hills and to our first hillsides and so
34:38 making sure that as you come into the
34:40 city you know your ways but you also
34:42 know your ways as you should migrate out
34:45 of the city as well
34:48 so some of our public engagement as we
34:51 approach this project was really um
34:55 really
34:57 exciting we had a lot of voices
35:00 and within all of those different voices
35:02 uh we've been able to build consensus
35:05 and
35:06 we have our design team which was not
35:08 only city staff but it was a consultant
35:10 team it was
35:14 other city staff in our planning
35:15 department making sure sign code changes
35:18 were integrated into this our public
35:20 works um and our other park staff
35:23 but we also worked
35:25 great with a steering group that was
35:27 really a sounding board for a lot of our
35:28 work and also the community
35:32 is a real it was so
35:34 so instrumental in getting our
35:37 design to where it is today
35:41 our steering group was
35:43 made up of not only some few city staff
35:46 members but there was representation
35:47 from the park board economic vitality
35:50 commission chamber of commerce visitors
35:52 club downtown squad association
35:56 had advocacy from uh department of
35:59 natural resources and as well as our
36:01 arts and cultures group
36:03 and this group really um was a sounding
36:06 board
36:08 because they all come from very
36:09 different perspectives and different
36:11 interests and how
36:13 wayfinding can really help
36:15 boost
36:16 energy but also
36:18 enhance everyone's needs
36:22 some of our process
36:24 this is a very busy sign and i'm not
36:26 gonna
36:26 slide and i'm not gonna read through all
36:28 of it but just wanted to let you know uh
36:31 we did some background research we came
36:33 up with some preliminary designs we
36:35 worked with our
36:36 steering group
36:38 worked with our citywide community
36:40 engagement toolkit
36:42 uh we went back to the steering group we
36:44 refined the design we
36:47 again went out
36:48 we did it early last may
36:51 did
36:52 public engagement which i'll talk a
36:54 little bit more about
36:55 um we took all that feedback and we kept
36:58 going back to the steering group with
37:00 additional design work we also updated
37:04 parks ford several times last year the
37:06 arts commission
37:08 all till we got to a point of a
37:11 preferred
37:12 design
37:13 that preferred design is um
37:16 i'll be sharing with you tonight but
37:19 we're also putting it into a
37:22 final plan which will
37:25 help us with the long-term
37:26 implementation of wayfinding throughout
37:29 the city
37:31 we're also going to be constructing some
37:33 prototypes
37:34 getting those out to the community and
37:36 we're also going to be creating
37:38 construction documents and standards
37:40 that as we continue to implement this we
37:43 can put these signs out for bid and get
37:45 them implemented
37:51 um again
37:53 multiple uh stakeholders internal
37:56 steering groups community members city
37:58 staff and
38:00 you know again one of the key things
38:02 that came out is modern clean lines
38:05 wanting to make sure that issaquah's
38:07 unique setting and topography was
38:10 represented
38:11 uh tiger cougar and squawk mountains uh
38:14 lake samanish too
38:16 but also you know with the vegetation in
38:19 the area making sure that it changed
38:21 with the seasons and was reflective of
38:24 the natural earth-toned environment
38:28 our early public engagement last may you
38:31 may recall we had signs and online
38:34 survey out for several weeks
38:37 we went through email social media
38:39 outdoors
38:40 had outdoor signage in 12 different
38:43 locations and
38:45 really asked on these four different
38:47 concepts you see on the right side
38:50 some various questions that were really
38:52 open-ended
38:54 for the community to provide feedback
38:56 asking them what the
38:58 for and we asked these same questions
38:59 for each four sign types you know
39:03 which one do you like the composition on
39:05 the color scheme what about the
39:07 aesthetics of the sign materials and
39:09 finish integration of art and does this
39:12 reflect issaquah and we have one of our
39:14 largest survey responses we've ever had
39:17 with over 1300
39:19 respondents the feedback was tremendous
39:22 and really truly fed
39:26 the next phase of design on these signs
39:30 and again i mentioned uh we had had
39:31 previous park board meetings uh
39:34 these are some that we brought uh
39:37 updated you on last year back in march
39:39 and august and september
39:41 i had forgotten the march date in your
39:43 packet so please know but they are all
39:46 the updates are posted on
39:48 the city's website
39:51 so where we are with the design
39:56 um we have come to a refined
40:00 suite of science that
40:03 we feel reflects all of the needs and
40:05 the community feedback that has been
40:07 given
40:08 really building this consensus um
40:11 this was shown to you at the most recent
40:15 meeting
40:16 um but this is a suite of science that
40:18 we're
40:19 is the preferred design
40:21 and we will be sharing this with the
40:23 community soon
40:25 as we look at the suite of signs i will
40:28 show you some pictures as to how they
40:29 might get implemented and where they
40:31 might get implemented
40:33 earlier i mentioned that some of our
40:35 neighborhoods and special districts may
40:37 have some iconography that would
40:39 identify them that would be a future you
40:41 can see here on some of these major
40:43 directional routes or a regional trail
40:46 where some of that future
40:48 art could be integrated as a finial on
40:51 top of these polls
40:52 to help provide some further recognition
40:54 for different neighborhoods or districts
40:58 but we also have monument and gateway
41:00 signage
41:01 we have
41:03 vertical signage where there might be
41:04 more narrow right-of-ways and also some
41:06 waterfront or regional tropics
41:09 we've got trailhead signage in various
41:12 forms
41:13 even some urban trail signage and you
41:15 can see there's some of that universal
41:17 iconography
41:18 lot to help identify for folks where
41:22 um what activities are
41:25 permitted on those uh
41:27 trails and
41:29 recreational spaces we also have park
41:31 signage some facility signage and some
41:34 facility directional signage as well as
41:37 a facade signage
41:39 in our final plans and document
41:42 specifications we're coming up with all
41:44 the different material lists so whether
41:46 it's now or three years down the road
41:49 we'll be able to get things reproduced
41:51 and make them consistent
41:56 knowing where people want to go and how
41:58 they're getting there was one of our key
42:02 steps as we started this process and we
42:04 worked very closely with the steering
42:06 group as to where people wanted to go
42:09 when they get into town
42:12 and we also
42:15 looked at um our trails and
42:18 did photo simulations of this preferred
42:20 design how it would look out in the
42:21 environment and here you can see two
42:23 different types of trail head and trail
42:26 signage as well as our park signage
42:30 and here's a map of where those
42:32 different signs would be located and
42:34 this will all be included in our final
42:36 planning documents so don't feel
42:40 these are written in stone because they
42:42 still could change or have different
42:43 edits but this is also where our park
42:46 sign and location map is going to be you
42:48 can see that there's quite a few
42:50 and it's going to take us a while to get
42:52 all of these implemented over time
42:57 here's a
42:58 photo simulation of the city facility
43:01 signage um the directional signage would
43:04 be if you walk into
43:06 a parking lot or a secondary entrance to
43:09 a facility
43:10 there may be a primary
43:12 facility sign but also as you get to the
43:14 building here's a building site and what
43:16 that might look like
43:18 mounted
43:20 here's just a map of all of our
43:23 different city facility sign locations
43:26 and the different science
43:28 signs that will be
43:31 implemented on those different
43:32 facilities
43:35 and some of our gateway signage
43:37 photo simulations of what these were
43:39 some of our monument signs will be lit
43:42 so they will have a little um
43:44 a little more depth and dimension and be
43:46 visible at night
43:48 in these different areas
43:50 and you can see here at a roundabout but
43:53 also in a vertical signage this is one
43:55 of the main access
43:57 points as you just come into esqua off
43:59 of i-90 but also here is a regional
44:02 regional trail
44:04 gateway sign
44:06 i sounded liked beauty bird there
44:08 signed to be able to
44:10 enter the city should you be a commuter
44:15 and also we have
44:17 a map that shows the different gateways
44:20 and we also have
44:22 major gateways that are from boat or
44:25 pedestrian and bicycle and so
44:27 identifying where some of those signs
44:29 would go was really important for us
44:34 and we worked to really figure out this
44:36 is really kind of implementing some of
44:37 that work that was done with not only
44:39 the
44:40 walk and roll plan but also
44:43 park strategic plan and the
44:46 master mobility plan what are those
44:48 major routes and directional areas that
44:51 are really um
44:52 for people to move throughout the city
44:54 and so identifying those and really
44:57 identifying where those major decision
44:59 points would be i know this looks
45:01 somewhat simple some of these different
45:03 dots might actually represent signs on
45:05 four different corners this is a
45:07 simplified version
45:09 of that mapping
45:13 and also took a look at
45:16 bike pedestrian facility signage and how
45:18 we can make improvements on that and
45:21 identified some of the regional routes
45:23 versus some of the existing shared use
45:26 paths and bike lanes
45:29 and here's some photo simulations of
45:32 the trail and shared use path over here
45:34 on the left adjacent to the rainier
45:36 trail
45:37 then also what a major route directional
45:40 sign might be
45:41 as you are driving through the city
45:46 as far as our next steps uh we are in
45:49 process of
45:50 creating that's at the fabrication shop
45:53 right now some prototypes we will be
45:56 setting those out
45:58 along the rainier trail at the community
46:00 center for the community to take a look
46:02 at as well as have some signs
46:05 in the 12 different locations we did
46:06 earlier last may when we did a survey
46:10 asking people for their feedback on the
46:12 final preferred science once you can
46:14 like actually take it look at them touch
46:16 and feel them and make sure that
46:19 they really are what um
46:22 works for for everyone
46:24 we'll also be working on finalizing the
46:26 wayfinding and signage plan
46:29 and then also
46:31 we hope to start our first phase of
46:33 wayfinding implementation and get
46:35 construction document specifications um
46:38 created i get this fall and
46:41 out to bid
46:43 and
46:44 implementation of this
46:46 is really going to be
46:47 a multi-year project
46:50 as we
46:51 can see through all the different
46:52 mapping that i showed you it's going to
46:54 take quite some time to get this
46:56 implemented
46:59 and with that
47:00 that is the end of my presentation i'd
47:02 be happy to
47:04 answer any questions
47:10 thank you jennifer any
47:12 comments
47:15 brad
47:18 thanks jan looks good i just have two
47:20 questions or comments
47:22 um is it only the facilities or just to
47:26 clarify is that the facilities that will
47:28 actually have an address at the bottom
47:30 with the salmon emblem
47:33 yes so it'll be park signage and
47:36 facility signage that will be addressed
47:39 and it's more for emergency response
47:42 so people know um
47:44 you know the julius phone pool will
47:46 obviously
47:47 confluence park will have an address um
47:49 so all of those different facilities
47:51 will trails will not
47:54 and there was some talk through the
47:56 process about whether or not the salmon
47:59 emblem would stay or not and what's the
48:01 status of that so that will be on some
48:04 signs it'll be on more the city facility
48:07 signage and park signage and some of the
48:09 trail signage
48:11 the bigger more expensive signs they
48:14 will be actually
48:16 a separate item that can then should it
48:18 ever change be removed and add it back
48:23 so we don't have to reproduce the entire
48:25 sign
48:26 should that change
48:29 and
48:30 do you have a any kind of a priority
48:32 schedule at all in terms of
48:35 you know which signs you know you want
48:37 to focus on first
48:39 we do for this phase one implementation
48:42 we'll be doing signage along the rainier
48:44 trail at the issaquah community center
48:47 pickering barn
48:49 and
48:52 i think that's it
48:54 right now
48:55 and then my last
48:56 question would be you mentioned
48:58 multi-year any any sense at all in terms
49:01 of how you know what that might amount
49:04 to you know
49:05 five years ten years ten years what do
49:07 you think
49:10 that's a very good question and i think
49:12 it all kind of comes down to funding in
49:13 our last capital program it was adopted
49:16 as 200 000 a year for implementation
49:19 but we'll have to see what that looks
49:20 like
49:21 knowing as we've kind of worked through
49:24 this process knowing there's kind of a
49:25 big lift and getting a design package
49:27 together to be able to take that out
49:29 to bid
49:31 we're looking at maybe doing that one
49:33 year and doing a full
49:35 more large implementation in a sec of
49:38 the following year
49:40 so you're not having to always spend
49:42 that design money getting a package put
49:44 together
49:46 but it could take several years
49:48 to be able to get it but it also you
49:50 know goes along with the funding and how
49:52 much financial support there is
49:55 for that implementation so uh
49:58 how long i can't really quite answer
50:00 that directly but we do have a good plan
50:03 for at least um
50:05 starting a few uh park and trail
50:07 opportunities and
50:09 show that gain interest
50:10 hopefully we could do additional
50:12 implementation
50:14 i mean is there any kind of a focus at
50:16 all on signage where
50:19 it's intended and not currently any
50:21 signage as being an element of priority
50:24 of course of course and you know
50:27 but also we want to be able to get
50:30 people through a consistent area so
50:32 as we start looking rainier trail is
50:35 pretty consistent right now um as we go
50:38 from you know the three trails crossing
50:40 to second avenue uh how we can get that
50:43 signed uh we're not leaving any gaps but
50:46 as we start doing some of our other
50:48 destinations we'll really need to take a
50:50 really close look as to where we are in
50:52 some planning processes trail
50:54 connectivity are there gaps are we able
50:57 to complete that destination because you
50:58 don't always want to just start
51:00 a trail sign
51:03 unless you can finish getting someone
51:04 either passed through an intersection or
51:07 to a destination at the other end where
51:09 they can have ample decision-making
51:12 ability as well so we're really going to
51:14 have to take a close look at some of
51:16 that signage
51:18 maybe the next phase might be a little
51:20 heavier focused on a few parks you know
51:23 we have blackberry park oh that's
51:25 another one that's coming up with
51:27 blackberry park that'll be in this phase
51:28 one implementation too since that'll be
51:31 under a new um development um but as
51:34 parks get redeveloped we'll add new
51:36 signage there
51:37 um facilities should facilities change
51:40 you know we could work a few on those as
51:42 we work on some of our transportation
51:44 and multimodal areas so it's work in
51:47 progress and that's the benefit of
51:48 having
51:50 a full planning document is that
51:52 we can always go back and figure out
51:54 what our next step is going to be
51:56 whether it's
51:57 from community voice or council voice
52:00 we don't have it all planned out down
52:02 the road past our first phase right now
52:06 thank you jan you're welcome
52:09 brenda i think i saw your hand
52:11 i was just going to say thank you i
52:13 remember the last time we saw this the
52:14 mountains were brown and you've changed
52:16 those and they're much brighter and
52:18 and uh
52:21 is never represented by brown mountain
52:23 so that was big improvement
52:25 the bra the brown sky kind of got me
52:29 that doesn't seem warm and welcoming i'm
52:32 kind of surprised at the brown sky and i
52:34 know part of it is visualization and so
52:35 that you can see things better
52:37 but
52:38 it seems like a brighter cheerier sky
52:40 might be nice
52:41 yeah
52:42 that was some of the comments too but it
52:44 you know as we went through and um
52:47 i hope this sign
52:49 is representation because when we asked
52:51 some of those open-ended questions uh
52:53 from the survey
52:55 even though someone might have had a
52:56 negative comment it was still very
52:58 helpful as to why
53:00 why did they not prefer the black sign
53:02 or why was the orange you know a lot of
53:05 people like that orange tone because it
53:07 felt like nature it felt like trees and
53:09 so there's also i got a smog
53:12 yes
53:15 a little more literal but um
53:17 hopefully this you know we know we
53:20 cannot always please everyone but
53:22 hopefully everyone can see little pieces
53:24 of what it is they liked of every sign
53:26 type i'm very happy
53:29 from the brown mountains yes
53:32 well good i'm glad you can see that
53:37 tim
53:40 yeah thanks jennifer it's great
53:42 presentation and uh i really look
53:44 forward to seeing those signs you get
53:46 put up
53:48 i noticed you showed a lot of maps with
53:50 a lot of dots on them
53:52 about how many
53:54 total are we talking about do you have a
53:57 number for that
53:58 i do but i don't have it right before me
54:01 i'm sorry but it will be in the final
54:03 plan
54:05 okay yeah
54:07 um and so my second question some cost
54:10 estimates from there as well
54:12 right my second question is more sort of
54:14 aspirational or sort of forward-looking
54:16 and
54:17 i saw that on one slide there was
54:19 something about some digital
54:22 integration um
54:24 and
54:25 i'm thinking that everyone is using
54:27 their phones to follow along on maps to
54:30 get from here to there
54:32 uh is there uh
54:35 was there consideration or is it just
54:37 outside the scope of the project
54:39 to have sort of a digital map of
54:42 issaquah that you can use to navigate
54:44 your way around the city
54:47 that's a great question and definitely
54:49 something we have talked about it is
54:52 outside this existing scope of this
54:54 project this really was just focused on
54:56 the sign
54:57 type in the family of science that would
54:59 be implemented
55:01 but um
55:02 right now on our trails map that has a
55:04 digital
55:05 location so you're able to download that
55:07 and digitally locate yourself
55:10 we've also talked about with our
55:11 communications team how we might
55:14 do some of that we're in the midst of a
55:15 trails map update right now
55:18 but a lot of that different integration
55:21 is going to take more resources
55:23 in order to get that implemented but
55:25 it's definitely something that we've
55:27 talked about and recognized um
55:30 but we'll just have to see where that
55:31 goes
55:33 okay great thank you
55:36 danielle
55:40 um i just wanted to share that i also
55:42 had the same reaction as brenda so i was
55:44 happy with
55:46 the mountains not no longer being the
55:48 rust colored but um
55:50 felt that the signs it looked to me that
55:52 the signs that were going to be at parks
55:55 were going to be predominantly
55:58 you know the the brown and at least in
56:00 the the mock-ups that were kind of shown
56:02 and um
56:04 to me that's just it seems like we they
56:06 should be blue or green or some sort of
56:08 you know
56:10 kind of more
56:11 happier nature color than
56:14 than like burnt out grass anyway that
56:16 was just my impression
56:19 look forward to seeing
56:21 the real ones what was that i was just
56:23 gonna say that that picture of the uh
56:25 blackberry park there will be new grass
56:27 and there will be plantings around the
56:29 sign as we do that so um it won't look
56:32 quite so
56:33 yeah so yeah anyway and then the other
56:35 thing um yeah the other
56:38 point and i think i bring this up every
56:40 time we we talk about this but um i
56:42 really think that the city
56:44 that it would be helpful
56:46 um for the city to re-evaluate some of
56:49 the park names
56:51 give names to different types of parks
56:53 so like an athletic facility and a park
56:57 versus like um maybe
56:59 like a natural area that doesn't have
57:01 any facilities or really isn't intended
57:03 so we have all these little parks a lot
57:05 of them that maybe don't even don't have
57:07 any amenities and the right time to look
57:11 at that would be before we do this
57:13 um you know spend money on on the signs
57:16 so agreed and at least with our first
57:18 phase of implementation there's no uh
57:21 question on the the names of the
57:23 facilities and the trails so
57:25 we definitely recognize the need to do
57:27 some cleanup um on somewhere yeah that
57:30 would be great
57:31 yeah yep
57:33 thank you
57:37 any other comments concerns
57:41 i guess just so it's in public record
57:43 there are two comments on the colorways
57:45 um if there's any commentary from the
57:48 city on how those colorways were chosen
57:50 i think that would be interesting
57:54 on on which marlene i'm sorry i think
57:57 there was two comments on the feedback
57:58 on sort of the burn the brown
58:01 colorway is there was there like strong
58:03 reasoning behind utilizing those two
58:05 colorways yeah
58:08 yeah in the different um the feedback we
58:10 received from the community comments
58:13 uh there was a lot of uh liking for
58:16 there was one concept that had the two
58:18 mountains um squawk and tiger with mount
58:21 rainier in the background a lot of
58:22 people like that sign and
58:25 as well as the color and then also that
58:27 color was used in another con um
58:29 concept if you go back through on on the
58:32 city webpage for the wayfinding there
58:34 are the
58:36 results of the online survey and you can
58:39 filter through
58:40 some of the comments but we
58:42 very closely looked at every single
58:44 comment and weighed them with some of
58:46 the different feedback some of the
58:48 different ages and i think one of our
58:50 earlier presentations we kind of talked
58:52 through
58:53 um some of the engagement that we had so
58:56 it was really um not a any
58:59 one voice said this this is the reason
59:02 why it's doing it was more collective of
59:05 the different groups and the different
59:06 voices and the different feedback we
59:08 have received because this really has
59:10 been a very slow consensus
59:14 process
59:15 both with the community the steering
59:17 group staff
59:18 and and you as the park board too
59:24 um i think my only uh question with the
59:28 the wayfinding and the signage is um
59:31 how much overlap will there be with for
59:33 instance um the mountainside drive
59:36 trailhead in this glock mountain i
59:38 believe is isoqua city versus the
59:40 sycamore entrance is the state park if i
59:42 recall and also some areas and it's the
59:45 county
59:46 um so will those signs from like the
59:48 county the state park be sort of
59:50 persisting like uh since it's not
59:52 necessarily issaquah
59:56 yeah we
59:57 definitely will work with our partners
59:59 on that we have some areas where there's
1:00:02 both sides next to each other is a
1:00:04 boundary thing there's some where it's
1:00:06 trailhead because it's leads to their
1:00:08 property um we'll work closely with them
1:00:11 to make sure we do have representation
1:00:13 from the department of natural resources
1:00:15 um on the steering group so
1:00:18 understanding the different trails and
1:00:21 our interfaces with that agency is
1:00:23 particularly as we look at some of our
1:00:25 hillsides is
1:00:27 really important but yeah we will
1:00:28 definitely work with them um but this is
1:00:31 really focused on
1:00:32 city assets and city directional so but
1:00:36 as we can work with our neighbors to
1:00:38 help complete directional signs we will
1:00:41 most certainly do so
1:00:45 thank you
1:00:49 all right uh well with no other
1:00:52 comments um i think
1:00:54 we will next move on to
1:00:57 uh the recreation division uh update uh
1:01:00 from brian
1:01:04 hey thank you i'm gonna i'm gonna ask
1:01:06 can everybody hear me okay
1:01:09 cool i'm going to uh ask for amy you're
1:01:12 awesome thank you so much you're way
1:01:13 ahead of me already
1:01:14 thank you for helping out with that
1:01:15 powerpoint appreciate it
1:01:17 um i know most of you but i don't
1:01:19 believe i probably know all of you so
1:01:22 just a real quick introduction i'm brian
1:01:24 bernstein i'm the recreation manager for
1:01:26 the parks and community services
1:01:27 department
1:01:28 and uh this presentation is going to
1:01:30 share with you pretty much everything
1:01:31 that and all the people i get to work
1:01:33 with so it'll be sort of fun um
1:01:35 just put this presentation together so
1:01:37 good news bad news good news is we have
1:01:39 an hour it looks like so
1:01:41 bad news i'm not sure how long this is
1:01:42 going to take i literally just put this
1:01:43 information together so you're getting
1:01:45 my first run of this information so i'm
1:01:48 looking forward to sharing with you just
1:01:49 some of this
1:01:52 yeah the uh amy if you don't mind going
1:01:54 to the next slide really quick
1:02:02 amy do you mind going to the next slide
1:02:04 i am trying oh doors
1:02:07 yeah okay hold on one second
1:02:15 hopefully i won't have to do them all
1:02:17 that way but
1:02:19 no thank you so much
1:02:21 i believe that most of you seen the
1:02:22 slide before it's a uh you know it's a
1:02:24 great reminder just kind of what we're
1:02:26 about and what our roles and purposes
1:02:27 you know that we invest i i said i think
1:02:29 this has been shared with you before
1:02:30 this exact slide
1:02:32 you know we invest in places and we
1:02:33 invest in people
1:02:35 um just i always like to start with this
1:02:37 it's a good reminder of just kind of
1:02:38 what we do
1:02:40 uh next slide please amy
1:02:43 oh there we go looks like it's
1:02:45 blowing along smoothly love it
1:02:47 um tonight i'm here to update you on the
1:02:49 division within the parks and community
1:02:50 services department the recreation
1:02:51 services division um the recreation
1:02:54 service division consists of five teams
1:02:56 we have the community center athletics
1:02:58 julius bloom pool senior center and
1:03:00 pickering barn
1:03:03 these are five very different service
1:03:04 types that work collaboratively to
1:03:06 provide recreational services within our
1:03:08 community so very different yet we work
1:03:10 very closely and assist each other in
1:03:12 many numerous different ways amongst
1:03:14 these different teams the recreation
1:03:16 service division is far too large for me
1:03:18 to share all this great things that
1:03:20 these teams do with you and the amount
1:03:22 of time that i have tonight but my goal
1:03:24 tonight is going to be to be able to
1:03:25 give you an overview of these teams and
1:03:27 a deeper understanding of the impact
1:03:29 these teams are having within our
1:03:30 community because i
1:03:32 it's so often that i'm talking with
1:03:34 people within our community that don't
1:03:35 even realize
1:03:37 just what these teams touch and what
1:03:39 they do so with that we'll move on to
1:03:42 the next slide which is our community
1:03:43 center
1:03:46 real quickly with our community center
1:03:47 operations and i'm hoping most of you've
1:03:50 been in the community center if you
1:03:51 haven't would love to have you come
1:03:53 visit us
1:03:54 the community center houses both of our
1:03:57 houses the knee center team but it also
1:03:58 houses our athletic team
1:04:01 and we'll be talking a little about the
1:04:02 athletics team here in a moment um we
1:04:04 have three very beautiful three hardwood
1:04:06 basketball courts we have a fitness room
1:04:08 we have a walking track
1:04:11 drop-in activities of this facility and
1:04:13 we have basketball volleyball pickleball
1:04:15 there's court rentals
1:04:17 an important part of this facility too
1:04:19 is it is uh it's part of the city's
1:04:21 emergency management plan
1:04:24 the recreation service division is
1:04:25 responsible for coordinating the
1:04:27 provision of mass care sheltering and
1:04:29 providing individual assistance for
1:04:31 residents and pets impacted by an
1:04:33 emergency or disaster
1:04:35 and are unable to care for themselves
1:04:37 care for themselves
1:04:39 the community center is a primary
1:04:40 location that would be used in a
1:04:42 situation where sheltering would be
1:04:43 needed and the uh services division as a
1:04:47 whole now all those teams i showed you
1:04:49 earlier
1:04:50 would provide in helping to support the
1:04:52 operations and in the in the event of
1:04:54 emergency
1:04:58 um going into some of our some of these
1:05:00 programs i'll be walking down through
1:05:02 here just like i said we have a lot of
1:05:04 programming but i'm hitting some of the
1:05:06 big hitters that you maybe even have had
1:05:07 your kid you had kids in no people have
1:05:09 kids in them have been to them uh but
1:05:11 i'll quickly go through some of these
1:05:13 and uh one of the ones going on right
1:05:14 now is our summer day camp we just first
1:05:16 full week of summer day camp is this
1:05:19 uniqueness of this program is we ran
1:05:21 this program throughout provide
1:05:24 we did not not run it so that's over the
1:05:26 day camps have ran through covid
1:05:28 the recreation service division offers
1:05:30 day camps as well as works with partners
1:05:32 to provide a wide array of summer day
1:05:34 camp offerings
1:05:35 the camps are provided by our recreation
1:05:37 services team these are programs that we
1:05:39 directly provide that we directly
1:05:41 operate and run
1:05:43 is our mighty mites these are half day
1:05:45 camps serving ages three to five
1:05:48 we have a kinder camp that is a full day
1:05:51 camp serving ages five to six
1:05:54 um camp qua which is uh our largest camp
1:05:57 this is a full day camp serving ages you
1:05:59 know seven to ten these are your second
1:06:01 through fifth graders if you're going by
1:06:02 grades and we also have a really cool
1:06:05 program that's called counselor and
1:06:07 training
1:06:08 and this serves grades 8 through 12.
1:06:11 the counselor and training
1:06:13 is really neat in the sense it's a three
1:06:15 week leadership program
1:06:17 the participants that participate in
1:06:19 this go through an application and
1:06:20 interview process
1:06:22 we choose four to eight cits to
1:06:24 participate in each session
1:06:26 and uh often a number of these cits go
1:06:29 on to be future counselors and one of
1:06:30 the day camps i mentioned above
1:06:35 this year is sort of cool because we
1:06:37 brought back our field trips and pool
1:06:40 visits so for the past two years in
1:06:42 order to meet all the you know to adhere
1:06:43 to covet regulations we weren't able to
1:06:46 field trips and or her pool visits
1:06:49 because you had to keep the distancing
1:06:51 regulations and all that so our staff
1:06:53 had to be really creative in the
1:06:54 activities we were able to do in order
1:06:56 to adhere to
1:06:57 all the various covett regulations that
1:06:59 we had
1:07:01 sort of a fun thing i like to share
1:07:02 about our day camps is one we have great
1:07:05 day camps and it's due to the great
1:07:06 staff that we have and they have a lot
1:07:09 of fun with their names so they every
1:07:11 every day camp staff person has sort of
1:07:13 an altar persona if you will you know
1:07:16 some uh you know they have different
1:07:17 names that they go by like big dog
1:07:19 play-doh firecracker peaches
1:07:22 fern kiwi dizzy
1:07:24 on and on the counselors create a sort
1:07:26 of a whole persona and they are known by
1:07:28 that to their um to all their campers
1:07:30 kind of taboo to use their names so the
1:07:32 campers often don't even know well most
1:07:35 times don't even know the counselor's
1:07:36 real full names
1:07:38 it's just kind of a fun thing they do
1:07:39 with camp and it is something that goes
1:07:41 on year to year and even staff amongst
1:07:43 themselves refer to them themselves as
1:07:46 their camp name rather than their real
1:07:47 names
1:07:49 um our schoolhouse rec program man this
1:07:52 thing was really this is really
1:07:54 unique and neat how this rolled out this
1:07:56 is a full day monday through friday
1:07:58 monday through friday program
1:08:01 that originated and and was run during
1:08:03 covid um this program was developed so
1:08:06 when you covet hit this program was
1:08:08 developed to support parents unable to
1:08:10 to work remotely and that were in need
1:08:12 of child care so we kind of stepped in
1:08:15 that gap and it helped out there
1:08:17 during covid the senior said the
1:08:19 community center staff assisted and
1:08:20 supported youth that were attending
1:08:22 school virtually so
1:08:24 you know well parents were working we
1:08:26 had the kids and you know they had to
1:08:28 attend versus so we were getting them
1:08:29 set up and their laptops and helping
1:08:31 them get through their schooling um
1:08:33 during that time when everything was uh
1:08:35 everything was virtual
1:08:37 coming out of covid and as a youth
1:08:39 returned to school this program
1:08:42 transitioned into a before and after
1:08:43 school care program so we went from the
1:08:45 covent scenario to now becoming before
1:08:49 and after school care program
1:08:50 this program serves as a quite
1:08:53 instagram school district students in
1:08:54 grades k-5
1:08:56 on average it has about 30 youth
1:08:57 enrolled each week in the before and
1:08:59 after school program um
1:09:01 the before and after school program
1:09:02 addresses some of the some of the strain
1:09:04 that like schools like clark and
1:09:05 issaquah valley elementaries have in
1:09:08 providing their before and after school
1:09:09 care because each of those schools has
1:09:11 about 80 kids on their wait list that
1:09:13 want to get into their schools program
1:09:15 but just can't because they're at
1:09:16 maximum capacity so we're able to help a
1:09:18 little bit by taking some of that strain
1:09:20 off their facilities
1:09:22 the school district has been very
1:09:23 supportive and working with us
1:09:26 to to run our program so much so that we
1:09:29 created a bus stop at the community
1:09:31 center where kids from missouri valley
1:09:33 elementary
1:09:35 get dropped off and get picked up here
1:09:37 by the school bus system and go to
1:09:39 school down in the quad valley so that's
1:09:41 kind of a really cool thing that we've
1:09:42 done with the school district and the
1:09:44 clark elementary kids for those who
1:09:46 aren't familiar clark elementary then we
1:09:47 walk them up to the schools just right
1:09:49 behind the issaquah community center
1:09:50 which is where this program
1:09:52 operates
1:09:54 the primary focus of this program is to
1:09:56 provide a fun safe place for kids to
1:09:57 participate in physical and social
1:09:59 activities
1:10:01 we also have a partner that comes out
1:10:03 every wednesday jet city jet city
1:10:05 gymnastics and they uh they provide you
1:10:07 some tumbling fun for the kids in the
1:10:09 schoolhouse rec program
1:10:11 and like i said that's every wednesday
1:10:12 and it's just sort of fun to have a
1:10:13 partner that we work with that comes in
1:10:15 and just provides some extra you know a
1:10:18 little extra physical activity for the
1:10:21 our uh just with enrichment camps and
1:10:24 programs we have a variety of
1:10:27 of just different camps you know lego
1:10:29 engineering robotics arts classes and
1:10:31 camps so those are contracted camps that
1:10:34 we work with other organizations
1:10:36 and they run but we work with them and
1:10:38 oversee the program as it rolls out so
1:10:40 we do keep you know we take and work
1:10:42 with them closely but they are our
1:10:43 partnered programs
1:10:45 um a lot of people don't realize we also
1:10:47 run a preschool
1:10:49 um you know we have a pre you know
1:10:51 preschool is another one of the programs
1:10:53 that we ran throughout covent we did not
1:10:55 not run it um
1:10:56 it was uh our preschool serves ages
1:10:59 three to five-year-olds has two sites we
1:11:02 have one side at the community center
1:11:03 and one site is a vet veterans memorial
1:11:05 park center which is over in veterans
1:11:08 memorial park
1:11:09 um these consistent we have five classes
1:11:11 with 15 students in each class so we
1:11:14 have a pretty robust preschool program
1:11:16 that often a lot of people are not even
1:11:18 familiar with are aware that we have one
1:11:20 the preschool program is community
1:11:22 focused it combines socialization
1:11:24 academics and preparing students for
1:11:26 kindergarten it's everything we do is
1:11:28 getting getting the kids ready for
1:11:29 kindergarten
1:11:31 um community center with special events
1:11:34 our community center team works with a
1:11:36 variety of special events some of them
1:11:37 are i think you probably might have
1:11:39 heard the conscious on the green um
1:11:40 that's that's the big one coming up
1:11:42 right now um july 5th will be the first
1:11:44 concert uh for those that haven't heard
1:11:46 july 12th is gonna be our 200th concert
1:11:49 so we're gonna have a lot of fun with
1:11:50 that one um so yeah since we started
1:11:53 that will be the july 12th will be the
1:11:55 200th concert that we've held out there
1:11:57 on the grain um this year we're happy to
1:11:59 be bringing back beat the heat splash
1:12:02 um we have a valentine's dance that's
1:12:04 coming back this year those dude some of
1:12:07 the regulations that we had to comply
1:12:09 with we couldn't run those the past
1:12:11 couple years
1:12:12 our valentine's day dance very popular
1:12:14 usually we have uh
1:12:16 around 2000 participants pre-covered on
1:12:19 that one
1:12:20 we run a kids triathlon this is an event
1:12:22 run by the youth advisory board so it's
1:12:24 it's a it's a program run by kids for
1:12:28 and this was la it was held on june 5th
1:12:31 just earlier this month and we had 200
1:12:33 plus elementary boys and girls
1:12:35 that participated in that
1:12:37 we also have a large state of mind event
1:12:39 that's done with the youth advisory
1:12:41 board
1:12:42 again
1:12:43 youth run youth led that the event
1:12:45 brings an awareness to behavioral health
1:12:47 and educate and educating the community
1:12:49 members on teen health so it's a really
1:12:52 informative
1:12:53 time for teens to come together and
1:12:55 learn
1:12:56 and to share uh just the issues and
1:12:58 various things occurring around
1:13:00 behavioral health
1:13:02 um before we mention up above a little
1:13:05 bit the youth advisory board um we have
1:13:08 a very robust youth advisory board and
1:13:10 like i said it's it's encouraging youth
1:13:11 leadership and community engagement with
1:13:14 middle school and high schoolers
1:13:16 this upcoming
1:13:17 23-24 year will be the 27th year that
1:13:20 the youth advisory board has been in
1:13:22 existence
1:13:23 this year we have 40 youth participating
1:13:25 from this school district's middle
1:13:27 school and high schools
1:13:29 the youth advisory board provides a
1:13:31 voice within the community youth as uh
1:13:33 youth advisor board has a number of
1:13:34 youth actively engaged in sitting on on
1:13:36 city boards and commissions i you know
1:13:38 we have
1:13:39 had for a number of years i youth
1:13:41 advisory board members sitting on the
1:13:42 park board
1:13:44 this provides the youth the opportunity
1:13:45 to gauge in a professional manner with
1:13:47 adults and provides the adults with the
1:13:49 opportunity to hear from an important
1:13:51 voice in our community
1:13:53 youth advisory member boards are not
1:13:55 just future leaders
1:13:57 they're today's leaders and having an
1:13:58 impact on this squawk community today
1:14:01 i like that that's kind of i got that
1:14:03 from kathy jones who works and has
1:14:05 worked with this group for a long time
1:14:07 and i love how she spun it with them
1:14:09 that they are not just the future
1:14:10 leaders but they're today's leaders and
1:14:12 they're having that impact right now
1:14:16 uh can we jump to the next slide there
1:14:20 i know i'm talking a lot i don't know if
1:14:21 anybody has any questions on the
1:14:22 community on the committee center but
1:14:24 feel free to ask them if you want
1:14:25 otherwise i'll go through and we can do
1:14:27 questions at the end
1:14:30 um our athletics team
1:14:32 is uh responsible for um youth and
1:14:35 all the youth and adult sports programs
1:14:37 they they are all things youth
1:14:40 sports the athletics team is also
1:14:43 responsible for the direct provision of
1:14:45 sports programming as well as working
1:14:47 with partners to provide an array of
1:14:49 athletic opportunities
1:14:52 some of the athletic
1:14:53 athletics directly provided by the team
1:14:55 are this is sort of again
1:14:58 not completely comprehensive but some of
1:15:00 our bigger programs i wanted to share
1:15:02 with you tonight
1:15:04 our youth basketball program
1:15:07 you know this is another program and we
1:15:08 found out time to time again that you
1:15:10 know a lot of people weren't offering
1:15:12 programs during covid
1:15:14 we put in a lot of work and works
1:15:16 closely with king county public health
1:15:18 in order to make sure we were running
1:15:20 things the way we could
1:15:21 and basketball was another one that we
1:15:23 were able to run
1:15:26 each season we did not have a season not
1:15:28 be run because we were able to meet the
1:15:29 requirements of coven and all that um
1:15:32 yeah so just sort of neat to share
1:15:35 this program the youth basketball
1:15:36 program usually has 2 200 youth
1:15:39 participating in it that's 2 200 so it's
1:15:42 a very very large program
1:15:45 two seasons ago
1:15:46 the program ran with 1100 kids
1:15:50 unique in that sense that two years ago
1:15:52 we had to run it in pods right we didn't
1:15:53 have we had pods of about 15 to 20 kids
1:15:57 they would break up the same kids would
1:16:00 play each week the coaches would
1:16:02 officiate we didn't have any officials
1:16:04 so there was no crossing over of
1:16:06 one group to another that if if you did
1:16:08 have an outbreak in anything you could
1:16:10 you could isolate that pod specifically
1:16:13 the season went off very well we didn't
1:16:14 have any and no no issues whatsoever
1:16:17 and everybody was grateful for the
1:16:18 opportunity to get out and play
1:16:21 this past season we had 1500 youth
1:16:23 participating
1:16:25 and that was just it's really exciting
1:16:27 we're seeing the kids coming back and
1:16:28 people are just so thankful for having
1:16:30 the opportunity to play again and get
1:16:31 out and get running around with their
1:16:34 to give you a little bit of the scale of
1:16:36 it the youth basketball program uses 15
1:16:38 elementaries four middle schools and two
1:16:40 high schools and the issaquah community
1:16:42 center to operate so
1:16:44 every saturday during the basketball
1:16:45 season all those facilities have kids in
1:16:48 them playing basketball to accommodate
1:16:50 the number of kids we have playing
1:16:53 this program provides also provides job
1:16:55 job opportunities for over 60 part-time
1:16:57 non-regular employees
1:16:59 most of these are youth you know
1:17:01 anywhere from 14
1:17:02 on up we employ many and numerous uh
1:17:06 young people and a lot of their first
1:17:08 jobs are with us like i said we see that
1:17:10 we do see that as a training program
1:17:11 where we're starting to develop and
1:17:12 implement in them and teach them
1:17:14 leadership skills that carry on to into
1:17:16 their future
1:17:20 volunteering wise with this just
1:17:22 specifically youth basketball the
1:17:24 program engages over 250 community
1:17:26 members as volunteer coaches most of
1:17:29 these are our parents
1:17:31 we do have some youth coaches which are
1:17:34 high school students
1:17:36 those are most they are by far the
1:17:38 coolest coaches because as a parent you
1:17:40 can't be that cool but you get a high
1:17:41 school coach that's pretty darn cool
1:17:43 with all the young kids we got in the
1:17:45 program
1:17:46 uh our next program with the gliders
1:17:48 track and field and cross country
1:17:51 uh quickly the uh the gunners program
1:17:54 includes practices uh and both in both
1:17:56 team meets and they meet with uh and we
1:17:58 also meet with partner cities it's uh so
1:18:00 we have practices we have meats that are
1:18:03 internal and then we also have
1:18:06 neighboring cities that we have
1:18:07 competitions with and it's all a retro
1:18:09 environment recreational environment and
1:18:11 it's a lot of fun to get together with
1:18:13 the other cities and participate in a
1:18:14 little bit of friendly competition
1:18:16 um we have 180 participants in our
1:18:19 spring track and field program 150 in
1:18:22 our summer program and we're going to
1:18:24 have 150 participants in our upcoming
1:18:26 cross country program
1:18:29 we also contract out for a lot of our
1:18:32 sports camps classes and clinics
1:18:34 so some of our partner athletics and the
1:18:37 sports programs include
1:18:39 like say camps and the it's camps in the
1:18:41 summer and then during the school year
1:18:43 it's classes and clinics but we offer uh
1:18:46 you know other things in sports such as
1:18:47 basketball soccer volleyball gymnastics
1:18:50 cheer
1:18:51 martial arts dance and drill um are just
1:18:55 to name some of the some of the
1:18:56 contracted sports we work with
1:18:59 the athletics team partners with 10 10
1:19:02 plus organizations in order to make all
1:19:04 these camps and classes uh happen so
1:19:07 partners are always a very important
1:19:09 portion and part of what we do
1:19:11 uh the ball field and picnic shelter
1:19:13 rentals this is the other big part of
1:19:16 what athletics manages
1:19:18 uh the athletics team very closely
1:19:20 collaborates with the park operations
1:19:21 team um you know our park our you know
1:19:24 the athletics team
1:19:25 works with the customers booking the use
1:19:27 of facilities and the park operations
1:19:28 team maintains the ball fields and
1:19:31 shelters and there's a real close
1:19:32 coordination between our two
1:19:34 our two teams to make sure that we're
1:19:36 able to serve the customer and to turn
1:19:38 over different facilities appropriately
1:19:40 so that nobody everybody gets the use
1:19:42 that they're looking for
1:19:43 we have ball fields available at
1:19:45 tibbetts valley park these are ball
1:19:46 fields that can be used for rental and
1:19:48 when they're not rented they're just
1:19:49 open and available to the public to use
1:19:52 ball fields are available at tibbetts
1:19:53 valley park central park veterans
1:19:55 memorial park and squawk valley park
1:19:58 we have
1:19:59 shelters available at confluence park
1:20:01 timbers valley park gibson park and
1:20:03 central park
1:20:06 the athletics team works very closely
1:20:08 with youth non-profit organizations such
1:20:10 as football soccer baseball lacrosse and
1:20:13 issaquah school district to provide
1:20:15 space for practices games and
1:20:16 tournaments they also work really
1:20:19 closely with organization organizations
1:20:21 outside organizations to run tournaments
1:20:23 within the city of issaquah and they
1:20:25 also work really hard to support
1:20:27 different events couple big ones salmon
1:20:29 days and the down home fourth of july
1:20:31 you know those those activities are all
1:20:33 within city parks which requires and our
1:20:36 team coordinates with
1:20:38 you know the chamber and downtown esta
1:20:40 cross association to make sure that
1:20:41 we're supporting those events as best we
1:20:43 can to make sure that they are
1:20:45 successful
1:20:48 uh if we go to the next slide there to
1:20:50 the jewels thank you
1:20:52 julius bone pool
1:20:55 the pool the operations for the poolia
1:20:57 if you haven't been in it the pool
1:20:58 consists of a 10 by 15 yard shallow pool
1:21:01 that's about three to four feet deep and
1:21:03 a six it has six 25-yard lanes
1:21:06 the drop-in activities available at the
1:21:08 pool or lap swim water walking
1:21:10 recreation swim water exercise
1:21:13 pool has a men's and women's locker room
1:21:15 as well as a couple family changing
1:21:18 rooms
1:21:19 like i said kind of like the community
1:21:20 center if you haven't been to it i'd
1:21:21 encourage you to go visit it so it's a
1:21:23 great location with a great team up
1:21:24 there running the show
1:21:27 swim lessons another yeah i mean you
1:21:29 know probably it's gonna sound pretty
1:21:30 repetitive here when i'm saying this but
1:21:32 it's another program that ran throughout
1:21:33 koben uh it was even i think you know
1:21:36 right at the first when everything shut
1:21:38 down i think there's only a two or three
1:21:40 month period when nothing was running
1:21:42 that we didn't run swim lessons and then
1:21:45 the swim lessons were running ever since
1:21:48 the swim the swimming pool offers swim
1:21:49 lessons for beginning to competitive
1:21:51 levels it offers lessons in group and
1:21:54 private sessions uh this program just to
1:21:57 give you a little context before kobe
1:21:59 this program had
1:22:03 youth participating
1:22:05 in 2021
1:22:07 the pool had 916 youth participating
1:22:11 so that was 3000 down to about 1 000
1:22:14 right
1:22:14 and then in 2022 so far we have 944
1:22:18 youth that have so far participated this
1:22:23 the the reason for those low low low
1:22:25 numbers was that we had the same demand
1:22:28 but in order to meet all the more safety
1:22:30 requirements required by you know public
1:22:32 health
1:22:33 we had to limit
1:22:36 dramatically the amount of kids were
1:22:37 allowed in the pool and we had to create
1:22:39 spacing
1:22:40 and distancing amongst all the swimmers
1:22:43 and the even the instructors so that's
1:22:45 why those numbers are like i said the
1:22:46 demand was still there but our numbers
1:22:48 we were only able to accommodate fewer
1:22:50 because of the uh the limited number
1:22:52 we're allowed to allow into the pool
1:22:55 um there's a high demand for swim
1:22:57 lessons and when they open up they feel
1:22:59 quickly if you have
1:23:00 if you have kids or know people that
1:23:03 have kids have been trying to sign up
1:23:04 for swim lessons when they you want to
1:23:06 pay attention when they open because
1:23:07 when they open they go quickly we have
1:23:08 very popular swim lessons and
1:23:11 a very great team that runs them
1:23:13 um our aquatic we have an aquatic
1:23:16 exercise class offered three times a
1:23:19 this class is really sort of it's just a
1:23:20 fun class it consists mostly of older
1:23:22 adults and the class provides an outlet
1:23:25 outlet for physical activity and for
1:23:27 connecting with others which is like i
1:23:29 said it's a really close-knit group
1:23:30 that's been together for many many years
1:23:32 and they are a welcoming fun group when
1:23:34 new people come and like i said they've
1:23:36 been together for a lot of years
1:23:39 our pool also does lifeguard training
1:23:43 the julius bone pool is one of the few
1:23:44 organizations in the area that trains
1:23:47 and certifies lifeguards for staff for
1:23:49 pools and waterfront locations
1:23:52 you know the pool not only provides
1:23:54 in-house training to its own team
1:23:55 members but it does it also does
1:23:58 training for outside uh for
1:23:59 organizations outside the city as well
1:24:01 recently and this is sort of a fun
1:24:03 little it was cool to be able to come
1:24:05 alongside and help our neighbors but
1:24:07 recently the aquatics team trained and
1:24:08 certified all the beachfront staff for
1:24:11 some amish and medina so they are now
1:24:14 going to be able to have their beaches
1:24:15 open this summer uh due to the training
1:24:17 that was provided to them through our
1:24:19 the staff at the jules bone pool um the
1:24:21 staff trained 45 lifeguards in 2021 and
1:24:24 has trained 33 lifeguards so far this
1:24:27 year so we're on track to
1:24:29 surpass that number
1:24:31 our lifeguards also are sorry aquatics
1:24:35 also provide cpr aed and first aid
1:24:38 training
1:24:39 they provide all the training for our
1:24:41 recreation services team as well as a
1:24:43 number of our part-time non-regular
1:24:44 staff
1:24:45 most recently they conducted the
1:24:47 training with our day camp team
1:24:50 we have uh with pool rentals
1:24:53 the pool works with this works very
1:24:55 closely with school district to provide
1:24:57 space
1:24:58 for practices and meets for the issaquah
1:25:00 and liberty high school swim teams and
1:25:03 swim meet space for the skyline
1:25:06 swim team so
1:25:07 liberty and issaquah high school swim
1:25:09 teams practice and have meets at the
1:25:12 julius bone pool
1:25:13 and skyline high school
1:25:16 has meets at the at the pool
1:25:22 these uh
1:25:26 each of these schools has a boys and
1:25:27 girls team
1:25:29 um with an average of about 80 youth per
1:25:31 team so each high school boys girls team
1:25:34 about 80 kids per team
1:25:36 combined these teams use the pool for
1:25:38 around six months out of the year
1:25:39 there's a boys boys season and a girls
1:25:41 season each lasting about three months
1:25:43 uh the pool also works very closely with
1:25:45 the issaquah swim team to provide space
1:25:47 for this local
1:25:48 local club team
1:25:50 this aqua swim team is a year round swim
1:25:53 team with the usa swimming and it serves
1:25:55 about 200 or more youth in the isoqua
1:25:59 the um
1:26:01 an interesting piece of the the
1:26:02 jewlessbone pool is one of the very few
1:26:04 public pools in the area that provides
1:26:06 public laps and swimming in a 25 yard
1:26:10 in most facilities you'd have to join a
1:26:11 club or become a member in order to have
1:26:13 access to that kind to kind of swimming
1:26:15 whereas we're open to the public you can
1:26:17 pay a drop in come in and have access
1:26:22 next side please there uh amy
1:26:24 thank you
1:26:27 miss claus senior center is a welcoming
1:26:29 space for older adults to access
1:26:31 resources participate in programs and
1:26:33 connect with others
1:26:35 senior center serves as a resource hub
1:26:38 for seniors the the senior center often
1:26:40 directly provides much needed resources
1:26:43 or we work with partners to provide
1:26:45 those services
1:26:46 and when we can't do the first two then
1:26:48 we will you know we know and we'll
1:26:50 provide we will seek out service
1:26:51 providers to get them the services
1:26:53 they're looking for so we either
1:26:54 directly provide it work with somebody
1:26:56 to provide it or we'll help them get in
1:26:57 touch with somebody that need that can
1:26:59 provide the resources looking for
1:27:04 like the commute center senior center is
1:27:06 another location that provides
1:27:07 assistance during an emergency or
1:27:09 disaster
1:27:11 most recently the senior center has been
1:27:13 used as a cooling and heating center
1:27:15 during extreme weather events
1:27:18 and again this facility as well is
1:27:20 supported by all the other
1:27:21 by all those other teams within the
1:27:23 recreation services division
1:27:25 senior center we have such a strong
1:27:28 great volunteer program down there and
1:27:30 they're such an important part of the
1:27:32 team and they play such a big role in
1:27:34 the services they're provided through
1:27:35 this facility
1:27:37 just last month just last month we had
1:27:39 30 volunteers
1:27:41 they led groups provided kitchen and
1:27:43 meal support assisted at the front
1:27:45 counter worked in the senior center's
1:27:47 library
1:27:48 there's more things that we have
1:27:50 volunteers doing down there than i can
1:27:51 mention but that's just to name a few
1:27:57 the meal program that is operated out of
1:27:59 the senior center uh this is a uh yeah
1:28:03 it's again another program that we have
1:28:05 throughout commit
1:28:08 and is much appreciated by our senior
1:28:10 community
1:28:11 bisque senior center provides directly
1:28:14 provides meals
1:28:15 wednesday through friday and we partner
1:28:18 with catholic community services to
1:28:20 provide meals on mondays and tuesdays
1:28:23 just give you a little bit of a
1:28:25 scope and scale of things in 2021 the
1:28:27 senior center team served 4 800 meals
1:28:31 uh in 2022 the senior center has already
1:28:34 served 2 700 meals
1:28:36 um like i said we have such a great
1:28:38 kitchen team we got one of our team
1:28:39 members down there you can see but
1:28:41 the the kitchen team loves to have a lot
1:28:43 of fun and they will make special meals
1:28:45 they make special meals celebrating many
1:28:48 holidays and special events um
1:28:50 as you can see summer's here um got the
1:28:53 barbecue there that's what it's going to
1:28:54 look like here real soon
1:28:56 barbecued ribs chicken bratwurst are on
1:28:58 the menu they'll be cooked on the patio
1:29:00 outside the senior center and that's
1:29:02 always just a fun festive way to pull
1:29:04 everybody together
1:29:06 programs classes and socialization the
1:29:09 senior center offers a variety of
1:29:10 programs classes and opportunities for
1:29:12 socialization
1:29:14 some of these are our field trips these
1:29:17 did not go the past couple years
1:29:20 they have been wanting them back we got
1:29:22 them back this month we had three trips
1:29:24 this month and we have four planned for
1:29:28 we have some doodle doodle dog therapy
1:29:30 every thursday with socialization and
1:29:33 animal therapy we have a book club we
1:29:35 have mindfulness which is a self-care
1:29:38 and personal growth program that we do
1:29:40 we offer it in a hybrid format so that
1:29:42 we can if you can't make it to the
1:29:44 senior center you can still be a part of
1:29:46 this program during covet it was run
1:29:47 exclusively virtually but
1:29:49 now some of our programs have turned and
1:29:52 become more hybrid where we have people
1:29:53 in person but we also have people at
1:29:55 home so if you can't make it to the
1:29:57 community center for one reason or
1:29:58 senior center for one reason or another
1:30:00 you're not isolated you can still
1:30:02 participate and be part of the group
1:30:04 at home
1:30:05 we do visualize visual journaling
1:30:07 art classes which include cla crafts
1:30:10 card making driftwood carving um
1:30:14 really neat program we have is tech help
1:30:16 it's assisting seniors with technology
1:30:18 on any and all devices
1:30:20 we have two volunteers and this is and
1:30:22 they've been doing this for a long time
1:30:24 and all through covid two volunteers
1:30:26 that provide eight 30-minute sessions a
1:30:29 week that seniors can receive assistance
1:30:32 these are very popular sessions and
1:30:34 they're always full
1:30:35 we provide bingo in a hybrid format as
1:30:37 well you can play from home you can play
1:30:39 in person
1:30:41 we have a real fun program it's called
1:30:42 metro with dave this is riding the king
1:30:45 county metro buses
1:30:47 dave will take you out and show you how
1:30:49 to make transfers and each month the
1:30:51 seniors are given a lesson on how to
1:30:53 ride metro bus to a different location
1:30:54 such as seattle museums variety of
1:30:56 restaurants and sporting events they
1:30:59 pick a place and then go on a trip and
1:31:01 learn how to get there
1:31:03 there's knitting groups there's a memoir
1:31:06 group
1:31:07 along with cards puzzles games
1:31:09 pool and ping pong except there's a lot
1:31:12 of stuff going on in our senior center
1:31:15 special events and special interest
1:31:17 workshops senior center also offers a
1:31:19 variety of special events and special
1:31:21 interest workshops
1:31:22 we have a baby boomer boot camp this is
1:31:24 a full day program working with
1:31:26 retirement experts sharing best
1:31:28 practices and guidelines to help seniors
1:31:30 make the most of their next chapter in
1:31:33 estate planning we go over senior safety
1:31:36 topics such as how to avoid scams q a
1:31:39 with our issaquah police department
1:31:41 fall prevention we have a fun program
1:31:44 where we celebrate those that are 90 and
1:31:46 over where we interview and celebrate
1:31:48 our 90 plus year old seniors um it's a
1:31:50 real fun event just to celebrate them
1:31:52 for for being night overnight it's like
1:31:54 it's just it's just a lot of fun time to
1:31:56 come together and people come just to
1:31:58 meet all those that are over 90.
1:32:00 we have an aging mastery program this is
1:32:02 another hybrid program that you can
1:32:03 participate in person or you know
1:32:05 virtually this is a 10 week program a
1:32:08 subject matter expert including
1:32:10 pharmacists financial advisors sleep
1:32:12 experts
1:32:13 and fall prevention specialists
1:32:16 one of the senior favorites for special
1:32:18 events is a seahawk legends event this
1:32:20 is kind of fun dave wyman has come for
1:32:22 many years
1:32:24 and he brings other retired seahawks to
1:32:27 come to the senior center they come they
1:32:29 visit with the seniors answer questions
1:32:31 and take pictures with our seniors it's
1:32:34 it's a lot of fun
1:32:36 our health and fitness programs that we
1:32:37 have we have a variety of them such as
1:32:39 sale yoga tai chi line dancing hiking
1:32:42 for beginners and intermediate levels
1:32:45 you know over covid these classes
1:32:48 were held virtually so we were able to
1:32:50 still outreach out to our seniors and
1:32:52 they were doing exercising and moving at
1:32:54 home and also being connected with those
1:32:56 friends and and
1:32:57 community that they had made in each one
1:32:59 of those classes
1:33:02 we have a variety of community partners
1:33:04 really quickly we'd love to just share
1:33:06 some of those with you we have king
1:33:08 county which uh you know we we have a
1:33:10 king county veteran senior health
1:33:11 services levy grant that assists in
1:33:13 offsetting some of the expenses of the
1:33:15 of the senior center programs
1:33:17 that's a tremendous support by king
1:33:19 county we work closely with the
1:33:21 food bank king county library eastside
1:33:23 friends of seniors that provides
1:33:25 transportation services for seniors
1:33:27 aegis senior living bellwood senior
1:33:30 living university house senior living
1:33:32 sunrise senior living over like medical
1:33:34 medical center we work with seymour
1:33:36 which is a group that once a month
1:33:38 provides
1:33:40 conversation games and lunch for
1:33:42 spanish-speaking seniors
1:33:44 we have the national charity league that
1:33:46 comes to the senior center regularly
1:33:50 real soon here they're going to host an
1:33:52 ice cream social for the seniors
1:33:55 they partner and volunteer at senior
1:33:56 center and they do things like
1:33:57 decorating and paint fingernails and
1:33:59 manicures so the the ncl has been doing
1:34:02 a lot of fun things with our seniors and
1:34:04 it's fun to have the youth interaction
1:34:06 with our senior with our seniors
1:34:08 rentals um
1:34:10 pretty for some pretty cool stories here
1:34:12 as we go into you know over covet karate
1:34:14 west was a local business that was hit
1:34:16 really hard by covin
1:34:18 the senior center has been working with
1:34:20 karate west to provide a space for them
1:34:22 as they build back their program
1:34:25 we have the issaquah singers now that
1:34:26 have come back that have been a long
1:34:28 time user of the senior center
1:34:31 the senior center hosts it's just a
1:34:32 variety of rentals such as memorial
1:34:34 celebration of life graduation parties
1:34:36 reunions
1:34:37 family potlucks
1:34:40 it's another facility as well that
1:34:41 supports like salmon days with the
1:34:43 chamber of commerce that's their base of
1:34:45 operations during salmon days so the
1:34:46 senior center operates as their base of
1:34:48 operations and it will be used as
1:34:51 upcoming fourth of july by dia with a
1:34:52 down home fourth of july
1:34:57 mine going on the next slide they're
1:34:58 aiming
1:35:02 it's doing that again so let me
1:35:05 oh that works
1:35:09 last slide hopefully everybody's still
1:35:10 with me oh there we go
1:35:14 pick green barn
1:35:16 the pickering barn has 3 060 square a
1:35:19 foot hay barn
1:35:21 it has a 6 300 square foot dairy barn
1:35:24 with a built-in sound system
1:35:26 has two dressing meeting rooms and a 400
1:35:29 plus square foot creamery that is often
1:35:30 used by caterers for food storage prep
1:35:32 and delivery
1:35:34 the barn has a courtyard courtyard with
1:35:36 a gazebo that can provide ceremony
1:35:38 seating outside for 350 people
1:35:40 this space is also popular during the
1:35:42 farmers market for live entertainment
1:35:44 and used as a gathering space
1:35:46 uh it's it's it's used for a lot of
1:35:48 weddings reception is real popular as a
1:35:50 historic venue
1:35:51 it's very flexible and it's catering and
1:35:53 beverage policy allowing a lot of
1:35:56 variety of service providers to to be
1:35:58 cut to come in where we don't restrict
1:36:00 people to having to use one food
1:36:02 provider one drink beverage provider
1:36:05 it has space for indoor and outdoor
1:36:07 outdoor ceremonies
1:36:09 and receptions
1:36:10 it has parking for over 150 vehicles
1:36:13 uh provides in-house table and shares
1:36:15 and it's like i said that's
1:36:18 itself is a unique invite
1:36:21 the barn setting is i hope most have
1:36:23 seen it at least
1:36:24 it's just such a unique beautiful
1:36:26 setting and like i said this is very
1:36:28 much appreciated love for all the
1:36:29 different uses it gets
1:36:31 which would roll right into the farmers
1:36:33 market
1:36:34 uh farmers market currently going again
1:36:37 if you haven't been to the community
1:36:39 center pool
1:36:40 senior center i would say go to the
1:36:42 farmers market too it is outstanding it
1:36:45 runs every saturday may through
1:36:46 september 9 a.m to 2 p.m
1:36:49 we see as many as two thousand to five
1:36:52 thousand people visit the market each
1:36:54 saturday again that's usually two
1:36:56 thousand five thousand people
1:36:58 five thousand more in the middle of the
1:36:59 market when we're at our peak but that's
1:37:01 between nine and two pm so that's a five
1:37:03 hour window when we get that many people
1:37:05 going through that space uh the mark
1:37:08 the market is another program that was
1:37:09 consistently offered throughout the
1:37:11 pandemic
1:37:12 again had to do many a numerous
1:37:14 modifications to the way that we ran
1:37:15 that operation in order to comply and uh
1:37:18 be in compliance with the king county
1:37:21 public health
1:37:22 you know the market supports local
1:37:24 farmers and food systems offering a
1:37:26 variety of fresh produce prepared foods
1:37:28 local processors and artisans
1:37:31 it also has a lot of volunteer
1:37:33 opportunities and if you
1:37:35 or anyone you know would like to
1:37:36 volunteer down there we always have
1:37:37 volunteers helping out down at the
1:37:39 farmers market it's a lot of fun and
1:37:41 it's a fun environment
1:37:44 the barn also not it's not just a
1:37:46 wedding and reception venue it also has
1:37:49 a lot of a variety of rentals with
1:37:51 fundraisers and auctions there's a jbf
1:37:53 kids sale rock and gym show country
1:37:55 craft show
1:37:57 school functions leadership trainings
1:37:59 award ceremonies dances fundraisers
1:38:02 uh we've had celebrations of lives and
1:38:04 costco is also one of our partners down
1:38:06 there where they do uh they've done team
1:38:08 building and vendor style outs where the
1:38:11 they'll have vendors that come and
1:38:12 display their products at the barn for
1:38:14 costco to come over and look at
1:38:17 the pickering barn rentals division team
1:38:20 is also
1:38:21 responsible for the community garden at
1:38:23 confluence park that has 31 plots four
1:38:26 of which are ada accessible there's an
1:38:28 application process and this site is all
1:38:31 organic as no pesticides are used on
1:38:33 this site
1:38:36 that is just a
1:38:38 quick scratch of the surface of a lot of
1:38:40 the recreation services division um
1:38:43 i would be remiss and uh oh can you go
1:38:46 next slide amy
1:38:51 thank you perfect
1:38:53 uh i'd be remiss and not mention the
1:38:55 services uh provided by the parks and
1:38:56 community service would just they would
1:38:58 not be possible without the tireless
1:38:59 dedication of the professional staff all
1:39:01 the part-time non-regular staff
1:39:03 volunteers and community partners um you
1:39:06 know that's some of what i mentioned
1:39:07 before but it
1:39:08 it really does take a village right it's
1:39:11 it's everybody
1:39:12 doing a lot and a lot of committed
1:39:13 people to serving the public and doing
1:39:15 good things for all ages within our
1:39:17 community so
1:39:19 with that
1:39:20 hopefully everybody's still with me you
1:39:22 guys a little weird being on uh
1:39:25 webex i hope everybody's there if we can
1:39:27 go maybe back to the full screen if
1:39:28 there's any questions i'd be happy to
1:39:30 answer them
1:39:34 thanks brian
1:39:39 um zach that's okay i have a couple
1:39:41 questions sure yeah
1:39:44 um one thanks for going through that was
1:39:45 a very thorough uh rundown of uh all the
1:39:48 things that uh the team is doing
1:39:50 uh you mentioned in a couple of places
1:39:52 sort of the um
1:39:55 attendance and sort of the difference
1:39:56 from covid versus sort of where we are
1:39:58 today i'm curious as you look forward
1:40:01 into sort of this start of the next
1:40:02 school year into the summer programs
1:40:05 where are you expected to be at or over
1:40:07 capacity um as far as the programs that
1:40:10 that we're looking at i know you
1:40:11 mentioned the swimming is you know i've
1:40:14 tried to schedule swimming and i know
1:40:15 what that's like i also tried to when my
1:40:17 son was little i also tried to schedule
1:40:19 summer camp
1:40:20 and you know you were on the if you
1:40:22 weren't on at 801 you were out of luck
1:40:24 so i'm just curious like what are the
1:40:26 programs that we have that are at
1:40:27 capacity and what are our plans to
1:40:30 uh service more of our community for
1:40:32 those capacity plans
1:40:34 great great great question i love that
1:40:36 one um
1:40:38 well i like said marlene that the pool
1:40:40 is uh that is one that is you're spot on
1:40:43 and and that one we're actually working
1:40:45 to do a little bit of feasibility study
1:40:46 to see what kind of capacity increases
1:40:48 we could have on that site so doing a
1:40:50 little bit of studying and using the
1:40:52 professional
1:40:53 to assess you know using that existing
1:40:57 what could be done
1:40:59 to increase the capacity i get more
1:41:01 water space for people to swim because
1:41:03 then it would be a matter of being able
1:41:05 to hire more staff to teach more classes
1:41:09 currently we're and i think probably
1:41:10 everybody's seen all the hiring signs
1:41:12 out here one of our biggest struggles
1:41:14 right now
1:41:15 is finding those part-time non-regular
1:41:16 staff um just being honest that's a
1:41:19 really tough tough
1:41:21 thing right now we have enough to run
1:41:23 our day camps we have enough to run our
1:41:24 swim lessons but we're right there at
1:41:26 that number right we're not and to grow
1:41:29 our programs now we need to have more
1:41:30 staff the pool is limited just by the
1:41:32 nature of its capacity and our day camps
1:41:35 are a little bit the same it's a matter
1:41:36 of how much space we can get we can
1:41:38 potentially look in we always look at
1:41:40 our wait list if we have big enough wait
1:41:41 list next year we would look at
1:41:42 expanding potentially to another camp if
1:41:44 we had staff and a desired need to fill
1:41:47 another camp you know it has to we have
1:41:49 to have enough people that would fill
1:41:51 that but those are most definitely the
1:41:54 that end up being the most restrictive
1:41:56 in registrations
1:41:58 and our preschool would fall into that
1:42:00 as well
1:42:02 you know because it has a cap on it
1:42:04 whereas basketball
1:42:06 we can usually take as many kids in
1:42:08 basketball because we have we have the
1:42:10 resources of all the schools to use at
1:42:12 our facilities
1:42:14 does that help
1:42:17 yeah helpful i was just curious you know
1:42:18 as we think about you know everybody's
1:42:20 trying to get back to whatever normal
1:42:21 looks like after coved with attendance
1:42:24 i was just curious you know where you're
1:42:25 seeing struggles and
1:42:27 understand staffing especially for
1:42:29 part-time
1:42:30 but was just curious about sort of where
1:42:32 you're seeing
1:42:33 different trends or things maybe more or
1:42:35 less than previous covet and how
1:42:38 sort of the rec programs are adjusting
1:42:40 i'm more familiar obviously with the
1:42:42 kids side of it but i'm guessing the
1:42:43 senior center has a lot of differences
1:42:45 as well
1:42:46 well what we're seeing is it's all
1:42:47 starting to come back right it's not
1:42:49 it's not fully there but it's all
1:42:51 starting to come back up to what it was
1:42:53 pre-covered and like i said you see it
1:42:55 stepping up each year and you know
1:42:57 coming to this year i'm assuming that
1:42:58 we'll be just a little bit maybe a
1:42:59 little bit lower but we're gradually
1:43:01 getting back up to what those
1:43:03 pre-covered numbers were and we're
1:43:04 getting really close right
1:43:06 yeah makes sense and then
1:43:08 um kind of final follow-up question from
1:43:10 me you know i know the city likes to do
1:43:12 surveys and
1:43:14 get community feedback and i was curious
1:43:16 as far as the rec team goes
1:43:19 you know how do we look at potentially
1:43:21 new programs or
1:43:23 new types of sports like how do you guys
1:43:25 think about sort of your existing
1:43:26 catalog
1:43:27 of recreation activities and how do you
1:43:29 sort of
1:43:30 solicit feedback from the community on
1:43:33 sort of where we want to adjust
1:43:35 programming
1:43:37 well no that's a great question um often
1:43:39 we'll send out surveys it's not 100 but
1:43:41 lots of times with some surveys out
1:43:42 through our programs we're regularly
1:43:44 networking with our neighbors and
1:43:46 looking you know
1:43:47 you're looking at what other people are
1:43:48 running um anytime somebody reaches out
1:43:50 to us with an idea
1:43:52 we sit down and listen to them and talk
1:43:53 to them about it you don't see what you
1:43:56 everything everything's possible right i
1:43:58 think that's what's sort of fun and we
1:44:00 do sit down with new program ideas
1:44:02 coming off the street
1:44:03 we will talk to them we also research
1:44:05 like i said what are other cities doing
1:44:07 what's popular with other cities because
1:44:09 sometimes you see a lot of things are
1:44:10 being offered in other cities and then
1:44:11 you talk to them and realize oh they
1:44:13 have a lot of things offered but they're
1:44:14 not quite as popular as they sound um
1:44:16 and then you know i meet once a month
1:44:19 with some other my counterparts in other
1:44:21 cities and we share do they what's
1:44:23 what's working right now what are you
1:44:24 seeing i mean right now it's it's a lot
1:44:26 of we need staff but um
1:44:30 we share ideas about what's what kind of
1:44:31 programming's working what's maybe
1:44:33 trending what's becoming popular is
1:44:35 there you know is there needs within the
1:44:36 community so we we do a lot of that and
1:44:39 let's say we try to always have an open
1:44:40 door for anything
1:44:42 that anybody has that wants to bring it
1:44:44 to the table if they have something that
1:44:45 they're thinking about
1:44:48 great thanks for sharing yeah
1:44:55 any other questions comments
1:45:01 yeah just a i guess a quick comment to
1:45:04 wrap up uh brian thanks so much for for
1:45:06 coming and just sharing that um
1:45:09 you know
1:45:10 uh and brian touched on this the
1:45:12 recreation team
1:45:14 um reflected such a nimbleness in
1:45:20 modifying programs helping this
1:45:22 community really get through
1:45:25 the pandemic and
1:45:27 brian and the recreation supervisors and
1:45:30 our other staff are just again to be
1:45:33 commended i i can't uh speak more highly
1:45:36 or highly enough of um of the team i
1:45:39 think marlene your questions are so spot
1:45:41 on in terms of how we look ahead
1:45:44 into this
1:45:46 post-pandemic world you know i think
1:45:48 brian is being humble right i think
1:45:52 we saw a need for
1:45:54 daytime
1:45:57 assistance with kids and their homework
1:45:59 as parents were heading back to work in
1:46:00 the pandemic that became schoolhouse rec
1:46:02 schoolhouse rec is now a before and
1:46:05 after school program that we work very
1:46:07 closely with this west school district
1:46:10 you know as we added hardwood courts at
1:46:13 the community center and through the
1:46:14 pandemic and now after we're seeing a
1:46:16 higher demand for volleyball and some of
1:46:19 those other uses that weren't so excited
1:46:21 about carpeted floors
1:46:24 uh the recreation team i think is really
1:46:27 demonstrated um
1:46:29 just amazing work in serving this
1:46:31 community so
1:46:34 brian i know that was a lot to go over
1:46:37 i know as we were building the agenda
1:46:40 the recreation team or the park board
1:46:41 was just i think very interested in
1:46:43 getting a
1:46:44 snapshot of what we've been doing coming
1:46:47 out of the pandemic
1:46:50 and what the summer looks like so
1:46:52 if you haven't park board members
1:46:54 haven't had a chance to get to a concert
1:46:56 please get to a concert this summer
1:46:58 there's so much fun
1:47:00 if you want to see why you are on the
1:47:02 park board and why parks are important
1:47:05 go to a concert you will just see
1:47:07 community in action
1:47:09 or please stop by the farmers market on
1:47:11 a saturday again
1:47:14 there's times i get tired of doing this
1:47:16 job i love what i do but it can be
1:47:18 exhausting
1:47:20 there's nothing more affirming than just
1:47:22 sitting back and watching a community
1:47:25 come and enjoy a public space and enjoy
1:47:27 a program so um
1:47:30 thanks brian for taking that time
1:47:32 well thank you for uh letting me share
1:47:34 it's it's my it's my passion it's where
1:47:36 i live and breathe i love it so uh i say
1:47:39 if you got more of it than you probably
1:47:40 wanted that would be all on me because i
1:47:42 do love what we do so
1:47:45 thank you for letting me come and share
1:47:50 thank you
1:47:53 all right um
1:47:55 well i think uh it's time for the uh
1:47:58 chair report and director's report so i
1:48:00 don't see ryan on so i don't believe we
1:48:03 have the anyone representing for the
1:48:05 youth report today is that right
1:48:08 yeah i i don't see ryan or anyone else
1:48:13 um so i just wanted to start off by uh
1:48:15 saying uh thank you to uh brad for
1:48:19 uh all of uh
1:48:21 uh years as the the chair and for his uh
1:48:24 mentorship and uh jeff as well
1:48:27 and um
1:48:29 next just kind of wanted to talk a
1:48:30 little bit about some events sort of
1:48:33 happening in and around the issaquah
1:48:35 area so brad actually kind of shared
1:48:37 this one with me uh the issaquah alps
1:48:40 trail club is uh hosting an educational
1:48:43 hike on june 30th i'm kind of walking
1:48:46 through the new newly acquired um parcel
1:48:50 there on cougar mountain that'll be
1:48:52 launching from the harvey manning
1:48:54 trailhead uh kind of an educational hike
1:48:56 talking about just the benefits that
1:48:58 that forest provides
1:49:00 for stream quality and just uh
1:49:04 climate and the health of the the planet
1:49:07 second thing the concerts in the park i
1:49:09 know brian kind of touched on that
1:49:11 that'll be occurring every tuesday from
1:49:14 7 to 8 30
1:49:17 obviously just outside the community
1:49:18 center there
1:49:21 the other thing that i kind of gleaned
1:49:23 from the issaquah insider they're doing
1:49:27 a restoration effort at issaquah creek
1:49:29 um about a 1200 foot
1:49:32 section
1:49:33 of degraded stream near the southeast
1:49:36 62nd bridge
1:49:38 they're doing some restoration work to
1:49:40 hopefully improve salmon habitat thought
1:49:43 that that seemed pretty interesting
1:49:46 and that's kind of all all from me on
1:49:49 the chair report so i know uh jeff
1:49:52 probably has
1:49:53 some comments from the capitol funding
1:49:56 from the city council meeting
1:50:00 yeah thanks zach uh and thank you again
1:50:02 for for stepping up to to chair um so
1:50:05 appreciate that
1:50:06 um yeah so forgive me i had i had to pop
1:50:09 over um i had a phone a friend moment
1:50:13 the council has their committee the
1:50:15 whole meeting tonight i shared with you
1:50:18 the link
1:50:20 big topic
1:50:21 tonight in terms of the community
1:50:23 investment strategy
1:50:25 i don't know if you had a chance
1:50:27 to take a look at the staff report
1:50:29 does a pretty good job of outlining the
1:50:32 mayor's recommendation
1:50:35 tonight was really a lot more of council
1:50:38 receiving that information
1:50:40 really getting some of their initial
1:50:42 questions
1:50:43 out on the table
1:50:47 an action item tonight by any means so
1:50:50 that conversation
1:50:52 and really i think starting to get uh
1:50:54 feedback uh from council will start
1:50:56 happening at their july 5th meeting
1:50:59 um and into july and so
1:51:02 you know again i i thank you i i think
1:51:05 that some of the conversations um brad
1:51:08 certainly your work as serving on that
1:51:10 task force
1:51:11 group and representing the park board i
1:51:14 think some of the conversations that
1:51:15 that led to with the rest of the park
1:51:17 board
1:51:19 your specific feedback
1:51:21 and requests to look at
1:51:24 you know the funding of parks and
1:51:26 considering
1:51:27 uh that park district and expediting
1:51:29 that not waiting nine years that's all
1:51:31 embedded within the mayor's
1:51:32 recommendation so i just i want to take
1:51:35 the chance under the director's report
1:51:36 to point that out
1:51:38 um and really your work your thoughts
1:51:41 your deliberation your representation of
1:51:44 the community is
1:51:46 uh really really important and can be
1:51:49 impactful so
1:51:51 um much more to come i'm gonna try and
1:51:54 learn a little bit as to sort of where
1:51:56 council ends their conversation tonight
1:51:58 i will
1:51:59 email and keep you all informed as to
1:52:02 maybe some of the core questions might
1:52:04 be or what that deliberation looks like
1:52:06 heading into july
1:52:10 in terms of of
1:52:13 capital investment opportunities within
1:52:15 within
1:52:18 our anchor parks and and where that goes
1:52:21 i think the outcome of that work really
1:52:23 will will
1:52:26 predicate what i'm kicking off that
1:52:29 anchor park effort efforts look like uh
1:52:31 which of those parks um becomes a
1:52:34 priority and what in community
1:52:35 engagement looks like uh moving forward
1:52:37 so so much more to to take place
1:52:41 with all of you is that as that proceeds
1:52:44 um hillside park another another park
1:52:46 that we continue to work on we'll have
1:52:48 an update for you in july
1:52:51 with that um we had a really good round
1:52:54 of community and neighborhood
1:52:55 engagements
1:52:56 um tim thank you so much i know as a
1:52:58 park board member you attended both the
1:53:01 on-site meeting and gave some great
1:53:03 feedback there
1:53:04 um got some really i think important um
1:53:07 insightful feedback from
1:53:09 uh from neighbors in the community and
1:53:10 that work i know jennifer and the
1:53:12 consultant team are
1:53:13 are working hard at
1:53:16 really
1:53:18 incorporating that feedback seeing how
1:53:20 we might be able to look at
1:53:23 fine tuning
1:53:25 some of the concepts and as how the
1:53:26 concepts were presented
1:53:29 we'll have more information for you in
1:53:30 july as we look at that a couple things
1:53:33 we're looking at just so you all know as
1:53:35 we introduced some of these elements of
1:53:38 into that park
1:53:40 the good news is i i think that the
1:53:43 softness or the the way the
1:53:46 play elements were incorporated
1:53:48 naturally were really seen as a positive
1:53:50 i think some of the opportunities we
1:53:53 is to probably concentrate to where we
1:53:56 disperse some of that play maybe a
1:53:58 little too much there might be some
1:53:59 opportunities in
1:54:01 concentrating that a little bit more
1:54:04 and modifying
1:54:06 some of the play to again make sure that
1:54:08 we're
1:54:09 um really being as um
1:54:13 so thoughtful and how we embed uh play
1:54:16 and and
1:54:18 embed more activity into that part but
1:54:20 still have it feel and function very
1:54:22 much as a passive park so
1:54:25 much more on that i think as that work
1:54:27 happens jennifer and i in fact have a
1:54:29 meeting tomorrow to also
1:54:32 talk about
1:54:33 and begin to prepare for what the
1:54:35 permitting
1:54:36 process is going to look for as we look
1:54:38 at doing that field improvements in the
1:54:41 wetland mitigation work as we do our
1:54:44 further work with
1:54:45 not only our own city planning
1:54:47 department but
1:54:48 state department of ecology
1:54:50 and federal army corps of engineers are
1:54:52 all going to be
1:54:54 groups that we're going to be uh working
1:54:56 through with our consultant team so much
1:54:58 more there
1:55:00 last quick item i'm noticing we're
1:55:01 coming up on nine o'clock
1:55:04 we had a couple rounds of park board
1:55:07 interviews of candidates last week we
1:55:10 interviewed eight candidates
1:55:12 i think our recruitment effort was very
1:55:15 successful in
1:55:17 sort of reaching in a more targeted way
1:55:19 as opposed to just being a general
1:55:21 announcement
1:55:22 of all boards and commissions
1:55:25 that work now
1:55:27 goes to mayor as mayor looks at
1:55:30 putting her recommendations together
1:55:33 thank you again for the conversation
1:55:35 earlier today and tina joining
1:55:37 um giving ourselves that flexibility as
1:55:40 i said earlier um is is really important
1:55:43 as recommendations are formed we also
1:55:45 have that flexibility
1:55:47 to um
1:55:49 to move forward so those appointments
1:55:51 could happen as soon as july and if
1:55:53 that's the case we'll have
1:55:56 likely some additional park board
1:55:58 members to join this uh this great group
1:56:00 right here so
1:56:03 that ends my director's report at 8 59.
1:56:08 thank you
1:56:10 uh so i think uh with that we'll uh
1:56:13 adjourn the meeting
1:56:17 that's great
1:56:18 thank you everybody
1:56:20 thank you thanks thanks all have a great
1:56:22 night
1:56:23 thank you