Park Board · Monday, November 28, 2022 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of November 1, 2022

packet pp.3–4

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 11-01-22 Park Board Minutes Page 1 1 CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board – Special Meeting 7:00 PM Steelhead Room November 1, 2022 MINUTES 235 1st Ave. SE

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Amendments to the Rules & Regulations re: Virtual Attendance Policy, (D, A)

30 min · Tisha Gieser, City Clerk · packet pp.5–21

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Staff report:

City Clerk's Office 130 E. Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 425-837-3000 issaquahwa.gov

Blackberry Park Update

Information · 20 min · Jennifer Fink, Park Planning and Project Administrator · packet pp.23–35

Topics: Parks

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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)

NW Trolls - Art Installation Opportunity, (D)

30 min · Amy Dukes, Arts Program Administrator · packet pp.37–40

Topics: Arts & Culture

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REGULAR BUSINESS c) CONFIDENTIAL - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION

5. REPORTS

Chairperson's Report

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Youth Representative's Report

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Director's Report

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0:00 ↗ okay

0:02 ↗ all right so uh calling to order the

0:06 ↗ meeting for November 28 2022 uh we'll

0:11 ↗ start off by taking roll call so uh when

0:14 ↗ I call your name please take yourself

0:15 ↗ off of mute if you are attending

0:18 ↗ virtually or otherwise take your your

0:21 ↗ presence uh Chris

0:25 ↗ present

0:27 ↗ Marlene

0:32 ↗ Andrew e

0:35 ↗ present

0:37 ↗ David

0:39 ↗ good

0:44 ↗ Nicholas

0:50 ↗ present

0:52 ↗ Katie here

1:00 ↗ Danielle present

1:02 ↗ Brad

1:04 ↗ president

1:05 ↗ and Andrew and

1:11 ↗ all right moving on to the approval of

1:14 ↗ minutes from the November 1st meeting

1:17 ↗ did everyone have the opportunity to go

1:20 ↗ during the minutes

1:23 ↗ does anyone have any any uh questions

1:26 ↗ comments or Corrections

1:32 ↗ all right does anyone have any objection

1:34 ↗ to the approval of the minutes from the

1:37 ↗ November 1st meeting

1:41 ↗ all right I hereby approved the minutes

1:43 ↗ uh thank you

1:46 ↗ all right uh are there any uh comments

1:50 ↗ from the public today

1:55 ↗ public hearing person

2:04 ↗ all right okay so that in a public

2:07 ↗ comment uh just sort of moving forward

2:09 ↗ here uh today we will be uh going

2:12 ↗ through

2:13 ↗ um three items uh amendments to the

2:15 ↗ rules and regulations uh

2:17 ↗ for the virtual attendance policy uh

2:20 ↗ Blackberry Park update and the Northwest

2:23 ↗ trolls art installation opportunity

2:26 ↗ um but before we get started on that I'm

2:27 ↗ going to turn it over to uh Judd who's

2:29 ↗ going to introduce our uh youth thank

2:33 ↗ you so much Zach good evening everybody

2:34 ↗ glad you're here

2:37 ↗ um I know in our last meeting we talked

2:38 ↗ about our youth Advisory Board was busy

2:40 ↗ getting ready uh for this new school

2:42 ↗ year and identifying some appointees for

2:46 ↗ Park Board happy to introduce um zombie

2:49 ↗ and our Shaya did I say that right oh

2:53 ↗ man but I thought we could go around the

2:55 ↗ table and the virtual table really fast

2:57 ↗ and just quickly introduce yourself and

3:00 ↗ maybe share how long you've been a

3:02 ↗ member of the park board or a resident

3:04 ↗ here with isik boss so I will lead off

3:07 ↗ by solombe our welcome Jeff walkling

3:11 ↗ parks and Community Services director

3:13 ↗ I'm a dentist role with the squad boy

3:15 ↗ just over six years now

3:19 ↗ and I'm uh Zach and I've been the

3:21 ↗ membership for about a year and a half

3:26 ↗ okay

3:28 ↗ um

3:32 ↗ that's great where do you go to school

3:34 ↗ um Lake Middleton great

3:38 ↗ uh

3:41 ↗ six years now

3:45 ↗ I'm Danielle and um I've been on the

3:49 ↗ Park Board I think since 2005.

3:53 ↗ and Jennifer thing

3:55 ↗ um Park planner project administrator

3:57 ↗ and I'm starting my ninth year here at

4:00 ↗ the city

4:02 ↗ hi I'm Amy Duke Spencer program

4:04 ↗ administrator and I'm also a resident of

4:06 ↗ this club and I have been in this role

4:08 ↗ for about 10 years

4:10 ↗ and I'm Tisha Geezer I'm the city clerk

4:12 ↗ and I've been here about seven years

4:15 ↗ and then I'm Hassan and I've been here

4:19 ↗ with the city bus for a month

4:22 ↗ um

4:24 ↗ resident and I've been living here for

4:26 ↗ about a year

4:28 ↗ it's great I don't know something so

4:30 ↗ enjoyed coming to the youth Advisory

4:31 ↗ board meeting a couple weeks ago and so

4:34 ↗ again welcome why don't we I'm going to

4:37 ↗ try and go down the Brady Bunch list

4:39 ↗ here Brad your first

4:42 ↗ uh hi everyone I've been uh Issaquah

4:45 ↗ resident and squawk Mountain person here

4:48 ↗ for 38 years I've been on the park board

4:51 ↗ for 10 and a half years

4:55 ↗ Andrew e

4:57 ↗ hello everyone I am Andrew ellikin I

5:01 ↗ have been a resident of Issaquah since

5:03 ↗ 2019 and I just became a member a Park

5:07 ↗ Board member this year

5:09 ↗ I see Andrew M and Andrew joined us as

5:12 ↗ well

5:16 ↗ thank you uh yeah my name is Andrew

5:19 ↗ Myers This is my first year on The Parks

5:21 ↗ Board but I've lived in this quad for a

5:23 ↗ long time back and forth throughout my

5:25 ↗ life and actually attended Pine Lake

5:27 ↗ Middle School back in the day so glad

5:29 ↗ glad to have you both here the students

5:31 ↗ oh we got a connection yeah

5:34 ↗ Chris

5:36 ↗ yeah hi uh welcome and I've been an

5:39 ↗ isqua resident for 22 years in squawk

5:43 ↗ Mountain as well for 22 years and then a

5:46 ↗ Park Board member for about four and a

5:48 ↗ half I think

5:49 ↗ thank you

5:51 ↗ that's great Brenda

5:53 ↗ hello welcome I've been in Issaquah for

5:56 ↗ 20 years on squawk Mountain like most of

5:59 ↗ us it seems like and a parkour member

6:01 ↗ this is my second year

6:06 ↗ hey David

6:08 ↗ hi everyone

6:09 ↗ um so yeah welcome to the meetings uh

6:12 ↗ I've been on the park board for about

6:13 ↗ four months now and the risks resident

6:16 ↗ of Issaquah for about five and a half

6:17 ↗ years and I'm on Cougar Mountain so on

6:20 ↗ that side

6:22 ↗ got our Hills representing and Katie

6:26 ↗ um

6:28 ↗ driving on 405 so pardon me I'm uh my

6:31 ↗ name is Katie and this is my first year

6:33 ↗ I live in Dallas and uh this uh I've

6:38 ↗ been living in Issaquah for almost 18

6:40 ↗ years thank you

6:43 ↗ it's great it's both hands

6:49 ↗ and again welcome

6:52 ↗ so glad you're both here thanks Eric

6:56 ↗ okay so I think we'll turn it over to

6:58 ↗ Tisha it's as the uh amendments to the

7:01 ↗ rules and regulations

7:09 ↗ this is a pretty straightforward

7:12 ↗ proposal but um I do have a few slides

7:15 ↗ to talk through this so

7:17 ↗ um

7:18 ↗ during covid-19 we moved from having

7:22 ↗ in-person meetings to all virtual

7:23 ↗ meetings uh the park board is one of the

7:26 ↗ boards and I go talk to you all recently

7:28 ↗ about um yarning subject to the state's

7:31 ↗ open public meetings Act so the governor

7:34 ↗ during the kobit 19 emergency

7:37 ↗ issued a declaration

7:39 ↗ um basically prohibiting in-person

7:41 ↗ meetings of groups that fall under the

7:44 ↗ open public meetings act

7:47 ↗ um but requiring

7:49 ↗ um so requiring a virtual meeting or a

7:50 ↗ meeting that people can join by

7:52 ↗ telephone so we purchased WebEx and

7:55 ↗ began helping holding your cardboard

7:58 ↗ meetings entirely virtually through 2020

8:01 ↗ and 2021 and even into 2022 the governor

8:06 ↗ terminated his uh proclamation in July

8:11 ↗ of this year and so we began basing our

8:14 ↗ boards and commissions back to the

8:17 ↗ person meetings

8:19 ↗ um

8:20 ↗ so uh your uh group will begin

8:24 ↗ um transitioning to in-person meetings

8:25 ↗ in September uh initially we requested

8:29 ↗ all boarding commission members to

8:31 ↗ attend meetings in person but committed

8:33 ↗ to retaining a virtual component for

8:36 ↗ some of the city's advisory boards on an

8:38 ↗ ongoing basis we found during covid that

8:41 ↗ there was a pretty healthy public

8:43 ↗ engagement in attendance in our public

8:45 ↗ meetings

8:47 ↗ um through the virtual element so our

8:50 ↗ commitment was to retain that for the

8:51 ↗ Park Board in many of the city's other

8:53 ↗ boards but encourage the board members

8:55 ↗ to attend the meetings in person if not

8:58 ↗ require that we heard some feedback over

9:01 ↗ the last few months that the boards have

9:04 ↗ been moving back to in-person meetings

9:06 ↗ that board members liked the option to

9:09 ↗ attend virtually in certain cases we're

9:12 ↗ attending a meeting in person could be

9:14 ↗ challenging so that might be you know

9:16 ↗ something like a business trip or a car

9:19 ↗ breaking down or have you know needing

9:22 ↗ to recuperate from a medical procedure

9:24 ↗ that makes you know getting into your

9:26 ↗ car and coming into it being difficult

9:27 ↗ so the mayor directed me to draft a

9:31 ↗ proposed policy to bring to all of our

9:33 ↗ city boards and commissions that um put

9:36 ↗ something in your rules about virtual

9:38 ↗ attendance so now if you look at your

9:41 ↗ rules and regulations they don't

9:43 ↗ um at all mentioned a virtual element to

9:46 ↗ meetings

9:47 ↗ so this recommendation that I have for

9:50 ↗ you tonight is is coming from the city

9:52 ↗ Administration but these are your rules

9:54 ↗ that you adopt as a board five of you

9:57 ↗ need to agree to any change so keep that

10:00 ↗ in mind as I talk to you a little bit

10:02 ↗ more about the post policy

10:05 ↗ so the policy as written State's

10:08 ↗ proposed policy states that if you're

10:10 ↗ unable to attend a meeting in person you

10:13 ↗ can attend remotely so again that would

10:15 ↗ be something like business travel

10:17 ↗ something something specific prohibiting

10:20 ↗ I need to quarantine something of that

10:23 ↗ nature and then you would if if you had

10:27 ↗ advance notice of this need to

10:29 ↗ participate virtually you would like let

10:32 ↗ your staff please unknown for that could

10:34 ↗ be Jeff or hasanthi and notified them

10:37 ↗ that you plan to attend a meeting

10:38 ↗ virtually in the rules we request them

10:41 ↗ advance notice of this because the rules

10:44 ↗ also specify that a quorum of the board

10:46 ↗ would attend meetings in person and so

10:48 ↗ there's a need for the staff to sort of

10:51 ↗ manage how many board members might be

10:54 ↗ participating virtually this is being

10:56 ↗ proposed for for um

10:58 ↗ a few reasons uh one of them is the

11:02 ↗ mayor continues to um

11:04 ↗ strongly prefer that boarding commission

11:06 ↗ members attend meetings in person when

11:09 ↗ at all possible

11:10 ↗ the second reason is as Brad experience

11:13 ↗ tonight sometimes there are technical

11:16 ↗ issues and if we don't have five of you

11:19 ↗ in a meeting room and we have an issue

11:22 ↗ with the audio uh the technology in the

11:25 ↗ room or your technology and you are we

11:28 ↗ don't have a forum physically in the

11:29 ↗ room the meeting has to stop which means

11:31 ↗ the people who have made the effort to

11:33 ↗ travel to the meeting location including

11:36 ↗ members of the public would would not be

11:39 ↗ able to proceed with the meetings so

11:42 ↗ those are the two reasons why that forum

11:46 ↗ is uh required in person with an

11:49 ↗ exception made if your board has two or

11:51 ↗ more vacancies

11:54 ↗ um if attending virtually in a policy

11:56 ↗ emphasizes that you need to be able to

11:58 ↗ fully participate so we don't want this

12:00 ↗ to be a reason for you to feel compelled

12:03 ↗ to attend a park board meeting when

12:05 ↗ you're vacationing with your family in

12:07 ↗ Hawaii we want you to be on vacation we

12:10 ↗ want you to let us know if you're

12:11 ↗ traveling and request an excuse to

12:13 ↗ absence

12:14 ↗ um and we also want you to request an

12:16 ↗ excused absence if you are not able to

12:19 ↗ have your camera on and be engaged in

12:22 ↗ the meeting

12:25 ↗ um another restriction mentioned is on

12:27 ↗ chairing so um uh the recommendation is

12:31 ↗ that the chair be in person so uh if

12:34 ↗ Zapp was unable to be here in person the

12:36 ↗ vice chair would chair um if neither of

12:39 ↗ them were present the board would uh

12:41 ↗ elect another person to chair the

12:42 ↗ meeting

12:45 ↗ so there were a few other things that

12:48 ↗ are adjusted in the rules related to

12:50 ↗ this virtual attendance policy

12:53 ↗ um one is just to acknowledge that the

12:55 ↗ city's commitment to retaining that

12:57 ↗ virtual element for your regular meeting

12:59 ↗ so that members of the public and staff

13:00 ↗ can participate virtually

13:04 ↗ um this also allows us to record your

13:05 ↗ meetings it may be that the board may

13:08 ↗ choose to tour the park uh Park

13:10 ↗ facilities or do some have some kind of

13:13 ↗ special meeting that has a social

13:14 ↗ element we wouldn't necessarily have a

13:16 ↗ virtual component for those special

13:18 ↗ meetings

13:20 ↗ um the other thing that is proposed

13:22 ↗ tonight which isn't really specific to

13:25 ↗ the virtual attendance policy but it's

13:26 ↗ something um we thought we would address

13:29 ↗ considering that the park board did add

13:32 ↗ additional alternate members recently

13:35 ↗ was to establish a procedure for how to

13:38 ↗ select which alternates would serve in

13:41 ↗ the absence of a regular member

13:43 ↗ so tonight it appears you have three

13:45 ↗ regular members who are here so all

13:47 ↗ three alternates are serving as regular

13:49 ↗ members but if that weren't the case

13:52 ↗ um it's proposed that the alternates be

13:54 ↗ selected beginning with the um alternate

13:57 ↗ who has the most seniority and sort of

13:58 ↗ rotated

14:00 ↗ um in their service throughout the year

14:02 ↗ as as best we can keep track of that

14:05 ↗ um and then the last thing uh the policy

14:08 ↗ does is is clarify that members of the

14:11 ↗ public can provide comments virtually

14:12 ↗ and that staff presenters may present to

14:15 ↗ the board virtually as well

14:18 ↗ so um a couple of options

14:21 ↗ um this is not any kind of requirement

14:24 ↗ you can choose to operate fully in

14:27 ↗ person and not adopt a virtual

14:29 ↗ attendance policy at all

14:31 ↗ um you can adopt the policy that I've

14:34 ↗ brought to you tonight as is

14:37 ↗ um or you can make changes to this to

14:39 ↗ make it more flexible change the

14:42 ↗ in-person Quorum requirement

14:45 ↗ Etc uh also if you would like some more

14:49 ↗ time to consider this proposal it is not

14:52 ↗ time critical we would like you we would

14:55 ↗ like to formalize the virtual attendance

14:57 ↗ if it continues to happen over the next

14:59 ↗ few months but certainly if you wanted

15:01 ↗ to bring this back up at your January or

15:04 ↗ February meetings the agenda allows for

15:07 ↗ that that's no problem

15:10 ↗ uh so I have a proposed motion here if

15:12 ↗ if we get that far tonight and if not um

15:15 ↗ that's the end of my presentation I'm

15:16 ↗ happy to answer any questions

15:21 ↗ thank you Jessica

15:24 ↗ um looks like I see Andrew M with a hand

15:26 ↗ up there

15:31 ↗ yeah so I I just have a question as one

15:33 ↗ of the resident alternates here

15:36 ↗ um on on that specific slide and because

15:39 ↗ there was some one of the one or two

15:42 ↗ meetings ago where I ended up voting and

15:45 ↗ the board decided to since I was in the

15:48 ↗ room I I was tagged as the one voting

15:51 ↗ and I just wanted to clarify if if

15:54 ↗ that's part of the policy or if it's

15:55 ↗ just going to be purely seniority at

15:57 ↗ this point and no opinion either way but

16:00 ↗ that was an ambiguous point that we get

16:03 ↗ to address with uh whatever we end up

16:05 ↗ here tonight

16:09 ↗ Andrew um this is Tisha I can speak to

16:11 ↗ that so yes we and so this is this is

16:14 ↗ why um Jeff and I had some

16:16 ↗ correspondence as I Was preparing these

16:18 ↗ amendments for your meeting

16:20 ↗ um because a few of our boards have a

16:22 ↗ have a methodology to selecting

16:25 ↗ alternates but the park board hasn't and

16:27 ↗ so you know one thought that I had

16:31 ↗ um was to sort of have this preference

16:33 ↗ for the in-person alternate but that

16:35 ↗ isn't um

16:37 ↗ that doesn't necessarily necessarily

16:39 ↗ ensure equity and give the alternates

16:42 ↗ time to participate just depending on

16:44 ↗ the circumstances of who who might be

16:46 ↗ virtual versus in person also it can get

16:49 ↗ a little tricky if you have multiple

16:52 ↗ regular members who are not able to

16:55 ↗ attend and so we felt that this um

16:58 ↗ policy to select the alternates based on

17:01 ↗ seniority and attempt to rotate them

17:03 ↗ gave alternates more opportunities to

17:05 ↗ experience being in that regular member

17:07 ↗ role and was maybe a little bit more of

17:10 ↗ a stable methodology going forward

17:14 ↗ so that was Trump

17:16 ↗ whether it makes sense makes sense thank

17:19 ↗ you

17:21 ↗ thanks Andrew

17:22 ↗ um Brad

17:24 ↗ well overall I think it's pretty good I

17:28 ↗ guess I would ask for more requests or

17:30 ↗ discuss for more flexibility

17:34 ↗ um

17:35 ↗ you know I think that

17:37 ↗ um

17:38 ↗ if it weren't for coven I think the

17:40 ↗ world would be a different place but uh

17:42 ↗ we're still struggling uh with viruses

17:45 ↗ out there

17:46 ↗ and for me personally that's one of the

17:48 ↗ reasons why I'm not there

17:50 ↗ uh and um I think that I may not be

17:54 ↗ alone I'll only speak for myself however

17:57 ↗ uh I think that um it makes sense that

18:01 ↗ there be a quorum in person so I do

18:04 ↗ understand that and agree with that

18:07 ↗ but it doesn't really create any

18:10 ↗ flexibility beyond that quite frankly

18:12 ↗ unless you're out of town or in your

18:15 ↗ deathbed uh and so I think that um I

18:18 ↗ guess I would just at least open it up

18:20 ↗ for discussion for a little more

18:22 ↗ flexibility I'm not exactly sure how

18:24 ↗ that flexibility might work

18:26 ↗ something that we can talk about

18:29 ↗ um

18:30 ↗ I do think though that when you have a

18:32 ↗ little more flexibility you also have a

18:35 ↗ little more potential attendance

18:37 ↗ because I think that if you make it too

18:41 ↗ strict to not have

18:43 ↗ um virtual ability except for those

18:48 ↗ minimal conditions you could end up

18:51 ↗ potentially having an awful lot more

18:53 ↗ requests for not attending and ask for

18:57 ↗ an excuse absence and so I'm not sure

18:59 ↗ that that serves the board either so to

19:02 ↗ me that's

19:03 ↗ that's kind of the snafu that we need to

19:06 ↗ talk about you know how to find some

19:08 ↗ Middle Ground

19:12 ↗ thank you Brad uh any other questions uh

19:16 ↗ with regards to the proposed amendments

19:19 ↗ yeah

19:20 ↗ um

19:21 ↗ it's not including me on insect so the

19:24 ↗ proposed virtual attendance policy so

19:28 ↗ what Brad was this referencing

19:30 ↗ um so

19:32 ↗ permission to attend as I read this

19:34 ↗ permission to attend virtually will be

19:36 ↗ granted if as long as there will be a

19:39 ↗ forum in person but there's an exception

19:42 ↗ to that if

19:44 ↗ it wouldn't make forearm due to two or

19:46 ↗ more vacancies on the board so the only

19:49 ↗ way that we would proceed without having

19:51 ↗ to form in person would be

19:53 ↗ if there are two like permanent

19:56 ↗ vacancies on the board

19:58 ↗ yeah so that yes so that's correct so

20:00 ↗ basically we'd be saying this we would

20:04 ↗ you can only have permission as long as

20:07 ↗ there will still be five people

20:09 ↗ yes and five people meaning would that

20:12 ↗ include alternates it would anything yes

20:16 ↗ okay five of The Twelve basically

20:21 ↗ thank you Danielle oh it looks like

20:23 ↗ Brenda has a question

20:25 ↗ uh just on our regular meeting room is

20:28 ↗ it going to be the steelhead room or are

20:30 ↗ we going to Tibbetts Manor

20:32 ↗ great question so we're going to sort of

20:35 ↗ pose that to the group tonight was the

20:37 ↗ intent to talk about that later this

20:39 ↗ evening we could certainly maybe

20:41 ↗ entertain that now I think our run well

20:44 ↗ two meetings now at the steelhead room

20:45 ↗ and given some general public when we

20:48 ↗ get all if all 12 of us are there it

20:50 ↗ really quickly becomes a cramped space

20:52 ↗ the staff as we look at what's on our

20:55 ↗ work plan next year with the number of

20:56 ↗ capital projects we think we'll have

20:58 ↗ enough

21:00 ↗ months where we're going to have

21:01 ↗ visitors this just feels like a space

21:03 ↗ that can handle the size of a Park Board

21:05 ↗ a little better so we're proposing

21:06 ↗ moving here but want to sort of open

21:09 ↗ that up to all of you and that that

21:11 ↗ makes sense I was thinking if you

21:13 ↗ require more people to be there when I

21:15 ↗ was there last month that was quite

21:18 ↗ tight and we didn't have close to all of

21:21 ↗ our members there so if we move to

21:23 ↗ Tibbetts Park then it'll be a tip its

21:25 ↗ Manor it'll be a whole different story

21:29 ↗ thank you Brenda uh I think that

21:32 ↗ maybe Segways nicely into uh starting a

21:35 ↗ discussion on on

21:38 ↗ the proposed amendments and um

21:44 ↗ just with uh anybody's opinion or um

21:47 ↗ moving forward on the discussion for for

21:49 ↗ the Amendments and whether we're

21:54 ↗ like the proposed motion or uh

21:59 ↗ so kind of in follow-up I wasn't real

22:02 ↗ clear with what Danielle said so I

22:05 ↗ wanted to clarify that um

22:07 ↗ my reading of the proposal is that um

22:12 ↗ even if you have five people present

22:18 ↗ you still need to fall within the

22:20 ↗ guidelines of the conditions to be able

22:24 ↗ to attend virtually

22:29 ↗ um

22:31 ↗ is that accurate I mean that's the way I

22:34 ↗ read it is that you could have five

22:35 ↗ people present

22:37 ↗ and have requests to attend virtually

22:41 ↗ but if you don't fall within the

22:43 ↗ conditions of

22:45 ↗ being sick or out of town

22:48 ↗ Jeff wouldn't really the way it's

22:50 ↗ written be able to approve a virtual

22:52 ↗ attendance

22:55 ↗ Brad this is Tisha that's right that is

22:58 ↗ how it's written now so the five is a

23:03 ↗ the five is a requirement but it doesn't

23:05 ↗ mean that if you've confirmed that five

23:08 ↗ of your colleagues can attend that you

23:10 ↗ choose to meet virtually there's there

23:12 ↗ is that criteria in this in this

23:15 ↗ proposed draft yes

23:17 ↗ so I guess that's where I would maybe

23:19 ↗ you know discuss some potential revision

23:23 ↗ to that would be

23:25 ↗ to give more flexibility to Jeff and

23:27 ↗ Santa to allow more virtual attendance

23:30 ↗ as long as at least there are five

23:33 ↗ people that are going to attend in

23:34 ↗ person

23:38 ↗ well I wish they weren't so complicated

23:41 ↗ but

23:43 ↗ well again the intent tonight is

23:45 ↗ discussion as as Tisha said so well

23:49 ↗ this isn't requiring action tonight so I

23:52 ↗ mean I think it's good to have this

23:54 ↗ discussion get options on the table

23:57 ↗ um we can bring this back with some

23:59 ↗ proposed language in January for uh

24:02 ↗ potential actions so

24:04 ↗ what I'm hearing you suggest Brad is

24:07 ↗ keep the five keep the quorum

24:10 ↗ um

24:11 ↗ in attendance minimum

24:14 ↗ am I saying that right at least at least

24:16 ↗ five in attendance but

24:19 ↗ um give a little bit more flexibility

24:22 ↗ for someone choosing to attend virtually

24:25 ↗ is that yes I hear that correctly Brad

24:28 ↗ yes that's what I'm that's what I'm

24:31 ↗ saying because I do understand the

24:33 ↗ reason to really for technological

24:35 ↗ reasons for more than anything else but

24:38 ↗ you know I do understand why you need to

24:40 ↗ have five people for a quorum

24:42 ↗ uh if you are in a situation here though

24:46 ↗ whether there's whether situations to

24:49 ↗ vote on anything

24:51 ↗ um

24:52 ↗ although really to have a true meeting

24:54 ↗ you have to have a quorum so I I'll take

24:56 ↗ that back so so yeah I do understand

24:58 ↗ needing five people in attendance for a

25:00 ↗ quorum I just think having more

25:02 ↗ flexibility beyond that is something

25:04 ↗ that I would propose

25:07 ↗ and I appreciate that option Brad I'm

25:09 ↗ I'm gonna I'm Gonna Save this from a

25:11 ↗ staff perspective not to counter that

25:13 ↗ but I just think as we're discussing and

25:16 ↗ really wanting to open this up to

25:18 ↗ opinions of all the parkour members

25:20 ↗ there is as we start talking about

25:23 ↗ projects and having discussions there

25:25 ↗ there is value in having more people in

25:29 ↗ the room than

25:32 ↗ us trying to manage Tech as well as

25:35 ↗ facilitate a meeting and so

25:38 ↗ um

25:39 ↗ we're

25:42 ↗ we're flexible

25:44 ↗ um but as professionals we're also

25:47 ↗ um Limited in in uh in that and so again

25:51 ↗ I don't say that as a direct counter to

25:53 ↗ Brad I just say that as you know your

25:56 ↗ Park board at the park board members and

25:58 ↗ as you I've so appreciated the new

26:02 ↗ um just there's an energy with the park

26:05 ↗ board you're you're all lending such

26:07 ↗ good insight to projects I want to make

26:10 ↗ sure we as staff are able to facilitate

26:13 ↗ that as best we can and is that better

26:16 ↗ served mostly in person or this 50 50

26:21 ↗ um other thoughts please

26:26 ↗ I have a question like a point on

26:27 ↗ clarification so

26:29 ↗ um I I see in the policy description

26:33 ↗ that

26:34 ↗ that it's in her that um virtual tenants

26:38 ↗ would be in limited circumstances so

26:40 ↗ work travel medical restriction warrants

26:42 ↗ you know notice but I don't actually see

26:45 ↗ that in the actual language extracted

26:48 ↗ and I might I'm probably just missing it

26:50 ↗ but I'm one hoping you can

26:53 ↗ it's not as extensive so it just says um

26:56 ↗ in section six one uh however if the

26:59 ↗ member is unable to attend a meeting in

27:01 ↗ person they may request permission so it

27:04 ↗ doesn't include a list

27:06 ↗ here of examples okay so actual pulse so

27:10 ↗ as I read that that means that if if

27:12 ↗ somebody is is hesitant to attend a

27:16 ↗ meeting in person

27:18 ↗ because of

27:21 ↗ um viruses going around or whatnot not

27:22 ↗ that they're actually sick that they

27:24 ↗ could still request permissions attend

27:26 ↗ virtually

27:27 ↗ which I think addresses Brad's

27:29 ↗ Brad I might be wrong but I think that

27:31 ↗ addresses this product is concerned well

27:32 ↗ it's it's work it's worded that if a

27:35 ↗ member is unable to attend which I mean

27:37 ↗ I guess that's a little bit subject to

27:39 ↗ interpretation and could be better

27:41 ↗ clarified to me that implies there's

27:44 ↗ something preventing due to your

27:46 ↗ location due to a transportation issue

27:48 ↗ due to a child care issue due to a

27:50 ↗ medical issue you're not able to

27:52 ↗ physically be at the meeting

27:54 ↗ um but that could be something

27:59 ↗ I guess we can read that differently it

28:02 ↗ was just more much more clear in the

28:03 ↗ fall and then yeah

28:05 ↗ so okay

28:08 ↗ thank you Danielle Chris

28:11 ↗ yeah um

28:14 ↗ I I think the number of times

28:19 ↗ I I can't count uh I don't remember any

28:22 ↗ times when a virtual meeting has really

28:25 ↗ been a problem

28:27 ↗ uh you know where we couldn't make it

28:29 ↗ happen and I think there are a lot of

28:31 ↗ reasons why people may need to just

28:33 ↗ attend on occasion and I I would

28:36 ↗ actually

28:37 ↗ uh suggest

28:40 ↗ uh that we revise the wording for our

28:43 ↗ board to say you know tenances uh

28:47 ↗ preferred and I understand that I agree

28:50 ↗ with that

28:52 ↗ um and it's recommended but I don't

28:56 ↗ think it should be required for a quorum

28:58 ↗ I think it's unnecessary I think we've

29:00 ↗ proven it's unnecessary

29:02 ↗ uh and there might be people uh I'm not

29:06 ↗ one of them but there might be people

29:07 ↗ with reasons that they really need to

29:10 ↗ keep

29:11 ↗ uh you know they would choose to keep

29:14 ↗ private and are they you know they may

29:17 ↗ have a high risk that they don't really

29:20 ↗ want to be making public but they can

29:23 ↗ still be a contributor and valuable and

29:25 ↗ I think we're we're at this point now if

29:28 ↗ a few years of hybrid meetings that we

29:31 ↗ can do this and if we settle on a

29:33 ↗ location

29:35 ↗ um I mean I think the the most difficult

29:37 ↗ part of our meetings is actually

29:39 ↗ getting I like I can't really hear the

29:42 ↗ people in the room as well as I can hear

29:44 ↗ everybody else that's in their own room

29:46 ↗ and um so I I recommend that we actually

29:50 ↗ consider it making it just recommended

29:52 ↗ and you know suggested but uh not

29:55 ↗ required

29:58 ↗ I really appreciate that Chris and again

30:00 ↗ I I appreciate your perspective of doing

30:04 ↗ what we can to remove barriers and as

30:06 ↗ staff we too want to do all we can to

30:08 ↗ facilitate and encourage participation

30:12 ↗ um

30:13 ↗ and again again we're adaptable I'm

30:16 ↗ going to say this one more time and I

30:18 ↗ think you spoke to it Chris is there's a

30:20 ↗ reality that if we enter into this

30:23 ↗ in the coming years we're proposing

30:26 ↗ something that's different than the last

30:28 ↗ two years and I'll be honest a hundred

30:30 ↗ percent virtual is easier

30:34 ↗ than 50 50. right 100 of person or 100

30:39 ↗ virtual has a that there's a manageable

30:42 ↗ element to it that

30:44 ↗ um

30:45 ↗ you know this hybrid literally a hybrid

30:49 ↗ it just brings with it things that we're

30:52 ↗ going to do everything we can to adapt

30:54 ↗ but it just it gets tricky oh

30:57 ↗ enough said we've had a summit tomorrow

31:01 ↗ yeah

31:04 ↗ um

31:06 ↗ so the rules and regulations in like all

31:09 ↗ this like virtual attendance policy and

31:12 ↗ stuff does it just apply to the park

31:13 ↗ board or does it apply to like all the

31:15 ↗ other permissions in August

31:18 ↗ yeah that's a great question so each of

31:20 ↗ the city's advisory boards and the city

31:23 ↗ council they all have their own rules so

31:27 ↗ um you know and that is that is

31:29 ↗ um

31:30 ↗ that is one of the things that is

31:32 ↗ influencing this recommendation that I

31:34 ↗ spoke to earlier is earlier is our city

31:37 ↗ council has um felt that the in-person

31:40 ↗ attendance is important and so they are

31:43 ↗ only allowing themselves to participate

31:45 ↗ virtually during a declared emergency

31:47 ↗ and um

31:49 ↗ kind of for similar reasons that were

31:52 ↗ listed in this policy um

31:54 ↗ so

31:55 ↗ um but it is up to the individual boards

31:58 ↗ I've taken this policy into two of the

32:00 ↗ city's advisory boards that have pretty

32:02 ↗ much accepted it as as proposed but I

32:05 ↗ expect we'll have other

32:06 ↗ I expect multiple boards to request

32:10 ↗ changes to the the rules and that's

32:12 ↗ absolutely within your purview we're

32:15 ↗ just again representing some of some of

32:17 ↗ our observations I I did want to take

32:19 ↗ just a quick minute to identify some of

32:22 ↗ the mayor's rationale that she's shared

32:25 ↗ with us staff about that encouraging the

32:27 ↗ in-person attendance one of one of those

32:30 ↗ reasons is synergy of the group I think

32:33 ↗ during covid if we found that especially

32:35 ↗ bringing on new members it was harder

32:38 ↗ for the boards to develop a Synergy and

32:41 ↗ connect you know even that those few

32:43 ↗ moments before a meeting starts and you

32:45 ↗ can connect a little bit or after a

32:48 ↗ meeting and wanting to just try and

32:50 ↗ encourage

32:51 ↗ um that connection and feeling like some

32:53 ↗ in-person attendance really helps with

32:55 ↗ that and another another reason that

32:59 ↗ she's spoken to um and this isn't the

33:01 ↗ case tonight but you know we do still

33:03 ↗ have a number of residents who are

33:05 ↗ choosing to purchase participate in

33:07 ↗ person to provide their comments and

33:09 ↗ just so having those you know having

33:11 ↗ that face to look look to when you're

33:14 ↗ speaking I'm actually struggling with it

33:15 ↗ a little bit tonight to be honest with

33:17 ↗ you because I feel a little split

33:20 ↗ um but so so those are some of the those

33:23 ↗ are some of the

33:24 ↗ um things motivating this recommendation

33:26 ↗ but but absolutely the group of you five

33:30 ↗ of you need to ultimately agree on what

33:32 ↗ the the uh

33:35 ↗ what the requirements will be for the

33:37 ↗ park board and because you'll be the

33:39 ↗ ones living with it

33:42 ↗ thank you

33:44 ↗ um Katie

33:45 ↗ oh

33:47 ↗ hi there yeah I I would like to have the

33:50 ↗ opportunity for um the board meeting to

33:53 ↗ be more flexible because you know some

33:55 ↗ of us we do not have nine to five jobs

33:57 ↗ like you know for me I'm a pharmacist

34:00 ↗ and so I have I don't have a nine to

34:03 ↗ five job so I work until you know six

34:06 ↗ o'clock and then commuting home or

34:08 ↗ trying to make it to the board meetings

34:11 ↗ on time and then um you know I also have

34:14 ↗ to go pick up my daughter you know just

34:16 ↗ a lot lots of logistics as to why

34:19 ↗ sometimes it's not feasible or possible

34:22 ↗ for me to be there

34:24 ↗ um those um so I feel like having the

34:26 ↗ virtual option it allows me to still

34:29 ↗ participate and

34:31 ↗ um you know and be part of the the board

34:34 ↗ um so

34:35 ↗ um so I just would like to say that I

34:38 ↗ would like to have that option to be

34:39 ↗ more flexible than than just in person I

34:42 ↗ mean if I if I could make it in person

34:44 ↗ trust me I would but but they're just

34:47 ↗ you know life happens jobs and

34:49 ↗ responsibilities and and I don't want to

34:52 ↗ always be reaching out to say well I

34:54 ↗ can't make it because of this because of

34:56 ↗ that and so um having the virtual

34:59 ↗ opportunity I was able to get on while

35:01 ↗ I'm driving home and then get home you

35:04 ↗ know and and participate

35:06 ↗ so

35:08 ↗ thank you

35:10 ↗ thank you Katie uh Brad

35:14 ↗ well I talk too much but sorry about

35:17 ↗ that it's just my nature good comments

35:20 ↗ from Katie

35:21 ↗ uh I just wanted to make one comment in

35:24 ↗ reference to what Jeff had to say

35:27 ↗ uh in terms of the 50 50 is more

35:29 ↗ difficult

35:31 ↗ you know when we first started doing

35:32 ↗ virtual meetings it was probably

35:33 ↗ difficult too but I think for the most

35:35 ↗ part we ended up really coming together

35:38 ↗ and making that a very effective way of

35:41 ↗ meeting with not only the board but also

35:44 ↗ for the community and so I do think that

35:46 ↗ with time a hybrid concept will get much

35:49 ↗ better and easier

35:51 ↗ one other thing I'd like to make comment

35:53 ↗ about is video production because a lot

35:55 ↗ of people especially from the community

35:57 ↗ actually look at these uh either on the

36:01 ↗ cable station or on YouTube and quite

36:03 ↗ frankly after looking at these uh the

36:07 ↗ video cameras that are set up in the

36:09 ↗ manner and at the steel room are not

36:12 ↗ very good they're not very good video

36:13 ↗ production so for someone you know the

36:16 ↗ cameras moving around trying to catch

36:18 ↗ somebody talking can't see it can't hear

36:20 ↗ it quite frankly from a production part

36:25 ↗ of it it actually is better virtually

36:27 ↗ you can see the screens that are put on

36:30 ↗ uh you know in terms of the

36:32 ↗ presentations

36:33 ↗ uh you can see the people you can hear

36:36 ↗ the people so the production wise which

36:39 ↗ is something we have to give

36:40 ↗ consideration to for the community is

36:44 ↗ actually done I think better virtually

36:46 ↗ than when it's in person

36:49 ↗ um my last comment is I totally agree

36:52 ↗ with the mayor and I talked to Jeff

36:54 ↗ about this too the Synergy is really a

36:57 ↗ very important factor of why you meet in

36:59 ↗ person it does help with relationship

37:02 ↗ building team building there is there's

37:05 ↗ clearly value in meeting in person but

37:08 ↗ we're in a new world and you know trying

37:10 ↗ to figure out this hybrid concept which

37:13 ↗ I think is here to stay uh and um you

37:17 ↗ know you know what's the best way of

37:19 ↗ splitting hairs so

37:21 ↗ well thanks and I'll shut up at this

37:23 ↗ point that's my last comment

37:27 ↗ uh Brenda and then Daniel

37:29 ↗ okay I think going on with that is

37:31 ↗ because we are such a unique board we

37:33 ↗ have a wonderful opportunity that we've

37:35 ↗ talked about in the past of meeting in

37:37 ↗ our parks where our community of those

37:40 ↗ Parks can come join us and feel closer

37:42 ↗ and we can communicate with them and

37:45 ↗ understand their needs better so if as a

37:48 ↗ Parks Board will Veer a little bit from

37:50 ↗ the city and look at on those special

37:52 ↗ opportunities of hopefully we will do

37:55 ↗ this two or three or four times a year

37:57 ↗ and then those will really emphasize

37:59 ↗ getting your board there but on the

38:02 ↗ regular meetings and if you want to go

38:04 ↗ virtual go virtual

38:07 ↗ thank you Brenda

38:09 ↗ yeah I'm sort of I'm wondering if it

38:12 ↗ ever it sounds to me like

38:15 ↗ um most people who have spoken up have

38:17 ↗ asked for more flexibility than having

38:19 ↗ five people in The Forum and so I'm

38:21 ↗ wondering if

38:23 ↗ um

38:24 ↗ if it would be a good time to just sort

38:26 ↗ of show a hand to see if people are

38:28 ↗ thinking that and if that's the case

38:30 ↗ then I think we should actually table

38:31 ↗ this for future meetings so we could

38:34 ↗ perhaps rewrite instead of trying to

38:37 ↗ make like little changes on the fly it

38:39 ↗ might be better to table this discussion

38:42 ↗ and come back with another proposal

38:44 ↗ yeah totally agree that was the intent

38:47 ↗ tonight is let's have a discussion let's

38:49 ↗ let's take a pulse and then yeah yeah so

38:52 ↗ I'm wondering there's more people

38:54 ↗ virtually tonight than not so I'm just

38:57 ↗ wondering if people can um

38:59 ↗ somehow indicate Maybe by raising their

39:03 ↗ hand virtually or in person or in person

39:06 ↗ um if they would like more flexibility

39:08 ↗ than the five person

39:10 ↗ need re requirement to be in Quorum

39:14 ↗ um

39:15 ↗ and if you would like more flexibility

39:17 ↗ then what's

39:19 ↗ come back

39:23 ↗ okay yeah it looks like yeah I think

39:25 ↗ through an informal show of hands that

39:27 ↗ appears as though uh that seems like

39:30 ↗ everybody's kind of in consensus that

39:32 ↗ we'll table this for the time being and

39:34 ↗ come back with the with perhaps some

39:37 ↗ revised verbiage on

39:39 ↗ so here are a couple of alternates

39:42 ↗ as well yeah I think okay

39:49 ↗ so I'm hearing interest in some

39:52 ↗ additional flexibility to I think we can

39:55 ↗ sort of take this discussion and propose

39:58 ↗ some

40:00 ↗ some language yes

40:03 ↗ um I'm thinking here about so I'm it

40:06 ↗ sounds as if uh

40:08 ↗ there's a desire to not only reduce the

40:12 ↗ or eliminate the required number of

40:14 ↗ people in the room but they need to not

40:16 ↗ have criteria for when you can attend

40:20 ↗ virtually and when you need to in attend

40:22 ↗ a person that's what I'm hearing from

40:24 ↗ the room and then I also feel like you

40:27 ↗ know I don't know if the five-day notice

40:30 ↗ is like hard and fast but that is also

40:33 ↗ something where you know if someone's

40:34 ↗ actually sick that's not viable right

40:37 ↗ like that's only works way better

40:39 ↗ that's like a free plan today's a great

40:42 ↗ example right I mean but hey I got a

40:45 ↗ cold this morning yeah yeah totally

40:48 ↗ understand

40:49 ↗ um

40:51 ↗ okay

40:54 ↗ I'd also like to just say I agree with

40:56 ↗ bro I mean in person is way better if we

40:58 ↗ can do it um yeah and I guess I would if

41:01 ↗ we can try to encourage maybe a couple

41:02 ↗ times a year to do that so we um I don't

41:06 ↗ know I think everybody in the world is

41:08 ↗ dealing with this right now right hybrid

41:11 ↗ virtual

41:12 ↗ power we're gonna do it yeah now so

41:15 ↗ appreciate the discussion

41:17 ↗ um I I would like to I I I and I think

41:20 ↗ whatever language we come up with I

41:22 ↗ think there is a point of emphasis and I

41:24 ↗ hope everyone understands this I think

41:26 ↗ having said language in there that the

41:28 ↗ preference is in person

41:30 ↗ that being said here's right here's the

41:33 ↗ virtual policy

41:35 ↗ um and as I said and as you all spoke

41:38 ↗ we're we're immensely adaptable to staff

41:41 ↗ but but just as long as you all

41:43 ↗ certainly understand hybrid brings a

41:46 ↗ whole different set of variables than

41:48 ↗ all virtual are all in person Brad I

41:50 ↗ think you said it well the the the

41:52 ↗ camera technology even is good in a

41:55 ↗ hybrid is going to be it just it is what

41:57 ↗ it is and it's it's different and it's a

42:00 ↗ little bit more challenging

42:02 ↗ um but we love a good challenge here in

42:04 ↗ the parks department so um

42:07 ↗ let's we'll bring it back in January

42:09 ↗ I love the discussion thanks everybody

42:13 ↗ thank you okay uh so I think we'll be

42:16 ↗ moving thank you yes thank you

42:20 ↗ all right I believe uh Jennifer has an

42:22 ↗ update on BlackBerry Park

42:26 ↗ just a quick moment here

42:29 ↗ share my screen

42:48 ↗ foreign

42:51 ↗ here today to give you a quick update on

42:54 ↗ BlackBerry Park

42:59 ↗ um as you may recall this park came to

43:02 ↗ the city in 2016

43:04 ↗ um from King County

43:06 ↗ this was a residential single-family lot

43:10 ↗ that sat on their Surplus land list

43:14 ↗ that neighbors

43:16 ↗ um

43:17 ↗ took their Time Blood Sweat and Tears

43:20 ↗ and finances and created a park on and

43:23 ↗ when that property came to the city in

43:25 ↗ 2016 we met with the neighborhood to

43:29 ↗ talk through some of the different

43:30 ↗ challenges that the property had uh

43:33 ↗ because it wasn't up to some of our

43:34 ↗ safety codes and

43:37 ↗ um some improvements but also to see

43:39 ↗ what people wanted in the community as

43:41 ↗ for their neighborhood part

43:45 ↗ um to I know some of you are new into

43:47 ↗ kind of backtrack as to kind of where

43:51 ↗ this process has been uh after 2016

43:54 ↗ after we met with the community we also

43:57 ↗ in 2018 did our Park strategic Plan

44:00 ↗ update

44:01 ↗ um and then

44:03 ↗ um in early 21 we had funding to begin

44:08 ↗ this project Capital project and

44:12 ↗ um started additional engagement with

44:14 ↗ the community in February and in April

44:17 ↗ and by August of last year we had a

44:22 ↗ preferred concept that the community had

44:25 ↗ settled upon we had I'll kind of walk

44:27 ↗ through some of that as we look through

44:29 ↗ the process but

44:31 ↗ um last year October through March we

44:34 ↗ did our construction documents

44:37 ↗ and then late summer permitting

44:40 ↗ we went into late summer and we did our

44:44 ↗ permitting

44:45 ↗ and uh received our land use notice of

44:49 ↗ decision as well as our site work permit

44:52 ↗ and we bid an award and issued a notice

44:56 ↗ to proceed in March through July of last

44:59 ↗ year and at the beginning of August of

45:01 ↗ this year the Park closed for

45:03 ↗ construction

45:05 ↗ and the park hopefully will be opening

45:08 ↗ the end of November and that means a few

45:10 ↗ more days

45:12 ↗ um whether pending that we don't get a

45:15 ↗ massive snowstorm tonight

45:18 ↗ um to kind of back up a little bit as to

45:21 ↗ where we went through some of our public

45:23 ↗ engagement these are all slides from

45:25 ↗ prior presentation and Community

45:26 ↗ engagement opportunities but um look

45:30 ↗ here's what the

45:32 ↗ perk looked like back in the day

45:36 ↗ um in

45:37 ↗ 2006 the neighborhood built the

45:40 ↗ playground and in 2016 it got

45:42 ↗ transferred to the city and in 2017 we

45:45 ↗ had met with the community

45:48 ↗ can I add one thing real fast yet

45:50 ↗ because I just a little bit of that

45:51 ↗ history so as Jen said the neighbors

45:54 ↗ really took it upon themselves to build

45:56 ↗ this

45:57 ↗ um I'm I'm going to be

45:59 ↗ Frank

46:01 ↗ um I'm still Jeff but I'll be frank

46:03 ↗ uh-huh um King County

46:07 ↗ um wasn't really happy that the

46:09 ↗ neighborhood built on this and built

46:11 ↗ just you know plenty elements that

46:14 ↗ weren't necessarily the public code and

46:16 ↗ so part of this transfer to the city

46:19 ↗ um was the county

46:22 ↗ didn't want to address the problem

46:23 ↗ anymore and so I just give that context

46:26 ↗ that is a as a parks department as we

46:28 ↗ have the chance to meet with the

46:30 ↗ neighbors early on this was really how

46:32 ↗ do we remedy this problem and how do we

46:35 ↗ honor and applaud the neighborhood that

46:37 ↗ turned this into a neighborhood park but

46:39 ↗ we need to get it up to public park code

46:42 ↗ so thanks Jen okay good background and

46:46 ↗ is to uh why some of the early

46:48 ↗ neighborhood meetings were oh we don't

46:50 ↗ want you to change things and it's and

46:52 ↗ it's educating and bringing the

46:53 ↗ understanding that

46:55 ↗ um we need to work not only for Public

46:57 ↗ Safety but

46:58 ↗ um you know for long-term viability of

47:01 ↗ the space as well

47:04 ↗ um so we went into some of the existing

47:06 ↗ conditions that play structure uh you

47:09 ↗ can see over in here there's been an

47:11 ↗ open lawn area there was a gazebo over

47:14 ↗ in here and there was old um cherry tree

47:17 ↗ that had to come down

47:19 ↗ and the community also built

47:21 ↗ um football Court

47:24 ↗ and through our public engagement

47:26 ↗ process this was from our April

47:28 ↗ engagement we proposed two different

47:31 ↗ themes of

47:33 ↗ um play and asked the community what

47:36 ↗ they really reflected with and what they

47:38 ↗ wanted to see

47:40 ↗ and through public comment it was um and

47:45 ↗ their preference came down to the

47:47 ↗ casters Castle

47:49 ↗ um which upon further refinement of the

47:51 ↗ design in order to meet budgets

47:54 ↗ um

47:54 ↗ be morphed into this final proposed

47:58 ↗ design and this is what we moved forward

48:00 ↗ with into Construction

48:04 ↗ now the fun part

48:06 ↗ so as we talked about here are some of

48:09 ↗ the before pictures of the site there

48:12 ↗ was also a mass of blackberries hence

48:14 ↗ the Park's neighborhood name

48:17 ↗ um that were on site on the pickleball

48:21 ↗ court had not been served as the

48:22 ↗ playground equipment was reaching end of

48:25 ↗ life

48:28 ↗ and now we're going through doing a

48:31 ↗ little walk through the during the

48:33 ↗ constructions

48:35 ↗ um you can see the play structure had

48:37 ↗ been removed put up our Banner for the

48:40 ↗ neighborhood and the sports park got

48:42 ↗ resurfaced this summer

48:47 ↗ and then demolition continued an

48:50 ↗ excavation continued and this is one of

48:52 ↗ the fun Parts I love demolition by the

48:55 ↗ way

48:56 ↗ um

48:57 ↗ seeing things get torn up and it's the

49:00 ↗ hope of what's coming on and so this is

49:02 ↗ really now I'm going to walk you through

49:03 ↗ some of the structure and some of the

49:04 ↗ things that started happening on site

49:06 ↗ you can see the concrete forms for the

49:09 ↗ um

49:11 ↗ borders around some of the play

49:13 ↗ structures we have these nice logs out

49:16 ↗ there that are part of the design

49:18 ↗ concept and here's some of the play

49:20 ↗ equipment in a big crate sitting on site

49:25 ↗ and then construction with the concrete

49:27 ↗ we've got a new accessible handicap

49:30 ↗ accessible pathway we have a new access

49:33 ↗ over to the um

49:36 ↗ uh Sport Court which was not there

49:38 ↗ previously we also have this nice

49:41 ↗ entrance

49:45 ↗ and the play equipment started going up

49:48 ↗ um last week we hit some weather we had

49:50 ↗ some very challenging uh conditions we

49:54 ↗ had to work through uh during this

49:56 ↗ project we um as we knew when we awarded

50:00 ↗ we were faced with potential supply

50:03 ↗ chain issues that got met with

50:06 ↗ contractor labor issues and so we had

50:08 ↗ some un uh unprecedented and

50:12 ↗ unanticipated uh challenges to the

50:15 ↗ project however in working with the

50:17 ↗ contractor we were able to

50:20 ↗ um figure out ways and in the last you

50:23 ↗ know four weeks we really

50:25 ↗ um taken quite a few strides and making

50:28 ↗ progress

50:29 ↗ um playground got installed and uh this

50:33 ↗ is a new slide that was not in your

50:35 ↗ packet these are pictures from today uh

50:39 ↗ when I was out on site we did got our

50:41 ↗ wood fiber is blown in we've got one

50:43 ↗ more load coming tomorrow we've got

50:46 ↗ um a sensory Circle for young ages to be

50:49 ↗ looking out on and

50:52 ↗ um hopefully this coming week we've got

50:56 ↗ a little bit more work to do we've got

50:58 ↗ hydroseed tomorrow additional lawn

51:01 ↗ prepare we've got a punch list walk we

51:04 ↗ need to go through and assuming all goes

51:06 ↗ swimmingly uh later this week we hope

51:10 ↗ the security fences will come down and

51:12 ↗ the park will be open for public use

51:16 ↗ there will be some unfinished elements

51:19 ↗ that we'll have to come back in the

51:21 ↗ spring and address

51:23 ↗ which let me go back to the concept here

51:28 ↗ which is going to be this blue

51:30 ↗ underneath the swing set area the

51:32 ↗ rubberized poured in place concrete are

51:35 ↗ important Place rubberized surfacing

51:37 ↗ that we've really hit some cold night

51:39 ↗ temperatures as of late and that it's

51:42 ↗ not a good time for that material to set

51:44 ↗ up so we'll come back and do that we've

51:47 ↗ got a small little piece of concrete

51:49 ↗ work in here that we're going to have to

51:50 ↗ do and there is a curved bench right

51:54 ↗ back here

51:55 ↗ it was not the right shape of curve they

51:59 ↗ built the bench off of the wrong

52:01 ↗ Dimension and so we're waiting for a new

52:03 ↗ bench

52:04 ↗ um

52:05 ↗ in order to do the port in place only a

52:07 ↗ few day closure given warmer weather we

52:10 ↗ should be able to get that done in no

52:12 ↗ time and only close that section of the

52:15 ↗ park in order to get that done other

52:17 ↗ work should not impact the department of

52:20 ↗ part of that solution Jan is is we're

52:23 ↗ putting chips in where that pork in

52:25 ↗ place is so as the community uses it

52:28 ↗ through the winter the swings will be

52:29 ↗ available and accessible we'll then

52:33 ↗ after we do the foreign

52:40 ↗ yep

52:45 ↗ so anyways

52:47 ↗ um

52:47 ↗ there you go look forward to finishing

52:51 ↗ it another project

52:53 ↗ any questions

52:57 ↗ so the first time that this park was

52:59 ↗ built was in like a neighborhood park

53:01 ↗ was it just divided by that neighborhood

53:04 ↗ and okay we're gonna go we're gonna

53:05 ↗ build a park and then was it claimed by

53:07 ↗ a king calculator

53:11 ↗ yeah so

53:13 ↗ King County owned the parcel on the

53:15 ↗ property

53:17 ↗ I'm not going to say the neighbors did

53:19 ↗ something they shouldn't have but the

53:20 ↗ neighbors basically put

53:23 ↗ stuff on public property that isn't

53:27 ↗ King County didn't like that

53:29 ↗ so it was it it sort of functioned as

53:32 ↗ this neighborhood part but it was kind

53:33 ↗ of a renegade Park and that the county

53:36 ↗ was trying to tell the neighbors hey you

53:38 ↗ need to take that stuff off so the

53:40 ↗ neighbors they built that one the

53:42 ↗ neighbors didn't the neighbors put in a

53:45 ↗ playset put in yeah put in elements and

53:48 ↗ so this yeah

53:52 ↗ they put it in but it was never

53:55 ↗ okay

53:56 ↗ for them to do it

53:58 ↗ so rather than the county saying hey you

54:01 ↗ need to take it all down the county said

54:03 ↗ hey City here

54:05 ↗ here you take this property and you fix

54:08 ↗ it yeah and so this is really part of

54:10 ↗ our

54:11 ↗ it is a residence that worked really

54:13 ↗ hard but as we take that stuff out let's

54:16 ↗ put in some neighborhood park amenities

54:19 ↗ and really let this be a wonderful

54:21 ↗ neighborhood party yeah

54:23 ↗ thank you

54:26 ↗ any other questions

54:31 ↗ all right I think we'll move forward to

54:34 ↗ the Northwest trolls uh Amy has a

54:37 ↗ presentation

54:42 ↗ and as Amy's doing that

54:44 ↗ um Amy Dukes our Arts uh administrator

54:47 ↗ is is joining us tonight I had the

54:50 ↗ privilege of joining Amy at the Arts

54:52 ↗ commission meeting last week is that

54:54 ↗ just last week maybe it was two weeks

54:56 ↗ ago it's a blur

54:58 ↗ um a little while ago Amy and I have

55:00 ↗ been working with a group for a number

55:03 ↗ of years now on what really is a pretty

55:06 ↗ exciting Arts opportunity uh this has

55:09 ↗ morphed as you'll hear and has morphed

55:12 ↗ into an opportunity for us to consider

55:14 ↗ this art installation in one of our city

55:17 ↗ parks so we thought it would be really

55:20 ↗ worthwhile to give you all an update on

55:22 ↗ this exciting opportunity get your

55:24 ↗ feedback we're still in process of

55:27 ↗ making a decision as a city we've got a

55:29 ↗ meeting here in the next week or two

55:31 ↗ with Snoqualmie tribe not to talk with

55:33 ↗ them before we make a final decision but

55:36 ↗ it's just a a fun project hats off to

55:39 ↗ Amy in the Arts commission really look

55:41 ↗ forward to getting all of your feedback

55:43 ↗ on on the opportunity

55:46 ↗ thanks Jeff thanks so much for having me

55:49 ↗ so again I made me do because of the

55:51 ↗ arts program administrator and the

55:53 ↗ liaison to the Arts commission and now

55:55 ↗ um as of two years ago part of the

55:57 ↗ Pakistan community services department

55:59 ↗ and I know for me the hardest part of a

56:02 ↗ hybrid meeting is wearing reading

56:04 ↗ glasses

56:06 ↗ so I'm sorry if I keep taking them I

56:09 ↗ don't know so right now we're calling

56:11 ↗ this project the northwest or we're not

56:13 ↗ calling it The organizers are calling me

56:15 ↗ at the Northwest nordict troll hunt

56:18 ↗ um and just to preface that it's because

56:20 ↗ there will be multiple locations around

56:23 ↗ um initially they thought maybe around

56:25 ↗ the state it now seems like they're

56:27 ↗ going to be around Puget Sound but right

56:29 ↗ now it looks like there might be as many

56:31 ↗ as seven or eight sites

56:33 ↗ um it is a hunt so they are hoping to

56:36 ↗ keep it fairly confidential until these

56:39 ↗ things start popping up around the

56:41 ↗ community so I um because remains

56:43 ↗ recorded I'm not going to list out who

56:46 ↗ might be working

56:47 ↗ um on this project but uh the Arts

56:50 ↗ commission is really exciting about it

56:51 ↗ and we hope that you guys are excited

56:52 ↗ about it you and just to let you know

56:55 ↗ the organizers or the Scan Design

56:56 ↗ Foundation they're based out of Seattle

56:59 ↗ but basically focused on sharing

57:03 ↗ Scandinavian culture in America they

57:06 ↗ have recruited a world-renowned artist

57:09 ↗ to work on this project with them and

57:12 ↗ then the Nordic Museum in Ballard is

57:15 ↗ also one of the organizing partners and

57:17 ↗ then these various sites of which

57:19 ↗ Issaquah may become one so the I think I

57:23 ↗ might have just told you everything

57:24 ↗ that's on this slide

57:26 ↗ um so that it's a large-scale public art

57:28 ↗ project it is featuring the artwork of

57:31 ↗ Nordic artists um or Danish our

57:34 ↗ environmental artist Thomas danbo

57:36 ↗ um you could Google him and find lots of

57:38 ↗ really cool

57:39 ↗ um YouTube videos and uh he's been in

57:42 ↗ National Geographic and on NPR and so I

57:46 ↗ totally encourage you to look more into

57:48 ↗ his story

57:49 ↗ um he uses entirely recycled materials

57:51 ↗ for these sculptures they are intended

57:55 ↗ to be temporary so temporary and public

57:58 ↗ art is usually somewhere between

58:02 ↗ um a few months and like five to seven

58:04 ↗ years so we think that if we do have a

58:07 ↗ troll in our park it will probably be in

58:09 ↗ that five to seven year range

58:12 ↗ um there are communities that have had

58:14 ↗ his work that have taken really taken

58:16 ↗ ownership of it and taken good care of

58:19 ↗ it and and made it last much longer than

58:21 ↗ that so it is possible that it could be

58:23 ↗ more

58:25 ↗ um or permanent than temporary I guess

58:29 ↗ um and then they're going to be this

58:31 ↗ slide says 10 sites they're still

58:33 ↗ working on the number of sites but right

58:35 ↗ now it looks like probably seven to

58:37 ↗ eight

58:39 ↗ and then as I mentioned

58:41 ↗ um Tom stand though is um

58:43 ↗ internationally acclaimed lots of awards

58:45 ↗ he's an environmental artist he

58:47 ↗ um likes his uh Works to tell an

58:50 ↗ environmental story and so these will

58:53 ↗ tell the story of

58:55 ↗ um The Watershed in our area and and he

58:58 ↗ will make each troll science specific

59:01 ↗ and tell the story of that place that it

59:04 ↗ is

59:05 ↗ um he has done this all over the world

59:08 ↗ um I don't know if the slave completely

59:10 ↗ up to date but I have 80 trolls listed

59:13 ↗ here and he's got several commissions

59:17 ↗ currently

59:18 ↗ um under this way including one on the

59:21 ↗ east coast so his plan is to come to the

59:25 ↗ Puget Sound region in the summer of 2023

59:29 ↗ and he's also working on the East Coast

59:31 ↗ as well in 2023 so it's going to bounce

59:34 ↗ back and forth with this team

59:36 ↗ and then the story that the trolls are

59:38 ↗ going to tell which is a huge part of

59:41 ↗ this project

59:42 ↗ um is going to be about Watershed

59:44 ↗ protection

59:45 ↗ repairing habitats and also about

59:48 ↗ honoring the land and the importance of

59:51 ↗ taking care of your land and he is in

59:55 ↗ conversations with various

59:57 ↗ um Coast Salish tribes and is making

1:00:01 ↗ arrangements right now to talk with the

1:00:02 ↗ smoke problems right so that was an

1:00:05 ↗ important component um to I think

1:00:08 ↗ everyone that's involved in this project

1:00:10 ↗ actually and all the communities kind of

1:00:12 ↗ requested that he make that dialogue

1:00:15 ↗ part of his process and there's some

1:00:17 ↗ conversation now about having perhaps

1:00:20 ↗ some native artists travel to work with

1:00:24 ↗ him in Europe and do some kind of

1:00:26 ↗ cultural exchange so that may become a

1:00:29 ↗ bigger component of a project then

1:00:32 ↗ so that's all I have right now there is

1:00:34 ↗ a lot of this is still kind of unfolding

1:00:37 ↗ um but because we wanted to have the

1:00:39 ↗ opportunity to move forward we did take

1:00:42 ↗ this to the Arts commission they're

1:00:44 ↗ super excited about it

1:00:46 ↗ um and basically uh made a motion to

1:00:49 ↗ support it

1:00:51 ↗ um whatever that might mean

1:00:54 ↗ um we don't know what the financial

1:00:55 ↗ commitment is going to be at this time

1:00:57 ↗ because the Nordic um the Scandal

1:01:00 ↗ snotting Foundation is actually actively

1:01:02 ↗ fundraising for the project so as much

1:01:04 ↗ money as they're able to contribute it

1:01:07 ↗ would reduce the amount that each of the

1:01:10 ↗ individual sites would have to commit

1:01:13 ↗ um so I don't have a dollar figure right

1:01:16 ↗ now but the parts commission did make a

1:01:18 ↗ motion at their last meeting to move

1:01:20 ↗ forward as much as we could commit

1:01:22 ↗ without

1:01:23 ↗ so

1:01:25 ↗ happy to take questions can I understand

1:01:28 ↗ a couple things I mean so appreciate

1:01:30 ↗ that over to you so a couple of

1:01:32 ↗ specifics but budget related as as uh

1:01:37 ↗ the city manages the Arts fund

1:01:40 ↗ um and as we've talked with the

1:01:41 ↗ administration about this opportunity

1:01:42 ↗ there's funding not only in the 2022

1:01:45 ↗ budget but some funding within the 2023

1:01:47 ↗ budget so so that there's some ability

1:01:50 ↗ for us to sort of respond to this

1:01:52 ↗ opportunity in terms of specific

1:01:55 ↗ location that we're looking here in

1:01:57 ↗ Issaquah so you know and some of you

1:01:59 ↗ might be aware

1:02:00 ↗ um

1:02:01 ↗ Amy and I were in discussions with this

1:02:04 ↗ group probably three years ago now

1:02:06 ↗ before the pandemic this was being just

1:02:09 ↗ sort of explored and what issaquah's

1:02:12 ↗ role might be in it at that time they

1:02:14 ↗ were also talking with the state park we

1:02:16 ↗ were in conversations with state parks

1:02:18 ↗ state parks

1:02:20 ↗ big ass state parks doctors Lake Sam

1:02:22 ↗ State Park but how could state parks

1:02:24 ↗ play a role in multiple sort of Puget

1:02:27 ↗ Sound areas that included Lake Sam State

1:02:30 ↗ Park we were taking a supportive role in

1:02:32 ↗ that sort of being a potential Issaquah

1:02:34 ↗ site through a number of

1:02:37 ↗ decisions earlier this year state parks

1:02:39 ↗ is not in a position to to play that

1:02:41 ↗ role and so we wanted to continue to

1:02:45 ↗ have this exploratory conversation with

1:02:47 ↗ this troll hunt opportunity and how

1:02:50 ↗ Issaquah could be a site and so what

1:02:53 ↗ we're looking at now and considering is

1:02:54 ↗ Confluence Park how might and and given

1:02:58 ↗ some of the goals that existed with Lake

1:03:00 ↗ stamp state park with the artists with

1:03:02 ↗ dambo in terms of

1:03:04 ↗ The Watershed role that is the Issaquah

1:03:08 ↗ Creek plays how could we still do that

1:03:11 ↗ same narrative and tell that story

1:03:12 ↗ within Confluence Park um any sighting

1:03:15 ↗ within Confluence Park we're talking

1:03:17 ↗ about would be outside the buffer uh we

1:03:20 ↗ would be looking at all of those

1:03:22 ↗ parameters as we look as we would with

1:03:25 ↗ any art installation but

1:03:27 ↗ um we certainly feel as we've had

1:03:29 ↗ conversations at the Arts commission as

1:03:31 ↗ we've had conversations with

1:03:32 ↗ Administration would love to get your

1:03:34 ↗ feedback we think Confluence Park it's

1:03:36 ↗ proximity to Old Town it's proximity to

1:03:39 ↗ Gilman Village I think the the marketing

1:03:42 ↗ opportunity that this trollhunt has that

1:03:44 ↗ if if if residents from all throughout

1:03:46 ↗ Puget Sound are coming to discover a

1:03:48 ↗ troll to be that much closer to

1:03:50 ↗ restaurants in Old Town Oregon Village

1:03:53 ↗ and really presents a pretty good cool

1:03:56 ↗ opportunity for parks to be a canvas for

1:04:00 ↗ an art project and what sort of

1:04:02 ↗ integrated art in the public space can

1:04:04 ↗ be and oh it can also be an economic

1:04:08 ↗ um sort of an economic economic

1:04:10 ↗ incubator so

1:04:13 ↗ thanks again Amy questions thoughts

1:04:15 ↗ comments

1:04:17 ↗ thank you how it looks like Andrew e

1:04:23 ↗ H yes uh thank you Amy for the

1:04:25 ↗ presentation

1:04:27 ↗ um I think

1:04:29 ↗ um and there is probably expectation on

1:04:34 ↗ high volume of tourists visit

1:04:37 ↗ the troll locations right so I'm curious

1:04:40 ↗ if there is any data around uh the

1:04:44 ↗ expected increase in traffic and how

1:04:47 ↗ Issaquah would be able to manage that

1:04:49 ↗ increase in traffic and like wearing the

1:04:53 ↗ Hat of someone who would who would live

1:04:56 ↗ in the area of potentially the location

1:04:58 ↗ Confluence Park I'm sure there will be

1:05:01 ↗ concerns from the uh neighboring area on

1:05:05 ↗ trash management or parking or being

1:05:09 ↗ overrun by tourists so I'm curious if um

1:05:13 ↗ there is any uh information around that

1:05:17 ↗ that has been collected so far

1:05:24 ↗ so we don't have specific data on this

1:05:27 ↗ is a little bit different than a lot of

1:05:30 ↗ the projects he's done which have been

1:05:31 ↗ and on private uh more private property

1:05:34 ↗ within like

1:05:36 ↗ um botanical gardens

1:05:39 ↗ sites that are more contained and this

1:05:42 ↗ project actually you know will have the

1:05:44 ↗ potential for people to visit multiple

1:05:47 ↗ sites throughout the region so in one

1:05:50 ↗ way that should disperse the amount of

1:05:53 ↗ traffic at any one time but I don't

1:05:57 ↗ really have comparable data to share

1:06:00 ↗ just for instance like at a Botanical

1:06:02 ↗ Garden yes it definitely increased their

1:06:05 ↗ visitation dramatically but it's hard to

1:06:08 ↗ say with it being in like eight

1:06:10 ↗ locations around and they will be rolled

1:06:13 ↗ out pretty uh quickly like week to week

1:06:17 ↗ so

1:06:19 ↗ um people would probably be visiting

1:06:21 ↗ them primarily in August September

1:06:25 ↗ October

1:06:26 ↗ um but not all at once so it's a great

1:06:30 ↗ question and it's and this this is good

1:06:32 ↗ feedback for me too because these are

1:06:34 ↗ questions that I can take back to the

1:06:36 ↗ organizers and say hey we presented this

1:06:38 ↗ to our prep boarding they do have

1:06:40 ↗ questions and would like more permission

1:06:42 ↗ so I will take that back to them and see

1:06:44 ↗ how they might be able to quantify it

1:06:46 ↗ and I can share that with Jeff to share

1:06:48 ↗ with all of you yeah it is a new model

1:06:50 ↗ Andrew but it's a great question it's

1:06:52 ↗ something even as we consider Confluence

1:06:55 ↗ making sure we have the adequate support

1:06:57 ↗ facilities there how would we you know

1:07:01 ↗ as if that as that site rolls out how

1:07:04 ↗ where and how will we encouraging people

1:07:06 ↗ to park

1:07:08 ↗ um how are we sort of encompassing that

1:07:11 ↗ as part of the the bigger media release

1:07:13 ↗ in terms of hey when you come visit

1:07:15 ↗ Issaquah here's where to park here's

1:07:18 ↗ you know how to come explore or come

1:07:21 ↗ find the find the troll in town I will

1:07:30 ↗ I will one summer we did hosta

1:07:32 ↗ Shakespeare in the park

1:07:34 ↗ um Confluence Park

1:07:36 ↗ um I believe that Seattle shakespear

1:07:38 ↗ counted the attendance and about 400

1:07:40 ↗ people and um the park accommodated them

1:07:43 ↗ really really well granted that was just

1:07:45 ↗ for one a one-time event but I wouldn't

1:07:48 ↗ anticipate that there would be 400

1:07:50 ↗ people coming to see the tool at the

1:07:52 ↗ exact same moment so

1:07:54 ↗ um I do know that the perking was able

1:07:57 ↗ to accommodate that many people for a

1:07:59 ↗ one-time event but again I know probably

1:08:02 ↗ not quite the day guys that you're

1:08:03 ↗ looking for so I'll try to get more more

1:08:05 ↗ info

1:08:07 ↗ thank you Andrew uh Garcia

1:08:10 ↗ so I'll actually have two questions so

1:08:12 ↗ first I'm like you said well how much 78

1:08:15 ↗ trolls how long would it take for like

1:08:17 ↗ one Troll And um also like has this

1:08:20 ↗ project already begun or are you guys

1:08:23 ↗ so a lot of the planning has already

1:08:26 ↗ happened

1:08:27 ↗ um and some of the sites have committed

1:08:30 ↗ to be

1:08:31 ↗ um to be

1:08:32 ↗ parents versus page but a lot of the

1:08:35 ↗ sites have questions like we do and want

1:08:37 ↗ there to be conversations with the tribe

1:08:38 ↗ and other things so not all those

1:08:40 ↗ conditions have been met

1:08:41 ↗ um so I'd say they only have maybe four

1:08:44 ↗ sites committed right now

1:08:47 ↗ um but they're hoping by the end of the

1:08:48 ↗ calendar year to pretty much have

1:08:50 ↗ everybody committed and then the artist

1:08:52 ↗ already made some field trips to the

1:08:54 ↗ area and came up with some concepts for

1:08:57 ↗ the trolls and so once everyone commits

1:09:00 ↗ then he will begin the process of the

1:09:02 ↗ design process

1:09:04 ↗ um and he builds the large heads portion

1:09:08 ↗ of the sculptures indica's studio in

1:09:12 ↗ Denmark and ships them and then the rest

1:09:15 ↗ of the troll is built on site primarily

1:09:18 ↗ with volunteers as a program community

1:09:21 ↗ building project so

1:09:24 ↗ um so the process will be they're

1:09:26 ↗ looking for commitment you know late

1:09:29 ↗ this year early next year

1:09:32 ↗ um will begin to think we decide to

1:09:34 ↗ participate we'll begin that design

1:09:36 ↗ process through the spring and

1:09:38 ↗ um into probably just spring and then he

1:09:43 ↗ would come over in the summer time and

1:09:45 ↗ begin the installation and they told us

1:09:48 ↗ that the installation really only takes

1:09:50 ↗ about a week

1:09:52 ↗ um once he is on site with the large

1:09:56 ↗ head so the head of the troll is really

1:09:58 ↗ the more intricate part that takes time

1:10:00 ↗ yeah and just to clarify one thing too

1:10:02 ↗ is it while would host one troll yeah

1:10:05 ↗ seven or eight would be through while

1:10:07 ↗ the Puget Sound area so from you know

1:10:10 ↗ within probably a 40 to 50 mile radius

1:10:14 ↗ so truly a very broad hunt yeah

1:10:19 ↗ well actually so as far as like where

1:10:24 ↗ the trolls are being placed is it going

1:10:26 ↗ to be placed in like

1:10:28 ↗ um like a trail type area like in the

1:10:31 ↗ middle of my you know woods and such

1:10:33 ↗ like in the pictures that you were

1:10:35 ↗ showing or is it gonna be

1:10:37 ↗ um somewhere near like a boardwalk or

1:10:39 ↗ like a road where it's just you could

1:10:41 ↗ see it as you're passing by you don't

1:10:42 ↗ have to like you know go inside a trail

1:10:44 ↗ to go look for it yeah that's a great

1:10:45 ↗ question

1:10:46 ↗ um because it's actually something that

1:10:47 ↗ the artist considers very significantly

1:10:50 ↗ and he wants there to be a mix of um

1:10:54 ↗ trolls that are more easily discoverable

1:10:57 ↗ as well as ones that are maybe tucked in

1:10:59 ↗ to the landscape a little more so

1:11:01 ↗ they'll all be very dependent upon the

1:11:03 ↗ site that is chosen

1:11:05 ↗ um and initially I you know it's so

1:11:08 ↗ interesting to go through this process

1:11:10 ↗ as Jeff said we've been talking with

1:11:12 ↗ this group for almost three years

1:11:14 ↗ initially it was like there will be 25

1:11:16 ↗ sites and you will hike to the top of

1:11:18 ↗ them now and then

1:11:19 ↗ that's right

1:11:21 ↗ um they were like oh wow you know tiger

1:11:23 ↗ type of tiger Mount Cooper Point that

1:11:25 ↗ would be really cool you know but then

1:11:26 ↗ the reality of getting things created

1:11:30 ↗ and all of the logistics that are

1:11:32 ↗ required

1:11:33 ↗ um have have led them to like a more

1:11:34 ↗ manageable set of sites

1:11:37 ↗ um but there will be some that are more

1:11:38 ↗ tucked in that you kind of have a

1:11:40 ↗ surprise moment and then ones that are

1:11:42 ↗ who are accessible name do you think

1:11:43 ↗ they want a decent number of them to be

1:11:45 ↗ acceptable so that people have Mobility

1:11:48 ↗ challenges are able to enjoy them too as

1:11:51 ↗ we consider Confluence Park we would

1:11:53 ↗ want accessibility along one of the

1:11:55 ↗ trails so again there's a maybe a a

1:11:59 ↗ happy medium of a little bit of a

1:12:01 ↗ peekaboo Discovery but it's not

1:12:04 ↗ um again it's it's probably a longer

1:12:06 ↗ Trail outside the buffer area

1:12:09 ↗ Etc and how tall do you share these

1:12:12 ↗ trolls yeah were they really vary um but

1:12:15 ↗ they can be you know

1:12:18 ↗ 20 feet tall they could be eight feet

1:12:22 ↗ tall it depends on how they're

1:12:25 ↗ um you know developed like they might be

1:12:27 ↗ sitting versus standing I was able to

1:12:30 ↗ visit the main botanical garden and see

1:12:33 ↗ the exhibit that was there and some of

1:12:35 ↗ them were ignored as like tall as the

1:12:38 ↗ trees so it just depends on the site I

1:12:42 ↗ think we have surrounded questions with

1:12:43 ↗ the group yeah

1:12:45 ↗ Brad

1:12:47 ↗ uh thanks I'm really excited about this

1:12:49 ↗ I can't say enough good things about

1:12:51 ↗ supporting it uh I've known about it for

1:12:53 ↗ some time because my involvement with

1:12:55 ↗ the state park

1:12:56 ↗ um but I think that uh and it's just

1:12:59 ↗ perfect it's a win-win-win-win I mean

1:13:02 ↗ you know I mean I think it creates the

1:13:04 ↗ potential for Partnerships which is

1:13:06 ↗ really great uh the thing that I really

1:13:09 ↗ like not only is it you know an

1:13:11 ↗ outstanding art

1:13:12 ↗ aspect but it you know the the

1:13:15 ↗ intention or or mission of it also being

1:13:19 ↗ environmental uh being you know is a

1:13:21 ↗ huge issue

1:13:23 ↗ I think it's just perfect for the

1:13:25 ↗ Issaquah Creek Corridor I would not

1:13:27 ↗ necessarily rule out some other

1:13:29 ↗ potentials within this quiet Creek

1:13:31 ↗ Corridor you know a lot of that probably

1:13:33 ↗ has to do with what the artist might

1:13:34 ↗ want to do certainly Confluence I think

1:13:36 ↗ is is a great spot but there are others

1:13:39 ↗ I think being close to the Waterway or

1:13:42 ↗ Issaquah Creek would be an advantage

1:13:46 ↗ um I mean I just think this is just an

1:13:48 ↗ outstanding thing and I certainly hope

1:13:50 ↗ that the city agrees and supports it I I

1:13:54 ↗ see this as something that could really

1:13:55 ↗ be a catalyst for the Issa Creek

1:13:57 ↗ Corridor as we go as we move into

1:14:02 ↗ you know planning strategic planning for

1:14:05 ↗ the corridor I think that this could

1:14:07 ↗ really be a catalyst and get the

1:14:08 ↗ community more engaged in the Issaquah

1:14:11 ↗ recorder concept

1:14:12 ↗ uh and so I don't know I can't say

1:14:14 ↗ enough good things about it so I'll stop

1:14:16 ↗ there but

1:14:17 ↗ um you got my vote 10 times on this one

1:14:21 ↗ thanks Brad

1:14:22 ↗ uh Andrew

1:14:24 ↗ yeah likewise want to say uh thank you

1:14:27 ↗ Amy for bringing this together it's

1:14:29 ↗ super cool to learn about this project

1:14:31 ↗ and excited to hopefully this squad can

1:14:34 ↗ be a part of it would love to see it

1:14:35 ↗ happen

1:14:36 ↗ um out of curiosity I was just wondering

1:14:38 ↗ about the nature of the conversation

1:14:39 ↗ with the tribes and what any potential

1:14:42 ↗ you know concerns or

1:14:45 ↗ uh questions might come up through that

1:14:46 ↗ process

1:14:50 ↗ so

1:14:54 ↗ developments already what

1:14:56 ↗ what some other tribes not this no help

1:14:58 ↗ me tribe that have gone really well

1:15:01 ↗ um I'm not really sure what the I think

1:15:03 ↗ he his intention is to let the tribe

1:15:06 ↗ lead the conversation

1:15:08 ↗ um and so I can certainly report back

1:15:10 ↗ after he has the conversation with snow

1:15:12 ↗ Plumbing

1:15:13 ↗ yeah if I could add to that you know we

1:15:16 ↗ as we've reached out and developed a

1:15:18 ↗ very

1:15:19 ↗ um

1:15:20 ↗ clear relationships with us Snoqualmie

1:15:23 ↗ tribe and their intergovernmental team

1:15:24 ↗ you know we we're the ones that wanted

1:15:26 ↗ to make that connection as well so so

1:15:29 ↗ Amy and I'll be part of that discussion

1:15:31 ↗ as well so even uh you know it sounds

1:15:34 ↗ like the artist really has a respect and

1:15:37 ↗ understanding for ancestral lands

1:15:41 ↗ um and and recognizing that

1:15:43 ↗ um yeah I really I think this first

1:15:45 ↗ discussion this first meeting is going

1:15:46 ↗ to be more listening than uh than

1:15:49 ↗ anything so we'll keep you all posted

1:15:52 ↗ and again I think it's really really

1:15:53 ↗ important for us as a city to to

1:15:55 ↗ understand uh from that listening before

1:15:59 ↗ we make a final decision as a city

1:16:01 ↗ whether we want to do this or not so

1:16:03 ↗ more to come

1:16:08 ↗ will be like tailored to like the just

1:16:12 ↗ overall beings of Issaquah just being

1:16:14 ↗ like uh you know salmon obviously being

1:16:17 ↗ a very introvert part of the city and

1:16:19 ↗ everything like how much will the troll

1:16:21 ↗ um yeah I think it'll be very site

1:16:24 ↗ specific and there's that larger story

1:16:27 ↗ that's being told about our watershed

1:16:29 ↗ area that I think it will be relating

1:16:32 ↗ directly to the site so if it is in

1:16:35 ↗ Confluence Park say you know the the

1:16:36 ↗ creek would be an important component

1:16:40 ↗ um

1:16:43 ↗ great thing

1:16:45 ↗ I think Chris Smith

1:16:47 ↗ wanted a comment I saw him to add

1:16:50 ↗ something to the chat a while ago Chris

1:16:54 ↗ there you go thank you yeah

1:16:58 ↗ I have a cold so I muted myself while I

1:17:00 ↗ sneezed really loud to not disturb all

1:17:02 ↗ of you and then I had to get unmuted

1:17:04 ↗ thank you

1:17:06 ↗ yeah uh you have my vote right as is

1:17:10 ↗ some things I think would be great to

1:17:12 ↗ consider is how to incorporate the you

1:17:14 ↗ know the tribal uh connection to the

1:17:17 ↗ area

1:17:18 ↗ um

1:17:19 ↗ and I think that's important and then

1:17:22 ↗ the other question is not really for for

1:17:25 ↗ you Amy I don't think but if anybody is

1:17:27 ↗ aware of the timeline

1:17:30 ↗ of course propose additional parking

1:17:32 ↗ spots along the Holly Street side of

1:17:36 ↗ Confluence Park you know how far out is

1:17:38 ↗ that uh with respect to this

1:17:41 ↗ um

1:17:42 ↗ you know I think that's somebody else's

1:17:44 ↗ that's somebody else's budget but that

1:17:47 ↗ certainly would help with uh you know

1:17:49 ↗ Anders uh question he raised absolutely

1:17:53 ↗ yeah Chris I don't know you know that's

1:17:55 ↗ a that's a right-of-way project that I

1:17:58 ↗ don't even know shows up on the

1:17:59 ↗ transportation Improvement plan the

1:18:02 ↗ six-year plan so it's the 16th not on

1:18:04 ↗ the sixth year so that's you know 10 8

1:18:06 ↗ 10 years likely

1:18:09 ↗ um like Amy said and I I appreciate you

1:18:11 ↗ know the Shakespeare in the Park event

1:18:13 ↗ was a really good test for us and

1:18:15 ↗ knowing that Confluence there's a lot of

1:18:17 ↗ interest in having events this wouldn't

1:18:19 ↗ be a singular event but you know to know

1:18:22 ↗ that there were the 400 people there and

1:18:24 ↗ I think the communication that the

1:18:26 ↗ theater group sent out in terms of where

1:18:28 ↗ to park and encouraging people to park

1:18:30 ↗ it it really

1:18:32 ↗ we didn't see those

1:18:34 ↗ troubling conflicts

1:18:37 ↗ with that event

1:18:39 ↗ um when you have that event not just for

1:18:41 ↗ parking but just other like restaurants

1:18:44 ↗ it did did we bring in additional

1:18:47 ↗ facilities or like porta potties or yeah

1:18:51 ↗ we do you know we we did not in

1:18:56 ↗ uh we should have but we did I don't

1:18:58 ↗ know we just don't know what's the limit

1:19:00 ↗ on the number of people

1:19:02 ↗ um because it was actually a much larger

1:19:04 ↗ turnout than we anticipated

1:19:07 ↗ um but we did not and we just made sure

1:19:09 ↗ that those open longer and that they

1:19:12 ↗ didn't block

1:19:14 ↗ um after the summer yeah so we've had

1:19:16 ↗ yeah I think yeah I would think people

1:19:18 ↗ aren't going to be you know they would

1:19:21 ↗ be visiting the troll but not

1:19:22 ↗ necessarily you know hanging out I'm

1:19:24 ↗ just thinking like the first week or you

1:19:26 ↗ know like so you might maybe leave some

1:19:29 ↗ stuff up we're stuck in more frequently

1:19:30 ↗ yeah I think we're going to want to

1:19:31 ↗ gauge that I think that's partnering

1:19:33 ↗ with the other and most of these are

1:19:35 ↗ other

1:19:37 ↗ public agencies I guess I'll speak to

1:19:39 ↗ that so we won't be the only one as a

1:19:41 ↗ public agency trying to manage this

1:19:43 ↗ installation so I think we're we're all

1:19:45 ↗ kind of leaning on each other in terms

1:19:46 ↗ of how do we learn what's up first week

1:19:48 ↗ look like yeah what's week four look

1:19:50 ↗ like right yeah hopefully we won't be

1:19:53 ↗ first so yeah and then I had a couple

1:19:56 ↗ other little questions

1:19:57 ↗ um well you mentioned that these are

1:20:00 ↗ um intended to be temporary

1:20:04 ↗ um I'm assuming though that it's not

1:20:05 ↗ like other public art that might rotate

1:20:07 ↗ to other locations like this would just

1:20:09 ↗ be here and it basically is just

1:20:11 ↗ temporary like once it wears out

1:20:13 ↗ basically it comes down that's correct

1:20:15 ↗ okay so as long as it's useful and safe

1:20:19 ↗ we would keep it up

1:20:21 ↗ um but we're not under an obligation to

1:20:24 ↗ keep it there and then are these trolls

1:20:27 ↗ like

1:20:28 ↗ do people climb on them like are they

1:20:30 ↗ like they're they're designed to sort of

1:20:32 ↗ a comment like deal like have people

1:20:35 ↗ touching them and climbing on them okay

1:20:39 ↗ I love it I think it's super cool

1:20:42 ↗ um

1:20:42 ↗ I don't know if you need us to

1:20:44 ↗ officially make a recommendation

1:20:47 ↗ not necessarily again you know art

1:20:49 ↗ commission-led project we just thought

1:20:51 ↗ again this you know it's so great to

1:20:53 ↗ have Arts within the department and how

1:20:55 ↗ do we

1:20:56 ↗ sort of celebrate this you know so often

1:21:00 ↗ parks are the canvas or these Arts

1:21:02 ↗ projects so I think just getting keeping

1:21:05 ↗ you updated

1:21:07 ↗ um I agree I think

1:21:09 ↗ perhaps January as we know more

1:21:10 ↗ information perhaps having an action

1:21:12 ↗ item and giving you all the opportunity

1:21:14 ↗ to you know sort of give up Linda a

1:21:16 ↗ supportive thumbs up would be would be

1:21:18 ↗ great so we'll plan on we'll have a lot

1:21:20 ↗ more information come that January

1:21:22 ↗ meeting so more to come

1:21:25 ↗ thanks for thanks again for having me

1:21:27 ↗ you know the Arts commission is always

1:21:29 ↗ really

1:21:29 ↗ wanting to connect with the hard Sports

1:21:32 ↗ season this would be a nice opportunity

1:21:41 ↗ the other uh any other questions

1:21:43 ↗ concerns

1:21:45 ↗ thanks for the thumbs up Brenda

1:21:50 ↗ all right

1:21:52 ↗ um I guess with that said we'll move on

1:21:54 ↗ to uh the reports

1:21:56 ↗ so start off with uh with my

1:21:59 ↗ chairperson's report

1:22:01 ↗ um just uh kind of wanted to uh make a

1:22:05 ↗ an announce that that's kind of exciting

1:22:07 ↗ to me as a Ultra Runner

1:22:09 ↗ um that is a glob will be hosting a

1:22:11 ↗ run-up for air or Rupa event on March

1:22:15 ↗ 11th um basically doing uh laps up to

1:22:19 ↗ Tiger Tiger Mountain and what this is

1:22:21 ↗ basically a program that's uh

1:22:25 ↗ endurance events are empowering

1:22:27 ↗ non-profits to basically address air

1:22:30 ↗ quality and climate change issues and in

1:22:32 ↗ your local communities so typically

1:22:36 ↗ these events have been in Utah Colorado

1:22:37 ↗ and Tiger Mountain will be Washington's

1:22:40 ↗ first uh in this event which is pretty

1:22:44 ↗ exciting

1:22:46 ↗ um when you say Ultra this isn't this is

1:22:48 ↗ like a 5K

1:22:52 ↗ up to 24 hours so as much as you can

1:22:55 ↗ number in that in that time and wow

1:22:58 ↗ that's awesome

1:23:00 ↗ um so uh it's a fun event coming out the

1:23:04 ↗ next spring

1:23:06 ↗ um and uh also I've been doing some uh

1:23:09 ↗ volunteering for uh the Box slip surveys

1:23:12 ↗ um not necessarily Issaquah but although

1:23:16 ↗ uh Larry sweaters who's in charge of it

1:23:18 ↗ is lives in Issaquah and um actually one

1:23:21 ↗ of the main chimneys that's a nesting

1:23:23 ↗ point for the Box slips or like um as

1:23:26 ↗ their southern migration uh is in salic

1:23:29 ↗ um and uh basically this last year and

1:23:33 ↗ there's also other chimneys around

1:23:34 ↗ Western Washington like Monroe Wagner is

1:23:37 ↗ one of the main ones but all the way

1:23:39 ↗ down the coast and uh 1.6 million Swifts

1:23:43 ↗ were counted uh in this southbound

1:23:45 ↗ migration including 43 000 which were

1:23:48 ↗ the selling uh

1:23:49 ↗ Schoolhouse chimney just just down the

1:23:52 ↗ road from Issaquah if you're interested

1:23:54 ↗ in volunteering in that you can reach

1:23:57 ↗ out

1:23:58 ↗ happenings.org and then just a quick

1:24:01 ↗ count on the Chinook salmon uh here's

1:24:03 ↗ 4600 adults have returned and about 3.4

1:24:07 ↗ million eggs collected to this point I

1:24:10 ↗ know the salmon hatchery is always

1:24:12 ↗ looking for volunteers for egg picking

1:24:15 ↗ which is a a pretty fun project it

1:24:19 ↗ always get the chance to maybe spot the

1:24:22 ↗ little tiny salmon swimming in the uh in

1:24:24 ↗ the eggs once it reaches a certain point

1:24:27 ↗ so it's a fun opportunity to sort of uh

1:24:30 ↗ you know give back to the the sound and

1:24:34 ↗ the community in that way so if

1:24:36 ↗ someone's interested in volunteering the

1:24:38 ↗ proof of a contest uh I believe uh that

1:24:41 ↗ will be the friends uh fish

1:24:45 ↗ for instance friends of Issaquah salmon

1:24:48 ↗ hatchery yes yeah and uh there's a sign

1:24:52 ↗ up sheet for that and um you know uh

1:24:55 ↗ several opportunities available usually

1:24:57 ↗ it's about a three or four hour shift

1:25:00 ↗ it's a lot of fun

1:25:02 ↗ uh that's all for me

1:25:06 ↗ so yes

1:25:07 ↗ have an opportunity to share please

1:25:12 ↗ so starting off when one of that

1:25:15 ↗ um we have a lot of the new new threats

1:25:18 ↗ on all these different boards now

1:25:21 ↗ starting with the park board and we have

1:25:23 ↗ uh two other youth board reps who will

1:25:25 ↗ be alternating with at meetings

1:25:28 ↗ um we have these board reps having Arts

1:25:30 ↗ commission the sister cities commission

1:25:32 ↗ which I'm also on uh the environmental

1:25:35 ↗ board the equity board

1:25:37 ↗ um as just mentioned the friends of the

1:25:39 ↗ Issaquah solid Hatchery the fish

1:25:42 ↗ committee

1:25:43 ↗ and the Human Services Commission

1:25:47 ↗ a lot more than last year experience

1:25:52 ↗ of the year which is going to be a Harry

1:25:55 ↗ Potter night we're gonna have a bunch of

1:25:58 ↗ like elementary school kids come on uh

1:26:01 ↗ February 3rd and we're going to have a

1:26:04 ↗ lot of like um

1:26:06 ↗ eating foods like quidditch potion

1:26:09 ↗ making stuff like that and yeah it's

1:26:11 ↗ just gonna be a couple hours of fun and

1:26:14 ↗ that'll be at the community center yeah

1:26:15 ↗ awesome

1:26:21 ↗ and then as for our next event which is

1:26:24 ↗ the dog will endurance event so we

1:26:26 ↗ reached out to the Issaquah police

1:26:29 ↗ department and we are looking to partner

1:26:31 ↗ with them for this you know dodgeball

1:26:34 ↗ and donuts event which will this will

1:26:36 ↗ now be the second time that we've done

1:26:39 ↗ this

1:26:40 ↗ um so basically just a bit so that

1:26:42 ↗ during it's just a dodgeball tournament

1:26:44 ↗ where five high school students are

1:26:47 ↗ paired with one police officer and they

1:26:50 ↗ just compete in DodgeBall and get to eat

1:26:52 ↗ donuts

1:26:54 ↗ um

1:26:56 ↗ and we have an animal

1:26:58 ↗ um conference about um behavior of

1:27:01 ↗ health issues called state of mind which

1:27:04 ↗ will continue in place in March

1:27:08 ↗ and

1:27:09 ↗ um we're starting to work with council

1:27:12 ↗ members Hall and

1:27:14 ↗ uh council member Hall to plan an event

1:27:17 ↗ to provide promote some youth Civic

1:27:19 ↗ engagement uh specific youth board and

1:27:22 ↗ possibly

1:27:23 ↗ not only for like other people outside

1:27:26 ↗ of that she's maybe high school and

1:27:28 ↗ middle school or People Like Us

1:27:31 ↗ um and we're also um fitting some sort

1:27:34 ↗ of pet adoption event and

1:27:37 ↗ um late spring April

1:27:40 ↗ and then finally we have our annual easy

1:27:43 ↗ kids triathlon that date has been

1:27:45 ↗ settled for June 4th we haven't worked

1:27:46 ↗ on it yet but we know it's gonna happen

1:27:49 ↗ that's that's all we have

1:27:52 ↗ thank you so much

1:27:53 ↗ outstanding job thank you so much

1:27:56 ↗ uh director's report a couple of items

1:27:59 ↗ to touch on uh first off uh happy

1:28:02 ↗ holidays everyone here we are November

1:28:04 ↗ 28th pardon to believe as we're winding

1:28:06 ↗ down a little housekeeping what this

1:28:09 ↗ means is you know historically we choose

1:28:12 ↗ not to meet around the December 24th

1:28:14 ↗ 25th timeline so this is likely our last

1:28:18 ↗ meeting of the year

1:28:19 ↗ um with that I I shared with you all an

1:28:23 ↗ email earlier this afternoon I hope you

1:28:25 ↗ have a chance to look at it it's an

1:28:26 ↗ email I sent out to the department after

1:28:28 ↗ the

1:28:29 ↗ um our department team after the budget

1:28:31 ↗ was adopted

1:28:32 ↗ um it highlights not only uh sort of our

1:28:36 ↗ core level of service uh elements that

1:28:39 ↗ were within the budget but some of the

1:28:40 ↗ key highlights of some added resources

1:28:44 ↗ um uh throughout the uh throughout the

1:28:46 ↗ department so

1:28:48 ↗ um it represents the first two-year

1:28:50 ↗ budget that the council adopted so that

1:28:52 ↗ means uh 2023 and 2024 budgets were

1:28:56 ↗ adopted in early November

1:28:59 ↗ it doesn't mean we necessarily

1:29:02 ↗ have flexibility in spending 24 month 20

1:29:05 ↗ 24 money in 2023 it's still it's still

1:29:09 ↗ two distinct years worth of budgets uh

1:29:12 ↗ there is a midpoint budget check that

1:29:16 ↗ will happen next year but it won't be as

1:29:18 ↗ exhaustive

1:29:20 ↗ of a budget process each and every year

1:29:23 ↗ lots of capital projects are certainly

1:29:26 ↗ represented within uh within that budget

1:29:29 ↗ so we will have a certainly busy and

1:29:32 ↗ exciting year so many staff editions

1:29:36 ↗ including a real Focus within our park

1:29:39 ↗ operations team on urban forestry and

1:29:41 ↗ bringing our board and urban Forest

1:29:43 ↗ supervisor

1:29:44 ↗ looking at the terrific work that gen

1:29:48 ↗ Fink has done as one Park planning

1:29:50 ↗ person and really looking at a park

1:29:52 ↗ Planning and Development Division as we

1:29:54 ↗ start looking at our as our Capital

1:29:56 ↗ goals so

1:29:58 ↗ some real opportunities there for

1:30:02 ↗ that recruitment of Staffing as in years

1:30:06 ↗ past now the budget is adopted My Hope

1:30:09 ↗ Is and plan is that that January meeting

1:30:11 ↗ in part four that agenda is filling up

1:30:13 ↗ quite a bit it sounds like but um I'll

1:30:16 ↗ plan on bringing forward our work plans

1:30:19 ↗ or the major projects work plan uh we'll

1:30:21 ↗ have a chance to talk with Zach and

1:30:23 ↗ Marlene as chair and vice chair as to

1:30:26 ↗ really helping to set priorities and

1:30:28 ↗ work plan priorities for the park board

1:30:30 ↗ as we as we look into 2023 so more to

1:30:35 ↗ come as that's developed I'll probably

1:30:37 ↗ send that out to all of you as an email

1:30:38 ↗ so you have a chance to to see that

1:30:40 ↗ major major project work plan prior to

1:30:44 ↗ the January meeting I was looking at

1:30:47 ↗ um and you're you're right whoever made

1:30:48 ↗ this comment I think Tisha did it's

1:30:50 ↗ interesting and hybrid I don't know

1:30:51 ↗ where to look I sincerely don't know

1:30:53 ↗ where to look because it's really kind

1:30:55 ↗ of interesting but anyways

1:30:58 ↗ um I don't know if you can see you can't

1:31:00 ↗ see this at all but this is sort of the

1:31:02 ↗ 2020 two major work plan items and this

1:31:06 ↗ is my traveling copy that always goes

1:31:08 ↗ with me so it's it's quite tattered but

1:31:10 ↗ it really is an important tracking piece

1:31:13 ↗ for me as as sort of looking at all the

1:31:15 ↗ divisions in the department and where

1:31:17 ↗ we're at what's the status of those 2022

1:31:20 ↗ was a very very productive year so I'll

1:31:23 ↗ also have a chance to highlight our

1:31:25 ↗ accomplishments from 2022 as we talked

1:31:27 ↗ about that in 2023

1:31:31 ↗ um one of our items

1:31:32 ↗ um how do I do it on time

1:31:34 ↗ that we are going to be highlighting as

1:31:37 ↗ we head into 2023 and I want to give you

1:31:39 ↗ all an update on his pickleball you

1:31:41 ↗ might recall

1:31:43 ↗ um going back to 2021 I'm sort of in the

1:31:46 ↗ midst of uh one of the covet variant

1:31:49 ↗ crisis crises uh the mayor had a fit and

1:31:54 ↗ fun initiative that incorporated some

1:31:56 ↗ elements within our Park system one of

1:31:58 ↗ those elements we piloted mid-summer was

1:32:02 ↗ getting more diversity within our on our

1:32:05 ↗ tennis courts and so we added in three

1:32:08 ↗ different locate park locations two

1:32:11 ↗ pickleball courts in three different

1:32:13 ↗ locations so a total of six pickleball

1:32:15 ↗ courts were were

1:32:17 ↗ created in mid-220 2021 as we went

1:32:22 ↗ through this last summer and had our

1:32:24 ↗ first full summer of pickleball use we

1:32:27 ↗ as staff sort of wanted to take a this

1:32:29 ↗ fall took a little bit of an evaluation

1:32:32 ↗ approach and how did that work what went

1:32:34 ↗ well what didn't necessarily go well if

1:32:38 ↗ any of you follow pickleball is crazy

1:32:40 ↗ right now

1:32:41 ↗ um I'm so glad we did that in 2021 the

1:32:44 ↗ community has very much enjoyed and

1:32:46 ↗ appreciated those six courts

1:32:49 ↗ but we had some learning to do and so

1:32:52 ↗ what we're doing with that evaluation

1:32:55 ↗ we're sort of operationally is looking

1:32:57 ↗ at making some modifications through

1:32:59 ↗ this uh through this winter and as we

1:33:02 ↗ head into spring start looking ahead to

1:33:04 ↗ spring summer 2023 we're going to bring

1:33:07 ↗ with it some operational modifications

1:33:10 ↗ related to pickleball we we think

1:33:13 ↗ there's some opportunities at those

1:33:14 ↗ locations to add some additional

1:33:16 ↗ striping and some of our Parks Tibbetts

1:33:19 ↗ Valley Park being one we had two courts

1:33:21 ↗ strike there we think there's

1:33:22 ↗ opportunity to to pretty much stripe all

1:33:25 ↗ the courts for for pickleball and allow

1:33:27 ↗ for for flexibility of tennis and

1:33:29 ↗ pickleball there similarly in Central

1:33:31 ↗ Park uh we have also taken a really

1:33:34 ↗ close look at how do we make sure we're

1:33:37 ↗ as we're incorporating pickleball into

1:33:39 ↗ our Park facilities we're also being a

1:33:42 ↗ really good neighbor

1:33:43 ↗ and where can we add some acoustical

1:33:46 ↗ screening or some other opportunities to

1:33:48 ↗ make sure from a proximity standpoint

1:33:51 ↗ where

1:33:52 ↗ um

1:33:53 ↗ diminishing noise issues and concerns

1:33:56 ↗ one of the park locations Muirwood Park

1:33:59 ↗ we've certainly found I think is just

1:34:01 ↗ flat out too close to residential

1:34:03 ↗ neighbors and any there's no real

1:34:06 ↗ acoustical solution there so as we're

1:34:08 ↗ adding courts

1:34:10 ↗ um at two of those locations we're going

1:34:12 ↗ to be not having pickleball at Muirwood

1:34:16 ↗ we're also timing this with the

1:34:20 ↗ improvements at Blackberry Park and that

1:34:21 ↗ historical pickleball court there within

1:34:24 ↗ that same neighborhood so in the end

1:34:27 ↗ we're really excited to I think be able

1:34:30 ↗ to respond to this desire for pickleball

1:34:35 ↗ we are not in a capital position to just

1:34:38 ↗ add a giant pickleball complex somewhere

1:34:41 ↗ we're not a land-rich community that's

1:34:43 ↗ able to just add new amenities so really

1:34:46 ↗ incorporating our existing facilities

1:34:48 ↗ and incorporating pickleball into it uh

1:34:52 ↗ where uh we'll be unveiling this again

1:34:54 ↗ uh through this winter

1:34:57 ↗ but in total where we had six courts

1:35:01 ↗ um this Summer that we're well loved and

1:35:03 ↗ well used we think we can reposition

1:35:06 ↗ some but still have what would be 12 or

1:35:09 ↗ 13 pickleball courts Incorporated within

1:35:13 ↗ our within our systems so we'll be

1:35:17 ↗ sharing this news with the pickleball

1:35:19 ↗ community and with our neighbors via

1:35:21 ↗ website and other and other means so

1:35:23 ↗ much more to come there

1:35:26 ↗ um

1:35:28 ↗ and then lastly I touched on it I think

1:35:30 ↗ I saw a thumbs up but I just want to I

1:35:32 ↗ guess get a general sense before we

1:35:34 ↗ leave

1:35:35 ↗ um it feels like given again size

1:35:39 ↗ um I think work plan uh knowing we will

1:35:42 ↗ likely have general public that are

1:35:43 ↗ going to want to come in person uh that

1:35:45 ↗ the manor seems to be the a better

1:35:48 ↗ location for us as we venture into

1:35:51 ↗ meetings next year so

1:35:54 ↗ um Tisha I know we've had a chance to

1:35:56 ↗ look at calendar it looks like Tibbetts

1:35:58 ↗ um Manor is available would be available

1:36:00 ↗ to become our home base is there a

1:36:03 ↗ general sense of

1:36:05 ↗ thumbs up support for this being home

1:36:09 ↗ based

1:36:10 ↗ if so that's what we will

1:36:14 ↗ plan for heading into the new year so

1:36:18 ↗ happy holidays all happy New Year

1:36:21 ↗ um

1:36:21 ↗ I also love December just having a

1:36:24 ↗ chance to reach out to all of you

1:36:25 ↗ one-on-one so if you've got feedback you

1:36:28 ↗ want to give

1:36:29 ↗ new park board members old poor board

1:36:31 ↗ members as we start heading into 2023

1:36:33 ↗ let's find some time to grab some coffee

1:36:36 ↗ and chat as well so all right thanks

1:36:39 ↗ thanks Jeff uh looks like the next

1:36:42 ↗ meeting is currently scheduled for

1:36:43 ↗ January 23rd 2023 so with that we'll

1:36:48 ↗ close out the final meeting of 2022.

1:36:51 ↗ thank you everyone

1:36:54 ↗ thank you good night thanks everyone

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Council / Members (10)

Zach Szablewski

Marlene Waxse, Vice Chair (Excused Absence)

Chris Kovac

Andrew Eliquen

David Liu

Brenda Spears

Katie Bell

Danielle Wolfrom Githens

Bradley Book

Andrew Myers

Staff (7)

Jeff Watling, Parks & Community Services Director

Jennifer Fink, Park Planner and Project Administrator

Amy Dukes, Arts Program Administrator

Hasanthi Piyasena, Business Operations Specialist

Tisha Gieser, City Clerk

Sanvi Madan, Youth Board Representative

Arsheya Thakkar, Youth Board Representative

Excused

Nicholas Lee

Tim Motely

Recommendations & actions (3)

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a) Minutes of November 1, 2022 There being no corrections, the minutes were approved as presented.
Following the presentation and discussion, Danielle moved to: Take an informal showing of thumbs to table the discussion to the January meeting and asked the Clerk to include more flexibility in the language for virtual…
He asked for confirmation from the board on a change of location for in-person portions of meetings to Tibbetts Manor and the board agreed to the change of location by a majority show of thumbs.