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Monday, January 23, 2023

7:00 PM · 1h 51m
Section
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2a
Minutes of November 28, 2022
packet pp.3–4
Staff report:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 11-28-22 Park Board Minutes Page 1 CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board – Special Meeting 7:00 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave November 28, 2022 MINUTES NW, Issaquah, WA 98027
4. REGULAR BUSINESS
4a
Title 18 Update
Information · 30 min · Brian Berntsen, Recreation Manager · packet pp.5–75
Topics: Land Use
Staff report:
The city is currently undertaking large overhaul of the Title 18, the City’s land use code. This update is being guided by various city adopted policies in the following documents: Strategic Plan, Comprehensive Plan & Olde Town Subarea Plan, Central Issaquah Plan, Parks Strategic Plan, Mobility Master Plan, Climate Action Plan and Title 18 Ad Hoc Committee created Goals, Policy Changes, and Desired Outcomes Document. This update also incorporates updates that are to ensure consistency with State Law and other best management practices. The Title 18 Update was divided into six “buckets” (topics) that include: Natural Environment; Landscape, Trees and Open Space; Zones and Uses; Building and Design; Zoning and Development Standards and Procedures and Administration.
4c
2023 Park Board Workplan Items, (D)
20 min · Jeff Watling, Park Director · packet pp.87–88
Topics: Parks
Staff report:
Issaquah Park Board 2023 Agenda Items – Work Plan Parks Administration and Park Planning • Hillside Neighborhood Park – ’23 Permitting and ’24 Construction • Veterans Memorial (Ped Pk and Snr Ctr)– ’23 Design/Permitting and ’24 Construction • Confluence Park (Ek House)- ’23 Design/Permitting and ’24 Construction • 6-year CIP update – 2024-2029 – (SPECIAL JOINT MTG February 16) • Park Strategic Plan Update – Initiate with Spring ’24 adoption • Citywide Athletic Field Assessment • Dog Park – Community Center/Rainier Trail
5. REPORTS
5a
Chairperson's Report
5b
Youth Representative's Report
5c
Director's Report
0:03 all right uh so welcome everyone to the
0:06 January 23rd 2023 meeting
0:11 um so I'll start off by taking uh
0:15 attendance so when I call your name
0:17 please either take yourself off mute or
0:19 acknowledge that you are present
0:22 um the Paris Marlene has excused and
0:25 David is also excused absence today so
0:28 Chris
0:29 present all right Andrew e Preston
0:32 all right Nicholas
0:35 Brenda okay president
0:45 I see Tim
0:48 I didn't hear you
0:51 and Daniel present Brad present and
0:56 Andrew M
1:00 M oh that's it sorry I couldn't unmute
1:03 myself
1:04 no problem
1:07 all right so
1:09 um next on the agenda the approval of
1:11 minutes from November 28 2022 meeting
1:14 did everyone get the opportunity to
1:17 review the minutes from November
1:21 great all right uh any questions
1:23 comments or objections
1:28 all right so if there are no objections
1:31 I hereby approve the minutes from
1:33 November 28th 2022.
1:37 all right
1:39 um so uh today we'll be uh going through
1:43 um a Title 18 update uh
1:46 um Recreation uh review update and uh
1:50 the 2023 North plan review
1:54 um next I'd like to open it up to any
1:57 public comment
1:59 um so
2:01 basically if you would like to step up
2:04 to the lectern state your name address
2:06 relationship to the city and try to
2:10 limit your comments to about five
2:11 minutes
2:14 um so uh any
2:17 um your speech is that short okay yeah
2:20 and used to the long version wait
2:24 but I'm not going to give my address
2:26 it's that's illegal to make me do it so
2:28 I just don't okay then the owl can get
2:31 me yeah
2:33 hey my name is Connie Marsh I uh live up
2:37 on squawk but I'm the person that you've
2:39 been getting title eighteen
2:44 comments on
2:45 and I tried to narrow it so that it's
2:48 only the comments that I think pertain
2:51 to the parks
2:53 there are some other things but I I'm
2:56 focused so I'm just going to do yet
2:58 again another little summary that I sent
3:00 out today which was
3:02 um they got rid of Master site plans and
3:06 basically most phasing
3:11 and I'm not clear on how they expect the
3:15 first to be planned anymore so I would
3:19 ask what
3:20 how it's gonna work down and then you
3:23 can try to figure out if that seems to
3:25 work for you all and then
3:29 um the there's a lot of intrusions
3:32 allowed into parks with very little
3:35 public visibility and very little
3:36 understanding on what compensations
3:39 Parks get for being turned into other
3:42 uses and so it's it's sort of a habit
3:45 the city has had in the past where they
3:47 allow things into parks and Parks sort
3:50 of has to do it I would actually like to
3:52 see some language in this code that
3:55 clarifies that if public parks land is
3:58 used then there should be appropriate
4:01 compensation or we should be getting
4:03 that use in time and in place to to uh
4:08 to add
4:10 equitably to that Park system because in
4:13 this situation we tend to just lose
4:15 parts so now off that topic for just a
4:19 minute because I'm going to come back is
4:21 the Veterans Parks projects that went to
4:24 the council boat and they funded it for
4:27 nearly 800 000 in consultant fees but
4:31 there was no Fanfare I was the you know
4:34 the main public person I reached out to
4:36 DIA so they came in so I would like to
4:39 see signage in the in those areas I
4:42 would like to see descriptions of the
4:44 concept and then every day how far along
4:47 that Park system is coming
4:49 uh because I think it's a big investment
4:52 and the community could get excited and
4:55 we could have cake or something all the
4:57 time to celebrate these Parks but right
4:59 now it's just flat nobody really knows
5:01 and finally
5:03 um this is back to Title 18 and it's
5:05 about something called Manor major minor
5:08 modifications for matte strip plants and
5:11 this discusses the older Master plans
5:13 and it used to be subjective and it used
5:17 to be
5:19 uh sort of if it seems appropriate style
5:22 language so they are changing that
5:24 language to say 10 and they are also in
5:28 the language discussing setbacks and
5:32 buffers which are actually not allowed
5:34 for reduction in most any other parts of
5:36 the code so I don't
5:40 think that a broad sweeping 10 across
5:44 the board if you look at Central Park
5:46 which is huge or you look at Tibbetts
5:49 Tibbetts Valley Park lots of impervious
5:51 surface there and you say wow we can do
5:54 10 of all the imperf pervious surface in
5:58 this area because they are now saying
6:00 it's for what is allowed so that's a lot
6:04 and that could have significant
6:06 implications
6:08 to these parks and then on another Park
6:12 you know I don't know 10 of the ten
6:14 percent of another Master site plan
6:17 maybe okay I don't know but I don't
6:19 think it's discreet enough I don't think
6:21 it allows enough public engagement and
6:23 so I don't think you can just sweepingly
6:25 say uh
6:29 purse percent
6:32 um because the idea is you're supposed
6:34 to protect the original Master site plan
6:36 and so you need to actually touch back
6:39 on the original MasterCard plan and why
6:41 you have it and see if these things are
6:43 appropriate to that plan that's just
6:45 sort of
6:47 I don't know if it's gone or not I can't
6:49 see it in the in the language and then
6:53 one last little bit is if you now uh
6:56 have approved 10 and then you want to do
6:58 do it again you get to impact the 110
7:02 that you already approved because now
7:03 that's approved and so over a period of
7:06 10 years you could increase safety
7:08 impervious service by
7:10 50 for the whole part because
7:14 you're doing 10 of 100 then the next
7:17 time it's going to be that 100 plus 10
7:19 100 plus 10 100 plus 10 as you go over
7:22 time and these Master site plans take a
7:25 long time so I think that needs to be
7:27 clarified if you go with 10 percent
7:29 is it a one-off can you only do that 10
7:32 for the rest of time or is it you know
7:35 every year here we go 10 more impervious
7:38 service
7:39 okay now I know I'm speaking gibberish
7:41 and I know I send stuff that's hard to
7:43 read but I do hope you spend the time to
7:46 understand because I think in order to
7:48 get a credit card system you actually
7:49 have to get the details in the code
7:51 right because that is your only tool to
7:54 get the city to do things without it
7:56 becoming a political debate and a power
7:58 struggle among amongst the Departments
8:01 which I know exists
8:03 you may think it
8:06 does but you wouldn't say it out loud
8:08 thanks
8:10 thank you Connie
8:13 any other
8:18 okay so I believe uh Jen wants to
8:22 introduce our uh presenters for Title 18
8:25 update yeah thank you very much
8:29 um hi everyone
8:31 um as you know miss Connie just
8:33 mentioned Title 18 is our City's land
8:36 use code and that's what guides all
8:39 development
8:42 planning and growth within the city and
8:46 even our Park projects
8:47 as you've seen in the memo within your
8:50 packet this process of updating our land
8:53 use code has been hearing going on for
8:55 quite some time and has had an extensive
9:00 um input from community members as well
9:02 as boards and commissions and tonight I
9:06 just want
9:08 to introduce our fellow staff members
9:10 we've got Stephen Padua here with us
9:13 he's a long range planning manager we've
9:16 also got Christian gates from our who's
9:18 our
9:20 planning manager sorry Christian forgot
9:24 your title for a second
9:25 um uh from our planning departments here
9:27 to guide us through some of the more
9:29 significant impacts
9:32 uh changes to the code that would affect
9:34 things that the Park Court tends to
9:36 consider and both due to their hearts so
9:38 with that I'm going to pass that over to
9:41 um Stephen and Christian so thank you
9:43 very much
9:46 just give me one second to
9:48 do this
9:50 figure it out
9:53 foreign
10:09 thank you Jen as transaction my name is
10:12 on the long range client manager I am
10:14 one of many people working on this uh
10:18 big project to update our event use code
10:21 I'm not familiar with how many new park
10:23 board members are in the room so could I
10:26 actually get a raise at hand of who's
10:28 newer and hasn't been part of this
10:29 process that has helped me kind of
10:31 figure out the level of detail to go
10:33 into for the presentation thank you
10:35 foreign
10:41 project to update our land use code
10:43 um for majority of your benefit our land
10:46 use code is what we use for reviewing
10:49 development projects so any new project
10:52 comes through whether it's you building
10:53 or multiple buildings that come into the
10:57 city our development review process
10:59 looks at our regulations and tells that
11:02 development review or the permits that
11:04 come in what's exactly required
11:07 the building code there's a permanent
11:10 review for that the land use permit
11:12 review it tells them exactly what can be
11:14 built how it can be built and really the
11:17 process that it can be built so that we
11:19 are considering the health and safety of
11:21 the community as things get developed
11:25 now and into the future
11:27 are any questions on that in terms of
11:30 like what's in the context
11:36 so as indicated for your memos this has
11:38 been going on for a while
11:40 we have had a lot of different meetings
11:43 with different boards and commissions
11:45 and stakeholder groups throughout the
11:47 community to look at what exactly is
11:49 important to the community as well as
11:51 talking through major policy points of
11:53 how do we want to make certain changes
11:55 or how has our goals and and vision for
11:59 the city changed since those development
12:01 regulations were originally performed
12:03 and the development regulations go back
12:05 to the late 90s and so it's been updated
12:08 multiple times since then which has
12:11 created a set of development regulations
12:14 that weren't always necessarily
12:16 consistent with each other so now we are
12:18 updating the entire thing so that not
12:20 only is it consistent with the
12:23 regulations that are in place but it's
12:24 also consistent with the city's division
12:26 for how we want to develop
12:29 so the park board has participating in
12:31 the process of a couple portions so
12:33 there's three major phases to this
12:35 project the first phase was looking at
12:37 kind of the gaps pencils trying to
12:38 figure out what exactly are where are
12:41 the gaping holes in our system as it
12:43 relates to development and so the parts
12:46 for had some discussions related to
12:48 treating preservation as well as
12:50 Landscaping in terms of what the
12:52 regulations are for Development Area and
12:55 in the second phase we went a little
12:56 more specific conversations on what
12:58 those policy changes might come out of
13:00 those developed radiations and some of
13:03 those were joint discussions with
13:04 letting positive permission as well as
13:06 with impact metal board it's in some
13:07 more specific conversations but just the
13:09 hardware
13:10 okay
13:12 so there's a lot of topics to kind of
13:17 cover with our event use code but for
13:19 specifically for what's been discussed
13:21 with parkour we're going to be just
13:22 focusing on three major topics for this
13:25 presentation first being the community
13:27 space as well as the green necklace
13:29 implementation
13:31 as well as trees preservation and
13:33 Landscaping regulations
13:36 the specific or at least the larger more
13:39 significant changes that came out of
13:41 those discussions as specific changes to
13:44 our live regulations
13:45 irrigation regulations in terms of
13:48 trying to really Define when or how that
13:50 is required
13:51 use of organic materials and how it's
13:54 addressed throughout the code in terms
13:56 of applying the sustainability context
13:58 to how I develop economic regulations
14:00 are written as well as Community spacing
14:03 green necklace and providing Clarity on
14:05 what exactly is required and how that
14:07 implements the city's vision for the for
14:09 the creative necklaces defined in
14:11 parkship now
14:13 tree preservation and providing Clarity
14:15 in terms of what our process is for when
14:18 we are preserving trees when they can be
14:19 removed when they can't be removed and
14:22 what the process is for those type of
14:24 removals
14:25 allow
14:26 Ed as well as providing an updated
14:28 preferred treatments which is part of
14:31 your materials
14:34 so specifically on Landscaping
14:36 um actually before I start diving in
14:38 please stop me if you have any questions
14:40 because there's a there's only a few
14:42 slides but there's a lot of information
14:44 in those slides so just let me know if
14:46 you want me to stop and we can minion
14:48 Christian and myself we'll try to answer
14:50 your questions
14:52 would be helpful if you could refer us
14:54 to a section in the code like when you
14:57 hit one of these big topics so that we
14:59 can if we want later it'll be easier for
15:02 us to find so
15:03 luminous sure and one thing I can follow
15:06 up with
15:07 um we didn't including Richards is
15:10 actually a final list of changes that
15:11 went into the book which has all those
15:13 specific sections where we've made all
15:16 those changes that might be more useful
15:18 than me trying to remember which
15:21 sections they all went to Christian and
15:23 many could also help me try to identify
15:25 where those sections are I I can't pull
15:27 it up because I have the presentation up
15:29 so I might call on them if there's
15:31 specific sessions you're wanting to know
15:33 yes when do you anticipate completing
15:36 the revisions process and they might
15:38 imagine then it goes to council
15:41 yeah and I'll
15:42 have a schedule at the end of this
15:44 presentation that goes into a lot of
15:46 that but right now we're in the that
15:48 last third phase to finalize all those
15:50 revisions and then start working into
15:52 that finalization process with cancel
15:56 any other big questions before I start
15:58 diving in
16:00 thank you for the questions
16:04 um so getting started with Landscaping
16:06 we took more of a sustainability lens
16:10 when it came to our landscape
16:11 regulations
16:12 a lot of went into the changes for the
16:15 land use code was really consolidation
16:17 like I said there we had a lot of
16:20 different regulations that went into our
16:21 development review and so we needed to
16:23 consolidate it into the land use code so
16:26 that we have a more consistent
16:27 predictable process so that it's easier
16:29 for people not really to use it though
16:31 but it's also easier for us to enforce
16:33 and when we consolidate everything we
16:37 looked at all the policies with more of
16:38 a sustainability less to really identify
16:41 where we're missing the market we looked
16:43 at irrigation plant diversity as well as
16:46 looking at where Native or drought
16:48 resistant defined selection is really
16:51 addressed throughout the vote
16:53 um a cat named specifically where each
16:55 of those are but we can provide that
16:57 list of where those final changes are
16:58 and the specific changes for you after
17:00 reading
17:01 additionally we looked at the tree
17:03 plantings and irrigation standards as
17:06 and updated them so that they're a
17:07 little more clear on how that actually
17:10 gets implemented throughout developer
17:12 view before it wasn't as clear and we
17:14 Consolidated oh I mentioned we decided
17:16 many and Christian am I missing any
17:20 specific uh changes for landscaping
17:29 good evening everyone can you all hear
17:34 yeah you know uh not specifically uh
17:38 anything that comes to mind I mean uh
17:40 this is the city's code for when
17:43 development or Redevelopment occurs and
17:45 I think last time we heard
17:48 um from your joint participation with
17:50 the environmental board as well as the
17:52 planning and policy commission we had
17:53 some joint meetings and throughout that
17:55 we heard some of these so these are
17:57 highlights of what we heard in the first
17:59 round of review and um but overall the
18:03 Landscaping requirements really get at
18:05 what's your perimeter Landscaping what's
18:07 your parking lot landscaping and and you
18:11 know then we'll get into the trees but
18:13 the Landscaping is really getting at new
18:15 landscaping that's planted as part of
18:17 development or Redevelopment
18:20 foreign
18:22 are there any questions on Landscaping
18:24 before I jump into trees yes so my
18:28 first year whenever we did talk about
18:30 this was that the landscape for
18:33 um new developments or redevelopments
18:36 we were not requiring uh like irrigation
18:39 is that still like for you know like
18:46 you know um like my sidewalks and
18:48 whatnot is that still is that the case
18:50 uh I think we we uh have some
18:54 um requirements for sensors and things
18:57 like that you know so
18:59 judicious use of uh irrigation it is
19:02 still a requirement we have not and
19:04 we've added a few things like uh you
19:06 know Browning of the of your lawn is
19:09 okay kind of thing so you know adapting
19:11 to the climate change and all that
19:13 that's coming and and then having more
19:16 drug tolerant species selection but
19:18 there's still a requirement and
19:19 expectation that you will have some uh
19:22 irrigation but it's not wasting water
19:28 so okay I think there's that trying to
19:30 find that balance yeah
19:35 questions um
19:41 so the next section is specifically
19:43 Beauty spacing green necklace and what
19:45 we really looked at for updating this
19:48 section is we took a deep dive into open
19:50 space and really tried to better Define
19:52 what we mean by that it was we used a
19:55 little more broader terms a little
19:56 inconsistently so we we have now
19:58 identified outdoor amenity space indoor
20:01 amenity space and then community space
20:03 which is more of that pelvic space
20:04 that's required as part of any
20:05 development and really focus on the use
20:09 of those terms and what that means for
20:11 any developer review we also
20:13 Incorporated new requirements or at
20:14 least new requirements specific for
20:17 those different amenity spaces so that
20:20 is clear in terms of when uh Frontage
20:23 improvements might be required or where
20:24 these requirements might be incorporated
20:26 for any development that might go
20:27 through the permitting process
20:29 and similar to the Landscaping we
20:31 Consolidated multiple different sections
20:35 regulations into this new code or this
20:38 section of code so that is consistent
20:40 and we're not having to bounce around
20:41 all the different plans and regulations
20:44 to identify what exactly is required and
20:46 when
20:47 any questions on this
20:54 if I wanted to find out what the um
20:58 the
20:59 green necklace requirements are where
21:02 would I look to the code
21:04 it'll be in the community space section
21:07 and then specifically there's going to
21:09 be a great necklace section under that
21:12 and then mini just listed the specific
21:14 section actually in the chat
21:17 uh which I'm not sure if we're able to
21:19 capture
21:20 um it's
21:23 18.606.060 and it's the irrigation and
21:27 water standard and I can make sure to
21:29 email that out to those
21:30 thank you afterwards as well thank you
21:32 it's hard for me to see the chat yeah of
21:34 course there's a lot going on
21:37 yeah and I'll just add if you go to the
21:40 title 18 webpage there's a full list and
21:42 if you look at the table of contents on
21:46 that you can hit that hyperlink for the
21:48 item and it'll jump you to that section
21:49 of the 800-page documents so that's good
21:54 because I was on there today and but I
21:56 didn't see that
21:57 okay
22:00 all right excuse me but yeah the the
22:04 table of contents acts as a hyperlink to
22:07 um sections below so
22:09 you're able to find what you need in the
22:11 table okay thank you
22:13 thank you yeah
22:15 so for the next section is uh tree
22:18 preservation
22:19 um the biggest changes that kind of came
22:21 out of our look of this section of code
22:23 is really looking at the tree canopy
22:25 coverage and uh changing the Assumption
22:28 of the targets to go to 20 years instead
22:31 of 30 years as well as establishing
22:33 targets for specific sunberries in the
22:36 city so that we're not so that it makes
22:38 a more makes more sense in terms of what
22:40 regulations are when it comes to
22:42 coverage just because different sections
22:43 of the city do require different targets
22:46 because not everyone is every area of
22:50 the city is treated the same so we also
22:53 eliminated the administrative
22:55 adjustments of status which was
22:56 basically a blanket process for someone
22:58 to be able to deviate from our
23:00 regulations and it said we are focusing
23:03 on variances and very specific
23:05 deviations that are allowed with uh
23:08 criteria that go with it so that is not
23:10 so uh stringent in terms of like what we
23:12 require it also has a little bit of
23:14 flexibility so that
23:16 um we are considering kind of the cost
23:18 as well as the ability for projects to
23:21 still move forward in that process
23:23 the other consideration that we put into
23:27 the update was eliminating the tree
23:29 removal notification form and really
23:31 consolidating the process or the
23:33 different process to remove the tree
23:36 um there was a bit of inconsistent
23:38 process or uh
23:40 different ways that someone could remove
23:43 a tree but not consistent ways for them
23:46 to report it or for them to get a permit
23:48 through the city on how to do that so we
23:50 now have a consistent process to be a
23:52 that is identified for that and then we
23:55 also eliminated the maximum tree removal
23:58 for developed properties
24:00 and what that adds is a little more
24:01 flexibility on what's being said while
24:04 still allowing us to focus on our
24:06 targets of a tree can't recovery
24:09 are there any questions on Entry
24:11 preservation
24:13 can you explain a little bit more about
24:15 what the
24:16 the reasons for eliminating the maximum
24:19 feed removal
24:20 requirement
24:22 I'm going to ask Christian to actually
24:25 jump in on that one okay he is
24:27 one of the members of this group is kind
24:30 of the Deep dive for this section
24:32 Christian do you remember the
24:35 I don't I don't recall the reasoning
24:36 behind you know maximum number the the
24:39 canopy goal is what drives the retention
24:43 and focusing on nuisance or Hazard trees
24:47 so trees needing to you need to meet
24:49 specific criteria as evaluated by an
24:53 arborist with certain certifications
24:57 um and then yes allowing for those
25:00 removals nuisance could be uh damaging
25:04 Foundation driveway you know a defect
25:07 that cannot be easily you know altered
25:09 through common practice which would be
25:12 if you can't take a couple of Limbs off
25:15 to to eliminate a problem uh the tree
25:18 might need to to come out
25:21 um all the while looking at what the the
25:23 canopy is on that property so one that
25:27 might only have one tree remaining uh if
25:30 it does meet the criteria it could be
25:33 removed but it would be required to
25:35 replant with a projected 20 or canopy
25:39 off of the the tree growth estimate to
25:44 to do that on site
25:45 and then those trees that can't be
25:47 planted on site if if it is you know
25:50 wooded or there's not enough space then
25:53 they would need to be planted within
25:55 that sub area to you know achieve that
25:57 canopy goal within that that
25:59 neighborhood sub-area
26:02 um and fee and Lou could be utilized to
26:05 to plant them off-site in on a
26:07 neighboring property neighboring Park
26:10 or somewhere else
26:16 and this process applies to
26:20 um our parks
26:22 like so if we're creating doing a field
26:25 at a park and that requires elimination
26:27 of a removal of a bunch of trees is that
26:31 we go through the same process as every
26:32 other development and individual yeah so
26:35 yeah looking at it from a you know
26:37 development uh tract or maintenance of a
26:41 property track so Parks maintenance of
26:44 just you know Parts is going to retain
26:46 all their trees and maintain them but if
26:48 they need to if they're looking to
26:49 install a new field then we'd look at it
26:51 through the the development lens
26:54 um which which may allow for it so
26:59 Yes trees can be removed through
27:01 development activity if there's no
27:04 alternative to retention
27:06 but when it's not associated associated
27:10 with development then there are those
27:13 limitations of it's got to meet a
27:16 nuisance or a hazard criteria
27:19 um yeah
27:21 thank you
27:23 Leisure controls apply to all of the
27:26 projects
27:28 water main project King County project
27:33 yes yes the regulations
27:37 you'll apply to all projects the process
27:41 for
27:42 how it gets reviewed will be slightly
27:44 different which we'll cover
27:47 and the person do you want to speak a
27:49 little more to that or uh you know new
27:52 development of a new new utility project
27:55 versus maintenance so there are
27:58 exemptions for required maintenance
28:00 they've got to go in and do repair work
28:02 and that might require removal
28:05 um there are there are some some
28:08 afforded exceptions for a utility uh
28:11 that Mo that most jurisdictions follow
28:13 these look very similar to what what I'm
28:16 used to from my my previous uh life
28:21 [Music]
28:23 but that's your question
28:25 yeah
28:28 any other questions on trees
28:33 okay
28:35 so my last slide is going to be
28:37 specifically on changes we made for
28:39 process when it comes to trucks for
28:41 projects and
28:42 um the first is with master plan process
28:45 we removed the section for development
28:47 of Master Class from the code and then
28:48 our put in a process
28:53 Ary
28:54 um specifically as minor and major
28:55 modifications and we also included a new
28:58 section for Consolidated Capital
29:00 Improvement project permit which is a
29:02 brand new permit we'll be using for
29:04 public projects more Parks as well as
29:07 public works and utility projects and
29:09 what this allows us to do is is look at
29:13 a specific process that's a little more
29:15 efficient considering the public process
29:17 that goes into the development of the
29:19 projects that don't necessarily go into
29:21 private projects so separating out that
29:23 process and allowing it to be a little
29:25 more efficient with use of public time
29:27 and funds
29:29 the intention of is it to add a little
29:32 more predictability to public projects
29:34 something that we heard through the
29:36 development of this project that was
29:38 inconsistent prior to
29:40 um now
29:42 any questions
29:45 okay
29:49 um for
29:50 the master plan process you've removed
29:54 from the code does that only apply to
29:56 new
29:57 parks and projects or does that apply to
30:00 like or exists so we have Master plans
30:03 at Chipettes at Central Park at
30:04 Confluence Park those are the ones that
30:07 come to my mind
30:08 um does that mean that that processes
30:11 that that we're not using those anymore
30:14 um or you know if we want to do a revamp
30:18 one of those parts what is the process
30:21 and I won't go ahead so the way I
30:25 understand it I'll have uh Christian
30:27 probably help me out because you wrote
30:30 this section
30:32 um is any Master funds that are
30:33 currently in place would be using the
30:35 amendment process that are is now in the
30:37 code
30:38 um so it really is more established for
30:40 that it's not necessarily established
30:41 for establishing new masterpiece
30:48 modifications that part applies to
30:50 current existing Works correct but if we
30:53 have a new part
30:54 there will not be a master planning
30:56 process is that
30:58 yes
31:01 so they're still divisioning process
31:04 that we would do as Parts but as the
31:07 formal process of going through the
31:09 master plan approval
31:11 process and the extensive time and cost
31:14 that goes along with that that will no
31:16 longer take place so we'll still do the
31:18 visioning but then we'll take each
31:21 project as its own development project
31:24 under this new Consolidated format
31:28 so my understanding of how it kind of
31:31 has worked is that we for example
31:36 when we're looking at a major Park we at
31:40 that point in time when we're developing
31:42 it we you know do this I guess it is a
31:45 visioning process right right like so
31:46 the community tells us these are the
31:48 things that we're hoping to happen at
31:50 this park it might take you know 20
31:53 years it might take 10 whatever but we
31:55 do it in phases but the nice thing about
31:58 that is it sort of does put a stake in
32:00 the ground as far as like this is what
32:02 the community envisions you know in what
32:06 strategically we want to have happen at
32:07 that property
32:09 so that if we're going to change it in
32:11 the future
32:13 we we know what we're
32:15 you know changing so how
32:18 I like that because it kind of does make
32:21 sure that we're being intentional about
32:22 changing what uh
32:25 um the use of a particular part the
32:28 parcel that hasn't that we don't have
32:30 the funding for right that hasn't been
32:31 developed so how is that going to work
32:34 with this new plan
32:35 so I think there's still going to be a
32:37 lot of that same
32:38 documentation like what the hopes dreams
32:41 and fears for the activities that will
32:43 take place and that there'll be a loose
32:45 graphic like there is for Confluence
32:47 part
32:48 um but there was a formal process set up
32:50 for adoption that is no longer going to
32:53 be taking place and that was a very time
32:56 and costly process you know it was up
32:58 around forty thousand dollars in fees to
33:02 go through that adoption process we'll
33:03 still do the visioning we'll still have
33:05 supplemental documentation for the hopes
33:07 and fears and dreams of each of those
33:09 Master plans or visioning documents
33:12 excuse me but as each project comes to
33:16 well
33:18 um do it under this new Consolidated
33:20 project so it's more the adoption
33:23 process for that visioning document that
33:25 then makes it a full adopted master plan
33:28 versus just an active visioning document
33:31 that will change and still get further
33:33 Community input as each stage of that
33:36 project gets implemented
33:38 much like we're doing already I believe
33:41 that you wanted to chime in on this
33:43 stuff yeah please
33:50 there we go thank you sorry I couldn't
33:53 unmute myself
33:55 um to provide a little bit context on
33:57 what is a master site plan process in
34:00 Title 18 you know that the mysterious
34:03 Master cycling process is really
34:06 um a process set up where the decision
34:09 maker acts like a judge and determines
34:12 whether this this criteria in the code
34:15 has been met or not met and it's not a
34:18 you know that's not at the stage where
34:21 you're doing your visioning you're
34:22 trying to figure out what to do with
34:24 this Spark It's really does it meet this
34:27 adopted criteria and it's a very
34:29 specific kind of a criteria the city may
34:31 have used that process in different ways
34:34 but that that's how the master site plan
34:37 is set up
34:38 so the process was there was a hearing
34:41 with the development commission where
34:43 the community members could come in and
34:45 and everything is shared with them is
34:47 fully drawn up it's it's not your
34:50 preliminary design sketches and things
34:51 like that but it's an actual approval of
34:55 the design of the park so the city's
34:57 already spent the money designing and
34:59 all that and and then the community
35:01 feedback is coming in at the tail end of
35:03 the project
35:05 um then the development commission would
35:07 make a recommendation to city council
35:10 and city council was barred from talking
35:13 to any of the community members and had
35:16 to act in a in a judge-like manner to
35:20 issue an approval or not an approval so
35:22 it didn't really fit in the purposes of
35:26 what the park planning process really is
35:28 to engage with the community early on
35:31 and and and bring those issues before uh
35:34 you know a budget is set for the project
35:36 and and uh
35:38 a design is finalized so the park
35:42 planning process through the pro to the
35:44 Parks Board would happen early on the
35:46 community feedback would be factored in
35:49 the council then decides how much money
35:52 to spend on a particular project so
35:54 there's a lot of built-in community
35:56 outreach and feedback and decision
35:59 making that occurs for these public
36:01 projects and the permitting is the tail
36:04 end of it to make sure that everything
36:06 that the city is going to do still meets
36:09 the land use code update if there are
36:11 critical areas you're outside the
36:12 buffers or you're enhancing them there
36:16 are some state required permits like
36:18 cipa which is the environmental impact
36:20 statement and Shoreline if you are
36:22 within
36:23 um 100 200 feet of your uh stream three
36:27 streams or the lake
36:29 um and in those cases you would still
36:31 get those cipa and the shoreline permits
36:33 but the actual approval from the
36:37 development commission and uh the city
36:39 council is is going to be replaced by
36:42 the park planning project through the
36:44 parks department and Parks Board so
36:47 that's sort of the intent here and and
36:49 the reason Master site plan process has
36:52 gone away is because it's not just for
36:54 it wasn't meant just for the parks
36:55 department it was a 15 Acres or more
36:58 property it was subject to master site
37:00 plan the school district that just went
37:03 through the site planning Master site
37:05 plan process is in a more recent example
37:08 um and so that's some background on them
37:11 what is a master site plan now on to
37:14 whether it's a major modification or a
37:16 minor modification the existing you know
37:19 so so we have some of these things the
37:22 Tibbetts Valley Park Master site plan
37:24 which was decades and decades ago was
37:26 approved and there's you know the
37:29 buffers change and all those other
37:30 things change it doesn't mean that
37:32 you're set in stone based on what was
37:34 approved uh so many you know decades ago
37:37 so any Improvement that's going to
37:39 happen today will need to comply with
37:43 the code in place
37:44 whether it's tree protection or its
37:47 critical area protection
37:49 and the question whether it's major or
37:51 minor comes into play it still is the
37:54 same code you're still subject to
37:55 meeting all the requirements it's just a
37:58 process for small stuff is approved with
38:01 public notice but it's administrative
38:03 and major is it it requires a public
38:06 hearing and goes through a development
38:08 commission review process so
38:12 um the master site plans are now called
38:14 site development permits for level four
38:17 the parks will go through a Consolidated
38:21 um you know Capital Improvement permit
38:23 process and cpan Shoreline if that's
38:25 needed uh and the park planning and all
38:28 of those things will occur through the
38:30 parks department early on in the design
38:33 phase and we're getting it on the CIA
38:36 you know Capital Improvement uh project
38:38 list that's a council decision the
38:41 funding is a council decision
38:43 and um but we'll be at the table in
38:46 terms of sharing all that information
38:48 with parks department and the community
38:50 members of what the code requirements
38:52 are and will be participants in that
38:54 fashion the land use code will inform
38:56 the design the land use code will inform
38:58 some of those things but but the actual
39:01 permitting process will be when some of
39:03 those early conversations have occurred
39:06 so don't want to take up too much of
39:07 your time but just wanted everyone to
39:09 have some context on what is a master
39:11 site plan and what does Major versus
39:14 minor mean
39:16 and we're raising this as a discussion
39:18 uh point with the planning and policy
39:21 commission as well
39:24 I'll turn it over to you all
39:28 any other questions on at least the
39:31 process changes
39:34 well I guess
39:35 I guess Japan like I'm curious like from
39:38 here in perspective like
39:40 oh if we have
39:41 um a new
39:43 Park that would
39:45 that would require phasing you know like
39:48 all of our almost all of our big like
39:50 Community Parks went like how
39:54 do you without a visioning process
39:59 that we would normally do kind of under
40:01 the master planning process is that
40:04 going to say like in like this this part
40:07 of the property we expect to have
40:11 you know like Confluence Park for
40:13 example we have like a part that was
40:15 supposed to be active you know active
40:16 Recreation what not um Confluence or um
40:19 up at Central Park we I think did have
40:23 to do some
40:24 like changing of a master plan we
40:27 caress someone recently like eight years
40:30 ago or something you're right
40:33 um but we had to do that process to
40:34 change it from what it you know if a
40:36 parcel was going to be so we'll be the
40:39 same or
40:41 how's it going to work like from a
40:43 from your perspective
40:45 yeah I'll take a go at this to start and
40:49 sorry for being late I was at the parks
40:51 or the service of safety and Parks
40:54 committee Council committee meeting uh
40:56 just now
40:58 yeah I don't know that it looks all that
41:01 different you know I I mean any Capital
41:04 project let me say this I think what's
41:06 being proposed is very consistent with
41:09 other cities that I've worked in
41:11 um and I think it would it's consistent
41:13 with a lot of neighboring cities around
41:17 um the planning phase for any project
41:19 for a new like a new park as you're
41:22 proposing right we would still in that
41:24 planning phase want to engage in the
41:26 community we want to have a vision for
41:29 the whole site
41:30 [Music]
41:32 um so there'd still be that Master
41:33 planning effort that would be going on
41:36 um that's probably a master planning
41:37 effort that again is done by staff with
41:40 with guidance and Advising and
41:42 monitoring by the park board it's like a
41:45 going to city council for some type of
41:47 adoption uh that master plan or that
41:50 vision is then informing the CIP as
41:53 you're saying how are we going to fund
41:54 this boy we can't do it all at once
41:56 we're probably going to need to phase it
41:57 all right which phase makes sense right
41:59 so it's still very much a guiding
42:02 document it just doesn't have this
42:06 additional permit process attached to it
42:09 but it's it's doing all the informing
42:13 and then when we get into that whatever
42:16 phase that is that Council says all
42:18 right let's fund that first phase and
42:19 let's do it here we would then go into
42:22 the design and permitting phase of that
42:24 actual work
42:26 um let's say let's fast forward now four
42:29 years ahead in this hypothetical
42:31 scenario we're now oh boy we're now
42:32 ready for phase two that Master Plan
42:35 would still inform would greatly inform
42:37 The Design Network there'd probably be a
42:41 it'd be wise to say boy what did that
42:44 Master Plan say does that still make
42:45 sense uh to the community today so
42:48 there'd probably be a a check and a
42:50 touch Point
42:52 so the work would be still happening
42:55 um I just think I think some of the
42:57 [Music]
43:00 I don't know just just some of the the
43:04 comparison to a private project perhaps
43:08 it looks a little bit different
43:13 so that Packard say that Parks can still
43:16 have a master plan process without
43:18 having a master site plan permit process
43:20 precisely precisely it's a great way to
43:23 put it well said it's something we're
43:25 going to strive to do and you'll hear in
43:26 my Parks director update a little bit
43:28 you know we're we're adding some really
43:30 key staff positions here in the coming
43:32 months
43:33 um and as we bring on board some
43:36 additional Park planning resources and
43:39 not just gen we want to take a really
43:41 good look at communicating
43:45 what each of these phases of the capital
43:47 project are what happens in the planning
43:49 phase what are the kind of questions we
43:51 ask the community what's the engagement
43:53 and Outreach effort that we're going to
43:55 commit to as a parks department that
43:57 always happens in a planning phase what
43:59 then what's the gate what what
44:01 transitions from planning phase to
44:04 design and permitting what's our
44:06 commitment to the community in our
44:08 engagement and information the community
44:09 during design and permitting and then we
44:12 take it out to bid and the award is you
44:14 know we do a bid award that's the gate
44:16 then we're in construction same thing
44:18 what's our what happens during
44:20 construction what's our commitment to
44:22 information to the community but really
44:24 have a my goal would be to have a a nice
44:28 one-page graphic that goes with every
44:30 single Capital project we do any
44:33 engagement we do we're able to say you
44:34 are here
44:35 right yes we're asking these questions
44:38 now it doesn't mean the Park's going to
44:40 get built next month right but it just
44:42 helps to chart that course and for us as
44:45 staff to be really consistent
44:48 in communicating the full journey of a
44:51 capital project
44:52 sorry that's a little off topic but
44:54 hopefully helpful as we
44:56 Embark in this change
44:59 no I think that helps kind of fill the
45:01 story with how we're trying to set
45:02 today's process
45:05 um and then just the time we had time
45:07 for maybe one more question before I
45:08 move on I'm going to start going into
45:10 kind of what's left in the project
45:13 okay
45:15 so in terms of next steps right now
45:17 we're going through public hearings with
45:18 the planning policy commission that
45:20 we're going to transition to
45:23 kind of final discussions with our
45:25 Planning Development and environment
45:26 Council committee
45:28 um looking at final draft and then going
45:31 to that legislative process the city
45:33 council following the February meetings
45:36 to to eventually get to adoption
45:41 and if you any of you have any questions
45:44 about what's an advantage code or what
45:45 might be coming in terms of the
45:47 implementation of the language code on
45:48 today's adopted please reach out to
45:50 myself Vinnie or Christian or any of
45:54 your wonderful Park staff and would be
45:56 happy to kind of talk to you about any
45:57 questions
45:58 processes or what the regulations
46:03 any other questions
46:10 okay well thank you all for for having
46:13 me and thank you again for for waiting
46:16 oh did you have a question oh no no okay
46:20 no thank you Stephen yeah appreciate it
46:22 appreciate it
46:25 um so
46:27 um with that said I think we'll uh pass
46:30 it over to uh Brian who has a biannual
46:33 Recreation program with you
46:36 effort
46:37 okay
46:38 oh my goodness I can't like pull that
46:40 out
46:42 thank you
46:45 I think last time I was here was about a
46:47 little over six months ago
46:48 so it's been yeah it's a little over six
46:51 months in June 2022. I think I got to
46:54 run the table and was able to introduce
46:55 myself to everybody I didn't know so far
46:57 except our youth advisory reps
47:00 um but nice meeting you all and I am
47:02 Brian person I'm the recreation manager
47:04 for the parks and Community Services
47:05 Department
47:12 thank you
47:14 uh real quickly to bounce to the next
47:16 slide
47:20 yeah
47:22 nice thank you uh you know this is the
47:26 side that'll be like just the surprise
47:27 the department as a whole right it's it
47:29 sort of speaks to just what what our
47:31 core roles uh or core roles and purpose
47:34 are right it's about it's all about
47:36 places and people right with that
47:39 um you know investing in places you know
47:40 that is is including but not limited to
47:43 you know stewardship of our Parks trails
47:45 to Open Spaces you know very important
47:48 it's also managing our Issaquah public
47:51 facilities Community Center pool Senior
47:53 Center and Pickering Barn that also
47:56 includes investing in people and which
47:59 is including but not limited to
48:01 providing a variety of programs and
48:03 services that build community families
48:05 and residents in providing Recreation
48:08 Arts Human Services programs that um
48:11 Human Services products the Direct
48:13 Services and Partnerships I've read
48:15 those because I'm realizing it's not
48:17 reading as well up on the slide as it is
48:21 some area of improvement for Next Step
48:24 um next slide if you don't mind
48:27 to give you just a quick I'm here to
48:29 speak on the Recreation services
48:31 tonight that's kind of the division that
48:33 I work with so just to give you a
48:35 picture of what Recreation services is
48:37 it's one word but it's it's many
48:39 different units right so we have the
48:40 community center with the Jewish Home
48:43 pool we have Athletics and rentals we
48:45 have the senior center and then we also
48:47 have Pickering Barn
48:49 um those are some of the five teams that
48:51 make up the Recreation services uh
48:53 division there
48:55 um like I said tonight I'll be sharing a
48:56 few highlights and uh give me a couple
48:58 updates on just that what that division
49:00 work has been over the year of 2022.
49:05 foreign
49:06 Center
49:10 real quickly we've had our we had our
49:12 fifth annual Issaquah kids triathlon
49:15 um thank you you're the budget board
49:17 that's a big one that they spearhead for
49:18 us and it's a really neat one that we do
49:20 in conjunction with our use the basic
49:22 board but it's also done with our staff
49:23 our staff comes out in force to support
49:26 that event so we have our youth
49:28 volunteers we have our staff and a lot
49:30 of great community members coming we
49:32 have a little over 200 people to take
49:34 part in that last June
49:36 um our camps we had um 2 258 residents a
49:41 registrants for that for those programs
49:45 um just so you know this number includes
49:47 a variety of camps that are directly run
49:49 by the parks and Community Services
49:51 Department as well as our third party
49:53 partners that we work with so it's a lot
49:56 of different people doing different
49:57 things and we like I said we run a lot
49:58 of ourselves but we also work with
50:00 numerous Partners to provide the variety
50:02 of you know camps and services that we
50:04 do with that um
50:06 I think a neat point of the camps I
50:08 wanted to point out a lot as we created
50:10 24 seasonal jobs so that's 24 you know
50:13 full-time jobs over the summer where a
50:16 lot of more youth young college aged
50:18 sometimes young adults that are working
50:20 to make these programs possible so
50:22 that's just our portion there's the
50:24 contractor camps that have all their
50:26 services but we had 24
50:28 uh staff that it takes to run all the
50:31 camps and programs that we do with that
50:33 um the neat part about that too is it's
50:35 up for one of them it's their first time
50:36 ever working in a job so we also get the
50:39 opportunity to work with them and
50:41 develop their leadership skills and uh
50:43 you know grow them into young leaders
50:44 right which is kind of exciting and we
50:45 take that very seriously it's an honor
50:47 to be able to work with them in that
50:49 capacity uh we have beat the heat Splash
50:51 day our 21st year running this event
50:54 it's a it's a wet and wild afternoon
50:57 where we have lots of fun with kids that
51:00 youth Advisory Board again you divide
51:02 support plays such about apart for so
51:04 many of our activities because they help
51:05 us out in so many different way so it's
51:07 a great partnership uh with uh with all
51:10 those
51:11 youth Advisory board members
51:13 um our fitness room uh we kind of have a
51:15 refresh in 2022 for uh some equipment we
51:19 got new equipment with uh we're gonna do
51:21 cardio equipment specifically uh we got
51:23 some treadmills elliptical trainers uh
51:25 bikes and a rowing machine so if you've
51:28 been into if you go into the fitness
51:30 room at the community center you'll see
51:32 some of those new pieces of equipment
51:34 that we have which has been very well
51:35 received and a nice upgrade from what we
51:38 had previously
51:39 uh this was uh the first light of the
51:42 night event that we had this year which
51:44 was that's our first inaugural event
51:47 oh gosh so I'll say we have nearly 400
51:49 people attend for this free Tree
51:51 Lighting Event we also had wonderful
51:53 partners that came out and supplied you
51:55 know coffee cocoa Donuts uh Cucamonga
51:59 zoo goes out a reindeer so that was kind
52:01 of fun that the mayor did a big light
52:03 turn on the lights so it's sort of fun
52:06 who bounce into the uh thank you
52:10 our senior center uh you know Senior
52:12 Center some of the a few quick
52:14 highlights with them uh in 2022 we
52:17 started some summer hiking uh trips
52:19 which was a new thing we did
52:21 um you know most of the hike for about
52:23 10 people and they maxed out with those
52:25 10 people
52:26 um in this program also sort of catered
52:28 to a younger
52:30 a senior if you will we have so we
52:32 brought in some new
52:33 some new people to you know get a flavor
52:36 for what is offered through the uh
52:37 through the senior center
52:40 um we had our 90 and better lunch and
52:42 lunch and celebration that's a strictly
52:45 where we honor our seniors that are 90
52:47 years and older we have quite a few of
52:48 them we had about 70 not 70 we had 70
52:52 people attended lunch but we had an f70
52:54 90 plus all right we caught 90 in bed I
52:57 guess right so um it was a real fun
53:00 event just a chance to honor those that
53:02 have made that mile marker
53:03 uh our baby we were boot camp we had our
53:06 fifth uh it's a fifth edition we had
53:09 fifth year of our fifth time of
53:10 offerings that year but this time of
53:12 offering this which is sort of Helping
53:14 Seniors step into that next phase of
53:16 life you know what does that look like
53:17 we have 40 people attend this uh it's on
53:20 a weekend and it's and you know with
53:21 speakers but eight different speakers
53:23 speaking of topics like you know uh
53:25 healthy eating avoiding scams uh
53:28 planning ahead for senior living
53:31 and uh our boot camp is actually offered
53:34 in conjunction with uh the King County
53:36 library system and uh era living so they
53:38 work with us to partner I help get some
53:40 of those speakers and provide and come
53:42 together some of the information we
53:43 shared with those seniors uh our
53:45 Veterans Day luncheon
53:47 um this was an opportunity for us to
53:48 come together and celebrate our our
53:50 veterans
53:52 um we had a little lunch and a concert
53:53 you can see a little picture of that
53:54 there where they they got the concert
53:56 and the people singing for our veterans
53:59 um just a fun way to come together and
54:01 honor those that have served
54:03 um we have our CX it had a Seahawks
54:05 legends of that we do this every year
54:07 it's sort of a fun event we had a couple
54:09 former Seahawks come out they sort of
54:12 tell their stories they meet and greet
54:13 take pictures with their seniors it's
54:15 just a fun day to come out sort of you
54:18 know rude on the home team and
54:19 unfortunately we're still not we're not
54:21 in the playoffs right now but you know
54:22 hey
54:24 yes next year is our season
54:27 um and then we serve you know our I
54:29 think I've shared this last time too but
54:31 we do weekday we have a weekday lunch
54:32 program
54:34 um and just to give you just sort of a
54:36 flavor of what we do with that um we
54:38 serve 6001 lunches in 2022.
54:43 um we partner with Catholic community
54:45 services which you know they provide so
54:48 separate they provide lunches on Mondays
54:50 and Tuesdays and we support that program
54:52 and then our Issaquah Senior Center
54:54 provides lunches on Wednesday Thursdays
54:56 and Fridays so Wednesday Thursday Friday
54:58 yes and then that's we have it on staff
55:00 and our own cooking crew that does all
55:02 of that so it's sort of a neat thing
55:03 Alexa that's a lot of lunches and it's
55:05 uh very well and very much appreciated
55:07 seniors love the uh lunch program
55:11 heck I like to watch program
55:17 a little bit of our Athletics some
55:18 highlights there we have our gliders
55:20 cross country and track and field
55:22 program
55:23 um you know we had 461 participants our
55:27 our gliders programs got in spring and
55:29 summer we have that's when the track and
55:31 field time is and then the fall is when
55:34 we have our cross country and then we
55:36 also have an extended cross-country time
55:37 a cross-country program we partnered
55:40 with the cities of Auburn Retton
55:42 Bellevue Maple Valley and side view
55:44 Metroparks to host and run joint meats
55:46 and uh yeah dorm joint Meats well yeah
55:49 so we come together with all those other
55:51 cities and it's kind of fun nice little
55:52 recreational competition we had 32
55:56 participants in our cross-country in the
55:58 extended season and it was sort of cool
56:00 because four of those Runners uh went
56:03 down and competed last December in Texas
56:06 um in the Junior Olympics which was
56:08 Kennedy
56:10 and again that's just strictly a
56:11 recreational program so there's no you
56:13 know we don't everything we offer we
56:15 don't everybody
56:16 gets a chance to participate if you want
56:19 youth basketball program uh this is you
56:22 know one of our larger programs as an
56:24 individual program we have over 15 1500
56:26 kids uh participating in this uh we
56:29 offer girls kindergarten through ninth
56:31 grade basketball along with boys
56:33 kindergarten through 12th grade
56:35 um you might ask Josh why don't you
56:39 offer girls up through 12th grade that's
56:40 kind of an obvious Gap there right
56:42 um we try it's strictly a numbers game
56:45 we're really happy that we were able to
56:47 get ninth grade girls going this year
56:48 because last year we didn't have it so
56:50 we continually try to Foster that
56:52 sometimes the numbers just drive whether
56:53 or not we can have that program or not
56:55 so this year we picked up ninth grade
56:57 girls and hopefully in the future we'll
56:58 pick it up more
57:01 um our classes and Clinics we have uh oh
57:04 we back to basketball really fast I
57:06 wanted to mention because this is
57:07 another one that we employ a lot of uh
57:10 a lot of Youth we have 45 high
57:12 school-aged referees and gym supervisors
57:14 that work with this program so that's I
57:16 said that that is
57:18 45 youth right work on this program and
57:22 um our full-time staff works really hard
57:24 to you know take very seriously
57:27 developing the leadership skills and
57:30 helping
57:31 all of our referees learn The Importance
57:34 of Being a role model on a positive role
57:35 model for those of them coming into
57:36 contact with right because we we deal
57:39 with people's most prized possessions
57:40 right
57:41 so we're in a second we're using we're
57:43 getting their time so we're really
57:44 trying we see that not only as an
57:46 opportunity to to have a great program
57:48 but also a great opportunity to develop
57:51 these young people into leaders and
57:53 living with us like to be successful in
57:55 that working world right we hope hope
57:57 they launched well
57:59 um the classes and clinics that the
58:01 Athletics division runs we had nine
58:03 Partners service providers over the uh
58:05 course of 2022 that we partnered with
58:08 over 2 000 registrations and 136 classes
58:12 offered
58:13 um we gave you a list there a little bit
58:15 of some of the opportunities
58:16 participating in basketball cheer dance
58:19 and drill gymnastics martial arts soccer
58:21 and volleyball
58:24 all right thank you
58:27 um also under the Athletics umbrella and
58:29 that team is the rentals of picnic
58:32 shelters and ball fields
58:34 um just to give you a little bit of data
58:36 on that we got 190 picnic shelter
58:39 rentals
58:40 uh we had on our ball fields 35
58:42 different field rental organizations
58:44 that used our fields and we booked over
58:48 about 70 700 hours on the fields
58:57 pool
58:58 we had the
59:00 3157 registers for swim lessons we do a
59:05 lot of swim lessons
59:07 um and if you ever try to sign up for
59:08 one you realize how busy and
59:10 popular they are
59:12 those in like separate individuals or is
59:16 there duplication that would include
59:18 duplications
59:20 yeah
59:22 no maybe who knows but there are
59:25 multiples because yes uh we offer 21
59:28 lifeguard classes
59:30 um and just to give you a little because
59:32 we say Life part about it sounds like
59:34 but each class is about 32 hours right
59:36 so there's a significant amount of uh
59:39 learning training that goes into that
59:42 um we also provided the Waterfront
59:44 lifeguard training for the cities of
59:45 Medina and Sammamish so you know it's
59:48 sort of a specialty it's not just the
59:49 lifeboating and an indoor facility but
59:51 an outdoor facility so the cities in
59:53 Medina and Sammamish
59:55 we're able to offer you we were able to
59:57 trade out their folks so they could have
59:59 flashbacks on that and this summary it
1:00:00 was a uh you know there's been a sort of
1:00:02 a shortage of that where lifeguard Beach
1:00:05 lifeguarding was something that was
1:00:06 definitely um
1:00:07 yeah there's a big shortage of it all
1:00:10 over the place some beaches weren't
1:00:11 monitored so it was great to be able to
1:00:13 help out with that with our neighboring
1:00:14 cities it's a great help but we also
1:00:16 charge your feet for that oh yes yes
1:00:18 we do yeah
1:00:21 yeah it's not free but uh yes we like to
1:00:24 trade them up though and our team does a
1:00:25 great job of doing that
1:00:27 uh we had over 27 000 drop-ins
1:00:31 that number does not include swim
1:00:33 lessons swim team practices or Swim
1:00:35 teammates so it doesn't include those
1:00:36 but that's just drop-ins to use the pool
1:00:39 over the course of 22 22. and question
1:00:42 from Tim oh yeah sorry thank you Tim
1:00:48 there you go you should be unmuted great
1:00:50 thank you so much yeah so thanks for all
1:00:53 this and I'm a regular user of the pool
1:00:54 it's a great pool uh I've I'm a swimmer
1:00:58 I've swim in pools all over the West
1:01:00 Coast from here to San Diego and one of
1:01:03 the things I brought up with Jeff on a
1:01:05 couple occasions is the Lockers in the
1:01:08 pool are nice but they're coin operated
1:01:11 and it's the only pool I know of that
1:01:14 I've swam in anywhere on the west coast
1:01:16 that you can't just bring your own
1:01:17 locker and put it on and lock your stuff
1:01:20 up and I've watched and I I I think of
1:01:25 all the times I've been at the pool I've
1:01:26 seen maybe once or twice one Locker is
1:01:29 being used through the coin operated
1:01:30 system
1:01:31 so I asked Jeff about replacing at least
1:01:34 some of those Locker doors with some
1:01:37 doors that allow people to bring their
1:01:38 own locks and put them in it would keep
1:01:40 stuff from piling up out on the pool
1:01:42 deck it'd keep stuff from being thrown
1:01:44 all over the the room in there that
1:01:46 often is the case and I just wanted if
1:01:49 you've thought about that if there's any
1:01:51 progress on it if you have any updates
1:01:53 thank you
1:01:54 no thank you Tim thanks for being a
1:01:56 member of the uh uh swimming of the pool
1:01:58 appreciate that and yes we oh did you
1:02:01 want to go ahead oh yes no we have yes
1:02:03 it is that is our radar we have had
1:02:05 conversations about that absolutely and
1:02:08 we are looking into as far as the
1:02:09 progress update nothing to report on
1:02:11 that but it is on our radar and we are
1:02:13 looking into it and it's coordinating
1:02:15 with our facility staff Tim so yeah I've
1:02:17 always appreciated that feedback we're
1:02:19 we're moving on it
1:02:21 okay thank you
1:02:23 absolutely
1:02:26 um drop-ins oh yeah and then like I said
1:02:28 we're proud supporters at this school
1:02:29 district is swim team and blue dolphin
1:02:31 swim team
1:02:33 um I don't know just sometimes we'll we
1:02:35 support the the Islam pool you know one
1:02:39 facility we have that supports uh
1:02:41 Issaquah Liberty high schools for both
1:02:43 practices and needs we support Skyline
1:02:46 High School for all of their mates
1:02:48 um and then the Issaquah swim team does
1:02:50 practices and they do in-house meets at
1:02:52 a facility and then the blue dolphin
1:02:54 swim team practices at the uh at the
1:02:57 pool so that's a lot of practicing and a
1:03:00 lot of use because my a lot of swim
1:03:02 lessons so to say the least that is a
1:03:03 very very busy facility
1:03:08 [Music]
1:03:09 uh Pickering Barn just uh you know we
1:03:13 got someone as a rental division that
1:03:15 bickering bar is where the rental
1:03:16 tradition is housed depicting bar is
1:03:19 responsible for the operation of the
1:03:20 rentals events out of the Pickering Barn
1:03:22 as well as the farmers market and it
1:03:25 also oversees the community garden
1:03:28 um as you can see here we had in 2022
1:03:30 136 rental and events at the at the barn
1:03:35 um there's a little bit of a breakdown
1:03:36 below that
1:03:38 in the future I'll probably update the
1:03:41 graph a little bit so you can read it a
1:03:42 little bit better that's kind of just a
1:03:43 little segment of just the different
1:03:45 types of events and how much use is
1:03:47 there
1:03:48 um with the farmers market some just
1:03:49 some fun data for you there we have uh
1:03:52 we had 21 markets with 88 vendors
1:03:54 average daily attendance is 3 400 people
1:03:57 and realize that not average daily
1:03:59 attendance right that's Saturdays we're
1:04:01 only open from nine to two so you think
1:04:04 about the volume that volume of people
1:04:06 going through there in that five hours
1:04:07 is pretty crazy and that's I said that's
1:04:10 average some days they're up pushing
1:04:11 closer to five thousand
1:04:13 um so yeah it is a busy fun place and if
1:04:16 you haven't been uh highly recommend
1:04:18 going because it's it's awesome uh 450
1:04:21 volunteer hours we often get people that
1:04:23 want to volunteer and we always welcome
1:04:25 people coming down and volunteering and
1:04:27 they are a vital part of our operation
1:04:28 down there uh we have 15 participating
1:04:31 non-profits that would have booths and
1:04:33 16 local businesses and lastly we gave
1:04:36 uh 4 617 pounds of produce we're uh
1:04:40 given to this by food and clothing bank
1:04:42 which is pretty cool
1:04:46 thank you
1:04:48 without you wait thank you and a big
1:04:51 thanks to the team that makes it
1:04:52 wouldn't happen without I mean there's
1:04:53 each one of those divisions talk about
1:04:55 Community Center for everybody each one
1:04:57 has their own team they work very very
1:04:59 hard to make all the magic happen and
1:05:02 they also have a tremendous amount of
1:05:03 volunteers and people in the community
1:05:05 and people like yourself too that help
1:05:07 provide input inside the things that we
1:05:08 do because it it takes it takes it takes
1:05:11 a village right it's everybody doing
1:05:13 pieces of that so it's our staff along
1:05:15 with the community and it's I say a lot
1:05:17 of people who really care about
1:05:18 increasing the quality of life for
1:05:20 people in the community so
1:05:22 yeah thank you
1:05:27 thanks Brian any uh other questions
1:05:29 comments
1:05:31 um this Thursday
1:05:44 so we
1:05:46 [Laughter]
1:05:53 it gets nice and warm in there so
1:05:56 sometimes I wish I were
1:05:57 to jump into them
1:06:01 oh that's awesome appreciate that kid
1:06:04 yeah Brian I was just curious the blue
1:06:07 dolphins swim team I had never heard of
1:06:09 that entity before uh that was in in the
1:06:12 mix of the pool over there
1:06:14 yet they are relatively new and that is
1:06:16 literally I think they get a little bit
1:06:18 of time on Sundays or Saturdays that
1:06:21 nobody else is using it because there
1:06:23 just isn't any we don't have any time
1:06:25 like during the middle of the week or
1:06:28 the normal time zone like the weekends
1:06:30 so they're getting a little piece I
1:06:32 threw them in there but they're a real
1:06:33 small user compared to primarily it's a
1:06:37 squad School District it's a swim team
1:06:38 and they've been with the Jewish foam
1:06:40 pool for shish they were practicing
1:06:43 there even before the city's operation
1:06:45 of that facility back in like the 90s
1:06:48 yeah I gotcha and um apologies that this
1:06:51 was already mentioned somewhere but
1:06:53 what's on the list for 2023 any anything
1:06:57 particular that you would want to
1:06:58 highlight or looking forward to foreign
1:07:02 a little bit of our stuff with our work
1:07:05 um but yeah I mean yeah it's it's a lot
1:07:08 of we're really fortunate that we got
1:07:10 some staffing that we're getting back on
1:07:12 boarded this year and ramping up so
1:07:14 that's going to be a big help for us
1:07:17 um and as far as 2023 we're looking at
1:07:20 some new program we've got some some new
1:07:21 programs we're trying to lean into uh we
1:07:23 have a Halloween event that we're
1:07:25 looking to do in the fall that's going
1:07:26 to be coming up which will be sort of
1:07:28 fun I mean along with everything else we
1:07:29 do normally
1:07:31 but also having some of those fun events
1:07:33 that uh you know we're currently in
1:07:36 planning for how we're just going to hit
1:07:37 this in the work plan but what other
1:07:39 events can we bring that will bring
1:07:40 community members together and uh you
1:07:42 know with you for the adults and
1:07:43 Families
1:07:45 yeah and I guess sorry one one more
1:07:47 question along those lines maybe think
1:07:48 of it how when you think about the youth
1:07:50 sports and those type of activities how
1:07:53 do you tend to decide what to offer and
1:07:56 what what gets the perennial treatment
1:07:58 like the Basketball League versus some
1:08:01 of the other options that I've seen in
1:08:03 the mix over the years like rugby or
1:08:05 Ultimate Frisbee and that type of thing
1:08:07 oh great great question a lot of times
1:08:10 it starts with the proposal of somebody
1:08:11 coming to us or if we're seeking a
1:08:14 certain sport if we can find somebody
1:08:15 that's teaching something
1:08:17 um they usually talk with us and we're
1:08:20 you know if it has if it's viable we'll
1:08:22 give it a chance if there's somebody in
1:08:23 the community that might benefit from it
1:08:25 especially the program
1:08:27 um that's why we try to if you've been
1:08:28 paying attention over all the years
1:08:30 we've tried a lot of different things
1:08:31 and some have taken off and stayed and
1:08:33 some haven't right so basketball that's
1:08:36 one that's that I participated in this
1:08:39 with my basketballs again so that one's
1:08:42 been around for quite a while so that's
1:08:44 just an opportunity we've been running
1:08:46 that one over and over again but yeah we
1:08:48 we usually get if we get a proposal for
1:08:50 a program we sit down with whoever's
1:08:52 proposing it look at their what are they
1:08:54 thinking what's a market what's their
1:08:57 budget and we have a nice little chat
1:08:58 and like I said if it has if it's viable
1:09:00 we'll try it
1:09:02 we're always open to trying new things
1:09:04 to see what uh you know what we can make
1:09:07 happen do you have some ideas
1:09:10 oh and not at the top of my head but I'm
1:09:12 I'm was just curious having seen some of
1:09:15 those pop in and out on the schedule
1:09:16 over the years
1:09:18 yeah and there's sometimes a lot of
1:09:20 things we'd love to offer
1:09:24 dance class
1:09:27 and it was very very popular but finding
1:09:30 a good instructor to run and operate
1:09:32 that program that's that's been a
1:09:34 challenge we haven't been able to find
1:09:35 somebody to do something like that so
1:09:36 sometimes it's a matter of finding the
1:09:39 right person to be able to run that
1:09:40 program too
1:09:41 makes sense
1:09:43 thanks Brian yeah
1:09:47 my question was about Staffing like are
1:09:49 you having have you like last year did
1:09:52 you have a hard time building some of
1:09:54 those seasonal positions the part you
1:09:56 know like
1:09:57 the camp Camp counselors the basketball
1:10:00 reps yeah if I was testing you I'd say a
1:10:03 big Capital yts exclamation point
1:10:05 yes absolutely yes the parts I'm not
1:10:08 regulars that talk in like counterparts
1:10:10 with other cities it's across the board
1:10:12 the part-time on regulars have been very
1:10:15 very difficult
1:10:16 um on a odd real positive note our our
1:10:19 full-time positions that we've been
1:10:21 recruiting for we've had very very great
1:10:23 candidates across the board in all of
1:10:25 our positions
1:10:26 then we've got just a great Canada pool
1:10:31 so that kind of I think speaks to the
1:10:33 environment that we have in our parks
1:10:35 and Community Services Department
1:10:37 um but the part-time operators have been
1:10:38 very very difficult so if you didn't
1:10:40 know anybody
1:10:41 that wants to come and work our time for
1:10:44 us we have a lot of different
1:10:45 opportunities for them to uh participate
1:10:48 with us home or work for us
1:10:51 nice plug we're really trying to get
1:10:53 creative and and how we recruit through
1:10:55 those positions and and Brian touched on
1:10:58 this a little bit but you know we really
1:11:00 see our Employment Program as a as a in
1:11:03 many ways a team program in itself we're
1:11:05 often a first employer right and we take
1:11:08 that really seriously and and we hope
1:11:10 anyone who works for us realizes your
1:11:13 whatever you turn pro in you're gaining
1:11:15 value you're gaining value leadership
1:11:17 you're gaining value in so many
1:11:19 different ways and we just want to
1:11:21 continually emphasize that and uh
1:11:24 yeah because yeah the markets the
1:11:26 Market's thinner than it used to be
1:11:29 um and it's uh yeah it's not unique to
1:11:31 us either
1:11:36 so I'm curious because Recreation
1:11:38 represents like how engaged Community is
1:11:41 so compared to the pandemic years 2020
1:11:45 2021 have we seen an increase in
1:11:48 engagement in these programs and have we
1:11:50 gone back to the normal pre-pandemic
1:11:53 numbers
1:11:54 you know some we are busier yeah I'd say
1:11:58 as far as activity was it's up okay yeah
1:12:01 it's it's fully back that's where the
1:12:03 Staffing come in this year that we're
1:12:05 getting on board with is going to be
1:12:07 really exciting
1:12:08 um we also have coming up but we're
1:12:10 going to be hiring our Recreation
1:12:11 coordinator let's go work specifically
1:12:12 with our adaptive Recreation so what was
1:12:15 called our specialized Recreation it's
1:12:17 going to be working with our adaptive
1:12:19 and creating a whole bunch of programs
1:12:20 working with our Special Olympics and
1:12:21 that too which would be really neat but
1:12:23 yeah things are things are cooking and
1:12:26 cooking quickly yes um there's a lot of
1:12:28 these I think coming out of color people
1:12:30 already start getting active again and
1:12:32 getting the kids and getting themselves
1:12:33 involved and things it's been
1:12:35 there's been a slight object and
1:12:37 pickleball I say that jokingly because
1:12:40 there's been a huge update
1:12:42 um but yeah just a lot of people want to
1:12:43 get out and enjoy the different
1:12:44 facilities and enjoy the parks right too
1:12:46 which has been outstanding so just a
1:12:48 follow-up question so with the increase
1:12:50 in demand and a little more competitive
1:12:53 market are we seeing
1:12:55 um that we will bridge that with a an
1:12:59 increase in fees in these programs is
1:13:01 that something that is
1:13:04 um planned for 2023. any Christmas fees
1:13:07 yeah our fees usually go up a level of
1:13:09 cost living anyways right yeah yeah and
1:13:12 we also always pay attention to what
1:13:13 other cities are doing we don't we don't
1:13:15 usually compare ourselves we can look at
1:13:17 the whole Market
1:13:18 you know because we want to be able to
1:13:19 provide affordable programming we also
1:13:22 have resources for people that can't
1:13:24 afford programming to have that with
1:13:26 scholarship program so we make sure that
1:13:28 everybody wants participate
1:13:33 great job Diana I'm glad you asked that
1:13:35 question about you so I was going to
1:13:36 just add a few comments at the end thank
1:13:38 you Brian for being here but I think
1:13:40 your question really nailed what I was
1:13:42 going to say and it's really just
1:13:43 commending the recreation team right the
1:13:46 you know a two-year we're still we're
1:13:49 still living with covid but coming out
1:13:52 of a global pandemic in 2021 endearing
1:13:56 that and you've maybe heard me say this
1:13:58 through that process that
1:14:00 the Adaptive nature of the recreation
1:14:02 team and the fact that we kept
1:14:04 facilities available accessible safe it
1:14:07 was really really important for this
1:14:08 community and the recreation team did
1:14:09 that in amazing ways and now in 2022
1:14:13 to see it's kind of why I was you know
1:14:16 doing that I mean the drop-in use of the
1:14:18 community center you know transitioning
1:14:20 to hardwood floors in 2018 and coming
1:14:22 out of the pandemic oh my goodness I
1:14:25 mean it is it is hopping in there the
1:14:27 pool and just look at those numbers is
1:14:29 really hopping so yes a lot of a lot of
1:14:32 use the Pickering Barn is certainly back
1:14:36 full fold it's really cool to see a
1:14:38 farmer's market a farmer's market a
1:14:40 local City Farmers Market to average 3
1:14:42 400 people
1:14:45 any given Saturday that's a
1:14:48 it's a really cool place to be that
1:14:50 tells us that you know a key part of
1:14:53 what we do in Recreation is we want to
1:14:55 respond to the to the community and we
1:14:57 want to be relevant to that community
1:14:59 and I think we are
1:15:01 hitting that
1:15:02 as we see the community using news
1:15:05 direct programs so great job by Brian on
1:15:08 the recreation team really
1:15:10 amazing work
1:15:12 great thanks Brian thank you
1:15:16 um so I think I'm going to pass it off
1:15:17 to uh Jeff with the 2023 Park Board work
1:15:21 plan uh update yeah get to work
1:15:28 just kidding just kidding hey good
1:15:29 evening everybody and thank you Asante
1:15:31 for for pulling that up on the screen so
1:15:34 um tonight I wanted to as in as in past
1:15:37 years you might remember what probably
1:15:38 the last four years or so I've provided
1:15:41 in January a what I called our sort of
1:15:44 our major work plan item for the whole
1:15:45 department items for the whole
1:15:47 department this list represents a bit of
1:15:50 a shift sort of version 2.0
1:15:53 I'm happy to provide you the full sort
1:15:56 of Department major work plans item and
1:15:58 if you remember from past years that
1:16:00 really is is from our adopted budget
1:16:03 both our operating budget our capital
1:16:05 budget mayor and Council priorities
1:16:10 initiatives that we've probably already
1:16:12 been working on
1:16:14 um again not representative of
1:16:16 everything we do but really
1:16:17 representative of those tasks those
1:16:20 major items that we'll have a pretty
1:16:22 high degree of community touch
1:16:24 what this version before you the 2023
1:16:27 version represents is really
1:16:31 in working with with Zach and Marlene
1:16:35 these past couple of months uh say all
1:16:38 right which of these items are are going
1:16:40 to be filling the agenda for the coming
1:16:42 year for the park board
1:16:44 um and not only getting fed feedback
1:16:47 from uh from both of them but also
1:16:49 really informed our capital budget by
1:16:52 the mayor's priorities
1:16:56 as I said earlier Zach and Marlene
1:17:00 the first page and I could certainly go
1:17:02 through these
1:17:04 um you know you'll see it sort of broke
1:17:06 them down by division and work teams
1:17:09 within the department
1:17:11 um primarily as in Prior years focused
1:17:14 on some of our capital projects
1:17:17 Hillside Park and continuing that
1:17:19 permitting process Veterans Memorial
1:17:22 our pedestrian Park and Senior Center
1:17:25 project that we started on last summer
1:17:28 will be in design and permitting this
1:17:31 year the Confluence Park project namely
1:17:35 the eckhouse and the work around that
1:17:39 the secure Capital Improvement plan a
1:17:41 six year CIP is due for an update this
1:17:44 spring
1:17:46 um I'll touch a little bit more on that
1:17:48 um under my director's report we're
1:17:51 being invited to a special Joint
1:17:53 Commission meeting where the
1:17:55 transportation board the park board
1:17:57 the equity board the environmental board
1:17:59 might be missing another board are all
1:18:01 going to be invited to come on February
1:18:02 February 16th and learn about the CIP
1:18:05 process have a chance to give input on
1:18:09 criteria and how we want to go through
1:18:11 the evaluation process for the CIP
1:18:14 process
1:18:15 so more to that
1:18:19 terms of a special meeting Park
1:18:22 strategic plan remember plan we worked
1:18:24 on at Ernest in 2017 and Council adopted
1:18:26 a 20 in 2010 well here we are 6
1:18:29 meeting to initiate that Community
1:18:31 process here in 2023 with a adoption in
1:18:35 2024. Jennifer and I have been working
1:18:38 with the school district and a
1:18:40 consultant on a city-wide Athletic Field
1:18:42 assessment I want to bring that to you
1:18:45 all and update you all on that and get
1:18:46 some good policy discussion going around
1:18:50 the dog park
1:18:52 project converting the old skate park
1:18:55 site to our first permanent dog park
1:18:57 probably first of a couple dog parks
1:19:00 within the community will be coming your
1:19:02 way as well but within our park
1:19:04 operations team we've touched on a few
1:19:06 of these last fall but a review and
1:19:09 update of our heritage Street program
1:19:12 you might recall through the budget
1:19:13 process too I highlighted we have an
1:19:15 urban Forest supervisor a position
1:19:17 that's going to be coming on board so
1:19:19 embarking on our first urban Forest
1:19:22 management plan initiating that work
1:19:24 will be a key advisory role for the the
1:19:28 park board ongoing work with green
1:19:30 Issaquah
1:19:32 much like Brian just did with Recreation
1:19:34 we'd like Rick still to come probably
1:19:36 twice a year and just give the general
1:19:38 park operations
1:19:40 updates
1:19:42 within the recreation group
1:19:45 we have successfully received a grant
1:19:48 from King County you might remember
1:19:51 conversations about this school district
1:19:54 is leaning in but we're doing a
1:19:55 feasibility study on the booms pool in
1:19:59 particular the hay School District if
1:20:01 you're adding a additional or when
1:20:03 you're adding an additional high school
1:20:05 how are we taking into account capacity
1:20:09 needs
1:20:12 um and the stress that's already being
1:20:13 put on
1:20:16 all the school teams needing that
1:20:19 a Pickering Barn Brian mentioned we're
1:20:22 looking at reinstituting a Halloween
1:20:24 event historically we've done a
1:20:26 Halloween event at the community center
1:20:29 taking the pause through the pandemic
1:20:31 it's exciting to get some really
1:20:34 creative folks on the recreation team
1:20:35 together and say you know what what if
1:20:37 we reinvent that and it feels like an
1:20:39 event that should live at the barn such
1:20:41 a great place for an event like that so
1:20:44 certainly more to come with that is that
1:20:45 takes shape a farmer's market
1:20:48 um as Brian you know and I shared
1:20:50 immensely popular farmer's market we're
1:20:53 going to be working with the finance
1:20:54 department and establishing EBT funding
1:20:57 which is a way for those
1:21:01 um on food stamps or other
1:21:04 um food scarcity programs are able to
1:21:07 fund and buy their produce and food
1:21:10 through right there at the at the Foods
1:21:12 Market or the Farmers Market
1:21:14 Brian will also be back for another
1:21:17 Recreation update throughout the year as
1:21:19 well just to keep you all and prize to
1:21:21 what's going on
1:21:23 um Arts though there is an art
1:21:24 commission you might recall that
1:21:27 Northwest troll hunt project that is
1:21:30 going to be coming to Issaquah
1:21:31 continuing to do some really good work
1:21:33 in that regard look for on the on the
1:21:37 calendar some updates with that it is
1:21:40 looking like Confluence Park will be a
1:21:41 location for that for that troll if you
1:21:45 haven't looked already
1:21:48 um oh my goodness uh Thomas dambo Thomas
1:21:52 dambo is the artist so if you ever want
1:21:54 to do a Google search Thomas danbo
1:21:56 trolls
1:21:58 um you'll see some of these trolls that
1:22:00 he's put up around the around the world
1:22:01 uh what will be coming our way we've
1:22:04 also just in these last couple of weeks
1:22:06 last months had some conversations with
1:22:08 Snoqualmie tribe and they're really
1:22:11 becoming part of that conversation well
1:22:14 in terms how that project can also
1:22:16 incorporate native art and really
1:22:20 respect for respect for the land
1:22:23 holiday lighting as Brian mentioned you
1:22:26 know the last couple years through the
1:22:27 pandemic we've been sort of evolving and
1:22:29 growing what tree lighting or what
1:22:31 holiday lighting looks like through old
1:22:33 town we're at a point here as we head
1:22:35 into 2023 where we're sort of reaching
1:22:38 our limits with with some really old
1:22:40 tired electrical through through old
1:22:43 town so we need to do some visioning for
1:22:46 maybe some some Investments electrical
1:22:49 Investments that need to be made and so
1:22:51 what we want what do we want holiday
1:22:53 lighting to look like and sort of be as
1:22:56 something here in Issaquah
1:22:58 so some conversation there oh
1:23:02 the share screen well it's all right
1:23:05 uh we also have and we touched on one of
1:23:08 these tonight with Title 18 but um other
1:23:10 departments projects that we know
1:23:13 those projects or initiatives will
1:23:16 likely be having a touch here with the
1:23:17 park board uh one of those along with
1:23:20 Title 18 is Newport way we're staying
1:23:23 closely a prized to Public Works in
1:23:26 terms of where they are and that Newport
1:23:27 Way design process what that means how
1:23:30 that might impact Tibbetts Valley Park
1:23:33 as well as the mountain the sound
1:23:35 Greenway Trail
1:23:38 we also you might recall Public Works
1:23:41 the stormwater folks are updating the
1:23:44 surface and strong water master plan
1:23:46 again a really close connection with our
1:23:49 with our parks and open spaces so likely
1:23:51 an update there
1:23:54 I'm going to hold off for a second on
1:23:56 the on the color coding because that
1:23:58 really that opens it up for a
1:23:59 conversation for all of you quickly to
1:24:02 the next page
1:24:03 the second page is really meant to be a
1:24:07 very much a working document but this is
1:24:09 something that as I meet monthly with
1:24:12 the chair and vice chair with Zach and
1:24:14 Marlene will be sort of populating this
1:24:16 calendar as as specifics get to being
1:24:19 they know so as we're not only building
1:24:21 the calendar for that month but we're
1:24:23 trying to look a couple months ahead and
1:24:25 sequence these agenda items as they go I
1:24:30 haven't talked to Zach yet about this
1:24:31 but um I could see this working calendar
1:24:35 just being something that's in the
1:24:36 agenda every month so you all too are
1:24:39 sort of seeing tabs of maybe how things
1:24:41 are moving thank you Asante for also
1:24:44 putting in the actual dates for the
1:24:47 meetings those months so you can you can
1:24:49 Mark those as well
1:24:51 so if we scroll back up again I'm
1:24:54 available for any questions you might
1:24:55 have about any of these items but also
1:24:58 the color coding is really inviting all
1:25:01 of you we talked
1:25:03 um at our discussion last fall about the
1:25:08 Heritage tree program for example that
1:25:10 with the urban Forest supervisor coming
1:25:12 on board with that update there's a real
1:25:15 opportunity to couple the both of those
1:25:17 tasks and have an ad hoc group that can
1:25:21 really
1:25:22 meet with a higher frequency with staff
1:25:24 be a little bit more engaged in that
1:25:26 that ad hoc group would then
1:25:29 these topics would be coming back to the
1:25:31 to the park board obviously but just an
1:25:34 opportunity for a little more intensive
1:25:37 touch into those those topics and then
1:25:40 the park strategic plan as well it's
1:25:42 such a a big lift
1:25:45 again just wanted to highlight it and
1:25:48 welcome it as you know as a Park Board
1:25:51 you want to
1:25:54 receive if you might remember when we
1:25:56 did the last Park One update I want to
1:25:57 say for probably four or five months in
1:25:59 a row we had the park strategic plan on
1:26:01 every agenda we could certainly do that
1:26:03 that certainly can fill up agendas
1:26:05 really quick or do you want to consider
1:26:07 an ad hoc that might do some of those
1:26:09 touches and then be coming back to the
1:26:12 park board with updates so two potential
1:26:16 ad hoc groups for all of you to discuss
1:26:18 consider
1:26:21 just want to add some of the
1:26:25 ad hoc work for the community investment
1:26:28 strategy Park projects that we're going
1:26:29 to be working on that's likely going to
1:26:31 wind down here in the next month we've
1:26:35 got a few meetings coming up here in
1:26:37 February early March and then likely one
1:26:39 more meeting after that for
1:26:42 um at the control and Spark project and
1:26:44 then after that that's probably the
1:26:46 biggest lift
1:26:47 um regarding the back route
1:26:50 does that work heads into permitting
1:26:52 right it's probably a lighter lighter
1:26:55 load for that yeah so then that would
1:26:57 free up if you want to volunteer for
1:26:59 another should you want to take that you
1:27:02 you won't be obligated for the rest of
1:27:04 the year
1:27:05 just twisting an armor too first of all
1:27:09 questions discussions all yours I think
1:27:12 I saw Brad and then Danielle
1:27:15 hey Jeff thanks for that I wanted to
1:27:18 clarify with all the additional Staffing
1:27:21 you're bringing on board how much of the
1:27:23 planning of some of this stuff like the
1:27:26 Strategic plan and the urban Forest
1:27:28 management plan is going to be done
1:27:30 in-house versus
1:27:31 bringing Consultants on board
1:27:36 yeah great question I think it'll still
1:27:38 be a mix of both
1:27:41 so you are planning to bring on
1:27:42 consultants for for both those planning
1:27:45 efforts yep okay yes
1:27:50 anyway
1:27:52 I would just like to say that I think
1:27:54 that using an ad hoc committee for like
1:27:57 the park strategic plan is a great idea
1:28:00 um because it will allow a few members
1:28:02 of the board I think to really take a
1:28:04 deep dive in a way that we can't do in
1:28:06 our normal monthly meetings that said it
1:28:10 would also be good if if like that um
1:28:12 the ad hoc committee is still meeting
1:28:17 the um
1:28:20 I can't remember what it's called the
1:28:22 arpa funds the community investment it
1:28:25 would be good to have
1:28:27 um make updates from that as well at our
1:28:30 meetings
1:28:32 since our previous okay
1:28:36 yeah it'll just be good to you know make
1:28:39 sure that um that there are some touches
1:28:41 yeah and then the other thing is I
1:28:44 actually think
1:28:45 [Music]
1:28:46 when you get the results back from the
1:28:51 um the athletic field assessment that
1:28:53 that's another area where it might be
1:28:56 helpful to have a few member another
1:28:58 committee to the extent that that is
1:29:00 going to sort of people are going to
1:29:02 need to strategize and you'll want to
1:29:05 get community input or board member
1:29:07 input
1:29:08 and maybe you know
1:29:10 what the city strategy is going to be
1:29:13 open that they also were really trying
1:29:15 to time the completion of that Athletic
1:29:17 Field assessment to help inform this
1:29:20 park strategic Plan update and I think
1:29:23 we need that before we can really do
1:29:25 figure out what to do with veterans or
1:29:27 tidbits and Central Park here so
1:29:35 great points
1:29:37 any uh any other comments on the uh ad
1:29:41 hoc potential ad hoc groups
1:29:47 questions with regards to the
1:29:50 2023 plan
1:30:00 um I was just curious about the the
1:30:02 highlighted ones Jeff in terms of
1:30:05 what what about these ones specifically
1:30:08 stood out as you know needing the ad hoc
1:30:10 committee versus versus not
1:30:13 um because it's just the complexity and
1:30:15 the funds involved or trying to to learn
1:30:19 here yeah no appreciate that Andrew yeah
1:30:22 I think just that complexity
1:30:26 frequency of of
1:30:32 yeah conversation
1:30:36 you know I I think that
1:30:40 yeah I'll stop there sorry
1:30:42 that sounds pretty straightforward
1:30:44 thanks
1:30:47 okay so I guess uh I'd just like to
1:30:49 gauge the interest
1:30:51 um from from The Parks Board
1:30:54 um if uh we're uh in favor of trying to
1:30:58 create an ad hoc group to discuss the
1:31:01 park strategic plan
1:31:06 foreign
1:31:09 show of hands for interest in creating
1:31:12 that ad hoc group for the uh
1:31:14 are we committing at this point or just
1:31:16 like saying yes we should do it
1:31:19 oh yes
1:31:23 just kind of changing the interest from
1:31:25 The Parks Board as a whole of creating
1:31:28 the group and that will sort of then if
1:31:31 we are interested in boarding that uh ad
1:31:34 hack group then we'll take a sort of a
1:31:36 show of hands to see who's interested in
1:31:38 being a member of that at our group
1:31:43 so in in favor of uh creating an ad hack
1:31:47 group for the parks strategic plan
1:31:53 it appears as though we we do have a
1:31:56 majority
1:31:58 uh so uh with that said does anybody
1:32:03 um an interest in joining that ad hoc
1:32:06 group to discuss the Arts strategic plan
1:32:09 um raise your hand
1:32:13 foreign
1:32:19 I believe and Andrew M so uh I think
1:32:22 three is a pretty good number for uh
1:32:28 so not signing up but a question about
1:32:34 that's the left hand okay
1:32:37 uh for the yellow ones the Arca projects
1:32:41 if we were on that I had a bug
1:32:44 think you'd asked us just to continue
1:32:46 yes is that yes so it's going to go
1:32:53 yeah but you should be done with that
1:32:55 probably second of March
1:32:59 would be my best friend okay I know yeah
1:33:02 yeah not sure that but yeah I think that
1:33:04 the yellow highlight and I'm sorry I
1:33:06 didn't mention that too much earlier but
1:33:08 yeah yeah my hope would be the current
1:33:10 ad hoc members as that gets now that a
1:33:14 design con design contract has been
1:33:16 approved in that work and that
1:33:17 engagement work begins to happen that
1:33:19 that ad hoc groups can be maintain
1:33:21 meeting multiple times we have a bunch
1:33:23 of dates but yeah okay yeah
1:33:26 that would be about we should be pretty
1:33:29 far in and we're going to be doing some
1:33:31 public engagement sometime after that
1:33:36 I suppose the Assumption being everybody
1:33:37 that's in that parent group is still
1:33:40 interested and yeah does everyone
1:33:43 understand
1:33:45 you've got your feedback for everybody
1:33:47 right Jim yeah thank you great okay uh
1:33:51 so the uh the second ad hoc group or
1:33:54 potential ad hoc group would be uh to
1:33:56 discuss
1:33:58 um revising the Heritage tree program as
1:34:00 well as initiating Urban Forest
1:34:03 management plan
1:34:05 so is everyone
1:34:07 by show of hands interested in creating
1:34:10 a uh another ad hoc group to discuss
1:34:13 those items
1:34:16 great
1:34:18 here's uh everyone's also interested in
1:34:20 that so um
1:34:22 would like to see who is interested in
1:34:25 joining that at Howard group
1:34:31 it's like we've got four
1:34:34 um Katie Andrew Brad and myself
1:34:44 and the Rooney right
1:34:55 um so any other uh any other comments
1:34:58 questions with regards to the uh at hack
1:35:00 groups or any of the 2023 any address I
1:35:05 think Danielle indicated that maybe we
1:35:08 should consider an ad hoc committee for
1:35:09 the field
1:35:10 uh Athletic Field attachment sure
1:35:13 I don't know I don't know if that's
1:35:15 premature or
1:35:18 yeah I open open the parkour
1:35:21 conversation I would suggest with the
1:35:23 maybe the park strategic plan at our
1:35:26 group that is that I think as we bring
1:35:28 that field assessment draft forward
1:35:30 maybe we do that first I
1:35:34 forgive me I don't have the calendar
1:35:35 memorized
1:35:38 I think it was made today but I think we
1:35:41 might be able to do maybe a draft
1:35:43 earlier than that
1:35:46 let's sort of see what that let's let's
1:35:48 report on it
1:35:50 um have some discussion see how it might
1:35:52 get folded into the you know ways it
1:35:54 could get folded in the park strategic
1:35:56 plan and then see at that time if you
1:35:58 want to create a an additional layout
1:36:01 group what that's my suggestion
1:36:03 um love ad hoc groups um but also love
1:36:07 the staff in the department and I'm
1:36:09 going to need to make sure we're not
1:36:12 um oversaturating with
1:36:15 support support Etc so
1:36:20 um so I I suppose
1:36:23 um is everyone interested in graduating
1:36:25 until a little bit later
1:36:28 um on in the year to form that other AD
1:36:31 hacker report potentially hold it into
1:36:33 the park strategic plan or do we want to
1:36:35 move forward on trying to create an
1:36:39 additional out group
1:36:40 I would suggest we just wait but keep an
1:36:43 eye on it
1:36:44 um I think that
1:36:46 having community members weigh in on
1:36:50 whatever the at you know after this the
1:36:54 field assessment comes in weighing in on
1:36:57 what the next options are and what we
1:37:00 want to do as a city strategically I I
1:37:02 think it would probably be helpful
1:37:04 um but
1:37:05 don't want to create extra work but sure
1:37:10 okay that's an excellent point okay any
1:37:14 other comments with regards to that or
1:37:19 are these ad hoc groups um intended to
1:37:22 be just board members or also could they
1:37:25 involve community members
1:37:30 and your your discretion
1:37:33 good thing to the good involve community
1:37:36 members again these are these are your
1:37:38 adult groups right sure we just need to
1:37:41 limit the number of uh people from the
1:37:44 park board yeah what's the limit that
1:37:47 there are people on the cardboard but
1:37:48 but we could also have exactly members
1:37:53 um and how many hardcore members can be
1:37:54 on an ad hoc
1:37:59 or less
1:38:02 thanks something that that made me think
1:38:06 of is like for the field part if that
1:38:09 let's say it's part of the um plan group
1:38:12 but it might be a preliminary part of it
1:38:16 for those meetings but field assessment
1:38:18 meetings or what you may have I mean you
1:38:20 may want to mentioned School District
1:38:22 people but also uh like Spanish State
1:38:26 there's all of all of that engaged in
1:38:28 this work yeah
1:38:30 our the athletic you know the 35 some 30
1:38:34 plus you know athletic groups that rent
1:38:37 our our spaces yeah that's a great Point
1:38:39 Chris yeah
1:38:43 community members should we leave that
1:38:46 to the discretion of the ad hoc groups
1:38:48 or would you like to
1:38:49 um for discuss
1:38:52 um whether community members should be
1:38:53 allowed in yet
1:38:56 groups
1:38:57 I think it's a great way to um like uh
1:39:00 for example at some point like Brad and
1:39:02 I will be rotating off the park board
1:39:05 um and we have other parkour members who
1:39:09 you know who might still be really
1:39:11 interested in a particular topic to be a
1:39:14 member of the community and might you
1:39:15 know add value
1:39:17 um and then we also have you know we
1:39:18 have other members of our community that
1:39:20 who might have a particular interest or
1:39:23 expertise or might sit on another
1:39:25 board or you know that has the overlap
1:39:28 like I could imagine with a
1:39:32 characteristry program or that we might
1:39:35 have community members across session
1:39:37 okay I guess I'd say we should we should
1:39:40 maybe let staff have a chance to chew on
1:39:43 these ideas and see what's manageable
1:39:44 for them and then
1:39:46 workable and I like that idea of
1:39:49 discretion of each of that groups too
1:39:51 right so that's and our group meets and
1:39:54 starts rolling up its sleeves yeah I
1:39:56 could it could be a decision of a group
1:39:59 by group
1:40:00 okay I will also you know add to my list
1:40:03 to make sure from the clerk's office and
1:40:06 open public meetings act we're not doing
1:40:08 anything that is we're doing it we're
1:40:10 doing everything that is above
1:40:12 above board and above that those rules
1:40:15 which I I'm pretty certain we are
1:40:18 all verify okay but it seems to be no
1:40:21 glaring objections for many one
1:40:25 okay great uh any other comments
1:40:28 questions
1:40:35 thank you I support uh bringing
1:40:39 community members onto ad hoc groups uh
1:40:42 although I think that that should be at
1:40:43 the discretion of the ad hoc group and I
1:40:45 think that the ad hoc group
1:40:47 should have the ability to pick and
1:40:50 choose who they think would be best
1:40:52 because you don't know how many
1:40:53 community members are going to volunteer
1:40:55 and there's probably some people that
1:40:58 you would like to have on the group and
1:40:59 others maybe not so much so I think that
1:41:01 that should be at the discretion of the
1:41:03 ad hoc group as to who is selected
1:41:09 thanks thanks Brad
1:41:14 yeah all right so I would like to
1:41:17 propose uh a motion to create uh an ad
1:41:20 hoc group for both the Strategic uh plan
1:41:24 and the uh tree Heritage tree
1:41:28 um provision and urban Forest management
1:41:35 if you are in favor of creating those
1:41:37 two ad hoc groups
1:41:39 [Music]
1:41:41 thank you
1:41:45 all right
1:41:47 now we vote yep so um all in favor of
1:41:50 creating the ad hack groups uh please
1:41:52 raise your hand
1:41:57 Brad Tim do you have an eye
1:42:04 we need to probably clarify which of us
1:42:06 are allowed to vote although we get uh
1:42:08 two three so actually Danielle and I are
1:42:10 both eligible for voting tonight so
1:42:12 that's correct Yeah well yeah I'm I'm
1:42:19 very great thank you thanks everybody
1:42:23 appreciate that discussion
1:42:27 I saw some degree of head knots but you
1:42:30 know having this is just sort of a
1:42:32 working document that is in an agendas
1:42:36 like that idea it's very helpful
1:42:42 all right so
1:42:44 um moving on to uh the reports so I'll
1:42:48 start with the chairperson's report and
1:42:50 then the youth representative and then
1:42:52 Jeff the director's report
1:42:57 for my report of the uh there's a
1:42:59 sustainability open house the Physical
1:43:01 City on Monday January 30th 6 30 to 8
1:43:05 P.M uh mayor Paulie will be there
1:43:08 discussing the sustainability state of
1:43:10 the city at Gibson Hall
1:43:12 um there's also going to be a a green
1:43:16 Issaquah activity at burnston Park on
1:43:19 Saturday February 18th from 9 A.M to 12
1:43:22 p.m that'll be removing invasive plants
1:43:24 alone uh Issaquah Creek uh February 2nd
1:43:28 uh there will be
1:43:30 um a public hearing uh for the proposed
1:43:34 amendments to Title 18 and Shoreline uh
1:43:37 master program
1:43:38 and the um there will also be a nursery
1:43:43 event February 4th at Lake Sammamish
1:43:46 State Park from 9 A.M to noon and that
1:43:49 is basically I believe uh potting plants
1:43:53 for um the places along the mountains to
1:43:57 sound Greenway so
1:43:59 that's all I got for the airport so
1:44:03 okay um so I'll just introduce myself uh
1:44:06 my name is
1:44:08 a sophomore at school high school
1:44:10 guys and part of the exclusive Advisory
1:44:13 Board
1:44:14 um there's a couple events that we've
1:44:16 been working on
1:44:18 um the most like recent one is the youth
1:44:21 Civic engagement Forum that is um on
1:44:24 February 4th 2-4 at the escrow Community
1:44:27 Center
1:44:28 um this event's mostly aimed at high
1:44:30 school and we have the mayor isafah and
1:44:33 the mayor of Sammamish coming in as well
1:44:35 as City Council Members to give
1:44:37 presentations in the first part and then
1:44:39 the second part is organizations around
1:44:42 Issaquah to help China show volunteer
1:44:45 opportunities and ways you can get
1:44:47 involved both in different organizations
1:44:49 in the local government and it's also
1:44:52 aimed to just make youth more
1:44:54 comfortable like speaking to government
1:44:56 figures and speaking to adults in
1:44:58 general
1:44:59 um the second event is the State of Mind
1:45:01 mental health conference which we've
1:45:03 done a couple years in the past this is
1:45:05 going to be at March 18th and I don't
1:45:08 exactly know the location yet I know
1:45:09 they're still figuring that out but I
1:45:11 believe it's either going to be at the
1:45:13 community center or gibsonac
1:45:16 um and this is aged from high schoolers
1:45:20 to adults so all of you are welcome to
1:45:22 come and it's going to be breakout
1:45:24 sessions with different speakers on a
1:45:26 variety of different topics I'm like
1:45:28 depression and anxiety to how to deal
1:45:31 with stress and a lot of other disorders
1:45:33 that aren't usually talked about
1:45:36 um and then the last which I think was
1:45:39 talk like touched on before is June 4th
1:45:42 is the annual Izzy kids triathlon
1:45:45 um I don't know if you've been to this
1:45:46 in the past it definitely needs a bunch
1:45:48 of volunteers so if you're open and it's
1:45:51 just Triathlon for kids I believe ages
1:45:54 five to eleven I might be a little awful
1:45:56 not but that's around and then
1:45:59 um it's swimming at Julia's film and
1:46:01 then biking and running around District
1:46:03 club and it's just kind of like a fun
1:46:04 way to get a bunch of kids involved
1:46:07 um there's a couple others that are
1:46:09 still in the works we don't really have
1:46:11 set dates for but um
1:46:13 it's like the environment
1:46:15 um dodgeball and donuts is something
1:46:16 we've done in the past
1:46:18 and I believe that's like the gist of it
1:46:21 but yeah
1:46:24 thank you if any of you ever question or
1:46:28 worried about the future of this country
1:46:29 the future of Issaquah go to the
1:46:31 Issaquah Triathlon and just feel the
1:46:33 energy uh that morning it's it's a it's
1:46:36 a really fun day a really really fun
1:46:39 morning and go through the the young
1:46:42 participants but then the youth board
1:46:43 who really play a key role in helping to
1:46:45 put that on
1:46:48 followed by free hot dogs okay and don't
1:46:51 forget the free hot dog thank you
1:46:52 brother it's almost like a fruit
1:46:54 exercise
1:46:59 my turn yeah
1:47:01 all right well boy thank you everybody
1:47:04 um a couple of updates uh I I shared a
1:47:06 little bit with workplan we have
1:47:10 some really Key Staffing additions
1:47:13 coming in in 2023 two of which I just
1:47:15 wanted to update you on
1:47:17 um uh in terms of the recruitment
1:47:19 process we are in the midst of
1:47:22 recruiting for the park Planning
1:47:24 Development manager position
1:47:27 um thank you Brad book
1:47:29 um served as a Park Board rep on those
1:47:33 interviews that occurred last week
1:47:36 some excellent excellent candidates in
1:47:39 that recruitment we also have
1:47:43 just closed on the urban Forest
1:47:45 supervisor position that we advertised
1:47:49 very impressive pool of candidates who
1:47:52 applied and are interested working here
1:47:53 with the City of Issaquah Rick still our
1:47:56 park operations manager will be leading
1:47:59 that interview process of four
1:48:01 candidates I believe
1:48:04 next week
1:48:05 so progress being made on both of those
1:48:07 hopefully by the February meeting we'll
1:48:09 have an announcement of
1:48:11 the editions of those key
1:48:14 key staff
1:48:19 two of our capital projects that you'll
1:48:21 be getting a little bit more of an
1:48:23 update on in February but just wanted to
1:48:25 highlight
1:48:26 the both of them are our parpa
1:48:29 investment projects that pedestrian Park
1:48:32 Senior Center project as I mentioned
1:48:34 earlier the design contract was approved
1:48:37 by Council just last week we'll be
1:48:40 coming back at the February meeting with
1:48:43 um more of a calendar for those projects
1:48:45 what Outreach and engagement will look
1:48:47 like as we as we head into design and
1:48:49 permitting for that work in regards to
1:48:52 the Confluence Park project and namely
1:48:55 the eckhouse Jennifer and I have reached
1:48:57 out and have had a couple meetings now
1:48:59 with King County historic preservation
1:49:01 staff we've been immensely helpful we've
1:49:06 introduced King County historic
1:49:07 preservation staff to to the design team
1:49:13 um just a week and a half ago we met out
1:49:15 on site we really look forward to
1:49:18 endeavoring in a
1:49:20 really the task of that work that as we
1:49:22 look at
1:49:24 um making improvements to the accounts
1:49:27 and really making that
1:49:29 um a public facility the public use a
1:49:33 park amenity of how we could also
1:49:35 achieve that to be a landmark space as
1:49:39 well and really
1:49:41 recognizing the history of the eckhouse
1:49:43 and what that means so more work ahead
1:49:47 again well I love a little bit more of
1:49:49 an update on both of those projects in
1:49:51 February but just want to let you know
1:49:52 some some phone work has been happening
1:49:56 over the over the holidays and turning
1:49:58 into the new year with both of those and
1:50:01 thank you Jen for all your your work
1:50:03 gearing those projects up
1:50:05 um the six-year Capital Improvement plan
1:50:08 just again Santi and I'll send out a
1:50:11 little bit more information as it comes
1:50:13 but February 16th I know that's going to
1:50:16 mean an additional meeting in February
1:50:18 but I really hope we can get all of you
1:50:21 to attend
1:50:23 um we'll get a it will be in person
1:50:26 it'll need to be at a location uh look
1:50:29 like now it might be the Pickering barn
1:50:31 but a big enough location for multiple
1:50:33 boards to attend right now that's
1:50:35 scheduled for 6 30 to 8 30 but certainly
1:50:39 more information coming as that
1:50:43 [Music]
1:50:45 that's it my Premiere thanks John all
1:50:48 right
1:50:49 um so uh with that I think we'll call to
1:50:52 close the February I'm sorry the January
1:50:55 23rd meeting so the next the next
1:50:59 meeting will be uh February 27th and
1:51:02 also potentially the February 16th
1:51:04 meeting
1:51:06 um so thank you everyone
1:51:11 adjourning thank you
1:51:15 what's the name of it yeah uh probably
1:51:17 six year