Park Board · Monday, February 27, 2023 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of January 23, 2023

packet pp.3–4

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 01-23-23 Park Board Minutes Page 1 CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board 7:00 PM Tibbetts Creek Manor, 750 17th January 23, 2023 MINUTES Ave. NW, Issaquah

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Community Investment Strategy Project Update, re: Pedestrian Park and Senior Center Plaza, (I,D)

60 min · Jennifer Fink, Park Planner and Project Administrator Jeff Watling, Director Mithun Consultant Team · packet pp.5–75

Topics: TransportationParks

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Staff report:

Community Investment Strategy Project Update - Pedestrian Park & Senior Center Plaza 2/27/23 | PARK BOARD MEETING

6 Year CIP Criteria Follow Up

Discussion · 20 min · Jeff Watling, Director

Topics: Budget

5. REPORTS

Chairperson's Report

Youth Advisory Representative's Report

packet pp.77

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Staff report:

Ongoing Calendar – tentative and a working document Month Agenda Items Month Agenda Items January 23 • Title 18 Draft July 24 • TOUR and/or Board • Recreation Update meeting at a park? • 2023 Work Plan – Ad Hoc • Veterans Park or groups? Confluence Park/Ek

Director's Report

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0:00 ↗ all right uh well welcome to the

0:03 ↗ February 27th 2023 meeting I apologize I

0:08 ↗ can't be there in person today still

0:10 ↗ some lingering cold symptoms so I

0:13 ↗ thought it would be best to stay home uh

0:15 ↗ but I'll start off with uh taking roll

0:18 ↗ call apologies I can't see the room too

0:23 ↗ well from from this perspective so

0:26 ↗ um when I call your name please uh State

0:28 ↗ your presence or take yourself off mute

0:32 ↗ um

0:33 ↗ so Marlene

0:35 ↗ present

0:36 ↗ Chris

0:37 ↗ present

0:39 ↗ Andrew e

0:42 ↗ H David

0:45 ↗ Nicholas

0:49 ↗ Brenda

0:52 ↗ present Katie

0:57 ↗ all right Tim

1:04 ↗ I think I saw Tim on there earlier

1:08 ↗ oh we got one more okay and uh Danielle

1:16 ↗ Brad

1:17 ↗ uh present Andrew M

1:21 ↗ present

1:23 ↗ you're falling right

1:27 ↗ great

1:29 ↗ um so moving on to the approval of

1:32 ↗ minutes from January the 23rd 2023

1:36 ↗ meeting uh did any everyone get a chance

1:38 ↗ to look at the meeting minutes

1:42 ↗ any uh questions comments Corrections

1:48 ↗ all right any objections

1:52 ↗ all right so I hereby approve the

1:55 ↗ minutes from the January 23rd 2023

1:58 ↗ meeting

2:00 ↗ um so uh today we have two main agenda

2:03 ↗ items the community investment strategy

2:05 ↗ the project update for The Pedestrian

2:07 ↗ Park and Senior Center Plaza and the

2:10 ↗ six-year CIP criteria follow-up are

2:14 ↗ there any public comments at this time

2:18 ↗ yes I believe so

2:20 ↗ all right

2:23 ↗ um

2:23 ↗ so for uh public comment

2:27 ↗ um when recognized just uh unmute your

2:30 ↗ microphone or step up to the lectern

2:34 ↗ um and state your name and your

2:36 ↗ relationship to the city uh be sure to

2:39 ↗ speak clearly and pause frequently and

2:41 ↗ try to limit your comments to five

2:43 ↗ minutes

2:45 ↗ thank you my name is Jacob Wagoner I

2:47 ↗ live in 360 Northwest Dogwood Street

2:50 ↗ uh it is I've been a resident and uh

2:55 ↗ around Issaquah since 1945. so I've been

2:59 ↗ here a while

3:01 ↗ um I'm familiar with this whole process

3:03 ↗ I sit on

3:04 ↗ one board now Transportation Advisory

3:07 ↗ Board and I shared the cemetery board

3:10 ↗ for eight years and I was on it for 12.

3:13 ↗ so I know about what to expect in this

3:16 ↗ room

3:18 ↗ um you'll see

3:20 ↗ to my right the

3:22 ↗ interest the upcoming post actually I

3:26 ↗ think there's more people here tonight

3:27 ↗ than there is like a normal meeting

3:30 ↗ um but we're very concerned about a

3:34 ↗ couple of things that's going to take

3:36 ↗ place

3:36 ↗ so on slide four of the slides

3:41 ↗ you'd have a

3:44 ↗ box

3:46 ↗ with an arrow pointing to the morning

3:49 ↗ and one thing I'm quite concerned about

3:52 ↗ is there is a lot of history with the

3:55 ↗ monument that we have in the uh City

3:58 ↗ Visa club that history dates all the way

4:00 ↗ back to 1947.

4:02 ↗ when our World War II members came home

4:05 ↗ and actually purchased that monument and

4:09 ↗ gave it to the city

4:10 ↗ it's set on a sunset way about where the

4:14 ↗ evil is now where Lord he knows where

4:16 ↗ City Hall

4:17 ↗ sat there for several years and then in

4:20 ↗ 1992 it got moved because of the new

4:24 ↗ city hall and the new library

4:26 ↗ and it was moved to its present location

4:30 ↗ I actually have the documents

4:33 ↗ the receipts or that when it was

4:36 ↗ delivered

4:37 ↗ there's 19 names on that Monument

4:40 ↗ uh

4:42 ↗ four of those names are from Vietnam so

4:45 ↗ on the monument first showed up in

4:47 ↗ Issaquah it did not have four names

4:50 ↗ oh

4:52 ↗ those are for Vietnam all the rest of

4:55 ↗ the names were on the monument carved

4:57 ↗ and they're all for people who lost

5:00 ↗ their lives that were from Issaquah area

5:03 ↗ the first two were from World War One

5:05 ↗ the Erickson family lost their son

5:09 ↗ and the other

5:11 ↗ um 15

5:13 ↗ sorry the other

5:15 ↗ 13 are from World War II

5:18 ↗ and then the last four are from Vietnam

5:23 ↗ that is an extremely important

5:27 ↗ Monument for US veterans in this city

5:30 ↗ because it goes back not only for the

5:33 ↗ history of the monument but all of those

5:35 ↗ veterans who were Kia killed in action

5:38 ↗ in those Wars

5:40 ↗ they came from a panelists here in

5:42 ↗ Issaquah and I can honestly sit here and

5:45 ↗ tell you I know at least four of those

5:48 ↗ families

5:50 ↗ so to move that document to move that

5:54 ↗ Monument would be

5:56 ↗ um not a good thing

5:58 ↗ it was placed there

6:01 ↗ um

6:02 ↗ so it would have a predominant place in

6:04 ↗ the City of Issaquah where people could

6:07 ↗ see it as they came and went from the

6:09 ↗ library they could see it when they came

6:13 ↗ to City Hall they could have seen it

6:15 ↗ when they parked they could see it in

6:17 ↗ our park in 2005 I was part of the

6:22 ↗ VFW when we asked the city to rename

6:27 ↗ Memorial Field to Veterans Memorial

6:30 ↗ faith and that was taken right away and

6:34 ↗ they passed that with no hesitation

6:36 ↗ whatsoever

6:38 ↗ um

6:40 ↗ on that slide four there's a little box

6:43 ↗ and it says

6:46 ↗ relocate monument and flagpole

6:50 ↗ I can tell you that felt like ripping

6:53 ↗ the Band-Aid right off the wound

6:55 ↗ and it's not anything we want to see

6:58 ↗ happen at all

6:59 ↗ the second slide

7:02 ↗ that I want to talk about is slide

7:04 ↗ number five

7:05 ↗ it said

7:06 ↗ coordinate with various individuals

7:09 ↗ groups whatever

7:11 ↗ no coordination has been made to the

7:14 ↗ veterans or with the veterans on this

7:18 ↗ significant project

7:20 ↗ we're playing catch-up here I think

7:23 ↗ because we're getting this at a later

7:25 ↗ date I know no no nothing's in concrete

7:29 ↗ nothing's done

7:31 ↗ but I wanted you to know

7:34 ↗ all how

7:36 ↗ important this is to our via ventral

7:39 ↗ community on our VFW community and

7:42 ↗ that's where we're here so um

7:46 ↗ coordination ongoing

7:49 ↗ really needs to be made with our good

7:51 ↗ for the community we're pretty easy to

7:53 ↗ reach he knows who we are I think

7:55 ↗ Jennifer does too so we're reaching out

7:58 ↗ asking you please keep us as part of

8:01 ↗ this uh ongoing effort

8:06 ↗ we just hope that we're not too late we

8:10 ↗ want to make sure that that's taken care

8:12 ↗ of and one last thing

8:15 ↗ 2006 there's an old mailbox painted red

8:18 ↗ white and blue by the door of the senior

8:20 ↗ center Alex Erickson was with me when

8:23 ↗ that it was an Eagle Scout project to

8:27 ↗ um

8:28 ↗ collect and then finally dispose of

8:33 ↗ all U.S products

8:36 ↗ and to this day with my Congress sitting

8:39 ↗ here I did some rub calculation

8:42 ↗ 2006 to present isn't that about 16 or

8:46 ↗ 17 years so on those 16 to 17 years we

8:51 ↗ have disposed of at no cost to the city

8:55 ↗ 7 000 over 7 000 Flags

8:59 ↗ we've taught the Boy Scouts and Cub

9:01 ↗ Scouts how to do that now the Girl

9:03 ↗ Scouts are involved

9:05 ↗ so we want you to take that into

9:08 ↗ consideration as well because it's in

9:10 ↗ our predominant location where everybody

9:13 ↗ in the city can drop those flights

9:16 ↗ now we will looking into hopefully a new

9:20 ↗ Dropbox because the post office came out

9:22 ↗ and said they don't want to see any more

9:24 ↗ of those they used to love as Calvin but

9:27 ↗ now they want to be our own type of

9:30 ↗ Dropbox so that's a project we've got to

9:33 ↗ do for the VFW to get that box switch

9:36 ↗ level Institute I've spoken my five

9:39 ↗ minutes and my thank you for letting us

9:42 ↗ be here tonight

9:48 ↗ foreign

10:04 ↗ enough to know the city

10:06 ↗ I'm also a veteran

10:09 ↗ I want to just bring up one thing that

10:11 ↗ Dave failed to mention

10:13 ↗ is you go through the slides

10:15 ↗ there are multiple lanes for what this

10:19 ↗ new

10:19 ↗ complex is going to be called

10:22 ↗ right now it's a Veterans Memorial Field

10:25 ↗ that's something that's Mirror Mirror to

10:27 ↗ our hearts something we'd like to see

10:29 ↗ continue but it's called several other

10:31 ↗ things on other slides so we'd like some

10:35 ↗ determination on when it's actually

10:37 ↗ going to be called

10:38 ↗ and I just want to angle everything that

10:40 ↗ data center for all my colleagues here

10:42 ↗ as well thank you

10:50 ↗ thank you

10:58 ↗ okay thank you

11:01 ↗ any other public comments

11:04 ↗ I don't do any other comments online

11:08 ↗ okay

11:12 ↗ all right thank you for your comments

11:17 ↗ um with that said I think we'll move

11:18 ↗ toward the community investment strategy

11:21 ↗ uh project update

11:24 ↗ great

11:26 ↗ um good evening everybody I'd love to

11:27 ↗ give an introduction to tonight and our

11:30 ↗ goals for tonight and also address thank

11:32 ↗ you so much both of you gentlemen for

11:34 ↗ for your comments

11:36 ↗ um Jeff Watling parks and Community

11:37 ↗ Services director

11:40 ↗ um

11:40 ↗ tonight we

11:43 ↗ um are going to talk about uh some of

11:45 ↗ the work you have a process update on

11:47 ↗ the work that the ad hoc group and our

11:51 ↗ design team within Architects

11:53 ↗ um and staff have been working on as we

11:55 ↗ try and pull together some Concepts that

11:57 ↗ really will facilitate Community

11:59 ↗ engagement as it comes

12:01 ↗ um

12:02 ↗ here in March through the month of March

12:06 ↗ um to to the comments made tonight and

12:10 ↗ hopefully again I hope you are all able

12:12 ↗ to stick around and sort of listen to

12:14 ↗ the discussion

12:16 ↗ um thank you thank you very much for

12:18 ↗ your your comments

12:20 ↗ um

12:20 ↗ I will own and want to apologize that

12:24 ↗ you were not contacted ahead of tonight

12:28 ↗ um that's not like us you can count on

12:30 ↗ continued coordination

12:32 ↗ through this process as we coordinate

12:35 ↗ with with many other but coordination

12:39 ↗ with you is is essential um in terms of

12:42 ↗ working with VFW

12:44 ↗ um what you'll hear tonight and just a

12:47 ↗ reminder of what we're trying to

12:49 ↗ accomplish tonight uh Park board members

12:51 ↗ is we're not looking to make a final

12:54 ↗ decision we're not we're not anywhere

12:56 ↗ close to knowing what a final design is

13:00 ↗ for for this important work

13:02 ↗ we are merely trying to take and begin

13:06 ↗ to vet what started as community and

13:09 ↗ feedback before the pandemic in 2019

13:14 ↗ um and now kick off a actual design

13:18 ↗ process for a council approved project

13:21 ↗ um that will con that will again have

13:26 ↗ um really focused period of public

13:28 ↗ engagement as we really look at at the

13:32 ↗ scope of this project and the focus here

13:34 ↗ of this project being pedestrian Park

13:36 ↗ and the Senior Center Plaza

13:39 ↗ um

13:40 ↗ thank you so much for your comment as

13:42 ↗ well because you're spot on the the the

13:46 ↗ collection of public spaces that this

13:49 ↗ project is

13:51 ↗ trying to introduce as a first phase is

13:54 ↗ take a bunch of disjointed

13:57 ↗ public spaces that have had and continue

14:00 ↗ to have various names right pedestrian

14:03 ↗ Park Depot Park the senior center

14:06 ↗ Veterans Memorial Field those are all

14:09 ↗ really really important spaces

14:12 ↗ um

14:13 ↗ but like the names that have been

14:15 ↗ adopted suggest they've never really had

14:18 ↗ a strong relationship to one another

14:20 ↗ tonight's conversation is not going to

14:23 ↗ be about Benson's Memorial Field

14:25 ↗ um but I think as you'll hear from the

14:28 ↗ design team as you'll hear from Jennifer

14:29 ↗ we want to keep in mind as we're looking

14:32 ↗ at these two areas of focus that we want

14:36 ↗ them to be designed in a way that

14:37 ↗ they're going to have a strong vibrant

14:39 ↗ relationship with Veterans Memorial

14:41 ↗ Field that they're going to have a

14:42 ↗ strong relationship with these other

14:44 ↗ public spaces and this really represents

14:47 ↗ a first investment of what

14:49 ↗ hopefully for years to come decades to

14:51 ↗ come where there is a

14:53 ↗ um a monument but that Monument is part

14:56 ↗ of

14:57 ↗ a cohesive public space that really

15:00 ↗ makes up in many ways the heart of Old

15:02 ↗ Town so

15:04 ↗ um enough of my intro

15:06 ↗ again my sincere apologies

15:09 ↗ um I'll turn it over to Jennifer and

15:12 ↗ she'll walk through with Deb and Emilia

15:16 ↗ from lethune Architects and again ad hoc

15:18 ↗ group thank you for all your work that

15:20 ↗ you've

15:21 ↗ last several weeks to get us even to

15:24 ↗ this process check so I really look

15:26 ↗ forward to the the conversation and

15:28 ↗ feedback from all of you as parkour

15:30 ↗ members

15:38 ↗ might just be helpful to

15:41 ↗ find a quick overview of the timeline

15:43 ↗ because yeah

15:45 ↗ I

15:47 ↗ somewhat responding to your comments

15:50 ↗ we believe we're very early maybe not as

15:53 ↗ early as we should have been but it's

15:55 ↗ still quite early and so

16:01 ↗ yeah and I think you'll hear through the

16:03 ↗ process that very thing and it was part

16:06 ↗ of the plan too very very shortly after

16:08 ↗ this to be reaching out so yeah so

16:12 ↗ probably we're still on the front end of

16:14 ↗ public Outreach and on the front end of

16:16 ↗ making any type of final design

16:18 ↗ decisions

16:20 ↗ um and I think you'll hear that tonight

16:22 ↗ so again thank you so glad glad you're

16:25 ↗ all here and before I get started on the

16:27 ↗ presentation if you've added your name

16:29 ↗ to this I will be sure in the email to

16:31 ↗ add into our contact list as well so

16:39 ↗ see the presentation

16:42 ↗ all right

16:44 ↗ um first of all thank you thank our

16:47 ↗ visitors this evening for their comments

16:49 ↗ um tonight we're here to talk about what

16:52 ↗ started as a community investment

16:54 ↗ strategy

16:56 ↗ um through Council uh with some arpa

16:58 ↗ funds that came to the city which uh

17:01 ↗ we'll talk about in a bit but I would

17:03 ↗ also like to first introduce

17:05 ↗ um our consultant team who is with us

17:07 ↗ tonight we have Jeff Gunther uh with

17:10 ↗ Methuen Architects and Amelia Jensen

17:14 ↗ who's also going to be uh chiming in on

17:17 ↗ the presentation with me this evening so

17:21 ↗ uh we're going to stop at a couple

17:23 ↗ points during the presentation

17:26 ↗ um

17:27 ↗ so as a reminder

17:30 ↗ um the last time the park board has

17:31 ↗ heard about this project at large was

17:34 ↗ back in November which wow

17:37 ↗ um seems like so long ago

17:40 ↗ um but that is when city council had we

17:42 ↗ provided an update on this project after

17:44 ↗ city council had made a motion to go

17:47 ↗ ahead and fund this project with Arbor

17:49 ↗ dollars for the 23-24 budget city

17:54 ↗ council authorized 4 billion to be

17:57 ↗ invested into the park system and at the

18:01 ↗ advisement of some feedback from the

18:04 ↗ park board

18:05 ↗ and after Council deliberation they

18:08 ↗ broke this into two different projects

18:10 ↗ that they wanted to fund with this four

18:12 ↗ million dollars 800 000 of it is going

18:15 ↗ to um Confluence Park house project

18:19 ↗ which we are not talking about tonight

18:22 ↗ but 3.2 million of Barbara funds for

18:26 ↗ investment in The Pedestrian Park Senior

18:28 ↗ Center Plaza portions of um what we're

18:32 ↗ calling Veterans Memorial Consolidated

18:34 ↗ Parks as kind of the capture name for

18:37 ↗ Veterans Memorial Field Senior Center

18:40 ↗ Jeep Ball Park pedestrian Park Sophie

18:42 ↗ here Consolidated we're talking about

18:44 ↗ all of the park spaces at once

18:49 ↗ foreign

18:50 ↗ these are just reminders of some of the

18:52 ↗ graphics that were shown to city council

18:55 ↗ back in October of last year of the

18:58 ↗ areas that are being considered as part

19:01 ↗ of this we are not

19:03 ↗ um as Jeff mentioned designing Veterans

19:05 ↗ Memorial Field at this time though as

19:08 ↗ we're thinking of these spaces we are

19:11 ↗ looking collectively at the

19:13 ↗ functionality of the larger space in

19:15 ↗ order to make sure the work we're doing

19:17 ↗ Within These highlighted areas

19:19 ↗ you can see so this is pedestrian park

19:23 ↗ down if anyone can see my hand down here

19:25 ↗ on the corner of front and sunset this

19:28 ↗ is the area that's called pedestrian

19:30 ↗ Park but we're also wanting to draw a

19:33 ↗ connection through the parking lot over

19:35 ↗ into the depot area if budget should

19:38 ↗ allow

19:39 ↗ and then we're also focusing on the

19:41 ↗ Senior Center Plaza the area here in the

19:44 ↗ center that's kind of shaded out is not

19:46 ↗ fully funded and not part of this

19:48 ↗ project but we are looking at how we can

19:51 ↗ perhaps do a connection to make sure

19:54 ↗ that these spaces read together in

19:57 ↗ aren't disjointed as part of the entire

19:59 ↗ park

20:01 ↗ here's just a quick close-up picture of

20:04 ↗ what was shown to council back in

20:06 ↗ October as a reminder of where our

20:08 ↗ starting point for some of this design

20:10 ↗ work was this was based on feedback

20:13 ↗ um some of the elements within these

20:15 ↗ designs from our 2019 Community

20:17 ↗ engagement

20:19 ↗ and also some ideas we were talking

20:21 ↗ about around the Senior Center Plaza how

20:24 ↗ can we make it more accessible how can

20:26 ↗ we make it more functional how can we

20:28 ↗ open up that space and really let the

20:31 ↗ senior center start relating to the play

20:33 ↗ areas and to the rest of the park and

20:35 ↗ provide some activity areas as well

20:41 ↗ so since our meeting in November we

20:44 ↗ probably after the holidays wondering

20:46 ↗ what has been going on

20:49 ↗ um we've been doing a lot and we've been

20:50 ↗ working a lot with our ad hoc committee

20:53 ↗ we've been doing a lot of site analysis

20:55 ↗ work understanding each of the side

20:57 ↗ areas what's happening out there on the

20:59 ↗ ground doing some research about some of

21:02 ↗ the history of the sites we've also been

21:05 ↗ coordinating with some neighborhood

21:07 ↗ businesses we've met with issquite

21:09 ↗ History Museum we've met with the

21:12 ↗ Creative Arts District board

21:14 ↗ um

21:15 ↗ and uh also been reviewing and going

21:19 ↗ back to that 2019 public engagement

21:22 ↗ again to really check and validate the

21:25 ↗ work that we're doing to make sure it's

21:27 ↗ um holding true uh to where we're going

21:31 ↗ so since that time

21:34 ↗ um we've also been working with the ad

21:36 ↗ hoc committee which is a representation

21:38 ↗ of four members of the park board we

21:40 ↗ have three of them here tonight Andrew

21:42 ↗ Myers Marlene Wesley and Chris kobek so

21:46 ↗ I'm going to ask them to chime in a

21:48 ↗ little later

21:49 ↗ um in the presentation

21:50 ↗ but in early February once we started

21:54 ↗ giving a little research and we took

21:56 ↗ some of the initial feedback we did kind

21:58 ↗ of a basis of design and looked at a

22:00 ↗ whole bunch of variety of options and

22:02 ↗ ideas

22:04 ↗ um that were just all individually

22:05 ↗ floating around and then in uh on

22:09 ↗ Valentine's Day February 14th uh was

22:12 ↗ really when we came together and started

22:14 ↗ focusing on four framework options for

22:17 ↗ this design work and Amelia's going to

22:19 ↗ be walking us through some of those and

22:23 ↗ through that work with the ad hoc

22:24 ↗ committee looking at some of the pros

22:27 ↗ and cons of each of the different design

22:28 ↗ spaces we've narrowed this down into two

22:32 ↗ preferred Concepts that we are going to

22:35 ↗ be taking out to the community for

22:36 ↗ engagement again these are Concepts

22:40 ↗ these are we want feedback on these and

22:44 ↗ likely what will eventually be a final

22:46 ↗ product

22:47 ↗ will likely be a combination of elements

22:49 ↗ of both of these Designs Plus input from

22:51 ↗ the community so timing is very well for

22:56 ↗ initial engagement

22:59 ↗ um we'll hit some of the project

23:00 ↗ timelines kind of at the end of the

23:02 ↗ presentation and next steps but for now

23:05 ↗ I think I'm going to pass it over to

23:07 ↗ Amelia to start walking us through the

23:10 ↗ framework studies and just let me know

23:12 ↗ when you want me to

23:14 ↗ do not slide Amelia

23:21 ↗ hold on

23:23 ↗ I think

23:26 ↗ that we needed myself again

23:28 ↗ um I think Deb was actually going to

23:29 ↗ take this first portion and then I'm

23:31 ↗ going to take over the next section

23:33 ↗ yeah I could jump in here thank you so

23:36 ↗ really great to see everyone

23:38 ↗ um I'm Deb Gunther

23:40 ↗ um I'm partner and the landscape

23:41 ↗ architect at methune so really great to

23:43 ↗ to be with you all tonight

23:46 ↗ um we wanted to just point out in this

23:48 ↗ slide that um uh you know as we're

23:51 ↗ looking at two specific sites that you

23:53 ↗ heard about we're also always looking

23:55 ↗ zooming out and looking at the overall

23:57 ↗ context and so a lot of the ideas that

24:00 ↗ you see starting to be suggested here

24:02 ↗ came from that 2019 Outreach strategy

24:05 ↗ ideas of you know what happens when you

24:07 ↗ get to the end of the plaza processional

24:10 ↗ and you've walked through ped Park

24:11 ↗ you've walked through Depot Park you've

24:13 ↗ arrived at senior center you know maybe

24:16 ↗ that there's a strolling Loop for

24:18 ↗ example this that is still something

24:20 ↗ that's being

24:22 ↗ um developed but we want to be thinking

24:24 ↗ about what are the possibilities so that

24:26 ↗ we're not designing something that

24:28 ↗ precludes different options from being

24:30 ↗ you know evolving at Veterans Memorial

24:33 ↗ oil field so we're thinking about how

24:36 ↗ the scale changes zooming in zooming out

24:38 ↗ and we're also thinking about how the

24:40 ↗ scale changes from what's shown in pink

24:43 ↗ which is a little more of a Civic scale

24:45 ↗ associated with

24:47 ↗ um the Rainier Trail and this city hall

24:50 ↗ but also uh moving across to the

24:53 ↗ neighborhood scale in the purple on the

24:56 ↗ east side and so on the next slide you

24:59 ↗ can also see that as we talk about water

25:02 ↗ features tonight this won't necessarily

25:05 ↗ be the only water feature and so as

25:07 ↗ we're thinking about the long-term

25:09 ↗ development of the overall park there

25:11 ↗ might be a series of water features the

25:14 ↗ other thing that we're thinking about is

25:15 ↗ this is there might be a series of

25:17 ↗ pavilions and so as you start to think

25:20 ↗ about what you're looking at

25:22 ↗ um we want you know we're we're always

25:24 ↗ thinking about how can those become part

25:27 ↗ of an experience that you see again

25:29 ↗ elsewhere in the park and that starts to

25:31 ↗ tie all these disparate pieces that Jeff

25:34 ↗ was talking about into a more cohesive

25:36 ↗ experience

25:40 ↗ and the next slide is really zooming in

25:42 ↗ on ped Park so we're gonna this is one

25:45 ↗ of the two spaces that we'll be talking

25:47 ↗ more about

25:48 ↗ um this is just the basic conditions

25:51 ↗ that are there today that people have

25:53 ↗ observed and that we've heard from folks

25:55 ↗ about

25:56 ↗ um and and observed so the green

25:58 ↗ rectangle are the large cluster of uh

26:01 ↗ big leaf maples that are out there

26:03 ↗ there's been a lot of conversation about

26:05 ↗ making sure the sight line to Depot the

26:08 ↗ depot building is visible from the

26:10 ↗ intersection there's also a lot of

26:13 ↗ conversation around the noise level

26:15 ↗ that's closer to the corner obviously

26:17 ↗ with more traffic it's a noisier

26:19 ↗ experience and then wanting to create

26:22 ↗ spaces that uh encourage people to

26:26 ↗ linger and not just pass through so

26:28 ↗ right now it often feels like a

26:31 ↗ pass-through space to folks

26:33 ↗ um and then lastly the the the walls on

26:37 ↗ either side of the the restaurants on

26:39 ↗ either side are most of the walls are

26:41 ↗ blank or loading

26:43 ↗ um and and trash areas and so we want to

26:46 ↗ find ways of screening that there's

26:48 ↗ opportunity for public art there's

26:51 ↗ opportunity for coordination between the

26:54 ↗ two property owners and so there's been

26:56 ↗ some conversations started there and

26:58 ↗ folks are really excited about you know

27:01 ↗ how that how that might contribute to

27:04 ↗ this space

27:06 ↗ and then up at senior center

27:08 ↗ um this is a uh wants to be part of the

27:12 ↗ same

27:13 ↗ um set of kid of Parts there's part of

27:15 ↗ the same experience and so uh really

27:18 ↗ looking at how how does that

27:21 ↗ um pattern of whatever that pattern is

27:23 ↗ as we look at the two schemes that that

27:25 ↗ starts to show up at the senior center

27:28 ↗ as well and that uh your the circulation

27:31 ↗ is kind of bringing you into

27:33 ↗ um into the overall uh Park experience

27:36 ↗ and then

27:38 ↗ um an activity area is shown in pink and

27:41 ↗ so this is a I think an area that we're

27:43 ↗ still evolving but really interesting

27:46 ↗ um opportunity to bring some activities

27:49 ↗ closer to the senior center and then

27:52 ↗ also relate them to the field

27:54 ↗ um The Pavilion is the thing that we'll

27:56 ↗ talk the most about tonight and that is

27:59 ↗ an intermediary between the senior

28:00 ↗ center and that um that public space and

28:04 ↗ one of the interesting things we heard

28:05 ↗ from the ad hoc committee that we took

28:07 ↗ to heart was just thinking about

28:09 ↗ how that Pavilion wants to feel

28:12 ↗ um very much part of that Civic space

28:14 ↗ and not get too close to the senior

28:16 ↗ center so that everyone feels that that

28:18 ↗ Pavilion is is available to them to to

28:21 ↗ use

28:24 ↗ so um there's just some idea of uh

28:29 ↗ thinking about that activity area

28:32 ↗ um it's a pretty narrow space between

28:34 ↗ the building and the trees so we started

28:36 ↗ looking at both sides of the trees and

28:39 ↗ really thinking about which parts are

28:41 ↗ garden areas which parts are maybe Bocce

28:44 ↗ or sport you know some kind of

28:46 ↗ shuffleboard type play area

28:49 ↗ um of games and which parts are seating

28:52 ↗ and how those relate to the open field

28:54 ↗ area and the paths that go through there

28:57 ↗ so these are just starting to look at

28:59 ↗ what combinations those elements might

29:02 ↗ play with each other

29:06 ↗ and Amelia is going to walk us through

29:08 ↗ that first set of four uh framework

29:10 ↗ ideas

29:12 ↗ yeah thanks Deb can everyone hear me

29:14 ↗ okay

29:15 ↗ yes great

29:18 ↗ um so

29:19 ↗ after uh after some of those initial

29:22 ↗ studies some of that analysis and

29:24 ↗ inventory of the existing spaces

29:27 ↗ um we did a whole bunch of brainstorming

29:29 ↗ I think we ended up having maybe 15

29:31 ↗ ideas at some point of how this might

29:33 ↗ play out uh Within These spaces but

29:36 ↗ these are the four framework plans that

29:38 ↗ that we brought to your ad hoc committee

29:41 ↗ and that we worked through working

29:43 ↗ towards the two concepts that we're

29:46 ↗ going to share in more detail tonight

29:47 ↗ but we just wanted to show these because

29:49 ↗ as we've said in the beginning all of

29:53 ↗ these plans are still very much up in

29:55 ↗ the air and flux there's lots of ideas

29:57 ↗ and there's anything you see in these

30:00 ↗ plans that is really exciting to you

30:02 ↗ maybe we want to bring that back so just

30:04 ↗ be thinking about that as we look

30:06 ↗ through all of these options that these

30:08 ↗ are also very much

30:10 ↗ up in there and on the table so

30:13 ↗ um the four Concepts really spoke to

30:16 ↗ different aspects of Issaquah

30:18 ↗ um and and how and what we

30:21 ↗ saw was important to people who live in

30:24 ↗ Issaquah and and care about this park so

30:28 ↗ um the first concept uh builds off the

30:31 ↗ idea of glacial erratics this is

30:33 ↗ something that you may have seen around

30:35 ↗ in some of your Parks these large

30:38 ↗ Boulders that were deposited during the

30:40 ↗ last ice age

30:42 ↗ um and so that really speaks to the part

30:47 ↗ of Issaquah that is really about the

30:50 ↗ outdoors and about exploring and about

30:52 ↗ this kind of natural elements the

30:55 ↗ counterbalance concept

30:57 ↗ um really takes those maple trees as a

31:00 ↗ big weight in the space and seeks to

31:03 ↗ offset them with another large weight of

31:06 ↗ a water feature and this becomes this

31:08 ↗ setup within the space that really

31:10 ↗ creates this Meandering path and it's

31:12 ↗ really beautiful sort of trail-like

31:13 ↗ experience

31:15 ↗ um that you'll see this is one of the

31:17 ↗ concepts that we're moving forward

31:19 ↗ tonight the rail fragments um

31:23 ↗ uh is really drawing on Issaquah history

31:27 ↗ um and thinking about the rail area

31:30 ↗ um and then the final concept really

31:32 ↗ draws more on the community and the

31:35 ↗ experience of being together so we can

31:38 ↗ move move forward I'm going to run

31:40 ↗ through these pretty quickly

31:42 ↗ um so like I said the glacial erotics

31:44 ↗ concept

31:45 ↗ um really draws on these these large

31:48 ↗ expressive Boulders that have a lot of

31:50 ↗ character

31:51 ↗ um a lot of mock a lot of warmth and and

31:55 ↗ moisture and these Boulders would be set

31:58 ↗ in little pools that would be collecting

32:01 ↗ water dripping off the boulders you go

32:04 ↗ to the next slide

32:08 ↗ um as you can see here how we'd have a

32:10 ↗ couple of larger and couple smaller

32:12 ↗ rocks for some of them for climbing some

32:14 ↗ of them for

32:15 ↗ um for water to be expressed and then if

32:19 ↗ you go to the next slide

32:21 ↗ in the evening some of those pools could

32:24 ↗ be lit from below with some sparkly

32:25 ↗ lights so you really get this warm kind

32:28 ↗ of magical inviting feel from these

32:30 ↗ pools in the boulders

32:31 ↗ and go to the next slide

32:34 ↗ over at the senior center that's concept

32:37 ↗ really translates into a series of

32:40 ↗ raised or lowered Planters with

32:43 ↗ Associated benches and the

32:46 ↗ um The Pavilion that's associated with

32:49 ↗ this concept you could go to the next

32:51 ↗ slide is

32:53 ↗ um

32:54 ↗ a it is a response to that same kind of

32:59 ↗ weight gravity of the glacial erratic

33:01 ↗ holders and it's this sort of origami

33:04 ↗ shaped cortense feel structure that is

33:08 ↗ really inspired by flowers

33:11 ↗ um and at the base of each they'd be

33:14 ↗ collecting water and and have a little

33:16 ↗ pool of a rain Garden at the base

33:18 ↗ and go to the next concept

33:21 ↗ through this one very quickly because

33:23 ↗ this is one of the concepts that we'll

33:25 ↗ be speaking about more uh but this is

33:27 ↗ the counterbalance concept we have the

33:30 ↗ maples on the left

33:34 ↗ Auto feature on the right side

33:37 ↗ um and we have these beautiful arching

33:38 ↗ Jets and we're moving through this Grove

33:41 ↗ of trees and around and through to the

33:43 ↗ rest of the park

33:47 ↗ things

33:49 ↗ you can skip to the next slide

33:52 ↗ and so this concept is really lit with

33:55 ↗ bollards and under benches and this glow

33:58 ↗ from the water feature

33:59 ↗ the next slide

34:02 ↗ and over at the senior center that same

34:05 ↗ sort of counterbalance of moving from

34:07 ↗ one side to the other and having this

34:09 ↗ profession if you move through the space

34:11 ↗ it's really comfortable flow with these

34:14 ↗ uh these bent benches

34:20 ↗ side and that Pavilion in this concept

34:23 ↗ is a little bit different from where we

34:25 ↗ ended up but still a really interesting

34:27 ↗ option this is a glass roofed Pavilion

34:30 ↗ with these very light wood

34:33 ↗ um themes that allow a lot of light to

34:36 ↗ come through so it's a little bit of a

34:38 ↗ different expression

34:40 ↗ um of of light and Shadow that really

34:43 ↗ keeps a

34:44 ↗ it keeps it really light underneath also

34:47 ↗ protecting you from the rain in the

34:48 ↗ winter months

34:50 ↗ the real fragments concept really came

34:54 ↗ from it was inspired by Don sells art

34:58 ↗ ideas for

35:00 ↗ um

35:01 ↗ for the football Park and

35:05 ↗ um these ideas of these found objects

35:07 ↗ like pieces of the old rail line

35:10 ↗ um can see some of those images in the

35:12 ↗ bottom middle of the of the inspiration

35:15 ↗ images

35:17 ↗ um and this really led us to these

35:19 ↗ strong individual forms of water

35:23 ↗ underneath a Grove of trees

35:26 ↗ that would have water just really

35:29 ↗ pooling at the top spilling over the

35:31 ↗ sides creating these little pockets of

35:33 ↗ seating creating this really comfortable

35:35 ↗ space to be able to have that

35:38 ↗ um the sound of the water as you're

35:40 ↗ sitting at a table having your lunch

35:43 ↗ having a conversation with a friend that

35:46 ↗ that really spoke to the history of the

35:48 ↗ site you can see in the paving these two

35:51 ↗ really strong lines that move through

35:54 ↗ that emphasize where the old rail line

35:56 ↗ used to be coming through this space

36:02 ↗ Pockets receiving in the shade

36:05 ↗ so that concept translates over here at

36:08 ↗ the senior center with similar bent

36:10 ↗ forms for its feeding and this shelter

36:13 ↗ design that incorporates event roof line

36:18 ↗ um that really is meant to evoke the um

36:21 ↗ the Foothills around Issaquah and the

36:23 ↗ sort of the sort of skyline that you see

36:27 ↗ when you look out from the fields

36:31 ↗ so our law Concepts and again this is

36:34 ↗ one of the ones that we're moving

36:35 ↗ forward so you'll hear more about it

36:37 ↗ it's really centered around coming to

36:39 ↗ the table coming together

36:41 ↗ with your community and creating a

36:44 ↗ really wonderful unique space

36:47 ↗ to spend time in a in a way that

36:51 ↗ there is no other place like this in in

36:54 ↗ Issaquah so this concept has a

36:58 ↗ flat elevated

37:01 ↗ artificial turf lawn

37:03 ↗ um that's nice and green and comfortable

37:07 ↗ um and you know all all months of the

37:10 ↗ year uh really beautiful water feature

37:13 ↗ with these uh

37:15 ↗ these water jets that look like candles

37:18 ↗ and then they're lit at night so it

37:21 ↗ looks like this beautiful table that's

37:22 ↗ been laid out

37:24 ↗ for the community together to gather

37:27 ↗ around so we have chairs and tables on

37:29 ↗ one side we have this beautiful lawn on

37:32 ↗ the other side and these water depths

37:34 ↗ creating this slow and this um the sound

37:38 ↗ and this effect of um

37:40 ↗ of this beautiful table that's that's

37:43 ↗ set for everyone

37:45 ↗ so with that

37:48 ↗ um we did have a couple of alternate

37:49 ↗ layouts for this plan that's always

37:52 ↗ something we can look at again

37:54 ↗ um this would be like I said lit from

37:56 ↗ the candles lip from below the sense of

37:59 ↗ water

38:00 ↗ um Lighting in the trees and we've got

38:01 ↗ some new visualizations for these as

38:03 ↗ well

38:05 ↗ um over at the senior center

38:07 ↗ um this Pavilion is really inspired by

38:11 ↗ the forest and light coming through the

38:13 ↗ canopy in the forest so we've got these

38:16 ↗ big open

38:17 ↗ um

38:18 ↗ openings in the the roof of the shelter

38:22 ↗ these are actually covered in glass so

38:24 ↗ they would just be letting light through

38:25 ↗ not water

38:26 ↗ um but this really beautiful just light

38:29 ↗ touch Pavilion sitting on top of these

38:33 ↗ uh metal legs

38:36 ↗ so those are the four Concepts we spoke

38:40 ↗ with the ad hoc committee at length

38:42 ↗ about these we had a lot of really great

38:43 ↗ conversations about what it means to be

38:46 ↗ in Issaquah

38:47 ↗ what it means to live there and

38:50 ↗ um what's really important to folks and

38:52 ↗ that's what we prioritize moving forward

38:54 ↗ so Jen I'll let you take that away

38:58 ↗ great thank you Amelia

39:01 ↗ um so as we went through those four

39:04 ↗ Frameworks uh Design Concepts with the

39:08 ↗ ad hoc committee

39:10 ↗ um and some of the early work we had

39:11 ↗ done

39:12 ↗ um during the basis of design

39:14 ↗ conversations some of the feedback we

39:17 ↗ heard

39:18 ↗ um specific to pedestrian Park was you

39:20 ↗ know really a strong preference to keep

39:22 ↗ it an open space so it could be

39:25 ↗ multi-functional so you could really

39:27 ↗ enjoy that space But like the natural

39:30 ↗ features of rocks and erratics that

39:33 ↗ really resonates with Issaquah having

39:37 ↗ that natural feature

39:39 ↗ but also how important flowing water is

39:43 ↗ as a cultural

39:46 ↗ meaning and it's really a positive thing

39:50 ↗ in many cultures and so that was really

39:53 ↗ interesting for us

39:55 ↗ um also using light as an attractant

39:58 ↗ this is a space that is we want to

40:02 ↗ function in the evening hours when there

40:04 ↗ are things happening downtown Issaquah

40:05 ↗ we want people to be able to enjoy feel

40:08 ↗ safe and have a good time out there

40:12 ↗ um some of the forms were a little too

40:14 ↗ strong and urban within those spaces uh

40:17 ↗ for Issaquah uh though we um compared to

40:22 ↗ like maybe some of downtown Seattle or

40:24 ↗ Chicago areas

40:26 ↗ um and one of the concepts there was

40:28 ↗ some Mist that was explored as part of a

40:31 ↗ landscape or a lighting or a water

40:33 ↗ feature thing wasn't quite

40:35 ↗ um maybe in Arizona where you need the

40:38 ↗ cooling but uh not quite here uh wasn't

40:41 ↗ working but um really you know we

40:43 ↗ explored the gamut of options on these

40:46 ↗ and really as we work with the um

40:50 ↗ existing trees that are on site we're

40:52 ↗ going to have to do a health assessment

40:54 ↗ on those trees and we also really need

40:56 ↗ to be thinking of those trees since they

40:59 ↗ are so old you know what that long-term

41:01 ↗ management is going to be so as we do

41:03 ↗ work with arborist we'll find more out

41:05 ↗ um about that

41:08 ↗ um and then when we look over at the

41:09 ↗ senior center

41:11 ↗ um I think one thing I that we didn't

41:13 ↗ mention and for some of our newcomers

41:15 ↗ might be important is we're also looking

41:17 ↗ at ways to currently open up some of the

41:20 ↗ facade of the senior center right now

41:24 ↗ um it used to be an old uh Library space

41:28 ↗ And so there's an area that doesn't get

41:31 ↗ used that's kind of behind a wall if we

41:34 ↗ were to open that up and it could be

41:35 ↗ more relatable to the senior center and

41:37 ↗ the senior center could have more

41:38 ↗ relationship so how do we really provide

41:42 ↗ spaces for them and activities

41:44 ↗ um because there are no outdoor Elder

41:47 ↗ activities that can take place over

41:49 ↗ there but also how could they double

41:51 ↗ with other community benefit news but

41:54 ↗ how can we create a more inviting space

41:57 ↗ for everyone

41:59 ↗ um we wanted that space to also Orient

42:01 ↗ really Foster multi-generational

42:04 ↗ interactions how important those

42:07 ↗ interactions are to community well-being

42:10 ↗ but also

42:12 ↗ um

42:12 ↗ people like to get out of the weather so

42:14 ↗ some of the concepts had more open

42:16 ↗ filtration or light

42:19 ↗ um uh wanting to make sure that when the

42:22 ↗ reviews that they are protected from the

42:24 ↗ weather so with that I would like to

42:27 ↗ take a minute to ask the ad hoc members

42:30 ↗ who are here to add before we get into

42:33 ↗ describing each of the two concepts that

42:35 ↗ we've narrowed down what else through

42:37 ↗ this process through the framework would

42:39 ↗ you like to to share with everyone

42:42 ↗ if anything I guess I can start

42:45 ↗ addicting something that I really

42:47 ↗ appreciated in the second meeting is we

42:49 ↗ kicked it off by really thinking about

42:51 ↗ like what two different parts of this

42:52 ↗ club mean to each of the people in the

42:54 ↗ room to sort of ground and like watch

42:56 ↗ some of those design principles be so

42:58 ↗ when we talked about nature or the creek

43:01 ↗ or you know some of those types of

43:03 ↗ components I thought that was a nice way

43:05 ↗ to keep grounding the group on like how

43:07 ↗ does a space relate to what makes this

43:10 ↗ special versus just any sort of heart

43:14 ↗ with benches

43:18 ↗ okay uh so one of the things that I

43:21 ↗ found

43:23 ↗ really fun about the process so Bethune

43:26 ↗ brought us these four it's called

43:27 ↗ Frameworks here but it's like a themes

43:29 ↗ and they are themes and the one of them

43:34 ↗ the table

43:35 ↗ at first you know that based on they

43:38 ↗ brought us images from different

43:40 ↗ situations like in Dallas I think and

43:43 ↗ they're bigger parks and this is this

43:46 ↗ narrow Park and for us it really didn't

43:49 ↗ resonate it's I think we're all saying I

43:51 ↗ don't know about that one I don't think

43:52 ↗ so and

43:55 ↗ um then they said well let's play with

43:56 ↗ it a little bit they brought it back

43:58 ↗ reshaped and resized for this part it

44:02 ↗ was pedestrian Park and it was really

44:04 ↗ neat to see how

44:07 ↗ you could take something that was one

44:08 ↗ big shape and resize it and it became at

44:13 ↗ least a very positive it may not be the

44:15 ↗ favorite in the end but it was a

44:19 ↗ it was well liked on the second time

44:20 ↗ around and so it was really fun to

44:22 ↗ explore all the ideas and ways that you

44:24 ↗ know I don't do in my daily routine or

44:26 ↗ anything like that so

44:28 ↗ yeah I don't have much to add but just

44:31 ↗ to build a little about on this concept

44:33 ↗ of pulling in different aspects of the

44:36 ↗ history and the surroundings where how

44:38 ↗ do we find in the natural beauty of

44:41 ↗ Issaquah with the history of the

44:43 ↗ railroad uh with the you know Urban

44:47 ↗ environments and and all of those things

44:50 ↗ and there's there's sort of this uh

44:52 ↗ cross-section there of the

44:56 ↗ 80s old library building with the

45:00 ↗ surrounding mountains with more of the

45:02 ↗ the modern architecture surroundings of

45:06 ↗ the residential area with the old town

45:08 ↗ like early 1900s downtown so thinking

45:11 ↗ about how do you pull all of that

45:13 ↗ together in the central part of town so

45:16 ↗ that all of those

45:17 ↗ Jesus feel reflected without it being a

45:20 ↗ hodgepodge

45:24 ↗ great I have one question so as I'm

45:28 ↗ looking at

45:30 ↗ sorry at all these like designs and

45:32 ↗ things I was just funny

45:33 ↗ um are we like expanding the senior

45:36 ↗ center and like these parts and things

45:37 ↗ like ripping out other stuff and trying

45:39 ↗ to like you know make it bigger or just

45:42 ↗ renovating you know what's already there

45:44 ↗ and then you know just taking out

45:45 ↗ everything there

45:47 ↗ great it's a little bit of both so um

45:51 ↗ like in pedestrian Park that would be

45:52 ↗ more of a renovation of the existing

45:55 ↗ space if you've been there there's like

45:56 ↗ old trellises

45:58 ↗ there's some weird furniture in there

46:01 ↗ and you can't really see the depot and

46:03 ↗ it feels like a very different space so

46:05 ↗ that space would be a little bit more of

46:07 ↗ a renovation over at the senior center

46:09 ↗ we would be opening up spaces that

46:12 ↗ aren't used in a highly functional way

46:14 ↗ right now but it's not um

46:18 ↗ so we're redeveloping those but we will

46:21 ↗ be adding activities in spaces that

46:23 ↗ there would not be currently so a little

46:26 ↗ bit above and can I add something to

46:29 ↗ that so yeah the senior center itself is

46:31 ↗ not going to be

46:34 ↗ demolished or added to the the facility

46:36 ↗ itself it's more how that facility

46:38 ↗ relates to the park is really a key goal

46:42 ↗ uh rather than the senior center feeling

46:44 ↗ like it's just sort of tucked in a

46:45 ↗ corner we'd love

46:48 ↗ for this project to really help

46:51 ↗ give that give that indoor space a

46:55 ↗ relationship to the park

46:57 ↗ um so it's just basically trying to

46:58 ↗ connect okay the senior center to The

47:00 ↗ Pedestrian Park and then it's a Memorial

47:03 ↗ Field and there to be a better

47:05 ↗ relationship between those those public

47:08 ↗ spaces

47:09 ↗ um I just want to add it it's been a

47:12 ↗ great getting and hearing the ad hoc

47:14 ↗ group engagement I I still appreciate

47:17 ↗ the ad hoc meeting approach that you or

47:20 ↗ the ad hoc group approach that U.S Park

47:22 ↗ Board are taking I think is really

47:25 ↗ impactful as as we work with design team

47:28 ↗ to start formulating Concepts Marlene

47:31 ↗ thank you for mentioning the that

47:33 ↗ question about nature or not about

47:35 ↗ nature but about what what is it what

47:38 ↗ are the characteristics what are the

47:39 ↗ values of Issaquah that we want to sort

47:42 ↗ of carry into this work

47:44 ↗ um we too really like that question and

47:46 ↗ actually as we talk about a survey and

47:49 ↗ introducing these two concepts we're

47:52 ↗ going to start with that question to the

47:54 ↗ community to really pull from our

47:56 ↗ residents what what are those elements

48:00 ↗ that really really are important in

48:01 ↗ Issaquah that we wanted

48:03 ↗ so to see resonated through this through

48:05 ↗ this project

48:07 ↗ and then for

48:09 ↗ um

48:10 ↗ I think the whole park board is we're

48:11 ↗ about to see these two concepts is we're

48:13 ↗ about to really enter in and open up

48:15 ↗ this discussion for all of you I think

48:18 ↗ an important thing to remember with as

48:20 ↗ we're refining from these four

48:21 ↗ Frameworks down to two concepts we're

48:23 ↗ not trying to drive to two perfect

48:25 ↗ Concepts that we're going to ask the

48:28 ↗ community choose this one or that one

48:30 ↗ you know think of this as the

48:32 ↗ opportunity how do we introduce ideas

48:35 ↗ and in a way test them well you know

48:39 ↗ what elements of one option do the

48:42 ↗ community seem to like what elements of

48:44 ↗ another option did the community seem to

48:45 ↗ like to really help inform

48:48 ↗ what a final might be we didn't try we

48:52 ↗ talked about this with the ad hoc and I

48:53 ↗ just think it's an important reminder

48:54 ↗ for all of us as you see these neither

48:57 ↗ of these are probably perfect neither of

48:59 ↗ these are the finished product we don't

49:01 ↗ even want to try and do that we want to

49:02 ↗ introduce Concepts having a variance

49:05 ↗ within them so that we really get a

49:07 ↗ sense of where does this community want

49:09 ↗ to land with this with this work so

49:14 ↗ and with that that's a great segue as to

49:18 ↗ how the four framework options were

49:23 ↗ kind of picked apart and melded together

49:25 ↗ and then broke again into these two

49:27 ↗ different revised Concepts

49:30 ↗ we also renamed the concepts into

49:34 ↗ Creekside table and Valley Trail just to

49:36 ↗ help resonate on what is important uh

49:39 ↗ within Issaquah

49:41 ↗ and so with that I'm going to pass it

49:44 ↗ over to Deb to start walking us through

49:47 ↗ our first revised concept which is

49:50 ↗ Valley Trail

49:52 ↗ great thanks Jennifer yeah and thanks

49:54 ↗ for that um great segue Jeff because I I

49:58 ↗ do think um this is it's great to keep

50:00 ↗ in mind that these are in flux

50:03 ↗ um so this inspiration for the Valley

50:05 ↗ Trail is really uh pulling things

50:09 ↗ forward that we heard from the ad hoc

50:11 ↗ committee that were important so you'll

50:13 ↗ see in both schemes a uh interpretation

50:16 ↗ of the glacial erratics and you'll see

50:19 ↗ in both schemes different interpretation

50:21 ↗ of water and different interpretations

50:23 ↗ of how the paths move through the space

50:26 ↗ in this version it's it's it's about you

50:29 ↗ know creating this experience of of

50:31 ↗ really being on a trail

50:32 ↗ um and being being

50:34 ↗ um uh exposed to these different

50:37 ↗ um parts of of being uh part of that

50:41 ↗ Valley

50:42 ↗ go to the next Slide the valley you know

50:45 ↗ scheme the valley was the what we heard

50:48 ↗ in 2019 was you know we live in the

50:51 ↗ mountains we come down to the Valley and

50:53 ↗ so it was really um both of these

50:56 ↗ schemes are really looking at ways to

50:57 ↗ really accentuate that unique aspect of

51:00 ↗ downtown so this really shows you that

51:03 ↗ overall framework again we want to keep

51:05 ↗ in mind that big scale but we're going

51:07 ↗ to zero in on pet Park first

51:10 ↗ um at the at the intersection and so

51:12 ↗ this is a planned view of of that Sunset

51:15 ↗ and um and Front Street are down in the

51:18 ↗ lower left and then the depot park is in

51:21 ↗ the upper right and so uh you can see

51:24 ↗ the water feature is really a set of

51:27 ↗ arching water features similar to what

51:29 ↗ you saw in the prior scheme and here uh

51:33 ↗ the idea is that you've got a very wide

51:36 ↗ generous path that you're Meandering

51:38 ↗ through this space and it's it's quite

51:40 ↗ quite open and there's a new Bosque of

51:44 ↗ trees a new kind of set of trees sitting

51:47 ↗ in front of those existing big leaf

51:49 ↗ maples and you can see here A View

51:52 ↗ looking

51:53 ↗ um into that space past the water

51:56 ↗ feature this is from the corner looking

51:58 ↗ toward Depot Park

52:00 ↗ um and uh that that wall of the of

52:04 ↗ Jack's restaurant in this case we're

52:06 ↗ saying what about the potential for a

52:08 ↗ public mural as part of that backdrop

52:12 ↗ um and uh the plantings in this scheme

52:15 ↗ are really all about the The Meadows of

52:18 ↗ the valley so grasses and perennials

52:20 ↗ lots of seasonal texture but really kind

52:23 ↗ of focusing on

52:26 ↗ um on that kind of grassy feeling that

52:28 ↗ The Meadows bring and then if you go to

52:30 ↗ the next slide

52:32 ↗ um we're really looking at from uh the

52:36 ↗ other side of that same entrance still

52:37 ↗ looking toward Depot Park but you're

52:39 ↗ kind of getting the view of the the

52:41 ↗ water feature so it's an opportunity to

52:44 ↗ either you know drag your hand along the

52:47 ↗ The Edge the The Arches arching water

52:49 ↗ sit on the edge and put your feet in or

52:53 ↗ just sit in the bistro tables and kind

52:55 ↗ of hear the sounds and the and the

52:57 ↗ cooling sense of that of that water

53:01 ↗ um and in the very other end this is

53:04 ↗ looking back toward the intersection

53:07 ↗ um looking at the big leaf maples on the

53:09 ↗ right that exists there today and then

53:11 ↗ thinking about ways of screening some of

53:14 ↗ the the loading um areas of the

53:16 ↗ restaurants and so in this case using

53:20 ↗ fencing material to do that in

53:22 ↗ combination with some of the landscape

53:25 ↗ and then the next scheme you get a

53:27 ↗ feeling back out at the intersection how

53:30 ↗ that night lighting might be visible and

53:33 ↗ really focusing on the dancing lights of

53:35 ↗ the of the water movement and that

53:38 ↗ reflectivity against the the backdrop of

53:41 ↗ the grasses and then uplighting the big

53:44 ↗ leaf maples so in the senior center

53:46 ↗ that's fine that's great to go to the

53:48 ↗ senior center so the senior center

53:50 ↗ um the uh you can see the uh kind of

53:54 ↗ plan view here the benches continue the

53:57 ↗ paving kind of patterns continue so you

53:59 ↗ know you're in a similar space and I

54:02 ↗ wanted to point out

54:03 ↗ um because I really appreciated the

54:05 ↗ comments from the VFW folks and thanks

54:09 ↗ so much for taking the time to come and

54:12 ↗ share those stories because it's very it

54:14 ↗ really hits when you hear those personal

54:16 ↗ stories and

54:18 ↗ um and I think in all these schemes you

54:20 ↗ can see the island of where the the

54:23 ↗ memorial and the flagpole are remains

54:26 ↗ and um that it's not something that

54:29 ↗ um you know that that has to go and so I

54:32 ↗ I think as we learn more uh about this

54:37 ↗ this work I think that's definitely

54:40 ↗ um really appreciate again the hearing

54:42 ↗ that story and um very meaningful

54:46 ↗ um and so I think you'll see in both

54:50 ↗ schemes that the the island isn't isn't

54:52 ↗ changing there

54:54 ↗ um and then the Pavilion uh well and in

54:57 ↗ fact I wanted to point out that uh some

55:00 ↗ of the eight the Ada spaces are actually

55:02 ↗ being shifted in this parking lot so

55:04 ↗ that you can have a a little more space

55:07 ↗ actually that would add to that that

55:10 ↗ experience at the memorial and the

55:13 ↗ flagpole and becomes the drop-off for

55:15 ↗ the senior center so there's more spaces

55:18 ↗ that people can drive in drop off and

55:20 ↗ then continued on to the the Ada spaces

55:25 ↗ um and then go to the next slide I think

55:27 ↗ um Amelia did a great job of describing

55:29 ↗ this particular Pavilion this is looking

55:31 ↗ to the East and um just the idea of this

55:35 ↗ undulating form that starts to look like

55:37 ↗ the the Foothills and then the next

55:40 ↗ um image you can kind of see some of the

55:42 ↗ materials the edges The Core 10 steel

55:45 ↗ which is a rust color kind of brick

55:47 ↗ color which goes with the senior center

55:49 ↗ the steel poles and the steel posts in

55:53 ↗ this case and the underside is wood and

55:55 ↗ then glass skylights that let light

55:57 ↗ through into the space

56:00 ↗ and then another view then looking back

56:04 ↗ um toward Depot Park

56:08 ↗ and then you get a feeling for what some

56:11 ↗ of those might look like in the actual

56:13 ↗ built precedence down below

56:15 ↗ foreign

56:18 ↗ and then the other scheme is about the

56:21 ↗ Creekside table so again inspired by the

56:24 ↗ Hatchery for example and really

56:27 ↗ um that sort of connection with

56:28 ↗ community Through

56:30 ↗ um the experience of the salmon

56:32 ↗ returning and the Hatchery experience

56:34 ↗ and then places to gather with with

56:36 ↗ everyone around the table

56:39 ↗ um so that was really the driving

56:40 ↗ inspiration there and so in this scheme

56:43 ↗ you see the overall and then we're out

56:46 ↗ here at pet park again this scheme

56:48 ↗ instead of the one big wide path we have

56:51 ↗ a couple of paths so one that's sort of

56:54 ↗ tucked in on the left-hand side a little

56:56 ↗ narrower

56:57 ↗ um and then one that gives really a

56:58 ↗ straight shot to Depot Park and so

57:02 ↗ um in the and then you can see the water

57:04 ↗ feature which is really an

57:07 ↗ interpretation of the glacial erratic

57:09 ↗ and so that's a rough hewn rock that

57:11 ↗ Emilia described that is sometimes water

57:14 ↗ and sometimes planted and so but one

57:17 ↗ continuous um

57:18 ↗ uh interpretation of that glacial

57:21 ↗ erratic that's about the height of a of

57:23 ↗ a table and so you can see that here

57:26 ↗ um the bistro tables are on one side the

57:29 ↗ water candles were kind of call our

57:31 ↗ lighting designer called or water

57:33 ↗ designer calls them water candles

57:36 ↗ um it kind of gives a romantic feeling

57:38 ↗ at night

57:39 ↗ um kind of gives a lively feeling during

57:41 ↗ the day

57:42 ↗ um and when you're sitting on the

57:44 ↗ Synthetic Turf on the other side you're

57:47 ↗ at the same level as those water candles

57:49 ↗ so you have a chance to stretch out

57:51 ↗ right next to right next to the water in

57:54 ↗ that in that space there on the lawn

57:57 ↗ um so those stairs also become sitting

58:01 ↗ areas and so there's a little bit of a

58:03 ↗ cozy more Infamous space as you're

58:07 ↗ walking through this this side of the

58:09 ↗ park

58:12 ↗ and then looking from the other end back

58:14 ↗ toward the intersection using plantings

58:16 ↗ in this uh approach to screen some of

58:20 ↗ the um the loading areas so that's a

58:23 ↗ difference between the two schemes and

58:25 ↗ then at the night lighting is really

58:27 ↗ maybe a opportunity for public art in

58:30 ↗ the paving and the night lighting

58:32 ↗ um

58:32 ↗ and again

58:34 ↗ um some of the uh references that Don

58:37 ↗ Fels has made in sort of his assessments

58:40 ↗ early assessments of of the history of

58:42 ↗ of Issaquah and the importance of the

58:44 ↗ rail line in this location

58:50 ↗ and then in the senior center in this

58:51 ↗ scheme

58:52 ↗ um again picking up on some of the same

58:54 ↗ seating patterns um see a bench bench

58:58 ↗ patterns the plantings in this scheme

59:00 ↗ are more shrub and Twiggy um Twiggy Vine

59:04 ↗ Maple type plantings that um that you

59:08 ↗ can still see through but actually

59:10 ↗ provide a little more sense of enclosure

59:13 ↗ in this in this option and then the

59:15 ↗ Pavilion is uh you know reflecting the

59:19 ↗ idea of more of a garden trellis so it's

59:21 ↗ a more wood structure with some glass

59:25 ↗ coverings of those those openings and

59:28 ↗ the openings are really creating a

59:30 ↗ shadow pattern that is reminiscent of

59:33 ↗ the forest and

59:34 ↗ um and really getting filtered light

59:36 ↗ into the into those spaces

59:44 ↗ so I think those are the the two schemes

59:46 ↗ that we have to share with you I think

59:49 ↗ um it would be great to hear uh any

59:52 ↗ comments and oh what I didn't mention

59:54 ↗ I'm going to mention one retroactively

59:56 ↗ mentioned in the first scheme the um

59:59 ↗ glacial erratic interpretation is a

1:00:02 ↗ picnic Boulder that you may not have

1:00:04 ↗ seen it was a little bit in the middle

1:00:06 ↗ ground but the idea is uh by the base of

1:00:09 ↗ the tree there's a large Boulder that

1:00:12 ↗ folks can actually climb up on and

1:00:14 ↗ actually sit on have picnics

1:00:17 ↗ um uh and it's sort of you can kind of

1:00:19 ↗ see the person yeah red and blue in the

1:00:21 ↗ mid ground there by the tree the large

1:00:24 ↗ trees that's a low Boulder that folks

1:00:27 ↗ can actually sit on and bring you know

1:00:29 ↗ have have lunch on that sort of an

1:00:31 ↗ alternative seating area that is

1:00:34 ↗ reminiscent of that glacial erratic

1:00:36 ↗ that's you know very specific to the to

1:00:38 ↗ the area

1:00:40 ↗ so thank you

1:00:42 ↗ look forward to everyone's comments

1:00:46 ↗ and Jennifer's gonna go over some of the

1:00:48 ↗ the next steps for the schedule

1:00:51 ↗ yeah we'll just quick discussion for oh

1:00:55 ↗ yeah we can do that no I I yeah I'd love

1:00:58 ↗ to open it up for discussion and stop

1:01:00 ↗ sharing see who's

1:01:02 ↗ got feedback or questions and then we

1:01:04 ↗ can talk next steps uh

1:01:10 ↗ so Zach you want to facilitate I'm on

1:01:14 ↗ mute okay there we go uh Brad I think I

1:01:17 ↗ saw your hand up

1:01:19 ↗ uh yeah thanks Zach

1:01:22 ↗ um boy a lot of good stuff Deb thanks

1:01:23 ↗ for sharing all that and all the hard

1:01:25 ↗ work that the ad hoc has done

1:01:27 ↗ um

1:01:28 ↗ I really like a lot of it and so and and

1:01:30 ↗ uh it'd be interesting to see how this

1:01:32 ↗ evolves love the water features my only

1:01:35 ↗ concern would be maintenance something

1:01:38 ↗ for parks to address and and be

1:01:41 ↗ interested to hear

1:01:42 ↗ uh the maintenance challenges relating

1:01:45 ↗ to water features but uh really a big

1:01:47 ↗ fan of water features

1:01:49 ↗ I love the uh the night lighting uh

1:01:54 ↗ really another especially for ped Park

1:01:56 ↗ really a good option

1:01:59 ↗ um one thing I guess cautionary comment

1:02:02 ↗ would be to scale and some of the visual

1:02:05 ↗ images because I think that the space

1:02:08 ↗ reflected in your images for pedestrian

1:02:12 ↗ Park uh the reality is that's a lot

1:02:15 ↗ narrower than what your images seem to

1:02:17 ↗ suggest and so some of those images

1:02:20 ↗ might be a little deceiving in terms of

1:02:22 ↗ what you can create there and so I guess

1:02:25 ↗ one of my suggestions would be as you

1:02:28 ↗ get down to the wire on this to really

1:02:31 ↗ put it to scale to really show visually

1:02:35 ↗ what that could look like

1:02:37 ↗ in reality rather than a dream because

1:02:41 ↗ some of those visuals as a go through

1:02:44 ↗ there are beautiful but I just don't

1:02:46 ↗ think that that's the scale and I and so

1:02:48 ↗ I would be reluctant to say that that's

1:02:51 ↗ reality

1:02:53 ↗ um and um you know one of the other

1:02:55 ↗ things and you've commented on a number

1:02:57 ↗ of times I this is really all in my

1:03:00 ↗ opinion all about trying to keep the

1:03:02 ↗ theme close to an Old Town design

1:03:06 ↗ concept

1:03:08 ↗ um I I think and this is commented on

1:03:11 ↗ there

1:03:12 ↗ you know an Urban Design which some of

1:03:15 ↗ this looks a little like I think is

1:03:18 ↗ would be outstanding for some of the

1:03:21 ↗ green necklace uh along Gilman Boulevard

1:03:24 ↗ as that gets developed because you're

1:03:26 ↗ going to be a lot in the future is going

1:03:28 ↗ to be a lot

1:03:29 ↗ you know high-rise buildings a lot more

1:03:32 ↗ new development so I I think some of the

1:03:35 ↗ imagery might be more um appropriate for

1:03:39 ↗ the green necklace in that area uh

1:03:42 ↗ whereas in Old Town it's all about

1:03:44 ↗ history

1:03:46 ↗ um the rail veterans uh you know that

1:03:51 ↗ veteran you know I don't know what's

1:03:52 ↗ been explored in terms of veterans

1:03:55 ↗ history or Veterans Field but there's a

1:03:57 ↗ substantial history to Veterans Memorial

1:03:59 ↗ Field and to be able to somehow bring

1:04:03 ↗ that into the theme you know I think

1:04:06 ↗ would be a good suggestion

1:04:08 ↗ um so any of that you know to me it's

1:04:10 ↗ old town it's history it's salmon a lot

1:04:13 ↗ different than the urban look for the

1:04:15 ↗ green necklace over by Gilman

1:04:19 ↗ um

1:04:21 ↗ I've said enough thank you

1:04:23 ↗ thanks Brad I see Tim's got his hand up

1:04:26 ↗ forgive me I can't really see into the

1:04:29 ↗ uh actual Tibbetts Manor room so uh Tim

1:04:33 ↗ thank you uh and um yeah it's beautiful

1:04:37 ↗ designs a lot of work's gone into it a

1:04:41 ↗ lot of great ideas I love the trying to

1:04:44 ↗ blend in the you know the real sense of

1:04:46 ↗ Issaquah the mountains and the water and

1:04:49 ↗ the natural features so you know a big

1:04:53 ↗ round of applause for that uh

1:04:56 ↗ a couple things that came up for me Brad

1:04:58 ↗ actually touched on uh which is like The

1:05:01 ↗ Pedestrian Park area I really wonder if

1:05:04 ↗ you have that rather large water feature

1:05:06 ↗ there called a counterbalance how much

1:05:09 ↗ actual space is there for people to walk

1:05:11 ↗ through there because it's a fairly

1:05:12 ↗ narrow space and if you have one or two

1:05:15 ↗ people walking through like they were

1:05:17 ↗ shown in the uh designs that's fine but

1:05:20 ↗ if you have a you know a crowded weekend

1:05:22 ↗ with things happening in downtown

1:05:24 ↗ Issaquah and there's a substantial

1:05:26 ↗ number of people going through there I

1:05:28 ↗ just wonder if that's not creating a

1:05:29 ↗ choke point where it's not intentional

1:05:31 ↗ but you may be creating a real choke

1:05:33 ↗ point for people trying to walk through

1:05:36 ↗ so that's one thought and a lot of it

1:05:38 ↗ goes back to Brad's suggestions about

1:05:41 ↗ making it really to scale so we can kind

1:05:44 ↗ of see what that looks like

1:05:47 ↗ um

1:05:48 ↗ along the lines of blending in the old

1:05:52 ↗ and the new

1:05:53 ↗ I thought that the bringing in sort of

1:05:56 ↗ the boulders and the streams and the

1:05:58 ↗ trail were great but some of the water

1:06:00 ↗ features looked very modern

1:06:03 ↗ uh very uh which is a very modern feel

1:06:06 ↗ and I've just sort of felt a little bit

1:06:09 ↗ of Disconnect between the sort of a very

1:06:11 ↗ modernistic uh water feature with kind

1:06:15 ↗ of a

1:06:16 ↗ bouldery Trail mountain type sense that

1:06:21 ↗ you're trying to establish again it's

1:06:23 ↗ hard to tell from the pictures these are

1:06:25 ↗ just thoughts that came up

1:06:27 ↗ uh Again Brad really kind of touched on

1:06:29 ↗ some things they were coming up for me

1:06:31 ↗ one was around maintenance what's the

1:06:35 ↗ projected annual maintenance for either

1:06:38 ↗ of these designs has that been looked at

1:06:40 ↗ how much will it take if kids are

1:06:43 ↗ throwing uh yeah you know there was a

1:06:46 ↗ place where I used to live that it was

1:06:48 ↗ routine where there was a water feature

1:06:50 ↗ for the kids to throw in a pack of like

1:06:53 ↗ bubbles so that you know once every

1:06:55 ↗ couple weeks you'd walk by and the whole

1:06:57 ↗ thing would be going bubbles going

1:06:59 ↗ everywhere

1:07:00 ↗ so that has to be cleaned out and you

1:07:03 ↗ know once somebody does it once it'll

1:07:05 ↗ become a thing

1:07:07 ↗ um so just that kind of idea

1:07:10 ↗ something else that

1:07:12 ↗ hasn't been mentioned yet and I'm

1:07:13 ↗ curious to know is parking if they're

1:07:17 ↗ increasing the desirability of being

1:07:19 ↗ there these designs how many parking

1:07:21 ↗ spaces are lost or created it's hard to

1:07:25 ↗ tell there was some talk about making

1:07:26 ↗ some disability parking more accessible

1:07:29 ↗ but overall is the we're seeing a net

1:07:33 ↗ loss of parking in the area or net gain

1:07:36 ↗ and I don't think there's any intention

1:07:38 ↗ of adding specific parking spaces so

1:07:41 ↗ again just something to think about

1:07:44 ↗ um so I think I'll stop there and

1:07:47 ↗ like I said big round of applause for

1:07:49 ↗ all the hard work that's been put into

1:07:50 ↗ that

1:07:53 ↗ attention thank you both Zach forgive me

1:07:57 ↗ um I

1:07:59 ↗ feel Deb Amelia can you speak to that I

1:08:02 ↗ know I know at least initially as you

1:08:05 ↗ sort of turn these Concepts into those

1:08:07 ↗ 3D looks

1:08:08 ↗ um those are pretty close to scale

1:08:10 ↗ aren't they

1:08:11 ↗ it's very it is deceiving

1:08:14 ↗ um it's we were surprised ourselves

1:08:16 ↗ um I think that when it's about 60 to 70

1:08:20 ↗ feet we still need to do the survey work

1:08:23 ↗ but um but the but this is coming from

1:08:26 ↗ you know scaling off of the aerial

1:08:29 ↗ photos I think is that right Amelia

1:08:32 ↗ yeah it's actually

1:08:33 ↗ um we're scaling both off of Ariel's

1:08:36 ↗ photos but also GIS data so we have we

1:08:39 ↗ have that data we know that uh these

1:08:42 ↗ drawings actually are at scale and I as

1:08:45 ↗ Deb said I think all of us the ad hoc

1:08:47 ↗ committee Parks all the design team we

1:08:51 ↗ were all really surprised and I think it

1:08:53 ↗ really speaks to uh the existing

1:08:55 ↗ pedestrian Park and really how all of

1:08:59 ↗ you know who've walked through it how

1:09:01 ↗ dark and kind of narrow and close off it

1:09:05 ↗ feels

1:09:06 ↗ um from the you know from the

1:09:10 ↗ intersection all the way through to

1:09:12 ↗ Depot Park so

1:09:14 ↗ um yes I complete

1:09:16 ↗ complete it is hard to believe

1:09:21 ↗ um and I think you know going back into

1:09:24 ↗ that space and you know pull these

1:09:26 ↗ drawings up on your phone and look at

1:09:27 ↗ them

1:09:28 ↗ um and and really think about how that

1:09:30 ↗ space Maps out and I think you may be

1:09:32 ↗ surprised um that to really realize how

1:09:35 ↗ much space there is to work with there

1:09:37 ↗ we're very excited about the opportunity

1:09:39 ↗ of that

1:09:41 ↗ that was a big odd problem at the Advent

1:09:43 ↗ committee I would say too I think this

1:09:45 ↗ is the first conversation

1:09:47 ↗ um I think it's just a Real Testament to

1:09:48 ↗ understanding like how design can really

1:09:50 ↗ shape a place right so I think we all

1:09:52 ↗ think that place is super narrow right

1:09:54 ↗ like I think it's like super narrow but

1:09:56 ↗ like you know they have the data to back

1:09:58 ↗ up how wide it is and you know what fits

1:10:01 ↗ in there so again I think it was one of

1:10:03 ↗ the bigger surprises from our group as

1:10:05 ↗ well and Tim and Brad

1:10:08 ↗ yes I was kind of smiling uh Brad and

1:10:11 ↗ Tim when you were offering your comments

1:10:13 ↗ because we went through this and I had

1:10:17 ↗ to go out there myself on a separate

1:10:19 ↗ trip to look at the area and you know

1:10:22 ↗ it's I've been tuned to the 3D model but

1:10:25 ↗ when you go out there then you realize

1:10:27 ↗ how poorly it's used now I guess is

1:10:30 ↗ really what the you know what we're

1:10:31 ↗ learning in this and uh because

1:10:34 ↗ one of the things for me was

1:10:37 ↗ um like I think about salmon days and I

1:10:39 ↗ think we've gone to Salmon days you know

1:10:41 ↗ 20 times and we walk around we go either

1:10:44 ↗ the other way or the other way because

1:10:45 ↗ we don't even think of that it's a

1:10:47 ↗ thoroughfare it's like this little

1:10:48 ↗ narrow

1:10:50 ↗ you know utilita or something like that

1:10:52 ↗ so once you've seen it opened up uh and

1:10:55 ↗ these models is really pretty cool and

1:10:57 ↗ then I think when we first saw the table

1:10:59 ↗ I'd be in a table theme we thought

1:11:01 ↗ there's no way that's going to fit in

1:11:03 ↗ there and then methune took it back said

1:11:05 ↗ well what if we do this to it and they

1:11:07 ↗ did have you know for the modern and

1:11:09 ↗ historic balance topic methune did bring

1:11:13 ↗ in a couple different variations on that

1:11:15 ↗ where they rounded it the table part

1:11:17 ↗ some more and then I think the long

1:11:20 ↗ linear water feature they're sticking

1:11:23 ↗ with long and linear because that's

1:11:25 ↗ narrow for the concern we all have but

1:11:28 ↗ they were able to kind of create an

1:11:29 ↗ erratic face to it and so that was a an

1:11:32 ↗ interesting combination to try and

1:11:35 ↗ resolve both issues

1:11:37 ↗ so again Concepts we want to share but

1:11:40 ↗ again thank you Tim and and Brad and

1:11:42 ↗ thank you ad hoc it's it's re I mean

1:11:45 ↗ Place making has a way of of

1:11:48 ↗ taking the actual space and having it

1:11:52 ↗ feel bigger because right now it feels

1:11:54 ↗ and it feels narrower than it actually

1:11:57 ↗ is

1:11:59 ↗ and to the point of um

1:12:01 ↗ adding more natural features to some of

1:12:04 ↗ these elements you just mentioned it you

1:12:06 ↗ know creating on the and we spoke to the

1:12:09 ↗ um within about this is how do we

1:12:11 ↗ integrate natural features or color rock

1:12:14 ↗ or stone you know into the bottom of the

1:12:17 ↗ water features are on the face of a

1:12:20 ↗ water feature or how do we get those

1:12:22 ↗ erratics in there so even though there

1:12:25 ↗ may be some Modern elements we're still

1:12:27 ↗ trying to figure out ways to

1:12:29 ↗ soften it and bring in those natural

1:12:32 ↗ elements I also want to add to the Old

1:12:35 ↗ Town design

1:12:36 ↗ as we go through our permitting process

1:12:38 ↗ or are going to be Old Town design

1:12:40 ↗ standards which are already adopted that

1:12:44 ↗ we will be having to implement when we

1:12:46 ↗ pick out some of our features

1:12:48 ↗ um whether it's lighting or whether it's

1:12:52 ↗ um

1:12:53 ↗ colors things like that that we will

1:12:55 ↗ have to go through through the design

1:12:57 ↗ process or through the permitting

1:13:00 ↗ process so those have not all been 100

1:13:02 ↗ vetted because we are still in early

1:13:05 ↗ concept stage but we will be as we

1:13:07 ↗ refine the design we will be honing in

1:13:11 ↗ on some of those as well

1:13:14 ↗ so like how long would it take to make a

1:13:17 ↗ like you know renovate something like

1:13:19 ↗ this oh

1:13:24 ↗ I think David has a comment yeah and

1:13:25 ↗ then if you don't mind it I'll hold that

1:13:27 ↗ question okay

1:13:30 ↗ I agree

1:13:33 ↗ um

1:13:37 ↗ the first point I wanted to make is yes

1:13:40 ↗ we have Concepts and these are great I

1:13:42 ↗ love them both of them they all have

1:13:44 ↗ their broken cons but we also have to

1:13:46 ↗ think about designing for what this part

1:13:48 ↗ will be in 25 years or 50 years we don't

1:13:51 ↗ want to go back to the German language

1:13:52 ↗ to be like this thing looks dated right

1:13:55 ↗ that's the worst thing you can do you

1:13:56 ↗ walk into high schools and you see high

1:13:58 ↗ schools like Yep this was built in the

1:13:59 ↗ 70s you know like that kind of thing so

1:14:01 ↗ that's one point I'd like to mention

1:14:03 ↗ um the second one is I know we

1:14:06 ↗ concentrate because I'm looking at The

1:14:08 ↗ Pedestrian Park area it's called

1:14:10 ↗ pedestrian Park and I noticed in these

1:14:13 ↗ designs that we have a wide Avenue

1:14:16 ↗ through these things and I kind of want

1:14:18 ↗ to get away from the idea that it's a

1:14:19 ↗ pedestrian park right so maybe I'm not

1:14:23 ↗ saying you should have a zigzag pattern

1:14:25 ↗ or anything like that but it seems like

1:14:26 ↗ the thoroughfare is really big

1:14:27 ↗ concentration here if we really want it

1:14:29 ↗ as a gathering space as places where

1:14:32 ↗ people meet let's not try to say okay

1:14:34 ↗ this is just something to walk right so

1:14:36 ↗ against the idea that that's not even

1:14:39 ↗ think of it past pedestrian it's another

1:14:40 ↗ part and so would you design a Roundup

1:14:43 ↗ like this or would you still do it with

1:14:46 ↗ a big thorough there right so those are

1:14:48 ↗ just my main two points

1:14:51 ↗ so balance it's the current its current

1:14:53 ↗ thought of just being a pastoring how do

1:14:55 ↗ we make it also uh

1:14:57 ↗ a place to linger right yeah

1:15:06 ↗ any other comments questions or am I

1:15:09 ↗ ready to go on to uh next steps

1:15:14 ↗ right

1:15:15 ↗ let me do a quick share again

1:15:23 ↗ whoops sorry uh so as far as next steps

1:15:27 ↗ with the project

1:15:29 ↗ um this Wednesday we're going to be

1:15:31 ↗ giving the senior center an update on

1:15:34 ↗ this project likely going through the

1:15:36 ↗ same presentation

1:15:38 ↗ um so just giving an opportunity to have

1:15:41 ↗ some one-on-one conversations

1:15:43 ↗ um when we and then on the 6th through

1:15:47 ↗ the 19th of this month we will be doing

1:15:49 ↗ an online survey

1:15:52 ↗ um we're going to be asking about adish

1:15:55 ↗ questions uh with an opportunity to

1:15:58 ↗ provide some feedback and you'll be

1:15:59 ↗ seeing a lot of the same graphics and

1:16:01 ↗ those questions

1:16:03 ↗ um that you were in this presentation

1:16:04 ↗ tonight

1:16:05 ↗ um no new surprises there and on the

1:16:09 ↗ seventh we are going to be having an

1:16:11 ↗ open house where really we can spend a

1:16:14 ↗ little more time conversing about all of

1:16:16 ↗ these the survey will be live

1:16:20 ↗ um instead of having some one-on-one

1:16:21 ↗ conversations

1:16:23 ↗ um presentation uh we'll have the design

1:16:25 ↗ team there Jeff and I will be there too

1:16:27 ↗ and hopefully admon committee will be

1:16:29 ↗ there as well to help really share

1:16:32 ↗ um the process and answer any questions

1:16:35 ↗ and really encourage folks to take the

1:16:38 ↗ online survey that'll be up for two

1:16:40 ↗ weeks but that open house will be held

1:16:42 ↗ at the Depot

1:16:44 ↗ um from 6 30 to 8 30 P.M

1:16:48 ↗ weather pending as well that evening

1:16:50 ↗ invite people to walk walk through the

1:16:52 ↗ spaces yes right and again sort of the

1:16:55 ↗ same idea of scale

1:16:57 ↗ start start seeing those spaces a little

1:16:59 ↗ bit differently again with this open

1:17:01 ↗ house being on the front end of that

1:17:03 ↗ survey so you know making sure anyone

1:17:05 ↗ who attends that realizes they don't

1:17:07 ↗ need to give this that open house isn't

1:17:09 ↗ their only time for comment it's really

1:17:11 ↗ come learn about it

1:17:13 ↗ you know walk it experience it and then

1:17:16 ↗ give us feedback on a survey

1:17:19 ↗ so these are just our immediate next

1:17:21 ↗ steps that are coming up

1:17:23 ↗ um I'm gonna actually jump to the

1:17:25 ↗ project schedule skip a slide real quick

1:17:27 ↗ so uh this is the same schedule that we

1:17:31 ↗ had shown back when we had been to

1:17:33 ↗ council as you can see we're starting to

1:17:34 ↗ check off a few steps through this

1:17:36 ↗ process

1:17:37 ↗ and

1:17:39 ↗ um right now we are in that design phase

1:17:42 ↗ and we're hoping to really try and

1:17:45 ↗ take these two concepts get enough

1:17:47 ↗ feedback from the community that we can

1:17:49 ↗ hone in on one preferred design that we

1:17:52 ↗ can then send out to the community and

1:17:54 ↗ say hey did we get this right and then

1:17:56 ↗ start working on our construction

1:17:58 ↗ documents um to get to your question

1:18:00 ↗ about timeline and how long does it take

1:18:03 ↗ um this is going to be a somewhat

1:18:05 ↗ accelerated project because of some of

1:18:07 ↗ the funding sources used we are having

1:18:09 ↗ to go through some of this process a

1:18:12 ↗ little quicker because we have

1:18:14 ↗ permitting and construction and this

1:18:16 ↗ project we're trying to get complete by

1:18:19 ↗ the end of

1:18:20 ↗ 2024 full fully constructed so we're

1:18:24 ↗ hoping to do our be into design and

1:18:27 ↗ permitting the spring and summer and go

1:18:32 ↗ out to bid later this fall an award

1:18:36 ↗ Construction contract and starter

1:18:38 ↗ construction hopefully november-ish this

1:18:41 ↗ year which is a really kind of

1:18:44 ↗ accelerated time frame uh to get through

1:18:46 ↗ and give probably a year of construction

1:18:48 ↗ yeah one year we would be looking at

1:18:51 ↗ completion the end of the end of 2024

1:18:55 ↗ yeah beginning of 25. I guess like the

1:18:58 ↗ main thing that I was thinking about

1:18:59 ↗ when I you know ask them that is because

1:19:02 ↗ um most people want to go to the park

1:19:03 ↗ around like spring and summer time

1:19:05 ↗ because you know it's nice out and you

1:19:08 ↗ know it's not as cloudy and rainy as it

1:19:09 ↗ usually is

1:19:11 ↗ but

1:19:12 ↗ um

1:19:13 ↗ yeah but it's only gonna take a year I

1:19:15 ↗ think just closing those parts of the

1:19:17 ↗ theme

1:19:18 ↗ yeah we would put fencing up to keep the

1:19:21 ↗ site secure for folks to you know keep

1:19:24 ↗ them safe as well so yeah

1:19:28 ↗ oh hi bro

1:19:32 ↗ I guess one question regarding the

1:19:35 ↗ senior center they're really only

1:19:36 ↗ discussion was about the Pavilion which

1:19:38 ↗ looks great and I like it but is there

1:19:41 ↗ other things that are being suggested in

1:19:43 ↗ that that we just haven't seen yet

1:19:48 ↗ part of the survey that's going to be

1:19:50 ↗ going out we're gonna We want a little

1:19:51 ↗ more feedback as far as what types of

1:19:54 ↗ elements the seniors want to see out

1:19:57 ↗ there for their activity areas and

1:19:59 ↗ you're making a great segue to my next

1:20:02 ↗ slide go next my intention Jim

1:20:14 ↗ one of the visuals showed three ideas of

1:20:18 ↗ how we might

1:20:19 ↗ activate that park side of the senior

1:20:22 ↗ center and add activities so add you

1:20:26 ↗ know outdoor multi-generational space

1:20:29 ↗ you know Bocce space for cornhole raised

1:20:33 ↗ gardens so that that's definitely part

1:20:35 ↗ of this part of this project will be

1:20:38 ↗ part of the feedback that we want to get

1:20:40 ↗ is again how to

1:20:42 ↗ part of that relationship with the

1:20:44 ↗ senior center is let's let's encourage

1:20:46 ↗ outdoor senior activities that are part

1:20:48 ↗ of the park but also other activities

1:20:50 ↗ that are multi-generational that bring

1:20:52 ↗ Park users closer to the the senior

1:20:55 ↗ center so that'll be part of the survey

1:20:57 ↗ as Jen said

1:20:59 ↗ yeah

1:21:00 ↗ I I also wanted to mention that um when

1:21:03 ↗ you're out there looking at the senior

1:21:04 ↗ center and imagining these designs if

1:21:07 ↗ you see the um the sun what's now a

1:21:09 ↗ sunken Courtyard one of the ideas is

1:21:12 ↗ that that whole burned area would

1:21:15 ↗ actually come down to the same grade as

1:21:17 ↗ that door so that you could walk out of

1:21:19 ↗ the senior center and that Pavilion

1:21:21 ↗ would be right at the same level as the

1:21:24 ↗ senior center so that that burn would

1:21:26 ↗ basically you know go away would get

1:21:28 ↗ depressed and so um that really opens up

1:21:31 ↗ that area and connects it more to you

1:21:35 ↗ know more usable for the senior center

1:21:36 ↗ and Orient into the park

1:21:39 ↗ yeah and even on that

1:21:42 ↗ um east side of the senior center we'd

1:21:43 ↗ be removing the berm over in that area

1:21:46 ↗ as well to help really maximize some of

1:21:49 ↗ that Gathering space and areas

1:21:52 ↗ um as mentioned in my first slide on

1:21:55 ↗ funding

1:21:57 ↗ um you know we have about 3.2 of

1:21:59 ↗ American Rescue plan dollars that

1:22:01 ↗ Council authorize for this we do have

1:22:04 ↗ submitted we have submitted a

1:22:06 ↗ legislative ask uh for seven hundred

1:22:09 ↗ thousand dollars for this specific to

1:22:12 ↗ the senior center and activity areas so

1:22:15 ↗ we're really wanting to make sure that

1:22:17 ↗ you know the activities that we propose

1:22:19 ↗ over there are really serving the

1:22:22 ↗ seniors that um it's meant for

1:22:26 ↗ really that connection so

1:22:29 ↗ um anyways right now we have about 3.9

1:22:31 ↗ million

1:22:33 ↗ um for this project and we're working

1:22:35 ↗ with that and the budget as we can kind

1:22:38 ↗ of go through this process as well

1:22:44 ↗ um so

1:22:46 ↗ a little quick discussion here for

1:22:49 ↗ um the board just want to know if

1:22:51 ↗ there's any other additional questions

1:22:54 ↗ that you've had on the process to date

1:22:58 ↗ um

1:22:59 ↗ and any additional feedback you'd like

1:23:02 ↗ to provide on the two concepts uh that

1:23:04 ↗ are going to be presented to the

1:23:05 ↗ community next week

1:23:15 ↗ Tim

1:23:17 ↗ just unmute you Tim sorry that cornkey

1:23:22 ↗ there you go

1:23:23 ↗ I'm glad my wife doesn't have that kind

1:23:26 ↗ of control

1:23:30 ↗ um so my the thing that I was thinking

1:23:33 ↗ that in my mind I was trying to do and

1:23:34 ↗ it might be a good thing to do as you go

1:23:36 ↗ forward at some point is with the two

1:23:38 ↗ different designs put sort of like the

1:23:41 ↗ overall the high level views of them

1:23:43 ↗ side by side to each other so because

1:23:46 ↗ when I was looking at one I kept trying

1:23:47 ↗ to think what the other one looked like

1:23:50 ↗ um and just a suggestion at some point

1:23:53 ↗ that might be a useful way to present it

1:23:55 ↗ so people can really kind of compare and

1:23:57 ↗ contrast

1:23:58 ↗ that's all thank you when we do the

1:24:01 ↗ survey we will be um stacking some of

1:24:03 ↗ the images so they're easily uh compared

1:24:08 ↗ yeah

1:24:11 ↗ good suggestion

1:24:14 ↗ and then Friday see your fam is also up

1:24:19 ↗ uh thanks you know I like both of the

1:24:22 ↗ Valley Trail and the Creekside table I

1:24:24 ↗ guess I'd like to throw out a suggestion

1:24:26 ↗ that you could potentially merge them

1:24:28 ↗ together in some fashion I mean I think

1:24:30 ↗ that there's

1:24:32 ↗ good Pros to both Concepts and to just

1:24:36 ↗ say that it's one or the other it

1:24:38 ↗ doesn't maybe have to be that it could

1:24:40 ↗ maybe be a merging of the two

1:24:44 ↗ oh

1:24:45 ↗ thanks and so we go through yeah we

1:24:48 ↗ still have ample flexibility for that

1:24:50 ↗ very thing yeah yeah to really let the

1:24:52 ↗ let the community feedback really help

1:24:55 ↗ inform what resonates with either

1:24:58 ↗ neither both

1:24:59 ↗ Etc along those lines I was thinking

1:25:02 ↗ about some of the community public

1:25:05 ↗ comments from a couple weeks ago I can't

1:25:06 ↗ remember exactly what the topic was but

1:25:08 ↗ this idea of survey and it sounds like

1:25:11 ↗ there's going to be a survey and going

1:25:12 ↗ out and curious if we might get a chance

1:25:16 ↗ to

1:25:17 ↗ speak into that or review it or provide

1:25:20 ↗ feedback on what what's going to be in

1:25:23 ↗ the survey and what we hope to to get

1:25:25 ↗ out of it

1:25:26 ↗ um

1:25:27 ↗ it sounds like there's been some

1:25:29 ↗ some controversy around surveys in the

1:25:32 ↗ past and if there's anything we can

1:25:33 ↗ learn there about crafting this morning

1:25:36 ↗ yeah the difference of opinions has

1:25:39 ↗ always exists yeah no no it's all good

1:25:42 ↗ it's all good

1:25:44 ↗ um yeah Our Hope in terms of getting

1:25:46 ↗ that survey out here right at the you

1:25:49 ↗ know in the next week or two

1:25:51 ↗ um as Jen said that you know the quest

1:25:54 ↗ we could certainly run the questions by

1:25:56 ↗ the ad hoc group and and get a quick

1:25:59 ↗ thumbnail on on

1:26:01 ↗ um

1:26:02 ↗ on how the questions are framed I think

1:26:05 ↗ what you'll hear is similar to our disc

1:26:07 ↗ really trying to

1:26:09 ↗ reflect the same discussion we had with

1:26:11 ↗ the ad hoc group right and sort of

1:26:13 ↗ starting that question what what

1:26:14 ↗ elements what themes of Issaquah do are

1:26:17 ↗ most important to you and then really

1:26:20 ↗ introducing these two concepts these two

1:26:22 ↗ refinements and really going through a

1:26:24 ↗ series of questions on what what

1:26:26 ↗ elements do you like in each one what

1:26:29 ↗ elements don't you like in each one

1:26:31 ↗ um

1:26:32 ↗ questions about the both you know the

1:26:34 ↗ water element uh the nature elements

1:26:38 ↗ um but play you know elements of of

1:26:40 ↗ recreational use around the senior

1:26:42 ↗ center

1:26:44 ↗ um so really a series of questions that

1:26:46 ↗ are are trying to do that thing not not

1:26:50 ↗ have this be a forced choice where you

1:26:52 ↗ have to pick all of this one or all of

1:26:54 ↗ that one but really drawing upon those

1:26:56 ↗ elements so why don't we I mean we could

1:26:58 ↗ certainly share that with the ad hoc

1:27:00 ↗ group and and get your thoughts

1:27:03 ↗ um on that and again you know just

1:27:06 ↗ looking at the the timeline ideally we

1:27:09 ↗ have the survey out ready to go I think

1:27:14 ↗ we were shooting for the sixth so the

1:27:15 ↗ day the day before the open house

1:27:18 ↗ and then open house on the seventh and

1:27:21 ↗ then having that survey remain open for

1:27:24 ↗ another nearly two weeks for folks to

1:27:27 ↗ respond

1:27:28 ↗ the one thing about the survey

1:27:31 ↗ um we worked with the design team to

1:27:32 ↗ kind of figure out what questions they

1:27:35 ↗ needed in order to move the design

1:27:37 ↗ forward but leaving it loose like we're

1:27:40 ↗ not getting into the nitty-gritties of

1:27:42 ↗ each element uh really asking for

1:27:45 ↗ opportunity for people to say then what

1:27:47 ↗ of this description or of this concept

1:27:49 ↗ do you really like in asking them to

1:27:51 ↗ provide that open response in some of

1:27:54 ↗ these questions as well because we're

1:27:57 ↗ also having to get this out for

1:27:59 ↗ translation in order to get it up on our

1:28:02 ↗ thing so we're really kind of wish for a

1:28:04 ↗ time but happy to send it out

1:28:07 ↗ um like I said Jeff really kind of

1:28:09 ↗ nailed the set of questions

1:28:12 ↗ um that are going to be out there but

1:28:13 ↗ I'll send it out to you first sounds

1:28:15 ↗ like it's good it's going in a good

1:28:17 ↗ direction anyway I was thinking maybe

1:28:19 ↗ one Concept in line of these Community

1:28:22 ↗ comments too like there's just anything

1:28:24 ↗ that we might be missing

1:28:26 ↗ um you know stuff that

1:28:28 ↗ said these people might bring to the

1:28:31 ↗ table that oh yeah that'd be a really

1:28:32 ↗ good consideration or something yeah so

1:28:36 ↗ there there are there will be and you'll

1:28:38 ↗ see opportunities for that other

1:28:40 ↗ right sort of what is missing yeah yep

1:28:43 ↗ great yeah the last question number nine

1:28:46 ↗ just really does what else do you want

1:28:49 ↗ to provide uh what other your other

1:28:51 ↗ thoughts

1:28:52 ↗ Marlene or so you're yeah I always say

1:28:55 ↗ this when we talk about surveys I'm just

1:28:57 ↗ in the blood record and say it again I

1:28:59 ↗ just wanted to make sure when we look at

1:29:00 ↗ the demographics of who took our survey

1:29:03 ↗ that we

1:29:04 ↗ see what type of statistical

1:29:06 ↗ significance we have across different

1:29:07 ↗ demographics I think it's hypothesis I

1:29:10 ↗ have that there's a lot of certain

1:29:12 ↗ groups that take these surveys and maybe

1:29:14 ↗ it'll put some younger folks who do not

1:29:15 ↗ take these surveys as often

1:29:17 ↗ um the other thing I might throw up

1:29:18 ↗ there is I know times of the essence but

1:29:21 ↗ would we um potentially think about

1:29:23 ↗ asking

1:29:24 ↗ um you know a member of the equity

1:29:25 ↗ committee to take a look at these

1:29:27 ↗ designs or be a little bit more involved

1:29:28 ↗ when you come to the open house or

1:29:31 ↗ um I was really I think in that last

1:29:32 ↗ meeting it was um I really appreciated

1:29:34 ↗ at the best point of view and so I

1:29:36 ↗ thought that might just be another

1:29:38 ↗ um group that we might want to reach out

1:29:40 ↗ to yeah no great points absolutely so as

1:29:42 ↗ as we've just this last week finalized

1:29:45 ↗ the use of the depot that night on this

1:29:47 ↗ and we will be inviting boards and

1:29:49 ↗ commission other boards and commission

1:29:51 ↗ members to be part of that open house

1:29:52 ↗ and absolutely

1:29:55 ↗ um and I've got Brenda have the question

1:29:57 ↗ I'm just gonna unmute you Brenda oh

1:29:59 ↗ sorry

1:30:02 ↗ oh there I am okay uh I'm sure I've just

1:30:06 ↗ missed it but I I want to clarify once

1:30:08 ↗ we get to the end of The Pedestrian Park

1:30:10 ↗ in my mind we get to a parking lot and

1:30:14 ↗ an area with a lot of dumpsters and it's

1:30:16 ↗ not at all appealing and it doesn't and

1:30:19 ↗ I just don't know how you're working

1:30:20 ↗ your way through there

1:30:22 ↗ yeah that's a great question

1:30:25 ↗ um really good point I think in the long

1:30:27 ↗ term what we've discussed in future

1:30:29 ↗ phases is a raised crosswalk and

1:30:33 ↗ um something where the paving is

1:30:35 ↗ continuous and takes you all the way

1:30:36 ↗ through Depot Park to the senior center

1:30:39 ↗ I think in this phase

1:30:42 ↗ um we're looking at different ways of

1:30:44 ↗ screening that loading area that might

1:30:47 ↗ include fences it might include a more

1:30:50 ↗ dense planting area and some seating so

1:30:53 ↗ we've also looking at seating with um

1:30:56 ↗ you know with backs that might you know

1:30:58 ↗ Orient people away from those areas in

1:31:01 ↗ terms of the view

1:31:02 ↗ um but uh that's I think that is one of

1:31:05 ↗ the design uh challenges that we're

1:31:08 ↗ going to want to make sure we're

1:31:09 ↗ addressing so thanks for bringing that

1:31:11 ↗ up right and I'm thrilled with the uh

1:31:14 ↗ crosswalker or having something to go

1:31:17 ↗ over the parking lot but for now or

1:31:20 ↗ before we get it

1:31:21 ↗ what is the you know you get them to the

1:31:24 ↗ end of this and they have their baby

1:31:26 ↗ carriages and children and dogs in hand

1:31:28 ↗ are they to walk across the street and

1:31:31 ↗ how are they to get to the depot

1:31:35 ↗ I think there are curb ranks there now

1:31:37 ↗ so you can

1:31:40 ↗ um you can wheel your stroller and you

1:31:43 ↗ know there's accessibility through there

1:31:46 ↗ um it's it's uh uh I think that's a good

1:31:49 ↗ a good you know way wayfinding aspect

1:31:53 ↗ too just to keep in mind you know so

1:31:55 ↗ people are comfortable Crossing there

1:31:58 ↗ but it is accessible

1:32:00 ↗ yeah and I just wanted to add we are

1:32:02 ↗ studying still

1:32:04 ↗ um the possibility of if if in this

1:32:08 ↗ phase it's not possible to do a raised a

1:32:10 ↗ tabletop crosswalk at least doing some

1:32:12 ↗ type of streets painting or some other

1:32:15 ↗ type of treatment that's really going to

1:32:17 ↗ enhance that Crossing so it's very clear

1:32:19 ↗ to folks driving through the parking

1:32:20 ↗ area that this is an important Crossing

1:32:22 ↗ and so that it's important it's clear to

1:32:25 ↗ folks Crossing where is the appropriate

1:32:27 ↗ place to cross

1:32:29 ↗ yeah it's a really great question and

1:32:31 ↗ point Brenda and I think really

1:32:32 ↗ emphasizes

1:32:34 ↗ anytime you're facing Park improvements

1:32:37 ↗ right phase one you you need to do it in

1:32:40 ↗ a way that it's going to live

1:32:41 ↗ successfully on its own but it's also

1:32:44 ↗ setting the table haha Creekside table

1:32:46 ↗ what um race table any kind of table

1:32:50 ↗ um for future phases so you know to some

1:32:53 ↗ of the questions I heard earlier we're

1:32:54 ↗ not planning on removing existing

1:32:57 ↗ parking right now

1:32:59 ↗ um we are

1:33:01 ↗ um I think we need to recognize that's

1:33:03 ↗ not a street we're not having to cross a

1:33:06 ↗ street that is that is a that's not

1:33:08 ↗ public right-of-way that's just that's a

1:33:10 ↗ parking lot so how we manage

1:33:14 ↗ um getting people through safely uh that

1:33:17 ↗ parking area I think to your point

1:33:19 ↗ Brenda about you know so much of this

1:33:21 ↗ space feels like the back of house of

1:33:24 ↗ restaurants

1:33:26 ↗ um I think it's interesting and it's

1:33:28 ↗ been positive and that is Jennifer and I

1:33:30 ↗ have met with the two restaurants

1:33:31 ↗ adjacent to pedestrian Park uh both are

1:33:35 ↗ really excited about this and both

1:33:38 ↗ immediately in the first conversation

1:33:40 ↗ we're like oh my gosh I I want my

1:33:42 ↗ restaurant to relate to that this

1:33:44 ↗ doesn't feel like this doesn't feel like

1:33:46 ↗ the side yard anymore I I need to clean

1:33:48 ↗ up my ACT I I mean so you're going to

1:33:51 ↗ have the adjacent restaurants wanting to

1:33:53 ↗ I think treat that have a relationship

1:33:56 ↗ to this public space and in a in a much

1:33:59 ↗ different way in a much more positive

1:34:00 ↗ way so

1:34:03 ↗ yeah

1:34:04 ↗ a couple couple comments there

1:34:08 ↗ sorry we have around 30 minutes over

1:34:10 ↗ yeah

1:34:14 ↗ because now we've got an upcoming open

1:34:17 ↗ house survey and uh thank you all

1:34:20 ↗ especially the attic for your time and

1:34:23 ↗ diligence and input through this whole

1:34:25 ↗ process it has been great working with

1:34:28 ↗ you

1:34:34 ↗ Zach we have a member from the public

1:34:37 ↗ Dave Wagner has his hand up would you be

1:34:40 ↗ open to a quick comment from the public

1:34:42 ↗ that's a question a question from the

1:34:44 ↗ public sure yes that's fine

1:34:49 ↗ thank you yeah yeah that'd be great if

1:34:53 ↗ you don't mind that being awesome thank

1:34:55 ↗ you so much this goes back to one of the

1:34:58 ↗ slides please forgive me

1:35:01 ↗ so that one box said relocate Memorial

1:35:06 ↗ and white pool so the question all of us

1:35:09 ↗ would have is

1:35:11 ↗ who's making that decision to relocate

1:35:14 ↗ that Memorial

1:35:15 ↗ is it the pork board that would then

1:35:18 ↗ relocated

1:35:20 ↗ get that the design says it is it the

1:35:23 ↗ city council that says relocate that

1:35:27 ↗ um and if it's done where does it get

1:35:30 ↗ relocated who has the call on that

1:35:34 ↗ relocation

1:35:35 ↗ hopefully you'll figure that in your

1:35:38 ↗ timing until thank you well thank you if

1:35:41 ↗ I I can respond to that and I think give

1:35:43 ↗ some context and and Deb thank you for

1:35:45 ↗ mentioning what you did in the concept

1:35:47 ↗ so

1:35:48 ↗ um

1:35:49 ↗ that

1:35:52 ↗ um rendering that made that note was a

1:35:57 ↗ really quick sketch that was done last

1:35:59 ↗ fall

1:36:01 ↗ um in before any of this sort of

1:36:03 ↗ planning and thought process so

1:36:07 ↗ um as we're working on these Concepts

1:36:12 ↗ we're not we're not we're not under

1:36:14 ↗ these

1:36:16 ↗ we're on the under the assumption of it

1:36:18 ↗ how does that Memorial flagpole become a

1:36:21 ↗ really key element to this public space

1:36:24 ↗ um to your question if if it was

1:36:27 ↗ determined to be moved

1:36:30 ↗ um

1:36:31 ↗ I guess that would start with a

1:36:33 ↗ collective conversation a collective

1:36:35 ↗ decision as part of the design process

1:36:38 ↗ um you have my commitment to make sure

1:36:41 ↗ VFW is part of those conversations as

1:36:44 ↗ we're now heading into the public

1:36:45 ↗ discussion about these two off these two

1:36:48 ↗ options and and the feedback we get back

1:36:51 ↗ from that

1:36:53 ↗ um ultimately like any Capital project a

1:36:57 ↗ design gets done

1:36:59 ↗ that design

1:37:00 ↗ the only way that that project gets

1:37:04 ↗ awarded is it goes back to city council

1:37:06 ↗ to award it to construct right so

1:37:09 ↗ there's mult I guess multiple decision

1:37:11 ↗ points in any single element of a of a

1:37:15 ↗ park design like this much like a a a

1:37:18 ↗ decision of

1:37:20 ↗ keeping a memorial day or not but again

1:37:23 ↗ to emphasize super early conceptual that

1:37:28 ↗ again was probably really premature in

1:37:31 ↗ making that point in the fall when we

1:37:34 ↗ were talking with Council but now as

1:37:36 ↗ we're into design options

1:37:38 ↗ um I think all of those design options

1:37:40 ↗ that you saw tonight that we've talked

1:37:42 ↗ about

1:37:43 ↗ um

1:37:44 ↗ have the ability to keep to have the

1:37:46 ↗ memorial and the flagpole stay right

1:37:48 ↗ where it is

1:37:51 ↗ just to add I think if anything we also

1:37:54 ↗ want

1:37:55 ↗ it to be more engaging than it is write

1:37:57 ↗ it down and the ability to get closer

1:37:59 ↗ read it better and give it a little more

1:38:02 ↗ honor than the space

1:38:05 ↗ so as that you know those are some of

1:38:09 ↗ the considerations we're also looking at

1:38:12 ↗ it's a proven yeah just so you know that

1:38:15 ↗ if you want to know how where any of

1:38:19 ↗ those people died I'm more than happy to

1:38:21 ↗ give you that information

1:38:23 ↗ I appreciate that David

1:38:25 ↗ well it's good today it sounds like it

1:38:28 ↗ was moved in the early 90s to its

1:38:30 ↗ current location

1:38:31 ↗ yeah okay

1:38:33 ↗ I'll play now thank you

1:38:37 ↗ faster bedtime so would it be okay if we

1:38:41 ↗ left the mid-year the next part of the

1:38:43 ↗ year please

1:38:44 ↗ thank you so much for coming today

1:38:51 ↗ thank you

1:39:10 ↗ thank you

1:39:14 ↗ foreign

1:39:24 ↗ with that Devin Amelia I think you guys

1:39:27 ↗ can exit too

1:39:30 ↗ so thank you very much it's been such a

1:39:32 ↗ pleasure

1:39:34 ↗ we're really looking forward to having

1:39:35 ↗ more conversations

1:39:40 ↗ bye

1:39:41 ↗ yes

1:39:49 ↗ I'm gonna go back

1:39:54 ↗ so Zach I think I think the next item up

1:39:57 ↗ is the the six years

1:40:01 ↗ process do I have that right yes yes the

1:40:04 ↗ six years CIP criteria follow-up

1:40:07 ↗ um

1:40:09 ↗ I'm not sure like what the current time

1:40:11 ↗ constraints um so I suppose

1:40:14 ↗ um should we see gauge interest on uh

1:40:18 ↗ continuing past the time or moving it to

1:40:21 ↗ the next meeting

1:40:23 ↗ yeah it's a great question Zach I guess

1:40:25 ↗ I would suggest this I you know thank

1:40:27 ↗ you to those of you at six Park board

1:40:29 ↗ members attend the special meeting uh

1:40:32 ↗ last week no two weeks ago time flies on

1:40:36 ↗ the on the 16th

1:40:38 ↗ um the intention of that was really a a

1:40:41 ↗ very early touch in a six-year Capital

1:40:43 ↗ Improvement plan the six-year CIP

1:40:45 ↗ process

1:40:46 ↗ um

1:40:47 ↗ really looking at and focusing on how

1:40:51 ↗ how staff goes about evaluating capital

1:40:54 ↗ projects and the the

1:40:57 ↗ criteria with which all capital projects

1:41:00 ↗ will be screened

1:41:01 ↗ um

1:41:03 ↗ minutes from that will be released soon

1:41:07 ↗ um

1:41:08 ↗ perhaps we wait until March to have a

1:41:11 ↗ conversation about what uh it's it's

1:41:14 ↗ clear the proposed draft concepts are

1:41:16 ↗ going or criteria sorry I got to get

1:41:19 ↗ back into this topic the criteria are

1:41:21 ↗ going to be amended based upon the

1:41:22 ↗ feedback from the four boards and

1:41:24 ↗ commissions that night I think by our

1:41:26 ↗ March meeting we'll have sort of that

1:41:28 ↗ the draft changes to that criteria we

1:41:31 ↗ can bring that and we'll also I think be

1:41:33 ↗ able to bring a little more Focus as to

1:41:37 ↗ what the actual cfp process will look

1:41:39 ↗ like at that March meeting

1:41:44 ↗ okay uh seems like

1:41:47 ↗ um perhaps the best course of action

1:41:48 ↗ would be to hold off on that uh update

1:41:51 ↗ until the March meeting

1:41:53 ↗ let's do it yeah okay

1:41:56 ↗ all right

1:41:59 ↗ um so I guess we'll move on to the

1:42:01 ↗ reports

1:42:05 ↗ so we'll start with uh with my

1:42:09 ↗ chairperson report so I have three

1:42:12 ↗ things

1:42:14 ↗ all right uh so uh Washington

1:42:16 ↗ conservation crew uh are in Issaquah for

1:42:19 ↗ a seven-week partnership with the city

1:42:21 ↗ uh in the first week uh planted 963

1:42:25 ↗ native trees 244 native plants and

1:42:28 ↗ removed uh 7 200 square feet of invasive

1:42:31 ↗ plants from five different Parks

1:42:34 ↗ um

1:42:35 ↗ also there is a a green Issaquah

1:42:37 ↗ restoration work party at uh burnson

1:42:41 ↗ park that's on March 18th at uh from

1:42:45 ↗ nine to noon

1:42:46 ↗ and um on the city newsletter there's a

1:42:51 ↗ Soil and Water stewardship program

1:42:53 ↗ opportunity this includes a nine month

1:42:56 ↗ training in sustainable food production

1:42:59 ↗ and environmental stewardship uh

1:43:02 ↗ applications are due by March 3rd and

1:43:05 ↗ that's on the Tilt website so if

1:43:07 ↗ anyone's interested in that there's I

1:43:09 ↗ know they'll be having some a hybrid of

1:43:12 ↗ in-person and

1:43:15 ↗ um in on specific locations as well so

1:43:20 ↗ if you're interested that's available to

1:43:22 ↗ sign up for as well

1:43:23 ↗ um so moving on to the uh youth Advisory

1:43:29 ↗ Board update

1:43:36 ↗ event called Civic engagement I don't

1:43:39 ↗ know if the previous two reps who came

1:43:41 ↗ talked about this or not but they we did

1:43:44 ↗ not attend the event but we heard that

1:43:45 ↗ it went really well they had speakers

1:43:47 ↗ coming from all over

1:43:50 ↗ um you know come talk about how ways uh

1:43:52 ↗ people who are not in the youth Advisory

1:43:54 ↗ board can come you know still engage in

1:43:56 ↗ you know Community related things and

1:43:59 ↗ events as such

1:44:01 ↗ honest and that's it for civic

1:44:03 ↗ engagement

1:44:04 ↗ um and we actually have an upcoming

1:44:06 ↗ event I think it's next Friday

1:44:09 ↗ um it's Harry Potter night and we've

1:44:11 ↗ talked about it before we just had like

1:44:14 ↗ a bunch of like Harry Potter related

1:44:15 ↗ stations for kids first to fifth grade

1:44:19 ↗ just like a couple hours with us in the

1:44:21 ↗ community center

1:44:23 ↗ uh yeah it's like arts and crafts like

1:44:26 ↗ me and stuff like that

1:44:34 ↗ a variant uh next there's another event

1:44:38 ↗ which is being called state of mind and

1:44:41 ↗ even though we're not part of you know

1:44:43 ↗ that you know division that works on

1:44:45 ↗ state of mind

1:44:47 ↗ um basically what happens is that they

1:44:49 ↗ have speakers come in they talk about

1:44:51 ↗ important issues like uh Teen Mental

1:44:54 ↗ Health and mindfulness and it's really

1:44:57 ↗ just a big giant um

1:45:01 ↗ and I wouldn't want to say a lecture but

1:45:03 ↗ more of like an informational talk where

1:45:06 ↗ you know where people can learn about

1:45:08 ↗ those things

1:45:09 ↗ and then our last and biggest event of

1:45:11 ↗ the year is that it's a kids triathlon

1:45:14 ↗ it's um June 4th I believe and I mean

1:45:17 ↗ it's just a triathlon

1:45:20 ↗ all throughout

1:45:22 ↗ um and around the support Community

1:45:24 ↗ Center so when you start to like work on

1:45:26 ↗ that divide into teams and yeah

1:45:30 ↗ and then I would like to add is that

1:45:32 ↗ we're also looking for some speakers

1:45:34 ↗ uh I as like a sort of side thing I

1:45:38 ↗ started bringing the speakers from you

1:45:41 ↗ know uh outside uh you know just around

1:45:44 ↗ the Issaquah community and you know just

1:45:47 ↗ from youth boards from not youth boards

1:45:49 ↗ from uh commissions and things to come

1:45:51 ↗ speak to uh the board about okay what

1:45:54 ↗ what do they do how do you help Issaquah

1:45:57 ↗ and how you're connecting with the

1:45:58 ↗ community if the park board is

1:46:00 ↗ interesting interested in having one of

1:46:03 ↗ the board members come talk at one of

1:46:05 ↗ the meetings then

1:46:07 ↗ yeah just just let us know

1:46:10 ↗ and that's it that's

1:46:13 ↗ great thank you

1:46:18 ↗ thanks and uh Jeff

1:46:20 ↗ great thanks Zach um to add to the to

1:46:24 ↗ two of the upcoming events uh that that

1:46:27 ↗ um the youth board is helping host with

1:46:29 ↗ the recreation team the state of mind

1:46:31 ↗ conference is really impactful

1:46:34 ↗ um if I'm not mistaken that's

1:46:36 ↗ um invitation for both students and

1:46:39 ↗ parents and really the entire Community

1:46:41 ↗ is is invited to attend this event it's

1:46:45 ↗ something that's been done for a number

1:46:46 ↗ of years typically really well attended

1:46:49 ↗ and I think as we all know coming out of

1:46:52 ↗ a global pandemic

1:46:55 ↗ mental health amongst our teens is a

1:46:58 ↗ really really important timely topic I

1:47:01 ↗ do remember last year they did Host this

1:47:03 ↗ online and even though it wasn't you

1:47:05 ↗ know like in person and you know you

1:47:07 ↗ weren't talking with that person like

1:47:09 ↗ face to face I went and I did go online

1:47:11 ↗ it was they had some very nice things to

1:47:14 ↗ say you know

1:47:28 ↗ oh

1:47:41 ↗ foreign

1:48:49 ↗ foreign

1:49:11 ↗ [Music]

1:49:20 ↗ [Music]

1:49:28 ↗ so State of Mind is uh important for

1:49:31 ↗ people and laptops um no so thank you

1:49:34 ↗ for for just the importance of that of

1:49:37 ↗ that

1:49:38 ↗ um conference and then the the uh is

1:49:41 ↗ Triathlon has really turned into quite

1:49:43 ↗ an event

1:49:44 ↗ um hundreds hundreds of participants so

1:49:47 ↗ a really fun day

1:49:49 ↗ um I'll make sure as Park board members

1:49:51 ↗ um just send you a reminder and if

1:49:53 ↗ you've got if you want to spend an hour

1:49:54 ↗ on a Saturday morning getting inspired

1:49:57 ↗ um come come check out the community

1:49:59 ↗ center that morning

1:50:01 ↗ as for my report a couple of couple of

1:50:04 ↗ quick updates

1:50:05 ↗ um

1:50:06 ↗ now that we've got a little battery life

1:50:07 ↗ left in the laptop

1:50:09 ↗ um Jen mentioned this earlier so the

1:50:12 ↗ other community investment project at

1:50:13 ↗ Confluence Park the eckhouse that work

1:50:16 ↗ has been

1:50:17 ↗ um get being done in Earnest as well

1:50:20 ↗ um more in terms of continued site

1:50:22 ↗ analysis and structural analysis of the

1:50:26 ↗ building we should be at a point with

1:50:28 ↗ the consultant team or we're really much

1:50:30 ↗ better informed as to the state and

1:50:32 ↗ condition of the current house and

1:50:34 ↗ understand options that we have before

1:50:36 ↗ us I think I mentioned earlier in one of

1:50:40 ↗ our meetings we've already engaged the

1:50:42 ↗ King County historic preservation group

1:50:46 ↗ they're circled into this desire and

1:50:49 ↗ interest we have and how do we

1:50:51 ↗ how do we activate that that building

1:50:55 ↗ and that space and also take opportunity

1:50:58 ↗ to celebrate its history and weave

1:51:01 ↗ history into a a workable functionable

1:51:04 ↗ or functional amenity within the Park so

1:51:07 ↗ plan on that being a March Topic at our

1:51:11 ↗ at our next Park board meeting

1:51:13 ↗ you'll you'll note

1:51:16 ↗ as this agenda as well as all future

1:51:19 ↗ agendas under the park director report

1:51:22 ↗ you're going to notice an attachment

1:51:23 ↗ there when you get the agenda that is as

1:51:26 ↗ I mentioned earlier just the working

1:51:27 ↗ calendar that we are sort of weaving

1:51:31 ↗ into our work plan that will be a

1:51:35 ↗ calendar you'll see that will evolve

1:51:37 ↗ throughout the year as we get a tighter

1:51:40 ↗ idea of when and where projects are in

1:51:44 ↗ certain points for key conversations

1:51:48 ↗ um at our at our future Park board

1:51:50 ↗ meetings

1:51:52 ↗ uh another quick update a couple months

1:51:55 ↗ back Amy Dukes joined us

1:51:58 ↗ um the work that the art commission is

1:52:00 ↗ doing on the northwest troll hunt

1:52:02 ↗ um if you remember International artist

1:52:04 ↗ Thomas dambo has identified uh the

1:52:08 ↗ Seattle area as having a number of

1:52:10 ↗ trolls throughout the Puget Sound region

1:52:13 ↗ Issaquah remains of a high interest to

1:52:16 ↗ Thomas I think I mentioned to to you all

1:52:19 ↗ we'd reached out to the Snoqualmie tribe

1:52:22 ↗ to gauge their interest in this work

1:52:25 ↗ um I'm happy to say last month we had an

1:52:28 ↗ initial meeting with with all those

1:52:29 ↗ groups Thomas dambo came earlier in

1:52:33 ↗ February to visit a number of sites

1:52:35 ↗ including Issaquah we hosted Thomas some

1:52:38 ↗ members some artists from the Snoqualmie

1:52:40 ↗ tribe joined in that brainstorming

1:52:42 ↗ session a really really good discussion

1:52:45 ↗ about where the location of Patrol would

1:52:48 ↗ be here in Issaquah and what some of the

1:52:50 ↗ artistic elements would look like

1:52:53 ↗ um Thomas is is back in his home country

1:52:57 ↗ now but we look forward to in the coming

1:52:59 ↗ weeks getting a little better sense of

1:53:01 ↗ some Concepts as they're again working

1:53:04 ↗ that through at the art commission but

1:53:05 ↗ as that's probably going to be located

1:53:07 ↗ in one of our public parks I'll be sure

1:53:10 ↗ to keep you all as Park Board informed

1:53:13 ↗ in that really exciting exciting work

1:53:17 ↗ um a lot of support a lot of interest

1:53:19 ↗ from a lot of different

1:53:20 ↗ um Community groups as well as uh the

1:53:24 ↗ the tribe and and um

1:53:26 ↗ and just what that what that piece could

1:53:28 ↗ look like this summer

1:53:32 ↗ um

1:53:32 ↗ another quick update uh one of our staff

1:53:37 ↗ hires this year is an urban Forest

1:53:39 ↗ supervisor

1:53:40 ↗ I'm happy to report that we have an

1:53:45 ↗ offer and an acceptance from a candidate

1:53:47 ↗ I'm not ready to announce the name yet

1:53:50 ↗ but we are really really excited and

1:53:52 ↗ should have that Urban Forest supervisor

1:53:55 ↗ on board here towards the end of March I

1:53:59 ↗ think March 20th right now is the the

1:54:01 ↗ start date so hopefully in our March

1:54:03 ↗ meeting we'll have a staff introduction

1:54:06 ↗ and I know the park operations team our

1:54:09 ↗ Park maintenance team is really excited

1:54:11 ↗ about

1:54:12 ↗ adding that element and that skill set

1:54:14 ↗ to our uh to our department team so I'm

1:54:19 ↗ really excited as you know on our work

1:54:22 ↗ plan is not only really initiating the

1:54:27 ↗ city's first urban Forest management

1:54:29 ↗ plan uh the supervisor will help lead

1:54:31 ↗ that effort but also taking that

1:54:34 ↗ long-awaited needed review and look at

1:54:37 ↗ our heritage Street program so thank you

1:54:40 ↗ I know a number of you at our last

1:54:41 ↗ meeting a volunteered to serve on an ad

1:54:44 ↗ hoc group for urban forestry so as that

1:54:47 ↗ position comes on board that group will

1:54:49 ↗ probably be ready to get started here in

1:54:52 ↗ April or May with uh a series of some

1:54:55 ↗ meetings more to come there

1:54:58 ↗ lastly exciting news I know you all love

1:55:02 ↗ to meet so much we have we do have

1:55:05 ↗ another special meeting opportunity in

1:55:07 ↗ March the environmental board would like

1:55:10 ↗ to have a joint meeting with the park

1:55:14 ↗ board the primary purpose for this is

1:55:17 ↗ the King County Flood Control District

1:55:19 ↗ and if you're familiar with King County

1:55:21 ↗ part of

1:55:23 ↗ Willard Water Resource Land Management

1:55:26 ↗ Department

1:55:29 ↗ has a floodplain management group

1:55:32 ↗ they've been doing some research and

1:55:34 ↗ Analysis on Issaquah Creek that they

1:55:36 ↗ want to come and provide a little bit

1:55:39 ↗ more of a detailed report to and so

1:55:41 ↗ March 16th Thursday March 16th

1:55:45 ↗ a joint meeting has been confirmed I

1:55:48 ↗ hope most or all of you are able to

1:55:51 ↗ attend that meeting will probably be a

1:55:53 ↗ mix of in person and virtual

1:55:56 ↗ options so hasanti thank you I know

1:56:00 ↗ you'll be sending out a whole date has

1:56:02 ↗ already been sent out but we got

1:56:03 ↗ confirmation that that meeting is is

1:56:05 ↗ really real also be a chance I know the

1:56:08 ↗ environmental board's interested in

1:56:09 ↗ getting some updates on a couple of our

1:56:11 ↗ Park projects uh that I think I'll I'll

1:56:13 ↗ be providing uh an update on that night

1:56:15 ↗ as well so

1:56:17 ↗ 16th

1:56:19 ↗ mark your calendars

1:56:21 ↗ and that's it for me

1:56:29 ↗ there's an open house again not all of

1:56:31 ↗ you are that's not that won't be an

1:56:33 ↗ official Park board meeting but as Park

1:56:35 ↗ board members certainly would love to

1:56:37 ↗ have you

1:56:38 ↗ um have you be there is there any

1:56:40 ↗ considerations there in terms of uh

1:56:43 ↗ the critical mass

1:56:46 ↗ good good question

1:56:48 ↗ um yeah we probably don't want everybody

1:56:50 ↗ to go

1:56:52 ↗ um if if that's not to say if if

1:56:57 ↗ more than five of you are there just

1:56:59 ↗ don't

1:57:00 ↗ um

1:57:01 ↗ don't go around together you're there as

1:57:03 ↗ you're there as residents right

1:57:06 ↗ um

1:57:07 ↗ it's not an it's not an official meeting

1:57:11 ↗ um and we will not be doing any official

1:57:14 ↗ artboard business that night yeah it's

1:57:17 ↗ discussion only yeah is that anything

1:57:19 ↗ question about the trolls yes

1:57:23 ↗ at your convenience probably not tonight

1:57:27 ↗ because we're out of time would you be

1:57:29 ↗ willing to provide us with a little bit

1:57:31 ↗ of um

1:57:32 ↗ I guess guidance and perspective on this

1:57:35 ↗ so it sounds like it's a really cool

1:57:38 ↗ idea

1:57:39 ↗ part of it is some mystery or maybe

1:57:44 ↗ absence of mapping or you know like how

1:57:47 ↗ much should we how much is to be

1:57:50 ↗ revealed and how much more spoilers the

1:57:52 ↗ fun and the Mystery of it you know like

1:57:54 ↗ there's a troll somewhere in his spot

1:57:56 ↗ but doesn't have to be matched or we

1:58:00 ↗ know exactly where it is yeah great

1:58:02 ↗ great point I think as we learn more

1:58:05 ↗ from the Artist as to what this hunt

1:58:07 ↗ will look like I I do think

1:58:11 ↗ um as it gets more and I don't think

1:58:14 ↗ it'll be necessarily A

1:58:16 ↗ oh my gosh

1:58:18 ↗ um we need to keep it you know a secret

1:58:22 ↗ um oh yeah yeah I think I think it's

1:58:26 ↗ known right you know that that we are

1:58:28 ↗ looking at and trying to identify the

1:58:31 ↗ right place

1:58:32 ↗ um

1:58:33 ↗ I think the artist will just the

1:58:36 ↗ location itself is again not meant to be

1:58:39 ↗ shrouded in history but I think spending

1:58:42 ↗ time with the artists that a couple

1:58:43 ↗ weeks ago I think it's more about the

1:58:45 ↗ The Whimsy of even though it's going to

1:58:48 ↗ be known where it is

1:58:51 ↗ how can it entail some sort of uh

1:58:53 ↗ connect a walk into nature to get to it

1:58:57 ↗ it's not it's not something desire to be

1:59:01 ↗ experienced from your car

1:59:02 ↗ right

1:59:05 ↗ the trouble could be anywhere from it

1:59:09 ↗ varies based on the location and what

1:59:12 ↗ he's inspired by in the story that

1:59:14 ↗ generally fairly large 10 to 40 feet

1:59:17 ↗ yeah

1:59:25 ↗ I mean big 20-foot December instructions

1:59:30 ↗ right yeah

1:59:33 ↗ thank you for that Chris

1:59:40 ↗ yeah

1:59:41 ↗ so that's it for me thanks Zach great

1:59:43 ↗ thanks Jeff uh any other announcements

1:59:48 ↗ all right well uh next meeting will be

1:59:51 ↗ March 27th uh so everybody have a great

1:59:54 ↗ evening

1:59:56 ↗ thank you big thanks to this too

1:59:59 ↗ I.T expert and troubled and

2:00:02 ↗ troubleshooter yeah

2:00:07 ↗ good night all

2:00:10 ↗ right

2:00:15 ↗ yes it was very cool Under Pressure yeah

2:00:17 ↗ that was like you know

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