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

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of February 27, 2023

packet pp.3–4

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 02-27-23 Park Board Minutes Page 1 CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board 7:00 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave February 27, 2023 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

Minutes of Special Meeting February 16

packet pp.5–7

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Staff report:

- Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) feedback: o Identified resources should include long-term maintenance costs of the capital asset. o The board felt that the environmental criteria was not explicit enough and could include some contradictory grading as projects could have a negative

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Introduce Urban Forest Supervisor and Program, (I)

20 min · Jeff Watling, Director Rick Still, Park Operations Manager · packet pp.9–29

Topics: Trees

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Staff report:

REGULAR BUSINESS b) Jeff Watling, Parks and Community Services Director

6-year CIP Update

Information / Discussion · 30 min · Tisha Gieser, City Clerk

Topics: Budget

5. REPORTS

Chairperson's Report

Youth Representative's Report

packet pp.37

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Staff report:

REPORTS c) Ongoing Calendar – tentative and a working document Month Agenda Items Month Agenda Items January 23 • Title 18 Draft July 24 • TOUR and/or Board meeting at a • Recreation Update park? • 2023 Work Plan – Ad Hoc groups? • Veterans Park or Confluence Park/Ek February • Community Investment Strategy August 28 27 Projects – Pedestrian Park and Senior Center Plaza • 6 Year CIP Criteria Follow Up

Director's Report

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0:01 ↗ all right uh welcome to the March 27

0:05 ↗ 2023 meeting

0:07 ↗ um so I'll start off taking roll calls

0:10 ↗ so when I call your name please take

0:11 ↗ yourself off mute or

0:13 ↗ um raise your hand and acknowledge your

0:15 ↗ attendance

0:16 ↗ uh Marlene

0:19 ↗ hey Chris

0:20 ↗ here

0:22 ↗ Andrew e okay uh David question Nicholas

0:28 ↗ thank you

0:30 ↗ Danielle here

0:32 ↗ Brad

0:33 ↗ here

0:35 ↗ Andrew M

0:37 ↗ I believe had an excuse me

0:39 ↗ uh Brenda

0:43 ↗ Katie yeah Jim

0:48 ↗ and uh Nicholas and Brenda and Tim are

0:51 ↗ all here there might be some unmuting

0:54 ↗ issues okay

0:56 ↗ they're here all right excellent

0:59 ↗ um so moving on to the approval of

1:01 ↗ minutes from the February 27 2023

1:04 ↗ meeting and the special meeting on

1:06 ↗ February 16th uh 2023 uh any questions

1:11 ↗ comments or directions

1:13 ↗ foreign

1:14 ↗ does anyone have objection to the

1:16 ↗ approval of the minutes from those

1:19 ↗ meetings

1:22 ↗ right great hereby approve the minutes

1:24 ↗ thank you

1:26 ↗ um so today uh for the agenda items uh

1:30 ↗ we'll be starting with uh to introduce

1:33 ↗ the urban Forest supervisor and program

1:35 ↗ uh and we're bumping up the amendments

1:38 ↗ to the rules and regulations virtual

1:41 ↗ attendance policy to uh Second and then

1:44 ↗ we'll finish up with the six year CIB

1:47 ↗ update from Jeff do we have any uh

1:51 ↗ public comments

1:53 ↗ today

1:54 ↗ anyone on the call

1:58 ↗ [Music]

1:59 ↗ do you see someone as cm

2:02 ↗ perhaps

2:10 ↗ oh you turned me on whether I wanted to

2:12 ↗ speak or not

2:13 ↗ um no I'm just watching

2:16 ↗ okay all right just wanted to check I'll

2:18 ↗ take you off mute thank you so much

2:23 ↗ oh okay great

2:25 ↗ um so

2:27 ↗ um moving uh forward I'll start with

2:31 ↗ um introduction to the urban Forest

2:32 ↗ supervisor

2:34 ↗ great I will I will kick it off

2:37 ↗ um hand it over to Rick and Dan who are

2:40 ↗ here um because I foreshadowed a little

2:43 ↗ bit and then our last meeting we one of

2:46 ↗ the really top priorities heading into

2:48 ↗ the 23-24 even budget cycle as we were

2:53 ↗ requesting resources

2:55 ↗ um

2:56 ↗ was really taking a look at and

2:59 ↗ expanding our capacity within our

3:02 ↗ natural resources side of our our park

3:04 ↗ operations team

3:06 ↗ historically those of you may recall the

3:09 ↗ city had at one time a City Arborist a

3:12 ↗ position

3:13 ↗ um as we looked at sort of expanding and

3:18 ↗ understanding our needs with green

3:20 ↗ Issaquah launched with Rick having

3:22 ↗ started as our park operations manager

3:25 ↗ just last year with that position coming

3:26 ↗ on board it became pretty clear that we

3:29 ↗ wanted to take that sort of what was

3:32 ↗ that historical City Arborist position

3:35 ↗ and really do what many cities have done

3:38 ↗ around us so we're not we're not

3:39 ↗ inventing this by any means but really

3:41 ↗ looking at our when you when you

3:43 ↗ consider boy 70 to 80 percent of our

3:46 ↗ 1400 Acres of public land is is forested

3:49 ↗ and many of it

3:52 ↗ whether it's Hillside or Valley but many

3:56 ↗ functioning as as force and open space

3:58 ↗ uh bringing on board an urban Forest

4:01 ↗ supervisor someone who really brings

4:03 ↗ that background in forestry and

4:05 ↗ understanding not just sort of a tree by

4:09 ↗ tree look but but really the health of

4:12 ↗ the forest

4:13 ↗ um a way that we can bring that skill

4:16 ↗ set in at a level that green Issaquah

4:18 ↗ could fold under that position

4:20 ↗ also looking at the opportunity for our

4:24 ↗ current park ranger program to have sort

4:26 ↗ of some Partners in work and so what we

4:29 ↗ ended up doing through the budget

4:31 ↗ process is proposing an urban Forest

4:33 ↗ supervisor position that would really

4:36 ↗ head up this natural resources team not

4:39 ↗ only bringing us those urban forestry

4:42 ↗ skills and experience and really

4:43 ↗ beginning to carve out the city's first

4:46 ↗ urban urban Forest management plan

4:48 ↗ looking at as you know with our work

4:51 ↗ plan goals

4:54 ↗ updating and reviewing Our Heritage tree

4:57 ↗ program

4:59 ↗ but also lending some real supervision

5:01 ↗ and oversight to the green Issaquah

5:03 ↗ program the pending volunteer

5:06 ↗ coordinator there and the ranger program

5:07 ↗ we interviewed earlier this year

5:11 ↗ an impressive pool of candidates showed

5:15 ↗ a lot of interest in sort of helping us

5:18 ↗ birth this program I'm so happy Dan

5:21 ↗ Hintz came out on on top

5:24 ↗ our top candidate

5:25 ↗ um from the Review Committee and the

5:29 ↗ review panel

5:30 ↗ um and and Dad's interests and

5:32 ↗ excitement and saying yes just

5:34 ↗ absolutely thrilled us Granddad comes to

5:36 ↗ us from Mounds to sound Greenway where

5:38 ↗ he's done a lot of work regionally he

5:40 ↗ understands this area he understands

5:43 ↗ Western Washington and the trees in this

5:45 ↗ in this area he understands Issaquah

5:48 ↗ certainly let Dan speak a little bit uh

5:51 ↗ that himself but um sorry for the the

5:55 ↗ maybe a little more longer introduction

5:57 ↗ but uh really really excited not all

5:59 ↗ about Dan coming on board but just what

6:01 ↗ this means for us in the program so Dan

6:04 ↗ please welcome introduce yourself a

6:07 ↗ little bit of your background but then

6:08 ↗ also sort of what you see as we head

6:11 ↗ into this first year yeah thank you Jeff

6:13 ↗ yeah hello everyone I know I got to meet

6:15 ↗ a few of you last two weeks ago now

6:18 ↗ um I guess a little bit of my background

6:20 ↗ too actually served on the environmental

6:21 ↗ board for the first couple years since

6:23 ↗ that was created back in 2021 so I know

6:26 ↗ a few of you are at the last Park

6:28 ↗ Grandma board overlap so good to see you

6:30 ↗ and new faces I look forward to working

6:31 ↗ with you all more but

6:33 ↗ um yeah as Jeff mentioned you know the

6:35 ↗ last last seven years I've been working

6:36 ↗ for the mountain style Greenway trust

6:38 ↗ overseeing there ecological restoration

6:40 ↗ program and they have a law in history

6:43 ↗ partnering with the City of Issaquah on

6:45 ↗ work really focusing more primarily as

6:47 ↗ Jessica mentioned the valley so a lot of

6:50 ↗ background on salmon recovery salmon

6:51 ↗ ecology and how our red curry and Forest

6:53 ↗ really kind of moved that work forward

6:55 ↗ here so a lot of stuff Hunters of a

6:57 ↗ creek and it's Creek and even some of

6:59 ↗ our smaller tributaries do those creeks

7:01 ↗ and our coconut bearing Creek so that's

7:03 ↗ that's something that is really really

7:05 ↗ near and dear to me that I'm excited to

7:06 ↗ build on but then looking more broadly

7:08 ↗ at this Urban Forest whether that's you

7:11 ↗ know up on Tiger Mountain or Street

7:13 ↗ trees along Gilman you know I think it's

7:15 ↗ all really interconnected and I'm really

7:17 ↗ excited to kind of help build out this

7:19 ↗ program uh you know both with the

7:21 ↗ community engagement so I think you know

7:23 ↗ everyone I think is familiar with green

7:24 ↗ Issaquah

7:25 ↗ um there's you know been a couple

7:26 ↗ hiccups of that obviously with the

7:29 ↗ pandemic and you know kind of transition

7:30 ↗ with forecast running that program so

7:33 ↗ I'm really excited to step in work with

7:35 ↗ this new green as a coordinator which

7:37 ↗ should be coming on in a couple weeks

7:38 ↗ here and really build up that program in

7:41 ↗ terms of volunteer engagement for

7:42 ↗ stewards will be kind of owning

7:43 ↗ individual plots of forests and really

7:46 ↗ trying to improve the habitat there

7:48 ↗ um something I'm really excited and

7:49 ↗ passionate about too is to really build

7:51 ↗ the kind of education interpretive arm

7:53 ↗ in the city here as it relates to

7:55 ↗ forestry even more broadly natural

7:57 ↗ resources like I said how forests

7:58 ↗ connect to Salmon connect to water

8:00 ↗ quality connect to you know storm water

8:02 ↗ management all these things that are I

8:04 ↗ think really really cool when you start

8:05 ↗ kind of connecting the dots there so

8:07 ↗ I'll be working closely with the park

8:09 ↗ ranger a little bit of a plug here I'll

8:11 ↗ be leaving a restoration walk at

8:12 ↗ Pickering reach the sustainability Fair

8:14 ↗ on April 16th so really trying to figure

8:16 ↗ out programs that teach more about you

8:19 ↗ know the history of you know developing

8:20 ↗ the urban Forest here the restoration

8:22 ↗ efforts and obviously ways to engage

8:24 ↗ moving forward so

8:26 ↗ um

8:28 ↗ yeah uh the urban Forest management plan

8:31 ↗ will be a real big push here in the

8:32 ↗ first year so we're looking at doing a

8:34 ↗ request for qualifications to see what

8:36 ↗ firms might be able to support the

8:37 ↗ development of that plan

8:39 ↗ um so I'll be meeting with Jeff and Rick

8:41 ↗ here just a few days to really start

8:42 ↗ kind of mapping out timelines and

8:44 ↗ process there so I'm sure I'll be

8:45 ↗ meeting with you all and I think there's

8:47 ↗ a subcommittee that I'll be meeting with

8:49 ↗ force of you

8:51 ↗ um so we're looking forward to you know

8:53 ↗ presenting backs uh to this board I'm

8:55 ↗ sure several times but next time

8:57 ↗ a bunch of going on that here in the

8:59 ↗ near future

9:01 ↗ um yeah mentioned the Heritage tree

9:02 ↗ program I'm really interested in just

9:04 ↗ doing more tree mapping in general and

9:06 ↗ really looking at those as Assets in the

9:08 ↗ city here and having that as you know

9:09 ↗ publicly available as possible guided

9:12 ↗ tree walks all these things that you

9:13 ↗ know other places are doing them but I

9:14 ↗ think can be really really cool here in

9:16 ↗ Issaquah 2 so uh you know really this

9:18 ↗ first week has been kind of working on

9:19 ↗ that vision of this program with Rick I

9:22 ↗ think a lot of you know Matt meckler uh

9:23 ↗ you know people with Parks here and

9:25 ↗ really trying to see how we can tie you

9:27 ↗ know some of these areas of the city's

9:29 ↗ been working on for a while under this

9:30 ↗ Urban forest team kind of umbrella so

9:34 ↗ um I guess a little bit more just my

9:35 ↗ personal background I've my wife and I

9:37 ↗ have been living in Issaquah for about

9:38 ↗ four years now so in the community here

9:40 ↗ so it's a very passionate I am very

9:42 ↗ spoiled with about a two block walk-in

9:44 ↗ to work now so that's pretty pretty

9:45 ↗ amazing too

9:47 ↗ um mention the Mountainside time of the

9:49 ↗ mountains on Greenway trust before that

9:50 ↗ I got my master's degree in

9:52 ↗ environmental Horticulture from UW so a

9:54 ↗ lot of focus on botany forestry ecology

9:57 ↗ um and have been living in the Northwest

9:59 ↗ for about a decade so a little bit

10:01 ↗ before that I was working for city of

10:03 ↗ Mercer Island doing some Americorps

10:05 ↗ programs really learning cosmetic

10:06 ↗ Hands-On stewardship work originally

10:08 ↗ grew up outside of Chicago so I have

10:10 ↗ kind of Midwest connections prior to

10:11 ↗ very much making this home like I said

10:13 ↗ the last 10 or 12 years here living in

10:15 ↗ King County so

10:17 ↗ um

10:18 ↗ I don't know I could go on for a while I

10:20 ↗ you know I'm really excited to kind of

10:21 ↗ meet with folks here uh you know through

10:23 ↗ this board I want to be really available

10:25 ↗ for people that want to come chat learn

10:27 ↗ more about this program that keeps

10:28 ↗ developing so please please don't

10:30 ↗ hesitate to reach out individually too

10:31 ↗ if you want to talk uh more about you

10:34 ↗ know trees and our Parks here in

10:35 ↗ Issaquah

10:37 ↗ um and yeah just just really excited to

10:39 ↗ get to know people more and really build

10:41 ↗ this program and really highlight you

10:43 ↗ know these pretty amazing resources we

10:44 ↗ have in here and how we can continue to

10:46 ↗ kind of grow that that canopy and look

10:47 ↗ at all the benefits we have here in as a

10:49 ↗ club with that that Urban Forest so I'm

10:52 ↗ happy any questions or anything you guys

10:55 ↗ think I'm missing here I'm trying to

10:56 ↗ kind of cover some of the some of the

10:57 ↗ highlights but

10:59 ↗ comments

11:06 ↗ just wanted to have the chance that that

11:08 ↗ Dan come and introduce himself thank you

11:10 ↗ again just thrilled

11:12 ↗ um I look across the table here and see

11:14 ↗ Rick and Dan and I I I have to say I'm

11:17 ↗ I'm so appreciative of that your

11:21 ↗ advocacy as a park board over these over

11:23 ↗ these past couple years and certainly

11:25 ↗ the support of the mayor and Council but

11:27 ↗ to think was not that long ago park

11:29 ↗ operations team and I think the desires

11:32 ↗ of really doing Park maintenance and

11:34 ↗ park operations well in this town has

11:36 ↗ always been there but we didn't have a

11:38 ↗ park operations manager we didn't have

11:40 ↗ an arborist or an urban Forest uh

11:43 ↗ supervisor for a while and and to really

11:46 ↗ see

11:47 ↗ um those positions added if any of you I

11:51 ↗ think Mall do you know Matt meckler Matt

11:53 ↗ is our other as Dan mentioned our other

11:55 ↗ park operations supervisor

11:58 ↗ um

11:58 ↗ we really have a solid leadership team

12:00 ↗ within park operations now with with

12:02 ↗ Rick and his experience of overall Park

12:04 ↗ Ops Dan being the sort of Natural

12:07 ↗ Resources supervisor side and then that

12:10 ↗ being the the third piece of that

12:12 ↗ leadership team I'm just again thrilled

12:15 ↗ so

12:16 ↗ kudos to that team and thanks for all

12:19 ↗ your advocacy and and support and desire

12:22 ↗ to you want you want you want parks and

12:24 ↗ Open Spaces taken care of so

12:27 ↗ thank you

12:29 ↗ I've never been here I'm Rick still the

12:31 ↗ parts operations manager oh that's right

12:33 ↗ we yeah was it virtual

12:37 ↗ no no

12:38 ↗ the above none of this shame on me so

12:41 ↗ it's only been a year so all right

12:44 ↗ that's been here a year now Rick came to

12:46 ↗ us from the city of Tukwila if I can

12:49 ↗ tout on Rick a little bit knowing he

12:51 ↗ wasn't here maybe I gave this intro and

12:53 ↗ Rick wasn't but um

12:55 ↗ Rick served as director of Parks and

12:57 ↗ Recreation for the city of Tukwila for a

13:00 ↗ number of years about 10 years prior to

13:03 ↗ that um

13:04 ↗ as a vast array of experience in park

13:06 ↗ maintenance and I think professionally

13:08 ↗ amongst our state uh Parks and Rec

13:11 ↗ professional association rich is really

13:13 ↗ known for some of the work he's done in

13:15 ↗ the resource management program the

13:18 ↗ resource management school which is

13:19 ↗ really focused on on sort of the park

13:21 ↗ operations side of what we do and again

13:25 ↗ as we opened up that position and uh

13:28 ↗ Rick certainly showed his interest to

13:30 ↗ have someone of Rick's caliber and skill

13:33 ↗ come here and be part and really lead a

13:36 ↗ park maintenance team that's been um

13:38 ↗ really cool and and I hope all of you as

13:41 ↗ residents I really saw last summer some

13:44 ↗ of the some of the changes start to show

13:45 ↗ themselves in the maintenance

13:47 ↗ um and I I think this year we'll even

13:50 ↗ see it compounded even more and I don't

13:52 ↗ put that solely on I think it's a

13:53 ↗ maintenance team that's really

13:55 ↗ excited to do good work they want to

13:58 ↗ they want to Steward your parks and your

13:59 ↗ Trails really really well so

14:02 ↗ I apologize for that Rick no worries

14:07 ↗ you'll be seeing him again he'll come

14:09 ↗ back for more updates

14:11 ↗ yes yeah a little plug for our if you

14:15 ↗ remember our work plan Brian with the

14:16 ↗ recreation team will be coming about

14:18 ↗ twice a year to give Recreation updates

14:20 ↗ Rick will be back to give some of our

14:22 ↗ hard maintenance updates so

14:24 ↗ welcome thanks you guys pleasure thank

14:27 ↗ you thank you all for several Awards

14:30 ↗ great

14:30 ↗ I'm gonna move so you tissue can come up

14:36 ↗ all right uh so uh moving moving forward

14:39 ↗ to

14:40 ↗ um amendments to the rules and

14:41 ↗ regulations virtual attendance policy

14:54 ↗ hi everybody

14:56 ↗ um and I can confirm with croissanti

14:58 ↗ there are uh we have Nick uh Tim and

15:01 ↗ Brad their cameras on and we just can't

15:03 ↗ see them

15:05 ↗ um in this meeting room

15:06 ↗ um which I'm going to take a quick

15:08 ↗ moment to tell you we will be initiating

15:11 ↗ a transition to a different virtual

15:12 ↗ meeting system

15:14 ↗ um the equipment in this room is not

15:16 ↗ working well with uh WebEx our current

15:18 ↗ platform so me expecting a slightly

15:21 ↗ different virtual meeting invite for

15:22 ↗ future meetings

15:24 ↗ um so I'm Tisha Geezer I'm the city

15:26 ↗ clerk and I was here in November I

15:28 ↗ believe a few of you were unable to

15:29 ↗ attend that meeting

15:31 ↗ um but at that meeting I talked about

15:33 ↗ the city's virtual attendance policy so

15:36 ↗ we didn't have a virtual attendance

15:38 ↗ policy for most of any of our meetings

15:41 ↗ um prior to covid uh everyone functioned

15:44 ↗ quite well all virtually um during covid

15:46 ↗ but now uh we're back in person and uh

15:50 ↗ we had heard from uh individual boarding

15:54 ↗ commission members a desire to continue

15:55 ↗ to have the flexibility to attend

15:58 ↗ virtually so when I came in November I

16:01 ↗ kind of laid out the policy that I put

16:03 ↗ together at the mayor's Direction

16:05 ↗ um mayor feels really strongly that

16:07 ↗ having our boarding commission members

16:09 ↗ in a physical space together is

16:12 ↗ important to ensure Synergy to be

16:14 ↗ present when you have those more um

16:18 ↗ those meetings that may be attended by

16:21 ↗ more members of the public you know

16:23 ↗ tonight I realize there's there the room

16:25 ↗ is not full um by any means but we

16:28 ↗ expect with some of your future meetings

16:30 ↗ and projects that there might be people

16:32 ↗ coming out so uh as a as an overview the

16:37 ↗ policy and this remains unchanged in the

16:39 ↗ version I brought in November I'll go

16:41 ↗ over the minor changes in just a minute

16:43 ↗ but the policy would require that five

16:45 ↗ Park board members which is a quorum of

16:48 ↗ your board be in person for a meeting to

16:50 ↗ occur but anyone over those five so the

16:54 ↗ other four and your you have three

16:56 ↗ alternates I believe so the other seven

16:58 ↗ individuals could conceivably attend the

17:00 ↗ meeting virtually we still are strongly

17:03 ↗ encouraging in-person attendance and the

17:05 ↗ policy doesn't say

17:06 ↗ um you know the reasons for which you

17:09 ↗ can attend virtually so that can be you

17:12 ↗ know just your your own discretion but

17:14 ↗ with the understanding that it impacts

17:15 ↗ your other board members so if you're

17:17 ↗ someone who's attending virtually every

17:19 ↗ meeting that is putting more pressure on

17:22 ↗ the other board members to be there in

17:23 ↗ person so the meeting can occur

17:26 ↗ um so there's a there's a little bit of

17:27 ↗ just a board Dynamic that will be

17:29 ↗ created here and we have just some

17:31 ↗ respect from your fellow board members

17:32 ↗ in an effort to be fair

17:35 ↗ um and again we're hoping that you

17:36 ↗ primarily limit that virtual attendance

17:39 ↗ to times when it's difficult for you to

17:40 ↗ come in you might be traveling you might

17:42 ↗ be a little ill or have someone you need

17:44 ↗ to be looking after at home

17:46 ↗ um but we still want you to give your

17:48 ↗ full attention to the meeting and we

17:50 ↗ encourage you to request an excused

17:51 ↗ absence

17:53 ↗ um if you need one

17:54 ↗ so um the policy so at the November

17:57 ↗ meeting

17:58 ↗ um we talked about this a little bit and

18:00 ↗ a few of you expressed um you know

18:02 ↗ appreciation to be able to attend

18:04 ↗ virtually

18:05 ↗ um which is great and there was also a

18:06 ↗ request to be a little more flexible

18:09 ↗ with the reasons I think I had shared

18:10 ↗ with you you were wanting to be

18:12 ↗ a little more restrictive about those

18:14 ↗ allowed reasons for not attending in

18:17 ↗ person that is those reasons aren't in

18:19 ↗ this policy again we're all adults and

18:23 ↗ so um if people can use discretion and

18:25 ↗ when they might request that

18:28 ↗ um we also this version before each may

18:30 ↗ also softens the requirements we were

18:33 ↗ asking for a five-day advance notice and

18:37 ↗ that you'd have to sort of get

18:38 ↗ permission from staff and you've kind of

18:40 ↗ softened that so we are asking that you

18:43 ↗ um reach out to um Jeff and hisanthi in

18:46 ↗ advance if you are planning to attend

18:48 ↗ virtually so they can kind of Monitor

18:49 ↗ and make sure you're gonna have the five

18:51 ↗ people here so the meeting can occur

18:53 ↗ um but we're we are just planning to

18:56 ↗ have every regular meeting so every

18:57 ↗ meeting that's held in this room on this

19:00 ↗ fourth Monday to have that virtual

19:02 ↗ option so we will be offering that

19:04 ↗ regardless of any of you attend

19:06 ↗ virtually so the public has that

19:08 ↗ um option so the policy was modified to

19:11 ↗ kind of lighten up on that piece a

19:13 ↗ little bit and then there was some input

19:15 ↗ received there are a couple things that

19:17 ↗ that didn't totally align with your

19:19 ↗ practice like

19:20 ↗ um for example I think the the rules

19:22 ↗ said that uh alternate members would be

19:25 ↗ notified in advance if there was going

19:27 ↗ to be an absent regular member and it

19:29 ↗ sounds like that hasn't been happening

19:30 ↗ so that change was made

19:33 ↗ from the November version and I think

19:35 ↗ that that's about it

19:39 ↗ um

19:40 ↗ and so just as a reminder the alternate

19:42 ↗ section now says that

19:45 ↗ um if a regular member is absent from a

19:48 ↗ meeting then the uh alternates who fill

19:51 ↗ in for the missing regular member will

19:53 ↗ rotate based on seniority

19:55 ↗ um and if somebody will help keep track

19:57 ↗ of that to the best of her ability and

20:00 ↗ it um if if she's unsure the group can

20:03 ↗ sort of just just navigate that I think

20:06 ↗ we actually might need to navigate that

20:08 ↗ before I'm voting on this tonight so

20:10 ↗ tonight I'm looking for

20:12 ↗ um I'm hoping for uh your someone is

20:16 ↗ willing to make a motion to approve

20:17 ↗ these changes and I'll embed them in

20:20 ↗ your Park board rules and regulations

20:22 ↗ and get that website updated and then

20:24 ↗ these can be distributed to any new

20:26 ↗ members I expect you may have some new

20:28 ↗ members

20:29 ↗ um in May when the the terms turn over

20:32 ↗ so with that I'm here if you have any

20:33 ↗ specific questions or changes I believe

20:36 ↗ you have one member who has a few

20:37 ↗ potential changes to discuss

20:40 ↗ thank you yeah should we motion it first

20:43 ↗ and second to the floor before we just

20:46 ↗ get into discussion

20:48 ↗ that excuse me point of order

20:52 ↗ I think maybe you have the discussion

20:55 ↗ prior to to approving it and see if

20:58 ↗ there's any true pleasure I mean

21:02 ↗ yeah I think we'll discuss discuss it

21:05 ↗ James first and then in the yellow

21:06 ↗ dimension

21:10 ↗ uh Brad

21:13 ↗ uh thanks Zach and thanks Tisha it looks

21:16 ↗ like this is much better than the last

21:18 ↗ time we've looked at it

21:20 ↗ um I appreciate your

21:23 ↗ willingness to compromise

21:25 ↗ um the only issue I guess that I have

21:27 ↗ with the way it's written is the

21:31 ↗ five people in person to create a quorum

21:35 ↗ I see that as being

21:37 ↗ a pure administrative challenge

21:40 ↗ um and I suppose that may end up on

21:42 ↗ asanti's plate I'm not sure but um you

21:46 ↗ know like for instance tonight if if my

21:49 ↗ numbers are right you don't actually

21:51 ↗ have five people there in person

21:54 ↗ uh I count four is that correct or is

21:57 ↗ that yeah

22:05 ↗ well I guess the thing is is that um

22:08 ↗ a lot of times like in our last meeting

22:11 ↗ for instance

22:12 ↗ um there were a few board members that

22:15 ↗ didn't that didn't show up and didn't

22:18 ↗ ask for an excuse and so you never

22:21 ↗ really know how many you're going to

22:23 ↗ have until the meeting happens

22:26 ↗ and uh if it comes down to a point of

22:29 ↗ communication prior to the meeting to

22:31 ↗ determine if you're going to have five

22:33 ↗ people there in person that's going to

22:36 ↗ be a lot of communication issues and

22:38 ↗ maybe scrambling at the last minute and

22:41 ↗ so I guess I just see that as being a

22:44 ↗ potential

22:45 ↗ a potential issue that you that you may

22:47 ↗ have certainly more than five people

22:49 ↗ attending with the amount of people that

22:51 ↗ are virtual

22:53 ↗ but it may come down to like our last

22:56 ↗ meeting where we didn't have five people

22:58 ↗ in person and there wouldn't necessarily

23:01 ↗ be any way of knowing that until the

23:03 ↗ last minute that that was going to

23:04 ↗ happen

23:05 ↗ so I I guess that's to me that's the

23:09 ↗ challenge of of how to communicate that

23:12 ↗ out to assure that you're going to have

23:13 ↗ five people in person for meetings

23:18 ↗ thank you Brad uh Tim

23:28 ↗ thank you yeah and I appreciate

23:29 ↗ revamping it and trying to find a

23:31 ↗ compromise that's going to work for

23:33 ↗ everyone and I'm going to Echo some of

23:34 ↗ Brad's comments uh again uh tonight

23:38 ↗ so

23:39 ↗ the requirement you know of having the

23:42 ↗ people in the room you know I understand

23:44 ↗ the spirit behind it but you know I can

23:47 ↗ think of uh examples whether it be

23:50 ↗ weather or you know a new viral outbreak

23:54 ↗ or what have you that could keep people

23:56 ↗ from attending in person

24:00 ↗ to take people online and so does that

24:02 ↗ mean you don't meet you you know you

24:04 ↗ can't hold the meeting because you don't

24:06 ↗ have the five people in the room you

24:09 ↗ know let's say even if it's a snowstorm

24:12 ↗ so thinking that uh

24:14 ↗ a strict requirement as it sounds uh

24:19 ↗ I understand the spirit behind it I just

24:22 ↗ wonder about it being cumbersome

24:24 ↗ um and the way that we uh

24:29 ↗ salt maybe more I just hate to see Park

24:32 ↗ business not get done when you have

24:34 ↗ people online willing to go forward but

24:37 ↗ you don't have enough people in the room

24:40 ↗ um

24:41 ↗ well the answer I haven't thought about

24:43 ↗ it too much but I do see this particular

24:45 ↗ issue so I'll sit there thank you

24:48 ↗ thank you Tom Danielle

24:54 ↗ um well first of all I understand the

24:57 ↗ the concern about requiring five people

25:00 ↗ but I also I do want to be sensitive to

25:03 ↗ the fact that there are times when our

25:05 ↗ parkour has meetings that are really

25:07 ↗ well attended and those happen

25:11 ↗ um especially when there's a point of

25:13 ↗ controversy or something that that our

25:17 ↗ community really cares about and it

25:19 ↗ would put

25:21 ↗ um the five people who are in the room

25:22 ↗ at

25:24 ↗ um

25:27 ↗ uh uh in an odd word position I think if

25:31 ↗ there are

25:32 ↗ um

25:33 ↗ you know six people or however many

25:36 ↗ people we have like virtually it like

25:38 ↗ those people

25:39 ↗ okay

25:41 ↗ it wouldn't be the same as being present

25:44 ↗ in the room with a room full of

25:46 ↗ community members and I've sat through

25:48 ↗ some of those meetings and you know they

25:50 ↗ can be uncomfortable and

25:53 ↗ um I don't know just

25:55 ↗ to me I would hate to have like two Park

25:57 ↗ members here in person and a room full

26:00 ↗ of community members

26:03 ↗ um I just think that wouldn't wouldn't

26:05 ↗ be good so I understand uh the reason

26:08 ↗ that we would want to do that

26:10 ↗ and then I have a couple of specific

26:12 ↗ comments but I don't know if we want to

26:14 ↗ if there are other comments just to kind

26:17 ↗ of Bounce Around

26:21 ↗ does anyone have anything

26:23 ↗ to say before Danielle would make

26:25 ↗ additional comments

26:27 ↗ there's a specific conversation so all

26:30 ↗ right suggested I have a few suggested

26:32 ↗ audits I don't know if we can pull up

26:33 ↗ the are you able to pull out the

26:37 ↗ document

26:44 ↗ excellent

26:51 ↗ oh and you know it's there

26:54 ↗ um again this is this is the issue we're

26:56 ↗ having which is why we will be um

26:59 ↗ moving away from the WebEx meeting

27:01 ↗ virtual attendees can see my screen

27:04 ↗ um probably in the room camera yeah

27:08 ↗ um something we could

27:09 ↗ um you're hosting the meeting on your

27:11 ↗ laptop we could try having a meeting

27:13 ↗ room leave and rejoin sometimes that

27:16 ↗ kind of

27:18 ↗ playing again well we have a lot of

27:20 ↗ people with laptops some here are you

27:21 ↗ guys have a cola uh pull up the

27:23 ↗ documents

27:28 ↗ okay I think I have exactly six I hope

27:31 ↗ on page and everybody on the all right

27:35 ↗ yeah

27:41 ↗ anyone not need one I don't know you're

27:44 ↗ good

27:47 ↗ thank you for printing

27:50 ↗ [Applause]

27:52 ↗ okay I have four suggestions

27:57 ↗ um the first one being in section one in

28:00 ↗ the new language

28:02 ↗ yeah

28:03 ↗ I I would suggest that we and if even

28:07 ↗ their regular beans the city is

28:09 ↗ committing to do them have a virtual

28:12 ↗ option

28:13 ↗ um we just you don't know like if

28:15 ↗ something is going to go wrong with that

28:17 ↗ at some point and so I would say that

28:20 ↗ the regular meeting's may also include a

28:22 ↗ virtual option

28:24 ↗ and then I would replace a remaining

28:27 ↗ portion of the sentence to say in

28:28 ↗ accordance with Section six

28:30 ↗ which is where we actually talk about

28:32 ↗ the virtual option

28:38 ↗ um

28:40 ↗ my second suggestion would be in section

28:44 ↗ six so switch to sentences

28:47 ↗ Danielle yes can I can I make a

28:50 ↗ suggestion yes of the chair I wonder if

28:52 ↗ we might see if there's any objection to

28:55 ↗ these changes as we go through that

28:56 ↗ individually before moving to the next

28:58 ↗ one is that that's okay sure okay

29:02 ↗ any any objections to uh the the first

29:08 ↗ um suggestion that Danielle had with

29:11 ↗ regards to uh including the section six

29:15 ↗ as stated in section six

29:17 ↗ and also to just switch will to May

29:21 ↗ yes

29:25 ↗ I'm not seeing any any objections

29:30 ↗ yeah I have a little of objection only

29:33 ↗ in the sense that not you know I see

29:35 ↗ what

29:36 ↗ um Danielle's talking about here but I

29:39 ↗ think we need if we're going to move

29:41 ↗ down the path of hybrid meetings I think

29:43 ↗ we need to make it more specific as will

29:47 ↗ reflects rather than may I I think we're

29:50 ↗ gonna you know we're gonna have uh you

29:51 ↗ know we're going to have staff people

29:53 ↗ we're going to have vendors we're going

29:54 ↗ to have people from the public

29:57 ↗ and so I I think if we're going to

30:00 ↗ introduce a hybrid model that that we

30:04 ↗ need to say that in the rules and

30:06 ↗ regulations that there will be

30:09 ↗ um a virtual attendance option not may I

30:14 ↗ mean that's the way I see it

30:20 ↗ ah Nicholas

30:25 ↗ here here

30:27 ↗ thank you Brad

30:33 ↗ okay I can we can retract that I my

30:36 ↗ thought

30:37 ↗ um is why I was suggesting it was one is

30:39 ↗ that things do change and so if you have

30:42 ↗ a built-in flexibility then you're not

30:44 ↗ in a position where you're not um

30:48 ↗ not in compliance with your rules but

30:50 ↗ also that in section six it outlines

30:54 ↗ um kind of when you may or may not have

30:56 ↗ a meeting so

30:58 ↗ um it already says in there that if

31:00 ↗ virtual medium personal meaning platform

31:03 ↗ and equipment needs are available at the

31:05 ↗ scheduled meeting time and location

31:06 ↗ members May attend the meeting virtually

31:10 ↗ provided a quorum you know we'll attend

31:12 ↗ so my thought was that the requirements

31:16 ↗ are already in there but

31:18 ↗ how about we just change it to will with

31:20 ↗ best efforts

31:22 ↗ then we're kind of covered like we tried

31:24 ↗ every effort due to technical reasons or

31:26 ↗ not we just can't have a virtual meeting

31:27 ↗ today

31:31 ↗ any objection to David's

31:34 ↗ uh Amendment to the

31:38 ↗ will with best efforts Tim

31:42 ↗ I think you just clarify added

31:44 ↗ understanding understanding what he what

31:47 ↗ he said could you just type that in

31:55 ↗ so I think it would say regular meetings

31:59 ↗ will

32:01 ↗ oh let's see here let's let's hit this

32:03 ↗ right maybe

32:05 ↗ um

32:13 ↗ best best efforts will be made to

32:18 ↗ see here sorry I think it was regular

32:21 ↗ means well comma with best efforts also

32:25 ↗ include okay

32:27 ↗ yeah best efforts is usually okay

32:32 ↗ will of God kind of thing okay

32:35 ↗ this is what it was

32:39 ↗ [Laughter]

32:46 ↗ and then

32:48 ↗ I guess we'll restate the so regular

32:52 ↗ meetings will will invest after it's

32:54 ↗ also include a virtual attendance option

32:55 ↗ using virtual meeting software as

32:57 ↗ outlined in section six

32:59 ↗ and I believe it actually should be this

33:02 ↗ it's article three section six yeah okay

33:05 ↗ so then um yeah if we could just see if

33:07 ↗ there's any uh objection to this new

33:10 ↗ wording

33:11 ↗ okay uh any any objections to the new uh

33:15 ↗ wording

33:17 ↗ which is adding will with best efforts

33:22 ↗ uh Nicholas

33:27 ↗ yep thank you again

33:28 ↗ um

33:29 ↗ I don't think that is any more clear to

33:32 ↗ me just

33:33 ↗ make the statement that I don't know how

33:34 ↗ you measure like best efforts

33:38 ↗ or by whose measurement

33:40 ↗ um

33:41 ↗ that's all

33:42 ↗ and one objection I don't mean doesn't

33:44 ↗ mean we can't move forward

33:49 ↗ thank you

33:53 ↗ okay Tim

34:02 ↗ yes Tim

34:11 ↗ okay

34:13 ↗ yeah but yeah I'm just I'm kind of

34:16 ↗ agreeing with the kind of being soft

34:19 ↗ language and I'm wondering if it

34:22 ↗ something like it will include a virtual

34:25 ↗ attendance option dot in accordance with

34:28 ↗ artery section six whenever technically

34:32 ↗ feasible or technically available so

34:34 ↗ basically the only reason you don't do

34:36 ↗ it is if the electronics are down

34:40 ↗ so that kind of takes defines what best

34:44 ↗ efforts is just saying whenever

34:46 ↗ technically uh available

34:49 ↗ yeah

34:53 ↗ okay uh thank you thank you trying to

34:56 ↗ give a loophole case you know the the

34:59 ↗ electronic version is not available that

35:01 ↗ there's people in the room

35:04 ↗ okay so I think

35:07 ↗ what I'm hearing you say is adding

35:09 ↗ um uh further clarification to the with

35:12 ↗ best efforts

35:14 ↗ perhaps a a parentheses when

35:17 ↗ when uh

35:20 ↗ when possible from

35:24 ↗ technological standpoint is that

35:29 ↗ great

35:31 ↗ I'm trying to just get a little more

35:33 ↗ clarity on it as was suggested in terms

35:35 ↗ of best efforts is kind of a soft

35:39 ↗ um description what does that mean

35:43 ↗ um

35:43 ↗ so

35:45 ↗ yeah just trying to tighten it up

35:49 ↗ I think Daniel section six does

35:52 ↗ talk about that so it says if virtual

35:55 ↗ meaning medium platform and what minions

35:57 ↗ are available the scheduled meeting time

35:59 ↗ and location

36:01 ↗ members May attend the meeting virtually

36:03 ↗ so the way that I read this is if we

36:07 ↗ reference section six that

36:09 ↗ that is the you know if it's available

36:12 ↗ at the time and location then we can

36:16 ↗ have a virtual meeting

36:20 ↗ thank you Daniel

36:21 ↗ the the with best efforts is then

36:25 ↗ clarified in

36:26 ↗ that section three section six I think

36:29 ↗ if you reference article three section

36:31 ↗ six you'll you get to that language

36:34 ↗ is everyone okay with the

36:38 ↗ um adding the reference for article 3

36:40 ↗ section 6 to to clarify the best efforts

36:44 ↗ as a definition

36:46 ↗ okay

36:48 ↗ um and of course if we see anyone

36:50 ↗ objecting we can take a vote over this

36:52 ↗ if

36:56 ↗ um can we just take a boat or do we need

36:59 ↗ I mean because there's been a little bit

37:00 ↗ of conversation you know um so it might

37:04 ↗ be best to uh take a vote on this

37:08 ↗ wording and then um

37:11 ↗ if it fails someone can offer something

37:13 ↗ else and if not then we'll move to the

37:14 ↗ next one okay um I guess I'm prepared to

37:18 ↗ make a motion then so regular meetings

37:20 ↗ will

37:21 ↗ uh

37:22 ↗ regular meetings will with best efforts

37:25 ↗ also include a virtual attendance option

37:27 ↗ using virtual meeting software as

37:29 ↗ outlined in article 3 section six

37:33 ↗ um do you need Alternatives or

37:36 ↗ alternates uh or not yes um so we have

37:40 ↗ two regular members not attending so

37:42 ↗ both alternates please vote okay so

37:45 ↗ everyone uh in in favor of that

37:47 ↗ notification uh please raise your health

37:50 ↗ second until we have a second and then

37:51 ↗ yeah

37:52 ↗ should we read through Section six real

37:55 ↗ quick just to make sure we all know what

37:57 ↗ we're including here

38:02 ↗ oh sure okay

38:05 ↗ um so I will read section six as well I

38:09 ↗ did have a suggested change in sections

38:11 ↗ next year when I okay we we need to kind

38:14 ↗ of handle this motion so

38:18 ↗ we should go ahead and

38:20 ↗ okay well even though people need just a

38:23 ↗ minute to read that that's fine okay uh

38:26 ↗ so uh by all means take a moment to read

38:28 ↗ uh section six uh Chris uh second into

38:30 ↗ motion and then uh once everyone's had

38:33 ↗ adequate time to read section six we'll

38:34 ↗ take a vote

38:36 ↗ um

38:39 ↗ we're taking a vote on that one revision

38:42 ↗ yeah yes first revision

38:44 ↗ um so take a minute to read section six

38:46 ↗ and then we'll take the vote at uh 7 41.

38:52 ↗ thank you

38:55 ↗ if you scroll down a little bit I can't

38:58 ↗ see all of it at least from my end yes

39:08 ↗ I can't fit the whole section in the

39:11 ↗ screen Tim I'm sorry but

39:17 ↗ tell me when you're ready and I'll move

39:19 ↗ it down

39:23 ↗ okay yeah right looks like a lot of it

39:25 ↗ has been struck is that actual those

39:28 ↗ strikethroughs is that actual

39:30 ↗ foreign

39:35 ↗ basically simplified that section pretty

39:37 ↗ significantly after your November

39:39 ↗ meeting so that's the straightfood we're

39:42 ↗ showing the previous language

39:46 ↗ okay

40:24 ↗ all right is everyone had adequate time

40:26 ↗ to read through Section six

40:29 ↗ goodness okay um I do see Brads and

40:34 ↗ yeah I just wanted to clarify that one

40:36 ↗ comment at the end there now you've

40:38 ↗ scrolled back up I can't see it but

40:40 ↗ where it actually says that if it

40:42 ↗ if a member can't be present that's

40:45 ↗ virtual the meeting

40:47 ↗ must stand in recess so I'm assuming

40:49 ↗ that language is only in the event that

40:51 ↗ it's a total virtual meeting and not a

40:54 ↗ hybrid is that why that comment is there

41:01 ↗ um

41:03 ↗ I'm trying to decide this is a little

41:05 ↗ outside the scope of the

41:07 ↗ um the amendment that we're talking

41:08 ↗ about this moment

41:10 ↗ um but I'm happy to go ahead and answer

41:13 ↗ that so

41:15 ↗ um

41:18 ↗ so say this situation is only going to

41:21 ↗ be if you have so there's a there's a

41:24 ↗ caveat in this policy that says if you

41:26 ↗ have two or more vacancies on the board

41:28 ↗ then you don't have to meet that five

41:31 ↗ individuals in person this happens

41:32 ↗ sometimes people move they resign for

41:35 ↗ various reasons and we we want the park

41:38 ↗ board to be able to continue meeting and

41:39 ↗ doing their business so

41:41 ↗ under number three if you have if you

41:44 ↗ have more than two vacancies on the

41:45 ↗ board and so you say you only have three

41:47 ↗ person in the meeting room that night

41:49 ↗ but you have three people virtually then

41:53 ↗ the meeting can go along but if the

41:55 ↗ power goes out or we lose our three

41:58 ↗ virtual attendees the meeting has to

42:00 ↗ just stop you know you've got to always

42:01 ↗ have five

42:03 ↗ um most primarily in person but in those

42:06 ↗ circumstances combination of virtual and

42:08 ↗ in person for a meeting to go on so

42:10 ↗ that's what that's

42:13 ↗ speaking thanks Tisha

42:16 ↗ okay so all all in favor of the

42:20 ↗ um amended language

42:22 ↗ um

42:23 ↗ raise your hand

42:30 ↗ and I believe that's at least six seven

42:33 ↗ eight

42:34 ↗ eight in favor so all right passes nine

42:41 ↗ okay

42:42 ↗ um

42:43 ↗ and then I believe uh Danielle he's had

42:45 ↗ a specific comment to session six yes so

42:49 ↗ in section six in the first paragraph

42:51 ↗ the new paragraph

42:54 ↗ um

42:55 ↗ uh let's see here the

42:58 ↗ I would suggest swapping two sentences

43:01 ↗ the one that says members must notify

43:03 ↗ staff in advance of their intention to

43:05 ↗ attend virtually and move that down past

43:09 ↗ the following sentence sentence which

43:11 ↗ says an exception may be made to this

43:13 ↗ requirement

43:14 ↗ because that was confusing to me when I

43:16 ↗ was reading what the requirement was I

43:19 ↗ think it it was intended to

43:22 ↗ speak to the previous owners

43:27 ↗ I don't know if that makes sense or not

43:29 ↗ but it's not a substantive change it's

43:31 ↗ just swapping two sentences okay

43:34 ↗ um

43:34 ↗ so that

43:37 ↗ um because it's the exception

43:39 ↗ um the requirement I think is that

43:44 ↗ um five people attended the meeting in

43:46 ↗ person

43:47 ↗ he's like is that the antenna yeah so

43:50 ↗ okay

43:52 ↗ um and it's the uh Brenda's hand

44:00 ↗ [Music]

44:06 ↗ okay

44:08 ↗ um all right um Brenda

44:10 ↗ I'm sorry that's not on purpose

44:14 ↗ okay

44:15 ↗ thank you all right so all in favor or

44:18 ↗ do we have a um second the motion flip

44:22 ↗ the sentences or do we need to restate

44:24 ↗ this yeah no you can have a second and

44:26 ↗ then and then maybe just ask if there's

44:28 ↗ any objection if there's no objection to

44:29 ↗ that change a vote is completed okay any

44:32 ↗ objections to modifying the positioning

44:34 ↗ of the sentences within section six

44:39 ↗ doesn't there have any objections so

44:42 ↗ another one okay sorry okay

44:47 ↗ um and uh Tisha maybe you can this is a

44:50 ↗ point of clarification for so for the

44:51 ↗ next sentence or the section of the

44:53 ↗ alternative members it says amending

44:56 ↗ article 3 section six but I thought the

44:58 ↗ other one was or we're adding

45:02 ↗ an article through Section six is that

45:04 ↗ what you're yeah is that are we talking

45:06 ↗ about the correct article yeah let me

45:09 ↗ check here

45:14 ↗ and while she's talking about that um

45:16 ↗ the language that I would suggest adding

45:18 ↗ is in the new paragraph it says each

45:21 ↗ year beginning May 1st to correspond to

45:24 ↗ the new term the selection of the

45:25 ↗ alternate

45:27 ↗ alternate will begin I think it should

45:30 ↗ say the selection of the alternate to

45:33 ↗ serve as a regular member will begin

45:35 ↗ with the alternate who has served along

45:37 ↗ us on the board

45:39 ↗ because we're not really selecting an

45:41 ↗ alternate but you're either just

45:43 ↗ figuring out who's going to serve as a

45:45 ↗ regular member

45:46 ↗ or Vote or I don't know what the right

45:49 ↗ terminology is

45:50 ↗ and

45:51 ↗ um Danielle I confirmed that so the new

45:54 ↗ section 6 is the new section six so

45:57 ↗ um that this is referring to the current

45:58 ↗ section six which will become section

46:01 ↗ seven so that is correct

46:03 ↗ um and can you restate the change so I

46:06 ↗ can put it on screen first so after it

46:08 ↗ says the selection of the alternate the

46:10 ↗ first in that first sentence

46:12 ↗ um just adding to serve as a regular

46:14 ↗ member

46:19 ↗ victory in a meeting Maybe

46:27 ↗ I'll second the uh additional the new

46:31 ↗ language

46:33 ↗ um any objections to adding

46:37 ↗ that there will be to serve as a regular

46:40 ↗ member after alternate to clarify that

46:43 ↗ language in in section six with regards

46:46 ↗ to Alternative members

46:51 ↗ doesn't look like there's any objections

46:53 ↗ to that modification either okay that

46:56 ↗ was it for me okay great thanks Danielle

46:58 ↗ any other

46:59 ↗ um

47:00 ↗ comments questions suggestions with

47:04 ↗ regards to uh the new

47:07 ↗ um the new policies for personal

47:09 ↗ attendance

47:12 ↗ and back to clarify we we just addressed

47:15 ↗ those minor amendments but um we will

47:17 ↗ eventually need someone to move to adopt

47:20 ↗ the whole

47:21 ↗ the whole policy update which

47:23 ↗ incorporates those changes yeah

47:26 ↗ I'm not sure if anyone has that handy

47:31 ↗ and working on the

47:36 ↗ stuff

47:39 ↗ the motion is

47:50 ↗ okay uh Brad sorry

47:54 ↗ ah the trials and tribulations of

47:57 ↗ creating a hybrid model

47:59 ↗ it'll all be over with someday you know

48:01 ↗ so I don't know that I still have seen

48:04 ↗ any real comments to clarify that the

48:06 ↗ point that I was making earlier about

48:09 ↗ how to properly administer to assure

48:12 ↗ that we're always going to have five

48:14 ↗ people in person

48:16 ↗ and I'm not sure this language actually

48:19 ↗ uh you know really addresses that issue

48:23 ↗ so so let's talk about how how are we

48:26 ↗ going to administer to make sure that

48:29 ↗ we're always going to have five people

48:30 ↗ in person

48:34 ↗ I've got a couple thoughts on that

48:36 ↗ um great question Brad you know I think

48:39 ↗ as a I don't know that the policy itself

48:41 ↗ needs to determine how we operationalize

48:44 ↗ that so I would suggest that it really

48:47 ↗ is looking at Park board rules and

48:50 ↗ regulations and how we want to do that I

48:52 ↗ would I guess offer a suggestion that

48:55 ↗ you know as as staff we would want to

48:58 ↗ work with the parkour chair and

48:59 ↗ determine a method with which you all

49:03 ↗ are communicating

49:06 ↗ to sort of identify or provide Assurance

49:10 ↗ of who's able to make it in person for

49:13 ↗ any any given month but I think that's a

49:16 ↗ that's a practice that we can put into

49:19 ↗ into action that doesn't necessarily

49:21 ↗ need to be prescribed in the policy

49:26 ↗ I agree

49:29 ↗ great thanks thanks Jeff subscribe uh

49:33 ↗ 10.

49:34 ↗ [Music]

49:36 ↗ thank you yeah I just before we like go

49:39 ↗ to approving

49:41 ↗ everything here it would I'd like to see

49:44 ↗ a clean copy without all the track

49:46 ↗ changes and everything just to kind of

49:48 ↗ glance through I don't know if we can do

49:49 ↗ that tonight but it's it's

49:52 ↗ hard for me to look at a

49:55 ↗ it's all the track changes in there and

49:57 ↗ really follow the flow of the document

49:58 ↗ and see if it's if it's really

50:02 ↗ dating what we're intending for it to

50:04 ↗ stay and

50:07 ↗ you know just at a higher level and I

50:09 ↗ realize this may be coming down from the

50:11 ↗ mayor's office about wanting people to

50:13 ↗ get back together but there's sort of an

50:15 ↗ energy about well we really need to be

50:17 ↗ in the room and I just want to stay

50:20 ↗ there's lots of companies that do

50:22 ↗ virtual business

50:24 ↗ five days a week uh every day of the

50:26 ↗ work week uh all the time and get things

50:29 ↗ done to have

50:31 ↗ sort of the uh the back pressure for a

50:34 ↗ meeting of a bunch of volunteers to get

50:37 ↗ together once a month and have it be in

50:39 ↗ person

50:41 ↗ I don't necessarily agree with that sort

50:44 ↗ of

50:45 ↗ uh point of emphasis uh a lot gets done

50:49 ↗ virtually now uh the world has shifted

50:52 ↗ and I just wanted to put that out there

50:54 ↗ for the record thank you

50:58 ↗ thanks Tim

51:06 ↗ Okay so

51:09 ↗ um it seems that we'll have to do this

51:12 ↗ in a future meeting then to

51:17 ↗ adopt this so can we not vote on this

51:21 ↗ again I mean if let's take a boat to see

51:24 ↗ who if more of us agreeing or or not so

51:29 ↗ that way we don't keep so you can take

51:31 ↗ action tonight okay

51:36 ↗ um

51:36 ↗ okay

51:42 ↗ so anyone second the motion on pegging a

51:45 ↗ vote

51:46 ↗ I'll second it has it been emotion yeah

51:49 ↗ just as confirmative is that an option

51:53 ↗ I move to amend the park board rules and

51:55 ↗ regulations by adopting amendments to

51:56 ↗ article three section one regular

51:58 ↗ meeting section six alternate members

52:00 ↗ Section 8 rules of meetings and add a

52:02 ↗ new section of virtual attendance as

52:03 ↗ proposed

52:06 ↗ great okay uh so we will take a vote on

52:11 ↗ um adopting the policy so all in favor

52:14 ↗ uh raise your hands sure excuse me so

52:17 ↗ there should be and one more opportunity

52:19 ↗ for discussion okay

52:23 ↗ does that motion as proposed include

52:26 ↗ corporate the changes that we've made

52:28 ↗ earlier okay

52:31 ↗ uncomfortable moving forward okay any

52:36 ↗ any other discussion yeah

52:43 ↗ okay doesn't appear

52:45 ↗ to be okay uh Tim

52:48 ↗ okay just to try to get it all put

52:50 ↗ together you can in word you can go in

52:52 ↗ and look at it a final version you click

52:55 ↗ a button it'll take all the track

52:56 ↗ changes out if we just scroll through

52:59 ↗ that couple of paragraphs with all the

53:01 ↗ track changes taken out real quickly I'd

53:03 ↗ be fine I just

53:05 ↗ don't like proving things it's got

53:07 ↗ strikethroughs and this and that and the

53:09 ↗ other thing making sure I know what I'm

53:10 ↗ voting on so it would only take a second

53:13 ↗ you push a button and we scroll through

53:14 ↗ it and that would certainly make me

53:17 ↗ thank you

53:19 ↗ is trying to I have that up Tim so just

53:23 ↗ um

53:25 ↗ cue me when you want me to move down the

53:28 ↗ screen yeah since we can't see it Tim

53:31 ↗ just let us know can you see that

53:36 ↗ yes I can see it

53:38 ↗ okay

53:46 ↗ okay I'm good on that

53:49 ↗ okay thank you Tim okay

53:56 ↗ this is a joy of hybrid when we actually

53:57 ↗ can't see each other right

54:10 ↗ okay I'm good further down

54:14 ↗ what is the new technology going to be

54:17 ↗ Microsoft teams okay yeah

54:24 ↗ please better do something free

54:26 ↗ it's well the the tech in this room is a

54:30 ↗ their Microsoft products they're

54:32 ↗ designed to be used with teams and so

54:34 ↗ they're they've started to become

54:36 ↗ Persnickety with WebEx

54:39 ↗ in the last few weeks yeah definitely

54:42 ↗ they run updates and there's so many

54:44 ↗ compatibility so I I apologize for the

54:46 ↗ disruptions here this meeting and last

54:48 ↗ week last month's meeting

54:55 ↗ yeah I I think I'm fine I just I've got

54:59 ↗ scars for my professional life of a

55:01 ↗ contract that got approved like this for

55:03 ↗ the government and ended up coming back

55:04 ↗ and haunting us for two years so because

55:07 ↗ of some wording that wasn't caught so

55:11 ↗ um thank you for bearing with me

55:14 ↗ I don't know appreciate you asking Tim

55:17 ↗ thanks Tim okay

55:20 ↗ um so uh all in favor

55:24 ↗ um raise your hand

55:28 ↗ [Music]

55:30 ↗ all right

55:33 ↗ it's like

55:35 ↗ yeah we had seven I believe

55:40 ↗ actually nine okay

55:44 ↗ did we not see

55:47 ↗ I don't I think I only saw

55:50 ↗ right but I wasn't I was also looking

55:53 ↗ around I didn't see Nick but we can we

55:56 ↗ can ask Nick if he'd like to vote and if

55:58 ↗ he's a yes or no

56:01 ↗ I'm saying

56:03 ↗ okay

56:06 ↗ and there's brand of now voting or she

56:09 ↗ did both Brenda Brad and Tim online okay

56:12 ↗ yes another one

56:16 ↗ great

56:20 ↗ Brenda just confirming is that a handout

56:22 ↗ question nope

56:26 ↗ and uh um I actually wish I could get

56:29 ↗ the rules open right now I actually

56:31 ↗ think that Park Board will state that an

56:33 ↗ abstention counts as a yes vote so

56:36 ↗ interesting just that's interesting

56:52 ↗ so

56:56 ↗ oh yes if a member does not vote such

56:59 ↗ member shall be determined to have voted

57:00 ↗ yes at the time the vote is taken so

57:03 ↗ um that's another aspect of the rule

57:06 ↗ something the group could change in the

57:08 ↗ future but

57:09 ↗ um

57:10 ↗ an abstention is considered Esco

57:13 ↗ okay

57:19 ↗ all right so I think the policies have

57:22 ↗ been adopted then so

57:24 ↗ um moving on to the six year CIP update

57:28 ↗ okay that's great Zach thanks and and

57:31 ↗ thank Tisha thank you for just your work

57:33 ↗ and and helping and making those changes

57:36 ↗ Danielle your suggestions just the

57:37 ↗ discussion

57:39 ↗ um you know as as staff has something

57:43 ↗ and I remain committed to make hybrid

57:45 ↗ work whether it's WebEx I'm glad to see

57:48 ↗ WebEx and maybe going away

57:50 ↗ um and I just I guess further recognize

57:54 ↗ um we want to make sure Park Board fits

57:56 ↗ in your busy lives

57:59 ↗ and not only the meetings ironically

58:02 ↗ having two additional meetings these

58:04 ↗ last two months we we know this

58:06 ↗ represents a commitment of time for all

58:07 ↗ of you so

58:09 ↗ um just to thank you for that

58:11 ↗ um I'll continue to work with Zach and

58:13 ↗ Marlene just on what that I I think

58:16 ↗ making sure at least five of the 12 are

58:19 ↗ here

58:20 ↗ um I I don't want that to be onerous and

58:22 ↗ I I think Zach you and I can brainstorm

58:25 ↗ a method with which we can kind of just

58:28 ↗ make sure at least five or more here so

58:32 ↗ more to come with that so yeah let's

58:36 ↗ move on I'm just gonna try some

58:38 ↗ technical

58:39 ↗ um troubleshooting and have the room

58:42 ↗ leave the meeting

58:44 ↗ um and see if I can get this to share

58:46 ↗ properly

59:41 ↗ can you hear us

59:44 ↗ oh oh you got a thumbs up wow

59:48 ↗ okay let them know

59:51 ↗ all right

59:55 ↗ do everything I can to make sure I don't

59:57 ↗ jinx it just in case it's not there

1:00:00 ↗ should be copies in the room yeah okay

1:00:02 ↗ copies uh yeah so thank you all

1:00:06 ↗ um I know one of our joint meetings in

1:00:08 ↗ February thanks again Trisha uh was the

1:00:11 ↗ board Summit uh with

1:00:14 ↗ um three other uh boards and commissions

1:00:17 ↗ to sort of take a look at not only the

1:00:19 ↗ six-year Capital Improvement plan but

1:00:21 ↗ that work was specifically looking at

1:00:24 ↗ the criteria the evaluation criteria so

1:00:26 ↗ I wanted to come back tonight with an

1:00:28 ↗ update on some work that Administration

1:00:30 ↗ did

1:00:32 ↗ on getting feedback from that criteria

1:00:35 ↗ but I thought I also wanted to provide

1:00:37 ↗ you all with an update on

1:00:40 ↗ um the work that we've been doing

1:00:42 ↗ um internally as a department putting

1:00:44 ↗ beginning to put together the parks and

1:00:45 ↗ trails portion of the CIP so that's my

1:00:50 ↗ my hope tonight is to sort of provide

1:00:53 ↗ that that framework of the approach

1:00:55 ↗ we're taking and looking at not only

1:00:57 ↗ capital projects but also beginning to

1:01:00 ↗ fold in and incorporate Capital programs

1:01:02 ↗ that we have to support our parks and

1:01:05 ↗ trail system

1:01:07 ↗ and then we can talk criteria I welcome

1:01:09 ↗ certainly feedback

1:01:11 ↗ from the board on both of those those

1:01:14 ↗ topics next slide

1:01:17 ↗ I thought I'd start with this

1:01:18 ↗ infographic this was shared at the the

1:01:20 ↗ February meeting and and I think it's

1:01:22 ↗ it's something that's really really

1:01:24 ↗ informative

1:01:25 ↗ um

1:01:26 ↗ as you look at sort of what as a as a

1:01:29 ↗ city any municipality begins doing its

1:01:32 ↗ capital planning work and this

1:01:34 ↗ infographic is really meant to sort of

1:01:37 ↗ show

1:01:38 ↗ The Funnel that it takes the the

1:01:41 ↗ funneling of public engagement the

1:01:43 ↗ multiple touches of a public engagement

1:01:45 ↗ to go from

1:01:46 ↗ system

1:01:48 ↗ uh system Vision system understanding

1:01:52 ↗ system assessment to

1:01:56 ↗ um a specific Capital project

1:01:59 ↗ um and I'll sort of use our our Park

1:02:02 ↗ system as I as I go through this funnel

1:02:04 ↗ you certainly see other examples but you

1:02:07 ↗ know first it starts with a 20-year

1:02:09 ↗ picture

1:02:10 ↗ um

1:02:10 ↗ you know in 2017 we took a new approach

1:02:13 ↗ with the park strategic plan uh that

1:02:15 ↗ really serves as and you might remember

1:02:18 ↗ those of you that were here that was

1:02:21 ↗ really trying to get a system-wide

1:02:22 ↗ vision and asking the community how do

1:02:24 ↗ you want the system to function and and

1:02:26 ↗ so that assessment really helps to

1:02:29 ↗ inform how we prioritize capital

1:02:32 ↗ projects as does

1:02:34 ↗ um and again pointing out with Rick here

1:02:37 ↗ as well as Dan you know our own

1:02:41 ↗ um our own life cycle understanding of

1:02:43 ↗ our infrastructure within our Park

1:02:44 ↗ system is we're beginning to get a much

1:02:46 ↗ better grasp of everything from our

1:02:49 ↗ irrigation systems those things you

1:02:51 ↗ don't see that that age out trust me to

1:02:53 ↗ playgrounds right have a have a life

1:02:56 ↗ cycle as well so all of that really is

1:02:59 ↗ trying to help us see that see that big

1:03:02 ↗ picture

1:03:03 ↗ that information

1:03:05 ↗ and we're often doing a lot of community

1:03:07 ↗ engagement in that 20-year picture

1:03:11 ↗ um but that's not the only engagement we

1:03:13 ↗ strive to do that work then informs uh

1:03:16 ↗ the work we're doing now with the

1:03:18 ↗ six-year Capital Improvement plan

1:03:20 ↗ um that begins to take the priorities

1:03:24 ↗ um and and and begins uh further

1:03:26 ↗ prioritizing

1:03:28 ↗ um that 20-year that bigger picture you

1:03:31 ↗ might recall within our Park strategic

1:03:32 ↗ plan we ran all of those 20-year

1:03:36 ↗ projects through a filter to determine

1:03:40 ↗ what were the near term the midterm and

1:03:42 ↗ the long-term priorities those near-term

1:03:44 ↗ priorities have really governed that's

1:03:47 ↗ what's really informed the the six-year

1:03:50 ↗ CIP

1:03:51 ↗ that we as a department have been

1:03:54 ↗ working through and working on

1:03:57 ↗ um a six-year CIP is updated every two

1:04:00 ↗ years

1:04:01 ↗ um it it also makes an effort of

1:04:04 ↗ aligning that that big 20-year picture

1:04:07 ↗ with actual resources how much money do

1:04:10 ↗ we actually have as a city or what are

1:04:12 ↗ we projecting revenue-wise over the next

1:04:14 ↗ six years what are we projecting

1:04:16 ↗ Staffing wise in terms of being able to

1:04:19 ↗ manage these projects what do we

1:04:21 ↗ anticipate in terms of Permitting

1:04:25 ↗ process and other needs to get projects

1:04:28 ↗ done

1:04:31 ↗ and then that work as You Follow The

1:04:35 ↗ Funnel uh really begins to inform uh the

1:04:38 ↗ two-year budget so a six-year CIP really

1:04:42 ↗ serves as that bridge between the big

1:04:45 ↗ vision and actually

1:04:47 ↗ adopting budget and adopting funding for

1:04:50 ↗ capital projects uh the six-year CIP is

1:04:53 ↗ not the capital plan and of itself the

1:04:56 ↗ six year cfp doesn't allocate funding to

1:05:00 ↗ these projects the six-year CIP relies

1:05:03 ↗ on

1:05:05 ↗ Council still approving in those

1:05:07 ↗ two-year budget Cycles actual funding

1:05:10 ↗ for for capital projects so just

1:05:13 ↗ intended to point out that this is a

1:05:16 ↗ journey I think it's also a reminder if

1:05:19 ↗ it feels like at times why do we keep

1:05:21 ↗ talking about the same project for four

1:05:23 ↗ or five years it's because that project

1:05:25 ↗ is is working its way through the funnel

1:05:28 ↗ of being part of a vision all the way

1:05:30 ↗ down to being budgeted and then actually

1:05:33 ↗ once it's budgeted that's when we're

1:05:36 ↗ actually doing the design and permitting

1:05:38 ↗ work we wouldn't want to do design and

1:05:40 ↗ permitting work on every one of our

1:05:43 ↗ 20-year Vision projects that would a be

1:05:46 ↗ really really expensive and it'd be work

1:05:49 ↗ that we couldn't necessarily act upon so

1:05:53 ↗ um just a a again a reminder of the

1:05:56 ↗ Journey that is capital planning

1:05:59 ↗ next slide

1:06:03 ↗ so for this parks and and trails Capital

1:06:07 ↗ Improvement plan

1:06:09 ↗ I wanted to sort of run by you

1:06:12 ↗ a framework that that we we are we're

1:06:16 ↗ going to be taking and and it's a

1:06:18 ↗ framework we've built upon with the last

1:06:20 ↗ couple of cips but we're going to

1:06:22 ↗ hopefully take another step in this

1:06:25 ↗ direction of really balancing our

1:06:27 ↗ requests between Capital programs and

1:06:30 ↗ capital projects and presenting a

1:06:33 ↗ combination of each when you think of a

1:06:35 ↗ capital program these bullets sort of

1:06:38 ↗ you know help to encapsulate what what

1:06:40 ↗ that is the capital program is something

1:06:43 ↗ that we're trying it's often multiple

1:06:46 ↗ projects multiple capital projects that

1:06:49 ↗ we're addressing within a specific set

1:06:53 ↗ of assets within the system like I said

1:06:55 ↗ earlier let's rather than doing

1:06:58 ↗ individual capital projects for each

1:07:00 ↗ time we need to replace an existing

1:07:02 ↗ playground let's develop a playground

1:07:04 ↗ replacement program

1:07:06 ↗ understand every 20 years we should be

1:07:08 ↗ replacing uh playgrounds we have 11

1:07:11 ↗ existing playgrounds in the system how

1:07:13 ↗ do we think of that as a program

1:07:17 ↗ um a capital program is also really

1:07:19 ↗ useful and helpful when we know we might

1:07:21 ↗ want to be collecting Revenue over

1:07:24 ↗ multiple years before we're actually

1:07:25 ↗ doing a project you all might recall

1:07:29 ↗ um Turf replacement right so with

1:07:31 ↗ Synthetic Turf a number of years ago

1:07:34 ↗ Council authorized uh 50 of the funding

1:07:37 ↗ collected for our Synthetic Turf fees

1:07:40 ↗ are put into a Turf replacement

1:07:44 ↗ um fund that hasn't really been

1:07:47 ↗ identified as a capital program yet so

1:07:49 ↗ we want to propose to to create an

1:07:51 ↗ actual Capital program where that

1:07:54 ↗ Revenue sits and and lives and and is

1:07:59 ↗ there and available when we know we need

1:08:01 ↗ to replace

1:08:02 ↗ um Synthetic Turf

1:08:05 ↗ something else that a capital program

1:08:07 ↗ does is it really uh it helps to

1:08:09 ↗ reinforce our approach to asset

1:08:11 ↗ management and looking at life cycle

1:08:13 ↗ replacement understanding restrooms need

1:08:16 ↗ to be replaced irrigation systems need

1:08:18 ↗ to be replaced

1:08:20 ↗ um the tables and mentions need to be

1:08:22 ↗ replaced and and

1:08:25 ↗ um looking at that a little bit more

1:08:27 ↗ holistically

1:08:30 ↗ um that's not what all of our CIP will

1:08:32 ↗ be then our course will be individual

1:08:35 ↗ capital projects these are more single

1:08:37 ↗ project focused

1:08:39 ↗ um

1:08:40 ↗ typically a single parcel

1:08:43 ↗ The Pedestrian Park Senior Center Plaza

1:08:46 ↗ project that we're doing that is a that

1:08:48 ↗ is a capital project even though it's a

1:08:50 ↗ probably a phase of multiple

1:08:53 ↗ um projects that will be happening on

1:08:55 ↗ that same site but it's it's really a

1:08:58 ↗ project that's singular in nature

1:09:01 ↗ also anytime we're doing a new park a

1:09:04 ↗ new Trail or a new asset that we're

1:09:06 ↗ adding with the system that'll that'll

1:09:08 ↗ initially show up would show up as a

1:09:10 ↗ capital project

1:09:12 ↗ next slide

1:09:14 ↗ I touched on a couple of these but what

1:09:16 ↗ we're proposing

1:09:18 ↗ um seven Capital programs uh within this

1:09:21 ↗ within the park CIP that we're going to

1:09:23 ↗ be presenting

1:09:24 ↗ um Jen Fink who's on the line hi Jen

1:09:28 ↗ um somewhere up there

1:09:30 ↗ um and Rick still our park operations

1:09:32 ↗ manager

1:09:33 ↗ um and assumpty have really been the

1:09:35 ↗ team of us beginning to to frame up

1:09:38 ↗ um

1:09:39 ↗ the proposed CIP so these Capital

1:09:42 ↗ programs I'll go through these really

1:09:44 ↗ quickly uh the first is one that again I

1:09:47 ↗ think we're all familiar with but

1:09:49 ↗ looking at our acquisition Investments

1:09:51 ↗ and our our need to really reflect

1:09:53 ↗ within our CIP our needs for acquisition

1:09:56 ↗ as a parks and open space acquisition

1:09:58 ↗ program

1:10:00 ↗ as we've done for the last four or five

1:10:03 ↗ years really encouraging us as a city to

1:10:06 ↗ be thinking of investing acquisition

1:10:09 ↗ money year over year so as a a strategic

1:10:13 ↗ acquisition becomes available we're not

1:10:15 ↗ feeling like we need to find all the

1:10:17 ↗ funding suddenly all at once we're sort

1:10:21 ↗ of scrolling away some of that

1:10:22 ↗ investment year over year

1:10:24 ↗ the next proposed Capital program would

1:10:27 ↗ be uh um really a broad category Park's

1:10:31 ↗ life cycle replacement program

1:10:33 ↗ we had a program known as placemaking

1:10:36 ↗ that really looked at just benches and

1:10:39 ↗ tables Etc this would be expanding that

1:10:42 ↗ program as Rick has been on board as

1:10:45 ↗ we've been sort of expanding our Park

1:10:47 ↗ operation capacity we've been able to

1:10:49 ↗ get a much better sense of

1:10:51 ↗ um asset condition of all of our

1:10:54 ↗ amenities and assets within our system

1:10:57 ↗ so it's really going to allow us to to

1:10:59 ↗ take a little bit more broader approach

1:11:01 ↗ to how we're

1:11:02 ↗ putting putting all these assets and

1:11:05 ↗ amenities on a life cycle and and

1:11:07 ↗ beginning to do a little bit more

1:11:08 ↗ planning

1:11:09 ↗ um in terms of of replacement and

1:11:12 ↗ reinvestment

1:11:13 ↗ playground replacement program I touched

1:11:15 ↗ on that a little bit earlier with the 11

1:11:17 ↗ existing systems how are we

1:11:20 ↗ understanding and preparing and planning

1:11:22 ↗ for uh replacement of those on on

1:11:24 ↗ probably about a 20-year 20-year

1:11:27 ↗ turnover

1:11:29 ↗ another area we're looking at is well I

1:11:32 ↗ mentioned the Synthetic Turf replacement

1:11:34 ↗ program already

1:11:36 ↗ interestingly enough you know as we look

1:11:39 ↗ at trying to get 10 to 11 years out of

1:11:44 ↗ the Synthetic Turf you know we replaced

1:11:47 ↗ the the

1:11:48 ↗ lower field Fields three and four two

1:11:54 ↗ years ago we cut a ribbon in 2018 early

1:11:58 ↗ 2018 with the new Fields one and two at

1:12:01 ↗ pad one in this six year life cycle

1:12:04 ↗ um

1:12:05 ↗ probably in 2029 we're going to need to

1:12:09 ↗ be planning and beginning to project for

1:12:11 ↗ replacing that carpet so again this

1:12:14 ↗ program just helps us begin to to

1:12:16 ↗ project and understand

1:12:18 ↗ um

1:12:20 ↗ what seems like a long time begins to

1:12:23 ↗ turn over pretty quickly

1:12:25 ↗ another program we're looking at is

1:12:28 ↗ really an invisible but very important

1:12:30 ↗ part of our system and that's our

1:12:31 ↗ irrigation

1:12:33 ↗ irrigation really serves as a bit of a

1:12:35 ↗ lifeblood for a lot of the jerk areas

1:12:37 ↗ within our Parks a lot of it is really

1:12:40 ↗ old a lot of it is in disrepair quite

1:12:44 ↗ frankly the irrigation system for

1:12:46 ↗ example on Gilman Boulevard

1:12:48 ↗ there's very much a disrepair

1:12:50 ↗ repair

1:12:51 ↗ um

1:12:52 ↗ so how do we begin planning for and

1:12:55 ↗ understanding the replacement of those

1:12:58 ↗ those systems I mentioned Gilman that I

1:13:01 ↗ I want to

1:13:02 ↗ I should add this you know some of these

1:13:06 ↗ um systems we also need to be looking at

1:13:08 ↗ Capital planning projects themselves

1:13:10 ↗ Gilman is one of those interesting

1:13:12 ↗ irrigation systems where we're not going

1:13:15 ↗ to be necessarily prioritizing that as

1:13:17 ↗ our first irrigation replacement until

1:13:19 ↗ we get an understanding of when if and

1:13:22 ↗ when Inland Boulevard is going to be

1:13:24 ↗ improved as right-of-way so a lot of our

1:13:27 ↗ irrigation repairs that you're going to

1:13:29 ↗ see on Gilman in the in the coming years

1:13:31 ↗ I will probably be above ground we'll

1:13:33 ↗ probably be seasonal rather than

1:13:35 ↗ spending hundreds of thousands of

1:13:37 ↗ dollars on an air irrigation system that

1:13:39 ↗ might get swapped out when Gilman gets

1:13:41 ↗ improved we're going to do everything we

1:13:44 ↗ can to

1:13:45 ↗ again help those trees Thrive but do a

1:13:49 ↗ lot of just above ground irrigation

1:13:52 ↗ until that time so I mentioned Gilmore

1:13:54 ↗ that's probably not the best example for

1:13:57 ↗ uh the first project out of the gate but

1:14:00 ↗ all of them take

1:14:01 ↗ again planning for thought the CIP

1:14:03 ↗ really allows us to to begin mapping

1:14:06 ↗ this stuff out a little bit more

1:14:08 ↗ another program will be one that's been

1:14:11 ↗ underway but as we start looking at

1:14:13 ↗ implementing the way finding and park

1:14:15 ↗ sign change out that's not something

1:14:17 ↗ we're going to do just in one year

1:14:18 ↗ that's going to be a multi-year

1:14:21 ↗ replacement so we we see really showing

1:14:24 ↗ that as a as a program and then lastly

1:14:27 ↗ we've been really successful in the last

1:14:29 ↗ couple years

1:14:30 ↗ recognizing again the assets and

1:14:32 ↗ infrastructure within our Trails needs

1:14:35 ↗ to be changed out that that life cycles

1:14:38 ↗ as well and how are we making sure we're

1:14:41 ↗ investing year over year in that

1:14:46 ↗ thanks for letting me dive a little bit

1:14:47 ↗ deeper into that the next sort of area

1:14:50 ↗ that we're framing up is the the parks

1:14:54 ↗ and Trail Capital programs projects

1:14:56 ↗ themselves as I said earlier these

1:14:58 ↗ projects will really be projects coming

1:15:01 ↗ directly out of the the near-term

1:15:04 ↗ priorities that the community gave us

1:15:05 ↗ for within the park strategy plan uh

1:15:08 ↗ these are many of them are a number of

1:15:10 ↗ projects that are currently underway in

1:15:12 ↗ terms of planning

1:15:14 ↗ they really represent a balance of both

1:15:16 ↗ active and passive Investments on

1:15:19 ↗ everything from the creek Corridor and

1:15:22 ↗ furthering and continuing that visioning

1:15:24 ↗ work to Tibbetts Valley Park and how do

1:15:27 ↗ we start looking at completing that

1:15:29 ↗ vision and what a phase one investment

1:15:31 ↗ would be there Veterans Memorial with

1:15:35 ↗ you know pedestrian Park and Senior

1:15:37 ↗ Center Plaza

1:15:38 ↗ completed by the end of next year what

1:15:41 ↗ is a phase two of that look like

1:15:43 ↗ um Central Park

1:15:45 ↗ um what we call Fields five and six and

1:15:48 ↗ Noah as pad two it's the two baseball

1:15:50 ↗ fields

1:15:52 ↗ um those have been extremely

1:15:53 ↗ underutilized baseball fields for a

1:15:55 ↗ number of reasons so

1:15:57 ↗ um in our near-term priorities you might

1:15:59 ↗ recall um that will be showing up here

1:16:02 ↗ in our six year CIP is a a pretty

1:16:05 ↗ significant reinvestment into the

1:16:08 ↗ athletic fields and making sure they're

1:16:10 ↗ far more functional really increasing

1:16:13 ↗ the capacity of those in existing fields

1:16:16 ↗ that are so underutilized right now

1:16:20 ↗ also looking at as we're talking with

1:16:22 ↗ Issaquah school district you may recall

1:16:25 ↗ some of the work we did within the park

1:16:28 ↗ strategic plan on really identifying the

1:16:31 ↗ need for partnering with other public

1:16:32 ↗ agencies to solve and address some of

1:16:35 ↗ our Athletic Field capacity needs so

1:16:38 ↗ again as we project out with the six

1:16:41 ↗ year CIP you're looking at trying to

1:16:43 ↗ identify a or at least set a placeholder

1:16:47 ↗ for what could be a first

1:16:51 ↗ Community Sports field partnership with

1:16:54 ↗ The Chicago School District

1:16:56 ↗ foreign

1:17:00 ↗ ER just as as capital planning is never

1:17:05 ↗ a is never really a Finish Line to

1:17:07 ↗ Capital planning um as we begin this

1:17:10 ↗ summer with Community engagement around

1:17:12 ↗ our Park strategic Plan update for 2024

1:17:16 ↗ when we are two years from now doing the

1:17:19 ↗ CIP again because the CIP is updated

1:17:22 ↗ every two years we're then going to have

1:17:24 ↗ that 2024 Park strategic plan to serve

1:17:26 ↗ as our sort of guiding document for that

1:17:30 ↗ CIP work

1:17:32 ↗ so again I hope you're seeing I hope I'm

1:17:34 ↗ not being too redundant this the

1:17:36 ↗ six-year CIP is not static it's it's

1:17:40 ↗ it's a planning document it makes sure

1:17:42 ↗ we're looking ahead but is updated and

1:17:46 ↗ refreshed as more engagement and more

1:17:49 ↗ um information is is updated as as well

1:17:56 ↗ why don't I you know what I'm going to

1:17:57 ↗ pause there for a second and just see if

1:18:00 ↗ there's any sort of comments questions

1:18:02 ↗ about

1:18:03 ↗ so the the staff approach we're taking

1:18:06 ↗ in in trying to frame up the the CIP for

1:18:08 ↗ this go around

1:18:10 ↗ how does um like I think it was last

1:18:14 ↗ year we were looking at different

1:18:17 ↗ funding mechanisms that were like

1:18:19 ↗ potential

1:18:21 ↗ for the city like how does that hold in

1:18:23 ↗ What's the timing for

1:18:26 ↗ deciding you know like how like what the

1:18:28 ↗ best process will be for that yeah

1:18:31 ↗ really good question so Daniel's

1:18:33 ↗ referring to the Capital

1:18:36 ↗ planning task force I know Brad was

1:18:39 ↗ served as the uh the representative of

1:18:42 ↗ the park board

1:18:43 ↗ um that effort was taking a look at

1:18:45 ↗ Revenue right and and how do we fund all

1:18:48 ↗ of these Capital needs so yes this the

1:18:51 ↗ secure CIP will

1:18:53 ↗ take these

1:18:55 ↗ Capital

1:18:57 ↗ um needs over the next six years finance

1:19:01 ↗ will then be looking at Revenue that

1:19:03 ↗ they're projecting over the next six

1:19:04 ↗ years uh what I anticipate is

1:19:08 ↗ um that's going to I think represent and

1:19:11 ↗ present

1:19:13 ↗ where are we potentially short

1:19:16 ↗ um where do we see needs in in that

1:19:19 ↗ Revenue over the next six years and and

1:19:21 ↗ out into future years

1:19:23 ↗ um I think that then

1:19:28 ↗ sort of Spurs that conversation of all

1:19:31 ↗ right how does the community right want

1:19:34 ↗ to consider

1:19:36 ↗ um filling that Gap is their interest in

1:19:38 ↗ filling that Gap from a revenue

1:19:40 ↗ standpoint or is there more interest in

1:19:42 ↗ slowing down the speed with which you

1:19:44 ↗ can do capital projects to better align

1:19:47 ↗ with revenue and so I think Danielle

1:19:49 ↗ with this six year CIP

1:19:52 ↗ sort of running through and being

1:19:53 ↗ adopted this summer I think as we're

1:19:55 ↗ doing the park strategic Plan update in

1:19:58 ↗ 2024 that funding

1:20:00 ↗ question is going to to come up there as

1:20:03 ↗ well so

1:20:05 ↗ um

1:20:05 ↗ I don't think this document is looking

1:20:07 ↗ to answer that question I I think it's

1:20:09 ↗ going to just serve as another

1:20:11 ↗ important piece of information of where

1:20:13 ↗ our our revenues perfectly aligned with

1:20:16 ↗ what capital Improvement needs we have

1:20:19 ↗ or or is there a Gap that the community

1:20:22 ↗ needs to consider doing

1:20:24 ↗ uh Brad

1:20:27 ↗ okay

1:20:30 ↗ so you're still on mute Brad

1:20:34 ↗ baby

1:20:36 ↗ all right uh I appreciate the funnel uh

1:20:40 ↗ slide uh especially and um

1:20:43 ↗ I can't remember because my memory is

1:20:45 ↗ not as good as it used to be but I can't

1:20:46 ↗ remember when we created the 20-year

1:20:49 ↗ strategic plan

1:20:51 ↗ whether or not costs were included in

1:20:54 ↗ that but I think that and I know that

1:20:55 ↗ that's a difficult thing to to deal with

1:20:58 ↗ but nevertheless I think it would be a

1:21:01 ↗ good idea in that 20-year plan to have

1:21:04 ↗ projected costs included in each one of

1:21:08 ↗ those projects programs or projects for

1:21:11 ↗ that matter

1:21:12 ↗ and it doesn't have to be itemized for a

1:21:15 ↗ budget you know that can come much later

1:21:17 ↗ but at least a range that could be

1:21:19 ↗ created so when you narrow things down

1:21:22 ↗ to a six-year CIP and you're trying to

1:21:24 ↗ sort through you know a 20-year

1:21:28 ↗ strategic plan you can at least

1:21:31 ↗ determine

1:21:32 ↗ you know which ones are are potentially

1:21:35 ↗ likely that you're going to be able to

1:21:36 ↗ get funded and by just looking at a line

1:21:39 ↗ item is like you know it clarifies that

1:21:42 ↗ if you actually have costs associated to

1:21:44 ↗ line items

1:21:46 ↗ because then that way you can you know

1:21:48 ↗ pick from a 20-year plan and you can see

1:21:52 ↗ which ones are really really expensive

1:21:54 ↗ and which ones aren't and and you know

1:21:57 ↗ it it enables you to have kind of a

1:21:59 ↗ distribution for the six-year CIP as to

1:22:03 ↗ what is at least likely feasible for

1:22:05 ↗ funding uh yeah and if you don't have

1:22:08 ↗ those project project or program costs

1:22:11 ↗ included in some fashion it can become a

1:22:15 ↗ problem when you then narrow it down to

1:22:16 ↗ a six-year CIP and then find out well

1:22:18 ↗ God we're never going to be able to get

1:22:20 ↗ funding for this so why do we even have

1:22:22 ↗ it here

1:22:24 ↗ yeah it's a great point and we did in a

1:22:27 ↗ park strategic plan make an effort to

1:22:29 ↗ understand the scale of what those

1:22:31 ↗ conceptual costs would be and as the

1:22:34 ↗ funnel sort of suggests and shows itself

1:22:37 ↗ is where you know those conceptual costs

1:22:40 ↗ are are

1:22:43 ↗ being made at a conceptual planning

1:22:46 ↗ level it's not being those aren't being

1:22:47 ↗ made with a a project design being being

1:22:51 ↗ done

1:22:52 ↗ um so the yeah your point is well made

1:22:55 ↗ that the better the more we get into

1:22:58 ↗ this pattern of doing it and I think as

1:23:01 ↗ we're now taking you know what was that

1:23:03 ↗ 2018 Park plan when we did it now

1:23:05 ↗ updating this in 2024 and and sort of

1:23:08 ↗ develop this Cadence I think we're going

1:23:10 ↗ to see that relationship between good

1:23:13 ↗ conceptual level budgeting to to

1:23:16 ↗ informing a CIP to understanding

1:23:22 ↗ just yeah how we what what makes the

1:23:25 ↗ projects make sense to try and do

1:23:28 ↗ Investments with we're going to get

1:23:30 ↗ better and better at that

1:23:33 ↗ thanks and uh I think yeah Nicholas

1:23:37 ↗ yeah sorry to extend this uh you could

1:23:40 ↗ just tell us when you think the 2024

1:23:43 ↗ Park strategic planning effort will

1:23:45 ↗ start and then how long it would take or

1:23:47 ↗ when you expect it to finish

1:23:49 ↗ yeah great

1:23:51 ↗ um I'll do it now is instead of my

1:23:54 ↗ director's uh update um so yeah we um I

1:23:58 ↗ shared this with the joint meeting with

1:24:00 ↗ the environmental board but happy to

1:24:01 ↗ share with you tonight we went through a

1:24:03 ↗ review uh process

1:24:05 ↗ um

1:24:06 ↗ um a group

1:24:08 ↗ um

1:24:09 ↗ um a team from what's called design

1:24:11 ↗ workshop and burger partnership

1:24:13 ↗ um two landscape architect firms have

1:24:15 ↗ teamed up will be working with us uh

1:24:18 ↗ we're finalizing contract

1:24:20 ↗ um on that effort

1:24:24 ↗ um Jen and I will have a much better

1:24:25 ↗ sense of timeline and kickoff that will

1:24:29 ↗ really kick off we've got an ad hoc

1:24:31 ↗ group I know a number of you that that

1:24:32 ↗ want to and will be working in Earnest

1:24:35 ↗ on that effort we anticipate a lot of

1:24:38 ↗ the public engagement taking place this

1:24:40 ↗ summer

1:24:42 ↗ we need to have that plan adopted and

1:24:46 ↗ into the state rco office which is sort

1:24:49 ↗ of the state Grant agency by March of

1:24:52 ↗ next year March of 2024 so

1:24:55 ↗ um off we go

1:24:59 ↗ thanks for the question

1:25:02 ↗ I think Jen did you also ever hand up

1:25:06 ↗ okay Jen

1:25:10 ↗ I have

1:25:13 ↗ them I understand

1:25:14 ↗ the capital program

1:25:16 ↗ [Music]

1:25:18 ↗ um

1:25:19 ↗ my good stuff project which is cattle

1:25:21 ↗ programs or that that the concept there

1:25:24 ↗ is that we're basically looking at how

1:25:27 ↗ much money we need to be saving or what

1:25:29 ↗ how much we need

1:25:31 ↗ like on an annual basis that we're not

1:25:33 ↗ like in a position to have to have a a

1:25:37 ↗ big chunk of money to replace something

1:25:41 ↗ like every five years or whatever so

1:25:42 ↗ theoretically we'd be putting away

1:25:44 ↗ enough money or in a pot so that we can

1:25:49 ↗ keep the our system in place and updated

1:25:53 ↗ yeah yeah not adding big new things but

1:25:56 ↗ just like kind of maintaining the status

1:25:58 ↗ quo exactly exactly and so when when you

1:26:01 ↗ see a you know we'll be sharing this

1:26:03 ↗ draft CIP with you it it's all going to

1:26:06 ↗ be in the CIP you'll just be able to

1:26:08 ↗ under and see what is a and we'll label

1:26:11 ↗ program you know it's a capital program

1:26:12 ↗ or Capital project they're all going to

1:26:14 ↗ live together but you're right Daniel in

1:26:17 ↗ some cases it's hey we're proposing we

1:26:20 ↗ squirrel away some money in other cases

1:26:23 ↗ we're going to be saying like the

1:26:25 ↗ playground replacement one we know

1:26:28 ↗ um this playground this playground and

1:26:30 ↗ this playground needed to be replaced in

1:26:32 ↗ the next six years and so we anticipate

1:26:35 ↗ in 2026 we should do this one in 2028 we

1:26:38 ↗ should do that one in 2029 we should do

1:26:40 ↗ that one and

1:26:42 ↗ um right setting away or you know

1:26:45 ↗ planning for a budget needed to replace

1:26:48 ↗ those

1:26:49 ↗ um those playgrounds so

1:26:51 ↗ okay the mix yep that makes a lot of

1:26:54 ↗ sense yeah

1:26:55 ↗ just lets us plan it lets us be looking

1:26:57 ↗ at you know it's sort of the take care

1:26:59 ↗ of what we got

1:27:02 ↗ element

1:27:06 ↗ shall I shall I continue on

1:27:09 ↗ oh I'm sorry Andrew selling yours in

1:27:12 ↗ your final picture you showed priorities

1:27:16 ↗ prioritization process as a bullet point

1:27:18 ↗ so will that be explained in the plan

1:27:22 ↗ where you will be showing how each

1:27:25 ↗ program or project is updated is

1:27:28 ↗ prioritized by the city or by um the

1:27:31 ↗ board and

1:27:33 ↗ um like if budget is

1:27:36 ↗ um lower than expected in a certain year

1:27:38 ↗ we it's clear-cut that which projects or

1:27:42 ↗ programs get cut or something like that

1:27:45 ↗ is that going to be

1:27:47 ↗ yeah great question I think within the

1:27:50 ↗ CIP I don't know how what it's going to

1:27:53 ↗ look like within each of the so the CIP

1:27:55 ↗ is going to be broken down into it's not

1:27:58 ↗ not every piece of infrastructure is

1:28:00 ↗ ranked in one file right so this the CIP

1:28:04 ↗ has separate categories so the

1:28:06 ↗ transportation CIP has all the road

1:28:10 ↗ projects the water and sewer CIP right

1:28:14 ↗ is it so they're they're separate

1:28:16 ↗ sections within each section there will

1:28:19 ↗ be the prioritization in sort of how

1:28:22 ↗ they're evaluated through that criteria

1:28:24 ↗ will be shown how that informs what is

1:28:30 ↗ proposed for what year

1:28:32 ↗ um will be

1:28:35 ↗ I'm not sure how that's going to sort of

1:28:37 ↗ finally be looked and shown within the

1:28:40 ↗ CIP

1:28:42 ↗ um so I don't know if I'm I'm answering

1:28:45 ↗ your question it the CIP though is not a

1:28:48 ↗ it doesn't look like a Force ranking

1:28:50 ↗ kind of front where it's like all right

1:28:52 ↗ you know here's projects one through 200

1:28:56 ↗ and how far does the money go and it

1:28:58 ↗ stops it's it's a little bit more

1:29:00 ↗ complex than that I think this

1:29:02 ↗ prioritization bullet is also intended

1:29:04 ↗ to show that you know like for the part

1:29:07 ↗ when we

1:29:09 ↗ well let's talk specifically about the

1:29:11 ↗ park strategic plan right the the all of

1:29:14 ↗ the projects that the community sort of

1:29:16 ↗ shared hey we'd love our Park system to

1:29:19 ↗ do this or you know connect that Park to

1:29:21 ↗ that part

1:29:23 ↗ um all of those projects and there's an

1:29:25 ↗ appendix that

1:29:27 ↗ um shows how each project went through a

1:29:30 ↗ prioritization process to put it in and

1:29:33 ↗ does the community want to see that done

1:29:34 ↗ in the near term the midterm and the

1:29:36 ↗ long term and so

1:29:38 ↗ um is that prioritization bullet was

1:29:40 ↗ really intended to show both

1:29:44 ↗ prioritization happen that happens to

1:29:46 ↗ take something from a 20-year Vision

1:29:48 ↗ down to a six year vision and then

1:29:51 ↗ um yes within the CIP there will be

1:29:55 ↗ um

1:29:56 ↗ some way of showing how these criteria

1:29:59 ↗ and sort of the ranking and scoring

1:30:01 ↗ within those criteria is helping

1:30:03 ↗ make some of those

1:30:04 ↗ um

1:30:06 ↗ those decisions within that six year

1:30:08 ↗ segment

1:30:10 ↗ is that clear is not yes

1:30:15 ↗ all right any other

1:30:18 ↗ comments

1:30:21 ↗ foreign

1:30:25 ↗ make sure I get to the right slide

1:30:28 ↗ um I think the next one back

1:30:32 ↗ I did that one okay

1:30:35 ↗ so I just split my name okay no no let's

1:30:39 ↗ let's stick to this one

1:30:41 ↗ so uh The Joint thank you

1:30:44 ↗ um

1:30:45 ↗ if you guys don't mind the bond Bill app

1:30:46 ↗ it's free

1:30:48 ↗ um

1:30:49 ↗ so in February 16th uh The Joint Summit

1:30:52 ↗ uh took place

1:30:54 ↗ um thank you for those of you that were

1:30:55 ↗ able to attend

1:30:57 ↗ um a lot of really really good feedback

1:30:59 ↗ that came from all four of the boards

1:31:01 ↗ and commissions

1:31:03 ↗ um

1:31:04 ↗ Administration office took a look at at

1:31:07 ↗ all of that feedback and is proposing a

1:31:10 ↗ number of of changes this is meant to

1:31:13 ↗ sort of show what was presented

1:31:15 ↗ um on the 16th and there were some some

1:31:17 ↗ changes that were

1:31:20 ↗ identified in the in the prior slide in

1:31:25 ↗ particular I I want to point out on the

1:31:28 ↗ right hand column there were a couple of

1:31:31 ↗ of criteria that seemed a bit redundant

1:31:34 ↗ and I think you as the park board really

1:31:36 ↗ pointed that out where Community

1:31:38 ↗ priority Conformity to strategic plan

1:31:41 ↗ goals

1:31:43 ↗ felt pretty similar both of them were

1:31:46 ↗ sort of asking hey is this a strategic

1:31:48 ↗ plan priority

1:31:49 ↗ if we go to the next slide

1:31:53 ↗ you'll see that a new criteria has taken

1:31:58 ↗ a place of that Conformity well I think

1:32:01 ↗ one of the I think Community priority

1:32:03 ↗ and Conformity is strategic goal was

1:32:05 ↗ combined and a new criteria was added

1:32:08 ↗ that speaks more to

1:32:10 ↗ livability and quality of life which

1:32:13 ↗ again both you as Park Board and a

1:32:16 ↗ couple other the boards and commissions

1:32:17 ↗ pointed out

1:32:19 ↗ where was that sort of sitting Within

1:32:22 ↗ These evaluation criteria where we're

1:32:25 ↗ making sure that it was

1:32:27 ↗ addressing making Issaquah more livable

1:32:31 ↗ livable place

1:32:36 ↗ um through that feedback as well

1:32:38 ↗ Administration

1:32:40 ↗ um has is keeping Equity as a as a its

1:32:44 ↗ own proposed criteria but proposed a

1:32:48 ↗ number of revisions within that I

1:32:52 ↗ believe what was shared with you

1:32:54 ↗ um on Thursday

1:32:57 ↗ um was a draft maybe it was Wednesday or

1:32:59 ↗ Thursday

1:33:01 ↗ um

1:33:01 ↗ uh was a proposed draft of those revised

1:33:06 ↗ criteria so certainly if you have any

1:33:08 ↗ questions with those

1:33:10 ↗ um I'm happy to to try and answer those

1:33:13 ↗ um what was also pretty clear from that

1:33:16 ↗ joint meeting and and certainly as staff

1:33:19 ↗ that were there we shared with

1:33:20 ↗ Administration there were some concerns

1:33:23 ↗ over that criteria the long-standing

1:33:25 ↗ commitment criteria and how is that

1:33:28 ↗ evaluated that is certainly concerns

1:33:31 ↗ that will be forwarded on to city

1:33:33 ↗ council as the CIP process

1:33:36 ↗ continues this idea of taking

1:33:40 ↗ sort of the approach we took very much

1:33:43 ↗ with our work last summer and trying to

1:33:45 ↗ identify where we wanted to prioritize

1:33:47 ↗ arpa funding but this idea of the the

1:33:51 ↗ three categories the the red yellow

1:33:52 ↗ green rating system was was further

1:33:55 ↗ defined and again I believe that was was

1:33:58 ↗ shared with you based on feedback that

1:34:00 ↗ came from the 16th

1:34:02 ↗ um and then a number of the the pro Pros

1:34:05 ↗ criteria at least for this go through

1:34:07 ↗ with the CIP will uh will remain the

1:34:09 ↗ same

1:34:14 ↗ next slide I'll jump into the next steps

1:34:17 ↗ and then again open it up for further

1:34:19 ↗ question or just comments at any of all

1:34:22 ↗ of you might have so this initial

1:34:25 ↗ proposed parks and Trail CIP that we'll

1:34:28 ↗ be working on as a department continues

1:34:30 ↗ in earnest

1:34:32 ↗ um again welcome any feedback you have

1:34:34 ↗ as we balance this idea of

1:34:38 ↗ programs and projects we anticipate

1:34:41 ↗ really are a lot of our work with

1:34:44 ↗ finance and help with Finance being done

1:34:46 ↗ by the end of this week from there the

1:34:48 ↗ draft CIP for all those infrastructure

1:34:51 ↗ categories that were I was saying

1:34:52 ↗ earlier will begin to be prepared by

1:34:55 ↗ Administration and pulled together as a

1:34:58 ↗ draft a six-year CIP that then would be

1:35:01 ↗ presented of the city council

1:35:04 ↗ um still being finalized in terms of

1:35:08 ↗ what the date will be for that and when

1:35:10 ↗ that final draft CIP will be pulled

1:35:13 ↗ together but as in Prior years and that

1:35:16 ↗ we've done with the CIP but certainly is

1:35:19 ↗ you've been helping to provide feedback

1:35:21 ↗ throughout we'll bring that back that

1:35:24 ↗ draft CIP back to back here to the park

1:35:26 ↗ board for additional review that you

1:35:29 ↗ might have

1:35:30 ↗ um as well as feedback and again

1:35:33 ↗ opportunity as Council takes

1:35:35 ↗ um sort of a multi-month approach to

1:35:38 ↗ moving on that that CIP but getting you

1:35:41 ↗ as a parkour opportunity to lend comment

1:35:43 ↗ or feedback to council as part of that

1:35:47 ↗ process as we

1:35:49 ↗ have to get a better understanding of

1:35:51 ↗ those dates

1:35:54 ↗ and with that

1:35:56 ↗ questions comments stats please give us

1:36:00 ↗ a quick question about the red yellow

1:36:01 ↗ green rating system I know that we

1:36:03 ↗ discussed on the February 16th meeting

1:36:05 ↗ that that may be not being the most

1:36:07 ↗ adequate way to rate things also

1:36:09 ↗ color line issue and stuff with the red

1:36:12 ↗ and green and liquid so they may be

1:36:15 ↗ doing some sort of numeric value or

1:36:16 ↗ different uh way of writing that is that

1:36:19 ↗ then

1:36:20 ↗ it has been and yes I believe when the

1:36:24 ↗ draft CIP is presented it'll be

1:36:27 ↗ translated as a one two or a three okay

1:36:31 ↗ so yeah a numeric

1:36:34 ↗ okay numeric ranking great thanks for

1:36:37 ↗ bringing that up

1:36:40 ↗ that's my question yeah yeah

1:36:46 ↗ any any other

1:36:49 ↗ questions certainly much more to come

1:36:54 ↗ Nicholas

1:36:56 ↗ thank you um this might be in the much

1:36:58 ↗ more to come section but I'm just

1:37:00 ↗ curious if there's a way the park board

1:37:02 ↗ can know by list or by submission the of

1:37:06 ↗ the individual capital

1:37:08 ↗ project write-ups just what was proposed

1:37:12 ↗ or when that might come into play so we

1:37:14 ↗ can see what was also eliminated by as

1:37:16 ↗ it moves through Council

1:37:18 ↗ yeah so I think Nicholas you'll see the

1:37:21 ↗ draft CIP as it's presented so as soon

1:37:24 ↗ as that is sort of in its uh form and

1:37:28 ↗ work through for administration I'll

1:37:29 ↗ make sure you guys have all of that so

1:37:31 ↗ you'll be seeing what is heading into

1:37:33 ↗ the council process right and so you're

1:37:36 ↗ sort of be able to see and track

1:37:39 ↗ um what's happening as it's moving

1:37:41 ↗ through that Council process

1:37:43 ↗ thanks Jeff just as a follow-up quickly

1:37:46 ↗ uh do you where's the best place for us

1:37:49 ↗ to Advocate on behalf of projects where

1:37:51 ↗ do you think outside of the board I mean

1:37:53 ↗ is that just going to council directly

1:37:54 ↗ in session potentially

1:37:57 ↗ yeah I think as as you know at any time

1:38:00 ↗ you as a board can either

1:38:02 ↗ um yeah draft memos to to council and or

1:38:06 ↗ mayor but then I think in the CIP

1:38:08 ↗ process itself this will be

1:38:11 ↗ um

1:38:13 ↗ um

1:38:14 ↗ probably discussed in individual

1:38:16 ↗ committees Council committees so you

1:38:18 ↗ know again as I have it I have a really

1:38:20 ↗ good idea of what those dates are you

1:38:22 ↗ know I'll make sure you all have

1:38:23 ↗ opportunities to

1:38:25 ↗ um

1:38:26 ↗ yeah be aware of that

1:38:29 ↗ I would remind you that if if you're

1:38:32 ↗ wanting to make

1:38:33 ↗ Collective comments as a Park Board

1:38:35 ↗ you'll want to vet that

1:38:37 ↗ with all of you right and have a sort of

1:38:41 ↗ an action or an approval of that

1:38:43 ↗ um if you're wanting to go and Advocate

1:38:46 ↗ as a resident you're always welcome to

1:38:49 ↗ do that as well so

1:38:51 ↗ um

1:38:53 ↗ if that makes sense yeah

1:38:57 ↗ okay thanks Daniel in the in the past

1:39:00 ↗ sometimes we as a board have like some

1:39:04 ↗ have composed a letter went out to the

1:39:06 ↗ mayor city council like recommending

1:39:08 ↗ something and that's one way to handle

1:39:11 ↗ that and usually you know it works for a

1:39:13 ↗ couple people to volunteer to drop that

1:39:15 ↗ and then

1:39:16 ↗ the board approving it at the next

1:39:19 ↗ meeting

1:39:20 ↗ just keep that in mind all right thanks

1:39:22 ↗ yeah

1:39:26 ↗ all right well it done no other comments

1:39:30 ↗ questions we'll move on to the reports

1:39:33 ↗ all right great thanks everybody

1:39:36 ↗ all right so

1:39:38 ↗ um a couple of things that I found

1:39:41 ↗ interesting uh coming forward uh there's

1:39:43 ↗ some planned improvements that Lake

1:39:44 ↗ Savannah State Park where there'll be

1:39:47 ↗ several things upgrades to revitalize

1:39:49 ↗ the Sunset Beach area to be sort of

1:39:52 ↗ adding some uh new uh shelters as well

1:39:55 ↗ as updating some playground equipment

1:39:58 ↗ adding in some new paved Trails I

1:40:00 ↗ believe as well which it won't shut down

1:40:03 ↗ the park or anything but there might be

1:40:05 ↗ some uh

1:40:07 ↗ areas closed out for the time

1:40:10 ↗ periodically

1:40:11 ↗ and I the inaugural sustainability there

1:40:15 ↗ is Sunday April 16th

1:40:18 ↗ um and that will be at the Pickering

1:40:19 ↗ barn and it will have uh vendors from 10

1:40:23 ↗ a.m to 2PM

1:40:25 ↗ offering sustainable products resources

1:40:27 ↗ educational materials

1:40:29 ↗ the farm fresh market returns to the

1:40:33 ↗ Shell historic Shell station and uh that

1:40:36 ↗ started last Saturday but that'll be

1:40:38 ↗ from 9 A.M to 2PM every Saturday up

1:40:41 ↗ until April 29th

1:40:43 ↗ and there's going to be a community

1:40:45 ↗ listening session in central uh Issaquah

1:40:48 ↗ and that will have the staff and council

1:40:52 ↗ members uh president to answer questions

1:40:54 ↗ that I noticed that uh two of the things

1:40:57 ↗ uh being discussed are the parks and

1:41:00 ↗ green necklace as well as the

1:41:03 ↗ development of the central Issaquah plan

1:41:05 ↗ among some other other things as well

1:41:07 ↗ but that's going to be on March 30th

1:41:09 ↗ from 6 30 pm to 8 30 p.m and that's in

1:41:12 ↗ the atlas Apartments Lobby

1:41:15 ↗ so

1:41:17 ↗ um on to the uh you representative

1:41:20 ↗ report okay so um hi everyone I'm

1:41:23 ↗ siobhani I'm a sophomore at Isabel High

1:41:26 ↗ School and I'm part of the escal youth

1:41:27 ↗ Advisory board if you don't know already

1:41:30 ↗ the escrow youth board is focused on

1:41:32 ↗ planning events for the community it's

1:41:34 ↗ you've gone and a lot of times we focus

1:41:36 ↗ on the centered events we're nearing the

1:41:39 ↗ end of our new year this year but a

1:41:42 ↗ couple events that we've done are a

1:41:43 ↗ Civic engagement Forum where we got the

1:41:46 ↗ mayor and government representatives to

1:41:48 ↗ come to talk to you about how to get

1:41:49 ↗ involved we did state of mind which is a

1:41:53 ↗ mental health focused event and we had

1:41:55 ↗ speakers on Stress Management substance

1:41:57 ↗ abuse and mindfulness

1:41:59 ↗ we also had an environmental conference

1:42:02 ↗ just this weekend and the set speakers

1:42:04 ↗ on electricity deforestation and

1:42:06 ↗ transportation

1:42:08 ↗ there is a couple events that we have to

1:42:10 ↗ come the first is dodgeball donuts and

1:42:13 ↗ this is going to be focused on middle

1:42:14 ↗ schoolers and we have um this could

1:42:17 ↗ police certain people coming from there

1:42:18 ↗ and there'll just be like fun dodgeball

1:42:20 ↗ game we have Donuts um it's just like a

1:42:23 ↗ fun event to get to community together

1:42:25 ↗ um the second is Harry Potter night and

1:42:28 ↗ I believe this is coming up maybe this

1:42:30 ↗ Friday I'm not exactly sure about the

1:42:32 ↗ date uh but it will just it's aimed at

1:42:36 ↗ little kids like Elementary schoolers

1:42:38 ↗ and it's just a really fun way everyone

1:42:40 ↗ really has fun and then the last part is

1:42:43 ↗ one of the biggest events of our year is

1:42:46 ↗ the IC kids triathlon and this is um

1:42:49 ↗ June 4th and we have so many people that

1:42:51 ↗ come and this is almost fully run by

1:42:54 ↗ this cool youth board so it's a great

1:42:56 ↗ way to just bring the community together

1:42:58 ↗ and we definitely if you guys want to be

1:43:00 ↗ there we need volunteers and yeah it's

1:43:04 ↗ just like a fun way to get the community

1:43:05 ↗ together

1:43:06 ↗ thank you thank you thank you

1:43:13 ↗ what's that oh I'm just marking my

1:43:15 ↗ calendar yeah yeah yeah

1:43:17 ↗ travel on time

1:43:19 ↗ a couple updates uh thanks Zach

1:43:23 ↗ um project related

1:43:24 ↗ um our community investment strategy

1:43:27 ↗ projects AKA AKA arpa projects

1:43:31 ↗ um The Pedestrian Park Senior Center

1:43:33 ↗ Plaza

1:43:35 ↗ um like since we last met we had a a

1:43:37 ↗ really good uh public meeting on March

1:43:40 ↗ 7th um that you might recall how it was

1:43:43 ↗ right at the front end of us kicking off

1:43:45 ↗ the survey as we presented two concepts

1:43:49 ↗ to the community to get feedback on

1:43:53 ↗ nearly 500 survey responses uh we're

1:43:56 ↗ turned in which is just great great

1:43:58 ↗ feedback a really good mix of feedback I

1:44:02 ↗ know the design team methune is and Jen

1:44:04 ↗ are going through that survey

1:44:06 ↗ information right now that ad hoc group

1:44:09 ↗ so thank you those that are serving on

1:44:11 ↗ ad hoc have a next meeting coming up

1:44:13 ↗ this Thursday the 30th to begin to

1:44:15 ↗ really take a first look at those survey

1:44:17 ↗ responses and how we want to begin

1:44:20 ↗ shaping and considering a concept inform

1:44:25 ↗ by that feedback

1:44:28 ↗ anticipate the ad hoc group probably

1:44:31 ↗ meeting a couple of times between now in

1:44:33 ↗ the April Park board meeting but by the

1:44:34 ↗ April Park board meeting the goal would

1:44:36 ↗ be really to be bringing an update back

1:44:39 ↗ to the full board to get feedback and

1:44:43 ↗ guidance from from all of you

1:44:46 ↗ um the other project my Confluence Park

1:44:48 ↗ the eckhouse project I shared last month

1:44:51 ↗ that we have been really you know busy

1:44:54 ↗ at work with

1:44:56 ↗ um not only the the architect team as

1:44:59 ↗ part of the methune doing a full

1:45:00 ↗ structural assessment of the eckhouse

1:45:03 ↗ but also have been meeting a couple of

1:45:07 ↗ times with the issaquah's history museum

1:45:10 ↗ as well as the King County historic

1:45:13 ↗ preservation folks to begin

1:45:15 ↗ brainstorming and thinking through ideas

1:45:18 ↗ of how to really incorporate history

1:45:21 ↗ into reuse of of the eckhouse on that

1:45:27 ↗ structural assessment was just completed

1:45:29 ↗ the ad hoc group is going to get an

1:45:32 ↗ update on that and and really begin to

1:45:34 ↗ look at how that structural assessment

1:45:37 ↗ understanding the condition of

1:45:39 ↗ everything from the foundation of that

1:45:42 ↗ building to to where it's currently at

1:45:44 ↗ is going to really help to form some

1:45:46 ↗ options on how to move forward so along

1:45:49 ↗ with the ad hoc group we'll be having a

1:45:51 ↗ couple upcoming meetings with

1:45:54 ↗ the folks from the History Museum and

1:45:57 ↗ really helping getting their perspective

1:46:00 ↗ again historical perspective

1:46:03 ↗ um on the importance of that that house

1:46:06 ↗ and and what that project will begin to

1:46:09 ↗ look like again with that work

1:46:11 ↗ anticipate the April meeting be able to

1:46:14 ↗ come back to all of you the full board

1:46:15 ↗ with some some really good feedback and

1:46:19 ↗ progress on on those two projects

1:46:24 ↗ um thanks to Nicholas's question I I

1:46:26 ↗ touch base on the park strategic Plan

1:46:27 ↗ update already a big thumbs up Nicholas

1:46:31 ↗ um so

1:46:33 ↗ um I I anticipate us really having a

1:46:35 ↗ good idea once that contract gets

1:46:37 ↗ finalized what the timeline and work

1:46:39 ↗ will begin to look like and as we begin

1:46:41 ↗ to Pace out uh the work of that ad hoc

1:46:44 ↗ team

1:46:45 ↗ and with Dan's update earlier and the ad

1:46:49 ↗ hoc group for urban forestry who I think

1:46:51 ↗ before we know it will have all three

1:46:52 ↗ groups

1:46:54 ↗ working in earnest

1:46:58 ↗ um another update related to one of our

1:47:00 ↗ capital projects the dog park at the

1:47:03 ↗ community center and Rainier Trail we

1:47:06 ↗ did a solicitation of

1:47:10 ↗ um a landscape architect firms to help

1:47:13 ↗ us do the design for that dog park area

1:47:16 ↗ hold back and Baird was the firm that we

1:47:21 ↗ selected they've got a vast array of

1:47:23 ↗ experience of all sizes dog parks in and

1:47:27 ↗ through the Seattle Puget Sound area so

1:47:29 ↗ we feel like we have a really really

1:47:30 ↗ good partner for how we look at

1:47:33 ↗ incorporating our first permanent dog

1:47:35 ↗ park there at

1:47:37 ↗ that sort of South East sides yeah

1:47:42 ↗ Southeast side of of the community

1:47:43 ↗ center and really activating that part

1:47:46 ↗ of the Rainier Trail so much more to

1:47:48 ↗ come as as that contract gets finalized

1:47:51 ↗ and and timeline for that work gets

1:47:54 ↗ nailed out thank you for mentioning the

1:47:57 ↗ Council listening session coming up this

1:47:59 ↗ Thursday the 30th at Atlas

1:48:03 ↗ I'll be there

1:48:05 ↗ the with the the sort of old town as

1:48:10 ↗ well as centralistic law being the

1:48:11 ↗ audience that that council's wanting to

1:48:13 ↗ have the listening session with will not

1:48:16 ↗ only have visuals

1:48:18 ↗ um of the green necklace and Creek

1:48:20 ↗ Corridor to really facilitate some

1:48:22 ↗ conversation with the community about

1:48:24 ↗ that but we'll also have

1:48:27 ↗ um some project boards for The

1:48:29 ↗ Pedestrian Park Senior Center Plaza

1:48:32 ↗ project and and certainly welcome

1:48:34 ↗ Community feedback on

1:48:37 ↗ um on those projects as well so

1:48:40 ↗ Lots going on hard to believe we're

1:48:42 ↗ we're into or nearing the end of the the

1:48:45 ↗ first quarter of the year but um really

1:48:48 ↗ look forward to a pretty active and busy

1:48:51 ↗ spring and summer

1:48:52 ↗ um

1:48:54 ↗ in and through town

1:48:56 ↗ that's all I've got

1:48:58 ↗ thanks Jeff uh any other comments before

1:49:01 ↗ we close looks like we're at

1:49:08 ↗ commute again

1:49:10 ↗ it was a great first sentence

1:49:13 ↗ thanks for all that update Jeff

1:49:16 ↗ um I wanted to ask about the eckhouse

1:49:18 ↗ since you brought it up

1:49:19 ↗ um first of all is the revisions that

1:49:22 ↗ are going to be made in line with the

1:49:25 ↗ master plan that's in place because I

1:49:27 ↗ haven't been able to locate that match

1:49:29 ↗ or plan to take a look at any language

1:49:31 ↗ and and if not is that something that we

1:49:35 ↗ need to do as a board to make any kind

1:49:37 ↗ of a revision to the master plan to be

1:49:39 ↗ in line with what's expected to occur

1:49:41 ↗ there

1:49:42 ↗ yeah so what we plan on the revisions we

1:49:46 ↗ plan on doing would be we'll be in line

1:49:48 ↗ with the master plan

1:49:50 ↗ what was sort of identified and proposed

1:49:53 ↗ as

1:49:54 ↗ reuse of the back house yeah

1:49:59 ↗ so nothing is needed further from us

1:50:01 ↗ then to move forward on that

1:50:04 ↗ in terms of revising the master plan

1:50:07 ↗ right right

1:50:09 ↗ it's not anticipated obviously if what

1:50:13 ↗ comes out of this you know that's not

1:50:16 ↗ if what comes out of this is some

1:50:18 ↗ massive huge gigantic change to the

1:50:21 ↗ eckhouse then yeah we might need to

1:50:23 ↗ consider revising the master plan but

1:50:25 ↗ that's not from a staff standpoint we're

1:50:28 ↗ not anticipating that okay thanks

1:50:31 ↗ I just want to add

1:50:34 ↗ um on the website for this project you

1:50:37 ↗ can't find the full master plan document

1:50:40 ↗ on the website

1:50:42 ↗ under the um

1:50:44 ↗ active projects or major projects tab

1:50:49 ↗ major projects for Parks tab yeah just

1:50:53 ↗ go into the city major projects and

1:50:55 ↗ under Confluence Park you'll find the

1:50:57 ↗ master site plan there

1:50:59 ↗ okay thanks

1:51:03 ↗ Jen

1:51:05 ↗ great thank you all right so

1:51:09 ↗ um next meeting will be on April 24th

1:51:12 ↗ 2023 so sorry I have other business for

1:51:16 ↗ you all to attend to

1:51:18 ↗ um uh there were minutes from the

1:51:21 ↗ special meeting from February 16th

1:51:25 ↗ um The Joint meeting with the four

1:51:27 ↗ boards there were minutes in your agenda

1:51:28 ↗ packet and I need you all to

1:51:32 ↗ um either move to approve or ask for

1:51:34 ↗ amendments or approve them

1:51:41 ↗ any any issues with the February 16th

1:51:44 ↗ minutes

1:51:47 ↗ all right so everybody approved uh

1:51:50 ↗ February 16th minutes

1:51:54 ↗ the choice of those double meetings we

1:51:56 ↗ have today yeah very attached or

1:51:58 ↗ something thanks

1:52:00 ↗ all right thanks everyone

1:52:02 ↗ have a good evening thank you thank you

1:52:03 ↗ thanks

1:52:07 ↗ everyone

1:52:09 ↗ okay

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