Park Board · Tuesday, March 26, 2024 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of January 22, 2024

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 01-22-24 Park Board Minutes Page 1 CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board 7:00 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave January 22, 2024 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Athletic Field Discussion

Discussion / Information · 40 min · Jeff Watling, Director Robin Spear, Park Planning and Development Manager · packet pp.5–17

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MARCH 26, 2024 | PARK BOARD

Park Project Updates

Discussion / Information · 20 min · Jeff Watling, Director Robin Spear, Park Planning and Development Manager · packet pp.19–27

Topics: Parks

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Park Projects Updates MARCH 26, 2024 PARK BOARD MEETING

5. REPORTS

Youth Representative's Report

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Director's Report

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Chairperson's Report

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0:05 ↗ okay recording has

0:08 ↗ started okay 7 o'clock I'll call the

0:12 ↗ meeting to order I'll start with the RO

0:16 ↗ calling rooll uh so Marlene

0:20 ↗ here and you said Zach is has an excused

0:25 ↗ Andrew eloquin has an

0:27 ↗ excused David L

0:31 ↗ Nicholas

0:33 ↗ Lee not yet

0:35 ↗ maybe see Brandon

0:39 ↗ Spears

0:41 ↗ B I'm

0:45 ↗ here

0:48 ↗ EXC

0:50 ↗ ex I'm

0:54 ↗ here Andrew Myers excused and then uh I

0:58 ↗ am here

1:00 ↗ and the next item will be approval of

1:03 ↗ the minutes from previous meeting did

1:05 ↗ everybody get a chance to review

1:09 ↗ them any corrections to be made or

1:14 ↗ noted that be uh minutes are

1:19 ↗ approved move oh let's see um public

1:24 ↗ comments we

1:26 ↗ have I didn't receive any sep public

1:30 ↗ comments anyone that's here in person

1:32 ↗ does anyone want to give public

1:34 ↗ comment just to

1:38 ↗ observe uh well that's good because we

1:41 ↗ may have some long discussion today um

1:44 ↗ we need all the time we get and so we'll

1:47 ↗ move right into regular business and the

1:48 ↗ first item is the athletic field

1:51 ↗ discussion Jeff's gonna start that I

1:54 ↗ will thank you so much Chris uh Asanti

1:57 ↗ thank you for uh for driving the power

2:00 ↗ Point presentation as that's coming up

2:02 ↗ um really excited to have this

2:05 ↗ conversation you know obviously we'

2:08 ↗ talked athletic fields um on a number of

2:11 ↗ occasions uh certainly as we are

2:14 ↗ venturing into our Park Plan update um

2:18 ↗ we we sort of laid out our work plan uh

2:21 ↗ for the park board we wanted to have

2:23 ↗ this

2:24 ↗ conversation um no the the goal tonight

2:26 ↗ is really to um obviously Focus on um

2:31 ↗ athletic fields um really start looking

2:34 ↗ at posing some questions having some

2:36 ↗ discussion around our strategic approach

2:39 ↗ um to really best serve isqua's needs um

2:44 ↗ the discussion tonight is really

2:45 ↗ intended to help inform um how we want

2:48 ↗ to prioritize how we want to approach

2:51 ↗ athletic fields as we're heading

2:54 ↗ into an

2:56 ↗ update draft documents so next slide

3:03 ↗ something thank you

3:06 ↗ um as it switching um in 2018 um as we

3:10 ↗ adopted that that Park plan you might

3:13 ↗ recall that was really the the first

3:14 ↗ Park plan for the city that really tried

3:16 ↗ to take a systemwide approach inste a

3:19 ↗ systemwide narrative um uh that plan

3:24 ↗ really even as you look at it from an

3:25 ↗ athletic field perspective helped us set

3:27 ↗ a foundation for what we needed do and

3:30 ↗ how we need to approach uh one of the

3:32 ↗ key um components of that 2018 plan was

3:36 ↗ let's take care what we got um how do we

3:39 ↗ uh look at maintenance standards how do

3:41 ↗ we look at our overall approach to park

3:44 ↗ operations but also some of those more

3:46 ↗ intricate maintenance needs like

3:49 ↗ athletic fields Rick still our Park Ops

3:52 ↗ U manager I know is here tonight online

3:55 ↗ Rick thanks for joining us um take a

3:58 ↗ real credit to the park operations team

4:00 ↗ I think we've seen a lot of improvement

4:02 ↗ and a lot of Headway in um just our

4:05 ↗ maintenance of our existing Athletic

4:07 ↗ Field infrastructure some of the

4:08 ↗ Investments we've made into Central Park

4:11 ↗ um the tur Fields

4:14 ↗ Etc and then also set into motion this

4:17 ↗ realization that we need really need to

4:19 ↗ look at Partnerships and we really need

4:21 ↗ to look at our strengthening our

4:23 ↗ relationship with the is School District

4:25 ↗ strengthening our relationship with the

4:26 ↗ state park um I think as as the pandemic

4:30 ↗ came through this uh the world um and

4:33 ↗ hit us uh those conversations with those

4:35 ↗ two agencies never stopped but I think

4:37 ↗ some of the opportunities for capital

4:40 ↗ projects sort of had to be put on the

4:42 ↗ the sideline but really um as as we go

4:45 ↗ through tonight's discussion I I I think

4:47 ↗ some recent conversations we've had with

4:49 ↗ both those agencies really set the stage

4:51 ↗ for um spring boarding uh from the 24

4:55 ↗ plan and some some pretty key work uh so

4:59 ↗ tonight um I want to start with a

5:01 ↗ conversation just about who we are and

5:03 ↗ and understanding um we're a pretty land

5:06 ↗ constrained city um talk about sort of

5:10 ↗ our current field uh realities and and

5:13 ↗ situations quickly go sort of Facility

5:16 ↗ by facility within our city system talk

5:19 ↗ a bit about the school district and give

5:20 ↗ an update on very recent conversations

5:24 ↗ that Robert and I have been having with

5:25 ↗ the the state park planning staff uh and

5:29 ↗ then really go into a conversation about

5:31 ↗ how do we want to

5:33 ↗ prioritize um capacity building projects

5:36 ↗ uh that will feed right into the the

5:38 ↗ park

5:39 ↗ plan next

5:42 ↗ slide so

5:45 ↗ um question this is really meant as a

5:48 ↗ sort of a foreshadowing of some mapping

5:50 ↗ that we think is going to be really

5:51 ↗ really foundational and really important

5:53 ↗ for the park Plan update um who who

5:56 ↗ could tell me what the purple represents

6:01 ↗ not not an AA but uh anyone what what do

6:05 ↗ you think that purple

6:10 ↗ reflects

6:13 ↗ rraphy are right we we we we love our

6:17 ↗ isqu Alps isqu Alps are so much of what

6:20 ↗ our identity is U but we have to be

6:22 ↗ careful when we lay out a map of the

6:24 ↗ city and think awesome cool look at this

6:26 ↗ map as if it's a a flat canvas it is not

6:30 ↗ a flat canvas our our canvas is uh that

6:34 ↗ defines us and it's something that we

6:36 ↗ celebrate as a community um um if you

6:39 ↗ sort of go around from suppose it's nine

6:42 ↗ o'clock you have Cougar Mountain to the

6:44 ↗ east of us a squawk mountain and that's

6:47 ↗ sort of the finger of squawk Mountain

6:48 ↗ really infringes a lot into into the

6:51 ↗ valley um we he at tibits um tibits Park

6:56 ↗ and tibits Manor are a pretty narrow

6:58 ↗ Corridor that makes up um tibits Creek

7:00 ↗ as it heads to the lake heading uh East

7:04 ↗ you then have a West Tiger Mountain it's

7:07 ↗ obviously connected to Greater Tiger

7:09 ↗ Mountain um and then Grand Ridge where s

7:12 ↗ Highlands is and then at 12 o'clock the

7:16 ↗ samamish plateau which again is another

7:18 ↗ Hill so you know you really start to get

7:21 ↗ a sense of how challenged we are how um

7:25 ↗ important it is when we start talking

7:27 ↗ about things like athletic fields and

7:29 ↗ active amenities within our Park system

7:31 ↗ we're really going to be forced to be

7:33 ↗ super super creative um and super

7:36 ↗ thoughtful um in making sure we're

7:40 ↗ addressing the the capacity needs in

7:42 ↗ this community the arrows are really

7:43 ↗ meant to reflect and understand the

7:46 ↗ valley isn't uh static either

7:50 ↗ um I'm not a hydrologist but it doesn't

7:53 ↗ take much to realize hey when there's a

7:55 ↗ lot of water on those Hills guess where

7:57 ↗ that water eventually needs to get to

7:59 ↗ need to get to L some Amish uh so

8:01 ↗ there's a lot going on in this Valley as

8:07 ↗ well next

8:08 ↗ slide so with with that in mind uh it

8:12 ↗ really sets the stage for some of the

8:13 ↗ questions tonight as we want to talk

8:16 ↗ about um really the need for maximizing

8:20 ↗ use of our of our

8:25 ↗ spaces that two sided so um wanted to

8:31 ↗ just again talk through current

8:33 ↗ conditions of our um four parks that

8:37 ↗ have athletic fields uh within them um

8:41 ↗ highlight a little bit foreshadow a

8:43 ↗ little bit some of the opportunities we

8:44 ↗ see for some increased uh creating for U

8:49 ↗ an increased year round capacity uh

8:51 ↗ within within these these Parks

8:55 ↗ um we'll sort of go through the photos

8:58 ↗ but we'll start with tiits Valley Park

9:00 ↗ uh then Central Park obviously are two

9:02 ↗ parks that have our most prominent

9:04 ↗ athletic facilities in them uh and then

9:07 ↗ highlight both squawk Valley Park and

9:09 ↗ Veterans Memorial Field um has has

9:12 ↗ certainly opportunities um and athletic

9:15 ↗ fields to to be thinking

9:18 ↗ about next slide so Tippets Valley Park

9:21 ↗ um hats off you'll see the one slide of

9:24 ↗ our our Park maintenance team again um

9:27 ↗ we have made tremendous Headway in

9:29 ↗ increasing our resources and that's

9:30 ↗ really allowed us to get smarter uh with

9:33 ↗ how we're taken care of and and

9:35 ↗ maintaining and getting these fields um

9:38 ↗ into a more playable condition earlier

9:40 ↗ in uh in the season um we know as we've

9:46 ↗ uh talked about uh tibits Valley Park we

9:48 ↗ know as the survey results came back

9:50 ↗ this fall

9:52 ↗ um as we know as our own work that

9:55 ↗ happened before the pandemic with some

9:57 ↗ of our our early planning work this is a

10:00 ↗ park aching for a a a new

10:04 ↗ vision it's it's relatively tired um

10:08 ↗ it's from an athletic field standpoint

10:10 ↗ five uh baseball fields uh that were

10:13 ↗ sort of built at different times the the

10:15 ↗ map uh the overview map can kind of show

10:18 ↗ you uh they're they're sort of oddly

10:22 ↗ shaped um if you will uh but certainly

10:25 ↗ um maximize the the space that was

10:28 ↗ available

10:30 ↗ um those five baseball fields when you

10:33 ↗ look at uh both just seasonal um use um

10:37 ↗ and scheduling it's very rare that all

10:40 ↗ five are scheduled at the same time are

10:41 ↗ used at the same time uh so that's

10:44 ↗ something we we need to be thinking

10:45 ↗ about as as we're moving forward and how

10:49 ↗ we how we maximize space some of the

10:51 ↗ maintenance focus and improvements that

10:53 ↗ have been made at the field we um a

10:55 ↗ couple years ago took the Mounds out and

10:57 ↗ now have portable Mounds um that has

10:59 ↗ really increased flexibility that these

11:01 ↗ fields are are both available for more

11:05 ↗ available for softball and baseball um

11:08 ↗ both at the Youth Level and and the

11:10 ↗ adult level that's that's created more

11:14 ↗ equity and more scheduling flexibility

11:16 ↗ um in that um you may have noticed

11:19 ↗ through the winter we have tarped the

11:20 ↗ infields the last couple of winters that

11:23 ↗ has has saved us a lot of time and and

11:26 ↗ maintenance time um getting these Fields

11:29 ↗ up and and ready for for use um clearly

11:33 ↗ some of the needs that we've seen in the

11:34 ↗ survey some of the opportunities we have

11:36 ↗ this is not necessarily a yearr round um

11:40 ↗ Athletic Facility um it's really single

11:42 ↗ use primarily baseball softball there's

11:45 ↗ some soccer that's played in the

11:46 ↗ outfields but How might we consider um

11:51 ↗ perhaps utilizing Synthetic Turf um and

11:54 ↗ creating opportunities for more more

11:57 ↗ year round multiuse so some real real

12:00 ↗ capacity opportunities here at tibit

12:01 ↗ Valley Park next

12:05 ↗ slide Central Park

12:08 ↗ um three pads sort of comprise our

12:12 ↗ athletic uh facilities up at at Central

12:15 ↗ Park uh the pads um sort of pay homage

12:18 ↗ to how this park was created uh I think

12:21 ↗ we've talked about this but um much of

12:24 ↗ that Park much of the soil on that Park

12:26 ↗ is um export from when is Highlands was

12:30 ↗ created four pads were were sort of

12:32 ↗ built um or created there for for

12:34 ↗ Central Park um pad one um is our most

12:39 ↗ recent um Synthetic Turf field

12:42 ↗ Improvement um pad three is the farthest

12:46 ↗ to the South sort of the lower Synthetic

12:50 ↗ Turf field you may recall um we um

12:54 ↗ convert we had to replace that Synthetic

12:56 ↗ Turf and it aged out at about um 12

12:59 ↗ years um old um you may recall the

13:03 ↗ conversation we had about how do we

13:05 ↗ pilot um a more organic infill for the

13:09 ↗ Synthetic Turf uh we went to a cork and

13:15 ↗ sand mix um on field three um great news

13:20 ↗ is that it's been met with um a lot of

13:24 ↗ um positive comments from field users

13:26 ↗ they can't necessarily tell the

13:28 ↗ difference um um uh you you recall as we

13:31 ↗ did that um as we think of Synthetic

13:35 ↗ Turf in the future

13:37 ↗ um we really think it's a priority uh to

13:40 ↗ meet our environmental goals to consider

13:42 ↗ an all organic um infill as we uh start

13:46 ↗ looking at Synthetic Turf at other

13:48 ↗ places throughout uh throughout the

13:49 ↗ community so uh Central Park and those

13:52 ↗ Synthetic Turf Fields have been a really

13:54 ↗ great model uh for multi-use um um

14:00 ↗ facilities um currently scheduled at

14:02 ↗ Central Park is baseball

14:05 ↗ softball boys lacrosse girls lacrosse

14:08 ↗ youth football Cricket um is is used at

14:12 ↗ field three uh because of the sort of

14:14 ↗ the space between the two soccer fields

14:18 ↗ um so really year round use um um in

14:23 ↗ many many ways pad two is the aerial

14:26 ↗ photo you'll see in the lower right

14:28 ↗ corner of this slide uh this is the two

14:31 ↗ baseball fields two grass baseball

14:33 ↗ fields pad two is sort of the upper my

14:37 ↗ directions

14:38 ↗ Southeast corner of the park um very

14:43 ↗ very poor soil conditions much like we

14:45 ↗ had on on pad one before we did the

14:47 ↗ Synthetic Turf um improvements um I

14:51 ↗ wasn't here when these fields were were

14:53 ↗ situated but you sort of see how they

14:55 ↗ were put the outfields are very short uh

14:59 ↗ there's not a lot of flexibility in

15:01 ↗ scheduling and use of these uh Fields um

15:05 ↗ we think there's some real opportunities

15:07 ↗ um already in the six-year CIP the

15:10 ↗ city's Capital Improvement plan is a

15:13 ↗ redo of of pad two um both in terms of

15:17 ↗ how do we look at the configuration of

15:19 ↗ those fields to create more age group

15:22 ↗ and more diversity um and also how might

15:26 ↗ we consider um you know a conf

15:28 ↗ configuration that allows for some other

15:31 ↗ sports use we think there's some

15:32 ↗ opportunity for the tennis courts the

15:35 ↗ pickle ball courts to perhaps go down to

15:37 ↗ pad three but there's some there's a

15:40 ↗ real investment opportunity and an

15:41 ↗ already identified Capital project uh to

15:45 ↗ to do something there at at Central Park

15:48 ↗ pad two pad four um I just mentioned as

15:52 ↗ it was in the the slide before that is

15:54 ↗ the currently undeveloped pad um it's

15:57 ↗ got the most pristine view of Valley um

16:00 ↗ you might recall in the adopted master

16:02 ↗ plan uh that really is currently planned

16:05 ↗ as more of community use General

16:07 ↗ Community use Community Lawn

16:10 ↗ Amphitheater picnicking uh really that

16:13 ↗ that place uh for unstructured um just

16:18 ↗ Community Park use um recognizing just

16:22 ↗ the the stunning and pristine view that

16:25 ↗ that part of the park has next slide

16:29 ↗ I think once I go through these park

16:31 ↗ slides I'll pause for for any questions

16:33 ↗ we might have before we jump into a

16:35 ↗ school district squat Valley Park um

16:38 ↗ squat Valley Park is is South part of

16:41 ↗ town actually makes the southern border

16:45 ↗ makes up the southern border of the city

16:47 ↗ of isqua out on Isa Hobart Road um the

16:52 ↗ park um in terms of athletic fields

16:54 ↗ consists of two relatively small pads uh

16:58 ↗ the most southern

16:59 ↗ um pad is um the smaller one probably

17:05 ↗ makes um the previous slide had yeah

17:09 ↗ it's less than an acre it's a point it's

17:11 ↗ about 08 of an acre um the northern pad

17:18 ↗ that

17:18 ↗ has the two fields that are comprised

17:21 ↗ two mod siiz Fields is 1.3 Acres so

17:24 ↗ bigger space if you think a full-size

17:26 ↗ soccer field uh requires about

17:30 ↗ just a general space standpoint

17:34 ↗ um nice Fields very lightly scheduled I

17:38 ↗ think more as we've heard Community

17:40 ↗ feedback more to do with um proximity of

17:43 ↗ where this park is and the southern

17:46 ↗ commute that happens um also I think

17:51 ↗ some soil conditions and um Turf

17:54 ↗ conditions that aren't

17:56 ↗ necessarily um create opportunity for

18:01 ↗ diversity of use and concentration of

18:03 ↗ use um so certainly some some

18:06 ↗ opportunities to consider here uh maybe

18:09 ↗ looking at a different field surfacing

18:12 ↗ uh that might create some opportunity

18:15 ↗ for um more intense practice and and

18:19 ↗ maybe youth focused um game

18:22 ↗ activities last slide terms of Memorial

18:27 ↗ Field tons of history with this field so

18:30 ↗ right now comprised of a of a big

18:33 ↗ infield a really large size cut INF

18:36 ↗ field that doesn't

18:38 ↗ necessarily um mesh with the size of the

18:41 ↗ Outfield um has always been pretty

18:43 ↗ constrained from a baseball softball use

18:46 ↗ um in terms of age groups um because of

18:49 ↗ the the small size of of the

18:53 ↗ Outfield um I know this year through

18:56 ↗ some again increased maintenance and

18:58 ↗ working with the local youth leagues

19:00 ↗ there's some of the younger age groups

19:02 ↗ are going to be using this uh space more

19:04 ↗ so than they have in Prior years which

19:06 ↗ is

19:07 ↗ fantastic um a lot of history with this

19:10 ↗ field uh this field so named as Veterans

19:13 ↗ Memorial uh recognizes the really serves

19:17 ↗ as a memorial for not only our veterans

19:20 ↗ but those um Miners and others that were

19:24 ↗ um recognized within the community fun

19:29 ↗ fact the Fieldhouse that you see um that

19:33 ↗ comprises the sort of Western um know

19:36 ↗ that's not Western that would be Eastern

19:38 ↗ side of the the field um that's the old

19:40 ↗ bleachers to what was the High School

19:43 ↗ stadium um at the time U I think even

19:46 ↗ dating farther back uh this is where the

19:49 ↗ community Rodeo so um tons of of history

19:53 ↗ with this field and something that we

19:55 ↗ want to sort of be thinking of um as we

20:00 ↗ um recognize what this field um is going

20:03 ↗ to be in the future it's always going to

20:04 ↗ be a field but but how might we consider

20:07 ↗ programming it um how might we consider

20:11 ↗ programming it not only for athletics

20:12 ↗ but also realizing there's a real

20:15 ↗ Community purpose um a community

20:18 ↗ opportunity for just this compilation of

20:21 ↗ parks um its relationship to Front

20:23 ↗ Street its relationship to the depot and

20:25 ↗ some of the other um Investments that uh

20:28 ↗ one Investments that we're going to be

20:30 ↗ in the mixst of and we'll be getting an

20:31 ↗ update on those those tonight

20:35 ↗ so I'm going to stop there one just to

20:38 ↗ get a drink of water but see if there's

20:39 ↗ any just general questions as we talk

20:43 ↗ through our R4 parks and athletic uh

20:47 ↗ facilities with they have comments as

20:52 ↗ well

20:54 ↗ sure um that Memorial Field um a little

20:59 ↗ bit before my time and then probably SC

21:04 ↗ F Not only was it a football field for

21:07 ↗ for high school because I played inws on

21:09 ↗ that field uh but it was a

21:12 ↗ rodeo field actually the coal company uh

21:19 ↗ German uh ownership on World War I

21:23 ↗ happened and

21:26 ↗ uh took it over and then Rodeo was there

21:30 ↗ and

21:31 ↗ Rodeo occurred a

21:33 ↗ death the volunteer fireman the city of

21:37 ↗ isqua actually paid off that debt and

21:40 ↗ then gave that repeat that word gave

21:44 ↗ that Feld to the city of so that was a

21:49 ↗ gift that the city of is and some of us

21:54 ↗ we've seen it be used for lots of things

21:57 ↗ to include

21:59 ↗ a carnival used to happen every Labor

22:02 ↗ Day and that was a huge thing the

22:08 ↗ sa sorry Jeff but I I just can't sit

22:12 ↗ here and look at that not think back

22:15 ↗ about all those things that field

22:18 ↗ represents to me in my

22:22 ↗ life huge thing and in

22:26 ↗ 2005 some of us from the

22:29 ↗ BFW um wanted to make sure that that

22:34 ↗ which was called Memorial Field was then

22:37 ↗ called Veterans Memorial Field because

22:41 ↗ it was actually given an honored by

22:45 ↗ those volunteer farming to all those

22:48 ↗ veterans who lost their lives and we

22:51 ↗ enhanced that in 2005 a lot of vets came

22:55 ↗ home and died here so we don't want to

23:05 ↗ get please don't apologize to me thank

23:08 ↗ you so much for that that's again a a a

23:12 ↗ explanation mark on what we're trying to

23:14 ↗ say as as staff that this this field

23:16 ↗ holds a very very special purpose in

23:19 ↗ this in this community thanks for that

23:25 ↗ da any

23:27 ↗ questions

23:30 ↗ save your mind for later so sounds good

23:33 ↗ stor them up really good all right so as

23:38 ↗ we um next slide it speaks to some of

23:42 ↗ what I I teed up before we talk about

23:44 ↗ the school districts is recognizing and

23:47 ↗ again I think understanding um the very

23:51 ↗ land constraint nature of isqua um the

23:54 ↗ canvas that we have to paint on um as we

23:58 ↗ um did the athletic field assessment as

24:00 ↗ we look at how our fields are scheduled

24:03 ↗ as we look at growth and addressing

24:06 ↗ needs uh we really think there's a an

24:09 ↗ important

24:11 ↗ um differentiation we need to make and

24:14 ↗ understand that um there's some real

24:16 ↗ value in considering Synthetic Turf uh

24:19 ↗ for our athletic fields um we've seen at

24:22 ↗ Central Park where that's really allowed

24:25 ↗ um a concentration of use um there's

24:27 ↗ efficiency found in that there's land

24:29 ↗ efficiency found in that um you know

24:34 ↗ there's certainly upfront cost that is

24:36 ↗ different than a grass-based field but

24:39 ↗ um a lot of studies would show that the

24:42 ↗ the amount of the investment for one

24:45 ↗ acre of Synthetic Turf would would you'd

24:48 ↗ be able to concentrate a use on that one

24:52 ↗ acre of Synthetic Turf that is would

24:55 ↗ would need to be um two three acres of

24:59 ↗ grass Turf right so so there's a though

25:03 ↗ there's a concentrated cost with this

25:05 ↗ there's a efficiency in in in land um

25:09 ↗ that's that you're able to see um cost

25:13 ↗ of maintenance is there is a cost of

25:15 ↗ Maintenance of Synthetic Turf but is

25:16 ↗ lower um annually uh than um a irrigated

25:22 ↗ sand-based Athletic Field the type of

25:25 ↗ athletic field that uh I think would be

25:27 ↗ desired um and interest um as we look at

25:31 ↗ water and and important climate

25:34 ↗ priorities of the city uh we also

25:36 ↗ realize and recognize we're not having

25:39 ↗ to to irrigate Synthetic Turf um and

25:42 ↗ then as we said earlier as we really

25:44 ↗ look at the standard for what that

25:46 ↗ infill is uh the industry is catching up

25:49 ↗ the industry thankfully is going away

25:51 ↗ from some of those initial very heavy

25:54 ↗ petroleum based rubber crumb rubber um

25:57 ↗ infill and we as a city are really well

26:00 ↗ positioned to continue to move away from

26:03 ↗ that as as well so

26:06 ↗ um as we go into more conversation and

26:09 ↗ discussion and hear your feedback we as

26:10 ↗ staff will be very interested to hear

26:12 ↗ your your thoughts and perspectives on

26:14 ↗ this pros and cons this balance between

26:18 ↗ um investing in Synthetic Turf versus

26:20 ↗ natural

26:21 ↗ grass next

26:24 ↗ slide wanted to talk a little bit about

26:27 ↗ the school district um I'll touch on the

26:29 ↗ middle schools and high schools but want

26:30 ↗ to first talk about the the elementary

26:32 ↗ schools because as as we're um the last

26:36 ↗ couple of of months have been having

26:40 ↗ some heightened conversations with the

26:42 ↗ school district um uh the idea of where

26:45 ↗ could we really see um added capacity

26:49 ↗ meaning really an infusion of new use um

26:53 ↗ on School District property uh the

26:55 ↗ elementary schools uh the three

26:57 ↗ particularly in the city of isqua are of

26:59 ↗ interest to us as a as a city a model

27:03 ↗ I'm familiar with in and having done

27:05 ↗ them in samamish um um years ago is the

27:09 ↗ idea of community Sports Fields um and

27:12 ↗ we've roached this topic with the

27:14 ↗ district and looking at opportunities

27:16 ↗ for the the sports Fields um at Ive at

27:21 ↗ Grand Ridge ele and Clark Elementary and

27:23 ↗ there's some real interest in openness

27:25 ↗ from the district this model uh what it

27:27 ↗ looks like is

27:30 ↗ um really saying hey School District if

27:34 ↗ if you provide the land we as a city

27:37 ↗ would provide the capital to make the

27:39 ↗ investment and the Improvement um to

27:42 ↗ convert that from in some cases e are

27:44 ↗ just dirt um Cinder Fields um case to BU

27:49 ↗ the E it's just a really pretty tired

27:51 ↗ grass field but what if that was became

27:54 ↗ a Synthetic Turf facility uh that the

27:56 ↗ city um invested in the city would then

27:59 ↗ be interested in being the scheduler so

28:02 ↗ that uh that could be scheduled and

28:05 ↗ making sure uh there's High Community

28:07 ↗ use uh the school district ends up

28:10 ↗ getting the school itself ends up

28:11 ↗ getting a an improved in the case of the

28:14 ↗ ele School a wonderful recess facility

28:17 ↗ um Community use would then begin in the

28:20 ↗ afternoon once school is out um and

28:23 ↗ would also be available for full

28:25 ↗ community use on on weekends as well so

28:29 ↗ some real opportunity there um I think

28:32 ↗ as we we really want to hear your

28:34 ↗ feedback and thoughts on on that and the

28:36 ↗ opportunities of those elementary

28:37 ↗ schools is there a priority that you

28:40 ↗ would be interested in um we the city

28:43 ↗ are going to be having a joint meeting a

28:45 ↗ city council Schoolboard meeting at the

28:47 ↗ end of April uh the the topic of

28:50 ↗ facilities is going to be on that agenda

28:52 ↗ I'll be presenting and talking both

28:54 ↗ athletic fields and the pool at that

28:57 ↗ meeting so great opportunity to um just

29:01 ↗ get some feedback from you in

29:02 ↗ preparation for an elment Park plan for

29:04 ↗ that that conversation with the district

29:07 ↗ um I'm touching on the elementary

29:09 ↗ schools we also think and have been

29:11 ↗ talking to the district about how do we

29:13 ↗ um support how do we position um

29:17 ↗ ourselves as a city to to advocate for

29:20 ↗ more um and increased or improved

29:25 ↗ Community access to the middle school

29:27 ↗ and high school fac facilities as well

29:28 ↗ there's some fantastic public

29:30 ↗ Investments at those schools we

29:31 ↗ certainly understand some of the

29:33 ↗ sensitivities the district has about

29:35 ↗ access but really feel like there's some

29:38 ↗ capacity opportunities by making those

29:42 ↗ uh fields and spaces much more

29:45 ↗ accessible for the the community as

29:47 ↗ well next

29:51 ↗ slide then I think we'll be opening up

29:53 ↗ for discussion so the other um public

29:56 ↗ land owner that has atic Fields um aside

30:00 ↗ from the city and our facilities the

30:02 ↗ school district and their athletic

30:03 ↗ fields is the state park there are um

30:08 ↗ historically the soccer fields there at

30:10 ↗ State Park currently the state park has

30:13 ↗ a agreement um with is soccer club is

30:17 ↗ soccer club is the sole user and the

30:20 ↗ maintainer of the the grass fields um at

30:24 ↗ the State Park um State Park through the

30:28 ↗ pmic went through some pretty

30:29 ↗ significant Staffing changes you might

30:31 ↗ recall before the pandemic the the state

30:33 ↗ park was working on a master plan um

30:37 ↗ update for Lake samam State Park um in

30:41 ↗ the last boy probably four or five

30:43 ↗ months Robin we've had a number of

30:45 ↗ conversations with the new park planning

30:47 ↗ staff with the state park I think have

30:49 ↗ made some really significant Headway in

30:52 ↗ relationship building um um

30:55 ↗ understanding really the the importance

30:58 ↗ the state park plays in um in

31:01 ↗ relationship to isqua's park system um

31:05 ↗ specifically and what I'll bring up

31:06 ↗ tonight about athletic fields is that um

31:10 ↗ and maybe really to that Master Plan

31:12 ↗ update uh the state park um has um

31:17 ↗ really taken a step back and and wanted

31:19 ↗ to sort of revisit and ask themselves

31:22 ↗ internally is a Master Plan update

31:25 ↗ really necessary um what does that

31:28 ↗ Master Plan update accomplish what are

31:30 ↗ the what's really the core role of the

31:33 ↗ state park um state parks um manages a

31:38 ↗ whole lot more than Lake s State Park

31:40 ↗ and they have a mission and a vision and

31:43 ↗ values that um really need to be

31:46 ↗ consistent with the entire State Park

31:48 ↗ system

31:49 ↗ Statewide um as they've taken a look at

31:53 ↗ what the goals were of that Master Plan

31:55 ↗ update they're taking a step back um

31:58 ↗ and in the last couple of months um have

32:01 ↗ come to a position where they're going

32:02 ↗ to recommend and they are recommending

32:04 ↗ to the state park commission that um

32:06 ↗ they stop that Master Plan update and

32:09 ↗ they instead take a look at and sort of

32:13 ↗ really reinforce the the adopted master

32:15 ↗ plan of 2007 uh they feel like that

32:19 ↗ adopted master plan in 2007 is

32:23 ↗ consistent with the land consistent with

32:25 ↗ the park consistent with their ethos of

32:28 ↗ of really wanting this park to be a um

32:32 ↗ Urban example of um an environmental um

32:36 ↗ um State Park um back to that map that I

32:40 ↗ was showing about sort of our canvas as

32:43 ↗ a as a town and knowing how much um

32:47 ↗ Hillside we have and how much hydrology

32:50 ↗ goes to the valley you guess where that

32:51 ↗ hydrology goes before it gets to the

32:53 ↗ lake it all goes through Lake s State

32:56 ↗ Park and so we understand and really

32:58 ↗ recognize and uh support that um

33:03 ↗ position of of the state park but what

33:05 ↗ it means for athletic fields um is um an

33:11 ↗ understanding any significant

33:13 ↗ Improvement of those uh Fields is not

33:16 ↗ going to come without some pretty

33:18 ↗ significant um mitigation and a very

33:21 ↗ very significant cost um and so um just

33:26 ↗ important context think for us as we're

33:29 ↗ really looking holistically at our

33:30 ↗ Athletic Field approach here in the city

33:33 ↗ thisa I I

33:36 ↗ um Jeff's opinion a little bit as as

33:38 ↗ I've been here seven plus years now I

33:42 ↗ think as that Master Plan update was

33:43 ↗ getting kicked off I think there was an

33:46 ↗ unrealistic expectation or thought that

33:48 ↗ somehow lak s manam state park is going

33:51 ↗ to be the the answer for athletic fields

33:54 ↗ for for Isa and and perhaps put a a

33:59 ↗ pretty high

34:00 ↗ expectation on that that as we sort of

34:05 ↗ read the the position and the policies

34:08 ↗ and governance of state parks um um that

34:12 ↗ isn't necessarily the case that's not to

34:14 ↗ mean those fields are going away that's

34:16 ↗ not to mean they're they're going to

34:17 ↗ play a really important role

34:19 ↗ in how we prioritize and how we address

34:23 ↗ athletic fields here in this town but um

34:27 ↗ um

34:28 ↗ I think it also should just make us

34:30 ↗ aware that we we can't put we can't hang

34:32 ↗ our hat on that um in many ways I think

34:36 ↗ some of the what we can do with City

34:39 ↗ facilities what we can do with the

34:40 ↗ school district really is probably lower

34:43 ↗ hanging fruit than a pretty long long

34:47 ↗ effort um that would need to take place

34:50 ↗ with state parks so um important

34:52 ↗ contexts there those conversations are

34:54 ↗ going to continue uh they're very

34:56 ↗ engaged in our Park Plan update

34:58 ↗ we're going to invite Park planning

34:59 ↗ State Park staff are going to come as we

35:02 ↗ get a little farther into the park plan

35:03 ↗ so more to discuss I think more

35:05 ↗ opportunity for you all to to engage

35:07 ↗ with State Park staff um again they

35:10 ↗ remain interested in athletic fields I

35:12 ↗ think they just don't want to have the

35:14 ↗ sense of expectation that somehow um

35:17 ↗ that's the answer uh so so much more to

35:20 ↗ much more to come

35:24 ↗ there next slide so let's open it up for

35:28 ↗ some feedback some questions um these

35:31 ↗ don't necessarily need to be the only

35:32 ↗ questions but we' love to hear some of

35:34 ↗ your thoughts and feedback around table

35:36 ↗ but would love to start hearing um is

35:39 ↗ this should we be considering rather

35:42 ↗ than prioritizing single use uh facility

35:46 ↗ should we really be looking at multi-use

35:49 ↗ opportunities as we look at investments

35:51 ↗ in sports Fields um feedback that you

35:54 ↗ all have in terms of synthetic term for

35:56 ↗ natural grass

35:58 ↗ there other criteria we should be

36:00 ↗ considering as we start prioritizing the

36:03 ↗ so with that chair Chris if you want to

36:08 ↗ facilitate some

36:09 ↗ discussion do we have their hand raised

36:14 ↗ anywhere not

36:17 ↗ all um I think we absolutely need this

36:21 ↗ is one of our most preing

36:24 ↗ needs and I support and

36:29 ↗ recognize the need to protect preserve

36:35 ↗ respect um our environmental resources

36:41 ↗ and to maintain a you know sustainable

36:44 ↗ perspective but I think we also need to

36:46 ↗ recognize that Sports Fields provide

36:50 ↗ use um and community building for

36:55 ↗ thousands of users um I think I would

36:59 ↗ guess you know orders of magnitude more

37:02 ↗ than say Trail

37:03 ↗ users I think both are very valuable but

37:06 ↗ I think this is it's time that we need

37:07 ↗ to really make another push uh for more

37:11 ↗ Sports Fields um and as you said you

37:15 ↗ know we had I was one of many who

37:18 ↗ thought that state parks might buy an

37:21 ↗ opportunity with some flat land that's

37:23 ↗ already being used for for soccer fields

37:26 ↗ that it might be a great opportunity for

37:28 ↗ some multi use Fields um sounds like

37:32 ↗ that's going to be really hard to

37:34 ↗ push uh and then I think all the things

37:36 ↗ that you mentioned partnering are going

37:38 ↗ to be

37:39 ↗ important

37:40 ↗ um but I also and I think you know we've

37:43 ↗ got a great start U pretty solid start

37:47 ↗ up at Central Park I think it's time to

37:51 ↗ put tibit to park you know on the front

37:54 ↗ front

37:55 ↗ burner and and move that up

37:58 ↗ um you know I love like squat Valley

38:00 ↗ Park the traffic issues there just

38:04 ↗ render that very difficult to use for um

38:09 ↗ regularly scheduled events um you know

38:12 ↗ with the school district yes if we can

38:14 ↗ get it happen um there again you're

38:16 ↗ still looking at

38:18 ↗ single

38:20 ↗ Fields distributed among the um the

38:24 ↗ community and that's great for practices

38:26 ↗ and single events but we do really need

38:28 ↗ a home for larger tournaments uh for

38:31 ↗ multiple different

38:34 ↗ sports I lean towards multisport

38:39 ↗ facilities but maybe with some element

38:46 ↗ of tilting you know some some fields are

38:50 ↗ primarily going to be for baseball

38:51 ↗ softball and some fields are going to be

38:53 ↗ primarily for soccer lacrosse football

38:56 ↗ um make sure that the the higher levels

39:00 ↗ of play have

39:04 ↗ uh fully provisioned facilities for you

39:09 ↗ know higher level events perhaps even

39:12 ↗ multi-use the design can influence what

39:14 ↗ is the priority or what is the

39:17 ↗ primary use versus

39:19 ↗ secondary what you're saying yeah and

39:21 ↗ then I guess you know with Veterans

39:23 ↗ Memorial Field you know talked about

39:25 ↗ that and it's it's been great to have

39:29 ↗ reminders educational opportunities to

39:32 ↗ learn about it because I don't I'm one

39:34 ↗ of many that doesn't know um I think we

39:36 ↗ should look for an opportunity there but

39:38 ↗ you know that field

39:39 ↗ currently is a big use on sdays so let's

39:44 ↗ you know keep that in mind and maybe

39:48 ↗ that would be a

39:49 ↗ singl single Sports use facility with

39:56 ↗ more

39:58 ↗ my thoughts do we have Brad and Katie I

40:01 ↗ think Brad your handles up first and

40:03 ↗ then come back

40:06 ↗ to well thanks for that and I good

40:09 ↗ overview overview from you Jeff and uh

40:12 ↗ and I kind of ditto all of what Chris

40:14 ↗ had to say I guess the only thing that I

40:16 ↗ might want to add is

40:18 ↗ um in reference to the state park I

40:21 ↗ guess you know the big emphasis there I

40:23 ↗ would say and I know it's probably a

40:25 ↗ longer term but you know those softball

40:27 ↗ fields would probably be the the best

40:30 ↗ opportunity there for something

40:31 ↗ especially now that they've given up on

40:34 ↗ uh doing something with a new master

40:36 ↗ plan which is an area that they that's

40:38 ↗ an area that they were planning on a a

40:40 ↗ variety of other things and now probably

40:42 ↗ aren't and so that that might be easy

40:45 ↗ picking you know I think that

40:48 ↗ um you know you kind of pointed out I

40:50 ↗ mean the problem is we just don't have a

40:52 ↗ lot of flat space on the main part of

40:55 ↗ the valley and um Welly I sure hate to

40:58 ↗ what what space we do have open space I

41:01 ↗ sure would hate to uh convert natural

41:04 ↗ open space to uh to sports Fields um you

41:10 ↗ know because we do actually have some

41:11 ↗ open space and even Parks you know that

41:13 ↗ could maybe be developed like that I

41:15 ↗ would just hate to do that uh really

41:18 ↗ like the partnership stuff that you're

41:20 ↗ doing that's a real that's a real

41:22 ↗ priority in my mind um I think another

41:25 ↗ priority should be um you know really

41:28 ↗ escalating and moving forward although

41:30 ↗ you already got such a full plate here

41:32 ↗ this year and probably next but um we

41:34 ↗ really need to get the master planning

41:36 ↗ done on tibits Valley Park and Veterans

41:39 ↗ Memorial Park which have sports fields

41:41 ↗ and within the concept of that those

41:45 ↗ Master plans um you know will'll get a

41:47 ↗ lot more clarity in terms of what kind

41:49 ↗ of usage that we want to put there you

41:52 ↗ know I'm a big advocate for multiuse I

41:54 ↗ think we do need to add some more

41:55 ↗ Synthetic Turf but I think if you don't

41:58 ↗ have Master plans in motion it's going

42:00 ↗ to be hard to know where to prioritize

42:04 ↗ those you know lastly I guess I'd say

42:06 ↗ that um in terms of what land there is

42:10 ↗ out there in the valley

42:12 ↗ floor uh you know spaced properly you

42:16 ↗ know we have you know some rather

42:19 ↗ extensive parking lots along that Gilman

42:21 ↗ area and I suppose who knows what the

42:25 ↗ planners are thinking about all of that

42:26 ↗ but if we were going to convert anything

42:28 ↗ you know to sports activities I would

42:31 ↗ think parking lots would be a good place

42:33 ↗ to start you know because they're just a

42:35 ↗ bit of an eyesore and and it would be

42:39 ↗ expensive I suppose in terms of

42:40 ↗ acquiring that land but um you know

42:44 ↗ thinking ahead you know in terms of the

42:46 ↗ central uh Central District you know 10

42:50 ↗ 20 years from now you know bringing in

42:53 ↗ Light Rail and all of that um I mean I

42:56 ↗ just think some additional uh sports

42:59 ↗ activities um in along that Gilman

43:02 ↗ section um you know would be

43:05 ↗ appropriate um and

43:07 ↗ I you know I think that's that section

43:11 ↗ um over there that seems to be

43:14 ↗ disintegrating kind of over by by lows I

43:18 ↗ think it's possible that Costco's

43:20 ↗ already got plans for all of that but

43:22 ↗ again that another large area of land

43:25 ↗ over there that's parking lot Lots flat

43:28 ↗ land you know if there's any portion of

43:31 ↗ that in conjunction with Costco that

43:33 ↗ could be developed I think that would be

43:36 ↗ a good location for it um so those are

43:40 ↗ just a few ideas that I would like to

43:42 ↗ put out there

43:49 ↗ thanks yeah Katie go ahead oh okay can

43:52 ↗ okay can you hear me okay yeah we can

43:55 ↗ hear you okay okay um yeah thank you um

43:58 ↗ I would just like to um second what um

44:02 ↗ Chris was um saying about it's it's time

44:05 ↗ that we um need to focus on getting

44:09 ↗ tibits Park up to date um because you

44:13 ↗ know it's um it's kind of been on the

44:15 ↗ agenda for a long time and um you know

44:18 ↗ anybody's been there you see that um you

44:21 ↗ the the the the playground equipments

44:23 ↗ are old and you know they need to be

44:26 ↗ replaced

44:27 ↗ and um so I I feel like that's um is

44:32 ↗ important um to get that fixed and um

44:36 ↗ and also um I hate to Circle back to

44:39 ↗ this but um are we still talking about

44:43 ↗ getting a dog park um there at Tibbits

44:46 ↗ um because you know I every weekend when

44:49 ↗ I drive by there I see um people with

44:53 ↗ you know offleash dogs um

45:57 ↗ Athletic Complex but a community park um

45:59 ↗ and so yes I I think from a staff

46:02 ↗ standpoint we've always thought um and

46:05 ↗ and recognize that um an offleash

46:08 ↗ facility expanded play area you know

46:10 ↗ other community park amenities are going

46:11 ↗ to be really really important uh there

46:14 ↗ at tibit Valley Park that that Park um I

46:17 ↗ think you guys have heard heard me say

46:19 ↗ this before with the centralis plan and

46:21 ↗ the density that is planned just to the

46:23 ↗ north of tibits Valley Park the park

46:25 ↗ really is needs to play a very different

46:27 ↗ and important role uh in the future so

46:31 ↗ absolutely Katie uh you know by us

46:35 ↗ building a dog park by the community

46:37 ↗ center um and you may recall this and I

46:40 ↗ think it's pretty important as as that

46:41 ↗ gets under construction uh we do not see

46:44 ↗ ourselves being a one dog park town uh

46:48 ↗ really uh again given our land

46:50 ↗ constraints um we need to really look at

46:55 ↗ how to disperse things like parks and

46:58 ↗ into multiple Parks throughout

47:00 ↗ throughout town so thanks for that

47:03 ↗ reminder

47:06 ↗ Katie thanks so yeah I reiterate you

47:08 ↗ know there's a lot of agreement here

47:11 ↗ around tibit so I won't um you know sort

47:13 ↗ of beat that set but it's definitely my

47:15 ↗ priority as well um Turf I think we we

47:18 ↗ talked a couple meetings ago about

47:19 ↗ making sure that we can use facilities

47:23 ↗ um all year round versus just seasonally

47:26 ↗ so I think that's really important um I

47:28 ↗ love that we've done the more organic um

47:32 ↗ T you think if anybody stood on a rubber

47:35 ↗ Turf and 180 degree heat like you know

47:38 ↗ it's not place to be it's 100 and then

47:40 ↗ Turf ends up all over your

47:45 ↗ house so I think that's really great

47:48 ↗ that we've been on the Forefront of

47:49 ↗ doing that just really appreciate that

47:51 ↗ from the city um I think the big thing

47:53 ↗ to think about is we think about

47:55 ↗ Community parks and athletic Fields it's

47:57 ↗ just to be you know really cogent I

47:59 ↗ think in a meeting last meeting or one

48:01 ↗ before we talked about over 90 like over

48:05 ↗ 90% of our Park use was not active Parks

48:08 ↗ not fields and so yes as we were

48:11 ↗ building sort of the master plans we do

48:13 ↗ need to keep like sort of nonactive use

48:17 ↗ you know we have to think about that but

48:18 ↗ I do want to make sure we do still need

48:19 ↗ to prioritize Fields um I agree with

48:23 ↗ faai use to some extent as long as we

48:27 ↗ really understand the

48:28 ↗ prosing right and you know I like what

48:30 ↗ Chris was talking about is how do we

48:31 ↗ know what the primary use is versus the

48:35 ↗ secondary I've seen some Fields where

48:36 ↗ there's so many lines it's almost not

48:39 ↗ playable for anything anymore um so we

48:41 ↗ just need to be really careful about

48:43 ↗ that and then the other thing I would

48:44 ↗ think is how important what part of the

48:47 ↗ economic development do we think um

48:49 ↗ hosting tournaments or other events is

48:52 ↗ because when you do too much multi-use

48:54 ↗ they don't want to use those skills so

48:56 ↗ if we do think that hosting tournaments

48:58 ↗ and having that use and getting that

49:00 ↗ funding both into the park system but

49:02 ↗ also to the hotels and the businesses

49:05 ↗ important to us we need to think about

49:07 ↗ the ratio of multi-use to single use

49:11 ↗ field those are some things I just we

49:13 ↗ want to I just want to make sure we keep

49:15 ↗ in mind in in

49:17 ↗ the those are really really important

49:19 ↗ tradeoffs and again I seeking action

49:22 ↗ tonight but that's very real you're

49:24 ↗ right and I think we have that of a

49:27 ↗ conversation as we keep moving ahead and

49:29 ↗ start doing these athletic fields

49:33 ↗ is what's practical and what's realistic

49:36 ↗ again we we are we

49:39 ↗ a and I'm not trying to answer this I'm

49:41 ↗ just posing the question as as sort of

49:43 ↗ the the the overseer of parks

49:48 ↗ um we're not a town with with a a vast

49:52 ↗ array of accessible developable land

49:55 ↗ that can build tournament

49:57 ↗ complexes how do we build athletic

50:01 ↗ facilities that meet the community's

50:03 ↗ needs and and maybe find innovative ways

50:06 ↗ that they could

50:08 ↗ still host tournaments but they're

50:10 ↗ probably

50:11 ↗ not we're not competing with

50:14 ↗ Celia Moses Lake Kent right I mean some

50:18 ↗ of those um communities that have a very

50:21 ↗ different land canvas than we have um so

50:25 ↗ it's really good I'm glad you brought

50:26 ↗ that up Marine because that's something

50:29 ↗ we really want to have discussion with

50:31 ↗ as as we're doing these again as we're

50:33 ↗ moving ahead with with some of these

50:35 ↗ athletic facilities is how are we doing

50:37 ↗ it in a way that understands tournament

50:40 ↗ support but maybe that

50:43 ↗ tournament how do we talk to the sports

50:45 ↗ groups and and realize boy it's probably

50:47 ↗ not going to be

50:49 ↗ a perfect Clover Leaf five clex Baseball

50:54 ↗ Facility but how do we um how do we

50:57 ↗ accommodate your your tournament goals

50:59 ↗ in

51:00 ↗ town just yeah I I I I

51:05 ↗ I I want us to make sure we're

51:08 ↗ pragmatically moving forward and

51:10 ↗ understanding we're isqua and our Our

51:13 ↗ Land situation is different than a lot

51:15 ↗ of other a lot of other

51:23 ↗ towns tourament are used to not

51:27 ↗ it's ideal if they have everything in

51:28 ↗ one spot but they're used to having to

51:30 ↗ split it up and travel and I know that

51:32 ↗ today I'm playing baseball here tomorrow

51:34 ↗ I'm there they can move around I think

51:37 ↗ that we can work that out and really

51:39 ↗ develop Isa as a city happen if we work

51:42 ↗ on FS but I want to bring up different

51:45 ↗ uh s Valley Farm yes the underuse is fan

51:50 ↗ and it is the flat land that you like um

51:54 ↗ dog parks out there any activity

51:58 ↗ where 90 cars don't have to Goot once

52:01 ↗ they don't have football we don't have

52:03 ↗ Soccer Dog par it's you go when you get

52:06 ↗ a chance um we're looking for more

52:09 ↗ tennis courts pickle ball courts that's

52:11 ↗ again not a

52:13 ↗ high couple of ladies go at once and so

52:17 ↗ I would change think of looking at

52:19 ↗ changing the use of that land and and so

52:23 ↗ do it with something that doesn't need

52:25 ↗ tons of people at the same time because

52:28 ↗ you cannot get it's just crazy but I

52:31 ↗ could get there

52:33 ↗ tennis dog pars dogs do not need flat

52:36 ↗ land build them in your I don't want

52:46 ↗ them but look look at your trails and

52:50 ↗ where there's a decent parking lot and

52:52 ↗ go uh right down here that's where I am

52:57 ↗ right down here where they just have U

53:00 ↗ that new parking area and new Trail

53:02 ↗ going in but behind the home it's

53:06 ↗ on on Newport Newport caning count

53:11 ↗ Trail like there's nice parking there

53:15 ↗ and up the hill aways I don't know what

53:17 ↗ we own or what we could do but you could

53:18 ↗ have a lovely fenc in area that was a

53:21 ↗ dog park that's on they run up and down

53:24 ↗ you around the trees and have a great

53:25 ↗ time they can do look at your dogs in

53:28 ↗ the hilly areas where you can't the

53:30 ↗ Flatlands

53:31 ↗ support the new one we have

53:34 ↗ now is on FL

53:37 ↗ LF but it would also be great

53:39 ↗ for something small

53:43 ↗ like thank you for that Brenda you're

53:45 ↗ you're absolutely right as we look at

53:47 ↗ you know athletic fields aren't the only

53:49 ↗ amenity that the communities want the

53:51 ↗ only sort of developed Community Park

53:53 ↗ neighborhood

53:55 ↗ park um yeah really really smart and and

53:59 ↗ a question we we as staff are beginning

54:00 ↗ to pose is you know okay if it's not

54:03 ↗ athletic fields at squa what what else

54:06 ↗ what other amenities could go there as

54:08 ↗ we're really looking at spreading out

54:12 ↗ those those Community needs within again

54:14 ↗ thinking of the whole system not a a

54:17 ↗ park by Park really nice children's play

54:21 ↗ area there's one down there very

54:25 ↗ yeah

54:29 ↗ love it love

54:32 ↗ it are thoughts questions I have one

54:37 ↗ slide I have one thing to add though

54:39 ↗ yeah please I think it's important

54:41 ↗ to

54:44 ↗ update public perception of Synthetic

54:48 ↗ Turf lighted Synthetic Turf athletic

54:50 ↗ Feld um in the 80s 90s and even early

54:54 ↗ 2000s um Synthetic Turf field it's a

54:59 ↗ carpet it was filled with crumb rubber

55:02 ↗ from old tires and the lights were like

55:05 ↗ flood lights um you know there's a lot

55:07 ↗ of light

55:10 ↗ build mention that industry has risen to

55:16 ↗ public demand

55:18 ↗ publication for a better product

55:21 ↗ our sustainable and sensitive product um

55:27 ↗ the current athletic fields especially

55:29 ↗ we've done it up at Central Park they're

55:32 ↗ now using an organic

55:35 ↗ infill just a lot cleaner and Greener Uh

55:39 ↗ current lights using the LED

55:43 ↗ systems the cut off is

55:46 ↗ amazing it's like 20 feet and you're in

55:49 ↗ the dark from the edge of the field and

55:53 ↗ um in fact the cut off on the new lights

55:56 ↗ systems is so extreme that they now have

56:00 ↗ to have at least one light pointing up

56:03 ↗ so that flyballs don't disappear into

56:06 ↗ the darkness appear out of the darkness

56:08 ↗ you know um so but that's important to

56:11 ↗ recognize that these uh facilities are

56:14 ↗ no longer

56:16 ↗ um equivalent to like Paving over an

56:19 ↗ area and the the amount of use that they

56:23 ↗ provide really offsets a much larger

56:27 ↗ disruptive footprint so you can really

56:29 ↗ concentrate use uh you know you can get

56:32 ↗ people people will rent these fields

56:35 ↗ till you know we turn the lights off

56:37 ↗ which you know be 9 10 11p night

56:40 ↗ depending upon the location um and then

56:43 ↗ it's as I recall and you can correct me

56:46 ↗ on this build a grass field um it's

56:51 ↗ immediately heading into Revenue

56:54 ↗ negative paratory Poss the the income

56:57 ↗ the revenue generated for rental is Inc

57:01 ↗ compared to the cost of maintaining it

57:03 ↗ uh with tur Fields you can charge rental

57:06 ↗ fees that help offset and I don't know

57:09 ↗ where it comes into in terms of is it

57:11 ↗ net neutral or is it still negative but

57:14 ↗ it's a much better economic picture yeah

57:17 ↗ much better cost recovery um to remind

57:20 ↗ you I think in

57:21 ↗ 2018 we created a synthetic Teri

57:25 ↗ replacement program so 50% of the

57:28 ↗ revenue we collect from the Synthetic

57:30 ↗ Turf rentals go

57:33 ↗ to if we get squired away and help pay

57:36 ↗ for the turf replacement the other 50%

57:39 ↗ go into the general fund to help pay for

57:40 ↗ the operational cost but chis you're

57:42 ↗ absolutely right the the the cost

57:45 ↗ recovery for synthetic turf fields and

57:48 ↗ even looking at knowing you got to

57:50 ↗ replace the carpet every 12 years um

57:53 ↗ it's a much lower subsidy than a

57:57 ↗ typical traditional irrigated

57:59 ↗ grass buing field

58:02 ↗ um I think you know sorry Chris I'll let

58:06 ↗ you finish no I'm oh no really really

58:09 ↗ good I know I appreciate you and you're

58:10 ↗ right the perception has changed um in

58:13 ↗ terms of lighting if you ever just are

58:15 ↗ up in Isa Highlands in the evening go

58:18 ↗ check out the field lights it's an

58:20 ↗ interesting comparison stand where you

58:22 ↗ can see pad three and Pad one pad one is

58:26 ↗ the more modern you know we did those in

58:29 ↗ 2018 so those are LED lights you see the

58:32 ↗ cut off it's it's much more directional

58:36 ↗ the lights down on pad 3 are um

58:39 ↗ thankfully they have they're directional

58:40 ↗ they have lids but it's the older

58:42 ↗ technology and it's it's noticeable in

58:45 ↗ terms of how far how far technology has

58:48 ↗ come um it's a really really important

58:51 ↗ to note um as we talk Synthetic Turf and

58:53 ↗ grass I I want to mention something that

58:55 ↗ was a couple times um really good

59:00 ↗ feedback as we're looking at the whole

59:02 ↗ system there's still a really really

59:05 ↗ important place for irrigated grass lawn

59:10 ↗ park space right and so as we look at

59:13 ↗ planning and thinking of our

59:14 ↗ neighborhood parks our community parks

59:17 ↗ and athletic fields realize those aren't

59:20 ↗ all the same thing right so I I I what

59:23 ↗ I'm hearing and I think what we've been

59:26 ↗ thinking and understanding is

59:29 ↗ um you know the lawn at Confluence Park

59:33 ↗ for example the Playfield that we're

59:35 ↗ going to be creating um at Hillside park

59:39 ↗ right those those really that's

59:41 ↗ important that those remain grass um

59:44 ↗ we're not talking about Synthetic Turf

59:47 ↗ everything right it's where we really

59:50 ↗ see and prioritize this need for

59:52 ↗ concentrated Sports use for being able

59:53 ↗ to schedule at a pretty high fre queny

59:57 ↗ that really is pretty pretty wise to

1:00:00 ↗ consider um a Synthetic Turf investment

1:00:03 ↗ there so there's a there's it's not one

1:00:06 ↗ of the other it's not a false Choice

1:00:08 ↗ both both are needed in the park

1:00:11 ↗ system please first one on that is yes

1:00:14 ↗ the scheduling but two like if you go up

1:00:16 ↗ to Central Park what I really like about

1:00:19 ↗ that is they people just playing right

1:00:22 ↗ and I think that's you don't get onit

1:00:24 ↗ right like what you don't get there is

1:00:25 ↗ just like

1:00:27 ↗ play to the Wi and so I think that's

1:00:29 ↗ another really important thing Beyond

1:00:31 ↗ scheduling whatever especially for our

1:00:33 ↗ community is like the amount of people

1:00:34 ↗ who are just doing pickup games or kids

1:00:37 ↗ are meeting there right and I think

1:00:39 ↗ that's also an equity thing as we think

1:00:41 ↗ about s of the Highland the valley um

1:00:44 ↗ everybody should have that opportunity

1:00:46 ↗ anytime of the year do that so I think

1:00:48 ↗ that's really important that's about

1:00:51 ↗ prior um and then the other thing we

1:00:53 ↗ didn't really bring up but I thought was

1:00:54 ↗ a great idea that you mentioned was how

1:00:56 ↗ do we help the elementary schools get

1:00:58 ↗ better facilities and sort of have a

1:01:00 ↗ winwin so I don't know buy someone to

1:01:03 ↗ Clark for a couple of years and a month

1:01:05 ↗ it's like that's just a sandit it's like

1:01:06 ↗ the easiest thing you've ever

1:01:08 ↗ seen um we can fix stuff like that um

1:01:12 ↗ that has the benefit of the kids playing

1:01:14 ↗ at school and then being able to use I

1:01:16 ↗ think that's a

1:01:18 ↗ great thanks for that Mar you're

1:01:20 ↗ absolutely right I think the opportunity

1:01:23 ↗ we have where we're thinking of athletic

1:01:26 ↗ Fields

1:01:27 ↗ is designing them in a way um thinking

1:01:31 ↗ of placemaking so that when they're not

1:01:33 ↗ scheduled there it doesn't feel like you

1:01:36 ↗ locked out when they're not scheduled

1:01:38 ↗ they're available to go throw a ball

1:01:41 ↗ with your with your kids to play a

1:01:43 ↗ pickup game that's that's really really

1:01:46 ↗ important as we think about it with all

1:01:47 ↗ of our Park

1:01:51 ↗ design all right well next slide thank

1:01:54 ↗ you this is really all some very helpful

1:01:56 ↗ feedback

1:01:58 ↗ helps keep us pointed in the right

1:02:00 ↗ direction um I'm going to just Echo back

1:02:04 ↗ what I I think I was beginning to hear

1:02:07 ↗ um again we're not seeking Direction

1:02:09 ↗ tonight this is really just helping us

1:02:11 ↗ to inform um next steps as we start

1:02:14 ↗ drafting the park plan because we really

1:02:16 ↗ want to see within the park plan not

1:02:18 ↗ just an approach to athletic fields but

1:02:20 ↗ maybe how what which of these do we

1:02:22 ↗ really want to prioritize as um as those

1:02:26 ↗ is we want to focus on most um heard

1:02:29 ↗ clearly tibits Valley Park and Veterans

1:02:32 ↗ Memorial Field continuing in that

1:02:34 ↗ planning effort getting a a master plan

1:02:37 ↗ getting a vision uh for uh completing

1:02:41 ↗ that that work and getting that work

1:02:43 ↗ done high high priorities um didn't hear

1:02:47 ↗ a lot about Central Park Pad 2 would be

1:02:49 ↗ would be interested if there's thoughts

1:02:52 ↗ on that that's the baseball only one

1:02:55 ↗ that

1:02:56 ↗ it's a mar yeah exactly

1:02:59 ↗ it's it's very it's very um constrained

1:03:04 ↗ in how it's being able to use and so you

1:03:06 ↗ know so a really smart strategic capital

1:03:09 ↗ investment there would in essence it

1:03:11 ↗ could it could feel like new

1:03:14 ↗ Fields so some opportunity there um I've

1:03:18 ↗ heard amongst the sort of those four

1:03:20 ↗ squat Valley Park probably isn't the the

1:03:23 ↗ lwh hanging fruit and the first one that

1:03:25 ↗ we should be doing Athletic Field

1:03:27 ↗ improvements we should look at squat

1:03:29 ↗ Valley Park and what we want it to be um

1:03:31 ↗ but maybe it's it's

1:03:34 ↗ other what's that yeah but either courts

1:03:37 ↗ or something that doesn't require the

1:03:41 ↗ everybody get there at 6m more cars on

1:03:44 ↗ the road yeah exactly I see the the

1:03:47 ↗ Shake of the heads

1:03:49 ↗ um School District I hear yes I me you

1:03:52 ↗ know consider continue um exploring and

1:03:55 ↗ pursuing that

1:03:58 ↗ um State Park don't know if there's any

1:04:00 ↗ feedback or thoughts again that feels

1:04:02 ↗ like to us from the staff standpoint we

1:04:04 ↗ are going to continue to monitor uh um

1:04:08 ↗ not only conversations with State Park

1:04:09 ↗ but with the squ soccer club um and sort

1:04:13 ↗ of where that the current agreement is

1:04:16 ↗ and and where there's future opportunity

1:04:19 ↗ um Brad thank you I heard sort of some

1:04:22 ↗ of your thoughts on is there interest or

1:04:24 ↗ desire in

1:04:26 ↗ looking for um new space and in

1:04:29 ↗ exploring acquisition for athletic

1:04:32 ↗ fields didn't know if there was again

1:04:34 ↗ any other thoughts tonight on that or

1:04:36 ↗ just something we want to continue to

1:04:38 ↗ explore um I'll tell you this just from

1:04:41 ↗ my professional standpoint again isqua

1:04:44 ↗ is unique and I want to be very

1:04:46 ↗ realistic with isqua the flat accessible

1:04:50 ↗ developable land unlike other towns or

1:04:52 ↗ cities that I've worked in where hey you

1:04:54 ↗ just go out one more range

1:04:56 ↗ and so you're you're buying when you're

1:04:58 ↗ looking at Athletic Field space and

1:04:59 ↗ you're competing with the market the

1:05:02 ↗ real estate market you're looking for

1:05:05 ↗ where you can buy the least expensive

1:05:08 ↗ land isqua is different the flat

1:05:11 ↗ accessible land Brad what Brad refers to

1:05:13 ↗ is the parking lots very wise assessment

1:05:18 ↗ that's stuff that's zoned

1:05:20 ↗ commercial um it's doable I mean the

1:05:22 ↗ city could consider purchasing but it's

1:05:24 ↗ going to be in a really really really

1:05:27 ↗ really expensive um expensive costs so

1:05:30 ↗ that's just one of our challenges and

1:05:34 ↗ and realities as a as a city is to buy

1:05:37 ↗ anything new here in town is going to

1:05:41 ↗ be real expensive so maybe strategically

1:05:44 ↗ we're looking at something south of town

1:05:46 ↗ something outside of town but again

1:05:49 ↗ Transportation starts to become a a

1:05:51 ↗ factor there so I POS the question that

1:05:54 ↗ I want to I guess just realistically say

1:05:57 ↗ that it it acquisition for new athletic

1:06:00 ↗ complexes to build an Athletic Facility

1:06:02 ↗ of any size were property talking five

1:06:04 ↗ to 15 Acres so it's it's a it's a

1:06:07 ↗ sizable chunk of land too to to think of

1:06:10 ↗ i' like

1:06:13 ↗ to as much capacity out of what we have

1:06:17 ↗ yeah I do see um I think Sun you have

1:06:19 ↗ your hand up I believe it's

1:06:23 ↗ you do you have a question oh yeah yeah

1:06:26 ↗ I did can you hear me okay you can okay

1:06:30 ↗ so um so the renovations that you're

1:06:33 ↗ talking about for like the parks and

1:06:35 ↗ like the elementary schools are those

1:06:36 ↗ just specific to like though I might be

1:06:39 ↗ mistaken but are those specific to those

1:06:41 ↗ schools like specifically or are you

1:06:44 ↗ just giving that as like you know like

1:06:45 ↗ examples of like schools that you know

1:06:48 ↗ that need to be

1:06:50 ↗ renovated I I think for this slide I'm

1:06:54 ↗ specifically noting the three elementary

1:06:56 ↗ schools that are within the boundaries

1:06:58 ↗ of the city of isqua as opportunities

1:07:02 ↗ to create um Community Sports Fields

1:07:06 ↗ where it's an improvement to the school

1:07:08 ↗ but then um it becomes space that the

1:07:11 ↗ general public can use evenings and

1:07:14 ↗ weekends okay so like um I know that

1:07:17 ↗ like a middle school that I attend like

1:07:19 ↗ Ping Middle School that hasn't a field

1:07:21 ↗ so a field like that or the Sunny Hills

1:07:23 ↗ field that you know like School

1:07:25 ↗ practices can use is that is that what

1:07:28 ↗ it is yeah yeah that's the idea Sunny

1:07:31 ↗ Hills and Pine Lake are in the city of

1:07:33 ↗ samamish so yeah from a city standpoint

1:07:36 ↗ that wouldn't necessarily be the place

1:07:39 ↗ we would want to be making a a city

1:07:41 ↗ investment but yeah that's the idea okay

1:07:44 ↗ no I'm just I was just clearing that

1:07:46 ↗ love it great question

1:07:52 ↗ thanks thank you everybody really

1:07:55 ↗ appreciate apprciate the discussion much

1:07:56 ↗ more to be had but this really helps

1:07:59 ↗ us start start shaping the plan and

1:08:02 ↗ making sure athletic

1:08:03 ↗ fields

1:08:05 ↗ um are an important part of our of our

1:08:08 ↗ strategy forward so thank

1:08:12 ↗ you we on to the next item we

1:08:16 ↗ are project

1:08:18 ↗ updates that you yes Rob we tag team on

1:08:23 ↗ that

1:08:24 ↗ one Robin okay wow we've had a really

1:08:27 ↗ busy month uh feels like we're kind of

1:08:30 ↗ in the final lap our final destination

1:08:33 ↗ with CPD about to pass off the Baton for

1:08:37 ↗ all the permitting CPD is community

1:08:39 ↗ Planning and Development permitting side

1:08:42 ↗ of the house exactly so we're getting

1:08:45 ↗ really excited we're know we know we're

1:08:47 ↗ going to have a busy summer but we're

1:08:48 ↗ looking forward to it and again we're in

1:08:51 ↗ our final stretch so we're about to to

1:08:55 ↗ get our permit and we're hoping we're

1:08:57 ↗ thinking um earlier this month we host

1:09:00 ↗ hosted our consultant for the park

1:09:02 ↗ system update plan um I'm just going to

1:09:05 ↗ kind of run through a quick full point

1:09:08 ↗ list of what we've been doing and then

1:09:10 ↗ I'll hit the slides if that's okay oh

1:09:12 ↗ yeah sure yeah no it's okay you tell me

1:09:16 ↗ um D have been reviewing a lot of the

1:09:18 ↗ plan says for all the projects um kind

1:09:20 ↗ of digging into the details with

1:09:21 ↗ Consultants now and with CPD they've

1:09:24 ↗ been really helpful

1:09:27 ↗ um see and and we're we're backtracking

1:09:30 ↗ and looking at our bid documents we

1:09:32 ↗ actually went to some uh mrsc training

1:09:36 ↗ this past week um and looking at the

1:09:39 ↗ legislative updates for bid documents

1:09:42 ↗ making sure we're all dialed in so once

1:09:43 ↗ those permits come through we can submit

1:09:46 ↗ and get a Contractor on board as quickly

1:09:48 ↗ as possible so I add something real team

1:09:52 ↗ I think a credit to to Robin and Julie

1:09:54 ↗ and really having a Park planning team

1:09:56 ↗ put together we are in the midst of not

1:09:58 ↗ only getting these projects we're going

1:10:00 ↗ to give an update on that we're going to

1:10:02 ↗ be taking out to bid we're creating much

1:10:04 ↗ more of a a standard template for um our

1:10:07 ↗ bid packet which is going to really be

1:10:08 ↗ helpful um as we're moving forward with

1:10:11 ↗ uh more more part capital projects so

1:10:14 ↗ right right so we can be more efficient

1:10:16 ↗ about that it's been really fun really

1:10:18 ↗ challenging really interesting and we're

1:10:20 ↗ we're learning quite a bit about

1:10:23 ↗ that um next slide so starting off

1:10:27 ↗ earlier in March design Workshop uh came

1:10:30 ↗ to the city uh we walked around with

1:10:32 ↗ them looked out a lot of sites look out

1:10:34 ↗ a lot of parks a lot of trails so they

1:10:37 ↗ could get a better feel in the city what

1:10:39 ↗ we're really about um we invited we had

1:10:43 ↗ a a half day shet where we invited a lot

1:10:47 ↗ of the Departments um the parkboard ad

1:10:51 ↗ hoc a couple people came from that

1:10:54 ↗ committee to help us out um it was

1:10:57 ↗ really fun basically what we did we

1:10:58 ↗ shredded we kind of did a squad analysis

1:11:01 ↗ and if you know anything about those is

1:11:03 ↗ kind of looking at our opportunities our

1:11:06 ↗ constraints we talked about the themes

1:11:08 ↗ that we brought up last last month uh

1:11:11 ↗ our vision uh the green necklace version

1:11:15 ↗ 2.0 came up um starting to really look

1:11:19 ↗ at and focus on our

1:11:21 ↗ connectivity um so if you can see on the

1:11:23 ↗ timeline February through March we're

1:11:26 ↗ again looking at the system plan themes

1:11:28 ↗ and doing our internal Workshop next up

1:11:31 ↗ in April we're going to have another

1:11:33 ↗ community meeting and mapping exercise

1:11:37 ↗ so I think that'll be probably second

1:11:39 ↗ week in April we have that scheduled for

1:11:43 ↗ 6th or the

1:11:44 ↗ 8th April 18th 10 of April 18th so

1:11:49 ↗ that'll be coming up so we'll be getting

1:11:51 ↗ an announcement soon but it'll be sort

1:11:53 ↗ of an online mapping tool that the

1:11:54 ↗ community

1:11:55 ↗ can provide some more direct feedback

1:11:58 ↗ specifically in areas they feel um might

1:12:03 ↗ warant some

1:12:04 ↗ more extra eyes so is that is going to

1:12:08 ↗ be really a a virtual meeting uh just

1:12:12 ↗ necessitated by the mapping I know Chris

1:12:15 ↗ and maybe we talk about this in the

1:12:16 ↗ director's report on the heels of that

1:12:19 ↗ we think there's an opportunity to host

1:12:20 ↗ iners community meeting as we get closer

1:12:23 ↗ to really starting to pray prze specific

1:12:26 ↗ projects uh that's going to look and

1:12:28 ↗ feel like aort of a summit of sorts of

1:12:30 ↗ the community and user groups um be

1:12:34 ↗ sometime in in early May um but um

1:12:38 ↗ really both that sort of online virtual

1:12:40 ↗ meeting and then followed up by this

1:12:42 ↗ in-person

1:12:43 ↗ Summit a great time to really dive into

1:12:46 ↗ some Community feedback on the document

1:12:50 ↗ as the documents really starting to to

1:12:52 ↗ take

1:12:53 ↗ shape so we're looking at a direct draft

1:12:55 ↗ coming through to the park board

1:12:57 ↗ probably May late May um and then going

1:13:00 ↗ through the rest of the boards and

1:13:02 ↗ committees for

1:13:03 ↗ review uh hopefully wrapping that up

1:13:05 ↗ with Council in Late

1:13:08 ↗ July so next

1:13:12 ↗ slide oh Hillside my favorite project

1:13:15 ↗ right now we're actually looking at

1:13:17 ↗ these drawing this morning and this

1:13:19 ↗ afternoon um so we're kind of we're

1:13:22 ↗ really in the final stretch uh we hope

1:13:24 ↗ to have those plans submitted by the end

1:13:27 ↗ of the week back into CPD along with the

1:13:29 ↗ mitigation plan and in theory we should

1:13:33 ↗ have permits hopefully by end of the

1:13:36 ↗ month or early next month so again we're

1:13:39 ↗ we're prepped we're ready with our bid

1:13:40 ↗ documents and ready to get some

1:13:42 ↗ contractors on board for a Hillside and

1:13:45 ↗ as you say plans resubmitted the the

1:13:47 ↗ permitting process is we get a round of

1:13:49 ↗ comments we respond to those comments we

1:13:52 ↗ get another round of comments and

1:13:53 ↗ respond to them so this is are hopefully

1:13:56 ↗ sort of the last round of our response

1:13:59 ↗ that we're going to resubmit and be

1:14:02 ↗ looking at permits um May Robin not only

1:14:06 ↗ we've not only had you all might

1:14:07 ↗ remember this um the city permits we're

1:14:10 ↗ getting but we also had a permit with

1:14:12 ↗ ecology that we've already received

1:14:15 ↗ which is good news yeah all we have all

1:14:17 ↗ our environmental permits in place and

1:14:19 ↗ now we just need our landscape permit on

1:14:23 ↗ the city the mation remaining last

1:14:25 ↗ remaining permit and then we'll be out

1:14:27 ↗ to bid

1:14:29 ↗ devopment next slide moving on to ped

1:14:33 ↗ Park and Veterans Memorial Park in the E

1:14:36 ↗ house update again working with the

1:14:39 ↗ Consultants this week working with CPD

1:14:41 ↗ really digging into the fine details on

1:14:43 ↗ the plans now uh We've Got Run round of

1:14:46 ↗ comments we're responding to those and

1:14:48 ↗ we're going to be flipping those around

1:14:49 ↗ within the next few weeks so again that

1:14:52 ↗ one's moving much faster than expected

1:14:55 ↗ which is great we're really excited

1:14:57 ↗ about that one uh looking at bidding an

1:15:00 ↗ award hopefully in May uh toward the end

1:15:02 ↗ of May and then an estimated

1:15:04 ↗ construction phase starting June and

1:15:08 ↗ then going and wrapping it up in April

1:15:10 ↗ if not sooner that one will move very

1:15:13 ↗ fast little longer construction period

1:15:16 ↗ with that one given some of the

1:15:18 ↗ complexity um again just adding a couple

1:15:22 ↗ of comments to what Robin say comparing

1:15:24 ↗ Hillside and p park this is interesting

1:15:26 ↗ and I think something important for us

1:15:28 ↗ to note Hillside Park permitting process

1:15:31 ↗ represents the last public project by

1:15:34 ↗ the old Title 18 if you remember the

1:15:36 ↗ development code was was changed and so

1:15:39 ↗ we're going through the older process

1:15:41 ↗ with Hillside Park this project

1:15:44 ↗ represents the new approach um um for

1:15:48 ↗ public permitting process which is more

1:15:50 ↗ of a one step than a two-step and so

1:15:53 ↗ Robin you're absolutely right it does it

1:15:55 ↗ does feel like some of the collaboration

1:15:58 ↗ with planning um and the engineering

1:16:02 ↗ folks have been um very beneficial which

1:16:06 ↗ is which is great to see right much

1:16:08 ↗ smoother really helpful has been it's

1:16:11 ↗ been a fun process really with ped Park

1:16:13 ↗ and we we actually in the next slides if

1:16:15 ↗ you can see uh a little bit more current

1:16:17 ↗ renderings that one is house back to I

1:16:23 ↗ think yeah

1:16:25 ↗ uh digging in again to the water feature

1:16:27 ↗ details and I think what's important on

1:16:29 ↗ this one is we're realizing that the way

1:16:31 ↗ they have it designed the water feature

1:16:33 ↗ is actually going to be a really nice

1:16:35 ↗ artistic element as well when the water

1:16:38 ↗ isn't

1:16:39 ↗ running um there's a local manufacturer

1:16:42 ↗ they're looking at to be able to do this

1:16:45 ↗ but with the steps coming down we'll get

1:16:47 ↗ a little more digal interest a lot more

1:16:50 ↗ audible interest there as well um but

1:16:54 ↗ we're really looking for seeing that in

1:16:55 ↗ winter it's going to be a really nice

1:16:57 ↗ piece in and of itself when water isn't

1:17:00 ↗ running um pavilion's looking really

1:17:03 ↗ good uh the memorial at the in front of

1:17:06 ↗ the senior center is looking nice we're

1:17:08 ↗ we're going through plant material right

1:17:10 ↗ now picking out some bulbs which is

1:17:13 ↗ really spectacular how they have all the

1:17:15 ↗ plant material laid out and how it's

1:17:17 ↗ going to transition to this

1:17:20 ↗ Seasons uh lots of Pops of

1:17:23 ↗ color really interesting ideas they have

1:17:25 ↗ going on and we're also working with an

1:17:28 ↗ artist right now we got a couple

1:17:30 ↗ Renditions of what she's thinking of

1:17:32 ↗ it's pretty pretty fabulous really

1:17:35 ↗ interesting and really ties back into

1:17:37 ↗ the uh indigenous aspect of thisa too

1:17:40 ↗ which is nice to

1:17:41 ↗ see and these two Clauses are really

1:17:44 ↗ going to represent um I think some

1:17:47 ↗ really cool storytelling in isoss

1:17:50 ↗ history um Dave with you here I want to

1:17:53 ↗ give kudos to our veterans group and the

1:17:55 ↗ feedback we you know we got pretty early

1:17:57 ↗ in this design process but really

1:17:59 ↗ excited how the um that space around the

1:18:03 ↗ the um

1:18:06 ↗ sorry around the memorial in front of

1:18:08 ↗ the senior center is really starting to

1:18:10 ↗ it's it's going to feel like its own

1:18:12 ↗ little Al Cove and and sitting area and

1:18:15 ↗ really be a nice sort of ACC

1:18:17 ↗ accentuation of of that piece can I have

1:18:20 ↗ a quick comment

1:18:23 ↗ sure um May 4th of this

1:18:28 ↗ year we have a thing through BW that

1:18:32 ↗ we're going to actually update and clean

1:18:35 ↗ up that stone of the the two stones on

1:18:39 ↗ the memorial and the the one smaller

1:18:42 ↗ Stone

1:18:43 ↗ dedicated uh that is vetro's memorial

1:18:46 ↗ here that paint's fading in there so

1:18:49 ↗ we're taking care of that on May 4th so

1:18:52 ↗ that'll be an upgrade you guys won't

1:18:55 ↗ even see plus we plan to uh bring back a

1:19:00 ↗ Polish to both Stones so that they look

1:19:04 ↗ better we recognize that and want to do

1:19:08 ↗ something that is on the calendar for

1:19:11 ↗ thank you

1:19:12 ↗ for great that'll be

1:19:15 ↗ beautiful in

1:19:18 ↗ time and then the really fun part we had

1:19:22 ↗ oh let me back up to e house we're

1:19:25 ↗ looking at the Pavilion tightening up

1:19:26 ↗ the Pavilion details looking at the

1:19:28 ↗ paving and just making sure everything's

1:19:31 ↗ in line there for the resubmittal as

1:19:33 ↗ well so all three will go all three

1:19:35 ↗ projects will go out to bid at once and

1:19:39 ↗ writing timing works all three will go

1:19:41 ↗ in the same package for the same

1:19:43 ↗ contractor which is much

1:19:46 ↗ more so this so the E house Pavilion is

1:19:50 ↗ also in permitting right now

1:19:52 ↗ you so we had really fun side I think

1:19:55 ↗ was it was it last week so last week

1:19:57 ↗ yeah time fly um we brought in some

1:20:01 ↗ furniture samples with our consultant

1:20:04 ↗ and put those in the senior center for

1:20:06 ↗ the seniors to try out and just see what

1:20:08 ↗ felt comfortable what they liked what

1:20:10 ↗ they were able to move around what was

1:20:13 ↗ too heavy and I think that's really

1:20:15 ↗ important for the users to actually like

1:20:18 ↗ what we're going to be putting out there

1:20:20 ↗ uh the more they like it the more will

1:20:21 ↗ get

1:20:22 ↗ used so we were looking at both ped ped

1:20:26 ↗ Park and the senior center Furniture so

1:20:28 ↗ I think we've narrowed it down to two

1:20:31 ↗ two chairs uh we're still working on the

1:20:33 ↗ tables and then just in the that bottom

1:20:36 ↗ right we're looking at the colors for

1:20:37 ↗ the chair something that'll

1:20:40 ↗ pop that which actually does tie back

1:20:42 ↗ into the planting Palette too so very

1:20:46 ↗ thoughtful and very detailed that a fun

1:20:49 ↗ test drive exercise yeah we all got to

1:20:53 ↗ try them out too so we ever there were

1:20:55 ↗ definitely some favorites there were

1:20:57 ↗ some people that stayed in chairs for

1:20:58 ↗ much longer than the Des

1:21:00 ↗ period we have some winners it was it

1:21:04 ↗ was good yeah all right next reineer Dog

1:21:08 ↗ trail dog park update so right now with

1:21:11 ↗ permitting we're in um EDR technical

1:21:16 ↗ data

1:21:17 ↗ review um looking at the wetlands

1:21:19 ↗ looking at the ditch and waiting for

1:21:21 ↗ that determination which in theory is

1:21:23 ↗ supposed to come back next

1:21:25 ↗ so in the meantime we're working with

1:21:27 ↗ the Consultants on finalizing the

1:21:29 ↗ grading and drainage plans they recently

1:21:31 ↗ did pot hauling so we know where the

1:21:33 ↗ storm drain are we know those

1:21:35 ↗ elevations um and just kind of waiting

1:21:38 ↗ now to hear back yeah so I before we

1:21:41 ↗ move that thank you Robin and Julie have

1:21:43 ↗ been very busy Sal's been helping out

1:21:45 ↗ with us as well but yeah the this

1:21:47 ↗ technical document review you might

1:21:49 ↗ recall I mentioned that last fall that

1:21:50 ↗ we were going to um go through that

1:21:53 ↗ before submitting permit so again this

1:21:56 ↗ will be submitted once we get through

1:21:58 ↗ that technical document review that'll

1:22:00 ↗ inform our submitt the submitt will be

1:22:03 ↗ going under the new um the new public

1:22:07 ↗ project um permit process that ped Park

1:22:10 ↗ and and Senior Center are going through

1:22:12 ↗ as well

1:22:14 ↗ so yeah so we're hoping you know to get

1:22:17 ↗ the construction documents in and done

1:22:20 ↗ with per permitting April through uh

1:22:22 ↗ August and then we're estimating a

1:22:25 ↗ really short construction phase it's not

1:22:27 ↗ a very complicated project but we figure

1:22:29 ↗ six to eight weeks on that that one just

1:22:32 ↗ need a bid that one will go out to bid

1:22:34 ↗ also yeah yeah we'll go out to bid but

1:22:37 ↗ yeah we're looking at a fall fall

1:22:39 ↗ construction with a short an eight we

1:22:42 ↗ six to8 week construction completion

1:22:48 ↗ window pass the all right yeah that's

1:22:52 ↗ right this one um thank you for that

1:22:55 ↗ uh Robin and again Robin and Julie have

1:22:57 ↗ been working very diligently at at

1:22:59 ↗ getting these all ready to go just to

1:23:02 ↗ sum up um as we are prepared to take

1:23:05 ↗ these out to bid uh we're looking at

1:23:09 ↗ completion so what what this would mean

1:23:11 ↗ would be completion of Hillside Park and

1:23:13 ↗ the dog park this fall um and then

1:23:16 ↗ completion of pedestrian Park Senior

1:23:19 ↗ Center plazas um early spring next year

1:23:24 ↗ um so

1:23:26 ↗ um an exciting season uh for some some

1:23:30 ↗ pretty important U long awaited capital

1:23:33 ↗ projects quick update on the pool uh you

1:23:36 ↗ might recall I think it was our November

1:23:38 ↗ meeting we came and gave an update on

1:23:40 ↗ the the pool feasibility study uh

1:23:42 ↗ there's been a lot of conversation

1:23:44 ↗ that's been happening with the school

1:23:45 ↗ district um and the city

1:23:48 ↗ um city council uh since that time so uh

1:23:52 ↗ just a quick update on this if you were

1:23:54 ↗ call um the the feasibility study looked

1:23:58 ↗ at what potentials we have for expansion

1:24:01 ↗ on the bone pool site um it

1:24:04 ↗ identified um a real opportunity on the

1:24:07 ↗ sort of the west side of the current

1:24:08 ↗ pool um sort of where you're seeing

1:24:10 ↗ there where it says addition uh that

1:24:13 ↗ would double the water capacity at the B

1:24:15 ↗ pool so that addition would be an eight

1:24:18 ↗ Lane 25 yard uh

1:24:21 ↗ pool um as we dated uh the city council

1:24:26 ↗ committee uh they were um excited enough

1:24:29 ↗ about the opportunity they wanted to us

1:24:32 ↗ to give a report to the full city

1:24:33 ↗ council which we did um in

1:24:36 ↗ January um you may be aware as as we um

1:24:40 ↗ talked about this conceptually um what

1:24:43 ↗ we have envisioned all along would be a

1:24:46 ↗ capital project that would be um um a

1:24:50 ↗ funding strategy that would include not

1:24:52 ↗ only City contributing but how might the

1:24:55 ↗ school district contribute to this

1:24:57 ↗ project given the important role that

1:24:59 ↗ the bone pool plays not just for the

1:25:01 ↗ high schools in the city of isqua but

1:25:04 ↗ all the isqua school district school

1:25:06 ↗ high schools so Liberty

1:25:08 ↗ Skyline um isqua and if there's a future

1:25:12 ↗ fourth High School are all here so

1:25:15 ↗ really important to consider a school

1:25:16 ↗ district investment if we were to do

1:25:18 ↗ this as well as a King County investment

1:25:21 ↗ knowing King County built this pool um

1:25:24 ↗ sort of ran away from being in the

1:25:27 ↗ aquatics business in the early 2000s but

1:25:29 ↗ we think um um certainly important that

1:25:33 ↗ they they might play a role um there's a

1:25:35 ↗ grant opportunity with the with King

1:25:37 ↗ County that is going to be shaping up in

1:25:40 ↗ 2025 uh that we want to consider

1:25:42 ↗ positioning ourselves for I think the

1:25:45 ↗ bigger update here um you want to go to

1:25:47 ↗ the next slide I it's just an visual um

1:25:51 ↗ of what that would look like sort of

1:25:53 ↗ from Front Street

1:25:55 ↗ um the school district has been has

1:25:57 ↗ formed a a bond committee as they're

1:25:59 ↗ looking at a future Bond um uh renewal

1:26:03 ↗ of going to the voters in the fall um as

1:26:06 ↗ we've talked with um school district

1:26:09 ↗ superintendent and School District staff

1:26:11 ↗ um uh they have expressed enough

1:26:14 ↗ interest to want to take this and at

1:26:15 ↗ least add this to the mix with the bond

1:26:18 ↗ committee um that work is happening

1:26:20 ↗ right now uh there there may be some

1:26:23 ↗ interest um

1:26:25 ↗ for this project or at least a a school

1:26:28 ↗ district contribution to be folded

1:26:31 ↗ into that menu of of bond Investments

1:26:35 ↗ that will be happening this fall much

1:26:38 ↗ more to come as the bond committee uh

1:26:40 ↗ completes its work uh as I mentioned

1:26:42 ↗ earlier as well um end of April there'll

1:26:45 ↗ be a joint um city council Schoolboard

1:26:48 ↗ meeting this too will be a topic there

1:26:50 ↗ for city council and School Board to be

1:26:53 ↗ discussing

1:26:55 ↗ um I think as staff what's lining up is

1:26:57 ↗ I'll be giving a little bit more of a

1:26:59 ↗ detailed um idea of what a funding

1:27:02 ↗ strategy might look like um the funding

1:27:04 ↗ strategy and sort of looking more

1:27:07 ↗ specifically at what school district

1:27:09 ↗ might contribute what uh we might be

1:27:11 ↗ able to receive from King County and

1:27:13 ↗ what that might me in terms of a city

1:27:15 ↗ investment so um nothing definitive but

1:27:18 ↗ certainly um some really really

1:27:20 ↗ important conversations are being had uh

1:27:23 ↗ with um all those agencies the county

1:27:27 ↗ the school district and the city so I

1:27:29 ↗ wanted to keep you updated on that

1:27:30 ↗ certainly more to more to come is that

1:27:32 ↗ take

1:27:34 ↗ shape yeah please just all yeah I guess

1:27:37 ↗ questions on any and all of

1:27:38 ↗ these are we when we're looking at the

1:27:41 ↗ expansion is the expansion all lap swim

1:27:43 ↗ or did we are we doing like more

1:27:45 ↗ Community like Zero Entry like any of

1:27:48 ↗ that type

1:27:49 ↗ of like is it just strictly like swim

1:27:52 ↗ team lap swim pool or or we doing do a

1:27:55 ↗ little more Family Market great great

1:27:58 ↗ question I think as we at least looked

1:28:00 ↗ at the programming for this um it's

1:28:03 ↗ predominantly um it's not a dive pool so

1:28:06 ↗ this would be a you know three to five

1:28:08 ↗ foot but just a a rectangular pool so

1:28:12 ↗ not yeah exactly so if that is the case

1:28:14 ↗ I guess from my perspective it's as you

1:28:17 ↗ know inport advisory like this is really

1:28:20 ↗ the main use of this is for the high

1:28:22 ↗ schools um programming and then s

1:28:25 ↗ lessons and so I think you know we just

1:28:28 ↗ need like my perspective is that the

1:28:29 ↗ School Board needs to come with Monday

1:28:31 ↗ for to be supportive this personally um

1:28:35 ↗ I don't think this should be a city

1:28:37 ↗ Only pretty strong I really appreciate

1:28:40 ↗ that and I would say as staff we we very

1:28:42 ↗ much Echo

1:28:45 ↗ that BR then

1:28:48 ↗ Katie thanks I just can't believe how

1:28:51 ↗ much work Robin and Julie have been

1:28:54 ↗ doing to get all this in place here for

1:28:56 ↗ this year in all my years at working in

1:28:58 ↗ the parkboard I don't know that I've

1:28:59 ↗ ever seen this much activity for

1:29:01 ↗ projects uh to be going on here towards

1:29:04 ↗ the end of the year but congratulations

1:29:06 ↗ on all this work that you're doing my

1:29:09 ↗ question is I you know my recollection I

1:29:11 ↗ had thought that the arpa

1:29:14 ↗ funds required construction to be

1:29:17 ↗ completed by the end of 24 did did they

1:29:20 ↗ extend it to April 25 or did I just not

1:29:24 ↗ remember that properly yeah

1:29:27 ↗ um you remember yeah the the project the

1:29:31 ↗ funding needs to be encumbered by

1:29:33 ↗ December 31st 2024 so encumbered meaning

1:29:37 ↗ under contract right so um again the

1:29:40 ↗ plan once reward the bid and have this

1:29:42 ↗ out to contract Brad then then it's cons

1:29:45 ↗ that funding is considered encumber okay

1:29:49 ↗ so they don't actually the feds didn't

1:29:50 ↗ necessarily care the completion date or

1:29:52 ↗ is that as long as it's underway that

1:29:55 ↗ was their main thing then corre correct

1:29:58 ↗ I think they recognized depending on

1:30:00 ↗ communities there there were some pretty

1:30:02 ↗ complex capital projects that this

1:30:04 ↗ funding might be going towards so

1:30:06 ↗ realizing you know completion might not

1:30:08 ↗ be able to be done in by calendar year

1:30:12 ↗ 24 good thank thank you that fa

1:30:18 ↗ question Katie oh yeah thank you um and

1:30:21 ↗ this is um in response to Marlene's um

1:30:25 ↗ previous um comment I respectfully

1:30:28 ↗ disagree with um the statement that the

1:30:31 ↗ school should um be responsible for

1:30:34 ↗ building or for remodeling or an

1:30:37 ↗ addition of the pool and not and not the

1:30:40 ↗ city um because if you know I I have a

1:30:43 ↗ swimmer and he works for the city of

1:30:45 ↗ isqua as a lifeguard and as a um pool

1:30:49 ↗ instructor I will tell you that there is

1:30:51 ↗ more action going on at that bomes poo

1:30:55 ↗ with parents children and not just um um

1:31:00 ↗ there there's morning exercise um older

1:31:02 ↗ elderly people coming in using that

1:31:06 ↗ facility um all day long and so it is

1:31:10 ↗ you know um it it it's a place for um

1:31:15 ↗ these families and the community um you

1:31:19 ↗ know come and and and do their exercise

1:31:22 ↗ and and and I feel like you know it is

1:31:24 ↗ very important um for our community to

1:31:27 ↗ have access to the pool it's it's also

1:31:29 ↗ about Equity um too so um so I I I feel

1:31:34 ↗ like it's it's part of what Parks and

1:31:36 ↗ Recreations and and um and for the city

1:31:40 ↗ to um you know be be supportive of of

1:31:43 ↗ that so thank

1:31:46 ↗ you

1:31:48 ↗ thanks I was hearing really an

1:31:50 ↗ importance of of a shared investment

1:31:52 ↗ yeah y

1:31:56 ↗ absolutely well thank you everybody

1:31:59 ↗ again yeah Echo thank you Robin

1:32:02 ↗ Julie excited yeah no no big big big

1:32:05 ↗ year and

1:32:07 ↗ uh big big path forward and I think our

1:32:11 ↗ Park plot update is coming in a good

1:32:12 ↗ time because it

1:32:14 ↗ really you know as we look at completing

1:32:18 ↗ these capital projects we you know also

1:32:20 ↗ want to develop a Cadence where we're as

1:32:24 ↗ we're as we're completing um one series

1:32:26 ↗ of projects we're really beginning to do

1:32:28 ↗ some planning and and prep for uh for

1:32:31 ↗ for the next wave of projects as well

1:32:34 ↗ so thank you for all your feedback

1:32:39 ↗ tonight start IIT brct

1:32:45 ↗ excited okay well then we'll move into

1:32:49 ↗ reports uh we have the youth

1:32:51 ↗ representative here yeah and ARA you're

1:32:55 ↗ up for your youth

1:32:59 ↗ report okay so um I sh you can add on to

1:33:03 ↗ this but currently for the action part

1:33:07 ↗ of these Advisory board we're planning a

1:33:09 ↗ hackathon that's supposed to happen on

1:33:11 ↗ June 1st um it's from ages 13 to

1:33:16 ↗ 17 and I believe the event is around

1:33:19 ↗ maybe fiveish hours long um you know

1:33:22 ↗ it's just supposed to be like you know

1:33:24 ↗ kids come in um they're given like a

1:33:27 ↗ really really broad topic about you know

1:33:29 ↗ a problem happening in isqua and they

1:33:31 ↗ have that full duration of the time to

1:33:33 ↗ basically code

1:33:35 ↗ something uh you know that solves the

1:33:37 ↗ problem for it and I can add on to that

1:33:40 ↗ with a little description from our flyer

1:33:43 ↗ um so it's called YY hacks um it's the

1:33:45 ↗ ultimate coding competition for teens um

1:33:48 ↗ and whether you're a beginner or coding

1:33:50 ↗ Pro this event has something for

1:33:52 ↗ everyone um so they'll have the the

1:33:54 ↗ chance to Showcase their coding skills

1:33:56 ↗ and then gain Insight from workshops

1:33:58 ↗ from industry experts in different comsi

1:34:00 ↗ fields it's a fantastic opportunity for

1:34:03 ↗ like everyone to like level up their

1:34:04 ↗ coding game gain valuable advice and

1:34:06 ↗ then also compete with other people per

1:34:10 ↗ age and then the other thing that

1:34:13 ↗ happened I believe our state of mind um

1:34:16 ↗ conference that did happen um so the

1:34:19 ↗ funny thing is that during the event

1:34:21 ↗ Gibson e was actually closed um nobody

1:34:24 ↗ could get into Gibson so I think they

1:34:27 ↗ moved the event to the isqua you not

1:34:31 ↗ isqua you fire Center the isqua

1:34:33 ↗ community center and I think they just

1:34:35 ↗ held the event year but I personally

1:34:37 ↗ didn't get the chance to go but from

1:34:40 ↗ what I've heard the event went event

1:34:42 ↗ went well some

1:34:43 ↗ people showed up to Gibson and they were

1:34:46 ↗ trying to Usher them towards the

1:34:47 ↗ community center but I think we still

1:34:49 ↗ had a pretty good attendance minus that

1:34:52 ↗ they step back

1:34:54 ↗ yeah that's that's it AR you want to add

1:34:56 ↗ on anything no I don't think so okay

1:35:00 ↗ yeah that's all we

1:35:02 ↗ have great thanks so much thank you both

1:35:05 ↗ the hackathon sounds

1:35:07 ↗ awesome looking forward to

1:35:12 ↗ iters Jeff we didn't get much of a break

1:35:15 ↗ but it's over to you again okay I will

1:35:18 ↗ save you ample time couple couple of

1:35:20 ↗ updates um uh you know last uh month

1:35:25 ↗ with our joint meeting with the um the

1:35:27 ↗ environmental board our Urban Forest

1:35:29 ↗ management plan is well underway the

1:35:31 ↗ survey is out it's officially hit the

1:35:33 ↗ streets so um please if you haven't had

1:35:36 ↗ a chance to take the survey do so please

1:35:39 ↗ help us and um send that survey link out

1:35:43 ↗ to um any of your friend groups or or

1:35:46 ↗ neighborhood groups uh we've already

1:35:48 ↗ gotten 100 plus responses but I I let

1:35:51 ↗ Dan know that I I'd give another plug

1:35:53 ↗ tonight so um survey is out and a I

1:35:57 ↗ believe we've sent that we have sent it

1:35:59 ↗ to all of you should have gotten in your

1:36:01 ↗ agenda packet um and I'm happy to send

1:36:03 ↗ another blurb if you need something to

1:36:05 ↗ send out to your neighborhood groups and

1:36:06 ↗ that survey is slated to stay open

1:36:08 ↗ through April 14th um so there's some

1:36:12 ↗ time to fill it all

1:36:14 ↗ in and that really really you know I I

1:36:17 ↗ love that we're doing our Park Plan

1:36:18 ↗ update and urban Forest first urban

1:36:20 ↗ Forest management plan at the same time

1:36:22 ↗ really a chance to have those

1:36:24 ↗ um those two documents um speak to speak

1:36:27 ↗ to one another uh you may be noticing um

1:36:31 ↗ um our parks and Trail signs long

1:36:33 ↗ awaited parks and Trail signs are are

1:36:35 ↗ being installed uh the first couple were

1:36:38 ↗ installed uh one was installed up at

1:36:40 ↗ Central Park today so in the coming next

1:36:43 ↗ couple weeks you're going to see some of

1:36:45 ↗ the new U Trail sign ballards showing up

1:36:48 ↗ along the reineer trail a new trail head

1:36:51 ↗ sign out at Sunset Trail head uh Central

1:36:54 ↗ Park the community center are getting

1:36:56 ↗ some some signs Pickering Barn is

1:36:58 ↗ getting some new signs so just as you're

1:37:00 ↗ out and about please take a look and and

1:37:02 ↗ let us know your thoughts and comments

1:37:05 ↗ Rick still I don't know if you're still

1:37:14 ↗ on it's sort of Blue Mountains and trees

1:37:17 ↗ and yeah they're it's very isqua I think

1:37:21 ↗ if you're near the community center

1:37:22 ↗ there's a new um facility plaque right

1:37:24 ↗ at the front door that is a good

1:37:26 ↗ representation yeah three the three

1:37:28 ↗ hillsides are meant to be and they are

1:37:30 ↗ silhouettes of cougar squawk

1:37:34 ↗ and and tiger um so it's not meant

1:37:37 ↗ there's nowhere in the there's nowhere

1:37:39 ↗ in the middle of the valley that You'

1:37:40 ↗ see that exact same picture but there's

1:37:42 ↗ just a nice nice silhouette of all three

1:37:44 ↗ of them um so yeah would love your

1:37:46 ↗ feedback Rick is not on good I'm glad

1:37:49 ↗ he's

1:37:50 ↗ uh enjoying the rest of his evening but

1:37:53 ↗ just kudos to Rick still uh again as

1:37:55 ↗ we've been going through our transition

1:37:58 ↗ U last year with Jen's um Jen's leaving

1:38:03 ↗ uh Rick has taken over and and taken on

1:38:05 ↗ that um sign project and the

1:38:07 ↗ implementation and installation of those

1:38:10 ↗ so thank you Rick for that work uh last

1:38:13 ↗ item is just a a really quick update on

1:38:16 ↗ samamish Cove Park um I'm going to have

1:38:19 ↗ more of an update I'll be able to

1:38:20 ↗ provide probably next month at our at

1:38:22 ↗ our park board meeting meeting as you

1:38:24 ↗ recall samamish Co Park is uh the parcel

1:38:27 ↗ we own right next to Lake samamish State

1:38:29 ↗ Park um it has a couple of private um

1:38:34 ↗ projects or and well a public project

1:38:37 ↗ that are being planned um Robin and I

1:38:40 ↗ along with all of the other stuff we're

1:38:41 ↗ doing continue to play our role as land

1:38:44 ↗ manager uh Washington um dot uh

1:38:48 ↗ Department of Transportation is doing uh

1:38:50 ↗ their fist passage project so they need

1:38:52 ↗ to redo all the C that are going under

1:38:54 ↗ I90 as part of that project they're

1:38:56 ↗ proposing to realign um a creek through

1:39:00 ↗ samamish Co Park uh so um I've been

1:39:04 ↗ working directly with wash do on

1:39:06 ↗ negotiating that um propose Creek

1:39:10 ↗ location and what that means uh for and

1:39:12 ↗ how that could benefit the entirety of

1:39:14 ↗ samamish Co Park also making sure that

1:39:17 ↗ project um understands and is working

1:39:20 ↗ with the other um proposed project uh

1:39:24 ↗ Isa Crossing project through a

1:39:27 ↗ development agreement rowy is um has

1:39:30 ↗ been um um allowed authorized um to put

1:39:36 ↗ a storm water pipe through the the park

1:39:38 ↗ so we've been working continuing to work

1:39:40 ↗ with hila or with the rallies um we have

1:39:44 ↗ engaged with um since there were state

1:39:46 ↗ Grant funds that were um used when that

1:39:49 ↗ was bought by the county uh been working

1:39:52 ↗ with um

1:40:46 ↗ [Music]

1:40:53 ↗ um basically I'm just pulling from all

1:40:55 ↗ the different calendars and assembling

1:40:57 ↗ this and I'll email it I've emailed this

1:40:59 ↗ one and I'll continue to do

1:41:01 ↗ so uh the great news is there's some

1:41:05 ↗ kind of event almost every day of the

1:41:07 ↗ month uh at least a few a week uh Su

1:41:10 ↗ days especially like April 20th which is

1:41:14 ↗ Earth day you'll stretch thin if you

1:41:16 ↗ want to attend a

1:41:17 ↗ lot uh if you see out take a look at

1:41:21 ↗ this and you see oh Chris you haven't

1:41:22 ↗ even checked out this other calendar

1:41:24 ↗ just let me know and I'll add it to my

1:41:27 ↗ list uh so there that's a good portion

1:41:31 ↗ of the chair's report done in about a

1:41:34 ↗ minute and then the other thing I just

1:41:36 ↗ wanted to add is when we had our survey

1:41:40 ↗ go out last

1:41:42 ↗ fall

1:41:44 ↗ um I for one and I think maybe some

1:41:47 ↗ others sent the link to as many people

1:41:50 ↗ as we could think of and know hard

1:41:53 ↗ like Martha who was here in the public

1:41:56 ↗ her neighborhood and friends that I have

1:41:59 ↗ in different neighborhoods and different

1:42:00 ↗ athletic groups and so forth um it's by

1:42:04 ↗ no means a requirement or even an

1:42:06 ↗ expectation but if you are willing um as

1:42:10 ↗ board members if we can send these

1:42:12 ↗ survey links out and I think Asanti if

1:42:15 ↗ you send us one email with that link

1:42:19 ↗ that's perfectly you know palatable to

1:42:22 ↗ to forward on um that's going to really

1:42:26 ↗ help us solicit feedback and I think

1:42:30 ↗ it's an opportunity to reach out to

1:42:33 ↗ groups that may not always be uh

1:42:37 ↗ represented and I think um the other

1:42:40 ↗ thing we need to do with those links is

1:42:42 ↗ put them out on our neighborhood

1:42:44 ↗ Facebook pages next door if you use that

1:42:48 ↗ and so forth so that that's just a

1:42:50 ↗ request it's not an expectation by any

1:42:52 ↗ means um but I think it's a great

1:42:54 ↗ opportunity for us

1:42:56 ↗ to uh expand our dissemination of

1:43:00 ↗ information and uh increase our recovery

1:43:04 ↗ of

1:43:05 ↗ feedback that's everything for today for

1:43:08 ↗ me uh do we have any other business or

1:43:11 ↗ any

1:43:16 ↗ announcements I just have one that's

1:43:18 ↗ sort of related to the end of the

1:43:20 ↗ meeting um but next month's meeting the

1:43:23 ↗ the date is a Monday but it is April

1:43:26 ↗ 29th so it's actually the fth Monday of

1:43:29 ↗ the month um April has five Mondays this

1:43:32 ↗ month and we're actually moving to that

1:43:34 ↗ last Monday um for a holiday on our

1:43:38 ↗ regular meeting date um so you should

1:43:41 ↗ all have that in your calendars but just

1:43:43 ↗ in case it's Monday April 29th for our

1:43:47 ↗ next

1:43:50 ↗ meeting okay anything else

1:43:54 ↗ with

1:43:54 ↗ that sorry did you email that list was

1:43:58 ↗ up there I did all have received it just

1:44:01 ↗ 15 minutes

1:44:03 ↗ before or no 16 like 6

1:44:08 ↗ p.m to

1:44:10 ↗ par yeah we'll make sure we make make

1:44:14 ↗ sure that it gets sent out though

1:44:17 ↗ everybody just rather than try and run

1:44:19 ↗ through and pick pick the ones that like

1:44:22 ↗ okay uh I see Brad you've got your hand

1:44:24 ↗ up one last

1:44:26 ↗ Sor uh are we gonna actually have

1:44:28 ↗ minutes for our last meeting in February

1:44:30 ↗ which was a special with the

1:44:31 ↗ environmental board yes we are Brad

1:44:34 ↗ thank you for that um we are going to

1:44:37 ↗ have minutes for that I need to

1:44:38 ↗ coordinate with Stacy on that one

1:44:40 ↗ because our minutes have to match

1:44:42 ↗ exactly um for our boards to then um

1:44:45 ↗ approve them and so that's on me that it

1:44:47 ↗ didn't get attached to this month's

1:44:48 ↗ meeting but you will see it on next

1:44:50 ↗ month's agenda they did not get lost

1:44:52 ↗ there out there yeah just checking thank

1:44:55 ↗ no of course great great to

1:44:57 ↗ check okay that's all we have we will

1:45:01 ↗ adjourn 15 minutes

1:45:02 ↗ early

1:45:08 ↗ WJ thanks everybody thank you thanks

1:45:11 ↗ everyone thank you see you bye thanks

1:45:14 ↗ bye Brad bye bye thank you by Katy thank

1:45:18 ↗ you bye thank you

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