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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Council / Members (7)

Chris Kovac

Marlene Waxse

David Liu

Brenda Spears

Katie Bell (Virtual)

Bradley Book

Andrew Myers, Alternate (Excused Absence)

Staff (10)

Jeff Watling, Parks and Community Services Director

Robin Spear, Park Planning and Development Manager

Rick Still, Parks Operations Manager

(Virtual)

Hasanthi Piyasena, Department Operations

Specialist, Parks & Community Services

Sanvi Madan, Youth Advisory Member

(Virtual)

Dave Waggoner, Community Member

Roberta Waggoner, Community Member

Excused

Zach Szablewski

Andrew Eliquen

Nicholas Lee

Tim Motely

Ryan Olson

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Discussion from the board asked if the proposed options will only be lap swim or also zero entry, confirmed, looking at lap swim options and recommended that the school district then come with funding if it will mainly…