Park Board · Thursday, May 30, 2024 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of April 29, 2024

packet pp.3–8

Open packet at p.3 ↗

Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 04-29-24 Park Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board 7:00 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave April 29, 2024 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Park Board Chair & Vice Chair Elections

Hasanthi Hoglund, Business Operations Specialist · packet pp.9–49

Topics: Parks

▶ Watch from 18:23 Open packet at p.9 ↗

Staff report:

REGULAR BUSINESS b) Robin Spear, Park Planning and Development Manager Jeff Watling, Director

Park System Plan Update

Information / Discussion · Robin Spear, Park Planning and Development Manager Jeff Watling, Director Design Workshop Consultant Team

Topics: Parks

▶ Watch from 20:28

5. REPORTS

Youth Representative's Report

packet pp.51–52

▶ Watch from 1:34:28 Open packet at p.51 ↗

Staff report:

Applicable Strategic Plan Goal Areas 2024 WORKPLAN Proposed Meeting (check all that apply) PARK BOARD Schedule ☒Mobility ☒Social & Economic Vitality ☒Growth & Development ☒City Leadership & Services Tentative Timeframe ☒Environ. Stewardship ☒Infrastructure

Director's Report

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Chairperson's Report

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0:03 ↗ okay set up we can get kicked off all

0:07 ↗ right in 701 and I'll call the meeting

0:10 ↗ to order um first thing we'll do is take

0:13 ↗ a

0:14 ↗ roll uh Andrew elquin I think is on his

0:18 ↗ way okay Chris kovak I am here uh David

0:22 ↗ Lou pres you uh sorry new people that's

0:27 ↗ you just say present are here or

0:29 ↗ something

0:31 ↗ um Tim Nicholas and Tim are both excused

0:34 ↗ Katie's excused Brenda Spears here and

0:39 ↗ marleene here uh Ryan olon here and then

0:45 ↗ new members Paul Adair

0:48 ↗ here

0:49 ↗ uh Mary I want to say Mari sorry Mary

0:53 ↗ Stevens and Martha

0:57 ↗ gner perfect uh okay and new members you

1:01 ↗ wouldn't know to do this so I wouldn't

1:03 ↗ worry about this part but uh did

1:04 ↗ everybody have a chance to review the

1:06 ↗ Mee the minutes from last

1:08 ↗ meeting any corrections or

1:13 ↗ objections with that I will approve the

1:17 ↗ minutes from last week and then now

1:21 ↗ santi's gonna Le us into a bit of

1:23 ↗ introductions for new people so welcome

1:26 ↗ to our new members um we have three new

1:29 ↗ alternate members we're so excited to

1:31 ↗ have you here um we just wanted to do a

1:34 ↗ couple of introductions around the table

1:36 ↗ so we'll start with sort of name for my

1:40 ↗ our regular board members that have been

1:42 ↗ here maybe how long you've been on the

1:44 ↗ board um for our new members maybe how

1:46 ↗ long you've lived in isqua um and then

1:49 ↗ uh as the Icebreaker your favorite

1:52 ↗ National Park um and maybe why if

1:56 ↗ there's like a fun story there but

1:57 ↗ keeping it short um and I can kick us

2:00 ↗ off I'm HTI hogland I'm the department

2:02 ↗ operations specialist for the parks and

2:04 ↗ Community Services Department um I have

2:07 ↗ been the staffle aison for the park

2:09 ↗ board for a year and a half we'll say

2:13 ↗ and I've lived in isqua for about three

2:15 ↗ years um and my favorite national park

2:18 ↗ right now I will say is Bryce Canyon we

2:21 ↗ just went last year it's so cool I've

2:23 ↗ never seen anything like it um super fun

2:26 ↗ so but that all pass it on the way and

2:28 ↗ welcome so excited you're here Jeff

2:30 ↗ Watling parks and Community Services

2:32 ↗ director here with the city of isqua um

2:35 ↗ I've been um in this role and with the

2:37 ↗ city since boy fall of 2016

2:41 ↗ so seven seven plus years um thoroughly

2:45 ↗ enjoyed it um favorite National Park

2:49 ↗ have been at quite a few um would love

2:52 ↗ to say Zion but I I grew up in South

2:54 ↗ King County M reer National Park but one

2:58 ↗ just the park itself but that mountain

2:59 ↗ means something to me you get close to

3:01 ↗ that mountain and it just

3:03 ↗ like I feel it so not right here

3:08 ↗ local I'm Chris kovak I've been on the

3:12 ↗ board six years something like that

3:15 ↗ maybe grows a year every few months

3:19 ↗ playing that uh I've been the chair for

3:22 ↗ a year and i' I've lived in a squat for

3:25 ↗ 24 years my favorite National Park is

3:29 ↗ the

3:30 ↗ Olympic National Parks whatever it is

3:32 ↗ out the

3:36 ↗ post yeah great hi I'm Mar waxy I have

3:40 ↗ been on the Park Board I think since

3:43 ↗ 2017 or

3:45 ↗ 18 I think and I'm not exactly sure um

3:49 ↗ some research I was alternate member

3:51 ↗ first um and then have just started my

3:53 ↗ second term and as kind of a full member

3:55 ↗ so that sounds about right um I joined

3:57 ↗ the park board because I was brand new

3:58 ↗ to esan Wasing for meet people and get

4:00 ↗ more

4:01 ↗ involved um let's see I like the Olympic

4:04 ↗ and specifically I really love the whole

4:07 ↗ rain forest um when I grew up in

4:09 ↗ Minnesota um but my I had family who

4:12 ↗ lived in P Angeles I just remember that

4:14 ↗ being so magical um as a

4:17 ↗ kid there anything else I supposed to

4:19 ↗ tell us

4:21 ↗ well I'm David Lou I've been on the

4:24 ↗ board coming up on my second full year

4:27 ↗ so back in 2022 which well um been in

4:29 ↗ isqua since 2017 Summer 2017 um have a

4:34 ↗ family here it's great um and I guess

4:37 ↗ favorite National Park would be

4:39 ↗ originally from the East Coast so

4:41 ↗ Arcadia National Park in Maine it's very

4:44 ↗ old school but I like it and special

4:47 ↗ place because that's kind of the first

4:48 ↗ trip I took with my n wife so yes on the

4:51 ↗ coast

4:55 ↗ yeah right Marth and

5:01 ↗ um I have lived Ina for a very long

5:07 ↗ time and um one of you know uh we

5:11 ↗ recently retired my husband and I and so

5:12 ↗ we have just been going out to National

5:14 ↗ Parks in fact just got back from Utah

5:16 ↗ saw all the might5 but since um J took

5:20 ↗ it I I won't say Bryce but um we did go

5:22 ↗ last year to Grand ton and that was just

5:25 ↗ an amazing amazing and reason why I like

5:28 ↗ it is I'm obsess with bison and we saw

5:32 ↗ live bison go across the road and

5:34 ↗ they're just such amazing animals and it

5:37 ↗ just I don't know I just seeing seeing

5:39 ↗ that amount of just you know um wild

5:43 ↗ animal just right there I I it just

5:45 ↗ really moved me so that's why yeah were

5:49 ↗ you obsessed before you know I was I was

5:52 ↗ obsessed a little bit but really it went

5:54 ↗ even higher I thought pretty cool the

5:57 ↗ video would even still on my phone

6:02 ↗ I'm Mary Stevens and I uh have I live

6:06 ↗ actually in manage but I've worked at is

6:08 ↗ the last Liv and um I'm a huge piece of

6:12 ↗ this community I love it and my favorite

6:15 ↗ National Park is probably

6:19 ↗ Josh it's different than where than up

6:22 ↗ here it's not t all

6:28 ↗ I've I'm Paul

6:30 ↗ uh I I think Mar from just recently that

6:32 ↗ I just moved here I moved here six

6:34 ↗ months ago and really fell in love with

6:36 ↗ it and joined the board because I really

6:37 ↗ wanted to contribute be a part of the

6:38 ↗ community uh for favorite Park 100% sure

6:42 ↗ if it's a national park it's a random

6:43 ↗ one but it's actually White Sands Park

6:45 ↗ in New Mexico that I have a personal

6:47 ↗ attachment to and that my family had a

6:48 ↗ cabin near there and so I would go there

6:50 ↗ a bunch as a kid and it's such like kind

6:52 ↗ of an almost alien place when you're out

6:54 ↗ there just pure white sand all around

6:57 ↗ and just spend a lot of time there and

6:58 ↗ so that's one that I like

7:02 ↗ I'm Brenda Spears and I this is my

7:05 ↗ second year my first year I was an

7:06 ↗ alternate now it's my first year as a

7:08 ↗ full board fullblown board member and my

7:12 ↗ favorite back is Glacier and that was

7:14 ↗ because when I was young and my my

7:16 ↗ husband and I were younger my daughter

7:18 ↗ was young we would hike Glacier

7:21 ↗ constantly and because my daughter was

7:23 ↗ young and very spoiled we carried

7:27 ↗ her and we got known for that and

7:30 ↗ everybody and so my thing was she's not

7:32 ↗ heavy she's my

7:38 ↗ daughter um I'm Ryan olon second year as

7:41 ↗ alternate last year fullard member this

7:43 ↗ year um I don't have a ton of National

7:46 ↗ Park uh you know history but for every

7:50 ↗ single year for like the first 18 years

7:52 ↗ of my life with the

7:54 ↗ Yellowstone and so that is probably one

7:58 ↗ of my favorite parks and then when I uh

8:00 ↗ started riding motorcycles is the first

8:02 ↗ Park I ever took a fullcycle trip here

8:05 ↗ all the way down

8:06 ↗ there amazing

8:09 ↗ Park U my name is Julie kada I'm senior

8:12 ↗ Park planner uh I started about six

8:14 ↗ months ago in this position um say my

8:18 ↗ favorite Park similarly like I'm kind of

8:20 ↗ like is it a national park is it

8:22 ↗ national forest is a kings's canyon seoa

8:25 ↗ um basically High sieras

8:29 ↗ hi everybody I'm Robin spear Park

8:31 ↗ planning and development manager and

8:33 ↗ like Julie I'm relatively new I've been

8:35 ↗ here since last September so very

8:39 ↗ exciting six months seven months eight

8:41 ↗ months so far uh my favorite national

8:45 ↗ park has to be like Brenda Glacier

8:47 ↗ National Park I grew up in the Flathead

8:49 ↗ Valley so that was kind of our

8:50 ↗ playground and used to be able to get up

8:52 ↗ and get in there in less than 45 minutes

8:55 ↗ so now it's a little more challenging

8:57 ↗ but yeah beautiful Park area feel like

9:02 ↗ home thank you everyone thanks for

9:05 ↗ playing

9:06 ↗ along parts to put to the list and yeah

9:11 ↗ welcome okay so our next order business

9:14 ↗ is public comments and it seems like we

9:16 ↗ have a few people to

9:18 ↗ contribute so for public comment

9:20 ↗ audience comment um we've got a spot up

9:23 ↗ here at the table if you want to come up

9:25 ↗ um you have five minutes to address the

9:27 ↗ board um and and yeah I have some stuff

9:31 ↗ to pass out so I came

9:37 ↗ slightly

9:43 ↗ I have my owner

9:46 ↗ too very official yeah welcome to five

9:50 ↗ minutes okay hello uh board members

9:53 ↗ chair uh parks and reck uh my name is

9:56 ↗ Michael Wong I've been uh living here in

9:58 ↗ isal proud to call my home for the past

10:00 ↗ seven years uh my wife and I are raising

10:03 ↗ two young kids here at the foot of

10:04 ↗ squawk Mountain just just right behind

10:05 ↗ here um neighbors with Marlene so she

10:08 ↗ she knows me literally Stone away from

10:10 ↗ one I know you were here a bit about

10:12 ↗ myself uh during the working hours I'm a

10:14 ↗ development manager at VLAN real estate

10:16 ↗ so uh I focus on building you know um uh

10:19 ↗ Class A office uh projects in bie and

10:21 ↗ Seattle but in my off hours so uh I

10:24 ↗ enjoy coaching I'm coaching Little

10:25 ↗ League I actually left my daughter's

10:26 ↗ last game a little early just to be here

10:27 ↗ for this comments but she'll forgive me

10:30 ↗ later or forget it um but I'm also a

10:33 ↗ archery Enthusiast and I'm currently

10:35 ↗ certifying right now as a level two

10:36 ↗ Junior Olympic archery instructor um I'm

10:39 ↗ here before you today to seek your

10:41 ↗ support in including an enclosed

10:43 ↗ enclosed outdoor archery range here in

10:44 ↗ the back corner of tippet Creek Park um

10:47 ↗ as Rob and Jeff will probably sh share

10:48 ↗ with you here uh they performed some

10:50 ↗ public Outreach to see what the

10:51 ↗ community wanted in our Parks they had

10:52 ↗ this really Nifty map out there and uh

10:54 ↗ the results uh are in the first page of

10:56 ↗ that packet of kind of passed out a

10:58 ↗ Junior Olympic partry range smashed it I

11:00 ↗ mean there was more than double of

11:01 ↗ anything else that was actually on there

11:03 ↗ it's something the community really

11:04 ↗ wants um and it's uh and and probably

11:08 ↗ the first question going in your head is

11:09 ↗ like Michael I mean isn't this kind of

11:11 ↗ dangerous I mean you're putting a Mery

11:13 ↗ range in the back over here well I'm a

11:16 ↗ real estate developer design and

11:17 ↗ placement are the first things that come

11:19 ↗ into my mind whenever I think about

11:20 ↗ doing a development project and uh

11:23 ↗ safety is also top of mine for me as

11:24 ↗ well because I live right behind this

11:26 ↗ project I want to make sure something

11:27 ↗ that is bulletproof safe that nothing

11:29 ↗ can get out of so for the same reason we

11:32 ↗ put fencing around a baseball field and

11:34 ↗ we don't put you know kids playgrounds

11:36 ↗ at the outfield for safety same reason

11:39 ↗ why you build uh archery ranges with

11:41 ↗ barriers and back stops to prevent

11:43 ↗ arrows from escaping the enclosure so

11:45 ↗ the design that I've contemplated in

11:46 ↗ there that's in your packet is a actual

11:49 ↗ enclosure that was built in Colorado

11:51 ↗ Springs and Eden Prairie um which is a

11:53 ↗ little suburb off of Minneapolis um in

11:56 ↗ Minnesota um it provides an outdoor back

11:58 ↗ stop that use a simple baffle so there's

12:01 ↗ literally no way you can shoot an arrow

12:03 ↗ out of this enclosure um but however if

12:06 ↗ you happen have mutant powers and you

12:08 ↗ could Bend arrows midair or you your

12:10 ↗ arrows with completed uranium pits or

12:12 ↗ something there is a 60 foot Hill right

12:14 ↗ behind it that will stop anything and

12:16 ↗ 120 foot trees that will undoubtedly

12:18 ↗ stop the kinetic force of a single Arrow

12:21 ↗ um this exact enclosure has been built

12:24 ↗ and tested for 20 years without a single

12:26 ↗ instant I talk with Keith bardos which

12:27 ↗ is a super um supervisor at Eden Prairie

12:31 ↗ and he confirmed he's he's there from

12:32 ↗ the beginning not a single incident has

12:34 ↗ happened where Arrow has escaped the

12:36 ↗ enclosure so the if the enclosure looks

12:38 ↗ reasonable what about accidents right if

12:40 ↗ you're a skeptic like me you probably

12:41 ↗ need stats and facts from legitimate

12:43 ↗ sources and I pulled my stats not from

12:45 ↗ the Q andon blog I got this from the NIH

12:47 ↗ right our department of health and the

12:49 ↗ neiss which is the national electronic

12:51 ↗ injury surveillance system it's very

12:53 ↗ long but it's what insurance companies

12:55 ↗ use to justify premiums cost premiums

12:58 ↗ for um for risk well happy to say

13:01 ↗ unquestionably archery is actually one

13:03 ↗ of the safest things on that list there

13:04 ↗ are no fatalities from archery ranges

13:06 ↗ that have been found and uh no one has

13:08 ↗ actually been shot from an arrow at a

13:10 ↗ public archery Ranch which a little

13:12 ↗ surprising but I ask co-pilot ask Google

13:15 ↗ last chat GPT you cannot find I looked

13:17 ↗ at the medical journal I cannot find a

13:18 ↗ single thing on it the characterization

13:20 ↗ of the injuries are from people who pull

13:22 ↗ it don't wear gloves string slaps their

13:24 ↗ arm or they lacerate their fingers

13:25 ↗ because they're pulling a string that

13:27 ↗ need a practice glove or so that's most

13:29 ↗ of the pain there the actual highest

13:31 ↗ risk of injury for going to hospital is

13:33 ↗ all the Four Courts we currently have

13:34 ↗ there baseball soccer tennis

13:36 ↗ skateboarding court right um those are

13:38 ↗ all the highest chances of injury the

13:40 ↗ insurance in uh industry rates uh rates

13:44 ↗ archery in the same levels bad mitton

13:46 ↗ bowling and ping pong so it's as

13:48 ↗ dangerous as those Sports it's safer

13:49 ↗ than golf guys so you check all my facts

13:53 ↗ everything is sourced in there um is

13:55 ↗ wouldn't be the person do this I'm not

13:56 ↗ an early adopter I'm not even a second

13:58 ↗ adopter we wouldn't be the first on to

14:00 ↗ we'd be the third to be able to do this

14:02 ↗ here in the country but there are other

14:04 ↗ counties that are even less risk averse

14:06 ↗ and uh if you go to downtown Portland

14:09 ↗ Washington Park has an open non-enclosed

14:10 ↗ archery range that's there that has not

14:12 ↗ had an incident either uh Golden Gate

14:15 ↗ Park in the heart of San Francisco in

14:16 ↗ the sunset neighborhood also has has a

14:18 ↗ range there without incident AWA has

14:21 ↗ three ranges out over there I mean so we

14:24 ↗ would not be the first to do this um

14:26 ↗ what does this cost so you're probably

14:28 ↗ wondering like okay this looks good well

14:29 ↗ but what is this you know let's talk

14:31 ↗ cheddar right well back in Minnesota in

14:34 ↗ 2004 it cost $20,000 so let's I know

14:37 ↗ lot's happened between their inflation

14:38 ↗ has happened so let's add uh let's let's

14:41 ↗ inflate that for today's dollars that's

14:42 ↗ $33,000 that's the cost of and help back

14:45 ↗ with a modest trim package but let's add

14:47 ↗ some Pacific Northwest skepticism and

14:49 ↗ premium to it let's raise that to

14:51 ↗ $50,000 okay price is right well I don't

14:55 ↗ mean to sound like an info commercial

14:57 ↗ but um that we have 50% coup here so the

15:01 ↗ Washington State I know if you order now

15:03 ↗ right Washington state had a recreation

15:06 ↗ conservation office offers a 50% match

15:08 ↗ so we could take that 50 oh match

15:10 ↗ specifically for archery range

15:12 ↗ construction and I've shared this with

15:13 ↗ Jeff and Robin already so this thing

15:15 ↗ comes down from 50 if I'm doing my MTH

15:17 ↗ right down to 25 that's the cost of the

15:19 ↗ kiaforte I think we could probably do

15:21 ↗ that for the park if can afford a

15:22 ↗ skateboarding uh Park area as well so

15:25 ↗ applications open in August 7th and are

15:27 ↗ due on Halloween

15:29 ↗ so uh why do this design is proven

15:31 ↗ tested over 20 years target archery is

15:33 ↗ statistically safe for multiple studies

15:35 ↗ it's not expensive we have a 50% coupon

15:38 ↗ and the location that I'm uh suggesting

15:40 ↗ here at the back corner of tius Creek

15:42 ↗ Park is underutilized the train is

15:44 ↗ perfect community outreach clearly wants

15:46 ↗ it but I'll share one last thought I was

15:48 ↗ looking at prior minutes and I noticed

15:49 ↗ that one of the objectives of the board

15:50 ↗ is to appeal to a broader demographic in

15:52 ↗ our city archery like golf but safer

15:55 ↗ than golf uh is something you practice

15:57 ↗ into your golden years um people in

15:59 ↗ wheelchairs or with disabilities who

16:01 ↗ otherwise can't play Field Sports which

16:03 ↗ I have a cousin who does cannot you know

16:05 ↗ go running down a baseball field

16:07 ↗ actually practices archery um and it's

16:09 ↗ one of the few sports that can actually

16:10 ↗ do solo without having to get a whole

16:11 ↗ team to come do it with them and also

16:14 ↗ Archer is one of the top sports in Asia

16:16 ↗ you'll probably see this in the Paris

16:17 ↗ Olympics here in the next few months um

16:19 ↗ but you know Asians make up 27% of isqua

16:22 ↗ I think it's evident by the number of

16:24 ↗ offerings we have dumplings and noodles

16:26 ↗ at our local Costco here but it's also

16:27 ↗ something that's also very cultur

16:29 ↗ prevalent uh in a lot of Asian cultures

16:32 ↗ um and I've heard the space is limited

16:34 ↗ in the S Park system but this would take

16:36 ↗ up a fraction of the space there this is

16:38 ↗ onethird of an acre that's 1/8 of a

16:41 ↗ normal baseball field that we have here

16:42 ↗ in the park I measured it out I brought

16:43 ↗ my surveyor range find you guys were

16:45 ↗ talking about I measured it out so it

16:47 ↗ would take onethird of an acre so um and

16:50 ↗ it's also something that you use 12

16:51 ↗ months out of the year you can practice

16:52 ↗ in the drizzle and the rain well most of

16:54 ↗ these pars said empty during the you

16:56 ↗ know during our armpit months of the

16:57 ↗ year is what I call it so or it's super

17:00 ↗ rainy draft so this is something you

17:01 ↗ practice from dawn to dusk so um so

17:04 ↗ that's why I think for all those reasons

17:07 ↗ we should include this in our Parks plan

17:08 ↗ because I think you guys are deciding

17:09 ↗ upon that in the next uh next few months

17:11 ↗ and I'm happy to lend any of my

17:13 ↗ resources I've access to some of the top

17:15 ↗ Landscape Architects here in town that

17:17 ↗ are surprisingly I at happy hour I found

17:19 ↗ out they're also archers too that would

17:21 ↗ be happy to volunteer some of their time

17:23 ↗ and effort to help you know establish

17:25 ↗ this in our community here so uh that's

17:27 ↗ all I got um

17:29 ↗ I'm happy to answer any questions but I

17:31 ↗ think it's just public comment so we'll

17:33 ↗ leave it at

17:37 ↗ that yes we had archery in my middle

17:39 ↗ school so it's not dangerous like we

17:42 ↗ Minnesota like but like we had it as a

17:45 ↗ middle school like thing in

17:47 ↗ JY not great well I'll leave you guys

17:50 ↗ with

17:53 ↗ this got money on this so this is the

17:56 ↗ actual pl we could use so

18:01 ↗ first year construction manager can

18:02 ↗ build this so but I have to head back to

18:04 ↗ the little so I

18:10 ↗ think any other public comment no I

18:14 ↗ don't see anyone online those are our

18:16 ↗ consultants for the presentation later

18:18 ↗ so I don't think we have other public

18:20 ↗ comment okay with that uh we go to

18:23 ↗ regular business okay it seems like

18:26 ↗ someone else should handle this part

18:28 ↗ yeah regular buiness our first item on

18:31 ↗ the agenda is to elect uh our Park Board

18:35 ↗ chair and vice chair for this coming

18:37 ↗ year um so thank you new members our

18:40 ↗ alternate members you all get to act as

18:42 ↗ regular members tonight

18:44 ↗ congratulations um because we have three

18:46 ↗ regular members that aren't here and

18:48 ↗ we're taking action um you you all will

18:51 ↗ be voting um in tonight's uh action here

18:55 ↗ and so for chair and vice chair

18:59 ↗ uh I will first call for nominations for

19:02 ↗ the chair position um when all

19:04 ↗ nominations have been made I will close

19:06 ↗ the nominations um if only one

19:09 ↗ nomination um is made we will

19:14 ↗ um the position is elected by unanimous

19:18 ↗ consent if there are other nominations

19:21 ↗ we will have time to sort of discuss as

19:23 ↗ a board and or hear from the people that

19:26 ↗ nominate um you can nominate yourself

19:28 ↗ and and other people can nominate you um

19:31 ↗ and so with that I will open the floor

19:34 ↗ for nominations for the chair

19:38 ↗ position if so

19:45 ↗ Welling I think the question is do any

19:47 ↗ of you guys

19:48 ↗ wanna do it again are you guys like Ryan

19:51 ↗ orenda or David interest I will make

19:55 ↗ note that um I do believe our our bot

19:58 ↗ have that regular members can be

20:00 ↗ nominated for chair position though the

20:02 ↗ three of you thank you so much are

20:03 ↗ acting as regular members for this

20:04 ↗ meeting um just want to make that one I

20:06 ↗ can't nominate

20:14 ↗ myself yeah do I second Chris's

20:18 ↗ nomination is that how we do that you

20:19 ↗ can if you

20:22 ↗ yeah one more year

20:30 ↗ okay thank you it seems like there

20:32 ↗ aren't any other nominations for chair

20:34 ↗ so Chris you are hereby appointed by

20:38 ↗ unanimous consent um and we'll do the

20:40 ↗ same thing for the vice chair position

20:43 ↗ any nominations for vice

20:54 ↗ chair anyone else

20:59 ↗ can I get a second oh I seconded oh

21:01 ↗ great okay very quickly wonderful um

21:04 ↗ well then welcome Marlene again uh uh

21:08 ↗ appointed as our vice chair for this

21:10 ↗ coming year thank

21:16 ↗ you

21:17 ↗ great thank you both and with that our

21:22 ↗ next item all right next item is the

21:25 ↗ park system Plan update

21:28 ↗ happy to to tee that up uh Chris um good

21:32 ↗ evening everyone welcome again new

21:33 ↗ members so glad you're you're joined the

21:36 ↗ the part board um Chris Marlene thank

21:39 ↗ you for your continued uh leadership um

21:42 ↗ always a pleasure to um to work with you

21:45 ↗ guys and have a chance to to meet in our

21:48 ↗ in our meetings as we build the agendas

21:50 ↗ together um I heard you say Chris and I

21:53 ↗ I will Echo this right that um it's not

21:56 ↗ a huge role but it is an additional

21:58 ↗ respons responsibility and and you know

22:00 ↗ hearing you say Chris that you're well

22:02 ↗ you know interested in doing this

22:03 ↗ another year I'll just I'll put that out

22:05 ↗ there that that the idea the hope of

22:07 ↗ chair and vice chair positions is there

22:09 ↗ is a degree of of turnover and sort of

22:11 ↗ sharing that sharing that responsibility

22:14 ↗ so um just something for you all to to

22:16 ↗ think about as we as we get through this

22:19 ↗ year yeah real quick if I can do it

22:27 ↗ anyway and there we we go well so our

22:30 ↗ one um other than the the chair and vice

22:33 ↗ chair elections one agenda item tonight

22:35 ↗ uh is a big one uh lots lots of content

22:38 ↗ lots of materials lots of discussion I

22:41 ↗ want to give a little bit of a of an

22:42 ↗ introduction and then turn it over to um

22:46 ↗ multiple people we're going to be

22:47 ↗ sharing the presentation tonight between

22:49 ↗ our Park planning staff Robin and juler

22:51 ↗ here but also joining us are our

22:53 ↗ partners on this project from design

22:55 ↗ Workshop Anna and luu I'll a chance to

22:59 ↗ to turn it over to to them uh but I'm so

23:02 ↗ thrilled uh to have been working with

23:04 ↗ design Workshop both an and louu just

23:06 ↗ been terrific team um professionals the

23:10 ↗ group at design Workshop has been a

23:12 ↗ great uh group to to Really collaborate

23:15 ↗ through um throughout the development of

23:17 ↗ this of this plan update um we do this

23:20 ↗ every six years

23:23 ↗ um having the pleasure of done a number

23:25 ↗ of these through my professional career

23:27 ↗ these are really important this is

23:28 ↗ important work this is really important

23:30 ↗ work with the community this is

23:32 ↗ important work for us to create a plan

23:34 ↗ that isn't just something that sits on a

23:36 ↗ shelf but is it tells a story it it it

23:40 ↗ it sets a vision for what this community

23:42 ↗ wants how they want their park system to

23:44 ↗ perform and so um excited tonight to

23:47 ↗ really see rolled up a lot of materials

23:51 ↗ uh that represent a a lot of work uh by

23:54 ↗ by the staff team Robin Julie HTI um

23:58 ↗ certainly has a had a big lift in this

24:01 ↗ um as well as myself but also your work

24:04 ↗ uh we've had several discussions over

24:06 ↗ these last couple of months that have

24:08 ↗ all sort of informed and hopefully as

24:09 ↗ you see the materials tonight you'll see

24:12 ↗ how our conversations around the

24:14 ↗ community survey in the fall around

24:16 ↗ athletic fields we had a couple of

24:18 ↗ months ago um around vision and our

24:21 ↗ joint meeting with the environmental

24:22 ↗ board hopefully you see all all of that

24:25 ↗ really informing the the materials

24:26 ↗ tonight um as as well as really some

24:29 ↗ very extensive uh Community engagement

24:32 ↗ uh this will be our final discussion uh

24:36 ↗ before um creating the draft plan uh

24:40 ↗ that draft plan would then uh go out to

24:42 ↗ the community for public comment uh

24:45 ↗ before it comes back to you all for

24:47 ↗ adoption so this isn't a final

24:49 ↗ discussion but really um hopefully sets

24:51 ↗ the stage uh for giving you sort of a a

24:54 ↗ final voice to really help us inform um

24:57 ↗ and help um

24:59 ↗ um Anna and luu in sort of finalizing

25:03 ↗ this this document so uh that's our goal

25:06 ↗ tonight um you want to go to the next

25:08 ↗ slide Robin I'll just highlight really

25:11 ↗ quick before turning it over to to Anna

25:14 ↗ um so we're going to cover sort of five

25:16 ↗ topics tonight the first four are going

25:17 ↗ to be covered by our design Workshop

25:19 ↗ team uh there's there's going to be time

25:21 ↗ for questions along the way uh we'll

25:23 ↗ have some pauses and breaks uh to really

25:26 ↗ open up for a discussion with all of you

25:29 ↗ U but tonight you're going to get a a

25:31 ↗ sort of a draft framework if you will of

25:34 ↗ the chapters and and how we want to lay

25:36 ↗ out The Narrative of the of the plan and

25:38 ↗ the story um Anna will dive pretty deep

25:42 ↗ a little deeper into some analysis

25:44 ↗ around some of the benchmarking work

25:45 ↗ we've done I know that's been an

25:47 ↗ interest by by you all as Park Board um

25:50 ↗ a really very interesting look at our

25:53 ↗ community Through Equity mapping and how

25:55 ↗ that's really informing our

25:56 ↗ prioritization and and how

25:58 ↗ and when we might want to prioritize

26:00 ↗ projects um next we'll talk through a

26:03 ↗ little deeper the concept of creeks to

26:06 ↗ Peaks as as really the pillar the the um

26:10 ↗ the theme the vision for uh the park

26:14 ↗ system and then lastly turn it over to

26:17 ↗ Robin and Julie for a really hopefully a

26:19 ↗ engaging conversation around uh draft

26:23 ↗ projects but also criteria for how we

26:25 ↗ want to evaluate those um and then

26:27 ↗ you'll see the discussion um tonight as

26:31 ↗ we as we sort of ran those through uh

26:34 ↗ the criteria for the first time we're

26:36 ↗ not bringing those as a

26:38 ↗ final document or a final recommendation

26:41 ↗ we really wanted to be something that

26:42 ↗ you feel like you can give feedback not

26:45 ↗ only on the criteria and the projects

26:47 ↗ but even just sort of that first look at

26:49 ↗ boy how does how did how does this how

26:51 ↗ does the near-term bucket the midterm

26:53 ↗ bucket the long-term bucket feel and

26:55 ↗ look and are there are there projects uh

26:57 ↗ you might want to consider U moving up

27:00 ↗ and down so really look forward to the

27:02 ↗ discussion tonight thank you all for all

27:04 ↗ your work these last couple of months I

27:06 ↗ really feel like we're headed towards a

27:08 ↗ a um a really compelling plan and vision

27:12 ↗ so with that Anna louu welcome so glad

27:15 ↗ you're

27:17 ↗ here thank you so much for having us

27:19 ↗ it's h your system is so such an amazing

27:22 ↗ one and your community so great that

27:24 ↗ it's really been our pleasure and the

27:25 ↗ work that we do all across the country

27:27 ↗ to be able to spend time uh with your

27:29 ↗ with the staff here as well as in

27:31 ↗ investigating all your Park Properties

27:34 ↗ your Recreation opportunities your open

27:37 ↗ spaces and what people are looking for

27:40 ↗ um so I'm GNA walk through a few of

27:42 ↗ these things actually do you mind going

27:43 ↗ back to the last slide for just a moment

27:45 ↗ I wanted to highlight um tonight we are

27:48 ↗ not going to do a deep dive into all the

27:50 ↗ analysis uh that we've done to for this

27:52 ↗ plan we're just going to highlight a few

27:54 ↗ things of the benchmarking and Equity

27:56 ↗ that are an update to the work we had

27:58 ↗ presented earlier so just wanted to

28:00 ↗ highlight that for you we're also not

28:02 ↗ going to go walk through some of the

28:03 ↗ things we've done before around the the

28:06 ↗ plan strategies and goals and um other

28:09 ↗ Vision objectives but we'll focus

28:11 ↗ primarily on a concept of creeks to

28:14 ↗ Peaks to communicate that larger View

28:17 ↗ for the park system that's that will

28:18 ↗ become part of that plan um and then at

28:21 ↗ the end we'll talk through how are we

28:23 ↗ prioritizing projects within um within

28:26 ↗ this plan moves forward for Capital

28:29 ↗ Improvements as as priorities and how

28:31 ↗ things are identified so that's what

28:33 ↗ we'll cover in this and I just want to

28:35 ↗ give that preface because we can't go

28:38 ↗ through it all you're going to be seeing

28:39 ↗ a lot of things in the draft plan and

28:40 ↗ you've seen quite a few things prior to

28:42 ↗ this that we've been sharing as updates

28:45 ↗ um we're just kind of filling you in on

28:47 ↗ on some last gaps in it before we move

28:49 ↗ into the draft

28:50 ↗ plan so with that um on the next slide

28:54 ↗ near to that um I want to give you a a

28:57 ↗ sense of what coming with the draft plan

29:00 ↗ so first up like most plans should have

29:03 ↗ an executive summary that's really

29:04 ↗ written for the public that may not have

29:07 ↗ as much time or um understand some of

29:10 ↗ the technical things that might be be

29:12 ↗ behinds the analysis but it excites them

29:14 ↗ with an executive summary that brings

29:17 ↗ all the pieces together and tells them

29:18 ↗ about the the entire contents of the

29:21 ↗ plan and in a very brief way next up

29:24 ↗ we'll talk about what's in the

29:25 ↗ introduction chapter two is uh the

29:28 ↗ evaluation and how we've uh analyzed

29:31 ↗ your system what the findings are from

29:33 ↗ public

29:34 ↗ engagement and then chapter three is

29:36 ↗ really the heart of the plan that's all

29:38 ↗ those recommendations of what should be

29:39 ↗ for the future it's where we're

29:41 ↗ describing the vision the strategies and

29:44 ↗ so on that really uh and help people

29:47 ↗ anticipate what to expect in the um in

29:50 ↗ in this planning

29:51 ↗ Horizon and then chapter four is about

29:54 ↗ implementation it's the how to and what

29:56 ↗ to focus on that your board will be

29:59 ↗ focused on as well as the staff as and

30:01 ↗ partnering with other uh others in the

30:04 ↗ city to make this a

30:07 ↗ reality okay go next so I'm going to

30:11 ↗ just give a little bit more detail about

30:13 ↗ what's in these chapters chapter one

30:15 ↗ these are some of the things that will

30:17 ↗ include to introduce people includes uh

30:19 ↗ describing your community and what it

30:21 ↗ contains and the history of how how your

30:24 ↗ Parks have evolved over

30:26 ↗ time definitely reference the many plans

30:29 ↗ and um studies that have been developed

30:32 ↗ previously that interact with this plan

30:35 ↗ building off of the good work that was

30:36 ↗ done before and then uh describing some

30:40 ↗ of the different opportunities and

30:41 ↗ challenges that the community faces when

30:44 ↗ it comes to Parks and

30:46 ↗ Recreation and chapter two uh describes

30:49 ↗ uh two different components the

30:51 ↗ Community Vision that comes from a whole

30:53 ↗ variety of ways that the public has been

30:55 ↗ engaged as well as stakeholders from

30:58 ↗ focus groups to surveys uh to the latest

31:00 ↗ round of Engagement with a public

31:02 ↗ meeting and Outreach um with online

31:04 ↗ mapping um all over the the last year of

31:08 ↗ efforts to engage community members

31:11 ↗ staff and City leadership as

31:13 ↗ well um so that will be a summary of the

31:15 ↗ methods that were used and the findings

31:17 ↗ of what we learned from that that tell

31:19 ↗ us about values and

31:21 ↗ interests the next part is a system

31:23 ↗ analysis and that is where um two

31:26 ↗ components we're going to be talking

31:27 ↗ about night the benchmarking and the

31:29 ↗ equity prioritization lives as well as

31:31 ↗ some other things that inform the

31:33 ↗ recommendations from this plan uh

31:36 ↗ Recreation Trends understanding what is

31:38 ↗ popular what are people doing most what

31:41 ↗ has changed over time um a walk shed

31:44 ↗ analysis I think we did a deep dive on

31:46 ↗ that in a previous meeting and looking

31:48 ↗ at the trails and parks and and

31:50 ↗ understanding access and where there are

31:52 ↗ gaps and uh conditions looking at uh the

31:57 ↗ how the properties are maintained what

31:59 ↗ they have within them U really looking

32:01 ↗ into that inventory of of what you have

32:04 ↗ and what its quality

32:06 ↗ is so that's this chapters one and two

32:09 ↗ let's go to the next slide and talk

32:10 ↗ about chapter three so this this is this

32:14 ↗ is the one I'm talking about that I know

32:16 ↗ you all want to spend some time reading

32:18 ↗ over the vision that's expressed the

32:20 ↗ concept Creeks to Peaks and the values

32:24 ↗ goals and

32:25 ↗ strategies those really will be that

32:28 ↗ Guide to the future of what you're

32:29 ↗ looking to achieve um with those goals

32:33 ↗ as well as some approaches you might

32:35 ↗ take now those will be a little bit more

32:37 ↗ flexible you'll have a variety of

32:39 ↗ options and suggestions of how to get to

32:41 ↗ those goals with those strategies but

32:43 ↗ they are built off of things we've heard

32:45 ↗ from the community as well as best

32:47 ↗ practices uh throughout the throughout

32:49 ↗ the country and and within systems like

32:52 ↗ yours and then chapter four The how will

32:55 ↗ we do this uh talks about the

32:57 ↗ prioritization for the capital

32:58 ↗ Improvement projects uh Partnerships

33:01 ↗ that are really essential to this

33:04 ↗ operations and funding strategies so

33:08 ↗ that is the outline of what you'll find

33:10 ↗ within that plan uh when you get the

33:12 ↗ draft to

33:15 ↗ review go to the next slide so I'm gonna

33:18 ↗ I mentioned I was going to do a little

33:20 ↗ bit of Deep dive into some of the

33:21 ↗ analysis that will be in chapter two uh

33:24 ↗ the both the benchmarking and the equity

33:26 ↗ analysis and wanted to share with you

33:28 ↗ this update of that this composite of

33:31 ↗ looking at um isqua compared to three

33:34 ↗ other comparable uh systems for Parks

33:38 ↗ and Recreation and these were

33:41 ↗ communities were selected you're

33:42 ↗ probably wondering how did we get to

33:43 ↗ these three out of all the ones that you

33:45 ↗ could possibly pick from uh number of

33:47 ↗ factors one uh similar population and

33:51 ↗ its density and

33:53 ↗ characteristics similar Geographic

33:55 ↗ characteristics like being bound by

33:57 ↗ Mountain and water

33:59 ↗ bodies and um as well as some of these

34:02 ↗ other things you can see here like the

34:03 ↗ land area and um the number they have

34:07 ↗ because you want to pick some benchmarks

34:08 ↗ where you can kind of compare and say

34:11 ↗ these are sort of competitors or places

34:13 ↗ that we aspire to be similar to you

34:15 ↗ don't want to pick just the bottom of

34:17 ↗ the barrel type of communities who are

34:18 ↗ barely getting by with their park system

34:21 ↗ so um these were selected for comparison

34:23 ↗ for those reasons and how esqua ranks

34:26 ↗ compared to that are St backs up is that

34:29 ↗ uh you can see number of parks for one

34:32 ↗ thing and then the acreage so um number

34:35 ↗ of parks in Open Spaces just above that

34:38 ↗ that box in the green you see you're

34:40 ↗ kind of right there in the middle of a

34:42 ↗ number of parks number of Open Spaces

34:46 ↗ but that open space is really

34:48 ↗ significant and so you get to this total

34:50 ↗ parks in open space acreage is is fairly

34:53 ↗ High compared to these other

34:55 ↗ communities a big component of that is

34:58 ↗ the open space you can see in the the

35:00 ↗ second green box below so that is

35:03 ↗ definitely contributing greatly to the

35:05 ↗ to to that acreage comparison point and

35:08 ↗ this is a pretty common way to compare

35:10 ↗ systems and see you know do you do you

35:12 ↗ have enough and do you have enough for

35:14 ↗ your

35:14 ↗ population so uh isqua certainly is up

35:17 ↗ there in in total land that can be used

35:19 ↗ for parks and open space as a and also

35:22 ↗ in as a percentage of your total land

35:24 ↗ area which that really does align with

35:27 ↗ your community values the survey results

35:29 ↗ from the community showed that people

35:31 ↗ didn't think you had too much parks in

35:33 ↗ open space they really appreciated the

35:36 ↗ natural values and many said that it was

35:39 ↗ the reason they they chose isqua and

35:41 ↗ what they most value about what what you

35:43 ↗ all provide is those outdoor spaces and

35:45 ↗ the connection to Nature that's possible

35:48 ↗ as well as the community Gathering

35:49 ↗ spaces and

35:50 ↗ health so we go to the next

35:53 ↗ slide um so we just wanted to also place

35:57 ↗ this Within in a national ranking from

36:00 ↗ National Parks and Recreation

36:01 ↗ benchmarking and so that this is looking

36:04 ↗ at communities that are between a

36:06 ↗ population of 20 to 50,000 people um and

36:11 ↗ and how those National um brackets fall

36:14 ↗ and so isqua as well as the other

36:16 ↗ communities we chose are in that upper

36:19 ↗ percentile of communities for for the

36:22 ↗ acreage per resident as well as the

36:25 ↗ number of residents per Park

36:28 ↗ so you can see where isqu Stacks with

36:30 ↗ that we also in the benchmarking

36:32 ↗ compared then the individual amenities

36:35 ↗ within the parks and there are some

36:37 ↗ things that you're lower than other

36:39 ↗ communities with like sports courts and

36:42 ↗ there are some things that you're doing

36:44 ↗ quite well with like single use athletic

36:46 ↗ fields so uh this helps us just also use

36:50 ↗ one more way of looking at uh how to in

36:54 ↗ addition to the Community Values from

36:56 ↗ the survey recre Trends we're looking at

36:59 ↗ um as well as understanding what's in

37:02 ↗ your system right now this is just one

37:03 ↗ other way to help evaluate what should

37:05 ↗ be

37:07 ↗ prioritized Anna can I ask a

37:11 ↗ question okay yeah Anna we've got a

37:13 ↗ question in the room okay sounds good

37:17 ↗ when we are talking about the Acres of

37:18 ↗ Parkland per resident are we including

37:21 ↗ the open space in

37:23 ↗ that good question yes that does includ

37:27 ↗ this slide I know we talked about like

37:29 ↗ how great we are when we add open space

37:31 ↗ but it looks like our Parks specifically

37:34 ↗ were a little bit below Benchmark yeah

37:36 ↗ we can go back to that

37:38 ↗ slide yeah let's go back to that slide

37:41 ↗ yes we picked up on that as well that

37:43 ↗ that is a big component of it is the

37:44 ↗ amount of natural lands you can see

37:46 ↗ these other communities also included

37:49 ↗ their open space and in that in these

37:52 ↗ totals and that also that National

37:54 ↗ Benchmark we understand that also

37:56 ↗ includes parks and open

37:58 ↗ space you can see it in that total

38:00 ↗ number of parks like that's them in the

38:02 ↗ middle that's what I'm looking at oh

38:04 ↗ you're right something we've certainly

38:06 ↗ talked about and yeah our ratio of

38:09 ↗ Community Park neighborhood park Spa you

38:11 ↗ know active park space to open space is

38:14 ↗ um it's pretty low as as a benchmark

38:17 ↗ yeah I just want to make sure we heard

38:19 ↗ that because I think yeah we do a great

38:20 ↗ job in open space but it can cover up

38:23 ↗ where the opportunity is

38:26 ↗ US good question if I could just ask all

38:30 ↗ of our this area and this count includes

38:33 ↗ Lakes M State

38:34 ↗ Park

38:36 ↗ no this is only a city owned this is

38:40 ↗ just the city's manag and owned

38:44 ↗ lands um so it does not include the

38:46 ↗ surrounding municipalities or those by

38:48 ↗ other organizations I mean certainly if

38:51 ↗ you look at um all of the great

38:53 ↗ especially natural areas that surround

38:55 ↗ this community you have an abundance

38:58 ↗ Yeah Anna correct me if I'm wrong the

38:59 ↗ only way place that's different is the

39:02 ↗ percentage of land used um as as park

39:07 ↗ space I believe that 27% reflects other

39:11 ↗ that reflects State Park as well as some

39:13 ↗ other County Park land in the city I

39:16 ↗ think to get to that 27% ratio we can I

39:19 ↗ can confirm that I think

39:23 ↗ that's that would include the state park

39:28 ↗ L's nodding her head yes she was

39:29 ↗ deepening numbers in

39:35 ↗ math okay good clarification and

39:40 ↗ Diving yeah just one last question do we

39:43 ↗ ever look at the money dimension of this

39:46 ↗ so what is the allocated budget for the

39:48 ↗ parks department for each one of these

39:50 ↗ so how is both operating budget and

39:53 ↗ capital budget I you know again the

39:55 ↗ benchmarking is going to go a little

39:57 ↗ deeper right

39:59 ↗ Anna yeah Lou you might speak to this of

40:01 ↗ what we got into for that it's it is

40:03 ↗ sometimes hard to get Apples to Apples

40:06 ↗ comparison for those facts um they all

40:08 ↗ operate a little bit differently and how

40:10 ↗ they budget and where their funds come

40:12 ↗ from that can make it a bit challenging

40:14 ↗ to compare some of these especially when

40:15 ↗ things come from you know some mix of

40:18 ↗ general fund and then other sources but

40:21 ↗ um I think we looked at some

40:23 ↗ numbers as best we could collect them

40:25 ↗ from these other communities

40:28 ↗ it's a great question David yeah I'm

40:29 ↗ just to go city

40:33 ↗ council yeah how do we compare in terms

40:35 ↗ of

40:37 ↗ investment investment rate

40:41 ↗ yeah very

40:43 ↗ good okay Yep this is intended to be a

40:45 ↗ bit of a summary for this this meeting

40:47 ↗ today there'll be more in the plan that

40:49 ↗ helps describe this as well as um kind

40:51 ↗ of calls out what's important to note

40:53 ↗ about this benchmarking it AB absolutely

40:56 ↗ shouldn't be the only thing that

40:57 ↗ indicates the recommendations the

40:59 ↗ direction you should go in but it is one

41:01 ↗ of those factors that can help inform

41:03 ↗ where are you at today and where do you

41:05 ↗ want to be in the future that keeps you

41:07 ↗ up with what other communities

41:10 ↗ offer okay I'm going to transition then

41:13 ↗ into talking about the equity mapping

41:15 ↗ we're not starting off with the mapping

41:17 ↗ I'm giving kind of the background of

41:18 ↗ what goes into this mapping um but the

41:21 ↗ purpose of this is to um increasingly

41:24 ↗ communities are wanting to Prior equity

41:28 ↗ and thinking about who are the parks and

41:31 ↗ recreation offerings serving most and

41:33 ↗ ensuring that it is um recognizing that

41:37 ↗ lower income minority populations uh

41:40 ↗ people experiencing

41:42 ↗ disabilities um and many other factors

41:44 ↗ are important in understanding where you

41:47 ↗ might want to look at how you've

41:49 ↗ distributed or created access for Parks

41:51 ↗ and Recreation and if there should be

41:53 ↗ some adjust adjustments for greater

41:55 ↗ equity in the community

41:58 ↗ so um you'll see in this table um an

42:01 ↗ this assessment was done uh looking at

42:03 ↗ the the different neighborhoods on the

42:05 ↗ lefthand column here and noting in the

42:08 ↗ the the larger brackets here the larger

42:12 ↗ uh not uh colored blocks those that have

42:16 ↗ a larger percentage of minority status

42:18 ↗ or so different social economic factors

42:21 ↗ so this brought in a a whole variety of

42:24 ↗ indicators that are from a number of

42:26 ↗ sources

42:27 ↗ that help us understand where uh the

42:30 ↗ different neighborhoods lie within these

42:32 ↗ these different

42:33 ↗ categories so everything from

42:35 ↗ environmental health you can see here

42:37 ↗ like air pollution indicators and um

42:40 ↗ transportation infrastructures

42:42 ↗ availability in those communities to um

42:45 ↗ looking at uh pre-existing chronic

42:48 ↗ disease burden of the populations that

42:51 ↗ are within that area and then there's a

42:53 ↗ composite score on the very right and so

42:56 ↗ we see with the that Central isqua has U

43:00 ↗ more of these uh variables than others

43:04 ↗ and so that's why it has that larger bar

43:06 ↗ next to it and on the next map you'll

43:08 ↗ kind of see how this lays out but wanted

43:10 ↗ to share this with you of all the

43:12 ↗ factors that go into creating this

43:13 ↗ composite map and we do this work

43:15 ↗ throughout the country and um the the

43:18 ↗ the communities that are really

43:21 ↗ innovating and how they prioritize are

43:23 ↗ working this in as one more factor that

43:25 ↗ helps them identify where to address and

43:28 ↗ direct Investments and um actions within

43:32 ↗ their

43:34 ↗ community so on our next slide then you

43:37 ↗ can see some of this laid out of the um

43:41 ↗ map in the background is representing

43:43 ↗ those colors here of what are the

43:46 ↗ highest Equity priority areas like

43:48 ↗ Central isqua and then um the orange and

43:52 ↗ yellow are different levels of of equity

43:55 ↗ priority so we overlay this on top of

43:57 ↗ that to get a better sense how does that

43:59 ↗ relate to the population

44:01 ↗ density tree

44:04 ↗ canopy the walk shed analysis we had

44:06 ↗ completed earlier to understand gaps um

44:09 ↗ and looking at both parks and

44:11 ↗ trails so this is these overlays just

44:14 ↗ help us understand as well of how are

44:16 ↗ those factors uh playing a role in in

44:19 ↗ considering um are the right priority

44:21 ↗ areas identified and are there some

44:23 ↗ needs within those those areas

44:27 ↗ so again one more tool that as we talk

44:29 ↗ about chapter 4 and the prioritization

44:32 ↗ this aspect of evaluating um the

44:35 ↗ different neighborhoods of of isqua are

44:38 ↗ laid out

44:41 ↗ here okay so we thought we just pause

44:44 ↗ there and see if there's any questions

44:46 ↗ or discussion around those items before

44:49 ↗ we move into talking about creeks to

44:55 ↗ Peaks now we have have some questions

44:57 ↗ about benchmarking but any questions

44:59 ↗ about sort of the equity mapping or

45:01 ↗ analysis or any of the sort of chapter

45:04 ↗ outline um items that are going into

45:09 ↗ those I've got a not so much a question

45:12 ↗ but a follow on comment um Anna maybe

45:15 ↗ you can pick up on this too you know

45:17 ↗ it's not a coincidence that Central

45:18 ↗ isqua sort of has that Equity map piece

45:21 ↗ because that's where our the least

45:22 ↗ number of residents live that's mostly

45:26 ↗ right now where the

45:27 ↗ retail um office space is right not

45:32 ↗ coincidentally the central Isa plan sort

45:35 ↗ of been the vision that's where density

45:37 ↗ is sort of intended to go that's where

45:39 ↗ we may in the next 20 years be seeing

45:41 ↗ the most residential grow growth as as

45:44 ↗ as multiuse comes in and I think this

45:47 ↗ map really helps to confirm that hey we

45:49 ↗ should be really wise and smart that as

45:51 ↗ that converts to residential we need to

45:53 ↗ be thinking of public spaces

45:56 ↗ connectivity

45:57 ↗ Trails um how we unify that area that

46:01 ↗ really hasn't had residential U but as

46:04 ↗ residential comes how do we unify that

46:05 ↗ area to the rest of the rest of

46:09 ↗ town yeah I think that's where it was

46:11 ↗ useful to Overlay things like tree

46:13 ↗ canopy and see it is fairly SP sparse in

46:16 ↗ that area compared to others like the

46:18 ↗ others that are not developed in the

46:20 ↗ same way and so thinking about where are

46:22 ↗ those places that people can easily get

46:24 ↗ to a place close to home especially with

46:28 ↗ new homes coming in that you're

46:29 ↗ thoughtful about that Redevelopment of

46:31 ↗ Central isqua and what that means for

46:34 ↗ those outdoor

46:37 ↗ spaces um but I would just also

46:39 ↗ highlight those that were had other

46:43 ↗ characteristics that made us think that

46:45 ↗ they should be the next level down of

46:47 ↗ prioritization are also really important

46:49 ↗ to this and we you can see those number

46:52 ↗ factors that contribute to them also to

46:54 ↗ be um important to be looking at through

46:56 ↗ that this

47:01 ↗ lens great thanks for keying that

47:04 ↗ up thank

47:08 ↗ you

47:11 ↗ okay well I think then we can move into

47:13 ↗ describing this exciting concept that is

47:16 ↗ encompassing for the entire plan it's

47:19 ↗ described as Creeks to Peaks and luu's

47:22 ↗ been working through all the graphics

47:23 ↗ and maps and doing a deep dive to help

47:26 ↗ story tell with communicating through

47:28 ↗ visuals so I'm going to have turn it

47:30 ↗ over to her to walk through this part

47:32 ↗ this this exciting

47:35 ↗ concept thank you Anna it's very nice to

47:38 ↗ meet all of you virtually um so for this

47:42 ↗ concept in the 2018 um

47:45 ↗ parksan um green necklace uh only

47:48 ↗ focuses on Central isal and during our

47:52 ↗ preliminary assessment period what we

47:54 ↗ get as a feedback from the trails and

47:56 ↗ open space focus group are that the

47:59 ↗ concept should not be just limit to

48:01 ↗ Central rqua it should be Citywide and

48:04 ↗ connecting to surrounding public lens as

48:07 ↗ well so they're also kind of looking for

48:09 ↗ more clarity of this concept and it's

48:13 ↗ less about the specific Trail alignment

48:15 ↗ at the moment it's more about finding

48:17 ↗ the experiences and elements that would

48:20 ↗ uh make this concept a reality so

48:23 ↗ building on top of that we come up with

48:25 ↗ an upgrade of this con ring necklace

48:28 ↗ concept is named Quicks to Peaks so ex

48:31 ↗ expand the concept to a city wide scale

48:34 ↗ and trying to emphasize pedestrian

48:36 ↗ experience walkability connectivity and

48:39 ↗ the quality of life of people that's

48:41 ↗ living there and uh I think that it's

48:45 ↗ also about building a healthy resilience

48:48 ↗ system and fostering um so fostering so

48:52 ↗ social connections from all of this so

48:55 ↗ it represents like kind an

48:57 ↗ energized network of perks and trails

49:00 ↗ connecting from the valley four to the

49:02 ↗ surrounding Forest Hills and hence the

49:04 ↗ name Creeks to Peaks and it's more about

49:07 ↗ creating the pathways for Community to

49:09 ↗ connect recreate reflect and Traverse

49:12 ↗ this um amazing landscape so the key

49:15 ↗ components that make up um this is kind

49:18 ↗ of the natural fabric perk system and

49:22 ↗ the community I think that's what makes

49:24 ↗ is a different and these components will

49:27 ↗ be further broken down in the following

49:32 ↗ slides and if you can go to the next

49:34 ↗ slide so the first one is about natural

49:37 ↗ connections and it is maap here

49:39 ↗ highlighting the tree canopy the creeks

49:42 ↗ and the py species and it sets up the

49:45 ↗ context for a sad Park system landscape

49:47 ↗ and how key Wildlife species also

49:50 ↗ depends on these connections as their

49:53 ↗ natural habitat from Creeks to Peaks and

49:56 ↗ it's also natural environment that

49:58 ↗ people living here really cherish um STS

50:01 ↗ and really enjoys and the next part it's

50:05 ↗ about um the human

50:07 ↗ connections and if you can go to the

50:09 ↗ next slide and that includes social

50:12 ↗ spaces active Recreation spaces so isao

50:15 ↗ already have great Parks public art um

50:18 ↗ Gathering spaces that you all enjoy and

50:21 ↗ supporting activities like Community

50:23 ↗ concert farmers market that have already

50:26 ↗ been really successful as well but those

50:28 ↗ could use could use some more

50:30 ↗ enhancement and optimization as well as

50:34 ↗ some active fields and courts in the

50:36 ↗ community Parks could also use that so

50:39 ↗ in addition to the existing ones there

50:41 ↗ could be more potential for the city to

50:44 ↗ partner with um Partners like Elementary

50:47 ↗ School um to use their fields and cours

50:49 ↗ during the time and that uh is what's

50:52 ↗ been shown on the map as

50:54 ↗ well so What's um connecting all the

50:58 ↗ social spaces and park in the park

51:01 ↗ system are the trails and those are the

51:04 ↗ connectors that gets the social and

51:07 ↗ active Recreation spaces get people to

51:10 ↗ those social and active Recreation space

51:12 ↗ spaces as well as uh about improving

51:16 ↗ connections through the trails so this

51:18 ↗ concept is about improving connections

51:22 ↗ and then so to break this down into a

51:25 ↗ hierarchy that give this more more

51:26 ↗ clarity it's about focusing on the

51:29 ↗ regional trails that gets you to the

51:31 ↗ mountains while the local connections

51:33 ↗ gets you to different areas of the par

51:36 ↗ spaces so in the online mapping exercise

51:39 ↗ We Gather feedback on the connections as

51:41 ↗ well as other improvements that are

51:43 ↗ needed uh in the social spaces and the

51:46 ↗ natural spaces so that help us

51:48 ↗ understand if there's any Community

51:50 ↗ Support or for certain things or if

51:53 ↗ anything is missing um from this concept

51:56 ↗ to illustrate this concept further more

51:59 ↗ we will be showing um three snapshots

52:01 ↗ for the future of the system at The

52:03 ↗ Creeks area hillsides and the Peaks and

52:07 ↗ those would remain fairly conceptuals

52:09 ↗ and mainly used as a visual

52:10 ↗ representation of what would happened

52:13 ↗ but we are also outlining concrete steps

52:16 ↗ in strategies and capital Improvement

52:18 ↗ programs for implementation of this

52:20 ↗ concept so in the second part of this

52:22 ↗ presentation um Robin will talk about um

52:24 ↗ the cibs um the criter that goes into

52:27 ↗ that and the prior prioritization of

52:29 ↗ those things so that kind concludes the

52:36 ↗ concept yeah I'll L you thank you so

52:39 ↗ much for that that overview um I'm going

52:43 ↗ to tee up this this slide and really

52:45 ↗ open it up for for discussion and and as

52:48 ↗ theu um highlighted this has been a a I

52:52 ↗ think a conversation and a really fun

52:54 ↗ collaboration with the design Workshop

52:55 ↗ team to

52:57 ↗ again understand green necklace has has

52:59 ↗ been a um it's been something that's

53:02 ↗ been thought of here in isqua um it it

53:06 ↗ um did sort of end up getting

53:08 ↗ constrained in just Central isqua and so

53:10 ↗ much of the community feedback was

53:12 ↗ really saying hey we want we want a we

53:14 ↗ want a vision or a brand that speaks to

53:16 ↗ the broad the entirety of the park

53:18 ↗ system and so um that's really what

53:21 ↗ we're sort of conceptualizing with this

53:24 ↗ um and proposing uh to all of you what

53:26 ↗ this slide represents is

53:29 ↗ two um drafts of a vision statement and

53:32 ↗ and would love to read these to you um

53:34 ↗ open it up to to all of you to just give

53:37 ↗ your thoughts and initial feedback on on

53:39 ↗ Creeks to Peaks as as really a way to

53:41 ↗ Brand the the the system but then also

53:44 ↗ if you feel like one of these two sort

53:46 ↗ of resonates over the other um but would

53:48 ↗ love love sort of your feedback but um

53:52 ↗ again the the the pillar of this plan is

53:55 ↗ to really present um um isqua Creeks to

53:59 ↗ Peaks Park system um draft concept

54:03 ↗ statement number one is um this is a

54:06 ↗ diverse system of parks trails and Open

54:08 ↗ Spaces that unifies the isqua community

54:11 ↗ from The Creeks along the valley floor

54:13 ↗ through wooded hillsides to the peaks of

54:15 ↗ the isqua Alps so really think of it at

54:18 ↗ Creeks Creeks is meant to reflect the

54:20 ↗ valley floor Peaks is really meant to

54:23 ↗ reflect the hillsides that surround us

54:25 ↗ that are so important important um

54:27 ↗ concept two similar but but with a few

54:30 ↗ little riffs um a a diverse Park system

54:33 ↗ a Parks trails and Open Spaces winding

54:35 ↗ along our valley floor from our Creeks

54:38 ↗ through wooded hillsides and

54:39 ↗ neighborhoods all the way to the peaks

54:41 ↗ of the isqua Alps fostering connections

54:43 ↗ between people and the places they

54:47 ↗ cherish so with that just in general

54:50 ↗ what what what's your take on on Creeks

54:52 ↗ to Peaks as a replacement of green

54:55 ↗ necklace um and something we can build

54:57 ↗ our system around and any thoughts on on

54:59 ↗ these statements or

55:06 ↗ comments yeah you

55:08 ↗ know D in a little bit um just a couple

55:12 ↗ things just for answering that question

55:16 ↗ on the um this is very

55:19 ↗ uh maybe left or right brain on your

55:22 ↗ Equity mapping slide you have North

55:25 ↗ going up and the rest of your slide you

55:26 ↗ have North going bottom left and just

55:29 ↗ from a purly looking at one slide to the

55:31 ↗ next trying to understand where we're

55:33 ↗ going here was a little confusing just

55:36 ↗ maybe next time but I I think I've been

55:39 ↗ like we talked about the beginning is

55:41 ↗ I'm a little over year here um and so

55:44 ↗ when I kind of sat in on the the first

55:46 ↗ 12 months of meetings and heard the

55:48 ↗ concept of the green necklace um I had a

55:51 ↗ lot of like not sure I understand

55:53 ↗ exactly what we're talking about um I

55:56 ↗ can visualize what that means just from

55:58 ↗ a logical standpoint um when you say

56:01 ↗ Creeks to Peaks to me that's like very

56:04 ↗ straightforward to me of what we're

56:05 ↗ trying to accomplish here's like we have

56:08 ↗ the Creeks we have the Peaks we're

56:10 ↗ trying to connect it make it open to

56:12 ↗ everybody so just from like even

56:15 ↗ just you know if that's the direction of

56:18 ↗ moving away from Green Nexus to Creeks

56:20 ↗ to it it's very logical it feel isqua it

56:25 ↗ feels more isqua green necklace could be

56:28 ↗ anywhere I think so I mean I'm not sure

56:30 ↗ I'd go like it feels more isquat per se

56:33 ↗ other than it feels like I understand

56:35 ↗ what we're trying to

56:36 ↗ do so that's

56:39 ↗ feedback very helpful do you guys play

56:42 ↗ around with creeks to Peaks or Peaks to

56:45 ↗ Creeks

56:47 ↗ did you want to hear yeah I kind want to

56:50 ↗ hear how we landed we did we went back

56:52 ↗ and forth but we did a little bit of a

56:54 ↗ Google search just to double check and

56:55 ↗ make sure anyone else wasn't using it

56:58 ↗ but uh Peaks to Creeks was used um by a

57:02 ↗ couple other Trail systems and um some

57:06 ↗ ski resorts

57:08 ↗ so at the peek and then the water rolls

57:12 ↗ down so hydrologically yes we Al we we

57:16 ↗ thought we also thought yeah our system

57:20 ↗ and how our system serves people and and

57:23 ↗ and animals and everything and we've

57:25 ↗ talked about this right our system

57:28 ↗ starts in the city and and projects out

57:31 ↗ past our borders and so Creeks to Peak

57:33 ↗ felt like that was you know Valley to

57:36 ↗ inside the city to outside so that was

57:38 ↗ the I was just curious I no no it's a

57:41 ↗ great question we did we wrestled we did

57:44 ↗ we went back and forth and

57:47 ↗ yeah one of those

57:49 ↗ AA simple question so who is who's this

57:53 ↗ uh concept statement for who's the

57:56 ↗ audience is it the is it the city of

57:58 ↗ missa or is it just city council or

58:02 ↗ great question I think it's I think it's

58:04 ↗ all the above I mean I think it's I

58:06 ↗ think it's it's meant to be the park

58:10 ↗ systems brand right so it's so it's how

58:13 ↗ do we reflect to the community how do we

58:17 ↗ you know is this something that feels

58:18 ↗ like it resonates enough with the

58:19 ↗ community that we even go so far as

58:23 ↗ create a you know iconography and a sort

58:26 ↗ of our our this is our brand when you

58:28 ↗ are a trail system you know when you see

58:30 ↗ that stamp you're part of the Greeks to

58:32 ↗ Peak system so it could go as as big as

58:36 ↗ we as big as we want it to

58:39 ↗ be yeah so my thought was to the initial

58:43 ↗ point of these two statements I would

58:44 ↗ say to me especially as an outsider the

58:47 ↗ second one appeals more to me now

58:48 ↗ personally it's because a big thing for

58:50 ↗ me is about Community engagement and

58:52 ↗ connection and that sort of stuff like

58:53 ↗ that so specifically your last kind of

58:55 ↗ the last part that sentence of the the

58:58 ↗ fostering connections and the places

58:59 ↗ they cherish is what draws me in and it

59:02 ↗ gives me the reason why the what the

59:04 ↗ purpose of all this is more clearly than

59:06 ↗ I think the first one does well it does

59:08 ↗ say that in like the uniting people I

59:09 ↗ think the second part by specifying that

59:12 ↗ part is

59:13 ↗ what gives it a real reason why and the

59:16 ↗ real point of it um similarly I think

59:20 ↗ the C Creeks the discussion I I agree

59:22 ↗ with it being Creeks first again because

59:24 ↗ I think said it's who's yeah the

59:27 ↗ community bringing you out and

59:28 ↗ connecting you together and like it

59:30 ↗ starts here in the town I think that

59:32 ↗ that's how I read it as well when I saw

59:35 ↗ it that in that order so really hopeful

59:38 ↗ for me that's the second more

59:41 ↗ appealing I agree and as a former

59:45 ↗ language arts

59:46 ↗ teacher the top one starts out saying a

59:50 ↗ diverse system of parks trails and open

59:52 ↗ spaces and the second one says a diverse

59:55 ↗ Park system parts that drives me crazy

59:58 ↗ so if we could have that like top

1:00:00 ↗ sentence that first

1:00:03 ↗ part the bottom part is actually

1:00:05 ↗ speaking to the people as well not just

1:00:08 ↗ the what it is becomes more personal

1:00:11 ↗ yeah yeah hopeful but you're right we we

1:00:13 ↗ can strike the first

1:00:17 ↗ part thank you I think whichever one you

1:00:20 ↗ go with I like that neighborhoods isn't

1:00:23 ↗ that second one um so if you do need to

1:00:26 ↗ go with like a less romantic right where

1:00:29 ↗ you end up on on one like I still think

1:00:32 ↗ there are pieces of the second one you'd

1:00:33 ↗ want to include right so I like the

1:00:35 ↗ second one too it is a little long in my

1:00:37 ↗ opinion yeah um so I think we could word

1:00:39 ↗ Smith it a little bit shorter but um I

1:00:43 ↗ do like the idea of community and I

1:00:44 ↗ really think neighborhoods should be in

1:00:45 ↗ there because sometimes we forget about

1:00:46 ↗ our neighborhood parks and you know it's

1:00:50 ↗ a system that serves

1:00:52 ↗ people yeah I really heard that loud and

1:00:55 ↗ cl thank you that's

1:00:57 ↗ great yeah I I think

1:01:00 ↗ um some people may not even be familiar

1:01:03 ↗ but the green necklace concept really

1:01:05 ↗ was built around isqua Creek through the

1:01:09 ↗ center of town and so it was one strand

1:01:13 ↗ you know one curve curved alignment um I

1:01:18 ↗ think

1:01:19 ↗ this captures the whole

1:01:22 ↗ city so I for that reason I like it I

1:01:25 ↗ think you go with either of these two um

1:01:28 ↗ the second one is is a little fun and

1:01:31 ↗ romantic I

1:01:33 ↗ guess it's warmer um you know either

1:01:38 ↗ either one I think gives the city the

1:01:41 ↗ flexibility to you know work within this

1:01:43 ↗ and grab a lot of different projects and

1:01:47 ↗ efforts that is the vision statement

1:01:51 ↗ it's helpful yeah we've actually um this

1:01:54 ↗ is we've been noodling on we've had a

1:01:56 ↗ chance to talk to several Community

1:01:58 ↗ Voices um shared this with uh the mayor

1:02:02 ↗ and other just to say hey what do you

1:02:03 ↗ think how's it feel a lot

1:02:06 ↗ of was entirely positive feedback um

1:02:10 ↗ interestingly enough one of our

1:02:12 ↗ conversations I hope I don't think Ken

1:02:14 ↗ will mind Ken codings Mark if you're

1:02:15 ↗ familiar with that name actually served

1:02:18 ↗ on the original Central Isa task force

1:02:22 ↗ so when the centralis plan was sort of

1:02:24 ↗ starting um that group is that group of

1:02:28 ↗ residents sort of came up with this the

1:02:30 ↗ idea of the green necklace and Ken

1:02:33 ↗ really appreciated this because he felt

1:02:35 ↗ like the the in the initial intent of

1:02:38 ↗ the green necklace was to be systemwide

1:02:41 ↗ as it morphed into the central plan it

1:02:44 ↗ almost took this it almost created a

1:02:46 ↗ more restrictive definition that that he

1:02:49 ↗ really felt like something like this

1:02:51 ↗ gets back to the

1:02:52 ↗ origin if you will of dealing more

1:02:55 ↗ system so that felt very encouraging

1:02:57 ↗ that um and very supportive in terms of

1:03:00 ↗ okay if this feels like we're not we're

1:03:01 ↗ not saying goodbye to the green necklace

1:03:03 ↗ we're almost going back to the to the

1:03:05 ↗ original

1:03:06 ↗ intent

1:03:08 ↗ so it's all really

1:03:10 ↗ helpful can I ask one more question

1:03:13 ↗ because the mk's upside down I'm

1:03:16 ↗ all where's that potential new park it's

1:03:21 ↗ on the like three slides earlier oh I

1:03:24 ↗ believe that's the W Highlands Park

1:03:29 ↗ um yeah yeah so um Isco Highlands um

1:03:33 ↗ you'll sort of hear this a little bit in

1:03:34 ↗ the project description but you know if

1:03:36 ↗ you're if you're familiar with is

1:03:38 ↗ Highlands yeah west of Highlands Drive

1:03:40 ↗ that was all planned as office that CH

1:03:44 ↗ that plan has changed in the last 12

1:03:45 ↗ years is a lot more residential on that

1:03:47 ↗ side there were never Parks planned on

1:03:49 ↗ that side and so we are proposing a new

1:03:52 ↗ neighborhood park on the west side of

1:03:54 ↗ Highlands Drive we've actually

1:03:56 ↗ identified a parcel that could be a and

1:03:58 ↗ city owns it fantastic neighborhood park

1:04:01 ↗ and a great potential for a trail

1:04:03 ↗ connection down to the ISA Preston Trail

1:04:05 ↗ so again not only a a DOT if you will as

1:04:08 ↗ a neighborhood park but also a a really

1:04:12 ↗ good connector from the highlands down

1:04:14 ↗ to the valley so know it remain a

1:04:17 ↗ predominantly wooded neighborhood

1:04:20 ↗ park some diversity

1:04:23 ↗ system I really like

1:04:26 ↗ P I just think it's it's very succinct

1:04:29 ↗ and I don't know it just the whole green

1:04:32 ↗ necklace I didn't I just didn't get that

1:04:34 ↗ as much you know but I just think

1:04:36 ↗ there's a lot in a name too I don't know

1:04:37 ↗ I I I like it really really helpful

1:04:40 ↗ thank you um Anna luu again thanks for

1:04:43 ↗ presenting it I I think again as you see

1:04:46 ↗ you know you'll see the draft document

1:04:48 ↗ this really becomes a a pillar at least

1:04:51 ↗ of how we're going to describe the

1:04:53 ↗ vision as we get into specific projects

1:04:56 ↗ so thank you very very much speaking of

1:04:59 ↗ specific projects so yeah Anna please

1:05:02 ↗ yeah oh I was just going to say to that

1:05:05 ↗ comment about liking the name I'm kind

1:05:08 ↗ of reflecting on how it's very

1:05:09 ↗ distinctly yours you know it really does

1:05:12 ↗ reflect your place and it you it does

1:05:16 ↗ kind of unite it kind of says we're all

1:05:17 ↗ within this together that whole range

1:05:20 ↗ and so that was the kind that inent of

1:05:22 ↗ this this you have a spectrum and the

1:05:26 ↗ really the three dimensions that this

1:05:28 ↗ this mapping provides us to be able to

1:05:30 ↗ communicate of how um the topography

1:05:33 ↗ shapes things is so important in

1:05:36 ↗ communicating given the Community Values

1:05:38 ↗ and I'm excited for us communicating

1:05:40 ↗ what we heard from survey results what

1:05:42 ↗ we heard from Deep dive conversations

1:05:44 ↗ with focus groups really that reflection

1:05:47 ↗ of people's values and what they hold

1:05:49 ↗ dear in in what they hope the system

1:05:51 ↗ would be and what they love about it now

1:05:54 ↗ um and that's what I think this name

1:05:56 ↗ gives us a chance to really align with

1:06:00 ↗ what is Uniquely Yours and the um

1:06:02 ↗ abundance that you have that people so

1:06:04 ↗ want to preserve and

1:06:07 ↗ enhance well

1:06:11 ↗ said Thank you thank you Robin

1:06:16 ↗ Julie all right next steps uh so what

1:06:21 ↗ yeah one question are you zoomed in on

1:06:23 ↗ your slides

1:06:27 ↗ as far as I know I

1:06:31 ↗ am

1:06:44 ↗ yeah I'm not familiar with if you

1:06:48 ↗ unshare and then share it

1:06:51 ↗ again sorry thanks everyone running on

1:06:54 ↗ is a little bit of a difference system

1:06:56 ↗ than we normally

1:06:58 ↗ do yes we came early tonight to see the

1:07:01 ↗ ID Department we had the the big

1:07:06 ↗ TV very quick

1:07:10 ↗ sh so hats off to Our IT team Tim schaer

1:07:14 ↗ shout out thank you

1:07:17 ↗ Tim so one of the main components or a

1:07:19 ↗ larger component of the plan um is what

1:07:22 ↗ we've been working on the past two

1:07:24 ↗ months and that's to

1:07:26 ↗ to develop a capital Improvement program

1:07:29 ↗ which Julie's going to explain about the

1:07:31 ↗ our near Mid and long-term projects but

1:07:33 ↗ in order to get there we had to develop

1:07:36 ↗ some criteria that we could weigh the

1:07:38 ↗ projects against one another so what we

1:07:40 ↗ looked at were our focus group feedback

1:07:42 ↗ from our survey the 2018 Park plan

1:07:46 ↗ strategic projects and I believe there

1:07:47 ↗ were about 40 40 Projects that a little

1:07:50 ↗ more than that um our current six-year

1:07:53 ↗ CIP list uh again the community survey

1:07:56 ↗ feedback and our interactive map

1:07:59 ↗ feedback um and throughout that we

1:08:03 ↗ developed our list of

1:08:06 ↗ C's

1:08:09 ↗ now there we go so through through that

1:08:13 ↗ process we developed um a prioritization

1:08:17 ↗ method uh that we could work through and

1:08:19 ↗ take every single project through this

1:08:22 ↗ list of criteria uh we wanted to make

1:08:24 ↗ sure that we were still resonating back

1:08:26 ↗ in with um our previous work that we've

1:08:29 ↗ done on the plan uh if you remember I

1:08:32 ↗ think it was back in October we were

1:08:33 ↗ looking at goals and policies which we

1:08:36 ↗ have eight of those so and for the new

1:08:39 ↗ members um our main goals were parks for

1:08:41 ↗ today and future Generations a balance

1:08:44 ↗ Park system we're looking at

1:08:46 ↗ connectivity again Creeks to Peaks a lot

1:08:48 ↗ of that was a connectivity piece uh

1:08:50 ↗ planning and design considerations as

1:08:52 ↗ we're looking at projects and going

1:08:54 ↗ through the per and planning process

1:08:57 ↗ Environmental Protection was a large

1:08:59 ↗ component that came out of the

1:09:01 ↗ survey um maintenance and stewardship

1:09:05 ↗ Partnerships and

1:09:07 ↗ implementation and again checking back

1:09:09 ↗ in we just developed our draft core

1:09:11 ↗ values of vibrancy balance connectivity

1:09:15 ↗ and resiliency and I just want to add in

1:09:18 ↗ that arts and culture is definitely a

1:09:20 ↗ part of vibrancy along with placemaking

1:09:23 ↗ um social interactions and amenities uh

1:09:27 ↗ balance is making sure we have a balance

1:09:28 ↗ between our Park system our Trails our

1:09:31 ↗ amenities um and the open space uh

1:09:35 ↗ connectivity obviously making sure our

1:09:37 ↗ trails are connected to our Parks our

1:09:39 ↗ parks are connected to our neighborhoods

1:09:42 ↗ and we're connected to each other and

1:09:44 ↗ then resiliency uh really is our

1:09:46 ↗ stewardship piece of it our

1:09:48 ↗ environmental piece to make sure we have

1:09:50 ↗ conservation protection and preservation

1:09:54 ↗ integrated in with the plan

1:09:56 ↗ now we started thinking a lot about as

1:09:58 ↗ we run through the process of developing

1:10:02 ↗ a park or a trail there's um a lot of

1:10:06 ↗ capabilities and feasibilities

1:10:09 ↗ and um I want to say during the process

1:10:12 ↗ that we have to think of and I know just

1:10:15 ↗ being on both sides of Permitting and

1:10:17 ↗ designing uh some projects are more

1:10:20 ↗ complicated than other projects um some

1:10:23 ↗ appear easy just looking at it it but

1:10:25 ↗ when you dig into the details and

1:10:27 ↗ knowing that we're we're really land

1:10:29 ↗ constrained we have a lot of creeks we

1:10:31 ↗ have a lot of buffers we're trying again

1:10:33 ↗ to balance those that some simple

1:10:35 ↗ projects just become a little more

1:10:36 ↗ complicated because of that so we really

1:10:39 ↗ factored wanted to factor that into the

1:10:41 ↗ criteria

1:10:44 ↗ also so we came up with eight draft

1:10:47 ↗ criteria that we took every project

1:10:49 ↗ through um the main topics were

1:10:52 ↗ Improvement in performance of Park

1:10:54 ↗ system

1:10:55 ↗ where does a project really provide a

1:10:57 ↗ varied or needed amenity that

1:10:59 ↗ diversifies Recreation elements within

1:11:01 ↗ the system and provide a closure in the

1:11:04 ↗ Gap area again and alluded to the um or

1:11:07 ↗ talked about more about the equity

1:11:09 ↗ mapping and looking at our gaps there uh

1:11:12 ↗ our gaps in connectivity our gaps in the

1:11:15 ↗ Parks so that's factored in um and how

1:11:19 ↗ to maximize the park potential for

1:11:20 ↗ multiuse you know as Jeff keeps saying

1:11:23 ↗ and as we keep realizing we're very very

1:11:25 ↗ land constraint especially on the valley

1:11:27 ↗ floor so we have to make sure that

1:11:29 ↗ whatever we do uh really offers as many

1:11:33 ↗ and maximize as many unities as we can

1:11:35 ↗ one space we have a diversity in equity

1:11:39 ↗ does a project increase equity and

1:11:41 ↗ access relative to the equity in theater

1:11:43 ↗ map that Anna showed um and enhance

1:11:46 ↗ enhance disadvantage areas of the

1:11:48 ↗ community so we want to make sure that

1:11:50 ↗ within that balance uh we're balancing

1:11:52 ↗ the location of the parks and the ameni

1:11:55 ↗ need to make sure everybody has equal

1:11:57 ↗ access to that uh balance of vibrancy

1:12:01 ↗ and connectivity again going back to our

1:12:04 ↗ draft core values uh health and safety

1:12:07 ↗ urgency or

1:12:08 ↗ immediacy uh that really deals with does

1:12:11 ↗ IT project really require uh immediate

1:12:14 ↗ improvements you know was there a

1:12:17 ↗ landslide near the park or uh is there a

1:12:20 ↗ safety issue that we have to address

1:12:22 ↗ right away is there something going on

1:12:23 ↗ interde departmental that have to

1:12:25 ↗ address with uh save Public

1:12:28 ↗ Works uh implementation feasibility was

1:12:32 ↗ a project identified in the 2018 plan

1:12:34 ↗ and can be easily permitted attained or

1:12:37 ↗ accomplished I know Easy's kind of in

1:12:39 ↗ quotes lately but um how feasible is the

1:12:42 ↗ project from a funding from an imp

1:12:45 ↗ implementation side um and can we really

1:12:48 ↗ accomplish it you know we have some big

1:12:50 ↗ Visions but you need big Visions you

1:12:52 ↗ know in order to make a system as great

1:12:55 ↗ is the one we have or even better uh

1:12:58 ↗ operational maintenance and Longevity is

1:13:01 ↗ the cost benefit of the project in

1:13:02 ↗ alignment with funding and operational

1:13:05 ↗ capabilities uh that's one of my

1:13:07 ↗ personal pet peeves is if we design

1:13:10 ↗ something that we can't maintain is that

1:13:12 ↗ Park successful we want to make sure

1:13:14 ↗ that it's successful on every level but

1:13:16 ↗ especially for our maintenance staff as

1:13:19 ↗ well um and can it be effectively

1:13:22 ↗ maintained of course uh big one

1:13:25 ↗ resiliency conservation preservation and

1:13:28 ↗ sustainability again going back to the

1:13:30 ↗ survey and back to the feedback from the

1:13:32 ↗ public in the the community they really

1:13:34 ↗ want to maintain our Open Spaces

1:13:36 ↗ increase it if possible and make sure

1:13:39 ↗ that we're stewards of the amazing land

1:13:43 ↗ that we have right now and we definitely

1:13:45 ↗ want to do the same and want to be able

1:13:47 ↗ to integrate best practices in with any

1:13:51 ↗ new

1:13:52 ↗ design um Partnerships and collaboration

1:13:56 ↗ uh does a project Foster local regional

1:13:58 ↗ state or indigenous tribe Partnerships

1:14:00 ↗ and provide mutual benefits again we've

1:14:03 ↗ been discussing um with iqu school

1:14:06 ↗ district um Partnerships um private

1:14:09 ↗ Public

1:14:10 ↗ Partnerships collaboration with uh lak

1:14:13 ↗ Sam and the state so we're definitely

1:14:16 ↗ trying to identify more Partnerships are

1:14:18 ↗ feasible and we think it's just going to

1:14:20 ↗ benefit the community as a

1:14:24 ↗ whole so with that I am actually going

1:14:26 ↗ to turn

1:14:29 ↗ our oh we have discussion um did anyone

1:14:33 ↗ want to add anything in or feel anything

1:14:35 ↗ is critical when we're looking at

1:14:37 ↗ prioritizing projects and developing

1:14:39 ↗ that

1:14:40 ↗ criteria I think we sent you a lot of

1:14:42 ↗ material the

1:14:44 ↗ agenda thank you and thank

1:14:47 ↗ you but one of the items that we sent

1:14:50 ↗ out was the project prioritization

1:14:53 ↗ criteria and questions for view so the

1:14:56 ↗ these were really the questions that we

1:14:58 ↗ the planning team sort of looked at all

1:15:01 ↗ these projects from and sort of answered

1:15:04 ↗ those questions of where do these where

1:15:05 ↗ do these land and how does that help us

1:15:08 ↗ get to what's next and and how we're

1:15:10 ↗ going to actually Implement all these 46

1:15:14 ↗ different projects um and so the

1:15:16 ↗ question to you all as a board is kind

1:15:17 ↗ of is there anything that feels like

1:15:20 ↗ it's missing is there a lens that we're

1:15:22 ↗ not seeing is there a blind spot that we

1:15:25 ↗ maybe have from some of these um just

1:15:28 ↗ from another

1:15:32 ↗ perspective lens is a great word right

1:15:34 ↗ these are eight lenses we're g we're

1:15:36 ↗ trying to run all these projects through

1:15:41 ↗ and it's complex and I know we're we're

1:15:44 ↗ not trying it's just it is trying to

1:15:47 ↗ plan for and Implement and invest in a

1:15:50 ↗ park system it it is there's there's no

1:15:52 ↗ simple way to do this but um hats off

1:15:55 ↗ Rob and Julie and I I appreciate and I I

1:15:57 ↗ would speak hopefully you've seen these

1:15:59 ↗ eight questions didn't come out of thin

1:16:00 ↗ air they really came out of our goals

1:16:02 ↗ and policies that you guys had such an

1:16:04 ↗ important touch in if you remember those

1:16:06 ↗ values not only our work with design

1:16:09 ↗ Workshop but that joint meeting we had

1:16:11 ↗ with the environmental board if you

1:16:12 ↗ remember that and really that that

1:16:14 ↗ meeting resonating with this idea of

1:16:16 ↗ both vibrancy the active elements of our

1:16:18 ↗ system and resiliency we we need we need

1:16:21 ↗ a plan that does both that doesn't have

1:16:23 ↗ those competing against one other and so

1:16:25 ↗ hopefully you're

1:16:26 ↗ seeing so the formation of these

1:16:29 ↗ criteria came out of all of that

1:16:31 ↗ work yeah initial perspective is is it

1:16:34 ↗ too complicated but then I'm like if I'm

1:16:35 ↗ looking at the list I can't find one

1:16:37 ↗ that I want to cross off right right so

1:16:39 ↗ that's like the you know typically don't

1:16:41 ↗ like to look at that many variables in a

1:16:43 ↗ decision criteria but I also don't know

1:16:45 ↗ what I would kick out so really

1:16:47 ↗ appreciate the same thought you need

1:16:49 ↗ eight spider eyes to do

1:16:52 ↗ this have four right over there

1:16:58 ↗ do the eight priorities have all equal

1:17:00 ↗ weight or do they have one more

1:17:04 ↗ important than the other is a waiting

1:17:06 ↗ the criteria

1:17:09 ↗ criteria run it through with five points

1:17:11 ↗ and Longevity were threee points as an

1:17:14 ↗ example yeah I would say health and

1:17:15 ↗ safety urgency or IM mediacy kind of dro

1:17:18 ↗ towards the bottom and that's kind of a

1:17:20 ↗ a special case scenario too that may

1:17:23 ↗ come up later but I say that would have

1:17:25 ↗ the least amount of weight um I want to

1:17:28 ↗ say our Improvement in performance of

1:17:30 ↗ the park system which meet our elements

1:17:33 ↗ goal ab and D um making sure we have

1:17:36 ↗ varied amenities I think have the

1:17:38 ↗ heaviest

1:17:39 ↗ weight so we want to make sure that

1:17:41 ↗ again you know are we balanced in our

1:17:44 ↗ amenities are we balancing our open

1:17:46 ↗ space and natural areas with with our

1:17:49 ↗ active Recreation passive

1:17:51 ↗ Recreation um you know we're looking at

1:17:55 ↗ economic benefits as well that came out

1:17:57 ↗ of the goals and policies um arts and

1:17:59 ↗ culture is a big part of it and we want

1:18:01 ↗ to make sure we're integrating that now

1:18:03 ↗ and with every Park project to maximum

1:18:05 ↗ extent

1:18:07 ↗ possible um let's see so diversity and

1:18:09 ↗ equity and I think going back to the

1:18:11 ↗ core values we want to make sure that

1:18:14 ↗ those if we're saying those are our core

1:18:16 ↗ values we're waiting those a little bit

1:18:18 ↗ heavier now to and again it goes back to

1:18:21 ↗ getting that vibrancy and resiliency and

1:18:23 ↗ connectivity back in there

1:18:26 ↗ I just i' just second third kind of what

1:18:29 ↗ s said if it's as you're looking at

1:18:31 ↗ these project these are the lenses

1:18:33 ↗ you're looking two things

1:18:35 ↗ is from a resident and a individual

1:18:38 ↗ those are the lenses that want you look

1:18:40 ↗ and

1:18:41 ↗ stuff see

1:18:44 ↗ there's i'

1:18:46 ↗ say Ad here takeway there it covers

1:18:51 ↗ really what we're great yeah

1:18:56 ↗ then of course the next conversation of

1:18:58 ↗ okay now let's here's a here's a first

1:19:00 ↗ run of these through these crit what do

1:19:03 ↗ you all you know let's again as Julie

1:19:05 ↗ goes over them and and you're welcome to

1:19:08 ↗ sort of give feedback on near Mid or

1:19:11 ↗ long but re remember this is a six-year

1:19:14 ↗ plan so what what really starts to

1:19:16 ↗ resonate as near term that that really

1:19:18 ↗ becomes our our focused actions in these

1:19:22 ↗ next six years um so

1:19:25 ↗ right yeah thank you U so hopefully you

1:19:27 ↗ have the chance to look in your packet

1:19:29 ↗ um just want to share that the near-term

1:19:31 ↗ projects like Jeff said or that one to

1:19:33 ↗ six year time frame midterm would be

1:19:37 ↗ seven years uh to 15 years and this is

1:19:40 ↗ the projects getting started they're all

1:19:42 ↗ going to vary quite a bit of whether or

1:19:44 ↗ not they're going to get knocked out in

1:19:45 ↗ that time period or if they're going to

1:19:47 ↗ extend for the duration and into the

1:19:49 ↗ future uh those would be like longterm

1:19:51 ↗ which are 16 uh years and Beyond

1:19:56 ↗ also uh in addition to those projects

1:19:58 ↗ there are existing continuous programs

1:20:00 ↗ that support ongoing life cycle

1:20:02 ↗ replacement programs those are in there

1:20:06 ↗ we're interested in keeping those going

1:20:08 ↗ um and also there's like a really

1:20:10 ↗ healthy bucket of amenities um that can

1:20:13 ↗ be considered really for each of these

1:20:15 ↗ projects as um the planning uh happens

1:20:19 ↗ uh for each one um especially in the

1:20:22 ↗ public input process those amenities

1:20:24 ↗ were really what was um shouted um from

1:20:27 ↗ the rooftops um from the public so um we

1:20:30 ↗ have a a variety of new amenities added

1:20:33 ↗ to that list compared to the 2018

1:20:36 ↗ plan

1:20:39 ↗ um and so I'm just going to try to spin

1:20:42 ↗ through um what we'd like to do after I

1:20:45 ↗ kind of spin through the near term the

1:20:47 ↗ projects have been shifted through um

1:20:49 ↗ the criteria and so right now they're in

1:20:52 ↗ these buckets of near Mid long um and

1:20:55 ↗ I'll spin through the near ones because

1:20:57 ↗ like Jeff emphasized those are the ones

1:20:59 ↗ that um we're going to see some action

1:21:01 ↗ in uh potentially um and um but we would

1:21:06 ↗ really love to know if you have which

1:21:09 ↗ what your priorities are um you know

1:21:12 ↗ maybe you know your top one two or three

1:21:15 ↗ if you um want to contribute that to the

1:21:17 ↗ discussion afterwards so I'm just going

1:21:19 ↗ to run down the list um one is uh the

1:21:22 ↗ Anthology linear Park Improv ments so

1:21:25 ↗ that is a um city-owned sequence of Park

1:21:28 ↗ spaces within the Anthology development

1:21:30 ↗ in the new uh Newport neighborhood um

1:21:33 ↗ they're really a blank slate right now

1:21:34 ↗ they're ready to go uh Central Park Pad

1:21:37 ↗ 2 this is the area of Central Park um

1:21:41 ↗ that currently has two underutilized um

1:21:43 ↗ baseball fields with drainage issues um

1:21:46 ↗ so these amenities and their Arrangement

1:21:48 ↗ will be reconsidered as part of the

1:21:49 ↗ project now in Confluence Park uh e

1:21:53 ↗ house restoration would get the E house

1:21:55 ↗ structure up to Snuff for Community use

1:21:58 ↗ which it's currently um not uh and this

1:22:01 ↗ would include involvement in

1:22:02 ↗ coordination with other organizations um

1:22:05 ↗ the project can includ include

1:22:06 ↗ additional improvements like expanding

1:22:08 ↗ the playground um and other improvements

1:22:11 ↗ that kind of northeast corner of

1:22:12 ↗ Confluence Park hey we have the East

1:22:16 ↗ Sunset way trail head

1:22:18 ↗ improvements uh that would take this

1:22:20 ↗ amazing little in town trail head and

1:22:22 ↗ improve it with more durable surfacing

1:22:25 ↗ for parking um and possibly restrooms

1:22:28 ↗ running water

1:22:30 ↗ woohoo at the

1:22:33 ↗ top um an additional wayf finding and

1:22:35 ↗ storytelling um signage to really bring

1:22:37 ↗ that trail um head city um to the Heart

1:22:41 ↗ of the City uh Fringe uh anyways Harvey

1:22:45 ↗ Manning Park Trail read uh sorry Harvey

1:22:47 ↗ Manning Park Trail development would

1:22:50 ↗ develop a trail system in the recently

1:22:51 ↗ acquired wooded bergsma uh property it

1:22:55 ↗ would connect the lower like new portway

1:22:58 ↗ the transit center the the new King

1:23:01 ↗ County big tree Ridge Trail Head really

1:23:04 ↗ yeah connect these lower um connection

1:23:07 ↗ points to the upper like the developed

1:23:10 ↗ portion of the existing Harvey Manning

1:23:12 ↗ park that has the playground basketball

1:23:14 ↗ court um parking as well as the Talis

1:23:17 ↗ neighborhood as a whole and connections

1:23:19 ↗ to the um Regional Park Cougar Mountain

1:23:22 ↗ um and we have picked back up coordinat

1:23:24 ↗ with King County on um the beginnings of

1:23:27 ↗ the development of that trail system um

1:23:29 ↗ and kind of how that would hash out

1:23:31 ↗ between the two agencies as the trails

1:23:33 ↗ would um go between the two lands

1:23:35 ↗ managed by the two agencies we have the

1:23:38 ↗ hillside Park loop trail this would

1:23:41 ↗ provide a trail system through the large

1:23:43 ↗ wooded Hillside Park this area of squawk

1:23:46 ↗ uh neighborhood doesn't have many

1:23:47 ↗ sidewalks so this project would go a

1:23:49 ↗ long way for connectivity um in the

1:23:52 ↗ neighborhood including connecting to

1:23:53 ↗ Oldtown

1:23:55 ↗ uh the mountains to sound Greenway Trail

1:23:58 ↗ is still on the docket to solidify a

1:24:00 ↗ trail alignment for this Regional bike

1:24:02 ↗ trail to get it built through isqua to

1:24:04 ↗ close the gap and connect to the

1:24:05 ↗ existing portions of this Regional Trail

1:24:07 ↗ and adjacent communities um this project

1:24:10 ↗ is uh largely Public Works project but

1:24:13 ↗ Parks is involved in any way we can to

1:24:15 ↗ get this big time Vision closer to

1:24:18 ↗ reality for BigTime connectivity and Big

1:24:21 ↗ Time

1:24:22 ↗ adventures um Pickering bar

1:24:25 ↗ uh Park improvements involve activating

1:24:28 ↗ kind of the blank slate between the barn

1:24:31 ↗ the adjacent roads and Pickering Trail

1:24:33 ↗ um precise amenities for this would be

1:24:36 ↗ uh determined in the planning

1:24:37 ↗ process uh we have the isqua school

1:24:40 ↗ district sport field partnership in the

1:24:43 ↗ near term um would involve getting

1:24:46 ↗ allseason sport Fields constructed on

1:24:49 ↗ one of three potential City Elementary

1:24:51 ↗ School properties um for joint public

1:24:54 ↗ and school use uh the concept has been

1:24:57 ↗ developing um along with School District

1:25:00 ↗ staff so there's some good momentum

1:25:01 ↗ building um for that

1:25:04 ↗ partnership um and uh kind of capacity

1:25:07 ↗ building um for the sports Fields uh

1:25:10 ↗ squawk Valley Park

1:25:12 ↗ Redevelopment um would see Improvement

1:25:14 ↗ to connectivity including safely uh

1:25:18 ↗ safely accessing the park since

1:25:20 ↗ pedestrian access to that Park is sub

1:25:22 ↗ far currently um also provid proving

1:25:24 ↗ connectivity between like the two

1:25:25 ↗ portions of the park and also provide

1:25:28 ↗ connectivity potentially to squa

1:25:30 ↗ Mountain um and even possibly further uh

1:25:33 ↗ towards Tiger Mountain and being kind of

1:25:35 ↗ a link between um those

1:25:38 ↗ areas and also possibly change up some

1:25:40 ↗ of the amenities with consider okay

1:25:44 ↗ three more tiits bailing Park

1:25:46 ↗ Redevelopment is a a long time coming um

1:25:50 ↗ planning had begun begun previously so

1:25:52 ↗ this would um pick things back up

1:25:55 ↗ uh the park would be redeveloped in

1:25:57 ↗ phases after the planning phase uh to

1:25:59 ↗ meet the needs of the anticipated high

1:26:01 ↗ density uh Central esqua neighborhood

1:26:03 ↗ and the larger Community major

1:26:06 ↗ considerations would be environmental

1:26:08 ↗ around tibits Creek and providing

1:26:10 ↗ durable surfacing for a variety of play

1:26:12 ↗ spaces including Sports

1:26:14 ↗ Fields uh Veterans Memorial Park and

1:26:17 ↗ Depot Park Redevelopment is intended to

1:26:20 ↗ continue the momentum that's being

1:26:22 ↗ created now with the um the projects uh

1:26:26 ↗ that are hopefully transitioning to

1:26:28 ↗ construction soon at pedestrian Park in

1:26:29 ↗ a senior center or on the Veterans

1:26:31 ↗ Memorial um to really kind of round out

1:26:34 ↗ and fill the gaps between the projects

1:26:37 ↗ to kind of update the design of these

1:26:39 ↗ public spaces and unite them um and so

1:26:41 ↗ this would probably start with Depot

1:26:43 ↗ Park uh and then be followed by a

1:26:45 ↗ Veterans Memorial Field so reactivating

1:26:48 ↗ these

1:26:49 ↗ spaces the final one on the list here

1:26:52 ↗ for near-term is this mentioned

1:26:54 ↗ previously the West Iso Highlands

1:26:55 ↗ neighborhood park um which as mentioned

1:26:58 ↗ it would be a neighborhood park in um

1:27:01 ↗ that portion of the Highlands that um is

1:27:04 ↗ going to see a higher density housing um

1:27:06 ↗ in this uh wood wooded area is near the

1:27:10 ↗ Swedish Medical Facility um and it would

1:27:13 ↗ be a wooded park with connections down

1:27:14 ↗ to this pressent trail

1:27:19 ↗ and I think with that if we could open

1:27:21 ↗ up to discussion um to hear what have to

1:27:25 ↗ say and how you're feeling about project

1:27:27 ↗ list ex sorry excellent overview Julie

1:27:31 ↗ well done if I could just add something

1:27:33 ↗ to the prior slide that talked about

1:27:35 ↗ ongoing Capital programs just as a

1:27:38 ↗ reminder you might recall as we were

1:27:40 ↗ doing our six-year CIP those of you that

1:27:43 ↗ were here a couple years ago um that

1:27:45 ↗ work we proposed and it's Curr it's it's

1:27:48 ↗ in now the city budget but um just an

1:27:52 ↗ important sort of um

1:27:54 ↗ um drawing differentiating those

1:27:57 ↗ near-term are really looking at projects

1:28:00 ↗ and invest specific Investments uh these

1:28:03 ↗ programs were really reflected as more

1:28:05 ↗ of those ongoing that this is sort of

1:28:07 ↗ think of this as the taking care of what

1:28:09 ↗ we got and and we really feel like these

1:28:12 ↗ are this is ongoing work that coupled

1:28:14 ↗ with the near-term

1:28:17 ↗ projects become our near-term strategy

1:28:20 ↗ we we'd want to keep these ongoing

1:28:21 ↗ programs going acquisition strategy

1:28:24 ↗ playground replacement irrigation

1:28:26 ↗ replacement Trail repairs think of those

1:28:29 ↗ as also near-term strategies um so they

1:28:33 ↗ really sort of create that that healthy

1:28:35 ↗ mix of capital programs and capital

1:28:41 ↗ projects quick besides us as individuals

1:28:45 ↗ on the

1:28:46 ↗ parkboard voicing our opinions about how

1:28:49 ↗ to rank some of these um what will be

1:28:51 ↗ the formal process to rank these

1:28:55 ↗ yeah really good question um in terms of

1:28:58 ↗ the once the draft or the document is

1:29:01 ↗ done

1:29:03 ↗ or yeah who and how will these be ranked

1:29:07 ↗ or by whom and so we've done most of

1:29:12 ↗ this sort of internally through staff

1:29:14 ↗ while looking at the current six-year

1:29:16 ↗ CIP that was adopted um through city

1:29:19 ↗ council looking at the 2018 Park plan

1:29:21 ↗ and those projects how they came about

1:29:24 ↗ we did some engagement with the

1:29:25 ↗ parkboard ad hoc committee and had them

1:29:28 ↗ sort of review and give their their top

1:29:30 ↗ fiveish for these near-term projects um

1:29:32 ↗ and reviewed the longer list of projects

1:29:35 ↗ um it will go to all of you all and then

1:29:37 ↗ it will be included as part of the park

1:29:39 ↗ draft plan um so it there there won't be

1:29:43 ↗ necessarily I guess like specific

1:29:46 ↗ project prioritization moving things up

1:29:49 ↗ and down for um full community as its

1:29:53 ↗ own entity um but it will be included in

1:29:56 ↗ the full Park plan um and this is 20e

1:29:59 ↗ Vision this isn't you know actually

1:30:02 ↗ six-year CIP this isn't budget this is

1:30:05 ↗ just sort of 20-year Vision helping us

1:30:08 ↗ sort of hone in and get community input

1:30:11 ↗ on where we want to sort of take some of

1:30:14 ↗ these um and all of these came from

1:30:16 ↗ Community input

1:30:18 ↗ already does that sort of help then yeah

1:30:21 ↗ the draft the the draft plan itself will

1:30:24 ↗ again go out we've developed quite a a

1:30:26 ↗ database of of folks that have provided

1:30:28 ↗ input everyone will be sort of invited

1:30:30 ↗ to review this draft plan how is it how

1:30:33 ↗ is it resonating and then just a double

1:30:35 ↗ down on what HTI said remember this is a

1:30:38 ↗ this is a planning document it's really

1:30:40 ↗ really important but it this isn't a

1:30:43 ↗ this isn't a budget document we're not

1:30:44 ↗ making we're not making budget decisions

1:30:47 ↗ we're trying to set a path and identify

1:30:49 ↗ priorities that will inform those budget

1:30:52 ↗ decisions over the next six years

1:30:54 ↗ thanks for the question Chris um I don't

1:30:57 ↗ see the pool in here that we talked

1:30:59 ↗ about a couple times ago is that because

1:31:01 ↗ it's already in flight or like what's

1:31:03 ↗ the story with pool and then the

1:31:05 ↗ community center really really good

1:31:07 ↗ question on both of those so as a park

1:31:09 ↗ system plan document this is really

1:31:12 ↗ meant to be focused on our land pieces

1:31:15 ↗ those facilities um are certainly in and

1:31:18 ↗ part of the facility Capital planning um

1:31:21 ↗ and remain priorities but this isn't a

1:31:23 ↗ this is not a Parks and Recreation

1:31:26 ↗ system plan it's really focusing on our

1:31:29 ↗ outdoor infrastructure so those are main

1:31:35 ↗ priorities can I just get I think youve

1:31:37 ↗ tried to say this a couple different

1:31:38 ↗ ways I believe I'm understand correctly

1:31:40 ↗ but just want to make sure I understand

1:31:42 ↗ so for example like the mountains to

1:31:44 ↗ sound Greenway

1:31:45 ↗ Trail is a near-term project that you

1:31:48 ↗ want to put Manpower at to develop a

1:31:51 ↗ plan but the actual project is a 16 plus

1:31:55 ↗ year

1:31:55 ↗ project I don't think I quite understand

1:31:58 ↗ what I'm looking at no no great great

1:32:00 ↗ question I I'll take it I'll take a try

1:32:02 ↗ at this um each one of these projects

1:32:05 ↗ has a different length Runway so so I I

1:32:08 ↗ don't by by saying that all of these are

1:32:10 ↗ some of these will would get

1:32:11 ↗ accomplished in the near term there's

1:32:13 ↗ others of these that are so complex we

1:32:15 ↗ want to get started on them they they

1:32:17 ↗ might not be all the way through to

1:32:20 ↗ completion but we feel like they're an

1:32:22 ↗ important enough priority to to get them

1:32:25 ↗ started right so I think that's yeah

1:32:28 ↗ yeah you know what I mean I mean yeah

1:32:30 ↗ the conversation is happening now but

1:32:32 ↗ the actual duration of the work that

1:32:34 ↗ needs to be done is the four box bubble

1:32:37 ↗ thing yeah yeah as Robin mentioned early

1:32:39 ↗ on is we're we're going to try and

1:32:41 ↗ graphically showing the plan it's like

1:32:42 ↗ each of these have a a different

1:32:45 ↗ longevity um not every project is

1:32:47 ↗ created the same unfortunately

1:32:58 ↗ did Anna want to add something or are

1:33:00 ↗ you

1:33:01 ↗ good um yeah this might have been

1:33:03 ↗ clarified already but you can kind of

1:33:05 ↗ notice here that these will not be

1:33:08 ↗ included in the plan numbered priority

1:33:10 ↗ one through 20 or whatever uh

1:33:13 ↗ intentionally because they're also going

1:33:15 ↗ to be based off of what opportunities

1:33:17 ↗ come up if you get a partner if you get

1:33:20 ↗ grant money if you get um just something

1:33:23 ↗ is it just makes sense to move it

1:33:24 ↗ forward faster you want this plan to

1:33:26 ↗ give you that flexibility to respond to

1:33:29 ↗ opportunities in that way additionally

1:33:32 ↗ there will be concept plans that are

1:33:35 ↗ developed for each of these projects um

1:33:38 ↗ and which includes additional public

1:33:40 ↗ engagement where people can influence

1:33:42 ↗ what exactly goes into that site where

1:33:44 ↗ you talk to neighbors and you understand

1:33:46 ↗ what their challenges or or issues are

1:33:49 ↗ with them and so there is a lot of time

1:33:51 ↗ within that 20year duration with this

1:33:54 ↗ work to to work through more of the

1:33:56 ↗ details in it but the point of

1:33:58 ↗ prioritizing is so that one um this the

1:34:02 ↗ state that we uh state requirements for

1:34:05 ↗ these plans do want to see

1:34:07 ↗ prioritization of what you're going to

1:34:08 ↗ be focused on for Clear projects as well

1:34:11 ↗ as for the purposes of transparency

1:34:14 ↗ about what is a priority to your

1:34:15 ↗ community move forward and what are some

1:34:17 ↗ things that you know they may not be as

1:34:20 ↗ clear a focus of what the resources

1:34:22 ↗ should be going towards

1:34:25 ↗ great great points um I'm going to under

1:34:28 ↗ the director's report little

1:34:29 ↗ foreshadowing I'm I'm going to highlight

1:34:32 ↗ um one thing we're putting into this

1:34:33 ↗ plan is accomplishments from the 2018

1:34:36 ↗ plan and um I I'll talk a little bit

1:34:39 ↗ about it but we'll share that and add

1:34:40 ↗ that in the minutes um it's important to

1:34:43 ↗ sort of look back and and I think Anna

1:34:45 ↗ your points are so spoton because you

1:34:47 ↗ know the priorities of the 2018 plan

1:34:49 ↗ really set a lot of important work but

1:34:52 ↗ you'll see in terms of what was

1:34:53 ↗ accomplished there was opportunity sort

1:34:56 ↗ of embedded in what we're able to get

1:34:58 ↗ get completed

1:35:00 ↗ so great addition thanks

1:35:08 ↗ an there other comments in regards to

1:35:12 ↗ the priority

1:35:14 ↗ project I'll make some comments I was

1:35:16 ↗ kind of waiting to see but jumping in um

1:35:19 ↗ for those of you who don't know me I'm

1:35:20 ↗ always team tibits so

1:35:24 ↗ just you know I'm I'm excited to see it

1:35:26 ↗ on this list I would love us to

1:35:28 ↗ challenge ourselves to say what can we

1:35:30 ↗ do to accelerate time on this project

1:35:31 ↗ like I don't love seeing the bubble in

1:35:33 ↗ the Box chart the way it's sitting um I

1:35:38 ↗ I think we need to challenge ourselves

1:35:39 ↗ to do better than that it's going to sit

1:35:42 ↗ right in smack dab in the middle of

1:35:44 ↗ where you guys where we're talking about

1:35:45 ↗ prioritizing from a Dei

1:35:47 ↗ perspective um I would prefer to have

1:35:50 ↗ fewer things on the list and make faster

1:35:52 ↗ progress there

1:35:55 ↗ [Music]

1:35:58 ↗ personally second that

1:36:02 ↗ definitely heard that but I think we're

1:36:04 ↗ GNA partner real well together because

1:36:07 ↗ you know I'm in fact driving over here

1:36:10 ↗ it was great to see that some of the

1:36:12 ↗ fields were actually utilized you know

1:36:14 ↗ being utied they get utilized in fun

1:36:16 ↗ through the spring and summer yeah like

1:36:17 ↗ that Park is Jam in summer and then it's

1:36:20 ↗ quiet you go up to the highlands in the

1:36:22 ↗ winter kids are still all playing on it

1:36:24 ↗ yeah so you can solve that Y and it

1:36:27 ↗ doesn't need to take 10 years no as

1:36:30 ↗ staff we we we Echo that we share it

1:36:33 ↗ it's time it's Pastime T TVP needs a new

1:36:36 ↗ vision it needs a new um and yeah

1:36:40 ↗ certainly appreciate that and um

1:36:43 ↗ there'll be a lot of a lot of community

1:36:45 ↗ conversation um there is yeah a lot of

1:36:48 ↗ complicating factors with that really

1:36:50 ↗ really important community park that

1:36:52 ↗ happens to be tucked in a high hydrology

1:36:57 ↗ Valley so yeah the sooner we get working

1:37:00 ↗ on it um and really start trying to

1:37:03 ↗ solve solve those the better I just want

1:37:05 ↗ to sit and planning for three years like

1:37:07 ↗ we need to start making some

1:37:10 ↗ moves thank

1:37:12 ↗ you love that would love

1:37:15 ↗ that and that's where that funding you

1:37:17 ↗ know implementation right as we

1:37:19 ↗ prioritize our work um

1:37:23 ↗ rate of spend rate of investment thank

1:37:26 ↗ you David for your benchmarking question

1:37:27 ↗ you're right you know how as residents

1:37:30 ↗ how quickly do you want to invest and

1:37:32 ↗ what is the scale of that investment you

1:37:34 ↗ want to make in your Pro system is going

1:37:35 ↗ to be really really that that will

1:37:37 ↗ determine a lot of the rate we get done

1:37:40 ↗ on these projects too so um really good

1:37:45 ↗ we agree it's a it's a it's a critical

1:37:47 ↗ community park that needs to perform

1:37:51 ↗ better absolutely needs to perform

1:37:57 ↗ better I think Chris you brought up a

1:37:59 ↗ really good good point if you were to

1:38:02 ↗ call this down to a narrower narrower

1:38:06 ↗ list what would you prioritize out of it

1:38:10 ↗ maybe looking at those near-term

1:38:12 ↗ projects are there like a top three a

1:38:15 ↗ top five that really y for you as

1:38:19 ↗ community members as uh you know

1:38:23 ↗ represent atives from your neighborhoods

1:38:26 ↗ and other community groups things you've

1:38:27 ↗ been hearing are there projects in there

1:38:31 ↗ that feel

1:38:32 ↗ like they deserve the extra

1:38:36 ↗ star definitely think

1:38:39 ↗ tibits just make a list

1:38:44 ↗ of all it's like a DOT exercise all

1:38:47 ↗ three of your dos are going I think

1:38:49 ↗ Central Park Pad 2 has a lot of demand

1:38:52 ↗ and also has sort of a more you know a

1:38:54 ↗ low low hanging fruit

1:38:57 ↗ project currently underutilized as well

1:39:00 ↗ needs better to perform better I have a

1:39:03 ↗ question just as the um when we talk

1:39:05 ↗ about this kind of stuff is being

1:39:07 ↗ included in

1:39:08 ↗ the

1:39:11 ↗ as

1:39:14 ↗ challeng that part of

1:39:17 ↗ it yeah it's a great question and it is

1:39:20 ↗ it's part of you know as we as any of

1:39:22 ↗ these projects goes through per

1:39:24 ↗ yeah all those questions of concurrency

1:39:26 ↗ and transportation and parking are all

1:39:30 ↗ are all key elements to the project

1:39:42 ↗ yeah that was kind of my question around

1:39:45 ↗ um I wrot it on my list no I forgot um

1:39:49 ↗ the park that's like really hard to get

1:39:50 ↗ to because of traffic

1:39:53 ↗ Valle yeah so and like I guess my

1:39:56 ↗ question is we're not going to solve the

1:39:58 ↗ traffic on Isa

1:40:00 ↗ Hobart so like how much more going south

1:40:04 ↗ for those that don't know yeah it's like

1:40:06 ↗ the last Park as you're right on our

1:40:08 ↗ Southern right on our Southern border so

1:40:11 ↗ it's a great question Marl and one we as

1:40:12 ↗ staff and as we talked to the community

1:40:15 ↗ and saw needs to connect better better

1:40:18 ↗ connect to squawk Mountain better

1:40:20 ↗ connect to Tiger Mountain that that Park

1:40:24 ↗ um I'm just going to speak

1:40:26 ↗ hypothetically here you're right it its

1:40:28 ↗ location not being in a neighborhood is

1:40:30 ↗ kind of constrained to use as a

1:40:33 ↗ predominant Sports field um or some of

1:40:36 ↗ those other things but it's extremely

1:40:37 ↗ well positioned on the creek Corridor to

1:40:39 ↗ be potentially a trail head um

1:40:43 ↗ potentially an alternative way to get up

1:40:46 ↗ and into squawk mountain and the squawk

1:40:48 ↗ Mountain State Park um the the s what's

1:40:52 ↗ called squawk Valle Park North sits

1:40:55 ↗ right at at across it's right across

1:40:57 ↗ this the front street from Park point so

1:41:01 ↗ if you can imagine a trail that would

1:41:05 ↗ actually link West Tiger Mountain to

1:41:07 ↗ squawk Mountain potential there right so

1:41:10 ↗ we we see that that Park could function

1:41:13 ↗ more um in in different ways so I get

1:41:16 ↗ that's as as Julie explained the sort of

1:41:19 ↗ the programmatic makeup of that park it

1:41:21 ↗ feels like it needs to be something

1:41:23 ↗ different um it's it's a relatively

1:41:26 ↗ isolated Park so would something like

1:41:30 ↗ additional Sports courts down there

1:41:32 ↗ would would people if if there's a again

1:41:36 ↗ increased desire for tennis and pickle

1:41:37 ↗ ball is that something we want to

1:41:41 ↗ consider well but again multiple

1:41:43 ↗ different times a day I mean that it's

1:41:45 ↗ not just I yes they practice at 6:30 is

1:41:49 ↗ probably not the best time to go but

1:41:50 ↗ there are other times throughout the

1:41:52 ↗ week and day when

1:41:54 ↗ it's not as constrained and not not

1:41:55 ↗ saying that's what we're proposing but

1:41:57 ↗ are there is it a different mix of

1:41:58 ↗ elements that Mak sense Community

1:42:00 ↗ Gardens Community has clearly said

1:42:02 ↗ they're interested in Community Gardens

1:42:04 ↗ but is there a potential for community

1:42:07 ↗ garden down there so um that's the again

1:42:10 ↗ it's a it's a park that has had

1:42:12 ↗ investment but again Fe from this sort

1:42:15 ↗ of what's the role we're asking it to

1:42:18 ↗ play in the system maybe it it could it

1:42:20 ↗ could serve a really important role but

1:42:22 ↗ it's a different

1:42:26 ↗ role my other question was around so you

1:42:29 ↗ mentioned e house restoration as well as

1:42:32 ↗ the veterans and Depot so I know we

1:42:33 ↗ haven't started Depot but like question

1:42:36 ↗ are those just like additions to what

1:42:38 ↗ we've already done is it like the phase

1:42:40 ↗ two of the stuff we've started is that

1:42:41 ↗ what that those are exactly phase two is

1:42:44 ↗ a good way to put it

1:42:46 ↗ yep another question um you have to go

1:42:51 ↗ up to the last map image of The Creeks

1:42:57 ↗ Peaks there are these potential

1:42:59 ↗ connections um that look like three of

1:43:02 ↗ them high into Hillside Park if I'm

1:43:05 ↗ reading the map

1:43:09 ↗ correctly is that what those are

1:43:13 ↗ doing is that Hillside

1:43:18 ↗ Park yeah yeah are connec connection

1:43:23 ↗ anywhere in in

1:43:25 ↗ this they're not they're not they're

1:43:28 ↗ not called out in the list no this is

1:43:31 ↗ sort of so the the vision for this

1:43:33 ↗ Creeks to Peaks image is being able to

1:43:37 ↗ sort of see all of the community parks

1:43:41 ↗ and the neighborhood parks potentially

1:43:43 ↗ connected so this could like help get

1:43:46 ↗ one of those to this list but it's not

1:43:49 ↗ they're not specifically trails that we

1:43:52 ↗ have I identified as they're probably

1:43:54 ↗ not for the short term near term they're

1:43:58 ↗ not they're not but they but they

1:44:00 ↗ longterm there's a tibits valy park to

1:44:02 ↗ squawk Trail so that's probably the line

1:44:04 ↗ going between those two parks I think

1:44:07 ↗ there's also um kind of squawk going

1:44:10 ↗ down to Oldtown with one possible

1:44:13 ↗ routing being via elide I think that is

1:44:17 ↗ in there also but I think they're long

1:44:18 ↗ term yeah those are in the long term I

1:44:21 ↗ think those are I don't want to put them

1:44:23 ↗ in the in the near term um because I

1:44:27 ↗ think tiet seems to be the top of the

1:44:28 ↗ near term I don't want to take away from

1:44:30 ↗ that but I do think that connectivity is

1:44:32 ↗ an important aspect especially given you

1:44:35 ↗ know the the both the uh draft concept

1:44:39 ↗ statements include that connection and

1:44:41 ↗ bringing people together uniting so

1:44:45 ↗ really good and good good catch and

1:44:47 ↗ you're right you're looking at the

1:44:49 ↗ entirety of the the vision of the

1:44:50 ↗ document again we updated every years we

1:44:53 ↗ try to cast a 20year vision but we're

1:44:55 ↗ not going to wait 20 years to update it

1:44:57 ↗ we going update it in a shorter term but

1:44:59 ↗ we still try and keep that Long View um

1:45:03 ↗ and you're right the very essence of

1:45:04 ↗ creeks to Peaks is this really really

1:45:07 ↗ bold ambitious Vision I'll just say but

1:45:09 ↗ could be really amaz there's not many

1:45:11 ↗ cities around us in the pon area that

1:45:14 ↗ literally every part could be

1:45:17 ↗ connected again it would be hard to do

1:45:19 ↗ it would take a long time but it's

1:45:21 ↗ possible with the the park system that

1:45:23 ↗ you all own as residents to to think of

1:45:26 ↗ connecting them

1:45:29 ↗ all Jeff this is a good reminder that we

1:45:32 ↗ should when we're talking about concept

1:45:34 ↗ we should continue to say 20-year

1:45:36 ↗ concept um paint what that vision is but

1:45:40 ↗ recognize that this plan is one that

1:45:42 ↗ you're updating every six years will

1:45:45 ↗ likely uh every six years chip away a

1:45:47 ↗ little bit more at accomplishing this

1:45:49 ↗ Vision exactly yeah y that point I think

1:45:54 ↗ and you guys know I always push on

1:45:55 ↗ accelerate time but um I think the

1:45:58 ↗ school collaboration might be a way to

1:46:01 ↗ get some fields in the valley turfed

1:46:04 ↗ faster right if you know I don't want to

1:46:07 ↗ take the pressure off tibits because I

1:46:08 ↗ want that done but like you know in a

1:46:10 ↗ very short term you know in the valley

1:46:15 ↗ some more Turf for kids in the winter I

1:46:17 ↗ think is another like could be an easier

1:46:19 ↗ lower hitting through wi that would be

1:46:22 ↗ another one that I would push

1:46:24 ↗ thank you right scored in the near term

1:46:27 ↗ both in terms of equity mapping and the

1:46:28 ↗ sort of needs coincidentally we had a

1:46:31 ↗ great conversation with isall school

1:46:33 ↗ district Capital staff just yesterday so

1:46:36 ↗ again those conversations are already

1:46:38 ↗ under way how can we make this

1:46:42 ↗ real in the interest of

1:46:45 ↗ time not great at doing this but um I am

1:46:49 ↗ G to sort of ask for maybe last thoughts

1:46:52 ↗ on of near-term projects or if there's

1:46:55 ↗ anything that you all saw as you were

1:46:56 ↗ reviewing in sort of midterm or

1:46:59 ↗ long-term projects that you feel like

1:47:01 ↗ you want to move up um let us know this

1:47:05 ↗ is not the only time you have the

1:47:07 ↗ opportunity to tell us this go home

1:47:10 ↗ think about it send us some emails um

1:47:13 ↗ and this will also be included in in the

1:47:15 ↗ larger draft plan that you all will see

1:47:16 ↗ in the next couple months as

1:47:18 ↗ well

1:47:20 ↗ cor where is cor Park

1:47:24 ↗ I I'll I'll take a stab at it so if

1:47:26 ↗ you're in the if if you're at Veterans

1:47:28 ↗ Memorial

1:47:29 ↗ Field and you're in the you're by the

1:47:32 ↗ ball field by the infield so that would

1:47:33 ↗ be the

1:47:34 ↗ north east corner of the

1:47:38 ↗ park for Park is right across the East

1:47:41 ↗ Fork of of isqua Creek maybe a block and

1:47:43 ↗ a half away it was established as a um

1:47:47 ↗ life estate acquisition a number of

1:47:49 ↗ years ago uh we just um just received

1:47:53 ↗ ownership we're now maintaining it for

1:47:55 ↗ the first time so it's right in the

1:47:56 ↗ middle of

1:47:57 ↗ Oldtown um provides a really cool

1:48:01 ↗ potential almost expansion of a Memorial

1:48:03 ↗ Field into that neighborhood uh brings

1:48:06 ↗ East Fork of Isa Creek a little closer

1:48:09 ↗ into

1:48:12 ↗ Oldtown so think of it yeah yeah it's

1:48:15 ↗ really in terms of Oldtown region you

1:48:17 ↗ know how to really make that

1:48:20 ↗ um parks within Oldtown

1:48:23 ↗ feel

1:48:25 ↗ connected could could we try something

1:48:28 ↗ where again this goes back to product

1:48:30 ↗ and all that but what we have here this

1:48:32 ↗ backlog right and so would it be

1:48:34 ↗ feasible to not right here but maybe

1:48:36 ↗ have an offline dock where we could all

1:48:38 ↗ get like 10 stickers and then you can

1:48:41 ↗ vote for of all these things put your 10

1:48:43 ↗ stickers wherever you want whether you

1:48:44 ↗ want to put all 10 on Tippets or you

1:48:46 ↗ want to spread them out and then we have

1:48:48 ↗ some sort of ranking within this group

1:48:50 ↗ um more consideration more thought goes

1:48:52 ↗ into it suppos I want this one I want

1:48:54 ↗ that one

1:48:56 ↗ yeah we can definitely do that

1:48:59 ↗ do

1:49:01 ↗ yeah meet our uh our obligations as open

1:49:05 ↗ public meetings act but we can we can

1:49:07 ↗ figure that out yeah yeah yeah I think

1:49:09 ↗ it's a great idea yeah again just we

1:49:12 ↗ really really invite feedback um um

1:49:16 ↗ you'll see this in in various forms I I

1:49:18 ↗ think maybe another ad hoc uh meeting as

1:49:22 ↗ as this

1:49:23 ↗ gets finalized will be important as well

1:49:26 ↗ Robin thanks for having this slide up

1:49:27 ↗ I'm just going to mention it really fast

1:49:28 ↗ I know time is short um Julie mentioned

1:49:32 ↗ this we also want to have along with our

1:49:35 ↗ Capital programs these capital projects

1:49:38 ↗ this list of amenities it's very clearly

1:49:40 ↗ identified as hey we heard this loud and

1:49:42 ↗ clear from the community these are these

1:49:44 ↗ are important amenities that might not

1:49:46 ↗ be projects by themselves but as we're

1:49:49 ↗ doing this sort of reimagination of our

1:49:51 ↗ Park system these amenities really need

1:49:53 ↗ to resonate and be priorities that we're

1:49:55 ↗ trying to weave into these projects so

1:49:58 ↗ um you heard Michael tonight so glad he

1:50:00 ↗ came speaking you know his advocacy for

1:50:03 ↗ archery um how and where we might fold

1:50:06 ↗ that in U much less you know dog parks

1:50:08 ↗ and you know disc just some of the other

1:50:11 ↗ amenities that really resonated from not

1:50:13 ↗ only the survey but the online mapping

1:50:16 ↗ uh feedback we got so we feel that's

1:50:18 ↗ another really important list to have

1:50:21 ↗ and and live in this do

1:50:26 ↗ well thank you all Robin Julie thank you

1:50:28 ↗ so much for your your your all work this

1:50:31 ↗ represents a lot of a lot of work um and

1:50:35 ↗ ALU as well we feel like you know not

1:50:38 ↗ only the vision of this document but

1:50:40 ↗ sort of rubber meets the road you know

1:50:42 ↗ how does this really start to inform our

1:50:44 ↗ Capital planning moving forward um it

1:50:47 ↗ it's a it's a document that Bridges um

1:50:49 ↗ all of that

1:50:51 ↗ so thank you with

1:50:55 ↗ that we're we're done we have more work

1:50:57 ↗ ahead L you Anna thank you for joining

1:50:59 ↗ us I know you're an hour ahead of us so

1:51:05 ↗ uh pretty amazing for having us amazing

1:51:08 ↗ distillation of information into all

1:51:10 ↗ those Graphics

1:51:13 ↗ that's awesome just just wait till you

1:51:15 ↗ see the plan document I'm telling you

1:51:17 ↗ it's coming a little snapshot it's gonna

1:51:21 ↗ pop yeah so thank you both so much

1:51:24 ↗ excited for it thank you all thank

1:51:27 ↗ you thank so

1:51:30 ↗ much okay

1:51:32 ↗ uh we'll move on to reports um our youth

1:51:36 ↗ representatives are not here they are

1:51:38 ↗ not here and they are wrapping up their

1:51:41 ↗ youth Advisory Board um year they had an

1:51:44 ↗ event yesterday I believe in confence

1:51:47 ↗ park and then they have their last event

1:51:49 ↗ at hackathon on June 1st

1:51:52 ↗ wrapping up at the end of school and

1:51:55 ↗ taking their a little katus for the

1:51:57 ↗ summer high schoolers do yes sorry sorry

1:52:00 ↗ to

1:52:02 ↗ see as much as all this stuff that we do

1:52:04 ↗ is pretty cool that for me is one of the

1:52:06 ↗ most inspiring moments to see them

1:52:09 ↗ involved at that

1:52:11 ↗ age okay then your

1:52:14 ↗ report yeah uh couple what's that yeah

1:52:18 ↗ no not everybody this is all good but be

1:52:21 ↗ all have our place I get it I get it no

1:52:24 ↗ uh two items really fast I Rob if you

1:52:26 ↗ don't mind sharing thank you um first

1:52:29 ↗ and well I'll do this one first this is

1:52:31 ↗ great um I mentioned it I want I'm going

1:52:33 ↗ to include this we want to include this

1:52:35 ↗ in the minutes we want to send this all

1:52:36 ↗ to you this um sort of keeping with this

1:52:39 ↗ theme of the park system plan some is

1:52:41 ↗ important context for you all um one of

1:52:44 ↗ the pages we'll speak to hey we did a we

1:52:47 ↗ adopted a 2018 plan what are what are

1:52:49 ↗ the accomplishments that we got done um

1:52:52 ↗ uh we have a little narrative that goes

1:52:53 ↗ with it it's it's hard to remember 2018

1:52:56 ↗ we had this I like to refer to it as the

1:52:58 ↗ covid blip that happened between a

1:53:00 ↗ pretty significant

1:53:02 ↗ International um event Global event uh

1:53:05 ↗ that disrupted a lot of things uh but in

1:53:07 ↗ spite of that um this is really

1:53:10 ↗ representation of 17 really really big

1:53:14 ↗ movements and actions that this city

1:53:16 ↗ took that came right out of the goals

1:53:18 ↗ and policies right out of the projects

1:53:20 ↗ that were adopted in that 2018 PL so um

1:53:24 ↗ important for us to tell the story

1:53:26 ↗ things from you know some really key

1:53:28 ↗ Acquisitions like bergsma and and you

1:53:30 ↗ know sort of connecting our Valley up

1:53:32 ↗ into the mountains another key one at

1:53:34 ↗ squawk Mountain some really important

1:53:36 ↗ work some neighborhood park improvements

1:53:39 ↗ at Blackberry um what we've done in park

1:53:41 ↗ operations and maintenance if you

1:53:43 ↗ remember that was a really important

1:53:44 ↗ goal let's take care of what we got and

1:53:46 ↗ I think we've heard time and again that

1:53:48 ↗ the the level of service and the

1:53:50 ↗ maintenance improvements that we've made

1:53:51 ↗ these last number years come directly

1:53:53 ↗ out of a goal of the park plan so please

1:53:56 ↗ when you get this take a take a chance

1:53:57 ↗ to look at that uh we just think it's an

1:53:59 ↗ important story to tell as we go from

1:54:02 ↗ that plan to to adopting another one and

1:54:05 ↗ really reminding all of us that these

1:54:08 ↗ are documents this is a document we

1:54:10 ↗ don't want sitting on a shelf this is

1:54:12 ↗ this is going to inform Capital planning

1:54:14 ↗ for the next and and operational

1:54:16 ↗ Investments the next six years so look

1:54:19 ↗ forward to sharing that um last item I

1:54:22 ↗ have we are embarking speaking of pools

1:54:25 ↗ and Recreation programs on we just

1:54:28 ↗ launched yesterday a recreation program

1:54:31 ↗ survey um we really want to reach out to

1:54:34 ↗ the community and ask how how is our

1:54:36 ↗ array of recreation programs how's our

1:54:38 ↗ array of recreation facilities from the

1:54:40 ↗ community center to the pool to the

1:54:42 ↗ senior center to Pickering barn and

1:54:44 ↗ Farmers Market just sort of a how are we

1:54:46 ↗ doing what's missing uh what is a

1:54:49 ↗ community are you are you interested in

1:54:51 ↗ seeing more community events are you

1:54:52 ↗ interested in seeing more you know other

1:54:54 ↗ programs other types of programs Etc um

1:54:58 ↗ these little um um information sheets

1:55:02 ↗ are going to be showing up on social

1:55:03 ↗ media and at our facilities we're going

1:55:05 ↗ to be pushing this out we're happy to

1:55:07 ↗ send you an email so please send us out

1:55:10 ↗ to your neighborhood spheres of

1:55:13 ↗ influence we really some really good

1:55:16 ↗ feedback because this will again help

1:55:17 ↗ inform us our our programming uh for

1:55:20 ↗ years to come and as a Cadence we

1:55:22 ↗ probably want is I've worked with Brian

1:55:23 ↗ and the recreation team we probably want

1:55:25 ↗ to every three years you know have some

1:55:28 ↗ type of recreation uh survey going out

1:55:31 ↗ uh Recreation programs is never it's not

1:55:33 ↗ something you ever arrive at it's a

1:55:35 ↗ market

1:55:36 ↗ driven anomaly that we constantly need

1:55:39 ↗ to be tweaking and adjusting so um thank

1:55:42 ↗ you for helping us get the the news out

1:55:44 ↗ on this one just give you a quick

1:55:46 ↗ feedback on this

1:55:48 ↗ please um especially this one in

1:55:50 ↗ particular I think it really could Ed

1:55:52 ↗ a sixth option instead of like someone

1:55:56 ↗ dis satisfied too highly satisfied to I

1:55:59 ↗ don't interact with that program um

1:56:01 ↗ because I think you you might skew your

1:56:03 ↗ uh results with people that don't

1:56:06 ↗ actually have kids in summer camp um

1:56:09 ↗ things like that is where do you slide

1:56:11 ↗ it on satisfi or unsatisfied something I

1:56:14 ↗ don't I don't go senior Cent I don't

1:56:16 ↗ know how to answer that on your Ser so

1:56:18 ↗ just a do

1:56:24 ↗ really

1:56:26 ↗ good it's you phone sir I think that

1:56:29 ↗ brings it to and actually have two

1:56:32 ↗ minutes um that doesn't usually happen

1:56:36 ↗ but one thing I'll I'll keep this to one

1:56:39 ↗ minute uh I crawled all over the

1:56:43 ↗ websites and created this list um rather

1:56:47 ↗ than try and list them off and run out

1:56:48 ↗ of time there are so many things going

1:56:51 ↗ on and you can't read it from there but

1:56:53 ↗ um when you get it take a look it's

1:56:55 ↗ pretty cool how many opportunities we

1:56:57 ↗ have by all the different organizations

1:56:59 ↗ from DIA and trot unlimited and isquat

1:57:02 ↗ historic museums and uh so give that

1:57:05 ↗ list a look over and you'll probably

1:57:06 ↗ find some things that you want to do and

1:57:08 ↗ it's it's High season we're not even in

1:57:10 ↗ concert season

1:57:14 ↗ yet and that's it for me um any other

1:57:18 ↗ business or

1:57:20 ↗ announcements I just I just thank you

1:57:22 ↗ you too again for accepting your

1:57:24 ↗ nominations and continuing your

1:57:29 ↗ roles um and then I just have one item I

1:57:32 ↗ always do I feel like um looking at

1:57:35 ↗ dates for next meetings so our next

1:57:39 ↗ meeting is scheduled for June 24th that

1:57:41 ↗ likely will stay um but when we hit July

1:57:46 ↗ we actually are going to potentially

1:57:48 ↗ need a different meeting than our Late

1:57:51 ↗ July meeting um because of Park plan um

1:57:55 ↗ so we have some sort of document

1:57:57 ↗ adoption that um will be happening

1:57:59 ↗ pretty soon some draft documents coming

1:58:01 ↗ out in the beginning of July um and an

1:58:04 ↗ opportunity for parkboard to give their

1:58:06 ↗ sort of final feedback and um take

1:58:09 ↗ action to move that that planning

1:58:11 ↗ document forward so you'll be getting an

1:58:13 ↗ email from me soon asking for um

1:58:17 ↗ potentially time during the week of July

1:58:20 ↗ 15th um I need to work with the city

1:58:23 ↗ clerk's office to find out a date in

1:58:25 ↗ there that is okay to to ask and use um

1:58:29 ↗ but somewhere within that week um if we

1:58:32 ↗ are able to make that meeting happen we

1:58:34 ↗ will likely um cancel the later July

1:58:37 ↗ meeting um because we won't need a

1:58:39 ↗ meeting in another two weeks um but that

1:58:42 ↗ is the only other update that will be

1:58:44 ↗ coming soon and I wanted to tell you all

1:58:46 ↗ now I'm sure you all have summer

1:58:47 ↗ vacations planned and by all means take

1:58:50 ↗ your summer vacations that's what

1:58:51 ↗ excused out are for um but just wanted

1:58:54 ↗ to put that one out there

1:58:55 ↗ now I don't know if we need to do

1:58:57 ↗ anything but I think for that June 24th

1:59:00 ↗ you're gonna be gone and I'm gonna be

1:59:01 ↗ gone too oh yeah we do practice run

1:59:08 ↗ for here um June 24th yes both our chair

1:59:13 ↗ and vice chair will not be in attendance

1:59:15 ↗ um we can decide now as a board if

1:59:19 ↗ somebody knows they're going to be able

1:59:20 ↗ to be here and feel

1:59:23 ↗ um interested in accepting the duties of

1:59:27 ↗ chair to run through the meeting um if

1:59:29 ↗ anyone feels comfortable making that

1:59:31 ↗ known now that'd be great if not we can

1:59:34 ↗ do it over email later um but I have a

1:59:38 ↗ little uh blank agenda that I can share

1:59:41 ↗ with you know just to walk you through

1:59:43 ↗ it I I used it the first couple meetings

1:59:45 ↗ and I don't anym but it helps you know

1:59:46 ↗ what you're supposed to

1:59:48 ↗ do and then we have our we have our

1:59:50 ↗ monthly meeting where we meet with you

1:59:51 ↗ all to sort of build the agenda so you

1:59:54 ↗ know if if we get a name in the next

1:59:56 ↗ week or two and invite that person to

1:59:59 ↗ come to that meeting too so you're

2:00:01 ↗ queued up and ready to go

2:00:04 ↗ need right yeah thank you Ryan thank you

2:00:09 ↗ great we will I'll we be in touch and

2:00:12 ↗ you'll sort of get a a little thing that

2:00:14 ↗ you can use to help you through it too

2:00:16 ↗ yeah thank

2:00:18 ↗ you that's great discussion tonight

2:00:21 ↗ thank you everybody

2:00:25 ↗ Thank you new members yeah

2:00:33 ↗ welcome I know

2:00:36 ↗ two got the odds of us I thought we

2:00:39 ↗ doing so good and then all a sudden 848

2:00:52 ↗ h

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