Park Board · Thursday, November 14, 2024 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of September 23, 2024

packet pp.3–5

Open packet at p.3 ↗

Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 09-23-24 Park Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board 7:00 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave September 23, 2024 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

2025 -26 Proposed Budget Update

Information · 30 min · Jeff Watling, Director · packet pp.7–23

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

2025-2026 Proposed Budget Overview – Parks and Community Services NOVEMBER 14, 2024 | PARK BOARD

2025 Park Board Work Plan

Discussion · 20 min · Jeff Watling, Director Hasanthi Hoglund, Department Operations Specialist · packet pp.25–27

Topics: Parks

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Staff report:

Applicable Strategic Plan Goal Areas 2025 WORKPLAN [DRAFT] Proposed Meeting (check all that apply) PARK BOARD Schedule ☒Mobility ☒Social & Economic Vitality ☒Growth & Development ☒City Leadership & Services Tentative Timeframe ☒Environ. Stewardship ☒Infrastructure

5. REPORTS

Director's Report

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Chairperson's Report

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0:02 ↗ uh I'll start with roll call um and it

0:04 ↗ seems like some people might be showing

0:06 ↗ up late so we'll just try and catch them

0:07 ↗ later but uh ktie

0:11 ↗ Bell Here Andrew

0:14 ↗ elquin uh I'm here Dave Lou has an

0:17 ↗ excused absence Tim

0:21 ↗ Mutley on board see him thank you uh

0:25 ↗ Ryan Olsson here Branda Spears

0:30 ↗ um Marlene we know she's excused she's

0:32 ↗ TR traveling for work Paul Adair

0:36 ↗ here uh and then Martha and Mary are

0:39 ↗ both excused right

0:42 ↗ okay uh

0:49 ↗ this is that

0:51 ↗ Brenda no okay I can sh the doors

0:56 ↗ open okay um I don't have a forum List

1:01 ↗ have five we have five if we need but we

1:03 ↗ don't have any decisions

1:06 ↗ today okay um everybody have a chance to

1:11 ↗ review the minutes from the last meeting

1:14 ↗ September any corrections or revisions

1:18 ↗ be

1:19 ↗ noted okay with that the um meetings

1:22 ↗ minutes from the last meeting are

1:25 ↗ approved uh we have any public comments

1:31 ↗ wasn't

1:32 ↗ true okay no no one that we know of and

1:37 ↗ so we'll move on to regular business and

1:40 ↗ I think the first

1:42 ↗ item Jeff you're all right giving us the

1:45 ↗ 20256 proposed budget

1:49 ↗ update GM yeah yeah um yeah a little

1:54 ↗ Grim um yeah thank you all uh good

1:57 ↗ evening uh thought it would be um

2:00 ↗ appropriate And Timely to to provide you

2:03 ↗ an overview on how the the budget

2:05 ↗ process is shaking up thanks

2:07 ↗ Tim um as you may know the city's

2:11 ↗ operating budget is on a bial budget so

2:15 ↗ um Council adopts our operating budgets

2:18 ↗ at two-year increments so we're just

2:21 ↗ wrapping up the 2023 2024 a budget we

2:24 ↗ are

2:26 ↗ now that was impressive

2:31 ↗ the okay

2:34 ↗ um that was really

2:36 ↗ OD

2:38 ↗ um so we're now endeavoring on the 2025

2:42 ↗ 2026 budget um this budget

2:47 ↗ was um put together and proposed by

2:50 ↗ Administration um as just a little I

2:53 ↗ guess a little bit of Civic 101 you may

2:54 ↗ you may know this but think of the the

2:58 ↗ city think of the mayor May the elected

3:00 ↗ mayor as the executive and we as staff

3:03 ↗ work in the executive branch um so the

3:06 ↗ executive and the executive branch put

3:08 ↗ together the proposed budget and then

3:10 ↗ that is given to the city council who

3:12 ↗ serves as the legislative branch and

3:14 ↗ they uh inter Turn review um take a look

3:18 ↗ um and ultimately adopt uh the budget uh

3:22 ↗ so we're now in that process for the

3:24 ↗ mayor and administration have proposed

3:26 ↗ the budget that was presented to Council

3:28 ↗ on October 28th

3:30 ↗ um we're now in budget deliberations uh

3:33 ↗ with city council um there was a recent

3:36 ↗ budget deliberation meeting on the 12th

3:38 ↗ of November there'll be a few more um

3:41 ↗ adoption is likely in December um so

3:45 ↗ thought I would take this time to just

3:46 ↗ sort of talk through that proposed

3:48 ↗ budget what it means for us as a

3:50 ↗ department um uh as Chris mentioned the

3:53 ↗ word grim you know as we as a city head

3:57 ↗ in into the 2025 26 budget you can go to

4:00 ↗ the next slide um it became uh pretty

4:04 ↗ clear uh earlier in the year as Finance

4:08 ↗ was looking at Revenue projections and

4:10 ↗ how were revenues coming in um in

4:13 ↗ particular um general fund revenues um

4:17 ↗ the two predominant sources of general

4:19 ↗ fund revenue for the city are property

4:21 ↗ taxes and sales tax um sales tax in

4:24 ↗ particular um and even in more

4:26 ↗ particular construction sales tax as

4:28 ↗ that was coming in lower um it was

4:31 ↗ beginning to shed light on some concerns

4:33 ↗ on the 2526 budget and how um how

4:38 ↗ that'll frame up and and be shaped so

4:41 ↗ I'll give a little bit more of an

4:42 ↗ overview on general fund budget talk

4:44 ↗ more specifically about uh the

4:47 ↗ departmental budget impacts and

4:49 ↗ highlights for us um and then talk a

4:51 ↗ little bit more about adoption process

4:53 ↗ and in a way this conversation this

4:56 ↗ context will fold really nicely into our

5:00 ↗ work plan uh discussions it'll be the

5:02 ↗ the next topic with you all tonight we

5:05 ↗ start looking

5:08 ↗ ahead so this is a slide a number of

5:11 ↗ these slides were um presented by the

5:14 ↗ finance department um on on the 28th of

5:17 ↗ October they give a good overview um so

5:21 ↗ as Finance as owners of these slides I

5:24 ↗ will probably not do them adequate

5:26 ↗ justice but uh this is a general sense

5:29 ↗ of how General funds are expended uh

5:31 ↗ within uh the city um predominantly when

5:35 ↗ you look at Public Safety police

5:37 ↗ municipal court and fire uh that really

5:39 ↗ makes up a predominance of the general

5:41 ↗ fund budget parks and Community Services

5:44 ↗ um our department is also a pretty large

5:48 ↗ Reliance on the general fund and so when

5:50 ↗ I say parks and Community Services

5:52 ↗ that's all aspects of our department so

5:54 ↗ that's um park operations Park

5:57 ↗ maintenance all of our Recreation

5:59 ↗ programs s and Recreation programming

6:01 ↗ out of the four facilities that we

6:03 ↗ operate out of Community Center pool

6:06 ↗ Senior Center Pickering Barn um Park

6:09 ↗ Planning and Development um is also part

6:12 ↗ of our department Human Services as well

6:15 ↗ um and arts programs are in our

6:17 ↗ department as

6:21 ↗ well we are also along with a a portion

6:25 ↗ of the obviously expenditure of the the

6:28 ↗ general fund we're also a contrib to the

6:30 ↗ general fund and that we um um provide

6:34 ↗ we um earn a lot of um program uh driven

6:39 ↗ revenues um so for those these last two

6:43 ↗ slides just for General context and very

6:46 ↗ broad numbers um our department

6:49 ↗ operating budget is roughly I'm just

6:51 ↗ going to put in round numbers $10

6:53 ↗ million um that's our our expenditure

6:56 ↗ for the whole department um our Revenue

6:58 ↗ when you look at everything from field

7:00 ↗ rentals to picnic shelter rentals to all

7:03 ↗ of our Recreation programs rentals at

7:05 ↗ the Pickering Barn uh we bring in we

7:08 ↗ contribute about three and a half

7:09 ↗ million dollars of Revenue um so if you

7:11 ↗ were to think of what is sort of the net

7:13 ↗ operating cost of the department it's

7:15 ↗ about six and a half million dollars

7:20 ↗ roughly question yeah oh please can you

7:23 ↗ flip back to the the uh Revenue slide

7:26 ↗ thank

7:30 ↗ oh sorry no the expenditure one I'm

7:31 ↗ sorry uh so they didn't give a percent

7:34 ↗ for parks and they didn't give a know I

7:37 ↗ noticed that 20 something for Parks

7:40 ↗ maybe yeah I think

7:44 ↗ we're somewhere around 20 yeah I mean

7:47 ↗ looking at the yeah I can get that and

7:50 ↗ confirm it but I don't know that off the

7:52 ↗ top of my head and then what are

7:53 ↗ transfers

7:55 ↗ out good question so transfers out for

7:58 ↗ expenditure would be um things the

8:02 ↗ general fund is contributing to and

8:04 ↗ maybe other funds within so the the

8:07 ↗ overall City budget um I think I think

8:10 ↗ internal transfers so um again I'm not

8:14 ↗ going to do this justice but our City

8:16 ↗ operating budget is more than just the

8:18 ↗ general fund right there's utility funds

8:21 ↗ there's um a variety of other sort of

8:24 ↗ colors of money um and so from time to

8:27 ↗ time some of those funds transfer in to

8:30 ↗ the general fund other cases the general

8:32 ↗ fund transfers out some of

8:34 ↗ its yeah transfer out expenditures thank

8:40 ↗ you that so with that in mind sort of

8:44 ↗ that broad context of sort of what it um

8:48 ↗ what's the general fund contribution um

8:51 ↗ and overall general fund investment uh

8:54 ↗ that is made in parks and Community

8:55 ↗ Services of roughly again $6 A5 million

8:58 ↗ doar um we can now sort of get into what

9:01 ↗ this means for our department we

9:05 ↗ um um still have a number of priorities

9:09 ↗ right and as we sort of talk through the

9:11 ↗ how do we absorb reductions in this

9:13 ↗ department how do we also um as we

9:16 ↗ absorb those reductions understand what

9:18 ↗ our core priorities are um and it really

9:22 ↗ been identified by Community as well as

9:25 ↗ mayor and counsel and these really touch

9:28 ↗ on um the major operations of of the

9:31 ↗ department um we are the the stewards of

9:35 ↗ your parks open space and trail system

9:39 ↗ right that um doesn't go away as we look

9:42 ↗ at reductions

9:44 ↗ um we it's really hard to close or

9:46 ↗ shutter portions of a park um open space

9:49 ↗ or trail system um we're also clearly

9:54 ↗ through the capital budget and how

9:56 ↗ things have been budgeted in capital and

9:58 ↗ I should got pause myself real quick so

10:01 ↗ I'm those highlights that we just gave

10:03 ↗ about the operating budget and

10:05 ↗ expenditures the capital budget is

10:07 ↗ separate that's something different

10:09 ↗ right so we we delve in in both but

10:12 ↗ knowing um that capital budget has

10:15 ↗ projects programs Investments uh that

10:18 ↗ remains a priority how do we continue to

10:19 ↗ reinvest into the park system um as well

10:24 ↗ Human Services um as has been deemed and

10:27 ↗ really is a high priority how are we

10:29 ↗ serving those um who are in crisis uh

10:32 ↗ within the community um how are we

10:35 ↗ managing um uh they unhoused um

10:38 ↗ encampments um throughout Town um both

10:41 ↗ for meeting those individuals where they

10:43 ↗ at and really getting them connected to

10:45 ↗ services but also as being a good land

10:47 ↗ Steward in any way right as we want to

10:50 ↗ manage public lands for what they're

10:52 ↗ intended um that's a key part of

10:56 ↗ of really having a smart emergency

10:58 ↗ housing program a smart um homeless

11:01 ↗ outreach program other priorities uh

11:05 ↗ with the four facilities and a lot of

11:07 ↗ our programs busting at the seams um

11:10 ↗ obviously continued provision of Rec

11:12 ↗ program services and um events our

11:15 ↗ priority and then Arts really wraps up

11:18 ↗ our priority as well in terms of um um

11:22 ↗ how do we continue to make those

11:23 ↗ Investments interesting point about Arts

11:26 ↗ a majority of the arts program is not

11:28 ↗ fun through the general fund so another

11:31 ↗ one of those Color of Money things that

11:32 ↗ I was saying earlier so um what you're

11:35 ↗ going to see earlier in some of the

11:37 ↗ reductions and some of these what these

11:38 ↗ priorities speak to is um our Arts

11:41 ↗ manager Amy Dukes um and I are going to

11:44 ↗ be working really really closely in 25

11:46 ↗ 26 looking for additional new Revenue

11:49 ↗ sources what's been happening with that

11:51 ↗ Arts fund is um for decades it's its

11:55 ↗ sole Revenue source is admissions tax uh

11:59 ↗ so so whenever you go to a movie pretty

12:01 ↗ much in any town or you go to a a

12:04 ↗ sporting event usually there's an

12:05 ↗ admissions tax that that local

12:07 ↗ jurisdiction is charging um for us our

12:10 ↗ admissions tax is really solely the

12:13 ↗ movie theaters well as I think you all

12:17 ↗ know the entertainment industry has

12:20 ↗ changed pretty dramatically since the

12:22 ↗ pandemic and so we're seeing that in

12:25 ↗ admissions tax revenues as that goes

12:27 ↗ down that's put a real pressure on the

12:30 ↗ Arts programs and the art fund the

12:33 ↗ general fund is not in a position to

12:35 ↗ absorb that um impact and so um what

12:40 ↗ this sort of priority alludes to

12:43 ↗ is as Arts are a priority and general

12:46 ↗ fund is not in a position to to prop up

12:48 ↗ or further support that art program we

12:50 ↗ need to find some alternative and some

12:52 ↗ new Revenue sources for Arts that's

12:56 ↗ something we talk about a lot here with

12:58 ↗ the park board but it's just wanted to

12:59 ↗ give you that broad context Amy works

13:02 ↗ really closely with the Arts commission

13:04 ↗ and they do they do great work and and I

13:07 ↗ guess for context to I'm giving you a

13:09 ↗ highlight of the whole department um we

13:12 ↗ have multiple boards on in this

13:13 ↗ department as well right a Human

13:14 ↗ Services Commission that's working

13:16 ↗ really really closely with our Human

13:17 ↗ Services team um on on those priorities

13:21 ↗ a cemetery board that's working really

13:23 ↗ really closely on the cemetery as you

13:25 ↗ might see that um coming up through this

13:28 ↗ but um again broad overview so next

13:32 ↗ slide this really starts to get into the

13:34 ↗ reductions and and I gu some context for

13:37 ↗ these reductions um as um through the

13:41 ↗ summer late summer into fall um as um

13:45 ↗ that general fund um impact was becoming

13:49 ↗ more and more visible um as we as a

13:52 ↗ department worked uh with Administration

13:54 ↗ on putting our proposed budget together

13:57 ↗ um that net general fund investment of

14:01 ↗ $6 A5 million doar was clearly going to

14:04 ↗ be reduced um the reductions that I'm

14:08 ↗ going to lay out that what the proposed

14:10 ↗ budget is really presenting in terms of

14:12 ↗ our operational impact um it's about a

14:15 ↗ million dollar a year general fund

14:18 ↗ impact to our operating budget and so

14:21 ↗ that $6 A5 million doar net operating

14:23 ↗ budget now in 2526 is going to be about

14:26 ↗ $5.5 million um net operating investment

14:30 ↗ if you're if you're following me with

14:32 ↗ that math so that represents about a

14:36 ↗ 15% um impact to our net operating

14:42 ↗ um obviously the ability to continue to

14:45 ↗ um um earn Revenue uh through our

14:48 ↗ programs um is a real priority in that

14:50 ↗ as well and as we look at making

14:52 ↗ reductions we realize if we make

14:54 ↗ reductions in the wrong places that

14:56 ↗ could have a doubling impact in that

14:58 ↗ we're not able to to to earn Revenue um

15:01 ↗ and that's going

15:03 ↗ to compound um compound the reduction

15:07 ↗ and so with that in mind um I'll

15:10 ↗ highlight sort of by division the the

15:12 ↗ reductions and and what those impacts

15:15 ↗ will really mean to us operationally so

15:17 ↗ within Park planning um and again these

15:20 ↗ were some really really hard decisions

15:22 ↗ because they impact real people um

15:25 ↗ whenever you talk staff reductions and

15:27 ↗ layoffs you're talking about people that

15:29 ↗ are doing really good work um and

15:31 ↗ they're not being asked to leave because

15:33 ↗ of a performance issue it's it's because

15:35 ↗ of what can we afford and not afford and

15:38 ↗ So within Park planning we've had to

15:40 ↗ make the hard decision to eliminate the

15:42 ↗ senior Park planner position uh you've

15:45 ↗ met Julie Casada earlier this year

15:47 ↗ that's Julie's position um that's going

15:50 ↗ to result in a a decrease rate of

15:54 ↗ projects in terms of what we're able to

15:55 ↗ get done um obviously we have some

15:57 ↗ current projects on the plate that are

15:59 ↗ are going to continue um as I'll touch

16:02 ↗ on the capital budget we also have some

16:05 ↗ Capital um funds um made available for

16:08 ↗ 2526 and so Robin and I are going to

16:11 ↗ work really really closely on what that

16:13 ↗ work plan looks like what's that Cadence

16:15 ↗ of projects to make sure we're creating

16:18 ↗ a Cadence um that um One Park planning

16:22 ↗ and develop manager a park planning team

16:25 ↗ of one is able to um is able to do

16:29 ↗ within park operations our Park

16:31 ↗ maintenance team um it means the

16:33 ↗ elimination of a 75 full-time Park

16:38 ↗ maintenance worker two position also

16:40 ↗ looking at some reductions of our

16:41 ↗ part-time seasonal staff um and Parks um

16:45 ↗ the the year round workflow um varies um

16:50 ↗ as you can imagine there's a there's a

16:51 ↗ growing season in in western Washington

16:54 ↗ right so um our workload and park

16:56 ↗ operations really looks like a bell

16:58 ↗ curve if you look at it through the year

17:00 ↗ um so we have a a real Reliance on

17:03 ↗ part-time staff for those high that High

17:05 ↗ season work we're also looking at making

17:08 ↗ reductions to um our irrigation to

17:11 ↗ watering as well as some of the turf

17:13 ↗ maintenance practices we've been able to

17:15 ↗ put into place these last three or four

17:17 ↗ years that have really made a huge

17:18 ↗ difference uh we're going to need to to

17:20 ↗ ratchet those down a little

17:23 ↗ bit within Recreation um the elimination

17:26 ↗ of one Recreation coordinator position

17:29 ↗ uh that was a a currently vacant

17:31 ↗ position uh still it's an impact though

17:34 ↗ um so that's going to mean working with

17:36 ↗ the recreation Al te um to look at how

17:39 ↗ we absorb that and look at reducing

17:41 ↗ program levels in some ways across all

17:44 ↗ four of those facilities uh the senior

17:46 ↗ center the community center the pool um

17:50 ↗ and and Pickering Barn um so that the

17:53 ↗ remaining Recreation programming team

17:55 ↗ could still provide great work um also

17:58 ↗ keep keeping in mind Revenue generating

18:01 ↗ programs um and non-revenue generating

18:05 ↗ programs um how do we still retain some

18:09 ↗ of those non- generating High public

18:11 ↗ value lowcost recovery Recreation

18:13 ↗ programs because those are really

18:14 ↗ important provide tremendous Community

18:16 ↗ value so we will

18:19 ↗ be balancing balancing that out as we go

18:24 ↗ within Human Services we've um um

18:28 ↗ basically

18:29 ↗ um looked at reorganizing or resizing

18:31 ↗ the leadership team within Human

18:33 ↗ Services um in 23 24 we had a supervisor

18:37 ↗ position that oversaw our behavioral

18:39 ↗ health program um a human services

18:42 ↗ coordinator and a human services manager

18:45 ↗ uh What uh this reduction through uh

18:48 ↗ some attrition um will be transitioning

18:52 ↗ to a leadership team of two people where

18:54 ↗ we'll have a manager position um and a

18:58 ↗ senior coordinator uh position uh that

19:01 ↗ will be providing leadership and

19:04 ↗ direction for our Human Services

19:06 ↗ Group within Arts I sort of gave that

19:09 ↗ context a little earlier as we're

19:11 ↗ dealing with reduced admissions tax

19:13 ↗ revenues we're making an appropriate

19:16 ↗ reduction to the grant program in

19:19 ↗ 2526 by about 35% roughly a third um to

19:24 ↗ what that grant program looks like the

19:26 ↗ Arts commission and Amy do a great job

19:29 ↗ of um setting that um grant program

19:33 ↗ together setting criteria um and in fact

19:37 ↗ the 25 2025 grant program is out on the

19:41 ↗ streets right now and so as they review

19:43 ↗ those applications and award those

19:45 ↗ they'll be awarding and a reduced amount

19:48 ↗ of

19:49 ↗ funding these next couple of years as we

19:53 ↗ again seek some new Revenue sources for

19:56 ↗ the arts program

19:58 ↗ uh to ensure that continues going

20:00 ↗ forward in 27 28 and Beyond and then

20:05 ↗ lastly within Department leadership so

20:08 ↗ we are a department as you hear me talk

20:10 ↗ about these divisions uh that is very

20:14 ↗ we're we're much wider than we are

20:16 ↗ deeper uh so we have a department

20:18 ↗ leadership team that had management a

20:21 ↗ manager position over all five of those

20:23 ↗ divisions um and then STI and I as um

20:27 ↗ the full Park Administration uh division

20:31 ↗ of of two people um so to reduce the

20:35 ↗ size of uh that department leadership

20:38 ↗ team uh given the this the size of this

20:41 ↗ reduction that we're having to absorb

20:43 ↗ rather than just um having front and

20:46 ↗ Frontline impacts um it means the

20:48 ↗ elimination of the recreation manager

20:51 ↗ position that position is currently

20:53 ↗ occupied by Brian

20:56 ↗ Burston and a staff person who has done

20:58 ↗ great great work over many many years um

21:02 ↗ so that's all of these are tough uh

21:06 ↗ that's a really really tough one as well

21:08 ↗ and so what it means is we'll be um I've

21:11 ↗ been working with um the recreation

21:13 ↗ leadership team the recreation

21:15 ↗ supervisor team um as well as Department

21:19 ↗ leadership to figure out what how we

21:22 ↗ operationalize that um how we continue

21:25 ↗ to provide the leadership and support

21:27 ↗ that that Recreation team

21:29 ↗ needs um just announced to the

21:32 ↗ department um earlier this week um as we

21:35 ↗ work through a variety of options uh

21:37 ↗ Rick still who uh was is the park

21:41 ↗ operations manager um has um served a

21:44 ↗ role for a number of years in his career

21:47 ↗ um as a Parks and Recreation director

21:49 ↗ for the city of Tua so has experienced

21:52 ↗ um great experience both in park

21:54 ↗ operations and day-to-day leadership in

21:57 ↗ Recreation will be um taking on that um

22:02 ↗ responsibility um in 2526

22:05 ↗ so some pretty significant reductions

22:08 ↗ within the department um but um we have

22:11 ↗ continued work to do um and I think that

22:14 ↗ maybe speaks to the next slide but

22:17 ↗ before I get there maybe I'm just going

22:18 ↗ to pause and see if there's any

22:20 ↗ questions um you all might have

22:29 ↗ not I'll continue

22:31 ↗ on so next

22:35 ↗ slide um additions uh not a lot of

22:39 ↗ additions in the 2526 budget but two

22:42 ↗ that um are Grant funded will be seeking

22:44 ↗ grant funding for um again this is a

22:49 ↗ hard budget budgets in scarcity are

22:51 ↗ really really hard because even when

22:54 ↗ you're in scarcity mode there's growth

22:56 ↗ needed there's abundance happening in

22:59 ↗ programs um and so I think both of these

23:02 ↗ are a bit of a demonstration of that um

23:04 ↗ you're familiar with the volunteer

23:06 ↗ coordinator who's come on board it's a 0

23:08 ↗ five position this really supports our

23:10 ↗ green is isqua initiative um you know

23:13 ↗ Chris and N have given updates

23:14 ↗ throughout the months on green isqua the

23:18 ↗ the the community interest we're getting

23:21 ↗ in those volunteer programs the interest

23:22 ↗ we're getting from the business

23:23 ↗ Community REI Costco and and many others

23:28 ↗ um uh really we we need to increase

23:30 ↗ capacity for that program and so we um

23:34 ↗ Dan hins and I have have been seeking

23:35 ↗ grant funding um uh we are quite

23:39 ↗ confident we're going to get receive

23:40 ↗ some grant funding that'll allow that

23:42 ↗ position to go to a0 75 position so

23:45 ↗ again it wouldn't be a general fund

23:46 ↗ impact but it would be a way to us to

23:50 ↗ increase operation um of GRA which is a

23:53 ↗ really really good thing we're also

23:55 ↗ going to seek grant funding for a first

23:58 ↗ pH is tree inventory um coming out of if

24:00 ↗ you're familiar the urban Forest

24:02 ↗ management plan which thank you for your

24:04 ↗ recommendation on that um actually next

24:06 ↗ week on the 19th of November we're

24:08 ↗ taking that to the city council

24:10 ↗ committee for that adoption but assuming

24:12 ↗ that adoption is going to happen this

24:15 ↗ tree inventory is really an important

24:17 ↗ next step in really understanding um

24:20 ↗ some of the details finder details of

24:23 ↗ our of our Urban Forest again Grant

24:25 ↗ funded so the reason these additions go

24:28 ↗ to city council is the way a municipal

24:31 ↗ budget works or any budget works we need

24:34 ↗ to ask their authorization to expand at

24:37 ↗ this new level um and though we're

24:40 ↗ seeking alternative revenues to do it we

24:43 ↗ still need their okay to to spend at

24:45 ↗ that at that higher level

24:48 ↗ so that's some highlights on the

24:52 ↗ additions and then last um and you saw

24:55 ↗ in your packet hopefully you had a time

24:57 ↗ to review

24:58 ↗ uh we included the full narrative for

25:00 ↗ the Department sort of an overview of um

25:04 ↗ the budget impacts and the budget

25:06 ↗ priorities um probably a bit of a

25:08 ↗ narrative of what I just shared with you

25:10 ↗ all tonight and then lastly it also

25:12 ↗ highlights the capital budget which as I

25:14 ↗ said earlier is separate from our

25:16 ↗ operating budget but really really

25:18 ↗ important to our work and quite frankly

25:21 ↗ really important to a lot of the

25:22 ↗ interaction that you all have um and and

25:26 ↗ provide us advisory guid on as the park

25:30 ↗ board these are the proposed additions

25:33 ↗ to the capital budget many of these

25:35 ↗ projects you're familiar with we've

25:37 ↗ talked about them um as as the newly

25:39 ↗ adopted Park system plan really helped

25:42 ↗ to inform what our 2025 2026 requests

25:45 ↗ are I I think you'll be pleased to see

25:49 ↗ um some of our top priorities Tietz

25:51 ↗ Valley Park and beginning to do some

25:53 ↗ conceptual planning and some real

25:55 ↗ important environmental review of that

25:57 ↗ of that site we have funding for in 2526

26:00 ↗ so that will mean kiing off some public

26:03 ↗ engagement I Robin can touch on that a

26:05 ↗ little bit more uh when we talk work

26:08 ↗ plan um update next um also in terms of

26:12 ↗ of some important projects we've talked

26:14 ↗ about Central Park pad two if you're

26:16 ↗ familiar with pad two with that that is

26:19 ↗ the existing pad that has the two grass

26:22 ↗ baseball fields um very very poor

26:25 ↗ condition soil conditions so we want to

26:28 ↗ do a renovation of that um space to

26:32 ↗ increase capacity Athletic Field

26:34 ↗ capacity if you remember big big goal of

26:36 ↗ ours in the park system plan how do we

26:39 ↗ rather than building a bunch of new

26:40 ↗ Fields elsewhere let's let's increase

26:42 ↗ the capacity of what we what we have um

26:45 ↗ are two really really big projects on

26:47 ↗ trail projects East Sunset Trail Head

26:49 ↗ improvements um East Sunset Trail head

26:51 ↗ is a very very popular trail head at the

26:53 ↗ really a Gateway from Oldtown up into

26:56 ↗ West Tiger Mountain uh so this would be

26:58 ↗ improvements that would look at um

27:01 ↗ improved Paving surfacing um adding a

27:04 ↗ restroom adding some really important

27:06 ↗ support facilities to that very popular

27:08 ↗ trail head um you'll notice a couple of

27:11 ↗ these um projects are identified as

27:13 ↗ programs I think I've highlighted this

27:15 ↗ in in Prior years but um important to

27:19 ↗ note that we've added these Capital

27:20 ↗ programs into our our Capital uh budget

27:24 ↗ uh these are programs for really ongoing

27:27 ↗ Investments

27:28 ↗ um ongoing commitment to parks and open

27:31 ↗ space acquisition um in the future years

27:36 ↗ playground equipment replacement we've

27:37 ↗ taken all 11 of our um um Play Systems

27:42 ↗ throughout the park system and put those

27:43 ↗ on a life cycle and realize those age

27:46 ↗ out and we need to make sure we have

27:48 ↗ funding

27:49 ↗ to change those out from a safety and a

27:52 ↗ just a functionality uh purpose Park

27:56 ↗ amenity life cycle replacement program

27:58 ↗ this is really looking at all of our

28:00 ↗ amenities for benches and trash cans and

28:02 ↗ again just all that stuff that is

28:05 ↗ essential to a park system that again

28:07 ↗ gets old and tired it needs to be

28:10 ↗ swapped out and then an irrigation

28:12 ↗ replacement program as well um it's a

28:15 ↗ really important system that we don't

28:16 ↗ see uh but provides some really really

28:20 ↗ important operational elements

28:23 ↗ to to the system the last project or

28:27 ↗ Trail repair program that's that's the

28:29 ↗ other program that's really intended for

28:31 ↗ how are we making sure our existing and

28:34 ↗ the assets and the amenities within our

28:36 ↗ existing Trails um as those age out in

28:40 ↗ life cycle that we're keeping the trail

28:42 ↗ system um fresh the three Trails um

28:47 ↗ Crossing asphalt art installation that's

28:49 ↗ a that's a really long word or long

28:52 ↗ title I should say for um I think we've

28:55 ↗ talked about this with the team but um

28:58 ↗ um really good timing in that um we've

29:01 ↗ just adopted a park plan um we're sort

29:05 ↗ of you know how we want to begin to

29:07 ↗ Brand Creeks to Peaks uh what the three

29:09 ↗ Trails Crossing area is is on Gilman

29:12 ↗ Boulevard where the East Lake Camis

29:14 ↗ trail ends and the Rainer Trail joins it

29:18 ↗ U also the Juniper Trail which is a

29:20 ↗ really really key East West Trail

29:22 ↗ connection all converge on that

29:25 ↗ intersection you may notice when you're

29:27 ↗ driving on it's a scramble intersection

29:30 ↗ which

29:30 ↗ means all traffic stops always and

29:33 ↗ people can go always pedestrians can go

29:36 ↗ always but it's it's not really marked

29:39 ↗ well it doesn't necessarily feel safe

29:40 ↗ for pedestrians so we want to do what

29:43 ↗ some other cities have done and really

29:46 ↗ do an art installation so I've Robin

29:48 ↗ worked closely with Amy and um really

29:53 ↗ provide better public or better

29:55 ↗ pedestrian safety um uh provide a fun

29:58 ↗ sort of whimsical way to call out those

30:00 ↗ Trails a little bit better um and do it

30:03 ↗ in a way and perhaps a theme that um

30:05 ↗ introduces Creeks to Peaks um as as a

30:08 ↗ bit of a vision so um small relatively

30:11 ↗ small investment could be but could be a

30:12 ↗ really timely and and impactful um

30:18 ↗ project curiosity are there like

30:20 ↗ visualizations what that is yet or is it

30:22 ↗ still like put together because I use

30:24 ↗ that intersection all the time we go to

30:25 ↗ the we do Grand there a lot so so no

30:29 ↗ nothing formal I would say well um we're

30:35 ↗ also going to be asking for some

30:37 ↗ legislative dollars um through the State

30:39 ↗ Legislative agenda to S of roll out and

30:43 ↗ introduce Creeks to Peaks um I think in

30:45 ↗ the coming months we will have um at

30:49 ↗ least some ideas and concepts of of what

30:51 ↗ that starts to look like um if you look

30:53 ↗ up

30:55 ↗ um where the Brookings Institute or look

30:58 ↗ up um street art or um you know

31:02 ↗ crosswalk art you'll see some really

31:05 ↗ cool examples that other other cities

31:07 ↗ have done not to say exactly what ours

31:10 ↗ is going to look like

31:12 ↗ but if you could picture Paul or any of

31:14 ↗ you as you've been

31:16 ↗ there the The Crossings themselves I

31:19 ↗ think we're going to be relatively

31:20 ↗ limited of what we can do in the right

31:22 ↗ away um just from a durability

31:25 ↗ standpoint but think of the

31:29 ↗ um The Landing areas at each of those as

31:31 ↗ a canvas and a really cool opportunity

31:34 ↗ to to create some really colorful art

31:38 ↗ so love to we'll definitely share share

31:41 ↗ with you as that starts to feel real and

31:44 ↗ come comes together the last one just so

31:46 ↗ you know transfer from general fund for

31:49 ↗ Turf replacement fund um you may recall

31:52 ↗ I think I've touched on this before this

31:54 ↗ is well I got here in 2016 I want to

31:58 ↗ 2017 or 2018 we worked with city council

32:01 ↗ and created a Turf replacement program

32:03 ↗ where 50% of the revenue we earn on our

32:06 ↗ Synthetic Turf Fields goes into the

32:09 ↗ capital program um so that it will help

32:12 ↗ us replace that Synthetic Turf knowing

32:15 ↗ probably every 10 11 years we need to

32:18 ↗ replace the carpet um if you will on the

32:21 ↗ top of that Synthetic Turf so this is a

32:23 ↗ way that current user fees could help um

32:27 ↗ it with that Capital replacement and

32:30 ↗ then 50% of those revenues stay in our

32:32 ↗ operating budget uh to help with the

32:35 ↗ maintenance um of of those of those

32:37 ↗ Synthetic Turf

32:39 ↗ Fields so that's kind of an example of

32:41 ↗ transfers in in and out

32:43 ↗ and things

32:46 ↗ moving so next slide I think yeah um I

32:53 ↗ highlighted this a little earlier in the

32:55 ↗ introduction some continued budget

32:57 ↗ deliberation

32:58 ↗ um we just had ours on November 12th

33:01 ↗ November 18th will be the next budget

33:03 ↗ deliberation um November 25th is the

33:06 ↗ next Council regular meeting where

33:08 ↗ they'll adopt the property tax rate um

33:12 ↗ which by State Statute is limited to

33:14 ↗ only 1% or less um so it's that's not a

33:18 ↗ it's not a a huge controversial uh topic

33:22 ↗ all that much um but that property tax

33:24 ↗ adoption takes place on the 25th and

33:26 ↗ then final budget deliberations there in

33:29 ↗ early December with a likely adoption

33:32 ↗ middle of

33:35 ↗ December so thank you for giving me the

33:38 ↗ chance to just give you a bit of an

33:40 ↗ overview a hard

33:41 ↗ budget as I said earlier scarcity mode

33:44 ↗ is is is just scarcity budgets are

33:47 ↗ really really hard um but I I I I don't

33:52 ↗ mean to put a rose-colored glasses on

33:54 ↗ this but I I think as a department we

33:57 ↗ want position ourselves and know that

33:58 ↗ there's still really really important

34:00 ↗ work to be done in 25 26 and Years be

34:03 ↗ Beyond so we want to make sure

34:06 ↗ organizationally we are positioned to

34:08 ↗ still continue to do that

34:11 ↗ um without with with also understanding

34:14 ↗ some of our levels of service in park

34:16 ↗ maintenance some of our levels of

34:17 ↗ service and Recreation programs will be

34:20 ↗ will be reduced we're not going to be as

34:22 ↗ Nimble um as as and agile agile as we've

34:26 ↗ we've been and some of the more recent

34:30 ↗ years might be more for me look at the

34:32 ↗ City Council meetings stuff like that

34:34 ↗ I'm just curious if they how they're

34:36 ↗ addressing how it fell short and

34:38 ↗ offsetting in next year assume they are

34:40 ↗ obviously but it's

34:42 ↗ just yeah great question I again I I'll

34:45 ↗ put it in my Parks director terms um I

34:47 ↗ think one of the the biggest um sort of

34:51 ↗ how did we get here moments was how the

34:55 ↗ city has um managed um construction

34:59 ↗ sales tax right so if you sales tax

35:02 ↗ comes in different forms right

35:05 ↗ um when we shop at Target and REI right

35:09 ↗ that's um consumer sales tax that's

35:12 ↗ fairly steady Costco right that's been a

35:15 ↗ fairly steady stream construction sales

35:17 ↗ tax so as big construction projects

35:19 ↗ happen there's sales tax there um as you

35:22 ↗ can imagine they're I mean we're

35:24 ↗ probably coming out of 20 years of

35:26 ↗ pretty consistent construction happening

35:29 ↗ in isaka um I think as we look ahead in

35:32 ↗ the future that might not be quite as

35:35 ↗ steady um and so I I think as policy

35:39 ↗ both finance and administration and

35:41 ↗ Council are looking at how do we lessen

35:44 ↗ our Reliance on construction sales tax

35:46 ↗ and maybe do we consider that one-time

35:49 ↗ revenue and maybe that shouldn't go into

35:52 ↗ onetime or that shouldn't go into

35:54 ↗ ongoing operational costs that should go

35:56 ↗ into maybe one time

35:58 ↗ Capital type Investments so it's a I

36:01 ↗ think a big takeaway um from the budget

36:06 ↗ process this budget situation

36:11 ↗ Tim yeah thank you actually you just

36:13 ↗ answered the first part of my question

36:16 ↗ uh which was kind of how did we get here

36:17 ↗ the second part is uh I don't know if I

36:21 ↗ missed it but do you have any kind of

36:25 ↗ action plan in place to try TR to

36:28 ↗ increase Revenue um beyond what we've

36:31 ↗ been getting and uh you know what what

36:34 ↗ does that look like you know I don't

36:35 ↗ know if increasing fees or what have you

36:38 ↗ might reduce usage but you know cutting

36:43 ↗ expenditures is one part of the process

36:45 ↗ increasing revenue is another and you

36:48 ↗ know what are the options

36:50 ↗ there well thank you for asking the

36:52 ↗ question Tim because you're right I

36:54 ↗ didn't go into too many details but part

36:56 ↗ of that absorbing million dollar general

36:58 ↗ fund impact is also increasing revenues

37:01 ↗ so right I mean as we look at that as I

37:04 ↗ was saying earlier that net investment

37:06 ↗ of six and a half million down to five

37:08 ↗ and a half million one way that we are

37:10 ↗ going to

37:11 ↗ be achieving that net is um and we want

37:14 ↗ to be careful with this but we are

37:16 ↗ proposing an increase in revenues of

37:18 ↗ about $200,000 a year um that will be

37:22 ↗ earning both through a combination of

37:24 ↗ increased fees um how we do some program

37:27 ↗ in um how we look at swim lessons at the

37:30 ↗ pool uh for example U just a number of

37:33 ↗ those areas that we've seen increased

37:35 ↗ demand um and opportunity to to generate

37:38 ↗ additional revenues yes that's part of

37:40 ↗ our proposed

37:45 ↗ budget that answer your question

37:49 ↗ Tim Yes actually uh it helps a lot uh

37:54 ↗ and I I you know I don't know if this is

37:56 ↗ the right place to fit this in but there

37:58 ↗ was all the discussion and planning

38:02 ↗ around the expansion of the pool and you

38:05 ↗ just mentioned the pool uh and it's

38:07 ↗ obviously a busy place

38:11 ↗ um was there money that was set aside to

38:15 ↗ help uh take next steps in terms of the

38:17 ↗ pool expansion that maybe got cut or is

38:21 ↗ that not affected how how does that liay

38:24 ↗ yeah good question that that's not

38:25 ↗ affected by our operating budget so the

38:27 ↗ pool Expansion Project is really still

38:29 ↗ been a um a capital um project in idea a

38:35 ↗ little bit of I guess an update since

38:36 ↗ you asked um really the the that's going

38:40 ↗ to be a very complex funding strategy to

38:42 ↗ make that happen I think as I've shared

38:44 ↗ earlier the first sort of step in that

38:47 ↗ in that funding strategy was the School

38:49 ↗ District bond so a portion of funding

38:52 ↗ about $10 million um um within that that

38:56 ↗ Bond was to be sort of the first funding

38:58 ↗ in for that potential pool expansion um

39:02 ↗ that Bond measure failed uh so um

39:07 ↗ that pool expansion idea is still alive

39:10 ↗ and kicking um I think as we continue to

39:13 ↗ work with the school district and see

39:15 ↗ what their plans are um uh we had lined

39:18 ↗ up sort of a a sequence of other funds

39:21 ↗ that once we got that first funding in

39:23 ↗ would would um seek to try and begin

39:26 ↗ matching there's some King County um

39:29 ↗ aquatic funding that we would uh seek

39:31 ↗ and go for some State funding that we

39:34 ↗ would go for uh we've been working with

39:36 ↗ a friends of group uh for forming a

39:39 ↗ friends of group that would begin to

39:40 ↗ seek some private funding so um I think

39:43 ↗ all of that is still a high potential

39:46 ↗ but um sort of on hold until we get a

39:49 ↗ better understanding of um what the

39:51 ↗ school district's next plans are I'd

39:54 ↗ also note that you know a a big impetus

39:57 ↗ you might remember this even when we

39:58 ↗ started the feasibility study a couple

40:00 ↗ years ago was really trying to not be

40:03 ↗ flat-footed uh should a fourth High

40:05 ↗ School be built how do we make sure we

40:08 ↗ have uh the needed capacity um the

40:11 ↗ needed additional water um to try and

40:15 ↗ absorb um absorb that need so you know

40:19 ↗ as of now with the school bond failure

40:22 ↗ um there's no plans in place for that

40:24 ↗ fourth High School um at this point

40:25 ↗ either so um stay tuned we'll we'll keep

40:28 ↗ working with um the school

40:31 ↗ district okay thanks

40:38 ↗ Jeff so thank you one one last I guess

40:41 ↗ comment I would make and just a I guess

40:44 ↗ a general note I will I will try not to

40:46 ↗ do this on too big of a soap box but you

40:48 ↗ know

40:50 ↗ um city council really relies on its

40:53 ↗ resence for understanding the community

40:55 ↗ priorities

40:58 ↗ and I would just encourage you and maybe

41:01 ↗ as we're thinking of work plan in

41:03 ↗ 2526 um as we're thinking of years ahead

41:06 ↗ how do you as a Park Board how do you as

41:09 ↗ individual residents um if you want to

41:12 ↗ make sure your elected officials

41:15 ↗ um understand the priority that the park

41:18 ↗ system is and that Recreation programs

41:20 ↗ are and that the Arts are or whatever

41:22 ↗ you are not trying to put words in your

41:23 ↗ mouth but you know if that's a real

41:25 ↗ priority to this community and live a

41:27 ↗ ility of this community I think it's

41:29 ↗ really important and I I can't I can't

41:31 ↗ overemphasize the importance of your

41:33 ↗ elected officials hearing from residents

41:36 ↗ that that's a priority they hear it from

41:38 ↗ us all the time but we're we're we're

41:40 ↗ the We're The Hired Guns we're we're

41:42 ↗ paid staff I think they value US they

41:44 ↗ trust us but we don't carry the same

41:46 ↗ weight our voice isn't the same weight

41:48 ↗ as yours as residents and so um just as

41:52 ↗ we look ahead and think ahead I I would

41:54 ↗ love to partner with you we as staff

41:56 ↗ would love to um assist you in any way

41:59 ↗ in just making sure that that voice is

42:03 ↗ heard um by the by the electeds I don't

42:06 ↗ think that and I don't I don't say that

42:08 ↗ as a oh my gosh we missed it and that's

42:10 ↗ why we're in this circum it's not that

42:12 ↗ at all it's it's more just a look

42:15 ↗ ahead because I know I know these

42:19 ↗ Investments um into the park system into

42:22 ↗ Rec programs into the Arts are are a big

42:26 ↗ priority of this community we hear it

42:28 ↗ all the time

42:30 ↗ so thanks thanks for being parkboard

42:41 ↗ members okay so to the next item is the

42:45 ↗ parkboard work plan also presented by

42:48 ↗ Jeff wng yeah I'm actually going to save

42:51 ↗ my voice a little bit and S is is

42:55 ↗ putting it up um I think all three of us

42:57 ↗ will sort of tag team this but um I

43:00 ↗ guess just as a as a ways of of

43:02 ↗ introduction um again hats off to STi

43:06 ↗ for creating this template um this is

43:09 ↗ you're familiar with this now as as

43:11 ↗ we've been doing it using this the last

43:14 ↗ couple years um consider this sort of a

43:16 ↗ very first draft as we have the 2526

43:20 ↗ proposed budget now in front of us uh

43:23 ↗ We've populated this in just sort of a a

43:25 ↗ draft fashion uh we obviously haven't

43:28 ↗ set dates or priorities but just want to

43:30 ↗ I think introduce this begin to have a

43:33 ↗ discussion hear what your priorities are

43:36 ↗ um so as we're sort of thinking through

43:37 ↗ our workflow and Cadence we're also

43:39 ↗ hearing your voice in what you would

43:42 ↗ like to tackle or really focus on um in

43:45 ↗ 25 um 26

43:49 ↗ so thanks yeah yeah so um I'm not sure

43:54 ↗ how many of you had time to sort of

43:56 ↗ review this before the meeting but I

43:58 ↗ wanted to to look through all of these

44:00 ↗ items together as a group um and there

44:04 ↗ is some space for you know if there's

44:07 ↗ Clarity needed on any of these items if

44:10 ↗ any of these feel like hey that might be

44:12 ↗ a little bit too much for us to tackle

44:14 ↗ all of these in this next year um and

44:17 ↗ some space for the opportunity for some

44:19 ↗ other things if there's something that

44:21 ↗ we sort of missed um so I have put this

44:25 ↗ together based on you know some of our

44:27 ↗ discussions that we've been having at

44:29 ↗ our meetings over this last year um some

44:32 ↗ of the information that has come out of

44:34 ↗ our Park system Plan update and some

44:36 ↗ work that we've kind of identified um

44:39 ↗ and then of course it's added on to um

44:43 ↗ those capital projects that Jeff went

44:45 ↗ over in that last slide sort of of the

44:47 ↗ budget so what we know is going to be

44:49 ↗ coming um up for us and how much

44:52 ↗ Community impact or or input we're going

44:54 ↗ to need um from you all as our Advisory

44:57 ↗ Board as well um so they're not in any

45:02 ↗ particular order on here they're just

45:04 ↗ kind of how they got put in here um I

45:08 ↗ will say that um this format we utilized

45:11 ↗ this last year for our 2024 work plan um

45:15 ↗ and I want to say we met almost all of

45:18 ↗ those items on that work plan so thank

45:21 ↗ you to all of you for your contributions

45:24 ↗ to that um all of those discussions

45:27 ↗ really you know made a lot of progress

45:29 ↗ in a way that allowed us to miss a

45:32 ↗ couple of meetings even in there um

45:34 ↗ because we were hitting all of our

45:35 ↗ targets for for Action needed and

45:38 ↗ discussion that we're having um you'll

45:40 ↗ see maybe like one or two items that

45:43 ↗ came back on this year um that we just

45:45 ↗ need to sort of finish up you still

45:47 ↗ worked on them but they were always

45:48 ↗ going to need some some further touches

45:51 ↗ um so as you look at this it might feel

45:53 ↗ like a lot but know that you have done a

45:56 ↗ lot already last year um so the first

46:00 ↗ one that I have on here is our level of

46:02 ↗ service guidelines um and so this is

46:05 ↗ directly related to work that was done

46:07 ↗ through the park system Plan update so

46:09 ↗ as you may recall um we looked at

46:12 ↗ updating our level of service to really

46:15 ↗ be a little bit more um qualitative and

46:20 ↗ reviewing all of our parks and how

46:22 ↗ they're really functioning and so we

46:24 ↗ created these criteria that looked at at

46:27 ↗ mainly our big Community Parks um and

46:30 ↗ rated them based on a number of criteria

46:33 ↗ and as we were doing that we

46:36 ↗ realized these criteria don't

46:38 ↗ necessarily meet all of our different

46:40 ↗ Park type classifications and so we need

46:43 ↗ to create probably separate criteria for

46:46 ↗ each of those different Park

46:48 ↗ classifications um so our neighborhood

46:51 ↗ pars for instance or our natural Open

46:53 ↗ Spaces um so they're not all getting

46:55 ↗ rided at at the same

46:57 ↗ um over the same criteria that our

46:59 ↗ community parks are they function very

47:01 ↗ differently um and so part of this work

47:05 ↗ is to look at that um and develop

47:08 ↗ different um parameters for each of

47:10 ↗ those different

47:12 ↗ classifications um and then also looking

47:15 ↗ at how we are reviewing this for Success

47:18 ↗ factors so how are we knowing that this

47:20 ↗ level of service and these criteria are

47:22 ↗ really serving us properly into the

47:25 ↗ future to help us um look at what

47:28 ↗ investments might need to be made made

47:30 ↗ in different Parks um so that will

47:33 ↗ probably be multiple touches definitely

47:36 ↗ led by Robin um in our Park planning

47:40 ↗ department um uh but an opportunity for

47:43 ↗ us to really dive a little bit deeper

47:45 ↗ into those um and hear from you all how

47:49 ↗ you see them currently functioning what

47:52 ↗ you think makes those different parks

47:54 ↗ and park types important um so so that's

47:58 ↗ one of our items for the work plan um

48:01 ↗ and then you'll also see on here Creeks

48:03 ↗ to Peaks so we talked about this a

48:05 ↗ little bit um but we are going to be

48:07 ↗ seeking some funding some State grant

48:10 ↗ funding um to start looking at some

48:14 ↗ possible iconography branding for that

48:17 ↗ Creeks to Peaks and and identifying how

48:19 ↗ we can

48:21 ↗ um add that to all of our throughout our

48:25 ↗ Park system um including maybe some like

48:28 ↗ ballards and signs and plaques things

48:31 ↗ that might get added to our already um

48:34 ↗ um updated wayfinding projects so our

48:37 ↗ signs and some of our Trail Ballers it

48:39 ↗ might be something that has added to our

48:41 ↗ Trail ball um so this work will probably

48:44 ↗ include you know some community outreach

48:46 ↗ reviewing survey results probably

48:48 ↗ looking at some design element things um

48:51 ↗ it might mean a collaboration with the

48:53 ↗ Arts commission as well um to make sure

48:55 ↗ that that sort of um level is is added

48:59 ↗ in um and then our favorite one here at

49:03 ↗ parkboard is tibits Valley Park

49:05 ↗ revisioning plans um I'm a little sad

49:08 ↗ Marlene's not here to hear this one but

49:11 ↗ this one is definitely on the work plan

49:14 ↗ um the first part of this is really

49:16 ↗ going to be looking at feasibility

49:18 ↗ studies so what what can we do within

49:21 ↗ this park what is going to be possible

49:23 ↗ what might be some potential

49:25 ↗ roadblocks um and and so

49:28 ↗ that review of that looking at some

49:31 ↗ programming options for this large Park

49:34 ↗ an area um and then the next thing will

49:38 ↗ will be community outreach so both of

49:41 ↗ those might not happen immediately in

49:43 ↗ 2025 it might be like the start with the

49:45 ↗ feasibility um and the community

49:47 ↗ outreach might bleed into 2026 but we

49:50 ↗ wanted to have these on here as sort of

49:53 ↗ a placeholder an opportunity look at

49:56 ↗ real quick yeah that feasibility Study

49:59 ↗ word would also include some

50:00 ↗ environmental review just understanding

50:03 ↗ the complexities of that

50:05 ↗ site so you're going to see that in a

50:07 ↗ few of these Park planning projects so

50:09 ↗ this is really like the first step to

50:13 ↗ all of these plans it's not you know the

50:15 ↗ the fun glamorous side of like okay

50:18 ↗ we're just designing a park we have to

50:19 ↗ sort of see you know what that space can

50:22 ↗ really um do and what what the

50:24 ↗ environmental um

50:27 ↗ landscape really has has to offer us um

50:31 ↗ another big one on here Central Park had

50:33 ↗ two Field improvements just mentioned um

50:36 ↗ that space up uh at Central Park those

50:39 ↗ baseball fields really need some

50:41 ↗ revisioning um that will'll also need

50:44 ↗ some phys feasibility study of sort of

50:46 ↗ that drainage um up there and what might

50:49 ↗ be able to be done um and then looking

50:52 ↗ at sort of what those programming

50:53 ↗ options might be um we have talked about

50:57 ↗ this a lot but really looking at

50:59 ↗ multi-use for those field spaces um

51:02 ↗ currently they're two baseball fields

51:04 ↗ they're a little small for most baseball

51:08 ↗ um and so what what can we do within

51:12 ↗ that entire area not just those fields

51:15 ↗ but that whole Cal area up there and

51:18 ↗ make sure that it's

51:25 ↗ multi-use and then this one will be

51:27 ↗ familiar to you all our heritage tree

51:29 ↗ program um so Dan hint has come a couple

51:33 ↗ of times to the board to talk about that

51:36 ↗ program um the parkboard is really it is

51:40 ↗ within your I I don't know if it's the

51:42 ↗ bylaws or if there's a specific city

51:46 ↗ code but there there is language that

51:49 ↗ the park board really oversees that

51:51 ↗ program um to administer it and so um

51:55 ↗ this will

51:57 ↗ sort of bringing that all back to really

52:00 ↗ finalize what that criteria is what the

52:03 ↗ application process is what the review

52:05 ↗ process is and your involvement in that

52:09 ↗ so I think we're in a really good place

52:11 ↗ with that Dan has like a pretty good

52:13 ↗ framework and so this is really just

52:14 ↗ Landing the plane and then being able to

52:16 ↗ reopen that program for

52:20 ↗ nominations um and then of course there

52:23 ↗ will be some other um sort of up updates

52:26 ↗ on our ongoing capital projects so um

52:30 ↗ this is the fun for Robin of you know

52:34 ↗ we've got Hillside park on the way that

52:36 ↗ we'll be finishing up in

52:38 ↗ 2025 we have pedestrian Park and Senior

52:41 ↗ Center plazas that are starting very

52:44 ↗ soon um and we'll be finishing up as

52:48 ↗ well in 2025 and then we have a dog park

52:51 ↗ that you all have been um a part of that

52:53 ↗ will also be happening in 2025 so this

52:56 ↗ is just sort of an opportunity to come

52:58 ↗ back and talk to you all about sort of

53:01 ↗ where we are and the process for all of

53:03 ↗ those um and being able to celebrate

53:05 ↗ those those projects as they

53:08 ↗ finish and then celebrate we will I know

53:12 ↗ for sure um and then um this is a a

53:16 ↗ pretty big one but one that we have been

53:19 ↗ talking about a little bit as a

53:21 ↗ department um but uh the isqua municipal

53:25 ↗ code has different chapters within it

53:28 ↗ that are um sort of overseen by the

53:32 ↗ various

53:33 ↗ departments um and they help us you know

53:37 ↗ review codes and regulations for how our

53:40 ↗ spaces or or functions are used um the

53:45 ↗ parks Parks did not have a chapter

53:47 ↗ within that isqua Municipal Code um

53:50 ↗ there are Park

53:52 ↗ elements the code in different areas and

53:55 ↗ some land use and in some other areas um

53:58 ↗ and so this will really be a a large

54:01 ↗ sort of review of all of those pulling

54:04 ↗ all of those little sparse Park elements

54:07 ↗ putting them together in one chapter and

54:09 ↗ adding some additional um codes and

54:12 ↗ regulations that we really need to make

54:14 ↗ sure that our parks are functioning well

54:16 ↗ and that there are clear rules for use

54:19 ↗ for those spaces um so that one's going

54:22 ↗ to be a very big project it's also going

54:25 ↗ to be a very policy heavy um project so

54:29 ↗ there will likely be lots of code review

54:34 ↗ and sort of revisions um we will likely

54:37 ↗ go to um the planning policy Commission

54:41 ↗ because they also review sort of any

54:43 ↗ code changes um and then be taking that

54:47 ↗ to to city council um so any of our new

54:51 ↗ code and additions will'll have that I

54:53 ↗ don't know how many of you all were here

54:55 ↗ through the Title

54:57 ↗ 18 um revisions that that just happened

55:01 ↗ that was a pretty lengthy process to

55:03 ↗ update that section um and that the team

55:06 ↗ that that spearheaded that went to

55:08 ↗ multiple boards and commissions so like

55:10 ↗ that the park chapter will also go to

55:12 ↗ multiple boards and commissions for

55:14 ↗ review as we're doing that work um this

55:17 ↗ will definitely be a start in

55:20 ↗ 2025 not GNA commit us to finishing that

55:23 ↗ in 2025 but um definitely a big chunk to

55:28 ↗ start there I could just add to

55:29 ↗ something thank you for that overview

55:31 ↗ yeah this has been something that we've

55:33 ↗ wanted to it it's a gap that we've known

55:36 ↗ about for a number of years um and it's

55:38 ↗ not an easy Endeavor but it's really

55:40 ↗ really important um a lot of cities most

55:44 ↗ cities um do have a a Parks chapter that

55:47 ↗ sort of consolidates all these General

55:49 ↗ park rules you know you would see and

55:52 ↗ and and I think by consolidating it we

55:54 ↗ would also get a better understanding of

55:56 ↗ there's some gaps in our code that we

55:58 ↗ don't address right

56:01 ↗ um how do we how do we Steward electric

56:05 ↗ bikes on our trails ebikes and as an

56:09 ↗ example how do we address um

56:13 ↗ encroachments um onto property right

56:17 ↗ where private private Residential

56:19 ↗ Properties creep into our open space um

56:23 ↗ we we need some stronger language we

56:25 ↗ need some code that that gives us

56:28 ↗ guidance um and Clarity on on some of

56:30 ↗ that really important stuff those are

56:31 ↗ just two two examples of um a number of

56:36 ↗ topics and I think Asanti says as we go

56:38 ↗ into this this is this is going to

56:40 ↗ require some really important Community

56:41 ↗ conversation and some really important

56:44 ↗ um perspectives not just from you but

56:46 ↗ from other boards and commissions um as

56:49 ↗ as that gets crafted but it's time it's

56:52 ↗ it's really really

56:53 ↗ needed yeah um and then also on here

56:57 ↗ you'll see the public art projects the

57:00 ↗ um Trail Crossing that we just talked

57:02 ↗ about is is one of those items that will

57:05 ↗ be coming back we'll have um Amy Dukes

57:09 ↗ come and and do sort of a joint meeting

57:11 ↗ potentially with the Arts commission to

57:13 ↗ to sort of showcase what that project

57:15 ↗ how that's uh shaping up and what that's

57:17 ↗ going to look like um and then uh we

57:22 ↗ will be heading into another six-year CI

57:26 ↗ key process as a city um so that's our

57:30 ↗ Capital

57:32 ↗ Improvement plan

57:35 ↗ plan a

57:38 ↗ program um so our Capital Improvement

57:41 ↗ programs and and projects and that's

57:43 ↗ really um where our our longer term

57:47 ↗ capital projects are identified and sort

57:50 ↗ of prioritized and looked at um Citywide

57:53 ↗ so not just Parks but all of the other

57:56 ↗ departments and divisions at the city

57:58 ↗ sort of put this big plan together it

58:00 ↗ gets updated um we have one currently

58:03 ↗ that's how how the funding actually gets

58:07 ↗ um sort of um triaged down um and so we

58:12 ↗ will have an update for this the next

58:15 ↗ six-year process um and what what

58:18 ↗ projects get sort of added into that

58:20 ↗ will be dictated through some of the

58:22 ↗ work that we've already done with the um

58:24 ↗ Park system plan um but there will be a

58:27 ↗ couple of touches um for that process

58:30 ↗ coming in 2025 you may recall that sixe

58:34 ↗ CIP gets updated every two years so next

58:38 ↗ year will be the the next update of that

58:42 ↗ yeah and that's sort of our

58:45 ↗ main work projects items to be bringing

58:49 ↗ to you all as a board that will come

58:51 ↗ sort of under our regular business

58:53 ↗ section of the meetings um I wanted to

58:57 ↗ to have an opportunity here for space

59:00 ↗ for either questions about the items

59:02 ↗ that are on there now um and opportunity

59:05 ↗ for if there's anything that you feel

59:07 ↗ like is missing from there that you'd

59:09 ↗ like to see

59:11 ↗ added okay this is first draft yeah so

59:14 ↗ are you asking us to start giving you

59:17 ↗ suggestions for when we want the touches

59:19 ↗ to be for each of these items we could

59:22 ↗ we did a little early for that or it's

59:24 ↗ probably a little early for the time

59:26 ↗ line stuff I would love to hear what

59:27 ↗ your thoughts are on timeline um because

59:30 ↗ I mean some of it is going to depend on

59:32 ↗ sort of us and our own work plans of

59:36 ↗ when we think we're actually going to

59:37 ↗ have the time to tackle these items and

59:39 ↗ then when they will be ready to actually

59:41 ↗ bring to the board um but I'd love to

59:43 ↗ hear if you have ideas for for

59:46 ↗ timeline that speaks to the priorities

59:48 ↗ right yeah well I think some of the

59:52 ↗ things I was thinking about um were okay

59:55 ↗ so we have this Capital project

59:57 ↗ prioritization which sounds like

59:59 ↗ something that I think everybody would

1:00:00 ↗ want to get into to make sure that

1:00:03 ↗ things that board feels are important or

1:00:06 ↗ prioritize um but we may not really be

1:00:08 ↗ able to do that right away if we're

1:00:11 ↗ waiting on you know a broader uh CIP

1:00:14 ↗ document to be generated or sort of led

1:00:18 ↗ by um Finance Finance not necessarily

1:00:22 ↗ our department we'll get a sense of when

1:00:24 ↗ that sixe CIP process kicks off

1:00:26 ↗ typically it's probably into first

1:00:28 ↗ quarter second quarter is my guess so

1:00:32 ↗ um but but a great Point Chris I once we

1:00:35 ↗ know that timeline I think having at

1:00:37 ↗ least a preliminary conversation with

1:00:39 ↗ you all before we're in it would be

1:00:42 ↗ helpful that's what I'm hearing you say

1:00:44 ↗ yeah and then same similar or similarly

1:00:46 ↗ with the municipal code you know the

1:00:48 ↗ part chapter um you know what work has

1:00:52 ↗ been done today on that if anything

1:00:57 ↗ other than maybe a lot of a lot of

1:00:59 ↗ conversation with City attorney a lot of

1:01:01 ↗ conversation about okay how would we go

1:01:03 ↗ about tackling this right so I think

1:01:05 ↗ it's more framing conversation is where

1:01:10 ↗ we haven't been haven't been building

1:01:12 ↗ anything

1:01:13 ↗ yet there samples I guess another you

1:01:16 ↗ know another part of that has been hey

1:01:18 ↗ we don't have to invent this from

1:01:19 ↗ scratch as well right have how to other

1:01:23 ↗ jurisdictions handle their Parks chapter

1:01:25 ↗ and then do we consolidate all these

1:01:27 ↗ things within our code we've started to

1:01:30 ↗ again thinking about that so we still

1:01:33 ↗ have do we still have to we you still

1:01:36 ↗ have to gather up all the bits and

1:01:38 ↗ pieces that are distributed throughout

1:01:39 ↗ the rest of the code yes y all that

1:01:42 ↗ works is yet to be yet to be done

1:01:48 ↗ y that seems to push us to page one as

1:01:52 ↗ the items that we can start on earlier

1:01:58 ↗ K hi yeah I had to step away for a

1:02:02 ↗ moment so I don't know if I missed it or

1:02:04 ↗ not but what I'm

1:02:06 ↗ wondering uh as we look at this like

1:02:09 ↗ work

1:02:11 ↗ plan I'm I'm looking for projects that

1:02:15 ↗ we're kind of Midstream on you know

1:02:19 ↗ Hillside Park uh pedestrian Park uh and

1:02:23 ↗ also is that where just ongoing Capital

1:02:25 ↗ project

1:02:26 ↗ would that fall underneath there and uh

1:02:29 ↗ do you have those that are kind of you

1:02:32 ↗ know already started but not complete uh

1:02:36 ↗ the status of those and how that might

1:02:38 ↗ be impacted by you know this future

1:02:41 ↗ planning yeah yeah so that ongoing

1:02:44 ↗ Capital project item that's on there is

1:02:47 ↗ is meant to capture that so an update on

1:02:49 ↗ Hillside Park um that we'll be finishing

1:02:52 ↗ in 2025 an update on where we are once

1:02:55 ↗ we start pedestrian Park and Senior

1:02:57 ↗ Center plazas that will also be

1:02:59 ↗ finishing in 2025 and then the dog park

1:03:02 ↗ um will also be one of those items that

1:03:05 ↗ will sort of come back as an update um

1:03:08 ↗ and then an opportunity for uh our sort

1:03:11 ↗ of ribbon cutting and celebrations that

1:03:14 ↗ will be happening for all of those parts

1:03:16 ↗ once they're complete so that's what

1:03:18 ↗ that item is

1:03:21 ↗ for okay that makes sense thank you

1:03:29 ↗ anyone else feel like there's anything I

1:03:32 ↗ guess missing in our discussions that

1:03:35 ↗ we've been having of hey this will come

1:03:38 ↗ back to the board and you feel like it

1:03:42 ↗ hasn't yeah um we have any projects that

1:03:46 ↗ are not under construction but that

1:03:49 ↗ are in sort of the design phase or you

1:03:52 ↗ know planning and design phase because

1:03:54 ↗ we have the ongoing Capital Pro projects

1:03:56 ↗ is that where they would fall I guess

1:03:58 ↗ that is the only thing that we have

1:04:00 ↗ currently is the dog park so the reer

1:04:02 ↗ trail dog park is f the design is

1:04:06 ↗ finalized um but we haven't taken it we

1:04:08 ↗ haven't submitted it for permits yet

1:04:11 ↗ there was some um additional sort of um

1:04:15 ↗ regulation that we needed to just sort

1:04:17 ↗ of button up some environmental review

1:04:19 ↗ that needed to happen for that

1:04:20 ↗ additional studies we did with K

1:04:22 ↗ planning and developments but yeah

1:04:26 ↗ yeah so and just to finish that thread

1:04:30 ↗ with the the budget reductions and the

1:04:32 ↗ resizing of Park planning we um we're

1:04:36 ↗ going to hold off on submitting that

1:04:38 ↗ application that permit application till

1:04:40 ↗ we get Farther Along we wrap up Hillside

1:04:42 ↗ Park we get pedestrian Park um Senior

1:04:45 ↗ Center farther into construction before

1:04:48 ↗ we start that cycle

1:04:50 ↗ so

1:04:52 ↗ right we don't have multiple BS and

1:04:55 ↗ multiple construction companies that

1:04:57 ↗ Robin has to manage let's let's be let's

1:05:01 ↗ be smart and realistic with

1:05:07 ↗ with but yeah those are

1:05:09 ↗ still in in the works on the plan that

1:05:12 ↗ funding has not been you know changed in

1:05:15 ↗ any way so this we still be moving

1:05:20 ↗ forward the draft looks great

1:05:24 ↗ great thank you no that's good to know

1:05:27 ↗ that it feels like at the right the

1:05:28 ↗ right level and the right that we're

1:05:30 ↗ hitting all the right Marks here um and

1:05:32 ↗ then just a couple of administrative

1:05:33 ↗ items you know we'll continue to review

1:05:36 ↗ this work plan quarterly um making sure

1:05:38 ↗ that we're sort of checking the boxes

1:05:40 ↗ hey this item is going to be you know

1:05:42 ↗ maybe later and moving those things off

1:05:44 ↗ of the work plan if as we know as we get

1:05:46 ↗ further into the year um and then

1:05:49 ↗ election of officers in may we will have

1:05:53 ↗ um a recruitment cycle for for new

1:05:56 ↗ members coming up um in February and

1:05:59 ↗ March um and those positions um we do

1:06:02 ↗ have a few positions that will be ending

1:06:05 ↗ in April of

1:06:07 ↗ 2025 um and so those as those vacancies

1:06:10 ↗ um open up if people are interested in

1:06:13 ↗ in continuing on the board and

1:06:15 ↗ reapplying to stay in those positions

1:06:17 ↗ that will be an opportunity um and then

1:06:19 ↗ we will have sort of new members um if

1:06:22 ↗ we have any new members starting in May

1:06:24 ↗ and so we'll do elction for chair and

1:06:26 ↗ vice chair positions again um and then

1:06:30 ↗ uh just a couple

1:06:32 ↗ of just a couple of items for sort of

1:06:35 ↗ our Recreation and park operations

1:06:37 ↗ Department to sort of come and give

1:06:38 ↗ updates throughout the year um those

1:06:40 ↗ have always been sort of um nice

1:06:43 ↗ additions for the board to sort of hear

1:06:45 ↗ from those groups um so yeah that's

1:06:50 ↗ that's pretty much the work plan um we

1:06:52 ↗ will start working on sort of the timing

1:06:55 ↗ and and Cadence of when these things

1:06:57 ↗ will fill in likely we'll fill in sort

1:07:00 ↗ of first and second quarter and then

1:07:02 ↗ sort of leave third and fourth quarter a

1:07:03 ↗ little bit open um and that'll just be

1:07:06 ↗ based on our own work plan so um in

1:07:08 ↗ December we'll be doing that work um to

1:07:11 ↗ sort of figure out the timing for this

1:07:12 ↗ and we'll share that at

1:07:15 ↗ our January

1:07:17 ↗ meeting so with that I will stop sharing

1:07:22 ↗ this

1:07:23 ↗ item and

1:07:26 ↗ thank

1:07:27 ↗ you

1:07:30 ↗ thanks okay with that then we move on to

1:07:33 ↗ reports do you have a director's report

1:07:35 ↗ or uh yeah I suppose a few items I I

1:07:39 ↗ want to touch on

1:07:42 ↗ um capital projects uh I think we we

1:07:46 ↗ highlighted these um a little more

1:07:49 ↗ specific you're going to notice um some

1:07:51 ↗ signs up some construction notice signs

1:07:53 ↗ up um if you're down on the intersection

1:07:55 ↗ of front and sunset or behind U

1:07:59 ↗ pedestrian park or over by the senior

1:08:01 ↗ center um think we had announced that uh

1:08:05 ↗ that contract was awarded um thank you

1:08:07 ↗ Robin for all your prep and work um

1:08:10 ↗ we're going to have a precon

1:08:12 ↗ preconstruction uh meeting uh next week

1:08:16 ↗ um next Thursday next Thursday to be

1:08:18 ↗ more specific uh so um as we head into

1:08:22 ↗ December we'll see a lot more

1:08:23 ↗ construction activity down there un

1:08:25 ↗ fortunately just so you know it is going

1:08:27 ↗ to mean some disruption namely the

1:08:29 ↗ parking lot that is between City Hall

1:08:32 ↗ and the senior center we've been working

1:08:34 ↗ with our seniors and our senior center

1:08:36 ↗ staff to notify them that parking lot's

1:08:39 ↗ going to need to be closed as part of

1:08:40 ↗ this project um more because of the

1:08:44 ↗ awkward circulation in that parking lot

1:08:46 ↗ and that as the plaza area in front of

1:08:48 ↗ the senior center is worked on and

1:08:52 ↗ expanded um once you're in that parking

1:08:54 ↗ lot there'd be no way to

1:08:56 ↗ to circulate and and get out of it so

1:08:59 ↗ contractor will be using a little of

1:09:01 ↗ that as as M um

1:09:04 ↗ um site so um don't mean to get into all

1:09:07 ↗ those details but construction will will

1:09:09 ↗ create a little bit of disruption in

1:09:11 ↗ Oldtown we're going to do everything we

1:09:13 ↗ can to minimize that as as that project

1:09:16 ↗ gets completed um and the only other

1:09:19 ↗ item I have is is um real quickly um I

1:09:23 ↗ think we've mentioned some of the

1:09:25 ↗ activity happening at samamish Cove Park

1:09:28 ↗ if you're familiar samamish Cove Park is

1:09:30 ↗ right next to Lake samamish State Park a

1:09:33 ↗ big open space area that we own um I

1:09:37 ↗ think if you recall we had mentioned

1:09:39 ↗ that Washington Department of

1:09:41 ↗ Transportation has to do a number of

1:09:43 ↗ fish passage projects Bo say that five

1:09:47 ↗ times fish passage projects um under I90

1:09:52 ↗ um that has meant their interest and

1:09:55 ↗ desire of uh utilizing a portion of

1:09:58 ↗ samamish Cove to do that work um um I

1:10:02 ↗ think we've also mentioned in in Prior

1:10:04 ↗ months um a prior commitment that the

1:10:07 ↗ city made and a development agreement to

1:10:09 ↗ Rally there was a um underground utility

1:10:12 ↗ that was going to be allowed to be done

1:10:15 ↗ with that site um Robin and I have been

1:10:18 ↗ doing a lot of work with both of those

1:10:20 ↗ agencies um we've also done a lot of

1:10:23 ↗ work recently with the recreation

1:10:25 ↗ conservation office which is the state

1:10:27 ↗ um office that provides grants uh for us

1:10:31 ↗ um long story short um I can't remember

1:10:33 ↗ how much I I mentioned this to before

1:10:36 ↗ but um King County when they bought some

1:10:39 ↗ Amish Co Park before it was given to the

1:10:41 ↗ city they utilize some Grant funds um

1:10:44 ↗ long story short we've been working with

1:10:47 ↗ um rco on a conversion um of that

1:10:52 ↗ utility that addition of that utility is

1:10:55 ↗ require a conversion what a conversion

1:10:57 ↗ means is we're going to have to go buy

1:10:58 ↗ some additional Park L to take the place

1:11:01 ↗ of that area so um not to get into all

1:11:05 ↗ the details sorry I'm making a a short

1:11:07 ↗ story long now but um we've gotten U

1:11:11 ↗ good uh feedback and good work with rco

1:11:15 ↗ that conversion process is well on its

1:11:17 ↗ way um and we're aligning that with some

1:11:20 ↗ other strategic acquisition work that we

1:11:23 ↗ we're doing um on number of priority

1:11:26 ↗ Parcels as we've been working on the

1:11:27 ↗ park plan um and we'll be um updating

1:11:32 ↗ city council and executive session on on

1:11:35 ↗ um how all of that sort of comes

1:11:37 ↗ together and aligns um and I think we

1:11:40 ↗ could start to see

1:11:43 ↗ some pretty important Acquisitions begin

1:11:45 ↗ to start to line up um in 25 26 um and

1:11:50 ↗ and the years Beyond but again I because

1:11:53 ↗ they're partial specific I can't I can't

1:11:55 ↗ give you specifics but just to say as I

1:11:59 ↗ was saying earlier in the budget process

1:12:00 ↗ there's some really really important

1:12:02 ↗ work still to be done in in 2025 and

1:12:05 ↗ Beyond and so things are are lining up

1:12:07 ↗ um really well on that

1:12:11 ↗ front thank you I do not have a report

1:12:13 ↗ tonight apologize for things are a

1:12:16 ↗ little hectic yes thanks thanks for

1:12:18 ↗ being here to be here uh any other

1:12:21 ↗ business or

1:12:22 ↗ announcements I do have one regarding

1:12:25 ↗ our uh in well youth Advisory board

1:12:27 ↗ members um so I went and spoke with the

1:12:30 ↗ youth board um a couple weeks ago and I

1:12:33 ↗ have a couple of uh members that are

1:12:35 ↗ interested and so I'll be discussing

1:12:37 ↗ with them that opportunity through

1:12:38 ↗ December and we will potentially have

1:12:41 ↗ some uh youth members joining us in the

1:12:43 ↗ new

1:12:47 ↗ year

1:12:49 ↗ yeah anyone

1:12:52 ↗ else uh okay U then with that I guess

1:12:55 ↗ the meeting oh just one F just a

1:12:57 ↗ reminder that as our November meeting we

1:13:00 ↗ typically don't meet in December yes um

1:13:03 ↗ so um we're to say we're we're so far

1:13:07 ↗ into the you know holidays this was

1:13:09 ↗ likely our last meeting of the year so

1:13:12 ↗ great holiday season we'll see you in

1:13:15 ↗ 2025 again roll up our sleeves lots to

1:13:17 ↗ do if you have questions on budget as as

1:13:20 ↗ the budget adoptions happening um please

1:13:23 ↗ reach out to us um s and I haven't

1:13:26 ↗ talked about this all the way through

1:13:27 ↗ but with that long of an extension

1:13:30 ↗ perhaps there's opportunity to have a

1:13:31 ↗ chance to meet with each of you

1:13:33 ↗ individually and and just sort of check

1:13:34 ↗ in and have a opportunity to connect

1:13:38 ↗ so have a great great holiday

1:13:42 ↗ season quick was that a wave of goodbye

1:13:44 ↗ Tim or or a hand rais okay a wave of

1:13:47 ↗ goodbye all right all right with that

1:13:51 ↗ the meeting is adjourned thank you

1:13:52 ↗ everyone

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