Park Board · Monday, March 23, 2026 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Draft minutes of February 24th, 2026

packet pp.3–10

Previously discussed: Park Board · Feb 24, 2026

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 02-24-26 Park Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board 7:00 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave February 24, 2026 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Park Bond Renewal

Discussion / Action · Jeff Watling · packet pp.11–25

Topics: Parks

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Staff report:

Items • Issaquah Park Bonds - History • Park Bond Renewal proposed timeline • Revenue Opportunities • Potential Project Considerations

5. REPORTS

Director's Report Updated workplan to include Park Bond Renewal

packet pp.27–28

Topics: Parks

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Staff report:

Applicable Strategic Plan Goal Areas 2026 WORKPLAN [WORKING] Proposed Meeting (check all that apply) PARK BOARD Schedule ☒Mobility ☒Social & Economic Vitality ☒Growth & Development ☒City Leadership & Services Tentative Timeframe ☒Environ. Stewardship ☒Infrastructure

Chairperson's Report

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Youth Advisory Report

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0:00 ↗ It is 7:01 on Monday, March 23rd

0:06 ↗ um for the meeting of the Isqua Park

0:09 ↗ Board. Like to call it to order. Start

0:12 ↗ with a roll call.

0:19 ↗ We'll go with Marlene Waxi

0:21 ↗ >> here.

0:24 ↗ >> Uh

0:26 ↗ Jane Takushi

0:28 ↗ >> here. here.

0:30 ↗ >> Diana Ren

0:33 ↗ >> here.

0:37 ↗ >> And Nove.

0:40 ↗ >> Hi guys.

0:42 ↗ >> Tim Mley prescell

0:52 ↗ here.

0:53 ↗ >> David Lou.

0:56 ↗ Ryan Olsen. I'm here.

0:59 ↗ And I do not see Mark

1:05 ↗ or Jeff renewal

1:08 ↗ said he was going to be virtually. He

1:09 ↗ might be a few minutes late.

1:14 ↗ >> Excellent. We have no voting action, so

1:16 ↗ I don't think we need a forum. Correct.

1:20 ↗ Um,

1:23 ↗ has everyone had a chance to review the

1:25 ↗ meeting uh minutes from the February

1:27 ↗ 24th

1:29 ↗ park board?

1:32 ↗ So, are there any ideas? Any corrections

1:34 ↗ or edits?

1:37 ↗ Excellent. The minutes are approved.

1:42 ↗ I do see some names I'm not familiar

1:44 ↗ with on the line, I believe. Is there a

1:46 ↗ public comment?

1:49 ↗ If so, thank you. Will I I'll call on

1:52 ↗ you each and if you could try to keep

1:55 ↗ your comments to under five minutes,

1:57 ↗ that would be great. And I think Steve

1:59 ↗ Pereira, you hit your hand up first.

2:05 ↗ >> Unmute him.

2:06 ↗ >> Hi, I've unmuted myself. I don't know if

2:08 ↗ you good folks can hear me.

2:10 ↗ >> That's perfect, Steve. Great.

2:12 ↗ >> Thank you. I appreciate that. So, I sent

2:14 ↗ in some comments earlier and I don't

2:16 ↗ want to repeat what I've said. I guess

2:19 ↗ just kind of background and context. I

2:21 ↗ guess before I get to that, I always

2:22 ↗ like to start by saying thank you to

2:24 ↗ each of you for your service to Isqua

2:27 ↗ and this board for dedicating your time

2:29 ↗ and effort to help Isizua become a

2:32 ↗ better place. Uh, that's should always

2:35 ↗ go without saying and probably doesn't

2:36 ↗ get said enough. So, thank you to you

2:39 ↗ good folks for volunteering on our

2:41 ↗ behalf. Uh that's a jumping in again. I

2:45 ↗ I sent in some comments earlier and I

2:46 ↗ don't want to take I just point them out

2:48 ↗ and ask you read them and uh consider

2:52 ↗ them in your deliberations.

2:54 ↗ I guess my context at this time is that

2:58 ↗ in the park bond board levy issues

3:03 ↗ you're looking at you a certain number

3:05 ↗ of items have been proposed for possible

3:07 ↗ consideration.

3:08 ↗ Uh I guess what I'm not understanding is

3:12 ↗ the context in which why these

3:15 ↗ particular items were put forward as

3:18 ↗ wanting to approve or what's the

3:20 ↗ priority of items that come through the

3:22 ↗ park board for getting considered or

3:25 ↗ approved

3:27 ↗ of and I'm going to just use an example.

3:29 ↗ The one thing that is really high on my

3:31 ↗ list is the e house confluence park

3:34 ↗ renovations.

3:36 ↗ To me, that just seems like a high

3:38 ↗ priority item should be based on city

3:40 ↗ existing funds, not based on

3:45 ↗ if the city t city

3:49 ↗ taxpayers will pay for it to be

3:52 ↗ prioritized, we'll do it. If not, we're

3:54 ↗ probably not going to get around to it.

3:56 ↗ I just want to understand the context of

3:57 ↗ what the priority is though overall.

4:00 ↗ What gets approved, how gets approved,

4:02 ↗ how things get prioritized or not

4:04 ↗ prioritized.

4:05 ↗ Uh

4:07 ↗ some some of the items on the list I

4:09 ↗ just don't understand like the dog park

4:12 ↗ that all is all on there but

4:14 ↗ uh something most of the items on there

4:16 ↗ I don't see as

4:19 ↗ taxpayers wanting to spend extra money

4:22 ↗ for I'm just only speaking for myself. I

4:26 ↗ just again I wanted to understand and

4:27 ↗ look at what the prioritization of items

4:30 ↗ that get onto the workload plan and

4:35 ↗ as this goes through the public process.

4:37 ↗ Worksh just starting now that needs to

4:40 ↗ be better understood by I guess both by

4:43 ↗ myself and by taxpayers. So I'll wrap up

4:46 ↗ with those general comments. Thank you

4:47 ↗ for your time again. I appreciate it.

4:50 ↗ And I don't see an option to lower my

4:52 ↗ hand. So if there's a way to do that,

4:56 ↗ >> we got you Steve.

4:58 ↗ >> Steve, thank you very much. Ryan, if I

4:59 ↗ could just add um again you referenced

5:03 ↗ your email, Steve. Thanks so much for

5:04 ↗ sending that. If you would like, uh, we

5:06 ↗ can add that your email to the meeting

5:08 ↗ minutes just so that's on the record.

5:10 ↗ Um, that includes more of your comments.

5:14 ↗ So, we'll plan on doing that.

5:16 ↗ >> Thank you.

5:17 ↗ >> And I will touch on uh prioritization uh

5:20 ↗ process uh in the presentation coming

5:22 ↗ up.

5:26 ↗ >> Thank you. I appreciate it. Is there any

5:30 ↗ other public comment?

5:42 ↗ All right. Well, thank you for those

5:43 ↗ that uh were able to provide your public

5:45 ↗ comment. Much appreciated.

5:49 ↗ Um and with that, we'll move on to

5:51 ↗ regular business.

5:53 ↗ First order of business is the park bond

5:56 ↗ renewal presentation by Jeff Wallally.

5:59 ↗ >> All right. Thank you. Um, Robin, thank

6:02 ↗ you for sharing

6:04 ↗ >> screen and queuing that up. As she's

6:06 ↗ queuing it up, I want to introduce Laura

6:08 ↗ Hos, our department operations

6:10 ↗ specialist. Laura is in her

6:12 ↗ >> third week.

6:14 ↗ >> Third almost

6:15 ↗ >> fourth week. Just started the fourth

6:16 ↗ week. Uh, great to have her on board.

6:19 ↗ Maybe we could go around and do

6:20 ↗ introductions um for during good of the

6:23 ↗ order at the end of the meeting. That

6:24 ↗ would be fantastic. And Laura can share

6:27 ↗ a little bit about herself as well. but

6:29 ↗ excited to have have her on board.

6:31 ↗ >> Thank you.

6:32 ↗ >> All right. Well, thank you so much. Um

6:34 ↗ thanks Robin for for sharing the the

6:37 ↗ presentation. Uh tonight, uh we had this

6:39 ↗ one item. Um hopefully we'll have a

6:43 ↗ rather robust conversation. Um if you

6:46 ↗ recall the February meeting, Mayor

6:48 ↗ Mullet joined us. Uh, Mayor Mullet had

6:51 ↗ um taken took the opportunity to

6:53 ↗ introduce uh the opportunity we have um

6:56 ↗ at the end of this year when we have a

6:59 ↗ uh some prior park bond funds expiring

7:03 ↗ um um at the end of the year uh to to

7:06 ↗ strongly consider doing a renewal on

7:08 ↗ that park bond. What that would mean

7:10 ↗ would be um is utilizing the same levy

7:13 ↗ rate um uh for that expiring bond and

7:17 ↗ asking voters if they would like to

7:18 ↗ renew that um and keep that same levy

7:21 ↗ rate and do another u wave of

7:23 ↗ investments uh within uh within the park

7:26 ↗ system. Um if you want to go next slide,

7:29 ↗ Robin. Um

7:32 ↗ tonight I I really want to kind of talk

7:34 ↗ a little bit about a number of things.

7:36 ↗ first a little bit of the history of

7:37 ↗ park bonds here in Isiqua. Um um and

7:41 ↗ then talk about the proposed timeline as

7:44 ↗ we consider this and as city council

7:45 ↗ considers this. Um I'm scheduled to go

7:48 ↗ to council um and uh start talking about

7:51 ↗ this with them um at the April meeting

7:54 ↗ um April 6th meeting. So uh your

7:57 ↗ feedback tonight, your thoughts,

7:58 ↗ comments will be very very helpful and

8:00 ↗ informative to me. I will talk a bit

8:02 ↗ about uh the revenue opportunity and

8:04 ↗ what that means and how we might

8:06 ↗ leverage some additional revenues um um

8:09 ↗ on top of that levy renewal or the bond

8:11 ↗ renewal. Uh then we'll talk uh about

8:15 ↗ prioritization and and considerations

8:17 ↗ and uh why uh the items that were at

8:21 ↗ least uh example items that were

8:23 ↗ provided last month and we'll start

8:25 ↗ talking about in detail how they got

8:27 ↗ there. Uh these didn't just come out of

8:29 ↗ thin air. We've had a lot of public

8:31 ↗ engagement over the last several years,

8:33 ↗ namely with the park plan and a number

8:35 ↗ of other things that the community has

8:37 ↗ clearly shared with us. Uh what are what

8:39 ↗ are some priorities to them? Uh so

8:42 ↗ really want to um dive into some

8:44 ↗ discussion and get some feedback from

8:45 ↗ you all on that. Um also throughout the

8:49 ↗ as we sort of wrap up with questions and

8:51 ↗ discussion um I'm hoping to have a

8:53 ↗ chance to hear from all of you. I know

8:55 ↗ at the February meeting um I invited you

8:58 ↗ this is now a public discussion so as

9:01 ↗ you've maybe had conversations within

9:02 ↗ your uh neighborhood uh within your

9:06 ↗ spheres of influence uh would love to

9:08 ↗ get a sense of the feedback you're um

9:11 ↗ you're hearing on all of this. So that's

9:13 ↗ tonight. Uh next slide.

9:17 ↗ So pork bonds are not um are not foreign

9:20 ↗ here in Isiqua. Uh in our recent

9:23 ↗ history, there have been two bonds that

9:24 ↗ that have been passed. Uh this community

9:27 ↗ has shown a um um a level a high level

9:33 ↗ of support for those bonds. In 2006,

9:35 ↗ there was a $6.25 million bond focused

9:39 ↗ primarily on land acquisition, uh

9:41 ↗ trails, and some uh park renovations.

9:45 ↗ um uh historically I can u um find out

9:50 ↗ specifically what those went to. I

9:52 ↗ apologize I don't have those tonight. Um

9:54 ↗ and then in 2013 there was a $10 million

9:57 ↗ park bond uh that the community improve

9:59 ↗ approved. Uh both of these uh I think

10:02 ↗ were approved by well over 65 or 70% um

10:06 ↗ of voter approval. Uh the 2013 bond um

10:11 ↗ half of that bond, five million of that

10:12 ↗ went towards renovations of the Julius

10:14 ↗ Bone Pool. Uh those renovations were

10:16 ↗ primarily

10:18 ↗ um uh within the systems themselves. Um

10:22 ↗ improving uh water systems, pump

10:24 ↗ systems, a lot of sort of necessary nuts

10:27 ↗ and bolts that were really needed at the

10:28 ↗ time for that that pool. Um um also a

10:32 ↗ number of park projects. Um um um a

10:37 ↗ million dollars of that 10 million uh

10:39 ↗ was for the turf fields at u Central

10:42 ↗ Park Pad 1 uh that helped fund that

10:44 ↗ project. Some additional funding was

10:46 ↗ needed to to complete that work. Uh the

10:49 ↗ bridge you see the photo uh that that

10:51 ↗ phase of Confluence Park was part of

10:53 ↗ that $10 million bond in 2013 as well.

10:56 ↗ And then here we are uh fast forward 13

10:58 ↗ years later in 2026 uh with an

11:01 ↗ opportunity to again engage the

11:03 ↗ community and ask this question. Are are

11:06 ↗ they interested in um another um another

11:10 ↗ bond to um further investments into

11:14 ↗ their um and your park system?

11:17 ↗ >> Quick question. Yeah. dates time bound

11:21 ↗ got to use the money within a you know

11:23 ↗ 10 12 13 year window or uh are they

11:27 ↗ open?

11:28 ↗ >> They're they're how do you say this? Um

11:32 ↗ they're time bound in a sense and that a

11:35 ↗ bond um bonds really um invest in

11:40 ↗ one-time capital projects. Usually a

11:42 ↗ bond isn't for ongoing programmatic

11:44 ↗ operational

11:46 ↗ support, right? And so um time bound in

11:50 ↗ hey here's the list of projects that we

11:53 ↗ want to complete uh with those bond

11:55 ↗ funds. So once those projects are

11:57 ↗ complete you've expended the bond funds

12:00 ↗ if that if that makes sense. It's not

12:02 ↗ it's not a whereas

12:04 ↗ >> um an ongoing levy uh would be sought

12:08 ↗ for operational

12:11 ↗ you know operational investments um

12:13 ↗ paying for you know recreation programs

12:16 ↗ or maintenance of of parks

12:19 ↗ but if it didn't get spent on X project

12:22 ↗ it would still be available.

12:25 ↗ I'm just trying to understand if there's

12:26 ↗ a expiration date on these things. Um,

12:31 ↗ I'll I'll I'll confirm that. I would say

12:34 ↗ no, but again, there's not there's not

12:37 ↗ proceed there's not leftover proceeds

12:39 ↗ from from these projects,

12:42 ↗ if you will. Yeah. But yes, it

12:46 ↗ I'll I'll confirm that. I I know I

12:50 ↗ arrived in 2016 after the after the park

12:53 ↗ bond was passed. Um, as we were

12:55 ↗ completing those projects, um, uh, some

12:59 ↗ of you may remember this. We sent out a,

13:01 ↗ um, postcard to residents, um, sort of

13:04 ↗ celebrating, hey, the bond has been

13:06 ↗ completed. Um, um, we took that $10

13:10 ↗ million bond, um, got additional grant

13:13 ↗ funding, got additional funding to

13:16 ↗ complete, uh, the the all the projects

13:19 ↗ on that list, which in total ended up

13:21 ↗ being about $16 million. So, um, I guess

13:26 ↗ again, I hope I'm not being too

13:27 ↗ confusing, but there's not like a

13:29 ↗ leftover money from that $10 million.

13:32 ↗ >> Okay, fair enough.

13:37 ↗ >> So, an idea of a timeline as we look

13:41 ↗ ahead. um if if a goal is to take

13:44 ↗ something to the voters um in November

13:47 ↗ at the general election, sort of working

13:50 ↗ backwards, um we've got some pretty

13:52 ↗ important dates to hit. Um uh we're

13:55 ↗ obviously having our conversation

13:56 ↗ tonight uh with you all uh to to further

13:59 ↗ discuss um this concept and this idea um

14:03 ↗ April 6th. So in two weeks um I'll be

14:06 ↗ presenting

14:08 ↗ um similarly to city council and

14:10 ↗ beginning to get uh more focused

14:13 ↗ feedback from them uh in terms of uh

14:16 ↗ questions they might have, level of

14:17 ↗ interest they might have in further

14:19 ↗ pursuing this. Uh there's a city council

14:22 ↗ retreat in early May. Um is likely will

14:25 ↗ be a continuation of those

14:27 ↗ conversations. Um as we head into the

14:29 ↗ summer months, really May, June, and

14:31 ↗ July. Um if if we are pursu continuing

14:34 ↗ to pursue this idea of a bond renewal

14:36 ↗ will be really really important months

14:38 ↗ for community engagement, um um

14:41 ↗ education, sharing um etc. Um by the end

14:45 ↗ of July, um city council will need to

14:49 ↗ make a formal decision uh because to to

14:52 ↗ hit a general election, um we would need

14:55 ↗ to have our information, the ballot,

14:57 ↗ specific ballot language and information

14:59 ↗ to King County elections um in early

15:02 ↗ August.

15:08 ↗ So before we start talking about uh

15:10 ↗ projects and expenditures, let's just

15:12 ↗ talk a little bit about revenue and and

15:14 ↗ what potential order of magnitude we're

15:16 ↗ talking about. So um these are still

15:20 ↗ being worked on uh by finance. I've had

15:22 ↗ a chance to meet with our finance

15:23 ↗ director. Um um she as well is is

15:27 ↗ getting some advice from bond counsel.

15:29 ↗ We don't sell our own bonds. Bonds are

15:32 ↗ something that um professional firms um

15:35 ↗ do on behalf of of cities. Um and

15:38 ↗ looking at uh the levy rate uh that's

15:41 ↗ about to expire um uh we're looking at

15:44 ↗ an order of magnitude um given that the

15:47 ↗ city is bigger now um um of a $17.3

15:51 ↗ million

15:53 ↗ um um in proceeds from that from that

15:56 ↗ bond renewal. Um, we also have, and I

16:00 ↗ think you're aware as we've talked

16:01 ↗ through park system plan and our other

16:04 ↗ revenue sources, a developer impact fees

16:07 ↗ have been collected over the last number

16:09 ↗ of years, we have a balance about three

16:10 ↗ $3 million in developer in park impact

16:14 ↗ fees uh that have been collected. um

16:17 ↗ given the projects that have been

16:19 ↗ prioritized by the community in our in

16:21 ↗ our park plan which are now being

16:23 ↗ considered for this this bond renewal um

16:26 ↗ all of those have a capacity building

16:28 ↗ nature. So the the rule with park impact

16:30 ↗ fees is they need to pay for capacity

16:34 ↗ additional capacity into the system and

16:36 ↗ so as we look at these list of projects

16:39 ↗ many if not most do um add capacity. So,

16:43 ↗ um, utilizing those developer impact

16:45 ↗ fees is a real opportunity here to to

16:47 ↗ further leverage funds. We also think

16:50 ↗ there given the list of projects that

16:52 ↗ are being considered, um, ample grant

16:54 ↗ opportunities um, conservatively, um, I

16:57 ↗ will admit uh, we think we could get

17:00 ↗ another $3 million um, at least in uh,

17:03 ↗ grant revenues um, as we um, um, should

17:08 ↗ this bond be approved. So that 17

17:10 ↗ million could be more in the

17:11 ↗ neighborhood of the mid20 million as we

17:14 ↗ start looking at size and scale of of

17:17 ↗ potential projects and potential um

17:20 ↗ investment level.

17:23 ↗ Next slide.

17:26 ↗ So how do we consider these projects?

17:28 ↗ And I think we heard this question in

17:29 ↗ the public comment and I think it's a

17:31 ↗ really really important one. Um you know

17:33 ↗ to consider a a bond renewal um and do

17:37 ↗ this work in a year. Thankfully, we're

17:38 ↗ not starting from scratch and we don't

17:40 ↗ do not want to start from scratch and

17:42 ↗ just say, "Hey, what projects do we want

17:44 ↗ to consider? Let's let's utilize the

17:46 ↗ work that's been done. Uh the community

17:49 ↗ outreach that's been done, uh the park

17:51 ↗ system plan, uh that we all worked on,

17:54 ↗ that you all worked on, that city

17:55 ↗ council adopted in 2024,

17:59 ↗ um identified projects, a number of

18:01 ↗ projects, um um and then prioritized

18:05 ↗ those projects and if you recall

18:07 ↗ developed near-term priorities, midterm

18:10 ↗ priorities, and long-term priorities.

18:12 ↗ So, the projects that uh mayor and I

18:15 ↗ just even showed as some example

18:18 ↗ projects to consider um come right off

18:20 ↗ of that were identified as near-term

18:22 ↗ prior priorities. Um uh we also have an

18:26 ↗ adopted, if you recall, um the city

18:28 ↗ adopts a capital improvement plan every

18:30 ↗ two years and renews it every two years.

18:33 ↗ So, the park CIP um also has uh these um

18:38 ↗ um a number of these priorities, not all

18:40 ↗ of them because uh there's not enough

18:42 ↗ funding uh to to do all this work. Um I

18:45 ↗ think another realization that uh I

18:47 ↗ think we need to consider um as we think

18:50 ↗ about uh this bond renewal is um all

18:54 ↗ that that amount of revenue in the bond

18:56 ↗ renewal will not fully fund the

18:58 ↗ near-term priorities that have been

19:00 ↗ identified by the by the community. And

19:02 ↗ so there will need to be some

19:03 ↗ prioritization

19:05 ↗ um um as to what uh what is considered.

19:08 ↗ And so along with the park plan, along

19:10 ↗ with the six-year CIP um and we talked a

19:13 ↗ little bit about this in February, but I

19:15 ↗ I I want to emphasize this point and

19:17 ↗ really get some feedback from you all

19:18 ↗ tonight. um

19:23 ↗ what is before you is not um one single

19:27 ↗ large project uh that would gobble up

19:29 ↗ all $23 million of that. Uh we really

19:32 ↗ think there would be value and

19:34 ↗ understanding the diversity of interests

19:36 ↗ that this community has, understanding

19:38 ↗ the role that a park system plays in a

19:41 ↗ city and the residents, the 40,000

19:43 ↗ residents of the city. um um from Steve

19:47 ↗ who I completely respect his opinion

19:51 ↗ um has one goal and desire for what a

19:54 ↗ park system is whereas another resident

19:56 ↗ has a very different desire and interest

19:58 ↗ of what a park system is and um we

20:02 ↗ really set priorities and try and set um

20:05 ↗ investments u to address uh the number

20:08 ↗ of interests and needs that a park

20:10 ↗ system is serving. So in saying that uh

20:13 ↗ we really feel like focusing more on

20:15 ↗ some a number of a myriad of small to

20:18 ↗ medium-sized uh projects um will would

20:22 ↗ result in a broader community benefit uh

20:25 ↗ than um focusing on one specific area or

20:29 ↗ interest of the park system. Um so

20:32 ↗ that's one consideration um as we start

20:34 ↗ going into this um into this list of

20:36 ↗ projects. Uh we also feel like um it

20:40 ↗ addresses a variety of community uses uh

20:42 ↗ within the park system as I said

20:44 ↗ earlier. Um and we also think a real

20:46 ↗ important consideration is geographic

20:48 ↗ distribution of these investments. Um um

20:51 ↗ how are we how are we geographically

20:54 ↗ um making these investments um across

20:57 ↗ the city and through the city.

21:00 ↗ Next slide.

21:03 ↗ So maybe before jumping into the

21:06 ↗ projects themselves um and sort of

21:09 ↗ talking through these example projects,

21:11 ↗ maybe we'll go back to the next slide.

21:12 ↗ Any any just general thoughts or

21:14 ↗ questions about priorities or

21:17 ↗ considerations?

21:19 ↗ Um or would you rather I just keep going

21:21 ↗ on the projects?

21:25 ↗ Any pleasure? Anyone?

21:28 ↗ >> Okay. Oh,

21:28 ↗ >> Chris has his hand up.

21:31 ↗ >> Hey Chris.

21:32 ↗ Yeah, just real quick. Um the 3 million

21:35 ↗ from the development fees

21:39 ↗ >> roughly. How long did it take to

21:41 ↗ accumulate that amount?

21:44 ↗ >> Uh that's probably revenue over the last

21:47 ↗ four years, four or five years.

21:50 ↗ >> Okay. Then follow-up question, is it

21:52 ↗ possible to project how much might be uh

21:57 ↗ you know an estimated amount that might

21:58 ↗ be accumulated uh during the term of the

22:01 ↗ bond?

22:02 ↗ >> Good question. Um we'd have to work that

22:04 ↗ out with finance. It's possible. Uh

22:08 ↗ there there would be more. Um again, I

22:11 ↗ think for the purposes of at least what

22:12 ↗ we wanted in this first slide was to be

22:15 ↗ pretty conservative, but um you're

22:18 ↗ absolutely right. I I you know that

22:20 ↗ that's all dependent upon growth and how

22:22 ↗ many um you know how many um multif

22:27 ↗ family or single family residents are

22:29 ↗ being built. Um so

22:31 ↗ we can we can try and fine-tune that and

22:34 ↗ plan to fine-tune that as we get into a

22:37 ↗ little more detail in the coming months.

22:40 ↗ >> Thank you. Yeah, that might help with

22:42 ↗ just contingency items.

22:44 ↗ >> Yeah, absolutely.

22:46 ↗ >> Thank you. Okay. So, can I ask just sort

22:49 ↗ of a a question about that sort of a

22:52 ↗ high level uh vision for spending this

22:56 ↗ 20 some odd million dollars? You know,

22:58 ↗ do we want more? Do we want better? Do

23:03 ↗ we want improved?

23:05 ↗ You know, what at a high level, where do

23:08 ↗ you see the uh the need and the biggest

23:12 ↗ impact for community for this money to

23:14 ↗ be spent?

23:15 ↗ >> Yeah, great question. Well, I will I

23:17 ↗ will I will tell you I will paraphrase

23:19 ↗ what the community told us the park

23:21 ↗ system plan and that's take care of what

23:24 ↗ you got. So improve

23:27 ↗ um I I also um

23:32 ↗ improve not just in quality but

23:33 ↗ functionality. Um let let's make our our

23:37 ↗ park system more functional in terms of

23:39 ↗ some of the needs. Um I think improve

23:43 ↗ and expand. I I think we've heard it

23:45 ↗ time and again when it comes to the

23:46 ↗ approach of athletic fields. Um and you

23:49 ↗ might recall, you know, a a we've talked

23:52 ↗ about this with all of you as a group,

23:54 ↗ you know, there's not a lot of

23:58 ↗ undeveloped, flat, accessible,

24:00 ↗ developable acreage left. And so we have

24:04 ↗ to get uber uber creative in how do we

24:07 ↗ look at at the fields within our own

24:10 ↗ parks, the fields within the school

24:12 ↗ district and the fields within the state

24:15 ↗ park. So, you know, fields that are

24:17 ↗ already publicly owned and how do we

24:20 ↗ increase functionality, right? And so

24:22 ↗ that's um

24:25 ↗ I think it's really it's it's not

24:27 ↗ expanding the park system. I would say

24:29 ↗ what we heard from the community was

24:30 ↗ let's let's have it function better.

24:33 ↗ We're we're pretty land constrained as a

24:35 ↗ town. We don't want to, you know, um

24:41 ↗ we don't want to add a bunch of more,

24:43 ↗ you know, active developed park space.

24:46 ↗ How do we make it work better?

24:52 ↗ >> What's the community thoughts on about

24:55 ↗ expanding the the goals?

24:58 ↗ the Julius that

25:02 ↗ >> for the prior bond of the $5 million.

25:05 ↗ >> Yeah, that's like 13 years ago. So now

25:08 ↗ that you know it's 13 years later is

25:10 ↗ there an and an interest in the

25:12 ↗ community about expanding what what we

25:15 ↗ have because you know the need is is

25:18 ↗ there and so I'm I'm just curious that

25:21 ↗ survey that you have there.

25:23 ↗ >> Yeah.

25:24 ↗ >> How high up is it compared with other

25:27 ↗ projects?

25:28 ↗ >> No great great question Katie. We we

25:30 ↗ know you know as we did the feasibility

25:33 ↗ study for expansion of the pool um we

25:37 ↗ haven't asked a survey to the community

25:39 ↗ to say hey you know rank rank all these

25:42 ↗ needs. Um we do know though that um

25:47 ↗ expansion of of of the pool was

25:50 ↗ seen with with some pretty high interest

25:53 ↗ uh by the community. Um, we also know in

25:56 ↗ that feasibility study, that project

25:58 ↗ alone is probably a $20 million

26:01 ↗ project. And so, if you recall, we we

26:05 ↗ have been in continue conversations with

26:07 ↗ the school district about, hey, um, if

26:10 ↗ this pool's expanded, it's not only

26:12 ↗ expanding community use, but it's also

26:14 ↗ addressing and expanding the needs that

26:16 ↗ the district has because they use that

26:18 ↗ as a competition pool, as you know. And

26:20 ↗ so, I think how that expansion gets

26:23 ↗ funded

26:25 ↗ Well, and meets

26:27 ↗ >> meets are not run there because there's

26:29 ↗ no Yeah, you're right. High School

26:30 ↗ meets, not not the Yeah,

26:32 ↗ >> not the club meets, but but Right. High

26:35 ↗ school meets, high school meets are

26:36 ↗ there. Yep. Yep. So, um anyways, just to

26:39 ↗ say that

26:44 ↗ yes, there's interest in expansion of

26:45 ↗ the pool. Um again, I I would open it up

26:49 ↗ for all of you. you know, I think how

26:50 ↗ that gets funded is still still needs to

26:53 ↗ be worked out. um to

26:58 ↗ >> I think one question is that will this

27:00 ↗ park bond include some of that because

27:04 ↗ you know that the conversation about

27:06 ↗ should some of that money be allocated

27:09 ↗ you know to work along with the school

27:11 ↗ district to expand um the the the pool

27:15 ↗ because

27:17 ↗ >> I I would be open to I would be open to

27:19 ↗ hearing the the conversation here

27:21 ↗ tonight. I mean the the what I'm hearing

27:23 ↗ from the community is that you know in

27:25 ↗ the summer months they parents are

27:27 ↗ chomping at the bit trying to get swim

27:30 ↗ lessons and it's always at full capacity

27:33 ↗ and then you know and if you go there

27:36 ↗ you know parking situation I mean and

27:38 ↗ and there's always kind of a it's it's

27:42 ↗ too small for for how many residents are

27:45 ↗ are using it or you know I'm not just

27:47 ↗ talking about the school but I'm talking

27:50 ↗ about community use.

27:52 ↗ >> Community use

27:54 ↗ um not enough lanes for people in turn

27:57 ↗ whatnot. I mean so

28:00 ↗ >> so again up up for conversation tonight,

28:03 ↗ right? And I think what we're going to

28:04 ↗ find is is

28:07 ↗ again 20 mid20 million is a lot of money

28:11 ↗ and it's exciting but it it it also

28:13 ↗ probably doesn't go as far as what our

28:16 ↗ as what our needs are going to have. So,

28:19 ↗ yeah, I I think absolutely. Let's talk

28:22 ↗ about this as we get into projects.

28:24 ↗ >> I was just gonna ask, yes, this is our

28:27 ↗ $20 million. This is not our full parks

28:29 ↗ budget. This is just the bond. So, I

28:31 ↗ think maybe we have to kind of think

28:32 ↗ about there's this bond that we need to

28:35 ↗ do to do some of these improvements.

28:36 ↗ There's the overall budget and what

28:38 ↗ percent of the budget would this 20

28:41 ↗ million be? So, as an example, we've all

28:43 ↗ been talking about Tibets. Tibbitz is

28:45 ↗ going to be way way more than $20

28:46 ↗ million. So, like I think it's important

28:49 ↗ to think about this bond as one piece,

28:51 ↗ not like everything we're going to do or

28:53 ↗ want to do.

28:54 ↗ >> Yeah. No, it's a it's a really really

28:56 ↗ good and maybe one way to think about it

28:57 ↗ is if we were to add up in current 2026

29:01 ↗ and trying to project an inflationary

29:03 ↗ number these 11 um 12 near-term

29:08 ↗ priorities plus a pool expansion is

29:12 ↗ probably I'm going to say $70 million

29:16 ↗ worth of work. $80 million worth of

29:17 ↗ work. So, so this potential for a

29:21 ↗ near-term, you know, a bond renewal is,

29:24 ↗ hey community, do we want to do we want

29:26 ↗ to find a way to fund a quarter of that

29:28 ↗ and and how do we best

29:31 ↗ prioritize those investments? Does that

29:34 ↗ maybe help with

29:37 ↗ >> this is not all the things we're going

29:39 ↗ to bond or is it for the next 5 to 10

29:42 ↗ years?

29:44 ↗ Again, to be determined, but it it it

29:50 ↗ will be a it will be a pretty a pretty

29:54 ↗ big lift.

29:57 ↗ Obviously, revisioning Tibbitz Valley

29:58 ↗ Park is still going to be work.

30:00 ↗ Exploring how a pool gets expanded, how

30:04 ↗ the rest of Tibets gets done, gets

30:07 ↗ funded. You know, that's that's all

30:09 ↗ again depending on funding. Um, you

30:13 ↗ know, the reality of how parks capital

30:15 ↗ funding

30:16 ↗ happens and occurs is there's not a

30:19 ↗ dedicated revenue source for parks

30:21 ↗ capital funding. So, it is it is um it

30:26 ↗ is um competing with

30:30 ↗ heavy heavy transportation needs and

30:32 ↗ facility needs and all those other

30:34 ↗ capital needs. Um, so I'm sorry,

30:37 ↗ Marlene, I'm not trying to be I mean

30:39 ↗ it's to be determined,

30:41 ↗ >> right? I think it's just hard to say.

30:42 ↗ Okay, so if I was really prioritizing

30:43 ↗ the work plan, this is all the money I

30:46 ↗ have.

30:48 ↗ >> I personally, and that's why we have

30:49 ↗ lots of people on the board, would

30:51 ↗ prioritize in a different way,

30:53 ↗ >> right? And so I'm just trying to get a

30:54 ↗ gauge of like, okay, this is everything

30:56 ↗ we're going to do in 10 years or this is

30:58 ↗ just a piece of it that we want to get

31:00 ↗ through the bond.

31:01 ↗ >> Yeah, that's a that's a great question.

31:03 ↗ And I and I think I would say in the

31:05 ↗ next five to six years should should

31:09 ↗ package be created should this go to

31:11 ↗ voters should voters say yes that this

31:14 ↗ this becomes a heavy part of our park

31:17 ↗ planning and development team and and

31:20 ↗ director and parks admin teams. This is

31:22 ↗ a heavy part of the work plan for the

31:24 ↗ next six years

31:27 ↗ uh just to get through if it's seven,

31:29 ↗ eight or nine capital projects and

31:32 ↗ designing it, doing engagement, doing

31:36 ↗ permitting and construction. Um this

31:39 ↗ would this would pretty much become the

31:42 ↗ work plan for the next

31:44 ↗ six years.

31:45 ↗ >> So to your point then this is not like a

31:48 ↗ piece of the pie for the next five or

31:50 ↗ six years. This would be the major lift

31:53 ↗ for the parks in this

31:55 ↗ >> Absolutely. Yes.

31:56 ↗ >> Yeah. There's not like other chunks

31:59 ↗ coming in.

32:00 ↗ >> Correct. There's not another $60 million

32:03 ↗ coming in. So, when I say the 80 the $80

32:05 ↗ million reference is more need, right?

32:08 ↗ If if we were to if we were to fully

32:10 ↗ fund the near-term projects, including

32:13 ↗ fully redoing Tibbitz Valley Park and

32:16 ↗ expanding a pool, that would take that

32:19 ↗ would require plus or minus $80 million

32:24 ↗ that we don't have. Right. So this would

32:26 ↗ be

32:28 ↗ should should this go to vote, should it

32:31 ↗ be renewed, this would be $20 million

32:34 ↗ $25 million

32:36 ↗ of that 80 that would be

32:39 ↗ known that would become real.

32:43 ↗ Well, I think the,

32:48 ↗ you know, when the mayor sat down and

32:49 ↗ kind of proposed what his thoughts were

32:51 ↗ is, and obviously we're talking about

32:53 ↗ it, but like

32:56 ↗ I think coming off the two school bonds

32:59 ↗ that didn't pass and looking to come

33:03 ↗ back to the community a third time in 18

33:06 ↗ months or whatever and say, "Can you

33:08 ↗ look at another bond or reapping this

33:10 ↗ bond?" His kind of conversation was

33:14 ↗ if we want to get this approved, we need

33:15 ↗ to have a pretty clear road map of

33:18 ↗ this is how we're going to improve the

33:20 ↗ park system

33:22 ↗ across these three, four, five, six

33:24 ↗ areas across the city

33:28 ↗ and you can lay out this is exactly what

33:30 ↗ this money is do so that the voters have

33:33 ↗ a clear understanding of it. I think

33:36 ↗ like that's where some of the

33:38 ↗ conversation of pool and tibbits gets a

33:40 ↗ little muddied is

33:44 ↗ you know I'm all team tibbits as well

33:47 ↗ but

33:49 ↗ as you said this money won't cover that

33:50 ↗ and then how does that uh

33:56 ↗ if you went to the city and said we have

33:58 ↗ this one project we want to do and this

34:00 ↗ is the bond for it you won't get any of

34:02 ↗ this other stuff not sure we've We're in

34:05 ↗ a spot where we're maybe getting

34:07 ↗ approval.

34:08 ↗ >> You know what percent bonds you pass by?

34:12 ↗ >> I'll find that out. I'll find out in 20

34:14 ↗ I'll find out both in 2006 and 2013. I

34:17 ↗ wanted it was it was well over 65%.

34:22 ↗ >> Yeah.

34:22 ↗ >> And is it just a simple majority it

34:24 ↗ takes?

34:24 ↗ >> It's a 60%. It's a bond. So is a bond

34:27 ↗ 60%. Yeah. And and just going back to

34:31 ↗ the um the school bond, you know, the I

34:33 ↗ think the voters find it hard to forgive

34:35 ↗ because originally, you know, the bond

34:37 ↗ that we passed was for specific projects

34:40 ↗ and the Isqua school district mismanaged

34:44 ↗ the the money that was given and and

34:46 ↗ then was not very transparent with the

34:49 ↗ voters. And I think that's the reason

34:51 ↗ why, you know, voters have a hard time

34:54 ↗ giving and wanting to, you know, give

34:56 ↗ more money. So I think if we if we're

34:59 ↗ asking for a bond and we say this is

35:00 ↗ what will you based on what our

35:02 ↗ community feels strongly about and we

35:05 ↗ follow through then then I think that

35:08 ↗ you know the voters will believe and

35:11 ↗ vote for. But if you say you know I you

35:13 ↗ ask them what they want and and they

35:15 ↗ support that and you use that money

35:17 ↗ doing something else then you know

35:19 ↗ nobody would definitely be in favor of

35:22 ↗ that. being being transparent, showing

35:25 ↗ that follow-through, being transparent

35:26 ↗ with here's the projects that we intend

35:28 ↗ to to get done and then demonstrating

35:31 ↗ and earning that trust is really really

35:33 ↗ important.

35:35 ↗ Those are absolutely right.

35:38 ↗ Well, great questions, great discussion.

35:40 ↗ Why don't we kind of start talking about

35:42 ↗ projects? I'll I'll emphasize here as we

35:45 ↗ talk about these again, this is pulling

35:48 ↗ off of our park CIP and the near-term

35:50 ↗ priorities within the park plan. Um,

35:53 ↗ also focusing on as as the mayor shared

35:57 ↗ February, um, and and Ryan, as you said

36:00 ↗ so well, uh, we think strategically if

36:03 ↗ if we if we want to consider this, we

36:05 ↗ think multiple small to medium-sized

36:07 ↗ projects, um, is going to be a better

36:10 ↗ community in imper

36:13 ↗ impact than

36:15 ↗ something singular. Um and so you're

36:18 ↗ seeing here is small to mediumsiz

36:20 ↗ projects that again thanks for your

36:22 ↗ question Tim really improve

36:25 ↗ functionality

36:26 ↗ um of uh the existing system. So

36:30 ↗ with that uh first e house um you're

36:35 ↗ familiar with where the e house is. It's

36:36 ↗ in the northeast corner of confluence

36:38 ↗ park. Um it is sat there unimproved for

36:41 ↗ way too long way too many years. Um you

36:45 ↗ might recall as part of the um community

36:48 ↗ investments that were done um as we did

36:51 ↗ pedestrian park uh we also considered

36:53 ↗ doing some improvements here to the ek

36:55 ↗ house. Unfortunately the that those

36:57 ↗ federal funds only went so far. Uh but

36:59 ↗ we were able to really begin talking

37:01 ↗ about this with the community. Um and so

37:04 ↗ much so that we also reached out to King

37:06 ↗ County Landmark Commission and started

37:09 ↗ talking through really the nuts and

37:10 ↗ bolts of what would it look like to

37:12 ↗ landmark um a building such as this.

37:15 ↗ This is one of the last remaining if not

37:16 ↗ the last remaining um historical

37:19 ↗ farmhouses that was on the valley floor.

37:22 ↗ So very very worth preserving and

37:25 ↗ considering landmarking. Uh what we

37:27 ↗ talked about with the landmark

37:28 ↗ commission and what we're presenting in

37:30 ↗ this narrative and would want to further

37:32 ↗ discuss with the community is we think

37:36 ↗ um yes landmarking a building but

37:40 ↗ activating that building as well. And so

37:43 ↗ this wouldn't be something landmarked

37:45 ↗ that would just be looked at with a sign

37:47 ↗ on the outside of it, but how do we

37:49 ↗ create activated public space uh that

37:52 ↗ could be used as a park pavilion, if you

37:55 ↗ will, an addition to the park, uh but be

37:58 ↗ a a wonderful landmark building that

38:00 ↗ tells um a really important um and a

38:03 ↗ piece of of Isiqua's history. So um we

38:07 ↗ think there's grant funds out there uh

38:09 ↗ for historical projects like this. Uh we

38:12 ↗ think there's an opportunity that to do

38:13 ↗ this right uh to have this facility

38:17 ↗ really feel like an asset within the

38:19 ↗ park um um is a is a real opportunity.

38:23 ↗ We've had a chance to talk with um

38:26 ↗ historical museum um uh recently.

38:29 ↗ They're very very excited obviously

38:31 ↗ about this project and and love seeing

38:33 ↗ this as uh something that's being

38:35 ↗ considered uh should there be a a park

38:38 ↗ bond renewal. Uh we do not have existing

38:40 ↗ city funds. The city has not had funding

38:42 ↗ to get this done. Um I appreciate uh

38:46 ↗ what Steve said. Uh but um uh there

38:49 ↗ again there's no there's no money to get

38:50 ↗ this done. We think um considering um

38:54 ↗ asking orders to renew a bond. Um and

38:57 ↗ then leveraging grant funds is a great

39:00 ↗ way to finally get this to get this

39:02 ↗ important project done.

39:04 ↗ >> Diane's got her hand up. Yeah,

39:06 ↗ >> we're up. Yeah, Diana. Oh yeah, I put my

39:09 ↗ hand down in case I was being premature

39:11 ↗ and you were getting around to maybe

39:12 ↗ answering my question, but um I think I

39:16 ↗ can ask it now. Can you help us

39:18 ↗ visualize more fully what it would mean

39:21 ↗ for this

39:23 ↗ uh facility to be activated as you as

39:27 ↗ you say?

39:29 ↗ >> Yeah. Yeah. Oh, go ahead, Diane.

39:33 ↗ >> Yeah. you you mentioned uh you know a

39:36 ↗ pavilion with seating, but kind of what

39:38 ↗ else could be involved.

39:40 ↗ >> Yeah. Yeah. So, as we um um again met

39:45 ↗ with the the landmarking folks, the the

39:47 ↗ real um historic value that they saw as

39:50 ↗ we toured the inside and outside of the

39:52 ↗ building is really the shell of the

39:54 ↗ house. And so, um and really the front

39:57 ↗ and the two sides probably have the

39:59 ↗ highest historical value. Uh,

40:01 ↗ interesting enough, the back of the

40:02 ↗ house does not have as much historical

40:04 ↗ value. Um what that led to is we were

40:07 ↗ brainstorming with the landmark

40:09 ↗ commission. Um those who were on the

40:11 ↗ park board in 2022

40:15 ↗ 2021 as we were talking about this might

40:17 ↗ recall this conversation. One of the

40:18 ↗ things we talked about was taking in the

40:22 ↗ inside of the building uh removing the

40:24 ↗ second floor, not the building, but

40:27 ↗ making it so as you go into it, imagine

40:30 ↗ high vaulted a high vaulted space that

40:33 ↗ really uh functions as a really cool

40:36 ↗ historic rental facility for um um

40:40 ↗ indoor uh rentals for art exhibits. the

40:43 ↗ arts commission would be super super

40:44 ↗ excited about having something like this

40:46 ↗ that could um um be a community asset.

40:50 ↗ And then the back of imagine the back of

40:53 ↗ that house which really faces the park

40:55 ↗ and has the relationship to the park.

40:57 ↗ What if that had some type of either

40:59 ↗ accordion doors or rollup door so that

41:04 ↗ it it functioned as an indooroutdoor

41:06 ↗ pavilion in the summer months. um and

41:08 ↗ was able to either host bigger rentals

41:12 ↗ um or those types of events that would

41:15 ↗ need sort of that indooroutdoor space.

41:17 ↗ And so um um again as we brainstorm this

41:21 ↗ with the landmark commission they they

41:23 ↗ love that idea of again landmark

41:26 ↗ facilities that are used, touched,

41:29 ↗ enjoyed um uh by the community. Does

41:32 ↗ that answer your question, Diane?

41:35 ↗ >> Yes, it does. And I think um

41:39 ↗ it will also help the community and

41:42 ↗ voters visualize

41:44 ↗ uh what this project can actually be and

41:48 ↗ how it can serve their needs.

41:51 ↗ >> Yep. Yep. Great point. And I think we're

41:53 ↗ going to find that true in all of these

41:55 ↗ narratives and all we are up really on

41:57 ↗ the front end of these conversations,

41:58 ↗ but there is um some more work and Robin

42:02 ↗ and I are trying to line up what that

42:04 ↗ work would look like in the in the next

42:05 ↗ couple months. again pending

42:07 ↗ conversation with city council, but um

42:09 ↗ having a a more um robust narrative and

42:13 ↗ either some type of rendering renderings

42:16 ↗ for each of these that that do a better

42:18 ↗ job of telling the story. We're not

42:20 ↗ going to have time, nor do we really

42:21 ↗ want to have the budget to design all

42:23 ↗ these. But um D, it's a great it's a

42:25 ↗ great point that I think is going to be

42:27 ↗ true of all of these.

42:29 ↗ >> Chris, did you have a question comment?

42:32 ↗ Yeah, just a follow-up comment um for

42:35 ↗ Diana in particular, but you know, for

42:37 ↗ all of our newer members, uh a few years

42:40 ↗ ago, we did a study on uh renovating the

42:44 ↗ e house and or I should say staff did a

42:48 ↗ study and uh there's some great images

42:51 ↗ in those that could be shared, you know,

42:54 ↗ independently with with uh Parkboard

42:56 ↗ right now or or after this meeting, but

42:59 ↗ then they might be usable for any bond

43:01 ↗ effort. Uh, but they really showed how

43:03 ↗ that uh inside could really work for a

43:07 ↗ great uh event space and then how it

43:09 ↗ would connect with the outside and how

43:11 ↗ we got to that image that you see on the

43:13 ↗ screen right now.

43:15 ↗ >> Thanks, Chris. Great reminder.

43:18 ↗ All right, so next

43:20 ↗ >> Oh, yeah. Please do.

43:22 ↗ >> Yeah.

43:23 ↗ >> Uh, not too many months ago, a good

43:26 ↗ portion of Confluence was underwater.

43:28 ↗ Mhm.

43:28 ↗ >> So, are we comfortable that this house

43:32 ↗ is protected from those kind of events

43:35 ↗ that the the diversion is not going to

43:38 ↗ end up impacting what we might be

43:40 ↗ building?

43:40 ↗ >> Great question. And yes, absolutely.

43:42 ↗ We're we're confident. So, Confluence

43:44 ↗ Park was designed to handle that. The

43:47 ↗ oxbow and the and and e houses outside

43:50 ↗ of that um flood plane area.

43:54 ↗ >> Okay. Anybody who saw that last winter

43:56 ↗ is going to be like, well, yeah, what

43:59 ↗ are we doing? Are we going to is it

44:00 ↗ going to get flooded out? So, they think

44:02 ↗ that's an important point.

44:03 ↗ >> It's a really important point. It's a

44:05 ↗ great point. If the whole valley Florida

44:06 ↗ flooded, then this would be obviously

44:09 ↗ flooded.

44:09 ↗ >> That's another conversation.

44:11 ↗ >> I do think some of this restoration work

44:13 ↗ um you know, fun fact, um that the e

44:16 ↗ house is still on its original timber.

44:20 ↗ Um so, it doesn't have a foundation.

44:22 ↗ it's just on old timber steps. So

44:25 ↗ obviously converting this, restoring

44:27 ↗ this is going to include building a

44:29 ↗ whole new foundation. Um so thinking

44:32 ↗ through some of those mitigations will

44:34 ↗ be um important.

44:36 ↗ >> That's a nice addition to side.

44:39 ↗ >> Yes, it did.

44:40 ↗ >> Yeah.

44:41 ↗ >> And this is a one that we would assume

44:43 ↗ would start from paper itself over time.

44:45 ↗ Like we're expecting this would be one

44:47 ↗ that would get revenue generated.

44:50 ↗ >> Yes. Yes. A number of these. That's a

44:52 ↗ great point, Marlene. Yes. This this

44:54 ↗ would have a revenue generating element

44:55 ↗ that Yeah. Yeah. Once the capital

44:57 ↗ investments made, at least

44:58 ↗ operationally, it's it's generating

45:01 ↗ revenue as well as being a an expense.

45:05 ↗ Yep.

45:07 ↗ Next slide.

45:12 ↗ So, the trail head formerly known as the

45:15 ↗ artist formerly known as the East Sunset

45:17 ↗ Trail Head, now Senator Bill Ramos uh

45:20 ↗ Memorial Trail Head. Um, as you all

45:23 ↗ know, that has been a priority and a

45:25 ↗ priority identified. It really serves as

45:28 ↗ a primary gateway up into West Tiger as

45:31 ↗ well as Grand Ridge. A lot of people

45:33 ↗ will park there and not only head up

45:35 ↗ into Tradition Plateau and West Tiger

45:38 ↗ Mountain beyond uh Tradition Plateau,

45:40 ↗ but we'll also cross I90 and head up

45:43 ↗ into Grand Ridge Park. So, um a very

45:46 ↗ very strategically located important

45:48 ↗ trail head um um investments we'd like

45:52 ↗ to make here is um improving the the

45:54 ↗ surfacing um um and um with some type of

45:59 ↗ sustainable paving within the parking

46:01 ↗ area. also looking at adding restrooms

46:04 ↗ uh which are have been identified by

46:06 ↗ many as a a strong desire um as well as

46:10 ↗ a number of other storytelling and

46:12 ↗ finding opportunities.

46:19 ↗ >> Next question. Yeah,

46:20 ↗ >> I say I like this one too. I think one

46:22 ↗ of the benefits of this is it's close to

46:24 ↗ Oldtown again from an economic

46:27 ↗ development. Like why why would we want

46:28 ↗ to get more people there? and hopefully

46:30 ↗ they go have lunch or go buy some.

46:34 ↗ >> Yeah, great point and and you'll see

46:36 ↗ this in our other two trail corridors.

46:38 ↗ We really see the strategy of our park

46:40 ↗ system serving this role of serving the

46:42 ↗ community but also being this gateway to

46:45 ↗ the public lands around us, the more we

46:47 ↗ can do that closer to Oldtown. You're

46:49 ↗ absolutely right. It's a great point.

46:54 ↗ invest here.

46:59 ↗ Speaking of those corridors, uh so uh in

47:03 ↗ 2018 and 19 we were successful in a

47:07 ↗ really strategic acquisition of the

47:09 ↗ property known as the Burgund property.

47:11 ↗ Uh this has created a great opportunity

47:15 ↗ um uh to um uh really strengthen the

47:19 ↗ corridor from uh or strengthen a trail

47:22 ↗ system from the valley floor um up into

47:26 ↗ Cougar Mountain. Uh much of Cougar

47:28 ↗ Mountain is owned by King County and

47:30 ↗ it's part of the King County Regional uh

47:32 ↗ park. um but there's not a lot of

47:34 ↗ immediate easy access um from the valley

47:38 ↗ floor um up into that trail system. And

47:41 ↗ so as we purchased that property um King

47:45 ↗ County was very involved and very

47:47 ↗ supportive of that acquisition, very

47:48 ↗ supportive of um thinking through um and

47:52 ↗ and really um activating this corridor

47:55 ↗ with trails. Um we're here at Tibis

47:58 ↗ Valley Park. Just to the north of us is

48:00 ↗ the Central Transit parking garage. Um,

48:02 ↗ a lot of the v vision and benefit was

48:04 ↗ imagine that parking garage could

48:06 ↗ function as a trail head. Uh, Bergsma,

48:08 ↗ this property comes right down uh to the

48:11 ↗ intersection there at um 900 and um and

48:15 ↗ Newport. So, um again bringing

48:19 ↗ opportunity to develop this we we've

48:22 ↗ acquired the land. Um the the idea the

48:25 ↗ concept of this investment is really

48:27 ↗ now's the time to design and construct

48:30 ↗ um u that trail system within that

48:33 ↗ within that corridor.

48:35 ↗ And then it's it's parallel project um

48:39 ↗ its partner project is on Squawk

48:42 ↗ Mountain uh just on Friday the 13th. Uh

48:46 ↗ we closed on the KCari 3 purchase uh

48:51 ↗ that we had highlighted with all of you.

48:53 ↗ Uh that's a 17 acre. It was planned to

48:56 ↗ be Kolkari phase 3. Um KCari phase 1 and

48:59 ↗ phase 2 were uh multifamily um

49:02 ↗ condominiums that have already been

49:04 ↗ constructed. Um uh the developer sold us

49:07 ↗ that 17 acres. Um we had previously

49:11 ↗ purchased 20 acres of an adjoining

49:13 ↗ property. um um um that combined what we

49:19 ↗ refer to as Wayimouth, the Waymouth

49:21 ↗ property um creates a 30 plus um acre

49:25 ↗ corridor um on Squawk Mountain. Um again

49:29 ↗ from the strengthening

49:31 ↗ um and really having opportunity to to

49:34 ↗ um really broaden our um trail access,

49:38 ↗ direct trail access up. In this case,

49:40 ↗ much of Squawk Mountain is owned by uh

49:42 ↗ state parks. And there's the Squawk

49:44 ↗ Mountain State Park, but again, the only

49:46 ↗ real access um true parking, vehicular

49:49 ↗ access to Squawk Mountain State Park is

49:52 ↗ um on the May Valley roadside. Uh so

49:55 ↗ this again just uh would allow um really

50:00 ↗ really important um trail connections

50:02 ↗ also some neighborhood trail connections

50:04 ↗ and loops for the neighbors that live

50:06 ↗ there on Squawk and that that portion of

50:08 ↗ Squawk Mountain um highly highly um

50:14 ↗ a high priority corridor to to do some

50:17 ↗ real um um trail development on.

50:21 ↗ >> Which side of Squawk is this on? This is

50:24 ↗ on the

50:26 ↗ um if if you knew know where this road

50:29 ↗ is, this is Sunrise. So it would be the

50:35 ↗ >> the north

50:38 ↗ northeast

50:40 ↗ >> side of Squawk. So if if you took

50:44 ↗ Minehill Road,

50:46 ↗ um do you know where that is? Um, I

50:49 ↗ mean, I live at Web's Clock, but I'm on

50:51 ↗ the north side. And

50:53 ↗ >> where this is

50:54 ↗ >> this would be more the southeast side of

51:01 ↗ of the mountain.

51:04 ↗ >> Sorry, Wildwood.

51:07 ↗ >> Thank you, David.

51:09 ↗ Okay.

51:13 ↗ So,

51:14 ↗ >> is this And then So, what I'm getting to

51:16 ↗ if this is kind of on the east side,

51:18 ↗ there's a big stretch on the east side

51:21 ↗ on the old Grizz trail up there that got

51:24 ↗ devastated with the bomb cyclone. I

51:26 ↗ don't know if you've been up there, but

51:28 ↗ it's so impressive to walk through there

51:30 ↗ and see thousands of trees down.

51:35 ↗ You might even be seeing it up high

51:37 ↗ there where it looks like it's patched.

51:38 ↗ It's a little bit fall. I don't know.

51:40 ↗ But what I'm trying to get I'm just

51:42 ↗ wondering does this encompass part of

51:44 ↗ that?

51:45 ↗ >> Uh this 37 acres does not. But this 30

51:48 ↗ this 37 acres directly adjoined state

51:50 ↗ park property.

51:53 ↗ So it it it creates a seamless from what

51:57 ↗ is known as Minehill Trail. So, if you

51:59 ↗ were at Newport,

52:01 ↗ um, if you're at the pool, if you're at

52:03 ↗ the swimming pool, cross the Newport

52:05 ↗ Bridge, took a left on

52:10 ↗ I we refer to it as the Mineal Trail.

52:12 ↗ I'm I I don't know the name of that

52:15 ↗ road, forgive me, but take that left

52:17 ↗ before you head up into Squawk. Follow

52:19 ↗ that, go past the Wildwood Apartments,

52:22 ↗ and then you end up in the KCari phase

52:24 ↗ one and phase two areas. that becomes

52:27 ↗ sunrise. That is this is sunrise right

52:32 ↗ here. And so this is the 37 acres that

52:35 ↗ probably heads up to about there. And

52:37 ↗ then that's all state parks

52:40 ↗ >> part of the

52:44 ↗ >> uh it's not it's not that far east.

52:46 ↗ Isobar is the far east side of and

52:50 ↗ that's really outside of the city

52:51 ↗ limits. So this is inside of the city

52:54 ↗ limits.

52:57 ↗ I know um Kim, executive director of

53:01 ↗ this Rob's Trails Club is is probably

53:03 ↗ listening in right now. We've had a

53:04 ↗ chance to to meet with them a couple

53:06 ↗ times. They're have been very very

53:08 ↗ interested in trail development. Both um

53:11 ↗ on Cougar Mountain, the Bergsma property

53:13 ↗ as well as these two properties that

53:15 ↗ we've recently purchased. Uh we know uh

53:18 ↗ they would be a very active partner in

53:21 ↗ in um not only working through the the

53:24 ↗ trail design uh process uh but also

53:28 ↗ where there's opportunity to leverage

53:29 ↗ either grant funds um or in some cases

53:32 ↗ where um trails often often wilderness

53:35 ↗ trails like this and segments of it that

53:37 ↗ that aren't too complicated can be done

53:39 ↗ through volunteer efforts. So,

53:42 ↗ you know, I funds could be leveraged

53:44 ↗ both through volunteer uh resources as

53:47 ↗ well as grant resources as we really uh

53:49 ↗ think about um the trail construction of

53:52 ↗ both of these both of these corridors.

53:54 ↗ Really, really key opportunity again

53:57 ↗ taking land we've purchased um putting

54:00 ↗ it to better function. Um I think we

54:03 ↗ would all agree on weekends um and you

54:06 ↗ look think of the valley floor, West

54:08 ↗ Tiger Mountain is very overprescribed um

54:11 ↗ at times. And so the opportunity these

54:14 ↗ corridors really have to um allow

54:19 ↗ that recreational use to be um

54:22 ↗ strategically and smartly um sort of um

54:25 ↗ spread out and distributed a little bit

54:27 ↗ more um amongst our uh three Alps and

54:31 ↗ and not um overprescribing one uh so

54:34 ↗ much.

54:40 ↗ Hi Diana. Hi

54:43 ↗ Hey. Yeah. I just have a quick question

54:44 ↗ about the Squawk Mountain Development.

54:46 ↗ So, I went and scouted that area with

54:49 ↗ Dave Kappler last winter

54:52 ↗ before

54:54 ↗ I joined this park board. And what I

54:57 ↗ remember about it is it's near another

55:00 ↗ trail head. Um,

55:02 ↗ and that trail head sees pretty sparse

55:05 ↗ use, but it's been slowly growing. and

55:08 ↗ users of that trail head kind of park

55:10 ↗ along the residential road and it's

55:12 ↗ starting during kind of peak usage times

55:15 ↗ to get kind of backed up. Um, with the

55:18 ↗ addition of more trails in that area and

55:21 ↗ the intention to expand usage, would

55:23 ↗ there be more parking or is that

55:25 ↗ something that's been considered?

55:28 ↗ >> It's very much being considered. Yeah.

55:30 ↗ So with the as we closed on the KCari

55:34 ↗ phase three property that has a lot of

55:38 ↗ frontage along Sunrise. So u something

55:41 ↗ we we've already sort of explored and

55:43 ↗ looked at and we'd want to talk further

55:45 ↗ with the community about with this

55:47 ↗ project would be um adding some adding

55:49 ↗ some parking and and taking that parking

55:51 ↗ off of that residential road which is

55:53 ↗ which is Sunrise Place.

55:56 ↗ >> Okay. So that would be within scope for

55:58 ↗ the usage of these bond funds

56:00 ↗ >> you would like. Yep. Yep.

56:01 ↗ >> Okay.

56:08 ↗ >> All right. So athletic fields um also a

56:12 ↗ a certainly a priority identified from

56:14 ↗ the community by the community in um um

56:18 ↗ the park system plan update. As I said

56:20 ↗ earlier, um we are not in a position to

56:24 ↗ go buy flat accessible developable land

56:26 ↗ in Isqua. So a big part of that strategy

56:29 ↗ is how do we improve our facilities? How

56:32 ↗ do we partner with the school district,

56:34 ↗ consider um improving some of their

56:36 ↗ facilities to create um better, more

56:39 ↗ functional community uh spaces? Um,

56:45 ↗ as we um shared this with you in

56:48 ↗ February, um we identified the

56:51 ↗ potential, not that they could all be

56:53 ↗ funded, but um four or five

56:56 ↗ opportunities we have to consider um

56:59 ↗ creating um um and utilizing uh

57:03 ↗ synthetic turf to create multi-use uh

57:06 ↗ community sports fields. Um, three of

57:09 ↗ those as we've talked with the school

57:11 ↗ district would be looking at the three

57:13 ↗ elementary school sites um here within

57:16 ↗ uh the city of Isiqua. So that's Isqua

57:18 ↗ Valley Elementary, Grand Ridge

57:20 ↗ Elementary, and Clark Elementary. Um all

57:23 ↗ three have play spaces, field spaces

57:26 ↗ that are very very unimproved. Um

57:31 ↗ uh the concept um as has been modeled by

57:34 ↗ other cities. I' I've uh in my career

57:37 ↗ I've had the chance to be part of these

57:39 ↗ community sports field projects where um

57:43 ↗ um the community invests um on those um

57:47 ↗ school fields where there's not, you

57:48 ↗ know, varsity competition um happening.

57:51 ↗ Um, in this case, these three elementary

57:53 ↗ schools are great candidates and that um

57:55 ↗ the improvement um on those fields

57:58 ↗ creates a much more functional um less

58:03 ↗ dirty, less muddy recess space uh for

58:06 ↗ kiddos to enjoy um and for to be an

58:09 ↗ asset uh for the school during school

58:12 ↗ year and during school hours. Uh but

58:14 ↗ then in off hours, after hours, um and

58:18 ↗ weekends and summer, um there's suddenly

58:22 ↗ so much more community capacity created

58:25 ↗ um uh with those fields. Um um school

58:29 ↗ district remains very supportive and

58:31 ↗ very interested um of these being

58:33 ↗ considered um as part of a park bond

58:35 ↗ renewal. Um um along with those um three

58:41 ↗ um opportunities at the elementary

58:43 ↗ schools, uh we also have in our

58:45 ↗ near-term priority list Central Park Pad

58:48 ↗ 2. Um if you're familiar and recall

58:50 ↗ Central Park Pad 2, that is uh the pad

58:54 ↗ the area of Central Park that has um two

58:58 ↗ um baseball fields uh that um much like

59:02 ↗ all the soil that was um um stockpiled

59:07 ↗ onto Central Park as as those houses

59:09 ↗ were created were very very poor

59:12 ↗ functioning, poor draining soil. And so

59:14 ↗ we have two baseball fields that are

59:18 ↗ really um not used um near to the degree

59:22 ↗ that they should be. Uh they're also and

59:24 ↗ just how they were originally configured

59:27 ↗ uh very limiting in their size. Um and

59:31 ↗ so um the premise of Central Park pad 2

59:35 ↗ uh similar to what we've done with pad 1

59:37 ↗ and pad 3 where uh we um utilize

59:41 ↗ synthetic turf instead of the the the

59:44 ↗ very unsuitable soil that um is there on

59:47 ↗ site. Um we um for any and all of these

59:50 ↗ projects um we utilize under the field

59:53 ↗ for storm water capacity and filtration

59:56 ↗ and all those requirements. So we're not

59:57 ↗ having to create separate storm water

59:59 ↗ ponds, but we allow the field to

1:00:01 ↗ function um environmentally actually

1:00:03 ↗ probably function better than it's

1:00:05 ↗ functioning now. Um and the community uh

1:00:09 ↗ gets a a much better uh functioning um

1:00:12 ↗ increased capacity um athletic field for

1:00:14 ↗ really any of these sites. Um

1:00:18 ↗ the issue before us though is this um

1:00:21 ↗ the the likely proceeds from this bond

1:00:23 ↗ would would have a hard time funding all

1:00:26 ↗ four of these. Um so you know what would

1:00:28 ↗ it look like if we did two of these and

1:00:30 ↗ how would we prioritize which two do we

1:00:32 ↗ want to uh focus on? um a lot more work

1:00:35 ↗ to be done as we really understand

1:00:38 ↗ better understand the conditions of each

1:00:40 ↗ of those sites and what budgetary

1:00:42 ↗ constraints and considerations that

1:00:44 ↗ we're going to need to to think through

1:00:46 ↗ and how we stretch our dollars but um I

1:00:49 ↗ have questions at the end but we could

1:00:50 ↗ certainly this has been great just

1:00:52 ↗ talking about each of these projects as

1:00:53 ↗ we go. uh would love to get feedback and

1:00:56 ↗ thoughts just if you have questions or

1:00:57 ↗ concerns about synthetic turf or if you

1:01:00 ↗ have thoughts um about um which of these

1:01:04 ↗ we should prioritize. Um I would say

1:01:06 ↗ keep in mind also I think geography is

1:01:08 ↗ really really important on this one too

1:01:10 ↗ is how are we geographically

1:01:12 ↗ distributing um our improved athletic

1:01:15 ↗ fields throughout the community.

1:01:18 ↗ thoughts,

1:01:20 ↗ questions, comments.

1:01:24 ↗ I mean, my I I have some thoughts, but

1:01:27 ↗ um

1:01:29 ↗ you know, I think there's a lot more

1:01:30 ↗ benefit to uh turfing the elementary

1:01:34 ↗ school fields than pad 2, even though

1:01:38 ↗ pad 2 is a mess, but I think you you get

1:01:41 ↗ benefit in that the community is using

1:01:43 ↗ them every day of the week at that point

1:01:45 ↗ in time. and the kids are out there

1:01:47 ↗ playing. They're the after school

1:01:50 ↗ activities are out there enjoying them.

1:01:51 ↗ Then you're programming it for some type

1:01:54 ↗ of re revenue generation. I think

1:01:58 ↗ I think those, you know, as I think

1:02:00 ↗ about how that could impact a whole lot

1:02:02 ↗ of people as you're getting mean

1:02:05 ↗ hundreds and hundreds of people, kids a

1:02:07 ↗ day playing on those fields. I think

1:02:10 ↗ could have a lot of

1:02:12 ↗ positive.

1:02:14 ↗ >> It's a great point back there.

1:02:17 ↗ Pad two, I think, is is great, but it's

1:02:20 ↗ it's

1:02:22 ↗ uh it still functions in the way it

1:02:24 ↗ functions right now.

1:02:27 ↗ >> Play the whole summer spring of baseball

1:02:29 ↗ out there.

1:02:33 ↗ >> Yeah. But I mean that's kind of how I I

1:02:35 ↗ I thought of these. I I and kind of

1:02:37 ↗ looping back on some of this is you know

1:02:41 ↗ the the people I talked to from like the

1:02:43 ↗ last meeting and people in the community

1:02:45 ↗ I had conversations with is um you know

1:02:49 ↗ the the the things that I heard most

1:02:52 ↗ kind of piqu people's interest was one

1:02:54 ↗ is always tip tibbits. It's always been

1:02:56 ↗ tippets. We know that's a funding thing.

1:02:58 ↗ >> Absolutely. But um really the school

1:03:00 ↗ field situation e house and the bill

1:03:03 ↗ senator Bill Romos trail head kind of

1:03:06 ↗ the three that that people were like

1:03:08 ↗ those have a great impact those and

1:03:11 ↗ they're visible like you see them you

1:03:13 ↗ they have impact I mean having I was

1:03:16 ↗ just at confluence park yesterday I was

1:03:19 ↗ looking at the I don't know how long

1:03:20 ↗ we've been there the new metal beds that

1:03:22 ↗ are in the community

1:03:24 ↗ >> yeah just just this winter we beds

1:03:28 ↗ didn't know those before. But uh you

1:03:31 ↗ know and just thinking about that as

1:03:32 ↗ something that people walk by and drive

1:03:34 ↗ by and there's this

1:03:37 ↗ eyesore. I mean it really is right there

1:03:40 ↗ in one of I think one of the most

1:03:42 ↗ beautiful anchor parks in the city and

1:03:44 ↗ you're going to have a lot of function

1:03:45 ↗ there and the people I talked to really

1:03:47 ↗ felt that way too. So, as we talked

1:03:49 ↗ about some of this, but talking about

1:03:51 ↗ this in specific ways, I thought there's

1:03:52 ↗ a lot of value

1:03:55 ↗ working with the school district and I I

1:03:56 ↗ think we I've talked about this before.

1:03:58 ↗ talked about us at other meetings and we

1:03:59 ↗ had um the superintendent uh here I

1:04:03 ↗ believe a couple meetings ago Jason the

1:04:05 ↗ director of her facility

1:04:07 ↗ >> just talking about how how

1:04:10 ↗ much more of a partnership a long-term

1:04:14 ↗ lasting partnership we want to build

1:04:16 ↗ between the school district and the city

1:04:18 ↗ and um I think that's kind of like an

1:04:20 ↗ all branch piece of it that generates

1:04:23 ↗ everybody here so there's my two cents

1:04:28 ↗ appreciate that

1:04:29 ↗ >> piling on. I'm going to agree with you.

1:04:30 ↗ I think doing the elementary schools

1:04:32 ↗ would be a huge

1:04:33 ↗ >> win. I think the other thing when we're

1:04:35 ↗ thinking about this is where is the turf

1:04:37 ↗ already located versus not located. So

1:04:39 ↗ the valley floor is a turf desert.

1:04:42 ↗ >> So kids want to play on the valley

1:04:44 ↗ floor, they're

1:04:45 ↗ >> funny or they're not playing outside.

1:04:47 ↗ >> So I think and we're going to talk about

1:04:49 ↗ the um playground in the next page,

1:04:52 ↗ >> but I would be remiss not to say that

1:04:54 ↗ there should be at least some turf

1:04:56 ↗ there. I know we can't do the whole

1:04:57 ↗ thing. If we're going to have this huge

1:04:59 ↗ playground and then the kids who want to

1:05:00 ↗ go play ball have nowhere to play that's

1:05:02 ↗ not money, we're missing a huge

1:05:04 ↗ opportunity.

1:05:07 ↗ >> Yeah. And I mean just

1:05:08 ↗ >> geography is

1:05:10 ↗ agree.

1:05:11 ↗ >> Just to expand on that a little bit

1:05:12 ↗ further is you know you have like I

1:05:15 ↗ think dogfield I wouldn't I don't know

1:05:17 ↗ how much programming is but they're

1:05:18 ↗ programmed out

1:05:20 ↗ much more significant.

1:05:23 ↗ someone that just had five of the last

1:05:24 ↗ seven baseball practices rained out at

1:05:26 ↗ Tid Park in Lake in the last two weeks.

1:05:30 ↗ Uh having an additional space would be

1:05:34 ↗ additional turf helps with Yeah. instead

1:05:36 ↗ of having 8-year-old boys practice at

1:05:38 ↗ 9:00 on Saturday night at the Central

1:05:40 ↗ Park.

1:05:43 ↗ >> I think it's just the play time too,

1:05:45 ↗ right? Like that's the thing about

1:05:46 ↗ Central Park is there's always kids

1:05:48 ↗ playing there. Yes.

1:05:50 ↗ >> Right. Like you go to Tibbitz and it's a

1:05:52 ↗ ghost town.

1:05:53 ↗ >> So there's a reason.

1:05:56 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:05:57 ↗ >> Yeah. The vibrancy of both scheduled use

1:05:59 ↗ but also unscheduled just drop in use is

1:06:02 ↗ Yes.

1:06:04 ↗ >> Higher density housing there. There's

1:06:06 ↗ nowhere for those kids to play. Like

1:06:08 ↗ that's a mess.

1:06:12 ↗ >> Thank you. Any other thoughts comments?

1:06:15 ↗ This is great.

1:06:17 ↗ >> All four of these options would be

1:06:18 ↗ difficult to find. You're talking about

1:06:19 ↗ all four that are just on this one slot.

1:06:21 ↗ You're not talking about

1:06:23 ↗ >> Yeah. Just this funding funding all four

1:06:25 ↗ fields is

1:06:26 ↗ >> Yes. You weren't talking about the other

1:06:28 ↗ project. So,

1:06:28 ↗ >> exactly.

1:06:30 ↗ >> Just is it typical for a city parks

1:06:34 ↗ department to fund improvements at a

1:06:37 ↗ school playfields? Because I would have

1:06:40 ↗ Is it okay? because I would have thought

1:06:42 ↗ that was the school district's

1:06:43 ↗ responsibility and there and I it was

1:06:47 ↗ not really a crossover but maybe it is

1:06:50 ↗ and that's my ignorance

1:06:52 ↗ >> I would say well I'm saying yes because

1:06:54 ↗ I I I've done it in my own career so um

1:06:59 ↗ I I think when you depends on the city

1:07:02 ↗ um I think when you think of how land

1:07:04 ↗ constrained Isiqua is and how creative

1:07:06 ↗ and innovative we really owe it to the

1:07:09 ↗ public to be um

1:07:12 ↗ these these are very doable these days

1:07:14 ↗ and and they they're not out of the

1:07:16 ↗ norm. So I I'll give an example from my

1:07:19 ↗ own career. Um Lake Washington School

1:07:21 ↗ District in the city of Seamish in 2004

1:07:25 ↗ created and built a community sports

1:07:27 ↗ field at East Lake High School that is

1:07:29 ↗ still functioning 22 years later. Um and

1:07:33 ↗ is an important community asset

1:07:36 ↗ especially in that at that time of the

1:07:37 ↗ city of Samos, you know.

1:07:40 ↗ clearing a bunch of trees and creating

1:07:42 ↗ to create more athletic fields was

1:07:44 ↗ really seen as a tough trade-off. And

1:07:46 ↗ so, um, we really saw this opportunity

1:07:50 ↗ to say, "Hey, why don't we partner with

1:07:52 ↗ the other public agency?" They're two

1:07:54 ↗ public agencies and um it's in both both

1:07:58 ↗ public agencies best interest to make

1:08:01 ↗ this investment. Um, the city fully

1:08:04 ↗ funds the investment. The city then

1:08:08 ↗ schedules, maintains, and collects the

1:08:10 ↗ revenue from that community sports field

1:08:13 ↗ um to really um

1:08:17 ↗ how do I say it? Um position it to

1:08:20 ↗ function just like a city park facility

1:08:23 ↗ in many ways other than when the school

1:08:25 ↗ is in operation. I see schools be more

1:08:28 ↗ territorial about their playfields, you

1:08:31 ↗ know, and they weren't really open to

1:08:33 ↗ the public. You had to have some

1:08:34 ↗ connection

1:08:35 ↗ >> traditionally. Yeah, absolutely.

1:08:36 ↗ >> And so I'm I'm trying to understand sort

1:08:38 ↗ of boundaries here. You know, if we're

1:08:40 ↗ taking money that is coming from the pot

1:08:43 ↗ for the whole city, we're improving the

1:08:45 ↗ school fields, but not everyone is

1:08:47 ↗ allowed to use those fields. Is that,

1:08:50 ↗ you know, fair play? I I don't know. And

1:08:52 ↗ like I said, I I I may be very ignorant

1:08:54 ↗ of the tradeoffs here, but I'm just

1:08:56 ↗ trying to understand.

1:08:57 ↗ >> It's a it's a careful relationship. You

1:09:00 ↗ you touch on tradition. I would agree

1:09:02 ↗ with you, but I think those traditions

1:09:04 ↗ are being slowly eroded as both school

1:09:07 ↗ districts and cities are realizing, hey,

1:09:09 ↗ we're better we're better partnering

1:09:11 ↗ together on this. Um, any investment

1:09:14 ↗ like this would come with a pretty clear

1:09:17 ↗ ironclad agreement between the two

1:09:19 ↗ agencies that say, "Hey, here's this

1:09:21 ↗ this investment is being made by the

1:09:23 ↗ entire community. Here's here's the

1:09:25 ↗ strings that come with that investment,

1:09:26 ↗ access, availability, time, and all of

1:09:30 ↗ that." And so you really again I think

1:09:33 ↗ the

1:09:35 ↗ what works so well at East Lakeake High

1:09:36 ↗ School in that community sports field is

1:09:38 ↗ it's even signed differently. So as if

1:09:41 ↗ if you have a scheduled game, yes,

1:09:43 ↗ you're walking on a high school campus,

1:09:45 ↗ but you know when you're on that

1:09:46 ↗ community sports field, it's this is

1:09:49 ↗ city spa. This is this is different than

1:09:52 ↗ the rest of the campus. And so if if we

1:09:54 ↗ do elementary schools, we'd want to

1:09:57 ↗ design and think something very

1:09:58 ↗ similarly that hey during the school day

1:10:01 ↗ and during recess, this feels like the

1:10:04 ↗ this is this is the recess space, but at

1:10:06 ↗ the same time um as the community is

1:10:09 ↗ using it, it it feels like they're

1:10:11 ↗ they're not invading an elementary

1:10:13 ↗ school. They're welcome. This is a this

1:10:16 ↗ should look and feel like a neighborhood

1:10:17 ↗ park.

1:10:18 ↗ >> That's not been my experience. And so

1:10:20 ↗ that's why I asked the question. I've

1:10:21 ↗ seen lock gates and signage saying, you

1:10:24 ↗ know, if not this, then stay out. And so

1:10:27 ↗ I'm wondering about it just isn't

1:10:30 ↗ the way you describe it, I think it's

1:10:31 ↗ wonderful. You know, if it's we we're

1:10:33 ↗ helping to pay for it and the city

1:10:35 ↗ public gets access to it,

1:10:37 ↗ that's great. Uh it's not always the

1:10:40 ↗ case. So that's why I ask

1:10:42 ↗ >> I think this really demonstrates as we

1:10:44 ↗ and again as we talk to the community,

1:10:46 ↗ right? It's like we need to be if you

1:10:48 ↗ might remember this, we need to be

1:10:49 ↗ innovative. We need to be creative. We

1:10:51 ↗ need to we need to own the fact that

1:10:53 ↗ we're really land constrained. And so I

1:10:55 ↗ think, you know, um I appreciate this

1:10:58 ↗ discussion because I I too would say the

1:11:00 ↗ this opportunity to partner with the

1:11:02 ↗ district I think comes at a strategic

1:11:04 ↗ time and and I think tells a innovative

1:11:08 ↗ um story. It it shows that innovative

1:11:11 ↗ approach by both agencies. So

1:11:15 ↗ do and my last second question is do you

1:11:17 ↗ have a high level feel or or magnitude

1:11:21 ↗ of these projects financially?

1:11:24 ↗ >> We're getting there. We're getting

1:11:25 ↗ there. So yeah, in fact when you super

1:11:29 ↗ super rough um in the minutes you will

1:11:31 ↗ see this this is included in the minutes

1:11:35 ↗ uh which was what the mayor and I sort

1:11:37 ↗ of just talked through and walk through.

1:11:39 ↗ um you know on a very rough scale to do

1:11:44 ↗ um two two of those fields two fields is

1:11:47 ↗ probably a

1:11:50 ↗ eight well we said 7 and a half to $9

1:11:52 ↗ million

1:11:54 ↗ investment

1:11:56 ↗ to do two of them. We would also look

1:11:58 ↗ at, if you recall, when we did Central

1:12:00 ↗ Park, we redid the turf at Central Park

1:12:02 ↗ pad one. We are phasing out crumb

1:12:05 ↗ rubber. Uh so, uh for pad one, we used

1:12:09 ↗ cork um infill, an organic infill. Um

1:12:12 ↗ great news is the community has loved

1:12:14 ↗ it. Um it they they feel like it

1:12:18 ↗ functions just as well as the the crumb

1:12:20 ↗ rubber. So as we consider these fields

1:12:23 ↗ um once we have to redo the turf on pad

1:12:26 ↗ one uh we will not be having you know

1:12:28 ↗ carb rubber as part of um any of the

1:12:31 ↗ synthetic turf facilities.

1:12:38 ↗ So next

1:12:41 ↗ item

1:12:43 ↗ hey good timing Marlene uh play area.

1:12:46 ↗ So, these next two projects are um um

1:12:50 ↗ added park amenities uh that could be

1:12:52 ↗ considered at Tippetsz Valley Park. Um I

1:12:55 ↗ think we've talked enough about Tibets

1:12:57 ↗ Valley Park and no this it is a

1:12:59 ↗ community park that's lived a great

1:13:01 ↗ life. Uh but I would say it's not

1:13:04 ↗ functioning to the degree that we really

1:13:06 ↗ want or expect a community park to

1:13:07 ↗ function or or really need to function

1:13:09 ↗ in its next 20 or 30 years. Um um and so

1:13:14 ↗ as we're doing the revisioning of that

1:13:16 ↗ park and know the complexities of that

1:13:18 ↗ park and what's happening both with the

1:13:20 ↗ creek and with hydrarology and with

1:13:23 ↗ slopes and with the fields. Um what what

1:13:26 ↗ what we're proposing with both the um

1:13:29 ↗ adding a more community. So this is a

1:13:31 ↗ bunch a bigger play area. It would also

1:13:34 ↗ be an all-inclusive play um um area as

1:13:39 ↗ well. um we would we would have the

1:13:41 ↗ revisioning work that we're going to

1:13:43 ↗ continue on should we do this bond or

1:13:45 ↗ not. That revisioning work really

1:13:47 ↗ informs where this play area would be

1:13:50 ↗ located. Um um that will be an important

1:13:54 ↗ part of messaging if we're moving

1:13:56 ↗ forward with this uh with this bond. Um

1:14:01 ↗ but you know when you look at we've

1:14:04 ↗ identified we have four classified

1:14:06 ↗ community parks within our system. Uh

1:14:08 ↗ right, we have Tibetsz Valley Park,

1:14:10 ↗ Confluence Park, um the sort of the the

1:14:14 ↗ conglomeration of Memorial Field, Depot

1:14:16 ↗ Park, Pedestrian Park, and we have

1:14:18 ↗ Central Park. So those are our four

1:14:20 ↗ community parks. All of which sometime

1:14:23 ↗ in the future, I should say none of

1:14:25 ↗ which right now have what I would or

1:14:27 ↗ what we would or what modern modern is

1:14:31 ↗ not the right word. Um current park

1:14:34 ↗ standards, none of them have a community

1:14:36 ↗ parksized play area. And so well other

1:14:40 ↗ let me scratch that. Central Park has a

1:14:43 ↗ a community park size play area. the

1:14:47 ↗ other three as we think of reinvesting

1:14:50 ↗ or repurposing, we have a playground

1:14:52 ↗ replacement program within our six-year

1:14:54 ↗ CIP. So, this becomes a really good

1:14:56 ↗ candidate. Um, you know, reinvesting in

1:14:58 ↗ play areas has already really been seen

1:15:00 ↗ as a priority both by the community and

1:15:03 ↗ by city council. So, this is an

1:15:05 ↗ opportunity to really create a a

1:15:08 ↗ community park-sized play area there at

1:15:11 ↗ at Tibbitz Valley Park.

1:15:14 ↗ And then next maybe we'll talk the two

1:15:16 ↗ TDP sites to begin with. Again, this was

1:15:18 ↗ really thanks to the discussion we had

1:15:20 ↗ in February. Um we thought this was

1:15:23 ↗ really really important to add. Um as

1:15:25 ↗ you all know um many of you know um

1:15:29 ↗ Tippets Valley Park was first considered

1:15:31 ↗ u for the the first dog park. um uh

1:15:35 ↗ number of uh reasons along with a global

1:15:39 ↗ pandemic sort of put a pause on that um

1:15:42 ↗ project um as we're about to cut a

1:15:45 ↗ ribbon in a in a month or so for our

1:15:48 ↗ Reineer um trail dog park. Uh this would

1:15:51 ↗ be a great second dog park. Again,

1:15:54 ↗ geographically

1:15:56 ↗ located in another part of town uh to

1:15:59 ↗ serve uh the community here um on Squawk

1:16:02 ↗ Mountain and around Tibetz Valley Park.

1:16:04 ↗ Um again, the revisioning work, much

1:16:06 ↗ like the playground, the revisioning

1:16:08 ↗ work would inform where this dog park

1:16:09 ↗ would be located. Um so combined um at

1:16:13 ↗ least at a minimum the play area and the

1:16:15 ↗ dog park become a a a really um I think

1:16:20 ↗ important initial investment into that

1:16:22 ↗ revision to Valley Park.

1:16:27 ↗ Comments, thoughts, questions?

1:16:30 ↗ That was the concrete pour. Those would

1:16:31 ↗ be plazas on at at Reineer Valley or

1:16:34 ↗ Reineer Trail Dog Park.

1:16:37 ↗ >> Concrete's now done. Any

1:16:40 ↗ other just thoughts, comments about

1:16:42 ↗ tibbits in general or those two? I'll go

1:16:46 ↗ on to the last one. Oh, go ahead.

1:16:50 ↗ >> Very disappointed we don't have any tur.

1:16:57 ↗ >> I don't know what to do with that other

1:16:58 ↗ than tell you like

1:17:00 ↗ >> I don't like that part of the plan at

1:17:01 ↗ all.

1:17:01 ↗ >> That's great. And I don't I don't

1:17:04 ↗ disagree. I don't disagree. I I

1:17:08 ↗ again how and where

1:17:13 ↗ you know how much of how much of an

1:17:15 ↗ investment at TVP do we want to propose

1:17:18 ↗ in this bond without having the

1:17:19 ↗ revisioning done and knowing where it's

1:17:21 ↗ going to be located. So um very open to

1:17:25 ↗ consideration and conversation um if we

1:17:29 ↗ want to

1:17:30 ↗ >> think about that differently

1:17:31 ↗ >> different like you know talk to the

1:17:33 ↗ sports parents a lot right what they ask

1:17:35 ↗ me is like when is there

1:17:37 ↗ >> what are we doing with that why is it

1:17:39 ↗ always underwater

1:17:42 ↗ >> and I get that we have to do a lot of

1:17:43 ↗ stuff across the communities I totally

1:17:45 ↗ get that I just

1:17:48 ↗ >> from my stakeholders that will be their

1:17:49 ↗ number one question

1:17:52 ↗ And again, just to be on the record, I

1:17:55 ↗ think dog parks are a bad idea. I have

1:17:57 ↗ to explain to you the reasons why, and

1:18:00 ↗ I'll just put that out on the table. I

1:18:01 ↗ can have a discussion with anyone wants

1:18:03 ↗ to have that uh as a long-term trainer.

1:18:06 ↗ Uh I have my reasons. I'd rather see

1:18:10 ↗ that money go into turf or playground or

1:18:14 ↗ whatever. I just think dog parks in

1:18:16 ↗ general are bad idea. Uh,

1:18:19 ↗ I'll just leave it there.

1:18:20 ↗ >> Great. No, thank you.

1:18:23 ↗ And that's why the diversity of a park

1:18:25 ↗ board, the diversity of the community is

1:18:27 ↗ so so important. Um, in in these all of

1:18:30 ↗ these considerations,

1:18:33 ↗ uh, the the last sort of idea we had in

1:18:37 ↗ this example list of of projects was

1:18:40 ↗ another park amenity. Uh, we've heard

1:18:42 ↗ time and time again through the park

1:18:44 ↗ system plan update and others. Um, how

1:18:46 ↗ do we consider adding um expanding uh

1:18:49 ↗ court facilities uh within our park

1:18:52 ↗ system? Um uh this would be uh an idea

1:18:56 ↗ of adding um and expanding pickle ball

1:18:59 ↗ tennis courts into pad 3 um at Central

1:19:02 ↗ Park where there currently are none. Um

1:19:04 ↗ if you're familiar with pad 3, that's

1:19:06 ↗ the lower synthetic turf fields. Um uh

1:19:10 ↗ this project could add up to four um

1:19:13 ↗ tennis courts. Um which would be eight

1:19:17 ↗ pickle ball courts. Um um how that gets

1:19:20 ↗ striped to be discussed. Um um

1:19:25 ↗ uh but there's a sort of a lawn area

1:19:28 ↗ very um undefined transition area from

1:19:31 ↗ the parking lot to the fields. In many

1:19:33 ↗ ways, this would, I think, better define

1:19:35 ↗ it and formalize it. Um, create a a

1:19:37 ↗ plaza space that would both support the

1:19:39 ↗ courts as well as, I think, per create a

1:19:43 ↗ better transition area to and from the,

1:19:46 ↗ uh, the turf fields as well. Uh, there's

1:19:48 ↗ an existing restroom there. Um, so, you

1:19:51 ↗ know, how we utilize that existing

1:19:53 ↗ restroom, uh, nudge that existing

1:19:56 ↗ restroom. uh there's some, you know,

1:19:58 ↗ sort of potential um cost savings there

1:20:00 ↗ as we really start getting into how we

1:20:03 ↗ um again leverage leverage investments

1:20:05 ↗ and leverage some of our existing assets

1:20:08 ↗ within the park. So,

1:20:11 ↗ >> take this one in the presentation.

1:20:12 ↗ >> Yeah, I was

1:20:18 ↗ going to add that. So to note it was

1:20:22 ↗ added late this afternoon when realized

1:20:25 ↗ as we went through the list that we

1:20:27 ↗ discussed again no in our haste it's

1:20:30 ↗ like oh that wasn't on there. So we will

1:20:34 ↗ we will make sure uh community that's

1:20:36 ↗ listening anyone who's listening to this

1:20:39 ↗ a week from now or three weeks from now

1:20:42 ↗ um we'll make sure the agenda packet

1:20:43 ↗ includes this updated presentation that

1:20:45 ↗ we uh that we showed here. Um, and

1:20:48 ↗ again, it's just it's wanting to be

1:20:50 ↗ consistent with what was shared and what

1:20:53 ↗ people will see in the minutes for the

1:20:56 ↗ possible Isiqua Park bond renewal um,

1:20:59 ↗ example projects. So,

1:21:01 ↗ >> that could be a phenomenal way to use

1:21:03 ↗ that space.

1:21:06 ↗ >> Again, how do we take existing space and

1:21:08 ↗ just create some additional capacity and

1:21:10 ↗ additional functionality?

1:21:14 ↗ >> Robin was so humble. Robin is the one

1:21:17 ↗ who actually did this. Just really quick

1:21:20 ↗ sort of

1:21:20 ↗ >> Oh, you're blaming her back

1:21:23 ↗ >> blaming her. Blaming her saying, "Hey,

1:21:25 ↗ it's a it's a just a way to show at

1:21:28 ↗ least scale size. What could what could

1:21:30 ↗ fit in that space?"

1:21:32 ↗ >> So, in general, I I don't play pickle

1:21:34 ↗ ball or tennis. I have, you know, a dog

1:21:37 ↗ in that pipe. So,

1:21:41 ↗ >> just a roll. Um, is there is there a

1:21:45 ↗ sense of any sort of easing in this in

1:21:48 ↗ the demand for pickle ball or is it

1:21:51 ↗ still gaining continuing to gain

1:21:53 ↗ momentum?

1:21:55 ↗ >> I think we're we're seeing it gain. I I

1:21:58 ↗ know the the use of the courts, you

1:22:00 ↗ know, all um both tennis courts are now

1:22:04 ↗ striped with um um pickleball courts at

1:22:07 ↗ Central Park. Those are used um a lot.

1:22:11 ↗ Um the courts that we've done here at

1:22:13 ↗ Tivven Valley Park I've used a lot. Um

1:22:15 ↗ if you go to the community center when

1:22:17 ↗ we have open pickle ball um indoor

1:22:20 ↗ that's now continues to be super super

1:22:23 ↗ popular. So

1:22:25 ↗ >> it's not going away

1:22:28 ↗ at the same time and and this is what's

1:22:29 ↗ interesting too as pickle ball's

1:22:31 ↗ expanded you know tennis is seeing a

1:22:32 ↗ resurgent a resurgence as well. Uh so

1:22:35 ↗ important to note that as as well as we

1:22:37 ↗ as we think through racket sports and

1:22:39 ↗ again why I want to say we're not

1:22:41 ↗ proposing maybe tonight how this gets

1:22:43 ↗ striped but I I I would really want to

1:22:46 ↗ strongly consider

1:22:48 ↗ um you know tennis and pickle ball are

1:22:52 ↗ both really really important court

1:22:53 ↗ sports that um I think are seeing a

1:22:56 ↗ still seeing a degree of growth.

1:23:00 ↗ There's actually I was up at Mount

1:23:01 ↗ Vernon this weekend. They had on the

1:23:03 ↗ outside in one of these parks they had

1:23:05 ↗ was bigger than this, but they basically

1:23:07 ↗ just took a whole plot of land and just

1:23:10 ↗ built like a giant metal leanto over it

1:23:13 ↗ and put like eight quarts was packed. I

1:23:16 ↗ was there for 12 hours. It was packed.

1:23:22 ↗ >> There you go.

1:23:23 ↗ >> Still a thing.

1:23:24 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:23:25 ↗ >> All right. Seeing no other questions. um

1:23:29 ↗ more time for a question and discussion.

1:23:31 ↗ I really appreciate the conversation

1:23:33 ↗ just throughout the presentation. Um uh

1:23:36 ↗ really don't mind that at all. Um but

1:23:39 ↗ just some other things to consider both

1:23:41 ↗ tonight as we further this conversation,

1:23:43 ↗ but even in the the week and weeks

1:23:45 ↗ ahead. Um other projects um not on this

1:23:49 ↗ list that that we should consider. I've

1:23:51 ↗ heard a couple. I've heard um turf at

1:23:54 ↗ Tibis Valley Park. Um, I've heard a

1:23:57 ↗ pool. What are we doing about a pool?

1:23:59 ↗ Let's make sure the need for an expanded

1:24:01 ↗ pool, it doesn't just get lost um in

1:24:04 ↗ this. Um,

1:24:06 ↗ again, we talked about it before, but

1:24:09 ↗ how might we prioritize um athletic

1:24:12 ↗ field sites? Um, and then another

1:24:15 ↗ thought to just probe with you all. Um

1:24:18 ↗ again, as we have the conversation with

1:24:20 ↗ council, uh maybe a couple conversations

1:24:22 ↗ in the coming months, public engagement

1:24:24 ↗ is going to be really, really important

1:24:25 ↗ this spring and summer. And so any uh we

1:24:28 ↗ have certainly a lot of ideas on what to

1:24:30 ↗ do, but you know, what types of

1:24:32 ↗ engagement and outreach do we really

1:24:33 ↗ need to consider um for what could be a

1:24:36 ↗ really really important summer to be

1:24:38 ↗ talking with the community about this?

1:24:40 ↗ Diana, I saw your hand up. Hi Diana.

1:24:44 ↗ >> Hi. Yes. I know I've spoken a lot. I'm

1:24:46 ↗ sorry. And

1:24:49 ↗ >> I've been kind of hesitant to speak up

1:24:51 ↗ about the turf thing because it seems

1:24:52 ↗ pretty universally popular, but um

1:24:58 ↗ I just want to ask if part of the

1:25:02 ↗ process for

1:25:04 ↗ um these turf installations is studying

1:25:08 ↗ the environmental impact

1:25:11 ↗ >> of long-term installations, especially

1:25:16 ↗ Since the problem that the turf is

1:25:18 ↗ trying to remediate is um these

1:25:21 ↗ saturated fields which means they'll be

1:25:22 ↗ sitting right at the level of the water

1:25:24 ↗ table. So just a general question about

1:25:28 ↗ whether this budget would also include

1:25:30 ↗ environmental study.

1:25:34 ↗ >> Yes, it absolutely would Diana. So as we

1:25:36 ↗ you know any and all these projects all

1:25:38 ↗ these projects will need to go through

1:25:39 ↗ permitting. So that environmental review

1:25:41 ↗ will be important. Um but yes, how and

1:25:44 ↗ where we consider putting synthetic turf

1:25:46 ↗ in this community is really really

1:25:48 ↗ important to ask. Um I think synthetic

1:25:51 ↗ turf installations have come a long ways

1:25:53 ↗ in making sure that they are more

1:25:55 ↗ environmentally friendly both in terms

1:25:57 ↗ of how um storm water is addressed um um

1:26:02 ↗ how um that water is treated um um again

1:26:07 ↗ the use of different infield materials.

1:26:10 ↗ Um uh the industry's come a long ways

1:26:12 ↗ and we as Isiqua are want to be on the

1:26:15 ↗ the front end of that and um get away

1:26:18 ↗ from some of the um you know reuse tires

1:26:22 ↗ and other um crumb rubber uh that is um

1:26:27 ↗ sort of had concerns when it comes to

1:26:29 ↗ environment um impacts on salmon some

1:26:32 ↗ recent studies have shown. So yes, that

1:26:35 ↗ will be a an important part of um the

1:26:39 ↗ the work and consideration of turf.

1:26:43 ↗ >> Okay, cool. Thank you.

1:26:46 ↗ >> Thank you, Chris.

1:26:50 ↗ >> Yeah. um kind of a more maybe a higher

1:26:53 ↗ level question, but I think one thing

1:26:57 ↗ that's being expressed here is

1:27:00 ↗ these are great and it's great that

1:27:01 ↗ we've got this broad um spectrum of

1:27:05 ↗ projects. You know, we're looking at

1:27:06 ↗ trails, we're looking at doing stuff in

1:27:08 ↗ different geographic locations. Um we're

1:27:11 ↗ trying to address what we can within

1:27:14 ↗ that estimated, you know, $23 million

1:27:17 ↗ budget. Um, and then knowing

1:27:21 ↗ that the city is also looking going to

1:27:25 ↗ be looking for money for the police

1:27:29 ↗ station and city hall um projects that

1:27:33 ↗ um are

1:27:35 ↗ very much needed. Uh is this is city

1:27:39 ↗ council considering

1:27:41 ↗ uh maybe polling the the citizens for

1:27:46 ↗ their appetite for uh you know like a

1:27:50 ↗ bond two or a bond two and three. So we

1:27:53 ↗ might have this bond measure that's a

1:27:55 ↗ renewal that gets to you know with all

1:27:58 ↗ the things you mentioned to 23 million.

1:28:01 ↗ Uh and then we measure if there's a an

1:28:04 ↗ appetite for hey city do you want a pool

1:28:07 ↗ and and or do you want uh you know a re

1:28:11 ↗ uh remodeled Tibbitz Valley Park and we

1:28:14 ↗ need x amount of dollars and by the way

1:28:17 ↗ hey city do you want um

1:28:20 ↗ to help the police department have a

1:28:22 ↗ functioning police station so you know

1:28:24 ↗ police station and a city hall. Uh so is

1:28:27 ↗ that being considered at a higher level

1:28:29 ↗ to you know

1:28:31 ↗ >> Yes.

1:28:32 ↗ >> citizens? Yeah. Yes, Chris. Absolutely.

1:28:35 ↗ In fact, on April 6th, the the um

1:28:39 ↗ council council um they call it the

1:28:41 ↗ committee of the whole the cow um is its

1:28:44 ↗ acronym. I didn't come up with that. Um

1:28:47 ↗ um uh we'll have two topics. First will

1:28:50 ↗ be facilities capital. So, the public

1:28:53 ↗ safety police city hall discussion and

1:28:55 ↗ then this park bond renewal uh will be

1:28:58 ↗ happening the same night. Um mayor very

1:29:01 ↗ much wants uh to have a conversation

1:29:03 ↗ about both of them um and to think

1:29:05 ↗ strategically um as you're as you're

1:29:08 ↗ saying um

1:29:12 ↗ what might be we be going out to voters

1:29:14 ↗ for and what do we need to try and fund

1:29:16 ↗ uh with you know existing resources that

1:29:19 ↗ we have. Um so um you know as this

1:29:24 ↗ conversation moves forward and council

1:29:26 ↗ considers this um it will be considered

1:29:29 ↗ in light of of those other um those

1:29:32 ↗ other capital needs and how those other

1:29:34 ↗ capital needs will be funded.

1:29:40 ↗ >> Thank you.

1:29:41 ↗ >> Yep.

1:29:42 ↗ >> Thank you, Anna.

1:29:45 ↗ >> Yeah. Um sorry I've been so quiet

1:29:48 ↗ tonight. Uh this has been a really good

1:29:50 ↗ discussion. I just really wanted to

1:29:52 ↗ reiterate in my conversation um and kind

1:29:54 ↗ of sharing the information from

1:29:58 ↗ uh you know last meeting um a lot of my

1:30:02 ↗ community and friends did bring up the

1:30:05 ↗ pool. So I just kind of wanted to um

1:30:09 ↗ throw my throw my two cents in the ring

1:30:12 ↗ about that as well. um particularly

1:30:14 ↗ people have brought up you know the

1:30:16 ↗ inaccessibility of lap swimming um for

1:30:20 ↗ the community as a exercise alternatives

1:30:23 ↗ particularly for the people that are you

1:30:25 ↗ know working and um yeah so I think a

1:30:29 ↗ pool expansion is something that people

1:30:30 ↗ are really looking forward to and um I

1:30:33 ↗ don't know if this bond is the correct

1:30:36 ↗ uh place to talk about that or not but

1:30:38 ↗ it's definitely something that's come up

1:30:40 ↗ a lot

1:30:42 ↗ >> it's really good thanks Thanks, Hannah.

1:30:45 ↗ I think it's something we need to be

1:30:46 ↗ willing to to talk about. And again, if

1:30:49 ↗ this moves forward, um, if there is a a

1:30:53 ↗ a package of projects, that p I I can

1:30:56 ↗ guarantee you that package of projects

1:30:58 ↗ will have things on it and will have

1:31:00 ↗ things not on it that different people

1:31:02 ↗ are going to feel and have opinions on.

1:31:04 ↗ And so, um, as a staff person, as a

1:31:08 ↗ director, you would have my commitment

1:31:09 ↗ to we need to talk about all of it. We

1:31:11 ↗ need to be able to say why something was

1:31:14 ↗ on and not on and acknowledge kind of

1:31:17 ↗ what we started this conversation with

1:31:19 ↗ our our needs

1:31:21 ↗ needs needs and interests that this

1:31:23 ↗ community's identified of what what they

1:31:26 ↗ want in their park system um is more

1:31:28 ↗ expensive than what this 20ome million

1:31:31 ↗ dollars will be able to do. And so, um,

1:31:34 ↗ both, you know, Hannah, I appreciate you

1:31:36 ↗ adding to that and Katie, your comments

1:31:39 ↗ earlier, I think are of really, really

1:31:41 ↗ high value.

1:31:45 ↗ Jane,

1:31:47 ↗ >> yeah, I just wanted to add a plus one to

1:31:49 ↗ the uh, pool comment. It's pretty

1:31:52 ↗ impossible if you're a working adult to

1:31:55 ↗ um not pretty impossible, but the times

1:31:58 ↗ are extremely limited if you're a

1:32:00 ↗ working adult to uh find lap swim time

1:32:02 ↗ at the pool. Um so I you know totally

1:32:06 ↗ agree with that. Um and I'm assuming

1:32:10 ↗ that part of our community engagement

1:32:12 ↗ outre outreach strategy will include

1:32:14 ↗ some kind of social media component to

1:32:17 ↗ that.

1:32:18 ↗ >> Yes,

1:32:19 ↗ >> absolutely.

1:32:21 ↗ Great. Thank you.

1:32:25 ↗ >> You ever done a survey where we asked

1:32:28 ↗ them to force rank

1:32:31 ↗ the projects? So like for example, you

1:32:33 ↗ have that list together

1:32:35 ↗ >> instead of saying this one bond for the

1:32:38 ↗ swimming pool or this one bond for tits

1:32:40 ↗ like this is how much we have and this

1:32:41 ↗ is how much it might cost and you force

1:32:43 ↗ rank the survey, right? And then that's

1:32:46 ↗ those are the five or six projects that

1:32:48 ↗ we go forward when we bond and someone's

1:32:49 ↗ like yeah I remember I bring these three

1:32:51 ↗ high and then it just automatically

1:32:53 ↗ passes. Right.

1:32:54 ↗ >> Um

1:32:56 ↗ I've done I've done it in my career. I

1:32:58 ↗ don't know how much is done it but it's

1:33:01 ↗ it's certainly something we should

1:33:03 ↗ consider. Um

1:33:06 ↗ >> talk about community engagement is I

1:33:09 ↗ don't think always our community

1:33:10 ↗ engagement is a representative sample of

1:33:12 ↗ our community. So like that's the

1:33:15 ↗ trade-off.

1:33:15 ↗ >> So like who who like one if I get a

1:33:18 ↗ whole bunch of my people who really are

1:33:19 ↗ in athletic fields to like

1:33:22 ↗ >> right like that's not you know what I

1:33:24 ↗ mean

1:33:26 ↗ >> that's also democracy in action too.

1:33:28 ↗ Marlene nailed it and that's where I was

1:33:30 ↗ going to go is if if you do a force rank

1:33:32 ↗ survey like that that you're really

1:33:33 ↗ saying this is going to greatly inform

1:33:37 ↗ decisions we make. You'd want to spend

1:33:39 ↗ the extra money and do a scientific

1:33:41 ↗ sample um survey, right? Which is more

1:33:45 ↗ expensive, a lot more moving parts to

1:33:48 ↗ make sure you're getting a good

1:33:52 ↗ as best representation of the community

1:33:54 ↗ as you can as you can get. And so most

1:33:56 ↗ of the quick surveys we do are not, you

1:34:00 ↗ know, scientific, you know, when we put

1:34:01 ↗ up the QR code on the trails, you know,

1:34:04 ↗ those are not a scientific sample

1:34:07 ↗ survey.

1:34:08 ↗ >> Yeah, it's a data point. I'm just

1:34:10 ↗ wondering because I mean that that is

1:34:11 ↗ true. If you do rally your community,

1:34:13 ↗ then maybe that is what the community

1:34:15 ↗ wants and the people that don't care

1:34:16 ↗ don't vote, right? So

1:34:18 ↗ >> yeah, it's both sides.

1:34:21 ↗ >> Yeah. Yeah.

1:34:26 ↗ Wow, great discussion you all. I really

1:34:29 ↗ really appreciate it.

1:34:32 ↗ Any other thoughts, comments? I can give

1:34:34 ↗ a a little close.

1:34:38 ↗ I guess my next one is Tim had mentioned

1:34:40 ↗ not loving the dog part because

1:34:42 ↗ everybody like like and I know this is I

1:34:44 ↗ was just curious for the rest of us like

1:34:46 ↗ I could kind of take or leave the dog

1:34:47 ↗ part of Tim like I'm just kind of

1:34:49 ↗ curious like that one got added after

1:34:52 ↗ last week's disc last discussion and

1:34:54 ↗ there's some emails around it.

1:34:56 ↗ >> I'm just curious like

1:34:57 ↗ >> how are how are people feeling about the

1:34:59 ↗ dot part? I think it was, you know,

1:35:01 ↗ years ago, even before the pandemics, I

1:35:03 ↗ mean, there was a lot of interest in

1:35:07 ↗ getting a dog park activities

1:35:09 ↗ >> and and I know, you know, it's people

1:35:11 ↗ feel one way or another, but the reality

1:35:13 ↗ is is that even it not being a dog park

1:35:16 ↗ now, you go there and you see,

1:35:19 ↗ >> you know, dogs running, you know, um,

1:35:22 ↗ off leash all the time. So, um, so the

1:35:26 ↗ need is there. And now as we're building

1:35:28 ↗ more apartments complex just across the

1:35:31 ↗ street, um we're going to have more

1:35:34 ↗ dogs. And then, you know, at at least

1:35:36 ↗ with a dog park, I mean, people know

1:35:38 ↗ that there's a they go there and they

1:35:40 ↗ have a dog, but now with there's no dog

1:35:42 ↗ park, you got unleashed and maybe

1:35:44 ↗ untrained dogs running around and you've

1:35:47 ↗ got kids playing and and whatnot, you

1:35:49 ↗ know, or you have dog who um who are

1:35:52 ↗ reactive and so now you it just I I feel

1:35:55 ↗ like yes, you know, if you personally

1:35:58 ↗ feel I have my dog, I can't take my dog,

1:36:01 ↗ but but I feel that that the need is

1:36:05 ↗ there and people come up

1:36:08 ↗ >> is being used as off leash area as is

1:36:10 ↗ right as you said

1:36:12 ↗ >> and it came in pretty high on the list I

1:36:14 ↗ think too didn't engagement

1:36:17 ↗ >> I think there's some piece I'm I'm not a

1:36:19 ↗ pet on the market to the mall but um

1:36:23 ↗ like I think there's some piece of if

1:36:27 ↗ you are doing some type of um

1:36:30 ↗ reinvisioning of of Tibbitz is you have

1:36:34 ↗ a lot more.

1:36:36 ↗ You don't see people walking dogs at

1:36:38 ↗ Central Park because there's always

1:36:39 ↗ other stuff going on on the fields and

1:36:42 ↗ there's people always playing out there

1:36:44 ↗ and there's much more dedicated sport

1:36:47 ↗ activity. So maybe a dog park is high.

1:36:50 ↗ But but to the point of

1:36:53 ↗ maybe your the comment the conversation,

1:36:56 ↗ excuse me, of like TIV is kind of an off

1:36:59 ↗ leash dog park is if it was reinvisioned

1:37:02 ↗ as something else. That's not an

1:37:04 ↗ opportunity people have to I'm going to

1:37:05 ↗ walk my dog down to Tibbitz and throw a

1:37:08 ↗ ball in field one.

1:37:09 ↗ >> Yeah. More diversity of use creates that

1:37:12 ↗ natural surveillance if you will that

1:37:14 ↗ it's not Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I can't my

1:37:17 ↗ dog too much running around anymore

1:37:22 ↗ using it.

1:37:25 ↗ I I don't know. I

1:37:28 ↗ don't really have an opinion.

1:37:30 ↗ Really enjoy watching all my neighbors

1:37:31 ↗ walk their dogs and squawk on them.

1:37:37 ↗ >> Well, my closing comment is this. We're

1:37:39 ↗ not done with this conversation. So,

1:37:40 ↗ thank you. Um u you know I'll provide

1:37:45 ↗ you all an update with you know how the

1:37:47 ↗ conversation goes with council on the 6.

1:37:49 ↗ You're all welcome to either come or

1:37:52 ↗ listen in or watch uh those are I

1:37:55 ↗ believe live um on Isiqua TV. Um but

1:37:58 ↗ would um again just appreciate your

1:38:01 ↗ thoughts and continued conversation with

1:38:03 ↗ your neighbors and spheres of influence.

1:38:06 ↗ Um it's it's an important opportunity

1:38:09 ↗ and important conversation for for this

1:38:12 ↗ community to have. So appreciate it.

1:38:15 ↗ Thanks.

1:38:20 ↗ >> Good.

1:38:22 ↗ I think yeah, as you noted, those are

1:38:24 ↗ only regular business.

1:38:29 ↗ Is your director's report somewhat

1:38:31 ↗ substantial or is it

1:38:33 ↗ >> I just want to make sure we're allowing

1:38:35 ↗ time for other

1:38:37 ↗ >> Yeah. No, I'm

1:38:39 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:38:41 ↗ >> Uh, excellent. We'll move on to the

1:38:44 ↗ director report.

1:38:45 ↗ >> All right. Thanks, Ryan.

1:38:47 ↗ >> To be succinct, I've done enough

1:38:49 ↗ talking. Um, uh, park rules um,

1:38:53 ↗ conversation. Thank you so much for

1:38:55 ↗ that. We are u preparing to um engage

1:38:59 ↗ the community through a survey not

1:39:00 ↗ scientific sample but um a survey to

1:39:04 ↗ really begin to gauge feedback. Tim I

1:39:06 ↗ want to say thank you very very much for

1:39:08 ↗ uh just having a chance to look at um

1:39:10 ↗ the survey itself and gave some great

1:39:12 ↗ feedback to Dale Marky Crimp and Laura

1:39:16 ↗ will be working side by side with Dale

1:39:18 ↗ in that in that effort. Uh but um no, in

1:39:21 ↗ the next really couple of days uh next

1:39:24 ↗ week, we should have um some of those

1:39:27 ↗ same uh sort of yard signs that we put

1:39:30 ↗ up throughout our trail and park system

1:39:32 ↗ with a QR code inviting our residents to

1:39:36 ↗ uh partake in a a pretty quick survey to

1:39:39 ↗ give us their thoughts on park rules and

1:39:40 ↗ what's important to them and make sure

1:39:42 ↗ as we're beginning to draft something,

1:39:44 ↗ we're um hearing what the community has

1:39:46 ↗ to say. There'll be a social media uh

1:39:48 ↗ blast of some news flash that'll be

1:39:50 ↗ coming out from our communications team.

1:39:53 ↗ Um also um and then once that survey is

1:39:56 ↗ done and compiled and Dale and Laura

1:39:59 ↗ able to sort of review that and start to

1:40:02 ↗ pull together um some ideas and start

1:40:05 ↗ framing up some actual rules and

1:40:07 ↗ regulations, we'll come back to all of

1:40:08 ↗ you. Um probably have at least two more

1:40:11 ↗ conversations before asking you to make

1:40:14 ↗ a a recommendation.

1:40:16 ↗ um and then taking those on to city

1:40:17 ↗ council. So um more to come and just

1:40:21 ↗ again thanks Tim. Appreciate that.

1:40:24 ↗ Uh one last one, sorry I just saw my my

1:40:27 ↗ other note. Uh we were talking school

1:40:29 ↗ district and our partnership there. Uh

1:40:31 ↗ again that relationship is really

1:40:32 ↗ growing and really important. Uh great

1:40:35 ↗ news. The joint use agreement, the draft

1:40:37 ↗ um I think is in its final uh review. We

1:40:41 ↗ got a few final comments from the

1:40:43 ↗ district. We provided them a few final

1:40:44 ↗ com u com comments. Um our city attorney

1:40:48 ↗ is now looking at it. Uh we would hope

1:40:51 ↗ uh by sometime in April. In fact, right

1:40:53 ↗ now there's a goal for a joint school

1:40:55 ↗ district or school board and city

1:40:57 ↗ council meeting, not for the sole

1:40:59 ↗ purpose, but a joint meeting. They're

1:41:01 ↗ trying to meet annually to talk about a

1:41:02 ↗ number of things. Uh but if we line this

1:41:05 ↗ up, uh it'd be great at that joint

1:41:07 ↗ meeting to have um both the school board

1:41:09 ↗ and the city council adopt that joint

1:41:12 ↗ use agreement um that same night. So um

1:41:16 ↗ I know that's been some work and some

1:41:17 ↗ review that you all have given us over

1:41:20 ↗ these last couple months. Um I think

1:41:22 ↗ we're in the final final home stretch

1:41:24 ↗ there.

1:41:27 ↗ >> Excellent. Thank you,

1:41:31 ↗ >> Nick. How you doing? What you got for

1:41:32 ↗ us? Yeah, I was just going to comment on

1:41:35 ↗ the um park board removal just um

1:41:39 ↗ one thing I think the um all-inclusive

1:41:42 ↗ park idea I think it was Tibbitz um I

1:41:45 ↗ think

1:41:47 ↗ >> was like a good idea um I toured last

1:41:50 ↗ year I went to a accessible inclusive

1:41:53 ↗ playground in Seattle and called the

1:41:56 ↗ Pathways Park

1:41:57 ↗ >> and uh the community really uh enjoyed

1:42:01 ↗ it and uh a lot of good work was

1:42:03 ↗ involved. So I just think inclusive

1:42:06 ↗ parks are really important. Um and then

1:42:11 ↗ like I've been I've used the foam pool

1:42:14 ↗ and I agree that uh definitely the lane

1:42:16 ↗ space and just there's just not a lot of

1:42:19 ↗ time to uh find open lap swim. So uh

1:42:24 ↗ that's an important thing. Um and then I

1:42:28 ↗ guess um the other thing I would say is

1:42:32 ↗ uh the the pickle ball courts. Um there

1:42:37 ↗ is um like a student at Gibson who is

1:42:40 ↗ trying to run a pickle ball club um at

1:42:44 ↗ the community center,

1:42:45 ↗ >> but I'm sure they would definitely like

1:42:48 ↗ it just uh reaffirms like definitely

1:42:50 ↗ there's a need for uh pickle ball and a

1:42:53 ↗ lot of you obviously are doing it. So

1:42:58 ↗ yeah, that's some of the comments.

1:43:00 ↗ >> That's really great. And thanks.

1:43:04 ↗ Yeah, if the younger generation is uh

1:43:06 ↗ falling in love with pickle ball that uh

1:43:08 ↗ it's probably it's here to stay.

1:43:16 ↗ >> I didn't have too much include. I did

1:43:18 ↗ want to call out um our colleague Stacy

1:43:20 ↗ V McKinstry

1:43:22 ↗ did uh notify various boards of the um

1:43:26 ↗ Pickering Barn uh solar project

1:43:30 ↗ ribbon cutting which will be April 7th

1:43:34 ↗ at 2:00 p.m. which is a pretty cool

1:43:36 ↗ project. I think she includ includes

1:43:38 ↗ some statistics on the power generation

1:43:41 ↗ and stuff on that. So um if you have

1:43:43 ↗ opportunity to go support um that

1:43:46 ↗ project that'd be exciting.

1:43:50 ↗ Otherwise is there anything else anyone

1:43:52 ↗ has they'd like to add in or final

1:43:57 ↗ conversation on?

1:43:58 ↗ >> One final good of the order. Again Laura

1:44:01 ↗ welcome. I know I think you've you've

1:44:03 ↗ seen name tags, but can we quickly just

1:44:06 ↗ do a welcome maybe just introduce

1:44:08 ↗ yourself and how long you've lived in

1:44:11 ↗ Squa, how long you've been part of the

1:44:12 ↗ park board. Uh Laura can have a second

1:44:15 ↗ to introduce herself as well, but um

1:44:18 ↗ maybe can we start here and well

1:44:20 ↗ actually can we start up on the screen?

1:44:23 ↗ Um Chris, do you want to

1:44:29 ↗ >> happily Yeah. Hi. Um, my name is Chris

1:44:32 ↗ Kovak. I have been a resident of Isiqua

1:44:35 ↗ for 25 years. Actually, 26 almost now.

1:44:40 ↗ And I run my business from Isqua as

1:44:43 ↗ well. And I started board service on the

1:44:48 ↗ Friends of Lake Sam State Park a long

1:44:50 ↗ time ago. I did about four or five years

1:44:52 ↗ there. And then joined uh the Isqua Park

1:44:56 ↗ board I think eight or nine years ago.

1:44:58 ↗ So, I think my term is up in 2027

1:45:02 ↗ and that's it.

1:45:05 ↗ >> Thanks, Chris. Diana,

1:45:09 ↗ >> um, am I supposed to give all the same

1:45:12 ↗ pieces of information

1:45:16 ↗ >> or what's the format here?

1:45:19 ↗ >> Oh, just just introduce yourself and how

1:45:21 ↗ long you've you've lived in aqua, how

1:45:23 ↗ long you've been part of the park board.

1:45:25 ↗ Just introducing yourself to Laura.

1:45:29 ↗ Okay. Um,

1:45:31 ↗ my name is Diana.

1:45:33 ↗ I have

1:45:35 ↗ been a member of the park board for

1:45:37 ↗ about a year. What were the other parts?

1:45:39 ↗ How long I've lived in Isiqua? Was that

1:45:41 ↗ part of it?

1:45:43 ↗ >> I'm failing this. I'm sorry.

1:45:48 ↗ >> I've lived in Isiqua for

1:45:51 ↗ seven years. What else did Chris say?

1:45:55 ↗ Uh,

1:45:56 ↗ >> that that was it. That's great.

1:45:58 ↗ >> Okay, great. Great.

1:45:59 ↗ >> Awesome, Diana. Thank you.

1:46:02 ↗ >> Hey, Jamie.

1:46:06 ↗ >> Hi, Diana. Nice to meet you. Um, I've

1:46:09 ↗ been a resident of Visco. This will be

1:46:10 ↗ 20 years since my husband and I moved

1:46:13 ↗ from Washington DC to the Pacific

1:46:15 ↗ Northwest and we picked Isiqua. Uh,

1:46:18 ↗ never looked back. And I've been on the

1:46:21 ↗ park board for a little over a year.

1:46:26 ↗ and Hannah.

1:46:28 ↗ >> Hi, I'm Hannah. Here, let me turn on my

1:46:30 ↗ camera. It's kind of scary here, but hi.

1:46:34 ↗ Um, I've been in Isiqua since 2020. So,

1:46:38 ↗ that's about what, five and a half, six

1:46:40 ↗ years. I've been on the parks board for

1:46:43 ↗ just about a year, which is kind of

1:46:45 ↗ exciting.

1:46:47 ↗ And, um, gosh, was there anything else?

1:46:50 ↗ I know I also need a teleprompter,

1:46:52 ↗ Diana.

1:46:54 ↗ I'm just excited to be here.

1:46:56 ↗ >> Great.

1:46:59 ↗ >> We love hybrid meetings, don't we?

1:47:03 ↗ >> I'm convinced of this. We we during the

1:47:05 ↗ pandemic, we we transitioned well to

1:47:08 ↗ virtual meetings. I think we've always

1:47:10 ↗ had in-person meetings. Well, but hybrid

1:47:12 ↗ is it's the hardest type of meeting to

1:47:17 ↗ Ryan.

1:47:17 ↗ >> Yeah. Hello. Uh we've met before, but

1:47:19 ↗ I'm Ryan Olsson. uh been in his club for

1:47:21 ↗ eight years and uh been on park board

1:47:24 ↗ for I think three or four and a year as

1:47:27 ↗ the chair.

1:47:30 ↗ >> Hi Laura, I'm Tim and much like Ryan,

1:47:33 ↗ I've been in Nisqua eight years, been on

1:47:35 ↗ the park board four years, also

1:47:37 ↗ volunteer at Mount Rineer National Park.

1:47:41 ↗ >> David, um been here since 2017, so

1:47:44 ↗ almost nine years. um have a kid at

1:47:47 ↗ Sunset.

1:47:49 ↗ Been on the board for about four years.

1:47:52 ↗ >> I'm Katie and um I'm in Isaba for 22

1:47:57 ↗ years. I have two um kids at Isaba High

1:48:01 ↗ School and uh this is my fifth year. I

1:48:04 ↗ just got into

1:48:13 ↗ >> My name is Nick. I'm a senior at Gibson

1:48:16 ↗ Lake High School. Um I've lived here my

1:48:19 ↗ whole life and

1:48:21 ↗ uh started this is the third meeting

1:48:24 ↗ I've joined.

1:48:28 ↗ >> Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Marlene. I

1:48:30 ↗ join I've been in Isqua since 2016 and I

1:48:33 ↗ joined in 2018. So it's been a while.

1:48:38 ↗ Well, I'm Lauren Hos and um I'm this

1:48:41 ↗ group has been a fun one to start to get

1:48:44 ↗ to know and and the the incredible work

1:48:46 ↗ you guys have been doing. Um I come from

1:48:48 ↗ the University of Washington School of

1:48:49 ↗ Public Health. I spent my um whole

1:48:52 ↗ career at different departments and

1:48:54 ↗ roles at the University of Washington.

1:48:57 ↗ Um but I've been I'm live in the

1:48:59 ↗ neighboring city of Samish and my

1:49:01 ↗ parents have been up uh living there

1:49:03 ↗ since before it was a city. So mid 80s

1:49:06 ↗ and my kids go to Blackwell Elementary

1:49:09 ↗ in Spanish. So know the area very well

1:49:12 ↗ and really excited to work in the

1:49:15 ↗ community. So

1:49:17 ↗ >> and uh thank you for for doing that.

1:49:20 ↗ Really appreciate it you guys.

1:49:24 ↗ >> Well, our next meeting is April 27th.

1:49:30 ↗ >> You looked like you had something else

1:49:31 ↗ to say.

1:49:32 ↗ >> I did. Well,

1:49:32 ↗ >> I don't mean to pause. So,

1:49:36 ↗ continue on me. I'm just terrible. I I

1:49:40 ↗ we've covered so much tonight. Um we

1:49:43 ↗ might have a conflict on the 27th. Um we

1:49:45 ↗ might be spread a little thin as staff.

1:49:48 ↗ Um more to come. If that there's a

1:49:50 ↗ chance that school board and city

1:49:53 ↗ council meeting might be on the 27th as

1:49:55 ↗ well. Um so, um yes, the next meeting is

1:49:59 ↗ scheduled on the 27th. If for some

1:50:01 ↗ reason we may need to consider to move

1:50:02 ↗ it, we'll send that out um quickly.

1:50:05 ↗ >> As I understand it, the park board will

1:50:07 ↗ be bumped for the school board

1:50:12 ↗ on the record. Put it on the record.

1:50:15 ↗ >> So, so question about that. When we move

1:50:17 ↗ a meeting, often times it gets moved to

1:50:19 ↗ a different day like Tuesday. I've got a

1:50:21 ↗ standing obligation on Tuesday. Would it

1:50:23 ↗ be possible get moved to a Monday just

1:50:25 ↗ week or a week later? Yeah. Just put

1:50:28 ↗ that down there.

1:50:29 ↗ >> Yeah. Oh, we Yeah. Some

1:50:32 ↗ >> Yeah. Yeah. I think it's

1:50:34 ↗ >> an option.

1:50:37 ↗ >> Survey monkey.

1:50:38 ↗ >> Force range.

1:50:39 ↗ >> Sorry. Survey. Survey.

1:50:44 ↗ >> Gabble this puppy.

1:50:46 ↗ >> With no further business, this meeting

1:50:48 ↗ is adjourned.

1:50:50 ↗ >> Thanks everybody.

1:50:52 ↗ >> Thanks everyone.

1:50:53 ↗ >> Thank you.

1:50:53 ↗ >> Good night all.

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Jane Takushi

Katie Bell

Tim Motley

Chris Kovac

Marlene Waxse

Diana Ren

Hannah Novakivic

Martha Ginthner

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a) Draft minutes of February 24th, 2026 Approved by Ryan Olson, no revisions or comments
c) Youth Advisory Report N/A OTHER BUSINESS / ANNOUNCEMENTS Park board meeting on April 27, 2026 may be moved.