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7 o'clock, call this meeting order, please join me for the flag salute.

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Thank you. Maybe you have the roll call please.

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Make a motion to excuse council member, D.

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Second, all those in favor.

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Hi. The post. Motion carries.

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Thanks for your meal soon.

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Uh, customers, customers are neals and did reach out to me about an hour or two ago to let me know that she would not be attending tonight.

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Okay.

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They can motion to excuse some member neals and sign up.

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The only is in favor.

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Hi. The post.

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Motion carries.

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So next we need to review and approve the agenda, spending one wishing to make the changes with the sign.

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Like a motion to approve the agenda as presented.

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It's like a.

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It goes in favor.

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I think the pose.

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Wait, can there, are we going to still leave Sarah's items on the agenda?

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If she's not here.

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Yeah.

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Brenda, you're good.

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Got the vote.

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Thank you.

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So that brings us to our public comment session.

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This is for people wishing to address council regarding items of new business.

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You may do so at this time. There's a sign-up sheet over there. If you didn't get to it, no worries. Raise your hand to either physically or electronically online when you're called upon. Please come to the podium, state your name, city of residence.

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Please let me in your comments for three minutes.

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Thank you, sir.

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First up, we have Kelly Souscois.

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Good evening, council and Mayor Adler.

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I thank you for the opportunity to come and address the council this evening and my

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fellow comment.

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I'm my name is Kelly Cisco.

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I'm a member of the Black Diamond City Planning Commission and a resident of the city of

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Black Diamond first 31 years.

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And my public comment tonight is about the strategic plan.

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When I was reading through the strategic plan as it's written, I found a couple of things

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that seem a little bit at a character with the way I believe we want the city of Black

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Diamond to develop.

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In the plan, it does not provide specifically for public comment or public input to guide

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the themes of the plan.

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It says that the city staff will select themes that the city council might select themes,

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but no place in the plan does it show public participation

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in guiding the themes of the plan.

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I believe this is out of character with the type of city

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that I choose to live in,

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and I feel it's out of character with some of the other things

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that the city has implemented lately

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to not allow the public participation.

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That's one of the things that we have been working very hard

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on at the Planning Commission.

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And there have been hundreds of public comments

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that have been turned in in the four years

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that I have been on the Planning Commission.

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And I believe that needs to be a larger part of this plan

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for public participation and that there needs

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to be actions taken on the comments that are turned in,

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not just decisions made by the staff.

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My recommendation is that this plan could be tweaked

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and maybe account for public participation in a broader way.

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And there were other things in the plan that hit me as not quite consistent.

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It makes mention of the Lakeshore Regional Park as being potentially a future asset to the region.

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I can tell you that when I was participating in the development of the pros plan,

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the Lakeshore Regional Park all ready is a major asset to the region and there were dozens

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of people who came out to speak on behalf of the Lakeshore Regional Park and how they like it

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pretty much the way that it is and there should be a strong curb on development planned for

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Lakeshore Regional Park. It is one of very few places where you can go and walk your horse,

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ride your horse, ride your little battery powered dirt bike, go fishing, go and have a picnic,

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and hike over five miles of trails that are within the city when it's a black dime.

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Please consider that. Thank you. Thank you.

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I'm next up. I have Stacey Lyons.

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Hi there. My name is Stacey Lyons. I am a resident of Black Diamond. I'm here tonight to raise

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publicly an issue that I think is a traffic safety issue in the city of Black Diamond.

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And it's regarding the intersection of 2016, then, to 88th.

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As you probably know, there has been a very extended period of time of building traffic signals

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at that location for what was really, I think, a traffic issue and safety issue at the time.

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So I acknowledge the need to do something,

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but now we are fast forwarding several years.

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And there has been a lot of infrastructure built there,

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including several mechanical boxes

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on the Northeast corner of that intersection,

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which from a line of site perspective

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offers no ability for a driver to be able to assess

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if there's somebody coming up that hill

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before having to chicken their way

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into the intersection and hope that they can make it through and still manage what's happening

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on the left-hand side of that intersection. So I did reach out to public works today and while I

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understand what the long-term agenda is at getting those operational and I even understand what the

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concerns or the issues have been that have slowed that construction. There has to be an interim solution

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to make that a safe place. I go through there every day to and from. And frankly, I feel like I sometimes put my life in the hands of someone not coming up too fast on that hill.

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And I have had several close calls, and I've seen several close calls, and I think that we need to ask the engineers within.

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The black diamond city to figure out what an interim solution could be until we get those operational, it's been years that we've been waiting.

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And frankly, now they're sitting at a state where some of those signals the covers are starting to wear off. And if you're a new person driving there, you're not sure if you're supposed to stop, not supposed to stop.

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The person behind you doesn't know whether they should stop or not stop and I just think it would be neglectful to not have a solution before some kind of casualty happens at that spot.

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So, as just a resident, I felt like I was implored to ask you for your guidance and leadership in this situation.

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So, thank you.

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Thank you.

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Next up, we have Kristen Bryant.

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Good evening, Mayor.

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Council.

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My name's Kristen Bryant.

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I live in Bellevue, and I grew up in Black Diamond.

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I have comments on your strategic plan.

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I'll go kind of fast that I wanted to comment on three areas item one, the first element is basically about land use.

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It has, it divides black diamond into seven opportunity areas.

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One concern, an opportunity area has a more specific legal definition is used in King County.

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They even from a common use perspective.

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It's a term that invites an assumed significant growth in each area, which is really a comprehensive plan decision,

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not a thing to put lightly in this short strategic plan.

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It also item one talks about developing a vision and land use plan for those areas of the city for each of the seven.

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That belongs in a comprehensive plan process.

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It's a vision in land use.

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That's what a comprehensive plan mainly deals with.

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How do you decide a vision without the traffic

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evaluation, the environmental impact evaluation,

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and the capital needs evaluation that comes specifically

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with comprehensive planning?

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I noticed in that section there was also a change

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from your August draft to tonight's draft.

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That's not noted, but there's a bullet

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about commercial and light industrial use.

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It used to be two bullets between commercial and space

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for meat, small manufacturing, and light industrial,

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but tonight it's all lumped into commercial development,

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the blah, blah, blah, and provide space for small scale

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light industrial.

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I noticed you had to take an anonymous comments on this,

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and one of those seem to be really clearly

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from a developer who might own some light industrial land

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and be seeking a reason to commercial,

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because they use words like highest and best use

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that developers tend to use, not your everyday resident,

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but we don't know because those were anonymous comments.

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You're item two in the plan.

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Lake Sawyer Park, from the beginning,

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it was the goal of some people

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that Oak Point's ball fields would be developed

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at the regional park.

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And that's really why that became a priority

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and ended up in this strategic plan,

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even if it doesn't say ball fields,

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I think you should consider

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that that shouldn't be there at all.

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And then a strategic plan item four talks

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about enhancing city capacity.

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But if you lock yourself into three-year funding commitment for a civic campus now, you're artificially

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restricting other options that you might want to fund with City Money and there's a lot of

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examples I know you can think of them. One thing is they always postpone fish passage projects.

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You've got blocked fish passage all the way from Lake Sawyer on up to where Washington's finally

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going to make the fish be able to get under 169. But where's the money going to come from to help

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environment there. You may want to put money towards new staff. You haven't had a city engineer

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for the better part of a decade. You may need experience planning staff because you're doing

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a comp plan. I know you've got how he seems great, but you can look at other funding because

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you can pass a government facilities fee on new development. I know you can get money from other places

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for a civic campus. You may be cutting that off by committing it now through this process.

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Thank you. Is there anyone else online or in person wishing to address council?

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Last call. Seeing no one, I will close this public comment session.

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It brings us to appointments and also the proclamations and presentations. First up,

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Any reports? Does anybody have any committee reports I'd like to share?

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Okay.

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As you know, department reports,

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shout-outs, chief check-in this first.

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Any first in today?

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You haven't seen that.

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It's in your email.

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And then we have Mr. Mason with the second quarter of financial report.

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Good evening, Mayor. Good evening council.

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So, it's easy when I set up.

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I have to see me like that.

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It's not too long.

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I'll be guarding the second quarter by the entry port for the city of Black Diamond.

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That's a real brief report.

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However, in your packing materials, see the actual report.

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It's about.

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44 pages long.

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If there's somebody I'll provide to see me.

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Probably close here to five minutes.

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I went over it last Tuesday.

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During the budget finance and administration committee, I would say there's nothing to

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have in norm, however there are some important developments that occurred during the second quarter.

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The second quarter report goes up until the end of June 30.

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I've been going over the actuals for the operational funds, the investments,

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and the fund balance

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specifications for each of the funds, both for the entirety of the city action.

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First, general fund.

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The general fund has reached a surplus as a...

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June, a good portion of the reason a good reason for that is because if has strong revenues in property taxes, sales taxes, utility taxes, and investment earnings, so you see a surplus of about a hundred thousand dollars there.

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We were, of course, anticipating a budget deficit, however,

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seeing that we do our very conservative, when it comes to our revenues,

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and also conservative, when it comes to our expenditures,

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how to say this deficit in the surplus is very welcome.

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Looking at the percentage of where we at our,

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in terms of our revenues in terms of the percentage,

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we have 48 percent where we are budgeted for the year,

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and 46% were a budget for the year as well for expenditures.

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So we're rather target in terms of we're expecting to be half way through the year.

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Again, revenues are a bit stronger due to those revenue streams I mentioned earlier.

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And part of the reasons because utility taxes in particular,

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we see a rise in those during the third quarter months due to usage of different utilities.

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For the street fund, this fund is heavily supplemented by the general fund, which we made a budget amendment at the end of 26 to provide at the end of $200,000 to keep that fund afloat.

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addition to your read funds and TDD funds. So you're looking at a deficit about 336,000 dollars.

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That is there because we have yet to make those transfers. This fund was still in added with

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a deficit. However, it would not be as big as you're seeing the seeping.

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The water fund is

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dropping. Well, at least since 2024, since you've paid off that debt in May, this has been our strong

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utility fund. And as you'll see, there is a large surplus 253,000. What you'll see as a year

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progresses is that surplus will continue to grow. What will happen at the end of the year,

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that surplus will drop significantly because it will be transferring a good portion of that

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amount towards capital expenditures, which are budgeted. And going towards the other funds,

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sewer and storm water, you'll see a slightly different story that you do want to hone in a

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little bit on this evening. I would anticipate an anticipation of upcoming meetings regarding

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the budget and of Italy race setting. So you do see a surplus for the sewer fund. We'll also see

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a surplus in the storm water fund. The difference between this and the water fund is that these

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pluses are not, say, large, large in the sense of that we cannot transfer funds from these

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different utility funds towards our capital funds, because the funds that are the surface

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that they're building up are needed to keep their operating fund afloat.

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A Councilmember Peterson, I recall you, you know, about a year ago, is a question regarding

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widening that have a set percentage amount of our revenue is going towards capital funds and that's

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part of the reason nearly 100% of the revenue that these two funds generate are used to keep the

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offering up on stable. Storm Mar on the other hand is not very stable. As an enterprise plan you need

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to fund the operations as well as capital and for about two years now we've been, I don't see

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neglecting, but strategically holding off on those transfers, then keep their

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operating fund afloat.

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So as in sewer, you see a surplus here, 70,000, which of

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course makes the operating fund stronger. However, it's not enough to keep up with

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the capital expenditures that requires this fund operate. A stormmarker, you see the

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same thing. For those who've mentioned or heard me speak before, stormmarkers

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one back, but a lot of attention aren't just because of versus it's very limited in terms of revenue

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generation, expenditures are growing and some revenue is like the grant, the CERMOAR capacity

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grant, and under $20,000 is good for operating however, it's not an annual grant. It happens

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on an 18-month cycle, and next year we're not expecting to $120,000, and so you'll see that

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We discussed the budget in the coming weeks and so that again affects this fund's ability

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to to provide income for capital expenditures to increase capital planning a bit harder

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to do.

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Cash and investment balances over all season pretty good has been increased from the December

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2025 to the June 30th about about 1.2 million overall, good 100,000 in the general fund, about

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300,000 or so in the REAP, so overall pretty good. Everything is in the black.

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Here's a quick chart detailing how the flames have grown throughout the years in 2018 to present.

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A lot of growth, a lot of growth is good because you never know when the needle is fun for a rainy day.

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Back behind the best and portfolio, as mentioned earlier, we were doing very well in comparison to what we were expecting during the budget process last year.

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A big part of that reason is we were expecting the Fed rate to decrease.

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As you may have watched the news lately, they have not decreased in fact, since expecting a high tomorrow.

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So that may our interest rates may be a little bit better in the future.

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Here's just a chart detailing interest rates or interest investments or investment earnings over the years from 2020 to present.

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And, conclusion, find the balanced classifications.

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We're looking about 4.6 restricted at 1.1 and committed about 6.3 in a sign.

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And, I'm a sign which is primarily the general fund 9.145.

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And it's a little 21.2 million as of the end of last year.

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Are there any questions regarding the second quarter financial report?

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I do have a question.

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I was just trying to get right my head around there,

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so I could be saying that the storm and sewer

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are in a positive fund, but you can't transfer

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into the capital of expenditure.

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What does that mean?

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Where's that money though?

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What's the capital expenditure?

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Okay, so, good question.

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So, there's different.

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There's a water fund within the water fund,

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We're going to say it's super fun. Within the circuit, there's two points. The sewer reserve and capital and the sewer operational.

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So the sewer operational point is what generates the revenue and most of the expenditures. And what happens is that.

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Over time, or maybe on annual basis, you'll see this through in the budget process,

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can you may not see it because we're not being transferred. Is that a portion of the reserves

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within that operating fund are transferred to the capital fund from which it's expenditure

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is capital projects. And when the reserve or the fund balance of the operating fund is so low,

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to say, for example, I believe around February or March, the stormwater fund was near $20,000,

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you can't make a transfer to capital without making that fund go underwater.

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But we're really talking about a bigger problem. Our rates are not set properly, right? Because

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we're not factoring in our capital needs and we're not setting aside enough money. So help me understand

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and how far we are on our rate study and how that's been included this time around.

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Yeah, the rate study, they're progressing along very well. I think they're near completion

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in almost for a few percent of the council. Will you be including these rates in next year's

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budget or does it have to go through us first before you can even contemplate it or what?

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So, during this budget process, I have worked with them to help determine the revins.

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And they have similar expenditures, so they can have like, no, be apples or apples.

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So, during the budget process, I'll be presenting to you all rates as they are, because they've not been approved by council.

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However, during the stand-tocks presentation, they'll have the status quo at rates as they are, as well as rates as they can.

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as they are suggesting them to be, if any at all, I need to change this at all.

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And then what will happen is, be paying our encounters, decision,

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else it depends on how fast that process is because the budget,

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and stand-taker are not necessarily on the same voting time table.

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But ensure what we'll do up the rates to reflect whatever counsel decides needs to be.

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And then I know because we've all read through our planning documents that we have a six year and a 20 year capital improvement plan for each one of these funds.

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So, and I'm assuming that all of those things are being factored in and it's been my experience that a body like this might determine maybe a percentage of the rates that they want to go to capital that's how my board does it.

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or maybe it's the amount of projects we want to complete or however we do it, but that's where

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during this budget process we want to be informed. Okay.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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Great. Next up is the consent agenda.

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We'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda.

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I got to. All those in favor. Opposed. Motion carries. No public hearings. No unfinished

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business. Wingsams to item seven, which is the hometown of heroes banner program.

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Presented by Councillor Nielsen, proxy by Mr. Nielsen for Mr. O'Neill.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and if it's all right with Council, I'm just going to kind of combine these two items, the purple heart city item as well as the banner.

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There's no, there's no action requested just mostly information, not mostly. It is informational.

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So, first since we have it on the screen, I'll start with the banner program. She Councilmember Nielsen has been working with Mr. Glenn Boji, who, if I said that correctly, I'm sorry if I didn't.

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to kick off this program, what's been,

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this has come before council before and what they've decided to do

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as just a initial trial is two banners.

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They cost about $100 each, so very, very low cost.

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And we will put them on Robert on two of the light poles there.

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Just as a trial run for this year,

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the two people we would like to honor this year

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our is Mr. Boji as well as the purple heart recipient that we are honoring on the next item,

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the purple heart city. So those will be the two that we start with and then we'll

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from there we'll have to figure out a process in terms of, you know, we have limited light poles.

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How do we select the number people, what's the nomination process, how do we handle the cost,

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all of that kind of stuff? But at this point I'm just kind of looking for a head nod. This is

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generally sound okay and and we'll we'll move forward with purchasing them and try to have a small little ceremony

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where we can we can get them installed and before Veterans Day what's that before Veterans Day

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we're going to try to yeah and then how long do we think we'll leave them uh mean um

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kind of a trial to see how they look see how it goes I maybe I don't know exactly I think that

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will kind of have to see how they stand the weather.

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We start to do the individual's disservice when they're up there and they're weathered

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in there.

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That's what I'm wondering.

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So, we don't have any experience with the vendors, so maybe they'll look great for a month,

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maybe they'll look great for two years, I don't know.

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But certainly, it'll be something we'll be coming back to council on as we build out the

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program.

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And then on the purple heart side of things, we have ordered the signs.

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We have determined where they will go generally, rather than trying to have them at each entry point to the city.

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We want to focus on the northbound entrance on 169, as well as the southbound entrance on 169, just on both ends of the city.

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The two most traveled areas, somewhere around the cool cars.

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You know, we don't want the, you know, the cool cards are so cool. We don't want it to track from them, but with the same time we want, you know, the purple heart recipient.

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To, you know, get the their do attention as well. So it'll be somewhere along there.

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The idea at this point is to do a small ceremony honoring Mr. Sakato who is the purple heart recipient that we've identified in the city.

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That will likely happen on October 3rd of Saturday. I'll send a confirmation.

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And what we're thinking we'll do is we'll have a small ceremony here and then bring

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him out to where one of the signs will already be installed and just do a quick little

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photo-op and it's a little bit of a little dangerous on the side of the road.

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Thankfully, the southern and cold car, there's some good area there, so it shouldn't be too

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bad.

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But certainly, all council will be invited to that and then we'll get the second sign installed

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and then northern portion of the city. So that's where we're at with those two items.

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Do you have a time on the third?

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Not yet.

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At he, Mr. Chicago's family is coming in, like the first through the fit. There's something along those lines, we'll be working with them to make sure that they can attend. I think if I had, I don't know, we'll still have to see either morning or afternoon.

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Yeah, that's safe way opening.

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Oh, I said my name or report.

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We will work around safe way.

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All right, that, that, that I didn't connect that dot. So yeah, well, we'll figure out a good time.

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Or maybe we'll all just carpool from one to the other.

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There you go.

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Don't have the bus.

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All right.

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All right.

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All right.

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Cohen's a pilot.

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Thank you.

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I'm a question too.

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Sure.

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I'm Scott Sandal.

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For the home town hero, Banner.

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Sounds like Robert Stride is where we've been in places.

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we do have a grant to reconstruct or strike a section of it with the sidewalk. I'm sure this

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can be street lights and that or those poles are going to make sure the poles are adequate with the

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banners. Yeah, yeah, the poles will work. The banners themselves have basically brackets for

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straps and go around them. Okay, they don't have the arm like we did down at the bakery.

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So there's

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here, Mr. Hannes. He basically said there shouldn't be an issue. Yeah, shouldn't be an issue.

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And are you happy with the design?

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You're good. Yeah. Yeah.

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Yeah, I can't remember, Nielsen took the lead on the design. I think she's done a fantastic job on both of

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these two initiatives. It's really exciting to see the process start and now get to the point where,

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you know, we've had the meetings, we've made the decisions, and now, you know, we're getting

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over the finish line. So, um, excited to see that happening. So, kudos to her.

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That's a

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mystery. Thank you. Um, you're back up again for a 26-118 resolution adopting

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city strategic plan. Thank you again, Mr. Mayor. So, uh, I am going to share a quick PowerPoint,

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um, and then handed over to Brian Murphy, who's been the, um, one of the consultants that's been

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helping us through this process.

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Excited to be here at this meeting.

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And I'll just add before I hand the microphone over.

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We have received a lot of comments the last few days.

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We've had people come up and speak and Brian and I have touch base.

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If there are two weeks we want to make tonight, we can do that on the fly.

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He's prepared to pull it up and we can kind of do some worksmithing.

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And if there's some items that are not quite comfortable with.

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So that is an option. I just want to lay that out first. So with that said, Brian?

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Yeah, good evening, Council. Mr. Mayor, thank you so much for letting me join you.

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And I do wish I was there in person, given the interest in the strategic plan.

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But I would join the panel to this. Can you hear me, OK?

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It's a little low volume, Brian. We're trying to make some tweaks here maybe.

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I'll bring you my just a little bit closer. Is that better?

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Yeah, that's a lot better.

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Okay. So it was error on my end. So hopefully you can hear me now.

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I just want to say good evening.

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I'm really glad to be with you all and which I was there in person actually,

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but I'm up in our Seattle office and glad to connect with you about this strategic plan.

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So, I'm happy to just give a recap of kind of the planning process and where we are tonight.

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Just a few high-level remarks about the strategic plan as it sits in front of council.

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And then as Kevin said, I'd very glad to take feedback and final refinements and hopefully, you know, see council adopt tonight.

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Can you go to the next slide please?

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Yes, on second.

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Thank you.

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So just a brief recap of the journey we've been on.

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We started the process in April, April 17th with Council retreat.

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We then that was staffed to take some of the ideas that have been talked about in a vision

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that have been talked about in that Council retreat.

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And workshop that a bit and came back and spoke with Council again in person on June 8th.

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We're back to staff, so kind of used staff as a sounding board for some of the ideas

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accounts were raised, then did a very brief public review process and some additional staff engagement,

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and then my colleague, Maddie and Molini were down with counsel on August 18th, and had a

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version of the plan that was fairly close to the version that's in front of you this evening.

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I'm happy to recap the changes that we've made, some wordsmithing, and also some, I think,

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that it's a bit more substantive. Next slide, please.

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I'm

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not going to talk through the whole plan.

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I know everyone's had a chance to kind of review that and look at it.

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I will say it's a high level document.

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It's all of 10 pages.

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So it's got a high level direction to it.

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It is not nearly as long as comprehensive or as technical as a comprehensive plan.

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We'll be for you.

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I will say it does talk about growth, but it does not establish a growth target.

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And it is not meant at all to preempt any of the land use decisions that would be made in a comprehensive planning process.

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So it talks about the need for visions and land use designations for areas of your community that are subject to change that you all want to achieve.

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To be a particular thing, it talks about the idea of a walkable downtown, for example,

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But it does not presume to say where that downtown should be or how that exactly should function.

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That's clearly something that should be developed in the comprehensive plan.

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In addition to growth, it talks about other things like enhancing communication with the public.

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It talks about a fair bit actually about internal city capacity and operations in the fourth priority.

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and helping you, like I'm not about as your community does continue to grow, how do you make sure you're providing quality services, and how are you

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staffing appropriately, not getting over your skis, but also not sort of under-capacity to the demand that are placed on staff.

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It talks about other things like a community brand or community identity so quite a lot here

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but it's meant to be a flexible document that gives counsel and staff some direction

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but constant process of engaging with a community and with one another to set that annual implementation plan.

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So it's so high level, it's not meant to lock you in.

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Just to recap some of the changes that we made prior to this final version, we removed a projection of population that we have pulled from the comprehensive plan that has since been put on hold and we added just some brief narrative to this.

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Say that back time, it is very likely to continue to grow, but we don't know, and the purpose of this document is not to say how quickly or how much.

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We generalize the approach to Lake Soyer Regional Park. Under Priority 4, we added a focus on developing strong internal systems and processes, as well as being a learning organization.

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Having the chance to sit with staff, we see that there's a real need to invest in city services,

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city systems around their processes so that they're more robust and more stable and more resilient

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to increase demand for services.

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And then the last thing we did was at Request of Council, we really fleshed out the annual implementation cycle.

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So if you could go to the very last slide here, I'll have to sort of walk through that.

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There we go.

441
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:32,060
It looks better in the planet itself as it's more portrait orientation.

442
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:37,020
But the idea here is that the strategic plan is it's very high level.

443
00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:40,740
It should be updated every two years.

444
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:49,140
So every two years Council would look at the strategic plan and identify where there should be a focus in the coming

445
00:38:49,140 --> 00:38:54,260
two years. As with all things that are driven by council, that would be with like a strong

446
00:38:54,260 --> 00:39:01,360
public process. So we're showing down in the green area ongoing public communications and

447
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:06,720
town hall events so that you as council will be elected officials are getting input from the community

448
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:13,900
about how you are going to govern in the coming two years. So the strategic plan would be the

449
00:39:13,900 --> 00:39:18,720
focus of the strategic plan would be updated every two years and of course your budget

450
00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:25,660
would be updated every year, and we're trying to make the connection between the strategic plan and the budget to make sure that

451
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:35,440
the budget is a good representation of your overall strategy and where you want to go with a city and get the priority investments that you want to make in the coming years.

452
00:39:36,740 --> 00:39:43,800
But I'll just close by saying the strategic plan doesn't make you to any budget decisions and similarly it doesn't come to you to any

453
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:48,000
and use decisions or capital facility decisions for that matter.

454
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:53,100
So it's putting in front of Council and staff priority items

455
00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:55,280
for additional discussion, as you would forward.

456
00:39:57,420 --> 00:39:59,800
So that's all I would hope to share with you.

457
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:02,040
Happy to take questions, of course.

458
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:04,360
Happy to take suggested revisions,

459
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,600
and would love to hear Council's interest

460
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:10,140
in whether you'd like to adopt this plan.

461
00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:22,900
Questions?

462
00:40:22,900 --> 00:40:23,980
I don't know.

463
00:40:26,460 --> 00:40:26,900
I don't know.

464
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,080
There's somebody else's.

465
00:40:28,540 --> 00:40:30,340
He also wants starts.

466
00:40:31,460 --> 00:40:32,300
I'll start.

467
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,420
You know, we were in the meetings.

468
00:40:36,020 --> 00:40:36,640
We could go.

469
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,600
We want to express how we want to listen to the public.

470
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:43,000
We need to get more public involvement.

471
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:48,820
Oh, we got a lot of public involvement on this topic and no one supported us adopt

472
00:40:48,820 --> 00:40:49,860
in this plan tonight.

473
00:40:50,060 --> 00:40:50,800
Not one.

474
00:40:51,340 --> 00:40:54,100
And I don't know what the urgency is adopted.

475
00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:59,280
that I know it doesn't lock us into anything. It's a high level plan, but without the

476
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:04,660
comp plan being done, I think you got the wagon before the horse and there's plan. I just

477
00:41:04,660 --> 00:41:11,240
don't see why we would want to adopt this now. We have the comp plan done. To me, it doesn't

478
00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:16,700
make any sense. We look at the wagon three times already. Nobody brought up any objections

479
00:41:17,420 --> 00:41:18,840
and tell today.

480
00:41:20,580 --> 00:41:21,120
And that's true.

481
00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:23,160
And there was a lot of objections.

482
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,820
And I don't see why it would hurt to just wait till the

483
00:41:27,820 --> 00:41:28,860
Concland's done.

484
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:31,280
Make most of the table, but it's saying till we get the

485
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:31,780
Concland done.

486
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,700
And then we can address any issues that come up out of this.

487
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,720
And, you know, a lot of a comment was done on the civic plan.

488
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,220
You know, there was a document that wasn't studied done by the

489
00:41:44,220 --> 00:41:51,080
papers on the facilities and what we should be charged in and previous counsel, previous

490
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:52,180
previous quick.

491
00:41:54,040 --> 00:42:00,040
They decided not to adopt that plan in all over the fees, which we would already have like

492
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,840
10 million and 12 million in the fund for a city hall right now.

493
00:42:03,980 --> 00:42:10,380
It has to make it that we should be charged in some place about 50, 800 per hour housing unit

494
00:42:10,380 --> 00:42:14,600
in $2.80 per square foot, so we could start addressing

495
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:16,960
our needs of City All Matt.

496
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,000
And tell we start doing some of this stuff.

497
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,360
I don't see why we need the street in Atlanta

498
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:25,540
and that one adopted that we get the car planned on.

499
00:42:25,540 --> 00:42:27,160
I think that's my opinion.

500
00:42:29,220 --> 00:42:31,980
Council Member Sorsia see you every end up online, Nick.

501
00:42:32,540 --> 00:42:33,260
Yeah, I do.

502
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:39,220
I come, I have the same concerns that Mr. Del Sano has.

503
00:42:42,140 --> 00:42:49,420
We're going down the road without a comprehensive plan and the makers put together and it's unfortunate that the council

504
00:42:49,420 --> 00:42:54,620
away back when didn't adopt it because I believe we should have

505
00:42:55,200 --> 00:43:03,980
sure that we need facility funding which can come in within the comp plan. We do adopt facility fees

506
00:43:07,220 --> 00:43:12,540
We still have a lot of houses that are going to be built in 10 trails as well as the rest of the city.

507
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:19,620
That will generate a capital facility fund for us so that we can build the capital facilities.

508
00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:28,220
Cash that we currently have in our reserves can be used for other things within the city to improve that.

509
00:43:28,540 --> 00:43:32,580
Everywhere from streets to water quality to fish, as you heard,

510
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:37,700
We need to reprioritize and look at where our money is going to come from.

511
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:44,940
I believe capital facilities should be funded from growth because that's what's driving this.

512
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:49,760
And we need the comp plan so that we can adopt the capital facilities plan.

513
00:43:50,660 --> 00:43:52,440
So I don't think we should adopt this.

514
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:53,340
I think it's good work.

515
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:57,000
We can keep it on our back pocket and look at it.

516
00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:00,600
But I think we need to get working on the comprehensive plan and get that done.

517
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,780
So we can start generating revenue for capital facilities.

518
00:44:07,370 --> 00:44:08,570
Mr. Mayor.

519
00:44:10,430 --> 00:44:16,890
So maybe I think what might be helpful is, if I remind it, I just kind of brought up some

520
00:44:16,890 --> 00:44:19,290
of the context of what led us to this plan.

521
00:44:21,390 --> 00:44:27,490
And I, you know, I freely admit that this plan was a bit of a selfish project for myself

522
00:44:27,490 --> 00:44:34,490
Because if you were called the beginning of the year, we had two new council members on the

523
00:44:34,490 --> 00:44:35,070
dias.

524
00:44:35,770 --> 00:44:41,010
I think three additional council members who had just been reelected, when we kicked off

525
00:44:41,010 --> 00:44:46,330
this process at the retreat, even our now council member Reed was even there.

526
00:44:46,890 --> 00:44:54,770
The reason I wanted to do this plan is because it's not just the document, it's the process

527
00:44:54,770 --> 00:44:59,970
in which all of you worked on this. We saw a lot of great synergy between

528
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:08,660
In the seven of you, a lot of excellent conversations, back and forths that have led up to this meeting

529
00:45:08,660 --> 00:45:10,560
where you're considering adoption.

530
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:16,480
And, and, you know, the process is almost as valuable as

531
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:24,140
the document itself. But the other big reason that I felt this was important was because on the

532
00:45:25,540 --> 00:45:34,100
we have a 20-year comprehensive plan and we have a one-year budget and there's six, a six year TIP,

533
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:41,060
six year CIP but even those for the most part they're just parking lots for projects because we just we don't have the funds to do very much.

534
00:45:41,940 --> 00:45:48,820
And so what the vision for this was that it would help us bridge that gap between the two the two big documents.

535
00:45:48,820 --> 00:45:55,340
And I completely recognize that the situation has drastically changed with the repeal of the

536
00:45:55,340 --> 00:45:56,140
comp plan.

537
00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:04,340
However, from a staff perspective, I almost see this as being even more important at this

538
00:46:04,340 --> 00:46:04,740
time.

539
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:09,860
And the reason for that is because we will likely not have a comp plan, a new comp plan.

540
00:46:09,940 --> 00:46:11,060
We do technically have a comp plan.

541
00:46:11,180 --> 00:46:16,440
It's the one from 2019 that we, I don't even know, you know, Councilor Deity is certainly

542
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:21,580
the only one on council. That was that on council at that time and I don't know how many other

543
00:46:21,580 --> 00:46:27,040
times that your seats have turned over since then. But we're at least probably a year away from

544
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:35,520
adopting another comp plan. And we are deep into the budget process this year. We're excited to present

545
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:44,260
that budget to you. But by doing this exercise, by adopting a strategic plan, it helps give me that

546
00:46:44,260 --> 00:46:51,920
stop gap from the 2019 plan to whatever this new plan is going to be because it comes from

547
00:46:51,920 --> 00:47:01,540
the 7 of you, the 2019 complaint came from one 7th of you and the next complaint might not

548
00:47:01,540 --> 00:47:06,120
even come from all 7 of you, you know, we're going to have an election in a little over a year,

549
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:10,340
where I think if I'm, I can't remember, I haven't looked at the date, I think four seats are up

550
00:47:10,340 --> 00:47:14,800
re-election or not re-election, but up for grabs,

551
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:21,280
and so I would just ask you to consider it from

552
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:28,520
from that lens. The resolution even says such, you know, nothing in here is binding, every item

553
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:35,860
that we, we budget for or we come for approval will come before council and like every document

554
00:47:35,860 --> 00:47:41,720
it's a living document. We know it's going to change. It's just part of the part of the cycle of things.

555
00:47:42,260 --> 00:47:47,300
So I just want to add that a little bit of perspective because, you know, we find ourselves in

556
00:47:47,300 --> 00:47:52,240
uncharted territory with repealed a comprehensive plan. I don't think there's a single city in

557
00:47:52,240 --> 00:47:59,180
or county in the state that is operating off of a 2019 complaint. So I see this has been a help not a

558
00:47:59,180 --> 00:48:02,680
But, again, that's just my perspective on that, on the matter.

559
00:48:07,830 --> 00:48:08,230
Question.

560
00:48:09,610 --> 00:48:10,530
Can we move on?

561
00:48:11,150 --> 00:48:19,390
So, I know that a lot of the public comment was about the phrasing of the shared vision and investing

562
00:48:19,390 --> 00:48:23,230
in Lakeshore Regional Park to establish as a major asset to the community in region.

563
00:48:26,550 --> 00:48:30,490
I think a lot of the concern was that I've read in my email,

564
00:48:30,490 --> 00:48:40,030
this is around both fields, and this is a more directional statement. It would seem that maybe

565
00:48:40,030 --> 00:48:47,170
a planning committee or future council decision could decide what happens there, but it's not

566
00:48:47,170 --> 00:48:54,830
locked into both fields, so a potential outcome would be to enhance the trails that are already there,

567
00:48:54,830 --> 00:48:59,430
or as I think one of the people said last time years,

568
00:49:00,370 --> 00:49:04,190
I was just asking about a disc golf course out there.

569
00:49:05,390 --> 00:49:08,470
So I just want to like caution that I think

570
00:49:08,470 --> 00:49:10,890
those are also potential outcomes.

571
00:49:12,270 --> 00:49:15,230
And I don't necessarily think this locks us

572
00:49:15,230 --> 00:49:18,410
into any sort of ball field or any sort of

573
00:49:18,410 --> 00:49:23,010
point agreement or it really kind of gives us

574
00:49:23,010 --> 00:49:28,590
you know, as a community, we want to do something there, and we don't have that necessary,

575
00:49:29,190 --> 00:49:35,430
necessary. That plan necessarily lined out right now, but it does, through parts of the other

576
00:49:35,430 --> 00:49:41,590
plan, say, that we should work together as a community and figure out what that plan is. So,

577
00:49:41,970 --> 00:49:48,370
I mean, from that standpoint and thinking about, you know, optimism of my community, I think that

578
00:49:48,370 --> 00:49:53,990
it makes sense to lean into that and work with everybody because we could have a really cool

579
00:49:53,990 --> 00:49:58,230
orstrail out there. We could have a really cool electric drip like that out there. You know,

580
00:49:58,410 --> 00:50:06,910
I mean, I just want to caution that saying no to this, are we saying no to those other things too?

581
00:50:08,030 --> 00:50:13,850
Right. And that I guess less of a question, but maybe confirm my assumption that that is a potential

582
00:50:16,570 --> 00:50:19,630
It's a really nice question, but it's a nice question.

583
00:50:19,690 --> 00:50:20,370
Why thought this?

584
00:50:20,490 --> 00:50:23,310
We did a council of seven of us work on this.

585
00:50:23,470 --> 00:50:26,450
It is a working document that we all set down

586
00:50:26,450 --> 00:50:29,010
and meetings and meetings and meetings on this.

587
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:34,040
We're not locked in to anything.

588
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:36,640
But there's no public comment on any of that.

589
00:50:36,820 --> 00:50:38,340
What we decided either.

590
00:50:38,860 --> 00:50:39,660
Sure, you know.

591
00:50:39,940 --> 00:50:42,100
And it was what we thought of as a whole

592
00:50:42,100 --> 00:50:43,800
would be good for that community.

593
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:46,780
And I know we're elected and we represent the people.

594
00:50:46,780 --> 00:50:49,880
But we never got to really hear a lot of people know what they do not.

595
00:50:49,980 --> 00:50:54,740
It was our vision of what we think the population of people want.

596
00:50:55,620 --> 00:50:58,420
Now, we're learned in that,

597
00:50:58,420 --> 00:51:00,500
a lot of them don't want the ball fields of the park.

598
00:51:00,780 --> 00:51:03,840
You know, how do we say, okay, that we won't do that?

599
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:04,900
But we might do this.

600
00:51:05,340 --> 00:51:06,500
How do we

601
00:51:08,710 --> 00:51:11,790
have a public comment on every issue we're going to decide on?

602
00:51:12,410 --> 00:51:15,990
I mean, you know, that's why I think,

603
00:51:15,990 --> 00:51:26,750
I think we should just table this till the conference done and make sure we're all in the line and everything lines up and then I'm not saying our work goes away.

604
00:51:26,930 --> 00:51:29,510
I'm just saying when they will it all begin.

605
00:51:31,190 --> 00:51:33,230
Some key issues addressed.

606
00:51:38,110 --> 00:51:48,330
So I have a lot of feelings about this and I think that we're in a unique position as a city where we've been a little city for a long time.

607
00:51:48,330 --> 00:51:50,810
and we're trying to grow up and become a bigger city.

608
00:51:51,510 --> 00:51:54,210
And trying to plan for the city of not today,

609
00:51:54,290 --> 00:51:55,610
but 20 years from today.

610
00:51:56,730 --> 00:51:58,230
And what will we need then?

611
00:51:58,390 --> 00:52:00,050
And just as you guys brought up,

612
00:52:00,090 --> 00:52:02,290
why didn't we do it and adopt that plan

613
00:52:02,290 --> 00:52:04,990
those years ago, and we would have had the impact fees,

614
00:52:05,490 --> 00:52:07,270
you know, by doing nothing.

615
00:52:07,690 --> 00:52:10,190
And by saying we have to have all this other stuff done,

616
00:52:10,550 --> 00:52:12,110
all we do is stagnate.

617
00:52:12,330 --> 00:52:14,690
But problem is we have so many choices

618
00:52:14,690 --> 00:52:17,890
and so many priorities that we could focus on,

619
00:52:17,890 --> 00:52:27,210
but we don't know where to start. The point of this was to say, what steps do we need to take to

620
00:52:27,210 --> 00:52:29,970
grow up as a city? Because we don't start somewhere.

621
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:43,120
Because there's a proliferate of complications and challenges out there. So this is a planning document that says, okay, we're going to pick these five things to start with.

622
00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:48,120
And it doesn't mean that we are committing to ball fields.

623
00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:51,200
In fact, it says developer shared vision for the park,

624
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:54,120
which inherently includes public comment.

625
00:52:54,700 --> 00:52:58,080
It doesn't change the studies that are required.

626
00:52:58,260 --> 00:53:00,280
The public meetings that are required,

627
00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:03,580
the capital budget process that you have to go through.

628
00:53:03,580 --> 00:53:05,620
It doesn't change any of that.

629
00:53:06,060 --> 00:53:09,900
It gives us a framework to say,

630
00:53:09,900 --> 00:53:18,580
We know in 20 years, 15 years, whatever, we're going to need a proper campus, and a lot of us are tired of paying rent, a very high rent.

631
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:27,380
And for that amount of money, we could have something with, you know, adjacent to a park, or maybe there's ball fields there, or who knows.

632
00:53:27,700 --> 00:53:36,240
But the point is, we want to start to focus our energy so that we can create something.

633
00:53:36,240 --> 00:53:41,520
So that we can have something that we're proud of.

634
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:44,600
A strategic plan is not a comp plan.

635
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:48,220
It does not require that there be a comp plan.

636
00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:50,240
We can do both things at once.

637
00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:54,540
A lot of these things, we're not making development decisions.

638
00:53:54,660 --> 00:53:56,420
We're not making land-to-use decisions.

639
00:53:56,720 --> 00:53:59,540
We're talking about, where do we focus our energy?

640
00:54:00,180 --> 00:54:02,800
Where are we going to have discussions about the future?

641
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:07,820
We want to talk about these things we said we want to walk a little park.

642
00:54:08,060 --> 00:54:09,260
Well, how do we make that happen?

643
00:54:09,660 --> 00:54:12,040
We make that happen with making it a goal.

644
00:54:12,580 --> 00:54:15,920
And then every two years you review that goal and you tweak it.

645
00:54:18,500 --> 00:54:22,620
So I think it would be a shame to set this work aside.

646
00:54:23,180 --> 00:54:26,000
I think that the public has had input.

647
00:54:26,380 --> 00:54:30,860
I have some language I think that we could change about the park specifically.

648
00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:40,420
But it would be a shame to set this aside and continue to be the rudderless city that we have been for a while.

649
00:54:41,300 --> 00:54:50,120
And I would hope that we would honor Kevin's request really begging for us to give him some direction and the staff some direction.

650
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:53,080
And that's what we're trying to do with the stocking that.

651
00:54:54,740 --> 00:55:06,780
Let's move on. Yeah, I see this as trying to write a term paper. And I've done both things.

652
00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:14,860
I've written an outline so then write a very long, you know, 15, 20 page paper. I've also winged it.

653
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:22,680
And I'll tell you what, working off an outline allows you to have a focus through way through it.

654
00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:24,520
Things can change. You can change the ending.

655
00:55:24,660 --> 00:55:25,460
You can change different things.

656
00:55:25,580 --> 00:55:26,840
You can put different things into it.

657
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:30,280
But having that through line that I want to be able to follow it

658
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:33,760
and change it as you want to is so much beneficial.

659
00:55:34,700 --> 00:55:38,360
Then just like winging it and like I'm just going to start writing.

660
00:55:38,640 --> 00:55:40,400
And also, you go on the tangent and you're going this way.

661
00:55:40,560 --> 00:55:41,120
You're going that way.

662
00:55:41,240 --> 00:55:44,400
And you've wasted so much time and effort.

663
00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:49,500
And money, you know, if you want to get a quick list of things,

664
00:55:50,540 --> 00:55:51,380
that's not necessary.

665
00:55:51,980 --> 00:55:59,380
not necessary for this. So the fact that this is like a strategic plan that's not beholden.

666
00:56:00,380 --> 00:56:06,720
It literally just gives us a little bit of focus. Now there's things that we can potentially improve on this great.

667
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:11,360
But there's other things that we can give city staff a direction to start going down the road.

668
00:56:11,380 --> 00:56:15,740
And then they come back to us and we talk, we do public comment, we do town halls, all these things.

669
00:56:15,740 --> 00:56:21,920
We're going to have our retreat, probably, in February or March.

670
00:56:22,140 --> 00:56:22,640
It's a sensible.

671
00:56:22,980 --> 00:56:23,400
Or November.

672
00:56:23,820 --> 00:56:24,720
Try city in February.

673
00:56:24,860 --> 00:56:25,680
Well, try city in February.

674
00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:28,020
But we're going to have that retreat sooner than later.

675
00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:29,320
It's not a year from now.

676
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:31,780
We could even potentially say, hey, you know, what?

677
00:56:31,820 --> 00:56:32,840
We've had a few months.

678
00:56:33,180 --> 00:56:36,140
We've had people reach out to us and set a waiting two years.

679
00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:38,440
Let's tackle some of these things now.

680
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:43,620
It gives us and it gives the city staff an outline to work from.

681
00:56:43,620 --> 00:56:50,240
because right now we don't have, we've, we submitted our paper and we retracted it.

682
00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:56,480
And so I feel like that's the right way for us to go because otherwise we're just going to be

683
00:56:56,480 --> 00:57:00,680
going down the road and not having a direction to go.

684
00:57:00,980 --> 00:57:07,000
And if we want to campus and we want impact fees, how do we start the study to know what those should be?

685
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:16,140
They did the study. We probably spent $20,000 for the way of the city to spend money. We did a study and then nothing happened just like to do.

686
00:57:16,140 --> 00:57:22,860
It did happen. Then the council voted not to, I mean, the price is there.

687
00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:26,040
Is there a whole thing? What's that?

688
00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:27,000
How old is it?

689
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:37,460
2014, and it was adopted and everything, but then they decided not to implement impact research.

690
00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:44,000
It was very successful government facility plan, which they said at the time, they looked at,

691
00:57:44,820 --> 00:57:51,740
to do all police, not fire, and public works, and said, you're going to have to do a minimum of $40 million,

692
00:57:51,740 --> 00:57:58,900
guys, a minimum. You guys gonna have to have that in home. Yeah, that was all done. And then for some reason

693
00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:03,920
I won't mention names. Orston decided not to do it.

694
00:58:04,900 --> 00:58:10,620
That sounds eerily similar to wanting to table and item the city's already spent $36,000 on.

695
00:58:12,440 --> 00:58:14,140
I don't think so. Not even finished.

696
00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:18,260
Council Member Cersei, I see you have your hand up online.

697
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:20,680
Yeah, just want to comment.

698
00:58:22,180 --> 00:58:29,060
My greatest fear, if we want to go back to the term paper, is this council has created

699
00:58:29,060 --> 00:58:29,880
the outline.

700
00:58:31,160 --> 00:58:36,080
And as we go forward, I read this as we're telling the comp plan and the citizens.

701
00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:38,720
This is the direction we want to go.

702
00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:40,540
you guys fall in line.

703
00:58:42,660 --> 00:58:48,460
I don't like to work that way. I think it was a good exercise. We spent

704
00:58:48,460 --> 00:58:55,800
the money. We have some direction. We don't necessarily have to adopt this, but there's no reason

705
00:58:55,800 --> 00:59:02,020
why it can't be a working document on the side where you can take the pieces you need. But you

706
00:59:02,020 --> 00:59:06,540
adopt something like this. We're basically telling the planning commission, this is how you're

707
00:59:06,540 --> 00:59:09,060
deal when you're working with updating the

708
00:59:09,060 --> 00:59:12,160
compound and citizens of black time and this is what

709
00:59:12,160 --> 00:59:14,340
you're going to have to fall in line with. I just

710
00:59:14,340 --> 00:59:15,760
don't like that.

711
00:59:18,740 --> 00:59:20,160
I'm not sure it actually says in your

712
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:22,880
bit but it's a bit. No.

713
00:59:23,180 --> 00:59:25,640
Customer Peter said you said you had some suggested

714
00:59:25,640 --> 00:59:29,040
language for the first I was going to ask data that if

715
00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:32,420
you can confirm for the record that adopting the

716
00:59:32,420 --> 00:59:34,740
strategic plan does not replace or amend the

717
00:59:34,740 --> 00:59:38,180
comprehensive plan and that any actions requiring formal

718
00:59:38,180 --> 00:59:43,740
planning, environmental review, public process or council approval will still have to go through those processes.

719
00:59:44,420 --> 00:59:51,220
Yeah, there's an extensive process that you went through to adapt the client, you're going to be going through that same process this time.

720
00:59:51,460 --> 00:59:55,140
Perhaps even a little bit more elaborate process than you would through at least,

721
00:59:57,640 --> 00:59:59,320
more focused process.

722
01:00:00,340 --> 01:00:13,520
To read out the complaint. So even if something you adopted in this strategic plan turned out to be 180 degrees from what you initially want to put in the complaint, that doesn't stop you from putting in the complaint, what you want to put in the complaint.

723
01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:25,340
The strategic document, I think, is Mr. O'Neill was saying, staff needs some direction to do something to know that they're not wasting their efforts when they're sitting and seeing all trying to figure out how they're going to spend their day.

724
01:00:25,340 --> 01:00:29,200
If they're doing stuff, doing things that the Council is not going to support, I think this helps

725
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:34,660
give the staff some confidence that when they're spending, you know, they're weekly,

726
01:00:35,340 --> 01:00:39,520
when they're planning their weekly schedule, they know they're working on something that actually has

727
01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:40,840
council backing.

728
01:00:43,010 --> 01:00:43,690
Thank you.

729
01:00:46,060 --> 01:00:49,920
Yes, I do have some potential language. I think, you know, we learned

730
01:00:49,920 --> 01:00:54,680
very clearly that the Park is a sensitive spot and that, of course, nobody wants to

731
01:00:54,680 --> 01:00:56,480
to carve up their paradise.

732
01:00:57,380 --> 01:01:00,480
I think there is a section of the text that says,

733
01:01:00,480 --> 01:01:03,280
right now, it says develop a shared vision

734
01:01:03,280 --> 01:01:06,100
and invest in Lakeshore Regional Park to establish it

735
01:01:06,100 --> 01:01:08,940
as a major asset to the community and region.

736
01:01:09,300 --> 01:01:12,340
And I think that that's a little bit of the hesitation

737
01:01:12,340 --> 01:01:14,920
is that it feels like we're opening it up to everybody

738
01:01:14,920 --> 01:01:16,880
and people are going to come and groves

739
01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:18,060
and we're going to get overwhelmed

740
01:01:18,060 --> 01:01:19,560
and traffic is going to be crazy.

741
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:24,460
And I think the intent is more that the city

742
01:01:24,460 --> 01:01:31,420
It has grown and the people in 10 trails have as much right to enjoy this wonderful asset as the rest of us do.

743
01:01:31,800 --> 01:01:37,320
And there are things that maybe will make that easier, safer, whatever we consider.

744
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:43,300
But those things need to be planned and discussed in public hearing seem to be held all of that.

745
01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:51,380
But I think that we can soften that language and change it to develop a shared community vision for Lakeshore,

746
01:01:51,380 --> 01:01:58,260
regional park that balances recreation, public access, access, environmental stewardship, and preservation

747
01:01:58,260 --> 01:02:00,280
of the park's natural character.

748
01:02:04,040 --> 01:02:07,440
And I have that written if you'd like to have it.

749
01:02:07,660 --> 01:02:08,520
Did you get that, Ryan?

750
01:02:10,970 --> 01:02:14,330
I got some of it. I'm happy to share my screen if it's helpful to see the

751
01:02:14,330 --> 01:02:17,170
edits and I can capture them here. I think that'd be helpful.

752
01:02:21,330 --> 01:02:23,110
Let's see if I can do that.

753
01:02:31,540 --> 01:02:31,760
So

754
01:02:31,760 --> 01:02:36,700
develop a shared community vision and invest in, like, sort of regional part, or sorry.

755
01:02:37,400 --> 01:02:39,720
For, like, so our regional park, yeah.

756
01:02:40,500 --> 01:02:42,400
That balances recreation,

757
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:46,980
public access,

758
01:02:51,340 --> 01:02:52,560
environmental stewardship,

759
01:02:55,390 --> 01:02:57,890
and preservation of the park's natural character.

760
01:03:26,360 --> 01:03:28,740
Was that the only suggestion you had to consider Peterson?

761
01:03:29,300 --> 01:03:37,320
So, maybe before we move on to the rest of the council, do you agree with this modification?

762
01:03:39,020 --> 01:03:41,400
Would you prefer, was originally there something different?

763
01:03:44,380 --> 01:03:44,880
I like it.

764
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:48,180
Should I do it as a motion or does it matter?

765
01:03:49,140 --> 01:03:52,440
I think motion was to be just as amended motion.

766
01:03:53,340 --> 01:03:57,660
When we get to the adoption piece, just to do the motion to adopt.

767
01:03:58,480 --> 01:04:03,900
So, the other thing that I would consider is that we're missing two councilpeople.

768
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:14,760
So, rather than being forced into a no decision tonight, I would rather wait till we have all seven of us.

769
01:04:17,200 --> 01:04:19,400
So, that would be a motion to table until the next.

770
01:04:19,420 --> 01:04:22,200
That would be a motion to table until the next meeting.

771
01:04:22,200 --> 01:04:23,120
All

772
01:04:29,550 --> 01:04:30,470
those in favour?

773
01:04:32,930 --> 01:04:37,240
Composed motion carries.

774
01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:46,980
Yep.

775
01:04:47,880 --> 01:04:56,700
David, I just heard a speech about adding fees to new development of houses and hand trails.

776
01:04:57,380 --> 01:05:04,220
Is that something that can be done or are we the part of the development agreement or those houses to be built?

777
01:05:04,220 --> 01:05:10,040
I would be happy to send you the confidential attorney client memo or email on that subject.

778
01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:12,760
Thank you for the specific and executive session if you prefer.

779
01:05:12,820 --> 01:05:14,240
Yeah, I got an answer. My question.

780
01:05:15,960 --> 01:05:19,880
And to be clear, it wasn't just announced a plan. It was throughout the city.

781
01:05:20,180 --> 01:05:20,420
Yeah, no.

782
01:05:20,580 --> 01:05:22,380
I just heard the details.

783
01:05:23,380 --> 01:05:24,020
That was the process.

784
01:05:24,300 --> 01:05:25,080
That's why.

785
01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:27,160
Let me comment.

786
01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:28,540
I'd like to comment.

787
01:05:28,940 --> 01:05:29,580
I'd like to comment.

788
01:05:31,080 --> 01:05:32,300
Marius, try to say something.

789
01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:33,080
Yeah.

790
01:05:33,080 --> 01:05:38,260
I'd like to make that quick comment is that we can't speak specific to 10 trails or loss

791
01:05:38,260 --> 01:05:45,100
and hills, but we can be specific to citywide adding this, which means every house built

792
01:05:45,100 --> 01:05:50,060
anywhere within the city limits of Black Diamond would get a facilities charge.

793
01:05:51,660 --> 01:05:54,800
So there would be nothing exact within the city limits of Black Diamond.

794
01:05:55,420 --> 01:06:01,600
And I think the city attorney would probably confirm that that is correct that we can charge

795
01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:04,340
everyone we can't be selective on who we charge.

796
01:06:09,910 --> 01:06:10,650
What's that little

797
01:06:10,650 --> 01:06:11,310
gentle?

798
01:06:19,120 --> 01:06:26,120
So next item on the agenda is the mayor report. I'd like to invite everyone

799
01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:32,820
out to the Black Diamond Museum this Thursday at 1230 the daughters of the American

800
01:06:32,820 --> 01:06:41,280
Revolution will be hosting a ringing of the bells ceremony in order to honor the

801
01:06:42,200 --> 01:06:54,500
139th anniversary of the draft as a constitution. I'll be reading a proclamation. And so it would be great to see a number of residents out there,

802
01:06:56,720 --> 01:07:07,980
a couple of two weekends ago. I attended the Labor days. I just want to give a shout out to all of the residents, the vendors, all the participants, they came down.

803
01:07:07,980 --> 01:07:15,500
this is going to meet so many people out there. I'd really like to give a big shout out to

804
01:07:15,500 --> 01:07:22,380
Hal Hart, who meant the city boots for the entirety of the weekend met with dozens and dozens of

805
01:07:22,380 --> 01:07:28,440
residents. Also want to give a big shout out to the public works teams, a lot of people don't realize

806
01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:29,980
that when we have these boots set up.

807
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:59,420
These community events, all the tear down and set up and everything goes, um, is done by the public works guys and so I also guilty when I get done at the end and my collapse of tables and the chairs and then just walk away from the pile of stuff, no, and the public works guys are going to go and clean out clean up after us so big shout out to them, um, thank you to all the volunteers that help make the labor day event possible and really just kind of read a little bit of a call the action.

808
01:08:01,300 --> 01:08:06,200
you know, Mr. O'Neill and I were there breaking down the

809
01:08:06,780 --> 01:08:10,500
tents and everything at the end of it, and I think we were probably

810
01:08:10,500 --> 01:08:15,460
the only people under the age of 75 that were there.

811
01:08:15,460 --> 01:08:15,940
No comment.

812
01:08:16,200 --> 01:08:17,620
Just being manual labor.

813
01:08:18,300 --> 01:08:21,600
So if we could get some more volunteers out there to help,

814
01:08:21,720 --> 01:08:23,020
keep this tradition going.

815
01:08:23,180 --> 01:08:24,000
It would be amazing.

816
01:08:25,560 --> 01:08:27,340
And that might have been an exaggeration.

817
01:08:27,340 --> 01:08:30,040
Sorry, if I just called anybody over 75, that's not.

818
01:08:34,600 --> 01:08:46,540
And then another thing that's been out and about there is the common area, the food truck area within the 10 trails community has opened up and is being

819
01:08:48,020 --> 01:08:53,460
occupied by a number of food trucks, if you haven't been down there yet, but would highly suggest it.

820
01:08:53,700 --> 01:08:55,260
Is that a certain days?

821
01:08:56,300 --> 01:09:10,370
Yeah, there's a couple of Cornhole tables set up there and ladder golf and a nice turf area, it's also swing down there, late when evening, get some ice cream or

822
01:09:13,020 --> 01:09:25,240
And wanted to talk a little bit more, I think that's going to become even more at a

823
01:09:25,240 --> 01:09:36,320
opening ceremony on October 3rd at 9 a.m., they asked me to be there and speak and I will

824
01:09:36,320 --> 01:09:39,560
send it formally in an email, but wanted to invite all the council members and all the

825
01:09:39,560 --> 01:09:44,240
members of the public to come on down and join the safe. Pretty big milestone I feel within

826
01:09:44,240 --> 01:09:50,120
the city would be opening the safe way coming. So yep, that's my mayor report.

827
01:09:52,660 --> 01:09:53,100
I'm moving

828
01:09:53,100 --> 01:09:54,140
Hello to the council report.

829
01:09:54,280 --> 01:09:55,200
It's council member Yoke.

830
01:09:55,580 --> 01:09:55,960
Thank you, Mayor.

831
01:09:56,980 --> 01:10:00,420
I have to personally last meeting.

832
01:10:01,020 --> 01:10:07,000
I did not have my notes from my commissioners meeting with Montenegro Fire, my wife and

833
01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:09,460
I have swapped cars and my notes were in the other car.

834
01:10:10,160 --> 01:10:12,200
So I will be giving my reports tonight.

835
01:10:13,560 --> 01:10:19,600
So at the end of August, we met Call of Allium through July from January.

836
01:10:19,600 --> 01:10:24,520
So basically it's 1,645 calls, which is up 1% from 2025.

837
01:10:25,260 --> 01:10:30,500
It's roughly the district-wise 71.4% EMS in 28.6% fire.

838
01:10:31,140 --> 01:10:34,560
Black Diamond is still right around 1.5 calls per day.

839
01:10:35,180 --> 01:10:39,360
This year we've had 324 incidents, 74% as EMS,

840
01:10:40,460 --> 01:10:45,240
and total for the year of ambulance transports is 298.

841
01:10:45,640 --> 01:10:49,280
We have some incidents on the green river with the rescue and some brush

842
01:10:50,080 --> 01:10:56,440
We wanted to recognize Lieutenant Nick Fost of 10 years, Matt Cleveland of five years, awesome

843
01:10:56,440 --> 01:11:01,980
Godwin of five years, and then Chapman Bears was there meeting, and we were celebrating

844
01:11:01,980 --> 01:11:07,100
five years, and he just really wanted to say that most of you fire rescue has great small

845
01:11:07,100 --> 01:11:13,200
town feel and six around and puts in the effort. During public comments, the union representative

846
01:11:13,200 --> 01:11:19,680
reported that by unanimous approval by the Union members, they would like to start contract

847
01:11:19,680 --> 01:11:25,220
services with Puget Sound Fire and Mountain View of Fire and Rescue. She's got Jenkins

848
01:11:25,220 --> 01:11:31,640
estated before that that they're they are now working on the transfer of fire services after

849
01:11:31,640 --> 01:11:36,740
the yes vote for annexation and she said that we will be keeping everyone and there will be

850
01:11:36,740 --> 01:11:42,960
no layoffs due to that vote. I wanted to remind everybody that we are at a stage two fire

851
01:11:43,200 --> 01:11:52,600
safety burn van, which that does include that any outdoor fires, including recreational and ceremonial

852
01:11:52,600 --> 01:11:57,880
fires are not allowed. So you can't have the little campfire in the backyard or anything like that.

853
01:11:59,320 --> 01:12:04,320
So you can still do gas and charcoal. You can have your natural gas and propane patio heater,

854
01:12:04,600 --> 01:12:12,020
but unfortunately right now, no outdoor fires. As always, I just wanted to say thank you for the help

855
01:12:12,020 --> 01:12:14,760
I'm not going to do foreign rescue and for keeping us safe.

856
01:12:15,060 --> 01:12:19,120
They were actually just down the street for me last night helping one of my close

857
01:12:19,120 --> 01:12:19,440
neighbors.

858
01:12:20,040 --> 01:12:22,200
So it's nice to have that support from them.

859
01:12:22,300 --> 01:12:23,000
So thank you.

860
01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:24,600
And that's it.

861
01:12:24,640 --> 01:12:25,100
Thank you.

862
01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:27,560
Councilmember Del Santo.

863
01:12:28,280 --> 01:12:33,320
Yeah, I would just like to address some states, the Alliance concerns about 288.

864
01:12:33,340 --> 01:12:40,860
I've heard a couple citizens talk about 288 and I was good and I asked you to start.

865
01:12:41,860 --> 01:12:47,120
And I know it was a requirement of the massive plan development and they engineer it.

866
01:12:47,200 --> 01:12:48,160
It is a very interesting.

867
01:12:48,520 --> 01:12:49,680
There are metrics reviewed.

868
01:12:51,020 --> 01:12:51,840
There are designs.

869
01:12:53,340 --> 01:12:56,800
Because that intersection is pretty inadequate for trucks.

870
01:12:56,960 --> 01:12:58,540
And especially since.

871
01:12:58,640 --> 01:12:59,420
It's going to be a teacher.

872
01:12:59,580 --> 01:13:02,600
If you look at the curves that are all laid up, it's going to be a nature in the

873
01:13:02,600 --> 01:13:03,520
Niagara Falls city.

874
01:13:04,040 --> 01:13:07,300
And it just doesn't look like a major arterial level.

875
01:13:07,300 --> 01:13:09,140
It's engineer correctly.

876
01:13:11,340 --> 01:13:19,940
So I don't know if there are metrics or engineers or reviews or it's mainly just a sure look tight.

877
01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:25,000
And if you look at the curve and now it's shoot up and as you can tell, it's not adequate for that.

878
01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:29,200
It's quite fabric that's going to be going next year or months.

879
01:13:30,400 --> 01:13:39,300
So, I can answer that, I mean, it's kind of able to as well, but I don't know if it's

880
01:13:39,300 --> 01:13:45,000
for sure a pair of metrics, but we do have one of our consultants review the plans as does the county

881
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:49,200
you know, through the permitting process. So, in this instance, it was reviewed,

882
01:13:49,440 --> 01:13:54,740
I don't, they would have been a while ago at this point before my time,

883
01:13:54,740 --> 01:14:00,540
But that is the process, we don't just, you know, take that word for it, then be in

884
01:14:00,540 --> 01:14:00,940
copoint.

885
01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:06,180
There's a weird intersection.

886
01:14:06,420 --> 01:14:08,380
Why is all that equipment right there?

887
01:14:08,580 --> 01:14:11,480
And for a second, there was a term line.

888
01:14:11,560 --> 01:14:11,680
Right.

889
01:14:12,220 --> 01:14:13,260
There's another reason.

890
01:14:13,780 --> 01:14:14,940
And the right term line.

891
01:14:15,180 --> 01:14:23,000
I mean, it just does a look as a major arterial to 88 and to 16th radiuses.

892
01:14:23,000 --> 01:14:28,680
do we have any solutions? I mean, I don't know if we're prepared to do an interim solution like she's

893
01:14:29,180 --> 01:14:34,760
suggested by our we at least honing in on a solution. Yeah, in terms of the electrification

894
01:14:34,760 --> 01:14:37,660
problem, which was the last hurdle,

895
01:14:39,680 --> 01:14:42,120
the county requested the shop drawings for the solution.

896
01:14:42,220 --> 01:14:46,660
The solution is essentially putting composite poles that don't conduct electricity. We'd looked

897
01:14:46,660 --> 01:14:54,240
ground in and some other solutions but that's what they ended up finding it was the best solution.

898
01:14:56,220 --> 01:14:59,980
And so the county engineer to review it again, they requested shop drawings. We provide

899
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:03,720
That those, and we are now in standby mode, get again.

900
01:15:04,080 --> 01:15:06,320
Does that mean they have to rip everything out?

901
01:15:08,400 --> 01:15:13,940
I don't think that, well, I guess it depends. I think the existing polls are not the ones that are

902
01:15:13,940 --> 01:15:19,940
causing the problem, but I don't know if they're just going to replace all of them with composite,

903
01:15:19,980 --> 01:15:26,300
just to be safe. I don't know. So it's going to be another budget years.

904
01:15:26,300 --> 01:15:31,520
So, no, I don't think it's, I think we're talking a matter of weeks to a couple months, not years.

905
01:15:32,100 --> 01:15:33,020
Okay, yeah.

906
01:15:33,160 --> 01:15:38,600
I don't want to add, at this point, with that intersection, I never make a promise when it comes to timing at this point.

907
01:15:40,540 --> 01:15:42,740
But, I think, I think, fingers crossed sooner or later.

908
01:15:43,900 --> 01:15:46,740
So, essentially, we're just waiting on King County to give us the green light.

909
01:15:47,060 --> 01:15:47,380
Yes.

910
01:15:48,140 --> 01:15:48,380
Yeah.

911
01:15:48,900 --> 01:15:51,760
The, for those that don't know, the intersection is partially in the county.

912
01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:58,720
So we have to rely on them, or we have to go through their process as well, since it doesn't all belong in the city.

913
01:15:58,940 --> 01:16:06,000
Yeah, and the county fire only reviews their reception, not the ready to just go on on 2018 to 2016, that's in July, not even.

914
01:16:06,220 --> 01:16:12,900
They probably only review what's in King County. I doubt they come in and on what's black diamonds.

915
01:16:13,720 --> 01:16:21,060
I believe they look at it. I believe they do look at it holistically as do we, because we need to make sure that their sections drive with our sections and vice versa.

916
01:16:23,460 --> 01:16:29,080
But I couldn't say for sure how thorough or not thorough of a job they do.

917
01:16:30,160 --> 01:16:30,400
Yeah.

918
01:16:30,400 --> 01:16:35,180
I could follow the truck the other day I popped in that and you didn't go in the other

919
01:16:35,180 --> 01:16:39,520
lane, but his trailer was completely over the curve and on the side on it.

920
01:16:41,920 --> 01:16:48,660
Just doesn't look like the engineering which is quite up to any standard that it should

921
01:16:48,660 --> 01:16:49,480
be.

922
01:16:53,060 --> 01:16:57,060
Tell some of the read, your reporter, thank you.

923
01:16:57,220 --> 01:16:58,100
Council Member Peterson?

924
01:16:59,960 --> 01:17:03,680
I was going to say I enjoyed Labor Day as well.

925
01:17:03,860 --> 01:17:06,720
I wish that Sunday had been a nice Sunday.

926
01:17:08,240 --> 01:17:12,300
And I'm looking forward to a tour with public works this Friday.

927
01:17:13,040 --> 01:17:16,340
And so we're going to be a fit at the spring source.

928
01:17:16,340 --> 01:17:17,270
We could.

929
01:17:19,380 --> 01:17:21,980
It's true. It's a fun work.

930
01:17:21,980 --> 01:17:32,020
Council Member Sorsy. Yeah, this is personal. Earlier this year I was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

931
01:17:34,740 --> 01:17:41,660
After all the scans and everything I selected a radical prospectomy surgery

932
01:17:42,620 --> 01:17:50,840
and the cancer was confined within my prostate so the prognosis looks good.

933
01:17:52,700 --> 01:18:05,280
However, I am now dealing with other issues associated with this surgery and that's why I'm online and I will be online for quite a while.

934
01:18:06,140 --> 01:18:12,000
As I won't be able to, for the next 12 to 16 weeks or more,

935
01:18:14,120 --> 01:18:16,280
I have to relearn how to control my bladder.

936
01:18:16,280 --> 01:18:25,160
So I want to make that personal, but I also want to let every male and every woman that loves their father

937
01:18:25,160 --> 01:18:27,780
husband, whatever

938
01:18:27,780 --> 01:18:31,240
Get your prostate checked. I

939
01:18:31,240 --> 01:18:32,620
Followed my prostate

940
01:18:34,320 --> 01:18:42,860
I was fortunate because I did it constantly. I was able to see that the prostate PSA number was rising

941
01:18:45,280 --> 01:18:54,780
As you know, medicine moves very slowly, and then I had my doctor tell me because at 75

942
01:18:54,780 --> 01:18:59,880
Medicare tells all their men, you know a longer need to get your PSA check because if you

943
01:18:59,880 --> 01:19:02,920
get cancer, it'll be very slow and you won't die.

944
01:19:03,220 --> 01:19:04,480
That's not the case.

945
01:19:05,340 --> 01:19:09,840
Cancer is grow very quickly and the thought of dying of cancer should be at

946
01:19:09,840 --> 01:19:20,300
to anyone. So please, if you're a male, get your PSA test, watch the numbers, never miss a year,

947
01:19:20,620 --> 01:19:28,680
and if you see the PSA rising, be like me, follow it up, push your physician, make sure you get

948
01:19:28,680 --> 01:19:31,200
the stands necessary and save your life.

949
01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:37,100
Thanks. Thanks for sharing that. Yeah, thank you for being

950
01:19:37,100 --> 01:19:37,920
relationship.

951
01:19:41,080 --> 01:19:46,760
Do we have a city administrator report? Very brief. So just a reminder, we have the

952
01:19:46,760 --> 01:19:53,520
Enem Clock joint meeting next week. Next Wednesday, the between our city, the city of

953
01:19:53,520 --> 01:20:01,220
Enem Clock School District, and then I also just wanted to thank Council for your patience with

954
01:20:01,220 --> 01:20:06,700
the budget item. We didn't feel like the material was ready for today, and we wanted to make sure

955
01:20:06,700 --> 01:20:14,180
it was, you know, ready for prime time. We don't want to rush anything. We either, I

956
01:20:14,180 --> 01:20:20,600
or Brenda will be reaching out to each of you to schedule a special meeting either next week or

957
01:20:20,600 --> 01:20:26,440
the following week. So please keep an eye on your phones or emails because we'll be giving you

958
01:20:26,440 --> 01:20:31,080
a call to make sure we can find something that everybody can attend. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you.

959
01:20:31,960 --> 01:20:33,420
Okay, I'm going to turn your report.

960
01:20:33,700 --> 01:20:34,820
Not tonight, Mayor.

961
01:20:35,420 --> 01:20:36,300
Well, that's a first.

962
01:20:37,340 --> 01:20:37,840
I'd like to keep going.

963
01:20:39,560 --> 01:20:43,060
That brings us to our second public comment session.

964
01:20:43,540 --> 01:20:44,460
This is sir.

965
01:20:44,600 --> 01:20:49,260
Anyone wishing to dress council finish final thoughts.

966
01:20:49,600 --> 01:20:52,080
Anything that came up along the way you want to make comment on.

967
01:20:52,700 --> 01:20:54,020
May do so at this time.

968
01:20:54,200 --> 01:20:58,760
Again, raise your hand physically or electronically.

969
01:20:58,760 --> 01:21:03,100
you will be called a bond.

970
01:21:03,560 --> 01:21:04,660
Mr. Eckford, okay.

971
01:21:09,460 --> 01:21:10,920
This is mostly a curiosity.

972
01:21:11,500 --> 01:21:15,140
Something that seems to have fallen off the platform.

973
01:21:16,140 --> 01:21:18,980
That is the pipeline road.

974
01:21:20,680 --> 01:21:22,820
And being nice to have a status report on that.

975
01:21:23,220 --> 01:21:24,880
Some future accounts are meeting.

976
01:21:36,480 --> 01:21:37,240
My name is Jack.

977
01:21:37,440 --> 01:21:38,260
I live in Black Diamond.

978
01:21:38,460 --> 01:21:39,700
Darcy, thank you.

979
01:21:40,100 --> 01:21:42,860
That language that you changed in the strategic plan.

980
01:21:42,860 --> 01:21:46,320
plan, I think will help ease a lot of people's minds.

981
01:21:46,720 --> 01:21:49,980
It was very clear from the Lakeshore community clubs

982
01:21:49,980 --> 01:21:53,740
research this week that people feel very strongly about

983
01:21:53,740 --> 01:21:59,480
maintaining the park as it is, other aside from small changes

984
01:21:59,480 --> 01:22:03,840
like bathrooms and a disc golf.

985
01:22:04,580 --> 01:22:07,280
So thank you so much.

986
01:22:07,860 --> 01:22:11,200
We would recognize how important that is and we really

987
01:22:11,200 --> 01:22:16,840
appreciate you standing with like residents on that topic. Have a great night. Thank you.

988
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:20,620
Andre, I see you have your end up online there.

989
01:22:30,000 --> 01:22:37,680
Can you hear me? Yeah. All right. Good evening, Council members. My name is Andrew Cook. I'm a resident of Black Diamond. I would like to take

990
01:22:37,680 --> 01:22:43,100
moment to express gratitude to Council member Doreed and Peter Center, their insightful comments regarding

991
01:22:43,100 --> 01:22:49,160
the strategic plan. In my professional experience, I have seen firsthand how essential strategic plans

992
01:22:49,160 --> 01:22:55,640
are. They provide critical direction for staff and help foster your coherence and high expectations

993
01:22:55,640 --> 01:23:04,000
with in teams. Review industry strategic plan. I agree with the goals of the city. I think it's

994
01:23:04,000 --> 01:23:10,860
going to empower staff to pursue purposeful work, aligned with those priorities. So I encourage

995
01:23:10,860 --> 01:23:17,300
moving forward with that action. And I don't. It's clear that the last comprehensive plan it

996
01:23:17,300 --> 01:23:23,240
took years to create and being rescinded. It just looks like you're going to be starting from scratch.

997
01:23:23,240 --> 01:23:29,060
And this council will probably not be the council that votes on passing that next comprehensive plan.

998
01:23:29,640 --> 01:23:34,540
So this strategic plan will give the city direction and the interim.

999
01:23:36,140 --> 01:23:40,240
I value the comments about the Lake Sawyer Regional Park.

1000
01:23:41,780 --> 01:23:44,480
I am an advocate, but I also have years in heart.

1001
01:23:44,700 --> 01:23:52,240
So I think being wise on that resource and having a lot of voices.

1002
01:23:52,920 --> 01:23:54,960
Could I input in the direction?

1003
01:23:55,480 --> 01:23:58,020
My number one thing would love to see a drop off

1004
01:23:58,020 --> 01:24:00,660
at the end of the road there,

1005
01:24:00,740 --> 01:24:03,240
so people could actually get resources

1006
01:24:03,240 --> 01:24:05,740
down to the lake to enjoy with their families.

1007
01:24:07,140 --> 01:24:08,800
Also, thank you, Councilmember,

1008
01:24:09,080 --> 01:24:12,460
Source E for sharing that really powerful

1009
01:24:13,400 --> 01:24:16,280
story about your cancer experience,

1010
01:24:17,380 --> 01:24:19,700
just causes me to definitely reflect.

1011
01:24:19,900 --> 01:24:21,060
So thank you very much.

1012
01:24:21,060 --> 01:24:22,320
Thank you, council.

1013
01:24:23,980 --> 01:24:24,920
Thank you.

1014
01:24:29,340 --> 01:24:30,340
Yeah, he's great.

1015
01:24:37,360 --> 01:24:38,600
Council and Christian Bryant.

1016
01:24:39,520 --> 01:24:42,940
I wanted to just add something earlier.

1017
01:24:43,180 --> 01:24:49,900
I was bringing up examples that you know you have a lot of a lot of important things that you could be spending

1018
01:24:49,900 --> 01:24:53,440
of the city's budget on.

1019
01:24:53,940 --> 01:25:01,380
And I mentioned fish passage and you know if you were to start making a list you could come up with, you know,

1020
01:25:01,380 --> 01:25:07,220
dozens of things and what the priority is is, you know, it is a council vote and a council decision.

1021
01:25:08,300 --> 01:25:18,480
I wanted to just mention fish passage because you can't pass an impact fee to really fix some of those issues that were created so many decades ago.

1022
01:25:18,860 --> 01:25:23,440
It's very hard to get the money for that. It's very hard to get the money for parks because parks.

1023
01:25:23,920 --> 01:25:27,700
You know, don't really generate a lot of revenue, but everybody wants them.

1024
01:25:27,700 --> 01:25:30,060
So I recognize a difficulty of decisions.

1025
01:25:30,320 --> 01:25:33,460
A fish passage has been put off many times, many years.

1026
01:25:33,640 --> 01:25:35,420
There is, you know, grant funding.

1027
01:25:35,700 --> 01:25:37,460
I know the city may be looking up that next year.

1028
01:25:37,600 --> 01:25:39,840
And I think I want to just express support for that.

1029
01:25:39,840 --> 01:25:44,240
And also to tell you that I did see Baby Salmon in the stream

1030
01:25:44,240 --> 01:25:46,620
on Ginder Creek on Roberts last weekend.

1031
01:25:47,380 --> 01:25:49,980
I tried to get a video, but you can't film these things.

1032
01:25:50,280 --> 01:25:50,980
Like they're this long.

1033
01:25:52,640 --> 01:25:56,120
And I mean, no matter, you know, how hard the road projects have tried

1034
01:25:56,120 --> 01:25:57,480
to kill them off, they're still there.

1035
01:25:57,480 --> 01:26:04,720
So that's encouraging, and they may actually make it, you know, one day under the future fish

1036
01:26:04,720 --> 01:26:09,880
passages that washed out is improving on Highway 169.

1037
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:14,240
If you want to see them, you park your car on Roberts about it, Diamond Village, and then

1038
01:26:14,240 --> 01:26:19,800
go across and like look over them when they see your shadow, they'll all wiggle around in the

1039
01:26:19,800 --> 01:26:22,880
water, haven't seen any adults there in a while.

1040
01:26:22,880 --> 01:26:40,880
So you could, you know, the Lakeshore or we are the Abrams Avenue cause way and then there's one under Robert's that's up closer to the round about you can go look at these and you can see why they adults can't get through and just wanted to bring some attention to that. Thank you.

1041
01:26:42,320 --> 01:26:44,580
It's going to be your new honey hole, right?

1042
01:26:48,860 --> 01:26:50,760
Is there anyone else wishing to address council?

1043
01:26:54,440 --> 01:26:54,640
Okay.

1044
01:26:54,900 --> 01:26:57,160
Seeing no one, I will close this public comment session.

1045
01:26:57,520 --> 01:27:00,780
We have no executive session listed.

1046
01:27:01,440 --> 01:27:02,640
I'll make a motion to adjourn.

1047
01:27:03,160 --> 01:27:03,400
Second.

1048
01:27:04,260 --> 01:27:05,340
All those in favor?

1049
01:27:05,820 --> 01:27:05,880
Aye.

1050
01:27:06,480 --> 01:27:07,000
Opposed?

1051
01:27:07,880 --> 01:27:08,520
Meeting adjourned.