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I think that's about.

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It really Yeah I'm sure
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It is that they have
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So what's that going to do.

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You are you going to.

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Really protect us.

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We did talk.

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You can stay holstered.

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Yes sit down and
everything in it.

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Yes that's our thanks.

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Yeah that's great.

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That's great.

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Thanks no problem.

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Oh, yeah.

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Sounds good.

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And I welcome you
both to the August

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11, 2026 city council meeting.

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I call the meeting in order,
and if you would please

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join me in the
Pledge of Allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America

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and to the Republic
for which it stands.

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One nation under
God, indivisible,

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with liberty and justice.

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Thank you.

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Mayor McArdle here.

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Council Member.

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Sanders mayor.

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Council Member.

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Venegas here.

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Council Member here.

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Council Member.

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Higgins here.

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Council Member.

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Vargas council member.

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Hollingsworth, Mayor
and council member here.

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Great we do not have any
agenda changes this evening

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and so we will move
into citizen comments.

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This is the time that we
hear from our community.

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Comments are very
important to us,

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and we appreciate you taking
the time to attend tonight's

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meeting to share your thoughts.

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There is a three
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to public comments for
both items on the agenda

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or not on the agenda,
and speakers may not

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transfer their time
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during the council meeting.

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Public comment periods are not
an opportunity for dialogue

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with council members.

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However, you would like to
have a lengthier conversation.

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I encourage you to take a
contact card at the back

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of the table before you leave.

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If you would like
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Oh, this is for
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So is there anyone that
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for items not on the agenda.

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Go ahead and make your
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And I just want to confirm, your
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But that's for the presentation.

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Correct that's right.

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And if you have any comments
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please raise your hand
and we will take a note

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and we'll call you on
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We will move into
the consent agenda.

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And I would accept a motion
to approve the consent agenda.

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People have reviewed and.

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Approved the consent agenda.

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All right.

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So I have a motion by Council
and seconded by Council Chitty.

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All those in favor.

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Aye Aye.

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Opposed motion passes.

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Let's move into
special presentations,

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proclamations and awards.

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And tonight we have the Housing
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and the city of
Wenatchee presenting.

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And we have Vicki
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And so I will pass it
off to you this evening.

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This and such is the president
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So if there's any.

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Good bye.

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Good evening, everyone.

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Madam Mayor, members of council.

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My name is Sasha
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the executive director
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Authority of County and City.

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I wanted to talk to
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about our organization.

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And I know actually
the city of Portland

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is probably one of
the more acquainted

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municipalities with your
representative on our board.

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But each municipality.

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Appoints a representative.

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And so your representative
has been for many years.

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And I know she is a really
wonderful job of reporting back

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to you all and
having conversations

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with staff and with
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and doing things
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So we really appreciate that.

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What I'm doing is
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to all the municipalities,
introducing myself.

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There's been a lot
of new electeds.

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I've worked for the County
commissioners for a few years.

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I was on the city council,
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I thought I knew
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of people got elected across the
two County area, and I don't.

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So I want to make sure that I
introduce myself to you all.

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But also, my board wanted kind
of a chance for us to connect.

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And then that way you all know
who your representative is

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and in the future,
potentially better

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communication between
each municipality

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and our organization.

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We are a quasi
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so we're not really a nonprofit.

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We're not exactly
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Really fun name, though.

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Mouthful has been
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in the city of Wenatchee.

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We do serve Douglas County
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throughout the
entirety of our region.

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We are that because
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and then later in 1998,
when County designated us

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as a housing authority,
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you can do under our CW.

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And originally we were a forum
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for workers in the AG industry.

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So really rooted in agriculture.

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Up here in the Chelan area, we
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two properties in
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probably are overly familiar,
so I won't get into it too much.

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But the demographics of
the industry are changing.

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But we are really rooted
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and want to continue
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at statutes and requirements.

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And can we ever shift
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to meet the intent of supporting
industry in this area.

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And is there a future
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serve an industry that
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or isn't just agriculture.

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You all know this very well.

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Tourism hospitality
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Leavenworth knows it very well.

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Also, can people afford to live
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and that in itself
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Just the way that
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And so can we ever have
an ability to do that

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and still stay true to our
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So just putting that
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We have a property
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called Chelan
bluff that we often

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are wake up late or running
a lot of vacancies, which

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is Hurts my heart of
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know there's a housing crisis.

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I know there's a housing crisis.

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And to not be able to
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of the restrictions
of you have to have

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this exact person
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at this exact income level.

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And so I'm working to
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with our different funders.

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What else do I want to tell you.

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We have some housing
restrictions.

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Switch from egg to yes, we get
waivers every once in a while.

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We keep mentioning that
allows us to do that.

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So that's something that we're
really exploring because I get

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calls all the time from
folks who need housing

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and having that
flexibility, something

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that I'm really excited about.

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Looking into the
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going to tell you
in the new year,

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as I like to not tell you
something and then not be it.

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So I'm going to tell you
a father out deadline

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and then I'll make it.

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In early 2027, we
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with a platform that will
allow potential tenants

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and potential applicants to this
section 8 housing program apply

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online in their rents online.

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Do all of that application work
online, which is huge for these

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in the outer lying areas that
are not just Wenatchee right

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now, our partners at
Chelan Valley folk

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who are huge resources
here in their community,

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they're working with someone
who needs assistance, longer

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term assistance, emergency.

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They would have to have them
physically drive to my office

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in Wenatchee happy to fill
out paperwork and simply

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photocopy IDs right
back or at the link box.

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It's just not very accessible.

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So it's rolling out technically
at the end of this year.

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But we're doing
property by property,

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and I think it'll
be huge, especially

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for our senior populations
on fixed incomes

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when they get their Social
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And you are dealing with mail,
the amount of checks that we're

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receiving late from
the outlying areas just

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because of everybody's
control, won't

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have to deal with that anymore.

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They can pay it
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or someone can help them if they
can't access the technology.

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So really excited about that.

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We also just contacted the
very last of our Housing Choice

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Voucher waitlist
Housing Choice vouchers,

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a federal program administered
nationwide where we help

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subsidize the tenant's rent.

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And that subsidy goes
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So we have about 448
families on the program

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across the two County area.

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About $400,000 a month goes into
the community and the landlords

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pockets from that program.

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And we have had a
wait list of over 300,

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almost 400 people
since July of 2023.

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So a really long time
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A lot of things change in
one's life in that time,

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but we just contacted
the last of the folks.

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We can close our waitlist.

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Now we've got about 20 people
who are eligible for vouchers.

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We're just working on the
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so we're really excited.

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That was about 280 people
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in the last 12 months.

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Here's the sad part of that.

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We really are only bringing
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because we have a
wait list like that.

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Like I said, things change.

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People move, maybe
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and that kills me because I
know that some people need help.

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So again, 2027, that process
hopefully will have some funding

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from the federal
government to continue it,

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hopefully at the same levels.

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We'll assess that in
the early New year

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and then people will be
able to apply online.

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We'll probably see
me then for that.

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I want to get it out to the
public for the first time

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in four years.

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You can apply for
Section 8 housing.

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So we're really excited
and proud of that.

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The last couple things I
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is Housing Choice Voucher.

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Similarly to city councils
and County commissioners,

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my board also has to host public
hearings for certain things.

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So the Housing Choice
Voucher administrative plan

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is now available on our
website for public comment.

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It is a 600 page document folks.

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Please read it cover to cover.

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But no, in all
seriousness, it is

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kind of our Bible for lack
of a better comparison on how

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we administer the program.

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It is the rule book.

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So please, if you know
of anyone or a landlord

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and helpful for participants
or landlords to look at that

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and see what's changing.

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A lot of Federal
Regulations change.

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So we're updating
that and we're doing

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public comment public
hearing on that September 24.

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So it'll be available on
our website until then.

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And then the last
thing is just letting

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you know that Vicki
and I are here

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and I can email the mayor
knows how to get a hold of me.

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If any of you
wanted to talk more,

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just get that connection
between all of us

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and then figure out how you
best want to hear from us.

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If you want us to
come and present

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to you formally like
this, or if it should

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be things that we lead with.

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I work with your
staff quite a bit

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through just our work
and also our other future

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and other things.

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So pretty connected tries
to connect with people,

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whether you know it or not.

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Do you have any questions.

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Sorry, I just like would
you explain what we're

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doing in Leavenworth,
in Thailand

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to get more of the
service workers into.

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Obviously we got some units have
been switched, haven't they.

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We're working on it.

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Yes, we are working on it.

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Not that ideally,
that would be a goal.

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Yes and we are
preserving housing.

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There is affordable
housing property in Kashmir

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that we are hoping to
acquire in the last stages

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of that senior housing, that it
doesn't go to the open market

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and those folks get to say,
permanently affordable.

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Any question.

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I was just curious,
out of the 40

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roughly, that have been kind of
realized and received support,

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how many of those are
within the city of Sharon.

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Oh what I should have brought
abroad is that number.

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I don't know if the
new tenants, and we

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may not know that
exactly because they're

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searching for housing.

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So whether they're housed
or somewhere or unhoused,

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they might they're still
looking for housing.

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So I can update that.

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But I do have a
report that tells me

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how many active vouchers
are in each city.

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I should have brought that
so I can email it to you.

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There's a handful
here in Chelan.

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Yeah OK.

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Yeah OK.

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We're going down the line.

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Just a quick Pat
on the percentage

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of those 400 versus
the ones that are let's

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say retired or
seniors on Section 8

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versus working families.

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I don't know if you
know the percentage

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of our unit of Section
8, I don't off my head,

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but I can get it.

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I can see if we have that data
of our properties, though.

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We have 20 properties across the
two counties, just over under it

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and move some 600 units around
200 and some are add housing

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and 180 ish are
senior properties.

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So you have to be 62 or older.

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Some of them you
can be disabled.

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So our properties senior
housing is our second.

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But our biggest unit count
is agriculture workers.

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Yeah Well you know.

344
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Yeah a lot of good information.

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Thanks for that.

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But just one thing I wanted
to drill down a little bit on

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and forgive me
for what you said,

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but I'm wondering if you could.

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Drill down a little
bit on the vacancies

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that are showing
as well and what

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the impediments
are to folks being

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able to use those that housing.

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This is yeah, that
this is probably

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my biggest issue at the moment.

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So I appreciate it.

356
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Yeah the my perspective of
it is that we are trying

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to find a person that
obviously exists,

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but they're harder to
find and harder to reach.

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And what I'm trying to
tease out with my staff

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is, are we not meeting
them where they're at

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and finding them
correctly, or do we

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need to ask which we are in
the process of asking the State

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Department of Commerce,
the USDA rural development

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for that property, if we
can have some adjustments.

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So commerce is the income limit
is 30% Ami, which is quite low,

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like almost I used to manage
the homeless programs for Saline

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County.

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That's like barely out
of homelessness level.

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And they have to the
Head of Household

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has to earn up to $5,000.

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Around $5,000 to around
$5,000 in agricultural work.

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Thankfully,
agricultural workers are

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making more money today than
they were in a few years ago.

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So that in itself
is a challenge.

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And so we've asked the
State Department of Commerce

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to at least let us buy up
the 80% that lets us do,

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because that would be I
think that right there

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we would probably go into this.

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The other component is
the Head of Household

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who also has to have an
income also has to be

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documented resident citizen.

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And they have to have
your ID has to be around.

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So it's not like our seasonal
properties right now.

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Well, and this is year
round agriculture.

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And so I think what
we're trying to find

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is a very small box when
you combine all of those.

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So I'm hoping just a
shift in army will help.

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And that's the path
of least resistance.

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Distance the path is
harder to do that we are on

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is getting the
rural development,

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USDA rural development to let us
have flexibility and have anyone

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who is of 80% or lower,
regardless of where they work,

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be housed there,
but they are USDA.

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So obviously that
so those guidelines

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are federal USDA guidelines.

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So $5,000.

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Obviously that means a
whole lot more in Oklahoma

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than it does in
land, for instance.

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Yeah for sure.

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Yeah 30% behind.

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You're not making
a lot of money and

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there's really nowhere for you
to live other than our housing.

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So it's.

404
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Yeah, it's a challenge.

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Yeah flexibility.

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00:20:10,490 --> 00:20:16,330
Nice well, thank
you for presenting.

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That's exactly what
I wanted to ask.

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So thank you for answering.

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Yeah of course.

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00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,020
No, it breaks my heart because
I've talked to people here

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in this area who need housing.

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And I'm like, well,
yeah, because I thought

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I wouldn't get help for it.

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So yeah, well, we'll get there.

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We'll go there.

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00:20:34,620 --> 00:20:37,740
Yeah I'm just curious now
that you brought it up.

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How are you currently
advertising.

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Great question.

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And that we are my
property manager here

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in the area this year has
really good relationships

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with the growers in the area.

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And so she's gone directly to
growers and talked to employees.

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We've done a job fairs.

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What I'm worried about on the
are we doing enough component

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is are we allowing people
to return to us that when we

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contact somebody who
was on the waitlist,

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for example, for that
property, which we don't have

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at the moment, when we would or
we would contact folks who are

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on the waitlist, maybe we have
really strict rules on when

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they have to get back to us.

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And I'm looking at are we
allowing them to get back to us

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in a way that's
feasible for them.

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And they're working
agricultural hours.

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Maybe they have two jobs
and can they really easily

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call us by 4:30 or o'clock.

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What I mean.

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Are there ways of a lot
of the people on my list

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that I was looking at
trying to determine,

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is it the income limits.

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Is it this is that a lot of
them just didn't respond.

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We asked for paperwork
and they didn't give it.

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So I don't know if they're
self-selecting like,

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oh, I don't actually
have that requirement.

444
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I'm not going to
return my paperwork.

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Or is it a burden or did
you not get the paperwork

446
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to the right house I have a
vendetta about mail these days,

447
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so we'd like to mail too much.

448
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But by the time you've
done that to us.

449
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Yeah, she goes on.

450
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Amber I don't know if anybody.

451
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Yeah Amber Turner.

452
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Well, yeah.

453
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Cody's a great radio station,
but I would think that maybe

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it's because of that.

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But yeah.

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Obviously yes.

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But yes.

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Yes hello.

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101 yes.

460
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Yes I will ask Amber.

461
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Hasn't I know that.

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But one of her colleagues.

463
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Yeah right.

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Yeah any other questions.

465
00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,460
Well, thank you
for coming up here.

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Thank you.

467
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But it's great to see your face
up here Yes You look great.

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Yeah thank you guys.

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All right we'll move into
motion considerations

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and we'll start with the US
Department of Transportation.

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Federal Aviation Administration
grants offer for airport

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improvement program.

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Project number (353) dash 2026.

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This will be handled by
our city administrator.

476
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Thank you for reading that
so I don't have to council.

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This is a very
recently as of actually

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Friday awarded grant from the
Federal Aviation Administration

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to as you recall, the
environmental assessment

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process.

481
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The final report remained in
draft form because of feedback

482
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that we received from adjoining
property owners and public,

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and the FAA felt like
we needed to go back out

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and make sure that the public
outreach that was done, which

485
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happened actually during
COVID, but make sure

486
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that public outreach and
the stakeholder outreach

487
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was done adequately.

488
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Make sure that we're confirming
critical aircraft usage

489
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at the airport
and what the needs

490
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:12,570
are of Lakeland airport for
runway alignment and instrument.

491
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Instrument approach.

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What has been deemed not viable
in the current master plan

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provides for
instrument approach.

494
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So things that have changed
since it was finalized in 2021

495
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need to be reevaluated
before the FAA will

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commit to additional funding.

497
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The good news to that is that
they have given us this grant,

498
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$418,000 to provide
90% of the funding

499
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for the planning consultant
who will do that work for us.

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So what we're asking
of you tonight

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is to approve and
authorize acceptance

502
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of this Federal Aviation
Administration grant for.

503
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504
00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:02,570
Airport for updating the
airport improvement program.

505
00:25:02,570 --> 00:25:05,810
Excuse me through the airport
improvement program funding.

506
00:25:05,810 --> 00:25:11,380
And it is for updated airport
master plan and airport layout.

507
00:25:11,380 --> 00:25:15,100
So we will have the
same match that we

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found on prior FND GRANTS.

509
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It's a 90% funded by
the FAA, and then we

510
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have a 10% match
that is funded 50%

511
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by Washington State
Department of Transportation

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aviation division.

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And then the city and the
port through the interlocal

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agreement, equally split
the remaining 50% 10%

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And we will include it in the
budget for you going forward.

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So we're asking you to approve
the grant offer for airport

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00:25:43,620 --> 00:25:50,500
improvement program project
number 1, 90% I will accept

518
00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:55,100
a motion to open for discussion
to authorize the city

519
00:25:55,100 --> 00:25:58,300
administrator or fund
manager to execute instead,

520
00:25:58,300 --> 00:26:02,210
Grant airport improvement
program project number 3

521
00:26:02,210 --> 00:26:10,790
to three say thank you.

522
00:26:10,790 --> 00:26:12,450
Thank you, Council Sanders.

523
00:26:12,450 --> 00:26:15,250
And for discussion
and questions.

524
00:26:15,250 --> 00:26:21,150
Yes so if we all accepted
what was happening

525
00:26:21,150 --> 00:26:23,510
and please move
forward or not forward

526
00:26:23,510 --> 00:26:25,950
with the current scope of
work that was done previously.

527
00:26:25,950 --> 00:26:27,810
Yeah, that's a great question.

528
00:26:27,810 --> 00:26:31,230


529
00:26:31,230 --> 00:26:34,510
The work that was done
previously is complete.

530
00:26:34,510 --> 00:26:40,030
There is no more funding for
improvements at the airport.

531
00:26:40,030 --> 00:26:44,230
So Lake Chelan airport, under
the current master plan,

532
00:26:44,230 --> 00:26:48,470
we don't have a viable
funding source from the FAA

533
00:26:48,470 --> 00:26:51,710
to do the runway realignment.

534
00:26:51,710 --> 00:26:55,830
So without going through
this planning process,

535
00:26:55,830 --> 00:26:57,570
nothing will change
at the airport.

536
00:26:57,570 --> 00:27:00,910
It will stay as it currently is.

537
00:27:00,910 --> 00:27:04,490
Does that mean that any.

538
00:27:04,490 --> 00:27:09,080


539
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,640
Any hangups or hiccups with the
water that's going to be taken

540
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,420
out there, or is that separate.

541
00:27:13,420 --> 00:27:16,080
That's industry versus
take offs and landings.

542
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:17,620
OK awesome.

543
00:27:17,620 --> 00:27:18,340
Great question.

544
00:27:18,340 --> 00:27:22,240
So the airport that's
going, the water line

545
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,880
that's going to be
constructed to the airport,

546
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,840
will provide the
opportunity for the city

547
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:35,360
to develop available land out
there for hangar development.

548
00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:37,580
But generally with
hangar development,

549
00:27:37,580 --> 00:27:41,240
the taxiways and the
runway and the runway areas

550
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,960
and the apron for the
vehicles to get there

551
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,400
and the vehicles, the
airplanes to be able to get

552
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,440
from the hangars to the runway.

553
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,320
We wouldn't have funding
to install those.

554
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,280
Those are generally
funded through FAA airport

555
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,640
improvement program funding.

556
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,280
So this is kind of
laying the groundwork

557
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,370
for any future improvements
that would happen out there

558
00:28:04,370 --> 00:28:09,770
and creating that map, that
airport layout plan of what

559
00:28:09,770 --> 00:28:12,290
the airport should look
like with the future growth

560
00:28:12,290 --> 00:28:16,130
and with the anticipated
aircraft that we'll be using it,

561
00:28:16,130 --> 00:28:23,770
and making sure we have
current robust public outreach

562
00:28:23,770 --> 00:28:26,930
to the stakeholders
want around the airport

563
00:28:26,930 --> 00:28:28,750
that own property
around the airport,

564
00:28:28,750 --> 00:28:31,170
but also the users
of the airport.

565
00:28:31,170 --> 00:28:33,610
And that was part
of the feedback

566
00:28:33,610 --> 00:28:38,570
was those stakeholders did
not feel like they had had

567
00:28:38,570 --> 00:28:41,970
an adequate opportunity
during the multiple years

568
00:28:41,970 --> 00:28:44,450
it went from 2018 to 2021.

569
00:28:44,450 --> 00:28:47,810
But as I mentioned, there was a
pandemic in the middle of that.

570
00:28:47,810 --> 00:28:50,730
It didn't feel like they
had adequate opportunity

571
00:28:50,730 --> 00:28:56,130
for public input, or
if they shared it,

572
00:28:56,130 --> 00:29:00,750
it wasn't factored in with the
way it should have been given.

573
00:29:00,750 --> 00:29:02,850
If more people who
shared their opinions

574
00:29:02,850 --> 00:29:06,770
had been able to
provide comment.

575
00:29:06,770 --> 00:29:08,450
Can I ask a question.

576
00:29:08,450 --> 00:29:10,010
Can I give everybody.

577
00:29:10,010 --> 00:29:13,070
OK I just want to be clear.

578
00:29:13,070 --> 00:29:14,870
This is a fast tracking
your movement out there,

579
00:29:14,870 --> 00:29:15,910
annexation or anything.

580
00:29:15,910 --> 00:29:18,330
This is planning, and
this is a great way

581
00:29:18,330 --> 00:29:21,050
to allow the stakeholders
out there to get more input

582
00:29:21,050 --> 00:29:23,890
and not feel this
is what we get down.

583
00:29:23,890 --> 00:29:27,730
Yes, this is slowing it down,
taking a step back and making

584
00:29:27,730 --> 00:29:32,610
sure we have the right layout
for that airport to serve,

585
00:29:32,610 --> 00:29:35,290
the needs that it
needs to serve,

586
00:29:35,290 --> 00:29:40,710
and also realistic plan if we're
going to expand the airport,

587
00:29:40,710 --> 00:29:45,570
if that's what the
numbers show is necessary.

588
00:29:45,570 --> 00:29:48,490
How do we do that and how do we
work with the adjoining property

589
00:29:48,490 --> 00:29:53,530
owners when they're ready to
transition ownership of any land

590
00:29:53,530 --> 00:29:57,370
we would need to the city.

591
00:29:57,370 --> 00:29:58,330
OK no.

592
00:29:58,330 --> 00:29:58,830
I'm good.

593
00:29:58,830 --> 00:30:02,220
Thanks for the explanation,
I appreciate it.

594
00:30:02,220 --> 00:30:02,800
Thank you.

595
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,820


596
00:30:05,820 --> 00:30:10,240
And yeah.

597
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:17,100
So is this kind of just
a repeat of the half

598
00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:20,440
million plus that we
spent on the previous.

599
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:25,100
Just a better stab
at the same process.

600
00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:27,540
I wouldn't say
it's a full repeat.

601
00:30:27,540 --> 00:30:31,900
It is validating the data
that was gathered at the time,

602
00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:37,580
updating it in light of current
operating indicators at Lake

603
00:30:37,580 --> 00:30:44,540
Chelan airport, the current
economic conditions that we are

604
00:30:44,540 --> 00:30:46,740
encountering here in this area.

605
00:30:46,740 --> 00:30:50,800
So it's really validating
what was previously done.

606
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,620
That's really step
one in the scope.

607
00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:58,690
And then it's also when you
go through a planning process,

608
00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:00,710
you don't.

609
00:31:00,710 --> 00:31:03,630
You plan it right.

610
00:31:03,630 --> 00:31:07,170
You're not looking at the
actual operational side of it.

611
00:31:07,170 --> 00:31:10,790
And part of what happened during
the environmental assessment

612
00:31:10,790 --> 00:31:15,470
is that the FAA, with the
staff they have in place now

613
00:31:15,470 --> 00:31:18,910
and understand during that
same period, time period

614
00:31:18,910 --> 00:31:21,790
in the last four
years, the Federal

615
00:31:21,790 --> 00:31:23,710
Aviation Administration
has undergone

616
00:31:23,710 --> 00:31:27,790
significant staff turnover.

617
00:31:27,790 --> 00:31:31,430
So with the current staff, they
took the airport alignment that

618
00:31:31,430 --> 00:31:36,510
was selected as the preferred
alternative and the lack

619
00:31:36,510 --> 00:31:39,630
of in a non-technical way,
we plugged that alignment

620
00:31:39,630 --> 00:31:44,910
into their flight simulators
at operational level

621
00:31:44,910 --> 00:31:48,510
and determined that unless
we were to literally move

622
00:31:48,510 --> 00:31:52,590
mountains, that
runway would not work

623
00:31:52,590 --> 00:31:54,710
without an instrument approach.

624
00:31:54,710 --> 00:31:58,040
And because of those same
mountains and that large river

625
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,640
gorge, an instrument
approach, we

626
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,440
don't have the
amount of clearance

627
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,960
on every side that is
needed in order to support

628
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,520
an instrument approach.

629
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:10,320
So the alternative that
was selected at the time

630
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:14,960
by the city council and
through that planning process

631
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,100
looks great from a
planning perspective.

632
00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:20,600
But when they plugged it
into the operational side,

633
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,920
it's not feasible.

634
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,760
So that was why they said
a large part of the reason

635
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:27,840
why they said, let's go back.

636
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,960
Let's look at it
with that insight.

637
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:35,560
We've had new construction
happen since the inventory was

638
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:37,060
taken of adjoining property.

639
00:32:37,060 --> 00:32:39,200
So there's been
additional housing that's

640
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:43,600
been allowed to be
constructed by the County

641
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,440
in the runway approach area.

642
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:50,540
That also factors into
whether FAA will approve it.

643
00:32:50,540 --> 00:32:52,840
And they've regulations
have changed

644
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,510
during that same time period.

645
00:32:54,510 --> 00:32:58,390
They used to allow exceptions
for the displaced thresholds,

646
00:32:58,390 --> 00:33:00,770
and that's where you
have the short approach

647
00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:02,870
area at the end of the runway.

648
00:33:02,870 --> 00:33:05,690
And the runway protection
zone is shorter

649
00:33:05,690 --> 00:33:08,130
than what they want it to be.

650
00:33:08,130 --> 00:33:10,730
They no longer allow
those exceptions.

651
00:33:10,730 --> 00:33:14,970
So if they're going to fund
a half a million construction

652
00:33:14,970 --> 00:33:19,490
project, or 1.2 or $7 million
construction project, whatever

653
00:33:19,490 --> 00:33:21,090
it turns out to
be, they're going

654
00:33:21,090 --> 00:33:23,490
to make the airport
bring it up to compliance

655
00:33:23,490 --> 00:33:25,290
with current standards.

656
00:33:25,290 --> 00:33:30,070
And we're unable to do
that with the alignment,

657
00:33:30,070 --> 00:33:31,570
the preferred
alternative alignment

658
00:33:31,570 --> 00:33:34,330
that was last selected.

659
00:33:34,330 --> 00:33:38,290
So there's a number
of factors in there.

660
00:33:38,290 --> 00:33:41,210
So I wouldn't call it a repeat.

661
00:33:41,210 --> 00:33:46,730
It's a quality
check verification

662
00:33:46,730 --> 00:33:51,420
that the data is
still good that we're

663
00:33:51,420 --> 00:33:54,360
applying current
regulations to the analysis.

664
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,780
Our consultant is doing that.

665
00:33:56,780 --> 00:34:00,540
This is not a criticism of
our former planning consultant

666
00:34:00,540 --> 00:34:03,340
or our current engineers.

667
00:34:03,340 --> 00:34:08,100
This is just simply a fact
that conditions have changed.

668
00:34:08,100 --> 00:34:14,500
Is there a specific scope
of work that the FAA has.

669
00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:15,420
With this grant.

670
00:34:15,420 --> 00:34:18,500
There is a scope of work that
we developed with the FAA's

671
00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:21,420
assistance and approval
of it, for we ever

672
00:34:21,420 --> 00:34:29,500
applied for this grant in order
to make sure the FAA has really.

673
00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:32,580
Done some significant favors
for Lake Chelan airport

674
00:34:32,580 --> 00:34:34,440
through this process
and through this grant.

675
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,600
This is not the normal
time frame for a grant.

676
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,780
So they essentially Held
Funds for us since the spring

677
00:34:39,780 --> 00:34:42,060
until we could get a
scope of work put together

678
00:34:42,060 --> 00:34:44,500
and get a cost
estimate put together.

679
00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:49,790
And we've done that in lockstep
with FAA planning consultant

680
00:34:49,790 --> 00:34:53,389
and our project manager to
make sure that we would arrive

681
00:34:53,389 --> 00:34:56,110
at this point where we
have a scope of work

682
00:34:56,110 --> 00:34:57,470
that they've approved.

683
00:34:57,470 --> 00:35:02,590
We've already done the RFP
for planning consultants

684
00:35:02,590 --> 00:35:06,270
to do the work using
that scope of work.

685
00:35:06,270 --> 00:35:08,510
I anticipate bringing
that contract back

686
00:35:08,510 --> 00:35:10,470
to you at the next
council meeting

687
00:35:10,470 --> 00:35:12,590
should you approve this grant.

688
00:35:12,590 --> 00:35:15,270
But it was all subject
to US actually getting

689
00:35:15,270 --> 00:35:17,110
the formal approval
of the grant.

690
00:35:17,110 --> 00:35:20,510
So we've tried to work
this on a parallel basis

691
00:35:20,510 --> 00:35:22,590
so that we're getting the
funding lined up while we're

692
00:35:22,590 --> 00:35:27,230
doing the work to get the
planning consultant contract

693
00:35:27,230 --> 00:35:30,950
and be able to move
forward with the work.

694
00:35:30,950 --> 00:35:33,270
And that scope of
work will offer

695
00:35:33,270 --> 00:35:36,590
some guidance on the cost,
benefits and economics

696
00:35:36,590 --> 00:35:42,510
of different alternatives, kind
of a business strategy going

697
00:35:42,510 --> 00:35:46,710
forward to make this
a viable project

698
00:35:46,710 --> 00:35:48,570
to continue to put money.

699
00:35:48,570 --> 00:35:53,030
Absolutely it will make sure
that we come out of this process

700
00:35:53,030 --> 00:35:58,070
with an updated master plan
and updated airport layout plan

701
00:35:58,070 --> 00:36:01,850
and exhibit A, which Lake Chelan
airport has not had in the past.

702
00:36:01,850 --> 00:36:06,390
And exhibit A is the FAA's
term for the formal property

703
00:36:06,390 --> 00:36:11,710
ownership and map of the
boundaries for the airport

704
00:36:11,710 --> 00:36:14,870
and the surrounding property.

705
00:36:14,870 --> 00:36:17,510
It will put us in
the driver's seat

706
00:36:17,510 --> 00:36:21,790
and get us perfectly aligned
to be able to move forward

707
00:36:21,790 --> 00:36:25,150
with a real improvement
project and improvement

708
00:36:25,150 --> 00:36:27,310
project that's
achievable and realistic

709
00:36:27,310 --> 00:36:29,450
and can be funded by the FAA.

710
00:36:29,450 --> 00:36:32,030


711
00:36:32,030 --> 00:36:34,250
And the consultants.

712
00:36:34,250 --> 00:36:38,030
How many people are on our list.

713
00:36:38,030 --> 00:36:38,770
We sent it out.

714
00:36:38,770 --> 00:36:43,870
We published it in the Seattle
journal of construction.

715
00:36:43,870 --> 00:36:45,660
That's called the
Journal of business,

716
00:36:45,660 --> 00:36:51,000
but it's specifically for
specialists in land development.

717
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,620
We received three highly
qualified proposals.

718
00:36:54,620 --> 00:36:57,480
We ranked those as we have
an evaluation committee

719
00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:58,720
that has ranked those.

720
00:36:58,720 --> 00:37:02,160
We have two finalists, and
we have interviews scheduled

721
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:06,040
with those finalists this
week, pending approval

722
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,720
and subject to the approval by
the city council of the grant,

723
00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:15,080
including our
previous consultant.

724
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:19,320
In terms of being
interviewed, yeah,

725
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:20,880
they're not being
interviewed for the planning

726
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:21,740
consultant work.

727
00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:24,280
They do continue to be
under contract with the city

728
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:29,720
for our engineering because
they were the consultant

729
00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:31,420
on the previous master plan.

730
00:37:31,420 --> 00:37:34,080
OK yeah.

731
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:35,140
Well, yeah.

732
00:37:35,140 --> 00:37:36,840
Thanks for your patience.

733
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:41,960
Absolutely all right.

734
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,970
We have a motion by
Council Combs and a second

735
00:37:44,970 --> 00:37:46,850
by Council Sanders.

736
00:37:46,850 --> 00:37:48,050
All those in favor.

737
00:37:48,050 --> 00:37:49,610
Aye Aye.

738
00:37:49,610 --> 00:37:52,570
Opposed motion passes.

739
00:37:52,570 --> 00:37:56,750
We'll move on to item D,
resolution number 2026 1486.

740
00:37:56,750 --> 00:38:03,130
Education service center SB
inter local purchasing system

741
00:38:03,130 --> 00:38:05,210
purchasing co-op in our local.

742
00:38:05,210 --> 00:38:08,170
And this will be
handled by our director.

743
00:38:08,170 --> 00:38:09,090
Thank you mayor.

744
00:38:09,090 --> 00:38:10,450
Quite a mouthful.

745
00:38:10,450 --> 00:38:13,090
Council tonight before
you is a resolution

746
00:38:13,090 --> 00:38:16,090
to approve an interlocal
agreement and an addendum

747
00:38:16,090 --> 00:38:19,010
to an interlocal agreement
for cooperative purchasing

748
00:38:19,010 --> 00:38:23,210
with tips, which is the
local purchasing system.

749
00:38:23,210 --> 00:38:25,330
Tips is a cooperative
purchasing program

750
00:38:25,330 --> 00:38:29,050
that's administered by region
8 educational service center

751
00:38:29,050 --> 00:38:29,790
in Texas.

752
00:38:29,790 --> 00:38:32,850
So that's why the
title of our agenda

753
00:38:32,850 --> 00:38:34,550
is educational
Services Center there.

754
00:38:34,550 --> 00:38:37,130
The administering
program of they

755
00:38:37,130 --> 00:38:40,210
administer the cooperative
purchasing program.

756
00:38:40,210 --> 00:38:43,900
So a cooperative
purchasing is an Avenue

757
00:38:43,900 --> 00:38:47,940
that public agencies can
use to get competitively

758
00:38:47,940 --> 00:38:50,100
solicited contracts,
which helps reduce

759
00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:51,980
administrative costs
and staff time that's

760
00:38:51,980 --> 00:38:54,320
associated with advertising.

761
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:55,480
Getting proposals.

762
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:56,360
Awarding contracts.

763
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:57,980
It's another tool
in our tool belt

764
00:38:57,980 --> 00:39:03,740
to be able to get the best price
for certain services or supplies

765
00:39:03,740 --> 00:39:05,820
that we need to purchase.

766
00:39:05,820 --> 00:39:10,140
So tips is one of many
cooperative purchasing programs

767
00:39:10,140 --> 00:39:11,440
that operates in the country.

768
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:16,300
It's based in Texas, but they
do operate in Washington State.

769
00:39:16,300 --> 00:39:19,020
The addendum to the
interlocal agreement

770
00:39:19,020 --> 00:39:20,880
was one that was prepared
by our city attorney,

771
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:24,900
just to clarify language to
ensure that we're following

772
00:39:24,900 --> 00:39:27,220
Washington procurement laws.

773
00:39:27,220 --> 00:39:30,500
So the city, through partnership
or through participation

774
00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:33,340
as a member to this
cooperative purchasing,

775
00:39:33,340 --> 00:39:37,700
gets access to the
competitively bid contracts

776
00:39:37,700 --> 00:39:41,630
that tips has already procured.

777
00:39:41,630 --> 00:39:44,330
There is no membership
fee associated with it.

778
00:39:44,330 --> 00:39:45,970
So this is a $0 agreement.

779
00:39:45,970 --> 00:39:51,310
It just gives us access to
those cooperative purchasing.

780
00:39:51,310 --> 00:39:53,110
And the city also
retains the right

781
00:39:53,110 --> 00:39:54,710
to use this
cooperative purchasing

782
00:39:54,710 --> 00:39:57,910
or to not use this cooperative
purchasing in the best

783
00:39:57,910 --> 00:39:58,890
interest of the city.

784
00:39:58,890 --> 00:40:00,250
So we're not
obligated to use it,

785
00:40:00,250 --> 00:40:02,990
but it does give us options
when we need to go procure

786
00:40:02,990 --> 00:40:06,230
for supplies or services.

787
00:40:06,230 --> 00:40:09,690
So in your packet you
have the resolution,

788
00:40:09,690 --> 00:40:11,410
you have the
interlocal agreement,

789
00:40:11,410 --> 00:40:15,050
and then you have the addendum
for the Washington law as well.

790
00:40:15,050 --> 00:40:17,910
So the resolution approves
the interlocal agreement

791
00:40:17,910 --> 00:40:19,230
and the addendum.

792
00:40:19,230 --> 00:40:22,110
And I am available
for any questions.

793
00:40:22,110 --> 00:40:28,470
I move to adopt resolution
number 2026 dash 1486 second.

794
00:40:28,470 --> 00:40:28,970
All right.

795
00:40:28,970 --> 00:40:33,230
We have a motion by Council
and second by Council.

796
00:40:33,230 --> 00:40:34,010
Any questions.

797
00:40:34,010 --> 00:40:37,840
No I think it's a
great thing you already

798
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:42,520
see your potential savings
with a particular item

799
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,960
that is already purchased.

800
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,080
I think there's definitely
lots of possibility

801
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:53,040
for savings with contracts
and utilizing them.

802
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,000
I'm good.

803
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,160
I'm good.

804
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,760
Yeah, good.

805
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,300
There's a motion and a second.

806
00:41:01,300 --> 00:41:02,280
All those in favor.

807
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,000
Aye Opposed.

808
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:05,200
Motion passes.

809
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,093
All right, let's move into
administrative reports,

810
00:41:07,093 --> 00:41:08,360
and we'll start with
resolution number

811
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,840
2020 6014x affordable
housing grant

812
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:15,800
funding policy and finance.

813
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:21,280
Great so the resolution an
affordable housing fund policy

814
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,920
application and
supplemental worksheets

815
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,280
you have before you
as a careful recraft

816
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,480
from the originally
enacted policy

817
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,200
that started back in 2019.

818
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,760
So earlier this year, due
to receiving a large volume

819
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,960
of requests from the community
benefit grant application

820
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,200
process, it was determined
that some of those requests

821
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,060
were related to
affordable housing,

822
00:41:42,060 --> 00:41:46,240
and thus the need arose for the
major renovation on this policy

823
00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:48,320
and application
process in an effort

824
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:51,880
to improve those processes
and ensure compliance,

825
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:53,680
all parties involved.

826
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:56,280
And so, while I do acknowledge
that this is a very complex

827
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,520
policy and process,
as I'm sure you're all

828
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:01,040
aware of after
reviewing your packets,

829
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:04,600
I'd also like to stress that
this is necessary from an audit

830
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:07,160
standpoint, because
the city of Charlotte

831
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,200
receives funding to
support affordable housing

832
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,240
initiatives in three ways.

833
00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:16,080
State share tax revenue,
council directed allocations

834
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,480
and developer contributions.

835
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:20,120
Staff, of course, have
the responsibility

836
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:21,640
to ensure accurate
record keeping

837
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:23,240
for all the various
sources of funding

838
00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:27,000
and ensure audit compliance
for awarded funds and agencies

839
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,120
who have been
awarded those funds.

840
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,080
Then have the
responsibility to taxpayers

841
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:34,970
to show that the organization
station is providing a benefit

842
00:42:34,970 --> 00:42:37,990
that the city would
otherwise need to provide,

843
00:42:37,990 --> 00:42:40,770
or just as generally,
a public benefit.

844
00:42:40,770 --> 00:42:43,370
And so without those
ties, it can be considered

845
00:42:43,370 --> 00:42:45,370
a gifting of public funds.

846
00:42:45,370 --> 00:42:48,210
And so this application allows
staff to better understand

847
00:42:48,210 --> 00:42:51,530
the needs of the organization
applying for the funding

848
00:42:51,530 --> 00:42:53,750
and the people that
which they serve,

849
00:42:53,750 --> 00:42:56,930
so that we can best determine
what source of funding

850
00:42:56,930 --> 00:42:58,850
would best meet their needs.

851
00:42:58,850 --> 00:43:02,250
And so this policy was
drafted with previous council

852
00:43:02,250 --> 00:43:04,930
conversations taking
into consideration

853
00:43:04,930 --> 00:43:06,390
legal counsel of course.

854
00:43:06,390 --> 00:43:11,250
And Sao guidelines are
state laws, federal ones.

855
00:43:11,250 --> 00:43:13,930
And of course, most
importantly feedback provided

856
00:43:13,930 --> 00:43:17,210
by our local housing agencies.

857
00:43:17,210 --> 00:43:20,510
So in addition to
support of this policy,

858
00:43:20,510 --> 00:43:23,530
I would also be looking for
direction on how much funding

859
00:43:23,530 --> 00:43:29,610
council would like to award the
2026 and get some ideas for 2027

860
00:43:29,610 --> 00:43:34,220
of the currently
available 133,000 that is

861
00:43:34,220 --> 00:43:37,140
in the Affordable housing fund.

862
00:43:37,140 --> 00:43:41,380
Aside from the modest revenue
that we receive of about 15,000

863
00:43:41,380 --> 00:43:43,980
from the state
share tax revenue,

864
00:43:43,980 --> 00:43:46,980
the next external
contribution is expected

865
00:43:46,980 --> 00:43:49,180
to be the widening project.

866
00:43:49,180 --> 00:43:52,260
But we really at this time do
not know when we will receive

867
00:43:52,260 --> 00:43:54,940
funding from that project.

868
00:43:54,940 --> 00:43:56,660
So at this time,
my recommendation

869
00:43:56,660 --> 00:44:01,300
would be no more than
$50,000 for 2026,

870
00:44:01,300 --> 00:44:04,820
$50,000 for 2027 be awarded.

871
00:44:04,820 --> 00:44:08,960
That would at that time leave
approximately $50,000 for 2028.

872
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:11,580
And perhaps we just see
at that time of that

873
00:44:11,580 --> 00:44:13,580
project looks like
or other developer

874
00:44:13,580 --> 00:44:16,540
contributions or
council directed

875
00:44:16,540 --> 00:44:18,780
contributions would look like.

876
00:44:18,780 --> 00:44:20,700
And so with that
all being said, I

877
00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:24,060
look forward to hearing your
feedback on the 2026 award

878
00:44:24,060 --> 00:44:26,680
amount and recommendation
for future years,

879
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:29,080
as well as on the policy itself.

880
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:31,590
And application process.

881
00:44:31,590 --> 00:44:32,450
Thank you very much.

882
00:44:32,450 --> 00:44:36,350


883
00:44:36,350 --> 00:44:39,590
Thank you very much.

884
00:44:39,590 --> 00:44:42,710
Now, do you remember
that the grant

885
00:44:42,710 --> 00:44:43,810
didn't do anything with that.

886
00:44:43,810 --> 00:44:48,270
But what the request of those
three other housing associations

887
00:44:48,270 --> 00:44:50,390
were for 2020.

888
00:44:50,390 --> 00:44:52,950
I do not have that
information available right

889
00:44:52,950 --> 00:44:54,590
off the top of my head.

890
00:44:54,590 --> 00:44:56,890
So that's back a few months.

891
00:44:56,890 --> 00:44:59,810
I would be more than happy
though to dig those back up.

892
00:44:59,810 --> 00:45:04,150
I do know that one is
referencing some updates

893
00:45:04,150 --> 00:45:07,670
to an owner occupied
home who would be

894
00:45:07,670 --> 00:45:10,630
eligible under like low income.

895
00:45:10,630 --> 00:45:16,390
There was also some renovations
to as well to heritage heights,

896
00:45:16,390 --> 00:45:19,270
but I'd really want to look
back into those specifics

897
00:45:19,270 --> 00:45:21,770
and I'd be happy to commit
to accomplishing that.

898
00:45:21,770 --> 00:45:30,800


899
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,360
Along the same lines,
do we know roughly

900
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,000
how much was awarded last year
to organizations that would

901
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:37,540
qualify for affordable housing.

902
00:45:37,540 --> 00:45:40,040
The way we're looking at it now.

903
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:43,280
Yeah so that's a great question
and a bit of a harder one

904
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:44,100
to quantify.

905
00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:46,920
Just so we've had a
bit of a moving target

906
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,560
here with our housing funds.

907
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:55,320
There was a interlocal agreement
between us and the housing

908
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:58,600
trust, which we were
providing a $20,000 a year

909
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:01,960
stipend up to them
for operational

910
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:05,400
and affordable housing needs.

911
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:09,680
We awarded funds
affordable housing

912
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:13,840
from the community benefit
grant application process.

913
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:15,200
And so really, this
year, we're really

914
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,440
trying to make sure
that those processes

915
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:18,940
are all kept separately.

916
00:46:18,940 --> 00:46:23,020
And everyone kind of has their
respective pots of funds.

917
00:46:23,020 --> 00:46:26,630
But I would urge counsel.

918
00:46:26,630 --> 00:46:29,690
I perhaps what we've
historically done.

919
00:46:29,690 --> 00:46:31,690
Maybe we pivot away from.

920
00:46:31,690 --> 00:46:35,110
Sure no, I think that
$50,000 recommendation sound,

921
00:46:35,110 --> 00:46:36,970
as long as it's kind
of in alignment,

922
00:46:36,970 --> 00:46:38,610
roughly with some of
those organizations

923
00:46:38,610 --> 00:46:40,530
and what they applied for.

924
00:46:40,530 --> 00:46:42,570
I think it's great that we
continue to fund them as they

925
00:46:42,570 --> 00:46:43,990
I know they rely on them.

926
00:46:43,990 --> 00:46:48,530


927
00:46:48,530 --> 00:46:53,610
I agree with 50,000 to be
conservative in what is sent out

928
00:46:53,610 --> 00:46:59,010
with what is presented because
as you mentioned, Widener

929
00:46:59,010 --> 00:47:03,330
potentially so based on.

930
00:47:03,330 --> 00:47:06,010
A source of income.

931
00:47:06,010 --> 00:47:08,190
So that's good.

932
00:47:08,190 --> 00:47:13,730


933
00:47:13,730 --> 00:47:16,490
Yeah speak on conservative side.

934
00:47:16,490 --> 00:47:19,370
Now that puts us out for
a year and we're spent.

935
00:47:19,370 --> 00:47:24,220
So that's with 15,000
companies evidence without

936
00:47:24,220 --> 00:47:26,140
possible forward income.

937
00:47:26,140 --> 00:47:41,340
But yeah, I guess I
have some questions

938
00:47:41,340 --> 00:47:46,240
on item 6, the recorded
security capital board still.

939
00:47:46,240 --> 00:47:48,940


940
00:47:48,940 --> 00:47:51,320
But maybe I'll discuss those.

941
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:56,220


942
00:47:56,220 --> 00:47:58,120
So we can discuss that further.

943
00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:02,940


944
00:48:02,940 --> 00:48:04,860
If you like.

945
00:48:04,860 --> 00:48:05,360
All right.

946
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:08,780
We'll move into
discussion about higher

947
00:48:08,780 --> 00:48:11,820
professional services, agreement
for fire protection inspections

948
00:48:11,820 --> 00:48:14,460
and that.

949
00:48:14,460 --> 00:48:17,920
Yes thank you.

950
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:19,200
Mayor yes.

951
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:24,620
Tonight we're going over live
professional services agreement

952
00:48:24,620 --> 00:48:28,780
with fire protection
software company

953
00:48:28,780 --> 00:48:31,580
that we've had since 2018.

954
00:48:31,580 --> 00:48:35,500
Somebody was egress
fire here tonight.

955
00:48:35,500 --> 00:48:39,120
Jim, who was with
fire and now live.

956
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:43,120
I go over the
presentation on the.

957
00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:46,220


958
00:48:46,220 --> 00:48:46,880
Thank you.

959
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:48,000
Yes thank you.

960
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:49,380
Thank you very much.

961
00:48:49,380 --> 00:48:51,300
Just going to be brief.

962
00:48:51,300 --> 00:48:53,540
But we can help you
see the last eight

963
00:48:53,540 --> 00:48:56,420
years with our detection system,
life safety system and tracking

964
00:48:56,420 --> 00:48:57,380
them.

965
00:48:57,380 --> 00:49:01,640
We currently have 71 properties
we monitor with 295 systems.

966
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:05,700
And that has more than
doubled since we started.

967
00:49:05,700 --> 00:49:09,340
So some exciting news
is we virtually live.

968
00:49:09,340 --> 00:49:12,900
I was the vice president of
fire, Vice President of live,

969
00:49:12,900 --> 00:49:15,220
and we opted to go
with their platform

970
00:49:15,220 --> 00:49:16,860
for a lot of different reasons.

971
00:49:16,860 --> 00:49:21,230
The main thing is that they have
a lot more flexibility and a lot

972
00:49:21,230 --> 00:49:24,910
more free, free software
offerings that they offer us

973
00:49:24,910 --> 00:49:26,590
to help with
prevention, to really

974
00:49:26,590 --> 00:49:28,510
increase firefighter
safety and fire prevention

975
00:49:28,510 --> 00:49:30,110
and save station.

976
00:49:30,110 --> 00:49:32,570
So they have a
software certification,

977
00:49:32,570 --> 00:49:33,870
which is really
hard certification

978
00:49:33,870 --> 00:49:36,430
to get that protection.

979
00:49:36,430 --> 00:49:38,350
They also offer a
host of new features

980
00:49:38,350 --> 00:49:41,150
for compliance, fire prevention
and firefighter safety.

981
00:49:41,150 --> 00:49:43,550
First of all, I have their
support staff to help Casey

982
00:49:43,550 --> 00:49:47,030
and his team do what they need
to do and fire compliance.

983
00:49:47,030 --> 00:49:49,570
And there's also some free
modules that we're doing.

984
00:49:49,570 --> 00:49:51,430
So we're doing
some free tracking

985
00:49:51,430 --> 00:49:54,190
where fire department
and buildings can

986
00:49:54,190 --> 00:49:56,910
go on this platform also, and
be combined with that premises

987
00:49:56,910 --> 00:49:59,430
detail that can also be used
for short term rentals and stuff

988
00:49:59,430 --> 00:50:01,670
like that to help us do that.

989
00:50:01,670 --> 00:50:04,710
We have a fire watch
program, so in the building

990
00:50:04,710 --> 00:50:07,090
has you on fire watch because
their systems are down.

991
00:50:07,090 --> 00:50:09,530
Traditionally, that's been
kind of a favor type thing.

992
00:50:09,530 --> 00:50:12,530
So I'll be trapped digitally so
that you'll know that existed.

993
00:50:12,530 --> 00:50:14,430
That building's on fire
watch, and it's actually being

994
00:50:14,430 --> 00:50:17,070
directed to do it properly.

995
00:50:17,070 --> 00:50:18,760
We also have an
integration with first name

996
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:21,720
first used as a platform
for the fire departments.

997
00:50:21,720 --> 00:50:23,140
That's a free module also.

998
00:50:23,140 --> 00:50:26,240
So if there is an incident, the
city of Cheyenne and that fire

999
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:28,400
truck rolls out, they'll know
if there's an additional system

1000
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:30,700
there, it's on fire watch
or anything like that,

1001
00:50:30,700 --> 00:50:33,360
but also helps
firefighters also.

1002
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:36,440
So it's a pretty
complete platform I'm

1003
00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:37,660
available for any questions.

1004
00:50:37,660 --> 00:50:39,000
Also, I think you
all have one sheet

1005
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,740
of paper what the new system
looks like and my business card.

1006
00:50:41,740 --> 00:50:48,320


1007
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:52,300
Yeah so our business
fire inspection.

1008
00:50:52,300 --> 00:50:55,240


1009
00:50:55,240 --> 00:50:56,960
Yeah and so they put
that into the system

1010
00:50:56,960 --> 00:50:57,880
as we're talking about.

1011
00:50:57,880 --> 00:51:01,180
That system talks to your system
and you want to upgrade that.

1012
00:51:01,180 --> 00:51:04,140
What office city do you.

1013
00:51:04,140 --> 00:51:06,840


1014
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:07,620
Plan to game.

1015
00:51:07,620 --> 00:51:14,300
Yeah so he represents the
company that we currently use.

1016
00:51:14,300 --> 00:51:16,350
So his system is what.

1017
00:51:16,350 --> 00:51:17,430
Before I got here.

1018
00:51:17,430 --> 00:51:19,030
We've been using since 2018.

1019
00:51:19,030 --> 00:51:20,610
They were acquired by live.

1020
00:51:20,610 --> 00:51:24,850
So he's the back end of live and
answering the questions we have.

1021
00:51:24,850 --> 00:51:26,310
So nothing will change.

1022
00:51:26,310 --> 00:51:30,250
We're being migrated over to the
new live platform this month.

1023
00:51:30,250 --> 00:51:33,110
The upside to it is really
for us, our compliance.

1024
00:51:33,110 --> 00:51:36,910
That went up to over 75%
Now with using p grids,

1025
00:51:36,910 --> 00:51:40,290
because now it ties into
setting up the notification

1026
00:51:40,290 --> 00:51:43,610
to the businesses that
vendors already know that when

1027
00:51:43,610 --> 00:51:46,550
they do an annual or
six month inspection,

1028
00:51:46,550 --> 00:51:48,270
they upload that report.

1029
00:51:48,270 --> 00:51:51,450
And it comes into my office
that we either accept

1030
00:51:51,450 --> 00:51:52,770
it or pick it back out.

1031
00:51:52,770 --> 00:51:56,570
So it allows us to track it
and not do pen and paper.

1032
00:51:56,570 --> 00:51:58,970
And pretty much every
jurisdiction around us

1033
00:51:58,970 --> 00:52:00,450
is using egress.

1034
00:52:00,450 --> 00:52:03,417
So when Angie County,
the border area.

1035
00:52:03,417 --> 00:52:04,650
So all these vendors,
whether they're

1036
00:52:04,650 --> 00:52:08,550
from Spokane or the West Side,
are used to using egress.

1037
00:52:08,550 --> 00:52:11,670
And so it's just
what they require.

1038
00:52:11,670 --> 00:52:14,260
And there's more.

1039
00:52:14,260 --> 00:52:17,000
There's some more APIs that
tie-in when I first do,

1040
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:20,360
which is a big one for fire
when you first use this,

1041
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:21,680
will now talk to their system.

1042
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:25,020
Today, they don't have any
way to look at our software

1043
00:52:25,020 --> 00:52:26,480
or our inspections.

1044
00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:27,720
They just don't
have access to it.

1045
00:52:27,720 --> 00:52:30,340
So this will give
them access to fire

1046
00:52:30,340 --> 00:52:32,440
life safety inspections for it.

1047
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:36,320
Really for us, for the city,
it's mostly just a good system.

1048
00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:40,080
Inspection for businesses,
the fire alarm systems,

1049
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:43,820
the suppression systems
include schools,

1050
00:52:43,820 --> 00:52:48,260
family buildings, commercial
buildings up to 275.

1051
00:52:48,260 --> 00:52:51,240
So we have quite a few
system types in there.

1052
00:52:51,240 --> 00:52:53,080
It just helps us keep
track of all that.

1053
00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:56,300
And then we work with,
most of these vendors who

1054
00:52:56,300 --> 00:52:58,140
are doing these are
coming out of Yakima

1055
00:52:58,140 --> 00:52:59,800
or Wenatchee or Spokane.

1056
00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:02,660
So it just helps keeps
everything dialed in with things

1057
00:53:02,660 --> 00:53:03,200
are doing.

1058
00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:06,180
If you're a business owner, you
log in and see when the stuff

1059
00:53:06,180 --> 00:53:07,680
is due and if you have to bail.

1060
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:11,670
Just keeps everybody on the
same page, the fees themselves.

1061
00:53:11,670 --> 00:53:15,470
That is one component that is
going up with the new system.

1062
00:53:15,470 --> 00:53:18,510
The feed today that is charged
to the third party vendor

1063
00:53:18,510 --> 00:53:21,630
is going from 15 to 18.

1064
00:53:21,630 --> 00:53:23,010
So that's the fee.

1065
00:53:23,010 --> 00:53:27,070
That's the entire time that
gets charged to the vendor.

1066
00:53:27,070 --> 00:53:28,630
The vendor themselves,
though, have

1067
00:53:28,630 --> 00:53:30,530
the ability to up charge that.

1068
00:53:30,530 --> 00:53:31,530
That's out of our control.

1069
00:53:31,530 --> 00:53:34,850
And they do that
which that's not.

1070
00:53:34,850 --> 00:53:36,810
And I tell people to
shop a different vendor,

1071
00:53:36,810 --> 00:53:38,850
they're going to do that.

1072
00:53:38,850 --> 00:53:41,750
But nothing really changes
other than that there'll

1073
00:53:41,750 --> 00:53:43,890
be a new system that allows
them to do a lot more,

1074
00:53:43,890 --> 00:53:46,230
and it will help
us track a lot more

1075
00:53:46,230 --> 00:53:49,010
stuff with the fire department
and have our clients go up.

1076
00:53:49,010 --> 00:53:51,290
So we have a pretty
compliant 75% is pretty high.

1077
00:53:51,290 --> 00:53:54,870
I mean, I don't think very many
departments are close to that.

1078
00:53:54,870 --> 00:53:58,910
So I'm moving up on
the pricing to that.

1079
00:53:58,910 --> 00:54:01,110
We do track that a little
bit differently also.

1080
00:54:01,110 --> 00:54:04,950
Is that let's take a restaurant,
for example, if they have

1081
00:54:04,950 --> 00:54:07,230
two commercial goods
in there and we

1082
00:54:07,230 --> 00:54:11,460
charge 2 times $15 dollars
when it was commercial one.

1083
00:54:11,460 --> 00:54:14,040
So it's $18 and $30.

1084
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:18,000
So you'll see an overall
price reduction on businesses.

1085
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:19,260
So there is that.

1086
00:54:19,260 --> 00:54:22,600


1087
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:32,520
Question I guess this is a
little out of my expertise here.

1088
00:54:32,520 --> 00:54:39,600
So, bottom line I concern I have
is for the commercial businesses

1089
00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:41,960
in town.

1090
00:54:41,960 --> 00:54:45,200
Is this something that's
going to streamline

1091
00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:48,880
their compliance
without significantly

1092
00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:51,760
raising costs and red tape.

1093
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:55,800
How is.

1094
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:57,960
How is the rubber
meeting the road

1095
00:54:57,960 --> 00:55:01,480
in this for our constituents.

1096
00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:05,120
So this stuff is the
platform we have today

1097
00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:09,040
has been in place since 2018,
though the businesses that

1098
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:11,620
are using have been
using it since 2018,

1099
00:55:11,620 --> 00:55:14,700
so they're already utilizing
this software anyways,

1100
00:55:14,700 --> 00:55:16,480
and the business
owners themselves don't

1101
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:18,000
really have to do anything.

1102
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:20,320
It's mostly just for
the vendors themselves

1103
00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:24,280
who, when they do an inspection,
they report it into the system

1104
00:55:24,280 --> 00:55:25,340
that comes into our staff.

1105
00:55:25,340 --> 00:55:27,960
We review it and
it goes from there.

1106
00:55:27,960 --> 00:55:30,600
He also sends out
notifications to the vendors

1107
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:33,580
and there are fire alarms.

1108
00:55:33,580 --> 00:55:37,080
Fire suppression systems are
do they send out notifications

1109
00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:38,300
or when they're online.

1110
00:55:38,300 --> 00:55:39,400
Just to let them know.

1111
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:42,000
So it's just a way to track
everything before two years

1112
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:45,000
with around people just
using carbon copy paper

1113
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:46,860
and just it's hard to
track all that stuff.

1114
00:55:46,860 --> 00:55:49,260
So this has been
around for a long time.

1115
00:55:49,260 --> 00:55:51,920
So yeah, I came on
board back in 2018

1116
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:53,740
so it doesn't change anything.

1117
00:55:53,740 --> 00:55:54,540
There is a cost.

1118
00:55:54,540 --> 00:55:59,160
But for the businesses
like Lakeside for example,

1119
00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:00,420
they're not open year round.

1120
00:56:00,420 --> 00:56:03,860
So we have the ability
on our end to buy water.

1121
00:56:03,860 --> 00:56:07,490
We can get the frequency
on how often they need

1122
00:56:07,490 --> 00:56:10,030
to use it so they like Amy Mac.

1123
00:56:10,030 --> 00:56:13,030
She goes ahead and claims more
than the required minimum.

1124
00:56:13,030 --> 00:56:15,150
So this stuff comes
out of the fire code.

1125
00:56:15,150 --> 00:56:17,430
It's not a city mandated,
it's the fire code.

1126
00:56:17,430 --> 00:56:19,610
When it comes down to
the cleaning schedule

1127
00:56:19,610 --> 00:56:21,370
and the annual
inspection schedule

1128
00:56:21,370 --> 00:56:24,850
for the environmental
component, we have the ability

1129
00:56:24,850 --> 00:56:27,450
on the cleaning schedule
for the food system

1130
00:56:27,450 --> 00:56:29,830
to knock that down
to once a year,

1131
00:56:29,830 --> 00:56:32,110
and we've done that for all
the seasonal businesses.

1132
00:56:32,110 --> 00:56:34,330
So some of if
we're trying to get

1133
00:56:34,330 --> 00:56:36,650
the taco trucks on there
as well, on if they

1134
00:56:36,650 --> 00:56:38,190
now have to do it as well.

1135
00:56:38,190 --> 00:56:41,330
But the side waters
view is we have

1136
00:56:41,330 --> 00:56:42,990
a handful that
are just seasonal,

1137
00:56:42,990 --> 00:56:43,990
that we've knocked it down.

1138
00:56:43,990 --> 00:56:45,370
They can still go
above and beyond

1139
00:56:45,370 --> 00:56:47,030
and do more than that
for their own cleaning,

1140
00:56:47,030 --> 00:56:50,630
but it doesn't require
that to enter into us.

1141
00:56:50,630 --> 00:56:51,670
We just do it once a year.

1142
00:56:51,670 --> 00:56:56,370
But a commercial system that's
running grease like neighbors

1143
00:56:56,370 --> 00:56:57,810
like the Panther,
for example, they're

1144
00:56:57,810 --> 00:57:00,990
going to have to do by code
at a minimum every six months.

1145
00:57:00,990 --> 00:57:03,740
They have to get a
full cleaning and then

1146
00:57:03,740 --> 00:57:05,660
their hood system
has to be spent

1147
00:57:05,660 --> 00:57:07,580
on the suppression side of it.

1148
00:57:07,580 --> 00:57:10,100
The fire alarm and the
suppression of the buildings

1149
00:57:10,100 --> 00:57:11,460
are just once a year.

1150
00:57:11,460 --> 00:57:12,640
That's just an annual thing.

1151
00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:15,860
That's just the minimum that
you have to do for fire code.

1152
00:57:15,860 --> 00:57:17,880
If they're running
more than that,

1153
00:57:17,880 --> 00:57:18,980
the recommendation
that they have

1154
00:57:18,980 --> 00:57:21,100
to clean more often,
that we don't put it

1155
00:57:21,100 --> 00:57:23,660
in there more than that
just every six months.

1156
00:57:23,660 --> 00:57:26,740
So this system is it
kind of streamlines

1157
00:57:26,740 --> 00:57:29,180
our ability to
monitor compliance

1158
00:57:29,180 --> 00:57:30,240
and those kind of things.

1159
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:33,020
But it's going to be
fairly transparent.

1160
00:57:33,020 --> 00:57:35,140
And there was a
lot of businesses

1161
00:57:35,140 --> 00:57:38,300
that we found that there'd
be a fire call maybe

1162
00:57:38,300 --> 00:57:39,880
after a smoke investigation.

1163
00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:41,220
And they have a
good system and they

1164
00:57:41,220 --> 00:57:42,400
haven't had a good cleaning.

1165
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:45,140
They hadn't had one
in 15 years, and they

1166
00:57:45,140 --> 00:57:48,240
hadn't had their suppression
system done in 15 years.

1167
00:57:48,240 --> 00:57:50,360
And so it was able
to track all that.

1168
00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:53,260
It's taken some time to get
every business I think we're now

1169
00:57:53,260 --> 00:57:54,880
everybody is totally on there.

1170
00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:57,620
I haven't seen a new
business come online in well

1171
00:57:57,620 --> 00:57:58,780
over a year or two.

1172
00:57:58,780 --> 00:58:00,180
So it's just a way
to streamline it

1173
00:58:00,180 --> 00:58:01,950
and everyone's on the same page.

1174
00:58:01,950 --> 00:58:04,750
So if the property
owners and the vendors

1175
00:58:04,750 --> 00:58:06,490
had a chance to do an interview.

1176
00:58:06,490 --> 00:58:09,030
And as far as the
fees are concerned,

1177
00:58:09,030 --> 00:58:12,230
that's just the standard fee
that went on at $15 that's

1178
00:58:12,230 --> 00:58:13,610
passed down to the vendor.

1179
00:58:13,610 --> 00:58:18,590
And then of course,
charges stops.

1180
00:58:18,590 --> 00:58:22,470
Thanks, Mark.

1181
00:58:22,470 --> 00:58:27,750
This is why is this why does the
city have a list in that time.

1182
00:58:27,750 --> 00:58:29,110
That's a good question.

1183
00:58:29,110 --> 00:58:32,550
So the fire department
here locally has

1184
00:58:32,550 --> 00:58:34,570
no authority to enforce codes.

1185
00:58:34,570 --> 00:58:38,450
So the building department
here in the fire code,

1186
00:58:38,450 --> 00:58:40,990
official department duties fall
under building and planning.

1187
00:58:40,990 --> 00:58:45,910
So the fire department
here online Wenatchee.

1188
00:58:45,910 --> 00:58:47,410
They have the fire Marshal.

1189
00:58:47,410 --> 00:58:49,870
But they also still even
at the city Wenatchee

1190
00:58:49,870 --> 00:58:51,250
have a fire code official.

1191
00:58:51,250 --> 00:58:53,950
So same duties that
falls in on the fire

1192
00:58:53,950 --> 00:58:56,550
or excuse me, at the Community
Development Department.

1193
00:58:56,550 --> 00:58:59,440
We have the ability to do
the enforcement side of it.

1194
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:02,500
So the fire department
can streamline it.

1195
00:59:02,500 --> 00:59:04,860
It didn't make sense for
us to go do inspections.

1196
00:59:04,860 --> 00:59:06,220
So I come and then they go.

1197
00:59:06,220 --> 00:59:09,920
Just so Brandon and myself
worked out a deal with the fire

1198
00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:11,960
department where
they'll send their crews

1199
00:59:11,960 --> 00:59:14,260
out there because it's important
for the fire to go out there.

1200
00:59:14,260 --> 00:59:16,120
They have building
familiarization.

1201
00:59:16,120 --> 00:59:17,940
It's a way to get their
face out in the public.

1202
00:59:17,940 --> 00:59:20,060
They should be out
doing their inspections.

1203
00:59:20,060 --> 00:59:22,280
If they come across something
that's egregious on their check

1204
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:24,720
sheet, they send it to us,
and then we follow up on it

1205
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:25,840
and we'll go from there.

1206
00:59:25,840 --> 00:59:27,660
But if you tell the
fire department,

1207
00:59:27,660 --> 00:59:28,900
no, I'm not doing that.

1208
00:59:28,900 --> 00:59:31,220
They literally can't
enforce anything.

1209
00:59:31,220 --> 00:59:33,920
So it falls under fire
code, which then falls

1210
00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:35,300
back to the fire code official.

1211
00:59:35,300 --> 00:59:37,800
Which is why if we
had a traditional fire

1212
00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:40,440
Marshal under a city,
that value involved

1213
00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:42,740
that person here called fire.

1214
00:59:42,740 --> 00:59:47,240


1215
00:59:47,240 --> 00:59:49,160
Any other questions.

1216
00:59:49,160 --> 00:59:50,300
Microphone question.

1217
00:59:50,300 --> 00:59:52,920


1218
00:59:52,920 --> 00:59:54,440
All right thank you.

1219
00:59:54,440 --> 00:59:55,020
Thank you.

1220
00:59:55,020 --> 00:59:57,210
Thank you.

1221
00:59:57,210 --> 01:00:00,190
All right, let's move into.

1222
01:00:00,190 --> 01:00:03,210


1223
01:00:03,210 --> 01:00:05,490
Our city administrator
and department reports.

1224
01:00:05,490 --> 01:00:08,410
We'll start with Laura.

1225
01:00:08,410 --> 01:00:08,990
Thank you.

1226
01:00:08,990 --> 01:00:14,330
Mayor just wanted to update
you on a couple of changes

1227
01:00:14,330 --> 01:00:18,570
that we have going on in
the outside departments.

1228
01:00:18,570 --> 01:00:20,850
One is back to the airport.

1229
01:00:20,850 --> 01:00:24,870
We do have an interim airport
operations manager in place.

1230
01:00:24,870 --> 01:00:29,290
So he is in the process of
doing a review of the operating

1231
01:00:29,290 --> 01:00:31,950
procedures for
airport operations,

1232
01:00:31,950 --> 01:00:34,090
creating standard
operating procedures

1233
01:00:34,090 --> 01:00:37,050
to shadow Jay for two days.

1234
01:00:37,050 --> 01:00:40,970
And we'll run similar operating
standard operating procedures

1235
01:00:40,970 --> 01:00:46,610
for maintenance, and
has scheduled a meeting

1236
01:00:46,610 --> 01:00:49,290
with the tenants
to talk about what

1237
01:00:49,290 --> 01:00:52,270
we need from the tenants in
terms of airport inspections.

1238
01:00:52,270 --> 01:00:55,130
Following up on a meeting
that Paul and I had earlier

1239
01:00:55,130 --> 01:00:57,210
this year, but just
making sure we're

1240
01:00:57,210 --> 01:00:59,250
continuing to keep those
lines of communication

1241
01:00:59,250 --> 01:01:04,890
open to get 100%
compliance from our hangar

1242
01:01:04,890 --> 01:01:09,370
owners and tenants on what they
are doing inside those hangars.

1243
01:01:09,370 --> 01:01:10,270
That's one update.

1244
01:01:10,270 --> 01:01:13,570
It's really good to
see that level of work

1245
01:01:13,570 --> 01:01:16,530
happening out of the
airport and just improving

1246
01:01:16,530 --> 01:01:18,570
that the operations side.

1247
01:01:18,570 --> 01:01:21,830
And then the other thing I
wanted to let you know is that,

1248
01:01:21,830 --> 01:01:25,530
as we talked about previously,
the bid for the air

1249
01:01:25,530 --> 01:01:29,490
or the Library Foundation
repair came in 100,000 higher

1250
01:01:29,490 --> 01:01:31,170
than the engineer's estimate.

1251
01:01:31,170 --> 01:01:34,330
You were able to have a
conversation with the bidder

1252
01:01:34,330 --> 01:01:38,850
and recall, we had one bidder
about why the bid was so

1253
01:01:38,850 --> 01:01:40,610
much higher than anticipated.

1254
01:01:40,610 --> 01:01:43,250
And really, it's because
they built a lot of risk

1255
01:01:43,250 --> 01:01:46,390
into their bid because
of the unknown,

1256
01:01:46,390 --> 01:01:48,630
of what's underneath
the flooring,

1257
01:01:48,630 --> 01:01:50,330
what's behind the drywall.

1258
01:01:50,330 --> 01:01:55,540
So we came up with a solution
with that potential bidder to do

1259
01:01:55,540 --> 01:02:00,860
a small not to exceed $5,000
exploratory analysis contract

1260
01:02:00,860 --> 01:02:03,580
with them so that we should
be getting done later

1261
01:02:03,580 --> 01:02:06,420
this week over at the library.

1262
01:02:06,420 --> 01:02:09,860
To enable us to really
get a better bid package

1263
01:02:09,860 --> 01:02:15,060
put out and get that done.

1264
01:02:15,060 --> 01:02:18,220
Meanwhile, we're working closely
with the library on continued

1265
01:02:18,220 --> 01:02:21,620
communication to the
public about when they

1266
01:02:21,620 --> 01:02:24,420
will have library services
full library services

1267
01:02:24,420 --> 01:02:25,620
available to them.

1268
01:02:25,620 --> 01:02:27,400
Obviously, both
across the street.

1269
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:30,580
That's dependent upon
the final repairs,

1270
01:02:30,580 --> 01:02:34,160
but the library is
working on an improved,

1271
01:02:34,160 --> 01:02:38,120
expanded library pop up
program within the city limits.

1272
01:02:38,120 --> 01:02:39,560
So that's good to hear.

1273
01:02:39,560 --> 01:02:41,900
And we'll be hearing
more from the library

1274
01:02:41,900 --> 01:02:44,860
about that in the future.

1275
01:02:44,860 --> 01:02:46,260
That's all I have.

1276
01:02:46,260 --> 01:02:53,470
So one piece of
exciting news, I guess.

1277
01:02:53,470 --> 01:02:57,830
The river heights project
has been submitted.

1278
01:02:57,830 --> 01:03:02,750
So we have an application
for that, which is great,

1279
01:03:02,750 --> 01:03:05,450
but where are you going
to be processing that.

1280
01:03:05,450 --> 01:03:12,190
So that's one step
closer to that person.

1281
01:03:12,190 --> 01:03:15,670
OK thank you mayor.

1282
01:03:15,670 --> 01:03:17,450
We just wanted to
help get the word out.

1283
01:03:17,450 --> 01:03:21,670
We have a few vacancies
for greenskeeper positions

1284
01:03:21,670 --> 01:03:25,370
at the golf course, and
if we didn't have smoke,

1285
01:03:25,370 --> 01:03:28,510
it would be really,
really trying for the team

1286
01:03:28,510 --> 01:03:29,990
up there with the
positions that are

1287
01:03:29,990 --> 01:03:32,390
open, that having
a hard time filling

1288
01:03:32,390 --> 01:03:33,690
in the middle of the season.

1289
01:03:33,690 --> 01:03:35,470
When we have vacancies,
it's very difficult

1290
01:03:35,470 --> 01:03:38,850
to hire more seasonal employees
in the middle of the summer.

1291
01:03:38,850 --> 01:03:42,430
Most people already
have jobs for the year,

1292
01:03:42,430 --> 01:03:43,410
so help spread the word.

1293
01:03:43,410 --> 01:03:46,990
We have some vacancies
greenskeeper positions

1294
01:03:46,990 --> 01:03:49,720
and I will say,
well, we don't like

1295
01:03:49,720 --> 01:03:52,300
the smoke at the golf course,
but it's really decreasing play.

1296
01:03:52,300 --> 01:03:55,680
It's been a saving grace
for the maintenance team

1297
01:03:55,680 --> 01:03:58,400
because they don't have to do
quite as much hand watering

1298
01:03:58,400 --> 01:04:00,840
as they would this time
of year, so they can

1299
01:04:00,840 --> 01:04:03,180
with a reduced staff
that's out there right now,

1300
01:04:03,180 --> 01:04:05,160
they can still keep up
on the day to day work.

1301
01:04:05,160 --> 01:04:09,120
But as soon as the smoke clears,
which we're all hoping for that

1302
01:04:09,120 --> 01:04:10,520
is going to have
a lot of pressure

1303
01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:12,880
on the limited staff
that are out there

1304
01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:15,360
for the maintenance course.

1305
01:04:15,360 --> 01:04:17,880
On the topic of smoke, we're
feeling those impacts all

1306
01:04:17,880 --> 01:04:19,260
across our entire department.

1307
01:04:19,260 --> 01:04:23,120
I shared a little bit last
week on some of those numbers,

1308
01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:24,740
and it's still
looking pretty bleak.

1309
01:04:24,740 --> 01:04:27,740
Our golf courses in a seven day
period compared to last year,

1310
01:04:27,740 --> 01:04:31,040
down 41% The RV park
process over 100

1311
01:04:31,040 --> 01:04:34,500
cancellations in a seven
day period by the RV parks.

1312
01:04:34,500 --> 01:04:37,180
You can see it's empty and
this is the time of year.

1313
01:04:37,180 --> 01:04:40,740
We typically have every site
booked out every single day.

1314
01:04:40,740 --> 01:04:44,560
So I think a lot of kudos to
my team who are Fielding all

1315
01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:46,980
of those phone calls,
who are calling in,

1316
01:04:46,980 --> 01:04:48,330
trying to make
cancellations, and

1317
01:04:48,330 --> 01:04:52,670
we've got procedures in place on
when we do allow cancellations.

1318
01:04:52,670 --> 01:04:57,010
We do provide refunds,
which some people are not

1319
01:04:57,010 --> 01:04:59,210
always happy when
we tell them what

1320
01:04:59,210 --> 01:05:00,750
procedures they have to follow.

1321
01:05:00,750 --> 01:05:03,370
So they are showing
excellent customer

1322
01:05:03,370 --> 01:05:05,970
service in some really
trying and difficult phone

1323
01:05:05,970 --> 01:05:08,250
conversations.

1324
01:05:08,250 --> 01:05:11,130
And then next week we
have a Park Board meeting

1325
01:05:11,130 --> 01:05:13,010
to highlight some to talk
about our Park Board meeting

1326
01:05:13,010 --> 01:05:15,770
next week, or field
use and waiver

1327
01:05:15,770 --> 01:05:18,250
field use fee waiver policy.

1328
01:05:18,250 --> 01:05:20,350
We'll be talking about
rates, capital improvement,

1329
01:05:20,350 --> 01:05:22,870
all things that will be coming
back to council for the process.

1330
01:05:22,870 --> 01:05:25,770
So I'm excited
about it this week

1331
01:05:25,770 --> 01:05:27,110
and you'll hear about it soon.

1332
01:05:27,110 --> 01:05:30,770


1333
01:05:30,770 --> 01:05:33,210
For finance it's pretty
much all about budget right

1334
01:05:33,210 --> 01:05:34,790
now of course too as well.

1335
01:05:34,790 --> 01:05:36,850
So I'm sure you're
all just gearing

1336
01:05:36,850 --> 01:05:40,290
up and getting ready for
September and October.

1337
01:05:40,290 --> 01:05:41,470
Really gripping stuff.

1338
01:05:41,470 --> 01:05:43,330
I know you guys will
be really excited to be

1339
01:05:43,330 --> 01:05:45,500
doing this along for that ride.

1340
01:05:45,500 --> 01:05:48,400
Otherwise it's pretty routine
operations, as you imagine,

1341
01:05:48,400 --> 01:05:50,080
but it takes a lot of work.

1342
01:05:50,080 --> 01:05:53,100
So just want to give a
special shout out though of

1343
01:05:53,100 --> 01:05:56,100
course, all of our first
responders working on the nine

1344
01:05:56,100 --> 01:06:00,940
network out there to know
that they're just doing

1345
01:06:00,940 --> 01:06:02,360
a number on our community.

1346
01:06:02,360 --> 01:06:05,580
So know that my colleagues
here at the city

1347
01:06:05,580 --> 01:06:07,640
think about all the
businesses to impact it.

1348
01:06:07,640 --> 01:06:09,860
So I just wanted to
share that to us.

1349
01:06:09,860 --> 01:06:10,480
Thank you.

1350
01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:13,540


1351
01:06:13,540 --> 01:06:20,480
Yeah so the Sheriff's Office has
been extremely busy three weeks,

1352
01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:24,000
last three weeks with
the fire that started,

1353
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:26,160
the little giant fire
Sheriff's Office.

1354
01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:29,780
We are Manning two level three
roadblocks in the beginning

1355
01:06:29,780 --> 01:06:31,680
at and on the South
Shaw of Lake shore.

1356
01:06:31,680 --> 01:06:35,940
And those roadblocks
we are at mandated

1357
01:06:35,940 --> 01:06:42,020
overtime football and football
and voluntary overtime.

1358
01:06:42,020 --> 01:06:46,990
So guys are spending a
lot of hours out there.

1359
01:06:46,990 --> 01:06:49,830
We also have contracted
Marine One to the fire

1360
01:06:49,830 --> 01:06:54,270
to help with transporting
fire crews and supplies up

1361
01:06:54,270 --> 01:06:56,350
and down the lake.

1362
01:06:56,350 --> 01:07:01,270
That is voluntary
overtime with that.

1363
01:07:01,270 --> 01:07:02,890
So that's been keeping us busy.

1364
01:07:02,890 --> 01:07:06,390
I want to give a big thank
you to our volunteers

1365
01:07:06,390 --> 01:07:07,210
that have helped out.

1366
01:07:07,210 --> 01:07:09,870
We've had multiple days
and nights where we've

1367
01:07:09,870 --> 01:07:12,910
had to change the
feedback levels,

1368
01:07:12,910 --> 01:07:15,990
move them down,
move them down lake.

1369
01:07:15,990 --> 01:07:21,070
And we've relied upon a lot
of volunteers to help us with.

1370
01:07:21,070 --> 01:07:26,670
So big shout out
to those people.

1371
01:07:26,670 --> 01:07:27,810
Let's see here.

1372
01:07:27,810 --> 01:07:30,670


1373
01:07:30,670 --> 01:07:34,350
Quick update on marine
patrol right now.

1374
01:07:34,350 --> 01:07:38,050
It's the boats ready to go.

1375
01:07:38,050 --> 01:07:40,390
Marine two in the Marina.

1376
01:07:40,390 --> 01:07:43,510
But there's not a
lot of love that.

1377
01:07:43,510 --> 01:07:45,070
We are.

1378
01:07:45,070 --> 01:07:46,950
About three weeks
ago, we were sitting

1379
01:07:46,950 --> 01:07:51,710
at about 175 ish contacts
for the year, which

1380
01:07:51,710 --> 01:07:54,590
was on par for a good year.

1381
01:07:54,590 --> 01:07:57,670
But the last two
weeks we've been

1382
01:07:57,670 --> 01:07:59,750
speaking with Gavin Walters.

1383
01:07:59,750 --> 01:08:02,870
Nobody's out there,
so we are utilizing

1384
01:08:02,870 --> 01:08:05,930
our control guys to handle
calls within the city.

1385
01:08:05,930 --> 01:08:09,270


1386
01:08:09,270 --> 01:08:12,950
And then I'll touch
on bridge jumping.

1387
01:08:12,950 --> 01:08:15,310
Sorry I wasn't
here two weeks ago.

1388
01:08:15,310 --> 01:08:19,670
I heard that was a
pretty hot topic.

1389
01:08:19,670 --> 01:08:23,470
So I talked to Sheriff
Morrison about issues

1390
01:08:23,470 --> 01:08:27,870
and about the damage that's
being done to the Globes

1391
01:08:27,870 --> 01:08:32,430
to the outlets and everything.

1392
01:08:32,430 --> 01:08:35,410
And we discussed some solutions.

1393
01:08:35,410 --> 01:08:39,160
So he approved 32
hours of overtime

1394
01:08:39,160 --> 01:08:42,279
are to be given
out for enforcement

1395
01:08:42,279 --> 01:08:44,359
of the bridge jumping.

1396
01:08:44,359 --> 01:08:46,560
With that it is.

1397
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:49,800
I put an email out to
our entire staff on.

1398
01:08:49,800 --> 01:08:51,700
We can do full shifts.

1399
01:08:51,700 --> 01:08:54,560
If you want to sit on the
bridge for eight hours

1400
01:08:54,560 --> 01:09:00,120
or you can hang out for
an hour after your shift,

1401
01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:02,540
come in early or
whatever you want.

1402
01:09:02,540 --> 01:09:05,880
Just let me know so I
can track the amount

1403
01:09:05,880 --> 01:09:11,080
of time that is being put out
and the amount of contacts.

1404
01:09:11,080 --> 01:09:13,640
And we have had a couple takers.

1405
01:09:13,640 --> 01:09:18,560
We have issued tickets
for bridge jumping

1406
01:09:18,560 --> 01:09:23,520
and the smoke is coming in, and
we're not seeing a lot of issues

1407
01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:24,240
right now.

1408
01:09:24,240 --> 01:09:28,960
So it is nice though,
that we do have

1409
01:09:28,960 --> 01:09:30,779
that ability to get out there.

1410
01:09:30,779 --> 01:09:35,120
It's extremely hard for us
to do it while on patrol

1411
01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:42,010
and so hopefully we
can put a stop to that.

1412
01:09:42,010 --> 01:09:45,330
Thanks all.

1413
01:09:45,330 --> 01:09:48,050
Thank you.

1414
01:09:48,050 --> 01:09:49,029
Nothing for me.

1415
01:09:49,029 --> 01:09:54,690
OK OK.

1416
01:09:54,690 --> 01:09:56,330
Let's move into Mayor.

1417
01:09:56,330 --> 01:09:57,230
Council comments.

1418
01:09:57,230 --> 01:09:59,770
So we'll start with Shane.

1419
01:09:59,770 --> 01:10:01,330
Thank you mayor.

1420
01:10:01,330 --> 01:10:04,410
So thank you for coming for
your presentation tonight.

1421
01:10:04,410 --> 01:10:06,450
Thank you to staff.

1422
01:10:06,450 --> 01:10:11,230
Over to you, as always, for tons
of work that needs to get done.

1423
01:10:11,230 --> 01:10:11,730
Thank you.

1424
01:10:11,730 --> 01:10:14,370
I ask questions and
I will be person

1425
01:10:14,370 --> 01:10:16,230
that I don't know everything.

1426
01:10:16,230 --> 01:10:19,310
So I know to do that.

1427
01:10:19,310 --> 01:10:22,330


1428
01:10:22,330 --> 01:10:27,370
Couple of months ago we
talked a little bit about.

1429
01:10:27,370 --> 01:10:31,130
One of the residents of
the area, Mr. Higgins,

1430
01:10:31,130 --> 01:10:33,690
has some second
homeowner thoughts

1431
01:10:33,690 --> 01:10:37,980
and about taxes on second
homes and things like that.

1432
01:10:37,980 --> 01:10:39,400
I don't know the
legality of that,

1433
01:10:39,400 --> 01:10:40,960
but I believe we're
looking into it.

1434
01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:43,460
So just want to see if
we have any thoughts

1435
01:10:43,460 --> 01:10:45,140
or if anything's
come out of that.

1436
01:10:45,140 --> 01:10:47,140
Council Member from Nancy
pointed me to a book

1437
01:10:47,140 --> 01:10:48,580
that I'm reading
this past week that

1438
01:10:48,580 --> 01:10:52,660
talks about other communities
and communities that

1439
01:10:52,660 --> 01:10:53,160
are doing it.

1440
01:10:53,160 --> 01:10:54,000
So I just kind of want to know.

1441
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:55,333
I don't know where I
feel on that issue,

1442
01:10:55,333 --> 01:10:57,180
but I just want to
know what's being

1443
01:10:57,180 --> 01:10:59,140
done, what's out there,
what are levers we

1444
01:10:59,140 --> 01:11:02,060
can work with for having.

1445
01:11:02,060 --> 01:11:04,000
Yeah smoke firefighters.

1446
01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:04,520
Thank you.

1447
01:11:04,520 --> 01:11:05,400
First responders.

1448
01:11:05,400 --> 01:11:07,060
Sheriff's Office.

1449
01:11:07,060 --> 01:11:09,940
The fire meeting last Friday
that was well attended.

1450
01:11:09,940 --> 01:11:11,760
Got to talk to Sheriff Morrison.

1451
01:11:11,760 --> 01:11:14,840
And I know how hard you guys
are working to the firefighters.

1452
01:11:14,840 --> 01:11:16,640
So thank you for all of that.

1453
01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:19,620


1454
01:11:19,620 --> 01:11:23,660
Yeah my thoughts
and concerns are

1455
01:11:23,660 --> 01:11:25,820
with all the businesses
in the Valley

1456
01:11:25,820 --> 01:11:27,760
is a very hard time consuming.

1457
01:11:27,760 --> 01:11:29,860
It's all very hard heart.

1458
01:11:29,860 --> 01:11:33,750
Very concerned about
parks golf course.

1459
01:11:33,750 --> 01:11:35,590
But I did have a
little fun last night.

1460
01:11:35,590 --> 01:11:36,810
But not last night.

1461
01:11:36,810 --> 01:11:38,990
Last week, but
Council kitty and I

1462
01:11:38,990 --> 01:11:42,970
went and did the jail tour,
which I thought was fascinating.

1463
01:11:42,970 --> 01:11:44,910
So he got an
opportunity to do this.

1464
01:11:44,910 --> 01:11:46,050
And you came back.

1465
01:11:46,050 --> 01:11:49,650
Yeah, that was pretty clear
that I was going to be let out.

1466
01:11:49,650 --> 01:11:55,990


1467
01:11:55,990 --> 01:12:01,090
That the first time.

1468
01:12:01,090 --> 01:12:05,990
But he gave Sean he.

1469
01:12:05,990 --> 01:12:08,910
Yeah they run a great operation.

1470
01:12:08,910 --> 01:12:10,010
And so I gotta thank you.

1471
01:12:10,010 --> 01:12:13,790


1472
01:12:13,790 --> 01:12:19,930
Yeah I think we're all a little
down with the environment,

1473
01:12:19,930 --> 01:12:22,590
but it could be a
lot worse shape.

1474
01:12:22,590 --> 01:12:25,930
There's communities
that suffer a lot worse.

1475
01:12:25,930 --> 01:12:29,010
But I know businesses
are struggling.

1476
01:12:29,010 --> 01:12:33,720
So I'm trying to shop
local a little bit more.

1477
01:12:33,720 --> 01:12:37,540
And I think we all
got to stick together.

1478
01:12:37,540 --> 01:12:40,020
I appreciate the Sheriff's
Department all you guys doing,

1479
01:12:40,020 --> 01:12:44,180
especially now with the fires.

1480
01:12:44,180 --> 01:12:48,160
But I do appreciate I
have seen the effects

1481
01:12:48,160 --> 01:12:52,460
of a little more presence with
regard to the British dumping.

1482
01:12:52,460 --> 01:12:59,340
And I think that ultimately made
me save some life and property.

1483
01:12:59,340 --> 01:13:00,840
So I appreciate that.

1484
01:13:00,840 --> 01:13:03,560
Did have a question with
regards to the bonding.

1485
01:13:03,560 --> 01:13:05,800
You mentioned the refunds.

1486
01:13:05,800 --> 01:13:08,640
And I'm wondering, do we
have a specific refund

1487
01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:13,360
policy with respect to smoke
and how is that working.

1488
01:13:13,360 --> 01:13:14,840
Yeah, that's a great question.

1489
01:13:14,840 --> 01:13:16,960
So when people make their
reservations, especially

1490
01:13:16,960 --> 01:13:19,400
this time of year, most people
do a seven day reservation

1491
01:13:19,400 --> 01:13:21,800
because a portion of
the RV park is Saturday

1492
01:13:21,800 --> 01:13:23,640
to Saturday open bookings.

1493
01:13:23,640 --> 01:13:26,260
So when anyone makes a
reservation at the RV park,

1494
01:13:26,260 --> 01:13:28,620
it's a two night deposit
that they have to make.

1495
01:13:28,620 --> 01:13:30,910
They can pay for their
whole stay is full,

1496
01:13:30,910 --> 01:13:33,650
but it's a minimum of two
nights that they have to pay.

1497
01:13:33,650 --> 01:13:35,830
So if someone wants to
make a cancellation,

1498
01:13:35,830 --> 01:13:37,550
it has to be to
get a full refund.

1499
01:13:37,550 --> 01:13:41,250
Plus, a cancellation fee has to
be made three weeks in advance.

1500
01:13:41,250 --> 01:13:44,090
Obviously, in instances like
this where people are not

1501
01:13:44,090 --> 01:13:48,070
they're making a decision
closer to so what we have,

1502
01:13:48,070 --> 01:13:51,330
our procedure that we
follow is the day check in.

1503
01:13:51,330 --> 01:13:54,410
If the AQI is reading
over 150, then we

1504
01:13:54,410 --> 01:13:56,810
will allow them to cancel
the reservation with

1505
01:13:56,810 --> 01:13:58,410
and getting their deposit back.

1506
01:13:58,410 --> 01:13:59,770
There is an
administrative fee that we

1507
01:13:59,770 --> 01:14:04,370
have to hold on to which covers
credit card fees essentially.

1508
01:14:04,370 --> 01:14:08,550
But that's the threshold is
150 AQI on the day check in.

1509
01:14:08,550 --> 01:14:11,730
So part of the challenges that
we're dealing with is people are

1510
01:14:11,730 --> 01:14:13,850
calling on a
Tuesday or Wednesday

1511
01:14:13,850 --> 01:14:16,090
to cancel their
check in on Saturday,

1512
01:14:16,090 --> 01:14:20,550
but they have the AQI on the
day check in is what we follow.

1513
01:14:20,550 --> 01:14:24,270
So as we all that the air
quality changes by the hour.

1514
01:14:24,270 --> 01:14:28,450
So while we might predict that
the air quality will be poor.

1515
01:14:28,450 --> 01:14:30,630
We don't know what's going to
happen between now and Saturday.

1516
01:14:30,630 --> 01:14:32,370
So that's where we're
getting some of that pushback

1517
01:14:32,370 --> 01:14:33,110
from customers.

1518
01:14:33,110 --> 01:14:35,650
Or at least it's just
requiring a lot of explanation

1519
01:14:35,650 --> 01:14:38,390
as to here's our procedure,
here's why we set it,

1520
01:14:38,390 --> 01:14:42,170
and sticking to it even when we
get some of those complaints.

1521
01:14:42,170 --> 01:14:47,830
Yeah it's a hard thing
to negotiate, I imagine.

1522
01:14:47,830 --> 01:14:52,510
And we definitely we want
to accommodate our visitors.

1523
01:14:52,510 --> 01:14:55,250
So they're not afraid to
book here in the future.

1524
01:14:55,250 --> 01:14:59,430
And we're encouraging
people to reschedule.

1525
01:14:59,430 --> 01:15:01,090
If you don't want
to come this week,

1526
01:15:01,090 --> 01:15:04,410
why don't you book for October,
maybe change your reservation

1527
01:15:04,410 --> 01:15:07,250
so they can still
come to the RV park,

1528
01:15:07,250 --> 01:15:08,530
but understandable
that they don't

1529
01:15:08,530 --> 01:15:12,210
necessarily want to be camping
in this weather right now.

1530
01:15:12,210 --> 01:15:19,370
Well yeah, just want
to give a special thank

1531
01:15:19,370 --> 01:15:21,290
you for the first responders.

1532
01:15:21,290 --> 01:15:22,950
You're here.

1533
01:15:22,950 --> 01:15:24,090
So thank you.

1534
01:15:24,090 --> 01:15:25,920
And we've had three weeks.

1535
01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:29,280
It hasn't been easy with what
everything is going on here.

1536
01:15:29,280 --> 01:15:31,320
And yeah, it's tough.

1537
01:15:31,320 --> 01:15:32,900
It's tough all around.

1538
01:15:32,900 --> 01:15:37,300
And big shout out
to the Hotshots.

1539
01:15:37,300 --> 01:15:38,840
So yeah.

1540
01:15:38,840 --> 01:15:43,120
So thank you to the housing
authority for the presentation.

1541
01:15:43,120 --> 01:15:46,180


1542
01:15:46,180 --> 01:15:49,180
Thank you for that.

1543
01:15:49,180 --> 01:15:52,100
But of course shout out
to all first responders.

1544
01:15:52,100 --> 01:15:55,540
You guys are working
really hard for sure.

1545
01:15:55,540 --> 01:15:59,300
And thank you staff.

1546
01:15:59,300 --> 01:16:05,540
And yeah to echo that
fire Sheriff's it's

1547
01:16:05,540 --> 01:16:07,500
a tough time for everybody.

1548
01:16:07,500 --> 01:16:11,340
We appreciate the
work they put in.

1549
01:16:11,340 --> 01:16:15,340
It was a little bit
eye opening our tour

1550
01:16:15,340 --> 01:16:18,780
down there through the jail.

1551
01:16:18,780 --> 01:16:21,260
We think it's just
taking people in there

1552
01:16:21,260 --> 01:16:24,050
and locking them up
and stepping away.

1553
01:16:24,050 --> 01:16:26,670
It's amazing how
many steps they have

1554
01:16:26,670 --> 01:16:29,910
to go through
medically and systems

1555
01:16:29,910 --> 01:16:33,230
that they have for monitoring.

1556
01:16:33,230 --> 01:16:39,310
Kind of gave me a little bigger
insight of what technology goes

1557
01:16:39,310 --> 01:16:43,150
on with medically monitoring
the people that are in there

1558
01:16:43,150 --> 01:16:45,710
and the challenges they have.

1559
01:16:45,710 --> 01:16:49,310
And I guess my last
thought on that

1560
01:16:49,310 --> 01:16:53,990
is, I think the only
sure, sure way to stop

1561
01:16:53,990 --> 01:16:56,170
that is a physical barrier.

1562
01:16:56,170 --> 01:16:59,850
That But it's a Band-Aid.

1563
01:16:59,850 --> 01:17:01,730
But you're going to really deal.

1564
01:17:01,730 --> 01:17:05,190
I think it's a lot of folks.

1565
01:17:05,190 --> 01:17:07,370
It might be a physical barrier.

1566
01:17:07,370 --> 01:17:10,990


1567
01:17:10,990 --> 01:17:14,630
I think I'll keep it short.

1568
01:17:14,630 --> 01:17:16,950
Echo what's been said already.

1569
01:17:16,950 --> 01:17:20,430
And just remind you that these
times, some people woke up

1570
01:17:20,430 --> 01:17:22,560
and they didn't
have a home anymore.

1571
01:17:22,560 --> 01:17:25,680
All those things and we get
concerned about what's happening

1572
01:17:25,680 --> 01:17:29,840
around us, but really
reminding ourselves what we do

1573
01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:34,720
and being grateful that we
still have a home, a place

1574
01:17:34,720 --> 01:17:36,840
to hide out from the snow.

1575
01:17:36,840 --> 01:17:39,020
People out there
watching out for us.

1576
01:17:39,020 --> 01:17:42,480
The city staff watching out
for the entire community.

1577
01:17:42,480 --> 01:17:43,880
There has been a lot of money.

1578
01:17:43,880 --> 01:17:46,800
And then just the
things on parks,

1579
01:17:46,800 --> 01:17:50,520
the benches that the request
on the park right now

1580
01:17:50,520 --> 01:17:54,680
from some people that
there was any funding

1581
01:17:54,680 --> 01:17:57,300
left over for those yet
or that's not closed up.

1582
01:17:57,300 --> 01:17:58,500
I don't have an update on that.

1583
01:17:58,500 --> 01:18:00,960
We still have some open
contracts with work

1584
01:18:00,960 --> 01:18:02,740
out at Lakeside that
has yet to be finished.

1585
01:18:02,740 --> 01:18:05,400
Actually, I should have
shared this as an update.

1586
01:18:05,400 --> 01:18:08,400
We had twin floats for
the swim area at Lakeside

1587
01:18:08,400 --> 01:18:10,540
was kind of one of
those outstanding items.

1588
01:18:10,540 --> 01:18:13,560
That was backordered, and they
started working to pick up

1589
01:18:13,560 --> 01:18:16,600
in last week, and the contractor
started working through this one

1590
01:18:16,600 --> 01:18:18,060
line at Lakeside.

1591
01:18:18,060 --> 01:18:21,210
So once all of our current
contractual obligations

1592
01:18:21,210 --> 01:18:21,950
are paid out.

1593
01:18:21,950 --> 01:18:26,310
That's when I will determine
how we'll proceed with this.

1594
01:18:26,310 --> 01:18:29,370


1595
01:18:29,370 --> 01:18:32,130
Yes on a positive note,
I think we're probably

1596
01:18:32,130 --> 01:18:35,930
all semi fire suppression
experts now claim

1597
01:18:35,930 --> 01:18:37,230
dialogue and presentation.

1598
01:18:37,230 --> 01:18:39,210
So thanks for that.

1599
01:18:39,210 --> 01:18:41,970
And then as has
been mentioned, just

1600
01:18:41,970 --> 01:18:45,610
and we're all thinking about all
those direct impacts impacted

1601
01:18:45,610 --> 01:18:47,290
directly and indirectly
with all that's

1602
01:18:47,290 --> 01:18:49,310
going on with all things fire.

1603
01:18:49,310 --> 01:18:51,450
And several folks
have mentioned,

1604
01:18:51,450 --> 01:18:53,330
our small businesses
can use all the help

1605
01:18:53,330 --> 01:18:55,510
they can get around town.

1606
01:18:55,510 --> 01:18:58,230
So when we can
and have capacity,

1607
01:18:58,230 --> 01:19:00,050
we just encourage
everyone to do that.

1608
01:19:00,050 --> 01:19:01,330
And then just
thanks to the public

1609
01:19:01,330 --> 01:19:04,610
for coming out tonight and
staying informed and involved

1610
01:19:04,610 --> 01:19:06,670
and engaged, appreciate that.

1611
01:19:06,670 --> 01:19:10,130
And then great presentation
by the housing authority.

1612
01:19:10,130 --> 01:19:12,470
Really interesting to learn
all that they're involved with.

1613
01:19:12,470 --> 01:19:13,677
And then also some
of the red tape

1614
01:19:13,677 --> 01:19:14,710
that they have to work through.

1615
01:19:14,710 --> 01:19:19,680
And then just at the point of
business not a major surprise,

1616
01:19:19,680 --> 01:19:21,980
but we're in the process
of moving to our new house

1617
01:19:21,980 --> 01:19:25,900
in Hanson, and since I won't
live within city limits anymore,

1618
01:19:25,900 --> 01:19:28,000
August will be my
last month on council.

1619
01:19:28,000 --> 01:19:29,500
So I just want to give
staff time to prepare

1620
01:19:29,500 --> 01:19:33,380
for that vacancy, and looking
forward to staying involved

1621
01:19:33,380 --> 01:19:35,100
and engaged until that time.

1622
01:19:35,100 --> 01:19:38,180
So I am.

1623
01:19:38,180 --> 01:19:41,320
Hanson Community Council
out in that area.

1624
01:19:41,320 --> 01:19:45,540


1625
01:19:45,540 --> 01:19:50,200
All right, I will just
echo the first responders.

1626
01:19:50,200 --> 01:19:52,980
Every day I wake up and think,
how can you go out and fight

1627
01:19:52,980 --> 01:19:54,320
this fire all day long.

1628
01:19:54,320 --> 01:19:57,340
And then you see those
tents and they're

1629
01:19:57,340 --> 01:20:01,820
still out sleeping
in smoke and I

1630
01:20:01,820 --> 01:20:03,600
just I don't know
how they do it.

1631
01:20:03,600 --> 01:20:09,460
And it's very humbling to see
everyone who has to work outside

1632
01:20:09,460 --> 01:20:11,440
and be in this environment.

1633
01:20:11,440 --> 01:20:14,720
And they'll go home and
have a smile on your face.

1634
01:20:14,720 --> 01:20:20,940
So thank you for everyone
who's putting in work

1635
01:20:20,940 --> 01:20:22,780
to keep our community safe.

1636
01:20:22,780 --> 01:20:26,060
On that note, I
had a conversation

1637
01:20:26,060 --> 01:20:29,220
with incident
command leader that

1638
01:20:29,220 --> 01:20:31,160
just took over as a team 12.

1639
01:20:31,160 --> 01:20:35,260
I think that was taking
over, and they are working

1640
01:20:35,260 --> 01:20:39,380
to secure their land lease, and
they will be building a fire

1641
01:20:39,380 --> 01:20:44,620
camp in shewan, which will
be about 200 and 250 Watt

1642
01:20:44,620 --> 01:20:47,260
firefighters based in town.

1643
01:20:47,260 --> 01:20:50,420
So it was nice that they
were actually thinking

1644
01:20:50,420 --> 01:20:53,740
about their location, about
where to put this and just

1645
01:20:53,740 --> 01:20:56,100
the economic impact
to help our community

1646
01:20:56,100 --> 01:20:59,400
by where they're putting their
fire, their firefighters.

1647
01:20:59,400 --> 01:21:04,220
So it will be in
the city limits.

1648
01:21:04,220 --> 01:21:07,460
And hopefully we'll start
to see those that fire

1649
01:21:07,460 --> 01:21:10,820
camp being built next week.

1650
01:21:10,820 --> 01:21:13,240
Everyone, I gave you a
copy and emailed you.

1651
01:21:13,240 --> 01:21:17,590
I would love your feedback
on for council and directors

1652
01:21:17,590 --> 01:21:20,550
on the HWC legislative
priorities.

1653
01:21:20,550 --> 01:21:21,810
There's 19 of them.

1654
01:21:21,810 --> 01:21:24,650
I don't expect you to
bring all 19 of those.

1655
01:21:24,650 --> 01:21:26,690
If you can just maybe
pick your top five.

1656
01:21:26,690 --> 01:21:28,750
That would be
helpful for me when

1657
01:21:28,750 --> 01:21:32,470
I'm sitting in a room of 30
to 40 other elected officials

1658
01:21:32,470 --> 01:21:36,110
from other communities across
the state of Washington,

1659
01:21:36,110 --> 01:21:38,610
from a small
communities perspective,

1660
01:21:38,610 --> 01:21:41,350
to make sure that
our feedback is

1661
01:21:41,350 --> 01:21:43,670
represented in
some of the things

1662
01:21:43,670 --> 01:21:47,190
that you see will
be pushing forward.

1663
01:21:47,190 --> 01:21:51,030
And then I'll reiterate,
the Small Business piece

1664
01:21:51,030 --> 01:21:54,470
of this August is our
number two month in revenue

1665
01:21:54,470 --> 01:21:56,790
generation for sales tax.

1666
01:21:56,790 --> 01:22:01,270
And we just heard recently one
of our local lodging businesses

1667
01:22:01,270 --> 01:22:07,270
is currently at 10%
capacity or 10% booked.

1668
01:22:07,270 --> 01:22:10,470
That kind of tells you
this into perspective.

1669
01:22:10,470 --> 01:22:13,760
How in.

1670
01:22:13,760 --> 01:22:17,080
This month of August and
probably around September

1671
01:22:17,080 --> 01:22:18,940
pass on our local
business community,

1672
01:22:18,940 --> 01:22:23,280
coming off of a slow
spring and a slow winter.

1673
01:22:23,280 --> 01:22:26,880
So as everyone said
up here, if you

1674
01:22:26,880 --> 01:22:32,400
can support your local business
as much as you can, that would.

1675
01:22:32,400 --> 01:22:35,060
Every little bit will
help our local community.

1676
01:22:35,060 --> 01:22:37,540
That's just kind of right
now hanging on by a string.

1677
01:22:37,540 --> 01:22:40,600
And I hope that this
fire season isn't

1678
01:22:40,600 --> 01:22:43,500
the straw, that it's the last
straw that they can handle.

1679
01:22:43,500 --> 01:22:48,960
So that is all I have.

1680
01:22:48,960 --> 01:22:50,620
But now I would accept a motion.

1681
01:22:50,620 --> 01:22:54,400
John thank you.

1682
01:22:54,400 --> 01:22:55,120
Thank you.

1683
01:22:55,120 --> 01:22:56,420
All right all those in favor.

1684
01:22:56,420 --> 01:22:57,980
Hi all right.

1685
01:22:57,980 --> 01:22:58,860
We are adjourned.

1686
01:22:58,860 --> 01:23:02,980
Thank you.

1687
01:23:02,980 --> 01:23:06,200


1688
01:23:06,200 --> 01:23:07,450
Sir

1689
01:23:07,450 --> 01:23:11,000