[0:00] 
[0:12] And what does.
[0:25] That mean.
[0:27] 
[0:32] What do you think.
[0:35] It's possible.
[0:36] Let me know.
[0:38] I think that's about.
[0:42] It really Yeah I'm sure
there's been a lot.
[0:48] Yeah no, as far as.
[0:52] 
[0:58] It's OK.
[1:02] So Yeah the thing about.
[1:14] 
[1:19] It is that they have
not pulled it out.
[1:26] So what's that going to do.
[1:30] You are.
[1:31] 
[1:35] You are you going to.
[1:40] 
[1:44] Really protect us.
[1:45] Yeah It's.
[1:51] 
[1:54] Not bad.
[1:54] 
[1:58] We did talk.
[2:01] You can stay holstered.
[2:02] Yes sit down and
everything in it.
[2:06] Yes that's our thanks.
[2:10] Yeah that's great.
[2:13] That's great.
[2:17] Thanks no problem.
[2:21] Oh, yeah.
[2:23] Sounds good.
[2:26] And I welcome you
both to the August
[2:30] 11, 2026 city council meeting.
[2:32] I call the meeting in order,
and if you would please
[2:34] join me in the
Pledge of Allegiance.
[2:38] I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
[2:44] and to the Republic
for which it stands.
[2:46] One nation under
God, indivisible,
[2:50] with liberty and justice.
[2:51] 
[2:56] Thank you.
[2:57] Mayor McArdle here.
[2:59] Council Member.
[3:00] Sanders mayor.
[3:01] Council Member.
[3:02] Venegas here.
[3:03] Council Member here.
[3:04] Council Member.
[3:05] Higgins here.
[3:06] Council Member.
[3:07] Vargas council member.
[3:09] Hollingsworth, Mayor
and council member here.
[3:13] Great we do not have any
agenda changes this evening
[3:17] and so we will move
into citizen comments.
[3:21] This is the time that we
hear from our community.
[3:24] Comments are very
important to us,
[3:25] and we appreciate you taking
the time to attend tonight's
[3:27] meeting to share your thoughts.
[3:29] There is a three
minute time limit
[3:30] to public comments for
both items on the agenda
[3:33] or not on the agenda,
and speakers may not
[3:36] transfer their time
to another speaker
[3:38] during the council meeting.
[3:39] Public comment periods are not
an opportunity for dialogue
[3:43] with council members.
[3:44] However, you would like to
have a lengthier conversation.
[3:46] I encourage you to take a
contact card at the back
[3:48] of the table before you leave.
[3:50] If you would like
to provide comments.
[3:54] Oh, this is for
items on the agenda.
[3:58] So is there anyone that
has any public comments
[4:02] for items not on the agenda.
[4:04] Go ahead and make your
way to the microphone.
[4:06] 
[4:10] And I just want to confirm, your
honor, for housing authority.
[4:15] But that's for the presentation.
[4:16] Correct that's right.
[4:19] And if you have any comments
on items on the agenda,
[4:24] please raise your hand
and we will take a note
[4:27] and we'll call you on
that item for discussion.
[4:33] All right.
[4:34] We will move into
the consent agenda.
[4:39] And I would accept a motion
to approve the consent agenda.
[4:43] People have reviewed and.
[4:46] Approved the consent agenda.
[4:49] All right.
[4:49] So I have a motion by Council
and seconded by Council Chitty.
[4:53] All those in favor.
[4:54] Aye Aye.
[4:55] Opposed motion passes.
[4:57] All right.
[4:58] Let's move into
special presentations,
[5:00] proclamations and awards.
[5:02] And tonight we have the Housing
Authority of Chelan County
[5:06] and the city of
Wenatchee presenting.
[5:08] And we have Vicki
and Sasha here.
[5:11] And so I will pass it
off to you this evening.
[5:18] This and such is the president
of the housing authority.
[5:22] 
[5:27] So if there's any.
[5:29] 
[5:34] Yeah OK.
[5:37] Good bye.
[5:39] Good evening, everyone.
[5:40] Madam Mayor, members of council.
[5:41] My name is Sasha
sleiman and I am
[5:43] the executive director
for the Housing
[5:45] Authority of County and City.
[5:48] I wanted to talk to
you today a little bit
[5:50] about our organization.
[5:52] And I know actually
the city of Portland
[5:54] is probably one of
the more acquainted
[5:58] municipalities with your
representative on our board.
[6:00] But each municipality.
[6:04] Appoints a representative.
[6:06] And so your representative
has been for many years.
[6:09] And I know she is a really
wonderful job of reporting back
[6:13] to you all and
having conversations
[6:15] with staff and with
you and the mayor
[6:17] and doing things
in the community.
[6:19] So we really appreciate that.
[6:21] What I'm doing is
kind of going around
[6:23] to all the municipalities,
introducing myself.
[6:26] There's been a lot
of new electeds.
[6:27] I've worked for the County
commissioners for a few years.
[6:30] I was on the city council,
so when I entered the role,
[6:33] I thought I knew
everybody and a lot
[6:35] of people got elected across the
two County area, and I don't.
[6:38] So I want to make sure that I
introduce myself to you all.
[6:40] But also, my board wanted kind
of a chance for us to connect.
[6:46] And then that way you all know
who your representative is
[6:48] and in the future,
potentially better
[6:51] communication between
each municipality
[6:53] and our organization.
[6:55] We are a quasi
governmental organization,
[6:58] so we're not really a nonprofit.
[7:00] We're not exactly
a County or a city.
[7:03] Really fun name, though.
[7:05] Mouthful has been
already planned
[7:06] in the city of Wenatchee.
[7:07] We do serve Douglas County
and all of the small cities
[7:11] throughout the
entirety of our region.
[7:14] We are that because
the city of Wenatchee
[7:18] and then later in 1998,
when County designated us
[7:23] as a housing authority,
which is something
[7:26] you can do under our CW.
[7:27] And originally we were a forum
to provide agricultural housing
[7:33] for workers in the AG industry.
[7:35] So really rooted in agriculture.
[7:37] Up here in the Chelan area, we
have three properties and then
[7:43] two properties in
Manson and you all
[7:47] probably are overly familiar,
so I won't get into it too much.
[7:50] But the demographics of
the industry are changing.
[7:54] But we are really rooted
in that ad housing
[7:57] and want to continue
to be but also looking
[8:00] at statutes and requirements.
[8:04] And can we ever shift
that to continue
[8:06] to meet the intent of supporting
industry in this area.
[8:11] And is there a future
where we can potentially
[8:14] serve an industry that
isn't that either isn't
[8:18] or isn't just agriculture.
[8:21] For example.
[8:21] You all know this very well.
[8:24] Tourism hospitality
is huge here.
[8:27] Leavenworth knows it very well.
[8:29] Also, can people afford to live
the areas that they work in
[8:34] and that in itself
is an industry need.
[8:36] Just the way that
agriculture housing is.
[8:38] And so can we ever have
an ability to do that
[8:42] and still stay true to our
organization and the governance.
[8:47] So just putting that
on all of your radar.
[8:51] We have a property
here in Chelan
[8:54] called Chelan
bluff that we often
[8:55] are wake up late or running
a lot of vacancies, which
[8:58] is Hurts my heart of
it, because you all
[9:03] know there's a housing crisis.
[9:04] I know there's a housing crisis.
[9:06] And to not be able to
fill those units because
[9:08] of the restrictions
of you have to have
[9:11] this exact person
to fill those units
[9:13] at this exact income level.
[9:16] And so I'm working to
try and remedy that
[9:19] with our different funders.
[9:22] What else do I want to tell you.
[9:24] We have some housing
restrictions.
[9:28] Switch from egg to yes, we get
waivers every once in a while.
[9:32] We keep mentioning that
allows us to do that.
[9:35] So that's something that we're
really exploring because I get
[9:37] calls all the time from
folks who need housing
[9:40] and having that
flexibility, something
[9:43] that I'm really excited about.
[9:44] Looking into the
future here, I'm
[9:48] going to tell you
in the new year,
[9:49] as I like to not tell you
something and then not be it.
[9:53] So I'm going to tell you
a father out deadline
[9:55] and then I'll make it.
[9:57] In early 2027, we
are rolling out
[10:00] with a platform that will
allow potential tenants
[10:05] and potential applicants to this
section 8 housing program apply
[10:11] online in their rents online.
[10:14] Do all of that application work
online, which is huge for these
[10:19] in the outer lying areas that
are not just Wenatchee right
[10:22] now, our partners at
Chelan Valley folk
[10:25] who are huge resources
here in their community,
[10:28] they're working with someone
who needs assistance, longer
[10:32] term assistance, emergency.
[10:35] They would have to have them
physically drive to my office
[10:38] in Wenatchee happy to fill
out paperwork and simply
[10:41] photocopy IDs right
back or at the link box.
[10:45] It's just not very accessible.
[10:47] So it's rolling out technically
at the end of this year.
[10:51] But we're doing
property by property,
[10:53] and I think it'll
be huge, especially
[10:54] for our senior populations
on fixed incomes
[10:57] when they get their Social
Security on a certain day.
[11:02] And you are dealing with mail,
the amount of checks that we're
[11:06] receiving late from
the outlying areas just
[11:10] because of everybody's
control, won't
[11:13] have to deal with that anymore.
[11:14] They can pay it
right there online,
[11:17] or someone can help them if they
can't access the technology.
[11:21] So really excited about that.
[11:23] We also just contacted the
very last of our Housing Choice
[11:26] Voucher waitlist
Housing Choice vouchers,
[11:29] a federal program administered
nationwide where we help
[11:34] subsidize the tenant's rent.
[11:35] And that subsidy goes
directly to the landlord.
[11:38] So we have about 448
families on the program
[11:41] across the two County area.
[11:43] About $400,000 a month goes into
the community and the landlords
[11:47] pockets from that program.
[11:50] And we have had a
wait list of over 300,
[11:55] almost 400 people
since July of 2023.
[11:59] So a really long time
to be on a wait list.
[12:01] A lot of things change in
one's life in that time,
[12:04] but we just contacted
the last of the folks.
[12:06] We can close our waitlist.
[12:08] Now we've got about 20 people
who are eligible for vouchers.
[12:12] We're just working on the
paperwork, finding apartments,
[12:16] so we're really excited.
[12:18] That was about 280 people
that were contacted
[12:20] in the last 12 months.
[12:22] Here's the sad part of that.
[12:23] We really are only bringing
on probably about 40 to full
[12:28] because we have a
wait list like that.
[12:30] Like I said, things change.
[12:31] People move, maybe
get the letter
[12:34] and that kills me because I
know that some people need help.
[12:39] So again, 2027, that process
hopefully will have some funding
[12:42] from the federal
government to continue it,
[12:45] hopefully at the same levels.
[12:46] We'll assess that in
the early New year
[12:48] and then people will be
able to apply online.
[12:50] We'll probably see
me then for that.
[12:52] I want to get it out to the
public for the first time
[12:55] in four years.
[12:56] You can apply for
Section 8 housing.
[12:58] So we're really excited
and proud of that.
[13:01] The last couple things I
wanted to let along those lines
[13:04] is Housing Choice Voucher.
[13:06] Similarly to city councils
and County commissioners,
[13:09] my board also has to host public
hearings for certain things.
[13:13] So the Housing Choice
Voucher administrative plan
[13:15] is now available on our
website for public comment.
[13:19] It is a 600 page document folks.
[13:22] Please read it cover to cover.
[13:25] But no, in all
seriousness, it is
[13:27] kind of our Bible for lack
of a better comparison on how
[13:30] we administer the program.
[13:33] It is the rule book.
[13:34] So please, if you know
of anyone or a landlord
[13:39] and helpful for participants
or landlords to look at that
[13:42] and see what's changing.
[13:42] A lot of Federal
Regulations change.
[13:45] So we're updating
that and we're doing
[13:46] public comment public
hearing on that September 24.
[13:50] So it'll be available on
our website until then.
[13:53] And then the last
thing is just letting
[13:56] you know that Vicki
and I are here
[13:59] and I can email the mayor
knows how to get a hold of me.
[14:03] If any of you
wanted to talk more,
[14:06] just get that connection
between all of us
[14:09] and then figure out how you
best want to hear from us.
[14:12] If you want us to
come and present
[14:15] to you formally like
this, or if it should
[14:17] be things that we lead with.
[14:19] I work with your
staff quite a bit
[14:21] through just our work
and also our other future
[14:25] and other things.
[14:25] So pretty connected tries
to connect with people,
[14:29] whether you know it or not.
[14:30] 
[14:33] Do you have any questions.
[14:34] Sorry, I just like would
you explain what we're
[14:38] doing in Leavenworth,
in Thailand
[14:40] to get more of the
service workers into.
[14:43] Obviously we got some units have
been switched, haven't they.
[14:49] We're working on it.
[14:50] Yes, we are working on it.
[14:51] Not that ideally,
that would be a goal.
[14:54] Yes and we are
preserving housing.
[14:57] There is affordable
housing property in Kashmir
[15:00] that we are hoping to
acquire in the last stages
[15:02] of that senior housing, that it
doesn't go to the open market
[15:07] and those folks get to say,
permanently affordable.
[15:11] Any question.
[15:12] 
[15:18] I was just curious,
out of the 40
[15:20] roughly, that have been kind of
realized and received support,
[15:23] how many of those are
within the city of Sharon.
[15:27] Oh what I should have brought
abroad is that number.
[15:30] I don't know if the
new tenants, and we
[15:32] may not know that
exactly because they're
[15:33] searching for housing.
[15:35] So whether they're housed
or somewhere or unhoused,
[15:38] they might they're still
looking for housing.
[15:40] So I can update that.
[15:41] But I do have a
report that tells me
[15:42] how many active vouchers
are in each city.
[15:45] I should have brought that
so I can email it to you.
[15:47] There's a handful
here in Chelan.
[15:51] Yeah OK.
[15:52] Yeah OK.
[15:55] We're going down the line.
[15:57] Just a quick Pat
on the percentage
[15:59] of those 400 versus
the ones that are let's
[16:04] say retired or
seniors on Section 8
[16:06] versus working families.
[16:08] I don't know if you
know the percentage
[16:10] of our unit of Section
8, I don't off my head,
[16:17] but I can get it.
[16:17] I can see if we have that data
of our properties, though.
[16:21] We have 20 properties across the
two counties, just over under it
[16:27] and move some 600 units around
200 and some are add housing
[16:33] and 180 ish are
senior properties.
[16:40] So you have to be 62 or older.
[16:42] Some of them you
can be disabled.
[16:44] So our properties senior
housing is our second.
[16:50] But our biggest unit count
is agriculture workers.
[16:53] Yeah Well you know.
[17:03] Yeah a lot of good information.
[17:07] Thanks for that.
[17:08] But just one thing I wanted
to drill down a little bit on
[17:12] and forgive me
for what you said,
[17:15] but I'm wondering if you could.
[17:19] Drill down a little
bit on the vacancies
[17:21] that are showing
as well and what
[17:23] the impediments
are to folks being
[17:26] able to use those that housing.
[17:29] This is yeah, that
this is probably
[17:31] my biggest issue at the moment.
[17:34] So I appreciate it.
[17:34] Yeah the my perspective of
it is that we are trying
[17:40] to find a person that
obviously exists,
[17:46] but they're harder to
find and harder to reach.
[17:48] And what I'm trying to
tease out with my staff
[17:49] is, are we not meeting
them where they're at
[17:53] and finding them
correctly, or do we
[17:56] need to ask which we are in
the process of asking the State
[18:00] Department of Commerce,
the USDA rural development
[18:04] for that property, if we
can have some adjustments.
[18:07] So commerce is the income limit
is 30% Ami, which is quite low,
[18:14] like almost I used to manage
the homeless programs for Saline
[18:16] County.
[18:17] That's like barely out
of homelessness level.
[18:20] And they have to the
Head of Household
[18:23] has to earn up to $5,000.
[18:26] Around $5,000 to around
$5,000 in agricultural work.
[18:30] Thankfully,
agricultural workers are
[18:32] making more money today than
they were in a few years ago.
[18:36] So that in itself
is a challenge.
[18:39] And so we've asked the
State Department of Commerce
[18:41] to at least let us buy up
the 80% that lets us do,
[18:45] because that would be I
think that right there
[18:47] we would probably go into this.
[18:49] The other component is
the Head of Household
[18:52] who also has to have an
income also has to be
[18:54] documented resident citizen.
[18:58] And they have to have
your ID has to be around.
[19:01] So it's not like our seasonal
properties right now.
[19:04] Well, and this is year
round agriculture.
[19:08] And so I think what
we're trying to find
[19:10] is a very small box when
you combine all of those.
[19:14] So I'm hoping just a
shift in army will help.
[19:18] And that's the path
of least resistance.
[19:21] Distance the path is
harder to do that we are on
[19:25] is getting the
rural development,
[19:27] USDA rural development to let us
have flexibility and have anyone
[19:30] who is of 80% or lower,
regardless of where they work,
[19:34] be housed there,
but they are USDA.
[19:38] So obviously that
so those guidelines
[19:41] are federal USDA guidelines.
[19:45] So $5,000.
[19:48] Obviously that means a
whole lot more in Oklahoma
[19:53] than it does in
land, for instance.
[19:56] Yeah for sure.
[19:58] Yeah 30% behind.
[20:00] You're not making
a lot of money and
[20:02] there's really nowhere for you
to live other than our housing.
[20:05] So it's.
[20:06] Yeah, it's a challenge.
[20:08] Yeah flexibility.
[20:10] Nice well, thank
you for presenting.
[20:16] That's exactly what
I wanted to ask.
[20:18] So thank you for answering.
[20:19] Yeah of course.
[20:20] No, it breaks my heart because
I've talked to people here
[20:22] in this area who need housing.
[20:23] And I'm like, well,
yeah, because I thought
[20:26] I wouldn't get help for it.
[20:28] So yeah, well, we'll get there.
[20:31] We'll go there.
[20:34] Yeah I'm just curious now
that you brought it up.
[20:37] How are you currently
advertising.
[20:39] Great question.
[20:40] And that we are my
property manager here
[20:44] in the area this year has
really good relationships
[20:46] with the growers in the area.
[20:48] And so she's gone directly to
growers and talked to employees.
[20:52] We've done a job fairs.
[20:55] What I'm worried about on the
are we doing enough component
[20:59] is are we allowing people
to return to us that when we
[21:06] contact somebody who
was on the waitlist,
[21:08] for example, for that
property, which we don't have
[21:10] at the moment, when we would or
we would contact folks who are
[21:13] on the waitlist, maybe we have
really strict rules on when
[21:18] they have to get back to us.
[21:19] And I'm looking at are we
allowing them to get back to us
[21:24] in a way that's
feasible for them.
[21:26] And they're working
agricultural hours.
[21:28] Maybe they have two jobs
and can they really easily
[21:31] call us by 4:30 or o'clock.
[21:34] What I mean.
[21:34] Are there ways of a lot
of the people on my list
[21:37] that I was looking at
trying to determine,
[21:39] is it the income limits.
[21:41] Is it this is that a lot of
them just didn't respond.
[21:44] We asked for paperwork
and they didn't give it.
[21:46] So I don't know if they're
self-selecting like,
[21:48] oh, I don't actually
have that requirement.
[21:50] I'm not going to
return my paperwork.
[21:52] Or is it a burden or did
you not get the paperwork
[21:55] to the right house I have a
vendetta about mail these days,
[21:59] so we'd like to mail too much.
[22:01] But by the time you've
done that to us.
[22:06] Yeah, she goes on.
[22:07] Amber I don't know if anybody.
[22:09] Yeah Amber Turner.
[22:12] Well, yeah.
[22:13] Cody's a great radio station,
but I would think that maybe
[22:16] it's because of that.
[22:18] But yeah.
[22:19] Obviously yes.
[22:20] But yes.
[22:22] Yes hello.
[22:23] 101 yes.
[22:25] Yes I will ask Amber.
[22:28] Hasn't I know that.
[22:29] But one of her colleagues.
[22:30] Yeah right.
[22:33] Yeah any other questions.
[22:35] Well, thank you
for coming up here.
[22:37] Thank you.
[22:40] But it's great to see your face
up here Yes You look great.
[22:44] Yeah thank you guys.
[22:46] 
[22:49] All right we'll move into
motion considerations
[22:53] and we'll start with the US
Department of Transportation.
[22:56] Federal Aviation Administration
grants offer for airport
[22:59] improvement program.
[23:02] Project number (353) dash 2026.
[23:09] This will be handled by
our city administrator.
[23:12] Thank you for reading that
so I don't have to council.
[23:16] This is a very
recently as of actually
[23:20] Friday awarded grant from the
Federal Aviation Administration
[23:25] to as you recall, the
environmental assessment
[23:29] process.
[23:31] The final report remained in
draft form because of feedback
[23:36] that we received from adjoining
property owners and public,
[23:41] and the FAA felt like
we needed to go back out
[23:44] and make sure that the public
outreach that was done, which
[23:49] happened actually during
COVID, but make sure
[23:53] that public outreach and
the stakeholder outreach
[23:56] was done adequately.
[23:58] Make sure that we're confirming
critical aircraft usage
[24:02] at the airport
and what the needs
[24:05] are of Lakeland airport for
runway alignment and instrument.
[24:12] Instrument approach.
[24:13] What has been deemed not viable
in the current master plan
[24:17] provides for
instrument approach.
[24:20] So things that have changed
since it was finalized in 2021
[24:26] need to be reevaluated
before the FAA will
[24:29] commit to additional funding.
[24:30] The good news to that is that
they have given us this grant,
[24:34] $418,000 to provide
90% of the funding
[24:39] for the planning consultant
who will do that work for us.
[24:43] So what we're asking
of you tonight
[24:46] is to approve and
authorize acceptance
[24:49] of this Federal Aviation
Administration grant for.
[24:54] 
[24:58] Airport for updating the
airport improvement program.
[25:02] Excuse me through the airport
improvement program funding.
[25:05] And it is for updated airport
master plan and airport layout.
[25:11] So we will have the
same match that we
[25:15] found on prior FND GRANTS.
[25:17] It's a 90% funded by
the FAA, and then we
[25:21] have a 10% match
that is funded 50%
[25:24] by Washington State
Department of Transportation
[25:26] aviation division.
[25:28] And then the city and the
port through the interlocal
[25:30] agreement, equally split
the remaining 50% 10%
[25:37] And we will include it in the
budget for you going forward.
[25:40] So we're asking you to approve
the grant offer for airport
[25:43] improvement program project
number 1, 90% I will accept
[25:50] a motion to open for discussion
to authorize the city
[25:55] administrator or fund
manager to execute instead,
[25:58] Grant airport improvement
program project number 3
[26:02] to three say thank you.
[26:10] Thank you, Council Sanders.
[26:12] And for discussion
and questions.
[26:15] Yes so if we all accepted
what was happening
[26:21] and please move
forward or not forward
[26:23] with the current scope of
work that was done previously.
[26:25] Yeah, that's a great question.
[26:27] 
[26:31] The work that was done
previously is complete.
[26:34] There is no more funding for
improvements at the airport.
[26:40] So Lake Chelan airport, under
the current master plan,
[26:44] we don't have a viable
funding source from the FAA
[26:48] to do the runway realignment.
[26:51] So without going through
this planning process,
[26:55] nothing will change
at the airport.
[26:57] It will stay as it currently is.
[27:00] Does that mean that any.
[27:04] 
[27:09] Any hangups or hiccups with the
water that's going to be taken
[27:11] out there, or is that separate.
[27:13] That's industry versus
take offs and landings.
[27:16] OK awesome.
[27:17] Great question.
[27:18] So the airport that's
going, the water line
[27:22] that's going to be
constructed to the airport,
[27:25] will provide the
opportunity for the city
[27:28] to develop available land out
there for hangar development.
[27:35] But generally with
hangar development,
[27:37] the taxiways and the
runway and the runway areas
[27:41] and the apron for the
vehicles to get there
[27:44] and the vehicles, the
airplanes to be able to get
[27:47] from the hangars to the runway.
[27:50] We wouldn't have funding
to install those.
[27:53] Those are generally
funded through FAA airport
[27:56] improvement program funding.
[27:59] So this is kind of
laying the groundwork
[28:01] for any future improvements
that would happen out there
[28:04] and creating that map, that
airport layout plan of what
[28:09] the airport should look
like with the future growth
[28:12] and with the anticipated
aircraft that we'll be using it,
[28:16] and making sure we have
current robust public outreach
[28:23] to the stakeholders
want around the airport
[28:26] that own property
around the airport,
[28:28] but also the users
of the airport.
[28:31] And that was part
of the feedback
[28:33] was those stakeholders did
not feel like they had had
[28:38] an adequate opportunity
during the multiple years
[28:41] it went from 2018 to 2021.
[28:44] But as I mentioned, there was a
pandemic in the middle of that.
[28:47] It didn't feel like they
had adequate opportunity
[28:50] for public input, or
if they shared it,
[28:56] it wasn't factored in with the
way it should have been given.
[29:00] If more people who
shared their opinions
[29:02] had been able to
provide comment.
[29:06] Can I ask a question.
[29:08] Can I give everybody.
[29:10] OK I just want to be clear.
[29:13] This is a fast tracking
your movement out there,
[29:14] annexation or anything.
[29:15] This is planning, and
this is a great way
[29:18] to allow the stakeholders
out there to get more input
[29:21] and not feel this
is what we get down.
[29:23] Yes, this is slowing it down,
taking a step back and making
[29:27] sure we have the right layout
for that airport to serve,
[29:32] the needs that it
needs to serve,
[29:35] and also realistic plan if we're
going to expand the airport,
[29:40] if that's what the
numbers show is necessary.
[29:45] How do we do that and how do we
work with the adjoining property
[29:48] owners when they're ready to
transition ownership of any land
[29:53] we would need to the city.
[29:57] OK no.
[29:58] I'm good.
[29:58] Thanks for the explanation,
I appreciate it.
[30:02] Thank you.
[30:02] 
[30:05] And yeah.
[30:10] So is this kind of just
a repeat of the half
[30:17] million plus that we
spent on the previous.
[30:20] Just a better stab
at the same process.
[30:25] I wouldn't say
it's a full repeat.
[30:27] It is validating the data
that was gathered at the time,
[30:31] updating it in light of current
operating indicators at Lake
[30:37] Chelan airport, the current
economic conditions that we are
[30:44] encountering here in this area.
[30:46] So it's really validating
what was previously done.
[30:50] That's really step
one in the scope.
[30:54] And then it's also when you
go through a planning process,
[30:58] you don't.
[31:00] You plan it right.
[31:03] You're not looking at the
actual operational side of it.
[31:07] And part of what happened during
the environmental assessment
[31:10] is that the FAA, with the
staff they have in place now
[31:15] and understand during that
same period, time period
[31:18] in the last four
years, the Federal
[31:21] Aviation Administration
has undergone
[31:23] significant staff turnover.
[31:27] So with the current staff, they
took the airport alignment that
[31:31] was selected as the preferred
alternative and the lack
[31:36] of in a non-technical way,
we plugged that alignment
[31:39] into their flight simulators
at operational level
[31:44] and determined that unless
we were to literally move
[31:48] mountains, that
runway would not work
[31:52] without an instrument approach.
[31:54] And because of those same
mountains and that large river
[31:58] gorge, an instrument
approach, we
[32:00] don't have the
amount of clearance
[32:02] on every side that is
needed in order to support
[32:04] an instrument approach.
[32:06] So the alternative that
was selected at the time
[32:10] by the city council and
through that planning process
[32:14] looks great from a
planning perspective.
[32:17] But when they plugged it
into the operational side,
[32:20] it's not feasible.
[32:22] So that was why they said
a large part of the reason
[32:25] why they said, let's go back.
[32:27] Let's look at it
with that insight.
[32:30] We've had new construction
happen since the inventory was
[32:35] taken of adjoining property.
[32:37] So there's been
additional housing that's
[32:39] been allowed to be
constructed by the County
[32:43] in the runway approach area.
[32:46] That also factors into
whether FAA will approve it.
[32:50] And they've regulations
have changed
[32:52] during that same time period.
[32:54] They used to allow exceptions
for the displaced thresholds,
[32:58] and that's where you
have the short approach
[33:00] area at the end of the runway.
[33:02] And the runway protection
zone is shorter
[33:05] than what they want it to be.
[33:08] They no longer allow
those exceptions.
[33:10] So if they're going to fund
a half a million construction
[33:14] project, or 1.2 or $7 million
construction project, whatever
[33:19] it turns out to
be, they're going
[33:21] to make the airport
bring it up to compliance
[33:23] with current standards.
[33:25] And we're unable to do
that with the alignment,
[33:30] the preferred
alternative alignment
[33:31] that was last selected.
[33:34] So there's a number
of factors in there.
[33:38] So I wouldn't call it a repeat.
[33:41] It's a quality
check verification
[33:46] that the data is
still good that we're
[33:51] applying current
regulations to the analysis.
[33:54] Our consultant is doing that.
[33:56] This is not a criticism of
our former planning consultant
[34:00] or our current engineers.
[34:03] This is just simply a fact
that conditions have changed.
[34:08] Is there a specific scope
of work that the FAA has.
[34:14] With this grant.
[34:15] There is a scope of work that
we developed with the FAA's
[34:18] assistance and approval
of it, for we ever
[34:21] applied for this grant in order
to make sure the FAA has really.
[34:29] Done some significant favors
for Lake Chelan airport
[34:32] through this process
and through this grant.
[34:34] This is not the normal
time frame for a grant.
[34:36] So they essentially Held
Funds for us since the spring
[34:39] until we could get a
scope of work put together
[34:42] and get a cost
estimate put together.
[34:44] And we've done that in lockstep
with FAA planning consultant
[34:49] and our project manager to
make sure that we would arrive
[34:53] at this point where we
have a scope of work
[34:56] that they've approved.
[34:57] We've already done the RFP
for planning consultants
[35:02] to do the work using
that scope of work.
[35:06] I anticipate bringing
that contract back
[35:08] to you at the next
council meeting
[35:10] should you approve this grant.
[35:12] But it was all subject
to US actually getting
[35:15] the formal approval
of the grant.
[35:17] So we've tried to work
this on a parallel basis
[35:20] so that we're getting the
funding lined up while we're
[35:22] doing the work to get the
planning consultant contract
[35:27] and be able to move
forward with the work.
[35:30] And that scope of
work will offer
[35:33] some guidance on the cost,
benefits and economics
[35:36] of different alternatives, kind
of a business strategy going
[35:42] forward to make this
a viable project
[35:46] to continue to put money.
[35:48] Absolutely it will make sure
that we come out of this process
[35:53] with an updated master plan
and updated airport layout plan
[35:58] and exhibit A, which Lake Chelan
airport has not had in the past.
[36:01] And exhibit A is the FAA's
term for the formal property
[36:06] ownership and map of the
boundaries for the airport
[36:11] and the surrounding property.
[36:14] It will put us in
the driver's seat
[36:17] and get us perfectly aligned
to be able to move forward
[36:21] with a real improvement
project and improvement
[36:25] project that's
achievable and realistic
[36:27] and can be funded by the FAA.
[36:29] 
[36:32] And the consultants.
[36:34] How many people are on our list.
[36:38] We sent it out.
[36:38] We published it in the Seattle
journal of construction.
[36:43] That's called the
Journal of business,
[36:45] but it's specifically for
specialists in land development.
[36:51] We received three highly
qualified proposals.
[36:54] We ranked those as we have
an evaluation committee
[36:57] that has ranked those.
[36:58] We have two finalists, and
we have interviews scheduled
[37:02] with those finalists this
week, pending approval
[37:06] and subject to the approval by
the city council of the grant,
[37:09] including our
previous consultant.
[37:15] In terms of being
interviewed, yeah,
[37:19] they're not being
interviewed for the planning
[37:20] consultant work.
[37:21] They do continue to be
under contract with the city
[37:24] for our engineering because
they were the consultant
[37:29] on the previous master plan.
[37:31] OK yeah.
[37:34] Well, yeah.
[37:35] Thanks for your patience.
[37:36] Absolutely all right.
[37:41] We have a motion by
Council Combs and a second
[37:44] by Council Sanders.
[37:46] All those in favor.
[37:48] Aye Aye.
[37:49] Opposed motion passes.
[37:52] We'll move on to item D,
resolution number 2026 1486.
[37:56] Education service center SB
inter local purchasing system
[38:03] purchasing co-op in our local.
[38:05] And this will be
handled by our director.
[38:08] Thank you mayor.
[38:09] Quite a mouthful.
[38:10] Council tonight before
you is a resolution
[38:13] to approve an interlocal
agreement and an addendum
[38:16] to an interlocal agreement
for cooperative purchasing
[38:19] with tips, which is the
local purchasing system.
[38:23] Tips is a cooperative
purchasing program
[38:25] that's administered by region
8 educational service center
[38:29] in Texas.
[38:29] So that's why the
title of our agenda
[38:32] is educational
Services Center there.
[38:34] The administering
program of they
[38:37] administer the cooperative
purchasing program.
[38:40] So a cooperative
purchasing is an Avenue
[38:43] that public agencies can
use to get competitively
[38:47] solicited contracts,
which helps reduce
[38:50] administrative costs
and staff time that's
[38:51] associated with advertising.
[38:54] Getting proposals.
[38:55] Awarding contracts.
[38:56] It's another tool
in our tool belt
[38:57] to be able to get the best price
for certain services or supplies
[39:03] that we need to purchase.
[39:05] So tips is one of many
cooperative purchasing programs
[39:10] that operates in the country.
[39:11] It's based in Texas, but they
do operate in Washington State.
[39:16] The addendum to the
interlocal agreement
[39:19] was one that was prepared
by our city attorney,
[39:20] just to clarify language to
ensure that we're following
[39:24] Washington procurement laws.
[39:27] So the city, through partnership
or through participation
[39:30] as a member to this
cooperative purchasing,
[39:33] gets access to the
competitively bid contracts
[39:37] that tips has already procured.
[39:41] There is no membership
fee associated with it.
[39:44] So this is a $0 agreement.
[39:45] It just gives us access to
those cooperative purchasing.
[39:51] And the city also
retains the right
[39:53] to use this
cooperative purchasing
[39:54] or to not use this cooperative
purchasing in the best
[39:57] interest of the city.
[39:58] So we're not
obligated to use it,
[40:00] but it does give us options
when we need to go procure
[40:02] for supplies or services.
[40:06] So in your packet you
have the resolution,
[40:09] you have the
interlocal agreement,
[40:11] and then you have the addendum
for the Washington law as well.
[40:15] So the resolution approves
the interlocal agreement
[40:17] and the addendum.
[40:19] And I am available
for any questions.
[40:22] I move to adopt resolution
number 2026 dash 1486 second.
[40:28] All right.
[40:28] We have a motion by Council
and second by Council.
[40:33] Any questions.
[40:34] No I think it's a
great thing you already
[40:37] see your potential savings
with a particular item
[40:42] that is already purchased.
[40:44] I think there's definitely
lots of possibility
[40:47] for savings with contracts
and utilizing them.
[40:53] I'm good.
[40:55] I'm good.
[40:57] Yeah, good.
[40:59] There's a motion and a second.
[41:01] All those in favor.
[41:02] Aye Opposed.
[41:04] Motion passes.
[41:05] All right, let's move into
administrative reports,
[41:07] and we'll start with
resolution number
[41:08] 2020 6014x affordable
housing grant
[41:11] funding policy and finance.
[41:15] Great so the resolution an
affordable housing fund policy
[41:21] application and
supplemental worksheets
[41:23] you have before you
as a careful recraft
[41:26] from the originally
enacted policy
[41:28] that started back in 2019.
[41:31] So earlier this year, due
to receiving a large volume
[41:33] of requests from the community
benefit grant application
[41:36] process, it was determined
that some of those requests
[41:40] were related to
affordable housing,
[41:42] and thus the need arose for the
major renovation on this policy
[41:46] and application
process in an effort
[41:48] to improve those processes
and ensure compliance,
[41:51] all parties involved.
[41:53] And so, while I do acknowledge
that this is a very complex
[41:56] policy and process,
as I'm sure you're all
[41:58] aware of after
reviewing your packets,
[42:01] I'd also like to stress that
this is necessary from an audit
[42:04] standpoint, because
the city of Charlotte
[42:07] receives funding to
support affordable housing
[42:10] initiatives in three ways.
[42:12] State share tax revenue,
council directed allocations
[42:16] and developer contributions.
[42:18] Staff, of course, have
the responsibility
[42:20] to ensure accurate
record keeping
[42:21] for all the various
sources of funding
[42:23] and ensure audit compliance
for awarded funds and agencies
[42:27] who have been
awarded those funds.
[42:29] Then have the
responsibility to taxpayers
[42:31] to show that the organization
station is providing a benefit
[42:34] that the city would
otherwise need to provide,
[42:37] or just as generally,
a public benefit.
[42:40] And so without those
ties, it can be considered
[42:43] a gifting of public funds.
[42:45] And so this application allows
staff to better understand
[42:48] the needs of the organization
applying for the funding
[42:51] and the people that
which they serve,
[42:53] so that we can best determine
what source of funding
[42:56] would best meet their needs.
[42:58] And so this policy was
drafted with previous council
[43:02] conversations taking
into consideration
[43:04] legal counsel of course.
[43:06] And Sao guidelines are
state laws, federal ones.
[43:11] And of course, most
importantly feedback provided
[43:13] by our local housing agencies.
[43:17] So in addition to
support of this policy,
[43:20] I would also be looking for
direction on how much funding
[43:23] council would like to award the
2026 and get some ideas for 2027
[43:29] of the currently
available 133,000 that is
[43:34] in the Affordable housing fund.
[43:37] Aside from the modest revenue
that we receive of about 15,000
[43:41] from the state
share tax revenue,
[43:43] the next external
contribution is expected
[43:46] to be the widening project.
[43:49] But we really at this time do
not know when we will receive
[43:52] funding from that project.
[43:54] So at this time,
my recommendation
[43:56] would be no more than
$50,000 for 2026,
[44:01] $50,000 for 2027 be awarded.
[44:04] That would at that time leave
approximately $50,000 for 2028.
[44:08] And perhaps we just see
at that time of that
[44:11] project looks like
or other developer
[44:13] contributions or
council directed
[44:16] contributions would look like.
[44:18] And so with that
all being said, I
[44:20] look forward to hearing your
feedback on the 2026 award
[44:24] amount and recommendation
for future years,
[44:26] as well as on the policy itself.
[44:29] And application process.
[44:31] Thank you very much.
[44:32] 
[44:36] Thank you very much.
[44:39] Now, do you remember
that the grant
[44:42] didn't do anything with that.
[44:43] But what the request of those
three other housing associations
[44:48] were for 2020.
[44:50] I do not have that
information available right
[44:52] off the top of my head.
[44:54] So that's back a few months.
[44:56] I would be more than happy
though to dig those back up.
[44:59] I do know that one is
referencing some updates
[45:04] to an owner occupied
home who would be
[45:07] eligible under like low income.
[45:10] There was also some renovations
to as well to heritage heights,
[45:16] but I'd really want to look
back into those specifics
[45:19] and I'd be happy to commit
to accomplishing that.
[45:21] 
[45:30] Along the same lines,
do we know roughly
[45:33] how much was awarded last year
to organizations that would
[45:36] qualify for affordable housing.
[45:37] The way we're looking at it now.
[45:40] Yeah so that's a great question
and a bit of a harder one
[45:43] to quantify.
[45:44] Just so we've had a
bit of a moving target
[45:46] here with our housing funds.
[45:49] There was a interlocal agreement
between us and the housing
[45:55] trust, which we were
providing a $20,000 a year
[45:58] stipend up to them
for operational
[46:01] and affordable housing needs.
[46:05] We awarded funds
affordable housing
[46:09] from the community benefit
grant application process.
[46:13] And so really, this
year, we're really
[46:15] trying to make sure
that those processes
[46:17] are all kept separately.
[46:18] And everyone kind of has their
respective pots of funds.
[46:23] But I would urge counsel.
[46:26] I perhaps what we've
historically done.
[46:29] Maybe we pivot away from.
[46:31] Sure no, I think that
$50,000 recommendation sound,
[46:35] as long as it's kind
of in alignment,
[46:36] roughly with some of
those organizations
[46:38] and what they applied for.
[46:40] I think it's great that we
continue to fund them as they
[46:42] I know they rely on them.
[46:43] 
[46:48] I agree with 50,000 to be
conservative in what is sent out
[46:53] with what is presented because
as you mentioned, Widener
[46:59] potentially so based on.
[47:03] A source of income.
[47:06] So that's good.
[47:08] 
[47:13] Yeah speak on conservative side.
[47:16] Now that puts us out for
a year and we're spent.
[47:19] So that's with 15,000
companies evidence without
[47:24] possible forward income.
[47:26] But yeah, I guess I
have some questions
[47:41] on item 6, the recorded
security capital board still.
[47:46] 
[47:48] But maybe I'll discuss those.
[47:51] 
[47:56] So we can discuss that further.
[47:58] 
[48:02] If you like.
[48:04] All right.
[48:05] We'll move into
discussion about higher
[48:08] professional services, agreement
for fire protection inspections
[48:11] and that.
[48:14] Yes thank you.
[48:17] Mayor yes.
[48:19] Tonight we're going over live
professional services agreement
[48:24] with fire protection
software company
[48:28] that we've had since 2018.
[48:31] Somebody was egress
fire here tonight.
[48:35] Jim, who was with
fire and now live.
[48:39] I go over the
presentation on the.
[48:43] 
[48:46] Thank you.
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[48:49] Just going to be brief.
[48:51] But we can help you
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[49:09] I was the vice president of
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be combined with that premises
[49:56] detail that can also be used
for short term rentals and stuff
[49:59] like that to help us do that.
[50:01] We have a fire watch
program, so in the building
[50:04] has you on fire watch because
their systems are down.
[50:07] Traditionally, that's been
kind of a favor type thing.
[50:09] So I'll be trapped digitally so
that you'll know that existed.
[50:12] That building's on fire
watch, and it's actually being
[50:14] directed to do it properly.
[50:17] We also have an
integration with first name
[50:18] first used as a platform
for the fire departments.
[50:21] That's a free module also.
[50:23] So if there is an incident, the
city of Cheyenne and that fire
[50:26] truck rolls out, they'll know
if there's an additional system
[50:28] there, it's on fire watch
or anything like that,
[50:30] but also helps
firefighters also.
[50:33] So it's a pretty
complete platform I'm
[50:36] available for any questions.
[50:37] Also, I think you
all have one sheet
[50:39] of paper what the new system
looks like and my business card.
[50:41] 
[50:48] Yeah so our business
fire inspection.
[50:52] 
[50:55] Yeah and so they put
that into the system
[50:56] as we're talking about.
[50:57] That system talks to your system
and you want to upgrade that.
[51:01] What office city do you.
[51:04] 
[51:06] Plan to game.
[51:07] Yeah so he represents the
company that we currently use.
[51:14] So his system is what.
[51:16] Before I got here.
[51:17] We've been using since 2018.
[51:19] They were acquired by live.
[51:20] So he's the back end of live and
answering the questions we have.
[51:24] So nothing will change.
[51:26] We're being migrated over to the
new live platform this month.
[51:30] The upside to it is really
for us, our compliance.
[51:33] That went up to over 75%
Now with using p grids,
[51:36] because now it ties into
setting up the notification
[51:40] to the businesses that
vendors already know that when
[51:43] they do an annual or
six month inspection,
[51:46] they upload that report.
[51:48] And it comes into my office
that we either accept
[51:51] it or pick it back out.
[51:52] So it allows us to track it
and not do pen and paper.
[51:56] And pretty much every
jurisdiction around us
[51:58] is using egress.
[52:00] So when Angie County,
the border area.
[52:03] So all these vendors,
whether they're
[52:04] from Spokane or the West Side,
are used to using egress.
[52:08] And so it's just
what they require.
[52:11] And there's more.
[52:14] There's some more APIs that
tie-in when I first do,
[52:17] which is a big one for fire
when you first use this,
[52:20] will now talk to their system.
[52:21] Today, they don't have any
way to look at our software
[52:25] or our inspections.
[52:26] They just don't
have access to it.
[52:27] So this will give
them access to fire
[52:30] life safety inspections for it.
[52:32] Really for us, for the city,
it's mostly just a good system.
[52:36] Inspection for businesses,
the fire alarm systems,
[52:40] the suppression systems
include schools,
[52:43] family buildings, commercial
buildings up to 275.
[52:48] So we have quite a few
system types in there.
[52:51] It just helps us keep
track of all that.
[52:53] And then we work with,
most of these vendors who
[52:56] are doing these are
coming out of Yakima
[52:58] or Wenatchee or Spokane.
[52:59] So it just helps keeps
everything dialed in with things
[53:02] are doing.
[53:03] If you're a business owner, you
log in and see when the stuff
[53:06] is due and if you have to bail.
[53:07] Just keeps everybody on the
same page, the fees themselves.
[53:11] That is one component that is
going up with the new system.
[53:15] The feed today that is charged
to the third party vendor
[53:18] is going from 15 to 18.
[53:21] So that's the fee.
[53:23] That's the entire time that
gets charged to the vendor.
[53:27] The vendor themselves,
though, have
[53:28] the ability to up charge that.
[53:30] That's out of our control.
[53:31] And they do that
which that's not.
[53:34] And I tell people to
shop a different vendor,
[53:36] they're going to do that.
[53:38] But nothing really changes
other than that there'll
[53:41] be a new system that allows
them to do a lot more,
[53:43] and it will help
us track a lot more
[53:46] stuff with the fire department
and have our clients go up.
[53:49] So we have a pretty
compliant 75% is pretty high.
[53:51] I mean, I don't think very many
departments are close to that.
[53:54] So I'm moving up on
the pricing to that.
[53:58] We do track that a little
bit differently also.
[54:01] Is that let's take a restaurant,
for example, if they have
[54:04] two commercial goods
in there and we
[54:07] charge 2 times $15 dollars
when it was commercial one.
[54:11] So it's $18 and $30.
[54:14] So you'll see an overall
price reduction on businesses.
[54:18] So there is that.
[54:19] 
[54:22] Question I guess this is a
little out of my expertise here.
[54:32] So, bottom line I concern I have
is for the commercial businesses
[54:39] in town.
[54:41] Is this something that's
going to streamline
[54:45] their compliance
without significantly
[54:48] raising costs and red tape.
[54:51] How is.
[54:55] How is the rubber
meeting the road
[54:57] in this for our constituents.
[55:01] So this stuff is the
platform we have today
[55:05] has been in place since 2018,
though the businesses that
[55:09] are using have been
using it since 2018,
[55:11] so they're already utilizing
this software anyways,
[55:14] and the business
owners themselves don't
[55:16] really have to do anything.
[55:18] It's mostly just for
the vendors themselves
[55:20] who, when they do an inspection,
they report it into the system
[55:24] that comes into our staff.
[55:25] We review it and
it goes from there.
[55:27] He also sends out
notifications to the vendors
[55:30] and there are fire alarms.
[55:33] Fire suppression systems are
do they send out notifications
[55:37] or when they're online.
[55:38] Just to let them know.
[55:39] So it's just a way to track
everything before two years
[55:42] with around people just
using carbon copy paper
[55:45] and just it's hard to
track all that stuff.
[55:46] So this has been
around for a long time.
[55:49] So yeah, I came on
board back in 2018
[55:51] so it doesn't change anything.
[55:53] There is a cost.
[55:54] But for the businesses
like Lakeside for example,
[55:59] they're not open year round.
[56:00] So we have the ability
on our end to buy water.
[56:03] We can get the frequency
on how often they need
[56:07] to use it so they like Amy Mac.
[56:10] She goes ahead and claims more
than the required minimum.
[56:13] So this stuff comes
out of the fire code.
[56:15] It's not a city mandated,
it's the fire code.
[56:17] When it comes down to
the cleaning schedule
[56:19] and the annual
inspection schedule
[56:21] for the environmental
component, we have the ability
[56:24] on the cleaning schedule
for the food system
[56:27] to knock that down
to once a year,
[56:29] and we've done that for all
the seasonal businesses.
[56:32] So some of if
we're trying to get
[56:34] the taco trucks on there
as well, on if they
[56:36] now have to do it as well.
[56:38] But the side waters
view is we have
[56:41] a handful that
are just seasonal,
[56:42] that we've knocked it down.
[56:43] They can still go
above and beyond
[56:45] and do more than that
for their own cleaning,
[56:47] but it doesn't require
that to enter into us.
[56:50] We just do it once a year.
[56:51] But a commercial system that's
running grease like neighbors
[56:56] like the Panther,
for example, they're
[56:57] going to have to do by code
at a minimum every six months.
[57:00] They have to get a
full cleaning and then
[57:03] their hood system
has to be spent
[57:05] on the suppression side of it.
[57:07] The fire alarm and the
suppression of the buildings
[57:10] are just once a year.
[57:11] That's just an annual thing.
[57:12] That's just the minimum that
you have to do for fire code.
[57:15] If they're running
more than that,
[57:17] the recommendation
that they have
[57:18] to clean more often,
that we don't put it
[57:21] in there more than that
just every six months.
[57:23] So this system is it
kind of streamlines
[57:26] our ability to
monitor compliance
[57:29] and those kind of things.
[57:30] But it's going to be
fairly transparent.
[57:33] And there was a
lot of businesses
[57:35] that we found that there'd
be a fire call maybe
[57:38] after a smoke investigation.
[57:39] And they have a
good system and they
[57:41] haven't had a good cleaning.
[57:42] They hadn't had one
in 15 years, and they
[57:45] hadn't had their suppression
system done in 15 years.
[57:48] And so it was able
to track all that.
[57:50] It's taken some time to get
every business I think we're now
[57:53] everybody is totally on there.
[57:54] I haven't seen a new
business come online in well
[57:57] over a year or two.
[57:58] So it's just a way
to streamline it
[58:00] and everyone's on the same page.
[58:01] So if the property
owners and the vendors
[58:04] had a chance to do an interview.
[58:06] And as far as the
fees are concerned,
[58:09] that's just the standard fee
that went on at $15 that's
[58:12] passed down to the vendor.
[58:13] And then of course,
charges stops.
[58:18] Thanks, Mark.
[58:22] This is why is this why does the
city have a list in that time.
[58:27] That's a good question.
[58:29] So the fire department
here locally has
[58:32] no authority to enforce codes.
[58:34] So the building department
here in the fire code,
[58:38] official department duties fall
under building and planning.
[58:40] So the fire department
here online Wenatchee.
[58:45] They have the fire Marshal.
[58:47] But they also still even
at the city Wenatchee
[58:49] have a fire code official.
[58:51] So same duties that
falls in on the fire
[58:53] or excuse me, at the Community
Development Department.
[58:56] We have the ability to do
the enforcement side of it.
[58:59] So the fire department
can streamline it.
[59:02] It didn't make sense for
us to go do inspections.
[59:04] So I come and then they go.
[59:06] Just so Brandon and myself
worked out a deal with the fire
[59:09] department where
they'll send their crews
[59:11] out there because it's important
for the fire to go out there.
[59:14] They have building
familiarization.
[59:16] It's a way to get their
face out in the public.
[59:17] They should be out
doing their inspections.
[59:20] If they come across something
that's egregious on their check
[59:22] sheet, they send it to us,
and then we follow up on it
[59:24] and we'll go from there.
[59:25] But if you tell the
fire department,
[59:27] no, I'm not doing that.
[59:28] They literally can't
enforce anything.
[59:31] So it falls under fire
code, which then falls
[59:33] back to the fire code official.
[59:35] Which is why if we
had a traditional fire
[59:37] Marshal under a city,
that value involved
[59:40] that person here called fire.
[59:42] 
[59:47] Any other questions.
[59:49] Microphone question.
[59:50] 
[59:52] All right thank you.
[59:54] Thank you.
[59:55] Thank you.
[59:57] All right, let's move into.
[1:00:00] 
[1:00:03] Our city administrator
and department reports.
[1:00:05] We'll start with Laura.
[1:00:08] Thank you.
[1:00:08] Mayor just wanted to update
you on a couple of changes
[1:00:14] that we have going on in
the outside departments.
[1:00:18] One is back to the airport.
[1:00:20] We do have an interim airport
operations manager in place.
[1:00:24] So he is in the process of
doing a review of the operating
[1:00:29] procedures for
airport operations,
[1:00:31] creating standard
operating procedures
[1:00:34] to shadow Jay for two days.
[1:00:37] And we'll run similar operating
standard operating procedures
[1:00:40] for maintenance, and
has scheduled a meeting
[1:00:46] with the tenants
to talk about what
[1:00:49] we need from the tenants in
terms of airport inspections.
[1:00:52] Following up on a meeting
that Paul and I had earlier
[1:00:55] this year, but just
making sure we're
[1:00:57] continuing to keep those
lines of communication
[1:00:59] open to get 100%
compliance from our hangar
[1:01:04] owners and tenants on what they
are doing inside those hangars.
[1:01:09] That's one update.
[1:01:10] It's really good to
see that level of work
[1:01:13] happening out of the
airport and just improving
[1:01:16] that the operations side.
[1:01:18] And then the other thing I
wanted to let you know is that,
[1:01:21] as we talked about previously,
the bid for the air
[1:01:25] or the Library Foundation
repair came in 100,000 higher
[1:01:29] than the engineer's estimate.
[1:01:31] You were able to have a
conversation with the bidder
[1:01:34] and recall, we had one bidder
about why the bid was so
[1:01:38] much higher than anticipated.
[1:01:40] And really, it's because
they built a lot of risk
[1:01:43] into their bid because
of the unknown,
[1:01:46] of what's underneath
the flooring,
[1:01:48] what's behind the drywall.
[1:01:50] So we came up with a solution
with that potential bidder to do
[1:01:55] a small not to exceed $5,000
exploratory analysis contract
[1:02:00] with them so that we should
be getting done later
[1:02:03] this week over at the library.
[1:02:06] To enable us to really
get a better bid package
[1:02:09] put out and get that done.
[1:02:15] Meanwhile, we're working closely
with the library on continued
[1:02:18] communication to the
public about when they
[1:02:21] will have library services
full library services
[1:02:24] available to them.
[1:02:25] Obviously, both
across the street.
[1:02:27] That's dependent upon
the final repairs,
[1:02:30] but the library is
working on an improved,
[1:02:34] expanded library pop up
program within the city limits.
[1:02:38] So that's good to hear.
[1:02:39] And we'll be hearing
more from the library
[1:02:41] about that in the future.
[1:02:44] That's all I have.
[1:02:46] So one piece of
exciting news, I guess.
[1:02:53] The river heights project
has been submitted.
[1:02:57] So we have an application
for that, which is great,
[1:03:02] but where are you going
to be processing that.
[1:03:05] So that's one step
closer to that person.
[1:03:12] OK thank you mayor.
[1:03:15] We just wanted to
help get the word out.
[1:03:17] We have a few vacancies
for greenskeeper positions
[1:03:21] at the golf course, and
if we didn't have smoke,
[1:03:25] it would be really,
really trying for the team
[1:03:28] up there with the
positions that are
[1:03:29] open, that having
a hard time filling
[1:03:32] in the middle of the season.
[1:03:33] When we have vacancies,
it's very difficult
[1:03:35] to hire more seasonal employees
in the middle of the summer.
[1:03:38] Most people already
have jobs for the year,
[1:03:42] so help spread the word.
[1:03:43] We have some vacancies
greenskeeper positions
[1:03:46] and I will say,
well, we don't like
[1:03:49] the smoke at the golf course,
but it's really decreasing play.
[1:03:52] It's been a saving grace
for the maintenance team
[1:03:55] because they don't have to do
quite as much hand watering
[1:03:58] as they would this time
of year, so they can
[1:04:00] with a reduced staff
that's out there right now,
[1:04:03] they can still keep up
on the day to day work.
[1:04:05] But as soon as the smoke clears,
which we're all hoping for that
[1:04:09] is going to have
a lot of pressure
[1:04:10] on the limited staff
that are out there
[1:04:12] for the maintenance course.
[1:04:15] On the topic of smoke, we're
feeling those impacts all
[1:04:17] across our entire department.
[1:04:19] I shared a little bit last
week on some of those numbers,
[1:04:23] and it's still
looking pretty bleak.
[1:04:24] Our golf courses in a seven day
period compared to last year,
[1:04:27] down 41% The RV park
process over 100
[1:04:31] cancellations in a seven
day period by the RV parks.
[1:04:34] You can see it's empty and
this is the time of year.
[1:04:37] We typically have every site
booked out every single day.
[1:04:40] So I think a lot of kudos to
my team who are Fielding all
[1:04:44] of those phone calls,
who are calling in,
[1:04:46] trying to make
cancellations, and
[1:04:48] we've got procedures in place on
when we do allow cancellations.
[1:04:52] We do provide refunds,
which some people are not
[1:04:57] always happy when
we tell them what
[1:04:59] procedures they have to follow.
[1:05:00] So they are showing
excellent customer
[1:05:03] service in some really
trying and difficult phone
[1:05:05] conversations.
[1:05:08] And then next week we
have a Park Board meeting
[1:05:11] to highlight some to talk
about our Park Board meeting
[1:05:13] next week, or field
use and waiver
[1:05:15] field use fee waiver policy.
[1:05:18] We'll be talking about
rates, capital improvement,
[1:05:20] all things that will be coming
back to council for the process.
[1:05:22] So I'm excited
about it this week
[1:05:25] and you'll hear about it soon.
[1:05:27] 
[1:05:30] For finance it's pretty
much all about budget right
[1:05:33] now of course too as well.
[1:05:34] So I'm sure you're
all just gearing
[1:05:36] up and getting ready for
September and October.
[1:05:40] Really gripping stuff.
[1:05:41] I know you guys will
be really excited to be
[1:05:43] doing this along for that ride.
[1:05:45] Otherwise it's pretty routine
operations, as you imagine,
[1:05:48] but it takes a lot of work.
[1:05:50] So just want to give a
special shout out though of
[1:05:53] course, all of our first
responders working on the nine
[1:05:56] network out there to know
that they're just doing
[1:06:00] a number on our community.
[1:06:02] So know that my colleagues
here at the city
[1:06:05] think about all the
businesses to impact it.
[1:06:07] So I just wanted to
share that to us.
[1:06:09] Thank you.
[1:06:10] 
[1:06:13] Yeah so the Sheriff's Office has
been extremely busy three weeks,
[1:06:20] last three weeks with
the fire that started,
[1:06:24] the little giant fire
Sheriff's Office.
[1:06:26] We are Manning two level three
roadblocks in the beginning
[1:06:29] at and on the South
Shaw of Lake shore.
[1:06:31] And those roadblocks
we are at mandated
[1:06:35] overtime football and football
and voluntary overtime.
[1:06:42] So guys are spending a
lot of hours out there.
[1:06:46] We also have contracted
Marine One to the fire
[1:06:49] to help with transporting
fire crews and supplies up
[1:06:54] and down the lake.
[1:06:56] That is voluntary
overtime with that.
[1:07:01] So that's been keeping us busy.
[1:07:02] I want to give a big thank
you to our volunteers
[1:07:06] that have helped out.
[1:07:07] We've had multiple days
and nights where we've
[1:07:09] had to change the
feedback levels,
[1:07:12] move them down,
move them down lake.
[1:07:15] And we've relied upon a lot
of volunteers to help us with.
[1:07:21] So big shout out
to those people.
[1:07:26] Let's see here.
[1:07:27] 
[1:07:30] Quick update on marine
patrol right now.
[1:07:34] It's the boats ready to go.
[1:07:38] Marine two in the Marina.
[1:07:40] But there's not a
lot of love that.
[1:07:43] We are.
[1:07:45] About three weeks
ago, we were sitting
[1:07:46] at about 175 ish contacts
for the year, which
[1:07:51] was on par for a good year.
[1:07:54] But the last two
weeks we've been
[1:07:57] speaking with Gavin Walters.
[1:07:59] Nobody's out there,
so we are utilizing
[1:08:02] our control guys to handle
calls within the city.
[1:08:05] 
[1:08:09] And then I'll touch
on bridge jumping.
[1:08:12] Sorry I wasn't
here two weeks ago.
[1:08:15] I heard that was a
pretty hot topic.
[1:08:19] So I talked to Sheriff
Morrison about issues
[1:08:23] and about the damage that's
being done to the Globes
[1:08:27] to the outlets and everything.
[1:08:32] And we discussed some solutions.
[1:08:35] So he approved 32
hours of overtime
[1:08:39] are to be given
out for enforcement
[1:08:42] of the bridge jumping.
[1:08:44] With that it is.
[1:08:46] I put an email out to
our entire staff on.
[1:08:49] We can do full shifts.
[1:08:51] If you want to sit on the
bridge for eight hours
[1:08:54] or you can hang out for
an hour after your shift,
[1:09:00] come in early or
whatever you want.
[1:09:02] Just let me know so I
can track the amount
[1:09:05] of time that is being put out
and the amount of contacts.
[1:09:11] And we have had a couple takers.
[1:09:13] We have issued tickets
for bridge jumping
[1:09:18] and the smoke is coming in, and
we're not seeing a lot of issues
[1:09:23] right now.
[1:09:24] So it is nice though,
that we do have
[1:09:28] that ability to get out there.
[1:09:30] It's extremely hard for us
to do it while on patrol
[1:09:35] and so hopefully we
can put a stop to that.
[1:09:42] Thanks all.
[1:09:45] Thank you.
[1:09:48] Nothing for me.
[1:09:49] OK OK.
[1:09:54] Let's move into Mayor.
[1:09:56] Council comments.
[1:09:57] So we'll start with Shane.
[1:09:59] Thank you mayor.
[1:10:01] So thank you for coming for
your presentation tonight.
[1:10:04] Thank you to staff.
[1:10:06] Over to you, as always, for tons
of work that needs to get done.
[1:10:11] Thank you.
[1:10:11] I ask questions and
I will be person
[1:10:14] that I don't know everything.
[1:10:16] So I know to do that.
[1:10:19] 
[1:10:22] Couple of months ago we
talked a little bit about.
[1:10:27] One of the residents of
the area, Mr. Higgins,
[1:10:31] has some second
homeowner thoughts
[1:10:33] and about taxes on second
homes and things like that.
[1:10:37] I don't know the
legality of that,
[1:10:39] but I believe we're
looking into it.
[1:10:40] So just want to see if
we have any thoughts
[1:10:43] or if anything's
come out of that.
[1:10:45] Council Member from Nancy
pointed me to a book
[1:10:47] that I'm reading
this past week that
[1:10:48] talks about other communities
and communities that
[1:10:52] are doing it.
[1:10:53] So I just kind of want to know.
[1:10:54] I don't know where I
feel on that issue,
[1:10:55] but I just want to
know what's being
[1:10:57] done, what's out there,
what are levers we
[1:10:59] can work with for having.
[1:11:02] Yeah smoke firefighters.
[1:11:04] Thank you.
[1:11:04] First responders.
[1:11:05] Sheriff's Office.
[1:11:07] The fire meeting last Friday
that was well attended.
[1:11:09] Got to talk to Sheriff Morrison.
[1:11:11] And I know how hard you guys
are working to the firefighters.
[1:11:14] So thank you for all of that.
[1:11:16] 
[1:11:19] Yeah my thoughts
and concerns are
[1:11:23] with all the businesses
in the Valley
[1:11:25] is a very hard time consuming.
[1:11:27] It's all very hard heart.
[1:11:29] Very concerned about
parks golf course.
[1:11:33] But I did have a
little fun last night.
[1:11:35] But not last night.
[1:11:36] Last week, but
Council kitty and I
[1:11:38] went and did the jail tour,
which I thought was fascinating.
[1:11:42] So he got an
opportunity to do this.
[1:11:44] And you came back.
[1:11:46] Yeah, that was pretty clear
that I was going to be let out.
[1:11:49] 
[1:11:55] That the first time.
[1:12:01] But he gave Sean he.
[1:12:05] Yeah they run a great operation.
[1:12:08] And so I gotta thank you.
[1:12:10] 
[1:12:13] Yeah I think we're all a little
down with the environment,
[1:12:19] but it could be a
lot worse shape.
[1:12:22] There's communities
that suffer a lot worse.
[1:12:25] But I know businesses
are struggling.
[1:12:29] So I'm trying to shop
local a little bit more.
[1:12:33] And I think we all
got to stick together.
[1:12:37] I appreciate the Sheriff's
Department all you guys doing,
[1:12:40] especially now with the fires.
[1:12:44] But I do appreciate I
have seen the effects
[1:12:48] of a little more presence with
regard to the British dumping.
[1:12:52] And I think that ultimately made
me save some life and property.
[1:12:59] So I appreciate that.
[1:13:00] Did have a question with
regards to the bonding.
[1:13:03] You mentioned the refunds.
[1:13:05] And I'm wondering, do we
have a specific refund
[1:13:08] policy with respect to smoke
and how is that working.
[1:13:13] Yeah, that's a great question.
[1:13:14] So when people make their
reservations, especially
[1:13:16] this time of year, most people
do a seven day reservation
[1:13:19] because a portion of
the RV park is Saturday
[1:13:21] to Saturday open bookings.
[1:13:23] So when anyone makes a
reservation at the RV park,
[1:13:26] it's a two night deposit
that they have to make.
[1:13:28] They can pay for their
whole stay is full,
[1:13:30] but it's a minimum of two
nights that they have to pay.
[1:13:33] So if someone wants to
make a cancellation,
[1:13:35] it has to be to
get a full refund.
[1:13:37] Plus, a cancellation fee has to
be made three weeks in advance.
[1:13:41] Obviously, in instances like
this where people are not
[1:13:44] they're making a decision
closer to so what we have,
[1:13:48] our procedure that we
follow is the day check in.
[1:13:51] If the AQI is reading
over 150, then we
[1:13:54] will allow them to cancel
the reservation with
[1:13:56] and getting their deposit back.
[1:13:58] There is an
administrative fee that we
[1:13:59] have to hold on to which covers
credit card fees essentially.
[1:14:04] But that's the threshold is
150 AQI on the day check in.
[1:14:08] So part of the challenges that
we're dealing with is people are
[1:14:11] calling on a
Tuesday or Wednesday
[1:14:13] to cancel their
check in on Saturday,
[1:14:16] but they have the AQI on the
day check in is what we follow.
[1:14:20] So as we all that the air
quality changes by the hour.
[1:14:24] So while we might predict that
the air quality will be poor.
[1:14:28] We don't know what's going to
happen between now and Saturday.
[1:14:30] So that's where we're
getting some of that pushback
[1:14:32] from customers.
[1:14:33] Or at least it's just
requiring a lot of explanation
[1:14:35] as to here's our procedure,
here's why we set it,
[1:14:38] and sticking to it even when we
get some of those complaints.
[1:14:42] Yeah it's a hard thing
to negotiate, I imagine.
[1:14:47] And we definitely we want
to accommodate our visitors.
[1:14:52] So they're not afraid to
book here in the future.
[1:14:55] And we're encouraging
people to reschedule.
[1:14:59] If you don't want
to come this week,
[1:15:01] why don't you book for October,
maybe change your reservation
[1:15:04] so they can still
come to the RV park,
[1:15:07] but understandable
that they don't
[1:15:08] necessarily want to be camping
in this weather right now.
[1:15:12] Well yeah, just want
to give a special thank
[1:15:19] you for the first responders.
[1:15:21] You're here.
[1:15:22] So thank you.
[1:15:24] And we've had three weeks.
[1:15:25] It hasn't been easy with what
everything is going on here.
[1:15:29] And yeah, it's tough.
[1:15:31] It's tough all around.
[1:15:32] And big shout out
to the Hotshots.
[1:15:37] So yeah.
[1:15:38] So thank you to the housing
authority for the presentation.
[1:15:43] 
[1:15:46] Thank you for that.
[1:15:49] But of course shout out
to all first responders.
[1:15:52] You guys are working
really hard for sure.
[1:15:55] And thank you staff.
[1:15:59] And yeah to echo that
fire Sheriff's it's
[1:16:05] a tough time for everybody.
[1:16:07] We appreciate the
work they put in.
[1:16:11] It was a little bit
eye opening our tour
[1:16:15] down there through the jail.
[1:16:18] We think it's just
taking people in there
[1:16:21] and locking them up
and stepping away.
[1:16:24] It's amazing how
many steps they have
[1:16:26] to go through
medically and systems
[1:16:29] that they have for monitoring.
[1:16:33] Kind of gave me a little bigger
insight of what technology goes
[1:16:39] on with medically monitoring
the people that are in there
[1:16:43] and the challenges they have.
[1:16:45] And I guess my last
thought on that
[1:16:49] is, I think the only
sure, sure way to stop
[1:16:53] that is a physical barrier.
[1:16:56] That But it's a Band-Aid.
[1:16:59] But you're going to really deal.
[1:17:01] I think it's a lot of folks.
[1:17:05] It might be a physical barrier.
[1:17:07] 
[1:17:10] I think I'll keep it short.
[1:17:14] Echo what's been said already.
[1:17:16] And just remind you that these
times, some people woke up
[1:17:20] and they didn't
have a home anymore.
[1:17:22] All those things and we get
concerned about what's happening
[1:17:25] around us, but really
reminding ourselves what we do
[1:17:29] and being grateful that we
still have a home, a place
[1:17:34] to hide out from the snow.
[1:17:36] People out there
watching out for us.
[1:17:39] The city staff watching out
for the entire community.
[1:17:42] There has been a lot of money.
[1:17:43] And then just the
things on parks,
[1:17:46] the benches that the request
on the park right now
[1:17:50] from some people that
there was any funding
[1:17:54] left over for those yet
or that's not closed up.
[1:17:57] I don't have an update on that.
[1:17:58] We still have some open
contracts with work
[1:18:00] out at Lakeside that
has yet to be finished.
[1:18:02] Actually, I should have
shared this as an update.
[1:18:05] We had twin floats for
the swim area at Lakeside
[1:18:08] was kind of one of
those outstanding items.
[1:18:10] That was backordered, and they
started working to pick up
[1:18:13] in last week, and the contractor
started working through this one
[1:18:16] line at Lakeside.
[1:18:18] So once all of our current
contractual obligations
[1:18:21] are paid out.
[1:18:21] That's when I will determine
how we'll proceed with this.
[1:18:26] 
[1:18:29] Yes on a positive note,
I think we're probably
[1:18:32] all semi fire suppression
experts now claim
[1:18:35] dialogue and presentation.
[1:18:37] So thanks for that.
[1:18:39] And then as has
been mentioned, just
[1:18:41] and we're all thinking about all
those direct impacts impacted
[1:18:45] directly and indirectly
with all that's
[1:18:47] going on with all things fire.
[1:18:49] And several folks
have mentioned,
[1:18:51] our small businesses
can use all the help
[1:18:53] they can get around town.
[1:18:55] So when we can
and have capacity,
[1:18:58] we just encourage
everyone to do that.
[1:19:00] And then just
thanks to the public
[1:19:01] for coming out tonight and
staying informed and involved
[1:19:04] and engaged, appreciate that.
[1:19:06] And then great presentation
by the housing authority.
[1:19:10] Really interesting to learn
all that they're involved with.
[1:19:12] And then also some
of the red tape
[1:19:13] that they have to work through.
[1:19:14] And then just at the point of
business not a major surprise,
[1:19:19] but we're in the process
of moving to our new house
[1:19:21] in Hanson, and since I won't
live within city limits anymore,
[1:19:25] August will be my
last month on council.
[1:19:28] So I just want to give
staff time to prepare
[1:19:29] for that vacancy, and looking
forward to staying involved
[1:19:33] and engaged until that time.
[1:19:35] So I am.
[1:19:38] Hanson Community Council
out in that area.
[1:19:41] 
[1:19:45] All right, I will just
echo the first responders.
[1:19:50] Every day I wake up and think,
how can you go out and fight
[1:19:52] this fire all day long.
[1:19:54] And then you see those
tents and they're
[1:19:57] still out sleeping
in smoke and I
[1:20:01] just I don't know
how they do it.
[1:20:03] And it's very humbling to see
everyone who has to work outside
[1:20:09] and be in this environment.
[1:20:11] And they'll go home and
have a smile on your face.
[1:20:14] So thank you for everyone
who's putting in work
[1:20:20] to keep our community safe.
[1:20:22] On that note, I
had a conversation
[1:20:26] with incident
command leader that
[1:20:29] just took over as a team 12.
[1:20:31] I think that was taking
over, and they are working
[1:20:35] to secure their land lease, and
they will be building a fire
[1:20:39] camp in shewan, which will
be about 200 and 250 Watt
[1:20:44] firefighters based in town.
[1:20:47] So it was nice that they
were actually thinking
[1:20:50] about their location, about
where to put this and just
[1:20:53] the economic impact
to help our community
[1:20:56] by where they're putting their
fire, their firefighters.
[1:20:59] So it will be in
the city limits.
[1:21:04] And hopefully we'll start
to see those that fire
[1:21:07] camp being built next week.
[1:21:10] Everyone, I gave you a
copy and emailed you.
[1:21:13] I would love your feedback
on for council and directors
[1:21:17] on the HWC legislative
priorities.
[1:21:20] There's 19 of them.
[1:21:21] I don't expect you to
bring all 19 of those.
[1:21:24] If you can just maybe
pick your top five.
[1:21:26] That would be
helpful for me when
[1:21:28] I'm sitting in a room of 30
to 40 other elected officials
[1:21:32] from other communities across
the state of Washington,
[1:21:36] from a small
communities perspective,
[1:21:38] to make sure that
our feedback is
[1:21:41] represented in
some of the things
[1:21:43] that you see will
be pushing forward.
[1:21:47] And then I'll reiterate,
the Small Business piece
[1:21:51] of this August is our
number two month in revenue
[1:21:54] generation for sales tax.
[1:21:56] And we just heard recently one
of our local lodging businesses
[1:22:01] is currently at 10%
capacity or 10% booked.
[1:22:07] That kind of tells you
this into perspective.
[1:22:10] How in.
[1:22:13] This month of August and
probably around September
[1:22:17] pass on our local
business community,
[1:22:18] coming off of a slow
spring and a slow winter.
[1:22:23] So as everyone said
up here, if you
[1:22:26] can support your local business
as much as you can, that would.
[1:22:32] Every little bit will
help our local community.
[1:22:35] That's just kind of right
now hanging on by a string.
[1:22:37] And I hope that this
fire season isn't
[1:22:40] the straw, that it's the last
straw that they can handle.
[1:22:43] So that is all I have.
[1:22:48] But now I would accept a motion.
[1:22:50] John thank you.
[1:22:54] Thank you.
[1:22:55] All right all those in favor.
[1:22:56] Hi all right.
[1:22:57] We are adjourned.
[1:22:58] Thank you.
[1:23:02] 
[1:23:06] Sir
[1:23:07]