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The December 11th, 2025 De Mo City

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Council meeting is now called to order.

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Council member Mahoney is now going to

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lead us in the pledge. Please stand if

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you're able.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands. One nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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>> Yes.

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» Well, welcome tonight on this dark,

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rainy, cold night. I we appreciate you

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all being here so much. Uh, I just want

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to give a special shout out to my family

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back there coming tonight. I appreciate

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them being here. Thanks. Uh, if you're

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attending on channel 21 or watching

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online, please recognize that we can't

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attend to our phones from the dis. So,

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if you have any technical problems while

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you're watching the meeting tonight, you

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can email the city clerk at city clerk

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at de moinewah.gov.

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Please let the record show that all

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council me council members are present

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and that council member Nutting will be

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participating remotely.

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Do [clears throat] we have any

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correspondence not previously received

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by council?

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>> No, mayor.

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>> All right. Thank you so much. So now

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it's time for comments from the public.

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Tonight we will we will have two public

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hearings uh will where there will be

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separate public comment and that's uh in

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regard to our budget amendments and a

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Wesley master plan. Uh please understand

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that when you do come to give public

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comment, we cannot uh we can't respond

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or interact with you. However, we do

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take note of what you say and we welcome

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your input.

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Uh we ask that if you come forward,

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please keep your comments respectful. Oh

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yes. And then if you have comments with

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regard to the those of two public

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hearing segments, we ask that you hold

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those public comments until that segment

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so that your public comment can be part

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of the record. Thank you so much. So now

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if you do come forward during this

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portion, we ask that you keep your

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comments respectful and you can keep

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your comments to three minutes. Please

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state the your name and the where you

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reside, the city where you reside. So,

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we have several people up tonight. First

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up is Chris Delar Roza. Come on up to

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the podium.

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» Hello, my name is Chris Del Roza, a

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resident of De Moines. I'm following up

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on my public comment for the last

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meeting concerning the 13 flocked

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cameras operating in the city. As

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detailed in my written statement emailed

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to you and the chief of police, the the

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continued use of these cameras pose an

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unacceptable risk to our citizens due to

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security settings that include the use

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of multiffactor authentication, MFA,

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Washington Public Records Act ruling,

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vulnerabilities of human misuse, and

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physical hacking.

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I want to highlight a critical point

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that the chief of police and I discussed

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after the last meeting.

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If the city is using standard MFA where

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an officer just taps uh approve on their

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phone to type in a code uh that is not

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secure for fishing. Only fishing

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restricted MFA which requires a physical

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security token or smart card offers true

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protection against human error and

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hacking. My purposes tonight is to

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request a formal time timeline for

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action. Council, I respectfully ask for

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clarification on the timeline for this

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action. Specifically, when will a

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resolution or motion to decommission and

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remove and permanently disable the 13

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block cameras

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be placed on upcoming council agenda for

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official vote? So, pretty much asking

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when are we going to see this on the

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agenda? We urge you to follow the clear

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president set by your peers in Olympia

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and Redmond to protect the citizens and

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safety of the privacy. They disabled

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their cameras. Thank you.

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>> Thank you, Chris. Next up is Dave

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Kaplan.

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» Good evening, council. Uh Dave Kaplan,

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resident and former council member and

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mayor, not wearing my work hat tonight.

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Um, I wanted to say a few words

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regarding public service. First, I

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wanted to thank um all seven council

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members for their service to our

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community. I think people uh don't

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understand the amount of hours, the

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amount of reading, the amount of

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engagement with the public, not only at

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the council meetings, but otherwise. Um,

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and all of that goes into your ability

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to be able to do the job that you chose

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to do. Uh, which is not an easy job.

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there are a lot of decisions that you

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wind up having to make that are the

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benefit of the city as a whole uh that

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might impact the neighborhood. Um but

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because it's to the benefit of the city

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of the whole those are the kinds of

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things that you wind up having to make

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those tough decisions about. There are

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other things where where there are

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tradeoffs where there are no good

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options and yet you've done that. I'd

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like to particularly call out Council

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Member Mahoney and Mayor Buckston and um

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both have served with distinction uh as

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mayor and as council member for the last

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eight years. They you can argue about

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the way the they approach things some a

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little more robustly than others. Um,

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but both of you have exemplified

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leadership in terms of moving the city

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forward on important issues,

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particularly regarding economic

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development and diversifying our

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community, making it a place that people

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will want to come visit as a way to help

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sustain the city's finances going

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forward. And um, you know, there's been

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a lot of back and forth over the decades

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in that regard. and I appreciate the

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fact that you've continued the effort to

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try and make sure that the city is a

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place that people will want to come to

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regardless of what elements are included

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in that. Um, I'm personally very proud

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of the fact that we went forward with

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the steps. Um, for decades I heard about

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the need to connect the downtown and the

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marina. Heard it from the marina owners

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and heard it from boat owners and heard

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it from the people in downtown, the

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businesses in downtown. you're finally

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you that's moving forward. It's

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something that needs to happen. It's

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something that needs to support the city

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as a whole. Things never change unless

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you take the first step forward. So,

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from the bottom of my heart, I want to

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thank you for your service, all seven of

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you, for the service on the council and

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for you two in particular, for the very

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hard work you've done over the last

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eight years to make our city that much

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better. Thank you.

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>> Thank you, Dave. So appreciated.

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Next up is Betatina Carrie.

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» Good evening everyone. I'm Betina Kerry

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and a resident of the Marina District

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speaking as myself.

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But um tonight I'd like to uh talk for

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all of us to celebrate someone who has

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led our city with heart, vision, and

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unwavering devotion to community. Mayor

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Tracy Buckton. Tracy has lived in De

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Moines for more than 40 years and she

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has poured her that love into our hearts

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every day of her service. Since joining

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the city council in 2017 and becoming

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mayor in 2024, she has guided us with

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grace, steadiness, and a remarkable gift

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for bringing people together. This past

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year, she was also elected as president

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of the Sound Cities Association. A

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tremendous honor for leaders across 38

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cities who recognize what we've always

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recognized about you, and that is that

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you're compassionate, collaborative, and

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incredibly effective.

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And as you prepare to leave office in

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January, I want to acknowledge you as a

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council member and also to acknowledge

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council member Matt Mahoney for his

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contributions and partnerships alongside

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you and during this chapter. Um I've

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only been here less than three years and

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it's been amazing to watch what's gone

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on in here. And he is also in part

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responsible for helping me see De

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Moines's true potential.

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the reason I proudly call this my

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forever home. Mayor Tracy Buckton,

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you've done an amazing job. Matt

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Mahoney, former mayor, you've done an

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amazing job. We are grateful and we

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celebrate you both tonight. Thank you so

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much for your leadership.

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>> Thank you, Betina.

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Next up, Chuck Coleman.

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Good evening, Madame Mayor, city

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council, city manager, and the public.

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Uh, happy holidays and merry Christmas

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to everyone. Uh, Mayor Buckton and

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Council Member Mahoney. Uh, this is a

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letter that was from the Redondo

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Community Association. Uh on behalf of

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them, we want to extend our sincere

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appreciation for your years of service

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to the city of De Moines and to our

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waterfront community. Public leadership

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requires resilience, patience, and no

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small amount of personal sacrifice. We

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are grateful for the time and energy you

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devoted to the city during your tenure

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on the council and as mayor. You're

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consist you consistently showed up to

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meet with our community to listen and to

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engage especially during moments when

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Roondo was seeking direction, clarity,

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or simply a hearing. We noticed and

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appreciated your willingness to be

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present. You played a role in bringing

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strong administrative leadership to the

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city, notably with the hiring of city

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manager Katherine Cathrey, whose impact

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on the city has already been

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significant. Your support of efforts to

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improve safety, including the

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installation of speed cameras and

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recognition on the on the boardwalk as a

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park are deeply appreciated. We are also

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grateful for the support you lent to

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city initiatives that lifted up Red

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Roondo's unique identity, particularly

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recognition of the sixgill shark, the

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partnership with the mass center, and

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the rebuilding of the fishing pier.

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These efforts help shine a light on a

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part of the city that has had great

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potential and they are contributing to a

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growing sense of pride. As you step away

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from elected office, we want want you to

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know that your efforts had an impact.

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The relationship between Roondo

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residents and the city is stronger, more

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engaged, and more forward moving today

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than it ever was. We appreciate your

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role in that progress and wish you the

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very best in whatever comes next. Thank

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you.

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>> Thank you, Chuck.

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>> Next up, Judy Gran.

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» Hi, my name is Judy Grandandy and I live

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in De Moines. Um, earlier today I sent

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all of the city council members, the

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police chief, the city clerk, and the

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city may manager an email today about

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the flock safety cameras, which use the

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automatic license plate recognition,

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also known as ALPR technology. This

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technology is used for mass

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surveillance, and 13 cameras have been

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installed throughout De Moines at an

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annual cost of $37,500.

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This surveillance system compiles

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mountains of sensitive data about De

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Moines residents locations into an

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easily searchable database. The system

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is an enormous target for abuse both

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internally and externally. The system

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can also be physically and/or

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electronically hacked. Um, a recent

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Scadget County court case proved that

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anyone can request access to APL ALPR

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data through a Washington public records

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request. Residents in Olympia, Redmond,

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and other Washington towns have

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requested to have their flock cameras

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deactivated or suspended because of the

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many opportunities for abuse. I'm

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requesting that the city council call

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for a vote either today or at the first

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city council meeting in January to

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decommission the De Moines flock

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cameras.

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Please respond to my quest to my email

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if you have any questions um and to let

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me know what your response is to my

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request. Thank you.

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>> Thank you, Judy.

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Next up, Tina Orwell.

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That's senator in baby talk. [laughter]

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Tina Arwal. I have the honor of

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representing the 33rd legislative

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district in um in Olympia and I live in

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the beautiful city of De Moine. And I'm

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here tonight to thank um you mayor and

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council member Mahoney for your service

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to our community. Um I have been so

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impressed by your presence in De Moines.

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I think of all the activities and events

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um you've been there. You've been there

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for the community. You've also been in

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there for the community in things that

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people maybe don't often see like around

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domestic violence and supporting

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survivors. I also want to thank you for

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your partnership on the airport. Uh, one

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of the things, um, Mayor Buckton is when

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we worked on fixing the failed packages,

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you showed up in Olympia and your

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testimony and support was critical to

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moving that bill. So, I just want to say

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you both have been outstanding leaders

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and you're going to be missed and I know

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you're still living here. We're still

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going to tap you, but again, your your

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service has really made a difference to

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our community. Thank you.

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>> Thank you. [clears throat] Very

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meaningful. Thank you, Tina.

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So, uh, is there anyone I normally ask,

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is there anyone who came tonight wishing

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to speak during public comment and

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didn't recognize that you needed to sign

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in? This is an opportunity for you to

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speak if you'd like.

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Okay.

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Next up is our regional committee

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reports. We're not operating uh accord

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on our traditional committee uh modality

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right now. Uh but we do have uh

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committee uh council members who serve

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on committees out in the region. So this

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is a time for them to report out about

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uh subjects at those tables that might

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be of interest to our citizens. Is there

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any council member that would like to

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report out right now? Council member

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Harris.

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>> Uh thank you. Um, Wednesday was supposed

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to be the last meeting of the emergency

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management advisory committee. However,

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the meeting was scrubbed, sort of moved

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to something else because the uh

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emergency operations center was

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activated due to the flooding and all of

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this stuff. Um I just wanted to note

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that um especially for incoming council

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members um based on what uh Mayor Kaplan

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said um you can do things um these

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little things in regional committees

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that make a difference. when I got

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involved with the EMAC

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there, frankly, there's been a code

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alert um notification system for phones,

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but it um

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didn't work all the time as well as it

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should have. And um you know, one of the

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little things contributions we've been

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able to make is to get that fixed. And I

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encourage everyone who has not signed

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up, please sign up for code alert. It is

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for more than floods. It is things like

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these storms and it provides resources

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to people um in any kind of emergency

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situation like this past week. So um

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please as you come into the council

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consider that there are other services

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that will benefit beyond um just what

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happens up here every couple of weeks.

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Thank you.

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>> Thank you. Council member, anyone else?

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Council member Mahoney,

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>> I attended today the last um Puttown

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Regional Council Transportation Policy

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Board and really the big subject was the

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regional transportation plan. That'll be

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released next week to the public and

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everybody will have until the end of

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January to respond. And so it was a

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great honor to be on that and try to

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influence uh as much as I could to

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benefit our city. Hopefully my

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conversations about fairies and so forth

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uh had some hit some hit some land and

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we'll see what happens. Not that that that's like a bad pun or crossover.

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But anyway, [clears throat] it was uh it

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was an honor to finally get on. I tried

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for six years before I got on it and I

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was really glad that I I could I could

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get that influence at that level. Thank

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you.

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>> Well, you were a good pick for that. I

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appreciate your expertise that you built

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over the years here. So, thank you for

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serving. Anyone else?

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All right. So, we'll move on to the city

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manager's report. I'll pass the baton to

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city manager Katherine Capri.

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>> Uh, mayor and council, we have one item

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on the agenda that is very important

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that we're going to get to in just a

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moment, so do not leave everybody. But

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before that, uh, Victoria Andrews from

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our citizen advisory board. Last night,

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we had our last meeting of the year. And

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so, uh, as a representative from CAB,

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Victoria is going to give a brief kind

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of overview on some of the things CAB

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did this year and then we'll move into

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the highlights of the city manager

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report tonight.

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>> Thank you, city manager Cafrey, and good

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evening everyone. Uh, I am proud to

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represent the citizens advisory board,

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the CAB or the CAB for this report to

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the council. Three of you are intimately

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aware of what we have been doing. And I

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want to begin by thanking our board

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liaison, council member Oxiger, outgoing

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mayor Buckston, and especially our

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chair, deputy manager, deputy mayor

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Steinmets. Thanks to to former mayor

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Mahoney for launching us into existence

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in 2023. And I want to express our

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appreciation to our staff liaison, Tara

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Vaughn, and to Alex Reyes and Bonnie

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Wilkins for the administrative support

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they're providing to Tara and our board.

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For those of you here or watching who

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may not be aware of what the CAB is, we

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are two dozen current and retired

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professionals from a variety of public

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and private affiliations. We volunteered

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for this board because we all want to

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provide meaningful emphasize support to

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the city and we've pushed hard for that.

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We recognize and appreciate that the

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city is allocating staff resources to

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this body and we want to prove we are

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worth the investment. I believe that

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after the last six weeks we have

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demonstrated that we are and that we can

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do more. We were challenged to engage

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with citizens around the survey that is

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kicking off the city's strategic plan

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called charting our course. Colleen Gant

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abley chaired our efforts to engage with

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as many citizens as possible. First our

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neighbors, then our networks. Then

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working behind the scenes, Colleen

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enlisted us to distribute surveys at the

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holiday farmers market, the food bank,

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both libraries, four senior living

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communities, daycare centers, and at the

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tree lighting. We helped the city garner

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around a thousand

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» surveys. and city manager Caffrey said

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that number would not have been possible

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without us. The survey input will help

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the council and staff crystallize what

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our citizens think of De Moines's

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currently and what they hope it will

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look like in 5 to 10 years. A word that

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came up the most often in describing the

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current city was potential.

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Some see that as a negative. The cab

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sees that word as a positive and we say

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yes. How can we help? The CAB

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restructured and expanded this year. In

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addition to representatives from the

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nine neighborhoods, it also has members

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at large. And within the board are three

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subcommittees. Each presented their 2026

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work plans at our meeting last night.

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Briefly, the arts subcommittee chaired

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by Jeff Cromp has done an amazing amount

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of work in a very short time. They have

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six really excellent bands under

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contract for the summer beach park

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concert series and are seeking

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sponsorships to help offset the cost as

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well as planning a poster contest to

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promote the concerts. A sculpture walk

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is planned on April 25th to coincide

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with international sculpture day walk.

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In the works is a jazz blues festival in

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Backstage Alley with the CAB and the De

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Moines Legacy Foundation as co-sponsors.

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They're also working on finding local

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businesses to sponsor new artistic

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utility wraps, summer flower baskets,

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and Christmas decorations. And a digital

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short video contest for high school

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students on why they like living in De

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Moines is another idea the group is

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considering. The human services

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subcommittee is chaired by Karine

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Anderson Ketchmark. Their purpose is to

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recommend grant funds to nonprofits that

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can demonstrate they provide safety net

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services to our neediest citizens, those

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dealing with homelessness, mental health

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issues, domestic violence, sexual

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assault, pregnancy, or food insecurity.

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The city's budget for these grants is

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not large, so it partners with a South

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King County consortium of neighboring

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cities to pull funds for a bigger

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impact. In the past, a full-time staff

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member attended monthly meetings,

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coordinated the grant process, and

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produced financial and service progress

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reports. The subcommittee evaluated and

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prioritized the grants proposals, and

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made a final recommendation to council

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on which would best serve our residents.

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Staff support now has been reduced but

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not eliminated.

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And we are currently in midf funding

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cycle. So each member will likely be

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assigned to review a number of proposals

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after applications go out in March.

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Summer should be busy before the final

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recommendations are made in the fall.

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And finally the senior services

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subcommittee is chaired by Eileen Evans.

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They are planning periodic meetings to

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lay liaison with Wesley Homes, Judson

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Park, Huntington Park, and the Adriana,

548
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sharing information and soliciting ideas

549
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about events they are interested in

550
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because other CAB members are part of

551
00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:51,440
these communities. There's a lot of

552
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,760
collaboration going on with this sub

553
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,360
subcommittee as well as the arts

554
00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:57,280
subcommittee. For example, finding

555
00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:58,960
volunteers willing to transport

556
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residents who are in catered living so

557
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they can attend summer concerts. The

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00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,600
volunteers of the citizens advisory

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board have each demonstrated how much

560
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they care about our city. We ask the

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council and staff to, as I put it, use

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00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,039
us, and we do feel we have become a

563
00:24:15,039 --> 00:24:16,880
valuable partner to supplement what the

564
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staff of a city our size is able to do.

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We're all excited to help with the

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strategic plan process, to solicit

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community input on how how budget

568
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dollars should be spent, and to keep

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pushing to find ways to engage

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uninvolved citizens. Thank you so much.

571
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:35,840
Victoria. Appreciate

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it.

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00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:39,279
>> Okay, I am actually going to come down

574
00:24:39,279 --> 00:24:50,950
to the podium for this next.

575
00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:52,640
don't normally come down here so this

576
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,640
feels different but um we are going to

577
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recognize um council member Matt Mahoney

578
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and then maybe you'll agree to a picture

579
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when you get this lovely um more than a

580
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:07,760
plaque I don't know what else to call it

581
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,159
glass sailboat um and then we can move

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00:25:10,159 --> 00:25:12,080
on to Mayor Buckston and then we'll do a

583
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,080
brief recess so family and friends can

584
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,240
take pictures and things like that so uh

585
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,000
I'm Katherine Cafrey I'm the city

586
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,440
manager um but on behalf of staff. We'd

587
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like to recognize council member Matt

588
00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:25,039
Mahoney for his service to our

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00:25:25,039 --> 00:25:27,279
community. Matt has been part of the

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city council since 2018. He served as

591
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deputy mayor from 2020 to 2021 and then

592
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mayor from 2022 to 2023.

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Matt, your impact is visible across our

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00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,480
community. You helped lead the

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revitalization of the memorial triangle.

596
00:25:43,279 --> 00:25:45,440
You championed the Marina steps. You've

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00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,120
strengthened the city's partnership with

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00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:48,960
the Mast Center. and you've supported

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the development of a passenger ferry.

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You took on quality of life issues like

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00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,279
championing legislation to ban

602
00:25:55,279 --> 00:25:58,000
aftermarket mufflers. You also carried

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00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,679
forward important traditions and

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00:25:59,679 --> 00:26:01,440
touchstones in our community. You've

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00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,120
continued the recognition of Steven J.

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00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:05,919
Underwood's legacy and you have uh

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00:26:05,919 --> 00:26:08,799
advocated for veterans uh in a multitude

608
00:26:08,799 --> 00:26:11,039
of ways and you have been um a

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00:26:11,039 --> 00:26:12,880
consistent leader organizing our

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00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,360
Veterans Day event each year. So, these

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contributions will continue to shape De

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00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,600
Moines long after your term. And while

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all these accomplishments matter, when I

614
00:26:21,679 --> 00:26:23,600
reached out to senior staff and asked

615
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them to share some of their kind of

616
00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,480
favorite things about you, um what staff

617
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,320
spoke most about was the kind of leader

618
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,559
you were. You were a champion for staff,

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not blindly, but with a real respect for

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00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,480
the work it takes to keep this city

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running. You recognized effort,

622
00:26:39,039 --> 00:26:41,200
encouraged us to think boldly, and

623
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trusted that we could rise to the

624
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,559
challenge. Your integrity and

625
00:26:44,559 --> 00:26:45,919
willingness to stand for what you

626
00:26:45,919 --> 00:26:48,080
believed in, especially when it meant

627
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,559
choosing the harder path, left a strong

628
00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:53,520
impression. We also saw the very human

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side of your service. Your eagerness to

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help community members whenever you

631
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could, even when it sometimes caused you

632
00:26:59,039 --> 00:27:02,000
a little trouble. Your generosity, I

633
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,760
will say this staff person said you were

634
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,360
particularly generous with your scotch

635
00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:06,960
collection. I can't really speak to

636
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,720
that, but apparently he is. uh and your

637
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,799
deep unwavering support for everything

638
00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:16,080
wide. So from the mass center and SR3 to

639
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,559
coastal cleanup and tenant associations,

640
00:27:18,559 --> 00:27:21,120
our marina team in particular um shared

641
00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:22,559
how much your engagement has meant to

642
00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:24,480
them. So Matt, thank you for your

643
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,400
leadership, your conviction, and your

644
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,080
support for this organization,

645
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,799
especially during my first year here. Um

646
00:27:30,799 --> 00:27:32,400
we are grateful for your service and

647
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:44,364
wish you the very best.

648
00:27:44,374 --> 00:27:50,789
» [applause]

649
00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:52,480
» and and council. I was thinking when we

650
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,000
break for the reception, we could do

651
00:27:54,000 --> 00:28:07,944
like full photos with you all, but

652
00:28:07,954 --> 00:28:14,950
» [clears throat]

653
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,720
» Mayor, do you want to say anything about

654
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,320
Council Member Mahoney and then we'll

655
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:19,440
talk about

656
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:23,919
>> Oh, heavens. Uh, oh my goodness.

657
00:28:23,919 --> 00:28:26,880
Well, in this in this playing field as

658
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:30,559
far as um people that I met, he was the

659
00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:35,200
first to become my friend. And um I felt

660
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,120
like a like a brother kind of. I mean,

661
00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:39,279
we ran at the same time, got elected at

662
00:28:39,279 --> 00:28:41,919
the same time. We've been to every we

663
00:28:41,919 --> 00:28:44,159
were at every single council meeting all

664
00:28:44,159 --> 00:28:47,039
along the time that we ran together and

665
00:28:47,039 --> 00:28:49,120
championed a lot of the same things. I

666
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:50,799
thought a couple of other things,

667
00:28:50,799 --> 00:28:53,279
Waterland Way, I mean, that was kind of

668
00:28:53,279 --> 00:28:56,000
born out of and a real champion in a

669
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,919
backstage alley. So, I have appreciated

670
00:28:59,919 --> 00:29:02,720
Matt so much, his support. I mean, that

671
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,799
guy, I've been jealous at how prepared

672
00:29:04,799 --> 00:29:07,600
he can come to to a meeting and how

673
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,880
eloquent he can be in supporting the

674
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,240
things that are important to him. He's

675
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,360
above and beyond. Uh, anybody who gets

676
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,840
him for the energy of the rest of his

677
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,840
life is blessed. and so I've been really

678
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,840
honored to serve alongside of him. Thank

679
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:30,310
you, Matt.

680
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,880
» Yeah, I I wanted to to share a little

681
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:37,840
bit about um I met Matt during the 2017

682
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,399
campaign when I ran the first time and

683
00:29:40,399 --> 00:29:43,039
somebody else beat me

684
00:29:43,039 --> 00:29:45,440
and she's gone on to great things. Uh

685
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,320
but Matt Matt and I during the campaign

686
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,240
kept showing up at all the same events

687
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:51,919
and we started talking. and and we

688
00:29:51,919 --> 00:29:54,720
actually became friends uh during that

689
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:58,480
process. Um he's really just a great guy

690
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,640
who's full of energy and was always

691
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,279
concerned about what he thought was best

692
00:30:03,279 --> 00:30:06,000
for De Moines and how to do that and how

693
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,520
to get people how to bring them along to

694
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,000
his vision. Uh, I think one thing that

695
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,159
hasn't been mentioned here tonight is

696
00:30:14,159 --> 00:30:16,320
that when Matt became mayor, it was

697
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,200
during COVID and it was during a period

698
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,279
that was incredibly

699
00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:24,720
uh turbulent. Uh, that was then followed

700
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,960
of course by hyperinflation

701
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:30,480
and budgeting became a nightmare. uh and

702
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,320
yet he managed to sort of keep that

703
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:35,919
steady

704
00:30:35,919 --> 00:30:39,679
pace uh keep things on a very steady

705
00:30:39,679 --> 00:30:43,600
course uh for the city of De Moines. Um

706
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,840
and I think that you know we forget

707
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:52,000
sometimes what happened u but boy he did

708
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,880
just an incredible job of sort of

709
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,039
keeping a lid on everything. The other

710
00:30:57,039 --> 00:30:58,960
thing, Matt, uh, that really stands out

711
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,559
is Matt is the kind of guy to just take

712
00:31:02,559 --> 00:31:04,559
the bull by the horns and deal with a

713
00:31:04,559 --> 00:31:08,240
problem. Um, and he'd certainly done

714
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:09,919
that on a number of occasions. It

715
00:31:09,919 --> 00:31:12,480
stepped on some toes uh, occasionally,

716
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,840
but he is also the one uh, that

717
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,080
recognizing that the former city uh,

718
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,600
manager needed to leave uh, and went in

719
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,120
and negotiated that exit. Uh, and you

720
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,840
know that just that's a hard thing to

721
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,720
do. I don't know if everybody recognizes

722
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,880
how difficult that could be. Um,

723
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,399
particularly somebody that had sort of

724
00:31:34,399 --> 00:31:37,760
been an ally. Uh, but it was time and

725
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,880
Matt saw that and he just took the lead

726
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,480
uh and managed to do that. He has uh, as

727
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,799
I me has been mentioned, he was deputy

728
00:31:46,799 --> 00:31:50,080
mayor and then became uh, mayor. He's

729
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,279
always been focused on economic issues.

730
00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:54,799
Uh

731
00:31:54,799 --> 00:31:57,120
he's a veteran and championed the

732
00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,760
Veterans Memorial. Uh he was actually

733
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,559
the one that made the motion to take

734
00:32:02,559 --> 00:32:05,360
$100,000 away from the steps and put it

735
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,240
towards the Redondo Pier so we could get

736
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,919
it done. And that is one of the things

737
00:32:11,919 --> 00:32:13,679
that has really characterized Matt's

738
00:32:13,679 --> 00:32:16,880
time on the council is getting something

739
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,080
done and seeing the path to do that. So,

740
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,480
I just want to say, Matt, thank you very

741
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:23,760
much for your time. You've been a good

742
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:38,149
friend, and I appreciate it.

743
00:32:38,159 --> 00:32:40,000
» So, we would like to recognize Mayor

744
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,000
Tracy Buckton for her service to our

745
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,840
community. Tracy has been a part of the

746
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,159
city council since 2018. She served as

747
00:32:46,159 --> 00:32:50,240
deputy mayor 2022 to 2023 and mayor 2024

748
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,000
through 2025.

749
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,600
Tracy, your leadership has made a

750
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,600
lasting impact on De Moines. You were

751
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,519
fiercely committed to improving our

752
00:32:57,519 --> 00:33:00,000
community engagement and communications.

753
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,000
You always make sure residents feel

754
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,640
informed and connected. You advanced the

755
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,039
public park zone speed safety program.

756
00:33:07,039 --> 00:33:08,720
You've championed the steps. You've

757
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,480
supported the passenger ferry. And you

758
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,159
continue to work with regional partners

759
00:33:12,159 --> 00:33:14,640
to really bring services to De Moines.

760
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,320
You've also strengthened our regional

761
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,320
presence. You've helped moved Skip

762
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,559
forward and represented our city as vice

763
00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:22,399
president and now president of the Sound

764
00:33:22,399 --> 00:33:24,640
Cities Association, which is a

765
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,039
collection of 38 cities in King County.

766
00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:29,200
And Tracy is the president. Your

767
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,519
advocacy from human services and mental

768
00:33:31,519 --> 00:33:33,519
health support to small businesses and

769
00:33:33,519 --> 00:33:35,760
public safety have shaped our city's

770
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,559
direction in meaningful ways. So many of

771
00:33:38,559 --> 00:33:40,320
the comments I heard from staff were

772
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,519
about who you were as um a guiding force

773
00:33:43,519 --> 00:33:45,600
for our organization. They consistently

774
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,600
shared how seriously you approached the

775
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,840
responsibility of being mayor, how

776
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:51,760
intentional you are in your decisions,

777
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:53,679
and how deeply you care about serving

778
00:33:53,679 --> 00:33:55,919
the community well. They talked about

779
00:33:55,919 --> 00:33:58,159
your sincerity, your authenticity, and

780
00:33:58,159 --> 00:33:59,840
the genuine way you showed up for

781
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:01,760
people, whether in big moments or small

782
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,519
gestures.

783
00:34:03,519 --> 00:34:05,519
Man, I kind of tear. I got to stop

784
00:34:05,519 --> 00:34:06,799
looking at you. Okay, I'm going to look

785
00:34:06,799 --> 00:34:09,760
over here. Uh Tracy's engagement with

786
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,760
the community was unmatched. You were

787
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,399
truly everywhere. You were listening,

788
00:34:14,399 --> 00:34:17,040
encouraging, making people feel valued.

789
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:18,879
Your support for employees has been

790
00:34:18,879 --> 00:34:21,119
evident. Your enthusiasm for our

791
00:34:21,119 --> 00:34:22,720
waterfront has brought energy and

792
00:34:22,720 --> 00:34:25,040
momentum to ideas that will shape our

793
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,760
future. And on a personal note, I was at

794
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,760
the Sound Cities Association annual

795
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,520
meeting last week where Tracy was

796
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,079
recognized for her service and their

797
00:34:34,079 --> 00:34:36,480
executive director began his comments by

798
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,919
saying, "Oh, cry. Working for Tracy

799
00:34:39,919 --> 00:34:41,520
Buckton is one of the best things that

800
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,919
happened to me this year." So, let me

801
00:34:43,919 --> 00:34:46,480
now say, "Working for Tracy Buckton is

802
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:47,839
one of the best things that happened to

803
00:34:47,839 --> 00:34:50,560
me this year." So, I am forever grateful

804
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,560
for you being you during this past year

805
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,399
of tremendous transition in our

806
00:34:54,399 --> 00:34:56,320
organization and community. We thank you

807
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,560
so much and wish you all the best with

808
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:05,839
what you do next.

809
00:35:05,849 --> 00:35:14,354
[applause]

810
00:35:14,364 --> 00:35:21,270
» [applause]

811
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:28,230
» Thank you.

812
00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:56,470
Photoshop.

813
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,079
So, I don't know if the council wanted

814
00:35:58,079 --> 00:35:59,760
to say anything. Yeah, go ahead, Deputy

815
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,680
Mayor.

816
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,520
Yeah, I just want to echo that working

817
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,040
with Tracy is one of the best things

818
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:08,880
that's ever happened to me. So, she is

819
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:10,800
um

820
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:12,800
she has truly taught me the power of

821
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,400
kindness

822
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,480
both in this job and other things. And

823
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,040
it's really um you know, her tenure

824
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:23,760
began in 2018 after what was really just

825
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,720
a great campaign between the two of us.

826
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:30,640
Uh we talked about the city, how we saw

827
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,880
it, and the future. Um and that's the

828
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,040
way campaign should be. It shouldn't be

829
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:40,880
about criticizing uh other people. So,

830
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,440
um Tracy and I don't always agree on

831
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:48,000
everything. Um but, you know, we are

832
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,880
usually able to work it all out. Um and

833
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,200
even if we ended up on the other side uh

834
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,320
of of issues, that never carried over.

835
00:36:56,320 --> 00:37:01,040
uh her commitment to,

836
00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,440
you know, local improvements,

837
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:06,240
her commitment to municipal facilities,

838
00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:09,440
community programs, on top of her

839
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,920
regional leadership that she brought to

840
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:16,079
this job. I mean, you know, every mayor

841
00:37:16,079 --> 00:37:17,760
everywhere.

842
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,079
It's just absolutely amazing the

843
00:37:20,079 --> 00:37:22,880
connections uh that she's been able to

844
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:27,440
make. Uh and her style of constantly

845
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,359
reaching out, constantly talking to

846
00:37:29,359 --> 00:37:34,240
people um has really, I think, brought

847
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:38,480
this city back together uh in a way uh

848
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,839
that it desperately needed to do. And

849
00:37:41,839 --> 00:37:44,320
so, um, I just want to say that I

850
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,640
really, really appreciate everything

851
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,040
that Tracy has done. Her focus on

852
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,440
economic development, environmental

853
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,720
stewardship, public safety, and building

854
00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:57,760
those regional partnerships has made De

855
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,000
Moines a better place and a place that

856
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,880
people want to come to. So, uh, thank

857
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,520
you very much for your time.

858
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,400
>> Appreciate you.

859
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,280
>> Thank you.

860
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,280
I didn't know we were going to make

861
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,920
statements, so so I'm not as prepared.

862
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:16,480
Um, you guys

863
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,280
>> notice you're going to make statements

864
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:22,160
>> in this particular area. Yeah. Um, but

865
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,560
no, uh, this city's fortunate to have

866
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,480
somebody like Tracy that loves this city

867
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:29,040
so much, you can only hope you get

868
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:32,400
somebody like her in the future. Um

869
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,440
she's one of those people that is so

870
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:39,440
kind and um I almost in some ways I

871
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:40,880
might have been the bad cup when she was

872
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,680
the good cop. Um, and [clears throat] so

873
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:45,760
be it. But you need that yin and yang.

874
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:47,920
And we were we were an effective team

875
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:51,440
together in that regard. And uh, we saw

876
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,760
the same visions of the city and we

877
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,079
could see the repeated struggles and the

878
00:38:56,079 --> 00:38:58,320
in cycle of insanity. We continued to

879
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,960
follow and we knew we needed to break

880
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:04,240
that. And uh, I just appreciated that

881
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:06,480
she was steadfast in that vision as much

882
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:10,079
as anybody was. And uh

883
00:39:10,079 --> 00:39:12,240
from the bottom of my heart, we weren't

884
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:14,000
as close the last couple years. We had

885
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,359
our differences, but one thing that I

886
00:39:17,359 --> 00:39:20,240
can say about Tracy that

887
00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:24,079
uh that is genuine is that she never

888
00:39:24,079 --> 00:39:26,720
stopped loving this community and being

889
00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:30,240
everywhere and every in every place and

890
00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:32,240
her enthusiasm

891
00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:35,119
was at an affection level stronger than

892
00:39:35,119 --> 00:39:38,332
any co could ever be. Thank you.

893
00:39:38,332 --> 00:39:40,550
[laughter]

894
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,440
» Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

895
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:44,720
>> Well, if you want to take a quick break

896
00:39:44,720 --> 00:39:47,599
for some photos. Absolutely. A quick

897
00:39:47,599 --> 00:39:53,270
break about 10 minutes.

898
00:39:53,280 --> 00:40:00,710
Do you mind doing the photo real quick?

899
00:40:00,720 --> 00:41:23,270
Oh, yeah. Grab our

900
00:41:23,280 --> 00:52:01,349
family members.

901
00:52:01,359 --> 00:52:03,040
The De Moines City Council meeting is

902
00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:05,359
now called back to order. The next item

903
00:52:05,359 --> 00:52:07,359
on our agenda tonight is the consent

904
00:52:07,359 --> 00:52:09,440
calendar. Could the clerk please read

905
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:10,720
the calendar for us?

906
00:52:10,720 --> 00:52:13,119
>> Item one, approval of vouchers. Item

907
00:52:13,119 --> 00:52:16,000
two, approval of minutes. Item three,

908
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:18,400
creating public safety sales tax fund.

909
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:22,079
Second reading. Item four, 2026 vehicle

910
00:52:22,079 --> 00:52:26,079
purchase. Item five, 2026 to 2027 on

911
00:52:26,079 --> 00:52:28,240
call on on call consultant agreements

912
00:52:28,240 --> 00:52:30,640
for civil engineering services. Item

913
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:32,480
six, planning commission ordinance,

914
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:35,359
second reading. Item seven, marina steps

915
00:52:35,359 --> 00:52:37,440
innovative storm water bio retention

916
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:40,160
testing on call general engineering

917
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:42,480
services task assignment with Somas.

918
00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:44,720
Item eight, animal control contract.

919
00:52:44,720 --> 00:52:47,520
Item nine, 16th Avenue, pipe project

920
00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:49,119
consultant on call agreement task

921
00:52:49,119 --> 00:52:51,200
assignment for engineering services. And

922
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:52,559
that concludes the consent agenda.

923
00:52:52,559 --> 00:52:53,359
Mayor,

924
00:52:53,359 --> 00:52:55,280
>> thank you so much. Do I have a motion?

925
00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:56,800
Council member Mahoney.

926
00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:59,200
>> So moved.

927
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:00,160
>> Do I have a second?

928
00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:00,960
>> Second.

929
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:03,280
for Deputy Mayor Steinmets. Is

930
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:05,599
there is there an item that any council

931
00:53:05,599 --> 00:53:08,319
member wishes to pull?

932
00:53:08,319 --> 00:53:10,000
All right. All in favor, raise your

933
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:12,240
right hand.

934
00:53:12,240 --> 00:53:14,000
It looks like it's unanimous. Thank you

935
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:17,200
so much.

936
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:22,079
>> Yeah. Excellent. Okay. Up next is uh

937
00:53:22,079 --> 00:53:24,079
public hearing number one in regard to

938
00:53:24,079 --> 00:53:26,160
our bianial budget. The purpose of this

939
00:53:26,160 --> 00:53:28,640
item is for the council to consider

940
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:32,480
amending the 2025 2026 bianial budget. I

941
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:35,119
will now open the public hearing.

942
00:53:35,119 --> 00:53:36,800
We'll begin with a staff presentation

943
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:41,040
with finance director Jeff Friend.

944
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:43,280
>> Uh good evening, Mayor uh council.

945
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:44,960
members of the public and also I'd like

946
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:46,720
to add a happy holiday season for

947
00:53:46,720 --> 00:53:49,280
everybody. Uh Jeff Friend, finance

948
00:53:49,280 --> 00:53:52,480
director, uh presenting the 202526

949
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:54,960
banual budget amendments. Uh this is the

950
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:56,880
second reading. The first reading was on

951
00:53:56,880 --> 00:54:00,559
November 13th uh last month.

952
00:54:00,559 --> 00:54:04,480
We're going to begin with an overview um

953
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:06,800
a little refresher with about the budget

954
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:09,200
u bianial budgeting process. Uh then

955
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:10,559
we're going to talk about the general

956
00:54:10,559 --> 00:54:12,000
fund, spend some time there since the

957
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:14,319
general fund is our daily uh day-to-day

958
00:54:14,319 --> 00:54:17,200
operations, and then uh finish up with

959
00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:19,680
uh some slides on the other funds

960
00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:22,720
outside of the general fund. So bianial

961
00:54:22,720 --> 00:54:25,040
budgeting, biianial budgeting, I don't

962
00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:26,800
know why I can't say it tonight. Uh what

963
00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:29,040
it is, budgeting two years at a time

964
00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:32,559
instead of one. So u municipalities have

965
00:54:32,559 --> 00:54:35,680
uh a choice the state uh allows. You can

966
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:38,800
budget annually uh for one year at a

967
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:41,920
time or bianually uh budgeting two years

968
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:45,760
at a time and uh early last year uh the

969
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:47,680
council approved the change from

970
00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:50,720
budgeting annually uh to bianually. So

971
00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:54,240
this is our first the 202526 budget is

972
00:54:54,240 --> 00:54:56,559
the first uh bianial budget uh the city

973
00:54:56,559 --> 00:55:00,160
has done and how it works is year one uh

974
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:03,119
which is uh in this case with this

975
00:55:03,119 --> 00:55:06,000
budget was 2024. So that is when the

976
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:07,760
budget is adopted. So council approves

977
00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:09,920
the budget for both years. Uh so last

978
00:55:09,920 --> 00:55:13,920
year uh about a year ago uh the council

979
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:17,200
approved uh the budget for 2025 and they

980
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:20,319
approved the budget uh for 2026. all at

981
00:55:20,319 --> 00:55:23,200
once. Uh year two, which is this year

982
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:26,400
2025, uh state law requires that a

983
00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:29,440
midbian review is done. So we review the

984
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:32,160
revenues, expenditures, and priorities

985
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:35,599
uh and make adjustments as needed. So um

986
00:55:35,599 --> 00:55:38,240
if you do budget two years at a time,

987
00:55:38,240 --> 00:55:40,720
you can't adopt a budget for two years

988
00:55:40,720 --> 00:55:43,839
and then do nothing for a year. Uh and

989
00:55:43,839 --> 00:55:45,119
the reason you would want to do a mid

990
00:55:45,119 --> 00:55:46,960
bianium review anyway is because you

991
00:55:46,960 --> 00:55:49,680
learn more as time progresses. You know,

992
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:51,520
different uh transactions occur and

993
00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:53,599
whatnot.

994
00:55:53,599 --> 00:55:55,599
So bianial budgeting the advantages were

995
00:55:55,599 --> 00:55:57,920
it saves time and resources. It improves

996
00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:00,079
long-term planning. Uh it enhances

997
00:56:00,079 --> 00:56:01,920
oversight and it's less there's less

998
00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:04,400
politization uh of the budget process

999
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:05,839
because it does not occur during an

1000
00:56:05,839 --> 00:56:08,319
election year. So it saves times and

1001
00:56:08,319 --> 00:56:10,400
resources and enhances oversight.

1002
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:12,960
They're kind of related because uh

1003
00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:15,839
department heads and uh staff members

1004
00:56:15,839 --> 00:56:21,280
who are managing a budget spend less time doing paperwork uh with this

1005
00:56:21,280 --> 00:56:23,040
process than if they had to build from a

1006
00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:25,680
budget from scratch every year and

1007
00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:27,440
enhances oversight because they're not

1008
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:30,240
doing all that uh paperwork uh every

1009
00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:32,880
year. That gives them more time to over

1010
00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:34,960
um have oversight over the performance

1011
00:56:34,960 --> 00:56:37,839
of their programs. and where we are now.

1012
00:56:37,839 --> 00:56:40,880
Uh we are at the tail end of the midbian

1013
00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:44,640
review. Uh so we reviewed the um 2026

1014
00:56:44,640 --> 00:56:47,119
budget and we have recommended um made

1015
00:56:47,119 --> 00:56:49,839
budget amendment recommendations. Uh I

1016
00:56:49,839 --> 00:56:51,680
want to clarify is not a new budget. So

1017
00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:54,000
we're just making adjustments to the

1018
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:57,760
budget that was adopted uh for 2026 uh

1019
00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:01,920
last year and also for 2025.

1020
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:04,640
So this is a schedule that shows the

1021
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:08,640
timeline of the med bianium review and

1022
00:57:08,640 --> 00:57:10,880
you are here December 11th we're at the

1023
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:13,040
end.

1024
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:15,920
So um there's a lot of work that went

1025
00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:18,160
that took place before we got to the end

1026
00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:20,559
to the second reading of the amendments.

1027
00:57:20,559 --> 00:57:22,720
Um, beginning earlier this year back in

1028
00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:25,359
July, uh, we did a call uh, to out to

1029
00:57:25,359 --> 00:57:27,760
departments uh, for amendments and

1030
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:30,319
adjustments. And then in late July into

1031
00:57:30,319 --> 00:57:33,280
August, um,

1032
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:35,440
I believe it was July, oh, August,

1033
00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:37,599
around August, we had budget meetings

1034
00:57:37,599 --> 00:57:39,839
with each department and, uh, went line

1035
00:57:39,839 --> 00:57:41,680
by line through the budgets, uh, looked

1036
00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:44,160
at their projections. Uh, when we got

1037
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:46,720
into September, we updated the forecast.

1038
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:49,440
Uh then if you were at earlier meetings

1039
00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:51,920
uh you might have seen uh we had public

1040
00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:53,599
hearings in regard to property tax

1041
00:57:53,599 --> 00:57:55,920
levies and also u there was a budget

1042
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:57,520
presentation to the citizens advisory

1043
00:57:57,520 --> 00:57:59,680
board. So all of those things took place

1044
00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:02,240
earlier this year. uh we got into

1045
00:58:02,240 --> 00:58:05,520
November. November we had the first um

1046
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:07,760
reading of the budget amendments for the

1047
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:11,200
bianial budget and now a month later due

1048
00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:12,880
to the you know Thanksgiving holiday and

1049
00:58:12,880 --> 00:58:15,440
whatnot uh we are at the second public

1050
00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:18,400
hearing for the amendments.

1051
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:21,440
So on to the general fund

1052
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:23,200
um the general fund in the budget

1053
00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:25,280
amendments. So we're working on both

1054
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:27,920
years and amending them both. So, uh,

1055
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:29,359
adjustment to revenue, we are

1056
00:58:29,359 --> 00:58:33,280
increasing, uh, overall revenue for, uh,

1057
00:58:33,280 --> 00:58:36,720
2025 by about $95,000

1058
00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:40,000
and in 2026, we are decreasing our re

1059
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:43,680
our expectations by about $317,000.

1060
00:58:43,680 --> 00:58:45,760
Um, I want to also comment that the

1061
00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:48,000
details of everything is in the packet

1062
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:50,079
uh, in the agenda item. And so, these

1063
00:58:50,079 --> 00:58:52,160
slides are very much an overview and and

1064
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:55,760
highlights u of those amendments. So it

1065
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:57,119
doesn't have the slides don't have

1066
00:58:57,119 --> 00:58:58,960
everything but they have the most uh

1067
00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:00,799
pertinent items that we felt should be

1068
00:59:00,799 --> 00:59:05,119
on display on the slides. So uh 2025 um

1069
00:59:05,119 --> 00:59:08,160
the reason you might see the schedule on

1070
00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:10,400
the bottom of the slide uh that shows

1071
00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:13,040
the revenue categories of uh sales tax

1072
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:16,160
and BNO tax there and those reductions.

1073
00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:18,559
Um, so

1074
00:59:18,559 --> 00:59:20,640
you say, well, you're reducing it a lot.

1075
00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:24,559
Um, in that 2025 column on the right,

1076
00:59:24,559 --> 00:59:27,119
yet on the schedule above, it says we're

1077
00:59:27,119 --> 00:59:30,079
increasing it by $95,000. So overall for

1078
00:59:30,079 --> 00:59:32,240
both years, um, we needed to adjust our

1079
00:59:32,240 --> 00:59:35,280
expectations for sales tax and BNO tax.

1080
00:59:35,280 --> 00:59:37,280
And we have different types. We have

1081
00:59:37,280 --> 00:59:39,839
regular sales tax and BNO tax and

1082
00:59:39,839 --> 00:59:42,960
one-time sales tax and BNO tax. And the

1083
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:45,680
difference is is if there's a project uh

1084
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:47,200
construction project happening in the

1085
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:49,599
city that's permitted at $50 million or

1086
00:59:49,599 --> 00:59:52,319
more, we consider that to be one-time

1087
00:59:52,319 --> 00:59:54,079
funds. So that's not something that's

1088
00:59:54,079 --> 00:59:56,079
going to happen every day. So we we

1089
00:59:56,079 --> 00:59:57,920
classify that one differently. And then

1090
00:59:57,920 --> 00:59:59,359
regular sales taxes that you buy

1091
00:59:59,359 --> 01:00:01,599
something from Amazon, uh the city gets

1092
01:00:01,599 --> 01:00:04,240
sales tax. That's just regular sales

1093
01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:05,839
tax. You know, if you go shopping in the

1094
01:00:05,839 --> 01:00:08,240
city or do online ordering. So that's

1095
01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:09,760
the difference between the two. We break

1096
01:00:09,760 --> 01:00:11,760
them out on the accounting side. And the

1097
01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:13,440
square footage tax we've talked about in

1098
01:00:13,440 --> 01:00:15,680
a few meetings uh this year. That's a

1099
01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:18,160
new tax that was uh adopted at the end

1100
01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:20,559
of last year, implemented for the first

1101
01:00:20,559 --> 01:00:23,520
time this year. So in regards to all

1102
01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:25,440
these taxes, you'll see that the sales

1103
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:28,319
tax for one-time uh transactions and BNO

1104
01:00:28,319 --> 01:00:31,119
tax also for one-time transactions uh

1105
01:00:31,119 --> 01:00:33,760
are being reduced this year. that they

1106
01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:36,640
were just um BNO regular BNO tax was

1107
01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:38,880
just over budgeted and then the one-time

1108
01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:41,359
sales taxes because we didn't have we

1109
01:00:41,359 --> 01:00:45,119
had projects that were on the horizon

1110
01:00:45,119 --> 01:00:47,280
but we weren't too clear on the the

1111
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:48,640
timing of when they were going to begin

1112
01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:51,280
back when we were budgeting in 2024. Uh

1113
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:53,680
so those uh we hadn't seen the revenue

1114
01:00:53,680 --> 01:00:55,040
come in yet. So that's why we have to

1115
01:00:55,040 --> 01:00:57,520
reduce our expectations for that. Um the

1116
01:00:57,520 --> 01:01:00,960
square footage tax again um it was an

1117
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:03,359
issue of difficulty of ramping up that

1118
01:01:03,359 --> 01:01:05,920
tax this year uh implementing it uh for

1119
01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:08,960
the first time and uh believe in the

1120
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:11,599
first quarter we had collected $30,000.

1121
01:01:11,599 --> 01:01:14,960
Um and as you can see we budgeted 840 so

1122
01:01:14,960 --> 01:01:18,000
it wasn't a great start. Um by the

1123
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:20,160
second quarter we had 103,000 but

1124
01:01:20,160 --> 01:01:22,799
through November we had about 300 uh I

1125
01:01:22,799 --> 01:01:26,000
believe 26,000. So, um, through all the

1126
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:28,319
work of of getting businesses to comply

1127
01:01:28,319 --> 01:01:31,040
with the tax and collecting that tax,

1128
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:33,760
uh, it seemed like reality was saying

1129
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:35,520
$515,000

1130
01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:38,319
was a more realistic expectation than

1131
01:01:38,319 --> 01:01:41,920
$840 and $865,000.

1132
01:01:41,920 --> 01:01:45,040
Uh and then lastly um yeah then sales

1133
01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:48,559
regular sales tax um for 2026 we were

1134
01:01:48,559 --> 01:01:51,520
reducing by $70,000 uh just because of

1135
01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:54,400
economic uncertainty. Uh uncertainty has

1136
01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:56,160
just been a key word in discussing the

1137
01:01:56,160 --> 01:01:58,640
economy this year uh like with our

1138
01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:01,040
broker that we invest with. They said

1139
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:02,799
they have almost like a swear jar for

1140
01:02:02,799 --> 01:02:04,319
anytime anybody says [laughter]

1141
01:02:04,319 --> 01:02:06,960
uncertainty. Um so we just we did a

1142
01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:08,720
minor reduction. We expect it just to

1143
01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:11,200
kind of stay flat hopefully. Um, but we

1144
01:02:11,200 --> 01:02:13,119
didn't want to overestimate

1145
01:02:13,119 --> 01:02:15,119
um how well the economy would do or

1146
01:02:15,119 --> 01:02:16,960
sales tax growth. If it if it comes in

1147
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:18,720
higher, that's great. Um, but we didn't

1148
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:21,200
want to rely on revenue that might not

1149
01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:24,789
be there.

1150
01:02:24,799 --> 01:02:27,440
Okay. For expenditures, um, I mentioned

1151
01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:29,280
that we had department uh budget

1152
01:02:29,280 --> 01:02:31,040
meetings

1153
01:02:31,040 --> 01:02:33,040
uh where we had line by line review uh

1154
01:02:33,040 --> 01:02:35,200
with all the leadership of each uh

1155
01:02:35,200 --> 01:02:38,160
department. Um, so that was the initial

1156
01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:41,200
uh approach. Uh then when all that

1157
01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:43,040
information is collected uh the

1158
01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:44,880
assistant city manager, city manager and

1159
01:02:44,880 --> 01:02:47,200
myself uh three of we look at everything

1160
01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:49,040
and then that's when we that's when

1161
01:02:49,040 --> 01:02:52,000
decisions are made. Um because these are

1162
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:54,480
really requests by the department. Um

1163
01:02:54,480 --> 01:02:56,640
but we see how everything shakes out

1164
01:02:56,640 --> 01:02:58,799
once we gather everybody's information.

1165
01:02:58,799 --> 01:03:02,000
And then so after that took place um

1166
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:04,079
following the city manager's direction

1167
01:03:04,079 --> 01:03:06,160
uh departments were asked uh for

1168
01:03:06,160 --> 01:03:08,240
scenarios where they cut just across the

1169
01:03:08,240 --> 01:03:10,880
board 3% of their budget and 5% of their

1170
01:03:10,880 --> 01:03:13,839
budget. So and again not that that we

1171
01:03:13,839 --> 01:03:16,319
didn't incorporate every suggestion but

1172
01:03:16,319 --> 01:03:18,799
again that was just again we pull that

1173
01:03:18,799 --> 01:03:20,960
together see where we're at um and then

1174
01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:22,559
more decisions were made and that those

1175
01:03:22,559 --> 01:03:24,960
are are reflected in these amendments.

1176
01:03:24,960 --> 01:03:26,960
But the goal throughout the whole

1177
01:03:26,960 --> 01:03:28,799
process is to minimize the impact of

1178
01:03:28,799 --> 01:03:31,119
city services as much as we can. So we

1179
01:03:31,119 --> 01:03:33,119
look where there can be cuts, you know,

1180
01:03:33,119 --> 01:03:34,880
look at where maybe that somebody's

1181
01:03:34,880 --> 01:03:36,880
projecting less than what was budgeted

1182
01:03:36,880 --> 01:03:39,039
for their expenditures and and go from

1183
01:03:39,039 --> 01:03:41,200
there.

1184
01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:44,799
Um cost drivers. So what's the challenge

1185
01:03:44,799 --> 01:03:46,559
for the city is I believe I heard the

1186
01:03:46,559 --> 01:03:48,880
word nightmare earlier in return uh in

1187
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:51,520
regards to budgeting uh is inflation.

1188
01:03:51,520 --> 01:03:53,920
So, uh, we've had a lot of inflation,

1189
01:03:53,920 --> 01:03:57,599
uh, this decade and, uh, so it's been,

1190
01:03:57,599 --> 01:03:59,520
it was on the decrease a little bit at

1191
01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:01,119
the end of the last year and creeping

1192
01:04:01,119 --> 01:04:03,119
up, uh, throughout, uh, this year since

1193
01:04:03,119 --> 01:04:06,240
April. Um, not as high as it was a

1194
01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:09,039
couple years ago. Uh, but we still have

1195
01:04:09,039 --> 01:04:10,880
to deal with inflation. Uh, we also have

1196
01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:12,960
bargaining bargaining agreements. So,

1197
01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:15,359
the the city has three bargaining units

1198
01:04:15,359 --> 01:04:17,280
um, to negotiate uh, collective

1199
01:04:17,280 --> 01:04:19,440
bargaining agreements with. Uh, health

1200
01:04:19,440 --> 01:04:21,200
insurance premiums. I'm sure a lot of

1201
01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:24,240
people know those were uh shot dramatic

1202
01:04:24,240 --> 01:04:27,039
increases this year. And also uh Score

1203
01:04:27,039 --> 01:04:30,240
Jail has had some challenges of their

1204
01:04:30,240 --> 01:04:32,559
own and the city is an owner city of

1205
01:04:32,559 --> 01:04:36,319
Score Jail. So um they had a contract

1206
01:04:36,319 --> 01:04:39,760
from the state that the um state

1207
01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:43,599
withdrew. So that got um was about three

1208
01:04:43,599 --> 01:04:45,119
and a half million of revenue that they

1209
01:04:45,119 --> 01:04:46,799
did not receive. And also their

1210
01:04:46,799 --> 01:04:49,839
insurance is going up about 150%. So,

1211
01:04:49,839 --> 01:04:51,599
there's some cost challenges that the

1212
01:04:51,599 --> 01:04:53,680
jail has. Uh, and that filters through

1213
01:04:53,680 --> 01:04:56,240
to the owner cities and the owner cities

1214
01:04:56,240 --> 01:04:58,160
pay based on how much we use the jail.

1215
01:04:58,160 --> 01:04:59,520
And that's where we're thankful for the

1216
01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:02,240
city of Auburn because they use a lot of

1217
01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:05,154
that jail. So, [laughter]

1218
01:05:05,154 --> 01:05:06,400
[clears throat] I live in Auburn, so you

1219
01:05:06,400 --> 01:05:09,119
know, as a taxpayer, not too thrilled,

1220
01:05:09,119 --> 01:05:11,039
but as a finance director in city of De

1221
01:05:11,039 --> 01:05:13,839
Mo, pretty happy. Um, general

1222
01:05:13,839 --> 01:05:16,480
expenditures. So total adjustments

1223
01:05:16,480 --> 01:05:18,319
overall for both years in the general

1224
01:05:18,319 --> 01:05:22,160
fund would be an increase of $718,000

1225
01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:26,640
in uh 2025 but a decrease of 340,000 um

1226
01:05:26,640 --> 01:05:29,440
next year. So for 2025

1227
01:05:29,440 --> 01:05:31,839
um we have some unbudgeted items. And

1228
01:05:31,839 --> 01:05:33,920
when we do budget amendments, it's

1229
01:05:33,920 --> 01:05:36,720
because things usually it's something

1230
01:05:36,720 --> 01:05:38,960
happens that we didn't anticipate. Um so

1231
01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:40,799
for example, the homeless encampment

1232
01:05:40,799 --> 01:05:44,240
cleanup wasn't on our radar in 2024. um

1233
01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:46,960
but it occurred. Uh so we incurred that

1234
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:50,160
cost. Um the body cam refresh is another

1235
01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:53,119
example. However, that item is also

1236
01:05:53,119 --> 01:05:56,160
being paid for um with grant funds that

1237
01:05:56,160 --> 01:05:58,079
are budget amendment on the revenue

1238
01:05:58,079 --> 01:05:59,839
side. So that's really not costing the

1239
01:05:59,839 --> 01:06:01,839
city anything, but we do need to capture

1240
01:06:01,839 --> 01:06:03,599
it in the budget on the expenditure

1241
01:06:03,599 --> 01:06:06,000
side. Well, on both sides, but um the

1242
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:07,920
police salary, that's again um that's

1243
01:06:07,920 --> 01:06:10,799
kind of a placeholder for the collective

1244
01:06:10,799 --> 01:06:13,920
uh bargaining agreement. that's um

1245
01:06:13,920 --> 01:06:15,920
between the police guild and the city.

1246
01:06:15,920 --> 01:06:18,799
Um so the guild members have been paid

1247
01:06:18,799 --> 01:06:20,480
according to the old contract all year

1248
01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:22,640
and we've got to catch them up once

1249
01:06:22,640 --> 01:06:24,960
everything's in place. Uh so that

1250
01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:27,680
they've been paid throughout 2025 at

1251
01:06:27,680 --> 01:06:30,079
what the contract stipulates. Um staff

1252
01:06:30,079 --> 01:06:32,880
reduction costs were not included. Um we

1253
01:06:32,880 --> 01:06:34,480
there was a couple of director positions

1254
01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:37,680
that were um terminated and there's

1255
01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:40,240
employee contracts related to those and

1256
01:06:40,240 --> 01:06:42,880
so those um need to be included in the

1257
01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:47,039
budget as well. Uh for 2026 um

1258
01:06:47,039 --> 01:06:50,799
we have a number of decreased um

1259
01:06:50,799 --> 01:06:53,119
expenditures at least as far as what

1260
01:06:53,119 --> 01:06:56,480
we're planning. Um so there's extra

1261
01:06:56,480 --> 01:06:58,799
higher wages for the 52,000. There is a

1262
01:06:58,799 --> 01:07:02,559
position um that uh is no longer filled

1263
01:07:02,559 --> 01:07:05,200
uh no longer needed. Um we have some

1264
01:07:05,200 --> 01:07:07,119
public defenders expense that we'd like

1265
01:07:07,119 --> 01:07:10,559
to move from the general fund to um a

1266
01:07:10,559 --> 01:07:13,280
new public sa sales tax sa public safety

1267
01:07:13,280 --> 01:07:15,200
sales tax fund which we'll see a few

1268
01:07:15,200 --> 01:07:19,200
slides from now. Um insurance costs

1269
01:07:19,200 --> 01:07:20,559
we think it looks like we're going to

1270
01:07:20,559 --> 01:07:22,000
have a little bit of a decrease next

1271
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:25,599
year. So it was decreasing about 37,000.

1272
01:07:25,599 --> 01:07:28,880
Um and then uh city currents uh will

1273
01:07:28,880 --> 01:07:32,240
also be um produced in-house instead of

1274
01:07:32,240 --> 01:07:35,039
um outsourced to a printer. Um and then

1275
01:07:35,039 --> 01:07:37,839
some lease I'm sorry police leases also

1276
01:07:37,839 --> 01:07:40,000
we'd see a reduction of 80,000. So so

1277
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:41,920
those are some of the highlights of the

1278
01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:45,359
um reduction in expenditures and the

1279
01:07:45,359 --> 01:07:46,559
bottom line you see there is a

1280
01:07:46,559 --> 01:07:48,799
contingency and it's not a reduction but

1281
01:07:48,799 --> 01:07:50,640
that's an increase of 50,000 and our

1282
01:07:50,640 --> 01:07:54,559
next slide I believe talks about that.

1283
01:07:54,559 --> 01:07:57,520
Um, so budgeting a contingency.

1284
01:07:57,520 --> 01:08:00,000
So a contingency is defined as a

1285
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:02,480
potential occurrence of a negative event

1286
01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:06,079
in the future. So it's a little bit like

1287
01:08:06,079 --> 01:08:07,920
a rainy day fund, but it's building a

1288
01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:10,240
little bit of a buffer in the budget for

1289
01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:12,240
when something shows up that we're not

1290
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:16,239
anticipating. Um, we have a pretty tight

1291
01:08:16,239 --> 01:08:18,880
budget. So when something unexpected

1292
01:08:18,880 --> 01:08:20,159
happens that maybe there's a lot of

1293
01:08:20,159 --> 01:08:22,239
dollars attached to it, it really

1294
01:08:22,239 --> 01:08:23,839
affects our city because we're not, you

1295
01:08:23,839 --> 01:08:26,239
know, we're not a large city. So, and we

1296
01:08:26,239 --> 01:08:28,319
have a tight budget right now. So

1297
01:08:28,319 --> 01:08:31,520
unexpected things um

1298
01:08:31,520 --> 01:08:33,199
have an impact. And so one of the ways

1299
01:08:33,199 --> 01:08:35,920
to budget and kind of plan for that is

1300
01:08:35,920 --> 01:08:37,679
to have a contingency built in. So it

1301
01:08:37,679 --> 01:08:39,359
builds flexibility, strengthen

1302
01:08:39,359 --> 01:08:41,759
stability, um and it would we'd like it

1303
01:08:41,759 --> 01:08:43,920
to increase over time. So you saw it was

1304
01:08:43,920 --> 01:08:45,440
$50,000.

1305
01:08:45,440 --> 01:08:46,880
That's not a huge amount of money. we'd

1306
01:08:46,880 --> 01:08:48,319
like to see it grow over time to at

1307
01:08:48,319 --> 01:08:51,679
least, you know, maybe 200,000.

1308
01:08:51,679 --> 01:08:54,080
Um,

1309
01:08:54,080 --> 01:08:56,319
and then one of the things I had read is

1310
01:08:56,319 --> 01:08:58,799
like, well, why would you budget for

1311
01:08:58,799 --> 01:09:00,719
this now when things are tight, why not

1312
01:09:00,719 --> 01:09:02,880
wait for when things, you know, you have

1313
01:09:02,880 --> 01:09:05,199
more resources, things are good. But

1314
01:09:05,199 --> 01:09:08,239
when the comment was, when things are

1315
01:09:08,239 --> 01:09:10,400
good and you're not really worried about

1316
01:09:10,400 --> 01:09:12,960
anything, you tend to not, you know, you

1317
01:09:12,960 --> 01:09:15,120
tend to forget things are nice. And so

1318
01:09:15,120 --> 01:09:16,960
even if you take a little baby step when

1319
01:09:16,960 --> 01:09:18,000
things are tough, at least you're

1320
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:20,000
building in your dis discipline when

1321
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:21,359
you're thinking about how important it

1322
01:09:21,359 --> 01:09:23,920
is. So that's why we decided at this

1323
01:09:23,920 --> 01:09:27,839
point in time to budget um $50,000 for a

1324
01:09:27,839 --> 01:09:29,359
contingency.

1325
01:09:29,359 --> 01:09:31,679
And also that last line says it requires

1326
01:09:31,679 --> 01:09:34,159
council approval for expenditure. So

1327
01:09:34,159 --> 01:09:36,880
that budget line can't u be there's no

1328
01:09:36,880 --> 01:09:38,480
expenditure is going to be coming from

1329
01:09:38,480 --> 01:09:43,040
there unless it is approved by council.

1330
01:09:43,040 --> 01:09:44,480
As uh previously mentioned, health

1331
01:09:44,480 --> 01:09:46,719
insurance costs have increased. So this

1332
01:09:46,719 --> 01:09:49,359
year uh Kaiser Perente uh we saw an

1333
01:09:49,359 --> 01:09:54,239
11.6% increase in premiums. Uh Regents,

1334
01:09:54,239 --> 01:09:56,640
I should rephrase that for next year. We

1335
01:09:56,640 --> 01:10:00,239
see these uh increases. Uh Regents is

1336
01:10:00,239 --> 01:10:03,040
going to go up 8.7% and the left trust

1337
01:10:03,040 --> 01:10:07,920
is going up 5%. Um so this of course

1338
01:10:07,920 --> 01:10:10,640
puts a burden on the budget. uh because

1339
01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:13,280
in 2024 we weren't really seeing you

1340
01:10:13,280 --> 01:10:15,199
know we wouldn't have known that they

1341
01:10:15,199 --> 01:10:17,760
were going to go up this much. Um one of

1342
01:10:17,760 --> 01:10:19,360
the strategies that we addressed this

1343
01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:21,360
with uh in the budget amendments was

1344
01:10:21,360 --> 01:10:24,080
that non-represented employees

1345
01:10:24,080 --> 01:10:26,480
um actually in practice this is being

1346
01:10:26,480 --> 01:10:28,719
implemented. Uh the non-represented

1347
01:10:28,719 --> 01:10:30,400
employees are going to increase their

1348
01:10:30,400 --> 01:10:33,040
share of that premium uh by 3%. So the

1349
01:10:33,040 --> 01:10:35,280
city pays one piece of the premium the

1350
01:10:35,280 --> 01:10:37,120
employees pay pay another. the employees

1351
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:38,960
will be paying 3% more than they have in

1352
01:10:38,960 --> 01:10:41,840
the past.

1353
01:10:41,840 --> 01:10:47,280
Um council budget uh this is aside um in

1354
01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:49,920
the first reading there was an initial

1355
01:10:49,920 --> 01:10:53,360
um proposal of $5,000 increase for

1356
01:10:53,360 --> 01:10:55,840
training and professional uh development

1357
01:10:55,840 --> 01:10:59,840
and then uh 30 about $3,700 uh for a

1358
01:10:59,840 --> 01:11:01,280
potential membership dues to the

1359
01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:03,679
National League of Cities. Uh following

1360
01:11:03,679 --> 01:11:06,800
that um proposal, there was council

1361
01:11:06,800 --> 01:11:09,840
discussion. Uh that council discussion

1362
01:11:09,840 --> 01:11:11,600
has resulted in an increase in training

1363
01:11:11,600 --> 01:11:13,920
and professional development of $9,000.

1364
01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:16,320
And it is um

1365
01:11:16,320 --> 01:11:20,239
and to not include the U NLC membership

1366
01:11:20,239 --> 01:11:22,800
at this time. So on the schedule above,

1367
01:11:22,800 --> 01:11:24,560
you can see that the new training

1368
01:11:24,560 --> 01:11:27,199
professional development at $9,000 for

1369
01:11:27,199 --> 01:11:32,149
next year is an increase.

1370
01:11:32,159 --> 01:11:34,239
This is the forecast uh based on our

1371
01:11:34,239 --> 01:11:37,440
projections uh with the um revised

1372
01:11:37,440 --> 01:11:39,679
budget. So the first column is the

1373
01:11:39,679 --> 01:11:42,320
amended annual budget for this year. Uh

1374
01:11:42,320 --> 01:11:44,400
the second column is projected actuals

1375
01:11:44,400 --> 01:11:46,960
for this year. Third is the revised

1376
01:11:46,960 --> 01:11:49,120
budget and then the forecast is from

1377
01:11:49,120 --> 01:11:55,189
2027 out. Um what we do in in this the

1378
01:11:55,189 --> 01:11:56,560
[clears throat] forecast that has a

1379
01:11:56,560 --> 01:11:58,560
beginning cash balance and an ending

1380
01:11:58,560 --> 01:12:01,760
cash balance which you see in yellow. um

1381
01:12:01,760 --> 01:12:04,239
at the end of every year and this is per

1382
01:12:04,239 --> 01:12:08,880
the the uh municipal code is um there's

1383
01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:11,520
a requirement that states that the

1384
01:12:11,520 --> 01:12:14,239
city's fund balance for the general fund

1385
01:12:14,239 --> 01:12:17,600
or um operating reserves need to be

1386
01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:20,960
16.67. So those are two metrics. Um we

1387
01:12:20,960 --> 01:12:23,199
report on a cash basis and so we try to

1388
01:12:23,199 --> 01:12:27,440
look at the cash uh balances. Um cash

1389
01:12:27,440 --> 01:12:30,960
balance uh percentages as you see along

1390
01:12:30,960 --> 01:12:32,800
the bottom of the schedule tend to be

1391
01:12:32,800 --> 01:12:35,280
lower than they would be for the fund

1392
01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:37,840
balance. And we do calculate both after

1393
01:12:37,840 --> 01:12:41,040
the year is done. Um because the fund

1394
01:12:41,040 --> 01:12:43,040
balance because it involves more items

1395
01:12:43,040 --> 01:12:46,080
from uh the balance sheet. Uh it

1396
01:12:46,080 --> 01:12:47,840
involves more than cash. it tends to be

1397
01:12:47,840 --> 01:12:50,159
higher. Um, but we want to focus on cash

1398
01:12:50,159 --> 01:12:51,920
because we want to have a strong cash

1399
01:12:51,920 --> 01:12:53,360
position because we know if that's

1400
01:12:53,360 --> 01:12:56,080
strong, we have enough resources for our

1401
01:12:56,080 --> 01:13:00,239
operations. Um, the 16.67%

1402
01:13:00,239 --> 01:13:02,719
um

1403
01:13:02,719 --> 01:13:06,880
is a um recommended threshold by the U

1404
01:13:06,880 --> 01:13:08,640
government finance offices association.

1405
01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:10,800
It basically means you have enough to

1406
01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:13,520
cover two months of expenses. Uh so

1407
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:15,520
looking at these columns you see none of

1408
01:13:15,520 --> 01:13:18,960
those numbers are above 16.67%. Uh we

1409
01:13:18,960 --> 01:13:20,960
have a goal of getting our cash above

1410
01:13:20,960 --> 01:13:22,400
that so that we have enough cash to

1411
01:13:22,400 --> 01:13:24,800
cover two months of expenditures. But it

1412
01:13:24,800 --> 01:13:28,880
does grow in the next um couple years

1413
01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:30,320
according to the forecast. If you look

1414
01:13:30,320 --> 01:13:32,080
at the ending cash balance that's shaded

1415
01:13:32,080 --> 01:13:34,480
in yellow uh projected actuals would

1416
01:13:34,480 --> 01:13:39,679
have us at 3.3 million. Um we began at

1417
01:13:39,679 --> 01:13:42,560
two almost 2.9 million so that we would

1418
01:13:42,560 --> 01:13:44,960
have grown about 461,000

1419
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:48,080
uh in our cash position and then u the

1420
01:13:48,080 --> 01:13:50,320
revised budget if things were going to

1421
01:13:50,320 --> 01:13:52,159
go according to plan as of course they

1422
01:13:52,159 --> 01:13:54,401
always go according to plan

1423
01:13:54,401 --> 01:13:56,480
[clears throat] we'd end 2026 with a

1424
01:13:56,480 --> 01:14:01,280
cash position of 3.6 million. So, um,

1425
01:14:01,280 --> 01:14:03,760
so that goes back to our overall goal of

1426
01:14:03,760 --> 01:14:05,920
stability is really if we build our cash

1427
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:07,920
balances, we're going to be that much

1428
01:14:07,920 --> 01:14:11,430
more stable.

1429
01:14:11,440 --> 01:14:13,520
So, key highlights for the general fund

1430
01:14:13,520 --> 01:14:15,199
uh is improvement to the city's ending

1431
01:14:15,199 --> 01:14:17,840
fund balance and cash reserves. Uh, we

1432
01:14:17,840 --> 01:14:20,400
want to align uh revenues with more

1433
01:14:20,400 --> 01:14:22,560
conservative expectations.

1434
01:14:22,560 --> 01:14:24,800
Uh we targeted expense reductions with

1435
01:14:24,800 --> 01:14:27,840
minimal service impact and uh we

1436
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:30,560
introduced uh a contingency.

1437
01:14:30,560 --> 01:14:32,239
So this reflects the administration's

1438
01:14:32,239 --> 01:14:34,560
long-term strategy to stabilize the

1439
01:14:34,560 --> 01:14:36,560
city's financial foundation over the

1440
01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:38,960
next several years.

1441
01:14:38,960 --> 01:14:41,360
So that was the general fund and we'll

1442
01:14:41,360 --> 01:14:43,280
go pretty quickly through the other

1443
01:14:43,280 --> 01:14:44,960
funds.

1444
01:14:44,960 --> 01:14:47,600
Uh public safety sales tax fund. I

1445
01:14:47,600 --> 01:14:51,199
believe that was last week that um this

1446
01:14:51,199 --> 01:14:54,159
fund was created and approved uh after

1447
01:14:54,159 --> 01:14:56,800
two readings by the council. Uh we

1448
01:14:56,800 --> 01:14:59,679
anticipate about $450,000

1449
01:14:59,679 --> 01:15:03,520
of uh annual revenue and the anticipated

1450
01:15:03,520 --> 01:15:06,080
expenditures would be about 240,000 for

1451
01:15:06,080 --> 01:15:09,040
a sworn police officer, 100,000 for

1452
01:15:09,040 --> 01:15:12,320
animal control and about $110,000 for

1453
01:15:12,320 --> 01:15:13,840
public defenders. So, if you remember

1454
01:15:13,840 --> 01:15:16,800
from the general fund slide, um we

1455
01:15:16,800 --> 01:15:19,280
decreased the public defenders uh

1456
01:15:19,280 --> 01:15:21,280
budgeted amount

1457
01:15:21,280 --> 01:15:23,520
in the general fund uh for next year by

1458
01:15:23,520 --> 01:15:25,679
110, but we're adding it into this fund

1459
01:15:25,679 --> 01:15:28,080
for 110. And as far as public defenders

1460
01:15:28,080 --> 01:15:30,719
costs go, um the reason that's important

1461
01:15:30,719 --> 01:15:33,040
is there the state uh mandated a

1462
01:15:33,040 --> 01:15:35,280
decrease in the case load for public

1463
01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:36,880
defenders, which is going to increase

1464
01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:38,719
the number of public defenders, which

1465
01:15:38,719 --> 01:15:40,960
will increase our costs. Um, currently

1466
01:15:40,960 --> 01:15:43,600
there's an RFQ that the city issued uh

1467
01:15:43,600 --> 01:15:46,000
for a contract of the services that are

1468
01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:47,679
currently working through. So, we'll

1469
01:15:47,679 --> 01:15:49,440
have more information on what those

1470
01:15:49,440 --> 01:15:52,400
costs actually will be uh early next

1471
01:15:52,400 --> 01:15:55,590
year

1472
01:15:55,600 --> 01:15:58,640
on the marina.

1473
01:15:58,640 --> 01:16:01,280
Uh the real highlight here uh for next

1474
01:16:01,280 --> 01:16:03,600
year is you'll see monthly mortgage rate

1475
01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:06,960
increase resulting in million dollar uh

1476
01:16:06,960 --> 01:16:10,560
increase in revenue. Um, and then you

1477
01:16:10,560 --> 01:16:11,920
can see expenditures, capital

1478
01:16:11,920 --> 01:16:14,719
improvements. Uh, we're increasing the

1479
01:16:14,719 --> 01:16:17,440
budget there, $820,000.

1480
01:16:17,440 --> 01:16:20,400
And the $820,000, I believe, represents

1481
01:16:20,400 --> 01:16:22,080
uh expenditures related to the tenant

1482
01:16:22,080 --> 01:16:25,270
restroom

1483
01:16:25,280 --> 01:16:31,760
service water management uh similar in the sense that we're increasing uh

1484
01:16:31,760 --> 01:16:35,040
the budget in 2025 and 2026 uh related

1485
01:16:35,040 --> 01:16:38,640
to capital improvements. So what we um

1486
01:16:38,640 --> 01:16:40,640
this year the capital improvements plan

1487
01:16:40,640 --> 01:16:44,080
was passed for 2026 to 2031

1488
01:16:44,080 --> 01:16:45,600
uh and money moves around between

1489
01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:48,239
projects um and things change timing of

1490
01:16:48,239 --> 01:16:50,320
projects changes and so what we want to

1491
01:16:50,320 --> 01:16:52,159
do is we want to bring the budget into

1492
01:16:52,159 --> 01:16:53,760
alignment with the capital improvements

1493
01:16:53,760 --> 01:16:56,159
plan. So as a result you'll see changes

1494
01:16:56,159 --> 01:16:58,719
in the budget here uh for both years for

1495
01:16:58,719 --> 01:17:00,320
the capital improvements uh for service

1496
01:17:00,320 --> 01:17:03,199
water management and then next year also

1497
01:17:03,199 --> 01:17:05,120
you'll notice a department of ecology

1498
01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:07,840
grant and local grants um there's

1499
01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:11,360
expected revenue of 120,000 $190,000 so

1500
01:17:11,360 --> 01:17:15,199
we want to increase the budget for that

1501
01:17:15,199 --> 01:17:17,600
on the horizon.

1502
01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:20,400
So uh February

1503
01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:22,320
uh there during the February study

1504
01:17:22,320 --> 01:17:24,159
session there's a planned overview for

1505
01:17:24,159 --> 01:17:26,239
of long range financial forecast and

1506
01:17:26,239 --> 01:17:29,199
revenue enhancement options. Uh so in

1507
01:17:29,199 --> 01:17:32,080
the last uh few months uh staff have

1508
01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:34,000
brought revenue enhancement options to

1509
01:17:34,000 --> 01:17:37,600
council uh for uh feedback. uh that

1510
01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:39,040
study session we're going to I believe

1511
01:17:39,040 --> 01:17:41,760
we're going to present them all um with

1512
01:17:41,760 --> 01:17:45,440
a model uh to see their impacts um and

1513
01:17:45,440 --> 01:17:48,000
get more feedback then uh so we'll

1514
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:50,000
include a high level forecast uh through

1515
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:52,560
2040 for the general fund marina and

1516
01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:55,440
surface water management and again as I

1517
01:17:55,440 --> 01:17:57,360
mentioned uh there will be a model that

1518
01:17:57,360 --> 01:17:58,880
will be very dynamic because my

1519
01:17:58,880 --> 01:18:02,080
department is making it so make it good

1520
01:18:02,080 --> 01:18:03,840
capture everyone's attention but um no

1521
01:18:03,840 --> 01:18:06,800
it'll be uh help see like well if we do

1522
01:18:06,800 --> 01:18:08,960
this revenue option and not that one.

1523
01:18:08,960 --> 01:18:10,719
What's the impact on the numbers and

1524
01:18:10,719 --> 01:18:13,679
then um we can see it in that model and

1525
01:18:13,679 --> 01:18:15,840
we can say welcome to our world in

1526
01:18:15,840 --> 01:18:18,320
finance. So

1527
01:18:18,320 --> 01:18:20,320
um that brings us to the final slide

1528
01:18:20,320 --> 01:18:23,040
that has the motion.

1529
01:18:23,040 --> 01:18:25,040
All right,

1530
01:18:25,040 --> 01:18:26,719
it's now time for the public comment

1531
01:18:26,719 --> 01:18:28,800
portion of this public hearing. Please

1532
01:18:28,800 --> 01:18:30,239
recognize that we'll not be able to

1533
01:18:30,239 --> 01:18:31,840
interact with you or answer any

1534
01:18:31,840 --> 01:18:33,520
questions during the segment, but your

1535
01:18:33,520 --> 01:18:35,040
comments will become part of the public

1536
01:18:35,040 --> 01:18:36,480
record on the subject and we'll

1537
01:18:36,480 --> 01:18:39,120
thoughtfully note your input. Please

1538
01:18:39,120 --> 01:18:40,880
keep your comments respectful. Please

1539
01:18:40,880 --> 01:18:42,480
state your name and city of residence

1540
01:18:42,480 --> 01:18:44,560
and you'll have three minutes to speak.

1541
01:18:44,560 --> 01:18:47,840
Okay. Okay. So, no one signed up to

1542
01:18:47,840 --> 01:18:50,000
speak. Is there anyone who didn't sign

1543
01:18:50,000 --> 01:18:52,000
up to speak who wishes to speak on this

1544
01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:54,080
subject?

1545
01:18:54,080 --> 01:18:55,920
Second call is anyone who didn't sign up

1546
01:18:55,920 --> 01:18:58,480
or wishes to speak on this subject.

1547
01:18:58,480 --> 01:19:00,320
Third call. Is there anyone who didn't

1548
01:19:00,320 --> 01:19:02,080
sign up to speak and wishes to speak on

1549
01:19:02,080 --> 01:19:03,840
the subject?

1550
01:19:03,840 --> 01:19:06,480
All right, council. Now it's time for

1551
01:19:06,480 --> 01:19:09,199
questions. Do you have any questions?

1552
01:19:09,199 --> 01:19:11,120
Council member Harris.

1553
01:19:11,120 --> 01:19:14,480
>> Um, yeah. Thank you so much. Um, can you

1554
01:19:14,480 --> 01:19:18,159
sort of provide a brief overview of what

1555
01:19:18,159 --> 01:19:21,199
goes into developing the forecast? like

1556
01:19:21,199 --> 01:19:22,560
how do you know what's going to happen

1557
01:19:22,560 --> 01:19:25,199
in four years?

1558
01:19:25,199 --> 01:19:26,480
>> That's a good question.

1559
01:19:26,480 --> 01:19:28,719
>> Thank you.

1560
01:19:28,719 --> 01:19:30,880
>> Well, I'd probably preface it by saying

1561
01:19:30,880 --> 01:19:33,280
you could you you would do when you do a

1562
01:19:33,280 --> 01:19:35,440
forecast, what you're doing is you're

1563
01:19:35,440 --> 01:19:39,440
applying the trends of right now

1564
01:19:39,440 --> 01:19:42,719
uh to the data going forward. So it's

1565
01:19:42,719 --> 01:19:44,159
not that I know what's going to happen

1566
01:19:44,159 --> 01:19:47,120
in four years, but we can see what four

1567
01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:49,360
years from now would look like if the

1568
01:19:49,360 --> 01:19:54,480
trends of today held. Um so

1569
01:19:54,480 --> 01:19:56,320
one of the probably the first step we

1570
01:19:56,320 --> 01:19:58,880
would do is um just look at our do

1571
01:19:58,880 --> 01:20:02,320
historical trend analysis and see um

1572
01:20:02,320 --> 01:20:04,960
like for sales tax for example, how is

1573
01:20:04,960 --> 01:20:06,560
it growing? You know, we can look at

1574
01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:08,880
that from month to month. Um so what are

1575
01:20:08,880 --> 01:20:12,560
those trends? Um, and then there's also,

1576
01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:14,560
uh, King County has an economist that

1577
01:20:14,560 --> 01:20:16,800
issues forecasts. So, there's also like

1578
01:20:16,800 --> 01:20:18,560
the state, so we can look at what

1579
01:20:18,560 --> 01:20:20,239
information they're working off of that

1580
01:20:20,239 --> 01:20:23,360
can inform our forecast. So, um, it's a

1581
01:20:23,360 --> 01:20:25,600
little bit of looking at our own data,

1582
01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:28,480
paying attention to what's happening outside the city, you know,

1583
01:20:28,480 --> 01:20:30,320
with the county and those things, and

1584
01:20:30,320 --> 01:20:32,640
then we kind of we bring that together.

1585
01:20:32,640 --> 01:20:34,320
Um,

1586
01:20:34,320 --> 01:20:36,000
and then that would form the forecast.

1587
01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:39,600
But it's I mean I just would reemphasize

1588
01:20:39,600 --> 01:20:41,920
that we're we're applying the

1589
01:20:41,920 --> 01:20:44,480
information we have today and then

1590
01:20:44,480 --> 01:20:45,920
that's why we do budget amendments

1591
01:20:45,920 --> 01:20:47,600
because 10 months from now that

1592
01:20:47,600 --> 01:20:49,760
information is going to be different. So

1593
01:20:49,760 --> 01:20:52,960
it's always the when you forecast the

1594
01:20:52,960 --> 01:20:55,440
clo the the more years you go out the

1595
01:20:55,440 --> 01:21:00,080
less valuable those years are. So um

1596
01:21:00,080 --> 01:21:01,679
because you don't because you don't know

1597
01:21:01,679 --> 01:21:04,640
the future basically. But when we

1598
01:21:04,640 --> 01:21:07,360
forecast, we'll we'll take what we know

1599
01:21:07,360 --> 01:21:11,040
today, apply those trends to the next

1600
01:21:11,040 --> 01:21:13,199
few years, and then if those are

1601
01:21:13,199 --> 01:21:14,640
alarming, then you know, you can take

1602
01:21:14,640 --> 01:21:17,280
action, and if they're, you know, what's

1603
01:21:17,280 --> 01:21:19,040
really the purpose of the forecast?

1604
01:21:19,040 --> 01:21:21,520
>> Yeah. No, I'm not I that was that was

1605
01:21:21,520 --> 01:21:24,000
meant to be a softball then, believe it

1606
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:26,159
or not. You know, um I mean, is it just

1607
01:21:26,159 --> 01:21:28,400
more of like well, you know, inflation

1608
01:21:28,400 --> 01:21:29,520
is 2.8

1609
01:21:29,520 --> 01:21:32,480
or bond yields are this or whatever, but

1610
01:21:32,480 --> 01:21:36,159
it's not like um I I I'm just always

1611
01:21:36,159 --> 01:21:38,480
wondering if anybody ever goes back and

1612
01:21:38,480 --> 01:21:41,280
says, "Gee, I wonder, you know, how did

1613
01:21:41,280 --> 01:21:43,920
we hit them?" I I'm I've got airport on

1614
01:21:43,920 --> 01:21:46,159
the brain and I'm just always stunned at

1615
01:21:46,159 --> 01:21:51,120
how they can forecast 20 years out

1616
01:21:51,120 --> 01:21:53,280
>> within like a percent, right?

1617
01:21:53,280 --> 01:21:56,639
>> And I and but other things is a

1618
01:21:56,639 --> 01:21:59,600
crapshoot. So I just was wondering if

1619
01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:02,719
there was any accepted, you know,

1620
01:22:02,719 --> 01:22:05,600
boundaries for what you guys do and

1621
01:22:05,600 --> 01:22:07,679
that's all trying [clears throat] to be

1622
01:22:07,679 --> 01:22:09,760
>> No, I I when I think of forecast, I

1623
01:22:09,760 --> 01:22:12,400
think of of uh finance people doing

1624
01:22:12,400 --> 01:22:14,639
forecasts in 2019,

1625
01:22:14,639 --> 01:22:16,080
you know, so they might have had their

1626
01:22:16,080 --> 01:22:17,600
trends that year, but they didn't

1627
01:22:17,600 --> 01:22:18,880
wouldn't know what's coming the next

1628
01:22:18,880 --> 01:22:20,480
year. So

1629
01:22:20,480 --> 01:22:22,239
>> brother, you [clears throat] whistle and

1630
01:22:22,239 --> 01:22:23,679
Dixie. Thank you so much.

1631
01:22:23,679 --> 01:22:27,120
>> Right. Thank you. Any other questions?

1632
01:22:27,120 --> 01:22:29,679
uh along those lines. So what one thing

1633
01:22:29,679 --> 01:22:33,360
that you are are you saying that uh you

1634
01:22:33,360 --> 01:22:35,199
can't include let's say our planning

1635
01:22:35,199 --> 01:22:37,440
department has a backlog of pretty

1636
01:22:37,440 --> 01:22:40,000
significant projects coming forward. Uh

1637
01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:42,000
you can't really feasibly put that into

1638
01:22:42,000 --> 01:22:43,760
your forecast because you don't know. In

1639
01:22:43,760 --> 01:22:44,960
other words, there are things that can

1640
01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:47,199
come forward to interrupt

1641
01:22:47,199 --> 01:22:50,639
uh a challenging forecast, but you're

1642
01:22:50,639 --> 01:22:54,400
not allowed to to take this these other

1643
01:22:54,400 --> 01:22:55,760
projects that are coming forward that

1644
01:22:55,760 --> 01:22:57,120
might make a difference,

1645
01:22:57,120 --> 01:22:59,440
>> right? So, I think

1646
01:22:59,440 --> 01:23:01,199
yeah, when we forecast especially for

1647
01:23:01,199 --> 01:23:02,560
the I mean the general fund's all

1648
01:23:02,560 --> 01:23:04,480
operations

1649
01:23:04,480 --> 01:23:08,159
>> too concerned with projects um pro

1650
01:23:08,159 --> 01:23:10,880
forecasting for like u surface water

1651
01:23:10,880 --> 01:23:13,360
management, we'd probably have to

1652
01:23:13,360 --> 01:23:15,120
you know, leave out the capital piece or

1653
01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:17,040
have an average or something like that

1654
01:23:17,040 --> 01:23:20,000
because like you said, timing they can,

1655
01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:21,760
you know, a project can change when it's

1656
01:23:21,760 --> 01:23:23,840
going to start. You know, that it's hard

1657
01:23:23,840 --> 01:23:25,120
to forecast for those.

1658
01:23:25,120 --> 01:23:27,920
>> Okay. Thank you. Um, any other

1659
01:23:27,920 --> 01:23:31,280
questions? And looking at Jeremy, excuse

1660
01:23:31,280 --> 01:23:34,159
me, council member nut.

1661
01:23:34,159 --> 01:23:37,357
>> Okay, you're good. All right. So, I'll

1662
01:23:37,357 --> 01:23:38,480
[clears throat] now close the public

1663
01:23:38,480 --> 01:23:40,000
hearing.

1664
01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:42,400
Is there a motion? Yeah, I think. Thank

1665
01:23:42,400 --> 01:23:42,719
you.

1666
01:23:42,719 --> 01:23:45,440
>> Yeah. I move to enact draft ordinance

1667
01:23:45,440 --> 01:23:47,280
number 25-092

1668
01:23:47,280 --> 01:23:48,880
relating to municipal finance and

1669
01:23:48,880 --> 01:23:51,920
amending the 2025 2026 benial budget

1670
01:23:51,920 --> 01:23:55,840
adopted in ordinance number 1813.

1671
01:23:55,840 --> 01:23:58,000
>> Have a second. Deputy mayor Steinments

1672
01:23:58,000 --> 01:23:59,920
for the second. All right. Any

1673
01:23:59,920 --> 01:24:01,600
discussion?

1674
01:24:01,600 --> 01:24:04,239
Uh council member Harris. Uh, I would

1675
01:24:04,239 --> 01:24:07,120
like to make a motion to um require a

1676
01:24:07,120 --> 01:24:09,679
super majority of the council to approve

1677
01:24:09,679 --> 01:24:14,629
use of the contingency.

1678
01:24:14,639 --> 01:24:17,199
» Do I have a second?

1679
01:24:17,199 --> 01:24:19,440
Motion fails for lack of a second. Any

1680
01:24:19,440 --> 01:24:22,159
other discussion?

1681
01:24:22,159 --> 01:24:24,400
>> Council member Mahoney.

1682
01:24:24,400 --> 01:24:27,120
I just want to commend staff, your

1683
01:24:27,120 --> 01:24:30,320
leadership, city manager Jeff, as we

1684
01:24:30,320 --> 01:24:33,520
were talking earlier about the fact that

1685
01:24:33,520 --> 01:24:36,719
you really address the tough issues and

1686
01:24:36,719 --> 01:24:38,480
it's always a challenge and it doesn't

1687
01:24:38,480 --> 01:24:40,639
make the job easy and I just want to

1688
01:24:40,639 --> 01:24:43,040
thank you for that. Uh, you know, you

1689
01:24:43,040 --> 01:24:45,120
were when we were discussing options and

1690
01:24:45,120 --> 01:24:46,560
we and you brought up the bianual

1691
01:24:46,560 --> 01:24:48,400
budget, I thought it was a great

1692
01:24:48,400 --> 01:24:50,480
suggestion. I'd actually been told

1693
01:24:50,480 --> 01:24:53,440
otherwise before and I I'd never been

1694
01:24:53,440 --> 01:24:55,040
convinced of it. I just thought your

1695
01:24:55,040 --> 01:24:57,520
leadership here in this in a very

1696
01:24:57,520 --> 01:25:00,239
difficult time. I want to re reiterate

1697
01:25:00,239 --> 01:25:02,480
in the last five years if you look it up

1698
01:25:02,480 --> 01:25:05,120
inflation rate is 25%. and our revenue

1699
01:25:05,120 --> 01:25:08,880
maybe went up three. And um and that's

1700
01:25:08,880 --> 01:25:10,560
not counting some of the things we may

1701
01:25:10,560 --> 01:25:12,719
have done otherwise, but it's a tough

1702
01:25:12,719 --> 01:25:15,760
window and it's to come in and walk in

1703
01:25:15,760 --> 01:25:17,520
being the bearer of bad news on a

1704
01:25:17,520 --> 01:25:20,480
regular basis is got to be a damn tough

1705
01:25:20,480 --> 01:25:23,280
thing. And um I just want to commend you

1706
01:25:23,280 --> 01:25:25,840
and your team and the rest of the staff

1707
01:25:25,840 --> 01:25:28,159
um for the great work you did in this.

1708
01:25:28,159 --> 01:25:29,360
Thank you,

1709
01:25:29,360 --> 01:25:31,360
>> Council Member Grace Matsui and then

1710
01:25:31,360 --> 01:25:33,120
Deputy Mayor Ste. Thank you for the

1711
01:25:33,120 --> 01:25:37,199
presentation. I I I hope that with um

1712
01:25:37,199 --> 01:25:39,040
this opportunity for us to make

1713
01:25:39,040 --> 01:25:40,880
amendments to look at updated

1714
01:25:40,880 --> 01:25:43,679
information and data that it goes to

1715
01:25:43,679 --> 01:25:46,239
show that you don't set it two years in

1716
01:25:46,239 --> 01:25:48,320
advance and forget about it like a Ron

1717
01:25:48,320 --> 01:25:51,199
Poil commercial. You actually have to

1718
01:25:51,199 --> 01:25:53,280
come back and talk about the budget,

1719
01:25:53,280 --> 01:25:55,280
update it on a regular basis, whether

1720
01:25:55,280 --> 01:25:56,960
it's a two-year budget or a one-year

1721
01:25:56,960 --> 01:25:59,360
budget. And so, thank you so much for

1722
01:25:59,360 --> 01:26:01,199
making sure that it's in the forefront

1723
01:26:01,199 --> 01:26:05,120
and that we um aren't uh neglecting

1724
01:26:05,120 --> 01:26:08,159
something that really needs to be um

1725
01:26:08,159 --> 01:26:11,040
nurtured and a regular basis. I

1726
01:26:11,040 --> 01:26:12,400
appreciate it.

1727
01:26:12,400 --> 01:26:15,199
>> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Steinmets.

1728
01:26:15,199 --> 01:26:17,280
Yeah, [clears throat] I think you've

1729
01:26:17,280 --> 01:26:19,520
done a wonderful job of kind of laying

1730
01:26:19,520 --> 01:26:22,480
this out and

1731
01:26:22,480 --> 01:26:25,120
I think it's always been understood

1732
01:26:25,120 --> 01:26:28,159
um that a bianual budgets need still

1733
01:26:28,159 --> 01:26:30,080
needs an update, but it's a lot easier

1734
01:26:30,080 --> 01:26:31,920
to do an update than it is to start from

1735
01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:34,639
scratch and try to do it all over again.

1736
01:26:34,639 --> 01:26:36,159
Um, you know, I worked in the state

1737
01:26:36,159 --> 01:26:37,920
legislature on the staff for the Senate

1738
01:26:37,920 --> 01:26:41,600
Judiciary Committee, and every year

1739
01:26:41,600 --> 01:26:43,840
there are amendments to the budget that

1740
01:26:43,840 --> 01:26:46,239
change the various programs. And boy,

1741
01:26:46,239 --> 01:26:48,480
we're going to see some this year uh in

1742
01:26:48,480 --> 01:26:51,679
the state legislature again. Um, because

1743
01:26:51,679 --> 01:26:53,520
some of the assumptions that were made

1744
01:26:53,520 --> 01:26:56,080
just didn't hold true. Uh, but they were

1745
01:26:56,080 --> 01:26:58,480
made in good faith. Uh, and I think

1746
01:26:58,480 --> 01:27:00,080
that, you know, you're doing the best

1747
01:27:00,080 --> 01:27:03,199
that you can under the circumstances. uh

1748
01:27:03,199 --> 01:27:04,719
keep giving us the news that we need to

1749
01:27:04,719 --> 01:27:06,880
hear and you're doing a great job of

1750
01:27:06,880 --> 01:27:08,800
that and I appreciate it. I think this

1751
01:27:08,800 --> 01:27:11,600
is a good solid um set of amendments to

1752
01:27:11,600 --> 01:27:13,440
the budget and I appreciate everything

1753
01:27:13,440 --> 01:27:16,000
you've done. Thank you.

1754
01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:17,840
>> Uh before I call in you, Council Member

1755
01:27:17,840 --> 01:27:19,760
Harris, uh checking with the other two

1756
01:27:19,760 --> 01:27:21,520
council members. Council member Nutting,

1757
01:27:21,520 --> 01:27:23,199
do you have a question or discussion?

1758
01:27:23,199 --> 01:27:26,239
No. Council member Oxiger. Okay. Council

1759
01:27:26,239 --> 01:27:28,000
member Harris,

1760
01:27:28,000 --> 01:27:30,800
>> thank you. Um, I want to highlight

1761
01:27:30,800 --> 01:27:33,199
something that uh, director friends said

1762
01:27:33,199 --> 01:27:35,360
about politicization.

1763
01:27:35,360 --> 01:27:38,000
I was struck by that. I wish we had

1764
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:41,440
enough money to uh, be politicized. Um,

1765
01:27:41,440 --> 01:27:47,120
but the thing the the the thing that

1766
01:27:47,120 --> 01:27:51,199
the politics are that we focus on now.

1767
01:27:51,199 --> 01:27:54,000
Um, I my mentor really stressed

1768
01:27:54,000 --> 01:27:57,360
behavioral economics. Um, people are

1769
01:27:57,360 --> 01:28:00,320
dressed up. It's festive. Um, nobody

1770
01:28:00,320 --> 01:28:02,400
there's never a good time to be the

1771
01:28:02,400 --> 01:28:06,239
Grinch. Um, and well, some of us are

1772
01:28:06,239 --> 01:28:11,679
dressed up. Uh, but the thing is, um, I

1773
01:28:11,679 --> 01:28:15,679
have seen this movie for 30 years.

1774
01:28:15,679 --> 01:28:17,840
What the politicization

1775
01:28:17,840 --> 01:28:21,679
I said that right? um is that everybody

1776
01:28:21,679 --> 01:28:25,040
when you're in local government, your

1777
01:28:25,040 --> 01:28:28,960
entire bias, you're like is to promote a

1778
01:28:28,960 --> 01:28:31,760
positive image in a way that if you're

1779
01:28:31,760 --> 01:28:35,360
in a state legislature or uh you can you

1780
01:28:35,360 --> 01:28:37,360
can have debates and you're not worried

1781
01:28:37,360 --> 01:28:40,800
about image. Um but there's just this

1782
01:28:40,800 --> 01:28:44,400
constant thing of trying to put the best

1783
01:28:44,400 --> 01:28:47,760
face forward of the city and that is

1784
01:28:47,760 --> 01:28:51,199
what makes it happen every five years.

1785
01:28:51,199 --> 01:28:55,440
You just you can't manifest

1786
01:28:55,440 --> 01:28:58,159
a sustainable budget through positive

1787
01:28:58,159 --> 01:29:02,000
mental attitude. Um but the focus on

1788
01:29:02,000 --> 01:29:05,679
like this time will be different. you

1789
01:29:05,679 --> 01:29:08,880
know, thank goodness we hired a new city

1790
01:29:08,880 --> 01:29:12,000
manager or it's a new year or whatever.

1791
01:29:12,000 --> 01:29:15,679
Um, that contributes to it happening

1792
01:29:15,679 --> 01:29:18,000
over and over again because people

1793
01:29:18,000 --> 01:29:19,840
always

1794
01:29:19,840 --> 01:29:22,480
will be that that's just how what humans

1795
01:29:22,480 --> 01:29:24,480
do. They always think that this time

1796
01:29:24,480 --> 01:29:28,159
will be different. I'm special. Now is a

1797
01:29:28,159 --> 01:29:32,719
new year. And it's just it's human

1798
01:29:32,719 --> 01:29:36,480
nature. Um I think it's the we are doing

1799
01:29:36,480 --> 01:29:40,480
so many great first steps this year.

1800
01:29:40,480 --> 01:29:43,520
We do a great first step like every five

1801
01:29:43,520 --> 01:29:46,800
years. Okay. And we never get to step

1802
01:29:46,800 --> 01:29:50,159
two. And we should have the humility to

1803
01:29:50,159 --> 01:29:54,480
recognize that and just it it you know

1804
01:29:54,480 --> 01:29:58,320
this is fine but um

1805
01:29:58,320 --> 01:30:00,080
it

1806
01:30:00,080 --> 01:30:04,400
it's a pattern and um and we should have

1807
01:30:04,400 --> 01:30:08,000
that humility to be able to say okay um

1808
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:09,920
let's just

1809
01:30:09,920 --> 01:30:13,280
relax a little bit and um but just

1810
01:30:13,280 --> 01:30:16,960
speaking you know just in closing I uh

1811
01:30:16,960 --> 01:30:19,840
this entire process. We're going to be

1812
01:30:19,840 --> 01:30:21,920
talking about the economic development

1813
01:30:21,920 --> 01:30:23,840
grant.

1814
01:30:23,840 --> 01:30:25,920
It's backwards.

1815
01:30:25,920 --> 01:30:30,320
It is it it echoes

1816
01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:34,159
like three economic development

1817
01:30:34,159 --> 01:30:37,440
interventions since I've lived here. And

1818
01:30:37,440 --> 01:30:39,679
I wish people could understand that this

1819
01:30:39,679 --> 01:30:42,080
is kind of a groundhog day and have a

1820
01:30:42,080 --> 01:30:44,560
little empathy for me

1821
01:30:44,560 --> 01:30:46,880
having watched the same movie over and

1822
01:30:46,880 --> 01:30:50,800
over again. Um I want to be positive but

1823
01:30:50,800 --> 01:30:52,480
um

1824
01:30:52,480 --> 01:30:54,800
there is something about this that is

1825
01:30:54,800 --> 01:30:59,040
just so it's such a recursive deal. Um

1826
01:30:59,040 --> 01:31:00,080
and anyway,

1827
01:31:00,080 --> 01:31:01,920
>> all right. Thank you. Thank you, council

1828
01:31:01,920 --> 01:31:05,280
member. So, I'll say I I'll be a

1829
01:31:05,280 --> 01:31:07,280
representative of someone who uh

1830
01:31:07,280 --> 01:31:11,440
disagrees on that a little bit and uh I

1831
01:31:11,440 --> 01:31:13,120
feel like we're headed in a different

1832
01:31:13,120 --> 01:31:14,880
direction. It's a different season. It's

1833
01:31:14,880 --> 01:31:17,679
postcoid. We've got different challenges

1834
01:31:17,679 --> 01:31:20,239
and uh in the same way we do have to eat

1835
01:31:20,239 --> 01:31:22,320
food every morning. There are repetitive

1836
01:31:22,320 --> 01:31:26,080
exercises to solving problems. And so,

1837
01:31:26,080 --> 01:31:28,080
we've got to make good decisions to be

1838
01:31:28,080 --> 01:31:29,679
healthy moving forward. And we're making

1839
01:31:29,679 --> 01:31:33,040
some good decisions. So I I am the

1840
01:31:33,040 --> 01:31:36,560
eternal optimist but we're existing here

1841
01:31:36,560 --> 01:31:39,040
and we've got good leadership, strong

1842
01:31:39,040 --> 01:31:42,639
leadership, good transition going and I

1843
01:31:42,639 --> 01:31:44,080
believe in these people to solve these

1844
01:31:44,080 --> 01:31:45,760
problems. I believe in the staff and I

1845
01:31:45,760 --> 01:31:47,040
believe in this leadership and I believe

1846
01:31:47,040 --> 01:31:49,360
in the people at this dis and I believe

1847
01:31:49,360 --> 01:31:51,280
in those that are going to be here in

1848
01:31:51,280 --> 01:31:55,120
just a few more weeks. So I feel uh

1849
01:31:55,120 --> 01:31:57,840
these people are undaunted and will

1850
01:31:57,840 --> 01:32:01,040
forge forward and do well for this city

1851
01:32:01,040 --> 01:32:04,880
and I am unconcerned about naysaying and

1852
01:32:04,880 --> 01:32:08,239
doomsaying. So this is good progress and

1853
01:32:08,239 --> 01:32:10,639
I appreciate the ca the candid approach

1854
01:32:10,639 --> 01:32:13,360
here tonight and I appreciate it being

1855
01:32:13,360 --> 01:32:16,400
uh showed the truth and it gives us

1856
01:32:16,400 --> 01:32:18,560
something to work on and look forward

1857
01:32:18,560 --> 01:32:20,400
to. We've got lots of strategic and

1858
01:32:20,400 --> 01:32:23,199
innovative people up here. Uh up here,

1859
01:32:23,199 --> 01:32:25,760
down there. So, and thank you all for

1860
01:32:25,760 --> 01:32:29,760
being that way. Uh all right. So, we

1861
01:32:29,760 --> 01:32:31,840
have a motion and a second and

1862
01:32:31,840 --> 01:32:34,320
discussion. It looks like we I'm going

1863
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to wrap up discussion here and take it

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to a vote. All in favor, raise your

1865
01:32:37,360 --> 01:32:39,520
right hand.

1866
01:32:39,520 --> 01:32:41,280
Council member Nutting, Council Member

1867
01:32:41,280 --> 01:32:43,120
Oxiger, Council Member Harris. Oh, it's

1868
01:32:43,120 --> 01:32:46,080
unanimous. Okay. Thank you. Motion

1869
01:32:46,080 --> 01:32:47,600
passes.

1870
01:32:47,600 --> 01:32:50,870
All right.

1871
01:32:50,880 --> 01:32:54,320
Okay. On to public hearing number two.

1872
01:32:54,320 --> 01:32:56,480
This is in regard to our west the Wesley

1873
01:32:56,480 --> 01:32:58,239
master plan. The purpose of this item is

1874
01:32:58,239 --> 01:33:00,800
for council to consider the approval of

1875
01:33:00,800 --> 01:33:02,880
the master plan amendment application

1876
01:33:02,880 --> 01:33:06,239
titled Wesley Homes phase 5. Please note

1877
01:33:06,239 --> 01:33:08,400
that this is a quasi judicial public

1878
01:33:08,400 --> 01:33:10,719
hearing. As such, the council has added

1879
01:33:10,719 --> 01:33:12,800
responsibilities and there will be some

1880
01:33:12,800 --> 01:33:14,719
notable formalities.

1881
01:33:14,719 --> 01:33:18,320
I will now up open the public hearing.

1882
01:33:18,320 --> 01:33:20,400
We will begin with a staff presentation.

1883
01:33:20,400 --> 01:33:25,920
Senior planner Jason Wy. Thanks, Jason.

1884
01:33:25,920 --> 01:33:29,199
>> Thank you. Good evening, Mayor, City

1885
01:33:29,199 --> 01:33:32,159
Council, everyone. My name is Jason Wy

1886
01:33:32,159 --> 01:33:35,520
as mentioned, a senior planner, and our

1887
01:33:35,520 --> 01:33:37,840
applicants, uh, HBL will be following me

1888
01:33:37,840 --> 01:33:40,880
with a presentation as well tonight.

1889
01:33:40,880 --> 01:33:47,270
So, let's see. Where's the clicker?

1890
01:33:47,280 --> 01:33:49,520
What is a master plan? What is the

1891
01:33:49,520 --> 01:33:52,880
purpose pursu pursuant to the the city's

1892
01:33:52,880 --> 01:33:55,120
municipal code? The purpose of a master

1893
01:33:55,120 --> 01:33:57,040
plan is to define the development of

1894
01:33:57,040 --> 01:33:59,360
property, promote compatibility with

1895
01:33:59,360 --> 01:34:01,040
neighboring areas, and benefit the

1896
01:34:01,040 --> 01:34:02,719
community with flexibility and

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01:34:02,719 --> 01:34:06,470
innovation.

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01:34:06,480 --> 01:34:09,360
Here's a nice illustration created by ah

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01:34:09,360 --> 01:34:12,159
Bill that gives you an overview of the

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01:34:12,159 --> 01:34:14,800
entire Wesley campus.

1901
01:34:14,800 --> 01:34:18,000
Um in the forefront here you can see

1902
01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:21,040
what has recently been completed of

1903
01:34:21,040 --> 01:34:23,679
Wesley. Uh you've got the gardens

1904
01:34:23,679 --> 01:34:26,159
building, the garden cottages,

1905
01:34:26,159 --> 01:34:29,920
brownstone building north of 216th

1906
01:34:29,920 --> 01:34:33,199
across going across on the skyway you

1907
01:34:33,199 --> 01:34:35,360
have the existing terrace building and

1908
01:34:35,360 --> 01:34:39,679
terrace cottages. Um, back in 2015,

1909
01:34:39,679 --> 01:34:44,560
a master plan was passed by council that

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01:34:44,560 --> 01:34:47,040
um allowed the first three phases of

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01:34:47,040 --> 01:34:49,920
construction, which is um the area in

1912
01:34:49,920 --> 01:34:51,679
the forefront that has been completed.

1913
01:34:51,679 --> 01:34:55,840
There is a current phase going on uh

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01:34:55,840 --> 01:34:58,719
improving the interior of the terrace

1915
01:34:58,719 --> 01:35:01,679
building. And now we're on to

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01:35:01,679 --> 01:35:05,760
what is the um subject of tonight is the

1917
01:35:05,760 --> 01:35:08,320
fifth phase. And that if you look on the

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01:35:08,320 --> 01:35:11,760
upper right hand corner, the creek side

1919
01:35:11,760 --> 01:35:14,560
building is the main main centerpiece

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01:35:14,560 --> 01:35:18,080
there. Um there's also a smaller um

1921
01:35:18,080 --> 01:35:19,840
maintenance building, some recreational

1922
01:35:19,840 --> 01:35:25,830
improvements, landscaping, etc.

1923
01:35:25,840 --> 01:35:28,239
Now, this is looking at the northern

1924
01:35:28,239 --> 01:35:32,639
area north of 216th.

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01:35:32,639 --> 01:35:34,800
You've got the terrace building on the

1926
01:35:34,800 --> 01:35:38,560
left, terrace cottages. You've got on

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01:35:38,560 --> 01:35:40,400
the right hand side in white, you've got

1928
01:35:40,400 --> 01:35:43,760
the um layout of the new creek side

1929
01:35:43,760 --> 01:35:46,000
proposed creekide building and the

1930
01:35:46,000 --> 01:35:49,760
maintenance building. North of that

1931
01:35:49,760 --> 01:35:54,320
there are some um carports in Brown

1932
01:35:54,320 --> 01:35:57,360
north of the terrace building

1933
01:35:57,360 --> 01:36:00,320
that's going on existing uh parking

1934
01:36:00,320 --> 01:36:04,400
area. You have recreational areas that

1935
01:36:04,400 --> 01:36:07,199
they're adding uh exceeding the amount

1936
01:36:07,199 --> 01:36:09,600
that's required by the city. There's a

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01:36:09,600 --> 01:36:11,280
little blue area there in the middle

1938
01:36:11,280 --> 01:36:13,840
that is a new pickle ball court. You've

1939
01:36:13,840 --> 01:36:17,120
got uh I think to the left botchi ball

1940
01:36:17,120 --> 01:36:20,000
court and then north the barbecue area.

1941
01:36:20,000 --> 01:36:22,880
North of the Creekide building you have

1942
01:36:22,880 --> 01:36:25,679
a dog run and you also have walking

1943
01:36:25,679 --> 01:36:28,320
paths through through an abundant amount

1944
01:36:28,320 --> 01:36:30,880
of landscaping

1945
01:36:30,880 --> 01:36:33,280
more than what's required by the uh by

1946
01:36:33,280 --> 01:36:36,960
the city. Um so

1947
01:36:36,960 --> 01:36:39,760
a little bit more about the landscaping.

1948
01:36:39,760 --> 01:36:43,040
Um so yes there's more than than what's

1949
01:36:43,040 --> 01:36:44,880
required by the city. What's required by

1950
01:36:44,880 --> 01:36:49,679
the city are the per is the perimeter uh

1951
01:36:49,679 --> 01:36:52,719
buffer uh landscape strips 10- foot wide

1952
01:36:52,719 --> 01:36:56,320
landscape strips. Um that's for

1953
01:36:56,320 --> 01:36:59,600
screening uh the rightway as well as to

1954
01:36:59,600 --> 01:37:03,760
the east we have some multifamily and uh

1955
01:37:03,760 --> 01:37:08,239
so th that landscaping must comply with

1956
01:37:08,239 --> 01:37:10,159
uh the municipal code and there are

1957
01:37:10,159 --> 01:37:13,520
strict standards um that it must comply

1958
01:37:13,520 --> 01:37:16,719
with and staff has reviewed I've

1959
01:37:16,719 --> 01:37:21,920
reviewed and uh feel like it is um

1960
01:37:21,920 --> 01:37:24,639
uh good it is sufficient for master plan

1961
01:37:24,639 --> 01:37:27,199
approval at this time. It'll continue to

1962
01:37:27,199 --> 01:37:29,360
be reviewed with civil plans during the

1963
01:37:29,360 --> 01:37:32,239
uh building permit phase as well.

1964
01:37:32,239 --> 01:37:34,239
And there's additional planting as I

1965
01:37:34,239 --> 01:37:38,159
mentioned um that some of it voluntary

1966
01:37:38,159 --> 01:37:40,800
uh and AH bill will speak on that a

1967
01:37:40,800 --> 01:37:46,390
little bit more as well.

1968
01:37:46,400 --> 01:37:49,920
This is looking north from the parking

1969
01:37:49,920 --> 01:37:52,800
lot adjacent to 216th at uh the new

1970
01:37:52,800 --> 01:37:57,600
Creekide building. It is a new 106 unit

1971
01:37:57,600 --> 01:38:01,760
independent living housing building. Um

1972
01:38:01,760 --> 01:38:03,920
it will be

1973
01:38:03,920 --> 01:38:07,520
close to 65 ft in height. The lower

1974
01:38:07,520 --> 01:38:09,600
level level will be a parking garage

1975
01:38:09,600 --> 01:38:13,280
with 106 uh parking spaces. The new

1976
01:38:13,280 --> 01:38:14,880
there's a new maintenance building I

1977
01:38:14,880 --> 01:38:17,679
mentioned before in carports.

1978
01:38:17,679 --> 01:38:20,560
Uh all bu all new buildings will have a

1979
01:38:20,560 --> 01:38:22,159
combined footprint of approximately

1980
01:38:22,159 --> 01:38:24,880
55,000 square feet.

1981
01:38:24,880 --> 01:38:27,920
I mentioned the recreation areas

1982
01:38:27,920 --> 01:38:30,080
uh more than what's required by the city

1983
01:38:30,080 --> 01:38:32,800
and landscaping again uh more than

1984
01:38:32,800 --> 01:38:35,760
that's required by the city. uh and it

1985
01:38:35,760 --> 01:38:45,750
includes over a 100 trees.

1986
01:38:45,760 --> 01:38:47,920
Now, this is the total count for the

1987
01:38:47,920 --> 01:38:52,639
entire Wesley U campus. The Creek Side

1988
01:38:52,639 --> 01:38:56,719
there is circled in red. That is the new

1989
01:38:56,719 --> 01:39:00,239
um project that's that tonight we're

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01:39:00,239 --> 01:39:04,560
concerned most with. So in total there

1991
01:39:04,560 --> 01:39:07,920
will be 497

1992
01:39:07,920 --> 01:39:11,360
independent living units, uh 50 assisted

1993
01:39:11,360 --> 01:39:16,800
living units, 26 memory care units, and

1994
01:39:16,800 --> 01:39:19,840
uh 72 skilled nursing fac uh facility

1995
01:39:19,840 --> 01:39:22,000
units. And those are actual units,

1996
01:39:22,000 --> 01:39:24,560
walled units. There was a question about

1997
01:39:24,560 --> 01:39:30,550
that last last week.

1998
01:39:30,560 --> 01:39:32,800
So

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01:39:32,800 --> 01:39:36,080
the decision criteria for approval,

2000
01:39:36,080 --> 01:39:38,800
number one, the master plan development

2001
01:39:38,800 --> 01:39:41,360
plan includes a general phasing timeline

2002
01:39:41,360 --> 01:39:44,639
and a bill will speak to that in their

2003
01:39:44,639 --> 01:39:46,880
presentation. Two, the plan meets or

2004
01:39:46,880 --> 01:39:48,400
exceeds the current regulations for

2005
01:39:48,400 --> 01:39:51,360
critical areas. Um, it was reviewed by

2006
01:39:51,360 --> 01:39:54,239
staff and it does comply.

2007
01:39:54,239 --> 01:39:55,920
There is sufficient capacity in

2008
01:39:55,920 --> 01:39:58,080
infrastructure in the transportation

2009
01:39:58,080 --> 01:39:59,679
system

2010
01:39:59,679 --> 01:40:02,480
and that was reviewed by staff and uh it

2011
01:40:02,480 --> 01:40:04,880
does comply. It is sufficient. There is

2012
01:40:04,880 --> 01:40:06,560
sufficient capacity within public

2013
01:40:06,560 --> 01:40:08,400
services such as water, sewer and storm

2014
01:40:08,400 --> 01:40:11,520
water. That again was um reviewed by

2015
01:40:11,520 --> 01:40:14,639
staff and it is sufficient. The plan

2016
01:40:14,639 --> 01:40:16,719
contains architectural design and site

2017
01:40:16,719 --> 01:40:20,000
design standards, landscaping provisions

2018
01:40:20,000 --> 01:40:23,199
for open space um etc. Uh and that has

2019
01:40:23,199 --> 01:40:28,239
all been reviewed by staff. Um it will continue to be reviewed during the

2020
01:40:28,239 --> 01:40:30,239
building permit phase as well as design

2021
01:40:30,239 --> 01:40:32,560
review phase. That's a separate

2022
01:40:32,560 --> 01:40:35,360
application.

2023
01:40:35,360 --> 01:40:38,080
The plan incorporate incorporates crime

2024
01:40:38,080 --> 01:40:40,159
prevention through environmental design

2025
01:40:40,159 --> 01:40:42,159
and that was reviewed by our police

2026
01:40:42,159 --> 01:40:47,600
department and um it was approved.

2027
01:40:47,600 --> 01:40:49,679
So, and then number seven, it actually

2028
01:40:49,679 --> 01:40:53,280
does not apply to this use. Um, there

2029
01:40:53,280 --> 01:40:58,629
are no laboratory uses.

2030
01:40:58,639 --> 01:41:03,040
This will be the motion um after

2031
01:41:03,040 --> 01:41:04,320
we get through everything.

2032
01:41:04,320 --> 01:41:17,030
>> All right. Thank you.

2033
01:41:17,040 --> 01:41:19,600
Great. Um, thank you. Uh, thanks for the

2034
01:41:19,600 --> 01:41:21,920
record. My name is Wayne Carlson. I'm uh

2035
01:41:21,920 --> 01:41:25,270
with AHBL

2036
01:41:25,280 --> 01:41:28,880
and uh I am a uh a planner and uh we are

2037
01:41:28,880 --> 01:41:31,440
providing uh civil structural planning

2038
01:41:31,440 --> 01:41:34,159
and landscape architectural services on

2039
01:41:34,159 --> 01:41:37,440
this project. Um, also here uh with us

2040
01:41:37,440 --> 01:41:39,199
uh this evening for any questions you

2041
01:41:39,199 --> 01:41:41,199
might have would be uh Steve Nornis who

2042
01:41:41,199 --> 01:41:43,199
will also be uh sharing in this

2043
01:41:43,199 --> 01:41:46,639
presentation uh with me um Heather Dart

2044
01:41:46,639 --> 01:41:49,040
uh executive director of of the campus

2045
01:41:49,040 --> 01:41:50,800
uh with with Wesley. She's here in the

2046
01:41:50,800 --> 01:41:53,280
audience as well as uh Chris Christine

2047
01:41:53,280 --> 01:41:55,760
Tmaine uh who is the vice president of

2048
01:41:55,760 --> 01:41:59,679
marketing and development with Wesley.

2049
01:41:59,679 --> 01:42:02,080
So, uh, my my presentation, uh, you

2050
01:42:02,080 --> 01:42:03,600
know, in terms of being respectful of

2051
01:42:03,600 --> 01:42:06,080
your time, I watched, uh, the the study

2052
01:42:06,080 --> 01:42:08,320
session that you had last week. And so,

2053
01:42:08,320 --> 01:42:10,560
we, uh, Steve and I have, uh, really,

2054
01:42:10,560 --> 01:42:13,119
uh, uh, fashioned our presentation

2055
01:42:13,119 --> 01:42:17,119
really to address the questions that the council had without, uh, trying

2056
01:42:17,119 --> 01:42:19,840
to duplicate, um, just the summary of

2057
01:42:19,840 --> 01:42:23,280
the project that that Jason uh, and and

2058
01:42:23,280 --> 01:42:28,560
city staff has already done. So, uh this slide is is a quick summary

2059
01:42:28,560 --> 01:42:31,119
showing us uh showing our consistency

2060
01:42:31,119 --> 01:42:33,920
with um the the development standards

2061
01:42:33,920 --> 01:42:37,199
and those uh those citations. And so, uh

2062
01:42:37,199 --> 01:42:41,440
again, we're proposing uh to to to be uh

2063
01:42:41,440 --> 01:42:43,360
be meeting uh the the height actually

2064
01:42:43,360 --> 01:42:46,239
being below the the the adopted standard

2065
01:42:46,239 --> 01:42:48,159
um meeting setbacks. You'll see

2066
01:42:48,159 --> 01:42:51,119
impervious surfaces. Uh we're about 20%

2067
01:42:51,119 --> 01:42:55,199
less uh than uh what what we would uh be

2068
01:42:55,199 --> 01:42:57,520
in terms of what we're replacing. Uh

2069
01:42:57,520 --> 01:42:59,920
parking meeting the parking standards.

2070
01:42:59,920 --> 01:43:03,760
Uh recreation space. We are proposing uh

2071
01:43:03,760 --> 01:43:05,520
essentially about double the common

2072
01:43:05,520 --> 01:43:08,960
recreation space. Um private recreation

2073
01:43:08,960 --> 01:43:12,000
area and then uh perimeter buffers. And

2074
01:43:12,000 --> 01:43:14,000
I'll I'll address uh perimeter buffers a

2075
01:43:14,000 --> 01:43:18,480
little bit more um on on the next slide.

2076
01:43:18,480 --> 01:43:22,639
Uh, Council Member uh, Harris had some questions regarding uh, landscape

2077
01:43:22,639 --> 01:43:24,159
uh, that I that I also wanted to

2078
01:43:24,159 --> 01:43:26,719
address. And and this uh, slide

2079
01:43:26,719 --> 01:43:29,600
advancers got a kind of handy uh, a

2080
01:43:29,600 --> 01:43:31,920
little uh, uh, red light here. So

2081
01:43:31,920 --> 01:43:33,760
hopefully people can kind of see this,

2082
01:43:33,760 --> 01:43:38,390
but uh,

2083
01:43:38,400 --> 01:43:39,280
maybe maybe not.

2084
01:43:39,280 --> 01:43:40,560
>> There it is.

2085
01:43:40,560 --> 01:43:42,719
>> There. There you go. Yeah, took a second

2086
01:43:42,719 --> 01:43:45,760
to to warm up, but uh one of one of the

2087
01:43:45,760 --> 01:43:49,520
questions uh was re re uh related to uh

2088
01:43:49,520 --> 01:43:51,920
to to tree replacement and uh you know

2089
01:43:51,920 --> 01:43:54,400
how many of these trees are being uh

2090
01:43:54,400 --> 01:44:01,199
placed on the the being furnished uh as part of this design. So a total of 99

2091
01:44:01,199 --> 01:44:03,760
uh additional trees are provided uh

2092
01:44:03,760 --> 01:44:05,920
going to be provided on the site. Now

2093
01:44:05,920 --> 01:44:09,360
the there will be 22 trees removed and

2094
01:44:09,360 --> 01:44:12,480
the city's uh standard is a 3:1

2095
01:44:12,480 --> 01:44:16,400
replacement. So of those 90 of those 99

2096
01:44:16,400 --> 01:44:19,199
trees uh 66

2097
01:44:19,199 --> 01:44:22,560
would have been required um anyway. So

2098
01:44:22,560 --> 01:44:27,119
um and then 81 trees uh essentially are

2099
01:44:27,119 --> 01:44:30,639
being uh proposed exclusively exclusive

2100
01:44:30,639 --> 01:44:37,600
of required rightway buffer and uh and parking lot uh internal landscaping.

2101
01:44:37,600 --> 01:44:41,119
So uh 18 additional trees beyond what

2102
01:44:41,119 --> 01:44:44,239
would uh otherwise uh be required are uh

2103
01:44:44,239 --> 01:44:46,719
included within the landscape plans that

2104
01:44:46,719 --> 01:44:49,679
our our landscape architect uh designed.

2105
01:44:49,679 --> 01:44:52,480
Uh in addition, there's probably there's

2106
01:44:52,480 --> 01:44:56,159
more than uh 2100 uh shrubs and ground

2107
01:44:56,159 --> 01:44:59,520
cover uh uh you know, plugs and and and

2108
01:44:59,520 --> 01:45:04,719
plants that are going to be part of that landscape design.

2109
01:45:04,719 --> 01:45:06,239
So, with this, I want to turn it over to

2110
01:45:06,239 --> 01:45:08,400
Steve just to to kind of talk about uh

2111
01:45:08,400 --> 01:45:10,239
some of the other elements uh that were

2112
01:45:10,239 --> 01:45:13,600
addressed in last week's uh presentation

2113
01:45:13,600 --> 01:45:17,430
uh for you.

2114
01:45:17,440 --> 01:45:19,280
» Good evening. Um, my name is Steve

2115
01:45:19,280 --> 01:45:21,040
Nornes. I work with Senior Housing

2116
01:45:21,040 --> 01:45:22,800
Partners. I've been the developer on the

2117
01:45:22,800 --> 01:45:24,960
Wesley campus. I started with this in

2118
01:45:24,960 --> 01:45:27,920
2017, similar to your time and working

2119
01:45:27,920 --> 01:45:30,000
with every phase and really glad to be

2120
01:45:30,000 --> 01:45:32,719
here tonight. Uh, just real briefly,

2121
01:45:32,719 --> 01:45:36,159
Wesley started 1944 and it was a place

2122
01:45:36,159 --> 01:45:38,000
that we wanted established where for

2123
01:45:38,000 --> 01:45:40,560
retirement, where seniors could live and

2124
01:45:40,560 --> 01:45:43,280
of all faiths will be uh recognized.

2125
01:45:43,280 --> 01:45:44,800
Kevin Anderson would like to be here

2126
01:45:44,800 --> 01:45:47,520
tonight, but he's on vacation. And but

2127
01:45:47,520 --> 01:45:50,080
Kevin has taken the torch and as we've

2128
01:45:50,080 --> 01:45:51,199
gone through, we said, "We're going to

2129
01:45:51,199 --> 01:45:52,880
need to remodel the campus. We can make

2130
01:45:52,880 --> 01:45:56,080
it more um uh modern and make it more

2131
01:45:56,080 --> 01:45:57,920
have available for seniors." And so

2132
01:45:57,920 --> 01:45:59,440
that's what we've done and made made the

2133
01:45:59,440 --> 01:46:02,480
changes. And so um and there are

2134
01:46:02,480 --> 01:46:04,480
pictures just about lifestyle. And as we

2135
01:46:04,480 --> 01:46:06,719
are developing uh it's just now bricks

2136
01:46:06,719 --> 01:46:09,040
and mortars but again it's developing a

2137
01:46:09,040 --> 01:46:11,040
place to live and a place where people

2138
01:46:11,040 --> 01:46:12,800
can enjoy life with community and

2139
01:46:12,800 --> 01:46:15,840
choice. So this is a picture that goes

2140
01:46:15,840 --> 01:46:19,840
back to 2017 before just for those who

2141
01:46:19,840 --> 01:46:21,440
this is what the gardens was in the

2142
01:46:21,440 --> 01:46:24,239
middle cottages surrounded the rest. The

2143
01:46:24,239 --> 01:46:25,760
terrace is to the right and the green

2144
01:46:25,760 --> 01:46:28,480
building is the care center which we're

2145
01:46:28,480 --> 01:46:30,239
going to demolish and build to do

2146
01:46:30,239 --> 01:46:32,480
independent living. And then you saw it

2147
01:46:32,480 --> 01:46:34,400
earlier, but here's another look of the

2148
01:46:34,400 --> 01:46:36,239
site. We really tried to set the campus

2149
01:46:36,239 --> 01:46:38,560
up to look at the Puget Sound, and this

2150
01:46:38,560 --> 01:46:40,880
is all remodeled with skilled nursing. A

2151
01:46:40,880 --> 01:46:42,719
question came up from last meeting. Are

2152
01:46:42,719 --> 01:46:45,760
the skilled rooms uh private? Uh all we

2153
01:46:45,760 --> 01:46:47,679
have 72 skilled beds, and they're all

2154
01:46:47,679 --> 01:46:50,960
private rooms. Um in the care center, uh

2155
01:46:50,960 --> 01:46:52,560
and this new building here has assisted

2156
01:46:52,560 --> 01:46:54,719
living, memory care, independent living,

2157
01:46:54,719 --> 01:46:56,880
and we have town homes in Brownstones.

2158
01:46:56,880 --> 01:46:58,560
We also put in the bridge which connects

2159
01:46:58,560 --> 01:47:01,119
the campus. And you've seen this slide

2160
01:47:01,119 --> 01:47:02,480
before. We're talking about the upper

2161
01:47:02,480 --> 01:47:04,880
part, the creek side. So,

2162
01:47:04,880 --> 01:47:07,600
architecturally, this campus, this p

2163
01:47:07,600 --> 01:47:09,119
this new design is going to match the

2164
01:47:09,119 --> 01:47:10,639
rest of the campus, the exterior

2165
01:47:10,639 --> 01:47:13,199
facades. And this is an evening picture.

2166
01:47:13,199 --> 01:47:15,199
Uh, every apartment's going to have bel

2167
01:47:15,199 --> 01:47:17,280
uh porches and balconies. Uh upper

2168
01:47:17,280 --> 01:47:18,880
leftand corner, you can see there's an

2169
01:47:18,880 --> 01:47:20,560
that's going to be an area where

2170
01:47:20,560 --> 01:47:22,560
activities can be. It's a lounge and so

2171
01:47:22,560 --> 01:47:24,639
people can be up there entertaining and

2172
01:47:24,639 --> 01:47:27,600
meeting with friends. I think the um the

2173
01:47:27,600 --> 01:47:29,920
reason why why are we doing it uh

2174
01:47:29,920 --> 01:47:32,159
there's a wait list currently there are

2175
01:47:32,159 --> 01:47:34,960
390 people are on a wait list today the

2176
01:47:34,960 --> 01:47:36,480
market studies have said if we go out

2177
01:47:36,480 --> 01:47:38,880
and do this this see what's available

2178
01:47:38,880 --> 01:47:41,199
there's a need for additional 360

2179
01:47:41,199 --> 01:47:44,239
apartments uh to fill and it really fits

2180
01:47:44,239 --> 01:47:45,920
with our mission statement to continue

2181
01:47:45,920 --> 01:47:49,119
providing choice in the area the project

2182
01:47:49,119 --> 01:47:51,280
timing is we like to start in the first

2183
01:47:51,280 --> 01:47:54,320
quarter uh second quarter April of 26

2184
01:47:54,320 --> 01:47:56,960
it's a 19month construction. The overall

2185
01:47:56,960 --> 01:47:59,679
project cost is $93 million and the

2186
01:47:59,679 --> 01:48:01,600
construction portion of it is just under

2187
01:48:01,600 --> 01:48:04,239
$60 million.

2188
01:48:04,239 --> 01:48:05,679
And then the real benefit to the

2189
01:48:05,679 --> 01:48:08,480
community, uh it's it at peak time,

2190
01:48:08,480 --> 01:48:10,719
Walsh construction, as it said be at

2191
01:48:10,719 --> 01:48:14,000
least 60 full-time employees. Uh the

2192
01:48:14,000 --> 01:48:17,199
housing, uh typically in our model, 70%

2193
01:48:17,199 --> 01:48:18,800
of the people who move in come from 10

2194
01:48:18,800 --> 01:48:20,880
to 15 mile radius. So that means 70

2195
01:48:20,880 --> 01:48:23,840
people or 70 homes will be moving over

2196
01:48:23,840 --> 01:48:27,360
that will be resold. Um we're going to

2197
01:48:27,360 --> 01:48:30,159
complete the master plan. Uh we continue

2198
01:48:30,159 --> 01:48:32,719
to be good neighbors uh for serving

2199
01:48:32,719 --> 01:48:34,719
residents and number employees. So

2200
01:48:34,719 --> 01:48:36,800
really this is about community. It's

2201
01:48:36,800 --> 01:48:38,719
about housing. It's jobs. It's about

2202
01:48:38,719 --> 01:48:40,560
completing the campus and it's really

2203
01:48:40,560 --> 01:48:42,880
about continuing the legacy of uh

2204
01:48:42,880 --> 01:48:46,080
Reverend Lauren Stanley. So just uh glad

2205
01:48:46,080 --> 01:48:48,080
to be here tonight and and thank you for

2206
01:48:48,080 --> 01:48:53,510
having us present.

2207
01:48:53,520 --> 01:48:55,440
» Thank you. Do you have another component

2208
01:48:55,440 --> 01:48:58,960
of the presentation right now?

2209
01:48:58,960 --> 01:49:04,000
>> That's all done. Okay. So what the next

2210
01:49:04,000 --> 01:49:08,159
up is uh council consideration. So I'm

2211
01:49:08,159 --> 01:49:10,320
going to read following are the rules of

2212
01:49:10,320 --> 01:49:13,119
order um in conducting tonight's public

2213
01:49:13,119 --> 01:49:15,920
hearing which is quasi judicial. All

2214
01:49:15,920 --> 01:49:17,600
council members should now give

2215
01:49:17,600 --> 01:49:19,760
consideration as to whether they have

2216
01:49:19,760 --> 01:49:22,880
one a demonstrated bias or prejudice for

2217
01:49:22,880 --> 01:49:26,000
or against any party to the proceedings.

2218
01:49:26,000 --> 01:49:29,360
Two, a direct or indirect monetary

2219
01:49:29,360 --> 01:49:30,719
interest in the outcome of the

2220
01:49:30,719 --> 01:49:34,480
proceedings. Three, a prejudgment of the

2221
01:49:34,480 --> 01:49:36,400
issue prior to the prior to hearing the

2222
01:49:36,400 --> 01:49:39,840
facts on the record or four, exparte

2223
01:49:39,840 --> 01:49:42,080
contact with any individual excluding

2224
01:49:42,080 --> 01:49:44,480
administrative staff with regard to an

2225
01:49:44,480 --> 01:49:46,719
issue prior to the hearing. If any

2226
01:49:46,719 --> 01:49:48,320
council member should answer in the

2227
01:49:48,320 --> 01:49:50,480
affirmative, then the council member

2228
01:49:50,480 --> 01:49:52,080
should state the reason for their answer

2229
01:49:52,080 --> 01:49:54,080
at this time so that the mayor may

2230
01:49:54,080 --> 01:49:56,000
inquire of the administration as to

2231
01:49:56,000 --> 01:49:57,840
whether a violation of the appearance of

2232
01:49:57,840 --> 01:50:01,119
fairness doctrine exists.

2233
01:50:01,119 --> 01:50:04,000
So, have any of you had any discussion

2234
01:50:04,000 --> 01:50:06,719
on this topic or do you feel you have an

2235
01:50:06,719 --> 01:50:09,520
actual or the appearance the appearance

2236
01:50:09,520 --> 01:50:11,840
of a conflict of interest? So, I'm going

2237
01:50:11,840 --> 01:50:14,159
to call on each of you individually.

2238
01:50:14,159 --> 01:50:17,199
Deputy Mayor Steinmet,

2239
01:50:17,199 --> 01:50:19,040
>> I don't believe it's a conflict, but I

2240
01:50:19,040 --> 01:50:20,719
would at least let people know that my

2241
01:50:20,719 --> 01:50:23,119
mother is on the waiting list for at

2242
01:50:23,119 --> 01:50:26,000
Wesley, one of those 38.

2243
01:50:26,000 --> 01:50:28,239
Um, that's fine. Thanks for disclosing

2244
01:50:28,239 --> 01:50:31,760
that, but that's fine. You can Council

2245
01:50:31,760 --> 01:50:32,719
member Mahoney,

2246
01:50:32,719 --> 01:50:34,000
>> I do not.

2247
01:50:34,000 --> 01:50:35,440
>> Council member Grace Matsui,

2248
01:50:35,440 --> 01:50:36,639
>> I do not.

2249
01:50:36,639 --> 01:50:39,679
>> Council member Nutting,

2250
01:50:39,679 --> 01:50:41,119
>> I do not.

2251
01:50:41,119 --> 01:50:42,480
>> Council member Harris,

2252
01:50:42,480 --> 01:50:43,440
>> nope.

2253
01:50:43,440 --> 01:50:44,719
>> Council member Oxiger,

2254
01:50:44,719 --> 01:50:46,080
>> I do not.

2255
01:50:46,080 --> 01:50:49,040
>> Thank you. So, now it is time for public

2256
01:50:49,040 --> 01:50:51,360
comment portion of this public hearing.

2257
01:50:51,360 --> 01:50:52,880
Please recognize that we'll not be able

2258
01:50:52,880 --> 01:50:54,560
to interact with you or answer any

2259
01:50:54,560 --> 01:50:56,560
questions during this segment, but your

2260
01:50:56,560 --> 01:50:58,080
comments will become part of the public

2261
01:50:58,080 --> 01:51:00,080
record on the subject and we will

2262
01:51:00,080 --> 01:51:02,800
thoughtfully note your input.

2263
01:51:02,800 --> 01:51:06,239
All comments by proponents, opponents or

2264
01:51:06,239 --> 01:51:08,960
the public shall be made from the podium

2265
01:51:08,960 --> 01:51:11,119
and any individual making comments shall

2266
01:51:11,119 --> 01:51:13,520
first give their name and the city in

2267
01:51:13,520 --> 01:51:15,840
which they reside. Individuals will have

2268
01:51:15,840 --> 01:51:18,239
three minutes to speak. No comments

2269
01:51:18,239 --> 01:51:21,119
shall be made from any other location

2270
01:51:21,119 --> 01:51:23,440
and anyone making out of order comments

2271
01:51:23,440 --> 01:51:25,440
shall be subject to the rem subject to

2272
01:51:25,440 --> 01:51:27,840
removal from the meeting. There will be

2273
01:51:27,840 --> 01:51:30,080
no demonstrations during or at the

2274
01:51:30,080 --> 01:51:32,639
conclusion of anyone's presentation. It

2275
01:51:32,639 --> 01:51:34,800
is not necessary to be a proponent or

2276
01:51:34,800 --> 01:51:36,960
opponent in order to speak. If you

2277
01:51:36,960 --> 01:51:39,199
consider yourself neither a proponent or

2278
01:51:39,199 --> 01:51:41,199
opponent, please speak during the

2279
01:51:41,199 --> 01:51:44,000
proponent portion and identify yourself

2280
01:51:44,000 --> 01:51:49,830
as neither a proponent nor an opponent.

2281
01:51:49,840 --> 01:51:53,599
» Okay. So, since we did not have anyone

2282
01:51:53,599 --> 01:51:56,719
sign up to speak,

2283
01:51:56,719 --> 01:51:58,560
uh,

2284
01:51:58,560 --> 01:52:01,280
I'm going to ask, is there anyone who

2285
01:52:01,280 --> 01:52:03,040
did not

2286
01:52:03,040 --> 01:52:05,360
who would like to speak on the subject

2287
01:52:05,360 --> 01:52:06,800
but did not realize they needed to sign

2288
01:52:06,800 --> 01:52:10,159
up in order to speak?

2289
01:52:10,159 --> 01:52:12,560
Second call. I think I have actually

2290
01:52:12,560 --> 01:52:15,360
four calls on this, right? Just three.

2291
01:52:15,360 --> 01:52:17,760
Okay. Is there anyone who wishes to

2292
01:52:17,760 --> 01:52:21,199
speak who did not sign up to speak?

2293
01:52:21,199 --> 01:52:23,040
Third call. Is there anyone who wishes

2294
01:52:23,040 --> 01:52:26,080
to speak who did not sign up to speak?

2295
01:52:26,080 --> 01:52:30,070
Okay.

2296
01:52:30,080 --> 01:52:32,719
Now I will inquire of the administration

2297
01:52:32,719 --> 01:52:34,159
as to whether there have been any

2298
01:52:34,159 --> 01:52:36,159
misstatements of fact or whether the

2299
01:52:36,159 --> 01:52:38,080
administration wishes to introduce any

2300
01:52:38,080 --> 01:52:40,639
material as to the subjects raised by

2301
01:52:40,639 --> 01:52:43,679
opponents or proponents or opponents or

2302
01:52:43,679 --> 01:52:46,639
during the presentation or alter in any

2303
01:52:46,639 --> 01:52:50,800
regard initial recommendations.

2304
01:52:50,800 --> 01:52:53,360
No. Thank you.

2305
01:52:53,360 --> 01:52:56,000
Council, do you have any questions?

2306
01:52:56,000 --> 01:52:58,159
Please, questions only at this time.

2307
01:52:58,159 --> 01:52:59,920
Council member Mahoney and then council

2308
01:52:59,920 --> 01:53:01,599
member Harris.

2309
01:53:01,599 --> 01:53:03,599
>> So, I was reading the letters that you

2310
01:53:03,599 --> 01:53:05,040
sent out recently. I think it was

2311
01:53:05,040 --> 01:53:07,520
yesterday. And the only question I have

2312
01:53:07,520 --> 01:53:09,199
is particularly from the tribe, one of

2313
01:53:09,199 --> 01:53:13,440
the tribes. This is a previously developed site we're talking

2314
01:53:13,440 --> 01:53:14,960
about. Correct.

2315
01:53:14,960 --> 01:53:18,000
>> Correct. And was this type of

2316
01:53:18,000 --> 01:53:21,280
exploration for indigenous archae

2317
01:53:21,280 --> 01:53:24,000
archaeological

2318
01:53:24,000 --> 01:53:26,159
evidence done before or was that

2319
01:53:26,159 --> 01:53:28,000
something that wasn't done in the past

2320
01:53:28,000 --> 01:53:30,320
when this maybe have been built?

2321
01:53:30,320 --> 01:53:31,679
>> That's a good question. I don't know if

2322
01:53:31,679 --> 01:53:34,320
it was done in the past. Um, this is a

2323
01:53:34,320 --> 01:53:36,719
somewhat standard comment that goes out

2324
01:53:36,719 --> 01:53:39,679
to a lot of for a lot of our projects.

2325
01:53:39,679 --> 01:53:41,599
Um

2326
01:53:41,599 --> 01:53:44,239
there's a another project that we're

2327
01:53:44,239 --> 01:53:46,159
working on that um we had to address

2328
01:53:46,159 --> 01:53:50,880
that as well as a condition um that

2329
01:53:50,880 --> 01:53:53,679
condition for the Madera um for another

2330
01:53:53,679 --> 01:53:56,000
project. We conditioned it um for them

2331
01:53:56,000 --> 01:54:00,080
to the de developer to get an

2332
01:54:00,080 --> 01:54:04,800
archaeological survey. Sorry. So I

2333
01:54:04,800 --> 01:54:06,880
believe that was a request by

2334
01:54:06,880 --> 01:54:08,000
Snowqualami tribe was it?

2335
01:54:08,000 --> 01:54:09,920
>> Yes. So that's my question. I assume

2336
01:54:09,920 --> 01:54:11,520
that that's good request is going to be

2337
01:54:11,520 --> 01:54:15,040
honored. Um obviously what would be the

2338
01:54:15,040 --> 01:54:19,760
process should they discover something

2339
01:54:19,760 --> 01:54:23,199
>> typically they would stop work and and

2340
01:54:23,199 --> 01:54:27,040
then follow the protocol which you know

2341
01:54:27,040 --> 01:54:29,840
I'm not totally familiar with but they

2342
01:54:29,840 --> 01:54:32,000
would have to stop and

2343
01:54:32,000 --> 01:54:32,639
um

2344
01:54:32,639 --> 01:54:34,480
>> similar to what we have

2345
01:54:34,480 --> 01:54:35,760
>> a survey even if they don't find

2346
01:54:35,760 --> 01:54:37,040
anything they're still required to do an

2347
01:54:37,040 --> 01:54:39,440
inadvertent discovery plan so a plan is

2348
01:54:39,440 --> 01:54:41,760
put together um on what what will be

2349
01:54:41,760 --> 01:54:43,520
done if something is found. So that's

2350
01:54:43,520 --> 01:54:45,199
part of a standard requirement.

2351
01:54:45,199 --> 01:54:47,920
>> All right. Thank you.

2352
01:54:47,920 --> 01:54:50,880
>> All right. Council member Harris.

2353
01:54:50,880 --> 01:54:54,239
>> Thank you. Um just along and this may

2354
01:54:54,239 --> 01:54:59,280
just be me nerding out. Um is there

2355
01:54:59,280 --> 01:55:02,000
anything um just looking at the property

2356
01:55:02,000 --> 01:55:06,719
that um are all are all the surveys are

2357
01:55:06,719 --> 01:55:08,960
they similar? You know, in other words,

2358
01:55:08,960 --> 01:55:10,560
is there something unique about the

2359
01:55:10,560 --> 01:55:13,679
property that might

2360
01:55:13,679 --> 01:55:16,800
cause delay to the project just in doing

2361
01:55:16,800 --> 01:55:19,440
the evaluation or is it just

2362
01:55:19,440 --> 01:55:20,960
>> So, we wouldn't know until an evaluation

2363
01:55:20,960 --> 01:55:23,520
is done. If an if an evaluation is done

2364
01:55:23,520 --> 01:55:25,119
um because this is a heavily already

2365
01:55:25,119 --> 01:55:27,360
developed site, we as staff I wouldn't

2366
01:55:27,360 --> 01:55:30,719
expect to see an issue at this site. Um

2367
01:55:30,719 --> 01:55:32,400
but like like was mentioned, Snowqual

2368
01:55:32,400 --> 01:55:34,320
Colony Tribe puts that request or

2369
01:55:34,320 --> 01:55:36,000
recommendation on every project that

2370
01:55:36,000 --> 01:55:38,400
they get noticed on. Okay. And the other

2371
01:55:38,400 --> 01:55:40,560
thing is does the uh comment from

2372
01:55:40,560 --> 01:55:43,440
ecology regarding arsenic does that pose

2373
01:55:43,440 --> 01:55:46,000
any potential challenge? It came in kind

2374
01:55:46,000 --> 01:55:51,360
of recently. That's another common uh comment that we get for a lot

2375
01:55:51,360 --> 01:55:53,920
of projects and it's not a big issue.

2376
01:55:53,920 --> 01:55:56,159
They will have to do go through the

2377
01:55:56,159 --> 01:55:59,040
process of um cleanup.

2378
01:55:59,040 --> 01:56:01,280
>> Okay. But it's just a known process.

2379
01:56:01,280 --> 01:56:02,239
>> It is.

2380
01:56:02,239 --> 01:56:04,480
>> That's it. Thank you.

2381
01:56:04,480 --> 01:56:05,920
>> Thank you. I'm checking with council

2382
01:56:05,920 --> 01:56:11,830
member Nutting.

2383
01:56:11,840 --> 01:56:14,880
No, you're good. Okay. Uh, any other

2384
01:56:14,880 --> 01:56:17,119
questions?

2385
01:56:17,119 --> 01:56:18,800
All right.

2386
01:56:18,800 --> 01:56:21,920
I will now close the public hearing.

2387
01:56:21,920 --> 01:56:24,400
Is there a motion? Council member

2388
01:56:24,400 --> 01:56:27,119
Mahoney. I move to approve draft

2389
01:56:27,119 --> 01:56:29,599
resolution 25-120

2390
01:56:29,599 --> 01:56:31,360
approving the master plan amendment for

2391
01:56:31,360 --> 01:56:34,639
the proposed Wesley Homes project LUA

2392
01:56:34,639 --> 01:56:37,360
2025-000026

2393
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subject to conditions set forth in the

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01:56:39,920 --> 01:56:41,040
resolution.

2395
01:56:41,040 --> 01:56:42,639
>> I have a second. Looks like I have a

2396
01:56:42,639 --> 01:56:44,239
second from Council Member Nutting.

2397
01:56:44,239 --> 01:56:46,960
Thank you very much. Discussion.

2398
01:56:46,960 --> 01:56:51,199
>> Council member Harris. Um, aside from my

2399
01:56:51,199 --> 01:56:53,920
uh, you know, just concerns because the

2400
01:56:53,920 --> 01:56:57,760
creek side is touchy for me. Um, if it

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01:56:57,760 --> 01:57:00,800
turns out, you know, analogous to the

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01:57:00,800 --> 01:57:03,199
terrace project, it will be spectacular.

2403
01:57:03,199 --> 01:57:06,639
Um, it's been a I I can't say enough

2404
01:57:06,639 --> 01:57:09,679
good things about it. Took a long time,

2405
01:57:09,679 --> 01:57:12,960
co and so forth, but um, the inside is a

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01:57:12,960 --> 01:57:15,840
place that you'd want to live and um, it

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01:57:15,840 --> 01:57:17,599
just

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01:57:17,599 --> 01:57:20,880
it's just a wonderful uh thing. So,

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thank you.

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01:57:22,480 --> 01:57:24,560
>> Thank you. Any other comments? Council

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01:57:24,560 --> 01:57:26,239
member Mahoney and then Deputy Mayor

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Steinmets.

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01:57:28,159 --> 01:57:29,679
>> Wesley's a great neighbor in our

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01:57:29,679 --> 01:57:32,719
community. Um throughout this process,

2415
01:57:32,719 --> 01:57:34,880
every development's been a upgrade in

2416
01:57:34,880 --> 01:57:38,719
this community. um uh particularly this

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01:57:38,719 --> 01:57:41,040
being on the other side with the terrace

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01:57:41,040 --> 01:57:44,320
and the fact that uh we all lobbyed to

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01:57:44,320 --> 01:57:46,400
get this uh the skybridge which ensured

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01:57:46,400 --> 01:57:48,000
their safety is going to be a great

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01:57:48,000 --> 01:57:51,520
connection. So I'm thrilled um for

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01:57:51,520 --> 01:57:54,320
Wesley itself and its residents and the

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01:57:54,320 --> 01:57:55,599
additional people that they're going to

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01:57:55,599 --> 01:57:58,080
be adding to their community. Um I

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01:57:58,080 --> 01:57:59,679
welcome in advance because I won't be

2426
01:57:59,679 --> 01:58:04,149
here to do it later.

2427
01:58:04,159 --> 01:58:06,159
Deputy Mayor Stemet.

2428
01:58:06,159 --> 01:58:07,679
>> Um, I want to echo a lot of those

2429
01:58:07,679 --> 01:58:10,239
sentiments. Um, everything that Wesley

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01:58:10,239 --> 01:58:12,719
has built has been really, really well

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01:58:12,719 --> 01:58:16,159
done, well executed. The building of

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01:58:16,159 --> 01:58:18,320
that sky bridge was amazing to watch

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01:58:18,320 --> 01:58:21,040
those beams go up. I remember being

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01:58:21,040 --> 01:58:25,119
there uh and you know it really even

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01:58:25,119 --> 01:58:26,639
though you were building across a busy

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01:58:26,639 --> 01:58:30,239
street, it was of a minimal disruption

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01:58:30,239 --> 01:58:32,480
uh when you did it. So I think the

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01:58:32,480 --> 01:58:35,760
process by which Wesley has taken on

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01:58:35,760 --> 01:58:38,239
these projects and executed them uh

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01:58:38,239 --> 01:58:41,440
really is to be commended. Uh it's it's

2441
01:58:41,440 --> 01:58:44,159
good and uh 160 more units of

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01:58:44,159 --> 01:58:47,119
independent living is just great. So I'm

2443
01:58:47,119 --> 01:58:50,639
sure the u the wait list will be very

2444
01:58:50,639 --> 01:58:54,800
glad. Thank you.

2445
01:58:54,800 --> 01:58:59,040
Uh any other comments or discussion

2446
01:58:59,040 --> 01:59:02,800
down the line? Uh all right. Well, mine

2447
01:59:02,800 --> 01:59:06,000
uh I am amazed at the hurdles that uh a

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01:59:06,000 --> 01:59:08,480
developer needs to overcome that we

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01:59:08,480 --> 01:59:10,560
commonly don't even see come through our

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01:59:10,560 --> 01:59:12,639
emails which we did this week in regard

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01:59:12,639 --> 01:59:15,520
to this. And it gives me and especially

2452
01:59:15,520 --> 01:59:17,920
your answers tonight. Uh this is common.

2453
01:59:17,920 --> 01:59:21,040
This we get this all the time. Uh it it

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01:59:21,040 --> 01:59:24,239
breeds a new appreciation for cultural

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01:59:24,239 --> 01:59:26,320
environmental protection, the processes

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01:59:26,320 --> 01:59:28,560
that we've got going on all the time

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01:59:28,560 --> 01:59:30,800
that when something goes in and

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01:59:30,800 --> 01:59:33,280
something happens, all this stuff h all

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01:59:33,280 --> 01:59:36,400
these hurdles have have been overcome.

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01:59:36,400 --> 01:59:40,239
Uh I I appreciate the work on behalf of

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01:59:40,239 --> 01:59:42,800
developers. It's so daunting to to get a

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01:59:42,800 --> 01:59:44,239
project done with that in front of you,

2463
01:59:44,239 --> 01:59:46,480
but it's just a reminder to the

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01:59:46,480 --> 01:59:48,480
community all of the boxes that are

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01:59:48,480 --> 01:59:50,480
being checked when something does happen

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01:59:50,480 --> 01:59:52,400
and something comes into the community

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01:59:52,400 --> 01:59:55,040
and the environment is disrupted. Uh

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01:59:55,040 --> 01:59:57,920
Wesley's a fantastic partner and the

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01:59:57,920 --> 01:59:59,760
residents there make great neighbors.

2470
01:59:59,760 --> 02:00:02,880
Very excited. Okay, all in favor raise

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your right hand.

2472
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Uh looks like it is unanimous. Motion

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passes. Congratulations. Thank you for

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your time.

2475
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All right. Uh, next up is new business

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and the first item is a grant acceptance

2477
02:00:22,800 --> 02:00:24,639
and economic development grant from the

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02:00:24,639 --> 02:00:26,960
port. The purpose of this item is to

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seek council acceptance of Port of

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Seattle phase three grant funding. And

2481
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we're going to begin with a res

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02:00:33,119 --> 02:00:34,960
presentation with city manager Katherryn

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02:00:34,960 --> 02:00:36,800
Caffrey and economic development

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consultant Dan Ernesy.

2485
02:00:39,119 --> 02:00:40,480
And I'm not sure, mayor, if you want to

2486
02:00:40,480 --> 02:00:42,719
call up both items since they're sort of

2487
02:00:42,719 --> 02:00:44,080
related or

2488
02:00:44,080 --> 02:00:45,920
>> Well, I was going to open with this

2489
02:00:45,920 --> 02:00:48,239
presentation, have the discussion and

2490
02:00:48,239 --> 02:00:50,080
vote, and then skip the presentation

2491
02:00:50,080 --> 02:00:52,239
part on the next item. We'll just go

2492
02:00:52,239 --> 02:00:54,560
straight to a motion and discussion.

2493
02:00:54,560 --> 02:00:56,719
>> Oh, okay. We'll do the two presentations

2494
02:00:56,719 --> 02:00:57,040
back.

2495
02:00:57,040 --> 02:00:58,960
>> Yeah, you'll do the whole presentation

2496
02:00:58,960 --> 02:01:00,320
in as a group right now.

2497
02:01:00,320 --> 02:01:02,480
>> Sounds great. So, I'll start this. So,

2498
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this is really two items. The first one

2499
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is accepting a grant and then the next

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item is what we're going to do with that

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02:01:08,719 --> 02:01:10,800
money if the council chooses to accept

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02:01:10,800 --> 02:01:13,520
it. So, um you all are probably familiar

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02:01:13,520 --> 02:01:15,199
with this because for several years the

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02:01:15,199 --> 02:01:17,760
city has received these funds. The Port

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02:01:17,760 --> 02:01:20,400
of Seattle does a two-year economic

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development grant program. You can see

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what the goals are there. Uh it is

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available to the 38 cities in King

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County that are not um uh Seattle. It is

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not competitive in the sense that how

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02:01:32,880 --> 02:01:34,639
much money you're allocated is a

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formula. Although it is not competitive,

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02:01:37,520 --> 02:01:39,360
there are requirements as to what you

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can and can't use it for. Uh in previous

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years, the city has used it for studies.

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This is not a study. This is actual

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implementation. So this is hiring

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someone to do the work. So you'll see

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here, this is the grant formula. Uh what

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the city would receive from the port is

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$68,800.

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uh it requires a 25% match from the city

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that those funds were included in the

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proposed budget out of professional

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services and then another 17,000 that

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can be an inind match. So the total

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value is about $103,000 and the total

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02:02:14,480 --> 02:02:18,560
kind of cash value is around 86.

2529
02:02:18,560 --> 02:02:20,639
So, because this year we were not

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02:02:20,639 --> 02:02:22,560
eligible to use these funds for a study,

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and I think there's definitely some

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study fatigue, we're actually looking at

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hiring someone to really go through some

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focused downtown work. As you all may

2535
02:02:32,800 --> 02:02:34,800
recall, the city does not have dedicated

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02:02:34,800 --> 02:02:37,119
staff for economic development. So, this

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02:02:37,119 --> 02:02:40,080
is actually a really positive way for us

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to get the benefit of having someone um

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in our organization doing this work

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02:02:46,320 --> 02:02:48,560
without having to hire the full-time

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02:02:48,560 --> 02:02:50,239
employee, which at this time the city

2542
02:02:50,239 --> 02:02:52,639
does not have the funds for. I also want

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02:02:52,639 --> 02:02:54,080
to talk a little bit about where this

2544
02:02:54,080 --> 02:02:57,520
focus area came from. So, we frequently,

2545
02:02:57,520 --> 02:02:59,199
and we heard it Tuesday night, hear

2546
02:02:59,199 --> 02:03:01,760
about vacant lots downtown and we hear a

2547
02:03:01,760 --> 02:03:04,639
lot about revitalizing the Marine View

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02:03:04,639 --> 02:03:06,800
corridor. And so what this is really

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02:03:06,800 --> 02:03:10,080
doing is getting updated information on

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02:03:10,080 --> 02:03:12,000
who owns property there because some of

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02:03:12,000 --> 02:03:13,920
that has changed hands over several

2552
02:03:13,920 --> 02:03:15,520
years and we don't have good records on

2553
02:03:15,520 --> 02:03:17,599
that. Really getting into contact with

2554
02:03:17,599 --> 02:03:19,760
business owners as well as prospective

2555
02:03:19,760 --> 02:03:22,400
real estate developers. Um and the hope

2556
02:03:22,400 --> 02:03:24,560
is to really get insight from what their

2557
02:03:24,560 --> 02:03:26,960
needs are to incentivize development

2558
02:03:26,960 --> 02:03:29,199
there to inform council policy

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02:03:29,199 --> 02:03:31,440
decisions. So occasionally I'll hear

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02:03:31,440 --> 02:03:33,520
comments of, you know, looking at zoning

2561
02:03:33,520 --> 02:03:35,679
downtown and things like that. It's

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02:03:35,679 --> 02:03:37,440
important that we know if the council is

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02:03:37,440 --> 02:03:39,360
going to embark on that, somebody's

2564
02:03:39,360 --> 02:03:41,199
going to be there at the other end to to

2565
02:03:41,199 --> 02:03:42,719
take advantage of that. So this is

2566
02:03:42,719 --> 02:03:45,360
really working on that. Uh so it's a lot

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02:03:45,360 --> 02:03:47,840
of real outreach candidly, a lot of

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02:03:47,840 --> 02:03:49,840
conversations, a lot of talking to

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02:03:49,840 --> 02:03:51,440
people, a lot of sitting with them to

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02:03:51,440 --> 02:03:53,280
understand why are they not developing,

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02:03:53,280 --> 02:03:55,360
what has stopped them in the past. So

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02:03:55,360 --> 02:03:58,719
it's pretty time inensive work.

2573
02:03:58,719 --> 02:04:00,880
Uh the timeline is that uh if the

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02:04:00,880 --> 02:04:02,639
council accepted the funds, we would

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really start in January and expend them

2576
02:04:04,800 --> 02:04:07,040
over the year. The deliverables are

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02:04:07,040 --> 02:04:10,639
again really really valuable information

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that could then like I said inform what

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02:04:12,719 --> 02:04:15,040
the council chooses to do especially in

2580
02:04:15,040 --> 02:04:16,639
light of the strategic plan where I

2581
02:04:16,639 --> 02:04:18,400
think it won't be a surprise to anybody

2582
02:04:18,400 --> 02:04:21,119
that economic development downtown

2583
02:04:21,119 --> 02:04:23,760
vacant lots I fully anticipate is going

2584
02:04:23,760 --> 02:04:25,280
to show up there in some way. So this is

2585
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sort of giving us an edge on that.

2586
02:04:28,159 --> 02:04:31,119
So, I'm gonna transition over to Dan and

2587
02:04:31,119 --> 02:04:34,560
let me kind of in um Can you give him

2588
02:04:34,560 --> 02:04:36,800
talk about what his role is? So, Dan

2589
02:04:36,800 --> 02:04:40,560
Ernesy uh has a consulting firm where he

2590
02:04:40,560 --> 02:04:42,080
has, you know, he'll talk about his

2591
02:04:42,080 --> 02:04:43,440
background, but really over about 20

2592
02:04:43,440 --> 02:04:44,800
years of experience in economic

2593
02:04:44,800 --> 02:04:46,320
development in this region, which I

2594
02:04:46,320 --> 02:04:48,480
think you all are familiar with. And so

2595
02:04:48,480 --> 02:04:50,639
Dan and I began meeting probably about a

2596
02:04:50,639 --> 02:04:53,280
year ago talking about how De Moines

2597
02:04:53,280 --> 02:04:54,880
could really start tackling this when we

2598
02:04:54,880 --> 02:04:57,280
did not have the funding for a director

2599
02:04:57,280 --> 02:05:00,719
level position. And so this is a

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02:05:00,719 --> 02:05:02,960
arrangement where Dan would really kind

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02:05:02,960 --> 02:05:05,119
of function as a fractional employee for

2602
02:05:05,119 --> 02:05:08,080
us at that really high level. So he

2603
02:05:08,080 --> 02:05:11,520
would be executing upon both this grant

2604
02:05:11,520 --> 02:05:13,679
as well as there are some additional

2605
02:05:13,679 --> 02:05:15,520
services in here to look at like pack

2606
02:05:15,520 --> 02:05:18,560
highway and some other areas that are

2607
02:05:18,560 --> 02:05:20,719
separate from the grant but are funds

2608
02:05:20,719 --> 02:05:23,280
that we would you know do in his total

2609
02:05:23,280 --> 02:05:25,760
contract. So the contract by and large

2610
02:05:25,760 --> 02:05:28,159
includes the port grant project but then

2611
02:05:28,159 --> 02:05:29,760
there's some other items we added on

2612
02:05:29,760 --> 02:05:31,920
there as well. So I'll let him talk a

2613
02:05:31,920 --> 02:05:33,520
little bit about his agreement and then

2614
02:05:33,520 --> 02:05:35,040
we can answer questions about both of

2615
02:05:35,040 --> 02:05:38,159
them. Dan

2616
02:05:38,159 --> 02:05:41,199
Thank you very much. As Katherine said,

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02:05:41,199 --> 02:05:44,239
Dan Ernesy, I'm

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02:05:44,239 --> 02:05:45,520
familiar [clears throat] with De Moines

2619
02:05:45,520 --> 02:05:49,280
from from birth and I'm very happy to be

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02:05:49,280 --> 02:05:51,040
here. So, thank you, mayor, deputy

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02:05:51,040 --> 02:05:53,760
mayor, council members, staff, and

2622
02:05:53,760 --> 02:05:56,239
public who have stuck around. Um I

2623
02:05:56,239 --> 02:05:57,840
thought when I came in there were a lot

2624
02:05:57,840 --> 02:06:00,096
of people for my presentation but

2625
02:06:00,096 --> 02:06:00,960
[laughter]

2626
02:06:00,960 --> 02:06:04,159
the so the proposed contract as was said

2627
02:06:04,159 --> 02:06:06,719
is a flexible leadership partnership

2628
02:06:06,719 --> 02:06:08,719
delivering tailored director level

2629
02:06:08,719 --> 02:06:10,560
strategic economic development guidance

2630
02:06:10,560 --> 02:06:12,080
without the overhead of full-time

2631
02:06:12,080 --> 02:06:16,560
position. cities around Washington

2632
02:06:16,560 --> 02:06:18,880
uh are having the same struggles that

2633
02:06:18,880 --> 02:06:21,679
you are having with finances because of

2634
02:06:21,679 --> 02:06:29,440
the 1% cap largely and I have been serving cities for 15 years

2635
02:06:29,440 --> 02:06:32,239
and I see a real need especially for

2636
02:06:32,239 --> 02:06:35,119
small cities to have

2637
02:06:35,119 --> 02:06:38,159
um just professional economic

2638
02:06:38,159 --> 02:06:40,400
development support

2639
02:06:40,400 --> 02:06:43,760
but they can't afford it and So if I can

2640
02:06:43,760 --> 02:06:46,000
be of service in that way in this stage

2641
02:06:46,000 --> 02:06:47,760
of my career, I think it's just a great

2642
02:06:47,760 --> 02:06:49,599
opportunity for me and a and a great way

2643
02:06:49,599 --> 02:06:52,000
to serve these cities. So the contract

2644
02:06:52,000 --> 02:06:54,079
details are basically runs through the

2645
02:06:54,079 --> 02:06:58,800
end of 2026, not to exceed 96,000, which

2646
02:06:58,800 --> 02:07:02,320
kind of in my head is roughly about

2647
02:07:02,320 --> 02:07:05,119
right for a city. It's about three bucks

2648
02:07:05,119 --> 02:07:07,599
per person who live in the city. you

2649
02:07:07,599 --> 02:07:09,199
know, it's just that's that's an

2650
02:07:09,199 --> 02:07:12,159
investment that is

2651
02:07:12,159 --> 02:07:15,119
kind of a logical investment of a

2652
02:07:15,119 --> 02:07:18,320
baseline. Um, the positive with this

2653
02:07:18,320 --> 02:07:21,760
particular contract is almost entirely

2654
02:07:21,760 --> 02:07:23,840
funded through this grant with the Port

2655
02:07:23,840 --> 02:07:26,719
of Seattle.

2656
02:07:26,719 --> 02:07:31,199
This is me. Uh, my experience

2657
02:07:31,199 --> 02:07:34,719
successful is one of those words that

2658
02:07:34,719 --> 02:07:37,599
every project we did made money. I was

2659
02:07:37,599 --> 02:07:41,119
an employee um and that's thus I'm still

2660
02:07:41,119 --> 02:07:44,239
working um 15 years of economic

2661
02:07:44,239 --> 02:07:46,800
development leadership in for cities

2662
02:07:46,800 --> 02:07:49,360
after that. So about a decade in real

2663
02:07:49,360 --> 02:07:52,079
estate development and 15 years specific

2664
02:07:52,079 --> 02:07:54,880
expertise especially in transit oriented

2665
02:07:54,880 --> 02:07:57,280
development and highway corridor

2666
02:07:57,280 --> 02:07:58,800
redevelopment

2667
02:07:58,800 --> 02:08:01,520
um and have done a lot of work with

2668
02:08:01,520 --> 02:08:04,800
groups like Urban Land Institute uh and

2669
02:08:04,800 --> 02:08:06,800
was on a national

2670
02:08:06,800 --> 02:08:10,960
um panel that examined how to do healthy

2671
02:08:10,960 --> 02:08:13,679
highway corridors.

2672
02:08:13,679 --> 02:08:15,679
Interesting facts. Grad of De Moines

2673
02:08:15,679 --> 02:08:19,119
Elementary, Pacific, I would say junior

2674
02:08:19,119 --> 02:08:21,599
high, Mount Reneer High School, and

2675
02:08:21,599 --> 02:08:23,679
University of Washington. I believe in

2676
02:08:23,679 --> 02:08:27,679
one-page strategic plans and uh spend a

2677
02:08:27,679 --> 02:08:30,239
lot of time trying to boil down uh

2678
02:08:30,239 --> 02:08:32,079
thoughts and do a really concise

2679
02:08:32,079 --> 02:08:34,800
statements. And I love metaphors and I

2680
02:08:34,800 --> 02:08:36,719
love van diagrams. I'm going to share a

2681
02:08:36,719 --> 02:08:40,639
van diagram in a moment but the metaphor

2682
02:08:40,639 --> 02:08:45,920
is uh that of economic development being

2683
02:08:45,920 --> 02:08:50,639
uh a lot like a surfer in that one can't

2684
02:08:50,639 --> 02:08:53,599
control all the macro events that are

2685
02:08:53,599 --> 02:08:56,159
happening in an economy.

2686
02:08:56,159 --> 02:08:58,880
But a good surfer like when they feel

2687
02:08:58,880 --> 02:09:02,320
the wave starting to surge, they try to

2688
02:09:02,320 --> 02:09:04,960
just get their surfboard up and going.

2689
02:09:04,960 --> 02:09:08,239
So then that can

2690
02:09:08,239 --> 02:09:11,280
capture the energy that is in that

2691
02:09:11,280 --> 02:09:13,360
system. And some of those waves are

2692
02:09:13,360 --> 02:09:14,880
positive, some are negative. You know,

2693
02:09:14,880 --> 02:09:16,480
sometimes it it can be something like

2694
02:09:16,480 --> 02:09:18,320
the pandemic. Sometimes it can be

2695
02:09:18,320 --> 02:09:24,000
something like interest rate changes and inflation. Sometimes it can be uh a

2696
02:09:24,000 --> 02:09:26,800
big macro effect effect like uh online

2697
02:09:26,800 --> 02:09:28,880
shopping and how that is affecting our

2698
02:09:28,880 --> 02:09:32,719
retail corridors and and downtowns. So,

2699
02:09:32,719 --> 02:09:34,960
uh, the ven diagram is one that I've

2700
02:09:34,960 --> 02:09:37,119
developed over time to just talk about

2701
02:09:37,119 --> 02:09:41,440
what how I, uh, how I think economic

2702
02:09:41,440 --> 02:09:44,079
development works. And I call it

2703
02:09:44,079 --> 02:09:46,639
disciplines of an economic catalyst. I

2704
02:09:46,639 --> 02:09:48,480
like the word catalyst more than a

2705
02:09:48,480 --> 02:09:51,360
developer because, as we just witnessed

2706
02:09:51,360 --> 02:09:53,520
with the Wesley group, they're the ones

2707
02:09:53,520 --> 02:09:56,000
really doing the development and doing

2708
02:09:56,000 --> 02:10:00,400
the investment. My job really is the guy

2709
02:10:00,400 --> 02:10:03,119
um up on top of the

2710
02:10:03,119 --> 02:10:05,119
kind of the cliff with the big boulder

2711
02:10:05,119 --> 02:10:07,280
and just giving it enough of a nudge

2712
02:10:07,280 --> 02:10:10,639
that that the private sector and the and

2713
02:10:10,639 --> 02:10:12,960
the market economy can really take over

2714
02:10:12,960 --> 02:10:15,280
and and the gravity can move things

2715
02:10:15,280 --> 02:10:18,639
forward. So what are those real key

2716
02:10:18,639 --> 02:10:22,480
projects that a city can do for example

2717
02:10:22,480 --> 02:10:26,800
that will then like the first domino

2718
02:10:26,800 --> 02:10:29,119
falling can knock over a lot of things

2719
02:10:29,119 --> 02:10:31,040
and and attract a lot of investment to

2720
02:10:31,040 --> 02:10:33,760
the city. So, three things I see. One,

2721
02:10:33,760 --> 02:10:36,239
uh, infrastructure. You got to put the

2722
02:10:36,239 --> 02:10:38,159
tomato cage on the tomato when it's

2723
02:10:38,159 --> 02:10:41,040
small. And it's same thing with

2724
02:10:41,040 --> 02:10:47,199
infrastructure. I I mean, the one we have so uh

2725
02:10:47,199 --> 02:10:49,520
prevalent in our in our world right now

2726
02:10:49,520 --> 02:10:52,000
is light rail. And congratulations on

2727
02:10:52,000 --> 02:10:54,960
the opening of the new station and what

2728
02:10:54,960 --> 02:10:58,639
I would call Midway Drive-In. And uh um

2729
02:10:58,639 --> 02:11:01,760
it's awesome. And uh but that's you know

2730
02:11:01,760 --> 02:11:06,400
obviously overkill for the size of of

2731
02:11:06,400 --> 02:11:09,280
the population around around you know

2732
02:11:09,280 --> 02:11:11,679
Highline community Highline College uh

2733
02:11:11,679 --> 02:11:17,520
sorry um right now but it is anticipated

2734
02:11:17,520 --> 02:11:20,079
that that will be serving a much larger

2735
02:11:20,079 --> 02:11:22,239
population as the Pugesound region

2736
02:11:22,239 --> 02:11:24,480
grows. So that's something that is a

2737
02:11:24,480 --> 02:11:26,239
system that has been built to support

2738
02:11:26,239 --> 02:11:29,040
healthy growth. placemaking, the one on

2739
02:11:29,040 --> 02:11:31,920
the bottom, things that really create

2740
02:11:31,920 --> 02:11:34,400
tangible growth and and and tangible

2741
02:11:34,400 --> 02:11:36,800
value. And the example I always give is

2742
02:11:36,800 --> 02:11:39,119
a farmers market.

2743
02:11:39,119 --> 02:11:40,960
We moved a farmers market into a

2744
02:11:40,960 --> 02:11:42,960
downtown. I can tell you that

2745
02:11:42,960 --> 02:11:45,280
immediately the apartments around

2746
02:11:45,280 --> 02:11:47,360
started to advertise that they were

2747
02:11:47,360 --> 02:11:49,280
walking distance from the Sunday farmers

2748
02:11:49,280 --> 02:11:53,599
market because they understood that that

2749
02:11:53,599 --> 02:11:57,119
amenity added value for their residents

2750
02:11:57,119 --> 02:11:59,440
and it allowed them to I you know I

2751
02:11:59,440 --> 02:12:01,599
don't know if they upped the rent but it

2752
02:12:01,599 --> 02:12:04,239
allowed them to keep tenants longer and

2753
02:12:04,239 --> 02:12:07,440
keep happier tenants and they probably

2754
02:12:07,440 --> 02:12:09,599
you know overall

2755
02:12:09,599 --> 02:12:11,679
those that are closer to amenity ities

2756
02:12:11,679 --> 02:12:14,800
do charge more rent and so those kind of

2757
02:12:14,800 --> 02:12:17,040
things that you know I'm I'm pretty

2758
02:12:17,040 --> 02:12:19,119
fussy about placemaking it has to really

2759
02:12:19,119 --> 02:12:21,679
be tangible has to create tangible

2760
02:12:21,679 --> 02:12:24,320
things supportive businesses

2761
02:12:24,320 --> 02:12:28,960
um it's a lot of businesses you can't do

2762
02:12:28,960 --> 02:12:30,960
you can't provide like handholding for

2763
02:12:30,960 --> 02:12:33,760
every business in the city so you really

2764
02:12:33,760 --> 02:12:36,400
have to be concentrated on those that

2765
02:12:36,400 --> 02:12:39,119
broaden economic opportunity create more

2766
02:12:39,119 --> 02:12:43,280
jobs create better jobs create um and

2767
02:12:43,280 --> 02:12:45,440
those that you know oftentimes fit in

2768
02:12:45,440 --> 02:12:47,440
those other categories that the

2769
02:12:47,440 --> 02:12:49,119
placemaking business you know the

2770
02:12:49,119 --> 02:12:52,239
quarter deck isn't maybe the biggest

2771
02:12:52,239 --> 02:12:54,079
business isn't employing a lot of people

2772
02:12:54,079 --> 02:12:57,360
but it has a little something that

2773
02:12:57,360 --> 02:12:59,840
really helps the city of De Moine right

2774
02:12:59,840 --> 02:13:04,159
so those are the kinds of uh specific um

2775
02:13:04,159 --> 02:13:06,320
targeted businesses that I think you

2776
02:13:06,320 --> 02:13:09,040
want to support now the overarching

2777
02:13:09,040 --> 02:13:11,199
thing that you do along top of that is

2778
02:13:11,199 --> 02:13:14,480
tell stories and the the result of those

2779
02:13:14,480 --> 02:13:16,960
stories should be to attract investment

2780
02:13:16,960 --> 02:13:19,920
and so you know just the examples I I

2781
02:13:19,920 --> 02:13:21,920
put up there but building systems you

2782
02:13:21,920 --> 02:13:23,360
might be telling the story hey did you

2783
02:13:23,360 --> 02:13:24,719
hear about the light rail station that

2784
02:13:24,719 --> 02:13:27,599
just opened in de mo is now allowing us

2785
02:13:27,599 --> 02:13:30,480
to get to downtown and getting to sea

2786
02:13:30,480 --> 02:13:33,280
jobs and so forth very predictably in

2787
02:13:33,280 --> 02:13:35,599
you know x number of minutes and it's

2788
02:13:35,599 --> 02:13:38,239
further helping people who don't want to

2789
02:13:38,239 --> 02:13:40,320
have a car or can't afford to have a car

2790
02:13:40,320 --> 02:13:43,440
to really easily um have transportation

2791
02:13:43,440 --> 02:13:47,599
at a a reasonable price. Um tangible

2792
02:13:47,599 --> 02:13:50,159
value placemaking. Hey, did you hear

2793
02:13:50,159 --> 02:13:53,199
about our our new uh stairs that are

2794
02:13:53,199 --> 02:13:54,560
going to be able to walk right down to

2795
02:13:54,560 --> 02:13:56,320
the marina and you're going to have a

2796
02:13:56,320 --> 02:13:58,159
little slide or whatever. I'm I'm not

2797
02:13:58,159 --> 02:13:59,760
sure what exactly you're having. You're

2798
02:13:59,760 --> 02:14:01,360
obviously having some storm water

2799
02:14:01,360 --> 02:14:03,520
management. Um but I probably wouldn't

2800
02:14:03,520 --> 02:14:06,560
talk about that. Um the storytelling for

2801
02:14:06,560 --> 02:14:08,719
the supporting business. Well, you know,

2802
02:14:08,719 --> 02:14:12,719
we've got these Wesley has been just an

2803
02:14:12,719 --> 02:14:15,119
investor in our community for decades

2804
02:14:15,119 --> 02:14:17,760
and they're continuing to invest. They

2805
02:14:17,760 --> 02:14:21,679
found that their investment in the past

2806
02:14:21,679 --> 02:14:24,639
has paid off. We've supported them in

2807
02:14:24,639 --> 02:14:27,040
that. They're investing another close to

2808
02:14:27,040 --> 02:14:29,920
hund00 million. That property once built

2809
02:14:29,920 --> 02:14:32,159
will probably be worth more like $140

2810
02:14:32,159 --> 02:14:34,560
million. That goes right on the tax

2811
02:14:34,560 --> 02:14:37,599
rolls and we're so proud of that. So, so

2812
02:14:37,599 --> 02:14:39,760
it's not like you're making up stories

2813
02:14:39,760 --> 02:14:41,679
about this. You're telling stories about

2814
02:14:41,679 --> 02:14:44,239
the very economic development work that

2815
02:14:44,239 --> 02:14:46,239
you're already doing. So, that's that's

2816
02:14:46,239 --> 02:14:49,280
what I do and that's what I see and what

2817
02:14:49,280 --> 02:14:52,880
I look forward to doing here uh both by

2818
02:14:52,880 --> 02:14:55,360
providing support

2819
02:14:55,360 --> 02:14:57,858
uh generally.

2820
02:14:57,858 --> 02:14:58,400
[clears throat]

2821
02:14:58,400 --> 02:15:00,079
You're in the middle of a strategic

2822
02:15:00,079 --> 02:15:03,280
planning process which is fantastic. And

2823
02:15:03,280 --> 02:15:05,280
I think over the next year, my hope is

2824
02:15:05,280 --> 02:15:06,560
that there would be an economic

2825
02:15:06,560 --> 02:15:08,079
development strategy that would really

2826
02:15:08,079 --> 02:15:10,560
complement that um and really take

2827
02:15:10,560 --> 02:15:12,239
advantage of some of the assets that are

2828
02:15:12,239 --> 02:15:16,480
in the city. Um evaluate uh marketing,

2829
02:15:16,480 --> 02:15:19,520
recruiting leads for cities. A lot of,

2830
02:15:19,520 --> 02:15:21,119
you know, you talk in economic

2831
02:15:21,119 --> 02:15:24,880
development, most of your work is in um

2832
02:15:24,880 --> 02:15:26,800
existing business, you know, helping

2833
02:15:26,800 --> 02:15:28,560
them expand, helping them invest,

2834
02:15:28,560 --> 02:15:31,599
helping them survive sometimes. Um but

2835
02:15:31,599 --> 02:15:34,719
there's also that kind of fun job of the

2836
02:15:34,719 --> 02:15:37,920
recruiting and so as there are I I will

2837
02:15:37,920 --> 02:15:43,040
be um able to to provide that service um

2838
02:15:43,040 --> 02:15:45,280
as appropriate and collaborate with

2839
02:15:45,280 --> 02:15:47,679
economic regional partners, everybody

2840
02:15:47,679 --> 02:15:50,560
from the big big people like uh greater

2841
02:15:50,560 --> 02:15:53,360
Seattle partners to the to the uh

2842
02:15:53,360 --> 02:15:57,280
chamber and so forth um locally and then

2843
02:15:57,280 --> 02:15:59,520
perform other duties as as signed in

2844
02:15:59,520 --> 02:16:04,400
writing. And then as as uh city manager

2845
02:16:04,400 --> 02:16:06,320
uh Katherine has already said the poor

2846
02:16:06,320 --> 02:16:12,560
Seattle grant will be really the bulk of the work. Um this is the proposed

2847
02:16:12,560 --> 02:16:14,960
motion that they had me put in here and

2848
02:16:14,960 --> 02:16:19,119
uh any discussion I'm think I'm I along

2849
02:16:19,119 --> 02:16:21,119
with city manager are happy to answer

2850
02:16:21,119 --> 02:16:25,599
for both both um both motions.

2851
02:16:25,599 --> 02:16:28,800
So uh as you so there are two motions

2852
02:16:28,800 --> 02:16:30,480
one presentation we're going to take

2853
02:16:30,480 --> 02:16:33,359
them one at a time. Uh so this first

2854
02:16:33,359 --> 02:16:36,559
motion is about accepting the grant. So

2855
02:16:36,559 --> 02:16:38,559
we'll open for questions to either one

2856
02:16:38,559 --> 02:16:42,240
of them uh with regard to the acceptance

2857
02:16:42,240 --> 02:16:46,479
of that grant. Any questions?

2858
02:16:46,479 --> 02:16:50,160
Okay. Uh deputy mayor Simments.

2859
02:16:50,160 --> 02:16:53,679
Um, is the port putting any restrictions

2860
02:16:53,679 --> 02:16:56,080
on the money in the way that we use it?

2861
02:16:56,080 --> 02:16:59,200
Is there anything that um,

2862
02:16:59,200 --> 02:17:01,599
>> you know, is sort of somewhere in the

2863
02:17:01,599 --> 02:17:03,280
background and have we looked closely at

2864
02:17:03,280 --> 02:17:05,679
it to make sure that, you know, the port

2865
02:17:05,679 --> 02:17:07,679
is not always our friend?

2866
02:17:07,679 --> 02:17:09,439
>> Well, we've actually received this, they

2867
02:17:09,439 --> 02:17:11,439
agree, but we've actually received this

2868
02:17:11,439 --> 02:17:13,439
grant from them multiple times in the

2869
02:17:13,439 --> 02:17:15,519
past. It's it's pretty flexible, but

2870
02:17:15,519 --> 02:17:17,599
when I on this um presentation went

2871
02:17:17,599 --> 02:17:19,760
through sort of the encompassing what

2872
02:17:19,760 --> 02:17:21,599
the work would be, that was our

2873
02:17:21,599 --> 02:17:24,479
application. So, um as long as we

2874
02:17:24,479 --> 02:17:26,160
produce that work and deliver it to

2875
02:17:26,160 --> 02:17:29,679
them, it's it qualifies. Um also, we

2876
02:17:29,679 --> 02:17:32,559
cannot do a study. So, uh they do have a

2877
02:17:32,559 --> 02:17:34,719
rule that you can only do studies I

2878
02:17:34,719 --> 02:17:36,880
think like once every several times you

2879
02:17:36,880 --> 02:17:39,200
get the grant. So, the last effort that

2880
02:17:39,200 --> 02:17:41,200
was done prior to my arrival was a

2881
02:17:41,200 --> 02:17:43,920
study. So this is really actually I

2882
02:17:43,920 --> 02:17:45,120
think more appealing and that we're

2883
02:17:45,120 --> 02:17:46,160
actually going to get somebody like

2884
02:17:46,160 --> 02:17:48,160
executing.

2885
02:17:48,160 --> 02:17:50,080
>> What was that study and what happened to

2886
02:17:50,080 --> 02:17:51,040
that data?

2887
02:17:51,040 --> 02:17:53,439
>> Well, I'd be happy to share. So that

2888
02:17:53,439 --> 02:17:57,040
study was done uh it's about sort of

2889
02:17:57,040 --> 02:18:00,319
general downtown development. It was

2890
02:18:00,319 --> 02:18:03,439
done candidly during the transition

2891
02:18:03,439 --> 02:18:08,319
period and I think the the the work

2892
02:18:08,319 --> 02:18:11,920
product quality was not um I think as

2893
02:18:11,920 --> 02:18:13,439
helpful as it could have been and it

2894
02:18:13,439 --> 02:18:16,319
absolutely did not reflect the entire

2895
02:18:16,319 --> 02:18:18,639
council's views. I would be happy to

2896
02:18:18,639 --> 02:18:19,920
share it with you all and I think you

2897
02:18:19,920 --> 02:18:21,040
will get a sense of what I'm talking

2898
02:18:21,040 --> 02:18:22,800
about.

2899
02:18:22,800 --> 02:18:25,519
>> Thank you.

2900
02:18:25,519 --> 02:18:30,629
>> Any other uh any other questions?

2901
02:18:30,639 --> 02:18:35,439
Okay, thank you. Do I have a motion?

2902
02:18:35,439 --> 02:18:37,760
Uh, Deputy Mayor Stein, let's go ahead.

2903
02:18:37,760 --> 02:18:40,479
I move to accept the grant funding uh

2904
02:18:40,479 --> 02:18:42,399
from the Port of Seattle in the amount

2905
02:18:42,399 --> 02:18:44,240
of $68,800

2906
02:18:44,240 --> 02:18:46,479
and authorize the city manager to sign

2907
02:18:46,479 --> 02:18:48,319
the economic development partnership

2908
02:18:48,319 --> 02:18:54,950
agreement um parenthesis P-0000322557

2909
02:18:54,960 --> 02:18:58,000
close parenthesis uh substantially in

2910
02:18:58,000 --> 02:18:59,439
the form as attached.

2911
02:18:59,439 --> 02:19:00,960
>> I have a second.

2912
02:19:00,960 --> 02:19:02,960
>> Second, Council Member Mahoney. Any

2913
02:19:02,960 --> 02:19:06,309
discussion?

2914
02:19:06,319 --> 02:19:09,760
Uh, okay. Council members.

2915
02:19:09,760 --> 02:19:14,240
>> All right. Uh, well, my comment is this

2916
02:19:14,240 --> 02:19:16,000
is exactly the type of thing that ports

2917
02:19:16,000 --> 02:19:17,679
are supposed to do according to the

2918
02:19:17,679 --> 02:19:20,000
RCWs. Fostering economic growth,

2919
02:19:20,000 --> 02:19:21,519
stimulating businesses, promoting

2920
02:19:21,519 --> 02:19:23,040
tourism, and using its powers to

2921
02:19:23,040 --> 02:19:26,080
encourage development. So, I appreciate

2922
02:19:26,080 --> 02:19:28,080
that's exactly what we're using this

2923
02:19:28,080 --> 02:19:30,719
for. So, uh, with no further discussion,

2924
02:19:30,719 --> 02:19:32,240
take it to a vote. All in favor, raise

2925
02:19:32,240 --> 02:19:35,280
your right hand.

2926
02:19:35,280 --> 02:19:37,439
Uh, okay. Council member Nutting,

2927
02:19:37,439 --> 02:19:38,880
Council Member Oxford, Council Member

2928
02:19:38,880 --> 02:19:40,479
Grace Matsui, Council Member Mahoney,

2929
02:19:40,479 --> 02:19:42,160
Deputy Mayor Ste, and myself. All

2930
02:19:42,160 --> 02:19:44,960
opposed. Council member Harris. Motion

2931
02:19:44,960 --> 02:19:48,479
passes. We move to the second subject.

2932
02:19:48,479 --> 02:19:51,040
We've had the presentation. This is in

2933
02:19:51,040 --> 02:19:52,479
regard to the economic development

2934
02:19:52,479 --> 02:19:54,560
support services contract with Dan

2935
02:19:54,560 --> 02:19:58,640
Ernesy. Uh, do you have any questions,

2936
02:19:58,640 --> 02:20:00,640
Council Member Harris?

2937
02:20:00,640 --> 02:20:03,439
>> Uh, good to see you again, sir. Um, are

2938
02:20:03,439 --> 02:20:05,439
you currently employed with the city of

2939
02:20:05,439 --> 02:20:06,080
Everett?

2940
02:20:06,080 --> 02:20:06,880
>> I am.

2941
02:20:06,880 --> 02:20:11,840
>> Okay. Will you continue in that? Is it I don't know how this works. So, is it

2942
02:20:11,840 --> 02:20:14,720
that kind of normal for your world?

2943
02:20:14,720 --> 02:20:18,399
>> Well, it's not normal. It's it's a it's

2944
02:20:18,399 --> 02:20:22,000
a situation where the um

2945
02:20:22,000 --> 02:20:24,479
because of financial

2946
02:20:24,479 --> 02:20:28,160
constraints at the city of Everett, they

2947
02:20:28,160 --> 02:20:31,680
suggested that I could go to a

2948
02:20:31,680 --> 02:20:35,520
lower pay. I'm at a part-time pay rate

2949
02:20:35,520 --> 02:20:38,240
there so I could grow my consulting

2950
02:20:38,240 --> 02:20:40,160
business simultaneously.

2951
02:20:40,160 --> 02:20:44,080
So it's with what full disclosure that

2952
02:20:44,080 --> 02:20:46,960
I'm going forward, but it is unusual.

2953
02:20:46,960 --> 02:20:50,960
>> Um, uh, have you had discussions about

2954
02:20:50,960 --> 02:20:53,920
this being a or do you think of this as

2955
02:20:53,920 --> 02:20:56,000
a one-time kind of a deal or is an

2956
02:20:56,000 --> 02:20:58,640
ongoing renewable

2957
02:20:58,640 --> 02:21:00,160
thing or have

2958
02:21:00,160 --> 02:21:01,520
>> I'll answer that one. So the contract

2959
02:21:01,520 --> 02:21:04,080
before you is a one-time um, and I think

2960
02:21:04,080 --> 02:21:06,399
what we want to see is how this goes and

2961
02:21:06,399 --> 02:21:08,640
see what kind of direction and plan

2962
02:21:08,640 --> 02:21:10,000
comes out of it. and then the council

2963
02:21:10,000 --> 02:21:11,520
can give us instruction on how to move

2964
02:21:11,520 --> 02:21:13,200
forward.

2965
02:21:13,200 --> 02:21:15,920
>> Um, and one last thing you mentioned,

2966
02:21:15,920 --> 02:21:20,240
um, transit oriented development. Um,

2967
02:21:20,240 --> 02:21:22,319
how do you feel about a shuttle in the

2968
02:21:22,319 --> 02:21:24,560
south end of town

2969
02:21:24,560 --> 02:21:26,560
to supplement the light rail? You

2970
02:21:26,560 --> 02:21:28,640
mentioned it as being the light, you

2971
02:21:28,640 --> 02:21:30,800
used the word, I believe, overkill of

2972
02:21:30,800 --> 02:21:33,680
that light rail station relative. I I

2973
02:21:33,680 --> 02:21:34,960
assume you meant to

2974
02:21:34,960 --> 02:21:37,200
>> uh council member Harris

2975
02:21:37,200 --> 02:21:39,920
>> I would I would uh relegate that to a

2976
02:21:39,920 --> 02:21:41,600
different discussion right now. We're

2977
02:21:41,600 --> 02:21:44,800
just trying to decide if we're unless

2978
02:21:44,800 --> 02:21:47,200
you substantially feel like this is

2979
02:21:47,200 --> 02:21:49,439
going to affect your opinion on whether

2980
02:21:49,439 --> 02:21:50,880
you want to vote in favor of this or

2981
02:21:50,880 --> 02:21:52,479
not. It's a different discussion.

2982
02:21:52,479 --> 02:21:54,160
>> It's a weird thing because it's sort of

2983
02:21:54,160 --> 02:21:57,040
a job interview. I mean it's unusual for

2984
02:21:57,040 --> 02:21:58,960
us to have a presenter who is not

2985
02:21:58,960 --> 02:22:01,680
actually within the employee of the city

2986
02:22:01,680 --> 02:22:07,030
of De Mo. So, um, I withdraw. Thank you.

2987
02:22:07,040 --> 02:22:08,319
» You know, we actually do have

2988
02:22:08,319 --> 02:22:10,160
consultants that work for us for a whole

2989
02:22:10,160 --> 02:22:12,080
variety of areas. We have a consultant

2990
02:22:12,080 --> 02:22:13,840
that works for us for some strategic

2991
02:22:13,840 --> 02:22:15,600
communications. We have them in other

2992
02:22:15,600 --> 02:22:17,040
areas. So, this is actually not an

2993
02:22:17,040 --> 02:22:19,280
unusual arrangement because there's so

2994
02:22:19,280 --> 02:22:20,479
much discussion about economic

2995
02:22:20,479 --> 02:22:21,920
development. I thought it would be great

2996
02:22:21,920 --> 02:22:23,520
for you to hear from the actual person

2997
02:22:23,520 --> 02:22:29,190
that would be doing the work.

2998
02:22:29,200 --> 02:22:31,280
Okay. I'm going to move to the next uh

2999
02:22:31,280 --> 02:22:33,920
next comment. Uh we are still right now

3000
02:22:33,920 --> 02:22:36,560
on questions. So a qu uh deputy mayor

3001
02:22:36,560 --> 02:22:37,600
Stemet

3002
02:22:37,600 --> 02:22:41,840
>> Mr. NY does your um consulting firm have

3003
02:22:41,840 --> 02:22:43,359
staff other than you

3004
02:22:43,359 --> 02:22:45,120
>> that'll be working on this? Not at this

3005
02:22:45,120 --> 02:22:49,120
time not, but I I anticipate

3006
02:22:49,120 --> 02:22:51,439
uh recommending to the city that if

3007
02:22:51,439 --> 02:22:53,600
there are other

3008
02:22:53,600 --> 02:22:57,840
u either people or companies that could

3009
02:22:57,840 --> 02:22:59,600
be sub

3010
02:22:59,600 --> 02:23:03,439
could fulfill the the overall scope

3011
02:23:03,439 --> 02:23:05,680
better than I could that the city would

3012
02:23:05,680 --> 02:23:08,319
contract with them directly um rather

3013
02:23:08,319 --> 02:23:10,960
than than through my company so they

3014
02:23:10,960 --> 02:23:17,120
could get, you know, direct service and carry over. I especially with the uh

3015
02:23:17,120 --> 02:23:20,880
couple of the uh the port grant

3016
02:23:20,880 --> 02:23:23,680
deliverables. I think that you know you

3017
02:23:23,680 --> 02:23:25,040
don't necessarily want to pay your

3018
02:23:25,040 --> 02:23:28,479
director to do all the work. And so

3019
02:23:28,479 --> 02:23:31,680
anywhere there can be efficiencies or

3020
02:23:31,680 --> 02:23:33,840
cost savings for the city that's

3021
02:23:33,840 --> 02:23:35,520
strategic, I will definitely recommend

3022
02:23:35,520 --> 02:23:39,840
that. Um but not uh right now I don't

3023
02:23:39,840 --> 02:23:42,160
have any staff.

3024
02:23:42,160 --> 02:23:43,040
>> Okay. Thank you.

3025
02:23:43,040 --> 02:23:44,640
>> Yeah, you bet.

3026
02:23:44,640 --> 02:23:46,880
>> Any other questions?

3027
02:23:46,880 --> 02:23:49,920
Looking up to council. Okay.

3028
02:23:49,920 --> 02:23:52,720
All right. Uh, we'll move forward to the

3029
02:23:52,720 --> 02:23:54,560
motion. Do I have a motion? Council

3030
02:23:54,560 --> 02:23:55,840
member Mahoney.

3031
02:23:55,840 --> 02:23:57,280
>> I move to approve the professional

3032
02:23:57,280 --> 02:23:59,680
services consultant agreement with

3033
02:23:59,680 --> 02:24:01,920
Ernest Cy Consulting for the economic

3034
02:24:01,920 --> 02:24:03,760
development services in the amount not

3035
02:24:03,760 --> 02:24:06,240
to exceed 96,000 and further authorize

3036
02:24:06,240 --> 02:24:08,960
the city manager to sign said contract

3037
02:24:08,960 --> 02:24:11,120
substantially in the form as submitted.

3038
02:24:11,120 --> 02:24:13,040
Do I have a second? Looks like a Deputy

3039
02:24:13,040 --> 02:24:17,359
Mayor Simons for the second discussion.

3040
02:24:17,359 --> 02:24:20,080
Uh, Deputy Mayor Simments.

3041
02:24:20,080 --> 02:24:22,720
>> Yeah, I'm I'm really excited uh about

3042
02:24:22,720 --> 02:24:27,680
this. I think this is a um

3043
02:24:27,680 --> 02:24:30,880
a subject matter that the city needed to

3044
02:24:30,880 --> 02:24:33,280
address at a professional level and has

3045
02:24:33,280 --> 02:24:34,960
needed to address that at a professional

3046
02:24:34,960 --> 02:24:38,640
level for a very long time. Um, as

3047
02:24:38,640 --> 02:24:40,240
indicated,

3048
02:24:40,240 --> 02:24:43,200
all small cities are going through very

3049
02:24:43,200 --> 02:24:47,280
similar issues and um, trying to pay

3050
02:24:47,280 --> 02:24:49,520
another director level salary to bring

3051
02:24:49,520 --> 02:24:51,439
in somebody on the staff is just really

3052
02:24:51,439 --> 02:24:53,520
difficult. Uh, and we can't find the

3053
02:24:53,520 --> 02:24:55,359
funding for it and I think this is a

3054
02:24:55,359 --> 02:24:57,840
wonderful solution. I am very pleased by

3055
02:24:57,840 --> 02:25:00,960
your connection to De Moines. Um, I

3056
02:25:00,960 --> 02:25:03,740
remember the uh interviews from

3057
02:25:03,740 --> 02:25:05,840
[clears throat] earlier uh and and I

3058
02:25:05,840 --> 02:25:07,920
have no doubt uh that you really love

3059
02:25:07,920 --> 02:25:09,840
this city and you will do the best you

3060
02:25:09,840 --> 02:25:12,399
absolutely can for it. Thank you. I

3061
02:25:12,399 --> 02:25:14,560
intend to vote for the contract.

3062
02:25:14,560 --> 02:25:16,479
>> Thank you. Any other comments or

3063
02:25:16,479 --> 02:25:19,120
discussion? Council member Harris and

3064
02:25:19,120 --> 02:25:21,680
then uh Council Member Mahoney.

3065
02:25:21,680 --> 02:25:26,000
>> Um I want Mr. Ernesy to know how much I

3066
02:25:26,000 --> 02:25:29,840
appreciate him. Uh and um I will be

3067
02:25:29,840 --> 02:25:32,880
voting no because for the same reason

3068
02:25:32,880 --> 02:25:34,960
comments I made during the budget. This

3069
02:25:34,960 --> 02:25:37,359
is entirely

3070
02:25:37,359 --> 02:25:40,319
backwards. It is a groundhog movie that

3071
02:25:40,319 --> 02:25:44,160
I've seen over and over again. Um I will

3072
02:25:44,160 --> 02:25:47,359
note that our last city manager had

3073
02:25:47,359 --> 02:25:51,359
three degrees from Cambridge and we've

3074
02:25:51,359 --> 02:25:54,479
gone through all kinds of stuff and uh I

3075
02:25:54,479 --> 02:25:58,960
believe you know it's an unusual thing

3076
02:25:58,960 --> 02:26:02,640
for us to have any kind of input into

3077
02:26:02,640 --> 02:26:07,760
hiring of staff but um I really

3078
02:26:07,760 --> 02:26:12,080
I think the public needs to be sold on

3079
02:26:12,080 --> 02:26:14,960
what we plan to do supposedly the

3080
02:26:14,960 --> 02:26:18,000
strategic plan but over the course of

3081
02:26:18,000 --> 02:26:20,880
the year we've done everything and then

3082
02:26:20,880 --> 02:26:24,000
put that at the very end of the pipe and

3083
02:26:24,000 --> 02:26:28,240
so to my mind it makes it

3084
02:26:28,240 --> 02:26:33,200
basically cosmetic and um I don't feel

3085
02:26:33,200 --> 02:26:36,080
great about it the the things that need

3086
02:26:36,080 --> 02:26:38,960
to be done in the study which the public

3087
02:26:38,960 --> 02:26:42,479
um those are really useful things to do.

3088
02:26:42,479 --> 02:26:46,640
Um there is valuable data gathering that

3089
02:26:46,640 --> 02:26:49,439
should be done, but this is far too

3090
02:26:49,439 --> 02:26:53,840
expansive and um it it's the kind of

3091
02:26:53,840 --> 02:26:56,800
thing I am having these echoes of the

3092
02:26:56,800 --> 02:27:00,479
Holmes group and um Peter and this

3093
02:27:00,479 --> 02:27:04,319
turning into the never ending story and

3094
02:27:04,319 --> 02:27:04,880
just

3095
02:27:04,880 --> 02:27:06,000
>> Okay, there. Thank you.

3096
02:27:06,000 --> 02:27:09,120
>> Thank you. Uh Council Member Mahoney,

3097
02:27:09,120 --> 02:27:10,960
>> I have to be honest. I have one concern.

3098
02:27:10,960 --> 02:27:13,760
It's the choice of college you went to.

3099
02:27:13,760 --> 02:27:16,960
Um, [laughter] you could have gone east

3100
02:27:16,960 --> 02:27:19,600
and had a much finer education, but you

3101
02:27:19,600 --> 02:27:21,520
know, [laughter] there are those that,

3102
02:27:21,520 --> 02:27:25,280
you know, we tolerate. Um, I'm just

3103
02:27:25,280 --> 02:27:29,040
kidding. Uh, no, I uh and and our mayor

3104
02:27:29,040 --> 02:27:32,240
knows this particularly

3105
02:27:32,240 --> 02:27:34,560
uh as I as coming through the leadership

3106
02:27:34,560 --> 02:27:36,560
in the council,

3107
02:27:36,560 --> 02:27:38,720
I think we were that voice a lot of

3108
02:27:38,720 --> 02:27:40,640
times trying to sell this city. I was

3109
02:27:40,640 --> 02:27:42,800
always try I was meeting different

3110
02:27:42,800 --> 02:27:44,560
developers and people that might be

3111
02:27:44,560 --> 02:27:46,960
interested in investing in the community

3112
02:27:46,960 --> 02:27:49,040
facilitating meetings with them kind of

3113
02:27:49,040 --> 02:27:51,600
selling selling the city to have

3114
02:27:51,600 --> 02:27:54,240
something more templated is going to be

3115
02:27:54,240 --> 02:27:57,200
a great benefit. Uh we were kind of

3116
02:27:57,200 --> 02:27:59,040
inventing it along the way and we did do

3117
02:27:59,040 --> 02:28:00,880
bad and we had a couple good chances at

3118
02:28:00,880 --> 02:28:02,880
some of the development. Of course, CO

3119
02:28:02,880 --> 02:28:06,240
was kind of a stick in that, but but to

3120
02:28:06,240 --> 02:28:07,840
be able to have something a little bit

3121
02:28:07,840 --> 02:28:09,920
more concrete to sell the city because

3122
02:28:09,920 --> 02:28:12,000
we do have a lot to sell and I think

3123
02:28:12,000 --> 02:28:13,359
where we're headed is in the right

3124
02:28:13,359 --> 02:28:16,160
direction. Um, you you know, I was

3125
02:28:16,160 --> 02:28:18,560
impressed with your services or what you

3126
02:28:18,560 --> 02:28:20,800
offered us when you applied for another

3127
02:28:20,800 --> 02:28:23,600
position and saw the experience and the

3128
02:28:23,600 --> 02:28:25,280
value get that and I know the city

3129
02:28:25,280 --> 02:28:26,960
manager and I had a couple conversations

3130
02:28:26,960 --> 02:28:28,479
about you and what you could provide to

3131
02:28:28,479 --> 02:28:30,720
the city and I agreed with it. I think

3132
02:28:30,720 --> 02:28:32,479
you can bring a great asset to our

3133
02:28:32,479 --> 02:28:36,080
community. Uh the the bonus is you grew

3134
02:28:36,080 --> 02:28:38,560
up here, you know it, you do want to see

3135
02:28:38,560 --> 02:28:42,240
the city succeed more than more than

3136
02:28:42,240 --> 02:28:44,000
just what I say the average consultant

3137
02:28:44,000 --> 02:28:46,240
we might hire. And I think that's a good

3138
02:28:46,240 --> 02:28:47,760
thing.

3139
02:28:47,760 --> 02:28:50,319
Repeat or no repeat, you offer something

3140
02:28:50,319 --> 02:28:53,280
in a changing time and a skill set that

3141
02:28:53,280 --> 02:28:55,439
this city needs. And you come at the

3142
02:28:55,439 --> 02:28:57,280
right place at the right time and and

3143
02:28:57,280 --> 02:28:58,560
I'm looking forward to it. So I'm going

3144
02:28:58,560 --> 02:29:02,630
to support it. Thank you.

3145
02:29:02,640 --> 02:29:05,439
Right.

3146
02:29:05,439 --> 02:29:07,920
Okay. My comments uh after reading the

3147
02:29:07,920 --> 02:29:10,319
scope of work which were was uh the

3148
02:29:10,319 --> 02:29:13,200
scope was up on this uh slide there of

3149
02:29:13,200 --> 02:29:15,359
the bullet points of the things that

3150
02:29:15,359 --> 02:29:18,640
this contract's going to provide. So I

3151
02:29:18,640 --> 02:29:21,920
am so excited to have this support. Uh

3152
02:29:21,920 --> 02:29:24,479
I appreciate the character and the

3153
02:29:24,479 --> 02:29:27,680
candid uh information about I mean just

3154
02:29:27,680 --> 02:29:29,280
standing there offering. I'm not going

3155
02:29:29,280 --> 02:29:32,160
to take a cut of any kind of revenue

3156
02:29:32,160 --> 02:29:35,120
here that I don't need to. Uh that that

3157
02:29:35,120 --> 02:29:37,600
says a lot about the kind of service

3158
02:29:37,600 --> 02:29:39,200
that we're going to get here. And

3159
02:29:39,200 --> 02:29:41,040
honestly, I think that this his work is

3160
02:29:41,040 --> 02:29:42,960
going to inform our strategic plan. I

3161
02:29:42,960 --> 02:29:45,439
don't think it's an inappropriate uh

3162
02:29:45,439 --> 02:29:50,000
inappropriate order. And uh

3163
02:29:50,000 --> 02:29:52,399
I'm very I'm I'm thankful that we're at

3164
02:29:52,399 --> 02:29:53,760
this juncture and we can make this

3165
02:29:53,760 --> 02:29:56,720
decision tonight. So

3166
02:29:56,720 --> 02:29:59,040
without further ado, all in favor raise

3167
02:29:59,040 --> 02:30:01,760
your right hand.

3168
02:30:01,760 --> 02:30:02,424
Council member Nutunning,

3169
02:30:02,424 --> 02:30:03,760
[clears throat] Council Member Oxer,

3170
02:30:03,760 --> 02:30:05,280
Council Member Grace Matsui, Council

3171
02:30:05,280 --> 02:30:06,960
Member Mahoney, Deputy Mayor Steyets,

3172
02:30:06,960 --> 02:30:09,120
and myself. All opposed, Council Member

3173
02:30:09,120 --> 02:30:11,840
Harris. Motion passes. Thank you so

3174
02:30:11,840 --> 02:30:14,160
much, Dan. We're excited to have you

3175
02:30:14,160 --> 02:30:16,160
aboard.

3176
02:30:16,160 --> 02:30:18,479
Appreciate it.

3177
02:30:18,479 --> 02:30:20,960
All right. Next up is uh new agenda

3178
02:30:20,960 --> 02:30:23,359
items for consideration. Uh, I think

3179
02:30:23,359 --> 02:30:25,680
you've heard me talk about this several

3180
02:30:25,680 --> 02:30:27,200
times. This is an opportunity for

3181
02:30:27,200 --> 02:30:28,560
council members to present something

3182
02:30:28,560 --> 02:30:31,359
they'd like to have appear on a future

3183
02:30:31,359 --> 02:30:33,600
agenda. Any council members have

3184
02:30:33,600 --> 02:30:35,280
something they like they would like to

3185
02:30:35,280 --> 02:30:38,000
propose?

3186
02:30:38,000 --> 02:30:40,960
All right, moving on. Next up is an

3187
02:30:40,960 --> 02:30:42,800
opportunity for council member to give

3188
02:30:42,800 --> 02:30:44,240
us their reports. And tonight we're

3189
02:30:44,240 --> 02:30:45,520
going to start with council member Grace

3190
02:30:45,520 --> 02:30:51,270
Matsui.

3191
02:30:51,280 --> 02:30:56,550
» Thank you. Um,

3192
02:30:56,560 --> 02:31:00,960
I had the opportunity to uh uh go out

3193
02:31:00,960 --> 02:31:03,760
and see some folks at some events this

3194
02:31:03,760 --> 02:31:05,920
week. It's been a reactivation, I guess,

3195
02:31:05,920 --> 02:31:08,160
of a lot of our social calendars. I know

3196
02:31:08,160 --> 02:31:09,840
there's plenty of community events that

3197
02:31:09,840 --> 02:31:11,920
are coming up as well. I want to say a

3198
02:31:11,920 --> 02:31:14,080
special thanks to all the staff who

3199
02:31:14,080 --> 02:31:16,560
helped out at our town hall and talking

3200
02:31:16,560 --> 02:31:18,560
about the strategic plan. The kids

3201
02:31:18,560 --> 02:31:20,319
corner looked like it was a hit. Uh

3202
02:31:20,319 --> 02:31:23,120
there were lots of engaged folks putting

3203
02:31:23,120 --> 02:31:28,319
um their vote up and talking to folks. I believe you probably had a a lot of

3204
02:31:28,319 --> 02:31:30,000
cookies go out the door and water handed

3205
02:31:30,000 --> 02:31:32,399
out as well. I was very encouraged by

3206
02:31:32,399 --> 02:31:35,280
the participation uh by the willingness

3207
02:31:35,280 --> 02:31:37,359
of folks to come out on a Tuesday uh

3208
02:31:37,359 --> 02:31:39,760
evening and and talk about how they see

3209
02:31:39,760 --> 02:31:41,120
De Moines now and what they would like

3210
02:31:41,120 --> 02:31:43,760
to see in the future. And uh I hope

3211
02:31:43,760 --> 02:31:46,160
folks saw the all the council members

3212
02:31:46,160 --> 02:31:49,040
who were there and uh how much we are

3213
02:31:49,040 --> 02:31:51,600
listening and really wanting to uh stay

3214
02:31:51,600 --> 02:31:54,640
in tuned uh with what our community's

3215
02:31:54,640 --> 02:31:56,960
visions are and what some of those

3216
02:31:56,960 --> 02:31:59,120
challenges are. I will say that some of

3217
02:31:59,120 --> 02:32:01,120
those forced question activities were

3218
02:32:01,120 --> 02:32:04,960
very difficult. Um and uh I'm hoping

3219
02:32:04,960 --> 02:32:07,520
that we can find ways to accommodate

3220
02:32:07,520 --> 02:32:09,680
both. And many of you who are here in

3221
02:32:09,680 --> 02:32:11,200
the room were there to see some of those

3222
02:32:11,200 --> 02:32:14,080
things where you have to wrestle with uh

3223
02:32:14,080 --> 02:32:16,960
preserving open spaces or development

3224
02:32:16,960 --> 02:32:19,200
and how do you have those things at the

3225
02:32:19,200 --> 02:32:21,520
same time and we were forced into a

3226
02:32:21,520 --> 02:32:24,240
choice and it was very difficult. But I

3227
02:32:24,240 --> 02:32:26,160
guarantee that those are questions that

3228
02:32:26,160 --> 02:32:29,439
will wrestle for years to come. So I

3229
02:32:29,439 --> 02:32:30,960
appreciate that. I hope that you all

3230
02:32:30,960 --> 02:32:33,920
have um lots of great uh family time in

3231
02:32:33,920 --> 02:32:35,760
the next month and uh that is the

3232
02:32:35,760 --> 02:32:37,680
conclusion of my report.

3233
02:32:37,680 --> 02:32:42,469
>> Thank you, Council Member Nutting.

3234
02:32:42,479 --> 02:32:44,640
» Nothing this week, Mayor. Thank you.

3235
02:32:44,640 --> 02:32:46,640
>> Thank you, Council Member. Council

3236
02:32:46,640 --> 02:32:49,359
member Harris,

3237
02:32:49,359 --> 02:32:52,880
>> thank you. Um I uh watched the uh well

3238
02:32:52,880 --> 02:32:56,000
first of all um forget that I I watched

3239
02:32:56,000 --> 02:32:59,680
the uh the citizens advisory board um

3240
02:32:59,680 --> 02:33:02,240
meeting today and I want to just note

3241
02:33:02,240 --> 02:33:04,479
how thoughtful so many of the uh

3242
02:33:04,479 --> 02:33:07,840
comments were. Um

3243
02:33:07,840 --> 02:33:11,600
uh one person made a really good remark

3244
02:33:11,600 --> 02:33:16,319
about the uh survey that did get a lot

3245
02:33:16,319 --> 02:33:19,600
of uh feedback and she she said why

3246
02:33:19,600 --> 02:33:21,840
wasn't the airport

3247
02:33:21,840 --> 02:33:26,240
mentioned and I I I love that because

3248
02:33:26,240 --> 02:33:29,840
it's um it's the thing that somebody if

3249
02:33:29,840 --> 02:33:32,960
you're an outsider you just within five

3250
02:33:32,960 --> 02:33:36,160
minutes it's like that's it.

3251
02:33:36,160 --> 02:33:40,319
But we're so inured to it. I think it's

3252
02:33:40,319 --> 02:33:42,399
not that people don't care about it.

3253
02:33:42,399 --> 02:33:45,680
It's that I'm pretty sure whoever came

3254
02:33:45,680 --> 02:33:48,960
up with a survey just they're inured to

3255
02:33:48,960 --> 02:33:51,040
it or they think there's nothing that

3256
02:33:51,040 --> 02:33:53,120
can be done about it. Uh [clears throat]

3257
02:33:53,120 --> 02:33:55,680
the same thing with so many things

3258
02:33:55,680 --> 02:33:59,920
around here. I heard a discussion of um

3259
02:33:59,920 --> 02:34:02,880
of potential and the city manager, you

3260
02:34:02,880 --> 02:34:05,520
know, interpreted that as

3261
02:34:05,520 --> 02:34:07,439
disappointment and other people said,

3262
02:34:07,439 --> 02:34:10,319
you know, no, it's more positive. But um

3263
02:34:10,319 --> 02:34:14,560
it's not disappointment so much as just

3264
02:34:14,560 --> 02:34:16,880
being inured

3265
02:34:16,880 --> 02:34:19,840
to [laughter] just it's this chronic

3266
02:34:19,840 --> 02:34:22,399
thing. It's like having if you're lucky

3267
02:34:22,399 --> 02:34:24,640
enough to have children, they reach a

3268
02:34:24,640 --> 02:34:26,560
certain age where you go, "Come on, man.

3269
02:34:26,560 --> 02:34:28,240
Are you ever going to get a job?" You

3270
02:34:28,240 --> 02:34:31,920
know, and um that's the thing. There's

3271
02:34:31,920 --> 02:34:33,680
just this

3272
02:34:33,680 --> 02:34:37,680
people just get inured to stuff. Um a

3273
02:34:37,680 --> 02:34:40,640
couple of members mentioned better

3274
02:34:40,640 --> 02:34:43,280
outreach and I really appreciated that.

3275
02:34:43,280 --> 02:34:47,280
Um we have this

3276
02:34:47,280 --> 02:34:51,200
we're in this bubble frankly and um when

3277
02:34:51,200 --> 02:34:53,840
I started going to St. Filamina so many

3278
02:34:53,840 --> 02:34:57,600
years ago it was like 90% people who

3279
02:34:57,600 --> 02:35:00,399
look like me English speakers 10%

3280
02:35:00,399 --> 02:35:04,160
Hispanic uh Spanish speakers and now

3281
02:35:04,160 --> 02:35:06,000
it's flipped

3282
02:35:06,000 --> 02:35:09,439
it by rights it should be a uh it should

3283
02:35:09,439 --> 02:35:11,840
be the whole thing should be a Spanish

3284
02:35:11,840 --> 02:35:15,840
language um thing um

3285
02:35:15,840 --> 02:35:22,319
but and and that is a hub for a a large

3286
02:35:22,319 --> 02:35:25,520
population that will basically you will

3287
02:35:25,520 --> 02:35:28,800
never see on Marine View Drive or um I

3288
02:35:28,800 --> 02:35:31,120
mean you may be at the beach park on a

3289
02:35:31,120 --> 02:35:34,560
Sunday and there are a dozen um

3290
02:35:34,560 --> 02:35:37,600
communities that I have you know had the

3291
02:35:37,600 --> 02:35:40,000
um privilege to get to know over the

3292
02:35:40,000 --> 02:35:43,680
years um that are not represented

3293
02:35:43,680 --> 02:35:45,520
and that they're not going to be part of

3294
02:35:45,520 --> 02:35:50,640
a survey. It's not that it it it's just

3295
02:35:50,640 --> 02:35:53,280
there has to you have to decide do you

3296
02:35:53,280 --> 02:35:56,560
want to actually capture the entirety of

3297
02:35:56,560 --> 02:36:00,800
the city or do you want to make it more

3298
02:36:00,800 --> 02:36:04,000
of what you already like about it but

3299
02:36:04,000 --> 02:36:07,040
it's self- selecting

3300
02:36:07,040 --> 02:36:08,960
the I spoke with a couple of county

3301
02:36:08,960 --> 02:36:11,439
council members this week and you know

3302
02:36:11,439 --> 02:36:15,777
everybody talks about how we

3303
02:36:15,777 --> 02:36:18,319
[snorts] South King County has grant

3304
02:36:18,319 --> 02:36:20,720
money available. People just don't apply

3305
02:36:20,720 --> 02:36:22,560
for it.

3306
02:36:22,560 --> 02:36:25,439
And we should take note of that and

3307
02:36:25,439 --> 02:36:30,720
somehow um reform how we

3308
02:36:30,720 --> 02:36:33,520
part of deciding what we want to be is

3309
02:36:33,520 --> 02:36:36,880
going to be deciding do we want to

3310
02:36:36,880 --> 02:36:39,920
actually represent the people who are

3311
02:36:39,920 --> 02:36:41,439
here

3312
02:36:41,439 --> 02:36:44,479
and do we actually want to attract a

3313
02:36:44,479 --> 02:36:48,319
wider cohort of people to the town

3314
02:36:48,319 --> 02:36:50,240
because that's really what's going to

3315
02:36:50,240 --> 02:36:53,120
you know determine how much economic

3316
02:36:53,120 --> 02:36:55,600
development you can do. Do you really

3317
02:36:55,600 --> 02:36:58,880
want more people to come here? It's it's

3318
02:36:58,880 --> 02:37:02,399
a real question and I don't think we've

3319
02:37:02,399 --> 02:37:06,240
addressed it at this point and

3320
02:37:06,240 --> 02:37:08,560
I sure hope we uh start taking that

3321
02:37:08,560 --> 02:37:09,680
seriously. One

3322
02:37:09,680 --> 02:37:11,120
>> Thank you, council member. You need to

3323
02:37:11,120 --> 02:37:14,240
wrap up one last sentence, please.

3324
02:37:14,240 --> 02:37:18,080
>> I wish our budget included the marina.

3325
02:37:18,080 --> 02:37:20,319
It goes out went out to 20. We need to

3326
02:37:20,319 --> 02:37:21,680
close in one sentence

3327
02:37:21,680 --> 02:37:24,880
>> and it should have gone to 2032.

3328
02:37:24,880 --> 02:37:25,520
>> Thank you.

3329
02:37:25,520 --> 02:37:28,960
All right, Council Member

3330
02:37:28,960 --> 02:37:31,359
Oxiger.

3331
02:37:31,359 --> 02:37:34,399
>> Thank you, Mayor. Um [clears throat]

3332
02:37:34,399 --> 02:37:37,040
we had a lot going on our plates this uh

3333
02:37:37,040 --> 02:37:43,120
last uh week and uh last weekend the

3334
02:37:43,120 --> 02:37:47,840
inauguration of the light rail uh

3335
02:37:47,840 --> 02:37:51,040
$2.5 billion

3336
02:37:51,040 --> 02:37:55,359
asset that's now at our eastern door and

3337
02:37:55,359 --> 02:37:58,800
uh I was quite encouraged that I took

3338
02:37:58,800 --> 02:38:02,000
the inaugural train from

3339
02:38:02,000 --> 02:38:04,640
uh federal way back to the college

3340
02:38:04,640 --> 02:38:07,600
station here. And it was interesting as

3341
02:38:07,600 --> 02:38:09,200
we were getting off, now this is the

3342
02:38:09,200 --> 02:38:11,359
inaugural train, right? As we were

3343
02:38:11,359 --> 02:38:13,920
getting off, there were people

3344
02:38:13,920 --> 02:38:15,760
waiting to get on with their luggage.

3345
02:38:15,760 --> 02:38:17,840
They were going to the airport.

3346
02:38:17,840 --> 02:38:18,319
>> Wow.

3347
02:38:18,319 --> 02:38:20,960
>> I mean, it's like they must have they

3348
02:38:20,960 --> 02:38:22,960
must have, you know, been online saying,

3349
02:38:22,960 --> 02:38:25,920
"Can I take this train?" You know, I

3350
02:38:25,920 --> 02:38:28,160
think it's going to have a huge impact.

3351
02:38:28,160 --> 02:38:30,960
Um, hence, you know, I've made the

3352
02:38:30,960 --> 02:38:34,000
request in the past that we really

3353
02:38:34,000 --> 02:38:37,200
accelerate the our last mile uh

3354
02:38:37,200 --> 02:38:40,240
considerations and also thank you for

3355
02:38:40,240 --> 02:38:43,600
the the references to, you know, our uh

3356
02:38:43,600 --> 02:38:45,359
economic development of the area up

3357
02:38:45,359 --> 02:38:48,000
there. The transportation or oriented

3358
02:38:48,000 --> 02:38:49,120
development is going to be very

3359
02:38:49,120 --> 02:38:53,359
important. Uh anyway, it was it was a

3360
02:38:53,359 --> 02:38:55,439
great event. started out at like seven

3361
02:38:55,439 --> 02:38:56,800
o'clock in the morning because I had

3362
02:38:56,800 --> 02:38:58,319
some

3363
02:38:58,319 --> 02:39:00,960
other uh duties I was having to do with

3364
02:39:00,960 --> 02:39:04,080
regard to it. But and then we

3365
02:39:04,080 --> 02:39:06,720
got home, no longer got no sooner got

3366
02:39:06,720 --> 02:39:08,479
home and then had to turn around around

3367
02:39:08,479 --> 02:39:10,479
and come right back for the tree

3368
02:39:10,479 --> 02:39:12,880
lighting down at the or the Yeah, the

3369
02:39:12,880 --> 02:39:15,120
holiday tree lighting at the marina

3370
02:39:15,120 --> 02:39:18,640
which uh was excited to see the number

3371
02:39:18,640 --> 02:39:22,720
of people that that came out and uh it

3372
02:39:22,720 --> 02:39:24,720
looks like it, you know, is has the

3373
02:39:24,720 --> 02:39:26,399
potential of being, you know, an even

3374
02:39:26,399 --> 02:39:28,640
bigger and better celebration than we've

3375
02:39:28,640 --> 02:39:32,160
had at Big Catch Plaza. So, I was glad

3376
02:39:32,160 --> 02:39:36,080
to see that. I will add that coming up

3377
02:39:36,080 --> 02:39:40,399
Saturday night 5:00 pm down in Roondo,

3378
02:39:40,399 --> 02:39:42,399
uh they are reviving their tradition.

3379
02:39:42,399 --> 02:39:44,880
We'll say reigniting their tradition,

3380
02:39:44,880 --> 02:39:46,399
>> reignite

3381
02:39:46,399 --> 02:39:50,720
>> of uh an annual bonfire. Uh

3382
02:39:50,720 --> 02:39:55,120
it actually coincided with the uh Argusy

3383
02:39:55,120 --> 02:39:58,160
Christmas ship which because of COVID

3384
02:39:58,160 --> 02:40:00,240
has for the last few years not been

3385
02:40:00,240 --> 02:40:04,000
coming uh coming out onto Puget Sound

3386
02:40:04,000 --> 02:40:05,600
although this year they are doing

3387
02:40:05,600 --> 02:40:08,560
something in Tacoma. So hopefully we can

3388
02:40:08,560 --> 02:40:10,240
get that back. But it's again it's a

3389
02:40:10,240 --> 02:40:13,040
celebration of the Redondo community and

3390
02:40:13,040 --> 02:40:16,080
the the uh whole south end. So that's at

3391
02:40:16,080 --> 02:40:18,000
five o'clock

3392
02:40:18,000 --> 02:40:20,319
on Saturday and I know that several

3393
02:40:20,319 --> 02:40:21,680
council members have indicated they

3394
02:40:21,680 --> 02:40:24,960
would be there and

3395
02:40:24,960 --> 02:40:29,429
other than that uh

3396
02:40:29,439 --> 02:40:33,040
happy holidays and also to the mayor and

3397
02:40:33,040 --> 02:40:36,240
to former mayor uh

3398
02:40:36,240 --> 02:40:39,280
Mahoney uh thank you for your service

3399
02:40:39,280 --> 02:40:42,160
and

3400
02:40:42,160 --> 02:40:44,160
on we go.

3401
02:40:44,160 --> 02:40:45,840
>> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very

3402
02:40:45,840 --> 02:40:48,080
much. Moving on to Deputy Mayor

3403
02:40:48,080 --> 02:40:51,359
Steinmets next.

3404
02:40:51,359 --> 02:40:54,640
>> Okay. Boy, it's gonna sound very very

3405
02:40:54,640 --> 02:40:57,040
familiar because there are a lot of

3406
02:40:57,040 --> 02:40:59,359
events going on. I I also was at the

3407
02:40:59,359 --> 02:41:01,439
light rail uh celebration starting in

3408
02:41:01,439 --> 02:41:03,680
Federal Way. Took the train up here uh

3409
02:41:03,680 --> 02:41:08,080
to the Kent De Mo station and um did and

3410
02:41:08,080 --> 02:41:09,680
was part of the celebration up there. It

3411
02:41:09,680 --> 02:41:14,000
was wonderful. Uh nice to see everybody

3412
02:41:14,000 --> 02:41:16,000
is involved in that. From there, I went

3413
02:41:16,000 --> 02:41:17,840
to the De Moines Historical Society,

3414
02:41:17,840 --> 02:41:20,319
which is having an open house uh on

3415
02:41:20,319 --> 02:41:23,280
Saturday afternoon. Um it's a great

3416
02:41:23,280 --> 02:41:24,880
little place. If you've ever seen it, I

3417
02:41:24,880 --> 02:41:27,359
would encourage people to do it uh and

3418
02:41:27,359 --> 02:41:30,640
just go take in a lot of the things that

3419
02:41:30,640 --> 02:41:32,960
they have, but it's really nice. Uh the

3420
02:41:32,960 --> 02:41:35,200
tree lighting again was Saturday night.

3421
02:41:35,200 --> 02:41:38,880
That was a wonderful thing uh to do and

3422
02:41:38,880 --> 02:41:42,479
it was a big success. U more people than

3423
02:41:42,479 --> 02:41:44,640
I think we've ever had a big big big

3424
02:41:44,640 --> 02:41:48,240
tree big catch plaza and you know nobody

3425
02:41:48,240 --> 02:41:50,160
was uh stepping off the curb into

3426
02:41:50,160 --> 02:41:52,479
traffic either which is which is a

3427
02:41:52,479 --> 02:41:53,840
really good thing. So I think that has

3428
02:41:53,840 --> 02:42:00,479
great potential uh at this point. Um and

3429
02:42:00,479 --> 02:42:03,040
you know I was at the cab meeting uh the

3430
02:42:03,040 --> 02:42:05,120
town hall meeting of course I'm here

3431
02:42:05,120 --> 02:42:07,600
tonight. Don't get a night off. I think

3432
02:42:07,600 --> 02:42:09,280
I thought things might slow down after

3433
02:42:09,280 --> 02:42:11,520
the election.

3434
02:42:11,520 --> 02:42:14,720
I still go go but it's fine. Uh the

3435
02:42:14,720 --> 02:42:17,359
Roondo bonfire I got an invitation to as

3436
02:42:17,359 --> 02:42:21,040
well and uh you know if the weather gods

3437
02:42:21,040 --> 02:42:22,560
cooperate

3438
02:42:22,560 --> 02:42:25,920
uh we'll see you there and um you know

3439
02:42:25,920 --> 02:42:28,479
previously I was at the Sound Cities

3440
02:42:28,479 --> 02:42:31,680
Association that honored Mayor Buckton

3441
02:42:31,680 --> 02:42:33,600
uh as the outgoing president of Sound

3442
02:42:33,600 --> 02:42:35,760
Cities Association and I just want to

3443
02:42:35,760 --> 02:42:39,359
say to both you and uh Matt Mahoney that

3444
02:42:39,359 --> 02:42:42,319
I'm really going to miss both you really

3445
02:42:42,319 --> 02:42:44,240
appreciate getting to know you I know

3446
02:42:44,240 --> 02:42:47,040
they continue to be friends, but

3447
02:42:47,040 --> 02:42:49,200
you've been a huge asset here. I

3448
02:42:49,200 --> 02:42:50,800
appreciate

3449
02:42:50,800 --> 02:42:52,319
>> Thank you.

3450
02:42:52,319 --> 02:42:57,600
Thank you. Well,

3451
02:42:57,600 --> 02:42:59,359
Matt, I'm going to turn it to you and

3452
02:42:59,359 --> 02:43:02,240
call you Matt because you've been my

3453
02:43:02,240 --> 02:43:02,880
friend.

3454
02:43:02,880 --> 02:43:06,960
>> That's fine. Thank you, Mayor Tracy.

3455
02:43:06,960 --> 02:43:09,359
>> Um, I'm gonna exercise a little bit of

3456
02:43:09,359 --> 02:43:12,240
privilege here as I exit um eight years.

3457
02:43:12,240 --> 02:43:14,479
I'm gonna a little bit longer than the

3458
02:43:14,479 --> 02:43:17,200
four minutes. I hope that's okay. And

3459
02:43:17,200 --> 02:43:18,240
>> yes,

3460
02:43:18,240 --> 02:43:19,200
>> it is.

3461
02:43:19,200 --> 02:43:20,880
>> Uh this was an eight-year journey,

3462
02:43:20,880 --> 02:43:22,319
actually a nine when you count the

3463
02:43:22,319 --> 02:43:24,000
campaign and then of course being

3464
02:43:24,000 --> 02:43:25,600
involved in the community several years

3465
02:43:25,600 --> 02:43:28,080
before that. I want you to know it's

3466
02:43:28,080 --> 02:43:30,399
been a very tough and tall order to move

3467
02:43:30,399 --> 02:43:33,200
this city forward. During my time on

3468
02:43:33,200 --> 02:43:34,880
council, we went through some of the ve

3469
02:43:34,880 --> 02:43:37,600
a very tough times. We endured co

3470
02:43:37,600 --> 02:43:41,200
leadership changes trying to pass a bond

3471
02:43:41,200 --> 02:43:43,920
that I think is going to change the city

3472
02:43:43,920 --> 02:43:47,760
um in great ways severe inflation and

3473
02:43:47,760 --> 02:43:49,359
unfortunately difficulty with some

3474
02:43:49,359 --> 02:43:51,200
council members pertaining to domestic

3475
02:43:51,200 --> 02:43:54,160
abuse, verbal abuse of staff, violations

3476
02:43:54,160 --> 02:43:56,560
concerning conflict of interest, and

3477
02:43:56,560 --> 02:43:59,279
while we continually battled media

3478
02:43:59,279 --> 02:44:03,200
channels that misinformed our residents.

3479
02:44:03,200 --> 02:44:04,960
I've been pondering the words to say for

3480
02:44:04,960 --> 02:44:07,680
some time. So when I attended the town

3481
02:44:07,680 --> 02:44:10,960
hall a couple nights ago and like many

3482
02:44:10,960 --> 02:44:13,040
of the events I attended over the past

3483
02:44:13,040 --> 02:44:15,359
12 years of various forums and

3484
02:44:15,359 --> 02:44:17,920
neighborhood meetings, the same three

3485
02:44:17,920 --> 02:44:20,160
things are always the priorities. Public

3486
02:44:20,160 --> 02:44:22,399
safety, development of the downtown and

3487
02:44:22,399 --> 02:44:26,640
the wateride and fiscal sustainability.

3488
02:44:26,640 --> 02:44:28,640
I keep hearing it time and time again

3489
02:44:28,640 --> 02:44:30,960
that we should listen to the residents.

3490
02:44:30,960 --> 02:44:34,000
And the funny thing is that's exactly

3491
02:44:34,000 --> 02:44:35,279
what the majority of the council has

3492
02:44:35,279 --> 02:44:37,840
been doing for many years.

3493
02:44:37,840 --> 02:44:40,000
Every action we have taken has been

3494
02:44:40,000 --> 02:44:43,279
predicated on these very ass for

3495
02:44:43,279 --> 02:44:49,359
decades. The city has studied the marina and various aspects

3496
02:44:49,359 --> 02:44:51,439
of future planning for the city and the

3497
02:44:51,439 --> 02:44:53,439
results continue to be quite frankly the

3498
02:44:53,439 --> 02:44:55,920
same. New studies are consistently

3499
02:44:55,920 --> 02:44:57,600
requested and I'm not saying they're not

3500
02:44:57,600 --> 02:45:00,800
valid to do and the reports are and will

3501
02:45:00,800 --> 02:45:02,880
be pretty much the same as what we

3502
02:45:02,880 --> 02:45:05,760
continue. What's missing and our has

3503
02:45:05,760 --> 02:45:09,200
been missing is taking action.

3504
02:45:09,200 --> 02:45:11,439
How long do we all really want to just

3505
02:45:11,439 --> 02:45:14,000
talk about it? So in the past 8 to 10

3506
02:45:14,000 --> 02:45:16,479
years, I'm proud of what we've pushed in

3507
02:45:16,479 --> 02:45:20,080
action because for decades, we've made a

3508
02:45:20,080 --> 02:45:21,920
tremendous amount of progress over the

3509
02:45:21,920 --> 02:45:24,000
last decade that we've been involved and

3510
02:45:24,000 --> 02:45:26,960
I'm very I think we've succeeded in what

3511
02:45:26,960 --> 02:45:30,319
we can do. Much may be said of my time

3512
02:45:30,319 --> 02:45:33,920
on council and so be it. I have never

3513
02:45:33,920 --> 02:45:36,800
cared about getting credit and I've

3514
02:45:36,800 --> 02:45:39,680
always been welcome to take the blame. I

3515
02:45:39,680 --> 02:45:41,359
only cared about breaking the decades

3516
02:45:41,359 --> 02:45:45,120
old cycle of doing the same thing and

3517
02:45:45,120 --> 02:45:47,680
getting nowhere. From my heart, I can

3518
02:45:47,680 --> 02:45:50,399
tell you this. I've never shir from my

3519
02:45:50,399 --> 02:45:52,560
responsibilities to do what needed to be

3520
02:45:52,560 --> 02:45:55,200
done to move this city forward.

3521
02:45:55,200 --> 02:45:57,200
Getting the bond passed will finally

3522
02:45:57,200 --> 02:45:59,040
break the city free and away from the

3523
02:45:59,040 --> 02:46:01,439
paralysis by announce that has plagued

3524
02:46:01,439 --> 02:46:03,840
our community.

3525
02:46:03,840 --> 02:46:05,920
The support we provided for our business

3526
02:46:05,920 --> 02:46:08,560
in times of emergency COVID and other

3527
02:46:08,560 --> 02:46:10,319
situations

3528
02:46:10,319 --> 02:46:17,030
I believe saved many of them.

3529
02:46:17,040 --> 02:46:19,120
Changing leadership at the city manager

3530
02:46:19,120 --> 02:46:20,880
level was one of the toughest things I

3531
02:46:20,880 --> 02:46:24,800
have ever done. In truth, I'm incredibly

3532
02:46:24,800 --> 02:46:27,520
happy with the current leadership, but I

3533
02:46:27,520 --> 02:46:28,960
also want to acknowledge the hard work

3534
02:46:28,960 --> 02:46:30,479
of the past under difficult

3535
02:46:30,479 --> 02:46:32,479
circumstances.

3536
02:46:32,479 --> 02:46:34,479
Personally, leading this change came at

3537
02:46:34,479 --> 02:46:37,359
a at a cost greater to me personally

3538
02:46:37,359 --> 02:46:40,880
than anyone but myself will ever know.

3539
02:46:40,880 --> 02:46:44,479
I am okay with that. I really am. The

3540
02:46:44,479 --> 02:46:46,080
challenge of COVID and the severe

3541
02:46:46,080 --> 02:46:48,319
inflation are real despite the fact that

3542
02:46:48,319 --> 02:46:50,640
so many deny them. The fact that our

3543
02:46:50,640 --> 02:46:52,800
costs have gone up 25% and our revenue

3544
02:46:52,800 --> 02:46:56,000
may be three to four uh in the past five

3545
02:46:56,000 --> 02:46:58,080
years alone minus any efforts we've made

3546
02:46:58,080 --> 02:47:01,040
to close the gap is staggering for the

3547
02:47:01,040 --> 02:47:04,000
city's better It's a staggering impact

3548
02:47:04,000 --> 02:47:06,640
to try to better better the community.

3549
02:47:06,640 --> 02:47:10,399
The sad thing is even on this day is

3550
02:47:10,399 --> 02:47:12,399
some have never acknowledged the fact

3551
02:47:12,399 --> 02:47:14,960
and that should be concerning. Yet

3552
02:47:14,960 --> 02:47:17,200
through all this it was an honor to

3553
02:47:17,200 --> 02:47:19,040
serve De Moines because I believe in our

3554
02:47:19,040 --> 02:47:21,840
future. I want to thank what I c I'll

3555
02:47:21,840 --> 02:47:23,439
call the most excellent staff a city

3556
02:47:23,439 --> 02:47:25,680
could ever have. As red is as we are

3557
02:47:25,680 --> 02:47:27,600
fortunate to have them. They are highly

3558
02:47:27,600 --> 02:47:30,319
experienced, qualified and ex an

3559
02:47:30,319 --> 02:47:32,319
effective group and worth every penny we

3560
02:47:32,319 --> 02:47:34,720
pay them. I am thrilled about our city

3561
02:47:34,720 --> 02:47:37,200
manager and her team and and her team

3562
02:47:37,200 --> 02:47:39,439
and what they can accomplish if they get

3563
02:47:39,439 --> 02:47:41,760
the support they need to move this city

3564
02:47:41,760 --> 02:47:44,640
forward. Thanks to Katherine. I guess

3565
02:47:44,640 --> 02:47:46,160
we're all going by first names right

3566
02:47:46,160 --> 02:47:49,520
now. I am so glad you are at the helm.

3567
02:47:49,520 --> 02:47:51,120
I've hired some great people in my

3568
02:47:51,120 --> 02:47:54,720
career, but you are one of the best.

3569
02:47:54,720 --> 02:47:57,840
Thanks to Tim, George, and your team as

3570
02:47:57,840 --> 02:47:59,520
well. I don't want to forget the team.

3571
02:47:59,520 --> 02:48:04,000
And so I'm if I'm missing names here, I when I to choose a leader, I also mean

3572
02:48:04,000 --> 02:48:06,319
their team. You brought us through some

3573
02:48:06,319 --> 02:48:08,800
really challenging times and were always

3574
02:48:08,800 --> 02:48:11,040
sound with your advice.

3575
02:48:11,040 --> 02:48:13,680
Um, you know, we had those meetings and

3576
02:48:13,680 --> 02:48:15,439
trying to deal with difficult situations

3577
02:48:15,439 --> 02:48:17,279
and I want you to know that I appreciate

3578
02:48:17,279 --> 02:48:19,200
you more than I think you will ever

3579
02:48:19,200 --> 02:48:20,640
know.

3580
02:48:20,640 --> 02:48:22,560
I also want to say that same thanks to

3581
02:48:22,560 --> 02:48:25,520
AJ and her team.

3582
02:48:25,520 --> 02:48:27,439
Your knowledge and thoughtful demeanor

3583
02:48:27,439 --> 02:48:29,439
resonate excellence, especially as we

3584
02:48:29,439 --> 02:48:32,479
negotiated some pretty heavy actions

3585
02:48:32,479 --> 02:48:34,720
and I just appreciate that. And I want

3586
02:48:34,720 --> 02:48:36,800
to thank Jeff and his team. Your passion

3587
02:48:36,800 --> 02:48:38,640
for finance, which some people might

3588
02:48:38,640 --> 02:48:40,880
think is wrong.

3589
02:48:40,880 --> 02:48:43,279
I don't. I'm just going to say that is

3590
02:48:43,279 --> 02:48:44,960
unsurpassed. and your willingness to go

3591
02:48:44,960 --> 02:48:46,800
ahead with the tough fiscal environment

3592
02:48:46,800 --> 02:48:49,040
and decisions we currently live in is

3593
02:48:49,040 --> 02:48:51,439
deeply appreciated. I want to thank

3594
02:48:51,439 --> 02:48:54,000
Chief Bo and for that matter former

3595
02:48:54,000 --> 02:48:57,120
Chief Thomas and our police department.

3596
02:48:57,120 --> 02:48:59,439
Thank you for keeping our city safe and

3597
02:48:59,439 --> 02:49:01,520
I am deeply sorry I could not do more to

3598
02:49:01,520 --> 02:49:03,439
ensure that our officers are adequately

3599
02:49:03,439 --> 02:49:04,960
supported.

3600
02:49:04,960 --> 02:49:07,279
I fear for our officer safety because of

3601
02:49:07,279 --> 02:49:10,479
the levy failing. I'll be candid.

3602
02:49:10,479 --> 02:49:12,399
I want to thank Mike Sleven and his

3603
02:49:12,399 --> 02:49:14,880
team. Is he still here?

3604
02:49:14,880 --> 02:49:16,880
>> Oh gosh. Okay. Well, he better listen to

3605
02:49:16,880 --> 02:49:18,800
this later. I really appreciate your

3606
02:49:18,800 --> 02:49:21,600
expertise in the field of public works.

3607
02:49:21,600 --> 02:49:23,680
Project initiation and transportation.

3608
02:49:23,680 --> 02:49:26,000
Without your help, I fear the city would

3609
02:49:26,000 --> 02:49:28,080
have spent the next dec decade swirling

3610
02:49:28,080 --> 02:49:30,479
in the same conversation we just

3611
02:49:30,479 --> 02:49:32,479
finished battling through. Your

3612
02:49:32,479 --> 02:49:34,720
oversight of the marina, Roondo, and the

3613
02:49:34,720 --> 02:49:36,399
Veterans Memorial on the north end of

3614
02:49:36,399 --> 02:49:38,319
town will change the city's course

3615
02:49:38,319 --> 02:49:41,680
forever. You know it and I know it. And

3616
02:49:41,680 --> 02:49:44,712
by the way, he can never retire.

3617
02:49:44,712 --> 02:49:45,680
[laughter]

3618
02:49:45,680 --> 02:49:48,319
I'm sure that other staff leadership

3619
02:49:48,319 --> 02:49:50,240
would concur. And I want to thank

3620
02:49:50,240 --> 02:49:53,040
Rebecca. Um, you might not know this,

3621
02:49:53,040 --> 02:49:56,399
but the reason I went on went and ran

3622
02:49:56,399 --> 02:49:58,160
for city council was because I I

3623
02:49:58,160 --> 02:50:00,479
improved the home and I went through an

3624
02:50:00,479 --> 02:50:02,000
horrible experience with the permit

3625
02:50:02,000 --> 02:50:05,840
center and I electricians and stuff. I'd

3626
02:50:05,840 --> 02:50:07,200
call them up and once they found out it

3627
02:50:07,200 --> 02:50:08,479
was De Moines, they didn't want to work

3628
02:50:08,479 --> 02:50:11,439
here. I think that you're going to

3629
02:50:11,439 --> 02:50:13,439
change that dynamic and I'm going to see

3630
02:50:13,439 --> 02:50:15,920
our ne not only our city improve but our

3631
02:50:15,920 --> 02:50:18,240
neighborhoods as well and it gives me

3632
02:50:18,240 --> 02:50:21,040
peace knowing that you're you're there.

3633
02:50:21,040 --> 02:50:23,200
I've seen the level of expertise and

3634
02:50:23,200 --> 02:50:26,000
experience you possess and the level of

3635
02:50:26,000 --> 02:50:28,240
how you consider customer service to be

3636
02:50:28,240 --> 02:50:30,800
and I want to just say thank you. Um

3637
02:50:30,800 --> 02:50:32,560
she's not here. Judge Leone and her

3638
02:50:32,560 --> 02:50:34,800
staff, you have a they had a difficult

3639
02:50:34,800 --> 02:50:38,160
job to do as well. And her creative ways

3640
02:50:38,160 --> 02:50:40,080
to adjudicate

3641
02:50:40,080 --> 02:50:43,840
um the community in a fair and equitable

3642
02:50:43,840 --> 02:50:48,000
ways is just been um amazing.

3643
02:50:48,000 --> 02:50:50,800
And I want to thank Tara and the city

3644
02:50:50,800 --> 02:50:53,760
clerk group, Sarah, and every and and

3645
02:50:53,760 --> 02:50:56,399
everybody there. Uh, and I got to add it

3646
02:50:56,399 --> 02:51:00,240
to that because I've seen running

3647
02:51:00,240 --> 02:51:01,680
meetings and so forth. You guys were

3648
02:51:01,680 --> 02:51:02,960
always there. You always gave me the

3649
02:51:02,960 --> 02:51:04,560
support I needed and I really appreciate

3650
02:51:04,560 --> 02:51:07,120
it. A lot of times you don't get that

3651
02:51:07,120 --> 02:51:10,240
thanks and I'm thanking you today.

3652
02:51:10,240 --> 02:51:13,120
And then lastly on those, I want to

3653
02:51:13,120 --> 02:51:15,600
thank Bonnie and Scott.

3654
02:51:15,600 --> 02:51:17,359
There are simply not enough words that I

3655
02:51:17,359 --> 02:51:19,120
can say that show my appreciation for

3656
02:51:19,120 --> 02:51:21,760
all you do for this city.

3657
02:51:21,760 --> 02:51:24,000
You You truly love the city, both of

3658
02:51:24,000 --> 02:51:26,720
you. And I think he's listening tonight.

3659
02:51:26,720 --> 02:51:28,800
So, hi Scott.

3660
02:51:28,800 --> 02:51:30,399
>> Yeah,

3661
02:51:30,399 --> 02:51:32,880
knee surgery today is your excuse. We're

3662
02:51:32,880 --> 02:51:36,080
going to buy it, right? Um, but if we

3663
02:51:36,080 --> 02:51:38,240
ever get a statue in town, the two of

3664
02:51:38,240 --> 02:51:41,279
you should be the statue. [laughter]

3665
02:51:41,279 --> 02:51:44,080
Yes. I'm sorry. I just believe that. And

3666
02:51:44,080 --> 02:51:46,880
I want to thank um thank all my former

3667
02:51:46,880 --> 02:51:48,640
council members. Uh, I learned so much

3668
02:51:48,640 --> 02:51:51,680
from them. um and as well as the current

3669
02:51:51,680 --> 02:51:55,359
council um and I've watched all of them

3670
02:51:55,359 --> 02:51:58,160
both current and past work so hard for

3671
02:51:58,160 --> 02:52:00,960
the city. For my new members, I got a

3672
02:52:00,960 --> 02:52:03,760
few pieces of advice and you don't have

3673
02:52:03,760 --> 02:52:05,840
to take it, but I sure the hell would if

3674
02:52:05,840 --> 02:52:08,560
I were you. [laughter] I want you to

3675
02:52:08,560 --> 02:52:11,680
know voting no is easy. All right, I

3676
02:52:11,680 --> 02:52:12,960
mean that. I'm going to repeat that.

3677
02:52:12,960 --> 02:52:15,760
Voting no is easy because you can always

3678
02:52:15,760 --> 02:52:17,520
critique those that made the tough

3679
02:52:17,520 --> 02:52:19,600
decisions to move the city forward. But

3680
02:52:19,600 --> 02:52:21,600
I'll tell you what's worse. Taking

3681
02:52:21,600 --> 02:52:24,880
credit later if you voted no. There will

3682
02:52:24,880 --> 02:52:27,840
be times that will scare you, keep you

3683
02:52:27,840 --> 02:52:29,600
up at night, and I'm going to tell you

3684
02:52:29,600 --> 02:52:33,279
that's good because it shows you care.

3685
02:52:33,279 --> 02:52:39,190
Choose your leaders on council wisely.

3686
02:52:39,200 --> 02:52:41,120
Do not come into the office thinking you

3687
02:52:41,120 --> 02:52:44,160
know everything. Be willing to learn.

3688
02:52:44,160 --> 02:52:46,640
The ones that do not do this turn out to

3689
02:52:46,640 --> 02:52:49,120
be the worst to hold these positions.

3690
02:52:49,120 --> 02:52:51,439
When you meet with the city manager, ask

3691
02:52:51,439 --> 02:52:55,120
only one question. How can I help you

3692
02:52:55,120 --> 02:52:58,160
help the city succeed? Your agendas and

3693
02:52:58,160 --> 02:53:01,920
desires can come later.

3694
02:53:01,920 --> 02:53:04,080
Spend the first six months learning from

3695
02:53:04,080 --> 02:53:05,920
staff. It will pay off throughout your

3696
02:53:05,920 --> 02:53:08,080
term. You're going to find out how much

3697
02:53:08,080 --> 02:53:11,680
you really do not know. And I mean it. I

3698
02:53:11,680 --> 02:53:13,680
was It was a humbling experience on my

3699
02:53:13,680 --> 02:53:16,479
own. Accept this fact. Be open to to

3700
02:53:16,479 --> 02:53:19,600
listen and learn. Be prepared that the

3701
02:53:19,600 --> 02:53:21,520
speed of government is never fast

3702
02:53:21,520 --> 02:53:24,560
enough. As an impatient, business-minded

3703
02:53:24,560 --> 02:53:27,359
pe person, and I know both of you are,

3704
02:53:27,359 --> 02:53:30,399
you'll find that to be true. Be wary of

3705
02:53:30,399 --> 02:53:33,120
social media, blogs, and what I call the

3706
02:53:33,120 --> 02:53:35,920
vocal minority. Often they exclude key

3707
02:53:35,920 --> 02:53:38,479
facts, perpetuate ignorance, and mislead

3708
02:53:38,479 --> 02:53:41,359
our residents.

3709
02:53:41,359 --> 02:53:43,840
Remember, when ignorance leads an agenda

3710
02:53:43,840 --> 02:53:45,439
and that the message gets communicated

3711
02:53:45,439 --> 02:53:47,120
to the public, the result is nothing

3712
02:53:47,120 --> 02:53:49,120
more than calculated stupidity within

3713
02:53:49,120 --> 02:53:52,080
our st our township.

3714
02:53:52,080 --> 02:53:54,319
Facebook pages and blogs are full of

3715
02:53:54,319 --> 02:53:57,120
this. Unfortunately,

3716
02:53:57,120 --> 02:54:00,080
come prepared for your meetings.

3717
02:54:00,080 --> 02:54:02,080
Set a regimen to review the packet at a

3718
02:54:02,080 --> 02:54:04,240
high level on Friday. Study the packet

3719
02:54:04,240 --> 02:54:05,760
when you can on the weekend. Ask

3720
02:54:05,760 --> 02:54:07,680
questions as needed and study the

3721
02:54:07,680 --> 02:54:10,000
sections again with the highest priority

3722
02:54:10,000 --> 02:54:11,520
through the week as you prepare for

3723
02:54:11,520 --> 02:54:13,520
Thursday's meeting. If you wait till

3724
02:54:13,520 --> 02:54:16,000
Wednesday night and are not prepared, it

3725
02:54:16,000 --> 02:54:18,080
will show.

3726
02:54:18,080 --> 02:54:20,880
Counter nonsense in a public forum. You

3727
02:54:20,880 --> 02:54:24,479
will hear hear it. Counter it with fact.

3728
02:54:24,479 --> 02:54:26,880
Don't let what I call waxing idiotic

3729
02:54:26,880 --> 02:54:29,120
profail prevail.

3730
02:54:29,120 --> 02:54:31,040
There will be three or four challenging

3731
02:54:31,040 --> 02:54:34,240
decisions in your term of four to eight

3732
02:54:34,240 --> 02:54:36,960
years. There's other decisions, but

3733
02:54:36,960 --> 02:54:38,640
there's really going to be three or four

3734
02:54:38,640 --> 02:54:40,800
pivotable moments that in that time you

3735
02:54:40,800 --> 02:54:43,600
will deal with, right? You will know

3736
02:54:43,600 --> 02:54:45,200
what those are because you will feel the

3737
02:54:45,200 --> 02:54:47,760
pressure unlike any other times. Be

3738
02:54:47,760 --> 02:54:50,479
strong. Listen to all voices. Vote for

3739
02:54:50,479 --> 02:54:52,960
what is best. Stand your ground and live

3740
02:54:52,960 --> 02:54:54,960
with it.

3741
02:54:54,960 --> 02:54:57,760
Never vote to keep your job

3742
02:54:57,760 --> 02:55:00,479
or reelection. Avoid pressure. Avoid

3743
02:55:00,479 --> 02:55:03,200
conflict. Vote for what is right. And if

3744
02:55:03,200 --> 02:55:05,359
you don't do that, if you don't want to

3745
02:55:05,359 --> 02:55:08,319
do those things, resign.

3746
02:55:08,319 --> 02:55:11,359
Always, and I mean always, use this last

3747
02:55:11,359 --> 02:55:13,439
filter in any decision you make with

3748
02:55:13,439 --> 02:55:15,279
this question.

3749
02:55:15,279 --> 02:55:17,520
Is it the best thing for De Moines

3750
02:55:17,520 --> 02:55:19,200
regardless of the opposition and

3751
02:55:19,200 --> 02:55:22,710
adversity?

3752
02:55:22,720 --> 02:55:25,439
Now, [clears throat] this is what I read

3753
02:55:25,439 --> 02:55:27,439
the first night of the of the day from

3754
02:55:27,439 --> 02:55:30,000
the deis. And I'm going to close with

3755
02:55:30,000 --> 02:55:32,880
this. It was from the comprehensive plan

3756
02:55:32,880 --> 02:55:35,760
in 1962.

3757
02:55:35,760 --> 02:55:38,160
Like all other cities, De Moines has its

3758
02:55:38,160 --> 02:55:40,479
own assortment of land problems, some of

3759
02:55:40,479 --> 02:55:43,040
them beyond its control. One mile north

3760
02:55:43,040 --> 02:55:44,880
of De Moines is a large international

3761
02:55:44,880 --> 02:55:47,359
airport. Steadily increasing air traffic

3762
02:55:47,359 --> 02:55:49,200
flying at low altitudes creates a

3763
02:55:49,200 --> 02:55:51,680
nuisance and a hazard to property in and

3764
02:55:51,680 --> 02:55:53,520
near the approach zones of this large

3765
02:55:53,520 --> 02:55:56,240
majority. Plans to install a second

3766
02:55:56,240 --> 02:55:58,880
major runway paralleling the existing

3767
02:55:58,880 --> 02:56:00,560
runway will further increase its

3768
02:56:00,560 --> 02:56:04,080
nuisance and hazard hazard effects. The

3769
02:56:04,080 --> 02:56:06,240
city is bordered and traversed by state

3770
02:56:06,240 --> 02:56:07,760
highways.

3771
02:56:07,760 --> 02:56:10,000
Traffic counts on these highways and on

3772
02:56:10,000 --> 02:56:12,240
its arterial streets indicate that daily

3773
02:56:12,240 --> 02:56:14,080
volumes of traffic is steadily

3774
02:56:14,080 --> 02:56:16,319
increasing and will will and will

3775
02:56:16,319 --> 02:56:18,560
continue to increase. The downtown

3776
02:56:18,560 --> 02:56:20,240
district of De Moines is strung out

3777
02:56:20,240 --> 02:56:23,439
along an arterious arterial street. It

3778
02:56:23,439 --> 02:56:25,840
lacks unity and it lacks off- streetet

3779
02:56:25,840 --> 02:56:28,240
parking. A recent survey made by the

3780
02:56:28,240 --> 02:56:30,560
JC's reveals the fact that many of the

3781
02:56:30,560 --> 02:56:32,960
commercial structures can be classified

3782
02:56:32,960 --> 02:56:34,720
as old and needing repair or

3783
02:56:34,720 --> 02:56:38,080
replacement. A survey made February of

3784
02:56:38,080 --> 02:56:41,680
1962 analyzing assess value of the land

3785
02:56:41,680 --> 02:56:43,840
and buildings in the downtown area

3786
02:56:43,840 --> 02:56:46,000
indicate on the several parcels of land

3787
02:56:46,000 --> 02:56:49,120
and the land itself it the land itself

3788
02:56:49,120 --> 02:56:50,479
is worth more than the commercial

3789
02:56:50,479 --> 02:56:52,640
structures on it and the city needs

3790
02:56:52,640 --> 02:56:56,230
sidewalks.

3791
02:56:56,240 --> 02:56:58,720
So for decades,

3792
02:56:58,720 --> 02:57:00,479
right,

3793
02:57:00,479 --> 02:57:03,200
we've been swirling and when I came on

3794
02:57:03,200 --> 02:57:05,920
it's like let's change that. Damn it.

3795
02:57:05,920 --> 02:57:08,399
And I think we have to some degree,

3796
02:57:08,399 --> 02:57:09,600
right? It's one of the biggest

3797
02:57:09,600 --> 02:57:12,319
accomplishments.

3798
02:57:12,319 --> 02:57:14,160
So, I got to ask the residents, do you

3799
02:57:14,160 --> 02:57:16,399
really want the change you call for? Are

3800
02:57:16,399 --> 02:57:18,240
you ready for the change that comes with

3801
02:57:18,240 --> 02:57:20,960
it? Are you willing to stand the heat of

3802
02:57:20,960 --> 02:57:23,760
change? I close with this thought. At

3803
02:57:23,760 --> 02:57:25,680
the town hall on Tuesday, there was an

3804
02:57:25,680 --> 02:57:28,399
exercise using Wordscape. We used a QR

3805
02:57:28,399 --> 02:57:31,200
code and texted one-word entries on what

3806
02:57:31,200 --> 02:57:34,319
each of us viewed of the city currently.

3807
02:57:34,319 --> 02:57:36,160
The words danced around the screen and

3808
02:57:36,160 --> 02:57:38,640
the and and the most common words

3809
02:57:38,640 --> 02:57:40,479
growing in size. At the end, the word

3810
02:57:40,479 --> 02:57:42,160
with the most entries and the largest

3811
02:57:42,160 --> 02:57:44,720
was potential.

3812
02:57:44,720 --> 02:57:46,880
Both former mayor Pina and I have always

3813
02:57:46,880 --> 02:57:48,640
been frustrated by this word because for

3814
02:57:48,640 --> 02:57:50,479
decades that perception has been the

3815
02:57:50,479 --> 02:57:53,439
same. My frustration

3816
02:57:53,439 --> 02:57:56,479
to explain this is simple. It's because

3817
02:57:56,479 --> 02:57:58,640
people have experienced success are not

3818
02:57:58,640 --> 02:58:01,200
satisfied with the word potential.

3819
02:58:01,200 --> 02:58:04,240
Instead, what they do is realize it.

3820
02:58:04,240 --> 02:58:06,720
I believe in my time here I have done my

3821
02:58:06,720 --> 02:58:08,479
best to move the city forward and

3822
02:58:08,479 --> 02:58:11,200
realize some of that change and now I

3823
02:58:11,200 --> 02:58:13,200
leave the charge to you on the deis and

3824
02:58:13,200 --> 02:58:15,840
you the residents to leave potential

3825
02:58:15,840 --> 02:58:17,840
island

3826
02:58:17,840 --> 02:58:21,359
where we've been maroon for so long and

3827
02:58:21,359 --> 02:58:23,680
shed the nimiism and support needed

3828
02:58:23,680 --> 02:58:26,399
change and realize that we can be a

3829
02:58:26,399 --> 02:58:31,983
better de moines thank

3830
02:58:31,993 --> 02:58:37,269
» [applause]

3831
02:58:37,279 --> 02:58:43,429
» Well said. [applause]

3832
02:58:43,439 --> 02:58:45,359
Well said.

3833
02:58:45,359 --> 02:58:47,120
This is the kind of thing that always

3834
02:58:47,120 --> 02:58:49,040
has made me feel a little bit jealous.

3835
02:58:49,040 --> 02:58:54,720
He's so able to come forward with clear

3836
02:58:54,720 --> 02:58:57,600
thoughts, clearly articulated,

3837
02:58:57,600 --> 02:58:59,200
convincing,

3838
02:58:59,200 --> 02:59:02,800
passionate, moving. I feel moved by

3839
02:59:02,800 --> 02:59:05,920
that. And Matt's always had a gift and

3840
02:59:05,920 --> 02:59:09,279
been able to do that. Uh, I'm not going

3841
02:59:09,279 --> 02:59:11,279
to be as eloquent.

3842
02:59:11,279 --> 02:59:15,680
I'll say this. Uh, in closing, how do I

3843
02:59:15,680 --> 02:59:17,680
even sum up my thoughts about this

3844
02:59:17,680 --> 02:59:20,000
experience besides my faith and my

3845
02:59:20,000 --> 02:59:23,359
family? Serving as mayor of this city

3846
02:59:23,359 --> 02:59:25,520
has been the greatest pleasure of my

3847
02:59:25,520 --> 02:59:27,760
life.

3848
02:59:27,760 --> 02:59:29,279
I've met and worked with the most

3849
02:59:29,279 --> 02:59:32,560
magnificent people. This community has

3850
02:59:32,560 --> 02:59:35,439
been sacrificial and passionate. And

3851
02:59:35,439 --> 02:59:37,279
some of you have come I have come to

3852
02:59:37,279 --> 02:59:41,200
love personally and deeply.

3853
02:59:41,200 --> 02:59:44,080
His staff has been innovative,

3854
02:59:44,080 --> 02:59:46,080
hardworking.

3855
02:59:46,080 --> 02:59:49,750
I can't see.

3856
02:59:49,760 --> 02:59:53,200
Innovative, hardworking, and responsive.

3857
02:59:53,200 --> 02:59:56,160
And some of you, I have come to learn

3858
02:59:56,160 --> 02:59:59,680
love personally and deeply.

3859
02:59:59,680 --> 03:00:02,319
I appreciate this council.

3860
03:00:02,319 --> 03:00:04,880
This is a hard job and pays little. And

3861
03:00:04,880 --> 03:00:07,359
everyone up here, everyone has

3862
03:00:07,359 --> 03:00:09,680
sacrificed more than anyone can truly

3863
03:00:09,680 --> 03:00:12,080
know in order to be here to serve.

3864
03:00:12,080 --> 03:00:13,840
Everyone.

3865
03:00:13,840 --> 03:00:16,160
And some of you I've come to love

3866
03:00:16,160 --> 03:00:20,000
personally and very deeply.

3867
03:00:20,000 --> 03:00:23,359
I love De Moine and I plan on staying

3868
03:00:23,359 --> 03:00:25,840
involved and serving this community for

3869
03:00:25,840 --> 03:00:28,720
a long time, but I will miss this and

3870
03:00:28,720 --> 03:00:32,160
I'll miss working with you in this way.

3871
03:00:32,160 --> 03:00:37,269
I would like to close with a prayer.

3872
03:00:37,279 --> 03:00:39,680
Lord, bless this community with

3873
03:00:39,680 --> 03:00:41,359
thankfulness.

3874
03:00:41,359 --> 03:00:44,800
Bless this staff and departments with

3875
03:00:44,800 --> 03:00:47,760
energy and hope. And bless this

3876
03:00:47,760 --> 03:00:51,040
leadership with wisdom and then the

3877
03:00:51,040 --> 03:00:54,560
courage to carry it out. Dang it.

3878
03:00:54,560 --> 03:01:03,290
Lord, you know in Jesus name. Amen.

3879
03:01:03,300 --> 03:01:07,030
» [applause]

3880
03:01:07,040 --> 03:01:09,520
» Oh my gosh. [applause]

3881
03:01:09,520 --> 03:01:14,150
Thank you.

3882
03:01:14,160 --> 03:01:17,680
Well, this concludes our meeting. The

3883
03:01:17,680 --> 03:01:20,640
next meeting will be January 8th, 2026,

3884
03:01:20,640 --> 03:01:22,319
a city council business meeting. And

3885
03:01:22,319 --> 03:01:24,880
please remember to pick up all your

3886
03:01:24,880 --> 03:01:26,880
cookies on [laughter]

3887
03:01:26,880 --> 03:01:29,680
on the way out. Council member Mahoney,

3888
03:01:29,680 --> 03:01:31,040
do we have a motion?

3889
03:01:31,040 --> 03:01:32,880
>> Move to get the hell out of here one

3890
03:01:32,880 --> 03:01:34,080
last time.

3891
03:01:34,080 --> 03:01:35,279
>> Do I have a second?

3892
03:01:35,279 --> 03:01:36,000
>> Second.

3893
03:01:36,000 --> 03:01:38,800
with Deputy Mayor Stements. Well,

3894
03:01:38,800 --> 03:01:40,880
that is a wrap.

3895
03:01:40,880 --> 03:01:43,910
>> With this meeting, I adjourn.

3896
03:01:43,910 --> 03:01:45,359
[applause]

3897
03:01:45,359 --> 03:01:50,309
Thank you to all of you.

3898
03:01:50,319 --> 03:01:53,319
» Okay.