[0:00] Thank you.
[0:11] So, we're going to be going at 11:00 in
the morning.
[0:15] Do uh
almost 7 mile hike out there. So, I'm
[0:20] excited about that. I've never hiked in
that area before.
[0:23] And then yeah, and then we're going to
go to Crater Lake. And I have a I'm
[0:27] going to rent a bus about halfway.
[0:37] I'm going to be uh
Uh they're going to be here my sister
[0:41] and her husband. They're going to be
here They're going to be here for a
[0:43] week. Um and they're huge outdoors
people which are they're huge outdoors.
[0:49] as well. So, I'm excited other than the
the park official said they didn't know
[0:54] what elevation was.
It's
[0:57] 1,700 ft.
Yeah, you guys are on your own.
[1:03] I'm like, that's Do you know what
[1:07] Yeah, that's really long I mean
even
[1:27] This was 1,700 ft.
but 800 total. But I mean No, that's the
[1:33] 6-hour one. That or the 6-mile one is
1,700
[1:39] total which
It shouldn't be strenuous. It should be
[1:44] either hard or moderate in most places
and then it's strenuous in some.
[1:48] I'm guessing.
I haven't looked at it yet, but
[1:54] for my knees, downhills. I do have uh a
[2:00] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America, and to the
[2:06] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[2:12] justice for all.
[2:17] » Oh, thanks everyone. Welcome to our
regular meeting of the Golden Valley
[2:21] City Council.
Uh, Shelly, would you please take roll
[2:24] call?
>> Dean Johnson? Here. Theon Wheeler?
[2:28] » You know, she's gone, right?
>> Yeah.
[2:30] » Lauren Eagan?
>> Here.
[2:31] » Ryan Balcom?
>> Here.
[2:33] » Andy Balcom?
>> Here.
[2:34] » Rani El-Saden?
>> Here.
[2:35] » Nathaniel Hill?
>> Here.
[2:37] » Okay, thanks. Is there a motion to
excuse Theon Wheeler?
[2:43] » So moved.
>> Second.
[2:45] » Uh, we have a motion and a second to
excuse Theon. Is there any
[2:50] input?
All in favor?
[2:53] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[2:56] Okay, we'll go ahead and move on to the
next item on the agenda, public comment.
[3:01] Uh, this is the agenda topic, public
comment. Is there anybody here or online
[3:07] that would like to make a public
comment?
[3:13] Any hands up on the line?
Okay, hearing none, we'll move on to the
[3:18] next item on the agenda, and that'll be
the approval of the agenda and consent
[3:23] agenda.
>> I move to accept the agenda and consent
[3:27] agenda as presented.
>> I'll second that.
[3:30] Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any
discussion?
[3:35] All in favor?
>> Aye.
[3:38] » Opposed?
Okay, we'll move on to department
[3:42] report,
and we'll go over here at Chief of
[3:45] Police, Mike Smith.
>> Uh, thank you, Mayor. Um,
[3:49] the month of August, we had a
calls to service. We ended up with 10
[3:54] arrests.
Uh one arrest for disorderly conduct,
[3:57] two arrests for warrants,
uh five arrests for violations of no
[4:01] contact orders.
Um
[4:04] or I'm sorry, one arrest for violation
of contact orders, then five arrests for
[4:09] assault DVs, domestic violence, and one
MIP. So, uh um domestic violence was
[4:14] kind of up in the month of August. Uh it
was just hot weather, or people staying
[4:19] up later, stuck in their house, or
what it was, but that was definitely up
[4:23] from the last few months, and we're
about uh 2,495
[4:27] calls for the year so far. So,
we're well above what we used to be, so.
[4:32] » My understanding is domestic violence is
one of the most dangerous calls for
[4:37] police officers to respond to.
>> It is one of the
[4:40] » Yeah.
>> one of the top ones. So, that's just one
[4:43] of those where, you know, it gets
gets a little dicey sometimes, but
[4:49] they're prepared, so.
>> Thank you, Chief.
[4:53] Anything else?
>> Nope, that's all I got.
[4:55] » Okay, I just had a couple things. I just
wanted to give everybody the reminder
[4:59] that at the next uh council meeting on
September 21st,
[5:03] uh we will have a public hearing and a
presentation of the parks plan. It's uh
[5:09] gone through the SEPA process, and so
the next process is to have a public
[5:14] hearing. Uh we've advertised for that
for the last couple weeks,
[5:18] and uh then that'll be presented to you.
You'll all have paper copies of it, and
[5:23] it'll be on the website, too, uh if you
want to look that over in advance.
[5:28] And then uh
you know, the the whole point of having
[5:31] that parks plan, if you might remember,
is once we get that adopted,
[5:35] then that'll be make us more eligible
for grants for our parks, grants from
[5:41] RCO that we wouldn't be eligible for
without that plan. So, it's just another
[5:47] tool for us to have at our disposal so
we uh
[5:50] were more eligible for that that kind of
stuff. So, it'll be nice to get that
[5:53] wrapped up. Uh next time you get a
chance drive by the World War II park.
[5:58] The pickleball courts are just about
done. They were put They were painting
[6:02] today.
Getting the stripes on there. So,
[6:05] that'll be finished up pretty soon. So,
I know I've heard a lot of excitement in
[6:09] the community to have those
operational.
[6:14] Um The other thing is we talked about
the TBI grants that we applied for for
[6:20] Mill Street and Railroad.
Uh we should know by November, the first
[6:26] part of November, if we've gotten
awarded either one or both of those. So,
[6:32] we'll keep you up to date on that as
soon as we find out.
[6:36] Okay.
We'll go ahead and move on to the next
[6:40] item.
And that'll be uh
[6:44] report of officers.
And uh we'll start over here on this end
[6:48] with Nathaniel Hill.
>> Nothing to report. Thanks, man.
[6:51] » Thanks, Nathaniel. Daniel, love it.
>> Uh just one thing I was curious if we've
[6:54] gotten any word back from the school
about the buses and all of that since
[6:58] the school year started again.
>> Oh, I'm glad you brought that up. I had
[7:03] a conversation with the new
superintendent.
[7:06] Uh he just started this year. And so,
we're looking to set up a meeting with
[7:11] myself, Chief Smith,
uh the new superintendent, and the
[7:14] principal of that school uh just to go
over that, make sure see if there's
[7:19] anything else they might want to change
about what we've done.
[7:23] Yeah, that's in the works.
>> you guys happen to bring up the the area
[7:27] that's across the street from where the
buses go to see if they cuz since the
[7:32] school owns it to see if they would make
that either the pickup for the
[7:37] adults to or the parents to go through
and pick up the kids or anything like
[7:41] that cuz we had kind of discussed that
at our last our meeting.
[7:45] » I didn't bring that up specifically.
Uh when we meet with them, I was hoping
[7:49] to meet with him and uh principal of the
school right there on site so we could
[7:54] have our eyes on it
>> Awesome. Well, just just don't try not
[7:58] to forget that part. Well, that was kind
of how we were thinking it could solve
[8:02] everything if if needed.
>> Yeah, and
[8:04] » it may be different with the new
administration. I know what I I brought
[8:07] it up to the last administration and the
problem we had with it was they they do
[8:11] not want kids crossing that road because
the buses can't see the little kiddos
[8:17] cuz it's a primary school there. So,
there's
[8:21] you know, it'd be good for to pull in
there so it's not lined up much, but
[8:25] actually they still have to go through
the school to pick the kids up.
[8:28] So, the school and maybe like I said,
maybe different with the new sub. We'll
[8:32] bring that up to the new administration.
>> And if you would like, uh we could make
[8:37] sure that the traffic safety committee,
which is yourself and Steve Johnston, uh
[8:42] get gets an invite to that meet up and
maybe you guys would like to
[8:47] sit in on that, too. Might be a good
idea.
[8:49] » Sure.
>> Yeah.
[8:51] I'll make sure that when we get that
meeting set up, I'll
[8:54] get that invite to both of you. That'd
be a good use of the traffic safety
[8:58] committee.
>> And that's all I have.
[9:01] » Don't don't park cars on both sides of
that street to pick up their kids.
[9:06] So, those kids are crossing that street
anyway.
[9:08] » Well, no. No, they don't. The people
that park on the don't park on the other
[9:12] side, it's a drive through to get into
the school. No No kids cross that street
[9:16] to get in there. I've stopped We stopped
I think six new families that just moved
[9:20] in. We hit the school zones very hard at
the beginning of the year. Educated a
[9:24] lot of people before that. They're all
been advised that cars that park there
[9:28] will get towed. So, you leave your car
there, go bring your kid over there. By
[9:32] the time you get back, I'm going to have
a tow truck and tow your car. So, that's
[9:35] kind of We're not messing around with
that. I got similar towing on standby.
[9:40] You know, and then working through this.
So, it's one of those things that that
[9:44] the problem is it's just not what Mark
wanted to go. You know, the first 2
[9:47] weeks of school we really hit it hard to
educate parents and you know, a lot of
[9:51] people just didn't know. And so, that
person is out there I said 25 minutes
[9:56] till the person finally came out and had
a long discussion with them explained
[10:00] the routes that they just didn't know.
You know, the school didn't send out
[10:03] flyers and didn't educate the parents
when they first enrolled in school so
[10:07] that you know,
you know, that's why we get kind of that
[10:09] 2-week grace period. By now, everybody
that goes to that school should know the
[10:13] rules and be able to read the signs that
says no parking or loading zones. You
[10:17] know, and hopefully with this next
meeting we can work something out maybe
[10:20] get some paint on the roads that
actually designate the loading zones or
[10:23] the the pickup, you know, zones but
Well, I was
[10:29] I thought they parked on actually both
sides of that street back
[10:35] north of the loading zone. Yeah, so what
they do on the
[10:39] um
west side
[10:41] going all the way back to Collins, they
line up. They go to the side of the road
[10:46] but they're still moving. And as they
get to the entrance of the cafeteria,
[10:51] the car crosses over picks up little
Johnny or Susie in the cafeteria area,
[10:55] circles the parking lot comes out and
then goes back towards Collins.
[10:59] And so, there's nobody no cars can be
left on that side. That's for loading
[11:03] and then they can't park in between the
where the apartments entrance or sign is
[11:07] for that. So, there's gaps there but
that's just so you know, people live
[11:11] there and get in and get it out during
those times
[11:13] if need be.
>> Okay, I'll just you know, try to avoid
[11:16] it. We're again but we didn't have
options that were presented.
[11:19] » Yeah, we'd love it. I mean, above that
if you keep going
[11:22] south
on Schuster past the buses, they can
[11:27] park there and then walk their kid in if
they want but
[11:30] that's the only time that they're
allowed to cross the road. Everything
[11:33] else in front of the bus lanes is the
traffic this side. So.
[11:38] All right, thanks.
Daniel, do you
[11:41] Okay, thanks, Daniel. Andy Holm. Good,
good. Thanks, Andy. Brian Paul. Nothing
[11:46] at present. All right, thanks. Lauren
Megan.
[11:49] Steve. Nothing tonight. Okay, thanks.
Well, uh
[11:54] just a couple little things I thought
I'd bring up. Oh, speaking of traffic
[11:57] safety, uh if you get a chance to listen
to the radio, you could hear our own
[12:02] Chief Smith talk about traffic safety on
the radio. He did an interview last
[12:06] week. Uh just a good refresher,
especially with school back in session.
[12:12] Uh you know, you don't want to be
passing school buses with red lights on
[12:16] and stuff like that, important things
about traffic safety and uh especially
[12:21] now that school's back in session, so
you can hear about all about it on the
[12:24] radio.
Also, uh I just wanted to bring up, you
[12:28] know, last week I attended a workshop
that the county commissioners held about
[12:34] some proposed data centers in our area.
And uh you know, just to make sure
[12:39] everybody knows, none of these are being
proposed within the city limits, so it
[12:43] won't come before us.
But, I think it's still something that
[12:48] will definitely have impacts on us, and
it's good to keep up on. You know, I've
[12:52] been advocating for impact fees that I
could benefit the city of Goldendale
[12:58] because, no doubt, a big project like
that have impacts on the city, on our
[13:03] police department, our public works, our
roads, everything else. So, that's what
[13:08] I've been advocating with the
commissioners and uh
[13:11] you know, the uh county planning
department and stuff to
[13:15] get some impact fees and community
benefit agreements included in any
[13:20] ordinance they might draft and deals
they make with them. So,
[13:24] I think it's It's thing to, you know,
keep on with, and I would encourage the
[13:28] council, too, to stay informed on these
some of these big projects that are
[13:33] being proposed in our area, and some of
them are already uh being built right
[13:38] now, and uh
might not might not be in city limits,
[13:43] but it's definitely still going to have
an impact on our city.
[13:46] So, anyways, uh that was all I had for
you today.
[13:50] And uh we'll move on to uh public
comment. Is there anybody that would
[13:54] like to make a public comment?
[13:59] Anybody online would like to make a
public comment? I see a few people on
[14:03] the line.
No hands are going up.
[14:08] Okay, last chance. And we'll go ahead
and close public comment then.
[14:13] And uh
entertain a motion to adjourn.
[14:17] » So moved.
>> Second.
[14:20] » Okay, a motion and a second to adjourn.
Any discussion on it?
[14:25] All in favor?
>> Oh, go ahead.
[14:28] » Discussion on it? I know that
>> Sandy's in here. We didn't we had a
[14:32] report from the administration.
>> Yeah, the reports that I gave uh
[14:38] what I had for administration. Sandy's
out on a medical leave right now.
[14:42] Yeah.
>> Okay.
[14:45] » Thank you, Steve. Any other discussion
on adjournment?
[14:49] All in favor?
>> I.
[14:52] » Opposed?
Okay.
[14:55] » Next.
>> I need to make a motion.
[14:59] » Yeah, I guess I need to make
>> Oh, the
[15:00] that might be the short of it.
>> Yeah, the administration report.
[15:03] » One job.