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It is now 6.30 and the meeting will please come to order. Good evening and welcome to the June 16, 2026 city council meeting, Kennewick city council meeting.

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Will the city clerk please state who is present and whether a quorum is established.

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Good evening, Mayor McShane. All council members are present with the exception of council member Beecham and a quorum has been established.

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Thank you. Well, Council Member Clipper, please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance this evening.

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Yes, sir.

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

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and to the republic for which it stands,

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one nation under God, indivisible with liberty

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and justice for all.

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Thank you.

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No one's registered this evening

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to provide tonight's invocation.

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Person's interested in giving the invocation

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can find that information on our website

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or through the city clerk's office.

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Council Member Beecham provided advance notice

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of his absence.

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Is there a motion to excuse the absence?

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is moved by Mayor Pro Tem Trelli and seconded by Council Member Anderson to excuse the absence

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of Council Member Beecham. The floor is open for discussion. There being no further discussion

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has been properly moved and seconded to excuse the absence of Council Member Beecham. Will

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the clerk please start the vote?

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That has passed unanimously. Thank you. Next we'll

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We'll have a service recognition.

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Will Melinda Didier please join Mayor Pro Tem Tirelli at the podium.

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Melinda, baby stat, the planning commission when I first got there.

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And without her I would never have accomplished a third of what was accomplished.

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And it's because of Melinda and other staff members like her.

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I keep this city going day in and day out.

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And she's going to make me start weeping here.

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So, to Melinda and Didi, we're grateful appreciation

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of your 33 years of service on behalf of the entire community,

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on behalf of us.

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We express our supreme gratitude and appreciation.

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I didn't know if I was going to get back up.

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Appreciation of your outstanding dedication and service

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to building a better community in the city of Cambridge

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Thank you so much.

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Would you like to say a few words?

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I have to

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put my readers on.

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When I started here 33 years ago, my three children were 4-2 and 7 months old.

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I was hired as an office assistant for planning.

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Our computer system was an old DOS program.

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And occasionally permits were handwritten.

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my help times have changed. I've worked at the City of Kenowick for exactly half

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my life and I'm terrified of retirement. What if my spouse realizes just how

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annoying I am?

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They say that you choose a job you love and you will never work a

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day in your life. The truth is I didn't exactly choose this job. It chose me.

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My work experience up until 1993 was as a loan officer, a personal banker with

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Free International Bank, which is Key Bank now. My new job here at the city was a part-time

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job share position with Casey Decker and the job allowed my family to get medical insurance

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and I had a nice mix of working and being home, which was wonderful. I'm sad to leave

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all the wonderful people, co-workers, boards and commissioners, city council members

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and members of the public who have such a warm and special place in my heart that I'm excited to

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spend more time with my family and not have any more night meetings. Thank you all so much.

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Thank you and to celebrate Melinda's 33 years of service for the city of Kennewick we will now be

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hosting a brief reception. The meeting is in recess until 6.45.

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It's now 6.45 and the meeting is reconvened. Next on the agenda for this evening is visitors.

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This is going to be the only opportunity for visitor comment at tonight's meeting. Visitors

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are welcome to state their opinion on any topic except for election matters and items

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under preventing or previous public hearing. The city clerk is informed me there are no

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online visitors signed up to speak. We did receive one public comment and it has been

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uploaded to the public meeting portal and has been distributed to council members previous

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to the meeting. If someone in the audience wishes to speak, we'll ask you to raise your hand.

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Okay. The public comment period is not an opportunity for a mutual conversation with

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council members or for posing questions with the expectation of an immediate answer.

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Council members will be listening closely to your comments but will not directly respond to

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you. The city clerk's business card is on the table near the door. If you need a follow-up

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after the meeting, please reach out to her and she will connect you with someone who can

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health. When it's your turn, please come to the podium and state your name and city of

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residence before beginning your remarks. Each person is permitted to speak once for

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a maximum of three minutes. A three-minute timer will be displayed on the screen, and

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we'll start when you come to the podium. A total of 30 minutes is allocated for visitor

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comments this evening. The city clerk will please now start the 30-minute timer, and

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whoever would like to speak raise your hand, please.

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Please.

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Warren Hughes, Kennewick, Washington.

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So last week we had almost a discussion about a plan for downtown, and I look forward to

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seeing that discussion advance.

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But I wanted to pass on to council some feedback from the business owners that I brought along

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with me to watch that workshop.

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It was the general sentiment of the business owners that a majority of the council

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Council did not know what was going on downtown, that they were disconnected or that their ideas

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or thoughts about it were outdated. And so I would encourage Council to take some time

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to come down and talk to all of us in downtown and actually see what's going on. It's been

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a year since I opened my business and I think I've seen Councilman Mel Bauer and

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Councilman Torelli and Jason and that's it. So I look forward to seeing the rest

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to you sometime before we have our next discussion

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about the plan for downtown.

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I would also like to point out to council

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that not that long ago on the dyes,

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there was the matter of raising property taxes,

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I think it was 0.1% and that was voted down

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and the sentiment was that we didn't know

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what we were gonna need that money for,

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so why raise the taxes?

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Downtown Kennewick has been paying taxes,

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property taxes for longer than any part of this city and yet we have probably

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the worst infrastructure that's the most out-of-date and it seems like if you've

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been paying taxes longer than anyone else maybe you'd be a little bit higher

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on the priority list for a sewer pipe or a water main or other critical

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infrastructure. Many of the businesses downtown are one major infrastructure

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failure away from going out of business. If we were shut down for a

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because a sewer line broke or a water main exploded did put a lot of us in a

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real hurt so thank you yes

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please hello

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my name is Shantel Arnold I'm with

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construction and I'm speaking tonight regarding the frontage improvements

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requirements being placed on the property located at 5304 West 8th

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specifically I'm asking for a variance to the current mandate requiring

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installation of sidewalks curbs gutters and fire hydrant as a

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contractor I'm frustrated because I've been told multiple times over more than

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15 years that sidewalks would be required on all new construction homes and

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lot splits in neighborhoods without sidewalks so eventually all neighborhoods

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would have these improvements yet the city has allowed multiple properties in

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the same area not to have sidewalks curbs and gutters installed but are now

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choosing to enforce it on this property I understand the city's desire

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for infrastructure development but the enforcement of these rules needs to

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be equally applied in each area.

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In this exact neighborhood, right on the same street, the City of Kenowick has already

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established a clear precedent by waiving these exact requirements for multiple properties

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within the last few years.

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Neighboring properties were permitted to split lots, develop, build new homes or make improvements

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without the massive prohibitive costs of installing concrete sidewalks, curbs, gutters

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or fire hydrants.

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This includes a new construction house that was just completed within the last

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30 days on the same street with no sidewalk, curbs or gutters required. Another property is

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under construction with posted civil plans on site that do not show required sidewalk, curbs

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or gutters. Both of these plans were reviewed and stamped by multiple City of Kenwick departments

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with red writing stating that no sidewalk, curb or gutters were required for these properties.

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When I asked about the issue on the planning department, they stated that these were

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over sites. One may be an oversight but three or more times in the same area is a pattern

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and a precedent and shows unfair enforcement. Plans must be stamped and reviewed by multiple

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city departments who should be working together. As a contractor in the city of Kennewick, I once

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had to plant multiple trees in two feet of snow in freezing weather at a new home in Kennewick

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before an inspector would issue a certificate of occupancy for the property and before the

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how missing sidewalks, curbs and gutters multiple times would be considered an oversight.

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Forcing a single property owner to install isolated fragments of sidewalks and utilities

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that connect to nothing, especially when multiple others in the same area were exempted,

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in writing, is not effective urban planning and unequal enforcement.

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If this was critical, past contractors, homeowners, and civil engineers would have

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been required to have this on their plans, and the city would have required it during

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reviews inspections before a final and before a certificate of occupancy was

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issued by already allowing other properties to be exempt from sidewalks

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curbs and gutters the city has already established the president that this

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neighborhood does not need these items and it's not a priority or necessary in

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this area just because this is a high-profile property does not mean the

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city should enforce standards that the rest of the neighborhood has not been

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held to. I urge the council to review. Your time has expired. Sorry.

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Good evening. My

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name is Kira Sutherland. I am the realtor who helped stop the proposed LRA house from

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becoming a reality on 8th Avenue and helped protect our community from the placement of

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level three sex offenders at that location. When it became clear that the city, county

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and state had no legal authority to stop the project, we took the only action available

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to us. I contacted the property owners and presented an offer to purchase the

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property. We knew the offer would need to be competitive. We also knew the

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client would likely take a financial loss. Despite that my client and his wife

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chose to move forward because protecting our community was more important to

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them than financial gain. Through negotiations we were able to purchase

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the property. Afterward my client and I met with professionals to discuss

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how best to prevent this property from ever being used in a similar

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The conclusion was that subdividing the lot would make it less attractive for future investors seeking to use the property in ways that would be harmful to the neighborhood while preserving the character of the community for families and future homeowners.

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As we began that process, we were informed that the subdivision would require significant improvements, including ADA sidewalks, curbing, storm drainage, fire hydrant, and other infrastructure costs totaling well over $120,000.

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dollars. We also learned that the fire hydrant had already been planned by the

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city for that area but had not yet been installed which then leaves that

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expense to fall upon my client. Today I come before you with the simple

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request. My client and his wife used money from their retirement savings to

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ensure this project would not move forward. I personally waived my

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compensation as a single mother of three to also instill and believe

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that protecting this community was more important than financial gain. We believed

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it was the right thing to do. Together with the community members and advocates

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we help prevent this project from becoming a reality. In recognition of those

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efforts and the substantial financial sacrifice made to protect our city by

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my client, I respectfully ask that you waive or significantly reduce the

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subdivision requirements associated costs with the property. This would not

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not only acknowledge contribution to my client and what he's made to the community, but also

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help ensure that the property can be developed in a way that continues to protect and strengthen

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our neighborhoods and continue to make Kennewick a friendly, inviting, warm, safe place to live

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and not only invest.

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Thank you for your time and consideration.

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Yes, please.

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Good evening.

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I am Holly Belgaard, a resident of Kennewick.

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I also speak for my parents, Douglas and Sarah Fearing also of Kennewick.

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It's only been a couple of months ago that our neighborhood stood at this very podium

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and praised the city for being our partner and defeating the proposed LRA.

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We were a great team and we would like to keep it that way.

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Many members of our neighborhood put in countless hours and a great deal of out-of-pocket

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expenses to rid the city of the menace and you would have been helpless to defeat

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it without us.

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To make, and make no mistake, defeating the LRA saved the city not only innumerable headaches,

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but also a great deal of money, since departments such as the police will no longer have to

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redirect resources on potentially disastrous and deadly consequences of having violent

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sex offenders living in a neighborhood of vulnerable citizens.

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Our actions also projected a message to would-be entrepreneurs.

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doors. Kennewick is not a good place to put future LRAs. Our incredible neighbor, Tony

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Sabino, stepped up to the plate and purchased the LRA home to finally get us all out of

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this horrible nightmare. He was forced to pay over market price since the individuals

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who purchased the land for the LRA had also paid too much for it and they insisted on

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getting their money back. The home itself was in deplorable condition and Mr. Sabino

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has spent many thousands of dollars to bring it to a saleable condition. Mr. Sabino did

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not buy the property to make money on it, but he didn't buy it to lose a bunch of money

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either, and that is where we have a problem. In order for Mr. Sabino to break even, he

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must have sub-divide and sell the two new lots.

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Imagine our shock upon hearing that the city of Kennewick was telling Mr. Sabino

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that he has to pay for sidewalks in front of the house on 8th Street, which currently

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has no sidewalks and for a fire hydrant on his side of Edison to the tune of over

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a hundred thousand dollars there's currently a hydrant less than 85 feet

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away directly across the street this isn't a Tony Sabino problem this is a

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neighborhood problem and we are united in protest of these totally unreasonable

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demands the city is placing on us believe me when I say we don't want to see

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this turn into a PR nightmare for the city and we don't want to start picketing city hall

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over this but I think we all know we can and I think we all know we will. In closing I would

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like to add that I find it hard to believe there's no one in this room that doesn't have the authority

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to go to the various departments making these ridiculous demands of us and saying hey you know

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what maybe we really don't need to make Mr. Sabino pay for these things and they can wait

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until the neighborhood someday passes an LID to get city sewers, sidewalks, and streetlights,

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you know, the way it's supposed to be. Thank you.

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So my name is Katie Perry from Kennewick,

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and I'm here tonight as a Rancho de States neighbor to address the frontage improvement

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requirements at 5304 West 8th Avenue. First, let's look at the literal layout of the land.

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8th Avenue is only 30 feet wide. By the time you require six feet on either side for curb

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gutters and sidewalks and allow for realistic 8 foot for neighborhood street parking you are left

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with just 14 feet of drivable space forcing standard frontage improvements onto a 30 foot wide

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right of way will choke out the roadway eliminate vital parking and create a dangerous bottleneck

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this neighborhood was not designed to accommodate sidewalk curves and gutters it seems that the

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city has possibly already acknowledged these physical constraints as previously mentioned

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at least three other properties in our immediate neighborhood were exempt from these exact upgrades.

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Those exemptions made sense. The neighborhood simply cannot support sidewalks, curbs and

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gutters. My frustration is that those properties were granted relief and 5304 is being forced

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to install isolated infrastructure that connects to nothing. We also cannot ignore

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the history here. When this neighborhood was annexed into the city in 2005, the residents

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fiercely opposed it. They were ultimately promised city-grade amenities, street lights,

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sidewalks and hydrants for 20 years the neighborhood waited. The city did not fulfill those promises

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and over 20 decades only one single fire hydrant has been added to the entire neighborhood.

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Now it seems that the city is attempting to pass its own unfulfilled infrastructural

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obligations onto a single private property owner. To make matters worse, there's already

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an existing hydrant just 85 feet away from this property.

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The city's own construction

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crew assured me that when I called in case of an emergency they could run a

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hose across Edison. Yet the homeowner is still being forced to

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Local, another hydrant directly across the street from an existing hydrant. This is a massive

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financial overreach. Finally, let's talk about the community partnership. Just a few short

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months ago, during our fight against the Eulerite, the city repeatedly promised that they would

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do everything in its power to help us. When the city's hands were tied, the homeowner

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and the neighborhood stuffed up a great personal cost. They negotiated a sale of property

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to specifically protect the citizens and the children living in this neighborhood.

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The minimal improvements he is proposing now are simply in an effort to break even on a

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project that he took on to help save our community.

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The homeowner and our neighborhood should not be penalized for the physical limitations

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of a narrow street nor should he pay out a pocket for promises that the city made

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in 2005.

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I urge you to look at the physical constraints, honor your history with the neighborhood,

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and waive these frontage requirements and allow this project to move forward.

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I

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also urge the council to review the exceptions already made on 8th Avenue

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and grant 5304 the same treatment that was given to the other neighboring

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properties. Thank you.

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Andrew Fudino, City of Kennewick. I'm here tonight not

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to speak on behalf of myself but to speak on behalf of the community of

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City Council in whole. I feel blessed to be here so thank you. Slight

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context before I get to comment is I served 20 years as a firefighter paramedic on the

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west side of the state. I smartened up, came over to the east side, but spent 20 years

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carrying a badge in that the number one thing I learned is doing the right thing for people.

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In that, after I retired, I started a medical corporation. I'm the owner of New York Women's

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Clinic anesthetics with my wife, Dr. Fadino, and we're proud to select Kenwick as the

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headquarters of our corporation. In that our location is on the new intersection of Clearwater

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and 10th Avenue where it now comes out to be. A place that is a little bit fearful for drivers

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here in the Kenwick Tri-Cities region. Since that intersection has been there, it is a true

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reality that it is very much so a hot spot for car accidents. Myself being a first responder

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for 20 years, I did get the blessing and the privilege and the responsibilities of being

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that first responder on scene dealing with those emergencies as they occur. That location

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has been serving countless car accidents time and time and time again since the, since

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the intersection has been made. Now, this isn't something that's new. City council,

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planning division, they're prepared to put a light in there. The infrastructure for

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the light is in place. The electrical is in place. The stubs for it, the steel

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is in place yet there's no light so it begs me the question if we all stopped

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breathing right now how soon would we want to start breathing and the answer

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is right away we want to start safety right now as it is currently every

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single accident that occurs there from now forward to me feels like we're not

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doing the right thing as a city now be it we must make the choice to put the

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light in. It meets quality. It meets the regulations. There's been X amount of

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car accidents with injuries and transports that have been occurring. I

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asked council to please do for the sake of the community for our... it just makes

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me fearful. I've got a 17 year old daughter as well. I guess I'll put a

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little shameless plug in there as well. I just want to make sure that the

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community is doing the right thing and keeping safe. So ask the council to

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please do move forward with putting that light in for the sake of safety.

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I know this might be a repeat of what has been said already, but I want you guys to listen.

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Okay.

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In regards to the home at 5304 West 8th Street, Tony Sabino purchased this home using his retirement

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account to stop it from becoming a less restrictive alternative home for level three sex offenders.

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Our neighborhood formed the non-profit Save Our Children tricities to fight this.

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This group of neighbors and citizens of Kennewick came to you as our city council for help

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We helped educate you and our community on what LRAs are and the threat they pose to the citizens of our city at

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Every meeting the city council as a group said they would help us fight the LRA from opening and do whatever was needed to support this fight

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SOCT worked with you and put in hours upon hours of research, compiling information, statistics,

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protesting, and going to the state representatives and senators to fight this.

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We are the ones that went to the west side to shine light on who the people were that

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they were trying and what they were trying to do.

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We went to Everett and protested outside of Isabelle Valley's place of employment

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and got her fired.

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Then we went to their home.

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Then we went door to door educating their neighbors about who they were and what they

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were doing.

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We made them uncomfortable in their home just as they were doing to us in hours.

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It was this and the pressure we put on that ultimately led them to reaching out to us

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saying they are interested in selling the home back to us.

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We did this.

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Not the state, not the state reps or the senators.

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Not even the city, the neighbors.

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We stuck this.

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Then we had a neighbor, Tony, step up, tap into his 401k, and purchase the house, well

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above what the house was actually worth.

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We as a neighborhood have helped Tony totally renovate the house so that family will move

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in and raise their family in the neighborhood.

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The windows were broken by vandals, needless to say they needed to be replaced.

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The roof also needed to be replaced, painting inside and out had to be done.

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drywall, wood paneling, damage was all taken down and replaced. New insulation

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replaced. The dollars kept adding up. Tony's retirement funds are constantly

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being depleted. At this time we were under the impression, oh excuse me, all this

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time we were under the impression that he would be able to recoup his money by

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dividing the lot.

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Thank you.

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I'm sure you guys have heard a lot about this, but I'm going to read anyway.

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This is where the city council comes into play.

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Our council, who said numerous times on record that they would be there for us and do whatever

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they could to help us in this fight, Tony had found out for him to subdivide the

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a lot and recouped the money he now had to put out even more money. Money for

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sidewalks, curbing, paving a road, connect city sewer and fire hydrant. The city is

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requiring to do all of this. According to the building and planning department,

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they are required to. Well, the city is not requiring everyone to do this.

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again there are the three other houses that have been worked on built brand new

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houses they did not do anything none of these homes have sidewalks or curving no

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one in our neighborhood has sidewalks or curving and side note as a new resident

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to that neighborhood I don't want sidewalks and curving that neighborhood I

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like the way it is and I agree if you put them in there gonna choke those

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roads out and make people can't park in the street anymore in front of their own

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house. Around town there are multiple other lots that have been subdivided and

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sidewalks were not put in. Some examples include homes in the new small

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subdivision on 19th and Union. The apartments went up behind the homes on

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4th Avenue in the past year. None of these have sidewalks. Please, you guys,

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we got to do the right thing this I don't really understand the city cause

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and requirements I get be nice to have other people build it but that's a city

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thing I don't understand with what he did more than anybody else in this whole

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episode I don't understand why we're putting this on it and I've been helping

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out on this house and it's been a lot of work I don't really don't think we

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should as human beings push them this far. So, that's my two cents. I'll be back later.

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Thank you. Yeah, Stephanie.

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Good evening, Stephanie Buttons, City of Kennewick, also

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the historic downtown Kennewick partnership. So last week I also attended the workshop

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where one of the presentations was on the area-wide study for downtown planning.

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The HDKP board, which is comprised of businesses, property owners, they spent two hours on a

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workshop with STANTEC, the contractors and their sub, going over the area-wide plan.

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Now, I understand that Council didn't have the ability to review that study as thoroughly

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as my board did because I made them read out loud at my meetings.

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I encourage you to pay particular attention to chapters five and six when you do review

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this study when we can resume the conversation about your priorities for tasks, projects and

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objectives that would make downtown and its infrastructure stronger and viable for the

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next hopefully 100 years. The final appendix that has the raw survey data from the survey is also

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very valuable and I encourage you to take a look at that. I know timing is critical as the city

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works on its overall comprehensive plan and that you're on time to make a decision about

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your larger Kenowick comprehensive plan sometime in the September area, I would

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love to have a sub-plan for downtown included in that concept. And I'd love

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to extend an invitation to council as well as staff or guided tours, walking

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tours of downtown Kenowick. I would love to introduce you to the businesses

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that are there, the property owners, maybe introduce you to ice cream nachos

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or delicious latte, maybe a taco. There are so many great places in

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downtown there are business owners who do not own their buildings who have spent

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literally hundreds of thousands of dollars investing in those spaces to

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make them great sites of commerce. We have people who want to invest and

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relocate their business to downtown. I can promise two businesses coming to

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downtown that are looking forward to their ribbon cuttings in the next

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couple of months. Downtown can continue to grow but we need thoughtful

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plan and strategy so that we can move into the future. So this is me

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inviting council to come downtown for a guided tour and to urge you to read the area plan. I know

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it's a lot of pages but there's lots of great pictures and tables and I urge you to pay particular

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attention to chapters five and six and the appendix and if you have any questions I'm available

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for coffee. Thank you.

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Tony Sabino Kennewick Washington. I am the person that bought the

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first I want to say I know Mayor McChain that you had a friend who was in real

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estate that had a developer that would have bought this property and I wouldn't

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have all this headache but I made the choice that I made because I felt that

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the person if a developer would have bought this property it would be

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apartment buildings or multiple fourplexes etc and not the type of

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neighborhood that I really want to live in and I don't think my neighbors

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want to live in. So that said, the other thing I would ask is that you guys take a drive in the

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neighborhood. Stop at that property, look at the two curbs that are on either side of the property

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on Edison and see how they follow and see how tight that would be if they require me to put

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in curbs and sidewalks. I understand that you guys want to extend sewer system and things

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like that and I understand subdividing would require sewer and water. I have no problem with that.

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I do have a problem with the fire hydrant from the standpoint of I would ask the city pay for that.

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It's going to cost me about $17 to $20,000 to put a fire hydrant that is 85 feet away from

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another fire hydrant. And quite frankly, if there is a fire, I can guarantee you and I'm

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sure you know they're going to shut down Edison. So there's not going to be a problem pulling

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to hose across the street. I realize there's certain requirements the fire

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department has about being within a certain distance and not having to

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cross the street. But quite frankly at this point, with the sidewalks and curbs,

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I don't think they fit into the neighborhood. I quite frankly was

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surprised and in a way I feel like I'm being discriminated against for doing

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this and I think part of what they're saying is well you're closest to

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Edison. So we can start with you and make everybody else do it. I live directly across

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the house across the street from 57 14 8th Avenue. That house was torn down to the ground

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and completely rebuilt from scratch. It was dirt. They were not required to put in curves

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and sidewalks. The house at 709 Jefferson was subdivided built. It's within throwing

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distance of my house they were not required to put in curbs. The house that is getting ready to

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be built at the end of 8th Avenue at 800 Jefferson that backs up to the pool at Ranchetta States

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is not being required to put in curbs and sidewalks. So I feel I'm being singled out

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and discriminated against and I would ask A that you reverse the sidewalk and curbs. I'm

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prepared to do the other things and that the city pick up the cost of a fire

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hydrant if that's going to be required. Thank you for your consideration.

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Larry, Greg, Reed, Kennewick. I'm not going to read from it. I'm just going to

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follow up some of the comments made by Tony. It's really interesting that when

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we take a look at it.

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As far as the inconsistency, in driving here, down 6th Avenue, pointing out to my wife whether

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there are fire hydrants or whether it's really strange sometimes to find three fire hydrants

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within the size of what this room is on both sides of the street and other places where

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you get to an intersection and there's not a fire hydrant at all.

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The fact that 80 feet away from Tony's southeast corner of his property happens to be a fire

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They're going across Edison and he's being required to put in a fire hydrant is absolutely ridiculous

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I just cannot understand any positive

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Constructive thinking about that whatsoever as for curbing. I think that's been spoken to so I'm not going to say anything about that

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But as I say the situation on fire hydrants, it's really inconsistent drive down 10

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It was hard for me to figure out the four fire hydrants that served us

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there in that community because some are on the west side of Tenth, some are on the east side of Tenth.

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Do I count them or don't I count them?

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So as I said, within the area itself, there are only four.

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You go down Kellogg, the same thing exists with them on, depending on the intersection, which side of the street they're,

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they're serving the neighborhood on both sides.

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So with Tony, it would serve on both sides, including Tony's property.

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Thank you.

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with

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no additional public comments this period is now closed next item is

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approval of the agenda if the council member wants an item removed from the

437
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consent agenda please be recognized by the mayor and state the item number you

438
00:46:44,910 --> 00:46:48,410
wish to remove for further discussion and this item will be considered

439
00:46:48,410 --> 00:46:54,850
separately I'll entertain a motion mayor McShane mayor pro tem Trelli I moved

440
00:46:54,850 --> 00:47:00,190
to approve the agenda as presented is there a second mayor yes council

441
00:47:00,190 --> 00:47:00,790
seconded by Council Member Milvauer.

442
00:47:01,830 --> 00:47:07,310
It has been moved by Mayor Pro Tem Torelli and seconded by Council Member Milvauer to approve the agenda as presented.

443
00:47:08,010 --> 00:47:09,270
The floor is open for discussion.

444
00:47:13,150 --> 00:47:18,090
There being no further discussions, we have been properly moved and seconded to approve the agenda as presented.

445
00:47:18,250 --> 00:47:19,370
Will the clerk please start the vote?

446
00:47:33,230 --> 00:47:35,210
And that motion has passed unanimously. Thank you.

447
00:47:36,090 --> 00:47:38,230
The next item is the approval of the consent agenda.

448
00:47:38,390 --> 00:47:43,070
All matters listed within the consent agenda have been distributed to each member of the Kenwick City Council for Read and Study

449
00:47:43,070 --> 00:47:47,290
or considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion of the council with no separate

450
00:47:47,290 --> 00:47:48,950
discussion. I'll entertain a motion.

451
00:47:49,610 --> 00:47:50,350
Mayor McShane.

452
00:47:50,550 --> 00:47:51,370
Mayor Pro Tem Torelli.

453
00:47:51,690 --> 00:47:54,130
The move to approve the consent agenda as presented.

454
00:47:54,590 --> 00:47:55,270
Is there a second?

455
00:47:55,690 --> 00:47:57,310
Mayor, Council Member Milvauer.

456
00:47:57,450 --> 00:48:01,590
Seconded motion has been moved by Mayor Pro Tem Torelli and seconded by Council Member

457
00:48:01,590 --> 00:48:04,470
Milvauer to approve the consent agenda as presented.

458
00:48:05,050 --> 00:48:06,290
Will the clerk please start the vote?

459
00:48:17,020 --> 00:48:17,920
That has passed unanimously.

460
00:48:21,380 --> 00:48:25,120
Next we will consider the adoption of an emergency moratorium ordinance

461
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:29,780
pertaining to less restrictive alternative facilities serving sexually violent predators

462
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:33,680
after the staff report council will have an opportunity to ask questions or to request

463
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:38,280
clarifying information please have general discussion and debate to wait until after

464
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:42,520
the motion has been made will the city clerk please read the ordinance by title

465
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:47,280
good evening mayor McShane this is an ordinance declaring a six month moratorium prohibiting

466
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:51,840
the siting of secure less restrictive alternative lra facilities serving sexually

467
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:55,880
violent predators within the city setting a public hearing date and establishing an immediate

468
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:56,580
effective date.

469
00:48:58,970 --> 00:49:01,670
Ms. Beaton, will you please provide a staff report?

470
00:49:02,970 --> 00:49:05,390
Thank you, Mayor McShane and members of City Council.

471
00:49:09,430 --> 00:49:13,870
I'll cut to the chase of the staff report and that is when staff had an opportunity

472
00:49:13,870 --> 00:49:19,070
to review our comprehensive plan and our current regulations, it was determined there

473
00:49:19,070 --> 00:49:24,330
was an inconsistency between the way our comp plan defined essential public facilities

474
00:49:24,330 --> 00:49:30,010
facilities and categorize them and determine where they would be placed and where our code

475
00:49:30,530 --> 00:49:35,810
identified essential public facilities and determine where they could be placed to include

476
00:49:35,810 --> 00:49:38,030
secure community transition facilities.

477
00:49:38,590 --> 00:49:45,250
Any other, our review, the other issue our view determined was we really did not adequately

478
00:49:45,250 --> 00:49:53,150
differentiate between secure community transition facilities and secure LRA facilities in general

479
00:49:53,150 --> 00:49:59,370
which are kind of any other residents which a court would determine would be a placement

480
00:50:00,110 --> 00:50:06,470
possible for a sexually violent predator. So not going into all the history that, you know,

481
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that preceded this review, we're well aware of that. I just want to set the

482
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establish where we started from and that was we viewed our code, we reviewed our comp plan,

483
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We were well aware what the other cities had done and then made the

484
00:50:23,750 --> 00:50:27,070
determination that it would be appropriate for us to adopt a moratorium

485
00:50:27,070 --> 00:50:31,510
because we have the authority under the state constitution and state law to

486
00:50:31,510 --> 00:50:36,610
adopt an emergency moratorium and then take the time that that allows us to

487
00:50:36,610 --> 00:50:41,470
review amendments to our COMP plan as well as amendments to our code

488
00:50:41,470 --> 00:50:48,070
regulations and to take the time to do that without the possibility of

489
00:50:48,070 --> 00:50:55,410
another provider or property owner trying to cite one of these facilities because as

490
00:50:55,410 --> 00:51:01,950
our code stands today there's an inconsistency between the comp plan and our code and so then

491
00:51:01,950 --> 00:51:06,990
you would really be looking at a review that could cite this anywhere in the city under

492
00:51:06,990 --> 00:51:12,830
a conditional use permit process versus what we would like to do is better define

493
00:51:12,830 --> 00:51:18,010
the two secure LRA facilities under state statute determine those to be

494
00:51:18,010 --> 00:51:22,150
essential public facilities and then make sure the comp plans consistent with

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00:51:22,150 --> 00:51:27,050
the code and then look at what are the proper locations where in terms of zoning

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00:51:27,050 --> 00:51:31,490
districts where these facilities could locate as well as what other land use

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00:51:31,490 --> 00:51:36,870
controls we could apply to the siting of these facilities that would ensure

498
00:51:36,870 --> 00:51:41,410
some level of public safety for the community. So under state statute the

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The city has the authority to adopt an emergency moratorium, as long as you set a public hearing

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within 60 days.

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00:51:47,890 --> 00:51:55,250
This ordinance will adopt a moratorium preventing any applications, any type of permit or license

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00:51:55,250 --> 00:52:01,110
applications, any other approvals for a secure LRA facility, which includes the

503
00:52:01,110 --> 00:52:06,910
SCTF, Secure Community, and all these other locations, which are typically a residence,

504
00:52:07,070 --> 00:52:09,850
which is what we experienced most recently in Kennewick.

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00:52:09,850 --> 00:52:14,390
it adopts the six-month moratorium and then sets the public hearing within the

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60 days for July 21st. At the public hearing staff will again provide a

507
00:52:19,330 --> 00:52:24,250
report on what would a proposed work plan look like. Council can entertain

508
00:52:24,250 --> 00:52:29,450
other public testimony regarding retaining the moratorium or repealing

509
00:52:29,450 --> 00:52:35,630
the moratorium or extending the moratorium. In previous history with

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With Kennewick we have adopted moratoriums and other land use matters and typically six months

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is essentially enough time to do the work that we're going to propose which would be

512
00:52:46,330 --> 00:52:50,630
the comp plan amendments and the code amendments but should should the city need additional

513
00:52:50,630 --> 00:52:55,810
time state law authorizes us to extend that moratorium but at this point on an emergency

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00:52:55,810 --> 00:53:00,550
basis under state law we're allowed to initially adopt a six month moratorium.

515
00:53:02,430 --> 00:53:08,850
with that said I'd be happy to answer any questions that council might have yes

516
00:53:08,850 --> 00:53:15,590
council member trouble thank you Lisa your last comments there caused me to

517
00:53:15,590 --> 00:53:25,120
wonder this moratorium sounds like there is no sunset we can keep this going for

518
00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:33,140
year or longer? We well my experience with the city we've not gone longer than a

519
00:53:33,140 --> 00:53:38,640
year I don't anticipate this taking that long but state law you have to have a

520
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:43,700
justification to extend it further so you can adopt it on emergency basis you

521
00:53:43,700 --> 00:53:47,980
have to have a public hearing to justify this initial six months or to justify

522
00:53:47,980 --> 00:53:54,420
any other action and then once you either adopt code amendments or you

523
00:53:54,420 --> 00:53:59,520
could allow it to expire or you can have adopted another ordinance to extend it

524
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:03,980
another six months. Anything beyond a year, you better have pretty good

525
00:54:03,980 --> 00:54:09,060
justification to do that. We've not had that situation where we've extended

526
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anything beyond beyond a year.

527
00:54:13,410 --> 00:54:14,290
That's where we're going.

528
00:54:15,210 --> 00:54:16,270
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

529
00:54:17,970 --> 00:54:20,850
Excellent brief. Um, thank you for that.

530
00:54:22,530 --> 00:54:25,750
I'm gonna do my best to quote you. I'm not I'm not gonna get the

531
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but you said during that time to assure some level of safety for our community.

532
00:54:36,580 --> 00:54:43,780
I want to make sure that we do everything we can to make it absolutely safe for our community.

533
00:54:44,320 --> 00:54:46,780
Some level of safety is not enough for me.

534
00:54:47,460 --> 00:54:53,260
And so I don't care how many moratoriums it takes to stack on top of the others until we get it right.

535
00:54:53,740 --> 00:55:00,100
And to inform the state of Washington that our community's safety takes a higher priority

536
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than their less restrictive alternative for sexually violent predators.

537
00:55:06,500 --> 00:55:12,300
So I just would like to put that in everybody's ears so that they know where I'm going to stand on this.

538
00:55:12,420 --> 00:55:12,740
Thank you.

539
00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:17,780
Additional questions of staff?

540
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:23,800
Lisa, as we're talking through this, there's a lot of different confusion

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related to housing for sexually violent predators. We found that to be very very

542
00:55:28,460 --> 00:55:34,360
clear as we went through this. As we're talking through this proposed ordinance

543
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this would include any and all forms of these civilly committed sexually violent

544
00:55:40,220 --> 00:55:44,900
predators being housed within our city. That's correct. And so not this isn't

545
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one part or another this is any and all types related to any and all that's

546
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:56,540
correct. And one of the things I read as I was reading through the ordinance it

547
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also talks about you know you know the moratorium imposed by this ordinance has

548
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to do with filing with the city for the courts of competent jurisdiction for any

549
00:56:08,020 --> 00:56:11,260
applications for licenses permits or other approvals for the siting of any

550
00:56:11,260 --> 00:56:14,940
secure facilities can you just describe that a little bit more so we better

551
00:56:14,940 --> 00:56:18,800
understand what that means because one of the challenges we know earlier this

552
00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:23,300
was we didn't have anything that the city council was considering. We didn't

553
00:56:23,300 --> 00:56:26,780
have an application proposed to us, we didn't have any type of site plan

554
00:56:26,780 --> 00:56:30,600
proposal, and so how does this moratorium help us in that regard?

555
00:56:34,070 --> 00:56:38,630
Well, because of the public nature of the adoption of this moratorium and the

556
00:56:38,630 --> 00:56:44,890
explicit findings in the ordinance, at least the city could state should we

557
00:56:44,890 --> 00:56:49,650
get an inquiry about it that there's a moratorium in place, what is

558
00:56:49,650 --> 00:56:56,890
unfortunate about state statute is how these things could occur is unbeknownst to the city an

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00:56:56,890 --> 00:57:04,230
individual could name a location in Kennewick and request that that location be considered by the

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00:57:04,230 --> 00:57:11,430
court as a place where the sexual violent predator could be located. It would be up to the owner

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or provider of that property to indicate to the court that they are willing and able

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to provide a location to house a sexually violent predator

563
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and that they are compliant with local zoning.

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And so that's the tie-in to the city and our authority.

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They would have to indicate to the court under oath

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that they're in compliance.

567
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So you would assume they would be honest with the court

568
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and say whether they are or are not in compliance

569
00:57:42,010 --> 00:57:44,450
or wouldn't even identify that location

570
00:57:44,450 --> 00:57:47,030
until they knew they were compliant with local zoning.

571
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If we find out after the fact that somebody was trying to cite, say we got noticed that

572
00:57:54,910 --> 00:57:59,570
SVP had been approved for a particular location, we would have the authority to go into court

573
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and challenge that placement and seek injunctive relief.

574
00:58:04,450 --> 00:58:08,670
And that's a real improvement over where we were earlier this year.

575
00:58:08,850 --> 00:58:09,310
That's correct.

576
00:58:09,890 --> 00:58:17,010
So I want to express appreciation for that explanation and helping us understand, you

577
00:58:17,010 --> 00:58:21,150
for me as I'm trying to understand these things is, again, not something that the city really

578
00:58:21,150 --> 00:58:27,010
has an application process for. However, we are going to be looking at how those are going

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00:58:27,010 --> 00:58:32,850
to be zoned. This six-month moratorium gives us the opportunity to do that. I do think it's

580
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a good thing for us to be headed forward in that direction.

581
00:58:36,310 --> 00:58:42,310
So the other question I guess I would have is what kind of notification can we expect

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from a court of competent jurisdiction on these activities coming to the city of

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00:58:47,410 --> 00:58:50,910
Kennewick. Can we expect that the state would be transparent in their

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00:58:50,910 --> 00:58:55,130
application of these and that we would expect them to contact the city of

585
00:58:55,130 --> 00:58:58,210
Kennewick in the event that someone's going to be placed here or being

586
00:58:58,210 --> 00:59:03,450
considered to be placed here? That was a good question. Unfortunately RCW does

587
00:59:03,450 --> 00:59:09,270
not place any obligation on court to notify the city.

588
00:59:10,710 --> 00:59:17,910
It's based upon the most recent experience, DSHS might take it upon themselves to voluntarily

589
00:59:17,910 --> 00:59:20,250
notify us sooner rather than later.

590
00:59:20,810 --> 00:59:27,270
Under the statute, the earliest we would get notified would be 30 days through DOC.

591
00:59:27,270 --> 00:59:34,570
So, the statute is not great on its face in terms of notice or protection for the city.

592
00:59:34,870 --> 00:59:42,290
However, we are afforded our authority to impose land use regulations and as long as we meet

593
00:59:42,290 --> 00:59:47,190
the requirements of zoning of an essential public facility, we can still apply local

594
00:59:48,310 --> 00:59:53,070
restrictions on that particular land use to include what zoning districts could it

595
00:59:53,070 --> 00:59:53,770
be allowed in?

596
00:59:53,770 --> 00:59:56,470
What are the additional setbacks we want to consider?

597
00:59:57,170 --> 00:59:59,910
What other performance measures do we want to require?

598
01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:16,000
I think that's all. I think that helps, Alex said it helps me to better understand. It would sure be great if the state would be transparent in these regards and provide that information earlier to cities so that they can better understand and educate the community on what they're going to be facing.

599
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:17,200
I would agree.

600
01:00:17,440 --> 01:00:18,760
Perhaps that's not much of a question.

601
01:00:20,860 --> 01:00:21,740
Additional questions?

602
01:00:24,780 --> 01:00:27,120
If there are no additional questions, I'll entertain a motion.

603
01:00:27,660 --> 01:00:28,280
Mayor McShane.

604
01:00:28,660 --> 01:00:29,500
Mayor Pro Temporelli.

605
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:31,520
I moved to adopt the ordinance as presented.

606
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:38,520
is there a second mayor I second that it has been moved by a mayor pro tem Tarelli and seconded by

607
01:00:38,520 --> 01:00:42,380
councilmember Anderson to adopt the ordinance as presented the floor is open for discussion

608
01:00:46,060 --> 01:00:52,480
councilmember clipper I never I neither made the motion nor the second but I strongly stand

609
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:59,170
in support of this document that you're now going to vote on and encourage everyone else

610
01:00:59,170 --> 01:00:59,750
to do the same.

611
01:01:00,450 --> 01:01:01,130
Thank you.

612
01:01:02,550 --> 01:01:03,290
Other comments?

613
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:07,300
I guess I have a couple more.

614
01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:14,100
I will say that I recognize and very much appreciate the comprehensive staff report that's been

615
01:01:14,100 --> 01:01:14,860
given this evening.

616
01:01:15,700 --> 01:01:20,120
I will say that this is a unique circumstance that we're in and although six months has

617
01:01:20,120 --> 01:01:23,080
been appropriate in the past for the city to be able to consider these things.

618
01:01:23,620 --> 01:01:26,780
not to be pre-decisional in what I'm thinking,

619
01:01:27,420 --> 01:01:29,140
but this has been challenging to understand

620
01:01:29,140 --> 01:01:30,740
and challenging to adopt.

621
01:01:30,920 --> 01:01:33,020
It would not surprise me if it takes us longer than that,

622
01:01:33,260 --> 01:01:35,540
especially in light of the fact that we're in the current update

623
01:01:35,540 --> 01:01:36,620
of our comprehensive plan.

624
01:01:36,900 --> 01:01:39,460
And so it would not surprise me that we need more time

625
01:01:39,460 --> 01:01:40,720
to make sure we do it.

626
01:01:41,060 --> 01:01:42,660
I will say that I think it's really important

627
01:01:42,660 --> 01:01:44,820
that we do this right and not have to do it over.

628
01:01:45,180 --> 01:01:48,900
And so I appreciate the city's staff's judicious work

629
01:01:48,900 --> 01:01:51,760
and making sure that we are meticulously following through

630
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:55,760
on what we think can be actually effective in preventing these in our

631
01:01:55,760 --> 01:01:59,960
city or controlling at least where we can and so I just want to make sure to

632
01:01:59,960 --> 01:02:04,060
express appreciation to our team who has put a lot of effort into this over the

633
01:02:04,060 --> 01:02:07,320
last several months and excited to see what we can find coming forward.

634
01:02:09,850 --> 01:02:10,390
With no

635
01:02:10,390 --> 01:02:13,750
additional discussion has been properly moved and seconded to adopt the

636
01:02:13,750 --> 01:02:16,870
ordinance as presented will the clerk please start the vote and

637
01:02:28,320 --> 01:02:28,640
that has

638
01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:35,440
passed unanimously. And thank you all for that. Next on the agenda is Council

639
01:02:35,440 --> 01:02:40,020
comments and discussion. We will start with Council Member Millbauer.

640
01:02:44,390 --> 01:02:46,230
Good evening everyone. Two

641
01:02:46,230 --> 01:02:53,030
things. I did attend the adult drug court back on the 11th and individual

642
01:02:53,030 --> 01:02:59,100
graduated. It was an emotional graduation and was very excited for what he's

643
01:02:59,100 --> 01:03:00,500
for himself and what he's doing for his family.

644
01:03:01,040 --> 01:03:05,680
He did go to the KFD award ceremony at the training center.

645
01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:09,320
Nice warm day, but congratulations everyone.

646
01:03:09,920 --> 01:03:10,280
Thank you.

647
01:03:11,600 --> 01:03:12,920
Thank you, Council Member Anderson.

648
01:03:17,120 --> 01:03:19,540
This is just my opportunity to kind of address

649
01:03:19,540 --> 01:03:23,400
a little bit the concerns that a lot of people have

650
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:23,980
with the LRA.

651
01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:27,040
I think it's misleading that we've heard this

652
01:03:27,040 --> 01:03:29,480
numerous times that the house was overpriced.

653
01:03:30,820 --> 01:03:33,080
I looked up the record and spoke with Realtor.

654
01:03:33,420 --> 01:03:34,800
That's pretty standard for the price.

655
01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:36,560
It's less than what it was purchased for in December.

656
01:03:37,540 --> 01:03:40,080
The public record show was sold for $5.90,

657
01:03:40,340 --> 01:03:49,280
and in December it was sold for $5.97 for one, over one acre in Kennewick.

658
01:03:50,400 --> 01:03:54,580
So I think that's a little bit disingenuous to say that it was a,

659
01:03:55,020 --> 01:03:58,080
you know, that this is a major sacrifice to do this.

660
01:03:58,080 --> 01:04:01,380
He made that choice. I applaud him for it. I think it's great

661
01:04:02,740 --> 01:04:08,360
However, I do think we need a staff report or something to explain the

662
01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:14,960
variances because I do think that's a legitimate issue if there have been significant variances

663
01:04:16,020 --> 01:04:21,240
Why have the variances taken place and why are they not taking place in this issue in this case?

664
01:04:21,260 --> 01:04:27,440
So I think to be fair to us, you know, we don't understand that so we would like a report if that would be okay, Mr.

665
01:04:30,300 --> 01:04:34,740
Yes, we've already started on that with the public comment that was received earlier today

666
01:04:34,740 --> 01:04:38,980
and provided us with some addresses. I've already had our planning and Public Works Department

667
01:04:38,980 --> 01:04:41,740
starting to pull that together so we should have it out to you by tomorrow.

668
01:04:42,160 --> 01:04:48,040
Okay. I just think it's those are very fair points that are being made on that with regard

669
01:04:48,040 --> 01:04:51,680
to the infrastructure and with regard to what else has been going on there and the

670
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:55,260
neighborhood and so forth. So I think that's that's those are very fair points.

671
01:04:55,260 --> 01:04:56,820
That's all I have for today.

672
01:04:58,220 --> 01:04:59,340
Mayor Pro Temperelli.

673
01:04:59,940 --> 01:05:02,500
I attended the Joint Coliseum Advisory Committee.

674
01:05:02,960 --> 01:05:04,760
Schedule and cost are still on track.

675
01:05:04,980 --> 01:05:06,080
So things are going well there.

676
01:05:06,600 --> 01:05:08,120
Along with Council Member Milbar,

677
01:05:08,420 --> 01:05:10,840
I attended the Kenwick Fire Department Award Ceremony.

678
01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:13,740
It was a highlight of the exceptional service

679
01:05:13,740 --> 01:05:15,580
of men and women in our fire department.

680
01:05:16,060 --> 01:05:17,760
And a special moment was the dedication

681
01:05:17,760 --> 01:05:19,260
of the Fire Training Center

682
01:05:20,020 --> 01:05:22,780
to retired battalion chief Chuck Spencer.

683
01:05:22,780 --> 01:05:29,140
He was the one who really pushed that through at a time when a lot of folks said that won't happen.

684
01:05:30,020 --> 01:05:36,820
I was interviewed today for the financial risk assessment audit conducted by the Secretary of State's office.

685
01:05:37,800 --> 01:05:38,880
No problems there.

686
01:05:39,640 --> 01:05:47,060
Staff has provided information for an upcoming Association of Washington City's legislative committee.

687
01:05:47,360 --> 01:05:48,660
I appreciate the efforts there.

688
01:05:48,660 --> 01:05:51,840
attended the pre-trial diversion graduation.

689
01:05:51,980 --> 01:05:55,220
This is a little different than the adult cords

690
01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:58,100
that Council Member Millbar went to.

691
01:05:58,940 --> 01:06:03,620
This is more of a local, you haven't even gone to trial yet

692
01:06:03,980 --> 01:06:07,300
and this will be your opportunity to change your life.

693
01:06:07,900 --> 01:06:10,340
The overwhelming message that came out of there

694
01:06:10,340 --> 01:06:15,120
was graduates were learning to accept the help of others

695
01:06:15,120 --> 01:06:21,120
and to understand that they were worthy of that help because once you're down a

696
01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:26,260
path it's easy to just write yourself off everybody else is writing you off so

697
01:06:26,260 --> 01:06:32,800
why not and it was really a good experience and that's all I had thank you

698
01:06:34,050 --> 01:06:40,890
councilmember clip thank you mr. Marys I see under agenda this time as you

699
01:06:40,890 --> 01:06:47,970
property stated is time set aside for council comments and discussion while

700
01:06:47,970 --> 01:06:55,730
we've had some community members come forward tonight concerning 53.04 West 8th. I with

701
01:06:55,730 --> 01:07:02,550
Councilman Anderson would love to hear from staff an understanding of why the

702
01:07:02,550 --> 01:07:07,530
disparities from one parcel or piece of property and another why curbs and

703
01:07:07,530 --> 01:07:11,070
sidewalks are required here not here because there's two sides to every

704
01:07:11,070 --> 01:07:15,430
story I'd just love to hear the city side of this so we can hopefully find

705
01:07:15,430 --> 01:07:19,370
resolution to this and I want to thank very much that community for coming

706
01:07:19,370 --> 01:07:24,170
together and doing what they did and for the person who purchased the property.

707
01:07:24,370 --> 01:07:29,250
Thank you for stepping up. For the gentlemen who talked to us today about

708
01:07:29,250 --> 01:07:33,630
the need for a traffic light at 10th and Clearwater, Calvary-Crecious School

709
01:07:33,630 --> 01:07:37,590
came to the city to and said can we put schools on signs there because

710
01:07:37,590 --> 01:07:41,550
they've had students involved the crashes there so love to hear what

711
01:07:41,550 --> 01:07:44,030
but the city's plan is what are we going to do

712
01:07:44,030 --> 01:07:47,230
to make that particular T-intersection

713
01:07:47,230 --> 01:07:50,750
as it exists now safer for our community

714
01:07:53,070 --> 01:07:55,390
and to those who came forward who want to,

715
01:07:55,890 --> 01:07:58,010
council members to go on a walk with them downtown

716
01:07:58,430 --> 01:08:01,010
and a tour, before we leave here tonight,

717
01:08:01,110 --> 01:08:04,150
I would like to get in contact with you

718
01:08:04,150 --> 01:08:06,390
and set up a date and time so we can make that happen

719
01:08:06,390 --> 01:08:07,630
because I know if we don't do it tonight,

720
01:08:08,410 --> 01:08:10,310
it's just gonna extend it out longer.

721
01:08:10,310 --> 01:08:13,370
So thank you, Mr. Mayor, for making comments and discussions.

722
01:08:13,870 --> 01:08:14,570
Thank you.

723
01:08:15,230 --> 01:08:16,270
Council Member Trumbull.

724
01:08:20,210 --> 01:08:23,950
Just stating for the record, I attended the Long Justice Commission

725
01:08:23,950 --> 01:08:27,350
meeting this past week on a Wednesday.

726
01:08:28,130 --> 01:08:29,270
That was very low attendance.

727
01:08:29,810 --> 01:08:30,690
A lot of people are gone.

728
01:08:31,610 --> 01:08:35,390
The discussion centered on what we are referring to as a spreadsheet

729
01:08:35,390 --> 01:08:39,110
of how the criminal justice or how the court system works.

730
01:08:40,410 --> 01:08:41,990
It's a pretty big piece of paper.

731
01:08:41,990 --> 01:08:50,030
but it shows all the steps of what happens when someone is contacted by a law enforcement officer.

732
01:08:50,430 --> 01:08:57,950
It's every step there is in, oh, I don't know, 40 or 50?

733
01:08:58,390 --> 01:09:01,770
It's a complicated process to say the least.

734
01:09:01,770 --> 01:09:14,550
And the purpose of this is triggered, basically, I believe, by the need for the inadequate

735
01:09:15,110 --> 01:09:20,490
number of lawyers to provide defense representation.

736
01:09:21,390 --> 01:09:28,490
That's really what triggered the whole thing, because the system won't work if you can't

737
01:09:28,490 --> 01:09:35,730
people in court with the lawyer that they need to have so it's a work in

738
01:09:35,730 --> 01:09:42,990
progress and the understanding is being provided through this spreadsheet which

739
01:09:42,990 --> 01:09:48,750
is seems like every month we have modifications to it as to where the

740
01:09:48,750 --> 01:09:55,130
choking points are where it's not working well that was pretty much that

741
01:09:55,130 --> 01:10:02,510
meeting. I want to comment a little bit about the situation with requirement for

742
01:10:02,510 --> 01:10:04,050
curb cutters and sidewalks in the city.

743
01:10:07,700 --> 01:10:09,880
I think I get it. I think I understand why

744
01:10:09,880 --> 01:10:10,700
the city wants it.

745
01:10:12,780 --> 01:10:15,720
I live on a street that doesn't have curb cutters

746
01:10:16,940 --> 01:10:20,740
and sidewalks and the street lights are pretty far apart. To tell you the

747
01:10:20,740 --> 01:10:23,580
truth that's the way I like it. I want my grass to go all the way to the

748
01:10:23,580 --> 01:10:29,840
edge is where the gravel is. It's a walking neighborhood, not a driving

749
01:10:29,840 --> 01:10:41,870
neighborhood, but unfortunately it is a street, 36th Ave, becoming Garfield Street

750
01:10:41,870 --> 01:10:48,190
Place rather, is it's a shortcut. People are using it and they're speeding and

751
01:10:48,190 --> 01:10:52,690
And so those little guys on little bikes, they use it pretty heavily too.

752
01:10:56,310 --> 01:11:05,630
My problem in this is that the consistency or lack thereof is a concern.

753
01:11:06,470 --> 01:11:13,690
There's a house on Cascade Street right across the street, literally, from the public school.

754
01:11:15,790 --> 01:11:23,450
And that street comes to, it goes back probably about a hundred yards.

755
01:11:23,970 --> 01:11:30,430
It stops, and there are three houses on that street that have their front doors facing that street.

756
01:11:31,210 --> 01:11:34,510
There's no curbs and gutters or sidewalks there, none.

757
01:11:35,130 --> 01:11:38,230
They're all new houses, all relatively new, I should say.

758
01:11:38,830 --> 01:11:40,670
I'll just say within the last 15 years.

759
01:11:40,670 --> 01:11:42,650
This is not the only part of town.

760
01:11:43,890 --> 01:11:46,550
And there are no curb-skitters in sidewalks.

761
01:11:47,330 --> 01:11:56,630
There was a house on Jean Street, not far from me, that was sold and it had what I would

762
01:11:56,630 --> 01:12:01,870
– I'm not sure what I would call it, but it was either – it's

763
01:12:04,590 --> 01:12:05,350
a duplex in the

764
01:12:05,350 --> 01:12:12,170
back or it's one of those houses that are allowed on single family lots by state

765
01:12:12,170 --> 01:12:12,510
law.

766
01:12:15,450 --> 01:12:18,930
And that curb gutter and sidewalk is 20 feet long.

767
01:12:21,810 --> 01:12:23,010
It's like ridiculous.

768
01:12:23,750 --> 01:12:30,790
And it's the only piece of sidewalk on Jean Street between

769
01:12:30,790 --> 01:12:34,590
Garfield and 27th Avenue.

770
01:12:36,530 --> 01:12:40,450
Maybe the cornerhouse on 27th has it, but I don't believe so

771
01:12:40,450 --> 01:12:42,910
because the front door is just 27.

772
01:12:42,910 --> 01:12:50,490
So it is an extremely short, short curb improvement and there's nothing else on that site as

773
01:12:50,490 --> 01:12:52,630
Jean Street all the way down.

774
01:12:56,330 --> 01:13:02,250
So we have a problem and it's either it needs to be discretionary or it needs to be enforced

775
01:13:02,250 --> 01:13:06,910
or it needs to be gotten rid of, one or the other, it would appear.

776
01:13:09,710 --> 01:13:11,010
That's all I have, Mr. Mayor.

777
01:13:11,010 --> 01:13:20,150
Thank you Mayor McShane just a few things as Mayor pro tem truly indicated our audit is

778
01:13:20,150 --> 01:13:25,430
underway auditors onsite and conducted the first assessment interview late last week

779
01:13:25,430 --> 01:13:32,850
so they are onsite and rolling we attended command staff and chief grow and I along with

780
01:13:32,850 --> 01:13:39,410
Mr. Crouch attended the police academy graduation today we had KPD had four graduates in regards

781
01:13:39,410 --> 01:13:41,210
regards to the LRA comparison properties.

782
01:13:41,430 --> 01:13:42,750
We've already started looking at those.

783
01:13:43,130 --> 01:13:46,350
I will say they're not exactly an apples to apples comparison.

784
01:13:46,350 --> 01:13:48,530
So we'll provide kind of some of that background

785
01:13:48,530 --> 01:13:49,510
and some of those decisions

786
01:13:49,510 --> 01:13:51,330
and I'll get that out to city council.

787
01:13:52,030 --> 01:13:54,930
In regards to the 10th and Clearwater signal,

788
01:13:55,410 --> 01:13:57,390
Mr. Cowley and just notified me

789
01:13:57,390 --> 01:13:59,510
that the signal warrants have been met

790
01:13:59,510 --> 01:14:01,410
for that intersection based on crash data.

791
01:14:01,530 --> 01:14:03,770
And he is working with the developer

792
01:14:03,770 --> 01:14:05,570
to start the installation of that.

793
01:14:05,690 --> 01:14:07,310
So that will be moving forward as well.

794
01:14:07,310 --> 01:14:13,350
And we will, Council Member Millbauer, Mayor Pro Tem Trilley and I will be at the

795
01:14:13,350 --> 01:14:16,610
Association of Washington Cities conference next week where we have

796
01:14:16,610 --> 01:14:21,350
meetings set up discuss kind of offset or I have some extra meetings set up to

797
01:14:21,350 --> 01:14:25,030
discuss transportation within Washington State as well as trying to push for

798
01:14:25,030 --> 01:14:29,490
more LRA code updates and changes and that just attending the general

799
01:14:29,490 --> 01:14:34,990
conference. So that is all I have. Thank you. And thank you both for

800
01:14:34,990 --> 01:14:39,590
attending that next week. It's very much appreciated. One of the things we found is

801
01:14:39,590 --> 01:14:43,330
we went around the state and started talking to folks about less restrictive

802
01:14:43,330 --> 01:14:47,150
alternative housing for sector-bound predators. There's very many cities and

803
01:14:47,150 --> 01:14:52,150
communities that have no idea. And so just the elevating this status and the

804
01:14:52,150 --> 01:14:55,330
work that you guys are going to be doing next week is greatly appreciated.

805
01:14:56,590 --> 01:14:59,070
Just a couple of things for me this evening.

806
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:05,500
I am planning on attending the Columbia Park boat launch ribbon cutting on Thursday for those

807
01:15:05,500 --> 01:15:10,420
that can come and enjoy that. I think that's at 10 o'clock. Okay, I'm glad I got that right.

808
01:15:10,560 --> 01:15:12,700
It's on my calendar. So hopefully I'll make it to that.

809
01:15:13,640 --> 01:15:23,380
I did want to address a question towards electric scooters and bicycles and the restrictions

810
01:15:23,380 --> 01:15:30,060
or requirements or lack thereof in Kennewick related to safety, specifically to youth who

811
01:15:30,060 --> 01:15:37,060
are riding these all over town. It's been very clear as we've driven around it that we see lots

812
01:15:37,060 --> 01:15:41,260
and lots and more and more of these going on. I'm not sure that I fully understand what the

813
01:15:41,260 --> 01:15:44,720
rules and regulations are. I know for my children, if they're going to be on one of those,

814
01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:48,880
that they need to be wearing a helmet, especially if they're upwards of 30 miles an hour,

815
01:15:49,140 --> 01:15:52,520
and it's a little challenging because sometimes they're in traffic, sometimes they're not in

816
01:15:52,520 --> 01:15:56,320
traffic sometimes they're on sidewalks sometimes they're off of sidewalks

817
01:15:56,320 --> 01:16:00,380
sometimes they're blazing across the Union Park which is kind of fun I

818
01:16:00,380 --> 01:16:03,300
think for them but not as fun for the people to try and play soccer as they

819
01:16:03,300 --> 01:16:07,160
blow through the soccer field and so I think some of those things I would like

820
01:16:07,160 --> 01:16:11,600
to have an update on that at some point and you know an understanding of what

821
01:16:11,600 --> 01:16:14,600
we should or shouldn't be doing as a city to help improve the safety

822
01:16:14,600 --> 01:16:17,920
related to those as I think Councilmember Trumbull has talked

823
01:16:17,920 --> 01:16:22,960
What are the mini bikes, John, is that what you've been calling those?

824
01:16:26,880 --> 01:16:27,680
They can be electric.

825
01:16:27,880 --> 01:16:28,800
They can be motorized.

826
01:16:28,860 --> 01:16:36,000
They can be smaller than a red wagon that you got on your Christmas tree 30 years ago.

827
01:16:36,280 --> 01:16:38,880
It's amazing how much power these things have.

828
01:16:39,400 --> 01:16:48,820
And they have no safety devices, no lights, go undercoming, no mirrors, got a guy in

829
01:16:48,820 --> 01:16:52,880
helmet and he's going to go down the street and he's going to throw a U-turn

830
01:16:52,880 --> 01:16:56,140
and come back because there's a little dips he doodly wants to do and he goes

831
01:16:56,140 --> 01:17:00,620
back and forth back and forth it's not a playground it's a road. Sounds like

832
01:17:00,620 --> 01:17:04,380
something that some of my friends might have tried to do when I was younger not

833
01:17:04,380 --> 01:17:08,460
that I would be enjoying it but no I do like it that you said they were

834
01:17:08,460 --> 01:17:10,500
actually wearing a helmet because most the ones I've seen are not and it

835
01:17:10,500 --> 01:17:14,120
reminds me I'll joke is that it reminds me the big wheels when I see some

836
01:17:14,120 --> 01:17:16,880
of these and how hard it is to see some of them so appreciate that I'll

837
01:17:16,880 --> 01:17:23,000
not belabor that point. I wanted to take just a minute and address a comment made by the

838
01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:27,580
owner of the house there at 5304 West 8th. I don't take an opportunity very often from

839
01:17:27,580 --> 01:17:32,060
the dias to have a conversation related to purchasing of homes and things like that.

840
01:17:32,120 --> 01:17:36,940
This really not the public's business. I will say in this particular case, I don't

841
01:17:36,940 --> 01:17:40,960
want to misrepresent it, however, I was approached once it was clear that the house

842
01:17:40,960 --> 01:17:45,560
was for sale. I was approached by multiple parties within our city offering to purchase

843
01:17:45,560 --> 01:17:50,900
the property, not to subdivide it, not to put it in departments, but to take the house

844
01:17:51,410 --> 01:17:57,880
as a philanthropic effort and turn around and resell it almost as is without any subdivision

845
01:17:57,880 --> 01:18:02,140
that required. I had three separate parties approach me about that. One of them approached

846
01:18:02,140 --> 01:18:08,800
me before the decision was made to purchase the home that was turned down by Mr. Sabino,

847
01:18:09,340 --> 01:18:13,420
who informed us that he was going to proceed forward with the purchase of the home. Subsequent

848
01:18:13,420 --> 01:18:18,700
According to that, once it became public that the property owners were interested in accepting

849
01:18:18,700 --> 01:18:22,780
offers on the house, I had two separate offers from other people within our community who

850
01:18:22,780 --> 01:18:28,200
had a similar venture in mind without the intent to do any subdividing, but just to turn the

851
01:18:28,200 --> 01:18:29,400
home around and sell it directly.

852
01:18:30,140 --> 01:18:33,100
And so I just wanted to be clear, the comment was made this evening, I don't normally

853
01:18:33,100 --> 01:18:36,180
respond to those things, but I just want to make clear what my interactions were

854
01:18:36,780 --> 01:18:37,800
related to that.

855
01:18:38,560 --> 01:18:42,860
And although requirements are required as part of this, I've been with the local

856
01:18:42,860 --> 01:18:47,380
government for 20 years and have been on the regulatory side of requiring things related

857
01:18:47,380 --> 01:18:51,480
to the irrigation district that don't always seemingly make sense. There are reasons why

858
01:18:51,480 --> 01:18:54,600
we go about doing that. The variances that have been requested, I am going to be really

859
01:18:54,600 --> 01:18:58,700
curious to see just based on the testimony this evening, it sounded like there were

860
01:18:58,700 --> 01:19:02,640
several that were not the same as a requirement. When we go to subdivide, there are different

861
01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:06,620
requirements than if you're just rebuilding a house. Even if you take that house down

862
01:19:06,620 --> 01:19:10,480
to the foundation and start over. I'll be curious to see those conditions and

863
01:19:10,480 --> 01:19:15,540
I appreciate the background and information related to that as opposed to just one way

864
01:19:15,540 --> 01:19:16,080
or the other.

865
01:19:16,620 --> 01:19:21,180
And I will say that I've seen lots and lots and lots of areas where we have 40 feet

866
01:19:21,180 --> 01:19:26,460
or 60 feet or 80 feet of concrete, gutter, and sidewalk not connected to anything else.

867
01:19:26,980 --> 01:19:30,900
I've also been around in this city long enough to watch those get connected in certain

868
01:19:30,900 --> 01:19:33,640
areas where we didn't think they would be connected, but now they are.

869
01:19:34,100 --> 01:19:36,120
And so there is a reason why we do some of those things.

870
01:19:36,200 --> 01:19:37,820
I'll be interested to hear the details about it.

871
01:19:38,840 --> 01:19:43,700
The other thing I was going to mention this evening is related to the ordinance activities.

872
01:19:44,100 --> 01:19:47,540
Very much appreciate again the work that our city staff has gone into on that.

873
01:19:48,100 --> 01:19:50,780
I want to point out that we are doing what we can do.

874
01:19:51,780 --> 01:19:54,360
I want to encourage us to find a way to do more.

875
01:19:55,160 --> 01:19:59,980
And I know that our city manager said she's going to be over dealing with this at AWC.

876
01:20:00,560 --> 01:20:04,220
We're working with the state legislature that has here to form an unwilling or

877
01:20:04,220 --> 01:20:11,600
unable to address this issue, to the satisfaction at least of this member of city council as

878
01:20:11,600 --> 01:20:15,380
well as I think many of our members of city council. And we would encourage our state

879
01:20:15,380 --> 01:20:20,600
legislators in our governor's office to recognize again the importance of protecting our communities

880
01:20:20,600 --> 01:20:25,020
and protecting those that are most vulnerable. There's a reason that these folks have been

881
01:20:25,020 --> 01:20:29,120
civilly committed after their criminal sentencing has been completed. And I would encourage

882
01:20:29,120 --> 01:20:35,480
the state and others to within the sound of my voice to reconsider the wisdom of placing these

883
01:20:35,480 --> 01:20:40,340
folks within our communities. They do need rehabilitation. I believe that. I don't know

884
01:20:40,340 --> 01:20:45,760
that that's best done in any of these communities across the state. With that, I was going to

885
01:20:45,760 --> 01:20:49,360
just add one more thing, one more final thought, and that's around drought conditions. I do

886
01:20:49,360 --> 01:20:54,240
know that it seems like we may not be feeling drought in Tri-Cities. I would hope the

887
01:20:54,240 --> 01:20:59,540
But fires that we've seen the last several weeks, the fires that are still burning right

888
01:20:59,540 --> 01:21:05,460
now are a recognition that we are seeing extreme temperatures here, extremely dry conditions.

889
01:21:06,200 --> 01:21:10,820
As we head into the 4th of July, you know, I'm really encouraging our citizens to be

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smart with how they celebrate.

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This is not something that, you know, we want to take lightly.

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We had two fires just over the weekend, one in Richland and one in Bent City.

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The Juniper Dunes fire is continuing to burn, last I'd heard.

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and so it is definitely high fire danger right now as we go into the fourth and

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encourage our citizens to be to be wise as they celebrate. And with that I

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appreciate everybody's time this evening. It's now 7.51 and the meeting is complete.