[0:06] Good evening.
[0:06] Welcome to the City Council
meeting for September the 9th, 2026.
[0:11] My name is Scott Brennan.
I am the mayor of the city of.
[0:14] And I will be cheering the meeting
of the City Council meeting.
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[0:42] We will start this meeting
with the Pledge of Allegiance
[0:45] led by Councilmember Hogan.
[0:53] Of the United States of America,
and to the republic for which it stands
[0:57] one nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
[1:10] Madam clerk, will you please call roll?
[1:14] Council member.
[1:14] Torres.
[1:17] Council member. Williams. Present.
[1:19] Council member. Tracy. Present.
[1:20] Deputy mayor. Sproul. Present.
[1:22] Council member. Holland.
[1:24] Council member. Hogan. Present.
[1:26] Council member. Reid.
[1:27] Present. Roll is complete.
We have a quorum.
[1:30] Thank you.
[1:31] Would Council entertain
a motion to excuse Council Member Hogan?
[1:35] Yeah, I can go now.
[1:37] Did council member Holland contact?
[1:40] You know
[1:44] you guys are on your own.
[1:45] Okay.
[1:49] Motion.
[1:50] Excuse. Council member.
[1:52] Motion made by Councilmember
Hogan, seconded by Councilmember Tracy.
[1:57] All those in favor?
[1:58] All those opposed.
[2:00] Motion passes.
[2:03] Councilors will be recognized with a raise
of the hand for motions to move.
[2:07] Second, comment and question when speaking
through the through the chair.
[2:11] When speaking, speak through the chair
[2:14] and identify staff by position.
[2:17] This portion
of the meeting will have no motions made
[2:20] by the Council and will serve
as an information and discussion meeting.
[2:25] Information will be presented to Council
and the public to better understand
[2:29] not only current events and activities
in the cities in the city, but to preview
[2:33] future potential agenda bills
to be voted on at a later date.
[2:38] In a council meeting,
[2:41] the council will have discussion
following each presentation
[2:44] by staff and the opportunity
to ask questions of the presenter.
[2:47] I will initially call on each council
member for questions and subsequent
[2:51] questions by raising their hand
and waiting for the chair to acknowledge.
[2:55] Audience members
will not be able to participate
[2:58] in this portion of the meeting. Council.
[3:01] Council discussions will be followed
by action items moving the agenda Bill.
[3:15] First on the agenda this evening is
[3:18] passage presentation.
[3:24] Do we have from Washington here
this evening?
[3:28] Yes. They are joining us
virtually tonight.
[3:30] Thank you.
[3:32] Yes. Good evening.
[3:33] Yes. I'm here to give the presentation.
[3:35] Let me see
if I can share my screen with you.
[3:50] All right.
[3:50] Can you all see the.
[3:53] Yes. Yes.
[3:56] Okay.
[3:57] Well, thank you
all for letting me again tonight.
[3:59] My name is Joey Bernal.
[4:01] I'm a project engineer
with Washington State Department
[4:04] of Transportation, and I'm here tonight
to talk about the SR 162
[4:08] auditing vicinity
Roundabout and Fish Passage project
[4:12] that is located
just south east of city limits.
[4:18] So in this bundle
[4:19] we have a bundle of three separate sites
that we're putting together for contract.
[4:26] Advertisement.
[4:28] The first site is Cod Creek.
[4:30] It's a fish bear removal project.
[4:33] It's located just north of the Baxter
Manufacturing there on SR 162.
[4:40] The second site is to the east of that,
about a mile.
[4:43] It's also on 162.
[4:45] It's a creek.
[4:46] Remove fish barrier project
[4:49] in the third site
is that the intersection of Orrville Road
[4:53] and SR 162,
[4:57] where we got an intersection
improvement project.
[5:01] So the purpose of these projects,
Card and Roush Creek,
[5:05] they are the existing culverts or barriers
[5:08] of fish passage.
[5:11] All of you might be aware that the state
[5:13] had a federal injunction in place
where we need to replace Fish barriers.
[5:19] These two sites are on that injunction
list.
[5:21] So the state is required
to correct these barriers.
[5:25] And the site the Orrville Road
intersection improvement.
[5:29] We're going to put a roundabout there.
[5:31] It's a safety
animal build improvement project.
[5:35] So a couple of reasons why we're bundling
these together is all pretty close
[5:40] together in about the same timeline
for construction.
[5:43] So it's easier if we bundle them together
to have one contractor to minimize
[5:47] construction impacts to the public,
minimize the risk to the schedule
[5:51] by having one contractor,
and we reduce costs for all three sites.
[5:59] So I'm going to dig
[6:00] into each one of these projects
a little bit more detail individually.
[6:03] So our car creek there by Burley
or Baxter Manufacturing
[6:08] existing culvert is only about two foot
by three foot.
[6:11] It's a pretty small diameter culvert.
[6:14] We're going to replace it with a 30ft wide
by ten foot tall concrete box culvert.
[6:19] That's a pretty big box culvert.
[6:22] And the soils out there aren't the best.
[6:24] So we're having to do some ground
improvements under the structure itself.
[6:28] So we're going to make some stone columns
that go about down about 20ft
[6:32] under the structure.
[6:34] So keep that in mind when we talk about
in a little bit about the water main
[6:39] that goes along SR 162.
[6:43] The existing culvert is located
[6:46] just to the west side of Baxter
Manufacturing.
[6:50] We're actually going to shift
it 500ft to the east.
[6:54] And a few reasons for that.
[6:57] The culvert self, the new culvert we need
to have about three feet of freeboard
[7:02] above the existing water surface
elevation to the bottom of the culvert.
[7:07] And to do that we need to raise
the profile of the highway.
[7:10] The highway is going to be raised
about five feet.
[7:13] If we kept the existing culvert
where it is now,
[7:17] that highway profile raised would impact
[7:19] the intersection of Oroville Road.
[7:23] We'd have some complications
with all the driveways, impacts
[7:26] for manufacturing
and the private parcels on the north side.
[7:30] So we're shifting that culvert
to the east 500ft.
[7:34] It gets us away from the intersection.
[7:36] It helps us with drainage
with the driveways.
[7:39] And we avoid two existing
culverts under adjacent driveways.
[7:47] And during construction when we build
this,
[7:50] we're going to build a temporary roadway
on the north side of the roadway.
[7:53] You might hear
is called called a shoo fly.
[7:57] It's going to be a two lane shoe
fly on the north side.
[7:59] So two lanes of traffic
going through for the most part
[8:02] during construction,
there will be times when we have
[8:06] a single lane closure.
[8:09] We'll have fiber butter.
[8:10] So there will be impacts of traffic
at some points.
[8:14] But for the most part we'll have that
two lanes to fly when we're installing
[8:17] the culvert construction,
then start late spring early
[8:22] summer next year.
[8:25] So any questions on the Card Creek side?
[8:32] Okay.
[8:32] We'll move on to the street side.
[8:35] Like I said,
this is about a mile to the east.
[8:38] This project will be replacing
two existing three foot diameter metal
[8:43] culverts.
[8:44] The structure here is a little
bigger, is 40ft wide by 12ft tall.
[8:49] The reason for
[8:50] that is since we have two existing
culverts, it's a braided stream.
[8:55] We're going to try to keep those braids
within the new culvert.
[8:59] It's just more natural
that way for the existing stream
[9:02] trying to match what's out there now.
[9:05] This site had the same issue
that we have our country.
[9:07] We need that minimum three foot
freeboard from the water surface
[9:11] elevation to the bottom of the
the lid of the culvert.
[9:15] So we're going to raise the profile
at this site too.
[9:17] We got to raise at about five feet.
[9:20] And as a site we had a house
directly adjacent to the culvert
[9:24] with their driveway.
[9:26] And we had troubles
tying in their driveway.
[9:29] So what we're going to do,
[9:30] we're going to shift the entire highway
about 12ft to the north.
[9:33] That gives us a little bit of room
to tie that driveway in.
[9:37] Better to that house.
[9:40] At this site,
[9:41] we're going to have a shoe fly once again,
just like Khatri.
[9:44] It's only going to be a single,
single lane shoe fly,
[9:48] since we don't have as much traffic
[9:49] as we have
with the intersection of Orbital Road.
[9:52] So we'll have the single lens
to fly on the north side of the road.
[9:55] We're going to have
a temporary signal system there
[9:59] that will give traffic
alternating times to go
[10:04] this site once again, just like car
trade, will start construction
[10:07] late spring early summer next year.
[10:13] Then the third site
[10:14] is the Oval Road roundabout
that we're proposing.
[10:17] It's going to be a single lane roundabout.
[10:19] They'll eliminate that stop condition
you have now on Orrville
[10:23] Road as the comes up to that
T intersection.
[10:27] One of the benefits
of doing the roundabout
[10:30] at the same time as car trade
and the same project,
[10:33] we're going to widen the shoulders
from the roundabout down as card trick.
[10:37] So you can have four foot shoulders
for that 4 or 500ft.
[10:42] So that's a nice improvement
during construction of the roundabout.
[10:47] Roundabouts have a lot of moving pieces
a lot of work.
[10:50] We're going to have to have a single lane
souffle during for construction.
[10:55] So there will be impacts
because we'll have a single lane
[10:58] open for the duration of construction.
[11:01] We couldn't
get away from that construction.
[11:04] The roundabout is scheduled
for spring summer of 2028.
[11:09] So a year after that, the two culverts.
[11:13] The reason for that is currently
needed to get constructed
[11:16] first due to some stormwater issues,
and we just didn't
[11:21] have enough time to construct Car Creek
and the roundabout in 2027.
[11:25] So the roundabout
got bumped into early 2028.
[11:31] So for the project schedule,
[11:34] we're going out for contractor
beds in November.
[11:39] We're expecting to open those bids in
December and award the project soon after.
[11:44] Like I already said, I am Rausch Creek.
[11:47] Construction will start in late
spring 2027 and extended to the fall,
[11:53] and construction of the roundabout
will start in spring 2028
[11:57] and extend into the summer.
[12:01] So all of you might be worried
[12:03] about the impacts
to the City of Ordinance infrastructure.
[12:07] That's all three sites.
[12:10] The city's water main.
[12:13] Is adjacent to all three sites
within wash shots right away.
[12:17] So it's a conflict
and it's got to get relocated.
[12:23] So we're going to
the options were relocate the water
[12:25] main prior to wash Dot's project
coming through or do it at the same time.
[12:31] Sometimes I do want to point out
is the city's water
[12:34] main is in our right of way by franchise.
[12:38] So what that means is
there's no property rights
[12:41] that the city owns,
so any relocation costs are.
[12:46] The city has to cover
[12:49] the existing water line.
[12:51] The concrete main
that's undersized and obsolete.
[12:55] So this project had the opportunity
[12:57] to upgrade about 1900 feet of water main.
[13:01] We got 1400 feet at the
the roundabout and Car Creek site.
[13:07] They'll get upgraded to a 12 inch five.
[13:09] And that Rausch Creek got about 500ft.
[13:12] Upgraded to an eight inch pipe.
[13:16] And the water main replacement will happen
[13:18] at the same time as the watchdog project.
[13:21] So right now we work with your engineer.
[13:24] Consultant paramedics.
[13:26] We got all the water
main work in our contract.
[13:30] It's all in the schedule,
the working days.
[13:33] So we all go out together.
[13:37] So we did
[13:38] look at a few different options before
we included this work in our project.
[13:44] The first
[13:45] option was
the city could have had a separate project
[13:48] and relocated prior
to the watchdog project coming through.
[13:52] Probably not a really good option,
[13:55] but as I mentioned earlier,
we had all those ground improvements
[13:58] at cartridge where we're going down
20ft under the Culver itself.
[14:03] That would require the water main
to be bored
[14:06] 35ft below a car creek.
[14:09] It's pretty difficult
[14:12] access for maintenance, and it's got
a high cost when we got bored that deep.
[14:16] So in
the city would have additional cost to.
[14:19] If you would have had a separate project,
you would have had traffic control,
[14:23] you got covered by yourself.
[14:25] You got repaving, the highway mobilization
and just a boring cost.
[14:29] The self is pretty spendy.
[14:34] The second option
would have been advertise.
[14:38] The city could advertise
a separate project
[14:40] and relocated during the watchdog project.
[14:44] That's not really a good option
for the city or watchdog,
[14:48] because you would have had two different
contractors working in a small work zone.
[14:53] That's just a recipe
[14:56] for conflict between the contractors
claims against the city and the state,
[15:01] because one contractor
might have been the way of the other one.
[15:04] So just not a really good option for us.
[15:08] The third option is what we went with
[15:10] that we worked with your engineering
consultant to put together.
[15:14] Did we partner together and Wash
advertising,
[15:18] the joint project to relocate the water
main as part of our project?
[15:23] This cost savings with that,
[15:25] because we share our mobilization,
we share on traffic control
[15:29] and for the most part washed off
when we paying for all the repaving.
[15:34] Because as I mentioned, that card
and Roush, we get that profile adjustment.
[15:38] We're rebuilding hundreds of feet of road.
[15:41] The contractor can come in, come in there
at the beginning of the project.
[15:45] They can install the water main and any
pavement that they were going to damage.
[15:49] We were going to replace anyways.
[15:52] So it's a cost savings for the city.
[15:54] It minimizes schedule risk.
[15:57] If you have one contractor
doing all the work
[15:59] and the best part of it for long term
maintenance for the city.
[16:03] The water mains itself
are going on the structure,
[16:06] so it's easy for them to access them
for any maintenance in the future.
[16:11] And it saves cost if you're not boring
far down below the stream.
[16:18] So we work with the consultant.
[16:19] We put together the responsibilities
in the construction agreement
[16:23] by what it will do
and what the city will do, so
[16:29] that our contractor
will remove, deactivate
[16:32] and dispose of all the specialist
concrete water main that's out there now.
[16:36] Our contractor will install
the temporary water service
[16:41] throughout construction because we got
we got to make sure
[16:44] all the adjacent parcels
have water service.
[16:47] Our contractor will install the new water
main service
[16:50] line and disinfect,
flush and test and new system.
[16:54] So it's just a kind of a one stop shop
for installing that water main.
[17:00] The contractor will do all the as built
drawings
[17:03] that the city engineering department
required, and will minister the contract.
[17:08] So we will have the inspectors out there
and we will process the
[17:12] payments to the contractor.
[17:15] So the work performed by the city
[17:17] is the city will continue to operate
the water system as they do now,
[17:22] and the work
through us to tell the contractor
[17:25] what needs to be done.
[17:29] The city will provide
[17:30] assistance in just in time
training for our inspectors.
[17:33] We don't do a lot of water
main work, so our inspectors don't.
[17:37] Not all the inspectors
have a lot of knowledge in it.
[17:40] Was that just in time
training for inspectors?
[17:42] They're going to know what to look for
during construction.
[17:46] The city engineer is made available
[17:49] for any questions
or fill changes during construction.
[17:52] That was key for us because questions
always come up during construction.
[17:57] The city will attend any pre-construction
or pre-work activity meetings
[18:02] related to the water main work,
so we'll make sure the city engineer
[18:07] is there and any concerns
that the city has can get shared
[18:11] with washed out, and the contractor
and the city will provide
[18:15] on site representation
for connecting the live system.
[18:19] Pressure testing and bacteria testing.
[18:26] So the estimated cost
[18:28] to all this work in our contract.
[18:31] That's what you will see
in the construction agreement
[18:34] between the city and state is about 1.59
million.
[18:39] That estimate includes
the water main construction costs
[18:43] and includes construction services,
engineering charge 20%.
[18:48] And the indirect costs are the markups
we have to do.
[18:53] We have to include
when we do work for a local agency
[18:58] and during construction, wash shop
[19:01] will invoice the city
for all the construction costs.
[19:05] So we have that reimbursable agreement
set up where
[19:10] we can get that water main relocated
[19:12] and we can just invoice the city.
[19:18] Do you have any questions
about any of these three sites
[19:22] or the water main relocation work?
[19:26] Thank you, Mr.
[19:27] Brunel.
[19:27] First question from Council Member Reid.
[19:33] Yeah, the $1.5 million.
[19:34] That's the cost to the city. Yes.
[19:38] And the other question I have
is the completion date
[19:43] projected
[19:45] for the water line and the roundabout
[19:48] and the fish passageways
[19:51] complete for Carl Creek and Rausch Creek.
[19:54] Completion would be fall of 2027.
[19:58] And for the roundabout
that would be summer of 2028.
[20:05] And back to that first question
about the cost.
[20:08] The the green between the city
and the state is at that 1.59 million.
[20:13] I believe the total
[20:16] told to the
the council is slightly higher than that
[20:20] because parametric
have some costs included on that.
[20:23] That isn't in that agreement.
[20:28] Thank you.
[20:28] Thank you. Councilmember Tracy.
[20:31] Did I understand
when those culverts go in.
[20:34] They're going to be the
the tops are raised up five feet.
[20:39] The roadway surface is being raised
five feet. Yes.
[20:42] At both those locations. Correct.
[20:45] And so the roundabout basically is going
to be raised at least five feet also.
[20:51] We will tie
[20:52] back into the existing ground
before you get to the hump in the road.
[20:57] It'll be kind of a hump in the road.
[20:58] Yes, it'll be designed
to all design standards
[21:02] for vertical profiles.
[21:05] Okay.
[21:08] Thank you.
[21:08] Any further questions from council?
[21:14] Deputy mayor?
[21:17] I guess more for the city.
[21:20] So we're going to be assisting in
training.
[21:24] Washed out for
[21:27] doing inspections.
[21:28] Do we currently have that capability?
[21:35] We have.
[21:37] Do we have staff to be
[21:40] inspections
that we're going to be training to do?
[21:44] Yeah.
[21:44] So I thought we had gotten rid
of our inspectors.
[21:49] Yeah.
[21:49] I, I'm not quite sure where where Mr.
[21:53] Brunell was coming from on that one
that we were looking
[21:56] at bringing in an inspector for,
for that for our portion of the project.
[22:00] But maybe you can review that again, Mr.
[22:03] Bruno.
[22:04] Yeah, I can do that.
[22:05] And I have my design
team lead here with me today.
[22:07] Braden and I got parametric, and I know
they chatted about this quite a bit.
[22:12] So if you all can give some
a chime in on that issue.
[22:18] Yeah, I could jump in
[22:21] from parametric working on this project
[22:23] with Dot.
[22:27] The specific point for the inspector
[22:31] responsibility through the city
is just to provide in time training.
[22:35] So if there's any specifics on testing
[22:38] requirements or connections
or kind of in the field questions
[22:42] that they might have specific water line
related.
[22:48] Points that they need
[22:50] along this whole water line construction,
they can ask the city and staff
[22:56] that's available as needed.
[23:01] Okay.
[23:01] Thank you.
[23:03] Thank you.
[23:05] To add to this, our our operations
staff will be heavily involved in it.
[23:09] Also, there will be a lot of isolation and
restoration and flushing of the system.
[23:14] So I think that's what what
our parametric engineer is pointing out.
[23:19] I have our public works
director here this evening.
[23:22] If you if you wanted to comment on that
at all,
[23:25] on your on your role in the project.
[23:34] Can you hear me?
[23:41] Just like.
[23:51] Good evening.
[23:51] Thank you. Can you hear me now?
[23:54] All right.
[23:54] I currently have the contract agreement
that was sent over yesterday
[23:58] afternoon that he's referencing.
[24:00] And there are some things
that we want to talk
[24:02] about internally to,
to figure out some of those finer points.
[24:06] But it is in the contract
that, as they mentioned,
[24:08] they're not really familiar
with some water main stuff.
[24:11] And I think through JC and my staff,
we can coordinate
[24:15] exactly what it is they need from us.
[24:18] Obviously it's our system,
so we want to be operating valves
[24:22] and ensuring that our pumps are running
and our reservoirs are full,
[24:25] and that customers are taken care of
to coordinate any, any of those shutdowns.
[24:29] I would anticipate.
[24:31] And it's not really defined in here.
[24:34] This was going to be
a further conversation
[24:36] as we fine tune this before signing it.
[24:38] This isn't signed yet.
[24:39] What it is specifically they need
and what it is that staff can provide.
[24:45] Like like the mayor mentioned,
we do have plenty of folks on staff
[24:49] that that can assist with things
like shut down to the tie ins.
[24:53] There is a temporary water
main portion of this.
[24:56] I think it was it was briefly
touched on where when they did.
[25:00] I've done a few of these projects myself,
and when they dig a hole that deep, it's
[25:03] going to be very impressive.
[25:04] You guys should swing by there
[25:06] when they get going,
but we have to take the water main
[25:09] and move it completely out of the way
on top of the ground temporarily.
[25:13] Then as they build
the structure, we'll put it, remove that
[25:16] and put it back in place for a
more permanent location in the future.
[25:21] So there will be a couple of swap outs,
testing and reporting to the state.
[25:27] Obviously for any back to back tees
will follow our normal back t sample
[25:32] procedures and pressure testing procedures
that we have to follow through.
[25:37] And the Department of Health.
[25:39] So I don't.
[25:40] Those are typically things we see
well in advance.
[25:43] So everyone on our staff
as well as parametric and washed out
[25:48] contractor will have plenty of of lead
time as to when those disconnections,
[25:53] reconnection and sampling procedures
will need to take place.
[25:58] Thank you,
[26:00] Councilmember Torres.
[26:03] So understand
[26:04] this correctly that this is just the 1.5
[26:07] million is just for a temporary water line
[26:12] for those for the roundabout over here.
[26:16] All to my knowledge,
all three locations will require
[26:22] at least two
for sure will require the water main
[26:25] to be essentially teed completely
out of the way of this excavation.
[26:29] It's going to be quite large.
[26:31] And then when they're done
and we're healing the road back together.
[26:34] They'll disconnect that pipe,
which we will.
[26:37] We've I've gone through the contract
[26:39] and through the plants to make sure
that we're paying for the pipe both times.
[26:43] So when we the new the old pipe
[26:47] that they not old, but the temporary pipe
will be returned to the city.
[26:51] That it's our anticipation
that we can disinfect those sections
[26:54] of pipe and wrap the ends of them
and keep them at our facility
[26:59] for extra pipe, for main breaks
and those kinds of things.
[27:01] So we'll keep the temporary pipe in-house
and then install the permanent pipe to be
[27:07] then buried underground
and under the roadway to,
[27:09] to kind of live in conjunction
with the new fish passage.
[27:13] So I got it.
[27:13] That's what that's what the cost
is, is both temporary abandonment as well,
[27:18] because you'll be hauling out some of that
old AC and disposing of it properly,
[27:22] as well as getting a new permanent
restrained joint.
[27:26] Everything's going to be held
[27:27] together real good and ductile
iron to replace that AC, which is okay.
[27:31] Thank you.
[27:34] Thank you.
[27:35] Any further questions from council?
[27:39] Okay.
[27:39] Seeing none. Thank you, Director Davidson.
[27:43] Thank you for presenters
[27:46] from paramedics in the state.
[27:50] Thank you.
[27:52] Thank you all.
[27:54] Okay. Thank you.
[27:55] Okay.
[27:55] This evening I have myself on the agenda
for item number
[27:59] C for our Water resource
Recovery Facility update.
[28:02] I had an opportunity to talk
with each of the council members earlier
[28:06] today of some of the.
[28:09] Oh. I'm sorry.
[28:11] Oh, great. Thank you.
[28:12] I guess I'm on their two times.
[28:14] Okay.
[28:14] I guess I'm on item B also.
[28:16] School zone discussion.
[28:18] Just an update for council.
[28:20] Myself and Mr.
[28:23] Wheaton submitted a letter to the state
Dot engineer, Andy Larson,
[28:29] to review a request
to keep the crosswalk at lane in place.
[28:35] So that's. That's under review
by the state.
[28:38] I don't have any updated information
on that.
[28:41] And as you chief here,
there's really not much to talk
[28:46] about with extending the school zone
this evening.
[28:49] What I do want to report is,
is that some of the early signage
[28:54] that was put up,
I think, has been very helpful
[28:56] to notify citizens
that they're entering into a school zone.
[29:00] You may have seen the trailers.
[29:01] You come into town
[29:03] announcing that a school zone
school's back in school
[29:06] and it's a pre alert citizens or people
passing
[29:11] through on the state highway that there's
a school that they're entering into.
[29:15] So hopefully that will help out
[29:18] with the situation some and that.
[29:21] Any questions or comments from council.
[29:23] Council member Reid.
[29:27] Since we're going to leave
[29:28] that crosswalk in there and the cameras
[29:32] for the school zone, would it be possible
[29:35] to raise the school zone
in that area to 35 miles an hour,
[29:39] so that we're not slowing down to 20
for a small
[29:43] section?
[29:49] Yep. Yeah.
[29:53] I mean, right now
we're probably still writing tickets,
[29:56] a lot of them for 20 miles an hour,
when it could be 35.
[30:02] It's my understanding that the school zone
speed limit is set by statute.
[30:06] That's 20 miles an hour.
[30:08] I could be wrong there, though.
[30:12] Yeah, right.
[30:13] I'm looking. I'm getting to you right now.
[30:17] I think I brought that up
a little bit earlier today.
[30:21] Yeah.
[30:22] The letter that was written to maintain
the crosswalk in its current location.
[30:26] It basically acknowledged
[30:29] that there will need to be safety
improvements in that area of the highway.
[30:33] And it's under review right now.
[30:36] So once we get word
back, we'll bring it back to you.
[30:46] Again, I just I don't think it works
very well.
[30:48] Going from 55 to 20 back up to 35.
[30:52] Back down to 20.
[30:55] I mean, we could leave it at 35
until the new school goes in
[30:58] all the way up to to the school, and
[31:02] we're going to put another crosswalk in it
at Whitehawk.
[31:07] I, I believe
[31:09] that kind of defeats the purpose of
of having the school zone be.
[31:12] The school zone is intended to be a slower
zone to protect, protect the kids.
[31:17] I thought I thought the problem was that
[31:18] we had people speeding through there
at 60 miles an hour, and at 35,
[31:24] I don't think it as big an issue,
[31:27] but that's just my opinion.
[31:32] Okay.
[31:33] Thank you.
[31:34] Attorney void. Yeah.
[31:36] So Council member Reid, if it
if it is a designated school zone,
[31:42] state statute RCMP 4661 440 does say
the maximum speed is 20 miles an hour.
[31:49] Okay.
[31:55] Yeah.
[31:56] That's it.
[31:57] The reason I asked,
I got a ticket about 20 some years ago,
[32:00] 30 some years ago
in Algona for doing 15 in front of a
[32:06] a play area
that had 12ft cyclone fences on it.
[32:10] I thought it was 25,
[32:13] so I thought probably be different,
but that's a state law.
[32:18] The judge told me
the city can make their zones
[32:20] whatever they want,
but it's not city at state out there.
[32:23] Yeah, well, if it's a state highway,
that's when I've been working
[32:27] with Chief Cabral on this.
[32:28] If it were talking about the main
drag coming in, that is a state
[32:32] that is a state designated highway. So.
[32:39] Thank you.
[32:41] Thank you.
[32:41] Any other questions from council?
[32:46] Okay.
[32:47] See you then. We'll move on to item
number.
[32:48] See the Water Resource
Recovery Facility update.
[32:52] And the opportunity
to speak to each of you today about some
[32:56] of the challenges that we've been facing
as we enter into the fall.
[33:00] Some of them are pretty substantial
and may require us to to
[33:05] look at extension
of our emergency declaration
[33:09] to be able to to work forward
through some of the some of the issues.
[33:12] I have Engineer Hungerford here
this evening and our director Davis,
[33:17] and to maybe update from their perspective
[33:21] the report that we had earlier today.
[33:24] Engineer Hungerford.
[33:25] I don't know if you want to talk about
some of the issues we've discussed,
[33:28] have been regarding.
[33:33] We have
the curtain separation in the lagoon.
[33:36] We have a failure in our SBR,
one of our SBR basins.
[33:40] And if you wanted to talk to some of.
[33:45] Oh, okay.
[33:46] Okay. Thank you.
[33:49] Can you hear me okay.
[33:51] I don't know what specifically was shared
in the report, but
[33:55] specifically some of the recent events
that the mayor was just discussing
[33:59] are with relationship to the SBR basin.
[34:03] So one of the decanters,
[34:06] not totally sure what led to the failure,
but there's a pipe between
[34:12] the floating decanter and the wall,
and that pipe became separated.
[34:16] It's a PVC section of 16 inch pipe
that's flanked on both ends,
[34:21] and it looks like the flange on one
or both ends failed.
[34:24] And so what happened
was that that pipe came,
[34:28] became disconnected, and was temporarily
supporting the decanter.
[34:34] And then as these decanters flow,
when there was no longer
[34:38] water in their allowed it to,
as the water level drained out, it fell.
[34:43] And that pipe is now
physically disconnected
[34:45] from the plant engine
laying on the bottom of the decanter. So
[34:50] essentially what the decanter is,
[34:52] is a mechanism that allows
[34:55] the clean water to be
[34:58] flow over a year
[34:59] and out through your discharge,
[35:02] through the basin, through your discharge,
[35:05] which is disinfected with the UV
disinfection system.
[35:09] I know a lot of you went on plant
[35:10] tours and got opportunity to see
the disinfection system in the basement,
[35:14] so that's where that clean water goes
after you settle the solids decanter out.
[35:19] So that whole system is provided
[35:23] by was provided by a vendor
by the name of aqua Aerobics.
[35:28] They're still in business.
[35:29] And so the recommendation I have to
the city is to get Aqua out here
[35:34] to do an assessment
of that piece of equipment
[35:38] from where it comes out of the wall,
all the way through it
[35:41] to see, obviously,
we need to source a new pipe.
[35:45] There's flexible connections
where those flanges connect on each end
[35:49] to make sure
[35:49] that those are ready to be reconnected,
or if they recommend replacement.
[35:53] And then the condition of the
the decanter itself,
[35:57] as I think it may have fallen
and there may be some structural damage.
[36:01] I'd like to get a structural engineer
down there as well.
[36:04] There's some pipe supports
and general supports of the system
[36:07] to make sure that they're ready.
[36:09] Once you get that decanter repair
that they're ready
[36:12] to support that structure for.
[36:15] Obviously we've got some winter
flows coming.
[36:17] So time is of the essence here
[36:20] with regard
to the curtain and the lagoons.
[36:23] The city went through the recent lagoon
dredging event
[36:26] and noticed that the curtain
that separates the lagoon.
[36:31] So you've got a three cell system.
[36:33] Cells
one and two are a little bit smaller.
[36:35] They're an error rated at flows
[36:37] from 1 to 2
and then into three, which is not aerated.
[36:41] And it's anaerobic
where your solids store.
[36:44] And that's where we pull them out.
[36:45] During the dredging event,
that curtain appears
[36:49] to be compromised, where the anchors are
at the bottom of the lagoon.
[36:52] And it's kind of free floating in there
right now.
[36:55] So what?
[36:57] There's physical anchor points
as well as weights as you can imagine.
[37:02] A, you know, imagine a fabric
[37:05] curtain
in a pool has to have weights in it.
[37:08] I believe that those anchor points
and those weights have been disconnected
[37:12] and are put in a tremendous amount
of strain on that top wire
[37:17] that holds it in place.
[37:18] So I believe there's also a bit of solids
bulking up against it,
[37:23] laying against it.
[37:24] So it's not something that you could
[37:26] go move with a backhoe
or something like that.
[37:29] As you imagine all of that water pressure
and solid sitting against it.
[37:33] So need to understand what is failed
there, do an assessment,
[37:38] and the only way
you're really going to get to
[37:39] that is literally
to get to the bottom of the lagoon
[37:42] and see those anchor points and see what
the condition of the points are,
[37:46] the connection points
and the cables to and from,
[37:48] as well as those ballast weights
that hold it down.
[37:52] So I think it's an opportunity as well.
[37:54] Well, based on three offline to take a
look at everything else in there.
[37:59] High weather flows.
You're going to need those three basins.
[38:01] So you've got diffusers
aeration system things like that.
[38:06] While people are in there,
take a comprehensive
[38:08] look at the condition of the basin
to make sure it's ready to go.
[38:14] Great.
[38:14] I think Engineer Hungerford,
Director Davison,
[38:17] did you have any comments this evening?
[38:32] Yeah, I would just echo a lot of
[38:34] of what Jake was talking about
in regards to the lagoon and the curtain.
[38:38] It would also be important
[38:41] once we get to the levels
that we can do anything with that curtain.
[38:45] It's important to note that while our team
was trying to dislodge, a portion of it
[38:49] had gotten stuck in some of the mechanisms
in basin one, it had actually frayed
[38:54] and gotten in there that
as they were trying to tighten or pull,
[38:57] it was actually coming apart
as they were maneuvering it.
[39:02] So it's really
not anything you can look at and,
[39:06] you know, boat out there and take care of
as you go.
[39:08] It just kind of deteriorates over time.
[39:10] And that's what it's done.
[39:12] Time is is not been real favorable
to that stuff out there.
[39:16] So the other thing to think about
is if we do get the opportunity to get
[39:20] that lagoon down, where we can assess
that infrastructure underneath,
[39:24] it also has some tea, some tea
framing in there.
[39:27] Aside from the anchors
that are also drilled into the bottom,
[39:30] there'd be an awesome opportunity
to take a look at the lining itself.
[39:34] I know that we've had some discussions
with the Department of Ecology
[39:37] about the need to beef that up
and make sure
[39:40] it's robust, and two layers
now is what's required.
[39:43] So that would be
an additional opportunity.
[39:46] We also have have been working through,
and I think we had Glenn here
[39:51] talking about the importance
of of controls and the system
[39:55] and those things,
being able to talk to themselves.
[39:57] And it's really been a challenge for for
staff and for parametric, for that matter,
[40:03] to come out and troubleshoot things
when perhaps it doesn't tell the story.
[40:07] Like we would like it to a lot.
[40:09] If you can kind of liken it
to it's telling you
[40:11] something's wrong or something's
not operating or it's coming on properly,
[40:14] but you can't dive into the actual
[40:17] analytics of what's going on
without posting somebody up there
[40:20] and watching the process either
fail or succeed without people being.
[40:24] And we've had some
challenges with that as well.
[40:29] The SBR mixer one was was pulled.
[40:32] I don't know if
[40:33] I got a little bit more of an update
and we've sent that out for for repairs.
[40:37] We have we had a ground faulting issue
in in SBR one, the mixer one,
[40:41] the blower one is out of service
currently and we're procuring a spare.
[40:47] Looking to a neighboring municipality
of City of Yelm has been real nice.
[40:51] It's kind of was a sister plant
to what we had.
[40:53] They've since changed
and upgraded their plant,
[40:56] so they did save a bunch of stuff for us
that that were able to kind of
[40:59] look through, and a lot of
[41:00] it was actually refurbished fairly soon
before they decommissioned their plant.
[41:04] So it's not all real bad
and kind of helps us
[41:07] without having to go to the eBay process
that you guys were talking
[41:10] talked about before, just to kind of
touch on the aqua aerobics.
[41:15] We did approve them to come out.
[41:18] We've signed that document.
We're just waiting for scheduling.
[41:21] I have yet to hear from them,
but but our team is ready to go.
[41:24] We're we're currently in the process
of getting down into that third
[41:26] basin and pressure wash it out
and really get it clean so that we can
[41:31] out of the suggestions and working with
the mayor to really go through there
[41:35] while that basin is empty,
which we don't want it to be empty.
[41:39] But while it is, let's really
look at all the components
[41:42] inside there and so we don't get caught.
[41:45] Maybe missing something
if it needs to be replaced.
[41:48] I think it's it's prudent to just
[41:50] get in there and replace that stuff
now instead of guesswork later.
[41:54] The solids are starting
[41:57] to show some liquid a little bit,
which is good.
[42:00] Obviously
nothing near what we need, but it is
[42:06] starting to get a little
[42:07] bit of liquid on top of it.
[42:11] We are working with the Department
of Ecology on the mitigation
[42:14] around the edge of the legume.
That is done.
[42:17] We're waiting on the sampling
[42:18] analysis plan, working with parametric
to submit the Doe for approval,
[42:21] and then comply with the last step,
which would be the actual
[42:25] sampling itself.
[42:29] Yeah, we've worked on the PMS
on the blowers as well.
[42:32] So our staff is is grinding through it
and doing what we can to be proactive
[42:36] and try to really it's
[42:40] it's in need of some repairs
and hopefully, you know,
[42:43] we wet weathers come in and fingers
crossed with the last thing we want to do
[42:47] is have some other thing
go on, go wrong in there.
[42:50] That then kind of negates
all the successes we had with
[42:54] what Fire Mountain did for us.
[42:55] So there's still a need
to get rid of solids, and still a need
[42:59] to kind of keep our momentum on this thing
and hopefully get it,
[43:03] get it back to where we can
just have a couple guys maintaining it.
[43:06] Great, great.
[43:08] Thank you, Mr. Davidson.
[43:09] Councilmember Perez yeah.
[43:12] So the flange fell off down to
the bottom of the lagoon, is that correct?
[43:16] I don't know that we've determined
that fully.
[43:19] I can layman's terms.
[43:21] When I arrived there the the flange
if you can envision where this
[43:26] the large 18 inch
I believe 16, 16 or 18 inch pipe bolts
[43:30] together with a flange real close
to the, to the wall, the concrete wall,
[43:35] it was loose
and kind of wedged underneath it.
[43:37] So the whole thing was teetering
[43:40] with all the weight
being this way on the bottom of it.
[43:42] And then when it fell, it kind of broke.
[43:44] But we have not been able
to really determine,
[43:47] I'm sure Jake has,
because that's the smart people are.
[43:50] But there was a flex fitting in there with
[43:54] almost like
[43:55] two little hinges that fit on both
sides of it to kind of firm up
[43:59] that flex connection as that as it floats
within the levels in there.
[44:04] I don't know if we've determined a cause
other than just age and where,
[44:08] but yes, it broke free from the wall
sunk underneath.
[44:12] It was kind of floating free in there.
[44:14] Did it affect the flow?
[44:16] Did it affect the flow?
[44:17] It essentially took itself offline.
[44:20] I mean, it
it doesn't operate at that point.
[44:22] It drained.
[44:23] We had to drain it, decant it,
then it fell off some of the standards
[44:26] that mayor was talking about.
[44:27] They sit up on big supports
and the whole unit fell to the floor,
[44:32] which is typically
I think that's roughly about 30ft deep.
[44:35] JC oh, wow.
[44:37] So so did I understand that
that's something
[44:41] you guys can fix yourselves then.
[44:43] Is that something you can do?
[44:45] No, no, I mean, I don't want to say no.
[44:48] Of course, we probably could figure out
a quick fix for just about anything.
[44:52] I think with a
with a failure to that degree
[44:56] especially, you know,
this is this type of, of repair.
[45:00] We we rely real heavily with our,
our engineering partners here.
[45:04] And the determination is to get the best
bang for our buck would be to get
[45:09] with aqua aerobics the actual design of
and let's, let's fix it correctly.
[45:15] So we'll have to build a new system.
[45:17] It's going to essentially be the same
but more robust.
[45:19] Instead of PVC.
[45:20] We're talking about some other pipe
materials that may help last, perhaps
[45:26] fortifying those connections
if we can, so that those
[45:30] hold a little better and then
[45:31] go through the rest of the components
that are currently offline.
[45:34] Thank you.
[45:36] Thank you.
[45:36] Yeah, I think the key to
it is, is to find the root
[45:39] cause of the failure of what caused it
and then correct it.
[45:42] Right.
[45:42] We're even looking at the process
with the aeration.
[45:45] With the move,
the air moving through the tank
[45:48] itself is creating a lot of movement
on that decanter.
[45:51] Maybe that could be a contributing factor.
[45:53] So I think some of that root cause work
is happening right now.
[45:57] Engineer Hungerford
I've got a photo up there.
[46:00] Better to explain with a photo
if you can see it.
[46:05] But essentially,
[46:06] like Director Davison was explaining,
is out of the wall here.
[46:11] So this is in the concrete basin.
[46:12] It's not in the lagoon itself,
[46:14] but out of the wall here
is that flexible connection.
[46:18] And then you can see
the pipe in the bottom here.
[46:20] This elbow is not associated
with the system.
[46:23] So it goes from this flexible connection
here.
[46:26] There's the pipe
at the bottom of the basin that sits
[46:30] on this pipe support that was damaged to
this large round piece of equipment here.
[46:36] That's the floating decanter okay.
[46:38] The top of that opens
to allow liquid to flow into it.
[46:41] It goes down
through an elbow into this pipe
[46:45] and then out through
[46:49] the wall there
[46:50] you can see on the sides there there's two
[46:52] shackles that essentially act as a hinge,
that allow it to move
[46:56] vertically up and down,
but prevent horizontal movement.
[46:59] So it only flexes in an up
[47:01] and down position
so you don't get your decanter off tilt.
[47:05] But that's that's the after drainage
post photo
[47:10] there of the basin itself.
[47:17] Councilmember Reed,
[47:18] is this the first time in this system
that this has happened?
[47:21] Yeah.
[47:22] So is there a way we can,
[47:26] once this is upgraded
to get the other two cells checked out?
[47:32] I mean, they're probably going to fail
soon too, I would guess.
[47:36] Yeah.
[47:37] So part of the process
[47:38] with aqua aerobics coming out
is having them make recommendations.
[47:42] Your existing pipe is PVC.
[47:44] They have since upgraded to a stainless
steel option of that exact pipe.
[47:50] With the plan on each end.
[47:51] I think stainless steel
is extremely expensive, but from a life
[47:55] cycles perspective, how long does the city
intend to keep this process operating?
[48:01] PVC is going to last a long time,
so if you're going to be replacing this
[48:05] in the next 10 to 15 years, PVC
is probably a good option to consider
[48:10] depending on price.
[48:11] But like you said, what's the condition
of the other two in the other basin?
[48:15] Should we plan maintenance to take those
offline and replace the pipes as well?
[48:20] Can we Corey.
[48:22] Or you, can we get down far enough
to look at the other ones without
[48:29] during the whole system, down
[48:30] as far as we're doing with this one,
since it's not broken,
[48:35] I don't know the specifics
[48:36] of the dynamics
of each individual chamber.
[48:39] All three are are identical. Correct?
[48:42] I don't know if they're sized exactly
the same.
[48:45] Are all three the one I think is
[48:49] okay.
[48:50] I think what the hope
is, Councilmember Reed, is, is that
[48:54] we can
[48:57] get a handle on the system, on the whole
[49:02] infrastructure
that's there, so that we can
[49:06] operate at a level that will allow us
to do that kind of thing.
[49:09] Right now, when we lose an entire basin
[49:12] or we have such lagoon issues, and
[49:16] it doesn't give us the luxury
of any redundancy, if that makes sense.
[49:20] So I think
[49:23] absolutely it is in my
[49:25] I don't know how far out this is
as quick as we can get,
[49:28] but yes, this would be under normal
operating procedures.
[49:32] All things being equal,
we would schedule these kinds of things
[49:36] while the other two basins
are running great.
[49:38] And like the mayor mentioned,
we're aerating properly.
[49:42] It's just we've kind of been under the gun
[49:45] as we go to to stay above water,
so to speak.
[49:49] And I don't think right now we would
we would want to do that.
[49:52] But in the future, absolutely.
[49:53] We want to take advantage of our ability
to schedule higher
[49:57] level maintenance, as opposed
to just fixing things as they go.
[50:01] Yes. Right.
[50:03] You have any questions?
[50:05] Okay. Yeah. Thank you, Deputy Mayor.
[50:09] So how many
[50:10] basins do we have operating right
now? Two.
[50:14] Two. Sold.
[50:16] When I went there,
one was being cleaned out.
[50:19] Is that one now up and running?
[50:22] Yeah.
[50:23] So okay so we're running on two
and we've got one down. Yes.
[50:27] But as I mentioned in the list I have
there are various components.
[50:32] Blower one is on the Fritz
but it's still able to work.
[50:35] But basin three is completely offline.
[50:38] So it's it's mix and match.
[50:40] But for all intents and purposes
we are processing wastewater
[50:44] into two basins right now as best we can.
[50:48] Okay. Thank you,
[50:51] thank you.
[50:52] Okay, great.
[50:54] Thank you, Mr. Davidson.
[50:56] Seeing other questions.
[51:00] Okay.
[51:01] Looks like we have roundtable discussion.
[51:03] Any items that council would like
to bring up to discuss before a meeting?
[51:07] Or would you have is your desire to take
a five minute break and return at 6 p.m.
[51:11] for the business meeting?
[51:16] Okay.
[51:17] Well, we'll we'll recess until 6 p.m.
[51:21] and start the business meeting
at the time.
[51:36] Meeting of September 9th.
[51:37] Back into
[51:39] this portion of the meeting.
[51:42] Excuse me. Here.
[51:43] This portion of the meeting will allow
council to make motions on agenda items.
[51:47] Council discussion may follow.
[51:49] Once a motion is entertained,
audience members will have the opportunity
[51:52] to make comments on items
that are not on the agenda, or may request
[51:57] to provide comment on an agenda item prior
to the vote of a motion
[52:02] Council.
[52:02] Do we have any requests for additions
or modifications to the agenda
[52:05] is prepared?
[52:10] Seeing none,
[52:11] we'll move on to this portion of the
the meeting for public comments.
[52:15] This is an opportunity for the public
to make comments to the Council
[52:18] about any matter or city business
that is not on the agenda.
[52:29] Madam
[52:29] clerk, do we have anyone who would wish
to speak this evening?
[52:32] We did have one person sign up.
[52:36] Okay.
[52:37] First on our list this evening is Mr.
[52:39] Mason G.
[52:40] Hooper.
[52:44] Okay, I'll read in the public comment
rules for you.
[52:47] Prior to your start, please begin
by providing us with your name
[52:51] and general location of residents inside
or outside the city of.
[52:56] If you ask a question of a council,
[52:59] the council's rules do not allow for back
and forth dialog.
[53:04] If action is requested,
the chair will refer the matter
[53:07] to the appropriate administrative
staff member or to committee.
[53:11] If you'd like to be contacted,
please check.
[53:14] Yes, and I see you.
[53:16] You've checked that already, sir.
[53:19] For on the information contact
sign up sheet.
[53:23] You'll have three minutes to speak.
[53:26] At the end of your time,
you'll hear an alarm.
[53:28] Please use that alarm
[53:29] as a notification to finish your thoughts
and a sentence or two at most.
[53:33] The chair will stop
if the comment extends beyond this time.
[53:37] Mr. Hooper, you're good to go. Thank you.
[53:40] My name is Mason G. Hooper.
[53:42] I live in Village Green
within city limits,
[53:45] right back, sort of near
where the drainage basin is.
[53:48] I wanted to actually start with something
I didn't include on the form,
[53:52] and thank the mayor
for requesting an extension of,
[53:55] or the permanency of the crosswalk
at the school zone.
[53:58] I also wanted to ask that the council
consider adding additional signage
[54:03] within Village Green,
as it can be very unclear where
[54:07] in that sort of turnoff
the school zone begins.
[54:10] Is it within Village Green
right there where the students still go,
[54:13] or is it specifically once
you're on the road?
[54:16] Outside of that, I've been seeing a lot of
and I'm sure I've spoken
[54:19] with some of the people here online
discourse regarding the flock cameras.
[54:24] And I wanted to say that irrespective
of the legality of these cameras,
[54:28] irrespective of how they're used,
I fear that the growing prevalence
[54:33] of these types of mass surveillance
[54:35] technologies will have a chilling effect
on First Amendment protected activities.
[54:39] And I don't just mean free speech,
but other aspects
[54:42] of the First Amendment,
like free association or free travel.
[54:46] The idea that just because I can see you
from the public street, that the Founding
[54:51] Fathers contemplated mass surveillance,
as we have it now, over all streets.
[54:56] I don't really think that that tracks,
and I think that people
[54:59] will exercise their rights less often
because of that.
[55:03] I know that it's worth sacrificing
some of our rights
[55:06] and freedoms in order to have protections.
[55:08] But I have to question,
is this sacrifice worth it?
[55:12] Is the continual degradation
of our Fourth Amendment
[55:17] privacy really adequate?
[55:21] Thank you.
[55:21] I yield my time.
[55:24] Sorry. It's the first time I've done this.
[55:25] Thank you, I appreciate it.
[55:28] The flock the flock issues will be on the
next meeting of the Committee of Whole.
[55:32] Just for your information. Thank you.
[55:38] Madam clerk, do we
[55:39] have anyone online
who would wish to comment this evening?
[55:42] No, ma'am. Okay, great.
[55:44] See you then.
[55:45] We'll move on
to the next item of our agenda.
[55:47] The consent agenda item.
[55:50] A claims voucher list
dated list dated September 9th, 2026.
[55:57] Council
in the in the amount of 1.1 million
[56:01] $126,973.33,
which includes voucher number 59.
[56:08] Zero.
[56:08] 46 through 59 zero 96 or excuse me? 98.
[56:14] The electronic fund transfers
in the amount of $10,768.11
[56:20] for grand total of $1,137,741.44.
[56:27] Payroll. Voucher.
[56:29] Payroll. Electronic deposit.
[56:30] Transmissions in the amount
of $288,967.13, for the ground total
[56:37] of $288,967.13
[56:42] for the period covering
August 16th through 31st, 2026.
[56:47] Meeting minutes.
[56:48] Special Meeting
August 25th, 2026 and Council Meeting
[56:54] August 26th, 2026.
[56:58] Council.
[56:59] Are there any items that we'd like
[57:00] you would like to have pulled
from the consent agenda this evening?
[57:08] Nope.
[57:09] Moved to approve the agenda is prepared.
[57:12] Second motion made by Council member
[57:15] Tracy, seconded by Deputy Mayor Sprawl.
[57:18] Move.
[57:19] The motion was to move as prepared.
[57:23] All those in favor? Aye.
[57:25] All those opposed?
[57:27] Motion passes.
[57:32] Next I'm going to honor.
[57:33] Item of business is new business
AB 2699 Hazard Mitigation Plan,
[57:39] which is to discussion of the state
approved
[57:43] FEMA approved hazard mitigation
plan is prepared this evening.
[57:47] I have police chief for to answer
any of your questions this evening.
[57:53] Council.
[57:53] Do we have any questions for this agenda,
[57:56] Bill?
[58:00] Okay.
[58:00] Seeing none, I will entertain a motion
to begin a discussion.
[58:06] Move to adopt resolution
[58:08] number 26 2020 2625.
[58:13] Adopting the region
five All Hazard Mitigation
[58:17] Plan, 2025 Dash
[58:20] 2030 additions and the city of 14
[58:24] Annex to Region
five Hazard Mitigation Plan.
[58:29] Second
[58:31] motion made by Council
[58:32] Member Williams,
seconded by Councilmember Tracy.
[58:35] Motion to adapt resolution 20 2625
[58:41] comments from Council.
[58:47] Councilmember
Williams can speak in favor of the motion.
[58:49] And then Councilor Tracy,
[58:52] thank you. Great.
[58:53] Thank you, Councilmember Williams.
[58:55] Any comments?
[58:57] Just we've went over this,
[59:00] you know,
with quite a bit of scrutiny. And
[59:05] chief has done
a great job in presenting it.
[59:08] I think it's just time to pass it.
[59:11] Thank you Councilmember Tracy.
Any comments?
[59:14] I agree 100% would have been done
a lot sooner if Pierce County
[59:18] would have got their act together
and got it taken care of there.
[59:21] So we've been trying to get it
through for quite a while,
[59:24] so I'm just glad
we're planning on getting there.
[59:27] Good job.
[59:30] Thank you.
[59:31] Any comments from questions
from citizens?
[59:34] Okay.
[59:35] Councilmember Hogan,
I just want to thank Chief
[59:39] and staff
for the hard work on this process.
[59:42] It's taken a long time, so thank you.
[59:45] I totally support it. Great.
[59:47] Thank you.
[59:48] Any other comments from Council?
[59:51] Any comments from the audience
[59:55] seeing none.
[59:56] All those in favor?
[59:57] I all those opposed.
[59:59] Motion passes as prepared.
[1:00:03] Okay.
[1:00:05] I have the next item
on this executive session.
[1:00:09] Any items for executive session
this evening? None. We do not.
[1:00:11] Mayor. Great.
[1:00:12] Thank you.
[1:00:15] At this time
that a motion for adjournment.
[1:00:17] Move to adjourn.
[1:00:19] Second motion made by Councilmember
Williams, seconded by
[1:00:22] Deputy Mayor Sproul.
[1:00:25] All those in favor?
[1:00:26] I was opposed.
[1:00:29] Motion passes. Go, Hawks!