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[0:07] OK thank you.

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[0:15] OK thanks for your patience.

[0:18] Welcome to the city council meeting for August 25.

[0:22] I don't think pastor Jason made it.

[0:24] So we'll start with the Pledge of Allegiance

[0:26] that John will lead us in this way.

[0:30] Oh, I pledge allegiance to the flag

[0:37] of the United States of America and to the Republic

[0:40] for which it stands.

[0:42] One nation under God, indivisible,

[0:45] with liberty and justice for all.

[0:47]

[0:54] We're going to have a couple of things at the front.

[0:57] And first is we have a visitor here from Republic services.

[1:02] They want to come up.

[1:04] We need to establish a quorum.

[1:06] Oh, yeah.

[1:08] Get ahead of myself.

[1:08] Go ahead.

[1:11] Counselor Evelyn.

[1:13] Here mayor Fitch here.

[1:15] Counselor Nielsen here.

[1:17] Counselor Osborne here.

[1:18] Counselor Patrick.

[1:19] Here counselor.

[1:20] Wedding here.

[1:21] Counselor Zwicker.

[1:22] OK So if you guys want to come on up, that'd be great.

[1:27]

[1:31] Sounds good.

[1:33] Thank you.

[1:34] Commissioner yeah.

[1:36] Speak speak.

[1:38] All right.

[1:38] I can figure it out.

[1:40] Well, thank you for having me today, Mr. mayor.

[1:42] Council members.

[1:43] My name is Wes Davis.

[1:44] I'm the new general manager for Republic services

[1:47] in Central Oregon, which means I work for you guys.

[1:52] I have met with your staff.

[1:54] I've heard a lot from my team about where

[1:58] we're at in this market.

[2:00] And I am new, so it's my chance to ask for feedback

[2:06] about how we can be better.

[2:08] And what we can do to better serve our community.

[2:11] Honestly, obviously this is an essential service.

[2:14] It's something really important to the community

[2:16] so that we're healthy, safe, sanitary at all times.

[2:19] And I take that charge very seriously.

[2:23] What I'd like to do is 1, make sure you guys know who I am.

[2:27] So I've been with Republic for five years.

[2:30] I was most recently a general manager in North Idaho.

[2:32] Coeur d'Alene specifically.

[2:34] Beautiful area.

[2:35] If you've ever been up there.

[2:37] And there's not many places in the country or world,

[2:40] frankly, that I'd rather be, but this is one of them.

[2:44] I chose to come here.

[2:45] I wanted to come here.

[2:45] I hope to be here for many, many years

[2:48] and be your partner for those years.

[2:51] Before that, I was in the army for six years.

[2:53] So I've learned quite a bit.

[2:55] I've learned a lot.

[2:56] One of the things I've learned is you learn

[2:58] a lot by seeing the situation.

[3:00] So one, I want to invite all of you at all times, at any time,

[3:04] to come out and do a ride along or see our facility

[3:07] and understand where the rubber meets the road

[3:09] and what we're working on for the community

[3:11] to better serve you.

[3:13] I also want to make sure you all have a direct line to me.

[3:16] Obviously, I work with your staff right now.

[3:20] But I work for you guys.

[3:22] I also work for all the people of Redmond.

[3:24] So anybody that you hear from that needs

[3:27] help because they've been online for 40 minutes

[3:30] and aren't getting an issue resolved.

[3:31] I'd love to hear about that because that's

[3:33] my job to fix that.

[3:34] If I don't know about it, I'm probably not going

[3:35] to be able to do much about it, so I'd

[3:37] love to get that feedback.

[3:38] I love feedback, hearing what's going on, what the issues are,

[3:42] and how else I can make this better.

[3:46] I think that's pretty much all I got.

[3:47] I want to make sure you guys got to see me today.

[3:51] I'll stand for any questions or comments at this point,

[3:53] but I don't know that you guys are prepared necessarily.

[3:58] It could be a long night if we did that.

[3:59] But hey, I'm happy to be with you individually if you do

[4:02] want to take time to prepare.

[4:04] All right.

[4:05] Thank you.

[4:05] Because I understand it could be a long night,

[4:07] and I want to do what I can to fix it.

[4:09] All right.

[4:10] Thank you, thank you.

[4:13] Next tonight on our agenda, we have a second reading

[4:15] on the fireworks ordinance.

[4:19] I don't know if anyone's here on the fireworks,

[4:22] but there won't be a public comment period.

[4:23] So I just wanted to bring that out front.

[4:27] And with that, we'll move on to the consent agenda,

[4:30] which is made up of the minutes of June 15,

[4:33] the minutes of June 23, the minutes of June 30,

[4:36] North point vista phase I infrastructure

[4:38] project change order number 5 with Taylor

[4:40] Northwest for $47,313.95.

[4:44] A purchase authorization for heavy duty

[4:46] mobile column lifts for the fleet

[4:48] services of $120,070.32, cents.

[4:52] Amendment number one to the design contract with Kittleson

[4:55] associates for the Northwest, 19th and Northwest maple traffic

[4:58] signal project TR 2412 for 26,001 99

[5:03] and the September recognitions.

[5:06] Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda.

[5:09] I move to approve the consent agenda.

[5:11] Second moved and second.

[5:12] Any further discussion.

[5:14] All those in favor, signify by saying Aye.

[5:16] Aye OK.

[5:17] Next, we have a presentation one we

[5:20] always look forward to the fourth quarter financial report.

[5:23]

[5:30] Good evening, Mayor and council.

[5:32] Jason Neff deputy city manager chief financial officer so,

[5:35] yeah, we are bringing the fiscal year 2526 year end report.

[5:43] So you can see the highlights there.

[5:49] On that blue box I think they can see it.

[5:52] OK thank you.

[5:54] Come on.

[5:54] Jason there you go.

[6:00] Now you can see them.

[6:02] So in that blue box is our financial highlights

[6:05] for the year.

[6:06] I should mention these are unaudited

[6:08] but numbers aren't moving much at this point.

[6:11] James Wood and his team are doing a great job

[6:13] of finalizing things.

[6:15] So operating expenses for the year.

[6:18] We spent 4% less than budget.

[6:21] That's pretty typical for Redman.

[6:23] We spend typically about 5% I think where we were a little bit

[6:26] surprised is the general fund spent about 2%

[6:31] So under our budget.

[6:34] So we were caught a little bit surprised there.

[6:37]

[6:40] Looking at some of the revenues, property taxes,

[6:44] we were slightly higher than budget

[6:48] franchise fees is kind of where we missed it a little bit.

[6:53] Good example.

[6:54] We were 300,000 down in franchise fees versus budget.

[6:57] Good example is in September of 2025,

[7:00] cascade natural gas dropped their rates

[7:03] by 16% We typically would assume maybe a 3% increase.

[7:08] So something we didn't anticipate.

[7:12] Also, you might remember Pacific Power

[7:15] dropped dropped their rates by almost a percent.

[7:17] So those two alone kind of missed

[7:19] the mark on franchise fees.

[7:22] Overall, we're carrying an operating deficit in the end

[7:25] of the year, $800,000, or about 2.7%

[7:30] That's for the general fund.

[7:32] We anticipated that might happen this year in our budget.

[7:36] We tighten things up quite a bit.

[7:38] We carried into the budget a 3% deficit.

[7:41] So I still am confident we will see that dissipate

[7:45] throughout the fiscal year.

[7:48] But something we'll keep an eye on.

[7:51] The water fund was break even this year.

[7:54] 3,000 positives on a $9 million budget.

[7:57] So I think our rates are right where they should be.

[7:59] The wastewater fund.

[8:01] Obviously we got the wetlands project going full steam ahead.

[8:06] The DEQ loan is going to be about $2.2 million

[8:13] eventually coming into our budget.

[8:15] Now we've got about $800,000 surplus in wastewater.

[8:19] We're going to see about 800,000 of other debt drop off

[8:22] over the next couple of years.

[8:23] And we're also anticipating about a half a million savings

[8:26] on our treatment costs.

[8:28] So we're going to get there with regards to our ability

[8:31] to afford that project.

[8:33] You look at the airport, passenger traffic was up 3,

[8:38] 3.2% the prior year.

[8:42] Overall, we had a $6.9 million operating surplus,

[8:46] you'll recall, council gave us the authorization to issue

[8:49] all the debt for the terminal.

[8:50] And in two budgets from now, we're

[8:53] going to be spending about $7 million a year

[8:56] on that debt service.

[8:57] So we are spot on where we should

[9:00] be with regards to being able to afford

[9:02] that terminal debt service.

[9:04]

[9:06] So those are the highlights.

[9:07] I know we got a lot to talk about tonight and other stuff.

[9:12] I can take questions from council.

[9:14] Any questions for Jason.

[9:16] I think we went over this before but basically a good report.

[9:21] So thank you.

[9:22] You're welcome.

[9:24] Let's see.

[9:25] Next, we have a public hearing and this is resolution

[9:28] 2026 19 a resolution of the city of Redmond, Oregon,

[9:32] adopting a tiered rate structure for the water utility.

[9:37] Josh with assistance from finance.

[9:54]

[10:01] Evening mayor and council.

[10:02] Josh, wedding operations manager for the city of Redmond.

[10:07] And tonight, before I get into the presentation,

[10:09] just to let our consultant.

[10:11] She's a remote again and her name is Deb.

[10:13] And I'll go ahead and give her the opportunity

[10:14] to introduce herself.

[10:18] Good evening.

[10:19] Mayor and council, Deb Gulati.

[10:20] Galati, Rothstein group.

[10:22] And I'll be supporting Josh on the presentation.

[10:25] Thank you.

[10:27] Yeah thank you.

[10:28] Deb so this is the same presentation

[10:31] that I gave back in July 25.

[10:33] It's a little bit more of a condensed version,

[10:36] but I always look for a little bit of a few more tidbits

[10:38] of information that I can give you guys to help

[10:41] better inform your decisions.

[10:43] Hey, Josh, before I forget, I'm going

[10:45] to open the public hearing, so this will be part of it.

[10:48] Thank you.

[10:49] Go ahead.

[10:50] All right.

[10:51]

[10:53] All right.

[10:54] On the first slide here, what this shows

[10:57] is what the fixed volumetric rate is currently

[11:01] and what the volumetric rate could go to.

[11:03] Should a tiered rate be adopted in tiers 1, 2, 3, and 4.

[11:09] I would be remiss to say that I didn't point out

[11:11] the last presentation that tiers 1 and 2 were structured as such,

[11:15] so that there would be 0 impact to the household

[11:19] in the wintertime months, the non irrigation months.

[11:21] To put that in perspective for you,

[11:23] an average residential home uses about 35,600 gallons a month

[11:28] on the non irrigation months.

[11:30] And so nine tiers really or excuse me, 12 tiers.

[11:34] Really what that allows you to do is use about 12,000

[11:36] gallons or sorry 5,000 gallons.

[11:38] 9,000 gallons.

[11:39] Sorry math was wrong.

[11:40] I get a lot of numbers in my head, about 9,000 gallons with

[11:45] really no impact to the bill.

[11:49] As we can see.

[11:49] Tier 3 here.

[11:50] You can take that all the way up to about 15,700 gallons.

[11:55] Once again, minimal impact.

[11:57] And then tier four of course, is really

[11:58] the tier we're focused on.

[12:00] That's a tier where the opportunity for more

[12:02] efficient water use exists.

[12:04]

[12:09] What this slide really points out

[12:11] is the number of accounts in the summertime that

[12:14] jump into tier 3 and tier four.

[12:16] It's hard to say.

[12:17] From this bar graph you know exactly where that customer

[12:20] lands in tier three or tier 4.

[12:22] You could be one unit into tier 4

[12:24] and you could show up in the red bar here.

[12:28] What this also points out is what I mentioned in the earlier

[12:30] slide, the minimal impact in increase in tier 3

[12:34] and even into tier three.

[12:35] Even into tier, excuse me, tier 2 and into tier 3, taking it all

[12:40] the way up to 15,700 gallons.

[12:43] The bill impact there.

[12:44] The increase is $33.50.

[12:48] So it's not a lot.

[12:49] Tier 4 once again is the tier that we're focused on.

[12:53] Also, once again, what I was not able to point out

[12:55] in the previous presentation is, as you can see in January,

[12:58] February, March, November and December,

[13:00] you can see that there's accounts in the black

[13:04] and the red, right.

[13:05] And give you guys an idea and to get into that Black

[13:09] and then into the red.

[13:10] That's 15,000 gallons in the wintertime.

[13:13] And so while the impact to the water utility isn't super great,

[13:16] 95% of that water is indoor leaks

[13:19] that are going down the drain.

[13:21] And that's an impact on the sewer system.

[13:23] And so we're really looking to address those leaks also

[13:25] in the wintertime.

[13:28] So the wintertime you think you indicated average

[13:30] use is about 3,500 gallons.

[13:33] And that's a month.

[13:34] Yeah that is correct per household.

[13:36] And the average comes out PSU average is 2.42 times 50 times

[13:40] 31.

[13:40] What would be the average in the summertime.

[13:43] Let's see.

[13:43] An average home with indoor use and a 1,500 square foot

[13:47] yard is about $15,000 a month.

[13:55] Questions move on.

[13:57] Nope I have a question.

[13:59] Are these the numbers you're showing here on the graph.

[14:01] I'm assuming on the left side of the graph is gallons per minute.

[14:05] Is this historic usage that you extrapolated to determine

[14:09] two years, 3, and 4.

[14:11] The left hand side of the graph is.

[14:12] Number of accounts.

[14:13] Number of accounts.

[14:14] OK gotcha.

[14:15] OK gotcha.

[14:16] OK Accumulated accounts throughout the city.

[14:18] Perfect thank you.

[14:19]

[14:25] All right.

[14:25] This next pie chart.

[14:26] So 5% of single family residential demand,

[14:30] short term reductions.

[14:32] So conservatively we're looking for this to conserve about 5%

[14:38] In the short term that amounts to about 60

[14:42] to 75 million gallons a year.

[14:44] And then of course, as the program progresses,

[14:47] we're looking for long term reductions of 10% or better.

[14:50] So 10% on the residential demand yearly

[14:53] would be 500 million gallons, which would be pretty nice.

[14:58] It's a great opportunity to align our water use

[15:00] with our water right constraints and also

[15:03] focus on the long term capacity of the natural resource.

[15:07] We all live here.

[15:08] We know the number of droughts we've

[15:10] seen over the last five years.

[15:12] And so this just gives us a better

[15:13] opportunity to bring our water use

[15:15] into more efficient capacity.

[15:18] From my perspective, capital project deferment is a huge one.

[15:24] The more we can meet the growing needs of the needs

[15:26] of the community without constructing Wells,

[15:29] booster pump stations and reservoirs,

[15:31] that's efficiency to me.

[15:33]

[15:41] The 21% in tier four.

[15:43] And so what this pie chart really represents

[15:45] is the percentage of Bills throughout the year

[15:47] that occur in those tiers.

[15:50] And so to point out that the 21% in tier four

[15:53] accounts for 30% of the water is used annually.

[15:56] And if we just really do the quick math there,

[15:58] we've got 37% between tier 4 and tier 3,

[16:02] and we have 63% of the total bills

[16:04] that occur in tiers 1 and 2.

[16:06]

[16:09] Do we have a breakdown on residential and commercial

[16:11] for tier 4.

[16:13] This is strictly just residential.

[16:14] Just residential.

[16:15] Just residential.

[16:16] Thank you.

[16:16]

[16:23] And this is our bill profile.

[16:25] So what this is doing this is taking

[16:27] the average of the high bill.

[16:29] This takes all the data that we've

[16:31] compiled over the last couple of years,

[16:33] and the average of the high bill was 59 billable units.

[16:37] So to put that in perspective, the mayor loves gallons.

[16:40] That's 44,000 gallons.

[16:43] And so if you guys will remember, I think,

[16:46] told councilor Zwicker, the average home in July utilizes

[16:49] about 15,000 gallons on a 1,500 square foot yard,

[16:52] including indoor indoor use.

[16:56] So what this shows is if this average high bill didn't change

[17:01] their water usage and they continued

[17:03] to water at 44,000 gallons a month, the bill

[17:07] impact would be $25.61.

[17:10] And I like to use July July's.

[17:12] It's when we see the highest use.

[17:15] And so your bill impact would be $25.61

[17:19] with a tiered rate adoption.

[17:21]

[17:30] And moving on.

[17:31] And if you guys have questions on how this looks

[17:33] on the bill, Valerie billing manager, she's in the audience

[17:36] and she might be able to answer any more targeted questions.

[17:41] But council had kind of asked, hey, what kind

[17:43] of information what kind of.

[17:47] What kind of things can we do on the bill to inform customers

[17:50] of what their previous year's water

[17:52] use would have looked like with a tier bill applied to it.

[17:57] And so what we've done here is put on there.

[17:59] This is what an average bill would look like.

[18:02] We also have the opportunity to take the individuals 12 month

[18:07] use and apply that month over month over month

[18:10] to show them what that would look if a tiered rate was

[18:14] applied to 2025 use.

[18:25] Moving on.

[18:26]

[18:28] So this is the implementation timeline.

[18:32] So obviously right now we're looking for an adoption today.

[18:40] And what we would like to do is implement

[18:42] in either April or October.

[18:46]

[18:49] First and so I think if we whichever way we implemented,

[18:58] I think the key is what I understand is educating people

[19:01] what their bill looks like now and what

[19:03] it would look like under the tiered rate ahead of time.

[19:08] That is correct.

[19:09] So we would get working on getting those out so customers

[19:12] could start looking in that viewing,

[19:14] viewing what their water use would

[19:15] look applied to a tiered rate.

[19:17] So when April came, there wouldn't be any big surprises.

[19:21] And as I understand it, we have the capability

[19:23] of doing that now pre April.

[19:27] Is that that's a question more than a statement.

[19:32] And nodding is yes OK.

[19:34] Yeah Valerie Taylor, billing and collections

[19:44] manager we would actually October with the bill

[19:47] we sent in October.

[19:48] That would be the earliest that we could start

[19:49] this communication, but that would

[19:51] give us enough time to do that.

[19:53] And then we could continue doing it from there forward.

[19:57] So just to take it one step further,

[19:58] people would see water consumption is now

[20:02] and what the rate is and what the consumption in the future

[20:04] would be with the tiered rate.

[20:07] And then I assume we can provide them

[20:09] the tools as to whether they want

[20:11] to lower that consumption with the rebate programs we have

[20:15] and other possibilities.

[20:17] Yes, correct.

[20:18] So we would do the 12 month view and then

[20:21] we do their current usage with the tier.

[20:24] And then we would also make our communication plan

[20:26] for education and outreach.

[20:28] Any other John.

[20:31] I have a non billing question.

[20:33] So we have a stated goal.

[20:35] As a city we want to reduce water usage

[20:36] by 10% This is the Tiered water system

[20:40] is not designed as a punishment for people

[20:42] who are wasting water.

[20:43] But it's designed as more of a carrot model

[20:45] to try to get that reduction down.

[20:48] Where have we seen this implemented in other cities,

[20:53] and what kind of reductions have we seen in those cities

[20:56] that have brought this forth.

[20:58] It's a great question.

[20:59] That's a great question, councilor.

[21:01] I'm actually going to pass this one off

[21:02] to Deb since she deals with so many utilities

[21:05] throughout the nation.

[21:08] Sure So I've worked with the city of Tucson, Arizona

[21:12] for years, and obviously they're in a very water

[21:15] scarce environment.

[21:17] And we saw over a 10 year period a actually even larger than 10%

[21:26] reduction in their rates or in their water consumption.

[21:32] Part of it is the structure itself sends a conservation

[21:38] oriented message pricing incentive to customers

[21:43] to understand about the scarcity of water

[21:46] and the cost of those using water during the peak season.

[21:52] The other variable is the price.

[21:55] So for the initial implementation

[21:58] we have set there's two objectives.

[22:01] One is to send that conservation incentive

[22:04] by pricing those upper tiers at a higher rate.

[22:09] But also we don't want the rate for anybody

[22:11] to decrease because that sends kind of a confusing message.

[22:15] So in the future the city can monitor what the customer's

[22:22] response is in terms of water use,

[22:25] and then continue to progressively increase

[22:28] those upper tier rates as needed to send a more pronounced price,

[22:38] provide a pricing incentive or just seeing these can be tweaked

[22:45] as you move forward during this plan

[22:49] to balance of your affordability and your conservation

[22:54] objectives.

[22:55] But studies have shown that even just the rate structure

[23:00] itself can result in about a 2% reduction

[23:04] in water use and the pricing.

[23:08] Then, depending on how high those rates are

[23:13] and how much they increase, that results

[23:16] in the additional conservation.

[23:18] And we've seen this work in Arizona

[23:20] and in other Oregon communities and across the nation.

[23:26] So one more follow up question on that.

[23:30] So do you have experience in terms of lead time.

[23:33] Because obviously the education piece of this

[23:36] is going to be huge to get this out to folks.

[23:38] Have you seen what is the sweet spot between where we're giving

[23:42] them enough time to adapt, but not

[23:44] so long that that's kind of falling off of their mind,

[23:47] and they get surprised with it when the implementation

[23:49] finally does come into play.

[23:51]

[23:53] Yeah, I think, a six month time period

[23:56] is sufficient and is that sweet spot,

[24:02] assuming that the billing system is able to produce

[24:06] the Bills and the other customer service material

[24:10] and that you've got the rebates and other elements

[24:14] of the program in place as someone pointed out, to support

[24:18] the customers in actually using less water in implementing

[24:22] conservation practices.

[24:24] Thank you.

[24:25] OK go ahead.

[24:28]

[24:31] That is the end of my presentation.

[24:33] All right, Jason, do you guys want to add anything.

[24:38] All right.

[24:40] We'll go to public comment then.

[24:42] Is there anyone here who would like

[24:44] to speak on the tiered water rate proposal.

[24:49] Seeing none, we'll close the public hearing.

[24:54] And let's see where we're at.

[24:57] We're at the motion.

[24:59] But shouldn't this be April.

[25:00] Yes So the motion we'd want to adopt it affected April 1.

[25:08] April 1.

[25:09] March 1.

[25:11] OK OK.

[25:13] So what we have.

[25:15] All right.

[25:15] So is there a motion.

[25:17] Ocean I'm already talking.

[25:18] I guess I move to adopt resolution number 2026 19

[25:22] adopting the water tiered rate effective April 1, 2027.

[25:27] Second moved in second.

[25:29] Any further discussion.

[25:31] Sure I just want to tell staff I appreciate all the work

[25:37] you guys are doing to try and figure out how to let the public

[25:41] know what they're going to be charged.

[25:43] I really appreciate that.

[25:47] However, I disagree with rising costs when especially when there

[25:54] are no projects lined up for the extra money,

[25:57] they're just going back into more conservation.

[26:02] So we aren't.

[26:05] And the reason that plays so little in my mind is.

[26:12] The city of Redmond uses three to maybe 4%

[26:16] of the water in Central Oregon.

[26:19] So 55 million gallons is a lot of water.

[26:24] But the big picture things, it's not very much.

[26:29] I just can't support rising costs for people who live here.

[26:35] Live in Redmond.

[26:37] I'm trying to think of ways we can go down rather than go up.

[26:43] So that's it.

[26:45]

[26:47] Any other comment.

[26:50] I'll just say that water is going to be the critical policy

[26:55] in the decades to come.

[26:56]

[26:59] We are in a very resource challenged situation

[27:03] in Central Oregon on water.

[27:06] One of the balances of getting additional water rights

[27:11] is establishing some rational level of conservation,

[27:15] which I think this does.

[27:18] I think if people do it the right way

[27:20] and their bill will not be increased, if it

[27:24] is, it's almost imperceptibly.

[27:28] That is $25 for the year, but this

[27:32] is the cost we pay for a long drought

[27:36] and an aquifer that's being very challenged at the time.

[27:40] So all those in favor of the resolution

[27:44] signify by saying Aye.

[27:45] Aye Opposed.

[27:48] Aye OK.

[27:51] Next, we have contract review board,

[27:54] an award of a five year agreement with Una avionics

[27:57] corporation for the flight time airborne position reference tool

[28:02] and service contract at the Redmond

[28:03] Municipal Airport for $242,820.

[28:10] Gentleman, Mayor and council.

[28:12] I just wanted to introduce Charles Hanson.

[28:16] He's been with us about a month.

[28:18] He's our new deputy director of the airport.

[28:21] And I think you've met Leif before,

[28:23] but he's going to take the lead on the presentation.

[28:26] All right.

[28:26] Welcome, Charles.

[28:27]

[28:32] Thank you.

[28:33]

[28:55] All right.

[28:56] Thank you.

[28:58] Let me get to from the beginning.

[29:04] There we go.

[29:06] All right.

[29:06] Thank you, Mayor.

[29:07] Thank you.

[29:08] Councilors Leif Andersen, in Redmond Municipal Airport.

[29:12] Contracts and properties manager.

[29:14] Tonight, we're going to ask for authorization to engage

[29:18] in a contract for five years to acquire a digital solution

[29:25] for mostly our air traffic control

[29:28] cab staff to enhance safety situational awareness in the cab

[29:34] tower.

[29:35] The full cost of the contract relates to the acquisition

[29:38] of the software, the installation, and the licensing

[29:41] of the software to not only air traffic control staff,

[29:44] but other stakeholders around the airport, which

[29:47] we'll explain in a minute.

[29:48]

[29:56] So first off, the acronym is apt,

[29:59] which stands for airborne position reference tool.

[30:03] This is not radar, but it's a GPS based tool that picks up

[30:11] on ads-b broadcasted aircraft, which is basically all aircraft,

[30:15] including our commercial air carriers,

[30:18] and translates that data into visual screens for air traffic

[30:23] control tower users to look at and deploy in the cab for safety

[30:29] and awareness Among the many benefits of the service

[30:36] which are listed here are.

[30:39] Verifying verifying transponder issues.

[30:41] Assisting in distressed aircraft.

[30:44] Currently in the tower, we've got folks with binoculars.

[30:48] This will add to their ability to quickly

[30:51] ascertain where aircraft are in the airport environment.

[30:54] This is the only approved vendor of this particular service

[30:58] for commercial airports in the GA community.

[31:02] So it's an FAA single source provider.

[31:05]

[31:08] This is an example of what the tower staff would see,

[31:13] as well as other users of this particular product.

[31:17] It will be very, very similar to what they will see if they had

[31:21] ever worked in an FAA tower with full radar

[31:24] surveillance coverage.

[31:26] So it kind of mimics the same look and effect

[31:29] of what they would have seen in previous positions

[31:32] in towers that had full radar surveillance coverage.

[31:35]

[31:39] As mentioned, this is the only FAA approved vendor

[31:43] for this particular service.

[31:45] The FAA and the airport staff have been wanting this

[31:48] and have worked hard on this particular opportunity

[31:51] for years.

[31:53] We also have very strong involvement and a proponent

[31:58] within the air carrier community at the airport,

[32:00] including Alaska Airlines, who have been very

[32:02] interested in instrumental in getting

[32:04] this set up for us as well.

[32:06] We did go through a sole source process

[32:08] through the city's approval process for this particular cost

[32:14] over a five year period.

[32:15]

[32:20] And with that, we'll take any questions.

[32:22] Thank you.

[32:23] So as I understand it, at a certain elevation,

[32:26] Seattle controls traffic.

[32:30] And then this one is below that elevation.

[32:34] Yeah correct.

[32:35] This will be this is below that elevation.

[32:38] This particular tool will be able to see

[32:39] any ads-b broadcasting aircraft, but this tool

[32:43] will be basically zoomed in to the Redmond airport environment

[32:47] to pick up quicker communications with air

[32:51] traffic control in Seattle.

[32:53] The Seattle air traffic route center

[32:56] and pilots coming into the airport environment

[32:59] pick them up on the screen and then visually

[33:02] verify that they're out there for their separation

[33:05] service calls for departures, landings, et cetera.

[33:09] I'll convene the contract review board retroactively

[33:12] to your beginning leave.

[33:14] So with that, does the council have any questions

[33:18] or are we ready to move forward.

[33:20]

[33:23] With a motion.

[33:27] I move to approve the sole source findings and award

[33:29] the flight line airborne position reference tool contract

[33:32] to avionics in the amount of $242,820, and authorize the city

[33:39] manager to sign the contract.

[33:40] Second moved in second.

[33:42] Any further discussion.

[33:43] All those in favor, signify by saying I. I thank you very much.

[33:48] Thank you mayor.

[33:48] Thank you.

[33:49] Council so we'll reconvene the council

[33:50] from the contract review board and we'll go to ordinances.

[33:54] And this is the second reading of ordinance

[33:56] 2026 regarding fireworks.

[33:58] Is there a motion to have a second reading by Title only.

[34:03] I move to have to have a second reading of ordinance 2026 11

[34:07] by Title only.

[34:09] Second moved and seconded.

[34:10] Any further discussion.

[34:12] All those in favor, signify by saying I. Oh, Jay.

[34:22] Nay OK.

[34:24] City ordinance number 2026-11.

[34:28] An ordinance amending the Redmond city code,

[34:30] Section 5.305 prohibiting possession, sale, and use

[34:34] of fireworks in Redmond.

[34:36] Is there a motion to approve.

[34:38]

[34:41] I move to approve ordinance 2026 11 by roll call vote

[34:46] second a second.

[34:48] Any further discussion before we have the vote.

[34:51] If not, we'll go with a roll call.

[34:52] Vote councilor Evelyn.

[34:56] Excuse me.

[34:58] Mayor Fitch.

[34:59] Yes councilor counselor Nielsen.

[35:00] Yes Councilor.

[35:01] Osborne yes.

[35:03] Councilor Patrick.

[35:04] No counselor.

[35:05] Wedding yes.

[35:06] Councilor Zwicker.

[35:07] Yes OK.

[35:10] Next, we have an action items.

[35:12] And the first one we're going to do

[35:14] is one we discussed in executive session.

[35:17] It's resolution number 2026 21.

[35:21] Give a little background.

[35:23] Yes mayor.

[35:25] City attorney.

[35:26] So this is coming out of executive session.

[35:30] It's been before council twice now.

[35:32] The first time was for a resolution to initiate

[35:37] eminent domain process.

[35:38] And so the property concerned in this

[35:41] is the intersection of ninth and antler.

[35:44] It's part of the East side arterial.

[35:48] And there's a section of property

[35:49] that needs to be obtained.

[35:51] In order to complete this project.

[35:53] It's essential to continue the project.

[35:57] And so we've been engaging in negotiations

[36:00] with the property owner to purchase that piece of property.

[36:03] And as we are continuing those negotiations,

[36:05] we are also working through the condemnation process as well.

[36:10] So this resolution is the second resolution in this process that

[36:15] would authorize staff to file the condemnation action in city

[36:19] court while we continue to not seek

[36:22] or I think I said Circuit Court while we

[36:24] continue the negotiation process,

[36:26] because it wasn't in the packet.

[36:28] There's two sections to whereas clauses that I'll read for you

[36:31] and then briefly go over the approval as well.

[36:35] So this is resolution number 2026-20.

[36:40] It's similar to resolution 2026-10.

[36:45] That was the first resolution of these two.

[36:48] In addition, on this one we identify the property concerned

[36:52] which are tax lots 02500 and one (513) And so that's the legal

[37:05] description.

[37:06] Also included in the exhibits are the actual property

[37:10] descriptions.

[37:12] Additionally, staff has completed the appraisals

[37:15] and required notices engaged in the 40 day offer period,

[37:19] which has now expired.

[37:22] Despite these attempts, we've not

[37:24] managed to settle on a purchase price

[37:27] of the property, which is why we're moving

[37:28] forward with this resolution.

[37:31] This resolution will authorize staff to commence prosecute

[37:35] the condemnation actions.

[37:37] It also authorizes city manager and city legal counsel

[37:41] to make stipulations, amendments, agreements,

[37:44] and determine, as they determine may be in the best interests

[37:48] of the city to make final offer and negotiate a purchase price

[37:52] for this property if possible, or continue

[37:56] with the condemnation in Circuit Court.

[37:58] Any questions.

[38:01] Just one.

[38:01] OK I was just say I have a clarification question.

[38:04] So we're tonight is 2026-20.-18 correct with

[38:10] our packet for clarification.

[38:13] Thank you.

[38:14] I just want clarification on one point, which

[38:17] is that no action that we're taking tonight

[38:20] is going to prevent or interfere with any ongoing negotiations

[38:24] or ability to reach an agreement.

[38:26] That is correct.

[38:27] We will continue those negotiations

[38:29] and we actually can continue them even after filing all

[38:33] the way through the process.

[38:34] We can continue negotiations.

[38:35] Thank you.

[38:37] Is there a motion to approve resolution 2026?

[38:41] 20, a resolution authorizing the acquisition of property.

[38:45] I've got a question.

[38:46] Let me just finish this interest for the East side arterial

[38:50] projects through condemnation proceedings

[38:53] when don't we get the motion and second on the floor

[38:55] and then we'll have discussion.

[38:57] Is there a motion.

[38:58] I move to adopt resolution number 2020 6-20.

[39:05] I'll second.

[39:06] OK discussion.

[39:07] Jay Keith.

[39:10] This isn't 100% It doesn't slow the process down.

[39:16] Correct Correct a unanimous vote is not required.

[39:20] OK OK.

[39:23] Any further discussion.

[39:25] All those in favor, signify by saying Aye.

[39:27] Aye Opposed.

[39:30] Aye OK, so next we have resolution 2026 18,

[39:40] a resolution declaring certain territory in Northwest Redmond

[39:43] as being annexed to and incorporated within the city

[39:45] of Redmond.

[39:46] Kyle all right.

[39:47] Good evening, Mayor and council.

[39:49] As the mayor just mentioned, this is a really

[39:51] relatively small annexation.

[39:54] And this is essentially needed to Annex A little piece

[39:58] of property that's owned by Hayden homes in off of Northwest

[40:03] way and Northwest Redmond.

[40:04] And you'll see there on the graphic,

[40:06] it's denoted in the yellow.

[40:08] So all together it's just over 3/4 of an acre.

[40:11] Again, once we annex that then subsequently it will

[40:15] be dedicated for right of way.

[40:17] And that's because the adjoining property owner, Pacific star

[40:22] estates, which is a master development plan,

[40:24] they're going to begin work on a multi-phase residential

[40:27] development, and they will be required

[40:30] to basically improve Northwest way along the frontage

[40:33] of their property.

[40:34] So we need that full right of way dedication

[40:37] for that to materialize.

[40:39] So any questions.

[40:42] No it looks like a pretty small annexation.

[40:46] Any questions.

[40:48] Is there a motion.

[40:50] I moved to adopt resolution 2026 18.

[40:54] I'll second.

[40:55] Moved in second.

[40:55] Any further discussion.

[40:56] All those in favor, signify by saying Aye.

[40:59] Aye OK.

[41:01] Next, we have a purchase authorization for three axle

[41:04] snowplow dump truck for the public works

[41:07] department for $308,014.94.

[41:13] Ryan good evening.

[41:16] Mayor and council.

[41:17] Ryan Kirchner, public works operations manager for the city.

[41:21] Tonight's action item request or ask

[41:24] council to approve the purchase of one 2027

[41:28] with 10 yard dump truck that will have a dump body and snow

[41:33] fighting systems attached.

[41:36] This purchase will be made via or through PAPI with.

[41:40] It is for 308,400 or $14.94.

[41:46] This purchase was competitively bid via sourcewell contract.

[41:51] This purchase specifically is for the transportation division,

[41:54] which will use it for summer hauling, street

[41:57] preservation projects and snow fighting

[41:59] during the winter months.

[42:01] It's also replacing almost 30-year-old 5 yard

[42:05] dump truck that is undersized and is

[42:08] also beyond its useful life.

[42:11] This purchase was first presented to the Budget

[42:14] Committee and is in the current fiscal year budget

[42:19] under the transportation, capital, vehicles,

[42:21] and equipment sub fund.

[42:23] And before we move to motion, I'd be

[42:25] happy to answer any questions.

[42:27] Is it 308 within the budgetary framework.

[42:30] Yes OK.

[42:33] Is there a motion.

[42:34]

[42:38] I moved to authorize the city manager to purchase one 2027

[42:42] with T4 83 axle dump truck chassis with snow removal

[42:46] equipment from with utilizing sourcewell

[42:49] contract number 032824.

[42:53] KTTC in the amount not to exceed $308,014.94.

[43:00] A second.

[43:01] Any further discussion.

[43:03] All those in favor, signify by saying Aye.

[43:06] Aye Thank you.

[43:09] Up next, we'll have comments from Citizens.

[43:12] Does anyone have a comment at this time.

[43:16] Yeah come on up, sir.

[43:17]

[43:22] If you just state your name and address, that'd be great.

[43:25] Oh, Richard frost.

[43:27] OK, but Richard, you can use the table.

[43:29] That's fine.

[43:30] Just make sure you hit the button

[43:32] to make the microphone go on.

[43:34] OK yeah.

[43:43] I'm a sort of a victim of the verra mobility place.

[43:50] I talked to you about two weeks ago

[43:53] and gave you some literature, and I didn't get any response.

[44:00] I wish I could have and that's not everything.

[44:04] So we all know that system is separate from everything,

[44:08] but it's not.

[44:10] So it came along and I don't know who got it.

[44:16] Most probably the police.

[44:17] The police officers or.

[44:22] This area we're talking about the traffic cameras

[44:25] was that we're talking about the traffic cameras.

[44:27] And that went through.

[44:29] I got myself a good six in maple.

[44:31] So yeah.

[44:31] But anyway, that did go through a fairly rigorous review

[44:35] process, but go ahead.

[44:37] Oh, I don't think that Vera mobility was a very good choice

[44:44] at all since it's going through a class action lawsuit,

[44:48] and those could go on for a couple of years.

[44:50] You just don't know what's going to happen with one of those.

[44:53] And it's just and when I came and when

[44:55] I've come into this building, I decided

[44:57] I was going to go to a judge or and so

[45:02] that made me give back my pictures that they had taken.

[45:09] And I thought, oh, OK.

[45:11] And so when I about a week before I was going

[45:14] to do the final thing here.

[45:16] Excuse me.

[45:18] I went to the police office and I said, well,

[45:22] can I get my pictures back so I can put up more of not

[45:27] a defense but just a show.

[45:29] And so they said, yeah.

[45:31] And they got a young lady in there

[45:32] to get a computer outside the police department

[45:35] or in the police department in the lobby

[45:38] there for people to use.

[45:39] And I said, I'm 75 years old and I understand

[45:42] you are to remind everybody you pointed that out when you were

[45:46] there that we couldn't get my pictures back,

[45:52] and that's a failure.

[45:55] And so when I came here for the judge,

[45:59] I said, well, I've been pondering

[46:00] over even getting a jury.

[46:02] And I said, well, that would be kicking my own self

[46:04] in I decided not to do that.

[46:07] But so anyway, he dismissed it, the whole thing because I

[46:11] just said, this is ridiculous.

[46:13] Because I don't think I was guilty of that behavior.

[46:16] And I don't think and I don't maybe the police can tell

[46:19] me where did my pictures go.

[46:23] They never showed up.

[46:26] So obviously I'm saying I'm not giving a very good thing

[46:31] here because it's not my thing.

[46:34] But you guys need to clean it up.

[46:37] And I would start with getting rid.

[46:39] I don't care if air mobility is not a good.

[46:42] I've got all kinds of stuff.

[46:44] Just for fun.

[46:45] I read all your information.

[46:46] What's that.

[46:47] I read all your information.

[46:48] Well, it wasn't all the information.

[46:49] There's tons of information on it.

[46:51] I said I read your information that you gave me.

[46:53] What's that.

[46:54] I read the information you gave me.

[46:56] Well, that's.

[46:56] Well, I didn't.

[46:57] I didn't think you.

[46:58] I didn't want to burden you with that.

[46:59] But you didn't.

[47:01] And I'm not trying to get on you.

[47:03] You're a nice guy.

[47:05] But I don't.

[47:05] I think it's not going to go over

[47:08] very well if we don't sweeten.

[47:10] I don't get the system going properly.

[47:13] And that's when it could have been set.

[47:16] And a good time or a bad time for when it was set.

[47:21] Was may right when their mobility

[47:23] crashed on the NASDAQ a lot.

[47:26] I don't know if you follow that, but yeah,

[47:28] that was a big crash on the.

[47:30] So to sum up, Richard, because your time ran out.

[47:33] Let me just ask.

[47:35] You're asking us to review the situation with the police

[47:37] department is what I'm getting from your testimony

[47:40] that I found it kind of confusing.

[47:43] I kind of found it confusing in the court

[47:45] building because they said when I went to get my pictures up

[47:50] here the first time, they had two people come back

[47:53] and say, well, you need to know that, you'll they

[47:58] didn't really sit that we have these pictures.

[48:02] And I go, well, yeah, I brought them back.

[48:04] Yeah but it was like this big deal.

[48:07] And I have a hunch most people just pay their fine and leave,

[48:12] and I just don't think that.

[48:15] Couldn't you get another vendor.

[48:17] I mean, you get a meeting.

[48:20] And the judge said he could.

[48:22] It's not that difficult. All right.

[48:24] Well, we'll review that with the police

[48:26] department and the city staff.

[48:28] What's that.

[48:29] We'll review.

[48:30] I think we're going we actually talked

[48:31] about having review at some point of how this is working.

[48:34] So we won't be working too good.

[48:36] All right.

[48:37] Well, I appreciate your opinion.

[48:39] We'll find out from everyone else, too.

[48:40] OK I just wanted to.

[48:44] Because I seem to be the only one.

[48:45] I seem to be the only one that did a jury.

[48:47] One almost.

[48:48] And walking in the door.

[48:50] And it's like, no, this.

[48:51] And this is going around the whole country.

[48:53] All right with different vendors.

[48:55] And this isn't as bad as a lot of them.

[48:59] All right.

[49:00] Thank you very much for your testimony.

[49:02] Thank you.

[49:03] OK anybody else with a public comment.

[49:08] Seeing none, we'll go to Keith.

[49:11] OK I have a couple of things.

[49:13] First of all, the wild ride car show occurred last weekend.

[49:17] And at least from PD, the Police Department's perspective.

[49:21] And Sergeant gortney was down there.

[49:22] It went really well.

[49:23] They had good communication with Shane, who you met,

[49:25] who did the presentation a month or so ago.

[49:28] So the new way they're running the show and the coordination

[49:31] with police and making sure people

[49:32] don't do unsafe things worked out, so I

[49:35] just wanted to pass that on.

[49:37] And the only other thing we also back in July 28,

[49:42] there was the annexation related to the Segoviano property.

[49:47] And that kind of went through without protest.

[49:50] So that's done as well.

[49:51] That's what I've got.

[49:53] All right, Jay, we'll start with you.

[49:54]

[49:57] Yeah I'd like to just bring up a name of a guy who passed away

[50:04] a week after the fair, and Randy Marvin is who it was,

[50:09] and he died.

[50:12] Died at his house.

[50:14] But I'd been with him just a few days earlier.

[50:17] He gave me a ride out to my car at the fair.

[50:21] He volunteered for everything.

[50:23] Our flags that we see every holiday.

[50:27] He was part of that program and just his veteran and a real.

[50:37] Real giving person always wanted to be part of the help people.

[50:44] So I just.

[50:45] I'm going to miss him a lot.

[50:47] I just wanted to bring it up.

[50:49] Thank you.

[50:50] OK Clifford.

[50:52] Yes, I guess I pass.

[50:55] Yes I just want to say that I think the world

[51:00] is a little less bright today with the loss of Dolly Parton.

[51:03] And my thoughts and prayers go out to her family.

[51:06] And I've got some albums that I'll be rolling around tonight.

[51:10] So let me say something about water.

[51:18] If we don't do this, our rates will skyrocket in the future

[51:24] because water will not.

[51:28] The more people we get with the static amount of water,

[51:32] is a supply and demand issue there,

[51:35] and prices will go up more appreciably than if we take

[51:40] the steps to do water conservation, which

[51:43] also puts us in a better state to get additional water rights.

[51:49] We have one currently pending before the water resources

[51:52] department to transfer surface water

[51:55] rights of 500 million gallons from the river to groundwater.

[52:00] But water is not increasing in our basin.

[52:03] And so this is the right step for a lot of right reasons.

[52:09] And no one likes any increase.

[52:12] But this is going to be the softest increase compared

[52:14] to if we don't do something.

[52:16] So with that, I think the council

[52:18] made a great decision on moving forward with the water

[52:21] tiered rate system.

[52:22] I think on the long term, it will be quite beneficial.

[52:26] And with that, we're adjourned.

[52:29]

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