[0:03] Okay, I call the meeting of September 8th, 2026 to order at 6 p.m.

[0:17] Will you please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance?

[0:32] All right, so I will call on Greg Newert for our invocation, please.

[0:47] Thank you so much.

[1:26] that you would give the council wisdom in their decisions when their

[1:30] decisions are difficult. Courage when the right path is not easy. Humility to

[1:35] listen well and compassion for every person they represent. May their authority

[1:40] be used to do good. Seek what is best for this community and to serve their

[1:45] neighbors with integrity and love. Guide their conversations tonight. Give them

[1:49] unity where there can be unity. Grace where their differences and wisdom

[1:56] May Sumner continue to be a place where people can flourish where neighbors care for another

[2:03] And where those who do so

[2:10] Thank you, okay, will the clerk please call the roll

[2:18] Alphas

[2:20] Council members all versus absent

[2:25] Hockstetter, council member Hochstutter is absent.

[2:29] Isaac's.

[2:31] Here.

[2:32] Kenna.

[2:35] We're trying.

[2:37] There you go.

[2:38] Here

[2:41] Malcolm.

[2:42] Here

[2:42] We'll see.

[2:43] Here

[2:46] All right, Council member, Hachsteter and Deputy Mayor

[2:50] Elfers have notified myself

[2:51] and the city administrator of their absence tonight.

[2:55] Could I please have a motion to excuse Council Member Hawke's stetter?

[3:01] I'm trying. So our system up here, everybody is permanently on right now.

[3:10] Okay. Go ahead.

[3:14] Sure. I'll make a

[3:14] motion

[3:15] to

[3:15] excuse council member Hawkes stutter.

[3:18] Thank you. Is there a second?

[3:20] Seconded.

[3:23] to excuse councilmember hawksdeter from tonight's meeting all in favor aye opposed

[3:29] none so the motion passes and then could I please have a motion to

[3:33] excuse deputy mayor elfers is there a us i need a

[3:36] motion first so let's see i'll try and malcolm um i'd like to move to

[3:40] excuse Deputy Mayor elfer's thank you so much is

[3:52] Okay. Thank you. So let's see so we've had the motion so let us take a vote. All in favor?

[4:02] Aye. Ayes. Opposed? Motion passes.

[4:06] Thank You. This meeting will now be adjourned into Executive Session for 15 minutes for

[4:20] 0.1 1 0 1 g to review the qualifications and performance of an applicant for public employment

[4:28] action will be taken for this item. So go ahead and gavel out at 604. Thank you.

[19:22] So it's 619 and we will reconvene the regular council meeting.

[19:27] Thank you.

[19:28] Will the clerk please read the consent agenda.

[19:35] Item number one, annual Tyler Technologies Renewal License.

[19:41] Item Number two, Annual Microsoft License Renewals.

[19:44] Item No. 3, wastewater treatment facility building improvements.

[19:50] Resolution number 1757, Puget Sound Energy Grant acceptance

[19:55] for wastewater treatment facility biosolids.

[19:59] Item five, Valley Avenue Water System

[20:02] Improvements Partial Acquisition Gray.

[20:05] Item six, valley avenue water systems improvements,

[20:08] partial acquisition delay, dally.

[20:14] Item seven, approval of electronic payments

[20:18] 646,430.69.

[20:23] Item number eight confirming the mayoral

[20:26] mayoral appointment of Julie Cree, a city attorney and approval of the

[20:31] related employment agreement. Item nine approval

[20:35] of council meeting minutes from the following

[20:39] meetings. August 17th, 2026 regular council

[20:42] meeting.

[20:47] I'm the August 24th, 2026 study session.

[20:51] Thank you.

[20:52] Council Member Malcolm, would you please make a motion

[20:54] to adopt the consent agenda?

[20:56] Thank You Mayor.

[20:58] I'd like to make the motion to

[20:59] adopt a consent of agenda for September 8th 20 26.

[21:03] Can I get a second?

[21:04] Council member Evers.

[21:05] Okay.

[21:06] Thankyou.

[21:07] Councilmember Ebers made the second.

[21:09] So it's been moved and seconded

[21:11] to approve the Consent Agenda.

[21:13] Would any council member wish to remove an item?

[21:19] So all in favor aye opposed okay passes unanimously thank you so now we will

[21:33] move on to public hearing we have nothing tonight and we

[21:39] will move onto regular business

[21:42] Which would be unfinished business. So a ordinance number two nine seven for intergovernmental transfer of bill Heath sports complex to the Sumner body like school district

[21:55] Calling on city administrator Jason Wilson council member Evers. Would you like to make a motion?

[22:02] Thank you madam mayor I'd like make emotion to adopt ordinance. Number two 974

[22:08] Intergovernmental Transfer of Bill Heath

[22:10] sports complex to summoner body of ache school district.

[22:14] Thank you.

[22:15] Do we have a second council member Malcolm seconded.

[22:19] Thank You.

[22:21] Seconded by councilmember Malcolm.

[22:23] So it's been moved and second to approve ordinance number

[22:26] two nine seven four intergovernmental transfer

[22:29] of bill heath sports, complex

[22:30] to Sumner body Lake school District.

[22:33] So now we'll call on city administrator Jason Wilson.

[22:35] Thank you, Mayor and Council.

[22:37] Tonight is for your consideration and ordinance

[22:39] that would surplus the bill he sports complex

[22:42] and transfer it via purchase and sale agreement

[22:44] or intergovernmental transfer

[22:46] to the seven or bunny lake school district.

[22:48] Little bit of history, if you may recall

[22:50] that the city acquired the land

[22:52] that sports complexes on in the late 70s and early 80s.

[22:55] It was donated to city by a variety

[22:58] of different landowners.

[23:00] In the early 1990s, rotary raised considerable funds

[23:05] the park. And in 1998, the Park was completed and dedicated back to the city.

[23:10] In 2001, we acquired some land from the Catholic Church and built and opened a skate park and

[23:17] in 2016, The City Council changed the name of the Sports Complex from Daffodil Valley Sports

[23:22] Complex to The Bill Heath Sports complex. I was really to honor Bill Heath for all of his time

[23:32] If you don't know who Bill Heath is, Bill

[23:34] Heath was a pillar of our community,

[23:36] was World War II veteran and also a

[23:40] longtime principal at Sumner High School

[23:42] and then a longtime Rotarian.

[23:44] So very fitting honor for him.

[23:48] As a reminder, the city portion of the park

[23:50] is approximately seven acres.

[23:52] It consists of a baseball field with lights,

[23:54] a volleyball court,

[23:56] which is mostly on the school district property.

[23:59] a basketball court, also mostly on the school district property, 5% of that's actually on

[24:04] the city. And then tennis and pickleball courts, which, interestingly enough, the

[24:08] city property line goes straight down in the middle of. We have a concession stand out there

[24:13] parking, and really the primary users of the field for a long time have been the

[24:18] school districts as well as wolf pack football. There have have some challenges over the years

[24:22] of being a grass field. The city has been trying to upgrade that to synthetic turf for

[24:29] We've also had some challenges with the field lighting that's at end of life and then just

[24:33] general lack of lighting, the time that the sports complex was built, there was a lot

[24:39] of debate over, you know, should you have parking lot lighting?

[24:41] Does that increase vandalism?

[24:43] Does it prevent vandalism and so times of the science plan that have changed over the

[24:49] years, if they were to build it today, it would have to have lights.

[24:51] And then reservation management has also been a challenge.

[24:55] contract with the YMCA to help us manage the reservations of that.

[24:59] So as I alluded to before, the whole complex is about seven acres,

[25:03] but the property is split by two different owners.

[25:06] So the school district currently owns the northern half of the field,

[25:09] or the park rather, which consists of two baseball fields.

[25:13] And then the city owns a lighter green portion to the south,

[25:16] including the large hardball field.

[25:19] The site of former skate park in the parking lot.

[25:25] So, a while back, the school district approached the city about wanting to acquire this because

[25:30] they had some desire to improve the field for their high school sports teams.

[25:36] They in their bond have the capability of building new synthetic turf fields with lights, upgrading

[25:43] the restroom and concession stands, adding a toddler playground, and then also ensuring

[25:53] So after a couple years of negotiation, the city and the district reached this agreement.

[25:59] They would purchase the City portion for $3.3 million in some change, which is happens

[26:05] to be the assessed valuation.

[26:07] The bill heath name will remain for at least 15 years.

[26:11] The school will build a new children's playground,

[26:14] which will be open essentially dawned to desk, as well as the basketball and tennis courts

[26:18] will remained open.

[26:20] And then public parking will remain available

[26:23] consistent with other district properties.

[26:27] Because the land was donated to the city,

[26:29] there are some deed requirements for any sale proceeds.

[26:32] The deeds don't prohibit us from selling it,

[26:34] just as if we sell it that the proceeds need to be used

[26:36] for recreation or playground purposes.

[26:39] So the process will be deposited in a parks capital fund,

[26:42] which will allocated during the budget process.

[26:45] and our current staff recommendation will be to utilize those funds for a new

[26:50] park development on the Bennett property which is just south of the Creek side

[26:54] neighborhood. So the process we went through and negotiated a purchase and

[26:58] sale agreement we set the public hearing on July 20th we actually held that

[27:03] public carrying on August 17th and before you tonight is the final action on

[27:08] the ordinance to surplus the property and transfer the ownership.

[27:13] Happy to answer any questions from council

[27:16] Any questions?

[27:19] Okay, I see none

[27:20] So a public hearing thank you a pubic hearing was held for this item on August 17th

[27:26] 2026 so we will not be accepting public comments tonight would any council member like to make a comment

[27:35] Councilmember Evers, thank You madam matter. I had some concerns that first is

[27:41] That is the council person per se, but it's a real caring.

[27:44] And so I guess the big,

[27:47] I spent a lot of time with that field over the years.

[27:50] and baseball related and you know I guess the main thing that comes out of this is you

[27:56] know the district locks down the fields for vandalism reasons but so the big field which

[28:02] the city currently owns well that people won't have access anymore but I'm happy that you

[28:07] know with the turf there the sub-mure school district our partners they need a field bad

[28:14] a couple of them. So the lighting is going to be great. The basketball

[28:18] antennas will still be open to citizens of Sumner, and then there's going

[28:22] to the new playground equipment, which I think I'm probably too old to go on,

[28:26] but I'll, I am sure that families will enjoy that.

[28:29] So yeah, the only little bit of heartburn is the 15 years on the

[28:34] I joined Rotary right after this project was done because there was lots of

[28:39] shoveling and work involved so I say I'll wait till they get done with that but

[28:42] anyway to me that's the biggest thing you see in Sumner for Rotory is that

[28:48] field so and if if the district

[28:52] you know decides to change the name in 15 years I'm going to be down there in my walker or

[28:56] wheelchair or whatever the voice might discontent about that but I think this is a good thing and

[29:02] it's going be going into another new park so I am excited about

[29:05] that. Thank you council member ever. Council member Malcolm.

[29:10] Thank you, Mayor.

[29:11] Yeah, I'd like to commend the city and the school district

[29:13] for working through this.

[29:14] This was a bugaboo of deeds and intent.

[29:18] And I know they came in at one point and put dollar amount

[29:20] that we were not happy about.

[29:21] And they come back and we negotiated a better dollar

[29:24] amount, so I was very happy to see that.

[29:26] But I just wanted to comment on how this

[29:28] is just such a win, win-win.

[29:30] I mean, rarely do you get a wind-wins always ideal,

[29:33] but this is on multiple.

[29:37] I guess facets to this I mean there's cost that park needs some investment and we get to avoid some of that cost of

[29:43] That we would have to probably put in if we're really gonna be good stewards of

[29:45] That and the school district takes it on

[29:48] They're the primary users, so it's nice to see that.

[29:50] It'll be a better facility with the turf.

[29:52] It will have a toddler park.

[29:54] We'll have probably some more investment

[29:56] on the tennis courts and everything,

[29:57] and I'm really happy to that going into it.

[29:59] And then just the real, the third win in all of this

[30:01] is that we get a huge chunk of money

[30:03] to seed the Bennett Park operation,

[30:05] which I think we've all been looking at

[30:08] and thinking about how can we kickstart this?

[30:10] And I thing there's intent on

[30:11] the council at least at this point

[30:13] that will take these funds and be able to build a

[30:16] Equally is nice and probably

[30:20] Kind of a broader use park at the north end of town where we really don't have a lot up there

[30:25] So I was really excited to kind of see all three of those wins come together

[30:28] So good job to the admin and good. Job to this school district

[30:32] Thank you councilmember Malcolm anyone else

[30:37] All right, will the clerk please call the roll

[30:46] Isaac's yes, we'll see. Yes, that verse. Yeah

[30:51] Pass by zero. Thank you

[30:54] All right, so we will now move on to public comment. The limit is three minutes for each speaker

[31:02] Michelle did anyone sign up for public comments? Yes mayor. We do have two who?

[31:08] two

[31:10] Two people who have signed up our public on that the first person is Don land from Milton

[31:15] Okay, is there anyone on Zoom who would like to make a comment?

[31:22] Mr. Steffens.

[31:25] Okay. Thank you.

[31:27] So, I'm going to read the rules for public comment for the folks in the audience that will come up.

[31:40] So the purpose of these meetings is to conduct the important business of the city and that often means the City Council is making difficult policy

[31:49] Or budgetary decisions with that said I want to share a few rules or reminders that I will be enforcing to

[31:55] Encourage respectful and orderly public comment

[31:58] As a reminder, the public comment section of the meeting

[32:01] is a time for the council and myself

[32:03] to hear from members of

[32:04] the Public on Topics, not on tonight's agenda.

[32:07] And while it may feel awkward,

[32:09] this is not a Time for The Council

[32:10] or myself to answer questions or engage

[32:12] in back and forth debate.

[32:14] At the conclusion of your comments,

[32:16] I may request that the appropriate staff member

[32:18] contact you for further discussion.

[32:21] One, please keep your comment relevant to city business

[32:24] and about matters over which the city council has control.

[32:27] 2. All council members and city staff deserve respect and dignity. Please refrain from disorderly or disruptive speech or conduct.

[32:35] Personal attacks, name calling, rude or offensive statements, obscenities, derogatory comments directed at individuals and hate speech.

[32:42] If you don't comply with this rule, I will interrupt you with a reminder and then may choose to suspend you from continuing or have you removed from the meeting.

[32:51] 3. We have behavioral expectations.

[32:54] We will all model courtesy and respect.

[32:57] This includes those of us on the dais and members of the public are expected to do the same audience members to ensure every speaker feels comfortable speaking please do not clap boo or speak while another person is addressing the council.

[33:10] Please speak into the microphone comments are broadcasted and recorded via the mic if you leave the microphones your comment time ends.

[33:19] So now that I've reviewed the rules that will imply I invite the first speaker to the microphone

[33:24] Please start your comments by stating your name and the city in which you reside for our records

[33:30] You will have three minutes to speak. Thank you

[33:35] All right

[33:43] Hi, my name is Don land

[33:46] and I'm here today to again ask the Sumner City Council

[33:50] to pass a city ordinance,

[33:52] making it illegal for minors to be exposed

[33:55] to adult entertainment such as drag queen.

[33:57] Can you just tell us the city you reside in please?

[34:00] Oh, yes, I am sorry.

[34:00] I reside and Milton.

[34:02] Thank you.

[34:03] All right.

[34:03] Now in 2023 the state of Florida made such a law. It was fought in courts and last

[34:09] month the Supreme Court upheld the Florida law so there is a precedent at

[34:14] the federal level in support of such law

[34:17] This ordinance is important and necessary to protect the children of Sumner on August 30th

[34:23] I attended Plateau Pride and Hopps Alley the organizer of the event Abby White has a history of

[34:30] Exposing minors to adult entertainment in the form of drag queens

[34:34] She didn't like that. I publicized videos and pictures from her event last year

[34:39] Abby tried so hard to prevent me from documenting her Plateaux Pride this year. She even threatened to sue me for dust

[34:46] information because of this I win in disguise.

[34:50] This year, instead of openly enticing kids

[34:53] to attend with a bouncy house, Abby

[34:56] scheduled called for kids to meet at her booth at 3 PM

[34:59] so they could be led out of sight to an undisclosed location

[35:03] for Drag Queen Story Hour.

[35:05] I was told by a main street merchant

[35:07] that Drag queen story hour was in the back of the bookstore.

[35:11] When I inquired inside as an adult with no kids

[35:15] and I could not exit the store through the back.

[35:18] There were no kids on the patio behind the bookstore,

[35:21] and many of us witnessed adults leading kids

[35:24] through front of the book store.

[35:26] I saw two women leading a group of kids

[35:28] to the front at the Bookstore,

[35:29] and one of women said to another,

[35:31] it's ridiculous, we have to resort to this.

[35:34] When it came time for the drag queen's performances,

[35:38] there was a Group of High School kids front and center.

[35:41] At one point, the MC drag queens targeted the high schoolers

[35:45] pulling them onto the dance floor to dance with them.

[35:48] That drag queen spoke about those high schoolers

[35:51] on his Facebook page that evening,

[35:53] proving he knew that they were minors.

[35:56] Every one of those High Schoolers appeared to be

[35:59] at the Plateau Pride without their parents' knowledge

[36:02] or consent.

[36:04] High schooler's are still minors

[36:06] They still need to be protected from adult entertainment.

[36:10] It's really telling that everyone was fine.

[36:12] Everyone at the event was fined with me filming.

[36:15] As my disguise, I looked queer.

[36:17] Yet, conservatives were not permitted to film.

[36:20] A young woman with a beard even spit

[36:23] on one of the conservative males.

[36:26] Please protect all kids.

[36:28] Please pass an ordinance protecting kids

[36:30] from Adult Entertainment in Sumner.

[36:33] Thank you.

[36:34] Thank you

[36:38] The next person who has signed up is Randall Adams

[36:55] Randall Adam's Sumner I sent you a number of PDFs

[37:01] and files today. I'm only going to go over the front page of one of them regarding me having a

[37:08] stop best two sign at the Friday, Friday channel 13 event. Guess karma bit me on that one as best

[37:16] two has a unique second meaning versus best 2.0. You can go to the Google later and enjoy my

[37:23] embarrassment. Thank you the council member Malcolm for attempting to warn me that sometimes bad

[37:29] as much attention as good publicity does.

[37:32] My focus was to bring to attention the fact that the city

[37:35] had already filed for a permit on August 10th and approved

[37:39] a somewhat deceiving SEPA on august 17th. I sent over

[37:43] over to you my specific comments regarding that SEPPA.

[37:47] Importantly the City put forth an ordinance for the Planning Commission

[37:50] and the Council to approve as submitted without any input

[37:53] change or changes and even left an open date to be filled in when you

[37:59] Seeing the ordinance should have been drawn up after the Planning Commission goes through

[38:02] their process and recommends what their conclusions are and the same for the council to do, not

[38:07] to have it mandated what your conclusions were supposed to be.

[38:11] While this is still a better process than what happened with Best 1.0, where you were

[38:15] in baseball terminology, Ron stated, meaning the staff blew by you.

[38:20] This process still has the cart before the horse.

[38:26] together on what you want for best to and then create an ordinance that then defines

[38:32] what your preferences are. Personally, I think you should wait until after Derringer is online

[38:37] for you to tour it to see if they actually have set up for to address 1 million gallons

[38:43] of water being poured there if in fact there is a fire and where is it going to go? Is it

[38:46] going right down through the gravel? And how loud is the site when it's up and running?

[38:55] that are only 15 feet from their property, right next to you.

[39:00] During the public comments of the Planning Commission,

[39:02] the best representative disagreed with what was being proposed.

[39:05] He instead said that there should be no setbacks whatsoever

[39:08] for the size of a Derringer site,

[39:12] and that severely restricts their ability to have more sites within Sumner.

[39:18] They do not live here, and the risk to us is not to be considered

[39:21] in their pursuit for more money.

[39:23] This should highlight the importance of you to stop such insanity and further question their motives

[39:28] Just like why they would call Derringer site green water

[39:31] Suggesting it is away from people versus in the middle of the valley near Lakeland Hills, which is where we were told the toxic fallout would go

[39:38] Next to the railroad tracks and East Valley highway

[39:42] And the ditch that drains right down to

[39:46] The PSE flu the grunt runs to The White River

[39:50] If it's in town and we have all that water, where's it gonna go?

[39:53] Is it going down the storm drains and right to the river?

[39:55] Thank you.

[39:56] Where's everyone?

[39:57] Thank You.

[39:58] To the switch plant and have a toxic hazmat site there.

[40:01] Thank-you.

[40:03] Anyone else?

[40:05] Mr. Beerman.

[40:15] Please state your name in the city where you reside.

[40:20] Um, I also attended Plateau Pride.

[40:25] I didn't witness anything being forced on anybody.

[40:28] People were there voluntarily of their own accord, and if they brought their children,

[40:33] it's because they wanted to bring their Children.

[40:35] I don't see any Children being exposed to anything that their parents didn t want them

[40:40] to.

[40:41] Let s just say lay the facts out there, from an objective point of view, so just to see

[40:49] Thank you. Anyone else? All right. We'll move on to new business. Okay.

[40:56] We will see how we get through this one. All

[40:59] right, we're going to give this a good go.

[41:01] We do. So we will move onto ordinance number 2977.

[41:06] E-bikes and E motorcycles code amendment.

[41:11] Council Member Wilsie, would you like to make a motion please?

[41:16] Yes, I'd like to make a motion to

[41:19] For ordinance number two nine seven seven e-bikes and e motorcycles code amendment

[41:26] Thank you. Can I get a second?

[41:28] Council member Kenna. I'll second. Thank You

[41:31] It has been moved and seconded to approve ordinance. Number two 977 e bikes and E motorcycle code

[41:39] Amendment I will now call on lieutenant Justin Gregson

[41:51] Good evening mayor and city council tonight. I'm going to be presenting on ordinance 2977, which is our electric bicycle and e-motorcycle ordinance

[42:03] The goal for this ordinance is pretty straightforward. We're looking for clear

[42:07] Classification safer operation and consistent enforcement

[42:11] We want to able to protect protect protest

[42:15] pedestrians and other users of street sidewalks parks and trails

[42:21] So the ordinance responds to three related issues.

[42:24] First is the growth of these devices.

[42:26] Drive down any street in Sumner

[42:28] and you're gonna see all sorts of electric devices,

[42:32] e-bikes, e motorcycles, scooters.

[42:34] The second issue is safety.

[42:37] The ordinance cites some numbers

[42:40] from some medical encounters at UW facilities.

[42:44] In 2020, they only had three.

[42:46] e-scooter related medical encounters and that rose all the way to 151 in 2023 and of those people

[42:52] that were involved in the incidents they reported very low helmet use at only about 18 percent.

[42:59] Third, the state law draws a line at 750 watts and creates three different ebike categories

[43:06] but that's kind of broad terms for what we actually see on the street. There's a lot of different

[43:15] So other cities are doing this too. They're coming up with their own e-bike and e motorcycle laws. We're not unique in that fact.

[43:23] Bellevue decided to look at the different classes of bikes 1, 2, and 3 and they said class 1 and 2 generally follow bicycle rules

[43:31] Whereas class 3 in motorcycles they kind of grouped together. Mercer Island they came out

[43:37] very early in this and they adopted a bunch of e-motorcycle rules and came up with some

[43:42] stiff penalties for motorcycles including impoundment and then they said eBikes will come up

[43:48] with that later on. So why now? We're looking at this as a trend-driven issue. This isn't just

[43:55] one local triggering event. It's because of the growth and the regional injury data that the

[44:06] as simple as I can with the variety of devices that are out there. I also have a slide with some

[44:11] photos I'll try to give you guys a better representation of what these are. So this ordinance breaks

[44:17] it into basically three categories. We have our bicycle which is all your typical bicycles

[44:21] in class one e-bikes. Those are your lower speed pedal assisted bikes. They're treated just like

[44:34] Then the ordinance created this new term the MTD or motorized transportation device

[44:39] And what that does is that captures everything kind of in the middle. So that's got your class 2 class 3

[44:45] It's gotten motorize foot scooters and all these similar devices

[44:49] And puts them in a category

[44:51] Then there's the e-motorcycle

[44:54] Which is your higher powered over 750 watts can go over 250 mile or sorry over 20 miles an hour and has no operable pedals

[45:03] So here's some photos, the hard thing about using photos is they can look like anything.

[45:08] So they aren't defined by their, just how they look.

[45:13] So these are kind of representative images.

[45:14] So you'll notice the class one, two, and three all look very similar.

[45:18] There's mainly in how the function is kind the differences.

[45:22] And they are required to have a little placard on the frame of the bike that tells what it

[45:26] is.

[45:27] So the Class 1 bike on top left, that's going to fall under the

[45:32] the next four images there all fall under the motorized transportation device in this ordinance

[45:38] and then the outlier is the e-motorcycle it could look sorry kind of like that or like a

[45:43] you know a dirt bike style and that falls under its own category e motorcycle in the ordinance

[45:51] So what this ordinance does is it sets practical operating rules for these devices.

[45:56] So it treats e-motor cycles like motor vehicles, which is how the law recognizes them.

[46:02] And so to operate a e motorcycle, you have to be licensed. You have

[46:06] to over 16 years old.

[46:08] You need to have the vehicle itself licensed with the department of licensing.

[46:12] You've to wear a motorcycle helmet and you can't ride on sidewalks or pedestrians

[46:16] just like you wouldn't with a normal motorcycle.

[46:19] the motorized transportation devices, the MTDs,

[46:22] you just have to follow the rules of the road.

[46:25] You can't operate negligently or an unsafe way. You have

[46:28] to wear a bicycle helmet and you have

[46:30] to have short handlebars.

[46:31] You don't have very tall handle bars.

[46:34] So I'll tell you kind of

[46:38] giving officers these enforcement tools. Here's two kinds of

[46:43] typical stops that could happen.

[46:45] So the one on the left, a juvenile stopped

[46:48] for some kind of a violation.

[46:52] The officer would classify the device,

[46:53] find out what category we're in,

[46:55] and then confirm if there is a violations.

[46:58] Then you'd find that if that was the first offense

[47:00] in the last 365 days.

[47:02] If it is the 1st, he could give a written notice,

[47:04] and he also can hold the advice until a guardian claims it,

[47:07] which is tool that gets the parents involved

[47:09] in a conversation with the police officers as well.

[47:12] Instead of just a verbal warning where they can you know go on and go home and don't have to ever tell mom or dad that they were stopped

[47:18] The second is if this you, know wasn't the the first offense

[47:23] They can receive a fine up to a hundred dollars and their bike could be impounded for up-to-30 days

[47:29] The situation on the rights the e-motorcycle

[47:31] So something like a person riding a e motorcycle without endorsement

[47:35] They would be stopped by police you verify if it's an e motor cycle with no endorsement

[47:40] And they can receive a traffic infraction in the first violation, up to $125.

[47:44] And if they get subsequent ones, it can go up $250.

[47:47] There's also an impound feature there.

[47:50] If no, well, they're not legally allowed to write it.

[47:52] So we have to come up with some kind of a lawful arrangement to remove that bike

[47:55] or have someone else write.

[47:57] If we do decide to impOUND, then it could be secured.

[48:02] And there's a notice or appeal process.

[48:05] for the juveniles also there's a student court option which will replace some minor penalties.

[48:11] The impound is discretionary so officers can choose to or not it's just another tool

[48:16] that happened. While I was preparing for this I there was some juveniles who were writing some

[48:22] motorized transportation devices and were stopped and talked to by police officers and they said oh

[48:28] went down the road five minutes later another officer saw them doing the exact same thing and

[48:31] we didn't have any enforcement to stop them from doing anything further it's just lots of warning

[48:36] saying please don't do this these are some of the revisions i won't go into detail about this

[48:43] these the divisions since the last time this was presented but with the additional amendments

[48:49] i could add to this slide too but since this has last presented to city council this is

[48:59] The enforcement for this is graduated and has due process in it, so the general violations

[49:04] are generally up to $100 for device violations, for e-motorcycle, which is your higher powered

[49:11] devices.

[49:12] It can go 125 to 250 dollars.

[49:16] There's a helmet violation that's up 50 dollars, there's the city-held impound release,

[49:21] so if we take and stow the motorcycle or the electronic device, they can pay up 75 dollars

[49:29] You know, for our first offense for a juvenile,

[49:30] one of the great things is we can take it

[49:32] and just hold on to it until a parent comes and gets it.

[49:34] And again, that creates that conversation,

[49:36] which is sometimes lacking.

[49:41] And that is it?

[49:43] Okay, thank you very much.

[49:46] Council Member Kena, I understand

[49:48] that you have three amendments.

[49:51] Would you please state your first amendment?

[49:55] Sure, Thank you, Mayor.

[49:57] So the first amendment is under Section 5, Subsection E.

[50:01] After shall, insert negligently or in an unsafe manner.

[50:09] Okay. Is there a second?

[50:12] Mark Isaac's. That's all right. Let me get to you here. Go ahead.

[50:18] Mark Isaacs, I will second that.

[50:22] So it has been moved and seconded to insert negligently or in an unsafe manner after shell in

[50:29] Section 5e

[50:32] Council member Kena, would you please address your amendment sure mayor, so this is just kind of a clarification and

[50:41] better defining

[50:44] You know, the manner in which somebody can operate these devices,

[50:48] motorized transportation advice.

[50:49] So I was particularly just a little bit concerned

[50:52] about the towing aspect in this subsection and just wanted

[50:57] to really demonstrate that if that is done negligently

[51:00] or in an unsafe manner, then you're looking

[51:03] at enforcement actions.

[51:04] But otherwise, you know that wouldn't be impermissible by code.

[51:08] Great, thank you.

[51:10] Do we have any comments on the amendment from the public?

[51:14] Do we have anyone on zoom?

[51:17] Thank you

[51:19] All right any comments from the council I?

[51:24] See none will the clerk please call the roll on this amendment

[51:31] Kenna yes, Isaac's yes

[51:35] Yes, we'll see yes Malcolm. Yes motion passed five zero. Thank You

[51:43] All right, Council Member Kenna, you have a second amendment.

[51:50] Yes, Mayor, halfway there.

[51:53] So this is under section 11, subsection M.

[51:57] So that would be after the word B,

[51:59] we're gonna strike permitted and insert written or operated.

[52:05] Is there a Second?

[52:09] Council member Malcolm.

[52:11] Seconded.

[52:12] Thank you councilmember kenna. Would you please second it by council member Malcolm clerk?

[52:18] Thanks Michelle council Member kana. What'd you, please address your amendment? Sure again?

[52:22] This is just more of a clarifying amendment. I was just concerned initially that

[52:29] walking or parking on e-bike or motorized transportation device in a park would be impermissible, but

[52:35] this amendment makes it clear that if you're riding or operating the device

[52:40] In the park that that is what is impermeasable. Okay. Thank you

[52:44] So it has been moved and seconded to strike permitted and insert written or operated

[52:50] Council member Kenna. Do you have any comments?

[52:54] You're good

[52:56] all right well we have you on here twice so you're good you have a lot going on any comments on

[53:02] the amendment from the public anyone on zoom thank you so any comment from council

[53:11] okay we look good there will the clerk please call the roll on this amendment

[53:26] Isaac's yes motion passed I was your own. Thank you

[53:30] All right councilmember kenna you have a final amendment

[53:36] Okay, yes mayor this is in section 7 sub-section b2

[53:42] That is after the word motorized. We're gonna strike foot scooter and insert transportation device instead

[53:49] Thank You very much. Is there a second

[53:53] Councilmember Malcolm. Thanks you

[53:55] It has been moved and seconded to remove the words foot scooter and add the

[54:00] words transportation device to section 7b2. Council member Kenna, do you have any

[54:09] comments? Yes and this one was identified by staff who just caught one

[54:14] part of the code where footscooter was still referenced.

[54:18] And that's one of the ones we're changing to the motorized transportation device.

[54:21] So we just clean that up and making it clear there.

[54:24] Okay. Thank you very much.

[54:25] Do we have any comments from the council?

[54:28] Okay, I see none. Will the clerk please call the roll?

[54:34] Malcolm? Yes.

[54:36] Kenna?

[54:37] Yes

[54:38] We'll see.

[54:39] Yes, Isaac?

[54:40] Yes

[54:45] So now we will address the ordinance as amended that proposed ordinance now contains the revisions

[54:50] to sections five seven and eleven that we just adopted. Do we have any comments from the public

[54:57] on the Ordinance as Amended? Yes, I see. Mr. Beerman, here I thought we were just rolling along.

[55:14] I would just like to thank Council Member Kanna

[55:18] for taking the time to digest the ordinance

[55:21] and going through and offering these amendments.

[55:24] I think doing the work of the people,

[55:27] which is hard sometimes,

[55:28] but it requires a lot of that kind of diligent work.

[55:30] So thank you for take an extra time

[55:32] to do that.

[55:33] I thank we got a good ordinance.

[55:34] Thanks.

[55:35] Okay, thank-you.

[55:36] Do we have any comments from the Council

[55:37] on the Ordinance as amended?

[55:39] Council member Malcolm?

[55:41] Yeah, just a point of order on this.

[55:42] Did we properly move and second?

[55:46] That second amendment?

[55:47] Will that jip plays the whole part?

[55:49] I was wondering, Sam, but.

[55:50] Yeah, I don't think we did went through that process

[55:51] with the second edition that we had.

[55:54] And I'm just curious if that will create a problem

[55:56] for us down the road.

[55:57] Just hang on here.

[55:58] I am going to look at this.

[55:59] Did three votes?

[56:01] We need a fourth vote.

[56:02] Do we need the fourth voter?

[56:03] Are we good?

[56:05] Three of the majority is all you need.

[56:07] So three out of five.

[56:08] But.

[56:09] Oh, sorry.

[56:10] Number of votes, so we did vote on yes, I go back. We did you guys did

[56:15] Vote on well we moved the first amendment seconded it and voted on it

[56:19] We didn't move the second amendment or or second it, and then we voted it on

[56:24] And then, we, did the last one properly the third one we

[56:27] Did properly so that second one, which is I'm just so I see what you're saying so you were saying we didn?

[56:32] That you, guys didn t vote

[56:34] It's been moved and seconded to remove the words,

[56:37] foot scooter and add the word's transportation device.

[56:39] So then, Councilmember Kenna gave us comments,

[56:42] and then we were looking for any comments from the public.

[56:45] So we did vote three times and three

[56:47] times it passed five to zero.

[56:49] So which one are you thinking we should have voted on that we didn't?

[56:52] We just didn t move it and

[56:54] second it appropriately.

[56:55] So that now we will address the ordinance as amended.

[56:58] The proposed ordinance now contains

[56:59] the revisions to sections 5, 7, 11, I asked for comments.

[57:03] Ask for any I was going to get there. It's like in two more boxes. Yeah

[57:09] Yeah, our records show that council member Malcolm seconded the second one

[57:16] And the third and the there so now we're going have a final vote

[57:20] We're gonna have the final votes

[57:23] So based on what you just said councilmember Malcolm, I'll just share with you because

[57:28] Doing all of these amendments and then voting so what I do is I keep track of if we voted if

[57:33] We passed and what it was passed by so I'm almost there

[57:37] I think it may satisfy what you're asking and if not we can talk about it after

[57:43] So any comments from the council on the ordinance as amended is council member Kim

[57:50] Yeah, I will just state that I know at Sumner University I heard a number of comments about

[57:57] these types of devices whether that's e-bikes, scooters, e motorcycles and it's hard for

[58:04] the layman's like myself included to know the difference between the devices, so I think this

[58:09] helps clear that up. Lieutenant Gregson, thank you for really walking us through that and holding

[58:14] our hands because it is difficult. This stuff is moving so rapidly. Keeping up with that can be

[58:20] a challenge. So, you know, we're doing the best we can. I want to thank staff for that. But I know

[58:28] I have class 2 e-bike, and I now know that thanks to this presentation, but I see lots

[58:34] of folks operating vehicles and have kids, the same age as my kids that are on scooters

[58:43] to each their own, there's going to be code hopefully assuming this passes that will address

[58:49] some of the safety impacts. But I know I work in the transportation space and most of my colleagues

[58:55] will not get on some these really fast devices regardless if they have a helmet or not because

[59:02] you're weaving in and out of traffic on sidewalks

[59:04] and those types of things.

[59:05] So we needed something, I think this gets us

[59:08] to a really good place where hopefully people

[59:11] really take the time to think about

[59:12] what kind of device they're operating

[59:14] and where they should be operating that

[59:15] and how they shouldn't be.

[59:16] So thank you, staff.

[59:17] Great, thank-you.

[59:18] Any other comments?

[59:21] All right, will the clerk please call the roll.

[59:31] Yes Malcolm yes adverse yes we'll see yes can I yes ordinance as amended past five zero

[59:40] okay thank you all right so it's passed there you go is that what you're looking for

[59:49] council member Malcolm okay perfect thank

[59:52] you i'll show you my notes okay so we will move on to reports

[59:58] Okay, we're going to move on to report. So we'll start with council member. We'll see

[1:00:04] I just have the public safety report

[1:00:09] So always a fun favorite committee for me

[1:00:14] We get updates of the fire department stats and the police department

[1:00:19] stats. And we're actually looking pretty good right now. Stats are actually low,

[1:00:24] which is great. We always want to see everybody safe and doing well.

[1:00:29] And then we also talked about the action point for that committee was the eBikes.

[1:00:37] So we kind of went through that with the fine tooth comb and

[1:00:40] didn't quite catch as much as you did but but yes we we were looking at the public safety aspect

[1:00:47] of this um uh this amendment so um that's the uh public-safety um report thank you all i have

[1:00:56] all right council member evers oh no report the only thing i'll say is i had a great week in

[1:01:05] And I was, I don't really have a bucket list per se,

[1:01:09] but that was a Bucket List to go to Banff and Jasper.

[1:01:12] And it's just beautiful.

[1:01:15] I didn't want to come back, but my wife was driving,

[1:01:18] so I did not want get sick up there for myself.

[1:01:22] But if you have chance, it is just the Rockies,

[1:01:26] Canadian Rockies.

[1:01:27] It's beautiful, highly recommend it.

[1:01:30] Thank you.

[1:01:32] Council Member Malcolm.

[1:01:33] Thank you, Mayor.

[1:01:35] I'd love to commend the city staff

[1:01:38] for putting on the retreat we had last week.

[1:01:41] It was, I think, time well spent, very well.

[1:01:44] Great information, well presented.

[1:01:46] And just I know the effort is a lot

[1:01:48] to get that stuff pulled together and put in front of us.

[1:01:50] So really appreciate it.

[1:01:52] And I really feel like we walked away with a much better

[1:01:55] and broader understanding of what's going on

[1:01:58] across the City, which I was you know,

[1:02:01] Us being such a young council. I think it was it's much needed. So thank you for that effort. Thank you

[1:02:05] for the presentation looking forward for all the good fruit will bear from that meeting.

[1:02:10] So, thank

[1:02:10] you.

[1:02:11] Thank

[1:02:12] you Councilmember Malcolm, Council member Kena.

[1:02:16] Sure.

[1:02:16] I will first update on the public works committee meeting we had in mid August on

[1:02:22] the 18th.

[1:02:23] we discussed a couple things that are on the consent agenda tonight so those have

[1:02:27] already been passed but one of those items just wanted to highlight was the

[1:02:32] wastewater treatment facility building improvements contract award and we gave

[1:02:36] that a due pass and then passed that tonight. So this is basically a building

[1:02:40] assessment and a master plan for the facility. I've learned a lot as I have

[1:02:45] been on this group with with Michael over here and the rest of staff and

[1:02:51] the history of the wastewater treatment facility and just how there's some really cool satellite

[1:02:56] imagery of just the facility back in the 50s, is that right? When it first started and then how

[1:03:02] that's grown within the decades and we just kind of piece that together. It's really quite interesting

[1:03:07] but with that change and evolution of a facility, we kind need to look at that on a wholesale level

[1:03:20] and keep up with the times, where the deficiencies,

[1:03:23] where are the improvements we can make,

[1:03:25] doesn't need remodeling in some areas.

[1:03:27] So that's really kind of a big master plan effort

[1:03:30] for the facility to kind keep us current there.

[1:03:33] We also discussed some property acquisitions

[1:03:36] that are kind a fairly routine along Valley Avenue

[1:03:38] and SR162 to existing water main systems in the area.

[1:03:43] We do have a meeting next Tuesday the 15th at 4 p.m. as well.

[1:03:49] wanted to note I was pretty struck separate from city business that this was the

[1:03:55] 25th anniversary coming up for 9-11 it's pretty

[1:04:01] It's just crazy that that has gone by so fast. We're now at this you know kind of landmark time

[1:04:06] 25 years in and and don't have much to say other than just kind

[1:04:10] of take a moment to pause and reflect about about our country and that moment in time and you

[1:04:16] Know where we've been where? We've come and just the impact that hat on our countries. So that's all I have for you mayor

[1:04:22] Thank you so much councilmember Isaacs

[1:04:25] Yes

[1:04:27] an agreement with a few council members last week for the budget retreat was incredible not

[1:04:33] only meeting other staff but the information and education that you provided field trips were

[1:04:39] really nice to see hands-on both places the watershed as well as the senior center was really

[1:04:46] nice. Lieutenant Gregson thank you for your presentation I appreciate that educating us

[1:04:56] It's about safety not only for the riders, but also for

[1:05:00] the pedestrians and other people in motorized vehicles.

[1:05:03] And excited to see the Bill Heath complex get revamped.

[1:05:09] It'll be nice for school district, which means it's nice

[1:05:11] for this city and it just brings forth a little bit of

[1:05:15] community effort with some nice facilities that the high

[1:05:19] school will be able to use and our children.

[1:05:21] So that's it.

[1:05:23] Great. Thank you so much. I'll now call on City Administrator Jason Wilson.

[1:05:29] Thank You Mayor. Coming up at next week's study session we're going to be reviewing the budget

[1:05:34] survey results from our third party contractor that took care of that for us. We'll also be hearing

[1:05:40] from Judge Berry. She'll be coming to give us an update on the municipal court and then Chief

[1:05:45] McCurdy will be giving an updated on everything public safety related. So crime stats and also

[1:05:52] his officers are doing every day out in the community to just build relationships and trust.

[1:05:58] On September 21st, at the regular council meeting, you'll have an ordinance

[1:06:03] amending our personnel code related to paid time off. You'll

[1:06:07] have a ordinance for the third quarter budget amendment and you will also consider an

[1:06:12] ordinance to implement a public safety sales tax and a resolution regarding petty cash.

[1:06:19] But that's not all, after the regular council meeting, we're going to start budget.

[1:06:23] So we'll have a special study session to go over the budget review and kind of where

[1:06:28] we are going over next several months.

[1:06:31] And just as a reminder, from basically September 21st to the end of the year, which right now

[1:06:36] is scheduled to be December 7th, it's going be largely budget meetings.

[1:06:41] And any time you have regular Council meeting there will also likely be a Special Study

[1:06:47] Bugle up. It's gonna be a fun fall. So any questions?

[1:06:51] Yeah, but I'll make a comment. I would just like to add that if we can't get it done during the week

[1:06:56] We will have to meet on Saturdays

[1:06:59] To have a balanced budget by the end of the year. That is real.

[1:07:04] That it's real we have have the balance budget keep that in mind and we had to

[1:07:09] So anyway, it'll be good. Yeah. Be fine. All right. Thank you so much

[1:07:16] All right, so for my report, I do want to thank Councilmember Kenna

[1:07:21] for bringing up 9-11, you know for those of us that

[1:07:26] had people that were there and were impacted by it and

[1:07:31] That it was a very very hard time

[1:07:34] I would just share one small thing my mom at the time. She was still alive and all three of her kids

[1:07:40] One was in Mexico

[1:07:42] One was in Europe, one was

[1:07:44] in Canada, and it was a very

[1:07:46] horrifying impact on her because

[1:07:49] none of her kids were home and

[1:07:50] people didn't know what were

[1:07:51] happening and she didn'

[1:07:52] t know where we were and two

[1:07:54] of our three kids had

[1:07:55] flight paths out of the areas

[1:07:58] where the planes were taken.

[1:08:00] So, just thank you for bringing

[1:08:01] that up because it's very key

[1:08:03] that we don't forget that.

[1:08:05] Then the next most exciting thing is we have a shred truck coming to town

[1:08:09] So Pierce County is hoping is hosting a Shred event on Saturday September 19th from 10 a.m. To 1 p.M

[1:08:17] So it'll be here at City Hall in the back parking lot and you can bring up to three bags of sensitive documents to be safely shredded

[1:08:24] So keep that in mind

[1:08:27] He's writing it down all right then

[1:08:30] It is a big deal. It really is

[1:08:32] then last week

[1:08:34] Myself, Carmen Palmer, Ryan Windish and City Administrator Jason Wilson, we went over to

[1:08:46] Belmont cabinets here in Sumner and we were given a tour by Casey Bell, one of the owners,

[1:08:52] and Keaton Dulfrey, and one other salespeople.

[1:08:56] We had reached out to Keeton because we really wanted to get some nice cabinets for the

[1:09:02] and like most people here we want to keep our money here in our town and we

[1:09:07] want support local so that factory if you've never had a chance to go through

[1:09:11] that for those of us that have been in manufacturing for a number of years

[1:09:17] I would just say it's a 10 out of a ten operation going on in their factory, it is phenomenal.

[1:09:23] I mean, I've had the pleasure of touring the world, looking at factories and helping people

[1:09:29] learn how to do what these guys have done. So for me, i was right in my jam. I was really excited

[1:09:34] about it. You have to admit. It was a fun time. But they are doing great work. They employ a lot

[1:09:45] I really enjoyed it. I think we all did, and they enjoyed the fact that we came to

[1:09:49] see them, but they make great products there. So just remember the importance of

[1:09:54] the local jobs in the Local Manufacturing Areas that

[1:09:56] we have here. And then we had the utility box wraps, so

[1:10:00] please go on our website, www.seminorwad.gov, by September 27th,

[1:10:10] Because that's where people have they have a choice. We can decide what we want. So I've gone on and done my

[1:10:16] Vote if anybody asks you why the one on Thompson Street isn't included. It's because it's not ours

[1:10:23] Right, it s not hours, but

[1:10:26] So there are two

[1:10:27] But with that being said if you could do that

[1:10:31] It would be great

[1:10:32] so I think that's all I have for tonight with no further business before the

[1:10:38] council this meeting is adjourned at 7 10 p.m.

Sumner City Council 9/8/2026

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