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2021, 04-13 Formal Meeting MINUTES City of Spokane Valley City Council Regular Formal Meeting Tuesday, April 13,2021 Mayor Wick called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. The meeting was held in City Hall with Council,staff and the public participating remotely via Zoom meeting. Attendance: Councilmembers Staff Ben Wick, Mayor Mark Calhoun, City Manager Brandi Peetz,Deputy Mayor John Hohman, Deputy City Manager Pam Haley, Councilmember Cary Driskell, City Attorney Tim Hattenburg Councilmember Erik Lamb,Deputy City Attorney Rod Higgins, Councilmember Dave Ellis, Police Chief Linda Thompson, Councilmember John Bottelli,Parks and Recreation Director Arne Woodard, Councilmember Chelsie Taylor, Finance Director Morgan Koudelka, Sr.Administrative Analyst Bill Helbig, City Engineer Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk ROLL CALL: City Clerk Bainbridge called the roll; all Councilmembers were present. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: It was moved by Deputy Mayor Feetz, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the agenda. INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS: n/a COMMITTEE,BOARD,LIAISON SUMMARY REPORTS Councilmember Haley: mentioned her attendance at the STA (Spokane Transit Authority) Board Operations Committee meeting where they voted to recommend the board purchase some WSDOT (Washington State Department of Transportation) land they didn't need for the North/South Freeway; said she attended the Continuum of Care meeting where it was noted they are having trouble spending their allocation of funds for the rapid re-housing, said people can't find homes and the apartments are full; that Catholic Charities gave up about $200,000 to Volunteers of America because they couldn't spend it on rapid re-housing since they can't find housing; said the eviction moratorium has a lot to do with that as people move out of a rental unit without the knowledge of the landlord so housing might be available but that information isn't known as people remain on a lease even though they are not still physically occupying the apartment or house; mentioned that college students suffer from food insecurity even though the colleges have food and clothing banks and access to food stamps, said the colleges are trying to get the word out but it is more difficult this year since the students are taking on-line classes. Councilmember Higgins: said he viewed the new quarters for the Spokane Clean Air Agency located in the West Plains area,that the new facility is a substantial upgrade from their current location,and that it appears the occupancy date for the new facility is June 1. Councilmember Woodard: no report Councilmember Thompson: spoke of the NLC (National League of Cities) re-imaging public safety task force about how to engage and involve citizens in public safety; said housing is occurring across the nation but some people can't get into that housing as people have vacated without the rental agency's knowledge; said she met with Lutheran Community Services and spoke about domestic violence; said she discovered that a problem is getting people to actually believe and understand domestic violence and how someone can get trapped in a situation; said as other members of Council did, she also received a letter from the Girl Scouts about elected officials giving badges to girl scouts who sell cookies to elected officials. Council Meeting Minutes,Formal: 04-13-2021 Page 1 of 4 Approved by Council: 04-27-2021 Councilmember Hattenburg: said he also visited Lutheran Community Services and lauded the outstanding job they do; said he participated in the STA Planning and Development meeting and that they are expecting double the amounts in grants to purchase buses, if the legislation gets passed. Deputy Mayor Peetz: said she took a tour of the new Amazon facility and that it is very exciting to see people coming in from all across the nation; that they hope to open in August and expect 300+ employees on the job site a day; said she also attended the Chamber's Government Action Committee meeting where they had a presentation from the U.S. Chamber about restaurant revitalization and the$25B grant program; she then gave some updates on some of the proposed bills; mentioned the Center for Law and Justice will meet tomorrow and that they might be willing to make a compromise on the current proposal;and said the Washington Traffic Safety Commission met and will be working on their highway safety plan. MAYOR'S REPORT: Mayor Wick reported that he testified before the house and senate transportation committee trying to advance the Pines Grade Separation Project, but is not sure if anything has come through yet on that; extended thanks to Senator Padden on the condo reform bill that passed both houses; said he met with the City of Millwood, Spokane and Liberty Lake to discuss the utility situation where the City of Spokane is talking about implementing a utility tax on the County's wastewater facility; said that 80-90% of that facility is Spokane Valley residents and that he expressed our strong conviction that we do not want them to pass that tax; said that Spokane City feels it is an excise tax rather than a utility tax; also part of the Events and Venues for the Health District that has a committee to support and coordinate all the events and venues; said they had a speaker from the Washington State Arts Commission and he is hoping for future guidance for fairs,festivals, and parades; said he toured the new Spokane Conservation District which is now in our city limits; and mentioned the Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board (FMSIB) where he serves as a city representative for the state—talking about project selection,that the Senate version has funds for FMSIB but the House version does not, but if they do later, said he has stepped up to be the project selection chair; said the Spokane Regional Transportation Council discussed how do we identify regional priority projects and trying to get a habit of how we support projects and be more strategic and more successful in putting our projects forward for grants; said the HCDAC (Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee)sent us a letter that according to population figures,we have surpassed the 100,000 population figure which means we can have another person on that board; and that he listened to the Kiwanis Club meeting where the Ridgeland High School principal gave a talk about the process and work involved in starting a new high school. PROCLAMATION: The Welcome and Inclusive Community Proclamation was read by Mayor Wick. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY 111: There were no public comments. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Consent Agenda: Consists of items considered routine which are approved as a group. Any member of Council may ask that an item be removed from the Consent Agenda to be considered separately. Proposed Motion:Imove to approve the Consent Agenda. a. Approval of Claim Vouchers on April 13,2021, Request for Council Action Form: $3,432,583.58 b. Approval of Payroll for Pay Period Ending March 31, 2021: $573,251.01 c.Approval of City Council meeting Minutes of 3-16-2021 Study Session Meeting d. Approval of City Council meeting Minutes of 3-23-2021 Formal Meeting Format It was moved by Deputy Mayor Peetz, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the Consent Agenda. 2. Second Reading Ordinance 21-004 Amending Camping Regulations—Erik Lamb, Morgan Koudelka, Arielle Anderson After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title it was moved by Deputy Mayor Peetz and seconded to approve ordinance 21-004, adopting amendments to chapter 7.50 SVMC. Mr.Lamb noted the only change since the first reading is as he mentioned at that previous Council meeting, and which is highlighted in Council Meeting Minutes,Formal: 04-13-2021 Page 2 of 4 Approved by Council: 04-27-2021 yellow on page 4 of the draft ordinance. There were no public comments. Vote by acclamation: in favor: unanimous. Opposed:none. Motion carried. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY [21: There were no public comments. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS: 3.Visit Spokane Update—Meg Winchester, Jamie Rand Visit Spokane President and CEO Meg Winchester gave a presentation on their 2020-2021 Leisure Campaign,which is the hospitality business recovery campaign; she mentioned the primary goals;creative strategy and direction; showed the Room to Roam video; talked about the importance of local influence and the creative partners, media partners and key outcomes for occupancy rates comparing our city to Spokane County, Seattle, and other municipalities; and mentioned the various awards Visit Spokane has received. Council extended thanks to Ms.Winchester for her presentation. 4. Fairchild AFB Training Center Partnership—Chief Ellis,Morgan Koudelka Mr.Koudelka stated that this is an opportunity to discuss the new training center and small arms range,and that the Sheriffs Office is currently using, and has used since 2015, the former Mountain View Middle School as the County Sheriff's Office training center, which building is the property of the East Valley School District; he also noted that firearms training and emergency vehicle driving training are held at different sites.Mr.Koudelka explained that the Sheriff's Office was successful in negotiating with Fairchild for an arrangement to safely meet the needs of the Sheriff's Office and Fairchild Air Force Base and this new facility will consolidate all functions in one arca. Mr. Koudelka also explained the financial impact and that our split is less than 1% of the annual law enforcement budget. Chief Ellis then went through his PowerPoint explaining the history,training center functions,Air Force Firearms Range Partnership, project costs, and timelines with a projected grand opening date of October 2022. 5. Law Enforcement Update—Morgan Koudelka, Chief Ellis,Assistant Chief Richey Mr. Koudelka explained that the latest Law Enforcement version started in 2018, and was for a five-year term;explained that previously Council expressed they wanted the opportunity to evaluate how the contract was going instead of having the contract simply auto-renew; so the five-year contract runs through December 31, 2022, and will automatically renew for an additional five-year term but only with Council authorization; that the twenty-four month termination notice must be given after the first three years have been completed if that is the desire; he said tonight's presentation is the first step in the review of the contact,which is a review of the first there years and that staff will return to Council toward the end of 2022 to ask for Council authorization for the renewal. Mr. Koudelka then went over the negotiated law enforcement goals, followed by an explanation of the police department staff breakdown and other data from the SVPD Business Plan,the SVPD Annual Report, and finally the 2020 SVPD Statistical Reports.It was clarified that the information he explained tonight is just a recounting of what we did and of what is included in the current five-year contract. Mr. Koudelka mentioned that the intent is to bring forth a quarterly report in the future. Brief discussion included the idea from Mayor Wick about showing a percentage of shift filled with Mr. Koudelka adding that we can compare quarters as we move through it and show the average staffing level per shift.Mr.Koudelka also stated that there are multiple variables that affect crime statistics, but if we see trends, we can come up with an action plan to monitor that to see if what we are doing has the desired impact. Councilmember Thompson noted that page 3 of the 2020 Annual Report shows `reportable' and 'non reportable' accidents and that she prefers the term `crashes' which will keep the document consistent. Mr.Koudelka briefly went over the format of the quarterly report; and said staff is planning to come back to Council April 27 for an additional update on the law enforcement contract amendment, with a motion for Council to consider May 4, and said that will be mostly housekeeping items; he stated that there is no intent to have a motion regarding the contract for the next five-year term, as that will come back later for Council Meeting Minutes,Formal: 04-13-2021 Page 3 of 4 Approved by Council: 04-27-2021 an opportunity to further evaluate the performance and determine if we want the contract to roll over or to look at other options. 6.Parking Update—Bill Helbig, Cary Driskell City Attorney Driskell explained that regarding no-parking zones,staff was asked to determine what would and would not be permitted, and who makes such determination; he said that staff input is important but the ultimate decision will be Council's; and he asked and Council concurred that staff work on some code provisions for making an analysis as to whether an area qualifies as a no-parking zone. Mr. Driskell said a master non-parking resolution would be a companion piece to that much as we have done with the master speed limit resolution;he said staff has some data from a previous company that did street scanning which included all the signs, but that it is not easily ascertainable data and he is recommending that we have information on GSI layers for all signs as to what kind of sign and where it is located; said there is a cost to that but he feels it is money well spent; he said it will take a few months to gather the data and draft the resolution, and again, Council concurred. City Engineer Helbig agreed with IVIr. Driskell's assessment of the time it will take to gather the data, and said money was put in the 2021 budget for this work.Mr.Helbig also explained that the data will include the inventory of all signs, but parking assessments is something that is done by parking engineers. 7. Advance Agenda—Mayor Wick There were no suggested changes to the Advance Agenda. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS: Mr. Calhoun extended congratulations to Deputy City Attorney Lamb on receiving WSAMA's (Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys)Outstanding Service Award; and said that Browns Park should be completed before June 30. S. EXECUTIVE SESSION [RCW 42.30.110(1)(b); RCW 4230.110(1)(i); and RCW 42.30.11Q(1)(g)j: Land Acquisition, Pending Litigation, and Review the Performance of a Public Employee It was moved by Deputy Mayor Peetz, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn into executive session for approximately 60 minutes to discuss land acquisition,pending litigation and to review the performance of a public employee, and that no action will be taken upon return to open session. Council adjourned into executive session at 8:03 p.m. At 9:00 p.m. Councilmember Woodard returned to open session and announced the extension of the executive session to 9:30 p.m. At 9:30 p.m.,Mayor Wick returned to open session and announced the extension of the executive session to 9:45 p.m. At 9:45 p.m., Councilmember Woodard returned to open session and announced the extension of the executive session to no later than 10:15 p.m. At 9:52 p.m.Mayor Wick declared Council out of executive session at which time it was moved by Deputy Mayor Peetz, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn. A S uJ .tn rara:.tiBen Wick,Mayor Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk itr— Council Meeting Minutes,Formal: 04-13-2021 Page 4 of 4 Approved by Council: 04-27-2021