2022, 04-12 Regular MINUTES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Regular Formal Meeting
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Mayor Haley called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. The meeting was held virtually via Zoom, and also
in City T-lall Council Chambers with Council and staff attending in person.
Attendance:
Couneilmembers Staff
Pain Haley, Mayor John Hohman, City Manager
Rod Higgins,Deputy Mayor Erik Lamb,Deputy City Manager
Tim Hattenburg,Councilmember Bill Helbig, Community& Public Works Dir.
Laura Padden, Councilmember Chelsie Taylor, Finance Director
Brandi Peetz, Councilmember Cary Driskell,City Attorney
Ben Wick, Councilmember John Bottelli,Parks,Rec&Facilities Director
Arne Woodard, Councilmember Gloria Mantz, City Engineer
Mike Basinger, Economic Development Director
Morgan Koudelka, Sr. Administrative Analyst
Dave Ellis,Police Chief
Carrie Koudelka, Deputy City Clerk
INVOCATION: Pastor Al Hulten of Valley Assembly Church gave the invocation.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council, staff and the audience stood for the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL: Deputy City Clerk Koudelka called the roll; all Councilmembers were present
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins, seconded and unanimously agreed
to approve the agenda.
INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS:n/a
COMMITTEE,BOARD,LIAISON SUMMARY REPORTS:
Councilmember Peetz: participated in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at City Hall.
Councilmember Padden: attended the Valley Chamber of Commerce board retreat.
Councilmember Wick: participated in the Air National Guard Refueling Wing legislative reception.
Councilmember Woodard: attended the Continuum of Care meeting and they appointed two new board
members.
Councilmember Hattenburg: attended the STA Planning and Development meeting where they reported a
9 percent increase over their budget, fares will remain $2.00 through 2025, youth passes will be extended
three years, they have 18 new drivers in classes and they will be able to extend routes in August.
Councilmember Higgins: attended the Spokane Regional Clean Air board meeting and they discussed the
increasing revenue shortfall and there will likely be an increase in fees due to increasing inflation.
MAYOR'S REPORT
Mayor Haley said she attended the Speed and Custom Car Show at the Fairgrounds and she picked the 1957
Corvette as the Mayor's Award selection; she attended a ribbon cutting ceremony at Safeway on Sprague;
and she attended the STA Performance Monitoring in External Relations Committee meeting and she said
it looks like the sales tax revenues are decreasing.
PROCLAMATION-Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: Mayor Haley read the proclamation.
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GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY 111:
Ms. Karen Gallion, Spokane Valley, requested that a"No Compression Brakes" sign be posted on Barker
Road in the Turtle Creek neighborhood.
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:I move to approve the Consent Agenda.
a. Approval of Claim Vouchers on April 12,2022,Request for Council Action Form: $3,017,781.55
b. Approval of Payroll for Pay Period ending March 31,2022; $634,449.17
c. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of March 15,2022, Study Session
d. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of March 22,2022, Regular Formal Meeting
e. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of March 29,2022, Study Session
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the Consent Agenda.
2.Motion Consideration: Pines Grade Separation Project Avista Donation Gloria Mantz;Avista Business
Manager Melanie Rose
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins and seconded to accept the Avista donation of parcel numbers
45033.9126, 45033,9090, and 45033.9091, for the Pines Road/BNSF Grade Separation Project and
authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute any documents necessary to complete this transaction.
City Engineer Mantz introduced Melanie Rose, Avista Business Manager, and updated Council with the
right-of-way status for the project.Ms. Mantz said that Avista is donating three parcels along the Spokane
river which total approximately 3.5 acres and are appraised at $790,000. Ms. Rose said Avista does not
need the land for their operations so they are donating the parcels to the City to build a trailhead that will
benefit the community, and Avista is waiving compensation for the opportunity to partner with the City on
the project. Ms. Mantz said the land donation is important for the project because it will help the City in
applying for future funding opportunities and it will provide a trailhead and improve access to the river.
She said the trailhead will consist of a restroom,parking,access to the Centennial Trail and the future River
Loop Trail, and charging stations which enhance grant funding opportunities. Mayor Haley invited public
comments.No comments were offered. Vote by acclamation: in favor: unanimous. Opposed:none. Motion
carried.
3.Motion Consideration: Law Enforcement Interlocal Amendment—Erik Lamb,Morgan Koudelka,Chief
Ellis
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins and seconded to authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute
the Amended Interlocal Agreement for Law Enforcement Services as provided by the Spokane County
Sheriff's Office to the City of Spokane Valley, in substantially the form provided. Sr.Administrative Analyst
Koudelka said the amendment contains twelve changes as listed on the RCA, and called attention to three
changes of substance: a change to the language that provides more control to the City for the purchase and
replacement of City vehicles;a change to the language that provides additional control to the City to prevent
unspent City funds from being diverted to other purposes without the consent of the City; and the addition
of a Homeless Services Deputy, a Behavioral Health Deputy and two Major Crimes detectives. Mayor
Haley invited public comment; no comments were offered. Vote by acclamation: in favor: unanimous.
Opposed.' none. Motion carried.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY[21:
Ms.Barb Howard,Spokane Valley,via zoom: suggested to Council that the City contact Northwest Animal
Service to help patrol the parks using their trained dogs and she spoke in opposition to shipping containers
in Spokane Valley.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:
4.Third Party Publications in City Buildinig Public Areas—Cary Driskell
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Councihnember Wick recused himself from the discussion at 6:43 p.m. City Attorney Driskell said that in
Januaiy there was consensus of Council to have staff look at the issue of third-party publications in the City
Hall foyer, and as staff looked into the issue,they included other City facilities in the analysis because the
determination would need to apply to all City-owned facilities. Mr. Driskell said that Council has the
authority to determine if third-party publications should be allowed in City Hall public areas and he
recommends that the decision be by resolution and that it be uniformly applied to all or none of the third-
party publications. It was Council Consensus to bring forward a resolution eliminating third party
publications from public areas of City-owned facilities. (In favor: Councilmembers Padden, Woodard,
Deputy Mayor Higgins and Mayor Haley. Opposed: Councilmembers Hattenburg and Peetz. Recused:
Councilmember• Wick.)
5. Balfour Park Phase 1 Update—Bill Helbig
Community and Public Works Director Helbig updated Council on the project plans and status,stating that
bid proposals were opened on March 18,2022,from three responsive bidders;the bids came in higher than
the engineer's estimate and outside the City's budget for the project. He said staff evaluated the proposals
and found that general contractors are still working on a backlog of projects from 2021 and are not available
to do the work, including the subcontractors. He said that with inflation, construction materials have gone
up 20 percent, concrete has gone up 80 percent, and steel has gone up 120 percent in the last six months.
Fuel prices increased and he said that was also reflected in the bids we received. Mr. Helbig said that staff
propose that we delay the project and see if conditions stabilize, and that we look at the master plan to see
about re-phasing the project to bring back in the early part of next year. He said staff will continue to keep
Council apprised.City Manager Hohman said the biggest problem at this time is that there are no contractors
available to do the work, and our regular bidders are completely unavailable throughout the construction
season; it may be better to put the project out to re-bid after the first of the year, and he said staff will
investigate that more.Mr.Hohman said that delaying the project allows us to re-evaluate the plans to see if
we can provide amenities more efficiently or in other phases and he said staff is concerned about spreading
finances too thinly, so we are looking at potential grant opportunities for Council discussion.
Councilmembers Woodard and Peetz voiced their desire to move forward with Balfour Park improvements
over Greenacres Park Phase 2 and the discussion then segued into the following agenda item, Greenacres
Park and the Potential RCO Grant Opportunity.
6. Potential RCO (Recreation Conservation Office) Grant Opportunity—John Bottelli
City Manager Hohman said that in considering options for the RCO Grant, they looked at the Pines GSP
and discussed separating out the trailhead but if we did, that would take points away from our potential
RAISE application because the trailhead includes elements we need for award of the funds. In looking at
the River Loop Trail project,he said one of the elements for the grant is the requirement for a public process
which hasn't happened yet, so that project would not score well on the RCO grant application. He then
clarified that there are two opportunities for the RCO grant, the current grant application is due May 3rd
and there is a subsequent opportunity in two years. He said this gives us time to re-package to construct
Balfour Park Phase 1 next year and to apply in 2024 for the next parts of that project.He said staff is looking
for direction from Council as to how to move forward.
Parks and Recreation and Facilities Director Bottelli said he reviewed the Balfour Park bids to think about
how to re-package a Phase 1 that would allow us to still go for an RCO grant for Phase 2 of the park, but
he found there were too many unknowns with that approach so staff circled back around to see if there are
any other projects to put forward toward the RCO grant application, or to not apply for the current RCO
grant. He said he has served on the Iocal RCO committee for the past twelve years and in his experience,
the public process is a critical element to the grant application.Mr.Bottelli said that in looking at Greenacres
Park, the master plan was developed in 2010,which is a little dated, however; he said the RCO first draft
deadline is May 3rd for a technically complete application, but the formal evaluation is in August.He asked
the RCO if we could submit an application based on our Master Plan and refresh elements of it over the
summer after seeking more public input to present in August and was told that is an acceptable approach.
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If successful,July 2023 is when the grant agreements are formalized and the City would be responsible for
the matching funds. He said that Phase 2 elements for Greenacres Park include a baseball field, basketball
court,tennis court,skate park and community garden.Mr.Bottelli said that with Council consensus tonight,
he would come back to Council on April 26th with a resolution for Council consideration. It was Council
consensus to bring a resolution forward for consideration.
7. Advance Agenda--Mayor Haley
City Manager Hohman said that with regard to Ms. Gallion's comments about compression brakes, staff
and enforcement officers went out to look at the issues she expressed. He said that the use of unmuffled
compression brakes is illegal in the state, but muffled compression brakes are legal and the biggest issue is
the growth leading to increased traffic volume. Staff can bring more information forward and Council has
the ability to further restrict compression brakes, but be said the City will need to work with the County
because the road is in both jurisdictions so we would need to be consistent; and enforcement would be
included as part of the information brought back.Council consensus to have staffprovide more information.
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
City Manager Hohman said he will schedule a meeting or a site visit for Council to meet with SHREK; he
said the abatement at 4216 N Best Rd is in the final stages of being cleaned up and should be completed by
the end of this week;the City of Spokane is.moving forward on a new shelter at 4320 E Trent,which is just
outside our city limits,that will offer 250 beds and wraparound services. He said that Chief Ellis received
a nice letter from one of our citizens thanking officers in their response to a break-in, resulting in the
expedient capture of the perpetrator and return of the stolen property; he commended Councilmember Peetz
for being asked to serve on the Association of Washington Cities Legislative Priority Committee; and he
commended Mayor Haley for her service on the Spokane Transit Authority board for which was awarded
a Leadership Appreciation plaque.
ADJOURNMENT:
It was moved by Councilmember Woodard, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn the meeting at
7:44 p.m.
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