2022, 08-23 Regular Formal MINUTES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Regular Formal Meeting
Tuesday,August 23, 2022
Mayor Haley called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. The meeting was held in person by Council and staff in
Council Chambers, and also remotely via Zoom meeting.
Attendance:
Councilm em bers Staff
Pam Haley,Mayor John Hohman, City Manager
Rod Higgins,Deputy Mayor Caty Driskell, City Attorney
Tim Hattenburg, Councilmember Tony Beattie, Sr.Deputy City Attorney
Laura Padden, Couneilmember Chelsie Taylor,Finance Director
Brandi Peetz, Councilmember John Bottelli, Parks,Rec & Facilities Dir.
Ben Wick, Councilmember Bill Helbig, Community&Public Works Dir,
Arne Woodard, Councilmember Mike Basinger,Economic Development Dir.
John Whitehead, Human Resources Director
Dave Ellis, Police Chief
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
INVOCATION: Pastor Kent Mankins of the Valley Assembly Church gave the invocation.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council, staff and the audience stood for the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL City Clerk Bainbridge 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: said she attended the Idaho Central Credit Union Performing Arts Center
groundbreaking of their 59,000 square foot facility; said they raised about $18 million and the
groundbreaking had a large turnout.
Councilmember Padden: said she also attended the Performing Arts Center groundbreaking; mentioned
there will be upcoming bank buildings within our City limits; said the event was very impressive and a lot
of fun.
Councilmember Wick: reported that he too attended the groundbreaking; also went to the Fairchild Air
Force Base Maintenance Squadron Tour; mentioned that the National Fitness Campaign is trying to build
500 fitness courts for parks across the nation, and he watched a video for that program to encourage
communities to build parklets; said Visit Spokane's CEO Meg Winchester announced that she will be
retiring the end of the year; said the FMSIB (Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board) continues work
on a priority list and that the State asked them to reach out to councils for their priority projects; said our
region submitted about 10 projects, so now the FMSIB will work to prioritize them.
Councilmember Woodard: said he also attended the groundbreaking which was well attended, said that
they will not only work to train actors, but those who work behind the scenes; said he attended the Family
Promise ribbon cutting and that our$750,000 created a nice area in the lower level of their building,so now
they can add 67 beds as part of their drop-n service; said the Growth Management Steering Committee of
Elected Officials had a great presentation by the PTAC on their work on the Plan to be eventually adopted
by the Board of County Commissioners; said the Land Analysis from the State mentioned there are grants
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available and our community could get$300,000 to help in our portion of analyzing our community as there
have been several million set aside for the state.
Councilmernber Hattenburg: said he too enjoyed the impressive groundbreaking; said he toured a senior
living facility that just opened across Mirabeau; and mentioned some positive comments he received about
our road conditions.
Deputy Mayor Higgins: said he also attended many of the events just mentioned.
MAYOR'S REPORT
Mayor Haley said she enjoyed the groundbreaking; went to the Salvation Army Backpack for Kids where
they gave away 4,000 backpacks,each filled with school materials, all paid for by Nomnom Gas Stations.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY [1l: After Mayor Haley explained the process, she
opened the floor for public comments.
Mr.Dan Allison, Spokane Valley: said there is a camp similar to Camp Hope just due north where the new
homeless center will be, which has about 300 people there along the river; said they bathe in the river and
he didn't think that was permissible, and realizes that is Spokane's jurisdiction.
Mr.Daniel Wilson; said he did not wish to speak.
Mr. Kerry Nyhuis, Spokane Valley: said he lives next to Browns park and has noticed a lot more trouble
going on in the park, especially at night, trash cans knocked over, hateful graffiti, maybe potential drug
deals; said he called Crime Check but it is a low priority; he suggested the City might hire private security
for nights and weekends; said the parking lot on the south side is totally dark so more lights might help in
the prevention of vandalism.
Mr.John Harding, Spokane Valley: said in order to get more bang for the buck,suggested the City perform
a cost benefit analysis when it comes to reducing a lane for bicycles; said the bike lanes damage traffic's
ability to use the streets as well as they could, for a small group of people who bike for a hobby and that
we don't charge them anything; mentioned that he notices very few, and sometimes no passengers on the
STA(Spokane Transit Authority) buses and said those dollars could be better used for street maintenance.
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 pprove the Consent Agenda.
a. Approval of Claim Vouchers on August 23,2022, Request for Council Action Form: $3,360,427.18
b. Approval of Payroll for Pay Period ending August 15,2022: $477,830.04
c. Approval of Resolution 22-016, Declaring Items Surplus
d. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of August 9,2022, Regular Formal Meeting
e.Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of August 16, 2022, Study Session
After it was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the Consent
Agenda, Councihnernber Padden has some questions concerning clarification on a.few claim vouchers,but
she indicated that her questions were not meant to change the vote to approve the Consent Agenda.
2. First Reading Ordinance 22-015, Street Vacation Housekeeping Amendments—Cary Driskell
After City Clark Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins and seconded
to suspend the rules and approve the ordinance. City Attorney Driskell explained that these are merely
clarification/housekeeping changes and nothing substantive. Mayor Haley invited public comment; no
comments were offered. Vote by Acclamation: in favor: unanimous; opposed: none. Motion carried
3. Resolution 22-017,Tourism Promotion Area(TPA)Formation—Mike Basinger
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins and seconded to approve Resolution 22-017 accepting the TPA
initiation petition and setting the public hearing for the establishment of the Spokane Valley Tourism.
Promotion Area. Economic Development Director Basinger went through the PowerPoint giving
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background for forming our own TPA, including the petition process and public hearing. Mayor Haley
invited public comment; no comments were offered. Vote by Acclamation: in favor: unanimous; opposed:
none. Motion carried.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY[21: Mayor Haley invited public comment.
Ms. Barb Howard, Spokane Valley [via zoom]: she spoke about SCOPE and Crime Check and said she
can't seem to get some of those parked cars checked;that she called Crime Check at 5:30 a.m.to report one
in particular and they said they would call her back; said this continues; said she feels SCOPE is becoming
very political; she mentioned cars parked around the apartment complexes, and that the cars don't get
moved; said she lives in the area and knows her surroundings.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:
4. Snowplow Replacement Discussion—Bill Helbig
Via his PowerPoint, Community & PubIic Works Director Helbig gave some background on our current
snowplow fleet, current fleet issues,fleet replacement programs, and budget impacts;he noted the existing
replacement program is to replace one snowplow every third year, and the proposed replacement program
is to replace one snowplow every year for the next eight years. Mr. Helbig said as was previously discussed
during the supplemental budget part of the budget workshop, staff would like to purchase one plow now;
said he is seeking Council's consensus tonight to make that purchase now, since there is a very limited
order window that the manufacturers are allowing; and if that order window opens up for us to purchase
the 2023 plow, he would like Council consensus to make that purchase now, and said the 2023 budget
would pay for it. Mr. Helbig also noted that street maintenance staff have found that operating nine to
eleven plows is required to efficiently manage snow along the arterial roadway network and on hillside
local streets;that using a fleet of nine plows, a full-city plow operation takes about 12 hours; and routinely
various plows are out of service due to structural, mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system failures.
There was Council discussion about the number of plows and the replacement programs, with
Councilmember Wick stating that he feels there we big enough and need to have 11 plows and two spares.
Concerning the wait time for actually getting the plow, Mr. Helbig said they ordered a plow last October
and are still waiting for delivery. Councilmember Padden had questions about the current replacement
program as the year acquired isn't always every third year.Finance Director Taylor added that the schedule
was made fairly recently, perhaps in 2015 or 2016, so we didn't have a steady schedule before that date,
which explains some of those gaps. Councilmember Wick added that we had kept the oldest plows to keep
for parts; and Mr. Helbig mentioned that the older parts are no longer available. In sharing some of the
history of snowplows,Councilmember Woodard said that we were trying to increase the fleet to have some
vehicles for parts; that we tried several times in the past to get a contractor to take on that service, but
couldn't; said he supports replacing a vehicle every year;that we now have more road miles from even five
years ago and are growing fast. Councilmember Padden suggested maybe get a new vehicle annually for
the first few years, but then switch to every other year; and she asked if WSDOT (Washington State
Department of Transportation)still surpluses vehicles. Mr.Hohman said we can look into that but we don't
just pick up these trucks from WSDOT and use them; that they have to be completely re-done; and that it
is expensive keeping an older vehicle in working order. Mr. Hohman stated that we can have further
discussion throughout the budget discussions and that staff is not asking for a decision now, but the current
schedule isn't working. Mr. Helbig added that other agencies are also holding onto their vehicles longer.
There was Council consensus to proceed to order the one snowplow now.
5. Fire Department Monthly Report—Chief Soto
Speaking for Chief Soto, Deputy Chief Zack Bond went over the Fire Department Monthly Report data,
adding that the month of July has been their busiest month to-date.
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6. Advance Agenda—Mayor Haley
There were no suggested changes to the Advance Agenda although Councilmember Wick mentioned the
topic of the cameras the police department had requested. Mr. Hohman said staff is actively working on
that but does not have an estimated date for adding the topic to an agenda.
7. The Department Monthly Reports
These reports were for information only and were not reported or discussed.
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
City Manager Hohman had no further comments.
S. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Land Acquisition [RCW 42.30.110(1)(b)]
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn into executive
session for approximately 20 minutes to discuss land acquisition, and that no action will be taken upon
return to open session. Council adjourned into executive session at 7:20 p.m. At 7:37 p.m. Mayor Haley
declared Council out of executive session, at which time it was moved, seconded and unanimously agreed
to adjourn.
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u•istine Bainbrid , City Clerk
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