2023, 04-04 Study Session-CenterPlace MINUTES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Study Session, Special Meeting
Tuesday,April 4,2023
Mayor Haley called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. The meeting was held in person by Council and staff in
the Great Room at CenterPlace,2426 N Discovery Place, Spokane Valley, and also remotely via Zoom
meeting.
Attendance:
Councilmembers Staff
Pam Haley, Mayor John Hohman, City Manager
Rod Higgins, Deputy Mayor Erik Lamb,Deputy City Manager
Tom Hattenburg, Councilmember Tony Beattie, Sr. Deputy City Attorney
Brandi Peetz, Councilmember John Bottelli, Parks&Rec.Director
Laura Padden, Councilmember Bill Helbig, Community &Public Works Dir.
Ben Wick, Councilmember Gloria Mantz, City Engineer
Arne Woodard, Councilmember Mike Basinger, Eco. Development Director
Emily Estes-Cross,Public Information Officer
Sean Walter,Assistant Police Chief
Levi Basinger, Planner
Kendall May,Recreation Coordinator
Virginia Clough,Legislative Policy Coordinator
Chad Knodel, IT Manager
Greg Bingaman,IT Specialist
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
ROLL CALL: City Clerk Bainbridge called roll; all Councilmembers were present.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins, seconded, and unanimously agreed
to approve the amended agenda.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY: After Mayor Haley explained the process, she
invited public comment. Ms. Barb Howard, Spokane Valley [via zooml: spoke about not having any
election materials in CenterPlace; mentioned the appearance of the new library; and of some new proposed
legislation. Mr. John Harding, Spokane Valley: suggested public comments be given at the end of the
meeting instead of the beginning;mentioned lack of Spokane Valley citizen participation in meetings. Mr.
Craig Catlow, Spokane Valley: said he lives on Ridgemont and coming up to his home, Vera Crest is in
terrible shape; said six years ago the City told him they have a plan; was also told that recently; would like
to know when that road might be repaired.
ACTION ITEM:
1.Resolution 23-005 Setting a Public Hearing for Oak Education Association Request for a Street Vacation
—Levi Basinger
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins and seconded to approve Resolution No. 23-005, which sets April
27, 2023 as the date for a public hearing before the Planning Commission on street vacation STV-2023-
0001. After Mr. Basinger's brief explanation of the street vacation request, Mayor Haley invited public
comments.No comments were offered. Vote by acclamation: in favor: unanimous. Opposed: none. Motion
carried.
NON-ACTION ITEMS:
2. Spokane Valley Tourism Promotion Area Update—Mike Basinger
Mr. Basinger went over the background of the TPA as noted in his Request for Council Action, which
included an update of the TPA (Tourism Promotion Commission) meetings; he also noted that the staff
were able to negotiate a purchase price of $10,000 for the VisitSpokaneValley.com domain along with
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seven other valley specific domains owned by Visit Spokane; he noted that the Commission also reviewed
eleven responses to a Request for Qualifications issued to develop a five-year destination marketing plan
and an 18-month marketing service plan; and that three consultants were selected for interviews.
3. Recreation Season Preview—Kendall May
Ms. May gave an update on current and upcoming 2023 recreation program offerings; also mentioned we
were selected as a Tree City USA; among other upcoming activities, mentioned the summer park &meal
program, summer day camp program, some new camp programs, and the popular outdoor movies at
Mirabeau Meadows.
4. Advance Agenda—Mayor Haley
There were no suggested changes to the Advance Agenda.
COUNCIL COMMENTS
Councilmember Wick mentioned the Hutton Settlement and of their encouraging their students to run
businesses, said some created a coffee roasting business and maybe we could help them as part of our 20th
anniversary.
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
Mr. Hohman talked about the successful trip last week to Washington, D.C., and that Council will receive
an overview in the new couple of weeks; went over some of the budget issues in our state, and said that
both the House and the Senate budget include funding for Greenacres park; and among other funding, said
the state Transportation Budget includes allocations for the North Spokane Corridor Project. Mr.Hohman
then turned the floor over to Councilmember Wick who briefly spoke about some of the state transportation
issues including at this point,just the House allocating $3 million for Barker; and briefly mentioned other
transportation issues such as those addressing truck parking.Mr.Hohman thanked Council,the community
and staff for their work in putting together this temporary home for our Council meetings, which is
necessary as Garco Construction works on City Hall.
Deputy City Manager Lamb gave an update from last week's Regional Homeless meeting; mentioned that
this is a regional collaborative effort with Councilmember Hattenburg and Mayor Haley taking part in these
discussions; said the first meeting was last Thursday with the three volunteers leading the discussions about
the 90-day period; said they created a website but asked people to keep in mind that spokaneunited.org is
in its infancy; said the idea at the meeting was to concentrate on state funding and not on local, and added
that we are not looking to put our funds into this; said they asked for general input on the governance
structure and are starting to look at a blend of elected officials and others as yet to be determined; said the
discussions were very general and details were not included, but there will be another discussion in a few
weeks.
Executive Session: It was moved by Deputy Mayor Higgins, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn
into executive session for approximately 30 minutes to discuss potential acquisition of real estate and that
no action will he taken upon return to open session. Council adjourned into executive session at 6:42 p.m.
At 7:10 p.m.Mayor Haley declared Council out of executive session at which time it was moved by Deputy
Mayor Higgins, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn.
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