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2024, 09-10 Formal A MeetingCity of Spokane Valley City Council Study Session Meeting Formal A Setting Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Mayor Haley called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. The meeting was held in person in Council Chambers, and also remotely via Zoom meeting. Attendance: Councilmembers Pam Haley, Mayor Tim Hattenburg, Deputy Mayor Rod Higgins, Councilmember Laura Padden, Councilmember Jessica Yaeger, Councilmember Al Merkel, Councilmember Ben Wick, Councilmember Staff Erik Lamb, Deputy City Manager Chelsie Taylor, Finance Director Kelly Konkright, City Attorney Tony Beattie, Senior Deputy City Attorney John Bottelli, Parks & Rec Director Bill Helbig, Public Works Director Mike Basinger, Economic Development Director Jill Smith, Communications Manager Sean Walter, Assistant Police Chief John Whitehead, HR Director Lesli Brassfield, Tourism & Marketing Manager Martin Palaniuk, Associate Planner Chad Knodel, IT Manager Marci Patterson, City Clerk INVOCATION: Pastor Greg Wilt with Liberty Lake Baptist Church provided the invocation. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: ROLL CALL: City Clerk Patterson called roll; all Councilmembers were present. APPROVAL OF AGENDA It was moved by Deputy Mayor Hattenburg, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the agenda. SPECIAL GUESTS/PRESENTATIONS: COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS Councilmember Yaeger: attended COG meeting, ribbon cutting for the fair, Northwest orthopedic center ribbon cutting, event and they gave kudos for Jenny Nickerson as well. Councilmember Padden: attended the fair events, noted that CVSD has positive enrollment for this fall and were able to hire back some of the staff that they had to lay off, wildfire season is better than expected this year, attended a workforce development with community college, attended a builders roundtable dinner, and attended presentation for Cheney therapeutic court. Councilmember Higgins: stated he attended the Spokane Regional Clean Air meeting and noted they have a new director and attended an STA board meeting for Mayor Haley. Councilmember Wick: noted that he is working to facilitate a tour of Spokane region with FMSIB and truck parking discussion and review of Love's truck stop facility, tour amazon facility for truck parking as well and noted that the Amazon facility has been here 3 years now. Councilmember Merkel: attended a reimbursement work group with Dr. Valasquez and attended a youth work group, attended COG meeting, and a listening session with MultiCare. Deputy Mayor Hattenburg: attended the COG meeting and provided details on STA and the 10 year planning and meeting updates. Council Meeting Minutes, Study Session: 09-10-2024 Pagel of 3 Approved by Council: 11-26-2024 MAYOR'S REPORT The mayor stated that she had nothing to report. PROCLAMATION: 9111 National Day of Service and Remembrance Mayor Haley read the proclamation and Assistant Police Chief Walter accepted the proclamation on behalf of our Spokane Valley Police Department. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY: After Mayor Haley explained the process, she invited public comment. Mr. Ben Lund, Spokane Valley, Mr. David Miller, Spokane Valley, Mr. Rick Freier, Spokane Valley and Ms. Sandy Anchando, Spokane Valley provided comments. CONSENT AGENDA: 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, September 10, 2024, Request for Council Action Form: $2,139,306.36. b. Approval of Payroll for Pay Period ending August 31, 2024: $803,025.96. c. Set 2025 Budget Hearing for Oct 8 It was moved by Deputy Mayor Hattenburg, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the Consent Agenda. ACTION ITEMS: 2. Motion Consideration: TPA Written Report, 2025 Budget & Work Plan - Lesh Brassfield It was moved by Deputy Mayor Hattenburg and seconded to approve the 2025 TPA Budget of $1,275, 000 and Work Plan. Ms. Brassfield provided a brief overview of the Work Plan and 2025 Budget and noted that there had not been any changes since the previous presentation. If approved, she will return in late October with contract and funding considerations. Mayor Haley invited public comment: no comments were offered. Vote by acclamation: in favor: unanimous. Opposed: none. Motion carried NON -ACTION ITEMS: 3. Admin Report: Annexation Analysis — Mike Basinger & BERK Consulting Mr. Basinger, Economic Development and Planning Director introduced representatives from BERK Consulting, Andrew Bjorn and Katherine Goetz. Mr. Bjorn and Ms. Goetz provided a detailed PowerPoint presentation on the current boundaries, the need to annex and listed several reasons that an area may be annexed, an overview of the annexation trends, major principles for annexation, guidelines for process to annex, analysis of subareas, review of initial strategic classification, financial sustainability analysis, fiscal sustainability results, and sales tax credit information. Council discussed various locations for potential annexation and why they would annex the locations. They also discussed the guidelines for annexation and why certain areas would be helpful for the city economic development. INFORMATION ONLY (will note be reported or discussed): GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY: General public comment rules apply. After Mayor Haley explained the process, she invited public comment. There were no comments provided. ADVANCE AGENDA Councilmember Merkel requested into a public push for watch duty or SREC app for the Ponderosa area. There was not consensus to move that request forward. Councilmember Merkel requested to relook at the stormwater funding. There was not consensus to move that request forward. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS Council Meeting Minutes, Study Session: 09-10-2024 Page 2 of 3 Approved by Council: 11-26-2024 Deputy City Manager provided details on the grant funding for Balfour Park improvements and that the city is currently ranked Yd for funding. Mr. Lamb gave kudos to the Parks and Rec Director for his time and dedication on the grants for our parks. Mr. Lamb noted that a final investigation report was received last week for the investigation into Councilmember Merkel and this is currently an appeal period. It was moved by Deputy Mayor Hattenburg, seconded and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 7:59 p.m. ATTEST: Qp OAS At I Pam Haley, Mayor Marci atterson, City Clerk Council Meeting Minutes, Study Session: 09-10-2024 Page 3 of 3 Approved by Council: 11-26-2024 C'I CITYol� 3pane ,,;00Valley® Vrortamation City of Spokane Valley, WasFiington 9/11 Wationa[ Day of Servke and Wsmem6rance WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, the United States suffered nearly 3, 000 civilian deaths as a result of heinous terrorist attacks around the country; and WHEREAS, on that day, ordinary Americans performed extraordinary acts of heroism in response to these horrific events. Firefighters and police officers rushed into crumbling buildings and raging fires to save others. EMTs, construction workers and strangers tended to the wounded. Airline passengers and crewmembers gave their lives to thwart another attack. And a generation of women and men answered the call of duty by joining our Armed Forces to defend our freedom and our democracy; and WHEREAS, these patriots are forever ingrained in our national character. They remind us that we are a great country because we are a good people and unity is our greatest strength. On this day, we pay tribute to the heroes and victims who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, and we recommit ourselves to the spirit of unity, service and patriotism that carried our nation through the dark days that followed; and WHEREAS: Congress designated September11th ofeachyearas "Patriot Day,"and annually recognizes "National Day of Service and Remembrance." United States citizens are encouraged to engage in meaningful acts of service on this day and to recognize and acknowledge our first responders and emergency workers who continually keep us safe and protect us on a daily basis. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Pain Haley, Mayor of the City of Spokane Valley, on behalf of the Spokane Valley City Council and the citizens of the City of Spokane Valley, do hereby proclaim September 11 as National Day of Service and Remembrance and encourage the citizens of Spokane Valley to fly their flags with pride, engage in meaningful acts ofcomm unity service and remember the innocent victims who lost their lives. Dated this 10`h day of September 2024. �& 6"11" Pam Haley, Mayor PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN -IN SHEET SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, September 10, 2024 6:00 p.m. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY #1 Please sign up to speak for up to THREE minutes and the Mayor will afford the public the opportunity to speak. The public comment opportunity is limited to a maximum of 45 minutes. NAME PLEASE PRINT TOPIC YOU WILL SPEAK ABOUT YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE 7 ✓CII�E? . A lie(- e � Please note that once information is entered on this form, it becomes a public record subject to public disclosure. Mard Patterson From: Miguel Valencia <miguel4wa@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 3:06 PM To: Council Meeting Public Comment Subject: Public Comment [EXTERNAL] This email originated outside the City of Spokane Valley. Always use caution when opening attachments or clicking links. 1. Meeting date of 9/10/2024 2. Miguel Valencia 3. Outside city limits of Spokane 4. Just a public concern/possibly Advance agenda When I read the Spokeman on Sunday, It was disheartening to see that some utility companies, like Modern Electric Water Company, are prioritizing their political beliefs over the well-being of their customers. Hundreds of lower -income residents, including many hardworking families, were left out of $200 energy bill credits simply because their utility company chose not to participate in a state -funded relief program. This credit was designed to ease the financial burden on those who need it most —people like Mike Varallo who lives in the Valley, who should have been able to count on this support. Instead, Modern Electric's decision to reject this assistance is a clear example of putting politics before people. No business should put its political agenda above providing essential support to its customers. Every utility company should be focused on helping those in need, not using their position to make political statements at the expense of people's livelihoods. I ask this City Council to put on the advance agenda an ordinance to encourage utility companies in Spokane Valley to participate in the State funded program that will give financial relief to hundreds of families in the Valley. Thank you! -Miguel Valencia