2012, 04-17 Study Session Minutes MINUTES
SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
STUDY SESSION FORMAT
Spokane Valley City Hall Council Chambers
Spokane Valley,Washington
April 17,2012 6:00 p.m.
Attendance:
Councilmembers Staff
Tom Towey,Mayor Mike Jackson, City Manager
Gary Sehimmels,Deputy Mayor Cary Driskell, City Attorney
Dean Grafos, Councilmember John Holtman, Community Development Dir.
Brenda Grassel, Councilmember Neil Kersten,Public Works Director
Chuck Hafner, Councilmember Mark Calhoun, Finance Director
Ben Wick, Councilmember Mike Stone,Parks&Recreation Director
Arne Woodard,Councilmember Kelly Konkright,Deputy City Attorney
Rick VanLeuven,Police Chief
Steve Worley, Senior Engineer
Morgan Koudelka, Sr.Administrative Analyst
Carolbelle Branch,Public Information Officer
Chris Bainbridge, City Clerk
Mayor Towey called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. It was then moved by Deputy Mayor Schimmels,
seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the amended agenda.
ACTION ITEMS:
1.Memorandum of Understanding with Spokane County Library District--Cary Driskell
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Schimmels and seconded to authorize the City Manager to execute the
proposed Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Allocation of Traffic Study Costs Related to the
Park Property Acquisition with the Spokane County Library District. City Attorney Driskell explained
that the purpose of the memorandum of understanding is to stipulate to splitting the cost of the traffic
analysis between Spokane Valley and the Library District, with a cap of $16,000, or $8,000 each as
neither the City nor the District wants to commit to a project of this scope without having a reasonable
idea of the costs. Mr. Driskell added that the interlocal attached to the Memorandum of Understanding is
a draft and subject to change. Mayor Towey invited public comment; no comments were offered. Vote
by Acclamation:In Favor: Unanimous. Opposed: None. Motion carried
2.Letter of Intent to Purchase Property—Mike Jackson
It was moved by Deputy Mayor Schimmels and seconded to authorize the City Manager to prepare and
execute a letter of intent to Pring Corporation regarding the potential purchase of Spokane County parcel
numbers 45174.9053, 45174.9054, 45174.9055, and 45174.9056, and to expend public money not to
exceed $30,000 for preliminary title work, Phase I Environmental Site assessment, a survey, a traffic
study, and a fair market appraisal, and that these funds will be taken from Fund 310, the Civic Facilities
Fund, which will be appropriated through a future budget amendment in 2012. City Manager Jackson
went over the timeline and process of this potential property purchase, adding that the unknown is
whether the library's ballot bond measure would pass; he said they note that ballot issue will likely appear
on the 2015 ballot; and even if the measure fails, the area could be a highly successful park. Mr. Jackson
stated that should this motion pass, a traffic study will be commenced with anticipation of completion
within forty-five to sixty days, and said staff will come back to Council with those results; and further
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explained that we will continue to work with the Library on the draft interlocal as their Board must also
approve the document. Mr. Jackson said in the meantime, he will negotiate and work with the Pring
Corporation on the terms and conditions of the purchase, and come back to council to get authorization to
move forward and spend the funds to finance the project. Mayor Towey invited public comment; no
comments were offered. Vote by Acclamation:In Favor: Unanimous. Opposed. None. Motion carried.
NON-ACTION ITEMS
3.HUB Sports Center Update—Phil Champlin
HUB Sports Center Executive Director Phil Champlin extended thanks for Council's appropriating
Lodging Funds for the HUB; he said they have two hotels which issue reports consistently over the last
two years, and the HUB had 401 hotel room nights for last year's last quarter and this year's first quarter,
which is an 8% increase in hotel rooms, and that they had 7.5% increase in attendance; he said they have
started to run some of their own events such as indoor soccer, volleyball scrimmages, basketball
tournaments and pickleball; as well as camps and clinics offered on days when students are out of school,
such as Presidents' Day, and during spring break; and he said things are going well and they enjoy having
a positive impact on youth and the community.
4. Six Year Transportation Improvement Plan(TIP)2013-2018—Steve Worley
Senior Engineer Worley explained that this is an opportunity to discuss the upcoming six-year TIP;that in
the past, staff prepared the plan based on what they felt was needed and on potential grant funding; he
said this year with so much discussion about street projects and preservation, he thought it would be good
to have a discussion with council to see if there are common goals, priorities or projects to include,
consider, and otherwise discuss before this is put into a first draft. Mr. Worley explained that the list of
projects included in the Six-Year Plan are projects that are unfunded; and said projects will be removed
from the TIP which have been funded or will be completed this year; and he said this is just a starting
point and he is open to suggestions and comments. Mayor Towey asked if project#7 and #21 reference
the same $10 million FMSIB (freight mobility strategic investment board) grant funds and Mr. Worley
indicated it is and said this project is split between design and right-of-way phase and the construction
phase and said the$10 million would span both. Mr. Worley stated that in the past, preservation projects
have been included in the plan, and because of past funding issues,we have taken that out of the year six
TIP because there wasn't a source of funding for the preservation program; and said the six year TIP must
be fiscally constrained,which means we look at what we typically receive in grant funds, whether state or
federal, and based on that amount, that is the amount we work towards; so we limit this to what we can
afford and the amount of grant funds received in the past.
Councilmember Grafos asked about the list and whether it is prioritized. Mr. Worley explained that the
list is not prioritized, but the items on the list are those items which have not been funded, that staff feels
they are important but would need additional funding from somewhere to get these projects going, or we
could substitute projects from the unfunded list to the funded list. Councilmember Grafos said in
reference to the Appleway Extension, Evergreen to Tshirley and Appleway University to Evergreen, that
that's a lot of money for those two projects; and said he thought we were not moving ahead on those
projects but were discussing the trail project, and he asked about substituting some projects on Sprague
Avenue in lieu of extending Appleway. Mr.Worley agreed and said we should remove those from the list
and add the trail project on the six-year TIP. Councilmember Grafos further stated that because Sprague
Avenue has an economic development element, he would like to see from University Road down to
Thierman or Fancher, or at least examine those to see if they should be on this funded list as well. Mr.
Worley said he believes what Mr. Grafos is referring to is the Pavement Preservation part of Sprague
Avenue; and said that specific project would be under the pavement management program;that it is not in
this year's program for that portion of Sprague but it will be in either next year or the year after, and said
staff would need to examine where the funding would come from for those preservation projects; he said
we could add some of those to the TIP and when a call for projects is issued from either the state or the
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federal government, staff always looks to see if preservation projects qualify for those grants, and if so,
staff tries to get as much funding as possible; and again stated that if a project is not specifically noted in
the TIP, it can be added after the project gets funded. Mr. Worley said Sprague reconstruction is an
example of that scenario; it was in the six-year TIP, we thought we were going to get funding under the
federal process but we ended up getting funding under the state process; and said we can mix and move
those types of preservation projects in and out as funds become available, or can treat the preservation
project as a whole and include it in the six-year TIP and instead of picking each individual project out of
the recommended plan, take the 2013, 2014, 2015 recommended projects and put the totals for each of
those years into the six-year plan. Councilmember Grafos agreed with that idea. Councilmember Wicks
asked if perhaps we should pick out some of the bigger projects and specify them individually; and Mr.
Worley explained that staff would do that anyway if a grant opportunity becomes available.
Councilmember Grafos stated that with approving more funding for the roads, it allows the opportunity to
look at some of these projects and prioritize them within the pavement management program.
Engineer Worley said that council did that just last week to provide funding for this year's projects; and
said this six-year TIP starts next year. Councilmember Wick said council discussion prior to this has
resulted in preferring preservation projects over reconstruction projects; and said if council were to try to
prioritize this list, it would be difficult to try to fund preservation above reconstruction; and Mr. Worley
agreed that is what staff has heard before and that the purpose of this discussion to get a feel from Council
on priorities. Councilmember Hafner said he feels that has not changed as the roads that need immediate
attention should be taken care of first; and Councilmember Wick said he preferred to break out the larger
preservation projects instead of lumping them together in order to get a better idea of which projects on
the list are preservation, Mr. Worley said another suggestion would be to perhaps add to this list, those
projects that were in the pavement management program that were identified as full reconstructions as
that is an area not discussed last week in terms of funding, and said grant opportunities may become
available for full reconstruction of some of those which would allow us to catch up a little, and he gave
Sprague as an example; he said we could look at those streets which have fallen below the preservation
level, add them to the six year plan and look for funding to do the full reconstructions, and he asked if that
would be something Council would agree with and several councilmembers appeared to agree.
Mr. Worley said another option is to take the entire six-year plan and just focus on pavement
preservation; but said he recommends there are a few projects in the six-year plan that address
improvements; and said as an example,when a call for projects is issued, especially from SRTC(Spokane
Regional Transportation Council) for federal funding, they will identify categories of projects in which to
submit, such as preservation, or full reconstruction and then improvement projects, and they put some
funding within each of those categories; so if we focus completely on preservation or reconstruction,then
we could miss out on funding for improvement projects such as widening, curbs, sidewalks, and storm
drainage; and he encouraged keeping a few of the improvement projects in the Plan. Councilmember
Wick asked if perhaps we could align those categories in our six-year TIP and Mr. Worley agreed and
said we could probably change the database to show those categories. Councilmember Woodard asked
about specific projects and funds in relation to Sprague Avenue, and Mr. Worley said that portion of
Sprague Avenue from University to Fancier is still on the preservation portion of the list and not
reconstruct, and Councilmember Woodward said that becomes a huge priority to him as it entails an
enormous amount of asphalt. Mr. Worley said there are certain grant opportunities that have an economic
development criteria as part of the grant, and there are other grants that focus strictly on economic
development, and he mentioned our successful CERB grant of a few years ago; that the Community,
Economic and Revitalization Board put out a call for projects, the entire purpose of which was do
projects that encourage economic development; and he said staff looks for all those opportunities
Councilmember Grassel asked if we were able to coordinate any of the projects on this list with other
programs and projects, such as the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, or with utility companies such as
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we have done recently with Vera Water as that might be a factor in prioritizing the projects. Mr. Worley
explained that we coordinate with those groups and that our coordination comes after we have a project
funded;but said if Council wants to do projects that are more bicycle/pedestrian friendly, staff could look
to prioritize projects that are part of the bicycle/pedestrian program and see how those projects fit together
and then include those in the six-year TIP, and said then if we do receive funding, we coordinate with as
many of those groups as we can; and said for every project, notices are sent to the utility companies so
they can have an opportunity to do their road work before we commence our project; and said the Vera
project was a case where the utility company came to us first; as we normally don't know their work
schedule; although there are the instances where the utility company will give us notice that they would
be working on such a section of road at a given date. Councilmember Grassel said her point is, not
necessarily making the Bicycle/Pedestrian Plan the priority, but if there were some projects that tied in
with preservation, it enables us to leverage our money more as it becomes an economic development; and
Mr. Worley said staff does that as bicycle/pedestrian facilities could be a scoring element or a criteria
within a grant; and that staff looks at all the criteria in each grant and then determines what would fit that
criteria and give the best fit for any one particular project.
Councilmember Grassel asked how much we could tie in with beautification projects. Mr. Worley said
TIE (Transportation Improvement Board) allows up to 3% of their funds to go toward landscaping; he
said the street trees that were put in on Appleway east of Sullivan is an example of landscaping we did for
that project; and said typically cities have to have a plan showing what the landscaping would be for any
particular corridor; and said the reason we were able to get street trees on Appleway is because there was
a plan at that time that showed trees on that portion of Appleway; and he said currently the City does not
have a policy on whether to incorporate street trees, landscaping, lighting, etc. on any of our projects; and
said we were fortunate on that project that it was in the development of the Sprague Appleway
Revitalization Plan. Mr. Worley said without a plan, idea or policy, it is difficult for us to convince grant
agencies that this is something we'd like to do. He said we don't do it a lot because we don't have a
policy, and we haven't looked at that as to how to make our projects a little more beautiful, but perhaps
that is something we should start looking at. Councilmember Grassel said she was looking at
beautification also in conjunction with what the Ad Hoe Economic Development Committee might be
working on for local beautification; and said if it all tied together, it would be beneficial. Councilmember
Hafner asked Mr. Worley if he was suggesting we have a policy and Mr. Worley said it would help.
Councilmember Hafner said this is the first time council has been aware of such an item and he asked
Mayor Towey if he would start looking at a policy that would address that, Councilmember Woodard
added that at the least, this is something for Council to discuss including what corridors to include and
concurred that this is the first time he has heard that we don't have a policy. Mr. Worley explained that
this is similar to the Bicycle/Pedestrian Master Policy,that once there is an adopted plan,that it is easy for
us to use that plan as justification when we submit grants. Mayor Towey said he feels the Ad Hoc
Committee will be making recommendations along this line; and he suggested we let them make those
recommendations and at that time we can discuss policies and procedures we might want to have to
complement those recommendations.
Councilmember Grafos said that last week Mr. Jackson mentioned that we have been awarded funding for
the stormwater project on Sprague Avenue, and Mr. Jackson said yes, that funding award has been
confirmed. Councilmember Grafos asked Mr. Jackson at what point would staff bring that information
back to Council to let Council know what the cost of the project is, how much we will receive in grants,
and said if we get those funds on that project, perhaps we could continue down the street and do
something else on that corridor which would help from en economic standpoint; that on the TIP, he said
he wants to make sure that on some of those main corridors as we come out of this economic recession,
that we make sure we're just not chasing grants and setting aside projects waiting for grants; he said
council approved a considerable amount of money last week regarding the corridors, and said he would
think Council would want staff to bring back something showing where we are on Sprague, from
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University on and the condition of the roads, and tell us what we can do on those roads with the available
funds. Mr. Worley asked if Councilmember Grafos was referring to the pavement management program
and Councilmember Grafos concurred. To summarize, Mr. Worley said he is hearing that council wants
to include a pavement management element in the TIP, and maybe pulling some of those projects out of
the Pavement Management Program and identify them specifically in the six-year TIP; some of which
could be reconstruction that currently are not funded; and some specific corridors that we might look at
having some economic development aspect to them and pulling them out separately as well. Council
agreed with Mr. Worley's summation. City Manager Jackson added that the TIP can always be changed,
and suggested as well we let the recommendations come from the committee, or he asked, does Council
want to let staff suggest a beautification element? Councilmember Grafos said he would like to see the
recommendation from staff, and at the same time,the committee will discuss that; and said this is the first
time he understood that we could get some grant funds if we have that element; and as Mr.Worley stated,
we could have the committee look at it and after they make their recommendation on certain corridors, as
we reconstruct those streets that we have an element for landscaping, or as Councilmember Grassel
suggested, for street lighting. Mayor Towey agreed it would be beneficial to break this out into categories
and let the Ad Hoc Committee make their recommendation and Council can then merge the
recommendations form the Committee with the categorized projects. Mr. Worley said the TIP will
identify projects that we would look to make transportation improvements within the city, and a separate
idea is this policy or guideline as to how we want to make aesthetic improvements to the roadway; and
said whatever policy gets developed, whether by the Ad Hoc Committee or otherwise, once that gets
developed and approved, we can incorporate that into any project we want in the TIP, but we can still
move forward with the TIP and have this policy development working on the side; and said that won't
hold up the TIP process. Mayor Towey agreed we have to have policies and procedures in place that will
enhance the TIP.
5, Safe Routes to School Projects Local Match—Steve Worley
Senior Engineer Worley explained the history of the latest 2012 Call for Projects for the Safe Routes to
School Program, and of this Council's discussion during the March 27, 2012 meeting concerning our
City's ability to provide matching funds. Mr. Worley reminded everyone that a local match is not
required, but preference would be given to projects that include a local match when ranking projects that
otherwise score equally. After brief discussion, several councilmembers agreed with the 5% match for
each project listed (Bowdish Road 8th to 12, Park Road from Sinto to Indiana, and Park Road from
Marietta to Buckeye). City Manager Jackson said we have to keep in mind that it is money that could go
to preservation or other projects,that the pool of funds is limited, that the 5% is the amount vested by him
and our finance directors, but that Council is free to adjust that if that if desired. Mayor Towey agreed
with the statement about limited funds and said he feels 5% is compatible. Councilmember Grassel said
she would like to know the road condition of those three projects and that it would be helpful for all future
projects to know the condition of roads as well. In response to comments concerning the pavement
management program and these projects,Mr.Worley said these projects are strictly for sidewalks and not
road preservation. There was apparent consensus to go with the 5% match, with mild objection from
Councilmember Wick that he feels the projects have a good chance on their own without the match.
6.Animal Control—Morgan Koudelka
Senior Administrative Analyst Koudelka explained that Council had asked that certain questions be
provided to Spokane County concerning various aspects of the County's Proposed Regional Animal
Shelter; and he went over the questions and the answers from the Commissioners. Mr. Koudelka stated
that this focus is on a regional model only and that Council can look at other options for future animal
control needs as desired. After Mr. Koudelka explained the answers to the questions as noted in his
PowerPoint presentation, City Manager Jackson said that the County Commissioners are looking for at
least a nod from this Council on whether it would be viable for them to move forward and continue
researching the regional option. Mr. Koudelka added that if Council wants to pursue this regional model,
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he'll bring back more details of all the costs and proposal details, but tonight's focus is on whether to go
with a regional model. There was discussion concerning treatment, care, and facility from the standpoint
of SCRAPS and of SpokAnimal, and while a few councilmembers voiced their preference to get more
information on SpokAnimal prior to making a decision, others spoke of a hesitancy to consider
SpokAnimal due to a lack of facility space, and the idea was mentioned of putting out an RFP (Request
for Proposal). Mr. Koudelka said gathering data from SpokAnimal could prove difficult as we would
need to gather the data and look at their finances and the state of their facilities including any capital
facilities plan, and said it wasn't too long ago they said they were getting out of the business, then they
changed their mind. Councilmember Grassel said the concern is not hearing what Spokane City will do,
and Mayor Towey said this Thursday's joint meeting with Spokane City will be an excellent venue to ask
questions about how they feel about SpokAnimal and their service. City Manager Jackson said we will
ask the City of Spokane for a copy of their contract and information, and Councilmember Grassel also
voiced her opinion of having SpokAnimal speak for themselves as well. Mr. Koudelka said when he
brings back further information, he will also look at present values, and include options for consideration
on how to pay for this,whether annually or at the onset, or by another method.
Mayor Towey called for a recess at 8:15 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at approximately 8:30 p.m.
7. Temporary Planning Commissioner John Hohman previously removed from agenda.
8. Economic Development Ad Hoc Committee—Mayor Towey,John Holman
Concerning the application process for committee members, Mayor Towey reported that we received
nineteen applications, and that it will be a difficult job to limit the membership. Community Development
Director Hohman added his concurrence and said he feels this will be a very viable committee. Mayor
Towey said if we proceed to make the appointments at the April 24 meeting, there isn't enough time to
interview each applicant,therefore council will need to rely heavily on the applications;he mentioned that
Couneilmembers Grassel and Wick have indicated they would like to be on this committee; asked if
anyone else was interested, and said there were no applications received from a youth; and that the date
for applying could be extended, or the committee make-up could be modified; and said he feels
comfortable about giving a recommendation at the April 24 meeting. After further discussion, council
determined that the makeup of the committee would include two councilmembers, three business
representatives, three tourism representatives, and two citizens at large. Community Development
Director Hohman said the advertised timeframe for this committee to complete their work is four months,
and it is his hope that after a few initial meetings, they will have a draft scope of work, then reconvene
and eventually come up with a report to council; and said he envisions the committee perhaps meeting at
least every other week or once a week, but not as infrequent as monthly as the momentum would be lost.
After council discussion concerning whether to continue to find a youth representative, it was determined
that Councilmember Hafner would contact the high school principals to see if they might suggest a
student from a leadership class, or to get input from leadership classes, or even of the idea of having the
youth as a sub-committee, then having their sub-committee send a report to the main committee.
Councilmember Hafner said he will contact the schools as soon as possible.
9. Solid Waste Review—Deputy Mayor Schimmels,Mike Jackson
City Manager Jackson said that last November our interlocal was extended so it now runs through
November 2014; that there was a series of meetings recently which were well attended and where there
was discussion concerning doing a study of the existing system in order to provide information to city
leaders; that a smaller committee was formed which is currently working to prepare a scope of work for a
consultant to look at a broad span of options, including examining the idea if the cost to operate the
current system could be reduced; or perhaps joint alternatives of long haul as well as issues concerning
the waste-to-energy plant; and said the discussion included whether other materials such as wood chips
could be burned to keep the plant running; and to look at options for the smaller customers; and he said
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the committee prepared the scope of work and will review it in a few weeks; then bring it back again for
further discussion. He said much rests on the City of Spokane if they will or can come back, and also of
the mention of the need to examine the transfer stations, including the cost to acquire, or build or re-
locate; and said the challenge will be to narrow the scope. Mr. Jackson said the objective is to have an
RFP (Request for Proposal) issued to put out a bid to determine the actual costs; and said what cities are
going to consider is what kind of premium would it be for all the cities to stay with what we have versus
starting a new venture. Mr.Jackson said he is comfortable the committee will get the information needed,
and when that happens, there will be another report to Council to see if anything was missed; and he said
there has been a re-commitment to work toward a regional system instead of a fractionalized system.
Deputy Mayor Schimmels said the waste management contract is well run; that he's a little leery of going
through all the data; that he's determined to gather some people to try to get the City of Spokane to give
us the cost of doing business; he said he has been on this board since 2003 and the board still doesn't
know what it cost to do business at the waste-to-energy plant. There was some discussion about the
tipping fee and Mr. Jackson said staff can pull that information together; that at the previous meeting at
CenterPlace everyone was informed that the price would continue to go up, and we also know that long
haul is the least expensive method.
At approximately 9:00 p.m., it was moved by Deputy Mayor Sclthn eels, seconded and unanimously
agreed to extend the meeting thirty minutes.
10.Advance Agenda—Mayor Towey
Councilmember Hafner asked about the negotiations with the STA (Spokane Transit Authority) and the
County concerning the extension of Appleway, and Mr. Jackson said concerning the Old Milwaukee
Trail, a meeting is scheduled for tomorrow and depending on that meeting's outcome, he might be
prepared to come back to discuss this, and said in any event, he will bring this to council as soon as he
can.
11. Information Only Items: The (a) Graffiti Policy and (b) Public Works Comparison Centennial
Colorado were for information only and were not discussed or reported.
12. Council Check-in—Mayor Towey
Councilmember Grafos said councilmembers received a letter from ProSign regarding the sign ordinance
and suggested changes; he said the correction that Mr.Wineinger asks in the letter concerns the electronic
message centers, and regarding the suggestion to add that"No Electronic Message Centers are allowed in
office or non-commercial zones except on arterial streets," asked if that change could be made so the
work on the ordinance could be completed upon the second reading. Community Development Director
Hohman said he also received a copy of that letter and that correction can be made and included in the
packet for council's consideration at the second reading, or it could be combined with the other changes
to the monument signs and other sign issues for later consideration. Mr. Hohman said staff intends to
follow-up on those remaining items relatively quickly.
13. City Manager Comments—Mike Jackson
City Manager Jackson said he received and council should have as well, an end-of-session summary from
our Consultant l3riahna Taylor about the key items addressed during the legislative session; he said the
state operating budget was finalized and they will be re-directing some of our liquor excise taxes with a
loss to us of about $477,000, half of which will occur in 2012 and the other half impacting the 2013
budget; and on a permanent basis, said the $10 million per year in liquor excise taxes will be diverted to
the state; that in 2014 that represents an estimated loss to us of$166,000; with half of that split between
2014 and 2015; and from that time on, it would be a permanent reduction of approximately$166,000, and
said this will definitely make a dent in the budget and will be a big consideration in future budgets; and
said he hopes to be able to adjust to those figures this year. Mr. Jackson said the SEPA form bill passed
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which will help loosen the categorical exemption threshold and help speed up our processes for such
things as code and comprehensive plan changes, and said Mr. Hohman estimates it will save us about six
weeks on those processes. Mr. Jackson said a stakeholders group will be formed in connection with the
Department of Ecology, to go through a series of rule-makings. Mr. Jackson said he asked Ms. Taylor to
see what she can do to have a city representative on that committee. Further, Mr. Jackson said that
previously Councilmember Grafos mentioned the stormwater project, and said we have confirmation that
we have been fully funded in that project;that we had budgeted $630,000,and the grant,with credit to the
Public Works Department, is $666,000; he said he realizes we want to complete the project as soon as
possible; he said he asked Ms. Taylor to see if there is any chance this particular grant is retroactive, and
will also look to see if there is any initial element of the project we could initiate now, and if we do, and
said this will be discussed with council later, that we'll go into it knowing we may not be reimbursed for
that portion; and he said he'll weigh how much time that will save, if any, and examine that fully. Mr.
Jackson said the other project for the decant facility for the street sweepings at $735,000 has also been
funded. Mr.Jackson said this is for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, and said he is hopeful we'll know in about
sixty days of the process.
There being no further business, it was moved by Deputy Mayor Schimmels, seconded and unanimously
agreed to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.
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