City Council Committee of the Whole

CITY OF DUVALL CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MINUTES March 1, 2016 – 5:30 p.m. Riverview Educational Service Center – 15510 – 1st Ave NE Mayor Pro Tem Brudnicki called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. Council present: Amy Ockerlander, Dianne Brudnicki, Leroy Collinwood, Jason Walker (absent: Scott Thomas, Becky Nixon, Gary Gill) Staff present: Matthew Morton, Lara Thomas, Dean Rohla, Steve Leniszewski, Jodi Wycoff a. 2015 Comprehensive Plan Update Lara Thomas, Planning Director, said that all elements are complete minus a few clerical corrections. The draft of the Comprehensive Plan Update is going to Department of Commerce on Friday for their 60-day review. The public hearings are scheduled to be held in April. Ms. Thomas said that she is planning to schedule a special Council meeting on Tuesday, April 26th which will be the meeting at which Council approves the 2015 Comprehensive Plan. Ms. Thomas then reviewed the Introduction chapter and the revisions to the Environment and Sustainability Element and the Economic Development Element. Ms. Thomas said that King County is working on their Comprehensive Plan docket. One item that Council may want to consider writing a letter to the County about for the docket is regarding language they are proposing in respects to Urban Growth Areas (UGA) and Urban Growth Area Reserves (UGAR). The proposed language states that urban growth area expansions will not be considered in this year’s County update which could hinder Duvall’s ability in the future to exchange its north UGA for an area south of Big Rock Road. b. Levy Matrix Review Matthew Morton, City Administrator, reviewed the documents included in the packet which consisted of a matrix for each priority that Council discussed placing on the levy ballot. The matrix listed the priority, the estimated costs, the staff interpretation of the rationale behind the need for each priority listed and the performance measurements/benchmarks/definition of success of each priority. The priorities are to fund a full time School Resource Officer; to offset inflation costs at the Police Department in order to aid in 21st Century Police Model Development and department stabilization, to fund Parks Capital Projects and Enhanced Parks Maintenance; and to fund Information Technology Infrastructure needs and Open Government “E” Initiative. Mr. Morton then answered questions from Council. This item will be brought back to Council for further discussion. c. 2015 Q4 Financial Report Review This item was moved to the regular Council agenda under Scheduled Items. d. Good of the Order There were no items for Good of the Order. Adjournment The Committee of the Whole adjourned at 6:58 p.m. Committee of the Whole 03-01-16 Written Reports – the following reports were distributed in the Committee of the Whole packet:  Ordinance – First 2016 Budget Amendment  Cottage Housing Demonstration Project ATTEST: Dianne Brudnicki, Mayor Pro Tem Jodi Wycoff, City Clerk Committee of the Whole 03-01-16