City Council Committee of the Whole

CITY OF DUVALL CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MINUTES April 5, 2016 – 5:30 p.m. Riverview Educational Service Center – 15510 – 1st Ave NE Acting Mayor Pro Tem Ockerlander called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. Council present: Amy Ockerlander, Scott Thomas, Becky Nixon, Gary Gill, Jason Walker (absent: Dianne Brudnicki, Leroy Collinwood) Staff present: Matthew Morton, Lara Thomas, Dean Rohla, Jodi Wycoff a. TBD Community Message Matthew Morton, City Administrator, said that the press release in the packet is a revised version of the original Transportation Benefit District (TBD) community message discussed at the last meeting. Mr. Morton said that there is a section in the press release that discusses the amount of the Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) that he needs Council direction on. Council discussed possible reformatting the press release slightly, adding more information and having a separate web page on the City’s website dedicated to TBD information. b. WRECK Center Lease Matthew Morton, City Administrator, reviewed the documents included in the packet and said that if Council chooses to continue the lease with the current tenant, the lease will need to be rewritten. Mr. Morton said that staff needs Council direction on the lease term, the lease rate, whether or not to look at re-zoning the parcel, and whether to move forward with surplus action on the building. Council discussed the various options. There was Council consensus to continue the lease with the current tenant if the lease amount could be raised to at least cover utilities. There was also Council consensus to re-zone the parcel to Commercial. Mr. Morton said that he would talk to the current tenant and bring back their decision to the next meeting. c. Levy Matrix Modification 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: a full time School Resource Officer; Police Department Modernization, Parks Capital Projects and Enhanced Parks Maintenance; and Information Technology Infrastructure and Open Government “E” Initiative. The SRO and the Parks matrix’ were revised since the last meeting. Council discussed the changes and gave direction to staff to keep the SRO, Parks and IT items on the levy but to remove the Police Modernization. d. Salary Survey This item was removed and will be brought back to the April 19th meeting. Committee of the Whole 04-05-16 e. Cottage Housing This item was moved to the regular Council agenda under Unfinished Business. f. Good of the Order There were no items for Good of the Order. Adjournment The Committee of the Whole adjourned at 6:59 p.m. Written Reports – the following reports were distributed in the Committee of the Whole packet:  Staff Report – Public Art Donation  March 2016 Sales Tax Report  Draft Resolution - CSPA ATTEST: Amy Ockerlander, acting Mayor Pro Tem Jodi Wycoff, City Clerk Committee of the Whole 04-05-16