City Council Committee of the Whole

CITY OF DUVALL CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MINUTES April 19, 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, Dianne Brudnicki, Leroy Collinwood, Jason Walker (absent: Gary Gill) Staff present: Matthew Morton, Lara Thomas, Dean Rohla, Police Chief Carey Hert, Jodi Wycoff a. 2015 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Update Lara Thomas, Planning Director, reviewed the comments received by Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) after their review. The two items that are of the biggest concern are the PSRC job and residential housing targets. Duvall has always drafted plans using the maximum numbers and PSRC is requiring that we no longer do that. The residential housing numbers that are in the Plan are within the percentage requires; however, the job numbers exceed the target that PSRC set for us. Ms. Thomas then reviewed the draft language changes to the Comprehensive Plan in response to their comments and answered questions from Council. b. WRECK Center Lease Matthew Morton, City Administrator, said that he has spoken with the current tenants, the Duvall Cooperative Preschool (DCP) and read aloud an email he had just received from them. The email stated that DCP wants to stay in the WRECK Center. They would like to keep the current monthly rental rate and start paying for utilities in September. DCP also requested a minimum 2-year lease extension. Mr. Morton then answered questions from Council and asked for direction from Council on how they would like to proceed. Council discussed the options. There was general Council consensus to open the lease to the general market and look at options for relocating Duvall Cooperative Preschool, possibly to another City facility. c. Levy Matrix 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 of a full time School Resource Officer; Police Department Modernization and Information Technology Infrastructure and Open Government “E” Initiative essentially stayed the same since the last presentation. The only major change is that the Parks Capital Projects and Enhanced Parks Maintenance section was changed to “Big Rock Ball Field Turf & Lighting Project”. Mr. Morton explained that if something happened and the project could not be completed with levy dollars then the alternative will be to invest in community approved priorities as outlined in the 2009 Parks Trails and Committee of the Whole 04-19-16 Open Space Plan. Mr. Morton asked for Council consensus to move the levy message forward to the community to get their feedback. Council agreed to move the message forward. d. TBD Community Message Matthew Morton, City Administrator, showed Council the web site and informational brochure for Olympia Transportation Benefit District (TBD) and said this is the type of community messaging he would like to move forward with. Council agreed and Mr. Morton said that he will bring a mockup of the web site and brochure for Duvall’s TBD to the next meeting for review. e. Good of the Order Mayor Ibershof reported on the Sound Cities Association Public Issues Committee meeting he attended. Mayor Ibershof also said that he and Matt Morton, City Administrator, have been meeting with other local mayors and city administrators. Most recently they met with Issaquah and Snoqualmie and will be meeting with Federal Way soon. Adjournment The Committee of the Whole adjourned at 6:46 p.m. Written Reports – the following reports were distributed in the Committee of the Whole packet:  Transportation Element Update Contract  Baisa-Kuhlan Final Short Plat ATTEST: Dianne Brudnicki, Mayor Pro Tem Jodi Wycoff, City Clerk Committee of the Whole 04-19-16