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MOSES LAKE CITY COUNCIL – SPECIAL MEETING February 7, 2023 CALL TO ORDER A special meeting of the Moses Lake City Council was called to order at 6 p.m. by Mayor Myers in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center with audio remote access. Special notice for remote attendance and citizen comment were posted on the meeting agenda. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Myers; Deputy Mayor Martinez; Council Members Swartz, Fancher, Madewell, and Skaug. Absent: Council Member Eck. Action taken: Deputy Mayor Martinez moved to excuse Council Member Eck, second by Council Member Swartz. The motion carried 6 – 0. City Manager Allison Williams; Assistant City Manager Rich Huebner; Directors Madeline Prentice, Brett Bastian, Kirk Holmes, Kirsten Sackett, Richard Law, and Dollie Boyd. WORKSHOP Urban Services Discussion – Water Focus City Manager Allison Williams and her team of Directors provided a PowerPoint presentation to update Council on the land use planning process and the requirements under the Growth Management Act, including the newly adopted Capital Facilities Plan. Population growth from 2000 to 2020 was reviewed as well as 2023 approved and unapproved Capital Improvement Plan projects, projected revenues, fire response areas for stations built in 1993 and 1996, and fire ratings. The focus of this discussion was to review the long-term water supply issue facing the City. The water supply goal is to provide clean, health water which requires maintaining and stabilizing water system capacity that meets legal water pressure and fire flow; and ensuring adequate availability for future and currently known planned system expansion. Discussion ensued amongst Council, staff, and residents regarding the legal access to move from deep to shallow aquifer, industrial chemical cleanup, partnerships with Conservation Districts, cost of converting to purple pipe for irrigation, cost of converting to drought resistant landscaping, rate implementation to encourage conservation, and Columbia River resource for agriculture. Staff will present interim regulations for MLMC 13.07 related to urban growth area water connections and MLMC 18.57 related to landscaping strips for Council consideration on March 28. City Manager Allison Williams commended the Utility Division staff present at the meeting for implementation of new rates. EXECUTIVE SESSION Mayor Myers called an Executive Session at 7:17 p.m. for 30 minutes to discuss the evaluation of a public employee pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) with no business to follow. Document Ref: M2JAG-UAF6K-GRZD7-KKIFG Page 1 of 2  CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – February 7, 2023 ADJOURNMENT The special meeting was adjourned at 7:47 p.m. ______________________________________ Don Myers, Mayor ATTEST____________________________________ Debbie Burke, City Clerk pg. 2 Document Ref: M2JAG-UAF6K-GRZD7-KKIFG Page 2 of 2 Signature Certificate Reference number: M2JAG-UAF6K-GRZD7-KKIFG Signer Timestamp Signature Mayor Don Myers Email: dmyers@cityofml.com Sent: 01 Mar 2023 19:29:11 UTC Viewed: 02 Mar 2023 18:42:49 UTC Signed: 02 Mar 2023 18:43:14 UTC Recipient Verification: IP address: 162.246.30.165 ✔Email verified 02 Mar 2023 18:42:49 UTC Location: Moses Lake, United States Debbie Burke Email: dburke@cityofml.com Sent: 01 Mar 2023 19:29:11 UTC Viewed: 03 Mar 2023 18:29:45 UTC Signed: 03 Mar 2023 18:36:20 UTC Recipient Verification: IP address: 63.135.54.162 ✔Email verified 03 Mar 2023 18:29:45 UTC Location: Moses Lake, United States Document completed by all parties on: 03 Mar 2023 18:36:20 UTC Page 1 of 1 Signed with PandaDoc PandaDoc is a document workflow and certified eSignature solution trusted by 40,000+ companies worldwide.