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MOSES LAKE CITY COUNCIL November 19, 2024 CALL TO ORDER The special meeting of the Moses Lake City Council was called to order at 3:40 p.m. by Mayor Swartz in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center with audio remote access. Special notice for remote attendance and citizen comments were posted on the meeting agenda. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Swartz; Deputy Mayor Madewell; Council Members Lombardi, Skaug, Fancher, Martinez, and Myers. Mayor Swartz left the meeting at 5:45 p.m. #1 Repeal Desert Point Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Area City Attorney Katherine Kenison reviewed Councils action of adopting the TIF on May 14, 2024, by Ordinance 3048. The ordinance will need to be repealed in order to eliminate further obligations of process, since the Council no longer wishes to use bonding capacity for building a roundabout for this project. Several Council expressed that there are opportunities for development in the community without tying up bonding capacity. Additional process questions were answered by legal near the end of meeting. Developer Ben Hawkins provided comments in person and Developer Kevin Edwards provided comments remotely. They feel a reimbursement agreement with the city could be presented in lieu of bonding with no risk to the city, that development will be slower with no TIF in place, and that the main advantage for a TIF in the city is to accelerate sales tax revenues. The project is expected to take ten years to complete, and they will not break ground until they have development agreements in place with end users. They may have some mitigation requirements from the State Department of Transportation who has a pending review of access impact to SR-17 traffic. #2 Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell Government Relations (GTH-Gov) Presentation GTH-Gov Partner Briahna Murray presented in person to advocate for selection of her company to provide state level lobbyist services. She provided a slide deck to illustrate the number of staff they have, their experience, and strategies used with State Legislatures in Olympia. #3 Water Resource Committee (WRC) Presentation WRC staff contributed materials for the presentation from Water Services Manager Chad Strevy and Utility Services Manager Jessica Cole. The slide deck contained conservation statistics on reduced water production from 2020 to 2024, residential customer education stops for conservation, causes of leaks, billing mitigation process, Beacon meter installation schedule, consumption by user class April 2023 to September 2024, excess use analysis, zoned metering, and options for spending excess use funds and WaterSMART grant. Council and staff discussed goals of conservation, future solutions for potable water, growth impacts, aquifer preservation, grant funds at work to get farming off groundwater, public awareness of conservation results, white paper of success on social media, priority for staff option of spending excess use funds, excess use rates, status of acquiring various Document Ref: 9MMSV-89QO9-R4BCU-C6TA6 Page 1 of 2  CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – November 19, 2024 water rights, and signs recognizing conservation locations. Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Director Doug Coutts reviewed the proposed xeriscape plans for 2025 for their first three projects, summarized parks they are moving to lake water irrigation, and consideration to repurpose grassy areas. EXECUTIVE SESSION Deputy Mayor Madewell called an Executive Session from 6:35 p.m. to 8:03 p.m. to discuss qualifications of applicants for public employment pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1) subsection (g) and there will be no action to follow. ADJOURNMENT The regular meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. ______________________________________ Dustin Swartz, Mayor ATTEST____________________________ Debbie Burke, City Clerk pg. 2 Document Ref: 9MMSV-89QO9-R4BCU-C6TA6 Page 2 of 2 Signature Certificate Reference number: 9MMSV-89QO9-R4BCU-C6TA6 Signer Timestamp Signature Mayor Dustin Swartz Email: dswartz@cityofml.com Sent: 16 Jan 2025 23:23:09 UTC Viewed: 17 Jan 2025 01:09:25 UTC Signed: 17 Jan 2025 01:09:37 UTC Recipient Verification: IP address: 74.82.240.250 ✔Email verified 17 Jan 2025 01:09:25 UTC Location: Moses Lake, United States Debbie Burke Email: dburke@cityofml.com Sent: 16 Jan 2025 23:23:09 UTC Viewed: 22 Jan 2025 16:44:25 UTC Signed: 22 Jan 2025 16:44:33 UTC Recipient Verification: IP address: 63.135.54.162 ✔Email verified 22 Jan 2025 16:44:25 UTC Location: Moses Lake, United States Document completed by all parties on: 22 Jan 2025 16:44:33 UTC Page 1 of 1 Signed with PandaDoc PandaDoc is a document workflow and certified eSignature solution trusted by 50,000+ companies worldwide.