Minutes - Council Work Session - 02/15/2022 - Special

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City Administrator Ulrich wrote “support access and signage visibility for local businesses during construction.” Councilmember Specht asked if code enforcement could be lightened during construction to simplify things for the businesses. City Administrator Ulrich replied that was talked about and a soft hold was placed on code enforcement along Hwy 10. Deputy City Administrator/ Community Dev. Director Hagen commented that he liked the idea of promoting access to businesses particularly when the interchanges are shut down. City Administrator Ulrich moved on to the Strategy to Connect the community through Parks and Trails Capital Improvements along with Recreational Programming. He stated there are two tactics under this strategy. The first one is Establish a Funding Plan to Complete Parks Capital Replacement Improvements. He stated that was talked about earlier and is on track. The other is Implement and Spotlight the Recreation Programming Plan. He stated that is somewhat on hold due to staffing turn over but it is back on track now with the new hire. City Administrator Ulrich moved on to the Strategy to Spotlight sustainability and efficiency through public facilities and infrastructure investments. He stated they continued with the development of the water supply treatment which is on track to be completed in October 2023. They will continue with that. The second tactic was to Consider Local Open Space Preservation Funding, if initiated by Ballot Referendum. He stated they would need to have a ballot question as it would need to be started by mid-August. Councilmember Musgrove asked for details about how that is implemented. She thought there was funding and how to recognize different areas and if they are inventoried with an associated cost because it says there is a high impact on the budget. City Administrator Ulrich replied if there was a referendum specifically for that it would cover the expense but asked if she was asking for more about this program before it gets put on the budget. He offered to get her that information about how it works and answer her questions before August. Councilmember Specht asked if there is an ongoing conversation about people renting open spaces and would the County want to expand or talk about other spaces that are filled up every day. City Administrator Ulrich replied that one thing that could be considered is reconfiguring where the center is. They took the virtual library out and stated if there is interest in putting in a public library, that would be a County item. He stated there are some big capital maintenance items that are coming due with the building being 15 years old. The floor in the front needs maintenance. Councilmember Riley suggested along with maintenance that efficiency upgrades could be considered at the same time. City Council Special Work Session / February 15, 2022 Page 27 of 31