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Call a meeting to order. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Can we have roll call, please?

Doctor. Rieshki? Here. Hein? Here. Noor? Here.

Smedeski? Here. Burke. Present. Elsengre. Here. And Swell Arch.

Here. Okay. Now is the public's opportunity to provide comments to the council. Excuse me. While you may supplement your comments with printed handouts, electronic or digital aids will not be permitted during the public comments. Please state your name and your city of residence. You'll have three minutes to speak. Please direct your comments to the council as a whole instead of individual staff members, audience members, or any others. Please come forward if you're in the chamber or raise your hand in the Zoom app. Please remember that public comments are not a discussion.

The public comments are to inform the council of your views. Is there anyone in the chamber that would like to step up to the chair at the end of the table and make three minutes of comments? Name and city of residence, please.

Tyler Sanders, Kemp's. Good evening, council and staff. I'd like to comment on a matter addressed at today's council workshop, that being the Northwest 20th Avenue and Northwest Fargo Street improvements.

I I wanted to start off by saying

that this this paradigm of making improvements for for those on mic and on foot is a natural part of routine repaving needs is a great way to make impactful changes in a cost effective manner. The the notes, with this matter said that this project alone is saving around $500,000 by by doing so. And I'd love to see reevaluations and reconfigurations like this become a regular, even required part routine maintenance of roadways in our city. This project specifically also does a lot to bring this stream more in line with our long term transportation goals. This this project puts people over parking and brings more consistent, safer bike lanes to the roadway.

And and those like me that that really like biking will certainly appreciate and use it. However, this this street in particular leads right up to Dorothy Fox Elementary School. I've I've always said that our standard should be so safe. You're comfortable letting your kids right there, and this standard is more relevant than ever for something that's right there such a great candidate for a potential safe route to school. And in this case, we have a responsibility to design not just for the average user, the most vulnerable user.

Frankly, the the current proposed design doesn't quite reach that standard. The the resources shared by staff show that vehicle speeds are already a problem in the corridor. Moving parking without adding some sort of physical buffer for vertical delineation is likely to increase the perceived roadway width for drivers, potentially even higher speeds. A buffer zone alone doesn't prevent vehicle encroachment or reduce speeds, and it doesn't stop a distracted driver from entering the path of someone on a on a bike. This roadway could could be taken from from a good to a better or even best standard by incorporating physical protection on the design.

This space is already available in the proposed design. And even if it's initially a lower cost, you know, flexi post or or rubber curb separator, that physical delineation will help slow drivers reinforce the bike lane separation, make it safer and more comfortable for users of all abilities. Just last month, this council celebrated the the incorporation of physically protected bike lanes in the North Shore. If it's good for the North Shore, it's good for Prune Hill. So to reiterate, we we already have a great project here on our hands, and this

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just an opportunity to make it a safe route to school that we can stand behind. So I just wanted to encourage council to consider and consider the implementation of this action in this design. Thank you. You.

Is there anyone else who would like to step up to the here? Yeah. Brad

Richardson, Camas, Washington. Thank you for the opportunity to provide a little update from the Port Of Camas, Washougal. So I just wanted to let you know about the SR 500 safety project. So the port has recently approved the sale of property near Grove Field to WashStot in support of a planned roundabout improvement at Northeast Robinson Road and 3rd Street Intersection. And this nicely dovetails with all the other improvements and help the safety of that corridor.

We went through and assessed in regarding the ports access to our property on that lower side. We'll have egress and working with wash dot. And then also we've discussed having the frontage look nice. So it won't just be functional, but it'll also be really well thought out, and we'll still have good access to that property. As you may have seen, the the port is working on a airport master plan and layout plan with the FAA. So we're continuing to work through that, and we'll continue to update as more things happen there. There is a lot of activity going on at Grove Field right now on May 30. If you're available, there'll be a fly in that's happening. The Camas, Washington Aviation Association is putting that together. And they will also be bringing back their summer camp in July.

So if you know any pilots, please let the Camas, Washington Aviation Association need because they're gonna do a fly out, I believe, on the last day over to Wham near Hood River. And while we're talking about Hood River, we have the opportunity of actually bringing folks from the Port Of Hood River out to the Port Of Camas, Oshoagal, and they were pretty impressed with the work that we are doing. They were admiring the new waterfront that we're developing, and they were talking about they had about a small little project that they're gonna work on, and they're looking to us as an example of a good way to put something like that together. So pretty proud moment. We are working on marina improvements.

We did award a contract for repay repaving of the lower marina access road, and we're moving forward continuing with the aquatic vegetation removal. Then there's just a lot happening. The port is doing a lot of different events. So, Earth Day, we'll have a speakers event on April 22 from noon to one, so you're welcome to, check that out. We'll also have a Highway 14 S R S R 14 Cleanup, April 24 from 1PM till 04:00PM.

And then we're really excited. All of us know that it is, currently America two fifty, so it's the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of our nation. And so we're gonna be having our summer concert, and there will be a heritage fair that'll start earlier in the day from about four to six where heritage groups will come out and share stories about our community, stories about our nation. And then from seven to ten, there will be the concerts on July 31. And then don't forget, we also have our marina and airport advisory committees that meet on a regular basis, and those are open to the public. And we strongly encourage anyone and everyone to participate, come here with the advisory committees are talking about and be informed. So, yeah, with that, I wanna thank you for the opportunity to give you a quick update today.

Thank you. Is there anyone else in the chamber? Stefan.

Hi, everybody. I'm Caitlin Postley. I live here in Canvas. And this is just a brief comment just to say that, I see, recognize, and appreciate the addition of the little, like, bottlenecks on 3rd in downtown and the lit crosswalks. When my husband and I moved here about four and a half years ago, the first community event we did was the Clue first Friday in January, and it took us to Salud back when that was a thing. Right? And we crossed, and I was like, oh, man. It's dark out. This would be super scary to take kids across with the parking going all way up to here. So those little bottleneck curve extensions do a great job to get people more visible.

The lights are a huge plus on that. So just wanna say thank you for that. And if I might suggest another place to put those, I think we can really use a crosswalk outside of Fall And Leaf Lake. I walk to go get coffee at Daily Taper all the time. And let me tell you, especially on weekends, that is quite the frogger thing to watch families do with their kids and their golden doodles and their strollers. So I'd love to add that to the list if we're looking at more, but really visible crossing. But really happy to see these advancements thus far this past year. Thank you.

Okay. Is there anybody online?

Hand raised on Zoom. Mark, are you able to turn on your audio?

Yeah. Can you hear me?

Yes.

Okay. I just wanna make a comment on the Fargo and the twenty eighth improvements or whatever. My concern is that we're providing a or creating a false sense of security. When I learned to ride a bike two hundred years ago, the rules were to see and be seen and always know that you were the basically, low tonnage vehicle on the road. When I drive down 34th between one 92nd and 1 64th, which I avoid if at all possible.

It's a waste of time. It's a it's a those stanchions provide no protection whatsoever. Tech center has these little armadillos on the road. And my problem is is that there's a problem with my vehicle, I get a blowout or whatever. I need a place to pull over.

On 34th, there's no way to pull over except to go through those stanchions. Now they're flexible, nice, but the point is is that the vehicles were in a were in a urban environment and vehicles are gonna be around with us for forever whether they be EVs or whatever. And it's more important, I think, to make sure that the vehicles which are the high tonnage have ways to drive down the road safely. And so I understand what we're trying to do here, but like a parked car, when I when I learned to ride a bike, I learned to watch out who is who is if there were people in a car, if a car pulled in. You just have to be more observant, and I think this kinda dis dissuades that.

But that's just my opinion. Thank you for your time. I appreciate it.

Thank you. Is there any are there any more hands raised in the Zoom app?

Mayor, there are no additional hands raised via Zoom.

Okay. With that, we will move on. Thank you for your comments. What would the, council do with the consent agenda?

Mr. Mayor, I approve to approve I move to approve council. And move to approve the consent agenda.

Second. It was moved by Burke and seconded to approve the consent agenda. Any discussion? All in favor, aye. Aye.

All opposed, say nay. Are there any abstentions? The motion passes. Mayor announcements, I'm not gonna have any. But, next item on the agenda is public hearing of ordinance number twenty six zero zero two, Spring Omnibus amendment, amending the 2026 readopted budget, and it'll be Deborah Brooks, financial analyst, leads it along with Kathy Hubert Nenderson.

Good evening, council and mayor. Before you is ordinance number 26 dash zero zero two, which amends the City Of Camas 2026 budget. This amendment includes 21 decision packages for a total of 1,610,000 in net appropriations. Staff recommends council move to open a public hearing to remain open until the city council regular meeting on 04/20/2026, at which time council may close the hearing after any final public comments and consider adoption of ordinance number 26 dash zero zero two.

Okay. I will now open the public hearing. This is the time to state your support or opposition to this item. And if you're in agreement, with the previous speaker's statement, you can simply update that as your entire comment. We will take the in person comments first in the chamber and then the comments from those attending remotely.

If you're here in person to comment, please come to the end of the table in the chair and state your name and city of residence. If you are remote and want to comment, please raise your hand in the Zoom app. Sydney will enable your audio, unmute yourself, and state your name and city of residence. Is there anyone who wishes to make the first comment? If you do, please step up to the chair at the end of the table and, begin your comments.

Hearing none, are there any hands raised in the Zoom app?

We have no hands raised via Zoom.

Okay. Okay. With we're not going to close this hearing. We're gonna leave this hearing open till the April 20 at noon, and no action will be taken at this time. This is this public hearing will remain open till the twentieth, as I said before, and it'll be at the city council regular meeting, 07:00 meeting. With that,

I'm not gonna

I'm not gonna do that with the gavel. Yeah. Don't do it. Yeah.

Leave it. Leave it. It's ready.

Okay. The next item on the agenda is the resolution number twenty six zero zero three establishing Northeast Everett Street and Northeast 4th Avenue to Northeast 5th Avenue as a as a one way to Roseblade, and the presenter is Jim Brothers, engineering matter manager. So are you online, or is right here. Scott?

Oh, he's over. Shirley's right here.

That's huge.

Oh, okay. Sorry. I don't know. Have a phone direct. Okay. Here. Thank you.

You did almost all my work for me there. So resolution 26Dash003 designates Northeast Everett Street from Northeast 4th Avenue to Northeast 5th Avenue as a one way street in northbound direction. This was brought to council a couple times at workshops. Staff recommends adoption of resolution 26 dash zero zero three. Have to take any questions you might have.

Any questions for Kerling?

No?

No discussion either. Okay. Do we have a motion?

Yes. I move to approve resolution number twenty six dash zero zero three.

Second. It was moved by Burke and seconded That's okay. To approve resolution number 26Dash003. Any discussion? All in favor, say We'll debrief by title.

Title.

Read it by title only. Okay.

Resolution number 26Dash003, a resolution adopted pursuant to RCW forty six sixty one one thirty five establishing Northeast Everett Street from Northeast 4th to Northeast 5th Avenues as a one way roadway.

Any other discussion? Okay. Gonna be roll call? No. Okay. All in favor, say

aye. Aye.

All opposed, say nay. Are there any abstentions? No. Motion passes. Thank

you.

Next item on the agenda is resolution number 26004, establishing time limits for parking spaces on Northeast Franklin Street. And, James Carruthers is up again.

Thank you once again, mister mayor. Resolution 26 Dash004 changes the parking time limit on the East Side of Northeast Franklin Street from Northeast 3rd Avenue, Northeast 4th Avenue from two hours to unrestricted. This res this, was also brought up to council a couple of times in prior workshops. Staff recommends adoption of resolution 26 dash zero zero four. Happy to take any questions.

You have any questions, council member Senescu.

Thank you. So as I had mentioned when it's brought up in workshop, I would rather see that two hours. I understand that it's more for employee parking since we're losing, the employee parking lot, but we're also losing parking spaces. So I think that we had discussed the possibility of maybe having a laminated pass or something for, people who work for the city there, but then have it have it be two hours so that we can keep traffic moving and keep people coming into downtown because we are taking away some some valuable parking spaces. So that way, it would be used for employees, and it would also service, to our users. Just a thought.

Thank you. Any other comp?

Yes. Or

can we hear from you on councilor Sinesq's comments about that? I know it was discussed last time. I just would like to understand more or hear from you on that if we could.

Okay. So

this did go to the I'll I'll start with the parking advisory committee. We took it to the parking advisory committee. Their consensus was to change it to unrestricted parking. They didn't vote on it, but, the laminated passes did not has not come up for a parking advisory committee. I don't know if you want to go back to the parking advisory committee with that. We certainly could. I would do I recommend starting there, but there's a whole process to establishing pass system. I don't I'm not sure what that would entail as far as the in the code, but think we probably have to establish something in code. Yeah.

We're we don't have anything at this time.

Boom. Thank Thank you, you. Ernie. Oh,

yes. Thank you. Yes. Council member Haim will get back to you.

Thank you.

I like I like council member idea that I'd like to get more information on it because I like I like the idea. But I wanna be considerate of, you know, see employees who need parking spaces, but also it's a good idea to keep traffic flowing. I like I like the idea that is it something that we would sue?

May I Mayor?

Council member Seneski.

Thank you. So so my concern too is there are folks that have apartments down here. You know, if you know you can park your car there unrestricted, park my car there and, you know, walk a block to where I live because you don't have to move your front. So, I mean, so there are people that would use that unrestricted, not just employees. So I I think that could be abused. I think during plant fair, during campus days, it's, oh, this is unrestricted. I'm just gonna

park here,

leave my car here and have someone drop me off so I have a

car here.

But I to me, it's just a little I don't wanna say dangerous. That's that's gonna know the part, but I'll use it for lack of a better word.

That that

you're inviting people to just stay part of it, and it's not going to be utilized for what we're intending it for is my concern.

Thank you. Council member Swartridge.

Thank you. I do I do note that the city already has a parking permit process because I know I have lost one, and I have one. And it enables us to park counselors and others in different situations. And so wouldn't I'd be surprised if we had to have a code ad or a process ad. It sounds like just it's an issue. I'm sure that Cindy can tell you what my number is if she decides to look it up. I know Wendy, parking enforcement, knows it for sure. So and I'm I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be issuing 200 of them for every city employee. We'd be issuing them for once that work at city hall or the library or nearby. So just just a thought.

I I because I I agree with councilor Ein that and councilor Sunelski that, yeah, I'm telling you, if I lived in Livingston and I owned two cars, I know where I'd be. I'd go one of them.

Okay.

May I add some clarity for the parking pass since parking enforcement's in my shop, and that's come up. I know it's come up when, we've had department head meetings about the parking situation and what possible solutions, there could be for employees parking. Temporary parking passes that are assigned to a very few amount of individuals like yourselves are something that, we still have to audit and keep track of, and it's not so widely used that it becomes challenging for the parking enforcement. But especially if there are challenges with a variety of different passes, especially if it grows exponentially. And so it was explored.

I I wanna make sure council knows that at the staff level, even though it wasn't necessarily discussed at the parking commission or committee, at the staff level, it was talked about as an option, and we didn't see it as a viable option for now just in general or to to be a solution for what we're looking at long long term for the city and the parking situation.

Thank you.

I can add on. Yeah. I know when we talked about it, we did indicate once it's in, we can evaluate it. Right? And if we need to go that route, then maybe come back and talk internally about the permit place together, reselling it to two hours as well, just FYI.

K. Thank you. Council member Nora.

My question, I didn't see it in the report here, was when it would become effective. Because if I recall, it was after the fire station is built. Is that or is it because the the lot's getting displaced earlier than that?

Well, it's in the it's in the resolution itself. As soon as the I I believe it's in there.

As soon as the signs are

Signs are taken down.

As soon

as the signs are taken down, it would go into effect. Okay.

Any other comments, questions? Council member Senesky.

Thank you. Thank you, director Collins. I was thinking the same thing. We can give it a shot, and it's not you know, as the parking advisory committee gets requests to look at it. So if it's not working out and people are parking there and leaving it there that, you know, it's not what its intended use was. So I I can live with that. I think it's a you know, then we can just reassess once it's in place.

Yes. Counselor Madrigal.

Thank you. If we adopt resolution today and we wanna try it out, can we change that?

By resolution, yes.

Let's

Be a new resolution.

A new res amending the resolution. Yes. Or new res

Yep. Done that before. Yeah.

Okay. Any more comments, questions, or motions?

I move to approve resolution twenty six zero zero four. Second.

It was moved by Elton Gray and seconded to approve resolution number, excuse me, 26Dash004. Any discussion? Are we, gonna read this by title only?

Sure are.

One out of two isn't super happening.

Resolution number 26Dash004, a resolution establishing time limits for parking spaces on Northeast Franklin Street between Northeast 3rd Avenue and Northeast 4th Avenue.

All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay. Any abstentions? The motion passes. Yeah. Now it is time for public comments. We have another opportunity to provide public comments to the council While you may supplement your comments with printed handouts, electronic or digital aids will not be permitted during the public comments. Please state your name and your city of residence. You'll have three minutes to speak.

Please direct your comments to the council as a whole instead of individual members, staff, or audience members. Please come forward or raise your hand in the Zoom app. Please remember that the, public comments are not a discussion. The public comments are to inform the council of your viewers. Is there anyone in the chamber that would like to step forward and make three minutes of comments?

Is there a, excuse me, a hand raised in the Zoom app?

We have no hands raised via Zoom.

K. Hearing none, thank you very much. We'll move on. Do we have any staff, updates?

No updates, mayor. No updates. No further.

Okay. We will go through the council. Council member Alison Gray.

Comments. Thank you, mayor.

I think like a lot of us, I attended the the mill ceremony last Friday, which was fantastic. Good to meet Joe Kelly and to see what they're doing, and, I think it's a vital part of Camus. I'm sure that we enjoy the tax revenue. So it was nice to see their big investment, and it was a lot of

fun to see their very.

I didn't need to

You don't owe us an explanation.

Yeah. I'm bragging. And, also, the grand opening of the indoor golf was was pretty cool, and I like that it has twenty four hour access. So we just need to bring our own bottles and go hit some balls. Yeah. Both of those things for fun. So that's that's all my comments. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you. Council member Hine.

Thank you, Mayor. I agree with council member Nelson Gray. Those were those were both really good events, and it was nice to hear the comments that the mill manager Joe had to say. It's really good. I also really appreciated Brian's update this week.

Spring Fest was really good, and thanks to to Chris and Jackie for all the work and the volunteers for all the work on that. Really well attended on the library update from Connie. A lot of some comments on Crown Park usage. Still unbelievably high. And I also wanna received a lot of citizen comments regarding concerns on some of the parts being out of maintenance maintenance issues and being out of commission.

But I know they're on that, but there's a lot of comments on that. And I also wanna thank all the public who provided comments online, especially and in person regarding the Fargo topic at workshops this afternoon. And that's all I've got.

Thank

you. Okay. Thank you. Also remember, Ashky.

You have a long list ready. Well,

first of

all, on part of Canvas updates, commissioner made it easier. So I'll just go quickly that, the comprehensive plan being, delayed by County. The port also is looking at what that means with their master plan for the airport. They're looking into that. Sloughbridge was a topic that, came to the last port meeting.

We all received the letter that the last legislative did not approve the 120,000,000 order of the budget for the flu which proposed to the state. But, definitely, that's a regional important region, project, and the port recognize that as a top priority as well as the regional transportation council. So we are hoping the next, legislative, maybe they hear us more. And as mentioned, summer concert, at Mario Park is scheduled for July 31. Next, I wanna talk about the school district board meeting, which I attended.

I wanna appreciate the parents and the student who traveled to Olympia as well as some other, from the city. So, school district still has some budget challenges, and parents wanted the legislator to hear our district. So we're gonna appreciate everybody who made that trip. There are a group of, the other topic, is the group of students and community members are evaluating AI using AIs and, if there are any required policy for student and adult. And then I moved to Georgia Pacific contamination cleaning.

I had the opportunity to attend the chemist associate downtown associate table, the last first Friday. The downtown associate, they have this table every first Friday, I think, for the next months to answer any question public has on the, contamination plans and the next steps. I learn more than I, answer public questions, but that that was great. I encourage everyone with question. Please stop by at the table.

And the location is at Medical, if I'm pronouncing it correctly, which is at the intersection of Nerd and Birch Street. Tomorrow is the next RTC meeting. If the council member or staff wanted me to take any specific, message, I'll be happy to do that. I am trying to find a way to, first of all, have our voice heard from different channels. So we bring more federal money to our city to onto our projects.

So we don't rely on our general fund. But that needs a lot of effort. I understand that. The limited federal money comes to the whole region, and it's really, RTC is trying to do a good job to split the money. And then, what else I have here? That's it. I finished. Thank you.

That's a lot.

Okay. Thank you. Councilmember Burke.

I wanna thank, counselors Ellsson Gray and Hein for mentioning the, mill celebration. That was very exciting. Tons of people there. Really proud mill workers were there. Families of mill workers, and it was really you know, helped to remind us how important that mill is to our community. Well, when when we had been there, we might not be here today. So that was very exciting. The Camasindor Golf looks pretty cool. They have two bays in there, and you can go to their website and buy a membership. I don't know what that cost, but Randy won a membership because you've got the KP closest to the pin on there. So that was pretty exciting. And they're partnering with chemists Sellers. Sellers. I always get those confused. Debbie was providing some beverages that night.

Also wanna, jump on this Springfest bandwagon. I sent a message to Yeah. Chris and to Jackie, but that park, I don't think it's ever been that well utilized in in the whole thirty seven years that I've lived here. Every piece of that park was in play that Springfest. It wasn't on Easter, which is great. It was on Easter. So they had, Easter egg hunts for different age limits and and all kinds of stuff. It was pretty amazing. It was very amazing. As one who used to live right across the street from that park, You know, to see it that that lively was exciting.

I wanted to add to councilor Eschke's discussion of the city schools meeting. You know, I've as a band nerd, my brother and sister are way more talented than I am. Nonetheless, the arts advisory, there's an arts advisory committee that Sarah Lightfoot Doug, you might remember Sarah Lightfoot

from back

in the day. Yeah. She's been trying to get this arts advisory committee going for a long time, and it's kind of, you know, make getting some trajectory. They have a, Insure Arts, April, like, April. And, what what they're talking about, what doctor Anselm was talking about was attempting to elevate the arts to the athletic status that campus high school and other high schools enjoy in this town.

So, we have some really talented students, and that's exciting. And then more exciting perhaps is they're beginning to, kind of release Garber Theater, do more activities. It hasn't actually been available, right, because it's expensive to run. Have to have a special technician that they're they're trying to get that filled on a more frequent basis, so that's exciting too. I attended the library, had a partnership with the Two Rivers Museum.

They had a video about York who traveled with Lewis and Clark. It's fascinating. He's a black man, a slave, and, you know, became an integral part of that journey, which I did not know. But then when he got back home, all the other people received land and money, and he received nothing. He just went back to being a slave. And so it was just super interesting and eye opening to have that just, you know, in our library was phenomenal. And then, I wanna mention the state of the city. It's always a pleasure to go to the chamber lunch, always. I always love it. But then to hear the state of Camas and the state of Ouachuvo, you know, really similar sister city, activities where we're so thankful for the community that we have that steps up and makes wonderful things happen and the staff as well. So thank you. That goes all the

way. Okay.

Council member Szilard.

Yeah. Those of us at the end of the table, we we don't have to say a lot. Right? I mean,

the

the one thing I will say about the mill cut ribbon cutting session, you didn't meet the manager, Joe Kelly. He was so ecstatic that city councilors were there. I mean, it meant the world to him and his wife and his operations manager. So, you know, that's a little thing that we get occasionally because it was sincere. Like, oh my gosh. You know, thank you for going. I'm thinking like, okay. But it's it's important. So glad good thing to show up. Golf. Yep. We were there. One thing for Chris and everyone in administration. 10,000 eggs. That's what that's what that's what they filled and distributed that.

Think about that. I mean, what was it? 82 or 92 volunteers stuffed those eggs? I mean, just staggering. And and I'm so thankful that I was confused on which weekend it was so that I didn't have to try to go down there. Nelson Gray sent me a text like, look at this. I'm like, no. It's next weekend. Like, oh, thank goodness. I had something else to meet somewhere else to meet. Same thing. State of the cities. Great event. Good to see everybody. The one thing that I get missed, I was fortunate enough to get to attend the community chest councilor community chest fundraiser.

I purposely lost an auction, but but mister Quinn masterfully put me back together and bumped me at the same time. Just gonna lie. The election I lost, I want I I I mean, the auction I lost, I won and paid more for. So well done. It it and it's all for a group all for a great cause. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, anyway, that's that's that's my story today. You now you two don't have to say anything.

I know. I I was feverishly taking notes, and so I I second all this stuff. I was at all these events as well. I do wanna say to what you were saying with the egg hunt, my friend Stephanie Odell, who's a fellow Camus lion, she volunteers for everything. She's a volunteer extraordinaire.

Yes. She's exhausted. She's like, this took it out of me.

So it's, yeah, it was pretty intense, and many thanks to and Jacky and Chris for putting this together. I do wanna say I'm glad that you guys enjoyed the chamber luncheons. The the next one is April 22, and our own, director Urquhart from the campus library will be speaking along with Jennifer. I'm gonna I think it's Sutton. Gilford. Gilford. Thank you. Jennifer Sutton is a golf partner, am I? So total wrong, Jennifer. But, anyway, from Parkview Vancouver Regional Library, they'll be just discussing, Washougal Library. So hot topics, and we're excited to have both of them with us, and that is April 22.

Yeah.

That's it. Thank you.

Is or what? Yeah. April 22. Yep. Yep.

Right? I know. These things are coming out of fast.

Okay. John Norn.

Feels like July.

It does.

Just, again, the the the male dedication in the business opening. It's interesting to see our skyline changing a little bit if you regularly go out 6th Avenue with the two boilers down now. DTA has been active with a couple of good things The facade improvement grants are back open. So if there's some businesses that wanna do some facade improvements downtown, there is a grant money available for that as well as some main was wanted to come through. So good things happening there.

And I attended on behalf of council, the state auditor's office. Chris, check that meeting. That's a meeting. One of the elected officials prior to starting an audit, and, there will be an opportunity, for council members to attend an exit interview at the end. So, for those of who haven't participated yet in, those audit meetings, it's an interesting you ask a lot of questions. A lot of tough questions. Like, hey. Is is there any fraud going on? Nothing. Is everything good?

Everything's pretty good. So, anyway, it was good to be able to give good feedback on, good things happening in the city. So, the last two things I do wanna talk about real quickly and and mentioned as I as I talked to council members about Crown Park. It's kinda used to be very busy, and I do have I think a lot of feedback from people that use park and are very happy with the park. It it just shows maybe we just had a little gap in there for that.

So, very crowded there. I did have two, residents approach me fairly vocal about, their concern about electric motorcycles and large group youngsters on electric motorcycles riding the sidewalks, one of them specifically through, Crown Park and on all the sidewalks through the park, which they felt made it dangerous for, people there. The other complaint came from someone who said that, essentially, a pack of bikes would not get out of their way on the road. And I said, I'm familiar with that. I I have similar experience with them.

And I encourage both of them to come in and speak because I think it's important here that they come in and speak. And actually reminded me that I am the elected official, and she's talking to me, and she expects me to bring my foot forward. So I'm bringing it forward again. Cool view. It was. I got my civics class. And speaking of which, there's a civics bee, but it's on April 20, which is the same night as one of our meetings here. So I don't know it's gonna attend. But if you know anybody that would like to, I'd encourage you to forward that, invitation on for the global civics bee.

So are you gonna be a judge, or are you gonna? No.

I can't. Not for the civic speed. But I will likely be signed up for, the high school reports. Those are very interesting too, and and we everybody should receive that. But, very interesting to hear some of the, volunteer projects that the seniors do as part. Do

yeah. Do over. Okay. This is the first do

over.

So high school senior boards. But all of our high schools have senior boards. And so his freedom is the week before that, and CCAs are also in that same week. So lots of opportunities to sit on those boards and help us launch our seniors. But the dates that we received from Lisa Shunner was only Camas High School. So Okay.

Any other comments, questions, or anything? Okay. With that, I believe I'm going to close the meeting.