City Council - Regular Meeting

I call this hybrid regular council meeting of July 14th, 2026 to order at 7 o'clock p.m. Will you please stand and join me in 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.

And will the clerk please call the roll?

Mayor Olsen?

Here.

Deputy Mayor Creeley?

Here.

Council Member Pasarewski? Here. Ramirez?

Here.

Keefe?

Here.

Rasmus has an excused absence this evening. Edwards? Here. And Southard? Here. Roll is complete.

Okay, Council, does anyone have any items to add or delete to tonight's agenda for Council Rule 9.3? Usually doesn't happen, and I don't see any hands raised. Okay. We're going to kick things off tonight with a presentation by Angelina Koenig from the Mountain View Community Center. She is the executive director and she would like to present to us tonight. So, Council, we can ask a few questions, maybe not grill her too much, but we'll let Angelina present and then ask her a few questions.

Great. Oh, thank you all for having me. So thank you, Mayor Olson, city council, staff, and friends of the city. Thank you. I'm happy to be here. I want to make it part of my rhythm and routine to come quarterly, at least to one of the city council meetings. to update you all on how the community center is doing, where it's going and just how everything is. And so I wanna share with you our mission, vision and values on the next slide, please. I don't, yeah. Thank you, you're all good. A community in which all experience belonging and wellness and our mission to develop successful kids, hopeful families, active seniors, And our values are respect, collaboration, service, connection, and hope. And then also to talk about our partnership that we've had with the City of Edgewood in a formal fashion, if you will, since 2023. with one of the contracts that we have. We'll talk a little bit about that later. As you know, we go on a program year, July 1 through June 30. So we just finished our fiscal year 26. And so I want to share some information with you on the numbers for our kids programs or youth programs, if you will. And the next slide will share the stats for this fiscal year that we had. So particularly focusing on the summer power program, pack program, which you all are a part of in that you're a distribution site for the city of Edgewood. This was July to August 2025 because, of course, we're in 26 now. 1,346 power packs were distributed with 36 volunteers and 170 or 107 volunteer hours. And that was just here at the city of Edgewood distribution site. And then overall for all of our summer power packs, 7,502 distributed, 151 volunteers, and 208 volunteer hours. Those numbers include all the way from September through June. So we've really done well with our power packs. It's a need that continues to grow in our school districts and for our community. And then summer camp 2025, of course, we had two weeks of summer day camp last year where 99 youth participated, 64 volunteers and 343 volunteer hours. One of the things I appreciate about that is not only does the mayor come, but also our city police come, our fire department come, and they all talk to the children about the importance of Community first responders and how a city operates and how to be involved so kids start learning as young as kindergarten age, all the way up through fifth grade. And we're doing that summer day camp program again as well as we're adding two full weeks of summer day camp for theater camp this summer. Our next ways that we partner together is through our Hopeful Family programs. And the numbers for that is primarily through our Seeds of Change community dinners, 50 meals. So that's one meal a week where we serve 6,524 meals. And we had 588 volunteers with 1,363 volunteer hours. And many of the City of Edgewood employees cook and serve the dinners and interact with our community members, which is wonderful because we get to know each other as neighbors and help support one another. And then our community programs is building community and support between neighbors. Our family connection events, we have quite a few of them, but I wanted to talk about these ones right here because it's how we partner as the city of Edgewood and Mountain View Community Center, two movie nights a year. This year for 2025-2026, we had six families, 22 participants. And then also with us being able to host movie nights, we are able to do that through the movie license provided by the city. And it allows us to stream other things for all of our community programs. So we're very grateful for that. Okay, and then moving on to our senior programs, active seniors, which man, they are a hoot. If you've not been there in a while to chat with the seniors, you need to come down. You would love it. So our senior programs is promoting wellness through friendship and fitness, 245 exercise classes with 5,136 attendees. Those seniors love to exercise and they put me to shame sometimes and might put some of you to shame when it comes to fitness. Just kidding. Senior garden, senior cafe, 235 pounds of food collected, 171 volunteers, 530 volunteers hours. The food that is collected actually is used for all of our, um, Seeds of Change program and our Senior Cafe program. And then our writers and our crafters group, we had 51 participants with 530 attendances. They love to come to get together and have socialization and just encourage and build one another up. Now, one of the things that I wanted to share with you is the heating and cooling site, because we know every year we have extreme weather, whether it's cold weather, whether it's warm or hot weather and everything. And Mountain View Community Center is always to be on the ready just in case of an emergency when one of these extreme weather days pops up. So how are we, Mountain View Community Center, being ready 365 days a year? Just so you know, that's part of what we do. It's part of our contract. And so we are ready to serve 365 days a year. And if you'll go to the next slide, I'll share with you a few things. So it says number of days we're ready is 365. So up there in the green, the 90 or above and the 45 or below, those are according to the National Weather Service, actually Pierce County and National Weather Service, what dictates an extreme weather day for us in our region. So we're available 365 days, except for federal holidays. Number of hot weather days from June to August 2025, according to those, that data was 19 days. We were, number of the severe hot weather days, 90 or above, was five. And the number of days Mountain View Community Center was open was 11. That's including the severe hot weather days. Now, number of cold weather days, the only data I could come up with was from November 2024 through February 2025. But if you take November 24 through February 25, we were open 70 days and six of the 12 days of a cold snap in January, we were open. And during the time that we're open for extreme weather days, we provide water, coffee, snacks and sometimes a full meal. And then if you'll go to the next slide, please. All right, how are we doing it differently this year? Well, we offer the cooling center this year, Monday through Thursday from 1 to 5 p.m. when it is 80 degrees or hotter. So that's what we're sharing with the community. They don't have to come only when it's an extreme weather day, 90 or above. We're prepared to take care of them when it's 80 or above. So they can come in, they can join whatever activity is going on, and they can get water, snacks, or if it's a meal at that day, they can have a full meal. One of the things to share is I heard a little bit more this year from seniors. When they come to our community center, they are turning off their air conditioner at home so they can save on the utility bills because we all know that the utility rates went up. So they're not attending just because it's warm outside, but they're attending to keep their bills down so they can afford it. Um, and then we're working with Tacoma community services, homeless and prevention programs to receive supplies such as hat chapstick, sunglasses, um, sunscreen, and other items to help during the hot weather. So that's something new. It just started this year and we're really grateful for that. Um, and then visitors may join in our programs that are currently happening when the polling center is available. And also, uh, they can come in and we will have games. We'll have puzzles, activity sheets, books, et cetera, for them to do while they're there. So they're not just sitting there doing nothing. So, um, that is what we do. And this is one of the flyers that we had from last year. And I know that the city posts on the website that when it's extreme weather to come to us, we also post on our website as well. Um, next slide.

Please.

And I just want to say thank you for the partnership with the city of Edgewood. And we hope for a continued partnership that will enhance the quality of life for all of our neighbors. And I would invite you to join me at a senior cafe launch or a Seeds of Change dinner to learn more about the partnership with MVCC. So let's continue to partner together. And that's what I'd like to share. So thank you. And I'll answer questions.

Thank you. Any questions for Angelina? Yeah, Corbin and then Jeff.

Okay. Well, thank you for coming and thank you for your presentation. I was just wondering what made you change the threshold to lower the threshold?

Partially just because even when it's warm or even when it's 80 degrees, it's still warm outside. And some people may not be able to tolerate the 80 degrees and everything. And also we want to invite people and get more people into the community center so they can learn about us. And so they can see exactly what we do for the community because there truly are a lot of folks that don't know that Edgewood has a community center there. And that was evidenced by me being out at the fireworks show celebrating the 250th. People would walk by and be like, hey, did you know Edgewood has a community center? No. 50% would say no. 50% would say yes. But that's why we did it. Some people are uncomfortable at 80 degrees, and we just want to bring them into the center.

Okay. Thank you.

Uh-huh.

Thank you for trying to be more inclusive with what Corbin was saying about the lower thresholds. On the surface, it does look like we aren't utilizing it, the heating and cooling, very often. But if you're open more often in general, I think that's actually... I'm sorry, I'm terrible tonight, but... just that it's showing that you are willing to be there if somebody needs you there. And I appreciate that.

Oh, thank you. And one of the things I didn't mention is that when we do get into the excessive weather days, so 90 degrees and above, we actually stay open later into the evenings. And if it happens on a weekend, we are open on those weekends as well.

Thank you. So can I ask how did it go today?

Sure. It went well today. Unfortunately, we didn't have anybody stop by. I think part of that is just folks are not used to knowing, A, that we're there. You know, it's still that 50 percent threshold. Right. And I think that they're just still getting used to the idea. It's warm out and I can go. But I can tell you that this morning we had 35 seniors. They're the whole morning and, yeah, all the way through 1 o'clock in the afternoon because it was birthday celebration as well. So from 9.30 when they arrived to set up chairs to like 1, 1.15 when the lunch is done, that was like four hours that they stayed and cooled down.

Yes.

Jennifer? Jennifer?

Hi, Angelina. Just had a question with the heat and cooling. Have you had more citizens come in for the hot weather days versus the cold snaps? We've had pretty mild winters the last few winters. And since this is a new partnership, I didn't know if you had any stats on that.

Yes. So from the stats that I can gather, so most of you will know I came in November of twenty twenty five. And still, you know, in January, still getting my bearings and everything. The stats that I gathered that we actually had more warm weather days that we were open than we did cold weather days. Yes.

Then I had another question, too. Does the community center accept produce donations like food that is, for instance, any vegetables I grow in abundance that citizens can donate to towards like the seeds of change dinner or. For Tuesdays for the seniors to pick up, you know, if there's like a basket, like a free for all. Yeah. Anything like that?

Definitely we do. And it's very helpful for the seniors that need it or anyone that needs it. Right. And then we will definitely use it in our meals for Thursdays and Tuesdays.

And you just bring that in during business hours?

Yeah. You can just drop it off and say, have a donation for the dinners or the meals and we'll take it.

Thank you. I have some walla walla onions that I have way too many than what I planted. I was just thinking about that today to donate it. Thank you. Thank you.

Okay. I think that wraps it up. Thank you very much, Angela. We appreciate it. Okay. It moves us along to audience comment. Uh, we have one person signed up, Damon Cromar. Um, Did I already pronounce your last name correctly? Romar, okay. Damon, you know the routine, just looks like the microphone's still on, so you have up to five minutes these days, so you don't have to use all of them, but you... I'll keep it in the five minutes.

Hi there. Good evening, Mayor and members of the Council. I'm Damon Cromar. I'm a citizen of Pacific just down the hill, but I also represent Firefly Fireworks and the Cascade Display. I just want to thank you for the opportunity to be part of Edgewood's 250th anniversary here at the community park that took place on July 3rd. It was an honor to help put on the show and be a sponsor of the event and just be part of the community in a more engaging method. All we've heard was fantastic feedback from the event. And I'd just like to echo that many are eager for this not to be a one-time event. And it seems that the citizens of Edgewood are very eager to have a new tradition moving forward. So I'd just like to consider that. the city had considered giving feedback from this residence and also give appropriate consideration to maybe a similar community event going forward. And as Firefly Fireworks and Cascade display, it would be absolutely wonderful to have help in the future with such an event. And just want to say thank you all to everyone and the support. And it was an amazing event. I've been describing to everyone that the vibes were amazing that evening. And it was such fun hanging out in the park and sharing the entire evening with the community of Edgewood. So thank you very much.

Okay, thank you. Damon was the only one that signed up, but you don't have to sign up. If someone else has any other audience comment, they're welcome to step forward now. I don't think we have any hands raised in the virtual audience. So I'm sensing that that concludes audience comment. Okay, moving on. The mayor's report. So a couple of things to pass along. I want to let the council know that I'm still working on trying to get the Roberts Rules of Order training. It's just... Jurassic Parliament is in a little bit of transition. So we're not really getting phone calls returned or emails returned, but we may move on to plan B. I don't know. We've tried a few other places. Joe has sent out numerous emails. So we're still working on that. But we realize it's been sitting there in the foul in the pending items. So just want to let you know we haven't forgotten about it and we are working on it. So a few of the things, it's been three weeks since we had a council meeting, so three weeks of things going on. I did attend the Association of Washington City's state conference last week in June over in Spokane. Had a good time networking with a bunch of elected officials from throughout the state and attended many good breakout sessions. Yesterday, we had the Fife Milton Edgewood Mayor's Lunch. We meet quarterly. Rachel and I meet with Fife and Milton, and we had our quarterly lunch yesterday. Always productive to interact with those two sister cities right near us. Also attended the Mountain View Community Center Council of Advisors meeting recently, so it was good to hang out with some folks. past and present city council members from Edgewood and other people that are involved with community center throughout our city. There were two requests last week of me by council members. The first one, there was a request by council member Rasmus to provide an America's 250th debrief, I think was the words that he used. So Just some numbers and some overall sentiment. So I wrote down some numbers, so I'll just rattle them off. We estimate that we had about 600 cars parked between the field and the North Hill Adventist Fellowship Church parking lot and some on the side streets. And estimates, I'm not a crowd estimate guy, but... Personally, and other people seem to kind of confer, there was probably between 1,500 and maybe 2,000 people. I think 600 cars might kind of line up with that with families and stuff. So those are some numbers. We had, just to recap what was there, the classic car show. We offered free s'mores, free cotton candy. There was, of course, the big fireworks show. There was a cover band. All of those things I thought were a success. If, and this is only if, we were to ever do a fireworks show again, I would say all of those seemed to be good additions. There was nothing that I'd really say, ah, let's skip this next time. Everything seemed to be pretty well received. On the downside, we only had two food trucks show up out of the four that we had signed up. So that was a little bit, a couple of no-shows, but that happens. So we got a late start on this. So that hampered our ability to get some solid food trucks lined up. But that's something that, again, if we were to do something like this again, we'd have to get an early start with the food trucks. So we learned that. From a budgetary standpoint, council recalls, and I'll round off to the closest thousand. Council approved 14,000. We brought in 11,000 in sponsors. So that's kind of $25,000 to work with. And... Our expenses kind of stayed right at that $20,000 mark that we projected from the beginning. So that turned out to be pretty accurate. So we basically had an extra roughly $5,000. So we're not going to need to use all of the $14,000 that the council allotted. So I would say we came in well under budget from that standpoint, from the general fund impact. So that's good news. So one thing I'll also point out, again, as far as a debrief that Council Member Rasmus asked for, one advantage we had this year was that July 3rd was on a Friday, so the North Hill Adventist Church parking lot was available, and they had almost 170 cars in their parking lot. An event on a Saturday could be difficult because they will need to use that for their own church services. So That's just something to factor out next year, I believe. Fourth of July is on a Sunday, so July 3rd is on a Saturday. So that could be something to think about next year. So anyways, that concludes my America's 250th debrief. Next thing, Council Member Keith also had a request of me last week, and she requested, and I wrote this down to make sure I get it right, to please inform Mailey that the council just voted to violate the bylaws officially on camera. So I honored Council Member Key's request and I did inform our attorney, Maile Barber, to please go back and watch the end of the study session that we had last week and also familiarize herself with the Council Rules of Procedure 6.3, which is kind of where the contention was. So now I will turn it over to Maylee, who's with us online, to recap her comments. Maylee?

Thank you, Mayor. Can you hear me okay?

Yes, we can.

So I am going to give a short interpretation of what I reviewed and talk Again, I'll repeat this, but I'm not supposed to be giving legal advice in an open meeting. So I'll address that in just a little bit. So first off, I did have a chance to review the last study session. And in regards to the council's interview process for vacant boards and commissions, there was no violation of the council rules or procedure. So I found that none had occurred. State law and RCWs recognize that the council may adopt its own rules of procedure. So that's where we start. Then the Roberts rules are the default parliamentary authority and apply only when there's the council rules do not provide otherwise. So how we get to me interpreting this is under our council rules 1217. The city attorney decides questions of interpretation of the council rules and parliamentary questions that may arise at council meetings. So and to add to what I watched, I also read the council or read the study session provisions. And that's where you go to section 8.2 of the council rules. And I read that to me that there was no distinction between legislative matters and procedural matters. So no final action at all can be taken on any matter. And so that's something that we can discuss as we go forward. But again, I did not see a violation of the council rules as alleged at that point. But because I cannot give legal advice during an open public meeting, I can follow up with council in writing with my analysis for all of the council members to review.

Okay. Thank you, Maylee. And that concludes my mayor's report tonight. Next up, we have a director's report. Assistant City Administrator Rachel Pitzel.

Thank you, Mayor and Council. From Community Development, the climate planning outreach continues with the online community survey remaining open through the end of July. We encourage residents to participate and provide feedback. And then the State Route 167 completion project groundbreaking ceremony will take place tomorrow, July 15th at 11 a.m. Right. Okay. And from Public Works, I'm pleased to report that the Public Works Director has certified the 48th Street project as substantially complete. The roadway is now open and fully functional for public use. Major construction barriers are being removed and normal traffic patterns have resumed. The contractor will now focus on completing a final punch list of minor items such as landscaping, cleanup, or any sign adjustments with minimal impacts to the public. And then WSDOT has also notified us of two upcoming road closures on Enchanted Parkway related to the culvert replacement. project. Those closures are in the evening on July 24th through July 27th between Wild Waves and 28th Avenue South and then August 7th again in the evening through August 17th and that's between 28th Avenue South and Military Road and additional information and detour routes will be shared with the public as those closure dates approach. And then from police, happy to report there were no major security issues during the Edgewood 250th celebration. And over the 4th of July holiday, the police department responded to a handful of fireworks-related complaints through South Sound 911, but there were no significant incidents to report. Firefighters also responded to one small fire on July 2nd that's believed to have been caused by fireworks thrown from a vehicle. That investigation remains ongoing. The police department has seen an increase in vehicle prowls and thefts, and particularly in the Westridge neighborhood, most of the vehicles involved have been left unlocked. So the police encourage residents to lock their vehicles and remove valuables whenever possible. And officers are investigating these cases and following up on available leads. And then looking ahead, the police department will have a presence at Summerfest, which is this Saturday, July 18th, followed by two annual community events, one being National Night Out on August 4th, and the Junior Police Academy, which will be held August 17th through the 21st. That concludes my report.

Okay. Thank you, Rachel. I appreciate that council. That's takes us to the consent agenda. Are there any items to be amended or pulled from the consent agenda?

I have a question on an item.

Okay. Do you want to just pull it? No, no, no.

It's part of, I'm sorry. It's part of the, um, the checks or payments.

Okay.

Is now the time to ask that or?

Well, I don't know. I don't know what your question is.

I'm not sure. It's one of the items on there. It says it's $20,000 for measurement SPC for climate sub element project. I wasn't quite sure what that was about.

Yeah, I asked Jeremy that same question. Oh, good. It kind of is what it is, but I will also say it's entirely covered 100% by a grant. So it's not costing the Edgewood budget anything. So now, do you want more clarification from Jeremy than that? Are you good with that?

That's fine for now. I mean, I was just curious what it was because I don't think I've seen that before, so.

Okay. All right. Council member Keith, did you have an item to remove from the consent agenda?

Now, quick question about miles resources. It was just such a big number. I wondered what that was.

420 K. I'm believing that's related to the 48th street construction project. So.

Okay. Gotcha.

Okay, so seeing that nobody would like to pull anything from the consent agenda, I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented.

So moved.

I'll second. Creely? Perfect. Okay, it has been moved by Councilmember Edwards and seconded by Deputy Mayor Creeley to approve the consent agenda as presented. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed, say nay. Okay, motion carries. That takes us to our first item of official council business, item A, Agenda Bill 26-114. This is the mayoral appointments and council confirmation to the Planning Commission and Economic Development Advisory Board. Council, as you know, we interviewed all three of the candidates that you can see before you on the board. Are there any further questions of staff on this item? Okay. Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion to approve these mayoral appointments.

I move.

Southern. Okay, it has been moved by Councilmember Southern and seconded by Councilmember Ramirez to approve Agenda Bill 26-114, the mayoral appointments and council confirmation to the Planning Commission and EDAP. Councilmember Southern, you have the floor.

I just want to thank the people offering their time for a plan commission on the tab and hope lots of good things come out of their contributions.

Okay, now Councilmember Ramirez, you have the floor. Just want to say thanks for volunteering. And for the two Planning Commission members, welcome to the marathon. It was a marathon last night. And I just want to recognize that one of the commissioners that is in the process right now was actually there in attendance watching. So thanks for your service.

Look forward to hearing your input. Okay. Any further council comment on this motion before us? Okay. Seeing no further council comment, all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed say nay. Okay, motion carries. Next up, item B. This is agenda bill 26-0713, an ordinance related to updating the city's business licensing and home business standards. This is... Counsel, do you have any questions for staff on this item? This is Jeremy's item, I believe. So any questions for Jeremy on this item? Yes. Okay. Council Member Southern.

I don't want to be this person, but we clarified with flowers and produce. What if there is other agricultural products that one wants to sell? For example, steer manure or honey.

Wasteer manure and honey in the same. I don't know.

Yeah, a very colorful mix there. If I recall, the language spoke to flowers, produce, and other homegrown food products. So I believe honey would be covered by the letter of the regulation. However, if counsel of mine, staff would be very open to honoring that as the intent.

or we can come up with a long list i'd rather do the former okay thank you okay any other questions yes councilmember ramirez so i hope i'm saying this correctly it is proposed that on-site sales are limited to pre-arranged appointments only So what would happen if a business, small business, had 20 patrons order something and the owner of the small business has a full-time job which limits the number of hours in a day for one person to come pick up?

I will start by saying we are complaint-based, so if nobody's making any complaints about the activity, we're not going to know any better. We're not going to be surveilling or monitoring the activity. Beyond that, there are multiple potential ways to address that particular situation, one of which that I'm familiar with would be putting things in a box on your front porch and having folks come when you're not there necessarily.

Thank you. That addressed my other question. So a stand at the corner of a driveway unattended is fine? I would believe so, yes. All right.

Okay, any other questions? Okay, seeing no further questions, I will entertain a motion to approve ordinance 26-0713. I'll make a motion to approve ordinance 26-0713.

I second.

Okay, it has been moved by Council Member Pazeruski and seconded by Council Member Ramirez to approve Ordinance 26-0713 related to updating the City's business licensing and home business standards. Council Member Pazeruski, you have the floor.

This was a great topic that we were able to discuss. It was nice to see the flow with Planning Commission bringing this up, having their comments, having staff, you know, redline or revise this ordinance to bring it up to Council for us to have our discussion and, again, to have things change that made sense. for our small home businesses in Edgewood. Most people have small businesses as a second income stream. That seems to be happening more and more in our great country here of, you know, achieving the American dream. So this makes it a lot easier and more motivating for more small businesses to, you know, to start up in our community. So thank you, staff and, you know, council and planning commission to work collectively to get this going and hopefully get voted on tonight.

Okay. Now, Council Member Ramirez, you have the floor. I echo what Council Member Pasarewski said, and what's nice is the clarity and the flow. I appreciate staff, I appreciate the Planning Commission and EDAB for bringing these things forward, and now hopefully we can begin to celebrate Edgewood's small businesses with some type of farmer's market at some point, or something along those lines, so thanks.

Any other council comment? Not seeing any here or online. So we'll go straight to a vote on this motion. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Okay. Motion carries. Takes us to council comments. Who would like to kick us off with council comments? Council member Keith.

Thank you. I'd like to motion that we consider the Mountain View Community Center contract as written for an extension of one year at next study session and vote at the following meeting.

Okay. Is there a second? Second, Southerd. Okay, Councilmember Keith, you have the floor.

I appreciate Angelina's presentation on the feeding programs and what Mountain View does for the community. We've got this contract that's expiring. I'd like to give us time to talk about it and go through it and get our decisions made on what happens to that contract next year.

Okay. Council Member Southern, you now have the floor.

I have a lot of questions. Good feelings about the Mountain View Community Center, and I think it's worthy of discussion at the next day's session.

Okay. Any further council comment on this motion on the floor? Okay. Seeing no further comment, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Okay, motion carries, and we will talk about a one-year extension at the next study session, and we'll make sure we get that. The actual verbiage of the motion, we'll review the tape, but I think we got it. We're going to talk about an extension at the next week's study session. Okay. Deputy Mayor Creeley has his hand raised.

Yep. I think it was last meeting or maybe one before we discussed or came up in discussion about some of the uses for the east side or the upper level of the Edgewood Community Park. I thought that was an interesting topic. I think we need to go ahead and kind of explore some of the uses that could be used for, or, you know, is it another phase or, and then, you know, Council Member Ramirez just brought up a farmer's market. That would be another use for, you know, not only the upper, but the entire uh park and would be a great community event too um so is that something that the prab would take the reins on and brainstorm things and bring them to us or how would that work i i would agree with that i think the prab would

Probably be offended if they weren't involved in the process. I mean, I think that's kind of what they're there for. So that certainly seems to be within their parameters as a board. So we will forward that to the PRAM to please take a look at and evaluate possible uses of the Upper East Side of the park.

Great.

That sum it up accurately, Mark?

Sounds great. I just didn't want that idea to, you know, just go away. I think we need to really pursue that and get some great use out of that park. More use.

Yes, Council Member Southard.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I had a question for Chuck. It's been a minute since we've talked about the Interurban Trail. I was just curious of, we were just working on the design.

We're still working on the design.

Okay. Yes. Do you have an idea when that, I assume it's going to go to like 90% or 100% design?

Three weeks. We're scheduled to have 90%.

Oh, wow. Cool. Awesome. Thank you.

Good timing on your question. That's good. Yes. Council member Ramirez. I just want to say thanks Jeremy and Josh for last night. I'm serving on the planning commission for multiple terms and attending the meetings in person for years. I was the most people I've ever seen in a planning commission meeting. And I want to say thanks to the citizens who spoke and shared their thoughts. And I would encourage every council member to watch last night's planning commission meeting because it really speaks to what Edgewood is about and what the citizens of Edgewood appreciate about our city. I know it was a little rough, a little long, but I just wanted to say thanks.

Okay, any further Council comments? I have one item I just want to remind you all. I have the Summerfest Council sign-up sheet right here. So it's from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. We kind of have spots for two Council members per hour. Council Member Ramirez has already signed up for a couple of hours. You can either join him or pick your own time slot. But I have the sign-up sheet here. Right here in front of me. Or if you need to get back to me, just drop me an email and let me know when you might be able to stop by, if you're able to. So, no pressure. Okay, seeing no further counsel... Oh, Deputy Mayor Creeley snuck in there.

Quick question. Do we have a tentative date for the windmill move?

No. Not yet. We've had some people ask, so they're... Yeah, I would say end of August-ish. Currently, we're in a 21-day cure for the slab, so we have to wait for that. We have gone out to bid for the move, and everything's progressing quite nicely. If I had to throw a dart at the calendar, I'd say maybe the end of August.

Very tentative.

Okay. Yeah, very tentative.

All right. Thank you very much.

Okay. Seeing no further council comments, we are adjourned at 745. Good night, everybody.

Take care.