City Council - Regular Meeting

It is Tuesday, March 24th at 6:00 p.m. and I'm call this Lacy City Council work session to order. Uh, Council Member Turner is um excused this evening, but Council Member Cox is going to be online. Uh, the rest of our council is uh here present. I also want to acknowledge that we the city of Lacy are on the ancestral lands of the tribal people the treaty of medicine creek including the Nquali Indian tribe and the squawks Indian tribe that can I get a motion to approve this evening's agenda move to approve the agenda as published second moved and seconded is there any discussion seeing none all in favor of that motion signify by saying I I

is there one opposed then that motion unanimously carries we have and agenda, approved agenda. First up on our agenda is public comment. We didn't have anyone uh sign up for public comment uh pre-register um or online, but is there anyone wishing to address the council this evening? Seeing none, we'll go on to our next agenda item, which is our employee recognition. I'll turn it over to our city manager.

Great. Thank you, Mayor Ryder. And uh um council and I wanted to take the opportunity to kind of give a brief recap of our employee recognition week. Um every year we do we have done an employee recognition event. Uh years past we've done that through a u a luncheon at St. Martins's University uh at the Warthingington Center and uh that's been the the standard for for quite some time and this year we decided to mix it up a little bit. instead of having one single event, we decided to uh try to make it more accessible to all all of our staff in city hall as well as recognize the entire week and and create some themes. So, first I want to recognize and thank Nicole Williams uh in leading the effort to plan this out with the the rest of the executive assistant team that uh worked on this project. Um it was a lot of work for them uh to take this idea and start developing different themes throughout the day. Um and again like I said it was a week-long uh celebration of our employees and had different events to uh to provide them. So for instance um throughout the week on Monday we had uh it's coffee and lacy swag day. Uh Tuesday was taco Tuesday where we brought a taco food truck in u for the uh staff. Uh Wednesday was games day and wear your favorite sports teams jerseys. had some fun with the whack-a-ole and uh uh putt putt golf course that was set up through city hall. Uh tropical Thursday and then of course Northwest day where everybody got to break out their best flannels and and uh celebrate with uh with um coffee and don the end of the week. And again I think the with all this activities we had it throughout the their various parts of city hall. We also had some scavenger hunt and the feedback from the employees was they really appreciated that effort because again they didn't have to take specific time out of their day. they were able to incorporate that into their work week. So again, I want to recognize uh Nicole and her team for setting this up and doing all the logistics. And then also

always a part of our employee employee appreciation, we want to recognize those employees uh that have reached milestones uh reach the uh uh 15, 20, 25 year, 30 and 35 year marks. And it's really important for that we do that because um as people work here and reach those longevities, they become our emerging leaders or or uh established leaders within our organization. And they're the ones that really help mentor the u employees as they come in, helps establish our culture of how we work together and how we serve the public and um and continue that dedication to the Lacy community. Uh so tonight I wanted to kind of just highlight the the 16 individuals in our organization that reached those milestones. Um as you can um see on this first slide we have uh uh Violet Clareier and our accounting uh technician. Uh Sue Philly is recreational manager. I know you've uh both all of you have encountered them throughout the years. Keith Mercer, patrol officer in Lacy PD uh project inspector Kevin KS and mission shell mantle in our utility billing hit 25 years and then um uh in the 20-year mark we have Ryan Andrews our community planning manager, Jim Baker, our SCADA control specialist, Kathy Bailey with customer service specialist in animal services, Doug Christensen, our storm water uh engineer manager, Tom Fay, our senior maintenance technician in wastewater, another project inspector, Kevin Enman and uh Scott Johnson and transportation supervisor, Chris Nickel, our senior water treatment technician, Sarah Shilling and and current planning, economic development manager, Samra Seymour and senior planner, and Liz Spiller, our department assistant three and parks, culture, and recreation. So again, you know, there's there's quite a list and I really want to make sure that these individuals are recognized for their leadership within our organization and the service they provide the

community. And um tonight I wanted to also since uh bring up to the table um Ryan and Doug and and Chris um as being here tonight to be uh recognized uh we gave the opportunity for for all employees to be able to attend the council meeting and and have the interaction. And I'll first I just want to specifically recognize uh Ryan. and I kind of had my fingers crossed I told him I wouldn't do anything embarrassing, but uh we will we will give it a go. Um so I think you all have seen Ryan throughout the years bring in either with his work on the planning commission or uh bring in planning commission recommendation or key land use policies to the council. Uh Ryan started uh with the city of Lacy in 20ou officially permanently as a permanent employee 2005 as an associate planner uh in the current planning program. Uh before that he spent uh I think two seasons as a uh seasonal employee in storm water maintenance in the in 98 I want to say 99 and then also had two stints as an intern in the early 2000s and then came back and uh um started working full-time with the city of Lacy in 2005 and over that time um Ryan has advanced uh uh up into the or into the department. Um he uh went from current planning into long range planning and then now is the uh current planning manager run uh working with a team of five uh with housing climate and uh and of course the long range planning program and also oversees our front counter uh and customer service end. Uh through his time here, he's had some significant projects and and work um you know, specifically in Long Range World, the Woodland District strategic plan, the um and all the various recommendation items or implementation items out of that with the formbbased codes um and uh um the

capital facilities plan and uh through his work, he's uh been part of winning some recognition both state and nationally uh with state awards related to the accessory dwelling unit program as well as the wooden district strategic plan And then also a national recognition. I think it was the fry house award with formbbased codes from the formbbased code institute. And I think one of the things that I want to just highlight there too is u uh as we started implementing the wooden district strategic plan and came across the concept of formbbased codes. Ryan took it uh on to start learning about form based code got certification through that and helped guide the the implementation of that program in the wooden or midtown area. And on the other things, having been getting involved with other Lacy activities, he is uh uh has a he's a dual threat. He's also uh um been one of the teams that win the Studio Lacy annual golf tournament and also has won the uh what uh we used to have the Wii Golf tournaments uh we bowling and uh um he's won that as well. So, we got a dual threat champion in our midst. So, I want to just recognize Ryan and and thank him for all his years of service and leadership with the city of Lacy. Um, now I'd like to introduce I think you also have seen Doug over the years, but Doug Christen, our stormwater engineering manager. Uh, also coming up 20 years, also came to the city in 2005 and um, he uh, you know, started as our storm water engineer and then eventually became our storm water engineer manager and works with a team of seven that he uh, directs their work and uh, within the water resources department. Some of the significant things that uh Doug has has brought with his expertise uh uh in storm water is he was part of developing the college regional storm water facility right over next door in St. Martins's University. That was a significant project uh project because one we had to negotiate and get work

with uh the abbey and and the university for the sighting and then also that is a key element because it it actually uh treats all the storm water coming from the Midtown area as well as the college campus and it if you're and it goes down into an outlets in the Wooden Creek and prior to that facility it was more of a a lagoon type and it had a lot of water quality issues and so with that work it really clean up the water and really had a positive impact into the instream flows to wooden uh wooden creek. also developed our um u legacy storm water design manual and also created our first storm water comprey plan and has been responsible for um making sure we're in compliance with the western Washington storm water manual as well as the NPDES permit which is the national pollution elimination system something I did

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there discharge I got the D um and and that's really key because all that work goes into making sure we have uh uh treated water that's going into and protecting our groundwater as well as our surface body and and Doug's been instrumental in that work throughout the years, not only with the public projects, but also guiding the private development projects to make sure we're in compliance. Also has brought to the table low impact development techniques and other measures to be able to reach those goals. Um and again, it's important to note incorporating into those designs is our stormwater facilities. They're not just storm facilities. There are also amenities to neighborhoods and the community with walking trails as well as habitat for birds and wildlife as well. Uh so it's done a really good job of of shaping uh that component of our our community and our land use. And then of course he's always there for fun and and wellness activities. You always see him participating in in every wellness activities with his good cheer and and working with the other uh groups. and I know he's always always looked forward to Halloween and what costume he's going to come to because he's always been a strong participant in our Halloween program, our Halloween costume contest as well. So, I want to recognize and thank Doug for all his work as well.

And um Chris, I want to introduce Chris Nickel who is uh works in our water utility down at the shop operations. Chris is our senior water treatment technician and uh Chris started with us also in 2005 of course there's a theme here right 20 years and um um as a journey level tech and but in 2008 he became our water treatment plant operator and that was significant because that's when we on developed the Hawk Prairie reservoir and treatment facility and I believe Chris you're our first water treatment plant operator as well so in our organization so that's that's a big benchmark for Lacy as we've grown as a community and had to develop additional water sources that we added that treatment program. Um and throughout the the years um of course Chris became a senior water treatment technician and um and now is overseeing um all you know different the tech will as well I believe as well in terms of treatment um he throughout the years he's gained certifications in cross control spe as a cross control specialist water distribution specialist uh and then also a water distribution manager level three and treatment plant operator level three. So, it goes to show that as he's done his work, he's continuing to to learn about that craft and be able to provide that great service to ensure our drinking water in the city of Lacy is clean, but also he's been a great mentor to um our staff in his division as well as others that may want to be interested in in water treatment. He um takes great ownership and pride in that work and through that mentorship um he also shares his knowledge and experience through the uh water treatment apprentichip program which I believe he also developed a lot of the curriculum that helps other employees that have interest in getting into the water treatment program a way for them to have an apprenticehip again to get that knowledge and be able to qualify for positions that open up. So

uh again just a testament to uh Chris's drive to not only uh do a great work but also to learn in his craft and then also pass that knowledge on to the rest of the organization. So we really appreciate Chris's effort in in that work and his service to the community. So again, just want to introduce you to uh these three individuals and um and you the chance to highlight their their contributions and you know if there's anybody would like to say a few words, I'd like to offer that as well to them as too. I

I'll take the opportunity. So, um, you know, I first of all, um, I'd like to thank the council. Um, personally, I I've really appreciated over the years the support that the council's provided, you know, when I've brought things to you. Um, obviously, you know, as probably one of the employees that you see the most outside of the directors, you know, I've had a lot of facetime with the council and and um, you know, the support that you've shown me and then the support that you show all the employees at the city really kind of sets this place apart. So I I really appreciate that. Appreciate also the support of the planning commission. You know, staffing the planning commission. You have some great um appointed folks that that you know speak on behalf of the city and do do good work there. So I want to thank the planning commission. Um also the the leadership of the organization. Uh great uh city managers. So thanks to them and our our department directors and our our um our community economic development directors over the years as well. Um and then you know the the department itself. So our community economic development department touches so many great things. Um you know so you know if that's long range plans or all the way down to issuing permits and I see kind of all parts of that. Um so you know thanks to Lindsay and Hans and Jennifer on the the long range planning side. You know I oversee a great team of folks and that they're included in that. And then on the permit side as well. Many thanks to to Aaron and to Katherine who do the work. So every permit that comes into our department, those two people touch and and they do a fantastic job in that. Um and then just wanted to end by, you know, thanking my my family. So really proud that, you know, been able to raise two kids, you know, working for the city, two kids that have only known their dad to work for the city of Lacy, which is fantastic. We're pretty much at this point months away from being empty nesters. So that's great. We're looking forward to that. Um but you know thank them a lot for you know when I'm here when I'm at planning

commission I'm away you know from them I've missed a lot of dinners as a result of that as a family a lot of concerts and baseball games and all those kinds of things and so just want to thank my family for you know the the support over the years that they've provided me to be able to you know come here and serve the city. So again thank you all really appreciate the the time and hopefully I'm here for many years to come. So thanks.

I just want to say I'm thankful to be part of the Lacy team. Uh it's been a great 20 years. I've learned a lot and uh it's uh been a wonderful atmosphere to work in and uh and um I'm just uh um I'm glad I get to serve this community. I take uh a lot of pride in serving this community.

And I just want to add too because I've got the opportunity and pleasure to work with them as well as the others all this time here as well. And it really epitomizes that Lacy spirit. You know, we always talk about the Lacy way, but it's really just good people working together for a common cause and serving the community. And they these three as well as the rest on on the uh the list epitomize that. And uh we will be going around to the various departments and recognizing all the people in the list at at their staff meetings and all that. So this is not this is just one spot, but then we're going to continue that and make sure everybody has the opportunity to be recognized with their peers. Great. Excellent.

Well, just coming from the council, we we want to thank you for just doing an amazing job uh and what you do. I think it's it is what sets Lacies apart, you know, for the you know, going on 17 years, you know, I've I've been here. Um the longevity that we have in in in key positions uh across the city of Lacy is is really amazing that um you can tell we're all just working as a team and all you know great public servants and it's but it's you're the ones that are doing the jobs doing you know the boots on the ground doing the hard work that makes our community so special. So um you know on behalf of the council thank you for doing you know such an amazing job all these years. You've totally have made a difference in the lives of of of our community and our residents and our businesses and we really appreciate it.

Okay, so next up on our agenda is the McKin building removal. You can you can leave them. It's super sensitive. All right. Leave them.

Hi. All right. Well, good evening. Um, so thanks for the opportunity to to discuss the McKini building. Um, as you read in the staff report, staff is recommending demolition uh while honoring the site's history with a historic interpretive marker. Um, both the parks board and the historical commission unanimously u recommend this um path to you as well. Um, but we really want you to know that this, you know, a lot of this decision hasn't been taken lightly. A significant amount of uh research and thought has gone into this recommendation. So, we definitely don't take this lightly. Um, I want to thank and on that note, Jenny Wilson and Erin Quinn Belo for their tremendous amount of work and research on this topic. Um, they're both here tonight and Erin's going to get us started by sharing some of the historic information about the site. So, um, in case you were not aware, I wanted to begin by sharing with you that the Lacy area was known regionally as a destination and a resort community in the early to mid 20th century. Each lake had at least one resort community on the shoreline, including Lake Lewis. Many had me multiple. Um, but these were not the types of resorts as we think of them now. Um, they were more rustic, more camping type. Many of the bigger resorts in Lacy had high dives or giant wooden slides that you'd go down into Boggins. um fishing cabins, even dance halls and roller skating rinks at some of them. This particular one was um started by Ala and Elva McKini. Um they began operating the resort in 1926. Came here from Montana um spending their summers out here. They named the lake and the resort after their daughter Lois. And there was originally a cafe um to the

east of the building that's there now, but it was destroyed by a fire and so they rebuilt it um built the new main building in 1931. The front of the building had the cafe in it and then the family lived in the back of the building. And um Alva McKini died in 19365, but mom and daughter Alva and Lois, who were also teachers at the local Lacy School, continued to operate it into the 1940s. And in later years, the cabins were frequently rented out long-term to soldiers at Fort Lewis um to bring them in some extra income. Um so it continued to be used for quite some time.

I've got some slides to share with you, but um one of the solutions considered was the city could pursue a partnership to rehab rehabilitate the property through a request for proposal process. Um options could include a long-term lease or sale of a buildable portion of the property to provide commercial or retail character um to the building, but assuming that it would be salvageable. But staff believe this option is unlikely um due to the poor condition of the building and due to some environmental limitations. And so we've got this slide here of the site. Um so development considerations due to the pro proximity of Woodland Creek and its required buffer. No development is possible on the west side um of the building and the east side. Oh, and hopefully you can see the existing building there.

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you see where it's at? Okay. Um but the the east side has fewer stream and wetland constraints, but there's Oregon white oaks that are scattered throughout the site um including near the building and um because of their slow growth value to native wildlife um and designation as a priority habitat, the loss of the oaks um you know should be avoided. But regarding zoning, the Lacy or the Lake Lois Habitat Reserve is zoned open space institutional um which intends to protect and preserve natural areas and open spaces. Um there's also a trail system um to the east that was partially constructed by a local Boy Scout troop. So um retaining or repurposing the building would likely require expanded infrastructure um such as access, parking, utilities, and development that conflicts with the goals of a habitat reserve. Um, so in addition to the environmental concerns, uh, over the last 24 years, the building has been subject to recurring vandalism, environmental exposure, and there is, as I'm sure you're quite aware, a lack of funding for rehabilitation, and the building is in a state of structural distress, and the roof is near collapse. The result is that there are ongoing impacts to facilities and parks maintenance staff as well as the city's budget. The investment required to rehabilitate the public the building for public use combined with the costs for ongoing operations is prohibitive and no funding sources have been um able to be identified for this. Um, unfortunately the building does not retain sufficient physical integrity to convey its historical significance. This is of course the main reason for wanting to preserve it, right? And unfortunately, modifications to the

building um and losses to the exterior um degradation of the materials and loss of its original doors and windows have significantly diminished its integrity. Um, and these are all things that we take into consideration when determining um, the historic um, integrity of a building. It also has lost to its historic setting and association since the gas pumps are no longer there, the resort cabins have been torn down and other defining features of the Lake Lois Auto Park are no longer present. Um, and as you can see, the building is in poor condition and continues to deteriorate. Um, honestly, this is one of the hardest meetings that I've had to present to in my career here. Uh, it's my job to preserve the history of Lacy, and I care very much about it. And so, um, I wouldn't be coming to you with this if there was an other option that I could see. Um, so planning for demolition now is preferable to waiting until it becomes precarious or requires emergency demolition. And so that's why our staff recommendation now is to proceed with removing the McKini building and instead to honor the site's significance by installing a historic interpretive marker um maybe by the trail or somewhere where the people who are enjoying the beauty and the natural landscape um can envision what it used to look like there.

Yeah. So with that, we'd be happy to answer your questions. So, um I'm I think I might be the only one here that's actually met Lois McKini. And I was pretty young when when I met, you know, Lois McKini. And I I vaguely remember she still had um you could still buy candy and some other stuff out of the front of the shop there.

Um you know, back in the 80 early 80s. And uh so obviously this is a building that uh you know several years ago I was really one that was pushing like can we is there anything we can do to save it that what you know the more I've looked into it and you know we I hadn't been in the building in quite a long time. I was in the building for the first time um as a historic commission member. Um, we went in there to do a cleanup. Um, I can't remember it was if it was in 2008 or 2009. Um, and we actually happened to come across uh some old I came across some some old negatives. And one of those negatives was a picture of Lois McKenna that we still have uh to this day. And so it was in pretty bad shape then. Um, and that you know that was 2008 2009. I still thought like in my head it was maybe in that same shape. But then uh after our I sort was seeing you know is it too late to save this building or not we went and took a a um a look at it and it had um degraded quite a bit. Um you know and it was just it's just absolutely heartbreaking. Uh although you know one of the things that has happened is that there was a time where Pacific Avenue out front was just a two-lane street and when it was um expanded to where it is now

unpaved, right? And it and it it lost a lot of that um space up front and that's where the you know the um at one time there was a the gas was and everything else. Um but the set way back much further.

Yeah. And it used Yeah. It was set off way back. I mean, I remember Yeah, it was set way back. And so, you know, but the the whole idea was um I was sort of getting inspiration off of when what what Starbucks did out in Elm Highway with their old uh historic building and it was like, man, is there any way we could save it and do something similar? But, you know, the other thing that has happened after all these years is all the trees have grown up quite a bit. And if you do walk in there, there's a a one of the most beautiful trails that we have in our region is actually right in behind um going down to the to the uh to the water there. And you can still see some where some of where the old cabins were. There's some some, you know, some layouts where where you could see where the old cabins are. And I just thought, okay, it'd be really cool if you could do a a little coffee shop or maybe a little pizza place. and you, you know, we could revive it and you could walk down through the trails and it could really celebrate that part of Lacy. Um, but it became apparent like that was just a a huge wish. If we were going to want to do that, we probably should have it needed to be a priority probably, you know, back in 2008, 2009 and not all the all these years later because it's just as it's not savable at this point, which again is heartbreaking. My question is um there's not a lot of access to that trail system. Um, you can, if you know what you're doing, you can park in behind Safeway and sort of access the trails that way. Um, there's also, uh, another access to the trails, uh, that's that's down the street um, a little bit and but there's not really

good parking. Is there is there any way when we demolish this to set up a little bit of a parking in that area that we could use that then could access the trails and and have access to to this marker. So, we could at least it be preserved for public use because if you just tear it down and put a chain, you know, it it's like it's it feels like in my mind it's going to be lost forever. But if you if if we're gonna demolish it is and maybe clear out a little bit, we can maybe get some parking in there and and then it could be used as a trail head that you know the public can then go and not only see the the marker at some point but then have access to those beautiful trails.

So I mean funding is a challenge, right? So um there's a lot of items on the wish list and the need list. I mean, we've got, you know, playground replacements that we're not going to be able to do probably that will, you know, potentially if we can't replace them, they'll need to just come out. Sure. So, that's just kind of the situation we're in. But, um, did you want to speak to that?

Well, I you kind of hit the the the the challenges we face is just the funding challenge. Uh, one of the elements and J and I talked about this before the meeting is, you know, for tonight, we just want to get this in front of council and if there's um um everybody's okay with moving forward, we incorporate this into the budgetary process. Um, we can take a look at what that cost could look like and put it out there. But also, again, we have to look at and compare those dollars with other priorities that are needed in the park system. So, we can take a look deeper look at that. Yeah, I just realized I mean there's going to be a obviously it's there's going to be a cost to de to demolish this, but if you're going to spend the time to come in there and de demolish it, I mean you might be able to put some gravel down and never at least have it.

Yeah, we'd have to take a look at how much demand there would be for parking spaces and what are regulations because a certain level of of of number of spaces trigger different requirements too. So, we'd have to take a look at Okay. We haven't looked at that yet in that context yet and I think Jen and and public works and the community development team can probably take a quick uh read of what that development potential could look like and what the cost could be. And the other um thing there is parking at the community center. Um it's it's not ideal. There is a crosswalk um but people do park there and cross over. So there is there's uh parking in the proximity. So

Okay. Well, it's maybe it's at least something to to look at. You know, I don't even know how many spaces you could get in there where what that would look like. But it just feels like if we're gonna demolish it and spend some money to do that, you know, we might be able to get some space in there and at least have a mark for a trail head because there there's really no designated parking for those trails. It's all like off streetet or at across the street. And so, um, just just something to think about, I guess. I mean, I I don't think there's any question. I wish we if I would there's an option.

There's no option. I mean, and really at this point, you would just be creating a replica because you can't you can't save it, you know, as heartbreaking as that is, it's just that's what it is, you know. And I'd also like to add that we do have um a McKini collection in the museum. So there are many records and artifacts and photographs related to the McKini family. Um so we're not losing everything. Um there's still quite a lot of history there for people to enjoy into the future. When did do you do you know off top of your head when Lois passed away?

I want to say it was n 1998. Okay. Yeah. Sure. But somewhere around there. Okay. I just Yeah, I remember from from the early 80s. I don't even 1998. 98. Okay. Staff report. There you go. Any other questions for council? We don't have a cost to demolish just yet. Just just kind of preliminary at this point. Yep. It's variable. So, capital projects team would have to help us with that. And then the project you're talking about could be volunteer le. Yeah. If there's no objection, we will take this direction and incorporate in our budget review process going into next year. and council's former action would be with the future budget adoption. Yeah.

Yeah. Heartbreaking as it is. Yeah. You're gonna have to go forward on that. But, you know, how quickly are you going to look at doing some sort of a plaque there? Soon as they give me some money, I will we have a we have a few markers um ahead of this one. Okay. Um house and home and park. Yeah. Jacob Swift House and Home and Park which are both funded. Good. So, it' be a matter of doing a request and then just getting it in the humper for Okay. Depending on capacity also. Great. Okay. Thank you. I'm sure that will happen at some point. Yeah. Okay. Um our next uh agenda item is our transportation and facilities project briefing.

Thanks, Jim. Thanks, sir. Evening council members. I am Deandra Buchanan, the engineering construction manager, and along with Aubrey Collier, we're going to the city engineer, we're going to be giving you the construction update. So starting off, in the past six months since I presented, the construction division is proud to have completed 10 city projects. Most of these projects have either reached the physical completion phase or in the punch list phase, meaning that there are only a few items that need to be cleaned up before the project can go into physical completion. Due to time constraints, I won't go into all of these projects, but I am going to give you a very brief overview. Ridge View Drive pavement repair was in the UG. We installed asphalt pavement in an area of a water break. Lake View Meadows Utility Improvements installed 300 lineal feet of sewer and 300 lineal feet of water mane to connect different systems. You can see a photo of the Rotto Road crossing where we put a pedestrian button um with also a thank you sign from residents from the city. Um, the Marvin Road annexation signal project upgraded the software and equipment for traffic signals located at Marvin Road at Third Avenue and Marvin Road at Stilicum Road. A Jacob Smith house roof was replaced in the past few months of our unseasonably dry weather. We have a total we have added a total of six new charging stations in the back parking lot of city hall exclusively for our electric fleet vehicles. I'll show you photos of the almost completed College Street Northeast Extension project and the Greg Coyo Park project is actually in the punch list stage. Uh

we'll talk about that a little bit and we have completed the installation of a source 10 wellsite generator in the past month. All right, starting off with the Jacob Smith house roof. So work for this project included the removal and replacement of the existing roof that was 3900 ft of cedar shake roof system. There's a couple before pictures you can see there. This project included an inspection of the underlying structure, which we are grateful to state that the underlying structure was in great condition for this historic house. So, that's what the U house looks like now after the Cedar Shake roof has been installed. Is this the $140,000 roof job? Yes. Is that this one?

It's cedar. Yeah. Yes. Uh due due to wet weather conditions, the College Street Northeast Extension project has striping remaining and the entire project needs to be hydroed. So you see that actually in a lot of these photos. The striping is scheduled for the end of the week. I'm crossing my fingers. Do not know if that's going to happen and the weather can help us. You can see that this project added a T intersection at the corner of 6th Avenue Northeast and College Street Northeast. The original was a curve that just went into each other. College Street will be a throughway and Sixth Avenue will have to stop at College. How many drive? Two. Good.

We think we can do it, but no promises, everyone. For the record, we're we're supposed to get like seven of them, right?

So, look, this is a couple photos just to help visualize it. That was the in the middle of construction of 6th Avenue and College. uh looking at the T intersection. You can't you can see that their wall isn't up um to the left there. Uh but that is what it looks like as of March 16th and the striping is buttons in the city of Lacy. So we don't have them up yet and you can we don't have the hydro seating in. All right. So let me tell you about this photo on the left shows the future roadway section along College Street Northeast between 8th Avenue and 15th Avenue. and you're looking south as if you're flying over 15th. So, you're looking south towards 8th Avenue. Uh, and in February 2025 is when that one was taken. The next photo shows the wet pond for looking from the street. So, that's where the wet pond is. And that pond is actually that same location that's off to the left of the original photo in that kind of open space. That's where the pond is. And this last photo shows College Street looking south as if you're standing literally at that pond location looking towards 8th Avenue. Um, and that hill, that very top of the hill in the very back part of the photo, I know it's hard to see, is 6th Avenue.

Yeah.

So, here's a before and after picture of Greg Cuyo Park. This is in substantial completion, but with weather constraints, punch list items may have to be pushed out. We have some grading that has to be done, and we need dry weather. a good period at least a week of dry weather and we're not getting that yet. The project included the entrance with gates, a parking lot, a picnic shelter, several tables and 18hole disc golf course, soft surface and hard surface trails, an emergency and maintenance access north of this area along Carpenter Road, and an ADA compliant playground. If you can look at the picture to the right, you can see that the ADA compliant playground is that kind of oval shape at the very top kind of closer to the top of the photo. And then the shelter, which we'll look at close-ups in the next slide, is kind of almost center of the green.

How's the golf course going? Uh, the temporary ones are up. Okay. So, they've been out there. They do need to I guess they roll grass out, so they need to do that still. Okay. The shelter is off to the left there. You can see it completed with the tables. And then the playground, it looks better than that in the picture when you're standing out there. So that's an ADA compliant playground. So yes,

other questions. I know this is just phase one of Great Cuyo Park. Um there are exi existing trails that still do kind of go through the property. Are those trails going to be open to the public as well? Well, is the whole property going to be open or are you going to try to just have people stay within the disc golf course and and then this area? The intent is the intent is to keep them within the disc golf course, formerly in the disc golf course. There's not going to be fencing up or preventing access, but it won't be improved. Yeah.

Further improved. Also, we do want to make sure that we protect those areas that were bought with water mitigation dollars and maintain the the stream integrity and the the wildlife corridor through there and the the repairarian zones. Um, but I don't know if you had anything else to add. I was just going to ask Jen to Yeah, thank you. Um, yes, so the 139 acres that is phase 1A is the part that's open to the public. Okay. Um, Pleasant Glade Park is also um open to the public, but there's no connection between the two as of right now. No formal connection, but uh No, there's there's no connection. Yeah. Okay. That that people can access. Okay. Got it.

So on this slide, there are currently 12 projects in various stages of construction. Four of them are in suspension right now as we are waiting for parts to be delivered. And again, for the sake of time, I just have to go over some of them and give you some highlights. Uh from the list, we have four lift station projects going and three well projects. One project currently in construction is to add security cameras to three different parks, Rainer Vista Park, Community Center, and the Lacy Depot. The city is replacing the playground equipment at Bush Park, and you will be briefed on this police station. So the first photo on the left is the wet well at lift station three. This is a 12t inside diameter wet well. It's located off Golf Club Road Northeast and is a wastewater pump station that was originally constructed in 1970. The new lift station capacity takes into account future development demands within its service area. It includes the new wet well, new pumps, new valve, bypass vaults, new electrical control building. Uh, storm water improvements are also being made for for the safety of the public from the flooding that has occurred in the area. The second photo is of the wetwell at lift station 23. This is a 10-ft diameter uh wetwell. The existing lift station 23 was constructed in 1996 and located just outside the Pleasant Glade Elementary School parking lot. The new wastewater pump station is in a parcel within the Pleasant Glade plat. Upgrades to the facility include upsizing an existing force man, constructing a new wet well with mechanical pumps and other improvements that will help the facility function more efficiently. And then one more photo for this. Um so 23 is currently in suspension but it is anticipated to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2026 as well as lift station 3 depending on when we get the

generators. The middle photo is to give some scale of how large these buried wet well are. You can see the men in the center. They're actually creating this is that lift station 3 a anti-flotation ring which is a ring to make it heavier to keep it in the ground because the water table is higher in that location. Wow. Are are those are those dropped in or poured in? Those are poured in. That's There's rebar in that. Yeah, they're poured with the shim. Yes. Concrete.

So, as of mid-March, the contractor has completed one of the six general area sites throughout the city, namely the Kamacha neighborhood for the 2025 sidewalk repair project. Of the 45,000 square feet of sidewalk panels that have been lifted due to tree ro root growth, 20,000 square feet have been replaced so far. Of the 260 trees taken down, 128 have been replanted. So far, eight of the 10 ADA compliant curb ramps have been installed. All of the trees that were slated to be removed for the entire project have been cut down and stumped at a minimum. The work started in October of 2025 and it is anticipated that it'll be completed in June of 2026 depending on the weather. I want to show you a couple pictures. That is a 6 in lift on the left of example of a raised sidewalk. You can't really see it unless you're looking at it from the side. So those two photos, even though they're exactly the same location, it's hard to tell that middle photo was has these six inch lifts every so many feet that we replaced. But that is a before and after photo. So these next photos um very similar situation that as you're going into I believe it's Tyler um that Kamachin Loop and Tyler Northwest intersection that sidewalk is lifted and actually leans off to the side where the tree is. Yeah, you can see it a little bit. And that is the replace sidewalk uh and the after condition. Bush Park playground replacement replaces the original 30year-old playground off to the left. Although it's not obvious in the photo above at the right, the playground will resemble a tugboat when completed. So that is as of March 16th. That's what the construction looks like. It is on schedule to be open in the summer of 2026.

So the three wells uh Marvin Meridian and source six. The city acquired water rights from the Washington State Department of Ecology for the Marvin and Meridian well location sites. The Marvin Road well site is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Marvin Road Northeast and Wamtt Drive Northeast. So that's a leftmost photo. The Meridian campus well site is located northeast of the intersection of Wamtt Drive Northeast and Denny Drive Northeast. That's the center photo. And these two wells are production wells that are needed to provide potable water to the city's water system. Photo to the right is a we call the source six water rights gray production well. and to retain the full authorized quantity of domestic and fireflow supply of water that water right must be perfected. So all of these projects are on schedule currently. It is anticipated that uh at least two of them will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2026 and possibly possibly into early 2027.

One on the far left that's the 750 depth. Yes, that is correct. the Meridian. Technically technically speaking, that's in the county, not in the city limits, right? I'm looking at I don't I don't I think they're both in this. You're talking about the Marvin Road. Marvin and Meridian are both are they? Both are in the city. Yeah, both of them are in the city. Yes, that's correct.

And I'm going to turn it over to Aubrey so she can talk about the police station. We only brought a couple photos for you tonight. Uh police station is estimated to achieve substantial completion um by end of April. Um at this point there's some major items of work remaining um such as um testing and startup of the generator, the sewer lift station and site security fencing to replace the temporary fencing that's out there. Um so we anticipate um at so after substantial completion then we enter the punch list phase where you know we're checking through the entire building and it's you know it's a large building so that can take uh a time period then the contractor has um a time period where they're making all the corrections to those items. So we don't anticipate a move in date until sometime this summer likely. So,

I don't have a date for you yet, but you know, that's that's my best estimate is sometime over the summer. Um, but it will really depend on how many punch list items uh we find as we're, you know, doing those final inspections and what the nature of those is. We've had a lot of material delays on the project, so that's been a pretty big factor.

Thank you, Aubrey. All right. So, a few of these items are the only things I'm going to talk about here. So, this is the upcoming list in 2026 construction projects. Many of them bid in the spring and have summer to fall 2026 timelines. And then the lift station ones usually go over several years. The Chatham looping project is a wastewater project designed to maintain and improve the city's wastewater system. The 2023 24 lift station awning project adds awnings to seven lift station locations in the UG to support maintenance staff working on those facilities. This is the last project to add awnings to existing lift stations. New awnings are anticipated to be included in the design of future lift stations. Another lift station project, lift station 6, is going to be going out to bid soon. And then that Madrona connection to the 337 project is a project to replace an aging water mane on Spruce Street, 8th Avenue and 9inth Avenue in the Madrona Park neighborhood. Veterans Hub improvements will improve accessibility inside and out of the Veterans Hub building. And that this one is anticipated to be bid in the spring and built in the summer of 2026. Couple projects here that's coming up. The Lakes Elementary School is currently served by a dead end 8 inch asbestos concrete water mane resulting in insufficient fire flow. The system will be looped by connecting the dead end to the existing main in Mullen Road Southeast. You can see that photo off to the right. Kind of shows you just an idea of what the loop's going to look like. This project is anticipated to be built between the end of 202526 school year and be completed before the beginning of the 2026 27 school year. So right in the center between the last day of school and the first day of the next year.

Uh let me tell you about the Hawk Prairie Reservoir Rehabilitation Project. So, the city of Lacy's potable water system includes seven welded steel ground storage tanks. The Hawkspray reservoir is an existing 4 milliongalon welded steel tank built in 1995. The tank is 90 feet in diameter and 88 ft tall. The interior coating system is reported to be original from 95. After analysis of the existing condition of the tank, it's been determined that the tank needs to be rehabilitated with new coatings and correction of deteriorated parts. And that photo off to the right shows an example of just one of the rusted bearing plates inside the tank that need to be replaced. And the last project I'm going to be telling you about is for the storm water system. The city needs to bring back these pond facilities in the Jubilee neighborhood to a functional condition. The impermeable liners need to be restored in the wet ponds and maintenance work will take place in the infiltration pond. So to the right is an example of what some of our plans look like. In that center circle is just a cross-section of the impermeable layers. You can see the gravel. There's pond liner top soil on top of that. and then two of the wet ponds in the Jubilee neighborhood. That photo off to the left is one of the infiltration ponds or the biggest infiltration pond and it just needs some rehabilitation of the rock quarry spas that come out when the water comes straight into the pond. That's just an example of some restoration and that is it for my pres part of the presentation. So for the presentation okay

thank you for the uh lakes elementary um pipe. Is that just going to increase the water pressure? Is that what the main thing for completing the loop? There is it. It actually increases the amount of water as well because we need some extra water to make sure that the fireflow can go through my thing. Sorry. Um but yeah, it the answer is yes. And it also will increase the amount of water that will be available to be able to pull through if we did have a fire. Okay. And I just had a quick question about the sidewalks that you were working on. I see that you said that the trees had been stumped. Are there plans to go back and have those replanted and everything? I was assuming so. I just wanted to make sure. But yeah, thank you.

Okay. Any other questions? Lots of work being done in the city of Lacy. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. So, now we're on to uh council reports. Are there any uh reports out there that are need to be reported out in a timely manner, council mayor? Um, and I was I was thinking about waiting till next week to do this cuz I I filled in for um Marin on the Nquali River Council, but she's not here tonight. So, I can either brief you and then brief her later or I could just wait till next week. Yeah. If there's nothing but there's nothing

nothing crazy, I I'll wait. I think one of the reasons why we we put council reports on this is because if there's something pressing within your uh that's happening, we don't want to wait, but and so it sort of gives us the opportunity um if there's something pressing to sort of give out the reports during this time. If if not, we have a regular, you know, also been nice to spread them out, though. I think it's it shortened up some of that reporting time at the end of some meetings. Yeah, I I agree with that as well. I don't I don't have a report today, but I do have an EDC uh board meeting tomorrow. Uh and then I'll be giving the opening remarks for the Alliance Economic Development Council on Thursday. Yes, I appreciate that. Thank you. Thanks.

Council Cox, I do have a report on Intercity Transit Authority. Um I'll try to keep it really fast, but some of it's a little time sensitive, so I think it probably ought to happen tonight. Sure.

Um, the authority held held outreach events this week at the Olympia Senior Center and Capitol Mall to share information about the upcoming route system design. There are more events planned in April and May at sites including Lacy. Um I news releases and outreach activities went out just this past week to inform the public that the Trenis authority is going to eliminate one of its two monthly meetings beginning with the April 3rd meeting. Um monthly meetings from there out will just be on the third Wednesday of the month. And quickly the um we authorized the general manager to purchase various equipment as the transit staff prepares to move into its remodeled operations center. And in honor of National Transit Employee Appreciation Day, um we saw a video highlighting the heroics actually of many of the inner city transit staff. It was it was quite touching thing to see. And that's it.

Great. Thank you. With with that, we have reached the end of our agenda. So, without objection, I'm going to call this council work session um adjourned. And as always, you keep a class CYC. Yeah. Sorry.