Parks and Arts Commission - Regular Meeting

City of Liberty Lake Parks and Arts Commission. Today is Monday, April 6, 2026, and it's 400 p.m. My name is Nancy Hill. We'll start today's agenda with our call to order. Commissioner Nancy Hill, myself present. Please note for the record that David Heimba, Laura Frank, and John Bar have notified us they will be unable to attend. Katie Ferris here. Noel Otter Learco. Is Noel online? Jacob. Hi. No.

Bob Schnemiller present. Joanie Haye. Is Joanie Haye online? No. No. Okay. Gary Edwards. Yeah. Good to see you. And also our student commissioner also was unable to attend. So we'll mark her as excused. Then staff today. Uh is male Stevens online? Yes. Yes.

So we have male, we have Jen Camp, and then we have Jacob on it. And we have our city administrator with us today also, Mark Mcave. So, moving on to the approval of the March 2nd, 2026 meeting minutes. They're in the top part of your packet. Hopefully, you've had a chance to re them. And if so, we'll need a motion to approve or if you have edits, uh, you know, let me know. Gary, I move we approve the minutes. Okay, Gary's moved. Do we have a second? Second. Moved by Gary, second by Katie. All in f all in approval of the March 2nd, 2026 meeting minutes, please say I.

I. Any opposed? Seeing none, the motion passes unanimously. Moving on to citizen comments. I don't see anyone in the building. Jacob, do we have any citizen comments online?

Thank you, Jacob. Seeing none, we'll move to our action items, discussions, and presentations. Our first item of discussion is the park plan executive summary, which Jen will present, and then it will be our goal um to vote to um I guess recommend that council approve uh the plan. So, Jen, so I've included in your packet uh the executive summary. This is the final document. Um, basically it's 14 pages of very highlevel overview of the full 200 plus plan. Uh, so this just takes that 200 pages and highlights um the most important details out of it. I am not going to go through all 14 pages this evening because we've sent this out multiple times. Um, sent it out in draft form also in final form. If you do have questions, feel free to contact me and I'm happy to answer any questions or or find out any information you might need from this. But basically this evening, what we will need, as Nancy stated that um a vote to move this forward in its final um in its final format to council uh in support that council will approve the parks plan and adopt it. Uh it's going to be going forward to council either late April or early May uh for adoption. Um it will take three meetings to do so. Uh there's a first read and a second read ordinance that will happen through that process. And then u we're also working with RCO on a grant for the pavilion park playground funding and that plan also does need to be adopted for that purpose. So, but they they're in full uh communication with us on getting that adopted through council and are supportive of of us uh getting that finalized. So, unless you have any

questions, there weren't many changes from the draft summary that you had seen before. It was really just format cleanup. Uh they finalized their graphics and things like that. The content really didn't change other than a few just typos and and spellings, that kind of thing. So, um, yeah, if nobody has any questions or if you do have questions, feel free to to ask now, email me later, and if you really want the full 270ome page document, I'm happy to print a copy for you. Oh boy, sounds like a lot of trees. So, this is the City of Liberty Lake Parks and Recreation Master Plan. What's in front of you is the executive summary. As Jen said, there's 200 plus other pages to go along with this. It's been the lengthy uh project uh and we've heard many times from the SCJ alliance. So, if there is no concerns or questions at this point, I'll ask for a motion um to uh recommend to city council that they accept the uh propo the city of Liberty Lake Parks and Recreation Master Plan in its final version. I so move.

Okay. So, that's been moved by uh Gary. Do we have a second? Second. Seconded by Katie. Any discussion on the plan? Any questions? Any anything? Okay. Seeing none, all in favor, please say I. I. I.

Opposed. Please show the plan has been uh approved unanimously to head on uh to city council for their review. hopeful approval and then we can go to next step like grants and all that other fun stuff. I just want to say I really appreciate working with SCJ. They have been really uh really good to work with and in being prompt and answering in our questions and I love the executive summary which will be really positive for the public if they want to know something versus reading the 20 what you said 46 pages something like something like that.

All right. Next on the agenda is our city birthday art discussion. We have the artist working on the two figures uh for the birthday art that will be revealed on the 4th of July and uh the artist is moving right along and I believe those are met uh will meet the deadline. If you look in your packet there are some photographs. This is right after the executive summary. So, photographs of Pavilion Park. And if you can look at those pictures, um the Laura Frank and I met with uh Jen's team because they're logistically we can only put figures in certain places in the park because of other activities and uh infrastructure like the sprinklers and all that kind of things. So, the ideal location was um kind of above up on the little I'll call it a ridge uh from the stage and the concession stands uh kind of behind the um uh the field back stop and to the uh between the flag pole and the um playground. But at that location, it will sit up. It will look down on the mural of the uh former Liberty Lake carousel and will be able to be viewed from almost anywhere in the park and I think will create a lot of interest especially uh from our youth looking up from the playground area. The big question we have now um since this seems to be the best viable location and we're we don't have to discuss it today but I just want to have you start thinking about it because in May we will start our budget discussions. This year we have budgeted for the two figures. We could go for the full 12 to make the

full round. Um we could make a smaller round and go with eight figures or we could just go with two figures. And the reason I'm bringing this up for thought now is Jen's team on the install, if we wanted to do so many pieces every year until we got to more of a full round, then um they would like to make the base for the full round initially. And then the artist at the scene when we were uh looking at talking about it said we could make little Well, he we wouldn't do it. an artist would make little placeholders of what the future so people could see what the full project was and then you know if we if we did a round of eight then if we did two a year it would be done in four years and we know we have the artist and it is kind of a trademark of Liberty Lake and ties into the mural so just be thinking about that we'll have to decide um definitely at our May meeting if we think we want to go forward word because the pad is going to probably have to go in I would say no later than June for the install prior to the unveil um at the July 4th celebration. So, uh keep that in the back of your mind as we start looking ahead for our 2027 budget and what you might think you want to do moving forward. And like I say, we don't have to really discuss it today. It's just food for thought um as we come into the budget period. So, next up is our vote on our past, present, and future theme uh for the new city hall. And I'm going to turn it over to Karen as she talks about that and then uh segways into her uh subcommittee um update report and discussion.

Right. Okay. So, um I don't know who got it, but I wrote a little um brief description of the city hall project as I'm visualizing it now. Um we had some discussion about working on the outside and the inside and why we would do what what and what in what order. So, what I'm proposing is that we take the $60,000 for the current year budget and do three things. One, commission artworks for the big entry area that goes from where you enter the building and runs next to the city council chambers and down that hallway. We looked at the building illustrations. I'm not sure if everyone was here for that conversation. Um, and so I thinking that a third of the work, Thank you very much. Um, a third of the budget would go for commissioned artworks to go in this area. And when I say commissioned artworks, we would ask for people to submit. We would have the art selection committee cut to a short list and have them propose something for that longer wall which is on the right side and directly across so that there would be an opportunity for there to be something very special and specific for this location. The second thing I'm proposing is what we call portable works, which would be to purchase existing works for the two conference rooms that are just inside the door, and you can see them right there, and to um potentially purchase, and I don't have a good sense yet of all the things that are going on in the council chambers, but possibly a couple pieces to go in there and in the

major conference rooms in the building and the idea of doing portable works would be that they would be things that already exist. They would be relative and we use the expression portable works things that you wouldn't need to hire a transportation art handling crew to move that you could move if you needed to I don't know change the furniture you know change the function of the building and the idea of that would be that the portable works would be a third and then a third of the budget would be framing labels and installation um what I would suggest is that we work with one picture framer have All of the picture frames done similarly in style, not necessarily same depth, but similarly into style. Have them be reinforced in such a way that if they um were I don't know, this is city hall, right? You could have some unruly human um and then have them installed with security hangers so that they would not be able to be stolen. Um, I did that when I did all the libraries for the city of Spokane. We worked with one picture framer. We picked one basic frame stock selection and we um had them reinforced with wood and coral plast on the back and they had security hangers so that they're all the same. They're all stable. And not to denigrate my fellow artist friends, but you will be happier if you have a professional get them ready to go on the wall than if you have a whole bunch of people who do it different ways and have different ways of thinking about it. Um, we talked about the theme before. The theme that I'm suggesting is past, present, and future. the story of Liberty Lake, which is a very broad description, but that would allow us to have things that relate to the history, the landscape, the things that are here. Um, obviously,

we would if with the commissioned works, the art selection committee would come back to you with designs before they're created. And similarly with the portable works, we would have an opportunity for you guys to review them. Um, anyway, so that's about all I have to say about that. Does anybody have any questions about my plan or my ideas? We talked about this a couple times in our little subcommittee, so it's not new news for most people. Yes, Jen.

Uh, and I don't know if you're reading my mind. I think you are. Um, so I would like to add that what we discussed offline as a subcommittee was the importance of actually taking this theme to council and not necessarily getting an official vote from them, but we really want them to be part of the decision for choosing the theme of their city, you know, their city hall. So I think on the April 21st council report, we plan to take that theme if if that's what the agreed effort is here to council, inform them basically what Karen just stated and make sure that they have buy in on it because what we don't want to do is start moving forward on a plan which normally they they built put a lot of trust in the commission to you know we've produced some really quality projects but this is one where they're physically and literally involved you every time they have a meeting. So, we want them to be as excited about this theme

uh before we move forward. Yeah, I would say this is probably the most significant project that the commission has worked in since it was

established. Um and it is important. I I just had one question, Karen. I know you're talking about the the uniform framing and all that which I completely agree with but is it possible in what I would call I call it the lobby area whatever the open areas that when you enter the building that it might be some kind of a an artistic display that might not be something in a frame that might be I don't know how to describe it. I guess what I would say is, and I put this in my description, I don't know whether it is paintings, mixed media, or a relief sculpture. I think what we would do is do the call, go to a short list, and have the artist come back and propose something. Now, I'm not thinking because it's actually not that big in there that this would be a three-dimensional sculpture because I think that you don't have enough real estate in there to really do a good job with sculpture, particularly if you have people congregating before a city council meeting. Um, and I mean that could be discussed, but I think that from looking at the floor plan and looking at the interior designer plan with seating and all those other things, I think it needs to be

Put that picture needs to be on the wall, right? Yeah. I guess I I'm not and I'm not describing it very well, but I was thinking like what I would call a collage frame, like frames that were all hooked together, maybe metal things with different things, like if it was photography, say, or something like that, or that would be if there was one big wall. I I think you would have to actually look at what it is that's being commissioned to determine how you would go about doing that. Um Oh, yeah.

Yeah. I mean I I mean wait I can think of artists that work in a way like you could yeah the slide you just showed hun go back one there um you can see in these this this is probably the best view of that wall between where the gentleman is going to the restroom moving back to the side and from there down to the front those two bigger wall spaces are where I'm thinking that they should work. Okay. Um, and to be honest with you, I don't I mean, I would hesitate to figure it out until it's figured out, right? So,

um, I mean, I can think of artists like Ben Joyce, who you may know, who is an artist in Spokane. He actually integrates picture framing into the construction of his three-dimensional sculptural paintings. The trick with what Ben does is he does a really nice job of making it look nice but not necessarily making it bulletproof for your unruly citizen. So you would probably if you took one of his things you probably put it into plexaclass box excuse me to protect it. Right. Okay. So anyway I'm not going to do too many problem solving things before we actually get there because it would only be speculation on my behalf.

Yeah. So, we'll see where the artist kind of find us. So, anyway, so this is the main area where the artwork would go.

Um, and when you look at what the um interior designer did, I ask a bunch of questions and those are basically placeholder artworks in those locations. They're not things that already exist. They kind of just staked out some wall space for us. So, I don't know whether it's one really big thing on each side of the door or if and I also don't know if it's one or if it's more than one artist because I think when we look at who who proposes something, we might make a choice to do more than one. I mean, it would give us the opportunity to do that. You're making a face, Bob. Do you have a question? Nope. Okay. Um

Okay. Well, that sounds good. So, Mark, I have a question for you if you don't mind. On the past, present, and future, we're going to vote on it. We'll see if we want to push that forward to council. When I present to council on April 21st, how will I know in that format given the report if they're on board with it? Because they just ask them for feedback or I mean, how would you recommend that would look? What would that look like? So, I would probably recommend waiting um to have that conversation with the council until after talking with uh Ben and the architects uh to determine feasibility and then come back based on the feasibility conversation.

Well, I mean this is for the inside art, right? Yeah. Oh, what do you mean feasibility? Well, with respect to the amount of space that you have and all of the other planning that's gone into uh that space, um just to ensure that we're not putting proposal on top of proposal, we did meet with them uh with SCJ or not SCJ the BC. Yeah, we met with them or early on with Karen and Ben and and this kind of has been hashed out with them. Should we Oh, well, okay. In that case, we're following the guidance that they gave you. Yeah. Okay.

Um, if it would be useful. I don't think we I mean, I could send something to Ben with a little bit more description of the space, but I when we met with the interior designers, we talked about these areas specifically and they said there were state there were placeholders for the artwork in the design here, the conference rooms and in the council chambers. The thing I don't know, and you might know, and Jen and I talked about this, if there are things that are kind of sacred cows for the city council that they would like to have moved over from here over there because there are things that they feel strongly about. Um, I kind of toured around over here and no offense to the artwork and the historic photographs, but I didn't see anything that was seemed like a huge treasure to me that people are going to go that perhaps. Yeah.

Um, but that would be something that people really feel strongly about moving. Yeah. So, it sounds like you've cleared those hurdles, which is good. You're one step ahead of where I was trying to put you. So, I would say um yes, having a conversation with the council to um get their input on uh some ideas is a good thing. Uh doing it on the 21st is fine. um we can probably ask them during that um meeting and so as to not put them on the spot, not asking them necessarily to identify at that time what are some things that they want to take over, but to start thinking about that, right?

So that we can have uh them put some thought into some of those items that they may want to ensure make it over there. And then what about the theme that we're likely going to approve tonight? The past, present, and future. Yeah, I would say definitely put that in front of them and um you know communicate it to them with enthusiasm and get get their feedback. I I assume that the answer is going to be fantastic. Yeah. Uh move forward. Um but but yeah, some of that's going to be um related to how you present it, right? Obviously. Yeah. Yeah. So

we were very intention we were intentional at picking something that kind of harks to the history and to the possibility without like tying it down so tightly that we couldn't work within that is the theme. So and I think I think making sure that everyone understands that there's some flexibility built into the concept is important. So sounds like you've got a plan. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. This Oh go ahead Karen. Oh, if anybody had any questions for you. And please note for the record that Commissioner Joanie Hayes has joined us. Good to see you. Nice to see you, Joanie.

Okay, so the only other thing, and this doesn't relate to your vote, but um Nancy asked me earlier, where are we with the basketball court mural? And today is the closing date for the basketball court mural applications for the artists. And so they have until midnight tomorrow. I will wade through all of them and make sure that everybody answered the questions and did everything they're supposed to do. And then I'll be sending out an email to the art subcommittee to review the people who applied so we can get to a short list to make a proposal.

I had a quick question on that one. I saw it advertised on uh Facebook or if the call went out and I was just curious, are the artists just doing the design or are they doing the actual design and painting? They're doing the design and the painting. Okay.

Um, now I would say if you dig through the perspectives, they do have the opportunity to work with someone else. So if a lead artist chose to hire a crew to work with them, they can do that. We're not going to do six business licenses and all that. There would be a lead artist who would be working with their team if they chose to have other people help with that. Yeah, I think they I think Danielle had helper on the pavilion. Yeah, most of the time if you're going to go I mean I've done a lot of this hill work. It's really physically demanding.

That's what I was. And typically artists hire a helper or a couple helpers. And they also typically um kind of depends, but they usually bring in, and we talked about this, bring in like a pod or something to put the stuff in. So you're not dragging stuff all day, you know, you can store your paint and your materials and work on it over several days. Yeah. And just in referencing how it was shared out to the community, so the stipen is $500, but for the design stipent. Okay,

so if you were an artist, you would be very used to getting a thing that says there's a design stipent and you would open the application and you would go here's all the parameters in the online application. Okay, it's $12,000. It has the it has a rough schedule. It talks about the fact that they have to have liability insurance and a business license and they need to be prepared to do what they're going to do.

I think that one of the things that's always really tricky is when you do a Facebook note, which is like 70 words for something that's much more complicated, it usually gets distilled way down um just because it's Facebook. Right. Right. Right.

All right. Well, thank you. So, what what we are looking to do now is if we want to vote to approve the past, present, future uh theme for the the new city hall art. Um, and so we would need a motion if that's what you so desire. I move that we approve this theme past, present, and future and have the city council approve that. Second. All right. spin move that uh we uh approve well that we're approving the past, present, future theme for the city hall art that was uh uh suggested by our art consultant and that we'll uh present that to city council and we hope that they'll like it too. Does anybody have any Oh, do we have a second on the motion?

Yes, me. Okay. Thanks, Joanie. Um any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor? I I

oppose. Nay. Okay. Please show that the motion is passed unanimously for the past, present, and future theme for the new city hall. And I will include that information to council as part of my report um on the 21st. Moving now to the unfinished and new business, the pavilion ticket booth update. Laura was unable to attend, but she sent an email and she's been in touch with the artist that did the uh pavilion uh park mural there on the concession stands and bathrooms. And uh the artist had a couple suggestions for us that we might make it a it this we're talking about the ticket booth and we're talking about only about the windows of the ticket booth. The ticket booth was rebuilt um last year and painted and ready to go, but we're talking about the mural just inside the ticket booth windows that we had budgeted for. Uh the artist suggested we could make it a rotating piece and uh we could change it out every five or so years in a way to honor some of the people that have served in our community. historical figures such as Led Kramer, Jim Frank, Elmer's Snide Miller, um, and that were in in, you know, instrumental in getting the park and and even the city um, incorporated. Uh, so that was one idea. It could be previous mayors, police chiefs, uh, any number of things. He was just wondering what our thoughts were if we just want to do a oneandone kind of thing uh or if we wanted to to focus on some of the historical figures. Um Laura said she'd like to have a

recommendation um for the May meeting and she'll have the budget for the artist by then. So just think about it. If you have a chance, you might want to drive over and take a look at the ticket booth. It's right next to the uh the pavilion, I guess you call it, in Pavilion Park where the stage is and stuff. Um, and I think that's about it for that report. I don't know if I could answer any questions, but it looks like the artist can do it this year. I am unclear if the artist could do it prior to July 4, but that's not the end of the world. Uh, but it would be nice uh to get that art done. So Laura will be back for our May meeting and have some additional information for us. Any questions? Well, I I have to say that I approve the view of looking at the historical um mainly because um my interaction with Liberty Lake goes back way way way way too many years. And um you know, moving back to Liberty Lake after living in Seattle was a probably one of the better things that Sue and I have ever done. and and looking at the community and how I grew up with it and you know uh it goes back where this whole area here was um lawn seed farm

and that I worked here for many many years harvesting lawn grass and sprinklers and all those kinds of things and and having, you know, the Schneiderm Miller name uh attached to so many of those things during those years uh always makes me feel um very very honored and so anyway I'm carrying on. That's my statement. Well, your family was certainly instrumental to the development of this community and we can certainly have that more of a discussion point in May. Um, the whole mural itself is a nod to the history of Liberty Lake. So, certainly seems appropriate rather than just having some imaginary people painted in the ticket booth that maybe it's something a little more meaningful. So, thanks for your input, Bob. Yeah, you know, I I know that Elmer and and Jim were very good friends and um especially uh Jim, he had a view of what he wanted to see Liberty Lake become. And of course, that's what's happened. So, I I just think that we're very very fortunate to have a citizenship that follows those um ideas. Um anyway, agreed. Well, something to think about it and we'll have it on our our uh May agenda. Uh moving on to the Liberty Lake better together rock garden dedication. You'll see the flyer in

there. We've set the time of June 3rd at 1 p.m. I hope many of you will be able to be in attendance. It should be a fun day. It's a great project and I'm super excited about it. Jen, did you have anything to add? No, I'm uh I think they're going to start working on that this next week. So, all right. I'm excited. What time? Uh at 100 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3. And that's at Pavilion Park there at the corner of Bolter and Country Vista. Okay.

Okay. Um, next up is the upcoming micromobility bike town hall meeting which is scheduled for April 28th at Trail Head Rotary Room. Katie, do you want to tell us a little bit about that?

Yeah, it should be really exciting. uh our bike pedestrian uh safety advisory committee has really been uh hoping that we'd have some more education around ebikes. And so the Liberty Lake uh Police Department has a whole presentation that they're going to do at the town hall along with letting people ask questions and basically they're clarifying, you know, what eBay bikes are safe, what are not for the streets. And uh maybe some of you saw today in the spokesman there was a front page article all about that how the county's not allowing the motobikes in any of the city parks or county parks, you know. So it's it's an issue that the whole nation and our area is dealing with. It's not just us, but it's good that Liberty Lakes being proactive, having the police department educate the community about ebikes and uh you know, a lot of them are safe. I actually have one that's a level one that just helps you pedal up the hills. And so, you know, there's a reason they made them for people of all ages and different uh abilities to be able to be outside biking. But then there's the motorcycle ones that are made for the off-road vehicle parks. So, they should not be riding around the city. So, they're going to clarify that and talk about what the police department will be doing as far as consequences for people that are not following our laws and our rules. So, that will be really good. And I'm hoping also to have some information just about bike safety rules of the road. And I just have like a one-page document that I've handed out

at other bike safety events. And uh Deputy Chief Morgan said that would be good to have that available there, too. So, I would like to ask the city if they could make some copies of that. It's just a one page on the rules of the road for biking. So, I I was hoping maybe that could be done here. So, and the police department are going to give out their they're making copies of the ebike pamphlet that they've made uh couple months ago, but they'll be able to hand those out to people. So, that's good. We're hoping a lot of people in the community come to this event. parents of students out there that are biking. Hopefully, we'll get a lot of parents from Selkerk. Uh I'm hoping we'll get a lot of scope people that are out there promoting safety in the community. It's good to get as many uh adults at this event so they can be educated so they're influencing everyone else in the community and being able to educate people what's safe and what's not. So

I wonder if they're going to record the town hall. So just like these meetings you can I'm hoping they do. Do they usually record? Mark knows I I believe we recorded the last two. Uh but I'll double check on that, but we can we certainly can if we haven't in the past because that would be nice for if somebody can't attend and they want to know because they have kids or something. Yeah, I think it'd be great to record it because we can use that for education in the future. Mhm. So the um do you have anything about the additional about the bike pedestrian safety or

Yeah. So the other thing uh is that we had talked about and brought up at the last city council meeting is slowing down the lights, the street lights on Liberty Lake Road at the major crossings to allow pedestrians and bikers to get have more time to get across. and that was passed. Uh our city administrator here is all for that. So is the rele police department. So Ben came to our last meeting said that's been done. So that's really great. So that just allows people to get across the street a little bit safer because they have more time. And uh the next thing also that's exciting is the Liry Lake parks ride which I told you about last month and that's all been finalized. It's on May 31st starting at Orchard Park and Muel Stevens has developed a flyer about that and he'll be getting that information out on our websites and in the community. And people do sign up. They do sign a waiver so that they know, you know, they need to uh follow the rules of the road, wear a helmet, that type of thing, be safe. So, uh yeah. Does anybody have any question about the bike ride? It'd be great if some people from our group would be at the parks that Sunday morning to greet people as they rode their bikes by and just said, "Hey, this is Rocky Hill Park. Look at all the fun features here. Look at the artwork. You know, it'd be cool if if we could do that. I'll bring it up next month. Hopefully, everyone will be here.

Yeah. Maybe if you have a a a plan with some times and stuff, we could have a little signup sheet or something. Might be fun. Yeah. So, that'd be pretty cool. And then the last very last thing is we do have um out here in Central Valley School District three different middle schools that are having bike to school days. Evergreen, Bowish, and Horizon. We're hoping that Selkerk will be able to have one, too. But we're going to keep working on that. So that's great. That looks exciting. Any questions for Katie about anything she's reported on? We really appreciate you and I it's just such an important issue especially this time of year as kids are getting out and about. I know

saw them everywhere today. Yes. Spring break.

Yeah. All right. Uh moving on to the budget review just to go through very quickly um our 2026 projects on our big sheet. Um we have our town square goat statue artist is working on that. um the Liberty Lake art, which that's our uh carryover towards our our um birthday art. The artist, as I reported earlier, is working on that. Uh the story walk, I know David will probably have a report when he's back next month, but um there's been some communication uh with the school on the fabrication, so we're still hoping um to maybe get that uh done in the fall. um the historical outlet uh the historical society that turned into a donation. They're still working on that and uh Laura is hopeful, she told me that it will get installed uh this year. I don't know if it'll be in time uh for the birthday celebration. Then we have the ticket booth, a mural extension. I think uh for right now the mural extension is kind of on hold. Um, but the ticket booth is looks like something that we can move forward with this year. Um, the trail head beam project, as we discussed last time, uh, we probably have to pivot that money to the prep for the Rocky Hill basketball court mural because we had no idea what the surface preparation was going to cost and we didn't have enough budget money in our budget. We had only budgeted for the art. So, that allows us to move forward with that project. Then we have um the community art, the art consultant. Um one thing we haven't talked about this year and I want you to be thinking about um for our discussion item in our May meeting is beautifification of $10,000. This could be a decorative uh bench, some kind of

functional art of some sort. Uh we could try to get more rocks painted at Orchard Park. I mean, the sky's is the limit. It's just $10,000, which in today's money doesn't go that far, but um we do want to figure out what we want to do with that and then get that project going before the year gets away from us. So, be thinking about that for discussion. Um, I've tked male um, and I don't know what he'll have in the staff report to uh, look at the programming budget of 10,000 and see what could be done with that as far as some kind of a recreational programming to benefit our residents. Then we have the uh, the maintenance which is going to be the skate park um, and hopefully the Hooptown mural, although I don't think it needs as much as the skate park does. And uh that's pretty much our our our art um budget. So we're moving pretty much right along on everything. Uh the beautifification is kind of up in the air. Uh we may have some extra monies uh depending on the city hall art. Um but we're it's too soon to decide if we need to pivot something else or not. So that's where we are. We will start um with our budget discussion in May. We have an outline here um of 2027. That doesn't necessarily have to be what we do. Uh situations change. Um we do have the community art city buildings which Karen referred to that will do inside this year and exterior uh next year. I believe they're trying to open the new city hall by is it summer of 2017? Does that sound right?

I think fall. When will the new city building be open, do you think? So, currently the plan is to move in first quarter of 2027. Oh, first quarter. Yes. Oh, very hard. Yeah. So, the the current construction timeline has construction beginning next week on Monday and ending in mid December. Oh, that's exciting. Yeah. Very exciting. All right. So, um it looks like it's good. Yes. Karen, do you want to step up to the microphones? Sure. Please.

I'm having trouble following this. So, I'm going to ask you a couple questions that maybe other people have. So, you were talking about the carousel horses, which are in this year's budget. That's a $40,000 item. And then if you move into next year to do more, what line item do carousel horses come from? Well, it it It can be under our community art or Liberty Lake art. This year it's under our I mean we're not really locked into categories, but right now it's under our Liberty Lake art. We we develop these as we go each year. So not necessarily consistently the same or they're not categorized,

right? I mean, I was just trying to follow and I'm like, okay, so those other things I mean obviously if we do something on the outside of the building, we have that. But then I wasn't sure and not to I just want to make sure that I understand. Yeah. Well, I mean nothing is set in stone for 2027. That will be this is just a a broad guideline here, a boiler plate for working your way through. Yes. And then we'll as we start that discussion in May with a goal that we will finalize our 2027 budget request in July because it needs to go on um for the next phase with council in August. So okay,

we'll have uh May and June to work on it and then we need to finalize it in July. So I have another question which doesn't have to do with that but it has to do with the city hall timeline. If we're working on art selection and commissioning artists for the city hall, do you believe that it is important for the artwork for the interior of city hall to be finished by January of 2027? Yes. Okay. I do. If we open if we have the grand opening of the new building, I want it to Well, we I guess I'm I'm only bringing this up because it is April.

Yes. And we would I mean we we're going to go before you are going to go before city council in two weeks and if we're going to do an artist call and we're going to try to be done by January of 2027, we need to stay very on task between now and then because we just do that isn't really once the once the council know uh understands and and likes the direction we're going then I would definitely say we would be ready to do the call for Right. We have to have enough time to do it and then have them respond and then actually build the thing. Start penciling it out. Well, I already know what the schedule is. I don't know what days it is, but I know how much time we need. Y. So, great. Thank you.

But Karen, do you think it's realistic that we can make that deadline? Yes. Okay. but with a little bit of a sigh because having worked in government for years, if the council decides to doawle and they don't buy into it on the 21st of April and they push it off until May and then we have summer where like everybody's kids are out of school, then there's plenty of traps for us to fall into that would mess up the schedule. Yeah, I think they're going to be really excited. I think I think about the theme and like you had mentioned earlier, it's very broad and can incorporate, you know, a whole bunch of possibilities. Yeah.

All which would be appropriate for a city hall. Yeah, I think it'll be fine. Okay. All right. Thank you. If I might make a U note.

Yes. Um, when I go down and see the mural that's already been painted and then look around the corner and see a blank wall, I always feel like there's something missing. And and so I would like to see the council take a look at what could be done there. you know, it's something that has to do with the history of Liberty Lake, and I I just think that it would finish off that area.

Right. Bob is talking about the concession stand restroom building in Pavilion Park, and we do actually have that in our budget, but we've been work Laura has been working with the with the uh artists a little bit, and I'll let her talk more about that at the May meeting. Yeah. But thank you, Bob. All right. Uh, any questions on the budget review? Everybody's going to be ready with their great budget ideas and thoughts uh when we come into the May meeting because that's that's probably our most important couple discussion meetings of the year for that. And Jen, you want to move forward with the staff report?

I can. Uh, we'll go through this real quick. A lot of this is we've already discussed this afternoon. Um, the the first one working on the rock garden progress and the creamer lighting update. So, um, we are going to hold off on installing those lights until the art has been placed and the landscaping is complete. Um, simply because there's really no I mean the the exterior skeleton is there, but we don't have the full project done. So, I don't think putting it on display is the best thing. And two, we want the landscape in place so it'll kind of hide the lighting. We don't want it just sitting out there exposed because for fear of people walking off with the lights. So, um, the landscape I think will be a deterrent from people wanting to pick those up. Uh, Muel, did you are if you're online, did you want to provide any update on the real quick on the community events?

Can you hear me? Yeah. Yes.

Yep. So, uh, I forgot my notes, so if I skip anything and you guys have questions, just let me know. So, we got Clean Green Bulky Waste uh coming up on the 25th at Town Square Park. Uh those mailers should have been sent out just recently, so they should be getting in everyone's mail or already got them. And those mailers include the coupon for one visit for Bulky and one visit for Clean Green. Uh Touch Truck is uh basically planned out. We've done some shifting with times and dates than in years past. Uh it'll be June 5th and location as well has been changed to town square. Uh we'll have some food trucks out there as well this year as well as some music and kind of shift a little bit later in the evening so those that work can also attend with their kids. Uh we're still doing the final touches on Founders and Fireworks. Um I did talk to throwing a blank on her name, but the gal over at the high school with the with the art the art teacher Heather I think. Yeah, Heather. and she does have a handful of submissions already for the uh commemorative sticker. Um and so she's excited about that and she's excited for us to be able to to see what they have once the deadline is done. Um and then we're just planning ahead on some of these other activities and events that a little farther away with the concert, the symphony in the park and and then the holiday event. So just things are just moving along as we get closer and closer to these earlier events. Muel, did you want to mention anything on programming?

Uh, yes. So, like I said, I don't have the notes in front of me. Um, so I do have some fitness classes coming up. We have one that we have partnered with, inclusive fit. Uh, it's like just a one night kind of a glow-in-the-dark Pilates class. Um, that's coming up on April 16th. Registration's open for that currently. So, if you guys know of anyone that's wants to start exercising or just want to try something new, we'll start having those pop up a little bit more. Um, and then we have a uh tree planting workshop. We're working with Dan, our arborist. He's going to host a workshop where individuals can come and learn how to plant trees in Liberty Lake and then help plant a handful of trees over at Pavilion Park in the Swells. Um, and then we have some a youth climbing class that registration's open for currently uh for May. And then our typical Skyhawks uh registrations are open up. Uh YMCA summer camp that we're partnering up this year, new is coming up. Um and we're also partnering up with the tennis and have some youth summer and adult tennis classes coming up this summer. Um, and then in regards to that, I'll be taking an agreement to council I think the next not tomorrow, but the council meeting after looking at uh partnering again with inclusive fit, but they're uh pivoting to some also adult recreational programs that they can do in the park. And so partnering with them as well where they can we can all offer some adult recreation that we don't currently offer and don't have the staff bandwidth to do. All right. Questions what I have going on.

Okay. Katie has a question. Oh, I have a question for Muel. Are you going to be tr uh planting any trees in Orchard Park because it looks like there's some spots where there were trees and they need to be replanted because they died. Yes. I don't know much about the actual tree planting plan, but just the planning workshop that we're doing um this month for our right before Arbor Day will be just be pavilion, but I don't know the long-term plan and Dan's long-term planning plan. Okay. So, that's just an event that you're talking about. It's not total plant,

correct? Yeah, that's just that's just a one-time uh instructional uh tree planting opportunity for the Pivian Park. It's tying in with Arbor Day. It's sort of our Arbor Day slash, Isn't it? Or is that SAR day? Yeah, but it's it's a it's a pre- Arbor Day uh tree planting instructional uh workshop. Okay. Any other questions for Muel? And then Muel, you'll be working on some programming ideas for our programming budget in the upcoming month. I have I have that on my docket. Haven't had any thoughts on it yet, but I I do have it uh in my notes to work on.

And then we always have the possibility, I suppose, what we did last year with the the the was home for the holidays. Yes. So last year, uh you all use some of the budget to purchase the trees for Battle of the Branches uh and purchase some lights for that. So the lights are already purchased. We have those. So if that's something there's interest in doing again and parks and arts purchasing the trees, I think that'd be another good one. But it won't take too much of your budget, your programming budget. Katie Muel, I also have another question. Are you coming to the town hall on April 28th? Um, I don't know. That's off the top of my head. I need to look at my schedule.

I was just wondering if you're bringing any of those flyers for the parks ride there. Um, even if I'm not there, I'll make sure to have some flyers available. We can get them to over Okay, that'd be great. Thank you.

All right. Thanks, male. Okay, moving on. Projects. Uh we we've gone through that already earlier. Uh the RCO grant, I mentioned that and upcoming council report April 21st. We'll get some feedback from city council on the theme. And that is all I have. Are there any questions? All right. Okay. So, um, I'll take care of the city council meeting on April 21st. And then our next meeting is May 4th. Anything else for the greater good that we haven't covered or a question here at the end? Otherwise, we'll need a motion to adjurnn.

I move that we adjourn. Moved by Joanie, seconded by Gary to adjurnn. I'm assuming there's no discussion on the motion. So all in favor I I oppose we'll show us a journ. Thank you folks and thank you Jacob.