City Council - Regular Meeting

was in his school class and his grandmother is full Japanese and so last summer they It's 7 p.m. on Monday, May 18th, 2026 and I call this regular city council meeting to order. Uh, Council Member Hall, will you lead us in the flag salute, please? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. And for the record, I note that all council is present and uh and that uh council position seven is vacant. Uh next item on the agenda is citizen participation. Do we have the signup sheet? Thank you.

All right. The first person this evening is Jacqueline Whan. Please state your name and city for the record.

Jacqueline Whan, Milton, Washington. Uh, I've sent you all an email and it was rather late, so I'm going to read the email. But what you do have at your desk are the photographs that I included to just demonstrate the impact of tree regulations and delaying or watering down regulations has really intense impacts. Um, one of the many ways that I've implemented my interest in making the city of Milton a better place to live is by actively participating as a member of the Milton Planning Commission and reaching out to learn what members of our community value, hope, and trust in. Please note that I am writing well I'm actually speaking to you as an individual member of the community and not not as a representative of the planning commission. I'm expressing my opinions based on my life experience. I'm seriously concerned about the revisions that council has instructed instructed staff to make. In my opinion, the rewrite seriously destabilizes the effectiveness of the regulations. The rewrite creates some very big problems. There's conflicts in the regulations, information missing, and protections that really didn't have to be in the code because of the overall balance that was presented in the code are now glaringly absent. Given the fact that we are in the height of the building permit season, it is important to get meaningful, effective, fair, and reasonable tree regulations into effect as soon as possible. The rewrite is not a strong protection for our community. Please make a motion to pass the planning commission's original recommendation to council regarding urban forestry regulations for

the city of Milton. To use a very simple term, there's loopholes that the rewrite has created. I don't really want to enumerate them for all on watching YouTube to see how things could be undone. I have to give manager stalenecker a lot of credit for doing her best to try to salvage what was left of the ordinance. There's no time to wait. Contract corrections and updates and improvements to the regulations can continue to pro progress while the stronger regulations are effect in effect. As is often said, when you are in a hole, stop digging. We currently have really inadequate rules that are allowing real harm to take place in our community. The May 18th rewrite, it's really not strong enough to accomplish the goals and the intent that the planning commission as a member of the commission that I hoped to achieve in the ordinance. Thank you for your time and I appreciate your consideration.

Thank you. Our next speaker is Jackie Strader.

Jackie Strader, Milton, Washington. Um, I'm also speaking on the tree ordinance as and I'm now a member of the planning commission, but I'm speaking on my own from my own position, not as a member of the planning commission. So, I spoke at the public hearing in um that was in March of 2026 as a citizen and I have an undeveloped lot and I support trees and I have on my undeveloped lot that's just a regular building lot uh 22 or 23 exceptional and um the the big ones exceptional whatever the other the

Yes, thank you. significant sized trees. Sorry, I sort of scattered tonight. Um, and I have no intention of ever cutting them down. I would love to have them I'd love to have them protected, but when I read the original ordinance, I thought, well, wait a minute. This only applies to people who are developing and people in undeveloped lots, but most of Milton is developed. Most of the houses are developed. And then this afternoon I counted up from Milton Way, Oak Street, south to this to the line um all the way over to Surprise Lake. There's 450 495 lots that I counted roughly that are residential. Of those, only 18 are undeveloped, which means all the rest of them have the potential to cut every tree. And that's horrible. That's a I mean, that is not what citizens want. And so I was happy that the planning commission decided to proceed with Burian's code before I joined. And then we spent two meetings discussing it in detail page by page and it was passed on to council. And the biggest concern that I don't know how to counter is other is the well it's my property. Shouldn't I be able to cut my trees if I want to? Well, okay. We have zoning and building codes, so you can't do whatever you want to. And private forest land is highly regulated to protect the environment and the surrounding communities. Law requires mandatory re reforestation. They're protect they protect the

environment. Now we're coming around to where we realize that why shouldn't the citizens of cities and urban areas be afforded the same protections? So all I'm asking you to do is reconsider the original ordinance. tweak it if you need to and I will be back where you're discussing it to tell you how you could do that. Thank you. Thank you. Um that's everyone that signed up. Is there anyone else that would like to speak? Yes, please.

Susan Johnson Milton, I wasn't going to speak tonight and I'm speaking as the citizen. When we look at uh private property, we have seen some private property because we now have the requirement for ADUs and we have seen old trees that were healthy cut down. Another angle is as the city keep the state keeps making us ready to grow for the population coming in, we're going to see developers trying to buy units of properties together. So even though there's individual property owners now, we all have laws or zoning requirements as a property owner. Something with the trees are important. I do believe we've done a lot of great work on it. Angelie has been fantastic. I don't agree with all parts of it, but I uh because if I have one tree, why do I have to plant 10? But we got to think about the ADUs. the requirement that the state says we need to start looking at the urban growth and we need to protect it because it's the water and it's the heat. Look at Milton Way. How beautiful it is now that we put those trees in. So, it's not trying to be dictorial to private owners. It's saying, "What do you think of Milton? We need some trees." But when you find property owners building ADUs and taking down all the trees because we don't have a code to protect it or say, "Hey, you got to move your property the ADU over this way. You got to take three of the trees down. You got to leave one." Something like that. But there has to be some control on private owners as well. We have it everywhere on every other use. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anyone else that would like to address the council? Yes, please come forward.

Sorry, I was debating whether to do it now or later, but I'll just go ahead and do it now. My name is Jill McN Martinez, and I've lived in Milton since 1976. Bought a home in 2003 where I raised my family. I'm a little late in the game on this, but I just recently heard about the urban forest development plan, and it kind of spiked my interest because I myself took down quite a few trees on my family home since I purchased it. So when I glanced at the ordinance um I got concerned with the restrictions that were there and didn't know if that was what was common in other cities. So I just did a simple chat GBT you know what is the ordinance compared to other cities and it did come back and my research came back that Milton's ordinance is very extreme um especially for the private owners not so much for the builders but the private residents um expecting private residents to obtain and pay for the permits or the unwanted trees and requiring them to pay for professionals to remove them the replanting requirement um the maximum removal restriction it just simply limits what citizens can do to clean up their property. especially in some of these older homes where when they were built there may have been very small trees in years have gone by if this ordinance would have been in place. Um it would have been a game changer for me back in the day. So just put a little personal aspect on this. Um I purchased a home in 2023 as a single mom with two young kids. It was a 1960s Rambler buried in woods and blackberries. Um it was all I could afford. I spent years cleaning up my yard. I had friends and family help me remove many trees. Um the this gave me the ability to give my kids a yard to play in. Um get sunlight to my roof because there was none. Um and then being able to get to my cars on a windy day without having to worry about branches falling on us. If the current ordinance the way it is proposed or what I read originally, um I would not have been able to do any of this. I could not have afforded a permit, nevertheless professionals, to do the removing. Um and I can tell you I took down way more than five trees. um my children wouldn't

have had a yard to play in and who knows how many home insurance homeowners insurance claims I would have had to pay for or had to put claims on um because of the trees. So, I just hope council will reconsider what is being proposed today. Do some more research on what other local cities are doing uh between what's required by residents and developers. Uh, think about those older homes in Milton that may have been built with small trees once upon the day and now they are huge. And the single inome families, first-time homeowners, those who just want to do cleanup on their lots where their children can play in their yard and to reduce damages to their homes caused by unwanted trees and maybe just reject what's on the table today and just do some more research. Um, I'm all for keeping the community green and for natural and feel, but I feel like private homeowners should not be as restricted as what I've seen in this ordinance. Um, and I also don't think the city should put limits uh on this that in order to do any of these changes requires a lot of money and it limits who can afford to make any improvements on their homes. So, with that, thank you for your time.

Thank you. Anyone else would like to address the council on any issue? Okay. Uh, moving on to additions and deletions. Are there any, uh, additions and deletions from council? All right. There is a Yes. I would like to remove the minutes from the May 11th meeting, last week's meeting. Okay. We can without objection, we can we can do that. Um, but typically that would uh be requested when we're talking about the consent agenda. Gotcha. Okay.

All right. Um, I would like to add uh an executive session uh uh right after the consent agenda this evening uh to discuss uh potential litigation. Is there any objection to that? All right. Um, moving on to the consent agenda. I I hear you'd like to remove something. The um the minutes from the May 11th meeting. I spoke with the city clerk and they need to be updated. Okay. Any objection?

Sorry. Um, we just need to remove the minutes from last week's meeting so that they can be updated because there's an error. Yes. Okay. Clerical error. All right. Thank you. Um, so can I get a motion to pass the remaining items on the consent agenda? Council member Cedar. I move to adopt the consent agenda as amended. Second. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? I. Any opposed?

Motion passes unanimously.

All right. Uh moving now to item six, which is the executive session. RCW42.30.110. uh one I I uh is to discuss with legal counsel representing the agency potential litigation to which the agency, the governing body or a member acting in its in an official capacity is or is likely to become party uh when public knowledge regarding the discussion is likely to result in an adverse legal or financial consequence to the agency. The time is now 7:15. Um, and we will uh we will convene from 15 minutes and we'll return at 7:30. All right, we are journed until 7:30.

Uh the council is still in executive session and we expect uh to be able to wrap things up in another 10 minutes. Just letting you know.

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Okay, the time is now 7:41 and we are back from executive session. Um the next item on our agenda is a proclamation. Uh whereas public works professionals focus on infrastructure, facilities and services that are vital or of vital importance to sustainable and resilient communities and to the public health, high quality of life and well-being of the people of Milton. And whereas these infrastructure facilities and services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of public works professionals who are engineers, managers and employees at all levels of government and the private sector who are responsible for rebuilding, improving and protecting our nation's transportation, water supply, water treatment and solid waste systems, public buildings and other structures and facilities essential for our citizens. And whereas uh it is in the public interest for citizens, civic leaders and children in Milton to gain knowledge of and maintain an ongoing interest and understanding of the importance of public works and public works programs in their respective communities. And whereas the year 2026 marks the 66th annual National Public Works Week sponsored by the American Public Works Association. Be it now. Now therefore, I, Bruce White, mayor of Milton, do hereby designate the week of May 17th through 23rd, 20206 as National Public Works Week. I urge all citizens to join with representatives of the American Public Works Association and government agencies in activities, events, and ceremonies designed to pay tribute to our public works professionals, engineers, managers, and employees, and to recognize the substantial contribution they make to protect our

national health, safety, and advancing quality of life for all. All right. Item uh item eight is the reappointment to the planning commission for Susan Johnson. Um would somebody like to Oh, yes. I move to approve the reappointment of Susan Johnson for a term that expires May 31st, 2026 to a term that will expire May 31st, 2030 to the planning commission. Second.

Council member Cedar, would you like to speak to your No. Uh Susan Johnson's been a dedicated member of the community and given a lot. Um appreciate the insights and all the work. So happy to see her staying with the city. Roberts, would you like to speak to your second? Um I share council member uh Cedar's sentiments as well. She's been a contributing member of the uh city for quite a while. So she'll be a a uh continuing great addition. Any additional comments? Council member Hall.

Any question you could come up with? She can find the answer as far as researching. I thoroughly appreciate that. Um she spends hours researching. Um I I appreciate that. Thank you. Any additional comments? Mr. Johnson, would you like to uh come and say a word or two to the council and to the community? Johnson, I just want to thank you all. Can you hear me?

Okay. I don't have the phone. Okay. So, I want to I appreciate you letting me follow through with a commitment to this wonderful city. Uh, I said before, I never felt at home till I came to Milton. I've lived in many different areas. I think first with the events committee, then parks, then planning, then when uh Bart Taylor passed, I was appointed to the council and ran again. So, I want to thank you. I will continue as long as my brain I take vitamins every day. What's that other one that you're doing for your brain? Come on, chief. Huh? Predent.

Predigent. No, I don't. I'm only kidding. Mayor, thank you for having confidence in with me and I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Johnson. It's been moved by Council Member Cedar and seconded by Council Member Roberts uh to approve the reappoint of Susan Johnson for a term that expires May 31st, 2026 to a term that will uh that will expire on May 31st, 2030. All in favor? I.

Any opposed? Motion passes unanimously. Welcome back to the planning commission. All right. Now, moving on to the regular agenda. Um, the first item on the agenda is the urban forest preservation ordinance on page 29. And Angelie Stalenecker will be telling us about this item.

Thank you, Mayor and Council. So um before you is the um proposal for a new subsection 1744155 urban forest preservation and some and related definitions. Um just sort of again a reminder of the background. The planning commission with a 70 vote recommended adding the new section um which is based on the Berian tree preservation code. The public hearing was held on March 11th, 2026. At the May 4th, 2026 city council meeting, staff presented the recommended ordinance and the council held a public hearing. Discussion ensued at the May 11th, 2026 meeting, including consensus to add three definitions, added language to subsection C to clarify it. Um added subsection C exceptional trees and subsection P urban forest management plan. and then remove fees from the code into the fee schedule. That will be done at a later date. There was council consensus to remove subsection E as it related to regulations on developed lots. There also appeared to be consensus for requiring a permit in order to track remove trees and verify contractors as long as there was no further requirements placed on the property owner. Um, in addition, staff did not believe the intent was to remove regulations on vacant non-developed property. So with that in mind, the revised draft separated tree removal not associated with the development on developed property from tree removal not associated with development on undeveloped property. So basically we created um what was subsection E became subsection F and only applies to undeveloped property. And then there's a small section which is subsection E which requires permits. Um, just to clarify, a permit does not require you to have a professional. It just states

that if you do um hire a professional that we would verify that they are legal um that they legally have the proper paperwork with the state. If you're removing the tree yourself, you do not need to hire a professional. That's same with any other permits that we issue. Um and again the permit fee will be established by the um council at a further meeting. So just to kind of clarify how it breaks down. So if it the um permits are only required for development property. There will be a fee set by council. There's no additional requirements for replanting. There's no limit on what trees can be taken down. And the idea of the permit is so that we can one of the questions that's raised is how many trees are coming down. Um we don't know this would help us track that better for future um information for the council as well as there was concern over when people do hire a contractor are they a legitimate contractor. So those would solve those two issues. And then if um then vacant land would be limited on what type of trees, how many trees um that could be taken down. And then a number three would be if when development occurs, it's the the regulations that we discussed, which means that they have to meet the credit amount, they're protecting certain trees, and so that part has not changed. Um, with that being said, um, again, PL, uh, the city council has already held the public hearing and so, um, obviously staff does recommend approval of the ordinance. All right. Would anyone like to make a motion?

Going once. Going twice. Yes. Council member Cedar. Uh, I move to return ordinance 2140-26 along with the associated code to planning commission for further review. Second. All right. It's been uh moved and seconded. Uh Council Member Cedar, would you like to speak to your motion?

I would. Uh in reflecting on this ordinance over the last week, I think the compromises we reached are bad for Milton. I think that Milton needs strong tree canopy protections and the original code that came out of planning commission on a 70 vote was those protections. I think what we need to hear come back from planning commission is some support for how those numbers are reached and some basis for that so that all of council can feel confident in what we're passing. Um what we heard last week was compromises that I think hurt Milton residents by adding administrative burdens while doing nothing to protect future Milton residents by protecting our tree canopy. And that's what we need. That's what we put in our comprehensive plan. That's what citizens asked for during our public input sessions over years when we built our comprehensive plan and uh that this this code which I appreciate all the work that went into this to try to make this work but it's a compromise that that leaves no one happy and I don't think that's our responsibility here. So I think this should go back to planning commission so we can um approach this code with resolute action or with resolute opposition.

Council member Roberts, would you like to speak your second? Um, I 100% agree with the council member Cedar's uh position as well. Um, the planning commission has worked through this for quite a while. I have faith in their expertise and I understand um that they have that ability to make these changes that uh I think council will eventually approve. So, um I agree with uh with Tim 100%.

Any additional discussion? Yes, Council Member Hall. My biggest concern was right now we have no permits. We have no regulatory on residential trees. So are we going to start finding everybody that does not know this code which tens of thousands of dollars can happen? That's my biggest fear. It's not not protecting the trees. I totally agree with that. But I don't want to burden the residents for lack of knowledge because we have no code right now. That's my biggest fear is I could accidentally do that. I mean any any one of us could accidentally do this. Do we have $10,000 to pull out of my bank account? I certainly wouldn't want to do that. So that is where my reservations is is I can't justify those fees is the fee is separate right now right can we update those fees so that or is it something we could do gradually in 10 years nobody everybody should know what these codes are in five years. Everybody should know. Right now, nobody would know.

That was part of the my understanding of rem pulling the fees out of the code is that then it would come back to the city council to set those and it would be easier to adjust um as need be. So yes, um council could set those um at a different rate um and build in some other you know kind of things. that I could support this wholeheartedly if we could set those fees so we're not unduly burdening the residents. Any additional discussion? Yes, Council Member Mounts.

I do appreciate all the work that's gone into this. I I pulled up the current fee schedule and the way this was presented to us tonight, homeowners would have to know what a minor site plan approval or a minor site plan was. And the current fee schedule for that is $900. On top of hiring a somebody to create the site plan, on top of hiring a certified arborous tree professional, on top of the cost of removing the trees where comparatively a a permit to put in a fence is only $75. So you off of our website

a minor site plan is not has nothing to do with tree removal. I then what did I read in tonight's proposal? It would be a minor tree permit which has not have a fee set for it. Council would have to set that fee in the future.

And and it also seemed and um it was a few days ago that I looked at that. I thought it was also 900, but it just seemed very restrictive for the homeowner without the documented public outreach and awareness. Um, and I I love the grant that I just learned has been executed and it calls for these things. it. Those are deliverables in the grant and that the public comments are documented and that the canopy the actual need for this is documented so that when we do come up with some kind of forest preservation plan, we have numbers and figures and documentation that we could say this is why we addressed this. This is why we did it this way. This is how we came to consensus on that. And just kind of a side note to let you all know what homeowners are dealing with. My homeowners insurance is doing inspections and I have a branch on a property that is touching the shed or almost touching the shed and they're talking about cancelling my homeowners insurance because that branch is a concern to them. Right? And so it's a very complicated complex issue. It's not just about the canopy for a city that may or may not need and I love trees, you know, but there's a lot of other factors involved in this. And we really need to do something that is is beneficial to everyone and not um penalizing anyone for something that they didn't even know was coming up. I I also heard, you know, that's the first time hearing of this. That's the first time hearing of this. And so maybe we can take some of this grant money in the

outreach and do a mailer to every resident. I I learned in this packet tonight, too, that public outreach is often people that signed up to receive notifications or people that they knew about that might be interested. And I think this is bigger than that. this we just need to do a broader brush to raise awareness for all the residents of Milton and thank you again for your hard work. Any additional discussion? Yes, Council Member Roberts.

Will we still be um hearing about the fee schedule coming up even though the planning commission is going to be uh looking at the U plan again? Um, I guess that's kind of up to council. I mean, if you're if we're not My assumption was we would do the fee schedule after we or with doing the um code amendments. So, if we're not doing the code amendments yet, um I'm assuming we would push that off. Um,

well, the reason why I'm asking is I feel the fee schedule might push some of the decision-m as well based on how we set the fees. I mean, it's just a thought. So, I was curious if we were or weren't going to be presenting that uh in the future. I I understand it is up to council. So

it could definitely come back um when when it comes back from planning commission to council that could be part of the conversation with the understanding that it's not being adopted as part of code that it could be um and just to clarify I believe in my I could be wrong but um I think at one point we had discussed that um permits you staff would recommend something um more like you know 150 for um a minor tree removal permit or it could be 75 which matches the fence. So something minor like that is what staff has proposed for the permitting aspect. The idea is that it would cover at least some of the time that we cover for it. So um but yes and then obviously the other end of it is the fees and stuff and again yes there was you know discussion raised and there is language in there that talks about exceptions and stuff so we can look at that as well. So

okay thank you. Any additional discussion? Yes, council member rapport.

Thank you. I just wanted to again reiterate, thank you for putting all this effort in. Thank you for the planning commission putting all this effort in. My main concern is I just want to make sure that we're doing what the the people of Milton want. And I get that we have some data to support this um and some really strong data to support it. But everybody that I've talked to that's a homeowner in Milton um in my sample size, however big or small, have not wanted this uh want not wanted this for their their home. So I just want to make sure that we that's the will of the people. That's all. Thank you.

Yes, Council Member Turnis.

Thank you again for all of your hard work in this. It's it's an interesting um discussion to have. I just feel like there's so much to discuss in this, not only for the present time, the present situation. We're dealing with things that have happened in the past that haven't happened in the past, looking towards the future, even generations, like what Milton's going to look like for the next generations to come. And I personally, I love trees. I know we need trees. I've looked at some of the development that's happened within the city limits where they've just taken out trees and it just breaks my heart. So, I'm thankful that this is on the agenda in order to get something firmly in place. And I agree with the fee situation. And I don't know if the grant money would be able to help cover for some homeowners that might it wouldn't. Okay.

Not in this case. No. But that is something that, you know, council can discuss how they want to handle things like that. But the grant is designated for certain things. Okay. I just know that for some people um it it can be a big expense for removing trees and then replacing trees. So, if we can come up with some better system to help the citizens of the city financially to be able to replace the trees, um it again it's I feel like it's an individual process. Thank you. All right. Any additional discussion? It's been moved by Council Member Cedar and seconded by Council Member Roberts. Oh, yes. Oh,

sorry. I I guess you are right. Yes. Any uh yeah. Is there any comments from the audience on this section?

Jackie Strader Milton. I just want to thank council member Cedar for his suggestion and council member Roberts for seconding it to return it to planning commission because I can tell you I'm hearing the concerns and I've listened to Burian's recordings or recording when they discussed it in October 2022 and the big holdup for them was the fee or not the fee the penalty and there were two council members members that were like, "Yeah, I don't know." And then what they did is they said, "Okay, we're going to vote it in and then we're going to push it out the implementation." Uh I think that actually ended up being 120 days and for the penalty that there was like a sorry grace period and some council members like I don't know if that you know like how many sorryries are we going to get from each develop you know a a tree person like how do we do that but it was a big concern and they came up with a solution and so it was eye openening to me to listen to their recording see they had the same concern and to know also from them that I don't believe they have ever applied that penalty and they they did a big um push for notifying people and we can do that too. I mean, we're piggybacking on their code and we're saving tens of thousands of dollars by doing that because they've done all the heavy lifting and there's something there to salvage and to just throw it out and push it down the road. We're still just going to get what we're getting. We need to do something. So, I thank you and thank you for and I hope the rest of you support going back to the planning

commission and let's keep it going. Any additional comments? Jaclyn Whan, Milton Washington, thank you for uh taking a pause uh before shooting this whole thing down. I listened so intently on your retreat to have watered down the tree ordinance in the way you were fashioning. didn't seem congruent with the goals and the vision that you had for the city. I hear it so many times. Well, I love trees, but don't make me responsible. We're at a point in our city where we're in a hole. We're going to keep digging. We're going to keep losing losing losing trees and then say, "Oh, yeah. We ought to do something. We need to be proactive. less of a penalty that we all have to pay later. Uh wonderful person in my life would remind me. There's no free lunch. There are costs. There are trade-offs. There are balances. And I can tell you as someone who's been waiting for a very long time to get a real tree ordinance in our city since the mid9s, it's a lot harder to get a g get an ordinance in than to get something off the books in our city. To paraphrase uh Edward Abby who has said the idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders. I stand here saying I don't want the only trees in Milton, the ones we have on our logo. I want a community that's green, healthy, that we've really got the benefits that come with trees for our

health and aesthetics. And yes, there are costs in it, but we're going to pay either way with with increased infrastructure costs because it's hotter. It's damaging our streets. We've got storm water problems. We've got there's studies to prove how more trees make a healthier community. There's economy costs either way. I stand here saying the idea of trees needs no defense. It just needs more defenders. And this code spread the responsibility out amongst everyone in the community, not just people in certain zones, not people just doing certain activities. And this was geared towards a very urban circumstance. I'll just just say we owe it to the citizens to for the future and for ourselves now. There are so many things that can be done to mitigate costs. If the fine is the big sticking point, well, you want you want deterrence because it is the local homeowner, not so much. But what we have now is such a feeding frenzy. And that's not a kind word, but it's there's a lot of building activity and it's just let's go in and just close, you know, knock down the trees and there's no replanting required. So we need more protection. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Whley. Yes, please come forward.

Susan Johnson Milton. Our vision statement number six, retain and enhance tree canopy and other environmental amenities. retain enhance existing environmental amenities such as tree canopy and well functioning repairarian and wetlands. We have it under the land use goals, the housing goals, the transportation goals in our comp plan of 2024. So there's been a long talk about what's we want. I agree with the comment right now. We don't necessarily need the old growth. But when again I point to Milton Way and the beauty of those trees when people are walking. Yes, property owners again have the right to have some independence. However, we are a village and through that village we have to get our vision to where 10 years down the road we can look at the state and say don't come in here. You wanted an urban forest, we gave it to you. A tree doesn't have to be 40 feet high to have meaning. I'm glad you're bringing it back to us. I personally feel that all fees should just be in the fee schedule because of the cost it takes every time you we do an ordinance. They all should be there not within the ordinance to say refer to the fee schedule. Um I do believe there has to be this is as a citizen that we have a responsibility to our neighbors in this community but that's why we got to start talking about the village the town and the village and if I want to take and when we see all the trees stripped we have to have something. So again, if we can come to a point, if we in

planning can come up with something that comes back to you and you say yes, we can deal with it as long as it can gives us something to stop the the unmerciful cutting of trees in development and even in private property to a degree, you know, to a degree. So thank you for we will work hard on it.

Right. Right. And Angelita is very patient with us. So if you have ideas, just send it. You know me, I email and long. Thank you. Any additional comments from the audience. All right. Yes, Council Member Hall. They keep saying going back to planning. That's the motion on the table. But Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I thought he said go back to the original. You said original, right? Council the motion I made was to send it back to planning commission. Oh, I thought you said go back to the original. Okay. Sorry.

All right. So, it's been moved by Council Member Cedar and uh seconded by Council Member Roberts to uh move the urban forest preservation ordinance uh back to the planning commission for further consideration. All in favor?

I. Any oppose? Motion passes unanimously. Moving on to item 9B, the clean energy imple implementation plan on page 79. Um, our public works director, Dustin Madden, will be presenting this item. Thank you, Mayor Council. Uh, this is an action item before you tonight. Um, prior to reading the agenda item 8B, I would like to have Ted Light with Lighthouse Energy Consulting give us a a brief presentation on what SEEP is. Uh, CEDA and that that way council will have a full understanding of what we're voting on tonight and why we're doing that. So, uh, Ted Light, I'd also like to take this opportunity to have Jared Lee stand up.

For those of you who haven't met him, Jared is an outstanding member of our public works team. He's our supervisor for the electric department, and he was uh he was the foundation of bringing this before us, getting the extension um, and played a critical role in coordinating what you're about to see. So, thank you, Jay. Thanks. Good evening. Can you all hear me? Okay.

So, uh, my name is Ted Light and I'm here to talk to you about the city's clean energy implementation plan, which I helped together with the the city staff, including Jared and and other team members. Okay. So uh in addition I had a couple other team members who are not with me here today. Danielle Walker of the Bright Line Group and Sophia Spencer of Mauvu Solutions. So the clean energy implementation plan is required by the clean energy uh transformation act or CEDA and CEDA the overall goal is to set Washington on a path towards clean energy. And so there's uh kind of three main uh steps in in the requirements. Starting in uh uh beginning of this year, all utilities are supposed to be coal free. Um and then in 2030, utilities need to be greenhouse gas neutral. And so with that 80% of the energy is supposed to be clean energy uh including renewables or or non-emitting electricity like nuclear uh and then the 20 remaining 20% can come from alternative compliance mechanisms uh such as like buying renewable energy credits or things like that. And then the the big target is in 2045 when 100% of retail sales are supposed to be uh renewable or or non-emitting. So u solar, wind, nuclear, hydro, all those things. Uh in addition to those clean energy targets, there are provisions to make sure that transition happens equitably. Um and um requirements to track and reduce energy burdens. Next slide.

So in order to kind of move towards achieving those goals, the CEDA requires utilities to put together a clean energy implementation plan every four years. And so in that plan um there are four-year targets for clean energy for energy efficiency and demand response. Uh and then there are um certain parts of that plan that also are are are done to make sure that that transition happens equitably. And so uh I'll talk through kind of the the pieces of those that go into into that in into the city's plan. So kind of that first part is um on like setting targets is kind of like a resource planning uh aspect and um so the the CIP or clean energy implementation plan uh requires interim targets uh which is the the percentage of retail load that is served by by clean energy and then there are what what CEDA calls specific targets um and those are um you know the amount amount of renewable energy of energy efficiency. Sorry, I'm getting a little feedback as well.

It's okay. Okay. Sorry.

Okay. Um and um so energy efficiency uh renewable energy and demand response. Uh and then in addition to those targets, the utilities are supposed to identify the actions that they'll do to achieve those targets. Um, and then they're also supposed to specify how that um uh how the plan is consistent with other resource planning that the the utilities do. Any any questions so far? In terms of the equity provisions, the CIP requires utilities to identify uh what are called highly impacted communities. Those are defined by the state and it's um done by the state department of health uh looking at a kind of an environmental impact assessment. And so that's the the state looks at um measures of uh like environmental health like is the uh community close to a highway where there might be more emissions. uh and and also looking at factors of um like socioeconomic status that would also make them more vulnerable. Um and um the other way a community can be highly impacted is um by being on um land that overlaps with uh tribal lands. So it's the other uh highly impacted community category. Um there are vulnerable populations that um the state leaves open to how utilities define it but does say that it has to be defined through a public process. Uh and then um and then there are requirements for um kind of measuring the equity. So the utilities have to define indicators

um to kind of measure the and think about the costs and benefits um and uh and then the utilities have to think about how they're going to reduce risks uh to those named communities. And then finally it's just kind of a uh keeping everybody honest. Uh in addition to having those public process requirements, the utilities are supposed to um identify how the public comment was incorporated in their CIP. So, it's a lot. I know. Um, so here's uh here's where I'll start getting into the actual content of the CIP and and what we identified for the city. Um so in terms of clean energy targets the city just from being a a customer of Bonavville Power is already um you know more than 90% clean every year and probably on average around 93% uh clean. Um there so there aren't any specific requirements for uh clean energy now but that first requirement that comes in at 2030 the city will need to acquire uh renewable energy credits or some other uh type of clean energy to kind of make that last seven or so percent of of energy uh clean. Um but for this uh four-year compliance period covering 2026 to 2029 uh there's no no action needed uh for for now on this target. On the energy efficiency side my colleague Sophia Spencer and I completed a uh uh conservation potential assessment. That's an assessment where we look across your service territory at all the different customer sectors um

residential, commercial, industrial um and look at where the city can save energy um where the customers of the city can save energy um and identify, you know, what's possible, what's cost effective, what the city's programs are doing currently and and kind of what's achievable in in the near term. Um, and so as as part of this CIP, we're required to set a four-year target. And so you can see in the the dashed boxes there, um, the four-year totals there. We do have it broken out by sector, so you can kind of see where the, um, the potential is. Um and um but there there isn't a requirement to get it from each of those sectors kind of in in proportion in those exact amounts but the it's really the overall number that that matters. So that 576 u megawatt hours is our is the four-year target that we identified and we think that's achievable and and in line with what the city's uh energy efficiency programs have done in in recent years. On the demand response side, we looked at a a wide array of different demand response programs and technologies. Um because the city's customer base is so small and because with a demand response uh program, there's certain startup costs just to get a program off the ground and running. Um that we didn't identify any any program as as cost-effective. Um, and so for this CIP, we're not uh including a target or or the target is is zero uh megawws for demand response.

Yes, council member.

Um, I do have a question about the products for the demand response. These whole list of products here, are these a typical set of products for demand responses? Yeah, this um so this these are the products um that um are applicable to the winter. I looked at a similar set with some some overlap for the summer, but uh it's fairly typical. Our the analysis I did was um based on an analysis that's done by uh a regional entity called the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. I don't know if you're familiar with them. They do power planning for the whole Northwest region. And so I used the products that they considered as kind of the starting point and and what I looked at in terms of what's possible for the the city here.

Thank you.

So switching over to the equity part of things, as I mentioned, there's there's two ways to kind of qualify um as a highly impacted community. uh the environmental impact analyses that I described earlier or the overlap with tribal lands. Um for the city, there are three census tracks that qualify as as highly uh impacted. Um and um you can see in in kind of the screenshot of the map there, the uh tribal lands are the kind of light green shaded area. And so you can see the kind of the three census tracks for the city that have uh in in the yellow shading that overlap with that green area. So um three those three um uh uh census tracks are are what we've listed in the clean energy implementation plan is as highly impacted. And then my colleague Danielle led a a public process to identify vulnerable populations and um some of the other requirements. Through that public process um we had a kind of a a group facilitated group discussion where we identified the the four groups that you see there that um is fairly similar to the the city's prior CIP but uh adds a little bit. Um, so we ended up with low-income households, people of color, people with disabilities, and senior citizens. And so kind of the um this vulnerable populations and in the highly impacted communities, if you um look at the the actual CIP, um you'll see that those named communities kind of get special consideration and there's discussion kind of focused on them that uh you'll see. in so in addition to kind of considering

these named committees, the utilities also have to identify uh actions to reduce risk. And so I've kind of streamlined and and grouped the actions that are included in the CIP. They kind of uh fall into some natural groups of uh kind of enhanced public outreach and energy efficiency program activities. Um so you can see there uh you know some of the public outreach actions include targeted outreach to you know the vulnerable populations um you know developing or enhancing program collateral promoting existing assistance programs uh etc. So you can see um those are the kind of the high level actions that are part of the clean energy implementation plan to ensure that that transition is is equitable. Uh and then in terms of energy efficiency programs, uh the city is planning to um expand its programs with a focus on on weatherization and air conditioning for the vulnerable populations and um and also considering some some home energy assessments as part of its program. the indicators are are kind of like um you know like performance metrics and kind of measuring you know how are you doing with these things and are you are you doing what you're uh were expected and how are you measuring success um and so the CIP requires you to identify indicators uh they kind of uh align with those actions so you know whatever actions you're doing you want to pick indicators that make sense sense and are are measurable and and meaningful for those actions. So, uh, again, I'm I'm streamlining a little bit and condensing some of the the text that's in the the actual CIP, but based on the the actions that were on the previous slide, the indicators are are kind of around, you know, how much savings are are being

achieved through the energy efficiency program, you know, how many people are participating in the in the different programs, uh, you know, what amounts of rebate dollars are are being provided, uh, you know, how many people are inquiring about programs, whether whether it's the energy efficiency program or or other assistance programs um you know the numbers and attendance of outreach events and and you know if possible to see you know how many people are connecting through the the the city's um website uh you know that's another possible source of indicators. So uh kind of summarizing everything again here. Um so the CIP targets uh include a target for 90% clean energy. Um on the previous slide I had 93% listed as kind of what the the kind of typical uh average is. Um just setting the target at 90% gives the city a little bit of a a buffer in case there are low water years. uh you know that's something that's kind of outside the the city's control. Uh so giving the city a little bit of room there. Still well above the 80% requirement that comes in at at 2030. Uh the amount of renewable energy used uh just shy of 186 megawatt hours u based on kind of the expected uh mix of of uh power sources it gets from being a Bonavville customer. um the four-year energy efficiency target we talked about of 576 megawatt hours and a demand response target of of zero since no uh no products were found to be cost effective. Um really the only key action here um you know other than kind of continuing

to to benefit from u the clean energy from from Bonavville is uh implementing it the the energy efficiency programs to achieve that target. And on the

question on the um equity side of things, uh we talked about the three highly impacted communities that were identified as well as the the vulnerable populations that were determined through the public process. Uh we identified kind of the actions that the cities uh has identified to ensure that the transition happens equitably. um and kind of and the indicators for um measuring that success. So that's that's kind of the the high level of the clean energy implementation plan. Uh as you said, there's a lot in there and a lot of detail in the document itself. So welcome any any questions you have.

Any questions for Mr. Light? Yes, Council Member Cedar. Thanks for the presentation. Uh, regarding BPA, so if BPA I I assume they have long range plans that we can see, is there any intent there to move to more clean or renewable? I I have to imagine they're making that transition to 100% as well.

They Yeah, so they're um uh they're are going through a process now to identify contracts. Feel free to jump in here if you want. Um or let me know where it goes, stray. Um they're in a process now of building contracts for uh a con the next kind of contract uh period. The current contracts will end at the end of BPA's fiscal year of 2028. Um so starting I think October 2028. The new contract term will start and that goes right up until the end I believe of of 2044. So right before that 2045 clean energy. And so it's little bit of a punt I think on on BPA's part to kind of put off uh finding a solution for their Washington utility customers that meets the the CEDA clean energy targets but um I think I think it's it's on their mind.

Gotcha. So the the question I had then was regarding the rec on the municipality regardless of where their where their source is. It's not as though BPA somehow has a cleaner slice of energy that they could provide in order to relieve a municipality of an RECC requirement. And maybe I'm simplifying that too much, but the power we get from them, we can reliably say it's going to be 93% or some variance depending on water level. Y and so we kind of can predict what our REC requirement is going to be in 2030. Is that right? Correct. Okay. Thanks. Y council member MS.

Thank you. I on exhibit A, which I know we're just getting to next, it says that um the published deadline is March 10th or the published date is March 10th, but the deadline was January 1st. So, were you instrumental in helping us get an extension? That was that was all Jared. Thank you for that. Any additional questions? Yeah, Council Member Roberts just had a question about uh definitions. Um here it says, "Are you a full requirements customer?" I'm not familiar with what that means, full requirements for uh BPA.

Yes, a full requirements customer basically means that the utility relies more or less on Bonavville for for everything. It gets all of its power from from Bonavville. And you know, in terms of like, you know, the load ramping up and down, Bonavville takes care of making sure that that the power that they're providing follows that. It's the the city isn't doing any any scheduling or, you know, anything like that. Just to be clear, there's no blackout potential is more or less what you're saying, right?

It that's all on Bonavville and and the the Clean Energy Transformation Act itself has some like escape clauses. Um so if if you know as those clean energy requirements start to tick up and become you know stricter um there are kind of like I said escape clauses so that you know if a utility is running into an issue of uh you know reliability or you know potential blackouts. Uh there are those those kind of uh get out of jail uh clauses that uh allow utility to make sure service is is kept on.

Oh, one additional question if I may. Um so it's not for my own morbid curiosity. So when the uh load gets too heavy more or less, we switch over to other sources that are like coal for example. Was that typically how it happens or I'm just curious how that works.

I could probably jump in on that a little bit. Yeah. So, if we exceed our tier one um availability, it'll go into tier 2. Uh BPA's tier 2 is not quite as clean. My understanding is it's more around 78 to 80%. So, what that means for the city of Milton is that our overall percentage of clean energy, that 93 will go down, which means that we will have to buy additional wrecks. And what a lot of other utilities are doing right now is they're starting to put in a CEDA search charge um and just starting to bank money for these future wreck purchases. And we can purchase wrecks out of the state for other utilities that don't have the CEDA requirement.

So there's a high likelihood that we'll be, you know, or other utilities would be buying from Idaho and Montana to meet their WCK quota, to meet Washington state's rec quota. So, have we ever had to do that with tier two? We have not. Um, from my understanding, there is risk right now. Uh, but we've we've never entered tier 2. Okay. Thank you. Yes. Any additional questions?

Council member Cedar. Um, I sorry, just thinking about that. I didn't see on the demand response um household or residential solar or commercial solar as one of the potential demand responses. I assume that's not fact. I mean that's likely not cost efficient either.

Yeah, I should I should I maybe should have clarified. So um so probably all familiar with with energy efficiency, you know, like we're finding ways to achieve the same end goal, whether it's a a warm house, a cold beer in the fridge, etc. uh achieve the same end but use less energy. Um demand response is is using um or is encouraging customers to use less energy at specific times when maybe the grid is constrained or prices are really high. So um one common example of of a demand response program that um is is popular throughout the country is like a a smart thermostat program. And in that uh customers who have smart thermostat can opt in to a a utility program that says okay the utility can send out a signal and if uh you know to the people who have opt in and their thermostat would automatically set back uh a couple degrees uh to reduce the constraint on the grid for a couple hours on those those days where things are hot and uh you know customers always have the option of saying you know my house is getting too hot or I don't want to participate today and they can opt out of that specific event. Um, but you know, for participating utilities will often provide, you know, an incentive that might be 50 bucks a year or something like that for helping kind of uh, you know, in helping do their part for the reliability of the grid. So that's things like that are kind of a typical demand response program. The the solar that you mentioned um that is is falls more into a third category which would be uh like renewable energy. um that's you know customerbased and um that wasn't a part of uh the analysis that we looked at.

Yep. Thank you for that clarification. I didn't understand the distinction. Okay. Any additional questions? Well, at this time, if if you're agreeable to it, I'd like to read the agenda and then we can take a vote or a mo potentially have a motion. Get a motion at least.

Yes. So the issue before you tonight uh is the implementation of the 2026 CEDA plan. The Washington State Clean Energy Transformation Act was inaugurated in 2019. This is our second plan that we've done. This plan typically is due uh was due on January 1st, 2026. The city received an extension until June 1st, 2026. This plan identifies target goals for energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable energy. Um, this resolution 261996 is on tonight's agenda for council approval, thereby adopting the 2026 2029 clean energy implementation plan. Is there a motion?

Yes. Is there a motion? Yes. Uh, Council Member Roberts, I move to approve resolution 2696 adopting the 2026 2029 clean energy implementation plan. Second. Uh, it's been moved and seconded. Uh, Council Member Roberts, would you like to speak to your motion? Yeah, thank you. Um, yeah, this is a necessary thing we need to do to be compliant, and I'm all for anything we could do as a city to uh, promote a clean environment. So, thank you for that. Thank you. Council member, would you like to speak to your second?

Thank you guys for your work on this. I'm looking forward to uh hopefully improving it. All right. Any discussion? Anyone have any more questions? All right. It's been uh moved by Council Member Roberts. Oh, I'm sorry. This is an action item. Is there anyone in the audience that would like to uh speak on this issue? All right. Um, it's been moved by Council Member Roberts and seconded by Council Member Poor to approve resolution 26-1996 adopting the 2026 through 2029 clean energy implementation plan. All in favor? I.

Any opposed? Motion passes unanimously. Moving on to the last agenda item for the evening is the contract with Puget Paving and Construction for miscellaneous overlays. Uh and uh council member I'm public works director uh Madden will be presenting this item.

Thank you mayor councel. Uh this is an item that uh the city moves forward with every year. Um it is much simpler to go out and get an on call paving company for ongoing yearly maintenance needs. Um typically in my four and a half years here this budget and this contract has been used for city overlays. Um whether that is uh you know a small culde-sac or a large project. Um so that is how these funds have been used in the past. In April, we solicited quotes for the miscellaneous overlays for the failing areas of asphalt roadways. Uh quotes were submitted from three vendors. Um Asphalt Patch Systems, Puget Paving Construction, Inc. and Lacage Paving Company. Uh Puget Paving or Puget Paving and Construction Inc. was the lowest bid based on tonnage. Uh funds for this project are budgeted in the capital improvement fund 310. Um we there was kind of a wide variety in the quotes that we got back. Um but there based on the tonnage and what we want to accomplish this year uh there was a clear winner. Um we are focused on uh pricing and vetting a potential overlay of 12th and 13th. We're also reviewing 11th and then 18th. There's a culde-sac across from uh the school district off of Milton Way that has been another problematic street that is incredibly rough. And so um but it's small and if we can do something for those homeowners, I know they've been asking for for many years. So with uh this project, we will vet those uh four projects um come up with a prioritization and move forward.

All right. I'd entertain a motion at this time. Council member Hall move to authorize the mayor to execute the public works contracts number 122F with Puget Paving and Construction Inc. for miscellaneous overlays in the amount not to exceed $200,000. Second. It's been moved uh and uh seconded. Uh, Council Member Paul, would you like to speak to your motion?

Thank you um for going out and getting these bids. I appreciate it. Um, our streets are in dire need of some repaving, so thank you. Council member Turnis, would you like to speak to your second? Thank you for doing this. Um, as a frequent walker of the city of Milton, I do notice that these there definitely needs to be addressed. So, thank you for addressing that. I think this covers that. Thank you. Any additional discussion? Yes, Council Member Mouse.

I just had a question on the scope of work. I there was a scope of work included in the bid or in the response from the bid, but you are anticipating four projects with this. I didn't see that anywhere in the contract or anything, but based on the tonnage, uh it it will be three to four. Okay. Yes. Thank you. Additional questions or discussion? Yes. Council member Turnis. Can can we include uh going through all the easy fiber holes that they've left open in that?

So, well, we we have a different strategy for that. And you know, as you can see going down Milton Way, those areas that we've patched, we are requiring extended patching on any new asphalt. And because of the repetitiveness of the repairs, if we have them within a certain proximity or they are close to a driveway, um, Easy Fiber has, uh, approved extending those repairs. I was walking on Mil on 15th and it had been raining, so it was muddy on the street, but I stepped in one of their squares and my foot actually sunk down and I slipped. I mean, it's sunk down probably at 2 in. So there's definitely need to get those fixed.

Yes, we need permanent patches on all of those. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Any additional discussion? This is an action item. Is there anyone from the audience that would like to speak on this? Yes.

Jaclyn Whan, City of Milton. Uh thank you for uh finally getting to this part of that long list of things that need to get accomplished for paving maintenance. My question has to do with engineering. To what degree is this just simply going over the top? Is this you what will the project involve? Uh some of these streets have really failed crowns. So that you know if you could speak a little bit to what would be happening considering storm water considerations, open ditches and and failed crowns and such. Um or is that just a visit at public works to get that solved? But it'd be nice to hear a little about it. But I'm glad to see we're getting some progress on the to-do list. Thank you.

Yes. Uh so as far as engineering goes um we do have Grain Osborne Engineering which we can bring in to address some crown issues. Um but this particular budget the 200,000 is just for grind and overlay. And so they will grind the existing it varies throughout the city but 2 to 4 in of asphalt. And they will then use that grinding. They'll recompact it, use it as a new subgrade, and then they'll put on a new 4inch lift or three-inch lift, excuse me. So, there's opportunity there to kind of um shuffle the crown and and redo that on site with a grater. Um but if engineering is needed, that would be outside of this project. Um, we have a couple other methods that we go about um, uh, gleaning funds uh, for paving projects and a lot of those are through Washington state grant programs. And all of those grant programs allow engineering. And so this pot of money um, is typically used for um, more street maintenance style than full reconstruction.

Thank you. All right. It's been moved by council member Hall and seconded by council member Turnis to authorize the mayor to execute public works contract number 122F with Puget Paving and Construction Incorporated for miscellaneous overlays in the amount not to exceed $200,000. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion passes unanimously. All right, moving on to council reports. Uh, Council Member Roberts, would you like to start today? Uh, thank you, Mayor.

So, at the um public issues committee at the SCA last Wednesday, they were discussing uh sewer rate increases. This is specific to King County. Um, I don't think this affects Milton at all, but they were talking about almost a 13% increase. And there is a draft letter being sent to uh county council to dispute that. So um that's currently taking action. Um there was a discussion as well about the uh sound transit enterprise initiative and this was due to the fact that there has been an overrun of the budget of approximately 39 billion with sound transit. So um based on this uh initiative they are reducing that to between 11 to 13 billion but they're actually going to be removing some of the rail. They mentioned they're Now I can going to be doing the Ballard isqua and I believe some uh south sound areas like the connection to Dupont is going to be omitted as well. So that's a little disconcerning for those uh people in that community. Um and uh that's it. Thank you,

Council Member Turnis. I I just happen to notice on my walk this morning the sign that was up um to commemorate the building structure there, the amphitheater that we have there that honors has the former city council members names on it. I just thought it was a really nice plaque at the Milton Community Park. And when I was driving here tonight, I noticed people out on their blankets on on the lawn and I love seeing that. It just makes Milton seem like a really small town place that is great to be. Thank you, Council Member Mounds.

I just want to say I appreciate all of the discussion um and all of the audience participation, the resident participation. It seems like we're we're seeing a nice um maybe increase in public comments and I look forward to the city's um efforts to be transparent and to and to bring these issues before the public and to see the public respond to them. So I thank you for that. Council member Cedar. Uh yeah, I actually just wanted to clarify. Do we have a meeting in the first week of June? No. Thank you. No reports.

Council member Poor. Nothing. All right. Council member uh Hall, thank you. Planning. I appreciate all the work you've put in. Um also, Angelie, thank you very much. Um, it's always difficult to balance between what's great for the city, what's great for our environment, what's great for the citizens. And a lot of times we have to go through the process to figure out how to do that. Um, but I appreciate council and your volunteers and the work you put into it is amazing. So, I do appreciate that. Um, May is bike month. Uh, it'd be a great time for parents to go out and bike ride with their kids. Maybe give them some instructions on safety and laws in um, you know, time to get outside. Um, and just be kind to each other. Thank you.

Thanks. Moving on to director reports. Planning manager Stalnicker. Um, nothing at this time. Okay. Public works director Madden. No additional comments. Finance director Robec. Go for it. Sure. Sounds like a great idea for you. Um just wanted to let everyone know that um both um building C

Yeah, building C and D or finance um and community planning and development will be as of tomorrow will be all here in council chambers and there will be um signage everywhere to direct people from those places into here to get the assistance that they're looking for. We um we've been planning for a while, so we're hoping that transition will be will be smooth. Uh Police Chief Fernandez,

good evening. Uh I haven't got that much to report other than that we continue to be out on bikes and educating parents and kids about ebikes and uh we'll be out riding around through the city tomorrow contacting people as well. Thank you, Chief. Um, I don't really have anything, but uh just to let the public know um because of the fact that uh that the council chambers is going to be used while flooring and other uh uh other construction is going to be done in the in the finance and the planning building. Uh the June 2nd meeting is cancelled. So we will only have a we only have two meetings in in June. So is there anything else uh for this evening? All right, seeing that all agenda items have been concluded, I adjourn this meeting at 8:51 p.m.