City Council - workshop

Good evening and welcome to the City of Pasco Council workshop meeting. The council thanks you for being a part of your city government. At workshop meetings the council discusses issues but no formal action is taken. Agenda packets are available on the City of Pasco's website at www.pasco-wa.gov slash agenda. This meeting is also being televised live on PSC TV channel 191 on Spectrum Cable on Pasco and Richland and is streamed on the city's Facebook page, website, YouTube channel and Microsoft Teams webinar. This and previous council meeting video is available on the city's website. Lastly, the public may submit their comments and or questions by contacting the city manager, city clerk, or by using the AskPasco app. With that, Madam Clerk, would you call the roll, please?

Campos?

Here.

Pata?

Here.

Figueroa?

Present.

Hernandez?

Present.

Perales?

Here.

Milne?

Present. Grimm? Here. Thank you, everyone. If everyone would please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. Moving on, letter number three, letter B is recognition of Pasco Little League. Thank you so much for coming, you guys. Yeah, very, very good. So I suppose I'm going to read one of these letters for you and then we will bring you up and we will come down and pass these out. On behalf of the City of Pasco, it is my great honor to congratulate you on being a member of the Pasco National Little League Intermediate All-Star Team and on your outstanding achievement as the 2026 Washington State Champions. Good job, you guys. Seriously. This accomplishment reflects the countless hours of hard work, dedication, and perseverance that you invested throughout the season and probably your lives at that point. Alongside your teammates, coaches, families, you earned the privilege of representing both the city of Pasco and the state of Washington at the Intermediate West Regional Tournament, an achievement you should be incredibly proud of and remember most of your life. While championships are measured by wins on the field, what makes this accomplishment truly special is the character you demonstrated along your way. Your commitment to teamwork, sportsmanship, respect, and determination reflects the very best of our community. By representing Pasco with pride and integrity, you have become a role model for younger athletes and an inspiration to everyone cheering you on. I also want to recognize the coaches, volunteers, parents, and supporters whose encouragement and dedication helped make this a remarkable season possible. Their investment in your success reminds us that achievements like this are built through teamwork both on and off the field. Congratulations again on an incredible accomplishment that your family and community will always be proud of. I hope you always look back on this championship season with pride and remember the friendships, lessons, and memories you created along the way. Thank you for representing the City of Pasco with excellence and we're incredibly proud of you and look forward to all that you will accomplish in the years ahead. Congratulations you guys. So I'm going to come down, I guess, and you guys can join me too if you want, and we will call you guys up and present these letters of appreciation and recognition for you. And I'd also like to thank Councilmember Campos for helping staff coordinate all this, and actually former Mayor Serrano for recognizing you guys and making sure this happened. Let us start with Mr. Levi Beck. Isaiah Castaneda.

Close, sorry.

Jamison Horn. Melosi. Thank you, Miss Apeka. You didn't trust me. Pierce Powers, come on up.

Fantastic.

Maxwell Aranda, Aranda, Aranda. Russell Crogman. Did I give you two? Oh, it felt thick. It was the hands, right?

Sorry, I almost gave yours away, sir. Sorry. Thank you.

OK, now Mr. Aden McManaman. Good for him. Cameron Martinez. Cameron's not here either, that's okay. Lots of you guys here to represent, I love that. Carter Piper, come on up.

Congratulations on being a champion, sir.

Good job. Crew Geese, come on up. E.J. Miller.

Good job, sir. Appreciate it.

Lazaro Lopez.

You're a winner, sir. Congratulations.

Taylor Foos. James Crogman, come on up. We're not leaving you guys out either, come on now. I guess that tips my hand, Mr. Dan Horn, step on up, sir. And one more, Mr. Joe Scott, step right up, come on down. Congratulations. Thank you so much, you guys.

Where's our picture people? Oh, gee, you got promoted again. How's it feel to be a state champion?

Best in the state.

Good job, you guys. We need somebody to come forward. The council. Council come forward. There you go. There you go. Perfect.

There's some good coaching going on in the back that scene there, yeah. Good job, Chief. One more. Maybe two or three.

Thank you.

Best part of the job. Can I get an amen? And you guys are more than welcome to stay and watch the city conduct business. But if you have dinner to eat or other things, we totally understand. Really appreciate you guys coming today. Thanks for coming in uniform. Congratulations again. With that, we will move on to number four, verbal reports from council members. Anybody have anything going on? I went to the WIDA conference at least the Washington Economic Development Association conference here in the Tri-Cities and spoke with all the other mayors and even though we didn't coordinate our speeches it was really really good that we all were uniform in not only advocating for individual municipalities but talking about the togetherness that we have realizing that if somebody comes in out of the area yes we wanted to come to Pasco really bad But it is a win for the area overall. And so it was really, really good that even though we didn't plan that way, that was kind of the heart of all the mayors, saying that if any of us win, we all win. Not seeing anything else, we will move on to number five, items for discussion with opportunity for public comment. The public may comment on each topic scheduled for discussion up to two minutes per person with a total of eight minutes per item. If opposing sides wish to speak, then both sides receive an equal amount of time to speak or up to four minutes each side. Letter A, update on park bathroom security enhancement options. And for this, we're going to our Parks and Rec Director, Ms. Angela Pashon. Good evening, ma'am.

Good evening, Marion Council. So tonight's item is a follow-up to the presentation provided you in late April regarding options to enhance park usability and reduce vandalism and misuse in our park bathrooms. Responding to park vandalism requires a multidisciplinary effort, including staff from facilities, parks, and recreation, and municipal court. Since the beginning of the year, we are now approaching 100 vandalism-related work orders in our parks alone. Present we have two park restrooms Sylvester and Schlegel Park, which are closed due to clogged pumps likely due to clothing being Flushed down illustrating ongoing operational impacts and misuse I So just a reminder on background, we've got 28 parks with nine permanent restrooms that operate seasonally. We secure those through automated blocking systems, and those are cleaned on a daily basis by seasonal staff. We see high incidents at Volunteer, Sylvester, Memorial, and Schlegel Park. In our last presentation, we discussed a variety of options, including closure checks through security companies, security services, increasing our temporary staffing services, so more on presence, different lock options, a leased mobile camera trailer with a corresponding system with that vendor, the city's existing camera system. And in that discussion, it was requested to further review options for cameras. As noted in the April presentation, staff has received positive feedback from communities that have implemented camera systems as part of their efforts to deter vandalism and improve park security. Since the presentation, a project team consisting of Parks and Recreation, Police, and IT staff have reviewed several options and systems for possible implementation, including both contracted and in-house solutions. The evaluation has focused on identifying a scalable and cost-effective approach that would allow the city to pilot the technology, assess its effectiveness, and expand the program over time as it proves successful. The previous presentation included an option of leasing a camera trailer using a vendor-provided system Through our subsequent review, staff determined that recent upgrades to city internal technology and police department systems provide the capability that performs similar monitoring internally. For mobile surveillance, we've identified two options that have emerged, and I put those on the screen here. One is the buying of a self-contained solar power unit from a vendor, and the other option, it looks like, oh, sorry, it's called a camera on wheels or a mobile camera unit. In your packet is reference material from Spokane County, who has implemented several of these. Both options both of these options would integrate with the systems already available through our existing contracts Based on this evaluation staff is recommending implementation of stationary cameras at the identified locations along with at least one mobile camera unit tonight staff is seeking counsel direction on whether to proceed with implementation of a part camera security program at the designated locations and well as direction regarding whether council would like staff to incorporate closure checks through private security into a program if council would like to proceed staff would return with a budget amendment totaling approximately a hundred thousand dollars to support the implementation and staff is available for any questions thank you mr sean questions comments council

Mr. Kahn? Well, I mean, we're all pretty well familiar with the problem, and it's just been a bummer that people, you know, have not been able to use the bathrooms at the parks. And so, you know, I think this is going to be a good recommendation. Certainly I like that you're able to, you know, implement on a kind of pilot basis, expand it as it goes. And so I like what you've done. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Kahn. Anybody else? Mr. Campos?

Yeah, I appreciate the presentation. I like the fact that we went back and tried to figure out what would be best. I think that if you're looking at the city for itself, I think this is a high priority for them. I think we see that through our surveys and everything else, that parks is important to our city. And so I think it would be really important that us as a council support that. And so I do like the presentation and like the recommendation.

Thank you.

Mr. Melton, you're fine.

Anybody have anything else? When I read the report last week, I didn't realize, I guess I kind of went over a little too fast. I didn't realize one of the options was actually just parking an old police car there with cameras mounted on there. Have municipalities found that to be a better deterrent than some of the mobile units with the blue lights and everything?

I can let Chief talk about his conversations with other jurisdictions.

Thank you. Chief Cook. I'd love to. Mayor, Council, I'm familiar with the Spokane County program. They have started out small, like a pilot program. It has expanded and they continue to expand that program. They report really good success at putting their camera on wheels in a location that's struggling with things. The cameras are pretty nice and they are tied into their same software that we just recently implemented. So it'll have some ability to give indication that something's happening at that location that is happening during the hours that we're struggling with them being closed or their prop and doors open so they can access those things later. So I believe that it is a good option. Was the Spokane description put in their packet? They do describe crime basically going away when they put one of these things at the location.

Thank you. Yeah, me and my friends, we used to call them cardboard cutouts of police officers' cars. Yes, hopefully they have more of an impact than what we thought as teenagers. Yes. So seeing Mr. Hernandez's light come on.

Yes, sir. On the select locations, is it those poor bathrooms that are having issues? Is that on the cameras, or is it more than that?

For the stationary cameras, those are the four that we have the biggest concerns with. But the mobile unit would be the one where we'd work with police, we'd work with our park staff as we see those trends happening so we can relocate a mobile unit. And that's why we're kind of looking at the multi approach so that we can actually utilize that throughout the city.

Thank you, Mr. Prowlison. The only question I have is when is the season over, I guess, for Parks and Rec?

So we go through the end of October.

Okay. Yeah, I don't know if this is the best idea to do it right now because I don't know how long it's going to take. If we can get some clarification on when we could get one of these mobile police vehicles stationed. I mean, could that be done tomorrow, like next week? Like what is the timetable for some of this stuff?

That would take us some time to put that together. I don't have an exact time on it.

Right. And that's the, that was kind of like what I was thinking about when I was reading it this weekend was not really sure if this is the best time to do it right now. I think this would be something maybe for next season so we can get something out of it as opposed to it's going to take a while and it'd be September before we know it's going to be October. So, um, that would be my recommendation would probably hold off until next season. Um, but I, I agree with a lot of the, the recommendations and, again, start small, kind of what Spokane County did and kind of work and kind of see what is actually being effective. But, yeah, to me it doesn't make sense to do it for, I mean, who knows? If you're saying we don't really have a timetable, then it just doesn't make any sense to try and do it right now.

Yeah, the timetable would be for the vehicle one. I don't know that the same timeline is for the mounted ones that are at the parking lot.

Yeah. I mean, um, I would say for this recommendation, it's us to get going. Um, so that way we are prepared and ready for the next season. People still use our parks in the winter time as well. So we will still see vandalism as well. Um, and so our goal would be to get this and make sure it's implemented by the time our parks open next, next year. But we do need to get some, uh, equipment and some, some different, uh, things worked out, because it'll take some testing as well with our internal services.

And so you said earlier with the technology, so a lot of these cameras will be tied to Fuchsias?

I believe all the cameras that we've selected will tie in.

Okay, thank you much.

Thank you yes and I was just going to go along with what Mr. Perales said that if it is going to be too late for this season and we could actually just put on the budget for next season but if you're going to you know get it going and prepared and everything like that we're even emailing back and forth with a constituent who's worried about the new peanut statue there and this could be a you know good type of use of it to roll it out or whatever to you know at least watch that or whatever so. I think I'm seeing four in favor of implementing this. Would anybody in the chambers like to speak on this issue? Bathroom security. As was mentioned by Councilmember Campos, it does seem to come up a lot in our community, and we know it's important to the community. Park bathroom security enhancement options going once. Going twice, not hearing or seeing anybody moving towards the microphone. Staff, do you feel you have enough direction to go on? Perfect, thank you. We'll move on to letter B then. Ordinance amending PMC 10.70.080, parking prohibited. And for this, we're going to Director Serra. Good evening, ma'am.

Good evening, mayor and council members. For this item, our engineering manager, Andre Avetisian, will provide the presentation. Thank you.

Good evening, council. Yes, for this proposed ordinance, amending the PMC to highlight one of our short segments of 27th Avenue as a no parking zone. So the segment that we're talking about is between Sylvester and West Irving Street It's a short leg and kind of has a unique features on this segment of the 27th Avenue for reference also the Daily deals is to the southwest corner parking lot and this photo here Which is the former global? so we city received some concerns about on street parking here and from safety and accessibility and Our traffic engineer evaluated this and did provide concurrence to recommending marking this as no parking segment. Quoting a few things as far as the reasons why, and you can see actually as short as this segment is, but some of the parts of the segment have two large driveways on the west side already, which are already deemed no parking. There's a unique narrow pavement taper, a little bit tricky to see, but it's at the right in this area here. And we have some head-in parking, one of the businesses right there, that does have to back out into the street. So as you can tell, if there's vehicles parked on the west side there, it provides a challenge. So Couple photos just kind of showing the on street with the where the narrow taper is and the head-on parking and you can kind of get a little bit better better visual with challenges from safety and visibility so with that I Will answer any other questions you guys may have Thank You mr. Andre questions comments from council Mr. Perales you can go back with slide so

When you went out there, there was no one really, so I take it that's the City of Pasco vehicle right there. Is that where they all usually park? Is that the issue?

Yes, the business there is telco wiring that has the head-in parking, and yes, also deliveries, I guess I didn't mention. But yeah, that is the kind of the most concerning area when their vehicle's parked right there.

Has this been a code enforcement complaint in the past, or do they call... PD, because, I mean, you went out there, I don't know if they got the memo, don't park there, because, I mean, you went out there, there's, like, no cars there.

At the time of one visit, yeah. Okay. But the geometry and the access was mostly what the engineer evaluated.

Yeah. And I read the staff report, so a couple businesses complained, or was it just that big conglomerate of businesses and that?

The inquiry that we received came from that telco wiring, yeah.

Okay, okay. So if people do park there now, would they call up code enforcement or would they call the police department if this does get changed, I guess? Who would they call?

Code enforcement, yeah.

Code enforcement, okay. You know, I just found it interesting, the kind of situation. When did you guys get the complaint? When was it initiated?

Recently, about a couple months ago.

And then, so how long did it take for the traffic engineer to come back with their recommendation? A couple months then?

Yeah, just a couple weeks, yeah. I mean, it takes a little bit of process to get it on the council agenda, but yeah, the evaluation wasn't extremely... Do we ever look in kind of in these areas for similar problems?

You know, let's say just central Pasco to east Pasco, because I know there's a couple spots that it just seems like the geometry would necessitate them not parking there, but we allow them now. Do we ever just kind of go out and look for issues to correct, kind of similar to this, as a city and engineering group?

If I may answer to that, since we don't have a traffic engineer in staff, we don't have the ability to do that proactive checking, whether it's through, whether it's coming through, for example, a grant, like we do that all the speeds and inconsistencies or needs for change that was globally, but that is the work a traffic engineer could be doing for us. if we had a traffic engineer in staff. At this time, we do these efforts more on a request basis.

That's all the questions I had, Andre. Thank you.

No problem. Thanks, Andre. Again, I guess the one thing, I'm grateful to the business that comes and takes, you know, Atomic Bowl that was empty and has bring so much business to Pasco. They're overflowing. I think that's really something we should celebrate. I'm sorry it is affecting some of these other businesses. Do we know, has anybody talked to the business daily deals, how they're going to direct the people or where all this, because I do see it. I know it's empty right now, as Mr. Prowles pointed out, but I drive by there all the time and it is overflowing a lot. Do we know where those people are going to end up, where they're going to get directed to, or if we've communicated with the business owner at all?

Correct. Yeah, we've sent notification letters to all the impacted businesses and even the residential. As far as there is parking on Irving itself there, so as you go to the west, that on-street parking is not prohibited. So that's a full roadway width section here. As you so as people do have then of course the parking lots of the business itself has plenty of parking as well But yeah, the overflow parking could be on Irving is one of the options.

Okay, appreciate it. Um, I think you're off the hook sir.

Oh, sorry, mr. Hernandez missed you there The bowling alley well daily deals actually has enough parking and It's convenient not to just park at the front. Because I've been there, and I do park on the side, because it's easier to just get your stuff, put it in the car, and leave. But there is enough parking at Daily Deals. On the other side, it's just in the back of the building, so you would have to walk all the way to the front. As we know, we like convenience.

Sure do.

Especially if you buy a lot of stuff, you just don't want to cart it out to the back of the store. But there is parking, enough parking for everybody, and the business itself.

Thank you. Good bit of information there. All right, now I believe you're off the hook, sir. Thank you so much. Thanks for everybody's comments. Would anybody in the chamber like to speak on this issue? Pasco Municipal Code 10.70.080. I can't talk tonight. Parking prohibited. Going once, going twice, not seeing anybody. Are we all in favor of this council to have staff bring it back? Looks good. Okay, moving on. Thank you, everyone. Letter C, resolution updated. Tri-Cities Home Consortium Citizen Participation Plan. And for this, Mr. Raymond, good evening, sir.

Thank you very much, Mayor and Council. Good evening. And as you know, through the Federal Housing and Urban Development Department, the city has allocated a certain amount of money each year to allocate to local subrecipients, returning federal tax dollars and putting the money to good use right here, improving our community. And naturally, there are program requirements that we have to follow to remain compliant and eligible to receive and disperse these funds. Current citizen participation plan is one of those requirements. At this time, I'd like to invite Kristen Webb, our CDBG administrator, to present the latest citizen participation plan with some minor edits. Thank you. Kristen?

Good evening, Mayor and Council. Again, my name is Kristen Webb with the Community and Economic Development Department. Tonight, I'm presenting the proposed update to the Tri-Cities Home Consortium Citizen Participation Plan and requesting Council adopt the accompanying resolution. The City of Pasco participates in the Tri-Cities Home Consortium which includes the cities of Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland. Through this partnership, we administer the Federal Home Investment Partnership Program. In addition, Pasco administers its own Community Development Program, or CDBG. As a condition of receiving these federal funds, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, requires participating jurisdictions to maintain and adopt citizen participation plans. The purpose of this plan is to ensure residents, community organizations, stakeholders, and other interested parties have meaningful opportunities to participate in decisions involving federally funded housing and community development programs. This includes development of the consolidated plan, annual action plans, assessment of fair housing, the annual performance report known as the CAPER, and any substantial amendments to these documents. The existing plan was reviewed by the consortium and updated primarily to maintain compliance with current HUD regulations and to reflect today's public engagement practices. These updates are largely administrative and improve clarity rather than changing the overall purpose of the plan. The major revisions include removing temporary COVID-19 provisions and HUD waiver language that is no longer applicable, clarifying how the plan is approved and implemented, Updating public notification procedures by expanding the use of electronic communication and social media and adding contingency language regarding federal funding allocations. Adding a conflict of interest section to strengthen transparencies and accountability. Updating the procedures for substantial and minor amendments to align with current HUD regulations. And clarifying department contacts document locations and administrative procedures for each member city. Although these administrative updates improve the document, the plan itself continues to provide multiple opportunities for public involvement. Residents will continue to have opportunities to participate through public hearings, public comment periods, language assistance, accessibility accommodations, complaint procedures, public assessment to program records. These provisions help ensure that all members of the community including low and moderate income residents and protected populations have meaningful opportunities to participate in decisions regarding federal housing, and community development funding. Adopting this updated plan keeps the city in compliance with HUD requirements. Maintaining compliance allows Pasco to continue participating in the Tri-Cities Home Consortium and remain eligible to receive and administer both home and CDBG funding. Failure to adopt the updated plan could place the city out of compliance with federal requirements and potentially affect eligibility for these important funding programs. Staff recommends approval of the updated Tri-Cities Home Consortium Citizen Participation Plan, and I'd be happy to answer any questions you have.

Thank you, Ms. Webb. Questions, comments from council?

Mr. Campos. Thank you for the presentation. I appreciated the updates on it. I had a question regarding the CAPER. In a reading that it says that it identifies how funds were actually used, talks about what impacts the activity realized and then what extent the funds and how they benefited low and moderate income people. My question is just so like what is the specific outcomes that we're truly measuring? Is it how much people were served? How many You know, people have transferred from homelessness to maybe a structured home. What is the actual outcome that we're measuring?

Well, we're measuring all the different activities. So with like our public service activities, we're measuring how many people those agencies serve. When we're doing rehabs, how many homes have we rehabilitated? Also, what is the area medium income of the people that we are helping?

Okay. Thank you for that. And then if there's one problem that's not meeting, right, the outcome, what happens next with it?

Well, we have five years. So we just did our consolidated plan for 25 through 29. So we have five years to meet those outcome goals. So hopefully the next year or another year we would actually meet that goal. But usually when we are closing out our consolidated plan years, we have met all of our goals.

Okay. Thank you. Mm-hmm. Thank you, Mr. Campos, Ms. Webb. Anybody have anything else? You're off the hook, ma'am. Thanks for your presentation. Oh, you're going to be right back. Yeah, they look pretty tied together. Well, just in case anybody in the council chambers would like to speak on this updated Tri-Cities Home Consortium Citizen Participation Plan, going once, going twice, not seeing anybody come forward. Looks like we are all in favor of it, correct? Looks good. Letter D, Resolution Adopting the City of Pasco Affordable Housing Policies and Procedures Manual for House Bill 1406 Funds. Mr. Raymond, back to Ms. Webb. Thank you very much.

And as you mentioned. Enabled by House Bill 1406, which was passed in 2019, the city has been receiving and earmarking a portion of the local sales and use taxes for the purpose of supporting and promoting affordable and supportive housing here in Pascoe. We've been receiving the funds. We've built up a balance of a little over $600,000. But so far, we've never used any of these funds to date. I would like Kristen to present to you the first policies and procedures draft, which are designed to help administer the use of these funds, Dispersing of these funds in a fair and transparent manner. Thank you, Kristen.

Thank you Again tonight and presented the proposed affordable housing policy and procedures manual for the administration of House bill 1406 affordable housing funds and requesting council approval and again like mr Craig said in 2019 the Washington State Legislature Legislature adopted House bill 1406 which allows cities to retain a portion of the state sales tax and use the tax to support affordable housing The city of Pasco elected to participate in this program through resolution number 3937 adopted in 2020. An important point is that this program does not create a new tax. Instead, the state redirects a portion of existing sales tax revenue back to participating cities for affordable housing purposes. House Bill 1406 funds are restricted by state law and may only benefit households earnings 60% or less of the area medium income. Eligible uses include acquisition of affordable housing, rehabilitation of existing housing, construction of new affordable housing, rental assistance, supportive housing, and housing stability activities. are established by state law and by resolution 3937. Although the city has participated in the House Bill 1406 program for the past five years, we have not previously adopted formal policies and procedures manual governing how these funds are administered. The proposed manual establishes a consistent framework for evaluating funding requests, determining eligibility, monitoring projects, documenting expenditures, maintaining required records, and completing annual reporting to the Washington State Department of Commerce. Having these procedures in place improves transparency, consistency, and accountability in the administration of public funds. The proposed manual includes several key policies. First, it clearly identifies eligible uses of the House Bill 1406 funds. It confirms that assistance is limited to household earning 60% or less area median income. It requires compliance with fair housing and non-discrimination laws. Housing projects receiving assistance must generally remain affordable for a minimum of 30 years. Finally, it established the standards procedures for applicable review, city council approval, funding agreements, project monitoring, annual reporting, and record retention. These procedures provide clear expectations for staff, developers, nonprofit organizations, and other applicants seeking funding. There's no immediate fiscal impact associated with adopting this policy. The city has already received, again, approximately $604,000 in House Bill 1406 revenue since the program began and anticipates receiving approximately $100,000 annually subject to state distributions. The policy does not change those revenues. Instead, it establishes an administrative framework for managing those funds in compliance with Department of Commerce requirements. Approval will establish a transparent, consistent framework for administering the funds while ensuring contained compliance with state requirements and supporting the city's affordable housing goals. And I'd be happy to answer any questions.

Thank you again, Ms. Webb. Questions, comments from council? Mr. Perales. Thank you.

Appreciate you explain this a little bit. I kind of felt like this manual was a little light I know Probably a lot of us want to be kind of more just to the point. I just felt I mean This is we're gonna have to send this to Department of Commerce for compliance and do they approve it or this?

You know the city of Pasco approves it.

Okay That was my first question. My second one was I In regards to the eligible use of the funds and proper expenditures of it, I just kind of wanted a little bit more examples of what these funds are going to be used for. I looked at the RCW, maybe the acquisition, rehabilitation, or construction of affordable housing. That right there, we have like $600,000, $700,000 in there. That's not a lot of money. And so I'm thinking, man, if someone could essentially get all the money in one project if they built 200 units. That's what I was kind of trying to figure out. What exactly are we going to use this money for? Are we looking to assist people with rent? Is that going to be kind of the meat of the program? What exactly? Because, again, $700,000 is not a lot, and then $90,000 a year roughly is not a lot of money. And so I was kind of curious what exactly this is going to use for.

That's a really good question, Council Member Perales, and honestly, because this is a brand new program for Pasco. I think to a certain extent, the local community is going to determine what sorts of projects, uh, are favored for this type of funding. This money can be used as match money. This money can be used as just part of, uh, the performer, uh, for the project. I mean, it's not likely that this application or an application will be the sole funding for a project. I mean, Some communities are using it for rental assistance. But we would certainly like to see construction projects and actual units constructed with this money. So to a certain extent, I think we're gonna open up the application period and see what kind of applications come in. And it's brand new. I think we're all learning something as we open the process.

Okay. When exactly will the applications be available?

As soon as you guys approve.

Oh, okay, okay. Could we get, like, perhaps, like, in six months, like, what you guys are using it for?

Of course, yes.

Just kind of let us know, like, hey, you know, within six months, this is how many applications we got. These are the projects or, you know, what we're doing with it. I'm just kind of curious.

Yeah, and actually, in the policy, we did say that council approves the projects. So we would bring the applications to you for approval.

Even for rental assistance as well?

Mm-hmm.

Interesting. Okay, awesome. Thank you much.

Thank you, Council Member Perales. Council Member Campos.

Just for clarification, as I was reading through the manual, there are certain placeholders, right, like responsible department, review committee. Is that just because this is still a draft, or are we still thinking about who's truly responsible to make these decisions?

I think at this point we're recommending that community and economic development department administer the program.

That's what I... like assume, but I just want to make sure because I saw the placeholders on there. Thank you. And then I also have one more question. I think it was an attachment C. Yeah, the application under funding requests asks the total project cost, the amount of funds requested under HB 1406, and then it says other funding sources. What's the intent of that question?

So that we actually know what their budget actually is? So like they could be getting... you know, CDBG funds, or they could be getting House Bill 1406 or home funds. So we just wanted to know all their other funding sources that they have.

Okay, so my follow-up question would be, if somebody is getting other funding source, does that eliminate them, or is that something like a priority for us, saying, we could get a bigger bank for our buck if they have other funding that we could give a little bit of the 1406, and then that ultimately helps more people?

Right, correct.

So which side is it? Does it counsel them out, or does it give them priority? Right.

I think overall it helps. Another thing that we're trying to gauge is how long will that funding take to come into place? We're going to be evaluating how ready they are to perform on the project. Is some of those other funding sources Time restricted in some other way that might impact how we look at it But honestly, I think the more we can spread the money around as far as sources.

They're better off We are absolutely a bigger bank for about thank you All right not seeing Anything else from council say buddy in the chamber want to speak on this issue adopting the city of Pasco affordable housing policies and procedures manual for HB 1406 funds going once Going twice, three times, not seeing anybody come forward. Thank you, Ms. Webb. We're all in favor of this, sounds like enough. Okay, very good. Well, moving on, number six, miscellaneous council discussion. Mr. Stewart, welcome back, good evening.

Yes, good evening, Mayor, Council. Just a couple of things to highlight. First and foremost, the, Washington City Managers Association conference is taking place this week. It's actually being hosted in Kennewick, right across the river. So no travel cost for us to attend the conference this year, which is kind of nice. Not to sleep in a hotel room. But the deputy city manager and I will be attending that off and on this week and looking forward to some of the concepts and what's going on across the state and how cities are approaching similar challenges that our communities are facing as we go forward, particularly with budgets. Also, I wanted to make the council aware that this Thursday there is a ribbon-cutting grand opening for the Columbia Basin Health Association West Pasco Clinic. That's this Thursday at four o'clock if the council would like to attend that. And then I believe all of you got your homework and your reading material on the dais tonight for the council's strategic planning session next week. So I look forward to having that conversation The main emphasis with regards to the great by choice book is how do we succeed? In executing our plans even in tough challenging times With unexpected happenings and pressures and those kinds of things and I think that effectively describes what we're facing as communities going forward But we still to our citizens to provide quality services despite those challenges and so I think this book outlines some of those concepts on how we can continue to succeed in that environment and So I look forward to having that conversation with council and the leadership team here over the coming weeks. And I don't think I have anything else to report this evening.

Perfect. Thank you. No, I appreciate that. I saw some of the blue books over there. Yeah, you sprinkled that like pixie dust everywhere. So glad you're equal opportunity in that way. Anybody have anything else to bring up? I just have the one letter that I sent to everybody this morning. Wasn't sure if anybody had any thoughts. Feel free to... Four against? Mr. Perales.

I'm for cleaning up Hanford, so go ahead and sign up.

Thank you. There's one. Anybody else? Two, three. All right. Appreciate the support. Yeah, it's good to speak with a unifying voice. Anybody else have anything for Ms. Lane's discussion? Not seeing any, we're going to move on to executive session. Letter A, to consider site selection or acquisition of real estate purchase or lease of likelihood, that disclosure would increase price per RCW 42.30.110, paragraph one, subsection B. It's listed for five minutes. Is that good? Sounds good. So with that, we are going into executive session now. The time, I'm going to call it 7.48, and we will be back at 7.53. All right, the time is 7.53. We have finished our executive session with no decisions being made. Number eight is adjourned. This meeting is adjourned. Thanks for joining.