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MINUTES
City Council Workshop Meeting
7:00 PM - Monday, May 9, 2022
City Council Chambers & GoToWebinar
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Blanche Barajas, Mayor.
ROLL CALL
Councilmembers present: Blanche Barajas, Craig Maloney, Joseph Campos, Pete
Serrano, David Milne, Zahra Roach, and Nikki Torres
Councilmembers absent: None
Staff present: Dave Zabell, City Manager; Adam Lincoln, Deputy City Manager;
Colleen Chapin, Human Resources Director; Eric Ferguson, City Attorney; Bob
Gear, Fire Chief; Zach Ratkai,Administrative&Community Services Director; Brent
Cook, Deputy Police Chief; Darcy Buckley, Finance Manager; Rick White,
Community & Economic Development Director; Steve Worley, Public Works
Director; and Debby Barham, City Clerk.
The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
VERBAL REPORTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS
Ms. Torres commented on the Fire Ops Training that she and Councilmember Campos
attended during the past week.
Mayor Pro Tem Maloney commented on the recent Cinco de Mayo celebration. He
announced the best taco selected through the Taco Crawl fundraiser this year was from
Don Rubio's restaurant.
Mr. Milne also commented on the Cinco de Mayo celebration. He also attended the
Pasco Chamber of Commerce meeting earlier in the day. Lastly, he gave a shout out
to the Pasco Fire Department to help a family of ducks.
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Mr. Campos commented on the Fire Ops Training. He also commented on Cinco de
Mayo celebration. Lastly, he attended a Ben Franklin Transit Operations meeting last
week.
Mayor Barajas relayed comments she received on the Cinco de Mayo parade and the
Pasco Police Department, as well as other aspects of the weekend event.
Ms. Roach commented on the Wednesday evening cultural event, as well as the
Saturday parade held during the Cinco de Mayo celebration.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
Mid-Columbia Libraries Update
Mr. Ratkai introduced Mid-Columbia Libraries Executive Director and Chief
Librarian Kyle Cox who provided an update regarding the Pasco libraries, as well
as a brief comment regarding the new interlocal agreement negotiations befinreen
the City and the MCL for library services within Pasco.
Council, Mr. Cox and staff discussion continued regarding the status of the new
interlocal agreement and asked for the timeline when the interlocal agreement will
be brought back for Council consideration. They commented on the needs of Pasco
residents use of the libraries' computers. Lastly, Council asked for additional
information about the steps needed to annex the MLC into Pasco, which would
remove the City of Pasco from funding the library services directly and, the library
funding would be assessed through property taxes.
Mr. Zabell noted that the new interlocal agreement will need to be approved by
June 30th, and in the next few weeks, staff will prepare options for the new ILA for
Council to consider at another Workshop.
Update on Tri-Cities Animal Authority Operations and Facility
Mr. Ratkai provided a brief update on the Tri-Cities Animal Control Authority
(TCACA), the Tri-Cities Animal Control and Shelter (TCACS) operations, currently
ran by the Benton Franklin Human Society (BFHS}. He provided the status of the
new animal shelter facility and the need to transfer the animals to an auxiliary
shelter, located at the BFHS site in Kennewick, WA, while the new shelter is being
built. Next, he introduced BFHS and TCACS Executive Director Autumn White who
provided a brief report on the care of animals in the current Tri-Cities Animal Shelter
and the need to move the animals out of the current shelter into an auxiliary shelter
until the new shelter is built as the current facility is well past its useful life.
Council, Ms. White and staff discussed the current needs of the animals, timeline
of building the new shelter, BFHS's plan for an in-house veterinarian, updates
needed to the auxiliary facility located in next to BFHS facility, and how to build
goodwill with the public in managing the TCACS.
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Resolution - Process Water Reuse Facility (PWRF): Beus Release of Interest
Agreement
Mr. Worley provided a brief report on the pending purchase of the Untied States
Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) property for the needed expansion of the City's
Process Water Reuse Facility (PWRF). He explained the proposed release of
interest agreement with Beus for the USBR property that Mr. Beus was also
interested in purchasing. He described the placement of the proposed storage
ponds noting that additional analysis is needed before finalizing the plans for the
ponds. Lastly, he stated that it is important that the City purchase these parcels of
land now in order to accommodate the new Darigold facility currently scheduled in
March 2024.
Council and Mr. Worley continued to discuss the proposed purchase of USBR
property and release of interest agreement with Beus.
Resolution - Council Goals for 2022-2023
Mr. Zabell provided a brief report on the 2022-2023 Council Goals drafted after
Council's biennial retreat. He noted that these goals drive the business of the City
and provide focus on City's budget, short and long-term plans, and implementation
of projects supporting Council's direction. He asked for Council's feedback on the
draft goals and stated that the 2022-2023 Council Goals will be brought back to
Council for final action at the May 16, 2022, Business Meeting.
Overall, Council was please with the draft goals during their discussion with Mr.
Zabell. They offered some minor suggestions to clarify the goals and questioned
the SEPA mitigation goal as written. They expressed appreciation to staff who
helped develop the goals based on their discussion during the recent Council
Retreat. Lastly, they commented on the past goals set by previous Councils' that
are now coming to fruition such as the new Peanuts Park and the new Lewis Street
Overpass among other key strategies to expand the City of Pasco and make it a
thriving community.
MISCELLANEOUS COUNCIL DISCUSSION
Mr. Zabell announced the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Conference,
scheduled for June 21 to 24, 2022; he encouraged Council to attend the conference.
He announced that the City is receiving an increased number of ribbon-cutting event
requests, with two scheduled for later in the the week; a ribbon-cutting event for the
Columbia River Walk Apartments, scheduled on Friday, May 13 and Fun to Learn is
scheduled on Saturday, May 14.
Both Mayor Barajas and Mr. Zabell asked that Council be available to attend upcoming
ribbon-cutting events as the Mayor is unable to attend them all.
Mr. Zabell announced the Memorial Day event scheduled on May 30th at Memorial
Cemetery and the City's Volunteer Appreciation lunch event scheduled on June 4th. He
also commented on the Cinco de Mayo event and thanked City staff from the Public
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Works Department and Administrative & Community Services Facilities Division, and
Police Department, as well as Economic Development Manager Mike Gonzalez, for
their efforts in the making this year's event successful. He stated that, while there may
be some minor tweaking needed to the park, he was impressed on how well the new
Peanuts Park facility pertormed.
Mr. Zabell announced the Hanford Area Tours are available again and are currently
being offered to the City Councils and City Managers within the Tri-Cities area.
Mr. Campos encouraged Council to attend the Hanford Tours and he is a maybe for
the Hanford Area tour. He requested a brief on the management of the Cinco de Mayo.
Mr. Milne said yes to the Hanford Area Tour. He also suggested that additional
bathrooms be brought in during the next Cinco de Mayo event.
Ms. Torres said yes to the Hanford Area Tour.
Mayor Barajas said yes to the Hanford Area Tour.
Mayor Pro Tem Maloney stated that he has toured the Hanford site several times, so
he does not plan on attending the Hanford Area Tour this year.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mr. Zabell stated that he did not receive the information needed to discuss the real
estate issue during the Executive Session; however the discussion of the
performance of a public employee was still needed and he anticipated it would last
15 minutes.
RECESS
Mayor Barajas declared a five-minute recess at 9:05 PM before adjourning into
Executive Session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Council adjourned into Executive Session at 9:10 PM for 15 minutes to discuss
perFormance of a public employee per RCW 42.30.110(1)(g)with the City Manager,
Deputy City Manager, Community & Development Services Director, and the City
Attorney.
At 9:25 PM Mayor Barajas announced that the Executive Session would continue
for another five (5) minutes.
Mayor Barajas called the meeting back to order at 9:30 PM.
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ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 PM.
PASSED and APPROVED this It�day of r�i� , 2�
APPROVED: ATTEST:
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Blanche Barajas, Mayor Debra Barham, City Clerk
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