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PRHSPSC MINS 04-13-2021 K:\PRHSPS Committee\2021\04-13-2021 Minutes Revised.doc City of Federal Way City Council PARKS, RECREATION, HUMAN SERVICES & PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE Tuesday, April 13, 2021 5:00 p.m. SUMMARY Committee Members Participating via Video Conference: Chair Kochmar and Committee member s Assefa-Dawson and Baruso Council Members Participating via Video Conference: Council President Honda , Council member Moore and Council member Craft Staff Members Participating via Video Conference: Eric Rhoades , City Attorney, Chief Andy Hwang, John Hutton, Parks Director , Sara Bridgeford CDBG/HS Manager, Brittany Julius, CDBG/HS Coordinator and Mary Jaenicke, Administrative Assistant II. Guests: Vickie Chynoweth, Arts Commission Chair , Karen Brugato, Arts Commission Vice Chair Chair Kochmar called the meeting to order at 5:00pm Public Comment: None BUSINESS ITEMS Approval of Minutes Committee member Baruso motioned to approve the March 9, 2021 minutes as written. Committee member Assefa-Dawson seconded. Motion passed. Motion was made by Committee Member Baruso to remove item H . Ordinance: FWRC Chapter 4.05 – Park Code Updates from the agenda Committee member Assefa-Dawson seconded. Motion passed. Committee member Baruso motioned to replace G. Lakehaven Utility Water Main Easement with Crime Reports to the agenda as item G . and move the Lakehaven Water District Easement down to item H . Committee member Assefa-Dawson seconded. Motion passed. Arts Commission 2021 Contract for Services Staff Geddes introduced Vickie Chynoweth, and Karen Brugato, Chair and Vice Chair of the Arts Commission. The application and interview process were delayed due to Covid. Arts Commission Chair Chynoweth stated that the Arts Commission is asking for $42,250.00. Staff Geddes clarified that the Arts Commission is not asking for new money, they are allocating $2,000 from a different fund to be used for Contract for Services. Committee member Assefa -Dawson inquired why Centerstage asked for $12,500.00 and are receiving $14,000.00 and is that where the extra $2,000 is going to go. Arts Commission Chair Chynoweth answered that the $2,000 that they’re adding is coming from the Federal Way Lions Club Make Music Day. They are giving the Auburn Symphony $1,500 instead of $500 for their performance at the PAEC and the Harmony Kings are receiving $2,000 instead of $1,500. Centerstage is receiving more than they asked for because they have the largest budget out of any of the other groups. Usually the Symphony and Centerstage have about the same budget and the same number of performances. The Symphony can perform and Centerstage cannot. This year the Symphony’s budget is half of what Centerstage’s is due to Covid. The Arts Commission believes Centerstage needs more money because they’re putting more money into Federal Way. Committee member Assefa -Dawson asked why they didn’t ask for more money. Arts Commission Chair Chynoweth answered that last year Centerstage asked for $30,000 and only received PARKS, RECREATION, HUMAN SERVICES & PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Summary Page 2 $12,500; this may be the reason why they only asked for $12,500 this year. Council President Honda asked if Center stage was going to be able to spend that money this year. Vice Chair Brugato answered yes, they would. Council President Honda asked why the Arts Commission is giving money to the Auburn Symphony and we’re not giving more money to the Federal Way Symphony. Arts Commission Vice Chair Brugato answered that it’s mainly to pay for the performance at the PAEC. Committee member Assefa-Dawson moved to approve the 2021 Arts Commission for Services Funding recommendations and forward to the April 20, 2021 City Council consent agenda for approval. Chair Kochmar made a friendly amendment to add the language “with an increase in $2,000 from the existing Arts Commission Budget”. Committee member Baruso seconded. Motion passed. 2021-2022 Human Services Commission Work Plan Staff Julius provided the background information. During the November Human Services Commission meeting, the Commission moved forward with staff’s recommendation to transition from an annual work plan to a biennial work plan to coincide with the Human S ervices general fund cycle and the city’s budget. The plan outlines specific goals and activities that the commission intends to follow. The Human Services Commission discussed the 2021 -2022 work plan during their January meeting and voted at their Februar y meeting for the proposed work plan. Most of the items on the work plan are standard such as public hearings for the CAPER and Annual Action Plan. Staff Julius provided and overview of the 2021-2022 work plan. Committee member Baruso moved to forward the 2021-2022 Human Services Commission Work Plan to the April 20, 2021 consent agenda for approval. Committee member Assefa-Dawson seconded. Motion passed. Interlocal Agreement with Public Health of Seattle-King County for the South King County Mobile Medical Program Staff Julius provided the background information. The City Council allocated $536,000 to the Human Services General Fund grants as part of the 2021-2022 budget. On November 17, 2020, City Council approved the Human Services grant recommendations, which included $8,000 per year for two years for Public Health of Seattle King County’s South King County Mobile Medical Program. On March 9, 2021 the PRHSPS committee moved to forward the proposed agreement and it was approved by the full Council on March 16, 2021. Staff Julius notified Public Health that it was approved and they could move forward with executing the contract. Public Health requested to make modifications to the agreement to reflect the provisions that were approved in the 2019-2020 funding cycle. The changes include a self-insurance clause and county, instead of agency. Committee member Assefa-Dawson moved to forward the proposed Interlocal Agreement to the March 20, 2021 consent agenda for approval. Committee member Baruso seconded. Motion passed. Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Chief Hwang provided the background information. They are seeking Committee and Council approval to accept an MOU contract for the JAG grant . This is an annua l grant and requires no matching funds. JAG funds support all components of the criminal justice system. The amount of the grant is $42,546.00. Committee member Baruso moved to forward the Fiscal Year 2020 JAG Grant to the April 20, 2021 consent agenda for approval. Committee member Assefa-Dawson seconded. Motion passed. Agreement Between the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) and the Federal Way Police Department to provide Grant Funding for Traffic Enforcement Chief Hwang provided the background information. The total amount of the grant is $2,500.00 and is used for reimbursement for overtime worked on distracted driving patrols. This agreement allows the City of Federal Way to put more police officers on the road; the agreement emphasizes distracted driving with the primary focus on people holding their cellphone or talking on their cellphone while driving. Committee member Assefa-Dawson moved to forward the proposed agreement for grant funds to the April 20, PARKS, RECREATION, HUMAN SERVICES & PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Summary Page 3 2021 City Council consent agenda for approval. Committee member Baruso seconded. Motion passed. 1st Quarter Public Safety Report Chief Hwang’s presentation included information on crime statistics for 1st Qtr. 2020 vs. 1st Qtr. 2021 and the projected numbers of crimes for 2021 vs. 2020. After Chief Hwang’s presentation there was a question and answer session with the Committee members, Council President Honda and Council members in attendance. Lakehaven Utility District Water Main Easement Staff Gerwen presented the background information. The easement is a result of a Public Works Safe Route to School project which includes expanding Southwest Dash Point road in front of Lakota Park. Because of this expansion, the Parks department will be able to expand and repave the parking lot. Because of t he expansion of the road and the sidewalks, the watermains have to be relocated out of the roadway onto city property. Committee member Baruso moved to forward the proposed agreement to the proposed water main easement with Lakehaven Utility District to the April 20, 2021 consent agenda for approval. Committee member Assefa-Dawson seconded. Motion passed. FWCC Waterslide Status – Information Only Staff Hutton reported that the approximately three years ago the staircase for the slide failed. Parks Maintena nce staff were able to do a temporary repair under the supervision of a Structural Engineer; he estimated that it would last for about one year. Staff carefully maintained it and it lasted for three years. It has now failed and the structure is no longer s afe and has been shut down. Staff is going to go out to bid and apply for an equity grant. The equity grant has a large allotment for aquatic facilities. The cost to repair the slide could be in excess of $500,000.00. Ordinance: Relating to Misdemeanor Possession of Controlled Substances; Adding New Section 6.1.130 to Chapter 6.10 FWRC Staff Rhoades provided the background information. Drug possession is prohibited by state law and until recently that enabled the Federal Way Police Department to enforce those laws and it preempted any city from establishing its own penalties for drug possession. A recent Washington State Supreme Court decision invalidated that state law because the state law did not require the state to prove that the defendant knew about the drugs. This made it so the state cannot currently enforce the criminal possession of controlled substances. This opens the opportunity that cities could do that. Staff is proposing an ordinance that is very similar to the state ordinance but it includes the work knowingly. This would make it unlawful for any person to knowingly possess a controlled substance other than marijuana without a prescription. Violating the law would be a gross misdemeanor. If this ordinance is enacted, it will allow the Federal Way Police Department to enforce illegal possession. Staff Rhoades stated that the situation is fluid; there are multiple bills in the state legislature. If those are enacted it would preempt the city from penalizing drug possession and the new state law would take precedence. There would be no financial impacts to the city immediately because the FWPD already investigates illegal possession of controlled substances and it’s already in their budget. There will be an increase on the load of the city’s prosecutors because this was not being prosecuted at the City level. At this point it can be handled internally but the prosecution demand may require another prosecutor. Prohibiting possession at the city level is very important; without this ordinance, possession of illegal drugs cannot be investigated or prohibited. Theft, violent crime and impaired driving and many other crimes have a direct correlation to the use of illegal drugs. Committee member Assefa-Dawson moved to forward the proposed ordinance to First Reading on April 20, 2021. Committee member Baruso seconded. Motion passed. PARKS, RECREATION, HUMAN SERVICES & PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Summary Page 4 Other None NEXT REGULAR MEETING May 11 , 2021 ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 6:54p.m.