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Formal Meeting
Thursday,November 7, 2024
5:00 p.m. — 7:35 P.m.
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APPROVED MINUTES
1. Convening the Meeting 5:00 PM
A. Call to order
— Clayton Scrivner
— Brianna Binnebose
— Ginger Cannon
— Samantha Finch
— Aaron Wiley
— Steve Bloch
— Michael Dodd
— Melanie Pehrson
— Talula Pontuti
— Kerri Nakamura
B. Chair Comments 5 mins
Mr.Scrivner shared he's excited for the CIP discussion today. He also commented on Ms. Nakamura's social media
post with the Mayor for the Central 9t" project she's been working on. He shared Central 9t"was one of the
projects he worked on when he was with the City.This is an example of what a City can do for itself with these
sorts of projects.
2. Approval of Minutes 5:05 PM
— Approve October 3, 2024 minutes. 5 mins
Ms. Binnebose motioned to approve the October meeting minutes. Ms. Cannon seconded the motion.The Board
unanimously voted to approve the October meeting minutes.
3. Public Comment 5:10 PM
— Verbal comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes; 15 minutes total. Written comments are
welcome.
No public comment.
4. Director's Report 5:35 PM
— Summary of current high-priority department items.—Kristin Riker 5 mins
Ms. Riker shared she's excited to be retiring this year. She said she will keep the Board updated on the progress of
finding a new Director. Mr.Scrivner shared he reached out to the Mayor's Administration asking how PNUT can
help with this transition. Ms. Riker said the City did a 7.0 earthquake exercise with 70 employees. It was a large-
scale event that was multi-jurisdictional. FEMA came and wrote up an evaluation of how the City did,which will be
available in about a month.One of the biggest takeaways was how important the communication between each
other was. Ms. Riker continued to discuss the earthquake simulation. Ms. Riker said the Department is working on
their Mayor 2025 goals. Some of the Mayor's goals are housing applicability, implementing and prioritizing family-
sized housing,division zero,capital projects,sports and entertainment district, education and culture district,the
Green Loop,growing water smart,and organizational efficiency and employee well-being.The staff will be
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presenting to the Mayor in mid-November in relation to these goals.Staff is also working on their 2025 budget
request,which she's hoping they will have ready for the Board to review at their retreat in January. Mr.Scrivner
asked to let them know when her proper send off will be to say goodbye. Ms. Riker said December 31"is her last
day.The Board and staff continued to discuss Ms. Riker's retirement.
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5. Staff Presentations, Updates&Discussions 5:40 PM
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A. Donations.—Tyler Murdock 20 mins
Ms. Larsen shared her screen to display the donations. Mr. Murdock reminded everyone last year, staff the Board
reevaluated how and when staff would bring donations.The discussion led to having the Board weigh in and have
discussions on donations with a larger impact or larger in size. Staff is open to a conversation today and whether
or not staff would come back to get a formal recommendation from the Board,though not required.
Curtis Park Asana Partners
This donation is located at Curtis Park and is partnership staff have been working on with the Asana Partners(AP)
at Foothill Village. Foothill Village is currently under construction. Mr. Murdock shared that Curtis Park was once
owned by AP back in the 1980s was a portion was given to the City, but they still own a portion of the park. AP is
looking to construct a breezeway through Foothill Village that comes into Curtis Park.This would improve the
community's connection to that space, more eyes on the park, and accessibility.The proposal would be construct
a staircase on their property, build connecting sidewalks through Curtis Park, and build another staircase
connecting the park to 2200 East. AP would build this as part of their development and then donate it to the City
as a completed project. Staff and AP are currently working through a long-term negotiations and donation
agreement. Mr. Millar added that this was a constituent CIP application from last year.The constituent drew up a
bunch of items they wanted to see happen in the park.The only thing that would be under this agreement and
donation is the staircase.The Board and staff continued to discuss the Curtis Park donation.
Ms. Cannon asked if there was a final design. Mr. Millar said AP are going to develop the final design before any
agreement in assigned. Ms. Cannon asked if there has been any public process for this. Mr. Millar said there will
not be a public process for design, but there will be a public information process between staff and AP going out
to the community councils and other groups. Ms. Cannon asked if they knew the value of the donation. Mr. Millar
said not yet. Ms. Cannon asked about curb and street access. Mr. Millar said there's already a curb cut that's
aligned with the proposed staircase alignment.The Board and staff continued to discuss the Curtis Park donation.
Mr. Murdock shared there was a sewer failure in Foothill Village this past week and discovered that the failure was
under the park,which is not great, but it was infrastructure that was put in before they donated that part to the
City and staff is working with a lot of old easement needs. Ms. Finch asked if they've spoken to community council
about what they might like to see. Mr. Millar said they haven't yet.
Mr. Murdock shared the next two donations are for the International Peace Gardens(IPG).They might not seem
like they're controversial or significant, but the reason staff is bringing them to the Board is because for the last
three years, staff has received a lot of requests to add or expand areas of the IPG.Staff has told people who have
expressed interest in donating or adding monuments to countries that staff would like to wait until there's a
comprehensive management plan for growth and expansion of the IPG. Staff has requested funding from the City
Council for the last three consecutive years and have not been awarded funding. Staff feels they've put these
donations off for too long now and are interested in the Board's feedback on whether staff should move forward
with these.
International Peace Gardens—Memorial Bench at the Korean Peace Garden
Ms. Larsen shared her screen to display the donation proposal for the memorial bench.This donation is for a
bench to the Korean Garden.The value is roughly$18,000 for the bench and is in memorial to their daughter who
passed away.While maintenance might be negligible, it's one of the big considerations staff is looking at when it
comes to donations.There has been a lot of vandalism in the IPG the last five years and it has cost the City
significant funding to repair donated art pieces that didn't have a maintenance obligation for the donor. In this
case,the donor has agreed to maintain the bench if vandalism occurs.This is something the Department is
interested in exploring for future donations, maintenance, and obligations from donors. Ms. Larsen added that the
Korean Garden Committee does support this donation. Ms.Cannon asked what the lifespan of the bench is. Mr.
Murdock is unsure, but it's something they'd address through a donation agreement process. Benches in general
capital have about a 15-year lifespan. Ms. Riker said the donation agreements usually state that if it is vandalized
or somehow destroyed, the City is not responsible to replace or repair.The Board and staff continued to discuss
the Memorial Bench at the Korean Peace Garden.
International Peace Gardens—Memorial Monument for the Genocide in Rwanda
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Ms. Larsen shared her screen to display the donation proposal for the memorial monument. Mr. Murdock shared
this has been a donation request staff has been putting on hold for about three years now.They've been having
conversations with a non-profit group, Rwandan Community Abroad (RCA-Utah). RCA-Utah anticipates the
donation would be around $55,000. Mr. Murdock thinks the donation would be fitting for the IPG, but staff has
not added a monument of this size for quite some time,which is why they wanted the Master Plan to help guide
them.There's not a Rwandan area in the IPG, but there is a section within the African garden that would be
considered for location—the location has not been determined. Ms. Nakamura said she likes the design and asked
if the landscaping anticipated in the project scope. Mr. Murdock does not believe so, but is something to consider
going through donation agreements. Ms. Cannon asked if there is any lighting associated with the project. Mr.
Murdock said no.
Mr. Bloch asked what the request of the Board for this donation is. Mr. Murdock said it's up to the Board on how
they'd like to proceed as a Board. Staff brought these donations to them because they are larger and significant.
The Board can discuss them further or make a recommendation or advise to hold off on the donations until a
master plan is in place. Mr. Bloch said if the Board is going to make a recommendation, it would be for the best to
discuss this further next meeting
Price Bench and Plaza Donation
Ms. Larsen shared her screen to display the Price Bench and Plaza donation. Mr. Murdock prefaced this is a
donation the Board may consider making an official recommendation on.This proposal came from Steve Price,a
trustee at the University of Utah (U of U),and was initially a bench donation on behalf of his mother. Mr. Price
worked with the U of U and had a bench placed in Dry Creek; it's a curious location and it's on U of U land. Mr.
Price would now like to build an art piece and plaza space associated with a native plant garden immediately
across from Popperton Park.The donor is wanting to build a small walkway that would connect the South
Popperton hiking trail to this plaza and a native plant garden that staff's botanists and ecologists have been with
on with the Price family. Mr. Murdock said that all of the vegetation, irrigation, path, and benches would be
donated to the City. Irrigation already exists along the street, but they would have to tie into water all the native
plants and trees that they plan to build.This donation is in the realm of$200,000.
Mr. Murdock said the Price family has done a lot of outreach to the neighbors in the area. He hasn't seen any
written report of that engagement, but the family has verbally said they have and that the community supports it.
Mr. Murdock said that is something that be considered because it's a significant change in this natural area. Mr.
Bloch said it's a curious location for a bench plaza. Mr. Murdock said it is curious, and the family chose this
location primarily for the views. Ms. Finch said she would feel more comfortable knowing whether or not the
community councils are aware of this. Mr. Murdock said he's happy to go back to the Price family and get some
written communication to share with the Board about the engagement that was done and perhaps, an approval or
a recommendation from the community council,too.The Board and staff continued to discuss the Price Bench
and Plaza Donation.
Ms. Cannon asked what the Board had decided regarding handling donations. Ms. Larsen said they removed a
dollar threshold because the donation amounts were so varied; some were just a couple$100.She said the Board
and staff had decided that staff would bring donations for the Board to review where staff felt like they needed
additional input. Ms. Cannon asked so they wouldn't necessarily accept these donations. Ms. Riker said
recommendations would go to the Mayor's Office,just like budget and CIP,the Board can have a voice in
recommendations the Department submits to the Mayor's Office.The Board and staff continued to discuss
donations. Ms. Finch shared she would like more information about engagement regarding some of these
donations before providing any sort of recommendation. Ms. Cannon said this is balance of not having master or
individual plans and having these sorts of donation proposals that chance the use or added maintenance. Mr.
Wiley asked if staff has a tool to score on what the impact would be. Mr. Murdock said no.The Board and staff
continued to discuss donations.
Ms. Pehrson said she would feel comfortable accepting the donations for the IPG. Mr. Murdock said he will bring
the Price Bench and Plaza Donation back for the Board to review. Ms. Riker said the donations will be an action
item. Ms. Binnebose said she doesn't feel ready to have an action agenda item for the Price Bench and Plaza as
she feels the Board needs more time to discuss it. Mr. Murdock said it's reasonable for him to reach out to the
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family to get answers to the questions the Board asked,and Ms. Larsen can share that in the packet next month
and can then determine when to have it on the agenda.The Board and staff continued to discuss donations.
B. Strategic Capital,Acquisition,and Asset Management Plan—Katherine Andra 10 mins
Ms. Andra introduced herself to the newer Board members.Staff is calling this plan SCAMP(Strategic Capital,
Acquisition,and Asset Management Plan). SCAMP will essentially outline how Public Lands can accomplish the
highest recommended strategy, policy,and action items from the Reimagine Nature Master Plan,which will then
recommend specific projects and objectives for Public Lands to pursue over the next 10 years. Staff has six major
goals they want to accomplish with this plan:
1. To maintain or improve the level of Public Land service in a growing capital city through property
acquisition and development and the improvement of existing properties.
- Staff completed a Needs Assessment in 2019 to capture how they're doing and since then,the City has
changed a lot.The plan is to do a data update to that Needs Assessment and the outputs would be based
on that data.
2. To achieve the five principal goals out of the Reimagine Nature Master Plan.
3. To develop a prioritization criterion and 5-10 year strategic capital project schedule for new projects,
replacement projects, and property acquisitions.
4. To align the Public Lands goals and outcomes with upcoming Citywide strategic planning efforts.
- There is a Capital Facilities Plan the City is working on as well as an Impact Fee Facilities Plan that looks at
how the City spends their impact fees,and then the Capital Improvement Program,goals and project
selection.
5. To algin Public Lands'needs and availability of future or current funding and potential future funding.
6. To be more of a living document that can be easily evaluated and updated internally on an annual basis to
be a tool for Public Lands to use into the future.
Ms.Andra said this plan will give specific recommendations for projects, improvements,and asset management
over the next 5-10 years. It will also provide tangible frameworks and tools for Public Lands to use adapt those
projects as needed within that first decade, and then also to use those same frameworks and tools in the future to
make strategic decisions about projects and funding.Staff is developing the plan is three phases: Capital Plan,
Asset Management Plan, and the Acquisition Plan.The goal is set staff up strategically to make funding requests,
prioritize improvements and maintenance projects,asset replacement needs,and capital projects.The Board and
staff continued to discuss SCAMP.
Ms.Andra said she's hoping to have a high-level of involvement from the Board. She thought maybe the Board
could form a SCAMP Committee or a workgroup to help staff with bigger decisions along the way. Capital, asset
management,and acquisition planning are pretty unique,and staff is lucky to have to internal staff experts. Ms.
Andra thinks it would be important to utilize the Board as community liaisons throughout the process. It is a
relatively internal facing process without a lot of broad community engagement because it will be based upon the
Reimagine Nature Plan. She would like the Board to consider forming a SCAMP committee. Ms. Nakamura said
forming a committee on the Board is an arduous process so she asked the Board is they would consider to do a
working group—this is something Ms. Nakamura would be interested in participating. Ms. Cannon agreed with
Ms. Nakamura and she thanked Ms.Andra for suggesting a committee. Ms. Cannon said she's interested in this
project and would like to volunteer her time in whatever form it takes. Ms. Cannon said maybe the consultant
could put together a draft committee to bring to the next meeting, but she also thinks the working group is a good
solution.The Board and staff continued to discuss SCAMP.
C. CIP Discussion.—Tom Millar 60 mins
Ms. Larsen shared her screen to display the constituent CIP applications. Mr. Millar explained that SCAMP is to
replace the one-off CIP requests where staff generates those ideas every August/September and present to the
Board. In the future,CIP and other budget requests will be based on the results of that plan. Mr. Millar said there
ended up being 11 constituent CIP eligible.The only one that is slightly tentative, depending on what Finance says,
is the Jordan Park Skatepark Expansion as the last couple years, the CDCIP and City Council have been picky on not
funding or considering eligible projects that are only planning and design that don't have any construction
funding,too. Ms. Finch asked about the 700 East project. Mr. Millar said it's the same project as last year, where
the constituent would like to put a garden on the westside of 700 East Community Garden,which is just a couple
blocks south of the Liberty Wells Community Garden.These community gardens typically partner with Wasatch
Community Gardens and last year they said they didn't have the capacity to take this on if it were funded. Ms.
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Pontuti expressed concern about having all community gardens go through one group to give everyone equal
access.The Board and staff continued to discuss the 700 East Community Garden.
Ms. Finch asked about the dots indicating design and construction on Riverside Basketball Court Renovation. Mr.
Millar said it would be about$450,000 for design and construction,which is about how much the basketball court
was a Liberty. Ms. Finch asked about the Concord St.to Alzheimer's Jordan River Cleanup. Mr. Millar said that the
development of that vacant parcel on the westside of the river, as well as the bridge across the river, staff doesn't
think that the City would permit another bridge—this would be a fourth bridge in a one block radius. Mr. Millar
said it could be a smaller application that's more about cleanup and activation in that area.The Board and staff
continued to discuss Constituent CIP.
Ms. Finch asked about the Fisher Mansion Restoration project. Mr. Millar said it's the Friends of Fisher Mansion
Group.There have been lots of discussions about what to include for a budget amount and Mr. Millar said he
thinks they're trying to make it politically palatable in terms of dollars, but still have an impact to restore it to it's
former glory. Ms. Pontuti asked what public access looked like before it was shut down. Mr. Millar said the City
purchase the mansion around 2006-2007, before that it was a rehabilitation center run by Catholic community
services, before that it was a convent for Catholic nuns and before that it was the home of the founder of Fisher
Brewery. It hasn't had public use since the City acquired it.The Board and staff continued to discuss the Fisher
Mansion project.
Mr. Bloch asked about funding for the Forest at Bonneville. Mr. Millar said this project will be an interesting way
of getting funded because the land is currently owned by the Golf Enterprise fund and staff cannot use impact
fees to purchase property from Golf,even if it would add a level of service.The property would have to purchased
with general fund dollars or some sort of swap. Mr. Millar said he doesn't think the build out of the space would
be too expensive relative to other sites of similar size because the community does enjoy the natural forest feel of
the space. Ms. Riker said it has been done in the past to purchase golf property,especially in the event was Golf
was in the red and the City paid them out of the red and Golf would give the City land. Even though the City owns
all the Golf property,Golf is still it's own enterprise.You can't use impact fees to pay yourself.The Board and staff
continued to discuss the Forest at Bonneville project.
Ms. Larsen shared her screen to display the internal CIP applications. Mr. Millar said there are nine internal
applications, six of which are programmatic as in they're not specific to one site, but more a type of infrastructure
that needs to be built or replaced in multiple locations. Mr. Millar said the project descriptions are intentionally
vague so if the Board has input as to which ones to prioritize over others,that would be helpful to staff.The
bolded locations are included in other programmatic requests.There are probably six to seven parks that have
multiple needs to replacement and repairs. Mr. Millar said maybe the suggestion from the Board could be to
replace all the parts at once for those six to seven parks. Mr. Millar gave a high overview description of the six
programmatic projects based on the Board's feedback last month.The Board and staff continued to discuss the
programmatic internal CIP applications.
In regards to the Restroom CIP application, Ms. Finch asked if this was piggybacking off the constituent CIP
application that was funded this past year. Mr. Millar said staff doesn't necessarily expect that if this project gets
approved next year,that come September 111,staff will be designing something, but it gives staff the flexibility in
having the funding already—staff is trying to avoid waiting for funding and to maintain the momentum because
you don't have to spend the funding from CIP right away,from the pilot bathrooms. It will give staff funding to fix
items in need of repair or replacing.The rough CIP funding expiration date is three years.The Board and staff
continued to discuss the programmatic internal CIP applications.
Mr. Millar shared the Events and Special Events Teams identified parks they think are most capable to hosting
events to avoid the same parks being used again and again.The Better Event/Power Infrastructure application
includes adding some amenities to additional parks to better support events.The goals of this application are to
reduce the maintenance impacts of concentrated events, reduce costs for organizers, and activate other parks in
the City. Ms. Cannon asked in terms of equity of the design of the pavilions and who they're planning on
accommodating—meaning it's serving the most people or the people who are reserving them most. Mr. Millar
shared he attended a session at the American Society of Landscape Architects Conference, and they discussed
common questions they asked in our park surveys and how different languages responded to those questions.
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One of the questions was, "what is a park?"and the responses were very different based on the language the
individual spoke.The Board and staff continued to discuss the Event/Power Infrastructure application. Mr. Millar
continued to highlight the internal CIP applications the Board discussed last month.
Mr. Millar shared either last year or the year before,staff did some repairs at the Liberty Park Lake and had to
empty the lake. He said whenever there's a break,staff really can only patch up the aeration system to keep the
water quality good.Anytime there's an algae bloom, Public Utilities says no water can be put back into the lake.
This application is two part.The first part is dredging because there's so much sediment built up, it's very hard for
the aeration system to actually work.The second part is to replace the aeration system.Staff estimates the new
aeration system would be about$200,000.The Board and staff continued to discuss the Liberty Park Lake internal
application.
Ms. Finch asked when there's a joint departmental projects, if the Board ranks them,and the other department
doesn't put the request forward, if that would somehow negatively impact the chances of funding. Mr. Millar said
Public Utilities could write a letter of support for this project. Ms. Finch asked if this project is just on Public Land's
list. Mr. Millar said Public Utilities doesn't apply for CIP so staff is not competing against them. Ms. Pehrson asked
if there's something that could be built into this project to reduce potential maintenance in the future. Mr. Millar
said yes, and in most of the applications, staff is making the casing or replacing or fixing issues wholesale to reduce
the amount of time and money that needs to put in every week or month just to maintain failing infrastructure.
The Board and staff continued to discuss the Liberty Lake application.The Board and staff continued to discuss
internal CIP applications.
Mr. Bloch asked about prioritization techniques. He brought up the Green Loop and that's one big ticket project,
but there are more other projects they could do with that funding. Ms. Cannon said that's why the Board adds
comments to their rankings to explain the reasoning behind how members rate projects. Ms. Cannon said it also
puts parameters around their discussions regarding projects. Ms. Binnebose said the Board will still have time to
discuss their rankings at the December meeting, but the timeframe for ranking and submitting comments is
compressed. Ms. Binnebose asked for people to more detailed in their comments. Ms. Finch shared she looks at
impact fees versus general funds on projects to help with her ranking.The Board and staff continued to discuss CIP
applications and rankings.
Ms. Finch asked about the Native Plant project. Mr. Millar said it's still on the spreadsheet that was in the packet,
and after last month's discussion with the Board and were priorities they moved lower.The reason why they were
included in the big project list from last time is that it was a previous year's application that did not get funded.
Staff had a property intended for that project if it were to be funded and because it wasn't funded, that property
now being used for something else. If staff does a Native Plant center, staff would need to find property for it first.
It's a project that's not as fleshed out as the other ones.The Board and staff continued to discuss CIP applications.
Ms. Finch asked Ms. Binnebose for next steps. Ms. Binnebose said there are two forms, two processes similar to
last year.The Board will rank constituent and internal applications separately. December 51"is a flexible date, but
ideally Board members will submit their prioritizations that morning. She also asked for members to submit their
comments on rankings so the Communications Committee can begin drafting the letter.The Communications
Committee will have a draft letter ready to present at the December 51"meeting.All suggested edits for the letter
need to be submitted by end of business day on December 91"to have revisions cleaned up by the 101"for the
Board to deliver it to staff before the close of business day on the 101". Ms. Binnebose emphasized these are hard
deadlines.The Board and staff continued to discuss their CIP process.The Communications Committee will send
out calendar invites with reminders.
D. Staff Updates.—Ashlyn Larsen 5 mins
Ms. Larsen shared that staff has a new events calendar and people can subscribe to the calendar to have the
events populate on their own calendars. She shared her screen to display the new calendar. She shared you can
also filter by event type—community,volunteer,engagement, and Park Ranger. Ms. Larsen said she's working on
the Division Director updates to the Board and asked since Ms. McCain,the Communications and Engagement
Director,will be out when they originally planned on presenting, to have her present in December. Ms. Larsen also
suggested having the Parks update at the retreat in January. Ms. Larsen suggested an agenda topic for the
December meeting to begin scheduling the January agenda.She proposed having the retreat at the Carriage
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House and changing the meeting date to January 91"since January 2"d is right after the holidays and people may
still be on vacation.The Board liked that idea of rescheduling the retreat to January 9th.The last item is chair and
vice-chair nominations.The Board and staff continued to discuss the January retreat.
6. Board Discussion 7:15 PM
A. Committee Reporting 10 mins
Communications Committee
Their update was presenting the CIP process and steps for ranking and the letter of support. Ms. Binnebose sent
out calendar invite reminders.
Urban Trails Committee
Ms. Cannon said in their meeting they discussed available resources to identify urban trails.Their notes are in
their Google folder.They want to meet with staff to get a better understanding of the urban trail system and asks
further questions to then better refine their SMART goal.
Foothills Trails Committee
Mr. Bloch said they've spent time talking to Mr. Murdock to discuss where staff is with an MOU they are working.
Staff shared their vision. Staff and the Committee discussed making a technical advisory committee and working
group. Mr. Bloch said they would like to get more members on the Committee.The Board discussed reviewing
committee membership at the retreat.
Jordan River Trail Committee
Ms. Pehrson said the Committee hasn't met. She is working on scheduling a meeting with staff.
B. Board comments and question period 10 mins
Ms. Pehrson asked Ms. Riker about the Jordan River closure at North Temple. It's open during the day now, but
she asked if Parks was involved with that. Ms. Riker said she can find out about getting more information.The
Board and staff continued to discuss the North Temple closures.
C. Next meeting: December 5, 2024
D. Request for future agenda items
Ms. Riker said staff would like to present their budget for the next fiscal year.The Board discussed having the
presentation done in January so the Board could write a letter.The Board and staff continued to discuss the
budget presentation.
Ms. Finch motioned to adjourn the meeting. Ms. Pontuti seconded the motion.The Board unanimously voted to
adjourn the meeting.
7. Adjourn 7:35 PM