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The Council passed a motion on October 16th to vote on condemnation rights for <br />property acquisition on November 6`h. A friendly letter went out on October 17th <br />notifying property owners of the hearing on November 6`h. Legal notice has also gone <br />out to property owners and business owners, anyone affected by the acquisition. City <br />staff is also undertaking direct outreach to all affected businesses. Heartland, our real <br />estate consultant has had some conversations with owners. We do expect some amount <br />of litigation through this process. We will also notify the neighborhoods surrounding the <br />sites. <br />c. Prepare for November 6 Condemnation Hearing <br />The Committee discussed testifying at the November 6 Council meeting. Kathleen <br />Wilson offered to speak about the Public Works facility. Other focus areas include <br />process, sites, data. Tod Bookless offered to speak about the process, and the data - <br />oriented decisions. Jerry Thornton can talk about how this fits into the overall scheme of <br />RFA and facilities studies. Will Gillispie can talk about how these are difficult decisions <br />and how people will be impacted, but these are important legacy decisions that will <br />transform and benefit our community. Our community needs to adapt as changes occur <br />such as adding light rail to the community. Plan on 2-3 minutes, no more than 5, during <br />the agenda item itself. It won't be the first item on the agenda, so plan to eat ahead of <br />time. The meeting is at 7 pm November 6. <br />d. Cancel December? <br />The group discussed and decided to cancel the December meeting. Joe Duffie made a <br />motion to cancel the December meeting. Jerry Thornton seconded, the motion passed. <br />We will discuss the November 6 meeting at the November meeting, and staff will give <br />an update on the site acquisition process. The Committee will meet in January, and <br />prepare for another presentation to Council in February. The new Council President may <br />change which Councilmembers serve on the Siting Advisory Committee when they <br />assume the Council President role in January. <br />e. Update on December Open House <br />The next open house is scheduled for December 2"d. Mia asked the group if they would <br />rather have the open house in the morning or the afternoon. The group preferred <br />morning, from 10 -noon, like we did in March. The open house will be at the Water <br />District 125/Valley View Sewer District community room. It would be wise to prepare for <br />unhappy people. <br />This open house will share project progress between August 2017 and November 2017. <br />The open house presents an opportunity to share project progress and <br />accomplishments at the one-year mark. <br />• Open House material will help Tukwila participants understand: <br />o Share individual updates on Stations 51/52/54, the Justice Center, and <br />the public works facility <br />