PSPSAC 2017-11-29 Item 4 - Approval of 10/25/17 Minutes

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