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Parks & Recreation Department - Fete Mayyer, Director
Thomas McLeod, Mayor
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PARK COMMISSION
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January 14th, 2026 5:30pm Tukwila Community Center
Call to Order: Commissioner Sean Albert called the meeting to order at 5:31 pm.
Attendance: Commissioners —Sean Albert, Gina Bernhardt -Nielsen, Roby Snow,
Greg Hammond, Graham Mills
Staff —Kris Kelly, Matthew Austin
Other:
Approval of Minutes: 1st Roby, 2nd Kathleen
Approval of Agenda: 1st Roby, 2nd Gina
Special Presentations:
Citizen Comment: Comment by Pinky Estell advising as a resident to the parks commission that the arts commission
intends to move forward with a draft letter to the council recommending a resolution to move forward with the Tukwila
Pond Masterplan in some form or another.
Business Items:
5. New Business
a. Bylaws
i. Commission reviewed bylaws regarding the purpose of the parks commission as an advisory
board to the council and commission elections.
b. Election
i. Parks commissioners selected Gina Bernhardt -Nielsen, as the chair, and Graham Mills as Vice -
Chair, both were elected after initial nomination
c. 2026 Park Commission Work Plan
i. Parks commission brainstormed areas of focus for the park commission work plan
ii. City staff will create a draft for review and adoption for the next park commission meeting.
d. Sport Court Mural update
i. Matthew provided an update of the project and how it's currently going through an art call out
with the arts commission while staff simultaneously generates an call out for the installation for
the proposed mural.
e. Parks Commission budget planning
i. Spoke in regards to how to spend the commission budget, will work with Micheal may to get a
table cloth for tabling events with P&R providing a logo'd pop up tent.
f. Budget Sustainability — Kris Kelly
i. Kris went over the cities efforts with budget sustainability.
g. Park Planning update -
i. PROS Plan — Standing item — Kris Kelly
Tukwila City Hall' • 6200 Southcenter Boulevard '• Tukwila,, WA 98. 88 • 206- 1800• Website: Tuk wilaW . a'v
1. Update on PROS plan efforts and that a draft will be available for review soon.
ii. Trails Masterplan - Standing item — Matthew Austin
1. Update on where we are at with draft document
iii. TCC Campus Master Plan — Standing Item — Matthew Austin
1. Update and the campus masterplan efforts
h. 2026 Agenda
1. 2/11
a. 2026 Commission Work Plan finalization
b. Budget sustainability
Unfinished Business
6. Reports of Commissioners/Announcements
a. none
7. Agenda for Next Meeting
i. Commission Team Building Activity
ii. 2026 Commission Work Plan
iii. Budget Sustainability
8. Adjournment
Other:
Adjournment: The meeting was closed at 7:02 pm.