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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 22, 2024 Page 8 1 Mayor Webster asked Council for an implementation date. Mr. Sam Diehl, the attorney for 2 Tibyan Center, stated the plan itself could include proposed timelines. Councilmember Jenson 3 stated there needs to be confidence it won't be two years from now. Mr. Sam Diehl, the attorney 4 for Tibyan Center, stated it would be reasonable to say for summer of 2025. Mr. Hussein stated 5 the plan must work. 6 7 City Attorney Lindgren suggested adding language to be completed during the 2025 growing 8 season which would mean September instead of June 2025. Mayor Webster summarized the plan 9 would be delivered by October 29, 2024, and the plan would be implemented by September 1, 10 2025. 11 12 Mayor Webster asked if the cost of the plan would be included in the plan. Mr. Hussein stated 13 they will work with City staff to include everything in the plan that is required. Mayor Webster 14 suggested wording be added to the Condition to include the cost of the plan and the security 15 deposit. City Attorney Lindgren noted the wording to be added to the Condition. He stated what 16 happens if it is not completed by the due date and suggested a PUD development agreement be 17 developed or ask the developer for a security deposit. 18 19 The Council continued the discussion of Condition #5. Mr. Hussein stated the architect's plan 20 projected a playground at the back of the building. They requested that condition #5 be removed 21 due to financial restrictions. When they are ready to construct the playground, they will submit 22 plans to the City. They could create a plan but would not be able to enact that plan. 23 24 Mayor Webster stated a playground is a necessity for a facility serving youth. Mr. Hussein stated 25 they would be creating a plan that would not be implemented because of lack of resources. The 26 plan for a future playground may be entirely different from a plan submitted now. He offered 27 that once Tibyan Center is ready to move forward with building a playground, the plans will be 28 submitted to the City for approval. Mr. Silman, Board Member, stated they do want to build a 29 playground but currently they do not have a plan or funds to do this. They are acting to get funds 30 for a playground. It would be a problem if the Council set a deadline for building a playground. 31 32 Mayor Webster asked when they think they could afford to build a playground. Mr. Hussein 33 stated there are many costs associated with opening the Center which have more priority than 34 building a playground now. Construction costs increase so a plan for a playground now including 35 costs is not feasible and it is too early to create a playground plan. Mr. Silman, Board Member, 36 stated he worked on a plan for another playground and worked to obtain grants. That process 37 took two years. 38 39 Councilmember Doolan stated she appreciates the Tibyan Center is open to having a playground 40 for the entire community. She understands what it takes to create a playground. As long as this is 41 a long-term plan, and it is available to the community, that is good. Mr. Hussein stated the 42 Tibyan Center is looking at other ways to partner with the City on projects. They need more time 43 for a playground and to come back with a proposal is necessary. 44 45 Councilmember Jenson stated there needs to be a target date. Mr. Hussein stated they would like 46 at least a two-year time period to create a plan that could be adopted.