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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJuly 8 2024 MinutesPage | 1 MINUTES Seventh Meeting - Healthier Together Task Force – Jefferson County Summary Meeting Minutes July 8, 2024 – 6:00 p.m. Jefferson County Commissioners Chambers In-person for members – The public is not allowed – Zoom available Task Force members in attendance: District 1: Todd McGuire District 1: Nancy Speser District 2: Celeste Schoenthaler District 2: Jim Scarantino District 3: Adele Govert District 3: Lynne Hovde At Large Member (Jefferson Aquatic Coalition rep): Cray Henry At Large Member (Jefferson Aquatic Coalition rep): Mary Rothschild Additional attendees included: Commissioner Greg Brotherton, Facilitator Diane McDade, JeffCo Aquatic Coalition President Carrie Hite, Director of Parks and Recreation Strategy for City of Port Townsend Wendy Bart, Executive Director for North Olympic YMCA 1. Commissioner Greg Brotherton called the mee�ng to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. Greg discussed the agenda and there were no changes. He started the mee�ng with an icebreaker ques�on. 3. Todd McGuire presen�ng the HTTF spreadsheet. He encouraged everyone to start on the email tab he created. • He asked the question whether the Task Force should rely on the estimate provided by Sprung or question the number. There was discussion about asking Trish Drew because her lifecycle cost estimate for Sprung was created without any input from Sprung. Also, one member noted it was a sales pitch. • Todd wanted to confirm the follow-up number from Sprung, and Wendy did send that out to everyone. Page | 2 • Wendy Bart clarified the State Department of Commerce grants that may be available: 1. Building Communities grant is for nonprofit facility operators and is up to 25% of the total cost. This grant is reserved for facilities which offer a diversity of activities. 2. Youth Athletic Facilities: Up to 25% of the facility with a cap of 1.2M for those facility activities that support youth programming. • Todd then went to the aquatics tab. • One member suggested getting a ROM number from Myrtha. Todd then discussed all tabs and went into the Opsis report tab. Todd stated that he used the operational numbers from the current usage of Mountain View Pool as provided by the YMCA. Several members didn’t agree with that methodology because a new pool will generate far greater usage resulting in both greater associated costs (labor, pool chemicals) and user generated revenue. Wendy Bart confirmed both the expense and revenue numbers from the Ballard King portion of the Opsis report stating that those numbers most closely matched the Sequim YMCA pool numbers. Wendy worked with Ken Ballard on this portion. Todd then presented the project delivery methods. Governmental entities would have to get state permission to use any method except design/bid/build. Todd favored the integrated project (IPD) which spreads risk, and allows for being able to walk away from the contractor, if necessary. 4. Cray Henry presented his PowerPoint presentation. Following discussion, two findings were agreed upon by the Task Force: 1. Our community needs a new public aquatic facility. It will be critical for Jefferson County, City of Port Townsend, and multiple stakeholders to collaborate because our community cannot financially operate two separate aquatic facilities. 2. There are viable site locations in Tri-Area (Port Hadlock, Irondale, and Chimacum) that are more accessible to a larger portion of the Jefferson County community than the Mountain View site. Cray discussed designing a facility to a range of $24-25M and presented a possible timeline. Everyone thought it was important to have a positive communications plan Countywide and confirmed a PFD was the best tool. Matt Simms from South Whidbey Parks and Rec will share their survey with us. JAC may work with the County to develop a plan to survey County residents. The Task Force also acknowledged the limited time and impact they can have and encouraged the County to utilize another group to start implementation, whether that is a PFD board, JAC, or another entity. 5. Ac�on Items and Closing remarks: None 6. Commissioner Brotherton adjourned the mee�ng at 8:10 p.m.