CC Min 2024 11 19MOSES LAKE CITY COUNCIL
November 19, 2024
CALL TO ORDER
The special meeting of the Moses Lake City Council was called to order at 3:40 p.m. by Mayor
Swartz in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center with audio remote access. Special notice for
remote attendance and citizen comments were posted on the meeting agenda.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Swartz; Deputy Mayor Madewell; Council Members Lombardi, Skaug, Fancher,
Martinez, and Myers. Mayor Swartz left the meeting at 5:45 p.m.
#1 Repeal Desert Point Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Area
City Attorney Katherine Kenison reviewed Councils action of adopting the TIF on May
14, 2024, by Ordinance 3048. The ordinance will need to be repealed in order to
eliminate further obligations of process, since the Council no longer wishes to use
bonding capacity for building a roundabout for this project.
Several Council expressed that there are opportunities for development in the community
without tying up bonding capacity. Additional process questions were answered by legal
near the end of meeting.
Developer Ben Hawkins provided comments in person and Developer Kevin Edwards
provided comments remotely. They feel a reimbursement agreement with the city could
be presented in lieu of bonding with no risk to the city, that development will be slower
with no TIF in place, and that the main advantage for a TIF in the city is to accelerate
sales tax revenues. The project is expected to take ten years to complete, and they will not
break ground until they have development agreements in place with end users. They may
have some mitigation requirements from the State Department of Transportation who has
a pending review of access impact to SR-17 traffic.
#2 Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell Government Relations (GTH-Gov) Presentation
GTH-Gov Partner Briahna Murray presented in person to advocate for selection of her
company to provide state level lobbyist services. She provided a slide deck to illustrate
the number of staff they have, their experience, and strategies used with State
Legislatures in Olympia.
#3 Water Resource Committee (WRC) Presentation
WRC staff contributed materials for the presentation from Water Services Manager Chad
Strevy and Utility Services Manager Jessica Cole. The slide deck contained conservation
statistics on reduced water production from 2020 to 2024, residential customer education
stops for conservation, causes of leaks, billing mitigation process, Beacon meter
installation schedule, consumption by user class April 2023 to September 2024, excess
use analysis, zoned metering, and options for spending excess use funds and
WaterSMART grant.
Council and staff discussed goals of conservation, future solutions for potable water,
growth impacts, aquifer preservation, grant funds at work to get farming off groundwater,
public awareness of conservation results, white paper of success on social media, priority
for staff option of spending excess use funds, excess use rates, status of acquiring various
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water rights, and signs recognizing conservation locations.
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Director Doug Coutts reviewed the proposed
xeriscape plans for 2025 for their first three projects, summarized parks they are moving
to lake water irrigation, and consideration to repurpose grassy areas.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Deputy Mayor Madewell called an Executive Session from 6:35 p.m. to 8:03 p.m. to discuss
qualifications of applicants for public employment pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1) subsection (g)
and there will be no action to follow.
ADJOURNMENT
The regular meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
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Dustin Swartz, Mayor
ATTEST____________________________
Debbie Burke, City Clerk
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