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MEMORANDUM
Date: November 29, 2021
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
Through: Kelly DiMartino, Interim City Manager
From: Tyler Marr, Assistant City Manager
Re: November 23 Work Session Summary: Hughes Land Update
Background
On November 23, 2021, City Council held a work session to discuss an update on the Hughes
Land Acquisition and Future Uses.
The mayor and all six councilmembers were present via Zoom, and Tyler Marr was the
presenting staff.
Direction Sought
1. Does City Council support moving forward with hybrid-financing, including relevant
Council decisions and consistent with the recommendation of Council Finance
Committee, to acquire the property?
2. Does City Council support the recommended approach that staff partner with an external
resource for the community engagement process to determine the future land use of the
site?
Key Points of Discussion
Councilmembers were broadly supportive of both the hybrid-financing approach and the
plan to utilize a 3rd party to assist with the outreach process to determine community
desire and needs of the site for future land use.
There was an interest expressed in preserving access to existing uses, such as disc golf
and sledding. Staff confirmed intention to do this once land was acquired as part of
interim management strategy.
Related to funding, there was interest in ensuring that the General Fund would pay for the
proposed outreach, and that financing adoption language should be broad enough to
allow for payment of multiple possible funding sources (even potentially beyond Natural
Areas and General Funds) based on land use determination.
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Council sought confirmation that the group(s) involved with the ballot measure will
intentionally be included in the outreach process.