On 24 January, 2022 I emailed the Mayor Mahoney with my preferences as Committee assignments.
Mayor,
For 2022 I would like to make the following committee assignment requests:
1. I would like to be assigned to the Municipal Facilities Committee or
the Economic Development Committees. Either is fine.
2. I would like to remain on Environment. We treat it as 'the storm
water utility' but it ties in with a broader environmental discussion,
including the Flood Control District I was recently appointed to and
Saltwater State Park that is a key part of the de-armoring discussion
with WRIA-9 and Midway Sewer, etc.
3. I would also certainly like to remain on Transportation. But if
moving to either of those committees makes that necessary, that is a
slot I would give up.
4. If necessary I would be happy to give my slot on the Waterland/DDM to another colleague at this time. Obviously, Gene has a connection with that group. Same with SKHHP. I am very interested in the discussion, but am happy to give that to another to balance opportunities.
5. I would like to be named to the Highline Forum for (hopefully)
obvious reasons. Mayor Pina, you and I actually discussed my being the
alternate in 2020 but for whatever reason that did not happen.
A couple of other things:
1. I have no desire to 'hog' things. But some of us simply have more
-time- and interest. Eg. I dunno why Anthony was only on the PSEM
Committee, but apart from anything else, as far as I could tell he
performed that one thing well and I offer more time in that spirit.
Some people like Harry and Jeremy have full time gigs and may not have
the requisite -time- to dive in.
2. My main goals with Municipal Facilities are these:
a. It's time to consider a Marina Advisory Committee be spun off
from the MFC. It's not a great look having a quorum of CMs at every DMMA meeting for the foreseeable future. The City has functionally been
conducting business in that DMMA space since the beginning of the
redevelopment process. Dan, Beth Anne and Michael have presented
information there -before- it gets to the Council. Having an Advisory
Committee would bring the DMMA to the City and offer a better
opportunity for the public to engage on the development process. No
matter how welcoming Bill tries to be, it's a bit much to ask the
general public to beg permission to attend monthly meetings--or even
know what's to be discussed. I -believe- they support that, but
regardless, it's time given the significance for the entire community.
b. I assume the web site fits into MFC. Or it kinda should. Like any building project, to do what needs doing will be an ongoing discussion.
Sincerely
---JC
Here are the final choices posted 8 March, 2022 (after the Council vacancy was filled by Vic Pennington on 3 March, 2022.)
