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A commission member moved to approve the agenda as written and another member seconded the motion; the chair called for the voice vote and the commission responded \"Aye.\" The meeting then moved to approval of the Jan. 15 minutes. A motion to approve the minutes was made and seconded; the chair called for a voice vote and the commission responded \"Aye.\" The meeting minutes and agenda approvals were entered by voice; no roll-call or numeric vote tally was recorded in the transcript.

Ending: The meeting proceeded to public comments and staff updates after the two voice votes were recorded.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Community Engagement Commission - February 19, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Community Engagement Commission unanimously approved the Feb. 19 meeting agenda and the Jan. 15 meeting minutes by voice vote; both approvals were recorded without a roll-call tally.","taxTitle","Liberty Lake, Spokane County, Washington","taxId",52172,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6121371,"Commission discusses monthly events calendar, separate youth-sports poster and a proposed town-hall workshop with council",1458,4022000,5480000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2703015-f32ea875e40210de83ed9edd1445941d&start=4022&end=5480","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2703015-f32ea875e40210de83ed9edd1445941d/thumbnail_4022000.jpg","/articles/6121371/Liberty-Lake/Spokane-County/Washington/Commission-discusses-monthly-events-calendar-separate-youth-sports-poster-and-a-proposed-town-hall-workshop-with-council","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6121371-b5e3f58e9a71b9978d12f8c3eea717e2/orig.mp4?Expires=1773637241&Signature=jk~20saza92oYoEOiPBEjr0smuAZJC9akmV0ptAzHfL7YWSg~yDQB6DdzfhHhs0zoMg3ScGlaqgn6U37wiJYNEW4TZdM3oNqFx75AQ0TJDp7TyogjDrHcMbIyrbcgQJmYWi5eCUBZPEbk1bwbGYq-NP5bHNrGuv6Rj6dND~V8hPJHU~uoctgmEEI6i6e4k~HPDtj83BGHL1rPe8Fx8XjgQGOCfn1TIXfRFtKW2MkZS2O3tBc~FHf~FWI1OqWmkwEB-vz2Mw5YanPz5JS6x9oEkR2XQBYrZ0FUaOL3GZ~viXncWspagCF9d7bqki11XgIvFdhdX0dfetBNSnw7pFmvg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Commission members and city staff discussed the summer events calendar design and logistics and a possible town-hall workshop with city council at the Feb. 19 meeting.

Mark Sava and other commissioners suggested shifting from a two-month poster to a one-month calendar so the layout can use larger type and include more Liberty Lake-specific events. Commissioners also supported creating a separate, focused poster for youth sports and recreation to free space on the main community calendar.

Staff and commissioners discussed ways to increase community engagement through the calendar: rotating kid artwork or a community photo on the monthly poster, QR codes linking to calendar details, and distributing smaller refrigerator-size inserts. Mark offered to prepare a mock-up for one month's layout and David said staff would coordinate distribution. \"If we take it to one month, we can go and take out the sports,\" one commissioner said, summarizing the design trade-offs.

City council workshop and town hall: the commission discussed scheduling a workshop with council to plan a town-hall event. David said he heard council was looking at March 18 but recommended an April workshop to allow more preparation time; he proposed April 8 as a possible hour-long workshop. \"To me, the why needs to direct the tactic of the town hall,\" David said, urging the commission to define objectives (for example, a \"Transparency 2\" theme) before staff schedule or advertise an event.

Next steps: commissioners agreed to present a short report to council on March 4 to request a workshop and to supply proposed themes and a draft calendar mock-up. Staff will prepare the calendar mock-up (Mark) and examine splash-insert and distribution costs for a refrigerator-sized handout.","The commission debated moving to a month-by-month community-events poster, creating a separate youth-sports poster and asked staff to seek a council workshop (proposed April 8) on town-hall planning and transparency themes.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6121374,"City reports community-satisfaction survey progress; mailings, mayor video boosted daily responses",816,3191000,4007000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2703015-f32ea875e40210de83ed9edd1445941d&start=3191&end=4007","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2703015-f32ea875e40210de83ed9edd1445941d/thumbnail_3191000.jpg","/articles/6121374/Liberty-Lake/Spokane-County/Washington/City-reports-community-satisfaction-survey-progress-mailings-mayor-video-boosted-daily-responses","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6121374-305e4e40e3c9fc53777e06ca6c82a923/orig.mp4?Expires=1773637241&Signature=fjxyHf-27K8ZMyyDEPDIsM6gEqS5dDWOFYY7L~SMG1W6VI~Ae-X0JpaOX5dD~UZc1uldkB9a0s2MpFVCYjSJpXivlWfNg2FKIGDs04LGu1omN~02YpW9I3Za4czR64Gzo7xrvZbdQdr60ZrzW0n0Gmg3tz9RQFsV40yvqHOkLzDGoi2pkyCsJEj4OhKQlzPnW4QK~mP8u5uQb7-Eho7-YeBy1u6OKUXbmhYnt8n7n7~1qybFyJh423c~ewwlB~Rw8gYspC1ysHzNOqbUk15hd95BqA9BLHVOQrQlowmYEDEYe7kVD8MWG3ahHp8733f~m~~FwlULk4cVRtYva5rMBw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A city staff member, David, updated the Community Engagement Commission on the community-satisfaction survey at the Feb. 19 meeting.

David said the city mailed two waves of postcards with survey access codes: the first mailing (1,479 addresses) went out Jan. 14 and a second mailing (1,754 addresses) went out Feb. 3, for a total of 3,233 households receiving a survey invitation. He told commissioners the overall return rate stood at about 6.6 percent after the second mailing and that the initial single-wave response had been a little over 7 percent.

David asked commissioners to review results already posted from the 2024 survey if they wanted to see completed results: \"If you wanna see results, look at the publicly available 2024 community satisfaction survey results,\" he said.

Promotions and response patterns: staff recorded short spikes after promotional efforts. David said a video message from the mayor correlated with increased daily responses — \"Response rates went up to 14\" and then about 11 the next day after the mayor's video, he said — and staff plan additional reminders and social posts. He said one follow-up video from the mayor is prepared and will be posted at an appropriate time to encourage late responses.

Closing timeline and response gaps: staff said the current target date to close the survey is March 30 and that they will continue weekly reminders. David reported a notable underrepresentation of apartment residents among respondents and asked commissioners to encourage neighbors in multiunit housing to participate. He also noted the city can help residents who lose or misplace their access codes by phone and that library staff can assist residents without internet access.

Next steps and commissioner participation: staff invited commissioners to help with outreach and offered to record short testimonial videos from commissioners to encourage participation. The city will continue to post reminders on social media, keep the Zen City link and comp-plan resources available, and accept phone requests to reissue access codes.","City staff reported on two mailed waves of community-satisfaction postcards and online response trends, noted uneven response from apartment dwellers and set a March 30 target to close the survey.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6121379,"Liberty Lake staff roll out story maps and short surveys to kick off comprehensive-plan engagement",2703,249000,2952000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2703015-f32ea875e40210de83ed9edd1445941d&start=249&end=2952","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2703015-f32ea875e40210de83ed9edd1445941d/thumbnail_249000.jpg","/articles/6121379/Liberty-Lake/Spokane-County/Washington/Liberty-Lake-staff-roll-out-story-maps-and-short-surveys-to-kick-off-comprehensive-plan-engagement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6121379-9bde07dd7d021a71d29efffbae740d7a/orig.mp4?Expires=1773637241&Signature=lxg7UjBifUuvfb6~RxVCdPSkNMVuYJlpZKBuohCtE6~TgfZSbSrCjN1QQZ~eCuGD2T4gbZXoxjqmw9lHyDGVuKBwcdyAwFpi-h5iPjUzVBqxjG-cP0E~U5f4vAfHdtKXwp5eULNnfwqjf347l6MeLfT3eliFiAymDjZnSPcKybOxeRR3Mljoi5ZFXx9TOx52ssrsmq~jyX6VSuvo36b61ElXa16-BaCYb8sUvMXIFDepC5lB4LNxPR3hnVc26C7nAOUTOjDlwHaUFUA23s9uPa0IBFHptY3ACWpEMDPCsOeFbxQ7fTXKzyRGRSDYyHLkw19dRQUV71TVdk5tuTBjKQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Lisa Key, a staff member, presented the city's public-engagement approach for the comprehensive plan at the Community Engagement Commission meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 19.

Key said the outreach package includes an annexation-history story map, a climate mitigation and resiliency story map, targeted stakeholder workshops and short, topic-specific surveys hosted through the Zen City platform. \"We really do have to do some sausage making before we have anything to engage the public in,\" Key said, describing the preparatory work behind the public materials.

Why this matters: the comprehensive plan guides land use, transportation, housing and climate policy in Liberty Lake. Key told commissioners the city has completed a land-capacity analysis (LCA) and that city council approved that analysis \"for planning purposes,\" but the LCA remains in draft because county housing-allocation numbers have not yet been finalized. That county-level data influences how the city and county discuss urban growth-area (UGA) questions.

Key walked commissioners through the annexation story map, which visually traces Liberty Lake's boundary changes since incorporation in February 2001 and defines terms such as annexation and urban growth area for residents. She said the story maps are intended to let residents \"take a deep dive\" into topics and then answer a short survey.

Methods and incentives: staff plan to seed the first round of short surveys with planning commissioners, city council and the Community Engagement Commission, then push them to broader audiences via social media, QR-coded handouts and farmers-market outreach. Key described a scavenger-hunt exercise for middle-school students at a forthcoming career fair: participants will answer 5 or 6 questions on the comp-plan website and be entered into a drawing for VIP Fourth of July seats; Kiwanis will supply popcorn and soda.

Key identified several near-term engagement steps: a climate planning action team meeting Feb. 24 (CPAT); a sign-code stakeholder meeting Feb. 26 before the planning commission meeting; farmers-market presence May 17 through Oct. 11; story maps for annexation history, historic and cultural resources, and a more detailed climate element; and a planned transportation network analysis story map if the planning commission approves scope. She said consultants are assisting the housing work and that staff are still determining whether housing will include a dedicated story map or other engagement tools.

On annexation specifically, Key said she did not expect the lake itself to be annexed. \"I do not see that necessarily happening because... those people around the lake originally did not want to be annexed,\" she said, adding that much of the area is already developed and annexation would add service obligations without creating significant new development potential.

Next steps: Key said the annexation survey is likely to be released within one to three weeks as a five- or six-question instrument intended to be approachable and to draw residents toward deeper materials. Staff asked commissioners to provide five words or phrases that describe Liberty Lake's community character; staff will use those responses to structure a broader visioning survey.

The presentation also described targeted stakeholder outreach already completed (building and energy, transportation, utilities, fire and school-district partners) and invited commissioners to review draft survey questions before staff publish them.

Ending: Staff will keep the story maps and surveys centralized on the comp-plan web page with links from Zen City. Commissioners and staff agreed to promote short, focused surveys at farmers markets and through social channels to maximize resident participation and to bring a planning commission representative into some market events.","City staff previewed a suite of public-engagement tools for the Liberty Lake comprehensive plan — including an annexation history story map, targeted surveys, a youth scavenger hunt and farmers-market outreach — and said the first public survey on annexation will be released soon.","actionData","errors"]

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