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Tristan Janki and Public Works Director Young provided a staff presentation describing a restructured department with three, more-balanced divisions: Planning and Operations, Engineering Services, and Maintenance Services. The reorganization would add a planning and operations manager position (largely replacing the transportation services manager), create a wastewater maintenance superintendent to align wastewater maintenance with other maintenance functions, and upgrade an assistant planner position to associate planner to increase capacity and recruitment competitiveness.

\"We wanted it to be meaningful and to be about how we deliver our services to the community,\" a staff presenter said, describing objectives that included more intentional master planning, asset management and consistent delivery across transportation, surface water and wastewater services.

Staff said many title changes do not change pay ranges, but several positions will have revised ranges after a compensation review. The package will produce budget impacts that will be included in the mid-biennial budget. Staff said reallocations and changes to capital project timing create space to absorb increases in the wastewater and surface water funds; the resulting increases can be covered within current rate structures until the next rate study planned for 2027.

Councilmembers asked clarifying questions about who would perform specific duties, how stormwater maintenance is handled, the impact on grounds maintenance, and whether the wastewater cost pressures from King County would reduce Shoreline’s ability to absorb new costs. Director Young and staff said stormwater/street maintenance remains combined under the public works maintenance superintendent, that the reorganization does not add grounds-maintenance staff, and that the reorganization aims to improve planning and prioritization so Shoreline can minimize future rate increases.

Councilmembers and staff agreed to start recruitment for the new positions immediately and return with the ordinance for council action on Oct. 6. Budget revisions tied to the reorganization will be incorporated into the mid-biennial budget scheduled for adoption Nov. 17.

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Laurie Strauss, an architect with Design to Last, and Randy Witt, also with Design to Last, reviewed edits made since the council first saw the draft in August and described the plan’s updated funding strategy and ongoing public-comment process. \"We settled on a recommendation of using a target of 70 years to complete the projects in the program,\" Witt said, characterizing the target as a long-range, flexible goal tied to biennial revenues.

The plan sets a target funding level that the consultants described as a little over $300,000 per biennium and roughly 9–10% of available GenCap (general capital) funds if the program runs the full 70 years. Strauss said the plan also adds a grievance procedure, clarifies how progress will be tracked, and frames the plan as a living document to be updated periodically.

Why it matters: the plan lays out the city’s multi-decade approach to bringing park facilities into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and with local equity goals. Councilmembers said the plan’s flexibility and the funding target give staff direction for embedding accessibility work into capital projects, seeking grants, and pursuing legislative funding.

Councilmember Ramsdell called the plan a “fantastic evaluation” that starts to address longstanding accessibility needs and said she would support the proposal. Deputy Mayor Mark and other councilmembers urged staff to minimize repeated park disruptions by bundling ADA work into larger bond projects and capital improvements. Parks staff said the approach would embed ADA improvements into existing capital projects when practical and use grants or fluctuating REIT (real estate excise tax) receipts to accelerate work in stronger funding years.

The council did not adopt the plan on Sept. 22. Instead, staff asked the council to support the 70-year target and to provide feedback; staff will return with a resolution (listed as Resolution 522) for council action on Oct. 6. Councilmembers also agreed by general consent that the resolution, when it returns, may be placed on the consent calendar.

Costs and timing: consultants and staff emphasized the plan’s long timeframe and built-in flexibility. Staff said the plan assumes some years will be heavier and others lighter depending on REIT receipts and grant awards, and that embedding improvements in planned capital projects could reduce net new costs in some years. The consultant and parks staff described the $300,000-per-biennium figure as approximate and subject to future council and budget decisions.

The council’s next steps are review of the resolution on Oct. 6 and, if adopted, iterative inclusion of ADA work in future biennial budgets and capital project scopes.

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- Council unanimously adopted a motion to excuse Councilmember Robertson for personal reasons by unanimous consent (no recorded roll-call vote on the excusal motion).

- The consent calendar was approved by roll-call vote 6–0. The clerk recorded aye votes from Councilmember Scully, Councilmember Pobie, Deputy Mayor Mark, Councilmember Ademasu, Councilmember Ramsdell and Mayor Roberts; no no votes, abstentions or recusals were recorded.

Several substantive items discussed in the meeting were not adopted on Sept. 22. The Park Facilities ADA Transition Plan will return with Resolution 522 for council action Oct. 6 and the Public Works reorganization ordinance (Ordinance No. 1044) was discussed and scheduled to return for council action Oct. 6; related budget changes will be considered in the mid-biennial budget process scheduled for adoption Nov. 17.

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Council discusses ordinance to reorganize Public Works; staff to recruit for two positions and return Oct. 6

Shoreline council backs 70-year target for park ADA transition plan, asks staff to return with resolution

At-a-glance: Shoreline council actions Sept. 22 — excusal, consent calendar passed 6-0