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LiveWell Kingston to draft letters of support; staff to route Kingston Point Beach water-quality request to coordinator
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Summary
Commissioners agreed to formalize a process for letters of support and discussed a draft request from the grants department seeking a LiveWell Kingston letter for a Kingston Point Beach water-quality and climate-adaptive planning grant.
LiveWell Kingston commissioners agreed to clarify and formalize how the commission issues letters of support and discussed two draft requests, including a water-quality planning project for Kingston Point Beach.
Staff said the commission already issues letters of support when a commissioner or partner brings a request to staff; the typical workflow is that staff (the coordinator) reviews and signs, normally with the chair. Commissioners agreed the current practice leaves a notification gap and asked staff to add a brief agenda notification when letters are signed.
One draft request the grants department sent asks the commission to support a planning product for Kingston Point Beach described as “climate adaptive,” with phased measures that would protect a narrow beach as water levels rise and, eventually, portions of the adjacent parking area. Staff described proposed site work including rewilding parts of an existing parking lot and constructing a smaller, higher parking area that would be less prone to flooding; the larger parking area that serves the dock and disc-golf area would remain in place.
The commission did not sign the letters at the meeting. Staff said they would draft the two letters, route them to Katrina White, the coordinator, for signature, and email the drafts to commissioners for a 24-hour review window for edits or objections before final submission. The chair said she would maintain a shared folder of prior letters for reference.
Commissioners also discussed other, non-city requests and agreed that when a letter is expected to be sent the commission will receive notice in the agenda and be given an opportunity to request edits or call for a vote if they object.
Staff suggested social-media sharing and personal outreach as follow-up actions for certain grants and asked members to forward any existing water-quality materials they want incorporated into the draft. The grants request and staff’s description of adaptive beach planning prompted questions about phasing, parking impacts and whether the city’s Resilient Watersheds or other state grants apply; staff said they would review the grant program name and confirm the funder before submitting the support letter.
