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Council member discloses Trinity Church board appointment, requests dog park consent items be pulled and will abstain
Summary
A council member disclosed an appointment to the Trinity Church board and asked that two consent items related to a dog park design contract and lease with Trinity Church be pulled; the member stated they will abstain from both items.
During the council briefing the city manager listed consent items including authorization to execute a design services agreement with FBMA Architects for a dog park at Trinity Church and a 30-year lease agreement with Trinity Church to locate a public dog park on church property. The design contract cost was listed at $110,000 and the lease is described as $1 per year with the city paying $30 up front for the 30-year term; staff estimated design would take eight to ten months with construction anticipated in 2026.
Shortly after the consent items were read, a council member told the mayor they had been appointed to the Trinity Church board in February, said they received no compensation, and asked that both dog-park-related items (the design services contract and the lease) be pulled from consent. The council member stated: "I'm gonna abstain from both of those." The mayor confirmed the request to pull items e and g.
City staff noted the design contract and lease had been negotiated with legal counsel for both sides and that a prior direction in the one-year work plan had included a dog park design contract. No final council action on the design contract or lease occurred at the briefing; staff will return the pulled items to a future agenda for consideration. The transcript does not record a subsequent vote on those items.
Ending: Staff and council signaled that pulled consent items and the council member's abstention would be handled during formal agenda consideration at a later meeting.
