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CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE
271 9th Street NE * East Wenatchee, WA 98802
Phone (509) 884-9515 * Fax (509) 886-6233
City Council Workshop
Zoom Meeting
East Wenatchee City Hall
271 9th St. NE
East Wenatchee, WA 98802
Minutes
Thursday, May 28, 2020
In attendance: Josh Toftness, Streets Manager
Mayor Crawford Lori Barnett, Community Development Director
Councilmember Sterk Tom Wachholder, Proj. Development Manager
Councilmember Tidd Devin Poulson, City Attorney
Councilmember Sleiman Trina Elmes, Events Director / PIO
Councilmember Magdoff Maria Holman, City Clerk
Councilmember Johnson
Councilmember Hepner
5:30 p.m. Council Workshop.
Mayor Crawford Opened the meeting.
1. The Mayor checked in with the Council to ask if there was any COVID-19
information to share?
i. Councilmember Sleiman asked the Council to consider the possibility of
purchasing bulk facemasks/PPE that could be used to support the City of
East Wenatchee businesses.
ii. Community Development Director Lori Barnett discussed how the CARES
ACT funds would support purchasing PPE.
Comments provided by Councilmember Magdoff, Councilmember Hepner,
Community Development Director Lori Barnett, and Mayor Crawford.
2. The Council began a discussion of how strategic planning will proceed. The
Council discussed the 2019 process with 501 Consulting, and the Mayor shared
the working document that was provided by 501 Consulting for the Council to use
in the strategic planning process. The Council discussed the action plan of
updating the Vision and Mission Statement, and sharing the updated working
document, A process to obtain public feedback was discussed. It was agreed
that targeted outreach to partner agencies should be the first step. Mayor
Crawford requested staff to provide names of partner agencies to the City and
requested a list of all Capital Assets of the City.