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Work Session Agenda Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission Work Session Agenda Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission September 27, 2017 Center Place Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place, Spokane Valley, WA 99216 Commissioners: Chair Mark O. Brown, Vice Chair Ken Bounds, Secretary Rodger Schmitt, Doug Peters, Cindy Whaley, Patricia Lantz and Steve Milner. Director: Donald Hoch Time: Opening session will begin as shown; all other times are approximate. Public Comment: This is a work session between staff and the Commission. The public is invited but no public comment will be taken. No decisions will be made by the Commission at the work session. 9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER – Ken Bounds, Commission Vice Chair • Call of the roll • Introduction of Staff • Changes to agenda • Logistics 9:05 a.m. INLAND NORTHWEST AREA – Diana Dupuis, Area Manager • This item provides the Commission information on the newly established greater Spokane area management and related issues. 10:00 a.m. TEN-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN – Peter Herzog, Assistant Director • This item provides the Commission with a progress report on the effort to update State Parks 10-Year Capital Plan and sets out a proposed schedule for Commission review and approval of the plan 11:00 a.m. BREAK 11:15 a.m. 2015-2017 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES – Peter Herzog, Assistant Director • This item provides the Commission an overview of strategic initiatives undertaken for the 2015-17 biennium and an evaluation of achievements towards set performance measures. 12:00 p.m. LUNCH 12:30 p.m. RECREATION AND CONSERVATION OFFICE – Darrel Jennings • This item provides the Commission an overview of the Recreation and Conservation Office’s statewide trail coordination role and activities. 1 1:00 p.m. AGENCY TRAILS PROGRAM AND FUTURE DIRECTION– Steve Brand, Planning and Partnerships Manager and Randy Kline, Trails Coordinator • This item provides the Commission an overview of the agency’s expansive trail network, the role of the Trails Coordinator, and current trails policy, planning, and development activities. 2:00 p.m. DISCUSSION ON STATEWIDE TRAILS– Peter Herzog, Assistant Director, Steve Brand, Planning and Partnerships Manager and Randy Kline, Trails Coordinator • This item outlines current trails policy issues and provides an opportunity for Commission exploration and discussion of potential policy options. 2:45 p.m. BREAK 3:00 p.m. LEGISLATIVE PROVISO ON RECREATIONAL FEE SYSTEM– Daniel Farber, Policy & Governmental Affairs Director • This item provides the Commission an update on progress in the Ruckelshaus Center-facilitated project to prepare options and recommendations to the Legislature on how to make the recreational access fee system in Washington State simpler, more consistent and more equitable. 3:45 p.m. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARKS DIRECTORS CONFERENCE REPORT – Mike Sternback, Assistant Director • This item provides the Commission a report on the NASPD conference attended by Don Hoch and Mike Sternback. 4:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION 4:45 p.m. ADJOURN 2 Commission Meeting Agenda Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission September 28, 2017 Center Place Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place, Spokane Valley, WA 99216 Commissioners: Chair Mark O. Brown, Vice Chair Ken Bounds, Secretary Rodger Schmitt, Doug Peters, Cindy Whaley, Patricia Lantz and Steve Milner. Director: Donald Hoch Time: Opening session will begin as shown; all other times are approximate. Order of Presentation: In general, each agenda item will include a presentation, followed by Commission discussion and then public comment. The Commission makes decisions following the public comment portion of the agenda. Public Comment: Comments about topics not on the agenda are taken during General Public Comments. Comments about agenda topics will be taken with each topic. If you wish to comment at a meeting, please fill out a comment card and provide it to staff at the sign in table. The Chair will call you up to the front at the appropriate time. You may also submit written comments to the Commission by emailing them to [email protected] by 5 p.m. on September 22, 2017. 9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER – Mark O. Brown, Commission Chair • Flag Salute • Call of the roll • Introduction of Staff • Recognition of State and Local Officials • Approval of the Agenda • Approval of minutes of previous meetings: July 13, 2017 – Walla Walla 9:10 a.m. COMMISSIONER REPORTS 10:00 a.m. STAFF REPORTS 10:50 a.m. EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION 11:00 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Pre-Arranged Speakers • Brad McQuarrie, MS2000 • Robert Yates, Friends of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail 11:30 a.m. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS: Topics not on the agenda 3 12:00 p.m. REQUESTED ACTION • Item E-1: 2018 Supplemental Budget This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to: 1) approve the submittal of a 2018 Supplemental Operating Budget and a 2018 Capital Budget request to the Office of Financial Management (OFM) and 2) authorize the Director to make changes to the dollars or items requested as needed to finalize the submittals. 12:30 p.m. LUNCH 1:00 p.m. REQUESTED ACTION • Item E-2: Mount Spokane State Park Shop Compound Relocation: Land Classification Revision This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to re-classify about 40-acres of land at Mount Spokane State Park to facilitate relocation of the park’s maintenance shop compound. 1:45 p.m. REQUESTED ACTION • Item E-3: Agency Request Legislation for the 2018 Session This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to establish principles to evaluate statutory proposals for the 2018 legislative session, approve agency request legislation subjects, and delegate to the Director authority, in consultation with the Commission’s Legislative Committee and relevant stakeholders, to submit specific agency request legislation. 2:15 p.m. BREAK 2:30 p.m. REPORT • Item E-4: 2016/2017 Winter Recreation Program This item reports to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission regarding the Winter Recreation Program and highlights program accomplishments. 3:10 p.m. REPORT • Item E-5: Financial Update (Operations & Capital) This item reports to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission on the status of: 1) State Parks’ 2015-17 biennium operating and capital budget expenditures, 2) 2015-17 Parks Renewal and Stewardship Account (PRSA) revenue, and 3) a status of State Parks’ 2017-19 operating and capital budget requests. 4 4:10 p.m. REPORT • Item E-6: Natural Heritage Initiative This item provides the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission with an update on the status of the agency’s Natural Heritage Initiative. 4:55 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION 5:30 p.m. ADJOURN The services, programs and activities of the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission are covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you need special accommodations to participate in this meeting, please contact the commission assistant Becki Ellison at (360) 902- 8502 or [email protected]. Accommodation requests should be received at least five business days prior to the meeting to ensure availability. Please provide two weeks’ notice for requests to receive information in an alternative format and for ASL/ESL interpretation requests. 5 Revised Appendices 2 & 3 9/25/17 September 28, 2017 Item E-1: 2018 Supplemental Budget Request – Requested Action EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to: 1) approve the submittal of a 2018 Supplemental Operating Budget and a 2018 Capital Budget request to the Office of Financial Management (OFM) and 2) authorize the Director to make changes to the dollars or items requested as needed to finalize the submittals. This item aligns with Agency core values and advances the Commission’s Strategic Plan: “Adopting a business approach to park administration.” SIGNIFICANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Office of Financial Management issued supplemental budget instructions to agencies on August 8, 2017. These instructions included the October 9, 2017 due date for submittals and identified areas that budget submittals should focus on, which are: . Non-discretionary changes in legally-mandated caseloads or workloads . Necessary technical corrections . Additional federal or private/local funding . Highest priority policy enhancements or resource reprogramming proposals consistent with the Governor’s priority goals . Highest priority capital budget projects needed in addition to the enacted re-appropriation capital budget Additional instruction regarding the capital budget supplemental clarifies that projects could include a subset of the highest priority projects previously submitted, projects that were included in legislative budget proposals, and/or new projects that meet emergent needs. Operating Supplemental Budget Request. In addition to OFM’s direction, staff worked under the following assumptions to develop a recommended operating supplemental budget request. Request spending authority for dedicated funds where projected fund balances are sufficient to support the request and when there are identified spending needs. For the Parks Renewal and Stewardship Account specifically, request spending authority if fund balance projections technically support the request – recognizing that the forecast could fluctuate throughout the biennium and revenue come in higher than currently planned. Capital Supplemental Budget Request. In addition to OFM’s direction, staff considered the following when developing the proposal: . Time needed
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