good evening everyone I'd like to
welcome you to the January 2nd regular
City Council meeting and call it to
order for those in the audience that
would like to join the council myself
and the Pledge of Allegiance please
stand thank you all for coming this
evening the first item of business under
special business tonight is the swearing
in ceremony and we have five council
members and four council members and a
mayor being sworn in tonight
would Mary Lou Polly please move to the
lectern to be sworn in I had to memorize
it's okay I can have you raise your
right hand
repeat after me I'm Mary Lou Polly I'm
having been duly elected to the office
of City of Issaquah mayor four-year term
beginning January 1st 2018 do solemnly
swear or affirm they will faithfully and
impartially discharge the duties
discharge the duties of this office as
prescribed by law as prescribed by law
and to the best of my ability that I
will support and maintain the
Constitution did I was support and
maintain the Constitution of the state
of Washington and the United States of
America
[Applause]
[Music]
thank you very much I would like to call
Chris Rea please proceed to the lectern
have you raise your right hand repeat
after me I Chris play by Chris Rea
having Dooley having been duly elected
to the office City mr. qua council
position number one position number one
do solemnly swear do solemnly swear or
affirm or affirm that I will faithfully
and impartially and impartially
discharge the duties of this office
discouraged the duties of this office as
prescribed by law as prescribed by law
and to the best of my ability and to the
best of my ability but I will support I
will support and maintain and the
constitution the constitution of the
state of Washington of the state of
Washington and the United States of
America and the United States of America
crashing thank you
[Applause]
thank you I'd like to comrade Batista
lecture have you raise your right hand
repeat after me
I'm Mariah batise having duly been
elected to the office of City miss Quad
City Council position number two do
solemnly swear do solemnly swear or
affirm that will faithfully and
impartially discharge the duties of this
office discharge the duties of this
office as prescribed by law and to the
best of my ability that I will support
and maintain the Constitution of the
state of Washington United States of
America
[Applause]
JC Goodman please proceed to the lectern
hello have you raise your right hand
repeat after me
i Staci Goodman I Stacey having been
duly elected the opposite city mr. qua
position number council position number
five do solemnly swear or affirm they
will faithfully and impartially
discharge the duties of this office as
prescribed by law and to the best of my
ability that will support and maintain
the Constitution the Constitution of the
state of Washington and of the United
States of America the United States of
America
[Applause]
no more
perfect you've got some things I'd like
to call tullum arts to proceed to the
lectern okay have you raised the right
hand
repeat after me I told him arts I told
them arts haven't been duly elected
having been duly elected the office of
to the office of Zen even squawk council
position number seven city of physic waa
council position number seven solemnly
swear do solemnly swear or affirm that I
will faithfully that I will faithfully
and impartially and it partially has
charged the duties discharge the duties
of this office of this office as
prescribed by law as prescribed by law
and the best of my ability and to the
best of my ability that I will support
that I will support and maintain and
maintain the Constitution of the state
of Washington the Constitution of the
state of washing and the United States
of America and of the United States of
America
[Applause]
thank you thank you thank you judge
normally at this time we would continue
on with our business meeting but I'm
looking at the crowd of people that came
tonight family friends and community
members to congratulate our new and
reelected council members so I'm going
to call for a recess until 7:15 so that
everybody can come down and say hi and
greet you and feel free to stay for our
meeting but no obligation
[Applause]
you
I'm gonna call the meeting back to order
our second order of business tonight is
a be 7500
it is the election of council president
and deputy council president for 2018
the process will use this evening is I
will call for nominations I mean all
nominations have been made there will be
a motion to close now motion to close
nominations would be in order I'll then
call for a vote on the motion to close
and council members will be provided
with an opportunity to discuss nominees
I will then ask the council members to
cast votes by a show of hands the
council member receiving the majority
vote is declared the council president
I'll repeat the process for the deputy
council president position so I will
call for nominations these council
member Goodman thank you madam mayor
I nominate olam arts for council
president for 2018 second are there any
other nominations I actually moved to
close nominations Thank You
councilmember winters time an
opportunity to discuss the candidates
and nominee discussed that nominee a
free-for-all discussion refre let's know
I'll call for the vote please cast your
vote in favor with a show of hands all
in favor of the nominee council
president five five in favor
congratulations
council president
[Applause]
are there any nominations for the
position of deputy council president
that's my remarks I nominate Mariah
batise that's Myra winterside move that
we close nominations thank you
the nominations aren't closed they're
gonna need a second listen did any
second okay motion yes okay
this is an opportunity for you to
discuss the nominee any comments I'll
call for the vote by a show of hands
please raise your hand if you're in
favor of the nominee for deputy council
president five votes
congratulations councilmember booties
and I would guess I would ask the the
clerk at this point in time is it
appropriate to be changing seats moving
them around for this meeting or staying
in their place I think I think that
would be appropriate if you would
tighten down stay Council what's your
preference today okay anybody's evening
I think they're gonna stay everybody is
set up opposite between next item of
business this evening is audience
comments you'll notice that there's an
overhead up on the screen that you can
read that talks about how audience
comments works at our council meetings
your comments and coming tonight to
share your concerns and issues with us
or ask questions is a very important
part of our public process anybody who
wishes to comment this evening can
approach the podium and identify
themselves by stating your name and your
address if you can limit your comments
to five minutes or less that would be
appreciated thank you very much for
coming night tonight to address us for
the comments with your comments
has anybody signed up this evening to
speak no no one has signed up is there
anyone in the audience who would like to
address the council this evening Steve
come on up
hiya Dean Steve Pereira 170 northeast
dogwood Street about ten years
so first of all just kind of democracy
in action it's good to see it it's good
to see the start of new year start of
new elected representatives hopefully
this will be kind of a a start of maybe
greater public participation in the
democratic process so thanks to all of
you for volunteering to serve as elected
elected representatives the second topic
was snow on December 24th 25th very
beautiful in Issaquah Wow look at in
addition to that though it gave me a
chance to say thank you for all the
folks that I saw doing snow removal and
sanding and plowing on those days to
help us get about so thanks to those
involved in public works for that later
was also that I wanted to see a we all I
think enjoy the beauty of is acquired
let's see that maintained part of that I
would like to see the more time extended
to include Old Town not just as central
there's a call plan I wanted to be
explicit in that request currently that
more time that includes central physical
plan which doesn't include the whole
town area I've heard other council
members talk about that maintain that BD
part of that is the height and scale of
the buildings size I think it also
includes housing portions that aren't
currently included so that's that
extended thanks
thank you Steve is there anyone else
would like to provide comment this
evening
honey Marsh
I'm Connie Marsh I met I live up on
squawk and fun to see new arrangements
up there the pilot project for Old Town
is on the consent agenda when I looked
and when I attended the committee
meeting I thought there were some sort
of unanswered questions that I think
should be brought down to the the public
meeting and discussed now I could be
reading the agenda inappropriately it
might just be about funding a very minor
part of it and there's going to be more
discussion on another night about how
it's actually going to work but without
the conclusion of the follow-up of that
meeting I'm uncomfortable having it be
on consent Thanks thank you miss Marsh
skipper early in 1595 Northwest Gilman
just a couple of items I think I'd be
remiss if I didn't publicly thank Eileen
and Fred for all the service that they
have put in I don't know how many years
that those two have put together for the
benefit of Issaquah and I know that you
as a council and mayor know the amount
of hours that it takes but I'm sure that
a lot of the people sitting here
watching this don't and I know that it's
just an unbelievable sacrifice and
wonderful thing that they do for our
community and for both Fred Butler and
Eileen barber I want to say thank you
I'm here just to mention the moratorium
I'm one of these that would like to see
us get out of this moratorium I don't
want to have your staff have to draft a
code to
to fit a vision it's impossible to do I
trust that the staff will do an
excellent job in doing and tweaking the
things necessary but hopefully we will
look forward to getting out of this
moratorium as soon as possible
finally I made a mistake last month and
didn't show up for a meeting and where I
thought we were going to have three
police officers they disappeared and I
don't know how that happened or who said
what to whom but you folks owe us as
citizens and property owners just three
things you know as Public Works she owes
fire in yours police everything else has
become secondary to those items i sat
through two presentations by the police
chief where he went through a very
detailed explanation as to why those
officers were needed having to do with a
number of calls per hour officer and
what he's facing and I would hope that
as a council you would look on favor of
providing of those through three new
officers it takes a while to get them I
know that you've got the money for it so
I would hope that you could see your way
to change that budget around and provide
the citizens with some additional police
service thank you
Thank You mr. alley if
good evening David Kapler 255 southeast
Andrew the street it is kind of strange
not seeing Fred and Eileen here and but
we got a great group and a positive
forward emotion is in place that we had
some significant rains recently and if
you went to the streamgages for the
hobart one or the yet the one just below
the bridge there at 56 you saw some
practically vertical lines as the going
up but we didn't really get the flooding
that i think we would have had a you
know a few years ago and I think that's
response we've had some significant
things done in Tibbets Creek that Telus
Development the rally agreement
improvements on the creek the Telus
developer do it did significant
stabilization of mine ways up above them
we have the swirl area at the Tibbets
Manor and it's just a huge improvement
and in the main stem the combination of
the forestry occurring in the King
County Taylor mountain forest part of
our headwaters and the State Forest on
Tiger Mountain it's significant
improvements in how forests our upstream
are being managed and it's definitely to
our advantage here in the city so let's
keep keep that going thank you okay Dave
is there anyone else who would like to
speak this evening that can call any
other speakers for this evening and last
call thank you that's the end of public
comments the next item on our agenda is
committee and regional reports and we
will start with count new councilmember
ray but I think he has a pretty short
report I have nothing to report at this
time what thank you how's my red booties
thank you no report this evening sorry
councilmember winter Stein thank you I'm
going to talk about
LTAC GMP B and also infrastructure at
Bill's request because he's absent
starting with logic
excuse me lodging tax Advisory
Commission there
is a bill on the agenda for services and
safety regarding the formation of a
destination marketing organization per
the recommendation of LTAC and I expect
that our staff support Tim dutter will
be there to speak and do a short
presentation for services and safety and
LTAC we did get together before
Christmas and made a recommendation to
add a Public Engagement opportunity to
the vetting of this DMO concept and so I
think what you're going to hear on from
Tim at the services and safety is about
that and how the LTAC LTAC it's a
commission will will be in attendance
it'll be the date is on January 17th
it's going to be at the train depot
which is a city-owned property and after
that LTAC will be meeting again to
incorporate anything that was learned or
brought up from the public engagement
meeting to alter and refine the plan for
the DMO and then hopefully come back to
services and safety at the meeting in
February to present an altered plan
based upon the public engagement meeting
so that that's that's the old date from
LTAC GMP be the growth management policy
board is meeting this Thursday the the
major issues on the agenda we're setting
the scope for updating vision today the
region is guided by something known as
vision 2040 that's going to take two and
a half years but we're gonna update that
thing and they're gonna call it vision
2050 so that process is just being
kicked off and actually setting the
scoping for that process is a big item
that we're gonna handle on Thursday but
also on Thursday the update to the
regional centers framework is not
complete so we're gonna continue where
we left off we did not finish that in
2017 the last time we met was at the end
of November
so there's still quite a few comments
that have been received they have to be
reviewed staff is still P SRC staff is
still hoping that by the end of that in
February it can be complete but we shall
see my own senses there was still quite
a bit of gap on certain issues and that
the board really doesn't have consensus
on a certain number of matters so that
that will those are the agenda items for
that meeting on this coming Thursday and
then for infrastructure they met bill
Ramos who was chair of that last year
asked me to just say a few words about
that meeting we met on December 21st and
two items of note there was a franchise
agreement with Verizon which is agenda
bill 7495 and they Verizon is requesting
a friend this franchise agreement to
install what are known as small cell
devices in a very through in our public
right away
roadways not on telephone poles or power
poles owned by the city but instead
those owned by Puget Sound energy in a
very and the original ask was to have
this franchise agreement citywide per
the infrastructures discussion earlier
and the meeting earlier it was they
narrowed the request to one specific
right away it's just done is it gonna
fall city road and or was it Pine Lake
Road is it's one of those one of those
two roads I should know I apologize and
so that now this franchise agreement is
limited just to that one roadway there's
the council had a lot of conversation
these are small cell is new technology
guess what the industry is innovating
they are investing they want to add
create an improved service to their
customers but they're this is equipment
that has to be installed on every pole
there will be a visual impact to all of
this and and the committee was concerned
about that element of this installation
and another one that I personally am
interested in is we asked our legal
guidance who was there who's been
provided if whether or not we could put
language in this franchise agreement
that would require Verizon to honor net
neutrality if they're going to use our
public right away and we've got advice
that the way the FCC made that ruling
that they claim jurisdiction over the
entire United States that there's going
to be a couple states that may be
challenging them in court and so I'm
committed to watching that closely
because I feel strongly that if if we
are going to allow commercial enterprise
to use our public right away something
as critical for the public good as I
believe night net neutrality as we
should keep an eye on that and see what
happens in the courts and whether or not
Issaquah can make sure and do our part
and in making sure that that internet
remains free and open and and the other
thing that was mentioned at that meeting
of was Oldtown traffic-calming we heard
a comment about this during public
comment that's agenda bill 75-36 it is
on consent this evening for approval of
what it is it's for the approval the bid
to hire a contractor to install the
temporary calming devices and to measure
their effectiveness and gather feedback
from local residents
that's what's we're being asked on
consent to consider this evening I
wanted to give a quick update there was
a lot of conversation at that meeting
and before I get to those details that
will remind everybody who's interested
in this there will be a project
walkthrough scheduled for this Saturday
January 6th at 10:00 a.m. and all
members of the public are welcome and
invited residen we can meet at meet
staff at the Issaquah trails house right
over here at 10:00 a.m. and the actual
walking tour there will be materials
that they pass out where the devices are
planning to be installed and some more
information and QA opportunities
available and the walking tour will
begin around 10:00 8:00 10:15 a.m. so I
do encourage anybody with an interest in
that to join us at 10:00 a.m. this
Saturday at the trails house for that
walking tour now the issues that got a
lot of attention had to do with like the
location of the traffic calming devices
and the committee talked quite a bit her
quite a bit from the public about maybe
there was not an engineering plan to put
one on sixth Avenue I just learned today
that the pwe is open to that and at this
point is now planning on getting some
device install this part of this trial
this 10-week trial on sixth Avenue and
that happened directly as a result from
public participation and and it really
and I was really glad to see that so
that was one item another item had to do
with the whether or not the turning
motions the current restraining
restrictions should be lifted during
this trial period we talked about that
quite a bit as well
and we heard comments both for removing
those restrictions and retaining those
restrictions I would say from public
they were probably more in favor of
retaining those restrictions it was
suggested at the meeting that maybe
during this 10-week period those turning
restrictions could be partly on for a
while and then off for a while so he
could study the effect with them on and
off and I do know from pwe this evening
that they are open to that and are
looking at a way to actually conduct
this trial with a time with the terming
restrictions on and time with the
turning restrictions off and I
personally I like that I heard that at
the infrastructure meeting and mentioned
my support for that concept as well and
so that is that's that's the the
committee voted in favor of going
forward with with the plan and and if
anybody wants to talk about it any any
more to bring it down off consent we can
do that and if you have any questions
for me at that time or Mary Lou who was
on it as well and that your capacity
back as a council member maybe could
discuss it as well so that concludes my
report
Thank You councilmember we're just
saying councilmember marts thank you
madam mayor services and Safety
Committee will be meeting on Tuesday
January 9th here in Council Chambers at
6:30 p.m. we have presently two items on
the agenda agenda bill 75 22 which is
this visit is a quell organization that
council member winter Stein mentioned
and yes indeed today got confirmation
Tim dutter is in fact the person who's
going to be presenting to us and then
the other bill is agenda bill 72 95
which concerns amendments to the asic
wound school code regarding construction
codes then the sound cities association
public issues committee will meet on
wednesday january 10th at 7 p.m. in
Renton city hall and there will be a
discussion of two items the 2018 state
legislative session and then the
regional transportation system
initiative this concludes my report
Thank You councilmember Mertz
councilmember Goodman thank you madam
mayor
Landon Shore typically would meet this
Thursday January 4th but the meeting has
been cancelled for a lack of agenda
items which is quite different few years
that's my report thank you next item on
our agenda this evening is the mayor's
report and I have four items to share
the first there will be an executive
session held this evening to discuss the
acquisition of real estate for our CW
42.3 0.1 100 bracket 1 bracket B this is
expected to take approximately 45
minutes and no action is anticipated to
follow an open session ii during the
month of december I had the great
pleasure of meeting with nearly all of
the city department directors and their
managers and discussed the mayoral
transition and the bountiful work plans
that they have for 2018 this Friday your
council and I on January 5th will be
hosting our 2018 legislative breakfast
we have invited state representatives
and senior staff from several state
department to discuss its akua's
priorities for 2018 my last item is an
administrative one and I wanted to let
everybody know that in 2018 we will be
starting with a change in our city
administration after many years of
dedicated service city administrator Bob
Harrison is leaving to pursue other
opportunities
I wish Bob well in his future endeavors
I have asked Emily moon the deputy City
Administrator to serve as
interim city administrator I'm intending
to launch a national competitive
recruitment for the city administrator
position and I will keep you all posted
next item is the consent calendar and
have the payrolls and payroll for
January 2nd been reviewed we have thank
you can you please read the consent
calendar into the record yes the consent
calendar was distributed to council in
advance for study
if authorized council action will occur
by single motion regarding the following
items item a seeks approval of the
accounts payables in payroll of January
2nd items B and C seeks approval of the
minutes of the council committee work
sessions of December 11th and December
13th item d a.b seven to nine five
amendments to IMC 1604 construction
codes seeks referral to council services
and safety committee item e a b7 536 old
town traffic calming pilot program and
2017 Complete Streets funding seeks to
award bid and authorized funding this
concludes the reading thank you does any
councilmember desire to remove any item
from the current calendar and consider
it under regular business seeing none is
there a motion to approve so moved
second it's been moved in second all
those in favor signify by saying aye aye
opposed consent calendar is approved
unanimously excite Amman business is
regular business and there is none
scheduled for this evening which is the
first in 12 months so we will move to
good of the order and do any council
member and councilmember Mart's has his
hand up or go to the order I do I just
want to thank outgoing council president
Goodman and outgoing deputy council
president Pauley for their two years of
leadership I had very large boots to
step into Stacy even though you're
shorter than I am
metaphorical boots but I really
appreciate your leadership during
exceptional challenges particularly with
the moratorium and so I just I just
wanted to take a moment to say thank you
okay
Brian I too just wanted to paint both of
you for all your hard work and efforts
over the last years and I'm looking
forward to continuing to work with you
thank you Thank You councilmember
batiste anything else for good of the
order last item this evening is our
executive session this executive session
will be held this evening to discuss
acquisition of real estate per RCW forty
two point three three zero point one one
zero bracket one bracket B this is
expected to take approximately 45
minutes no action is anticipated to
follow open session we will now recess
into executive session at 7:42
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we're back in open session at 8:50 p.m.
and there being no further business the
meeting is adjourned at 8:50 1:00 p.m.
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