in the Pledge of Allegiance if you
desire pledge allegiance to the flag of
the United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for
all our first uh order of business is uh
administering the oath of office uh to
myself and uh for of our council members
so with that we're joined this evening
by uh Judge Scott Stewart who will
administer the
oath pH okay if I could have you raise
your right hand and repeat after me I
Fred Butler I Fred Butler having been
duly elected having been duly elected to
the office to the office of city of
isqua Mayor of the city of isqua Mayor
to solemnly swear to solemnly swear or
affirm or affirm that I will Faithfully
that I will faithfully and impartially
and impartially discharge the duties of
this office discharge 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
and that I will support that I will
support and maintain and maintain the
Constitution the constitution of the
state of Washington of the state of
Washington and of the United States of
America and of the United States of
America
congratulations I
lre
that's and I uh I'd like to take a
couple of minutes uh for a few remarks
uh let me say that I am uh honored in
the trust that the citizens of isqua
have uh placed in me
I'm really excited uh to be uh to be the
mayor and uh I will do my best uh to
represent uh our citizens uh and the
City of isqua uh with wisdom and uh
compassion I would like to
acknowledge uh uh Ava
fringer uh whose long-term Service as
our mayor has uh set uh an
outstanding example that uh I uh I hope
to
emulate uh I'm somewhat sad to leave the
uh the council after uh 14 years uh but
excited about this new opportunity and I
have enjoyed working with most of the
past and certainly all of the present
council members uh during my tenure on
the council itself
I would like uh uh to thank you uh uh
for the opportunity to serve with you
and uh I uh pledge uh to continue the
good relations that uh uh we have
established uh between uh the
administration and the council you serve
a very vital uh uh role in our
city I especially want to acknowledge
our outstanding City
employees uh those employees who run the
city and uh keep our city
safe I look forward to working uh with
you uh uh and uh join joining your
team uh I uh also uh uh look forward uh
to uh the challenges that lie ahead and
promise to do my best and to work hard
on uh the behalf of all of our citizens
and with those few remarks I will turn
it back over to judge Stewart uh who
will administer the oath of office to
four of our returning council members
thank
you Eileen
Barber
if you raise your right hand repeat
after me I Eileen Barber I Eileen Barber
having been duly elected having been
duly elected to the office of to the
office of city of isqua city of isqua
council position number three Council
position number three do solemnly swear
do solemnly swear or affirm or affirm
that I will Faithfully that I will
faithfully and impartially and
impartially discharge the duties of this
office charge 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 abilities and that I will
support and that I will support and
maintain and maintain the Constitution
the constitution of the state of
Washington of the state of Washington
and of the United States of America and
of the United States of America
congratulations thank
you
y
Stacy
Goodman
I'll have this memorized by number four
so I I have raise your right hand repeat
after me I Stacy Goodman I Stacy Goodman
having been duly elected having been duy
elected to the office of to the office
of city of isqua city of isqua council
position number five Council position
number five you Solly swear do solemnly
swear or affirm or affirm that I will
Faithfully that I will faithfully and
impartially andar partially discharge
the duties of this office discharge 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 and that I will support and that
I will support and maintain and maintain
the constitution of the state of
Washington the constitution of the state
of Washington and of the United States
of America and of the United States of
America congratulations thank
you
Paula
marts
have you raise your right hand repeat
after me I TOA Marts I to a Marts having
been duly elected having been duly
elected to the office of to the office
of city of isqua city of isqua council
position number seven Council position
number seven do solemnly swear do
solemnly swear or affirm or affirm that
I will Faithfully that I will faithfully
and impartially and impartially
discharge the duties of of this office
discharge 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 and that I will
support and that I will support and
maintain and maintain the constitution
of the state of Washington the
constitution of the state of Washington
and of the United States of America and
of the United States of America
congratulations
and Mary
ly
you raise your right hand pet after me
I'm Mary LLY I'm Mary Lali having been
duly elected having been duly elected
the office of the office of city of
isqua city of isqua council position
number one Council position number one
do solemly swear do solemnly swear or
affirm or affirm that I will Faithfully
that I will faithfully and impartially
and impartially discharge the duties of
this office discharge 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 abilities
that I will support that I will support
and maintain and maintain the
Constitution the constitution of the
state of Washington of the state of
Washington and of the United States of
America and of the United States of
America congratulations thank
you
there thank
you
uh that uh concludes uh our first item
under special uh business we'll move now
to agenda Bill
6753 election of council president and
Deputy council
president pursuant to council resolution
89-1 the election of council president
and Deputy council president is to take
place at the first regular meeting of
the calendar year the proper procedure
for election of each position is as
follows the chair which is the mayor
calls for nominations for council
president when all nominations have been
made a motion to close nominations is in
order the chair then calls for a vote on
the motion to close nominations and then
council members cast vote votes for
nominees by a show of hands and I might
add nominees are permitted and
encouraged to vote the nominee receiving
the majority vote is declared the new
council president once that action is
completed then we will move to the uh uh
election of the Deputy council president
so with that uh is uh uh uh the
nominations are open right now for
council president council member
Marts uh it's my honor and privilege to
nominate Paul winterstein for isqua city
council president thank you are there
other
nominations is there a nomination to
close Nom I mean a motion to close
nominations I move we close nominations
is there a second second all is uh uh
all those in favor of the motion signify
by saying I I uh and opposed that motion
carries
unanimously now that nominations are
closed we will vote on the single person
who has been nominated all those in
favor of electing uh uh Paul winterstein
for council president for the year 2014
signify by raising your
hand that is unanimous uh Paul
congratulations
uh repeating now the process for Deputy
council president
uh nominations are now open for Deputy
councel
president council member
Barber thank you um I would like to
nominate Stacy Goodman okay Stacy
Goodman has been nominated for deputy
council president are there other
nominations is there a motion to close
nominations I think I see where this is
going council member uh winter sign I
move that we close nominations and a
second second it's been moved and
seconded uh all those in favor of Stacy
Goodman to serve as Deputy counsel
president
oh uh all those in favor of the motion
to close nomination signify by saying I
I I that and those
opposed uh that carries unanimously
moving now to the election of Deputy
council president all those in favor of
uh Stacy Goodman uh as Deputy council
president for the year 2014 raise your
right
hand that carries unanimously uh council
member Goodman congratulations on your
election to be Deputy council president
for this year
okay uh uh with that we will now move to
uh audience comments the guidelines for
participation uh when recognized uh
please come to the electron uh where the
microphone is where the O oats were
administered uh state your name address
the relationship to the city uh resident
uh business person uh Etc our comments
are limited to five minutes typically at
about the 4 minute Mark uh there will be
a uh reminder that uh you've got about a
minute left and uh if you have written
comments you can sub submit those uh to
the clerk uh uh uh the city clerk uh for
uh uh for our information and with that
uh I would ask the clerk has anyone
signed up to speak evening I have one
Mary Moore marry Moore uh uh
welcome Congratulations by the way um my
name is Mary
Moore I reside at 7804 Ron isqua Road
Southeast
isqua um I am a
long um I'm native to isqua resident and
also um have a business here in town
I'll try to make this brief
um this is in um response to recent uh
news that there might be a possibility
of um the Anderson house at the
Confluence Park possibly being
demolished um and I'm just going to read
what I have here as a member of the King
County advisory Council for historic
preservation I am here tonight to ask
questions and make comments in reference
to the
park I was born here in isqua and I'm
excited to see The Rebirth of
downtown and I'm just as excited to see
the new Confluence Park and its master
plan isqua has so much history and the
isqua Historical Society does a
fantastic job at providing our community
with access to our
past I feel we as a town can do more
though we have many historic structures
that need to be landmarked and preserved
for future
Generations as you drive into isqua you
see a sign that says welcome to Historic
isqua and there should actually be
historic buildings and houses that are
still standing later down the road hence
the need for landmarking through the
King County historic preservation
program and that brings me here today to
a couple questions that I have about the
park and the two farmhouses that are
there the E house which is is the
northern Farmhouse and the Anderson
house which is the southern
one the Anderson house is currently in
status of being under um pending
demolition a permit was issued in
December I feel that here in historic
isqua this is a terrible waste and my
question is and my questions are what is
the reasoning for the
demolition has the house been reviewed
and inspected by a real preser aist an
expert in the field someone who really
understands historic
Rehabilitation was this consultant
qualified there was a suggestion of
moving the house there was a price of
160,000 to move the house 50
ft um I feel this cost is way too high
the Jacob and Emma reared house in
samamish a King County Landmark was
moved for just over
$30,000 and was moved 3/4 of a
mile what are the credentials of the
moving company that gave this bid have
they ever moved historic
structures it's not hard it's not too
expensive you just need to solicit
figures from folks that are familiar
with historic
preservation and finally there needs to
be a really good and Justified re reason
to demolish 120y old
house has the city exhausted all and
every possible method to save the house
it's a big big decision once the house
is gone it's
gone the park I think would look really
empty and meaningless without it it's a
vital part of the park please consider
all options of saving the Anderson house
help keep isqua
historic not just its catalogs of photos
but by helping save and restore our
precious old farmh houses worthy of
saving easily restored and accessible
for future generations to see firsthand
what is a qua was like over a 100 years
ago thanks for your
time uh thank you uh is there anyone
else signed up to speak is there anyone
in the audience who desires to uh speak
under audience
comments anyone in the audience Desiring
to
speak third and final call anyone in the
audience Desiring to speak under
audience comments seeing none then
audience comments are closed and we will
move now to committee and Regional
reports so beginning with council member
Mary Lup no report council member
Goodman thank you mayor Butler Landon
Shore will meet uh January 14th at 5:00
pm here in council chambers we have two
items on the agenda that night the first
is agenda Bill 6705 and this relates
relates to i502 which is the
recreational marijuana and the agender
bill is coming back to land and Shore
after discussion at the August 13th
meeting um where the council decided to
the committee I think ultimately the
council decided to table the discussion
until January when the state had
finalized regulations under the liquor
control board and the current moratorium
um expires March 3rd so an action by the
council needs to take place um in
February so this is a time for the
public to get involved and have um a
dialogue with the council about the
kinds of um things they want us to know
as we determine what the regulations
should be we also have on our agenda
that night agenda Bill
6766 and that is about a sale of surplus
land in isqua Highlands um and that is
about a narrow strip of property called
tract QE we will learn more about that
at the committee that's my report thank
you uh thank you uh council member Mars
no report council member uh share thank
you mayor good evening to members of the
viewing public and happy New Year the
council infrastructure committee will
meet tomorrow night at 5:30 p.m. in the
Pickering room of City Hall Northwest
which is now conveniently located on the
second floor of that building um I would
tell you the exact agenda but my
beautiful new Council issued computer
made by our friends in Redmond has
ceased functioning on its first day of
of work uh so I'm going to do this for
memory but I believe we have an agenda
Bill related to the Americans with
Disabilities Act uh and a I'm sorry it's
a presentation uh an informational topic
related to Ada uh that'll probably be
about a half hour we do have an agenda
bill um you can look on the website for
more information about what that
particular Bill uh deals with and we'll
also have some Transportation project
updates from Public Works engineering
staff uh the E side Transportation
partnership will also be meeting this
Friday and I'll I'll have an update for
the council at our next uh council
meeting on the 21st that concludes my
reports thank you uh council member
Barber thank you mayor Butler um
services and safety will be meeting
tomorrow at 5:00 P PM in the eagle room
uh there's only three items coming
before us the first one is agenda Bill
6767 which is an interlocal agreement
with snami and North Bren and this is in
regards to our Public Safety answering
point and also the records management
system the next one will be 6768 it's a
2014 Arts grants and then the third one
is an update um from deputy chief Tron
on the rised efr Ila so and that's 5:00
pm
tomorrow council member witer sign thank
you no
report thank you uh moving now to the
mayor's report there will be an
executive session meeting held this
evening to discuss pending and potential
litigations under the provisions of RCW
5.
60.6 per2 per a the items are expected
to take a total of about 50 minutes
action anticipated in Open session is uh
uh following the executive session uh is
uh most
likely we are inviting all community
members to a celebration to honor Ava
finger's dedication and service and as
the city's longest serving mayor the
free celebration will be from 5: to 8:00
p.m. this Thursday January the 9th uh at
the Hilton Garden in throughout the
evening attendees can sample ordes and
share stories we hope to see you
there our community is in the midst of
exciting changes and you can help shape
our future as a member of the is city
council we're seeking qualified
candidates to fill a vacant position on
the council it's a chance to get
involved in the most important issues
facing isqua for more information and to
apply please visit our website at isqua
that's isqua
wa.gov uh there's uh also a very
interesting uh video at that website uh
that shows uh uh the council in action
to stimulate uh your interest in
applying in addition we're currently
conducting our annual recruitment to
open board and commission seats advisory
boards are involved in everything from
the Arts to planning policies
applications will be accepted through
the month of January interviews will
follow in the February March Time time
frame with appointments in April terms
begin in May for more information
contact the city's clerk's office or
again the city's website at isqua
wa.gov and that concludes uh the mayor's
report for this evening uh moving now to
the consent calendar uh have the uh
payables and payroll uh been reviewed
they have they have and uh what is the
council's pleasure on the consent
calendar council member winterstein I
move that we adopt the consent calendar
as presented second it's been moved and
seconded uh is there uh any uh any
discussion seeing none then all those in
favor of approving the consent calendar
as submitted uh please signify by saying
I I those opposed uh that motion carries
unanimously uh moving to regular
business there are no items under
regular business for this evening uh
next uh for the good of the order any
council members present that have a
report under good of the order council
member
Marts thank you Mr Mayor uh the Suburban
cities Association sound cities
Association uh public interest group uh
will be meeting on uh Wednesday January
8th and we will be we have an item not
for a final decision but for
consideration for Action the following
month and I thought I would mention it
to the council to see if there was any
initial thoughts towards it and it reads
to um a potential future action to bring
the following policy position back for
adoption at the next pick meeting in
order to address the critical
Transportation needs facing King County
in cities throughout the county the
sound cities Association supports the
formation of a countywide transportation
benefits District TBD with 60% of the
funds going to Metro for Transit funding
and 40% being distributed to the county
and cities based on population for other
Transportation needs including local
roads sidewalks bike paths additional
Transit and other Transportation
purposes as determined by the particular
needs of the local jurisdiction in order
to ensure that dollars can be used as
effectively and efficiently as possible
to address the pressing Transportation
needs of each individual jurisdiction
and to avoid the creation of additional
burdensome bureaucracies the funding
raised should should be provided to
local jurisdictions through a direct
distribution and so the question would
be are there any thoughts on this or any
potential uh modifications to the
wording of that that uh we might want to
see uh as P moves forward with this
issue uh council member winterstein
followed by uh council member M share
thank you so do we know so a
transportation benefit District or TBD
um if they did one countywide it's the
way you read that I interpret it to mean
that it would apply to us inside it
would cover our citizens as well so we
citizens of isqua we be cover does so
that's interesting does that preclude
the city of isqua from creating its own
within that can you have a district
within a district and not that I'm
saying we want to do that just want to
know what kind of where would that leave
us that would be a good question that I
would ask and bring back to the
council do that do you to
know all right thank
you council member sherff thank you
mayor uh I have a question about the uh
the proposed action would this be a
property tax or sales tax TBD
mhm I'm sorry because this is a new item
coming uh this is it's going to get its
first reading at this meeting I don't
have the answer of the and and I raised
the question because there there is
obviously a very significant difference
in the taxing structure as well as the
impact on the public when we consider uh
where the burdens of a TBD would
squarely lie if it or to be a countywide
sales tax versus a property tax and so
uh I believe state law allows for both
types of taxing districts uh and the the
boundaries wouldn't make a difference in
this situation because it would be
countywide the the other comment I would
make is you know things are still in
flux in Olympia and um it might be
premature to consider a TBD as a funding
option until uh the transportation
issues which are being debated in the
legislature have reached some conclusion
because if there is a way to provide
funding uh whether that be a local
option or uh other considerations in
Olympia um then that may preclude the
need for uh raising taxes on a
countywide basis so before I would want
to see SCA adopt a policy position on
behalf of the uh the the representative
cities of SCA um it would be I think it
would behoove the organization to wait
until things are a little more settled
in
Olympia that's I think the the language
on this is partially I think uh I think
there's a feeling that uh uh Olympia
might appreciate some points of view
from some of the other stakeholders in
the area so I there's a sense that they
have they've been struggling with some
of these issues and that this would uh
would uh be helpful uh it would be a
sales tax I checked it not a property
tax other questions or
comments council member winterstein
thank you so a benefit District can be
created
by one of two ways is it correct can the
um controlling Authority create one like
we could in the council or it can be a
vote of the citizens is there is there
an indication in there which method they
pervert I don't know okay
well so my my initial reaction is I'm
not comfortable with this idea this uh I
think it limits our options not that we
are currently planning anything but also
um uh the idea of it if it were to go
forward boy I would expect a vote of the
people uh I'm sorry I do have additional
information it does look it's um it for
the county to form a TBD and to enact it
requires voter approval okay all right
okay so it sounds like there are a
number of questions that have been
raised there's uh a thirst for
information uh and so uh that can be
shared electronically uh so that we can
become a little bit more knowledgeable
about what what's being proposed and
since it's uh will be discussed uh on
January the 8th at the public uh uh uh
uh information committee uh uh you will
probably have additional information and
some insights of what some of the
concerns are and we can uh take that up
uh uh at at our next meeting yes I I I
will uh I look forward to getting that
information and of course action
wouldn't uh full action wouldn't be
taken until February so we have some
time to review this great thanks for
bringing that up uh anything else under
good of the
order uh seeing none then uh uh uh
before we move into executive session I
would like to clarify the uh uh the uh
RCW for uh the executive session it's It
should read
42.3
.10 pen uh one peren I and so with that
uh we are adjourned into executive
session action uh most likely will be
taken following uh the executive
session oh your computer didn't
work we are uh moving out of executive
session at uh uh
8
49 uh and into uh regular
session
uh council member winterstein thank you
mayor Butler uh I would like to make a
motion to authorize the administration
to enter into a settlement on the npdes
phase 2 permit as outlined in executive
session second it's been moved and
seconded uh any
discussion are you ready to vote on this
all those in favor of the motion uh
signify by saying I I those opposed that
motion carries unanimously is there any
other business to come before the
council this evening if not uh we are
adjourned