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everybody's good good evening and
welcome to the August fourteenth meeting
of the planning policy Commission thank
you all for being here as usual we do
the minutes first is everybody read the
minutes do I have a motion to approve
minutes a second any discussion all
those in favor say aye opposed great
here we go tonight where you're going to
continue the growth what is it cultural
plan and the growth management and we're
going to just start with you and the
economic vitality part of the cultural
element yes absolutely you got it in one
very good I'm quick housekeeping um for
you and for our TV audience our October
9th meeting is getting bumped up to
October second i'll send you all an
email out so that you can change your
schedules but i just wanted to sort of
plant the seed that october is going to
be a little different for us because the
council uses the chambers for their
budget deliberations quite often in the
month during the month of october and so
there's two thursdays that they're using
our chambers so we have to bump one of
our meetings so i'm just giving you a
heads-up that will be meeting october
second and you'll see more about it in
an email so i just want to plant the
seed but for more important and exciting
news tonight we're continuing on with a
comprehensive plan update this is
exciting tonight we have two topics we
have the economic vitality element which
we have someone from economic
development department Jen here with us
tonight to walk us through all the work
that the Commission has been doing with
our very own bill Ramos is also on that
Commission so we'll have two helps to
get us to understand all the work that
they've been doing and they've been
doing a lot of work and I will help us
understand what the Arts Commission has
been doing with the cultural element and
Joan will help me
as she is on the Arts Commission as well
so we have a lot of help tonight to
understand these two very important
elements and to understand how the goals
came about and how we can keep them and
enforce them in our comprehensive plan
just to remind all of us including
myself because sometimes I have trouble
with what the difference is the goal is
the aim or the desired result and the
policy is the principle on how to get us
there and the implementation is actually
how to carry it out and sometimes they
get a little mixed and that's okay but
it's always good to try to remember how
we're supposed to divide them out and
with that I'm going to turn it over to
Jen for the economic vitality element oh
very good you might have noticed in your
packet that the economic vitality
element looked a little different than
the others that we've sent you because
it had a long list of implementation and
that is because they have been working
very hard on a lot of the planning that
they're doing but it's the first one
that you've seen that has a lot of
implementation tied to it which sort of
threw us a little bit because we had
thought about working on the
implementation later on for all the
elements and keeping it as sort of a
report card that is officially adapting
it for the state and sending it to the
state and getting approved by the state
and being limited by the state review
process but keeping it as sort of a live
document where we can check things off
and change things around and we aren't
stuck in if you will the limitations of
the state GMA and so it's not in the
presentation tonight but it's still in
your packet just to let you know what
the kind of what that kind of a plan or
a report card is going to look like for
us so that we can be implementing the
policies and programs but it won't be
actually a part of the GMA plan so if
you were got to the end of Jen's
presentation and said where's the
implementation discussion you can still
ask her about it but it wouldn't
actually be caught in the goals or the
policies does that make sense and we can
talk about it more at the end if you
still have questions or if something
triggers it's just the arrows the single
thank you hi good evening my name is jen
davis hayes and i work as an economic
development manager
at the city of issaquah and as you know
the city of issaquah as a relatively new
economic development department and so
luckily we actually have been working on
with our economic vitality Commission a
strategic plan and so there was perfect
timing to then also utilize that
information for the comp plan and so
that's why we had so much more
information already done because we've
been working with the EVC for about
about a year plus before I started last
September's age did a SWOT analysis of
what thing things in the in the city
were were opportunities and what things
they needed to address more and then we
work more on goals and policies and
moving for with implementation so so it
was a nice to dovetail right into the
comp plan work and so as you right here
talks about these are the things that
are required by the GMA so we need a
summary the local economy so that's
going to be a lot of the data so we
don't have that yet we're working on
that gathering all of that data and then
a summary the strengths and weaknesses
of the local economy and I believe again
because we did thats wat we have some
information in here already and then the
policies programs and projects to foster
economic growth and development to
address future needs so again we have
worked towards that and will address
those things so why is economic vitality
important well it definitely as you know
it is a quality of life issue right and
so as bill knows we talk a lot about
this and the economic vitality
Commission about what does that mean you
know economic vitality and doesn't just
mean economic development in the economy
it means the quality life the amenities
the education the outdoor recreation
opportunities workforce development
housing all those elements but we we
realize that this element is going to be
mostly dealing with with businesses and
so we talk really about the innovative
and vibrant business community we want
to we have here in this one we want to
continue to have and making sure that we
have diverse business and residential
population here because as we grow as a
city we want to make sure that we can
accommodate our population along with
all of our natural assets
and you can you have any questions just
jump on and we look forward to your
questions and comments so looking at our
vision we actually had a really hard
time with creating one vision statement
for our strategic plan and so luckily we
didn't have to have one really short
vision here for the for this comp plan
so I took advantage of that and talked
about how we want to continue to have a
welcoming business climate and making
sure that our businesses are successful
here in our community but you also want
to make sure that again that we're
looking the diversity of job
opportunities so not everybody can work
a costco or work at Microsoft but we
have a gamut of opportunities across the
line in small businesses and large
businesses and offer goods and services
to our residents and then we also want
to make sure that we are we as the city
are providing the the infrastructure and
the the tools that that the businesses
need to be successful so that our school
district is investing in working side by
side with businesses to best educate our
children and to make sure that we
protect the natural environments that's
very important to us here in issaquah so
our first goal is to have a successful
business environment and so what that
really means is that we are providing
we're working with businesses to provide
them assistance at the level they need
making sure they are connected with
resources in the community we're looking
to make sure we have transportation and
mobility solutions because obviously
they can't get goods and services in or
their workers in are having issues with
that they're going to go someplace else
one of the things that my coworker is
working on right now is looking at with
the utilities and looking at power and
trying to make sure that that there's a
quality of electricity provided where
you are able to do what you need to do
so some some businesses have had
fluctuation in power and how that has
affected their business and making sure
that we try to address that and then we
want to make sure of course that we can
continually communicate with our
business and community stakeholders to
make sure that we are addressing the
current trends because things do change
quickly miss economy as we've seen in
the last several years I just have a
yeah
issaquah strives to be a business
friendly community that's not really a
goal if the club will be a bit business
friendly community should be okay I was
good right either it needs to have more
than strives it's what is or will be
okay thank you that's the word smithing
I think we did thousand times over um
and then one of the things that uh when
I was first hired about a year ago was
to really um we know that it was a great
place to live but a lot of people don't
think about coming and locating their
business here in issaquah to a lot of
people they may not know the assets
beyond you know the amenities living
here and so what we really have strived
to do is to really we're working on
trying to identify our niche in the
business world so what type of
businesses will be best successful here
in issaquah because of our location in
our amenities and how then we can tell
that story out to the broader business
community and in part in doing that is
building our original partnership so
making sure we're at the table with our
economic development council of Seattle
King County making sure we're at the
regional real estate brokers meetings
and telling our story about issaquah we
actually created some initial marketing
material but as well to tell people the
story about and tell them about the
different businesses that are here and
how you can you can have a great balance
of work life here and so again part of
it is just going out there and telling
what we already know and then we're
looking to encourage private investment
and mostly will be working on the
central issaquah area and trying to
encourage redevelopment of that area and
so again telling that story about how
what you see now is not what our future
vision is for that area we want to see
high high density and mixed-use
development there so I'm apologize for
going back a little bit going going back
to goal a with you talked about agility
in the process is the ability to tailor
to changes in trends and that's
something that I'm not actually seeing
either way
the goal or within the policies under
the goal is that something that can be
added there so a four-goal a yeah okay
for gold egg so you talked about the
agility but I don't actually see it
within the policies okay change thank
you okay anything for goal be right now
any thoughts comments ok and then goals
see is workforce development and housing
and we all know that we have an amazing
school district and a school foundation
that work really hard and to make sure
we have the best quality of education
and one of the things we will have soon
is a Bellevue college campus and so
making sure we make those connections
between those institutions and the
businesses who need workers with those
skills and so right now businesses may
not be aware of all the resources that
are available to them in that system and
is it quite the system we actually have
worked with the Workforce Development
Council which is a regional Seattle King
County regional organization and they
helped us with our issaquah job fair
that we did a youth job fair in that was
in may and so we're looking at ways
again to try to connect businesses with
the skilled workers and making sure that
again as skills change and as our
residents change making sure that we had
the opportunity for that and one of the
things that the economic vitality
Commission thought was really important
is making sure there were housing
options for for folks that live in that
work in the community so if you worked
at Microsoft or costco or if you worked
at the target or twelfth Avenue cafe
that you had an opportunity to live in
the community if you chose to do so and
so with that we'll be looking at working
with DSD on a workforce housing plan and
moving forward to look at there's other
affordable housing opportunities to to
address that especially with the central
issaquah plan if we get some development
there and some affordable housing here
that would be nice um yes a minor yes
improvement yeah the business community
employees readily available
available skilled and educated workers
is that can that be massaged a little
bit so it I don't understand it sure I
mean do we provide you know should it be
state as a different different way we
work too I don't know but it just
doesn't sound that we the community
employees readily available skilled and
educated workers well how do we do that
I mean do we we take the second part
which is training right and that's
really where you need to be instead of
you employ these people you have to your
goal is to provide access and that makes
sense I don't know yeah I think I see
what you're saying so maybe the city
works with businesses within its
communities to provide skilled and
educated workers and residents and
provides continued training for a
changing economy I look at the housing
option to be a almost a goal of itself I
don't I think it's the first part was
enough and then housing should be put
someplace else yeah we had that exact
discussion in the VC about whether or
not housing goes here and we they
decided that they wanted to have it at a
higher level with a goal level versus
under someplace else wife is the
important important it's important yeah
I think it's really yeah and so maybe we
can look at the element as a the
comprehensive plan as a whole to see if
it's addressed you know and I know that
housing is a element is that correct
mm-hmm so yeah okay one thing I don't
see in in the goals or any
implementation is public school
education from preschool through a grade
12 I think one of our goals should be
that are that we maintain what now is
one of the finest school systems
anywhere right yeah I think it's very
important from a business standpoint
attracting businesses attract
I level workers that are educational
programs from preschool through 12th
grade are unparalleled I agree and
you're right a lot of people when they
business owners when they come to look
at an area the first thing they will do
is look at the school the school
district and how good the schools are
it's because they want their employees
to feel like they can move there and so
actually this goal will address that and
working with the school district and the
school foundation and the way we were
did it here is that to make to help
integrate them with the business
community and help make those
connections a little better I don't see
the emphasis that maybe we oughta place
on that okay and I do echo raise concern
that you know assisting the school
district is one thing but on the other
hand it's really the school district
being at the higher level that also
attracts the workers so maintaining that
is kind of the front end bringing the
business here as opposed to integrating
it with the business anybody else one
last thing if you please does anybody
think it's important to mention when we
talk about housing options how do we get
people to work transportation issues
mm-hmm word is that it's where's that
mentioned in here about i'm typing
municipal transportation that would be
in our first goal so we're looking at
developing transportation and mobility
solutions yeah well something that we
should emphasize right right and luckily
we have it we do have a trance / dance /
tation element as well because that is
something that actually my coworker
works a lot with our transportation
department or Public Works to make sure
that we're all pushing towards the same
direction here's 0 and we do a really
good job at that here the city okay any
other comments yet um one last one back
and see I guess the last sentence where
we're looking housing options to be
available for current or future business
to make it at home oh I think we need
business employees or something yes in
there thank you
okay so then our last one goal we call
vibrant community and this really is get
getting to the quality life issues and
so talking about the arts and culture
our outdoor recreation amenities looking
at making sure we have a diverse
selection of entertainment dining and
shopping needs so that also that
addresses the current residence but also
the visitors and tourists who'll be
coming into our area and so this is the
section again that kind of makes sure
that all the amenities that businesses
and residents look for we support that
with of course a lots of other partners
to do this so this isn't you know the
only economic development doing these
these things but it we understand how
important it is to be part of that I
think one thing that to emphasize in the
policies there is also and I don't see
it there is the community events I mean
I can fit into cultural opportunities
but it seems a little bit different I
mean I know when I told some people I
was moving to issaquah they said oh your
salmon days you know so that's kind of
what yet is it quoz known for and I'm
sure it brings a lot of economic
development into the city just through
salmon day so I think it it almost
should be a separate policy because
there are so many community events that
it should just be we should support and
encourage cultural than or community
events right and I'm looking at our
implementation just I think you're
exactly right that's one of the ways we
see actually growing opportunities for
businesses as well and and awareness
about what's happening here in issaquah
because as Roger Brooks our tourism
consultant says that everybody's first a
visitor to your community right so if
they come for salmon days or for a run
or for what a hike they're always that
visitor at first and then they start to
think oh maybe this is a place to live
and do business the other thing that I
didn't see that maybe is there are
buried where I didn't see it is safety
and security mm-hmm as a critical
element in
economic development I don't need to be
we need emphasize that we are safe and
secured crime free community sure right
that's very true we've been lucky about
that mm-hmm any other comments about
Goldie thank you I think that's you guys
were good about asking good questions
and suggesting things I'd along the way
ask the questions that we were concerned
about so any nothing else do you want to
add I know we have a little bit more
information than what you put up Bonnie
and I think it's uh it covers what you
said pretty well the different ideas and
options and it also flows along with the
arts yes part of it yes because people
come to issaquah that businesses come
but they want their employees to have
cultural and you know not only good
schools but good events and good music
guy everything else so they want to stay
here yeah and that's one of our emphasis
edible increasing increasing those
opportunities so you don't have to go
into seattle or bellevue and so you know
there's a lot right here so it's not
good for the events too and it's not
just affordable housing for employees
it's affordable housing for other people
who want to live work live in issaquah
oh yes yes and again it's housing
options right so you have it full scale
so good yap sins are good yes so how are
you talking about a human services
element and as an additional factor I am
sorry I couldn't hear you are you
talking a human services element as a
critical factor as well I think it all
goes together I think ardent and Human
Services and the right housing and
safety and security letter bring out the
human services also a critical element
yeah everything is right right and
they're all connected you know they're
all hadn't acted and I think that each
one of the sections of the of the plan
covers some part of it but it all has to
go together right that's Trish's job I
guess
yeah okay zeg way well thank you very
much like you know like John go yes all
right that is easy guy thank you very
much for having us here too and we'll
see you again in October with some
updates okay thank you okay well now the
cultural elements which has no GMA
requirements which didn't bother
issaquah at all because we chose to have
an element anyway like we did we had an
economic vitality element before it was
required we also had the Human Services
element before it was required so we've
sort of been on the leading edge for a
long time with with how we feel about
the community and this is one example
I'm going to if you have questions about
this as I said Joan is on the Arts
Commission and she and the Arts
Commission have discussed all of these
topics so she'll be able to help us dig
down into some of these if we don't
completely understand where they're
coming from we all know why the cultural
events and pieces and parts of our
community are important part of its the
sense of place that we get from our
history and from what we're doing now
and the people that have come before us
and the pioneers and the governor even
and it's just we have a lot of resources
here that are cultural and artistic and
we wanted to capture that in this very
short but very important element the
vision is to use those arts and culture
that we have to enrich our quality of
life we recognize that art comes from a
lot of different venues a lot of
different ways that we can foster that
culturally rich and diverse community
from people to places to events to you
know the whole gamut of things and we
try to capture that here to make sure we
don't lose anything the first one is
cultural vitality to support all the
opportunities that can strengthen what
we have and what we're going to have and
what we hope to have we talked about
community involvement is big maintaining
and having a diversity of public art
through a lot of its through the arts
program the Arts Commission
and encouraging festivals and events
that Paul mentioned that to get all the
the people to the events and to to sort
of have that community feeling around
something as exciting as the salmon
coming home that's the that's the first
one any questions on the first so i know
i've read this but it seemed shorter
when i read it then when you put it up
on on screen did I add so you have three
different we have three different things
in there and maybe it should just be
support opportunities that syringe that
called cultural vitality and then the
other ones will be more specific
underneath as a waiting to do that I
moaning and providing okay because the
Phillip somebody else has some I've got
a slight quarrel with one of the words
we use public art I think it should be
public arts programs because art is more
than it's more than statues in artwork
it's all of the arts and I think that's
what needs to be emphasized okay okay I
think that's what we were getting at but
um it doesn't is that you were it was a
it was all in comes out art program
encompasses everything but if if you
feel that it needs to be more specific
than will certainly consider it yeah I
do a reverse public art program I think
growing diverse public the diverse arts
programs is what i'd like to see Oh
without the public well just well arts
and so art itself tends to lend itself
to just thinking of a painting whereas
arts encompasses all the arts i think is
what racing okay and keeping public
though I may be public and in private
and private so I think just arts as many
of the businesses that we're encouraging
our arts-based okay does that mean how
does that ring would they had this
discussion for years about getting
businesses involved in putting art in
there
buildings and I mean that's kind of what
we looked at when we said public art
program was to integrate with businesses
since this is an ultra cultural program
so it's there but we can change anything
you want can we say something about the
public arts program and how you reach
out to private entities where their
businesses are to try and get it
everywhere just public in private art
program okay yes yeah yeah okay and and
under under policy a one the well I
agree the promote promoting patronage is
important I'm not seeing anything about
preserving the artistic cultural and
historical programs and venues so yeah
proposed word wording I think would be
promote and preserve is a clause
artistic cultural and historical
programs and venues to provide cultural
opportunities to residents and visitors
the last section was written by the
historical society so that kind of
encompass little Beth and I oppose
American you oh ok ok ok
I definitely agree it's one of the
reasons I moved here no we're not
getting older no we're not getting older
I'll state of mind and how far ahead
would you move it to why don't we get to
okay and then we'll decide where to move
it okay can we move to be or we still
have questions and comments on a okay
going once B is very short preserve and
enhance the natural and physical
environments that reflect is so cause a
unique sense of place and this talks
about it's incorporating public art and
city capital improvement projects
studying passable new incentives for
developers to increase integration of
art into private buildings promoting
public art and parks urban trails public
spaces community infrastructure and
providing opportunities for artists and
design professionals involvement in
review and early design phases of
community facilities questions or
comments on that one any addition I'm
thinking in terms of promotive promoting
and encouraging the maintenance of the
history and the I'm trying to find the
words to to express it but what is
issaquah and all of downtown ozark was
an example but to encourage in an
architecture and everything else
maintaining that feel that culture that
that makes us unique that's again know
when that last is that the last historic
resource protection it's kind of spelled
out in that no I'm thinking beyond that
I'm thinking in terms of you excuse me
thinking in terms of development in
terms of architecture in terms of we've
we've got a long term plan and I'd like
to see the
the architectural standards encouraging
what is this a quat rather than just
seeing vertical factories the vertical
warehouses or whatever you want to call
these nondescript glass buildings i
really have no no real identity and no
real culture turn your turn your
microphone Oh did anybody not hear what
I said I think what you're referring to
goes more to a development type approach
I think it's a goal in terms of
preservation preservation of the
identity of this well I agree with you
but I'm not sure they're Jermaine to
this section that's all I'm saying yeah
and agree and I think I understand the
concern there and I I think it might be
a small blurb might fit as a policy
under the historic resource protection
so you know policy that would make the
historic resource protection also
perspective to maintain that historical
feel I'm not sure where it belongs I
just want to make sure it's emphasized
so I have a question about just the goal
what physical environments what does
that mean I mean I mean I know natural
environment but natural and physical it
usually I'd I use the term built
environment I don't know if it's the
same thing if that's what its meaning I
would guess I wasn't in the discussions
but i would guess that's what it means
is the this is if this is not just what
the art community the Art Commission can
do this is a bigger plan than than that
and so enhance the natural physical
environments is basically putting art
and
making it something people can
appreciate and and incorporate art into
it I guess so so reading down in the
policies when it says like get it into
the buildings in the architecture kind
of that's what I kind of think about the
built environment so that's right I
doesn't I mean it's not a big deal
physical or built environment but just
anyone else have a either way they would
rather it's a built environment and
physical environment
look at that anything else on that one
cultural education which we talked a
little bit about when Jen was here
promote and support the arts and
programming essential to quality
education through partnerships with
public and private is claw schools arts
organization artists and the community
and this is again making sure that that
we have it at all levels are there
questions on this one
okay this has a bit of a c2 is um has to
do with the the past as well so this has
a little bit of the historic piece to
them to make sure that our art is
there's an understanding of our past the
next one is cultural facilities identify
short and long term arts and culture
facility needs and priorities and
develop methods to meet the needs this
would be okay encourage the development
of community accessible studio workshop
and exhibition spaces for arts culture
and heritage exhibition strengthen
incentives for developers and builders
to incorporate studio workshop and
exhibition spaces into mixed-use design
inventory what we have for cultural
facilities did you have a much of a
discussion on this as far as do we have
a lot no we didn't have a lot that's why
we have to encourage all of these
organizations come to the Arts
Commission and says you know where can
we put on our festival or our music
presentation and we don't have any place
in issaquah or very few ok so it's an
ongoing thing of maybe new buildings can
be incorporated where they have a larger
space where a symphony can perform ok in
that pain issaquah high school when it
was rebuilt and they built the
performing a nota torium it was built as
a performing arts center and I don't see
it being utilized that way at all I
really would like to see as a goal to
employ a full-time executive director to
get that place booked for concerts
recitals and fully utilised I think it
should be utilized every weekend for
something and i think it's a it's a
moneymaker for the city it could be if
we attract the right kinds of people i'm
thinking in terms of what bottle has
done what kirkland is done and we have
the facility we have the Performing Arts
Center that's the way it was built that
would that's why I was told it was in
it's not being used that way it we try
to use it we do use it as at the for the
film festival and we there's it is in
part of the school it doesn't belong to
the city and the school uses it
consistently for their programs and
there's very little time to it is used
all the time it just happens to be part
of the school district their plays there
yes that's not a facility that's an
option it's an option true but we try I
know that the symphonies go up there and
say hey can we use it and there's you
know you can use it on the twelfth
Friday of the month of whatever but then
like last year we were called and said
you can't have your film festival that
day because we have a basketball
tournament coming in and so you know
it's not an easy place to book for the
community I realized that but I'm
thinking in terms of the original intent
when it was built away it was sold to
the community was sold as a performing
arts center and it's not being utilized
that way yeah and the other the other
thing I'm thinking of their other
resources that are underutilized and
again they're private they're not public
like village theater there are five
performances a year but it's dark a good
portion of the year because it's not
being utilized and perhaps that could be
utilized in partnership with with the
Felicity and a foundation or whatever
it's called that runs it could that be
part of the parent no these are examples
again there may be others and I think
you know going to that it may warn a
change to a cultural policy d2 right now
its established an organized network of
cultural organizations and available
facilities to better match space with
needs and perhaps better working would
be established partnerships between
cultural organizations and available
facilities to better matter space with
needs very good
partnerships with or partnerships
between jay is there a bit partnerships
between or among organizations the
facilities between sometimes only means
to so maybe among with a wreck better
another thought occurs to me if if the
the issaquah facility the school esqui
high school facility is not going to be
available maybe we ought to be thinking
in terms of developed funding for a true
cultural art Performing Arts Center as
part of issaquah that's a long term goal
i realized that but it's something that
would certainly be attractive to
businesses and the residents but if we
had a true Performing Arts Center it has
been a goal of the Arts Commission for
as long as I have been on the Arts
Commission that all 12 years I agree
with you yeah I was not need something
like that I think we ought to state it
as part of our cultural gold as well as
the arts goal the Arts Commission go
make that a yeah and Jones since you
know this probably all of the separate
policy under Goldie or does that go back
to the economic vitality go um it's one
of those both you know it's like I think
community events it's kind of work
involved needs could go under yeah
facilities that could go under there
Barry one that we're talking about or
another sao paulo cd45 okay so out of
curiosity if it's been on the
commission's minds for 12 years what's
why not money and a place to build it
money first and then you get the place
then you get the money to build it I
mean as it then put on to the capital
no it's covered under Goldie I mean it
says identify short and long-term needs
and try to do this so that's something
that I mean you're saying there but the
question is how specific do you want to
beat would that be more in the policy
below that to say work towards that but
I mean that concept is right it's
covered by government by that goal and
that that would be a you know a specific
thing to do that Michael under
validation rather than just polish not
something I want to put in here
obviously it's too specific but i'm just
getting curiosity or it could go in the
discussion to that that's one for
example of something that has been
identified that you that you'd be
working towards through this element but
it wouldn't actually be laid out on a
policy but it would be in the discussion
that might feel it was in life because
we haven't filled in the discussions yet
so i'm going to put mentioned performing
arts okay center in the discussion I
have a five-year-old daughter that plays
the violin so unlike five years she's
going to be needing to squeak somewhere
else besides my living around good luck
with that anything else on this one
really good discussion it's really good
communications and awareness provide
information about and expand public
awareness of its cause arts culture and
heritage programs and activities and
their value to the community I would end
that programs activities and facilities
okay good
anything else on this one
okay I've enjoyed I don't know if you
guys have all subscribed to the think
it's almost weekly there's an email that
comes from the city that has all the
things that are coming and it has little
videos attached to it and some of those
like the water park day I just started
laughing watching the video of that I
had no idea there were that many kids
out there getting you know with the fire
hose and just I thought wow I really
missing a really good time so I think
that's a really good way of getting
folks aware of what's going on in town
funding always a big piece of anything
that the community is hoping for provide
a city managed grant program through you
the municipal arts fund to support arts
and culture programs and events in and
for the community and go right now this
the Arts Commission gets a half a
percent of the movie ticket price so
every year we're able to hand that out
to the various organizations about how
much is that dollar wise um anywhere
between 110 and 130 thousand dollars and
that's just from movie ticket revenues
capital of personality yeah that was
before the new movie theater opened up
that was before we had to so we're
hoping that we are able to support more
organizations issue and what do you use
for when you buy art what's the funding
that you use for that you know when you
actually get to buy a piece like the
council chambers money comes in and it
we have our grants we have to pay our
advisor and then we put away some to be
used for sculptors and other big
projects in the city like the we're
planning to put a new sculpture in some
of the roundabouts and we have new
things going in in different other
places in the city so we put that money
away and so when we get the money then
we go out and find an artist
and the city the council has to approve
it and then we get all excited and get
to put a new piece into the city my only
recommended change would be to the
policy under that just says provide
municipal funding for activities i would
change out to activities and programs
start again are you an e-1 or you to
improve Oh in the wrong for f1 sorry
provide 4x4 programs in activities uh
yeah for activities and programs or
programs and activities okay and I'm it
same a similar note Joan went up a
bigger project comes in they have to
provide some art like when the
interchange went in and those orange
just right if it's a city project right
only if it's a city project okay because
I know on the bridges we have the on the
new bridges we have the salmon the
bronze or some other metal than is in
the bridge with the date that it was um
I think all the city halls have some
well that came with that came with a
bridge fund yeah that we had to provide
some kind of art there's heart of
there's also some art that was put into
the what's a call with a cars park oh
the park and ride yeah parking right but
I mean we had a hand in picking it but
the money came from building the mystery
solved oh yeah most transportation
funding thing well I'd end federal most
transportation funding comes with up to
one percent share it can be put into art
in a new transportation facility that's
where the park and rides and those can
can put artwork in and that's part of
the just consider for the construction
funding yeah what's just trying to add
that we're trying to get art through all
the different venues that we can some of
it through the Arts Commission and some
of its just developers or the city has
to provide in their projects city
provides the funds but it comes through
the Arts Commission and we usually are
part of planning the process of what it
is in getting the artist to provide it
like we did on the side of the far state
new fire station that orange and yellow
thing that's on the side that gets lit
up at night that came when cause of
right it son ok because and was that you
guys that did that they're like irises
right by the one in the highlands yeah
ok I think those are fabulous that was
that was bought from yes we we used to
have a program where we bring in 10
different sculptures a year and rent
them for a year and we decided it was
more economical to actually buy one that
everybody liked and so we stopped that
program because we had to pay for the
person who did the work so we are trying
to find more art pieces that the city
can appreciate you and while you guys
involved in the murals when they talk
about a mural committee was that part of
the Arts Commission that was you know
that was a long time ago was before I
was on the Arts Commission song I know
we were involved in the the rocks that
are at the hatchery the big art rocks
that had the history of the fish on
mm-hmm so that money a lot of it came
from the Arts in fact I think all of it
came from your asking ok I figured while
we're on this topic we should all learn
a little bit more of where all of our
good art comes from and where hopefully
a lot more will come in the future
because I think you guys have done a
really good job so you were talking
about funding different programs 130,000
every year goes to we set aside money
for every school to apply for a grant so
that every school gets some money for
their art program we have the cocl the
issaquah singer is a ceramic Symphony
that you know all of these people come
to us and we provide support for all of
them so the city does not us I mean
that's I think that's good to know it's
fun anything else on this one just one
little more information on that so 130
you think goes to those things to
actually support performing groups and
events schools get some and then you're
talking about something to go as a
sculpture you know or some sort of art
piece purchase and installation is those
are like your main areas or anything
else well we support the main stage of
salmon days we support the concerts in
the green we support half of that kawana
space for the other half they raise the
money for that so I mean it's if you
look at it's like 30 different
organizations that are funded through
the Arts Commission great to nope thank
you and then this is the historic
resource protection that help to protect
historic resources to enhance the city's
quality of life unique sense of place
and economic vitality this talks about
the treasures that we identified and
council adopted or identified the first
30 I think of a list that was a lot
longer than 30 but I think they stopped
I think like Harvey Manning was 32 or 33
and they didn't want to have a person on
the treasures to protect because they
knew that you know in the long run they
weren't going to be able to protect
Harvey Manning rest his soul so they
just approved they just recognized the
first I think it's 30 and they're in the
comp plan as a Quattro jerz but that's
mentioned in this and a lot of the other
really neat things that we have and now
that you've gone through them all where
would be the proper place for this one
cluster the tub yes if I might suggest i
think the cultural goal G historic
resource protection is just as important
as our goal a the cultural vitality so I
would suggest to be at least be okay
second section anybody they go hand in
hand I think hey anybody go with Brian
NBD yeah I'd concur with that okay
okay excellent that was easy and and I
do think you know i would like to kind
of echo raised concern at a policy under
G to include kind of a prospective look
as to historical element in terms of I
know this was to address in our
development portion but making sure that
it's also addressed in the cultural
portion that any new efforts maintain
the historic look and feel to the extent
appropriate I'm not sure where to place
it under but I could visualize as
promoting a lot more of what we offer as
a for instance we have art all over the
city statuary and so forth how about a
directory pointing to residents as well
as visitors as to where all of the all
of this beautiful art is maybe an art
and funny you should mention that haha
you have something like that we the Arts
Commission sat down in their retreat and
we came up with our are where we wanted
to direct our limited amount of time and
one of the things is putting together
some videos which we're going to be
putting on channel 21 we're already
started getting the videos put together
so hopefully soon but it has to be you
know we want to get everything so the
the things that we promote our
throughout the year and so we're trying
to get them put together so we can
probably more delivery we have to we
have to start using the technology that
we have and promote ourselves that's in
it that's absolutely but even beyond
that many multimedia many things
brochure that says oh that just
describes art in issaquah where it's
located already have one good great
that's where we doing it but we already
have one because we have new pieces and
I think what you're talking about Ray
really fits in isn't a specific
implementation to policy e one where it
does talk about promotion
through information technology through
print media and so that might be a good
implementation in multimedia yeah
utilizing all various aspects of media
yeah I can see those being on those
weekly emails to to get them out to
people to say you know you should see
this this week or you know when the
colors are changing you know the ones
that are near hiking spots and that
would be really need to do and are you
working with like someone from the city
like Warren for the big ones and Tim the
excellent Tim thought they'd taken
pictures you'll see him walking around
hello so hopefully I'll put it together
soon and actually going back to cultural
goalie this just hit me I did some of
those historical and cultural tours of
issaquah mm-hmm and that may weren't
updating policy e 1 to include
educational programs specifically as a
method of promotion so you'd put that
marketing tool such as information
technologies print media and education
and other educational programs Oh up in
the first part and okay
anything else nice
okay i'm looking forward to to seeing
what pictures yeah guys come up when you
put it up because there's there's some
really neat ones that could go in now
one question I did not ask about the
first presentation how much of that was
actually in the original economic
vitality plan um you know pieces and
parts of it were they took out the quote
unquote which I guess was one of my
personal favorites was the very first
goal was quality of life and we tried to
describe it that it was it was schools
it was that your natural environment it
was your you know safe and you know it
we tried to quantify because everybody
talks about it but there's no definition
so that was the first goal was to try to
quantify that it's all of these things
and they all have to be at a high level
and I think they kind of put it in
different places but they don't actually
use it as the defined term that we did
before they don't talk as much about
there's a whole section now about making
sure that your development review
process is updated annually and make
sure that it's consistent with what the
applicants are asking for and that
you're streamlined and I think they made
that because we've made so many
improvements in our development review
process I think they've they've even
streamlined the goal that it were just
supposed to you know work with
applicants to make sure that you know
we're working together and so that
part's a lot smaller as well those were
the biggest pieces that I that I noticed
were you know shorter and sweeter than
in the existing I can send out the
existing if you wanted to see it but
when we first did track changes it was
just such a mess that it was like while
we're not going to be able to read the
new one because it was just kind of I
know we changed a lot in the arts plan
and though mm-hmm so I just just
wondered I can't remember what we took
out but it was inappropriate in anymore
but right you guys have come because the
cultural has never been updated so this
is really an amazing a good rewrite its
finding any any of the comments or so
what is our next ezard's so good at all
this the next in two week
you get to see the housing element and
the Human Services element which they
have a lot in common and yet they have
some uniqueness as well Arthur Sullivan
is going to be here we were on the phone
with him again today and I said we have
eight new members so you're going to get
a lot of really great questions and he
said are they really good members and I
said they are excellent members and so
he's like how how much will I have to
tell him and said you know we're gonna
have to do the housing 101 but it
doesn't have to be the whole depth I
said because they catch on really quick
so he's excited to meet the eight new
members and to see the reigning veterans
and and so we'll have him and I think
I'm one of his assistants Michael be
here to help us with that I think even
Kristen might even be here she doesn't
been here in a while and then Human
Services will just be us and bill will
help us with that because he's on that
Human Services Commission you were so
many hats it's just wonderful to have
you as a resource on PPC but that's a
really good one too and we're going to
invite the Human Services Commission but
i'm not sure if all of them are many of
them are and he will be able to attend
but they can certainly watch us they can
watch us on TV and throw popcorn at us
if we're not following up but so those
will be two really good ones and then
you will have seen I think all of the
elements at least in some form or
another and then we'll start coming back
and filling in the pieces and parts to
get ready for the big public hearing
that would start i think in october was
in our schedule so I'm going to ask this
one more time okay whoops um the TI p is
going to be with the transportation i
know but just that and the capital plan
the explanation of what it is okay in
the list just show the new members can
understand before where they come to
that meeting so okay just cut it out i
know it's there okay and just kind of
send it to everybody so they can because
there were so many questions about where
it was and how it was handled and how
things are paid for and in what the
process is ok because i mentioned to
kristen when we were preparing for this
though i was going to do that tonight
she said why would you do that with
economic
how odd and cultural I said cuz Joan
asked me to she said doesn't make any
sense this week Josh broke down and Joan
and Carl tell me to do stuff you better
believe it's gonna be at the next
meeting but i will send those out you
are the only one the death that yeah Meg
variable x on yellow shirt hey yellow or
orange good I think it's perfect it'll
do purple I think it's perfect now you
guys is a challenge okay if there is
nothing else time for emotion or emotion
it is 731 and the meeting is adjourned
thank you so much drop everyone through
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