Administration recommends: • Not pursuing construction of a new City Hall at this time. • Leverage a councilmanic bond to fund the police remodel and pay the debt service using revenue from the public safety sales tax. • Temporarily retain City Hall South for police use during remodel. • Use one-time funds to purchase/renovate an existing building for City Hall use.
Voter-approved park bonds have been a primary funding tool for capital investments in the City’s parks and trails system over the past decades. Issaquah has successfully used this mechanism in prior years: • 2006 Park Bond ($6.25M): Proceeds funded park renovations, trail development, and land acquisition (approved by 74% of voters). • 2013 Park Bond ($10M): Proceeds funded Boehm Pool repairs, development of turf fields at Central Park, neighborhood park improvements, and land acquisition (approved by 77% of voters).