City Council Mobility & Infrastructure Committee · Tuesday, October 25, 2022 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of September 13, 2022

packet pp.5–6

▶ Watch from 2:19 Open packet at p.5 ↗

Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 09-13-22 City Council Mobility & Infrastructure Page 1 Committee Minutes CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Mobility & Infrastructure Committee 6:30 PM Council Chambers, 135 E. September 13, 2022 MINUTES Sunset Way, Issaquah WA

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Transit Plan Public Engagement ID 1284

60 min · Thomas Valdriz, Senior transportation Planner · packet pp.7–35

Topics: Transportation

▶ Watch from 1:31 Open packet at p.7 ↗

Staff report:

Over the last 10 years, the City’s population has more than doubled, bringing about new transportation opportunities and challenges which require new strategies to meet the City’s goals. In light of this growth, the City seeks to take a proactive, transit supportive approach to ensure that anticipated future roadway improvements support a long-term transit network. This effort will coordinate with the City’s vision to balance multimodal principles with community values.

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0:00 ↗ Council mobility and infrastructure

0:01 ↗ committee means to order October 25th

0:05 ↗ 2022

0:07 ↗ and um

0:09 ↗ looking at the agenda this evening we're

0:12 ↗ going to be looking at

0:14 ↗ one item tonight

0:17 ↗ um

0:18 ↗ first I will see if there are

0:23 ↗ any people in the audience that would

0:25 ↗ want to give public comment we're still

0:27 ↗ in a hybrid

0:29 ↗ situation right now but there are

0:31 ↗ multiple opportunities for public

0:32 ↗ comment at tonight's meeting there's a

0:34 ↗ general public comment opportunity at

0:35 ↗ the beginning of the meeting and after

0:38 ↗ the presentation of members of the

0:40 ↗ public are encouraged to also give their

0:42 ↗ input

0:47 ↗ there are we on here we are not on air

0:50 ↗ at the moment I have to start all over

0:52 ↗ again

0:56 ↗ good evening

0:58 ↗ today is October 25th 2022 I'll call the

1:01 ↗ city council mobility and infrastructure

1:03 ↗ committee

1:04 ↗ meeting to order I'll take roll now

1:06 ↗ councilmember D Michelle

1:09 ↗ here Deputy council president Hall here

1:13 ↗ fantastic thank you for coming tonight

1:15 ↗ we'll start by starting a public comment

1:20 ↗ there are multiple opportunities for

1:22 ↗ public comment in tonight's meeting

1:23 ↗ there's a general public comment

1:25 ↗ opportunity at the beginning of the

1:26 ↗ meeting or members of the public may

1:28 ↗ make comments after the presentation of

1:31 ↗ tonight's agenda item and the council

1:33 ↗ question and answer period

1:35 ↗ members of the public May address the

1:37 ↗ council at this time and person or

1:38 ↗ virtually

1:42 ↗ do we have any members of the public

1:43 ↗ that are online that would like to speak

1:46 ↗ I don't see anyone in the council

1:47 ↗ chambers right now

1:49 ↗ chair Joe no one has signed up to speak

1:52 ↗ and there are no virtual attendees at

1:55 ↗ the moment fantastic for those that are

1:58 ↗ online that may want to join later to

2:01 ↗ make comments please raise your hand or

2:03 ↗ if you're on the phone press star 3

2:05 ↗ we'll look for

2:07 ↗ your cues that you'd like to make

2:10 ↗ additional comment after the

2:12 ↗ presentation of our one item on the

2:15 ↗ agenda this evening

2:17 ↗ that'll move us on to item number three

2:19 ↗ approval of minutes have members of the

2:21 ↗ committee had a chance to view the draft

2:23 ↗ minutes from September 13 2022.

2:28 ↗ do I have a motion

2:32 ↗ I would move to approve the minutes as

2:34 ↗ presented

2:35 ↗ I think

2:36 ↗ okay discussion

2:38 ↗ hearing no discussion I'll call the

2:40 ↗ question all in favor please say aye aye

2:41 ↗ opposed

2:44 ↗ that passes unanimously 3-0

2:48 ↗ this now takes us to agenda item four a

2:51 ↗ id1284 transit public transit plan

2:54 ↗ public engagement excuse me and we have

2:58 ↗ Thomas valdris uh senior Transportation

3:00 ↗ planner Thomas I hope I pronounced that

3:03 ↗ name correctly if I didn't please

3:04 ↗ correct me but the shows are yours

3:12 ↗ thanks council member Joe

3:15 ↗ um I'll just wait to get the screen

3:17 ↗ share

3:18 ↗ uh capabilities and then I will begin my

3:21 ↗ presentation

4:01 ↗ yeah so waiting on screen sharing

4:03 ↗ abilities someone could enable that I

4:05 ↗ can be in my presentation great same

4:09 ↗ ready

4:14 ↗ perfect

4:16 ↗ uh well yeah nice to meet everybody

4:20 ↗ my name is Thomas feldrez a senior

4:23 ↗ Transportation planner and today I'll be

4:26 ↗ discussing the transit study Community

4:28 ↗ engagement plan

4:34 ↗ so to begin I'll just start by providing

4:37 ↗ some useful background to describe why

4:39 ↗ we're studying Transit

4:41 ↗ I'll then walk through the study's

4:43 ↗ proposed Community engagement plan and

4:45 ↗ ask for the committee's feedback and

4:48 ↗ lastly I will conclude the presentation

4:50 ↗ by providing a preview of what's coming

4:53 ↗ down the pike

4:55 ↗ so before I begin just wanted to pause

4:58 ↗ here and share with you the two primary

5:00 ↗ questions that staff is hoping to get

5:03 ↗ feedback on from the committee

5:05 ↗ the first question is does the proposed

5:08 ↗ Community engagement plan meet the goal

5:11 ↗ of engaging with diverse voices from the

5:13 ↗ community

5:14 ↗ especially those with a higher

5:16 ↗ dependence on transit services

5:19 ↗ the second question is are there any

5:22 ↗ additional Community interests or

5:24 ↗ audiences that we're missing from our

5:27 ↗ key audiences and stakeholders list

5:29 ↗ found in attachment B of your packet

5:33 ↗ so please keep these two questions in

5:35 ↗ mind and I'll begin this presentation

5:39 ↗ so just to provide a little bit of

5:41 ↗ background uh

5:42 ↗ as the committee knows the Issaquah has

5:44 ↗ been growing pretty significantly over

5:47 ↗ the last 20 years the population has

5:49 ↗ more than doubled here and it's there's

5:52 ↗ expected growth coming in the future

5:55 ↗ in advance of this future anticipated

5:57 ↗ growth the city has been proactively

5:59 ↗ planning for high capacity transit to

6:02 ↗ ensure that we're prepared to take a

6:04 ↗ leadership role when light rail comes to

6:07 ↗ the community

6:09 ↗ in short by planning early we can ensure

6:11 ↗ that the changes that are happening to

6:13 ↗ our transportation Network can be done

6:15 ↗ in a way that also balances our

6:17 ↗ community's values

6:21 ↗ so what are these future Transit

6:23 ↗ Investments and when are they coming

6:25 ↗ uh as this committee knows between 20 24

6:29 ↗ and 25 King County Metro and Sound

6:31 ↗ Transit will begin implementing Eastlink

6:34 ↗ connections project this is a

6:36 ↗ coordinated Regional Mobility project

6:39 ↗ that's going to revise existing and add

6:42 ↗ new routes

6:43 ↗ by doing so this will improve the speed

6:45 ↗ reliability Transit service frequencies

6:48 ↗ and span of service for bus routes in

6:51 ↗ Issaquah

6:52 ↗ in the longer term as we look into 2044

6:56 ↗ Sun transits South Kirkland Issaquah

6:59 ↗ Link light Rail Project is expected to

7:01 ↗ bring

7:02 ↗ new light rail to Issaquah

7:07 ↗ giving a little bit more background here

7:09 ↗ in March 21 Council adopted the mobility

7:13 ↗ master plan which provides the policy

7:15 ↗ framework and implementation strategies

7:17 ↗ for the transportation element of the

7:20 ↗ city's comprehensive plan

7:22 ↗ policy 6.1 of the mobility master plan

7:25 ↗ calls for the development and Adoption

7:27 ↗ of a Transit study in order to prepare

7:29 ↗ this community for future high capacity

7:31 ↗ Transit

7:33 ↗ as a side note the city-wide strategic

7:36 ↗ plan also calls for the development of a

7:38 ↗ Transit study as action item M3

7:44 ↗ so now that we've provided that

7:47 ↗ background we know what we're doing we

7:49 ↗ know why we're doing it let's talk about

7:51 ↗ this project timeline

7:54 ↗ so in August the administration selected

7:56 ↗ dks Associates to lead the development

7:58 ↗ of the study the project kicked off in

8:01 ↗ September and after two major phases

8:04 ↗ we're expecting this project to be

8:05 ↗ complete as part of the comprehensive

8:08 ↗ Plan update in 2024.

8:11 ↗ in the first phase we will be assessing

8:14 ↗ the existing conditions of the current

8:16 ↗ transit system developing a community

8:18 ↗ engagement plan that involves diverse

8:20 ↗ voices of the community which we will

8:23 ↗ talk about shortly

8:24 ↗ estimating future Transit needs and

8:27 ↗ considering steps that can be taken to

8:29 ↗ meet our Transit service objectives

8:32 ↗ developing a prioritized list of

8:34 ↗ short-term and long-term Transit speed

8:37 ↗ and reliability Capital Improvement

8:39 ↗ projects with planning level and cost

8:41 ↗ estimates

8:43 ↗ developing

8:45 ↗ graphicals and policies to update the

8:48 ↗ transit chapter of the mobility master

8:50 ↗ plan

8:51 ↗ so all that's within within phase one

8:55 ↗ and then we anticipate starting phase

8:58 ↗ two next year

8:59 ↗ beginning in 2023 and for this phase

9:03 ↗ we'll be developing A Link light rail

9:05 ↗ planning document that guides the city's

9:07 ↗ Light Rail planning efforts such as

9:09 ↗ potential station locations developing

9:12 ↗ Transit performance metrics

9:15 ↗ and developing strategies and projects

9:18 ↗ to improve Transit access for

9:19 ↗ underserved populations

9:22 ↗ and again once complete the transit

9:24 ↗ study will be used to update the transit

9:26 ↗ chapter of the mobility master plan

9:28 ↗ which will be then used to update the

9:31 ↗ comprehensive plan in 2024.

9:37 ↗ talking a little bit about the financial

9:39 ↗ policy and Community impacts this

9:42 ↗ Transit study is funded through the 2024

9:45 ↗ adopted budget

9:47 ↗ um it's anticipated that projects

9:49 ↗ developed through the transit study will

9:51 ↗ likely be added to the transportation

9:53 ↗ Improvement program or tip through two

9:56 ↗ phases in the first phase of this tip

9:59 ↗ project list

10:01 ↗ in the first one will be

10:04 ↗ developing projects that are related to

10:06 ↗ Transit speed and reliability

10:08 ↗ we anticipate these again being in

10:10 ↗ incorporated into the 2023 tip

10:14 ↗ in the second phase we'll be looking at

10:16 ↗ developing projects and programs aimed

10:18 ↗ at improving accessibility to Transit

10:22 ↗ lastly the Link light rail planning

10:25 ↗ document which is largely a strategy

10:28 ↗ document

10:29 ↗ uh it's going to you know guide our

10:32 ↗ future planning efforts as it relates to

10:34 ↗ Light Rail and we'll likely involve some

10:37 ↗ action items that might require funding

10:39 ↗ to implement

10:44 ↗ great so that's the introduction of the

10:46 ↗ study

10:47 ↗ um

10:47 ↗ I was now planning on diving into the

10:50 ↗ community engagement plan but maybe I'll

10:51 ↗ just pause to see if there's any

10:53 ↗ questions I might address before I

10:55 ↗ continue councilmember D Michelle

10:58 ↗ uh thank you

11:00 ↗ um Thomas just a general question uh

11:04 ↗ going back to the previous slide about

11:07 ↗ where we are in the process

11:11 ↗ um if you could go back there we go

11:14 ↗ um are we you know we've got some uh

11:17 ↗ topography challenges in Issaquah with

11:20 ↗ some of our major neighborhoods on Hills

11:24 ↗ uh pretty challenging Hills and so forth

11:27 ↗ and where in this Transit study will we

11:31 ↗ be looking at those challenges is that

11:33 ↗ going to be done under existing

11:34 ↗ conditions or

11:37 ↗ um

11:38 ↗ in the community engagement Arena or uh

11:42 ↗ where where are those challenges going

11:44 ↗ to be outlined when we get the plan back

11:47 ↗ to us

11:49 ↗ yeah it's a great question council

11:50 ↗ member Jim shell we will be looking at

11:52 ↗ those within the existing conditions

11:54 ↗ portion so that it is phase one uh

11:58 ↗ deliverable one I'm sure that will also

12:01 ↗ come up as we you know discuss Community

12:04 ↗ engagement options you know

12:07 ↗ accessibility is super important through

12:10 ↗ this so I'm sure that will be a common

12:12 ↗ theme

12:13 ↗ throughout the project okay yeah I

12:16 ↗ appreciate that and then

12:18 ↗ um the and this relates more to the

12:21 ↗ community engagement plan but are we in

12:24 ↗ this planning

12:26 ↗ um

12:27 ↗ process are we taking into account the

12:29 ↗ different neighborhoods

12:31 ↗ and maybe we can talk about that more

12:33 ↗ when we get to the community engagement

12:35 ↗ plan but

12:36 ↗ [Music]

12:37 ↗ um

12:38 ↗ it seems like you know we have a number

12:40 ↗ of

12:42 ↗ neighborhoods with pretty unique Transit

12:46 ↗ challenges that are particular to them

12:49 ↗ so we're in this plan are we going to be

12:52 ↗ studying those differences

12:56 ↗ yep again another great question

12:59 ↗ likely the you know considering the

13:02 ↗ needs of the neighborhoods will that

13:04 ↗ will be covered a little bit in the

13:06 ↗ existing conditions

13:07 ↗ um you know we'll we'll certainly touch

13:09 ↗ on those topics moving forward as we

13:11 ↗ look at you know options that will be

13:14 ↗ addressed in the sort of the future

13:16 ↗ conditions so that's going to be within

13:18 ↗ the needs assessment

13:20 ↗ oh okay all right thank you

13:28 ↗ all right go ahead and continue please

13:29 ↗ thank you

13:31 ↗ great

13:34 ↗ perfect

13:36 ↗ um yeah so just diving into the

13:37 ↗ community engagement plan uh at a high

13:40 ↗ level this plan includes several steps

13:44 ↗ first will be engaging with diverse

13:47 ↗ stakeholder groups we'll be utilizing

13:50 ↗ multilingual Communications platforms to

13:52 ↗ share information

13:54 ↗ educate the community and receive

13:56 ↗ feedback

13:57 ↗ we're also hoping to host a multilingual

14:00 ↗ Community open house as well as several

14:03 ↗ pop-up events at existing Community

14:06 ↗ Gatherings this these will be where

14:08 ↗ folks are already hanging out so it'll

14:10 ↗ be a great way to collect feedback in a

14:14 ↗ more organic way

14:16 ↗ we're also hoping to utilize the city's

14:18 ↗ boards and commissions to gather

14:20 ↗ feedback at project milestones and

14:23 ↗ lastly working closely with invested

14:26 ↗ public agency staff such as King County

14:29 ↗ Metro Sound Transit Washington and psrc

14:34 ↗ doing this will ensure that the content

14:36 ↗ and deliverables that we develop

14:38 ↗ throughout this project will be done

14:41 ↗ accurately and it will be done in a very

14:44 ↗ practical robust and most importantly

14:46 ↗ useful way so the main goal of this

14:49 ↗ whole project is to have

14:52 ↗ useful documents that we can then use to

14:55 ↗ implement other things with so it'll be

14:58 ↗ it'll be great to have other invested

15:00 ↗ public agency staff to help us through

15:02 ↗ that

15:05 ↗ so going to the key audiences and

15:07 ↗ stakeholders list which is found in

15:10 ↗ attachment B of agenda item 4. a

15:14 ↗ just sort of a summary of what we have

15:17 ↗ here

15:18 ↗ the key audiences and stakeholders that

15:20 ↗ this study will seek to engage with

15:21 ↗ includes groups and organizations

15:24 ↗ representing current and potential

15:26 ↗ Transit users

15:27 ↗ community business and economic

15:29 ↗ development interest

15:31 ↗ public agency Representatives

15:34 ↗ seniors youth the mobility challenged

15:38 ↗ and generally the community at Large

15:44 ↗ moving on to online and engagement

15:47 ↗ Communications

15:49 ↗ the staff will also have its own

15:52 ↗ dedicated webpage on the city's website

15:55 ↗ this is going to serve as the primary

15:58 ↗ source of project information the the

16:00 ↗ landing page as you were as a for for

16:04 ↗ most information

16:06 ↗ the website features include general

16:08 ↗ information and education materials

16:11 ↗ staff contacts project and meeting

16:14 ↗ documents links to surveys and other

16:17 ↗ interactive Community feedback tools

16:20 ↗ and other ways for folks to participate

16:24 ↗ the city will also use its social media

16:26 ↗ accounts to share project information

16:29 ↗ promote events and other participation

16:31 ↗ opportunities and to receive Community

16:34 ↗ feedback

16:36 ↗ examples of community of a city social

16:40 ↗ media accounts might include Facebook

16:41 ↗ Instagram next door and Twitter just to

16:45 ↗ name a few

16:47 ↗ this project is also going to utilize

16:50 ↗ email newsletters and event invites to

16:54 ↗ make sure that people are reminded of

16:56 ↗ when activities are happening and ways

16:58 ↗ for them to engage with us

17:03 ↗ this plan also proposes to hold an

17:05 ↗ online excuse me a open house and

17:08 ↗ multiple pop-up events

17:11 ↗ at these events the project team will

17:13 ↗ gather feedback

17:15 ↗ pose questions to the community and work

17:17 ↗ with participants to reimagine what it

17:19 ↗ means to be a Transit supportive

17:21 ↗ community

17:23 ↗ very importantly we know that through

17:26 ↗ U.S census data that about a third of

17:28 ↗ Issaquah residents speak languages other

17:30 ↗ than English while at home with their

17:32 ↗ families so it's really important to

17:35 ↗ include multilingual Communications as

17:39 ↗ to ensure that other folks can

17:41 ↗ participate in the language that is

17:44 ↗ naturally spoken by them

17:48 ↗ um additionally we know that about nine

17:50 ↗ percent of residents have self-reported

17:53 ↗ that they don't speak English very well

17:55 ↗ so knowing this we'll be providing

17:58 ↗ translation services in Spanish and

18:01 ↗ Mandarin which are the two uh major

18:06 ↗ groups of languages

18:08 ↗ and represent the majority of the folks

18:10 ↗ that are of limited English proficiency

18:13 ↗ and Thomas if I could ask a question

18:16 ↗ um going back to the the website

18:19 ↗ language is offered could you just

18:21 ↗ highlight Which languages the the

18:24 ↗ website will be offered in

18:28 ↗ yeah that's a great question

18:30 ↗ um so the the website there there will

18:32 ↗ be a tool

18:33 ↗ um

18:34 ↗ that allows for Google translate so

18:37 ↗ there I believe there's a button that

18:39 ↗ will allow the entire website to be

18:41 ↗ translated into them Beyond

18:44 ↗ um you know beyond Mandarin and Spanish

18:47 ↗ it should be able to translate to

18:50 ↗ the the preferred language of the user

18:55 ↗ okay thank you

19:04 ↗ any other questions

19:09 ↗ great I'll keep moving on but feel free

19:12 ↗ to interrupt me as I continue

19:16 ↗ um so just uh sort of wrapping up this

19:18 ↗ Slide the primary goals of the the

19:20 ↗ community events are to have

19:22 ↗ representation from diverse voices

19:24 ↗ people and interests

19:26 ↗ we're also hoping to widely promote

19:28 ↗ these events throughout the community

19:30 ↗ with additional Outreach to our

19:32 ↗ stakeholder groups

19:34 ↗ we're also hoping to provide multiple

19:36 ↗ ways for people to participate including

19:39 ↗ ways for folks who are unable to

19:42 ↗ physically attend meetings

19:44 ↗ or or different community events

19:47 ↗ most importantly we're hoping to

19:48 ↗ incorporate all this community feedback

19:50 ↗ to feed it directly back into the

19:53 ↗ planning process

19:59 ↗ lastly I just wanted to highlight the

20:02 ↗ fact that one of the keystones of this

20:04 ↗ project are this engagement plan we're

20:08 ↗ hoping to to run these project

20:10 ↗ deliverables through the city's existing

20:13 ↗ boards and commissions to receive

20:14 ↗ feedback throughout the Project Life

20:16 ↗ Cycle

20:17 ↗ and the the primary board that we're

20:21 ↗ hoping to run this through is the

20:22 ↗ transportation Advisory Board

20:25 ↗ the tab will receive regular project

20:27 ↗ updates and will be asked to provide

20:29 ↗ feedback on most of the project

20:31 ↗ deliverables

20:32 ↗ at its monthly meetings the tab is also

20:35 ↗ going to be invited to participate in

20:38 ↗ other community outreach events as well

20:40 ↗ so it'll be uh it will be invited to to

20:45 ↗ all the events that are open to

20:46 ↗ everybody in the community as well

20:50 ↗ secondary to the top would be the

20:52 ↗ economic Vitality commission the equity

20:55 ↗ board Human Services Commission and the

20:59 ↗ planning policy Commission

21:03 ↗ these secondary boards and commissions

21:04 ↗ will be provided regular project updates

21:07 ↗ as the project progresses and the

21:10 ↗ administration would also seek feedback

21:12 ↗ for specific project deliverables

21:15 ↗ these groups would also be invited to

21:17 ↗ participate in other community outreach

21:19 ↗ events as well similar to the tab

21:22 ↗ so just to provide an example of how

21:24 ↗ this might work

21:28 ↗ for the Link light rail planning

21:30 ↗ document we would be soliciting feedback

21:33 ↗ from the economic Vitality commission

21:36 ↗ and the planning policy Commission

21:38 ↗ because it's expected that this document

21:41 ↗ would have Economic Development and land

21:43 ↗ use planning implications

21:45 ↗ the administration would then take the

21:49 ↗ secondary groups feedback and then give

21:52 ↗ that to the tab provide that to tabs so

21:54 ↗ that the tab can consider any any

21:57 ↗ feedback that they may have

21:59 ↗ feedback heard to date would then be

22:02 ↗ incorporated into the draft Link light

22:04 ↗ rail planning document and then taken to

22:07 ↗ the mobility and infrastructure Council

22:09 ↗ committee for a final review

22:13 ↗ lastly I just wanted to highlight this

22:16 ↗ third Group which is all other boards

22:18 ↗ and commissions we hope to keep them

22:20 ↗ informed as the project progresses we

22:23 ↗ would also reach out to them to invite

22:26 ↗ them to attend regular committee

22:28 ↗ Outreach events and use other feedback

22:32 ↗ methods and tools that were previously

22:34 ↗ discussed

22:42 ↗ so

22:43 ↗ um I gave a similar presentation to the

22:45 ↗ tab last week at their October monthly

22:49 ↗ meeting and I'll just provide you a high

22:52 ↗ level of the tax feedback from this and

22:56 ↗ then I'll be asking for your feedback

22:58 ↗ shortly

22:59 ↗ so overall the tab was highly supportive

23:02 ↗ of the proposed plan

23:04 ↗ they also really liked the key audience

23:08 ↗ key audiences and stakeholders list they

23:11 ↗ thought it was pretty comprehensive

23:13 ↗ however they did see that there were

23:15 ↗ some groups that were missing from the

23:17 ↗ stakeholder list that could be expanded

23:19 ↗ upon these groups included current and

23:24 ↗ potential Transit users such as bicycle

23:26 ↗ Rider advocacy groups

23:29 ↗ additional ethnic cultural groups

23:32 ↗ Youth and Senior groups

23:35 ↗ religious organizations such as churches

23:37 ↗ temples and mosques

23:40 ↗ business and economic development

23:42 ↗ interests such as ethnic Chambers of

23:43 ↗ Commerce

23:45 ↗ and other groups that might represent

23:46 ↗ the general community at Large

23:49 ↗ so overall pretty supportive of of the

23:53 ↗ plan but again attachment B of your

23:57 ↗ agenda item 4A there was a couple

23:59 ↗ organizations they were hoping to add to

24:01 ↗ and they provided that feedback

24:06 ↗ foreign

24:09 ↗ to get the committee's feedback and to

24:13 ↗ begin I just wanted to acknowledge two

24:15 ↗ comments that I've received thus far

24:19 ↗ um the first comment was from council

24:21 ↗ member Joe who requested that we add the

24:24 ↗ lodging tax advisory Council to the

24:26 ↗ stakeholder list so staff will be sure

24:29 ↗ to add this list to the final draft

24:31 ↗ and I also wanted to address a comment

24:34 ↗ from Deputy council president Hall who

24:37 ↗ requested that we look for ways to

24:39 ↗ directly engage with Transit Riders such

24:42 ↗ as installing lawn signs or or other

24:45 ↗ sort of media near popular bus stops so

24:51 ↗ uh staff will be working directly with

24:53 ↗ metros and sound transit to discuss what

24:56 ↗ options there might be to engage with

24:58 ↗ writers and we'll certainly look into

25:00 ↗ into ways to directly engage with with

25:03 ↗ writers near their bus stop

25:07 ↗ uh so with those two comments I'd like

25:09 ↗ to hear

25:10 ↗ whatever other comments that the

25:12 ↗ committee has and I'll um I'll stop here

25:15 ↗ Thomas thank you a great presentation

25:17 ↗ and appreciate the thoroughness of the

25:20 ↗ list that has been put together for the

25:22 ↗ community engagement a couple of

25:25 ↗ thoughts that I had I appreciate you

25:27 ↗ adding ltch on to the list we just had

25:30 ↗ our committee meeting commission meeting

25:31 ↗ this afternoon and all the members were

25:34 ↗ quite interested in hearing that

25:36 ↗ feedback and hearing the progress on

25:39 ↗ that is there most of the people that

25:40 ↗ are concerned with economic development

25:42 ↗ or or hoteliers both over at the Hilton

25:46 ↗ in the

25:47 ↗ other Hotel over there and so

25:51 ↗ Transportation certainly has an impact

25:52 ↗ on

25:54 ↗ the ability for people to come into our

25:56 ↗ city and enjoy the tourist activities

25:58 ↗ and items that are going on

26:00 ↗ I was wondering if there's any

26:01 ↗ discussion you mentioned churches and

26:05 ↗ you put the food bank on there's on the

26:07 ↗ list but I was wondering if there was

26:08 ↗ any discussion about any Good Shepherd

26:10 ↗ Lutheran Church because that is the

26:12 ↗ potential new side of the food bank

26:15 ↗ itself

26:16 ↗ in the future so if we can get the

26:18 ↗ Synergy between those two groups and the

26:20 ↗ commas between those two groups that

26:21 ↗ might be helpful

26:24 ↗ um

26:25 ↗ well Our Savior Lutheran Church excuse

26:27 ↗ me Good Shepherd Lutheran Church lives

26:29 ↗ in Pocatello Idaho and it's in my

26:31 ↗ buddy's Church sorry about that

26:33 ↗ and

26:35 ↗ um let's see what else was I going to

26:37 ↗ say oh um

26:39 ↗ as I drive up and down

26:41 ↗ um squawk

26:43 ↗ um I see a number of people from

26:44 ↗ Hutchinson house and then there's a

26:47 ↗ senior housing

26:49 ↗ place on either first place or First Ave

26:53 ↗ and Sunset and those people are walking

26:57 ↗ all the way to Safeway

26:59 ↗ to get their groceries when Front Street

27:02 ↗ market closed down that really put a

27:04 ↗ pinch on them and they have to Traverse

27:06 ↗ the entire length of of Newport way to

27:09 ↗ get their groceries I'm wondering if we

27:10 ↗ could reach out to maybe just talk to

27:13 ↗ the manager at both those places and

27:15 ↗ have a sit down with anyone that's

27:17 ↗ interested in pass out Lit Literature

27:20 ↗ there excuse me to kind of get their

27:22 ↗ feedback kind of Meet the seniors where

27:24 ↗ they are as as we try to do a little bit

27:27 ↗ of Outreach another suggestion would be

27:29 ↗ when we're talking about Transit Riders

27:32 ↗ it's great if we can sit at the park and

27:35 ↗ ride on 900 and hand out a survey we get

27:38 ↗ some of the Riders but

27:40 ↗ my thought was could we get on the bus

27:43 ↗ at the old Front Street Market there on

27:47 ↗ front ride the bus through the city

27:49 ↗ until you get to Target and pass out the

27:52 ↗ survey to the people that are on the bus

27:54 ↗ and any people that get on the bus that

27:56 ↗ way we kind of widen our net a little

27:58 ↗ bit in terms of the riders that are

28:00 ↗ actually riding through our city rather

28:02 ↗ than just the park and ride people that

28:03 ↗ are doing the um you know the quick

28:06 ↗ commute to to Seattle or Bellevue for

28:09 ↗ work so that's a just another suggestion

28:11 ↗ to think about is as you put together

28:14 ↗ the plan

28:15 ↗ other questions Deputy councilmember

28:18 ↗ Hall oh I was actually just going to ask

28:20 ↗ if we should wrap up questions and do

28:22 ↗ public comment before but great feedback

28:25 ↗ yeah yeah so I have no further questions

28:26 ↗ just wanted to make sure we were on

28:27 ↗ track

28:30 ↗ great yeah I kind of jumped ahead my

28:32 ↗ comments we're supposed to be questions

28:33 ↗ but I was a bad lawyer and didn't make

28:36 ↗ it in the form of a question and so I'd

28:39 ↗ be out of order if I were in court my

28:40 ↗ apologies

28:43 ↗ okay we'll go to public comment on this

28:46 ↗ before we go to full discussion and um I

28:49 ↗ don't see anyone in the council chambers

28:51 ↗ right now uh

28:53 ↗ is there anyone online that would like

28:56 ↗ to make comment

28:57 ↗ chair Joe we have no virtual attendees

28:59 ↗ at the moment

29:01 ↗ okay thank you very much

29:03 ↗ uh let's go ahead and go to uh

29:07 ↗ discussion and uh

29:09 ↗ uh I think I made some of my comments

29:12 ↗ I'll think if if there's something else

29:14 ↗ that comes to mind I'll bring it up but

29:15 ↗ councilmember Hall you want to start

29:17 ↗ Deputy council member Deputy council

29:19 ↗ president Hall would you like to start

29:20 ↗ sorry I would be happy to you're okay

29:21 ↗ with that okay

29:24 ↗ um uh thank you for uh addressing the

29:27 ↗ question I sent in um earlier appreciate

29:29 ↗ that so some quick comments you know

29:33 ↗ this is easily in my opinion one of the

29:34 ↗ most exciting and

29:36 ↗ impactful initiatives that we have over

29:38 ↗ the next few years and I'm really

29:41 ↗ excited about it you know it's going to

29:42 ↗ give us a great assessment of our

29:43 ↗ community transit needs it's going to

29:46 ↗ help us prepare for coming Light Rail

29:47 ↗ and also show initiative to sound

29:49 ↗ transit in our Transit Partners uh in

29:51 ↗ the region and I loved this quote in the

29:54 ↗ memo it'll help us quote reimagine what

29:56 ↗ it means to be a Transit supportive

29:58 ↗ community so whoever wrote that well

30:00 ↗ done that really resonated with me so

30:03 ↗ because this is such an important

30:04 ↗ opportunity to get right I do want to

30:06 ↗ thank you uh for all staff who touched

30:09 ↗ this for all their outstanding work and

30:11 ↗ and for the quality of work that's gone

30:13 ↗ into this the scope of work in my

30:15 ↗ opinion is thoughtful is aligned with

30:17 ↗ our strategic goals and our Mobility

30:18 ↗ master plan the Strategic plan our

30:21 ↗ commitment to engaging engaging in the

30:23 ↗ community in English Spanish and

30:24 ↗ Mandarin is wonderful and the key

30:27 ↗ audience and stakeholders lifts lists

30:29 ↗ really does seem to leave no Stern no

30:32 ↗ stone unturned and I was happy to see

30:34 ↗ such an emphasis on Youth and and first

30:36 ↗ communities communities here so thank

30:38 ↗ you to the transportation Advisory board

30:40 ↗ for their contribution to that list the

30:43 ↗ only feedback that I have although I

30:44 ↗ would ditto everything that chair Joe

30:46 ↗ said I thought those were good good

30:47 ↗ pieces of feedback I think it might

30:50 ↗ behoove us to include Highlands Council

30:53 ↗ in our list of key audiences and

30:55 ↗ stakeholders lists they have some close

30:56 ↗ relationships with Highland Highlands

30:59 ↗ businesses and Community organizations

31:00 ↗ that that could be helpful

31:03 ↗ um the memo describes a plethora of ways

31:07 ↗ the community can engage in this work

31:08 ↗ but as was already mentioned earlier I

31:11 ↗ have some concern that we might be

31:13 ↗ missing some active Transit users So

31:15 ↗ based on Thomas's reply to my earlier

31:18 ↗ email question it sounds like we're

31:19 ↗ going to have staff investigate our

31:21 ↗ options for connecting directly with

31:22 ↗ those users so I support that action

31:24 ↗ and then also just generally as we start

31:27 ↗ to engage with our key audiences and

31:29 ↗ stakeholders it might make sense it

31:31 ↗ might be prudent to just ask them do we

31:33 ↗ miss anyone you know in terms of your

31:35 ↗ partners in the region and just be open

31:38 ↗ to kind of

31:40 ↗ editing our list as we go along

31:42 ↗ otherwise I'm very happy with where

31:44 ↗ we're at and fantastic job

31:50 ↗ to remember D Michelle oh thanks uh

31:53 ↗ Thomas this is a really good plan and I

31:57 ↗ really enjoyed reading through all of it

32:00 ↗ and you've done a really good job of

32:02 ↗ identifying a lot of the

32:05 ↗ um important you know decision makers

32:08 ↗ and and audiences that we need to

32:11 ↗ contact so I have suggestions but I want

32:14 ↗ to say first of all that the the list is

32:17 ↗ really impressive at as you have it

32:20 ↗ right now I do have a concern about

32:24 ↗ um

32:25 ↗ making sure that we

32:27 ↗ differentiate between neighborhoods and

32:30 ↗ that we bring in those voices so I will

32:33 ↗ plus one uh council member Hall's

32:35 ↗ comments about including the highlands

32:39 ↗ Council and I had a list of other key

32:42 ↗ homeowners associations that I think we

32:44 ↗ should contact however I realized

32:48 ↗ because uh you know we have a finite

32:52 ↗ amount of resources and a finite amount

32:54 ↗ of time and it may not be possible to

32:58 ↗ you know meet individually with every

33:00 ↗ HOA in our community but I'm wondering

33:04 ↗ if we could add them to a distribution

33:06 ↗ list or just make sure that they're

33:08 ↗ notified of the meetings and so that

33:10 ↗ they know and then maybe when we collect

33:13 ↗ demographic demographic data we could

33:16 ↗ also ask people to identify what

33:18 ↗ neighborhood in Issaquah they come from

33:19 ↗ so that we start to differentiate

33:22 ↗ I just uh you know I just think about

33:25 ↗ uh Community uh neighborhoods like

33:29 ↗ um South Lake Union or South Lake Union

33:31 ↗ South Lake Sammamish uh you know and how

33:35 ↗ different that is from squawk and how

33:36 ↗ different that is from the highlands and

33:38 ↗ so forth and then Old Town uh we have

33:41 ↗ some really unique neighborhoods with

33:43 ↗ much different access to to uh Transit

33:48 ↗ so I think that would be important data

33:50 ↗ for the council to know in at the end of

33:53 ↗ the study how do our neighborhoods

33:56 ↗ identify their access and and where the

33:59 ↗ needs are for individual neighborhoods

34:01 ↗ so

34:03 ↗ um I really liked council member Joe's

34:06 ↗ discussion of getting on the buses and

34:09 ↗ riding with the people who are actually

34:10 ↗ riding in Issaquah rather the commuting

34:13 ↗ uh it's really easy for us to get those

34:16 ↗ commuters because you could stand out at

34:17 ↗ the transit center which I have done

34:19 ↗ in years past but I think that his point

34:24 ↗ is well taken that it's really important

34:27 ↗ to find out how people who need to get

34:29 ↗ around in Issaquah their comments and

34:33 ↗ ideas about a Transit plan

34:36 ↗ um let's see

34:38 ↗ um

34:40 ↗ uh I had some ideas on the business

34:44 ↗ list that you have there I had included

34:47 ↗ visit Issaquah which I believe is part

34:49 ↗ of ltac visit Issaquah part of ltech we

34:52 ↗ fund them through ltch and their

34:55 ↗ executive director does come to every

34:57 ↗ meeting right now so

34:59 ↗ um we could either reach out to her

35:01 ↗ individually and the organization

35:03 ↗ individual in the board there or give

35:06 ↗ the information through ltech depending

35:08 ↗ on the time constraints that staff might

35:10 ↗ have right so I I just think it's it is

35:13 ↗ important to think about that tourism

35:14 ↗ aspect a lot of tourists that come to

35:16 ↗ Issaquah are used to having more robust

35:19 ↗ transit services in their own

35:21 ↗ communities so I think that would be an

35:23 ↗ important voice I also didn't see on

35:25 ↗ here some of our major businesses like

35:27 ↗ Costco and rally properties and REI

35:30 ↗ Costco in particular

35:33 ↗ has a big operation and lots of people

35:37 ↗ who commute in and out and it'd be

35:39 ↗ interesting to know whether or not there

35:42 ↗ would be potential transit services that

35:45 ↗ might might serve them

35:48 ↗ um for youth

35:50 ↗ um uh I was thinking about the Issaquah

35:52 ↗ High Key Club that's a hundred kids at

35:55 ↗ Issaquah High School who are very

35:57 ↗ engaged in the community and I think

35:59 ↗ would probably love to participate in

36:01 ↗ any kind of survey that you might have I

36:04 ↗ also want you to think about the

36:06 ↗ Issaquah school district as a

36:08 ↗ representative of Youth but also one of

36:10 ↗ our major businesses and again a number

36:14 ↗ of uh you know teachers and janitors and

36:17 ↗ counselors and principals and everything

36:20 ↗ everybody who has to commute in and out

36:22 ↗ of our community and again is there any

36:25 ↗ potential for transit services to

36:29 ↗ ease some of that commute in or some of

36:32 ↗ the getting around the district so

36:35 ↗ um I think that they would be a great

36:37 ↗ representative of Youth and would put

36:39 ↗ you in contact with youth but they are

36:41 ↗ also one of our largest businesses in in

36:44 ↗ Issaquah so need to look at them that

36:46 ↗ way as well I would also invite you

36:50 ↗ in the community at large category to

36:55 ↗ consider visiting the Kiwanis Club of

36:57 ↗ Issaquah and maybe also the Rotary Club

37:00 ↗ of Issaquah we would love to have a

37:02 ↗ program about the transit plan so next

37:06 ↗ year's sometime if you're ready contact

37:08 ↗ us I can connect you with the Kiwanis

37:11 ↗ Club and council member Joe can connect

37:12 ↗ you with the Rotary Club so those are

37:15 ↗ just some of my thoughts about the list

37:17 ↗ but again very impressive list and I do

37:21 ↗ understand that our resources and our

37:23 ↗ time are finite and that we have to do

37:27 ↗ that in a strategic way so please

37:29 ↗ consider those suggestions

37:31 ↗ and for to think about but I know that

37:36 ↗ we can't do everything or we have to be

37:38 ↗ very strategic about how we do the

37:40 ↗ Outreach that we do so I appreciate the

37:42 ↗ work that you put into it so far thank

37:45 ↗ you

37:46 ↗ great comments thank you I'll go ahead

37:49 ↗ and go and then let Deputy president

37:50 ↗ Paul come back for a second comment uh

37:54 ↗ first of all I do want to try to make

37:58 ↗ your job a little bit easier if we can

38:00 ↗ the first one on the list the greater

38:02 ↗ escort Chamber of Commerce I believe

38:04 ↗ they still have a government Affairs

38:06 ↗ committee that is more focused on local

38:08 ↗ public policy issues I'm the chamber

38:12 ↗ liaison and for the for the council it

38:16 ↗ might be best to so that we get a

38:18 ↗ focused group to reach out to the

38:21 ↗ government Affairs committee they'd be

38:22 ↗ more interested or attuned to what is

38:25 ↗ going on from a public policy point of

38:27 ↗ view in this city so that's one

38:30 ↗ suggestion the other comment is I see at

38:33 ↗ the bottom under ethnic groups the

38:36 ↗ Chinese information

38:38 ↗ and Service Center and some people may

38:40 ↗ wonder why that group is on the list

38:42 ↗ they're located in Seattle in the

38:44 ↗ International District and

38:46 ↗ um I served for 12 years on their board

38:49 ↗ and they recently celebrated their 50th

38:51 ↗ Anniversary but they do conduct or did

38:54 ↗ conduct pre-pandemic a Early Childhood

38:57 ↗ learning Play and Learn group in in

39:00 ↗ Chinese and English at the library

39:03 ↗ and so if that group picks up again it

39:07 ↗ would be very important to reach out to

39:09 ↗ those parents mothers and fathers that

39:12 ↗ are bringing their kids over there to to

39:15 ↗ see if the transit system can serve them

39:18 ↗ better as well as just reaching out to

39:20 ↗ the the executive director at the

39:22 ↗ Chinese information service center in

39:24 ↗ Seattle as well as they do have both

39:26 ↗ operations here in hisquaza pointed out

39:28 ↗ in Renton in Bellevue and so they're

39:31 ↗ quite in touch with some of the needs of

39:34 ↗ the the Chinese community

39:36 ↗ on the east side overall I believe again

39:39 ↗ this is just a great group to put

39:41 ↗ together I Echo council member D

39:44 ↗ Michelle's comments I

39:46 ↗ please don't think that you have to

39:47 ↗ reach out to everybody but it's just a

39:51 ↗ suggestion of people that we think would

39:52 ↗ be effective to get the word out as this

39:56 ↗ project gets rolled out so

39:59 ↗ um Deputy council president Hall

40:04 ↗ uh first and foremost ditto that

40:05 ↗ everything that was said before

40:07 ↗ something councilmember D Michelle

40:09 ↗ um you know when you were talking about

40:11 ↗ neighborhoods and making sure that we're

40:13 ↗ capturing kind of the differences that

40:16 ↗ play out between our unique geography

40:18 ↗ here in this squad made me start to

40:19 ↗ think about well do we have any desired

40:21 ↗ goals or targets that we're aiming for

40:25 ↗ in terms of what we're collecting like

40:28 ↗ um

40:29 ↗ are we hoping to get an equal number of

40:31 ↗ responses by neighborhood per capita or

40:33 ↗ anything like that and then that just

40:35 ↗ got me thinking about do we have any

40:36 ↗ kind of broad goals or targets or

40:39 ↗ desired outcomes that we're looking for

40:42 ↗ like

40:43 ↗ once we've finished

40:46 ↗ um all these events had the survey open

40:48 ↗ for x amount of time what does success

40:50 ↗ look like just having done that or are

40:52 ↗ we hoping to collect x amount of

40:54 ↗ responses from X kind of

40:58 ↗ I've lost myself but Thomas hopefully

41:00 ↗ you've kind of followed where where I

41:02 ↗ was going with that I'm curious what

41:03 ↗ staff is has thought about that

41:08 ↗ yeah it just sounds like a general I

41:10 ↗ would say a general comment

41:12 ↗ um you know the the goal of this of this

41:16 ↗ uh this study is to update the mobility

41:19 ↗ master plan which is then updating the

41:21 ↗ comprehensive plan so that's sort of

41:23 ↗ like the the hard and fast goal here uh

41:27 ↗ but beyond that we're also hoping to

41:30 ↗ again reimagine what it means to be

41:32 ↗ Transit supportive to create a

41:37 ↗ a community that really

41:41 ↗ um is very supportive of of the high

41:44 ↗ capacity Transit that we're receiving

41:46 ↗ currently that we will be getting in the

41:49 ↗ future and Beyond so it's really about

41:52 ↗ creating a culture of Transit ridership

41:55 ↗ uh considering how Transit and the

41:59 ↗ Investments that will come will impact

42:01 ↗ the community and being ahead of uh of

42:05 ↗ all these changes and making sure that

42:07 ↗ the community's values as they are now

42:09 ↗ and as they are moving in the in the

42:11 ↗ future will continue to reflect be

42:14 ↗ reflected in those Transit improvements

42:17 ↗ so there's no hard and fast numbers I

42:20 ↗ would say in terms of uh you know folks

42:23 ↗ that we're trying to reach but again

42:26 ↗ I would say the main goal is to you know

42:30 ↗ make sure that we're getting diverse

42:32 ↗ voices in the room so that

42:34 ↗ um

42:35 ↗ so that we we can all make a

42:38 ↗ an informed decision based on the

42:40 ↗ collective uh of the community

42:49 ↗ Andrew Schneider

42:51 ↗ uh thank you uh this is Andrea Snyder

42:54 ↗ just wanted to add to that answer Deputy

42:56 ↗ council president U.S how do we know if

42:58 ↗ we're being successful in this public

42:59 ↗ engagement plan and

43:02 ↗ um you know Thomas in the beginning of

43:05 ↗ his presentation talked about different

43:07 ↗ demographics across the city talking

43:09 ↗ about what percentage of folks speak a

43:12 ↗ language other than English at home for

43:13 ↗ example and I think what we want to do

43:15 ↗ is as we're engaging the public collect

43:18 ↗ some of that demographic information to

43:20 ↗ know who we're talking to what what

43:22 ↗ neighborhood they're from

43:24 ↗ um you know how do they self-identify

43:26 ↗ and try to track and see how how good of

43:30 ↗ a job are we doing in matching who we're

43:32 ↗ able to engage with with who we know

43:33 ↗ who's in the community and so that's

43:36 ↗ something that we'll be taking a look at

43:37 ↗ and tracking and this is going to be a

43:39 ↗ long process as you recall from

43:41 ↗ Thomas's timeline we're looking at not

43:46 ↗ just this year but also into next year

43:47 ↗ for this process so that gives us plenty

43:49 ↗ of time to tweak and refine and we have

43:52 ↗ a lot of options and avenues to explore

43:55 ↗ for engaging the public and so I think

43:58 ↗ we will continually evaluate and see who

44:01 ↗ are we hearing from and are we hearing

44:04 ↗ from that representative sample of our

44:08 ↗ community

44:09 ↗ perfect great thank you council member D

44:12 ↗ Michelle

44:14 ↗ Thomas my apologies I had another

44:16 ↗ question that I meant to ask earlier so

44:19 ↗ I'll ask it now

44:22 ↗ um

44:23 ↗ are we defining transit in this Transit

44:26 ↗ study as buses only or are we looking at

44:30 ↗ different

44:31 ↗ um

44:32 ↗ you know Mobility options and the reason

44:35 ↗ I'm asking that question is going back

44:37 ↗ to my comments regarding the school

44:41 ↗ district as a business

44:43 ↗ if we were to discover as we do the

44:46 ↗ community outreach that Transit really

44:50 ↗ couldn't serve any of their employees

44:52 ↗ but perhaps a Metro van program could

44:56 ↗ would that be part of our Transit

44:58 ↗ planning or would that be a separate

45:01 ↗ um Discovery

45:04 ↗ um so I I know that we want having a

45:07 ↗ really good strong Transit plan but I'm

45:10 ↗ just wondering how wide we're defining

45:13 ↗ the word transit

45:17 ↗ yeah that's a great question so you know

45:19 ↗ Transit is typically considered within

45:22 ↗ the realm of what uh you know Transit

45:25 ↗ agencies are providing and these would

45:28 ↗ be options that are accessible to all

45:32 ↗ um

45:33 ↗ so you know sort of as a as a high level

45:36 ↗ we'd be looking at bus service and Light

45:38 ↗ Rail which are sort of the the two major

45:41 ↗ types of Transit that we either have or

45:44 ↗ will be getting for the future

45:47 ↗ um as we start looking towards the uh

45:52 ↗ the excess improvements list that's like

45:56 ↗ within the transportation Improvement

45:58 ↗ program for uh 2024

46:02 ↗ um that will that will be including the

46:05 ↗ other sort of projects and programs that

46:07 ↗ could enhance uh accessibility to other

46:10 ↗ Transit modes so that might be the

46:13 ↗ opportunity for that

46:15 ↗ um again that that is that is in the

46:17 ↗ future uh

46:19 ↗ yeah it's it's sort of Beyond uh what we

46:22 ↗ know right now uh at this time but uh we

46:26 ↗ will be looking at ways to uh have those

46:28 ↗ connections

46:30 ↗ um and

46:32 ↗ that that little uh

46:35 ↗ like Metro van that you're describing

46:36 ↗ sort of

46:38 ↗ Falls outside of a typical Transit uh

46:42 ↗ system that's fixed route

46:45 ↗ um

46:46 ↗ that that is more of uh as more of a

46:49 ↗ special case that might be included

46:50 ↗ within the um the access improvements

46:53 ↗ version

46:55 ↗ Deputy City administrator Snyder

47:00 ↗ Andrea again just adding to Thomas's

47:03 ↗ response you know I think one of the

47:06 ↗ main outcomes that we're hoping to get

47:08 ↗ from this Transit plan are a list of

47:10 ↗ capital projects

47:12 ↗ for us to ensure that Transit and

47:15 ↗ Issaquah is more accessible so that's

47:17 ↗ helping with those first and last mile

47:19 ↗ connections what type of capital

47:21 ↗ projects do we need to consider is it

47:23 ↗ additional bike Lanes is it you know

47:26 ↗ Crossing improvements that type of thing

47:28 ↗ as it relates to Transit is it speed and

47:32 ↗ reliability improvements so we can make

47:33 ↗ it easier for buses to move around our

47:35 ↗ city and navigate intersections things

47:38 ↗ like that so we're really focused on

47:42 ↗ um on not only the planning around the

47:45 ↗ future light rail station and making

47:47 ↗ sure that we're setting up for a local

47:50 ↗ transit system that is coordinated with

47:54 ↗ that regional transit system that will

47:56 ↗ be heavily focused on the light rail

47:58 ↗ station but also some of these capital

48:00 ↗ projects that make it easier to access

48:02 ↗ Transit and so as we go through this

48:05 ↗ needs assessment and the community

48:07 ↗ engagement if we find that there are

48:11 ↗ things that we should be considering as

48:13 ↗ a city outside of these Capital

48:15 ↗ Improvements that are more ongoing

48:17 ↗ programmatic needs then that's that's a

48:21 ↗ list that we should be keeping at the

48:22 ↗ same time and then looking at those

48:24 ↗ results and talking to council talking

48:26 ↗ to our Transit Partners Sound Transit

48:28 ↗ Metro and say Here's what we've

48:29 ↗ discovered now where do we go from here

48:32 ↗ knowing that these are the other needs

48:34 ↗ and I know we've talked about the idea

48:36 ↗ of a shuttle in these other

48:37 ↗ neighborhoods or or flexible

48:41 ↗ Transit like programming and so I you

48:44 ↗ know I think as we discover what these

48:47 ↗ needs are through the planning process

48:48 ↗ we absolutely want to take those into

48:50 ↗ account and listen to that information

48:52 ↗ from our community but really as Thomas

48:56 ↗ is saying the main focus is what are

48:58 ↗ these improvements that we need to make

49:00 ↗ locally to improve access to transit to

49:03 ↗ allow transit to move more easily around

49:08 ↗ Issaquah and that's a focus in our

49:11 ↗ transportation planning and our our

49:12 ↗ transportation Capital planning that we

49:13 ↗ haven't quite taken so far so that's

49:16 ↗ really the goal of this project

49:20 ↗ great thank you additional comments from

49:22 ↗ the committee

49:24 ↗ okay so I'll just summarize it looks

49:27 ↗ like the proposed Community engagement

49:29 ↗ plan meets the goals of engaging a

49:32 ↗ diverse set of voices from the community

49:34 ↗ especially those that have a higher

49:36 ↗ dependence on transit services and I've

49:39 ↗ heard various additional suggestions for

49:42 ↗ Community interests or audiences that

49:45 ↗ might be missing from the key audience

49:46 ↗ and stakeholders list but again I think

49:49 ↗ the message from the committee is you

49:51 ↗ don't need to contact them all these are

49:52 ↗ just merely suggestions of people that

49:55 ↗ we believe might

49:57 ↗ be helpful to add as their as the the

50:00 ↗ whole sum of voices on on this project

50:03 ↗ okay

50:05 ↗ say do you need any other feedback from

50:08 ↗ the committee at this time

50:11 ↗ okay that's great

50:13 ↗ that then takes us to our next item

50:16 ↗ which is adjournment but just check

50:18 ↗ quickly anything for the good of the

50:21 ↗ order that I'm sorry chair Joe for a

50:23 ↗ special meeting there's no good of the

50:24 ↗ order oh thank you I appreciate that

50:26 ↗ yeah this is a special meeting because

50:29 ↗ um it got added a little bit late it's

50:31 ↗ not a committed the whole night so our

50:33 ↗ parliamentarian has spoken so we are now

50:36 ↗ adjourned

50:37 ↗ it's 7 33.

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