City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, May 1, 2017 · City Council Digest

7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll, May 1, 2017

Approve

Topics: Budget

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, April 17, 2017

Approve · packet pp.11–18

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 04-17-17 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page 7825

Windward/Bergsma Development Agreement AB 7110

Refer to Council Land & Shore Committee · packet pp.19–149

Previously discussed: Development Commission · Apr 19, 2017

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Staff report:

POLICY & BUDGET INFO Expenditure Required Comp Plan Policy Nos. LU Policy A3, H Policy A2, H Policy A10, H Policy C1 $ n/a

2017 Water Main Rehabilitation Project AB 7338

Award Bid · packet pp.239–242

Topics: Water

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Staff report:

Administration / Public Works Engineering Department:

King County Animal Services Interlocal Agreement AB 7341

Refer to Council Land & Shore Committee · packet pp.243–309

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Staff report:

Council Services & Safety Committee / Tola Marts, Chair:

8. REGULAR BUSINESS

Central Park Pad #1 Construction AB 7072

Carried 7-0

Award Bid; Authorize Additional Funding · packet pp.367–371

Topics: ParksBudget

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Staff report:

The conversion of the existing grass sports field at Central Park Pad #1 into a lighted, synthetic turf facility was identified as a project within the 2013 Park Bond supported by 77% of voters. Through the ensuing design process and public engagement, there was a clear interest from the public to address some of the existing/historical Central Park site issues while completing this project.

Roll call:

Moved by WINTERSTEIN · seconded by BETTISE

In favor: Eileen Barber, Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Tola Marts, Mary Lou Pauly, Bill Ramos, Paul Winterstein

2016 Year-End Financial Report Hear Presentation AB 7415

Carried 7-0

packet pp.423–446

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

Administration / Finance Department:

Roll call:

Moved by RAMOS · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

In favor: Eileen Barber, Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Tola Marts, Mary Lou Pauly, Bill Ramos, Paul Winterstein

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0:34 ↗ I'll call the may 1st 2017 city council

0:38 ↗ regular meeting to order

0:39 ↗ and ask those in the audience would like

0:42 ↗ to join the council and myself in the

0:44 ↗ Pledge of Allegiance please stand I

0:53 ↗ American Republic actually has one

0:58 ↗ nation under God indivisible with

1:01 ↗ liberty and justice for all our first

1:09 ↗ order of business this evening I have

1:11 ↗ two proclamations one recognizing our

1:15 ↗ correction officers that employees and

1:18 ↗ one recognizing police week and so

1:22 ↗ that's it there's not a problem and this

1:25 ↗ is not a mayday demonstration but this

1:29 ↗ hereby designed for something good the

1:48 ↗ first Proclamation recognizes our

1:52 ↗ correction officers and employees and

1:55 ↗ the proclamations that will typically

1:59 ↗ begin with fair eyes and whereas

2:01 ↗ national correction officers and

2:03 ↗ employees week in the city of Mexico

2:07 ↗ recognized employees of the jail for

2:10 ↗ their role in safeguarding the citizens

2:13 ↗ of Issaquah abiding safe secure and

2:16 ↗ humane incarceration of offenders within

2:19 ↗ their custody and the second is

2:24 ↗ celebrating Police week and here in the

2:28 ↗ city of Issaquah Issaquah recognizes the

2:32 ↗ dedicated officers that the Issaquah

2:34 ↗ Police Department who perform their

2:36 ↗ duties with courage and professionalism

2:40 ↗ safeguarding the rights and freedoms

2:43 ↗ guaranteed

2:44 ↗ by the Constitution and protecting the

2:47 ↗ lives of property of the community and

2:49 ↗ let me just say we are blessed to have

2:52 ↗ superb group of folks in the Issaquah

2:56 ↗ Police Department dedicating to keeping

2:59 ↗ our community safe and it's comforting

3:03 ↗ to know the point of problem arises

3:06 ↗ they're there to respond quickly and it

3:11 ↗ is comforting to know that our Jail

3:14 ↗ located in the basement of City Hall I

3:17 ↗ see a lot of people leaving the jail

3:20 ↗ because they have a plastic bag in their

3:22 ↗ hand and what I do I always ask them how

3:27 ↗ was it downstairs and I have never had

3:30 ↗ anyone tell me that they were treated

3:33 ↗ with dignity and respect and held

3:35 ↗ accountable and that's a credit to your

3:40 ↗ professionalism and we're a safe city

3:43 ↗ because of your professionalism so one

3:48 ↗ of the proclamations here is for I can

3:54 ↗ get it open our police officers

4:02 ↗ now therefore I fight Butler mayor of

4:04 ↗ the city of is going to hereby proclaim

4:05 ↗ the week of May 14th through 20 2017 to

4:11 ↗ be Police week and the city of Issaquah

4:13 ↗ and encourage all citizens to recognize

4:16 ↗ the service of law enforcement officers

4:18 ↗ in our community and in communities

4:21 ↗ across the nation in this square of I

4:25 ↗ here and to set my hand and seal of the

4:26 ↗ city of Misurata this first day of May

4:30 ↗ 2017 and so I am going to give this to

4:35 ↗ sergeant thank you and the second one is

4:43 ↗ for our correction officers and if I can

4:47 ↗ get it open closure

4:50 ↗ now therefore I Fred butler mayor the

4:52 ↗ city of in squad to hereby proclaim the

4:54 ↗ week of May 7 through 13 27

4:58 ↗ need to be correction officers and

5:00 ↗ employees week in the city of Issaquah I

5:03 ↗ encourage all citizens to pay tribute to

5:06 ↗ the correctional employees of the jail

5:08 ↗ for their vital service you provide and

5:12 ↗ witness whereof I hear and to set by

5:15 ↗ hand and seal of the city of Issaquah

5:17 ↗ this first day of May 2017 thank you

5:21 ↗ thank you man all for your service do

5:32 ↗ you want to say something you don't have

5:36 ↗ to if you don't want to I don't want

5:37 ↗ much on the spot Roger do you have

5:42 ↗ anything to say no okay we'll next year

5:45 ↗ and start waldron do you have anything

5:52 ↗ okay walk it go ahead thank you guys for

5:59 ↗ coming out thank you thank you

6:02 ↗ [Applause]

6:24 ↗ our next order of business is audience

6:27 ↗ comments citizen comments are an

6:31 ↗ important part of the public process we

6:33 ↗ take them seriously and factor them into

6:35 ↗ the decisions we make anyone from the

6:38 ↗ public who wishes to comment on

6:41 ↗ tonight's agenda items or other topics

6:43 ↗ should do so at this time please direct

6:46 ↗ your comments to the whole council and

6:48 ↗ not to individuals if it is not a

6:53 ↗ question answer period and if you

6:57 ↗ require a response we will follow up if

7:02 ↗ needed and if you did not have an

7:03 ↗ opportunity to include your email

7:05 ↗ address on your signup sheet please

7:08 ↗ include that on the clipboard at the

7:10 ↗ table in front of needs recognized use

7:15 ↗ the lectern and speak into the

7:17 ↗ microphone state your name address and

7:19 ↗ any relationship to the city limit your

7:22 ↗ comments to 5-minutes

7:23 ↗ submit any written comments to the city

7:26 ↗ clerk a visual timer has been placed on

7:29 ↗ the lectern when it turns yellow you are

7:31 ↗ within the last minute of your comment

7:34 ↗ period if you use the full five minutes

7:36 ↗ the timer will sound to indicate the end

7:39 ↗ of your allotted comment period again

7:42 ↗ citizen comments written and verbal are

7:44 ↗ an important aspect to the public

7:46 ↗ process we take them seriously in fact

7:49 ↗ there they made the decisions that we

7:51 ↗ make and with that I would ask has

7:54 ↗ anyone signed up to speak this evening

7:56 ↗ yes Elizabeth my pen

8:05 ↗ hello again my name is Elizabeth muta I

8:10 ↗ live at 100 Big Bear place in Issaquah

8:13 ↗ run a small bed-and-breakfast serve on

8:18 ↗ the Human Services Commission and

8:20 ↗ coordinate the Issaquah Sammamish

8:22 ↗ interfaith coalition I'm here tonight ok

8:28 ↗ partly to give you a little bit of a

8:31 ↗ history lesson 161 years ago mother

8:37 ↗ Joseph of the Sacred Heart and four

8:40 ↗ companions came to Washington territory

8:42 ↗ at that time they found no hospitals few

8:46 ↗ schools and very few services for those

8:49 ↗ suffering from misfortunes on this

8:51 ↗ frontier these women stepped into the

8:55 ↗ breach so strongly that as word of their

9:01 ↗ work spread the order of the sisters of

9:03 ↗ Providence grew to meet the many

9:05 ↗ requests for their help in 1859 they

9:10 ↗ registered as a nonprofit corporation to

9:13 ↗ provide quote relief of the needy and

9:16 ↗ suffering humanity in the care of the

9:19 ↗ orphans invalids and the sick and the

9:22 ↗ poor and in the education of youth the

9:26 ↗ whole Northwest has benefitted from

9:29 ↗ their labors in 1961 they built a

9:34 ↗ beautiful campus near the city of

9:36 ↗ Issaquah to offer advanced learning

9:38 ↗ opportunities to women in religious

9:41 ↗ orders to further their ministry of

9:44 ↗ service to the wider community they

9:47 ↗ built that campus to last for centuries

9:51 ↗ but things changed in the Roman Catholic

9:54 ↗ Church fewer women became nuns and

9:58 ↗ eventually the sisters of Providence

9:59 ↗ sold the site it has now come into the

10:03 ↗ possession of Plateau campus LLC who do

10:07 ↗ not seem to appreciate the cultural

10:10 ↗ historical sacred and educational

10:13 ↗ treasure that they have in their

10:15 ↗ possession they wrote that there

10:18 ↗ no significance to demolishing this site

10:21 ↗ a great many of the citizens of Issaquah

10:25 ↗ strongly disagree and although comments

10:29 ↗ from citizens and experts in the field

10:31 ↗ of Historic Preservation were

10:33 ↗ overwhelmingly in opposition to

10:36 ↗ demolition the city seems prepared to

10:39 ↗ allow this complex of classrooms

10:42 ↗ spacious conference rooms over 200 dorm

10:47 ↗ rooms a lot of bedrooms for faculty

10:50 ↗ kitchens cafeterias offices a swimming

10:55 ↗ pool and an auto shop to be demolished

10:59 ↗ prior to the time that the Issaquah

11:02 ↗ school board can exercise eminent domain

11:05 ↗ to save them for the educational

11:07 ↗ purposes that they were built to serve

11:12 ↗ this is seems to me a terrible waste I

11:18 ↗ would ask you when you meet next and are

11:22 ↗ considering a b7 3 4 7 to think about

11:30 ↗ expanding it beyond the Gilman City Hall

11:36 ↗ if the appeal of this determination of

11:43 ↗ non significance or mitigated non

11:45 ↗ significance is over - overturns things

11:51 ↗ or if the city decides to withdraw those

11:54 ↗ determinations that would give us some

11:57 ↗ time to possibly find a really good use

12:04 ↗ for these buildings don't let them be

12:07 ↗ demolished please if there's any way you

12:10 ↗ can do that I'd tell you a lot of ways

12:13 ↗ you could repurpose it but I'm running

12:15 ↗ out of time Thank You Elizabeth

12:19 ↗ Bob power

12:35 ↗ good evening my name is Bob power 165

12:39 ↗ northeast Juniper Street Issaquah is

12:42 ↗ probably tired of seeing me I'm here to

12:45 ↗ talk about the three trails cost

12:47 ↗ crossing tonight I don't remember which

12:51 ↗ council person when the moratorium first

12:53 ↗ went into effect use the verbage of

12:57 ↗ unintended consequences and I think from

13:00 ↗ our perspective one of them has changed

13:02 ↗ our perspective going forward one of the

13:05 ↗ things that's come out of the moratorium

13:07 ↗ is that land values have gone up and as

13:11 ↗ a result of that our original plan when

13:14 ↗ we came in to speak to about a

13:16 ↗ partnering agreement because we had lost

13:20 ↗ our user for the front pad it has now

13:22 ↗ changed a bit and and we actually had

13:24 ↗ competing offers on the front pad I

13:26 ↗ wanted to preface that because tonight I

13:30 ↗ don't think we're here to talk about the

13:32 ↗ moratorium as it relates to three trails

13:34 ↗ crossing I think

13:35 ↗ we're here to talk about the choices

13:37 ↗ that you all have one of them is to go

13:41 ↗ forward with the studio loft and the

13:44 ↗ signal and the other option I think as

13:46 ↗ you know too is to not act or or vote

13:50 ↗ not to pass the development agreement in

13:53 ↗ which case we've been directed by our

13:56 ↗ investment partners to proceed with the

14:00 ↗ retail Center which is something we

14:02 ↗ would prefer not to do so we're here

14:05 ↗ tonight asking you to support the

14:09 ↗ development agreement because our

14:12 ↗ choices are today to move forward with

14:14 ↗ that or move forward with a retail

14:15 ↗ Center which we would prefer not to do

14:18 ↗ thank you thank you Bob

14:24 ↗ Jenna you were good evening my name is

14:36 ↗ Jana yu-er and I'm here tonight to

14:38 ↗ represent the Palo sure grant and

14:40 ↗ Charitable Foundation they're at 60 and

14:43 ↗ 90 North West Gilman Boulevard more

14:47 ↗ commonly known as is a Kuato stop and

14:50 ↗ I'm here tonight to ask for the council

14:53 ↗ and the mayor's support in approving the

14:57 ↗ traffic signal that's been proposed for

14:59 ↗ the three trails crossing and the Gilman

15:03 ↗ lofts to approve that development

15:06 ↗ agreement the alternative for us is I

15:10 ↗ think as everybody knows is it will take

15:15 ↗ away one of the entryways into Issaquah

15:17 ↗ auto stop limiting it to one entrance

15:19 ↗ that comes from the eastbound only and

15:23 ↗ we really feel that will be very

15:25 ↗ devastating for our tenants who are

15:28 ↗ there now we also lost a business to

15:32 ↗ them it's already difficult I think

15:35 ↗ maybe I don't know how many years ago

15:37 ↗ maybe ten years ago or so when they put

15:40 ↗ the median in it really changed things

15:42 ↗ for us at that point as well so we feel

15:45 ↗ this will be really hard on our

15:47 ↗ businesses that are there are tenants

15:50 ↗ also impact the trust the trust is

15:56 ↗ charitable and it does grants and it

15:59 ↗ does just all kinds of stuff for Grant

16:03 ↗ County but over a million dollars a year

16:05 ↗ go to people's education college

16:08 ↗ education and different things in Grant

16:11 ↗ County and there would be an impact to

16:13 ↗ that as well we're already seeing that

16:14 ↗ as we try to renew some of our leases

16:17 ↗ that are underway right now so we really

16:20 ↗ hope you'll look at that you know I

16:23 ↗ don't know if there's other alternatives

16:24 ↗ I just know the seeker really tough is a

16:28 ↗ bad alternative a really bad alternative

16:31 ↗ so I hope you'll consider that and I

16:34 ↗ hope you will vote YES in favor of the

16:36 ↗ development and

16:38 ↗ the traffic signal thank you Thank You

16:42 ↗ Janice John Parkin

16:55 ↗ good evening I'm John Park and also at

16:58 ↗ sixty Northwest Gilman Boulevard and

17:00 ↗ with sound partners I'm Janice partner

17:02 ↗ we've been managing the Issaquah auto

17:05 ↗ stop for I don't know probably

17:07 ↗ collectively maybe up to 20 years and a

17:10 ↗ lot of great businesses there the

17:12 ↗ tenants are local some of the business

17:15 ↗ owners are local like Janice said the

17:17 ↗ the trust I think is given up close to

17:20 ↗ ten million dollars in charitable

17:22 ↗ endeavors over the past 15 years we

17:24 ↗ really don't want our income to be you

17:28 ↗ know impacted negatively by having no

17:31 ↗ stoplight and installing a potentially a

17:33 ↗ C curb there it will cause our rents to

17:36 ↗ go down it may cause businesses to have

17:39 ↗ to not renew their leases so it's a

17:42 ↗ serious thing and we're hoping that at

17:43 ↗ least support the stoplight that goes

17:46 ↗ that can go in there and if not at least

17:49 ↗ not put in a secret that completely

17:51 ↗ eliminates access for for the tenants

17:53 ↗ and the business owners so just hope

17:55 ↗ you'll consider that and appreciate your

17:58 ↗ consideration

17:59 ↗ thank you John Paul onaconda hello how

18:16 ↗ you doing I'm here representing several

18:20 ↗ hundred people in the ssoa

18:21 ↗ excuse me just pretended by yourself at

18:24 ↗ your address please sure thing

18:25 ↗ my name is Paul or Macondo I hail from

18:29 ↗ Rochester Hills Michigan I just recently

18:32 ↗ moved out here about a year ago and I

18:35 ↗ want to be quick but I want to be sure

18:40 ↗ and let you know the seriousness of what

18:44 ↗ I'm about to say there are several

18:47 ↗ hundred people living in the ethical

18:48 ↗ islands and they've been gathering for a

18:50 ↗ while and there's a city there's a

18:52 ↗ serious issue going on there I was

18:55 ↗ speeding across the street from me a dog

18:58 ↗ got hit several weeks ago the person who

19:01 ↗ hit this dog kept on driving the

19:04 ↗ following day you can check this out on

19:06 ↗ the ethical reporter

19:07 ↗ a person wrote an opinion letter saying

19:10 ↗ that he and his wife who by the way is

19:12 ↗ due in five weeks now I volunteer to get

19:14 ↗ her mail because they have collars we

19:17 ↗ have people who break into cars and I

19:21 ↗ was concerned for her the following day

19:25 ↗ after the dog got hit they said in the

19:29 ↗ newspaper there was blood still in the

19:33 ↗ street as we took our morning walk

19:37 ↗ here's what brings me here today

19:39 ↗ my son Philip Michael I don't know what

19:42 ↗ what anything about pregnancies but I

19:44 ↗ like to get my self educated so when I

19:47 ↗ found out that my wife was pregnant we

19:49 ↗ were already 16 weeks in I went to got a

19:51 ↗ sign language book after reading a book

19:53 ↗ I've heard five books by now including

19:55 ↗ What to Expect When You're Expecting it

19:59 ↗ is folded which I opened up for my

20:00 ↗ unborn son there is a section called

20:02 ↗ median L because his name is under a

20:05 ↗ newspaper this Friday it'll be the third

20:09 ↗ time that I work with Nicole Jennings on

20:11 ↗ the speeding issue in the incircle

20:13 ↗ Highlands I have a copy for you miss him

20:16 ↗ there that I would love to give you of

20:19 ↗ the newspaper article after we've been

20:24 ↗ gathering for several months I decided

20:26 ↗ that you know what I have a small idea

20:27 ↗ the last time I got a small idea it was

20:30 ↗ back by dr. Jones who happened to be the

20:33 ↗ attorney of dr. Martin Luther King jr.

20:36 ↗ my uncle is the federal senator my

20:41 ↗ grandfather actually whom I'm named was

20:43 ↗ the right-hand man to the Minister of

20:45 ↗ Finance for the DRC I come from a

20:48 ↗ bloodline of people that get stuff done

20:49 ↗ when they turned their gaze on it and my

20:52 ↗ point to you is that I came here all the

20:54 ↗ way from where I was and by the way

20:57 ↗ Rochester Hills is considered in the

21:00 ↗ movie rollin to Columbine as one of the

21:01 ↗ richest counties in America and when I

21:04 ↗ my wife's forced me to move here because

21:06 ↗ I was very content where I was I said

21:09 ↗ you must we must match the quality of

21:11 ↗ life that I had here in Issaquah your

21:14 ↗ people like myself who are used to a

21:16 ↗ certain amount of safety who are used to

21:19 ↗ getting things

21:21 ↗ if you will done in a certain manner and

21:24 ↗ now we have prowlers I have to worry

21:27 ↗ about my pregnant wife for going out at

21:29 ↗ night I have to worry about cars

21:32 ↗ speeding at all hours of the day and

21:34 ↗ night I myself have had to dive in

21:37 ↗ between vehicles at night the people

21:40 ↗ above me have had to let a skirt out of

21:45 ↗ the way of a moving passing vehicle on

21:47 ↗ 25th Avenue as well and I'm here to say

21:50 ↗ that it's time for something more

21:53 ↗ permanent to be done besides assigning

21:55 ↗ two police officers 150 hours of their

21:59 ↗ time I don't want to throw power names

22:03 ↗ around but if we don't get something

22:06 ↗ more permanent done I'm going to get

22:08 ↗ cameras here every meeting outside

22:09 ↗ asking you questions I'm going to make

22:12 ↗ phone calls to my people in Washington

22:14 ↗ and use my last name to make sure that

22:16 ↗ my son who is more than three and a half

22:19 ↗ months from now is not going to have to

22:21 ↗ worry about whether his dad has life

22:23 ↗ insurance or not my wife will have to

22:26 ↗ ask me to be outside when she gets home

22:29 ↗ from work in Bellevue around six o'clock

22:31 ↗ or such and we let you great people to

22:35 ↗ lead this community here's a small

22:37 ↗ anecdote of high view life in my life

22:40 ↗ here at least in Issaquah but generally

22:42 ↗ speaking you assess a man by the quality

22:44 ↗ and status of things that surround him

22:46 ↗ the closest thing to them you want to

22:48 ↗ check me out you need to find out what's

22:50 ↗ going on with my wife and the area where

22:53 ↗ I live and I am embarrassed to tell you

22:57 ↗ that folks are thinking about moving out

23:00 ↗ of the instakill Islands I came from a

23:03 ↗ long ways from here and I was told and I

23:06 ↗ read about it that this was a serene

23:08 ↗ peaceful beautiful community and I

23:11 ↗ believe it is worth the time when

23:13 ↗ hundreds of people are getting together

23:16 ↗ they are peed off I will stop in one

23:22 ↗ second here and I believe it appropriate

23:24 ↗ sir mr. Butler mr. mayor and mrs.

23:28 ↗ Goodman whom I saw in the newspaper was

23:30 ↗ running for office again to ask you for

23:33 ↗ a more permanent

23:34 ↗ solution we need more police presence in

23:38 ↗ those long period is over and Carol

23:40 ↗ thank you - all yes

23:42 ↗ what I'm asking for is a permanent

23:44 ↗ solution through the safety issue going

23:45 ↗ on in silence we need more police

23:47 ↗ presence to let people know that the

23:49 ↗ culture shift is happening and that

23:50 ↗ includes madame Goodman something in

23:54 ↗ your agenda to get all he dumps in the

23:55 ↗ area thank you thank you thank you

23:59 ↗ next we have Susan Neville hello I'm

24:11 ↗ Susan Deville a number that 28:25

24:13 ↗ northwest plain cone drive I've been a

24:16 ↗ 21-year resident of Issaquah on Newport

24:20 ↗ Way and I actually stood here left at

24:23 ↗ the last City Council meeting outlining

24:26 ↗ the importance of the upcoming Bergsma

24:28 ↗ when were Development Commission meeting

24:31 ↗ which was on April 19th and today I'm

24:35 ↗ here to summarize that meeting normally

24:38 ↗ I would put it in the email but I

24:40 ↗ thought I'd speak before you because it

24:44 ↗ was a pretty distinguishable meeting we

24:49 ↗ had between 60 and 70 residents in

24:52 ↗ attendance it was a five-hour meeting we

24:56 ↗ had 32 public comments speaking in

25:00 ↗ opposition against the connector road

25:02 ↗ and the variance cluster the residents

25:08 ↗ gave very informative and thoughtful

25:10 ↗ comments and in many cases evidence to

25:13 ↗ back up their claims excuse me some of

25:18 ↗ the topics which we've talked about

25:20 ↗ before but really probably needs

25:22 ↗ repeating were inconclusive traffic

25:25 ↗ studies and low estimation of traffic

25:28 ↗ from towels to Newport way the addition

25:31 ↗ of 4,000 additional trips just in that

25:33 ↗ corridor alone without including Calais

25:37 ↗ as a shortcut safety was a very big

25:41 ↗ issue particularly in North Challis

25:43 ↗ neighborhoods they were not designed or

25:46 ↗ used as thorough ways for traffic

25:49 ↗ the removal of 80,000 cubic yards or

25:53 ↗ another terms 8,000 dump trucks of dirt

25:57 ↗ from the side of the mountain

26:00 ↗ stripping cougar mountain hillsides

26:03 ↗ including old-growth forests short and

26:07 ↗ long-term cost to taxpayers was brought

26:11 ↗ up by a few people

26:12 ↗ these were due to the steep slope

26:14 ↗ utilities mudslides diverted streams

26:20 ↗ these are all possibilities that could

26:23 ↗ happen in the future

26:25 ↗ the Issaquah Comprehensive Plan is not

26:28 ↗ being considered which was put into

26:30 ↗ place to protect our trees our canopies

26:33 ↗ and limit the size of the units of the

26:35 ↗ development these were just maybe eight

26:38 ↗ topics of the 32 discussed hmm after

26:44 ↗ much deliberation concerning the Taos

26:46 ↗ Newports thorough way which was the very

26:49 ↗ hot topic of the evening the GC

26:51 ↗ committee unanimously voted no they

26:55 ↗ instead recommended an emergency only

26:58 ↗ Road joining Tallis to the Bergsma

27:00 ↗ property the other issue was the

27:03 ↗ clustering variance and you the City

27:09 ↗ Council will have to decide after

27:11 ↗ viewing the video if an ample amount of

27:14 ↗ time was spent on this cluster portion

27:17 ↗ of the agreement there seemed to be some

27:20 ↗ confusion on the commissioners part it

27:23 ↗ could be maybe due to the lateness of

27:24 ↗ the hour they didn't start that segment

27:27 ↗ till 9:30 or just the amount of

27:31 ↗ information involved however the DC did

27:35 ↗ vote to recommend the cluster variance

27:37 ↗ by three to one so I just encourage you

27:42 ↗ as you study the various reports the

27:45 ↗ numerous variances and the

27:47 ↗ recommendations ask yourself if this is

27:50 ↗ the right decision or use for this

27:53 ↗ particular land thank you Thank You

27:57 ↗ Susan

27:59 ↗ Julie Clark

28:14 ↗ my name is Julie Clark I live at nine

28:17 ↗ one five bear Ridge Court and to date I

28:22 ↗ have collected more than 110 signatures

28:25 ↗ from talis residents opposing the

28:28 ↗ connector road between talus and Newport

28:31 ↗ way via Bergsma and it may be surprising

28:36 ↗ to some of you that so many people do

28:39 ↗ not want what the city thinks we want

28:43 ↗ that got me thinking what other things

28:46 ↗ is the city asking for as part of the

28:48 ↗ development agreement for Bergsma a

28:50 ↗ small segment of sidewalk along Newports

28:53 ↗ way which won't connect to another

28:55 ↗ sidewalk 12 acres of land to be included

28:59 ↗ in the city or county park lands

29:02 ↗ wetlands mitigated to yet another part

29:05 ↗ of the city more steep and winding roads

29:08 ↗ and what is the cost of the shopping

29:13 ↗ list the Bergsma development comes with

29:16 ↗ a very expensive price tag

29:18 ↗ adding roads and unwanted traffic to our

29:21 ↗ quiet and safe neighborhoods clearing

29:24 ↗ our hillsides of the trees that support

29:26 ↗ our clean air digging out 88,000 cubic

29:30 ↗ yards of soil often unstable hillsides

29:33 ↗ I'm not a geotech engineer but I have

29:35 ↗ seen the effects of clearing land

29:37 ↗ unsaturated slopes even the geotech

29:40 ↗ engineers are unable to say with

29:42 ↗ accuracy what will happen once

29:44 ↗ vegetation is removed and the top layers

29:47 ↗ of soil are removed and the noise

29:51 ↗ construction trucks using compression

29:53 ↗ brakes as they haul equipment and soil

29:56 ↗ down the steep slopes from early morning

29:58 ↗ until late at night the construction

30:00 ↗ trucks needed to use compression breaks

30:02 ↗ in talus while preparing parcels 7 8 & 9

30:06 ↗ in 2014 and 15 so I would expect nothing

30:12 ↗ different on this particular slope

30:14 ↗ during the past two weeks I have heard

30:17 ↗ of homes condemned due to landslides

30:19 ↗ just below the Bergsma property I

30:21 ↗ learned about in earlier slides that

30:24 ↗ occurred in the late

30:26 ↗ 80s on relatively flat ground where only

30:29 ↗ 30,000 cubic yards of soil were removed

30:32 ↗ while a two million gallon water

30:34 ↗ reservoir was being built by the city of

30:37 ↗ Issaquah the Westside reservoir is right

30:41 ↗ next to the Bergsma property if that

30:43 ↗ parcel of land had streams below the

30:46 ↗ surface of the soil and was unstable it

30:49 ↗ seems foolish to believe the adjacent

30:51 ↗ land just because it has a different

30:53 ↗ owner would be any different this is an

30:57 ↗ expensive proposition that our community

30:59 ↗ does not want and cannot afford the

31:02 ↗ lower northeast segment of Cougar

31:04 ↗ Mountain is populated with streams and

31:06 ↗ the soil is frequently saturated please

31:09 ↗ do not allow the building of clustered

31:11 ↗ homes on the berg split property do not

31:13 ↗ create a shopping list of items for

31:15 ↗ projects we do not want we cannot take

31:18 ↗ care of what we currently have so please

31:21 ↗ do not add to the list of problems

31:23 ↗ needing to be fixed thank you thank you

31:28 ↗ Julie Steve Pereira

31:41 ↗ ice-t Pereira 170 North East dogwood

31:44 ↗ Street for about nine and a half years

31:46 ↗ before I get started I would have a

31:48 ↗ great presentation and mainly dead count

31:50 ↗ on our talented city assistant city

31:53 ↗ clerk to lend me a hand tisha geyser I

31:56 ↗ also sent her an email with the link if

31:59 ↗ you can forward that to the others as

32:00 ↗ well when you get a chance to with the

32:03 ↗ presentation well she's saying that up I

32:08 ↗ also wanted to speak out against the

32:11 ↗ burden of property I'd be ok one you

32:15 ↗ wanted to strike from the consent

32:16 ↗ calendar that may be processed to keep

32:18 ↗ it in there yes but I just AM concerned

32:25 ↗ with the removal of vegetation with 34

32:27 ↗ percent thank you with 34 percent of the

32:30 ↗ property being removed city code the

32:33 ↗ city documentation talks about

32:38 ↗ maintaining tree canopy of 50% this and

32:41 ↗ we're already at 48% this removes 34

32:43 ↗ percent of the coverage from the

32:44 ↗ property so that's just brief comment on

32:48 ↗ that so Matt the topic was the

32:54 ↗ preservation of the providence Heights

32:57 ↗ chapel and campus this is my feedback

33:02 ↗ yes I can't so this was from my reading

33:09 ↗ of what I understand the CEPA code is I

33:11 ↗ may have gotten wrong document I also

33:13 ↗ didn't go back and cross reference all

33:15 ↗ the our CW's and others other state code

33:18 ↗ so it's my laymen attempt to understand

33:22 ↗ that on the committee of the whole on

33:24 ↗ April 25th there were some presentations

33:26 ↗ for a be 73 47

33:39 ↗ the presentation does include the

33:51 ↗ the presentation does include the

33:53 ↗ Providence Heights campus as in yet it

34:02 ↗ presents the campus as an appendix B

34:05 ↗ that does the only reference to the

34:06 ↗ document this is important as well as I

34:17 ↗ would like so I'm just going to

34:19 ↗ reference that it's only by Bevin annex

34:21 ↗ B in the document itself in the CEPA

34:31 ↗ document I read three things and again

34:34 ↗ the lead agency understand is Issaquah

34:36 ↗ I've highlighted the parts that I think

34:38 ↗ are relevant and yellow the responsible

34:41 ↗ officials should be identified within

34:42 ↗ the CEPA documentation it can be

34:45 ↗ applying director it can be the mayor or

34:47 ↗ it can be a group such as Environmental

34:53 ↗ Committee or the City Council the second

34:57 ↗ is once in termination once an appeal is

35:03 ↗ made it can't then go back to the local

35:06 ↗ legislative body for appeal

35:08 ↗ so I think there's a chance or an

35:09 ↗ opportunity here to when there is a

35:15 ↗ pending or proposed legislation that

35:18 ↗ would demolish an existing structure

35:20 ↗ that has artistic cultural or store

35:23 ↗ preservation landmarks that there be a

35:25 ↗ different body than the city staff to

35:29 ↗ make that determination whether that

35:30 ↗ City Council with the Arts Commission

35:32 ↗ somewhere else or the City Council and

35:36 ↗ the third is that the existing

35:39 ↗ documentation does allow the existing

35:41 ↗ policy to remand to remove mitigated

35:45 ↗ determination of non significance based

35:49 ↗ on the fact that there was this April

35:51 ↗ 25th meeting where there was seem to be

35:53 ↗ a significant recognition that the site

35:56 ↗ does have historical facts and to

35:59 ↗ mention the city can administrative

36:01 ↗ decide to remove that

36:04 ↗ mdns and let the process for for

36:08 ↗ historic preservation go forward I along

36:11 ↗ with others would like to see maybe some

36:13 ↗ repurpose of the campus for affordable

36:16 ↗ housing initiative which the city is

36:18 ↗ looking at and again I'm sure tisha will

36:24 ↗ go ahead and forward that to the rest of

36:25 ↗ you for review thank you thank you Steve

36:31 ↗ no one further has signed up to speak is

36:35 ↗ there anyone else who has not signed up

36:37 ↗ by desiring to speak a sir it's at that

36:52 ↗ that is and if you would approach the

36:54 ↗ microphone oh but this is an opportunity

37:02 ↗ for audience comments this is not a

37:05 ↗ study session so this is not a

37:11 ↗ conversation sir if you would like to is

37:16 ↗ there anyone else who has not signed up

37:19 ↗ desiring to speak

37:20 ↗ yes sir can all of please identify

37:25 ↗ yourself to enter Joe is the mic on hear

37:29 ↗ me David Mitchell I live on 900 idol

37:33 ↗ would drive lived here 41 years I have

37:36 ↗ to profess my ignorance I hear a lot and

37:39 ↗ I read a lot about the Bergsma property

37:40 ↗ and several people spoken on it tonight

37:42 ↗ I'm just trying to get educated that's

37:45 ↗ why I came to the meeting tonight but I

37:47 ↗ don't know where the Bergsma property is

37:49 ↗ could somebody just put their finger on

37:50 ↗ it for me on that map SR and I can got

37:57 ↗ it that's all I wanted to know your

38:01 ↗ you'll won't you'll walk out of here a

38:04 ↗ wiser man

38:10 ↗ ken Eastman I reside at to 473 Northwest

38:15 ↗ Stoney Creek Drive I wanted to make a

38:19 ↗ couple of comments about development I

38:22 ↗ echo the sentiments of my neighbors who

38:25 ↗ talked about the Bergsma hearing and

38:28 ↗ some of the objections of the community

38:31 ↗ I would ask that you take those comments

38:34 ↗ seriously I agree with all of them

38:38 ↗ I'm personally an objection to Bergsma

38:42 ↗ for two very large reasons one is once

38:46 ↗ again we seem to be embarking on the

38:48 ↗ folly of building on steep slopes and

38:52 ↗ according to the Issaquah Press archives

38:54 ↗ we've tried that nine times in the last

38:57 ↗ 30 years and had nine landslides so we

39:00 ↗ don't have such a great track record and

39:02 ↗ it appears to me all the smartest minds

39:04 ↗ that understand geology don't seem to

39:07 ↗ understand

39:08 ↗ geology when it comes to steep slopes

39:10 ↗ and building on them and all too often

39:13 ↗ it's the city that ends up having to

39:16 ↗ bail these failed projects out and we

39:20 ↗ know that from personal experience and

39:22 ↗ Talas the other objection I've got is

39:25 ↗ there's no way that you're going to

39:28 ↗ eliminate the impact of trucking eighty

39:31 ↗ eight thousand cubic yards of fill off

39:36 ↗ of that Bergsma property going through

39:38 ↗ the city of the sequa and impacting our

39:41 ↗ residents so I think this is a bad idea

39:44 ↗ my second comment about Bergsma is the

39:48 ↗ development agreement that was the topic

39:51 ↗ of the development commission session

39:54 ↗ several days ago and what we learned

39:57 ↗ there is that the development agreement

40:00 ↗ for Bergsma is one of several ways that

40:03 ↗ that property might be handled but yet

40:05 ↗ there was only one option discussed

40:09 ↗ there and that was the development

40:10 ↗ agreement so I would just ask city

40:13 ↗ council and Landon Shore members explore

40:17 ↗ all the options get all the facts

40:19 ↗ if you don't have all the facts and push

40:21 ↗ it back and ask for the facts

40:24 ↗ there's no rush here if you cut those

40:26 ↗ trees down and if you bold those that

40:29 ↗ property there's no putting it back and

40:32 ↗ we know that from our experience and

40:35 ↗ parcel 9 you can't put the hill back

40:37 ↗ after you do that so get it right Mike

40:40 ↗ main concern is that we may be enabling

40:43 ↗ development that might not happen

40:46 ↗ ordinarily through this development

40:49 ↗ agreement so please be careful

40:53 ↗ be thoughtful get the facts before you

40:55 ↗ even tackle the development agreement

40:57 ↗ and resist the urge to jump in there

40:59 ↗ with your red pen and make it better I'm

41:01 ↗ sure you could but maybe it's just not

41:04 ↗ right to begin with my third comment is

41:08 ↗ about the active projects in the city 22

41:12 ↗ pages on the Issaquah website that's a

41:14 ↗ lot of projects and I look at the level

41:19 ↗ of care on the projects that I'm

41:21 ↗ familiar with in my neighborhood and it

41:23 ↗ just seems to me like city staff has

41:25 ↗ stretched really really thin and I work

41:28 ↗ with these people occasionally they're

41:30 ↗ good people but they're over their skis

41:33 ↗ in terms of the workload that's on their

41:35 ↗ plate and we're considering yet another

41:37 ↗ complex project in Bergsma let's finish

41:41 ↗ what we've already started I mean we've

41:44 ↗ got parcels 7 & 8 they're three years

41:46 ↗ not one houses built

41:47 ↗ we've got Forest Heights has been in

41:50 ↗ process for two years we have the hill

41:54 ↗ slide and we have a pump station that

41:55 ↗ was started almost a year ago it's still

41:58 ↗ not finished I mean let's finish what we

42:01 ↗ start before we put anything more on

42:02 ↗ these people's plate so I would just ask

42:06 ↗ that and then the last comment I have is

42:09 ↗ just the expense of development

42:13 ↗ we're told the development pays for

42:14 ↗ itself that the developers fees pay for

42:17 ↗ all the city staff that's involved in

42:20 ↗ vetting a project and getting it through

42:22 ↗ from cradle to grave from the beginning

42:25 ↗ to the very end but have you ever seen

42:28 ↗ the accounting for that do you really

42:30 ↗ believe on a project-by-project basis

42:33 ↗ that what we collect from the developers

42:35 ↗ and what the city staff expends in time

42:38 ↗ in terms of resource dollarized really

42:41 ↗ balance out if you've seen those numbers

42:45 ↗ if you believe them that's all well and

42:47 ↗ good but if you don't know that for sure

42:49 ↗ I would just ask that you ask the

42:51 ↗ question how much does this really cost

42:54 ↗ us because at the end of the day what

42:57 ↗ doesn't get paid by the developer gets

42:59 ↗ paid by the taxpayers and then just a

43:02 ↗ closing comment

43:03 ↗ I wish all good wishes for the upcoming

43:06 ↗ election and please pay attention to

43:11 ↗ what your here in this room thank you

43:13 ↗ thank you can your timing was perfect is

43:21 ↗ yes ma'am hi there can you hear me my

43:33 ↗ name is Susan half and I live at 195 to

43:37 ↗ 4 southeast 24th place and Sammamish

43:40 ↗ that's not a new squad but I do live

43:44 ↗ near the Providence Heights place

43:48 ↗ special place and I also live a nice

43:50 ↗ acquire school district so um so I am

43:56 ↗ interested in telling you that in what I

43:59 ↗ have heard is it I really appreciate

44:02 ↗ lots of space around the world but what

44:04 ↗ I've heard in Christianity is that the

44:06 ↗ one thing angels say to people is fear

44:09 ↗ not and I really feel that that's

44:13 ↗ important right now I've had to think of

44:15 ↗ that for the past few weeks and I know

44:18 ↗ other people have too and the City

44:23 ↗ Council has a great like opportunity for

44:28 ↗ public service to demonstrate that you

44:32 ↗ can give support to the staff of the

44:37 ↗ city of Issaquah and help them do the

44:41 ↗ right thing with Providence Heights help

44:43 ↗ you can help do the right thing there is

44:46 ↗ so much community support out there for

44:48 ↗ preservation of this entire campus and

44:51 ↗ the site not just the windows not just

44:54 ↗ the chapel but actually the whole thing

44:57 ↗ there are citizens who have you know

45:00 ↗ mobilized in very random and mysterious

45:04 ↗ ways met each other and are talking and

45:07 ↗ sharing information and generating

45:09 ↗ things that they are would be delighted

45:11 ↗ to share with all of you and funnel into

45:14 ↗ this public process and I say if we are

45:17 ↗ not because the city of Issaquah has a

45:21 ↗ legal ability according to the State

45:24 ↗ Department of Ecology to withdraw the

45:27 ↗ proposed determination of non

45:28 ↗ significance and the mitigated

45:30 ↗ determination of non significance you

45:33 ↗ know as a secondary less attractive

45:37 ↗ option the city has the ability to give

45:40 ↗ a public comment period for the proposed

45:43 ↗ or I'm sorry for the final mitigated

45:48 ↗ determination of non significance and if

45:51 ↗ that were to be the case I wouldn't have

45:53 ↗ you know there wouldn't need to be this

45:55 ↗ appeal process right now and it could

45:57 ↗ stay more local and it could stay more

45:59 ↗ with the you all the public servants the

46:02 ↗ planning staff all these great people

46:04 ↗ who are the most familiar with this

46:07 ↗ community and with the site and I guess

46:10 ↗ I'm saying fear not because I understand

46:14 ↗ that if the city said you know what we

46:17 ↗ need more time you know this is like

46:19 ↗ uncovering an arrowhead or indigenous

46:22 ↗ bones at this place we issued this

46:26 ↗ determination and 105 public comments

46:30 ↗ came in to City Hall which are viewable

46:31 ↗ by any of you it's in a paper file at

46:35 ↗ the Development Services Department

46:37 ↗ three of those were opposed no three of

46:41 ↗ those who are opposed to preservation

46:42 ↗ three of those actually they weren't

46:43 ↗ opposed to preservation they were in

46:45 ↗ favor of the demolition out of 105

46:47 ↗ comments and those three people also

46:51 ↗ said I want the windows preserved

46:55 ↗ whether that is even like financially or

46:58 ↗ physically feasible is totally unclear

47:00 ↗ there are other issues that I think were

47:05 ↗ uncovered like bones indigenous bones

47:08 ↗ indigenous arrow has near water such as

47:11 ↗ is this place owned by a church or is

47:14 ↗ this place owned by plateau campus LLC

47:18 ↗ that has potentially no connection to

47:21 ↗ City Church these what is the case law

47:25 ↗ in Washington State what is the legal

47:27 ↗ backing that the City Council has and

47:30 ↗ the city of its a qua planning staff for

47:33 ↗ preservation under whatever the facts

47:36 ↗ really are and it seems to me that

47:38 ↗ there's time that's needed to really

47:41 ↗ understand this and I think it really is

47:44 ↗ worth exploring and I'm speaking

47:48 ↗ especially to James Haney is the city

47:50 ↗ attorney I understand your job you're

47:52 ↗ trying to protect the city that's really

47:56 ↗ important and Robert Harrison the city

47:58 ↗ administrator and the City Council I

48:01 ↗ totally understand I just think I just

48:03 ↗ want to say free or not you know just

48:05 ↗ think of truth prevailing and whatever

48:08 ↗ happens happens but let's get this out

48:10 ↗ in the open and ventilated in a really

48:12 ↗ truly public process thanks a lot Thank

48:16 ↗ You Susan

48:17 ↗ anyone else desiring to speak this

48:20 ↗ evening Kathy good evening I have two

48:27 ↗ things to speak of this evening and one

48:29 ↗ just briefly I'd like to acknowledge

48:31 ↗ that this is Small Business Week and we

48:34 ↗ won't know that small businesses are

48:36 ↗ truly the backbone of our community and

48:39 ↗ we just on behalf of the Chamber of

48:41 ↗ Commerce want to acknowledge that and

48:42 ↗ thank all of the wonderful business

48:45 ↗ owners that choose to do business in

48:46 ↗ Issaquah it makes it truly enjoyable for

48:49 ↗ all of us and I am here again tonight to

48:53 ↗ speak on behalf of the Board of

48:54 ↗ Directors and to share their message

48:57 ↗ with the City Council the greater is a

49:00 ↗ quad Chamber of Commerce

49:02 ↗ thanks the city and the City Council for

49:04 ↗ all you do as a pro business advocate

49:07 ↗ for economic vitality

49:08 ↗ in the region the chamber supports

49:10 ↗ business opportunities that meet the

49:12 ↗ vision of the central Issaquah plan and

49:14 ↗ enhance the economic vitality of our

49:17 ↗ community we support projects that

49:19 ↗ improve mobility enhance the look and

49:22 ↗ feel of our business districts and bring

49:24 ↗ in goods and service that add value to

49:26 ↗ our region in terms of brought in terms

49:28 ↗ of job growth and higher paying wages on

49:32 ↗ the agenda this evening is once again

49:34 ↗ the Gilman loft project at the request

49:37 ↗ of some of our members we have been

49:38 ↗ asking surrounded businesses city staff

49:41 ↗ and council members about the project

49:43 ↗ businesses agree that this intersection

49:46 ↗ is a problem and requires a solution

49:47 ↗ that will enhance pedestrian safety

49:49 ↗ while moving traffic through the system

49:52 ↗ as smoothly as possible it appears that

49:54 ↗ many of the surrounding businesses are

49:56 ↗ in favor of the intersection

49:57 ↗ improvements and that all indications

50:00 ↗ are that the proposed signal provides a

50:02 ↗ preferred solution we would like to

50:04 ↗ point out that the project is will also

50:07 ↗ provide much needed office space create

50:09 ↗ opportunity for business growth and

50:11 ↗ better paying jobs in addition we also

50:15 ↗ ask for Swift completion to the work

50:17 ↗ being done on the moratorium we don't

50:20 ↗ want to miss any opportunity to attract

50:23 ↗ businesses and jobs to our community

50:25 ↗ during this time of significant business

50:27 ↗ growth in the region on behalf of the

50:29 ↗ Board of Directors in the chamber of

50:31 ↗ commerce and all the businesses we

50:32 ↗ represent thank you again for your

50:34 ↗ commitment to our future respectfully

50:37 ↗ the greater is the club Chamber of

50:39 ↗ Commerce Thank You Kathy anyone else

50:42 ↗ desiring to speak this evening David

50:49 ↗ good evening David Kapler 255 southeast

50:53 ↗ Anders Street certainly supportive of

50:55 ↗ the three trails agreement you have

50:57 ↗ tonight and the emphasis by the council

51:01 ↗ to the Development Commission about

51:02 ↗ studying the interface with the trail

51:04 ↗ and the plaza and that kind of thing so

51:05 ↗ that's good

51:06 ↗ Lake tradition glad to see that we maybe

51:09 ↗ will get a paving job down up there that

51:12 ↗ soils underneath that road is pretty

51:16 ↗ suspect and I I think when we get into

51:22 ↗ that we

51:22 ↗ really need to make sure we don't

51:24 ↗ understand the soils under there and end

51:28 ↗ up having a failed road in months years

51:31 ↗ or whatever and if it means some extra

51:33 ↗ money or something doesn't get fully

51:36 ↗ paved because we deal with the road to

51:39 ↗ make sure it just doesn't turn to

51:40 ↗ asphalt potholes instead of gravel

51:42 ↗ potholes it'll be worth it good to hear

51:46 ↗ there's going to be some signage money

51:48 ↗ on the day before Earth Day I was up at

51:51 ↗ the working on invasive plants up there

51:53 ↗ for five hours and I couldn't believe

51:55 ↗ how many people were parking down by

51:57 ↗ i-90 and walking up the road some

52:00 ↗ because they didn't know what they were

52:01 ↗ doing and some forgot their passes or

52:04 ↗ didn't have passes but there is an

52:06 ↗ alternative trail there and needs to be

52:08 ↗ signed well and get people on not on

52:11 ↗ this walking on this road because the

52:12 ↗ speeds are going to dramatically change

52:14 ↗ speaking of speeds talus and the

52:18 ↗ Highlands have been very vocal about

52:20 ↗ speed issues it came up constantly in

52:22 ↗ the Berg's my night and it's got a lot

52:26 ↗ of people against the connection of the

52:29 ↗ road just because they are so fearful of

52:32 ↗ the speeds that they are already seeing

52:34 ↗ and it's a very legitimate concern not

52:38 ↗ to suggest that he should connect the

52:39 ↗ road one fault I felt in the Bergsma

52:45 ↗ situation the other night was the first

52:48 ↗ part was about connecting whether we

52:51 ↗ connect the road or not and then it was

52:52 ↗ a separate meeting separate topic

52:54 ↗ whether we do a development agreement

52:56 ↗ and what are the terms of that

52:58 ↗ development agreement or we do a

52:59 ↗ conventional plat there was no

53:01 ↗ information offered about a conventional

53:04 ↗ plat if it were a conventional plat and

53:06 ↗ not a development agreement how many

53:08 ↗ homes what we have what are the impacts

53:10 ↗ we had no idea there wasn't really

53:12 ↗ discussed at all and I'm generally of

53:16 ↗ quite a fan of development agreements

53:18 ↗ and I think they do a lot of good things

53:19 ↗ but still there was never that

53:22 ↗ comparison made and I don't think the

53:24 ↗ development Commission had the

53:27 ↗ information they should have had thank

53:31 ↗ you

53:33 ↗ thank you David anyone else disarmed to

53:37 ↗ speak this evening you can drop that off

53:42 ↗ with the clerk anyone else desiring to

53:44 ↗ speak yeah anyone else anyone else in

53:54 ↗ the audience desiring to speak with

53:56 ↗ evening seeing no one then audience

53:59 ↗ comments are closed and I would like to

54:02 ↗ thank everyone who has spoken this

54:05 ↗ evening for your giving of your time to

54:08 ↗ come and share your views with the

54:11 ↗ council with that will now move to

54:15 ↗ committee and regional reports beginning

54:18 ↗ with councilmember booties Thank You mr.

54:22 ↗ mayor

54:22 ↗ last week I attended the Keene County

54:25 ↗ Conservation District Board meeting and

54:31 ↗ we basically discussed at links there

54:34 ↗ was an urban forestry workgroup that the

54:38 ↗ board recommended to move forward with

54:41 ↗ their proposed work plan and this plan

54:44 ↗ focuses on tree canopy assessments

54:49 ↗ looking at this from the sound cities

54:52 ↗ associations overview the decision was

54:56 ↗ made to focus on tree canopy assessments

54:59 ↗ in South Qian County cities that this

55:02 ↗ was based on doing a lot of detailed

55:05 ↗ work and looking at maps on where this

55:07 ↗ has been done within King County and

55:09 ↗ there's very little that's been done

55:11 ↗ within South King County cities and I

55:14 ↗ just wanted to point out that this is

55:15 ↗ only for this year so it's a work plan

55:18 ↗ only for this year to encourage that

55:22 ↗ within South King counties cities and

55:24 ↗ then they'll be working on other other

55:27 ↗ areas

55:29 ↗ there was also an update on King

55:30 ↗ County's partnership with the wastewater

55:33 ↗ treatment plant and then some

55:37 ↗ information and overviews of some

55:40 ↗ absolutely amazing community gardens

55:42 ↗ that are that are going in all over

55:45 ↗ so that was a lot of fun also the

55:48 ↗ Eastside Human Services forum board will

55:51 ↗ meet May 17th at Bellevue City Hall and

55:55 ↗ that concludes my report

55:57 ↗ Thanks Thank You council member Ramos

56:01 ↗ thank you

56:04 ↗ the Infrastructure Committee met on 20th

56:08 ↗ of April confusing and we had four items

56:11 ↗ on our agenda first one with South Cove

56:13 ↗ pressure reducing valve and that's on

56:16 ↗ the agenda tonight so I'll talk more

56:17 ↗ about that later the second one third

56:19 ↗ one kind of came together a little bit I

56:21 ↗ asked to talk about sidewalks and

56:24 ↗ sidewalk codes rolling into Complete

56:26 ↗ Streets and some of the things we're

56:27 ↗ working on on that and so an interesting

56:30 ↗ came up with the sidewalk codes that

56:32 ↗ exist now or from 1964 and and there's

56:37 ↗ been some case law that has shown those

56:39 ↗ to probably not be what would be

56:40 ↗ effective nowadays so in that discussion

56:45 ↗ what I'm hoping is we can work on next

56:48 ↗ year is maybe we can get it on our

56:49 ↗ agenda to try to update our sidewalk

56:51 ↗ codes as part of next year's work plan

56:54 ↗ so we can have a consistent system that

56:57 ↗ we can work on and that came a lot from

56:59 ↗ Complete Streets by which which streets

57:01 ↗ who work and on what whose sidewalks are

57:02 ↗ we doing what where who has

57:04 ↗ responsibility the landowner the the

57:07 ↗ city etc so that's where we hopefully we

57:10 ↗ can get that cleared up next year and

57:12 ↗ we'll continue also working on the

57:14 ↗ Complete Streets policy and criteria

57:18 ↗ that we started you've seen somewhat and

57:19 ↗ some of our committee meetings and the

57:22 ↗ whole and continue working on that to

57:23 ↗ get a final policy back to the council

57:25 ↗ hopefully soon just want to share one

57:29 ↗ comment audience comment while we're

57:31 ↗ there was one of the because it's been a

57:33 ↗ discussion a few places old town is felt

57:38 ↗ was it hasn't felt with an E and

57:39 ↗ currently a number of folks wanted to

57:41 ↗ drop the e one of the audience comments

57:43 ↗ was they came and looked at the

57:45 ↗ definition of old versus old with an E

57:47 ↗ and they said old without thee is just

57:49 ↗ old and not really flattering at all but

57:52 ↗ with you have the e on it it means

57:54 ↗ quaint cute those kinds of things and

57:57 ↗ they really suggest that we keep the key

57:59 ↗ it's gonna bring Nana Oh bill thank you

58:02 ↗ for educating us I'm just passing a word

58:06 ↗ alone all right

58:07 ↗ and then the you know halftime was we

58:10 ↗ worked on the regional agenda which is

58:12 ↗ also coming back you're the committee's

58:13 ↗ working on that as well

58:16 ↗ I'm the 19th I attended the regional

58:21 ↗ transit committee meeting and I talked a

58:23 ↗ little bit about this last time I also

58:24 ↗ talked about leadership that they have

58:27 ↗ the their new plan Metro is a 1 Center

58:30 ↗ City plan that is being developed

58:32 ↗ because of all the changes coming into

58:35 ↗ downtown Seattle and the concern of

58:37 ↗ congestion that's already very serious

58:39 ↗ with buses trying to get through

58:40 ↗ downtown and and I'm concerned the

58:45 ↗ the sca caucus is concerned RTC we may

58:49 ↗ bring that to SVA as a whole to maybe

58:52 ↗ take a policy position on that what I

58:55 ↗ encourage is that I'd like to talk also

58:58 ↗ a leadership to how Metro come and talk

59:00 ↗ to us and give us a briefing on one

59:02 ↗ Center City plan because I think it's

59:04 ↗ not really to the benefit of the east

59:06 ↗ side as much as it is to getting buses

59:08 ↗ through downtown Seattle and the main

59:10 ↗ thing would probably be that a lot of

59:12 ↗ buses that people can get a one seat

59:14 ↗ right into Seattle and places like that

59:16 ↗ now will probably turn it to a two-seat

59:17 ↗ ride of having to transfer because the

59:20 ↗ buses won't be going through downtown

59:22 ↗ you're going to transfer to get

59:23 ↗ somewhere in downtown so that's not

59:25 ↗ beneficial to us so I like to follow up

59:28 ↗ with that and with you and Bob's even

59:31 ↗ get that on the agenda I kind of like to

59:32 ↗ have that and there will be a follow-up

59:35 ↗ meeting I'm going to go to on this yes

59:37 ↗ with that I think you're going to go to

59:38 ↗ also mayor today I went to my first

59:43 ↗ meeting of the equity and social justice

59:45 ↗ committee tied to king conservation

59:48 ↗ district the brand new committee just

59:49 ↗ starting we'll be looking at equity and

59:51 ↗ social justice issues on how the King

59:53 ↗ Conservation District is having their

59:56 ↗ programs as well as their internal

59:59 ↗ workings so equity and social justice is

1:00:02 ↗ high on the King County agenda and so

1:00:05 ↗ they've taken this as everything they do

1:00:07 ↗ has we looked at through an equity and

1:00:08 ↗ social justice I so I'll be leaving in a

1:00:11 ↗ today it's a new committee and

1:00:12 ↗ and we just had our first meeting just

1:00:14 ↗ get to start to lay the groundwork I

1:00:16 ↗ have more report on that as we go on the

1:00:20 ↗ on the 10th of May coming up

1:00:23 ↗ well my Emergency Management Advisory

1:00:26 ↗ Committee will be meeting and will

1:00:28 ↗ follow up on the grants and whose what

1:00:31 ↗ proposals are going to be funded with

1:00:33 ↗ the grants under emergency management

1:00:34 ↗ coming from federal government and then

1:00:37 ↗ on the 11th the Eastside Fire Rescue

1:00:39 ↗ Committee meeting I'll be attending as

1:00:41 ↗ well none of those have neither of those

1:00:43 ↗ have agendas yet and that concludes my

1:00:45 ↗ report

1:00:45 ↗ Thank You councilmember window-side

1:00:48 ↗ Thank You mr. mayor my only report is

1:00:49 ↗ regarding the Puget Sound Regional

1:00:52 ↗ Council's growth management policy board

1:00:53 ↗ our next meeting is this Thursday May

1:00:56 ↗ 4th at 9:30 in doubt at PSR C

1:00:59 ↗ headquarters in downtown Seattle note

1:01:02 ↗ that that start time is 30 minutes

1:01:04 ↗ earlier than usual the key item on the

1:01:08 ↗ agenda there will be no action taken but

1:01:10 ↗ we will have a work session type

1:01:12 ↗ discussion about the alternatives being

1:01:15 ↗ proposed for the regional centers

1:01:18 ↗ framework alternatives to the tiered

1:01:20 ↗ system that that was recommended by the

1:01:23 ↗ working committee they recommended

1:01:24 ↗ potentially creating a tiered system of

1:01:26 ↗ regional centers there's been a lot of

1:01:29 ↗ discussion about that and a lot of

1:01:32 ↗ alternative ideas put forward my intent

1:01:35 ↗ is to summarize is to go through this

1:01:36 ↗ conversation and to get summary and

1:01:39 ↗ bring more because no action is being

1:01:41 ↗ taken and will happen in the future

1:01:44 ↗ I'll bring the key points of that

1:01:46 ↗ discussion back to this council so that

1:01:48 ↗ we can talk about it and I can get all

1:01:50 ↗ of your input regarding regarding our

1:01:55 ↗ interest in the direction that the the

1:01:58 ↗ tiered system goes that is my only

1:02:00 ↗ report this evening thank you that's all

1:02:03 ↗ my bro marks Thank You mr. mayor the

1:02:05 ↗ council services and Safety Committee

1:02:07 ↗ will be meeting next Tuesday May 9th at

1:02:10 ↗ 6:30 p.m. here in council chambers the

1:02:13 ↗ agenda is still TBD some cities

1:02:14 ↗ association is then meeting the next

1:02:16 ↗ night Wednesday May 10th at 7 p.m. in

1:02:19 ↗ Renton city hall we have a number of

1:02:20 ↗ items there's only one action item and

1:02:23 ↗ it is appointments which are

1:02:25 ↗ non-controversial and then we have a

1:02:28 ↗ number of topics for discussions that I

1:02:31 ↗ will potentially be coming back to

1:02:32 ↗ report do you find folks here including

1:02:35 ↗ regional affordable housing strategy and

1:02:38 ↗ then to fundraising things that are both

1:02:43 ↗ potentially on the ballot this fall the

1:02:47 ↗ the renewal or expansion of the veteran

1:02:50 ↗ in human services levy which my

1:02:52 ↗ understanding is is there's some

1:02:55 ↗ question right now about whether it's

1:02:56 ↗ just going to be renewed or whether it's

1:02:58 ↗ can be expanded and then the cultural

1:03:00 ↗ access sales tax which my understanding

1:03:04 ↗ was there was some discussion on today

1:03:06 ↗ so is still an ongoing concern and

1:03:08 ↗ seeing how both of these two funding

1:03:10 ↗ requests look to shape up this fall is

1:03:13 ↗ an issue that I think all electeds in

1:03:15 ↗ King County will have a strong interest

1:03:18 ↗ in then GNPC growth management planning

1:03:22 ↗ council is Wednesday May 31st and the

1:03:25 ↗ regional 9-1-1 strategic plan scoping

1:03:27 ↗ leadership group will next meet Thursday

1:03:29 ↗ June 20th this concludes my report

1:03:31 ↗ Thank You councilmember Barber now

1:03:34 ↗ report this evening council member pauly

1:03:36 ↗ Thank You mr. mayor on Friday April 21st

1:03:42 ↗ I attended the chamber board meeting and

1:03:44 ↗ we had some updates from city manager

1:03:47 ↗ and my city administrator myself on the

1:03:49 ↗ moratorium and in particular also some

1:03:52 ↗ road closures around town both long-term

1:03:54 ↗ and short-term I attended the Eastside

1:03:57 ↗ Fire and Rescue Finance and

1:03:59 ↗ Administration Committee meeting on

1:04:00 ↗ April 26 headquarters we had two items

1:04:04 ↗ on our agenda we discussed fire chief

1:04:07 ↗ performance evaluation and compensation

1:04:09 ↗ this topic came back up after we had

1:04:12 ↗ reworked the fire chief's performance

1:04:15 ↗ evaluation review process this year

1:04:17 ↗ decided we needed to have a second

1:04:19 ↗ conversation about how to link that

1:04:20 ↗ through compensation so this is the work

1:04:22 ↗ I did and that's going to stay there for

1:04:23 ↗ a while as the committee reviews input

1:04:25 ↗ from its different partner organizations

1:04:27 ↗ the second thing was the discussion of

1:04:29 ↗ the Capitals facilities maintenance fund

1:04:31 ↗ this conversational gwon over several

1:04:34 ↗ meetings it's a pulling together of all

1:04:36 ↗ the old policies and procedures related

1:04:38 ↗ to how we do this plan

1:04:39 ↗ and taking a new look at them and

1:04:41 ↗ putting them together in a more

1:04:43 ↗ understandable manner so this work item

1:04:45 ↗ will also be coming back with some

1:04:47 ↗ policy questions that they'll be looking

1:04:49 ↗ for direction from our city at some

1:04:50 ↗ point in time and the cascade water

1:04:54 ↗ Alliance board meeting in Bellevue I

1:04:57 ↗ attended that last week missing the date

1:04:59 ↗ but I'm sure the mayor will talk about

1:05:01 ↗ it in his report that's all folks on

1:05:05 ↗ good luck thank you Landon Shore

1:05:07 ↗ committee meets this Thursday May 4th

1:05:09 ↗ 6:30 p.m. here in Council Chambers on

1:05:12 ↗ the agenda our standing item currently

1:05:17 ↗ moratorium updates we also will be

1:05:19 ↗ discussing agenda bill 72 15 the ninth

1:05:22 ↗ major amendment to the Issaquah Hyland's

1:05:25 ↗ to party development agreement the

1:05:26 ↗ polycon proposal agenda bill 74 17 will

1:05:30 ↗ be next that's the companion first

1:05:33 ↗ amendment to the wash dot development

1:05:37 ↗ agreement which has to do with Park

1:05:38 ↗ Point all relates to the polygon

1:05:41 ↗ proposal also on the agenda agenda bill

1:05:44 ↗ 7 1 1 0 when word flash Bergsma

1:05:46 ↗ development agreement which we heard a

1:05:48 ↗ little bit about tonight I would like to

1:05:50 ↗ let the public and fellow council

1:05:53 ↗ members know that the Burgman

1:05:55 ↗ development agreement will take at least

1:05:57 ↗ two meetings and we discussed that at

1:05:59 ↗ frame land and shore the plan is to are

1:06:02 ↗ my intent as a chair is to have there be

1:06:06 ↗ a presentation and an opportunity for

1:06:08 ↗ questions from the committee members as

1:06:11 ↗ I'm in comments from the public and then

1:06:14 ↗ come back at the meeting in June and

1:06:18 ↗ your answers to our questions and have

1:06:21 ↗ more discussion and if it's appropriate

1:06:22 ↗ at that time take action if we're not

1:06:24 ↗ ready then we're not ready but I just

1:06:26 ↗ wanted everybody to know that this is

1:06:28 ↗ not going to be a one meeting discussion

1:06:31 ↗ Genda bill 73 16 sustainable build an

1:06:35 ↗ action strategy we also will be

1:06:38 ↗ discussing next on the agenda vertical

1:06:41 ↗ mixed-use analysis that will be for

1:06:43 ↗ discussion and then also for discussion

1:06:45 ↗ is the end of certain development

1:06:48 ↗ agreements because they will be they are

1:06:51 ↗ nearing the end of their contract

1:06:53 ↗ lifespan that would be is violence and

1:06:55 ↗ Talas and that conclude my report thank

1:07:00 ↗ you for the mayor's report there will

1:07:02 ↗ not be an executive sessions evening on

1:07:05 ↗ April the 29th I was pleased to attend a

1:07:10 ↗ cert recognition and graduation ceremony

1:07:13 ↗ for our newest community emergency

1:07:16 ↗ response team members were fortunate to

1:07:19 ↗ live in a community that values disaster

1:07:23 ↗ preparedness where more than six hundred

1:07:25 ↗ of our neighbors have completed cert

1:07:28 ↗ training and are ready to lend a hand

1:07:31 ↗ during emergencies I'm pleased to share

1:07:35 ↗ with you that the state's 2017 to 2019

1:07:40 ↗ proposed transportation budget

1:07:44 ↗ accelerates the timeline for much-needed

1:07:47 ↗ upgrades to the i-90 s r18 interchange

1:07:51 ↗ as well as 1.5 million dollars for

1:07:55 ↗ improvements at our 900 / 12th Avenue

1:08:00 ↗ here in Issaquah also wash dot was

1:08:04 ↗ directed to look at the advisability of

1:08:08 ↗ a roundabout at sr 900 and Maple Valley

1:08:14 ↗ Road which might take some pressure off

1:08:18 ↗ the Squa Hobart Road as part of the

1:08:22 ↗ city's development moratorium work plan

1:08:25 ↗ my department services team is hosting

1:08:28 ↗ two community meetings about central

1:08:31 ↗ squad district visions first is 5:30 to

1:08:36 ↗ 7:00 p.m. May 10th at the Atlas

1:08:39 ↗ apartments and the second is 5:30 to

1:08:43 ↗ 7:00 p.m. a 17th at Pickering barn

1:08:47 ↗ please join us to share your vision for

1:08:52 ↗ central Issaquah we're working with

1:08:56 ↗ washed-out to prepare for the upcoming

1:08:58 ↗ peak shoulder lane project all

1:09:03 ↗ on Interstate 90 from Issaquah to east

1:09:06 ↗ gate as part of the public outreach our

1:09:10 ↗ agencies are planning to hold a

1:09:12 ↗ community meeting next month more

1:09:15 ↗ information will be available on the

1:09:17 ↗ city's website mystic wah-wah gov and on

1:09:23 ↗ April 21st I attended a sound Transit

1:09:26 ↗ board of directors transit oriented

1:09:28 ↗ development workshop to explore Sound

1:09:30 ↗ Transit's Tod work program in light of

1:09:33 ↗ the new state statutes and the st3 plan

1:09:37 ↗ and cascade water Alliance meeting board

1:09:44 ↗ meeting was held on April the 26 council

1:09:49 ↗ member pauly and myself attended that

1:09:52 ↗ meeting and we approved a number of

1:09:55 ↗ routine contracts and amended the 2017

1:09:59 ↗ budget by increasing the 2017 to 2023

1:10:03 ↗ CIP by two hundred and seventy five

1:10:06 ↗ thousand dollars we also received a

1:10:09 ↗ staff position presentation about

1:10:12 ↗ Cascades earthquake resilience workshop

1:10:15 ↗ which is scheduled for June the 6th 2017

1:10:20 ↗ in Bellevue and that concludes the

1:10:24 ↗ mayor's report I'm moving now to the

1:10:28 ↗ consent calendar I'd ask if the accounts

1:10:31 ↗ payable and payroll for May the 1st 2017

1:10:35 ↗ have been reviewed yeah thank you I

1:10:39 ↗ would now ask the city clerk to read the

1:10:42 ↗ consent calendar into the record the

1:10:45 ↗ consent calendar was distributed to

1:10:47 ↗ council in advance for study if

1:10:49 ↗ authorized council action will occur by

1:10:51 ↗ single motion regarding the following

1:10:52 ↗ items item a seeks approval of the

1:10:55 ↗ accounts payables in payroll of may

1:10:56 ↗ first items B and C seeks approval of

1:10:59 ↗ the minutes of the work session of April

1:11:01 ↗ 10th in the regular meeting of April

1:11:03 ↗ 17th item D a b7 1 1 0 windward Bergsma

1:11:07 ↗ development agreement seeks referral to

1:11:09 ↗ the council Landon Shore committee item

1:11:11 ↗ e a B 7 3 1-3 capital improvement plan

1:11:15 ↗ 2018 through 2022

1:11:17 ↗ seeks referral to counsel committee work

1:11:20 ↗ session and the regular regular meeting

1:11:22 ↗ of June 5th for a public hearing item F

1:11:25 ↗ a b7 three one six sustainable building

1:11:28 ↗ action strategy seeks referral to the

1:11:30 ↗ council and in short committee item G a

1:11:33 ↗ B seven three three eight 2017 water

1:11:35 ↗ main rehabilitation project seeks to

1:11:38 ↗ award bid item H a B seven three four

1:11:41 ↗ one King County Animal Services

1:11:43 ↗ interlocal agreement seeks authorization

1:11:46 ↗ item I a B seven three four six

1:11:49 ↗ interagency agreement with mountains to

1:11:51 ↗ sound tradition lake seeks authorization

1:11:54 ↗ item J a B seven four one three Eastside

1:11:57 ↗ Fire and Rescue interlocal agreement

1:11:59 ↗ seeks referral to council services and

1:12:01 ↗ Safety Committee item K a B seven four

1:12:04 ↗ one seven first amendment to wash dot

1:12:07 ↗ development agreement and development

1:12:09 ↗ agreement with polygon Northwest seeks

1:12:11 ↗ referral to the council an inshore

1:12:13 ↗ committee this concludes the reading

1:12:15 ↗ thank you there's any council member

1:12:17 ↗ desire to remove any item from consent

1:12:20 ↗ calendar for separate consideration

1:12:24 ↗ council president Goodman I move to

1:12:27 ↗ adopt the consent calendar as presented

1:12:30 ↗ okay moved and seconded

1:12:33 ↗ all those in favor signify by saying aye

1:12:35 ↗ aye those opposed that carries

1:12:38 ↗ unanimously

1:12:39 ↗ moving now to regular business the first

1:12:42 ↗ item under regular business is agenda

1:12:46 ↗ bill 7:07 to Central Park pad 1

1:12:51 ↗ construction and to provide an update on

1:12:55 ↗ that project is the director of Parks

1:13:00 ↗ and Recreation jeff Watling but you got

1:13:05 ↗ it up there whoa

1:13:06 ↗ yes mayor thank you good evening council

1:13:10 ↗ sorry I'll choked up this item is on the

1:13:14 ↗ agenda tonight as a referral to services

1:13:17 ↗ and safety next Tuesday the 9th given

1:13:23 ↗ the discussion so that we had last

1:13:25 ↗ December during the budget the

1:13:27 ↗ complexities of this project and the

1:13:29 ↗ bids we wanted

1:13:30 ↗ provide you a quick overview and a

1:13:32 ↗ little bit of a review of the work and

1:13:36 ↗ now that we've opened bids to refresh

1:13:39 ↗ what our discussion was last December

1:13:41 ↗ and how we're preparing to have this

1:13:43 ↗ discussion next Tuesday potential award

1:13:47 ↗ of this bid later in May would allow for

1:13:50 ↗ completion of this 2013 park bond

1:13:54 ↗ project the project addresses current

1:13:58 ↗ and future athletic field capacity needs

1:14:01 ↗ by converting the existing grass

1:14:06 ↗ baseball field and delighted multi-use

1:14:08 ↗ synthetic turf the estimated hours the

1:14:11 ↗ estimated annual hours of available use

1:14:14 ↗ will increase fourfold from about 500

1:14:17 ↗ hours a year to a little over

1:14:19 ↗ conservatively speaking a little over

1:14:21 ↗ 2,000 hours a year that's just one

1:14:24 ↗ example of a really good return on the

1:14:26 ↗ investment so disappointing those though

1:14:29 ↗ that I'll highlight in this is as we

1:14:32 ↗ open bids those bids came in higher than

1:14:35 ↗ been our estimates this is not unlike

1:14:38 ↗ what other Eastside cities and King

1:14:42 ↗ County cities are certainly experiencing

1:14:47 ↗ when we last met when we had this

1:14:49 ↗ discussion in December if you recall

1:14:51 ↗ even then as we were looking at how to

1:14:53 ↗ accomplish and really balance

1:14:55 ↗ accomplishing the the park bond

1:14:57 ↗ commitment but certainly doing in a

1:14:59 ↗ fiscally responsible way consensus was

1:15:02 ↗ reached through our discussions that we

1:15:03 ↗ would phase this pad one project and you

1:15:06 ↗ recall a bulk of that phase phasing

1:15:08 ↗ strategy was to take advantage of

1:15:10 ↗ existing parking existing paved areas to

1:15:13 ↗ create parking rather than building

1:15:16 ↗ doing full build-out of the parking lot

1:15:17 ↗ allow that to happen when pad four is

1:15:20 ↗ done in that consensus we agreed to

1:15:22 ↗ proceed with final design and permitting

1:15:24 ↗ which we have been doing through this

1:15:27 ↗ first quarter also those consensus

1:15:30 ↗ reached to create some bid alternatives

1:15:33 ↗ to some of the key elements of this

1:15:35 ↗ project to again give ourselves some

1:15:36 ↗ flexibility if you remember and I'll go

1:15:39 ↗ through the list here on the next slide

1:15:40 ↗ what some of those bid alternates were

1:15:44 ↗ certainly some priority commitments but

1:15:46 ↗ again flexibility is an important

1:15:47 ↗ approach to to this we also in that

1:15:51 ↗ discussion had the conversation in the

1:15:54 ↗ acknowledgement that additional funding

1:15:55 ↗ would likely be needed but rather than

1:15:58 ↗ trying to identify what that is based on

1:16:00 ↗ cost estimate we agreed to proceed with

1:16:03 ↗ bid bid Awards so we could have that

1:16:07 ↗ discussion and look at those bid

1:16:09 ↗ alternates with real numbers with actual

1:16:11 ↗ bid numbers as our information just to

1:16:16 ↗ highlight a little bit the layout of the

1:16:19 ↗ bid the layout of the project itself the

1:16:24 ↗ base the base project really is a bulk

1:16:27 ↗ of this bulk of this work if you

1:16:29 ↗ remember from our discussion in December

1:16:31 ↗ we looked at our existing revenues and

1:16:33 ↗ asked ourselves that question what could

1:16:34 ↗ we get done with existing revenues that

1:16:37 ↗ we had that really made up and comprised

1:16:40 ↗ what we're hoping would be the base of

1:16:42 ↗ this project that base really included

1:16:45 ↗ the the athletic field itself the

1:16:47 ↗ conversion the new synthetic turf and

1:16:49 ↗ the lighting it also included some work

1:16:52 ↗ that we would need to do for the interim

1:16:54 ↗ parking spaces I'll note on this you'll

1:16:58 ↗ see in parentheses with a couple of

1:16:59 ↗ these it's a KC da another strategy that

1:17:03 ↗ we took as we proceeded with this

1:17:05 ↗ project and design is we have been a

1:17:07 ↗ member of a co-op case EDA for a number

1:17:11 ↗ of decades

1:17:12 ↗ KC da goes out on behalf of cities and

1:17:15 ↗ school districts bids out materials they

1:17:18 ↗ have done a bid process for synthetic

1:17:20 ↗ turf as well as athletic field lighting

1:17:23 ↗ so as a way and a means of buying direct

1:17:26 ↗ and saving ourselves some money we're

1:17:28 ↗ purchasing the turf from KC da as well

1:17:32 ↗ through KC da you'll see as a base bid

1:17:36 ↗ we had the metal-halide lights where the

1:17:38 ↗ for the traditional historical

1:17:42 ↗ technology through KC da we've also

1:17:44 ↗ through KC da gotten a bid at price for

1:17:47 ↗ those LED lights as we're looking at the

1:17:50 ↗ options once we had the base bid in

1:17:54 ↗ place we created what ended up being 4l

1:17:58 ↗ you'll see option one there is the LED

1:18:00 ↗ lights that's not a bit alternate but it

1:18:02 ↗ will as our discussions ensue with you

1:18:04 ↗ and with services and safety that will

1:18:07 ↗ really be the first option we look at

1:18:09 ↗ but it'll really be rather than a bit

1:18:11 ↗ alternate choosing which which invoice

1:18:14 ↗ we want to go with with the K CDA

1:18:16 ↗ purchase the other alternates really

1:18:18 ↗ started to fall in place from our

1:18:20 ↗ discussion in December the road safety

1:18:23 ↗ improvements this is the discussion we

1:18:25 ↗ had on Central Park Lane we have some

1:18:27 ↗ parking spaces that are really

1:18:29 ↗ functionally not working well and so

1:18:32 ↗ this would expand those parking spaces

1:18:34 ↗ by 2 feet to add much more functionality

1:18:38 ↗ and really address a historico l--

1:18:42 ↗ challenging issue there at the park the

1:18:44 ↗ other alternatives as we discussed the

1:18:46 ↗ picnic shelter we separated as an alt we

1:18:49 ↗ then took amenities some of the

1:18:51 ↗ amenities and separated those into what

1:18:54 ↗ we felt were two relatively logical

1:18:55 ↗ alternatives to again give ourselves

1:18:58 ↗ some some flexibility as we've received

1:19:02 ↗ bids and have a discussion on scope of

1:19:04 ↗ this project so we opened bids

1:19:08 ↗ last Wednesday the 26th two bids were

1:19:11 ↗ received

1:19:14 ↗ unfortunately the apparent low bid not

1:19:17 ↗ by a lot but the apparent low bid had a

1:19:19 ↗ calculation error and ended up

1:19:22 ↗ withdrawing their bid due to that

1:19:24 ↗ calculation error on their final bid

1:19:26 ↗ sheet looking comparatively though at

1:19:30 ↗ those two bids to to put that

1:19:32 ↗ calculation incorrectly in correctly to

1:19:37 ↗ look at it they were within about less

1:19:40 ↗ than 5% of each other two point seven

1:19:43 ↗ seven million dollar bid and a two point

1:19:45 ↗ six four million dollar bid as I said

1:19:48 ↗ earlier unfortunately these numbers are

1:19:50 ↗ above our estimate we're in process as

1:19:54 ↗ we did this on Wednesday of continuing

1:19:56 ↗ to analyze why that is it appears that a

1:19:59 ↗ bulk of these increased costs are within

1:20:04 ↗ the base bid but again we'll know more

1:20:07 ↗ as we're working with the designer on

1:20:09 ↗ this

1:20:11 ↗ in the end looking at rough order

1:20:14 ↗ magnitude in December if you recall we

1:20:16 ↗ were looking at these bid alternates

1:20:18 ↗ needing to be likely in the range of

1:20:21 ↗ about four hundred and fifteen thousand

1:20:22 ↗ dollars of additional funding we would

1:20:24 ↗ need to identify these bids represent

1:20:28 ↗ about a eight hundred thousand dollar

1:20:31 ↗ increase from that so we're going to

1:20:33 ↗ need to have some very critical

1:20:34 ↗ conversation as we go into services and

1:20:37 ↗ safety next week real quickly with

1:20:40 ↗ schedule here we are tonight services

1:20:42 ↗ and safety on Tuesday pending that

1:20:43 ↗ discussion we're scheduled now to come

1:20:46 ↗ back to you on the 15th for potential

1:20:51 ↗ award or continued discussion as we

1:20:55 ↗ looked at framing what these options are

1:20:58 ↗ and really trying to set some of these

1:21:01 ↗ policy questions for services and safety

1:21:04 ↗ our approach will be looking at really

1:21:06 ↗ three buckets of options the first one

1:21:08 ↗ would be what would it look like to

1:21:09 ↗ reject these bids and rebid what is that

1:21:13 ↗ what is the climate like is that

1:21:15 ↗ advantageous to us or not

1:21:17 ↗ looking at the pros cons and trade-offs

1:21:19 ↗ of that that second bucket looking at

1:21:22 ↗ awarding the bid really takes various

1:21:24 ↗ forms and as we're working on the staff

1:21:26 ↗ memo and work through the discussion

1:21:27 ↗ next Tuesday we'll look through what it

1:21:30 ↗ would what it would look like to award

1:21:32 ↗ the base in any variety of all or

1:21:35 ↗ portion of those bid alternates and what

1:21:37 ↗ that does and what the pros and cons are

1:21:39 ↗ for that another option that we'll

1:21:42 ↗ explore from a pro/con standpoint is

1:21:44 ↗ what would it look like to reject the

1:21:46 ↗ bids and rebid at a future date what

1:21:49 ↗ might that gain us what might not that

1:21:51 ↗ gain us what risks are involved there so

1:21:57 ↗ that really is an overview I think in

1:22:01 ↗ closing I would just add a contextual

1:22:04 ↗ piece a little bit as we're looking

1:22:06 ↗ ahead it's pretty clear in our work

1:22:08 ↗ these last couple of months in this

1:22:10 ↗ first part of the year as we wrap up

1:22:12 ↗ confluence park phase two here in the

1:22:15 ↗ coming weeks as we are preparing this

1:22:18 ↗ bid discussion for Central Park these

1:22:20 ↗ are two the last two remaining 2013 Park

1:22:23 ↗ bond topics so they

1:22:24 ↗ really been a lot of our focus these

1:22:27 ↗ last year while we're doing this work

1:22:29 ↗ though excited to say that the park

1:22:31 ↗ strategic plan effort continues to

1:22:34 ↗ unfold we've wrapped up the listen &

1:22:36 ↗ Learn session and and I just say that in

1:22:38 ↗ context that that's going to certainly

1:22:39 ↗ help us identify and prioritize what the

1:22:42 ↗ next set of investments throughout the

1:22:44 ↗ entire parks trails and open space

1:22:46 ↗ system will look like and help position

1:22:48 ↗ us for really what will become a cycle

1:22:51 ↗ of site-specific capital projects and

1:22:54 ↗ also looking into the future on what his

1:22:56 ↗ next series of investments will be

1:22:59 ↗ throughout our our park system

1:23:01 ↗ so with that questions are there

1:23:04 ↗ questions councilmember marks so I think

1:23:14 ↗ that in terms of this coming back to

1:23:19 ↗ services I am curious what factors or

1:23:26 ↗ criteria or questions my fellow council

1:23:29 ↗ members that are not on services will

1:23:32 ↗ have about this for us to inquire about

1:23:36 ↗ and ruminate on and consider Jeff didn't

1:23:41 ↗ put up but basically I think that the

1:23:44 ↗ total numbers weren't they the original

1:23:46 ↗ was grand total was at 3.7 3.7 is what

1:23:51 ↗ we have in revenues right now yes right

1:23:53 ↗ so about 3.7 we were talking about 400

1:23:56 ↗ adoptions so about 4.1 now we're saying

1:23:59 ↗ we're going to need about 4.2 for the

1:24:02 ↗ core package based on the bids and maybe

1:24:05 ↗ 650 for the options for grand total of

1:24:09 ↗ 4.85

1:24:10 ↗ so one way to think about it is the

1:24:13 ↗ monies that we were sort of thinking

1:24:14 ↗ about is options would need to go

1:24:19 ↗ towards the core and then we'd need to

1:24:21 ↗ come up with more money for the for the

1:24:22 ↗ option so I'm really my hope this

1:24:25 ↗ evening is I'm not sure process wise how

1:24:27 ↗ it goes but I'm hearing what concerns my

1:24:30 ↗ fellow council members have for us to us

1:24:33 ↗ to discharge our duties and services

1:24:35 ↗ remember Paulie that's a great question

1:24:38 ↗ I'm glad you're asking us ahead of time

1:24:40 ↗ I'll go back to her budget talks in the

1:24:42 ↗ fall and we spent a lot of time on how

1:24:46 ↗ this number was going to work and

1:24:47 ↗ breakdown and I think concern I've

1:24:50 ↗ always had with our parks estimating and

1:24:55 ↗ and where we're going to go with this is

1:24:56 ↗ that we have a limited amount of money

1:24:58 ↗ in the mitigation fund and we don't have

1:25:00 ↗ the strategic plan done yet and so I

1:25:02 ↗ don't want to see the mitigation fund

1:25:05 ↗ used as a bank again because we have not

1:25:08 ↗ actually finished that strategic plan

1:25:10 ↗ and we don't know what we're not getting

1:25:11 ↗ when we spend it down on other things

1:25:13 ↗ and so that's a big heavy lift I'm not

1:25:16 ↗ really sure how you guys going to deal

1:25:17 ↗ with it but that was a concern that was

1:25:19 ↗ pretty pretty thoroughly talked about it

1:25:23 ↗ to budget session October Ramos

1:25:28 ↗ yeah similar so if I can kind of recap

1:25:31 ↗ you the original quest was about a

1:25:34 ↗ million dollars out of mitigation fund

1:25:35 ↗ and it looks like about a million more

1:25:37 ↗ so about two million dollars additional

1:25:39 ↗ than what I think we're originally set

1:25:42 ↗ up if I'm trying to keep that in

1:25:43 ↗ perspective and I'm about right and I

1:25:46 ↗ can send you some more comments as I

1:25:48 ↗ look at this a little more closer you

1:25:49 ↗ know before you meet it services and

1:25:51 ↗ safety but you're talking some serious

1:25:54 ↗ money here and not knowing where that's

1:25:56 ↗ coming from and that's that's a big

1:25:58 ↗ concern

1:26:04 ↗ any other questions at this time for the

1:26:09 ↗ chair of services and safety so this was

1:26:14 ↗ under regular business for referral and

1:26:18 ↗ so would you like to make a motion I

1:26:23 ↗ think I think my council never came

1:26:26 ↗ right as a referral system like to refer

1:26:28 ↗ agenda bill 70-72 to the may 9 2007 teen

1:26:32 ↗ council services and Safety Committee

1:26:33 ↗ for review and recommendation returning

1:26:36 ↗ to the full council on May 15 2017 okay

1:26:41 ↗ it has been moved and seconded

1:26:45 ↗ additional discussions or questions

1:26:47 ↗ councilmember almost um yeah I just like

1:26:50 ↗ to think you Jeff and involved and so

1:26:54 ↗ forth for bringing this to our attention

1:26:56 ↗ right now to have some time to talk

1:26:58 ↗ about this to digest it as services work

1:27:01 ↗ on it so it's not hitting us cold you

1:27:04 ↗ know two weeks from now so I really

1:27:05 ↗ appreciate the process that would this

1:27:07 ↗ happen because this is a big decision

1:27:08 ↗ and and the more time we have to look at

1:27:10 ↗ it the more touches we have the better

1:27:12 ↗ decision we're going to have so thank

1:27:13 ↗ you and councilmember booties

1:27:18 ↗ Jeff I was just going to ask him you

1:27:20 ↗ send your presentation over so we can

1:27:23 ↗ take a look at it before absolutely yeah

1:27:26 ↗ yep and all those in favor of referring

1:27:36 ↗ the agenda bill to the body find it here

1:27:42 ↗ agenda bill seven zero seven two to the

1:27:45 ↗ May ninth council services had Safety

1:27:48 ↗ Committee for review and recommendation

1:27:50 ↗ returning to the full Council on May 15

1:27:53 ↗ 2017 signify by saying aye aye those

1:27:56 ↗ opposed that carries unanimously

1:28:00 ↗ moving now to agenda bill

1:28:10 ↗ seven to one nine Gilman's loft three

1:28:15 ↗ trails development agreement and I see

1:28:21 ↗ development services director Keith

1:28:23 ↗ Niven at plaza podium this is returning

1:28:28 ↗ to the council after a motion previous

1:28:39 ↗ motion was was to lay action on this to

1:28:46 ↗ this council meeting you have some

1:28:51 ↗ introductory remarks Keith I do Thank

1:28:56 ↗ You mr. mayor Keith Niven economic

1:28:58 ↗ development and development services

1:29:00 ↗ director for the city of Issaquah so as

1:29:03 ↗ as you covered in a quick summary this

1:29:07 ↗ agenda bill has been before the council

1:29:10 ↗ for decision twice so far and has been

1:29:13 ↗ postponed twice once for some additional

1:29:17 ↗ information to be provided to the City

1:29:20 ↗ Council and once because our councils a

1:29:23 ↗ little short-handed one evening so so

1:29:25 ↗ there is an existing motion on on the

1:29:28 ↗ floor and and that make it amended

1:29:31 ↗ tonight based on some of the information

1:29:33 ↗ so I thought I would do a quick

1:29:35 ↗ presentation you've heard from a number

1:29:37 ↗ of interested businesses in the chamber

1:29:41 ↗ who have talked about this particular

1:29:42 ↗ agenda bill I believe you also received

1:29:45 ↗ an email today from the Cascade Bicycle

1:29:47 ↗ Club

1:29:48 ↗ so I want to make sure that we recognize

1:29:50 ↗ that so the proposal is to execute a

1:29:53 ↗ development agreement to allow

1:29:54 ↗ four-story 60,000 plus or minus square

1:29:57 ↗ foot mixed-use project to move forward

1:29:59 ↗ during the moratorium the reasons why

1:30:02 ↗ the applicant has asked for this

1:30:04 ↗ development agreement is there's the

1:30:06 ↗ opportunity for some cost savings while

1:30:08 ↗ they are out there doing construction

1:30:10 ↗ within Gilman and they also are looking

1:30:14 ↗ for some investment surety right now

1:30:17 ↗ they have an investor for the Gilman

1:30:18 ↗ lofts project as you heard from mr.

1:30:20 ↗ power

1:30:22 ↗ earlier this evening they also have

1:30:25 ↗ funding to do a single story retail

1:30:27 ↗ building in this location and so they're

1:30:30 ↗ just wanting to move forward with one

1:30:31 ↗ project or another so they have asked a

1:30:34 ↗ partner with the city and the

1:30:35 ↗ construction of the three trails

1:30:36 ↗ signalized intersection of gilman as

1:30:40 ↗ we've talked about previously that

1:30:43 ↗ signalized intersection will improve

1:30:45 ↗ access for pedestrians and bicycles

1:30:47 ↗ wanting to cross Gilman in this location

1:30:49 ↗ it's improved vehicular access from

1:30:52 ↗ juniper to Gilman and it does not

1:30:55 ↗ decrease access to other Northside

1:30:57 ↗ businesses which might otherwise be

1:30:59 ↗ impacted by C curb which we talked about

1:31:01 ↗ earlier the project site is located on

1:31:05 ↗ this map

1:31:06 ↗ it's basically Picacho restaurant is

1:31:09 ↗ right here the automotive center as we

1:31:13 ↗ heard from testimony this evening it's

1:31:15 ↗ located right here this is Gilman and

1:31:18 ↗ this is the King County trail right here

1:31:20 ↗ juniper is right here so summarizing

1:31:26 ↗ traffic with traffic signal the inner

1:31:29 ↗ the overall intersection level of

1:31:31 ↗ service is B currently and then moves to

1:31:35 ↗ D which is the city standard in 2030

1:31:38 ↗ although C curbing will be installed

1:31:41 ↗ Northside Gilman properties will be able

1:31:43 ↗ to access Gilman at the new traffic

1:31:46 ↗ signal due to the fact that there's

1:31:48 ↗ surplus right away on the north side of

1:31:50 ↗ Gilman pedestrian and bicycle crossing

1:31:53 ↗ of Gilman is significantly improved and

1:31:55 ↗ without the signal C curbing will be

1:31:58 ↗ installed pursuant to the current permit

1:32:02 ↗ so I'm not going to read all this unless

1:32:04 ↗ you want me to but in the agenda bill

1:32:08 ↗ there's a there's a revision to to the

1:32:13 ↗ provisions for both urban design and

1:32:14 ↗ architectural fit this came out of the

1:32:17 ↗ last council conversation and if I were

1:32:20 ↗ to read all this what you would see is

1:32:22 ↗ that the applicant has agreed to have

1:32:26 ↗ their project be reviewed either by

1:32:29 ↗ design guidelines that are prepared by

1:32:32 ↗ the cities and consultant that's working

1:32:34 ↗ on central Issaquah plan

1:32:35 ↗ architectural fit and urban design or if

1:32:38 ↗ those guidelines are not ready for

1:32:40 ↗ review of a project that they would

1:32:43 ↗ actually submit their proposal to our

1:32:45 ↗ consultant to provide a review as part

1:32:48 ↗ of the DC process so that's where I'm

1:32:51 ↗ going to stop tonight unless you all

1:32:53 ↗ have questions and I do have traffic

1:32:56 ↗ folks to help me out if I need them

1:32:58 ↗ sitting in the back row so as a reminder

1:33:01 ↗ the motion on the floor as to buy

1:33:04 ↗ council president Goodman and seconded

1:33:06 ↗ by councilmember Polly was to approve

1:33:09 ↗ resolution number 2017 to 0-3 approving

1:33:14 ↗ the Gilman lost three-tail free trails

1:33:17 ↗ development agreement and direct the

1:33:20 ↗ finance director to include three

1:33:21 ↗ hundred and seventy five thousand

1:33:23 ↗ dollars in a subsequent 2017 budget

1:33:26 ↗ amendment utilizing seventy five

1:33:29 ↗ thousand dollars from the mitigation

1:33:31 ↗ fund and three hundred thousand dollars

1:33:33 ↗ from the general fund that is the motion

1:33:40 ↗ on the floor that's what we think

1:33:45 ↗ goodbye thank you so what you have up

1:33:49 ↗ here for the urban design architectural

1:33:50 ↗ fit the revisions that are reflected in

1:33:53 ↗ the development agreement that's in the

1:33:55 ↗ packet tonight thank you very much um

1:33:57 ↗ this the motion that's on the floor

1:34:02 ↗ would encompass these changes it would

1:34:05 ↗ not so there's an alternate motion if

1:34:07 ↗ you see in the agenda bill it's actually

1:34:10 ↗ listed at the end of the update section

1:34:13 ↗ and if you would like I can read it for

1:34:16 ↗ you if you can't find it found it

1:34:19 ↗ okay I found it in Fred's packet I would

1:34:23 ↗ move to amend resolution number twenty

1:34:26 ↗ 1703 approving the Gilman lofts three

1:34:29 ↗ trails development agreement by

1:34:30 ↗ replacing Exhibit A to the resolution

1:34:32 ↗ with the revised development agreement

1:34:34 ↗ dated April 25th 2017 exhibit K second

1:34:38 ↗ moved and seconded there

1:34:41 ↗ is an amendment on the floor discussion

1:34:45 ↗ on the amendment councilmember Polly you

1:34:47 ↗ mr. mayor um keep it they're not all

1:34:50 ↗ actually one other change to the

1:34:52 ↗ language having to do with the trail

1:34:56 ↗ connection and they're not a third one

1:34:59 ↗ that we might want to highlight yes so

1:35:02 ↗ we we also find that so we included so

1:35:21 ↗ so the way that the trail section reads

1:35:23 ↗ right now in the in the revised Exhibit

1:35:26 ↗ A it says that design of the plaza will

1:35:31 ↗ be let's see it's part of the land use

1:35:33 ↗ permit the development and the city will

1:35:35 ↗ the developer in the city will work to

1:35:37 ↗ provide an engaging edge for pedestrians

1:35:40 ↗ and bicycles in the form of a Plaza on

1:35:43 ↗ the proposal site which will allow the

1:35:46 ↗ project to interface with the trail and

1:35:48 ↗ will provide an attractive edge for the

1:35:49 ↗ project the design of the plaza will be

1:35:51 ↗ consistent with and reviewed against the

1:35:53 ↗ plaza standards section thirteen point

1:35:56 ↗ five that's out of the central Issaquah

1:35:58 ↗ standards as well as any design

1:36:01 ↗ guidelines or standards draft or final

1:36:03 ↗ prepared by the city CIP central

1:36:05 ↗ Issaquah plan consultant as part of the

1:36:07 ↗ 2016-2017 development moratorium so we

1:36:11 ↗ also included looking at the plaza piece

1:36:13 ↗ so that would it be incorporated into

1:36:15 ↗ the urban design component that's up on

1:36:18 ↗ the screen right now but we specifically

1:36:20 ↗ talked about the interface between

1:36:22 ↗ because it's an off-site improvement

1:36:24 ↗ technically working that specifically

1:36:27 ↗ yes were there any other edits beside

1:36:30 ↗ that or those are good those are the two

1:36:32 ↗ in the last version we also had included

1:36:34 ↗ a piece on the bus stop which is section

1:36:37 ↗ 4.4

1:36:47 ↗ yes I think that's of significance I

1:36:50 ↗ think those were the only amendments and

1:36:52 ↗ then a final question on budget if

1:36:54 ↗ that's okay so this is asking for the

1:36:57 ↗ council to approve an additional

1:36:59 ↗ authorization of three hundred and some

1:37:02 ↗ thousand dollars with that included in

1:37:04 ↗ the 2017 budget or is that a new ask

1:37:07 ↗ it's a new ask and how would we

1:37:12 ↗ I would we know that we can actually

1:37:14 ↗ afford to do that our finance directors

1:37:17 ↗ here I would I would ask her if she's

1:37:24 ↗ comfortable yielding that question Bob

1:37:27 ↗ oh yeah Bobby to top the next report

1:37:30 ↗ will actually be from the finance

1:37:31 ↗ director and if you look at that see

1:37:36 ↗ page 426 of your packet they see the

1:37:40 ↗ fund balance there and the growth of

1:37:43 ↗ that we've got you read that I can't

1:37:45 ↗ read it

1:37:46 ↗ oh yeah seventeen million eighty eight

1:37:50 ↗ thousand nine hundred fifty-eight and

1:37:53 ↗ then what's the cash man that's six

1:37:56 ↗ million one hundred sixteen thousand 186

1:37:59 ↗ so there's about an eleven million

1:38:01 ↗ dollar difference between what the

1:38:03 ↗ council policy is on fund balance and

1:38:05 ↗ what we actually have to the positive so

1:38:08 ↗ there would be we would suggest that the

1:38:10 ↗ funds would come out of that ending fund

1:38:12 ↗ balance for the year that is not a

1:38:15 ↗ different hash fund balance than we

1:38:18 ↗ estimated we were going to have we were

1:38:22 ↗ making decisions in December so a

1:38:25 ↗ healthier position I were to healthier

1:38:27 ↗ position I'm sure the finance director

1:38:29 ↗ when she does report maybe understand

1:38:34 ↗ any additional questions or discussion

1:38:36 ↗ on the amendment

1:38:38 ↗ council member Ramos okay I would buy

1:38:41 ↗ all go ahead I'm not giving a minute

1:38:46 ↗ okay last time we were discussing this

1:38:51 ↗ there was conversations about the

1:38:54 ↗ traffic study

1:38:56 ↗ whether or not an intersection was

1:38:58 ↗ really justified or not now I think I

1:39:01 ↗ see some additional information a letter

1:39:04 ↗ dated just a late in April from our

1:39:08 ↗ consultants regarding this is the one

1:39:11 ↗ from TSI where I'm going to quote from

1:39:16 ↗ part of the letter it says the

1:39:19 ↗ additional p.m. peak our trips do not

1:39:21 ↗ require the construction of a traffic

1:39:23 ↗ signal or any additional traffic control

1:39:26 ↗ letter measures beyond the already

1:39:27 ↗ conditioned sea curb so I believe I

1:39:33 ↗ understand the intent of this but and so

1:39:38 ↗ I'll take a I'll take a swing at that

1:39:40 ↗ and please correct me but and I think my

1:39:43 ↗ colleague councilman Ramos mentioned

1:39:46 ↗ last asked a very good question

1:39:48 ↗ why why is the city considering any

1:39:54 ↗ funding for this intersection if indeed

1:39:57 ↗ the development warranted a intersection

1:40:01 ↗ being Sun lighted intersection be

1:40:02 ↗ constructed and installed due to the

1:40:06 ↗ impacts due to the development than they

1:40:08 ↗ should bear the cost of that and and so

1:40:13 ↗ not sure if it was put in the packet

1:40:15 ↗ explicitly but based upon this message

1:40:18 ↗ and the date of it and how it followed

1:40:20 ↗ our last one I think this is the intent

1:40:23 ↗ is to is that we have a professional

1:40:25 ↗ opinion that even the lofts proposal

1:40:32 ↗ which who says it says here will

1:40:35 ↗ generate 19 more trips than the original

1:40:37 ↗ proposal which was already vested which

1:40:40 ↗ was the tire superstore that that

1:40:43 ↗ because it doesn't generate an

1:40:44 ↗ intersection if we want an intersection

1:40:46 ↗ and the developer is willing to build

1:40:48 ↗ the intersection for the reasons that

1:40:50 ↗ are covered within this this but you've

1:40:52 ↗ already mentioned tonight that this is

1:40:54 ↗ this is the piece that says yeah if we

1:40:56 ↗ want it it's that it is it makes sense

1:41:02 ↗ that we pay for part of it

1:41:04 ↗ because it's above and beyond what is

1:41:06 ↗ actually required by the development

1:41:08 ↗ could you respond to that

1:41:10 ↗ yes councilman were winners tonight

1:41:12 ↗ that's exactly what that is saying and

1:41:14 ↗ and so what we believe is that the lofts

1:41:18 ↗ project does not trip all of the

1:41:21 ↗ warrants to generate the requirement for

1:41:24 ↗ a traffic light in this location but

1:41:27 ↗ because the applicant sees the benefit

1:41:29 ↗ of having a traffic light and because we

1:41:32 ↗ also have in our adopted plans a traffic

1:41:36 ↗ light in this location it's an

1:41:37 ↗ opportunity for a partnership for where

1:41:41 ↗ the city could potentially get a one

1:41:43 ↗ point four million dollar asset for 375

1:41:47 ↗ that's that's I think what we're talking

1:41:50 ↗ about and so I'm just wondering if we

1:41:57 ↗ strayed a little bit there is an

1:41:58 ↗ amendment on the floor that we have not

1:42:01 ↗ acted on and it seems like the

1:42:04 ↗ discussion right now would be on a

1:42:08 ↗ motion itself so I'm going to call for a

1:42:13 ↗ vote on the amendment and then begin

1:42:15 ↗ discussion so all those in favor for

1:42:18 ↗ proving the amendment to amend the

1:42:22 ↗ resolution well I just wanted to maybe

1:42:28 ↗ one last call for council members who

1:42:30 ↗ have questions or comments about the

1:42:31 ↗ amendment just let's just be clear

1:42:34 ↗ before we vote no what about the

1:42:37 ↗ amendment okay making sure without

1:42:43 ↗ repeating all of the words in the

1:42:45 ↗ amendment I all those in favor of the

1:42:49 ↗ amendment to the main motion signify by

1:42:52 ↗ saying aye aye those opposed that

1:42:55 ↗ carries unanimously

1:42:57 ↗ now discussion on the amended motion

1:42:59 ↗ councilmember urbarts

1:43:01 ↗ I want to thank my fellow council

1:43:03 ↗ members for deferring this I was one of

1:43:06 ↗ the two council members who was out sick

1:43:08 ↗ two weeks ago thank you very much as my

1:43:12 ↗ fellow council members now I'm very

1:43:14 ↗ excited about this project I feel it's

1:43:17 ↗ it's well worth considering it despite

1:43:21 ↗ the moratorium that we have right now

1:43:23 ↗ this

1:43:23 ↗ the sort of living wage jobs that I have

1:43:27 ↗ been focused on for eight years so I'm

1:43:30 ↗ very excited I'm excited that the

1:43:32 ↗ administration came back the last

1:43:33 ↗ meeting with a quite a bit of the

1:43:36 ↗ information that my fellow council

1:43:38 ↗ members had requested in regards to

1:43:40 ↗ traffic and the role of the trail in

1:43:44 ↗ regards to the to the project so I

1:43:46 ↗ continue to be excited and look forward

1:43:48 ↗ to supporting this deceiving

1:43:51 ↗ councilmember Paddy's so I would like to

1:43:55 ↗ echo what

1:43:57 ↗ councilmember marks just talked about I

1:44:00 ↗ with this particular project I very much

1:44:04 ↗ liked the project in the beginning I

1:44:06 ↗ think that having the office space in

1:44:09 ↗ retail is something that's very needed

1:44:12 ↗ in the central Issaquah core i sat on

1:44:16 ↗ Landon Shore through the committee

1:44:18 ↗ meetings and it was became a difficult

1:44:21 ↗ decision for a couple different reasons

1:44:23 ↗ one was looking at approving a

1:44:26 ↗ development agreement during the

1:44:28 ↗ moratorium and we've talked a lot about

1:44:30 ↗ the community benefit and what the bar

1:44:33 ↗ of the community benefit is and so I

1:44:36 ↗ really needed to focus in and try to

1:44:39 ↗ look at that community benefit bar and

1:44:43 ↗ also the signalized intersection and the

1:44:46 ↗ traffic flow the impacts to juniper and

1:44:49 ↗ Gilman I very much appreciate all the

1:44:52 ↗ additional information that staff has

1:44:54 ↗ brought forward in regard to the traffic

1:44:58 ↗ flow the level of service the

1:45:00 ↗ architectural fit and review and all of

1:45:04 ↗ this information has enabled me to to be

1:45:07 ↗ able to continue to support this project

1:45:09 ↗ I see the community benefit for a few

1:45:12 ↗ different reasons the trail connectivity

1:45:15 ↗ the pedestrian safety the car safety

1:45:19 ↗ accessing Gilman from juniper and

1:45:22 ↗ Rainier the traffic flow studies and the

1:45:26 ↗ focus on future level of service was

1:45:28 ↗ really important to me and the agreement

1:45:32 ↗ now to use the architectural

1:45:35 ↗ and urban design draft language was all

1:45:39 ↗ very helpful and again I just wanted to

1:45:42 ↗ reiterate that the decision tonight is

1:45:43 ↗ not whether something will be built on

1:45:47 ↗ this property but what will be built on

1:45:50 ↗ this property so the single-story

1:45:52 ↗ surface parking with with the C curb

1:45:56 ↗ we've heard a lot of feedback from

1:45:58 ↗ business owners about the impact or

1:46:02 ↗ much-needed office space that after

1:46:06 ↗ three years on economic vitality we we

1:46:08 ↗ talk a lot about being able to to supply

1:46:11 ↗ that I see that the the fit within the

1:46:16 ↗ central Issaquah plan and the

1:46:18 ↗ signalization and all of the other

1:46:20 ↗ reasons i've talked about to me it does

1:46:23 ↗ meet the community bar councilmember

1:46:29 ↗ Olmos

1:46:30 ↗ yes I'd like to say first to start that

1:46:33 ↗ I I support the concept of this project

1:46:35 ↗ and where we're heading with it and in

1:46:37 ↗ the signal and so forth I still have a

1:46:39 ↗ concern from the last council meeting

1:46:40 ↗ and I don't know as I've would have

1:46:44 ↗ convince anybody otherwise but I think

1:46:45 ↗ my concerns are valid and in this

1:46:48 ↗ process I do feel that the Issaquah is

1:46:52 ↗ paying maybe more than we should be if

1:46:55 ↗ you look at I think we're just getting

1:46:57 ↗ confusing apples and oranges a little

1:46:58 ↗ bit the the original permit that

1:47:01 ↗ required to see curb and we can discuss

1:47:03 ↗ what a C curve was was a good decision

1:47:05 ↗ or not but it it was made now when we

1:47:08 ↗ reopen the project because of change of

1:47:12 ↗ conditions then not only developer gets

1:47:15 ↗ reopen the project but the city gets to

1:47:16 ↗ reopen the project and look at our

1:47:18 ↗ requirements and the C curve is

1:47:20 ↗ something that is detrimental to the

1:47:22 ↗ neighboring businesses and I just don't

1:47:24 ↗ believe that we should ever as a city

1:47:26 ↗ require some mitigation for a new

1:47:28 ↗ business that is detrimental to existing

1:47:30 ↗ business and that decision you know I

1:47:34 ↗ just don't agree with originally but now

1:47:36 ↗ and we would have to live with it but at

1:47:37 ↗ this point we have a chance to open that

1:47:39 ↗ up and rediscover C curb doesn't work

1:47:45 ↗ because it technically may work traffic

1:47:47 ↗ wise for this project to have

1:47:49 ↗ the minimum safety requirement it

1:47:51 ↗ doesn't meet the whole city requirement

1:47:54 ↗ which is more than just a traffic

1:47:55 ↗ engineer would look at which says

1:47:57 ↗ there's detriment to the people

1:47:59 ↗ neighboring you for this requirement so

1:48:01 ↗ we may have to go to a higher one than

1:48:03 ↗ maybe just a traffic count would do so

1:48:05 ↗ that's that's what bothers me

1:48:07 ↗ and and it sounds like people are

1:48:09 ↗ selling this because the developer is

1:48:12 ↗ putting up a million dollars but we're

1:48:14 ↗ doing this in a rush so they can save

1:48:15 ↗ money on their installation because

1:48:18 ↗ they're doing other work at the same

1:48:19 ↗ time also they're getting full credit

1:48:21 ↗ for their mitigation fees on this and so

1:48:23 ↗ again there's a lot of things that for

1:48:26 ↗ me the math doesn't add up

1:48:27 ↗ that I think we could have gotten a much

1:48:29 ↗ better the same project without the city

1:48:33 ↗ having to put up as much money and

1:48:34 ↗ that's the only thing that concerns me

1:48:35 ↗ about that and because the decisions

1:48:39 ↗ being made right now that we're going to

1:48:41 ↗ form that partnership and now as the

1:48:44 ↗ developer has changed his mind on what

1:48:46 ↗ they're proposing right now from before

1:48:48 ↗ they haven't applied for that in the

1:48:50 ↗ reality and they could change their mind

1:48:52 ↗ again before they actually apply for

1:48:54 ↗ something it'd be as development and

1:48:55 ↗ where are we agreed to that partnership

1:48:57 ↗ we don't have the facts yet until they

1:48:59 ↗ apply for the permit and go through a

1:49:00 ↗ new SEPA process in that process and

1:49:02 ↗ what they're doing we don't know what

1:49:05 ↗ the requirements would be so we're

1:49:08 ↗ making agreement now to partner in

1:49:09 ↗ something that maybe we maybe be a good

1:49:11 ↗ thing and this is the perfect thing but

1:49:13 ↗ maybe we would have to pay less or none

1:49:15 ↗ at all and that's the thing that bothers

1:49:17 ↗ me it's a decision before all the facts

1:49:19 ↗ are in and and so I'm kind of in a

1:49:22 ↗ quandary because I don't want the

1:49:24 ↗ c-curve I wanted to keep going but I

1:49:26 ↗ still don't think we got the best deal

1:49:29 ↗ out of this and I think there's some

1:49:30 ↗ city money that could have been spent

1:49:31 ↗ otherwise and we have a lot of other

1:49:33 ↗ traffic things to spend things on so

1:49:35 ↗ that's what worries me about this thank

1:49:37 ↗ you thank you very long term mr. mayor

1:49:43 ↗ thank you very much I'm going to

1:49:46 ↗ dovetail on both the previous two

1:49:48 ↗ council members talking points because

1:49:50 ↗ they're great and I have them on my list

1:49:52 ↗ as well but I take it from a slightly

1:49:54 ↗ different angle this was this was brutal

1:49:57 ↗ project to look at brutal for the

1:50:00 ↗ applicant and really difficult for land

1:50:02 ↗ or this project was already being

1:50:06 ↗ discussed before we did the moratorium

1:50:08 ↗ moratorium just threw a monkey wrench in

1:50:11 ↗ really unfortunate and council was

1:50:13 ↗ considerate of some additional

1:50:16 ↗ exceptions in November but this project

1:50:20 ↗ still was going to go through as a

1:50:21 ↗ proposed development agreement and that

1:50:22 ↗ made it really tough so I credit the

1:50:25 ↗ applicant a lot for being patient with

1:50:27 ↗ us as we had to work our way through it

1:50:29 ↗ the positives were pretty easy to see

1:50:32 ↗ realigning the trail getting vertical

1:50:34 ↗ mixed fused opportunity which was

1:50:36 ↗ actually what councilmember marks was

1:50:37 ↗ talking about as well and getting some

1:50:40 ↗ sort of feature at the trailhead that

1:50:42 ↗ all looked fantastic but the concerns

1:50:44 ↗ that I struggled with as we saw this so

1:50:47 ↗ many times was are we going to get good

1:50:50 ↗ architectural design are we going to get

1:50:51 ↗ good urban design are we counting on

1:50:54 ↗ King County to help us create the

1:50:57 ↗ feature or can we create a nice feature

1:50:59 ↗ at the trailhead anyway those are

1:51:01 ↗ concerns that the council considered

1:51:05 ↗ when we put them more time in place and

1:51:06 ↗ this is the 25th project to come through

1:51:08 ↗ in central in sorry yes in central ESIC

1:51:12 ↗ why it's the 25th project to come

1:51:13 ↗ through the door and at some point if

1:51:16 ↗ urban design and architectural review is

1:51:18 ↗ an issue we gotta solve it and so the

1:51:21 ↗ accommodations that the applicant made

1:51:23 ↗ today and accepting the proposed

1:51:24 ↗ language change that's huge to me I mean

1:51:27 ↗ I was almost as concerned about that as

1:51:29 ↗ I was about understanding how the

1:51:31 ↗ intersection itself would work so those

1:51:34 ↗ I can put to the side I think my biggest

1:51:37 ↗ issue about how the intersection

1:51:40 ↗ function goes a lot with a long

1:51:42 ↗ councilmember Ramos is line is that the

1:51:45 ↗ see curving it was previously approved

1:51:48 ↗ nobody liked it they'll be like see

1:51:51 ↗ curbing we don't like see curving the

1:51:52 ↗ businesses next door don't like see

1:51:54 ↗ curbing but that's what we respect with

1:51:56 ↗ and so that felt like a bit of a

1:52:01 ↗ difficult situation we couldn't resolve

1:52:03 ↗ unless we jump right to the development

1:52:04 ↗ agreement but I credit the city and the

1:52:06 ↗ applicant for bringing back a lot of

1:52:08 ↗ additional information so Thank You

1:52:10 ↗ councilmember Mart's for asking for that

1:52:13 ↗ I think this is going to help the

1:52:15 ↗ intersection improve

1:52:16 ↗ the quandary I had was that and mr.

1:52:20 ↗ Nevins said that we were always going to

1:52:22 ↗ have a light there I'm not sure I'm on

1:52:24 ↗ that page I think one of the issues was

1:52:26 ↗ we don't have a corridor study we don't

1:52:28 ↗ have a corridor plan for this we're

1:52:30 ↗ actually collecting our survey data now

1:52:31 ↗ we haven't even sat down and decided

1:52:33 ↗ what the future Gilman Boulevard may or

1:52:35 ↗ may not look like we haven't talked to

1:52:36 ↗ our community about it but a light went

1:52:39 ↗ in at 7th and Gilman and caused an

1:52:41 ↗ uproar for businesses a seek herb was

1:52:43 ↗ going to go at juniper and Gilman and

1:52:46 ↗ caused another uproar for businesses so

1:52:49 ↗ it seems like we keep having hiccups all

1:52:51 ↗ along the way because we have we don't

1:52:52 ↗ know what we want that quarter to look

1:52:54 ↗ like I struggled with that I am mostly

1:52:57 ↗ convinced that the light is the right

1:52:59 ↗ option but we still haven't got our

1:53:01 ↗ study and so we as the council have to

1:53:03 ↗ focus on we've got to get something

1:53:05 ↗ figured out what we're doing every time

1:53:06 ↗ we do something on that road somebody's

1:53:08 ↗ angry or somebody's upset or their

1:53:10 ↗ business is impacted and that's not fair

1:53:11 ↗ so tonight I'm in favor of it but this

1:53:15 ↗ took an enormous lift to get over the

1:53:17 ↗ finish line and so I thank the staff and

1:53:19 ↗ I thank the applicant and I think this

1:53:21 ↗ is going to be great and so I'm inspired

1:53:23 ↗ of it also member barber I think most

1:53:28 ↗ everything has been said but I have to

1:53:30 ↗ connect agree with some of it I mean the

1:53:32 ↗ trail connection I think is going to be

1:53:33 ↗ a marvelous piece to finally connect it

1:53:36 ↗ and then all the way down around Lake

1:53:38 ↗ Sammamish trip for those trail

1:53:41 ↗ improvements the signal I am an absolute

1:53:44 ↗ favor of if it's been one of those i sat

1:53:50 ↗ there for a very long time today waiting

1:53:52 ↗ to get out and finally took the right

1:53:54 ↗ and ran around anyway I think

1:53:56 ↗ signalization there is going to be

1:53:58 ↗ extremely important and very helpful to

1:54:00 ↗ the flow of what's going on in that Road

1:54:02 ↗ urban design let's see the only thing

1:54:05 ↗ that I'm really having some trouble with

1:54:07 ↗ is this C curve and it's I have a great

1:54:11 ↗ deal of difficulty seeing how it's going

1:54:12 ↗ to flow traffic and how it's going to

1:54:14 ↗ work and that is my my big piece that

1:54:18 ↗ I'm very concerned with and maybe I just

1:54:21 ↗ need to sit down and talk with somebody

1:54:22 ↗ more in regards to how this is going to

1:54:24 ↗ make traffic work and flow through there

1:54:27 ↗ so

1:54:28 ↗ overall I think it's been looked at and

1:54:31 ↗ studied considerably and I will be

1:54:33 ↗ working voting for it there's no

1:54:39 ↗ comments or discussion

1:54:42 ↗ councilmember winter sky yeah this has

1:54:43 ↗ been it has been a fascinating process

1:54:45 ↗ and I wasn't on land in Shore when this

1:54:47 ↗ went through there but the when it first

1:54:50 ↗ hit the council and objections were

1:54:52 ↗ raised about unknown impact of the of a

1:54:55 ↗ lighted intersection about about doing

1:54:59 ↗ something during the time of the

1:55:01 ↗ moratorium that technically met the

1:55:04 ↗ spirit with doing a development

1:55:06 ↗ agreement but the issues raised about

1:55:09 ↗ urban design and integration with the

1:55:13 ↗ trail I think so through this process I

1:55:16 ↗ I agree with what was said earlier I was

1:55:18 ↗ actually surprised in a pleased way when

1:55:24 ↗ I saw that proposed language I was

1:55:26 ↗ worried last time we met it talked about

1:55:28 ↗ the whatever status of urban design

1:55:34 ↗ existed at the moment but this now goes

1:55:37 ↗ a step further and says if it's not

1:55:40 ↗ complete enough then that their own cost

1:55:41 ↗ the developer will hire the consultant

1:55:43 ↗ and and I and I the spirit of that is is

1:55:47 ↗ is very much appreciated so I think our

1:55:50 ↗ you know even during this moratorium the

1:55:55 ↗ our concerns about you know structured

1:55:58 ↗ parking or parking in general urban

1:56:00 ↗ design and other elements you know have

1:56:02 ↗ been addressed with what's been put

1:56:04 ↗ together here you know regarding

1:56:06 ↗ regarding Gilman Boulevard at yes we're

1:56:09 ↗ going to study that but I I'm fairly

1:56:12 ↗ confident that Gilman Boulevard will

1:56:14 ↗ remain two lanes in both directions for

1:56:17 ↗ a long period of time and so so and I

1:56:21 ↗ think that this is what that's what this

1:56:24 ↗ intersection design is is based upon as

1:56:27 ↗ well and so I think for the full length

1:56:29 ↗ there be some adjustments but I think

1:56:32 ↗ because of the benefit of the delighted

1:56:36 ↗ intersection improving the movements for

1:56:38 ↗ all users at juniper especially for

1:56:40 ↗ non-motorized

1:56:41 ↗ pedestrian and cycle users or anybody

1:56:43 ↗ users of that trail I think for those

1:56:45 ↗ benefits then that that this

1:56:49 ↗ intersection you know is is worth it and

1:56:53 ↗ still we're going to go through the full

1:56:54 ↗ Gilman study so so in imbalance I

1:56:58 ↗ support going forward with this

1:57:00 ↗ development agreement I'm going to close

1:57:02 ↗ with one comment and I and I think

1:57:04 ↗ council member Ramos for continuing to

1:57:07 ↗ drill on this and I think this is for

1:57:08 ↗ taking up afterwards we have how can we

1:57:13 ↗ approve improvements mitigation

1:57:16 ↗ improvements that have such a

1:57:19 ↗ detrimental impact on nearby businesses

1:57:21 ↗ we absolutely have to take another look

1:57:24 ↗ at how or take a close look at how we

1:57:27 ↗ come to those determinations now maybe

1:57:29 ↗ you know you're shaking your head you

1:57:31 ↗ understand good maybe there's something

1:57:33 ↗ I don't know how we do this but but if

1:57:37 ↗ if a nearby business owner never comes

1:57:41 ↗ in front of this council again and says

1:57:43 ↗ it says even that mitigation is going to

1:57:47 ↗ hurt me if that never happens again

1:57:49 ↗ then that would be fantastic but clearly

1:57:52 ↗ there's there's and we've had visits

1:57:55 ↗ from the nearby business owners multiple

1:57:57 ↗ times three times as we've adjust this

1:57:59 ↗ and so the concerns are widely shared

1:58:03 ↗ among the business owners and and so for

1:58:07 ↗ us to have put ourselves to put the

1:58:08 ↗ business owners and put the whole city

1:58:10 ↗ in that position let's take another look

1:58:13 ↗ how we make those determinations I hope

1:58:14 ↗ we never find ourselves in this position

1:58:16 ↗ again

1:58:18 ↗ council president goodman thank you i'm

1:58:21 ↗ supportive as well i want to thank the

1:58:25 ↗ applicant for your patience during this

1:58:29 ↗ process this has been very long very

1:58:31 ↗ frustrating and i guess the only thing

1:58:35 ↗ that i would not agree with us that

1:58:38 ↗ heard me

1:58:40 ↗ councilman ramos is that it's rushed it

1:58:42 ↗ hasn't not been rushed for those of us

1:58:45 ↗ who have been looking at this for many

1:58:46 ↗ many months and i understand that that

1:58:48 ↗ was said in in the spirit of having some

1:58:52 ↗ of your questions needing to be answered

1:58:53 ↗ i told

1:58:54 ↗ understand that so this has been an

1:58:58 ↗ city's plans this three trails crossing

1:58:59 ↗ has been on the city's plans

1:59:01 ↗ GIP maybe non-motorized CIP it says an

1:59:03 ↗ agenda bill for many many years

1:59:06 ↗ and as recently as 2014 the key IP said

1:59:10 ↗ that the targeted outcome was to put the

1:59:13 ↗ project on hold to wait to coordinate

1:59:15 ↗ with development adjacent to the project

1:59:17 ↗ seems like we have come to that point

1:59:19 ↗ right now and there's been a lot of talk

1:59:22 ↗ about the benefit when I look at a

1:59:25 ↗ project that was estimated is estimated

1:59:27 ↗ to cost in our plans one point four or

1:59:30 ↗ five five million dollars and we have at

1:59:34 ↗ least we have the maximum out-of-pocket

1:59:37 ↗ expense for the city is three hundred

1:59:39 ↗ and seventy five thousand dollars I

1:59:41 ↗ don't and a project that the applicant

1:59:45 ↗ has now graciously and in response to

1:59:52 ↗ questions raised by councilmember Polly

1:59:54 ↗ in the last few weeks agreed to the

1:59:57 ↗ additional language in the development

1:59:58 ↗ agreement we have a project that is from

2:00:02 ↗ what I can tell pretty consistent with

2:00:04 ↗ the central Issaquah plan and so with

2:00:06 ↗ that concern behind me and other council

2:00:12 ↗ members I don't know how there could be

2:00:14 ↗ I don't know how a million dollar

2:00:18 ↗ contribution to a project that's been on

2:00:22 ↗ our T IP for many many years is not a

2:00:24 ↗ very significant public benefit I know

2:00:28 ↗ there been concerns raised about

2:00:31 ↗ development agreements and there's been

2:00:34 ↗ comments made that the development

2:00:36 ↗ agreements are expressly excluded

2:00:40 ↗ according to the moratorium as one of

2:00:42 ↗ the primary architects of the moratorium

2:00:44 ↗ I can tell the language I can tell you

2:00:47 ↗ that the intent was not to encourage

2:00:48 ↗ additional development agreements so I

2:00:50 ↗ didn't and I don't look at this as a

2:00:52 ↗ development agreement this is a

2:00:53 ↗ cost-sharing agreement so I think it's a

2:00:55 ↗ little bit unfortunate that it got

2:00:58 ↗ termed that because I don't think it's

2:01:01 ↗ accurate but I I agree with

2:01:07 ↗ I grew that all the comments tonight and

2:01:10 ↗ I thank you for applicant for hanging

2:01:13 ↗ with us and I think staff are working

2:01:14 ↗ hard and asking all of our answering all

2:01:17 ↗ of our questions that are you meeting we

2:01:20 ↗ had additional questions so anyway I'm

2:01:23 ↗ supportive the additional comments or

2:01:27 ↗ questions or discussion before you vote

2:01:31 ↗ on the amended motion seeing none then

2:01:35 ↗ all those in favor of approving

2:01:37 ↗ resolution 2017 - 0-3 is amended

2:01:41 ↗ approving the Gilman loft three trails

2:01:44 ↗ development agreement and directing the

2:01:46 ↗ finance director to include three

2:01:49 ↗ hundred and seventy-five thousand

2:01:50 ↗ dollars at a subsequent 2017 budget

2:01:52 ↗ amendment utilizing seventy-five

2:01:55 ↗ thousand dollars from the mitigation

2:01:58 ↗ fund and three hundred thousand from the

2:02:01 ↗ general fund signify by saying aye aye

2:02:03 ↗ those opposed that carries unanimously

2:02:10 ↗ moving now to agenda bill seven four one

2:02:16 ↗ five this is the last item on under

2:02:24 ↗ regular business is there a need for a

2:02:28 ↗ break aramis great there's two bright

2:02:34 ↗ there's two more items oh okay oh that's

2:02:37 ↗ right we've got a contract we want to

2:02:40 ↗ award don't worry maybe they won't go as

2:02:43 ↗ long as this one okay moving moving now

2:02:47 ↗ to agenda bill 73 76 south Cove pressure

2:02:57 ↗ reducing valve project this is coming

2:03:01 ↗ back from the Infrastructure Committee

2:03:06 ↗ chaired by councilmember ramos and

2:03:09 ↗ children do you have a short

2:03:11 ↗ presentation not a PowerPoint that I can

2:03:15 ↗ verbally talk to the agenda bill where

2:03:19 ↗ we are okay great Sheldon

2:03:21 ↗ ramaa director gaps all right public

2:03:24 ↗ protecting engineering all right so this

2:03:29 ↗ agenda bill was referred from a previous

2:03:31 ↗ council meeting to the CIC meeting last

2:03:35 ↗ month and it was referred specifically

2:03:37 ↗ because there was a request for

2:03:39 ↗ additional funds be authorized in the

2:03:41 ↗ budget to allow the project to move

2:03:43 ↗ forward under construction the project

2:03:45 ↗ itself is the construction of a pressure

2:03:48 ↗ reducing valve station in the South

2:03:50 ↗ Greenwood Point area to help actually

2:03:53 ↗ sustain pressures at a higher level

2:03:55 ↗ ironically pressure reducing but yet

2:03:57 ↗ it's actually going to sustain higher

2:03:59 ↗ pressures through some specialized

2:04:01 ↗ control methods and things like that and

2:04:03 ↗ mechanical devices that are not typical

2:04:05 ↗ to a prv that was one of the major

2:04:08 ↗ reasons for the increase in cost that

2:04:11 ↗ was not anticipated following review at

2:04:14 ↗ CAC the committee recommended to award

2:04:18 ↗ the contract but wanted this on regular

2:04:20 ↗ business just a highlight that yes

2:04:23 ↗ there's a budget increase in this but

2:04:25 ↗ yet it's still warranted and the

2:04:27 ↗ recommendation is to authorize and award

2:04:29 ↗ the contract to Westerlund construction

2:04:32 ↗ and with that outlet

2:04:34 ↗ mr. ron the stock council member Ramos

2:04:36 ↗ and I'll move now for further discussion

2:04:39 ↗ I move toward the construction contract

2:04:41 ↗ to Westerland construction in the amount

2:04:43 ↗ of 398 thousand five hundred ninety six

2:04:46 ↗ dollars and 42 cents and direct the

2:04:48 ↗ finance director to include one hundred

2:04:49 ↗ and eighty two thousand in subsequent

2:04:51 ↗ two hundred 2017 budget amendment

2:04:54 ↗ utilizing funds from the water

2:04:55 ↗ Enterprise Fund second moved and

2:04:57 ↗ seconded questions or discussion council

2:05:01 ↗ member almost I have a little more

2:05:02 ↗ information to share clarify it a little

2:05:04 ↗ bit so this is a project as we took over

2:05:07 ↗ the water system in South go from from

2:05:09 ↗ Bellevue and it's one of the last ones I

2:05:12 ↗ think jointly that we're working on and

2:05:14 ↗ so the agreement with Bellevue was to

2:05:18 ↗ share 5050 in the cost of this pressure

2:05:20 ↗ reducing system except for additional

2:05:23 ↗ things we may have to put on it so and

2:05:26 ↗ that there are some of those things we

2:05:27 ↗ have to put on it as as doesn't mention

2:05:32 ↗ so

2:05:33 ↗ the the dollar-wise it's a little

2:05:35 ↗ confusing because the motion is $182,000

2:05:38 ↗ it's really for a hundred and twelve

2:05:40 ↗ thousand dollars of new funding seventy

2:05:43 ↗ thousand of that is last year's funding

2:05:45 ↗ carried over and reauthorized thanks so

2:05:48 ↗ that's you know really addition 112 not

2:05:50 ↗ addition 182 when the projects done is a

2:05:54 ↗ Bellevue will send us back two hundred

2:05:56 ↗ twelve thousand for their share of the

2:05:59 ↗ project so we're paying where he's

2:06:01 ↗ paying two hundred twelve thousand each

2:06:02 ↗ city is and then we're paying the

2:06:04 ↗ additional for the telemetry and

2:06:05 ↗ additional things that we need so that's

2:06:07 ↗ the one hundred twelve there so kinda to

2:06:11 ↗ get that all in perspective keeping it

2:06:13 ↗ all online on how that works and then

2:06:15 ↗ this is is needed for the water system

2:06:18 ↗ in South Dakota really work properly

2:06:20 ↗ there's some places down there don't

2:06:21 ↗ have pressure and very inconsistent

2:06:24 ↗ stuff and this should should take care

2:06:25 ↗ of all those problems so we should have

2:06:26 ↗ a good high quality water system once

2:06:30 ↗ this is in and we're taking over and

2:06:32 ↗ when we finish the meters will be up and

2:06:34 ↗ ready to go so that's my little take on

2:06:38 ↗ that there's those questions or

2:06:42 ↗ discussion seeing none then all those in

2:06:46 ↗ favor of awarding the construction

2:06:48 ↗ contract to Westerlund construction as

2:06:50 ↗ described in the motion signify by

2:06:52 ↗ saying aye aye those opposed but carries

2:06:56 ↗ unanimously

2:06:57 ↗ now for our final item under regular

2:07:01 ↗ business 2016 year-end financial report

2:07:06 ↗ finance director Jen Olsen and who is

2:07:13 ↗ keying that up

2:07:44 ↗ Thank You mayor council I was looking

2:07:46 ↗ for the actual 2016 financial report in

2:07:51 ↗ the presentations and it is not in the

2:07:53 ↗ folder so I believe it is in the heart

2:07:59 ↗ of the agenda bill that's correct

2:08:01 ↗ as pendeks a 2016 year in budget versus

2:08:10 ↗ actual financial report and all right

2:08:22 ↗ thank you I'm going to get started with

2:08:23 ↗ do a brief presentation and then be

2:08:27 ↗ happy to answer any questions the 2016

2:08:31 ↗ yeren financial report has been prepared

2:08:33 ↗ and this is a snapshot of revenues and

2:08:35 ↗ expenditures for the general fund and

2:08:37 ↗ the utility funds for the year-end

2:08:40 ↗ December 31st 2016

2:08:43 ↗ just a reminder to the council that this

2:08:45 ↗ is a snapshot of the financial

2:08:46 ↗ performance of those these operating

2:08:49 ↗ funds and this essentially is subject to

2:08:53 ↗ the annual audit of our financial

2:08:56 ↗ statement so for 2016 just some

2:09:01 ↗ highlights with regards to how the

2:09:04 ↗ budget versus actual and how we

2:09:07 ↗ performed so with regards to the general

2:09:11 ↗ fund we ended at the end of 2016 with a

2:09:14 ↗ pretty robust fund reserves tax revenues

2:09:20 ↗ were strong in 2016 the moratorium

2:09:24 ↗ affected the some of the development

2:09:27 ↗ revenue line items general fund

2:09:29 ↗ expenditures came in below the estimated

2:09:33 ↗ budget targets and the utility operating

2:09:36 ↗ revenues the utility funds are very

2:09:38 ↗ strong

2:09:43 ↗ so for the general fund we have a strong

2:09:46 ↗ showing of revenue sources and and that

2:09:49 ↗ is primarily in the in the taxes realm

2:09:52 ↗ we have a very strong collection rate

2:09:54 ↗ and that is something from a performance

2:09:57 ↗ metrics to always be consider that our

2:10:00 ↗ tax collection rate is about 98 percent

2:10:03 ↗ and so that is considered positive the

2:10:06 ↗ general fund as I just briefly went over

2:10:10 ↗ with regards to being robust ended

2:10:12 ↗ significantly higher almost two million

2:10:16 ↗ dollars over the last year or the 2015

2:10:20 ↗ ending fund balance and so this is this

2:10:24 ↗ is also positive and so as compared to

2:10:27 ↗ the City Council's financial policy the

2:10:31 ↗ maximum reserve balance is 15 percent

2:10:34 ↗ the 2016 ending fund balance ended at

2:10:38 ↗ approximately 40 percent and this is

2:10:41 ↗ quite significant in the financial

2:10:43 ↗ report you'll see some historical

2:10:45 ↗ information with regards to the change

2:10:48 ↗ in fund balance you'll see where we have

2:10:51 ↗ been from 2009 up until the end of 2016

2:10:56 ↗ so very very strong general fund balance

2:11:00 ↗ and just as a reminder for fund balance

2:11:04 ↗ it is a measure of liquidity it is an it

2:11:09 ↗ is there to provide for unforeseen

2:11:12 ↗ events as well as to accommodate for

2:11:15 ↗ cash flow throughout the year as we

2:11:17 ↗ receive in revenues that are not

2:11:20 ↗ necessarily consistent on a

2:11:22 ↗ month-to-month basis some of our large

2:11:24 ↗ tax collections come at a couple times

2:11:28 ↗ per year and so that's why we took when

2:11:30 ↗ we talk about fund balance being used

2:11:31 ↗ for cash flow activities that is part of

2:11:34 ↗ financial policy and why it's kept there

2:11:37 ↗ in this new report format and it is

2:11:40 ↗ somewhat new from what you've been

2:11:42 ↗ seeing we've provided a summary

2:11:45 ↗ information about the general fund the

2:11:48 ↗ major categories of revenue those being

2:11:51 ↗ taxes license from permits

2:11:53 ↗ intergovernmental revenue charges for

2:11:55 ↗ services fines and fees and then of

2:11:57 ↗ for some miscellaneous revenue so about

2:12:00 ↗ 97% of the amended revenue budget was

2:12:05 ↗ achieved for 2016

2:12:09 ↗ Jen excuse me in question Cullen

2:12:12 ↗ yes'm we're changing your screen we

2:12:16 ↗ can't see it but um I didn't know I

2:12:20 ↗ didn't want to read the financial report

2:12:21 ↗ but apparently couldn't and so so you

2:12:23 ↗ just the last comment you made I was

2:12:25 ↗ looking at that as you get down to this

2:12:28 ↗ next page it does show that actual

2:12:30 ↗ revenues came in about 97 percent yes

2:12:33 ↗ but so that I'm a little bit confused

2:12:36 ↗ because I thought you opened some of

2:12:38 ↗ your opening comments were about how

2:12:40 ↗ strong and how well we did on the tax

2:12:43 ↗ collection or just the overall revenue

2:12:45 ↗ but but now but now you're this final

2:12:48 ↗ report shows that what our collections

2:12:51 ↗ our total revenues were lower

2:12:53 ↗ so actually what did I misunderstand

2:12:56 ↗ your coming tax collections here total

2:13:00 ↗ tax collections were 99% of the the

2:13:04 ↗ total budget so we the revenue budget of

2:13:06 ↗ twenty eight point eight million dollars

2:13:08 ↗ we collected 99 percent of that and so

2:13:11 ↗ that's what I refer to as being a very

2:13:13 ↗ strong collection rate overall general

2:13:16 ↗ fund revenues came in at 97 percent so

2:13:20 ↗ that's a combination of all taxes of our

2:13:23 ↗ license and permits intergovernmental

2:13:26 ↗ revenues charges for services

2:13:27 ↗ miscellaneous revenues so at the bottom

2:13:29 ↗ of the summary of general fund revenues

2:13:33 ↗ that's where I talked about 97 percent

2:13:35 ↗ of total general fund revenues the taxes

2:13:40 ↗ are just one portion of those general

2:13:43 ↗ fund revenues thank you okay

2:13:53 ↗ on the expenditure side of things for

2:13:57 ↗ the general fund as the general fund

2:14:00 ↗ budget came in under budget at 92% of

2:14:04 ↗ the forty four point three five nine

2:14:07 ↗ million dollars of authorized spending

2:14:10 ↗ for 2016 so what this means is that

2:14:15 ↗ obviously with our revenue is coming in

2:14:18 ↗ at a stronger rate we we did not spend

2:14:23 ↗ as much of the authorized general fund

2:14:26 ↗ budget that was due to a number of

2:14:28 ↗ various items throughout the year and so

2:14:33 ↗ you can see here a snapshot of how the

2:14:36 ↗ general fund ending fund balance where

2:14:41 ↗ we had a budgeted decrease in ending

2:14:44 ↗ fund balance but we actually ended with

2:14:46 ↗ almost two million dollars over revenues

2:14:49 ↗ over expenditures in this particular new

2:14:57 ↗ reporting format quarterly reporting

2:14:59 ↗ format there are some general fund

2:15:02 ↗ Department expenditures this is to give

2:15:04 ↗ the council an idea of generally those

2:15:07 ↗ general fund departments keep in mind

2:15:10 ↗ though the general fund is entirety is

2:15:12 ↗ where the budget is set and so

2:15:15 ↗ oftentimes there are nuances to

2:15:18 ↗ different departments some departments

2:15:20 ↗ for various reasons don't utilize all of

2:15:24 ↗ the spending Authority primarily because

2:15:27 ↗ of perhaps vacancies or other other

2:15:29 ↗ projects that are just not completed in

2:15:32 ↗ that current budget year and so that is

2:15:36 ↗ what was provided for the council to see

2:15:39 ↗ and with some explanations of variance

2:15:41 ↗ in the budget expended but again the

2:15:44 ↗ general fund came in well under the

2:15:47 ↗ authorized total fund budget

2:15:56 ↗ utility funds then as a part of this

2:15:59 ↗ report our very strong as I indicated

2:16:04 ↗ this is a snapshot of those water sewer

2:16:07 ↗ and stormwater funds in this particular

2:16:11 ↗ snapshot version what you're going to

2:16:13 ↗ see is the utility enterprise revenue

2:16:18 ↗ and expenditures combined and this

2:16:20 ↗ includes the capital outlay and just as

2:16:24 ↗ a side note to remember that enterprise

2:16:26 ↗ funds while we we track those separately

2:16:29 ↗ with with capital funds there is a

2:16:31 ↗ proposal for those to be combined

2:16:33 ↗ we never report on them separately and

2:16:35 ↗ so it's important to think of those as

2:16:37 ↗ as business type entities and so that's

2:16:40 ↗ why they're shown here and they will

2:16:42 ↗ continue to be shown because it

2:16:45 ↗ essentially is important to look at

2:16:47 ↗ those enterprise funds as as one as one

2:16:52 ↗ going concern if you're in the private

2:16:54 ↗ sector but the the water sewer and

2:16:57 ↗ stormwater funds had all positive

2:17:01 ↗ increases in ending fund balance and the

2:17:03 ↗ strong charges for services so those are

2:17:06 ↗ the rates that are our customers pay

2:17:09 ↗ those also came in at or exceeded those

2:17:13 ↗ revenue targets which is very positive

2:17:16 ↗ on the expenditure side we can look at

2:17:22 ↗ those in a couple of different ways for

2:17:25 ↗ utility funds are our major category of

2:17:28 ↗ expenditure is maintenance and

2:17:30 ↗ operations you can see about 71% of our

2:17:33 ↗ utility fund the way we spend about 25

2:17:36 ↗ percent on capital outlay and three

2:17:40 ↗ percent on debt service so we do have

2:17:43 ↗ when it comes to debt obligation we have

2:17:46 ↗ very low debt service for our utility

2:17:48 ↗ funds another way to look at the episode

2:17:50 ↗ that the utility funds is by type and so

2:17:54 ↗ certainly our our largest type of

2:17:58 ↗ expenses are those intergovernmental

2:18:01 ↗ charges charges for services and we have

2:18:04 ↗ 21% of our utility funds spent

2:18:07 ↗ on personnel there's also some various

2:18:12 ↗ detailed information about the utility

2:18:14 ↗ funds in the financial report again I

2:18:17 ↗ won't read a financial report because we

2:18:20 ↗ want to make sure that we all stay awake

2:18:22 ↗ for the rest of the meeting so I would

2:18:24 ↗ be happy to answer any questions of the

2:18:26 ↗ council about the 2016 year in financial

2:18:29 ↗ report all right lobe or just a comment

2:18:34 ↗ Jen and that is that I really like the

2:18:36 ↗ format and maybe I just haven't seen

2:18:38 ↗ enough of these and this is format we

2:18:39 ↗ always use but I found this very

2:18:41 ↗ understandable I like the key words the

2:18:43 ↗ key messages on the front page I found

2:18:45 ↗ that very helpful so it was quite easy

2:18:48 ↗ to read thank you official questions

2:18:53 ↗ Paul would share again a similar my

2:18:57 ↗ gratitude for just putting together here

2:19:00 ↗ at the beginning of May an end kind of

2:19:04 ↗ summary of last year it is more pleasant

2:19:09 ↗ to look at nice use of colors thank you

2:19:12 ↗ and I do

2:19:14 ↗ I do appreciate I do appreciate you

2:19:18 ↗ summarizing and giving this information

2:19:19 ↗ there are some stories in this data and

2:19:22 ↗ I think I know when it comes to

2:19:24 ↗ expenditures one of the things I pulled

2:19:26 ↗ out from your many comments were and

2:19:30 ↗ because salary and benefits is so for

2:19:36 ↗ most departments such a significant

2:19:38 ↗ percentage of the topher all expanding

2:19:40 ↗ specially those funded by the general

2:19:42 ↗ fund would I mean the story is basically

2:19:46 ↗ we didn't operate you know one of the

2:19:48 ↗ main stories is we didn't operate as at

2:19:50 ↗ a staffing level that we had planned for

2:19:54 ↗ now is that is that one of the major

2:19:58 ↗ stories so that this final numbers tell

2:20:01 ↗ it is one of the major stories we had a

2:20:02 ↗ fair amount of vacancies and I'd love to

2:20:07 ↗ have some follow-on conversation about

2:20:09 ↗ how we're you know what's because you

2:20:13 ↗ know we plant yet you do a work plan I

2:20:15 ↗ don't want to get too much in the

2:20:16 ↗ details that you do a work plan based

2:20:17 ↗ upon what you think you can get

2:20:18 ↗ and if you can't you know put your team

2:20:20 ↗ together

2:20:21 ↗ your objective certainly you know could

2:20:23 ↗ be compromised so how are we doing how

2:20:26 ↗ we doing recovering because I know we

2:20:29 ↗ budgeted for this headcount 2017 now

2:20:32 ↗ we're catching up we've got quite a few

2:20:37 ↗ hiring actions requisitions for new

2:20:42 ↗ employees we are recruiting a number

2:20:44 ↗ were down a little bit Keith's left he's

2:20:48 ↗ he's down he left he left the building

2:20:56 ↗ for four police they'd spent a little

2:20:59 ↗ bit of a struggle but we're up there and

2:21:02 ↗ I recently authorized and over hire for

2:21:05 ↗ any projected vacancy coming up this

2:21:08 ↗ summer so we're trying to get a hold

2:21:10 ↗ get get get a hold on that we in it

2:21:17 ↗ you're right you're spot on it has been

2:21:19 ↗ a little bit of a struggle responding to

2:21:23 ↗ things that have come up but it I'm

2:21:30 ↗ really proud of what our folks have been

2:21:32 ↗ able to do in light of those shortages

2:21:36 ↗ and hopefully it's going to be better if

2:21:39 ↗ we've got the right team in place at the

2:21:41 ↗ upper level we've got a number of they

2:21:44 ↗ can seize below the manager level we

2:21:49 ↗ were short a number of managers for a

2:21:52 ↗ while this past year which created some

2:21:56 ↗ problems for us but now all of our

2:22:00 ↗ manager positions are filled and now

2:22:02 ↗ we're trying to flush out the rest of

2:22:04 ↗ the organization below that no I've

2:22:11 ↗ already spoken once you go first

2:22:13 ↗ um again thank you I it is very easy to

2:22:16 ↗ follow and I appreciate that comment to

2:22:19 ↗ to your comment Paul this is one of my

2:22:22 ↗ questions when we put the budget

2:22:23 ↗ together in 2016 is that

2:22:28 ↗ is that you know by default by decision

2:22:33 ↗ we budget for 100% you know no vacancy

2:22:37 ↗ everything's filled all year round in

2:22:40 ↗ every position and we know with this

2:22:41 ↗ many employees there's no way that's

2:22:43 ↗ going to happen so you just use not so

2:22:45 ↗ not going to happen right people going

2:22:47 ↗ to leave people to move around so we're

2:22:48 ↗ always going to be less than what we

2:22:51 ↗ budget in for us personnel-wise it seems

2:22:53 ↗ like to me just buy it buy that but that

2:22:56 ↗ design and as of something I've

2:22:57 ↗ definitely brought up in you know when

2:22:58 ↗ we budgeted that so it was just going to

2:23:01 ↗ be a normal vacancy rate anywhere that

2:23:03 ↗ you're going to have when you have this

2:23:05 ↗ many people working for you and all you

2:23:07 ↗ can do is you appreciate you guys trying

2:23:09 ↗ to fill them as fast as you can because

2:23:10 ↗ we want to get the work done we want we

2:23:11 ↗ want the people in there we want to get

2:23:12 ↗ the work done so we want the good staff

2:23:14 ↗ to do that so that's that's always going

2:23:16 ↗ to happen very low I'm sure just a

2:23:19 ↗ clarification mr. mayor I believe I had

2:23:22 ↗ emailed Jen some questions today on the

2:23:25 ↗ development fees and charges as well

2:23:27 ↗ trying to get a handle on what the bump

2:23:29 ↗ is going to look like and when it's

2:23:31 ↗ going to occur fit moratorium but my

2:23:33 ↗ understanding is this will now go to the

2:23:35 ↗ new ad hoc financial sustainability

2:23:37 ↗ committee allowing the deep dive I know

2:23:40 ↗ it's a terrible name allowing the deep

2:23:42 ↗ dive and I think the point that

2:23:45 ↗ councilmember winter spine brought up

2:23:47 ↗ about the stories in here that's where I

2:23:49 ↗ think we'll get our chance tuck it and

2:23:51 ↗ I'm not going to repeat the name of the

2:23:52 ↗ committee because it's horrible added a

2:23:55 ↗ few adjectives but I add more that make

2:23:57 ↗ it even longer great there's no

2:24:00 ↗ questions or discussion thanks for those

2:24:03 ↗ positive comments Jen and her finest

2:24:06 ↗ team had done an awful lot of work and a

2:24:10 ↗ relatively short period of time to

2:24:12 ↗ correct and to improve our processes in

2:24:15 ↗ our finance department and they work

2:24:18 ↗ very very hard and it's coming together

2:24:20 ↗ so we are lucky to have and with us as

2:24:23 ↗ our finance director ok moving now to go

2:24:30 ↗ to the order Mary Lou I wanted to make

2:24:33 ↗ sure everyone was aware of the Chamber

2:24:35 ↗ of Commerce community awards banquet

2:24:37 ↗ that's hosted by the chamber on May 16th

2:24:39 ↗ at 5:30 anything I missed

2:24:41 ↗ Hilton Garden Inn set them aside correct

2:24:44 ↗ Oh what one comment mr. mayor during

2:24:49 ↗ during your mayor's comments you made

2:24:52 ↗ one comment that I think maybe caught

2:24:56 ↗ some people by surprise and I just want

2:24:59 ↗ to clarify in case anybody's still

2:25:01 ↗ listening

2:25:01 ↗ I don't think SR 900 intersects Maple

2:25:05 ↗ Valley highway and I think you meant to

2:25:06 ↗ say maymay Valley Road Oh may Valley

2:25:10 ↗ Road thank you very very much I made

2:25:12 ↗ some phone call was thinking that wasn't

2:25:14 ↗ one large roundabout thank you for that

2:25:20 ↗ is what you meant may Valley I haven't

2:25:22 ↗ met it meant may Valley Road thank you

2:25:26 ↗ that's what I said but that's what I

2:25:29 ↗ meant

2:25:30 ↗ so everybody went like one it make much

2:25:33 ↗ sense thank you

2:25:34 ↗ anything else under go to the order

2:25:36 ↗ there's no executive session and with

2:25:39 ↗ that we are adjourned

2:25:55 ↗ you

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Council / Members (7)

Eileen Barber

Mariah Bettise

Stacy Goodman

Tola Marts

Mary Lou Pauly

Bill Ramos

Paul Winterstein

Motions and votes (3)

Refer AB 7072 to the May 9, 2017 Council Services & Safety Committee for review and recommendation, returning to the full Council on May 15, 2017. . b)

Moved by WINTERSTEIN · seconded by BETTISE

Carried 7-0

In favor: Eileen Barber, Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Tola Marts, Mary Lou Pauly, Bill Ramos, Paul Winterstein

Amend Resolution No. 2017-03, approving the Gilman Lofts (Three Tails) Development Agreement, by replacing Exhibit A to the resolution with the revised Development Agreement dated April 25, 2017 (Exhibit K). . . c)

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by PAULY

Carried 7-0

In favor: Eileen Barber, Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Tola Marts, Mary Lou Pauly, Bill Ramos, Paul Winterstein

Award the construction contract to Westerlund Construction in the amount of $398,596.42 (including sales tax), and direct the Finance Director to include $182,000 in a subsequent 2017 budget amendment utilizing funds from the Water Enterprise Fund. . d) AB 7415 - 2016 Year-End Financial Report Finan…

Moved by RAMOS · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

Carried 7-0

In favor: Eileen Barber, Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Tola Marts, Mary Lou Pauly, Bill Ramos, Paul Winterstein