City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, November 20, 2017 · City Council Digest

6. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Nov. 20, 2017, $ 5,931,407.81 ID 0176

packet pp.5–117

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

Pursuant to 42.24.080 RCW, I, Jennifer Olson, Auditing Officer for the City of Issaquah, Washington, present all claims against the City by persons furnishing materials, rendering services or performing labor, or for any other full or partial contractual purpose and obligation. Such claims have been prepared for audit and payment on an authenticated form and in the manner prescribed by the state auditor. The claims are just, due and unpaid obligations against the City of Issaquah and are certified to be paid after approval of the Issaquah City Council.

Minutes: Special Council Committee Work Session, Nov. 1, 2017

Approve · packet pp.119–120

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 11-01-17 Council Committee Work Session Minutes Page [0000]

Minutes: Special Council Committee Work Session, Oct. 30, 2017

Approve · packet pp.121–122

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 10-30-17 Council Committee Work Session Minutes Page [0000]

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Nov. 6, 2017

Approve · packet pp.123–128

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 11-06-17 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page [0000]

Senior Center Long-Term Operations AB 7401

Refer to Council Services & Safety · packet pp.129–183

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

Based on the work of the Advisory Group and the subsequent staff work, Administration recommends that the City partner with a new operator for the Senior Center through a Management Agreement. For decades, the Senior Center has been operated in Issaquah by a non-profit entity. The City has historically not been the direct operator. Although the Parks and Recreation Department has done a quality job in this interim period and could transition to long-term operation, it is not Administration's preference to add this to the list of services that the City directly provides. There are agencies within the area positioned and experienced to manage the Senior Center, delivering the mix of social services and programs that our seniors need at that facility. It is recommended that this partnership be done through a Management Agreement, as opposed to a Lease Agreement as was previously done.

Short Plat & Boundary Line Adjustment, City-Owned Parcel No. County Island parcel) AB 7503

Refer to Council Land & Shore Committee · packet pp.185–194

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

Administration / Development Services Department:

Port of Seattle Economic Development Partnership Grant AB 7510

Accept Grant · packet pp.195–206

Topics: Economic Development

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Staff report:

Administration / Economic Development Department:

7. PUBLIC HEARING

2018 Budget AB 7393

Conduct Public Hearing · packet pp.207–211

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

Administration / Finance Department:

8. REGULAR BUSINESS

2018 Legislative Agenda AB 7491

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.221–227

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Staff report:

City Council / Stacy Goodman, Council President:

Roll call:

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

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

Council Vacancy Process AB 7512

Approve · packet pp.229–233

Topics: Boards & Commissions

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Staff report:

Administration / City Clerk's Office:

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0:19 ↗ I'll call to order the city regular

0:22 ↗ council meeting of November 20th 2017

0:26 ↗ and invite Adam and Brendon

0:30 ↗ Boy Scout troop 7:09 to the rostrum and

0:35 ↗ ask those in the audience who would like

0:38 ↗ to join us in the pledge of allegiance

0:40 ↗ to please stand

0:54 ↗ I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

0:56 ↗ United States of America in public which

1:01 ↗ stands one nation

1:10 ↗ Thank You Adam in Brandon great job

1:15 ↗ they'll move now to audience comments

1:19 ↗ and a few comments about audience

1:21 ↗ comments citizen comments are an

1:28 ↗ important part of the public process we

1:30 ↗ take them seriously and factor them into

1:33 ↗ the decisions we make anyone from the

1:36 ↗ public who wishes to comment on

1:37 ↗ tonight's agenda items or other topics

1:40 ↗ should do so at this time just point out

1:43 ↗ that we do have a public hearing later

1:46 ↗ and the agenda to talk about the 2018

1:51 ↗ budget so if you're here to speak to

1:54 ↗ that issue the appropriate time would be

1:57 ↗ at the public hearing it's a public

2:04 ↗ comment period is not a question and

2:07 ↗ answer period if if there is a need to

2:16 ↗ get back in contact with you and you

2:19 ↗ have not signed up please sign up after

2:22 ↗ you speak on the yellow sheet or

2:26 ↗ clipboard on the table in front of me

2:30 ↗ and recognize use the lectern and speak

2:33 ↗ into the microphone state your name

2:35 ↗ address and any relationship to the city

2:37 ↗ limit your comments to 5-minutes submit

2:40 ↗ any written comments to the city clerk a

2:43 ↗ visual timer has been placed on the

2:45 ↗ lectern when the light turns yellow you

2:50 ↗ have one minute remaining

2:52 ↗ and the timer will sound to indicate at

2:58 ↗ the end of your allotted time so again

3:02 ↗ citizen comments written and verbal are

3:05 ↗ an important aspect of the public

3:06 ↗ process the city takes them seriously

3:08 ↗ and we thank members of the public for

3:11 ↗ taking the time to address us and with

3:14 ↗ that I would ask if anyone has

3:16 ↗ signed up to speak this evening there

3:19 ↗ are none is there anyone designed to

3:22 ↗ speak Steve come on down evening steeper

3:35 ↗ era

3:35 ↗ old town for about 10 years so first of

3:38 ↗ all Happy Thanksgiving in advance to all

3:40 ↗ of you I want to put that out there

3:42 ↗ second thing thank you the Halloween

3:44 ↗ trolley ride I think that was kind of a

3:46 ↗ cool themed event to have so I just

3:47 ↗ wanted to say thanks to all those

3:48 ↗ involved in having that next item was a

3:52 ↗ be 75 15 it was a porter Cielo economic

3:57 ↗ development partnership grant I guess I

3:59 ↗ disagree with item number three to send

4:02 ↗ people to this global passport will

4:05 ↗ Mobile Congress for him it doesn't seem

4:08 ↗ like a best use of city of Issaquah

4:10 ↗ taxpayer or funds do that so I'd like to

4:13 ↗ see a more direct correlation of how

4:14 ↗ that's helping Issaquah specifically I'm

4:19 ↗ gonna jump ahead to the public hearing

4:21 ↗ on the budget I'd like to see the trees

4:24 ↗ returned the old town area and I guess I

4:30 ↗ don't care one way or another about a

4:32 ↗ dog park but I'd like to see city parks

4:34 ↗ in each neighborhood before I see city

4:36 ↗ parks for dogs I'd also like to make

4:38 ↗ sure the dog park isn't near a body of

4:40 ↗ water were way scrolling off we'll run

4:41 ↗ into the public waterways the levee and

4:48 ↗ revenue source a be 7392 it just I'd

4:52 ↗ like to get back to the idea where we're

4:54 ↗ seeing if there is an impact from

4:57 ↗ Regional Growth are we getting public

4:58 ↗ dollars out of this what's the benefit

5:00 ↗ are we subsidizing things like traffic

5:02 ↗ and roads I'd like to see a direct

5:05 ↗ correlation this is where development is

5:06 ↗ helping us and where it's falling short

5:08 ↗ and I'd like to see that in a public

5:09 ↗ forum next item a b70 491 legislative

5:15 ↗ agenda I like the cleaned up language on

5:17 ↗ the affordable housing and the

5:18 ↗ contributions for the arch so that was a

5:21 ↗ good thing I believe that there may be

5:25 ↗ could or should there be improvement so

5:27 ↗ that talked about

5:28 ↗ state law that allows for the assessment

5:30 ↗ of development fees in high-cost areas

5:35 ↗ like the King County that maybe aren't

5:37 ↗ faced by other areas so that could be

5:39 ↗ the state law or state code that allows

5:42 ↗ better use of local jurisdictions to

5:45 ↗ have increased taxing authority to a way

5:50 ↗ to contribute to that I believe that

5:53 ↗ there could also be some ways for in the

5:57 ↗ case of is across school district it has

5:59 ↗ jurisdictions from outside of its quad

6:01 ↗ that contribute to the schools could

6:04 ↗ there be assessments to make sure

6:06 ↗ they're impacting or charging

6:10 ↗ development fees in those jurisdictions

6:11 ↗ not just the jurisdiction where they

6:14 ↗ reside and so contribute on a more equal

6:15 ↗ basis the last item I wanted to mention

6:19 ↗ was and I forget what the a B this is on

6:22 ↗ the I guess the proposed council seat

6:27 ↗ they'll be coming up to questions I

6:30 ↗ leave with you all for consideration one

6:33 ↗ is if there's a contested seat is the

6:35 ↗ second place voter or elected person

6:38 ↗ automatically seated if the first top

6:41 ↗ candidate doesn't get the majority votes

6:44 ↗ when the top candidate isn't able to

6:47 ↗ fulfill their seat the second is that

6:50 ↗ should there be consideration given to

6:53 ↗ let's say a voter or another candidate

6:57 ↗ who ran at a different position that

6:58 ↗ didn't get an opening received a large

7:02 ↗ number seats should they receive

7:03 ↗ additional consideration for filling a

7:04 ↗ seat in an open seat not just have it

7:07 ↗ decided by the City Council but have it

7:09 ↗ decided what is a reflection of what the

7:11 ↗ people's will for a good candidate a

7:14 ↗ certain threshold number of votes or a

7:16 ↗ way to consider that not just voted by

7:18 ↗ the will of the seven people on the

7:20 ↗ council but on will reflecting the will

7:22 ↗ of the people thank you thank you Steve

7:27 ↗ thought anyone else desiring to speak

7:30 ↗ this evening anyone else seeing none

7:34 ↗ then audience comments are closed and

7:36 ↗ we'll now move

7:37 ↗ to committee committee reports starting

7:41 ↗ with bill Ramos Thank You mr. mayor

7:44 ↗ sure report on the 8th of November I was

7:47 ↗ the emergency management advisory

7:48 ↗ committee meeting and we worked to

7:51 ↗ adjust grant funding for emergency

7:53 ↗ supplies and services there was a shift

7:55 ↗ in what we were able to do with that on

7:58 ↗ the 17th last Friday it was an Eastside

8:00 ↗ transportation partnership the main

8:01 ↗ thing they're working on working long on

8:03 ↗ was the there 2018 legislative agenda so

8:07 ↗ that's a lot of discussion on that and

8:10 ↗ then coming up on 12 December 1st I will

8:13 ↗ be attending the state Public Works

8:15 ↗ board meeting in Olympia I conclude my

8:18 ↗ report no again you heard that yeah

8:20 ↗ Paul no report oh look

8:24 ↗ Thank You mr. mayor the Issaquah City

8:27 ↗ Council Services and Safety Committee

8:29 ↗ met on Tuesday November 14th and we had

8:35 ↗ an update on the teen cafe we had a bill

8:40 ↗ on amending school impact fees we moved

8:44 ↗ the two we moved it to bring it back to

8:46 ↗ full council as regular business we saw

8:51 ↗ at gender bill 73-89 the art grants

8:54 ↗ recommendations which we moved forward

8:58 ↗ recommending on consent and then

9:01 ↗ multifamily housing property tax

9:04 ↗ exemption that was informational as was

9:07 ↗ economic development annual report then

9:10 ↗ the sound cities association public

9:11 ↗ issues committee met the next evening a

9:15 ↗ Trenton City Hall and the biggest issue

9:17 ↗ that we had was the regional agenda or

9:22 ↗ legislative agenda and I am happy to say

9:23 ↗ that it passed unanimously but with a

9:27 ↗ couple of abstentions from folks who

9:29 ↗ hadn't had it been able to bring it to

9:31 ↗ their full councils the regional 9-1-1

9:34 ↗ strategic plan scoping leadership group

9:36 ↗ met for the final time it turns out

9:39 ↗ Thursday November 9th we approved

9:43 ↗ basically everything we needed to

9:45 ↗ approve and

9:46 ↗ terms of finance plan and a technology

9:49 ↗ plan and a governance plan and so those

9:56 ↗ are getting final write-up before

9:58 ↗ submission to the county but in the end

10:00 ↗ once we got past the architecture

10:03 ↗ questions that we had in the technology

10:05 ↗ side was a fairly straightforward

10:06 ↗ conversation there continues to be an

10:09 ↗ ongoing funding challenge beyond 2022 to

10:13 ↗ sometime between 2022 and 2024 the

10:17 ↗ funding mechanism that's in place for

10:20 ↗ 911 and so there was discussion about

10:26 ↗ whether there would be some sort of

10:28 ↗ follow-on body that would help the

10:31 ↗ County Council ultimately its Cathy

10:33 ↗ Lambert and her friends it's their

10:34 ↗ responsibility and but we'll all be

10:37 ↗ impacted by it so there may be something

10:39 ↗ coming down the road on on alternate

10:42 ↗ funding mechanisms for for what's coming

10:45 ↗ then finally the King County growth

10:48 ↗ management Policy Council is supposed to

10:50 ↗ meet Wednesday November 29th at 4:00

10:53 ↗ p.m. but we are considering rescheduling

10:55 ↗ it because the sca annual meeting is

10:58 ↗ occurring that evening and I'm not sure

11:02 ↗ that I'm going to have anything close to

11:04 ↗ a quorum of the SCA caucus to the GNPC

11:08 ↗ of which I am the chair I'm chair of the

11:10 ↗ caucus not over the GMP Z anyhow

11:12 ↗ so that's probably going to get

11:13 ↗ rescheduled this concludes my report

11:15 ↗ Thank You Eileen no report this evening

11:18 ↗ Mary Lou Thank You mr. mayor on November

11:21 ↗ 17th I met with the Chamber of Commerce

11:23 ↗ as the the greater is quite Chamber of

11:26 ↗ Commerce as the council liaison that

11:28 ↗ topics that I brought up to talk about

11:31 ↗ was the results of the elections

11:34 ↗ discussion of the transportation benefit

11:36 ↗ district that it was in Infrastructure

11:41 ↗ Committee but that it could be part of

11:43 ↗ our budget discussions coming up I Pete

11:46 ↗ a potential parking enforcement proposal

11:50 ↗ that might be discussed at budget an

11:51 ↗ update on the moratorium and one of the

11:54 ↗ last significant work items that's

11:56 ↗ currently in progress which is district

11:58 ↗ neighbourhood visions that the City

12:01 ↗ Council was adopting there 2018

12:03 ↗ legislative agenda that Infrastructure

12:07 ↗ Committee had an item that they were

12:09 ↗ looking at mini cell tower franchise

12:12 ↗ agreement and a discussion of school

12:15 ↗ district a continuing discussion of

12:18 ↗ school district impact fees they had no

12:20 ↗ items that they wanted me to bring back

12:22 ↗ to the council second item that I just

12:26 ↗ wanted to provide as an update is that

12:27 ↗ during transition mayor Butler has set

12:30 ↗ up a series of transition meetings in

12:32 ↗ the region and with staff and I'm very

12:34 ↗ grateful for this early entry and

12:36 ↗ learning about all of the different work

12:39 ↗ that's being done so I just want to

12:41 ↗ thank the mayor for that Thank You Stacy

12:45 ↗ yeah Thank You mr. mayor tomorrow is

12:48 ↗ across the council's land and to our

12:49 ↗ committee has a special meeting 6:30

12:52 ↗ here council chambers and we have one

12:54 ↗ item on the agenda its agenda bill 7405

12:57 ↗ end of certain development agreements

12:59 ↗ relating to aqua Highlands and talus

13:01 ↗ Innes report thank you

13:04 ↗ there will be an executive session held

13:07 ↗ this evening to discuss pending and

13:09 ↗ potential litigation for RC W a forty

13:12 ↗ two point three zero point 1 1 0 / n 1 /

13:16 ↗ n I it is expected to take about five

13:20 ↗ minutes and no action will be taken on

13:24 ↗ November the 9th I attended the PSR C

13:27 ↗ transportation policy board meeting

13:30 ↗ where we approved the release for public

13:33 ↗ comments for projects recommended for

13:35 ↗ funding through pts C's or PSR C's 2017

13:40 ↗ Transportation Alternatives interest is

13:45 ↗ including in that releases funding for

13:48 ↗ Newport Way non-motorized improvements

13:51 ↗ between SR 900 to South East 54th Street

13:57 ↗ in addition we discussed the 2017

14:01 ↗ transit integration report and with that

14:05 ↗ that concludes

14:07 ↗ my report moving now to the consent

14:12 ↗ calendar I'd ask if the accounts

14:14 ↗ payables in payroll for November 20th

14:17 ↗ have been reviewed somebody has someone

14:24 ↗ has oh thank you then with that I'd ask

14:29 ↗ the clerk to read the consent calendar

14:31 ↗ into the record thank you the consent

14:35 ↗ calendar was distributed to council in

14:37 ↗ advance for study if authorized council

14:39 ↗ action will occur by single motion

14:41 ↗ regarding the following items item a

14:44 ↗ seeks approval of accounts payable and

14:47 ↗ payroll dated November 20th items B C

14:51 ↗ and D seek approval of minutes for the

14:54 ↗ special council committee work sessions

14:57 ↗ of October 30th and November 1st as well

15:01 ↗ as the regular meeting of November 6

15:04 ↗ item e a b7 4:01

15:07 ↗ Senior Center long-term operation seeks

15:10 ↗ referral to council services and safety

15:12 ↗ committee item F a b7 five zero three

15:16 ↗ short plat and boundary line adjustment

15:19 ↗ city-owned parcel number two seven two

15:21 ↗ four zero six nine zero zero eight

15:24 ↗ formerly referenced as King County

15:26 ↗ Island parcel this seeks referral to

15:29 ↗ Keith excuse me the six referral to the

15:32 ↗ council and Shore committee item G a B

15:35 ↗ seven five one zero Port of Seattle

15:38 ↗ economic development partnership grant

15:40 ↗ the six acceptance that concludes the

15:43 ↗ reading with any council member desire

15:45 ↗ to remove any item on the consent

15:48 ↗ calendar for consideration under regular

15:51 ↗ business Stacey I move to adopt the

15:55 ↗ consent calendar as presented okay

15:58 ↗ moved and seconded all those in favor

16:00 ↗ signify by saying aye aye those opposed

16:03 ↗ that carries unanimously

16:05 ↗ moving now to agenda bill 7 3 9 3 2018

16:11 ↗ budget

16:13 ↗ the same comments that I mentioned

16:17 ↗ before regarding public comment apply

16:21 ↗ and with that I'll ask Jennifer Olson

16:25 ↗ our Director of Finance to provide a an

16:28 ↗ overview of the 2018 proposed budget

16:31 ↗ Thank You mayor Butler the 2018 budget

16:35 ↗ was proposed by you on October 2nd and

16:38 ↗ filed with the city clerk I'd like to do

16:40 ↗ a brief overview of that and then there

16:43 ↗ is a public hearing in order and the

16:45 ↗ administration recommends continuing

16:47 ↗ that public hearing until the December

16:50 ↗ 4th council meeting the proposed budget

16:52 ↗ is based on parameters identified by the

16:54 ↗ mayor those include financial

16:57 ↗ sustainability maintaining community

16:59 ↗ safety focusing on quality over quantity

17:02 ↗ post moratorium plans staff development

17:06 ↗ investment in technology new and or

17:09 ↗ expanded sources maintaining our

17:12 ↗ existing assets and limiting the number

17:15 ↗ of new proposed staff the budget

17:18 ↗ includes operating allocations for a

17:21 ↗ continuing growing community in

17:24 ↗ transition capital investments are based

17:26 ↗ on the 2018 through 2022 five-year

17:30 ↗ capital improvement plan the budget is

17:32 ↗ available at City Hall and the library

17:35 ↗ as well as online the city's website the

17:40 ↗ budget is created in accordance with the

17:42 ↗ financial management policy this was

17:44 ↗ updated earlier in 2017 the financial

17:48 ↗ policy has objectives that set to set

17:50 ↗ forth financial present principles

17:52 ↗ reduce economic environment risk

17:54 ↗ maintain financial capacity for defined

17:57 ↗ levels of service ensure legal

18:00 ↗ compliance and offer financial

18:02 ↗ transparency the budget is created again

18:07 ↗ with regards to the financial management

18:09 ↗ policies some of those key benchmarks in

18:11 ↗ the policy include a reserve level

18:13 ↗ specifically for the general fund

18:15 ↗ there's a target range of a reserve at

18:18 ↗ 15 to 20 percent the budget is meeting

18:22 ↗ this expectation with a proposed ending

18:24 ↗ fund balance

18:25 ↗ around 34% one thing to note that

18:28 ↗ special revenue debt funds capital

18:30 ↗ project funds the reserves by nature

18:34 ↗ those funds are expected to be used

18:35 ↗ based on council goals and objectives

18:38 ↗ the financial policy also identifies a

18:43 ↗ balanced budget meaning that in the

18:45 ↗ general fund current expenditures should

18:47 ↗ not exceed current revenues and that

18:50 ↗ means that the proposed or forecasted

18:52 ↗ revenues that were identified should be

18:55 ↗ able to cover the proposed expenditures

18:57 ↗ in that current year and the general

18:59 ↗ fund budget does that so just a quick

19:03 ↗ recap of all the funds in the budget

19:06 ↗ this includes the general fund which is

19:08 ↗ a major operating fund special revenue

19:10 ↗ funds debt funds capital project funds

19:12 ↗ and enterprise funds as well as some

19:15 ↗ agency funds and internal service funds

19:17 ↗ the largest portion of sources for all

19:21 ↗ funds comes from charges for services at

19:24 ↗ 32% of the budget that means that that

19:28 ↗ includes utility those business or

19:31 ↗ proprietary like funds where we have

19:34 ↗ large operations for water sewer and

19:37 ↗ stormwater the second largest category

19:40 ↗ of sources in the budget includes taxes

19:43 ↗ at 31 percent and the next largest

19:46 ↗ source then comes from transfers in and

19:51 ↗ that means that there is money shifting

19:54 ↗ from fund to fund for specific purposes

19:58 ↗ overall all sources include over 1.9

20:01 ↗ million dollars for 2018 i'm the

20:05 ↗ expenditure side the budget includes

20:08 ↗ allocations totaling 137 million dollars

20:12 ↗ the largest portion of the budget

20:15 ↗ includes costs for operating followed by

20:18 ↗ salaries and benefits at 27 percent and

20:21 ↗ then we have capital project or those

20:24 ↗ investments that were identified as part

20:27 ↗ of the five-year plan for 2018 about 22%

20:31 ↗ of the overall budget and then again

20:33 ↗ transfers out and that's that shifting

20:35 ↗ of money for resources from one fund to

20:40 ↗ the next all funds include a change or

20:45 ↗ an expected change in ending fund

20:47 ↗ balances the general fund is expected to

20:51 ↗ increase the ending fund balance special

20:56 ↗ revenue funds are intended to be

20:59 ↗ declining because there is there's using

21:02 ↗ essentially cash on hand debt service

21:05 ↗ funds are designed to pay down our debt

21:08 ↗ obligations our capital project funds

21:10 ↗ are the most challenging with regards to

21:12 ↗ cash flow because they encompass a

21:14 ↗ multi-year spending on large capital

21:17 ↗ investments such as parks or

21:19 ↗ transportation projects our enterprise

21:22 ↗ funds are proposed to utilize some

21:25 ↗ ending fund balance as well based on the

21:28 ↗ system plans for those utilities and our

21:31 ↗ internal service funds are intended to

21:34 ↗ use resources that have been set aside

21:36 ↗ for funds such as our facilities our

21:41 ↗ fleet and our information technology

21:43 ↗ funds for the general fund specifically

21:48 ↗ this changes with regards to these

21:50 ↗ sources taxes are the largest portion of

21:53 ↗ our revenues in the general fund at

21:55 ↗ about 69% and there's a number of taxes

21:59 ↗ that go into that category the largest

22:02 ↗ ones are sales tax B&O tax and utility

22:05 ↗ tax then we've got the other or the next

22:09 ↗ largest source of revenue that comes

22:11 ↗ from charges for goods and services so

22:13 ↗ that includes our Park and Recreation

22:15 ↗ fees and our charges for development

22:18 ↗ services on the general fund uses of

22:22 ↗ those funds the largest category we have

22:25 ↗ is for personnel and benefits that's a

22:27 ↗ little over half of our spending the

22:31 ↗ other large category includes our

22:33 ↗ operating costs and those in those in

22:37 ↗ also include costs for the general fund

22:41 ↗ include costs for professional services

22:43 ↗ at about 7 percent of the general fund

22:45 ↗ and then we have those transfers out

22:48 ↗ in large part that transfers out from

22:51 ↗ the general fund go to the street

22:53 ↗ operating fund and the debt fund for

22:56 ↗ that non voted debt or the LT geo or

23:00 ↗ console Matic issued bonds overall

23:04 ↗ expenditures in the general fund

23:05 ↗ proposed are a little over fifty million

23:08 ↗ dollars the 2018 general fund balance as

23:13 ↗ I stated is expected to increase this is

23:16 ↗ a proposed budgeted increase in ending

23:19 ↗ fund balance you can see the comparison

23:21 ↗ there on the right side of this chart

23:23 ↗ where this identifies our financial

23:27 ↗ policy reserve targets that maximum that

23:30 ↗ gold line at twenty percent is a little

23:32 ↗ over ten million and the the floor

23:35 ↗ minimum fifteen percent is a little over

23:38 ↗ seven million dollars so this is one of

23:41 ↗ those numbers that as we currently are

23:43 ↗ in the process of taking in revenues and

23:46 ↗ paying bills for 2017 this is a fluid

23:50 ↗ number and is an estimate and the

23:53 ↗ important piece is to look at the

23:55 ↗ overall impact from revenues over

23:57 ↗ expenditures when we're looking at

24:00 ↗ budgets some 2018 budget highlights I'll

24:04 ↗ go quickly through those we've

24:06 ↗ identified property taxes based on prior

24:11 ↗ council actions and tonight we'll also

24:13 ↗ be talking about that proposed levy the

24:16 ↗ budget is proposed to increase 1% for

24:18 ↗ the regular levy and the excess levy is

24:21 ↗ budgeted to cover that voter approved

24:23 ↗ debt obligation we have new sources for

24:26 ↗ Park and Recreation expanded services

24:28 ↗ proposed tech fees and other

24:31 ↗ miscellaneous revenues that the

24:33 ↗ administration has identified for 2018

24:36 ↗ the budget proposes a bond anticipation

24:39 ↗ note for temporary financing of unfunded

24:41 ↗ capital projects requiring a sourcing or

24:45 ↗ long-term sourcing and the budget also

24:47 ↗ includes utility rate increases as per

24:49 ↗ the five-year rate plan 2018 staffing

24:54 ↗ proposals include three new police

24:56 ↗ officers one communication supervisor

24:59 ↗ and ex

25:00 ↗ handing some administrative support in

25:02 ↗ public works operation it proposes to

25:05 ↗ expand the emergency coordinator and

25:07 ↗ expand stormwater NPDES maintenance work

25:10 ↗ through the use of overtime for

25:12 ↗ employees in the finance department the

25:15 ↗ budget proposes one new accountant and a

25:17 ↗ department restructure in the

25:19 ↗ information technology department one

25:21 ↗ new ERP solutions architect in the parks

25:25 ↗ department proposes a department

25:26 ↗ restructure and in the executive

25:28 ↗ department expanding the neighborhood

25:30 ↗ engagement coordinator position 2018

25:35 ↗ initiative studies and other general

25:37 ↗ operations that have been proposed

25:38 ↗ includes an energy efficiency and solar

25:41 ↗ feasibility study mobility master

25:43 ↗ planning old town parking mitigation fee

25:46 ↗ review and sign code update it proposes

25:50 ↗ to increase the arch parody contribution

25:53 ↗ to implement the strategic planning

25:55 ↗ effort to finish the class and

25:57 ↗ compensation study to initiate a

26:00 ↗ performance management work to plan an

26:03 ↗ expanded council retreat and for some

26:06 ↗ space planning in our public facilities

26:09 ↗ the budget also includes new a new park

26:13 ↗ turf replacement transfer from the

26:15 ↗ general fund to the parks capital

26:17 ↗ project fund it proposes to expand

26:19 ↗ Senior Services Community Center

26:21 ↗ programs as well as accommodate for an

26:24 ↗ increase in the Eastside Fire and Rescue

26:26 ↗ partner contribution in 2017 the council

26:33 ↗ revamped the capital budget process and

26:36 ↗ and approved a 2018 through 2022

26:39 ↗ five-year capital budget the spending

26:43 ↗ authorization for 2018 projects is

26:46 ↗ included in the proposed budget you can

26:49 ↗ see in the column under 2018 there's

26:52 ↗ approximately twenty-eight point five

26:54 ↗ million dollars for capital investments

26:57 ↗ largely in part for transportation

26:59 ↗ initiatives and park projects this is

27:05 ↗ kind of hard to see but this is a list

27:07 ↗ of those 2018 projects that we've

27:09 ↗ identified for capital investment

27:14 ↗ the council has been deliberating the

27:16 ↗ 2018 budget through work sessions that

27:19 ↗ were held on October 12 the 30th

27:21 ↗ November 1st and the 15th the next

27:24 ↗ budget work session is scheduled for

27:26 ↗ Monday November 27th so with that the

27:30 ↗ agenda bill is presented to the council

27:33 ↗ the recommended action is for council to

27:37 ↗ conduct the public hearing and then

27:39 ↗ continue that to the December 4th

27:41 ↗ council meeting and with that I'd be

27:43 ↗ happy to answer any questions are there

27:45 ↗ questions thank you with that I will

27:52 ↗ open the public hearing at 7:28 and ask

27:58 ↗ if anyone has signed up to speak

28:01 ↗ is there anyone in the audience who has

28:04 ↗ not signed up desiring to speak this

28:06 ↗ evening David

28:16 ↗ David Kepler 255 Southie Sanders I'll be

28:20 ↗ quick because some pretty ignorant of

28:22 ↗ the budget to be honest and haven't

28:23 ↗ followed it like I should have but two

28:27 ↗ items next door last night somebody

28:30 ↗ commented on your store about concerns

28:32 ↗ about a handicap parking and Nan and

28:36 ↗ felt there was non enforcement of it and

28:38 ↗ it just kind of triggered lots and lots

28:40 ↗ of comments today and since last night

28:42 ↗ and lots of thanks so there's a real

28:45 ↗ perception out there based on the

28:46 ↗ comments in my own that there's no lack

28:48 ↗ of parking enforcement at least in in

28:50 ↗ those handicap areas and I think it's a

28:54 ↗ whole area in the city where parking is

28:57 ↗ an issue and parking enforcement officer

29:00 ↗ is not a commissioned officer as my

29:03 ↗ understanding doesn't carry a firearm

29:05 ↗ and had all that liability and all that

29:08 ↗ extra salary that that the

29:10 ↗ responsibility carries with it but I

29:12 ↗ think it would make a big difference on

29:14 ↗ perception of people on how the city is

29:17 ↗ enforcing parking regulations the other

29:22 ↗ one is volunteer coordinator I think

29:24 ↗ it's past time and I should have been

29:26 ↗ making this pitch more formally for

29:28 ↗ months now but the idea of having them

29:31 ↗ city sponsored volunteer coordinator to

29:34 ↗ help get volunteers for city operations

29:37 ↗ as well as the many nonprofit groups we

29:39 ↗ have here we do have lots and lots of

29:42 ↗ volunteers and people start asking and

29:45 ↗ looking around they can they can find

29:47 ↗ opportunities but it would be nice to

29:49 ↗ have more of a central database of those

29:51 ↗ opportunities and I think we would get a

29:54 ↗ lot of good good labor we got a lot of

29:56 ↗ high quality people in the city and I

29:58 ↗ think a lot of them would be glad to

29:59 ↗ volunteer more thank you thank you David

30:04 ↗ anyone else in the audience desiring to

30:06 ↗ speak yes ma'am

30:18 ↗ my name is Jody Hutchinson I live at

30:22 ↗ three-30 Rainier bellever north in Old

30:25 ↗ Town as to the budget and specifically

30:29 ↗ parks and recreation

30:30 ↗ I noticed the skatepark has opened and

30:34 ↗ it looks wonderful and everybody seems

30:37 ↗ to be enjoying it but it does seem as if

30:39 ↗ the vast majority of the people who are

30:42 ↗ enjoying it are in fact of one gender

30:44 ↗ and I am wondering what if anything the

30:49 ↗ city of Issaquah is planning that might

30:51 ↗ provide an equivalent facility for

30:55 ↗ members of the opposite gender thank you

30:58 ↗ Thank You Jody it's a good thing we

31:02 ↗ don't answer questions during audience

31:04 ↗ comments my name is Lindsay Walsh 1769

31:11 ↗ twenty eighth Avenue Northeast and the

31:13 ↗ Highlands regarding the budget I noticed

31:18 ↗ that there was the council manic debt

31:21 ↗ the you guys were considering or that

31:23 ↗ staff had proposed I don't have a

31:25 ↗ problem without one point six five six

31:28 ↗ million whatever it was

31:30 ↗ sorry 279 pages hard to remember all the

31:34 ↗ numbers but I believe that was three

31:37 ↗ different projects 1 million for

31:40 ↗ Northwest Sammamish Road 156 for Front

31:44 ↗ Street and then a 500,000 and I tried to

31:46 ↗ find what it was but I believe the

31:48 ↗ 500,000 is the proposed number from the

31:53 ↗ CIP previously and now it's being

31:56 ↗ budgeted forward at 750 and so I wonder

31:58 ↗ whether that one six five six should be

32:01 ↗ upgraded by 250 I don't know I'd have to

32:05 ↗ find the numbers on that but just

32:07 ↗ something to check also with the council

32:09 ↗ Manek bonds I think particularly

32:11 ↗ focusing on transportation projects

32:14 ↗ considering that is obviously our

32:16 ↗ traffic issue is a really good idea and

32:19 ↗ what Bob had mentioned in one of your

32:21 ↗ meetings how you could borrow from

32:23 ↗ utility funds or one of those and

32:26 ↗ effectively be able to pay our

32:29 ↗ sells the interest I think really makes

32:33 ↗ it a good opportunity for us to move

32:35 ↗ some of those projects forward that are

32:38 ↗ sitting on the CIP and particularly if

32:42 ↗ we can publicize those and let the

32:44 ↗ residents know that we're doing that

32:46 ↗ regarding that I'm really pleased to see

32:49 ↗ that the neighborhood engagement

32:51 ↗ coordinator was given a little bit more

32:54 ↗ staff potential so that we can really

32:56 ↗ move that project forward so thanks

33:00 ↗ Thank You Lindsay anyone else desiring

33:04 ↗ to speak this evening anyone else seeing

33:10 ↗ no one then audience comments are closed

33:13 ↗ at 7:30

33:17 ↗ 9

33:26 ↗ I'm 34

33:29 ↗ thank you taller and so I see that the

33:39 ↗ the motion would need to continue the

33:41 ↗ public hearing and I can make that

33:43 ↗ motion and assume it'll be seconded and

33:46 ↗ then I don't know if there's discussion

33:47 ↗ about the motion or anything else that I

33:50 ↗ guess we'll find out I would move to

33:52 ↗ continue the public hearing to the

33:53 ↗ December for 2017 council meeting to

33:56 ↗ allow for additional public testimony

33:57 ↗ okay moved and seconded discussions or

34:02 ↗ questions

34:08 ↗ so question mr. mayor so when the public

34:13 ↗ asks questions here as well during this

34:15 ↗ public hearing this is are we gonna

34:18 ↗ respond or just the mayor's office

34:20 ↗ respond or how does Lindsay another get

34:22 ↗ their answers the administration will

34:25 ↗ respond thank you any additional

34:29 ↗ questions or discussion seeing none then

34:33 ↗ all those in favor of continuing the

34:35 ↗ public hearing to the December 4th 2017

34:38 ↗ council meeting to allow for additional

34:41 ↗ public testimony signify by saying aye

34:45 ↗ it was opposed that carries unanimously

34:49 ↗ moving now to our regular business items

34:57 ↗ the first is agenda bill 7 3 9 2 2018

35:02 ↗ proposed levy and revenue sources in

35:05 ↗ Jennifer for this one also Thank You

35:09 ↗ mayor Butler pursuant to our CW 84.5 5.1

35:14 ↗ to zero all taxing jurisdictions that

35:16 ↗ collect a property tax levy must hold a

35:18 ↗ public hearing this was done at the

35:20 ↗ November 6 2017 City Council meeting I'm

35:28 ↗ gonna talk real briefly about the only

35:31 ↗ the revenue sources and this is a

35:33 ↗ portion of the budget process but all

35:36 ↗ city funds included in the proposed

35:38 ↗ revenue budget are a little over 129

35:41 ↗ million dollars the largest portion is

35:45 ↗ of course charges for service as well as

35:47 ↗ taxes the proposed 2018 general fund

35:51 ↗ revenue sources equal an estimated

35:54 ↗ increase of 8 point 7 percent from 2017

35:59 ↗ those new sources include rebate program

36:02 ↗ dollars 9-1-1 escrow dollars recreation

36:05 ↗ program enhancements the 2018 general

36:08 ↗ fund budget does include

36:12 ↗ sorry my time is up

36:15 ↗ we will reset the clock that's a hint

36:22 ↗ expanded sources include that property

36:24 ↗ tax increase of 1% that is the

36:27 ↗ limitation that is offered from the

36:31 ↗ state of Washington just keep going and

36:37 ↗ we're done okay we also have proposed

36:41 ↗ expanded revenues in the general fund

36:43 ↗ further permit and development charges

36:45 ↗ and as well as cost allocation plant

36:47 ↗ update that are forecasted to bring in

36:50 ↗ additional revenues total sources in the

36:53 ↗ general fund include a little over fifty

36:55 ↗ million dollars with the largest portion

36:57 ↗ being property taxes sales taxes utility

37:01 ↗ taxes and bno taxes the property tax

37:06 ↗ portion of the general fund budget is

37:09 ↗ proposed at 1% this equates to eighty

37:13 ↗ six thousand six hundred ninety eight

37:15 ↗ dollars this information is provided by

37:18 ↗ the King County Assessor's Office which

37:20 ↗ provides our estimated or assessed

37:23 ↗ evaluation for all properties in the

37:25 ↗ city of Issaquah and the overall

37:27 ↗ estimated levy amount the 2018 estimated

37:32 ↗ valuation is over ten billion dollars

37:34 ↗ the 2018 proposed regular levy is eight

37:38 ↗ million nine hundred ninety three

37:40 ↗ thousand four hundred seventy eight

37:41 ↗ dollars that includes that 1% increase

37:44 ↗ as well as new construction valuation

37:47 ↗ and any refunds or assessments and these

37:50 ↗ are automatic so what we're talking

37:52 ↗ about is the limitation on the one

37:55 ↗ percent property tax levy tonight the

37:58 ↗ excess levy is proposed to be set at 1

38:01 ↗ million seven hundred fifty thousand

38:03 ↗ dollars this is to cover the 2018

38:06 ↗ principle and interest payments that

38:09 ↗ were approved by the voters the 2018

38:12 ↗ proposed property tax rate is

38:14 ↗ approximately eighty nine cents per

38:17 ↗ thousand of valuation again this is

38:20 ↗ based the final number will come from

38:22 ↗ King County after

38:24 ↗ said and done with final evaluations and

38:26 ↗ final levies adopted by taxing

38:29 ↗ jurisdictions the 2018 proposed excess

38:32 ↗ tax rate is estimated at 17 cents per

38:35 ↗ thousand dollars of assessed valuation

38:39 ↗ there are a number of different taxing

38:42 ↗ jurisdictions ask the question can you

38:44 ↗ go back one slide please Chen so the one

38:47 ↗ percent property tax rate increase for

38:49 ↗ 2018 equates to eighty six thousand six

38:51 ↗ ninety eight so the that's an increase

38:57 ↗ in the collection the city can collect

39:00 ↗ and no more than one percent than it did

39:02 ↗ last year that is correct

39:03 ↗ so I also noticed in the motion it says

39:06 ↗ at a rate of one percent over the

39:08 ↗ previous year and so I just wanted to

39:11 ↗ make it clear to people who are here and

39:13 ↗ what and watching the confusing part

39:15 ↗ when it says one percent property tax

39:17 ↗ rate increase appears as though the

39:21 ↗ proposal is to raise the property tax

39:22 ↗ rates by one percent and that's not the

39:24 ↗ proposal that is that is not the case

39:26 ↗ the City Council can increase the levy

39:30 ↗ the regular levy portion only by one

39:33 ↗ percent and that's the 86,000 however

39:36 ↗ this the levy also increases

39:40 ↗ automatically by the value of the new

39:42 ↗ construction and then the value of

39:45 ↗ what's called assessments or refunds

39:48 ↗ that also the city can levy for each

39:53 ↗ year and so those are numbers that until

39:57 ↗ we get into the fall of each year do we

39:59 ↗ know what we have for our new

40:02 ↗ construction valuation or any of those

40:04 ↗ other additional levy amounts so the

40:07 ↗ actual equivalent increase in property

40:09 ↗ taxes is more than one percent but the

40:13 ↗ City Council can only authorize one

40:18 ↗ percent to go up and that's why it is

40:20 ↗ confusing its property tax for the state

40:22 ↗ of Washington so that's at 86,000 thanks

40:27 ↗ okay all right thank you just wanted to

40:30 ↗ briefly go over the there are other

40:34 ↗ jurisdictions who tax property owners

40:36 ↗ and the city of Issaquah is just one of

40:41 ↗ many those include the Regional Transit

40:43 ↗ Authority King County flood zone Port of

40:46 ↗ Seattle Ferry District emergency medical

40:49 ↗ services the library district the county

40:51 ↗ state school fund and it's a closed

40:54 ↗ school district so for 2017 this is an

40:57 ↗ example of last year's the total rate at

41:01 ↗ nine point nine nine dollars and ninety

41:05 ↗ cents essentially per 1000 of assessed

41:08 ↗ evaluation and you can see the total for

41:10 ↗ the city of Issaquah was a dollar twelve

41:12 ↗ for that one thousand per assessed

41:15 ↗ evaluation if we look at the actual tax

41:19 ↗ bill that equates to some doubt the

41:21 ↗ actual dollars that are paid to those

41:23 ↗ taxing jurisdictions again this is based

41:26 ↗ on 2017 other jurisdiction rates because

41:30 ↗ the city vistacal does not know what

41:32 ↗ those other jurisdictions are proposing

41:34 ↗ for adopting in their levies so for a

41:38 ↗ medium value home of about seven hundred

41:41 ↗ thousand for the city of Issaquah you

41:43 ↗ see the tax bill of about seven hundred

41:45 ↗ eighty six dollars the 2018 levy rate is

41:52 ↗ scheduled to go down to about eighty

41:55 ↗ nine cents per thousand of assessed

41:57 ↗ valuation from about 94 cents and this

41:59 ↗ is the regular levy what is also

42:03 ↗ different from the regular levy is this

42:05 ↗ excess levy for 2018 that dollar figure

42:11 ↗ is seventeen cents per a thousand

42:13 ↗ dollars of assessed valuation this is a

42:19 ↗ graphic of the actual rates as we look

42:23 ↗ at 2017 actual versus the estimate for

42:26 ↗ 2018 property tax assessed valuations

42:31 ↗ then are increasing and over the last

42:34 ↗ three years have gone up in 2016 9

42:37 ↗ percent in an assessed valuation 7

42:39 ↗ team went up over 11% and it's estimated

42:43 ↗ that property tax assessed evaluations

42:45 ↗ will go up on an average of twelve point

42:47 ↗ three percent so for 2018 if we were to

42:52 ↗ use that same median value home of

42:54 ↗ 700,000 but we but we added in or

42:58 ↗ adjusted the portion for the city of

43:00 ↗ Issaquah you can see that the portion

43:03 ↗ for city paid taxes would go down about

43:06 ↗ three dollars to about seven hundred

43:09 ↗ eighty three dollars and that'll

43:14 ↗ conclude my presentation with regards to

43:16 ↗ the 2018 proposed property tax levy of a

43:20 ↗ 1% increase I'd be happy to answer any

43:22 ↗ questions questions it's a very thorough

43:29 ↗ job at a very interesting presentation

43:32 ↗ so Jen thank you

43:37 ↗ yeah Stacy Thanks

43:43 ↗ I would approve resolution number 20

43:48 ↗ 17-16 confirming an increase of the

43:51 ↗ property tax levy for the city regular

43:53 ↗ property tax for 2018 at a rate of 1%

43:56 ↗ over the previous year and to adopt

43:58 ↗ ordinance number 2 8 1 to levying the

44:02 ↗ general taxes for the city of Issaquah

44:04 ↗ for the fiscal year commencing January 1

44:05 ↗ 2018 on all property both real and

44:08 ↗ personal in said city which is subject

44:10 ↗ to taxation for the purpose of paying

44:11 ↗ sufficient revenue to carry on the

44:13 ↗ services of said city for the ensuing

44:15 ↗ year as required by law

44:16 ↗ second moved and seconded any discussion

44:20 ↗ or questions seeing none then all those

44:27 ↗ voting to approve resolution number 2017

44:31 ↗ - 1 6 and ordinance number 2 8 1 to

44:35 ↗ signify by saying aye it was opposed

44:39 ↗ that carries unanimously

44:41 ↗ Thank You Jan moving now to agenda bill

44:46 ↗ 749 1 the 2018 legislative agenda see

44:53 ↗ the administrator Bob Harrison for a for

44:59 ↗ the staff presentation good evening so

45:06 ↗ the City Council reviewed the

45:09 ↗ legislative agenda at their last meeting

45:11 ↗ which was the committee the whole and

45:13 ↗ went through there and so what I'm going

45:16 ↗ to go through this evening is just those

45:18 ↗ items that based on the feedback we

45:20 ↗ received we took a stab at trying to

45:23 ↗ incorporate and so this work was done by

45:27 ↗ Doug levy and I and then the mayor elect

45:30 ↗ provided some feedback as well because

45:32 ↗ the comments were related to one of

45:35 ↗ those and so we wanted to make sure we

45:36 ↗ got it actually captured accurately and

45:40 ↗ so the first thing was we added a

45:42 ↗ preamble to this which kind of

45:45 ↗ identifies this issue regarding regional

45:48 ↗ traffic

45:49 ↗ and so quickly it just says note to area

45:52 ↗ legislators well it's Club recognizes

45:54 ↗ the 28 teen session is a short 60 day

45:57 ↗ session and that meaningful progress in

45:59 ↗ revenue and infrastructure measures may

46:00 ↗ be more difficult to city urges

46:02 ↗ lawmakers to think about revenue tools

46:04 ↗ and options that can be used to address

46:05 ↗ regional transportation corridor

46:07 ↗ gridlock growth management act related

46:09 ↗ infrastructure costs and more it's quite

46:11 ↗ respectfully ask that lawmakers

46:14 ↗ identifying fund those regional projects

46:16 ↗ required to move goods services and

46:17 ↗ workers from urban area to urban area if

46:21 ↗ not in 2018 then in the 2019 session in

46:24 ↗ particular those urban areas in

46:26 ↗ Southeast King County connected by low

46:28 ↗ capacity state and county routes such as

46:30 ↗ highway 169 highway 118 where the GMA

46:33 ↗ has required growth to be accommodated

46:35 ↗ and local zoning but no impact fees have

46:37 ↗ been collected and no funding has been

46:40 ↗ identified to provide regional

46:41 ↗ infrastructure to connect workers to

46:43 ↗ jobs and so the goal of including this

46:47 ↗ as a preamble is we know that this is a

46:49 ↗ very short session this upcoming year

46:51 ↗ and so to to get an outcome on this

46:53 ↗ would be extremely difficult this year

46:56 ↗ but we didn't want to communicate the

46:58 ↗ concerns that squaws had on regional

47:01 ↗ traffic and the impact that has had upon

47:03 ↗ us the second item which is a little

47:07 ↗ more challenging to read but essentially

47:10 ↗ cutting through all the cut through that

47:12 ↗ we did we dropped greatly and then we

47:14 ↗ drop tremendous and this was regarding

47:16 ↗ the i-90 auxiliary lanes SR 1890

47:20 ↗ interchange and critical gaps and

47:21 ↗ regional roadway network funding then we

47:24 ↗ added the city hopes that additional

47:27 ↗ revenue tools can be provided in future

47:28 ↗ years and anticipates bringing forth

47:30 ↗ other needs in connection with the 2019

47:33 ↗ 2021 transportation budget in the

47:36 ↗ meantime however the city wants to

47:37 ↗ ensure that area lawmakers protect

47:39 ↗ investments made under the 2015

47:40 ↗ connecting Washington and fine-tuned in

47:44 ↗ 2017 one pending investment involves

47:46 ↗ eastbound and westbound auxiliary lanes

47:48 ↗ for i-90 so we're essentially trying to

47:50 ↗ communicate that

47:52 ↗ those projects that were originally in

47:54 ↗ connecting Washington and then there are

47:55 ↗ modifications made particularly as it

47:58 ↗ related to the SR 18 interchange where

48:01 ↗ that project got moved up that they

48:02 ↗ maintained those as currently authorized

48:06 ↗ and then there will likely be a change

48:10 ↗ to the project that was funded that

48:13 ↗ initially was going to be PQ Slains

48:15 ↗ and so based on meetings that we've had

48:17 ↗ with wash dot they are proposing

48:19 ↗ auxilary lanes which would be available

48:21 ↗ on a 24/7 basis and would actually have

48:24 ↗ an enhanced impact on traffic on i-90

48:27 ↗ the high peak use lanes and then the

48:33 ↗ last item can be found in the issue

48:43 ↗ regarding 20 the land-use growth

48:46 ↗ Management Act housing oops

48:52 ↗ and we added a bullet here that says it

48:56 ↗ squaws facing mounting pressure due to

48:58 ↗ growth management a lack of regional

48:59 ↗ transportation investments to support

49:01 ↗ that demand it's called support

49:03 ↗ initiatives that proactively address

49:04 ↗ regional transportation solutions and so

49:08 ↗ that was in relation to some of the

49:11 ↗ concerns regarding the lack of

49:13 ↗ investment by the state and although the

49:17 ↗ our municipality continues to meet the

49:20 ↗ requirements under the GMA and the

49:23 ↗ requirements put upon us by our growth

49:25 ↗ targets so with that those are the

49:28 ↗ proposed amendments based on the

49:29 ↗ committee of the whole conversation that

49:31 ↗ we had last week and if this is

49:34 ↗ acceptable then that would be great and

49:36 ↗ then we'll prepare that for our

49:37 ↗ legislative breakfast that will be

49:39 ↗ scheduling in January are there any

49:43 ↗ questions of Bob well thank you Bob and

49:48 ↗ thanks for the update a couple question

49:51 ↗ let's start with the preamble the the

49:55 ↗ characterization

49:57 ↗ of okay about let me see one two three

50:03 ↗ four five six seventh line down County

50:06 ↗ connected by low capacity state and

50:08 ↗ County routes such as highway 169 and

50:10 ↗ highway 18 it's I found the the

50:20 ↗ characterization of say highway 169

50:22 ↗ actually both of those as characterizing

50:25 ↗ those as low capacity just kind of

50:28 ↗ jumped out at me we certainly have

50:33 ↗ insufficient capacity and and I just

50:38 ↗ wonder if we want this to be sticky in

50:40 ↗ people's mind I think I think we should

50:44 ↗ maybe describe them in a way that

50:50 ↗ actually makes the point is that their

50:52 ↗ capacity is insufficient that was one

50:57 ↗ comment and then I have a kind of a

50:58 ↗ general question too about why we would

51:00 ↗ put highway 169 on there and as opposed

51:03 ↗ to something like say I don't know State

51:05 ↗ Route 900 actually which actually runs

51:08 ↗ through town I think the connection with

51:12 ↗ 18 is obvious we know that because of

51:15 ↗ its insufficient capacity and

51:17 ↗ unreliability it drives a lot of the

51:21 ↗ pass-through that we get but 169 isn't

51:23 ↗ nearly as obvious but 900 is so those

51:27 ↗ were the I just wanted to so my proposal

51:29 ↗ would be to somehow change that from low

51:31 ↗ capacity to somehow mention that these

51:34 ↗ certain highways such as state route 18

51:37 ↗ and potentially save Route 900 instead

51:39 ↗ of 169 and have as having you know

51:42 ↗ insufficient capacity

51:54 ↗ bah-bah hey Lu has a question oh yes

51:58 ↗ well I didn't know that but I well there

52:02 ↗ was a do you want to address Paul's

52:03 ↗ comment first so the the term

52:09 ↗ insufficiency is actually probably a

52:10 ↗ little bit better term than low so that

52:13 ↗ would in my opinion would be a good

52:15 ↗ change those from what we have seen

52:21 ↗ based on these cohort Rhodes study we

52:22 ↗ don't know for sure but we do know that

52:25 ↗ there's a significant amount of traffic

52:27 ↗ that's coming from South King County

52:30 ↗ into the community which if there were

52:35 ↗ improvements made to 18 we could

52:37 ↗ probably see less impact of some of

52:40 ↗ those commuters on that and so I think

52:43 ↗ that's why 18 was referenced the same

52:45 ↗ was true from 169 now that's more

52:47 ↗ anecdotal because we haven't done a

52:49 ↗ study there but based on communications

52:52 ↗ received from Covington and Maple Valley

52:53 ↗ they said there's even though Hobart

52:56 ↗ Road can take sometimes an hour in the

52:58 ↗ morning it's still faster than taking

52:59 ↗ 169 to wherever it is that they're

53:02 ↗ commuting and so based on their reports

53:07 ↗ to us that making improvements and

53:09 ↗ enhance the capacity of 169 would

53:11 ↗ actually have a enhanced impact on the

53:14 ↗ amount of traffic traveling through risk

53:15 ↗ well Bart Road during the am peak so

53:18 ↗ that's why those two were called out I

53:20 ↗ think and I was just trying to take a

53:22 ↗ quick look for it but we did talk about

53:24 ↗ improvements made to 900 elsewhere in a

53:26 ↗ legislative agenda I know that they were

53:28 ↗ looking at a sketch plan to be done and

53:31 ↗ that's been completed for this upcoming

53:33 ↗ year may Valley Road and sr 900 so I

53:37 ↗ felt like it got addressed somewhere

53:39 ↗ else but if you want to call it out or

53:41 ↗ we emphasize it again you could

53:42 ↗ certainly do that well let me just say

53:44 ↗ my thinking is if somebody reads this

53:46 ↗ preamble someone in the legislature

53:48 ↗ reaches preamble everything's gonna

53:49 ↗ stack I would want to do anything that

53:51 ↗ makes them go what because 169 just is

53:54 ↗ an obvious and and 900 is it runs

53:58 ↗ through town and so I'm just thinking

54:00 ↗ about that the impact of this preamble

54:04 ↗ I real yes yes 900 is mentioned later I

54:07 ↗ definitely saw that about that were

54:10 ↗ those are my thinking's other than a

54:12 ↗ time I liked the idea was something I

54:15 ↗ was hoping to see so I like the fact

54:18 ↗ that there's a preamble that I like that

54:20 ↗ emphasis it's right up front you know

54:21 ↗ what we're reaching out for and this is

54:23 ↗ what we discussed with Doug so I'm glad

54:25 ↗ to see that sure Bob just a question

54:30 ↗ wondering I think it reads really well

54:33 ↗ as well as well I like it I think I

54:36 ↗ wonder if because of those comments it

54:39 ↗ needs a little bit more information such

54:41 ↗ as I like the word insufficient capacity

54:44 ↗ much much better but after highway 169

54:48 ↗ in highway 18 specifically saying to

54:50 ↗ relieve pressure off of a Sequoia Hobart

54:52 ↗ Road and adding State Route 900 because

54:55 ↗ that also makes a lot of sense but it's

54:58 ↗ sort of us trying to solve a different

55:00 ↗ problem or a piece of a different

55:02 ↗ problem so I actually like both those

55:04 ↗ changes I don't think they're huge

55:05 ↗ changes I think they make sense other

55:09 ↗ questions or discussion

55:14 ↗ all yeah I have another one down in the

55:19 ↗ autumn of the know what page it is

55:24 ↗ environmental natural resources that

55:26 ↗ part you added on land use growth

55:27 ↗ management housing so scroll down with

55:33 ↗ the one on the screen keep going yeah

55:39 ↗ that's what the paragraph he added at

55:40 ↗ the end there it says this across facing

55:42 ↗ mounting pressure due to growth

55:43 ↗ management and I think and I think so

55:47 ↗ that phrase itself due to growth

55:49 ↗ management is somewhat ambiguous I

55:51 ↗ wasn't sure what what exactly we were

55:55 ↗ trying to say or imply and then when you

55:57 ↗ presented it to us Bob you actually said

55:59 ↗ something was okay that's wasn't what I

56:01 ↗ was thinking I didn't know if that was

56:02 ↗ the intent so I think maybe some

56:06 ↗ clarification around that and I think

56:07 ↗ your comment earlier was some about

56:11 ↗ growth management and it's what its

56:14 ↗ we're talking about the overall

56:16 ↗ overarching growth management act and

56:18 ↗ different policies and what the county

56:20 ↗ has done with housing allocations and

56:22 ↗ all this stuff that we've done I think

56:25 ↗ you you made reference to what the the

56:29 ↗ statutes have kind of forced Issaquah to

56:32 ↗ do and I thought based upon the rest of

56:36 ↗ the sentence you were it was really more

56:38 ↗ about kind of growth in the sub region

56:41 ↗ around us was what the purpose of this

56:43 ↗ sentence was so you're come and confused

56:46 ↗ me a little bit more and and and so

56:51 ↗ there's that comment and do we and are

56:53 ↗ we really talking about growth

56:55 ↗ management and for this statement or is

56:59 ↗ it really about just overall growth and

57:02 ↗ specifically doing do we saying is

57:05 ↗ across facing mounting pressure due to

57:08 ↗ growing regional population and I would

57:11 ↗ even add rising housing costs and a lack

57:13 ↗ of regional transportation investments

57:15 ↗ Dada so instead of growth management I

57:17 ↗ just when I when I read it and I read

57:21 ↗ what I thought was the intent of it I

57:23 ↗ would suggest that we changed

57:25 ↗ growth management but again you guys

57:28 ↗ wrote it so tell me more of you thinking

57:29 ↗ pressure instead of pressure due to

57:31 ↗ growth management pressure due to

57:32 ↗ growing regional population and rising

57:35 ↗ housing costs that's my thought so

57:40 ↗ certainly we could get a little more

57:42 ↗ specific on that which addresses some of

57:44 ↗ the items that you just talked about the

57:48 ↗ comment that was made at the meeting was

57:49 ↗ in regards to the fact that we're just

57:52 ↗ essentially a thousand units short shy

57:55 ↗ of our 2030 growth targets and it's 2017

57:57 ↗ and that you know the the some of the

58:02 ↗ challenges being affiliated with growth

58:04 ↗ management and the growth management act

58:06 ↗ in combination with the lack of

58:08 ↗ investment by the state into the

58:10 ↗ regional transportation network are

58:13 ↗ causing some pretty significant issues

58:16 ↗ on land use so your comments I think

58:19 ↗ could enhance that because all those

58:22 ↗ things I mean the symptoms are all

58:24 ↗ across the boards rising housing costs

58:28 ↗ more traffic you know but they're all

58:34 ↗ related to the same kind of challenge

58:37 ↗ which is growth so if you'd like us to

58:39 ↗ be a little more specific on that we

58:41 ↗ could do that but that was based on what

58:44 ↗ we heard at the meeting that was kind of

58:45 ↗ the okay so one other thing that jumped

58:48 ↗ out at me so just the use of the phrase

58:51 ↗ growth management is I don't this is

58:55 ↗ going to Olympia and a lot of

58:57 ↗ legislators hopefully or at least

58:58 ↗ lobbyists will read it and others and

59:01 ↗ and it can be read as you know kind of

59:05 ↗ pressure due to growth management like

59:07 ↗ oh my gosh okay Issaquah is might be

59:10 ↗ ending up on the side of the ledger that

59:12 ↗ you know that we need to completely do

59:15 ↗ away with growth management because

59:16 ↗ there is that voice there is that caucus

59:19 ↗ in Olympia it just wants to do away with

59:22 ↗ GMA totally and I don't think that's

59:25 ↗ where we are and I don't think that's

59:27 ↗ the intent of this it's to correct it

59:29 ↗ and fine-tune it but not do away with

59:31 ↗ that and so just the way it says due to

59:34 ↗ growth management

59:35 ↗ I don't think that was our intent to

59:37 ↗ maybe add fuel to those that would want

59:39 ↗ to just do away with the growth

59:41 ↗ management act as opposed to maybe

59:43 ↗ making improvements so that that that

59:45 ↗ was another reason I those are the

59:47 ↗ thoughts that occur to me when I read

59:48 ↗ that

59:57 ↗ varalu I'm wondering if there's two

1:00:05 ↗ thoughts in here because I actually my

1:00:08 ↗ recollection from the meeting and I

1:00:10 ↗ didn't go back and watch the tape is

1:00:12 ↗ that this was a Itzik was specific

1:00:14 ↗ comment and not a comment yes or no for

1:00:17 ↗ growth management if you think that

1:00:20 ↗ needs to go in there more of a preamble

1:00:23 ↗ to this point that it's the core

1:00:26 ↗ supports growth management regionally

1:00:28 ↗ and supports the current growth

1:00:30 ↗ management act that would be fine but my

1:00:33 ↗ recollection from the meeting was that

1:00:34 ↗ this was misuk was owned itself for

1:00:37 ↗ growth yet will have received the

1:00:40 ↗ majority of its resident its is suppose

1:00:42 ↗ residential growth in 2018 or 19 without

1:00:46 ↗ the accompanying transit and

1:00:48 ↗ transportation improvements that may not

1:00:50 ↗ get here till twenty thirty one or

1:00:51 ↗ twenty forty two depending on which

1:00:53 ↗ improvement is you're looking for and

1:00:54 ↗ that that causes a enormous burden on a

1:00:58 ↗ community I think it has to do with the

1:01:01 ↗ fact that we still have zoning capacity

1:01:04 ↗ and can continue to add housing units

1:01:07 ↗ without any matching transportation

1:01:09 ↗ projects at the regional level so I

1:01:12 ↗ think a preamble might be a good idea so

1:01:14 ↗ that at least the comment is taken in

1:01:16 ↗ context but my recollection from the

1:01:18 ↗ meeting was that it was very focused on

1:01:20 ↗ within our city so appreciate that and

1:01:24 ↗ the I guess the later part that says a

1:01:27 ↗ lack of regional transportation

1:01:28 ↗ investments so that's not very specific

1:01:32 ↗ and I really wasn't sure what the

1:01:33 ↗ escopeta that was to me I thought when I

1:01:36 ↗ read this that it was kind of a partner

1:01:39 ↗ statement to the preamble it was that

1:01:42 ↗ scope of region not just about our own

1:01:45 ↗ more closed in that was my assumption

1:01:48 ↗ when I read that then that's why I was

1:01:49 ↗ saying that so if that's not the intent

1:01:51 ↗ you just kind of spun it like it was

1:01:53 ↗ more just us and so that's not the way

1:01:57 ↗ that came across to me so

1:01:59 ↗ maybe that clarification to begin so for

1:02:05 ↗ the purposes of advancing where we're at

1:02:07 ↗ this evening I agree with Paul that I

1:02:10 ↗ think somebody could read that as anti

1:02:13 ↗ GMA so I'd like to propose that we amend

1:02:15 ↗ the language and replace the phrase

1:02:17 ↗ growth management with the phrase

1:02:19 ↗ unprecedented regional housing demand

1:02:21 ↗ and then then the statement further bla

1:02:26 ↗ bla bla investments to support that

1:02:28 ↗ demand make sense you read the whole

1:02:32 ↗ sentence so it would then be Issaquah is

1:02:34 ↗ facing mounting pressure due to

1:02:37 ↗ unprecedented regional housing demand

1:02:40 ↗ and a lack of regional transportation

1:02:42 ↗ investments to support that demand I

1:02:45 ↗ think that more closely reflects and

1:02:49 ↗ would avoid any possible

1:02:51 ↗ misunderstanding about how about how we

1:02:53 ↗ feel about the GMA saying some heads nod

1:02:57 ↗ before we can emotion by going back to

1:03:03 ↗ Pauls of rigidly original discussion and

1:03:08 ↗ suggestions with the preamble I think he

1:03:12 ↗ made a couple one are connected by low

1:03:18 ↗ capacity age that insufficient I think

1:03:23 ↗ we may need to change the structure of

1:03:24 ↗ the sentence a little bit to get into

1:03:25 ↗ fit to say these ro highways have

1:03:28 ↗ insufficient capacity but and do you

1:03:31 ↗ have a suggested wording for that before

1:03:34 ↗ we get to emotion

1:03:40 ↗ okay so you went back there so what we

1:03:42 ↗ done with tolas suggestion I think I by

1:03:45 ↗ general I think we are okay so Bob did

1:03:50 ↗ you have an alternative using my

1:03:52 ↗ suggestions I'm sorry I didn't have one

1:03:55 ↗ typed out like Tola just did but I knew

1:03:57 ↗ you were working on something so I was

1:04:01 ↗ just making notes and that the hard part

1:04:03 ↗ is we're kind of having like we're the

1:04:05 ↗ council's acting is a work session at a

1:04:06 ↗ council meeting and so this is the first

1:04:10 ↗ time we've seen this link that's correct

1:04:11 ↗ no no I totally agree so what I was

1:04:14 ↗ thinking of doing was if the council I

1:04:17 ↗ think we've got the the gist of what the

1:04:19 ↗ council's saying on this and it just

1:04:20 ↗ needs a little bit of wordsmithing so if

1:04:22 ↗ this was we could either come up with

1:04:24 ↗ specific language tonight or if the

1:04:26 ↗ council was okay you know go back and

1:04:29 ↗ draft some language that accomplishes

1:04:30 ↗ what we further discussed this evening

1:04:33 ↗ you could adopt that and we could just

1:04:35 ↗ you know Minister ativ Lee make those

1:04:37 ↗ adjustments to accomplish what you're

1:04:38 ↗ saying so that's the note I had made on

1:04:40 ↗ here to deal with the insufficient

1:04:41 ↗ capacity the whole sentence may need

1:04:43 ↗ some slight modification but I think

1:04:46 ↗ that way you'd be able to adopt that

1:04:48 ↗ this evening and then we'd be able to

1:04:50 ↗ better convey I think what you were

1:04:52 ↗ trying to say no I think we could do

1:04:56 ↗ that this evening I like totals

1:04:58 ↗ rewording on that one and I'd like to

1:05:00 ↗ suggest this rewarding on the the

1:05:02 ↗ preamble so just that little switch here

1:05:05 ↗ to make it sound better in particular

1:05:08 ↗ those err urban areas in South East King

1:05:10 ↗ County connected by state and county

1:05:14 ↗ routes with insufficient capacity such

1:05:17 ↗ as highway 18 901 69 its that flop of so

1:05:24 ↗ it just reads grammatically these so it

1:05:28 ↗ makes sense surrounded by really good at

1:05:33 ↗ [Laughter]

1:05:35 ↗ okay so

1:05:40 ↗ make a motion Stacy sure I would move to

1:05:44 ↗ approve the 2018 legislative agenda as

1:05:48 ↗ revised and including the suggested

1:05:52 ↗ edits from tonight second moved and

1:05:55 ↗ seconded any additional discussion

1:06:00 ↗ seeing none then all those in favor of

1:06:03 ↗ approving the 2018 the legislative

1:06:05 ↗ agenda as revised and including

1:06:08 ↗ excluding the language discussed this

1:06:11 ↗ evening signify by saying aye I was

1:06:14 ↗ opposed well we made some sausage moving

1:06:25 ↗ to agenda bill 751 to council vacancy

1:06:33 ↗ process teenagers city clerk for staff

1:06:38 ↗ presentation hi thank you I'm just going

1:06:42 ↗ to pull up the council questions for the

1:06:46 ↗ interview that were proposed on the

1:06:47 ↗ agenda bill and then the submitted

1:06:49 ↗ questions that were received just prior

1:06:51 ↗ to the council meeting from Polly so

1:06:54 ↗ just give me a moment

1:07:00 ↗ mr. Baer I'm not sure all the council

1:07:03 ↗ members are aware that there was

1:07:05 ↗ something sent by emails I sent it so

1:07:07 ↗ late is it okay if I let them know that

1:07:09 ↗ they did send an email just before the

1:07:11 ↗ meeting that would be great because I

1:07:13 ↗ wasn't aware I know so I very late this

1:07:18 ↗ evening just before the meeting sent an

1:07:20 ↗ email that is in your inbox that Tina is

1:07:23 ↗ referring to that suggests five or six

1:07:26 ↗ either replacement questions different

1:07:28 ↗ questions not that you don't have more

1:07:34 ↗ that you might have any wait for a

1:07:37 ↗ discussion I just want to let you know

1:07:39 ↗ it was in your email that it was late so

1:07:42 ↗ the questions on the left are numbered

1:07:44 ↗ one through six those are questions that

1:07:46 ↗ we have used in past practice and again

1:07:51 ↗ the questions on the right I went ahead

1:07:53 ↗ and numbered them slightly differently

1:07:55 ↗ so that we wouldn't be confused by which

1:07:57 ↗ numbers that we were speaking to did you

1:08:01 ↗ want to speak to specific questions okay

1:08:06 ↗ this quickly I felt like having been

1:08:10 ↗ through the process a couple times

1:08:12 ↗ myself as well as some of the other

1:08:13 ↗ council members that may be our

1:08:15 ↗ questions might be a little bit dated

1:08:17 ↗ I'm pretty sure we all know what the

1:08:19 ↗ problems and not opportunities and

1:08:21 ↗ issues are now and after just having had

1:08:23 ↗ an election and a lot of door-knocking

1:08:26 ↗ that's even more fine-tuned and so I was

1:08:29 ↗ trying to look to see if I was a

1:08:33 ↗ resident and these people applying for

1:08:37 ↗ the vacancy we're knockin at my door

1:08:38 ↗ what would I want to hear from them and

1:08:40 ↗ so if you just ran for office you got

1:08:44 ↗ interviewed by 22,000 people and now if

1:08:47 ↗ you're running to fill a vacancy you're

1:08:49 ↗ gonna get interviewed by or you know so

1:08:51 ↗ I'm some sort of by Council which is

1:08:54 ↗ only six of us so imagine if it's coming

1:08:57 ↗ from the person whose door is being

1:08:59 ↗ knocked on what would they want to ask

1:09:01 ↗ these people that was sort of the lens I

1:09:03 ↗ put it through

1:09:05 ↗ okay well I went through this drill and

1:09:12 ↗ and you know I think the first one is

1:09:15 ↗ actually really good

1:09:17 ↗ just tell me that was so on everybody's

1:09:22 ↗ mind as we as we move forward what do we

1:09:24 ↗ do to not lose the essential Issaquah

1:09:26 ↗ character that is such a poor question

1:09:31 ↗ of sacis and and so I would I think that

1:09:35 ↗ would be great to give candidates the

1:09:38 ↗ opportunity to address that one second

1:09:42 ↗ one almost sounds like I can know what

1:09:45 ↗ you're getting at but it's it's almost

1:09:51 ↗ like a quiz tell me what this what the

1:09:56 ↗ role the city has that one is like

1:10:04 ↗ another variation on that

1:10:12 ↗ oh I'm not crazy about question B

1:10:16 ↗ because I think the schools do the best

1:10:20 ↗ they can to keep up with the demand and

1:10:22 ↗ I'm not sure that you would get

1:10:25 ↗ consistency from the seven of us as to

1:10:28 ↗ how we feel about we should whether and

1:10:31 ↗ to what extent we have a role in helping

1:10:33 ↗ the schools keep up with challenges in

1:10:37 ↗ front of them the other the other

1:10:38 ↗ question I would have is e and a Mary

1:10:42 ↗ Lou can you explain to me the difference

1:10:44 ↗ between an E and a because they seem

1:10:45 ↗ they like they have similarities and

1:10:48 ↗ okay a they both seem to be growth in

1:10:53 ↗ Issyk was essential character

1:11:06 ↗ yes I guess ease so residents quality of

1:11:10 ↗ and maybe actually they are the same

1:11:12 ↗ question slightly so one is what is its

1:11:18 ↗ close essential character each candidate

1:11:20 ↗ would then be able to or applicant I

1:11:22 ↗ guess would be able to talk about the

1:11:25 ↗ unique Issaquah characteristics not the

1:11:27 ↗ residents experience but we are hearing

1:11:30 ↗ about through the moratorium is then the

1:11:32 ↗ quality of life experience residents

1:11:34 ↗ having you know continuous construction

1:11:36 ↗ in their neighborhoods or difficulty

1:11:38 ↗ accessing or longer commutes or all the

1:11:40 ↗ rest of it so they one is the what makes

1:11:45 ↗ it's quite the community unique and each

1:11:47 ↗ applicant may have a different take on

1:11:49 ↗ that the other one is more the

1:11:51 ↗ day-to-day of people are saying it's

1:11:53 ↗ harder to live here and as we keep

1:11:55 ↗ growing and building it's difficult so

1:11:59 ↗ reduced quality of life so they could be

1:12:04 ↗ put together or we could just pick one

1:12:07 ↗ of them and you know they're just

1:12:10 ↗ slightly different I mean it honestly

1:12:13 ↗ you almost have to say

1:12:15 ↗ Toula what is it sack was the central

1:12:17 ↗ character yeah I mean I answer came to

1:12:20 ↗ your head when you were asked that well

1:12:21 ↗ how do you describe it suck was

1:12:23 ↗ character to other cities and council

1:12:27 ↗ members or when you're talking to them

1:12:28 ↗ what are we yeah I almost wonder if you

1:12:31 ↗ have one question that's how do you

1:12:33 ↗ handle growth in the other is what is it

1:12:34 ↗ was what makes this equator the

1:12:39 ↗ essential things that are important

1:12:42 ↗ about it well what do we maintain what

1:12:46 ↗ what are the things that we need to

1:12:47 ↗ maintain as a city and actually I'm

1:12:50 ↗ totally not a person who is in any way

1:12:53 ↗ married to what they write mm-hmm

1:12:55 ↗ everybody else can always say it better

1:12:57 ↗ than I can so you could do it's not take

1:13:00 ↗ this question or that you could change

1:13:02 ↗ it you can make it any way you want

1:13:04 ↗ yeah I would reconstitute those two

1:13:06 ↗ questions and and separate them out into

1:13:08 ↗ handling growth and what makes the city

1:13:11 ↗ you know

1:13:15 ↗ yeah I'm kinda in there A&E to me you

1:13:18 ↗ get into the same way so I only want one

1:13:20 ↗ of those or are coming your one combined

1:13:23 ↗ on those be I really don't like mixing

1:13:29 ↗ that school issue in right now is

1:13:32 ↗ doesn't fit in at all the one on the

1:13:37 ↗ other side that I think is missing I'd

1:13:39 ↗ like to keep in there I'm okay with you

1:13:42 ↗ know basically either way we go this way

1:13:44 ↗ if we got rid of being combined A&E I

1:13:46 ↗ would like to bring over number one

1:13:48 ↗ because anything that's essential why do

1:13:50 ↗ you want to serve on is Quad City

1:13:51 ↗ Council I think that's a good one so

1:13:53 ↗ that's my recommendation keep one

1:13:56 ↗ combined A&E somehow and get rid of B

1:13:59 ↗ and keep those ones on the right side

1:14:01 ↗ clarification mine were not substitute

1:14:03 ↗ questions they were supplemental this is

1:14:06 ↗ nothing when are you twelve or thirteen

1:14:12 ↗ questions two pivots that's that's

1:14:14 ↗ that's a lot I did not understand that I

1:14:16 ↗ was I was looking at new set of

1:14:18 ↗ questions versus an old set of questions

1:14:19 ↗ elemental Wow okay suggestion because

1:14:22 ↗ they excuse me but you're looking at

1:14:24 ↗ that way I mean there's there's a lot of

1:14:25 ↗ crossover when you're looking at those

1:14:27 ↗ so you have to you know kind of rewrite

1:14:29 ↗ the whole thing because as a person also

1:14:31 ↗ having gone through this when you have

1:14:33 ↗ questions that are similar and asking

1:14:35 ↗ you to answer them in a ten minute

1:14:36 ↗ presentation you add confusion to it I

1:14:40 ↗ would rather have five direct questions

1:14:43 ↗ than a dozen maybe I should just pick

1:14:46 ↗ five and and that's what I just kind of

1:14:48 ↗ did is when I said you combine eight any

1:14:51 ↗ or one of the other get rid of being add

1:14:53 ↗ one that gives you like five or six I

1:14:55 ↗ think if I'm counting right I think

1:14:57 ↗ that's a much better way than having too

1:14:59 ↗ many it makes it too confusing for the

1:15:01 ↗ applicant are there any questions that

1:15:06 ↗ there's consensus to delete or remove

1:15:10 ↗ should I put a strikethrough through B

1:15:13 ↗ or is there still discussion

1:15:18 ↗ okay okay

1:15:26 ↗ they make a suggestion on the old list

1:15:30 ↗ and I guess if you also went through

1:15:33 ↗ this process you may agree or disagree

1:15:36 ↗ but I really thought everybody answered

1:15:39 ↗ question before in the same way every

1:15:41 ↗ time

1:15:42 ↗ every person it really didn't really

1:15:44 ↗ help differentiate couldn't really

1:15:46 ↗ really help me not just to understand

1:15:49 ↗ that the Issyk was biggest opportunities

1:15:54 ↗ are issues I think we're there

1:15:56 ↗ I think we know it I would strike that

1:15:58 ↗ too so I would take reading for the list

1:16:03 ↗ if so I agree with you about for

1:16:09 ↗ everybody says I would listen well okay

1:16:11 ↗ all right I actually like three but I

1:16:15 ↗ might say other than traffic what you

1:16:19 ↗ consider basic was biggest opportunities

1:16:22 ↗ or issues because as you know I continue

1:16:24 ↗ to believe that workforce housing and

1:16:28 ↗ living wage jobs is actually pretty much

1:16:31 ↗ up there with traffic so I actually like

1:16:33 ↗ to see if there's other issues that

1:16:35 ↗ other people consider you know super

1:16:39 ↗ important but yeah if you just ask it

1:16:41 ↗ that way anybody want to give that

1:16:43 ↗ council is gonna say track yeah it's

1:16:47 ↗ basin

1:16:49 ↗ well I was just gonna if you wanted to

1:16:52 ↗ combine a and E he can just say Issaquah

1:16:56 ↗ has growing pains what can be done to

1:16:58 ↗ better manage these times of rapid

1:17:00 ↗ growth in a way that protects existing

1:17:01 ↗ residents quality of life and preserves

1:17:04 ↗ its akua's essential character good

1:17:08 ↗ editors tonight I can send it over just

1:17:18 ↗ so you can do the rest okay and that was

1:17:21 ↗ combining a and E yes and Scratchy and E

1:17:25 ↗ then for now too

1:17:34 ↗ a candle provided Stacey has the wording

1:17:37 ↗ it's a she can provide it proved okay so

1:17:41 ↗ see how many hours can you commit to

1:17:46 ↗ City Council so I guess that suggests

1:17:51 ↗ that you get to choose how many hours I

1:17:54 ↗ don't have that choice

1:17:55 ↗ it seems so I don't know I guess it

1:18:03 ↗ would reveal whether there's a

1:18:06 ↗ significant troubling gap in the

1:18:08 ↗ perception of what it takes but it's a

1:18:15 ↗ it's a one-word answer question so I'm

1:18:20 ↗ not I think a better question would be

1:18:27 ↗ can you describe your understanding of

1:18:31 ↗ the time commitment it takes to be on

1:18:34 ↗ city council to be a little bit more of

1:18:37 ↗ an explanation rather than it takes turn

1:18:40 ↗ oh about two hours eight hours yeah

1:18:43 ↗ could be we can simply ask them if

1:18:45 ↗ they're willing to give up their wheat

1:18:46 ↗ even she's a weekend's because it's

1:18:50 ↗ essentially what it becomes I like that

1:18:54 ↗ better but if they're willing to give up

1:18:57 ↗ their night to give up your life to be

1:19:04 ↗ actually number six under sort of gets

1:19:09 ↗ to and so my suggestion would be that

1:19:17 ↗ we've see into that because you'll get

1:19:22 ↗ more information from question number

1:19:26 ↗ six and probably an indication of

1:19:29 ↗ commitment out of that and and I really

1:19:35 ↗ grew you friend I think that um a lot of

1:19:38 ↗ people don't realize that and for

1:19:39 ↗ someone might be coming for a single

1:19:41 ↗ issue kind of thing you realize that it

1:19:43 ↗ is more than just the city of Issaquah

1:19:45 ↗ we're working with and constantly I

1:19:47 ↗ think that's where a lot of people miss

1:19:48 ↗ out so I do like question six to show

1:19:50 ↗ that there's much more commitment than

1:19:53 ↗ just being up here for city council

1:19:55 ↗ meetings as people don't listen to our

1:19:57 ↗ regional reports with a you know quite a

1:20:02 ↗ bit of attention until

1:20:10 ↗ I almost preferred D over what's the one

1:20:21 ↗ that says if you feel so for or for

1:20:23 ↗ replace for with D

1:20:31 ↗ [Music]

1:20:34 ↗ I like it because it's Diaz

1:20:36 ↗ community-centric and four is about but

1:20:42 ↗ if you don't all feel the same which is

1:20:45 ↗ Goods often

1:20:59 ↗ I'm not sure I'm fond of the word

1:21:10 ↗ about what criteria will you use to

1:21:12 ↗ decide how to vote on issues that divide

1:21:17 ↗ the community on on issues that usually

1:21:22 ↗ by the community

1:21:28 ↗ what was the first part of that what

1:21:29 ↗ criteria criteria would you use here

1:21:38 ↗ would you use make decision

1:21:47 ↗ when issues that divide the community

1:21:53 ↗ it's a suggestion

1:22:08 ↗ Oh replays for that was a suggestion

1:22:11 ↗ yeah did I put it in brackets as a

1:22:13 ↗ question mark

1:22:19 ↗ so are we looking to keep this at six

1:22:22 ↗ questions total or we should probably

1:22:25 ↗ decide what we're gonna we're gonna keep

1:22:28 ↗ them at six or are we gonna add to the

1:22:31 ↗ list and ask applicants to answer all of

1:22:35 ↗ the questions in ten minutes or ask them

1:22:36 ↗ to choose certain number of questions or

1:22:40 ↗ if you ask them to do that then you're

1:22:42 ↗ not necessarily get to compare our

1:22:44 ↗ answers question why can't we ask them

1:22:52 ↗ to answer these questions in writing and

1:22:54 ↗ then to present to us the what they

1:22:57 ↗ consider most important out of their

1:22:58 ↗ answers and we get to see what they

1:23:05 ↗ consider most important of all they

1:23:08 ↗ can't possibly do all of it and I agree

1:23:12 ↗ with Bill that when you get over five

1:23:14 ↗ questions they just don't have enough

1:23:15 ↗ time to do a good job so we've received

1:23:20 ↗ a lot of good comments this evening on

1:23:24 ↗ questions the motion is to approve the

1:23:30 ↗ process and timeline for filling the

1:23:33 ↗ vacancy there's the administrative work

1:23:36 ↗ that needs to be done and we have time

1:23:40 ↗ to try to refine the questions and

1:23:44 ↗ provide those I don't think we have to

1:23:49 ↗ decide on the questions this evening Oh

1:23:52 ↗ is there a motion on the floor not yet

1:23:54 ↗ I'll move then to approve the process

1:23:56 ↗ and timeline for filling the 2018

1:23:58 ↗ vacancy for position number three as

1:24:00 ↗ presented or as amended okay moved and

1:24:04 ↗ seconded

1:24:06 ↗ additional questions or discussion bill

1:24:09 ↗ well as presented it says recruitment

1:24:12 ↗ period starts November 22nd which is

1:24:14 ↗ Wednesday that means we do have to have

1:24:17 ↗ some sort of questions together if we're

1:24:19 ↗ gonna make that announcement and and so

1:24:22 ↗ I'm okay with you know somehow tweaking

1:24:24 ↗ these a little more the way we've been

1:24:25 ↗ doing that but the one big difference is

1:24:29 ↗ someone suggested and all the head nods

1:24:31 ↗ is that is different from the process is

1:24:33 ↗ have a response in writing to everything

1:24:36 ↗ and then the ten-minute presentation

1:24:38 ↗ they'll talk about whatever whatever all

1:24:40 ↗ those comments they think are those

1:24:42 ↗ responses are most important that's a

1:24:44 ↗ different process than what's been laid

1:24:46 ↗ out here and or what we've done

1:24:48 ↗ historically so you know that that says

1:24:50 ↗ is so how do you know two questions how

1:24:52 ↗ do we get that that modification here

1:24:55 ↗ where I think everybody wants and and I

1:24:57 ↗ think we need to have a little

1:24:58 ↗ additional time for someone to do the

1:25:01 ↗ word something on these questions as

1:25:03 ↗ we've been talking about tonight okay

1:25:09 ↗ you want to mend emotion

1:25:16 ↗ not sure how to look at this Latino

1:25:33 ↗ concern I was just gonna say Tino is the

1:25:35 ↗ appropriate thing to do either Paula

1:25:38 ↗ meant it as a Mendes own motion or

1:25:41 ↗ somebody else make a motion to amend the

1:25:43 ↗ process to include require written

1:25:45 ↗ answers I put down that that I heard

1:25:50 ↗ that as being a modification you can

1:25:53 ↗ vote on it or that you can just say

1:25:55 ↗ there's no objections so in that yeah so

1:26:01 ↗ in the packet there is Exhibit B

1:26:02 ↗ proposed questions so this is where we

1:26:04 ↗ go and it actually says in their

1:26:05 ↗ preparing for your interview and and and

1:26:07 ↗ so Tina just put some stuff up here so

1:26:09 ↗ if we want to do what's suggested I know

1:26:11 ↗ there has to be some finalization of the

1:26:13 ↗ questions but then this additional

1:26:15 ↗ modification then that would be an

1:26:16 ↗ amendment that would be a modification

1:26:18 ↗ to Exhibit B I think we should decide

1:26:31 ↗ what the questions are going to be

1:26:34 ↗ before we vote so that we all know what

1:26:36 ↗ they're gonna be okay so maybe should we

1:26:43 ↗ do thumbs up thumbs down on the

1:26:45 ↗ questions is so the first one two three

1:26:51 ↗ do we want to come include those three

1:26:55 ↗ one does it have to say in who will you

1:26:58 ↗ represent because that always gets the

1:27:01 ↗ same answer as well I like question one

1:27:09 ↗ do you like number one is also modified

1:27:11 ↗ and I'm not gonna hold off on one

1:27:14 ↗ because sometimes that may be critical I

1:27:17 ↗ mean because sometimes there's people

1:27:19 ↗ that have represent some things that

1:27:22 ↗ aren't the norm so I think it could be a

1:27:25 ↗ piece it could be nothing but I don't

1:27:28 ↗ I'd rather leave it in then take it out

1:27:33 ↗ so I'm gonna respectfully disagree bill

1:27:37 ↗ I've done this a whole bunch of times

1:27:39 ↗ and nobody ever says like I'm just gonna

1:27:43 ↗ represent Alice right I mean you know

1:27:48 ↗ maybe they said we represent the folks

1:27:50 ↗ who haven't been well represented but I

1:27:52 ↗ mean it's not know but you know nobody's

1:27:54 ↗ even say anything that's gonna allow us

1:27:55 ↗ to help differentiate I think but I

1:27:57 ↗ remember hearing some answers that were

1:27:59 ↗ pretty specific for some folks I've been

1:28:02 ↗ through it too on both ends so I don't

1:28:05 ↗ think it hurts it may if it doesn't give

1:28:07 ↗ us anything that's okay but I think

1:28:08 ↗ there's some some possibility there that

1:28:11 ↗ something might come up I suppose since

1:28:14 ↗ it's in writing they can choose how much

1:28:16 ↗ of their written response they want

1:28:17 ↗ answer eyes are not emphasized good

1:28:23 ↗ question for Tina Atilla just brought up

1:28:26 ↗ a point it's written so how do you

1:28:31 ↗ prevent getting a manifesto versus just

1:28:34 ↗ interested comments I would say please

1:28:37 ↗ limit answers to any question 250 words

1:28:40 ↗ how awesome okay because you just made

1:28:43 ↗ me think we might be reading manifested

1:28:46 ↗ okay I would say each question would be

1:28:49 ↗ 150 words is 150 words what council

1:28:51 ↗ candidates get in the county

1:28:54 ↗ the the county materials okay so we have

1:28:59 ↗ number one what's proposed is to strike

1:29:03 ↗ who will you represent if you support

1:29:05 ↗ support striking that that then thumbs

1:29:08 ↗ up one two three go okay you said your

1:29:15 ↗ son's up Union say thumbs down an option

1:29:18 ↗ okay

1:29:18 ↗ the budget so it's so you know which way

1:29:21 ↗ to go right okay no we're gonna strike

1:29:25 ↗ that and how about number two ready

1:29:29 ↗ there was up or thumbs down that's a

1:29:34 ↗ keeper what do you consider to be is the

1:29:38 ↗ quest biggest opportunities or issues

1:29:40 ↗ and what would you do to address them

1:29:41 ↗ could I throw a modification pass down

1:29:44 ↗ that we're talking about these things

1:29:45 ↗ other than just that's a question but

1:29:48 ↗ after the comma just other than traffic

1:29:50 ↗ and development so because we don't want

1:29:53 ↗ a whole bunch on that we're getting that

1:29:54 ↗ on other issues so I'm trying to get to

1:29:57 ↗ those other issues of affordable housing

1:29:59 ↗ or those other issues I respectfully

1:30:03 ↗ disagree people want to know what was

1:30:12 ↗ your other proposal for development as

1:30:19 ↗ we're addressing traffic and development

1:30:21 ↗ I think in various other places okay so

1:30:26 ↗ is there a desire to thumbs up a thumbs

1:30:29 ↗ up means that you support adding the

1:30:32 ↗ language

1:30:37 ↗ one okay so no three four we're not

1:30:43 ↗ adding new language okay number from the

1:30:45 ↗ rest yeah number four proposes striking

1:30:48 ↗ number four so three you're good with

1:30:52 ↗ keeping thumbs up if you keep number

1:30:57 ↗ three is is this alright okay number

1:31:02 ↗ four proposes striking this question

1:31:04 ↗ altogether a thumbs up means you would

1:31:07 ↗ strike it okay number five do you

1:31:12 ↗ propose keep question five thumbs up is

1:31:15 ↗ to keep question five verse six

1:31:21 ↗ in addition to council committee

1:31:22 ↗ assignments council members each serve

1:31:24 ↗ on one or more regional board boards one

1:31:27 ↗ or more regional board or Commission

1:31:29 ↗ what are your views on serving

1:31:31 ↗ regionally in what areas would you like

1:31:33 ↗ to serve is originally what qualifies

1:31:35 ↗ you for that service and then the

1:31:42 ↗ bracketed there was a note that's a time

1:31:45 ↗ commitment there was a question if

1:31:46 ↗ describing your time would fall under

1:31:50 ↗ this or but if the question wasn't

1:31:53 ↗ resolved okay I think well I talked

1:31:56 ↗ about the time commitment I didn't think

1:31:58 ↗ it would go there I'm actually wondering

1:32:01 ↗ now that we have total suggestion of

1:32:03 ↗ we're gonna get all these written then

1:32:05 ↗ they get to pick what's most important

1:32:07 ↗ if we couldn't just have both of those

1:32:08 ↗ questions and not combine them and they

1:32:10 ↗ will decide what to talk to because

1:32:12 ↗ they're different okay so a thumbs up if

1:32:14 ↗ you if you want to keep number six all

1:32:19 ↗ right okay the last one so then the

1:32:24 ↗ proposed one proposal is to add a

1:32:27 ↗ question if Sequoia has growing pains

1:32:29 ↗ what can be done to better manage these

1:32:31 ↗ times of rapid growth in a way that

1:32:33 ↗ protects existing residents quality of

1:32:35 ↗ life and preserves its akua's essential

1:32:37 ↗ character so you're proposing that

1:32:41 ↗ replace a and

1:32:43 ↗ heeeeeyyyy yeah that's what I had

1:32:45 ↗ proposed combining a me yes person some

1:32:49 ↗ thumbs up means you're a new question

1:32:52 ↗ okay number see up there would propose

1:32:58 ↗ adding a question or yeah

1:33:00 ↗ describe your understanding of the time

1:33:03 ↗ commitment related to serving on city

1:33:07 ↗ council filling your obligations in or

1:33:16 ↗ related to look at yet fulfilling your

1:33:19 ↗ obligations I don't know what do you

1:33:22 ↗ wanna say

1:33:27 ↗ yeah you know the understanding of the

1:33:30 ↗ time commitment required to fulfill your

1:33:32 ↗ obligations

1:33:34 ↗ that's a council member required yeah

1:33:36 ↗ after commitment required to fulfill

1:33:39 ↗ your obligations as a council member

1:33:41 ↗ that's good yeah like fulfill fulfil

1:33:44 ↗ yeah sorry the other fulfil

1:33:57 ↗ as a council member

1:34:00 ↗ [Music]

1:34:04 ↗ okay if you support adding that question

1:34:07 ↗ thumbs up numbered D is a proposal that

1:34:16 ↗ says a criteria what would you use to

1:34:19 ↗ make decisions on issues that divide the

1:34:21 ↗ community

1:34:34 ↗ which question are you on are you on the

1:34:36 ↗ first part of D or the satyr part of

1:34:38 ↗ that part the replace language isn't

1:34:47 ↗ that almost I mean there's going to be a

1:34:49 ↗ lot of decisions to be made and there's

1:34:52 ↗ going to be different criteria for all

1:34:54 ↗ of it so just a snapshot criteria is

1:35:02 ↗ very specific to me I'm having a problem

1:35:04 ↗ with that word yeah I understand the

1:35:06 ↗ point is just the word criteria yeah

1:35:08 ↗ maybe I'll take a stab at explaining

1:35:10 ↗ what the intent was I know look into

1:35:13 ↗ your thought process you know right yes

1:35:18 ↗ right person good answer it generally

1:35:20 ↗ this criteria or their lens or filter

1:35:23 ↗ for every decision or they may pick out

1:35:25 ↗ one or two and specifically describe in

1:35:28 ↗ this situation this is my lens I using

1:35:31 ↗ that so trying to see what criteria they

1:35:34 ↗ use I the way it's written now I think

1:35:37 ↗ it gives them the leeway to of a broader

1:35:42 ↗ lens or to be given something specific

1:35:46 ↗ how about we trade trade criteria for

1:35:48 ↗ process process is different to me

1:35:54 ↗ criteria is you're really it's kind of a

1:35:56 ↗ value that you have that you use that

1:36:00 ↗ you bring to the table when you're

1:36:02 ↗ evaluating something in a process to me

1:36:04 ↗ is you do this first and then you do

1:36:05 ↗ this and then you do not yeah I was just

1:36:07 ↗ thinking simply the word how would you

1:36:10 ↗ make decisions mm-hmm because if they

1:36:13 ↗ start talking about values then that's

1:36:15 ↗ what you were looking for right

1:36:17 ↗ would you how would you make decisions

1:36:20 ↗ on issues that did strike what criteria

1:36:24 ↗ the place with how did lead use how

1:36:39 ↗ would you make decisions on issues that

1:36:40 ↗ divide the community and it says to be

1:36:42 ↗ specific so if comes up if you would

1:36:47 ↗ like to add this question we need be

1:36:48 ↗ specific I mean you're asking every

1:36:50 ↗ questions here and everything so I don't

1:36:52 ↗ know could be words yeah why do we need

1:36:55 ↗ anything I'm kind of nervous that

1:36:57 ↗ somebody might do a motherhood

1:36:59 ↗ everything for the best interest of the

1:37:01 ↗ community and you know so be specific to

1:37:04 ↗ me it can be general but if others are

1:37:08 ↗ specific in their answers when we put

1:37:09 ↗ them side-by-side when you know what

1:37:11 ↗ you're getting the other is just a

1:37:12 ↗ motherhood statements oh well I don't

1:37:14 ↗ mind having to be specific do you want

1:37:19 ↗ to add be specific to the to the intro

1:37:24 ↗ actually you know that's a great

1:37:26 ↗ question this to me as a council member

1:37:29 ↗ sitting up here and listening to on

1:37:32 ↗ behalf of the rest of the community this

1:37:35 ↗ to me was one where I being specific was

1:37:38 ↗ the most important so I'm worried if we

1:37:40 ↗ put it up atop we might end up with a

1:37:42 ↗ motherhood answer for this one so this

1:37:45 ↗ is my time

1:37:47 ↗ I'm ok with it just seems I wanted to be

1:37:51 ↗ specific on every question but I'm okay

1:37:53 ↗ with leaving I'm fine

1:37:55 ↗ you guys ready to vote on that one well

1:37:57 ↗ it comes up if you want the new

1:38:02 ↗ okay I have a question oh there's more

1:38:11 ↗ there's a Toller question there I think

1:38:14 ↗ there are a lot of applicants I think

1:38:17 ↗ all of the answers and all of the hard

1:38:19 ↗ work that's ahead of us we'll know what

1:38:22 ↗ to do this ecause becoming increasingly

1:38:25 ↗ affordable what can be done to change

1:38:26 ↗ this trend higher you know Atilla it's

1:38:38 ↗ from the community that is snuck right

1:38:41 ↗ up there behind traffic and growth ready

1:38:48 ↗ did Mike show support or not I was up to

1:38:52 ↗ at it okay all right last one how can

1:38:59 ↗ how can the council better encourage

1:39:02 ↗ more citizens to provide their inputs

1:39:05 ↗ lots of inputs we had a very long

1:39:08 ↗ question here and then I backed off to

1:39:11 ↗ this this is just going back to hearing

1:39:15 ↗ that community well from the council

1:39:19 ↗ site community engagements important to

1:39:21 ↗ us we did the neighborhood engagement

1:39:22 ↗ program we're trying trying trying to

1:39:24 ↗ get more voices to come to the table

1:39:27 ↗ during election season hearing that it's

1:39:30 ↗ still really hard you participate that

1:39:33 ↗ it's still really hard if you feel

1:39:35 ↗ passionate about an issue to track it

1:39:37 ↗ all the way through becomes a part-time

1:39:40 ↗ job for some degree so that's the long

1:39:44 ↗ version of that short question so I

1:39:48 ↗ think the by saying specifically the

1:39:51 ↗ City Council if you really know kind of

1:39:53 ↗ the it's it's oh this is one where the

1:39:56 ↗ City Council and the administration

1:39:58 ↗ absolutely came together so I would just

1:40:00 ↗ say City I would disagree

1:40:06 ↗ because I think there are specific

1:40:08 ↗ things that council members do in their

1:40:10 ↗ in their roles on committees as a chair

1:40:13 ↗ and you know we get emails sweet share

1:40:17 ↗ committees we we are we are responsible

1:40:21 ↗ ourselves for how we engage with the

1:40:24 ↗ public and how we may or may not be

1:40:27 ↗ encouraging engagement so about a

1:40:32 ↗ two-part how can the city and council so

1:40:37 ↗ that they can answer both ways

1:40:40 ↗ but but these questions our first city

1:40:42 ↗ council person and I can't tell the

1:40:44 ↗ mayor how to engage directly so I think

1:40:47 ↗ it's okay to say City Council at this

1:40:50 ↗ point that's what we're working with I'm

1:40:52 ↗ okay with leaving it yeah I agree with

1:40:54 ↗ you the concept is there and we're going

1:40:56 ↗ to work together but at this point I'm

1:40:57 ↗ okay with city council okay

1:41:06 ↗ and the council encouraged more citizens

1:41:08 ↗ to an age with the council or engage

1:41:13 ↗ with the city that's I would go in a

1:41:17 ↗ slightly different direction I would say

1:41:19 ↗ how can the how can the City Council

1:41:23 ↗ better solicit and incorporate citizen

1:41:30 ↗ feedback in other words it's not it's

1:41:34 ↗ not us encouraging come on bring us here

1:41:37 ↗ you know bring us your feedback it's

1:41:38 ↗ like we should create mechanisms to

1:41:42 ↗ engage the community the

1:41:44 ↗ responsibilities on us not on the

1:41:46 ↗ citizens so I'm thinking about this a

1:41:49 ↗ little bit and I'm also thinking that

1:41:51 ↗ that at this point I'm not sure I like G

1:41:53 ↗ because we're kind of getting it seems

1:41:56 ↗ to me we're getting off track here

1:41:58 ↗ it's almost say like we know we have I

1:42:04 ↗ don't know a lot of questions and I'm

1:42:11 ↗ sundown I don't I'm not sure I'm wild

1:42:15 ↗ about this one

1:42:16 ↗ right now if I make a comment and saying

1:42:17 ↗ yeah I think with experience what to do

1:42:21 ↗ right here kind of grows with somebody I

1:42:24 ↗ think coming in cold this would be it's

1:42:27 ↗ probably a pretty difficult one to you

1:42:30 ↗ really know what's best

1:42:31 ↗ because when Stacey was talking a moment

1:42:34 ↗ ago I was thinking aim fulfilling your

1:42:36 ↗ duty as a council member what would you

1:42:37 ↗ do you know that's that's that would be

1:42:39 ↗ amazing

1:42:40 ↗ if they can give a good answer so I've

1:42:43 ↗ been favored of leaving it out

1:42:45 ↗ oh I don't throw one of the point just

1:42:48 ↗ to think about I'm okay but I think this

1:42:50 ↗ gets to the point of that person then

1:42:52 ↗ becoming an elected official in that

1:42:54 ↗ role without having run to understand

1:42:57 ↗ that it is an elected official position

1:42:59 ↗ and they should have you know had if

1:43:01 ↗ they hadn't run they would have had some

1:43:02 ↗ sort of engagement and process that

1:43:04 ↗ would help them answer this question so

1:43:07 ↗ I have I think it's good to leave it in

1:43:10 ↗ I'd prefer to leave it in but I'm not

1:43:12 ↗ gonna fight over let's just let's just

1:43:14 ↗ bums it

1:43:16 ↗ I guess I don't only ask if very low as

1:43:19 ↗ the author of the proposed G other your

1:43:23 ↗ thoughts on maybe we're what we might be

1:43:29 ↗ missing in the reason for you suggesting

1:43:32 ↗ it

1:43:32 ↗ I actually really found what bill just

1:43:36 ↗ said completely compelling this is an

1:43:38 ↗ opportunity to serve your community but

1:43:41 ↗ you don't campaign to do it you miss out

1:43:44 ↗ on a huge connection opportunity that

1:43:47 ↗ well that's not true some people who

1:43:49 ↗ apply may have campaign I take that back

1:43:51 ↗ I walk that back a little bit but it it

1:43:54 ↗ does I agree with Paul that until you

1:43:57 ↗ sit here maybe you don't know how to do

1:43:59 ↗ this or not

1:43:59 ↗ I'm interested to hear what they're

1:44:02 ↗ thinking some of them may point out the

1:44:05 ↗ fact that their community experience II

1:44:07 ↗ that they currently have has given them

1:44:10 ↗ a lot of opportunities to already engage

1:44:12 ↗ and I'd kind of like to know that you

1:44:15 ↗ know instead of just I I sit on this

1:44:18 ↗ Commissioner I'm on my homeowners board

1:44:20 ↗ maybe we'll find out that somebody's out

1:44:23 ↗ there really connecting in ways that we

1:44:25 ↗ don't even though they didn't go through

1:44:27 ↗ a campaign and we'll hear about it I I'm

1:44:32 ↗ convinced very much by what bill said

1:44:35 ↗ that I I like the question still I'd

1:44:37 ↗ like to keep it in we don't quite know

1:44:43 ↗ what the question is it because we're

1:44:44 ↗ what's all yeah

1:44:46 ↗ [Music]

1:44:53 ↗ so the question how can the City Council

1:44:56 ↗ better encourage more citizens to

1:44:57 ↗ provide the thoughts and input are the

1:45:01 ↗ same so this is the one that I'm

1:45:04 ↗ suggesting how can the City Council

1:45:06 ↗ better solicit and incorporate community

1:45:08 ↗ feedback with that

1:45:17 ↗ incorporates what we have to do

1:45:30 ↗ I say thumbs up or thumbs down on the

1:45:32 ↗ second wording of that merely woody is

1:45:37 ↗ the author what do you think of it I'm

1:45:41 ↗ fine with both so thank you would it be

1:45:47 ↗ different

1:45:50 ↗ it's fine I think

1:45:59 ↗ yeah I like the second one better I

1:46:01 ↗ think let's vote on the second one do

1:46:06 ↗ you that's good

1:46:09 ↗ look in the City Council better slit and

1:46:11 ↗ incorporate community feedback thumbs up

1:46:13 ↗ if you want it

1:46:19 ↗ [Music]

1:46:27 ↗ right no I just

1:46:35 ↗ it is the next step to vote on the

1:46:37 ↗ motion

1:46:39 ↗ okay are you ready to vote on the motion

1:46:43 ↗ every question sure and are we clear

1:46:46 ↗ that the instruction is going to be that

1:46:49 ↗ they choose 10 minutes their 10 minute

1:46:54 ↗ presentation is highlighting the parts

1:46:56 ↗ of this that they consider most relevant

1:46:58 ↗ to their their the wording that I added

1:47:04 ↗ and it can be tweaked it just as

1:47:06 ↗ respondent writing to the following

1:47:07 ↗ questions limit to 150 words per

1:47:10 ↗ question of present to counsel the areas

1:47:12 ↗ that are most important to you

1:47:13 ↗ during the 10 minute interview the

1:47:16 ↗ presentation presentation there is a

1:47:23 ↗ motion that has been seconded we've had

1:47:26 ↗ a very interesting discussion are you

1:47:31 ↗ ready to vote on the motion all those in

1:47:34 ↗ favor for proving the process and

1:47:36 ↗ timeline fulfilling the 2018 vacancy of

1:47:40 ↗ position 3 as amended signify by saying

1:47:43 ↗ aye aye sounds like that's unanimous any

1:47:47 ↗ opposed

1:47:48 ↗ seeing none then that concludes our

1:47:53 ↗ regular business item we have a short

1:47:55 ↗ executive committee meeting to discuss

1:48:02 ↗ pending and potential litigation no

1:48:05 ↗ action is anticipated to follow an open

1:48:09 ↗ session

1:48:14 ↗ [Music]

1:48:22 ↗ you

1:55:55 ↗ we are back in regular session coming

1:55:59 ↗ out of an executive session no action is

1:56:04 ↗ anticipated

1:56:05 ↗ the next item is there anything for good

1:56:07 ↗ of the order this evening seeing none

1:56:10 ↗ then we are adjourned

1:56:25 ↗ you

Approved minutes

Extracted from the next meeting's packet, where this meeting's minutes were approved as a consent-calendar attachment.

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Attendance

Council / Members (6)

Eileen Barber

Stacy Goodman

Tola Marts

Mary Lou Pauly

Bill Ramos

Paul Winterstein

Excused

Mariah Bettise

Motions and votes (4)

Continue the public hearing to the Dec. 4, 2017 Council meeting to allow for additional public testimony. . AB 7392 - 2018 Proposed Levy and Revenue Sources

Moved by GOOMAN · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

Carried 6-0

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

Approve Resolution No. 2017-16, confirming an increase of the Property Tax Levy for the City regular property tax for 2018 at a rate of 1% over the previous year; and Adopt Ordinance No. 2812, levying the general taxes for the City of Issaquah for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2018, on all p…

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

Carried 6-0

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

Approve the 2018 Legislative Agenda with revisions, Page 1, Preamble to read: “Note to Area Legislators…In particular those urban areas in southeast King County connected by low state and county routes with insufficient capacity state and county routes such as Hwy 169, SR-900 and Hwy 18....” 11-20-1…

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by PAULY

Carried 6-0

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

Approve the process and timeline for filling the 2018 vacancy of Position No. 3 as amended so that Applicants respond in writing to the below questions (150 word limit): 1. Why do you want to serve on the Issaquah City Council? 2. What is it, specifically, that you would contribute to the council an…

Moved by WINTERSTEIN · seconded by PAULY

Carried 6-0

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