City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, August 6, 2018 · City Council Digest

7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Aug. 6, 2018, $4,366,485.41 ID 0308

Approve · packet pp.109–253

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: City Council Committee-of-the- Whole, July 24, 2018

Approve · packet pp.265

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Dec 18, 2017

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 07-24-18 Committee-of-the-Whole Council Minutes Page [0000]

Amending School Impact Fees AB 7640

Refer to Council Services & Safety · packet pp.267–297

Topics: Public SafetyBudgetSchools

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Dec 18, 2017

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Staff report:

NEW CITY COUNCIL AB 7640 - AGENDA BILL Consent City Council Regular Meeting - 06 Aug 2018 Calendar

Amendments to IMC 13.70.040, Sewer Rates AB 7646

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.299–311

Topics: Land UseWater

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Staff report:

Administration / Public Works Engineering Department:

8. REGULAR BUSINESS

Newport Way Tibbetts Creek Bridge Reinforcement Project AB 7641

Carried 7-0

Approve Resolution · packet pp.321–338

Topics: TransportationWater

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Staff report:

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently changed how bridge load rating calculations are performed due to the development and wide use of Specialized Hauling Vehicles (SHV). The City completed the load rating analyses for this bridge in 2018.

Roll call:

Moved by RAMOS · seconded by HUNT

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Bill Ramos, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:16 ↗ evening welcome to the Monday August 6th

0:19 ↗ city of Vista quoi City Council meeting

0:22 ↗ and I call the meeting to order we'll

0:25 ↗ start with the Pledge of Allegiance I'd

0:27 ↗ like to ask those who'd like to join the

0:28 ↗ council myself in the pledge of

0:29 ↗ allegiance to stand thank you the first

0:50 ↗ item on our agenda this evening is

0:52 ↗ special business ID 0 3 1 3 this is a

0:56 ↗ geotechnical evaluation an arborist

0:59 ↗ report for a city owned property west of

1:02 ↗ Swedish hospital this is an

1:04 ↗ informational item and there will be no

1:06 ↗ council action no council action is

1:09 ↗ being sought at tonight's meeting I'd

1:11 ↗ like to invite Keith Niven economic and

1:13 ↗ development services director to

1:15 ↗ introduce this item thank you madam

1:17 ↗ mayor

1:17 ↗ good evening City Council so I'm gonna

1:21 ↗ go through a quick presentation and then

1:23 ↗ I have representatives from both Golder

1:25 ↗ associates and tree solutions here to

1:29 ↗ give kind of a short I don't say

1:33 ↗ presentation cuz I think that's over

1:35 ↗ overstating what they're gonna do just a

1:37 ↗ description of what they did as far as

1:38 ↗ part of this process and then open it up

1:40 ↗ for council questions if there are any

1:43 ↗ so in second way back in 2017 we

1:51 ↗ purchased a piece of property from King

1:55 ↗ County it was a surplus parcel and it's

1:59 ↗ located west of Swedish hospital it

2:02 ↗ actually goes from the top up at the

2:05 ↗ highlands level of elevation and then

2:08 ↗ this is all slope coming down and then

2:10 ↗ this is down on the valley floor and

2:14 ↗ aside from this which King County used

2:17 ↗ as a maintenance yard the balance of the

2:19 ↗ property is forested

2:23 ↗ soon after we purchased the property we

2:26 ↗ were contacted by the is across school

2:28 ↗ district who identified that they had

2:31 ↗ some interest in potentially buying a

2:34 ↗ portion of the upper part of the

2:37 ↗ property from the city for future

2:39 ↗ elementary school and so we had some

2:43 ↗ conversations with the City Council and

2:46 ↗ the City Council said well before we

2:49 ↗ would be willing to consider selling the

2:50 ↗ property we would like to know some more

2:53 ↗ about the property and and also what a

2:58 ↗ school might potentially do on the

3:00 ↗ property so you identified four things

3:04 ↗ that you wanted to know more about

3:06 ↗ traffic so what would be the traffic

3:09 ↗ impacts if an elementary school is

3:11 ↗ located on that property

3:12 ↗ geology could that property hold an

3:18 ↗ elementary school trees what really was

3:24 ↗ we know the the site is forested but

3:28 ↗ having a better understanding of what

3:30 ↗ the composition of the trees were would

3:33 ↗ be helpful for the council and then

3:34 ↗ views if there was an elementary school

3:36 ↗ placed at the top of that property what

3:39 ↗ would be the view impacts from that on

3:41 ↗ the rest of the community so where we

3:43 ↗ are today is the school district

3:47 ↗ commissioned geotech analysis by

3:52 ↗ associated or science and they also

3:57 ↗ hired Arbor info LLC to study what they

4:07 ↗ found on the site was that a certain

4:09 ↗ portion of the trees appeared like they

4:11 ↗ were diseased and so they really hired

4:14 ↗ this group to look at the area where

4:18 ↗ some of the trees look like they're

4:20 ↗ having some trouble and actually

4:23 ↗ identified that they liked that they had

4:26 ↗ laminated root rot and I'm not gonna

4:28 ↗ spend much time talking about that cuz I

4:30 ↗ don't know much about it

4:31 ↗ we hired Golder associates to take a

4:34 ↗ look at the ASI G

4:36 ↗ Tech study and then we hired tree

4:38 ↗ solutions to really provide an arborist

4:43 ↗ report as well as look at the laminated

4:46 ↗ root rot issue and I've got

4:50 ↗ representatives from both of those firms

4:52 ↗ here this evening so I'm gonna stop here

4:55 ↗ on this aerial photograph and I'm gonna

4:57 ↗ start by introducing Tyler button from

5:00 ↗ tree solutions and he can describe kind

5:05 ↗ of what quickly what they went through

5:06 ↗ in walking through the property and some

5:09 ↗ of the recommendations that they're

5:10 ↗ making as part of the study that's

5:12 ↗ attached to the memo this evening so I

5:16 ↗ just wanted to know if you'd like to

5:17 ↗ hear both presentations or would you

5:19 ↗ like to have questions after arborist

5:22 ↗ and after geotechnical separately I'm

5:28 ↗ gonna suggest that we have the one

5:30 ↗ report and ask questions and then the

5:31 ↗ second are pretty asked questions that

5:33 ↗ okay with everybody

5:34 ↗ go that way Thanks come on Lou so my

5:39 ↗ name is Tyler Bunton

5:40 ↗ I work through solutions we over the

5:45 ↗ course of about a week or so we did a

5:49 ↗ study in sort of this area and what we

5:53 ↗ did was we assessed each tree

5:56 ↗ individually for health and structure

5:57 ↗ and also went through and tried to

6:00 ↗ identify disease pockets in the area we

6:03 ↗ identified we identified two areas of

6:10 ↗ the disease pockets within the area that

6:12 ↗ we were looking at and in the previous

6:16 ↗ study that had samples had been sent to

6:18 ↗ WSU extension and they had positively

6:21 ↗ identified laminated root rot so we

6:26 ↗ weren't questioning any of that because

6:28 ↗ it's out there so from there we sort of

6:34 ↗ put together a full table with all the

6:37 ↗ trees listed in it

6:38 ↗ we also tagged the tree so that every

6:40 ↗ tree can be found and we have management

6:44 ↗ or one management practices practices

6:47 ↗ are implemented each tree can be found

6:50 ↗ that needs to have management performed

6:55 ↗ the typical management options for

6:59 ↗ laminated rap if you go by Forest

7:02 ↗ Service guidelines they are more

7:05 ↗ directed towards preserving timber in

7:10 ↗ timber stands so their suggestion is

7:12 ↗ typically remove trees in the affected

7:16 ↗ areas and remove trees within a buffer

7:22 ↗ zone of the tallest tree on the edge of

7:25 ↗ the area as well as well as pulling

7:27 ↗ stumps and with this happening you're

7:33 ↗ supposed to have pulled out a majority

7:35 ↗ of the diseased tissue at that point

7:36 ↗ however the fungus can live in the soil

7:41 ↗ for a very long period of time my boss

7:43 ↗ today said upwards of 50 years so if it

7:47 ↗ would be replanted which is always the

7:50 ↗ suggestion that we give suggested

7:53 ↗ species can be or we can suggest species

7:55 ↗ that are resistant to eliminate a root

7:58 ↗ rot the other option is to monitor the

8:03 ↗ trees there is a new development over

8:07 ↗ there to the east and one of the pockets

8:09 ↗ was somewhat close to that area sort of

8:15 ↗ in this area here and another option is

8:20 ↗ to monitor for trees that are in decline

8:23 ↗ and dying and remove or snag those trees

8:28 ↗ and then replace as you'd remove trees

8:33 ↗ with the disease resistant species I

8:38 ↗ think that's about all I have let's see

8:41 ↗ if they have questions counsel any

8:43 ↗ questions on the arborist report that's

8:46 ↗ member a so interesting so how extensive

8:49 ↗ is the lemonade root rot in the parcel

8:52 ↗ you look down so let's see here

8:58 ↗ I don't remember if I have an exact

9:01 ↗ counts of the number of trees the area

9:04 ↗ is kind of a rough outline in the report

9:08 ↗ that we have submitted because we did a

9:10 ↗ GPS walk of the area and it didn't

9:13 ↗ capture the exact edges but we could so

9:21 ↗ and it's also one of those things where

9:24 ↗ it can spread and the disease won't show

9:27 ↗ any symptoms so the areas that we found

9:30 ↗ were this area in here you might

9:32 ↗ actually even be able to see there's

9:34 ↗ some browning in that area and then sort

9:37 ↗ of this area in this location as well so

9:42 ↗ it's it's really difficult to determine

9:43 ↗ the exact extent of what is affected how

9:47 ↗ contagious is it it will spread that's

9:51 ↗ about all I can say once it's in the

9:53 ↗ area it's basically going to be in that

9:55 ↗ area and it spreads through the root

9:58 ↗ system so it will spread it from one

10:01 ↗ tree to another council member Ramos yes

10:07 ↗ and you just looked at the upper part of

10:09 ↗ the bench on top correct you didn't go

10:11 ↗ down slope at all yes we just looked at

10:13 ↗ the upper portion because that was where

10:14 ↗ the school district was looking the

10:18 ↗ other questions

10:19 ↗ that's president Mertz so if we do

10:25 ↗ nothing what does the forest do over

10:29 ↗ time so over an extended period of time

10:32 ↗ the trees would die off that are there

10:36 ↗ right now because it is primarily

10:37 ↗ Douglas fir which is very susceptible to

10:40 ↗ this and naturally resistant species

10:46 ↗ could come in with the region that we're

10:50 ↗ in and the amount of invasives that

10:51 ↗ there are I might expect some invasive

10:53 ↗ to come in such as invasive blackberry

10:56 ↗ ivy that type of thing as well Holly

10:58 ↗ there's that stuff there those species

11:01 ↗ intermixed within the site at low levels

11:04 ↗ currently

11:06 ↗ as the canopy would die back it's very

11:09 ↗ possible that those species would start

11:11 ↗ to take over so we'd wind up with just a

11:14 ↗ big field of blackberries hopefully not

11:17 ↗ I mean the absence of doing anything

11:21 ↗ else it is it is possible yes okay and

11:24 ↗ the follow-on question do we have given

11:28 ↗ that this is a disease that spreads what

11:33 ↗ if any responsibility do we have given

11:35 ↗ that there's forested land adjacent to

11:39 ↗ property owners have a responsibility to

11:41 ↗ address root rot when it's identified I

11:44 ↗ would have to get back to you on that

11:46 ↗ that's something that I would have to

11:48 ↗ talk to you somebody else that I work

11:50 ↗ with about I'm not as familiar with the

11:52 ↗ legal aspects so that because people

11:56 ↗ normally deal with it when it shows up

11:57 ↗ I'm trying to understand if there's any

12:00 ↗ problem with not dealing with it for yes

12:03 ↗ and again that's something that I would

12:05 ↗ have to discuss with other arborists

12:08 ↗ that I work with that are more involved

12:12 ↗ with the legal side of things setting

12:14 ↗ aside the legal for a second what do

12:15 ↗ people typically do in this situation

12:19 ↗ I'm not exactly sure this is the first

12:23 ↗ time I personally have dealt with

12:25 ↗ laminated root rot in my career so far

12:28 ↗ so again I could go and discuss with my

12:33 ↗ coworkers and thank you your teeth thank

12:41 ↗ you for your presentation I wanted to

12:44 ↗ clarify you had said that this can

12:46 ↗ spread to another tree but the that tree

12:49 ↗ could not show signs for a period of

12:53 ↗ time yes is there a sort of a an

12:57 ↗ estimate on the period of time so it

12:59 ↗ could look like a healthy tree but

13:01 ↗ actually it had spread and it wasn't

13:02 ↗ showing any sign so it can look like a

13:05 ↗ healthy tree as it's in decline it will

13:08 ↗ it can show signs or symptoms including

13:11 ↗ a sparseness in the canopy of the

13:14 ↗ needles a yellowing of the canopy tipped

13:17 ↗ eye back on the branches

13:19 ↗ so those are the typical symptoms that

13:21 ↗ we will see so it is like once it's

13:26 ↗ getting into a more advanced stage it is

13:28 ↗ a little bit easier to see that it is

13:31 ↗ infected which is one of the reasons why

13:35 ↗ the Forest Service suggests removing

13:38 ↗ trees in an area outside of like the

13:42 ↗ area that you can actually see it is

13:43 ↗ because about a hundred feet away from

13:46 ↗ the visible tree it's possible that

13:49 ↗ another tree is infected okay thank you

13:53 ↗ additional questions

13:55 ↗ it's my Ramos and then councilman Brad

13:58 ↗ okay so um you you really have two

14:00 ↗ choices here a Forest Service method of

14:02 ↗ cutting and replanting and/or a

14:06 ↗ longer-term monitoring of you know as

14:11 ↗ you get some die back areas you can then

14:14 ↗ cut those areas out let some Sun in so

14:17 ↗ you can start replanting something from

14:19 ↗ below the canopy of more resistant

14:21 ↗ species in the long term keep basically

14:24 ↗ build your own successional forest

14:27 ↗ canopy coming up correct yes yep that's

14:32 ↗ mine I was very slim right to my

14:36 ↗ question was just about the potential

14:38 ↗ phasing of rather than the Forest

14:42 ↗ Service removing and removing stumps and

14:45 ↗ you had mentioned also snags which would

14:47 ↗ be like sort of like a very large tree

14:50 ↗ stump and those are important for

14:51 ↗ wildlife so I just wondered about the

14:53 ↗ pros and cons of a more phased approach

14:55 ↗ versus but it was very similar to a

14:58 ↗ council member Ramos his question so in

15:02 ↗ my opinion the pros and cons so the pros

15:05 ↗ for a phased approach is you'll have

15:08 ↗ less of that clear cutting in on the

15:11 ↗ site and when we were out there we even

15:14 ↗ spoke to people who are looking at homes

15:15 ↗ and that new development and they're

15:17 ↗ appreciating that there were trees right

15:19 ↗ there

15:20 ↗ so pros are there will be more of a

15:25 ↗ continuous forest cover and then

15:29 ↗ I mean the con with that is you will I

15:32 ↗ still have the laminated root rot

15:34 ↗ without a full treatment and basically

15:39 ↗ the opposite I guess for the other one

15:42 ↗ so any more questions that's more Ramos

15:47 ↗ just I'm sorry have to give me just to

15:49 ↗ say something so the laminate root rot

15:51 ↗ is it is a normal occurring thing it's

15:53 ↗ it's everywhere in the forest generally

15:55 ↗ its it it spreads when trees a weak

15:59 ↗ enough to to get hit just like any other

16:01 ↗ disease and so it may hit pockets here

16:04 ↗ there may spread if the stand strong

16:06 ↗ doesn't spread very far that's just part

16:08 ↗ of the the normal forest process hits

16:10 ↗ dying trees more easily full healthy

16:12 ↗ trees can sit right in the middle of it

16:15 ↗ not get affected there's that that whole

16:17 ↗ process with wood and I'm a root rot so

16:19 ↗ I just want to bring the head out and

16:20 ↗ say that so it's it's pretty much there

16:23 ↗ it's part of the natural forest decaying

16:24 ↗ process yes thank you any more questions

16:30 ↗ Thank You Tyler this is an information

16:33 ↗ item tonight but it does sound like

16:35 ↗ council has some additional questions

16:37 ↗ about the future of the forest so I

16:40 ↗ think yes so so we're moving from trees

16:43 ↗ to dirt and rocks so one of the things

16:49 ↗ about this is that when the when the

16:52 ↗ school district did their geotech report

16:55 ↗ their study on the property their

16:58 ↗ consultants identified some concerns

17:01 ↗ with the property that ultimately led to

17:04 ↗ the school district withdrawing their

17:07 ↗ interest in looking for other locations

17:09 ↗ so as the property owner we felt it was

17:13 ↗ important to have one of our geo tech

17:16 ↗ engineers take a look at the study and

17:19 ↗ give us their opinions on what they read

17:22 ↗ so I have clay Johnson and Josh Hansen

17:25 ↗ with Golder associates here and I think

17:28 ↗ they're gonna give you guys a brief

17:29 ↗ overview of kind of what they saw in the

17:31 ↗ report that a yes I did

17:36 ↗ good afternoon my name is clay Johnson

17:39 ↗ geologist with Golder associates and

17:42 ↗ myself and another colleague did a

17:44 ↗ reconnaissance of the site in 2017 we

17:48 ↗ were conducting geological

17:51 ↗ reconnaissance just walking through the

17:52 ↗ site and so we had some preliminary

17:54 ↗ information before reviewing the a ESI

17:58 ↗ report generally we were in agreement

18:01 ↗ with the methods that ASI took for

18:05 ↗ addressing assessing slope stability

18:08 ↗ concerns however we had some

18:12 ↗ disagreement on a couple of points to

18:15 ↗ principally we had reviewed different

18:19 ↗ geologic mapping the ASI report looked

18:23 ↗ at a geologic map of the area from the

18:27 ↗ 90s which has been updated in 2012 and

18:32 ↗ the 2012 mapping is in general agreement

18:35 ↗ with what we observed on the site which

18:39 ↗ is glacial sediments that are there's

18:43 ↗ more of a layered sequence as you move

18:46 ↗ up the slope as opposed to a s i--'s

18:48 ↗ report which had a draping of a single

18:51 ↗ glacial advance outwash unit so they

18:56 ↗ stated in their report that they're in

18:58 ↗ agreement with the previous geologic

19:01 ↗ mapping from the 90s

19:02 ↗ the other difference that we had was a

19:09 ↗ historic landslide that ASI identified

19:12 ↗ in the northern portion of the property

19:15 ↗ and we didn't see evidence for that when

19:18 ↗ we were on the site or in any of the

19:22 ↗ documents that we reviewed for a history

19:23 ↗ of the site there's a arcuate land form

19:27 ↗ on the kind of northern end of the site

19:29 ↗ that butts up against the read detention

19:33 ↗ pond but we walked through that and

19:37 ↗ interpreted that land form is more of an

19:39 ↗ original land form as opposed to a

19:40 ↗ landslide so those were really the major

19:43 ↗ differences and happy to answer

19:44 ↗ questions on anything you'd like Thank

19:47 ↗ You clay

19:48 ↗ Shinzon the geotechnical review no

19:52 ↗ questions

19:54 ↗ thanks very much Keith thank you for the

19:56 ↗ presentation Thank You gentleman next

20:05 ↗ item on our agenda this evening is

20:06 ↗ audience comments and we have a pretty

20:08 ↗ significant audience here this evening

20:10 ↗ I'm gonna go through some general

20:12 ↗ guidelines audience members can address

20:15 ↗ the council at this time the guidelines

20:17 ↗ for public participation are being shown

20:20 ↗ up on the overhead this evening those

20:22 ↗ who have signed up on the signup sheet

20:24 ↗ will be called forward first and if you

20:26 ↗ did not sign up I will make sure to ask

20:28 ↗ for other speakers before closing this

20:30 ↗ portion of the meeting if you're here as

20:33 ↗ part of a group and I see signs so I

20:35 ↗ know we have at least one group here

20:37 ↗ this evening it would be great if you

20:39 ↗ can identify a spokesperson or two from

20:42 ↗ your group and have them address the

20:45 ↗ council all those audience members that

20:47 ↗ support the points that are being spoken

20:49 ↗ please raise your hands after so the

20:51 ↗ council can understand which item you're

20:53 ↗ coming to support in which information

20:55 ↗ you're supporting and if you would like

20:57 ↗ to address the council and add

20:59 ↗ additional new information to what the

21:01 ↗ spokesperson has said then please come

21:03 ↗ up and address at the Dyess as well

21:05 ↗ we've allowed five minutes for public

21:07 ↗ comments this evening I just wanted to

21:10 ↗ add in a couple of changes I've decided

21:13 ↗ that it with the council president that

21:15 ↗ it would be good for us to put the

21:17 ↗ guidelines for public participation up

21:19 ↗ on the overhead we have had them on the

21:21 ↗ agenda before I just want to make sure

21:23 ↗ that everyone is coming up to speak has

21:25 ↗ read through those bullets and is

21:27 ↗ comfortable with our guidelines for

21:29 ↗ engagement and when you come up to the

21:32 ↗ lectern if you can speak into the

21:33 ↗ microphone state your name address

21:35 ↗ relationship to the city and limit your

21:38 ↗ comments to 5-minutes if you've come

21:40 ↗ with written comments please feel free

21:42 ↗ to hand them in to the clerk and I want

21:44 ↗ to thank you all for coming this evening

21:46 ↗ because the council recognizes how

21:47 ↗ difficult it is to get up on camera

21:50 ↗ and on TV and address your counsel so

21:52 ↗ thank you very much for coming tonight

21:54 ↗ to show who do we have on our sign up

21:56 ↗ with Christy triple good evening Council

22:04 ↗ members and mayor Polly thank you for

22:07 ↗ the opportunity to speak tonight it's

22:09 ↗ pleasure to be here I come tonight to

22:12 ↗ share a story quick story and a thank

22:14 ↗ you so our office is at one five nine

22:18 ↗ five Northwest Gilman Boulevard suite

22:20 ↗ one here in Issaquah were close to SR

22:23 ↗ 900 and next to the Shell station and

22:26 ↗ across the street from the meadow

22:27 ↗ shopping center so just about every two

22:30 ↗ weeks there's two weeks or so give or

22:33 ↗ take there's a car accident from those

22:35 ↗ trying to exit or enter the meadow

22:38 ↗ shopping center and so given my office

22:41 ↗ is directly across from that I often see

22:45 ↗ what happens and a late Friday afternoon

22:47 ↗ I heard another accident and I looked

22:50 ↗ over to my right and thought gosh I

22:53 ↗ wonder if I need to call 911 or okay if

22:56 ↗ it was just a simple rear end and thank

23:00 ↗ goodness I took the time to look because

23:02 ↗ there was a SUV flying over the sidewalk

23:08 ↗ the landscape area in between two trees

23:13 ↗ and a large rhododendron so it

23:16 ↗ completely cleared that typically this

23:19 ↗ is where my boss parks her car and so

23:22 ↗ gratefully no cars were in the way no

23:26 ↗ one was walking through the parking lot

23:27 ↗ but we have thank goodness again the old

23:32 ↗ school curb stops that people complain

23:35 ↗ about that they might be a trip hazard

23:37 ↗ that stopped the SUV from hitting our

23:40 ↗ building and it bounced back several

23:42 ↗ feet so meanwhile while this was

23:46 ↗ happening I made a run for the center of

23:49 ↗ the building thinking for sure it was

23:51 ↗ going to be crashed so glad no one was

23:54 ↗ hurt and the people involved in the

23:56 ↗ accident we were able to help them call

23:58 ↗ nine

23:58 ↗ and no one was hurt in the process but

24:02 ↗ the point being really grateful to see

24:05 ↗ that the city is focusing some attention

24:08 ↗ on Gillman Boulevard and its safety and

24:11 ↗ kind of the long-term use because as it

24:13 ↗ evolves those kinds of accidents when we

24:17 ↗ know typically are happening over and

24:19 ↗ over again it's an opportunity to

24:21 ↗ address the safety aspect but also

24:25 ↗ commerce and all the things that happen

24:27 ↗ along Gilman Boulevard and I think also

24:30 ↗ with Jackson Shell station being in for

24:33 ↗ permit for redevelopment it's a good

24:35 ↗ time to look take a look at that end of

24:37 ↗ gammon Boulevard as well so thank you

24:40 ↗ for all that you do and the opportunity

24:42 ↗ to speak and appreciate it next sigrid

24:48 ↗ Llewelyn good evening a mayor and city

24:56 ↗ council members my name is Sigrid

24:59 ↗ Llewellyn and I'm a resident of Issaquah

25:01 ↗ and live at 100 timber Ridgeway

25:03 ↗ Northwest in the Dallas community I

25:06 ↗ would like to support that the city of

25:11 ↗ Issaquah and its partners explore the

25:13 ↗ acquisition of the Bergsma property we

25:16 ↗ love our Green Mountains in Issaquah it

25:19 ↗ was a deciding factor for my husband we

25:22 ↗ need to move here our hikes in the cool

25:24 ↗ woods regular contribute to our health

25:27 ↗ and well-being we are the beneficiaries

25:30 ↗ of decades of environmental advocacy

25:33 ↗ that has preserved our mountains while

25:36 ↗ also forging constructive agreements

25:39 ↗ with developers that still allow for the

25:40 ↗ explosive growth of housing in this area

25:44 ↗ our neighboring cities have not managed

25:47 ↗ to do the same in protecting their green

25:49 ↗ spaces the steep learn the steepness of

25:53 ↗ the Bergsma property and its geology do

25:55 ↗ not easily lend themselves to housing

25:58 ↗ development as a result the green space

26:01 ↗ destruction and environmental damage

26:04 ↗ that would ensue in the development of

26:06 ↗ the property for the roads and housing

26:08 ↗ is out of proportion

26:11 ↗ with the benefit gained I imagine we

26:14 ↗ would lose most of the green face along

26:16 ↗ Newports way and up the mountain pushing

26:19 ↗ the green gateway feeling further out of

26:21 ↗ town once cut these trees and vistas are

26:25 ↗ lost forever

26:27 ↗ the Bergsma property location is unique

26:30 ↗ because of its connection to Cougar

26:33 ↗ Mountain and its proximity to the

26:35 ↗ Issaquah Transit Center the property

26:38 ↗ acquisition may allow for future trail

26:41 ↗ access through the Bergsma property to

26:44 ↗ Cougar Mountain then hikers like my sons

26:47 ↗ who come now by car could come but thus

26:50 ↗ from Issaquah without having to wait for

26:53 ↗ connecting bus and start hiking into the

26:55 ↗ green space and Cougar Mountain that

26:58 ↗ would be awesome

26:59 ↗ please explore the XE acquisition of the

27:03 ↗ books Moe property Thank You Sigrid sure

27:07 ↗ and of the about 35 or so people in

27:11 ↗ attendance tonight 2/3 3/4 almost all

27:15 ↗ have got their hands in the air

27:17 ↗ next is Joe Berger

27:26 ↗ good evening mayor and city council my

27:30 ↗ name is Jill Verner

27:31 ↗ we live at one two three zero oak wood

27:34 ↗ place Northwest on the Newport Way

27:38 ↗ Northwest corridor I want to address two

27:42 ↗ abies tonight 76 41 Newport way Tibbits

27:47 ↗ Creek Bridge reinforcement project and

27:51 ↗ 7660 to support for the city role in

27:54 ↗ open space acquisition ie the Bergsma

27:59 ↗ property acquisition and with regards to

28:04 ↗ 7660 - thank you City Council for voting

28:08 ↗ on this resolution this evening and

28:10 ↗ proposing it because it's a good cause

28:12 ↗ to keep Cougar Mountain forested

28:18 ↗ secondly on 76 41 the Newport Way

28:21 ↗ Tibbets Creek Bridge reinforcement

28:23 ↗ project there seems to be some confusion

28:26 ↗ in the city or around the city or both

28:31 ↗ as to what it really means on the one

28:35 ↗ hand in May the city announced through I

28:39 ↗ believe it was it's a quite insider that

28:44 ↗ there was a report by the state and/or

28:48 ↗ the federal government that the bridge

28:50 ↗ needed to be strengthened and that

28:53 ↗ further traffic from westbound from SR

28:57 ↗ 900 on the Newport Way would be limited

29:02 ↗ to lighter vehicles not construction

29:06 ↗ laden equipment however over the course

29:09 ↗ of June and July I reported on several

29:13 ↗ occasions and I'm not the only citizen

29:15 ↗ that reported heavy-laden construction

29:18 ↗ equipment going westbound on Newport Way

29:22 ↗ Northwest from SR 900 then there was

29:30 ↗ conflicting reports or conclusions

29:34 ↗ Public Works Department submitted the

29:37 ↗ proposal 70

29:39 ↗ 662 and part of the commentary was that

29:43 ↗ the bridge needed to be reinforced

29:46 ↗ otherwise our city's emergency equipment

29:49 ↗ couldn't use SR 900 to get up Newports

29:53 ↗ way on a westbound motion within city

29:57 ↗ administrations that all the bridge is

29:59 ↗ just fine we only have to strengthen it

30:02 ↗ because the government said we had to

30:04 ↗ strengthen it

30:05 ↗ so I recommend there be a consolidation

30:09 ↗ of city's opinion as to what really is

30:13 ↗ going on and if the federal or the state

30:16 ↗ government is requiring it what's the

30:19 ↗ time limit because down the road there's

30:22 ↗ going to be some improvements to SR 900

30:25 ↗ and down the road could mean anything

30:28 ↗ from three years from now to 30 years

30:31 ↗ from now so when does that bridge need

30:34 ↗ to be reinforced and is there a danger

30:38 ↗ for our emergency vehicles to use it so

30:43 ↗ that's all I have to say thank you Joe

30:48 ↗ John Macbeth

30:58 ↗ you know I'm John McDowell I lived here

31:01 ↗ in the city of 620 southeast Bush Street

31:03 ↗ and I am in favor of this resolution on

31:09 ↗ the Bruckner property and hope you are

31:11 ↗ too I had one other just quick comment

31:13 ↗ and that has to do with this laminated

31:16 ↗ rock think to him the thing that

31:18 ↗ impressed me when I looked into it was

31:21 ↗ that the as the name implies is the

31:25 ↗ roots that are rotting away which you

31:29 ↗ end up with a dead tree that has no root

31:32 ↗ system there to hold it in place so it's

31:34 ↗ very susceptible to being blown over

31:36 ↗ that's all thank you sure no one further

31:42 ↗ has signed up to speak I'm seeing Joe

31:46 ↗ Dean in the back would you like to come

31:47 ↗ up Gerald and spank

32:03 ↗ my name is Geraldine Carey and I live at

32:06 ↗ 955 17th Avenue Northwest Issaquah my

32:10 ↗ res the location is right on the corner

32:14 ↗ of Newports way and sr 900 so all the

32:18 ↗ things that are happening in that corner

32:20 ↗ the birds my property and the Tibbets

32:23 ↗ bridge are impacting me I I was at one

32:28 ↗ of the meetings a couple weeks ago when

32:30 ↗ I requested the city to look carefully

32:33 ↗ about fixing the inside of the culvert

32:39 ↗ underneath Tibbits bridge and I

32:42 ↗ contacted Sheldon Linn and I looked on

32:45 ↗ the internet to see what they do with

32:47 ↗ old culverts under roads they don't tear

32:50 ↗ them out if they take and reinforce it

32:53 ↗ like it's recommended they can do

32:55 ↗ extensions on to the roads so in the

32:58 ↗ future when they do Newport way and they

32:59 ↗ widen at 10 or 20 feet or 10 feet on

33:02 ↗ each side they can just do a cement

33:05 ↗ extension as my understanding I didn't

33:07 ↗ have Sheldon but that's what the website

33:09 ↗ indicated so I support I support the

33:14 ↗ repair on the Tibbets culvert I

33:18 ↗ especially I read the messages on the

33:22 ↗ internet from the is a cloth fire

33:25 ↗ department and they said they would not

33:28 ↗ use the bridge and I think that's really

33:30 ↗ important for the residents so I support

33:33 ↗ the taking the money and repairing it as

33:36 ↗ long as you can say we're not going to

33:39 ↗ tear it down in 10 or 15 years and I

33:42 ↗ also am again in support of acquiring

33:46 ↗ Bergsma for the city to enjoy his open

33:50 ↗ space Thank you Thank You Geraldine and

33:53 ↗ again about 3/4 of the hands gathered

33:56 ↗ tonight went up is there anyone else who

33:59 ↗ would like to address the council this

34:00 ↗ evening gentleman right there

34:18 ↗ broke it you bought it

34:22 ↗ hi my name is George Potter I live on

34:27 ↗ old black nugget road which is outside

34:29 ↗ of the city city limits in

34:31 ↗ unincorporated King County but I am a

34:35 ↗ board member of the board of his Sequoia

34:37 ↗ helps trails Club and I wish to state

34:42 ↗ that the club is strongly in favor of

34:45 ↗ the city looking at the acquisition of

34:49 ↗ the Bergsma property for its valiant

34:53 ↗ trails and forests and an expansion of

34:58 ↗ the Cougar Mountain Preserve thank you

35:01 ↗ thank you George all the hands and signs

35:06 ↗ are up again anyone else wishing to

35:08 ↗ address council this evening

35:22 ↗ Kayne's 2830

35:25 ↗ Northwest pine cone drive so thank you

35:30 ↗ for the opportunity to speak with you

35:33 ↗ I'm going to keep it very short I know

35:35 ↗ you have a long agenda I don't need to

35:37 ↗ go over all of the reasons that we're

35:39 ↗ here tonight you know those reasons well

35:41 ↗ and thank you secret for that beautiful

35:43 ↗ explanation that we can't read that

35:46 ↗ rehash of our purpose for being I just

35:49 ↗ want to say I'm here on behalf of the

35:51 ↗ safe Cougar Mountain Association and our

35:55 ↗ 2250 active members who wholeheartedly

35:59 ↗ support the resolution going forward and

36:03 ↗ wishing to express our gratitude to the

36:05 ↗ council we know this is a long and

36:08 ↗ difficult subject we know this is only

36:10 ↗ the first step we're very aware of that

36:12 ↗ but I did want to convey to you the

36:14 ↗ incredible response we got from people

36:17 ↗ I've never even heard of before heard

36:19 ↗ from before when they saw the

36:21 ↗ possibility of something happening on

36:23 ↗ Cougar Mountain you have a lot of people

36:25 ↗ very avidly following this subject and

36:27 ↗ we do thank you for your work we're very

36:30 ↗ grateful and we appreciate the

36:32 ↗ opportunity to share this with you thank

36:36 ↗ you Kay signs and hands is there anyone

36:41 ↗ else who would like to address their

36:42 ↗ council this evening that can call

36:46 ↗ anyone wishing to address council and a

36:49 ↗ third and final call

36:50 ↗ thank you very much for your comments

36:52 ↗ this evening we heard from several of

36:54 ↗ you about the resolution this evening on

36:57 ↗ the open space potential open space

36:59 ↗ acquisition Bergsma property also about

37:02 ↗ some traffic concerns on Gilman

37:04 ↗ Boulevard a bit about the Newport Bridge

37:08 ↗ and a little bit about Swedish forests

37:11 ↗ and lemonade root rot so thank you for

37:13 ↗ bringing all of your comments and

37:14 ↗ concerns to us this evening audience

37:18 ↗ comments is now closed and we will move

37:20 ↗ to committee and regional reports

37:22 ↗ council member hunt thank you madam

37:26 ↗ mayor I have four meetings to report on

37:29 ↗ tonight and there

37:29 ↗ related to water so the first one is on

37:32 ↗ July 18th I attended the Cascade Water

37:35 ↗ Alliance finance and management meeting

37:37 ↗ we talked about a number of issues the

37:42 ↗ first one was a affordability study

37:45 ↗ looking at the affordability of

37:47 ↗ utilities in the cascade water service

37:49 ↗ region and this is a study that would be

37:52 ↗ a dem extended be performed by Texas A&M

37:56 ↗ and it would inform the members of

38:00 ↗ cascade water Alliance about rate

38:03 ↗ structure and affordability options

38:06 ↗ going forward as well we also discussed

38:11 ↗ the RCF C which is the regional capital

38:15 ↗ facilities charge this is a charge

38:18 ↗ that's assessed in new members as they

38:20 ↗ connect to the water system and the fee

38:24 ↗ has been constant for a long time and we

38:28 ↗ talked about the probable need that that

38:31 ↗ will go up so we did not make any

38:34 ↗ decisions these are committee meetings

38:36 ↗ but we did talk about that and we also

38:38 ↗ talked about the budget which will be

38:40 ↗ discussed further later on in the summer

38:43 ↗ and then there will be no August

38:48 ↗ meetings for cascade water Alliance

38:50 ↗ including the committee's so the next

38:52 ↗ meeting of the cascade water Alliance

38:54 ↗ finance and management will be in on

38:58 ↗ September 19th at the cascade water

39:01 ↗ Alliance office and Bellevue and the

39:04 ↗ next meeting is the cascade water

39:05 ↗ Alliance resource management meeting so

39:08 ↗ we discussed some amendments to the Lake

39:11 ↗ Tapps

39:12 ↗ property management policy they've

39:14 ↗ learned over time some some things about

39:19 ↗ the property management and so that

39:21 ↗ basically just updates to their policy

39:24 ↗ of how they interact with people that

39:27 ↗ own properties on Lake Tapps

39:28 ↗ and then we also talked about the need

39:32 ↗ for a GIS software new GIS software and

39:36 ↗ a way of managing GIS as

39:40 ↗ there's software they they have a lot of

39:44 ↗ GIS s assets and they need newer

39:47 ↗ software and that software is improving

39:49 ↗ all the time the next meeting of the

39:52 ↗ Cascade Water Alliance resource

39:54 ↗ management will be on September 13th at

39:59 ↗ the cascade water Alliance office in

40:01 ↗ Bellevue and then I also attended the

40:02 ↗ Cascade Water Alliance board meeting

40:04 ↗ which was on July 25th and we talked

40:07 ↗ about the issues that I just mentioned

40:09 ↗ so we authorized that GIS software

40:11 ↗ expenditure the affordability study as

40:14 ↗ well as the changes to the policy

40:16 ↗ management and we talked about budget

40:18 ↗ but that will be that will be discussed

40:22 ↗ further later in the summer and we did

40:24 ↗ not make a decision or take action on

40:27 ↗ that

40:27 ↗ next meeting of the cascade water

40:30 ↗ Alliance board will meet on September

40:32 ↗ 26th my last meeting is the salmon

40:36 ↗ recovery Council for Huayra 8 which met

40:39 ↗ on July 19th we recommended some

40:44 ↗ investments in technical and

40:45 ↗ programmatic priorities so different

40:47 ↗ studies to understand the health of our

40:50 ↗ salmon population and then we also saw

40:53 ↗ some presentations we saw a presentation

40:55 ↗ from King Conservation District on

40:57 ↗ programs that align with salmon recovery

40:59 ↗ and they talked a lot about how urban

41:02 ↗ forestry is actually really important

41:04 ↗ for salmon populations and I think

41:05 ↗ that's something that's really important

41:07 ↗ in the specific case of Issaquah as well

41:10 ↗ they also do so this is king

41:12 ↗ conservation districts they do a lot of

41:14 ↗ work with private landowners and they

41:16 ↗ talked about some of those programs and

41:18 ↗ we saw a presentation from Puget Sound

41:20 ↗ Regional Council on vision 2050 and

41:24 ↗ salmon recovery how that how that

41:25 ↗ intersects and then we heard a success

41:28 ↗ story about the Cedar River salmon

41:29 ↗ journey naturalist program which is a

41:31 ↗ educational program and part of the

41:34 ↗ Seattle Aquarium and they do education

41:37 ↗ about the life cycle of salmon and the

41:40 ↗ next meeting of why rate salmon recovery

41:42 ↗ council will be September 20th at the

41:44 ↗ Mercer Island Community Center and this

41:46 ↗ concludes my report

41:47 ↗ Thank You councilmember hunt that's my

41:50 ↗ beret Thank You mayor poly the

41:52 ↗ services and Safety Committee will meet

41:54 ↗ on August 14th at 6:30 here in Council

41:56 ↗ Chambers the agenda will have a single

41:59 ↗ item on it we have agenda bill 76 40

42:01 ↗ which is amending the school impact fees

42:04 ↗ the Eastside Fire and Rescue Board will

42:07 ↗ not be meeting in August and the next

42:09 ↗ Eastside Fire Rescue Board meeting will

42:11 ↗ be September 13th at 4 p.m. on the

42:14 ↗ Eastside Fire Rescue headquarters and

42:17 ↗ that concludes my report

42:18 ↗ Thank You councilmember Wray council

42:20 ↗ member Ramos Thank You mayor the council

42:23 ↗ Infrastructure Committee met last month

42:25 ↗ and their item of business will be on

42:27 ↗ regular business tonight so we'll talk

42:28 ↗ about that then the next meeting is next

42:32 ↗ Thursday the 16th next week

42:34 ↗ 6:30 here in Council Chambers the

42:35 ↗ agendas just being put together as we

42:37 ↗ speak

42:37 ↗ Thank You councilmember we're

42:39 ↗ interesting thank you the Puget Sound

42:41 ↗ regional councils growth management

42:43 ↗ policy board did not meet in August so

42:45 ↗ they stuck to their yearly practice of

42:48 ↗ taking August off good for them but so

42:50 ↗ our next meeting will be September 6th

42:52 ↗ in Seattle and I don't know the agenda

42:54 ↗ yet thank you

42:55 ↗ councilmember Goodman Thank You mayor

42:57 ↗ parley the council's land in short

43:00 ↗ committee will not meet in August so our

43:02 ↗ next meeting will be the first Thursday

43:04 ↗ in September that's my report thank you

43:06 ↗ if you council president batise thank

43:10 ↗ you madam mayor no report this evening

43:11 ↗ Thank You council president Mertz thank

43:14 ↗ you madam mayor some cities Association

43:16 ↗ is also taking the month of August

43:18 ↗ amazing there are organizations that do

43:21 ↗ those sorts of things and so their next

43:24 ↗ meeting will be when's our next meeting

43:26 ↗ will be Wednesday September 12th in

43:28 ↗ addition there is a JMTC meeting later

43:31 ↗ in September that I will report on as we

43:33 ↗ get closer thank you that's great I have

43:36 ↗ a fairly light report this evening for

43:38 ↗ the mayor's report I have no regional

43:41 ↗ meetings to report out thank you to

43:43 ↗ councilmember hunt for doing double-duty

43:45 ↗ water representation this month and

43:47 ↗ attending a bunch of cascade water

43:49 ↗ Alliance meetings while I was out of

43:50 ↗ town much appreciated

43:52 ↗ I do have a couple of updates though I

43:56 ↗ think it's pretty well known by the

43:57 ↗ crowd here but I'm going to say it

43:58 ↗ anyway

43:59 ↗ couger mountain Berg's my update City

44:01 ↗ Council will be discussing a council

44:02 ↗ resolution at this evenings meeting

44:04 ↗ sponsored by council members goodman ray

44:06 ↗ and hunt East Lake Sammamish Parkway I'd

44:09 ↗ like to provide some information on an

44:11 ↗ upcoming road closure for two weeks from

44:14 ↗ August 6 through August 20th East Lake

44:16 ↗ Sammamish Parkway is scheduled to be

44:18 ↗ fully closed to vehicular and bicycle

44:20 ↗ traffic for construction on Zaku's Creek

44:23 ↗ fish passage and stream restoration

44:25 ↗ project it's a city of Sammamish project

44:29 ↗ and it includes replacing the existing

44:31 ↗ culvert under the parkway and restoring

44:33 ↗ approximately 400 lineal feet of Zaku's

44:35 ↗ creek upstream of the culvert preserved

44:39 ↗ Providence Heights appeal of the city's

44:42 ↗ SEPA decision and demolition permit for

44:44 ↗ the providence Heights campus on July

44:46 ↗ 20th the city's Hearing Examiner denied

44:48 ↗ the preserved Providence Heights appeal

44:50 ↗ the demolition permit will be amended to

44:53 ↗ an additional condition related to

44:54 ↗ management and materials potentially

44:56 ↗ containing PCBs National Night Out

44:59 ↗ tomorrow night Tuesday August 7th cities

45:02 ↗ all over with their police departments

45:04 ↗ will be celebrating National Night Out

45:06 ↗ I'd like to personally invite you to

45:08 ↗ join me and the council down at the

45:10 ↗ Sequoia Police Department from 5 to 7

45:13 ↗ p.m. it's next to memorial field after

45:16 ↗ that I'm going to be heading over to the

45:18 ↗ concerts on the green at 7 p.m. concert

45:21 ↗ on the green series with several council

45:23 ↗ members hoping to enjoy the great summer

45:25 ↗ weather and serve a treat for our

45:27 ↗ residents the last project update I have

45:30 ↗ is east sunset way road improvements

45:32 ↗ east sunset Way is scheduled for

45:34 ↗ maintenance August 13th and 14th it

45:37 ↗ includes repaving of the road and

45:38 ↗ performing shoulder restoration it's

45:41 ↗ going to be starting at 7 a.m. on August

45:43 ↗ 13th these sunset way will be closed

45:45 ↗ from second.you at 2nd Avenue South East

45:48 ↗ by the fire station to the i-90 exit 18

45:51 ↗ off ramps 436 continuous hours including

45:54 ↗ overnight until the project is complete

45:57 ↗ cyclists and pedestrians will be able to

45:59 ↗ utilize 6th Avenue southeast to get

46:01 ↗ around the project accessing the east

46:03 ↗ sunset trailhead and also the Highlands

46:05 ↗ the main detour route will be i-90 and

46:08 ↗ exit 17 to Front Street to access home

46:11 ↗ and businesses in the work zone please

46:13 ↗ use second Avenue Southeast and adjacent

46:15 ↗ side streets all side streets accessing

46:18 ↗ East sunset way will be closed at he

46:20 ↗ sunset way for construction activities

46:22 ↗ and will not allow for cut through

46:24 ↗ traffic there are maps and detailed

46:26 ↗ information online at WWE Sequoia gov /

46:32 ↗ PMP and that is it for the mayor's

46:35 ↗ report this evening proceeding to the

46:37 ↗ consent calendar the consent calendar

46:40 ↗ was distributed to council in advance

46:42 ↗ and if authorized the consent calendar

46:43 ↗ will be considered together and approved

46:45 ↗ in one motion have the payables and

46:47 ↗ payroll been reviewed yes thank you

46:50 ↗ does any councilmember desire to remove

46:53 ↗ any item from the consent calendar and

46:55 ↗ consider it under regular business thing

46:59 ↗ none is there a motion madam mayor I

47:01 ↗ move we approve the consent agenda

47:04 ↗ agenda as listed in tonight's agenda

47:07 ↗ so you think sent calendar the calendar

47:08 ↗ tonight's agenda

47:10 ↗ Thank You second it's been moved and

47:12 ↗ seconded all those in favor signify by

47:14 ↗ saying aye as opposed that passes

47:18 ↗ unanimously

47:19 ↗ moving on to regular business the first

47:22 ↗ item under regular business is a b7 641

47:24 ↗ Newport Wade Tibbets Creek Bridge

47:26 ↗ reinforcement project this is to

47:29 ↗ authorize additional funding and it's

47:30 ↗ coming out of the council Infrastructure

47:32 ↗ Committee I'd like to invite Sheldon

47:34 ↗ Linn Public Works engineering director

47:36 ↗ to make a presentation thank you madam

47:44 ↗ mayor council my name is Sheldon Linn

47:47 ↗ I'm the director for Public Works

47:49 ↗ engineering as the mayor mentioned this

47:51 ↗ is an agenda bill 7 641 coming back from

47:54 ↗ the council Infrastructure Committee

47:58 ↗ essentially the policy question in front

48:00 ↗ of the City Council is that shall funds

48:02 ↗ be expended to reinforce the Newport Way

48:05 ↗ bridge over Tibbets Creek with a

48:07 ↗ recommendation from the administration

48:09 ↗ to do so the request essentially not

48:14 ↗ essentially but the request is to fund

48:16 ↗ 175 thousand dollars for the designing

48:19 ↗ construction to reinforce the Newport

48:21 ↗ Way bridge over Tibbets Creek

48:24 ↗ I and along with that to authorize

48:27 ↗ execution of designing construction

48:29 ↗ contracts as as needed to accomplish the

48:32 ↗ work a little bit of background the

48:37 ↗ bridge is located just west of SR 900 at

48:43 ↗ the intersection of Newport and SR 900

48:45 ↗ so it's located right here where Timmons

48:47 ↗ Creek crosses the Newport Way

48:52 ↗ the bridge was constructed in 2001 it's

48:58 ↗ been inspected every two years in

49:00 ↗ accordance with federal rules and last

49:03 ↗ inspection was in September of 2017

49:06 ↗ since its construction

49:08 ↗ none of the inspections have identified

49:11 ↗ any damage associated with the structure

49:15 ↗ or degradation of the structure the

49:17 ↗ bridge is considered safe however FHWA

49:23 ↗ has changed the rules in which the

49:27 ↗ calculations are done for calculating

49:30 ↗ the load ratings and load ratings are

49:32 ↗ meant to calculate the loads that the

49:37 ↗ bridge can carry for the heavier types

49:39 ↗ of vehicles trucks buses fire engines

49:42 ↗ things of that sort when they do that

49:47 ↗ those mandates are handed down through

49:49 ↗ the state to the agencies that manage

49:51 ↗ their bridges washed out notified the

49:54 ↗ bridges the bridge engineer for the city

49:56 ↗ of Issaquah in 2014 of the need to

50:00 ↗ perform the load rating calculations on

50:02 ↗ its bridges the time frame for when

50:05 ↗ those calculations were to be done

50:06 ↗ depended upon the type of structure it

50:08 ↗ was and the like and this bridge was

50:11 ↗ expected or needed to have the

50:13 ↗ calculations done by the end of 2017 as

50:17 ↗ well as a number of other bridges in

50:18 ↗ town the rest of the bridges will have

50:21 ↗ to be calculated out by the end of 2022

50:25 ↗ unfortunately in 2014 the city's bridge

50:28 ↗ engineer passed away as well there was

50:32 ↗ some lost information

50:36 ↗ the city learned of the requirement to

50:39 ↗ do these little calculations again in a

50:41 ↗ latter part of 2017

50:53 ↗ additionally we were also informed by

50:56 ↗ wash Dodd that the bridge is within one

50:58 ↗ mile of the interstate in this case i-90

51:02 ↗ must also have these calculations done

51:04 ↗ as they pertain to emergency service

51:06 ↗ vehicles I and that was a requirement of

51:11 ↗ what's known as the fast act of 2015

51:14 ↗ which was signed into law by the

51:16 ↗ President of the United States in

51:17 ↗ December of 2015 the state has given the

51:23 ↗ city some time to make reinforcements to

51:27 ↗ the bridge so as not to require the

51:31 ↗ posting of the bridges the new

51:36 ↗ calculations that were done for the new

51:38 ↗ portway bridge based upon the FHWA

51:40 ↗ guidance and ash no manuals identified

51:43 ↗ that the bridge would not take the loads

51:46 ↗ of the heavier trucks which were newly

51:49 ↗ designed and built as they distribute

51:53 ↗ the loads differently on the structure

51:55 ↗ itself again the bridge is safe it's not

51:58 ↗ damaged in its current state the options

52:04 ↗ that the administration considered were

52:06 ↗ twofold

52:08 ↗ one reinforced the bridge now the

52:11 ↗ reinforcing of the bridge would be with

52:13 ↗ an epoxy type resin that is highly

52:15 ↗ reinforced with a very strong fiber mesh

52:19 ↗ this application is permanent the

52:23 ↗ structure will not have to be replaced

52:24 ↗ when the road gets reconstructed through

52:26 ↗ the area or as Miss Kerry mentioned

52:29 ↗ earlier if the structure has to be

52:31 ↗ widened it can be widened without

52:33 ↗ removing or replacing it to do this work

52:38 ↗ the work has to be done in a period of

52:40 ↗ time which we commonly call the fish

52:42 ↗ window but that's the time period which

52:44 ↗ the Department of Fish and Wildlife will

52:46 ↗ allow work to happen

52:48 ↗ over and within a stream should that

52:51 ↗ have to occur and be extended fisheries

52:55 ↗ will make a decision upon the request of

52:57 ↗ the city whether or not you know based

52:59 ↗ on fish migration and other conditions

53:01 ↗ of what's going on whether they're going

53:03 ↗ to allow the extension of the fish

53:05 ↗ window currently we don't anticipate

53:08 ↗ needing in an extension of the fish

53:10 ↗ window the other option that the city

53:16 ↗ has in front of it is the post load

53:18 ↗ limits load limits being posted on the

53:21 ↗ bridge will have a whole host of

53:23 ↗ impacted users city snow plows vector

53:27 ↗ trucks trucks that haul material and

53:30 ↗ heavy equipment for the operations

53:31 ↗ department as well as as well as parks

53:34 ↗ it affects other heavy vehicles used for

53:37 ↗ local deliveries including construction

53:39 ↗ deliveries the resultant of that is that

53:48 ↗ there's a significant impact of the

53:50 ↗ quality and cost of level of service

53:51 ↗ that the city provides with its services

53:54 ↗ for instance if this snow event occurs

53:57 ↗ the Public Works operations department

53:59 ↗ will have to go all the way around-i 90

54:03 ↗ like mine and come back to be able to

54:05 ↗ plow Newport Way as well as pile the

54:07 ↗ hills of South East 54th Village Park

54:10 ↗ Drive and the other steep hills that are

54:12 ↗ located off of Newport Way that's just

54:16 ↗ one example

54:17 ↗ East Side Fire and Rescue has been

54:20 ↗ consulted and in your packet there's a

54:22 ↗ memo with a letter that Eastside Fire

54:26 ↗ and Rescue wrote to the city that

54:28 ↗ supports the reinforcement of the bridge

54:30 ↗ now

54:35 ↗ in the committee there was some

54:37 ↗ discussion and questions about being

54:39 ↗ able to post the bridge with the weight

54:41 ↗ limits but exempt emergency vehicles I

54:45 ↗ mentioned the fast Act of 2015

54:49 ↗ earlier in my presentation that Act that

54:55 ↗ was passed by the president precludes

54:57 ↗ the option of posting an exemption for

55:00 ↗ emergency vehicles and the reason for

55:04 ↗ that is because the fast Act contains

55:05 ↗ some language in there that says with

55:07 ↗ basically within a mile of Interstate if

55:10 ↗ a bridge load calculation shows that

55:13 ↗ emergency vehicles loads need to be

55:15 ↗ posted then we will have to post the

55:18 ↗ load limits for emergency vehicles as

55:20 ↗ well not just other types of trucks and

55:23 ↗ vehicles with that the recommendation

55:29 ↗ from the administration is to direct the

55:31 ↗ finance director to include one hundred

55:32 ↗ and seventy five thousand dollars in a

55:34 ↗ subsequent 2018 budget amendment for the

55:37 ↗ Tibbets Creek Bridge reinforcement

55:39 ↗ project utilizing street operating fund

55:41 ↗ the authorization and authorizing the

55:45 ↗ administration to enter into design and

55:46 ↗ construction contracts for the Tibbets

55:48 ↗ Creek Bridge reinforcements Thank You

55:51 ↗ Sheldon if there's any questions what's

56:00 ↗ the timeline that we have from the state

56:01 ↗ to make the repairs or make the

56:04 ↗ reinforcements or post the weight limits

56:07 ↗ what's the timeline there the normal

56:10 ↗ timeline is once the low-cal load

56:12 ↗ calculations are done typically there's

56:14 ↗ a 90-day period which washed out and

56:16 ↗ FHWA would prefer to see the loads

56:19 ↗ posted we've been working with wash dot

56:21 ↗ and essentially we have probably late

56:25 ↗ fall towards the end of this year to be

56:28 ↗ able to do that and then otherwise we

56:30 ↗ have to post and given the conditions

56:34 ↗ that we would have with the Fisheries

56:37 ↗ Department if we waited till then

56:41 ↗ then we would have to wait until next

56:44 ↗ year when the fish window opens up again

56:47 ↗ so we would have to load post pretty

56:51 ↗ much immediately if we didn't take the

56:54 ↗ section time there's a couple a couple

56:57 ↗ more follow once this one goes to the

56:59 ↗ financial aspect of this did the

57:02 ↗ administration look at other funding

57:04 ↗ sources within the existing budget for

57:08 ↗ the one hundred and seventy five

57:09 ↗ thousand dollars as opposed to a new

57:11 ↗ budget ass that's the world don't have

57:13 ↗ real good visibility into your budget

57:15 ↗ just wondering if there was existing

57:17 ↗ funds from salary savings or project

57:21 ↗ savings or anything that could be

57:22 ↗ repurposed in whole or in part to this

57:25 ↗ you see interim City Administrator

57:28 ↗ getting closer to a microphone so I

57:30 ↗ think bringing in great thank you very

57:34 ↗ much so a few a few different pieces of

57:41 ↗ information to relay on that question

57:45 ↗ were other funding options considered

57:48 ↗ was part of that question and I can say

57:51 ↗ that the first consideration was the

57:57 ↗ fact that this was of the magnitude that

58:00 ↗ required council approval to even

58:03 ↗ initiate so we knew we would be bringing

58:05 ↗ this matter back before City Council as

58:08 ↗ it's a Capitol sized improvement it's

58:11 ↗ over the threshold that requires council

58:14 ↗ action and also entering into a contract

58:19 ↗ commitment of this amount requires that

58:22 ↗ approval having said that the fund that

58:28 ↗ we have considered for this is the

58:30 ↗ appropriate fund the street operating

58:32 ↗ fund that fund is also used for roadway

58:36 ↗ maintenance snow control traffic control

58:40 ↗ and some of those activities have taken

58:43 ↗ place so far this year and some are yet

58:45 ↗ to come

58:46 ↗ perhaps and so we do reserve funds

58:51 ↗ within the street operating fund in

58:53 ↗ order

58:53 ↗ to accommodate that having said that

58:55 ↗ that fund does fluctuate from year to

58:59 ↗ year depending on how much it is needed

59:02 ↗ how much snow we get for example and so

59:04 ↗ it is common for us to balance out that

59:08 ↗ fund toward the end of the year that

59:11 ↗ give you the easiest example is if it

59:13 ↗ snows a lot then we go over the snow

59:16 ↗ budget within that fund then we come

59:18 ↗ back and we ask for an additional

59:20 ↗ transfer to make the fund whole

59:22 ↗ conversely though if we spend less that

59:24 ↗ money stays within the street operating

59:27 ↗ fund and then the subsequent year we

59:29 ↗ don't have to perhaps budget quite as

59:32 ↗ much from the general fund which is the

59:33 ↗ primary funding source for the street

59:35 ↗ fund so because of the flexibility the

59:38 ↗ nature of the fund and the need to come

59:41 ↗ back but for council to just get the

59:43 ↗ authorization for the expenditure and

59:45 ↗ the work we did not consider other

59:49 ↗ sources of funds it would not have been

59:51 ↗ appropriate to take from the public

59:53 ↗ works operating budget as they don't

59:56 ↗ routinely have that kind of capacity

59:58 ↗ within their budget did I answer I think

1:00:03 ↗ so no I don't mind I'm satisfied with

1:00:06 ↗ that so another question you know hands

1:00:09 ↗ on buzzers seniors rings in for this one

1:00:11 ↗ this one really deals with we had a

1:00:13 ↗ change in Fayed order regulations in

1:00:16 ↗ 2014 and I recognize we had some

1:00:18 ↗ unforeseen circumstances but but it does

1:00:22 ↗ raise it a little an interesting

1:00:23 ↗ question in my mind about how do we

1:00:27 ↗ early approve the system I mean this is

1:00:29 ↗ something we should have been discussing

1:00:31 ↗ in my way I hear it some time ago so is

1:00:35 ↗ there anything that the

1:00:36 ↗ you know Public Works engineering or the

1:00:39 ↗ administration has done to kind of

1:00:40 ↗ backstop this kind of problems so we we

1:00:44 ↗ don't find ourselves scrambling here we

1:00:48 ↗ hold regular meetings at staff and have

1:00:52 ↗ for a number of years I wear

1:00:55 ↗ communications happen about what's

1:00:57 ↗ happening in the industry also when we

1:01:00 ↗ get notifications like this typically

1:01:03 ↗ those come up in this instance they

1:01:06 ↗ didn't come up at a time but we're

1:01:07 ↗ constantly going to conferences

1:01:09 ↗ networking with washed-out and FHWA

1:01:12 ↗ doing our best to keep abreast of

1:01:14 ↗ changing regulatory environments and

1:01:17 ↗ watch that's really good about notifying

1:01:19 ↗ us of these things and so we're always

1:01:23 ↗ in communication with their local

1:01:25 ↗ programs folks and others to make sure

1:01:27 ↗ that we are aware of these sorts of

1:01:31 ↗ things final question this this deals

1:01:34 ↗ with you mentioned I think was remaining

1:01:36 ↗ bridges by 2022 yes the inspection so

1:01:40 ↗ would we look to be putting some some

1:01:43 ↗ placeholders in recognizing that there's

1:01:45 ↗ a potential for some of those bridges to

1:01:47 ↗ need remediation and going forward how

1:01:50 ↗ do you deal with that we over the years

1:01:52 ↗ over the past 15 20 years we've pretty

1:01:55 ↗ much replaced all of our bridges this

1:01:59 ↗ was the only one they came up we've done

1:02:01 ↗ the low calculations for about half of

1:02:03 ↗ our bridges the other half are due by

1:02:05 ↗ the end of 2022

1:02:06 ↗ we'll put in a budget request for

1:02:09 ↗ probably the Year 2022 7 2021 when we

1:02:13 ↗ develop it we'll have some money in

1:02:14 ↗ there to have those calculations done

1:02:16 ↗ for 2022 and then pending the results

1:02:20 ↗ we'll probably come back and request

1:02:22 ↗ council for authorization for either

1:02:24 ↗ reinforcing or the administration will

1:02:28 ↗ load post the bridges depending upon

1:02:31 ↗ what the results are thank you Thank You

1:02:35 ↗ councilmember Rea other questions not

1:02:39 ↗ seeing any so I'm going to look for a

1:02:40 ↗ motion um remember almost yeah and I'm

1:02:44 ↗ going to precede this motion with a

1:02:45 ↗ little explanation okay so as chair

1:02:48 ↗ instruction committee this was that are

1:02:49 ↗ in

1:02:49 ↗ committee last month and we talked about

1:02:52 ↗ this and to give a little background

1:02:57 ↗ basically is as it was discussed in

1:02:59 ↗ committee a number of questions came up

1:03:01 ↗ that that we want more information was

1:03:06 ↗ desired and the normal process would

1:03:08 ↗ have been to keep that in committee

1:03:11 ↗ another month staff would find those

1:03:13 ↗ answers bring them back they next month

1:03:15 ↗ this month we would then go through that

1:03:17 ↗ and then bring it back to Council we

1:03:20 ↗ didn't do that because if we did that it

1:03:23 ↗ would have delayed the project beyond

1:03:26 ↗ its ability to be done this year

1:03:28 ↗ so those things that were trying to

1:03:30 ↗ avoid here of posting load limits and

1:03:32 ↗ causing those problems because it would

1:03:35 ↗ be too late in the year with temperature

1:03:36 ↗ or the how the repaired need or changes

1:03:39 ↗ need to be done and fish windows and all

1:03:41 ↗ those kinds of things would have stopped

1:03:42 ↗ it it would have been done next year so

1:03:44 ↗ with that in mind it's coming to Council

1:03:48 ↗ without a direct recommendation from the

1:03:51 ↗ committee so the recommendation from

1:03:54 ↗ Craig let's bring it here and bring your

1:03:56 ↗ answers which Sheldon's been presenting

1:03:58 ↗ now to sue those questions so the whole

1:04:00 ↗ council would hear those and we could

1:04:02 ↗ take action tonight rather than delaying

1:04:04 ↗ in a month so that's kind of the story

1:04:06 ↗ on the timing wise otherwise it would

1:04:08 ↗ have come with a recommendation okay one

1:04:10 ↗ more thing to add to that and I think

1:04:13 ↗ and I'm noting that the reason for this

1:04:16 ↗ is quite been clear yeah and that is

1:04:19 ↗ that what's happened in correct

1:04:21 ↗ Miranshah

1:04:22 ↗ is that vehicles have been redesigned

1:04:24 ↗ over recent years that the way they

1:04:27 ↗ spread the load on the road has changed

1:04:30 ↗ okay so this is not something where

1:04:33 ↗ federal highways administration just

1:04:34 ↗ said oh we're gonna change the

1:04:35 ↗ calculations bridges have to be

1:04:37 ↗ different now it was done because

1:04:39 ↗ vehicles carry the weight differently

1:04:41 ↗ because they've been changed so with

1:04:43 ↗ that when they go across a bridge then

1:04:46 ↗ that weight that the bridge has support

1:04:48 ↗ has to be supported differently and so

1:04:50 ↗ that's why we have new calculations to

1:04:53 ↗ understand that okay a vehicle that used

1:04:55 ↗ to be rated on that bridge the way it's

1:04:57 ↗ spread out with axle weight and all this

1:04:59 ↗ stuff which I'm not an expert at is

1:05:00 ↗ different in that

1:05:02 ↗ on the bridge is different so with that

1:05:05 ↗ design federal highway said we need to

1:05:07 ↗ recalculate how those things are done

1:05:10 ↗ and that's what's that's what the

1:05:12 ↗ changes come about regularly this bridge

1:05:15 ↗ would have passed its previous

1:05:16 ↗ inspections but it's within a mile of

1:05:19 ↗ i-90 so that's interstate highway so all

1:05:21 ↗ these other requirements are in place so

1:05:23 ↗ I just want to say that's kind of the

1:05:24 ↗ history how we got there we did the

1:05:26 ↗ calculations it turned out because of

1:05:28 ↗ that it just doesn't meet that anymore

1:05:31 ↗ so it's not an arbitrary thing it's a

1:05:33 ↗ design thing and it's definitely needed

1:05:35 ↗ from the engineering side so I want to

1:05:37 ↗ clear that up as well so with that I'm

1:05:40 ↗ gonna make a motion and I think you

1:05:42 ↗ actually have it up there and move to

1:05:45 ↗ direct the finance director to include

1:05:47 ↗ $175,000 in a subsequent 2018 budget

1:05:50 ↗ amendment for the Tibbets Creek Bridge

1:05:52 ↗ reinforcement project utilizing the

1:05:54 ↗ street operating fund and authorized the

1:05:57 ↗ administration to enter into design and

1:05:58 ↗ construction contracts for the tivitz

1:06:00 ↗ Creek Bridge reinforcement project

1:06:02 ↗ second that was a question

1:06:07 ↗ sounded like a second Thank You

1:06:09 ↗ councilmember hunt okay it's been moved

1:06:13 ↗ and seconded is there any council

1:06:15 ↗ discussion that's a member we

1:06:17 ↗ interesting thank you along the funding

1:06:19 ↗ question it does say in the bill that a

1:06:21 ↗ future transfer from the general fund

1:06:23 ↗ may be required so yes we often move

1:06:27 ↗ money from the general fund that is the

1:06:29 ↗ source for the street operating fund and

1:06:31 ↗ then we do things like this treat your

1:06:33 ↗ Paris Street maintenance plow the roads

1:06:35 ↗ out of that money so a good way of

1:06:37 ↗ tracking what we're spending for these

1:06:39 ↗ type things so it does say maybe got an

1:06:43 ↗ update I mean do we we are we doing it

1:06:46 ↗ is it likely then require something out

1:06:48 ↗ of the general fund it's too early for

1:06:50 ↗ us to tell because we haven't gotten in

1:06:52 ↗ a snow season for example or finish the

1:06:54 ↗ construction season so the street

1:06:58 ↗ operating funds overall need is not yet

1:07:01 ↗ known we asked for the ability to add

1:07:05 ↗ that to the budget amendment and the

1:07:07 ↗ authorization and now go and spend but

1:07:10 ↗ as we bring that budget amendment

1:07:12 ↗ forward or the final budget amendment of

1:07:15 ↗ the year we will look at overall fund

1:07:18 ↗ read and make a decision about the size

1:07:20 ↗ in particular of the budget amendment

1:07:23 ↗ and the transfer that's needed okay

1:07:24 ↗ thank you so this is this is allowing

1:07:27 ↗ you to spend the money out of that fund

1:07:28 ↗ for this particular reason and in the

1:07:30 ↗ future

1:07:32 ↗ the budget men will actually identify

1:07:34 ↗ with whether and how much we need to get

1:07:37 ↗ from the general fund to to pay the

1:07:39 ↗ balance out of the street operating fund

1:07:42 ↗ correct questions no more questions

1:07:48 ↗ we ready for the votes if there's no

1:07:52 ↗ further discussion all those in favor of

1:07:54 ↗ directing the finance director to

1:07:55 ↗ include one hundred and seventy five

1:07:57 ↗ thousand dollars in the subsequent 2018

1:08:00 ↗ budget amendment for the Tibbets Creek

1:08:02 ↗ Bridge reinforcement project utilizing

1:08:04 ↗ the street operating fund and

1:08:06 ↗ authorizing the administration to enter

1:08:08 ↗ into design and construction contracts

1:08:10 ↗ for the Tibbets Creek Bridge

1:08:11 ↗ reinforcement project signify by saying

1:08:13 ↗ aye opposed that carries unanimously

1:08:18 ↗ Thank You Sheldon next item under

1:08:22 ↗ regular business this evening is EB

1:08:24 ↗ seven six five three in her local

1:08:26 ↗ agreement with Eastside Fire and Rescue

1:08:28 ↗ per and poly Fleur alkyl substances you

1:08:32 ↗ fast for short field study this is for

1:08:36 ↗ an authorization and this is the first

1:08:38 ↗ time this agenda bill has been before

1:08:40 ↗ council we're gonna keep Sheldon Lynn up

1:08:42 ↗ at the die ass Public Works engineering

1:08:45 ↗ director to make presentation thank you

1:08:49 ↗ Mary Polly so the policy question with

1:08:52 ↗ this agenda bill is shall the council

1:08:54 ↗ enter into an interlocal agreement with

1:08:57 ↗ the site Fire and Rescue for the purpose

1:08:58 ↗ of sharing the cost and performing field

1:09:00 ↗ studies related to P fest in the valley

1:09:02 ↗ aquifer the administration is

1:09:05 ↗ recommending yes the city should enter

1:09:08 ↗ into that interlocal agreement I I'm

1:09:11 ↗ gonna go through a little bit of

1:09:12 ↗ background about you know what brought

1:09:14 ↗ us here I'm going to talk about the

1:09:16 ↗ scope of work that's associated with the

1:09:18 ↗ field studies and then I'm going to talk

1:09:20 ↗ about the elements within the inner

1:09:23 ↗ local agreement

1:09:27 ↗ in 2015 the city discovered PFS within

1:09:32 ↗ its well number 4 by 2016 the City

1:09:39 ↗ Council had taken action to fund

1:09:42 ↗ treatment and the treatment had been

1:09:45 ↗ assigned and installed resulting in the

1:09:48 ↗ complete removal of PFS from the well

1:09:51 ↗ number 4 water supply

1:09:53 ↗ since that time the city has continued

1:09:56 ↗ to test the water to make sure that the

1:09:58 ↗ water supply is free of PFS in addition

1:10:04 ↗ to that further hydrogeological

1:10:07 ↗ were authorized and funded by the City

1:10:10 ↗ Council as shown on the graphic here

1:10:13 ↗ from a geosyntec report and presentation

1:10:16 ↗ earlier provided the City Council it

1:10:19 ↗ shows that there was a plume identified

1:10:22 ↗ of PFS that extended northward from

1:10:25 ↗ approximately the Eastside Fire and

1:10:28 ↗ Rescue headquarters north to the well

1:10:30 ↗ number 4 area subsequent to this

1:10:35 ↗ Eastside Fire and Rescue has also

1:10:37 ↗ identified other areas in the valley

1:10:38 ↗ where firefighting foam has historically

1:10:41 ↗ been used for training at other

1:10:43 ↗ locations other than the headquarters

1:10:46 ↗ firefighting foam is one of the

1:10:49 ↗ suspected ways in which the pee fast has

1:10:53 ↗ gotten into the aquifers been the use of

1:10:55 ↗ a firefighting phone since that time in

1:10:59 ↗ 2017 and 18 a partnership developed the

1:11:03 ↗ partnership was between Eastside Fire &

1:11:05 ↗ Rescue

1:11:05 ↗ the city of Issaquah and the Department

1:11:08 ↗ of Ecology within that partnership the

1:11:12 ↗ partners developed a scope of work to

1:11:14 ↗ further investigate the known potential

1:11:16 ↗ source and investigate other potential

1:11:18 ↗ sources for the plume also we provided

1:11:23 ↗ funding for the scope of work as well

1:11:25 ↗ and we've negotiated interlocal

1:11:29 ↗ agreements and agency agreements on how

1:11:31 ↗ the funds will be used

1:11:36 ↗ the scope of work the scope of work

1:11:40 ↗ includes three areas in general sense

1:11:44 ↗ there's one area owned by the school

1:11:48 ↗ district appear between Holley or just

1:11:50 ↗ south of Holly Street there's the east

1:11:53 ↗ side fire and rescue property down here

1:11:56 ↗ and then there's an area over here by

1:11:59 ↗ city hall the old fire station sites in

1:12:04 ↗ general vicinity of them that were also

1:12:07 ↗ identified as areas that had previous

1:12:10 ↗ use of the firefighting foam for

1:12:12 ↗ practice purposes as part of the scope

1:12:16 ↗ of work there's going to be shallow soil

1:12:19 ↗ sampling and testing there's going to be

1:12:21 ↗ some groundwater sampling and testing

1:12:23 ↗ which also includes the installation of

1:12:26 ↗ monitoring wells and each of those

1:12:30 ↗ activities are going to be on all three

1:12:32 ↗ in all three areas the interlocal

1:12:38 ↗ agreement which is what this agenda bill

1:12:39 ↗ is about is about a partnership it

1:12:43 ↗ identified the consultants scope of work

1:12:45 ↗ which I just spoke about in brief

1:12:48 ↗ summary it provides for project

1:12:50 ↗ management where each site Fire and

1:12:52 ↗ Rescue is responsible for the direct

1:12:54 ↗ contract management with the consulting

1:12:56 ↗ firm that's going to be doing the field

1:12:58 ↗ work there's also an executive committee

1:13:01 ↗ that's formed the executive committee is

1:13:04 ↗ comprised of the chief it's comprised of

1:13:06 ↗ an ecology person the mayor as well as

1:13:10 ↗ the interim city administrator it also

1:13:14 ↗ provides for cost sharing the cost

1:13:18 ↗ sharing identifies that there are two

1:13:20 ↗ there there's one grant from the

1:13:22 ↗ Department of Commerce which the City

1:13:23 ↗ Council already accepted back on June 18

1:13:26 ↗ through agenda bill seven six three O

1:13:29 ↗ the other funds that are outside and not

1:13:33 ↗ part of city of Issaquah or ecipher and

1:13:35 ↗ rescue our ecology funds those are the

1:13:38 ↗ two pots of money that will be used

1:13:40 ↗ first once that those funds are used up

1:13:44 ↗ the city of Issaquah and you set fire

1:13:46 ↗ and rest

1:13:47 ↗ you will split the costs evenly between

1:13:49 ↗ the two parties those are essentially

1:13:53 ↗ the basic tenets of the in our local

1:13:56 ↗ agreement the recommendation is to

1:13:59 ↗ authorize the mayor to enter into and

1:14:01 ↗ execute the interlocal agreement with

1:14:02 ↗ you so fire and rescue for the PFS field

1:14:05 ↗ study project Thank You Sheldon

1:14:11 ↗ are there any questions a motion it's

1:14:19 ↗ madam air I moved to authorize the mayor

1:14:21 ↗ to enter into an execute the interlocal

1:14:23 ↗ agreement with East Side Fire and Rescue

1:14:24 ↗ for the PFA S field study project second

1:14:30 ↗ I'm going to take ok that's a member ray

1:14:38 ↗ so it's it's interesting sitting on the

1:14:41 ↗ SyFy rescue board and having dealt with

1:14:44 ↗ the same in her local agreement from the

1:14:46 ↗ other side of the equation this is a

1:14:48 ↗ really good deal for the city of

1:14:51 ↗ Issaquah this is an opportunity hats off

1:14:56 ↗ to Chief Clark and Mayer poly from for

1:14:58 ↗ brokering a deal that brings in the

1:15:00 ↗ money from ecology and the money from

1:15:02 ↗ commerce and gets us ahead of this

1:15:04 ↗ project so this could have been much

1:15:07 ↗ much more expensive and much more

1:15:10 ↗ damaging to the city than then it's

1:15:13 ↗ going to be because of people working

1:15:15 ↗ together across government subdivisions

1:15:19 ↗ and really taking this one on so I think

1:15:21 ↗ this is this is one of the from where I

1:15:24 ↗ said and where I sat when when the four

1:15:27 ↗ board approved this this is an easy one

1:15:29 ↗ Thank You councilmember ray

1:15:31 ↗ councilmember Goodman thank you I have

1:15:34 ↗ nearly the same comments I just want to

1:15:37 ↗ say thank you to Mayor paulien Chief

1:15:39 ↗ Clark and focusing administration both

1:15:42 ↗ of those organizations who have worked

1:15:45 ↗ very hard on this it's been very very

1:15:47 ↗ collaborative and I've been very very

1:15:50 ↗ impressed so thank you thank you very

1:15:52 ↗ much

1:15:53 ↗ councilmember winter Stein I may have a

1:15:54 ↗ couple of questions depends on the

1:15:55 ↗ answer to the first one has this been

1:15:57 ↗ through committee

1:15:59 ↗ No so why are we doing this one touch

1:16:02 ↗ now I know they've been other meetings

1:16:04 ↗ to authorize acceptance of the money the

1:16:06 ↗ grant money but this one actually has a

1:16:08 ↗ contract in it so this is the first time

1:16:09 ↗ the council is seeing contract language

1:16:11 ↗ hmm so why is it why are we doing it

1:16:15 ↗ this way good question

1:16:19 ↗ you're right to point out that it's a

1:16:22 ↗ one touch that's not our preferred

1:16:23 ↗ method but occasionally that's the only

1:16:27 ↗ way that we can get business done the

1:16:30 ↗ time constraints on this are that we it

1:16:32 ↗ took some while to work out all of these

1:16:34 ↗ agreements and the complexity of the

1:16:37 ↗ funding arrangements and there were

1:16:41 ↗ precursor steps like taking action on

1:16:43 ↗ the acceptance of the grant etc and

1:16:47 ↗ working out the scope of work it took

1:16:51 ↗ quite a bit of effort as well

1:16:53 ↗ and so that brings us to August and we

1:16:55 ↗ want to get some of the field study work

1:16:59 ↗ done while school is out since it's in

1:17:03 ↗ it's on school district property in part

1:17:07 ↗ so to have it to go to committee and

1:17:10 ↗ then back would prevent us from getting

1:17:13 ↗ the work done well school is out it's

1:17:17 ↗ more interesting more questions well

1:17:19 ↗ just general comment process so none of

1:17:21 ↗ that's in here there is no explanation

1:17:23 ↗ for the expedient manner of this and at

1:17:26 ↗ least if it's here I didn't see that and

1:17:28 ↗ I would think generally for a contract

1:17:30 ↗ that I would much prefer that and I was

1:17:35 ↗ I would expect that contract language

1:17:37 ↗ does does have the chance for a full

1:17:39 ↗ committee review I just this is

1:17:46 ↗ essentially when we get a bill like this

1:17:48 ↗ where nobody on council has scrutinized

1:17:50 ↗ in a meeting and had any presentation or

1:17:52 ↗ conversation about contract language

1:17:53 ↗ we're essentially running a committee

1:17:55 ↗ meeting here not regular business we

1:17:57 ↗ really should be going through this and

1:17:59 ↗ and have a conversation about the

1:18:02 ↗ details unfortunately you know I'm not

1:18:04 ↗ prepared to do that

1:18:06 ↗ honestly before this evening I did

1:18:09 ↗ assume that that we were going

1:18:10 ↗ here from the committee that reviewed

1:18:11 ↗ that because I know I wasn't on a

1:18:12 ↗ committee that reviewed that so I think

1:18:14 ↗ this process it's it is not a comment at

1:18:18 ↗ all about what we're trying to do I

1:18:19 ↗ understand about timing understand

1:18:20 ↗ trying to take advantage of Windows when

1:18:22 ↗ things are most properly you know done

1:18:24 ↗ best but I think as a matter of practice

1:18:26 ↗ as a city if we're gonna ask the council

1:18:28 ↗ to approve contract language even with

1:18:29 ↗ an existing partner and trusted partner

1:18:31 ↗ as yfir we are member of efer I would

1:18:34 ↗ still think it's appropriate process

1:18:35 ↗ rather than a one touch that Wade goes

1:18:37 ↗ through the committee route Thank You

1:18:39 ↗ councilmember interesting are there any

1:18:41 ↗ other questions or discussion it will

1:18:45 ↗ confirm that comes from understanding is

1:18:47 ↗ correct that the wine now should be in

1:18:49 ↗ the agenda bill so that was a good catch

1:18:52 ↗ thank you for pointing that out I've

1:18:56 ↗ been told by a friend that it is in

1:18:59 ↗ their summer but agreed it is not a

1:19:01 ↗ normal process not a typical process for

1:19:03 ↗ us is there any other discussion or

1:19:06 ↗ comments because the other unusual thing

1:19:12 ↗ about this that did get my attention

1:19:14 ↗ about this is that the language in front

1:19:16 ↗ of us is but we actually have a

1:19:19 ↗ photocopy of the contract and it's

1:19:21 ↗ already signed by the chief from the

1:19:23 ↗ Eastside Fire & Rescue and generally

1:19:25 ↗ that's an unusual process this is we're

1:19:28 ↗ way out in front of the normal process

1:19:30 ↗ in this one I just I just want to you

1:19:33 ↗ know add that piece of information to

1:19:36 ↗ the public record thank you I got a

1:19:37 ↗ little heads-up there from the city

1:19:39 ↗ administrator can you talk about the

1:19:40 ↗ contract piece of it whether or not it's

1:19:42 ↗ typical to have the other party sign in

1:19:44 ↗ advance

1:19:44 ↗ sure it just so happened that they've

1:19:47 ↗ had their business meetings ahead of

1:19:49 ↗ ours and so it's the most most recent we

1:19:53 ↗ could have given you one without a

1:19:54 ↗ signature but the fact of the matter is

1:19:55 ↗ it has Chief Clark has been authorized

1:19:58 ↗ to sign it and has signed it it won't be

1:20:01 ↗ executed until of course you've given

1:20:04 ↗ your authorization and and the mayor has

1:20:06 ↗ signed it and I just just one more point

1:20:09 ↗ of clarification I hear your point and

1:20:13 ↗ we will strive to bring contracts in

1:20:17 ↗ front of you so that they have

1:20:19 ↗ opportunities to go to committee

1:20:20 ↗ although that's not technically spelled

1:20:24 ↗ out in our policy as a requirement but

1:20:27 ↗ it is good practice and I will say we

1:20:30 ↗ alluded to the fact that this would be

1:20:33 ↗ coming before you when we brought the

1:20:35 ↗ commerce grant forward in June and have

1:20:38 ↗ had some conversation with council

1:20:40 ↗ leadership about the fact that there was

1:20:42 ↗ a quick turnaround and this would be one

1:20:44 ↗ touch so we've made it we've made

1:20:47 ↗ efforts to try to explain why this DB is

1:20:50 ↗ somewhat from what has been our past

1:20:52 ↗ practice thank you clarification any

1:20:55 ↗ other comments or questions are we ready

1:20:57 ↗ for the vote looks like we are ready for

1:21:00 ↗ the vote there's no further discussion

1:21:03 ↗ all those in favor of authorizing the

1:21:05 ↗ mayor to enter into and execute the

1:21:07 ↗ interlocal agreement with East Side Fire

1:21:09 ↗ and Rescue for the pee fast field study

1:21:12 ↗ project signified by saying I was

1:21:15 ↗ opposed that passes unanimously

1:21:17 ↗ the next and last item on our regular

1:21:20 ↗ business agenda this evening is a b7 six

1:21:23 ↗ six two the port for city rule in open

1:21:26 ↗ space acquisition this is requesting

1:21:28 ↗ approval this is the first time this

1:21:31 ↗ agenda bill has been before council and

1:21:33 ↗ I would like to invite Geoff Watling our

1:21:35 ↗ director our Parks and Recreation to

1:21:37 ↗ introduce this item mayor thank you good

1:21:40 ↗ evening Council I'll be quick

1:21:41 ↗ council members Goodman hunt and race

1:21:44 ↗ ought to bring forward a resolution just

1:21:47 ↗ to state support of the open space

1:21:49 ↗ acquisition efforts on the Bergsma

1:21:52 ↗ properties those council members

1:21:54 ↗ approach staff to assist in drafting the

1:21:58 ↗ route the resolution forgiveme

1:22:00 ↗ to ensure that it's consistent with the

1:22:03 ↗ exploratory work that's currently

1:22:04 ↗ underway this collective work between

1:22:07 ↗ staff and council produce the draft that

1:22:09 ↗ is before you now I will turn it over to

1:22:13 ↗ those council members to to further

1:22:16 ↗ introduce this resolution for your

1:22:17 ↗ consideration Thanks thank you Jeff

1:22:20 ↗ so we have a couple of options here we

1:22:22 ↗ can have somebody make a motion and then

1:22:25 ↗ go to questions discussion deliberation

1:22:27 ↗ or we can have the three council members

1:22:30 ↗ who propose this resolution speak

1:22:33 ↗ beforehand is there any preference for

1:22:34 ↗ process if not I would just make a

1:22:38 ↗ motion then this is just to make a

1:22:39 ↗ motion thank you sure I'll make the

1:22:43 ↗ motion I would move to approve

1:22:46 ↗ resolution number twenty 18-13 in

1:22:50 ↗ support of open space acquisition

1:22:52 ↗ efforts on the Bergsma properties second

1:22:55 ↗ it's been moved and seconded who would

1:22:58 ↗ like to begin also member Goodman thank

1:23:02 ↗ you so for me the inspiration for this

1:23:11 ↗ resolution came directly from the save

1:23:13 ↗ Cougar Mountain organization and I'll

1:23:17 ↗ speak to that in just a minute but first

1:23:18 ↗ of all I want to clarify that there are

1:23:20 ↗ three sponsors

1:23:21 ↗ I think our software allows one name at

1:23:25 ↗ the top of the agenda bill and but I do

1:23:28 ↗ want to I do want to clarify and make it

1:23:29 ↗ clear that there are three sponsors and

1:23:31 ↗ I want to thank council members rain

1:23:33 ↗ hunt for all of your work on this and I

1:23:36 ↗ also want to thank Jeff Welling and

1:23:37 ↗ Emily moon for all of your efforts in

1:23:40 ↗ preparing that resolution so the same

1:23:44 ↗ Cougar Mountain folks have been coming

1:23:45 ↗ to this council that are council

1:23:47 ↗ meetings since early 2017 to tell us

1:23:50 ↗ their concerns about the proposed

1:23:51 ↗ Bergsma development I might count that's

1:23:54 ↗ more than 16 months about almost a year

1:23:58 ↗ and a half I believe that most of us

1:24:00 ↗ council members have been talking with

1:24:05 ↗ folks from that group and the last time

1:24:07 ↗ I met with them just a few weeks ago I

1:24:09 ↗ was struck by some of their comments

1:24:11 ↗ first was how long they have been coming

1:24:15 ↗ to speak before us and like I said it's

1:24:18 ↗ almost a year and a half but we never

1:24:20 ↗ speak in return because the the

1:24:22 ↗ practices you know you public members

1:24:25 ↗ can come talk to the council during

1:24:27 ↗ audience comments and it's your

1:24:28 ↗ opportunity to tell us how you feel

1:24:30 ↗ about something and your opinion about

1:24:31 ↗ something so

1:24:33 ↗ what happens is they don't that save

1:24:36 ↗ Kruger Mountain folks have not heard

1:24:38 ↗ from us in return as a council the mayor

1:24:41 ↗ does provide periodic reports out about

1:24:44 ↗ the Bergsma activities at the council

1:24:47 ↗ which is a completely different branch

1:24:49 ↗ of municipal government has not

1:24:51 ↗ responded and that feels very wrong to

1:24:54 ↗ me

1:24:54 ↗ the reason this feels wrong to me is

1:24:56 ↗ because we the policy makers do know

1:24:59 ↗ that the administration is working with

1:25:01 ↗ trust for public lands which has already

1:25:03 ↗ been talked about publicly and as the

1:25:05 ↗ resolution states quote whereas a

1:25:08 ↗ current partnership with a trust for

1:25:10 ↗ public lands provides the opportunity to

1:25:12 ↗ explore acquisition options for all or a

1:25:15 ↗ portion of the Bergsma properties mayor

1:25:18 ↗ has provided several updates but the

1:25:20 ↗ council has said nothing about whether

1:25:21 ↗ it even supports the administration's

1:25:23 ↗ efforts second as the resolution states

1:25:26 ↗ it is anticipated that any funding

1:25:29 ↗ package would include city regional and

1:25:31 ↗ other funding sources but this property

1:25:33 ↗ is in our city so this council needs to

1:25:36 ↗ take a leadership role and send a strong

1:25:38 ↗ message that we support these efforts

1:25:40 ↗ the administration has a role but so do

1:25:43 ↗ we and so far we have been completely

1:25:45 ↗ silent third transparency with this

1:25:49 ↗ resolution we become transparent about

1:25:52 ↗ what our intentions are we intend to

1:25:55 ↗ consider acquiring the property with

1:25:58 ↗ that transparency the public now knows

1:26:00 ↗ that this council expects to consider a

1:26:02 ↗ property acquisition and the public can

1:26:05 ↗ weigh in accordingly

1:26:07 ↗ we should have as much engagement on

1:26:09 ↗ this as possible not the least amount

1:26:11 ↗ possible

1:26:12 ↗ David Kapler actually summed up how I

1:26:15 ↗ feel pretty well about the significance

1:26:18 ↗ of this resolution in an email and since

1:26:20 ↗ I don't think I can say it any better I

1:26:21 ↗ will just read his very short email

1:26:23 ↗ he said we have been really pleased to

1:26:26 ↗ see the cooperation going on between the

1:26:28 ↗ city county and Trust for Public Land

1:26:30 ↗ many of the strong supporters of this

1:26:32 ↗ acquisition are new to the process of

1:26:35 ↗ Park and open space acquisition this

1:26:38 ↗ resolution should give them some

1:26:40 ↗ assurance that the process is working

1:26:42 ↗ and progress is being made for those of

1:26:45 ↗ us involved in this kind of

1:26:46 ↗ in the past we know specific details of

1:26:49 ↗ the know gait of the negotiations are

1:26:51 ↗ not public and are best not being public

1:26:54 ↗ and tell the resolutions between parties

1:26:57 ↗ is agreed on for those people new to the

1:26:59 ↗ process this can be quite frustrating

1:27:01 ↗ but you and your partners are on the

1:27:03 ↗ right path in quote I completely agree

1:27:07 ↗ that we are on the right path and I

1:27:09 ↗ think it's time that we say that that

1:27:10 ↗ publicly so that's why that's where the

1:27:14 ↗ inspiration came from and that's the

1:27:15 ↗ reason that I co-sponsored this

1:27:18 ↗ resolution but I also want to say thank

1:27:22 ↗ you very much to the same Cougar

1:27:23 ↗ Mountain members who have just really

1:27:26 ↗ blown me away with your dedication

1:27:27 ↗ effort and countless hours I am very

1:27:30 ↗ impressed and very grateful that you all

1:27:32 ↗ care so much about our community you are

1:27:34 ↗ making a difference and I want to thank

1:27:36 ↗ you Thank You councilmember Goodman I'm

1:27:39 ↗ looking over at the other two sponsors

1:27:40 ↗ and councilmember hunt got her hand up

1:27:41 ↗ first

1:27:43 ↗ thank you so I believe in the intrinsic

1:27:48 ↗ spiritual value of open space and I've

1:27:51 ↗ open space in its natural state I think

1:27:54 ↗ that based on the approximately 100

1:27:58 ↗ emails that we received in the last few

1:27:59 ↗ days a lot of our community feels the

1:28:01 ↗ same way that said I don't think that

1:28:04 ↗ this is the time to make that speech

1:28:07 ↗ hopefully there will be a time to make

1:28:09 ↗ that speech but I do think I do think

1:28:13 ↗ that this is a companion statement to

1:28:18 ↗ what the mayor has already made public

1:28:20 ↗ which is that the city is exploring the

1:28:23 ↗ possibility of an acquisition and we

1:28:28 ↗ have not yet made our counter statement

1:28:31 ↗ and so this to me this resolution serves

1:28:34 ↗ as a counter statement saying that the

1:28:36 ↗ city is exploring the acquisition and

1:28:38 ↗ the council is in support of that

1:28:42 ↗ exploration as well and of that process

1:28:45 ↗ so specific to the resolution itself

1:28:49 ↗ there's a number of where as statements

1:28:51 ↗ that set the current context

1:28:54 ↗ and then there's the sections at the end

1:28:57 ↗ which are the part about now therefore

1:28:59 ↗ the council resolves which would be what

1:29:02 ↗ we resolved to do should this pass and I

1:29:05 ↗ think that the the whereas statements

1:29:09 ↗ they they say that it's a quad is

1:29:13 ↗ defined by its our forested hillsides

1:29:15 ↗ and that we have this history of open

1:29:18 ↗ space acquisition we have this history

1:29:20 ↗ of conservation

1:29:21 ↗ I think this path that we are

1:29:24 ↗ acknowledging we are on right now with

1:29:27 ↗ with exploring an open space acquisition

1:29:29 ↗ is a path that we as a city have been on

1:29:32 ↗ for a long time it's also pointed out

1:29:34 ↗ that this is by Harvey Manning Park so I

1:29:37 ↗ think that there's a history of support

1:29:39 ↗ for open space acquisition there's a

1:29:41 ↗ history of understanding the importance

1:29:43 ↗ of our forested landscape and of

1:29:46 ↗ preserving that and of hiking and of

1:29:49 ↗ staying the trail site that trailhead

1:29:51 ↗ City I I think in the sections that come

1:29:56 ↗ after the now therefore we resolve it is

1:29:59 ↗ clear that we are on a path and we are

1:30:03 ↗ exploring partnerships we if we are

1:30:09 ↗ exploring partnerships I think we need

1:30:10 ↗ to make it clear that we are in support

1:30:12 ↗ of this potential potential being the

1:30:14 ↗ capacity to turn into something and I

1:30:17 ↗ think that this does have the capacity

1:30:19 ↗ to turn into something I think that we

1:30:22 ↗ should be very clear that we are in

1:30:25 ↗ support of the city's efforts and that

1:30:27 ↗ this is an important process and that we

1:30:29 ↗ as council are engaged I I also want to

1:30:34 ↗ say that I think this is a path and we

1:30:38 ↗ with this resolution as I see it we are

1:30:41 ↗ acknowledging that we're on a path and

1:30:43 ↗ we're also taking a small step on that

1:30:46 ↗ path or that hike to an unknown

1:30:48 ↗ destination and I believe that it's a

1:30:51 ↗ step in the right direction I will be

1:30:54 ↗ supporting this Thank You councilmember

1:30:56 ↗ hunt with our third co-sponsor like to

1:30:58 ↗ absolutely I was very excited to be able

1:31:01 ↗ to work with councilmembers Goodman and

1:31:05 ↗ and to put together this resolution and

1:31:07 ↗ my primary objective was to say to all

1:31:10 ↗ the people that for sixteen months have

1:31:12 ↗ been coming to council meetings that

1:31:14 ↗ we've heard you and we understand you

1:31:16 ↗ and that we see the value in what you're

1:31:18 ↗ talking about the is quite as defined by

1:31:23 ↗ its wooded hill sides and this parcel of

1:31:26 ↗ land happens to be at the gateway into

1:31:29 ↗ Issaquah and it's one of the first

1:31:30 ↗ things you see and it sets the tone for

1:31:32 ↗ the future of how the city is going to

1:31:37 ↗ evolve and one of the things that I'm

1:31:40 ↗ struck with is I read all hundred and

1:31:42 ↗ some-odd

1:31:42 ↗ emails that came in was the breadth of

1:31:45 ↗ where people are coming from so there

1:31:47 ↗ are a number of people who who emailed

1:31:49 ↗ us about this resolution who live here

1:31:51 ↗ in Issaquah and who eight of us up here

1:31:55 ↗ work for but there's also a lot of

1:31:57 ↗ regional support I there were people in

1:31:58 ↗ Seattle there was someone from British

1:32:00 ↗ Columbia so there's a lot of regional

1:32:02 ↗ support here and this is also really

1:32:05 ↗ important for us to go on the record and

1:32:07 ↗ say look we we're not saying we're gonna

1:32:09 ↗ do this but we're saying we are open to

1:32:11 ↗ exploring it and that there's are there

1:32:13 ↗ are steps being taken and I think this

1:32:15 ↗ is really important for us to

1:32:16 ↗ demonstrate to our partners such as King

1:32:19 ↗ County in the state of Washington and

1:32:20 ↗ other funders other potential funders

1:32:22 ↗ that we are committed to making

1:32:25 ↗ something happen that's if we can make

1:32:29 ↗ something happen and the level of

1:32:33 ↗ regional support really lends lend some

1:32:36 ↗ credence to discussions that have

1:32:37 ↗ happened with the King County Council

1:32:40 ↗ and with people the state of Washington

1:32:42 ↗ so I think this is an important first

1:32:45 ↗ step I'm just stealing your hiking

1:32:47 ↗ analogy this is this is a first step on

1:32:50 ↗ a very long journey but it's necessary

1:32:52 ↗ and important first step Thank You

1:32:55 ↗ councilmember ray other council members

1:32:58 ↗ it's a member who interesting thank you

1:33:00 ↗ I appreciate Stacy mentioning mr. Kapler

1:33:04 ↗ Z male because they could actually put

1:33:06 ↗ voice to something that makes this topic

1:33:11 ↗ a little bit awkward for at least myself

1:33:14 ↗ sitting up here in the diocese as David

1:33:16 ↗ Kapler said is that he

1:33:17 ↗ his comment I'm gonna reread it for

1:33:19 ↗ those who of us involved with this kind

1:33:21 ↗ of process in the past we know specific

1:33:23 ↗ details of the negotiations are not

1:33:25 ↗ public and our best not being public

1:33:29 ↗ until the resolution between the parties

1:33:31 ↗ is agreed upon so it's really odd for

1:33:33 ↗ for me at least is is what you've we've

1:33:37 ↗ heard mayor Poli talked about in terms

1:33:39 ↗ of updates with the Trust for Public

1:33:41 ↗ Land well what we're saying tonight is

1:33:45 ↗ you know this is material we've covered

1:33:47 ↗ in executive session and we don't talk

1:33:49 ↗ about executive session so we're silent

1:33:53 ↗ that's kind of that's protocol and so

1:33:56 ↗ that's the odd we're in the 16 months

1:33:58 ↗ lots of emails phone calls meetings as

1:34:02 ↗ well and so yeah that communications

1:34:05 ↗ been going on it but it's been kind of

1:34:07 ↗ odd from this side as well because under

1:34:09 ↗ just the rules of executive session so

1:34:11 ↗ this is this is a very unique step in my

1:34:13 ↗ seven years on the council we're a topic

1:34:16 ↗ that previously had only ever been

1:34:18 ↗ executive session material is now kind

1:34:21 ↗ of is being brought forward this way now

1:34:23 ↗ there's other important information that

1:34:25 ↗ I can't disclose that an executive

1:34:27 ↗ session that we discussed and that's

1:34:28 ↗ where it shall remain but that's part of

1:34:30 ↗ the awkwardness of this as well we've

1:34:32 ↗ only talked about it in executive

1:34:33 ↗ session so yeah I hope I'm just going to

1:34:36 ↗ add a little bit more to mr. Kaplan's

1:34:38 ↗ emails that that kind of dynamic is

1:34:39 ↗ going on as well so and then back that I

1:34:43 ↗ do have one little NIT about the

1:34:45 ↗ language in the resolution and the

1:34:49 ↗ whereas clause on the top the first

1:34:53 ↗ whereas clause on the second page it

1:34:56 ↗ currently says whereas the Bergsma

1:34:57 ↗ properties compromise approximately 46

1:35:00 ↗ acres of forested hillsides with slope

1:35:03 ↗ ranging from 10 percent to 80 percent

1:35:05 ↗ containing six wetlands three streams

1:35:07 ↗ and associated buffers just for this is

1:35:13 ↗ a net it does that combat phrase in

1:35:16 ↗ there with slope ranging from 10 to 80

1:35:18 ↗ percent I think you read that and you

1:35:20 ↗ think that the entire land is sloped

1:35:22 ↗ there is some there's a bench especially

1:35:24 ↗ up high and I think

1:35:27 ↗ I would I'm gonna propose what we amend

1:35:30 ↗ this language just to be more accurate

1:35:32 ↗ and I'm going to propose that we make a

1:35:36 ↗ proposal to amend this whereas clause to

1:35:39 ↗ replace the phrase with slope ranging

1:35:41 ↗ from 10% to 80% replace it with the

1:35:44 ↗ phrase much of much of it steeply sloped

1:35:48 ↗ with some inclines up to 80% actually

1:36:00 ↗ just writing it down but yes that's

1:36:03 ↗ amusing formal amendment some up to 80%

1:36:08 ↗ so can we were just saying I think that

1:36:10 ↗ is great to propose to change and have

1:36:13 ↗ everybody vote on it are you okay with

1:36:15 ↗ the others going through their thought

1:36:17 ↗ process first or do you want to put the

1:36:19 ↗ amendment on the table right now as we

1:36:22 ↗ still haven't heard from three council

1:36:23 ↗ members I've made a motion it's been

1:36:29 ↗ moved and seconded to amend the language

1:36:30 ↗ to replace the description of the slope

1:36:32 ↗ with much of its deeply sorry

1:36:38 ↗ actually probably gonna have to read it

1:36:40 ↗ because I didn't write it down crasher

1:36:42 ↗ so it currently says with slope ranging

1:36:44 ↗ from 10% to 80% and I proposed the

1:36:47 ↗ motion is to replace that language with

1:36:50 ↗ much of it steeply sloped with some

1:36:52 ↗ inclines up to 80% small change

1:36:57 ↗ discussion I can't remember Goodman I

1:37:04 ↗ would ask director Watling if he has I

1:37:08 ↗ mean this is still is it accurate yes

1:37:13 ↗ thinks they saw I'm sorry what is what

1:37:18 ↗ accurate that that proposed the proposal

1:37:21 ↗ is written proposed change okay any

1:37:25 ↗ discussion questions and I'll call for a

1:37:29 ↗ vote it's changing the language in the

1:37:33 ↗ paragraph on the top of page 2 Paul the

1:37:35 ↗ first where I was on papers whereas and

1:37:37 ↗ using replacement language much of it

1:37:40 ↗ steeply sloped with some claims I'm

1:37:46 ↗ gonna have to get tissue to read it

1:37:48 ↗ Thanks sure replacing the phrase with

1:37:51 ↗ slope ranging from 10% to 80% with much

1:37:55 ↗ of it steeply sloped with some inclines

1:37:57 ↗ up to 80% all those in favor say aye

1:38:02 ↗ opposed carries unanimously and there

1:38:06 ↗ are still a couple of council members we

1:38:08 ↗ have not heard from customer Ramos

1:38:11 ↗ [Applause]

1:38:13 ↗ I just like to thank a number of folks

1:38:16 ↗ here first three council members that

1:38:19 ↗ brought this resolution forward thank

1:38:21 ↗ you for the work on that and thank the

1:38:23 ↗ safe Cougar Mountain folks I remember

1:38:25 ↗ our first meeting a long time ago um

1:38:27 ↗ probably 16 months ago the first

1:38:30 ↗ discussions on this and and where we're

1:38:32 ↗ going with it and how that process works

1:38:34 ↗ and so forth and I I really do believe

1:38:38 ↗ this is the right way to go it is a

1:38:40 ↗ little different but we are publicly

1:38:43 ↗ going to say that what we've been doing

1:38:45 ↗ and what we're desiring to get to we're

1:38:48 ↗ not we haven't made a commitment because

1:38:50 ↗ you can

1:38:50 ↗ but it says publicly that this is what

1:38:53 ↗ we'd like to do because I think it is

1:38:55 ↗ important as discussed

1:38:57 ↗ 16 months ago to you is that that is our

1:38:59 ↗ view shed coming in it is a critical

1:39:01 ↗ piece that is very important and so it's

1:39:05 ↗ worth saying that it is important and

1:39:07 ↗ that's that is our desire so the

1:39:10 ↗ leadership of safe Cougar Mountain folks

1:39:12 ↗ thank you and our three council members

1:39:15 ↗ that said let's put this back to on the

1:39:20 ↗ stated clearly so no one know wonders

1:39:24 ↗ where the council is on this and it just

1:39:25 ↗ won't be private discussions so thank

1:39:27 ↗ everybody for all that and I'll be

1:39:29 ↗ supporting this Thank You More council

1:39:31 ↗ members it's the president

1:39:35 ↗ Mertz thank you madam mayor I have I

1:39:38 ↗ have four points to me the first is that

1:39:40 ↗ one I want to put this in the historical

1:39:42 ↗ context because you know for folks for

1:39:46 ↗ whom this is their their first time with

1:39:49 ↗ an issue like this in front of the city

1:39:50 ↗ I want to assure people that this city

1:39:52 ↗ has a strong commitment to preserving

1:39:55 ↗ open space and to give an example in

1:39:57 ↗ 1998 10% of the city was open space in

1:40:00 ↗ 2008 19.7% and today it's a 21% and so

1:40:06 ↗ we continue this is within the context

1:40:10 ↗ of a large commitment to preserving open

1:40:14 ↗ space as has been mentioned is that

1:40:16 ↗ identified as one of the key features of

1:40:18 ↗ this city so I'm gonna be a yes tonight

1:40:22 ↗ but I want to be super honest the price

1:40:25 ↗ tag matters and we're in a weird

1:40:28 ↗ situation as councilmember winter Stein

1:40:30 ↗ mentioned we can't discuss anything

1:40:32 ↗ that's been held in an executive session

1:40:33 ↗ but let me mention two numbers that I'm

1:40:35 ↗ confident we're not discussed in an

1:40:37 ↗ executive session

1:40:38 ↗ if this if somebody were to come to us

1:40:40 ↗ and say this is gonna cost the city

1:40:42 ↗ $4.95 we would all say yes and if

1:40:45 ↗ someone came to the city and said this

1:40:46 ↗ is gonna cost us two billion dollars we

1:40:49 ↗ would say no so so the number is

1:40:52 ↗ somewhere between there how do you how

1:40:53 ↗ do you talk about comparable values we

1:40:56 ↗ were lucky enough in some of our earlier

1:40:58 ↗ open space acquisitions part point we

1:41:01 ↗ managed

1:41:02 ↗ somehow to get 100 acres for no dollars

1:41:04 ↗ out-of-pocket although it represented

1:41:06 ↗ development in the Highland additional

1:41:07 ↗ development in the highlands hilltop

1:41:10 ↗ which we heard a little bit about

1:41:11 ↗ earlier this evening was $800,000 for 16

1:41:14 ↗ acres probably who knows but perhaps a

1:41:19 ↗ dollar value that's closer to

1:41:20 ↗ conversations the pool renovation cost

1:41:23 ↗ is five million dollars and the pool

1:41:25 ↗ renovation we got that out of a bond

1:41:28 ↗ right so we brought that before the

1:41:30 ↗ public and we said we'd like to do this

1:41:31 ↗ and the public voted on that the other

1:41:34 ↗ half of that bond went to confluence

1:41:36 ↗ park which we all know and love so so

1:41:40 ↗ those are some those are some numbers

1:41:41 ↗ that are out there on existing things

1:41:43 ↗ for the city benefit that we have done

1:41:46 ↗ in the past there's going to need to be

1:41:49 ↗ a really robust discussion before we

1:41:52 ↗ vote on something like this and I mean

1:41:55 ↗ not not the vote that we're taking

1:41:56 ↗ tonight and I understand why we're doing

1:41:58 ↗ that and I'm glad that we're providing

1:42:00 ↗ some clarity as to our thought process

1:42:02 ↗ but before we make a final decision on

1:42:04 ↗ whether to do this as much as it's been

1:42:06 ↗ identified as a as a super important

1:42:10 ↗ community value and I don't I'm not sure

1:42:13 ↗ I've seen an issue that has driven this

1:42:15 ↗ much of a response from the community

1:42:17 ↗ and in eight and a half years on council

1:42:19 ↗ we're gonna need to know a couple of

1:42:21 ↗ really critical things the first and

1:42:23 ↗ foremost is going to be partner

1:42:24 ↗ commitments we're gonna need to know

1:42:27 ↗ some of the partners that are out there

1:42:29 ↗ that would also benefit from this and

1:42:31 ↗ and have a vested interest in making

1:42:34 ↗ sure this happens and and want to see

1:42:36 ↗ trail networks expanded on Cougar

1:42:38 ↗ Mountain and some of the other areas we

1:42:40 ↗ want them to step forward we want to

1:42:42 ↗ make sure that we understand what our

1:42:44 ↗ financial commitment is I'll use a I'll

1:42:46 ↗ use since everyone is quoting David

1:42:48 ↗ Kapler I will quote a David Kapler the

1:42:51 ↗ last vote David took and I recognize it

1:42:54 ↗ was I was taking over his seat as he was

1:42:57 ↗ leaving council was for the pedestrian

1:43:01 ↗ over crossing at exit 15 and as it

1:43:04 ↗ happens we committed a million dollars

1:43:07 ↗ to that project and actually it wound up

1:43:09 ↗ being almost two

1:43:10 ↗ because of risks that we didn't realize

1:43:13 ↗ we associated with the project so we

1:43:15 ↗ have to we have to understand the risks

1:43:17 ↗ financial associated with this

1:43:19 ↗ additionally before we get to a final

1:43:22 ↗ vote I'll want to understand potential

1:43:24 ↗ public features of this land and how we

1:43:26 ↗ might integrate this in I know we've

1:43:28 ↗ this is part of our parks plan and but I

1:43:32 ↗ want to understand that because that

1:43:34 ↗ also is a factor in what the benefit is

1:43:37 ↗ for the community and finally the

1:43:39 ↗ financing options and how whatever

1:43:42 ↗ amount it is how we would potentially

1:43:45 ↗ pay for that and what the financial

1:43:46 ↗ impacts would be both for the community

1:43:48 ↗ and for our ongoing efforts to address

1:43:50 ↗ infrastructure and transportation

1:43:51 ↗ challenges that we have as a city so

1:43:53 ↗ that's all ahead of us and so you know

1:43:57 ↗ you're hearing a lot of great support

1:43:58 ↗ tonight and it's wonderful to be able to

1:44:00 ↗ talk about it but I want to be really

1:44:02 ↗ honest that there is a again I will use

1:44:04 ↗ the term robust conversation to occur

1:44:07 ↗ before we can get to where everybody is

1:44:10 ↗ that they want to get to so I'm a yes I

1:44:13 ↗ want to be clear Thanks Thank You deputy

1:44:17 ↗ council president batiste

1:44:18 ↗ thank you madam mayor and I'll be

1:44:21 ↗ supporting this this evening I myself am

1:44:25 ↗ very committed to preserving open space

1:44:28 ↗ and I and I think that the city really

1:44:30 ↗ has a history in in looking to preserve

1:44:33 ↗ open space and I want to say that I very

1:44:37 ↗ much appreciate all of the comments all

1:44:41 ↗ of the emails that we've received and

1:44:44 ↗ just over time all of the work that has

1:44:47 ↗ been done by the save Cougar Mountain

1:44:50 ↗ group I have had an opportunity to meet

1:44:54 ↗ with the save Cougar Mountain group and

1:44:56 ↗ it is difficult when we're in a

1:44:59 ↗ situation where we we can't really talk

1:45:02 ↗ about what what is happening and and and

1:45:07 ↗ being able to have this a be come

1:45:10 ↗ forward and have some transparency with

1:45:14 ↗ that and looking at some of the

1:45:15 ↗ partnerships and being able to talk

1:45:18 ↗ about this

1:45:19 ↗ I think it's great so for that reason I

1:45:21 ↗ very much support the SEBI I think that

1:45:25 ↗ this is a pathway this is a first step

1:45:28 ↗ this is looking at a potential

1:45:30 ↗ acquisition to echo some of council

1:45:35 ↗ president Mart's comments we're not

1:45:37 ↗ looking at all of the information in

1:45:39 ↗ terms of how much this potentially would

1:45:43 ↗ cost we also still have need to be

1:45:48 ↗ looking at the that we're taking all the

1:45:51 ↗ appropriate measures as the ad talks

1:45:53 ↗ about to separate this from the city's

1:45:56 ↗ regulatory role in terms of the

1:45:59 ↗ development application and I think

1:46:01 ↗ that's an important point I want to

1:46:04 ↗ thank the three council members that

1:46:07 ↗ have brought this forward I think that

1:46:09 ↗ that's really important and I'll be

1:46:13 ↗ supporting this bill thank you that's my

1:46:16 ↗ room weren't you saying yes I want to

1:46:18 ↗ express my support for this as well and

1:46:20 ↗ thank you to Stacy and and Chris and

1:46:22 ↗ Vicki it's a very novel idea but when

1:46:25 ↗ you when you think about it it's the

1:46:27 ↗ right thing to do we work for the public

1:46:30 ↗ and we're doing work and you want to

1:46:33 ↗ know what we think and where we stand on

1:46:34 ↗ something so let's tell you so that

1:46:38 ↗ sounds pretty simple but it's it does at

1:46:40 ↗ the same time it's kind of novel that

1:46:42 ↗ we're doing this what does that tell you

1:46:44 ↗ but I'm good with what we're doing but I

1:46:48 ↗ also haven't asked because as is already

1:46:51 ↗ some of my colleagues here on the counts

1:46:52 ↗ on this Dyess have said what's going to

1:46:55 ↗ happen in the future is uncertain and

1:46:58 ↗ part of the decision framework that

1:47:01 ↗ we're going to be using is is going to

1:47:03 ↗ be about funding and and so we have

1:47:08 ↗ something out there called our our CIP

1:47:11 ↗ our capital improvement plan and we have

1:47:15 ↗ a we just adopted it last year we've

1:47:18 ↗ made some we're gonna it's going to be

1:47:20 ↗ revised in a regular basis but that is

1:47:22 ↗ that is the framework in which at least

1:47:25 ↗ the lens that I'm going to look at this

1:47:26 ↗ because it calls it talks about what we

1:47:29 ↗ want to do with acquisition of land of

1:47:31 ↗ open space it talks about

1:47:32 ↗ we want to do with transportation

1:47:33 ↗ dollars it talks about what we want to

1:47:36 ↗ do with just the equipment to maintain

1:47:39 ↗ the streets and the roads around here

1:47:41 ↗ all those things that require capital or

1:47:44 ↗ money to get our hands on to and we have

1:47:47 ↗ to balance there our wish list is

1:47:50 ↗ actually quite large so if we add

1:47:52 ↗ something more like an acquisition like

1:47:54 ↗ this whatever that dollar amount is we

1:47:56 ↗ put that into that you know we're gonna

1:47:58 ↗ have to either take away from something

1:48:01 ↗ else or find a new funding source and

1:48:04 ↗ that's that's the process what we're

1:48:06 ↗ going to have to go through so I would I

1:48:08 ↗ would challenge everybody who supports

1:48:10 ↗ this and the message on support for open

1:48:14 ↗ space got it and I think it's unanimous

1:48:16 ↗ here as well no doubt about that

1:48:18 ↗ the next challenge for the council is

1:48:20 ↗ going to be how should this come forward

1:48:23 ↗ and what form it comes forward should

1:48:25 ↗ this come forward is how would we pay

1:48:28 ↗ for that because it's not it's not

1:48:29 ↗ obvious it's not currently in our plan

1:48:31 ↗ so understanding that and and

1:48:34 ↗ contributing as members of the public as

1:48:37 ↗ our constituents to that decision

1:48:38 ↗ process that we're making and I'll

1:48:40 ↗ gladly talk with anybody more about that

1:48:42 ↗ so you can help you better understand

1:48:44 ↗ that part of how we do budgeting and how

1:48:46 ↗ we come up with funding because I very

1:48:48 ↗ much would I would love it if there is a

1:48:51 ↗ future meeting or two or ten where where

1:48:54 ↗ people come to the Dyess and said you

1:48:55 ↗ know I've studied this part of your

1:48:56 ↗ capital plan and I see you having an

1:48:58 ↗ emphasis over here my recommendation

1:49:01 ↗ might be something like this that would

1:49:03 ↗ be great input because a lot of those

1:49:05 ↗ decisions do reflect our values but some

1:49:08 ↗ of them are you know it's going to be a

1:49:10 ↗ push we value everything that's on the

1:49:12 ↗ docket there but we're gonna have to

1:49:14 ↗ trade something off maybe that would be

1:49:16 ↗ great input to get as because that's

1:49:18 ↗ gonna be the next really difficult

1:49:20 ↗ should we get to that point that's gonna

1:49:21 ↗ be a difficult type decision we have to

1:49:23 ↗ be making so thank you for last thing

1:49:26 ↗ I'll say also about the safe Cougar

1:49:28 ↗ Mountain group I was I had to smile this

1:49:30 ↗ evening because after the first public

1:49:32 ↗ comment somebody made and in favor of

1:49:36 ↗ this motion mayor Polly said okay I see

1:49:40 ↗ about three-quarters of the hands are up

1:49:42 ↗ and I realized I wasn't looking up yet

1:49:44 ↗ and I didn't hear a single sound out of

1:49:46 ↗ the audience but then I looked and 3/4

1:49:48 ↗ as the hands repec oh my gosh you guys

1:49:49 ↗ are so quiet that's just amazing you

1:49:52 ↗ follow these instructions perfectly

1:49:54 ↗ you're letting us know that more people

1:49:56 ↗ support this and you didn't make a noise

1:49:58 ↗ I mean I mean that was it was kind of

1:50:00 ↗ amazing so I mean and that's what

1:50:02 ↗ happens you've been part of the process

1:50:03 ↗ you've been participating with this and

1:50:05 ↗ and in coming along and pushing us as

1:50:07 ↗ well and I'm I'm making an ass to to

1:50:10 ↗ come further in those next stages with

1:50:11 ↗ us as well with the funding question

1:50:13 ↗ Thank You councilmember hunt I have a

1:50:17 ↗ question and this is getting at the sort

1:50:20 ↗ of robust conversations I think that

1:50:22 ↗ Council of President marts alluded to so

1:50:25 ↗ the question is for Jeff will there be

1:50:27 ↗ community engagement opportunities

1:50:29 ↗ opportunities for the community to learn

1:50:31 ↗ about a potential acquisition prior to

1:50:35 ↗ any final decision that would be taken

1:50:37 ↗ by a council yes yes should this

1:50:45 ↗ sensitive exploratory work that that is

1:50:48 ↗ that it's happening right now should it

1:50:50 ↗ lead to a specific acquisition

1:50:52 ↗ opportunity I definitely would see

1:50:56 ↗ public outreach that there's an

1:50:57 ↗ opportunity for public outreach to occur

1:51:00 ↗ before you make a final decision in fact

1:51:04 ↗ I would reference the last sentence of

1:51:06 ↗ section 1 that last sentence speaks to

1:51:09 ↗ and outlines kind of this foreshadows

1:51:12 ↗ I'm speaking optimistically a moment

1:51:15 ↗ when this exploratory work produces some

1:51:19 ↗ specifics the specific opportunity

1:51:22 ↗ what's the specific size and scale

1:51:23 ↗ what's the specific funding strategy but

1:51:27 ↗ in that in that moment it's outlining I

1:51:29 ↗ think there's opportunity for that

1:51:32 ↗ robust conversation to be happening to

1:51:34 ↗ get some public outreach both to inform

1:51:37 ↗ the community but also get some feedback

1:51:40 ↗ thank you any other discussion okay if

1:51:46 ↗ there is no further discussion all those

1:51:48 ↗ in favor of approving resolution number

1:51:50 ↗ 2018 - 13 in support of open space

1:51:54 ↗ acquisition efforts on the Bergsma

1:51:55 ↗ property see

1:51:57 ↗ by saying aye as opposed ares

1:52:01 ↗ unanimously thank you very much next

1:52:03 ↗ item on our agenda this evening is good

1:52:05 ↗ of the order does anybody have anything

1:52:07 ↗ for good of the order that's a member

1:52:10 ↗ right a my bi-weekly shout out so a

1:52:13 ↗ mayor Polly mentioned that National

1:52:15 ↗ Night Out is tomorrow and I live in the

1:52:17 ↗ the Tallis neighborhood and we are

1:52:18 ↗ having a a full-blown National Night Out

1:52:22 ↗ complete with bouncy house but that's

1:52:26 ↗ not what I wanted to talk about I just

1:52:29 ↗ wanted to give a shout out to the parks

1:52:31 ↗ department for working with the Tallis

1:52:33 ↗ neighborhood and getting the permitting

1:52:34 ↗ done I wanted to do a shout out so that

1:52:37 ↗ the police department is not here for

1:52:39 ↗ being there and representing an

1:52:41 ↗ engagement community and even though

1:52:43 ↗ East Side Fire and Rescue is not part of

1:52:45 ↗ the city per se definitely shout out to

1:52:48 ↗ our fire department for being there they

1:52:50 ↗ are always a huge draw so it's if you're

1:52:53 ↗ not doing anything it starts at 5

1:52:54 ↗ o'clock it's in Harvey Manning Park I I

1:52:56 ↗ will be cooking hot dogs thank you

1:53:00 ↗ anything else for good of the order I

1:53:02 ↗ just have a little bit of a look ahead

1:53:05 ↗ on some upcoming council meetings August

1:53:07 ↗ 13th there will be a special council

1:53:10 ↗ meeting at 5:30 p.m. we'll be having our

1:53:12 ↗ financial retreat and on August 20th

1:53:15 ↗ there'll be a council special committee

1:53:17 ↗ work session at 6:30 p.m. the items the

1:53:20 ↗ potential items for their work session

1:53:23 ↗ include a facility space study which is

1:53:26 ↗ for city municipal facilities an update

1:53:30 ↗ and informational item on solid waste

1:53:32 ↗ services and recycling markets this is a

1:53:34 ↗ information request to provide more

1:53:37 ↗ information to Council on the regional

1:53:39 ↗ issue that is facing our part of the

1:53:41 ↗ country right now an update on the

1:53:44 ↗ Senior Center long-term operations and

1:53:47 ↗ an update on the transportation

1:53:49 ↗ concurrency model update that is

1:53:52 ↗ occurring right now and that's all I had

1:53:55 ↗ for it if you order there is no

1:53:58 ↗ executive session this evening so there

1:54:00 ↗ being no further business the meeting is

1:54:03 ↗ adjourned at 8:50 for

1:54:14 ↗ you

1:54:16 ↗ you

1:54:18 ↗ you

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Council / Members (7)

Mariah Bettise

Stacy Goodman

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Bill Ramos

Chris Reh

Paul Winterstein

Motions and votes (5)

Direct the Finance Director to include $175,000 in a subsequent 2018 budget amendment for the Tibbetts Creek Bridge Reinforcement Project utilizing the Street Operating Fund; and authorizing the Administration to enter into design and construction contracts for the Tibbetts Creek Bridge Reinforcemen…

Moved by RAMOS · seconded by HUNT

Carried 7-0

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Bill Ramos, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein

Authorize the Mayor to enter into and execute the Interlocal Agreement with Eastside Fire and Rescue for the PFAS field study project. . c)

Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE

Carried 7-0

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Bill Ramos, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein

Approve Resolution No. 2018-13, in support of open space acquisition efforts on the Bergsma properties.

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by REH

Amend the resolution as follows: "WHEREAS, the Bergsma properties comprise approximately 46 acres of forested hillside, with slope ranging from 10% to 80% much of it steeply sloped with some inclines up to 80%, containing 6 wetlands, 3 streams, and associated buffers; and" 08-06-18 City Council Regu…

Moved by WINTERSTEIN · seconded by REH

Carried 7-0

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Bill Ramos, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein

Main motion as amended: Amend the resolution as follows: "WHEREAS, the Bergsma properties comprise approximately 46 acres of forested hillside, with slope ranging from 10% to 80% much of it steeply sloped with some inclines up to 80%, containing 6 wetlands, 3 streams, and associated buffers; and" 08…

Moved by (main motion as amended) · seconded by

Carried 7-0

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Bill Ramos, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein