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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

7:00 PM · 45m 24s · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Topics tracked across meetings:
Proposed Amendments: 2018 Comprehensive Plan, Central Issaquah Plan, IMC and Central Standards AB 7682 7/8
Polygon Parcel D Preliminary Plat Closed Record AB 7681 2/3
Development Commission · Dec 10, 2018 City Council Regular Meeting · Jan 22, 2019 City Council Regular Meeting · Feb 19, 2019
Updated Water System Plan AB 7538 2/3
King County Conservation Futures Tax Levy (CFT) Interlocal Agreement Amendments and 2019 Grant AB 7546 2/2
Section
Topic
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
6b
Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Jan. 7, 2019
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.179
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 01-07-19 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE
In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein
6c
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Jan. 7, 2019
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.181–186
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR c) 01-07-19 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE
In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein
6d
Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Jan. 14, 2019
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.187
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR d) 01-14-19 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE
In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein
6e
Minutes: Council Committee Work Session, Jan. 14, 2019
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.189
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR e) 01-14-19 Council Committee Work Session Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE
In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein
6f
King County Conservation Futures Tax Levy (CFT) Interlocal Agreement Amendments and 2019 Grant AB 7546
Carried 6-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.191–206
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
Administration / Parks & Recreation Department:
Roll call:
Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE
In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein
6g
Polygon Parcel D Preliminary Plat Closed Record AB 7681
Carried 6-0
Refer to Council Land & Shore Committee · packet pp.207–316
Topics: Land Use
Staff report:
In July 2017, the applicant and the City executed a number of agreements and amendments related to this property including an Affordable Housing Development Agreement, the 9th Amendment to the Issaquah Highlands Development Agreement, and the 1st Amendment to the Washington State Dept. of Transportation Transfer of Development Rights (WSDOT TDR) Development Agreement. These agreements and amendments relocated the affordable housing entitlement tied to Parcel D to other property, Westridge, owned by the applicant in exchange for allowing the applicant to place up to 11 market rate houses on Parcel D. Parcel D is currently owned by the City, and the City has given Polygon the right to proceed with this permit.
Roll call:
Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE
In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein
6h
Proposed Amendments: 2018 Comprehensive Plan, Central Issaquah Plan, IMC and Central Standards AB 7682
Carried 6-0
Refer to Council Land & Shore Committee · packet pp.317–399
Topics: Land Use
Staff report:
NEW CITY COUNCIL AB 7682 - AGENDA BILL Consent City Council Regular Meeting - 22 Jan 2019 Calendar
Roll call:
Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE
In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein
7. REGULAR BUSINESS
7a
Updated Water System Plan Hear Presentation AB 7538
packet pp.401–645
Topics: Water
Staff report:
UPDATED CITY COUNCIL AB 7538 - AGENDA BILL Regular City Council Regular Meeting - 22 Jan 2019 Business
8. GOOD OF THE ORDER
8a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:09 really good evening and welcome everyone
0:15 I'm calling the January 22nd regular
0:17 City Council meeting to order if you
0:20 would like to join the council and
0:21 myself in the Pledge of Allegiance next
0:43 item on our agenda this evening is
0:44 audience comments this is your time to
0:47 address the council the guidelines for
0:50 public participation are displayed on
0:52 the overhead screen please limit your
0:55 comments to three minutes those who
0:57 signed up on our sign-up sheet will be
1:00 called up first but if you did not sign
1:02 up I will also ask if there's anyone
1:04 else who would like to address Council
1:05 this evening and if you're here on
1:07 behalf of a group as a spokesperson
1:09 please identify yourself
1:11 and while you're in the audience this
1:13 evening if a speaker presents some
1:15 information that you are in support of
1:17 please raise your hand so the council
1:19 understands the support behind the topic
1:23 Tina
1:24 I'll go variously and you win times up
1:29 to speak this evening thank you there
1:32 are none is there anyone who would like
1:34 to address Council this evening that can
1:38 call anyone wishing to address Council
1:40 in a last call seeing no one that ends
1:44 audience comments for this evening and
1:47 we go to committee and regional reports
1:49 councilmember hunt thank you madam mayor
1:52 the council Infrastructure Committee met
1:54 on January 17th 2019 we had three items
1:58 on our agenda the first one was a b75
2:01 3/8 updated water system plan
2:04 the committee's unanimous recommendation
2:06 was to approve and this item is on the
2:09 agenda for this evening but as a as the
2:12 item for information and it will be
2:14 coming back next month for action the
2:18 next
2:18 the council Infrastructure Committee
2:19 discussed was a b77 one for amending IMC
2:24 18.2 to wireless communication
2:27 facilities and related fees this was a
2:29 discussion item and the next step will
2:31 be for this to go to the Planning Policy
2:34 Commission and the discussion focused
2:37 around how to align our code in light of
2:40 the FCC ruling on the topic of wireless
2:43 communication facilities the third and
2:46 final item discussed by the council
2:48 Infrastructure Committee was a b7 seven
2:51 one five front street streetscapes phase
2:53 one project and this was a discussion
2:57 around improvement to front street and
3:01 there was a question raised by the
3:03 committee about the funding mechanism
3:06 which was recommended for the 156,000
3:11 approximately dollar cost to become to
3:13 come out of the general fund and so
3:15 there was discussion about this funding
3:17 mechanism and the committee recommended
3:19 that this a be referred back to the full
3:22 council with an explanation regarding
3:24 the funding strategy and a and an option
3:28 for treating this as part of the capital
3:30 improvement discussion and in project
3:34 updates we heard that the 62nd southeast
3:36 62nd Street is almost open and will be
3:39 open at the end of the month so that's
3:40 exciting for my regional appointments
3:43 the King Conservation District Advisory
3:45 Board met on January 16th and I also
3:49 attended a king Conservation District
3:51 stakeholder workshop workshop on
3:53 Saturday January 12th the the discussion
3:57 at both of these meetings was around the
4:00 plan for a increase in the per parcel
4:03 fee the king conservation district is
4:05 looking to to increase their fee by
4:09 approximately $3 per parcel it's
4:12 currently approximately $10 per parcel
4:14 and as part of that work and part of the
4:17 justification of the increase they are
4:19 working on their work plan for the next
4:21 year's and there their book of work as
4:23 they refer to it and what they will be
4:26 working on with the different
4:27 jurisdictions and making sure that all
4:30 the needs of the jurisdictions are met
4:33 and then the Huayra ate salmon recovery
4:36 council met on january 17th and i wasn't
4:39 able to attend but i got a report back
4:42 from Alan Quinn who attended from the
4:44 city and one important update at that
4:47 meeting is that Snohomish County is is
4:52 opting out of the ila and so they their
4:56 portion of the aisle a budget will need
4:59 to be covered in other ways so the
5:01 council is looking at options for how to
5:03 cover that and they they opted out of
5:07 the ila for budgetary reasons and then
5:13 the next meeting of the salmon recovery
5:15 council will be March 21st at the Mercer
5:18 Island community center and this
5:23 concludes my report
5:24 Thank You councilmember hunt
5:25 councilmember Rea Thank You mayor Pauley
5:27 the services and Safety Committee met on
5:30 January 8th we had a single agenda item
5:33 it was an update from economic
5:35 development on the economic development
5:37 for the end of 2018 the next services
5:40 and safety meeting will be on February
5:42 12th here in Council Chambers
5:44 Eastside Fire and Rescue Board met on
5:47 February 14th there were a couple of
5:50 briefings from the chief one on P Foss
5:52 one on the potential merger of Eastside
5:54 Fire & Rescue with the Fall City Fire
5:56 Department and also an update on the AMR
5:59 ambulance service of averting their
6:03 their strike also a new business and
6:06 involved
6:08 ila with the number of Eastside cities
6:11 to share emergency reserve apparatus and
6:14 then finally there was a item related to
6:18 Eastside Fire and Rescue potentially
6:20 providing emergency management service
6:22 for the city of Sammamish the next
6:25 Eastside Fire and Rescue board meeting
6:27 will be on February 14th and that
6:29 concludes my report
6:30 Thank You councilmember a council member
6:32 we're interesting thank you my regional
6:34 committee the growth management policy
6:35 board has not met since the end of
6:37 January our next meeting is the first
6:39 Thursday in February and I'll have an
6:42 advance report at our next regular
6:44 meeting
6:45 that's my report Thank You councilmember
6:47 Goodman thank you I have no report
6:49 deputy council president batiste thank
6:53 you madam mayor just a quick update the
6:55 Eastside Human Services forum first
6:58 meeting of the year will be February
7:00 13th at 2:30 in Bellevue that was moved
7:02 from January so we'll have a report
7:04 after that meeting that concludes my
7:07 report
7:07 Thank You council president marts thank
7:10 you madam mayor the sound studies
7:12 association public issues committee met
7:14 on wednesday january 9th we discussed a
7:16 number of topics no proposed no action
7:20 was proposed one of the areas of
7:22 discussion was Regional Transit and road
7:24 maintenance planning and SCA at the
7:27 March meeting because we're not meeting
7:29 in February because of AWC at the March
7:32 meeting is going to want some feedback
7:33 from cities on sort of draft plans that
7:36 we are seeing from King County
7:38 unfortunately I can't bring that can't
7:41 quite bring that information in front of
7:42 yet because I want to have the minutes
7:44 from the January meeting so you can see
7:46 the the conversation that occurred at
7:47 SCA so as as pic so as soon as I have
7:50 those minutes I will forward them on and
7:52 then I will work with the administration
7:55 on how best we want to have a dialogue
7:57 on on what we're seeing from the county
8:01 I'll mention that the sound cities
8:03 association network dinner is occurring
8:06 Wednesday January 30th at 5:30 p.m. for
8:09 the three of us who are not on the
8:11 economic vitality the strategic plan
8:14 subcommittee meeting it'd be a great
8:18 opportunity to see Dow Constantine
8:20 present but the three of us are on the
8:22 subcommittee won't be able to attend and
8:25 then King County growth management
8:28 policy Council will be meeting Wednesday
8:31 February 27th at 4 p.m. and P SRC
8:33 chambers and the agenda has not been
8:35 published yet this concludes my report
8:37 Thank You council president for the
8:39 mayor's support this evening there will
8:41 be an executive session held this
8:43 evening to discuss property acquisition
8:45 per RCW 42.3 0.11 o / n 1 / n b this
8:51 item is expected to last 20 minutes and
8:53 no action is anticipated to follow in
8:55 open session
8:58 as mentioned last week in local and
8:59 national newspapers as well as our own
9:01 City News Alerts I and many of the
9:04 mayor's from these sides signed a joint
9:06 declaration stating our support for
9:08 housing options for all Itzik was
9:11 committed to diversifying housing
9:13 options for its community through
9:15 several initiatives including a
9:17 mixed-use transit oriented development
9:19 project proposal with spectrum
9:21 development and the King County Housing
9:23 Authority that I hope to bring forward
9:25 to Council this year the continuing
9:27 development of a citywide housing
9:29 strategy and an increase in the amount
9:32 of required affordable housing in new
9:35 development in the Central Square area
9:36 as a result of the work that the council
9:38 did on the moratorium action work plan
9:41 in order to complete these types of
9:43 projects cities nonprofits and the
9:45 private sector need to partner together
9:47 and I'm very excited about Microsoft's
9:49 announ announcement last week to provide
9:52 seed money to make these types of
9:54 projects possible as was mentioned
9:57 earlier I think councilmember hunt stole
9:59 my thunder
10:00 southeast 62nd Street is opening its
10:04 akua's newest road is scheduled to open
10:06 by the end of January we've made a major
10:09 improvement to our road network on the
10:12 north side of i-90 by extending
10:14 southeast 62nd Street between 2:20 first
10:16 place and Lake Drive this project has
10:20 also added roundabouts we're 62nd Street
10:22 intersects to 21st place and the East
10:25 Lake Sammamish Trail and again at Lake
10:28 Drive on Costco's campus it's made
10:31 upgrades along the East Lake Sammamish
10:32 Trail so that users will no longer have
10:35 to stop or interact with vehicles at
10:37 southeast 62nd Street it preserves close
10:40 to six acres of property between the
10:42 North Fork and main stem of the Issaquah
10:44 Creek which were previously zoned for
10:47 multifamily development it constructs
10:49 two acres of wetland and makes
10:51 enhancements to the North Fork of
10:53 Issaquah Creek and fourth Avenue
10:55 Northwest also called the interstate 90
10:59 crossing or our secret little shortcut
11:01 through town will also reopen at the end
11:04 of January thank you for your patience
11:06 as we completed this work over the last
11:08 two years
11:09 I know it has been it has made moving
11:12 through town very difficult especially
11:14 since this short secret favorite
11:17 shortcut had been open for four years
11:19 and then we had to close it for up to
11:22 two to complete this project you have
11:24 been very patient with us the final
11:27 project completion is still spring 2019
11:30 since we do have to add a final top
11:32 course of pavement and complete
11:33 landscaping and some other items but it
11:36 was staffs desire to get this opened as
11:38 soon as practically possible and I'm
11:40 really glad they did
11:41 this is really great work that concludes
11:44 the mayor's report proceeding to the
11:46 consent calendar the consent calendar
11:48 was distributed to council in advance if
11:51 authorized the items on the consent
11:52 calendar will be considered together and
11:54 approved by one motion have the payables
11:57 and payroll been reviewed yes thank you
11:59 does any councilmember desire to remove
12:02 any item from the consent calendar and
12:03 consider it under regular business
12:06 seeing none is there a motion madam
12:09 mayor I move we adopt the consent
12:11 calendar is listed in this evenings
12:12 published agenda second thank you it has
12:17 been moved and seconded all those in
12:19 favor signify by saying aye
12:22 those opposed a carries unanimously
12:27 next item on our agenda this evening
12:29 under regular business is a b7 5 3 8
12:32 updated water system plan this has been
12:36 heard at multiple council work sessions
12:38 and most recently is coming out of the
12:40 infrastructure committee tonight council
12:43 will receive an informational
12:44 presentation on recent modifications to
12:46 the plan and council will be asked to
12:48 adopt the plan at the February 19th 2019
12:51 council meeting I'd like to invite
12:53 engineering manager Bob York to make a
12:55 presentation evening Bob good evening
13:01 mayor councilmembers I'm glad I'm not
13:04 late tonight because that's only 11
13:07 minutes after the hour
13:19 I see it I see about
13:26 tonight's agenda item is now just a
13:29 informational briefing instead of any
13:31 action required on the water system plan
13:34 and I'll mention why in a in a minute
13:37 I'm Bob York by the way the engineering
13:40 manager for Public Works engineering and
13:42 utilities you might have to go a little
13:45 closer to the mic okay thanks thanks
13:50 brief background on the water system
13:52 plan prepared in 2017 early 2018
13:59 presented at Council on March 19 2018
14:03 referred to CIC there's been several
14:08 meetings at CIC and then numerous for
14:11 council work sessions where various
14:13 polish policy issues were or addressed
14:16 throughout all this engagement there was
14:19 multiple opportunities for public input
14:21 and and public comment we have received
14:26 comments from the Washington State
14:28 Department of Health and adjacent water
14:30 systems and those comments have been
14:33 addressed Washington State Department
14:35 Health gave us a verbal okay to proceed
14:38 with the adoption process as
14:42 councilmember hunt mentioned the CIC
14:46 referred this agenda item back to full
14:50 council at tonight's meeting but as I'll
14:54 explain in a minute work on a defer
14:56 action for a month now the updated water
15:01 system plan and proposed resolution are
15:03 now available as part of tonight's
15:05 presentation and won't be further
15:07 refined in the coming days so recent
15:13 developments occurring since the CIC
15:16 meeting were thanks to advice from the
15:19 city attorney we recognized that
15:23 preliminary SEPA determination the
15:26 public comment periods under way and
15:28 that public comment period is three days
15:32 from now at ends three days from now
15:33 July
15:34 January 25th 2019 and
15:38 we were advised that it's inappropriate
15:42 for council to take action until the
15:44 full SEPA compliance process is
15:46 completed so that's why we've pushed the
15:51 agenda for adoption until February 19th
15:57 so we once once we get any comments and
16:00 as of this morning there have been no
16:01 comments
16:02 we'll make a SEPA determination final
16:06 and then come back to Council for
16:08 adoption
16:09 we feel that a month is enough time to
16:12 address all the CEPA issues now
16:18 significance of adoption we're required
16:22 to adopt a water system plan as part of
16:24 our compliance process with the
16:26 Washington State Department of Health
16:28 it's also referenced in the comp plan as
16:30 a complement to the our it's a
16:34 comprehensive plan the water system plan
16:38 includes recommendations for capital
16:41 improvements that total approximately 61
16:43 million over the next 20 years the
16:45 biggest one of those is the water
16:49 treatment plant and related facilities
16:53 chapter 12 of the water system plan
16:55 provides an overview of the financial
16:58 impacts but it doesn't go into the
17:02 specific rate issues that's scheduled
17:04 for evaluation this year in 2019 it's
17:12 important to note that the water system
17:13 plan adoption doesn't obligate the city
17:16 to do any new capital projects or or
17:18 change any ongoing on onm procedures
17:23 it's just a reference document for the
17:26 future and decisions made to fund any of
17:33 the projects identified in the water
17:34 system plan we'll individually come in
17:36 front of the council for as part of the
17:38 capital budgeting process so next steps
17:45 a few extra steps thanks to the CPA
17:48 issue we'll finalize that we will then
17:52 ask for counsel adoption of the water
17:54 system plan in February 19th after
17:57 adoption we go back to the Washington
17:59 State Department of Health in King
18:00 County for their approval of the adopted
18:03 water system plan then we begin fairly
18:08 quickly after adoption the following
18:10 activities their rate study for water or
18:14 sewer and stormwater we're kind of
18:19 quickly dive into the fluoride
18:20 considerations associated with the zones
18:26 that are fluoridated none fluoridated
18:27 currently in the city and then we plan
18:31 on beginning the first phases of water
18:36 treatment and blending evaluations so
18:41 although we're not doing it tonight our
18:43 recommendation for a month from now when
18:45 we get our SEPA act in the order is to
18:48 have the council approve the proposed
18:51 resolution to adopt the 2018 water
18:53 system plan thanks Bob you want to hang
18:57 around in case they have questions this
18:59 council do any council members have
19:01 questions for Bob none thank you thank
19:07 you so again this item will return to
19:11 Council for final action at the February
19:13 19th 2019 council meeting the next item
19:16 on the agenda is good of the order does
19:19 any I know it's shocking everybody relax
19:22 good of the order I have a few items I'm
19:25 looking to see if any of you have some
19:27 items now items Emily thank you me or
19:34 Polly I wanted to just remind council
19:38 that you're in the next two weeks we
19:40 will be holding ad-hoc small groups work
19:43 sessions to dive deeper into the six
19:45 strategic plan priority goal areas three
19:50 different council members
19:52 each will be attending three different
19:53 sessions to develop a better
19:55 understanding of what's in a specific
19:58 priority goal area along with staff
20:01 council members will also refine
20:03 performance measures objectives and
20:05 actions these meetings will be recorded
20:09 and available for viewing on our YouTube
20:11 channel today staff sent out an agenda
20:14 for these ad hoc meetings to counsel
20:17 members along with background materials
20:19 including a list of criteria the small
20:21 groups will use to refine what is
20:23 included in each goal area of the plan
20:25 these criteria include things like
20:28 whether or not the components of the
20:30 plan are realistic achievable enable us
20:33 to make strategic trade-offs and our
20:35 outcome oriented among others some
20:39 additional prioritization criteria will
20:41 be established during the meetings and
20:43 as a result of council members sharing
20:46 their thoughts about what is important
20:47 to be included in each goal area we look
20:50 forward to having great ad hoc meetings
20:52 with all of you and being able to work
20:55 on refining our strategic plan elements
20:57 and then being able to bring forward
20:59 that council member recommended plan to
21:04 the full council during a February work
21:06 session of the entire council thank you
21:10 thank you a couple of upcoming meetings
21:13 January 29th committee of the whole the
21:16 potential agenda items include the 2018
21:18 community fund report out rally
21:21 development agreement evaluation wash
21:24 dot I 90 exile relaying project on
21:27 February 1st we will be having a council
21:29 retreat from 1 to 5 p.m. at Tibbets
21:32 Creek Manor and the agenda items for
21:34 that will be forthcoming and on February
21:37 4th for the regular council meeting the
21:40 potential agenda items include the
21:43 appointment for council position number
21:45 4 Youth Advisory Board presentation and
21:48 front street streetscape phase phase 1
21:51 projects the next item on our agenda
21:56 this evening is an executive session as
21:59 earlier announced there will be an
22:01 executive session held this evening to
22:03 discuss property acquisition
22:04 / RCW 42.3 0.11 o / n1 / NB this item is
22:11 expected to take 20 minutes and no
22:13 action is anticipated to follow an open
22:15 session we will now recess into
22:18 executive session at 7:21 p.m.
22:31 you
44:53 we are back in open session at 7:45 p.m.
44:57 and there being no further business the
45:00 meeting is adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
45:15 you

Attendance

Council / Members (6)
Mariah Bettise
Stacy Goodman
Victoria Hunt
Tola Marts
Chris Reh
Paul Winterstein

Motions and votes (1)

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 0343 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Jan. 22, 2019, $ 5,650,588.84; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Jan. 7, 2019; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Jan. 7, 2019; Approved. d) Minutes: City Council Special Meetin…
Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE
Carried 6-0
In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein