City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM - Tuesday, February 5, 2019 (Continued from Feb. 4, 2019 Regular Meeting) Pickering Room, City Hall NW, 1775 12th Ave. N.W. Page 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. SPECIAL BUSINESS 5 ID 0374 - Youth Advisory Board a) Presentation Hear Presentation 7 - 52 AB 7710 - Council Vacancy, Council Position b) No. 4 Appoint; Conduct Oath of Office **5 min. Break** 4. AUDIENCE COMMENTS 5. COMMITTEE / REGIONAL REPORTS 6. MAYOR'S REPORT 7. CONSENT CALENDAR 53 - 135 a) ID 0324 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Feb. 4, 2019, $ 3,612,722.10 Approve 137 b) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Jan. 22, 2019 Approve 139 - 141 c) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Jan. 22, 2019 Approve Page 1 of 210 · Tuesday, February 5, 2019 · City Council Digest

7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Feb. 4, 2019, $ 3,612,722.10 ID 0324

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.53–135

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh (newly appointed), Paul Winterstein

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Jan. 22, 2019

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.137

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 01-22-19 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, Lindsey Walsh (newly appointed), Paul Winterstein

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Jan. 22, 2019

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.139–141

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 01-22-19 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, Lindsey Walsh (newly appointed), Paul Winterstein

Minutes: Council Committee-of-the-Whole, Jan. 29, 2019

Carried 7-0

Accept Grant · packet pp.143

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 01-29-19 Committee-of-the-Whole Council Minutes Page (0000)

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh (newly appointed), Paul Winterstein

Criminal Code, Amending IMC AB 7702

Carried 7-0

Refer to Council Services & Safety · packet pp.185–191

Topics: Land UsePublic Safety

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Staff report:

In 1985, sections of the RCW adopted into the City’s Criminal Code (IMC 9.05) to allow the City to prosecute certain crimes.

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh (newly appointed), Paul Winterstein

Cemetery Fee Increase, Amending IMC 2.20.040 AB 7723

Carried 7-0

Refer to Council Services & Safety · packet pp.193–197

Topics: Land UsePublic SafetyBudget

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Staff report:

The City's Upper and Lower Hillside cemeteries are maintained and improved by the Parks and Recreation Department, Park Operations Division, to ensure the safety and beauty of these facilities. The administration of the City cemeteries is vested in the Cemetery Board. The Board is responsible for the care, improvement and use of the cemetery property.

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh (newly appointed), Paul Winterstein

2019 Docket of Comprehensive Plan Amendments AB 7726

Carried 7-0

Refer to Council Land & Shore Committee · packet pp.199–204

Topics: Land Use

Previously discussed: Planning Policy Commission · Jan 24, 2019

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Staff report:

The PPC public hearing on the docket occurred on Jan. 24, 2019. After the close of the public hearing, the PPC made a

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh (newly appointed), Paul Winterstein

8. REGULAR BUSINESS

Front Street Streetscape Phase 1 Project AB 7715

Failed 1-6

Authorize · packet pp.205–207

Topics: Transportation

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Staff report:

In 2016, the City improved sidewalks and drainage along the east side of Front Street North between NE Alder and Sunset Way. This project corrected drainage problems, widened sidewalks, removed existing trees, and installed conduit under the new sidewalks to provide for irrigation to future landscaping. During 2016, an Olde Town Task Force developed the Downtown Streetscape Concept Plan for Front Street North and Alder Street areas.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by GOODMAN

In favor: Hunt

Opposed: Bettise, Marts, Reh

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Council Appointments Provided by: Tola Marts, Council President ID 0404

packet pp.209–210

Topics: Boards & Commissions

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Staff report:

Infrastructure Land & Shore Services & Safety Adhoc Long Term Financial

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:02 ↗ uh welcome everyone

0:03 ↗ i would like to call the february 5th

0:05 ↗ regular city council meeting to order

0:07 ↗ due to inclement weather last night's

0:10 ↗ regular council meeting

0:11 ↗ was rescheduled to this evening the

0:14 ↗ council chambers was booked

0:16 ↗ for another meeting tonight so we are

0:18 ↗ holding our meeting here

0:19 ↗ at pickering room at city hall northwest

0:22 ↗ so a few things about this room it's a

0:24 ↗ little different than council chambers

0:26 ↗ we do have

0:26 ↗ microphones but you do have to speak

0:28 ↗ loudly to be heard

0:31 ↗ sidebar conversations or conversations

0:33 ↗ in the audience can hurt the quality of

0:35 ↗ the tape so i ask everybody to

0:38 ↗ not have conversations while we are

0:40 ↗ recording

0:43 ↗ uh usually we typically do the pledge of

0:45 ↗ allegiance to begin our meetings however

0:47 ↗ since we have moved this meeting

0:49 ↗ uh to an available room where we could

0:52 ↗ have video

0:52 ↗ capabilities we do not have a flag and

0:56 ↗ in this venue we will not be doing our

0:57 ↗ customary practice of

0:59 ↗ starting our meeting by reciting the

1:01 ↗ pledge of allegiance

1:03 ↗ the first item on our agenda is special

1:05 ↗ business we were to have

1:07 ↗ id 0374 youth advisory board

1:10 ↗ presentation

1:11 ↗ this item has been delayed to an

1:13 ↗ upcoming council meeting

1:14 ↗ and the next item on our agenda is

1:17 ↗ ab7710

1:19 ↗ council vacancy for council position

1:21 ↗ number four

1:23 ↗ at the january 7th council meeting we

1:25 ↗ had the opportunity to hear from the

1:27 ↗ five individuals who applied for the

1:28 ↗ council vacancy

1:30 ↗ council and i also had the opportunity

1:32 ↗ to speak with the applicants at an

1:33 ↗ informal community meet and greet on

1:35 ↗ january 22nd

1:37 ↗ two of the applicants rachel cox and

1:40 ↗ mary harris have since withdrawn from

1:42 ↗ consideration

1:45 ↗ and tonight council will have the

1:47 ↗ opportunity to appoint one of the

1:49 ↗ remaining three applicants

1:51 ↗ however first the applicants have been

1:53 ↗ asked to participate in a question and

1:55 ↗ answer session

1:56 ↗ the process will be each council member

2:00 ↗ will have the option to pose a question

2:02 ↗ this evening each applicant will then

2:04 ↗ get one minute

2:05 ↗ to respond names were randomly drawn

2:08 ↗ in advanced by the clerk's office to

2:09 ↗ determine the order of response

2:12 ↗ applicants will respond to the first

2:13 ↗ question in the following order

2:15 ↗ michelle kemper lindsey walsh and

2:17 ↗ catherine hurt

2:19 ↗ the first to respond will then rotate

2:21 ↗ and lindsay will then respond

2:23 ↗ first to the second question asked

2:25 ↗ catherine to the third question asked

2:28 ↗ so for council members we will be

2:30 ↗ starting with council member hunt and

2:32 ↗ working our way

2:33 ↗ towards the council president i ask

2:36 ↗ that each council member read their

2:38 ↗ question to the panelists and then pass

2:40 ↗ a copy over for the clerk and myself to

2:43 ↗ be able to repeat it

2:44 ↗ for uh who's ever answering second and

2:47 ↗ third do you have any questions

2:51 ↗ council members do you have any

2:52 ↗ questions

2:54 ↗ council member ray since we have such a

2:56 ↗ small not touchable a smaller group of

2:59 ↗ panelists

2:59 ↗ and time would it be possible to have a

3:02 ↗ little longer

3:04 ↗ answer period possibly 90 seconds

3:06 ↗ instead of a minute

3:07 ↗ so i'm just going to look at the clerk

3:09 ↗ and see if there's any reason why we

3:11 ↗ wouldn't be able to do that and then

3:13 ↗ allow you to discuss it with your

3:14 ↗ fellow council members so long as

3:16 ↗ there's not an objection from

3:18 ↗ the council okay council what are you

3:20 ↗ thinking about

3:22 ↗ if we increase the amount of time for

3:23 ↗ each candidate to answer to 90 seconds

3:25 ↗ to give them a little more opportunity

3:27 ↗ to hash out some details

3:29 ↗ sounds good okay with it sure good sing

3:31 ↗ all head knots

3:32 ↗ you'll have 90 seconds to answer the

3:34 ↗ question tina will be keeping track

3:36 ↗ and are you going to give them any sort

3:38 ↗ of warning when they're near the end can

3:40 ↗ you give them a 15 second warning

3:42 ↗ perhaps

3:42 ↗ do my best to give you a 15 second one

3:46 ↗ is there anything else or are there any

3:47 ↗ other questions

3:49 ↗ okay council member hunt right

3:52 ↗ um my question is about affordable

3:55 ↗ housing which applies to those making 30

3:57 ↗ to 80 percent

3:58 ↗ of the king county median income and my

4:01 ↗ question is what are your thoughts on

4:03 ↗ the mix of rental and ownership housing

4:05 ↗ particularly affordable housing in the

4:07 ↗ city

4:08 ↗ and what can and should the city do and

4:11 ↗ what are some metrics that we could

4:12 ↗ track

4:17 ↗ okay a couple of points on that one

4:21 ↗ in terms of not in the sequence that you

4:24 ↗ asked but in terms of what the city is

4:25 ↗ doing

4:26 ↗ the tod down by comcast

4:30 ↗ that location which is roughly a 50 50

4:33 ↗ combination of

4:35 ↗ rental and ownership i think is a good

4:37 ↗ way for the city to do a mix

4:40 ↗ that is my opinion on how we should be

4:41 ↗ approaching affordable housing in other

4:43 ↗ areas as well

4:44 ↗ i think when it's a concentrated heavier

4:47 ↗ percent on affordable

4:48 ↗ it changes the dynamics of the

4:50 ↗ neighborhood

4:52 ↗ closer to a 50 50 combination of

4:55 ↗ ownership

4:56 ↗ and rental

4:59 ↗ thank you michelle lindsey would you

5:02 ↗ like me to reread the question

5:03 ↗ sure it's about affordable housing which

5:06 ↗ applies to those making 30 to 80 percent

5:08 ↗ of the king county median income what

5:10 ↗ are your thoughts on the mix of rental

5:11 ↗ and ownership housing

5:13 ↗ particularly affordable housing in the

5:14 ↗ city what can

5:16 ↗ should the city do and what are some

5:18 ↗ metrics that we could track as a city

5:20 ↗ related to affordable housing excellent

5:23 ↗ so

5:24 ↗ um i would agree with michelle that our

5:26 ↗ tod project

5:27 ↗ down by the transit center is a great

5:29 ↗ way for us to

5:31 ↗ add in a large chunk of affordable

5:33 ↗ housing much like we did with the ywca

5:35 ↗ down at the bottom of the highlands

5:38 ↗ for that in general i very much support

5:41 ↗ arch and our contribution to that as a

5:44 ↗ way to

5:45 ↗ get those larger groupings of affordable

5:48 ↗ housing

5:49 ↗ i also i think we've done a pretty good

5:52 ↗ job

5:52 ↗ of development agreements in the

5:55 ↗ highlands and telus

5:56 ↗ and in other areas in

5:59 ↗ having an inclusionary zoning

6:03 ↗ piece in it that creates the affordable

6:06 ↗ housing i think we have to have a mix

6:08 ↗ between the 30 and 80 percent

6:10 ↗ and we've maybe done a better job at the

6:12 ↗ top

6:13 ↗ of that without getting to the bottom

6:15 ↗ which really helps with our

6:17 ↗ retail and other workers that are

6:19 ↗ working in the city that currently can't

6:21 ↗ afford to live there

6:22 ↗ as far as rental and ownership i think

6:24 ↗ we need both

6:25 ↗ i think more of the ownership is going

6:27 ↗ to come maybe

6:29 ↗ from improvements to the condo laws

6:32 ↗ and our ability to get those as far as

6:35 ↗ metrics i would look

6:36 ↗ at numbers created both within and

6:40 ↗ without development agreements

6:41 ↗ and also the number of bedrooms so that

6:43 ↗ we're making sure that we're getting

6:45 ↗ some for families and not just

6:46 ↗ individuals thank you lindsay catherine

6:49 ↗ would you like me to reread the question

6:53 ↗ the question is about affordable housing

6:54 ↗ which applies to those making 30 to 80

6:57 ↗ percent of the king county median income

6:59 ↗ what are your thoughts on the mix of

7:00 ↗ rental and ownership housing

7:02 ↗ particularly affordable housing in the

7:04 ↗ city what can and should the city do

7:07 ↗ and what are some metrics that we would

7:09 ↗ track as a city related to affordable

7:11 ↗ housing

7:13 ↗ so not to also just

7:16 ↗ agree and agree but i i do agree with

7:18 ↗ the uh

7:19 ↗ tod project which i learned about really

7:21 ↗ recently

7:22 ↗ um and with the 50 50 model um i also

7:25 ↗ to focus more on metrics because i would

7:28 ↗ want to learn more about kind of where

7:30 ↗ we're at and where we want to go

7:33 ↗ so looking at in rental

7:37 ↗ number of bedrooms is this

7:40 ↗ when rents are increasing by how much

7:43 ↗ is that something that we can

7:46 ↗ encourage to change how do we want to

7:50 ↗ look at that in the future because i

7:52 ↗ have seen personally

7:54 ↗ high increases in rent there and

7:58 ↗ a lot of that is state law but to just

8:00 ↗ look at where we're at as a city and

8:02 ↗ where we can

8:04 ↗ go in the future

8:07 ↗ as far as inclusion in development

8:11 ↗ agreements we

8:12 ↗ we have people who want to develop here

8:14 ↗ and those are good

8:16 ↗ good problems to have and look at the

8:18 ↗ agreements that

8:19 ↗ we form i think that the city has done a

8:21 ↗ good job of that

8:23 ↗ currently and to include that

8:27 ↗ going forward 15 seconds thank you

8:30 ↗ thank you catherine council member ray

8:33 ↗ well congratulations and

8:34 ↗ so excited to have the three of you here

8:36 ↗ this evening can you give us an example

8:38 ↗ of where you've had to do

8:40 ↗ or to use i'm going to use our quotes

8:42 ↗ active listening

8:44 ↗ to help a group work through a difficult

8:46 ↗ situation or a problem

8:48 ↗ and we will start with lindsay

8:53 ↗ well right now or for the past five

8:55 ↗ years i've been a

8:56 ↗ girl scout leader for a troop and that's

8:59 ↗ definitely an area that requires a lot

9:00 ↗ of active listening

9:02 ↗ uh taken my daughter's troupe from

9:04 ↗ kindergarten up through fifth grade

9:07 ↗ and we have had certainly sometimes

9:09 ↗ particularly when we have taken trips

9:11 ↗ with the girls

9:12 ↗ that have created periods where

9:15 ↗ you know the girls are having

9:17 ↗ disagreements and we want to get them

9:19 ↗ together but we also want to teach them

9:21 ↗ how to work through a problem so it's

9:24 ↗ not just the adults girl scouts is all

9:26 ↗ about

9:27 ↗ not just the adults leading but

9:29 ↗ encouraging the girls growth

9:31 ↗ and so in those situations we're sitting

9:34 ↗ with groups of girls that are having a

9:36 ↗ disagreement

9:37 ↗ and not telling them what to do but

9:40 ↗ rather taking that moment and saying

9:42 ↗ okay let's hear from one side let's hear

9:44 ↗ from the other side

9:45 ↗ now did you hear what they said and

9:47 ↗ repeating it back

9:48 ↗ and so i think that's a really good

9:49 ↗ example of taking a situation that

9:52 ↗ maybe you're referring to in the case of

9:54 ↗ adults and looking back

9:56 ↗ at children and actually teaching them

9:58 ↗ that method as well

10:00 ↗ thank you lindsay catherine would you

10:02 ↗ like me to read the question no i think

10:04 ↗ i

10:04 ↗ i got it um so

10:08 ↗ as you all know i'm an attorney

10:12 ↗ i work with a lot of clients and so

10:15 ↗ the obvious answer for me is working

10:18 ↗ with clients to

10:19 ↗ assess not only the solution to their

10:22 ↗ problem but to assess even what their

10:24 ↗ problem is in the first place

10:26 ↗ and also to work with then

10:29 ↗ understanding what my client's issue is

10:31 ↗ and when i'm working with an opposing

10:32 ↗ counsel

10:33 ↗ to work with active listening to see

10:36 ↗ what

10:37 ↗ the opposing counsel's view on the

10:40 ↗ problem is

10:41 ↗ because often times what i see when i'm

10:44 ↗ working through a problem

10:45 ↗ is that both sides haven't defined the

10:48 ↗ problem the same way

10:49 ↗ so as soon as we can kind of understand

10:52 ↗ how everyone sees the problem

10:54 ↗ then we can start that's usually when

10:57 ↗ i'm working in mediation and things like

10:59 ↗ that that's when we really start to get

11:01 ↗ some traction

11:02 ↗ on uh progress

11:05 ↗ towards a mutual agreeable settlement or

11:08 ↗ goal

11:10 ↗ so that's when i am working through a

11:13 ↗ problem here

11:14 ↗ i like to see what is my definition of

11:17 ↗ the problem what is my definition of the

11:18 ↗ solution

11:19 ↗ can i identify rules regulations laws

11:24 ↗ facts to get myself from point a to

11:27 ↗ point b

11:28 ↗ and the best way that i know how to do

11:30 ↗ that is to

11:31 ↗ listen to people who are much more

11:33 ↗ expert than i am

11:35 ↗ to get there thank you thank you

11:36 ↗ catherine michelle would you like me to

11:38 ↗ repeat the question no i think i'm there

11:41 ↗ as you know i'm a retired executive in

11:43 ↗ the financial services industry so

11:45 ↗ active listening takes on a different

11:48 ↗ mantra there when you're the senior

11:49 ↗ officer at the table

11:51 ↗ most of the people around the table have

11:52 ↗ to listen to me so that's not a good

11:54 ↗ example

11:55 ↗ so i'm going to use one from my

11:56 ↗ volunteer roles one of the volunteer

11:58 ↗ activities that i've done over the years

12:00 ↗ is i'm a advocate for a senior

12:04 ↗ who is moving from a hospital setting to

12:07 ↗ a convalescent setting

12:08 ↗ to possibly a nursing home or other

12:10 ↗ long-term care or hopefully

12:12 ↗ back to their home and when you're

12:14 ↗ listening to the patient

12:15 ↗ you have to be very careful in

12:16 ↗ understanding senior issues

12:19 ↗ as they're navigating the health care

12:21 ↗ issues

12:22 ↗ their independence you've got family

12:24 ↗ members at the table

12:25 ↗ who are not only looking at what their

12:28 ↗ role might be changing in terms of their

12:29 ↗ long-term responsibilities for that

12:31 ↗ senior care

12:32 ↗ you also have the medical professionals

12:34 ↗ who have got rules that they have to

12:35 ↗ abide by in terms of when and how

12:37 ↗ a senior is going to be moved from point

12:39 ↗ a to point b through our medical systems

12:41 ↗ and then you have money and you have

12:43 ↗ insurance and you have long-term care

12:45 ↗ plans

12:46 ↗ so it's a the the act of listening as

12:49 ↗ the

12:49 ↗ advocate for the senior is not just

12:51 ↗ listening to all the others around them

12:53 ↗ it's being the advocate for the senior

12:55 ↗ so that their voice is heard 15 seconds

12:58 ↗ and i think the listening skills when

13:00 ↗ you're listening to someone who has an

13:01 ↗ emotional

13:03 ↗ stake in what's happening in their

13:04 ↗ future is a different set of listening

13:06 ↗ skills

13:07 ↗ than when you're sitting at the table as

13:08 ↗ a senior officer in a financial services

13:10 ↗ company

13:11 ↗ thank you michelle councilmember

13:14 ↗ winterstein

13:16 ↗ thank you that's remember goodman i was

13:18 ↗ going to pass too

13:32 ↗ as we work through our strategic plan

13:36 ↗ and start to focus on economic vitality

13:39 ↗ we've been discussing

13:40 ↗ jobs and job growth what are your

13:43 ↗ thoughts and potential solutions

13:46 ↗ regarding

13:46 ↗ job growth in issaquah thank you

13:51 ↗ we are going to start this time with

13:52 ↗ katherine

13:55 ↗ um actually i

13:58 ↗ i have i guess

14:02 ↗ reference a conversation i had with uh

14:04 ↗ council member ray

14:05 ↗ he and i talked about trying to

14:08 ↗ nourish the population

14:12 ↗ of our community that works from home

14:14 ↗ looking at

14:15 ↗ how can we help support those who work

14:18 ↗ from home

14:20 ↗ to increase our economic vitality in

14:23 ↗ issaquah with people who

14:24 ↗ are already here and whether that is

14:27 ↗ looking into supporting wework

14:32 ↗ a wework building coming in if you are

14:35 ↗ unfamiliar with wework it is where

14:37 ↗ if you work from home you can rent a

14:39 ↗ space or pay

14:41 ↗ to go in and have an office that is a

14:44 ↗ shared

14:45 ↗ office where lots of different people

14:47 ↗ work

14:48 ↗ in different areas so looking

14:52 ↗ at that or supporting others who work

14:55 ↗ from home but also looking at

14:58 ↗ different uh businesses who would like

15:00 ↗ to come into issaquah i would want to

15:02 ↗ talk to the businesses who have already

15:04 ↗ opened and are successful here

15:06 ↗ do what made them open here why do they

15:10 ↗ stay here what are the things that help

15:12 ↗ them to stay here and what are the

15:14 ↗ things that our hindrances so that when

15:16 ↗ we are looking to attract additional

15:18 ↗ businesses

15:20 ↗ we know those things going forward thank

15:22 ↗ you thank you catherine

15:23 ↗ michelle would you like me to reread the

15:25 ↗ question yes please

15:27 ↗ as we work through our strategic plan

15:29 ↗ and focus on

15:30 ↗ economic vitality we have been

15:32 ↗ discussing jobs

15:33 ↗ and job growth what are your thoughts

15:36 ↗ solutions regarding

15:37 ↗ job growth thank you this is probably

15:40 ↗ the

15:40 ↗ number one reason why i threw my hat in

15:42 ↗ the ring uh

15:43 ↗ for consideration for a council seat um

15:46 ↗ i think that it's

15:47 ↗ a three-prong approach i think we've got

15:49 ↗ about five major employers

15:51 ↗ and my hats off to the city and its

15:52 ↗ support role with our major employer

15:54 ↗ groups

15:56 ↗ we also have the small to medium-sized

15:58 ↗ companies i think our focus there with

16:00 ↗ our chamber

16:01 ↗ and with activities in terms of

16:03 ↗ promoting

16:04 ↗ as they've authored in their 2002 and

16:07 ↗ 2012

16:08 ↗ update on the economic vitality for the

16:10 ↗ small employer

16:11 ↗ they've asked for everything from

16:13 ↗ marketing training to internet

16:15 ↗ and social media help in terms of how to

16:17 ↗ get the word out on the small employer

16:20 ↗ and the role that we have between the

16:22 ↗ council and with our chamber and with

16:23 ↗ our medium to small

16:25 ↗ companies i think would be my number one

16:27 ↗ focus and then i think the third

16:29 ↗ is today's economic vitality for an

16:32 ↗ employer is

16:34 ↗ something we don't know what it is is it

16:36 ↗ e-commerce is it working from home

16:38 ↗ you know what is the company of tomorrow

16:41 ↗ and i think one of the opportunities

16:43 ↗ issaquah has is to plan

16:44 ↗ for tomorrow and not replicate the brick

16:46 ↗ and mortar

16:47 ↗ that we have in uh our small town field

16:50 ↗ today

16:51 ↗ thank you michelle lindsay would you

16:53 ↗ like me to reread the question

16:55 ↗ got it okay so as a 15-year business

16:58 ↗ owner myself i've

16:59 ↗ been through this i've you know had to

17:02 ↗ work through the growth

17:04 ↗ working from home and figuring out

17:06 ↗ hiring and all of that

17:07 ↗ i will take a slightly different tact

17:10 ↗ which is as a business owner i

17:12 ↗ understand what the taxes situation is

17:15 ↗ i feel very comfortable with issaquah's

17:18 ↗ bno tax rate

17:19 ↗ what i would like to see is being able

17:22 ↗ to do that application online

17:24 ↗ i can do that for the state i can do

17:26 ↗ that for federal i can't

17:27 ↗ do that for the city and that's a

17:31 ↗ monthly

17:32 ↗ pain or a quarterly pain um the other

17:35 ↗ thing i would say is

17:37 ↗ since we're talking about the strategic

17:38 ↗ plan we really want to get down to the

17:40 ↗ metrics so i know we know what our

17:42 ↗ current job numbers are i'd like to see

17:44 ↗ a little bit more on trends as far as a

17:46 ↗ dashboard on that

17:47 ↗ what is the growth rate and particularly

17:50 ↗ are they coming from the small to medium

17:52 ↗ business

17:52 ↗ the work from home or from our larger

17:55 ↗ employers

17:56 ↗ and thus that helps set the ideas of how

17:59 ↗ we want

18:00 ↗ to work with each of these in order to

18:02 ↗ pursue that growth

18:03 ↗ i'd also say our chamber of commerce

18:05 ↗ does an excellent job they

18:07 ↗ are rearing at the bit to help us out

18:09 ↗ with this and i would love to see

18:11 ↗ more engagement more welcoming from the

18:15 ↗ city

18:15 ↗ to bring their ideas in particularly

18:19 ↗ on the growth idea thank you lindsay

18:22 ↗ council president martz thank you all

18:25 ↗ right

18:26 ↗ if you could secure a one-time one

18:29 ↗ million dollar federal grant for the

18:31 ↗ city

18:32 ↗ to be spent on anything operations or

18:35 ↗ capital

18:36 ↗ what would you pick and i believe this

18:40 ↗ question is starting with michelle

18:42 ↗ dangle a millionaire

18:46 ↗ kid in the candy store here

18:50 ↗ i think i would put it on infrastructure

18:54 ↗ i think it's very important that

18:58 ↗ we have the infrastructure by that i

19:00 ↗ mean our police our safety

19:03 ↗ first responders our schools our

19:07 ↗ our parks the whole structure of what is

19:10 ↗ issaquah

19:12 ↗ once that funding's in place then with

19:14 ↗ the money left over

19:15 ↗ i'd like to see something innovative

19:17 ↗ that these small to medium-sized

19:19 ↗ business companies can step forward and

19:21 ↗ look for grant money to help them

19:23 ↗ whether it's in the arts the theater

19:25 ↗ or in bringing in something new and

19:27 ↗ creative that will bring tourism into

19:29 ↗ into esqua

19:32 ↗ lindsey would you like me to reread the

19:33 ↗ question

19:36 ↗ so um i think we've heard pretty clearly

19:40 ↗ from our the citizens of issaquah that

19:43 ↗ traffic and congestion is a major major

19:45 ↗ issue

19:46 ↗ most of those projects weigh more than a

19:48 ↗ million dollars

19:49 ↗ so they're not on the table things like

19:52 ↗ um

19:53 ↗ at providence point putting the light in

19:54 ↗ things like that that we know are on our

19:56 ↗ agenda

19:57 ↗ but what i would like to do is

20:01 ↗ since it's a million dollar gift

20:04 ↗ use it for something that you're going

20:06 ↗ to be able to grow further in the future

20:08 ↗ so much like the test that we did with

20:11 ↗ the old down

20:11 ↗ old town traffic calming which was a low

20:15 ↗ cost

20:15 ↗ area where we could test things out see

20:18 ↗ if they work before putting the bigger

20:20 ↗ money in we know where our problem areas

20:22 ↗ are in the city

20:23 ↗ and so if we were able to take that

20:25 ↗ million dollars and roll

20:27 ↗ out some tests whether that was extra

20:29 ↗ crosswalks or

20:31 ↗ protected bike lanes or anything like

20:33 ↗ that that would allow us to

20:35 ↗ gather the data which often gets

20:38 ↗ pushed off because we don't have the

20:40 ↗ money for that

20:41 ↗ in order to figure out is this something

20:44 ↗ that's going to make a dent

20:47 ↗ for a budget that we could put forth

20:49 ↗ from the general fund or something going

20:51 ↗ forward

20:52 ↗ thank you nancy catherine i was actually

20:54 ↗ going to say something really similar to

20:57 ↗ lindsay uh with a million dollar grant

21:00 ↗ yeah you can't

21:01 ↗ do a ton with

21:04 ↗ a million dollar in as far as the

21:06 ↗ traffic situation

21:08 ↗ but you can collect a bunch of data

21:12 ↗ you can yeah

21:15 ↗ put this money into something that we

21:17 ↗ wouldn't otherwise

21:20 ↗ necessarily see the immediate benefit

21:23 ↗ and

21:24 ↗ growth to so by getting something to

21:28 ↗ yeah see something that can grow into

21:31 ↗ a better idea so that we know exactly or

21:34 ↗ or we know with

21:35 ↗ better confidence how much something is

21:37 ↗ going to cost

21:39 ↗ and doing the homework on that um

21:44 ↗ that's what i would want to do it for

21:47 ↗ seeing

21:49 ↗ putting in the research the data to see

21:51 ↗ how much something's going to

21:53 ↗ cost in the future thank you catherine

21:56 ↗ so we have given each of our council

21:58 ↗ members an opportunity to ask a question

22:00 ↗ thank you for your thoughtful questions

22:02 ↗ thank you for participating on the panel

22:05 ↗ and tina thank you for your timekeeping

22:06 ↗ that was awesome

22:08 ↗ right now the council has um

22:11 ↗ choices you can proceed to nominations

22:16 ↗ you can also decide as a council body to

22:19 ↗ go into executive session and discuss

22:21 ↗ qualifications and come back

22:23 ↗ to the live session to proceed with

22:27 ↗ nominations so it's really up to you now

22:29 ↗ what you would like to do next

22:32 ↗ any suggestions

22:36 ↗ anybody interested in an executive

22:37 ↗ session i am

22:40 ↗ uh is that the will of the body then

22:42 ↗ let's enter executive session

22:43 ↗ let's do that okay we're going to be

22:46 ↗ entering executive session do we need to

22:47 ↗ state an amount of time

22:49 ↗ we do okay should we start with 20

22:52 ↗ minutes

22:56 ↗ okay great 20 minutes

23:00 ↗ now you do remember you can't come back

23:02 ↗ we cannot come back early

23:04 ↗ so you're good with 20 do we want to do

23:07 ↗ 15.

23:08 ↗ you can always extend but you cannot

23:11 ↗ leave

23:11 ↗ the room early 17 15. okay we will

23:14 ↗ proceed into executive session for 15

23:16 ↗ minutes

23:19 ↗ so we are back on air um we have

23:22 ↗ returned from the executive session

23:23 ↗ where the council was considering

23:25 ↗ qualifications

23:26 ↗ and discussing qualifications um i'm

23:29 ↗ gonna

23:29 ↗ explain a little bit about process

23:31 ↗ before i open it up for nominations

23:33 ↗ so the process will be i will open it up

23:35 ↗ for nominations and we will

23:38 ↗ see which candidates are nominated

23:41 ↗ when we close the nominations

23:45 ↗ we will then take a voice vote on all

23:48 ↗ those that were nominated

23:50 ↗ do you have any questions nominations do

23:53 ↗ or do not require a second

23:55 ↗ they do not they do not just so

23:57 ↗ everybody

23:58 ↗ good question and then you have the

24:00 ↗ opportunity to

24:02 ↗ close the nomination process by vote or

24:06 ↗ as long as there's no objection on

24:08 ↗ closing the nomination

24:10 ↗ so you have two routes on closing

24:15 ↗ are there any other questions about the

24:17 ↗ process before we begin

24:21 ↗ seeing none i now open the nominations

24:24 ↗ for oh

24:24 ↗ i have one remember no worries so

24:28 ↗ we'll do nominations we'll close

24:29 ↗ nominations and then you said we would

24:30 ↗ go into a vote is there

24:32 ↗ any kind of deliberations before there

24:34 ↗ is discussion before you vote

24:36 ↗ so there will be an opportunity for

24:38 ↗ those that nominated

24:39 ↗ to provide some information to the rest

24:42 ↗ of the council members on why they

24:43 ↗ chose to do the nomination

24:49 ↗ okay i have a question about the process

24:51 ↗ um i saw a note in there about

24:53 ↗ your view on tie breaking do you want to

24:57 ↗ elaborate that before so in the event of

25:00 ↗ a tie there are several

25:02 ↗ options that the council has to consider

25:04 ↗ one is to go back into executive session

25:06 ↗ and talk to each other again for 15

25:08 ↗ minutes

25:10 ↗ another would be for them to i'm going

25:12 ↗ to use the wrong word

25:14 ↗ move it forward will spawn or continue

25:17 ↗ continue to a date certain

25:21 ↗ which would allow you more opportunity

25:23 ↗ to engage with

25:25 ↗ the different applicants and the third

25:27 ↗ option is that the mayor can break a tie

25:30 ↗ so i'm going to strongly encourage you

25:32 ↗ to do one

25:33 ↗ and two i think that we have really good

25:37 ↗ candidates and i think you've had the

25:38 ↗ opportunity to

25:40 ↗ touch base with them and talk with them

25:42 ↗ and should be able to select one of the

25:44 ↗ three for the position

25:47 ↗ good question any other questions about

25:49 ↗ process before we open it up for

25:51 ↗ nominations

25:52 ↗ i'm sure that's the president i just i

25:54 ↗ and i don't want to put words in your

25:55 ↗ mouth but i just i read it

25:57 ↗ i read in here in the event of an

25:58 ↗ initial thai vote mayor polly has opted

26:00 ↗ to temporarily waive her right to break

26:02 ↗ the tie so in a first vote that's going

26:04 ↗ to

26:04 ↗ those two other options which is i'll

26:06 ↗ encourage you to go into executive

26:08 ↗ session

26:09 ↗ and i will also ask you to consider

26:10 ↗ whether or not you would like to

26:11 ↗ postpone

26:12 ↗ that's what that means okay i just

26:14 ↗ wanted to do it no that's good that's a

26:16 ↗ different way so thank you for asking

26:17 ↗ that

26:18 ↗ any other questions on process

26:21 ↗ okay i know they're excited so here we

26:24 ↗ go

26:24 ↗ i now open the nominations for council

26:27 ↗ position number four

26:28 ↗ council member we're interested i'd like

26:30 ↗ to nominate michelle kemper

26:33 ↗ you are there any other nominations

26:39 ↗ council member hunt nominate lindsay

26:41 ↗ walsh

26:43 ↗ thank you are there any other

26:50 ↗ nominations is there a

26:52 ↗ motion to close nominations nominations

26:56 ↗ okay it's been moved and seconded all

26:59 ↗ those in favor of closing nominations

27:00 ↗ for council position number four

27:02 ↗ signify by saying aye aye let's opposed

27:06 ↗ that passes unanimously council

27:09 ↗ discussion

27:11 ↗ so before we vote on the first nominee

27:14 ↗ is there any discussion and council

27:16 ↗ member winter stein i'll

27:17 ↗ start with you say something thank you i

27:20 ↗ don't have prepared remarks

27:24 ↗ always extremely grateful for anybody

27:25 ↗ who steps forward and says

27:27 ↗ i'd like to serve the public in this way

27:29 ↗ we all know it's not an uh

27:31 ↗ you know it's a difficult job very

27:32 ↗ demanding it's also an opportunity that

27:35 ↗ comes around on a pretty regular basis

27:37 ↗ and there are different routes on which

27:39 ↗ to get here

27:40 ↗ and i know you're all very well versed

27:41 ↗ in that

27:43 ↗ my nomination of michelle is is an

27:46 ↗ expression and a belief

27:48 ↗ that what you represent and what you

27:51 ↗ would mean to this council in the city

27:53 ↗ i think best uh meets what

27:56 ↗ i believe is necessary and at the same

27:59 ↗ time and in no way it's not an

28:01 ↗ expression

28:02 ↗ at all about my perception of the

28:04 ↗ qualifications for

28:05 ↗ for either of you um uh you'll i'll say

28:08 ↗ it and you'll probably hear it again

28:10 ↗ tonight as well

28:11 ↗ that all of you possess uh

28:14 ↗ lindsay and katie as well the capability

28:17 ↗ the tools the potential the kind of

28:18 ↗ things that i know could serve this city

28:20 ↗ well on this council and serve our

28:22 ↗ citizens and work with the rest of us

28:23 ↗ there's no doubt in my mind but

28:26 ↗ i nominated michelle um

28:30 ↗ for principally because of the

28:33 ↗ um and i and i used a word earlier i'm

28:36 ↗ going to use a different word

28:38 ↗ but i look up at the makeup of this

28:40 ↗ council our strengths

28:42 ↗ our backgrounds what we bring together

28:44 ↗ how we work

28:45 ↗ uh and i truly believe in in a

28:49 ↗ marketplace

28:50 ↗ a way in which issues are thought of

28:53 ↗ discussed

28:54 ↗ uh and and decided upon in a group and

28:57 ↗ and new perspectives that are well

29:00 ↗ represented that

29:01 ↗ that bring an experience and a

29:02 ↗ perspective to such a dialogue

29:05 ↗ enriches the conversation uh and

29:08 ↗ generally leads to better conclusions

29:10 ↗ and it's my assessment that michelle you

29:13 ↗ know with your

29:13 ↗ your particular uh traits and

29:17 ↗ work experience and and where you did

29:19 ↗ that work um

29:20 ↗ is j it will be of benefit to the

29:23 ↗ council in this city

29:25 ↗ thank you councilmember richardson

29:27 ↗ councilmember hunt would you like to

29:29 ↗ have some time for discussion yes so a

29:32 ↗ year ago i went through this process and

29:34 ↗ i just wanted to

29:35 ↗ first of all say thank you so much for

29:36 ↗ all sticking with it

29:38 ↗ and for participating and we're in a

29:40 ↗ good position today that we have

29:41 ↗ several good choices and so i i

29:44 ↗ appreciate that it is a difficult um or

29:47 ↗ sometimes a challenging process

29:49 ↗ and thank you all very much

29:52 ↗ so i am nominating lindsay this evening

29:54 ↗ because um

29:56 ↗ i think that first of all she has shown

29:58 ↗ a tenacity and a stick-to-itiveness

30:01 ↗ um this is her second time through the

30:03 ↗ process and she's

30:04 ↗ come forward with new ideas and new

30:06 ↗ perspectives and i think that

30:08 ↗ she she brings although she is very

30:12 ↗ familiar with the issues she also brings

30:13 ↗ a new perspective on those issues

30:16 ↗ and then i i also really value

30:19 ↗ the long-term commitment that i think

30:21 ↗ she's shown through planning policy

30:23 ↗ as well as um this being the second time

30:27 ↗ applying for council

30:28 ↗ um and then also i think on a number of

30:31 ↗ issues

30:32 ↗ uh lindsay brings a different

30:33 ↗ perspective and something for us

30:35 ↗ to consider and i think that this is

30:38 ↗ especially valuable for council because

30:40 ↗ these new ideas i think

30:43 ↗ are whether or not i agree with them

30:44 ↗ they give us

30:46 ↗ the ability to formulate why we don't

30:49 ↗ agree or why we agree so i think that

30:51 ↗ the generation of creative

30:54 ↗ options for the council to consider is

30:56 ↗ another reason why

30:57 ↗ i have valued lindsay's input from

31:00 ↗ planning policy and why i'm nominating

31:01 ↗ her

31:02 ↗ thank you and now open it up to any

31:04 ↗ other council members who would like to

31:06 ↗ add

31:07 ↗ comments to this discussion

31:10 ↗ council president so by my telly this is

31:13 ↗ this is my fifth time doing this

31:15 ↗ um and and i will say and i hope it

31:17 ↗ doesn't sound like a cliche

31:18 ↗ um this is the most difficult um

31:21 ↗ appointment that i have been involved in

31:23 ↗ any of the three first of all each of

31:25 ↗ the three of you has has shown to be

31:27 ↗ the strongest in differing areas of uh

31:31 ↗ aspects that would be valuable on the

31:32 ↗ council and so any of the three of you

31:35 ↗ would be a joy to work with and that's

31:37 ↗ why this is so hard

31:38 ↗ because at the end of the day we have to

31:40 ↗ pick one and not the other two so i will

31:41 ↗ say

31:42 ↗ the thing that i will then say the thing

31:44 ↗ i have said before which is run for

31:45 ↗ office if you don't get appointed uh the

31:48 ↗ deadline for filing is less than four

31:50 ↗ and a half months away

31:51 ↗ uh there will be three council seats up

31:53 ↗ for uh

31:55 ↗ three or four four four uh so

31:58 ↗ i you know whoever doesn't get it i hope

32:00 ↗ to see again

32:02 ↗ i will say that i am also supporting uh

32:06 ↗ the nomination of michelle in this case

32:08 ↗ i feel that her executive experience

32:11 ↗ um has shown through in her in her

32:14 ↗ responses

32:15 ↗ and it um she would bring a skill set

32:17 ↗ that i don't think

32:18 ↗ is um uh as represented on council at

32:22 ↗ present

32:23 ↗ um as it could be and so while the other

32:26 ↗ two candidates are great

32:28 ↗ that's where my that's where i'm going

32:29 ↗ to start off with this evening

32:31 ↗ thank you is there any other discussion

32:33 ↗ before we go to the vote and i will

32:35 ↗ explain the process of voting council

32:36 ↗ member goodman thank you

32:38 ↗ as will be said several times tonight

32:42 ↗ i mean we just can't go wrong the

32:44 ↗ community can't go wrong

32:46 ↗ because you all are just

32:51 ↗ equally qualified in so many different

32:53 ↗ ways

32:54 ↗ and so i'm just thrilled that all of you

32:58 ↗ are here

32:58 ↗ and that all of you applied and uh

33:01 ↗ so it it's it is really a tough decision

33:04 ↗ um

33:05 ↗ my my decision

33:09 ↗ really is based upon

33:13 ↗ much of what council member hunt said

33:15 ↗ and that is that

33:17 ↗ not that either one of you

33:21 ↗ catherine or michelle wouldn't do a

33:22 ↗ great job you just you just would

33:24 ↗ but lindsay has

33:28 ↗ worked in my opinion very hard

33:31 ↗ for to be on council and

33:35 ↗ i have every reason to believe that she

33:38 ↗ will make a fine council member

33:39 ↗ and have not been convinced that

33:43 ↗ she shouldn't be afforded that

33:44 ↗ opportunity based on the work that she's

33:46 ↗ done over the past few years to get here

33:48 ↗ that's that's the sole reason um but

33:51 ↗ you know like tola said whoever doesn't

33:53 ↗ um get it tonight i hope you stay

33:55 ↗ involved because you're all very very

33:57 ↗ valuable and thank you again for

33:58 ↗ applying

34:00 ↗ any other discussion

34:04 ↗ um this is really hard and and i can say

34:06 ↗ with great honesties i don't have any

34:08 ↗ idea

34:09 ↗ where i'm going um

34:12 ↗ and i'm gonna these are notes i made um

34:15 ↗ that we talked about just moments ago

34:17 ↗ and i think all three of you are are

34:20 ↗ marvelous and in completely different

34:21 ↗ ways um

34:23 ↗ you know catherine tonight or katie the

34:26 ↗ other time i talk to you

34:28 ↗ you are massively creative and you bring

34:31 ↗ a fresh perspective to problem solving

34:32 ↗ that i completely admire

34:34 ↗ and and lindsay your grasp of the issues

34:37 ↗ is

34:38 ↗ um is incredible and michelle your your

34:41 ↗ poise and

34:42 ↗ your competence and your background um

34:44 ↗ you know make you an

34:46 ↗ excellent candidate so i i am completely

34:49 ↗ um you know game day decision on on on

34:54 ↗ this one so

34:55 ↗ is that done and it's half time

34:58 ↗ council member petite so first of all i

35:02 ↗ just want to start out by thanking each

35:04 ↗ of you

35:04 ↗ for coming forward and all the work that

35:07 ↗ goes into the appointment process i've

35:09 ↗ sat

35:09 ↗ in your seat before um and it's a

35:12 ↗ it's a bit nerve-wracking and i i wanted

35:15 ↗ to echo what

35:17 ↗ what you've heard this evening is that

35:19 ↗ all three of you

35:21 ↗ uh would do an amazing job on council

35:23 ↗ and so this is an incredibly

35:25 ↗ tough decision you all have these great

35:28 ↗ strengths in different areas

35:30 ↗ and that makes the decision all the

35:32 ↗ harder

35:33 ↗ tonight i'm going to be supporting

35:37 ↗ lindsay for the position

35:40 ↗ i i think lindsay has really

35:44 ↗ shown um so much work with the pcc

35:48 ↗ i've seen her at many many council

35:51 ↗ meetings

35:51 ↗ i i just appreciate her tenacity

35:56 ↗ but also just a fresh perspective and a

35:58 ↗ really deep

35:59 ↗ understanding of the issues i had the

36:02 ↗ opportunity to have

36:04 ↗ conversations with each of you um and

36:07 ↗ just

36:08 ↗ just got so much out of it and i again

36:11 ↗ want to

36:11 ↗ thank you for your time and i hope

36:15 ↗ that as we go forward if if one of you

36:18 ↗ are not

36:19 ↗ not the person chosen that you really

36:21 ↗ will stay involved and

36:23 ↗ run for election or or find a way within

36:25 ↗ the city that

36:26 ↗ you can that you can give back because

36:29 ↗ you all have so much to offer

36:32 ↗ thank you is there any other discussion

36:36 ↗ before we go to the vote okay

36:39 ↗ before i go through the process i just

36:42 ↗ wanted to let you know

36:43 ↗ that five of the seven electeds up here

36:46 ↗ have all gone through the process

36:48 ↗ and only three were picked through this

36:50 ↗ process

36:51 ↗ two had to run for office to get the

36:53 ↗ seat so it seems unusual

36:55 ↗ that we have repeated this in the last

36:57 ↗ few years but

36:59 ↗ i appreciate your courage and your

37:00 ↗ bravery and your confidence

37:02 ↗ to put your hat in the ring thank you

37:03 ↗ very much for doing this

37:05 ↗ so the process each council member has

37:08 ↗ one vote to cast for the nominee of

37:10 ↗ their choice

37:11 ↗ the votes will be taken by a show of

37:12 ↗ hands and the first nominee to receive

37:15 ↗ four votes will be appointed

37:17 ↗ i will call the vote in order of the

37:20 ↗ nomination we can have

37:22 ↗ voice and show of hands voice and show

37:25 ↗ of hands

37:25 ↗ did i not read that right okay voice and

37:28 ↗ show of hands

37:30 ↗ so all those in favor of appointing

37:33 ↗ michelle kemper

37:34 ↗ signify by saying i and a show of hands

37:38 ↗ three all those in favor of

37:42 ↗ uh lindsay walsh signify by saying aye

37:46 ↗ aye council is tied

37:49 ↗ so now you have some considerations if

37:52 ↗ you

37:53 ↗ feel that you can break the tie

37:56 ↗ by additional discussion right now on

37:58 ↗ camera you can

37:59 ↗ if you would like to recess into

38:02 ↗ executive session

38:03 ↗ you can and if somebody would like to

38:05 ↗ make a case for postponement to a future

38:07 ↗ date

38:08 ↗ you can do that

38:12 ↗ so let's step through the options is

38:15 ↗ there general sense that additional

38:16 ↗ discussion tonight on camera will get

38:18 ↗ you

38:19 ↗ to a different vote i'm not seeing it

38:24 ↗ councilmember winterstein more

38:26 ↗ discussion on camera

38:35 ↗ i would con you know last time we did

38:37 ↗ this

38:38 ↗ we got to the same point actually there

38:40 ↗ wasn't somebody with four

38:41 ↗ and i my vote was in the minority and

38:44 ↗ and i decided i knew that there was

38:47 ↗ you know i could easily um uh

38:50 ↗ think that we're doing the right thing

38:51 ↗ for the city by switching my vote and we

38:53 ↗ we went right through it really really

38:55 ↗ quick

38:55 ↗ so i say that just to remind all of us

38:57 ↗ that are here that possibility possible

39:01 ↗ that's possible and the situation arises

39:03 ↗ in this particular case

39:04 ↗ um and um i agree with my other

39:07 ↗ colleagues

39:08 ↗ uh that uh

39:11 ↗ that lindsay would be an excellent

39:15 ↗ council person as well and yet this

39:18 ↗ evening

39:19 ↗ i'm remaining firm at this point with my

39:20 ↗ vote so

39:23 ↗ i don't have i'm not going to switch and

39:25 ↗ flip the vote look at it last time

39:27 ↗ that's remember right

39:29 ↗ i wonder if we might spend 15 minutes uh

39:31 ↗ an executive session to

39:33 ↗ will agree that's true i agree through

39:34 ↗ some of this okay

39:36 ↗ sorry boy you guys are making a tough

39:40 ↗ okay i think we will recess

39:44 ↗ into executive session for 15 minutes

40:00 ↗ thank you so we are back from our second

40:04 ↗ executive session and i'm just going to

40:07 ↗ give a little summary of where we are in

40:09 ↗ the process the council elected to go

40:11 ↗ into executive session

40:12 ↗ to consider qualifications after the

40:16 ↗ first vote this evening resulted

40:18 ↗ in no candidate receiving four votes

40:21 ↗ at this point in the process the council

40:24 ↗ could can somebody could consider a

40:27 ↗ motion

40:28 ↗ to um give me the right word tina to

40:32 ↗ revoke on the nominees we vote on the

40:34 ↗ nominees or

40:35 ↗ continue so those are the two options

40:38 ↗ you have left so i need to get a general

40:39 ↗ sense from the council if anybody'd like

40:41 ↗ to motion

40:41 ↗ otherwise i will re-call for the votes

40:44 ↗ on the

40:45 ↗ two nominees i mean i will call them

40:49 ↗ again

40:49 ↗ call the vote again on the two nominees

40:52 ↗ we have

40:54 ↗ that's my winston continue means what

40:56 ↗ again i thought

40:57 ↗ we had you would be pausing this process

41:00 ↗ to allow for additional discussion with

41:03 ↗ the candidates

41:04 ↗ and pushing the vote to another date

41:07 ↗ and we still have other options

41:08 ↗ available to us

41:12 ↗ you we can we can go taivo and we can

41:15 ↗ cycle through

41:16 ↗ again in the game so

41:20 ↗ if there is no motion then i will

41:24 ↗ call for the all those in favor of the

41:28 ↗ first

41:28 ↗ nominee and we'll repeat the process we

41:30 ↗ did before

41:32 ↗ all those in favor of appointing

41:34 ↗ michelle kemper

41:35 ↗ signify by saying i and a show of hands

41:39 ↗ that's three all those in favor

41:43 ↗ of uh lindsay walsh signify by saying i

41:46 ↗ in a show of hands hi okay

41:49 ↗ three we're tied so at this point uh you

41:53 ↗ have the same options you had before

41:56 ↗ you can continue discussion on camera

41:58 ↗ you can go to executive session

42:00 ↗ you can move to continue or the mayor

42:03 ↗ can choose to break the time

42:09 ↗ council president mark i would move to

42:10 ↗ continue to the next council meeting

42:13 ↗ to allow further discussion

42:16 ↗ with the two remaining candidates by the

42:18 ↗ city council members

42:20 ↗ do we need a second is there a second

42:24 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded

42:28 ↗ to continue the discussion

42:31 ↗ council discussion on the motion as as

42:33 ↗ the maker of the motion

42:36 ↗ i think we all have ample evidence that

42:38 ↗ we have strong candidates

42:40 ↗ here tonight and i think that

42:43 ↗ i have a hope that um

42:46 ↗ that each uh the candidate the two

42:48 ↗ candidates who

42:49 ↗ who have gotten to this point have shown

42:51 ↗ ample interest in communicating with us

42:53 ↗ and communicating their vision and we

42:55 ↗ have talked to and they've referenced

42:57 ↗ their conversations with us in their

42:59 ↗ answers and my hope is that

43:01 ↗ by spending some more time we could

43:05 ↗ uh get a little further clarity i have

43:08 ↗ said that all these candidates are good

43:09 ↗ so i'm not

43:10 ↗ i'm not hard over um

43:14 ↗ and i also would prefer not to put the

43:17 ↗ mayor in the position to be a tiebreaker

43:19 ↗ so that's why i would like to go this

43:22 ↗ direction

43:22 ↗ additional discussion councilmember

43:24 ↗ interesting

43:26 ↗ i am not going to support this motion

43:29 ↗ i would like to see this uh concluded

43:32 ↗ this evening

43:33 ↗ and uh feel that as an elected

43:36 ↗ representative of the people

43:38 ↗ i would ask the mayor to cast her vote

43:40 ↗ and i think that would be fair

43:42 ↗ so if this doesn't pass i'm going to

43:44 ↗ make i'm going to move in that direction

43:48 ↗ discussion um i don't support the motion

43:51 ↗ either i think we

43:52 ↗ we've already had a process that's

43:55 ↗ linkedly lengthier than any other

43:56 ↗ process that we've had

43:58 ↗ and i think to delay it anymore

44:02 ↗ is not necessary i mean

44:05 ↗ we all know we have great we have great

44:08 ↗ applicants

44:08 ↗ and but i don't see any need to delay it

44:11 ↗ any further

44:12 ↗ we can break a tie

44:16 ↗ one way or the other discussion

44:20 ↗ because customer head i am

44:24 ↗ persuaded i think by my fellow council

44:26 ↗ members um councilmember winterstein and

44:29 ↗ goodman i think this is a

44:32 ↗ challenging process and i recall sitting

44:35 ↗ in the chair and thinking that you know

44:37 ↗ a decision was going to be made and so i

44:39 ↗ would like to see

44:41 ↗ um i would like to see a decision made

44:43 ↗ this evening

44:44 ↗ any other discussion deputy council

44:46 ↗ president batiste

44:48 ↗ so i i very much appreciate the the

44:52 ↗ motion um on on the table and

44:55 ↗ uh can understand the reasoning behind

44:57 ↗ that but on

44:59 ↗ the flip side uh having

45:02 ↗ sat in the the seat and gone through the

45:05 ↗ appointment process and

45:07 ↗ this particular process has given us

45:09 ↗ some additional

45:12 ↗ time with the candidates in some

45:14 ↗ different ways so

45:16 ↗ my concern would be that we

45:19 ↗ take more time and and may still be

45:22 ↗ where we're at

45:23 ↗ um so i i think that

45:26 ↗ uh i would like to see us move forward

45:29 ↗ madam mayor i withdraw my motion

45:32 ↗ second degree no okay

45:35 ↗ keep it on the table it's a lot of

45:37 ↗ parliamentary procedure you're all

45:38 ↗ learning tonight

45:39 ↗ council member ray so um i appreciate

45:42 ↗ the difficult situation

45:44 ↗ that you're in and you know waiting

45:46 ↗ another two weeks to make a decision

45:51 ↗ it must be quite frustrating and

45:53 ↗ agonizing

45:54 ↗ but i don't believe it is if we don't

45:58 ↗ if we continue on the path we are in

46:00 ↗ then

46:01 ↗ to council member winter science point

46:03 ↗ it will fall to the mayor to break the

46:04 ↗ tie

46:05 ↗ and i believe it is this body not um

46:08 ↗ that is the city council's

46:09 ↗ responsibility to

46:11 ↗ fill this vacancy not the mayor's

46:13 ↗ responsibility to fill this vacancy and

46:15 ↗ i would like

46:15 ↗ us to i would like us the council to

46:18 ↗ give a little more

46:19 ↗ effort into getting ourselves in a place

46:23 ↗ where we can

46:24 ↗ do our response our job which is to fill

46:27 ↗ this vacancy and not ask

46:29 ↗ not hunt and ask the mayor to make our

46:31 ↗ decision for us

46:32 ↗ so that is why i really would like to

46:34 ↗ not withdraw the motion and i really

46:36 ↗ would like to continue this

46:38 ↗ despite the difficulties that i know are

46:41 ↗ associated with it is your additional

46:43 ↗ discussion

46:44 ↗ a question for the clerk um does the

46:47 ↗ motion need to contain a date

46:51 ↗ i believe communicated oh it did say

46:54 ↗ nice meeting okay i missed that

46:56 ↗ so can you read me the emotion back it

46:58 ↗ would be

46:59 ↗ to continue um consideration of the

47:03 ↗ nominees

47:05 ↗ at the council meeting of february 19th

47:12 ↗ so it's been moved in second to consider

47:14 ↗ consent to continue consideration

47:16 ↗ of the nominees at the february 19th

47:20 ↗ council

47:20 ↗ 18th uh 18th story 18th

47:31 ↗ all those in favor to continue please

47:33 ↗ say aye hi

47:34 ↗ hey could you raise your hands opposed

47:38 ↗ the motion fails four to two you

47:41 ↗ do have the option to continue to

47:44 ↗ discuss qualifications you do

47:46 ↗ have the option to take another vote

47:48 ↗ what is your desire

47:53 ↗ so you didn't list um

47:56 ↗ the option of the mayor bringing the tie

48:00 ↗ so is there a procedural step that we

48:02 ↗ have yeah let's make that informal

48:04 ↗ and we'll hear that so does the

48:07 ↗ governing

48:08 ↗ does the council body um

48:11 ↗ have an option on the table that says we

48:14 ↗ the body

48:15 ↗ choose to have the mayor break the time

48:19 ↗ actually it's the ability of the mayor

48:21 ↗ to take break a tie

48:22 ↗ is in your power um

48:26 ↗ and in my view you would have to take

48:29 ↗ another vote right now the votes have

48:31 ↗ been counted

48:32 ↗ on both of the candidates on the last

48:35 ↗ vote you've had an intervening motion to

48:37 ↗ continue

48:38 ↗ which has failed you should if the mayor

48:41 ↗ is going to break a tie there should be

48:42 ↗ another vote on the candidates

48:44 ↗ assuming that that if that vote were to

48:47 ↗ result in a tie

48:48 ↗ then it would be fall to you mayor to

48:50 ↗ make your decision as to whether you

48:52 ↗ would break the tie

48:56 ↗ uh deputy council so i

48:59 ↗ i and i'm not sure if this is the right

49:01 ↗ time to bring this up but i'm thinking

49:02 ↗ about

49:03 ↗ what council member ray just spoke to

49:07 ↗ um and before we would go forward with

49:11 ↗ the mayor

49:12 ↗ breaking the tie i i may want us to

49:16 ↗ try uh a little more time this evening

49:19 ↗ with the council in executive session

49:22 ↗ yes

49:28 ↗ thoughts

49:32 ↗ councilmember weren't you saying well

49:33 ↗ since that was expressed uh i would want

49:36 ↗ i would

49:37 ↗ my first reaction is to want to answer

49:39 ↗ that and honor that

49:40 ↗ request it's not my first choice and

49:42 ↗ i'll all because

49:44 ↗ i think uh in in rebuttal to

49:48 ↗ what chris said earlier um

49:51 ↗ i don't feel at all that this council is

49:53 ↗ not doing what it's charged to do

49:56 ↗ um the fact is it's there's only six of

49:59 ↗ us

50:00 ↗ and and um that is okay

50:04 ↗ i also feel like i said earlier and this

50:07 ↗ would be an encouragement to do that

50:08 ↗ um as an elected representative the

50:10 ↗ people who has real

50:12 ↗ care and concern about the outcome and

50:14 ↗ the

50:15 ↗ and and what's good for the city i think

50:17 ↗ that our mayor has demonstrated you know

50:19 ↗ kind of thoughtful deliberation about

50:21 ↗ the options as well though she hasn't

50:22 ↗ shared that with us

50:24 ↗ i think that that would be a fair

50:26 ↗ outcome for the citizens

50:28 ↗ um if it went that route i'm not trying

50:32 ↗ to put anybody in a spot i think it's

50:33 ↗ trying to do what's best

50:36 ↗ thoughts i'm

50:40 ↗ councilmember goodman council president

50:41 ↗ mertz i'm i just want to say that i'm

50:44 ↗ certainly not opposed to the mayor

50:45 ↗ breaking the tie um

50:47 ↗ as paul said there's six

50:51 ↗ of us and i think in there would

50:55 ↗ it would be anticipated on almost

50:58 ↗ any agenda bill that comes before us

51:00 ↗ including the decision to

51:02 ↗ appoint someone to fill the vacancy

51:06 ↗ that there could be a 3-3 and that's why

51:08 ↗ we have that procedure in place and i'm

51:11 ↗ i'm comfortable with that

51:16 ↗ against prison mertz i support the

51:20 ↗ motion to go into executive session for

51:22 ↗ further discussion

51:23 ↗ um it isn't the end of the world if the

51:25 ↗ mayor has to be the tiebreaker but

51:28 ↗ i would love to take at least one more

51:30 ↗ stab at having a

51:32 ↗ qualifications conversation before we

51:33 ↗ put the mayor in that position

51:38 ↗ so it looks like the general consensus

51:41 ↗ is that we will go back into executive

51:43 ↗ session for 15 minutes

51:46 ↗ 10 minutes head nods

51:49 ↗ and okay

51:56 ↗ thanks so we are

51:59 ↗ back from our executive session to

52:01 ↗ discuss candidate qualifications

52:04 ↗ and we are doing groundhog day here and

52:07 ↗ going back

52:08 ↗ to the part of our process

52:11 ↗ where we will be you will be voting

52:14 ↗ on the two nominees and i will list them

52:18 ↗ in the order that they were nominated

52:21 ↗ all those in favor of appointing

52:23 ↗ michelle kemper

52:24 ↗ signify by saying hi hi

52:28 ↗ it's three all those in favor of

52:31 ↗ appointing lindsay walsh say

52:34 ↗ i i three to three

52:38 ↗ so at this point in time you do that

52:41 ↗ vote again

52:44 ↗ yes because nobody's gotten four votes

52:46 ↗ yet

52:47 ↗ correct we have some options right

52:50 ↗ choosing not to break the tie at this

52:52 ↗ moment

52:53 ↗ he's asking if they can do a re-vote and

52:55 ↗ so i would

52:56 ↗ say that that is an option for them

53:00 ↗ so since no candidate has received four

53:02 ↗ votes we will

53:04 ↗ redo the voting i will call out the

53:06 ↗ names of the nominees in the order they

53:08 ↗ are nominated

53:09 ↗ all those in favor of appointing

53:10 ↗ michelle kemper say aye

53:14 ↗ that's two all those in favor of

53:16 ↗ appointing lindsay walsh

53:17 ↗ say aye hi hi that's four voids

53:21 ↗ um congratulations

53:24 ↗ to both of you i would like to

53:27 ↗ call lindsey walsh forward for the oath

53:28 ↗ of office

53:34 ↗ when it's up there draw us back here

53:40 ↗ um

53:54 ↗ i'm mary lou paulie having been duly

53:57 ↗ appointed

54:03 ↗ meet after me hi

54:07 ↗ lindsay having been duly appointed to

54:09 ↗ the office

54:10 ↗ having been duly appointed to the office

54:13 ↗ of city of issaquah council position

54:15 ↗ number four

54:16 ↗ of city of missouri council position

54:18 ↗ number four

54:19 ↗ do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that

54:22 ↗ i will faithfully and

54:23 ↗ impartially that i will faithfully and

54:25 ↗ impartially

54:26 ↗ discharge the duties of this office

54:28 ↗ discharge the duties of this office

54:31 ↗ as prescribed by law as prescribed by

54:33 ↗ law and to the best of my ability

54:35 ↗ and to the best of my ability and that i

54:37 ↗ will support and maintain

54:39 ↗ and that i will support and maintain the

54:41 ↗ constitution of the state of washington

54:43 ↗ the constitution of the state of

54:45 ↗ washington and of the united states of

54:47 ↗ america

54:48 ↗ and of the united states of america

54:59 ↗ [Music]

55:04 ↗ recess

55:09 ↗ uh we are back from our short five

55:12 ↗ minute break

55:13 ↗ and welcome council member walsh gets to

55:16 ↗ join the council this evening and is

55:17 ↗ seated with us

55:19 ↗ the next item on our agenda this evening

55:21 ↗ is audience comments

55:23 ↗ this is when audience members may

55:24 ↗ address the council the guidelines for

55:27 ↗ public participation

55:29 ↗ are not displayed on the screen but i

55:31 ↗ can read them if necessary

55:33 ↗ please limit your comments to three

55:35 ↗ minutes

55:37 ↗ those who signed up will be called

55:38 ↗ forward first if you did not sign up i

55:40 ↗ will ask for other speakers before

55:42 ↗ closing that portion of the meeting

55:44 ↗ and if you're here as part of a group

55:46 ↗ please identify

55:47 ↗ yourself as a spokesperson for the group

55:50 ↗ and if you are in the audience this

55:51 ↗ evening and want to indicate your

55:53 ↗ support for comments you're hearing

55:54 ↗ during audience comments please raise

55:56 ↗ your hand

55:57 ↗ tina has anyone signed up for this

55:58 ↗ evening or none

56:00 ↗ are there any members of the public who

56:02 ↗ would like to address the council during

56:03 ↗ audience comments

56:05 ↗ seeing none audience comments are closed

56:08 ↗ and we'll move to the committee in

56:09 ↗ regional reports

56:10 ↗ and we will skip council member walsh

56:13 ↗ and move to

56:15 ↗ council member hunt uh thank you madam

56:18 ↗ mayor on

56:19 ↗ january 23rd i attended a special

56:21 ↗ meeting for the king conservation

56:23 ↗ district advisory committee

56:24 ↗ the meeting was part of the ongoing

56:27 ↗ discussions that kcd

56:28 ↗ is having around a proposal to increase

56:31 ↗ their parcel

56:32 ↗ per parcel fee which is the main funding

56:35 ↗ mechanism

56:36 ↗ of the king conservation district and

56:38 ↗ this discussion was

56:41 ↗ particular to the jurisdiction grants

56:44 ↗ which is part taken in before

56:48 ↗ so it is relevant to us and they

56:51 ↗ the discussion was around how to achieve

56:53 ↗ their goals around these grants which is

56:56 ↗ to fund creative and innovative

56:57 ↗ conservation

56:58 ↗ and um whether to increase that rate

57:01 ↗ proportionally as they're increasing

57:02 ↗ their per personal fee or to keep that

57:04 ↗ static and to allocate funds elsewhere

57:06 ↗ um and then also the land

57:10 ↗ february 7th is 6 30 in chancellor

57:13 ↗ chambers

57:14 ↗ and we have four items they are ab-7681

57:19 ↗ polygon personal d preliminary plat

57:22 ↗ issaquah highlands quasi-judicial

57:26 ↗ closed record ab-7682

57:29 ↗ proposed amendments 2018 comprehensive

57:32 ↗ plan centralisation imc

57:34 ↗ central standards ab-7683 amendments to

57:38 ↗ imc

57:40 ↗ 18.07.480 community facility standards

57:42 ↗ regarding public buildings and

57:44 ↗ ab7726 2019 docketive comprehensive plan

57:48 ↗ amendments

57:49 ↗ and this concludes my report thank you

57:51 ↗ councilmember ray

57:52 ↗ the services and safety committee will

57:54 ↗ be meeting on february 12th at 6

57:56 ↗ 30 p.m in council chambers likely agenda

58:00 ↗ items include a b 7702 amending imc

58:04 ↗ 9.05 criminal code to align better with

58:07 ↗ state statute

58:08 ↗ and ab 7723

58:11 ↗ amending imc 2.20.040

58:16 ↗ changing cemetery cemetery fee

58:19 ↗ increases and that concludes my report

58:22 ↗ this evening thank you councilmember ray

58:23 ↗ councilmember winterstein

58:24 ↗ thank you the next meeting of the

58:26 ↗ futuretown regional council's growth

58:28 ↗ management policy board

58:29 ↗ is this thursday two days from now on

58:32 ↗ the 7th of february

58:34 ↗ and the issues of

58:37 ↗ the bulk of the issues and the agenda

58:39 ↗ again pertain to

58:41 ↗ the development of vision 2050 and

58:44 ↗ we are there's no action involved we

58:47 ↗ will have a number of discussion and

58:49 ↗ breakout sessions

58:50 ↗ around the general topics of equity

58:53 ↗ housing and the implementation and

58:56 ↗ accountability

58:58 ↗ uh sections within vision all of these

59:00 ↗ have basis in the current vision 2040

59:03 ↗ and what happens is the

59:06 ↗ staff and there's been quite a bit

59:08 ↗ they've had quite a few

59:09 ↗ you know public touches over the last

59:10 ↗ year they bring together that

59:12 ↗ information

59:13 ↗ their and their own kind of technical

59:15 ↗ expertise they present

59:17 ↗ kind of how equity exists may be

59:19 ↗ represented in the current form of

59:21 ↗ vision

59:22 ↗ and then discuss alternatives on

59:25 ↗ their recommendations on how it may be

59:27 ↗ expanded or updated in the next vision

59:29 ↗ and then we just talk about them

59:31 ↗ as a policy board uh and it will be

59:34 ↗ in the future all of these will come

59:37 ↗ back

59:37 ↗ uh with kind of a formal recommendation

59:40 ↗ from the staff

59:40 ↗ so we're still kind of continuing with

59:43 ↗ discussion about these very aspects of

59:45 ↗ vision

59:46 ↗ that is thursday and then on the 21st of

59:50 ↗ february we

59:51 ↗ have planned i am going to be chairing

59:53 ↗ the council infrastructure committee

59:54 ↗ meeting

59:55 ↗ lindsay look forward to seeing you on

59:57 ↗ that along with

59:58 ↗ stacy's other members i believe that's

1:00:01 ↗ right

1:00:02 ↗ and uh there it's on the calendar that

1:00:04 ↗ we're going to have a meeting

1:00:05 ↗ on thursday the 21st of february

1:00:08 ↗ the agenda has not yet been set there's

1:00:10 ↗ nothing in this

1:00:11 ↗ packet that would move something there

1:00:13 ↗ though uh

1:00:14 ↗ uh director lin and i are um lynn are

1:00:17 ↗ gonna

1:00:18 ↗ have a conversation uh uh next week

1:00:22 ↗ and um if indeed there's gonna be a

1:00:24 ↗ meeting we have an agenda item then

1:00:25 ↗ we'll we'll go through the formal

1:00:27 ↗ channels but this at this point i do not

1:00:29 ↗ know what an agenda would be that

1:00:32 ↗ concludes my report

1:00:33 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman thank

1:00:35 ↗ you madam mayor eastside fire and rescue

1:00:38 ↗ board will meet on february 14 at 4 p.m

1:00:42 ↗ at headquarters on newport way and the

1:00:44 ↗ agenda has not yet been set

1:00:46 ↗ that's my report thank you deputy

1:00:48 ↗ council president bates

1:00:50 ↗ thank you madam mayor tomorrow on

1:00:53 ↗ february 6 the psrc

1:00:56 ↗ economic development district board will

1:00:58 ↗ meet and will be discussing

1:01:00 ↗ the global trade and supply chain

1:01:02 ↗ management economic sector analysis that

1:01:05 ↗ is expected to be released in

1:01:08 ↗ 2019 in addition to

1:01:11 ↗ the washington state global health

1:01:13 ↗ landscape study

1:01:14 ↗ which was released december of 2018

1:01:18 ↗ that is something that speaks to

1:01:20 ↗ washington-based organizations working

1:01:22 ↗ in

1:01:23 ↗ global health and that concludes my

1:01:25 ↗ report

1:01:26 ↗ thank you council president martz thank

1:01:29 ↗ you madam mayor the sound cities

1:01:30 ↗ association public issues committee

1:01:32 ↗ is actually going to skip the february

1:01:34 ↗ meeting because people are off

1:01:36 ↗ at the national association of cities

1:01:40 ↗ so the next meeting will be held on

1:01:41 ↗ wednesday march 13th

1:01:43 ↗ at 7 am in renton city hall the agenda

1:01:46 ↗ of course has not been

1:01:47 ↗ developed yet king county growth

1:01:49 ↗ management policy council gmtc

1:01:51 ↗ will meet wednesday february 27th at 4

1:01:53 ↗ pm in psrc

1:01:55 ↗ chambers downtown on the agenda

1:01:58 ↗ full agenda has not been defined but it

1:01:59 ↗ will at least include

1:02:01 ↗ the new housing committee composition

1:02:04 ↗ and work plan for the affordable housing

1:02:06 ↗ task force recommendation as well as an

1:02:08 ↗ update on vision 2050

1:02:10 ↗ so to see what our friends over at gmpb

1:02:12 ↗ are doing uh

1:02:13 ↗ this concludes my report thank you

1:02:16 ↗ moving to the mayor's report the

1:02:18 ↗ short report for this evening um

1:02:20 ↗ executive session there will be another

1:02:22 ↗ executive session held this evening

1:02:24 ↗ to discuss pending potential litigation

1:02:27 ↗ for rcw

1:02:29 ↗ 42.30.110 paren one for ni

1:02:32 ↗ this item is expected to last 30 minutes

1:02:34 ↗ action will not follow

1:02:36 ↗ in open session

1:02:39 ↗ proceeding to the consent calendar the

1:02:41 ↗ consent calendar was distributed to

1:02:43 ↗ council in advance

1:02:44 ↗ if authorized the items on the consent

1:02:46 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

1:02:48 ↗ approved by one motion

1:02:49 ↗ have the payables and payroll been

1:02:51 ↗ reviewed

1:02:53 ↗ does any council member desire to remove

1:02:55 ↗ any item from the consent calendar and

1:02:57 ↗ consider it under regular business

1:03:02 ↗ uh can i have a motion to approve the

1:03:03 ↗ calendar madam mayor i move we adopt the

1:03:05 ↗ consent calendar is listed in this

1:03:07 ↗ evening's published agenda

1:03:09 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded all

1:03:11 ↗ those in favor signify by saying aye

1:03:14 ↗ aye those opposed that passes

1:03:17 ↗ unanimously

1:03:18 ↗ the next item on the agenda is under

1:03:20 ↗ regular business

1:03:22 ↗ ab7715 front street

1:03:25 ↗ streetscape phase one project this is

1:03:27 ↗ coming out of the infrastructure

1:03:29 ↗ committee

1:03:30 ↗ and i'd like to invite public works

1:03:31 ↗ director sheldon lin

1:03:33 ↗ to make a presentation as you mentioned

1:03:45 ↗ ab-7715 was referred to

1:03:47 ↗ the infrastructure committee and is now

1:03:49 ↗ coming back from committee

1:03:51 ↗ i in committee they had a brief

1:03:56 ↗ presentation about what the project

1:03:57 ↗ entailed and

1:04:00 ↗ the request for providing a revenue

1:04:03 ↗ source was brought back

1:04:05 ↗ to the full council from the committee

1:04:08 ↗ and put on regular business this evening

1:04:11 ↗ so as a reminder

1:04:12 ↗ this agenda bill is requesting council's

1:04:14 ↗ consideration

1:04:15 ↗ to provide a revenue source to support

1:04:17 ↗ the adopted 2019

1:04:18 ↗ expenditure for the streetscape

1:04:20 ↗ improvements alongside street

1:04:23 ↗ in my presentation i'll give a short

1:04:25 ↗ project description

1:04:27 ↗ it's history followed by alternatives to

1:04:30 ↗ address the revenue

1:04:31 ↗ need the project itself

1:04:35 ↗ uh entails the area within the uh

1:04:40 ↗ box in purple i it entails the

1:04:43 ↗ installation of five street trees

1:04:45 ↗ irrigation movable planters with seating

1:04:48 ↗ some a couple of decorative screenings

1:04:51 ↗ some benches

1:04:52 ↗ trash recycling receptacles and bicycle

1:04:55 ↗ racks

1:04:56 ↗ this is the smaller scale or piece of a

1:04:59 ↗ larger project

1:05:00 ↗ called the front street streetscape

1:05:02 ↗ project in 2016

1:05:05 ↗ and part of 2017 economic development

1:05:08 ↗ department

1:05:09 ↗ publicly engaged the downtown businesses

1:05:11 ↗ and community

1:05:12 ↗ to plan what front street streetscape

1:05:14 ↗ would look like

1:05:17 ↗ the plan the project plan was adopted

1:05:20 ↗ via an agenda bill in april of 2017 by

1:05:23 ↗ the city council

1:05:24 ↗ and then again included as one of the

1:05:26 ↗ projects in the 2018-2022 cip

1:05:30 ↗ what is proposed contains the same

1:05:32 ↗ elements and is part of the larger

1:05:34 ↗ adopted project

1:05:38 ↗ [Music]

1:05:40 ↗ the funding history of this project once

1:05:43 ↗ it was adopted in the 2018-22 cip

1:05:47 ↗ the revenue source at that time was

1:05:49 ↗ identified to be debt service

1:05:51 ↗ it was a larger project however

1:05:54 ↗ in 2018

1:05:57 ↗ the council

1:06:01 ↗ put in the 2018 budget about a hundred

1:06:04 ↗ and fifty six thousand dollars

1:06:06 ↗ uh to do a phase one essentially what i

1:06:09 ↗ was describing earlier

1:06:11 ↗ in this presentation uh however

1:06:14 ↗ in 2018 the revenue source was still

1:06:17 ↗ supposed to be a larger

1:06:19 ↗ part of a larger debt issuance

1:06:20 ↗ associated with other projects

1:06:22 ↗ so that we weren't so the city wasn't

1:06:24 ↗ issuing a small debt

1:06:25 ↗ issuance for this project

1:06:28 ↗ no debt issuance occurred in 2018

1:06:32 ↗ of which this project would have been

1:06:33 ↗ incorporated within

1:06:35 ↗ in 2019 the council again adopted budget

1:06:40 ↗ with this 156 000

1:06:45 ↗ in it but it did not identify a revenue

1:06:47 ↗ source other than what was in the cip

1:06:51 ↗ which the cfb continues to say that it

1:06:53 ↗ is a pet issuance

1:06:54 ↗ the administration does not recommend

1:06:57 ↗ using service for this small amount

1:07:03 ↗ funding alternatives are

1:07:04 ↗ [Music]

1:07:07 ↗ using the fund balance of the general

1:07:08 ↗ fund or

1:07:10 ↗ the council could delay the project and

1:07:11 ↗ include in the funding discussion for

1:07:13 ↗ currently unfunded projects

1:07:15 ↗ which the finance ad hoc committee is

1:07:17 ↗ currently in discussion over

1:07:18 ↗ or it could use a combination of the

1:07:20 ↗ tree mitigation fund

1:07:22 ↗ and the fund balance in the general fund

1:07:26 ↗ all three of these are options that the

1:07:27 ↗ council has the administration's

1:07:29 ↗ recommendation

1:07:30 ↗ is to use the fund balance

1:07:35 ↗ if there's any questions thank you

1:07:37 ↗ sheldon

1:07:38 ↗ questions councilmember hunt followed by

1:07:41 ↗ council member walsh um

1:07:45 ↗ so my first question is about the um

1:07:49 ↗ the locations of the different

1:07:52 ↗ furniture and in particular

1:07:56 ↗ so i know that some of the businesses on

1:07:57 ↗ the street have changed since

1:07:59 ↗ the streetscape was adopted

1:08:02 ↗ and so i wondered if those locations are

1:08:04 ↗ set or if they're still

1:08:06 ↗ being determined being worked out with

1:08:08 ↗ the businesses that are

1:08:09 ↗ there i don't know the exact locations

1:08:12 ↗ of all the street furniture

1:08:13 ↗ the screens are shown in

1:08:19 ↗ circles the purpose of the screening

1:08:23 ↗ is to screen the diagonal parking that

1:08:26 ↗ is off the street

1:08:28 ↗ from the people that are actually on the

1:08:30 ↗ street walking around

1:08:31 ↗ so there's an actual performance need

1:08:33 ↗ for those

1:08:34 ↗ from an aesthetic perspective an end

1:08:36 ↗ user perspective so the screen locations

1:08:38 ↗ would be set

1:08:41 ↗ and then this is for part of the street

1:08:43 ↗ but is the idea to

1:08:45 ↗ use screens on other parts of the street

1:08:47 ↗ as the

1:08:48 ↗ as enters the next phase of the

1:08:51 ↗ streetscape

1:08:52 ↗ we just evaluated this area and have

1:08:54 ↗ been in company

1:08:55 ↗ and conversation with the businesses and

1:08:58 ↗ so forth as we were

1:08:59 ↗ selecting street furniture and things of

1:09:01 ↗ that sort

1:09:03 ↗ um and then i i did have a follow-up

1:09:04 ↗ question which we discussed a little bit

1:09:06 ↗ at

1:09:07 ↗ the council infrastructure committee

1:09:08 ↗ meeting um

1:09:10 ↗ but i i'm still a little bit unclear

1:09:13 ↗ and i got a there was a letter um from

1:09:16 ↗ the downtown issaquah association that

1:09:18 ↗ sort of added

1:09:19 ↗ to the discussion so i wondered if we

1:09:21 ↗ could get some more information about

1:09:23 ↗ what the businesses that are directly

1:09:25 ↗ adjacent to

1:09:27 ↗ in particular the screens and in

1:09:28 ↗ particular the one that is

1:09:31 ↗ indicated through the restaurant because

1:09:32 ↗ i know that there's a side business

1:09:34 ↗ there which will be

1:09:35 ↗ locked by the screen

1:09:38 ↗ so christopher economic development has

1:09:42 ↗ been a conversation with businesses

1:09:46 ↗ certainly hi my name is christopher

1:09:49 ↗ wright and i'm with the city's economic

1:09:50 ↗ development department

1:09:52 ↗ uh with regard to uh the the discussions

1:09:55 ↗ we've had with those adjacent businesses

1:09:57 ↗ um we've talked to owls folly who

1:10:01 ↗ is the new tenant of the crawl bar space

1:10:05 ↗ and we've also talked to the edward

1:10:07 ↗ jones

1:10:08 ↗ tenant and the building owner of that

1:10:10 ↗ building as well

1:10:12 ↗ the concerns that they both expressed

1:10:14 ↗ were similar in that they wanted to make

1:10:16 ↗ sure that the screens that are

1:10:18 ↗ installed can be seen through you know

1:10:21 ↗ a certain amount of visibility through

1:10:24 ↗ them

1:10:25 ↗ for different reasons alice foley is

1:10:27 ↗ concerned about their business being

1:10:28 ↗ blocked

1:10:29 ↗ whereas edward jones they're more

1:10:31 ↗ concerned about security

1:10:33 ↗ and that's why they want to be able to

1:10:34 ↗ see through it so that and they wanted

1:10:37 ↗ to make sure that the

1:10:38 ↗ the walkways are maintained adjacent to

1:10:40 ↗ the buildings

1:10:41 ↗ so i think if you look at the original

1:10:42 ↗ streetscape plan the screens were going

1:10:44 ↗ right up to the walls

1:10:46 ↗ but we want to make sure that we agree

1:10:48 ↗ that there should be the walkways

1:10:50 ↗ maintained

1:10:51 ↗ next to the wall so those were the

1:10:52 ↗ couple of concerns that they had

1:10:54 ↗ and we've told them that we're going to

1:10:56 ↗ continue as the

1:10:58 ↗ screen selection process goes through

1:11:01 ↗ uh through the arts commission we're

1:11:03 ↗ going to continue to

1:11:04 ↗ to ask for their input during the the

1:11:06 ↗ selection process for the

1:11:08 ↗ design of the walls okay so i i do hear

1:11:12 ↗ that they had

1:11:13 ↗ concerns um and so were those

1:11:17 ↗ um and and i didn't also get a sense

1:11:20 ↗ that those concerns were ultimately

1:11:21 ↗ resolved but it is ongoing discussion so

1:11:24 ↗ were they is the tone that they

1:11:28 ↗ are thinking that there's a way to

1:11:30 ↗ resolve those concerns or the concerns

1:11:32 ↗ are yeah and i can't totally speak for

1:11:36 ↗ them but i do know that

1:11:37 ↗ again edward jones especially you know

1:11:40 ↗ they're they're they're more

1:11:41 ↗ uh optimistic that that that

1:11:44 ↗ we're gonna be able to work through the

1:11:46 ↗ the design process and they said i'll

1:11:48 ↗ also follow two i'd say maybe they're

1:11:49 ↗ skeptical

1:11:50 ↗ uh but they're certainly willing to work

1:11:52 ↗ with us on that

1:11:54 ↗ as we narrow down the design

1:12:06 ↗ and councilmember hunt i can come back

1:12:08 ↗ to you and let councilmember walsh ask

1:12:10 ↗ question

1:12:11 ↗ because it looks like you have some more

1:12:12 ↗ um

1:12:15 ↗ i i do have one more um so that this

1:12:18 ↗ this is about the tree mitigation fund

1:12:20 ↗ option specifically

1:12:22 ↗ so the tree mitigation funds we we had a

1:12:27 ↗ comment and an email from connie marsh

1:12:30 ↗ and she was asking about whether the

1:12:32 ↗ city had

1:12:34 ↗ paid into the tree fund when they

1:12:37 ↗ removed

1:12:38 ↗ the trees as part of or if this would be

1:12:41 ↗ taken from the tree mitigation fund

1:12:42 ↗ after removing trees without paying into

1:12:45 ↗ the

1:12:45 ↗ fund and so i wanted to ask that

1:12:47 ↗ question i don't

1:12:49 ↗ recall whether or not the city paid into

1:12:51 ↗ the fund

1:12:52 ↗ as a result of taking the trees off the

1:12:54 ↗ front street

1:12:56 ↗ the municipal code 18.12.180

1:13:00 ↗ specifically titled the city tree fund

1:13:03 ↗ provides for the city to be able to use

1:13:05 ↗ the money for for multiple purposes

1:13:08 ↗ one is to defray the cost of enforcing

1:13:10 ↗ the tree regulations

1:13:12 ↗ acquire maintain and preserve wooded

1:13:14 ↗ areas

1:13:15 ↗ to plant and maintain trees on publicly

1:13:18 ↗ owned property

1:13:19 ↗ which city streets are and provide urban

1:13:22 ↗ forestry education

1:13:23 ↗ so the code provides for the ability to

1:13:25 ↗ use tree fund money

1:13:27 ↗ on this project for planting trees

1:13:30 ↗ okay it was i guess was part of the

1:13:32 ↗ original plan to replace the trees

1:13:34 ↗ part of the original plan was replaced

1:13:36 ↗ trees but there was no money available

1:13:38 ↗ except for the fund balance

1:13:40 ↗ and then my last question is um at the

1:13:43 ↗ council infrastructure meeting we had a

1:13:45 ↗ discussion that

1:13:46 ↗ downtown israel association was going to

1:13:48 ↗ be able to do the watering

1:13:50 ↗ and then i received a letter which gave

1:13:51 ↗ me the impression that that is a

1:13:53 ↗ possibility

1:13:54 ↗ but not not

1:13:57 ↗ definitive and so i wanted to revisit

1:14:00 ↗ that because i want to know if there is

1:14:02 ↗ a plan

1:14:02 ↗ for maintenance that if that does not

1:14:06 ↗ end up being possible for them or

1:14:09 ↗ something that they would want to do

1:14:10 ↗ yeah dia has been maintaining and

1:14:13 ↗ watering

1:14:14 ↗ the existing pots that are out there

1:14:16 ↗ between sunset and alder

1:14:18 ↗ and so this isn't a new thing a new

1:14:21 ↗ program for them

1:14:22 ↗ they've already been doing it what

1:14:23 ↗ christina bruning who's the president of

1:14:25 ↗ dia

1:14:26 ↗ but neither she nor i could find though

1:14:28 ↗ was any kind of formal written agreement

1:14:30 ↗ between the city and dia that they do

1:14:32 ↗ that so we agree that now is a perfect

1:14:34 ↗ time

1:14:35 ↗ to formalize that and we don't see any

1:14:39 ↗ problems with that but

1:14:40 ↗ but we acknowledge we should formalize

1:14:42 ↗ the

1:14:43 ↗ agreement to maintain and monitor those

1:14:49 ↗ okay so is there so is there a plan in

1:14:52 ↗ case that

1:14:53 ↗ they with the city staff water them

1:14:56 ↗ in case they aren't able to well there's

1:14:59 ↗ basically three options one would be dia

1:15:01 ↗ the second would be that business owners

1:15:04 ↗ that have the planters in front of their

1:15:05 ↗ business

1:15:06 ↗ and then third would be the parks

1:15:08 ↗ department

1:15:10 ↗ and so like i said i'm not anticipating

1:15:12 ↗ that we would have to go to

1:15:13 ↗ the second or third options okay

1:15:17 ↗ um and just just so i can get into the

1:15:19 ↗ record what

1:15:20 ↗ um what i'm referring to this is in the

1:15:22 ↗ letter from christina bruning and it

1:15:24 ↗ says

1:15:25 ↗ it may be reasonable for dia to partner

1:15:26 ↗ in watering the planters however how

1:15:28 ↗ this is managed and the source of

1:15:29 ↗ funding are not finalized and mou

1:15:31 ↗ responsibilities will be necessary to

1:15:33 ↗ ensure

1:15:34 ↗ clear understanding and to manage

1:15:35 ↗ expectations and that's excellent

1:15:39 ↗ i would like to have that

1:15:43 ↗ i guess taken into consideration as we

1:15:45 ↗ consider how to maintain the streetscape

1:15:49 ↗ thank you councilmember walsh your first

1:15:52 ↗ question

1:15:53 ↗ thank you i have a few um first of all

1:15:56 ↗ i haven't seen connie's letter or dia

1:16:00 ↗ i'm not sure if anybody has any printed

1:16:02 ↗ copies

1:16:03 ↗ okay we're a little bit of a loss

1:16:05 ↗ tonight in our new home

1:16:07 ↗ yes indeed um secondarily i know

1:16:10 ↗ that since the 156 thousand three

1:16:15 ↗ hundred and seventy dollars i seem to

1:16:17 ↗ remember

1:16:17 ↗ seeing that number back when it was

1:16:20 ↗ first

1:16:21 ↗ considered by pbc and then in the cip

1:16:23 ↗ adoption in 2017.

1:16:25 ↗ has that number increased since it was

1:16:28 ↗ originally adopted to account for

1:16:32 ↗ an increase in construction costs or

1:16:34 ↗ whatever that would be in that

1:16:36 ↗ interim time the 156

1:16:40 ↗ 370 uh wasn't shown as a pulled out cost

1:16:45 ↗ in the cip

1:16:46 ↗ because the cip was well over a million

1:16:48 ↗ dollars

1:16:49 ↗ at the time in 2000 i believe it was

1:16:53 ↗ 2018 when the council wanted to fund

1:16:57 ↗ you know at least getting the trees and

1:16:59 ↗ some other streetscape in place uh

1:17:02 ↗ an estimate was given in 2018 for the

1:17:04 ↗ 156 370.

1:17:07 ↗ uh based upon the engineer's estimate we

1:17:09 ↗ think that we can get this phase one

1:17:11 ↗ done for the 156 370.

1:17:14 ↗ what we've talked about tonight okay

1:17:18 ↗ um and then i did look up

1:17:21 ↗ the um

1:17:24 ↗ the city tree fund code piece and

1:17:28 ↗ i agree that it seems to imply

1:17:31 ↗ that or seems to state that you'd be

1:17:34 ↗ able to

1:17:34 ↗ add in trees on

1:17:38 ↗ city areas i was wondering whether there

1:17:41 ↗ was

1:17:41 ↗ any opinion on whether that suggested

1:17:44 ↗ that these should be

1:17:45 ↗ a net new growth of trees or whether

1:17:49 ↗ replacement seems to be an acceptable

1:17:53 ↗ use

1:17:54 ↗ in that situation

1:17:58 ↗ city administrator moon it's uh city

1:18:01 ↗ attorney's opinion and administration's

1:18:03 ↗ opinion

1:18:03 ↗ that the tree fund can be used for this

1:18:06 ↗ purpose

1:18:09 ↗ thank you uh other questions

1:18:14 ↗ councilmember winterstein related to

1:18:16 ↗ that question

1:18:20 ↗ remind me how the tree mitigation fund

1:18:24 ↗ gets funded the tree mitigation fund is

1:18:28 ↗ funded

1:18:30 ↗ is it an impact fee it's not an impact

1:18:33 ↗ fee

1:18:34 ↗ i would have to go back and read

1:18:37 ↗ this section of the code and i don't

1:18:39 ↗ believe i have that yeah one second

1:18:41 ↗ children council uh city administrator

1:18:42 ↗ moon

1:18:43 ↗ in essence or very briefly a developer

1:18:48 ↗ if they can't meet the requirements for

1:18:51 ↗ tree retention

1:18:53 ↗ has potential opportunity to pay

1:18:56 ↗ into the tree fund if they're not able

1:18:58 ↗ to then replant

1:19:00 ↗ the amount that would be required by our

1:19:02 ↗ tree retention ordinance

1:19:04 ↗ have an option and paying into the tree

1:19:05 ↗ fund so that so that on a

1:19:08 ↗ different site trees can be planted

1:19:12 ↗ and also when there's violations there's

1:19:15 ↗ violations that's right

1:19:19 ↗ and they would point out before we get

1:19:21 ↗ to a motion that there are two motions

1:19:23 ↗ available

1:19:24 ↗ so there is a question of can you use

1:19:26 ↗ this fund

1:19:28 ↗ to do this type of work and the answer

1:19:30 ↗ you're hearing from administration is

1:19:31 ↗ you can

1:19:32 ↗ then you have a choice do you want to

1:19:35 ↗ use this

1:19:36 ↗ font in this and you will see in the

1:19:38 ↗ packet that there are several motions

1:19:39 ↗ that you may consider

1:19:41 ↗ are there additional questions

1:19:42 ↗ councilmember winterstein thank you

1:19:46 ↗ sheldon do you recall the original prize

1:19:48 ↗ i want to go back to the actual the

1:19:50 ↗ original when we removed the trees i

1:19:51 ↗ know that we did some storm water

1:19:53 ↗ work in there and we also rebuilt the

1:19:55 ↗ sidewalks there were some

1:19:57 ↗ it wasn't just cosmetic there was there

1:19:59 ↗ was functionality i think especially of

1:20:01 ↗ storm water

1:20:03 ↗ and and um why were the trees removed

1:20:06 ↗ then

1:20:08 ↗ at the time they were removed because

1:20:11 ↗ they were one

1:20:12 ↗ not as healthy as what they should be

1:20:14 ↗ and two the sidewalk work was going out

1:20:16 ↗ past where the tree wells were

1:20:18 ↗ and with changes of grade and things

1:20:20 ↗ like that the trees had to be removed as

1:20:22 ↗ well

1:20:23 ↗ the primary aspect of that project was

1:20:26 ↗ driven by storm water

1:20:28 ↗ and ponding that was happening on front

1:20:31 ↗ street on the roadway itself

1:20:34 ↗ and to accommodate the drainage we had

1:20:36 ↗ to move the sidewalk out make it larger

1:20:40 ↗ but in consultation with the parks

1:20:42 ↗ department

1:20:43 ↗ the recommendation was to remove the

1:20:45 ↗ juice okay so our

1:20:48 ↗ original reason to remove the trees

1:20:52 ↗ in essence is could be similar why a

1:20:55 ↗ similar

1:20:56 ↗ reason for why any development or

1:20:58 ↗ redevelopment

1:21:02 ↗ trees and not maybe have the means to

1:21:04 ↗ then replace them and they would

1:21:05 ↗ add into the fun and i i think that's

1:21:07 ↗ the sense of you know what

1:21:09 ↗ where that questioning comes from is is

1:21:14 ↗ if we have a standard for developers

1:21:16 ↗ under those circumstances to not

1:21:18 ↗ retain be able to retain and i don't

1:21:20 ↗ know if we meet that criteria

1:21:22 ↗ um then then they they pay into that

1:21:25 ↗ fund and i understand that

1:21:27 ↗ it is an interesting question to me as

1:21:29 ↗ well of what you know

1:21:31 ↗ is that is there some reason if this

1:21:34 ↗ is could be assessed that same way

1:21:38 ↗ you know why why why wouldn't we

1:21:41 ↗ pay into that same fund if we can't

1:21:44 ↗ and and i and so i don't know if you're

1:21:47 ↗ prepared to ask that but

1:21:49 ↗ and anyway i already know what direction

1:21:52 ↗ i'm going to go tonight but

1:21:54 ↗ this is a question i'd like to

1:21:55 ↗ understand the answer too

1:21:59 ↗ [Laughter]

1:22:01 ↗ children can you speak up a little he

1:22:03 ↗ said i don't have an answer to that

1:22:04 ↗ question right here

1:22:05 ↗ okay so may not have it tonight

1:22:07 ↗ administrator moon did you want to add

1:22:08 ↗ anything

1:22:09 ↗ no other than we understand that's

1:22:12 ↗ that's more of a policy question and it

1:22:14 ↗ wasn't the one that was to be

1:22:15 ↗ deliberated tonight and we can

1:22:17 ↗ have other conversations about that

1:22:20 ↗ that's fine thank you

1:22:21 ↗ now deputy council president thank you

1:22:24 ↗ for the presentation sheldon could you

1:22:26 ↗ just tell me a little bit more about the

1:22:28 ↗ tree

1:22:28 ↗ choice the trees that are going in you

1:22:30 ↗ mentioned that the trees before

1:22:32 ↗ were not completely healthy so could you

1:22:36 ↗ speak to a choice of trees that are

1:22:39 ↗ something i'm going to defer to

1:22:40 ↗ christopher on that the streetscape plan

1:22:43 ↗ as part of that review and adoption

1:22:46 ↗ process

1:22:47 ↗ they specified the trees that their

1:22:50 ↗ landscape architect that worked on the

1:22:51 ↗ plan

1:22:52 ↗ suggested for the street trees and we're

1:22:55 ↗ going to we're going along with that

1:22:56 ↗ plant

1:22:57 ↗ so not the same kind of trees that we

1:23:00 ↗ had before

1:23:01 ↗ no no i think they're different and

1:23:03 ↗ there were there five trees that were

1:23:05 ↗ removed being replaced by five trees so

1:23:07 ↗ it's

1:23:09 ↗ the number is the same within this area

1:23:11 ↗ that was removed

1:23:15 ↗ additional questions uh council member

1:23:18 ↗ walsh

1:23:20 ↗ uh do we know what the city tree fund

1:23:23 ↗ balance is right now it's estimated to

1:23:26 ↗ be around a hundred thousand dollars

1:23:28 ↗ okay and have there been any recent

1:23:31 ↗ usages

1:23:32 ↗ on that i'm trying to get a sense of how

1:23:34 ↗ much that

1:23:35 ↗ fund varies or is used it hasn't been

1:23:39 ↗ used

1:23:39 ↗ much at all

1:23:43 ↗ and i believe we're gonna be looking at

1:23:47 ↗ tree canopy or something

1:23:50 ↗ in the coming year where that

1:23:53 ↗ may be part of it i can let city

1:23:56 ↗ administrator moon provide more

1:23:57 ↗ information on that

1:23:59 ↗ sure this year's work program does

1:24:01 ↗ include

1:24:02 ↗ a few objectives around trees including

1:24:06 ↗ assessment of the tree canopy

1:24:08 ↗ and i think ultimately as we get the

1:24:11 ↗ results of those studies

1:24:15 ↗ we can have a conversation about then

1:24:17 ↗ how do we want to proceed with any

1:24:19 ↗ recommendations

1:24:20 ↗ there could be varied recommendations

1:24:22 ↗ but one of those might be

1:24:25 ↗ you should invest more in your tree

1:24:27 ↗ canopy for example and if that's the

1:24:29 ↗ case then this would be a logical source

1:24:33 ↗ additional questions

1:24:34 ↗ [Laughter]

1:24:38 ↗ this came out of infrastructure looking

1:24:40 ↗ for someone to make a motion

1:24:47 ↗ do i have any takers to make a motion

1:24:49 ↗ councilmember hunt

1:25:00 ↗ youtube directs the finance director to

1:25:03 ↗ include a

1:25:05 ↗ 150

1:25:07 ↗ 370 fund transfer from the general fund

1:25:11 ↗ fund balance to the street capital fund

1:25:13 ↗ for a total transfer

1:25:15 ↗ of 156

1:25:18 ↗ 370 in assist thousand dollars

1:25:22 ↗ in a subsequent 2019 budget amendment to

1:25:24 ↗ provide revenue for phase

1:25:26 ↗ one of the front street streetscape

1:25:27 ↗ between sunset way

1:25:29 ↗ and northeast alder project and to

1:25:32 ↗ authorize the administration to enter

1:25:34 ↗ into a construction contract for the

1:25:36 ↗ front street streetscape project between

1:25:38 ↗ sunset and alter phase one project

1:25:41 ↗ not to exceed 156 3170

1:25:46 ↗ so a second second

1:25:49 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there a

1:25:51 ↗ discussion

1:25:56 ↗ the version of the motion that uses the

1:25:59 ↗ general fund

1:26:00 ↗ primarily because i think we have a

1:26:03 ↗ number of challenges with

1:26:05 ↗ um with tree canopy and with trees of

1:26:08 ↗ various health varying health in the

1:26:10 ↗ city and other

1:26:11 ↗ locations and i do believe that

1:26:15 ↗ my my understanding of the intent of

1:26:18 ↗ having a tree mitigation fund is really

1:26:20 ↗ to

1:26:20 ↗ improve and to strengthen

1:26:23 ↗ our our trees on public

1:26:27 ↗ properties in the city and so i think

1:26:30 ↗ that

1:26:31 ↗ replacing trees that the city removed i

1:26:34 ↗ don't know that that

1:26:35 ↗ in my opinion meets meets the intent i

1:26:38 ↗ do understand that legally it is

1:26:39 ↗ possible but at the same time i think

1:26:41 ↗ that

1:26:42 ↗ that fund should be for for new trees or

1:26:45 ↗ for

1:26:45 ↗ improving the health of trees elsewhere

1:26:47 ↗ in the city and not because we remove

1:26:48 ↗ trees and now we're just going to be

1:26:50 ↗ putting them back and then taking from

1:26:51 ↗ the tree mitigation funds to do so

1:26:53 ↗ um so that's the that's the reason why i

1:26:56 ↗ made the motion that

1:26:57 ↗ draws from the general fund and then

1:27:02 ↗ i do i appreciate the new information

1:27:05 ↗ about the businesses

1:27:07 ↗ i have a remaining concern which is

1:27:10 ↗ about the

1:27:11 ↗ um screens and my concern is that the

1:27:14 ↗ street has changed over time since the

1:27:16 ↗ plan

1:27:18 ↗ was adopted and one of the changes has

1:27:21 ↗ been the activation of one of the alleys

1:27:23 ↗ that is screened

1:27:24 ↗ by a new side business and so i think if

1:27:27 ↗ we want to have

1:27:28 ↗ a pedestrian friendly interesting

1:27:32 ↗ um street where you have businesses that

1:27:35 ↗ are dependent on walk walk up traffic

1:27:38 ↗ and those sorts of things we want to

1:27:40 ↗ potentially have visibility of those

1:27:42 ↗ businesses

1:27:42 ↗ and i don't know that screening in that

1:27:45 ↗ case

1:27:46 ↗ i can see screening parking in an alley

1:27:48 ↗ but in this case we are actually

1:27:49 ↗ screening a side business and i think

1:27:51 ↗ in this case one of

1:27:55 ↗ one of the businesses that has made

1:27:56 ↗ effort to be visible and to actually

1:27:58 ↗ activate that

1:27:59 ↗ side of the of the building

1:28:02 ↗ um so when i look at the objectives for

1:28:04 ↗ the doing the streetscape in terms of

1:28:06 ↗ improving the pedestrian experience etc

1:28:08 ↗ i don't know that that

1:28:09 ↗ that particular screen meets

1:28:13 ↗ those criteria and so

1:28:16 ↗ i would like to make an amendment

1:28:20 ↗ did you speak up to that um um if i

1:28:23 ↗ could get you to hold on from one second

1:28:25 ↗ council member

1:28:25 ↗ city administrator moon just a point

1:28:29 ↗ point of reference and i'm not sure this

1:28:30 ↗ is the exact exact moment

1:28:32 ↗ um i i would just

1:28:35 ↗ like to make sure that council also

1:28:37 ↗ understands there's a lot of public

1:28:38 ↗ input on this

1:28:40 ↗ project and i just ask you to consider

1:28:44 ↗ the amount of that public input that

1:28:46 ↗ went into

1:28:48 ↗ the concept plan and that

1:28:52 ↗ the public art features this the

1:28:54 ↗ screening

1:28:55 ↗ and those being one of the same and in

1:28:57 ↗ this case

1:28:58 ↗ were elements that

1:29:02 ↗ did get a lot of input and feedback and

1:29:05 ↗ resonated with community members and

1:29:09 ↗ we showed a bunch of different models

1:29:12 ↗ concepts and this was one of the

1:29:15 ↗ elements that

1:29:16 ↗ scored highly in in the feedback that we

1:29:18 ↗ received

1:29:20 ↗ i do believe and if we haven't expressed

1:29:23 ↗ it with great confidence

1:29:24 ↗ i do believe that we can work

1:29:27 ↗ with businesses and community members

1:29:29 ↗ and the arts commission to design

1:29:31 ↗ something that

1:29:32 ↗ meets meets all the objectives but still

1:29:35 ↗ attends to the fact that there are

1:29:37 ↗ businesses on

1:29:39 ↗ those alleyways and that they have a

1:29:41 ↗ desire for

1:29:43 ↗ visibility in particular some of those

1:29:46 ↗ businesses have

1:29:47 ↗ because they're not located on the

1:29:49 ↗ frontage they have signage that's

1:29:51 ↗ elevated it's at the eaves level

1:29:54 ↗ and i don't expect the screens to be

1:29:57 ↗ that high

1:29:58 ↗ we're just trying to cover

1:30:02 ↗ a you know passenger car type height

1:30:05 ↗ and so i want to make sure that that's

1:30:07 ↗ understood that that's kind of

1:30:09 ↗ the objective and that's kind of the

1:30:12 ↗ visual that you should have in your head

1:30:13 ↗ as you're considering what the screens

1:30:15 ↗ might be

1:30:16 ↗ thank you thank you did you

1:30:20 ↗ want to propose an amendment for this

1:30:21 ↗ evening okay

1:30:23 ↗ um i moved to amends av

1:30:26 ↗ 7715 front street streetscape phase one

1:30:29 ↗ project

1:30:30 ↗ to remove the decorative screens

1:30:31 ↗ component and associated funding and to

1:30:33 ↗ include them as a discussion item with

1:30:36 ↗ additional information in a subsequent

1:30:37 ↗ phase of the streetscape project

1:30:41 ↗ did you do you have that

1:30:46 ↗ yeah i have to re-read it is there a

1:30:49 ↗ second first

1:30:50 ↗ to remove the decorative screens from

1:30:52 ↗ the landscape design

1:30:55 ↗ i have a question you can i think

1:30:58 ↗ to see have to second it in order to

1:31:01 ↗ have a discussion or can you ask a

1:31:02 ↗ question

1:31:04 ↗ if he wants to discuss the motion then

1:31:06 ↗ meant

1:31:07 ↗ then further than there would be how

1:31:10 ↗ about a point of order then

1:31:11 ↗ maybe murder um i think these are two

1:31:14 ↗ separate topics and not

1:31:16 ↗ should not be lumped together and would

1:31:18 ↗ be better

1:31:20 ↗ for the business the council to handle

1:31:21 ↗ them independently one is about funding

1:31:24 ↗ of the project and what is about the

1:31:25 ↗ content of the project

1:31:30 ↗ uh so i'm looking at city administrator

1:31:32 ↗ moon the content of the project

1:31:34 ↗ was approved when the landscape plan was

1:31:37 ↗ approved concept

1:31:38 ↗ landscape concept plan so that is not

1:31:40 ↗ the question before you tonight whether

1:31:41 ↗ or not you want to amend the plan that

1:31:43 ↗ may be a question that you have but it's

1:31:44 ↗ not the one in front of you tonight

1:31:46 ↗ the one in front of you tonight is to

1:31:47 ↗ approve the funding

1:31:52 ↗ in the motion it's about funding it's

1:31:55 ↗ removing the funding for that portion

1:31:58 ↗ i'll second it so that at least um

1:32:01 ↗ council member hunt can

1:32:02 ↗ express her it's been moved and seconded

1:32:05 ↗ councilmember hunt well my my big

1:32:08 ↗ concern is yes i do believe there was a

1:32:10 ↗ lot of community engagement i looked

1:32:12 ↗ back at the last

1:32:13 ↗ um times when this came forward the

1:32:15 ↗ picture that i saw was the edward jones

1:32:17 ↗ alley

1:32:18 ↗ decorative screen that was there um

1:32:22 ↗ and in that case it is ali that doesn't

1:32:24 ↗ have a side business

1:32:25 ↗ i think that because this plan has been

1:32:27 ↗ in the works for a while

1:32:28 ↗ the streetscape has changed and so the

1:32:30 ↗ community engagement is perhaps outdated

1:32:34 ↗ and so i would like to see a discussion

1:32:37 ↗ for making sure that this is still the

1:32:41 ↗ way that the street went in or to make a

1:32:44 ↗ pedestrian friendly experience when in

1:32:46 ↗ this case it seems like there's already

1:32:48 ↗ a pedestrian friendly experience

1:32:50 ↗ there that i do not see the benefit of

1:32:53 ↗ having screens and i also don't see the

1:32:55 ↗ benefit of putting money towards the

1:32:56 ↗ screen if it's going to be blocking an

1:32:58 ↗ activated

1:32:59 ↗ side business additional discussion

1:33:03 ↗ councilmember winstein question first

1:33:04 ↗ staff

1:33:06 ↗ explain for me what's there now in this

1:33:10 ↗ council member hunt's referring

1:33:11 ↗ specifically to one of the screens per

1:33:14 ↗ the plan

1:33:16 ↗ i do recall everything how the process

1:33:18 ↗ was explained earlier

1:33:20 ↗ i do recall i know that it had to do

1:33:23 ↗ with

1:33:23 ↗ creating kind of a visual screen

1:33:26 ↗ decorative that's why the arctic

1:33:27 ↗ submissions involved

1:33:29 ↗ to to block just a clear line of sight

1:33:32 ↗ to cars

1:33:34 ↗ at least from certain directions so i'm

1:33:36 ↗ curious about what's

1:33:37 ↗ what's there now and i also want to hear

1:33:39 ↗ about a little bit more about a

1:33:41 ↗ reference you made earlier about

1:33:43 ↗ a process as you currently intend to go

1:33:46 ↗ through

1:33:46 ↗ to to make a choice on whatever

1:33:50 ↗ whatever type of treatment is put there

1:33:54 ↗ so right now so here's edward jones

1:33:57 ↗ and then here is the crawl bar and

1:34:01 ↗ the side tenant space which is a new

1:34:03 ↗ tenant space just in the last year or so

1:34:06 ↗ is where alps folly is this is

1:34:08 ↗ completely open

1:34:09 ↗ from front street to the you know

1:34:12 ↗ there's no kind of walls or screens or

1:34:14 ↗ any

1:34:14 ↗ anything that blocks visibility of the

1:34:17 ↗ angled parking here

1:34:19 ↗ and the angled parking here and so the

1:34:22 ↗ intent

1:34:23 ↗ is to help screen the vehicles again

1:34:26 ↗ the plan did a couple of things it

1:34:28 ↗ talked about an eight foot height

1:34:30 ↗ for those screens we all agree that they

1:34:33 ↗ do not need to be that tall as

1:34:35 ↗ emily mentioned just tall enough to

1:34:36 ↗ screen a vehicle

1:34:38 ↗ and then they also showed that the

1:34:40 ↗ screen and that the picture that's in

1:34:42 ↗ the

1:34:43 ↗ the plan does show going like all the

1:34:46 ↗ way to the wall

1:34:47 ↗ here uh and we have since agreed that

1:34:50 ↗ uh maintaining the walkway along the

1:34:53 ↗ side of this building

1:34:54 ↗ similar to maintaining the walkway

1:34:56 ↗ that's used to access the new tenant

1:34:58 ↗ space here

1:35:00 ↗ so that the screens would be not as

1:35:03 ↗ long or as tall as basically what was

1:35:06 ↗ shown in the plan

1:35:09 ↗ what's there now is there parking there

1:35:11 ↗ now yes

1:35:12 ↗ there's yeah there's style yeah there's

1:35:14 ↗ angled parking

1:35:16 ↗ in both of those okay so and that's

1:35:18 ↗ that's what is will be screened

1:35:20 ↗ with the with the screens okay what i'm

1:35:23 ↗ seeking clarification on

1:35:24 ↗ is because i don't i honestly i'm not

1:35:27 ↗ familiar with the details that you're

1:35:28 ↗ referring to

1:35:29 ↗ and it'd be easy to assume that there is

1:35:31 ↗ no parking there more there's now

1:35:33 ↗ there's just a side business but i'm

1:35:34 ↗ hearing that it's

1:35:35 ↗ those these are still spaces that are

1:35:37 ↗ used for parking and

1:35:39 ↗ the intent of this would be to screen

1:35:41 ↗ that parking and maybe there's a

1:35:43 ↗ block of some business that there as

1:35:45 ↗ well okay so

1:35:46 ↗ there's that and then what's the process

1:35:49 ↗ you're going to go through

1:35:50 ↗ to make a selection well we've been

1:35:52 ↗ talking to

1:35:54 ↗ amy dukes and she's agreed that going

1:35:57 ↗ through that

1:35:58 ↗ arts commission review process and

1:36:00 ↗ selection

1:36:01 ↗ would be the would be appropriate

1:36:03 ↗ because we didn't want to just

1:36:04 ↗ buy us out of a catalog screen we want

1:36:07 ↗ to make it

1:36:08 ↗ art and we want to use local artists to

1:36:10 ↗ create them

1:36:12 ↗ and by doing that i think we will have a

1:36:14 ↗ little more say on

1:36:15 ↗ what that looks like exactly so with

1:36:18 ↗ that approach then

1:36:19 ↗ maybe local stakeholders and business

1:36:21 ↗ owners will be involved but it all

1:36:23 ↗ depends on how that

1:36:24 ↗ process unfolds we will involve them

1:36:30 ↗ additional questions or discussion

1:36:35 ↗ thoughts you want to share

1:36:42 ↗ i can't remember it i think we had a

1:36:43 ↗ process we went through to

1:36:45 ↗ you know to to set this up and to define

1:36:48 ↗ this

1:36:48 ↗ and it just feels very inappropriate for

1:36:50 ↗ me to me to be using the funding

1:36:53 ↗ discussion

1:36:54 ↗ to be talking about making design

1:36:55 ↗ element changes it just seems

1:36:57 ↗ like the the wrong place in the wrong

1:36:59 ↗ time in the wrong vehicle

1:37:02 ↗ okay council member goodman

1:37:06 ↗ i um we have a

1:37:09 ↗ we have a plan and i do agree with

1:37:12 ↗ uh council member hunt that there could

1:37:15 ↗ be some

1:37:16 ↗ that there are changes based on a new

1:37:18 ↗ tenant

1:37:19 ↗ um and that that needs to be kept in

1:37:22 ↗ mind

1:37:23 ↗ um it uh

1:37:27 ↗ i we i i think we have to

1:37:30 ↗ allow the administration to implement

1:37:32 ↗ the plans that we have

1:37:34 ↗ adopted and if the

1:37:39 ↗ screen goes up and blocks a business

1:37:42 ↗ then we're going to hear about it and i

1:37:44 ↗ would be very unhappy again in the

1:37:46 ↗ conversation

1:37:47 ↗ but i would be willing to allow the

1:37:49 ↗ administration to

1:37:50 ↗ implement the plans and take into

1:37:53 ↗ consideration

1:37:55 ↗ what you've heard from us and what

1:37:56 ↗ you've heard from businesses

1:37:59 ↗ additional comments um councilmember

1:38:02 ↗ walsh followed by councilmember winstein

1:38:04 ↗ so i very much appreciate hearing about

1:38:07 ↗ this

1:38:08 ↗ business having been on ppc when we were

1:38:11 ↗ reviewing uh the screens those

1:38:14 ↗ they're beautiful and i love the

1:38:17 ↗ addition to it

1:38:18 ↗ but not at something that's going to

1:38:20 ↗ hurt a business

1:38:21 ↗ so i would very much encourage the city

1:38:24 ↗ to work with those businesses

1:38:26 ↗ consider a half height something that's

1:38:29 ↗ going to

1:38:30 ↗ add to the beauty and not hurt a

1:38:32 ↗ business

1:38:34 ↗ i do think that i will probably

1:38:37 ↗ put my trust in the city to do that and

1:38:41 ↗ take this out of the funding

1:38:43 ↗ conversation

1:38:44 ↗ councilmember winterstein thank you

1:38:46 ↗ [Laughter]

1:38:49 ↗ it's my preference that

1:38:52 ↗ the individuals involved with the

1:38:54 ↗ process going forward has already

1:38:55 ↗ envisioned

1:38:57 ↗ i would fully expect that they will use

1:39:00 ↗ good judgment and be

1:39:02 ↗ responsive to and sensitive to

1:39:05 ↗ these any issues that could arise

1:39:08 ↗ i've already there's already been some

1:39:10 ↗ engagement you've demonstrated some

1:39:11 ↗ knowledge

1:39:12 ↗ i know some of the people that are going

1:39:13 ↗ to be involved i know about the kind of

1:39:14 ↗ work they've done in the past and the

1:39:16 ↗ engagement that they've

1:39:17 ↗ exercised in the past so rather than use

1:39:20 ↗ a legislative process to perhaps tweak

1:39:22 ↗ part of this design i would like it to

1:39:24 ↗ go through the process that's currently

1:39:26 ↗ envisioned so i'm not going to support

1:39:28 ↗ the amendment

1:39:29 ↗ i've heard from five of you council

1:39:31 ↗ deputy council president batiste

1:39:33 ↗ so i i appreciate all the thought behind

1:39:36 ↗ this

1:39:36 ↗ i think with the public process that

1:39:38 ↗ we've had

1:39:41 ↗ especially around the screens and i just

1:39:45 ↗ feel comfortable with the administration

1:39:48 ↗ and the arts commission working with

1:39:51 ↗ the groups and the business owners and

1:39:53 ↗ making the right decisions so i won't be

1:39:55 ↗ supporting

1:39:56 ↗ this motion council president mertz did

1:39:58 ↗ you want to weigh in on the discussion

1:40:00 ↗ nope okay just checking um

1:40:03 ↗ i have a little difficulty reading the

1:40:06 ↗ motion is it okay if i

1:40:07 ↗ just sort of let vicky read that

1:40:10 ↗ there was an amendment to the amendment

1:40:12 ↗ sorry

1:40:13 ↗ that's in front of you you could ask for

1:40:16 ↗ um council member hack could you repeat

1:40:17 ↗ the amendment before i call for the vote

1:40:21 ↗ um so move to amend ab7715

1:40:26 ↗ front street streetscape phase one

1:40:29 ↗ project to remove the decorative screens

1:40:30 ↗ component and associated funding and to

1:40:32 ↗ include them as a discussion item with

1:40:34 ↗ additional information in a subsequent

1:40:36 ↗ phase of the streetscape project

1:40:38 ↗ thank you the amendment has been moved

1:40:40 ↗ and seconded and discussed all those in

1:40:42 ↗ favor of the amendment signified by

1:40:43 ↗ saying aye

1:40:45 ↗ post the amendment fails

1:40:49 ↗ one in favor six opposed we're back to

1:40:52 ↗ the main motion is there any further

1:40:54 ↗ discussion of the main motion

1:40:56 ↗ councilmember winterstein i'm glad to

1:40:58 ↗ see this coming forward it was the will

1:41:00 ↗ of the council

1:41:01 ↗ when we saw in our cip how it really was

1:41:04 ↗ a big block of work further out in the

1:41:06 ↗ future

1:41:07 ↗ and and not that long ago we said we've

1:41:09 ↗ got to do something let's at least work

1:41:10 ↗ on the trees

1:41:11 ↗ that was a a lot of us felt that loss in

1:41:14 ↗ many different ways not just visually

1:41:16 ↗ but it

1:41:16 ↗ kind of you're striking at the real core

1:41:19 ↗ part of this acquisition

1:41:20 ↗ so i'm glad that we that we have

1:41:23 ↗ entertained this

1:41:24 ↗ this this special project this carve out

1:41:26 ↗ and the council did ask for that this

1:41:28 ↗ way

1:41:28 ↗ it wasn't we broke it out we set aside

1:41:31 ↗ some money

1:41:32 ↗ um i'm glad to see this going

1:41:35 ↗ forward it it but it's just a small step

1:41:38 ↗ or at least it may go forward it's just

1:41:40 ↗ a small step

1:41:42 ↗ and i'm looking i i think it'll be

1:41:44 ↗ create

1:41:45 ↗ quite a lot of a response it'll

1:41:48 ↗ people will respond to this if we do

1:41:50 ↗ this and i'm

1:41:51 ↗ so i'm glad that we're taking this

1:41:54 ↗ earlier step than it was originally

1:41:55 ↗ envisioned

1:41:56 ↗ i'm going to support this and i'm

1:41:59 ↗ excited about

1:42:01 ↗ this first step thank you any other

1:42:03 ↗ discussion council member ray

1:42:05 ↗ and then councilmember hunt so i believe

1:42:08 ↗ and i think staff would concur

1:42:11 ↗ that using the tree mitigation fund is

1:42:13 ↗ an appropriate thing

1:42:15 ↗ funding vehicle for this particular

1:42:18 ↗ [Music]

1:42:20 ↗ undertaking the tree

1:42:23 ↗ mitigation fund is far more restricted

1:42:25 ↗ than the general fund so

1:42:27 ↗ i don't support the motion to

1:42:31 ↗ fund this completely out of general fund

1:42:34 ↗ when the tree mitigation fund is a

1:42:35 ↗ legitimate

1:42:38 ↗ complement to general fund dollars that

1:42:41 ↗ doesn't mean

1:42:42 ↗ we can't use general fund dollars down

1:42:44 ↗ the road to increase our tree canopy

1:42:47 ↗ but there are things that we can't do

1:42:48 ↗ with the treatment mitigation fund

1:42:51 ↗ and so by not taking advantage of this

1:42:53 ↗ we are giving away flexibility that we

1:42:55 ↗ could use down the road

1:42:56 ↗ so i cannot support the notion of using

1:42:59 ↗ simply general fund for this initiative

1:43:01 ↗ when tree fund is

1:43:05 ↗ is a legitimate complement to general

1:43:08 ↗ fund

1:43:09 ↗ thank you councilmember ray

1:43:11 ↗ councilmember

1:43:12 ↗ hunt are you next yes um so thank you

1:43:16 ↗ again for all the information about the

1:43:17 ↗ outreach to the businesses i would

1:43:19 ↗ um just i do believe that there is a way

1:43:22 ↗ to do the

1:43:24 ↗ watering of the plants the maintenance

1:43:26 ↗ of the streetscape the decorative

1:43:27 ↗ screens

1:43:28 ↗ the furniture in a way that complements

1:43:30 ↗ the businesses so

1:43:31 ↗ i just would

1:43:34 ↗ like to see continued outreach and also

1:43:36 ↗ continued public engagement

1:43:38 ↗ because this is a street with really

1:43:39 ↗ high visibility as you know and

1:43:41 ↗ changes will be noticed and potentially

1:43:44 ↗ appreciated a great deal by the public

1:43:46 ↗ so i'm looking forward to that and i

1:43:47 ↗ think there are lots of different ways

1:43:48 ↗ to activate

1:43:49 ↗ and increase the pedestrian experience

1:43:52 ↗ along the street

1:43:53 ↗ and so i i do have confidence in the

1:43:56 ↗ city that

1:43:57 ↗ that these changes will be made in a way

1:44:00 ↗ that

1:44:00 ↗ improves the pedestrian experience and

1:44:02 ↗ meets the other goals of the streetscape

1:44:04 ↗ i still as far as the funding which is

1:44:08 ↗ what we're just

1:44:08 ↗ we're discussing i still think that um

1:44:13 ↗ i i think the tree fund is more

1:44:16 ↗ restricted

1:44:17 ↗ and in my opinion using the tree funds

1:44:20 ↗ for

1:44:22 ↗ improving rather than to just simply

1:44:25 ↗ replace

1:44:26 ↗ trees that were removed is it is a more

1:44:28 ↗ appropriate use of that tree funds it's

1:44:30 ↗ also

1:44:31 ↗ i think a fairly small portion of the

1:44:35 ↗ overall funding for the treats

1:44:37 ↗ for the streetscape which is possible to

1:44:40 ↗ be funded by that and so i

1:44:42 ↗ i would argue i think that

1:44:46 ↗ the tree fund could be used elsewhere to

1:44:48 ↗ improve

1:44:49 ↗ rather than to simply replace what has

1:44:51 ↗ been removed by

1:44:52 ↗ the city and keep us at par with our

1:44:55 ↗ trees

1:44:56 ↗ um so i i would still stand by using the

1:44:58 ↗ general fund

1:44:59 ↗ for the funding thank you councilmember

1:45:01 ↗ i'm councilmember goodman

1:45:03 ↗ i agree with councilmember hunt

1:45:04 ↗ regarding the use of the

1:45:06 ↗ uh tree fund um i think this needs to be

1:45:08 ↗ paid for

1:45:09 ↗ out of the general fund thank you um

1:45:12 ↗ councilman bridgestein before i come

1:45:14 ↗ back to you i want to see if

1:45:16 ↗ wall ship or tcr marks would like to

1:45:18 ↗ weigh in otherwise i will come back to

1:45:20 ↗ council member side council president

1:45:21 ↗ marx so

1:45:23 ↗ i'm a tad bit confused council member

1:45:26 ↗ ray

1:45:27 ↗ if we so you suggested you're not in

1:45:31 ↗ favor of this motion

1:45:32 ↗ so does that mean

1:45:35 ↗ a amendment or what if we if we fail

1:45:38 ↗ this

1:45:41 ↗ i i'm more favorable of the alternative

1:45:44 ↗ motion which

1:45:45 ↗ splits the funding from the tree fund

1:45:47 ↗ and the

1:45:48 ↗ general instead of solely general fund

1:45:51 ↗ so why haven't you moved that because we

1:45:54 ↗ have an active motion on the table

1:45:57 ↗ so it wouldn't be doing i see you're

1:45:59 ↗ waiting got it

1:46:02 ↗ but okay because i also

1:46:06 ↗ um feel that we are at a financial point

1:46:11 ↗ where

1:46:11 ↗ every dollar in the general fund is

1:46:14 ↗ [Music]

1:46:16 ↗ is there's a lot of heavy lifts to come

1:46:19 ↗ out of the general fund and if we can

1:46:22 ↗ spread some of that heavy lifting out i

1:46:24 ↗ think that the rest of our every dollar

1:46:26 ↗ we can do will help us

1:46:27 ↗ uh in the rest of the year and the tough

1:46:29 ↗ choices in front of us

1:46:31 ↗ thank you deputy council president batis

1:46:34 ↗ and then

1:46:36 ↗ so i i agree with

1:46:39 ↗ council president martz i i do feel that

1:46:42 ↗ we need to

1:46:43 ↗ really focus on every

1:46:46 ↗ dollar that's coming from the general

1:46:48 ↗ fund but i completely understand

1:46:51 ↗ uh the the amendment and thinking about

1:46:54 ↗ what we

1:46:55 ↗ what we have in the future um i

1:46:57 ↗ understand that's thirty thousand

1:46:59 ↗ dollars it sounds like we have a hundred

1:47:01 ↗ thousand dollars in

1:47:03 ↗ uh in that account which um and i do

1:47:06 ↗ know we've got everything coming up at

1:47:08 ↗ the tree canopy

1:47:09 ↗ so i would i would be supportive of

1:47:14 ↗ a potential upcoming motion where we're

1:47:17 ↗ using the general fund and the tree

1:47:18 ↗ mitigation fund council councilmember

1:47:21 ↗ walsh did you get a chance to weigh it

1:47:24 ↗ do you want to weigh it you do not have

1:47:26 ↗ to i'm still considering okay

1:47:29 ↗ councilmember winterstein you want

1:47:30 ↗ that's a little bit of a different take

1:47:31 ↗ thank you

1:47:32 ↗ on the use of the tree fund i think

1:47:35 ↗ general fund is appropriate

1:47:37 ↗ i would we haven't

1:47:42 ↗ asked the question of ourselves at a

1:47:43 ↗ policy level to

1:47:45 ↗ should and and i'm it's i'm not

1:47:48 ↗ entirely clear that this project that

1:47:51 ↗ would that originally move the pro

1:47:52 ↗ the trees um is similar enough to

1:47:57 ↗ a type of project that some other

1:47:59 ↗ developer would do that

1:48:00 ↗ that and would then trigger them

1:48:04 ↗ having to give to the tree fund because

1:48:06 ↗ we're doing to retention

1:48:07 ↗ but i would rather us as a city

1:48:11 ↗ address that as a policy question like

1:48:14 ↗ should we

1:48:16 ↗ hold ourselves up to that same criteria

1:48:19 ↗ as our developers

1:48:20 ↗ and address that as a as a policy

1:48:22 ↗ question and and

1:48:24 ↗ not set a precedent for that before we

1:48:27 ↗ have this conversation

1:48:28 ↗ so let's use the general fund money and

1:48:31 ↗ then

1:48:31 ↗ going forward give ourselves more

1:48:33 ↗ clarity on

1:48:36 ↗ when our project should contribute or

1:48:38 ↗ not

1:48:39 ↗ and therefore because i do agree it's

1:48:43 ↗ the fund the tree fund idea of getting

1:48:46 ↗ um we had to treat coverage

1:48:49 ↗ canopy couldn't be retained let's make

1:48:52 ↗ sure that that

1:48:53 ↗ re-emerges somewhere else on public land

1:48:55 ↗ that's the intent of that

1:48:57 ↗ and that and that's that's a nice nice

1:48:59 ↗ intent

1:49:00 ↗ but we want to look at when we remove

1:49:04 ↗ the or reduce the canopy you know should

1:49:07 ↗ that

1:49:07 ↗ obligation be for us as well so i think

1:49:10 ↗ taking

1:49:11 ↗ it out of that fund today would set a

1:49:13 ↗ precedent i'd rather have the

1:49:14 ↗ conversation about that policy before we

1:49:16 ↗ do that

1:49:17 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman thank

1:49:19 ↗ you

1:49:20 ↗ um so code 18.12.180

1:49:25 ↗ talks about the city tree fund and it

1:49:26 ↗ said that the tree fund is created and

1:49:28 ↗ shall be administered by finance

1:49:30 ↗ all funds it has two purposes all funds

1:49:32 ↗ received from civil penalties resulting

1:49:34 ↗ from violations

1:49:35 ↗ shall be deposited in the fund it shall

1:49:37 ↗ be used only for the purpose of paying

1:49:39 ↗ all or part of the cost and expense of

1:49:41 ↗ enforcing

1:49:42 ↗ and implementing this chapter and

1:49:44 ↗ secondarily and may be used

1:49:46 ↗ for the purpose of acquiring maintaining

1:49:48 ↗ and preserving wooded areas

1:49:49 ↗ for planting and maintaining trees on

1:49:51 ↗ publicly owned property within the city

1:49:52 ↗ and for urban forestry education so

1:49:56 ↗ i would say that the intent of the tree

1:49:59 ↗ fund

1:49:59 ↗ is for the primary purpose of that

1:50:04 ↗ the constant expense of enforcing and

1:50:05 ↗ implementing the chapter which is about

1:50:08 ↗ landscaping trees and not for the city

1:50:11 ↗ to use to just

1:50:13 ↗ simply replace trees and if we were

1:50:15 ↗ going to improve

1:50:16 ↗ the conditions then that's one thing but

1:50:20 ↗ i still agree with councilmember hunt

1:50:21 ↗ that

1:50:22 ↗ that i don't think that that is an

1:50:24 ↗ appropriate use of the city

1:50:26 ↗ tree fund for this project

1:50:29 ↗ any other final comments council member

1:50:32 ↗ ray so can i get a little clarification

1:50:34 ↗ from either the city attorney or

1:50:37 ↗ city staff on their interpretation of

1:50:39 ↗ the

1:50:40 ↗ of the tree fund because what i what i

1:50:42 ↗ heard

1:50:43 ↗ from councilmember goodman and what i

1:50:45 ↗ think i heard earlier don't comport and

1:50:47 ↗ i would like

1:50:48 ↗ and i think that is a really significant

1:50:49 ↗ question if what we're proposing

1:50:52 ↗ is inconsistent with the ordinance then

1:50:54 ↗ that's one thing and if it's not then

1:50:56 ↗ that's another thing

1:50:57 ↗ sure and and i can give that to

1:51:00 ↗ administrator moon to start

1:51:01 ↗ well i was just going to clarify i think

1:51:04 ↗ councilmember goodman's

1:51:05 ↗ point was there's there's a primary

1:51:08 ↗ primary purpose and then there's

1:51:09 ↗ there's an allowable range and we're and

1:51:12 ↗ the way that i answered that question

1:51:14 ↗ earlier is that it's an allowable use

1:51:23 ↗ any other discussion or questions before

1:51:26 ↗ i call for the vote

1:51:28 ↗ or final comments

1:51:32 ↗ okay the motion in front of you is to

1:51:35 ↗ direct the finance director to include a

1:51:37 ↗ 156

1:51:38 ↗ 370 dollar fund transfer from the

1:51:40 ↗ general fund balance to the street

1:51:42 ↗ capital fund

1:51:43 ↗ for a total transfer of

1:51:47 ↗ hundred 156 dollars in a subsequent 2019

1:51:51 ↗ budget amendment to provide revenue for

1:51:53 ↗ phase one

1:51:54 ↗ of the front street streetscape between

1:51:56 ↗ sunset way and northeast alder project

1:51:59 ↗ and authorize the administration to

1:52:01 ↗ enter into a construction contract for

1:52:03 ↗ the front street streetscape project

1:52:05 ↗ between sunset and alder phase one

1:52:07 ↗ project not to exceed 156

1:52:11 ↗ 370 all those in favor signify by saying

1:52:15 ↗ aye

1:52:16 ↗ and raise your hands thank you

1:52:19 ↗ um all those opposed nay

1:52:23 ↗ the vote is four the vote passes and is

1:52:25 ↗ four in favor with three opposed

1:52:30 ↗ i want to thank you for your thoughtful

1:52:32 ↗ deliberation one thing that's been

1:52:34 ↗ really important to me is that when you

1:52:35 ↗ have options we present all your options

1:52:37 ↗ sometimes that generates a lot of

1:52:39 ↗ conversation and dialogue but i think

1:52:41 ↗ that's really good

1:52:42 ↗ so thank you for that that was very

1:52:45 ↗ thoughtful

1:52:46 ↗ the next item on the agenda this evening

1:52:47 ↗ is good of the order

1:52:49 ↗ and we'll start first with the council

1:52:51 ↗ president martz who will be talking

1:52:53 ↗ about

1:52:54 ↗ um id0404 which is council appointments

1:52:57 ↗ for 2019.

1:52:59 ↗ certainly and before i start that i just

1:53:01 ↗ want to say how refreshing it is to be

1:53:03 ↗ able to have a 4-3 vote

1:53:04 ↗ after uh five or six weeks without

1:53:07 ↗ that's

1:53:07 ↗ a very good feeling so uh we did uh

1:53:11 ↗ finish 2019 council appointments

1:53:14 ↗ for the year for infrastructure

1:53:16 ↗ committee council member winterstein

1:53:18 ↗ will be chairing council members goodman

1:53:20 ↗ and walsh

1:53:21 ↗ will also be members sheldon lin will be

1:53:23 ↗ staff liaison

1:53:25 ↗ landon shore council member hunt is

1:53:27 ↗ going to be

1:53:28 ↗ chairing and

1:53:32 ↗ council members goodman and martz will

1:53:34 ↗ be on

1:53:36 ↗ as members and then director niven

1:53:39 ↗ is our staff liaison and then services

1:53:43 ↗ and safety

1:53:44 ↗ uh council member ray continues his

1:53:46 ↗ chair and then council members

1:53:48 ↗ council deputy president batis and

1:53:49 ↗ council member walsh

1:53:51 ↗ will also be on that committee and chief

1:53:54 ↗ bierbaum

1:53:55 ↗ is liaison if i didn't say that already

1:53:57 ↗ so i want to thank

1:53:59 ↗ directors lynn and niven and chief

1:54:02 ↗ bierbaum for

1:54:02 ↗ continuing their liaison roles it's

1:54:04 ↗ really important to the proper

1:54:05 ↗ functioning

1:54:07 ↗ of those committees and i'll also

1:54:10 ↗ mention

1:54:12 ↗ the ad hoc long term financial committee

1:54:14 ↗ which is organized a little bit

1:54:15 ↗ differently

1:54:17 ↗ council members ray and winterstein and

1:54:18 ↗ myself i will be on that along with

1:54:21 ↗ city administrator moon interim finance

1:54:23 ↗ director uh goldberg

1:54:25 ↗ and our tbd deputy city administrator

1:54:28 ↗ and then last but not least i just want

1:54:30 ↗ to mention other regional appointments

1:54:32 ↗ uh council member hunt is going to be

1:54:33 ↗ doing cascade water alliance and wyra8

1:54:36 ↗ council members goodman and ray are

1:54:38 ↗ going to continue their excellent work

1:54:39 ↗ on eastside fire and rescue

1:54:41 ↗ [Music]

1:54:43 ↗ council deputy president batis is going

1:54:45 ↗ to continue on eastside human services

1:54:47 ↗ forum

1:54:49 ↗ councilmember witterstein is going to

1:54:51 ↗ continue as

1:54:52 ↗ a chamber liaison

1:54:56 ↗ and uh council member goodman is going

1:54:58 ↗ to step forward stepping forward to do

1:54:59 ↗ lodging tax

1:55:00 ↗ advisory committee which we appreciate

1:55:03 ↗ and i'm going to stay as primary and

1:55:05 ↗ council member reyes

1:55:06 ↗ as alternate for the sound cities

1:55:07 ↗ association pick that i love so much

1:55:10 ↗ so with that thank you thank you for

1:55:13 ↗ your work on your pregnancy

1:55:14 ↗ and thank you everyone for your

1:55:16 ↗ willingness and enthusiasm both

1:55:18 ↗ to be part of these various

1:55:19 ↗ organizations and for your flexibility

1:55:21 ↗ as we came up with the appointments to

1:55:24 ↗ make sure that

1:55:24 ↗ i think every single person got if they

1:55:27 ↗ if they had something as a one or two

1:55:29 ↗ everybody who's in a position somebody

1:55:31 ↗ had that that person had a one or a two

1:55:33 ↗ for that position so we have the right

1:55:35 ↗ people in the right places so thank you

1:55:37 ↗ thank you council president uh do any

1:55:40 ↗ other council members have something for

1:55:41 ↗ good of the order before i move into

1:55:43 ↗ upcoming

1:55:44 ↗ council meetings council member ray i

1:55:46 ↗ just wanted to recognize

1:55:47 ↗ public works operations and the squad

1:55:50 ↗ police department

1:55:51 ↗ for their excellent work over the last

1:55:53 ↗ couple of days of inclement weather and

1:55:56 ↗ and it is very satisfying to hear the

1:55:58 ↗ the rumble of the snow plows coming down

1:56:00 ↗ your street

1:56:01 ↗ and you recognize that you might just be

1:56:03 ↗ able to get out and get to the grocery

1:56:04 ↗ store so

1:56:05 ↗ thank you to all all who have worked so

1:56:08 ↗ hard and all the long hours and

1:56:09 ↗ some it's appreciated by the by the

1:56:12 ↗ people in the community thank you they

1:56:14 ↗ are on 12-hour shifts now

1:56:16 ↗ 24 hours a day and so it will be passed

1:56:18 ↗ on

1:56:19 ↗ your words of appreciation thank you

1:56:21 ↗ very much

1:56:23 ↗ um upcoming council meetings on february

1:56:24 ↗ 11th there is a council work session

1:56:27 ↗ and the potential agenda items include

1:56:29 ↗ the citywide strategic plan

1:56:31 ↗ on february 9th there was a regular

1:56:32 ↗ council meeting and potential agenda

1:56:34 ↗ items include the updated water system

1:56:36 ↗ plan adoption

1:56:37 ↗ and a discussion on regional

1:56:39 ↗ transportation funding

1:56:42 ↗ our last item under rig under on our

1:56:44 ↗ agenda this evening is the executive

1:56:46 ↗ session

1:56:46 ↗ another yet another executive session

1:56:49 ↗ as earlier announced there will be an

1:56:51 ↗ executive session held this evening to

1:56:53 ↗ discuss pending potential litigation per

1:56:55 ↗ rcw

1:56:57 ↗ 42.30.110 paren one per ni and i'm also

1:57:00 ↗ going to

1:57:01 ↗ add i was missing in my earlier comments

1:57:04 ↗ to discuss collective bargaining under

1:57:06 ↗ rcw

1:57:07 ↗ 42.30.140 paren paran4

1:57:10 ↗ this item is expected to take 30 minutes

1:57:12 ↗ action may follow in open session

1:57:15 ↗ we will now recess at 1004.

1:57:25 ↗ you

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Attendance

Council / Members (7)

Mariah Bettise

Stacy Goodman

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh (newly appointed)

Paul Winterstein

Motions and votes (5)

Close nominations. . Following Council discussion, the vote was taken on the nominees: • Michelle Kemper received three votes. (Marts, Reh, Winterstein) • Lindsey Walsh received three votes. (Bettise, Goodman, Hunt) TIE VOTE, 3-3, VOTE FAILED.

Moved by REH · seconded by BETTISE

Carried 6-0

Continue [postpone] consideration of the nominees regarding Council Position No. 4 to the Feb. 19, 2019 Council meeting. . (Proponents: Marts, Reh)

Moved by MARTS · seconded by REH

Failed 2-4

In favor: Marts, Reh

1) Direct the Finance Director to include a $156,370 fund transfer from the General Fund fund balance to the Street Capital Fund, for a total transfer of of $156,370 in a subsequent 2019 budget amendment to provide revenue for Phase 1 of the Front Street Streetscape between Sunset Way and NE Alder P…

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

Carried 4-3

In favor: Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh (newly appointed), Paul Winterstein

Opposed: Bettise, Marts, Reh

Amend AB 7715 Front Street Streetscape Phase 1 Project to remove the decorative screens component and associated funding, and to include them as a discussion item with additional information in a subsequent phase of the streetscape project. (Proponent: Hunt). (Opponents: Bettise, Marts, Reh).

Moved by HUNT · seconded by GOODMAN

Failed 1-6

In favor: Hunt

Opposed: Bettise, Marts, Reh

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. Page 93 of 535 CONSENT CALENDAR c) 02-05-19 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) a) ID 0324 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Feb. 4, 2019, $ 3,612,722.10; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Jan. 22, 2019; Approved. c) Minutes: …

Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE

Carried 7-0

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh (newly appointed), Paul Winterstein