City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, April 1, 2019 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Puget Sound Regional Council Vision 2050 Hear Presentation ID 0438

packet pp.7–38

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Staff report:

Economic Development | Development Services 1775 – 12th Ave NW | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 425-837-3450 issaquahwa.gov

7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Apr. 1, 2019, $ 2,623,069.33 ID 0363

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.39–149

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH Finance Department P.O. Box1307 WASHINGTON Issaquah.WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www. issaquahwa. gov

Roll call:

Moved by BETTISE · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

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

Minutes: City Council Committee Work Session, March 11, 2019

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.151–152

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 03-11-19 Council Committee Work Session Minutes Page 8187

Roll call:

Moved by BETTISE · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

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

Lower Reid Infiltration Gallery AB 7384

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.161–164

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Staff report:

As a result of agreements reached with the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District in 2014, the City decommissioned the LRIG, which was located near the Public Works Operations Facility. The LRIG was originally designed to infiltrate stormwater runoff from Issaquah Highlands into the groundwater system. Completion of the two capital projects discussed in this agenda bill enable fulfillment of the 2014 agreement.

Roll call:

Moved by BETTISE · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

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

Cemetery Fee Increase, Amending IMC 2.20.040 Postpone Indefinitely AB 7723

Carried 7-0

packet pp.233–238

Topics: Land UseBudget

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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 BETTISE · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

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

Amending IMC 18.06 to Prohibit New Duplexes or Cluster Development in Single-Family Suburban (SF-S) Zoning District AB 7725

Carried 7-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.239–279

Topics: Land Use

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Feb 28, 2019

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Staff report:

City code allows for cluster housing development if certain criteria are met (IMC 18.07.420). The intent of the cluster housing provision is to achieve the maximum allowable density on developable land while preserving critical areas and other pervious surfaces through lot size reduction. This is achieved by allowing development such as zero lot line units, manufactured homes, duplexes, triplexes and fourplex units.

Roll call:

Moved by BETTISE · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

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

8. REGULAR BUSINESS

Finance Consultant Services AB 7770

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.307–309

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Staff report:

The State Auditor's Office (SAO) recently completed the City of Issaquah's annual financial audit for 2017. For the fourth consecutive year, the SAO issued a finding, noting that "The City's controls over financial statement preparation were inadequate to ensure accurate and complete financial reporting." While this finding is serious, it is important to note that the SAO has found no evidence of fraud or misappropriation or loss of funds. This is an issue concerning technical processes.

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE

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

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:15 ↗ welcome everyone my name is tole marks

0:18 ↗ I'm Misaka a city council president and

0:20 ↗ I'm going to call the April first

0:21 ↗ regular City Council meeting to order

0:23 ↗ mayor Polly is not here at least for the

0:26 ↗ moment she is in Olympia looking out for

0:31 ↗ us and may be back later in the evening

0:33 ↗ at this point I would like to ask the

0:36 ↗ council and I'd like to ask those of you

0:39 ↗ to join the council myself in the Pledge

0:41 ↗ of Allegiance

1:02 ↗ thank you the first item on the agenda

1:08 ↗ is an item of special business it's ID 0

1:11 ↗ for 3 for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

1:14 ↗ Proclamation and at this point I would

1:17 ↗ like to invite King County sexual

1:18 ↗ assault Resource Center board member in

1:21 ↗ Issaquah resident sandy to plate to the

1:23 ↗ to the lectern to receive the

1:25 ↗ proclamation

1:41 ↗ whereas sexual assault awareness month

1:43 ↗ calls attention to the fact that sexual

1:46 ↗ violence is widespread and impacts every

1:48 ↗ person in this community and whereas in

1:50 ↗ Washington State forty five percent of

1:52 ↗ women and twenty-two percent of men

1:54 ↗ report having experienced sexual

1:55 ↗ violence in their lifetime and whereas

1:58 ↗ demand for services at the King County

2:00 ↗ sexual assault Resource Center jumped 19

2:02 ↗ percent last year reflecting a cultural

2:04 ↗ shift that is taking place that has

2:06 ↗ prompted many survivors who have

2:07 ↗ remained silent to now speak up and

2:10 ↗ think to help seek the help they need to

2:11 ↗ heal and whereas nationally one in five

2:14 ↗ children under 18 are sexually abused

2:17 ↗ and in King County last year of the four

2:19 ↗ thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight

2:20 ↗ individuals served by King County sexual

2:23 ↗ assault Resource Center half were

2:25 ↗ children and whereas working together to

2:27 ↗ educate our community about sexual

2:29 ↗ violence supporting survivors when they

2:31 ↗ come forward speaking out against

2:33 ↗ harmful attitudes and actions and

2:36 ↗ engaging in best practice sexual

2:38 ↗ violence prevention work helps end

2:40 ↗ sexual violence now therefore the city

2:43 ↗ of Issaquah does hereby proclaim August

2:45 ↗ 2019 to be sexual assault awareness

2:48 ↗ month in the city of Issaquah and we

2:50 ↗ encourage all citizens to join in the

2:51 ↗ special observance and join advocates

2:54 ↗ and communities across King County in

2:55 ↗ taking actions percent prevent sexual

2:58 ↗ violence a witness ware of Mayor Polly

3:00 ↗ has here and to set her hand and seal of

3:03 ↗ the city of Issaquah this first day of

3:04 ↗ April 2019

3:12 ↗ hello everyone Thank You mayor Paul even

3:15 ↗ though you're not here and council

3:16 ↗ members and residents my name is sandy

3:20 ↗ do pledge and I have been a board member

3:21 ↗ with King County sexual assault Resource

3:23 ↗ Center for over five years now and I've

3:26 ↗ supported the organization for probably

3:29 ↗ close to 15 I think you know the

3:32 ↗ statistics that you cited thank you very

3:34 ↗ much there another staggering one in

3:36 ↗ four girls and one in six boys before

3:39 ↗ the age of 18 will suffer some form of

3:42 ↗ sexual assault in their lifetime and

3:44 ↗ it's it's shocking to me as a mother of

3:46 ↗ three that we even have to deal with

3:50 ↗ this in our communities so you know if

3:52 ↗ you think about there are over 60% of

3:55 ↗ all sexual assault cases go unreported

3:57 ↗ of the ones that are reported only 1%

4:00 ↗ actually are prosecuted clearly more

4:04 ↗ needs to be done about this issue and

4:06 ↗ more awareness needs needs to be made

4:08 ↗ the way that we can help the way that

4:11 ↗ you can make a difference is to port the

4:13 ↗ support King County social assault

4:15 ↗ Resource Center in all of their

4:17 ↗ endeavors they provide legal advocacy

4:20 ↗ they provide counseling services not

4:23 ↗ only for victims but also for their

4:26 ↗ families they provide prevention and

4:28 ↗ training in our schools they can come

4:31 ↗ out to any of our school schools in this

4:33 ↗ area to provide prevention offering so

4:36 ↗ it's really important that we as a

4:38 ↗ community embrace this organization and

4:41 ↗ thank them for all the great work that

4:43 ↗ they do so thank you again we appreciate

4:45 ↗ the recognition and I will take this

4:48 ↗ back to my board on Wednesday thank you

4:50 ↗ thank you so much sandy we really

4:52 ↗ appreciate really appreciate you being

4:54 ↗ here this evening the next item on our

4:57 ↗ agenda is ID 0 for 3/8 Puget Sound

5:00 ↗ Regional Council vision 2050 tonight

5:04 ↗ council will be receiving an

5:06 ↗ informational presentation on vision

5:07 ↗ 2050 from the PSR Sea vision vision 2050

5:11 ↗ will be the long-range growth management

5:13 ↗ environmental economic and

5:14 ↗ transportation strategy for the central

5:16 ↗ Puget Sound region this is the first of

5:18 ↗ three council touch points on the draft

5:20 ↗ vision 2050

5:21 ↗ I'd like to divide economic and

5:23 ↗ development services director Keith

5:24 ↗ Niven to the lectern Thank You mayor

5:26 ↗ pro-tem arts

5:28 ↗ good evening City Council I am going to

5:33 ↗ simply introduce miss Erica Harris from

5:37 ↗ Puget Sound Regional Council and alumna

5:40 ↗ of Liberty High School and Eric is going

5:43 ↗ to lead you guys through presentation of

5:47 ↗ the draft EIS EIS and the three

5:51 ↗ preferred alternatives they're being

5:52 ↗ considered at this point and I'll come

5:54 ↗ back good evening thank you for having

6:00 ↗ me here and very importantly I've been

6:02 ↗ in many as a class that my days pray

6:04 ↗ it's so let me make sure I know how to

6:08 ↗ do this okay I think you probably know a

6:13 ↗ bit about vision 2040 already I worked

6:17 ↗ with Trish to make sure that your

6:20 ↗ regional growth center was designated a

6:22 ↗ couple of years ago and I appreciated

6:24 ↗ all of your work and getting that plan

6:26 ↗ together that central plan was really

6:29 ↗ impressive and so after going through

6:32 ↗ that process you probably know that

6:33 ↗ vision 2040 is our integrated regional

6:36 ↗ plan for sustainability some of the

6:40 ↗ goals are to protect our environment

6:43 ↗ including our farms and forests to focus

6:47 ↗ growth in our urban area and more

6:51 ↗ specifically our centers and regional

6:53 ↗ growth centers vision 2040 has multi

6:57 ↗ county planning policies and a regional

6:59 ↗ growth strategy and that's right

7:01 ↗ strategy is a framework it's not where

7:05 ↗ we set targets it's a more general

7:08 ↗ framework to provide some guidance on

7:11 ↗ that for the countywide groups to

7:12 ↗ actually set those growth targets that's

7:15 ↗ something that sometimes helpful to get

7:17 ↗ more specific about

7:19 ↗ but now we need to plan for 2050 so we

7:23 ↗ know from some of the forecasting work

7:25 ↗ that we've done we're going to expect

7:27 ↗ another 1.8 million more people in the

7:30 ↗ region by 2050 and 1.2 million more jobs

7:37 ↗ so we have quite a bit of work ahead of

7:39 ↗ us we also know that the region will

7:43 ↗ become older

7:45 ↗ more diverse and they've been smaller

7:47 ↗ households so that also has planning

7:50 ↗ implications a bit about the process I'm

7:55 ↗ actually talking to talk to you more

7:56 ↗ today about the alternatives that are in

7:59 ↗ the supplemental environmental impact

8:01 ↗ state and the draft and in this process

8:05 ↗ we actually our growth management policy

8:08 ↗ board selected alternatives to go into

8:10 ↗ the draft so that we could gather the

8:13 ↗ environmental information and make a

8:15 ↗ good solid recommendation for a

8:18 ↗ preferred alternative that will go into

8:20 ↗ the draft vision plan and we expect that

8:22 ↗ to come out this summer so that will

8:25 ↗ have a preferred alternative and the

8:26 ↗ multi County planning policies and those

8:29 ↗ multi County planning policies in part

8:31 ↗ provide mitigation for growth so they

8:34 ↗ have environmental policies and housing

8:39 ↗ policies so so as we see what the

8:42 ↗ impacts of growth are we can develop new

8:45 ↗ policies that might go into the document

8:47 ↗ so right now we're at the draft phase of

8:50 ↗ the SDI yes we're gathering comments

8:52 ↗ I'll get a little bit more into that but

8:54 ↗ we'll select a peripheral our board will

8:57 ↗ select a preferred alternative in the

9:01 ↗ next couple of months and then we'll

9:02 ↗ have a draft plan out throughout the

9:05 ↗ summer and we would like to get comments

9:08 ↗ from folks at that point and then by

9:10 ↗ next spring is when we're planning to

9:12 ↗ adopt vision 2050 so we did have a

9:17 ↗ scoping process last year and we heard

9:21 ↗ quite a few things one of the top

9:24 ↗ concerns was affordable housing we heard

9:28 ↗ that we wanted the regional growth

9:31 ↗ strategy to be that

9:32 ↗ a bowl that also still have the same

9:36 ↗ goals with protecting our open space and

9:39 ↗ farms and forest lands and focusing

9:41 ↗ growth their urban unincorporated areas

9:44 ↗ are are problematic for some areas so

9:47 ↗ they wanted to make sure that we have

9:50 ↗ some focus on that as well as some some

9:54 ↗ more policies on implementation so the

9:58 ↗ alternatives the growth management

10:01 ↗ policy board selected three alternatives

10:03 ↗ last fall the first one or I'm sorry

10:07 ↗ I'll just go generally over the regional

10:09 ↗ growth strategy so it's kind of some of

10:12 ↗ the same things as the general vision

10:15 ↗ 2050 plan and it's really tried to

10:19 ↗ support our regional growth centers

10:22 ↗ moving towards a jobs housing balance

10:25 ↗ protect some of those lands are

10:27 ↗ important to us like farms and forests

10:28 ↗ and make sure that we connect our cities

10:32 ↗ with good transit so these are the three

10:37 ↗ alternatives

10:38 ↗ the first one is stay the course and

10:41 ↗ this is our no action alternative it's

10:42 ↗ required by FIFA and it does have a

10:47 ↗ compact growth focus mostly in core and

10:52 ↗ metropolitan cities Issaquah in 24

10:56 ↗ envision 2040 was a larger City but

10:58 ↗ because you now have a growth center

11:00 ↗ you'll be a core city and it also puts a

11:06 ↗ lot of growth in

11:11 ↗ sorry the metropolitan cities Seattle

11:14 ↗ Bellevue Everett Bremerton and Tacoma

11:16 ↗ and transit focus growth is the second

11:20 ↗ alternative that explicitly puts 75% of

11:24 ↗ jobs and housing growth in high-capacity

11:27 ↗ transit station areas so those are light

11:30 ↗ rail commuter rail ferries and bus rapid

11:34 ↗ transit so there'll be less this has the

11:37 ↗ least amount of growth in the rural and

11:40 ↗ unincorporated areas and areas without

11:41 ↗ high-capacity transit and it as far as

11:45 ↗ environmental impacts which I know you

11:47 ↗ received some information on that you

11:50 ↗ can look at that later but it does

11:52 ↗ perform best on most land use

11:54 ↗ transportation and environmental

11:56 ↗ measures the third is sort of the other

12:00 ↗ bookend with state of course being more

12:03 ↗ in the middle

12:04 ↗ transit focused Oz one on reset urban

12:07 ↗ growth is kind of on the other end it

12:09 ↗ does have some focused growth in

12:13 ↗ metropolitan and core cities but it does

12:14 ↗ disperse more population employment

12:17 ↗ growth within the urban growth area so

12:20 ↗ it's a more dispersed alternative and it

12:24 ↗ does perform less well on those

12:26 ↗ environmental and transportation

12:28 ↗ measures however it does have less

12:32 ↗ displacement risk it puts less growth in

12:34 ↗ areas of high displacement risk that was

12:36 ↗ one area that we heard was important to

12:38 ↗ look at so displacement risk is

12:41 ↗ something we should consider for all the

12:44 ↗ alternatives but that one this one does

12:46 ↗ a little bit better with that so how to

12:51 ↗ comment we'd love to get comments from

12:54 ↗ anyone if you want to provide comments

12:57 ↗ as a city I think that that's what

12:59 ↗ you're looking at now so we especially

13:01 ↗ would appreciate any comments how you

13:04 ↗ fill out the alternatives and

13:06 ↗ specifically reasons why because we

13:08 ↗ might consider it hybrid alternative so

13:10 ↗ putting elements of the three

13:13 ↗ alternatives together so getting to know

13:15 ↗ that why is important the compy read is

13:18 ↗ open through April 29th and there's more

13:21 ↗ information on that web

13:22 ↗ right there and I think you got pretty

13:24 ↗ much all of the executive summary so

13:26 ↗ that would be really helpful to look at

13:28 ↗ so again we are at this draft EIS

13:34 ↗ process and and the actual vision 2050

13:37 ↗ draft plan will come out in in in

13:41 ↗ probably July with the multi County

13:44 ↗ planning policies at that point and

13:46 ↗ that's a point where it's best to

13:48 ↗ comment on those formally that's what I

13:54 ↗ have for you for the alternatives are

13:56 ↗ there any questions for Erica before and

13:59 ↗ I am gonna have Keith come back up and

14:01 ↗ talk a little bit about our process

14:02 ↗ beyond today but questions for Erica

14:06 ↗ councilmember winter Stein I think you

14:09 ↗ told and Thank You Erica for being here

14:11 ↗ Erica there's an important concept of

14:13 ↗ the high transit communities that is

14:17 ↗ part of alternative number two I think

14:20 ↗ it's very important and how it how it's

14:22 ↗ different than focusing growth just in

14:24 ↗ the regional centers per the current

14:26 ↗ vision also known as no action

14:28 ↗ alternative in the EIS could you could

14:32 ↗ you just describe for everybody you know

14:33 ↗ what is those those transit communities

14:36 ↗ and how they're different especially

14:37 ↗ where their place may be relative to

14:39 ↗ growth centers today they're more

14:42 ↗ dispersed and they don't have to be

14:43 ↗ within an urban center it's really

14:45 ↗ focusing the idea is any transit hub

14:48 ↗ that's wherever that may be regardless

14:51 ↗ if its proximity to a regional growth

14:53 ↗ center did you speak for that that's

14:56 ↗ right and one reason there is interested

14:59 ↗ in this is because we know that link

15:01 ↗ light rail is going up to Everett and

15:03 ↗ there were some transit station areas

15:06 ↗ within an incorporates to hamish County

15:08 ↗ and a lot of people thought that that

15:10 ↗ would be a lost opportunity if they

15:12 ↗ didn't plan I mean a robust way around

15:15 ↗ those transit station areas so it is a

15:18 ↗ half a mile transit station area is

15:20 ↗ considered a half a mile within a light

15:23 ↗ rail station a sounder commuter rail

15:26 ↗ station ferry terminal that's the urban

15:30 ↗ ferry terminals and then half a mile

15:32 ↗ around bus rapid transit stations so it

15:35 ↗ is

15:36 ↗ there are more of those are quite a few

15:38 ↗ than regional growth centers but it does

15:41 ↗ include that that transit focus growth

15:44 ↗ alternate it also does put a lot of

15:47 ↗ growth into the regional growth centers

15:48 ↗ as well that help Thank You

15:53 ↗ councilmember hunt so I had two

15:57 ↗ questions one is how were these the

16:00 ↗ alternatives that were decided on of all

16:03 ↗ the possible alternatives we we actually

16:08 ↗ started out with a lot of ideas and as

16:11 ↗ our board discussed these various ideas

16:15 ↗ we kind of came down to some of these

16:18 ↗ organizing concepts and even their

16:20 ↗ regional geographies changed a little

16:23 ↗ bit we we don't even have we're not

16:25 ↗ looking at larger cities anymore we're

16:27 ↗ looking at high-capacity transit

16:29 ↗ communities so it was a conversation

16:31 ↗ with our growth board as far as trying

16:34 ↗ to you know get down to these three

16:37 ↗ alternatives the state of course is

16:39 ↗ required by SEPA but we really wanted to

16:42 ↗ have bookends so one that was more

16:44 ↗ focused and one that was a little bit

16:46 ↗ less focused so that we could understand

16:48 ↗ what the impacts were to transportation

16:52 ↗ or the environment when you focus more

16:54 ↗ or less so I would say we did have some

16:58 ↗ interest on both sides but I think will

17:01 ↗ be more telling when we get the comment

17:04 ↗ letters back with who is interested in

17:06 ↗ one or who is more interested in the

17:07 ↗ other and then how does how does

17:11 ↗ monitoring or tracking of how individual

17:16 ↗ jurisdictions actually carry out these

17:18 ↗ plans how does that process work

17:20 ↗ probably on several levels we do have a

17:24 ↗ data group that kind of monitors growth

17:26 ↗ and transportation measures but we also

17:31 ↗ have our comprehensive plans that we

17:34 ↗ review so we look at we actually have a

17:38 ↗ very thorough review of comprehensive

17:40 ↗ plans and that's also required by the

17:43 ↗ growth Management Act that we do that

17:45 ↗ and we certify them so that there's

17:47 ↗ eligibility for transportation funds

17:49 ↗ but we look at consistency with her

17:52 ↗ multi-county planning policies with the

17:55 ↗ regional growth strategy and

17:56 ↗ transportation or a regional

17:58 ↗ transportation plan and then GMA

18:00 ↗ requirements so once we have our

18:02 ↗ framework then the countywide group will

18:06 ↗ actually select targets for each city

18:08 ↗ and then at that point the city needs to

18:12 ↗ make sure that they have the land for

18:16 ↗ the growth target and so we actually

18:20 ↗ look at that when we certify

18:21 ↗ comprehensive plans is to make sure that

18:24 ↗ there's enough growth for that growth

18:25 ↗ target so that that's another way to to

18:28 ↗ make sure things are consistent and that

18:30 ↗ you know we're a transportation planning

18:32 ↗ organization so we make sense that we

18:35 ↗ want to Trant you know provide

18:37 ↗ transportation for the plan to growth

18:42 ↗ that comes with deputy president batiste

18:45 ↗ thank you for your presentation this

18:47 ↗ evening I'm wondering you you mentioned

18:49 ↗ that when you're getting feedback from

18:52 ↗ the cities that there might even be

18:54 ↗ hybrid alternatives have there art

18:55 ↗ already been has already been some

18:59 ↗ discussion around hybrids and was it

19:01 ↗ just between these three options there's

19:05 ↗ only been very general discussions I

19:08 ↗ think we're also just gathering more

19:10 ↗ information on capacity and making sure

19:14 ↗ that that 75% for the transit focus

19:17 ↗ growth actually makes sense and that it

19:19 ↗ can be accomplished so things like that

19:22 ↗ we're getting additional data but we

19:23 ↗ haven't heard specifics yet from the

19:26 ↗ board on what else they would like to

19:28 ↗ see different okay thank you other

19:31 ↗ questions America thank you so much I

19:35 ↗ really appreciate you being here thank

19:36 ↗ you

19:37 ↗ so director Niven if you could just give

19:41 ↗ us the brief where does this fit into

19:44 ↗ the overall conversation around the

19:47 ↗ city's response on the the SE is SDI yes

19:56 ↗ okay so so what we've kind of put

20:00 ↗ together is kind of three touch points

20:02 ↗ for the for the council here in April

20:06 ↗ tonight was really just kind of a

20:09 ↗ presentation to get you guys starting to

20:14 ↗ think about these three alternatives

20:15 ↗ whatever discussion happens tonight and

20:19 ↗ then on April 8th at your work session

20:23 ↗ there will be an agenda item which will

20:25 ↗ invite public comment so if the public

20:29 ↗ and we've been kind of reaching out to

20:32 ↗ our Commission's and letting them know

20:34 ↗ that this opportunity is coming on the

20:36 ↗ 8th so hopefully there'll be some folks

20:38 ↗ that might want to give you some

20:40 ↗ comments on the alternatives on the 8th

20:42 ↗ and then we're going to come back

20:44 ↗ together on the 15th where we'll talk

20:49 ↗ about the three alternatives a little

20:51 ↗ bit more in detail and hopefully arrive

20:55 ↗ at a preferred alternative or

20:57 ↗ combination of the two if that's the way

20:59 ↗ that works out and then the other

21:00 ↗ conversation point on the 15th will be

21:03 ↗ to kind of test the council's appetite

21:06 ↗ for whether you want to talk about some

21:09 ↗ of the draft policies that are coming

21:10 ↗ with the updated plan those are going

21:13 ↗ through GMP B right now and as Erica

21:16 ↗ mentioned those would be probably day

21:19 ↗ lighted sometime this summer but as GMP

21:25 ↗ B is working through them there are

21:27 ↗ draft edited policies and action items

21:30 ↗ that are kind of surfacing at this time

21:32 ↗ and whether the council would want to

21:35 ↗ have a bigger conversation about those

21:38 ↗ in may/june we would want to maybe get

21:41 ↗ some direction on that so we would know

21:43 ↗ how much work to put into this in May

21:46 ↗ and June so that's what we've kind of

21:48 ↗ set out so far

21:50 ↗ any questions for director Niven that's

21:54 ↗ member hunt in our in our documentation

21:58 ↗ that was provided one of the there was a

22:00 ↗ number of changes that would affect our

22:05 ↗ tailored towards our city but how it

22:07 ↗ would affect cities based on the

22:10 ↗ different alternatives and one change

22:13 ↗ that I noticed was that there was

22:14 ↗ increased impacts of the transit focused

22:17 ↗ growth option on risk of displacement

22:19 ↗ and so I wondered if you could talk

22:21 ↗ about that one it seems that that was

22:23 ↗ one of the few where there was an arrow

22:26 ↗ in the in the wrong direction for that

22:30 ↗ option for our city sure and I'm gonna

22:33 ↗ give you my take and erican can let me

22:36 ↗ know if I guessed wrong so you know part

22:39 ↗ of the transit focused alternative has

22:43 ↗ an expectation that you're going to

22:45 ↗ increase densities around transit hubs

22:49 ↗ and most cities those locations are

22:55 ↗ currently occupied by something they

22:58 ↗ might be occupied by older less dense

23:01 ↗ housing that would probably be removed

23:06 ↗ and replaced with something that would

23:09 ↗ be potentially at a higher density and

23:11 ↗ that housing would probably come at a

23:15 ↗ higher cost than what's there now and so

23:18 ↗ those folks that may live and this is

23:21 ↗ not this is actually not what we have

23:25 ↗ here because of where our transit

23:28 ↗ facilities are located but in other

23:30 ↗ cities I'm assuming that's what what

23:33 ↗ their analysis showed is that you

23:36 ↗ basically take out for example maybe a

23:38 ↗ two-story apartment building that might

23:40 ↗ be within walking distance of a transit

23:43 ↗ hub because the plan calls for increased

23:47 ↗ density in that location you'd replace

23:49 ↗ it by maybe an eight story or ten-story

23:51 ↗ apartment building but what happens is

23:54 ↗ those people living there are displaced

23:56 ↗ and then that housing that comes back in

23:59 ↗ unless it's somehow subsidized by the

24:02 ↗ local government it will probably be at

24:03 ↗ a higher price

24:04 ↗ than what was there previously because

24:06 ↗ it's older and lower density so that

24:09 ↗ displacement piece happens through

24:11 ↗ basically redevelopment opportunities

24:13 ↗ around the transit centers any other

24:20 ↗ questions for dr. Niven thank you so

24:23 ↗ much we appreciate it thank you very

24:24 ↗ much the administrator would you have

24:27 ↗ anything to add to this right now nope

24:30 ↗ we are moving on to audience comments we

24:34 ↗ have I'm sorry some literature Tom which

24:39 ↗ I will hand to the city clerk thank you

24:45 ↗ so much we're moving to audience

24:48 ↗ comments audience members may address

24:50 ↗ the council at this time the guideline

24:52 ↗ for public participation are displayed

24:56 ↗ on the screen and please limit comments

25:00 ↗ to 5-minutes those who are signed up

25:03 ↗ will be called forward first if you did

25:05 ↗ not sign up I will ask for other

25:07 ↗ speakers before closing this portion of

25:09 ↗ the meeting so don't panic if you're not

25:11 ↗ signed in if you are part if you're here

25:13 ↗ as part of a group please feel free to

25:15 ↗ identify a spokesperson for your group

25:16 ↗ and we generally ask that if you want to

25:19 ↗ show support for a given speaker to

25:22 ↗ raise your hand so we know who who in

25:23 ↗ the audience is particularly resonating

25:25 ↗ on that issue so has anyone signed up to

25:31 ↗ speak this evening yes John Folse strim

25:44 ↗ good evening my name is John Falls from

25:47 ↗ my wife Kerri and I live at 885 seventh

25:51 ↗ Avenue Northwest and have lived in the

25:53 ↗ city for over 50 years in that time

25:56 ↗ we've seen is a quiet transition from a

25:58 ↗ quiet rural town to a city filling with

26:01 ↗ high-rise apartment buildings and

26:03 ↗ traffic congestion rivaling that of

26:04 ↗ major metropolitan cities I'm here

26:07 ↗ tonight to discuss a traffic situation

26:09 ↗ occurring on my Street 7th Avenue

26:12 ↗ Northwest between Juniper and Holly

26:14 ↗ streets 7th Avenue has become a shortcut

26:18 ↗ for vehicles seeking to circumvent the

26:20 ↗ backups at juniper and Newport Way often

26:23 ↗ it seems vehicles try to see how fast

26:25 ↗ they can go and treat our street as a

26:27 ↗ personal drag strip as they race down

26:29 ↗ the street over the past couple of years

26:33 ↗ my neighbors and I have noticed a

26:35 ↗ significant increase in the number of

26:36 ↗ vehicles and the often excessive speed

26:40 ↗ of those vehicles as they pass our

26:42 ↗ residences this has become a safety

26:44 ↗ concern as well as a quality of life

26:46 ↗ impact on our neighborhood 7th Avenue

26:49 ↗ Northwest is a narrow 30 feet

26:52 ↗ edge-to-edge Street with parking on both

26:55 ↗ sides with 15 driveways that back out

26:58 ↗ onto 7th Avenue

27:00 ↗ it is also within two blocks of Issaquah

27:03 ↗ Valley elementary school we and our

27:05 ↗ neighbors have experienced many near

27:07 ↗ misses and often must wait for

27:09 ↗ shortcutting vehicles to speed past

27:11 ↗ before we can safely back out of our

27:13 ↗ driveways I've attempted to work with

27:15 ↗ the city staff to determine steps that

27:18 ↗ could be taken to mitigate our concerns

27:20 ↗ I was told that the traffic calming

27:22 ↗ program was a possible option the staff

27:26 ↗ did a traffic study last month in March

27:31 ↗ and forwarded me the results I was told

27:34 ↗ that our residential street does not

27:36 ↗ meet the criteria for traffic calming

27:38 ↗ then I needed to take this issue up with

27:40 ↗ you the council for possible changes to

27:42 ↗ the policy in the eight-day traffic

27:46 ↗ count there were nearly her there were

27:47 ↗ 60 680 vehicle trips on this to block

27:52 ↗ section of 7th Avenue

27:54 ↗ and of those 46% we're exceeding the

27:58 ↗ speed limit the fastest vehicle recorded

28:02 ↗ was traveling at over 70 miles an hour

28:05 ↗ many of the speeding vehicles were

28:07 ↗ recorded during school hours when the

28:09 ↗ speed limit is 20 miles per hour in the

28:11 ↗ school zone I'd like to point out a

28:14 ↗ couple of sections from the city's

28:17 ↗ documents that were given to me one is

28:20 ↗ the neighborhood traffic calming program

28:22 ↗ in the executive summary section 3.1

28:26 ↗ transportation vision it stated the

28:28 ↗ program is designed to retain the

28:30 ↗ positive attributes and quality of life

28:32 ↗ associated with livable neighborhoods in

28:36 ↗ this section the city acknowledges that

28:39 ↗ with increased development and traffic

28:41 ↗ congestion there is an increased

28:43 ↗ tendency for traffic to cut through

28:45 ↗ residential neighborhood areas causing a

28:48 ↗ decrease in the positive attributes and

28:50 ↗ quality of life also quoted in that

28:54 ↗ section in addition this cut through

28:58 ↗ traffic

28:58 ↗ typically travels at higher speeds than

29:00 ↗ is accessible or is acceptable within

29:03 ↗ residential neighborhoods in section

29:06 ↗ five point one of the city's

29:08 ↗ comprehensive plan there are some

29:10 ↗ definitions of collector streets and

29:12 ↗ local access streets both of those

29:15 ↗ subsections talk about creating little

29:18 ↗ through traffic and just to provide

29:21 ↗ movement within the neighborhood's

29:23 ↗ directing traffic to the arterioles in

29:26 ↗ section 14 of the comp plan identifies

29:29 ↗ one of the goals of the transportation

29:31 ↗ element to facilitate safe and efficient

29:34 ↗ access and mobility of traffic and

29:36 ↗ people section t1 land use establishes a

29:40 ↗ policy T dash 1.1 residential character

29:43 ↗ preserve the character of residential

29:46 ↗ neighborhoods by establishing maximum

29:47 ↗ allowable traffic volumes on residential

29:50 ↗ streets that are substantially lower

29:52 ↗ than traditional engineering methods

29:55 ↗ would indicate in order to provide safe

29:58 ↗ local access

30:00 ↗ in policy CF 1.6 talks about

30:04 ↗ prioritizing capital improvements to

30:08 ↗ maximize public safety in the traffic

30:12 ↗ calming program objectives it talks

30:14 ↗ about one of the objectives is to slow

30:17 ↗ traffic speeds for motor vehicles to

30:20 ↗ create safer streets and to reduce the

30:22 ↗ need for police enforcement along with

30:24 ↗ several other sections in that we and

30:26 ↗ our neighbors we and our neighbors are

30:29 ↗ concerned that both the numbers of

30:30 ↗ vehicles along with their speeds are a

30:32 ↗ recipe for disaster

30:34 ↗ we would like to see the installation of

30:37 ↗ speed bumps to reduce the speeds as well

30:40 ↗ as permanent reduction to the speed

30:41 ↗ limit to 20 miles per hour and posted as

30:44 ↗ local access only as deterrence to both

30:47 ↗ reduce speeds and encourage traffic to

30:50 ↗ utilize arterial streets designed to

30:51 ↗ facilitate that traffic flow growth is

30:54 ↗ inevitable but significant consideration

30:57 ↗ must be given to life safety and the

30:59 ↗ quality of life for those of us that

31:01 ↗ call this a flower home thank you thank

31:04 ↗ you for your comments is anyone else

31:06 ↗ signed up yes David Kepler

31:18 ↗ good evening David Kepler 255 southeast

31:21 ↗ Andrews Street I came to just talk about

31:23 ↗ one item but now it's three but I'll be

31:25 ↗ quick adjacent what is adjacent mean the

31:28 ↗ discussion at the Committee of the

31:29 ↗ council about adjacent to future cell

31:36 ↗ phone tower or cell phone antenna

31:39 ↗ situation on an existing poll kind of

31:42 ↗ talked about nearby and adjacent meant

31:44 ↗ nearby and it would include people but

31:47 ↗ if you talk to more people and ask what

31:50 ↗ does adjacent mean they mean right next

31:52 ↗ to it and that could be very limiting as

31:55 ↗ to who is exactly next to a certain poll

31:58 ↗ so please consider something that it

32:02 ↗ clarifies what adjacent means in this

32:05 ↗ case or use 100 feet displacement risk

32:10 ↗ was a new term and I can imagine I mean

32:15 ↗ we're seeing we don't need a whole

32:17 ↗ Transit Center just be close to a 554

32:21 ↗ stop and we're gonna see the housing

32:24 ↗ upgrade rents go up and that's that's

32:27 ↗ that's America but how we deal with that

32:31 ↗ is going to be interesting I cut I was

32:33 ↗ thinking of what about Beacon Hill I've

32:35 ↗ been under it many times where the

32:36 ↗ housing has changed but I've never

32:39 ↗ actually seen above-ground Beacon Hill

32:41 ↗ where the where that is changing I'm

32:44 ↗ sure that those little Beacon Hill

32:46 ↗ houses have become if they're just

32:49 ↗ stayed as houses have become much more

32:51 ↗ expensive or they are coming down and

32:54 ↗ bigger buildings are being built right

32:55 ↗ there at the top of Beacon Hill because

32:57 ↗ it's right there below above the the

33:01 ↗ train traffic calming is pretty cheap if

33:05 ↗ we do it if you spend a lot of staff

33:08 ↗ time doing the studies and all that we

33:10 ↗ did for my neighborhood it starts

33:14 ↗ running the bills up if we're talking

33:16 ↗ about some of those speed humps and some

33:19 ↗ signage doesn't cost a lot and could be

33:22 ↗ a good solution to other neighborhoods

33:25 ↗ beyond mine which it's been very

33:28 ↗ successful my

33:29 ↗ all right everybody I've really amazed

33:32 ↗ at how positive people are about it

33:34 ↗ thank you thank you for your comments is

33:36 ↗ there anyone else find it yes Chris pet

33:40 ↗ sold

33:53 ↗ hi my name is Chris petaled and I live

33:57 ↗ at 1934 northeast Kenyan Court and it's

34:01 ↗ a crime a homeowner there for over ten

34:03 ↗ years and I'm here to speak in support

34:06 ↗ of the resolution tonight condemning

34:08 ↗ racism discrimination and related acts

34:11 ↗ of violence as we've seen white

34:15 ↗ nationalism on the rise in our area

34:17 ↗ across the country and around the world

34:18 ↗ it's truly our responsibility to fight

34:22 ↗ against it in whatever capacity we have

34:25 ↗ on the Friday after the terrorist attack

34:28 ↗ in New Zealand a couple weeks ago I

34:30 ↗ stood in front of the mosque in

34:32 ↗ Sammamish as people were arriving for

34:35 ↗ Friday prayers I held this sign out

34:39 ↗ there and it says Love Wins and it must

34:43 ↗ in it and it does we must do whatever we

34:47 ↗ can in this case as a city to say that

34:50 ↗ Love Wins love will always win over hate

34:54 ↗ as dr. Martin Luther King jr. said in

34:57 ↗ his sermon in the 50s and later in his

34:59 ↗ book strength to love darkness cannot

35:02 ↗ drive out darkness only light can do

35:06 ↗ that and hate cannot drive out hate only

35:09 ↗ love can do that please support this

35:13 ↗ resolution tonight and thank you very

35:15 ↗ much for your time thank you for your

35:18 ↗ good yes are you sure speak

35:32 ↗ hi my name is Aisha Shafiq I am I live

35:37 ↗ at 2 0 1 9 to 16th Avenue southeast

35:39 ↗ Sammamish I for 2017-2018 I was a part

35:45 ↗ of the board of directors for the

35:46 ↗ Sammamish mosque which serves the Muslim

35:48 ↗ community in Sammamish in Issaquah and

35:51 ↗ I'm currently helping to administrate

35:54 ↗ the Sunday school program over there so

35:57 ↗ I'm here to in support of the resolution

36:00 ↗ you're considering on non-discrimination

36:02 ↗ I'd like to thank that it's a Quest City

36:05 ↗ Council for considering this

36:06 ↗ non-discrimination resolution since the

36:09 ↗ 2016 elections friends and members of

36:11 ↗ our community have all been aware of a

36:13 ↗ greater number of hate crimes and hate

36:14 ↗ speech people are aware of the

36:17 ↗ statistics but I'd like to talk about a

36:18 ↗ personal incident with my sister when

36:22 ↗ she was a victim to one of these hate

36:24 ↗ crimes in December 2016 while she was

36:27 ↗ working the closing shift at Subway

36:29 ↗ kahani when most of the surrounding

36:30 ↗ stores had already closed for the night

36:32 ↗ she had a sole customer who began to

36:35 ↗ make steadily increasing misogynistic

36:37 ↗ comments while placing his food order

36:38 ↗ when he was paying his bill he couldn't

36:41 ↗ get his card reader to read his card so

36:42 ↗ she reached over to try to help him push

36:45 ↗ it in and he swatted her and angrily and

36:47 ↗ started to spew curses and his you know

36:49 ↗ phobic comments at her which scared her

36:52 ↗ greatly he kept going until even after

36:56 ↗ she was ringing him up until she left

36:58 ↗ she was shaken and called the owner who

36:59 ↗ came over she went home and it wasn't

37:02 ↗ until morning that I found out what

37:03 ↗ happened in the morning I got the

37:06 ↗ non-emergency number from the police and

37:08 ↗ we call to report the incident but the

37:10 ↗ this is probably the incorrect word but

37:12 ↗ the dispatcher for who was on the phone

37:15 ↗ told us there was nothing she could do

37:16 ↗ and she didn't take a report she said

37:19 ↗ sure the guy was rude but it's not a

37:21 ↗ crime

37:21 ↗ I had thought any physical act

37:24 ↗ accompanied by intent of harm as assault

37:25 ↗ but the dispatcher dismissed it she also

37:30 ↗ stated that for the police to be

37:31 ↗ responsive my sister would have had to

37:33 ↗ call in one line while the guy was on

37:35 ↗ the premises because they were private

37:36 ↗ premises and keep them there until the

37:39 ↗ police arrived

37:40 ↗ she also suggested that my sister had no

37:42 ↗ excuse for not having called 9-1-1

37:43 ↗ immediately since she was old enough and

37:45 ↗ spoke English well my sister was quietly

37:48 ↗ crying listening to the call after I

37:50 ↗ hung up she told me she had considered

37:52 ↗ calling the police on the way home the

37:54 ↗ previous night but then she remembered

37:56 ↗ that aloof attitude of the officers who

37:57 ↗ had come to Subway before and she was

37:59 ↗ reluctant and scared to face that in her

38:02 ↗ current state and truly the dispatchers

38:05 ↗ response had done nothing to allay the

38:07 ↗ fear of how the authorities would

38:08 ↗ respond to discrimination as it happens

38:12 ↗ later that week in one of those courts

38:14 ↗ quirks of fate chief Michelle Bennett

38:17 ↗ was coming to Sammamish mosque as a

38:19 ↗ speaker Chief of Police

38:21 ↗ Michelle Bennett I told her about my

38:23 ↗ sister's experience and asked her what

38:25 ↗ the rules around ruling a hate crime or

38:26 ↗ hate speech were she told me quite

38:28 ↗ unequivocally that the guy sweating her

38:30 ↗ hand did constitute an assault and was

38:32 ↗ surprised at the report the to about the

38:35 ↗ dispatchers response over the

38:36 ↗ dispatchers response just that much

38:41 ↗ validation lifted a burden from my heart

38:43 ↗ furthermore after the event

38:44 ↗ chief Bennett made a point of calling me

38:46 ↗ over to give me her sergeant's phone

38:48 ↗ number to report the incident I can't

38:50 ↗ express how that moment reasserted my

38:51 ↗ faith in the system how much it made me

38:54 ↗ feel that I want to give back to the

38:55 ↗ community that was serving to protect us

38:57 ↗ how much I want my children to volunteer

38:59 ↗ for the city and community that

39:00 ↗ represented by chief Bennett was taking

39:02 ↗ special interests to ensure that our

39:04 ↗ wrong was made right sergeant Francis

39:06 ↗ made sure she reached me too after I'd

39:08 ↗ left her voicemail and took down the

39:09 ↗ details ever failed call to report the

39:11 ↗ incident they were able to obtain the

39:14 ↗ recording of the 911 non-emergency call

39:17 ↗ and I was told that the call had not

39:18 ↗ been handed appropriately and something

39:21 ↗ about a training issue she proceeded to

39:23 ↗ give us an appointment to come make the

39:24 ↗ report again this time as we talked to

39:26 ↗ an officer face-to-face the experience

39:28 ↗ was very different he was professional

39:30 ↗ to the point but his demeanor was

39:32 ↗ respectful he told my sister after

39:34 ↗ taking her statement that I'm sorry you

39:35 ↗ had to experience that I could see for

39:37 ↗ him expression what a difference that

39:39 ↗ simple statement made regardless of what

39:41 ↗ happened next it's a big thing having

39:44 ↗ faith at the community that is your home

39:46 ↗ is represented by authorities that will

39:47 ↗ support you I believe the police managed

39:50 ↗ to locate the guy in issue of a warning

39:51 ↗ but I know that just the act of

39:53 ↗ having the police take a concern

39:54 ↗ seriously had a profound effect on my

39:56 ↗ sister she had experienced not just show

39:58 ↗ that the authorities would stand against

40:00 ↗ such discriminatory acts and hate speech

40:01 ↗ this is a country of her birth her

40:04 ↗ college years and now the country where

40:05 ↗ she will raise her family it is empower

40:08 ↗ it is empowering to know that you belong

40:09 ↗ and that your community will look out

40:11 ↗ after you we are fortunate to live in a

40:14 ↗ multi-tier democracy with many checks

40:15 ↗ and balances even when the messaging

40:17 ↗ from one tier of government indicates

40:20 ↗ greater tolerance for prejudice other

40:22 ↗ branches and tiers of government can

40:24 ↗ counterbalance by reinserting the norms

40:25 ↗ that make this country so great and

40:27 ↗ truly the laws and norms espoused by the

40:30 ↗ government have a real effect on the

40:31 ↗ attitudes of the institutions and

40:33 ↗ citizens it represents thank you thank

40:37 ↗ you very much for your comments Samantha

40:40 ↗ going up for that is there anyone else

40:43 ↗ signed up this evening

40:44 ↗ yes Gregory Bush

40:55 ↗ good evening my name is Gregory Busch

40:57 ↗ I'm with wireless policy group and I'm

40:59 ↗ here tonight on behalf of AT&T our

41:01 ↗ offices are in Issaquah and I'm here to

41:05 ↗ speak to item 7 F on the agenda amending

41:07 ↗ IMC section 18 point 22 so I'll briefly

41:11 ↗ outline the issues AT&T sees in the

41:16 ↗ draft Code as described in our comment

41:18 ↗ letter submitted earlier today so in

41:21 ↗ brief the FCC order issued last year

41:25 ↗ regarding small cells requires all

41:27 ↗ authorizations to build and construct

41:30 ↗ wireless facilities to small wireless

41:32 ↗ facilities to be issued within the 60 to

41:34 ↗ 90 days shot clock as applicable so

41:37 ↗ that's the local jurisdiction may

41:39 ↗ approve or deny within those 60 to 90

41:41 ↗ days and any failure to issue such

41:45 ↗ authorizations creates a presumptive

41:46 ↗ unlawful prohibition of wireless

41:48 ↗ services so the way we see it is if the

41:53 ↗ authorizations are in the hand of the

41:55 ↗ provider then that's how the FCC

41:58 ↗ intended its order as it's written the

42:01 ↗ code is inconsistent with the FCC order

42:04 ↗ the code stipulates a 14 day period

42:07 ↗ where if an appeal is filed the provider

42:10 ↗ has to stop work on any pending

42:12 ↗ applications while the appeal takes

42:14 ↗ place and we see that as inconsistent

42:17 ↗ with the FCC order that all

42:20 ↗ authorizations have to be out of the

42:22 ↗ jurisdictions hands within the 60 to 90

42:24 ↗ day period so our recommendation AT&T is

42:28 ↗ recommendation is that either adopt the

42:31 ↗ code with our recommended the suggested

42:34 ↗ changes which would make these permits

42:37 ↗ not appealable or alternatively the city

42:40 ↗ could allow construction to continue and

42:44 ↗ have a carrier sign a waiver saying that

42:47 ↗ construction would be at risk for the

42:49 ↗ carrier so construction could continue

42:51 ↗ but depending on the outcome of the

42:53 ↗ administrative appeal the carrier may

42:55 ↗ have to go down and take that facility

42:57 ↗ down and I'm here to answer any

42:59 ↗ questions you might have

43:00 ↗ thank you

43:01 ↗ keep your comments everyone don't signed

43:05 ↗ up yes Devendra maharaj good evening my

43:16 ↗ name is Devendra maharaj with Verizon

43:17 ↗ Wireless my office is located in

43:19 ↗ Bellevue Washington thank you for this

43:21 ↗ opportunity to speak I will be brief

43:23 ↗ today Verizon is in support of the

43:25 ↗ comments he made today by mr. Gregg Bush

43:28 ↗ on behalf of 18t we support the language

43:31 ↗ addition Verizon would also like to

43:34 ↗ thank the city and the city staff for

43:36 ↗ the huge effort they've put towards this

43:39 ↗ code update we it doesn't go on notice

43:43 ↗ and we just want to say we very much

43:44 ↗ appreciate it thank you very much thank

43:47 ↗ you for your comments there any other

43:51 ↗ sign up Beth Jared's

44:00 ↗ good evening mayor part-time arts

44:03 ↗ councilmember city staff members of the

44:05 ↗ audience my name is Beth Chavez I am a

44:07 ↗ resident of 1036 seventh Avenue

44:09 ↗ Northwest and I have been retained by

44:12 ↗ the board of directors for visit

44:13 ↗ Issaquah we are the new destination

44:16 ↗ marketing organization also referred to

44:19 ↗ as the DMO for our fine city and I want

44:24 ↗ to say thank you first of all for

44:25 ↗ supporting this effort I am thrilled to

44:28 ↗ be here I have been accused of bringing

44:31 ↗ the snow with me I've also brought some

44:35 ↗ sunshine as well I have a former

44:38 ↗ resident of Florida I'm again like I

44:40 ↗ said I'm thrilled to be here and I'm

44:42 ↗ looking forward to collaborating with

44:43 ↗ many community leaders and our

44:45 ↗ stakeholders and partners and promoting

44:48 ↗ our community our partners in lodging

44:50 ↗ and hospitality or restaurants are event

44:53 ↗ venues and highlighting our natural

44:55 ↗ surroundings and other amenities that

44:57 ↗ support visitor travel and visitor

45:00 ↗ engagement it's often said that tourism

45:03 ↗ is economic developments first date it's

45:06 ↗ rare that somebody would move and

45:08 ↗ relocate a business without visiting a

45:11 ↗ community it's also rare that we would

45:17 ↗ we would have we would want a situation

45:20 ↗ where we would want people just passing

45:21 ↗ through we obviously would like for them

45:23 ↗ to stop and spend time and become

45:25 ↗ advocates and stewards of our community

45:27 ↗ as well when they're staying here as a

45:30 ↗ new resident I've spent the past few

45:32 ↗ weeks immersing myself in all things

45:34 ↗ this of course I myself have become a

45:35 ↗ visitor and a tourist in a way and I

45:38 ↗ routinely walk all the trails in

45:41 ↗ downtown I've met many groups of hikers

45:44 ↗ and cyclists throughout the area I've

45:47 ↗ enjoyed a wine and Art Walk restaurants

45:50 ↗ in multiple neighborhoods throughout the

45:52 ↗ city mountain biking hiking a

45:55 ↗ performance of our acclaimed theater and

45:57 ↗ there was one coyote sighting for which

46:00 ↗ I did not have my cell phone that I

46:03 ↗ could not verify publicly

46:06 ↗ but in the coming months our board is

46:08 ↗ going to be working towards a strategic

46:10 ↗ plan and we're going to be going through

46:12 ↗ a visioning process and also creating

46:15 ↗ goals and a supporting framework for our

46:18 ↗ organization and we look forward to

46:20 ↗ working with you and updating you on

46:22 ↗ that progress so once again thank you

46:24 ↗ very much thank you for your comments

46:28 ↗ yeah we don't send out no one further

46:30 ↗ has signed up to speak so would anyone

46:33 ↗ else like yep I'm sorry I'm getting I'm

46:36 ↗ getting no no no you your one your a

46:38 ↗ half step ahead of me would anyone else

46:40 ↗ like the opportunity to speak who has

46:42 ↗ not signed up this evening please

46:52 ↗ well my name is Jim Edwards and I've

46:55 ↗ been a homeowner at 240 Southwest

46:57 ↗ Francis Lane since 1989 so 30 years

47:01 ↗ several comments I want to make one F we

47:03 ↗ can't love our neighbors we need to at

47:05 ↗ least respect them so I don't know much

47:07 ↗ about the what's up for vote there but

47:10 ↗ sounds good to me the other one that

47:12 ↗ surprised me was everybody talking on

47:15 ↗ their cell phones doing 70 miles an hour

47:17 ↗ down the street that should probably use

47:19 ↗ some speed humps so I would say I would

47:21 ↗ also like to speak in favor of that the

47:24 ↗ main reason I'm here is to talk about

47:27 ↗ I'm concerned over some of the proposed

47:28 ↗ zoning changes coming up and how they

47:30 ↗ would affect mine Hill Road which is

47:33 ↗ just over here yeah which I'm not in

47:38 ↗ favor of I did see two of my neighbors

47:40 ↗ speak and they've been in favor of that

47:41 ↗ and that was a month ago when I was out

47:43 ↗ of town and I did write a couple letters

47:47 ↗ in to the City Council and an email or

47:50 ↗ two and I don't is that a good way to

47:51 ↗ communicate my thoughts with everybody

47:54 ↗ good because I'd like to give you

47:55 ↗ another letter on my way out way out the

47:59 ↗ main concern I have is when it comes to

48:01 ↗ changing the zoning areas I understand

48:03 ↗ this proposed change because of lack of

48:05 ↗ sewers in Sycamore

48:07 ↗ for example area but my area of mine

48:10 ↗ Hill has sewers has everything there the

48:13 ↗ other thing was to preserve the flavor

48:14 ↗ of the neighborhood

48:15 ↗ well my particular area of mind Hill it

48:19 ↗ may be zoned artis 9,600 on my side of

48:22 ↗ the road but right across the street is

48:24 ↗ higher density and just to the north

48:26 ↗ three Lots is basically apartments and I

48:29 ↗ kind of view the changes to the proposed

48:33 ↗ changes to the zoning being much like

48:36 ↗ putting a speed hump on your way out of

48:37 ↗ town as opposed to in town on their

48:40 ↗ narrow roads where we need it it just

48:42 ↗ doesn't fit the circumstances for we're

48:44 ↗ at and I'm just asking the City Council

48:46 ↗ to take that into consideration where

48:48 ↗ something might work in the Sycamore

48:50 ↗ area for example but it certainly

48:51 ↗ doesn't work next to the fish hatchery

48:53 ↗ where I live

48:55 ↗ is anybody got any questions or anything

48:57 ↗ for me or anything I can do here is

48:59 ↗ somebody who likes this town we just

49:03 ↗ take comment would you just take

49:04 ↗ comments okay well if you haven't you

49:06 ↗ mentioned you had a letter if you wanted

49:07 ↗ to say yeah should I just hand it off to

49:09 ↗ the clerk here okay that would be great

49:11 ↗ is that the proper term for you is she's

49:15 ↗ actually City Administrator but I

49:16 ↗ understand your point okay I appreciate

49:27 ↗ okay thank you all thank you for your

49:29 ↗ comments there anyone else wishing to

49:31 ↗ speak this evening yes ma'am

49:40 ↗ evening just a quick comment my name is

49:44 ↗ Irma Hana and then I am American Muslim

49:47 ↗ and I'm here with my kids today - on

49:52 ↗ behalf of Muslim Association of Puget

49:54 ↗ Sound's Maps the largest Muslim

49:58 ↗ organization in the United States I am

50:01 ↗ currently in the leadership of maps and

50:03 ↗ then I am former maps board member

50:06 ↗ serving as a woman secretary for eight

50:10 ↗ years so this evening I like to express

50:13 ↗ my appreciation to the City Council

50:16 ↗ considering to consider and I strongly

50:19 ↗ encourage the elected officials to pass

50:23 ↗ the anti hate and anti racism resolution

50:26 ↗ as it is more important now than ever

50:30 ↗ given the increased fear and anxiety in

50:32 ↗ communities including Muslim community

50:35 ↗ after especially after the New Zealand

50:38 ↗ the resolution though it may seem small

50:42 ↗ but it has a huge impact in letting the

50:46 ↗ wider community know the city values are

50:51 ↗ we Muslim Americans with the community

50:54 ↗ has been part of the city growth and it

50:57 ↗ is very impactful for us and our

50:59 ↗ children and all of us and give us the

51:02 ↗ confidence to see that our elected

51:05 ↗ officials our care and want to create

51:08 ↗ welcoming environment where hate and

51:11 ↗ violence are not acceptable I think I'm

51:15 ↗ missing something

51:16 ↗ I live in - how is the memories since

51:19 ↗ the last six thank you so much thank you

51:23 ↗ for your comments and saw some hands up

51:26 ↗ there anyone else wishing just beat this

51:28 ↗ evening I get asked three times second

51:33 ↗ time is there anyone else wishing to

51:35 ↗ speak this evening finally third and

51:38 ↗ final calling we're not wishing to speak

51:39 ↗ this evening

51:41 ↗ hearing none public comment is closed

51:44 ↗ and we will move on to committee and

51:47 ↗ regional reports so we will start with

51:49 ↗ councilmember Walsh

51:51 ↗ Thank You mayor pro-tem marts I have no

51:55 ↗ report at this time Thank You

51:57 ↗ councilmember hunt I Thank You council

51:59 ↗ president Mertz

52:00 ↗ I attended the King conservation

52:02 ↗ district advisory committee meeting on

52:04 ↗ March 20th and we continue to discuss

52:07 ↗ the proposed rate increase per parcel

52:09 ↗ which is the funding mechanism that the

52:11 ↗ King conservation district uses to funds

52:14 ↗ their conservation work and we talked

52:20 ↗ about the importance of the work and the

52:22 ↗ messaging around the the need for

52:25 ↗ getting the word out about this

52:27 ↗ organization and they are interested if

52:31 ↗ we would be interested in having a

52:33 ↗ representative come and speak to us as

52:35 ↗ well as speak to other jurisdictions and

52:38 ↗ they are looking to build support for

52:40 ↗ this for this rate increase so they can

52:43 ↗ continue programs such as the fire

52:45 ↗ prevention program that it's a

52:47 ↗ participation I attended the Huayra

52:52 ↗ eight water resource inventory area

52:54 ↗ eight salmon recovery Council meeting on

52:56 ↗ March 21st and we discussed a number of

53:01 ↗ issues including including two items

53:06 ↗ that are currently being discussed at

53:08 ↗ the state level in their budget one of

53:10 ↗ them is the river bends floodplain

53:12 ↗ restoration project on the Cedar River

53:14 ↗ in the Puget Sound acquisition and

53:16 ↗ restoration piece our program and then

53:20 ↗ the other project is the Cedar River

53:22 ↗ Royal Arch floodplain reconnection

53:24 ↗ projects in the floodplains by design

53:27 ↗ program these are both very important

53:30 ↗ Cedar River habitat restoration projects

53:34 ↗ that are critical for salmon recovery

53:36 ↗ and so we discussed about the importance

53:40 ↗ of having these items in the final

53:42 ↗ budget and that budget is being

53:44 ↗ discussed currently at the state level

53:46 ↗ and then we also saw two presentations

53:49 ↗ one was from the southern resident Orca

53:51 ↗ task force and the other was a success

53:55 ↗ story about Jack Hughes Creek fish

53:58 ↗ pastures and stream restoration and this

54:00 ↗ is

54:01 ↗ in the city of Sammamish I attended the

54:04 ↗ Cascade Water Alliance a board meeting

54:07 ↗ on March 27th as did mayor poly and this

54:10 ↗ was a very brief meeting it was consent

54:13 ↗ items only and then I had previously

54:16 ↗ mentioned that there is a consideration

54:18 ↗ that the the board will be considering a

54:22 ↗ option for reducing or removing the are

54:26 ↗ CFC regional capital facilities charge

54:28 ↗ for homeless shelters and so this is a

54:31 ↗ item that will be discussed at the next

54:33 ↗ meeting

54:34 ↗ and that will be in April the next

54:36 ↗ meeting of the Cascade Water Alliance

54:38 ↗ board will be April 24th at the cascade

54:40 ↗ water Alliance office in Bellevue and

54:42 ↗ that concludes my report

54:43 ↗ Thank You councilmember Rea Thank You

54:46 ↗ president marks the services and safety

54:49 ↗ committee met on March 12th there were

54:51 ↗ two items of business and that meeting

54:53 ↗ that are on today's agenda agenda bill

54:56 ↗ 77 21 the 2019 arch work program and

54:59 ↗ budget the committee recommended to

55:01 ↗ approve this agenda bill this item is

55:04 ↗ currently on the consent agenda though I

55:06 ↗ am planning to ask to be moved to

55:07 ↗ regular business so we will provide an

55:09 ↗ opportunity to review the arch work plan

55:11 ↗ in light of recent media coverage also

55:14 ↗ we heard of agenda bill 77 23 the

55:19 ↗ Cemetery fee increase this agenda bill

55:22 ↗ is also on consent this evening the

55:24 ↗ committee recommended that this bill be

55:26 ↗ postponed indefinitely the committee

55:28 ↗ evaluated the proposed fee increase well

55:30 ↗ considering the longer term funding

55:31 ↗ strategy that is being developed by the

55:33 ↗ city it was the site that the best

55:35 ↗ course of action is proposed is to

55:37 ↗ postpone any change in sanitary fees

55:40 ↗ until the work on the long term funding

55:42 ↗ model is completed later this year the

55:44 ↗ next meeting of the services and Safety

55:47 ↗ Committee will be April 9th at 6:30

55:49 ↗ hearing council chambers and the agenda

55:51 ↗ has not yet been set and that concludes

55:54 ↗ my report this evening Thank You

55:55 ↗ councilmember winters time thank you

55:59 ↗ thank you

56:03 ↗ to reports tonight the first is on the

56:04 ↗ growth management policy board our next

56:07 ↗ meeting is this Thursday April 4th at

56:09 ↗ 10:00 a.m. at PSA CPS RC headquarters in

56:12 ↗ Seattle we will have a discussion but

56:15 ↗ there will be no action taken on the

56:17 ↗ vision 2050 growth strategy alternatives

56:20 ↗ which we heard about this nut tonight

56:21 ↗ that was presented to us earlier tonight

56:24 ↗ that discussion will continue in May and

56:26 ↗ selection of the preferred alternative

56:28 ↗ is expected in June we'll also have our

56:32 ↗ first opportunity to discuss proposed

56:35 ↗ additions and changes to the policies

56:37 ↗ within the development patterns

56:40 ↗ transportation economy and public

56:43 ↗ services chapters of vision these

56:45 ↗ discussions will also continue through

56:47 ↗ June and as we heard tonight in July

56:49 ↗ it's expected the first draft vision of

56:51 ↗ vision the first draft version excuse me

56:53 ↗ a vision 2050 will be published in July

56:55 ↗ it will have identified the preferred

56:58 ↗ growth alternative and policy updates

57:00 ↗ the review debate and updates to the

57:03 ↗ drafts who will continue into next year

57:06 ↗ the expected finalization of vision 2050

57:09 ↗ is in the spring of 2020 and then

57:14 ↗ regarding the council Infrastructure

57:16 ↗ Committee we met on March 21st here in

57:19 ↗ Council Chambers there were two items on

57:21 ↗ the agenda plus the regular monthly

57:23 ↗ project status update the first item was

57:26 ↗ agenda bill 77 14 amending imc 1822

57:30 ↗ wireless communication facilities and

57:32 ↗ related fees this was the third time for

57:35 ↗ this bill to be discussed in committee

57:37 ↗ and during this meeting we focused our

57:39 ↗ attention on the public notification

57:41 ↗ requirements for level 1 and level 2

57:43 ↗ reviews this bill is on tonight's

57:47 ↗ consent agenda for approval but in light

57:51 ↗ of the multiple additional comments that

57:53 ↗ we heard this evening I think it's the

57:55 ↗ benefit for the public and for my

57:56 ↗ colleagues on the council that we bring

58:00 ↗ this that I'm a request to bring that

58:01 ↗ item down to regular business and give

58:04 ↗ an opportunity for some comment and

58:07 ↗ discussion in response to the comments

58:09 ↗ that we hear this evening

58:11 ↗ and then the second item on that agenda

58:13 ↗ for the 21st was a conversation with

58:16 ↗ parks director Keith Watling and other

58:18 ↗ city consultants around the city

58:20 ↗ facilities and the plan going forward

58:22 ↗ for addressing the facility space study

58:26 ↗ that was done and we provided the

58:28 ↗ committee members provided comments and

58:30 ↗ questions to to Jeff which he is going

58:33 ↗ to be carrying forward I think in

58:35 ↗ developing a more detailed work plan for

58:37 ↗ how the council will be addressing the

58:38 ↗ space study over the next year that

58:41 ↗ concludes my report

58:42 ↗ Thank You councilmember Goodman oh no

58:48 ↗ report deputy president patís Thank You

58:53 ↗ council president Mart's and just a

58:54 ↗ couple quick scheduling items the East

58:59 ↗ Side Human Services forums next meet him

59:01 ↗ next meeting will be April 18th the

59:04 ↗ agenda is still TBD but I wanted to

59:07 ↗ point out we I had talked a few months

59:11 ↗ back as we had gone through a whole

59:14 ↗ large event with community members

59:17 ↗ across the east side on the opiate and

59:20 ↗ heroin crisis and it was called next

59:22 ↗ steps to make a difference and all of

59:25 ↗ the information from that meeting is now

59:28 ↗ on the website including the overview of

59:31 ↗ the task force recommendations and and

59:34 ↗ an overview of all the Eastside cities

59:36 ↗ and what they're doing in each area it's

59:40 ↗ a large body of information it's really

59:41 ↗ important so I just wanted to point out

59:44 ↗ that that is there and that's East Side

59:47 ↗ Forum org and also the East Side Human

59:50 ↗ Services forum event presentation from

59:53 ↗ that day and then the King County opiate

59:55 ↗ crisis event presentation as well so ton

59:59 ↗ of work on there and it's all up on the

1:00:00 ↗ website so I just wanted to remind

1:00:02 ↗ everyone about that so if they want to

1:00:03 ↗ take a look and then the next economic

1:00:06 ↗ development district board meeting is

1:00:08 ↗ not until May first so that's TBD thanks

1:00:13 ↗ thank you so sound studies association

1:00:16 ↗ public issues committee is going to be

1:00:17 ↗ meeting on Wednesday April 10th the pre

1:00:19 ↗ pick meeting is metros innovative

1:00:21 ↗ mobility for

1:00:22 ↗ Grahame metros innovative mobility

1:00:24 ↗ program is leveraging emerging mobility

1:00:26 ↗ services and new technologies to give

1:00:28 ↗ people more ways to get around King

1:00:29 ↗ County join us to discuss the importance

1:00:31 ↗ of integrated mobility the policy

1:00:33 ↗ considerations and adjustments that

1:00:35 ↗ could enable the region to realize more

1:00:36 ↗ benefits for public transportation and

1:00:38 ↗ the complications of demand versus

1:00:40 ↗ resources including capacity and funding

1:00:42 ↗ and the importance of partnerships then

1:00:44 ↗ in the main pic meeting couple of things

1:00:46 ↗ we are going to have the Affordable

1:00:48 ↗ Housing Committee appointment there is a

1:00:50 ↗ theory I believe for sound cities

1:00:54 ↗ association appointees they're going to

1:00:56 ↗ be on the new GM PC affordable housing

1:00:59 ↗ committee I believe you should have all

1:01:01 ↗ seen the email from Deanna that the

1:01:03 ↗ appointment process closes on Thursday

1:01:05 ↗ it is open to any SCA member city

1:01:08 ↗ elected official it's not it's not just

1:01:11 ↗ GM PC and I'm actually working on a

1:01:13 ↗ different housing issues so I'm not

1:01:16 ↗ gonna be applying for that so if anybody

1:01:17 ↗ is interested we probably only want to

1:01:20 ↗ send one application as a city but

1:01:21 ↗ please let the mayor or myself know if

1:01:23 ↗ you're interested challenge Seattle

1:01:26 ↗ middle-income housing initiative that is

1:01:28 ↗ actually a meeting that is akka former

1:01:32 ↗ governor Gregoire's

1:01:33 ↗ effort and mayor Polly and I are going

1:01:35 ↗ to that tomorrow morning in Seattle I

1:01:38 ↗ want to mention also a discussion on

1:01:41 ↗ initiative nine seventy six and that is

1:01:44 ↗ I talked about it a little bit and for

1:01:47 ↗ good of the order two weeks ago and I'm

1:01:49 ↗ gonna ask you all again about it tonight

1:01:50 ↗ and so then I'll mention GMP see what to

1:01:56 ↗ say about GMP see the easy part was we

1:01:58 ↗ approved the affordable housing

1:01:59 ↗ committee charter the uneasy part is if

1:02:02 ↗ you've ever wondered how important it is

1:02:04 ↗ for a city to come to some sense of a

1:02:07 ↗ body before we talk regionally the

1:02:10 ↗ county was looking to send a letter on

1:02:13 ↗ vision 2050 and SCA is not taking an

1:02:17 ↗ opinion and none of the member cities

1:02:20 ↗ that were at the meeting typically if

1:02:22 ↗ SCA doesn't take an opinion you're free

1:02:23 ↗ to represent your city none of us who

1:02:26 ↗ are cities that were in attendance felt

1:02:28 ↗ comfortable giving an opinion on that

1:02:30 ↗ letter because we haven't as a body

1:02:32 ↗ developed any thoughts on it and so you

1:02:35 ↗ not lived until you have said no to

1:02:37 ↗ executive Constantine so that was very

1:02:40 ↗ exciting and just showing the importance

1:02:42 ↗ of us reaching consensus so that each of

1:02:44 ↗ us can speak intelligently on our

1:02:47 ↗ regional boards and commissions with

1:02:49 ↗ that I will move on to the mayor's

1:02:51 ↗ report which I have changed all the

1:02:54 ↗ pronouns for hopefully and if I haven't

1:02:55 ↗ I apologize in advance the fault is mine

1:02:58 ↗ there will be no executive session this

1:02:59 ↗ evening if you haven't seen the news

1:03:02 ↗ item on our website city administrator

1:03:04 ↗ Emily moon will be pursuing a long term

1:03:05 ↗ dream of traveling the world with her

1:03:07 ↗ family she will be leaving her

1:03:09 ↗ employment with our city in August if

1:03:11 ↗ you'd like more information visit the

1:03:12 ↗ home page of our website and look for

1:03:14 ↗ the links under community news we're

1:03:16 ↗ both excited for her future adventure

1:03:17 ↗ and thankful for all she's done for our

1:03:19 ↗ community since coming to the city of

1:03:21 ↗ Issaquah in 2014 Mayor Polly will be

1:03:24 ↗ leading the charge to find a replacement

1:03:25 ↗ and has already begun the process we

1:03:27 ↗ expect to select a national recruiter

1:03:29 ↗ later this week to assist us be rest

1:03:32 ↗ assured Briard to hiring council members

1:03:34 ↗ community members and staff will all be

1:03:36 ↗ involved in the lengthy process both

1:03:38 ↗ firsthand and with regular updates along

1:03:40 ↗ the way our goal is to have someone in

1:03:42 ↗ place by August the urban village

1:03:45 ↗ Development Commission is retiring this

1:03:46 ↗ past Tuesday March 26 the urban village

1:03:49 ↗ Development Commission held their final

1:03:51 ↗ meeting board began in 1996 and since

1:03:54 ↗ then 49 community members have

1:03:56 ↗ volunteered their time to review and

1:03:58 ↗ recommend new development agreements as

1:03:59 ↗ well as land use permits in the

1:04:01 ↗ Highlands and detalis urban villages

1:04:03 ↗ through these last 23 years both

1:04:06 ↗ development agreements we terminated in

1:04:08 ↗ 2018 and now the development commission

1:04:10 ↗ will take over decision-making on

1:04:12 ↗ project planning for Highlands and talus

1:04:14 ↗ as they do for the rest of the city we

1:04:16 ↗ want to publicly thank all the you VDC

1:04:18 ↗ commissioners and also staff staff

1:04:20 ↗ liaisons Keith Niven and Lucie Sloman

1:04:22 ↗ for their work and commitment to

1:04:24 ↗ excellence over the years city website

1:04:26 ↗ redesigned to serve our customers more

1:04:28 ↗ effectively efficiently and conveniently

1:04:31 ↗ the city has just launched the website

1:04:33 ↗ redesign project please provide your

1:04:35 ↗ input on how we can make it better for

1:04:37 ↗ you by participating in our online

1:04:39 ↗ survey you can find a link in this to

1:04:41 ↗ the survey in the community news section

1:04:44 ↗ of

1:04:45 ↗ on the homepage of our website at is a

1:04:47 ↗ quote wad of Southeast 42nd street art

1:04:50 ↗ installed last week new artwork was

1:04:52 ↗ installed along South East 62nd Street

1:04:54 ↗ artisan Susan sekolah was inspired by

1:04:58 ↗ the surrounding landscape and

1:04:59 ↗ circulatory systems of paths and

1:05:02 ↗ roadways at the city's largest capital

1:05:03 ↗ project in its history the visual

1:05:06 ↗ references Susan used in designing the

1:05:07 ↗ artwork include moving wheels in the

1:05:09 ↗ flowing water of rivers the new

1:05:11 ↗ installations are located on both sides

1:05:13 ↗ of the new bridge along South East 62nd

1:05:15 ↗ Street in addition to the very talented

1:05:17 ↗ artists we would like to thank the Arts

1:05:19 ↗ Commission and Amy Dukes our arts

1:05:21 ↗ coordinator for their working commitment

1:05:23 ↗ to see this project through 2019 Hall of

1:05:26 ↗ Fame awards seeking nominations this

1:05:28 ↗ week we are opening up nominations for

1:05:30 ↗ the 2019 Hall of Fame Award a top honor

1:05:33 ↗ for making a lasting contribution to our

1:05:35 ↗ community the award will be presented to

1:05:37 ↗ the recipients on may 30th at the 40th

1:05:39 ↗ annual Issaquah Community Awards

1:05:41 ↗ sponsored by the Greater Issaquah

1:05:43 ↗ Chamber of Commerce we will hold our own

1:05:45 ↗ celebration and induct the recipient

1:05:47 ↗ into our Hall of Fame at the June 3rd

1:05:49 ↗ regular council meeting nominations

1:05:51 ↗ closed on May 1st and the nomination

1:05:53 ↗ form can be found on our website

1:05:55 ↗ cultural events at Lake Sammamish State

1:05:57 ↗ Park last week the mayor along with 1500

1:06:00 ↗ others attended the successful Holi

1:06:02 ↗ event the festival of colors celebrating

1:06:04 ↗ the beginning of spring at Lake

1:06:06 ↗ Sammamish State Park there are several

1:06:07 ↗ other cultural events happening this

1:06:09 ↗ summer at Lake Sammamish State Park

1:06:11 ↗ including on July 7th a new festival to

1:06:13 ↗ celebrate African American soul and

1:06:15 ↗ gospel music on August 10th a Cambodian

1:06:18 ↗ cultural festival including Cambodian

1:06:20 ↗ music dance and traditional dress and on

1:06:24 ↗ August 17th Indian Independence Day

1:06:26 ↗ celebration including an Indian dance

1:06:29 ↗ drama in full costume food trucks and

1:06:31 ↗ more stay tuned for more information on

1:06:33 ↗ these great events and then coffee with

1:06:35 ↗ the mayor there will be another coffee

1:06:37 ↗ with the mayor event on Wednesday from

1:06:39 ↗ 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. April 1st April 1st I

1:06:45 ↗ think that's a typo I think it would be

1:06:46 ↗ April 3rd the pickering room at City

1:06:49 ↗ Hall Northwest mayor poly looks forward

1:06:51 ↗ to engaging with the community members

1:06:52 ↗ for open dialogue

1:06:56 ↗ we're gonna proceed on to the consent

1:06:58 ↗ calendar the consent calendar is just

1:07:00 ↗ was distributed to council in advance if

1:07:02 ↗ authorized the items on the consent

1:07:04 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

1:07:06 ↗ improved by one motion first of all have

1:07:09 ↗ the payables and payroll been reviewed

1:07:10 ↗ yes does any councilmember desire to

1:07:15 ↗ remove any item or items from the

1:07:17 ↗ consent calendar and consider it under

1:07:19 ↗ regular business councilmember Ray yeah

1:07:21 ↗ I would like to move gender bill 77 21

1:07:24 ↗ the 2019 artwork program and budget to

1:07:27 ↗ regular business it will be so moved

1:07:29 ↗ we'll move it to the the end and if

1:07:32 ↗ regular business councilmember winter

1:07:35 ↗ Stein yes I'd like to move agenda bill

1:07:36 ↗ 77 14 to regular business that will be

1:07:39 ↗ moved now to now the the last item on

1:07:42 ↗ the regular agenda agenda is there a

1:07:47 ↗ motion to approve the consent calendar

1:07:49 ↗ as amended council deputy president

1:07:52 ↗ Vitesse i would like to make a motion to

1:07:54 ↗ approve the consent calendar as amended

1:07:57 ↗ again moved and seconded all those in

1:08:01 ↗ favor signify by saying aye aye those

1:08:04 ↗ opposed asses unanimously the next time

1:08:08 ↗ that the next item on the agenda is

1:08:11 ↗ regular business agenda bill 70 766

1:08:15 ↗ statement condemning racism and

1:08:17 ↗ discrimination would any of the council

1:08:20 ↗ members who requested this item like to

1:08:22 ↗ make comments start there or we can then

1:08:29 ↗ go to someone like to make a motion

1:08:33 ↗ absolutely president batise yes I would

1:08:36 ↗ like to move to approve resolution

1:08:38 ↗ number 20 19-3 and condemnation of

1:08:44 ↗ racism discrimination and related acts

1:08:46 ↗ of violence second moved by petites

1:08:50 ↗ seconded by Walsh is there any council

1:08:52 ↗ discussion

1:08:55 ↗ councilmember Goodman I'm happy to give

1:08:59 ↗ the bill proponents opportunity to talk

1:09:02 ↗ first okay talking so it comes with

1:09:08 ↗ deputy president deputy president

1:09:09 ↗ batiste you want to take her up on that

1:09:10 ↗ offer sure I first of all I I just

1:09:15 ↗ wanted to thank the members of the

1:09:17 ↗ audience for their thoughtful comments

1:09:19 ↗ this evening the resolution that we have

1:09:23 ↗ in front of us addresses recent events

1:09:26 ↗ both in our world and right in our

1:09:30 ↗ backyard and and I think that it's

1:09:32 ↗ really important to be able to at these

1:09:35 ↗ points in time there there are many

1:09:38 ↗ different points in time that we could

1:09:40 ↗ you know unfortunately talk about this

1:09:43 ↗ but as these things come up I think that

1:09:45 ↗ it's important for us to to speak to it

1:09:48 ↗ and I just I I think that what was

1:09:51 ↗ striking to me in the resolution were

1:09:53 ↗ the last two whereas is so I'm going to

1:09:55 ↗ read them where as our remarkable

1:09:58 ↗ diversity in Issaquah and is it makes

1:10:01 ↗ for a vibrant innovative and better

1:10:03 ↗ place and whereas the unity and strength

1:10:06 ↗ and success of our communities

1:10:08 ↗ nationally and here on the east side

1:10:10 ↗ depends on ensuring that all of our

1:10:12 ↗ residents are safe welcomed and

1:10:14 ↗ supported and I just I wanted to point

1:10:17 ↗ that out because that's really for me

1:10:19 ↗ the crux of this is that we we want to

1:10:22 ↗ make sure that we in Issaquah are that

1:10:24 ↗ we really have a safe and welcoming

1:10:26 ↗ community and when things are happening

1:10:28 ↗ within within the world and and some

1:10:31 ↗ things that recently happened in our own

1:10:33 ↗ backyard that that we're speaking to

1:10:35 ↗ that so I'm in support of this

1:10:37 ↗ resolution for this evening thank you

1:10:41 ↗ and and I will also take councilmember

1:10:43 ↗ giving up it's weird both chairing this

1:10:45 ↗ and being a council member so I'm gonna

1:10:49 ↗ also quote the Reverend dr. Martin

1:10:51 ↗ Luther King jr. who was quoted earlier

1:10:53 ↗ tonight but my quote that has always

1:10:55 ↗ provided me sustenance over the years

1:10:57 ↗ was the arc of the moral universe is

1:10:59 ↗ long but it bends towards justice that

1:11:03 ↗ means different things to me now than it

1:11:05 ↗ did five or ten years ago five or ten

1:11:07 ↗ years ago as a student of history

1:11:09 ↗ I felt it was a sign that if he looked

1:11:11 ↗ long enough that history bends in the

1:11:13 ↗ right direction but nowadays I feel like

1:11:15 ↗ what's important in that statement is

1:11:17 ↗ that it doesn't say irresistible bends

1:11:19 ↗ and it doesn't say inevitably bends I

1:11:21 ↗ believe it it bends towards justice

1:11:23 ↗ through hard work and through actions

1:11:26 ↗ both large and small nationally and

1:11:28 ↗ locally I believe we've seen long before

1:11:31 ↗ even the current leaders who were in

1:11:35 ↗ office in high office and low office as

1:11:37 ↗ the ongoing rise of internet culture and

1:11:39 ↗ anonymity singling out of people based

1:11:42 ↗ on their skin color their faith where

1:11:44 ↗ they come from has just gotten worse and

1:11:47 ↗ worse and this the the move to bring

1:11:52 ↗ this resolution for it really came came

1:11:54 ↗ about because a few of us were at City

1:11:57 ↗ Hall the day of the horrible New Zealand

1:12:00 ↗ attacks and you know as I just have to

1:12:05 ↗ say attacks on places of worship are

1:12:07 ↗ just I mean just about as bad as you can

1:12:10 ↗ get the only the only way to attack

1:12:12 ↗ people harder is to attack their

1:12:14 ↗ immediate family places of worship are

1:12:17 ↗ where people go for love and family and

1:12:19 ↗ community and even identity and it's the

1:12:22 ↗ idea that they can be that people can be

1:12:25 ↗ attacked and divided and cast attempts

1:12:28 ↗ made to cast people out through their

1:12:31 ↗ communities of faith are just

1:12:32 ↗ particularly horrifying so why this

1:12:36 ↗ resolution right now I believe that the

1:12:39 ↗ way that you defeat hate and the way

1:12:42 ↗ that you defeat terrorism a kit not work

1:12:44 ↗ you make it so that the next time

1:12:45 ↗ somebody decides they want to do

1:12:48 ↗ something horrible whether it's a there

1:12:50 ↗ is a globally horrible or whether it's

1:12:52 ↗ just being stupid and spray-painting

1:12:55 ↗ something on somebody's house which is

1:12:56 ↗ which is directly impacts the people

1:13:00 ↗ close at hand you have to make it not

1:13:02 ↗ work you have to make it so that the net

1:13:05 ↗ effect is not more hate but more love

1:13:07 ↗ I had when the vandalism happened at the

1:13:10 ↗ Muslim Association in Puget Sound I want

1:13:13 ↗ to point to a Muslim surface for the

1:13:14 ↗ first time in my life I had never been

1:13:16 ↗ to a Muslim service but they had a they

1:13:18 ↗ had sort of an interfaith service and

1:13:20 ↗ invited people who weren't Muslims to

1:13:21 ↗ come in and and see how it worked for

1:13:23 ↗ them and recently I had the opportunity

1:13:26 ↗ to go to the Sammamish mosque which I

1:13:27 ↗ hadn't ever been to before and a number

1:13:30 ↗ of wonderful people who appreciated

1:13:33 ↗ reaching out their neighbors reaching

1:13:35 ↗ out to them so I in the end dr. King was

1:13:40 ↗ right I think that with hard work the

1:13:44 ↗ moral universe does bend towards justice

1:13:46 ↗ but it but it's only because we keep

1:13:48 ↗ that at home it's only because we work

1:13:50 ↗ hard having said that I look forward to

1:13:54 ↗ more celebrations of love and community

1:13:57 ↗ in my with my neighbors as we get past

1:14:00 ↗ the current times where so many people

1:14:02 ↗ seek to create division and and

1:14:05 ↗ marketing members of our community as

1:14:07 ↗ something other and that's why I'll be

1:14:09 ↗ supporting this tonight so their

1:14:13 ↗ comments let's member good man thank you

1:14:20 ↗ so my comments will be a little bit

1:14:24 ↗ different only because I want to go down

1:14:26 ↗ memory lane just a little bit and I

1:14:30 ↗ passed out to my fellow council members

1:14:32 ↗ a couple of documents that I got off the

1:14:35 ↗ city website and I have a few extra

1:14:37 ↗ copies up here if anybody cares to

1:14:41 ↗ follow along so I think it's important

1:14:44 ↗ to note that the city and the council

1:14:46 ↗ already twice we've stated our

1:14:49 ↗ opposition strong opposition to racism

1:14:51 ↗ discrimination hate crimes related

1:14:54 ↗ violent crime and terrorism a long time

1:14:58 ↗ ago on April 1st 2002 about 17 years ago

1:15:03 ↗ this very day the council adopted a

1:15:06 ↗ resolution in response to the reprisals

1:15:08 ↗ in wake of the September 11th terrorist

1:15:10 ↗ attacks and the resolution stated the

1:15:14 ↗ following

1:15:17 ↗ I know you all have it in front of you

1:15:19 ↗ but people watching do not wear as

1:15:22 ↗ terrorist attacks of September 11 2001

1:15:25 ↗ were so devastating that they have

1:15:26 ↗ affected everyone in our nation

1:15:28 ↗ including citizens of Issaquah and

1:15:30 ↗ Washington State and whereas violent

1:15:32 ↗ acts intended as reprisals have been

1:15:35 ↗ committed against those who are

1:15:36 ↗ perceived as potentially associated with

1:15:38 ↗ terrorism and against their businesses

1:15:40 ↗ their places of worship and their

1:15:42 ↗ families including over 25 documented

1:15:45 ↗ cases in Seattle and over 50 50

1:15:47 ↗ documented cases in Washington State and

1:15:50 ↗ whereas it is especially critical at

1:15:52 ↗ this time for all Americans to come

1:15:54 ↗ together to stand up against intolerance

1:15:55 ↗ of another's ethnicity lifestyle race

1:15:59 ↗ culture nationality or religious beliefs

1:16:02 ↗ as these are the very attitudes that

1:16:04 ↗ breed terrorism and whereas the city of

1:16:06 ↗ Issaquah wants to uphold its

1:16:07 ↗ responsibility to work to prevent these

1:16:09 ↗ kinds of discrimination and reprise

1:16:12 ↗ itself in doing its best to treat all

1:16:14 ↗ event individuals with dignity and

1:16:16 ↗ respect and whereas the mayor and city

1:16:18 ↗ council of Issaquah recognize there is

1:16:21 ↗ still much to be done to teach tolerance

1:16:23 ↗ and cultural sensitivity among civil

1:16:25 ↗ servants and citizenry and to create

1:16:27 ↗ safer communities throughout our city

1:16:30 ↗ and our state and so in that resolution

1:16:36 ↗ the council adopted very specific

1:16:40 ↗ resolutions meaning things that we were

1:16:43 ↗ going to do now therefore be it resolved

1:16:47 ↗ 17 years ago tonight at the Issaquah

1:16:50 ↗ City Council and Mayor urged all

1:16:52 ↗ departments and the Issaquah school

1:16:54 ↗ district to direct appropriate attention

1:16:56 ↗ and support and resources to supporting

1:16:59 ↗ local and state efforts to number one

1:17:01 ↗ reduce tolerance and hate crimes towards

1:17:04 ↗ those of different backgrounds or

1:17:05 ↗ beliefs to provide support to those in

1:17:09 ↗ communities targeted by such crimes

1:17:10 ↗ three work with young people community

1:17:13 ↗ groups and local organizations to assure

1:17:15 ↗ procedures for reporting such crimes are

1:17:18 ↗ in place and understood for clarify and

1:17:21 ↗ reinforced procedures to respond to

1:17:23 ↗ discrimination and harassment in the

1:17:24 ↗ workplace in five welcomed and foster

1:17:27 ↗ positive interactions among all peoples

1:17:30 ↗ and

1:17:30 ↗ cultures in support of a world that

1:17:32 ↗ works for everyone it also that

1:17:38 ↗ resolution will also proclaimed Issaquah

1:17:40 ↗ I hate free zone and it recognized human

1:17:44 ↗ rights day and urged everyone to

1:17:46 ↗ exercise intolerance in December 2016

1:17:51 ↗ the mayor and council referenced that

1:17:54 ↗ April 2002 resolution when proclaiming

1:17:57 ↗ December 5th 2016 to be tolerance

1:18:00 ↗ Awareness Day and that Proclamation

1:18:02 ↗ condemned all discrimination and racism

1:18:05 ↗ and so tonight we have a proposed

1:18:08 ↗ resolution in condemnation of racism

1:18:11 ↗ discrimination and related acts of

1:18:12 ↗ violence neither the prior resolution

1:18:16 ↗ and the proclamation are not referenced

1:18:18 ↗ in tonight's resolution but two specific

1:18:22 ↗ acts are referenced the recent abhorrent

1:18:24 ↗ murders in New Zealand and the racist

1:18:26 ↗ graffiti and kahani the resolution on

1:18:30 ↗ tonight's agenda proposes two

1:18:32 ↗ resolutions first that the council and

1:18:35 ↗ mayor pledged to fight against all

1:18:38 ↗ racism and discrimination wherever it

1:18:40 ↗ may occur and second that we

1:18:42 ↗ unequivocally unequivocally condemn hate

1:18:45 ↗ violence and terror and instead embrace

1:18:47 ↗ compassion religious freedom a peace as

1:18:49 ↗ to the first to pledge to fight against

1:18:55 ↗ racism and discrimination wherever it

1:18:58 ↗ may occur I'm not sure how we do that

1:19:01 ↗ and this isn't intended to be negative

1:19:05 ↗ it's it's just my concern about that

1:19:08 ↗ statement is that we can't do that we

1:19:10 ↗ simply cannot fight against all racism

1:19:13 ↗ and discrimination around the world or

1:19:14 ↗ even around the state or even across

1:19:16 ↗ King County do I wish we could of course

1:19:19 ↗ I wish we could so in light of what I

1:19:23 ↗ think is problematical a language that

1:19:26 ↗ we resolved to do something that we

1:19:27 ↗ actually can't do I will be proposing

1:19:30 ↗ language to revise that first resolution

1:19:33 ↗ as to the second resolution we have

1:19:36 ↗ already condemned hate violence and

1:19:39 ↗ terror twice what so I would like to

1:19:42 ↗ make sure tonight that we

1:19:43 ↗ have an impact beyond this third

1:19:45 ↗ statement of condemnation I really want

1:19:48 ↗ us to have more than just three pieces

1:19:50 ↗ of paper that say we're going to do

1:19:52 ↗ something in that we can done something

1:19:53 ↗ condemned discrimination hate violence

1:19:57 ↗ and related bad stuff as I mentioned 17

1:20:02 ↗ years ago today we made five very

1:20:05 ↗ specific resolutions which I read

1:20:06 ↗ already so what I want to know is how

1:20:09 ↗ are we doing with those what kind of

1:20:11 ↗ progress have we made on those

1:20:12 ↗ resolutions that we made 17 years ago

1:20:15 ↗ today one of the concerns I have about

1:20:17 ↗ the resolution tonight is that it

1:20:20 ↗ suggests that maybe we haven't made any

1:20:21 ↗ progress in fact we've heard comments

1:20:25 ↗ stating that it's getting worse and

1:20:28 ↗ worse it's more important than ever

1:20:30 ↗ anxiety and fear and why now because how

1:20:34 ↗ do we defeat these issues we we have to

1:20:38 ↗ figure out ways to make it not work so

1:20:47 ↗ I'm hopeful that we've made progress but

1:20:49 ↗ the fact is that we don't have any

1:20:53 ↗ analysis or evaluation on whether we've

1:20:55 ↗ made any progress I think we have but I

1:20:59 ↗ don't know and there isn't anything in

1:21:01 ↗ the resolution tonight that addresses

1:21:02 ↗ what our local istic statistics are or

1:21:04 ↗ how what we've done to to make progress

1:21:07 ↗ on the 2002 resolution so I would

1:21:11 ↗ tonight like to propose that we take

1:21:13 ↗ action tonight that that resolves to

1:21:16 ↗ analyze our city's progress toward

1:21:19 ↗ progress regarding the five specific

1:21:21 ↗ resolutions that we made 17 years ago

1:21:23 ↗ and then after we analyze that proc

1:21:25 ↗ progress then we will know what state

1:21:27 ↗ steps we actually do need to take in

1:21:29 ↗ order to make sure that we get progress

1:21:31 ↗ on most on what most if not all of us

1:21:35 ↗ believe is an ongoing and troubling

1:21:37 ↗ problem regarding hate discrimination

1:21:39 ↗ and repeated violence so what I would

1:21:46 ↗ like to do is on page 2 section 1

1:21:50 ↗ I would like to is it a motion motion to

1:21:55 ↗ revise or witness an amendment to

1:21:59 ↗ replace that language with following

1:22:04 ↗ language the City Council and the mayor

1:22:07 ↗ hereby renew and restate the resolutions

1:22:11 ↗ in resolution 2002 - 9

1:22:15 ↗ that's a motion discussion

1:22:21 ↗ council member cut thank you

1:22:25 ↗ I am in support of the amendment in the

1:22:28 ↗ same speech in which the prime minister

1:22:30 ↗ of New Zealand said they are us of the

1:22:33 ↗ victims of the terrorist attack in

1:22:34 ↗ Christchurch the prime minister of New

1:22:36 ↗ Zealand also issued a call to action

1:22:39 ↗ she said we each hold the power in our

1:22:42 ↗ words and in our actions in our daily

1:22:44 ↗ acts of kindness let that be the legacy

1:22:46 ↗ of the 15th of March to be the nation we

1:22:49 ↗ believe ourselves to be and she was

1:22:51 ↗ speaking about New Zealand's but in the

1:22:53 ↗ spirit of they are us I think that this

1:22:55 ↗ is a call to action for all of us so

1:22:58 ↗ reflecting on this statement I believe

1:23:00 ↗ there's power in words and a power in

1:23:02 ↗ actions and a power in the daily acts of

1:23:05 ↗ kindness in this resolution we are using

1:23:07 ↗ words and to realize the vision of a

1:23:10 ↗ peaceful and welcoming place we will

1:23:12 ↗ also need to take actions we don't need

1:23:14 ↗ to turn our thoughts and words into

1:23:16 ↗ actions and because of that I am very

1:23:21 ↗ much in support of this amendment which

1:23:23 ↗ I think clarifies the directions and

1:23:24 ↗ next steps I am in support of the

1:23:27 ↗ resolution and I think this makes the

1:23:28 ↗ resolution that much stronger

1:23:30 ↗ it adds the power of action and I'm sure

1:23:34 ↗ there's a lot in terms of what I can

1:23:36 ↗ learn from the community as to what

1:23:37 ↗ actions we can take so I want to also

1:23:42 ↗ commit to doing the work of serving this

1:23:44 ↗ community better by understanding the

1:23:47 ↗ needs of all community members getting

1:23:49 ↗ to know my neighbors and taking steps

1:23:51 ↗ towards being an active and engaged

1:23:53 ↗ participant and making us the welcoming

1:23:55 ↗ and supportive community that I believe

1:23:58 ↗ we are so it's a moment thanks remember

1:24:02 ↗ cooking can you restate the amendment

1:24:05 ↗ the amendment would replace section the

1:24:10 ↗ first resolution on page 2 and it would

1:24:13 ↗ say the City Council and the mayor

1:24:14 ↗ hereby renew and restate the resolutions

1:24:17 ↗ in resolution 2002 - 9 ok I have a

1:24:22 ↗ question for the city administrator

1:24:23 ↗ which on resolutions

1:24:25 ↗ this is restating much of me I'm sorry

1:24:31 ↗ maybe welcome just a CNA do you see this

1:24:34 ↗ as

1:24:34 ↗ being something that would have an

1:24:35 ↗ administrative work package associated

1:24:38 ↗ with it

1:24:39 ↗ well why thank you for asking i I forgot

1:24:44 ↗ to say and I was going to say after a

1:24:46 ↗ councilmember hunts poke is that if this

1:24:50 ↗ whether or not this passes the amendment

1:24:53 ↗ and the resolutions that's before us I

1:24:56 ↗ would like to make a motion to direct

1:24:58 ↗ the administration to come back to the

1:25:01 ↗ council and maybe four months and

1:25:03 ↗ present information to the council about

1:25:06 ↗ how we could analyze and evaluate our

1:25:10 ↗ prague how we might analyze and evaluate

1:25:12 ↗ our progress toward the resolutions from

1:25:13 ↗ 2002 so that the council and

1:25:16 ↗ administration can figure out a way to

1:25:17 ↗ to do that analysis so then we can if

1:25:21 ↗ necessary take additional steps to make

1:25:24 ↗ progress toward those resolutions okay

1:25:26 ↗ so on that is that a request separate

1:25:30 ↗ from the amendment yes okay okay then

1:25:33 ↗ yes the new vigil you've addressed my

1:25:35 ↗ question with it comments thoughts

1:25:40 ↗ remember winters time is there an

1:25:47 ↗ intention to offer a second amendment

1:25:53 ↗ the main motion

1:25:55 ↗ Second Amendment yes no there was

1:25:59 ↗ something you said earlier that made me

1:26:00 ↗ think that this was just gonna be the

1:26:02 ↗ first of two potential it wouldn't be

1:26:04 ↗ amendment I was gonna make a separate

1:26:05 ↗ motion after we're done with the

1:26:06 ↗ resolution thank you I don't remember

1:26:11 ↗ hon did you get further so anyone else I

1:26:17 ↗ want to speak twice before so to clarify

1:26:20 ↗ since this is one of the first times

1:26:22 ↗ I've come a process at the at this point

1:26:25 ↗ we are discussing the amendment correct

1:26:28 ↗ yes thank you we are so I appreciate the

1:26:35 ↗ amendment and I like it and I support it

1:26:38 ↗ I think it adds had some teeth to the to

1:26:42 ↗ the process so I I'll be supporting it

1:26:44 ↗ as well so deputy president patís I I

1:26:50 ↗ will be supporting the amendment as well

1:26:52 ↗ I think it makes it the resolution

1:26:54 ↗ stronger and so I would be in support of

1:26:57 ↗ that and thank you for pointing out what

1:27:00 ↗ we've talked about in the past and how

1:27:02 ↗ we can follow up on on that work in

1:27:05 ↗ addition to what you're asking the

1:27:07 ↗ administration to look at because I

1:27:09 ↗ think we always need to be able to gauge

1:27:12 ↗ those sorts of things and sometimes we

1:27:16 ↗ don't always have that that historical

1:27:18 ↗ perspective and that's really really

1:27:20 ↗ important so I appreciate the amendment

1:27:22 ↗ thank you there other comment No all

1:27:28 ↗ right go back to my script if there is

1:27:33 ↗ no further discussion all those in favor

1:27:35 ↗ of approving

1:27:40 ↗ I'm sorry of course first we need to

1:27:44 ↗ vote on the amendment I my apologies is

1:27:47 ↗ there any further discussion on the

1:27:49 ↗ amendment very none all in favor of the

1:27:53 ↗ substitute amendment language as

1:27:55 ↗ proposed by councilmember Goodman say

1:27:56 ↗ aye aye opposed the amendment carried

1:28:01 ↗ unanimously we're back to the main the

1:28:04 ↗ main res the main resolution in front of

1:28:06 ↗ us for the discussion on the main

1:28:07 ↗ resolution that's member Walsh thank you

1:28:12 ↗ I would again like to very much

1:28:15 ↗ appreciate the community members who

1:28:17 ↗ have come forward to discuss this being

1:28:21 ↗ one of the original ones that supported

1:28:23 ↗ this it really was quite a touching

1:28:27 ↗ moment when we were in City Hall you

1:28:30 ↗ know the same day as the terrorist

1:28:34 ↗ attack in New Zealand but then also

1:28:36 ↗ bringing it back to our own community

1:28:39 ↗ and looking at what had happened in Clah

1:28:41 ↗ Hannie today certainly we saw some of

1:28:45 ↗ that with the Issaquah high school and

1:28:48 ↗ even seeing that in social media I would

1:28:51 ↗ like to point out that in the resolution

1:28:55 ↗ we do also recognize that this is very

1:28:59 ↗ very important for our community it's

1:29:01 ↗ today states where as one in five

1:29:03 ↗ community members in Issaquah r

1:29:05 ↗ foreign-born and our diversity and

1:29:07 ↗ always continues to grow and enrich our

1:29:10 ↗ lives I think that's very important and

1:29:12 ↗ yet mid states where as hate crimes in

1:29:15 ↗ Washington state have increased by 32

1:29:17 ↗ percent in 2017 nearly double the rate

1:29:20 ↗ experienced nationally this really goes

1:29:23 ↗ to why this is important as a timely man

1:29:26 ↗ a factor for us and for our community

1:29:30 ↗ and that's why I support it yep other

1:29:34 ↗ comments councilmember winters time now

1:29:36 ↗ thank you I don't have any prepared

1:29:37 ↗ comments but what I do know about myself

1:29:41 ↗ and other human beings when when there

1:29:44 ↗ is threat when there is danger we do

1:29:46 ↗ look around and to ask ourselves who are

1:29:49 ↗ our friends am i safe

1:29:51 ↗ as my family safe and what somebody said

1:29:55 ↗ 17 years ago or two years ago may not

1:29:59 ↗ provide any consolation it's what those

1:30:02 ↗ around you and they're your community

1:30:04 ↗ members and your family and the

1:30:05 ↗ leadership around you what do they say

1:30:07 ↗ and how do they react at that moment to

1:30:09 ↗ help provide assurance that you hear now

1:30:11 ↗ and in the future you know feel that you

1:30:14 ↗ are welcome and that this is a safe

1:30:15 ↗ place for you to be and for you to raise

1:30:18 ↗ your family and I view this resolution

1:30:20 ↗ as originally proposed to be just that

1:30:23 ↗ is to speak to the moment and touch

1:30:25 ↗ people at a time when there is

1:30:27 ↗ uncertainty yes there are many times

1:30:30 ↗ than when that happens and most of these

1:30:32 ↗ factors are far beyond our control

1:30:34 ↗ there's really little that the city can

1:30:37 ↗ do what happens in in New Zealand for

1:30:40 ↗ example and I'm pretty sure that's not

1:30:42 ↗ the intent but I came to this thinking

1:30:45 ↗ that I know that there are members of

1:30:46 ↗ this community both here in Issaquah and

1:30:48 ↗ nearby who were ready to receive some

1:30:54 ↗ words of thoughtfulness and kindness and

1:30:56 ↗ acknowledgement of their fear and that

1:31:00 ↗ for us to be able to say that they are

1:31:02 ↗ welcome to be here we you know count

1:31:09 ↗ them as as are our brothers and sisters

1:31:10 ↗ and members of the community that's

1:31:13 ↗ important sometimes just to take a

1:31:15 ↗ moment and say that and that's what we

1:31:17 ↗ were doing this evening and it's well

1:31:19 ↗ worth our time even if we do this every

1:31:21 ↗ year going forward or in response to any

1:31:24 ↗ event that happens for us to take the

1:31:26 ↗ time and acknowledge that those fears

1:31:29 ↗ that people have and to address them as

1:31:31 ↗ a community it will always be worth our

1:31:33 ↗ time you come from every

1:31:38 ↗ so it is when something shocking happens

1:31:40 ↗ such as September 11 2001 and the

1:31:44 ↗ retaliation that that precipitated the

1:31:47 ↗ resolution in 2002 and it is the acts of

1:31:51 ↗ terrorism in New Zealand that have

1:31:53 ↗ precipitated us reaffirming our views on

1:31:57 ↗ inclusion and renouncing hate and what I

1:32:02 ↗ think is really important is well two

1:32:04 ↗ things one is that we do that and we've

1:32:06 ↗ periodically come back and reaffirm our

1:32:08 ↗ stance but it's also probably more

1:32:10 ↗ important that every day regardless of

1:32:13 ↗ whether there's a shocking outrageous

1:32:15 ↗ act of hate that every day we live our

1:32:18 ↗ lives and we live the way we interact

1:32:20 ↗ with our neighbors in a spirit of

1:32:24 ↗ inclusion and of love and of community

1:32:27 ↗ and that's what makes for great

1:32:28 ↗ communities so super supportive of this

1:32:32 ↗ resolution but even more supportive of

1:32:35 ↗ the ongoing values that we need to

1:32:39 ↗ espouse in this community of inclusion

1:32:41 ↗ and community any other comments deputy

1:32:47 ↗ president patís I just wanted to say one

1:32:49 ↗ of their quick quick item that it was as

1:32:54 ↗ we talked about progress that we're

1:32:56 ↗ making and and where we're at and what

1:32:59 ↗ we need to do and how we can measure

1:33:01 ↗ what we're doing I ate to see in the

1:33:04 ↗ mayor's report tonight about the

1:33:07 ↗ cultural events that are going to be

1:33:09 ↗ coming up at Lake Sammamish State Park

1:33:11 ↗ and I just had an opportunity to go to

1:33:15 ↗ cultural conversations in Bellevue just

1:33:19 ↗ last week and it was really amazing and

1:33:23 ↗ eye-opening and something that you know

1:33:25 ↗ across our communities can be so

1:33:27 ↗ meaningful in terms of being welcoming

1:33:30 ↗ and opening and just learning from all

1:33:33 ↗ of our all of our neighbors and the

1:33:35 ↗ residents here so looking forward to to

1:33:40 ↗ looking at that sort of broader picture

1:33:42 ↗ of all of the work that that has been

1:33:46 ↗ done what work needs to still be done in

1:33:48 ↗ light of where we're at with our last

1:33:51 ↗ resolution any final comments so if

1:33:58 ↗ there was no further discussion all

1:34:00 ↗ those in favor of approving res amended

1:34:03 ↗ resolution number 2019 - three in

1:34:06 ↗ condemnation of racism discrimination

1:34:08 ↗ and related acts of violence signify by

1:34:11 ↗ saying aye aye those opposed motion

1:34:15 ↗ passes unanimously

1:34:17 ↗ Thank You councilmember Goodman yeah and

1:34:22 ↗ as I mentioned earlier I wanted to make

1:34:24 ↗ a related motion I would move to direct

1:34:28 ↗ the administration and I've got a copy

1:34:30 ↗ to something you know move to direct the

1:34:32 ↗ administration to report back to the

1:34:34 ↗ council in about four months with a

1:34:38 ↗ proposal for how to analyze and evaluate

1:34:41 ↗ the progress made toward resolution 2002

1:34:44 ↗ - nine so the council and city may

1:34:47 ↗ determine what if any actions are needed

1:34:49 ↗ in order to satisfy the promises made in

1:34:51 ↗ that resolution a second motion has been

1:34:56 ↗ seconded discussion that's member Walsh

1:35:01 ↗ thank you looking at the original

1:35:04 ↗ resolution in 2002 as much as it does

1:35:09 ↗ have specifics on directing the school

1:35:14 ↗ district and city departments to do

1:35:17 ↗ certain activities I don't feel like it

1:35:20 ↗ was really set up in a way that created

1:35:24 ↗ specific actions that can be measured

1:35:29 ↗ and monitored so as much as I love me

1:35:32 ↗ some really good data that I can look at

1:35:35 ↗ and see progress on things I'm not sure

1:35:38 ↗ this was set up in that way so I would

1:35:41 ↗ be a little bit concerned in directing

1:35:43 ↗ the city staff to take time necessarily

1:35:47 ↗ away from any other projects that

1:35:49 ↗ they're working on toward creating a

1:35:51 ↗ framework around these specific actions

1:35:55 ↗ and measurements so I'm I appreciate the

1:35:59 ↗ idea of being able to measure

1:36:02 ↗ our actions toward reductions and

1:36:05 ↗ intolerance and things like that I

1:36:07 ↗ question whether this is the right

1:36:10 ↗ framework for that and whether we should

1:36:13 ↗ have another discussion about that

1:36:15 ↗ clarified don'ts member Goodman when I

1:36:17 ↗ clarify the motion doesn't direct the

1:36:19 ↗ administration to create any to come up

1:36:23 ↗ with any statistics or it all it would

1:36:26 ↗ do is direct the administration to come

1:36:28 ↗ back and propose to the council how we

1:36:31 ↗ might go about analyzing evaluating and

1:36:34 ↗ then it would be up to the council to

1:36:36 ↗ figure out what if any other actions we

1:36:39 ↗ might take which might in which could

1:36:42 ↗ involve nothing which might involve

1:36:43 ↗ further direction it's there's a whole

1:36:47 ↗ host of things I think the point really

1:36:49 ↗ here for me was as I'm you know looking

1:36:55 ↗ at this over the last several days this

1:36:57 ↗ is the third strong statement and I

1:36:59 ↗ think there was even a welcoming one you

1:37:01 ↗ know within the past year so that could

1:37:03 ↗ be four I didn't pull that one off the

1:37:06 ↗ website that could be four and at what

1:37:08 ↗ point do we look at the difference that

1:37:13 ↗ we're making and I you know I heard the

1:37:16 ↗ audience comment tonight about what a

1:37:18 ↗ difference that made

1:37:19 ↗ when the police reinforced with action

1:37:24 ↗ and so I think it would be important for

1:37:27 ↗ us to figure out if if we're making

1:37:30 ↗ progress what kind of additional

1:37:32 ↗ differences we might need to make so

1:37:34 ↗ again it doesn't beyond coming up with

1:37:36 ↗ some dialogue back to the council about

1:37:39 ↗ where we might go from here and how to

1:37:41 ↗ evaluate and analyze it doesn't doesn't

1:37:43 ↗ direct the administration do any more

1:37:45 ↗ than that councilmember hunt

1:37:49 ↗ I am in support of this motion and I too

1:37:55 ↗ councilmember Walsh's concerns I think a

1:37:57 ↗ lot of the issues that we address on

1:38:00 ↗ council are are things like

1:38:03 ↗ affordability or the one that comes to

1:38:06 ↗ mind is conservation clean air clean

1:38:08 ↗ water these are their value statements

1:38:11 ↗ that are hard to quantify nonetheless it

1:38:14 ↗ I think it is very important for us to

1:38:16 ↗ try to find ways of making sure that we

1:38:19 ↗ are addressing these issues and so I

1:38:22 ↗ think that we we can and should find

1:38:26 ↗ metrics to assess if we are for example

1:38:31 ↗ directing appropriate attention and

1:38:33 ↗ resources to supporting these efforts I

1:38:36 ↗ think that something like resource

1:38:37 ↗ allocation we could look into that so I

1:38:39 ↗ think there are ways that we can assess

1:38:42 ↗ our progress and I think that in the

1:38:44 ↗ process of doing that we'll also be able

1:38:46 ↗ to see what we're doing what we're

1:38:47 ↗ essentially could be doing in the future

1:38:49 ↗ and where to go from here so I am NOT I

1:38:53 ↗ am NOT concerned that these are not

1:38:57 ↗ specifically quantified within the

1:39:00 ↗ resolution because I think that the

1:39:02 ↗ intent is really to assess our our

1:39:05 ↗ trajectory towards meeting this goal and

1:39:07 ↗ to do that in a thoughtful way and then

1:39:10 ↗ to see what where we can go from here so

1:39:13 ↗ I am completely in support

1:39:16 ↗ coach member ray so when I look at the

1:39:20 ↗ now their force and we talk about what

1:39:23 ↗ were we we are resolved to do if we are

1:39:26 ↗ resolved to do something we should be

1:39:28 ↗ able to come back and say what have we

1:39:30 ↗ done with that resolve otherwise this is

1:39:33 ↗ really just an exercise in kind of

1:39:38 ↗ stating our our values and point of view

1:39:41 ↗ but I think by resolving I think we can

1:39:43 ↗ go further I think that we can take some

1:39:46 ↗ affirmative action in these these areas

1:39:49 ↗ and to do that I think it's important

1:39:51 ↗ that we

1:39:52 ↗ have a way to understand where and how

1:39:54 ↗ we can measure our progress on them

1:39:59 ↗ their time ever winters time yeah this

1:40:02 ↗ is a comment about kind of procedure

1:40:05 ↗ only it's not really about the substance

1:40:07 ↗ of the issue it would be my preference

1:40:10 ↗ that there would be some before

1:40:12 ↗ resolution was considered like this that

1:40:14 ↗ there would be I knew that there was

1:40:16 ↗ some type of dialogue that happened

1:40:17 ↗ between the administration and the

1:40:19 ↗ council at least council leadership or a

1:40:21 ↗ sponsor so I would so I think that that

1:40:26 ↗ would inform both parties and we could

1:40:28 ↗ have the actual action that is being

1:40:34 ↗ requested I think would be better

1:40:37 ↗ understood and so I think procedurally I

1:40:41 ↗ would have liked to have seen a request

1:40:43 ↗ like this kind of handled kind of at a

1:40:45 ↗ leadership level on those Wednesday

1:40:48 ↗ morning leadership meetings to discuss

1:40:50 ↗ that before it came forward like this

1:40:52 ↗ it's just a procedural question that

1:40:54 ↗ that's just um that would have been my

1:40:57 ↗ preference right go to council member

1:40:59 ↗ Goodman I want to a city administrator

1:41:02 ↗ if the city ministered mode if council

1:41:06 ↗ moves forward to vote in the affirmation

1:41:12 ↗ on this are you comfortable that you

1:41:15 ↗ understand what's being asked of the

1:41:18 ↗ administration and that it would be

1:41:22 ↗ something that the administration could

1:41:24 ↗ process

1:41:27 ↗ I understand the ask I think there's

1:41:29 ↗ always opportunities and in

1:41:31 ↗ councilmember Goodman has provided that

1:41:33 ↗ in her timeline for most timeline to

1:41:36 ↗ enter into a discussion and kind of

1:41:39 ↗ clarify what that output would look like

1:41:43 ↗ so that we meet at least her

1:41:46 ↗ expectations as the sponsor of this

1:41:49 ↗ motion so I do understand what's being

1:41:52 ↗ asked for at least at this point in time

1:41:53 ↗ okay councilmember Goodman -

1:41:57 ↗ councilmember winter science procedural

1:41:59 ↗ question and working through leadership

1:42:00 ↗ this is a little difficult because there

1:42:03 ↗ are three sponsors of the Bell I cannot

1:42:05 ↗ come into leadership and talk with

1:42:07 ↗ another - one sirs of the bill I could

1:42:10 ↗ an OPM a violation could occur so that

1:42:13 ↗ made it a little bit difficult I did

1:42:17 ↗ touch base briefly with one person in

1:42:20 ↗ the administration and we kind of had

1:42:26 ↗ the same issue with the resolution it's

1:42:28 ↗ like it was kind of a one touch

1:42:29 ↗ resolution - so I just wanted you to

1:42:31 ↗ know that it it wasn't an attempt to

1:42:35 ↗ that procedure would be surprised but

1:42:38 ↗ that was a that was a concern right

1:42:41 ↗ thank you there is no bill so I'm not

1:42:47 ↗ sure what OPM a problem there would be

1:42:49 ↗ so the problem is a resolution was on

1:42:53 ↗ the agenda

1:42:54 ↗ it's council business I'm sorry

1:42:56 ↗ referring to the the new motion at it

1:43:00 ↗ okay so I think that I I will be

1:43:07 ↗ supporting this this evening I don't

1:43:10 ↗ think we're making a specific commitment

1:43:13 ↗ to any particular course of action this

1:43:15 ↗ would come back I would expect this

1:43:17 ↗ would come back as some sort of agenda

1:43:19 ↗ bill for staff effort towards this

1:43:23 ↗ subject possibly involved

1:43:27 ↗ I deem mo likely okay one thing that and

1:43:33 ↗ I'm not going to add it to the motion

1:43:35 ↗ but I wonder if the Human Services

1:43:37 ↗ Commission could be involved in this

1:43:39 ↗ conversation if it fits within their

1:43:41 ↗ charter seems like it might and that

1:43:44 ↗ they could be part of the conversation

1:43:46 ↗ so with that do we have the language of

1:43:52 ↗ the resolution together back sure the

1:43:58 ↗ motion is to move to direct the

1:44:00 ↗ administration to report back to the

1:44:02 ↗ council within the next four months with

1:44:04 ↗ a proposal for how to analyze and

1:44:05 ↗ evaluate the progress made toward

1:44:07 ↗ resolution number 2002 - oh nine so the

1:44:10 ↗ council and city may determine what if

1:44:12 ↗ any action or actions are needed in

1:44:15 ↗ order to satisfy the promises made in

1:44:17 ↗ that resolution any further discussion

1:44:22 ↗ councilmember Walsh this coming up at

1:44:27 ↗ this point I had a question about what

1:44:30 ↗ that was measuring I very much

1:44:32 ↗ appreciate both of your responses to let

1:44:35 ↗ me know that helps clarify for me I hope

1:44:39 ↗ this comes with something that we really

1:44:41 ↗ can take action on I think that would be

1:44:43 ↗ a win for the city so thank you no

1:44:47 ↗ further comment all those in favor say

1:44:50 ↗ aye

1:44:50 ↗ all right opposed the motion passes 61

1:44:54 ↗ with councilmember winter Stein in the

1:44:55 ↗ negative I believe 5 to 1 I'm sorry did

1:45:00 ↗ I not was there an abstention Oh 6 I'm

1:45:04 ↗ sorry all right thank you all for for

1:45:10 ↗ this very productive conversation we're

1:45:13 ↗ gonna move on to agenda bill 7 7 7 0

1:45:19 ↗ finance consultant services I'd like to

1:45:22 ↗ ask City Administrator moon to make some

1:45:24 ↗ introductory comments on this item Thank

1:45:26 ↗ You Mayor Pro Tem I want to introduce

1:45:29 ↗ this item by saying that improvements to

1:45:32 ↗ our financial system policies and

1:45:34 ↗ procedures are the city administration's

1:45:37 ↗ number-one priority

1:45:39 ↗ in fact this was among the first things

1:45:42 ↗ that I spoke to newly elected mayor

1:45:45 ↗ Polly about as she took office and I

1:45:48 ↗ know that she also shares my commitment

1:45:50 ↗ it's a topic for which I also gained a

1:45:54 ↗ deeper understanding of its urgency and

1:45:56 ↗ criticality as 2018 unfolded and the

1:45:59 ↗ finance department began reporting to me

1:46:02 ↗ the scope of the work that we will

1:46:05 ↗ describe tonight is the product of

1:46:06 ↗ several months of examination during

1:46:10 ↗ which we tried to get a clearer picture

1:46:11 ↗ of the long-standing issues that have

1:46:14 ↗ kept us from operating as effectively

1:46:16 ↗ and efficiently as we need to I want to

1:46:19 ↗ express my appreciation to Beth and to

1:46:21 ↗ our finance team who have had the

1:46:23 ↗ courage to ask for an infusion of

1:46:25 ↗ assistance and have remained dedicated

1:46:27 ↗ to the work that is ahead of us as Beth

1:46:31 ↗ will relay this is only one of several

1:46:33 ↗ bodies of work that we will need to

1:46:35 ↗ undertake to put ourselves in a position

1:46:37 ↗ poised for success while it can be

1:46:40 ↗ difficult to publicize our challenges

1:46:42 ↗ Beth and I know that the organization

1:46:45 ↗ cannot continue to piecemeal this work

1:46:47 ↗ while still attempting to get the

1:46:49 ↗ day-to-day work done we need some

1:46:52 ↗ additional resources to take on

1:46:54 ↗ comprehensive improvements and that

1:46:57 ↗ concludes my introductory comments and

1:47:00 ↗ happy to have Beth make the presentation

1:47:02 ↗ tonight finance director Beth Goldberg

1:47:06 ↗ thank you and good evening everyone I am

1:47:11 ↗ here to present on agenda bills seven

1:47:14 ↗ seven seven zero which would allow the

1:47:18 ↗ city to engage in financial consulting

1:47:21 ↗ services following on Administrator

1:47:27 ↗ moons comments I want to give a little

1:47:29 ↗ bit of context and background about what

1:47:33 ↗ we're asking from the council tonight we

1:47:36 ↗ are seeking the administration as

1:47:38 ↗ seeking counsel support in entering into

1:47:40 ↗ a contract with the government finance

1:47:43 ↗ Officers Association more commonly known

1:47:48 ↗ as GFO a

1:47:50 ↗ there's research and consulting Center

1:47:53 ↗ to help the finance department the

1:47:56 ↗ administration and really the city as a

1:47:58 ↗ whole

1:47:59 ↗ start to look at how we are delivering

1:48:03 ↗ our financial management operations yes

1:48:07 ↗ this is focused on the finance

1:48:09 ↗ department but it is affecting all parts

1:48:12 ↗ of the organization the administration

1:48:14 ↗ and I would even argue how the council

1:48:17 ↗ does its business so we see this as a

1:48:21 ↗ very important work item the before I go

1:48:25 ↗ into the details I do want to point out

1:48:27 ↗ that the city's financial management

1:48:29 ↗ policy does give the mayor the authority

1:48:31 ↗ to enter into professional services

1:48:34 ↗ agreements up to $300,000 in a dollar

1:48:38 ↗ amount this is below that so from a

1:48:42 ↗ strictly policy perspective we are not

1:48:44 ↗ necessarily required to bring this to

1:48:47 ↗ all of you but given the import of this

1:48:50 ↗ issue to the functioning of the overall

1:48:52 ↗ organization we felt like it was

1:48:55 ↗ important for you to be aware of this

1:48:58 ↗ body of work also want to at this point

1:49:02 ↗ we feel like we could absorb the costs

1:49:04 ↗ of this work within existing

1:49:06 ↗ appropriations but as the work unfolds

1:49:09 ↗ and there are some other elements that I

1:49:10 ↗ will also speak to there may be a need

1:49:12 ↗ down the road to seek a budget amendment

1:49:15 ↗ so with that in mind we also wanted the

1:49:17 ↗ council to be aware of this I also want

1:49:20 ↗ to point out that there were some

1:49:22 ↗ general discussions about this potential

1:49:25 ↗ need during the 2019

1:49:27 ↗ adopted budget process but we've now

1:49:30 ↗ taken the time to flesh this out a

1:49:32 ↗ little bit further so we're in a

1:49:33 ↗ position to provide you more details so

1:49:37 ↗ first I want to go into some background

1:49:39 ↗ about why this work is needed and why

1:49:41 ↗ this is so critical to not only the

1:49:44 ↗ finance department but the overall

1:49:46 ↗ organization as you're all aware the

1:49:49 ↗ state auditor's office audits our books

1:49:52 ↗ on an annual basis and they recently

1:49:55 ↗ completed on the audit of this city's

1:49:58 ↗ 2017 financial statements this was the

1:50:02 ↗ fourth can

1:50:03 ↗ of year that the state auditor's office

1:50:05 ↗ issued a finding against the city and

1:50:08 ↗ the finding was centered around what is

1:50:12 ↗ known as our internal controls our

1:50:14 ↗ ability to produce accurate financial

1:50:18 ↗ statements in compliance with with state

1:50:23 ↗ and federal laws for consecutive years

1:50:28 ↗ we've had this finding I want to point

1:50:31 ↗ out while this finding is very serious

1:50:33 ↗ and the administration takes this

1:50:35 ↗ finding very serious I want to also make

1:50:37 ↗ it clear that there was no evidence of

1:50:39 ↗ fraud and no loss of funds however

1:50:43 ↗ weaknesses in internal controls does

1:50:45 ↗ leave an organization vulnerable to such

1:50:48 ↗ facts so again this is an important

1:50:51 ↗ finding but we have not suffered any

1:50:53 ↗ fraud or loss of funds up to this point

1:50:56 ↗ in in making this finding this year and

1:51:00 ↗ as well in previous years the state

1:51:02 ↗ auditor's office points to turnover and

1:51:06 ↗ staff in the finance department as well

1:51:08 ↗ as challenges associated with

1:51:10 ↗ implementing our financial management

1:51:14 ↗ system as underlying causes for these

1:51:18 ↗ internal control challenges these

1:51:23 ↗ variables are important in our ability

1:51:25 ↗ to produce accurate financial statements

1:51:28 ↗ but there are also the underpinnings of

1:51:29 ↗ some other challenges that we're seeing

1:51:31 ↗ in the finance department and again

1:51:35 ↗ given the import of this not only the

1:51:37 ↗ finance department but to the overall

1:51:40 ↗ functioning of the city we feel that

1:51:42 ↗ after four years of these findings and

1:51:45 ↗ frankly several attempts to address

1:51:49 ↗ these challenges with internal resources

1:51:52 ↗ we feel that were at the point now where

1:51:55 ↗ we can't address these challenges

1:52:00 ↗ internally we need expertise and

1:52:04 ↗ assistance from outside entities to help

1:52:08 ↗ us work through these challenges I will

1:52:10 ↗ say also before I go into the specifics

1:52:12 ↗ that

1:52:13 ↗ one of the challenges that we have is

1:52:15 ↗ that with staff turnover with a system

1:52:19 ↗ that is not functioning effectively our

1:52:22 ↗ day-to-day tasks are taking longer than

1:52:24 ↗ they might otherwise take and so we've

1:52:27 ↗ got a focus existing resources on

1:52:29 ↗ keeping those day-to-day operations

1:52:31 ↗ going and in my professional judgment

1:52:34 ↗ don't see us having the bandwidth to

1:52:36 ↗ then do this this forward-thinking work

1:52:39 ↗ that is needed to get us on a better

1:52:41 ↗ trajectory so that that is one of the

1:52:44 ↗ reasons why we are proposing to engage

1:52:47 ↗ these resources now so in terms of the

1:52:52 ↗ scope of work that is being contemplated

1:52:57 ↗ government finance officers association

1:52:59 ↗ was on site interviewing city staff from

1:53:03 ↗ throughout both in the finance

1:53:05 ↗ department and in other departments for

1:53:07 ↗ eight days in march and they identified

1:53:12 ↗ through these interviews through

1:53:13 ↗ reviewing our documents and our systems

1:53:15 ↗ several major obstacles that are

1:53:18 ↗ impeding the city's financial management

1:53:20 ↗ operations and these challenges and

1:53:24 ↗ areas can be broken down into five major

1:53:29 ↗ categories the first of which is our

1:53:31 ↗ financial policies the city does have a

1:53:35 ↗ set of financial management policies but

1:53:37 ↗ there aren't related procedures and the

1:53:40 ↗ policies that we do have are incomplete

1:53:43 ↗ and so this is creating challenges for

1:53:46 ↗ staff both within finance and in the

1:53:48 ↗ other departments in terms of

1:53:50 ↗ understanding what who's doing what

1:53:53 ↗ roles responsibilities so there's a lot

1:53:55 ↗ of time spent on who's doing what how

1:53:58 ↗ are we doing things rather than a clear

1:54:00 ↗ path of what the expectations are so

1:54:03 ↗ it's making our work less efficient less

1:54:06 ↗ effective and frankly less consistent so

1:54:10 ↗ one example that I will give you in this

1:54:12 ↗ area is CIP projects as you know we have

1:54:17 ↗ a number of CIP projects every year that

1:54:20 ↗ we are completing some of them are small

1:54:21 ↗ some of them are larger there are

1:54:23 ↗ inconsistent practices

1:54:25 ↗ the departments and within finance about

1:54:28 ↗ closing out those projects some

1:54:30 ↗ departments are staying on top of them

1:54:33 ↗ closing out the projects some

1:54:34 ↗ departments aren't doing as good of a

1:54:36 ↗ job and finance sometimes has the

1:54:39 ↗ information to close out the projects

1:54:40 ↗ sometimes we don't so what is happening

1:54:43 ↗ is if a project isn't being closed out

1:54:46 ↗ we then aren't taking any funds that are

1:54:49 ↗ left over and returning them back to

1:54:52 ↗ their home their home-based fund so it's

1:54:55 ↗ creating some reconciliation challenges

1:54:57 ↗ so that's one example of where

1:54:59 ↗ consistent policies procedures around

1:55:02 ↗ closing out CIP projects will help us

1:55:05 ↗ better function as an organization

1:55:08 ↗ another area that GFO a identified as an

1:55:13 ↗ impediment to our work is the deployment

1:55:16 ↗ of munis munis is our financial

1:55:18 ↗ management system it was implemented in

1:55:21 ↗ 2015 and the city for a variety of

1:55:28 ↗ reasons did not fully complete that

1:55:34 ↗ implementation and when I say fully

1:55:36 ↗ complete that implementation we've got

1:55:38 ↗ it it's working but for example we

1:55:40 ↗ didn't the city didn't engage in a

1:55:43 ↗ robust training curriculum for users of

1:55:47 ↗ the system so users in the department

1:55:50 ↗ don't necessarily know how to access the

1:55:53 ↗ data in munis so it creates challenges

1:55:55 ↗ for getting the data that people need to

1:55:58 ↗ do their jobs so this body of work with

1:56:02 ↗ GFO a's assistance will be to look at

1:56:05 ↗ how munis was implemented and make

1:56:09 ↗ recommendations of where we need to make

1:56:10 ↗ changes in how it's being deployed how

1:56:12 ↗ it's being setup and we'll also then

1:56:15 ↗ look at a more robust training program

1:56:18 ↗ for city staff another area that is

1:56:23 ↗ creating challenges is our chart of

1:56:25 ↗ accounts this is the underlying

1:56:27 ↗ structure upon which all of our finances

1:56:29 ↗ are based

1:56:31 ↗ when the city first implemented munis

1:56:33 ↗ there was an update to the chart of

1:56:35 ↗ accounts the city found that chart of

1:56:39 ↗ accounts to be cumbersome to you so last

1:56:42 ↗ year there was another attempt to to

1:56:45 ↗ recreate the chart of accounts and this

1:56:48 ↗ is a good example of we're doing

1:56:50 ↗ something in house when staff has

1:56:53 ↗ stretched thin has its challenges a

1:56:55 ↗ chart of accounts was created there were

1:56:59 ↗ some deadlines there wasn't a strong

1:57:02 ↗ enough effort to make sure that there

1:57:04 ↗ was buy-in from all of the city

1:57:05 ↗ departments and to make sure that the

1:57:07 ↗ newly proposed structure was going to

1:57:09 ↗ work for all parts of the organization

1:57:11 ↗ so we've had a number of challenges

1:57:14 ↗ since then and I will give you one

1:57:15 ↗ example of where we have had challenges

1:57:18 ↗ and this is a question that I imagine

1:57:21 ↗ I'll get from Council at some point the

1:57:23 ↗ new chart of accounts changed the way

1:57:26 ↗ the way lease and rental revenue was

1:57:30 ↗ being categorized so our parks

1:57:32 ↗ department has a number of facilities

1:57:35 ↗ that are available for rent and lease

1:57:37 ↗ those revenue lines in the new chart of

1:57:40 ↗ accounts is no longer reflected under

1:57:42 ↗ the parks department budget it's

1:57:44 ↗ reflected in a category called

1:57:46 ↗ miscellaneous and it's lumped in with

1:57:49 ↗ other rent and lease revenues so it's

1:57:52 ↗ very difficult to tease out how much

1:57:54 ↗ revenue parks is generating from our

1:57:57 ↗ financial systems at some point one of

1:58:01 ↗ you up there is going to say so how much

1:58:03 ↗ revenue is is parks bringing in and it

1:58:06 ↗ is going to be very difficult for me to

1:58:08 ↗ answer the question it's requiring parks

1:58:11 ↗ to maintain some side systems where

1:58:13 ↗ they're categorizing this revenue and

1:58:15 ↗ it's going to be a lot of extra work to

1:58:17 ↗ answer that question not the most

1:58:19 ↗ efficient way to be to be doing this so

1:58:21 ↗ we need to look at our chart of accounts

1:58:24 ↗ and engage city departments and make

1:58:30 ↗ sure that the structure is going to work

1:58:32 ↗ for all parties and make sure that it is

1:58:34 ↗ going to work on the back end reporting

1:58:37 ↗ that is something we do to all of you

1:58:39 ↗ and then both in views frankly within

1:58:42 ↗ the organization as well

1:58:45 ↗ another area is organizational roles and

1:58:48 ↗ structure as we tackle the items above

1:58:53 ↗ we hope that our work is more

1:58:56 ↗ streamlined and more efficient and it

1:59:00 ↗ may be that we can either better do our

1:59:04 ↗ jobs with the existing resources or

1:59:06 ↗ maybe even redeploy some resources and

1:59:09 ↗ beefed up our capabilities in for

1:59:12 ↗ example analytic areas that I would

1:59:15 ↗ argue that the organization is currently

1:59:17 ↗ weak on and then they they offered some

1:59:22 ↗ observations on what is being called

1:59:25 ↗ other contributing factors every every

1:59:27 ↗ good study has an other category so this

1:59:30 ↗ one has an other category and one

1:59:32 ↗ example that is that falls under this

1:59:35 ↗ category is our ability to process

1:59:39 ↗ payroll is very challenging part of it

1:59:42 ↗ is made challenging by just the setup of

1:59:45 ↗ immunise itself but another complicating

1:59:49 ↗ factor is that we have very complex pay

1:59:52 ↗ and benefit structures that have we have

1:59:57 ↗ a lot of nuances in our pay and benefit

1:59:59 ↗ structures so it's it's not set up in a

2:00:02 ↗ way that allows the system to

2:00:04 ↗ automatically calculate things so it is

2:00:07 ↗ prone for for challenges so that is

2:00:11 ↗ another area that is we start to look at

2:00:13 ↗ this body of work that will be among the

2:00:17 ↗ things that we are focusing on so that

2:00:20 ↗ is the general body of work that G fo a

2:00:23 ↗ is proposing we are still working with

2:00:26 ↗ them on the full scope of the project

2:00:30 ↗ but the initial body of work that we're

2:00:32 ↗ anticipating is going to be about one

2:00:34 ↗ hundred and thirty thousand dollars I

2:00:37 ↗ wanted though then note that this is not

2:00:40 ↗ from my perspective the only body of

2:00:43 ↗ work that we need to tackle so if we

2:00:45 ↗ tackle all of these things here that is

2:00:48 ↗ going to put us on a better trajectory

2:00:49 ↗ moving forward to manage our finances

2:00:52 ↗ what it doesn't do is

2:00:55 ↗ and say what do we have now and because

2:01:00 ↗ of our challenges we have not done as

2:01:05 ↗ thorough of a job reconciling our

2:01:08 ↗ existing fund structure as I would have

2:01:13 ↗ liked some of it is made more

2:01:15 ↗ challenging by the fact that it is hard

2:01:17 ↗ to get data out of our financial system

2:01:18 ↗ so if we're going to change our

2:01:20 ↗ practices moving forward we also need to

2:01:23 ↗ make sure what we're sitting on is is a

2:01:26 ↗ clean accurate set of books so I am in

2:01:30 ↗ the process of working on a request for

2:01:33 ↗ proposal that would bring in additional

2:01:36 ↗ accounting resources and help us do a

2:01:39 ↗ historical look at our our funds to make

2:01:43 ↗ sure that once we have these systems in

2:01:45 ↗ place that we've got an accurate

2:01:49 ↗ accounting system an accounting of our

2:01:51 ↗ funds so that we basically were were

2:01:54 ↗ moving forward on a clean slate so that

2:01:57 ↗ is another body of work it's separate

2:01:59 ↗ from what we're contemplating with the

2:02:01 ↗ GFO a as that work unfolds we will also

2:02:04 ↗ be coming back to Council and sharing

2:02:06 ↗ that information with you so the

2:02:11 ↗ question is is we're going through this

2:02:13 ↗ work and actually maybe before I do that

2:02:15 ↗ I will point out also that these

2:02:18 ↗ challenges developed over time they did

2:02:24 ↗ not happen overnight the fix is not

2:02:26 ↗ going to happen overnight either this is

2:02:28 ↗ going to be very difficult to

2:02:29 ↗ challenging work and so I just need to

2:02:32 ↗ put that caveat out there that this is

2:02:34 ↗ this is not an over overnight thing this

2:02:36 ↗ is a many month maybe year two effort

2:02:40 ↗ that we are undertaking now so what is

2:02:42 ↗ what does this work look like then on

2:02:45 ↗ the backend and why are we doing this

2:02:47 ↗ what does success look like in doing

2:02:49 ↗ this the city's goal the

2:02:52 ↗ administration's goal is to first put us

2:02:54 ↗ on a path towards clean audit findings

2:02:58 ↗ we want to have improved financial

2:03:02 ↗ reporting capabilities so that we can

2:03:04 ↗ port not only internally to the

2:03:06 ↗ organization how we're doing but also to

2:03:09 ↗ you council members into our residents

2:03:11 ↗ so for example I know there is a desire

2:03:14 ↗ for quarterly financial reports I want

2:03:18 ↗ to be able to produce quarterly

2:03:19 ↗ financial reports it is very difficult

2:03:21 ↗ with our current system to be able to do

2:03:25 ↗ that so that is that is a goal that is

2:03:27 ↗ what success looks like on the backend

2:03:29 ↗ when we can do more regular reporting to

2:03:32 ↗ Council we also see improved efficiency

2:03:36 ↗ and effectiveness of the operation is a

2:03:38 ↗ desired outcome and improved employee

2:03:41 ↗ morale we have in the finance department

2:03:43 ↗ a hard-working team but it is a team

2:03:47 ↗ that is is is is stretched because we

2:03:53 ↗ don't have the systems in place so I

2:03:55 ↗ would like to see us have stronger

2:03:57 ↗ employee morale feel like they've got

2:03:59 ↗ the tools that they need to succeed and

2:04:02 ↗ then before I wrap up and take questions

2:04:05 ↗ I also want to point out in terms of the

2:04:07 ↗ importance of this work is as the city

2:04:12 ↗ is looking to take on more capital

2:04:15 ↗ projects potentially more debt our

2:04:18 ↗ ability to preserve our triple-a bond

2:04:20 ↗ rating they look at our financial

2:04:24 ↗ picture and so these audit findings

2:04:29 ↗ could be a challenge to our bond rating

2:04:31 ↗ it certainly as I mentioned could impact

2:04:35 ↗ or it does impact my ability to report

2:04:39 ↗ out information to all of you and it's

2:04:44 ↗ got some impacts potentially on our

2:04:47 ↗ ability to secure grants they are also

2:04:51 ↗ looking at our our financial picture so

2:04:54 ↗ this is really important to the whole

2:04:56 ↗ organization and with that I will wrap

2:04:59 ↗ up thank you before we go to questions I

2:05:05 ↗ see that our mayor is back from cows

2:05:07 ↗ ting in Olympia and I want to ask if

2:05:11 ↗ do you want to join us now or do you

2:05:13 ↗ want to wait till we can take a bio

2:05:15 ↗ break after this item is over and then

2:05:17 ↗ maybe take five minutes and shuffle

2:05:19 ↗ seats okay that's what we'll do

2:05:21 ↗ questions for Beth

2:05:25 ↗ let's member good name thank you I had

2:05:28 ↗ one question and that is in the

2:05:32 ↗ materials it said that the mayor had the

2:05:35 ↗ authority to enter into these contracts

2:05:37 ↗ can you our administrator moon review

2:05:42 ↗ how that is because I think there are

2:05:44 ↗ different types of contracts that the

2:05:46 ↗ mayor can enter into in different

2:05:48 ↗ amounts and so I think it would just be

2:05:50 ↗ good to briefly review that yes so so

2:05:54 ↗ the per the financial management policy

2:05:57 ↗ the mayor can enter into a professional

2:05:59 ↗ services agreement valued at up to

2:06:02 ↗ $300,000 thank you

2:06:05 ↗ sometime never ray thank you for doing

2:06:09 ↗ this I think this is overdue I think

2:06:14 ↗ that not only does it address the issues

2:06:18 ↗ that the state auditor has raised that

2:06:21 ↗ no organization be it is you know

2:06:23 ↗ not-for-profit or a city or you know

2:06:26 ↗ Boeing can operate effectively without

2:06:28 ↗ knowing what your financial health is

2:06:31 ↗ and so I think there is no more

2:06:32 ↗ important thing that we're doing right

2:06:34 ↗ now

2:06:34 ↗ administratively than getting our

2:06:36 ↗ financial ducks in a row so thank you

2:06:40 ↗ for doing this I think my biggest fear

2:06:42 ↗ is that we're not going far enough I

2:06:47 ↗ think there's probably more work that

2:06:48 ↗ needs to be done than what's been

2:06:50 ↗ outlined here I just know as I was

2:06:53 ↗ listening to you and we were talking

2:06:55 ↗ about munis I was harkening back to last

2:06:57 ↗ year when we were talking about a new

2:06:59 ↗ budgeting system that we were going to

2:07:01 ↗ put in and so I I don't want us to over

2:07:03 ↗ commit and under-deliver I want us to be

2:07:06 ↗ able to you know tell us what it's going

2:07:08 ↗ to take to fix this problem and then

2:07:10 ↗ let's go fix this problem because from

2:07:12 ↗ where I sit it's one of the most

2:07:14 ↗ significant administrative challenges

2:07:16 ↗ we have in the city right now I guess

2:07:18 ↗ there wasn't a question there but thank

2:07:20 ↗ you anyway for giving all this other

2:07:24 ↗ questions no so I have a question before

2:07:29 ↗ we look to make a motion on this so this

2:07:32 ↗ doesn't have so we said that it's

2:07:36 ↗ basically I'll just reiterate its

2:07:40 ↗ authorizing the mayor to use her

2:07:43 ↗ financial discretion to enter this as

2:07:46 ↗ opposed to normally citing specific

2:07:48 ↗ dollar value authorizations is that an

2:07:51 ↗ accurate description yes it is it is a

2:08:00 ↗ statement of support for the mayor

2:08:05 ↗ entering into this contract and an

2:08:08 ↗ acknowledgement that if at such time

2:08:13 ↗ down the road that a budget amendment is

2:08:16 ↗ needed to support this body of work that

2:08:22 ↗ the council would be willing to

2:08:24 ↗ entertain that budget amendment 13

2:08:27 ↗ entertain well I mean I can't commit you

2:08:30 ↗ to a decision that would probably there

2:08:32 ↗ would probably be some scope creep yeah

2:08:35 ↗ okay no seeing no other questions I

2:08:39 ↗ would like to move to authorize the

2:08:41 ↗ mayor to enter into an executed contract

2:08:44 ↗ with the government finance Officers

2:08:46 ↗ Association to complete the scope of

2:08:49 ↗ work outlined in agenda bills 7770 and

2:08:52 ↗ to prepare a future budget amendment if

2:08:54 ↗ necessary to cover the cost of this work

2:08:57 ↗ second motion has been seconded any

2:09:00 ↗ further discussion come summer winter

2:09:02 ↗ Stein all right thank you and Beth thank

2:09:04 ↗ you for stepping up here tonight and

2:09:07 ↗ much of the story that you told is not a

2:09:10 ↗ product of your own work

2:09:12 ↗ I and I know that coming into this and

2:09:16 ↗ discovering this and realizing these

2:09:18 ↗ things needed to be done that's quite a

2:09:21 ↗ challenge you've undertaken so I

2:09:22 ↗ appreciate you you stepping up to this

2:09:24 ↗ and and I want to you know I want you in

2:09:28 ↗ the organization to be successful at

2:09:30 ↗ this I think in the last three or four

2:09:33 ↗ years we've updated our financial

2:09:35 ↗ policies deeply twice so to hear now

2:09:39 ↗ that maybe it's not just the policies

2:09:41 ↗ but also how to implement how to follow

2:09:44 ↗ them that we're that we're lacking ouch

2:09:49 ↗ so I'm it's hard for me to imagine

2:09:52 ↗ because you've stated that we we do also

2:09:55 ↗ have to update our policy so I'm going

2:09:57 ↗ to be keen to understand where these

2:10:01 ↗ gaps might be because it certainly

2:10:03 ↗ seemed very credible and dramatic

2:10:07 ↗ improvements when we did update those so

2:10:10 ↗ that'll be very be very keen to

2:10:12 ↗ understand what we need to do there

2:10:15 ↗ though I do appreciate your example of

2:10:17 ↗ the closeout of the CIP projects I

2:10:19 ↗ totally get a diff boy if you can't

2:10:22 ↗ reconciliate all of the revenues and all

2:10:25 ↗ your all the receipts that you may

2:10:27 ↗ received or the expenditures and that

2:10:30 ↗ they're coded properly I understand also

2:10:33 ↗ what can happen after perhaps they're

2:10:35 ↗ being years of not properly reconciling

2:10:38 ↗ all of your expenses and you've got

2:10:39 ↗ balances somewhere that you can't

2:10:41 ↗ completely explain so that would be good

2:10:44 ↗ now we did hire consultants to implement

2:10:46 ↗ munis be very interested because I think

2:10:49 ↗ you said this is not just about process

2:10:51 ↗ but this may lead to a kind of a

2:10:53 ↗ reimplementation or reconfiguration you

2:10:56 ↗ did admit that we have changed our chart

2:10:59 ↗ of accounts at least twice I knew there

2:11:00 ↗ was once maybe even twice now recently

2:11:02 ↗ and you gave a good example as well of

2:11:04 ↗ how that parks leasing rental revenue

2:11:08 ↗ gets swept into a miscellaneous and it's

2:11:11 ↗ hard to tease that out but again these

2:11:13 ↗ were the hiring consultants to help us

2:11:17 ↗ with munis redoing our charts of

2:11:20 ↗ accounts we've made many attempts at

2:11:22 ↗ those recently it's

2:11:25 ↗ I just feel the call and the recognition

2:11:30 ↗ the very public recognition that you

2:11:32 ↗ know we need to do it again we'll demand

2:11:35 ↗ I think a higher degree of scrutiny and

2:11:38 ↗ transparency and I think that's just

2:11:41 ↗ incumbent with because of the recent

2:11:44 ↗ history and also we have recently

2:11:47 ↗ reorganized the finance organization as

2:11:51 ↗ well so just another some of it just as

2:11:54 ↗ redoing some things that we've done

2:11:56 ↗ recently it is somewhat of a

2:11:58 ↗ contradiction in my mind that we can

2:12:00 ↗ maintain that we have a triple-a bond

2:12:01 ↗ rating and I know that financial

2:12:03 ↗ policies and our completeness of those

2:12:05 ↗ is one of those aspects so it's a

2:12:07 ↗ contradiction in my mind to hear that

2:12:10 ↗ yeah we still need some work there yet

2:12:12 ↗ it's a factor within the ratings that we

2:12:14 ↗ do have so it sounds like it looks like

2:12:17 ↗ you want to say something about that

2:12:18 ↗ money give you well give you that

2:12:20 ↗ opportunity right now I have some

2:12:22 ↗ closing comments yeah so our last bond

2:12:24 ↗ rating was issued in 2014 we recently

2:12:31 ↗ with our recent financing it was a bank

2:12:34 ↗ loan and so we didn't need to go out for

2:12:36 ↗ a bond rating with that and these these

2:12:41 ↗ state auditor findings have occurred

2:12:43 ↗ since then and so you know among the

2:12:48 ↗ variables they're looking at is our

2:12:50 ↗ financial statements and so our fund

2:12:55 ↗ balances remain very healthy our

2:12:57 ↗ revenues are very healthy we are

2:12:59 ↗ conforming with our financial management

2:13:01 ↗ policy in terms of those fund balance

2:13:04 ↗ levels so you know there's not a concern

2:13:07 ↗ from that perspective and frankly our

2:13:10 ↗ financial health is making this I mean

2:13:14 ↗ it's critical but if our financial

2:13:16 ↗ health were in in less solid these

2:13:22 ↗ problems will be magnified even more so

2:13:26 ↗ I'm not here to say we would get a

2:13:29 ↗ downgrade but we run the risk of a

2:13:32 ↗ downgrade if they're looking at

2:13:35 ↗ these findings that have occurred since

2:13:37 ↗ the last bond rating in 2014 okay

2:13:40 ↗ all right thank you for that additional

2:13:42 ↗ information I appreciate that very much

2:13:44 ↗ and I've seen from the outside out not

2:13:46 ↗ sitting in this council chair many

2:13:47 ↗ different projects where financial

2:13:50 ↗ systems have been implemented and but

2:13:53 ↗ also various ERP systems are implemented

2:13:55 ↗ the common attributes of any type of

2:13:58 ↗ success stories generally there is

2:14:01 ↗ business process and cultural change

2:14:03 ↗ that is identified and implemented as

2:14:06 ↗ part of the system implementation and

2:14:08 ↗ that system is configured to implement

2:14:10 ↗ those new changes it also an other

2:14:13 ↗ common success attributes are very

2:14:16 ↗ strong and visible sponsorship executive

2:14:19 ↗ sponsorship throughout the entire

2:14:22 ↗ project and that there truly is a team

2:14:25 ↗ effort that goes cross departmental no

2:14:28 ↗ one organization owns it there's a

2:14:30 ↗ leadership and their sponsorship and and

2:14:32 ↗ the workers are always part of what

2:14:34 ↗ implement what is done and then finally

2:14:37 ↗ you bring in really good people who've

2:14:40 ↗ been there done that have done it before

2:14:41 ↗ and we can you buy that expertise and

2:14:44 ↗ they help you identify what needs to be

2:14:47 ↗ different and they can help you

2:14:48 ↗ implement that I mean those are common

2:14:50 ↗ attributes of successful projects this

2:14:52 ↗ is a project I realize this is just

2:14:54 ↗ leading into maybe a project like that

2:14:55 ↗ but others have done it we can do it too

2:15:00 ↗ it takes things like that again I thank

2:15:03 ↗ you for stepping forward and making this

2:15:05 ↗ you know public being the voice of what

2:15:07 ↗ has to be done even though much of it

2:15:08 ↗ happened before you were here but you

2:15:12 ↗ know you have my confidence and I'd like

2:15:13 ↗ to see you and the organization succeed

2:15:15 ↗ with this effort so I'm gonna support

2:15:17 ↗ this resolution

2:15:18 ↗ so can I maybe add a few other details

2:15:21 ↗ that speak to your point

2:15:23 ↗ first of all GFO a when they were out on

2:15:27 ↗ site said that you know we have

2:15:32 ↗ significant challenges but they're

2:15:34 ↗ fixable

2:15:35 ↗ so that is something for all of us to

2:15:37 ↗ keep in mind as we are going through

2:15:40 ↗ this difficult work this is this these

2:15:42 ↗ are fixable challenges the main point of

2:15:46 ↗ contact that we're using with GFO a her

2:15:48 ↗ name is

2:15:48 ↗ Shirley Hughes has she's recently

2:15:52 ↗ retired after spending 40 years in the

2:15:55 ↗ public sector

2:15:56 ↗ she has successfully implemented munis

2:15:58 ↗ in four jurisdictions and I did some

2:16:02 ↗ reference checks on her before we

2:16:04 ↗ engaged her work and some of them some

2:16:07 ↗ of it was count going into organizations

2:16:09 ↗ that were struggling with munis and one

2:16:11 ↗ of the references said you know we hated

2:16:14 ↗ munis before she got here and then you

2:16:16 ↗ know she made the changes and and we now

2:16:19 ↗ we now love it and a lot of it does

2:16:21 ↗ speak with with that that process

2:16:24 ↗ aligning processes with the systems that

2:16:26 ↗ you spoke about in your comments so

2:16:28 ↗ thank you for your support and just

2:16:30 ↗ wanted to give that additional context

2:16:33 ↗ other comments I will just say thank you

2:16:40 ↗ for this sort of very comprehensive

2:16:43 ↗ discussion of where we're at at this

2:16:45 ↗ time you have a big challenge but you're

2:16:48 ↗ hearing a lot of support from counsel so

2:16:51 ↗ so thank you for putting this together

2:16:53 ↗ and thank you for the ongoing

2:16:55 ↗ conversations that are sure to be lively

2:16:57 ↗ and timely forward so any further

2:17:03 ↗ discussion nope

2:17:06 ↗ if there's no further discussion all

2:17:08 ↗ those in favor of authorizing the mayor

2:17:09 ↗ to enter into an executed contract with

2:17:12 ↗ the government finance Officers

2:17:14 ↗ Association to complete the scope of

2:17:15 ↗ work outlined in agenda bills 7770 and

2:17:19 ↗ to prepare a future budget amendment if

2:17:20 ↗ necessary to cover the cost of this work

2:17:22 ↗ signify by saying aye aye those opposed

2:17:27 ↗ motion passes unanimously

2:17:29 ↗ thank you and we have two we have the

2:17:33 ↗ two bills that we have pulled down off

2:17:34 ↗ of consent and good of the order left

2:17:36 ↗ and we are going to take a five-minute

2:17:38 ↗ break to allow everybody to shuffle down

2:17:40 ↗ a spot and our fearless leader to bring

2:17:43 ↗ it can join us up on the dais and we

2:17:45 ↗ will return at

2:17:47 ↗ 9:24 thank you

2:18:00 ↗ you

2:25:06 ↗ welcome back and thank you council

2:25:09 ↗ president Mart's for standing in while I

2:25:11 ↗ was absent in Olympia we the next two

2:25:16 ↗ items under regular business will be

2:25:17 ↗ those that have been pulled down a b7

2:25:23 ↗ seven to one which was on the consent

2:25:25 ↗ calendar is requited gender bill

2:25:29 ↗ requesting council approval of the 2019

2:25:31 ↗ work program and budget for a regional

2:25:33 ↗ coalition for housing there is no sack

2:25:37 ↗ presentation on this this evening or no

2:25:39 ↗ new information being provided but

2:25:41 ↗ councilmember we wish to bring it down

2:25:43 ↗ to ask some questions on camera I will

2:25:47 ↗ hand it over to councilmember Wray Thank

2:25:50 ↗ You mayor Polly I think we can all agree

2:25:52 ↗ that affordable housing is one of the

2:25:55 ↗ most important challenges facing the

2:25:56 ↗ city in our region and arches serve this

2:25:59 ↗ community and other member cities for

2:26:02 ↗ more than two decades in that time the

2:26:04 ↗ need to provide affordable housing has

2:26:06 ↗ increased dramatically as has arches

2:26:08 ↗ role in the region and their portfolio

2:26:10 ↗ of properties I asked to bring this

2:26:12 ↗ agenda down to be heard in regular

2:26:15 ↗ business tonight because I wanted to

2:26:17 ↗ provide an opportunity to discuss the

2:26:20 ↗ challenges of arch phases talk about the

2:26:23 ↗ work that is being done to address those

2:26:24 ↗ challenges and understand how ESIC want

2:26:27 ↗ other member cities can support arch in

2:26:29 ↗ continuing to succeed in this important

2:26:32 ↗ work that the organization does so we

2:26:35 ↗ heard this agenda bill in the services

2:26:38 ↗ and Safety Committee and had some good

2:26:40 ↗ questions for Lindsey Lindsey Walsh had

2:26:48 ↗ some great questions for Lindsey masters

2:26:50 ↗ who is the new executive director and I

2:26:53 ↗ wanted to I have a few more questions to

2:26:55 ↗ ask and I know administrator moon has

2:26:57 ↗ agreed to field these questions but I

2:27:00 ↗ also thought it would be an opportune

2:27:02 ↗ time to see if there were any other

2:27:03 ↗ council members that had questions

2:27:05 ↗ relative to arch given some of the

2:27:08 ↗ recent media related to the organization

2:27:12 ↗ great do you want to start the questions

2:27:16 ↗ I am happy to or I'm happy to actually

2:27:19 ↗ defer since I've actually had a shot at

2:27:23 ↗ them so I'm good either way

2:27:24 ↗ okay are there any well I'll leave it to

2:27:28 ↗ the body

2:27:29 ↗ counselor Murray does have some specific

2:27:31 ↗ questions he would like to have city

2:27:33 ↗ administrator answered tonight do you

2:27:34 ↗ have does anybody want to start or

2:27:36 ↗ should we just go Chris no curse

2:27:39 ↗ hello Chris it's like so the first is

2:27:43 ↗ there was an article last week that ran

2:27:46 ↗ in the The Seattle Times around around

2:27:50 ↗ arch and the first question I have is

2:27:51 ↗ did The Times article fairly described

2:27:54 ↗ the current situation with the portfolio

2:27:56 ↗ of housing that is managed by arch yes I

2:28:02 ↗ think the basics of the article were

2:28:05 ↗ correct those have been issues that we

2:28:09 ↗ we as arch have highlighted for the

2:28:13 ↗ council and arch has made several

2:28:16 ↗ statements to that effect as well I

2:28:19 ↗ would say that the article didn't relay

2:28:21 ↗ all of the context or the full story but

2:28:27 ↗ this city other cities all of arch have

2:28:31 ↗ acknowledged that there have been some

2:28:32 ↗ issues with some units some units in the

2:28:36 ↗ portfolio and that we have taken action

2:28:38 ↗ to investigate those issues and cases

2:28:42 ↗ and we've taken steps to resolve many of

2:28:47 ↗ them at this point already

2:28:49 ↗ Thanks so one of the

2:28:53 ↗ the gender builder before us today is to

2:28:55 ↗ approve the 2019 work plan I noted that

2:28:59 ↗ there is consultant time in there to dig

2:29:01 ↗ into some of the issues that have been

2:29:03 ↗ raised by the media which was I think a

2:29:06 ↗ very proactive step on the part of arch

2:29:09 ↗ beyond the consultant time is there how

2:29:13 ↗ how are the arch 2019 and work plan

2:29:16 ↗ different from the 2018 work plan sure

2:29:19 ↗ there are a few things I'm not going to

2:29:20 ↗ go it's lengthy work plan as you've seen

2:29:23 ↗ in the agenda bills so I won't go

2:29:26 ↗ through every little piece but I'll talk

2:29:28 ↗ about it sort of in in general the word

2:29:30 ↗ plan does change from year to year some

2:29:33 ↗ elements of the work plan remain fairly

2:29:36 ↗ similar from one year to the next like

2:29:39 ↗ conducting the housing trust fund

2:29:40 ↗ application around or developing the

2:29:43 ↗ annual budget for the organization and

2:29:46 ↗ then there are elements that change some

2:29:48 ↗ elements are individual projects or

2:29:51 ↗ policy work that arch is taking on in

2:29:56 ↗ concert with individual municipalities

2:30:00 ↗ there are also work plan items that

2:30:03 ↗ apply organization wide across all the

2:30:07 ↗ cities that are members one of those in

2:30:10 ↗ 2019 that is different from 2018 is that

2:30:15 ↗ top priority of us taking these extra

2:30:20 ↗ efforts to strengthen the program

2:30:22 ↗ administration and the monitoring

2:30:23 ↗ functions that's a special and new

2:30:27 ↗ priority on the work plan and involves a

2:30:31 ↗ lot of component tasks those are broken

2:30:34 ↗ down in section three of that work plan

2:30:37 ↗ that's titled housing program

2:30:39 ↗ implementation and subsection B in

2:30:42 ↗ particular that's titled program

2:30:44 ↗ improvements and I won't read all of

2:30:48 ↗ those but there are several new pieces

2:30:51 ↗ even within that new newer section that

2:30:55 ↗ I would highlight as the meat of what is

2:30:57 ↗ different in addition and this is

2:31:02 ↗ highlighted in that section but it

2:31:03 ↗ sounds a little bit different in scope

2:31:05 ↗ so I wanted

2:31:06 ↗ we the Executive Board has also begun

2:31:11 ↗ doing the work of assessing the overall

2:31:17 ↗ capacity of the organization that's both

2:31:19 ↗ staff and tools available to us to

2:31:22 ↗ maintain and increase the current levels

2:31:26 ↗ of oversight particularly as the number

2:31:29 ↗ of arch

2:31:30 ↗ units in the portfolio grows I think I'm

2:31:34 ↗ gonna skip my next question because I

2:31:36 ↗ think you just answered it really dealt

2:31:37 ↗ with what arch is doing different 2019

2:31:40 ↗ to address the findings are the issues

2:31:42 ↗ concerns that were raised in in the

2:31:45 ↗ various media reports but I know that

2:31:48 ↗ arch is hired or is hiring a consultant

2:31:50 ↗ to help to get to the crux of this when

2:31:56 ↗ do we expect to have that report done

2:31:59 ↗ and is that something that arch will

2:32:00 ↗ share with the member cities yes that

2:32:04 ↗ consultant is already under contract

2:32:06 ↗ that was arch staff worked with the

2:32:11 ↗ Executive Board to do some precursor

2:32:12 ↗ work in late 2018 very early 2019

2:32:16 ↗ consultant was brought on board

2:32:18 ↗ I think officially under contract just

2:32:21 ↗ last month but has already begun the

2:32:23 ↗ work we're expecting draft report

2:32:27 ↗ sometime early summer as soon as that is

2:32:32 ↗ finalized then the Executive Board will

2:32:34 ↗ review it and soon thereafter we should

2:32:39 ↗ be able to share that with member

2:32:41 ↗ councils and the executive board will

2:32:44 ↗ not only process it because we've we've

2:32:47 ↗ had a lot of work with various programs

2:32:51 ↗ run by arch and should have an

2:32:55 ↗ opportunity to ask questions and seek

2:32:58 ↗ clarification on the recommendations

2:33:00 ↗ that are being made but then we can also

2:33:03 ↗ strengthen the recommendation back out

2:33:05 ↗ to member councils to say these are the

2:33:08 ↗ things that we think all of our cities

2:33:11 ↗ need to take action on and there will be

2:33:12 ↗ I I assume

2:33:15 ↗ some actions that will be able to be

2:33:18 ↗ undertaken under the internal local

2:33:20 ↗ agreement administrative li per the

2:33:23 ↗ direction of the executive board and

2:33:25 ↗ other actions that will have to come

2:33:26 ↗ back i imagine two member councils to

2:33:31 ↗ vote to adopt and pursue so late so late

2:33:35 ↗ summer is my best guess at when that

2:33:38 ↗ would be coming back through member

2:33:39 ↗ councils and i have one question that i

2:33:42 ↗ didn't share with you earlier that i

2:33:43 ↗ just occurred to me as I was preparing

2:33:45 ↗ and it really was and you kind of teed

2:33:48 ↗ it up actually in that response what is

2:33:51 ↗ it that the city of Issaquah can do

2:33:54 ↗ differently to ensure that arch is

2:33:56 ↗ successful and that we do have

2:33:58 ↗ affordable housing options in this

2:34:00 ↗ region is there anything that we can do

2:34:03 ↗ now to help arch in its mission yeah so

2:34:07 ↗ I think there are there are a lot of

2:34:10 ↗ things I think this body has done an

2:34:12 ↗ excellent job of trying to support the

2:34:15 ↗ creation of affordable housing in a lot

2:34:17 ↗ of different ways and we have housing

2:34:19 ↗ strategies that will help move the

2:34:22 ↗ needle as well with regard to arch I

2:34:26 ↗ expect we will have a good list of

2:34:31 ↗ recommendations on how we need to change

2:34:33 ↗ our approach some of the issues that we

2:34:37 ↗ have faced have to do with preservation

2:34:40 ↗ of a housing unit that once is required

2:34:44 ↗ for example the most of the units in the

2:34:47 ↗ highlands were required as part of the

2:34:50 ↗ development agreement we have other

2:34:52 ↗ units that have been recipients of

2:34:57 ↗ public funds and so there are different

2:35:00 ↗ actions we can take depending on the

2:35:03 ↗ level of control that we exercised over

2:35:05 ↗ those units or the city's desire to

2:35:08 ↗ maintain a higher level of involvement

2:35:12 ↗ going forward so I'm looking forward to

2:35:16 ↗ opportunities to discuss all of those

2:35:19 ↗ actions that we can take in greater

2:35:21 ↗ detail when those recommendations have

2:35:23 ↗ been

2:35:25 ↗ and engage city councils interest in

2:35:29 ↗ putting more of the city's weight behind

2:35:32 ↗ each of those thank you

2:35:36 ↗ that's good that's it for me I just like

2:35:37 ↗ I said I had a couple of questions that

2:35:39 ↗ I wanted to get out and I wanted to give

2:35:41 ↗ the rest the full council an opportunity

2:35:44 ↗ to discuss this before we move forward

2:35:48 ↗ with them with the motion on it let's

2:35:50 ↗ stay in question and answer for now

2:35:52 ↗ before I go to a motion are there any

2:35:53 ↗ other questions and if not is there

2:35:56 ↗ motion I'd like to make a motion thanks

2:35:59 ↗ I'd like to move to approve the 2019

2:36:02 ↗ arch work program and budget second it's

2:36:07 ↗ been moved and seconded discussion

2:36:11 ↗ council president Mertz so for me I

2:36:15 ↗ don't have any questions at this moment

2:36:17 ↗ because for me the rubber is gonna meet

2:36:20 ↗ the road the next time we look to have a

2:36:22 ↗ major project that arch is a part of and

2:36:26 ↗ then the public is going to say how do

2:36:28 ↗ you know that the challenges that were

2:36:31 ↗ identified on can be a profit going

2:36:33 ↗ forward and that's to me where I where I

2:36:35 ↗ will probably have a bunch of questions

2:36:37 ↗ so you know I not today but I reserve

2:36:42 ↗ the right and look forward to a big

2:36:44 ↗ project that arts as part of coming to

2:36:46 ↗ our city soon other comments or

2:36:48 ↗ questions councilmember we're

2:36:52 ↗ interesting thank you in Section three B

2:36:56 ↗ which is cited as program improvements

2:36:59 ↗ area I do see some language in there

2:37:01 ↗ which the little bit I know about some

2:37:03 ↗ of the issues that occurred definitely

2:37:05 ↗ had related to properties that had gone

2:37:08 ↗ through foreclosure and then there were

2:37:09 ↗ secondary lenders involved and there

2:37:11 ↗ were certain regulations are tied to

2:37:12 ↗ their involvement which made these

2:37:14 ↗ basically did make these properties

2:37:16 ↗ available for at market rates and so I'm

2:37:19 ↗ very encouraged when I see those you

2:37:22 ↗ know the you know the active participant

2:37:24 ↗ or seeking of input from the secondary

2:37:27 ↗ market lenders in this case if FHA and

2:37:29 ↗ Fannie Mae

2:37:30 ↗ I mean I think my the limited

2:37:32 ↗ information that I have I think that

2:37:35 ↗ they're gonna be their input is gonna be

2:37:36 ↗ critical and that to me is the

2:37:38 ↗ organization going right to the crux of

2:37:39 ↗ the issue and working with those who

2:37:42 ↗ have regulatory bodies whose it was

2:37:45 ↗ their participation that largely I my

2:37:47 ↗ understanding you know was created this

2:37:51 ↗ opportunity when for these properties

2:37:53 ↗ foreclosed so I'm glad to see that

2:37:55 ↗ absolutely there's nothing that's

2:37:57 ↗ happened here it's very unfortunate we

2:38:00 ↗ are stewards of the public funds and we

2:38:02 ↗ I take that very seriously I think

2:38:04 ↗ everybody who's involved with arts takes

2:38:05 ↗ very seriously to see that investment

2:38:08 ↗ kind of be lost and now those turned

2:38:11 ↗ into market rate units and no longer

2:38:15 ↗ getting that public benefit from that

2:38:17 ↗ original event of investment that was

2:38:19 ↗ made is very unfortunate but with my

2:38:22 ↗ vote tonight in support of this I am do

2:38:24 ↗ want to signal that my ongoing support

2:38:26 ↗ both now for the work that has been done

2:38:29 ↗ and for the work to be done this

2:38:32 ↗ affordable housing is a difficult

2:38:34 ↗ problem to address I think art and its

2:38:37 ↗ concept and its member cities and

2:38:39 ↗ participants in its leadership are very

2:38:41 ↗ effective and creative and then

2:38:42 ↗ following that objective and I'm most

2:38:46 ↗ interested in seeing it continue to

2:38:48 ↗ learn from this and to continue succeed

2:38:50 ↗ in its mission thank you thank you any

2:38:53 ↗ other comments or discussion okay seeing

2:38:58 ↗ none off of the vote on approving the

2:39:01 ↗ 2019 artwork program and budget all

2:39:04 ↗ those in favor say aye aye

2:39:05 ↗ as opposed it carries unanimously the

2:39:09 ↗ second item that was moved down to

2:39:11 ↗ regular business is a b77 1/4 agenda

2:39:17 ↗ bill requesting council adoption of an

2:39:19 ↗ ordinance amending its communistical

2:39:21 ↗ municipal code chapters three point six

2:39:24 ↗ four and eighteen point to two to comply

2:39:27 ↗ with an order issued by the US Federal

2:39:29 ↗ Communications Commission related to the

2:39:31 ↗ deployment of small cells and other

2:39:33 ↗ wireless infrastructure within the city

2:39:35 ↗ and I believe

2:39:36 ↗ councilmember winter Stein pulled it

2:39:37 ↗ down yes I did thank you yes and didn't

2:39:41 ↗ come here planning to do that but this

2:39:43 ↗ afternoon as I was completing my

2:39:45 ↗ preparations for this meeting I realized

2:39:47 ↗ that the the the the council

2:39:51 ↗ infrastructure meeting from the 21st

2:39:52 ↗ wasn't available online and video so I

2:39:56 ↗ wasn't able and I realize others I just

2:39:59 ↗ did it up another check right now that

2:40:01 ↗ we weren't able to really follow up to

2:40:05 ↗ see what happened during that meeting

2:40:06 ↗ hopefully that'll be reconciled but

2:40:09 ↗ since this was an action in front of us

2:40:11 ↗ this evening and director Niven was in

2:40:17 ↗ the house at that I wanted to take this

2:40:20 ↗ opportunity to the week we at council

2:40:24 ↗ infrastructure on the 21st we spent a

2:40:26 ↗ lot of time talking about level 1

2:40:27 ↗ reviews and there was a number of

2:40:30 ↗ alternatives and I'm not my purpose

2:40:33 ↗ really isn't to discuss all of those

2:40:35 ↗ alternatives right now but we had

2:40:38 ↗ questions then and I thought that they

2:40:40 ↗ were adequately answered about about

2:40:44 ↗ what adjacent means and we had questions

2:40:49 ↗ then too about the the shot clock and

2:40:53 ↗ this idea of there being some type of

2:40:57 ↗ administrative appeal that was put in

2:40:59 ↗ and I felt that they were very

2:41:00 ↗ adequately addressed in committee and I

2:41:03 ↗ think for the public's benefit and for

2:41:06 ↗ the my colleagues on the council's

2:41:08 ↗ benefit I think those are two questions

2:41:10 ↗ that we don't have any opportunity to go

2:41:14 ↗ review on the record and maybe that

2:41:16 ↗ video will be back up there soon but I

2:41:18 ↗ couldn't see it today so that was my

2:41:20 ↗ reason to bring down that I would ask

2:41:21 ↗ that if director Niven had the could

2:41:24 ↗ could address some of those questions

2:41:27 ↗ that we discussed on the 21st

2:41:29 ↗ I just quick question for the city

2:41:32 ↗ administrator so there's a couple of

2:41:35 ↗ options one is to redo part of the

2:41:36 ↗ presentation this evening go through Q&A

2:41:38 ↗ the other would be to

2:41:40 ↗ push this to the next council meeting

2:41:42 ↗ and I'm gonna give Council enough time

2:41:44 ↗ to review the video I think we've

2:41:48 ↗ confirmed the video is available online

2:41:50 ↗ it may not have had the hyperlink that

2:41:53 ↗ we typically put as an option on the

2:42:00 ↗ agenda itself but it's available on our

2:42:03 ↗ YouTube channel and via the city's

2:42:05 ↗ website I'm looking at it right here - I

2:42:09 ↗ don't list did so I'm not sure what's

2:42:12 ↗ amiss here I've been my intent to to

2:42:19 ↗ replay that and since I was unable to

2:42:22 ↗ for whatever reason I also realized no

2:42:26 ↗ but none of my colleagues would have had

2:42:27 ↗ an opportunity to do the same so good

2:42:29 ↗ point so I guess my question is thus if

2:42:33 ↗ there's several ways to do this I the

2:42:36 ↗ videos available if you've watched it

2:42:38 ↗ great if you feel like you need an

2:42:40 ↗ opportunity to watch it great if you

2:42:42 ↗ feel like you're ready to vote on it

2:42:43 ↗ tonight

2:42:44 ↗ you can vote on it ma'am they're sorry

2:42:48 ↗ but I made a mistake we were looking at

2:42:52 ↗ the February videos 24 we're still

2:42:55 ↗ researching and it appears that it may

2:42:58 ↗ not be available as council normal

2:43:00 ↗ interesting so what is the will of the

2:43:01 ↗ body what would you like to do this

2:43:03 ↗ evening the video is not posted would

2:43:06 ↗ you like to push this tape roll 15 allow

2:43:10 ↗ your time to review it all right council

2:43:12 ↗ member Walsh so as someone who was at

2:43:15 ↗ the that meeting and was able to discuss

2:43:19 ↗ it I felt like as much as there was a

2:43:23 ↗ two to one vote we came to a point to

2:43:28 ↗ say this is a fairly small change to

2:43:32 ↗ what has previously been approved

2:43:36 ↗ multiple times through this whole

2:43:38 ↗ conversation on small cell so I would be

2:43:42 ↗ suggestive to move forward I think we

2:43:45 ↗ had also heard from director Niven that

2:43:47 ↗ there were

2:43:48 ↗ some applications ready to go and I do

2:43:52 ↗ not want the city to be in a position

2:43:54 ↗ where we are in violation of the FCC

2:43:57 ↗ rule if those come through so that's

2:44:02 ↗ another reason I would get points of

2:44:03 ↗ just moving forward so I will let it

2:44:05 ↗ folks comment and I will let Keith and

2:44:08 ↗ Emily decide if that shot clock is

2:44:10 ↗ actually an issue and I'm great you an

2:44:12 ↗ answer on that any other comments well I

2:44:17 ↗ just want to make it clear that I want

2:44:19 ↗ to take this opportunity to ask director

2:44:21 ↗ Niven a couple questions oh sure this

2:44:25 ↗ evening that's why I brought it down

2:44:27 ↗ okay

2:44:28 ↗ it sounded like what you wanted was him

2:44:30 ↗ to represent a couple of the points that

2:44:32 ↗ he had done at the meeting so there are

2:44:33 ↗ questions on from the meeting that were

2:44:36 ↗ addressed in the meeting that have been

2:44:38 ↗ rear aged in the public forum and if

2:44:42 ↗ there indeed was not a public record

2:44:44 ↗ available of that this would be an

2:44:46 ↗ opportunity to recreate that review so

2:44:48 ↗ for questions Keith gone up

2:44:54 ↗ good evening madam there you weren't

2:44:56 ↗ here last time I was here so welcome

2:45:00 ↗ hi again City Council so specifically

2:45:06 ↗ did you have some questions you wanted

2:45:08 ↗ me to respond the language that's

2:45:09 ↗ proposed in the amended code in front of

2:45:14 ↗ us does describe level 1 notifications

2:45:17 ↗ to all properties adjacent to the

2:45:20 ↗ proposed structure did you describe for

2:45:24 ↗ the council that short meeting of

2:45:29 ↗ adjacent so why don't I let me go

2:45:35 ↗ through all of it all at once this is

2:45:37 ↗ kind of dude the whole thing so the

2:45:42 ↗ question was raised by mr. Kapler at

2:45:46 ↗ infrastructure about the ambiguity in

2:45:49 ↗ his mind of what adjacency meant and

2:45:52 ↗ given the fact and we went through I'm

2:45:55 ↗ going to show this I apologize I'm not

2:45:58 ↗ sure which cameras on oh hey that one in

2:46:00 ↗ front of me

2:46:00 ↗ [Music]

2:46:02 ↗ you know we showed a diagram in

2:46:05 ↗ infrastructure I didn't bring that

2:46:06 ↗ presentation I really don't want to get

2:46:08 ↗ it up but we showed what the 300-foot

2:46:12 ↗ radius would look like in one diagram we

2:46:15 ↗ also then this is the checklist so the

2:46:19 ↗ proposed code that's in front of you

2:46:21 ↗ references that a complete application

2:46:23 ↗ needs to follow a checklist provided by

2:46:27 ↗ the city on its webpage so this is that

2:46:29 ↗ checklist that checklist has a diagram

2:46:31 ↗ which I apologize I ripped the corner

2:46:34 ↗ off this because I didn't know I'd need

2:46:35 ↗ it tonight

2:46:37 ↗ it shows some different layouts of what

2:46:39 ↗ adjacency means and there's also a note

2:46:41 ↗ on it that says if there's any ambiguity

2:46:43 ↗ about adjacency to contact the permit

2:46:46 ↗ center and we will provide some clarity

2:46:48 ↗ on that for the specific applications in

2:46:52 ↗ process the issue on the shot clock was

2:46:55 ↗ brought up also an infrastructure

2:46:57 ↗ committee there is an allegation and I'm

2:47:01 ↗ gonna say allegation because it's it's

2:47:03 ↗ the wireless providers

2:47:06 ↗ position that the appeal portion of our

2:47:10 ↗ land use code would be out of compliance

2:47:13 ↗ with the FCC order obviously not to my

2:47:16 ↗ knowledge has that been litigated so I

2:47:18 ↗ think it's their assertion Daniel Kenny

2:47:21 ↗ from Ogden Murphy Wallace was at the

2:47:22 ↗ Infrastructure Committee meeting and we

2:47:24 ↗ did talk about that specifically we also

2:47:28 ↗ have a section in city code it's 1804 to

2:47:31 ↗ 60 the title of that is permit issuance

2:47:35 ↗ prior to the expiration of an appeal

2:47:37 ↗ period so I think and we also talked

2:47:42 ↗ about if someone were to appeal

2:47:44 ↗ something and we believe we needed to

2:47:46 ↗ execute within the provisions of the

2:47:49 ↗ shot clock that we could if we felt that

2:47:52 ↗ that appeal was not on on grounds of

2:47:55 ↗ merit that we could as the city request

2:47:59 ↗ that dismissal from the Hearing Examiner

2:48:01 ↗ so that wouldn't even necessarily go to

2:48:03 ↗ a hearing so there's a lot of ways that

2:48:05 ↗ this can play out and I and it was our

2:48:08 ↗ position that the recommendation from

2:48:11 ↗ the carriers that we don't allow these

2:48:14 ↗ administrative decisions to be

2:48:15 ↗ appealable it's inconsistent with every

2:48:18 ↗ other administrative decision that we

2:48:20 ↗ issue in the land use code and part of

2:48:22 ↗ what they've always been asking for is

2:48:24 ↗ treat us the same as everybody else and

2:48:26 ↗ so I think that's the reason why we

2:48:28 ↗ didn't concede to making that

2:48:31 ↗ recommendation thank you other questions

2:48:39 ↗ no questions do we want to have a motion

2:48:42 ↗ and then a chance to discuss

2:48:56 ↗ I'm making sure I have it I have it here

2:48:59 ↗ if you want it

2:49:08 ↗ okay so this so this is this is from

2:49:11 ↗ page 154 of tonight's packet I would

2:49:16 ↗ move to adopt ordinance number two eight

2:49:19 ↗ six seven to eight sixty-seven amending

2:49:23 ↗ imc 3.6 for ten fees for applications

2:49:27 ↗ for subdivisions and land-use actions in

2:49:30 ↗ amending IMC chapter 18.2 to wireless

2:49:34 ↗ communication facilities as recommended

2:49:36 ↗ by the council infrastructure committee

2:49:39 ↗ ii thank you it's been moved and

2:49:42 ↗ seconded to adopt our dance number to

2:49:44 ↗ eight six seven is there discussion

2:49:47 ↗ let's move or interesting just a quick

2:49:50 ↗ note that I appreciate the comments this

2:49:55 ↗ evening on all sides and and it would

2:49:59 ↗ have been impossible for for me at least

2:50:03 ↗ to support any motion that suggested

2:50:06 ↗ that citizen comments or feedback sore

2:50:10 ↗ challenge to any decision we that we

2:50:12 ↗ that that was pointless for someone to

2:50:15 ↗ submit and that's with what was

2:50:17 ↗ suggested here and I think with this

2:50:19 ↗ action I wanted to reaffirm that no

2:50:23 ↗ matter really very no issue is really

2:50:25 ↗ kind of too small for us to for our

2:50:27 ↗ administrators to accept some type of

2:50:30 ↗ comment or potentially appeal of a

2:50:31 ↗ decision that's very important that our

2:50:33 ↗ citizens realize that their time and

2:50:35 ↗ effort and concern around those matters

2:50:37 ↗ are important and that we're going to

2:50:38 ↗ hear them thank you their comments

2:50:42 ↗ seeing none I'll call for the vote

2:50:44 ↗ it's a motion is to adopt ordinance

2:50:47 ↗ number two eight six seven amending imc

2:50:50 ↗ 3.6 4.1 o fees for applications for

2:50:53 ↗ subdivisions and land-use actions and

2:50:56 ↗ amending IMC chapter eighteen point two

2:50:58 ↗ to wireless communication facilities as

2:51:01 ↗ recommended by the council

2:51:02 ↗ Infrastructure Committee all those in

2:51:04 ↗ favor say aye

2:51:04 ↗ aye

2:51:06 ↗ those motion carries unanimously back on

2:51:13 ↗ to our agenda very good of the order

2:51:20 ↗ counts president Mart's so a couple

2:51:24 ↗ weeks ago I asked about the council to

2:51:28 ↗ consider whether we wanted to take a

2:51:31 ↗ position or support dictating imposition

2:51:35 ↗ on the latest item an initiative I 976

2:51:39 ↗ we don't normally do such things but I

2:51:43 ↗ put it in front of you because it has

2:51:45 ↗ the potential to impact of course our

2:51:49 ↗ Sound Transit activities so I wanted to

2:51:52 ↗ see if people had had a chance to take a

2:51:54 ↗ look at it and think about it and if I

2:51:57 ↗ could get a sense of the body before I

2:51:59 ↗ go back to pick in a week and a half and

2:52:01 ↗ talk about this just a clarification an

2:52:05 ↗ opinion it could it could also be we are

2:52:09 ↗ no camp right now if it could be let's

2:52:13 ↗ not take any position let's take

2:52:15 ↗ position next let's take position why

2:52:16 ↗ some that's right our own initiative in

2:52:20 ↗ it okay open up the floor to whoever

2:52:26 ↗ would like to weigh in on this one oh

2:52:29 ↗ wait let's move ray I'm reticent to take

2:52:33 ↗ a position one way or the other on a of

2:52:37 ↗ a political issue and it may not be this

2:52:40 ↗ Pope specific political issue but it

2:52:43 ↗ could be setting a precedent that we

2:52:46 ↗ would do that so so my feeling is if we

2:52:49 ↗ were going to do something like that if

2:52:51 ↗ there was a unanimous support for the

2:52:54 ↗ idea then it's something that would make

2:52:57 ↗ sense but I think if we had any kind of

2:52:59 ↗ a split on the council around a support

2:53:02 ↗ for it then I don't believe we should or

2:53:04 ↗ would be opera for us to say this is

2:53:07 ↗ where the city stands on any particular

2:53:09 ↗ issue and and what I'm thinking about is

2:53:12 ↗ you know this may be one where

2:53:14 ↗ the issue splits you know I don't know

2:53:17 ↗ six one five two and and the majority is

2:53:20 ↗ in one camp but it could be the other

2:53:23 ↗ one that splits four three or something

2:53:25 ↗ like that and it's like that doesn't

2:53:27 ↗ rarely represent the will of the entire

2:53:29 ↗ Council and so I just I'm I am reticent

2:53:34 ↗ to you know set this precedent that

2:53:36 ↗ we're gonna start to talk about the the

2:53:38 ↗ city's position on a political issue

2:53:41 ↗ unless there's you know a unanimous

2:53:43 ↗ support for that issue I would take that

2:53:49 ↗ a similar stance to say that if the city

2:53:53 ↗ wanted to make a statement on you know

2:53:58 ↗ whether or not we want to repeal the

2:54:01 ↗ authority to impose the vehicle license

2:54:04 ↗ fee that that would be one thing but

2:54:06 ↗ tying it to an initiative and the full

2:54:09 ↗ text of that and it gives a little bit

2:54:11 ↗ more difficult as a government body to

2:54:14 ↗ make a statement on thank you can smear

2:54:16 ↗ wash counts member hunt you had your

2:54:18 ↗ hand it so I I have a question the sound

2:54:21 ↗ cities association does take it does

2:54:24 ↗ eight positions on issues political or

2:54:30 ↗ otherwise I'm not totally sure about the

2:54:32 ↗ use of the word political here but it

2:54:34 ↗ does take positions on issues that

2:54:36 ↗ affect member cities on issues yes on

2:54:42 ↗ votes almost never issues in front of

2:54:47 ↗ the County Council or you know the state

2:54:49 ↗ they have a legislative agenda the same

2:54:51 ↗ way we do slightly different like yes

2:54:54 ↗ okay so I think my my thought on this is

2:55:02 ↗ that it is likely something that will

2:55:04 ↗ affect our city specifically so if

2:55:07 ↗ there's a level of understanding about

2:55:10 ↗ how that information how that initiative

2:55:15 ↗ would affect our city I think it would

2:55:17 ↗ be good for me and the council to truly

2:55:22 ↗ understand the impact

2:55:23 ↗ of that and I think that in our position

2:55:26 ↗ as council members representing the best

2:55:30 ↗ interests of the city I think if we if

2:55:32 ↗ we feel that this is something that are

2:55:34 ↗ taking a stance on this issue and

2:55:37 ↗ representing that to found cities would

2:55:40 ↗ be and the best benefit of our city I

2:55:43 ↗ think we should do that so I I would

2:55:47 ↗ like more information specific about the

2:55:49 ↗ city but I I'm also I think because it's

2:55:54 ↗ something that will definitely affect

2:55:57 ↗ our see it affects our planning it

2:55:58 ↗ affects how we expect to grow in the

2:56:00 ↗ future and where we expect growth to go

2:56:02 ↗ potentially and many other things about

2:56:04 ↗ our we see our city in the future I

2:56:08 ↗ think it would be it'd be good to

2:56:10 ↗ consider the imposition on this work

2:56:13 ↗ really okay I'm gonna do the timing so

2:56:19 ↗ this wouldn't be on the ballot until

2:56:20 ↗ November and so SDA is seeking it now

2:56:26 ↗ SCA is deciding whether they they're

2:56:29 ↗ sort of having a broader version of the

2:56:31 ↗ exact same conversation we're having

2:56:32 ↗ okay

2:56:33 ↗ do they want to think about taking a

2:56:34 ↗ position on it do they want to stay heck

2:56:36 ↗ away from it what you know I think some

2:56:40 ↗ cities would like to SCA to take the

2:56:44 ↗ position on it in some cities are

2:56:45 ↗ probably thinking they want to stay away

2:56:47 ↗ from it and deputy councillor booties

2:56:53 ↗ did I see your hand up in the air as

2:56:54 ↗ well yes so I I think that I this is

2:57:01 ↗ always a little bit difficult when we're

2:57:05 ↗ when we're looking at something exactly

2:57:07 ↗ like this and and SCA is is deciding

2:57:11 ↗ which way to go but I it seems like this

2:57:13 ↗ this one is a bit out of the ordinary

2:57:15 ↗ and and that it is something that could

2:57:18 ↗ directly impact our cities so I think if

2:57:21 ↗ we if we had more information and we

2:57:25 ↗ were able to to really analyze that and

2:57:28 ↗ and give feedback I

2:57:30 ↗ and I and I think because it would have

2:57:33 ↗ a direct impact on our city and Sound

2:57:36 ↗ Transit looking into that further seems

2:57:40 ↗ to make sense to me what's a member

2:57:42 ↗ interesting thank you thank you you know

2:57:47 ↗ at one level legislation off that comes

2:57:53 ↗ out of Olympia or legislation that's

2:57:55 ↗ done via this initiative process is

2:57:57 ↗ gonna has effects on on us many

2:58:00 ↗ different ways if I just look at this as

2:58:03 ↗ something like you know potentially new

2:58:05 ↗ a new law will affect revenues and

2:58:11 ↗ planning and and SCA as a body and a

2:58:18 ↗ majority of its member cities feel that

2:58:22 ↗ for their own best interest I think

2:58:25 ↗ councilmember hub put it really well I

2:58:27 ↗ mean we were you know in the best

2:58:28 ↗ interest of our cities we it's it's an

2:58:32 ↗ important one way or the other to take a

2:58:35 ↗ stand to try to influence the outcome of

2:58:39 ↗ this vote whether it happens in Olympia

2:58:41 ↗ underneath the dome or it happens in the

2:58:43 ↗ ballot box it's a vote on really on code

2:58:47 ↗ that would affect our city in multiple

2:58:49 ↗ different ways so I don't really think

2:58:51 ↗ that the structure of the question is as

2:58:54 ↗ big an impediment for me as it might be

2:58:56 ↗ for others so I would encourage the SCA

2:59:00 ↗ to further deliberate this and not shut

2:59:03 ↗ this conversation down sir president

2:59:07 ↗ Mertz so I I respect councilman Rea I

2:59:12 ↗ respect your concern that we not you

2:59:16 ↗ know ardently be careful how we cast a

2:59:21 ↗ 4-3 or 5-2 vote I when we sort of decide

2:59:27 ↗ on things that we need to get to

2:59:29 ↗ unanimity or close to unanimity right

2:59:31 ↗ because then you can just have weird

2:59:32 ↗ dynamics where somebody says well you

2:59:33 ↗ know I want pink albatrosses and if I

2:59:35 ↗ don't get pink albatrosses we won't have

2:59:37 ↗ unanimity and and then the thing

2:59:39 ↗ collapses I think it would be I mean we

2:59:43 ↗ are

2:59:43 ↗ the poster child for a city that would

2:59:46 ↗ get you know whose plans would be

2:59:50 ↗ substantially altered if this goes

2:59:51 ↗ through and and plans that we've been

2:59:53 ↗ spending a long time putting in place so

2:59:55 ↗ if we don't support looking at taking

2:59:59 ↗ imposition on I don't know who would

3:00:01 ↗ right I mean it's really it would it

3:00:03 ↗ would just have a profound impact on us

3:00:05 ↗ in particular and just because we're at

3:00:07 ↗ the end of the st3 package right so I

3:00:10 ↗ would very much like us to consider

3:00:12 ↗ taking a position on this now you have

3:00:16 ↗ to roll that all up into what you're

3:00:18 ↗ taking back I think I think what I'm

3:00:23 ↗ hearing is a general consensus that

3:00:28 ↗ people would like to consider it we're

3:00:31 ↗ not ready to take a position on it but

3:00:32 ↗ it would not be unreasonable for SCA to

3:00:34 ↗ consider taking a position on it and

3:00:36 ↗ that we as a city we're gonna have to

3:00:38 ↗ look at a little bit further before we

3:00:39 ↗ would think about whether we would

3:00:41 ↗ explicitly add our voices to saying

3:00:43 ↗ people should vote no to this omission

3:00:45 ↗ or yes I'd nonce don't really take that

3:00:48 ↗ back councilmember right I just want to

3:00:50 ↗ UM I don't have any problem with you

3:00:54 ↗ know this particular issue quite

3:00:55 ↗ honestly I have a lot of angst about the

3:00:59 ↗ precedent it sets and so you know a year

3:01:02 ↗ from now we come back with something

3:01:04 ↗ that is that is more divisive and we say

3:01:06 ↗ no the City Council is completely

3:01:09 ↗ supportive of this and half the city can

3:01:12 ↗ whatever 3/7 equals out to 42% of the

3:01:16 ↗ City Council isn't supportive of it and

3:01:18 ↗ yet we would we would do that so I just

3:01:21 ↗ urge thoughtfulness and caution before

3:01:25 ↗ we start waiting in as as seven

3:01:28 ↗ individuals who are all separately

3:01:30 ↗ elected in trying to influence the

3:01:32 ↗ outcome of another election and that's

3:01:35 ↗ what this is so that's that's my that's

3:01:37 ↗ where my heart is right now

3:01:42 ↗ and I councilmember Goodman so maybe

3:01:44 ↗ jumping ahead but I I think there's a

3:01:48 ↗ difference between making statements as

3:01:55 ↗ a body that we support an initiative

3:01:58 ↗ there's a difference between that and

3:02:00 ↗ making statements of factual statements

3:02:04 ↗ about the impact to our city if if this

3:02:08 ↗ were to pass because there will be a lot

3:02:12 ↗ of differences of opinion in the

3:02:15 ↗ community about for example whether

3:02:20 ↗ somebody cares if the rug gets ripped

3:02:22 ↗ out from under us under us maybe don't

3:02:24 ↗ they don't like the path that we're

3:02:26 ↗ headed down and other people do I and

3:02:31 ↗ but I but I do think that we have a

3:02:33 ↗ responsibility to communicate to our

3:02:37 ↗ community what this means for our

3:02:40 ↗ community in terms of planning and what

3:02:44 ↗ the consequences might be

3:02:45 ↗ and then voters can draw their own

3:02:48 ↗ conclusions and make their own decisions

3:02:49 ↗ about how they're going about that's

3:02:52 ↗ prison Mertz

3:02:53 ↗ I just Chris I just want to point out

3:02:55 ↗ that we do historically take a position

3:02:57 ↗ on for instance school bonds and levies

3:02:59 ↗ right even though that is an issue

3:03:01 ↗ before the public because we've see a

3:03:03 ↗ you know we we have in the past decided

3:03:06 ↗ that that was something that as a city

3:03:08 ↗ had a significant impact on us whether a

3:03:10 ↗ pastor didn't and one could argue that

3:03:12 ↗ this is a similar kind of situation and

3:03:15 ↗ you know just wanting to have this

3:03:18 ↗ discussion well I guess I wanted to have

3:03:20 ↗ this is is I think that's fine and

3:03:24 ↗ that's where where there is unanimity on

3:03:27 ↗ on direction I think that's good I'm

3:03:29 ↗ just saying that if we're gonna come out

3:03:31 ↗ as a body and say something like that I

3:03:34 ↗ think we have to unanimously as a body

3:03:37 ↗ support that because what I don't think

3:03:39 ↗ is healthy is for there to be a split

3:03:43 ↗ and you know publicly the council is

3:03:47 ↗ saying one thing and you know in in

3:03:50 ↗ another forum we've got to counsel

3:03:53 ↗ people going to the press and saying I

3:03:55 ↗ think that is the dumbest idea ever and

3:03:56 ↗ I would never support that thing so I

3:03:58 ↗ just want us to be unified and we're

3:04:00 ↗ gonna do something like that because

3:04:01 ↗ it's a bold statement

3:04:02 ↗ I just wants to be unified what we do it

3:04:04 ↗ that's where my head's at I just want to

3:04:08 ↗ point out we have been very lucky in

3:04:10 ↗ this body to generally have seven

3:04:12 ↗ individuals that are all listening to

3:04:15 ↗ each other and trying to get to

3:04:16 ↗ consensus even when they disagree many

3:04:18 ↗ councils have one or more council

3:04:20 ↗ members who have been elected

3:04:22 ↗ specifically to never say yes any tax of

3:04:24 ↗ any kind right and you could you could

3:04:27 ↗ have that here right which case by your

3:04:29 ↗ criteria we would never support anything

3:04:30 ↗ that that had taxes so I'm just again

3:04:33 ↗ yeah we're into sort of a philosophical

3:04:35 ↗ conversation but you know we have been

3:04:37 ↗ lucky because we people who look at each

3:04:39 ↗ individual issues and don't sort of have

3:04:41 ↗ down the line

3:04:42 ↗ one-way voting about everything so oh

3:04:47 ↗ and I think two council members point

3:04:50 ↗ it's I have known

3:04:53 ↗ council members just to struggle with

3:04:56 ↗ exactly what we're talking about wind

3:05:00 ↗ for example you know it's it's it would

3:05:03 ↗ be a struggle to come up with positive

3:05:05 ↗ statements with something with that you

3:05:07 ↗ might not support and so you have to

3:05:09 ↗ it's difficult to try to reconcile those

3:05:11 ↗ those two things so and and I agree with

3:05:16 ↗ your point about we I think you should

3:05:18 ↗ be able to come up with a a unanimous

3:05:21 ↗ statement

3:05:23 ↗ and I think we can carefully do that if

3:05:25 ↗ we choose to out a statement about an

3:05:27 ↗ issue if I pull back and sort of draw a

3:05:32 ↗ summary out of thought and what I'm

3:05:35 ↗ hearing from the council presidents

3:05:36 ↗ question for a pic is that yes it

3:05:40 ↗ depends we would like pick to continue

3:05:43 ↗ to talk about it we would like ourselves

3:05:45 ↗ to get more data to understand the

3:05:47 ↗ impact but there was no disagreement

3:05:49 ↗ that it would be a significant impact in

3:05:51 ↗ the city

3:05:52 ↗ tab and I have a much smaller quick for

3:05:58 ↗ go to the order I just want to mention

3:06:00 ↗ to everybody that the iskele Youth

3:06:01 ↗ Advisory Board has put together a thing

3:06:03 ↗ called the quoi which is a show created

3:06:06 ↗ basically Youth to discuss issues that

3:06:08 ↗ impact teens in our community the first

3:06:11 ↗ show is out and one of the things they

3:06:13 ↗ have is a council corner and they asked

3:06:19 ↗ me to be the first interviewee Sokol

3:06:21 ↗ pens interviewed me you can find this

3:06:25 ↗ under you can either go into YouTube and

3:06:28 ↗ look for the quoi and look for Issaquah

3:06:30 ↗ or from the city's website you go to

3:06:33 ↗ your government IC TV and it's under

3:06:35 ↗ community spirit but the first are the

3:06:37 ↗ first show has has a segment on the

3:06:40 ↗ garage in terms of interviews with

3:06:42 ↗ students and staff has the

3:06:45 ↗ aforementioned council corner which is

3:06:46 ↗ only three and a half minutes and then a

3:06:48 ↗ substantial conversation about the new

3:06:50 ↗ block schedule at Issaquah High School

3:06:51 ↗ and what it means for students there oh

3:06:54 ↗ I'm I commend the issue Youth Advisory

3:06:57 ↗ Board for getting that going and I look

3:06:59 ↗ forward to seeing the magnifica

3:07:00 ↗ and it's also in an email I sent you

3:07:02 ↗ today from Kate kami Jake and since it's

3:07:06 ↗ called council corner I guess you all

3:07:07 ↗ should expect a call

3:07:10 ↗ Edwin I didn't figured of the order as

3:07:11 ↗ well I just like to give a little quick

3:07:13 ↗ update about why I did not make a

3:07:15 ↗ meeting tonight I did go down to Olympia

3:07:18 ↗ I was there at 3:15 today for a 3:30

3:07:21 ↗ hearing for the Senate operating budget

3:07:24 ↗ it is the only hearing that they will

3:07:26 ↗ have the Senate budget did not include

3:07:30 ↗ full mitigation for the sales like

3:07:33 ↗ streamlined sales tax and the house

3:07:35 ↗ budget did so I went to reiterate with

3:07:39 ↗ the mayor of Kent in the mayor of

3:07:41 ↗ toquilla that it would leave a

3:07:44 ↗ approximately $550,000 hole a year in

3:07:47 ↗ our budget which would be very

3:07:49 ↗ significant for us to try and fill

3:07:51 ↗ interesting thing is that there is a

3:07:53 ↗ Senate movement to have the top two

3:07:55 ↗ cities still mitigated and we're four or

3:07:59 ↗ five really I can't remember worth three

3:08:02 ↗ or four on the list and so it was really

3:08:05 ↗ nice to have one of those mayor's down

3:08:07 ↗ there tonight saying hey it should be

3:08:10 ↗ for all of those cities that are

3:08:12 ↗ impacted so that was great and then I

3:08:15 ↗ had some upcoming council meetings if

3:08:17 ↗ anybody is good anything else for good

3:08:19 ↗ of the order okay

3:08:22 ↗ the April 8th council work session at

3:08:25 ↗ 6:30 in the Pickering room at City Hall

3:08:28 ↗ Northwest this meeting at this meeting

3:08:31 ↗ council will be taking public comment on

3:08:33 ↗ the Puget Sound Regional Council vision

3:08:35 ↗ 2050 and disgusting the mobility master

3:08:39 ↗ plan jointly with the transportation

3:08:41 ↗ Advisory Board in the April 15th regular

3:08:44 ↗ council meeting at 7 p.m. in chambers

3:08:46 ↗ potential agenda items include the Ruth

3:08:49 ↗ Keys and community environmental awards

3:08:51 ↗ the bid award for City Hall Northwest

3:08:54 ↗ and Holiday Inn sewer project and Puget

3:08:57 ↗ Sound Regional Council vision 2050 I

3:09:00 ↗ believe it is what is the action on on

3:09:05 ↗ the 15th we're consolidating the comment

3:09:13 ↗ is there also public comment at the 8th

3:09:17 ↗ okay

3:09:18 ↗ so two opportunities okay great April

3:09:24 ↗ 16th there's a special council work

3:09:26 ↗ session at 5:00 p.m. Council will

3:09:28 ↗ discuss the draft citywide strategic

3:09:30 ↗ plan and that meeting will be in the

3:09:31 ↗ Pickering Room at City Hall Northwest

3:09:35 ↗ the other items there is no executive

3:09:40 ↗ session this evening and we are

3:09:41 ↗ adjourned at 10:10

3:09:46 ↗ [Music]

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Council / Members (7)

Mariah Bettise

Stacy Goodman

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Paul Winterstein

Motions and votes (8)

Approve Resolution No. 2019-03, in condemnation of racism, discrimination and related acts of violence.

Moved by BETTISE · seconded by WALSH

Amend the resolution by substituting Section 1 with the following: “Section 1. The City Council and the Mayor hereby renew and restate the resolutions made in Resolution No. 2002-09.” . MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED CARRIED, 7-0.

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by HUNT

Carried 7-0

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

Direct the Administration to report back to the City Council within the next 4 months with a proposal for how to analyze and evaluate the progress made toward Resolution No. 2002-09 so the Council and City may determine what, if any, action(s) are needed in order to satisfy the promises made in that…

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by BETTISE

Carried 6-1

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Opposed: Winterstein

Authorize the Mayor to enter into and execute a contract with the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) to complete the scope of work outlined in AB 7770 and to prepare a future budget amendment, if necessary, to cover the costs of this work. . c) AB 7721 - 2019 ARCH Work Program and Budget…

Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE

Carried 7-0

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

Approve the 2019 ARCH Work Program and Budget. . d)

Moved by REH · seconded by BETTISE

Carried 7-0

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

Adopt Ordinance No. 2867, amending IMC 3.64.010 Fees for applications for subdivisions and land use actions; and amending IMC Chapter 18.22 Wireless Communication Facilities as recommended by the Council Infrastructure Committee. .

Moved by WINTERSTEIN · seconded by WALSH

Carried 7-0

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

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. Page 61 of 178 CONSENT CALENDAR b) 04-01-19 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) Councilmember Reh requested that AB 7721 - 2019 ARCH Work Program and Budget (item "g"), be considered under Regular Business. Councilmember Winterstein requested tha…

Moved by BETTISE · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

Carried 7-0

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

Main motion as amended: APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. Page 61 of 178 CONSENT CALENDAR b) 04-01-19 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) Councilmember Reh requested that AB 7721 - 2019 ARCH Work Program and Budget (item "g"), be considered under Regular Business. Councilmember W…

Moved by (main motion as amended) · seconded by

Carried 7-0

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