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

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Park Master Plans - Tibbetts Valley Park, Veterans Memorial Park and Issaquah Creek Corridor ID 0459

packet pp.5–19

Topics: ParksWater

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Staff report:

As a budgeted work plan item for 2019, staff have initiated master plans for Tibbetts Valley Park, Veterans Memorial Park, and the Issaquah Creek Corridor.

7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of July 1, 2019, $ 2,963,881.06 ID 0389

Approve · packet pp.21–120

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

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

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, June 17, 2019

Approve · packet pp.121–126

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 3, 2019 City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 7, 2019

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 06-17-19 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000)

Minute: Special Council Committee Work Session, June 24, 2019

Carried 5-0

Authorize · packet pp.127–128

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 06-24-19 Council Committee Work Session Minutes Page (0000)

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein

Department of Ecology Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance Grant AB 7817

Authorize Submittal · packet pp.169–170

Topics: Critical Areas

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Staff report:

Historically, the City has applied for and received LSWFA grant funds for implementation of curbside recycling, multifamily education, sustainable building, commercial recycling, compost education and other similar types of waste reduction and recycling activities. During the 2017-2019 period, grant funds were utilized to provide tools to commercial businesses to increase recycling and to support education for commercial businesses. This work was carried out by the City's contracted service provider, Recology.

Position Reclassification AB 7818

Approve · packet pp.171–172

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Staff report:

The Administration recommends approval of the reclassification of the Gardener position to Parks Maintenance Lead, effective July 1, 2019.

Amendment to Issaquah Municipal Code 12.05 Related to Sidewalk Use District AB 7822

Refer to Council Land & Shore Committee · packet pp.173–195

Topics: Transportation

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Staff report:

The purpose of the existing Chapter 12.05 regulations is to create an active pedestrian realm by encouraging creative and functional integration between buildings and the public sidewalk area, through the use of the sidewalk portion of the right- of-way for activities that create vitality and interest. Examples include cafe tables and chairs, weather protection, signs, balconies, architectural modulation, etc. Some uses can only occur in the lower area (sidewalk zone 0-8 ft) and some uses can only occur in the aerial zone (above 8 ft).

9. REGULAR BUSINESS

Amendment to Issaquah Municipal Code 12.08 Related to Sidewalk Construction, Maintenance & Repair AB 7753

Carried 5-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.357–362

Topics: Land UseTransportation

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Staff report:

Chapter 12.08 of the Issaquah Municipal Code provides for the construction, maintenance, and repair of public sidewalks by the City and by adjacent property owners. These regulations were last updated in 1964.

Roll call:

Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein

10. GOOD OF THE ORDER

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0:05 ↗ you

0:21 ↗ I'd like to call to order and welcome

0:23 ↗ everybody to the July 1st 2019 City

0:27 ↗ Council meeting councilmember Goodman is

0:30 ↗ excused this evening and councilmember

0:32 ↗ Walsh is excused this evening I'd like

0:34 ↗ to ask those of you who would like to

0:35 ↗ join the council myself in the pledge of

0:37 ↗ allegiance to please stand thank you we

0:59 ↗ have a very full house here tonight in

1:02 ↗ an order for council and those in the

1:04 ↗ audience to be able to hear I'm going to

1:06 ↗ ask that you not shout out or applaud

1:08 ↗ but if you do hear information either

1:11 ↗ from a staff person or from another

1:13 ↗ person testifying that you agree with

1:16 ↗ raise your hands so the council can

1:18 ↗ understand how many of you here tonight

1:20 ↗ support the topic or the issue or the

1:22 ↗ comment that you just heard thank you

1:24 ↗ very much

1:25 ↗ the first item on the agenda this

1:27 ↗ evening is special business ID 0 459

1:30 ↗ Parks master plans

1:32 ↗ Tibbits Valley Park Veterans Memorial

1:35 ↗ Park and it's the quad Creek corridor

1:37 ↗ this is an informational update this

1:39 ↗ evening council will not be taking

1:41 ↗ action and I'd like to invite Perks

1:43 ↗ director Jeff watt link to make the

1:44 ↗ presentation mayor thank you good

1:47 ↗ evening Council yes as stated I'm here

1:50 ↗ tonight to update you on a budgeted work

1:52 ↗ plan item I'm gonna get you to move a

1:54 ↗ little closer to make a budgeted work

1:56 ↗ plan item it's not better that we are

1:59 ↗ kicking off this is a effort to initiate

2:05 ↗ some master plan work around Tibbets

2:07 ↗ Valley Park Veterans Memorial Park in

2:10 ↗ the Creek corridor as a reminder

2:13 ↗ these all three of these projects park

2:17 ↗ spaces were identified as priorities

2:20 ↗ within the

2:20 ↗ a park strategic plan that was adopted

2:22 ↗ last year through the public engagement

2:28 ↗ that we had throughout that park

2:30 ↗ planning effort there were five core

2:31 ↗ themes that resonated and began to come

2:35 ↗ out of the some of the common language

2:36 ↗ and common messages that we heard from

2:39 ↗ the public though all three of these

2:41 ↗ themes would certainly apply to this

2:43 ↗ work that we are kicking off this

2:46 ↗ planning effort there's two that I would

2:48 ↗ want to highlight really quickly first

2:50 ↗ was this theme of police making this

2:53 ↗ idea of collaborating with the community

2:55 ↗ to reimagine and reinvest and it's

2:58 ↗ across public spaces and Parks this was

3:01 ↗ really a message we heard from the

3:02 ↗ residents about a desire to improve our

3:06 ↗ current parks not necessarily look to

3:09 ↗ build new or find the answer in new park

3:12 ↗ spaces but really improve what we have

3:14 ↗ the second theme I want to touch on that

3:16 ↗ really resonates is that of connectivity

3:18 ↗ we heard this over and over again how do

3:20 ↗ we find ways to continue and improve to

3:24 ↗ unite our park system and that's both

3:27 ↗ the park system within the city of

3:28 ↗ Issaquah but as well how our system can

3:31 ↗ better unite outside to the public lands

3:35 ↗ that surround us real quickly I just

3:39 ↗ want to touch on the importance and some

3:42 ↗ relevance of each of these three

3:43 ↗ projects this is a map that you'll see I

3:46 ↗ did in the park strategic plan the first

3:49 ↗ one with the red dot is Tibbets Valley

3:51 ↗ Park this is certainly a very historic

3:53 ↗ park that has been well-loved through

3:56 ↗ the decades but it is is really soon in

3:59 ↗ in need of playing a broader role and

4:03 ↗ that role is going to become really very

4:04 ↗ real and relevant as central Issaquah

4:07 ↗ plan begins to take shape as this Park

4:11 ↗ will serve as the edge to central

4:14 ↗ Issaquah its neighborhood is going to

4:16 ↗ change how do we begin planning ahead

4:19 ↗ for additional diversity of uses that

4:22 ↗ that Park is going to need to serve how

4:25 ↗ do we better maximize the field space

4:28 ↗ and field functionality for year-round

4:30 ↗ multi-sport use those are some of the

4:32 ↗ the key questions we'll be asking

4:34 ↗ that effort the second Park area that I

4:40 ↗ mentioned before is Veterans Memorial

4:41 ↗ Park though we though we label this

4:44 ↗ Veterans Memorial Park this effort

4:45 ↗ really is looking at three adjoining

4:47 ↗ park spaces in Old Town Veterans

4:50 ↗ Memorial Park Depot Park and pedestrian

4:54 ↗ park take a quiz of those here to know

4:57 ↗ who who knows what pedestrian park is

4:59 ↗ that's the the park right there on the

5:01 ↗ corner of sunset and Front Street right

5:05 ↗ behind Jack's

5:05 ↗ grill that is a public space as well

5:08 ↗ this effort will look at creating a

5:10 ↗ unified plan and unifying those three

5:13 ↗ park spaces how do they better support

5:15 ↗ one another how do we support resident

5:18 ↗ needs in Old Town how do we support the

5:21 ↗ commercial needs of Front Street and the

5:24 ↗ activity goals that we have for downtown

5:27 ↗ Issaquah it's interesting to note that

5:29 ↗ node that space that will begin planning

5:32 ↗ on also serves as a key activity area of

5:37 ↗ what we're calling the creek corridor

5:40 ↗ this is really in a lot of ways was one

5:45 ↗ of the anchor elements of the park

5:46 ↗ strategic plan it really looks at the

5:53 ↗ plan to connect the public spaces that

5:55 ↗ the city is assembled over the last

5:57 ↗ three or four decades how do we build

6:01 ↗ upon a vision that I think this

6:02 ↗ community has had for a really long time

6:05 ↗ to plan for and actually create a

6:07 ↗ north-south corridor from the southern

6:09 ↗ border of Issaquah all the way through

6:12 ↗ Lake Sammamish State Park to to Lake

6:14 ↗ Sammamish itself in this effort in this

6:17 ↗ planning effort we see the opportunity

6:19 ↗ for each Park each property along the

6:22 ↗ way to begin to play a stronger role as

6:25 ↗ it becomes connected with the other

6:26 ↗ spaces this will this work will seek a

6:30 ↗ way to achieve those connections in

6:33 ↗ really cost-effective manners this is

6:35 ↗ not a acquisition plan to buy every

6:37 ↗ piece of property between there's

6:39 ↗ opportunities to utilize the Rainier

6:40 ↗ Trail to utilize confluence park to

6:43 ↗ utilize spaces and corridors we have to

6:45 ↗ utilize rights-of-way

6:47 ↗ to make this vision a reality it really

6:50 ↗ is an amazing opportunity for this

6:52 ↗ community for that strong pedestrian

6:55 ↗ connection through the valley it's also

6:58 ↗ I would note a great opportunity to

7:00 ↗ connect Tiger mountain with squawk

7:02 ↗ Mountain to the south

7:04 ↗ when we look at the properties we have

7:06 ↗ down here we've got two of our amazing

7:09 ↗ outs that are so close to one another

7:10 ↗ there's a great opportunity to to

7:13 ↗ connect those as well all three of these

7:17 ↗ I would want to note again are a

7:20 ↗ planning effort this is not a design

7:22 ↗ effort that we're looking to embark and

7:25 ↗ and initiate this year as a planning

7:28 ↗ effort the goal is for this to give us

7:30 ↗ as a community a big picture a big

7:34 ↗ picture plan of what we want to do with

7:36 ↗ these spaces and then that would allow

7:38 ↗ us the most efficient future investments

7:42 ↗ that we can make into these spaces when

7:44 ↗ we understand the big picture when we

7:46 ↗ understand what we're going for

7:47 ↗ those little investments can make wise

7:50 ↗ and smart steps in the direction we want

7:54 ↗ to go what led us to the work that we're

7:59 ↗ doing right now we saw the opportunity

8:03 ↗ to explore all three of these in this in

8:08 ↗ a similar approach or initiate them in

8:11 ↗ that we felt it would be very effective

8:13 ↗ in positioning us to solicit a lot of

8:16 ↗ strong interest for consultants we

8:18 ↗ wouldn't will not be doing this effort

8:19 ↗ alone as staff we put together a request

8:23 ↗ for qualifications that sought interest

8:26 ↗ in helping us in all three of these

8:28 ↗ efforts it was a very very strong field

8:32 ↗ very competitive in the end we chose a

8:35 ↗ team put together by mithoon architects

8:39 ↗ their experience is extremely relevant

8:41 ↗ to what we're trying to do with both

8:43 ↗ these park spaces as well as this

8:45 ↗ corridor in fact most recently they just

8:47 ↗ completed some work with Metro Metro

8:50 ↗ Parks Takoma Metro Parks Tacoma manages

8:53 ↗ rust and why if you've been on the rust

8:55 ↗ and lay waterfront

8:56 ↗ recently with development near Point

9:00 ↗ Defiance Park Metroparks and the City of

9:02 ↗ Tacoma are seeking ways to unify from

9:04 ↗ Point Defiance Park all the way along

9:06 ↗ Ruston way into downtown Tacoma mithoon

9:08 ↗ assisted them with that corridor plan

9:10 ↗ and we think that experience will really

9:12 ↗ come in handy as we do some similar work

9:16 ↗ they're also bringing a team of experts

9:18 ↗ of sub consultants that would be helping

9:21 ↗ us in this effort herrera environmental

9:23 ↗ will be assisting in ecology and in

9:27 ↗ civil work da hogan they specialize in

9:30 ↗ athletic fields will be assisting in and

9:33 ↗ those components of this work tool

9:35 ↗ design and we'll be looking at trail

9:37 ↗ design and transportation elements and

9:40 ↗ site works is a fourth sub consultant

9:43 ↗ that we're actually really interested in

9:45 ↗ as well and that they are going to be

9:46 ↗ looking through the lens of operations

9:48 ↗ and maintenance so as we're doing this

9:49 ↗ work we're not just looking at pictures

9:53 ↗ and plans for what we want it to look

9:55 ↗ like but how could we effectively

9:58 ↗ maintain these spaces that we'll be

10:00 ↗ planning for a few just examples of the

10:06 ↗ approach we're going to take these are

10:08 ↗ some slides that we put together we

10:11 ↗ actually pulled together some strategic

10:13 ↗ partners agencies that have been

10:15 ↗ partners with us on these public spaces

10:16 ↗ for four years and had a bit of a

10:20 ↗ preview

10:21 ↗ two weeks ago obviously the keys first

10:25 ↗ step and a key step along this entire

10:28 ↗ endeavor is going to be listening we

10:30 ↗ need to continue to demonstrate and

10:32 ↗ model throughout this effort both

10:35 ↗ listening to residents both listening to

10:37 ↗ our partners and businesses that these

10:40 ↗ public spaces are intended to support as

10:44 ↗ I mentioned we had that preview meeting

10:46 ↗ two weeks ago some very very positive

10:49 ↗ feedback about what this effort will do

10:53 ↗ and and how we can begin to again set a

10:56 ↗ plan for long term investments that that

11:00 ↗ we may want to make as a community we

11:04 ↗ plan on really

11:07 ↗ from through the rest of the summer

11:09 ↗ forgive me some really creative

11:11 ↗ community engagement efforts we're going

11:13 ↗ to be utilizing some of our community

11:14 ↗ events the concerts on the green farmers

11:17 ↗ market to engage with residents and

11:20 ↗ visitors we're also going to similar to

11:22 ↗ the city's strategic plan have sort of

11:25 ↗ meetings in a box where we're gonna go

11:27 ↗ out to any interested groups or

11:29 ↗ neighborhoods that that want to give us

11:31 ↗ feedback throughout the summer on on

11:33 ↗ this work

11:34 ↗ all of that will inform the development

11:37 ↗ of concepts and further work as we head

11:40 ↗ into the fall and into 2020 real quickly

11:45 ↗ some principles and goals that we

11:47 ↗ discussed with that partner group as

11:48 ↗ well as the park board last last Monday

11:52 ↗ night four key principles that will

11:55 ↗ serve as anchors for this work obviously

11:58 ↗ quality of light life these three public

12:00 ↗ spaces along with all of our parks and

12:03 ↗ trails are essential to the identity and

12:05 ↗ the livability of this community how

12:08 ↗ this effort creates a plan that best

12:12 ↗ positions these three parks both now and

12:14 ↗ into the future and the needed role that

12:17 ↗ they're going to play in our community's

12:18 ↗ livability will be a real anchor to this

12:21 ↗ work healthy salmon healthy people this

12:25 ↗ really just recognizes that we live in a

12:28 ↗ shared environment there's not a natural

12:31 ↗ environment and a citizen environment

12:33 ↗ we're all living in similar environments

12:36 ↗ so knowing that Issaquah Creek and

12:38 ↗ Tibbets Creek play a role in these

12:40 ↗ properties that will be a real key lens

12:45 ↗ for us as we move through this work

12:47 ↗ place making like the theme I mentioned

12:49 ↗ before this is really how do we make

12:52 ↗ public spaces that draw people in that

12:55 ↗ are there positive vibrant places where

12:58 ↗ community happens lastly multiple

13:02 ↗ benefits we don't want to look at this

13:04 ↗ work through a singular lens through a

13:06 ↗ single singular interest group this is

13:09 ↗ really about public spaces that need to

13:12 ↗ achieve both active and passive needs

13:16 ↗ both trail needs as well as park needs

13:20 ↗ developed opportunities within these

13:23 ↗ sites as well as needs for preservation

13:26 ↗ and restoration really speaking to the

13:32 ↗ diverse experiences and diverse Park

13:35 ↗ needs that our community has lastly I

13:40 ↗ just wanted to share with you this is

13:42 ↗ certainly a work in progress but as

13:44 ↗ we've been working doing some initial

13:46 ↗ work with mithoon on the schedule just a

13:49 ↗ few things I want to point out again

13:53 ↗ this is still being refined as we begin

13:57 ↗ and set for launch that to launch this

14:00 ↗ effort

14:00 ↗ what we really see in this effort with

14:03 ↗ these three spaces is the efficiency we

14:06 ↗ can have in a shared launch and really

14:08 ↗ talking and engage in the community

14:10 ↗ about these three spaces understanding

14:12 ↗ these three spaces though independent

14:14 ↗ really have a relationship to one

14:16 ↗ another in the end though these are

14:18 ↗ really are going to be three separate

14:20 ↗ products this is not one master plan

14:23 ↗ with three sites these are three

14:24 ↗ independent products that as we go into

14:28 ↗ community engagement we realized and

14:30 ↗ we've built in flexibility into this

14:32 ↗ schedule to know that as this work

14:35 ↗ continues likely into 2020 we very well

14:39 ↗ could be looking at three separate

14:41 ↗ products that have a staggered

14:44 ↗ completion so very excited to launch

14:48 ↗ into this I'm excited to engage the

14:50 ↗ community in these three important

14:52 ↗ spaces and and really see how they use

14:56 ↗ these spaces and and want to see these

14:58 ↗ spaces used in the future we'll plan on

15:01 ↗ coming back to you at a council workshop

15:03 ↗ as we wrap up engagement this summer and

15:05 ↗ begin to to formalize those next steps

15:07 ↗ for the fall so with that thank you

15:10 ↗ thank you Jeff and if you could stay up

15:12 ↗ there I'm gonna see if council has any

15:14 ↗ questions

15:15 ↗ deputy council president patís thanks

15:19 ↗ for the presentation tonight Jeff just a

15:21 ↗ quick question and then a comment the so

15:26 ↗ on your timeline overview you've got

15:30 ↗ public outreach and then you talked

15:32 ↗ about meetings in the box I see the

15:34 ↗ vents that you have here like farmers

15:36 ↗ market concerts on the green and then if

15:38 ↗ neighborhoods are interested than there

15:40 ↗ would be separate that aren't on here

15:42 ↗ separate pop-up meetings

15:45 ↗ exactly exactly yeah we're building in a

15:47 ↗ ton of flexibility where we a staff

15:49 ↗ could go out and meet with groups that

15:51 ↗ are interested to engage with us yep and

15:53 ↗ then could you explain a little bit

15:55 ↗ about the champions options and the

15:56 ↗ equity outreach yeah like I said this is

16:01 ↗ still a work in progress what we

16:03 ↗ identified as as champions were I think

16:06 ↗ what we're really phrasing is our

16:07 ↗ partners we've identified 30-some

16:10 ↗ partners who either utilize these spaces

16:12 ↗ or our neighbors to these spaces for

16:16 ↗ example downtown Issaquah association

16:18 ↗ DIA Chamber of Commerce rallies all of

16:23 ↗ our sports field groups that utilize

16:25 ↗ these spaces is why helps trails club so

16:28 ↗ that group we really see as an

16:30 ↗ opportunity at key points to engage with

16:33 ↗ along the way great well I love seeing

16:35 ↗ all the public outreach that we've got

16:37 ↗ with the surveys and all of the meetings

16:40 ↗ that we'll have and opportunities to

16:41 ↗ engage with the public I think putting

16:44 ↗ these three components together to look

16:47 ↗ at this as a master plan makes really

16:48 ↗ great sense and very excited to see what

16:51 ↗ sort of information we get and also that

16:54 ↗ connectivity between squak and Tiger I

16:58 ↗ think is awesome

16:59 ↗ so very excited to see what comes out of

17:01 ↗ this that's present Mertz yeah hi Jeff

17:07 ↗ can you talk about hillside for a minute

17:08 ↗ because we have had hillside we've had a

17:12 ↗ sort of small light touch improvement

17:15 ↗ for hillside and we keep sort of pushing

17:18 ↗ it back budget after budget after budget

17:21 ↗ and as a longtime resident of upper

17:23 ↗ squawk Mountain who has access to some

17:26 ↗ great trails but not a lot of park

17:29 ↗ spaces where you don't have to hike down

17:30 ↗ at the thousand feet you talk about

17:33 ↗ hillside in its role in this absolutely

17:36 ↗ it will not have a role in this work it

17:38 ↗ does have a role in our work plan for

17:40 ↗ 2019 we've identified hillside Park and

17:43 ↗ some planning work for both the cemetery

17:45 ↗ as well as the park it's

17:47 ↗ and so as we've updated you with our

17:52 ↗ project updates we are right now

17:54 ↗ focusing some work on the cemetery we

17:57 ↗ had a chance to meet with services and

17:59 ↗ Safety Committee I'm looking at

18:02 ↗ councilmember it was a couple months ago

18:05 ↗ really frame up some work we want to do

18:08 ↗ with the cemetery and really looking at

18:10 ↗ some long-range planning to make sure

18:12 ↗ that is positioned to financially be in

18:16 ↗ a good place in its current footprint so

18:19 ↗ as we sort of bring that work to a close

18:22 ↗ we'll be looking at the rest of hillside

18:25 ↗ Park the park that hasn't been forgotten

18:27 ↗ and I think in the six years CIP you see

18:30 ↗ it identified as well in 2020 and 2021

18:36 ↗ so thanks I'm glad to hear that I've

18:39 ↗ seen it on individual year forward

18:42 ↗ projections in the past and and I know

18:44 ↗ that you're not looking to make major

18:45 ↗ changes to hillside but I'm glad to hear

18:49 ↗ it it's not been forgotten yeah knowing

18:51 ↗ you bet you bet in fact to that point

18:53 ↗ I'm just real quickly I think it's a

18:55 ↗ reason why it was not folded into this

18:57 ↗ work these three parks really have a

18:58 ↗ citywide reach and role whereas I think

19:03 ↗ as we look at hillside that really is a

19:05 ↗ neighborhood park and as a role as a

19:07 ↗ neighborhood park councilmember hunt in

19:13 ↗ addition to these master planning it it

19:16 ↗ there's other master planning master

19:18 ↗ plans going on in the CIP I believe and

19:23 ↗ so I wondered if you could speak to

19:26 ↗ those so I think they're they're going

19:30 ↗ to be completed later but they're in the

19:32 ↗ CIP currently that we're contemplating

19:34 ↗ so there's also the Front Street Park

19:36 ↗ and there's Pickering barn master plan

19:40 ↗ and so these other master planning

19:43 ↗ efforts as well and I wondered if they

19:44 ↗ how they might or might not fit into

19:47 ↗ this great question you know I feel like

19:52 ↗ we're taking a pretty ambitious bite

19:53 ↗ with these three anchor parks those

19:55 ↗ other there were some other parks

19:56 ↗ identified in a strategic plan for

19:58 ↗ near-term priorities for

20:00 ↗ again this this idea of let's let's

20:02 ↗ reinvest in the parks that we have I

20:05 ↗ think the two you mentioned you're right

20:07 ↗ there's a latter year planning effort

20:10 ↗ for Pickering Barn Park which is really

20:15 ↗ not only Pickering barn but the park

20:17 ↗ space that goes all the way up to 56th

20:20 ↗ the Front Street properties just for

20:23 ↗ everyone who's listening at home and

20:24 ↗ here are some properties we've assembled

20:27 ↗ along Front Street sort of the southern

20:29 ↗ edge as you come into into town what's

20:32 ↗ interesting is both of those properties

20:34 ↗ I think will as we start looking at the

20:38 ↗ creek corridor and engaging with the

20:39 ↗ community on the Creek corridor and

20:40 ↗ those connections both linear and and

20:43 ↗ active nodes I think those two spaces

20:45 ↗ will likely be referenced but any

20:51 ↗ specific site-specific planning effort

20:53 ↗ would come in right now is is identified

20:57 ↗ for later years in the CIP that's member

21:04 ↗ how did you have additional question I

21:05 ↗ do yeah so one of the reasons why I

21:08 ↗ brought up the front street is also

21:10 ↗ because it talks about how a master

21:12 ↗ planning will be important to undertakes

21:14 ↗ and since the part of the Creek corridor

21:15 ↗ so it seems like that's another that's

21:18 ↗ another overlap there and generally it

21:22 ↗ seems that there's a lot of planning

21:24 ↗ there's a lot of planning for these

21:27 ↗ three and then in the coming years

21:29 ↗ there's a lot of planning as well and my

21:32 ↗ concern is that it seems that

21:37 ↗ potentially brunch together schedule in

21:40 ↗ terms of getting public input and making

21:43 ↗ sure that people that use these spaces

21:46 ↗ have an opportunity to be heard and I I

21:51 ↗ just hope that on this tight time

21:54 ↗ schedule with so many really big

21:56 ↗ important projects all being considered

21:57 ↗ together I think I think there's the

21:59 ↗ need to be very very thorough in the

22:04 ↗ outreach I have a question also about

22:07 ↗ that reach so public surveys

22:10 ↗ they all occur before they all occur

22:13 ↗ sort of in the beginning of this

22:15 ↗ timeline and I wondered if there could

22:18 ↗ be an opportunity for surveys later on

22:22 ↗ in the times schedule because some

22:24 ↗ people that's the way that they would

22:25 ↗ prefer to or the only way that they can

22:27 ↗ comment and it looks like it's all right

22:31 ↗ at the beginning not towards the end

22:33 ↗ yeah great point like I said this is

22:35 ↗ this is been in process and revised we

22:39 ↗ certainly will be having public surveys

22:42 ↗ and utilizing both our online tool for

22:46 ↗ example as we develop options we think

22:48 ↗ that's a great way an opportunity to get

22:51 ↗ those options out for public feedback so

22:54 ↗ there will be surveys later on as well

22:57 ↗ okay yeah I think especially because

23:00 ↗ sometimes once you see the option that's

23:04 ↗ being presented that's what will

23:05 ↗ generate more feedback so I would like

23:07 ↗ to make sure that we have opportunities

23:10 ↗ not only sort of brainstorming but also

23:12 ↗ later on for people to comment on ideas

23:14 ↗ that are coming forward and then also I

23:18 ↗ wondered how how does the other

23:22 ↗ conversations that we're having on

23:24 ↗ council about municipal spaces fit into

23:27 ↗ this planning process miscible buildings

23:32 ↗ City Hall buildings yes or in generally

23:36 ↗ other city buildings Oh in terms of the

23:41 ↗ city property assessment yes he's

23:44 ↗ planning yeah great question not

23:48 ↗ directly but I think knowing that that

23:51 ↗ that work is going on at the same time

23:54 ↗ as this if there is opportunity for

23:56 ↗ those two efforts to inform one another

23:59 ↗ absolutely but I would just make sure

24:05 ↗ that if if that is part of the

24:08 ↗ conversation that that also be included

24:10 ↗ in that outreach so that people have the

24:12 ↗ full story about what's being considered

24:14 ↗ yes yep thank you additional questions

24:19 ↗ or comments thank you Jeff thank you

24:23 ↗ before we go into the next part of our

24:26 ↗ meeting which is audience comments I'm

24:28 ↗ gonna take a little poll and see if you

24:31 ↗ could raise your hand if you're here to

24:33 ↗ talk about a capital project like the

24:36 ↗ 43rd Street Providence point light South

24:38 ↗ coves southeast 43rd can you put your

24:40 ↗ hand up gonna be the majority of our

24:45 ↗ attendees so what I want to do is give

24:48 ↗ you two opportunities at the work

24:50 ↗ session there were some people that

24:52 ↗ waited late into the night

24:53 ↗ to provide comments on a capital project

24:55 ↗ because during a work session council

24:57 ↗ here's a staff report and takes comments

24:59 ↗ that frustrated a lot of people and they

25:01 ↗ asked if they could give their comments

25:03 ↗ earlier in the meeting so you do have

25:04 ↗ two opportunities tonight during

25:06 ↗ audience comments which is very general

25:08 ↗ you can discuss any project you want or

25:11 ↗ any item you want the I will read the

25:14 ↗ rules on time limits and and how to

25:17 ↗ speak and all the rest of it however

25:19 ↗ leader in the evening there will be a

25:22 ↗ very very brief staff presentation and a

25:25 ↗ second opportunity so if you want to

25:28 ↗ stay for the staff presentation please

25:31 ↗ hang around here the staff presentation

25:33 ↗ and do your comments on your project at

25:35 ↗ that time if you feel like you need to

25:38 ↗ leave earlier and don't want to stay for

25:40 ↗ another long meeting like you might have

25:41 ↗ the other night please make your

25:43 ↗ comments during audience comments and

25:45 ↗ then after you've made your comments

25:47 ↗ feel free to leave I would just ask that

25:49 ↗ you not have conversations on your way

25:51 ↗ out because the meeting is still going

25:53 ↗ to be going on so with that we're gonna

25:56 ↗ move into audience comments this is the

25:58 ↗ time when folks can generally talk to

26:01 ↗ their counsel the guidelines for public

26:03 ↗ participation are displayed on the

26:05 ↗ screen please limit your comments to

26:07 ↗ five minutes I would ask that if the

26:09 ↗ person before you or a speaker before

26:11 ↗ you has already made some of your points

26:13 ↗ if you could add some new points to it

26:16 ↗ that would be good

26:17 ↗ those who signed up for audience

26:19 ↗ comments will be called forward first if

26:22 ↗ you did not sign up do not worry I will

26:24 ↗ ask for other speakers before closing

26:26 ↗ this portion of the meeting and if you

26:28 ↗ are here on behalf of a neighborhood

26:30 ↗ association

26:31 ↗ a Shannara group if you can say that

26:33 ↗ when you identify yourself that would be

26:34 ↗ good and as I mentioned earlier if you

26:37 ↗ can hold comments and hold clapping but

26:40 ↗ do show your support if a particular

26:42 ↗ point is made that you support it allows

26:44 ↗ the council to see how many here agree

26:47 ↗ with the speaker's position as they said

26:51 ↗ earlier there's also a public hearing

26:53 ↗ this evening and you can wait and

26:54 ↗ provide your comment at that time for a

26:56 ↗ b7 759 the 2020 to 2025 capital

27:00 ↗ improvement plan which includes the

27:02 ↗ transportation improvement plan and that

27:05 ↗ would be after a brief staff

27:07 ↗ presentation so tisha has anyone signed

27:10 ↗ up to speak this evening no not under

27:12 ↗ general audience comments is there

27:14 ↗ anybody who would like to show by hands

27:16 ↗ would like to speak under general

27:17 ↗ audience comments sir you're first up

27:27 ↗ yes I'm John Sasha and I'm the president

27:31 ↗ of the Bellamy our condominium

27:33 ↗ association which is roughly 40 feet

27:37 ↗ south of the roundabout on 43rd Street

27:40 ↗ on East Lake Sammamish and we understand

27:45 ↗ that this project is being considered we

27:48 ↗ have also understand that it's a very

27:50 ↗ very expensive project and we've had an

27:53 ↗ opportunity to review the specific plan

27:56 ↗ that was submitted for approval and well

28:01 ↗ we're in support of eliminating the slip

28:04 ↗ lane we don't think it does justice to

28:07 ↗ the real issues that impact our

28:11 ↗ community in Belem era now let me just

28:14 ↗ explain we do have a number of people

28:15 ↗ from belem here and perhaps you could

28:17 ↗ raise your hands here so half dozen or

28:20 ↗ so folks raising their hands yeah thank

28:23 ↗ you so so we think there's more issues

28:28 ↗ that really need to be considered for

28:30 ↗ justification and as I reviewed the

28:33 ↗ justification it really didn't address

28:35 ↗ much having to do with our little

28:37 ↗ community bellum era consists of 16 unit

28:44 ↗ owners it was built in 2005 well before

28:48 ↗ the roundabout was put in there was very

28:51 ↗ very little if any outreach to people at

28:56 ↗ Bella Mira we were really surprised when

28:58 ↗ the roundabout went in the way it went

29:00 ↗ in where we had an exit lane that

29:04 ↗ literally was 40 feet away from our

29:06 ↗ driveway what's important about that is

29:09 ↗ that violates every standard that the

29:11 ↗ hwachun is Department of Transportation

29:13 ↗ but what he caught Washington DLT has

29:16 ↗ ever had in other words you would have

29:19 ↗ to have a speed limit of around 10 miles

29:21 ↗ an hour to come out of that slip lane

29:23 ↗ well I can assure you people catapult

29:25 ↗ out of that slip lane at 50 to 60 miles

29:27 ↗ an hour you have a speed limit of 40

29:31 ↗ miles on East Lake Sammamish Parkway but

29:36 ↗ it's it's incredible so we are we

29:39 ↗ hopeful that the slip lane will be

29:41 ↗ closed it provides absolutely no value

29:44 ↗ any longer there's a merge sign on it

29:47 ↗ people who drive it really don't care

29:49 ↗ that it takes longer to go through that

29:52 ↗ than others but the reality is it goes

29:54 ↗ beyond the slip line with all the

29:57 ↗ traffic that's occurring we simply have

30:00 ↗ to be able to slow up the traffic coming

30:01 ↗ out of the roundabout even when the slip

30:03 ↗ lane is closed and hopefully that can

30:05 ↗ happen before the construction phase

30:07 ↗ some concrete barriers would cost

30:09 ↗ nothing and the second thing that we

30:12 ↗ really need to do is to have not only

30:15 ↗ traffic controls which means something

30:17 ↗ like a 15 to 20 mile an hour speed zone

30:19 ↗ if you look at all the traffic standards

30:21 ↗ established by a WSDL key Washington

30:25 ↗ State Department of Transportation you

30:26 ↗ can't have a 40 mile an hour speed limit

30:29 ↗ coming out of your slip lane forget

30:30 ↗ about the out of the traffic circle and

30:33 ↗ with traffic being so much more heavier

30:36 ↗ than it is in the past getting out of

30:38 ↗ our driveway or getting into a drive was

30:40 ↗ a challenge

30:41 ↗ one final point is I'm surprised that we

30:44 ↗ haven't had an accident where a car

30:47 ↗ coming into our driveway and a pickup

30:50 ↗ truck basically covers the whole area

30:52 ↗ from the can not clear the highway

30:55 ↗ before it goes into the the King County

30:58 ↗ bike and pedestrian path and I'm

31:01 ↗ absolutely surprised that we haven't had

31:03 ↗ cars rear ended driven into the King

31:06 ↗ County pedestrian path that is being

31:08 ↗ used very intensively oftentimes by

31:12 ↗ mothers and fathers with strollers and

31:15 ↗ bicycles and tricycles and everything

31:17 ↗ else it's a huge huge exposure so far

31:21 ↗ we've been fortunate but we we notice

31:23 ↗ about twice a week or twice a month

31:26 ↗ there's a major accident coming out of

31:28 ↗ that intersection cause perhaps by the

31:32 ↗ slip land where people are looking over

31:33 ↗ their left shoulders and then driving

31:35 ↗ into a car potentially coming into our

31:38 ↗ driveway or slowing down for cars coming

31:40 ↗ into our driveway

31:41 ↗ so we'd ask that you consider that issue

31:44 ↗ we're surprised that it really wasn't

31:46 ↗ put into the justification it was barely

31:49 ↗ mentioned

31:50 ↗ but as far as we're concerned that

31:52 ↗ really is the issue and again our

31:56 ↗ project was built in 2005 that's the

32:00 ↗ plane should never been put in in the

32:01 ↗ first place and there should have been

32:03 ↗ traffic controls and speed controls in

32:06 ↗ force from day one but it's only gonna

32:09 ↗ get worse thank you John for council

32:14 ↗ that is project TR o 46 on page 119 of

32:19 ↗ your capital improvement plan is there

32:22 ↗ anyone else who would like to speak

32:23 ↗ during general audience comments if so

32:25 ↗ raise your hand come on up to the

32:27 ↗ microphone sir my name is Doug arensburg

32:38 ↗ and I live in South Cove I'm here

32:42 ↗ tonight to talk about the addition

32:48 ↗ possibly of a wider sidewalk facility

32:53 ↗ between South Co Sammamish Beach Club

32:57 ↗ mirror wood neighborhoods and from there

33:00 ↗ down to the state park were at that

33:04 ↗ point there there is some decent

33:06 ↗ sidewalk from there on in Issaquah sorry

33:09 ↗ if I missed your name but could you do

33:11 ↗ your name and address for us yeah my

33:13 ↗ name is Doug Arensberg address 44 30 190

33:21 ↗ 3rd Avenue South East took you you're

33:24 ↗ welcome

33:25 ↗ ten years ago our neighborhoods were

33:28 ↗ annexed more than 10 years ago they were

33:30 ↗ annex India's aqua and but we have not

33:34 ↗ really felt in some ways part of

33:36 ↗ Issaquah because we're there's no safe

33:40 ↗ and reliable way to walk ride a bike

33:45 ↗ push a stroller from our neighborhoods

33:49 ↗ to the State Park and then into Issaquah

33:53 ↗ proper the only walkway is really just

34:00 ↗ a little area blacktop on the other side

34:03 ↗ of the white fog line that runs down the

34:05 ↗ edge of the road in some places that

34:09 ↗ area is only maybe 18 inches wide or

34:13 ↗ before it drops off into the brambles

34:17 ↗ and so there's maybe not so much

34:21 ↗ pedestrian traffic there but I think

34:23 ↗ there's a pretty broad need for a safer

34:28 ↗ way for residents of our neighborhood to

34:31 ↗ get from our neighborhood down to where

34:34 ↗ the sidewalk turns into a proper

34:36 ↗ sidewalk at the State Park I understand

34:40 ↗ that they there's an opportunity at this

34:44 ↗ time for and I'm not sure I would fully

34:47 ↗ understand but there's some funding

34:49 ↗ perhaps or some opportunity to gain some

34:53 ↗ extra space in cooperation either with

34:56 ↗ federal government on i-90 or state of

34:59 ↗ Washington you know you'll have to kind

35:00 ↗ of fill me in on that and there's a

35:03 ↗ window of opportunity here that may be

35:06 ↗ closing pretty soon so we'd like to

35:11 ↗ hopefully have this project funded and

35:15 ↗ maybe I could ask those who are here

35:18 ↗ tonight in support of this widening of

35:22 ↗ the sidewalk please raise your hand we

35:26 ↗ have about 20 or so hands in the air

35:28 ↗ thank you very much and a bunch around

35:31 ↗ the corner that I can't see because our

35:33 ↗ chamber is too small thank you thank you

35:37 ↗ sir

35:43 ↗ honey come on up hi my name is Connie

35:48 ↗ Marsh and did you know I have a dream

35:51 ↗ shall I say that I want I know right I

35:56 ↗ have I'm tired of wondering what's

36:02 ↗ happening I would like to have one topic

36:05 ↗ at a time talking about that topic I

36:09 ↗ don't want to 0.02 percent tax increase

36:14 ↗ for roads so that we can use the funding

36:18 ↗ that we already have for say a new

36:21 ↗ consolidated City Hall which isn't put

36:28 ↗ across as something to take off if this

36:32 ↗ community didn't vote in that tax

36:34 ↗ increase instead the city put up parks

36:38 ↗ and said if we don't get the tax

36:40 ↗ increase voted in for example we could

36:42 ↗ take away parks things and three very

36:49 ↗ complicated parks master plans braided

36:53 ↗ together going simultaneously with an

36:56 ↗ exceedingly small park staff and a

36:59 ↗ difficult community outreach if you look

37:03 ↗ at the potentials for Memorial Field

37:06 ↗ Depot Park pedestrian Park in the

37:08 ↗ Rainier Trail combined and what you

37:11 ↗ could do with that that is a master plan

37:14 ↗ for a year and a half if you do it well

37:18 ↗ and you really engage the community not

37:22 ↗ to be totally down I am thrilled to have

37:27 ↗ the capital plan in public discussed by

37:30 ↗ the entire council all at once because

37:34 ↗ for years we didn't even get to see the

37:36 ↗ capital improvement plan and you see

37:38 ↗ what happens when the community can see

37:40 ↗ what's going on is they come out and

37:43 ↗ they speak and they tell you about their

37:45 ↗ hopes and dreams which to me is what our

37:47 ↗ government is for right we're supposed

37:50 ↗ to be creating the

37:51 ↗ town that the community wants we are not

37:54 ↗ supposed to be doing the Sycamore sewer

37:58 ↗ again and again and again right so my

38:03 ↗ hope in my dream is that we can learn to

38:06 ↗ ask for what we actually want to do and

38:10 ↗ see what the community says if they

38:13 ↗ support it or not if they don't yet drop

38:16 ↗ it and move on to what the community

38:17 ↗ does support and will desire so that we

38:21 ↗ can all understand and not have to

38:23 ↗ wonder what we can say where we can say

38:25 ↗ it and how we can say it in order to be

38:27 ↗ heard now I don't know if it's possible

38:29 ↗ but I figured I would try because then

38:32 ↗ we would all be pushing in the same

38:34 ↗ direction to get the great town that we

38:36 ↗ all desire thank you thank you ends in

38:40 ↗ the air is there anyone else who would

38:42 ↗ like to a speak during general audience

38:44 ↗ , st. cyr do I come to make the phone

38:52 ↗ I'm Kyle Buckner 5220 Northwest

38:56 ↗ Sammamish Road I'll show you where my

38:58 ↗ house is it's right at the pinch point

39:05 ↗ I've been coming to the City Council

39:07 ↗ meetings for the last few months I've

39:08 ↗ been emailing you guys I was very happy

39:10 ↗ that you guys supported the d-o-t plan

39:12 ↗ for the sound wall I think that's great

39:14 ↗ it's gonna grab us a whole lot more

39:16 ↗ property I've been scouring your website

39:19 ↗ those city's website and trying to find

39:21 ↗ more information about the plan there

39:23 ↗ obviously is one there's 8 million

39:25 ↗ dollars

39:26 ↗ devoted to it over the next five years

39:28 ↗ we've got the transportation LLC now to

39:33 ↗ take a little bit of liability off for

39:34 ↗ you guys but I'm a little surprised that

39:37 ↗ we haven't heard as a resident at the

39:40 ↗ pitch boy pinch point for input thoughts

39:43 ↗ anything like that I'm very supportive

39:45 ↗ of the South code folks here who want a

39:47 ↗ sidewalk I'd like a sidewalk also but I

39:50 ↗ do want to make sure that the sidewalk

39:52 ↗ stays within the parameters of what

39:53 ↗ we've got there and there's great a

39:55 ↗ great amount of space to make things

39:57 ↗ work but I'm a little nervous when no

40:00 ↗ one reaches out to us or sends us and

40:02 ↗ notice that there's a meeting about

40:05 ↗ it's happening right in front of our

40:06 ↗ house so I'm a little on the defensive

40:08 ↗ and I'm having a lot of faith in you

40:10 ↗ guys that you are the City Council

40:12 ↗ members of all of us and not just some

40:14 ↗ of us and especially looking out for

40:17 ↗ what the residents of Issaquah need

40:18 ↗ rather than bikers or commuters from

40:22 ↗ Sammamish who cut through our

40:24 ↗ neighborhood or want a bike from Redmond

40:27 ↗ around Lake Washington those are high

40:29 ↗ priorities for me but the little kids

40:31 ↗ riding their bikes and the residents

40:33 ↗ walking through there that's very

40:34 ↗ important and I hope that you guys will

40:35 ↗ remain our council members and not look

40:38 ↗ look at trying to design some master

40:41 ↗ engineering plan to win an award so I

40:43 ↗ hope that I hear more from you in the

40:45 ↗ future I'm happy to work with you I see

40:47 ↗ other neighbors of mine here that are

40:49 ↗ happy to work with you as well but I'm

40:52 ↗ I'm really hoping that you don't try to

40:54 ↗ take away my home to build a sidewalk

40:57 ↗ because that's kind of how we're feeling

40:59 ↗ right now since we haven't heard

41:00 ↗ anything so thank you for your time

41:02 ↗ thank you cow there there are some hands

41:06 ↗ in the air Kyle there has been no design

41:08 ↗ done as of yet the only action the

41:11 ↗ council did take was they agreed to

41:12 ↗ secure three million dollars for a wash

41:15 ↗ dog project so that we would be able to

41:17 ↗ get right-of-way there has been no

41:19 ↗ outreach that you have missed yet is

41:23 ↗ there anyone else who would like to

41:23 ↗ speak no sir come on up yes my name is

41:29 ↗ David bangs I live at 43 141 93rd in

41:32 ↗ South Cove and I became president of

41:35 ↗ South Cove in 1999 and in 2002 I founded

41:40 ↗ the South Lake Sammamish Association we

41:44 ↗ started working with King County to make

41:45 ↗ sure that they knew our neighborhood

41:46 ↗ existed and we found out they didn't we

41:49 ↗ started working with Issaquah to talk

41:51 ↗ about annexation and we got

41:52 ↗ representation on the Lake Sammamish

41:54 ↗ State Park Planning Committee the

41:58 ↗ highest priority of the neighborhood at

42:00 ↗ that time was being able to get to the

42:02 ↗ State Park when we went to the

42:04 ↗ annexation process and we had public

42:06 ↗ hearings the number one issue was being

42:08 ↗ able to get to the state park and of

42:11 ↗ course

42:12 ↗ has it happened but it was the time

42:13 ↗ before annexation identified as the high

42:15 ↗ priority of the city and I just wanted

42:17 ↗ to remind the council that this has been

42:18 ↗ going on for a long time so thank you

42:21 ↗ David

42:22 ↗ all right hands in the air in support is

42:25 ↗ there anyone else lots of hands went up

42:27 ↗ is there anyone else who would like to

42:29 ↗ speak during general audience comments

42:31 ↗ and remember we will have a public

42:32 ↗ hearing I see you Cyrus come on up while

42:34 ↗ I remind folks we will have a public

42:37 ↗ hearing on the capital improvement plan

42:38 ↗ as well so you have an opportunity at

42:41 ↗ that time if you had not spoken yet iris

42:44 ↗ hello I'm Cyrus crown I live at 300

42:47 ↗ southeast Bush Street just around the

42:48 ↗ corner

42:49 ↗ I actually feel compelled to respond

42:53 ↗ react to something that Connie Marsh

42:54 ↗ said because I agree with her

42:56 ↗ wholeheartedly and it's amazing to see

42:58 ↗ this many people who are tonight

42:59 ↗ participating in their civic duty to

43:03 ↗ their elected officials the beauty of it

43:07 ↗ is that everybody has a position and it

43:08 ↗ creates a challenge for the council to

43:10 ↗ how to tackle all of these competing

43:13 ↗ interests and needs the reason I'm here

43:16 ↗ is that over the course of the last

43:19 ↗ couple of months I've become a little

43:20 ↗ more focused on just how our tax dollars

43:23 ↗ are being utilized and so when the state

43:27 ↗ recently approved a billion dollars of

43:29 ↗ new taxes a lot of that was to solve

43:32 ↗ this education problem with McCleary and

43:36 ↗ less than a week after the legislative

43:38 ↗ session ended a memorandum went out that

43:41 ↗ a commission was being formed to

43:43 ↗ determine how to fund on a new school

43:46 ↗ levy well then I saw the alert from the

43:50 ↗ City Council about the SIP and the tip

43:52 ↗ and a need for a potential 0.2 percent

43:55 ↗ sales tax increase and a potential

43:57 ↗ increase in the taxes and the REIT 1 and

43:59 ↗ the reetou so in the aggregate the taxes

44:02 ↗ are just contending continuing to pile

44:04 ↗ up so I've taken it upon myself to just

44:06 ↗ read everything and look at the various

44:07 ↗ line items and what I've noticed is

44:10 ↗ because everybody wants to get all these

44:12 ↗ things done we've got a lot of competing

44:14 ↗ priorities we purchased the Bergen

44:17 ↗ Milland and we saved an amazing piece of

44:19 ↗ property and it's going to stay green

44:20 ↗ forever thank you to the city and the

44:22 ↗ for doing that but now that's a priority

44:24 ↗ to spend money to get that all done and

44:26 ↗ then Parks is a priority to get that

44:28 ↗ done and now apparently the fire

44:29 ↗ department has a priority to get their

44:31 ↗ new building done and then there's

44:33 ↗ discussion around a new City Hall

44:35 ↗ potentially so I I recognize you have

44:39 ↗ challenges and you know there's only so

44:42 ↗ many revenues to support the costs and

44:45 ↗ there gonna be some difficult decisions

44:46 ↗ to be made

44:47 ↗ I thought the parks presentation tonight

44:50 ↗ is great and it's encouraging and

44:51 ↗ exciting there are a lot of other items

44:53 ↗ as was mentioned by one of the council

44:55 ↗ members around other parks and you'll

44:58 ↗ see as well Bergsma and so I just hope

45:00 ↗ that as we look at these we can find

45:02 ↗ conservative ways to support the

45:04 ↗ community as well as support our tax

45:06 ↗ dollars in our our wallets thank you

45:08 ↗ very much appreciate your time thank you

45:10 ↗ anyone else wishing to speak during

45:12 ↗ general audience comments your hand

45:15 ↗ want to come on up and as she's working

45:18 ↗ to the per diem just so there are no

45:19 ↗ surprises after audience comments there

45:22 ↗ is a section on regional reports and

45:24 ↗ mayor's reports that tends to take 10 to

45:27 ↗ 15 minutes before we get to the public

45:31 ↗ hearing so if that's an issue for anyone

45:33 ↗ you can make your comments during

45:35 ↗ general audience comments instead go

45:37 ↗ ahead hi I'm Jamie Bracken I live at 5

45:39 ↗ 23-0 Northwest Sammamish Road right

45:50 ↗ we love you South Cove and we want you

45:53 ↗ to have a sidewalk we also feel a little

45:56 ↗ lost in space out there we don't need

45:58 ↗ any I'm gonna get you to address the

46:00 ↗ council I'm saying we don't even have a

46:02 ↗ neighborhood with sidewalks like south

46:03 ↗ coast does we're just a couple of like

46:05 ↗ eight houses along the pinch point and

46:07 ↗ our house is the last one we probably

46:09 ↗ have 400 feet of along the street up top

46:12 ↗ there and we again are with Kyle are

46:16 ↗ just a little concerned about how you

46:18 ↗ might carry out what you're going to

46:20 ↗ wear friends of Issaquah we want to be

46:23 ↗ participating in the process with you

46:26 ↗ you know we kind of were lolled out of

46:28 ↗ our sleep when the City Engineer used

46:30 ↗ the phrase condemning properties along

46:33 ↗ the pinch point so

46:35 ↗ we're here saying we don't want our

46:38 ↗ property condemned along the pinch point

46:40 ↗ so you know we just wanted to make

46:42 ↗ mention that you kind of put a face with

46:45 ↗ the property that we're ready for

46:48 ↗ conversations about what's gonna happen

46:50 ↗ with our properties and our children's

46:52 ↗ inheritances so thank you thank you for

46:55 ↗ coming Jamie

46:56 ↗ is there anyone and hands of support in

46:58 ↗ there is anybody like to speak during

46:59 ↗ general audience comments so I'm minute

47:03 ↗ okay how about you to both make your way

47:06 ↗ closer to the mic that'd be great my

47:16 ↗ name is Kevin Ostrowski I live in one

47:17 ↗ nine two zero two southeast 45th Place

47:20 ↗ in south Cove as well you've heard a lot

47:23 ↗ of great comments I think about South

47:24 ↗ Cove and there's a really great

47:25 ↗ community there I just moved there about

47:27 ↗ you know almost two years ago now I've

47:29 ↗ got three young kids and obviously the

47:31 ↗ travel way too there's something that's

47:32 ↗ really important to me as a physician in

47:34 ↗ the area I'm also concerned about the

47:36 ↗ bikers and the ability for them to

47:37 ↗ safely pass in that area and the runner

47:40 ↗ is to safely pass in the area I Drive by

47:42 ↗ multiple times and have seen multiple

47:44 ↗ people on their phones obviously against

47:46 ↗ the law but on their phones almost

47:48 ↗ hitting bikers almost hitting

47:49 ↗ pedestrians who are trying to get in

47:51 ↗ that area safely between that area while

47:53 ↗ I know those people most likely don't

47:56 ↗ live in the area there are also people

47:58 ↗ who've got families and other people and

47:59 ↗ I think it's really important to

48:00 ↗ remember that and that that is a major

48:02 ↗ thorough thorough way for people kind of

48:04 ↗ bike riding and running in that area

48:06 ↗ from an overall sampling thank you Kevin

48:09 ↗ their hands of support in the air come

48:12 ↗ on up well good evening my name is Doug

48:19 ↗ Barrett I also am a resident of South

48:21 ↗ Cove thank you for the opportunity to

48:24 ↗ speak I've I live at one nine two two

48:27 ↗ six southeast 45th Place and I've been a

48:30 ↗ resident there since 2001 and we've

48:33 ↗ raised three children in the

48:34 ↗ neighborhood and I guess I'd like to

48:35 ↗ just echo the previous comments I've

48:38 ↗ noticed being being in the neighborhood

48:40 ↗ for 18 years just how much more

48:42 ↗ dangerous it is and frankly scary is a

48:44 ↗ driver too

48:46 ↗ into the state park and towards the

48:48 ↗ center of Issaquah and it is scary and I

48:52 ↗ would just like to say that I hope that

48:53 ↗ an engineering solution can be found

48:55 ↗ which does not adversely impact our

48:57 ↗ friends and neighbors along West Lake

49:00 ↗ Sammamish but I believe it's possible

49:01 ↗ and I hope that's the case and I'd like

49:04 ↗ to just say for safety's sake I hope

49:06 ↗ that the council would consider this

49:09 ↗ project and then finally having raised

49:10 ↗ three children

49:11 ↗ we've always been afraid to allow them

49:13 ↗ to to enjoy that part of Issaquah and to

49:17 ↗ make their way towards the State Park

49:18 ↗ it's just too scary to allow our

49:20 ↗ children to bike ride along there and

49:23 ↗ even with us as going along with them we

49:27 ↗ just it's never been a route that we've

49:29 ↗ been able to take as a family so thank

49:32 ↗ you for for the council's consideration

49:34 ↗ thank you thank you thank you tag and

49:38 ↗ some support yes lots of hands to

49:41 ↗ support anyone else who would like to

49:43 ↗ speak Cory come on out my name is Cory

49:52 ↗ Christensen and I'd like to speak in

49:54 ↗ support both the Providence point

49:56 ↗ intersection and south cove the problem

49:59 ↗ this point you know they were promised

50:02 ↗ their fix before they ran X King County

50:05 ↗ left them high and dry and ten years of

50:08 ↗ studying and thinking they were about to

50:12 ↗ get their intersection but they didn't

50:14 ↗ and there's been a number of broken

50:16 ↗ promises it's time they get their

50:18 ↗ intersection I feel almost the same way

50:21 ↗ about South Cove just a little bit less

50:23 ↗ than Providence Point and I apologize

50:26 ↗ for that there during during the last

50:29 ↗ year's budget discussions the City

50:31 ↗ Council was told they had fourteen

50:34 ↗ million dollars to spend on

50:35 ↗ transportation and that's just about

50:38 ↗ enough money to do both Providence Point

50:40 ↗ and South Cove and I think they should

50:43 ↗ do both right now no messing around

50:45 ↗ instead what they want to do is instead

50:50 ↗ what you would like us to do is to vote

50:53 ↗ on another tax frankly I would not vote

50:56 ↗ for any tax until both of those

50:59 ↗ Jex are done because it's a matter of

51:01 ↗ trust both of these communities have

51:02 ↗ been promised these improvements and

51:04 ↗ it's time to do them now get those off

51:06 ↗ the table and then talk about other

51:09 ↗ projects transportation projects not

51:11 ↗ parks not other things that you can do

51:14 ↗ for our community and give us the full

51:16 ↗ information transparency is important

51:18 ↗ give us the information but get these

51:20 ↗ two things done and let's move forward

51:22 ↗ Thank You Cory lots of hands in the air

51:25 ↗ please hold your applause is there

51:28 ↗ anyone else that would like to address

51:29 ↗ the council now before we move on to our

51:33 ↗ regional reports asking for a second

51:36 ↗ time I'll just check in a third time and

51:39 ↗ if there's none I will close audience

51:41 ↗ comments that does not mean you will not

51:43 ↗ have a chance to talk about projects we

51:45 ↗ are going to move to the next couple of

51:47 ↗ sections which is comedian regional

51:49 ↗ reports and at this time council members

51:51 ↗ will report out on activities they've

51:52 ↗ been participating in the region and

51:54 ↗ we'll start with councilmember hunts

51:56 ↗ Thank You Madame mayor I attended the

51:59 ↗ Huayra eight salmon recovery council

52:01 ↗ management committee meeting on June

52:03 ↗ 19th this is a subcommittee which

52:06 ↗ includes myself and several other

52:08 ↗ members of the salmon recovery council

52:10 ↗ and we make recommendations to the

52:12 ↗ salmon recovery council on topics

52:15 ↗ including the work plan on the budget

52:17 ↗ regarding the budget and work plan we

52:20 ↗ make sure it stays quiet folks so that

52:22 ↗ people can hear the council members

52:23 ↗ report thank you thank you one of the

52:26 ↗ items that we discussed was how to cover

52:30 ↗ the cost of Snohomish County being

52:37 ↗ removed from the interlocal agreement

52:41 ↗ and so the management committee made the

52:44 ↗ recommendation to use a portion of the

52:48 ↗ Puget Sound acquisition and restoration

52:50 ↗ project funding to cover that and we

52:53 ↗ also are sending a letter to Snohomish

52:56 ↗ County hoping that they will reconsider

53:00 ↗ and hoping that that they will rejoin

53:02 ↗ and we'll we'll come back to the salmon

53:06 ↗ recovery council and they I think I've

53:10 ↗ reported on this previously but they

53:12 ↗ they are not paying members and for the

53:16 ↗ time being due to budget constraints and

53:18 ↗ then we also we also approved the work

53:22 ↗ plan and we also approved the goal of

53:24 ↗ reserving 10% of the base revenues to be

53:27 ↗ to be available in the carry forward in

53:31 ↗ case of rainy day basically so that the

53:37 ↗ next meeting of the stammering coveri

53:38 ↗ council will be Thursday July 18th and

53:42 ↗ then I also attended the cascade water

53:44 ↗ Alliance board meeting on June 26 with

53:46 ↗ Mayor Polly and it was a very short

53:48 ↗ meeting there were no actions taken and

53:51 ↗ the next regular meeting of the cascade

53:53 ↗ water Alliance board will be July 24th

53:56 ↗ at the cascade office in Bellevue that

53:58 ↗ concludes my report

53:59 ↗ Thank You councilmember hunt

54:00 ↗ councilmember Rea Thank You mayor Polly

54:02 ↗ the services and Safety Committee will

54:04 ↗ meet on July 9th

54:06 ↗ it's 6:30 here in Council Chambers the

54:08 ↗ agenda will include 5 informational

54:10 ↗ items we'll have an update on the garage

54:13 ↗ a briefing on the hazard mitigation plan

54:17 ↗ an update on the dog park at Tibbets

54:19 ↗ Valley Park an update on green Issaquah

54:23 ↗ the urban forest management program and

54:25 ↗ finally a briefing on the bike skills

54:27 ↗ park at Central Park the Eastside Fire

54:30 ↗ and Rescue Board of Directors will meet

54:32 ↗ on July 11th at 4 o'clock at Eastside

54:34 ↗ Fire and Rescue headquarters the agenda

54:36 ↗ has not yet been set and that concludes

54:38 ↗ my report

54:39 ↗ Thank You councilmember interesting

54:42 ↗ thank you madam mayor I have three

54:44 ↗ reports one really quick the council

54:46 ↗ Infrastructure Committee did not meet in

54:50 ↗ June our next scheduled meeting is on

54:52 ↗ July 18th however the agenda for that

54:54 ↗ has not yet been set next the Puget

54:57 ↗ Sound Regional Council's growth

54:58 ↗ management policy board last met on June

55:01 ↗ 13th I was out of town on personal

55:03 ↗ business and it was not able to attend

55:05 ↗ that meeting but I do have a short

55:07 ↗ report because I think the progress and

55:08 ↗ the work of that board is very important

55:10 ↗ as you know we're working on vision 2050

55:12 ↗ about what to do with the next 1.8

55:14 ↗ million people that move into the Puget

55:16 ↗ Sound region between now and the year

55:18 ↗ 2050 the GMP B is very close to

55:24 ↗ making a final recommendation on the

55:26 ↗ multi-county planning policies that are

55:28 ↗ going to be part of the vision update

55:30 ↗ and so some of those will be voted on at

55:33 ↗ our upcoming meeting and others require

55:35 ↗ additional conversation we've also made

55:38 ↗ quite a bit of progress on the draft

55:40 ↗ policies and actions related to the

55:41 ↗ regional updated regional growth

55:43 ↗ strategy and the next mead meeting we're

55:49 ↗ going to continue that work on reviewing

55:51 ↗ all the the various policy and actions

55:53 ↗ for vision 2050 that meeting will be on

55:57 ↗ July 11th a week from this Thursday I do

56:01 ↗ plan to attend my last meeting is about

56:05 ↗ my last report is about the council ad

56:07 ↗ hoc committee on council rules of

56:10 ↗ procedure so along with council members

56:12 ↗ Hunt and Ray we met for the third and

56:15 ↗ final time back on June 18th we did get

56:19 ↗ all the way through the material and I

56:20 ↗ really want to thank for their input

56:24 ↗ participation support and quality of the

56:26 ↗ work from our clerks teenagers and and

56:27 ↗ Tisha geyser and later from deputy City

56:30 ↗ Administrator Andrea Snyder we

56:31 ↗ appreciate the help that was fantastic

56:33 ↗ and I thank you for your contributions

56:34 ↗ we did we did make many changes to the

56:38 ↗ procedures many of their small some of

56:40 ↗ them were significant we did come to

56:43 ↗ consensus on a majority of the issues

56:45 ↗ however we did identify two or three

56:47 ↗ issues that we feel will need full

56:49 ↗ additional conversation conversation

56:52 ↗ with the full council and it will be

56:54 ↗ coming back to a future work session I'm

56:57 ↗ not exactly sure which one that's going

56:58 ↗ to be but it will be sometime in the

57:00 ↗ next 60 days that concludes my report

57:02 ↗ thanks and that is a project that has

57:04 ↗ been talked about for four years

57:06 ↗ so fantastic that's really good every

57:08 ↗ council president patís thank you madam

57:10 ↗ mayor the Eastside Human Services forum

57:13 ↗ met Thursday June 20th there was both a

57:16 ↗ board meeting and then their June event

57:19 ↗ was the affordable housing learning

57:21 ↗ event I unfortunately was not able to

57:24 ↗ attend there is some information on the

57:28 ↗ website online the regional affordable

57:30 ↗ housing task force final report and

57:32 ↗ recommendations which were a lot of

57:35 ↗ people may be familiar with but

57:37 ↗ is online now and then looking forward

57:39 ↗ to having more information that I can

57:41 ↗ share about the outcome of they they had

57:45 ↗ a panel that included staff from King

57:48 ↗ County the King County Housing Authority

57:50 ↗ arch and local developers and so hoping

57:53 ↗ to share more information about that

57:55 ↗ event later that's great thank you

57:57 ↗ that's president marks thank you madam

58:00 ↗ mayor the sound cities association

58:02 ↗ public issues committee will be meeting

58:04 ↗ next Wednesday July 10th at 7 p.m. in

58:07 ↗ Renton City Hall the 6 p.m. pre pick

58:11 ↗ meeting is going to be more on vision

58:12 ↗ 2050 PSR see growth board has worked

58:16 ↗ worked through 2019 to update vision

58:19 ↗ 2050 ESRC will be releasing a draft plan

58:21 ↗ for public comment in July at the July

58:23 ↗ pre-picked meeting SCA members will hear

58:25 ↗ about what's included in the draft plan

58:28 ↗ and the roles of cities in implementing

58:29 ↗ vision 2050 we then have a potential

58:32 ↗ future action item on the agenda for the

58:35 ↗ 7:00 p.m. meeting about vision 2050

58:37 ↗ whether SCA will be taking any position

58:41 ↗ on that initial draft again SCA pick

58:45 ↗ potential action items typically involve

58:48 ↗ multiple council me are multiple pic

58:50 ↗ meetings so if in fact SCA looks to take

58:55 ↗ some sort of position I will be coming

58:56 ↗ back to Council to inform Council and

58:59 ↗ seek feedback on that potential position

59:01 ↗ there will be discussion on HB 1406

59:05 ↗ state sales tax credit for affordable

59:07 ↗ housing which is very interesting for

59:09 ↗ our city and then an update on the usual

59:12 ↗ suspects of things the update for pick

59:14 ↗ meetings then the king county growth

59:17 ↗ sorry GMP C growth management policy

59:20 ↗ council is meeting Wednesday July 24th

59:23 ↗ at 4 p.m. in PSR C chambers the agenda

59:26 ↗ is TBD but I'm gonna guess vision 2050

59:29 ↗ will be involved in that agenda this

59:31 ↗ concludes my report

59:32 ↗ Thank You council president fitnah

59:34 ↗ mayor's report this evening I have three

59:36 ↗ items first there will be no executive

59:38 ↗ session this evening

59:39 ↗ second I wanted to provide a little bit

59:42 ↗ of an update on the city administrator

59:44 ↗ recruitment we had I mentioned some of

59:48 ↗ this before but I'll go into little

59:49 ↗ details since we

59:50 ↗ a larger audience tonight we have hired

59:52 ↗ Kara's consulting to spearhead the

59:53 ↗ recruitment process our job posting

59:55 ↗ closed on June 12 we had a total of 80

59:58 ↗ applicants 34 live in state 45 live

1:00:01 ↗ out-of-state one lives outside of the

1:00:03 ↗ United States 51 of the applicants have

1:00:06 ↗ local government senior leadership

1:00:08 ↗ experience I've conducted several

1:00:10 ↗ first-round interviews online via Skype

1:00:12 ↗ last week and they're continuing this

1:00:15 ↗ week and our in-person interviews for

1:00:17 ↗ the finalists will take place on July

1:00:18 ↗ 10th I also want to provide an update on

1:00:22 ↗ the East Coast school district and the

1:00:24 ↗ Providence Heights campus so it's Crosse

1:00:26 ↗ school district is working towards

1:00:28 ↗ purchasing the campus and construction

1:00:30 ↗ of two new schools the district has

1:00:32 ↗ access to the property currently and are

1:00:34 ↗ working to execute a purchase and sale

1:00:36 ↗ agreement with the property owners and

1:00:38 ↗ if you're not familiar with the map that

1:00:40 ↗ lot that is highlighted is the lot next

1:00:42 ↗ to Providence Point the King County

1:00:45 ↗ Landmarks Commission acting as the city

1:00:47 ↗ of Issaquah landmarking board will be

1:00:49 ↗ considering a request by the current

1:00:51 ↗ property owner and the S quest School

1:00:52 ↗ District to remove the landmark status

1:00:54 ↗ the city of Issaquah will not be

1:00:56 ↗ opposing this request and that concludes

1:00:59 ↗ the mayor's report proceeding to the

1:01:03 ↗ consent calendar the consent calendar

1:01:05 ↗ was distributed to council in advance if

1:01:07 ↗ authorized the items on the consent

1:01:08 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

1:01:10 ↗ approved by one motion have the payables

1:01:13 ↗ and payroll been reviewed yes thank you

1:01:16 ↗ does any council member desire to remove

1:01:18 ↗ any item from the consent calendar and

1:01:21 ↗ consider it under regular business

1:01:24 ↗ seeing none is there a motion to approve

1:01:27 ↗ council president marks madam mayor I

1:01:29 ↗ move we adopt the consent calendar is

1:01:31 ↗ listed in tonight's meeting agenda

1:01:32 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded all

1:01:36 ↗ those in favor signify by saying aye as

1:01:39 ↗ opposed thank you that carries

1:01:41 ↗ unanimously

1:01:41 ↗ so now we're going to be moving into the

1:01:43 ↗ public hearing a B 77059 the 2020 2025

1:01:48 ↗ capital improvement plan which includes

1:01:51 ↗ the transportation Improvement Program

1:01:52 ↗ or the tip we'll be conducting and

1:01:55 ↗ continuing a public hearing this evening

1:01:58 ↗ this item will be referred to a council

1:02:00 ↗ committee work session

1:02:02 ↗ next this item has been before council

1:02:04 ↗ at the June 10th and June 24th work

1:02:07 ↗ sessions and tonight there will be a

1:02:09 ↗ brief staff presentation followed by

1:02:11 ↗ public hearing so I'd like to invite

1:02:13 ↗ budget analyst Susie Munsell to make a

1:02:15 ↗ presentation come on up Susie

1:02:37 ↗ good evening thank you for that

1:02:41 ↗ introduction we will be I will be giving

1:02:44 ↗ a very brief overview to lead into the

1:02:46 ↗ public hearing to give an update on what

1:02:49 ↗ we presented so far along with some of

1:02:51 ↗ the key considerations that have been

1:02:53 ↗ discussed so far so the brief agenda

1:02:57 ↗ will give it as I said a quick overview

1:02:59 ↗ of what a capital improvement plan is

1:03:02 ↗ and the procedures to how it is

1:03:05 ↗ developed will give a very brief

1:03:07 ↗ overview of the transportation benefit

1:03:10 ↗ district we will go over the key policy

1:03:14 ↗ considerations that have been discussed

1:03:17 ↗ by council in previous work sessions go

1:03:20 ↗ over the next steps of where we're going

1:03:22 ↗ from here and finally we will then lead

1:03:24 ↗ into the public hearing so first and

1:03:28 ↗ foremost the capital improvement plan is

1:03:30 ↗ a planning document not a budget so it

1:03:33 ↗ is a planning document based on a series

1:03:35 ↗ of assumptions

1:03:36 ↗ it's an optimal roadmap if all of the

1:03:38 ↗ assumptions come to fruition recognizing

1:03:40 ↗ that many underlying assumptions are

1:03:42 ↗ subject to change such as the cost of

1:03:44 ↗ projects the timing of projects and the

1:03:47 ↗ budget situations in each given year if

1:03:49 ↗ or when these changes occur there will

1:03:51 ↗ be several opportunities to revisit

1:03:53 ↗ these assumptions

1:03:54 ↗ such as the annual operating budget

1:03:55 ↗ process subsequent capital improvement

1:03:57 ↗ plans and future policy discussions that

1:04:00 ↗ will necessarily follow the CIP is a

1:04:05 ↗ six-year planning period that is

1:04:07 ↗ conducted every two years this proposed

1:04:11 ↗ CIP came together with the help of 22

1:04:14 ↗ capital managers across five departments

1:04:16 ↗ so Public Works engineering Public Works

1:04:19 ↗ operations Parks and Recreation police

1:04:22 ↗ and information technology two

1:04:24 ↗ additional departments were involved in

1:04:26 ↗ the process finance and the executive

1:04:28 ↗ office so the projects submitted are

1:04:31 ↗ ones that were identified as a need a

1:04:33 ↗ desire or a priority by these

1:04:34 ↗ departments through asset and

1:04:36 ↗ infrastructure evaluations as well as

1:04:38 ↗ Public Engagement so while the CIP is a

1:04:40 ↗ planning document it's not a budget but

1:04:43 ↗ greater focus was given to 2020 and 2021

1:04:46 ↗ in balancing revenues and expenditures

1:04:49 ↗ these revenue sources are still subject

1:04:51 ↗ to change however as we go through the

1:04:52 ↗ annual operating budget process as a

1:04:56 ↗ reminder the Transportation Improvement

1:04:58 ↗ plan serves as a subsection of the

1:05:02 ↗ overall capital improvement plan and by

1:05:04 ↗ adopting the capital improvement plan

1:05:06 ↗ the council would also be adopting the

1:05:09 ↗ transportation improvement plan a very

1:05:13 ↗ brief overview of the discussed

1:05:16 ↗ transportation benefit district as

1:05:18 ↗ approved in early 2018 as it it would

1:05:23 ↗ allow the city to levy a dedicated

1:05:25 ↗ revenue source for transportation

1:05:26 ↗ projects such as the proposed 0.2% sales

1:05:30 ↗ tax increase and should council pursue

1:05:32 ↗ the proposed sales tax increase it would

1:05:34 ↗ need to be approved to be electoral

1:05:35 ↗ ballot by a simple majority the and I

1:05:40 ↗ will now go into the brief policy

1:05:43 ↗ considerations that have been discussed

1:05:44 ↗ previously in work sessions the first

1:05:48 ↗ being this transportation benefit

1:05:50 ↗ district scenario the policy question

1:05:52 ↗ posed to Council at the June 24th

1:05:55 ↗ council work session was if council wish

1:05:58 ↗ to reflect the TBD sales tax revenues in

1:06:00 ↗ the CIP and if so would it be option 1

1:06:03 ↗ or option two option to being

1:06:05 ↗ accelerating work on southeast 43rd also

1:06:09 ↗ known as Providence point using an

1:06:10 ↗ existing debt service capacity in at the

1:06:13 ↗ June 24th work session council indicated

1:06:15 ↗ a preference to include the sales tax

1:06:17 ↗ revenue assumptions and to have the CIP

1:06:19 ↗ reflect option 2 accelerating work on

1:06:22 ↗ southeast 43rd intersection improvements

1:06:24 ↗ which would ship the majority of this

1:06:26 ↗ projects funding from the proposed sales

1:06:27 ↗ tax supported debt to general fund

1:06:29 ↗ existing debt service capacity policy

1:06:33 ↗ consideration number two was a City

1:06:36 ↗ facility strategy the question posed at

1:06:38 ↗ the June 24th council work session was

1:06:41 ↗ does council wish to assume a stay in

1:06:43 ↗ play strategy for city facilities or

1:06:45 ↗ discounsel wish to consider a

1:06:46 ↗ consolidated City Hall strategy at the

1:06:49 ↗ June 24th work session council indicated

1:06:51 ↗ a preference to continue discussing

1:06:53 ↗ their continued discussion regarding a

1:06:55 ↗ consolidated City Hall and to include

1:06:57 ↗ funds as proposed in the CIP for

1:06:59 ↗ necessary maintenance of existing

1:07:00 ↗ facilities plus funding in the

1:07:03 ↗ years for preliminary work on a

1:07:04 ↗ consolidated City Hall

1:07:06 ↗ Council also requested additional

1:07:08 ↗ information regarding which maintenance

1:07:10 ↗ projects would still be needed if a

1:07:12 ↗ consolidated City Hall was pursued and

1:07:14 ↗ further information around these

1:07:15 ↗ projects will be presented at the July

1:07:17 ↗ 8th council work session next week

1:07:22 ↗ consideration number three was the new

1:07:25 ↗ fire station the policy question posed

1:07:27 ↗ at the June 24th work session was does

1:07:30 ↗ council want to further understand and

1:07:33 ↗ determine how to relocate fire station

1:07:34 ↗ 71 to support aside fire and rescues new

1:07:37 ↗ service delivery model and level of

1:07:39 ↗ service commitments at the June 24th

1:07:41 ↗ work session Council indicated a

1:07:43 ↗ preference to continue discussions about

1:07:44 ↗ a new fire station 71 and to reflect

1:07:47 ↗ related costs in the CIP and as a

1:07:50 ↗ reminder Eastside Fire and Rescue will

1:07:52 ↗ present a plan on this work to Council

1:07:54 ↗ this fall but a final policy decision

1:07:56 ↗ isn't required to adopt the proposed CIP

1:08:00 ↗ policy consideration number four as

1:08:04 ↗ posed in the June 24th council work

1:08:06 ↗ session was does Council want to

1:08:08 ↗ preserve a portion of existing debt

1:08:10 ↗ service capacity in the event of an

1:08:12 ↗ economic downturn and at this work

1:08:14 ↗ session council indicated a preference

1:08:16 ↗ to reserve a portion of existing debt

1:08:18 ↗ service capacity and this can be done

1:08:20 ↗ through the opportunities I mentioned

1:08:22 ↗ earlier such as the annual budget

1:08:24 ↗ process subsequent CIPS and future

1:08:26 ↗ policy discussions and the final policy

1:08:31 ↗ consideration is the project list itself

1:08:32 ↗ as proposed at the June 24th council

1:08:36 ↗ work session does council support the

1:08:38 ↗ project lists put forth in the CIP with

1:08:41 ↗ particular emphasis on the 2020 project

1:08:44 ↗ list as they will help inform this

1:08:46 ↗ operating budget process for 2020 and at

1:08:49 ↗ this work session Council expressed

1:08:51 ↗ support for the projects included in the

1:08:53 ↗ CIP proposed CIP with the one major

1:08:56 ↗ exception being the council's desire to

1:08:58 ↗ shift the funding source and timing for

1:09:00 ↗ southeast 43rd intersection improvements

1:09:02 ↗ as mentioned in the first policy

1:09:04 ↗ consideration and through this process

1:09:07 ↗ we've received a lot of feedback on

1:09:09 ↗ projects proposed in the CIP both from

1:09:11 ↗ Council and through public comment and

1:09:13 ↗ tonight's public hearing is another

1:09:15 ↗ opportunity to provide us with

1:09:16 ↗ additional feedback we'll have another

1:09:18 ↗ opportunity for discussion at next

1:09:21 ↗ week's work session around any other

1:09:23 ↗ potential changes to projects proposed

1:09:25 ↗ in this CIP as far as next steps we are

1:09:30 ↗ today conducting the public hearing next

1:09:33 ↗ week we have additional time on the work

1:09:35 ↗ session docket to discuss some of these

1:09:39 ↗ policy considerations as well as for

1:09:41 ↗ their in point input and questions on

1:09:43 ↗ specific projects and as the schedule

1:09:46 ↗ sits right now Council is set to adopt

1:09:49 ↗ the CIP on July 15th and with that I am

1:09:54 ↗ excited to turn it back for the public

1:09:56 ↗ hearing Suzie thank you and thank you

1:09:58 ↗ for providing an update with council

1:10:00 ↗ direction from the last time they

1:10:02 ↗ discuss this before we go to the public

1:10:05 ↗ hearing does counsel have any questions

1:10:07 ↗ on Suzie's presentation this evening

1:10:09 ↗ that's a member winter Stein thank you

1:10:13 ↗ Suzie I'm gonna ask you one just one

1:10:15 ↗ simple question and it's I'm asking your

1:10:18 ↗ opinion more than anything I realize

1:10:19 ↗ others may have a different opinion but

1:10:22 ↗ we use the phrase that service capacity

1:10:26 ↗ and would you agree with me that if we

1:10:32 ↗ simply said existing cash flow with no

1:10:35 ↗ new taxes that that would be a similar

1:10:38 ↗ phrase yes thank you thank you any other

1:10:43 ↗ questions for Susie before we proceed

1:10:45 ↗ councilmember hunt it's a clarification

1:10:47 ↗ but on the on the fire station

1:10:51 ↗ discussion as far as I recall it was

1:10:55 ↗ really to have the information and have

1:10:58 ↗ the discussion but we really didn't have

1:11:00 ↗ the information to start the discussion

1:11:02 ↗ so just wanted to make it clear that we

1:11:04 ↗ haven't really seen the information

1:11:06 ↗ seeing the presentation from the fire

1:11:07 ↗ station or started the discussion

1:11:09 ↗ correct thank you thank you any other

1:11:12 ↗ questions

1:11:14 ↗ council president Mertz so I have just a

1:11:17 ↗ couple of questions and this these may

1:11:20 ↗ be personally because I'm just back from

1:11:22 ↗ vacation was that here last week two

1:11:25 ↗ things so

1:11:26 ↗ one is that there is information in the

1:11:31 ↗ packet about information from last week

1:11:34 ↗ on the conversation with the council

1:11:36 ↗ halt but it does not appear as if

1:11:38 ↗ numbers have changed as a result of that

1:11:41 ↗ so there's a notation in here on things

1:11:43 ↗ that the council sort of asked about but

1:11:45 ↗ that has not yet been reflected in the

1:11:47 ↗ proposed numbers that are in here okay

1:11:51 ↗ and then can the administration just

1:11:52 ↗ speak as to before we get to public

1:11:56 ↗ input and then discussion from Council

1:11:57 ↗ what the notional path is for this bill

1:12:01 ↗ going forward sure so there won't be

1:12:04 ↗ discussion from council tonight tonight

1:12:06 ↗ will just be a public hearing and I will

1:12:08 ↗ explain that again before the public

1:12:09 ↗ speaks so there isn't an expectation

1:12:11 ↗ that you are having a follow-on

1:12:13 ↗ conversation I will probably hand it

1:12:17 ↗ over to a deputy administrator at

1:12:19 ↗ Schneider to go over the process see I'm

1:12:26 ↗ sorry the question was about what the

1:12:28 ↗ path is moving forward I mean so if

1:12:30 ↗ there isn't discussion from Council I

1:12:32 ↗ see a recommended motion from Council

1:12:34 ↗ but there won't be any discussion about

1:12:36 ↗ that that can you just discuss the

1:12:39 ↗ recommended path forward and then I

1:12:41 ↗ guess council will either make a motion

1:12:43 ↗ or not without discussion it's the

1:12:45 ↗ question this evening as far as the area

1:12:48 ↗ Center process was to move to continue

1:12:50 ↗ the hearing and they do not actually

1:12:51 ↗ take final action tonight it's not the

1:12:54 ↗ motion that's in the package yes so I

1:12:57 ↗ guess I think it'd be good for the

1:12:59 ↗ audience to understand what the notional

1:13:00 ↗ path for it is and what the role of

1:13:03 ↗ tonight's conversation and what the next

1:13:05 ↗ couple of council meetings light up are

1:13:07 ↗ in this process you sure so the process

1:13:13 ↗ tonight is to have the public hearing

1:13:16 ↗ Council may choose to continue that

1:13:18 ↗ public hearing into the next meeting if

1:13:20 ↗ they would like our intent is to

1:13:22 ↗ continue with the council discussion on

1:13:25 ↗ July 8th in the work session it was

1:13:28 ↗ another piece of council direction that

1:13:31 ↗ we received the June 24th work session

1:13:33 ↗ was that there seemed to be more topics

1:13:37 ↗ that council wanted to discuss before

1:13:39 ↗ adoption

1:13:40 ↗ so we Susie I believe highlighted what

1:13:43 ↗ some of those topics might be that we

1:13:45 ↗ heard from counsel you would like to

1:13:46 ↗ discuss one of them also being as you

1:13:49 ↗ noted we have not yet updated the

1:13:51 ↗ numbers from the direction we received

1:13:54 ↗ from counsel so we anticipate more of

1:13:57 ↗ that to come on in the following week on

1:14:00 ↗ July 8th and then also as Susie noted in

1:14:05 ↗ her timeline we do hope for the CIP

1:14:08 ↗ adoption on July 15th thank you any

1:14:14 ↗ other questions

1:14:16 ↗ great so we are going to begin the

1:14:19 ↗ public hearing I just want to make sure

1:14:21 ↗ every we don't disappoint or have unmet

1:14:24 ↗ expectations but this evening counsel is

1:14:27 ↗ receiving any comments that you have

1:14:29 ↗ they would do not have time carved out

1:14:31 ↗ this evening to have a discussion

1:14:32 ↗ themselves so this is about taking in

1:14:35 ↗ your thoughts and concerns do we have a

1:14:38 ↗ sign-up sheet for this one I'm just

1:14:41 ↗ gonna thank you I'm just gonna go over

1:14:43 ↗ the rules a little bit so if these are

1:14:46 ↗ the same rules that apply under the

1:14:47 ↗ public hearing and we will put them back

1:14:49 ↗ up on the overhead if you're here

1:14:52 ↗ speaking on behalf of a group please

1:14:53 ↗ identify which group you are speaking

1:14:55 ↗ for and you did a fantastic job earlier

1:14:59 ↗ indicating support for any of the

1:15:01 ↗ speaker's points that you agree with so

1:15:02 ↗ please continue to raise your hand and

1:15:04 ↗ I'm now going to open the public hearing

1:15:06 ↗ at 8:17 inissia who has signed up to

1:15:11 ↗ speak

1:15:12 ↗ Victoria Hardy why not Victoria thank

1:15:19 ↗ you my name is Vickie Hardy and my

1:15:22 ↗ address is three nine four one two

1:15:25 ↗ twenty-six place southeast I am a

1:15:27 ↗ resident of Providence Point resident of

1:15:31 ↗ Issaquah and a registered voter as the

1:15:36 ↗ Issaquah City Council is considering the

1:15:39 ↗ funding for the Providence point traffic

1:15:41 ↗ light I wanted to express my strong

1:15:43 ↗ support for funding for this project the

1:15:47 ↗ implications are enormous if you have

1:15:50 ↗ ever sat it

1:15:52 ↗ the left turn lane waiting to go into

1:15:54 ↗ the front gate of Providence point and

1:15:56 ↗ been confronted with speeding drivers

1:15:59 ↗ coming around the blind corner just up

1:16:01 ↗ the hill you would have no doubt that

1:16:03 ↗ funds must be found immediately to

1:16:06 ↗ support this project sooner rather than

1:16:09 ↗ later as a retired nonprofit executive

1:16:14 ↗ with many years of CEO experience I can

1:16:18 ↗ tell you the council will either pay a

1:16:21 ↗ reasonable amount now or a huge

1:16:24 ↗ settlement when someone's grandmother is

1:16:27 ↗ killed by a speeding driver coming down

1:16:30 ↗ that hill it will happen if this light

1:16:34 ↗ is not constructed as there have already

1:16:36 ↗ been serious accidents at this

1:16:40 ↗ intersection you must pay attention to

1:16:43 ↗ the this neglected neighborhood of over

1:16:46 ↗ a thousand senior citizens most of whom

1:16:50 ↗ are registered voters

1:16:53 ↗ we have several key reasons why we

1:16:56 ↗ believe this is important the light is

1:17:00 ↗ critical for the safety of everyone

1:17:02 ↗ traveling on 43rd way as someone earlier

1:17:06 ↗ mentioned this traffic light was

1:17:08 ↗ promised when Providence Point residents

1:17:12 ↗ voted to join the city of Issaquah

1:17:17 ↗ traffic volume and the speeds on 43rd

1:17:20 ↗ way which were discussed at the last

1:17:22 ↗ public hearing make it unsafe to enter

1:17:25 ↗ and exit the community without this

1:17:27 ↗ light and the exploding development

1:17:30 ↗ along 43rd way and 228 South East

1:17:33 ↗ continues to add traffic to this busy

1:17:36 ↗ street and when the educational

1:17:40 ↗ facilities are complete at the church

1:17:42 ↗ site including a high school the density

1:17:47 ↗ will increase significantly I urge you

1:17:51 ↗ to make this stoplight a funding

1:17:54 ↗ priority thank you and I hope you make

1:17:57 ↗ the right decision

1:17:59 ↗ Thank You Vickie signs and hands in the

1:18:01 ↗ air

1:18:02 ↗ thank you very much who else is signed

1:18:05 ↗ up to shop Jeff Matson

1:18:09 ↗ good evening I'm Jeff Matson my address

1:18:12 ↗ is two to one to one South East 40th

1:18:15 ↗ lane in Issaquah that is in Providence

1:18:18 ↗ point I think it's clear to everybody

1:18:22 ↗ including the City Council that we need

1:18:24 ↗ a light there and I know you're doing

1:18:26 ↗ your best to get the light there so I

1:18:29 ↗ don't want to spend a lot of time on

1:18:31 ↗ that but recently this thing concerning

1:18:34 ↗ the the Transportation benefit district

1:18:39 ↗ has been concerned now we're looking at

1:18:42 ↗ perhaps going to the voters to ask them

1:18:46 ↗ to fund this as a precinct committee

1:18:51 ↗ officer I'm well aware I've gone through

1:18:53 ↗ many pairs of shoes putting out signs

1:18:56 ↗ making robo calls I know I do it I hate

1:19:00 ↗ receiving them but I got to make them

1:19:02 ↗ it's a tough job for campaigning and in

1:19:06 ↗ the current light of things with our

1:19:09 ↗ current legislature just having put

1:19:11 ↗ through umpteen million dollars of tax

1:19:14 ↗ increases it's no time to ask people for

1:19:16 ↗ another two-tenths of a percent of taxes

1:19:19 ↗ I have a fear that not only would our

1:19:22 ↗ streets be littered with more signs and

1:19:24 ↗ campaigners would be exhausted and

1:19:26 ↗ people are tired of answering the phone

1:19:28 ↗ that would end up in a disappointing

1:19:31 ↗ result and then we'd be back where we

1:19:33 ↗ are we're talking about not only

1:19:35 ↗ Providence point but the whole thing at

1:19:37 ↗ South Cove which I Drive through that

1:19:40 ↗ that's my bypass road when the freeway

1:19:42 ↗ is backed up you guys hate to hear that

1:19:45 ↗ I'm sure but that's what we use and it's

1:19:48 ↗ a narrow road it's dangerous so these

1:19:51 ↗ things have got to be done and I would

1:19:53 ↗ hope if we've got the funds in the city

1:19:56 ↗ coffers right now for these old projects

1:19:58 ↗ that they would be funded right now and

1:20:01 ↗ not worry about going to the voters

1:20:03 ↗ thank you very much for your talking

1:20:05 ↗ Jeff lots of hands in the air

1:20:07 ↗ next on the sign-up list atisha Edie

1:20:10 ↗ Detroit

1:20:19 ↗ city councilmen mayor poly my name is ed

1:20:23 ↗ Peter I and I've lived in the Providence

1:20:25 ↗ Point community for approximately

1:20:27 ↗ two-and-a-half years I live in forest

1:20:29 ↗ village I was here last month where I

1:20:33 ↗ talked about the traffic count data that

1:20:36 ↗ the city was nice enough to provide to

1:20:39 ↗ me and mr. wolf I compared at that time

1:20:42 ↗ the southeast forty third way with

1:20:45 ↗ Issaquah Fall City Road just to

1:20:49 ↗ summarize they both carry over 21,000

1:20:52 ↗ vehicles per day that's Monday to Friday

1:20:55 ↗ in both directions and that's a very

1:20:58 ↗ large number of cars and trucks per day

1:21:01 ↗ in fact southeast 43rd Street carries

1:21:04 ↗ approximately 90% of the number of cars

1:21:07 ↗ and trucks as it's a quad Fall City

1:21:10 ↗ having spoken to many Providence point

1:21:13 ↗ residents

1:21:13 ↗ certain that they don't feel safe either

1:21:16 ↗ walking or driving across southeast 43rd

1:21:20 ↗ way consequently many people feel

1:21:23 ↗ isolated from their friends family and

1:21:25 ↗ their community we know that the sense

1:21:28 ↗ of isolation directly impacts people's

1:21:31 ↗ ability to contribute to their community

1:21:33 ↗ it can also have a negative impact on

1:21:36 ↗ their health AARP has developed what

1:21:40 ↗ they refer to as a city livability index

1:21:43 ↗ that goes from a score of one to a

1:21:45 ↗ hundred squaws scores 57 and that's in

1:21:49 ↗ the average range of performance however

1:21:51 ↗ it's important to understand that it's

1:21:54 ↗ akua's score of 57 with AARP is with a

1:21:58 ↗ listing of the average speed in the city

1:22:01 ↗ as being 29 miles per hour

1:22:07 ↗ we all know that the legal speed on

1:22:10 ↗ Southeast 43rd Way is 40 miles per hour

1:22:14 ↗ however the average speed is closer to

1:22:16 ↗ 50 miles per hour what do you think the

1:22:20 ↗ livability rating is for the southeast

1:22:22 ↗ 43rd way Carter please keep in mind that

1:22:27 ↗ the odds that a pedestrian who gets hit

1:22:30 ↗ by a vehicle will die increase

1:22:32 ↗ drastically when a car is going over 20

1:22:36 ↗ miles per hour

1:22:37 ↗ in conclusion in the nearly 2 a mile

1:22:41 ↗ stretch between East Lake Sammamish

1:22:42 ↗ Parkway traffic circle and the middle

1:22:45 ↗ school near East Pine Lake Road there is

1:22:48 ↗ not one traffic calming device on

1:22:51 ↗ southeast 43rd way not one I'm sure that

1:22:57 ↗ the late mr. Rogers would not be singing

1:23:00 ↗ it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

1:23:02 ↗ as he walked across southeast 43rd way

1:23:07 ↗ please put the 43rd way light in the

1:23:11 ↗ 2020 budget and let's get the job done

1:23:15 ↗ then we can say that we have a truly

1:23:18 ↗ livable community in this corner of

1:23:21 ↗ Issaquah I thank you very much Thank You

1:23:24 ↗ red

1:23:24 ↗ lots of hands in the air who is next on

1:23:27 ↗ our list tonight tisha Ernest wolf

1:23:47 ↗ like last time when I turn off my

1:23:51 ↗ hearing aids I can talk to you better

1:23:56 ↗ that's one of the problems when you get

1:23:59 ↗ old and I've been around a long time

1:24:01 ↗ I've seen a lot of things in a lot of

1:24:04 ↗ places and I've been involved in this on

1:24:09 ↗ traffic light for over five years with

1:24:12 ↗ several administrations and actually at

1:24:17 ↗ this point I'm encouraged well before I

1:24:23 ↗ begin I'd like to wish any present or

1:24:28 ↗ former Canadian in the audience a happy

1:24:31 ↗ Canada Day today thank you to the City

1:24:40 ↗ Council members and staff who worked

1:24:43 ↗ until 11:30 at night On June 24 during

1:24:47 ↗ that scheduled work session many thanks

1:24:51 ↗ for your dedication to the city festival

1:24:52 ↗ welfare that same night we saw through

1:24:56 ↗ channel 21 they broadcast or a

1:25:00 ↗ subsequent viewing of a YouTube

1:25:03 ↗ recording that any of you can still

1:25:05 ↗ catch up on I can give you the reference

1:25:07 ↗ and Thank You mayor for that YouTube

1:25:11 ↗ reference or five council members who

1:25:15 ↗ attended that meeting opted for what

1:25:19 ↗ they opted for something you've seen

1:25:22 ↗ before

1:25:23 ↗ proposition two not only that but during

1:25:29 ↗ the May 13 discussion where Beth

1:25:35 ↗ Goldberg presented the information that

1:25:40 ↗ she and the engineering had had put

1:25:42 ↗ together on the screen at the end of

1:25:46 ↗ that May 13 session city council

1:25:51 ↗ president spoke strongly about prop 2

1:25:57 ↗ that's already six out of seven votes we

1:26:01 ↗ have hope and I think what we need to do

1:26:06 ↗ is keep working and encouraging our City

1:26:13 ↗ Council people not to change their minds

1:26:18 ↗ thanks to also due to the province point

1:26:22 ↗ community residents who've come to this

1:26:25 ↗ meeting to you I have a request I know

1:26:30 ↗ none of us are happy to have the sales

1:26:33 ↗ tax increase even point two percent but

1:26:38 ↗ if we approve that we will have six

1:26:42 ↗ other projects although the City Council

1:26:46 ↗ at the most recent work session

1:26:49 ↗ apparently was going to question what is

1:26:52 ↗ on the six project list but nevertheless

1:26:56 ↗ if the transportation benefit district

1:27:03 ↗ is approved and the sales tax is

1:27:06 ↗ approved one other benefit will come to

1:27:09 ↗ us Beth Goldberg our financial expert

1:27:14 ↗ has told us that be an additional nine

1:27:17 ↗ hundred thousand dollars a year that

1:27:21 ↗ will be available to our engineering

1:27:24 ↗ department to better maintain our roads

1:27:28 ↗ and southeast 43rd could certainly use

1:27:33 ↗ an improvement we'd love to have it

1:27:36 ↗ match to twenty eight that city of

1:27:39 ↗ Sammamish just redid beautifully so I'm

1:27:46 ↗ reluctant to back an increase in sales

1:27:48 ↗ tax the state of Washington when I came

1:27:51 ↗ here from Missouri the first thing I

1:27:53 ↗ learned we have the most regressive tax

1:27:56 ↗ system of any state in the whole country

1:27:59 ↗ we can't cure that but we can do the

1:28:03 ↗ best we can to help ourselves

1:28:06 ↗ so that's the extent of my message now

1:28:10 ↗ thank you very much thank you earning

1:28:12 ↗ lots of hands in the air next to show

1:28:16 ↗ chase and John Gillis I'm I'm chase

1:28:33 ↗ Gillis I live in I'm J skilless I live

1:28:37 ↗ in in 4513 192nd southeast South Cove

1:28:45 ↗ and did you want to talk to us about one

1:28:56 ↗ of the projects tonight and it bring a

1:29:04 ↗ friend

1:29:08 ↗ good evening council members and mayor

1:29:12 ↗ and citizens chase it ask to speak

1:29:16 ↗ tonight and you can imagine it's a

1:29:18 ↗ little bit of pressure

1:29:20 ↗ I live at 45 13 190 second Avenue

1:29:23 ↗ Southeast in South Cove Issaquah I'm

1:29:27 ↗ working on year 42 in the same house and

1:29:31 ↗ I just wanted to say that I'm a veteran

1:29:33 ↗ of 40 years ago and of working with the

1:29:36 ↗ City Council on the Pickering farm

1:29:39 ↗ Regional Park District if you remember

1:29:41 ↗ that you may remember the name Ajay

1:29:45 ↗ Culver yeah we were shoulder to shoulder

1:29:47 ↗ and that went down to defeat I want to

1:29:52 ↗ offer tonight some reality realistic

1:29:55 ↗ comments I'm a 36 year retired member of

1:29:59 ↗ the Seattle Fire Department

1:30:01 ↗ I spent 10 years on the board in South

1:30:04 ↗ Cove like yourselves I like to consider

1:30:07 ↗ myself a doer but I want to bring the

1:30:10 ↗ reality of what I saw over those 36

1:30:12 ↗ years many accidents

1:30:15 ↗ needless to say but a lot of my career

1:30:17 ↗ in downtown Seattle

1:30:19 ↗ when I made chief I had to go in on

1:30:21 ↗ rescues things you you wouldn't believe

1:30:24 ↗ but in terms of one life one child hit

1:30:30 ↗ on that road you'll always remember it

1:30:33 ↗ and we lost a beautiful young lady who

1:30:36 ↗ grew up in my neighborhood and won't

1:30:39 ↗ remember you know I don't have

1:30:40 ↗ permission to mention her name but she

1:30:42 ↗ died at age 26 riding a bicycle hit by a

1:30:45 ↗ semi down in California and it was on a

1:30:48 ↗ road very similar to what we have out

1:30:50 ↗ here and I could just say that one life

1:30:54 ↗ lost has impacted hundreds of people and

1:30:59 ↗ every day you know she grew up with my

1:31:01 ↗ kids and chase and his brother shall

1:31:04 ↗ live with me now and we I've gotten back

1:31:09 ↗ into bicycling I'm 70 and I've tried to

1:31:13 ↗ go down to the Sammamish trail and I

1:31:16 ↗ just tell you you know I used to do some

1:31:19 ↗ pretty risky things I still ride

1:31:20 ↗ motorcycles but that is really scary and

1:31:24 ↗ I'll just say that one other little

1:31:26 ↗ thing back in 1981 I was on the front

1:31:29 ↗ page of the journal American holding my

1:31:33 ↗ then two-year-old daughter for an East

1:31:36 ↗ Lake Sammamish Trail and look how long

1:31:40 ↗ that took to get that project done

1:31:43 ↗ obviously the homeowners fought it

1:31:45 ↗ religiously but I just want to say

1:31:48 ↗ backing what everyone's said tonight and

1:31:50 ↗ I know I'm speaking for Chase to that we

1:31:53 ↗ please move this forward and the last

1:31:56 ↗ thing is it gives us a chance in our

1:31:58 ↗ community to really integrate with

1:32:00 ↗ Issaquah they call it the bridge to

1:32:02 ↗ nowhere that sits down there by the

1:32:04 ↗ am/pm I didn't hear about any public

1:32:08 ↗ cellphone that I know the city spent

1:32:09 ↗ five hundred thousand it was a joint

1:32:12 ↗ policy or joint project with the state

1:32:14 ↗ and what the forest to do is have a safe

1:32:18 ↗ access to the State Park but also down

1:32:21 ↗ to that bridge and that'll be that's the

1:32:23 ↗ main way into the center of Issaquah and

1:32:26 ↗ it'll be a perfect integration to have

1:32:28 ↗ that you know bicycle pedestrian bridge

1:32:32 ↗ leave with us and I want to thank you

1:32:34 ↗ very much and on behalf you got a couple

1:32:36 ↗ words everybody now you're doing Jason

1:32:39 ↗ chases hands in the air next on the list

1:32:45 ↗ tisha

1:32:46 ↗ Daphne Gann

1:33:04 ↗ Daphne Gann from Providence Point in the

1:33:11 ↗ 11 years since Providence Point joined

1:33:16 ↗ Issaquah we've worked with you all and

1:33:20 ↗ have come up with with it we figured the

1:33:24 ↗ only good conclusion which is that a

1:33:28 ↗ traffic light which would keep traffic

1:33:31 ↗ from moving so quickly up the hill and

1:33:34 ↗ down the hill however in the last 11

1:33:40 ↗ years instead of funding that we have

1:33:44 ↗ seen the city of Issaquah fund bridges

1:33:49 ↗ parks bicycle trails some some sort of a

1:33:54 ↗ just recently a roundabout by target and

1:33:57 ↗ and also in Highland you did some work

1:34:00 ↗ to help the children get to school and

1:34:03 ↗ you've operated under sort of a beggar

1:34:06 ↗ your neighbor infrastructure plan that

1:34:09 ↗ is to say those people who whine the

1:34:11 ↗ loudest get the most okay oh and I have

1:34:17 ↗ to go back and get that but I have here

1:34:20 ↗ for you you know the people in

1:34:23 ↗ Providence Point are really like living

1:34:27 ↗ in Issaquah their residents and you know

1:34:31 ↗ there are times when we think that the

1:34:35 ↗ city of Issaquah ends about five or ten

1:34:39 ↗ feet beyond McDonald's because you don't

1:34:42 ↗ do anything we don't see policemen and

1:34:44 ↗ we want you to know what wonderful

1:34:48 ↗ people we are who live in Providence

1:34:50 ↗ point we really are and I have brought

1:34:53 ↗ which I will give to your City Clerk

1:34:55 ↗ I have talked with some of our residents

1:34:58 ↗ about the contributions they make

1:35:00 ↗ besides paying taxes and sales tax to

1:35:03 ↗ the city of Issaquah did you know some

1:35:06 ↗ of the things the people in Providence

1:35:08 ↗ Point do for Issaquah their docent at

1:35:11 ↗ the Museum many of them work for

1:35:16 ↗ the baby coroner 89 year old friend of

1:35:21 ↗ mine had to leave early from playing

1:35:24 ↗ bridge because she had to go cook for

1:35:27 ↗ the homeless you know I cannot tell you

1:35:31 ↗ how many I have just in a couple brief

1:35:33 ↗ conversations I have a list of 40

1:35:36 ↗ different volunteer participants that

1:35:42 ↗ the people in Providence Point do for

1:35:43 ↗ the city of Issaquah now I'm thinking

1:35:47 ↗ that perhaps you know I am here speaking

1:35:49 ↗ a hundred percent for the city of

1:35:54 ↗ Issaquah funding the traffic light from

1:35:59 ↗ cash flow you know I thought when this

1:36:06 ↗ this transportation benefit district

1:36:08 ↗ came out I didn't know enough about it

1:36:10 ↗ so I went to the state of Washington

1:36:12 ↗ website and I spend an hour reading

1:36:15 ↗ about it and it was very interesting and

1:36:17 ↗ I learned a lot one of the things I

1:36:20 ↗ learned is that some of the cities who

1:36:22 ↗ have tried that or a similar plan the

1:36:29 ↗ voters didn't approve it which maybe

1:36:31 ↗ think well that's the reason I don't

1:36:33 ↗ think we should fund the traffic light

1:36:35 ↗ the voters may not approve it and then

1:36:37 ↗ there's another thing you propose to put

1:36:41 ↗ that plan in an election year and I will

1:36:46 ↗ tell you taking anything to the voters

1:36:50 ↗ in an election year means you're

1:36:52 ↗ competing with a presidential election

1:36:54 ↗ and all the air goes out of the room you

1:36:57 ↗ know they're just it's just a hard thing

1:37:00 ↗ to do I have absolutely no confidence in

1:37:03 ↗ it even though I would vote for it I it

1:37:07 ↗ doesn't make that much difference to me

1:37:09 ↗ I'm like Paul there I figured out how

1:37:13 ↗ much I spent and how much extra would

1:37:14 ↗ cost me and it won't break me maybe a

1:37:17 ↗ cup of coffee or two so I am asking you

1:37:23 ↗ with the with all these good people over

1:37:26 ↗ here to take some

1:37:29 ↗ consideration of the participation and

1:37:31 ↗ support that the people in Providence

1:37:33 ↗ Point have given to Issaquah all these

1:37:38 ↗ years and you know I think I think it

1:37:41 ↗ would be good to have a little bit of

1:37:43 ↗ regular cash flow coming in so you don't

1:37:46 ↗ need to beggar your neighbors every time

1:37:48 ↗ you want to have an improvement thank

1:37:51 ↗ you and all the good people who are here

1:37:53 ↗ thank you

1:37:53 ↗ Thank You Daphne and can you make sure

1:37:55 ↗ you bring that paper up lots of hands in

1:37:57 ↗ the air just shut up Tom Hodge hi there

1:38:06 ↗ good evening my name is Tom Hodge and

1:38:08 ↗ I'm another resident of the pinch point

1:38:11 ↗ so for those of the island 50 170

1:38:15 ↗ Northwest Sammamish Road and for those

1:38:18 ↗ of you who drive the Northwest Sammamish

1:38:21 ↗ Road you'll know our house as the Smurfs

1:38:23 ↗ blue house that occurred about two years

1:38:26 ↗ ago it's amazing how paint samples look

1:38:29 ↗ different she could you know I hearkened

1:38:38 ↗ to your request that we not just repeat

1:38:41 ↗ messages that had been stated by others

1:38:43 ↗ so I debated just passing but I I guess

1:38:47 ↗ I'm somewhat unique among my neighbors

1:38:50 ↗ in that a year ago I was biking from our

1:38:54 ↗ house to the state park a half mile for

1:38:57 ↗ my usual morning right and I was hit by

1:39:00 ↗ a hit-and-run driver spent six days in

1:39:02 ↗ intensive care and several months in

1:39:06 ↗ recovery and it was at the narrowest

1:39:09 ↗ point of the pinch points were where I

1:39:12 ↗ was hit so I'm not sure which way this

1:39:16 ↗ will cut in your minds but I really want

1:39:19 ↗ to keep my property the way it is and I

1:39:22 ↗ joined with my neighbor's in that

1:39:24 ↗ request but on the other hand some some

1:39:27 ↗ money needs to be spent on this point at

1:39:30 ↗ least in the case of this 16 3 year old

1:39:34 ↗ guy who was came close to dying in that

1:39:38 ↗ incident thank you thank you for

1:39:40 ↗ speaking tom

1:39:42 ↗ lots of hands in the air and tisha next

1:39:46 ↗ no one further has signed up to speak so

1:39:48 ↗ if you want to move your weight towards

1:39:50 ↗ the microphone and Tina move over this

1:39:52 ↗ way

1:39:52 ↗ we'll take you by whoever puts their

1:39:54 ↗ hands up first thank you thank you very

1:40:01 ↗ much my name is Kevin Morgan I live at

1:40:03 ↗ four five four five 190 second Avenue

1:40:06 ↗ southeast in south Cove

1:40:09 ↗ just like the last gentleman I have

1:40:12 ↗ personal experience I would spike him

1:40:15 ↗ with my son up the West Lake Sammamish

1:40:18 ↗ and at the very tight pinch point car

1:40:22 ↗ came he swerved not the car my son and

1:40:27 ↗ hit a mailbox he did not have the severe

1:40:30 ↗ injury as you did but it was scary

1:40:34 ↗ enough that we never went down that way

1:40:37 ↗ again and I echo what Dave Bing said too

1:40:42 ↗ is that when we chose to become part of

1:40:46 ↗ a not only did we have to vote for

1:40:50 ↗ to join us claw we also voted for the

1:40:55 ↗ debt and one of those promises as David

1:41:00 ↗ mentioned was that you were going to

1:41:02 ↗ connect us to the city and that's all

1:41:06 ↗ we're asking is that that promise is

1:41:08 ↗ fulfilled and not so much through a tax

1:41:12 ↗ increase because there was no tax

1:41:15 ↗ increase discussed at that time to fix

1:41:18 ↗ the issue

1:41:19 ↗ so again we just want to be connected

1:41:24 ↗ completely with the city because I know

1:41:27 ↗ you guys do a great job guys have come

1:41:29 ↗ out fix my sidewalk for me fix the road

1:41:33 ↗ issue for me so I know that you guys do

1:41:36 ↗ care about us but just like Providence

1:41:38 ↗ Point and South Cove promises were made

1:41:42 ↗ by previous people but those promises

1:41:46 ↗ have never been kept thank you very much

1:41:49 ↗ thank you Kevin you know do you want to

1:41:52 ↗ come up lots of

1:41:53 ↗ in the air good evening I'm Tina come

1:42:02 ↗ for tea and I live at 12:20 awkward

1:42:05 ↗ place Northwest Issaquah I agree with

1:42:09 ↗ the most other people here tonight

1:42:11 ↗ they spoke before me and I want explain

1:42:16 ↗ the true some experience I have a lot of

1:42:19 ↗ friends at the Providence point and I

1:42:23 ↗ was there and trying to you can't make

1:42:28 ↗ it left the turnover there s illegal

1:42:30 ↗ they have a sign of their so to go make

1:42:34 ↗ a laugh you have to go all the way down

1:42:36 ↗ to the random and turn yourself around

1:42:38 ↗ and make your left to turn I don't think

1:42:42 ↗ it's fair to take it such a long

1:42:45 ↗ distance driving just to make a left

1:42:47 ↗ turn

1:42:48 ↗ maybe that place is safe to leave

1:42:51 ↗ because most senior live there and

1:42:53 ↗ they've been requested a stoplight for a

1:42:58 ↗ long long years already I think they

1:43:00 ↗ deserve to have a safe way to get in and

1:43:04 ↗ out the area just like we deserve a

1:43:08 ↗ Newport way it's safe way to give him

1:43:11 ↗ another area I spoke many times and his

1:43:15 ↗ committee and requests the head safe

1:43:19 ↗ place of a hasta given and out what else

1:43:22 ↗ you can ask for 450 when you lose the

1:43:26 ↗ next-door neighbor a little child a 40

1:43:29 ↗ years old my neighbor next door they

1:43:32 ↗ move out they have the area because they

1:43:35 ↗ can't take anymore

1:43:36 ↗ go down to the road and see that cross

1:43:39 ↗ right a Newport way Anoka Crest Drive

1:43:43 ↗ please me make us a saving area we don't

1:43:48 ↗ see anybody else losing their life and

1:43:52 ↗ special a younger child so we have and

1:43:56 ↗ I've been requests many times make it

1:43:59 ↗ comment and request

1:44:01 ↗ we need a monitor stoplight over there

1:44:04 ↗ we don't need a run bandit because we

1:44:07 ↗ don't need an office space and run to

1:44:10 ↗ make it run about feasible to drive a

1:44:13 ↗ run in case an emergency rockets gotta

1:44:16 ↗ go through be vision

1:44:20 ↗ and see yourself if you will lose a four

1:44:24 ↗ years older boy how do we to feel about

1:44:26 ↗ it you don't want to leave in the area

1:44:29 ↗ but thanks for your time thank you Thank

1:44:32 ↗ You Tina anyone else wishing to speak

1:44:35 ↗ tonight come on

1:44:36 ↗ towards the microphone I'm gonna ask

1:44:39 ↗ three times come on not a game go ahead

1:44:47 ↗ so I will ask three times before I close

1:44:49 ↗ the public hearing so if you're thinking

1:44:51 ↗ of spanking tonight please make your way

1:44:53 ↗ towards the microphone thank you go

1:44:55 ↗ ahead hi my name is Deb McKinney and we

1:44:57 ↗ just moved into Forrest village last

1:45:00 ↗ September and I have to say I was very

1:45:02 ↗ concerned when I realized how we had to

1:45:05 ↗ come down to 28th to turn left into

1:45:09 ↗ Forrest village there's this tiny little

1:45:11 ↗ left turn lane that's darn scary to turn

1:45:14 ↗ into to get into our entrance because

1:45:17 ↗ people do speed on to 28th going down

1:45:20 ↗ that hill and so many times I have been

1:45:22 ↗ tailgated going at the correct speed

1:45:25 ↗ limit with my flash run let them know

1:45:28 ↗ I'm turning left and they at the last

1:45:31 ↗ minute will swerve around me as I try to

1:45:34 ↗ take that tiny little left turn into our

1:45:37 ↗ neighborhood and it's downright scary I

1:45:41 ↗ I guess I was just surprised that

1:45:44 ↗ something would be left like that as I

1:45:47 ↗ say I'm new here for I guess many many

1:45:50 ↗ years it's not a whole lot better coming

1:45:53 ↗ back up the hill because then again we

1:45:56 ↗ have another tiny little right turn lane

1:45:58 ↗ in there and people still tailgate going

1:46:00 ↗ up the hill as well unfortunately and

1:46:03 ↗ there again you know if somebody just

1:46:07 ↗ looked down from their steering wheel

1:46:09 ↗ for a moment or unfortunately was

1:46:10 ↗ talking on the phone

1:46:11 ↗ they wouldn't even notice even even with

1:46:14 ↗ a signal on your car that your attorney

1:46:16 ↗ and they'd hit you again and so I guess

1:46:20 ↗ I just can see everybody's point of view

1:46:23 ↗ that has lived there for so long about

1:46:24 ↗ how dangerous that area is so just want

1:46:27 ↗ to pass that along as a newcomer thank

1:46:29 ↗ you thank you lots of hands in the air

1:46:33 ↗ next up to the microphone thank you

1:46:37 ↗ thank you Leo Graham and Providence

1:46:40 ↗ Point also I have a question or a point

1:46:43 ↗ of order I didn't quite understand the

1:46:45 ↗ procedure the council is going to follow

1:46:47 ↗ with regards to the CIP there's a

1:46:50 ↗ workshop next week and then on the 15th

1:46:53 ↗ there's a council meeting at the

1:46:55 ↗ workshop and where you're apparently

1:46:57 ↗ going to review the CIP in more detail

1:46:59 ↗ is there going to be a public comment

1:47:01 ↗ period I'll go over that again when the

1:47:04 ↗ council revisits us again in the

1:47:06 ↗ workshop they will take into account all

1:47:08 ↗ the testimony that they heard this

1:47:09 ↗ evening they will get a presentation

1:47:11 ↗ from staff about the CIP they will get

1:47:14 ↗ to ask questions and then at council

1:47:16 ↗ president Mart's discretion he chairs

1:47:19 ↗ that meeting he can ask for public

1:47:20 ↗ comment at that time as well they should

1:47:23 ↗ continue with their discussion that

1:47:24 ↗ evening to provide some fairly strong

1:47:26 ↗ recommendations on what they like the

1:47:28 ↗ final document to look like that will

1:47:29 ↗ come back before them on July 15th so it

1:47:33 ↗ won't be on the agenda or agendized to

1:47:35 ↗ have public comment after workshop

1:47:37 ↗ meeting it'll be a point of discretion

1:47:39 ↗ yeah I'll let council president answer

1:47:42 ↗ madam mayor it's always my intend to

1:47:44 ↗ take public comment when we have issues

1:47:46 ↗ before us in the work session I haven't

1:47:50 ↗ seen the agenda for next week's meeting

1:47:52 ↗ but I intend to take public comment so

1:47:56 ↗ if it's not listed on the agenda as a

1:47:58 ↗ separate item because it is just the

1:48:00 ↗ work session council president has been

1:48:01 ↗ taking public comment throughout the

1:48:03 ↗ year very good thank you anyone else

1:48:06 ↗ would like to speak this evening and

1:48:07 ↗ it's not really Q&A if you have some

1:48:09 ↗ questions you can leave them and I can

1:48:12 ↗ address them and we can post them but I

1:48:14 ↗ want to make sure we get through all the

1:48:15 ↗ testimony this evening thank you my name

1:48:18 ↗ is Dan srini I live at 2 to 6 1 8

1:48:21 ↗ southeast 44th place Forest Village and

1:48:23 ↗ Providence Point

1:48:25 ↗ my wife and I moved there last year

1:48:26 ↗ delighted to be part of the Providence

1:48:28 ↗ Point community but more importantly

1:48:30 ↗ part of the Issaquah community and we

1:48:32 ↗ deliberately wanted to move to Issaquah

1:48:35 ↗ after spending many decades representing

1:48:38 ↗ and serving our country abroad as a

1:48:39 ↗ diplomat and in garden spots such as

1:48:42 ↗ Baghdad Gaza the Persian Gulf Hong Kong

1:48:45 ↗ and the reason I mentioned this is while

1:48:48 ↗ I echo the comments everybody else has

1:48:51 ↗ made I worked on behalf of our country

1:48:55 ↗ in places where democracy was a dream

1:48:58 ↗ and local government was seen as a way

1:49:01 ↗ for rich and powerful people simply to

1:49:04 ↗ make themselves richer and more powerful

1:49:06 ↗ at the expense of the citizens and when

1:49:10 ↗ we send people to the United States

1:49:12 ↗ either on short-term exchange programs

1:49:14 ↗ or longer-term academic programs one of

1:49:17 ↗ the things that all they always talked

1:49:19 ↗ about when they came back was that local

1:49:21 ↗ government actually took seriously the

1:49:25 ↗ concerns and views of the people who

1:49:27 ↗ lived in their jurisdiction and actually

1:49:30 ↗ wanted to serve the people whose

1:49:33 ↗ community they were leading and also

1:49:36 ↗ believed in keeping promises rather than

1:49:38 ↗ making promises which they would then

1:49:40 ↗ abandon and ignore and go back to

1:49:43 ↗ filling their coffers and in that sense

1:49:47 ↗ as we come close to celebrating our

1:49:49 ↗ national birthday again on the 4th of

1:49:51 ↗ July I hope that you will continue

1:49:54 ↗ giving competence to people in our

1:49:57 ↗ country and our local government by

1:49:59 ↗ listening to the voices of all these

1:50:01 ↗ people who have been here and many

1:50:02 ↗ others repeatedly and in keeping the

1:50:05 ↗ promises that have been made years ago

1:50:07 ↗ and sustained to Providence Point and

1:50:09 ↗ provide for the safety of all those who

1:50:12 ↗ travel that road by funding the traffic

1:50:15 ↗ light now thank you thank you Dan lots

1:50:18 ↗ of hands in the air

1:50:19 ↗ you see heart there do you want to come

1:50:22 ↗ up and speak heart thank you good

1:50:26 ↗ evening my name is Hart Sugarman

1:50:28 ↗ resident physical law for 23 years

1:50:31 ↗ I live at 255 0 Northwest Oak Crest

1:50:35 ↗ Drive and I'd like to talk tonight about

1:50:37 ↗ on the transportation improvement plan

1:50:40 ↗ tr02 - which is the section of road from

1:50:44 ↗ a Newport way from State Road 902 South

1:50:48 ↗ East 54th Street

1:50:49 ↗ the current roadway improvements are now

1:50:53 ↗ underway at two sites one is the

1:50:56 ↗ anthology formerly called gateway where

1:51:00 ↗ there's a roundabout now installed and

1:51:02 ↗ soon there'll be road widening at the

1:51:05 ↗ Riva townhomes which is opposite

1:51:07 ↗ Northwest Oak Crest Drive this

1:51:10 ↗ intersection of Riva Lane and Northwest

1:51:13 ↗ Oak Crest Drive will be the first

1:51:15 ↗ four-way intersection within city limits

1:51:18 ↗ of Newport way that does not have any

1:51:21 ↗ traffic control

1:51:22 ↗ there'll be no four-way stop signs and

1:51:24 ↗ there will be no traffic lights the plan

1:51:27 ↗ is to widen the road and put in the

1:51:30 ↗ center lane to be a left turn lane so

1:51:32 ↗ left turn out Lane interesting to read

1:51:35 ↗ last week from the Seattle Times front

1:51:37 ↗ page that in the City of Seattle they

1:51:39 ↗ install the road similar to that where

1:51:41 ↗ they put in a left turn lanes and they

1:51:44 ↗ found out that the cars actually passed

1:51:45 ↗ quicker now on the right because they

1:51:47 ↗ have that through Lane as a throughput

1:51:48 ↗ lane instead of a slowing down lane my

1:51:51 ↗ suggestion is to put in a roundabout

1:51:53 ↗ similar to what you did it

1:51:56 ↗ Target and Trader Joe's it fits in our

1:52:00 ↗ intersection as I mentioned it

1:52:02 ↗ personally with a tape measure it does

1:52:04 ↗ fit the thing is we want to slow down

1:52:07 ↗ the traffic we want to allow people to

1:52:10 ↗ get in and out of our neighborhoods

1:52:12 ↗ safely and we also be mindful of your

1:52:14 ↗ budget so if you're gonna do something

1:52:17 ↗ do it once and do it right instead of

1:52:19 ↗ having to go back and spend money again

1:52:20 ↗ and ripping it out and

1:52:22 ↗ paying a second time around so I just

1:52:24 ↗ want to make that suggestion thank you

1:52:26 ↗ very much thank you hard heads of

1:52:29 ↗ support is there anyone else who would

1:52:31 ↗ like to address the council this evening

1:52:33 ↗ during the public hearing do a second

1:52:37 ↗ call anyone wishing to address the

1:52:40 ↗ council in a third and final call

1:52:44 ↗ tisha I believe at this point in time

1:52:46 ↗ we're looking for a motion to continue

1:52:47 ↗ the hearing as madam mayor

1:52:52 ↗ I apologize I'm on the wrong page sorry

1:52:56 ↗ I just realized we were

1:53:12 ↗ there we go madam mayor I move we

1:53:15 ↗ continue the public hearing to the July

1:53:17 ↗ 15th 2019 council meeting and referred

1:53:20 ↗ Janet bills 77059 to the July 8 2019

1:53:24 ↗ council committee work session for

1:53:26 ↗ additional review and recommendation

1:53:27 ↗ returning to the full Council on July 15

1:53:30 ↗ 2019 second it's been moved in second to

1:53:33 ↗ continue all in favor say aye any

1:53:36 ↗ questions all in favor say aye

1:53:39 ↗ opposed that passes unanimously

1:53:42 ↗ we'll take a five-minute break

1:53:49 ↗ [Music]

1:53:59 ↗ you

2:00:27 ↗ I'm gonna call us back to order this

2:00:30 ↗ evening and we're gonna move into

2:00:31 ↗ regular business a be 77053 amendment to

2:00:34 ↗ ascribe municipal code 12 point oh eight

2:00:36 ↗ when they decide what construction

2:00:38 ↗ maintenance and repair this is the first

2:00:40 ↗ time this item is coming before council

2:00:42 ↗ and I'd like to ask Public Works

2:00:44 ↗ Operations Director Brett Heath to make

2:00:46 ↗ a presentation and thank you for being

2:00:48 ↗ patient and staying with us this evening

2:00:50 ↗ absolutely it's a pleasant outside and

2:00:53 ↗ there's a good wife I think all right

2:00:56 ↗ well I'm here tonight to give you a very

2:00:57 ↗ brief introduction to agenda bill 775 3

2:01:01 ↗ which is a amendment to ordinance 1208

2:01:04 ↗ regarding sidewalk construction

2:01:06 ↗ maintenance and repair the current

2:01:08 ↗ sidewalk ordinance was adopted in 1964

2:01:11 ↗ since then there's been Court decisions

2:01:14 ↗ that have changed the landscape a little

2:01:16 ↗ bit notably the Washington State Supreme

2:01:19 ↗ Court has effectively reassigned

2:01:23 ↗ liability from a budding property owner

2:01:24 ↗ to the city for liability for injuries

2:01:29 ↗ additionally a changes to other changes

2:01:31 ↗ to the ordinance include clarifications

2:01:33 ↗ regarding what constitutes maintenance

2:01:36 ↗ maintenance and repair responsibilities

2:01:38 ↗ and some code enforcement timelines and

2:01:41 ↗ references the largest change to the

2:01:45 ↗ ordinance is in the text of the body the

2:01:49 ↗ removal of a citation of our CWA 3568

2:01:52 ↗ and just a citation to same and beyond

2:01:57 ↗ that that's the routine agenda bill and

2:01:59 ↗ recommend the administration recommends

2:02:02 ↗ adopting the ordinance without referral

2:02:03 ↗ to committee so if there's any questions

2:02:05 ↗ I'd be happy to answer them

2:02:06 ↗ Brett is the main point here that

2:02:08 ↗ because the liability is transferring

2:02:11 ↗ that's sort of a big enough change you

2:02:14 ↗ wanted to bring that up to count

2:02:16 ↗ because most of the other rest of it

2:02:17 ↗ seems rather routine if we're falling in

2:02:19 ↗ line with a RCW change it is rather

2:02:21 ↗ routine yes yes so there's a there's

2:02:24 ↗ large changes to the body of the text

2:02:26 ↗ and just wanted to clarify that and

2:02:28 ↗ answer any questions that there might be

2:02:29 ↗ thank you

2:02:31 ↗ cancel every winter stein there's one

2:02:33 ↗ one clarifying question and then one

2:02:35 ↗ question actually about the code and

2:02:38 ↗ this really it pertains to existing

2:02:45 ↗ sidewalks and I'm not saying there's a

2:02:48 ↗ grandfather clause or anything but if

2:02:49 ↗ you if you have a street you live in a

2:02:51 ↗ street your property abuts that right

2:02:54 ↗ away and there is no sidewalk there now

2:02:56 ↗ this doesn't these this ordinance the

2:03:03 ↗ this part of the code does not pertain

2:03:05 ↗ to that situation it pertains to that

2:03:08 ↗ situation in that RCW 3568

2:03:12 ↗ does provide a mechanism force for

2:03:17 ↗ assessing the abutting property for

2:03:20 ↗ construction of new sidewalks should the

2:03:23 ↗ city choose to do so typically the city

2:03:26 ↗ has chosen to bear that that cost okay

2:03:29 ↗ then thank you for that and then that

2:03:31 ↗ leads actually to my real question

2:03:33 ↗ because chapter 1208 Oh 80 is titled

2:03:38 ↗ assessment of cost to a budding property

2:03:40 ↗ owners and I think you I think you've

2:03:41 ↗ just it's kind of out of context that

2:03:44 ↗ language but I think it pertains to

2:03:46 ↗ maybe the situation that you just spoke

2:03:48 ↗ to the languages the city may choose to

2:03:51 ↗ assess all over a portion of the cost of

2:03:53 ↗ to construct or repair a sidewalk to the

2:03:55 ↗ abutting property owner or owners as

2:03:59 ↗ allowed and using the process described

2:04:01 ↗ under RCW 3568 3568 really doesn't say

2:04:04 ↗ much way so could you could you

2:04:08 ↗ enlighten me a little bit more but what

2:04:11 ↗ that process is and how would I know you

2:04:12 ↗ said it may be historically but that's a

2:04:14 ↗ case-by-case decision I don't know that

2:04:16 ↗ we have a policy from a funding

2:04:18 ↗ perspective for the construction of new

2:04:19 ↗ sidewalks that says the city will bear

2:04:21 ↗ that cost what does this what what this

2:04:24 ↗ practically mean

2:04:26 ↗ to to someone who doesn't have a

2:04:27 ↗ sidewalk who maybe getting one to their

2:04:30 ↗ potential exposure to cost so should the

2:04:35 ↗ city and there's some limitations on the

2:04:37 ↗ length of the sidewalk and some other

2:04:38 ↗ conditions under 35 68 which also

2:04:40 ↗ references thirty five sixty nine and

2:04:42 ↗ thirty five seventy the essence of it is

2:04:46 ↗ goes through a public process a

2:04:48 ↗ resolution of the City Council and

2:04:50 ↗ assessment role really similar in some

2:04:52 ↗ aspects to an L ID it's not a formal L

2:04:55 ↗ ID process but it's a formal formal

2:04:57 ↗ process that's spelled out in the RCW

2:05:00 ↗ should the city choose to you know elect

2:05:04 ↗ to follow that process rather than

2:05:07 ↗ funding it through the capital

2:05:09 ↗ improvement plan or some other fund it

2:05:12 ↗ could be an L a it could also be an L ID

2:05:13 ↗ it's just an option so 3568 provides an

2:05:17 ↗ option and we didn't want to preempt

2:05:18 ↗ that option but we also wanted to

2:05:20 ↗ clarify the fact that there are other

2:05:22 ↗ ways usually this part of the ordinance

2:05:25 ↗ is typically used with regards to

2:05:27 ↗ sidewalk maintenance and that's where we

2:05:31 ↗ most of the emphasis and most of the use

2:05:34 ↗ that we have with it is with sidewalk

2:05:35 ↗ maintenance and we wanted to clarify

2:05:36 ↗ that that there's several ways of

2:05:38 ↗ approaching it and 3568 is one of those

2:05:42 ↗ and there's also it depends on how the

2:05:46 ↗ sidewalk if a sidewalk was damaged

2:05:49 ↗ spelling out was it privately damaged or

2:05:51 ↗ was it you know wear and tear damage and

2:05:53 ↗ who's gonna be responsible in those

2:05:54 ↗ cases okay thank you brett member hunt

2:06:00 ↗ it looks like there are a number of

2:06:03 ↗ other changes throughout the code such

2:06:07 ↗ as regarding the permit required for

2:06:09 ↗ sidewalk uses and a number of other

2:06:11 ↗ changes and so were those were those

2:06:14 ↗ sort of just updating to be compliant

2:06:18 ↗ with the state law or was that also some

2:06:20 ↗ additional changes that were

2:06:23 ↗ clarifications etc some of these are

2:06:25 ↗ clarifications do you have a citation

2:06:27 ↗ that you're looking at well I was just

2:06:29 ↗ looking at the permit required for

2:06:31 ↗ sidewalk uses section that sounds like

2:06:36 ↗ 12:05

2:06:38 ↗ okay 12:05 is going to committee under a

2:06:41 ↗ separate agenda bill okay yeah this is

2:06:44 ↗ just 1208 just a maintenance to see if

2:06:47 ↗ you're paying attention we put to

2:06:48 ↗ sidewalk bills on there okay all right

2:06:52 ↗ thank you and you were paying attention

2:06:56 ↗ any other questions on and I'm not

2:06:59 ↗ paying attention staff to look up

2:07:01 ↗ remember any other questions on a be

2:07:03 ↗ seven seven five three council president

2:07:09 ↗ Mart's its madam mayor I move we adopt

2:07:12 ↗ ordinance number 28 70 amending chapter

2:07:16 ↗ 12.0 eight of the Issaquah Municipal

2:07:19 ↗ Code in order to update the same and to

2:07:21 ↗ provide the for the construction

2:07:23 ↗ maintenance and repair of sidewalks by

2:07:26 ↗ the city and adjacent property owners

2:07:28 ↗ second it's been moved and seconded is

2:07:31 ↗ there any discussion

2:07:32 ↗ council member mark interesting

2:07:34 ↗ interesting sorry I do have a question

2:07:37 ↗ it's actually about the protocol that

2:07:40 ↗ we're using this hasn't gotten to

2:07:42 ↗ committee

2:07:42 ↗ there's no council liaison how is this

2:07:46 ↗ process reflective of the new method if

2:07:50 ↗ it is at all that we're moving toward in

2:07:53 ↗ terms of optimizing some of our

2:07:55 ↗ operations sure so did you want to

2:07:59 ↗ address that question or do it be to

2:08:00 ↗ petition I talked about that today in

2:08:02 ↗ terms of low medium and high and the

2:08:04 ↗ process changes we've been talking yeah

2:08:06 ↗ yeah we're all still figuring out what

2:08:08 ↗ that is gonna be lightened thank you you

2:08:11 ↗ know so this like a few agenda bills

2:08:15 ↗ that have come forward from Public Works

2:08:16 ↗ engineering in the categorization of

2:08:19 ↗ sort of policy level we determined was a

2:08:24 ↗ low level item because most of the

2:08:26 ↗ changes were driven by a court ruling

2:08:30 ↗ and there was little flexibility policy

2:08:33 ↗ flexibility so because though there was

2:08:37 ↗ a desire to inform you about some of the

2:08:39 ↗ aspects that's why it's under regular

2:08:41 ↗ business tonight but as you'll recall

2:08:42 ↗ the path for low-level agenda bills is

2:08:46 ↗ to go directly to a regular council

2:08:48 ↗ meeting for action on Ken

2:08:50 ↗ cent or a presentation and action under

2:08:53 ↗ regular business I appreciate that and

2:08:57 ↗ as I prepared and reviewed this this

2:08:59 ↗ evening this in my assessment kind of

2:09:03 ↗ fit that approach just fine any other

2:09:08 ↗ questions before we go to the vote being

2:09:12 ↗ none if there's no further discussion

2:09:14 ↗ all those in favor of adopting ordinance

2:09:15 ↗ number 28 70 amending chapter 12 point O

2:09:18 ↗ eight of the Issaquah Municipal Code in

2:09:20 ↗ order to update the same and to provide

2:09:22 ↗ for the construction maintenance and

2:09:24 ↗ repair of sidewalks by the city and

2:09:25 ↗ adjacent properties owners signify by

2:09:27 ↗ saying aye it was opposed that passes

2:09:32 ↗ unanimously

2:09:33 ↗ we're now into good of the order do

2:09:35 ↗ council members have anything for good

2:09:36 ↗ of the order I have a few upcoming

2:09:44 ↗ council meeting notes but it took a lot

2:09:47 ↗ of notes

2:09:48 ↗ tonight's have to find them I just

2:09:50 ↗ wanted to remind everyone that the July

2:09:54 ↗ 8th council work session do I have that

2:09:57 ↗ date written written right I have June

2:09:58 ↗ down here okay July 8th council work

2:10:01 ↗ session starting at 6:30 in chambers has

2:10:04 ↗ a couple of potential item agenda items

2:10:07 ↗ mitigation and impact fees for

2:10:09 ↗ transportation fire police bike and ped

2:10:11 ↗ in general government building the 2020

2:10:14 ↗ 2025 capital improvement plan and the

2:10:17 ↗ July 15th regular council meeting held

2:10:19 ↗ here in chambers at 7:00 p.m. has a

2:10:22 ↗ couple of potential agenda items the

2:10:24 ↗ National Citizen survey results and the

2:10:27 ↗ Eastside Fire and Rescue resolution on

2:10:29 ↗ alternative fuel requirements that one

2:10:31 ↗ is tentative I think it is being

2:10:33 ↗ prepared by you said Fire and Rescue

2:10:34 ↗ another city that's a little bit of a

2:10:38 ↗ look ahead

2:10:39 ↗ there is no executive session this

2:10:41 ↗ evening so we are adjourned at nine

2:10:43 ↗ thirteen twelve nine twelve

2:10:57 ↗ you

2:10:58 ↗ you

Approved minutes

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Attendance

Council / Members (5)

Mariah Bettise

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Paul Winterstein

Excused

Stacy Goodman

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (2)

Continue the public hearing to the July 15, 2019 Council meeting; and refer AB 7759 to the July 8, 2019 Council Committee Work Session for additional review and recommendation, returning to the full Council on July 15, 2019. .

Moved by MARTS · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

Carried 5-0

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein

Adopt Ordinance No. 2870, amending Chapter 12.08 of the Issaquah Municipal Code in order to update the same and to provide for the construction, maintenance, and repair of sidewalks by the city and adjacent property owners. .

Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE

Carried 5-0

In favor: Mariah Bettise, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Paul Winterstein