City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, December 16, 2019 · City Council Digest

4. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Recognition of Councilmember Winterstein ID 0608

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7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Dec. 16, 2019, $10,361,696.21 ID 0590

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.5–103

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 Special Meeting, Nov. 26, 2019

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.105

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 11-26-19 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000)

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Dec. 9, 2019

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.115–116

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR e) 12-09-19 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000)

Lodging Tax Advisory Committee AB 7856

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.117–119

Topics: BudgetTourism

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Staff report:

In 2018, the LTAC approved a resolution to create Visit Issaquah, the City's official Destination Marketing Organization. Visit Issaquah is a registered 501(c)(6) non-profit organization.

Tourism Promotion Agreement for Visit Issaquah AB 7857

Carried 6-0

Approve Resolution · packet pp.121–127

Topics: TourismEconomic Development

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Staff report:

The City Council voted to create the tourism focused organization in May of 2018, when the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) requested the City formally take steps to create a destination marketing organization.

8. REGULAR BUSINESS

2019 Budget Amendment AB 7867

Carried 6-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.147–157

Topics: Land UseBudget

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Dec 3, 2018

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Staff report:

Budget amendments are required when the expenditures of a fund are forecast to exceed the adopted appropriation level. This budget amendment includes adjustments for four of the City's 30 financial funds. In total, these adjustments account for $7,842,795 in increased revenues and $6,395,548 in increased expenditures. The General Fund accounts for $5,322,282 of the increased revenues and $3,190,000 of the increased expenditures.

State Environmental Policy Act Zoning Map Amendments (QUASI-JUDICIAL) AB 7877

Adopt Findings & Conclusions · packet pp.159–178

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

n/a

2019 Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map Amendments AB 7787

Carried 6-0

Adopt Ordinances · packet pp.179–370

Topics: Land Use

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Feb 19, 2019 City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 17, 2019

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Staff report:

According to state law, Comprehensive Plan amendments may only be done once a year and a docket (list) of amendments must be established by the City Council. This is to ensure that all the items on the Docket of Comprehensive Plan Amendments ("Docket") are reviewed together in a thoughtful way, not piecemeal as requests trickle in throughout the year.

Amendment considered (1):

Amend the rezone to zone all of Parcel 12, except for roadway portions, as Community Facilities - Open Space (CF-OS). (Proponents: Goodman, Reh). . Failed 2-4

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by REH

In favor: Stacy Goodman, Chris Reh

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:14 ↗ we're not quite there yet good evening

0:19 ↗ I'd like to open the Monday December

0:22 ↗ 16th 2019 City Council regular meeting

0:26 ↗ council member batiste is excused this

0:29 ↗ evening

0:30 ↗ and any of those that would like to join

0:32 ↗ the council and I in the Pledge of

0:33 ↗ Allegiance please stand

0:40 ↗ [Applause]

0:57 ↗ to the council I would like to before

1:00 ↗ audience comments this evening okay

1:05 ↗ I do 608 is a recognition this evening

1:09 ↗ for councilmember winter Stein who will

1:11 ↗ be stepping off of the council on the

1:13 ↗ January of this coming year Paul would

1:15 ↗ you like to join me up at the lectern so

1:25 ↗ this is the second retirement in less

1:28 ↗ than a week of one of our council

1:29 ↗ members and it's my pleasure tonight to

1:32 ↗ present Paul with a token of

1:33 ↗ appreciation from our city his eight

1:36 ↗ years that he has served with you all I

1:38 ↗ first met Paul somewhere around that

1:42 ↗ part of the room about 10 years ago when

1:44 ↗ he from Human Services Commission and

1:47 ↗ myself from Development Commission were

1:49 ↗ vying for an open seat on the council he

1:52 ↗ stood up and eloquently spoke about what

1:54 ↗ his passions were and what he had hoped

1:56 ↗ to accomplish and so did I and we didn't

1:59 ↗ get picked

2:01 ↗ there you go try try try again

2:04 ↗ Paul ran for office the following

2:07 ↗ election season and has been seated for

2:09 ↗ eight years as representative for our

2:10 ↗ City Council so this evening on behalf

2:12 ↗ of the city and our council I'd like to

2:15 ↗ present Paul with this token of our

2:17 ↗ appreciation a little piece of artwork

2:19 ↗ for his home in recognition of his

2:22 ↗ service certificate the typical

2:32 ↗ certificate and so I'm assuming you'd

2:34 ↗ like to say a few Thank You Marylou for

2:38 ↗ those kind of moments well that was did

2:41 ↗ you hear that

2:44 ↗ welcome everybody it was with a one-way

2:50 ↗ ticket in one suitcase and just enough

2:53 ↗ cash on hand to get to his destination

2:55 ↗ in Ohio when at age 19 in 1951 my father

3:00 ↗ sailed into New York Harbor and on to

3:02 ↗ Ellis Island where he crossed the border

3:04 ↗ into America yes he was moving away from

3:08 ↗ a life of hardship in an uncertain

3:10 ↗ future but more importantly he was

3:12 ↗ moving towards America for its greatness

3:15 ↗ for its ideals and promises for liberty

3:18 ↗ freedom and opportunity he understood

3:22 ↗ that our Constitution was the basis for

3:23 ↗ our government he was born in the terror

3:26 ↗ of Nazi and fascism now we wanted to

3:30 ↗ live and raise a family where Liberty

3:31 ↗ flourished the law was the rule and the

3:34 ↗ leaders were chosen by the people - the

3:37 ↗ people of Issaquah it's been an honor to

3:41 ↗ have been selected by you to fulfill

3:42 ↗ this sacred role of representation

3:45 ↗ hundreds of you have come here and

3:47 ↗ shared your thoughts and wishes for a

3:49 ↗ particular matter some of you have

3:52 ↗ spoken here literally hundreds of times

3:54 ↗ some of you only wants thousands of you

3:57 ↗ have sent emails every one of you chose

4:00 ↗ to participate beyond just casting a

4:03 ↗ ballot you were living out one of those

4:05 ↗ rights of citizenship that greatness

4:08 ↗ that my father came here for please know

4:11 ↗ that I approached every issue with an

4:14 ↗ open mind

4:14 ↗ and the desire to do the right thing you

4:18 ↗ were the only master I ever served to

4:22 ↗ the city staff professionalism quality

4:27 ↗ dedication I think you have a very

4:29 ↗ difficult job staff people understand

4:31 ↗ that they serve directly to the mayor

4:32 ↗ but they have to help the legislative

4:34 ↗ branch of government to think about that

4:35 ↗ two masters I'm gonna miss you

4:38 ↗ I really I'm gonna miss you too my

4:41 ↗ fellow council man members and former

4:43 ↗ council members as well I can say and

4:46 ↗ this is a testimony to you but also to

4:48 ↗ everybody here and everybody who's

4:49 ↗ listening 100% of the time all of you

4:53 ↗ were always doing things for the right

4:54 ↗ reasons even if we didn't agree on the

4:57 ↗ outcome or the reasoning I knew that

5:00 ↗ everybody was working on behalf of the

5:02 ↗ best than what they believed was best

5:03 ↗ for his equai knew that everybody's

5:05 ↗ always been fulfilling the oath if they

5:06 ↗ take that's a solemn that's a solemn

5:09 ↗ statement I want everybody to hear that

5:10 ↗ and I believe that's true most elected

5:13 ↗ representatives I've met so thank you to

5:16 ↗ Mayor Polly keep doing what you're doing

5:19 ↗ right be yourself be your best and who

5:25 ↗ knows maybe sometime we'll be able to

5:26 ↗ work together on something in the future

5:27 ↗ I would like that too my wife Michele

5:35 ↗ thank you for your unwavering support

5:37 ↗ for being the rock that has always been

5:40 ↗ there and for immersing yourself in some

5:43 ↗ of the issues I was dealing with many an

5:45 ↗ important vote I cast was influenced by

5:47 ↗ your judgment your sound judgment your

5:50 ↗ clear mind your heart of gold thank you

5:52 ↗ I came to Seattle for a job out of

5:55 ↗ college but I chose Issaquah for the

5:57 ↗ people in the place I met Michelle

5:59 ↗ Michelle here we got married here we

6:01 ↗ raised our children here our children

6:03 ↗ went through the school system here we

6:05 ↗ volunteered to help our neighbors we

6:07 ↗ shop and we eat and we play and we

6:09 ↗ gather in community here in Issaquah

6:13 ↗ some of our son's ashes are in the

6:16 ↗ ground here in Issaquah so regardless

6:20 ↗ where the road will take me I will

6:22 ↗ forever be part of Issaquah and Issaquah

6:23 ↗ will forever be part of you part of me

6:26 ↗ so thank you Dad for the courage to

6:29 ↗ leave your family and come to America

6:30 ↗ it's been an honor to serve at the will

6:33 ↗ of the people and thank you to everyone

6:35 ↗ here tonight your belief in our system

6:39 ↗ of government your acceptance for our

6:42 ↗ institutions and norms though at times

6:44 ↗ may frustrate you your unwavering belief

6:48 ↗ to those same ideals that drew my father

6:52 ↗ to these shores your belief is the

6:55 ↗ living proof of the greatness of America

6:57 ↗ thank you

6:59 ↗ [Applause]

7:13 ↗ the next item on this evenings agenda is

7:17 ↗ audience comments this is the time when

7:19 ↗ audience members may add route address

7:21 ↗ their counsel the guidelines for

7:23 ↗ audience comments will be displayed on

7:25 ↗ the screen behind us we have an overflow

7:28 ↗ room open across the street in the Eagle

7:30 ↗ room as well so we may have more people

7:32 ↗ participating tonight than just those

7:34 ↗ that are here in attendance in this room

7:36 ↗ due to the number of those in attendance

7:39 ↗ and in accordance with section 4.0 8c of

7:42 ↗ the council rules of procedure I will be

7:44 ↗ limiting audience comments to three

7:46 ↗ minutes each this evening in an overall

7:48 ↗ duration of two hours up to two hours do

7:53 ↗ not have to fill the entire to those who

7:57 ↗ signed up will be called forward first

7:59 ↗ if you did not sign up and there is time

8:01 ↗ remaining I will ask for other speakers

8:04 ↗ before closing this portion of the

8:05 ↗ meeting if you're here as part of a

8:07 ↗ group when you come up to the podium

8:09 ↗ please identify yourself and the podium

8:11 ↗ has been newly relocated to that side of

8:13 ↗ the council chambers if you are

8:15 ↗ listening this evening and you're

8:16 ↗ hearing comments that are compelling

8:18 ↗ please raise your hands so the council

8:20 ↗ sees the level of support and those that

8:22 ↗ are in attendance this evening and I

8:24 ↗ have a few additional announcements

8:25 ↗ since we have a rather complicated

8:28 ↗ agenda this evening one of the items

8:30 ↗ this evening is a quasi-judicial

8:32 ↗ decision it is the CIPA approval and as

8:35 ↗ many of you know the Providence Point

8:37 ↗ umbrella Association has filed an appeal

8:39 ↗ of the super determination of non

8:42 ↗ significance issued by staff for the

8:44 ↗ Comprehensive Plan read designation and

8:46 ↗ and rezone request related to the

8:49 ↗ Issaquah School District property the

8:51 ↗ appeal hearing occurred on December 2nd

8:53 ↗ and the council deliberated the peal on

8:55 ↗ December 5th tonight the council will be

8:58 ↗ considering adoption of the findings and

9:00 ↗ conclusions supporting their decision to

9:02 ↗ deny the appeal this appeal is a quasi

9:05 ↗ judicial decision when something is

9:07 ↗ cause you judicial that means the

9:09 ↗ council must act like judges and may not

9:11 ↗ hear any testimony or evidence related

9:14 ↗ to the Piell outside of the December 2nd

9:16 ↗ appeal hearing this means the city can

9:19 ↗ so may not hear audience comments

9:21 ↗ tonight on any issues of the CEPA appeal

9:24 ↗ this is clarified in Section 4.08 b of

9:28 ↗ the council rules or procedure for those

9:31 ↗ not familiar with the issues in the CEPA

9:33 ↗ appeal in summary they are whether the

9:36 ↗ school district should have been the

9:37 ↗ applicant for the comprehensive plan

9:39 ↗ amendment and rezone rather than the

9:41 ↗ city whether the information on the CEPA

9:44 ↗ checklist used to evaluate the potential

9:46 ↗ impacts of the 2019 comprehensive plan

9:49 ↗ amendment and rezoning complete with

9:53 ↗ respect to the school district property

9:55 ↗ whether the city appropriately used

9:58 ↗ phase environmental review in this

10:00 ↗ instance whether the not applicable

10:03 ↗ answers to some of the questions on the

10:05 ↗ CEPA checklist are accurate and whether

10:08 ↗ the comprehensive plan amendment and

10:10 ↗ rezone the school district property will

10:12 ↗ have probable significant adverse

10:15 ↗ environmental impacts there is the

10:18 ↗ opportunity to make limited comments on

10:20 ↗ the second item on our regular business

10:23 ↗ which is the comp plan amendments and

10:25 ↗ the s-cross school district rezone this

10:28 ↗ item includes the redesignate and

10:30 ↗ rezoning of the three Issaquah school

10:32 ↗ district parcels at 228 Avenue southeast

10:35 ↗ at Providence Heights comments may be

10:38 ↗ made on the rezone as long as they do

10:40 ↗ not reference the CEPA appeal or the

10:42 ↗ other issues brought up in the appeal so

10:46 ↗ this has been a long process and we the

10:49 ↗ council has heard a lot of information

10:51 ↗ over the past month they've heard from

10:53 ↗ many individuals on the proposed use is

10:56 ↗ sequest call district rezone at 228 the

10:59 ↗ Avenue southeast both in person and in

11:01 ↗ writing at the November 12th council

11:04 ↗ study session Council heard from 29

11:06 ↗ individuals over to our public comment

11:08 ↗ period since mid-november over a hundred

11:11 ↗ and seventy-five emails have been

11:13 ↗ received by the mayor and the City

11:15 ↗ Council on the rezone we've heard from

11:18 ↗ those on both sides of the issue of the

11:20 ↗ rezoning issue in more or less equal

11:22 ↗ measure those in favor of the rezone

11:25 ↗ have stated the following the need for

11:27 ↗ additional classroom capacity due to

11:30 ↗ unprecedented residential growth now we

11:32 ↗ need to keep

11:33 ↗ with services we are the only School

11:36 ↗ District this size without a fourth

11:37 ↗ comprehensive high school and

11:39 ↗ overcrowding in schools has significant

11:42 ↗ negative impacts on students learning we

11:45 ↗ have heard for those who are concerned

11:47 ↗ that impacts associated with the stadium

11:49 ↗ such as noise lights and traffic may

11:51 ↗ have on adjacent neighborhoods we've

11:54 ↗ heard concerns over sufficiency of a

11:56 ↗ buffer discreet screen between the

11:58 ↗ senior community and school uses

12:01 ↗ concerns on traffic and transportation

12:03 ↗ management issues the dense use of the

12:06 ↗ site other environmental concerns and

12:08 ↗ we've also heard that there are unique

12:10 ↗ characteristics of senior living that

12:12 ↗ should be taken into account such as

12:14 ↗ sensitivity to noise and security issues

12:16 ↗ all that information has been presented

12:19 ↗ it has been heard multiple times in

12:22 ↗ multiple forms this evening during

12:24 ↗ audience comments if you have new

12:26 ↗ information to share tonight you are

12:29 ↗ welcome to speak under audience comments

12:31 ↗ however I will have to remind you that

12:33 ↗ if you speak on any of the CEPA issues i

12:35 ↗ hear the city i or the city attorney

12:38 ↗ will have to stop and ask that you

12:39 ↗ refrain from speaking further on those

12:42 ↗ matters having read my two-page

12:44 ↗ monologue i will now find out if we have

12:47 ↗ phones signed up and i'm sure we do yes

12:49 ↗ i'll read your names in groups of three

12:51 ↗ and if you could please queue up behind

12:53 ↗ the podium there for times sake so the

12:56 ↗ first three we have our Tom Reed Ronnie

12:58 ↗ Lee and Anne Moore

13:14 ↗ right

13:16 ↗ just working okay off the bend over a

13:19 ↗ little bit hello my name is Tom Reid

13:23 ↗ thank you for the opportunity to speak

13:25 ↗ tonight I'm in favor of rezoning for the

13:29 ↗ Providence Heights properties to cff to

13:31 ↗ support a new high school I am a

13:34 ↗ homeowner and have lived in this area

13:38 ↗ for six years I have two daughters who

13:40 ↗ have been in this Crosse School District

13:42 ↗ during that time one at Skyline High

13:44 ↗ School and one at Beaver Lake middle

13:46 ↗ school both struggle with overcrowding

13:49 ↗ issues each day which impacts their

13:51 ↗ education and mental well-being it is

13:54 ↗ critical a new high school be built now

13:57 ↗ to address this population growth issue

14:00 ↗ as a property owner I love the natural

14:03 ↗ beauty Issaquah has to offer I empathize

14:06 ↗ with the concerns of the Providence

14:08 ↗ Point residents over the growth in their

14:10 ↗ area why not make use of the property to

14:14 ↗ solve the problem and not compound the

14:17 ↗ problem with more residential areas

14:19 ↗ which was the original intent of the

14:21 ↗ zoning before it was acquired for the

14:23 ↗ school district

14:26 ↗ I would encourage Providence point

14:28 ↗ residents to work with the city of this

14:31 ↗ COIs new school school district to find

14:33 ↗ a compromise for the greater good of our

14:36 ↗ children's future thank you thank you

14:39 ↗ Tom and Ron you're up next

14:43 ↗ and there are some hands up in there in

14:46 ↗ support of the comments good evening and

14:49 ↗ thank you

14:51 ↗ dear City Council I am Ron Thiele a

14:53 ↗ superintendent of the amazing miss quad

14:56 ↗ public schools I want to thank you for

14:59 ↗ the time and the attention that you have

15:01 ↗ given to this important matter of new

15:03 ↗ school siting and construction within

15:05 ↗ the city I know we've had lots of

15:07 ↗ conversations not about all of the

15:10 ↗ aspects of building schools and we truly

15:12 ↗ appreciate that I also want to thank

15:15 ↗ mayor polly for her efforts to bring

15:16 ↗ together all of the interested and

15:19 ↗ impacted parties to discuss school

15:21 ↗ siting and

15:23 ↗ and related issues finally I want to

15:26 ↗ thank the Providence Point umbrella HOA

15:28 ↗ representatives for agreeing to several

15:31 ↗ hours of conversations related to the

15:34 ↗ specific projects the ISD would like to

15:36 ↗ build adjacent to the Providence Point

15:39 ↗ retirement community these meetings have

15:42 ↗ helped the school district better

15:43 ↗ understand the concerns of the

15:46 ↗ Providence Point community have and have

15:48 ↗ informed much of our planning as we

15:51 ↗ prepare to hopefully build schools on

15:54 ↗ this site in the future I know the

15:57 ↗ council has heard and read a lot of

15:59 ↗ testimony from citizens that want the

16:01 ↗ district to build schools at both the

16:03 ↗ Providence Heights property and the

16:05 ↗ Tallis property I also know that you've

16:08 ↗ received testimony from residents who

16:10 ↗ neighbor these sites with concerns about

16:12 ↗ the impact of these projects on their

16:15 ↗ immediate neighborhoods I know the

16:19 ↗ council has received my letter as well

16:20 ↗ outlining a number of commitments that

16:23 ↗ the district has made to help address

16:26 ↗ some of the issues raised related to

16:28 ↗ vegetative buffers around the Providence

16:30 ↗ Heights property stadium issues specific

16:33 ↗ to that property

16:34 ↗ and traffic concerns related to all

16:36 ↗ future school construction and

16:39 ↗ operations please know the Issaquah

16:42 ↗ School District is committed to being a

16:44 ↗ good neighbor and will work in good

16:47 ↗ faith with our city partners and

16:49 ↗ community neighbors to do what we can in

16:51 ↗ order to help our schools integrate

16:53 ↗ nicely into the neighborhoods in the

16:55 ↗ community we serve now I have now I feel

17:00 ↗ compelled as the Issaquah superintendent

17:02 ↗ to share my strong belief that if we are

17:05 ↗ allowed to build the school's plan for

17:08 ↗ the providence Heights and Tallis

17:09 ↗ properties that they will be tremendous

17:12 ↗ community assets serving students and

17:15 ↗ our broader community for generations to

17:17 ↗ come

17:18 ↗ we have amazing students and staff doing

17:21 ↗ incredible things at all of our schools

17:23 ↗ and every day I see and hear stories

17:26 ↗ about the students to fill my heart with

17:29 ↗ pride and joy I just wanted to I just

17:32 ↗ want to remind us all that as we use our

17:36 ↗ best

17:36 ↗ creative thinking to help address

17:38 ↗ concerns about the siting and

17:40 ↗ construction of schools that we don't

17:42 ↗ forget that we have students and staff

17:44 ↗ having to address issues of overcrowding

17:47 ↗ every day and they've been doing so for

17:50 ↗ years I will also note that our issues

17:53 ↗ of overcrowding are only getting worse

17:56 ↗ it has reached its Ron do you want to

17:59 ↗ sum up I will sum it up and just say

18:01 ↗ that time to build these voter approved

18:04 ↗ schools is now we are experiencing

18:07 ↗ construction inflation and we we need to

18:10 ↗ get these schools built and I look

18:11 ↗ forward to working collaboratively with

18:13 ↗ all of you and our community going

18:15 ↗ forward thank you very much lots of

18:19 ↗ hands in the air and thank you my name

18:23 ↗ is Anne Moore and I am on the school

18:25 ↗ board for the across school district 10

18:28 ↗ I already spoke before so tonight

18:29 ↗ actually what I would like to do is read

18:32 ↗ the letter from King County Executive

18:33 ↗ Dow Constantine to president Toula marts

18:37 ↗ which also copied superintendent ely

18:39 ↗ which is why i have a copy of it because

18:41 ↗ it recognizes the hard work between the

18:43 ↗ city and the school district and

18:45 ↗ encourages the city in the district to a

18:47 ↗ resolution of our issues that would

18:50 ↗ allow us to build on the providence

18:51 ↗ heights site so it is addressed to

18:55 ↗ it says dear council president marks I

18:57 ↗ write today regarding recent and

18:59 ↗ upcoming actions by the Issaquah City

19:01 ↗ Council that will determine whether the

19:02 ↗ Issaquah school district can move

19:04 ↗ forward with a comprehensive high school

19:06 ↗ and an elementary school at its

19:07 ↗ providence Heights site I recognize both

19:10 ↗ the city in the district for working

19:12 ↗ together over the past several years to

19:14 ↗ successfully implement the

19:15 ↗ recommendations of the 2012 King County

19:18 ↗ school siting Task Force which were

19:20 ↗ adopted into the countywide planning

19:22 ↗ policies the task force stressed the

19:24 ↗ need for cities to help identify

19:26 ↗ alternate school locations so that

19:28 ↗ districts could forgo their rural sites

19:30 ↗ the city has been a leader in this

19:32 ↗ effort since the task force completed

19:35 ↗ its work the district has sold a large

19:37 ↗ rural school site successfully passed a

19:40 ↗ critical bond measure to facilitate the

19:42 ↗ purchase of urban school sites and used

19:44 ↗ compact school design and other

19:46 ↗ innovative siting techniques to develop

19:48 ↗ new schools within the city

19:50 ↗ none of this would have been possible

19:51 ↗ without parallel supportive work by the

19:53 ↗ city to update the Issaquah x'

19:55 ↗ development regulation in support of

19:57 ↗ these new siting concepts the cities and

20:00 ↗ districts actions are a model of what

20:01 ↗ collaborative planning and school siting

20:03 ↗ can look like in King County

20:05 ↗ the district has clearly benefited from

20:07 ↗ this collaborative work which has

20:09 ↗ resulted in schools being sited in the

20:11 ↗ communities where students live this has

20:13 ↗ reduced the transportation and other

20:14 ↗ impacts and enabled schools to be the

20:17 ↗ focus of community building the

20:19 ↗ continued success of our school siting

20:21 ↗ policies is dependent upon strong

20:23 ↗ partnerships between local jurisdictions

20:26 ↗ and school districts the district has

20:28 ↗ overcome multiple hurdles in utilizing

20:30 ↗ the providence Heights site I'm aware of

20:33 ↗ the ongoing negotiations between the

20:35 ↗ city and the district I encourage both

20:37 ↗ parties to resolve any remaining issues

20:40 ↗ and to identify a pathway for the

20:42 ↗ district to utilize this site in

20:44 ↗ accordance with the recommendations of

20:46 ↗ the task force and the counting light

20:48 ↗ planning policies thank you for your

20:50 ↗ continued leadership on this critical

20:51 ↗ issue sincerely doubt Constantin I

20:54 ↗ appreciate King County Executive Dow

20:56 ↗ constantine's recognition of the

20:58 ↗ collaboration between the city and the

21:00 ↗ school district and his encouragement of

21:03 ↗ our development of the providence

21:04 ↗ heights site for our new high school and

21:06 ↗ elementary school so I please ask you to

21:09 ↗ approve the comprehensive plan including

21:11 ↗ the redesignate and rezone of the Tala

21:13 ↗ site and the Providence High site to

21:15 ↗ community facilities facilities for the

21:18 ↗ development of our schools thank you

21:19 ↗ very much thank you in just Shutt lots

21:21 ↗ of hands in the air to shaking me of the

21:23 ↗ next three names yes Sydney Mullings

21:26 ↗ Alison Cerf and Casey stookie

21:34 ↗ hi Sidney hi and thank you for allowing

21:39 ↗ me to speak tonight in support of the

21:40 ↗ reason REE designation and rezone of the

21:43 ↗ school district properties and community

21:45 ↗ facility of facilities this includes a

21:47 ↗ school site in the Tallis community and

21:48 ↗ the Providence Heights school site my

21:50 ↗ name is Sidney mullings and I'm the

21:52 ↗ newest elected member of the Issaquah

21:53 ↗ School Board I'm an Iowa resident and

21:56 ↗ I'm a proud parent of two children in

21:58 ↗ the Issaquah school district I'm

22:00 ↗ genuinely thankful for the ongoing and

22:01 ↗ engaged public discussion and positive

22:03 ↗ partnership to create solutions that

22:06 ↗ benefit our awesome community my family

22:08 ↗ moved to istic WA in 2014 and has

22:10 ↗ greatly enjoyed the high quality of life

22:12 ↗ in Issaquah and my children have thrived

22:14 ↗ in the Issaquah schools certainly as a

22:16 ↗ school board director I have a vested

22:18 ↗ interest in advocating for the thousands

22:20 ↗ of children within our district as

22:22 ↗ you've heard from many others who have

22:23 ↗ come to speak before you the Esk West

22:25 ↗ School District is in great need of

22:27 ↗ additional classroom and multi-purpose

22:29 ↗ space for elementary middle and high

22:31 ↗ school levels the district has completed

22:33 ↗ an exhaustive search for suitable

22:35 ↗ locations and acquired the last

22:37 ↗ remaining parcels in line with the

22:39 ↗ wishes of the voters in 2016 well before

22:42 ↗ I ever imagined that I would become a

22:44 ↗ school board director I voted in support

22:46 ↗ of that very expansion now the time has

22:49 ↗ come to make good on the promise of the

22:51 ↗ community make that real by completing

22:53 ↗ these facilities I fully understand a

22:56 ↗ respect that the personal impacts of the

22:58 ↗ change haven't may bring I want to share

23:00 ↗ this evening how this impacts my family

23:02 ↗ I have an eighth grader at Pacific

23:04 ↗ Cascade Middle School so you'll go to

23:07 ↗ high school next year at Issaquah high

23:09 ↗ school which is already overcrowded

23:10 ↗ since much of the dialogue is focused on

23:13 ↗ high school today I thought I would

23:14 ↗ shift the focus a bit my 4th grade son

23:17 ↗ is a student at Grand Rogell MN Sheree

23:19 ↗ his school is a vibrant and warm

23:21 ↗ community given the number of students

23:23 ↗ my son and all of his peers don't go to

23:25 ↗ kindergarten at Grand Ridge all five and

23:28 ↗ six year olds within the Grand Ridge

23:30 ↗ attendance area board buses and attend

23:33 ↗ kindergarten outside of their

23:34 ↗ neighborhoods even with sending

23:36 ↗ kindergarteners off campus my family's

23:38 ↗ experience our kids in portable

23:40 ↗ classrooms for multiple grades my

23:43 ↗ daughter at being importable for both

23:44 ↗ fourth and

23:44 ↗ with great I not only have a child that

23:47 ↗ attends Grand Ridge but my sister also

23:49 ↗ works there when our family relocated to

23:52 ↗ the west coast we brought with us a

23:53 ↗ highly skilled artist and educator my

23:55 ↗ sister runs is a site coordinator for

23:57 ↗ the before and after school program at

23:59 ↗ Grand Ridge I'm sure that you're aware

24:01 ↗ before and after school care is in great

24:02 ↗ need in our community with many families

24:05 ↗ struggling to find high-quality

24:06 ↗ enriching programs for their children to

24:08 ↗ allow them to work the program at Grand

24:11 ↗ Ridge right now has over 200 families

24:13 ↗ waiting on the list I ask that you

24:17 ↗ approve the city administration's

24:18 ↗ recommendation and the school districts

24:20 ↗ request that the school sites be

24:22 ↗ designated and rezone as community

24:25 ↗ facilities facilities so that our

24:27 ↗ community will have adequate and safe

24:28 ↗ school facilities that we desperately

24:30 ↗ need Thank You Sidney lots of hands in

24:34 ↗ the air

24:35 ↗ I have Allison okay Allison and then

24:40 ↗ Casey okay thanks Allison my name is

24:49 ↗ Allison Keith and I want to thank you

24:51 ↗ for the opportunity to speak tonight I

24:53 ↗ am a resident we own a home in Kalani 4

24:57 ↗ to 42 to 46 place southeast Sammamish

25:01 ↗ tonight 802 9 I'm a mom to two kids I

25:04 ↗ have an eighth grader at Beaver Lake

25:05 ↗ middle school and then I have a second

25:08 ↗ grader at endeavor both my husband and I

25:11 ↗ are really involved in a PTSA he's the

25:13 ↗ popcorn chair he's popcorn man at school

25:15 ↗ and he's quite popular and I have

25:20 ↗ chaired programs and I volunteer in fact

25:22 ↗ I didn't realize I was wearing my

25:23 ↗ endeavor shirt until I got here I

25:24 ↗ volunteered in the library this morning

25:27 ↗ new housing development is overwhelming

25:29 ↗ our district the schools are already

25:32 ↗ maxed out there are students I've heard

25:33 ↗ at skyline that can't eat lunch in the

25:36 ↗ lunch rooms they eat them in the hall

25:37 ↗ because there's no space and I mean it

25:41 ↗ should just be obvious to everybody that

25:42 ↗ we need a fourth high school the

25:45 ↗ providence Heights location is the best

25:47 ↗ location from what I understand it's the

25:49 ↗ only location there aren't other viable

25:52 ↗ options and we need to make we just need

25:54 ↗ to make it work

25:56 ↗ even our newest schools that we have are

25:58 ↗ using

25:58 ↗ portable classrooms to add instructional

26:00 ↗ space but these mitigations do not add

26:02 ↗ more cafeteria space more library space

26:05 ↗ or more specialized instruction space

26:09 ↗ we're just experiencing growth there

26:12 ↗ it's not up for debate

26:13 ↗ and we're already past the time to

26:16 ↗ invest in more capacity in our schools

26:20 ↗ schools are an investment in our future

26:23 ↗ and we can't let the kids down so we

26:26 ↗ need it I'm here to support the schools

26:28 ↗ Thank You Alison and some support Casey

26:34 ↗ that's a thing that's right typically

26:37 ↗ they're too tall for me but my name is

26:40 ↗ Casey Stuckey

26:42 ↗ currently I'm working as assistant

26:45 ↗ principal at Pacific cascade middle

26:46 ↗ school I'd like to thank the City

26:49 ↗ Council for your serious consideration

26:51 ↗ for rezoning and the approval to start

26:56 ↗ building our new schools my wife and I

26:59 ↗ have worked in the mystical school

27:01 ↗ district for 10 years while she is

27:03 ↗ worked 11 I've worked 10 she likes to

27:06 ↗ remind me of that to you and she can't

27:09 ↗ be here tonight because she's with our

27:10 ↗ five and seven year olds son and

27:14 ↗ daughter who both attend sandy hills

27:16 ↗ elementary we got our start in education

27:19 ↗ through Issaquah love the school

27:21 ↗ district and love working but we both

27:23 ↗ have seen the impact of our slaw urge in

27:26 ↗ crowded schools as educators and parents

27:29 ↗ currently working at Pacific cascade as

27:33 ↗ an assistant principal looking at

27:36 ↗ further enrollment in future enrollment

27:38 ↗ I mean we are going to have roughly 50

27:43 ↗ more sixth graders next year than we

27:46 ↗ have this year in a school that's

27:49 ↗ already in my opinion and working

27:51 ↗ through it and large and overcrowded at

27:53 ↗ times it feels so what that feel what

27:55 ↗ that means we have to make some really

27:56 ↗ tough decision one being our impact

27:59 ↗ program is our after-school care that

28:01 ↗ was referenced earlier that's where a

28:03 ↗ lot of our students stay after school

28:05 ↗ because their parents can't pick them up

28:08 ↗ working and have to be picked up the

28:10 ↗ later time they are currently in a

28:13 ↗ portable and might we have to move out

28:15 ↗ of that portable to make that a teaching

28:17 ↗ space and that's a meeting space for

28:19 ↗ them to sit talk play games read

28:23 ↗ whatever it may be

28:24 ↗ and we might have to make a tough

28:26 ↗ decision and move them out of that space

28:28 ↗ locker situation at middle school is

28:31 ↗ always interesting but our overcrowded

28:33 ↗ hallways plays a key part in that we do

28:38 ↗ not have enough lockers for 50 more

28:39 ↗ students I could tell you that next year

28:41 ↗ we're going to have to look at where

28:43 ↗ we're going to put those lockers or if

28:46 ↗ we use lockers I used to think that

28:48 ↗ middle school kids used to run in the

28:51 ↗ hallways just because they're

28:52 ↗ middle-school kids but at times it is to

28:55 ↗ avoid and when I do talk to students and

28:57 ↗ sit down with them is to avoid the rush

28:59 ↗ and they refer to as the rush in the

29:02 ↗ hallway so they don't get caught in it

29:04 ↗ I'm currently run three lunches every

29:06 ↗ day and it is a little much for some of

29:09 ↗ our students are impacted with the noise

29:12 ↗ it's not like the who's playing in our

29:14 ↗ lunchroom but it is loud we've had to

29:17 ↗ create quiet spaces for our students

29:20 ↗ that you know need to go somewhere where

29:22 ↗ they can sit quietly and talk to some of

29:25 ↗ their peers on a personal side when I do

29:28 ↗ talk to my son at home he does wish that

29:32 ↗ he could talk much more in having nachos

29:34 ↗ it's his favorite but he's afraid to

29:36 ↗ stand in line for a long period of time

29:37 ↗ because he doesn't get to play with his

29:39 ↗ friends or socialize yes you can finish

29:44 ↗ up KC

29:45 ↗ so to leave and as a parent as an

29:50 ↗ assistant principal in the district I

29:51 ↗ think it's you know our responsibility

29:53 ↗ to the school because our responsibility

29:59 ↗ to provide a space where every student

30:00 ↗ feels valued and has a connection with

30:03 ↗ their peers

30:04 ↗ community members staff members on

30:06 ↗ different levels thank you for listening

30:08 ↗ tonight Thank You KC lots of hands and

30:11 ↗ support in the next three speakers tisha

30:13 ↗ amy has hairy Stauffer and Gretel von

30:16 ↗ bong-gun

30:19 ↗ that's fast go ahead Amy hello my name

30:29 ↗ is Amy Hess I have lived in Issaquah my

30:35 ↗ whole life and I sorry I have two

30:42 ↗ children in this class School District

30:44 ↗ I'm an educator in the Bellevue school

30:45 ↗ district and I have lived two blocks

30:48 ↗ from Issaquah high school and Issaquah

30:51 ↗ middle school for the last 20 years I

30:54 ↗ have lived here my whole life even both

30:57 ↗ my parents are physical high school

31:00 ↗ graduates so just major community member

31:05 ↗ and all out for these is across schools

31:08 ↗ my mom Darcy strand worked for it's a

31:12 ↗ quad city and the Issaquah School

31:14 ↗ District and has retired since last year

31:17 ↗ after 32 years of service I just love

31:20 ↗ this small-town feeling that we have in

31:24 ↗ Issaquah and it really does feel like a

31:28 ↗ small town but unfortunately it's just

31:31 ↗ everyone loves this small town and we

31:34 ↗ really I'm in favor of building another

31:37 ↗ school it is just so important to our

31:40 ↗ community our student population is

31:44 ↗ being pushed into our road

31:47 ↗ infrastructure in this downtown area far

31:51 ↗ beyond its capacity and its original

31:53 ↗ purpose our downtown area was never

31:56 ↗ expected to house many people traveling

31:59 ↗ to this one little area every day and

32:02 ↗ let alone the passing hobart road

32:05 ↗ traffic that happens on a daily basis so

32:08 ↗ our infrastructure is just overwhelmed

32:12 ↗ our new high school would relieve the

32:15 ↗ downtown area of about a thousand kids a

32:17 ↗ day and I feel the Providence Point Hill

32:22 ↗ is far more capable of holding the

32:25 ↗ traffic of one more school as opposed to

32:29 ↗ this area having three large schools in

32:32 ↗ it

32:33 ↗ the Providence Point Hill has

32:36 ↗ roundabouts and turning lanes and all

32:39 ↗ the things we don't have here and then

32:41 ↗ as an educator for the last 20 years and

32:46 ↗ I let them in Woodridge elementary

32:48 ↗ school we got we had a new school built

32:52 ↗ last year will Burton and it took 300

32:56 ↗ kids from our school and it is just a

32:58 ↗ world of difference in our school I

33:03 ↗ building relationships and the

33:05 ↗ social-emotional learning in schools is

33:07 ↗ just top priority if you cannot build

33:10 ↗ relationships with your students then

33:12 ↗ you just can't teach them and just

33:14 ↗ overcrowded high school my son comes

33:16 ↗ home and says you won't even believe the

33:19 ↗ hallways and the rush that happens and I

33:22 ↗ just it's just so scary for the first

33:24 ↗ year of his freshman year he was just so

33:26 ↗ overwhelmed so I just think the impact

33:30 ↗ of having another high school would

33:33 ↗ really affect our our students in our

33:37 ↗ community for decades to come

33:39 ↗ and I'm done right thank you for

33:45 ↗ allowing me to speak today thank you Amy

33:47 ↗ Nate it tell your mom we miss her hands

33:50 ↗ up in the air Aires not Gretta okay I

33:55 ↗ see it right it's like Hansel and Gretel

33:59 ↗ my name is Gretel von Bergen I live at

34:02 ↗ 684 northwest Holly Street in his quoi

34:05 ↗ I'm a neighbor of in his claw school and

34:09 ↗ I'm here to speak to you today because I

34:10 ↗ am a proud teacher 18 year resident and

34:13 ↗ parent in this cost school district

34:15 ↗ I've taught biology at Skyline High

34:18 ↗ School for 18 years and I absolutely

34:19 ↗ love my job

34:21 ↗ in addition to being a nationally board

34:23 ↗ certified teacher I've received national

34:25 ↗ recognition for my work including an

34:28 ↗ Einstein distinguished educator award

34:29 ↗ and I was honored by President Obama

34:32 ↗ with the Presidential Award for

34:34 ↗ Excellence in math and science teaching

34:36 ↗ I'm not here to boast

34:38 ↗ that I'm here to share this with you

34:40 ↗ because it's important to me and my

34:41 ↗ colleagues that you hear from

34:43 ↗ experienced dedicated and professional

34:45 ↗ educators who make up this Crosse School

34:48 ↗ District physical tea educators

34:52 ↗ especially science and math educators

34:54 ↗ have a choice about where we work I have

34:57 ↗ continued to choose to work it in

34:58 ↗ Issaquah in part because of the

35:00 ↗ supportive community and in part because

35:03 ↗ of the state of the artifice facilities

35:05 ↗ however as you know and I witness daily

35:08 ↗ our school facilities are stretched

35:11 ↗ beyond their capacity overcrowding

35:13 ↗ affects our students and staff and I

35:15 ↗ urge you to permit our district to build

35:17 ↗ the high school and new Elementary on

35:19 ↗ the forty acre property adjacent to 228

35:22 ↗ due to lack of adequate space teachers

35:25 ↗ must share classrooms at all three high

35:27 ↗ schools which results in complicated

35:29 ↗ schedules crowded classrooms and

35:31 ↗ educators spending considerable energy

35:32 ↗ dealing with issues related to

35:34 ↗ facilities management we've converted

35:37 ↗ closets to office spaces and I often

35:39 ↗ meet with students in the hallway with

35:41 ↗ no privacy at elementary schools we have

35:44 ↗ multiple lunch periods in order to

35:45 ↗ mitigate noise and crowding and students

35:48 ↗ who are sensitive to overstimulation

35:49 ↗ struggle to focus in spaces that are too

35:51 ↗ full of people we are pressed for

35:54 ↗ sufficient space in all of our middle

35:56 ↗ schools as well I've already witnessed

35:58 ↗ the consequences of work overcrowding in

36:00 ↗ our school my own son who was a freshman

36:03 ↗ at Skyline cannot get his lunch in time

36:05 ↗ and will visit my classroom in order to

36:07 ↗ get a snack

36:08 ↗ additionally we had a really exceptional

36:10 ↗ biology student teacher at our school

36:12 ↗ two years ago who elected to not take a

36:15 ↗ job with this cross school district

36:17 ↗ because she could have her own classroom

36:19 ↗ just half mile mile away at East Lake

36:21 ↗ High School in a competitive teacher job

36:24 ↗ market overcrowding matters I will

36:28 ↗ conclude by underscoring the need for

36:29 ↗ these buildings in a community that is

36:31 ↗ already over capacity and that continues

36:33 ↗ to grow help us keep the high quality

36:36 ↗ experiences for our students that we've

36:38 ↗ been able to provide

36:40 ↗ by allowing the construction of these

36:41 ↗ new and much-needed facilities thank you

36:44 ↗ thank you Gretel lots of hands in the

36:46 ↗ air our next three speakers tisha

36:50 ↗ christy hardy Rick Aram brew and Roberta

36:53 ↗ Brown hello my name is Christy Hardy and

37:07 ↗ I've been a math teacher at its equal

37:09 ↗ since moving to Seattle from Texas in

37:11 ↗ 2011 I have a master's degree in

37:14 ↗ education from the University of

37:15 ↗ Washington where I specialized in

37:17 ↗ curriculum and instruction and math

37:18 ↗ education and I'm also a nationally

37:21 ↗ board certified deep teacher despite

37:24 ↗ living in Seattle I have chosen to

37:26 ↗ continue to work at Issaquah high school

37:27 ↗ since I moved here because I value the

37:29 ↗ community and the students that I serve

37:31 ↗ I am here tonight to help you understand

37:33 ↗ how overcrowding negatively affects our

37:35 ↗ students teachers administrators and

37:39 ↗ staff at mystical high school and to

37:41 ↗ urge you to permit our district to build

37:42 ↗ a new high school in elementary school

37:44 ↗ on the forty acre property adjacent to

37:46 ↗ 228 Street

37:48 ↗ having grown up and taught for a year in

37:50 ↗ Austin Texas I can assure you that

37:52 ↗ Issaquah high school is an outstanding

37:54 ↗ place for children to learn I was and

37:56 ↗ have continued to be impressed by the

37:58 ↗ dedication support and community that

38:00 ↗ exists within the school I have only a

38:03 ↗ handful of downsides to working at IHS

38:06 ↗ and they all have to do with

38:07 ↗ overcrowding since joining IHS in 2011

38:11 ↗ my average class size has ranged between

38:13 ↗ 28 to 32 students I am a general

38:16 ↗ education teacher I have no pair of

38:18 ↗ educators I have no assistance in my

38:20 ↗ classroom it is me and 28 to 32 high

38:23 ↗ school students including a former one

38:25 ↗ back there I am a teacher that likes to

38:28 ↗ get to know students individually I like

38:30 ↗ to talk to them on a regular basis in a

38:32 ↗ class of 32 students this is often

38:34 ↗ impossible I'm a teacher that likes to

38:36 ↗ differentiate instruction and give

38:38 ↗ students the individual support and

38:40 ↗ guidance they need in a class of 32

38:42 ↗ students it is a huge challenge to

38:44 ↗ provide this and students find that

38:46 ↗ getting daily one-on-one help during

38:47 ↗ class is unrealistic I am a teacher who

38:50 ↗ likes to return graded work promptly so

38:53 ↗ that students

38:53 ↗ see feedback on their work and begin

38:55 ↗ making improvements my planning periods

38:57 ↗ are not long enough to create a hundred

38:59 ↗ and fifty five quizzes and tests so

39:01 ↗ often I end up taking these assessments

39:03 ↗ home and lose quality time with my

39:05 ↗ husband the researcher on class size

39:07 ↗ clearly shows a strong correlation

39:09 ↗ between lowering class sizes and improve

39:11 ↗ student understanding and should be

39:13 ↗ reason alone to build an additional high

39:15 ↗ school so that our class sizes can be

39:17 ↗ reduced and teachers can reach the

39:19 ↗ students they were brought here to teach

39:20 ↗ another negative consequence of

39:23 ↗ overcrowding at IHS is the unfortunate

39:25 ↗ circumstance we find ourselves in this

39:26 ↗ year which is sharing classrooms we do

39:29 ↗ not have enough classrooms at our school

39:30 ↗ to accommodate all of our students and a

39:32 ↗ seventh period school day while sharing

39:35 ↗ classrooms may not sound terrible let me

39:37 ↗ paint a picture for you I currently

39:39 ↗ teach five classes out of a seven period

39:41 ↗ day throughout the day I'm in three

39:43 ↗ different classrooms as I travel to each

39:46 ↗ room I have to take with me textbooks

39:48 ↗ materials for myself and my students

39:50 ↗ calculators quizzes tests anything else

39:53 ↗ that I might need for myself during that

39:54 ↗ class period my five-minute passing

39:57 ↗ period between classes have spent

39:58 ↗ shuffling things from room to room

39:59 ↗ trying to reset and hopefully if there's

40:02 ↗ time going to the bathroom

40:03 ↗ I find myself utterly exhausted by the

40:06 ↗ time lunch rolls around and more so at

40:08 ↗ the end of the day you've reached the

40:10 ↗ end of your comment time okay my summary

40:12 ↗ icicle high school was built to support

40:14 ↗ 1,800 students and we are currently

40:15 ↗ serving over 2,200 we approved a bond in

40:19 ↗ 2016 to build new schools and the time

40:21 ↗ to do it is now if we want to preserve

40:23 ↗ the quality educational experience that

40:25 ↗ Issaquah has been known to provide we

40:27 ↗ need to allow the construction of these

40:28 ↗ new and much-needed school buildings

40:30 ↗ thank you Steve lots of hands in the air

40:33 ↗ Rick come on up

40:39 ↗ thank you I'm Richard remember I

40:41 ↗ represent the provenance Laurent

40:43 ↗ umbrella Association and I'm here

40:46 ↗ tonight to ask the council to affirm the

40:49 ↗ recommendation of the policy Planning

40:51 ↗ Commission policy Planning Commission

40:53 ↗ held three hearings they extended over a

40:57 ↗ long period of time considerable

41:00 ↗ testimony expert testimony was submitted

41:02 ↗ by a number of people including

41:04 ↗ Providence Point the conclusion of the

41:08 ↗ policy Planning Commission was that that

41:11 ↗ the properties are not suitable for a

41:13 ↗ high school so the question I understand

41:16 ↗ the concerns about education and crowded

41:19 ↗ classrooms and those issues and people

41:23 ↗ who are concerned about that need to

41:24 ↗ look to the administration to determine

41:26 ↗ whether the administration is doing

41:28 ↗ enough but that's not this issue for the

41:30 ↗ council the issue for the council is

41:32 ↗ twofold one is this the appropriate site

41:36 ↗ for a high school policy Planning

41:39 ↗ Commission says no all the evidence

41:40 ↗ indicates no if it is an appropriate

41:44 ↗ place what can we do to make sure that

41:47 ↗ the high school that might be built at

41:50 ↗ that location is one that can be

41:52 ↗ compatible with the neighborhood no one

41:55 ↗ has discussed that issue tonight and

41:58 ↗ there's been no discussion of that issue

42:00 ↗ but it's the school district

42:02 ↗ I wrote the council the long letter

42:05 ↗ today including some supplementary

42:08 ↗ materials I apologize for the length of

42:11 ↗ the letter and its timing but I did not

42:13 ↗ receive the staff report which was one

42:16 ↗ page long until Friday afternoon at 3:47

42:20 ↗ which is an unfortunate sense of time

42:23 ↗ the other thing that hasn't been

42:25 ↗ answered its when we were all here many

42:28 ↗ of the people in this audience were here

42:30 ↗ on November 12 Council members asked we

42:33 ↗ want to have more information about

42:35 ↗ materially detrimental that's one of the

42:38 ↗ criteria is this school going to be

42:42 ↗ materially detrimental to the

42:43 ↗ surrounding neighbors and and to the

42:46 ↗ Providence Point community there's not

42:48 ↗ been an answer to that despite the fact

42:50 ↗ that

42:51 ↗ everyone on this council asked that

42:52 ↗ question there has not been an answer

42:54 ↗ that we have answered that question

42:56 ↗ it is indeed materially detrimental

42:59 ↗ Providence Point community has been at

43:03 ↗ its location for 35 years it is a as a

43:07 ↗ retirement community that benefits from

43:10 ↗ the setting that it's in from the dance

43:16 ↗ woods that's surrounded that we're a

43:18 ↗ part of this proposition so we ask that

43:23 ↗ the proposal be denied at the proposal

43:29 ↗ and the recommendation of the community

43:32 ↗ of the planning policy commission be

43:34 ↗ accepted and that if you are to accept

43:38 ↗ the idea of moving forward it must be

43:41 ↗ with firm commitments not they vague

43:44 ↗ promises commitments to move forward to

43:49 ↗ a proposal and a setting that will be

43:53 ↗ mutually beneficial to all thank you

43:56 ↗ thank you Rick Roberta and lots of hands

44:00 ↗ in the air

44:01 ↗ Roberta am gonna remind you to to do

44:07 ↗ show your support by raising your hand

44:09 ↗ but as much as we can minimize

44:10 ↗ conversations and shout outs it helps

44:12 ↗ everybody hear what's going on so thank

44:14 ↗ you Roberta hi yes I'm Roberta Brown and

44:17 ↗ lay that burden I'm gonna get you to

44:20 ↗ pull the microphone closer yeah

44:23 ↗ I live at two to seven one nine

44:25 ↗ southeast 43rd course court in Issaquah

44:28 ↗ and I am here I was going to speak to

44:34 ↗ some issues which now I understand I

44:35 ↗ cannot so I just this is going to be

44:37 ↗ very brief I just want to say that I've

44:40 ↗ been a teacher here and watch it it

44:42 ↗ report I'm sorry I'm interrupting you

44:44 ↗ again can you address your comments to

44:46 ↗ the council they're your primary

44:48 ↗ audience

44:49 ↗ tonight a case I've been a teacher here

44:56 ↗ in Washington for 45 years

44:58 ↗ I love teaching I love schools I

45:00 ↗ understand the whole issues and so I am

45:03 ↗ going to limit my two minutes of

45:05 ↗ comments to the fact that we do not need

45:07 ↗ a stadium here if we should have a high

45:11 ↗ school my first comment related to that

45:14 ↗ is has anybody here Schools City Council

45:19 ↗ asked the kids what do the kids want and

45:23 ↗ I'm talking kids in grade school and

45:25 ↗ high school this is a generation not to

45:29 ↗ forget in 10 years we have the tipping

45:32 ↗ point of global warming these kids I

45:35 ↗ know I'm gonna sound like a freak but

45:37 ↗ I'm gonna do it these kids are going to

45:39 ↗ be more worried they already are about

45:42 ↗ whether they should have children or not

45:45 ↗ then about whether skyline won the last

45:48 ↗ football game it's just real this is

45:51 ↗ where it's at we've got to get our heads

45:53 ↗ out of the sand as we face these

45:55 ↗ buildings if I did a little math today

45:59 ↗ and there was back in an earlier review

46:03 ↗ I've gone to every hearing here by the

46:04 ↗ way and it's really fascinating there

46:09 ↗ were there are 48,000 diameter inches of

46:13 ↗ trees up here and I did some math that

46:16 ↗ represents if you took each tree that

46:19 ↗ represents 80 thousand years of tree

46:22 ↗ growth okay ask a sixth grader or a

46:26 ↗ fifth grader what would you rather have

46:28 ↗ a stadium for a few testosterone-y any

46:32 ↗ guys in high school or would you like

46:35 ↗ you know a little path with some trees

46:39 ↗ so any case I would like to recommend

46:42 ↗ that we keep at the moment at least for

46:46 ↗ this year until more is done that we

46:48 ↗ keep the Planning Commission's

46:51 ↗ recommendation not to grant to high

46:54 ↗ school until further studies are done

46:59 ↗ and one last thing with relation to that

47:02 ↗ I did write quite a letter which you

47:05 ↗ guys got but we know that within less

47:10 ↗ than six months ago at least half of the

47:13 ↗ land in question was covered by

47:15 ↗ buildings known to contain considerable

47:18 ↗ asbestos in the concrete and throughout

47:21 ↗ the interior you've reached the end of

47:22 ↗ your comment period yes and it is

47:25 ↗ extremely toxic those things to my

47:28 ↗ knowledge nothing has been done so let's

47:31 ↗ please as we consider this and I ask the

47:33 ↗ City Council to think about the kids

47:36 ↗ both in terms of what they will want ten

47:40 ↗ years from now will they want a stadium

47:43 ↗ and do we need one more year just to

47:46 ↗ check on those toxins before we put kids

47:49 ↗ in these cookie cutter prisons for ten

47:52 ↗ years full of toxins Thank You Roberta

47:55 ↗ lots of hands in support I need another

47:59 ↗ three names tisha Irene Rice Ron Inhofe

48:02 ↗ and Sue Ann Bolin's Irene making her way

48:09 ↗ up

48:23 ↗ i'm irene rice and i live in Providence

48:26 ↗ Point and I'm on the umbrella board that

48:28 ↗ brought the suit what I'm concerned

48:33 ↗ about is that tonight that you will

48:35 ↗ brush off the recommendation of the

48:39 ↗ planning policy Commission that parcel

48:42 ↗ three of the Providence Heights property

48:45 ↗ be designated come CF and rezone to open

48:51 ↗ space that buffer is needed to protect

48:53 ↗ Providence point from the activity noise

48:56 ↗ and light and traffic next door the

49:00 ↗ December 10th site plan that it's across

49:04 ↗ school district uses 60 feet along the

49:09 ↗ boundary of Providence point for a

49:13 ↗ buffer that is an approximation of what

49:16 ↗ the PPC was trying to accomplish

49:20 ↗ however removing all of the mature trees

49:23 ↗ and replacing them with trees that are

49:26 ↗ six to eight feet tall means it will

49:29 ↗ take years to grow the buffer since that

49:33 ↗ is only one of the 50 iterations they

49:37 ↗ told us about that we've heard suggested

49:42 ↗ by the Issaquah School District we have

49:44 ↗ no assurance that that part of the plan

49:46 ↗ will remain when the site plan is

49:49 ↗ submitted for permitting the code for

49:53 ↗ building schools up to seven feet from

49:55 ↗ the property line and the ability to

49:57 ↗ cover 90% of the property with

50:00 ↗ impervious surface does not inspire

50:03 ↗ confidence in what is promised with the

50:07 ↗ December 10th iteration of the site plan

50:11 ↗ the multiple comments from principals

50:14 ↗ and teachers and family members at

50:16 ↗ recent City Council meetings about the

50:19 ↗ overcrowding of skyline in Issaquah high

50:22 ↗ schools has been impressive there is no

50:26 ↗ doubt that a new high school is needed

50:29 ↗ desperately for the population growth in

50:31 ↗ this area

50:32 ↗ the plan for a high school at Providence

50:35 ↗ Heights property could be made much more

50:38 ↗ palatable if there was a surance of a

50:41 ↗ substantial buffer separating the

50:45 ↗ retirement communities Thank You Irene

50:48 ↗ dee run lots of hands in the air

50:59 ↗ hello my name is Ronnie M Hoff I live in

51:02 ↗ Providence point I think there are

51:05 ↗ issues that need to be addressed before

51:07 ↗ rezoning parcels one two and three

51:10 ↗ in the 2019 comprehensive plan on the

51:14 ↗ placement of the school is not a benefit

51:16 ↗ to the students that live in Issaquah it

51:19 ↗ is no closer for them than either of the

51:21 ↗ current high schools in fact the greater

51:24 ↗ benefit is to the city of Sammamish who

51:26 ↗ not only gets another school close to

51:28 ↗ the their student population but also

51:31 ↗ does not have to forfeit any property or

51:33 ↗ property tax revenue to get it the

51:37 ↗ comprehensive plan already has needed to

51:39 ↗ be corrected by the City Council for

51:41 ↗ parcel 12 from what the city

51:44 ↗ administration proposed the City Council

51:47 ↗ rightly understood the impact possible

51:49 ↗ zoning that parsable cff would mean you

51:52 ↗ could have so three the city

51:55 ↗ administration pulled the burgers web

51:57 ↗ properties from the comprehensive plan

51:59 ↗ because they did not have a worked out

52:02 ↗ plan for the properties the school

52:04 ↗ district appears to claim their plans

52:07 ↗ are not worked out either for the

52:10 ↗ planning policy Commission recognized a

52:12 ↗ serious issue with the rezoning of

52:15 ↗ parcels 1 2 & 3 whether they made the

52:18 ↗ correct recommendations or not there are

52:20 ↗ issues that need to be addressed to keep

52:22 ↗ the property from being over developed 5

52:25 ↗ if the parcels 1 2 & 3 are rezone to cff

52:29 ↗ it opens up those parcels to all sorts

52:31 ↗ of other uses including jails office

52:34 ↗ buildings hazardous waste storage and

52:37 ↗ treatment facilities shooting ranges etc

52:39 ↗ I doubt the City Council has that in

52:42 ↗ mind bear by they're essentially

52:44 ↗ equivalent so

52:45 ↗ change there are other potential

52:49 ↗ rezoning options for parcel 123 that

52:52 ↗ would allow a high school without

52:54 ↗ allowing other unintended uses and yes

52:59 ↗ while school district has proposed on

53:01 ↗ their website possible commitments to

53:04 ↗ buffers around the property without the

53:06 ↗ City Council including stipulations in

53:09 ↗ any rezoning there would be nothing that

53:11 ↗ could be done to enforce those

53:13 ↗ commitments so therefore please consider

53:16 ↗ these points and don't rezone the

53:18 ↗ property and less enforceable conditions

53:20 ↗ are placed on it thank you thank you Ron

53:25 ↗ lots of hands in the air sue man good

53:33 ↗ evening i'm sue ann Bolin's I'm the

53:35 ↗ resident of Providence Point and I'm

53:38 ↗ also the president of the Providence

53:40 ↗ Point umbrella Association tonight you

53:43 ↗ must make the difficult decision to

53:44 ↗ approve deny or delay rezoning of

53:48 ↗ Providence Heights property for schools

53:50 ↗ that will include a high school and an

53:52 ↗ elementary school part of the rezoning

53:54 ↗ criteria is no detrimental impact to the

53:58 ↗ surrounding neighbors we all understand

54:01 ↗ the urgency of the schools needed to

54:04 ↗ address overcrowding in the classrooms

54:06 ↗ in Issaquah and Sammamish however at

54:09 ↗ this point there are still significant

54:11 ↗ concerns from the community that have

54:14 ↗ not been addressed in the research I've

54:16 ↗ done I've not been able to find any

54:18 ↗ example of a high school that is sited

54:21 ↗ on a property that's surrounded entirely

54:24 ↗ by a retirement community and assisted

54:27 ↗ living center and a nursing care

54:29 ↗ facility we believe there are

54:32 ↗ mitigations that can be put in place

54:34 ↗ that would be acceptable to all parties

54:36 ↗ but at this time there is not a

54:39 ↗ commitment from the school district to

54:41 ↗ do that the 60 foot buffer mentioned on

54:44 ↗ the most recent website and site layout

54:48 ↗ is really much narrower along the

54:51 ↗ property line because the 60 feet

54:53 ↗ includes in the calculation some large

54:56 ↗ clumps of wetland

54:57 ↗ trees and other ones that have to stay

54:59 ↗ it is not evenly distributed along the

55:02 ↗ property line the importance of the

55:06 ↗ buffer cannot be underestimated

55:08 ↗ the existing trees are needed to reduce

55:11 ↗ the visual and sound impacts from a

55:14 ↗ multi-story elementary school and high

55:16 ↗ school additionally sound protections

55:19 ↗ around the stadium are critical we urged

55:23 ↗ the City Council to delay the approval

55:25 ↗ of the rezoning to allow additional time

55:28 ↗ for review and discussions between the

55:30 ↗ school district and Providence point as

55:32 ↗ we attempt to address these outstanding

55:34 ↗ concerns we request that the rezoning

55:37 ↗ decision be delayed until Monday

55:39 ↗ December 30th to allow that time

55:41 ↗ approving the rezone of the providence

55:44 ↗ height property tonight we'll ignore the

55:47 ↗ recommendations from the Planning Policy

55:48 ↗ Commission and the majority of the 1,400

55:52 ↗ constituents and taxpayers living in

55:54 ↗ Providence Point

55:55 ↗ please reinforce the message that you

55:59 ↗ sent at the November 12 study session

56:01 ↗ that you want to see concerns of the

56:03 ↗ surrounding neighbors adequately

56:05 ↗ addressed prior to voting on this

56:07 ↗ important rezoning decision thank you

56:10 ↗ thank you sue in lots of hands in the

56:13 ↗ air by my calculation that was speaker

56:16 ↗ 15 so if a few more names on the list

56:18 ↗ and then I'll open it up for others who

56:20 ↗ would like to add new information to the

56:23 ↗ dialogue next three tisha Natalie Fowler

56:26 ↗ Francie peyto and Pete Hayes

56:34 ↗ I thought I was gonna get a bathroom

56:36 ↗ break nope alright my name is Natalie

56:40 ↗ Fowler and I live in the Estill Co

56:42 ↗ Highlands spending the past 15 years in

56:44 ↗ Issaquah I have looked at our city in

56:46 ↗ our school district through a number of

56:48 ↗ lenses teacher parent homeowner

56:50 ↗ community member principal and now

56:52 ↗ central administrator my first lens was

56:55 ↗ as a teacher relocating from another

56:57 ↗ state Texas whoever that was after

57:00 ↗ receiving multiple offers in neighboring

57:02 ↗ districts it was so close facilities

57:04 ↗ programs student to teacher ratios that

57:06 ↗ led me to accept a position at cougar

57:07 ↗ Ridge Elementary later I served as the

57:10 ↗ principal of Cascade Ridge Elementary

57:11 ↗ for six years during that time I saw the

57:13 ↗ enrollment rapidly increase over across

57:16 ↗ our district and learned about the

57:17 ↗ challenges large student numbers

57:19 ↗ sometimes can bring that brings me to

57:22 ↗ another lens I have you district wah and

57:24 ↗ the ISD through over the years as a

57:26 ↗ parent I have two sons one who's

57:28 ↗ currently at u-dub after attending Osaka

57:30 ↗ schools from 2nd grade to graduation and

57:32 ↗ another who is currently a junior at

57:34 ↗ Issaquah High both are very different

57:36 ↗ people and very different learners my

57:38 ↗ older son is a strong student had a

57:40 ↗ positive experience at IHS had never

57:42 ↗ complained about the size of the school

57:43 ↗ or his classes he is typical of many of

57:45 ↗ the students in our system on the other

57:47 ↗ hand my younger son finds school more

57:49 ↗ difficult and rarely initiates

57:51 ↗ conversation about it however last year

57:53 ↗ he would share about material science

57:55 ↗ and his amazing teacher and it was

57:56 ↗ clearly the bright spot in his day this

57:58 ↗ year those bright spots have thankfully

58:00 ↗ expanded and we get to hear about the

58:02 ↗ project he's working on in wood shop or

58:03 ↗ the PCs creating and visual arts with

58:05 ↗ increasing frequency I realized what his

58:08 ↗ bright spots all have in common they one

58:10 ↗ are not traditional core content classes

58:13 ↗ and two they are taught by teachers that

58:15 ↗ have passion for what they teach and the

58:18 ↗ space equipment and facilities to

58:19 ↗ provide these hands-on experience for

58:21 ↗ students high-quality science art and

58:24 ↗ CTE classes require specialized in

58:26 ↗ specific facilities if we want to

58:28 ↗ continue meeting the needs of all

58:30 ↗ learners and prepare them for life after

58:32 ↗ high school

58:33 ↗ we must continue offering a variety of

58:35 ↗ classroom experiences for them and this

58:37 ↗ takes facility space matched with

58:39 ↗ appropriate numbers of students and the

58:41 ↗ amazing teachers to teach them which

58:43 ↗ brings me to my next lens

58:45 ↗ the executive director of human

58:46 ↗ resources for the ISD of which a primary

58:49 ↗ role is supporting the well-being of all

58:51 ↗ district employees research shows that

58:53 ↗ employees rake the social emotional and

58:55 ↗ physical environment in which they work

58:57 ↗ more important than even compensation

58:59 ↗ I'm sure the is DS healthy work

59:01 ↗ environment was a major factor in the

59:03 ↗ district being recognized as a top-ten

59:05 ↗ employer in Washington by Forbes

59:07 ↗ magazine as we continued to hire staff

59:09 ↗ our state-of-the-art facilities will

59:11 ↗ help attract strong candidates

59:12 ↗ particularly during a staffing shortage

59:14 ↗ such as the one we are currently

59:16 ↗ experiencing and this brings me to the

59:18 ↗ last lens through which I will speak

59:19 ↗ tonight as a community member

59:21 ↗ while district facilities are built

59:23 ↗ primarily to support the education of

59:25 ↗ students they also support the greater

59:27 ↗ community district gymnasiums wait rooms

59:30 ↗ and fields allow community members like

59:33 ↗ me to enjoy various physical activities

59:35 ↗ such as walking a track and

59:37 ↗ participating in local Parks and

59:39 ↗ Recreation Department offerings

59:40 ↗ additionally district facilities host

59:43 ↗ church services concerts cultural events

59:46 ↗ sewing circles and parking for city

59:48 ↗ events to name a few your comment period

59:51 ↗ is over

59:51 ↗ so regardless of the Lydon's which you

59:53 ↗ all view our school district it's the

59:56 ↗ claw school district facilities

59:57 ↗ positively contribute to the entire isso

59:59 ↗ cost community both in and outside our

1:00:01 ↗ schools my hope is that you continue to

1:00:03 ↗ allow the ISD to provide these

1:00:04 ↗ opportunities and by adopting the

1:00:07 ↗ Comprehensive Plan and I thank you for

1:00:09 ↗ all your efforts Thank You Natalie

1:00:10 ↗ that's a hands in the air Francie good

1:00:20 ↗ evening yes my name is Francie Francie

1:00:23 ↗ Vito and I thank you all for the

1:00:26 ↗ opportunity to speak before you tonight

1:00:29 ↗ I'm having trouble seeing you okay I

1:00:33 ↗ want to talk to you tonight about the

1:00:36 ↗ possibility of building one or two

1:00:40 ↗ schools next to Providence Point which

1:00:42 ↗ is my home I've lived in Providence

1:00:45 ↗ Point for 11 years and know the area

1:00:50 ↗ pretty well the providence ridge

1:00:54 ↗ property being right next to

1:00:58 ↗ Providence Point property is vital to

1:01:01 ↗ essa' quoi and it's vital to Providence

1:01:05 ↗ point I'm not against New School's how

1:01:10 ↗ could I be I had a 30 year career in

1:01:13 ↗ education and educational administration

1:01:17 ↗ what I want to say tonight is that we in

1:01:20 ↗ Providence Point are asked to accept

1:01:23 ↗ change

1:01:24 ↗ we know change we've experienced it over

1:01:27 ↗ long lifetimes I don't use children over

1:01:34 ↗ grandparents or grandparents over

1:01:36 ↗ children how could I

1:01:38 ↗ I am both I'm not a child but I have

1:01:42 ↗ children I am a grandmother so I ask for

1:01:47 ↗ whatever happens to Providence Ridge the

1:01:50 ↗ Providence point and the is across

1:01:52 ↗ school district worked together to

1:01:55 ↗ exhibit compassion respect and teamwork

1:01:57 ↗ to create a model of cooperation I don't

1:02:02 ↗ ask anyone to I'm sorry

1:02:05 ↗ hang on to choose adults over kids how

1:02:12 ↗ can I

1:02:12 ↗ every human deserves consideration I

1:02:15 ↗ only ask that everyone appreciate the

1:02:18 ↗ value your grandparents like me have

1:02:21 ↗ invested in Issaquah through our

1:02:23 ↗ property taxes our shopping dollars we

1:02:27 ↗ have built much of Issaquah it's our

1:02:29 ↗ investment

1:02:30 ↗ we also are heavily invested in our

1:02:33 ↗ children yours yours and yours and mine

1:02:38 ↗ they are the future they're our future

1:02:41 ↗ let's make their future bright one that

1:02:45 ↗ honors their future and ours thank you

1:02:50 ↗ Thank You Fran see lots of hands in the

1:02:53 ↗ air Pete I believe is up next my name is

1:02:57 ↗ Pete Hays I represent his high school

1:03:00 ↗ district and have for 30 years I broke

1:03:03 ↗ her down over 10,000 acres and have been

1:03:05 ↗ here since 1989 seen a lot of change

1:03:10 ↗ and just want everyone to know how

1:03:12 ↗ incredibly hard it was to find this site

1:03:15 ↗ there were enormous challenges and I

1:03:20 ↗ have submitted a letter for your

1:03:22 ↗ consideration don't thank you

1:03:25 ↗ Thank You Pete hands in support and

1:03:29 ↗ tisha next three names no one further

1:03:32 ↗ has signed up to speak okay I

1:03:34 ↗ overestimated thought we had over 20 if

1:03:38 ↗ you would like to speak if you want to

1:03:39 ↗ come up and we form a line of at least

1:03:41 ↗ three at a time that would be helpful

1:03:43 ↗ please start by stating your name in

1:03:47 ↗ your address

1:03:47 ↗ that'd be great thank you my name is

1:03:50 ↗ Nora Albert and I reside in Providence

1:03:55 ↗ point for the past two years not

1:03:59 ↗ particularly articulate but felt the

1:04:02 ↗ need to speak I come from nearly 30

1:04:07 ↗ years of a career in education in a

1:04:11 ↗ great school system in New York State

1:04:13 ↗ work with the board of education

1:04:16 ↗ administrator of Superintendent etc and

1:04:20 ↗ I speak for myself there is absolutely

1:04:25 ↗ none of us even here in Providence point

1:04:28 ↗ that have an issue with wanting a better

1:04:31 ↗ education for our kids and the need for

1:04:34 ↗ more schools we all realize that I just

1:04:38 ↗ wanted to say I feel very incredulous

1:04:42 ↗ and said that not one speaker here for

1:04:46 ↗ the school district tonight whether it

1:04:48 ↗ be an educator a principal a

1:04:51 ↗ superintendent has even mentioned

1:04:55 ↗ mentioned in the least the impact or

1:04:59 ↗ empathy or understanding of what the

1:05:02 ↗ residents of Providence Point will have

1:05:06 ↗ to live through with this we understand

1:05:08 ↗ schools are needed not sure that they

1:05:11 ↗ needed they are needed on this property

1:05:14 ↗ we understand that there's no property

1:05:17 ↗ left because of the

1:05:19 ↗ parent population but there has to be

1:05:22 ↗ some understanding consideration we are

1:05:29 ↗ going through thank you Thank You Nora

1:05:32 ↗ and lots of hands in the air and your

1:05:35 ↗ name sir good evening my name is Dan

1:05:38 ↗ srini I live at 2 to 6 1 8 southeast

1:05:41 ↗ 44th place in Issaquah the forest

1:05:44 ↗ village community of Providence Point I

1:05:46 ↗ first want to state my admiration for

1:05:50 ↗ the educational professionals who are

1:05:52 ↗ here tonight and who have spoken and who

1:05:55 ↗ play such a critical role in our

1:05:57 ↗ communities I'm the father of a public

1:06:00 ↗ school teacher I hate that we have to

1:06:05 ↗ provide funding for schools through

1:06:07 ↗ school levies but I've always voted for

1:06:08 ↗ them and will continue to do so and one

1:06:11 ↗ of the important things about our

1:06:13 ↗ educators is they teach children to be

1:06:16 ↗ creative in challenging situations which

1:06:19 ↗ is what we find ourselves in tonight in

1:06:22 ↗ that we share a commitment to providing

1:06:26 ↗ additional schools that are needed in

1:06:29 ↗ Issaquah that are safe secure and are

1:06:33 ↗ appropriate to the locations being

1:06:35 ↗ considered and unfortunately the current

1:06:38 ↗ plan from the school district does not

1:06:40 ↗ adequately address the appropriate

1:06:43 ↗ nature to that particular parcel of land

1:06:45 ↗ and what I'm hoping is that your council

1:06:49 ↗ can play the role of ensuring that there

1:06:53 ↗ are not undefined promises but you can

1:06:58 ↗ ensure that the communities around this

1:07:01 ↗ area in the school district do workout

1:07:04 ↗ clear stipulated legally enforceable

1:07:08 ↗ agreements that can allow education to

1:07:12 ↗ have the facilities and needs without

1:07:14 ↗ disrupting the communities around it and

1:07:17 ↗ I think it could be possible but it will

1:07:19 ↗ take your role and not to vote tonight

1:07:22 ↗ one way or another this should not be

1:07:24 ↗ considered an either/or decision and if

1:07:28 ↗ you decide to delay

1:07:30 ↗ ensure the to sign and all the

1:07:32 ↗ communities come together and present

1:07:34 ↗ you with a combined package that you can

1:07:36 ↗ improve in a few weeks that might be

1:07:38 ↗ better thank you very much in happy

1:07:40 ↗ holidays thank you Dan lots of hands up

1:07:42 ↗ in the air I know the next fellow I can

1:07:46 ↗ good evening ken Eastman I reside at two

1:07:50 ↗ four seven three Northwest Stoney Creek

1:07:53 ↗ Drive in Issaquah and I'm not here to

1:07:56 ↗ talk about schools tonight I'm here to

1:07:59 ↗ talk about Title 18 I wanted to follow

1:08:03 ↗ up on my emails to City Council of

1:08:06 ↗ November 27th and earlier today it's the

1:08:11 ↗ project to rewrite the city code for

1:08:14 ↗ land use when I asked myself why does

1:08:18 ↗ the comprehensive plan state that the

1:08:21 ↗ forested hillsides should be protected I

1:08:23 ↗ come to two conclusions one is that

1:08:26 ↗ development removes these special places

1:08:28 ↗ from the community and secondly we

1:08:31 ↗ recognize that development causes impact

1:08:33 ↗ to the community and risk and as a

1:08:36 ↗ resident of the talus community I've

1:08:38 ↗ seen these impacts of development

1:08:40 ↗ including large and hideous retaining

1:08:42 ↗ walls one particularly built for the

1:08:45 ↗ benefit of a few extra homes the hill

1:08:48 ↗ slide a parcel 9 sliding because of land

1:08:52 ↗ reforming four years later it's still

1:08:55 ↗ being worked on thankfully and

1:08:56 ↗ thankfully that developer had insurance

1:09:00 ↗ by the way that's not required by city

1:09:02 ↗ code and that's something I would highly

1:09:05 ↗ suggest that we add to city code when

1:09:07 ↗ developing steep hillsides we have

1:09:10 ↗ invasive vegetation after 18 years

1:09:12 ↗ because of the land being scraped and

1:09:15 ↗ the sunny areas that are beneficial to

1:09:18 ↗ invasive Blackberry and butterfly bush

1:09:20 ↗ we're still working on that at the cost

1:09:22 ↗ of tens of thousands of dollars to our

1:09:25 ↗ community annually and I would suggest

1:09:27 ↗ there's an answer to the impact and the

1:09:29 ↗ risk to the community and that's to ask

1:09:31 ↗ the developer to pay their fair and to

1:09:35 ↗ assure through mandatory bonds and

1:09:38 ↗ insurance

1:09:39 ↗ and let's incent the building on the

1:09:42 ↗ valley floor which is where we want it

1:09:44 ↗ and distance and building on our

1:09:46 ↗ hillsides

1:09:47 ↗ I supported the purchase of the Bergsma

1:09:49 ↗ property and I commend the City Council

1:09:51 ↗ for taking that courageous decision but

1:09:54 ↗ we would all agree we can't buy our way

1:09:56 ↗ out of the next Bergsma our city code

1:09:58 ↗ has to work for us and that's why I'm

1:10:01 ↗ asking City Council to provide that

1:10:04 ↗ leadership to get that city code the

1:10:06 ↗ teeth that the comprehensive plan needs

1:10:10 ↗ to truly be realized thank you thank you

1:10:13 ↗ Ken

1:10:16 ↗ you see a couple hands up in the

1:10:18 ↗ background a couple over there and a

1:10:20 ↗ couple more my name is Jim Brown I live

1:10:23 ↗ in forest village in Providence point

1:10:25 ↗ one comment I'd like to make I am a

1:10:28 ↗ graduate of Issaquah school system I was

1:10:31 ↗ student body president in 1959 my family

1:10:36 ↗ moved here in 1949 making this the 70th

1:10:40 ↗ year my family's been associated with

1:10:42 ↗ this community I guess I have a couple

1:10:46 ↗ comments to make I'm gonna be more

1:10:48 ↗ polite than Sue Ann but less polite than

1:10:50 ↗ she was I think I'm just a member I

1:10:54 ↗ don't represent Providence point per se

1:10:56 ↗ for some one thing I'd like to point out

1:10:59 ↗ is that Providence point goodbye when

1:11:02 ↗ you drive it down 43 courts it's a 55

1:11:04 ↗ Plus community well the actual average

1:11:07 ↗ age is 77 when you talk about building

1:11:11 ↗ after planning with a stadium that is

1:11:13 ↗ 600 feet from where a three-story

1:11:16 ↗ building what 70 to 80 year olds live

1:11:18 ↗ you're really talking about an impact I

1:11:21 ↗ just I think we had a lot of that and

1:11:23 ↗ the Planning Commission for some of you

1:11:25 ↗ I still think that presentation you have

1:11:28 ↗ as a council has been much less than

1:11:31 ↗ they did the other point I just meant to

1:11:34 ↗ get out of here but not so nice is that

1:11:37 ↗ you know we have a province point at

1:11:40 ↗ government affairs committee and this

1:11:42 ↗ committee meets with other governmental

1:11:44 ↗ entities they've met repeatedly about

1:11:46 ↗ the traffic light with this with the

1:11:48 ↗ city it can meet with with Water

1:11:52 ↗ District Fire District and so on since

1:11:55 ↗ we learned in February that

1:11:57 ↗ Issaquah had bought the land for the for

1:12:00 ↗ the school that government affairs

1:12:03 ↗ committee has tried repeatedly to

1:12:05 ↗ contact the school school industry and

1:12:07 ↗ asked for me they were ignored we didn't

1:12:11 ↗ even get a comment back from the school

1:12:13 ↗ district you're part of your policy are

1:12:15 ↗ not to mention names but we had an

1:12:17 ↗ official here talked about how proud

1:12:19 ↗ that official was of the conversation he

1:12:22 ↗ had with province point

1:12:24 ↗ that happened in the last two weeks

1:12:27 ↗ where was he and where all these

1:12:29 ↗ discussions we had 50 iterations and

1:12:31 ↗ drafts what has happened how come we

1:12:34 ↗ have been not included and discussed

1:12:37 ↗ with it all I think it's it's a matter

1:12:41 ↗ I think we're scared that's our school

1:12:46 ↗ district it's just going to Janice as

1:12:48 ↗ they have to date they are unlikely as I

1:12:54 ↗ understand now once you get past your

1:12:56 ↗ approval of the CEPA the next people

1:13:01 ↗ which would be the plan one the room

1:13:02 ↗ that supposed to relook at the

1:13:03 ↗ environments in a province point it's

1:13:07 ↗ gonna be done by the school

1:13:08 ↗ this is same school that says they can't

1:13:11 ↗ find another place and cost of eight

1:13:14 ↗ million dollars good luck with that so I

1:13:18 ↗ just think to come forward negotiate

1:13:31 ↗ with us thank you thank you Tim lots of

1:13:35 ↗ hands in the air

1:13:37 ↗ good evening good evening my name is

1:13:40 ↗ Denise de farm and I'm legal counsel for

1:13:42 ↗ the is across school district I know

1:13:43 ↗ that you're in receipt of my December

1:13:45 ↗ 11th letter regarding the criteria for

1:13:47 ↗ the rezoning readex of the nation and

1:13:49 ↗ then also I submitted in October 9th

1:13:52 ↗ letter to the Planning Policy Commission

1:13:53 ↗ that really outlined the district site

1:13:55 ↗ search and how it was informed by the

1:13:57 ↗ countywide planning policies your

1:13:59 ↗ comprehensive plan and the CF f

1:14:01 ↗ regulations not going to go into any

1:14:03 ↗ detail on those issues right now I just

1:14:06 ↗ wanted to touch really quickly on one of

1:14:08 ↗ the comments you've heard tonight about

1:14:09 ↗ compatibility of this site with the

1:14:11 ↗ surrounding neighbourhood as you've

1:14:13 ↗ heard throughout the process the CF f

1:14:16 ↗ zoning by its Express terms is designed

1:14:19 ↗ to be compatible with zones throughout

1:14:21 ↗ the city it is also designed to minimize

1:14:23 ↗ impacts on surrounding properties I also

1:14:26 ↗ want to emphasize that this is really

1:14:28 ↗ just the first step the district if if

1:14:30 ↗ the approval is granted will have to go

1:14:33 ↗ through project specific C per review

1:14:35 ↗ and

1:14:36 ↗ also through a very extensive site plan

1:14:38 ↗ review process through the city with the

1:14:40 ↗ City Council having a role in that

1:14:42 ↗ process as well and I think I can

1:14:45 ↗ reiterate for the superintendent that he

1:14:46 ↗ really truly is committed on behalf of

1:14:48 ↗ the district and indeed the district

1:14:49 ↗ administration is to really working to

1:14:52 ↗ address concerns as this process moves

1:14:54 ↗ the word so just wanted to once again

1:14:56 ↗ urge support for the administration's

1:14:59 ↗ recommendation this evening thank you

1:15:01 ↗ can use lots of hands in the air would

1:15:04 ↗ you like to speak this evening come on

1:15:06 ↗ up can you hear me yeah so I'm Anya I'm

1:15:10 ↗ 16 I'm a junior now I'm gonna be real I

1:15:13 ↗ don't really want to be here I don't

1:15:15 ↗ really want to talk right now but I feel

1:15:17 ↗ like I kind of have to so I was in this

1:15:21 ↗ school school district since

1:15:22 ↗ kindergarten until 10th grade at

1:15:25 ↗ Issaquah High School last year in ninth

1:15:27 ↗ grade when I left because it was so big

1:15:30 ↗ I was really depressed

1:15:32 ↗ there was just no space for me so I left

1:15:34 ↗ and now I'm at a private school in

1:15:36 ↗ Seattle where there's only 70 kids and

1:15:38 ↗ it's great and I get that that's not the

1:15:39 ↗ goal of AIESEC was public schools but

1:15:42 ↗ that size difference is a big thing and

1:15:44 ↗ I think like we've heard a lot about

1:15:47 ↗ like impact on Providence Point and I

1:15:49 ↗ get that and I respect that but I'm also

1:15:51 ↗ there are 2200 kids 2500 kids it's a

1:15:53 ↗ quad that I know are all suffering I

1:15:56 ↗ know it and I think a lot of people here

1:16:01 ↗ maybe you haven't been to school maybe

1:16:02 ↗ you haven't felt that but when you go in

1:16:04 ↗ that school everyone's like what is the

1:16:06 ↗ point

1:16:06 ↗ like people kids are like why am I here

1:16:09 ↗ like there's so many kids I'm not

1:16:11 ↗ special why do i matter and my brother

1:16:14 ↗ is in sixth grade now he's at PCMs and I

1:16:16 ↗ don't want him to go through that and so

1:16:19 ↗ I just kind of want to say on behalf of

1:16:22 ↗ my friends my like fellow students of

1:16:26 ↗ mine who I know can change the world who

1:16:28 ↗ I know are going to do great things in

1:16:30 ↗ their life they deserve that opportunity

1:16:32 ↗ and the big school just can't support

1:16:35 ↗ that

1:16:36 ↗ so I guess to all of you I kind of want

1:16:40 ↗ to just say like please do consider the

1:16:44 ↗ true like real needs of all these

1:16:46 ↗ students there are thousands of them

1:16:47 ↗ probably tens of thousands

1:16:49 ↗ who really need your help so I respect

1:16:53 ↗ everybody's stances here and I know that

1:16:56 ↗ this is a tough issue especially in

1:16:58 ↗ Providence Point but I just urge you to

1:17:00 ↗ really consider like going into those

1:17:03 ↗ schools what that apathy looks like and

1:17:05 ↗ how we could fix it and how this place

1:17:07 ↗ and the education here could be this

1:17:10 ↗ passion of hope almost for a community

1:17:12 ↗ so special Thank You Anya you also came

1:17:16 ↗ to mayor's coffee and shared this in a

1:17:19 ↗ much smaller setting with some community

1:17:21 ↗ members and you opened a lot of eyes so

1:17:24 ↗ thank you again for sharing today know

1:17:25 ↗ this is not your comfort zone Thanks

1:17:28 ↗ is there any and lots of hands in the

1:17:31 ↗ air is there anyone else who would like

1:17:32 ↗ to speak this evening on any topic

1:17:35 ↗ because it is audience comments come on

1:17:40 ↗ up the microphone good evening my name's

1:17:45 ↗ Steve Durham resident of Issaquah

1:17:47 ↗ Highlands it's a quad the city we've

1:17:50 ↗ lived here for about 15 years I've got a

1:17:52 ↗ sixth grader in PCMs and an eighth

1:17:55 ↗ grader at PCMs as well

1:17:58 ↗ we love this aqua just like to point out

1:18:03 ↗ to all the citizens and the council the

1:18:06 ↗ work the council is done to create the

1:18:08 ↗ urban villages and the sacrifices that

1:18:11 ↗ other community members have made

1:18:14 ↗ especially those of us who do live in

1:18:17 ↗ the created urban villages sacrifices of

1:18:22 ↗ space sacrifices of noise sacrifices of

1:18:27 ↗ traffic sacrifices of visual impacts

1:18:32 ↗ multiple impacts we're all experiencing

1:18:36 ↗ growth in Issaquah and I think we all

1:18:39 ↗ need to sacrifice to move forward as a

1:18:41 ↗ community whether we're on the council

1:18:45 ↗ in the government and the school

1:18:47 ↗ district teacher the kids you know we're

1:18:51 ↗ only ultimately as good as our kids and

1:18:56 ↗ let's do the best we can for them by

1:18:59 ↗ giving them the schools that will make

1:19:01 ↗ Issaquah great in the future

1:19:03 ↗ thank you Steve lots of hands in the air

1:19:06 ↗ is there anyone else who would like to

1:19:07 ↗ drown address council this evening

1:19:09 ↗ during audience comment Steve come on up

1:19:13 ↗ hi Steve

1:19:15 ↗ when somebody northeast dogwood Street

1:19:16 ↗ for about 12 years now so just in broad

1:19:19 ↗ strokes to respect the will of the

1:19:21 ↗ council there have been a number of CP

1:19:24 ↗ issues that have before you you need to

1:19:25 ↗ review the city code I never got the

1:19:33 ↗ look keep going Steve so I don't want to

1:19:36 ↗ talk further because I'll get into the

1:19:37 ↗ weeds that really needs some serious

1:19:39 ↗ look at both what SEPA allows and city

1:19:43 ↗ application of secret policies again I

1:19:46 ↗ don't want to go deeper than that

1:19:47 ↗ because I'll get into the weeds and talk

1:19:49 ↗ about things I'm not supposed to moving

1:19:52 ↗ on the second issue I agree thanks to

1:19:56 ↗ councilmember winter Stein for his work

1:19:58 ↗ on the council on issues transparent

1:20:03 ↗ government Human Services you'll be

1:20:07 ↗ missed thank you next issue just wanted

1:20:10 ↗ to take him home I went to the Christmas

1:20:12 ↗ caroling at the train depot I know when

1:20:14 ↗ I first moved is a while I heard it

1:20:16 ↗ advertised and to me Caroline involved

1:20:18 ↗ going from neighborhood neighborhood

1:20:20 ↗ singing and I didn't hear that so I

1:20:22 ↗ thought I was misunderstood and it

1:20:24 ↗ wasn't happening so I'm glad to see it

1:20:26 ↗ continue in all the years so thanks for

1:20:28 ↗ that

1:20:29 ↗ I guess on the zoning I guess I came out

1:20:33 ↗ against I looked at the policies and I

1:20:37 ↗ looked at the land-use goals BCD and age

1:20:40 ↗ it specifically talks about things we

1:20:43 ↗ wanted to move forward with I don't

1:20:45 ↗ think is zoning is in support of those

1:20:48 ↗ issues again I don't want to talk about

1:20:51 ↗ them more than referencing them because

1:20:52 ↗ I want to respect the two minute

1:20:53 ↗ timeline that I have I also look at

1:20:58 ↗ number F which talks about climate

1:21:00 ↗ policy and I'd like to see will do more

1:21:02 ↗ than encourage we talked about putting

1:21:04 ↗ some policy and implementation that

1:21:06 ↗ stops or enforces building code and

1:21:08 ↗ building standards that support climate

1:21:10 ↗ change if we're going to encourage we're

1:21:12 ↗ not going to get the things we

1:21:13 ↗ by 2050 2100 or beyond I'll yield the

1:21:20 ↗ balance of my time to the next person

1:21:21 ↗ but thank you for you need to earth and

1:21:23 ↗ again consummate Winterson thank you

1:21:25 ↗ thank you I don't think you're any time

1:21:27 ↗ left in yield but anyway is there anyone

1:21:31 ↗ else who would like to address council

1:21:32 ↗ during audience comments and I did have

1:21:34 ↗ a question for our city clerk do we have

1:21:36 ↗ a count of how many people are in the

1:21:38 ↗ overflow room not sure just curious last

1:21:42 ↗ I heard there were three three okay so

1:21:44 ↗ most most folks are here is there anyone

1:21:47 ↗ else that would like to address council

1:21:48 ↗ this evening during audience comments

1:21:50 ↗ second call third and final call for

1:21:54 ↗ folks to address their council this

1:21:56 ↗ evening okay with that we will close

1:21:58 ↗ audience comments everybody of course is

1:22:01 ↗ invited to stay for our meeting but I

1:22:03 ↗ also wanted to let you know that it does

1:22:05 ↗ stream live on YouTube as well so if

1:22:07 ↗ people do have to go

1:22:09 ↗ you can watch the meeting live this

1:22:11 ↗ evening as well the next item we are

1:22:15 ↗ going to move to is committee and

1:22:17 ↗ regional reports and we will start with

1:22:19 ↗ councilmember D Michelle none at this

1:22:22 ↗ time Thank You councilmember Walsh no

1:22:25 ↗ report thank you this is awesome

1:22:28 ↗ councilmember ray okay kind of

1:22:31 ↗ everywhere Justine I'm 15 minutes

1:22:35 ↗ now the GMP me meeting of December 5th

1:22:38 ↗ consideration of the list of proposed

1:22:41 ↗ amendments was completed to vision 2050

1:22:45 ↗ and continuing a theme I like touches

1:22:49 ↗ upon early tonight I mean go watch that

1:22:51 ↗ video very lots of emotion many

1:22:55 ↗ contentious issues from people from

1:22:57 ↗ Snohomish County or to Pierce County two

1:23:00 ↗ Kitsap to Eastern King County about the

1:23:03 ↗ vision for growth and quality of life

1:23:05 ↗ whether it be the environment whether it

1:23:08 ↗ be the quality of Puget Sound whether it

1:23:10 ↗ be equity job housing balanced

1:23:12 ↗ transportation equity a lot of difficult

1:23:17 ↗ negotiations at the very end of this and

1:23:20 ↗ many of the votes were split I think

1:23:23 ↗ there were two or three were that where

1:23:25 ↗ the chair himself had was the deciding

1:23:28 ↗ vote that's how close it was and amazing

1:23:33 ↗ we just continued to work through work

1:23:35 ↗ through that and at the end of the day

1:23:38 ↗ there was a unanimous vote by the GMP be

1:23:41 ↗ to forward to the Executive Board of PSR

1:23:45 ↗ see the vision 20 draft revision 2050 as

1:23:50 ↗ amended by the GMP B so a lot of work

1:23:54 ↗ done there and the Executive Board will

1:23:57 ↗ consider it and I believe its final

1:24:00 ↗ final approval won't be until the

1:24:02 ↗ overall business meeting sometime in

1:24:04 ↗ June now one caveat I think we have a

1:24:07 ↗ member who may be on the board coming

1:24:09 ↗ home 976 may force a redo

1:24:15 ↗ and so TVD on that 976 it was the states

1:24:19 ↗ to matter which took away potentially a

1:24:24 ↗ lot of the funding that this provision

1:24:25 ↗ for 2050 was based upon and when it

1:24:27 ↗ comes to transportation so so total you

1:24:30 ↗ may have some work on that that

1:24:31 ↗ concludes my report thank you

1:24:35 ↗ councilmember Goodman no report sir

1:24:38 ↗ president Mertz thank you madam mayor I

1:24:40 ↗ have actually a very happy report from

1:24:41 ↗ SCA pick

1:24:43 ↗ last week it was held Wednesday December

1:24:46 ↗ 11th in the pre pick meeting we had

1:24:49 ↗ election for the upcoming Board of

1:24:51 ↗ Directors and I am very proud to say our

1:24:53 ↗ own mayor Mary Lou Polly was elected to

1:24:56 ↗ a two-year term to the SCA Board of

1:24:58 ↗ Directors commitment this is the first

1:25:04 ↗ we've had we've had a dry spell I was a

1:25:07 ↗ I was a member when I was picked chair

1:25:10 ↗ and before that we had a member in our

1:25:12 ↗ previous city administrator who is there

1:25:14 ↗ for the administrators role but it's

1:25:16 ↗ we've had a dry spell

1:25:17 ↗ and we are back with a vengeance because

1:25:21 ↗ at the seven o'clock pick meeting the

1:25:25 ↗ recommendation of the nominating

1:25:27 ↗ committee was was accepted and we have

1:25:30 ↗ just all of a sudden now a ton of

1:25:32 ↗ regional representation incoming council

1:25:34 ↗ members that call is on the Affordable

1:25:36 ↗ Housing Committee our own councilmember

1:25:39 ↗ Chris Rea is gonna be filling my old

1:25:41 ↗ seat on GM PC that I timed out for

1:25:44 ↗ council member barbg Michele is on the

1:25:46 ↗ healthier care governing board incoming

1:25:49 ↗ council met once and future council

1:25:52 ↗ member Victoria hunt is on King County a

1:25:57 ↗ district Advisory Committee

1:25:59 ↗ councilmember Lindsay Walsh is on PS RC

1:26:02 ↗ economic development district board I am

1:26:04 ↗ as council member winter Stein alluded

1:26:06 ↗ to moving into kind of his old seat on

1:26:09 ↗ GMP B I will be a shame if 976 forces a

1:26:15 ↗ redo 1976 may force a number of redos

1:26:18 ↗ around this region but we will do what

1:26:21 ↗ we need to do and not content for just

1:26:25 ↗ merely being on the sound city's Board

1:26:27 ↗ of Directors our own mayor mayor polly

1:26:29 ↗ was also placed on the PSR c

1:26:33 ↗ transportation policy board and the

1:26:35 ↗ regional transit point sewing

1:26:37 ↗ overwhelmed so thank you everybody who

1:26:41 ↗ stepped forward and as as the pic rep it

1:26:46 ↗ was a very proud moment to see Issyk

1:26:47 ↗ West so strongly represented in

1:26:52 ↗ regionally I will also mention that SCA

1:26:56 ↗ pickets new pic leadership Sammamish

1:27:00 ↗ mayor christie mal chao will be the

1:27:02 ↗ chair for the pic next year and kent

1:27:05 ↗ city councilmember bill boys will be

1:27:07 ↗ vice-chair and there was a conversation

1:27:10 ↗ about the regional homelessness response

1:27:13 ↗ which is basically the county went ahead

1:27:15 ↗ and passed a policy I think it was six

1:27:18 ↗ to one was the final vote but they have

1:27:22 ↗ a plan going forward while SC a pic

1:27:26 ↗ didn't get to have a particularly

1:27:30 ↗ influential role in what that

1:27:32 ↗ organization would look like SC a as an

1:27:34 ↗ organization has a major seat at the

1:27:37 ↗ table as of last Wednesday there were

1:27:42 ↗ some rumblings about how one of the

1:27:46 ↗ 600-pound gorillas in the room not in

1:27:49 ↗ the pic room but regionally felt about

1:27:53 ↗ the sound cities folks having as much

1:27:57 ↗ influence all I can say is there's a

1:27:59 ↗ million of us and only 600,000 of them

1:28:01 ↗ so with that that concludes my report

1:28:03 ↗ Thank You council president Mart's for

1:28:06 ↗ the mayor's report I'm first going to

1:28:07 ↗ start off with regional update I did get

1:28:11 ↗ to sit in at the last aside Fire and

1:28:14 ↗ Rescue board meeting for our

1:28:15 ↗ representatives and I thought I'd share

1:28:16 ↗ some of that information this evening we

1:28:19 ↗ had no committee meetings last month and

1:28:21 ↗ we did have a fire chief briefing at

1:28:23 ↗ this session there was a talk about the

1:28:26 ↗ PAS project that the city of Issaquah

1:28:28 ↗ ecology and Aoife are working on and the

1:28:30 ↗ signing of the companion agreements that

1:28:32 ↗ this council completed at their last

1:28:33 ↗ meeting on January 17th there's going to

1:28:36 ↗ be a PFS project team meeting we do have

1:28:39 ↗ a $500,000 budget for this next scope of

1:28:42 ↗ work and a note that the State

1:28:45 ↗ Department of Ecology has opened up a

1:28:46 ↗ new program for disposal of firefighting

1:28:49 ↗ films which is one of the constituents

1:28:51 ↗ of concern for us in our investigation

1:28:53 ↗ the strategic plan for Eastside Fire and

1:28:56 ↗ Rescue the update process is going to

1:28:57 ↗ start in January thank you to those that

1:29:00 ↗ are here that worked on it now I'm

1:29:02 ↗ looking around I'm not sure that we've

1:29:03 ↗ got anybody left who worked on the

1:29:05 ↗ original strategic plan

1:29:06 ↗ maybe councilmember Goodman

1:29:08 ↗ but that update is about to start it

1:29:10 ↗ will be completed prior to September so

1:29:12 ↗ that it can be completed and included in

1:29:14 ↗ e first budget there is a board retreat

1:29:17 ↗ scheduled for February 26th or 27th they

1:29:20 ↗ are pulling it will be an evening

1:29:21 ↗ retreat off-site and the focus for this

1:29:24 ↗ year will be on board development efer

1:29:26 ↗ just like the city build out a new

1:29:28 ↗ website they wrote theirs out on

1:29:30 ↗ December 18th and there was discussion

1:29:33 ↗ about the closure of the Issaquah fall

1:29:35 ↗ city road project and Sammamish from

1:29:37 ↗ March 28th I think is the closure start

1:29:40 ↗ date for six to eight months and the

1:29:43 ↗ reason it was talked about there is

1:29:45 ↗ because e fir has looked at their

1:29:46 ↗ service delivery and they are staging an

1:29:48 ↗ aide car at the north send north end of

1:29:51 ↗ the service area in order to be able to

1:29:53 ↗ provide adequate service coverage during

1:29:55 ↗ this significant road project under

1:30:01 ↗ regular business our representatives for

1:30:04 ↗ e fir have told us before that they're

1:30:06 ↗ working on governance so there was some

1:30:07 ↗ additional discussion on that the next

1:30:11 ↗ steps on that will be to send it to the

1:30:13 ↗ finance administration committee for

1:30:15 ↗ some deeper conversations and then it

1:30:18 ↗ will be off to the lawyers before it

1:30:20 ↗ comes back to the body for a vote and I

1:30:25 ↗ think those were the major there was an

1:30:28 ↗ executive session that was held for

1:30:29 ↗ performance review and coming out of

1:30:32 ↗ that there was a recommendation approval

1:30:34 ↗ by the board for a pay increase for the

1:30:37 ↗ fire chief so that was part of the

1:30:39 ↗ public record

1:30:40 ↗ the mayor's report this evening we will

1:30:44 ↗ not be having an did not anticipate

1:30:46 ↗ having an executive session I did want

1:30:49 ↗ to cover a few local issues some newsy

1:30:53 ↗ items first one was a city staff helping

1:30:55 ↗ local business is the quad cleaners our

1:30:58 ↗ Public Works and engineering

1:30:59 ↗ environmental staff have been providing

1:31:01 ↗ technical and educational resources to

1:31:03 ↗ escort cleaners which has enabled the

1:31:05 ↗ dismantlement and removal of a perc dry

1:31:07 ↗ cleaning machine and related chemicals

1:31:09 ↗ its akua's cleaners is located within

1:31:11 ↗ the city's critical Aquifer recharge

1:31:13 ↗ area so changes in business practice

1:31:15 ↗ like this are even more relevant as it

1:31:17 ↗ directly relates to the protection of

1:31:19 ↗ human health and the environment

1:31:20 ↗ the business qualified for funding from

1:31:23 ↗ both the Department of Ecology and King

1:31:24 ↗ County programs designed to incentivize

1:31:27 ↗ businesses to change practices and

1:31:29 ↗ eliminate the use of specific

1:31:30 ↗ carcinogens and harmful chemicals from

1:31:32 ↗ within our communities its of cleaners

1:31:35 ↗ will receive a 40,000 dollar

1:31:37 ↗ reimbursement which significantly

1:31:39 ↗ offsets the costs associated with

1:31:41 ↗ purchasing and transiting away from perc

1:31:44 ↗ dry cleaning processes to professional

1:31:46 ↗ wet cleaning services mystical staff

1:31:48 ↗ will continue to perform education

1:31:50 ↗ outreach and assistance as we identify

1:31:52 ↗ additional funding and safer choice

1:31:53 ↗ product replacement opportunities at

1:31:55 ↗ other qualifying businesses I also

1:31:58 ↗ wanted to give the council an update on

1:32:00 ↗ the East Lake Sammamish Parkway and

1:32:02 ↗ southeast 43rd roundabout project this

1:32:04 ↗ is the roundabout on the valley floor

1:32:05 ↗ not the one the project higher up on

1:32:08 ↗ 43rd that was referenced earlier this

1:32:11 ↗ evening we have made some interim

1:32:13 ↗ improvements at the East Lake Sammamish

1:32:15 ↗ Parkway and southeast found 43rd

1:32:17 ↗ roundabout it includes removing the

1:32:20 ↗ southbound bypass lane adding some

1:32:22 ↗ additional crosswalk signage and

1:32:24 ↗ installing temporary speed radar signs

1:32:27 ↗ and speed signals and speed signs at all

1:32:31 ↗ legs staff is continuing to work on this

1:32:34 ↗ project and is developing plans to

1:32:36 ↗ permanently closed the southbound bypass

1:32:38 ↗ Lane working to reduce vehicle travel

1:32:41 ↗ speeds improved pedestrian awareness at

1:32:43 ↗ all crosswalk legs and improve the

1:32:45 ↗ overall look of the roundabouts the

1:32:46 ↗ permanent improvements are planned to be

1:32:48 ↗ installed in 2020 so I drove through it

1:32:50 ↗ on my way home from Redmond the other

1:32:52 ↗ day and I would suggest when you're out

1:32:54 ↗ and about you take a you take a drive

1:32:56 ↗ through as well the last note is a sad

1:32:59 ↗ one for me it's about the passing of one

1:33:01 ↗ of our board and commission members

1:33:03 ↗ george megrath it's with a heavy heart

1:33:06 ↗ that I share the news that george

1:33:07 ↗ megrath

1:33:07 ↗ a member of our cable TV commission

1:33:10 ↗ recently passed away a service will be

1:33:12 ↗ held in california george joined the

1:33:15 ↗ Commission in March 2018 with an

1:33:17 ↗ interest in assisting Issaquah with our

1:33:19 ↗ cable TV franchise agreements he had

1:33:22 ↗ retired after working for Recology

1:33:24 ↗ as a director executive vice president

1:33:26 ↗ and chief operating officer I met George

1:33:30 ↗ a couple of months before he applied for

1:33:33 ↗ the

1:33:33 ↗ posting at a mayor's coffee after they

1:33:36 ↗ had just relocated to Issaquah and he

1:33:38 ↗ and his wife wanted to find out how to

1:33:39 ↗ get involved he's an amazing man and I

1:33:42 ↗ will really miss my friend so I just

1:33:44 ↗ wanted to say thanks name point that out

1:33:48 ↗ that is it for the mayor's report the

1:33:51 ↗ next item on the agenda this evening is

1:33:53 ↗ the consent calendar this was

1:33:54 ↗ distributed to council in advance and if

1:33:57 ↗ it's authorized the items on the consent

1:33:58 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

1:34:00 ↗ approved by one motion of the payables

1:34:03 ↗ and payroll have been reviewed yes yes

1:34:05 ↗ thank you

1:34:06 ↗ there's any councilmember desire to

1:34:08 ↗ remove any item from the consent

1:34:09 ↗ calendar and consider it under regular

1:34:11 ↗ business

1:34:13 ↗ seeing none is there emotion council

1:34:15 ↗ president Mart's ed Amer I move we adopt

1:34:17 ↗ the consent calendar is listed in

1:34:19 ↗ tonight's meeting agenda second it's

1:34:22 ↗ been moved in second all those in favor

1:34:23 ↗ signify by saying aye those opposed that

1:34:27 ↗ carries unanimously

1:34:28 ↗ thank you regular business the first

1:34:31 ↗ item under regular business this evening

1:34:33 ↗ is for me to check in and see if the

1:34:36 ↗ council needs to have a small break

1:34:37 ↗ before we go into regular business or do

1:34:39 ↗ you want to get through the first time

1:34:40 ↗ I'm seeing break yeah

1:34:41 ↗ break we'll take a five-minute break

1:34:45 ↗ better go

1:34:57 ↗ you

1:44:19 ↗ okay we are back in session and we are

1:44:22 ↗ in regular business and we're moving on

1:44:24 ↗ to a b7 eight six seven the 2008 2019

1:44:28 ↗ budget amendment the action before

1:44:30 ↗ council tonight is to adopt the

1:44:32 ↗ ordinance this is the first time that

1:44:34 ↗ this has been before council and I'd

1:44:37 ↗ like to ask Susan Muntz a budget analyst

1:44:39 ↗ to come up and give us a presentation

1:44:41 ↗ thank you madam mayor I'm going to keep

1:44:43 ↗ this presentation very brief so can you

1:44:46 ↗ pull the microphone a little closer yes

1:44:47 ↗ thank you there are six items included

1:44:51 ↗ in this proposed just budget amendment

1:44:54 ↗ of those four of them have already come

1:44:57 ↗ before council and been approved by

1:44:59 ↗ agenda Bell of those four included on

1:45:03 ↗ the slide here there was the Issaquah

1:45:05 ↗ police support staff Association or EPSA

1:45:07 ↗ contract impacts and this would increase

1:45:10 ↗ the general fund expenditures by one

1:45:12 ↗ hundred and ninety thousand dollars to

1:45:13 ↗ execute the 2019 portion of this

1:45:16 ↗ collective bargaining agreement the next

1:45:19 ↗ two were approved in the same agenda

1:45:20 ↗ bill on November fourth related to the

1:45:23 ↗ Bergsma land property the first it would

1:45:27 ↗ increase general fund revenues by about

1:45:29 ↗ five point three million accepting the

1:45:31 ↗ grant revenue for that property the

1:45:34 ↗ other would be the expenditure side out

1:45:37 ↗ of the general fund which would be

1:45:38 ↗ returning the three million to the trust

1:45:40 ↗ for public lands the final item on this

1:45:44 ↗ list is the I TS camera traffic traffic

1:45:47 ↗ camera upgrade there are two pieces to

1:45:49 ↗ this both on the expenditure side it

1:45:51 ↗ would increase the I TS fund

1:45:53 ↗ expenditures for 2019 by about seventy

1:45:56 ↗ one thousand five hundred as well as

1:45:59 ↗ transfer a hundred and twenty five

1:46:00 ↗ thousand six hundred from the street

1:46:03 ↗ capital fund to the I TS fund and then

1:46:08 ↗ there are two additional items included

1:46:10 ↗ that were not previously approved by

1:46:13 ↗ agenda bill the first was a capital

1:46:17 ↗ project that headed originally in the to

1:46:20 ↗ 2020 to 2025

1:46:22 ↗ Improvement Plan been included as a 2020

1:46:25 ↗ project what we have since learned is

1:46:28 ↗ that the grant revenue that we had

1:46:29 ↗ anticipated for 2020 we are actually set

1:46:31 ↗ to receive in 2019 so his council may

1:46:34 ↗ recall during the 2020 budget

1:46:37 ↗ discussions this project was not

1:46:38 ↗ included for 2020 as this was

1:46:41 ↗ anticipated for 19 so this amendment

1:46:43 ↗ would allow us to receive that grant

1:46:45 ↗ revenue in 2019 as well as The

1:46:48 ↗ Associated expenditures the unspent

1:46:51 ↗ funds which at this point in December

1:46:53 ↗ would be the majority of that two point

1:46:55 ↗ 167 million would then be requested as a

1:46:58 ↗ reauthorization of those funds into 2020

1:47:01 ↗ the other item is the King County

1:47:04 ↗ wastewater sewage treatment usage

1:47:06 ↗ adjustment traditionally this item has

1:47:08 ↗ been under budgeted in the city I

1:47:10 ↗ believe going back to 2017 the city has

1:47:13 ↗ needed to do a budget adjustment to up

1:47:16 ↗ the revenue and the expenditures to meet

1:47:19 ↗ the actual need so this would adjust the

1:47:22 ↗ 2019 portion increase in revenue by

1:47:25 ↗ about two hundred and twenty seven

1:47:26 ↗ thousand and increasing expenditures by

1:47:29 ↗ seven hundred and fifteen thousand and

1:47:31 ↗ as counsel may recall we did adjust this

1:47:33 ↗ for 2020 so we should not need to do

1:47:35 ↗ this again next year and those are all

1:47:38 ↗ of the items included in tonight's

1:47:40 ↗ proposed amendment q council questions

1:47:43 ↗ on any of the items councilmember

1:47:44 ↗ interesting yeah did you go back to one

1:47:47 ↗ slide please thank you so that last one

1:47:50 ↗ is that just a true enough is that is

1:47:52 ↗ just making sure that our budget

1:47:54 ↗ document represents correct we're

1:47:57 ↗ actually being charged and what we're

1:47:59 ↗ actually paying correct thank you any

1:48:02 ↗ other questions from Council I get a

1:48:04 ↗ motion yes madam mayor I move that we

1:48:10 ↗ adopt ordinance number 28 93 amending

1:48:14 ↗ the 2019 budget it's as set forth an

1:48:16 ↗ ordinance number to 854 and amended in

1:48:19 ↗ ordinances number two eight six three

1:48:21 ↗ and two eight seven eight concerning

1:48:23 ↗ revenues expenditures and fund balance

1:48:25 ↗ for various funds for the year 2019

1:48:27 ↗ second I moved and seconded is there any

1:48:30 ↗ council discussion

1:48:32 ↗ all those in favor signify by saying aye

1:48:35 ↗ opposed that carries unanimously thank

1:48:38 ↗ you Susie the next item under regular

1:48:44 ↗ business this evening is a b7 877 State

1:48:47 ↗ Environmental Policy Act he'll of

1:48:50 ↗ comprehensive plan and Zoning makam

1:48:52 ↗ zoning map amendments this is part of

1:48:54 ↗ the quasi judicial process the action

1:48:57 ↗ this evening is to adopt the findings

1:48:59 ↗ and conclusions the council conducted an

1:49:02 ↗ appeal hearing at the December 2nd

1:49:04 ↗ council meeting on December 5th the City

1:49:06 ↗ Council deliberated the appeal and voted

1:49:08 ↗ to deny the appeal and uphold the final

1:49:11 ↗ determination of non significance

1:49:12 ↗ council also directed that findings of

1:49:15 ↗ fact and conclusions be prepared to

1:49:17 ↗ formalize their decision

1:49:18 ↗ the findings are before Council for

1:49:20 ↗ adoption this evening and I'd like to

1:49:22 ↗ ask ray D yeah I said it wrong didn't I

1:49:25 ↗ Leo yeah yeah legal council to the City

1:49:29 ↗ Council to the lectern sorry about that

1:49:30 ↗ no worries so good evening council

1:49:33 ↗ members as the mayor introduced for

1:49:37 ↗ returning in the matter of the sepal

1:49:38 ↗ SEPA appeal concerning the proposed 2019

1:49:42 ↗ comprehensive plan and zoning map

1:49:45 ↗ amendments so just to briefly recap the

1:49:48 ↗ Providence Point umbrella association

1:49:50 ↗ had filed an appeal of the threshold

1:49:52 ↗ determination of non significance for

1:49:55 ↗ the set of amendments that was issued by

1:49:58 ↗ the city's Depot responsible official so

1:50:00 ↗ on December 2nd the council held an open

1:50:03 ↗ record appeal at which time the

1:50:05 ↗ Providence Point umbrella association

1:50:08 ↗ the city of Issaquah staff and as a cost

1:50:10 ↗ school district presented their

1:50:11 ↗ arguments exhibits and testimony into

1:50:15 ↗ the record addressing those issues

1:50:16 ↗ raised in the appeal the council closed

1:50:19 ↗ the record at the conclusion of the

1:50:21 ↗ evening very late night on December 2nd

1:50:23 ↗ then remit reconvened on December 5th at

1:50:27 ↗ a special meeting to discuss the

1:50:29 ↗ evidence in the record and the issues on

1:50:31 ↗ appeal at the conclusion of the evening

1:50:34 ↗ the council voted by a 5 to 2 margin to

1:50:37 ↗ deny the appeal and uphold the DNS for

1:50:40 ↗ the proposed comprehensive plan and

1:50:42 ↗ zoning map

1:50:43 ↗ the council also gave me direction to

1:50:47 ↗ draft a proposed set of findings and

1:50:49 ↗ conclusions consistent with the

1:50:51 ↗ discussion during those deliberations on

1:50:53 ↗ December 5th

1:50:54 ↗ so that draft is what's currently before

1:50:57 ↗ the council at least according to the

1:50:59 ↗ agenda for discussion potential

1:51:02 ↗ amendment and ultimately final approval

1:51:05 ↗ so with that I believe the draft

1:51:09 ↗ decision was included in your packet and

1:51:11 ↗ was posted and made available as well to

1:51:13 ↗ the public so are there any questions or

1:51:18 ↗ additional changes that the council

1:51:20 ↗ would like to discuss and see sounds

1:51:23 ↗ remember Goodman thank you I don't have

1:51:26 ↗ the specific page in front of me but

1:51:29 ↗ there is a reference in the document to

1:51:32 ↗ the April 2016 election and the

1:51:38 ↗ percentage of the percentage that the

1:51:44 ↗ proposition passed

1:51:48 ↗ you know where that is I'm looking for

1:51:52 ↗ okay sorry okay

1:51:54 ↗ also says page five page five spy my

1:52:01 ↗ computer of course is not being

1:52:03 ↗ responsive and if the clerk's can find

1:52:06 ↗ it faster even better

1:52:14 ↗ okay so finding number two that's there

1:52:18 ↗ yeah yes so I think Jay Cooper's

1:52:22 ↗ declaration says it's nearly 70% and

1:52:25 ↗ although that would appear to be number

1:52:27 ↗ two would appear to be accurate it's

1:52:29 ↗ actually it's actually not the result of

1:52:33 ↗ the vote that King County elections has

1:52:35 ↗ because I looked it up and so I would

1:52:37 ↗ request that we change that to say what

1:52:39 ↗ mr. Cooper said so that it's at least

1:52:40 ↗ accurate and what elections has on

1:52:42 ↗ record is not in the record anyway so we

1:52:44 ↗ would want to cite to Jake's declaration

1:52:46 ↗ mr. Cooper's declaration thanks so and I

1:52:51 ↗ apologize tisha do you have that on the

1:52:53 ↗ screen right now so I believe what

1:52:55 ↗ councilmember Goodman is asked for us to

1:52:58 ↗ replace instead of the second on the

1:53:00 ↗ second line where it says by a 69%

1:53:03 ↗ majority I believe she's requesting that

1:53:06 ↗ it reflect the language of mr. Cooper's

1:53:08 ↗ declaration which said by nearly 70

1:53:11 ↗ percent is that correct right thank you

1:53:14 ↗ any other questions any other proposed

1:53:17 ↗ edits

1:53:17 ↗ let's member Walsh I believe council

1:53:22 ↗ president Mertz last name is spelled

1:53:25 ↗ incorrectly in their week on let me know

1:53:31 ↗ my typos yeah any councilmember Goodman

1:53:36 ↗ then yeah before I go back to is there

1:53:38 ↗ anyone yeah I want to make sure

1:53:39 ↗ everybody gets head touch ok

1:53:40 ↗ councilmember Goodman so then for those

1:53:43 ↗ of us who were in the minority of this

1:53:46 ↗ vote what would be what are we voting on

1:53:50 ↗ tonight regarding this findings of fact

1:53:54 ↗ and conclusions of law and just looking

1:53:57 ↗ for guidance on how we would

1:53:59 ↗ think about voting yeah so effectively

1:54:02 ↗ the the vote on the overarching decision

1:54:05 ↗ occurred on December 5th to deny the

1:54:09 ↗ appeal and so the vote that's or that

1:54:12 ↗ the motion before the council at this

1:54:13 ↗ point in time is not a revisitation of

1:54:16 ↗ that motion or that vote that was

1:54:18 ↗ previously made by the council but to

1:54:21 ↗ adopt the findings effects conclusion

1:54:23 ↗ and decision as being consistent with

1:54:26 ↗ the deliberations of the council so

1:54:28 ↗ effectively you could vote to approve

1:54:30 ↗ the findings of that conclusion and

1:54:32 ↗ decision even though you may have voted

1:54:35 ↗ previously to deny the appeal you're

1:54:37 ↗ doing is approving that these are

1:54:39 ↗ consistent with collectively the

1:54:41 ↗ council's deliberations findings and

1:54:44 ↗ ultimate decision any of your questions

1:54:50 ↗ that's major Goodman I have one more and

1:54:54 ↗ it's more like a procedural question so

1:54:57 ↗ it's my understanding that the council

1:55:01 ↗ usually has an option to reconsider a

1:55:03 ↗ vote and reconsidering a vote that one

1:55:08 ↗ that was before us we a reconsideration

1:55:10 ↗ has to be brought by somebody who was in

1:55:12 ↗ the majority which wouldn't be me or

1:55:15 ↗ councilmember Rea but it would be the

1:55:17 ↗ others who voted in favor and I'm just

1:55:20 ↗ mentioning it only because it's a

1:55:23 ↗ significant decision and sometimes we go

1:55:28 ↗ away certainly I do when we have just

1:55:30 ↗ big decisions not that they're all not

1:55:33 ↗ and some of them are not it's just

1:55:34 ↗ significant as this one but go away and

1:55:38 ↗ think about things so there is an

1:55:39 ↗ opportunity to reconsider it would have

1:55:42 ↗ to be brought that reconsideration would

1:55:44 ↗ have to be brought by one of the

1:55:45 ↗ majority voting members and the reason I

1:55:49 ↗ have the reason I bring it up is because

1:55:51 ↗ it is a big decision about about SEPA

1:55:56 ↗ and when the project if the project

1:56:00 ↗ moves forward then the lead CP agency

1:56:03 ↗ will be the school district and as we

1:56:06 ↗ all know the city of Issaquah does not

1:56:08 ↗ have a direct role in that has a passive

1:56:12 ↗ indirect role and can comment only so I

1:56:15 ↗ raise that as an a potential or a real

1:56:19 ↗ option for the ones who voted in the

1:56:22 ↗ majority I'm in case there is any

1:56:24 ↗ interest in reconsideration

1:56:27 ↗ any other questions or proposed edits

1:56:31 ↗ can suppressor Mertz thank you madam

1:56:34 ↗ mayor I moved to adopted MA oh sorry I

1:56:37 ↗ should have at what I wanted to do

1:56:38 ↗ before we made a motion was provide a

1:56:41 ↗ list of the options just to make sure

1:56:43 ↗ that council is clear on all the options

1:56:44 ↗ and then I'll ask for a motion sorry

1:56:46 ↗ about that there are three options this

1:56:50 ↗ evening one is to move to adopt the

1:56:53 ↗ findings conclusions and decisions as

1:56:55 ↗ presented there's also an option to move

1:56:57 ↗ and adopt an amended version if council

1:57:00 ↗ had proposed edits which you did there

1:57:03 ↗ is also a possibility that was mentioned

1:57:05 ↗ by councilmember Goodman which is also

1:57:07 ↗ an option which is to make a motion to

1:57:10 ↗ revisit the decision so I just wanted to

1:57:13 ↗ make sure that you were familiar that

1:57:14 ↗ all three of those were there and I

1:57:16 ↗ believe that every the way councilmember

1:57:17 ↗ Goodman described is accurate council

1:57:19 ↗ president Mart's would you like to make

1:57:20 ↗ a motion thank you madam mayor I move to

1:57:22 ↗ adopt the amended finding of facts

1:57:25 ↗ conclusions and decision as prepared by

1:57:28 ↗ City Council legal counsel Rae Liao

1:57:30 ↗ denying appeal number a pp19 - zero zero

1:57:34 ↗ zero zero six and the polling the final

1:57:37 ↗ determination of non significance DNS

1:57:39 ↗ for the 2019 comprehensive plan and

1:57:42 ↗ zoning map amendments second it's been

1:57:45 ↗ seconded discussion council president

1:57:47 ↗ Mertz would you like to comment on the

1:57:50 ↗ motion first

1:57:51 ↗ I would not okay any comments any

1:57:54 ↗ discussion on the motion

1:57:56 ↗ no but can you reread it please sure

1:57:59 ↗ move to adopt the amended findings of

1:58:02 ↗ fact conclusions and decision as

1:58:05 ↗ prepared by City Council legal counsel

1:58:07 ↗ Rae Liao denying appeal number a pp19 -

1:58:10 ↗ zero zero zero zero six and upholding

1:58:13 ↗ the final determination of non

1:58:15 ↗ significance DNS for the 2019

1:58:18 ↗ comprehensive plan and zoning map

1:58:20 ↗ amendments also discussion

1:58:25 ↗ that's a memory though I'm I just

1:58:29 ↗ confirm the vote here is that this is a

1:58:33 ↗ fair and accurate representation of what

1:58:36 ↗ we discussed on the 2nd of December

1:58:39 ↗ that's correct I continue to feel that

1:58:47 ↗ we did not appropriately or correctly

1:58:53 ↗ interpret law and precedent in our our

1:58:56 ↗ denial of this appeal I think I think it

1:58:59 ↗ was the majority of the will of the

1:59:01 ↗ majority a point of order I'm not sure

1:59:04 ↗ you're allowed to say that under

1:59:06 ↗ Washington state law can you do point of

1:59:08 ↗ order towards the chair and we'll have

1:59:10 ↗ our lawyer weigh in that's fine I'm not

1:59:12 ↗ sure you're allowed to say that the

1:59:14 ↗ council that a previous vote was

1:59:16 ↗ incorrectly applied by the City Council

1:59:20 ↗ where's my council

1:59:22 ↗ he's mr. Haney goes to the side question

1:59:25 ↗ for you yeah but I'm not sure this is

1:59:36 ↗ related to the voted as to the behavior

1:59:39 ↗ of a council under the rule under

1:59:41 ↗ Robert's Rules the council isn't

1:59:43 ↗ supposed to reference prior action taken

1:59:45 ↗ by the council okay got my answer thank

1:59:49 ↗ you then I won't I won't say that okay

1:59:59 ↗ and I think I'm ready to move on

2:00:03 ↗ Thanks additional comments or discussion

2:00:06 ↗ under this motion

2:00:09 ↗ sitting down I'll call for the vote all

2:00:12 ↗ those in favor of adopting the findings

2:00:14 ↗ of the amended findings of fact

2:00:17 ↗ conclusions and decision as prepared by

2:00:19 ↗ the City Council legal counsel ray Liao

2:00:21 ↗ denying appeal number a P P one nine

2:00:24 ↗ zero zero zero zero six and upholding

2:00:27 ↗ the final determination of non

2:00:29 ↗ significance for the 2019 comprehensive

2:00:31 ↗ plan and zoning map amendments signify

2:00:34 ↗ by saying aye opposed it carries

2:00:38 ↗ unanimously

2:00:39 ↗ next item on the agenda is a b7 787 2019

2:00:44 ↗ comprehensive plan and zoning map

2:00:46 ↗ amendments the council asked this

2:00:48 ↗ evening is to consider adopting an

2:00:50 ↗ ordinance council did hear this item

2:00:53 ↗ also at the November 12 2019 Council

2:00:56 ↗ study session and I'd like to get Trish

2:00:59 ↗ Hayden in policy planning manager to

2:01:01 ↗ provide a present a presentation that's

2:01:07 ↗ so great thank you madam mayor tonight

2:01:11 ↗ you get to see the comprehensive plan

2:01:14 ↗ amendments again we had a public hearing

2:01:17 ↗ on the docket of comprehensive plan

2:01:19 ↗ amendments just the list back in January

2:01:22 ↗ from the Planning Policy Commission they

2:01:25 ↗ approved it in February and sent it to

2:01:27 ↗ you you all approved it in February and

2:01:30 ↗ then you updated the docket in June

2:01:33 ↗ which was at the time that you added the

2:01:35 ↗ three parcels in Providence Point area

2:01:38 ↗ for the school district

2:01:40 ↗ we had a studies people you see had a

2:01:42 ↗ public hearing on all the actual

2:01:44 ↗ amendments starting on September 26th

2:01:47 ↗ and we continued it twice October 10th

2:01:49 ↗ in October 24th you all had a study

2:01:52 ↗ session on November 12th and then

2:01:55 ↗ tonight obvious the night we've set

2:01:57 ↗ aside for you to review and take action

2:01:59 ↗ if you feel that you can by state law

2:02:03 ↗ we're only allowed to amend the

2:02:04 ↗ comprehensive plan once a year and to

2:02:07 ↗ look at the amendments cumulatively

2:02:09 ↗ instead of in a piecemeal way and so

2:02:12 ↗ you're being asked to look at all of

2:02:15 ↗ them together in a in a group

2:02:18 ↗ and how they reflect with each other and

2:02:21 ↗ that's that's before you tonight you had

2:02:25 ↗ asked in the study session for specific

2:02:28 ↗ the specific rezone criteria and how

2:02:31 ↗ each of the parcels was evaluated based

2:02:34 ↗ on those criteria and you have two

2:02:37 ↗ ordinances before you tonight and all of

2:02:39 ↗ the properties except the three in

2:02:43 ↗ Providence Point all of those rezone

2:02:45 ↗ criteria analysis is in one ordinance

2:02:47 ↗ and the three Providence point criteria

2:02:50 ↗ analysis is in the other ordinance so we

2:02:53 ↗ provided those to you the last bullet is

2:02:58 ↗ actually not correct our journey did

2:03:00 ↗ some research and we are allowed to take

2:03:04 ↗ action in early next year as long as

2:03:07 ↗ it's still in the cumulative amendments

2:03:10 ↗ as long as you all are still looking at

2:03:12 ↗ them cumulatively we would still be able

2:03:14 ↗ to do the 2020 amendments at the end of

2:03:17 ↗ next year

2:03:20 ↗ so I'm going to just launch right into

2:03:22 ↗ the elements the first element that

2:03:24 ↗ we're amending is transportation element

2:03:27 ↗ we're adding the Transportation

2:03:29 ↗ Improvement Program that we do every

2:03:31 ↗ year which is a requirement of the state

2:03:32 ↗ you had already adopted it and sent it

2:03:35 ↗ to the state but now is when we

2:03:36 ↗ incorporate it into the comprehensive

2:03:38 ↗ plan we also incorporated the

2:03:41 ↗ concurrency updates that you all did

2:03:43 ↗ it's gonna ask a quick question in the

2:03:45 ↗ chancel majority of this material you

2:03:48 ↗ have seen before and there are some very

2:03:50 ↗ big hefty items here and there are a lot

2:03:52 ↗ of other items how detailed of a

2:03:55 ↗ presentation do you want on all of the

2:03:57 ↗ items we can proceed at the normal pace

2:04:00 ↗ we do or we okay I got one one a little

2:04:04 ↗ bit less understanding that I think most

2:04:07 ↗ of the people who have come this evening

2:04:08 ↗ are also very interested in just a

2:04:10 ↗ portion of what's on here so Tricia do

2:04:13 ↗ you want to adjust your pace a little

2:04:14 ↗ and if there are questions we can come

2:04:18 ↗ back to it that'd be great

2:04:20 ↗ do you want me to the parcels no I think

2:04:24 ↗ if you just I just come on up and give

2:04:26 ↗ us a sentence I like each slide that

2:04:27 ↗ would be great okay the highlight of the

2:04:29 ↗ land-use element so we're done with

2:04:31 ↗ transportation the highlight of the

2:04:33 ↗ land-use element is the update to

2:04:35 ↗ housing units and jobs and you can see

2:04:38 ↗ before you how many houses housing units

2:04:41 ↗ we added and this is the slide with how

2:04:43 ↗ many jobs we added more on target for

2:04:46 ↗ both jobs and housing to meet our

2:04:47 ↗ targets the charlene master program is

2:04:51 ↗ not being updated this time because

2:04:53 ↗ we're not done we'll be done hopefully

2:04:55 ↗ next year the only thing that's changed

2:04:57 ↗ so far is the that we updated the date

2:05:00 ↗ and we added policies about the

2:05:03 ↗ mountains to sound Greenway and here's

2:05:07 ↗ the really exciting part these are all

2:05:09 ↗ the land use designation and rezone

2:05:11 ↗ proposals all on one map so you can see

2:05:15 ↗ or they all are some of them we did not

2:05:19 ↗ choose to do and those are the Bergsma

2:05:22 ↗ properties from here numbers four six

2:05:26 ↗ seven eight nine and ten

2:05:28 ↗ we will do those at a future date after

2:05:30 ↗ the parks department and you all have

2:05:32 ↗ figured out where the trails are where

2:05:35 ↗ maybe benches and whatever other

2:05:37 ↗ amenities are up there so those are not

2:05:39 ↗ on the table today parcels one and three

2:05:43 ↗ you fairly understand what we're asking

2:05:46 ↗ on those we're still the administration

2:05:50 ↗ is still sticking with our community

2:05:52 ↗ facilities facilities rezone this slide

2:05:56 ↗ was added so you all know what would

2:05:59 ↗ happen next if the community facilities

2:06:01 ↗ facilities rezone occurs this would be

2:06:05 ↗ what the process would be for for the

2:06:08 ↗ proposals for the schools as you can see

2:06:12 ↗ there's a lot of touches that you all

2:06:14 ↗ would do the Development Commission I

2:06:16 ↗ will be reviewing it as well and so

2:06:18 ↗ there's a lot of opportunities for the

2:06:20 ↗ public development Commission and the

2:06:23 ↗ council to be involved with with the

2:06:24 ↗ process parcel 5 is we're gonna go back

2:06:29 ↗ to that side for a second we have a

2:06:30 ↗ question sure sorry what's it you say

2:06:33 ↗ review it the school proposal I'm sorry

2:06:36 ↗ if the when they come in if they come in

2:06:38 ↗ if you all choose to rezone it to

2:06:40 ↗ community facilities facilities the

2:06:42 ↗ second green box is what happens next

2:06:46 ↗ the school district would propose a site

2:06:48 ↗ plan the staff would review it and

2:06:50 ↗ recommend to the Development Commission

2:06:52 ↗ the Development Commission would hold

2:06:54 ↗ their public hearings and get community

2:06:56 ↗ input they would recommend to you all

2:06:59 ↗ because it's a master site plan and then

2:07:01 ↗ you all would review and make the

2:07:03 ↗ decision okay I just wanted to make sure

2:07:05 ↗ we understood it's not about rezoning

2:07:08 ↗ it's a whole different right the top

2:07:10 ↗ green box is the rezoning piece I wonder

2:07:14 ↗ if at this time Jim you could address

2:07:16 ↗ this approval with conditions under the

2:07:18 ↗ red designation and rezone it has had

2:07:20 ↗ questions asked around whether or not

2:07:22 ↗ that's an option for the council on how

2:07:23 ↗ what that would look like

2:07:30 ↗ generally speaking rezoning with

2:07:34 ↗ conditions is not an option the way to

2:07:38 ↗ rezone property and condition it in a

2:07:41 ↗ binding way is to use a development

2:07:43 ↗ agreement but basically zoning is the

2:07:48 ↗ zone is the zone and when you adopt a

2:07:50 ↗ particular zone for property the

2:07:52 ↗ property is zoned that trying to impose

2:07:55 ↗ conditions on that zoning alters the

2:07:58 ↗ underlying zoning category and that is

2:08:01 ↗ really a zoning map amendment actually

2:08:04 ↗ that's either a zoning code amendment or

2:08:06 ↗ in some cases in the United States that

2:08:09 ↗ has been considered a spot zone so

2:08:12 ↗ really the way to do razones with

2:08:15 ↗ conditions is to solicit a development

2:08:18 ↗ agreement from the developer which the

2:08:20 ↗ developer and the city then enter into

2:08:22 ↗ which binds their property as to

2:08:24 ↗ specific uses or specific conditions and

2:08:30 ↗ then the development agreement and the

2:08:32 ↗ rezoning are then approved at the same

2:08:34 ↗ time and that's how you generally

2:08:37 ↗ conditional reason not saying Road

2:08:40 ↗ opting a rezone and were unilaterally

2:08:42 ↗ imposing these conditions thank you

2:08:45 ↗ thank you Trish did parcel 5 owned by

2:08:51 ↗ King County and it would be part of the

2:08:52 ↗ Cougar Mountain wild land park personal

2:08:55 ↗ 11 is the talus school site this is an

2:09:00 ↗ interesting one you all sent us back to

2:09:02 ↗ the drawing board on parcel 12 and it's

2:09:05 ↗ really good that you did because we

2:09:07 ↗ found an even more clever way of zoning

2:09:10 ↗ this that it seems to make everyone

2:09:13 ↗ happy it had the roads r1 zone which

2:09:18 ↗ would be community facilities facilities

2:09:20 ↗ and those are the little arrows the

2:09:22 ↗ little B pointing to them the the little

2:09:25 ↗ a's north of 60 South East 61st Street

2:09:29 ↗ they're like little pockets those would

2:09:32 ↗ be open space because the parcels to the

2:09:36 ↗ north are also

2:09:37 ↗ facilities facilities open space the a

2:09:40 ↗ by the number 12 that's where the

2:09:42 ↗ wetland mitigation is that would also be

2:09:45 ↗ community facilities open space the B to

2:09:49 ↗ the south is the roadway is South East

2:09:52 ↗ 62nd and the beginnings of the

2:09:54 ↗ roundabout that would be community

2:09:56 ↗ facilities facilities and then the

2:09:58 ↗ little tiny C under that would be the

2:10:01 ↗ same zone as the adjacent property of

2:10:04 ↗ the cities which would be community

2:10:06 ↗ facilities recreations so brilliantly

2:10:09 ↗ one parcel would have three zones and

2:10:11 ↗ city-owned but it seems to make everyone

2:10:15 ↗ happy and make everyone aware of exactly

2:10:18 ↗ what's going on on that parcel so that

2:10:21 ↗ is our new administration's

2:10:22 ↗ recommendation and that's because you

2:10:24 ↗ all sent us back to the drawing board

2:10:26 ↗ yes councilmember Goodman yeah so for

2:10:30 ↗ the parcels C why wouldn't it be CFO

2:10:36 ↗ open space because the parcel to the

2:10:39 ↗ south that the city owns it's recreation

2:10:42 ↗ and so we were trying to make it

2:10:44 ↗ continuous so why wouldn't we just make

2:10:47 ↗ I mean my question is I why couldn't we

2:10:51 ↗ just make everything within parcel 12

2:10:55 ↗ community facilities open space except

2:10:59 ↗ for community facilities for the roadway

2:11:01 ↗ I don't understand why we're trying to

2:11:03 ↗ be consistent with the parcel below C

2:11:10 ↗ when the goal would be make everything

2:11:12 ↗ open space well we could we were just

2:11:15 ↗ trying to be consistent with the

2:11:17 ↗ city-owned parcel to the south which is

2:11:19 ↗ recreation and not have just a little

2:11:21 ↗ sliver like if there's a I don't know if

2:11:23 ↗ there's benches or bathroom or something

2:11:25 ↗ and all of a sudden there's the sliver

2:11:27 ↗ of open space just to the north it would

2:11:29 ↗ restrict what you could do on it just

2:11:33 ↗ gives it would give us a little more

2:11:34 ↗ room to do to have a recreation zone

2:11:40 ↗ remember what the fee was Trish for it

2:11:46 ↗ was associated with the initial option

2:11:49 ↗ 102 do a survey to do the bathroom

2:11:53 ↗ adjustments necessary five hundred five

2:11:58 ↗ thousand thousand do I hear five

2:12:00 ↗ thousand it looks like it was okay is

2:12:04 ↗ that of which we wouldn't have to do

2:12:08 ↗ with this one they would just be lines

2:12:10 ↗ on the mat on the zoning map yeah I'm

2:12:14 ↗ just thinking that it should all be CF

2:12:16 ↗ open space there's also a mistake above

2:12:20 ↗ parcels a B and C I'm it said the

2:12:23 ↗ current zoning was

2:12:28 ↗ open space it's actually mixed use the

2:12:33 ↗ one to the north to the north of B

2:12:35 ↗ mm-hmm

2:12:37 ↗ according to King County's parcel map oh

2:12:39 ↗ I thought we resound it last year well

2:12:46 ↗ that's not changed it's not changed at

2:12:48 ↗ King County yeah sometimes they're

2:12:50 ↗ slower but we understand that that's

2:12:53 ↗ okay so anyway that's my I guess that's

2:12:58 ↗ just my concern we have that little

2:12:59 ↗ sliver down where there was C it seems

2:13:01 ↗ that if the intention was to make

2:13:04 ↗ everything open space and we're not

2:13:06 ↗ planning on doing anything with that

2:13:07 ↗ little sliver that it would just we

2:13:12 ↗ would just do what we need to do to make

2:13:13 ↗ it CFOs and if it you know there's a

2:13:16 ↗ small fee to do that it just seems like

2:13:18 ↗ that would be a thing to do so we don't

2:13:19 ↗ get stuck later so I go look there's a

2:13:21 ↗ recreational facility here that we can

2:13:23 ↗ use because I don't think that's the

2:13:24 ↗ intent okay

2:13:26 ↗ let's remember which time Trish you said

2:13:32 ↗ that the parcel adjacent to section D

2:13:36 ↗ there is already zoned for facility or

2:13:40 ↗ recreation correct

2:13:41 ↗ what type of recreational improvement if

2:13:44 ↗ any is on that personal now um I'm not

2:13:46 ↗ aware of what would be there that would

2:13:49 ↗ be a parks question I think I don't

2:13:51 ↗ think that's Darst Park do you know it

2:13:54 ↗ is first part there's no trail through

2:13:55 ↗ there okay then that's all there is

2:13:59 ↗ there now at this point that was the

2:14:01 ↗ trail that was just I think it was

2:14:05 ↗ recently upgraded as part of the seconds

2:14:10 ↗ yeah 60 second extension that was I

2:14:12 ↗ think it was an improvement that we got

2:14:15 ↗ from the Costco development agreement

2:14:17 ↗ for the improvement to that trail on

2:14:18 ↗ that parcel okay yeah I'm matter I'm not

2:14:22 ↗ aware all right I'd look over okay I'm

2:14:25 ↗ getting the nod yes I guess that is

2:14:27 ↗ thank you any other questions right now

2:14:33 ↗ okay there are no changes on parcel for

2:14:37 ↗ that's still for a city owned and as

2:14:40 ↗ part of the Future Front Street Park

2:14:42 ↗ assemblance as community facilities

2:14:45 ↗ recreation I are there any other

2:14:49 ↗ questions on the reasons doesn't look

2:14:53 ↗ likes it

2:14:54 ↗ not at this time okay the other elements

2:14:57 ↗ we went over a little bit in the study

2:15:00 ↗ session do you have questions on the

2:15:02 ↗ other ones or do you want to get right

2:15:03 ↗ to the discussion that's a Mary Michelle

2:15:09 ↗ and I apologize to my fellow

2:15:11 ↗ councilmembers but I wasn't on the

2:15:13 ↗ council on November 12th when you had

2:15:15 ↗ the work study session so I am looking

2:15:19 ↗ at the Planning Policy Commission

2:15:23 ↗ recommendation for parcel 3 is it okay

2:15:26 ↗ to ask the clarification there that is

2:15:33 ↗ being proposed by the PPC to be open

2:15:36 ↗ space which would render it undeveloped

2:15:41 ↗ able and probably unsellable does and

2:15:46 ↗ this is probably questions for mr.

2:15:48 ↗ Heaney does that constitute a public

2:15:51 ↗ taking of property

2:16:04 ↗ you know that's that's a question that

2:16:06 ↗ probably is better taken up in an

2:16:08 ↗ executive session I would tell you that

2:16:10 ↗ that that is a concern yes but I

2:16:14 ↗ wouldn't want to opine on it

2:16:16 ↗ specifically how in an open session

2:16:19 ↗ thank you um so Trish I'm we're done

2:16:26 ↗ with the presentation now and there turn

2:16:27 ↗ for any questions there's more material

2:16:29 ↗ there's more it's all things that we

2:16:31 ↗ talked about at the study session and so

2:16:33 ↗ I don't want to repeat other than for

2:16:36 ↗ counsel to introduce she's going through

2:16:37 ↗ the slide deck at that pace of just a

2:16:39 ↗ line part yeah let's fit let's go

2:16:40 ↗ through the whole slide deck just one

2:16:42 ↗ line on each one and see if something

2:16:44 ↗ pops up utilities and public services it

2:16:47 ↗ talks about the recent adoption of the

2:16:49 ↗ King County comprehensive solid waste

2:16:51 ↗ plan its basic one the Parks and Rec

2:16:54 ↗ open space and trails element the goals

2:16:56 ↗ were redone as you all had asked for the

2:16:58 ↗ goals to be redone in your last in your

2:17:01 ↗ adoption of the 2018 parks strategic

2:17:05 ↗ plan so that an ad hoc group of Park

2:17:08 ↗ plan park board and PPC met for several

2:17:13 ↗ months to redo the sort of the format in

2:17:16 ↗ the order of the parks goals and

2:17:18 ↗ policies so that's what you have in the

2:17:20 ↗ in this element

2:17:21 ↗ I'm capital facilities element got a bit

2:17:25 ↗ of an update because we did the new fire

2:17:27 ↗ transportation school impact fees and

2:17:29 ↗ police general government and bike and

2:17:31 ↗ ped mitigation fees our consultant also

2:17:34 ↗ told us that since the impact fees are a

2:17:37 ↗ function of the state that we should

2:17:40 ↗ only talk about level of service when

2:17:43 ↗ we're talking about impact fees and and

2:17:45 ↗ those things that we we look at with it

2:17:48 ↗ like what's the level of service for

2:17:50 ↗ fire let's say because we collect impact

2:17:53 ↗ fees on those so we tried to edit all of

2:17:56 ↗ the terms level of service out of this

2:17:58 ↗ element to try to be in keeping with our

2:18:01 ↗ recommendations from our advice from our

2:18:04 ↗ consultant there's still some places we

2:18:05 ↗ talk about level of service because it's

2:18:07 ↗ something that it's a quasi always

2:18:09 ↗ talked about in certain places but we

2:18:12 ↗ relied on them

2:18:14 ↗ their their familiarity with impact visa

2:18:18 ↗ in the state so that we weren't being

2:18:20 ↗ out of line with this element so that's

2:18:21 ↗ why there seem to be a lot of changes in

2:18:24 ↗ there we also have all the park impact

2:18:26 ↗ fee capital facilities in there just in

2:18:30 ↗ case whatever you approve for park

2:18:33 ↗ impact fees early next year at least

2:18:35 ↗ hopefully early next year that will be

2:18:37 ↗ covered by all of the projects that are

2:18:40 ↗ in this element there's a list we have

2:18:44 ↗ to tell you what we didn't address in

2:18:46 ↗ the docket this year those are also

2:18:48 ↗ listed in the ordinance and that's a

2:18:49 ↗ state requirement and we're recommending

2:18:53 ↗ that you approve the proposed two

2:18:56 ↗ amendments and noting that the Planning

2:18:59 ↗ Policy Commission did not agree with our

2:19:01 ↗ recommendation just in parcels 1 2 & 3

2:19:04 ↗ so just to make sure that's clear that

2:19:07 ↗ the administration recommendation is not

2:19:09 ↗ following the Planning Policy Commission

2:19:11 ↗ recommended correct we are not following

2:19:12 ↗ their recommendation questions on the

2:19:16 ↗ presentation on the information

2:19:20 ↗ councilmember Goodman question so we

2:19:23 ↗ have we have two proposed ordinances in

2:19:29 ↗ our packet so can somebody explain to us

2:19:33 ↗ what the thinking is behind that and

2:19:36 ↗ then I also have some another question

2:19:38 ↗ about planning policy Commission okay do

2:19:40 ↗ you answer I can explain it since it was

2:19:43 ↗ my idea I'll take take the blame and

2:19:47 ↗ credit for it we understood that the

2:19:51 ↗ City Council that the reasons of the

2:19:56 ↗ s-cross school district parcels seemed

2:19:59 ↗ to be controversial and that the

2:20:03 ↗ remainder of the comprehensive plan

2:20:04 ↗ amendments and reasons did not so we

2:20:08 ↗ wanted to give you the opportunity to

2:20:10 ↗ address the two sequentially and to take

2:20:15 ↗ action potentially on the remainder of

2:20:19 ↗ the comprehensive plan package even if

2:20:22 ↗ you decide not to rezone the school

2:20:24 ↗ district parcels so we broke them into

2:20:26 ↗ two ordinances to give you the

2:20:28 ↗ opportunity to do that you still are

2:20:31 ↗ required by the GMA to consider

2:20:33 ↗ everything concurrently and to make your

2:20:36 ↗ decisions concurrently but this would

2:20:38 ↗ give you an opportunity to take action

2:20:40 ↗ tonight on at least one portion of the

2:20:43 ↗ package if you wanted to do that

2:20:47 ↗ council member ray I just want to follow

2:20:49 ↗ up a little bit on that question so if

2:20:53 ↗ we took action on everything other than

2:20:56 ↗ the providence Heights rezone and

2:21:00 ↗ deferred that for a later date is this

2:21:03 ↗ this way just to take this one chunk

2:21:05 ↗ this body work where it seems like

2:21:07 ↗ there's a bit of agreement and just put

2:21:09 ↗ it put it put it behind us and move on

2:21:12 ↗ and then spend more time on considering

2:21:15 ↗ the second audio work is that the raps

2:21:18 ↗ are the thinking well that is one thing

2:21:22 ↗ that you could do I think the the

2:21:24 ↗ initial thinking was that not knowing

2:21:27 ↗ which way the City Council might want to

2:21:29 ↗ go whether you were going to approve or

2:21:32 ↗ deny the Issaquah school district trees

2:21:34 ↗ owns putting them all in one organ event

2:21:38 ↗ that we would have to separate that out

2:21:40 ↗ somehow and start crossing out sections

2:21:42 ↗ and rewriting it as we sat here at the

2:21:44 ↗ table if that was what you decided to do

2:21:47 ↗ so trying to avoid that we separated

2:21:51 ↗ them into two ordinances if you adopt

2:21:54 ↗ both of them tonight that would adopt

2:21:57 ↗ everything if you adopt one and not the

2:22:00 ↗ other and and decided not to adopt the

2:22:03 ↗ other that could be the final decision

2:22:05 ↗ or you could adopt you could defer the

2:22:09 ↗ entire package there's a number of

2:22:11 ↗ options that you have but we wanted to

2:22:13 ↗ give you the option at least of taking

2:22:17 ↗ action separately without having to

2:22:19 ↗ rewrite everything tonight if you if you

2:22:21 ↗ were going to do that no I think that's

2:22:23 ↗ I think that's great I appreciate the

2:22:25 ↗ the forethought in doing that so my

2:22:29 ↗ follow-up question to that is if we took

2:22:32 ↗ action on one and deferred the other

2:22:35 ↗ would that still be considered dealing

2:22:37 ↗ with all of our comprehensive plan

2:22:39 ↗ elements at the same time well there is

2:22:43 ↗ a regulation that's been adopted by the

2:22:46 ↗ Department of Commerce that says

2:22:49 ↗ as long as you consider all of the

2:22:52 ↗ amendments together at once for their

2:22:54 ↗ cumulative effects the fact that one or

2:22:57 ↗ more may bleed into the next year is not

2:23:02 ↗ violating the once per year rule I would

2:23:06 ↗ suggest that you would want to do take

2:23:09 ↗ action fairly quickly in the new year on

2:23:12 ↗ the other one if you were going to do

2:23:14 ↗ that and that you would want to make

2:23:17 ↗ sure that in taking that action that you

2:23:20 ↗ considered the cumulative impacts of

2:23:22 ↗ those things you had already passed

2:23:24 ↗ together with whatever you did in the

2:23:27 ↗ new year I would not suggest that you

2:23:29 ↗ would want to defer that until sometime

2:23:33 ↗ later during the year when there's a lot

2:23:35 ↗ of additional consideration going on

2:23:37 ↗ because that would be a separate

2:23:39 ↗ amendment great thanks Jim and it gives

2:23:42 ↗ us some flexibility I appreciate that

2:23:43 ↗ thank you

2:23:44 ↗ that's member Goodman earlier you talked

2:23:47 ↗ about the possibilities one of them was

2:23:50 ↗ a reason with conditions and you

2:23:51 ↗ mentioned development agreement with

2:23:54 ↗ what the question you were just

2:23:56 ↗ answering and bifurcating this docket

2:24:01 ↗ into two ordinances and and the notion

2:24:04 ↗ that you could vote on one now and look

2:24:07 ↗ at one later where does that how does

2:24:11 ↗ that fit in I'd like to say it has the

2:24:15 ↗ virtue of never having been tried no

2:24:18 ↗ it's you know the the statute doesn't

2:24:22 ↗ talk specifically about your ability to

2:24:25 ↗ consider other things but the

2:24:26 ↗ development agreement is an option to be

2:24:31 ↗ able to consider and I think you could

2:24:33 ↗ possibly do that by deferring action on

2:24:37 ↗ one if you had a development agreement

2:24:39 ↗ come forward in very short order a

2:24:41 ↗ development agreement itself cause calls

2:24:44 ↗ or requires a public hearing so you

2:24:47 ↗ would have to hold the public hearing

2:24:48 ↗ before the City Council on a development

2:24:51 ↗ agreement

2:24:54 ↗ um I have a parliamentary question if I

2:24:58 ↗ may tisha typically we know that there's

2:25:00 ↗ the possibility that council will have a

2:25:03 ↗ lot of discussion about this this

2:25:05 ↗ evening and the way the two motions are

2:25:07 ↗ broken out with the next step be to move

2:25:11 ↗ one of these motions to enable them to

2:25:13 ↗ have their deliberations or is that

2:25:16 ↗ awkward when they may not exactly know

2:25:19 ↗ where they want to be on the spectrum of

2:25:20 ↗ choices this evening what was the what's

2:25:22 ↗ the best path forward well to have

2:25:25 ↗ focused discussion it would be ideal to

2:25:27 ↗ have a motion before you but then the

2:25:30 ↗ comment should be limited to the scope

2:25:32 ↗ of that ordinance so then if what they

2:25:35 ↗ primarily want to talk about is the

2:25:39 ↗ s-cross School District adjustments the

2:25:42 ↗ order of the motions would be moving the

2:25:45 ↗ second motion first they can have their

2:25:48 ↗ substantive discussion cyclists

2:25:51 ↗ [Music]

2:25:52 ↗ I know because it seems like you could

2:25:55 ↗ equally just move the first one and get

2:25:56 ↗ it out of the way with that I will make

2:26:07 ↗ a motion to adopt ordinance number two

2:26:12 ↗ eight nine four adopting by reference

2:26:15 ↗ several amendments to the Asuka

2:26:16 ↗ comprehensive plan processed as part of

2:26:18 ↗ 2019 comprehensive plan and zoning map

2:26:20 ↗ amendments amending the land-use element

2:26:22 ↗ the transportation element the parks

2:26:24 ↗ recreation open space and trails element

2:26:27 ↗ utilities and public services element

2:26:29 ↗ and the capital facilities element and

2:26:31 ↗ adopting by reference amendments to the

2:26:32 ↗ city zoning map excluding comprehensive

2:26:35 ↗ plan and zoning map map amendments for

2:26:37 ↗ three parcels being acquired by the

2:26:39 ↗ ischial School District in the

2:26:41 ↗ providence Heights neighborhood to be

2:26:42 ↗ adopted by separate ordinance providing

2:26:45 ↗ for severability and establishing an

2:26:47 ↗ effective date okay it's been moved and

2:26:50 ↗ seconded discussion that's member

2:26:54 ↗ Goodman I would like to address the

2:26:57 ↗ parcel 12 issue and I would like to

2:27:04 ↗ amend the so the if we adopt it as the

2:27:15 ↗ motion is read then it would be this

2:27:16 ↗ option four which is the split zone

2:27:20 ↗ so I would like to amend the motion to

2:27:25 ↗ have parcel 12 be all community

2:27:30 ↗ facilities open space including the

2:27:33 ↗ sliver of parcel C except for parcel the

2:27:37 ↗ road parcels would be community

2:27:39 ↗ facilities facilities which we talked

2:27:41 ↗ about I'm not exactly sure if that is

2:27:46 ↗ option one so maybe somebody can help me

2:27:52 ↗ option one I believe was the whole

2:27:54 ↗ parcel being community facilities

2:27:55 ↗ facilities that was unless they the

2:27:58 ↗ numbers changed in them that could be a

2:28:02 ↗ new option that's fine so I guess it

2:28:05 ↗ would be option 4

2:28:06 ↗ except for the sliver of sea would be

2:28:09 ↗ community facilities open space

2:28:18 ↗ could you put that map back up to us

2:28:26 ↗ you're a second second

2:28:30 ↗ okay so moved in second councilmember

2:28:33 ↗ Goodman we'd like to talk to it well I

2:28:35 ↗ think I talked about it enough is there

2:28:37 ↗ any other discussion councilmember dee

2:28:38 ↗ Michelle Trish Trish said that everybody

2:28:41 ↗ was happy with the compromise who who's

2:28:44 ↗ everybody the folks that were worried

2:28:50 ↗ about the wetland being cff wanted it to

2:28:55 ↗ be cf oh go ahead so Keith Niven

2:29:01 ↗ director of development services so the

2:29:05 ↗ wetland mitigation site is north of the

2:29:08 ↗ road and the comments that came out

2:29:10 ↗ during the public both at PPC and at the

2:29:14 ↗ study session for council was concerned

2:29:17 ↗ that that Welland would be designated

2:29:19 ↗ CFF and at some point the city would

2:29:22 ↗ lose track that it's a wetland

2:29:23 ↗ mitigation site so as we looked at this

2:29:26 ↗ and knew that the road needed to be cff

2:29:30 ↗ so that it would not be a non-conforming

2:29:32 ↗ structure within this zone what we

2:29:35 ↗ looked at was what's to the south and

2:29:37 ↗ what was recommended by staff was that

2:29:40 ↗ that'd be I designated as CF recreation

2:29:46 ↗ because there was a trail there

2:29:48 ↗ councilmember winter Stein is right

2:29:50 ↗ there's actually a trail through that

2:29:52 ↗ and DARS Park here's where you have an

2:29:55 ↗ overlap if you read the description for

2:29:58 ↗ CF recreation and CF open space they

2:30:01 ↗ both allow for trails so either one I

2:30:03 ↗ think is an adequate outcome and as

2:30:06 ↗ staff looked at this rather than

2:30:08 ↗ creating a little piece of c-fos between

2:30:11 ↗ the CF F and the CFR our suggestion from

2:30:16 ↗ a planning standpoint which is to make

2:30:17 ↗ it all CFR it also saves the city from

2:30:21 ↗ having to spend resources on doing that

2:30:25 ↗ legal description and lot line

2:30:27 ↗ adjustments so we felt it was the more

2:30:29 ↗ prudent outcome

2:30:34 ↗ Abdo that answer your question yeah

2:30:36 ↗ thank you any other questions comments

2:30:40 ↗ ready for the vote

2:30:43 ↗ the mathy amendment is to view to amend

2:30:47 ↗ the motion that parcel 12 except for the

2:30:49 ↗ roadway portions be rezone to CF - OS

2:30:54 ↗ okay I'm sorry I'm sorry

2:30:56 ↗ keep the mic councilmember yes was all

2:31:03 ↗ of parcel 12 a mitigation site was the

2:31:08 ↗ section see who's any mitigation done

2:31:11 ↗ there so I walked it and my I don't know

2:31:24 ↗ for sure I so what has happened north of

2:31:28 ↗ the roadway they basically took out some

2:31:31 ↗ residences and created a wetland there

2:31:34 ↗ to the south of the roadway there was

2:31:37 ↗ some construction impacts so there was

2:31:39 ↗ some plantings done south of the roadway

2:31:41 ↗ I'm not sure if that was part of a

2:31:44 ↗ mitigation project or if it was simply

2:31:47 ↗ mounts to sound doing wetland

2:31:49 ↗ restoration work in our community

2:31:51 ↗ adjacent to the creek so I don't know

2:31:54 ↗ the answer to your question it's a good

2:31:55 ↗ one I don't know the answer okay thanks

2:31:58 ↗ I have another one again with that map

2:32:00 ↗ you can partially see where 62nd Street

2:32:02 ↗ is it kind of angles from right to kind

2:32:05 ↗ of bottom left and it crosses from

2:32:08 ↗ orange and to white and all of that

2:32:10 ↗ white I really don't know where the

2:32:12 ↗ river is based upon this map but all

2:32:14 ↗ that white is currently recreation open

2:32:18 ↗ space recreation

2:32:21 ↗ correct the white south of the sea on

2:32:25 ↗ the map is what about the is that a

2:32:28 ↗ different white south of the a yes I'm

2:32:32 ↗ gonna look at my planning staff south of

2:32:35 ↗ the road in the middle that big piece of

2:32:37 ↗ parcels yeah

2:32:41 ↗ well by the way also it spans both moms

2:32:43 ↗ south I've got a mouse this this this

2:32:46 ↗ area sorry CFR and so that spans both

2:32:54 ↗ north and south of the roadway so it

2:32:56 ↗ goes underneath that bridge sorry I was

2:33:04 ↗ conferring with my staff saw that they

2:33:10 ↗ they acknowledged that the mitigation

2:33:14 ↗ was all north of 62nd all right okay and

2:33:18 ↗ and so basically there are two lots that

2:33:20 ↗ are south one south is c1 south of a or

2:33:24 ↗ parcels and they are currently open

2:33:27 ↗ space recreation yes and I just want to

2:33:30 ↗ point out too that the one to the last

2:33:32 ↗ community facilities sorry recreation

2:33:35 ↗ communities recreation it kind of blends

2:33:39 ↗ recreation thanks Trish and and the one

2:33:43 ↗ to the west does is both it's both south

2:33:46 ↗ of 60 second bridge and it's North just

2:33:49 ↗ pointing that out yes okay that's all I

2:33:53 ↗ wanted to know thank you so just to

2:33:56 ↗ clarify the amendment is that if I'm not

2:34:00 ↗ receiving this correctly or not

2:34:02 ↗ councilmember Goodman but the small sea

2:34:05 ↗ down in the southeast corner on the

2:34:09 ↗ notes it looks like it's C F dash R and

2:34:12 ↗ the changes to also have that CF - oh is

2:34:14 ↗ that the intent of the motion yes okay

2:34:17 ↗ any other comments or questions I guess

2:34:23 ↗ I just have one clear councilmember May

2:34:25 ↗ 1st and then councilmember Goodman this

2:34:27 ↗ is this is a question is it typical or

2:34:30 ↗ atypical to have a parcel with multiple

2:34:31 ↗ zones on it

2:34:37 ↗ it is not typical but it's expressly

2:34:40 ↗ allowed in the city code

2:34:44 ↗ and how do you what do we use then to

2:34:48 ↗ formally draw those lines on the parcel

2:34:50 ↗ so we'll use our CAD and GIS to create

2:34:54 ↗ that Road prism and that will show up on

2:34:57 ↗ the map and the map then becomes the

2:35:00 ↗ legal differentiation between those

2:35:03 ↗ designations and what's the what's the

2:35:09 ↗ impact of having a non-conforming

2:35:11 ↗ roadway on the parcel it might affect

2:35:15 ↗ any reconstruction or expansion in the

2:35:19 ↗ future

2:35:20 ↗ my limited so if you want to make it

2:35:24 ↗ four lanes and in and today it's okay

2:35:28 ↗ because it's mixed juice and the roadway

2:35:30 ↗ is permitted in this can excuse yes sir

2:35:32 ↗ okay any other questions or

2:35:36 ↗ clarifications we're still on the

2:35:39 ↗ amendment to the motion okay

2:35:44 ↗ councilmember D Michelle could you

2:35:45 ↗ reread the amendment please sure mood to

2:35:48 ↗ amend the motion that partial what

2:35:49 ↗ parcel 12 except for roadway portions be

2:35:54 ↗ zoned CFS

2:35:59 ↗ the net effect being where the small C

2:36:02 ↗ is would not be CF R it would be CFOs

2:36:07 ↗ did you have a clarification

2:36:08 ↗ councilmember Goodman only that I seem

2:36:13 ↗ to recall that the fee for changing the

2:36:16 ↗ lines during one of our earlier

2:36:18 ↗ presentations on maybe it was the

2:36:20 ↗ November 12th one I didn't find it in

2:36:22 ↗ any of the packets however I thought the

2:36:23 ↗ fee was less than five thousand I

2:36:25 ↗ thought we heard something like fifteen

2:36:27 ↗ hundred but I maybe I misheard okay any

2:36:33 ↗ other questions about the amendment to

2:36:35 ↗ the motion all those in favor of moving

2:36:39 ↗ to amend the motion so that parcel 12

2:36:41 ↗ except for roadway portions be rezone to

2:36:44 ↗ CF - OS say aye

2:36:46 ↗ all right do you raise your hand thank

2:36:50 ↗ you opposed nay

2:36:52 ↗ that fails two to four onto the main

2:36:56 ↗ motion any other questions or discussion

2:36:59 ↗ councilmember winter Stein appreciate

2:37:01 ↗ staffs responsiveness I know that both

2:37:03 ↗ members of the public and as you

2:37:05 ↗ mentioned earlier we weren't alone in

2:37:06 ↗ raising that I mean it was brought to

2:37:08 ↗ our attention in a very constructive way

2:37:09 ↗ so I appreciate your responsiveness in

2:37:11 ↗ this this is an outcome that I wanted as

2:37:14 ↗ well so that's in terms of parcel 12 in

2:37:19 ↗ particular so thank you any other

2:37:22 ↗ comments or questions or deliberations

2:37:25 ↗ seeing none all those in favor of the

2:37:29 ↗ main motion which is to adopt ordinance

2:37:31 ↗ number 2 894 adopting by reference

2:37:34 ↗ several amendments to the Issaquah

2:37:35 ↗ Comprehensive Plan process is part of

2:37:37 ↗ the 2019 comprehensive plan and zoning

2:37:41 ↗ map amendments amending the land-use

2:37:43 ↗ element the transportation element the

2:37:46 ↗ parks recreation open space and trails

2:37:48 ↗ element utilities and public services

2:37:50 ↗ element and the capital facilities

2:37:52 ↗ element and adopting by reference

2:37:54 ↗ amendments to the city zoning map

2:37:56 ↗ excluding comprehensive plan and zoning

2:37:58 ↗ map amendments for the three parcels

2:38:00 ↗ being acquired by the its quest school

2:38:01 ↗ district in the providence Heights

2:38:03 ↗ neighborhood to be adopted by separate

2:38:05 ↗ ordinance providing for severability and

2:38:08 ↗ establishing an effective date

2:38:10 ↗ say aye those opposed that carries

2:38:15 ↗ unanimously six toe council president

2:38:18 ↗ Mertz at a mayor I moved to adopt

2:38:20 ↗ ordinance number 28 95 amending the land

2:38:23 ↗ use designation map in the Issaquah

2:38:25 ↗ comprehensive plan to change the

2:38:27 ↗ designation of three parcels being

2:38:29 ↗ acquired by the school district on two

2:38:31 ↗ hundred and twentieth Avenue southeast

2:38:33 ↗ from low density residential to

2:38:35 ↗ community facilities and rezoning the

2:38:38 ↗ three parcels from single-family small

2:38:40 ↗ lot SF SL to community facilities

2:38:43 ↗ facilities C F F F 2nd it's been moved

2:38:47 ↗ and seconded

2:38:48 ↗ that's okay that marts would you like to

2:38:51 ↗ open the dialogue thank you madam mayor

2:38:56 ↗ so heard from a lot of folks tonight

2:39:01 ↗ that feel very passionately about this

2:39:04 ↗ subject on both sides I before I get

2:39:09 ↗ into this measure I will I will offer at

2:39:13 ↗ the risk of telling other people how to

2:39:16 ↗ do their job I would like the school

2:39:19 ↗ district to be careful about this

2:39:20 ↗ argument the big schools are inherently

2:39:22 ↗ bad and you won't be surprised to hear

2:39:24 ↗ me say this because I've said it to a

2:39:25 ↗ number of you up close I think that asic

2:39:29 ↗ well high was overcrowded and other

2:39:30 ↗ comprehensive high schools are

2:39:32 ↗ overcrowded but I come from Minnesota

2:39:34 ↗ and Dinah High School is 2700 students

2:39:36 ↗ why is that is 3,000 students Eden

2:39:39 ↗ Prairie High School's 3,500 students

2:39:41 ↗ they're the three best public high

2:39:42 ↗ schools in the state of Minnesota so if

2:39:46 ↗ a fifth sorry if the fourth

2:39:47 ↗ comprehensive high school gets built

2:39:49 ↗ this area is going to continue to grow

2:39:52 ↗ and you will probably at some point be

2:39:54 ↗ looking for a fifth comprehensive high

2:39:55 ↗ school before you do that I just I was

2:40:00 ↗ involved in vis for years I've been

2:40:02 ↗ involved with schools for 20 years I get

2:40:05 ↗ that we like smaller schools in

2:40:07 ↗ Washington State but bigger schools when

2:40:08 ↗ they're designed to be bigger offer

2:40:11 ↗ better theater options better science

2:40:14 ↗ options better after-school options it

2:40:16 ↗ bilou of their being the size that they

2:40:18 ↗ are so I will move on to this particular

2:40:21 ↗ issue the heart of this issue is phase

2:40:25 ↗ review and whether you accept that the

2:40:30 ↗ phased review will work there is a site

2:40:36 ↗ plan permitting effort coming next year

2:40:41 ↗ the idea with phase review as you deal

2:40:44 ↗ with the zoning piece now and you deal

2:40:47 ↗ with a site plan when we have it which

2:40:49 ↗ we don't have

2:40:50 ↗ we have people take you know there was a

2:40:53 ↗ preliminary what-if meeting with the

2:40:56 ↗ city early on there's been stuff since

2:40:58 ↗ then from the district but we don't have

2:41:00 ↗ a site plan in front of us when we

2:41:03 ↗ talked last week about future efforts to

2:41:08 ↗ ensure that the solution that we come up

2:41:11 ↗ with it works for all sides I don't

2:41:13 ↗ believe we meant tonight I believe we

2:41:16 ↗ meet we meant at that site plan

2:41:17 ↗ permitting activity as we've heard

2:41:20 ↗ tonight we can't put stimulation as two

2:41:23 ↗ stipulations on rezoning

2:41:25 ↗ without a development agreement we have

2:41:28 ↗ already seen in the last few weeks

2:41:29 ↗ evolution of the school districts

2:41:32 ↗ position with regards to buffers I

2:41:34 ↗ believe as this conversation continues

2:41:37 ↗ in the public forum we will see

2:41:39 ↗ additional evolution as all sides

2:41:43 ↗ involve seek to come to a conclusion

2:41:46 ↗ that is necessary we need a fourth

2:41:48 ↗ comprehensive high school this location

2:41:51 ↗ has much to recommend it but also very

2:41:55 ↗ legitimate concerns in the community

2:41:57 ↗ that can be addressed with proper

2:41:59 ↗ planning and proper collaboration

2:42:00 ↗ between all sides but this body if it

2:42:04 ↗ moves forward tonight with this reason

2:42:07 ↗ it should not be by anyone and I don't I

2:42:10 ↗ don't believe the district would view it

2:42:11 ↗ this way but there are some in the

2:42:12 ↗ community who would view it as a blank

2:42:13 ↗ check and if we move forward it most

2:42:16 ↗ certainly is not a blank check

2:42:18 ↗ finally the only way to move forward

2:42:19 ↗ with the zoning is if we say that there

2:42:22 ↗ is not a detrimental impact by the very

2:42:24 ↗ act of rezoning it was very telling to

2:42:28 ↗ me that when the question was asked of

2:42:30 ↗ the school district

2:42:32 ↗ the CEPA appeal the question of how many

2:42:35 ↗ how many of the schools are adjacent to

2:42:38 ↗ residential neighborhoods and the answer

2:42:39 ↗ was all of them so if to say that a high

2:42:43 ↗ school inherently inherently have

2:42:45 ↗ detrimental impact you have to say that

2:42:48 ↗ well how would you have any high schools

2:42:50 ↗ anywhere or that there is something

2:42:51 ↗ inherent to a senior community that

2:42:54 ↗ makes it less amenable to other

2:42:56 ↗ community facilities nearby and I just I

2:42:58 ↗ believe that the district in the

2:43:01 ↗ community can come up with a solution

2:43:03 ↗ that all sides can live with in this

2:43:05 ↗ particular situation which is why I'm

2:43:07 ↗ gonna vote in favor of this this evening

2:43:08 ↗ thank you additional comments I was

2:43:12 ↗ remembering a question I should I know I

2:43:15 ↗ should've answer this asked this earlier

2:43:17 ↗ when we were talking about conditioning

2:43:18 ↗ because we were talking about

2:43:19 ↗ conditioning their zoning what is the

2:43:21 ↗ latitude during the master site

2:43:23 ↗ development plan in terms of can

2:43:25 ↗ conditioning at that point cuz I think

2:43:27 ↗ president Mart's brings up an

2:43:29 ↗ interesting question so what what what

2:43:31 ↗ is our latitude at that point

2:43:38 ↗ there are two components to that one is

2:43:44 ↗ that there will be an additional Seba a

2:43:46 ↗ review and that may inform the ability

2:43:50 ↗ to impose conditions

2:43:51 ↗ seatbacks is an overlay over your

2:43:54 ↗ permitting process so even if your

2:43:57 ↗ criteria don't or improving a master

2:44:00 ↗ site plan don't dictate a condition

2:44:03 ↗ Seba can be used to impose a condition

2:44:05 ↗ and then there of course there are your

2:44:07 ↗ master site plan criteria and in order

2:44:10 ↗ to meet the master site plan criteria if

2:44:12 ↗ you determine that conditions are

2:44:13 ↗ necessary in order for those criteria to

2:44:16 ↗ be met then you would have the ability

2:44:18 ↗ to impose conditions as part of the

2:44:20 ↗ master site plan process just for that's

2:44:24 ↗ a quasi-judicial process for the council

2:44:26 ↗ and they are allowed to do conditions in

2:44:28 ↗ it yes because that is a development

2:44:31 ↗ permit approval it's not zoning it is a

2:44:33 ↗ development permit approval and you are

2:44:35 ↗ allowed to condition development permits

2:44:39 ↗ so what's our latitude in terms of

2:44:41 ↗ conditioning permits it means abroad is

2:44:44 ↗ it narrow where is it defined how do we

2:44:46 ↗ know what our boundaries are well I

2:44:49 ↗ didn't review the master site plan

2:44:51 ↗ criteria before sitting here tonight but

2:44:54 ↗ we could look at those you have the

2:44:57 ↗ authority to look at the master site

2:44:59 ↗ plan approval criteria and impose any

2:45:02 ↗ conditions you feel are necessary in

2:45:04 ↗ order for those criteria to be met so

2:45:07 ↗ you have broad authority in a master

2:45:10 ↗ site plan to determine conditions that

2:45:14 ↗ are necessary in order to meet approval

2:45:17 ↗ conditions may not be an appropriate

2:45:18 ↗ attorney question but at what point in

2:45:22 ↗ the process does master site plan come

2:45:24 ↗ forward in terms of an investment by an

2:45:27 ↗ applicant in preparing all that

2:45:29 ↗ information than to have it come to a

2:45:31 ↗ council and across the judicial setting

2:45:34 ↗ it is my understanding that the master

2:45:36 ↗ site plan review process will come

2:45:39 ↗ forward first the applicant has to file

2:45:42 ↗ a master site plan and their application

2:45:45 ↗ then there needs to be SEPA preparer

2:45:47 ↗ on it and there are opportunities to

2:45:51 ↗ have the input at the Siebel level even

2:45:53 ↗ if the even if the school district is

2:45:56 ↗ the super responsible official and then

2:45:59 ↗ it comes forward to I believe the

2:46:01 ↗ Development Commission and then to the

2:46:04 ↗ City Council

2:46:08 ↗ Russians account so we're interesting it

2:46:12 ↗ may just be the first of many not all at

2:46:14 ↗ once

2:46:14 ↗ so I actually would like to ask a

2:46:16 ↗ question about the appeal that we just

2:46:22 ↗ accepted the findings of facts and

2:46:24 ↗ conclusions for and just and since

2:46:29 ↗ that's decided I'm hoping the attorney

2:46:31 ↗ representing staff can actually give an

2:46:34 ↗ answer to council tonight we have

2:46:36 ↗ adopted your finding some conclusion so

2:46:38 ↗ I believe that is and if I recall

2:46:42 ↗ correctly all of the elements of that

2:46:46 ↗ appeal were procedural in nature

2:46:50 ↗ well SEPA is a procedural procedural

2:46:53 ↗ determination and yes the challenges

2:46:56 ↗ were primarily two procedures they

2:46:59 ↗ weren't relating to the substantive

2:47:01 ↗ impacts my understanding is that mr.

2:47:07 ↗ Aram brood during that proceeding there

2:47:11 ↗ was a there was I believe a one of the

2:47:16 ↗ issues was three point five or three

2:47:17 ↗ point six and it dealt with it dealt

2:47:21 ↗ with the significant impacts and that

2:47:25 ↗ the understanding that we had going into

2:47:30 ↗ that hearing was that that condition or

2:47:33 ↗ that issue was not going to be raised at

2:47:36 ↗ this time and that would be deferred

2:47:38 ↗ until later Seba proceedings without

2:47:40 ↗ waiving any of any of the Providence

2:47:43 ↗ points rights relating to that that's my

2:47:46 ↗ understanding and that's consistent with

2:47:49 ↗ my understanding as well the reason I

2:47:51 ↗ ask the question is that of course for

2:47:53 ↗ reason there's a different standard that

2:47:55 ↗ we're looking at we're and thank you Jim

2:47:57 ↗ it was commented tonight that maybe we

2:47:59 ↗ haven't received any information about

2:48:01 ↗ that whole concept of being materially

2:48:03 ↗ detrimental and in fact we have from you

2:48:06 ↗ thank you very much and so this reasoned

2:48:09 ↗ consideration the reason I asked that

2:48:10 ↗ question was was there anything in the

2:48:12 ↗ whole sea PO appeal process that maybe

2:48:14 ↗ got to that question or a claim or at

2:48:16 ↗ least made a claim that's a to rezone

2:48:18 ↗ was materially

2:48:20 ↗ detrimental and I and I think the answer

2:48:24 ↗ that is no you're about to say something

2:48:25 ↗ I think you could certainly argue and

2:48:28 ↗ I'm sure mister Aram brew would argue

2:48:30 ↗ and the Providence point folks would

2:48:32 ↗ argue that that many of the things that

2:48:37 ↗ they were talking about in terms of

2:48:39 ↗ noise like layer and those types of

2:48:42 ↗ things indicate a materially detrimental

2:48:46 ↗ you have a materially detrimental effect

2:48:49 ↗ on their properties but that wasn't the

2:48:52 ↗ purpose of that appeal and in fact no I

2:48:56 ↗ don't believe there's really anything in

2:48:58 ↗ that record either that makes that case

2:49:03 ↗ and I actually had opened the floor to

2:49:05 ↗ my colleagues if they if they're

2:49:08 ↗ familiar with material there what I'm

2:49:10 ↗ looking for is where might a case have

2:49:12 ↗ been made specifically that this rezone

2:49:16 ↗ was materially detrimental certainly

2:49:20 ↗ there was information submitted by the

2:49:23 ↗ Providence Point umbrella Association

2:49:26 ↗ during the development commission

2:49:28 ↗ hearings where they made those points on

2:49:33 ↗ the rezone engineering so yes during

2:49:36 ↗ that hearing they did make those points

2:49:38 ↗ and they raised many of the issues

2:49:41 ↗ relating to traffic like glare noise etc

2:49:44 ↗ during the development Commission's

2:49:47 ↗ hearing actually the Planning Policy

2:49:49 ↗ commission's hearing on

2:49:51 ↗ rezone yes all right I appreciate that

2:49:54 ↗ all right something that's gonna make

2:49:56 ↗ question / comment I guess much as

2:49:59 ↗ anything this is a really difficult

2:50:00 ↗ decision actually not the one I was

2:50:02 ↗ hoping to be my last decision but

2:50:08 ↗ honestly came here uncertain and however

2:50:13 ↗ there were comments tonight that had a

2:50:16 ↗ big impact on me and in fact in and that

2:50:22 ↗ won't name names but the nature those

2:50:25 ↗ comments were and you probably will

2:50:27 ↗ remember them as well many times it was

2:50:30 ↗ said something to the effect I'm looking

2:50:39 ↗ at my notes comments I mean what then we

2:50:42 ↗ can work this out and I'm sure there's a

2:50:45 ↗ solution we just have to work it out

2:50:46 ↗ hold them accountable and we can work

2:50:48 ↗ this out and even some of the leadership

2:50:51 ↗ from the Providence Point community made

2:50:54 ↗ comments like that that really that rang

2:50:57 ↗ really loud to me that there was belief

2:51:04 ↗ that in the body of work so far

2:51:07 ↗ considered for a potential school here

2:51:10 ↗ and the people doing that representation

2:51:12 ↗ for the purposes that they said that

2:51:14 ↗ members of the Providence Point

2:51:16 ↗ community including some of the

2:51:20 ↗ leadership believe you know we could

2:51:21 ↗ work this out there may be a solution

2:51:23 ↗ here we can work this out

2:51:25 ↗ whether it be and and they didn't nobody

2:51:28 ↗ named specific impacts whether it would

2:51:30 ↗ be noise light traffic what-have-you but

2:51:32 ↗ there was a belief that we could work

2:51:34 ↗ this out I really did appreciate that

2:51:37 ↗ because because I think it is congruent

2:51:42 ↗ with many of the comments also made

2:51:45 ↗ about the belief in doing what's right

2:51:49 ↗ for our children for our future that's a

2:51:51 ↗ really tough place to be to believe that

2:51:53 ↗ and to feel that maybe you're being

2:51:55 ↗ impacted by something that you don't

2:51:57 ↗ want but then I heard I think we can

2:52:00 ↗ work this out we have to be able to work

2:52:01 ↗ this out and those are words of optimism

2:52:04 ↗ and my goal right now before I leave

2:52:07 ↗ this chair tonight is find that find a

2:52:10 ↗ way to get that path and make that path

2:52:11 ↗ happen because I also do believe that

2:52:17 ↗ their cannon should be an acceptable

2:52:21 ↗ solution where for both the neighborhood

2:52:24 ↗ that's there they're impotent and for

2:52:26 ↗ the school district so I and I don't

2:52:30 ↗ know what that is

2:52:31 ↗ exactly with a rezone and I'm not sure

2:52:36 ↗ that we can do that I'm not and I

2:52:39 ↗ accidentally asked city administrator

2:52:43 ↗ Bob poets earlier today and thank you

2:52:45 ↗ for getting back to me on that but one

2:52:49 ↗ of the ideas and I think we are being

2:52:52 ↗ used

2:52:53 ↗ Ving views somewhat as an arbiter

2:52:55 ↗ there's a landowner there's an adjacent

2:52:57 ↗ landowner and what can the city do to to

2:53:03 ↗ make sure that it is worked out

2:53:05 ↗ appropriately I'm very interested in in

2:53:09 ↗ that

2:53:11 ↗ SEPA lead agency role potentially that

2:53:16 ↗ the city you know could play that role I

2:53:18 ↗ don't know how you do that tonight but I

2:53:21 ↗ do want the city to be involved if at

2:53:25 ↗ all possible in that way and of course

2:53:27 ↗ knowing that there's still a master site

2:53:29 ↗ plan that's required but it's the lead

2:53:31 ↗ agency and I heard some basic tasks for

2:53:34 ↗ that tonight as well could we play that

2:53:35 ↗ role so those are that's some comments

2:53:38 ↗ for everybody to think about I want to

2:53:40 ↗ throw some data add it to you as well as

2:53:41 ↗ part of my consideration and one of the

2:53:45 ↗ tones and messages I listened to

2:53:47 ↗ carefully is about the impact of the

2:53:49 ↗ stadium and I get it I live on squawk

2:53:52 ↗ Mountain in fact on Friday nights I know

2:53:53 ↗ when there's a home football game

2:53:54 ↗ because I can hear the band sound

2:53:56 ↗ travels that way not and but but here's

2:54:00 ↗ the thing I'm going to ask people to

2:54:01 ↗ think about you know we need how many

2:54:03 ↗ home varsity games there were for

2:54:05 ↗ Issaquah high this year there were four

2:54:08 ↗ or five a year there's four or five a

2:54:10 ↗ year in fact that Stadium is also used

2:54:13 ↗ for JV football it's also used for girls

2:54:16 ↗ soccer girls JV soccer it's used for

2:54:18 ↗ boys and girls track and it's also used

2:54:20 ↗ for cross-country there are 33 to 37

2:54:23 ↗ events there every year and there are

2:54:26 ↗ four or five that are boys football is

2:54:29 ↗ soccer and track and cross-country

2:54:31 ↗ educational absolutely

2:54:33 ↗ matter of fact my family's benefited

2:54:35 ↗ from that tremendously it is it is in

2:54:38 ↗ many different ways it's an educational

2:54:40 ↗ opportunity both mentally and physically

2:54:42 ↗ it is a direct contribution and a

2:54:44 ↗ benefit to the development of our

2:54:46 ↗ children and and and so I'm sure that

2:54:49 ↗ with you because I'm not considering the

2:54:52 ↗ impact of the stadium just threw hot

2:54:54 ↗ someone said tonight testosterone that's

2:54:57 ↗ not it that's a small portion of that

2:54:59 ↗ use that's the only that cannot use just

2:55:01 ↗ that lens to look at my consideration

2:55:03 ↗ for the impact of the stadium there are

2:55:06 ↗ some serious both boys and girls from

2:55:07 ↗ ages 14 to 18 at a high school level

2:55:10 ↗ that that that a stadium like that

2:55:12 ↗ contributes to the to the education and

2:55:14 ↗ welfare of our students

2:55:17 ↗ cute other comments councilmember G

2:55:23 ↗ Michelle councilmember Rea okay so as

2:55:28 ↗ you might I think we all know this is

2:55:30 ↗ kind of an agonizing decision and I was

2:55:34 ↗ told last time that my voice doesn't

2:55:36 ↗ carry very well can you all hear me okay

2:55:38 ↗ so so I've been kind of struggling with

2:55:41 ↗ it over the weekend and thinking about

2:55:43 ↗ it and realizing that there's not a

2:55:47 ↗ solution that's going to be happy for

2:55:50 ↗ everybody can we put the map back up of

2:55:53 ↗ the three parcels as you might have

2:55:56 ↗ guessed from my question I have severe

2:55:59 ↗ concerns about the Planning Policy

2:56:01 ↗ Commission proposal I do believe it

2:56:05 ↗ would put the city at jeopardy I also

2:56:08 ↗ think that it doesn't solve the problem

2:56:09 ↗ for Providence point it puts a buffer up

2:56:13 ↗ there number three that helps the

2:56:16 ↗ parcels that are long there but it does

2:56:18 ↗ nothing to protect the people who live

2:56:22 ↗ on the border of 2 and 1 and it also

2:56:29 ↗ would restrict the school district from

2:56:33 ↗ ever being able to sell that property at

2:56:36 ↗ the price that they paid for it

2:56:37 ↗ originally so that leaves me with

2:56:43 ↗ do-nothing single-family small lot which

2:56:48 ↗ would allow for an elementary school and

2:56:50 ↗ I am I'm speculating here I have not had

2:56:56 ↗ this discussion with the school district

2:56:58 ↗ but first of all it would be devastating

2:57:00 ↗ to the school district if that were the

2:57:02 ↗ result if that was what we voted to do

2:57:05 ↗ but knowing the school district I would

2:57:09 ↗ presume that they would pull up their

2:57:10 ↗ socks bill in elementary school and they

2:57:14 ↗ would then sell the rest of the property

2:57:16 ↗ to a developer and it be prime property

2:57:19 ↗ for people who are wanting to live right

2:57:23 ↗ next to an elementary school so that

2:57:25 ↗ doesn't solve the transportation

2:57:26 ↗ problems that doesn't solve the

2:57:28 ↗ construction problems

2:57:29 ↗ doesn't solve the noise problems and

2:57:33 ↗ then we have the ECF F designation and

2:57:37 ↗ we've all discussed the issues their

2:57:39 ↗ lights and transportation and noise and

2:57:44 ↗ so I go back to what councilmember

2:57:49 ↗ winter Stein said in what many people in

2:57:52 ↗ the audience said there's there's no

2:57:54 ↗ really happy solution here for for one

2:57:58 ↗ set of people it's going to be a long

2:58:01 ↗ process that we're going to have to slog

2:58:03 ↗ out and figure out how we're going to

2:58:06 ↗ make this work the best we can

2:58:10 ↗ the CFF designation does give protection

2:58:17 ↗ as the the school district has said that

2:58:19 ↗ they will put in a 60-foot average and I

2:58:23 ↗ hear the word average buffer that goes

2:58:26 ↗ around which is I think much more

2:58:28 ↗ suitable than the planning policy

2:58:32 ↗ Commission proposal it gives everybody

2:58:35 ↗ around the edge a buffer and some

2:58:38 ↗ vegetation and trees to limit the noise

2:58:42 ↗ and help with the site views I have

2:58:47 ↗ lived as well as councilmember winter

2:58:50 ↗ saying I live right across from in

2:58:51 ↗ Sequoia High School and again yes on

2:58:54 ↗ Friday nights I can hear the noise and

2:58:58 ↗ so we need to work on that together but

2:59:02 ↗ it is only a few nights out of the year

2:59:05 ↗ when you can hear that so I will support

2:59:08 ↗ the designation of CFS I also believe

2:59:13 ↗ without a doubt and I would really

2:59:16 ↗ appreciate it if we could share the

2:59:18 ↗ letter we got from the real estate in

2:59:21 ↗ the person who has done the land

2:59:25 ↗ searches for the district I think that

2:59:27 ↗ that was an excellent discussion of the

2:59:29 ↗ process they've gone through to fine

2:59:31 ↗ land I really do believe that there are

2:59:34 ↗ no other more attractive or even

2:59:37 ↗ buildable pieces of property right now

2:59:40 ↗ so anyway I will support

2:59:43 ↗ to see FF designation thank you

2:59:45 ↗ additional comments I think I've

2:59:47 ↗ canceled memory next there's a couple

2:59:51 ↗ things that I think are absolutely in

2:59:53 ↗ not under dispute tonight one is finding

2:59:58 ↗ a 40 acre parcel of land inside the

3:00:00 ↗ urban growth boundaries nearly

3:00:01 ↗ impossible so kudos the school district

3:00:03 ↗ for finding one and procuring it also I

3:00:07 ↗ think the other thing that's really not

3:00:08 ↗ under dispute is that we need more space

3:00:12 ↗ for our kids and that overcrowding has

3:00:15 ↗ an impact on well-being and education

3:00:18 ↗ and I was I gotta just do a little

3:00:20 ↗ personal thing both my kids are products

3:00:23 ↗ of the S Quest School District Sunny

3:00:27 ↗ Hills Pine Lake middle and skyline and

3:00:29 ↗ so it was really not surprising to me

3:00:32 ↗ listening to people talking who are

3:00:35 ↗ associate with the schools that think

3:00:36 ↗ that you turned out some great kids

3:00:38 ↗ there they're both doing great and I'm

3:00:40 ↗ proud as can be of both of them and it's

3:00:42 ↗ a large part a testament to the iskele

3:00:45 ↗ School District so I think that's that's

3:00:48 ↗ all given that being said I think I

3:00:53 ↗ think I heard some pretty amazing things

3:00:55 ↗ today I heard someone say be creative in

3:00:58 ↗ and in challenging situations and I

3:01:01 ↗ think that's what we need to do and

3:01:02 ↗ someone else said Francie said it's

3:01:05 ↗ about compassion respect and teamwork if

3:01:07 ↗ we do this together we can figure it out

3:01:08 ↗ and and then I loved lasagnas who said

3:01:15 ↗ consider the real needs of the kids so

3:01:18 ↗ where I'm coming from which is a little

3:01:21 ↗ bit different is I think that there's a

3:01:22 ↗ solution I I think it's one where we

3:01:26 ↗ have to come together and figure this

3:01:28 ↗ out as I read IMC 18.7 that's six six

3:01:33 ↗ zero which is the approval criteria for

3:01:34 ↗ master site development plan essentially

3:01:37 ↗ it and I can read it if you want but we

3:01:40 ↗ have very little a very little latitude

3:01:42 ↗ on what we can condition at that point

3:01:45 ↗ and and then there's the CEPA and we're

3:01:49 ↗ not the lead agency on seepin so I have

3:01:52 ↗ nothing but respect for the school

3:01:54 ↗ district and their Integra

3:01:55 ↗ that they will do a great incredible job

3:01:57 ↗ with the CEPA I have nothing but respect

3:01:59 ↗ and confidence the integrity of the

3:02:02 ↗ school that they will do a good job with

3:02:04 ↗ the site development plan that being

3:02:06 ↗ said I would feel more comfortable if we

3:02:09 ↗ could take the time that we have because

3:02:12 ↗ we don't have to take action tonight and

3:02:14 ↗ that we continue the dialogue and we

3:02:17 ↗ take advantage of the fact that the the

3:02:19 ↗ residents of Providence Point and the

3:02:21 ↗ school district and the city of Issaquah

3:02:23 ↗ have all expressed an interest to come

3:02:27 ↗ together and work together and find that

3:02:29 ↗ solution that will work for everyone and

3:02:31 ↗ as we were hearing public comment this

3:02:34 ↗ after this I guess it's this evening now

3:02:37 ↗ tonight you know I understand we come

3:02:42 ↗ here with a lot of passion on both sides

3:02:43 ↗ of this issue but I heard so many

3:02:45 ↗ comments that were made today on both

3:02:47 ↗ sides of this very very difficult issue

3:02:50 ↗ where I think everyone's hand should

3:02:52 ↗ have gone up in the air because we all

3:02:54 ↗ agree on so much of what we're talking

3:02:56 ↗ about we agree on far more than we

3:02:59 ↗ disagree on and so to my my colleagues

3:03:02 ↗ here let us take the time to figure this

3:03:05 ↗ out let us take the time to have this

3:03:08 ↗ discussion for a few more weeks because

3:03:12 ↗ we can so that we can come up with a

3:03:15 ↗ solution that is courageous and will

3:03:18 ↗ result in something that people can say

3:03:19 ↗ yeah maybe it's not everything I wanted

3:03:22 ↗ but you know what it's a darn good

3:03:24 ↗ solution and that's what good neighbors

3:03:26 ↗ do and that's what we want to be as good

3:03:28 ↗ neighbors so that's my ask of the City

3:03:31 ↗ Council this evening

3:03:32 ↗ it's a member Walsh thank you clapping

3:03:41 ↗ so I want to take a moment just to say

3:03:46 ↗ how much it's meant to me to hear the

3:03:49 ↗ community come out and what I have heard

3:03:53 ↗ from a lot of the Providence point folks

3:03:56 ↗ is that they don't feel like they're

3:03:59 ↗ being heard I don't feel like the city

3:04:03 ↗ and the school district are seeing them

3:04:07 ↗ and here

3:04:08 ↗ them and paying attention to the impacts

3:04:14 ↗ that they will see and then the comments

3:04:18 ↗ that they have made and so my my thought

3:04:25 ↗ process going forward is that while I

3:04:28 ↗ would love to have time for more

3:04:32 ↗ conversation I would love to have that

3:04:37 ↗ come up with that magical plan that is

3:04:42 ↗ going to bring the community together

3:04:45 ↗ I'm not sure I've seen that on the part

3:04:49 ↗ of certain parties involved to be

3:04:56 ↗ willing to make sacrifices in response

3:05:01 ↗ to the community and that may just be my

3:05:04 ↗ feeling from this but I have not felt

3:05:07 ↗ like there is there is something that

3:05:12 ↗ can come from taking that time and so I

3:05:16 ↗ am hesitant to push that needle forward

3:05:20 ↗ and not have it come up with anything

3:05:24 ↗ other than more conversation because I

3:05:27 ↗ think we've heard pretty firmly where

3:05:30 ↗ what is important to both sides so I

3:05:33 ↗ would be hesitant on that if there was

3:05:36 ↗ an indication that that was going to

3:05:38 ↗ make that difference all for it

3:05:42 ↗ I think the decision tonight is much

3:05:47 ↗ about the idea of phased review as

3:05:51 ↗ council president Mart said and the idea

3:05:54 ↗ that yes there are obvious things that

3:05:59 ↗ can come up with an impact of any

3:06:02 ↗ development and the idea of the master

3:06:08 ↗ site plan as the ability to mitigate

3:06:11 ↗ those individual impacts I think are

3:06:15 ↗ important what I would want to know I

3:06:18 ↗ think we had a community member

3:06:21 ↗ email and say that there was an

3:06:24 ↗ opportunity for the city to potentially

3:06:28 ↗ be the I'm gonna have to go back over to

3:06:32 ↗ the email to find that

3:06:34 ↗ yeah the lead agency on the CEPA which

3:06:37 ↗ would give us potentially more

3:06:40 ↗ opportunity to be involved in that going

3:06:44 ↗ forward so I think my question in trying

3:06:47 ↗ to figure out where what are

3:06:50 ↗ options are is that an option so take a

3:06:54 ↗ stab at it and then I'll call a friend

3:06:56 ↗ that sounds like a condition and I think

3:06:59 ↗ what you heard is that if you want to

3:07:01 ↗ approve the reason with a condition you

3:07:03 ↗ need a development agreement of which

3:07:06 ↗ that could be a condition okay

3:07:09 ↗ so then let me continue on that

3:07:12 ↗ conversation of what does it take to get

3:07:16 ↗ a development agreement what what are

3:07:19 ↗ the timelines on that and is that

3:07:23 ↗ something that we've ever done with a

3:07:25 ↗ school district before so calling the

3:07:35 ↗ friend now that phone a friend to in

3:07:37 ↗ half mr. and niven come up on my

3:07:39 ↗ understanding at least under state law

3:07:41 ↗ is that a development agreement requires

3:07:43 ↗ at least one public hearing before the

3:07:45 ↗ City Council and it has to be agreed to

3:07:48 ↗ by both parties so it is something that

3:07:51 ↗ if we were to do a development agreement

3:07:53 ↗ it would take that are there but I'm

3:07:58 ↗ trying to recall the Issaquah Municipal

3:08:00 ↗ Code in the PPC needs to go through PPC

3:08:04 ↗ or through D or through DC we've taken

3:08:07 ↗ them through both and that would be

3:08:12 ↗ difficult I think given the to go

3:08:16 ↗ through that process

3:08:18 ↗ given the requirement to consider all of

3:08:19 ↗ your comprehensive plan and rezone

3:08:21 ↗ amendments together to separate them out

3:08:23 ↗ in the development agreement then does

3:08:25 ↗ it still have to go through the

3:08:28 ↗ continued contiguous comprehensive plan

3:08:31 ↗ amendment process it doesn't become a

3:08:35 ↗ kind of separate entity and timeline

3:08:37 ↗ well you certainly can do it separate

3:08:40 ↗ you can do a development agreement

3:08:42 ↗ separate you can do it in conjunction

3:08:44 ↗ with the master site plan approval you

3:08:47 ↗ can do a development agreement you don't

3:08:50 ↗ necessarily need to couple it with the

3:08:52 ↗ rezone and comprehensive plan amendment

3:08:53 ↗ but if you were to couple it with the

3:08:55 ↗ rezoning

3:08:56 ↗ comprehensive plan amendment that

3:08:58 ↗ probably means delaying it for a

3:09:01 ↗ considerable amount of time you give

3:09:03 ↗ them some bounds on considerable so

3:09:08 ↗ development agreements are our open

3:09:12 ↗ range so you can you can be as specific

3:09:15 ↗ as just you know them giving us them not

3:09:20 ↗ taking SEPA authority so basically they

3:09:24 ↗ could defer seep lead agency to the city

3:09:27 ↗ if they wanted to it's within our

3:09:29 ↗ jurisdiction we would have it unless

3:09:30 ↗ they take it if they want to take it

3:09:32 ↗ they get it because they're a higher

3:09:33 ↗ government so they could that could that

3:09:36 ↗ could be a one-page agreement that's

3:09:41 ↗ executed by both parties actually you

3:09:46 ↗ don't need a development agreement to to

3:09:50 ↗ have an agreement on Seba jurisdiction

3:09:53 ↗ what Santa says is that that when a

3:09:57 ↗ government agency initiates a proposal

3:10:01 ↗ that the that government agency is the

3:10:04 ↗ CEPA lead agency it does however say

3:10:08 ↗ that with agreement to agencies candid

3:10:12 ↗ to agencies that share in the

3:10:14 ↗ implementation of a proposal can agree

3:10:17 ↗ on who the CEPA lead agency is so if

3:10:22 ↗ ordinarily under SEPA the district as

3:10:26 ↗ the proposer of a master site plan or

3:10:32 ↗ development of the site would be the

3:10:35 ↗ CEPA lead agency that's what cephas

3:10:36 ↗ default is if the city and the district

3:10:40 ↗ agree otherwise then the city could be

3:10:42 ↗ the lead agency for the proposal but it

3:10:44 ↗ would take the district's agreement to

3:10:46 ↗ do that

3:10:48 ↗ that doesn't require a development

3:10:50 ↗ agreement that simply requires an

3:10:51 ↗ agreement under Seba I'm going to let

3:10:54 ↗ councilmember Walsh follow up or finish

3:10:57 ↗ up on that question and then I saw

3:10:59 ↗ councilmember Dee Michelle and

3:11:00 ↗ councilmember Goodman so I will follow

3:11:03 ↗ up to say that there is so much more to

3:11:05 ↗ say on this but I think this presents an

3:11:08 ↗ opportunity for conversation and so I

3:11:10 ↗ think we should leave that on the table

3:11:13 ↗ councilmember Dee Michelle okay during

3:11:16 ↗ my campaign I repeated over and over and

3:11:18 ↗ over I spent 17 years at King County

3:11:20 ↗ Department of Transportation and so

3:11:23 ↗ sorry to say it again but my job was to

3:11:26 ↗ work with communities and work through a

3:11:30 ↗ project and in my experience it is not

3:11:33 ↗ easy to come to a conclusion when you're

3:11:36 ↗ dealing with theoretical it is much

3:11:39 ↗ easier to come to an agreement in a

3:11:41 ↗ community if you do if you've done the

3:11:45 ↗ studies if you've done the detailed

3:11:47 ↗ drawings people begin to it's I I've

3:11:51 ↗ always compared it to a Polaroid picture

3:11:55 ↗ it starts off being very very blurry and

3:11:58 ↗ then slowly slowly slowly comes into

3:12:01 ↗ focus and then more and more into focus

3:12:03 ↗ until you have a picture and it that

3:12:07 ↗ process to me is one that we really

3:12:11 ↗ can't start until we approve this zone

3:12:14 ↗ change so that the school district or if

3:12:16 ↗ it turns out to be yes this the city can

3:12:20 ↗ start to do those studies that we have

3:12:24 ↗ to do for the CEPA checklist and start

3:12:26 ↗ to move that forward and communicate

3:12:29 ↗ communicate communicate with the people

3:12:32 ↗ who are the stakeholders and that's not

3:12:34 ↗ just Providence point the stakeholders

3:12:36 ↗ here are those parents the kids the

3:12:40 ↗ people that use 2:28 we have a lot of

3:12:43 ↗ stakeholders on this project we have to

3:12:46 ↗ involve all of them in thinking about

3:12:49 ↗ how we're going to move forward but to

3:12:51 ↗ be working with theoretical z' you DEP

3:12:55 ↗ the whatever magical plan you come up

3:12:57 ↗ with is going to change because so much

3:13:01 ↗ is learned through the environmental

3:13:04 ↗ studies that are conducted and then

3:13:06 ↗ through the site plan that's developed

3:13:08 ↗ and all of the work that is done to pull

3:13:12 ↗ that vision into a concrete place and so

3:13:17 ↗ I think delaying it we're just kind of

3:13:20 ↗ hoping that we'll get a good plan and I

3:13:23 ↗ think if we move forward and really

3:13:26 ↗ works the process we will get a good

3:13:29 ↗ plan but it's going to have to be feet

3:13:32 ↗ on the ground people really knowing what

3:13:35 ↗ the facts are before we get that far

3:13:39 ↗ thank you councilmember Goodman yeah so

3:13:43 ↗ somebody said tonight when they were

3:13:45 ↗ speaking to us that it you know

3:13:47 ↗ shouldn't be an either/or and that's

3:13:49 ↗ kind of what this discussion what the

3:13:51 ↗ decision is set up to be tonight I would

3:13:54 ↗ be all in favor of providing some more

3:13:56 ↗ time for the parties to talk because

3:13:59 ↗ they have been they have talked and

3:14:01 ↗ their indications that they are speaking

3:14:06 ↗ strictly about the school district and

3:14:09 ↗ Providence Point umbrella Association

3:14:11 ↗ may be beginning to understand each

3:14:14 ↗ other a little better

3:14:15 ↗ and so the opportunity to understand

3:14:18 ↗ each other even more before we're put in

3:14:22 ↗ a position of making a decision that's

3:14:24 ↗ an either/or is something that I am very

3:14:29 ↗ interested in because I think that makes

3:14:33 ↗ for a better outcome for us as we start

3:14:36 ↗ down this long road but because this

3:14:38 ↗ isn't the end would be the beginning it

3:14:41 ↗ doesn't have to be a development

3:14:42 ↗ agreement it could be some sort of an

3:14:44 ↗ agreement you know it could be some sort

3:14:46 ↗ of a settlement agreement between the

3:14:48 ↗ school district and Providence Point

3:14:50 ↗ umbrella Association and the city so if

3:14:54 ↗ we don't have it wouldn't have to be

3:14:55 ↗ something that identifies every single

3:14:57 ↗ teeny tiny thing I think the Providence

3:14:59 ↗ point folks probably have a very good

3:15:01 ↗ idea about what their what their

3:15:03 ↗ concerns are and an opportunity to talk

3:15:06 ↗ to the district about what would make

3:15:10 ↗ them more comfortable moving forward is

3:15:12 ↗ a much more

3:15:13 ↗ our enviable position for all of us to

3:15:15 ↗ be in the and Jim knows this it's always

3:15:23 ↗ a better outcome when people voluntarily

3:15:27 ↗ agree to something and then when

3:15:28 ↗ something is imposed I don't think that

3:15:31 ↗ we have to get all the way down to the

3:15:33 ↗ master site plan process in order for

3:15:37 ↗ the parties to come together and figure

3:15:39 ↗ out what they might be able to agree on

3:15:41 ↗ now the worst case scenario if we wait

3:15:44 ↗ until after that new year to take this

3:15:47 ↗ up again the worst case scenario is that

3:15:49 ↗ there's not an agreement but yet

3:15:52 ↗ everybody at least understands each

3:15:53 ↗ other a little bit better we have the

3:15:56 ↗ opportunity to do that this is not a

3:15:58 ↗ rush School District does not own the

3:16:00 ↗ property yet I don't know where they are

3:16:04 ↗ in the eminent domain process there may

3:16:09 ↗ be I don't know they would have to

3:16:11 ↗ answer this but it appears that maybe

3:16:13 ↗ there's some issue that's out there that

3:16:14 ↗ there's a stay and so maybe this is

3:16:16 ↗ going at ownership issue is going to go

3:16:18 ↗ on a little bit longer but they've been

3:16:20 ↗ able to do 50 or more iterations of

3:16:22 ↗ their plans with just having possession

3:16:23 ↗ and use so there isn't there is not a

3:16:26 ↗ rush there is not an emergency we have

3:16:28 ↗ at the very least a few weeks to allow

3:16:31 ↗ the parties to come together and talk

3:16:33 ↗ and I think that would be better that

3:16:37 ↗ would be better than us coming up with

3:16:41 ↗ the decision tonight that is an

3:16:42 ↗ either/or which i think is not a good

3:16:45 ↗ position to be in so I would be

3:16:48 ↗ interested in that somebody mentioned we

3:16:51 ↗ all need to sacrifice I do want to say

3:16:54 ↗ that that from the district parent side

3:16:58 ↗ we have heard about overcrowding and

3:17:01 ↗ everybody up here I'll say it again you

3:17:03 ↗ know you don't need to tell us again we

3:17:05 ↗ know there's overcrowding I think almost

3:17:08 ↗ all of us have had our kids in Issaquah

3:17:11 ↗ schools but I think what really struck

3:17:13 ↗ me during the testimony last week was

3:17:16 ↗ that with all of the concerns about

3:17:18 ↗ overcrowding what's being cut classrooms

3:17:23 ↗ so if the parents in the district and

3:17:26 ↗ the Stu

3:17:27 ↗ in the district think that this site and

3:17:29 ↗ building a new high school is going to

3:17:33 ↗ relieve overcrowding in a very

3:17:36 ↗ meaningful way then I would be concerned

3:17:40 ↗ that you rely on that because what's not

3:17:43 ↗ being cut is anything like a stadium or

3:17:47 ↗ any of the sports facilities what's

3:17:49 ↗ being cut is classrooms and so I think

3:17:51 ↗ that that is very concerning to me and

3:17:55 ↗ it should be very concerning to folks in

3:17:58 ↗ the district who are looking at this new

3:18:01 ↗ high school as relieving overcrowding

3:18:04 ↗ the bond in 2016 passed with over 70% it

3:18:10 ↗ was 71 something I looked up today and I

3:18:15 ↗ think a year and a half later the

3:18:18 ↗ resolution was changed so that the

3:18:20 ↗ district could raise the old

3:18:22 ↗ administration building and buy a new

3:18:24 ↗ building to locate the administration of

3:18:26 ↗ the administration's buildings my

3:18:28 ↗ understanding is that there is plenty of

3:18:31 ↗ space in that building for growth maybe

3:18:33 ↗ even entire vacant floor so my question

3:18:36 ↗ the district is if you can provide extra

3:18:39 ↗ space for your administrative staff why

3:18:41 ↗ are you not building schools with

3:18:43 ↗ additional classrooms so that you can

3:18:45 ↗ plan for the future so that is the

3:18:51 ↗ reality we're planning for growth at the

3:18:53 ↗ administrative level we are not planning

3:18:54 ↗ for growth with additional classrooms

3:18:57 ↗ we're actually cutting them so I will go

3:19:01 ↗ back to what I said in the at the

3:19:02 ↗ beginning of this and that is that I

3:19:04 ↗ would support extra time for the parties

3:19:05 ↗ to come together and at least

3:19:08 ↗ potentially have some agreement about

3:19:11 ↗ the issues that are the most important

3:19:14 ↗ to the people who are involved in the in

3:19:18 ↗ the in this process here which is the

3:19:20 ↗ prominence point folks separately from

3:19:23 ↗ that I just want to mention that it is a

3:19:27 ↗ concern of mine that we had three the

3:19:30 ↗ rezone required hearings we had hearings

3:19:32 ↗ over three different meetings for the

3:19:34 ↗ Planning Policy Commission and it's my

3:19:37 ↗ understanding because I looked at the

3:19:38 ↗ packets and

3:19:41 ↗ and I can confirm that with mr. Haney

3:19:43 ↗ and mr. Niven and Trish Heinonen hainan

3:19:47 ↗ in and that is that the materials that

3:19:49 ↗ the council has had before us tonight

3:19:51 ↗ with what we are supposed to consider

3:19:55 ↗ was none of those materials were before

3:19:57 ↗ the Planning Policy commission so I

3:20:00 ↗ would be concerned that we did not give

3:20:03 ↗ the public a fair opportunity to comment

3:20:05 ↗ at those hearings one of the options

3:20:07 ↗ would be to remand this back to the

3:20:08 ↗ Planning Policy Commission my I would

3:20:11 ↗ believe that our legal counsel might

3:20:13 ↗ have a concern about that if we

3:20:15 ↗ deliberate over the course of two years

3:20:17 ↗ that we would be precluded from having

3:20:19 ↗ additional additional complained docket

3:20:24 ↗ next year that would be that would be an

3:20:25 ↗ issue but allowing the parties to just

3:20:28 ↗ come together between now and then is

3:20:30 ↗ not an issue

3:20:32 ↗ so the

3:20:36 ↗ I forgot what I was gonna say lucky for

3:20:42 ↗ you all I would any of your months any

3:20:47 ↗ more deliberations I'm checking my notes

3:20:50 ↗ and thinking everybody has talked at

3:20:52 ↗ least once on this topic I did speak

3:20:56 ↗ with our legal counsel mr. Haney and

3:21:01 ↗ believe that the school district has

3:21:04 ↗ spoken with our Director of Development

3:21:06 ↗ Services about a potential cold lead on

3:21:09 ↗ the seat back there is a procedure under

3:21:14 ↗ SEPA where parties by agreement may

3:21:16 ↗ agree to share lead agency status when

3:21:20 ↗ you call you call that co-lead agency

3:21:24 ↗ status the parties enter to an agreement

3:21:27 ↗ act as co-lead agencies they make

3:21:30 ↗ decisions together on matters of

3:21:33 ↗ substance one agency serves as nominal

3:21:36 ↗ lead agency for purposes of sending out

3:21:39 ↗ notices and in things of that nature but

3:21:41 ↗ the the two agencies act in concert and

3:21:46 ↗ my understanding is that that may be

3:21:48 ↗ something that may be agreeable to the

3:21:50 ↗ district

3:21:52 ↗ so that was some additional information

3:21:53 ↗ I wanted to provide you are there any

3:21:55 ↗ questions comes present Mertz

3:21:58 ↗ that's my register in such a situation

3:22:00 ↗ were there to be an appeal where would

3:22:03 ↗ the appeal go well we would agree upon

3:22:08 ↗ that that is how we would have to agree

3:22:10 ↗ that the way that the way that the the

3:22:13 ↗ way that the regulations read is that it

3:22:16 ↗ says that two agencies may agree to

3:22:19 ↗ divide up the responsibilities of the

3:22:21 ↗ lead agency so we would have to agree on

3:22:24 ↗ that

3:22:24 ↗ but I would suggest that because the

3:22:28 ↗ city would be holding the open record

3:22:31 ↗ hearing on the on the seat appeal and

3:22:34 ↗ the and the and on the master site plan

3:22:39 ↗ that it may be appropriate for the city

3:22:41 ↗ to hold that seat appeal hearing but

3:22:44 ↗ that's something that has to be agreed

3:22:45 ↗ to in the agreement part two would be

3:22:48 ↗ would that be with a hearing examiner or

3:22:50 ↗ with the sequestering Council not that I

3:22:52 ↗ don't enjoy mr. Romberg well

3:22:58 ↗ unfortunately under your current code

3:23:01 ↗ although we do have the ability to amend

3:23:04 ↗ the code under your current code the

3:23:09 ↗ hearing would be before the Development

3:23:12 ↗ Commission and not before the City

3:23:15 ↗ Council

3:23:16 ↗ sefa requires that you consolidate the

3:23:21 ↗ open record hearing on any sefa appeal

3:23:23 ↗ with the open record hearing on the

3:23:26 ↗ underlying governmental permit and since

3:23:30 ↗ it is the Development Commission in a

3:23:34 ↗ master site plan that holds the open

3:23:36 ↗ record hearing that would ordinarily be

3:23:38 ↗ where it where it goes you could amend

3:23:42 ↗ your code in order to provide then in

3:23:44 ↗ the event of a seat appeal that

3:23:46 ↗ jurisdiction would be transferred to the

3:23:48 ↗ Hearing Examiner but currently it would

3:23:52 ↗ go to the Development Commission thank

3:23:54 ↗ you Jim just to clarify one thing I

3:23:56 ↗ thought under master site plan that the

3:23:58 ↗ City Council was the open hearing I

3:24:00 ↗ believe that under master site plan the

3:24:03 ↗ development commissioner

3:24:04 ↗ the hearing and makes a recommendation

3:24:06 ↗ in the City Council makes the final

3:24:08 ↗ determination thank you just remember

3:24:10 ↗ winter Stein we do this a lot

3:24:21 ↗ we know and I know that you part of

3:24:24 ↗ facilitating the parties getting

3:24:25 ↗ together and I don't know how much of

3:24:27 ↗ that can or should be discussed publicly

3:24:30 ↗ if any okay okay

3:24:35 ↗ I'm aware of effort and we're still

3:24:39 ↗ where we are this evening

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3:24:43 ↗ I've also have seen a letter from the

3:24:48 ↗ superintendent stating intent I think it

3:24:53 ↗ was a real progression and then we all

3:24:55 ↗ know about the 60-foot buffer zone

3:24:59 ↗ because that's that's new that's that is

3:25:03 ↗ in reaction my judgments in reaction to

3:25:07 ↗ what's happened here in other forums

3:25:10 ↗ it's a good sign I like what I heard a

3:25:19 ↗ moment ago this is one of those moments

3:25:23 ↗ I don't believe there's from from what

3:25:28 ↗ from what happened earlier I'm not

3:25:29 ↗ convinced that just making more time for

3:25:31 ↗ the parties to get together is going to

3:25:34 ↗ benefit either party and I also heard

3:25:38 ↗ that there is optimism that a solution

3:25:42 ↗ can be found and I really want like I

3:25:46 ↗ said earlier I would want this city to

3:25:47 ↗ have some role in this one that's

3:25:50 ↗ obviously legal and and if we're invited

3:25:53 ↗ as a co-lead that would be that would be

3:25:57 ↗ acceptable to me that would be and I

3:26:00 ↗ think essential I think I think there is

3:26:03 ↗ there are three parties here but there's

3:26:05 ↗ really more many more anymore and the

3:26:09 ↗ city's continuing involvement as co-lead

3:26:11 ↗ of SEPA I think it would be a

3:26:14 ↗ demonstration of ours and I think the

3:26:17 ↗ school districts intent to be responsive

3:26:21 ↗ to our constituents

3:26:23 ↗ so I'm I am going to support the motion

3:26:28 ↗ and take a leap of faith and trust that

3:26:33 ↗ what was shared with us this evening

3:26:35 ↗ will come about in terms of a co-lead

3:26:38 ↗ SEPA any other comments before I come

3:26:42 ↗ back to council president marks

3:26:46 ↗ that's president Mertz so folks in the

3:26:50 ↗ audience at home may notice there's

3:26:52 ↗ actually six council members on the dais

3:26:55 ↗ and seeing a certain amount of flux in

3:27:00 ↗ comments from folks and the dice it's

3:27:02 ↗ probably worth understanding what

3:27:03 ↗ happens if we get to a three three vote

3:27:05 ↗ definitely so we can talk a little bit

3:27:08 ↗ of process before and that doesn't mean

3:27:11 ↗ you have to stop deliberations or stop

3:27:13 ↗ talking with each other but we do only

3:27:14 ↗ have six council members today the

3:27:17 ↗ motion that's on the table right now is

3:27:19 ↗ to approve the rezoning of the three

3:27:22 ↗ parcels to C F F F I've noted down that

3:27:26 ↗ I heard two other options as well

3:27:28 ↗ one was remand back to the PPC not

3:27:31 ↗ echoed very far and wide but it was an

3:27:34 ↗ option another was to take this action

3:27:36 ↗ and continue it to another date allowing

3:27:39 ↗ some time and that amount of time would

3:27:42 ↗ have to be specified if the vote on the

3:27:44 ↗ current motion goes forward and it's a

3:27:47 ↗ 3-3 tie in Robert's Rules of Order that

3:27:51 ↗ is a fail that means the motion does not

3:27:53 ↗ pass you need to have four votes of the

3:27:56 ↗ six tonight to pass the mayor has an

3:27:59 ↗ option in certain limited circumstances

3:28:02 ↗ and this is one of them to break a tie

3:28:04 ↗ vote but as we know over these last

3:28:07 ↗ months as we've heard about this project

3:28:08 ↗ and the conversations in the community

3:28:10 ↗ it played a very different role than

3:28:13 ↗ maybe other mayor's had in trying to

3:28:15 ↗ bring parties together and trying to

3:28:17 ↗ find compromises and options that we

3:28:21 ↗ could present during a recent vote that

3:28:24 ↗ might make the council see more

3:28:27 ↗ certainty in what their vote meant this

3:28:30 ↗ evening I that did not come to fruition

3:28:32 ↗ but during that process I had many many

3:28:35 ↗ many conversations with different

3:28:37 ↗ community members school board members

3:28:40 ↗ school board staff and saw a lot of

3:28:43 ↗ information that has not been made

3:28:45 ↗ publicly available I do not feel it's

3:28:48 ↗ appropriate in that situation since I

3:28:50 ↗ did not participate in the ex parte

3:28:52 ↗ communication statement that you all

3:28:56 ↗ made that I should break the time

3:28:58 ↗ so I really feel it's up to this body

3:29:00 ↗ tonight to vote and stand by the tie if

3:29:06 ↗ you want or and I'm looking over at my

3:29:08 ↗ parliamentarian to see what or Jim to

3:29:11 ↗ see what the other options might be in

3:29:13 ↗ terms of what asking for an extension

3:29:15 ↗ might look like

3:29:17 ↗ first of all mayor um the action before

3:29:22 ↗ the council is an ordinance and the

3:29:24 ↗ mayor cannot break a tie on an ordinance

3:29:30 ↗ sorry to correct you but but that that

3:29:33 ↗ is the law you could break a tie on a

3:29:37 ↗ motion to postpone because that is

3:29:39 ↗ purely a procedural motion but you

3:29:42 ↗ cannot break a tie on the ordinance

3:29:44 ↗ itself and state law requires that a

3:29:47 ↗ majority of the council that is for

3:29:50 ↗ votes be in favor of any ordinance if

3:29:54 ↗ you're going to pass an ordinance so you

3:29:55 ↗ need four votes to pass regardless of

3:29:58 ↗ Roberts you do need that for state law

3:30:00 ↗ as well any more councilmember Goodman

3:30:06 ↗ it's a motion to postpone look like what

3:30:08 ↗ is well under Robert's Rules you can

3:30:12 ↗ move to postpone consideration of the

3:30:15 ↗ current motion on the floor to a date

3:30:18 ↗ certain and that for example the motion

3:30:22 ↗ would be I move to postpone

3:30:23 ↗ consideration of this matter to January

3:30:27 ↗ 20 whatever that that meeting 21st the

3:30:31 ↗ meeting of that that is a motion to

3:30:34 ↗ postpone the matter and that's what it

3:30:36 ↗ looks like it's a subsidiary motion and

3:30:39 ↗ it takes it's essentially takes

3:30:42 ↗ precedence over the main motion on the

3:30:44 ↗ floor it has to be voted on and then if

3:30:50 ↗ that passes the matter is postponed to

3:30:52 ↗ that night if that fails then the matter

3:30:54 ↗ continues to be on the on the floor the

3:30:57 ↗ main motion continues to be on the floor

3:31:01 ↗ Goodman

3:31:04 ↗ I'd make them I would like to make a

3:31:06 ↗ motion to postpone the motion or this

3:31:11 ↗ matter I guess motionless on the floor -

3:31:15 ↗ what's that meeting date is that the

3:31:19 ↗ second regular meeting - January 21 for

3:31:23 ↗ the purpose of providing an opportunity

3:31:25 ↗ for a continued dialogue is there a

3:31:29 ↗ second

3:31:32 ↗ discussion that's a member Goodman I

3:31:35 ↗ made the motion because I actually see

3:31:37 ↗ zero downside and I only see an upside

3:31:40 ↗ and as I said before it there it is it

3:31:46 ↗ is always better for people to

3:31:50 ↗ voluntarily agree than to have things

3:31:53 ↗ imposed the worst-case scenario is that

3:31:56 ↗ like I said before the worst-case

3:31:58 ↗ scenario is that there is no agreement

3:32:02 ↗ the best-case scenario is there is some

3:32:05 ↗ agreement and that gets us that gets us

3:32:09 ↗ a better process because we have people

3:32:11 ↗ who then feel that they have heard I

3:32:14 ↗ understand that there's a lot of people

3:32:15 ↗ in the community who have an interest in

3:32:17 ↗ this I'm speaking of parties with a

3:32:20 ↗ capital P I'm talking about the folks

3:32:22 ↗ who have appealed and the school

3:32:24 ↗ district who has an interest in the in

3:32:26 ↗ the land and the city who's involved in

3:32:27 ↗ the process and I'm not suggesting that

3:32:29 ↗ there aren't other people who are

3:32:30 ↗ interested but I just I really see zero

3:32:35 ↗ downside I understand that there are

3:32:38 ↗ probably desires to get this done by the

3:32:43 ↗ end of the year think of it this way

3:32:45 ↗ Paul you wouldn't have to make you

3:32:47 ↗ wouldn't have to decide at the end here

3:32:49 ↗ at the end of your counselor career but

3:32:50 ↗ I but maybe there's a desire to I

3:32:53 ↗ understand that we also would have a

3:32:56 ↗ full slate of council members up here

3:32:58 ↗ seven not six so I I am NOT one who

3:33:03 ↗ likes to kick cans down the road and

3:33:05 ↗ that is not the purpose of this I really

3:33:08 ↗ as Jake's rolling his eyes at me I

3:33:10 ↗ really the purpose is to give an

3:33:11 ↗ opportunity for people to have more

3:33:15 ↗ conversation

3:33:16 ↗ the reason councilmember Walsh so what

3:33:21 ↗ kind of legally legal agreement or

3:33:26 ↗ something that is legally defensible

3:33:28 ↗ could come out of a conversation between

3:33:32 ↗ the capital P parties cuz I'm not a

3:33:37 ↗ lawyer I I don't know if I'm looking at

3:33:39 ↗ you or somebody else but probably Jim

3:33:42 ↗ what you want to know what the

3:33:45 ↗ deliverable is and if it can be done in

3:33:47 ↗ a certain period of time so what you're

3:33:49 ↗ asking yes and who the agreement would

3:33:51 ↗ be between between

3:33:53 ↗ and whether or not we would then have

3:33:56 ↗ enforcement abilities or what that looks

3:34:00 ↗ like

3:34:03 ↗ yes the the agreement can be between all

3:34:09 ↗ three parties if all three parties can

3:34:11 ↗ reach agreement that is between the

3:34:14 ↗ Providence Point umbrella association

3:34:16 ↗ this city and the school district

3:34:18 ↗ there's certainly been discussions about

3:34:21 ↗ such an agreement in the past it has not

3:34:23 ↗ we have not reached agreement there

3:34:26 ↗ could also be an agreement simply

3:34:28 ↗ between the school district and the city

3:34:31 ↗ certainly the CEPA agreement relating to

3:34:33 ↗ co-lead agency status would be between

3:34:36 ↗ the city and the school district as

3:34:38 ↗ opposed to between all three parties so

3:34:42 ↗ that that can take any permutation that

3:34:45 ↗ an agreement can take that doesn't

3:34:48 ↗ necessarily mean it's a development

3:34:50 ↗ agreement it would be binding on whoever

3:34:54 ↗ signed it and not necessarily bind the

3:34:59 ↗ property like a development agreement

3:35:00 ↗ would but that may not be as much of an

3:35:05 ↗ issue since the school district is the

3:35:09 ↗ party most associated with schools I

3:35:11 ↗ suppose there could be private schools

3:35:13 ↗ there could be other schools that might

3:35:16 ↗ be built on the site but if the school

3:35:19 ↗ district was bound by this they would be

3:35:22 ↗ bound whether

3:35:23 ↗ it bound the property or not so any of

3:35:27 ↗ those permutations is available as far

3:35:30 ↗ as an agreement is concerned sowed

3:35:32 ↗ answer your question councilmember Walsh

3:35:33 ↗ yes thanks councilmember Dee Michel if

3:35:38 ↗ we delay what does that mean for the

3:35:41 ↗ schedule that the school district has

3:35:43 ↗ for schools I am understanding that this

3:35:46 ↗ would push it back by another year

3:35:49 ↗ that's my understanding if we could get

3:35:51 ↗ some clarification that's a good

3:35:52 ↗ question we have heard that and I think

3:35:54 ↗ Jim this after this evening you gave us

3:35:56 ↗ an answer that that might not

3:35:58 ↗ necessarily be the case it doesn't it

3:36:00 ↗ doesn't necessarily push the

3:36:02 ↗ comprehensive plan amendment and rezone

3:36:04 ↗ to next year's cycle as long as you did

3:36:08 ↗ it in the beginning of the year and made

3:36:13 ↗ sure that you were still considering the

3:36:16 ↗ cumulative impacts of the school

3:36:17 ↗ district reasons

3:36:19 ↗ along with the impacts of the

3:36:21 ↗ comprehensive plan amendments that you

3:36:23 ↗ had passed okay that wasn't exactly my

3:36:25 ↗ question but I wasn't being clear if we

3:36:27 ↗ delay this vote until January 21st how

3:36:31 ↗ does that impact the school districts

3:36:33 ↗ ability to get this school up and

3:36:36 ↗ running by 2022 that's what I'm asking

3:36:40 ↗ maybe the school district needs to hit

3:36:42 ↗ I'm not the person to ask that question

3:36:44 ↗ um see mr. both quits you guys

3:36:49 ↗ suggesting that we bring someone up to

3:36:51 ↗ the microphone to answer that okay great

3:36:54 ↗ thanks school district I'm assuming

3:36:56 ↗ superintendent would be great excuse me

3:37:08 ↗ Ron Tila superintendent is Crosse School

3:37:11 ↗ District the hard part for us is to know

3:37:13 ↗ how long the delay is we have 30 months

3:37:17 ↗ from right now the way I see it and so

3:37:22 ↗ any delay makes me nervous I'm feeling a

3:37:25 ↗ lot already under the gun certainly we

3:37:30 ↗ would the concern I also have is so what

3:37:33 ↗ if we don't reach an agreement on

3:37:36 ↗ by the 21st now we do roll as a as I

3:37:40 ↗ understand it and I'm really impressed

3:37:43 ↗ by your ability that I'll follow this

3:37:45 ↗ because it is pretty confusing we could

3:37:48 ↗ then be pushed back a year and that's

3:37:50 ↗ that's what really concerns me

3:37:52 ↗ I've spoken numerous times and written

3:37:55 ↗ about the urgency that's in front of us

3:37:58 ↗ now I do really appreciate the

3:38:01 ↗ opportunity though and in the dialogue

3:38:03 ↗ that's here and I hope that you do see

3:38:05 ↗ our willingness to work with you work

3:38:10 ↗ with the neighbors as well thank you Ron

3:38:13 ↗ they turned about a little bit beyond

3:38:15 ↗ the answer thank you how did you take

3:38:18 ↗ advantage of my opportunity hence why

3:38:21 ↗ I'm cautious about inviting people up to

3:38:22 ↗ the microphone council president Mertz

3:38:25 ↗ so I'm gonna oppose this amendment I

3:38:28 ↗ stand by what I said to begin with which

3:38:31 ↗ is we have a phased review process the

3:38:33 ↗ city said about a phased review process

3:38:35 ↗ in accordance with SEPA I want to

3:38:37 ↗ continue to trust this SEPA ability to

3:38:42 ↗ to work solutions as the law is designed

3:38:45 ↗ for I continue to believe that changing

3:38:49 ↗ the issue in front of us tonight

3:38:51 ↗ I appreciate that we all want to try to

3:38:53 ↗ help the the parties involved come to a

3:38:55 ↗ solution but the issue in front of us is

3:38:57 ↗ whether to go to change the zoning and I

3:39:00 ↗ believe that we clearly should change

3:39:03 ↗ the zoning so I'm gonna post the

3:39:05 ↗ amendment Thank You councilman and

3:39:07 ↗ council member council my resume

3:39:09 ↗ Michelle just very briefly I think it's

3:39:12 ↗ important to note that it's very

3:39:14 ↗ difficult for a school district to open

3:39:16 ↗ up a school in mid-year they either

3:39:18 ↗ started in September or it's another

3:39:20 ↗ year it's a really hard thing to assign

3:39:24 ↗ staff to you know where the

3:39:28 ↗ transportation where the parents plans

3:39:30 ↗ all of those things is a very

3:39:32 ↗ complicated thing and and so starting

3:39:35 ↗ schools in September is the ideal and

3:39:37 ↗ it's very difficult to do it if it's not

3:39:41 ↗ it's very difficult to contemplate

3:39:43 ↗ opening a school in mid-year Thank You

3:39:46 ↗ councilmember d Michele councilmember

3:39:48 ↗ right what

3:39:49 ↗ I believe has been suggested as a

3:39:51 ↗ essentially a four-week delay in making

3:39:53 ↗ this decision and I'm not seeing that

3:39:56 ↗ there's another delay beyond that this

3:39:58 ↗ is this is a four-week delay over the

3:40:02 ↗ holiday season where I don't know how

3:40:04 ↗ the school district operates but every

3:40:06 ↗ other organization I offer have ever

3:40:07 ↗ been part of

3:40:08 ↗ not a lot gets done the last two weeks

3:40:10 ↗ of the year so I think what we have is

3:40:13 ↗ it essentially a two-week impact so sure

3:40:17 ↗ I if I was the superintendent I'd be

3:40:20 ↗ nervous as all get-out to because it's

3:40:22 ↗ it's hard in any any schedule I just see

3:40:27 ↗ think that the investment of of two

3:40:30 ↗ weeks to see if we can come up with

3:40:31 ↗ something so we can be creative so that

3:40:34 ↗ we can focus on what is in the best

3:40:38 ↗ interest of all of the stakeholders and

3:40:40 ↗ there may be all the parties with the

3:40:42 ↗ capital P but I believe that there's a

3:40:44 ↗ solution to this and I've had

3:40:46 ↗ conversations with a number of people

3:40:49 ↗ associated with both sides of this issue

3:40:51 ↗ and I fundamentally believe that we can

3:40:54 ↗ we can solve this if we choose to solve

3:40:56 ↗ this and do it in a way that will work

3:40:58 ↗ for all the parties and I'd like to give

3:41:00 ↗ that a chance before saying up or down

3:41:02 ↗ the zoning which I don't really know how

3:41:04 ↗ that's gonna go

3:41:05 ↗ so you know I would like to give

3:41:07 ↗ ourselves a little more time let's work

3:41:09 ↗ this a little bit we're talking about

3:41:12 ↗ second meeting in January to come back

3:41:14 ↗ date certain and make a decision I don't

3:41:17 ↗ think that's a huge investment of time

3:41:18 ↗ I'm when it became apparent I guess over

3:41:24 ↗ the weekend that we had some latitude to

3:41:27 ↗ move into 2020 make this decision I

3:41:30 ↗ think that was a gift and I don't want

3:41:32 ↗ to not take advantage of the time

3:41:34 ↗ because I think we were all feeling a

3:41:36 ↗ bit of a bit of pressure to get this

3:41:38 ↗ issue resolved and I don't always think

3:41:41 ↗ you make your best decisions when you're

3:41:43 ↗ feeling a bit of pressure so I would

3:41:44 ↗ like to you know move this out give

3:41:46 ↗ ourselves a little bit time to think

3:41:47 ↗ about it give the parties a little bit

3:41:49 ↗ chance to explore some different ideas

3:41:51 ↗ and then come back and make our decision

3:41:53 ↗ whatever it may be and then get moving

3:41:55 ↗ and

3:41:56 ↗ the school district anon with the

3:41:59 ↗ important business that they have of

3:42:01 ↗ building schools and educating kids and

3:42:04 ↗ doing amazing stuff Thank You

3:42:06 ↗ councilmember a are there comments

3:42:08 ↗ councilmember Walsh so I don't like the

3:42:12 ↗ idea of the delay because I'm just not

3:42:17 ↗ confident that an agreement can be made

3:42:19 ↗ nor do I necessarily think that's what's

3:42:22 ↗ necessary at this point in this stage

3:42:25 ↗ because we are looking at zoning I think

3:42:27 ↗ the part that interests me is the

3:42:30 ↗ ability to come to an agreement where we

3:42:32 ↗ are the co-lead on the next stage of

3:42:37 ↗ SEPA and I think that to me is worth

3:42:41 ↗ having a delay if that is potentially

3:42:46 ↗ what we can get out of it so for that

3:42:50 ↗ reason I would support the amendment

3:42:54 ↗ [Music]

3:42:55 ↗ stitute motion there we go yeah

3:42:59 ↗ additional comments councilmember winter

3:43:02 ↗ Stein and I think councilman Goodman

3:43:05 ↗ your last reviewer has spoken to this

3:43:07 ↗ well I made the motion and I spoke so

3:43:09 ↗ okay councilmember interesting

3:43:12 ↗ well my status has nothing to do with

3:43:15 ↗ any of this the right the right way to

3:43:17 ↗ go forward is independent of any one

3:43:19 ↗ councillors status I was joking about

3:43:22 ↗ that earlier there

3:43:26 ↗ [Music]

3:43:29 ↗ I agree with Stacy

3:43:33 ↗ there's nothing to get 30 months good 29

3:43:41 ↗ months the decision will be made in the

3:43:43 ↗ 21st I'm going to support the delay

3:43:45 ↗ because I want I want that agreement

3:43:47 ↗ that you've talked about understood

3:43:51 ↗ ahead of time and I want to encourage

3:43:53 ↗ I'm not sure I don't I'm not privy to

3:43:55 ↗ what all that happened before but I want

3:43:57 ↗ to I want the work to continue

3:44:00 ↗ is there any other comments for

3:44:02 ↗ deliberation before we call for the vote

3:44:03 ↗ on the substitute motion

3:44:08 ↗ you have a version of the substitute

3:44:10 ↗ motion a motion before the council is to

3:44:15 ↗ postpone the motion on the ordinance to

3:44:18 ↗ the January 21st regular council meeting

3:44:21 ↗ to an allow an opportunity for continued

3:44:23 ↗ dialogue

3:44:33 ↗ okay the motion to postpone this the the

3:44:37 ↗ vote I'm calling for the vote on the

3:44:38 ↗ motion to postpone this it's terrible

3:44:47 ↗ okay this is the motion and then I'll

3:44:50 ↗ call for the vote because I couldn't

3:44:51 ↗ keep up with her postpone the motion on

3:44:54 ↗ the ordinance to the January 21st

3:44:56 ↗ regular council meeting to allow an

3:44:58 ↗ opportunity for continued dialogue thank

3:45:01 ↗ you all those in favor say aye

3:45:02 ↗ aye as opposed nay

3:45:05 ↗ the motion carries four to two and so

3:45:08 ↗ this matter will be postponed to the

3:45:10 ↗ January 21st meeting we still have a

3:45:13 ↗ couple of items for this evening the

3:45:16 ↗ last couple are good of the order your

3:45:19 ↗ council members have anything for good

3:45:20 ↗ of the order council president marks saw

3:45:23 ↗ wait yeah wait just a moment for the

3:45:26 ↗ crowd to disperse

3:45:46 ↗ boring setting to do the boring

3:45:51 ↗ administrative stuff while the volume is

3:45:53 ↗ a little high okay upcoming council

3:45:56 ↗ meetings January 6 is a regular council

3:45:58 ↗ meeting 7 p.m. under special business of

3:46:02 ↗ the election of council president and

3:46:05 ↗ deputy council president for 2020 the

3:46:07 ↗ beef swearing-in ceremony and oath of

3:46:11 ↗ office for three of our council members

3:46:15 ↗ potential agenda items include the

3:46:18 ↗ website redesign project it'll be an

3:46:20 ↗ informational update and the proposed

3:46:22 ↗ 2020 budget oh okay proposed 2020 budget

3:46:29 ↗ revenue sources Cemetery fees that is

3:46:31 ↗ that's coming okay proposed 2020 budget

3:46:33 ↗ revenue sources Cemetery fees January

3:46:36 ↗ 14th there will be a council study

3:46:38 ↗ session at 6:30 in chambers potential

3:46:41 ↗ agenda items are old town and land use

3:46:44 ↗ code amendments mobility master plan

3:46:46 ↗ update forest carbon credit program

3:46:49 ↗ quite a mix mix council president marks

3:46:54 ↗ thank you madam mayor I appreciate it I

3:46:56 ↗ just want to take a moment I have known

3:46:59 ↗ councilmember winter Stein since before

3:47:02 ↗ either of us were on council and he has

3:47:07 ↗ he was my council deputy president for a

3:47:10 ↗ year he's my council president for two

3:47:12 ↗ years he is a remarkable public official

3:47:19 ↗ and I have been I have just been so

3:47:22 ↗ enriched to get to spend ten years

3:47:24 ↗ working with him on City issues and the

3:47:27 ↗ biggest compliment I can pay him is I

3:47:29 ↗ don't know anybody who loves this city

3:47:31 ↗ more than Paul does so Paul thank you so

3:47:34 ↗ much for your for your friendship and

3:47:37 ↗ partnership up here on the dais for so

3:47:38 ↗ long very nice

3:47:42 ↗ so I will chime in on that I haven't

3:47:45 ↗ known councilmember winter Stein all

3:47:49 ↗ that long but gosh if there isn't

3:47:51 ↗ anybody in this area that knows our

3:47:54 ↗ budget better knows all of the details

3:47:59 ↗ and can walk you through in just

3:48:02 ↗ layman's terms and the ability to really

3:48:06 ↗ boil it down that in addition to just

3:48:09 ↗ your contribution to the city and our

3:48:13 ↗ body as a council is just amazing and I

3:48:16 ↗ thank you very much for having done this

3:48:19 ↗ even in short period any comments

3:48:23 ↗ councilmember Goodman I want to say Paul

3:48:25 ↗ in a lot of ways you and I kind of

3:48:26 ↗ learned the ropes together been through

3:48:29 ↗ some some good some bad some kind of

3:48:34 ↗ middle-of-the-road

3:48:35 ↗ you've been through a lot together and I

3:48:37 ↗ miss sitting next to you and being able

3:48:39 ↗ to work with you so I wish you all the

3:48:40 ↗ best and I'll see you around town

3:48:44 ↗ counselor TV show okay I have to chime

3:48:47 ↗ in because I've known Paul for a long

3:48:49 ↗ time as well and he was very involved

3:48:51 ↗ with the together center when we were

3:48:53 ↗ looking to see if we could bring a human

3:48:57 ↗ services campus to Issaquah got to know

3:49:00 ↗ him there

3:49:01 ↗ I've always loved how Paul can ask just

3:49:05 ↗ the right question and I'm gonna miss

3:49:07 ↗ that a lot and then we had that wild and

3:49:10 ↗ crazy idea about a teen Center and Paul

3:49:14 ↗ aunt Ola

3:49:15 ↗ and I were were the sort of the three

3:49:19 ↗ musketeers there for a while promoting

3:49:21 ↗ it and then luckily Kaylee Jake evil log

3:49:24 ↗ and it's now a reality but I've just

3:49:28 ↗ appreciated your good humor Paul you're

3:49:30 ↗ just your insights are always so keen

3:49:33 ↗ and I'm gonna miss I wish I wish I'd had

3:49:37 ↗ more time on the council with you so

3:49:39 ↗ thank you so much for your service

3:49:40 ↗ thanks man oh and he's my twin brother

3:49:43 ↗ by the way that's right we'd have the

3:49:46 ↗ same birthday but not the same year

3:49:50 ↗ I was born first anything else for good

3:49:54 ↗ of the order well that was a long night

3:49:58 ↗ so we are adjourned

3:50:13 ↗ you

Approved minutes

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Attendance

Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Stacy Goodman

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (7)

Adopt Ordinance No. 2893, amending the 2019 budget as set forth in Ordinance No. 2854 and amended in Ordinances Nos. 2863 and 2878 concerning revenues, expenditures, and fund balance for various funds for the year 2019.

Moved by MARTS · seconded by REH

Carried 6-0

Adopt the amended Findings of Fact, Conclusions and Decision as prepared by City Council legal counsel, Ray Liaw, denying appeal number APP19-00006 and upholding the Final Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) for the 2019 Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map Amendments. .

Moved by MARTS · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

Carried 6-0

Adopt Ordinance No. 2894, adopting by reference several amendments to the Issaquah Comprehensive Plan processed as part of the 2019 Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map amendments; amending the Land Use Element; the Transportation Element; the Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails Element; Utilities…

Moved by MARTS · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

Carried 6-0

Amend the rezone to zone all of Parcel 12, except for roadway portions, as Community Facilities - Open Space (CF-OS). (Proponents: Goodman, Reh). .

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by REH

Failed 2-4

In favor: Stacy Goodman, Chris Reh

Adopt Ordinance No. 2895, amending the land use designation map in the Issaquah Comprehensive Plan to change the designation of three parcels being acquired by the Issaquah School District on 228th Avenue SE from Low Density Residential to Community Facilities and rezoning the three parcels from Sin…

Moved by MARTS · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

Postpone the motion on the ordinance to the Jan. 21 Regular Council meeting to allow an opportunity for continued dialogue

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by REH

Carried 4-2

Opposed: Barbara de Michele, Tola Marts

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED

Moved by MARTS · seconded by WINTERSTEIN

Carried 6-0