City Council Regular Meeting · Tuesday, February 18, 2020 · City Council Digest

7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Feb. 18, 2020, $ 4,597,897.85 ID 0537

Approve · packet pp.47–148

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 Study Session, Jan. 28, 2020

Authorize · packet pp.149–150

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 01-28-20 Council Study Session Minutes Page (0000)

RH2 Engineering Consultant Agreement AB 7903

Authorize · packet pp.183–196

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Staff report:

The City entered into a contract with RH2 initially in 1995 to provide engineering staff services as part of the City's Major Development Review Team (MDRT). When the MDRT became part of DSD in 2012, DSD continued the annual staffing agreement with RH2 for engineering services. In December 2016, the Administration issued a Request for Proposals to consider alternative consulting firms for providing this service to the City. As part of that process, the Administration decided to continue utilizing RH2 for staff services.

Limited Tax General Obligation Bond Debt Financing AB 7905

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.197–217

Topics: Land UseBudget

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Staff report:

In adopting the 2020-2025 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and the 2020 Budget, Council prioritized a number of capital projects for 2020, some of which were intended to be paid for with LTGO debt financing. These projects included:

2020 Annual Sewer Rehabilitation AB 7907

Award Bid · packet pp.219–222

Topics: Water

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Staff report:

SUMMARY STATEMENT

New Position: Development Services Dept. Senior Engineer AB 7916

Authorize · packet pp.231–232

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Staff report:

As part of the 2020 adopted budget, the Council authorized funds to the Development Services Department (DSD) for professional services. Much of that funding pays for technical expertise that is not possessed by staff within the department. Examples of consulting expertise that provide services to the department include: geo-technical engineers, wetland biologists, mechanical and structural engineers, etc.

SE 43rd Way Signal Improvements Project Construction Management Contract AB 7918

Authorize · packet pp.233–244

Topics: Transportation

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Staff report:

SUMMARY STATEMENT

State Office of Financial Management 2020 Census Grant & Interlocal Agreement AB 7929

Carried 6-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.245–269

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Staff report:

Every 10 years, the federal government conducts a census to count every resident in the nation. The data collected by the census determines the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives and is also used to distribute federal funds to local communities.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh

8. REGULAR BUSINESS

Utilize Portion of RV Park for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Relocation Site AB 7908

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.305–510

Topics: TransportationParks

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Staff report:

The TOD Project aims to provide a mixed-use, multifamily development with both affordable (40-80% Area Median Income (AMI)) and market-rate housing, a public plaza, street-level commercial spaces, and a space for non-profit services (the Opportunity Center) next to the SR 900 Transit Center on Newport Way, where CenturyLink is currently located. The project is anticipated to be completed in 2025. The TOD project will provide a wide variety of housing options for all income levels including at least 175 units of affordably housing in the City's Regional Growth Center (RGC) where currently no housing is currently available.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNTS · seconded by REH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:18 ↗ good evening and welcome I'm calling the

0:22 ↗ February 18th City Council meeting to

0:24 ↗ order and councilmember Walsh will not

0:27 ↗ be joining this is this evening she has

0:29 ↗ an excused absence for those that would

0:32 ↗ like to join the council and I for the

0:33 ↗ Pledge of Allegiance first item on the

0:56 ↗ agenda this evening is audience comment

0:58 ↗ and this is your time to address the

0:59 ↗ council the guidelines for public

1:03 ↗ participation are displayed on the

1:05 ↗ screen behind me please limit your

1:07 ↗ comments to five minutes and those who

1:10 ↗ signed up on the signup list will be

1:11 ↗ called up first if you did not sign up I

1:13 ↗ will still ask for other speakers when

1:15 ↗ we get through the sign-up list and if

1:18 ↗ you're here as part of a group please

1:19 ↗ identify the group that you're

1:21 ↗ representing as you're in that audience

1:23 ↗ this evening if you hear comments from a

1:25 ↗ speaker that you strongly support please

1:26 ↗ raise your hands so council understands

1:28 ↗ which issues you are here for and which

1:30 ↗ issues you feel strongly about tisha has

1:33 ↗ anyone signed up to speak this evening

1:35 ↗ yes the Reverend Kathryn said Sedwick

1:43 ↗ thank you I'm the Reverend Kathryn said

1:46 ↗ work on the Episcopal priest director of

1:48 ↗ st. Michael and All Angels Church here

1:51 ↗ in Issaquah I also live here I'm at 275

1:54 ↗ East sunset Way so I'm just like two

1:57 ↗ blocks away here and the issue about

2:01 ↗ affordable housing and the project

2:03 ↗ before you is extremely important not

2:06 ↗ just to me as a resident but also to me

2:08 ↗ as someone who's part of I guess we'd

2:10 ↗ call it a business the church that

2:13 ↗ affects so many people

2:18 ↗ you know there we go it's entirely

2:23 ↗ possible that none of you maybe none of

2:27 ↗ us in this room would qualify for

2:30 ↗ affordable housing but then you can't

2:32 ↗ really tell by looking at people can you

2:36 ↗ how many months of no income would it

2:39 ↗ take for you to need to qualify for you

2:41 ↗ to need to have that it's a kind of

2:45 ↗ scary thing when you start adding it up

2:46 ↗ I know a market rate profit on a

2:50 ↗ property such as the one under

2:51 ↗ consideration might normally preclude

2:54 ↗ affordable housing but I wonder would we

2:58 ↗ say that about any other ethnic

3:00 ↗ religious cultural group is there any

3:05 ↗ how do we dare say we support diversity

3:08 ↗ in our citizens in our area if we mean

3:13 ↗ it for every group but this for everyone

3:17 ↗ is it just for people who can afford to

3:20 ↗ be here with our market right we own

3:24 ↗ those cities neighborhoods that are all

3:27 ↗ one income are not as healthy as the

3:30 ↗ ones with a diversity it makes a huge

3:33 ↗ difference to the nature of the

3:35 ↗ community I know this is a complex

3:39 ↗ project I know it is not without huge

3:42 ↗ problems and details consequences costs

3:46 ↗ but what one is none of them are without

3:49 ↗ that and stepping up here as well within

3:52 ↗ our civic identity it's in within our

3:55 ↗ ability to do it and you've clearly got

3:58 ↗ the brainpower to make this work or we

4:00 ↗ wouldn't even be talking about it there

4:02 ↗ is a possibility here and we have a

4:04 ↗ chance to take it to make a big

4:06 ↗ difference

4:07 ↗ affordable housing isn't just about the

4:10 ↗ cost of housing it's about how much you

4:12 ↗ have to do just to survive do any of you

4:16 ↗ want to try getting home to Maple Valley

4:18 ↗ on a bus when you work at Issaquah

4:21 ↗ coffee or in a restaurant on Front

4:23 ↗ Street when your kid is sick when they

4:25 ↗ say come get them it means you can

4:28 ↗ participate in sports for your kid you

4:30 ↗ can't help with homework you're not

4:32 ↗ there for all of those school functions

4:35 ↗ how many of us want to forego that kind

4:37 ↗ of thing in our lives and in our

4:39 ↗ families are we better off or safer

4:44 ↗ without insisting on affordable housing

4:46 ↗ here or dealing with an increase in

4:49 ↗ encampments with homeless folks because

4:53 ↗ we just don't care enough to make it

4:54 ↗ work to have it one of the one needing

4:59 ↗ it with you

5:01 ↗ Thanks Thank You Catherine good show

5:04 ↗ next on the list

5:07 ↗ Mike Pearl woods hello my name is Mike

5:15 ↗ Pruitt's I live at six 51st Avenue

5:18 ↗ Northeast here in Issaquah Washington

5:20 ↗ I'm the manager of its quad village RV

5:23 ↗ park the reason I'm here today is

5:26 ↗ because there's there there's some

5:30 ↗ things that are coming down that we need

5:32 ↗ to address and quite honestly I just

5:36 ↗ want everybody to know both sides of the

5:38 ↗ story so I'll tell you right now there's

5:43 ↗ more to our Park than it's not it's it's

5:47 ↗ it's it's not a trailer park okay it's a

5:50 ↗ community it's a residence for 56 you

5:57 ↗ know different people the housing over a

5:59 ↗ hundred people maybe more we have 28

6:03 ↗ spots that are pretty much permanent and

6:06 ↗ then 26 to 28 that our monthly spots

6:10 ↗ that people have lived there for many

6:12 ↗ many years a lot of the the spots that

6:18 ↗ are just available for weekly or monthly

6:21 ↗ or short-term are available for not just

6:25 ↗ people traveling and recreation type of

6:29 ↗ incidents it's it's more we have a

6:33 ↗ number of traveling nurses in fact I

6:38 ↗ think right now we have seven or eight

6:39 ↗ traveling nurses that

6:41 ↗ reside in our park we have numerous

6:49 ↗ cancer treatment people that are they

6:53 ↗ come through the park all the time

6:55 ↗ because they live in Eastern Washington

6:57 ↗ where there's not the the wonderful

6:59 ↗ facilities we have here in this area so

7:02 ↗ my job is kind of sad because I see this

7:07 ↗ kind of stuff every day we do have the

7:12 ↗ recreational person that comes through

7:14 ↗ of course it's an RV park and and it's I

7:18 ↗ think it's something that is done good

7:21 ↗ for the community because not only do we

7:24 ↗ house these people but they spend money

7:27 ↗ in our community pay taxes work to

7:32 ↗ everything all of us here on this rim

7:34 ↗ probably do I understand the need for

7:40 ↗ for for the the the low-income housing I

7:45 ↗ totally get it I'm personally cares for

7:49 ↗ people but I also understand that we're

7:51 ↗ basically doing this in a way right now

7:54 ↗ as just with what we're doing so as far

8:02 ↗ as like it's it's hard for me to do this

8:05 ↗ because I lived there my wife lives

8:07 ↗ there we run the place we there's some

8:12 ↗ many people that will be literally

8:16 ↗ looking for a place to live that have

8:18 ↗ lived there for many many years a sad

8:21 ↗ note this morning coincidentally one of

8:26 ↗ all this longest-tenured customers

8:31 ↗ passed away this morning

8:34 ↗ we knew he's going to he's going through

8:36 ↗ some really bad stuff but anyway I guess

8:41 ↗ I what I'm trying to say is we're

8:43 ↗ community and take that into

8:46 ↗ consideration when you're deciding what

8:48 ↗ you want to do and that's I guess it's

8:53 ↗ all I got to say thank you thank you

8:56 ↗ Mike and thank you for coming talking

8:58 ↗ I'm sure it's very difficult when you

9:00 ↗ have one of your neighbors passed away

9:02 ↗ sorry is there anyone else on the list

9:05 ↗ yes Heather Finnerty hi there I'm back

9:12 ↗ thank you for having me again and

9:14 ↗ allowing me to speak I'm hoping that

9:17 ↗ being able to get through kind of the

9:20 ↗ last few slides of the presentation that

9:21 ↗ we started last time we were here we'll

9:24 ↗ be able to kind of take a little bit of

9:25 ↗ a break as we work with coordinating

9:29 ↗ kind of what you've been able to help

9:32 ↗ put together with the city planning and

9:34 ↗ working on tackling the issue and so

9:38 ↗ I'll try to talk as quickly as I can so

9:40 ↗ that we can get through this again I

9:41 ↗ live at 43 southeast Clark Street just

9:44 ↗ in the old town neighborhood and where

9:47 ↗ we left off last time was casting this

9:49 ↗ net which is about a 1/2 mile perimeter

9:50 ↗ around Old Town Issaquah which kind of

9:54 ↗ is where Emily and I wanted to focus a

9:56 ↗ lot of our attention while we're talking

9:57 ↗ about school zones and safety pedestrian

9:59 ↗ safety because we figured we could catch

10:02 ↗ cast the widest net possible and get the

10:04 ↗ most help that we could get in one fell

10:06 ↗ swoop

10:06 ↗ trying to enlist the help of the school

10:08 ↗ district and you as well in the meantime

10:12 ↗ since the last time I seen you I did

10:14 ↗ briefly visit the school board and just

10:18 ↗ let them know that I was there and we

10:19 ↗ were working on this and that eventually

10:21 ↗ we hope to be a part of their agenda at

10:25 ↗ some point in time but we have not

10:26 ↗ actually figured out how to do that yet

10:29 ↗ but we were pointed in that direction if

10:31 ↗ we can go the next slide and so I wanted

10:34 ↗ to kind of just walk you through what we

10:36 ↗ have because what what our feelings

10:38 ↗ aren't just looking at that we realized

10:39 ↗ after working with city and the plans

10:42 ↗ for the city as well is that the school

10:45 ↗ zone is going to could cover all of Old

10:49 ↗ Town and help make improvements but it

10:51 ↗ doesn't cover everything that would

10:53 ↗ ensure our pedestrian safety and so what

10:56 ↗ we're hoping for on that side of the

10:58 ↗ coin school zones is that our kids are

11:02 ↗ provided for the same as cougar Ridge

11:04 ↗ kids that are going to school and it's a

11:07 ↗ protection of 600 kids roughly and we've

11:11 ↗ got over 4,500 kids that we feel that we

11:14 ↗ need to provide this

11:15 ↗ accommodations for and so this is just a

11:18 ↗ listing of what they have surrounding

11:20 ↗ their school that we would expect to

11:22 ↗ surround our schools with three times

11:25 ↗ the population four times the population

11:27 ↗ and so we're looking at four-way stops

11:29 ↗ at key intersections and I understand

11:31 ↗ that second and bush may not as far as

11:33 ↗ City Planning goes for a four-way stop

11:35 ↗ may not be feasible for traffic flow

11:37 ↗ after hearing information

11:40 ↗ I hear that the data is showing that the

11:43 ↗ problem that is trying to be solved is

11:44 ↗ traffic flow whereas our job our problem

11:46 ↗ that we're trying to solve is pedestrian

11:48 ↗ safety and while they are related and

11:50 ↗ may intersect they are not the same

11:51 ↗ problem and so I I really want to make

11:55 ↗ sure that we are looking at them

11:56 ↗ separately and not confusing one for the

11:59 ↗ other and so while second and bush might

12:02 ↗ not be feasible to have a four-way stop

12:04 ↗ how do we provide that same safety of a

12:07 ↗ four-way stop for the people who need to

12:09 ↗ use that intersection and what was

12:12 ↗ proposed is a good idea to start with

12:14 ↗ but we have some ideas to maybe try and

12:16 ↗ try to make it a little bit a little bit

12:18 ↗ more pedestrian friendly rather than

12:20 ↗ more car friendly travel friendly but we

12:25 ↗ are also wanting lighted crosswalks and

12:27 ↗ I was told before I left that if the

12:29 ↗ four houses on that corner had agreed to

12:31 ↗ it that perhaps we could have that

12:33 ↗ lighted push-button crosswalk there and

12:34 ↗ in the process of making sure and

12:36 ↗ confirming what those four houses for

12:38 ↗ you that that is what what they want

12:41 ↗ it's my understanding that they do but I

12:43 ↗ want a face-to-face yes they would like

12:45 ↗ that before we continue as well but that

12:48 ↗ the sixth Avenue and Bush Street

12:50 ↗ interchange right there was not

12:51 ↗ addressed in the City Planning and so

12:53 ↗ that concerns are still as well again if

12:55 ↗ we had a half-mile radius of clear

12:56 ↗ double-sided schools ownage with

12:57 ↗ flashing lights and speed zone trackers

13:00 ↗ multiple traffic camera locations speed

13:02 ↗ limits pertaining directly on the

13:04 ↗ roadways which in between the time that

13:05 ↗ we last spoke to I realized that the

13:08 ↗ City of Seattle change their speed limit

13:11 ↗ is owning in 2016 so that all non

13:13 ↗ arterial roads are twenty miles an hour

13:15 ↗ and our two our roads are 25 miles an

13:18 ↗ hour's so that's another factor that

13:20 ↗ could fact that could come into play

13:21 ↗ here and kind of change change the game

13:24 ↗ if we made our neighborhood 20 miles an

13:26 ↗ hour and paint it directly on the road

13:27 ↗ right just as it is and COO

13:28 ↗ neighborhoods that could solve a lot of

13:33 ↗ the budgetary needs as well looking at

13:37 ↗ race crosswalks the proposal was one

13:39 ↗ race crosswalk and we're wondering

13:41 ↗ instead of a 4-way stop could we have to

13:43 ↗ raise crosswalks in addition to the

13:45 ↗ lighting instead because one raised

13:47 ↗ cross what kind of I think that you

13:49 ↗ pointed out that maybe if we did a

13:50 ↗ four-way stop last time that it's not

13:52 ↗ gonna solve the traffic on Bush Street

13:54 ↗ necessarily and if we have one raised

13:56 ↗ crosswalk it's unfortunately I think

13:58 ↗ it's going to cause more traffic on both

14:00 ↗ streets it's gonna slow everything down

14:02 ↗ from Andrews over because people are

14:04 ↗ gonna have to go slower over that speed

14:05 ↗ bump

14:06 ↗ opening up Bush Street to that left-hand

14:09 ↗ turn so we want to consider that as well

14:12 ↗ okay it's okay I just think that people

14:17 ↗ do you want to take a few quickly

14:20 ↗ summarize anything else that hasn't been

14:22 ↗ said if we could go to the next next

14:24 ↗ page I think that people write is just

14:25 ↗ an old teacher trick people rise to the

14:27 ↗ expectations that they're given using

14:30 ↗ that neighborhood as a cut-through isn't

14:33 ↗ legal whether there's signs posted or

14:35 ↗ not we need law enforcement to support

14:37 ↗ us because no matter what the changes

14:38 ↗ are within the city if it's not

14:40 ↗ supported by law enforcement it's not

14:42 ↗ going to matter so if we can if we can

14:45 ↗ get everyone on board to help us it

14:47 ↗ would be great they're ours a particular

14:50 ↗ Road and Edmunds that is really

14:52 ↗ difficult to go down I'm sure you've

14:54 ↗ been down to the water and it cars want

14:56 ↗ to go down it and the police force law

14:58 ↗ enforcement officers have trained people

14:59 ↗ not to go down at 40 miles an hour

15:02 ↗ everyone knows that on that road you go

15:04 ↗ at 25 miles an hour

15:05 ↗ the same thing with other cities we need

15:07 ↗ some retraining on how to use that non

15:09 ↗ arterial roads and we need help from

15:11 ↗ everyone not just City Planning not just

15:13 ↗ the school district but from law

15:14 ↗ enforcement as well you can have anyone

15:17 ↗ else signed up on this evening and some

15:19 ↗ hands up in the back yes Elizabeth my

15:21 ↗ pen

15:28 ↗ hello my name is Elizabeth Mopa I live

15:33 ↗ in Issaquah at 100 Big Bear place

15:35 ↗ Northwest and I coordinate the Issaquah

15:39 ↗ Sammamish interfaith coalition

15:41 ↗ I spent a portion of today on the third

15:48 ↗ floor of the King County Courthouse

15:51 ↗ where they told me that they had more

15:54 ↗ people there facing eviction seeking

15:59 ↗ redress than on any other day they can

16:03 ↗ recall it's been building rents keep

16:08 ↗ going up and people are getting pushed

16:11 ↗ out as far as the RV park here I was

16:17 ↗ really concerned about the

16:19 ↗ transit-oriented development when it

16:21 ↗ seemed like it we might be pushing

16:22 ↗ people out from there but I have been

16:24 ↗ assured that the city has arranged so

16:28 ↗ that the property that would be given to

16:33 ↗ CenturyLink would not impact the RV

16:37 ↗ residents that there would still be room

16:39 ↗ for all of the people who are there for

16:42 ↗ that I'm thankful the transit oriented

16:48 ↗ development project came into being as a

16:51 ↗ small step to redress the city's

16:54 ↗ negligence in allowing so much high-end

16:57 ↗ development without securing housing for

17:00 ↗ our low-income residents our school bus

17:02 ↗ drivers our shop clerks and many others

17:05 ↗ on whose labor we all depend and also

17:10 ↗ families with disabled children where

17:13 ↗ the family members need to be home and

17:17 ↗ spend time with the kids more than the

17:20 ↗ rest of us they can't hold full-time

17:22 ↗ jobs and do that but there's still

17:25 ↗ important parts of our community so the

17:30 ↗ affordable housing was part of the

17:32 ↗ central Issaquah plan that wasn't

17:34 ↗ getting actualized and that's why we had

17:37 ↗ our affordable where

17:40 ↗ we had our housing permit moratorium a

17:43 ↗ while back and this development was

17:50 ↗ thought of as a way to redress things

17:54 ↗ the development along Newports way that

17:56 ↗ everybody's so upset about was already

17:58 ↗ in the pipeline with no affordable units

18:01 ↗ if we put some housing near transit it

18:06 ↗ can reduce the need for owning a car and

18:09 ↗ where people have more trouble keeping

18:13 ↗ cars running or owning cars than the

18:15 ↗ affluent citizens and it would also

18:20 ↗ reduce the need for the use of personal

18:23 ↗ vehicles a response to the our citizens

18:26 ↗ who complained they don't want any

18:28 ↗ development because it would increase

18:30 ↗ traffic the proposed development

18:33 ↗ includes both market rate and subsidized

18:36 ↗ units this allows people to get to know

18:38 ↗ the neighbors who have different

18:40 ↗ resources and connections as Catharines

18:43 ↗ spoke about this kind of networking is

18:46 ↗ really helpful if you isolate poor

18:49 ↗ people in ghettos it hurts them and it

18:52 ↗ keeps the affluent neighbors from

18:54 ↗ understanding what it's like for us to

18:56 ↗ live with few resources economic

19:00 ↗ apartheid allows false fears of the

19:02 ↗ other to flourish mixed income

19:05 ↗ neighborhoods like this one would

19:07 ↗ benefit our whole community the research

19:10 ↗ also shows that providing housing is

19:14 ↗ less costly than caring for people who

19:17 ↗ have no shelter and housing people in

19:20 ↗ your locations where they work and shop

19:22 ↗ greatly reduces traffic so I am here to

19:27 ↗ say please don't let all the work that's

19:31 ↗ gone into planning a transit-oriented

19:33 ↗ development that includes affordable

19:36 ↗ housing and market rate housing go down

19:41 ↗ the drain we need this thank you very

19:45 ↗ much thank you Elizabeth

19:47 ↗ is anyone else signed up this evening

19:49 ↗ tisha no is there anyone else would like

19:53 ↗ to address the council this evening do

20:00 ↗ you know what I saw you get upset when

20:03 ↗ you heard a comment you didn't agree

20:04 ↗ with and we will be having a brief

20:05 ↗ presentation this evening and I will

20:07 ↗ make sure that I'm looking over at Jen

20:09 ↗ who's ever doing the presentation will

20:10 ↗ clarify how much of the park remains and

20:12 ↗ how much of the park would not mr. cap

20:15 ↗ are you walking towards the microphones

20:19 ↗ David giler 255 southeast Sandra Street

20:22 ↗ I think you got my email addressing my

20:24 ↗ concerns about disruption of the

20:27 ↗ efficiency of the Public Works operation

20:30 ↗ Department if there's any department

20:33 ↗ over decades that is performed

20:35 ↗ unbelievably well through floods and

20:38 ↗ snows it's that department I think

20:43 ↗ taking their next logical place for

20:45 ↗ expansion being the level area right

20:48 ↗ immediately adjoining their existing

20:50 ↗ yard would be caused great inefficiency

20:56 ↗ in the department which will end up

20:57 ↗ being reflected in our water rates or

20:59 ↗ sewer rates or storm water rates and

21:01 ↗ getting to a dish and issues with with

21:06 ↗ roads I'm also concerned about the Parks

21:11 ↗ Department and where we'd go with the

21:13 ↗ Phase three and the existing parks and

21:17 ↗ building maintenance area now next to

21:22 ↗ confluence park that would ideally be

21:25 ↗ relocated and when you see the storm

21:28 ↗ damage that happened to that western

21:30 ↗ part of that property you realize that

21:32 ↗ the creek is constrained through that

21:35 ↗ corridor perhaps giving a little bit

21:37 ↗ more room what would be helpful thank

21:40 ↗ you thank you David

21:42 ↗ anyone else wishing to address the

21:44 ↗ council this evening come on up

21:49 ↗ Oh

21:53 ↗ my name is Loretta Jankowski I'm a

21:56 ↗ member of the Human Services Commission

21:58 ↗ and I really just wanted to say that we

22:03 ↗ had maybe the best discussion we've ever

22:05 ↗ had as a commission because of the

22:08 ↗ questions that you gave us at the recent

22:12 ↗ study session so we wanted you to know

22:15 ↗ that the result of that careful way that

22:18 ↗ he looked at what we proposed was

22:20 ↗ extremely helpful and I think caused us

22:23 ↗ to understand much better what we were

22:24 ↗ asking and why we were doing it so we

22:28 ↗ just wanted you to know that and say

22:29 ↗ thank you Thank You Loretta is there

22:34 ↗ anyone else would like to address the

22:35 ↗ council this evening come on up Steve

22:40 ↗ [Music]

22:42 ↗ hello good members in Council Steve were

22:45 ↗ living in Old Town about 12 years now so

22:49 ↗ I wanted to speak on two things briefly

22:51 ↗ what I sent you some comments or input

22:53 ↗ on that's the parks proposal and I don't

22:56 ↗ want to talk about again specifics

22:58 ↗ details please refer to the email but

23:00 ↗ just overall is we look the budget cuts

23:02 ↗ going forward I think we're not focusing

23:04 ↗ on the natural beauty and sustainability

23:07 ↗ and and recreation more on fixed

23:10 ↗ structures I think as we look good

23:13 ↗ future costs we need to look at maybe

23:14 ↗ kind of curtailing or scaling back the

23:16 ↗ things that we think we want and think

23:18 ↗ we say we're gonna pay for it really

23:20 ↗ don't want to pay for that want for free

23:22 ↗ so I'm looking at despite kind of

23:26 ↗ constrained those wants that people

23:28 ↗ shouldn't want to have to be more in

23:29 ↗ line to preserve the things that we do

23:31 ↗ want

23:33 ↗ so that was my piece on perks on the Tod

23:38 ↗ project I want to get to yes very badly

23:41 ↗ I think this is a good project that has

23:44 ↗ some opportunity in it but I don't know

23:46 ↗ that I'm there yet some questions that I

23:48 ↗ was watching as he answered our one is

23:50 ↗ is there any way to revise the number of

23:54 ↗ housing units to reserve for the income

23:56 ↗ level to be more for a

23:59 ↗ low income I think I forget that there's

24:01 ↗ some initials that go with that every

24:03 ↗ what they are I don't want to hide

24:05 ↗ subsidize people that make sixty five or

24:07 ↗ seventy five hundred ninety five

24:08 ↗ thousand dollars a year that's not what

24:10 ↗ we need it a second question is does

24:14 ↗ this go I have the right to say we want

24:15 ↗ to reserve the x-- number of these units

24:17 ↗ for teachers for firefighters for

24:19 ↗ policemen or is it just strictly a

24:21 ↗ first-come first-serve basis a third

24:26 ↗ issue is I know that at least as I

24:28 ↗ understand that there's one point five

24:30 ↗ million dollars specifically earmarked

24:31 ↗ from affordable housing that was not

24:34 ↗ built in the talus build-out I would

24:37 ↗ like to see if there's a we're asked

24:38 ↗ there's a way of going forward and

24:41 ↗ making sure that future development

24:42 ↗ completes the four lousing unit they've

24:45 ↗ committed to it not simply write a check

24:46 ↗ I'd like to that's part of that I'd also

24:49 ↗ like to better understand where the

24:52 ↗ difference between that 1.5 million

24:53 ↗ dollars that's being earmarked and the

24:55 ↗ rest of the money I'd also there's some

24:57 ↗ associated or related costs beyond that

25:00 ↗ I think six million dollars figure that

25:02 ↗ I've heard that would be required to

25:04 ↗ make this work I haven't heard things

25:06 ↗ like additional roadwork additional

25:08 ↗ maintenance parking be addressed other

25:10 ↗ than what's the other than using the

25:15 ↗ park-and-ride lot to afford that I think

25:18 ↗ my other consumer related to that is if

25:21 ↗ we don't have enough existing parking in

25:24 ↗ the place people are going to build at

25:26 ↗ the new Tibbets part that we're talking

25:28 ↗ about bullying and utilizing that we're

25:29 ↗ not having enough requirement for

25:30 ↗ parking in this place to make that work

25:34 ↗ so well I want to get yes and I'm not

25:36 ↗ and no I don't think there's been enough

25:39 ↗ feedback and discussion to warrant

25:42 ↗ moving forward yet at this point until

25:44 ↗ those questions are better answered

25:46 ↗ again I want to get to yes but I'm not

25:49 ↗ there I so much admire those that have

25:51 ↗ championed the cause for this I like to

25:54 ↗ see move forward but there's still

25:55 ↗ unanswered questions that I think needs

25:57 ↗ more discussion and solidity and less of

26:02 ↗ a risk commitment from the city thank

26:04 ↗ you thank you Steve and there were some

26:06 ↗ hands of support while you were talking

26:08 ↗ thanks is there anyone else who would

26:10 ↗ like to address Council

26:11 ↗ evening second call and a third and

26:17 ↗ final call for anyone who would like to

26:18 ↗ address Council this evening thanks

26:20 ↗ wilcos audience comments we had quite a

26:24 ↗ few speakers this evening talking about

26:26 ↗ pass through traffic in Old Town lots of

26:28 ↗ speakers talking about either the RV

26:30 ↗ park the transit oriented development

26:32 ↗ proposal the public works ops and parks

26:35 ↗ maintenance yard all related parts of

26:37 ↗ the same project and it's always

26:40 ↗ appreciated when commissioners come and

26:41 ↗ give feedback to the council thank you

26:43 ↗ for doing that we love closing the

26:44 ↗ feedback loop and also about some parts

26:47 ↗ planning this evening so thank you all

26:49 ↗ for taking the time to come and talk to

26:50 ↗ Council moving off of audience comments

26:54 ↗ the next would be committee and regional

26:56 ↗ reports and we'll start with

26:57 ↗ councilmember hall Thank You mayor Poli

27:02 ↗ no report this evening Thank You

27:03 ↗ councilmember Dee Michele I attended on

27:09 ↗ February 5th the first healthier here

27:12 ↗ board meeting that I was assigned to so

27:16 ↗ I'm gonna start and I promise I won't do

27:17 ↗ this every time but just explain what

27:19 ↗ healthier here is it's a new board that

27:24 ↗ was formed in 2017 to oversee the

27:26 ↗ state's five-year Medicaid

27:28 ↗ transformation funding in King County so

27:32 ↗ what is Medicaid transformation so I had

27:35 ↗ to do some some reading to figure out

27:37 ↗ what this board actually did it's an

27:39 ↗ agreement signed between Washington

27:41 ↗ State and the federal government which

27:43 ↗ allows us to test new and innovative

27:45 ↗ approaches to providing health coverage

27:48 ↗ in care and these approaches are

27:51 ↗ breaking down the barriers or the silos

27:53 ↗ between physical and behavioral health

27:55 ↗ and between medical professionals and

27:58 ↗ social workers so that healthcare

28:00 ↗ resources can be used more effectively

28:02 ↗ so there are nine of these regional

28:05 ↗ boards in the state of Washington and

28:07 ↗ healthier here is the board which is

28:09 ↗ also called an accountable community of

28:11 ↗ health for King County it's responsible

28:15 ↗ for dispersing our share of the 1.5

28:19 ↗ billion dollars that have been allocated

28:21 ↗ to the state of Washington for this

28:24 ↗ Medicaid

28:25 ↗ information there are now 29 members of

28:29 ↗ the healthier here board and we are

28:32 ↗ there because we're representing the

28:34 ↗ sound cities association which holds one

28:37 ↗ of those seats so at my very first

28:39 ↗ meeting they voted to disburse 48

28:42 ↗ million dollars in funding to King

28:45 ↗ County so that was kind of exciting and

28:49 ↗ it's a quoi is actually receiving some

28:52 ↗ of that funding through the Eastside

28:53 ↗ Fire and Rescue the new partnership with

28:57 ↗ the Issaquah food and clothing bank for

28:59 ↗ the mobile mobile health via mobile

29:01 ↗ health fan so we are in fact receiving

29:05 ↗ part of that money and I hope to find

29:07 ↗ out more about what part of that we will

29:09 ↗ we will be involved with so our

29:13 ↗ representative

29:14 ↗ I am the alternate to healthier here the

29:17 ↗ representative is similar riddles from

29:20 ↗ Lake Forest Park and she asked a very

29:24 ↗ good question and that was the

29:25 ↗ geographical distribution of these funds

29:27 ↗ and is that going to be equitable that

29:30 ↗ inquiry was put into the form of a

29:32 ↗ motion and the answer is yes there will

29:34 ↗ be a geographical equity study done and

29:38 ↗ that will be posted to the healthier

29:40 ↗ here website so I think that's always a

29:44 ↗ question for suburban cities are we

29:46 ↗ receiving as much as Seattle yes I also

29:50 ↗ want to acknowledge that the co-chair of

29:51 ↗ healthier here board is Esther Lucero

29:54 ↗ who is an ESCO resident so I'm hoping to

29:56 ↗ meet with Esther soon so we can discuss

29:59 ↗ this in more depth and I'll also be

30:02 ↗ participating in an orientation with the

30:04 ↗ executive director of healthier here

30:07 ↗ next week the other business that was

30:11 ↗ before the board is we received a report

30:13 ↗ from patty Hayes the director of Seattle

30:16 ↗ King County Public Health on the corona

30:18 ↗ virus epidemic and of course those

30:20 ↗ numbers are changing everyday so that

30:22 ↗ report is already out of date but I

30:25 ↗ would like to let people know that the

30:27 ↗ Seattle King County Public Health

30:28 ↗ website has daily updates on the corona

30:31 ↗ virus epidemic so that's my report Thank

30:35 ↗ You councilmember Dean Michele

30:36 ↗ councilmember Goodman Thank You mayor

30:38 ↗ Polly

30:39 ↗ the Eastside Fire and Rescue Board of

30:41 ↗ Directors met on February 13th and

30:43 ↗ councilmember Ray and I attended as the

30:44 ↗ city's representatives on that board the

30:47 ↗ board held its annual elections for

30:49 ↗ leadership and Allen got ell from North

30:52 ↗ Bend was elected chair again I don't

30:54 ↗ know how many years that is but it's a

30:55 ↗ minute I'm not sure any of us are ever

30:58 ↗ gonna get to be chair I'm just teasing

31:01 ↗ he's a good chair and councilmember Ray

31:03 ↗ was elected vice chair for the second

31:05 ↗ year we heard that there was a fire

31:08 ↗ recently at station 88 which is at

31:10 ↗ Wilderness rim in North Bend station 88

31:13 ↗ is a volunteer or reserve station the

31:15 ↗ fire started in an aide car which the

31:18 ↗ aide car was a total loss there was

31:20 ↗ damage to the apparatus Bay and also the

31:22 ↗ living quarters there is insurance

31:24 ↗ coverage repairs are going on now the

31:27 ↗ reserve firefighters have been moved to

31:29 ↗ Emperor Lee to station 76 the

31:31 ↗ speculation is that the fire was caused

31:33 ↗ by a problem

31:34 ↗ with a vehicle that's being investigated

31:36 ↗ it is the only vehicle of that make and

31:38 ↗ model in Eastside fires fleet so there's

31:41 ↗ no concern of a similar fire occurring

31:43 ↗ in another vehicle you sight fire is

31:45 ↗ also working to roll out a wildfire

31:47 ↗ prepared wildfire preparedness plans

31:49 ↗ this year that preparedness will include

31:53 ↗ reducing wildfire risks around homes by

31:55 ↗ reducing or eliminated what are called

31:57 ↗ home ignition issues such as highly

32:00 ↗ flammable items around a home's

32:02 ↗ perimeter there one of the programs is

32:05 ↗ called fire wise and there's a link to

32:06 ↗ that program on the east side fires

32:08 ↗ website East Side Fire also was working

32:10 ↗ on a wildfire preparedness plan that

32:14 ↗ includes items such as evacuation and

32:18 ↗ the Department of Natural Resources

32:20 ↗ wants to partner with Eastside fire on

32:22 ↗ that the board of directors will have a

32:25 ↗ retreat on February 27th from 4 to 8

32:28 ↗ p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn as all of

32:30 ↗ the meetings are this one is public on

32:32 ↗ the agenda is a review of the an

32:34 ↗ overview of the department director

32:35 ↗ roles and responsibilities a budget

32:37 ↗ overview strategic plan which they're

32:40 ↗ going to do an update this year and

32:42 ↗ board development fire ground 101 is

32:46 ↗ planned for May 26 at the Bellevue

32:49 ↗ training facility and this is

32:51 ↗ really a fantastic opportunity for

32:52 ↗ elected officials to learn about the

32:55 ↗ inside workings of the department and I

32:57 ↗ would encourage my fellow councilmembers

33:00 ↗ if you haven't in the past to attend

33:01 ↗ because it's really really great a great

33:04 ↗ event I don't know that it's an event

33:05 ↗ but you attend and learn a lot it's it's

33:07 ↗ very very interesting

33:09 ↗ finance and Administrative Committee

33:11 ↗ meets February 26th at noon at the

33:14 ↗ headquarter station on Newports way the

33:16 ↗ only item on that agenda is continued

33:17 ↗ discussion of the proposed new

33:19 ↗ governance model which would change

33:21 ↗ esight Fire and Rescue to a nonprofit

33:22 ↗ and that topic will come to this body

33:25 ↗ for a review and comment and ultimately

33:27 ↗ for approval so stay tuned that's my

33:30 ↗ report Thank You councilmember Goodman

33:31 ↗ councilmember martes thank you madam

33:33 ↗ mayor the Puget Sound Regional Council's

33:35 ↗ growth management Policy Board met on

33:38 ↗ Thursday February 6th and we hadn't we

33:42 ↗ covered a number of items we recommended

33:44 ↗ a conditional conditional certification

33:47 ↗ of black diamonds comprehensive plan we

33:49 ↗ had a presentation on a housing

33:50 ↗ incentives and tools survey which was

33:54 ↗ taken with all of the PS RCS members and

33:59 ↗ I'm I'm talking with staff about how

34:01 ↗ city staff about how we might take that

34:04 ↗ information back and sort of use it to

34:07 ↗ take a look at how that survey compares

34:10 ↗ to what we've enacted over the last

34:13 ↗ several years both with the moratorium

34:14 ↗ and with our strategic plan you could be

34:17 ↗ an interesting comparison there was a

34:21 ↗ discussion item on the state legislative

34:25 ↗ update and then there was just

34:28 ↗ informational item on supplemental by

34:32 ↗ annulled by in on budget and work

34:33 ↗ program then the sound cities

34:35 ↗ Association public issues committee met

34:38 ↗ on February 12th and we had a lively

34:43 ↗ discussion of the legislative session

34:45 ↗ specifically around House bill 2907 the

34:49 ↗ punchline is that

34:50 ↗ House bill 2907 which people have

34:53 ↗ probably heard of it is a tax on

34:57 ↗ businesses with over 50 employees that

34:59 ↗ have employees that make more than

35:01 ↗ hundred and fifty thousand dollars a

35:02 ↗ year with the proceeds in ten

35:04 ↗ to go for affordable housing there was

35:06 ↗ much much much discussion I I don't

35:10 ↗ think I've seen an item in front of the

35:13 ↗ pic that has had that level of

35:15 ↗ discussion ever before we probably had

35:16 ↗ 45 minutes on it but the punchline is I

35:18 ↗ don't have anything to bring back to

35:19 ↗ council because it's a moving target and

35:22 ↗ so what I will say is that a number of

35:26 ↗ the issues that were brought up

35:29 ↗ including local authority to tax

35:34 ↗ including regional equity are I think

35:40 ↗ that the the folks debating it and

35:41 ↗ Olympia are well aware of the city

35:44 ↗ concerns in the municipality concerns in

35:47 ↗ these areas but it's a really tough

35:49 ↗ topic I mean some of the sponsors of the

35:51 ↗ legislation are from South King County

35:53 ↗ which is where some of the cities that

35:55 ↗ have that have the most vehement

35:57 ↗ concerns that are sort of leading the

35:59 ↗ charge to be careful and measure twice

36:01 ↗ and cut once on this bill our you know

36:04 ↗ live and our municipals so it's a it's a

36:08 ↗ big complicated topic and I just there's

36:13 ↗ nothing that SCA pick is set up for

36:16 ↗ those of you who are new that typically

36:19 ↗ what we do is on major issues we have

36:21 ↗ one action meeting and then I come back

36:23 ↗ to Council and I get feedback from

36:25 ↗ everybody here and then I take that back

36:27 ↗ to pick and then the pick cities make a

36:30 ↗ recommendation to the pick to the SCA

36:33 ↗ board on whether to support or not and

36:36 ↗ this this thing is moving so fast that

36:38 ↗ there's not you know anything I would

36:40 ↗ tell you today

36:41 ↗ may be different in 48 hours so with

36:45 ↗ that I would just encourage I know the

36:47 ↗ cities is well aware of of this another

36:51 ↗ legislation that we have in front of us

36:52 ↗ in Olympia and to just stay aware of

36:55 ↗ this and the discussions that are going

36:57 ↗ on around it there was also another

37:00 ↗ lively discussion around regional

37:03 ↗ transit policy and plan updates there is

37:07 ↗ talk of a County

37:12 ↗ levy going in front of the voters

37:15 ↗ potentially still here in 2020 instead

37:19 ↗ of a Seattle this this is also a moving

37:21 ↗ target I've sort of reported back to the

37:25 ↗ administration about this but this is

37:27 ↗ another one that there isn't a specific

37:30 ↗ piece of the legislation in front of the

37:33 ↗ county yet that is in a form that we

37:35 ↗ could that SCA you know could even

37:38 ↗ conceive of taking a position on much

37:39 ↗ less that I could come back and ask my

37:41 ↗ fellow council members about but this is

37:43 ↗ also moving you know the the chess

37:45 ↗ pieces are moving on the board and I do

37:48 ↗ appreciate councilmember G Michelle

37:50 ↗ forwarding some information around how

37:54 ↗ that Metro connects is currently

37:56 ↗ thinking about transit on the east side

37:59 ↗ I think that you know at the heart of it

38:02 ↗ for us of course is the long term term

38:05 ↗ commitment from sound transit to provide

38:07 ↗ mass transit out to Issaquah but you

38:10 ↗ know there's so much beyond that that we

38:12 ↗ want to see and in our retreat we talked

38:14 ↗ about transportation and I and I talked

38:16 ↗ about that is at SC at pick about some

38:20 ↗ of the some of the regional issues that

38:21 ↗ are important in East King County but

38:24 ↗ they're just there isn't a firm fixed

38:26 ↗ target upon which we could we could

38:28 ↗ discuss the pros and cons right at this

38:31 ↗ moment because it is evolving quickly so

38:33 ↗ I apologize it's in a sense of sight it

38:36 ↗ was slightly frustrating that we can't

38:39 ↗ sort of do the normal way to weigh in on

38:42 ↗ conversations but I would just again

38:43 ↗ encourage my fellow council members to

38:45 ↗ follow this and discuss with the

38:47 ↗ administration as the administration you

38:51 ↗ know talks we're lucky enough to have

38:54 ↗ our own mayor on the board of SCA so we

38:56 ↗ have a good voice at the table as as

39:00 ↗ these events unfurl so thank you for

39:03 ↗ indulging my long-winded report Thank

39:05 ↗ You councilmember Mertz deputy council

39:07 ↗ president ray the King County growth

39:08 ↗ management planning council not to be

39:10 ↗ confused with the growth management

39:12 ↗ policy board will meet on February 26

39:15 ↗ from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

39:17 ↗ and you sound Regional Council boardroom

39:19 ↗ and ten eleven Western Avenue the agenda

39:22 ↗ has not yet been set and that concludes

39:24 ↗ my report this evening thank you

39:27 ↗ Council is in hang thank you madam mayor

39:29 ↗ on February 13th the ad-hoc for the

39:33 ↗ title 18 code overhaul met with staff so

39:38 ↗ this is the group that is working on our

39:41 ↗ land use code and we discussed several

39:45 ↗ substantive areas where we are looking

39:49 ↗ to influence with this code update so

39:53 ↗ we're currently going through the

39:54 ↗ process of isolating substantive issues

39:57 ↗ and thinking through how we might go

40:00 ↗ about a public engagement process to get

40:03 ↗ engagement on different areas of

40:05 ↗ interest such as tree preservation and

40:07 ↗ terrain management the standards having

40:09 ↗ to do with development on hillsides and

40:11 ↗ those are two of the examples but we're

40:14 ↗ going through the process of how we

40:15 ↗ might organize those into workshops and

40:19 ↗ into a meaningful public engagement

40:21 ↗ process we also reviewed several issue

40:25 ↗ papers that were prepared by staff and

40:28 ↗ we will be coming to a study session

40:31 ↗ soon with more information for the full

40:33 ↗ council on the progress of the ad hoc so

40:35 ↗ please stay tuned for that that

40:37 ↗ concludes my report thank you accounts

40:39 ↗ president hunt the mayor's report this

40:41 ↗ evening there will be an executive

40:43 ↗ session this evening to discuss pending

40:45 ↗ and potential litigation for RCW 42.3

40:48 ↗ 0.11 o paren one print I and these items

40:52 ↗ are expected to last fifty minutes no

40:55 ↗ action is anticipated I thought I would

40:57 ↗ get a cringe out of that no action is

40:59 ↗ anticipated in open session for my two

41:01 ↗ other news items this evening their

41:03 ↗ weather events an emergency response and

41:05 ↗ both have been covered by the media but

41:07 ↗ I felt like it might be appropriate to

41:08 ↗ provide a little bit more comprehensive

41:10 ↗ detail on both of those here so report

41:13 ↗ out on the February 5th flooding event

41:15 ↗ heavy rains occurred in and around the

41:16 ↗ city of Issaquah and the Hobart area

41:18 ↗ focusing flooding on the main stem of

41:20 ↗ the Issaquah Creek almost six inches of

41:23 ↗ rainfall was measured upstream of

41:24 ↗ Issaquah near state route 18 resulting

41:27 ↗ in downstream flows of almost 2,700

41:29 ↗ cubic feet per second 15 homes including

41:33 ↗ some apartments were damaged in the

41:34 ↗ flood typical damage included flooded

41:37 ↗ crawl spaces and damage to heating ducts

41:39 ↗ several homes had water inside the

41:42 ↗ living space in addition to city crews

41:44 ↗ citizen emergency responders our

41:46 ↗ neighbors and friends volunteered their

41:48 ↗ time over several shifts to fill

41:50 ↗ sandbags load vehicles shovel mud from

41:53 ↗ driveways and garages volunteers logged

41:55 ↗ over 400 hours of service during this

41:57 ↗ event there were no reports of injuries

42:00 ↗ that we have been made aware of Red

42:02 ↗ Cross responded in coordinated with

42:04 ↗ Issaquah Human Services on assistance to

42:07 ↗ individuals and to date only one

42:08 ↗ Issaquah resident accessed a Red Cross

42:11 ↗ shelter for commercial properties we

42:13 ↗ were informed of one item which was bank

42:16 ↗ erosion near the in sequest School

42:18 ↗ District administration site in our

42:21 ↗ neighborhoods and around town residents

42:23 ↗ noted debris on roadways and silt in

42:25 ↗ stormwater system systems adjacent to

42:28 ↗ creeks sediment traps and Newport Bridge

42:31 ↗ bypass channel both filled with sediment

42:33 ↗ a slide on northwest Newport Way east of

42:36 ↗ the Transit Center that closed the road

42:38 ↗ and a slide reactivation in the 700

42:41 ↗ block of mountainside Drive southwest

42:43 ↗ the city response expenditures to date

42:46 ↗ are approximately $80,000 the total cost

42:48 ↗ estimate for cleanup and follow-up is

42:51 ↗ estimated at approximately 250,000

42:53 ↗ dollars but it could be higher depending

42:55 ↗ on costs associated with slide

42:57 ↗ mitigation many roads were closed due to

43:00 ↗ flooding or other activities and that

43:02 ↗ included Southwest Newport Way was

43:04 ↗ closed due to flooding Northwest Newport

43:07 ↗ Way was closed due to a slide southeast

43:08 ↗ Sycamore Drive was closed due to

43:10 ↗ flooding

43:11 ↗ Hobart Road closed due to flooding and

43:13 ↗ debris flows State Route 900 closed due

43:16 ↗ to flooding and debris and all roads are

43:18 ↗ now back open an extended closure of

43:21 ↗ Newport Way Northwest occurred a city

43:23 ↗ and county assess the slide that had

43:25 ↗ curd on the slope bringing trees and

43:27 ↗ debris down into the road as this work

43:29 ↗ is being completed Jersey barriers have

43:31 ↗ been placed at the toe of the slide to

43:33 ↗ facilitate safe passage of vehicles

43:35 ↗ through the slide zone after these

43:37 ↗ measures were complete the road was

43:38 ↗ reopened to traffic at 2:20 p.m.

43:41 ↗ On February 14th happy Valentine's Day

43:46 ↗ speed limits in this area were lowered

43:48 ↗ to 20 miles per hour through the slide

43:50 ↗ zone to assure caution when passed

43:52 ↗ passing through this impacted area and

43:54 ↗ city staff is continuing to monitor the

43:56 ↗ earth movement and work has begun to

43:58 ↗ evaluate long-term stabilization of the

44:00 ↗ site many in our community tracked the

44:03 ↗ storm and flooding through social media

44:04 ↗ with high activity during the storm on

44:07 ↗ all different platforms that we were

44:09 ↗ putting information out on the other

44:11 ↗ incident happened this weekend in the

44:14 ↗ Montreux neighborhood and over the

44:15 ↗ weekend our Police Department responded

44:17 ↗ to a suspicious circumstance call in the

44:20 ↗ Montreux neighborhood that was soon

44:22 ↗ found out to be a hostage situation as

44:24 ↗ the incident evolved the crime scene

44:26 ↗ also included a response to a large

44:28 ↗ house fire all hostages were rescued

44:31 ↗ while the suspect who barricaded himself

44:33 ↗ in the house is believed to have died in

44:35 ↗ the fire this is a horrible tragedy for

44:37 ↗ our community and our thoughts go out to

44:39 ↗ the family that is affected also the

44:42 ↗ neighborhood Washington State Patrol is

44:45 ↗ assisting with investigating the overall

44:47 ↗ incident in partnership with King County

44:48 ↗ Fire arson investigation unit and I am

44:51 ↗ extremely thankful for the work of all

44:53 ↗ of our first responders including the

44:56 ↗ significant number of partner agencies

44:58 ↗ that came to our assistance this weekend

45:00 ↗ and those were the two items for the

45:02 ↗ mayor's report next item on the agenda

45:04 ↗ is informational updates and the first

45:07 ↗ item is a and only item is I do five to

45:10 ↗ six anchor parks master planning update

45:13 ↗ and Jeff Watling our director of parks

45:15 ↗ and Community Services is here to start

45:18 ↗ the presentation all right Thank You

45:20 ↗ mayor good evening Council I will I'll

45:22 ↗ kick this off we're certainly excited to

45:23 ↗ provide you with an update on this work

45:26 ↗ as this work has really reached a

45:29 ↗ transition point in that we are wrapping

45:34 ↗ up we've wrapped up phase one of public

45:36 ↗ and gibla king gage mminton gaygent work

45:40 ↗ has really informed the work that you'll

45:41 ↗ see tonight we wanted to share this with

45:44 ↗ you prior to sending this out and

45:48 ↗ launching phase two a public engagement

45:49 ↗ with the community on what you're going

45:51 ↗ to see tonight

45:57 ↗ so our adopted Park strategic plan in

46:00 ↗ 2018 really shapes and has been shaping

46:03 ↗ our priorities not only for our parks

46:05 ↗ but also our trails and our open space

46:07 ↗ areas some key points that we heard

46:10 ↗ through this process and through the

46:13 ↗ adoption of this plan was our community

46:16 ↗ was really committed to ensuring that

46:18 ↗ we're taking care what we have we're

46:19 ↗ taking care of our existing public

46:22 ↗ spaces as best we can we're modernizing

46:25 ↗ them we're making sure that these

46:26 ↗ current parks are able to support the

46:29 ↗ needs of vistacal residents today that

46:32 ↗ really lend the strategic plan really

46:35 ↗ lent to the work and the focus that is

46:38 ↗ in the project that you're going to hear

46:40 ↗ about today and that's really around

46:42 ↗ three what we see is the foundational

46:45 ↗ parks to Issaquah system Veterans

46:48 ↗ Memorial Park which is behind City Hall

46:50 ↗ that really supports Old Town I'm

46:52 ↗ pointing to it now for those looking at

46:54 ↗ watching at home pardon me habit

46:58 ↗ Tibbits Valley Park which really is a

47:01 ↗ foundational park in that part of town

47:04 ↗ and will really help support as central

47:07 ↗ Issaquah begins to take shape and then

47:09 ↗ lastly what we're calling this Rock

47:11 ↗ Creek corridor which really is a

47:14 ↗ connection and better connecting to the

47:17 ↗ creek but also connecting decades of

47:20 ↗ investments that this community is made

47:22 ↗ from our southern border at squak Valley

47:24 ↗ Park all the way up through Lake

47:27 ↗ Sammamish State Park to the lake itself

47:31 ↗ the goal of this work is really to be

47:33 ↗ forward-thinking as we endeavor into

47:36 ↗ this planning effort this is not

47:38 ↗ something we're planning on constructing

47:40 ↗ next year as we've engaged with the

47:42 ↗ community this is really about setting a

47:44 ↗ vision and allowing the community and

47:46 ↗ this discussion and feedback with the

47:48 ↗ community to shape what the vision is

47:51 ↗ that we want to be taking this long view

47:53 ↗ will allow us to as future investments

47:58 ↗ come into these three anchor parks these

48:01 ↗ foundational parks those investments

48:03 ↗ will move

48:06 ↗ towards the vision move us towards the

48:07 ↗ goal that we have created and that we

48:10 ↗ have in mind it allow us to be proactive

48:13 ↗ in that way phase one of engagement

48:18 ↗ started last July through that

48:21 ↗ engagement we had hundreds of very

48:24 ↗ enthusiastic responses from the

48:27 ↗ community a lot of that feedback echoed

48:30 ↗ what we heard in the park plan and

48:32 ↗ really that echo is let's reinvest in

48:34 ↗ what we have and let's better connect

48:36 ↗ what we have the engagement effort I

48:41 ↗ won't go into all these dates but really

48:44 ↗ allowed us to speak not only to the

48:47 ↗ community too but many of our partners

48:49 ↗ we have many partners and many interest

48:51 ↗ groups that are Park support that they

48:55 ↗ support our parks will continue to reach

48:57 ↗ out and work with these groups and

49:01 ↗ partners into this next phase of work

49:03 ↗ what you're going to hear tonight and

49:06 ↗ what you're going to see tonight with

49:07 ↗ these three parks Park areas are

49:09 ↗ concepts I'll invite up Deb Gunther from

49:13 ↗ mithoon our consultant architect team to

49:16 ↗ walk through these just to highlight

49:18 ↗ though these are not designs these

49:20 ↗ aren't intended to be designs like I

49:22 ↗ said that we're ready to construct next

49:24 ↗ year we're really intending these

49:27 ↗ concepts to help explore opportunities

49:30 ↗ to explore the likes and dislikes that

49:33 ↗ the community has with these really

49:35 ↗ really important public spaces and it'll

49:38 ↗ be work the feedback we're going to hear

49:40 ↗ is really going to help us inform a

49:43 ↗ preferred concept that very likely will

49:45 ↗ be a blend of the concepts will borrow

49:48 ↗ ideas from each of these concepts you'll

49:50 ↗ see tonight and in some cases maybe even

49:53 ↗ be reinvented ideas from the engagement

49:55 ↗ so with that Deb günther thank you Jeff

50:02 ↗ thank you

50:03 ↗ council for the opportunity to share

50:06 ↗ this with you we're really excited about

50:08 ↗ what we've been hearing from the

50:09 ↗ community and

50:11 ↗ there are as Jeff mentioned there are

50:13 ↗ three different anchor Park ideas coming

50:16 ↗ out of the strategic plan so I'm gonna

50:18 ↗ go through some of this information

50:20 ↗ fairly quickly but feel free to in the

50:23 ↗ Q&A to come back and I can touch on any

50:25 ↗ of this so in a little more detail so

50:29 ↗ Tibbets valley parked up on Newports way

50:31 ↗ and again near the central guest growth

50:33 ↗ area um you know a regional sports

50:36 ↗ facility and opportunities here what we

50:39 ↗ heard from people were there's a creek

50:42 ↗ here there Tippett's Creek is it runs

50:44 ↗ through this park so not a lot of

50:46 ↗ connection to the creek and people

50:48 ↗ really wanting that connection to the

50:49 ↗ creek people really walking loops in

50:53 ↗ this park and obviously coming here for

50:55 ↗ the terrific sports facilities again

51:00 ↗ these three ideas that I'm sharing are

51:03 ↗ as Jeff mentioned our kind of bookended

51:05 ↗ ideas to just talk about the

51:08 ↗ conversation around what are some of the

51:11 ↗ improvements that could happen and what

51:12 ↗ could make these spaces really used in

51:16 ↗ multiple benefits in multiple ways and

51:18 ↗ really serve the broad growth that's

51:21 ↗ happening in Issaquah and connect to

51:24 ↗ that central is qua growth area to the

51:26 ↗ north on this plan so this plan looks at

51:30 ↗ a transition zone a lot of active uses

51:32 ↗ along Newports way as a way to bring

51:35 ↗ people across the street and move into

51:38 ↗ the park and and keep those activities

51:40 ↗ of making Newport way a little bit more

51:42 ↗ pedestrian or Surrey a little bit more

51:45 ↗ community feeling and then these are

51:48 ↗ just some of the precedent images of

51:50 ↗ what some of those spaces might be when

51:52 ↗ you start connecting to the creeks for

51:54 ↗ example some amphitheaters ideas about

51:58 ↗ renovating the existing Manor and and

52:02 ↗ and whether that wants to be in that

52:04 ↗ location so every scheme sort of

52:07 ↗ explores that in a different way and

52:10 ↗ then this is the view along Newport the

52:13 ↗ second idea is what if those sports

52:15 ↗ fields were actually divided with that

52:18 ↗ of those activities zones that were

52:19 ↗ along Newports way in the previous

52:21 ↗ scheme but this one is going right

52:23 ↗ through the the sport

52:24 ↗ field so kind of bringing activity right

52:27 ↗ into the center you actually see this in

52:29 ↗ a lot of athletic field complexes that

52:31 ↗ it kind of brings a lot of there's the

52:34 ↗ activity and enthusiasm of the sports

52:36 ↗ fields into these spaces but also makes

52:39 ↗ them active when when league play isn't

52:42 ↗ happening and this is a view through you

52:45 ↗ can see kind of ball fields on both

52:47 ↗ sides and this the spine through the

52:49 ↗ middle that would connect the the

52:52 ↗ intersection at Newport way all the way

52:54 ↗ across to the neighborhood where the dog

52:56 ↗ park is planned on the hillside and then

53:01 ↗ the third option was really looking at

53:03 ↗ the creek so if we were really making

53:06 ↗ the most of the visibility of that Creek

53:08 ↗ how could that Creek be visible from

53:10 ↗ that main intersection as you're driving

53:12 ↗ into Issaquah at Newport Way and then

53:16 ↗ really bringing people down to the creek

53:18 ↗ and this this scheme also is the closest

53:22 ↗ scheme to the sports fields that are

53:25 ↗ there today so the thought is on all of

53:27 ↗ these schemes is that if you go with

53:29 ↗ turf fields synthetic turf fields you

53:33 ↗ can get more play out of the out of the

53:35 ↗ field so as growth occurs you might

53:37 ↗ consider in this scheme four instead of

53:40 ↗ five baseball fields as one consider

53:43 ↗ consideration

53:45 ↗ and but you'd get more play out of it

53:47 ↗ because you're able to schedule more

53:49 ↗ frequent games given the dryer fields

53:55 ↗ one of the other differences in these

53:57 ↗ three schemes is parking so the other

54:01 ↗ two schemes had parking on both sides

54:03 ↗ pretty much where it is now this scheme

54:05 ↗ looks at what if it was consolidated

54:07 ↗ what if it was stacked and you know

54:11 ↗ would you be then able to get more Creek

54:14 ↗ presence on that the opposite corner at

54:17 ↗ the intersection so just all of these

54:19 ↗ are again our ideas to discuss and just

54:22 ↗ trying to bookend the conversation about

54:27 ↗ what what's important and what we're

54:29 ↗ hearing from a lot of community members

54:31 ↗ is the that presence of the creek is

54:33 ↗ important to them

54:36 ↗ so the second anchor Park you know right

54:39 ↗ here behind the building across the

54:41 ↗ street is Veterans Memorial Field

54:44 ↗ so really the opportunity to have a

54:47 ↗ destination park for the community right

54:50 ↗ in the downtown and what we've heard

54:53 ↗ time and time again from the community

54:54 ↗ members is that unless they're coming

54:57 ↗ here for a game they're not actually

55:00 ↗ coming here that often and so it's a

55:02 ↗ little bit of a hidden gem

55:04 ↗ they made maybe they're coming here for

55:06 ↗ salmon days but um not not not a lot of

55:11 ↗ connection a lot of people wanting a lot

55:14 ↗ more use around the Senior Center and

55:16 ↗ then a lot of folks interested in more

55:20 ↗ play for children's play the loving the

55:23 ↗ the play equipment that's there and

55:25 ↗ really thinking wow it would be great to

55:27 ↗ have that be even more a larger play

55:31 ↗ area so this range of options looks at

55:36 ↗ different scales and adjacencies of

55:40 ↗ program that essentially is a water play

55:43 ↗ area some some of the expansion of the

55:46 ↗ activities around the Senior Center and

55:48 ↗ then and play areas and so we also heard

55:52 ↗ a lot about folks really and liking the

55:54 ↗ idea of being in a garden experience and

55:57 ↗ and the idea that multi-use multi-use

56:02 ↗ open grassy area is really important so

56:06 ↗ all three of these schemes do not have a

56:08 ↗ formal baseball field but the idea is

56:12 ↗ that more use will be happening and in

56:14 ↗ Thibodaux it can kind of pick up the

56:17 ↗ league play that happens at this park

56:19 ↗ but the field that was still important

56:21 ↗ to people it's also important as as

56:24 ↗ Veterans Memorial as a honoring the

56:29 ↗ veterans in the community so this scheme

56:33 ↗ really looks at the history of veterans

56:37 ↗ or the history of Issaquah by picking up

56:40 ↗ on the rail lines the so people love the

56:43 ↗ depot park and how could that be

56:45 ↗ expanded there's a lot been a lot of

56:47 ↗ collaboration with Don

56:49 ↗ who's working with the arts and culture

56:52 ↗ about how art can be fully integrated

56:54 ↗ into these plans and this plan in

56:57 ↗ particular has a lot of opportunity for

57:00 ↗ arts integration with that history and I

57:03 ↗ think one of the things that this these

57:05 ↗ plans are also hoping to do is to

57:07 ↗ continue the conversation around what

57:09 ↗ kind of stories want to be told through

57:11 ↗ the design of these parks what kind of

57:13 ↗ stories are important to the community

57:15 ↗ to commemorate through the art and

57:18 ↗ through the way that these parks are

57:20 ↗ designed this plan is the idea of a

57:24 ↗ valley meadow

57:25 ↗ folks talked a lot about living up in

57:27 ↗ the mountains and then coming down into

57:29 ↗ the valley and so how could this park

57:32 ↗ actually express the valley more clearly

57:34 ↗ and so in this scenario it's about a

57:38 ↗ super bloom loop so the valley meadow

57:41 ↗ that might have really wonderful botanic

57:43 ↗ qualities and you know play a wonderful

57:46 ↗ place wonderful smells wonderful

57:48 ↗ seasonal change and they a little bit

57:51 ↗ larger splash play area and then we're

57:56 ↗ also looking in these schemes at

57:58 ↗ different ways that parking might might

58:02 ↗ be adapted and over time and in

58:06 ↗ conjunction with how parking works in

58:08 ↗ the city overall so if if there was a

58:12 ↗ desire to look at you know how how the

58:16 ↗ parking could become a courtyard could

58:18 ↗ become more of a plaza

58:19 ↗ so maybe during festival times it's it's

58:22 ↗ a shared street but on the average day

58:26 ↗ it's parking like it is today but on a

58:28 ↗ weekend it might be parking more

58:31 ↗ remotely and having more space for

58:33 ↗ people to come and use the park for

58:35 ↗ special events so the idea of the super

58:40 ↗ bloom again the botanic garden

58:41 ↗ experience and what that might look like

58:44 ↗ this is the view from you can see the

58:48 ↗ train depot on the left and the City

58:49 ↗ Hall would be on the right looking into

58:51 ↗ the park

58:53 ↗ and then the third idea is the the

58:56 ↗ foothills so thinking about more of a

58:59 ↗ landform idea and how that could be the

59:02 ↗ experience that people are having moving

59:06 ↗ through the park and and maybe having a

59:08 ↗ continuous splash play environment that

59:12 ↗ could even be an ice-skating rink and

59:14 ↗ ice-skating paths even that in the

59:17 ↗ wintertime so many of these splash play

59:19 ↗ environments could change into ice

59:21 ↗ skating in the wintertime so we heard a

59:23 ↗ lot about people interested in seasonal

59:25 ↗ use and being able to come out here

59:28 ↗ maybe enjoying a fire pit or enjoying

59:31 ↗ warming Hut's

59:32 ↗ in the wintertime so what some of that

59:35 ↗ might those environments might look like

59:39 ↗ and that same view into the park with

59:41 ↗ more of a foothills approach and then

59:45 ↗ lastly in the Creek corridor idea this

59:49 ↗ is really interesting we you know rick

59:53 ↗ wob' has the rainier trail but one of

59:56 ↗ the things that came out of that park

59:58 ↗ strategic plan was the idea of how the

1:00:01 ↗ multiple ways that you could connect

1:00:03 ↗ from Lake Sammamish Park all the way

1:00:05 ↗ down to squawk park so swap valley park

1:00:09 ↗ so there i think the the the thought

1:00:13 ↗ here is that we heard a lot from the

1:00:15 ↗ community about how important habitat

1:00:17 ↗ was so they were acknowledging that the

1:00:21 ↗ wildlife corridor that that represents

1:00:23 ↗ is as important as the pedestrian and

1:00:26 ↗ biking corridor and so there was a lot

1:00:28 ↗ of interest in expanding on habitat

1:00:31 ↗ environments along that spine that would

1:00:34 ↗ connect from the the state part to

1:00:36 ↗ squawk valley park and and then the idea

1:00:42 ↗ that there might be multiple ways that

1:00:44 ↗ you could get from the through that

1:00:46 ↗ through that spine and then also that

1:00:49 ↗ people were really impressed when they

1:00:52 ↗ looked at the map and they saw how much

1:00:54 ↗ green space exists in Issaquah and

1:00:56 ↗ really not really aware they might have

1:00:59 ↗ the park that they go to on a regular

1:01:01 ↗ basis but not really aware that there's

1:01:02 ↗ another park nearby and just the

1:01:05 ↗ connective

1:01:05 ↗ that loops would provide that to connect

1:01:10 ↗ those existing park spaces was very

1:01:12 ↗ exciting to people and the idea that you

1:01:15 ↗ know they people were very focused of

1:01:18 ↗ course on the loop that they could

1:01:20 ↗ experience near their home but then the

1:01:23 ↗ idea that they could connect to another

1:01:24 ↗ loop and have a different experience

1:01:26 ↗ would really expand the opportunities

1:01:29 ↗ for people to use the parks in many

1:01:33 ↗ different ways and get to a different

1:01:35 ↗ kind of facility in another part of town

1:01:39 ↗ so what you're seeing here I'm gonna

1:01:43 ↗ share three segments and of the Creek

1:01:47 ↗ corridor idea

1:01:49 ↗ the pink represents the spine so that's

1:01:51 ↗ actually a would be a four mile trail

1:01:54 ↗ that we connect all the way from the

1:01:56 ↗ State Park you see here down to to the

1:01:59 ↗ Squawk and then the yellow is the loop

1:02:02 ↗ trail that happens within each of these

1:02:04 ↗ reaches so this is the northernmost

1:02:06 ↗ around Pickering barn and that's the the

1:02:09 ↗ you're seeing the Pickering loop there

1:02:11 ↗ and the dark green is the Pickering barn

1:02:13 ↗ in the center and then thinking about

1:02:16 ↗ that crossing at i-90 and then this the

1:02:21 ↗ character of this area is much more kind

1:02:23 ↗ of open Valley Valley meadow and some

1:02:30 ↗ really great you know habitat

1:02:31 ↗ opportunities here with i-90 so some of

1:02:35 ↗ the images that are will show up on the

1:02:37 ↗ survey that folks can kind of weigh in

1:02:39 ↗ on you have to do with how to engage the

1:02:42 ↗ Creek how do you want to view nature

1:02:44 ↗ what kind of trail experience would you

1:02:47 ↗ want and how would art be integrated

1:02:50 ↗ into this into this experience so then

1:02:54 ↗ moving into old town that becomes a

1:02:56 ↗ little bit more of an urban Creek

1:02:57 ↗ experience and you can see the

1:03:00 ↗ connectivity the loop around confluence

1:03:02 ↗ park and then the loop around downtown

1:03:05 ↗ and these are some of those images what

1:03:08 ↗ those might feel like and then the

1:03:12 ↗ Squawk valley reach which is much more

1:03:14 ↗ wooded much more low

1:03:17 ↗ in mountainous kind of combined a lot of

1:03:21 ↗ great habitat opportunities and a lot of

1:03:22 ↗ opportunities to really do some

1:03:28 ↗ connectivity that picks up on a lot more

1:03:31 ↗ topography down in that southern reach

1:03:34 ↗ in a lot more forested area so very

1:03:38 ↗ different places along that four mile

1:03:40 ↗ experience and it's one of the beauties

1:03:42 ↗ I think of the idea of the emerald

1:03:45 ↗ oh sorry of the green necklace that you

1:03:49 ↗ can have a lot of different experiences

1:03:50 ↗ a lot of multiple benefits that come out

1:03:52 ↗ of the park system so I'm going to turn

1:03:56 ↗ it over to to Jennifer to share next

1:03:59 ↗ steps

1:04:08 ↗ good evening Jennifer Fink I'm just

1:04:10 ↗ going to quickly run through what our

1:04:12 ↗ next steps are for this project and as

1:04:16 ↗ Deb said we're going to be updating our

1:04:18 ↗ park board next Monday night regarding a

1:04:21 ↗ much of the information that was in your

1:04:23 ↗ packet that's evening and we're also

1:04:25 ↗ going to be preparing many of these

1:04:26 ↗ graphics for an online survey it's

1:04:29 ↗ really going to be three large surveys

1:04:31 ↗ that go out to the community really

1:04:33 ↗ asking their questions about experiences

1:04:35 ↗ some multiple choice questions as well

1:04:38 ↗ as open-ended we're really wanting to

1:04:39 ↗ see what's resonating with the community

1:04:42 ↗ we're going to take all of that as part

1:04:45 ↗ of our phase two engagement and wrap it

1:04:47 ↗ up and create a proposed design from

1:04:50 ↗ that feedback some of those designs may

1:04:53 ↗ not look like anything like the concepts

1:04:55 ↗ that were shown tonight as I mentioned

1:04:57 ↗ earlier those are just launching points

1:04:59 ↗ for discussion we'll take the community

1:05:02 ↗ feedback that's created and come up with

1:05:04 ↗ a proposed design and then we'll take

1:05:07 ↗ that out as part of our phase three

1:05:09 ↗ engagement for some more open house and

1:05:12 ↗ some workshops and online now up to date

1:05:15 ↗ all of these master planning efforts of

1:05:18 ↗ all the public engagement has been done

1:05:20 ↗ simultaneously these are now going to

1:05:23 ↗ start after this next survey that's

1:05:26 ↗ going out soon will start breaking apart

1:05:29 ↗ from each other and

1:05:30 ↗ we'll go down their own individual paths

1:05:32 ↗ towards masterplan adoption during that

1:05:35 ↗ time we will be updating park board and

1:05:37 ↗ coming back to you periodically we'll be

1:05:40 ↗ revising our schedule once we get the

1:05:42 ↗ community served but surveys back seeing

1:05:44 ↗ where we're at with in each parks

1:05:47 ↗ natural process towards master plan

1:05:49 ↗ completion and that's our goal towards

1:05:51 ↗ the end of this year to have master

1:05:54 ↗ plans for each of these parks these

1:05:56 ↗ master plans will inform our future

1:05:59 ↗ capital requests grant opportunities and

1:06:02 ↗ help inform what our future vision for

1:06:05 ↗ the community is we'll also be as part

1:06:10 ↗ of the master planning process

1:06:10 ↗ developing an implementation plan which

1:06:13 ↗ how would we successfully phase and what

1:06:15 ↗ costs might be for each of those phases

1:06:17 ↗ so we can successfully implement the

1:06:21 ↗ master plans that we're coming up with

1:06:22 ↗ and of course we'll be updating counsel

1:06:25 ↗ along the way in coming to you for final

1:06:28 ↗ master plan adoption down the road so

1:06:31 ↗ with that I just want to say a quick

1:06:33 ↗ thank you to mithoon as well as John

1:06:35 ↗ fellows for their efforts and expertise

1:06:37 ↗ to date and like to open it up to

1:06:39 ↗ Council for any questions you have of

1:06:42 ↗ Jeff and Deb and I thank you Jen

1:06:44 ↗ questions it's just an informational

1:06:48 ↗ presentation tonight there's no action

1:06:50 ↗ required council member Hall thank you

1:06:54 ↗ very much I might have more questions

1:06:57 ↗ but one that just came to mind was just

1:06:58 ↗ kind of logistical so as phase two for

1:07:03 ↗ Community Engagement just the survey

1:07:05 ↗ there's more open houses or anything

1:07:08 ↗ like that it's just the online survey is

1:07:10 ↗ that correct now we've done extensive

1:07:12 ↗ community outreach up to date so we

1:07:15 ↗ package that up into these designs here

1:07:17 ↗ and so this survey will just be online

1:07:19 ↗ but the next phase will really get into

1:07:23 ↗ a lot deeper realm and we'll be talking

1:07:25 ↗ with Park board on Monday as well the

1:07:30 ↗ questions

1:07:30 ↗ council president hunt

1:07:33 ↗ thank you I wondered if cost is going to

1:07:37 ↗ be part of the next phase of discussion

1:07:39 ↗ because I think that people can give

1:07:40 ↗ more useful insights when they have a

1:07:44 ↗ sense of how much different elements of

1:07:46 ↗ these different plans are costing and I

1:07:48 ↗ didn't see any cost info today yeah it's

1:07:51 ↗ a great great question I think where

1:07:53 ↗ we're at now with these concepts are

1:07:54 ↗ still very programmatic and very a high

1:08:00 ↗ enough elevation that we're really

1:08:02 ↗ talking shapes and not necessarily

1:08:04 ↗ design concepts there will not be a lot

1:08:08 ↗ of in-depth cost estimates with this

1:08:11 ↗ next phase that would go out in the

1:08:13 ↗ survey I think as we get community

1:08:16 ↗ feedback and start moving towards that

1:08:18 ↗ third phase of engagement when we're

1:08:21 ↗ getting a little bit more specific in

1:08:23 ↗ terms of not just program ideas but

1:08:27 ↗ actual elements will be much at a much

1:08:32 ↗ better place to start doing cost

1:08:34 ↗ estimating and getting feedback

1:08:35 ↗ community feedback based on relative

1:08:38 ↗ cost additional questions Deb recounts

1:08:43 ↗ president ra9 counts my buddy Michelle

1:08:45 ↗ what does it mean to adopt the master

1:08:48 ↗ parks plan to adopt each of these plans

1:08:55 ↗ well you said one of the things we will

1:08:57 ↗ do in the future is to adopt the master

1:08:58 ↗ part plan what does that mean I mean

1:09:01 ↗ what is what does that signify what are

1:09:03 ↗ we adopting so the way Title 18 is

1:09:08 ↗ written right now these would be master

1:09:10 ↗ site plans that would each be

1:09:12 ↗ individually adopted as they came before

1:09:17 ↗ you so as as Jennifer Fink said these

1:09:20 ↗ projects will now start to become

1:09:22 ↗ individualized so Tibbets Valley Park

1:09:24 ↗ would be adopted as a master plan just

1:09:28 ↗ as Veterans Memorial Park and the Creek

1:09:31 ↗ corridor would be is your question are

1:09:33 ↗ you adopting a graphic my question is

1:09:36 ↗ what are we committing to when we adopt

1:09:38 ↗ a master Park plan and/or if we had

1:09:41 ↗ dropped a site plan which is Tibbets

1:09:42 ↗ Valley what did we just commit to when

1:09:44 ↗ we did that

1:09:45 ↗ that's my question so when you add again

1:09:48 ↗ as Title 18 is written right now as you

1:09:50 ↗ adopt a master plan you are agreeing to

1:09:56 ↗ a vision or an overall concept of what

1:09:59 ↗ you want that part to be there is no

1:10:01 ↗ financial commitment that comes with

1:10:03 ↗ adopting a master plan it merely becomes

1:10:07 ↗ the guiding to all the guiding

1:10:10 ↗ instrument for what capital investments

1:10:13 ↗ we would be making into those into those

1:10:15 ↗ public spaces and then how do I tied

1:10:19 ↗ together that with the the

1:10:20 ↗ implementation that Jennifer spoke to so

1:10:25 ↗ within that master plan we will have

1:10:30 ↗ implementation strategies realizing that

1:10:32 ↗ a park of that size or scale is likely

1:10:35 ↗ not going to be built all in one phase

1:10:38 ↗ so it would give suggestions on how we

1:10:41 ↗ might implement that plan in a phased

1:10:45 ↗ approach thank you

1:10:49 ↗ and council my redeemer shell I think

1:10:52 ↗ I'm looking more for just clarification

1:10:54 ↗ you touched on with the Memorial Field

1:10:56 ↗ that there would be possibly a

1:10:59 ↗ displacement of that sports field and

1:11:01 ↗ I've talked to parents whose kids are

1:11:05 ↗ involved in Little League and they're

1:11:06 ↗ very concerned and there's a lot of

1:11:08 ↗ pressure in our community to have those

1:11:11 ↗ sports fields available for all of those

1:11:13 ↗ activities so just clarification about

1:11:17 ↗ how you're planning to work through that

1:11:19 ↗ with those groups and what that might

1:11:23 ↗ mean for the people in our community who

1:11:26 ↗ are very invested in sports yeah great

1:11:30 ↗ question and one we're very committed to

1:11:33 ↗ as well in fact just last Wednesday

1:11:35 ↗ night we met with baseball

1:11:36 ↗ representatives from multiple baseball

1:11:38 ↗ groups Little League baseball club and a

1:11:41 ↗ number of other groups talking

1:11:42 ↗ specifically about that very thing how

1:11:45 ↗ do we as we're looking at the community

1:11:48 ↗ interest in diversifying some of these

1:11:51 ↗ park spaces that have been quite

1:11:54 ↗ baseball centric over

1:11:55 ↗ decades how do we make sure we diversify

1:11:59 ↗ these spaces to be what the community

1:12:01 ↗ wants but also make sure we're

1:12:04 ↗ accommodating current and future needs

1:12:05 ↗ for baseball and softball and so what

1:12:10 ↗ you'll likely see as we're working with

1:12:12 ↗ the community on these on these parks is

1:12:16 ↗ what is existing use look like the field

1:12:20 ↗ there at Veterans Memorial Field is not

1:12:23 ↗ utilized all that much anymore because

1:12:25 ↗ of its size and location there's still

1:12:28 ↗ there's five in fields at Tibbets Valley

1:12:31 ↗ Park they're never all used at the same

1:12:33 ↗ time right so how do we use our

1:12:35 ↗ scheduling data and understand how

1:12:37 ↗ they're currently used what the current

1:12:39 ↗ need is and make sure we're meeting that

1:12:42 ↗ and working very much with that that

1:12:45 ↗ user group thank you yep there's no

1:12:48 ↗ question counselor Mertz Boulder I

1:12:55 ↗ before I think about proving anything I

1:12:59 ↗ want to see Boulder as in more bold

1:13:04 ↗ Tibbits Valley Park loved the idea of

1:13:08 ↗ expanding what's capable there the

1:13:12 ↗ elephant in the room is the manor and

1:13:13 ↗ what to do about it want to see if it

1:13:16 ↗ has to exist if we decide not to

1:13:19 ↗ bulldoze it what could it be that would

1:13:21 ↗ support the park that would be in line

1:13:24 ↗ with the park no creative with that I

1:13:28 ↗ don't know what that looks like

1:13:31 ↗ veterans Veterans Memorial Field that

1:13:33 ↗ baseball field is totally underutilized

1:13:36 ↗ I know this because I can always fly my

1:13:38 ↗ drone over there what I want to have

1:13:40 ↗ someplace to fly it's always wide open

1:13:42 ↗ as space to fly out of which I

1:13:45 ↗ appreciate but I love the idea of water

1:13:49 ↗ features I don't know how often it's

1:13:52 ↗ cold enough for long enough to ice skate

1:13:53 ↗ but I'm from Minnesota and I have

1:13:55 ↗ wonderful memories of skating on como

1:13:59 ↗ lake but this is not Minnesota so I

1:14:02 ↗ don't I don't know how that works my

1:14:03 ↗ biggest concern is both the potential

1:14:07 ↗ and the challenges

1:14:08 ↗ around the reach that you've defined for

1:14:11 ↗ the creek love it love it love the idea

1:14:15 ↗ I have a concern about between

1:14:17 ↗ confluence and sycamore it kind of loses

1:14:20 ↗ its way the northern end is gorgeous and

1:14:23 ↗ makes sense the southern end is gorgeous

1:14:25 ↗ and makes sense you've got those other

1:14:27 ↗ loops that occur throughout the middle

1:14:30 ↗ again

1:14:31 ↗ go bold what could we do could we even

1:14:34 ↗ go over to the base of tiger and then

1:14:37 ↗ come back I don't know I don't know what

1:14:39 ↗ it looks like but that stretch of it I

1:14:42 ↗ look at and you know just going down

1:14:45 ↗ it's equal Hobart Road by the side of

1:14:47 ↗ the road does not feel like what we want

1:14:51 ↗ to do with this beautiful space at the

1:14:54 ↗ center so I'm excited by these views

1:14:57 ↗ this is in ten years sort of the first

1:15:00 ↗ swing for the fences kind of look at at

1:15:03 ↗ the parks in the valley but but swing

1:15:06 ↗ again for the fences and again and I

1:15:09 ↗ think there's a huge appetite in the

1:15:11 ↗ community to see the transformation of

1:15:12 ↗ these spaces thank you that's a very

1:15:15 ↗ wonderful thing to hear I think a lot of

1:15:18 ↗ the things you're describing or things

1:15:20 ↗ that we've been talking about and so we

1:15:22 ↗ want to continue to hear you know from

1:15:25 ↗ folks and kind of I think that's super

1:15:28 ↗ helpful to to take another look and

1:15:31 ↗ especially I think the idea of look

1:15:35 ↗ looking at Tiger Mountain looking at

1:15:37 ↗ sort of the the sort of how you go

1:15:38 ↗ further out is a critical part of just

1:15:41 ↗ moving people around town and it all you

1:15:44 ↗ know holds on to the quality of life

1:15:46 ↗ when people can move around town a

1:15:48 ↗ little easier so I think those are great

1:15:51 ↗ suggestions thank you any other comments

1:15:55 ↗ councillor president hunter two comments

1:15:59 ↗ when I think the public engagement on

1:16:01 ↗ this is very important these are parks

1:16:03 ↗ that are going to be serving the

1:16:04 ↗ community and so the community should

1:16:06 ↗ have a really big role in determining

1:16:08 ↗ the future of the parks and that is why

1:16:10 ↗ I raised the cost information question

1:16:13 ↗ because I think the more information you

1:16:15 ↗ can provide people about the trade-offs

1:16:17 ↗ involved with the different options that

1:16:18 ↗ are on the tee

1:16:19 ↗ I think they can give us more supportive

1:16:22 ↗ and more helpful feedback and also be

1:16:24 ↗ more informed so I would encourage you

1:16:27 ↗ to continue to take that into

1:16:29 ↗ consideration as you do your public

1:16:31 ↗ engagement and then also I think it is

1:16:37 ↗ great that we're talking more about how

1:16:40 ↗ we can have people enjoy the Creek and

1:16:45 ↗ interact with the creek I know that

1:16:48 ↗ Tibbets for example it is quite hidden

1:16:51 ↗ it's not very clear where the city you

1:16:55 ↗ know if you're supposed to be there and

1:16:58 ↗ so I think that that's a really great

1:17:00 ↗ opportunity at the same time I think

1:17:02 ↗ while we're while we're facilitating

1:17:06 ↗ people getting to the creek we need to

1:17:08 ↗ be that much more careful of protecting

1:17:10 ↗ its ecological function and protecting

1:17:13 ↗ the habitat because we don't want to

1:17:15 ↗ destroy the thing that we're looking to

1:17:17 ↗ to have people enjoy you know so I I see

1:17:23 ↗ those words habitat and I just wanted to

1:17:25 ↗ really stress that well I think it's

1:17:27 ↗ great to bring people closer into that

1:17:31 ↗ habitat and enjoy it we also then have

1:17:33 ↗ to be that much more diligent about

1:17:35 ↗ protecting thank you I can just add

1:17:39 ↗ briefly that we have a wonderful

1:17:40 ↗ ecologist in Herrera environmental group

1:17:43 ↗ and so they know a lot about the creeks

1:17:45 ↗ already and so we've done a creek walk

1:17:48 ↗ with them and they've really been

1:17:50 ↗ critical in identifying those key

1:17:52 ↗ habitat areas that we'd want to not be

1:17:54 ↗ bringing people closer to okay any other

1:17:59 ↗ questions on this informational item

1:18:01 ↗ thank you thank you team will be moving

1:18:06 ↗ next to the consent calendar which was

1:18:08 ↗ distributed to the council in advance

1:18:10 ↗ and if authorized the items on the

1:18:12 ↗ consent calendar will be considered

1:18:14 ↗ together and approved by one motion have

1:18:17 ↗ the payables and the payroll been

1:18:18 ↗ reviewed yes thank you

1:18:21 ↗ does any council member desire to remove

1:18:23 ↗ any item from the consent calendar and

1:18:25 ↗ consider it under regular business I'm

1:18:28 ↗ seeing none is there motion that council

1:18:31 ↗ president moved to adopt the consent

1:18:34 ↗ calendar as listed in tonight's

1:18:35 ↗ published agenda second it's been moved

1:18:39 ↗ and seconded all those in favor signify

1:18:41 ↗ by saying aye those opposed that passes

1:18:45 ↗ unanimously

1:18:46 ↗ we're now in the regular business

1:18:48 ↗ portion of our meeting and the first

1:18:51 ↗ item is a B 7 7 8 o Cemetery management

1:18:54 ↗ agreement this item was before council

1:18:56 ↗ On January 28th at the council study

1:18:59 ↗ session and I'd like to ask deputy parks

1:19:01 ↗ director Brian Bernsen to come to the

1:19:03 ↗ lectern and begin the presentation

1:19:06 ↗ evening Thank You mayor once again I'm

1:19:10 ↗ Brian Bernsen your deputy parks

1:19:12 ↗ recreation parks and community services

1:19:14 ↗ I'm sorry director yes I'll give you a

1:19:17 ↗ quick Cliff's noted version catch you up

1:19:19 ↗ on sort of where we're at right now and

1:19:20 ↗ then move into a staff recommendation

1:19:22 ↗ for what we're asking tonight mm-hmm

1:19:25 ↗ this agenda bill is going to seek

1:19:27 ↗ councils operation authorization to

1:19:30 ↗ enter into the cemetery management

1:19:31 ↗ agreement with for the hillside Cemetery

1:19:34 ↗ which is upper and lower with Flynn Oz

1:19:37 ↗ funeral home floor offices a squad based

1:19:40 ↗ business with expertise in funeral

1:19:42 ↗ cremation and burial services reviewing

1:19:48 ↗ the operations and the partnership with

1:19:50 ↗ Flynn offs

1:19:50 ↗ was part of our planning effort for the

1:19:53 ↗ city on hillside Cemetery that kicked

1:19:55 ↗ off at the beginning of 20 on the part

1:19:58 ↗ of our 2019 work plan so throughout 2019

1:20:02 ↗ the city Flynn offs and the cemetery

1:20:05 ↗ board discussed and developed the

1:20:07 ↗ cemetery management agreement the city

1:20:10 ↗ and Flynn offs agree to role to the

1:20:13 ↗ roles and responsibilities delineated

1:20:15 ↗ within the cemetery management agreement

1:20:18 ↗ at the October 1st 2019 cemetery board

1:20:22 ↗ meeting the cemetery board moved to

1:20:25 ↗ recommend that the mayor and city

1:20:27 ↗ council approve ensign the cemetery

1:20:30 ↗ management agreement as written this

1:20:33 ↗ motion was passed unanimously

1:20:36 ↗ On January 28th during the council study

1:20:40 ↗ session staff presented the cemetery

1:20:42 ↗ management agreement with Flint's

1:20:44 ↗ funeral home and requested counsels

1:20:46 ↗ input prior to tonight's council meeting

1:20:48 ↗ the following changes to the agreement

1:20:50 ↗ were requested it was asked to replace

1:20:53 ↗ parks and recreation with parks and

1:20:55 ↗ community services within the document

1:20:57 ↗ to reflect the department's name change

1:20:59 ↗ to use a gender-neutral

1:21:02 ↗ option for his designee and to correct

1:21:05 ↗ the RCW reference to our CW 68.5 to

1:21:09 ↗ those changes have been made within that

1:21:11 ↗ document additionally a couple of

1:21:13 ↗ questions were asked whether or not

1:21:16 ↗ Flynn house provides equal benefits for

1:21:18 ↗ domestic partners in response

1:21:20 ↗ yes Flynn offs does provide equal

1:21:22 ↗ benefits for domestic partners whether a

1:21:25 ↗ clause should be added to the management

1:21:27 ↗ agreement in the event that Flynn hops

1:21:29 ↗ funeral home is sold and/or purchased by

1:21:31 ↗ another entity within or outside the

1:21:34 ↗ city of Issaquah in response the city

1:21:36 ↗ attorney has confirmed that the current

1:21:38 ↗ language in the agreement provides that

1:21:40 ↗ if Flynn Tufts were to sell the funeral

1:21:42 ↗ home to another separate entity the

1:21:44 ↗ agreement would automatically terminate

1:21:46 ↗ unless the city approved of the

1:21:48 ↗ assignment at the end of the study

1:21:51 ↗ session Council expressed general

1:21:53 ↗ support for the court provisions within

1:21:55 ↗ the cemetery management agreement so

1:21:57 ↗ tonight

1:21:58 ↗ administration has recommend recommends

1:22:00 ↗ authorizing the mayor to enter into and

1:22:02 ↗ execute the cemetery management

1:22:04 ↗ agreement with Flynn aunts funeral home

1:22:05 ↗ to delineate the roles and

1:22:07 ↗ responsibilities of each party in the

1:22:09 ↗ management of the hillside Cemetery any

1:22:13 ↗ questions this evening

1:22:17 ↗ well we've seen it a few times so I'm

1:22:20 ↗ not surprised is anybody willing to make

1:22:22 ↗ a motion I move to authorize the mayor

1:22:28 ↗ to enter into and execute the cemetery

1:22:30 ↗ management agreement with Flint ops

1:22:31 ↗ funeral home to delineate the roles and

1:22:34 ↗ responsibilities of each party in the

1:22:36 ↗ management of the hillside cemetery

1:22:37 ↗ second thank you it's been moved and

1:22:41 ↗ seconded is there any discussion all

1:22:44 ↗ those in favor signify by saying aye

1:22:47 ↗ is opposed that carries unanimously

1:22:50 ↗ thank you Brian

1:22:51 ↗ yeah thank you next item on the agenda

1:22:54 ↗ this evening under regular business is a

1:22:56 ↗ B 792 for the 2021 2022 Human Services

1:23:01 ↗ grant funding approach and the request

1:23:04 ↗ before council this evening is for

1:23:05 ↗ approval this item was before the

1:23:08 ↗ council at the January 28th council

1:23:10 ↗ study session and we have Human Services

1:23:13 ↗ Coordinator Monica new gorilla to give

1:23:16 ↗ the presentation Thank You mayor Poli

1:23:19 ↗ and good evening council members and

1:23:21 ↗ tonight I'm joined in the audience by

1:23:23 ↗ representatives of the Human Services

1:23:25 ↗ Commission thank you so much for being

1:23:27 ↗ here including the chair of the

1:23:30 ↗ Commission mr. Derek Franklin who will

1:23:33 ↗ join me a little bit later to provide a

1:23:35 ↗ few comments at the end of my

1:23:37 ↗ presentation tonight we are returning to

1:23:42 ↗ Council to seek approval to proceed with

1:23:46 ↗ the recommended funding approach for the

1:23:48 ↗ 2021

1:23:49 ↗ 2022 human services grant cycle and we

1:23:53 ↗ are also seeking council approval to

1:23:55 ↗ proceed with utilizing the designated

1:23:58 ↗ allocation towards outreach services for

1:24:00 ↗ individuals experiencing homelessness in

1:24:02 ↗ our community

1:24:05 ↗ a Lobel of background at the study

1:24:07 ↗ session from January 28th of 2020 the

1:24:13 ↗ administration proposed funding approach

1:24:16 ↗ for the 2021 2022 human services grant

1:24:20 ↗ cycle that included two pilot projects

1:24:23 ↗ to complement the existing traditional

1:24:26 ↗ Human Services

1:24:27 ↗ Gran's specifically we were proposing to

1:24:32 ↗ add allocate about 10 to 12 percent from

1:24:36 ↗ the current Human Services grants to

1:24:39 ↗ words designated services in particular

1:24:44 ↗ outreach for individuals experiencing

1:24:47 ↗ homelessness and we were also proposing

1:24:50 ↗ allocating 2 to 4 percent towards grass

1:24:54 ↗ grassroots pilot grant the majority of

1:24:59 ↗ the funds will continue and would

1:25:01 ↗ continue to be allocated to the

1:25:03 ↗ traditional Human Services grants at

1:25:07 ↗ that meeting council expressed support

1:25:10 ↗ for the funding strategy and recommended

1:25:15 ↗ that we return to council with

1:25:17 ↗ additional information regarding the

1:25:19 ↗ identified used for designated services

1:25:22 ↗ so therefore the focus of my

1:25:26 ↗ presentation tonight will be to answer

1:25:27 ↗ those questions that arose during that

1:25:30 ↗ meeting just as a brief recap the three

1:25:35 ↗ funding approaches that were proposed

1:25:38 ↗ are included here in the table the green

1:25:41 ↗ area includes the traditional Human

1:25:43 ↗ Services funds followed by the contracts

1:25:45 ↗ for designated services and then the

1:25:48 ↗ grassroots grants although my

1:25:51 ↗ presentation will focus on the contracts

1:25:54 ↗ for designated services I do want to

1:25:55 ↗ make a quick note because during the

1:25:58 ↗ study session a question was brought up

1:26:02 ↗ regarding possible staffing capacity

1:26:05 ↗ with managing multiple grassroots grants

1:26:09 ↗ and a suggestion in the Human Services

1:26:11 ↗ Commission meeting was made to perhaps

1:26:14 ↗ limit the number of organizations that

1:26:17 ↗ we would support through this pilot

1:26:18 ↗ project to a maximum of four

1:26:20 ↗ organizations and also limit and max the

1:26:24 ↗ amount of dollars that we would allocate

1:26:26 ↗ to the initially proposed $20,000 so

1:26:30 ↗ this will this would allocate enough

1:26:33 ↗ dollars for enough staffing capacity and

1:26:37 ↗ support to help

1:26:39 ↗ organizations so now moving back to

1:26:43 ↗ providing answers from the questions

1:26:48 ↗ raised during the council study session

1:26:50 ↗ about the designated services I would

1:26:53 ↗ like to provide information regarding

1:26:56 ↗ the criteria that we used to identify

1:27:00 ↗ these services including reasons why we

1:27:03 ↗ chose to go with this proposal we will

1:27:06 ↗ also provide additional information

1:27:08 ↗ regarding the impact of homelessness in

1:27:10 ↗ Issaquah intersection with other local

1:27:13 ↗ services and we will also address a few

1:27:16 ↗ outcome measures that we would like to

1:27:18 ↗ propose for this project a few notes

1:27:22 ↗ regarding the designated services and I

1:27:27 ↗ would like to start with a couple of

1:27:28 ↗ clarifying items first of all designated

1:27:33 ↗ services is a term that in the previous

1:27:36 ↗ meeting we referred to as targeted

1:27:39 ↗ services in the meantime we try to

1:27:41 ↗ change the wording just to play provide

1:27:44 ↗ for additional clarification however we

1:27:50 ↗ wanted to note that we identified this

1:27:53 ↗ service because we know that a need and

1:27:59 ↗ a limitation with the current funded

1:28:03 ↗ services for outreach services through

1:28:06 ↗ the 2019 2020 Human Services funds we

1:28:10 ↗ allocate proximately $26,000 towards

1:28:15 ↗ three different organizations that

1:28:18 ↗ partially fund for staff that work with

1:28:23 ↗ individuals who are homeless in the East

1:28:25 ↗ King County region however due to the

1:28:29 ↗ large geographical area that the staff

1:28:31 ↗ need to cover in our area they do not

1:28:36 ↗ have the capacity to come very often and

1:28:38 ↗ provide meaningful time allocated and

1:28:43 ↗ therefore as you can see on the table

1:28:48 ↗ approximately outreach services in

1:28:50 ↗ Issaquah are offered for about we

1:28:52 ↗ two four hours per month and our intent

1:28:55 ↗ with this project would be to increase

1:28:58 ↗ that time to 30 to 40 hours per week in

1:29:03 ↗ a nutshell and summary basically by

1:29:05 ↗ doubling our investment we would receive

1:29:09 ↗ 10 times the amount of services and time

1:29:13 ↗ in Issaquah another topic that I would

1:29:21 ↗ like to approach is that we would like

1:29:23 ↗ to look at outreach for homeless

1:29:29 ↗ services as a broader concept and we

1:29:34 ↗ believe that this service is a conduit

1:29:36 ↗ to other services and specifically

1:29:41 ↗ through the human services through the

1:29:44 ↗ current Human Services grants about 47%

1:29:48 ↗ of the allocated funds goat towards

1:29:52 ↗ funding services for shelters day

1:29:57 ↗ centers support think housing services

1:30:01 ↗ foods and meal programs and these

1:30:08 ↗ services are currently not accessible

1:30:10 ↗ easily accessible to our homeless

1:30:14 ↗ individuals due to the limitations of

1:30:17 ↗ outreach and engagement services so

1:30:19 ↗ therefore we hope that through an

1:30:22 ↗ investment into the local outreach

1:30:23 ↗ services we could provide access to the

1:30:27 ↗ services that we already provide in

1:30:30 ↗ addition to the funds through the for

1:30:35 ↗ them housing and shelter services as

1:30:38 ↗ well as emergency funds we also provide

1:30:41 ↗ funding for education and job skills

1:30:43 ↗ programs as well as behavioral health

1:30:48 ↗ services that we will also like to

1:30:50 ↗ increase access to through them outreach

1:30:53 ↗ services

1:30:56 ↗ a few words about the community impact

1:31:00 ↗ currently the library the Senior Center

1:31:05 ↗ the community center and our parks are

1:31:09 ↗ constantly approached by individuals who

1:31:12 ↗ are seeking a place to rest

1:31:14 ↗ perhaps some meals showers a place to

1:31:21 ↗ store their their belongings and the

1:31:24 ↗ staff at these centers are not

1:31:26 ↗ adequately prepared and they don't have

1:31:30 ↗ the capacity to respond to the needs and

1:31:33 ↗ so in return first responders and police

1:31:37 ↗ officers are responding to social

1:31:40 ↗ service needs instead of medical needs

1:31:42 ↗ and true criminal acts and so during

1:31:46 ↗ this process where we engage with

1:31:48 ↗ community and we ask for feedback also

1:31:51 ↗ we worked closely with our police

1:31:54 ↗ department who is also supportive of

1:31:56 ↗ bringing local services outreach

1:31:59 ↗ services to is a qualm and in your

1:32:04 ↗ report you have additional information

1:32:06 ↗ about the amount of money that the city

1:32:11 ↗ spends on cleaning camps and the amount

1:32:16 ↗ of debris that is available in the area

1:32:20 ↗ and lastly I would like to add a few

1:32:24 ↗ words about the intersection with other

1:32:27 ↗ initiatives we've been in communications

1:32:31 ↗ with staff from the Issaquah School

1:32:33 ↗ District and with staff from Eastside

1:32:36 ↗ fire rescue as well as staff from

1:32:38 ↗ Issaquah a food and clothing bank and

1:32:42 ↗ while we believe that there is

1:32:44 ↗ intersection between the services that

1:32:46 ↗ we propose and the existing services our

1:32:49 ↗ intent is to ensure that we do not

1:32:51 ↗ duplicate services but that we

1:32:53 ↗ collaborate and we enrich each other's

1:32:57 ↗ programs for example the ASA Cross

1:33:01 ↗ School District through the

1:33:02 ↗ mckinney-vento act students are eligible

1:33:06 ↗ for

1:33:07 ↗ services students who are experiencing

1:33:10 ↗ homelessness are eligible for services

1:33:13 ↗ such as reduced or free meals they are

1:33:16 ↗ also eligible for transportation or

1:33:19 ↗ academic support however these services

1:33:22 ↗ are limited to the students who are

1:33:24 ↗ enrolled or in the process of being

1:33:26 ↗ enrolled and do not extend to family

1:33:29 ↗ members also so there is a natural

1:33:33 ↗ connection there where we can supplement

1:33:35 ↗ each other's programs as far as the

1:33:38 ↗ esight Fire Rescue the mobile integrated

1:33:41 ↗ team the the current project that is in

1:33:46 ↗ collaboration with the Issaquah food and

1:33:47 ↗ clothing bank reaches out to frequent

1:33:53 ↗ 9-1-1 callers and these are typically

1:33:57 ↗ residents who are isolated and who do

1:33:59 ↗ not have the support in place that they

1:34:03 ↗ need typically they are not individuals

1:34:05 ↗ who are homeless it is rare that

1:34:07 ↗ homeless individuals call 9-1-1 it is

1:34:10 ↗ those individuals who are perhaps

1:34:13 ↗ sometimes seniors with no families who

1:34:17 ↗ have medical needs and social service

1:34:20 ↗ needs that would be mostly served

1:34:23 ↗ through the esight Fire Rescue project

1:34:26 ↗ however again there are possibilities

1:34:28 ↗ for us to collaborate and we have

1:34:31 ↗ planned collaborations underway and with

1:34:36 ↗ that these are some of the proposed

1:34:39 ↗ outcome measures that we would like to

1:34:42 ↗ propose for the outreach services on one

1:34:45 ↗ end we would focus on both quantitative

1:34:47 ↗ and qualitative measures but in addition

1:34:51 ↗ to focusing on the effort and outputs we

1:34:54 ↗ would also like to track outcomes in

1:35:00 ↗ particular in addition to having more

1:35:03 ↗ hours available in Issaquah and in

1:35:05 ↗ addition to having a staff who's

1:35:07 ↗ embedded in the community closely

1:35:09 ↗ working with police officers inside Fire

1:35:12 ↗ Rescue library community center and the

1:35:16 ↗ courts Senior Center we would also like

1:35:19 ↗ to track

1:35:20 ↗ the results that come out from those

1:35:22 ↗ engagement services in particular not

1:35:24 ↗ only how many people were reached but

1:35:26 ↗ how many people of those who were

1:35:28 ↗ reached were engaged in services whether

1:35:30 ↗ that's treatment services or other

1:35:32 ↗ connecting services that they might need

1:35:34 ↗ and of course also the ultimate goal is

1:35:36 ↗ to also track how many people are

1:35:39 ↗ connected which shelters and housing

1:35:41 ↗ services as well and with that our

1:35:46 ↗ recommendation tonight would be on one

1:35:48 ↗ end to proceed with the recommended

1:35:50 ↗ funding strategy that includes the three

1:35:53 ↗ funding options proposed and then to

1:35:55 ↗ also proceed with the allocation of

1:35:57 ↗ designated funds towards outreach

1:35:59 ↗ services if counsel supports our

1:36:06 ↗ proposed strategy we would pursue with

1:36:10 ↗ releasing the RFPs for all three

1:36:13 ↗ projects in March followed by the Human

1:36:17 ↗ Services Commission reviewing the

1:36:20 ↗ applications received between April and

1:36:23 ↗ September when we would return to

1:36:25 ↗ Council with initial recommendations and

1:36:28 ↗ we will also continue the conversation

1:36:30 ↗ with counsel and come back again in

1:36:32 ↗ October November during budget

1:36:34 ↗ deliberations and adoptions and me that

1:36:37 ↗ before I fell for questions I would like

1:36:40 ↗ to invite the chair of the Human

1:36:43 ↗ Services Commission Derek Franklin to

1:36:45 ↗ say a few words thank you

1:36:51 ↗ thank you Thank You Monica madam mayor

1:36:55 ↗ members of the council and Derek

1:36:57 ↗ Franklin is a privilege of service chair

1:36:59 ↗ for Human Services Commission I have a

1:37:00 ↗ few prepared comments tonight I'd like

1:37:03 ↗ to share in regards to Monica's

1:37:04 ↗ presentation on behalf of the Commission

1:37:08 ↗ as you're aware the purpose of the Human

1:37:10 ↗ Services Commission is to study emerging

1:37:12 ↗ issues and concerns in the Human

1:37:14 ↗ Services area to ensure that the basic

1:37:16 ↗ survival needs of Issaquah residents are

1:37:19 ↗ met and the support systems are in place

1:37:21 ↗ to help people through economic and

1:37:23 ↗ personal crises through this process the

1:37:26 ↗ Commission has identified it as a

1:37:27 ↗ priority to address the homelessness

1:37:29 ↗ crisis locally here in Issaquah of

1:37:32 ↗ course homelessness is also at crisis

1:37:34 ↗ levels regionally our determination

1:37:37 ↗ takes into account the broader context

1:37:39 ↗ in which solutions to homelessness are

1:37:40 ↗ being discussed including constructs

1:37:43 ↗ such as income inequality poverty mental

1:37:46 ↗ health and addiction equitable tax

1:37:49 ↗ structures social justice availability

1:37:52 ↗ of low-income housing

1:37:53 ↗ Economic Opportunity institutionalized

1:37:55 ↗ racism and more and clearly these are

1:37:58 ↗ big issues well it remains critical to

1:38:01 ↗ discuss these issues at the same time

1:38:04 ↗ meaningful solutions to this issue can't

1:38:07 ↗ still be found at the local level when

1:38:10 ↗ cities help make the experience of

1:38:12 ↗ homeless homelessness for its residents

1:38:14 ↗ rare brief and one-time they help both

1:38:18 ↗ the lives of those individuals and

1:38:20 ↗ families at the same time contribute

1:38:22 ↗ upstream to regional solutions the issue

1:38:25 ↗ of homelessness is complex and due to

1:38:27 ↗ stigmas or lack of visible services

1:38:29 ↗ locally in Issaquah it can also

1:38:31 ↗ sometimes remain hidden the Commission

1:38:34 ↗ recognizes that struggling families

1:38:36 ↗ nearest the edge are most visible to

1:38:38 ↗ those nearest them and part of their

1:38:40 ↗ community rather than to program and

1:38:44 ↗ service institutions that can be

1:38:45 ↗ somewhat removed from their daily lives

1:38:47 ↗ a dedicated outreach worker for the city

1:38:50 ↗ of Issaquah can embed themselves and

1:38:52 ↗ local micro communities and do a better

1:38:54 ↗ job we think of creating linkages and

1:38:56 ↗ supports that both prevent and intervene

1:38:58 ↗ in the processes that contribute to

1:39:00 ↗ homelessness in terms of human Chemist

1:39:03 ↗ the Human Services Commission funding

1:39:05 ↗ recommendations to council we have

1:39:07 ↗ historically suggested investments in a

1:39:09 ↗ wide range of services both locally and

1:39:11 ↗ regionally that create Human Services or

1:39:13 ↗ Human Services portfolio for the city

1:39:15 ↗ that maximizes the impact of available

1:39:18 ↗ funds this remains a solid approach

1:39:22 ↗ however to enhance and improve this

1:39:24 ↗ philosophy moving forward we support the

1:39:26 ↗ adoption of a refocused homelessness

1:39:28 ↗ outreach project that will fill some

1:39:30 ↗ identified gaps and strengthen linkages

1:39:32 ↗ to important services some of which are

1:39:35 ↗ concurrently funded by the city with a

1:39:39 ↗ similar focus on localizing funding to

1:39:41 ↗ maximize impact we also support the

1:39:43 ↗ proposed project to allow a small

1:39:44 ↗ percentage of dedicated funds to be

1:39:47 ↗ packaged with individualized support

1:39:48 ↗ from city staff to support small local

1:39:51 ↗ human service startups these grassroots

1:39:54 ↗ efforts harness the initiative of local

1:39:56 ↗ residents and provide great opportunity

1:39:58 ↗ for targeted outcomes while supporting

1:40:00 ↗ the spirit of community innovation and

1:40:02 ↗ engagement thank you for your continued

1:40:05 ↗ support for Human Services and for the

1:40:07 ↗ residents of phisycal you dare Thank You

1:40:10 ↗ Monica

1:40:10 ↗ questions for Hall thank you very much

1:40:19 ↗ for a very in-depth presentation and for

1:40:21 ↗ answering all of our questions from the

1:40:22 ↗ last study side spoke to embedding a

1:40:25 ↗ vision of embedding these services where

1:40:28 ↗ they're needed most in community

1:40:31 ↗ facilities like the library and the

1:40:32 ↗ Senior Center in the community center in

1:40:34 ↗ their parks I would also add that it

1:40:36 ↗ might be beneficial to canvass local

1:40:41 ↗ businesses especially in the Old Town

1:40:43 ↗ area I've my mom works for village

1:40:45 ↗ theatre and she tells me all the time

1:40:47 ↗ people experiencing homelessness coming

1:40:48 ↗ in looking for a place to use the

1:40:50 ↗ restroom and to lie on a bench for a

1:40:53 ↗ while so ensuring that our businesses

1:40:56 ↗ know who they can get in contact with so

1:40:59 ↗ that way they can get the service that

1:41:00 ↗ the services that they need as I'm sure

1:41:04 ↗ many businesses wouldn't really know

1:41:06 ↗ what to do or maybe they would just call

1:41:07 ↗ emergency services right away so totally

1:41:10 ↗ thank you so much you're helping answer

1:41:13 ↗ questions

1:41:13 ↗ that's my right deputy council president

1:41:16 ↗ ray

1:41:16 ↗ whatever you're just a couple so you

1:41:19 ↗ talk about the population that we would

1:41:22 ↗ serve can you a box around that for me

1:41:25 ↗ who you envision this homeless

1:41:27 ↗ population is and how many people we

1:41:29 ↗ think that is great question thank you

1:41:32 ↗ so much

1:41:33 ↗ so definitely our proposed project would

1:41:35 ↗ be to focus on Issaquah and so the

1:41:38 ↗ limits the geographical limits of

1:41:40 ↗ Issaquah as far as providing an exact

1:41:44 ↗ number for how many homeless individuals

1:41:48 ↗ in Issaquah we may have it is unknown at

1:41:52 ↗ this time we have official data from the

1:41:57 ↗ counters in projects however those

1:42:02 ↗ numbers are released on a regional basis

1:42:04 ↗ so we only have numbers for the east

1:42:06 ↗ side for example the numbers for

1:42:09 ↗ unsheltered individuals on the east side

1:42:12 ↗ they're around 340 individuals total

1:42:16 ↗ number of individuals who are homeless

1:42:17 ↗ on the east side are about 900 I don't

1:42:20 ↗ think that that's fair to make any

1:42:23 ↗ estimates on what that means for aqua

1:42:26 ↗ from in organizations that we work with

1:42:30 ↗ currently for example through the human

1:42:33 ↗ services of funds we support the cavalry

1:42:38 ↗ community meals program that serves

1:42:41 ↗ individuals who are homeless and from

1:42:43 ↗ there 2019 report they know that that

1:42:48 ↗ they served 38 unique individuals who

1:42:51 ↗ are homeless in Issaquah another number

1:42:55 ↗ comes from the mckinney-vento data that

1:42:58 ↗ shows us that in 2018 there were 172

1:43:02 ↗ homeless students in the Issaquah school

1:43:05 ↗ district so between those numbers we can

1:43:07 ↗ make estimates the exact number is

1:43:09 ↗ unknown and we do hope that actually the

1:43:12 ↗ outreach staff will provide us with will

1:43:14 ↗ help us get a better feel for what

1:43:17 ↗ homelessness looks like any salam did

1:43:19 ↗ that answer your question I think so

1:43:22 ↗ it's it's not a big number but it's an

1:43:25 ↗ unknown number

1:43:25 ↗ and we're targeting people who are

1:43:29 ↗ homeless and dwelling in side the city

1:43:32 ↗ limits that's kind of our our target

1:43:35 ↗ population who are we currently

1:43:38 ↗ contracting with that provide services

1:43:40 ↗ you mentioned that there were were

1:43:42 ↗ multiple groups we're currently getting

1:43:44 ↗ services from yes so the three

1:43:47 ↗ organizations that we currently fund for

1:43:49 ↗ outreach services are the Sophia Way

1:43:52 ↗ congregations for the homeless and

1:43:54 ↗ Friends of youth so Friends of huge

1:43:57 ↗ focuses on out reaching to youth Sophia

1:44:01 ↗ Way focuses on out reaching to women and

1:44:03 ↗ then they also have a contract with King

1:44:05 ↗ County to outreach to individuals for

1:44:08 ↗ residing vehicles and congregations for

1:44:11 ↗ the homeless provides outreach to men so

1:44:16 ↗ love the table love the comparison of

1:44:18 ↗ kind of what we're doing today to what

1:44:20 ↗ we're doing we're envisioning tomorrow I

1:44:22 ↗ have a little bit of trouble quite

1:44:24 ↗ honestly rationalizing how $60,000 is

1:44:27 ↗ going to get us forty hours a week

1:44:29 ↗ because that's not enough money to fund

1:44:31 ↗ it an FTE and forty hours a week you

1:44:33 ↗ won't get a full FTE so what's what's

1:44:35 ↗ was the thinking coming up with those

1:44:38 ↗ service levels thank you so much yes we

1:44:42 ↗ actually reached out to a couple of

1:44:43 ↗ nonprofits here locally in Issaquah and

1:44:46 ↗ we asked for how much a full-time staff

1:44:51 ↗ is paid well and they did say that

1:44:55 ↗ around fifty to fifty five thousand

1:44:57 ↗ dollars it's a accurate estimate for

1:45:00 ↗ almost full time or full-time staff and

1:45:04 ↗ so that's what we based our estimates on

1:45:06 ↗ yes I think the number does not include

1:45:09 ↗ all the benefits that that would come

1:45:11 ↗ with so then I think we would hope to

1:45:13 ↗ leverage some of there's no dollars but

1:45:15 ↗ that's why you know the hope is that at

1:45:18 ↗ least if not a completely full-time

1:45:20 ↗ staff maybe a thirty hour staff we could

1:45:23 ↗ fund with those and then you mentioned

1:45:25 ↗ that one of the upsides to doing this is

1:45:27 ↗ to provide a conduit to services that we

1:45:30 ↗ currently provide do we think we have

1:45:31 ↗ excess capacity to I mean if we brought

1:45:34 ↗ more people to the door do we have the

1:45:35 ↗ capacity

1:45:36 ↗ to serve that population yes

1:45:39 ↗ great thank you through the current

1:45:43 ↗ monitoring system for the current Human

1:45:46 ↗ Services grants we noticed that many of

1:45:49 ↗ the services that are I mentioned are

1:45:51 ↗ not utilized hardly at all by Issaquah

1:45:54 ↗ residents so right now in other words we

1:45:57 ↗ invest dollars that our Issaquah

1:46:00 ↗ residents do not use and so our hope is

1:46:07 ↗ that with an outreach staff they at

1:46:11 ↗ least would utilize the services that we

1:46:13 ↗ already fund thank you thank you other

1:46:17 ↗ questions

1:46:19 ↗ being none care for emotion council

1:46:25 ↗ president I move to proceed with the

1:46:28 ↗ recommended funding approach to the 2021

1:46:31 ↗ 2022 human services grant cycle

1:46:34 ↗ including a contract for designated

1:46:36 ↗ services a grassroots grant and

1:46:38 ↗ traditional human services funding and

1:46:41 ↗ proceed with utilizing the allocated

1:46:43 ↗ funds for designated services to support

1:46:46 ↗ local outreach services as presented

1:46:48 ↗ there second okay been moved and

1:46:53 ↗ seconded

1:46:53 ↗ is there any council discussion that's a

1:46:57 ↗ member a deputy council president as I

1:47:02 ↗ talked about the study session I think

1:47:06 ↗ homelessness is a significant issue

1:47:08 ↗ that's facing the region and it's

1:47:11 ↗ touching a and we're not beyond it

1:47:14 ↗ I have trouble with the idea of

1:47:17 ↗ targeting homeless outreach specifically

1:47:22 ↗ because in December 18 King County

1:47:26 ↗ created the King County Regional

1:47:27 ↗ homeless Authority whose mission is

1:47:29 ↗ specifically and I'm quoting here

1:47:32 ↗ because this coordinate all outreach

1:47:35 ↗ diversion shelter rapid out rehousing

1:47:37 ↗ transition housing permanent supportive

1:47:39 ↗ housing and and some of the region's

1:47:42 ↗ preventative efforts also when it talks

1:47:47 ↗ about sound cities it talks about the

1:47:49 ↗ fact that with strong support from sound

1:47:51 ↗ cities the new organization will also

1:47:54 ↗ develop sub regional plans as part of

1:47:55 ↗ the overall response plan so what we are

1:47:59 ↗ doing is completely duplicate 'iv of

1:48:02 ↗ what King County Sound cities and the

1:48:05 ↗ City of Seattle have already committed

1:48:07 ↗ to do and they are well down the road

1:48:10 ↗ and they will be operational by the 1st

1:48:13 ↗ of January 2021 and if we let grants for

1:48:17 ↗ this we would be operational for 2021 so

1:48:20 ↗ I two things I completely support the

1:48:22 ↗ need to reduce something for homeless

1:48:25 ↗ I think outreach is the wrong thing for

1:48:27 ↗ us to focus on I think there are plenty

1:48:29 ↗ of really good things we could focus on

1:48:32 ↗ I would love to see us double down on

1:48:35 ↗ providing services to homeless kids who

1:48:38 ↗ were in this COIs high school because

1:48:40 ↗ those are our kids and I would like to

1:48:42 ↗ provide services to him I would be super

1:48:45 ↗ supportive of a program that was focused

1:48:47 ↗ on keeping people who live in Issaquah

1:48:50 ↗ from becoming homeless so supports for

1:48:53 ↗ those people I just don't think that the

1:48:55 ↗ best use of our money given what's going

1:48:57 ↗ on regionally and where King County is

1:49:01 ↗ devoting fifty-seven million dollars and

1:49:03 ↗ city of Seattle is investing

1:49:05 ↗ seventy-five million dollars and we're

1:49:07 ↗ gonna put fifty thousand dollars in it

1:49:08 ↗ that we are gonna move the needle at all

1:49:09 ↗ and I would rather us put those fifty

1:49:12 ↗ thousand dollars where I think they can

1:49:13 ↗ make a significant impact on the

1:49:15 ↗ community and I just don't I can't

1:49:18 ↗ support this is the best use of our

1:49:20 ↗ money to do homeless outreach to the 50

1:49:24 ↗ hundred whatever homeless people who may

1:49:26 ↗ today live inside the boundaries of the

1:49:29 ↗ city of is qwop thank you are there

1:49:31 ↗ other comments councillor hunt firstly I

1:49:39 ↗ wanted to thank the members of the

1:49:41 ↗ Commission who have come today for the

1:49:43 ↗ Human Services Commission it's always

1:49:45 ↗ excellent to hear directly from

1:49:47 ↗ commissioners about their work and we

1:49:49 ↗ really are very appreciative of that I'm

1:49:51 ↗ also appreciative of your ongoing

1:49:53 ↗ efforts on behalf of the city I think

1:49:56 ↗ that the Commission's work is very

1:50:00 ↗ important and I think that my

1:50:04 ↗ understanding of what they're presenting

1:50:07 ↗ here and what you've presented is that

1:50:09 ↗ this would be a new approach for some of

1:50:12 ↗ the Human Services grants that would be

1:50:14 ↗ designated in a different way to try to

1:50:16 ↗ get more results and so I think that in

1:50:20 ↗ my opinion I think that the approach has

1:50:23 ↗ been justified and that I think it

1:50:26 ↗ should be given a chance and the other

1:50:27 ↗ thing is that I think it's been very

1:50:30 ↗ it's been very compelling and been

1:50:32 ↗ repeated many times that Issaquah cannot

1:50:35 ↗ provide all of the services that are

1:50:37 ↗ necessary for wraparound services for

1:50:42 ↗ poor residents and that a lot of times

1:50:46 ↗ what we need to do in that is to be

1:50:48 ↗ effective is to connect people with

1:50:51 ↗ services that are not within the city

1:50:52 ↗ and so I think that outreach is the

1:50:55 ↗ first step in making sure that people

1:50:56 ↗ understand how to get the services they

1:50:58 ↗ need and we know that we don't have all

1:51:00 ↗ of those wraparound services within the

1:51:02 ↗ city so I think this makes sense I

1:51:06 ↗ wanted to thank again the Commission and

1:51:07 ↗ I will be supportive thank you other

1:51:12 ↗ comments councilmember T Michelle I am

1:51:17 ↗ really impressed with the response to

1:51:19 ↗ our work study session and I think you

1:51:23 ↗ answered all all of the questions and

1:51:25 ↗ more that we asked so really appreciate

1:51:28 ↗ that in the work of the Human Services

1:51:30 ↗ Commission and thank you Loretta for

1:51:33 ↗ your comments that was very very good I

1:51:35 ↗ think it's been a good dialogue back and

1:51:38 ↗ forth I think it's really important for

1:51:40 ↗ us to understand that we are not being

1:51:42 ↗ asked to increase Human Services funding

1:51:44 ↗ and if we don't approve this going

1:51:48 ↗ forward we'll still be spending the same

1:51:50 ↗ amount of money it will be going for

1:51:52 ↗ services that the staff and the Human

1:51:55 ↗ Services Commission have already told us

1:51:57 ↗ are not being used effectively there is

1:51:59 ↗ no plan B here we have this proposal or

1:52:03 ↗ we are do it the way we've always done

1:52:04 ↗ it and the way we've always done it is

1:52:07 ↗ has clearly been identified as not as

1:52:10 ↗ effective as it could be I also like the

1:52:13 ↗ idea that we're doing a pilot program

1:52:15 ↗ because in my mind government should be

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1:52:21 ↗ nimble and it should be in interactive

1:52:25 ↗ and if we try this and we see areas

1:52:28 ↗ where we can improve even more the

1:52:30 ↗ second year we'll be able to do that and

1:52:32 ↗ we're not committed to hiring an

1:52:35 ↗ individual we're on a contract basis so

1:52:37 ↗ I think the pilot program approaches is

1:52:40 ↗ really good I wanted to talk about the

1:52:43 ↗ hidden homelessness in Issaquah because

1:52:47 ↗ in my last nine years working with the

1:52:51 ↗ so called community network and then the

1:52:54 ↗ S cost schools Foundation

1:52:55 ↗ and then the garage I slowly but surely

1:52:58 ↗ became acutely aware of how hidden youth

1:53:01 ↗ homelessness and I'm sure that applies

1:53:03 ↗ to other homeless segments is in

1:53:07 ↗ Issaquah Monica was talking about the

1:53:11 ↗ mckinney-vento figures one hundred and

1:53:15 ↗ seventy two students but if you talk to

1:53:17 ↗ the school district staff if you talk to

1:53:19 ↗ school district counselors they will

1:53:21 ↗ tell you that the numbers are really

1:53:22 ↗ double or triple that and the reason is

1:53:25 ↗ that in Issaquah it is very hard for a

1:53:28 ↗ teenager to admit that he or she is

1:53:30 ↗ homeless but they do come forward

1:53:34 ↗ eventually and as Zach said they will

1:53:37 ↗ ask for a place to stay or can you help

1:53:40 ↗ me get services and then on that same

1:53:43 ↗ end I have found out how hard it is to

1:53:46 ↗ get those services to young people in

1:53:49 ↗ our community it's there's a big

1:53:51 ↗ disconnect between what people need and

1:53:54 ↗ where the service is and if it's in

1:53:56 ↗ Seattle then you have to figure out how

1:53:58 ↗ are we going to get them there you know

1:53:59 ↗ how are we going to do that we don't

1:54:02 ↗ have those services here and so we need

1:54:03 ↗ to figure out how we're going to do that

1:54:05 ↗ and that really takes someone who is

1:54:07 ↗ very adept at figuring out exactly what

1:54:10 ↗ each individual person needs and how we

1:54:13 ↗ can get them that helps so the numbers I

1:54:18 ↗ think are no matter what number we come

1:54:20 ↗ up with it's going to be lower than the

1:54:22 ↗ actual number that we have I was happy

1:54:26 ↗ with that we have benchmarks I've talked

1:54:28 ↗ to that before as well I'm used to

1:54:31 ↗ responding to these putting in reports

1:54:35 ↗ and it's always about the numbers and I

1:54:38 ↗ think let's I mean we need to know the

1:54:40 ↗ numbers but let's also talk about are we

1:54:43 ↗ making a difference in anybody's lives

1:54:45 ↗ are we moving the needle forward are we

1:54:47 ↗ meeting goals and then last but not

1:54:50 ↗ least I want to say that I also approve

1:54:52 ↗ I really approve of that small

1:54:54 ↗ grassroots grants that you're talking

1:54:56 ↗ about again if we're trying to move our

1:54:58 ↗ community to a more equitable community

1:55:01 ↗ where everybody has a chance to

1:55:02 ↗ participate in the opportunities we

1:55:07 ↗ recognize that there are barriers that

1:55:09 ↗ patient in some groups in our community

1:55:11 ↗ and I think this is again a pilot

1:55:13 ↗ program where we can correct what we've

1:55:15 ↗ done if it's not working but we can give

1:55:18 ↗ that opportunity to more people with

1:55:20 ↗ that small amount of money that were

1:55:22 ↗ reallocating so I'm very pleased with

1:55:25 ↗ the proposal and I will be supporting it

1:55:27 ↗ thank you um can Smart's Thank You men

1:55:31 ↗ in there I'm also going to be supporting

1:55:33 ↗ this measure this evening I really

1:55:36 ↗ understand and appreciate council member

1:55:38 ↗ raised concerns about duplicative

1:55:41 ↗ efforts but in regards to homelessness

1:55:45 ↗ one way to think about this is to

1:55:48 ↗ compare to another effort that we have

1:55:54 ↗ which is emergency preparedness so we

1:55:56 ↗ have emergency preparedness you have

1:55:58 ↗ response you have actors at the federal

1:56:01 ↗ level which basically write checks you

1:56:03 ↗ have folks at the state level that

1:56:05 ↗ provide big resources you have folks at

1:56:08 ↗ the county level that do a bunch of

1:56:09 ↗ heavy lifting and then you have folks at

1:56:11 ↗ the local level that are involved as

1:56:14 ↗ well and sort of making sure that the

1:56:16 ↗ last mile gets covered and I see this as

1:56:19 ↗ as related to that last mile I get that

1:56:23 ↗ the counties got will have some number

1:56:25 ↗ of millions of dollars but it it won't

1:56:28 ↗ be the last mile it will be to provide

1:56:31 ↗ grants and it will be to try to directly

1:56:35 ↗ provide monies towards getting people

1:56:37 ↗ into into housing this is different and

1:56:42 ↗ so I think it's a it's great

1:56:45 ↗ I appreciate the Human Services

1:56:47 ↗ Commission and our staff putting this

1:56:49 ↗ together and explaining it so well and

1:56:51 ↗ I'm also confident that if we should

1:56:54 ↗ find ourselves in a situation where we

1:56:55 ↗ do have overlapping services in a year

1:56:58 ↗ then you know that that brief overlap

1:57:03 ↗ would be fine because we'll will we will

1:57:06 ↗ adapt and we will figure out other ways

1:57:07 ↗ to respond to this critical problem but

1:57:10 ↗ throughout really throughout all of

1:57:13 ↗ western Washington this the homelessness

1:57:15 ↗ crisis continues to grow and I think

1:57:20 ↗ being proactive and

1:57:22 ↗ thinking outside the box on how we as a

1:57:24 ↗ community want to contribute towards as

1:57:27 ↗ I said again that last mile I'm proud of

1:57:30 ↗ the city for putting together this

1:57:31 ↗ proposal and happy to support it

1:57:33 ↗ Thank You councilmember Mertz are there

1:57:35 ↗ any other comments this evening

1:57:37 ↗ councilmember Goodman thank you thank

1:57:41 ↗ you again for bringing back additional

1:57:43 ↗ information and thank you to the Human

1:57:45 ↗ Services Commission for having a special

1:57:47 ↗ meeting and coming and reporting back to

1:57:49 ↗ us I really appreciated all the work

1:57:50 ↗ that you've done

1:57:52 ↗ I don't disagree with councilmember

1:57:55 ↗ Ray's comments and I do think we need to

1:57:58 ↗ find the right focus for our community I

1:58:00 ↗ don't know exactly what that is and I

1:58:05 ↗ too don't want any duplicative money's

1:58:07 ↗ spent

1:58:08 ↗ and so I agree on that count on that I

1:58:13 ↗ guess the thing that tips the scales for

1:58:16 ↗ me is this is a pilot program and so I I

1:58:19 ↗ I would like to see what the results are

1:58:25 ↗ of this pilot program so I will support

1:58:28 ↗ this but I will be looking for precise

1:58:31 ↗ results the next time this comes around

1:58:35 ↗ and I and on another side is I'm not

1:58:40 ↗ quite sure we've figured out exactly

1:58:43 ↗ what the best way it is for us to to

1:58:50 ↗ spend not just this particular pilot

1:58:55 ↗ program but but our funding for the

1:58:58 ↗ Human Services not quite sure we're

1:58:59 ↗ there yet but I will support this

1:59:02 ↗ tonight because it's a pilot and I will

1:59:03 ↗ be looking for the results later to see

1:59:05 ↗ how we could do different or better

1:59:07 ↗ thank you the accounts remember are

1:59:09 ↗ there any comments councilmember Hall

1:59:12 ↗ yeah I won't repeat what's and said this

1:59:17 ↗ evening I will also be supporting this

1:59:20 ↗ agenda bill this evening happy to

1:59:23 ↗ support it because it is a pilot project

1:59:25 ↗ pilot project as

1:59:29 ↗ councilmember Goodman mentioned

1:59:31 ↗ completely agree with her on that and

1:59:33 ↗ I'm looking forward to kind of seeing

1:59:34 ↗ the metrics that come out of this and

1:59:36 ↗ how we move forward with it I also want

1:59:39 ↗ to say that I agree with deputy council

1:59:42 ↗ president Rey that we should be

1:59:44 ↗ supporting organizations working in the

1:59:46 ↗ space of housing assistance in

1:59:48 ↗ preventing families and individuals that

1:59:51 ↗ live here in this call from becoming

1:59:53 ↗ homeless in the first place in my mind I

1:59:55 ↗ see that as kind of the highest aim that

1:59:57 ↗ the city of Issaquah should be thinking

1:59:58 ↗ about but I think that's more of a

2:00:02 ↗ long-term discussion how do we go about

2:00:04 ↗ doing that where is our role in this

2:00:06 ↗ space but for tonight I am absolutely in

2:00:08 ↗ support of this agenda bill and looking

2:00:11 ↗ forward to seeing how it plays out Thank

2:00:15 ↗ You councilmember how you did repeat a

2:00:16 ↗ few things is there any other

2:00:20 ↗ councilmembers would like to make kind

2:00:22 ↗ of every council president ray I just

2:00:24 ↗ want to close on one point and that is I

2:00:29 ↗ think this is really I mean homelessness

2:00:31 ↗ is very important and I'm very

2:00:32 ↗ supportive of that I would really feel

2:00:35 ↗ more comfortable if we were to narrow

2:00:40 ↗ our scope and take our resources and

2:00:43 ↗ pinpoint them at any specific very

2:00:45 ↗ tangible population so I want to put

2:00:48 ↗ that out there something to consider

2:00:50 ↗ moving forward I also think it is very I

2:00:53 ↗ think it's incorrect to say that we're

2:00:56 ↗ our our use of Human Services has been

2:01:00 ↗ ineffective because we heard that a

2:01:01 ↗ couple times tonight effective less

2:01:05 ↗ effective I think that our service

2:01:08 ↗ providers do an amazing job and if I go

2:01:12 ↗ back to our November 26th meeting when

2:01:15 ↗ we looked at our needs assessment we

2:01:17 ↗ have

2:01:18 ↗ infinite amount of unfilled Human

2:01:21 ↗ Services needs and so our question

2:01:23 ↗ really is how do we best use the limited

2:01:26 ↗ resources we have to fill whatever needs

2:01:29 ↗ we can and if at the belief is that this

2:01:31 ↗ is the best use of our limited resources

2:01:34 ↗ to make the biggest impact on the people

2:01:37 ↗ of Issaquah and that's the right thing

2:01:39 ↗ to do by going forward with this pilot I

2:01:42 ↗ guess I want to see that we come back

2:01:45 ↗ and say yeah those were the best that

2:01:47 ↗ was the best use of those dollars we

2:01:49 ↗ spent because we have so many unfilled

2:01:52 ↗ needs in this community Thank You deputy

2:01:55 ↗ council president any other comments

2:01:57 ↗ before I call for that councilmember

2:01:58 ↗ Goodman well I don't know if this is

2:02:00 ↗ what counsel deputy president Rey is

2:02:06 ↗ saying so I'll say it in a completely

2:02:08 ↗ different way I don't disagree at all I

2:02:10 ↗ mean I agree with his comments and I'm

2:02:17 ↗ what I'm hoping

2:02:18 ↗ out of this is that we learn a lot I

2:02:21 ↗ don't what I'm not excited about is

2:02:24 ↗ voting for something that just makes me

2:02:28 ↗ feel good that I put some money towards

2:02:30 ↗ something I know it's a huge problem

2:02:31 ↗ it's a it's a crisis in three counties

2:02:35 ↗ and not just here but in different

2:02:38 ↗ places all over the state and so I I

2:02:42 ↗ like I said I'm not looking for putting

2:02:44 ↗ money at something just to say I put my

2:02:45 ↗ money towards something I want them I

2:02:48 ↗ want results and I want to know what we

2:02:51 ↗ got for our money and if the Human

2:02:53 ↗ Services Commission believes that this

2:02:55 ↗ is the target for right now this is the

2:02:57 ↗ focus then I believe the Human Services

2:03:01 ↗ Commission but again I want to see what

2:03:04 ↗ the results are thank you any other

2:03:08 ↗ additional or final comments

2:03:11 ↗ seeing none I'll go through the motion

2:03:13 ↗ all those in favor of proceeding with

2:03:15 ↗ the recommended funding approach to the

2:03:17 ↗ 2021 2022 human services grant cycle

2:03:20 ↗ including a contract for designated

2:03:22 ↗ services a grassroots grant and

2:03:25 ↗ traditional Human Services funding and

2:03:27 ↗ proceeding with utilizing the allocated

2:03:29 ↗ funds for designated services to support

2:03:31 ↗ local outreach services as presented

2:03:34 ↗ signify by saying aye against passes

2:03:39 ↗ unanimously and that takes us to our

2:03:41 ↗ last regular business item this evening

2:03:43 ↗ a b7 9:08

2:03:46 ↗ utilizing a portion of the RV park for

2:03:48 ↗ transit oriented development relocation

2:03:51 ↗ site and the request before the council

2:03:53 ↗ is to make a break I'm getting this from

2:03:58 ↗ at least a couple of folks that we need

2:04:00 ↗ a five minute break okay I'm taking a

2:04:03 ↗ five minute break before we start this

2:04:05 ↗ item I think we call this recess

2:04:12 ↗ you

2:04:18 ↗ you

2:11:00 ↗ okay we are back from our recess and

2:11:05 ↗ we're on our last item under regular

2:11:07 ↗ business utilize portion of the RV park

2:11:09 ↗ for transitoria and Development

2:11:11 ↗ relocation site and the council action

2:11:13 ↗ this evening is to consider approving

2:11:14 ↗ this request this item was before

2:11:17 ↗ council at the January 28th council

2:11:19 ↗ study session and economic development

2:11:21 ↗ manager know got that run wrong

2:11:24 ↗ deputy City Administrator Snyder is at

2:11:27 ↗ the podium to give us some information

2:11:29 ↗ thank you madam mayor and good evening

2:11:32 ↗ everyone I am here with a team of folks

2:11:36 ↗ who are ready to present on this topic

2:11:39 ↗ including gen Davis Hayes the economic

2:11:41 ↗ development manager as well as David

2:11:44 ↗ Fujimoto who's with the Office of

2:11:47 ↗ Sustainability how Ferris from spectrum

2:11:50 ↗ development and dan Landis from King

2:11:53 ↗ County Housing Authority and the

2:11:56 ↗ decision before City Council tonight is

2:11:58 ↗ whether you were supportive of using a

2:12:00 ↗ portion of the RV park site in support

2:12:03 ↗ of the transit oriented development and

2:12:05 ↗ Opportunity Center if the City Council

2:12:08 ↗ does not approve the use of the land as

2:12:11 ↗ a relocation site for CenturyLink then

2:12:13 ↗ the Tod project will not continue and

2:12:16 ↗ before I move ahead I just want to be

2:12:19 ↗ really recognizing of your time this

2:12:22 ↗ evening knowing that this is the last

2:12:23 ↗ item on regular business and that we

2:12:25 ↗ also anticipate a fairly long executive

2:12:30 ↗ session the little short of an hour and

2:12:31 ↗ so we've provided a lot of material and

2:12:35 ↗ information in the packet this evening

2:12:37 ↗ we have 30-plus slides to go over in

2:12:40 ↗ this presentation for you tonight but I

2:12:42 ↗ wanted to take this moment to press

2:12:45 ↗ pause and take the temperature of

2:12:47 ↗ council whether you wanted us to proceed

2:12:49 ↗ and run through the presentation as

2:12:51 ↗ planned and recognition of the TAT of

2:12:53 ↗ the time tonight or or if you wanted to

2:12:57 ↗ we can do a high-level summary as part

2:13:00 ↗ of their presentation and open up the

2:13:02 ↗ opportunity for you to ask questions and

2:13:03 ↗ discuss

2:13:07 ↗ it's my buddy Michelle again you

2:13:10 ↗ responded so well to our work study

2:13:13 ↗ session that there is I feel like

2:13:14 ↗ there's a lot of information that might

2:13:17 ↗ be new to the public I know all of us

2:13:20 ↗ have read through it and understand it

2:13:22 ↗ so I guess I would like a high-level

2:13:24 ↗ summary where I mean you touch a little

2:13:28 ↗ bit on some of the new information as

2:13:30 ↗ well as the information that was put

2:13:33 ↗ together for the what's the need for

2:13:35 ↗ this project

2:13:37 ↗ that would be my I understand that we

2:13:40 ↗ are time limited and we don't need to go

2:13:42 ↗ over everything but I do think there's

2:13:43 ↗ some things that the public needs to

2:13:45 ↗ understand to understand you know what

2:13:47 ↗ we are talking about and I'm looking at

2:13:50 ↗ the rest of the body

2:13:52 ↗ head nods Smart's yeah I mean this is

2:13:55 ↗ this has been two years and many votes

2:13:58 ↗ and I want to make sure that all of us

2:14:03 ↗ and the community understand the vote

2:14:05 ↗ that's before us tonight before we make

2:14:07 ↗ take that vote so there are a lot of

2:14:11 ↗ slides what I'm hearing is that 30,000

2:14:14 ↗ foot level but please touch on

2:14:15 ↗ everything that is new information

2:14:17 ↗ because it'll be due to the council so

2:14:19 ↗ it's a bit of an accelerated

2:14:21 ↗ presentation but it's not an abbreviated

2:14:23 ↗ presentation what you're looking for

2:14:25 ↗ okay okay we will we will proceed in

2:14:30 ↗ that way and I will still be asking for

2:14:36 ↗ the members of the project team to help

2:14:38 ↗ come up and be provide that high level

2:14:42 ↗ overview and follow-up of information

2:14:44 ↗ that you requested from last time and

2:14:46 ↗ indeed that is where we have focused

2:14:49 ↗ this evening as I said there is a lot of

2:14:50 ↗ information that we provided in the

2:14:52 ↗ council packet this evening and so we

2:14:56 ↗ are able to answer any questions that

2:14:58 ↗ you may have tonight but really we're

2:14:59 ↗ going to be focusing on the council

2:15:02 ↗ questions that were asked and our

2:15:03 ↗ responses to those and the new

2:15:06 ↗ information since the study session so

2:15:09 ↗ last time we heard lots of desire for

2:15:12 ↗ background in context information for

2:15:15 ↗ why we are doing this project that's

2:15:17 ↗ going that information will in part be

2:15:19 ↗ provided by

2:15:20 ↗ how Ferris approach with the project

2:15:22 ↗ overview and council also asked us for

2:15:26 ↗ the affordability levels of the housing

2:15:29 ↗ that's planned with the transit oriented

2:15:31 ↗ development project and Jen Davis Hays

2:15:35 ↗ will also be providing some information

2:15:37 ↗ on the project funding sources which was

2:15:39 ↗ again a council question from last time

2:15:41 ↗ other questions that we are prepared to

2:15:44 ↗ answer from the previous study session

2:15:46 ↗ include information from past studies

2:15:48 ↗ regarding a sequester 'men services and

2:15:50 ↗ affordability needs and that's where Dan

2:15:53 ↗ Landis will provide some information on

2:15:56 ↗ Escalus housing affordability as well as

2:15:58 ↗ David Fujimoto will provide some context

2:16:01 ↗ about the Tod and Opportunity Center

2:16:05 ↗ project as it relates to the community

2:16:07 ↗ needs assessment that the city performed

2:16:09 ↗ Jen Davis Hays we'll be talking about

2:16:12 ↗ the trickle-down effects on other city

2:16:14 ↗ property and plans

2:16:16 ↗ if the RV park site were to be used as a

2:16:19 ↗ relocation site instead of a city

2:16:21 ↗ operations and maintenance facility

2:16:23 ↗ expansion and also Jen will be providing

2:16:26 ↗ information regarding the recent recent

2:16:29 ↗ sale prices of similar properties in the

2:16:32 ↗ area

2:16:35 ↗ but before we dive in I want to give you

2:16:38 ↗ a brief update on the conversations that

2:16:42 ↗ we've had with CenturyLink since we last

2:16:43 ↗ met so this this slide here is a picture

2:16:51 ↗ of their current facility in Issaquah

2:16:53 ↗ and since the council last met on this

2:16:57 ↗ subject we met with CenturyLink to

2:16:59 ↗ determine their interest in the

2:17:01 ↗ relocation site that is the RV park site

2:17:04 ↗ being proposed and CenturyLink remains

2:17:06 ↗ interested they extended their regrets

2:17:09 ↗ to use city counsel for not being able

2:17:12 ↗ to be here tonight but they may be

2:17:15 ↗ reaching out to you separately regarding

2:17:17 ↗ their interest and continued engagement

2:17:19 ↗ in this project in our conversations

2:17:23 ↗ with CenturyLink since we last met with

2:17:25 ↗ a you city council they had additional a

2:17:28 ↗ few additional questions about the

2:17:30 ↗ relocation site and the project team is

2:17:33 ↗ currently at

2:17:33 ↗ dressing these and we will regroup with

2:17:36 ↗ CenturyLink in the beginning of March to

2:17:38 ↗ discuss how we've been addressing some

2:17:40 ↗ of those issues one of the questions

2:17:44 ↗ that we received from last time is a

2:17:47 ↗ general overview of why we are pursuing

2:17:49 ↗ the Tod project an opportunity Center

2:17:52 ↗ project and this is a main summary slide

2:17:56 ↗ as to essentially we are looking to

2:18:01 ↗ replace the facility that you saw in the

2:18:03 ↗ last slide this facility with in order

2:18:08 ↗ to make progress on some of the goals as

2:18:09 ↗ outlined in the central Issaquah plan so

2:18:12 ↗ some of those goals are create housing

2:18:13 ↗ in the urban core and regional growth

2:18:15 ↗ center increase affordable housing

2:18:18 ↗ options increase access to nonprofit

2:18:22 ↗ services and encourage transit use there

2:18:24 ↗ are also a number of cities studies and

2:18:27 ↗ policies that are supportive of this

2:18:31 ↗ project and you will hear more at a very

2:18:34 ↗ high level from how Ferris how you can

2:18:37 ↗ come up and talk about the project

2:18:39 ↗ overview and elements thank you this

2:18:47 ↗ time health care spectrum development

2:18:49 ↗ solutions Mayor Polly and members the

2:18:52 ↗ council appreciate the time that you've

2:18:54 ↗ taken again with this project it's it's

2:18:58 ↗ a large project and it takes these take

2:19:00 ↗ a long time this one has taken longer

2:19:03 ↗ we've supported this project along the

2:19:06 ↗ way we've had many votes that the

2:19:08 ↗ council has been behind we've had

2:19:09 ↗ community outreach and open houses that

2:19:11 ↗ we've informed the public of what was

2:19:13 ↗ going on and received their comment and

2:19:15 ↗ modified the project as a result of that

2:19:18 ↗ and we would have been much further

2:19:20 ↗ along the way until last September when

2:19:22 ↗ CenturyLink rejected the king county

2:19:25 ↗ roads maintenance site and put us back

2:19:26 ↗ to where we are today to get a new site

2:19:29 ↗ that the city has at least put forth to

2:19:31 ↗ you to be able to support for this

2:19:33 ↗ project as consideration and we we have

2:19:37 ↗ other milestones to get over before we

2:19:40 ↗ really can can re-engage on the design

2:19:42 ↗ of the project we we really do need to

2:19:44 ↗ get every

2:19:45 ↗ be bound and committed to land control

2:19:48 ↗ on the site we spent a lot of money up

2:19:51 ↗ to this point and time and effort on

2:19:53 ↗ everybody's part without that but that's

2:19:56 ↗ where we are today and we have to just

2:19:57 ↗ keep moving forward with the steps it

2:19:59 ↗ takes to get the project to move forward

2:20:01 ↗ for an overview as part of a refresher

2:20:04 ↗ and maybe new to some people is that the

2:20:07 ↗ project is made up of two buildings

2:20:09 ↗ there are right now planned 355 plus

2:20:13 ↗ total residential units approximately

2:20:16 ↗ half of those will be rent restricted

2:20:19 ↗ and affordable for the life of the

2:20:20 ↗ project so this is not a limited

2:20:22 ↗ affordability period of time this is the

2:20:24 ↗ life of the project in addition to the

2:20:27 ↗ affordable units there is a 34,000

2:20:30 ↗ square feet of commercial space of which

2:20:32 ↗ 10,000 of it is the Opportunity Center a

2:20:34 ↗ little over 10,000 is for the

2:20:37 ↗ anticipated for the Northwest kidney

2:20:39 ↗ center and Bright Horizons has a daycare

2:20:41 ↗ along with amenities that are for the

2:20:43 ↗ residents of the building that are

2:20:44 ↗ enclosed in the building we also have a

2:20:47 ↗ 100% of the parking is structured

2:20:49 ↗ structured parking is very expensive to

2:20:51 ↗ build and it's all contained within the

2:20:53 ↗ footprint of the building as a way to

2:20:56 ↗ try to preserve the site the openness

2:20:58 ↗ and to maximize the amount of units that

2:21:00 ↗ we can build on the site we also have a

2:21:03 ↗ quarter acre public plaza that's the

2:21:05 ↗ bright green that's adjacent to Tibbett

2:21:08 ↗ so after hearing the parks plan we would

2:21:10 ↗ very much like hopefully if the project

2:21:12 ↗ goes forward that we can coordinate our

2:21:13 ↗ open space with the parks plan or

2:21:15 ↗ whatever that might be so that both

2:21:17 ↗ sides of the street are embraced along

2:21:18 ↗ that area of the frontage the next page

2:21:24 ↗ people have asked what is it so what I

2:21:27 ↗ just showed you has not changed from

2:21:29 ↗ wheedle the the concept design has not

2:21:32 ↗ been advanced since we were last in

2:21:34 ↗ front of Council we really need to get

2:21:36 ↗ the site under control and binding

2:21:38 ↗ agreements before set with CenturyLink

2:21:39 ↗ before we can advance it further and

2:21:41 ↗ when we come back with the legal

2:21:44 ↗ agreements and certainly with our

2:21:45 ↗ development and our site development

2:21:47 ↗ permit plan we will have a lot more

2:21:48 ↗ definition into the architecture and the

2:21:50 ↗ layout of the buildings and all the

2:21:51 ↗ other amenities that would be part of

2:21:52 ↗ the project but that has not changed

2:21:54 ↗ from when we were before you last spring

2:21:58 ↗ the number of units are in terms of

2:22:00 ↗ affordability levels and and Dan can

2:22:02 ↗ speak to this a little bit but we've got

2:22:04 ↗ 24 units whether they're primarily large

2:22:06 ↗ three-bedroom units that will be at 40%

2:22:10 ↗ a blow of area median income so those

2:22:12 ↗ are he can't eat the fort ability levels

2:22:14 ↗ but basically families are any less than

2:22:17 ↗ 40,000 a year then we've got a hundred

2:22:20 ↗ and thirty one units that are between

2:22:21 ↗ forty and sixty percent of area median

2:22:23 ↗ income and a twenty units that are at 80

2:22:28 ↗ percent of area median income so we have

2:22:30 ↗ basically half of our total units are

2:22:32 ↗ permanently affordable when when we

2:22:36 ↗ responded to the RFP our team with the

2:22:39 ↗ housing authority def two hundred units

2:22:42 ↗ total of which 100 were affordable but

2:22:44 ↗ to try to bring down the total cost per

2:22:46 ↗ unit and utilize the land better we as a

2:22:49 ↗ team have been what has increased the

2:22:51 ↗ total number of units and kept that

2:22:52 ↗ ratio in terms of the amount of

2:22:54 ↗ affordable units consistent with the

2:22:56 ↗ total market side and we think it's

2:22:57 ↗ important to have that mixed income

2:22:59 ↗ community together to make excessive

2:23:02 ↗ successful the other what has changed is

2:23:09 ↗ the project budget has not surprisingly

2:23:12 ↗ gone up as a result of the delay not

2:23:14 ↗ because what we're building is is bigger

2:23:17 ↗ but it the cost of construction goes up

2:23:20 ↗ every year that goes by we had

2:23:22 ↗ anticipated escalation for the period of

2:23:24 ↗ time that's going to take this is all

2:23:26 ↗ pushed us out another year so basically

2:23:29 ↗ we certain are seen an increase in

2:23:30 ↗ construction cost of six to seven

2:23:32 ↗ million dollars per year for each year

2:23:34 ↗ that's delayed so this is the

2:23:36 ↗ combination of all the funding that goes

2:23:38 ↗ into the project we have a market rate

2:23:40 ↗ loan we have equity from investors that

2:23:44 ↗ are going in those are the two pieces

2:23:45 ↗ that go into the market rate side the

2:23:48 ↗ rest of the sources of funding largely

2:23:51 ↗ which is typical for what the affordable

2:23:53 ↗ housing developer has to do they have to

2:23:55 ↗ put together you know six or seven or

2:23:57 ↗ eight or nine sources of funding to

2:23:59 ↗ build an affordable housing project so

2:24:01 ↗ that's a very challenging dan can go

2:24:03 ↗ into more detail but there's tax exempt

2:24:05 ↗ bond financing low-income housing tax

2:24:08 ↗ credits the

2:24:09 ↗ million-dollar King County Tod fund

2:24:11 ↗ that's what one of the things that

2:24:13 ↗ initiated the whole thing was when King

2:24:15 ↗ County put that out there and the

2:24:16 ↗ housing authority was successful in

2:24:18 ↗ securing the whole ten million dollars

2:24:20 ↗ for the project

2:24:21 ↗ that funding doesn't increase even

2:24:23 ↗ though the project goes up so it becomes

2:24:25 ↗ less impactful over time the commercial

2:24:28 ↗ tenants that is the kidney center wants

2:24:31 ↗ to pay for wants to own their space and

2:24:33 ↗ that's the amount of money that they

2:24:35 ↗ would be contributing to own their space

2:24:37 ↗ there's nine million dollars the rest of

2:24:40 ↗ the tenants the day care would be 1/10

2:24:45 ↗ would pay rent they don't wouldn't put

2:24:47 ↗ money in the Housing Authority is making

2:24:51 ↗ a loan themselves and deferring some of

2:24:53 ↗ their fee and then the city waive fees 3

2:24:56 ↗ million that is we that is money that if

2:24:58 ↗ this was all market rate that money

2:25:01 ↗ would be paid but because you're waiving

2:25:03 ↗ it that's what goes and allows the

2:25:05 ↗ housing authority to lower the rents

2:25:07 ↗ that they charge to their tenants is a

2:25:08 ↗ result of lowering the cost in the

2:25:11 ↗ reduction of your waste so these this

2:25:13 ↗ these that item is not money that the

2:25:15 ↗ city's contributing their treasury it's

2:25:17 ↗ money that you don't collect if this had

2:25:19 ↗ otherwise been a fully market rate

2:25:20 ↗ project then there's 2 million dollars

2:25:24 ↗ from arch in the last is the million

2:25:26 ↗ dollars the city's portion of the

2:25:27 ↗ property taxes there's also the state

2:25:30 ↗ and county that contributed all of that

2:25:32 ↗ is going to reduce the rent the the

2:25:35 ↗ affordability for the units that doesn't

2:25:38 ↗ go to us to increase fees or anything

2:25:41 ↗ else that just is what subsidizes the

2:25:42 ↗ rents are the reduction in the property

2:25:44 ↗ taxes now the fees are waived I think we

2:25:46 ↗ have a question here so the 1 million

2:25:51 ↗ dollar M FTE that the property taxes

2:25:54 ↗ that the city would normally collect

2:25:57 ↗ that would not be collected by the city

2:25:59 ↗ how is that for a the total over a

2:26:04 ↗ period of years yes the tax exemption

2:26:06 ↗ that's allowed by the state is for 12

2:26:08 ↗ years and the affordability that is

2:26:12 ↗ permanent affordability so that that the

2:26:14 ↗ after the 12 years is up the market rate

2:26:18 ↗ side pays its full amount in property

2:26:20 ↗ taxes so in one of the slide

2:26:23 ↗ it's that you have at the back of your

2:26:24 ↗ packet there over the life of the

2:26:26 ↗ project the project will pay almost six

2:26:34 ↗ million dollars in property taxes this

2:26:36 ↗ you know that will come into the city

2:26:38 ↗ the city's portion but this 1 million

2:26:41 ↗ dollar MFT that's the total for 12 years

2:26:43 ↗ yes okay thanks the total amount for 12

2:26:46 ↗ years that's my room arts couple of

2:26:48 ↗ questions first off this adds up to 179

2:26:51 ↗ not one say yeah added that my sigh I

2:26:53 ↗ did that just to see if somebody was

2:26:55 ↗ going to do that the second question I

2:27:03 ↗ have is in the next slide you're going

2:27:05 ↗ to talk about a city five million dollar

2:27:07 ↗ commitment how does that five million

2:27:09 ↗ dollars relate to the numbers that are

2:27:10 ↗ on this page what part of this adds up

2:27:15 ↗ to the five the city's okay this this

2:27:20 ↗ the city is you passed while back is

2:27:26 ↗ three million dollars it's it's not in

2:27:29 ↗ this list three million dollars is this

2:27:31 ↗ is just for the opportunity centers the

2:27:33 ↗ five million dollars is just for the

2:27:34 ↗ Opportunity Center three million of it

2:27:37 ↗ is going to pay for part of its core in

2:27:40 ↗ shell and about two million is going to

2:27:43 ↗ the tenant improvements inside the space

2:27:44 ↗ and that would that depends upon how you

2:27:47 ↗ do see a tour lease with the the

2:27:51 ↗ operator or the health point as to

2:27:54 ↗ whether you give them a TI allowance or

2:27:56 ↗ whether you you know build out the space

2:27:58 ↗ for it that but that's where that's it's

2:27:59 ↗ the five million dollars that the city

2:28:01 ↗ is on the sick cytosol money that's

2:28:03 ↗ going to the Opportunity Center and it's

2:28:05 ↗ not included in these totals so these

2:28:07 ↗ totals are just for the residential it's

2:28:10 ↗ for everything except for the build-out

2:28:12 ↗ of the opportunity Center okay it

2:28:14 ↗ includes the the kidney center includes

2:28:17 ↗ the building the shell space for the for

2:28:20 ↗ the daycare the daycare will build out

2:28:22 ↗ their own space you know the tenant

2:28:24 ↗ improvements inside the space and that

2:28:26 ↗ cost they're going to spend is not

2:28:27 ↗ included in this total either so this

2:28:30 ↗ rest of it is for the residential the

2:28:31 ↗ site where the streets you know the

2:28:34 ↗ everything else that goes into building

2:28:36 ↗ project but it just doesn't include the

2:28:39 ↗ improvements for the I wouldn't like to

2:28:41 ↗ point out as the the size of the kidney

2:28:44 ↗ center you see there numbers nine

2:28:45 ↗ million and what the city's pain is five

2:28:48 ↗ million so this project is still

2:28:50 ↗ subsidizing the opportunity center to

2:28:52 ↗ the tune of four million dollars that's

2:28:55 ↗ how much more it would cost you if you

2:28:56 ↗ were to do it on your own as the kidney

2:28:58 ↗ centers doing thank you

2:29:01 ↗ near the questions on the financials

2:29:03 ↗ because I know this has been something

2:29:05 ↗ that you've been asked about a lot other

2:29:07 ↗ ways we'll move on councilmember Goodman

2:29:09 ↗ I didn't quite understand the last thing

2:29:12 ↗ you were talking about the kidney center

2:29:14 ↗ for a million subsidy the bikini

2:29:18 ↗ centered their size their space is

2:29:20 ↗ almost identical to the Opportunity

2:29:23 ↗ Center and they're paying for their full

2:29:26 ↗ share their proportionate share of the

2:29:28 ↗ of the street of the land of the

2:29:30 ↗ everything and and when we responded to

2:29:34 ↗ the RFP one of our requirements was to

2:29:37 ↗ provide 10,000 square feet of shelf

2:29:38 ↗ space for the Opportunity Center and

2:29:42 ↗ that was something that we had to just

2:29:45 ↗ supply it wasn't part of the zoning code

2:29:46 ↗ is just something we we had to include

2:29:48 ↗ in our proposal and so that's why the

2:29:52 ↗ Opportunity Center is only having to put

2:29:55 ↗ in five million dollars as compared to

2:29:57 ↗ the kidney center that's putting in nine

2:29:58 ↗ is because part of the the project is is

2:30:01 ↗ subsidizing the Opportunity Center like

2:30:05 ↗ everybody else is paying the condo fees

2:30:07 ↗ except the up to right center we're just

2:30:11 ↗ not sharing in that cost any other

2:30:14 ↗ questions on the financials before we

2:30:15 ↗ keep going through the duck miss Ferris

2:30:20 ↗ Thank You Jenna Davis Hays Economic

2:30:23 ↗ Development Manager and thanks how for

2:30:25 ↗ covering part of my next slides that's

2:30:28 ↗ wonderful and he'll be here you know

2:30:29 ↗ everybody will be able available for

2:30:31 ↗ additional questions so as Hal mentioned

2:30:34 ↗ this is a breakdown of information that

2:30:37 ↗ was requested from the last council

2:30:39 ↗ session about how the Opportunity Center

2:30:43 ↗ it will be funded so originally in the

2:30:46 ↗ agenda bill that was presented

2:30:48 ↗ to Council in December of 2018 we talked

2:30:52 ↗ about the nine hundred sixty five

2:30:53 ↗ thousand dollars coming from the

2:30:55 ↗ remaining city mitigation funding for

2:30:57 ↗ human services and the remainder being a

2:31:00 ↗ bond and debt issuance that we repaid

2:31:03 ↗ from lease payments on that in the

2:31:05 ↗ agenda bill we talked about the sources

2:31:07 ↗ to pay repay that the lease payments

2:31:09 ↗ estimated at 250 thousand dollars per

2:31:13 ↗ year now I want to note we did not we

2:31:15 ↗ have not negotiated a lease with the

2:31:17 ↗ health point to have that lock down that

2:31:19 ↗ was based on their response in the RFP

2:31:21 ↗ about their ability to pay per square

2:31:23 ↗ foot so as we move forward if we move

2:31:25 ↗ forward and negotiate with them with a

2:31:28 ↗ lease for the Opportunity Center we will

2:31:30 ↗ have more information we bring back to

2:31:32 ↗ you about the actual lease rates and

2:31:34 ↗ what contribution they will contribute

2:31:36 ↗ towards tenant improvements and what

2:31:37 ↗ contribution we will as well

2:31:39 ↗ and then as you all know the state has

2:31:43 ↗ awarded us 3 million dollars towards the

2:31:45 ↗ opportunity centers that reduces our

2:31:47 ↗ commitment to up to 1 million

2:31:50 ↗ eighty-five thousand dollars yes sir so

2:31:54 ↗ would it be fair if you put all this

2:31:55 ↗ together would it be fair to say this is

2:31:58 ↗ this is potentially an investment of a

2:32:01 ↗ million dollars roughly for the city

2:32:02 ↗ with a payback of about five years and

2:32:04 ↗ beyond that it becomes cash positive yes

2:32:06 ↗ yes so after after the if we issue a

2:32:10 ↗ bond or dead or we put something out of

2:32:13 ↗ our rainy day fund and paid that back

2:32:15 ↗ after that that there those resources

2:32:17 ↗ are come to us then yes we would have a

2:32:20 ↗ condominium fee that would help pay for

2:32:22 ↗ what's available we would work that into

2:32:24 ↗ the lease payments and then those

2:32:26 ↗ resources would be available for other

2:32:28 ↗ uses of the city and then the second

2:32:33 ↗ part of that and again some of this

2:32:35 ↗ house addresses so what other

2:32:36 ↗ commitments do we have as the city and

2:32:39 ↗ so to be fair so in 2020 this year we

2:32:42 ↗ will invest some resources to do

2:32:45 ↗ appraisals on the king former King

2:32:48 ↗ County Road site as well as the portion

2:32:50 ↗ of the RV park if we proceed and so then

2:32:53 ↗ again looking at that to find out what

2:32:55 ↗ the fair market value is we will have an

2:32:56 ↗ independent appraiser do that

2:32:59 ↗ and that will be utilized for the deal

2:33:02 ↗ points which we bring back to you in the

2:33:04 ↗ property exchange Trent later this year

2:33:08 ↗ and then moving forward of course the

2:33:11 ↗ city is facilities assessment the

2:33:14 ↗ unknown timing of that we have ten plus

2:33:16 ↗ years question work but that is another

2:33:18 ↗ resource that would be have to be spent

2:33:20 ↗ by counsel whether or not we actually

2:33:22 ↗ have move forward with the Tod because

2:33:24 ↗ that is a revaluation this necessary

2:33:28 ↗ because the timing change and changes in

2:33:31 ↗ this the the assumptions of the time so

2:33:35 ↗ some of the things that how point

2:33:37 ↗ mentioned here is in your packet there

2:33:39 ↗ was some additional information provided

2:33:42 ↗ about what the Opportunity Center will

2:33:44 ↗ actually cost provide bring in resources

2:33:49 ↗ and so that is exhibit G I believe yes

2:33:53 ↗ and so the three million dollars in wave

2:33:56 ↗ fees again that is what we are not

2:33:58 ↗ collecting and that is available for any

2:34:01 ↗ affordable housing project so if

2:34:03 ↗ somebody came in and and developed one

2:34:07 ↗ affordable house housing unit they would

2:34:08 ↗ be eligible for those waive fees the one

2:34:12 ↗ million dollars in property taxes or

2:34:13 ↗ twelve years we will still continue to

2:34:15 ↗ collect property taxes on the land and

2:34:18 ↗ on the commercial properties and over

2:34:21 ↗ those twelve years and then also if

2:34:24 ↗ CenturyLink moves over to the RV park

2:34:25 ↗ will continue to uh to you know collect

2:34:27 ↗ their portion of property taxes in the

2:34:31 ↗ new location so and then as far as the

2:34:34 ↗ new information that's represented here

2:34:36 ↗ is the fees and taxes collected and the

2:34:38 ↗ development team figured this out so

2:34:40 ↗ what what fees to develop the new

2:34:43 ↗ CenturyLink relocation site and then

2:34:45 ↗ also what fees foreign tax is collected

2:34:48 ↗ for the Tod and so that adds up to about

2:34:50 ↗ five million dollars and then as

2:34:52 ↗ mentioned again before the over the

2:34:54 ↗ lifetime we anticipate over five million

2:34:57 ↗ dollars of for the city alone collection

2:35:01 ↗ of property taxes which currently on the

2:35:04 ↗ on the CenturyLink site is less for the

2:35:08 ↗ city alone annually is less than five

2:35:10 ↗ thousand dollars

2:35:11 ↗ this gives an overview kind of a little

2:35:13 ↗ bit bigger picture about not just what

2:35:16 ↗ what contribution stores a Tod but would

2:35:20 ↗ also will be coming in as real revenue

2:35:22 ↗ sources to the city immediately and then

2:35:25 ↗ over the lifetime yes I'm still a little

2:35:27 ↗ confused right now we have old utility

2:35:30 ↗ facility and hillside and if this goes

2:35:34 ↗ through we have a big residential and

2:35:38 ↗ commercial and service facility and a

2:35:42 ↗ spiffy new utility center and what is

2:35:45 ↗ the Delta in revenues to the city as a

2:35:49 ↗ result of going from the first picture

2:35:51 ↗ to the second picture because I don't

2:35:53 ↗ quite see it in these numbers sure so

2:35:56 ↗ the second box here was this future

2:35:58 ↗ property tax click that's just for the

2:36:00 ↗ Tod so 5.6 million dollars over the

2:36:04 ↗ lifetime of the project we we assume

2:36:08 ↗ that and again we're not looking at

2:36:11 ↗ extrapolating out what the value of the

2:36:13 ↗ new Century Link site is etc but in our

2:36:17 ↗ assumptions we just said okay assume

2:36:19 ↗ that they're gonna pay the same amount

2:36:20 ↗ it's a little complicated I will tell

2:36:22 ↗ you if you actually look in King County

2:36:23 ↗ Assessor's Office database our website

2:36:26 ↗ it says that they're - they're exempt

2:36:29 ↗ but it's not it's a it's a unique rule

2:36:32 ↗ in the Washington state where utilities

2:36:33 ↗ are charge of the state at the state

2:36:36 ↗ level so it's not can different rates on

2:36:38 ↗ each city and then it's and it's kind of

2:36:40 ↗ shared with the jurisdictions so it's a

2:36:44 ↗ little more complicated then let's look

2:36:46 ↗ at what the assessed value is because it

2:36:48 ↗ is outside of King County's calculations

2:36:52 ↗ actually so so to say all that basically

2:36:55 ↗ we assume the same at the future

2:36:58 ↗ CenturyLink but it could be higher

2:37:03 ↗ go on did it okay provided a more

2:37:08 ↗ detailed timeline again in your packet I

2:37:10 ↗ am for the for time if there was any

2:37:15 ↗ questions about any of the timelines I'd

2:37:17 ↗ had on this slide system real basic

2:37:20 ↗ things really the Tod project started to

2:37:23 ↗ become reality in 2016 when a couple of

2:37:25 ↗ things happen where we identified the

2:37:28 ↗ surplus site from King County to

2:37:29 ↗ actually be able to relocate Century

2:37:31 ↗ Link because they were had not plans to

2:37:34 ↗ move and wanted to stay in the area but

2:37:35 ↗ we didn't have a site for them and then

2:37:38 ↗ they the Tod fund was created in

2:37:41 ↗ mid-2016 with that allocation just for

2:37:44 ↗ is for I 90 is a quad to North Bend so

2:37:48 ↗ that really then started the ball

2:37:49 ↗ rolling on this process there's any

2:37:52 ↗ questions generally going okay so I'm

2:37:56 ↗ gonna turn it over to Dan Landis yes

2:37:59 ↗ that mo use that we had now are those

2:38:03 ↗ expired so the one with we had two

2:38:07 ↗ different mo use we have one with King

2:38:08 ↗ County spectrum and and city and that

2:38:13 ↗ one I don't think had an expiration date

2:38:14 ↗ it did okay so they're there with that

2:38:17 ↗ they expired so yes they were both

2:38:19 ↗ expired I knew that the CenturyLink

2:38:21 ↗ wonder about the site exclusivity did

2:38:24 ↗ expire me amend it at once and then they

2:38:26 ↗ were not interested in amending again

2:38:27 ↗ thanks baby Dan good evening my name is

2:38:33 ↗ Dan Landis I'm with King County Housing

2:38:35 ↗ Authority where the Housing Authority

2:38:37 ↗ for all cities in King County outside of

2:38:39 ↗ Seattle and Renton and I wanted to give

2:38:43 ↗ you a little bit of the housing needs

2:38:44 ↗ data that influenced our interest in

2:38:48 ↗ going after the RFP when it came out by

2:38:51 ↗ the city of Issaquah so what what you

2:38:54 ↗ see on this chart here the blue bars

2:38:56 ↗ that's the median income for the city of

2:38:59 ↗ Issaquah per the American Community

2:39:02 ↗ Survey from 2007 through 2017 the last

2:39:05 ↗ year that data was available and you can

2:39:08 ↗ see there's been good steady growth even

2:39:10 ↗ with a little bit of a spike between

2:39:12 ↗ 2016 and 2017 in income which is

2:39:15 ↗ a good thing for the city I just opposed

2:39:17 ↗ over the top of that what's been

2:39:19 ↗ happening with average two-bedroom rents

2:39:21 ↗ in the city and you can see that in 2010

2:39:26 ↗ the rents hit their lowest after the

2:39:28 ↗ recession and from that point through to

2:39:31 ↗ 2017 rents grew by 54% while at the same

2:39:36 ↗ time the income in the city grew by 20%

2:39:40 ↗ so you can see even though Issaquah has

2:39:43 ↗ had healthy income growth over time the

2:39:45 ↗ rents have far exceeded that it's even

2:39:48 ↗ worse when you look at the home

2:39:50 ↗ ownership costs in Issaquah I don't have

2:39:53 ↗ this on this slide that according to the

2:39:54 ↗ Zillow home value index home prices

2:39:57 ↗ bottomed out in 2012 a little bit later

2:40:00 ↗ than the rents and since that time

2:40:02 ↗ they've grown by 197 percent so about

2:40:05 ↗ tripled so this slide is based on a data

2:40:12 ↗ that HUD compiles from the census and

2:40:15 ↗ what they do is they break that they

2:40:18 ↗ want to determine who actually is living

2:40:20 ↗ with a housing cost burden and so they

2:40:24 ↗ define housing cost burden as a

2:40:27 ↗ household that pays more than 30% of

2:40:29 ↗ their income for housing costs and those

2:40:31 ↗ who are severely housed housing cost

2:40:34 ↗ burden pay more than half of their

2:40:36 ↗ income so the bars on here the red means

2:40:39 ↗ that those are that's the households

2:40:42 ↗ that pay more than half of their income

2:40:43 ↗ yellow means over 30% and green means

2:40:46 ↗ that they live in a housing that they

2:40:47 ↗ can afford these five bars on here on

2:40:51 ↗ the left that represents households from

2:40:54 ↗ zero to thirty percent of the area

2:40:56 ↗ median income and this is the area

2:40:58 ↗ median income which is King County's

2:41:00 ↗ median income not just the city of

2:41:02 ↗ Issaquah Issaquah has a higher median

2:41:04 ↗ income than the county as a whole so you

2:41:06 ↗ can see that that households with less

2:41:14 ↗ than 30% of the area median income

2:41:15 ↗ two-thirds of them are pay half of their

2:41:19 ↗ income or more for their housing costs

2:41:21 ↗ if you look at the first three so 0 to

2:41:25 ↗ 80%

2:41:26 ↗ 45% of all households below 80% in the

2:41:30 ↗ city of Issaquah pay more than half of

2:41:32 ↗ their income for rent so it's a it's a

2:41:35 ↗ huge issue and they're not small numbers

2:41:37 ↗ you can see that nine hundred

2:41:38 ↗ eighty-five plus five hundred and forty

2:41:40 ↗ five it works out to a lot of households

2:41:43 ↗ with low incomes that are paying rents

2:41:45 ↗ that they cannot afford or living in

2:41:47 ↗ homes that they can't afford if you look

2:41:52 ↗ all the way over to the right that's

2:41:53 ↗ households with incomes above the median

2:41:56 ↗ and that those the yellow down at there

2:41:59 ↗ at the bottom that's almost all people

2:42:01 ↗ who have mortgages that they can't

2:42:04 ↗ afford so it tends to be homeowners

2:42:06 ↗ above a hundred percent I think once you

2:42:08 ↗ move to the left it the percentage of

2:42:11 ↗ households that are renters grows and

2:42:13 ↗ grows so it's a it's a huge issue supply

2:42:16 ↗ of new housing is part of addressing the

2:42:18 ↗ housing problem but private the private

2:42:20 ↗ market alone will not address housing

2:42:23 ↗ affordability for low and moderate

2:42:24 ↗ income households mitsuko has added over

2:42:28 ↗ 1,500 new one two and three-bedroom

2:42:30 ↗ Apartments since 2015 and the average

2:42:34 ↗ rent for one bedroom two bedroom three

2:42:38 ↗ bedroom house apartments in those

2:42:40 ↗ complexes is equal to about 91 with 94

2:42:44 ↗ or 95 percent of the area median could

2:42:47 ↗ afford so really you're just looking at

2:42:49 ↗ the a portion of this the fourth bar and

2:42:53 ↗ then all of the fifth bar that all of

2:42:56 ↗ those households on the Left are not

2:42:58 ↗ being served by the new housing that's

2:42:59 ↗ being built in the city of Issaquah and

2:43:01 ↗ the fact is private developers need to

2:43:03 ↗ charge those rents in order to be able

2:43:05 ↗ to afford the cost of construction for

2:43:07 ↗ building them because it's so expensive

2:43:08 ↗ now the prices of home ownership are

2:43:11 ↗ even worse there's a new development

2:43:13 ↗ down the street from the Transit Center

2:43:15 ↗ where two-bedroom townhomes are going

2:43:17 ↗ for $700,000 a unit and that works out

2:43:21 ↗ too according to the red fin calculator

2:43:24 ↗ if you had a 5% down payment you would

2:43:27 ↗ need a hundred and eighty thousand

2:43:28 ↗ dollars in annual income in order to

2:43:30 ↗ afford a $700,000 2-bedroom townhome

2:43:33 ↗ or you'd be at a hundred eighty percent

2:43:36 ↗ of the area median income just for those

2:43:39 ↗ of you who

2:43:40 ↗ wondering about the area median income

2:43:42 ↗ this is a chart that shows you where is

2:43:44 ↗ a Kwas population Falls so 63 percent of

2:43:48 ↗ the population has an income above 100%

2:43:51 ↗ of area median so it's a fairly wealthy

2:43:53 ↗ community but still 29 percent have

2:43:56 ↗ incomes below 80 percent of the area

2:43:59 ↗ median income so you can see that it

2:44:01 ↗ there are a large number of households a

2:44:04 ↗ significant percentage of Issaquah x'

2:44:06 ↗ population is being impacted severely by

2:44:09 ↗ these rising housing costs and just so

2:44:12 ↗ to put a little bit of so you can

2:44:15 ↗ understand what what various area median

2:44:17 ↗ income levels mean for TP I'll let you

2:44:21 ↗ read this I won't go through all of this

2:44:23 ↗ but a lot of people that work in

2:44:24 ↗ Issaquah and all of these are what

2:44:28 ↗ people who work in these jobs at

2:44:31 ↗ Issaquah are earning they they are not

2:44:33 ↗ being able to find affordable housing

2:44:35 ↗ and and our research shows that the the

2:44:39 ↗ one of the keys to success for low

2:44:42 ↗ income households is that they can live

2:44:45 ↗ close to where they work and send their

2:44:47 ↗ kids to good schools and so it's really

2:44:49 ↗ part of our mission to make sure that

2:44:51 ↗ people who have low incomes in

2:44:53 ↗ communities like you acquire able to

2:44:55 ↗ stay in those communities and achieve

2:44:58 ↗ family success

2:44:59 ↗ oh sorry accounts member Goodman yeah

2:45:04 ↗ the can you go back one slide please

2:45:08 ↗ thank you so where do you get the

2:45:13 ↗ information for the salaries or the

2:45:20 ↗ income for these categories sorry this

2:45:25 ↗ was the one slide that I presented that

2:45:26 ↗ I did not prepare

2:45:31 ↗ is it well get Jen to come up with that

2:45:34 ↗ when she has some kids okay say that on

2:45:41 ↗ the microphone so these represent the

2:45:44 ↗ average income for these professions in

2:45:48 ↗ King and Snohomish County state data

2:45:52 ↗ yeah and if you can get the reference

2:45:54 ↗ that would be great and custom member

2:45:55 ↗ dimi she'll are you finished

2:45:58 ↗ no I just the reason that I asked is

2:45:59 ↗ because a spot check shows that the

2:46:04 ↗ incomes here are actually higher just

2:46:07 ↗ that's not where these musicians yeah

2:46:10 ↗ for these not meant to be anything

2:46:11 ↗ pointed or negative just I'm not sure

2:46:15 ↗ that that's completely accurate Michelle

2:46:20 ↗ I don't think we ever talked about what

2:46:22 ↗ is the area median income you know it

2:46:25 ↗ was on one of the slides but it is

2:46:27 ↗ around one hundred and two thousand

2:46:29 ↗ dollars a year right right for us and so

2:46:32 ↗ instead of of ami is eighty maybe eighty

2:46:37 ↗ one right so this is so income is

2:46:39 ↗ adjusted for family size so for a

2:46:41 ↗ one-person household it's sixty thousand

2:46:43 ↗ four I think a four-person household

2:46:47 ↗ it's a hundred thousand right and so the

2:46:50 ↗ 40 percent ami is thirty to forty yeah

2:46:53 ↗ so it you know it's we have a high level

2:46:58 ↗ of income in our community and a high

2:47:00 ↗ level of of expense as well and so that

2:47:06 ↗ I can attest that the teachers I know

2:47:08 ↗ those salaries what they are fall into

2:47:10 ↗ that eighty percent category so yeah but

2:47:14 ↗ it's I think that a lot of people don't

2:47:16 ↗ realize that our average median income

2:47:18 ↗ is that high

2:47:21 ↗ are there any questions on the slide

2:47:23 ↗ before we continue and we'll get that

2:47:27 ↗ reference for you

2:47:29 ↗ thank you David good evening Council

2:47:35 ↗ it's not a mayor David Fujimoto

2:47:37 ↗ sustainability director so Dan talked a

2:47:41 ↗ bit about income levels and housing

2:47:44 ↗ affordability in the community and I'm

2:47:46 ↗ here with a little bit of information

2:47:47 ↗ too about the consideration of the

2:47:50 ↗ services side of the equation if you

2:47:51 ↗ will and how that reflects community

2:47:53 ↗ needs and how it helps to meet basic

2:47:57 ↗ Human Services needs in the community

2:47:59 ↗ these services are reflected in goals

2:48:02 ↗ around developing a healthy community

2:48:04 ↗ strategy as well as the provision of

2:48:07 ↗ services under the Housing Strategy work

2:48:09 ↗ plan specifically Housing Strategy 9

2:48:12 ↗ which does talk about those services for

2:48:15 ↗ a variety of populations in our

2:48:16 ↗ community back in 2017 the city

2:48:19 ↗ conducted the community needs assessment

2:48:21 ↗ of health and well-being in the

2:48:23 ↗ community and this looked at a variety

2:48:25 ↗ of secondary data sources and in order

2:48:28 ↗ to help us to better understand the

2:48:29 ↗ variety of needs in the community it

2:48:31 ↗ also included a variety of interviews

2:48:34 ↗ with agencies surveys focus groups a

2:48:37 ↗ variety of methodologies to help

2:48:39 ↗ understand needs in the community and it

2:48:42 ↗ also was assisted with some oversight by

2:48:45 ↗ a Community Advisory Board of several

2:48:46 ↗ nonprofit organizations in our community

2:48:48 ↗ including Hope link international

2:48:51 ↗ community health services Swedish

2:48:52 ↗ Friends of youth King County Metro

2:48:54 ↗ cultural bridges the school district and

2:48:56 ↗ the Food Bank among others on this slide

2:48:59 ↗ is a whole lot of information but

2:49:01 ↗ basically what it summarizes is some of

2:49:03 ↗ the key areas or themes that were

2:49:05 ↗ identified in that community needs

2:49:07 ↗ assessment one of the big ones was

2:49:09 ↗ disparities by race ethnicity sex and

2:49:12 ↗ income but in addition to that there

2:49:14 ↗ were also these specific needs that were

2:49:16 ↗ identified around access behavioral

2:49:20 ↗ health housing cost and insecurity which

2:49:22 ↗ you heard a little bit about and then

2:49:23 ↗ also child care availability as well and

2:49:27 ↗ this access to services includes

2:49:28 ↗ limitations of our decentralized service

2:49:31 ↗ landscape that we find on the East Side

2:49:34 ↗ ties in with limitations in terms of

2:49:36 ↗ mobility to access some of those

2:49:38 ↗ services many of which are not available

2:49:40 ↗ in our community limitations on

2:49:42 ↗ insurance that's accepted by service

2:49:44 ↗ providers as well as linguistically and

2:49:47 ↗ culturally appropriate appropriate

2:49:48 ↗ services we also have a variety of

2:49:51 ↗ information that talks about growing

2:49:53 ↗ behavioral health needs in the community

2:49:55 ↗ in terms of health distress substance

2:49:57 ↗ used by students a variety of resources

2:50:00 ↗ to support parents and then a lack of

2:50:03 ↗ resources for intervention and treatment

2:50:05 ↗ in the community dan talk spoke quite a

2:50:08 ↗ bit about the housing costs and

2:50:09 ↗ insecurity the the lack of a bit

2:50:13 ↗ available basic needs contributes kind

2:50:15 ↗ of that housing instability and then

2:50:17 ↗ also there's a lack of care availability

2:50:20 ↗ in the community in regards to some of

2:50:25 ↗ the the past history there is has been

2:50:29 ↗ an ongoing body of work in the community

2:50:31 ↗ for several years to increase access to

2:50:33 ↗ services for esquire residents some of

2:50:36 ↗ this work dates back to the work by a

2:50:39 ↗ community group to focus on Human

2:50:42 ↗ Services campus this this body of work

2:50:45 ↗ took place for many years was community

2:50:47 ↗ driven and really the purpose of that

2:50:49 ↗ was to focus on providing co-located

2:50:51 ↗ services looked at some a variety of

2:50:54 ↗ best practices looking at the together

2:50:56 ↗ center and redmond as a potential model

2:50:58 ↗ for how you can co locate services

2:51:01 ↗ provide one-stop services for residents

2:51:04 ↗ and one of the key findings as a body of

2:51:06 ↗ that work was that there was a huge

2:51:09 ↗ barrier in terms of providing services

2:51:11 ↗ in the fact that low market rents were

2:51:15 ↗ really critical for non-profit service

2:51:16 ↗ providers to be able to establish

2:51:18 ↗ services in the community back in 2008

2:51:22 ↗ there was million dollars that was a

2:51:24 ↗ suicide

2:51:25 ↗ that came from mitigation dollars to

2:51:27 ↗ help support this effort and after a

2:51:30 ↗ variety of attempts to identify a

2:51:32 ↗ suitable location this body of work was

2:51:35 ↗ eventually canceled or discontinued back

2:51:40 ↗ in 2015 once a they were not able to

2:51:42 ↗ find a suitable location more recently

2:51:45 ↗ as they

2:51:46 ↗ before there was a community needs

2:51:48 ↗ assessment that that was done as a part

2:51:49 ↗ of look at our Human Services and trying

2:51:52 ↗ to hone in begin that process of honing

2:51:54 ↗ in more on the community needs I've been

2:51:57 ↗ that identified several the pieces I

2:51:59 ↗ spoke about just on the other slide and

2:52:02 ↗ then with the Opportunity Center RFP and

2:52:06 ↗ the Tod RFP the city had an opportunity

2:52:08 ↗ to explore an innovative new model for

2:52:11 ↗ approaching and addressing this this

2:52:13 ↗ barrier to locating services locally and

2:52:16 ↗ that was taking a look at the Tod

2:52:18 ↗ project and identifying a way to

2:52:20 ↗ incorporate that into that project the

2:52:22 ↗ opportunity to enter into the project

2:52:24 ↗ and the goals for the opportunity Center

2:52:26 ↗ really were to expand the capacity or

2:52:29 ↗ enhanced services not just relocate

2:52:31 ↗ services within the community was to

2:52:33 ↗ address priority of community needs

2:52:35 ↗ address the limited availability of

2:52:37 ↗ affordable land or facility rentals and

2:52:40 ↗ to align with several the Tod components

2:52:43 ↗ which were around living working

2:52:45 ↗ supporting and connecting to the region

2:52:47 ↗ so the city solicited proposals for the

2:52:49 ↗ Opportunity Center received four

2:52:52 ↗ different proposals from about nine

2:52:54 ↗ different agencies and through that

2:52:56 ↗ process selected health point and Valley

2:52:58 ↗ cities as the leading proponent for that

2:53:04 ↗ thank you David

2:53:09 ↗ okay so my part we'll start talking

2:53:12 ↗ about the RV park specifically as you

2:53:15 ↗ may remember the Century Link on the

2:53:18 ↗ Left which is in the orange color the

2:53:21 ↗ project site we had planned to relocate

2:53:24 ↗ them to the blue site on the right which

2:53:27 ↗ is the former king county roads property

2:53:29 ↗ that was not suitable for the needs and

2:53:32 ↗ now we're looking at the site outlined

2:53:34 ↗ in red which is a portion of the current

2:53:37 ↗ RV site every RV park and we have this

2:53:41 ↗ very preliminary a site plan so we

2:53:46 ↗ presented this to CenturyLink after we

2:53:48 ↗ had a site visit to the RV park with the

2:53:51 ↗ idea is to determine if the site can

2:53:53 ↗ accommodate the functions that sensory

2:53:55 ↗ link requires and if so it'll be refined

2:53:58 ↗ from there so the blue section is the

2:54:01 ↗ area that would be remaining for the

2:54:03 ↗ potential for RV park and so as was

2:54:06 ↗ stated earlier that we have saved all

2:54:09 ↗ the sites that the spaces for the RV

2:54:11 ↗ park unfortunately that is not true we

2:54:13 ↗ are looking at potentially having about

2:54:16 ↗ 17 spaces and I will say we did not plan

2:54:20 ↗ look at this space and say can we fit 17

2:54:23 ↗ 20 it's just again a very preliminary

2:54:28 ↗ quick quick look at Caen CenturyLink

2:54:32 ↗ functions be put placed on this on the

2:54:35 ↗ area that we have here and so far there

2:54:36 ↗ has been a lot of head nodding and then

2:54:39 ↗ what's remaining we will continue that

2:54:42 ↗ conversation and come back to you with

2:54:45 ↗ more information about that so if we

2:54:49 ↗ proceed with this the next question that

2:54:52 ↗ counsel had asked us to bring more

2:54:54 ↗ information about as Andrea refer oh yes

2:54:57 ↗ yeah and come summer Mertz yeah I know

2:55:00 ↗ I'm sorry

2:55:00 ↗ 17 what's what's the number 17 spaces

2:55:05 ↗ remaining out of how many

2:55:07 ↗ um it's 56 yes so it would be 17 spaces

2:55:12 ↗ remaining out of 56 mm-hmm

2:55:14 ↗ okay yes and do we have

2:55:19 ↗ an estimate of how many of those 56 were

2:55:23 ↗ long-term living so we had her heard

2:55:27 ↗ earlier about 20 we heard tonight about

2:55:30 ↗ 25 to 28 it varies so what we would make

2:55:36 ↗ sure is again look if we proceed with

2:55:39 ↗ this looking to see if we can fit as

2:55:40 ↗ many sites that are possible on the site

2:55:42 ↗ that works for the RV park

2:55:44 ↗ we'd also work with the the people who

2:55:48 ↗ would not have space there and see if we

2:55:51 ↗ could help them with our locations

2:55:52 ↗ looking at connecting them to arch see

2:55:55 ↗ and they would there would be a long

2:55:58 ↗ lead time if we would move forward with

2:56:00 ↗ this so it wouldn't be like we say you

2:56:02 ↗ need to be out in 30 days because we'd

2:56:04 ↗ probably we would inform keep begin to

2:56:09 ↗ have conversations with the RV park

2:56:11 ↗ management firm as soon as possible and

2:56:13 ↗ set a timeline for that so that sounds

2:56:17 ↗ like a loss of 8 to 11 housing

2:56:20 ↗ equivalent whatever the purpose just

2:56:28 ↗ that it it has said 18 spaces several

2:56:32 ↗ times in our okay Hawk it and so I think

2:56:34 ↗ and I get its estimate but to the extent

2:56:37 ↗ that it could be consistent sure mm-hmm

2:56:44 ↗ yes Dan thanks okay so one of the

2:56:47 ↗ questions is about the trickle-down

2:56:48 ↗ effect on what utilizing the RV park for

2:56:52 ↗ the Tod relocation site would mean two

2:56:54 ↗ other plans so we tried to without

2:56:57 ↗ having a crystal ball exactly look at

2:56:59 ↗ think about the things that would happen

2:57:01 ↗ with if we use a utilize the RV park and

2:57:04 ↗ then if we did not so if we did usually

2:57:07 ↗ this slide talks about those impacts the

2:57:10 ↗ next slide talks about next steps

2:57:12 ↗ so if we did utilize the RV park for the

2:57:14 ↗ Tod we obviously would need to

2:57:16 ↗ re-examine the location size for the

2:57:19 ↗ operations and maintenance of expansion

2:57:20 ↗ as well as the parks operation

2:57:22 ↗ relocation we

2:57:25 ↗ do you know we do believe that there's

2:57:27 ↗ other sites that kind of accommodate

2:57:29 ↗ this future needs but we're not we don't

2:57:30 ↗ have a plan and an assessment to

2:57:33 ↗ determine that at this point there was

2:57:35 ↗ questions about confluence park phase

2:57:37 ↗ three we recognize that may be delayed

2:57:42 ↗ as far as expanding that when you look

2:57:44 ↗ in the parks master plan that was

2:57:47 ↗ I'm sorry strategic plan that was

2:57:48 ↗ adopted by council that is a long term

2:57:51 ↗ facet to expand into confluence park

2:57:54 ↗ phase three again timing for that has

2:57:57 ↗ not been scheduled so we would we don't

2:57:59 ↗ really know if the moving the parks

2:58:02 ↗ operations would be aligned with the

2:58:06 ↗ timing that they plan for Phase three

2:58:08 ↗ and then we would obviously as we just

2:58:12 ↗ discussed to talk about reducing the RV

2:58:14 ↗ park and that would in turn display some

2:58:17 ↗ users if we did not proceed with

2:58:20 ↗ utilizing the RV park as was mentioned

2:58:22 ↗ before that the Tod project would not

2:58:25 ↗ move forward 175 plus units of

2:58:28 ↗ affordable housing would not be built in

2:58:30 ↗ the site and that would also mean zero

2:58:33 ↗ housing units in our regional growth

2:58:34 ↗ center we the operations I mean as

2:58:39 ↗ expansion is still undefined again

2:58:40 ↗ because of the the long term the long

2:58:47 ↗ term aspect of that we're not looking to

2:58:49 ↗ do that as a has a facility need right

2:58:51 ↗ now and so how much space and what needs

2:58:54 ↗ are possible for this are things that

2:58:58 ↗ we'll be looking at in the future years

2:59:00 ↗ and the RV park would remain the same as

2:59:02 ↗ is now knowing that if the expansion

2:59:05 ↗ would happen the RV park would was

2:59:08 ↗ planned to be completely eliminated so

2:59:10 ↗ again that would be a later term yes and

2:59:13 ↗ some member Hall thank you I heard you

2:59:18 ↗ and other staff members mentioned this a

2:59:19 ↗ couple times if we didn't move forward

2:59:22 ↗ with this that DoD wouldn't the project

2:59:26 ↗ wouldn't move forward you just said

2:59:29 ↗ something about a hundred so units

2:59:31 ↗ wouldn't be constructed but I thought

2:59:33 ↗ the total project was like 355 so would

2:59:36 ↗ there still be market rate housing

2:59:38 ↗ in the ER but okay thank you yes sorry

2:59:40 ↗ about that so I just I was referring to

2:59:42 ↗ the affordable housing units yes so the

2:59:44 ↗ the entire project would not move it

2:59:46 ↗ forward the 355 units would not be built

2:59:49 ↗ and 175 of the affordable would not be

2:59:52 ↗ added to as well oh I see okay

2:59:54 ↗ thank you yeah sorry that and then

2:59:58 ↗ looking at the next steps future steps

3:00:00 ↗ as you'll see I don't need to read these

3:00:02 ↗ but a lot of the steps are the same so

3:00:04 ↗ again we don't we don't know what the

3:00:06 ↗ future needs assessment would be for the

3:00:08 ↗ operations and maintenance sites we

3:00:10 ↗ currently don't have a policy are about

3:00:12 ↗ the centralized adjust facilities

3:00:14 ↗ there's some differing opinions about

3:00:16 ↗ whether we should have all our shop

3:00:17 ↗ sites at one location or have them in

3:00:19 ↗ different locations throughout the city

3:00:20 ↗ to to help better serve our assets we

3:00:23 ↗ need to look at what City properties

3:00:25 ↗ we're currently owned and how we could

3:00:26 ↗ utilize those so those need to happen

3:00:28 ↗ either way and then again looking at if

3:00:31 ↗ we utilize the RV park we we would need

3:00:34 ↗ to determine the ability to maintain

3:00:37 ↗ this as an RV park we would come back to

3:00:38 ↗ without having more information and have

3:00:41 ↗ a conversation with you and potentially

3:00:43 ↗ relocation assistance so

3:00:49 ↗ another council request was about the

3:00:51 ↗ property valuation and so you did

3:00:54 ↗ include in your packets the king county

3:00:58 ↗ roads property appraisal that I referred

3:01:00 ↗ to in the previous study session that

3:01:02 ↗ was done in May two thousand nineteen so

3:01:03 ↗ you have the entire prese lair and so

3:01:07 ↗ we've asked greater seattle partners

3:01:09 ↗ which is our regional economic

3:01:10 ↗ development partner to run us a report

3:01:13 ↗ of all vacant industrial land sales in

3:01:16 ↗ the last six months so there are six

3:01:18 ↗ properties to in Snoqualmie one in

3:01:21 ↗ redmond one in Renton and Bellevue and

3:01:23 ↗ Kirkland that were sold in the last six

3:01:25 ↗ months and here you have the price range

3:01:28 ↗ per acre is between two point two and

3:01:31 ↗ forty seven point four million and then

3:01:34 ↗ there is a property adjacent to the RV

3:01:36 ↗ park that was just recently sold we call

3:01:38 ↗ it the corner property there right along

3:01:41 ↗ our first Avenue and that sold in

3:01:44 ↗ January 2019 that price per acre is to

3:01:47 ↗ nine hundred fifty one thousand four

3:01:49 ↗ hundred forty nine dollars so the

3:01:52 ↗ intention previously was to kind of give

3:01:54 ↗ an estimate we will move forward with

3:01:56 ↗ doing an appraisal of both the king

3:01:58 ↗ county roads property site in the

3:01:59 ↗ portion the RV park with an independent

3:02:02 ↗ canoe to determine the market value for

3:02:06 ↗ the land transaction which is required

3:02:07 ↗ of course to make sure we reimburse the

3:02:10 ↗ water Revenue Fund for the if we do

3:02:14 ↗ transfer this property so we are

3:02:19 ↗ actually to the point of talking about

3:02:21 ↗ how the decision that we need here if we

3:02:24 ↗ are here today to talk about which is

3:02:26 ↗ whether or not Council agrees to move

3:02:29 ↗ forward with allowing us to utilize the

3:02:31 ↗ portion of the RV park for the

3:02:33 ↗ relocation site for the Tod and just a

3:02:36 ↗ reminder if it is not directed to it for

3:02:40 ↗ us to proceed with this we will continue

3:02:42 ↗ to work on focus our next efforts our

3:02:45 ↗ next steps on the opportunity center and

3:02:48 ↗ then come back to you at a later time a

3:02:52 ↗ reminder that this is not the last time

3:02:54 ↗ you will hear or make a decision about

3:02:56 ↗ the Tod or the our use

3:02:58 ↗ the RV park will be back for two binding

3:03:01 ↗ agreements one for the they are the

3:03:03 ↗ property transaction agreement and so

3:03:07 ↗ that's the binding agreement will have

3:03:08 ↗ all the details about the deal points so

3:03:10 ↗ the valuation the all the details about

3:03:14 ↗ how the values of the properties that

3:03:16 ↗ are being transitioned in this prop and

3:03:19 ↗ this this transaction and then the

3:03:22 ↗ second binding agreement will be the

3:03:24 ↗ development agreement that's focused on

3:03:25 ↗ the transit orient and the Opportunity

3:03:27 ↗ Center at the current set Centrelink

3:03:29 ↗ sites so that we'll get into all the

3:03:30 ↗ details about ensuring that we we have

3:03:35 ↗ in there the number of units that are

3:03:36 ↗ required for affordable and all those

3:03:39 ↗ all those items that were the components

3:03:41 ↗ of that we've been talking about that

3:03:42 ↗ will be is to to tional eyes it'll be at

3:03:44 ↗ a binding document that we'll be having

3:03:46 ↗ discussions about and an adopting

3:03:48 ↗ hopefully in addition the opportunity

3:03:52 ↗ center lease is one that will will come

3:03:55 ↗ back to council with negotiations and

3:03:56 ↗ have a final figure for the city's

3:03:58 ↗ financial application towards that again

3:04:00 ↗ we're looking at working with them on

3:04:03 ↗ their what their contributions would be

3:04:05 ↗ towards tenant improvements and what

3:04:07 ↗ ours will be the comprehensive plan

3:04:10 ↗ amendment that is required for utilizing

3:04:13 ↗ part of the RV park for something

3:04:14 ↗ besides community facilities that's

3:04:16 ↗ currently on the docket and so that's

3:04:18 ↗ good if we proceed with this it will

3:04:20 ↗ continue down that path and you'll it'll

3:04:21 ↗ be back through the council process and

3:04:24 ↗ in November as a full docket you'll be

3:04:27 ↗ you'll look at that as well so basically

3:04:28 ↗ we need to change that from community

3:04:30 ↗ facilities to commercial to allow this

3:04:32 ↗ this development to proceed and then we

3:04:36 ↗ will come back to talk about the future

3:04:37 ↗ RV park including a new management

3:04:39 ↗ agreement because the current management

3:04:41 ↗ agreement ends at the end of this year

3:04:43 ↗ so and we've had again have not had

3:04:46 ↗ detailed conversations with the current

3:04:47 ↗ management firm but we have initially

3:04:50 ↗ heard that this a smaller site may not

3:04:53 ↗ be worked for his business model but

3:04:55 ↗ there has been some interest from the

3:04:56 ↗ current operator on site to manage the

3:04:59 ↗ park if we proceed thank you and a quick

3:05:03 ↗ timeline pretty much and in your packet

3:05:07 ↗ I'm sorry we had February 3rd as the

3:05:09 ↗ council

3:05:09 ↗ action but basically back in the cou

3:05:11 ↗ second quarter for the binding property

3:05:13 ↗ agreement and then next year for the DA

3:05:15 ↗ and hopefully open Tod 2025 I'm gonna

3:05:23 ↗ bite Andrea back up here yeah Goodman to

3:05:28 ↗ your question is there any possibility

3:05:33 ↗ of expanding the RV park onto the road

3:05:38 ↗ site so that they're not displaced at

3:05:41 ↗ all let's just move to the adjacent

3:05:43 ↗ property that would be something we

3:05:45 ↗ would need to look into and further

3:05:47 ↗ assess council president hon um that was

3:05:54 ↗ that was part of my question actually

3:05:56 ↗ and the other part was it for the

3:06:01 ↗ foreseeable future if we were to utilize

3:06:03 ↗ part of this for the Century Link site

3:06:07 ↗ part of the RV park for the Century Link

3:06:09 ↗ site for the foreseeable future it would

3:06:12 ↗ not then be used by the Public Works

3:06:14 ↗ Department or would it would it still be

3:06:19 ↗ used by the Public Works Department

3:06:21 ↗ because in the table where you showed

3:06:24 ↗ the two options it doesn't have that

3:06:28 ↗ remainder of the RV park being used as

3:06:31 ↗ the public works under the utilize a

3:06:34 ↗ portion for CenturyLink I think that as

3:06:38 ↗ we look into the future and what our

3:06:40 ↗ needs are to expand the operations and

3:06:42 ↗ maintenance facilities for the city we

3:06:44 ↗ really need to assess what are the needs

3:06:46 ↗ and how are you are we using the

3:06:48 ↗ existing facility as I think we've

3:06:50 ↗ discussed in previous presentations the

3:06:53 ↗ plan for where the RV park is currently

3:06:57 ↗ that was purchased many years ago and

3:07:00 ↗ the master site plan the concept was

3:07:04 ↗ drafted years ago in anticipation of the

3:07:07 ↗ annexation of Kalani and since that did

3:07:10 ↗ not come to pass I think as we move

3:07:14 ↗ ahead and reassess what are the facility

3:07:18 ↗ needs that we have to address operations

3:07:20 ↗ and maintenance as the city grows that

3:07:22 ↗ still

3:07:22 ↗ question that I think we need to revisit

3:07:23 ↗ given that their circumstances have

3:07:26 ↗ changed since we last planned and so I

3:07:29 ↗ think we at this point don't anticipate

3:07:34 ↗ using we we haven't planned far ahead

3:07:38 ↗ because we don't know really what those

3:07:40 ↗ needs are going to be and what

3:07:42 ↗ properties would be available at that

3:07:44 ↗ time I think we also said last time that

3:07:48 ↗ we have other facility needs that are a

3:07:51 ↗ little bit more pressing and urgent and

3:07:53 ↗ so that's why I think different parts of

3:07:55 ↗ this presentation referred to a 10-year

3:07:57 ↗ plus time horizon for going back and

3:08:00 ↗ performing that reassessment of what our

3:08:02 ↗ operations and maintenance facility

3:08:04 ↗ needs are so I guess that's a really

3:08:07 ↗ long-winded way of saying that it's not

3:08:11 ↗ shown in our in our in the materials

3:08:14 ↗ tonight of how we would anticipate using

3:08:17 ↗ the remainder of the parcel because we

3:08:19 ↗ still don't know exactly what we would

3:08:21 ↗ need but I think at that time we would

3:08:24 ↗ do that assessment to determine how

3:08:25 ↗ would we use the what we refer to as the

3:08:28 ↗ King County roads parcel how would we

3:08:30 ↗ use the remainder or what's remaining of

3:08:32 ↗ the RV park site and the other city

3:08:36 ↗ properties as well can you go back to

3:08:40 ↗ the two long-term options able future

3:08:46 ↗ steps or they yeah yeah this one so my

3:08:50 ↗ question is really about this that under

3:08:53 ↗ do not utilize RV park and has

3:08:55 ↗ elimination of our view RV park spaces

3:08:57 ↗ and potential relocation assistance and

3:08:59 ↗ then underutilized RV park for Tod ax

3:09:01 ↗ has determined ability to maintain

3:09:03 ↗ reduced RV park spaces and potential

3:09:05 ↗ relocation assistance

3:09:07 ↗ so it has elimination of RV park spaces

3:09:10 ↗ under one option and it doesn't mention

3:09:12 ↗ that under the other one and because

3:09:14 ↗ it's the future steps I'm trying to

3:09:15 ↗ assess see future steps

3:09:18 ↗ yes impact okay thank you yes so I think

3:09:23 ↗ the reason why it's stated elimination

3:09:27 ↗ of our RV park spaces and potential

3:09:30 ↗ relocation assistance under do not

3:09:32 ↗ utilize our V Park is because that is

3:09:34 ↗ what was anticipated under

3:09:35 ↗ the original plan for the site but I

3:09:38 ↗ think we would need to revisit that so

3:09:42 ↗ I'm not sure if that's accurate for the

3:09:45 ↗ steps we would follow okay so it's on

3:09:50 ↗ it's unknown at this time in both you

3:09:53 ↗ both that's correct yes I'm sorry for

3:09:55 ↗ the confusion okay thank you

3:09:57 ↗ any other questions have you finished

3:10:01 ↗ with all the presentation of the

3:10:03 ↗ information yes so this one is for

3:10:06 ↗ action tonight with someone care to make

3:10:09 ↗ a motion in a second to neighborhood

3:10:11 ↗ council deliberations mr. president I

3:10:15 ↗ move to proceed to negotiate a property

3:10:18 ↗ agreement with CenturyLink to use a

3:10:20 ↗ portion of the city-owned property

3:10:22 ↗ currently utilized as an RV park at 650

3:10:26 ↗ 1st Avenue north east for a relocation

3:10:28 ↗ site for CenturyLink as part of the

3:10:30 ↗ transit oriented development and

3:10:32 ↗ Opportunity Center

3:10:33 ↗ Tod OC project and to bring back the

3:10:36 ↗ negotiated agreement to the City Council

3:10:38 ↗ for final review and approval second

3:10:41 ↗ it's been moved and seconded discussion

3:10:49 ↗ member marks thank you madam mayor so

3:10:53 ↗ three years two administrations many

3:10:57 ↗ votes and potentially many votes in

3:11:00 ↗ front of us yet still this is a

3:11:02 ↗ complicated deal with a complicated

3:11:04 ↗ pedigree but I think at the heart it's

3:11:08 ↗ it's about what's the vision that we

3:11:10 ↗ have and then can do we are we trying to

3:11:13 ↗ get to yes or are we trying to get to

3:11:15 ↗ know based on what our what our vision

3:11:17 ↗ is and do we want to try to bring more

3:11:25 ↗ affordable housing into the heart of the

3:11:27 ↗ city do we want to try to bring

3:11:30 ↗ additional services into the heart of

3:11:32 ↗ the city

3:11:33 ↗ Spectrum's trying to get to yes in

3:11:36 ↗ County Housing Authority's trying to get

3:11:38 ↗ to yes city of Issaquah has said yes and

3:11:41 ↗ said yes and said yes CenturyLink needs

3:11:45 ↗ to be at the table it's well and good

3:11:48 ↗ that they

3:11:48 ↗ they reach out to us that's not

3:11:51 ↗ respected respectfully that's not good

3:11:54 ↗ enough after tonight's vote if we vote

3:11:57 ↗ in favor then we need to know that they

3:11:59 ↗ want to get to yes this is this has

3:12:02 ↗ taken a lot of time they're a big

3:12:04 ↗ company they have a lot going on I know

3:12:07 ↗ they have a commitment to the region I

3:12:09 ↗ need to see that commitment to this

3:12:11 ↗ project 175 units at 40 to 80% of ami

3:12:16 ↗ would be tremendous we've talked about a

3:12:19 ↗ potential five-year payback on our on

3:12:22 ↗ our cash contribution they spent ten

3:12:27 ↗ years trying to find an opportunity

3:12:29 ↗ Center equivalent of an opportunity

3:12:32 ↗ Center location and we're unable so

3:12:34 ↗ that's an important part of this deal

3:12:36 ↗ for me it is unfortunate that we would

3:12:39 ↗ lose some spaces that are currently

3:12:41 ↗ being used for housing I love the idea

3:12:44 ↗ of seeing if there's a Jason property

3:12:47 ↗ that could be used the loss of eight to

3:12:48 ↗ ten ish

3:12:50 ↗ housing units would be unfortunate but

3:12:52 ↗ if the benefit is getting a hundred and

3:12:53 ↗ seventy-five units of long-term

3:12:55 ↗ high-quality housing co-located with

3:12:57 ↗ market rate housing that would be a

3:12:59 ↗ tremendous win to me so I'm gonna vote

3:13:02 ↗ YES tonight and I really though I want

3:13:07 ↗ to see I want to see CenturyLink trying

3:13:10 ↗ to get to yes and that would after

3:13:14 ↗ tonight that's that that's the next big

3:13:16 ↗ challenge

3:13:18 ↗ Thank You councilmember Mertz any other

3:13:20 ↗ councilmembers that's my Maddy Michelle

3:13:23 ↗ and did they see your hand grab council

3:13:25 ↗ president hunt well I will first of all

3:13:27 ↗ I totally agree with councilmember

3:13:30 ↗ Mart's comments regarding century 21 and

3:13:33 ↗ I'm sorry that they couldn't be here

3:13:35 ↗ tonight we've been given a lot of

3:13:38 ↗ information tonight but I do thank you

3:13:41 ↗ for preparing a much more comprehensive

3:13:43 ↗ presentation and and that helps us see

3:13:48 ↗ the this is a really big and complex

3:13:51 ↗ picture so I'm and I'm not going to

3:13:54 ↗ repeat or go through all of the things

3:13:56 ↗ that you talked about I just have a

3:13:58 ↗ couple of points I think that if we go

3:14:01 ↗ to the baseline here you know what's the

3:14:05 ↗ bottom line here this affordable housing

3:14:08 ↗ is in our comprehensive plan it's a our

3:14:11 ↗ fordable housing strategy it's in our

3:14:13 ↗ central Issaquah plan it's in the stasi

3:14:16 ↗ strategic plan it's in our Issaquah

3:14:18 ↗ municipal code and yet right now in the

3:14:21 ↗ central planning area we have zero

3:14:24 ↗ housing and so we had a discussion at

3:14:28 ↗ our last work study session about the

3:14:30 ↗ urgency for us to get going on climate

3:14:33 ↗ change and and do that I feel the same

3:14:36 ↗ agency about this process we we've

3:14:40 ↗ planned and we've planned and we planned

3:14:42 ↗ and we planned and now we need to

3:14:44 ↗ actually implement so and the other part

3:14:51 ↗ of the project that refers to the Tod

3:14:54 ↗ part of it but I also have a great

3:14:56 ↗ interest in the opportunity center part

3:14:58 ↗ of it and again have been very well

3:15:03 ↗ aware for a long time about the need for

3:15:06 ↗ a healthcare provider health point and

3:15:10 ↗ for additional counseling services both

3:15:13 ↗ of those really big needs in our

3:15:15 ↗ community in their RFP health points

3:15:19 ↗ said that they had could identify 5,400

3:15:23 ↗ low-income people in our community who

3:15:25 ↗ are underserved or not served at all who

3:15:29 ↗ would be able to take advantage of the

3:15:30 ↗ health point facility that's part of

3:15:33 ↗ their business plan but it also gives us

3:15:35 ↗ some information about what the need is

3:15:37 ↗ in our community right now the only

3:15:40 ↗ place that low-income people can go to

3:15:42 ↗ get coverage is Redmond Renton L View or

3:15:48 ↗ can't

3:15:49 ↗ and all those include long trips to

3:15:51 ↗ people who are probably stressed out

3:15:53 ↗ already about transportation and may not

3:15:57 ↗ have the means to get there or may not

3:16:00 ↗ be able to take time off work to do that

3:16:03 ↗ to take a child that far so having a

3:16:07 ↗ Opportunity Center with health point in

3:16:10 ↗ Valley cities here

3:16:11 ↗ would be a great service to our

3:16:13 ↗ community I'd also like to point out

3:16:15 ↗ it'd be a great service to our senior

3:16:17 ↗ citizens as well so I will support this

3:16:22 ↗ proposal to begin the negotiations and

3:16:25 ↗ again I agree where this is not the last

3:16:27 ↗ step we've got a long way to go but I

3:16:29 ↗ think we need to step up and we have

3:16:32 ↗ said over and over again that we want to

3:16:35 ↗ start the process of putting affordable

3:16:37 ↗ housing in Issaquah and this would be a

3:16:40 ↗ really important signal that we mean

3:16:43 ↗ what we say Thank You councilmember

3:16:45 ↗ council president Han I neglected to go

3:16:48 ↗ to you first you being the motion maker

3:16:49 ↗ so I apologize for that but your

3:16:51 ↗ comments thank you I think that the

3:16:58 ↗ plans the need for the Public Works

3:17:02 ↗ expansion as has been presented to us

3:17:05 ↗ before those needs have changed over

3:17:07 ↗ time the original expansion plan for

3:17:09 ↗ Public Works was before we knew whether

3:17:12 ↗ Kalani would be annexed or not and so I

3:17:14 ↗ think those plans have changed and/or

3:17:18 ↗ that that context has changed around

3:17:20 ↗ those plans and what really hasn't

3:17:23 ↗ changed and what I think is not going to

3:17:24 ↗ change is the need for affordable

3:17:26 ↗ housing in our community and I see that

3:17:28 ↗ as a growing concern and a growing need

3:17:33 ↗ that the city needs to start doing

3:17:35 ↗ things differently to start addressing I

3:17:37 ↗ think the Tod

3:17:39 ↗ project continues to be a good step for

3:17:42 ↗ us to take to demonstrate that we are

3:17:45 ↗ thinking about the need for affordable

3:17:47 ↗ housing differently and that we're gonna

3:17:48 ↗ do things differently to get the

3:17:50 ↗ affordable housing that we want I also

3:17:56 ↗ think that it's a good step for us to

3:17:58 ↗ have this be a transit oriented

3:18:00 ↗ development so that we can have the

3:18:02 ↗ benefits not only of affordable but also

3:18:05 ↗ that is transit oriented which makes it

3:18:07 ↗ transit accessible and therefore that

3:18:09 ↗ much more affordable for the folks

3:18:11 ↗ living there so I continue to be very

3:18:12 ↗ supportive of the Tod project it's it's

3:18:16 ↗ now much more complicated in my opinion

3:18:19 ↗ because of the RV park component which

3:18:21 ↗ is a new complexity and an already very

3:18:24 ↗ complex project and I wanted to

3:18:29 ↗ sincerely thank the RV the members of

3:18:33 ↗ our community that came forward to

3:18:35 ↗ provide the other side of the story it's

3:18:37 ↗ always good for us to know the other

3:18:40 ↗ side of the story and I think that one

3:18:45 ↗ thing that had been mentioned previously

3:18:47 ↗ and some of our our materials was that

3:18:50 ↗ this form of housing the RV park had not

3:18:54 ↗ been in our housing strategy and so as a

3:18:56 ↗ person who had worked on our housing

3:18:58 ↗ strategy and the Planning Policy

3:18:59 ↗ Commission our plans are fallible they

3:19:03 ↗ also change they need to be updated and

3:19:05 ↗ so I think we should seriously consider

3:19:07 ↗ how RV how the RV park and how RV parks

3:19:13 ↗ fit into our strategy it was also

3:19:16 ↗ mentioned in the it's also mentions in

3:19:19 ↗ the previous pack previous materials

3:19:22 ↗ that we had that the management company

3:19:28 ↗ receives either a fixed fee per month or

3:19:32 ↗ 5% of monthly gross gross income and so

3:19:35 ↗ I think that you know for a lot of folks

3:19:37 ↗ this is an affordable option for them

3:19:40 ↗ and we should consider that and we

3:19:43 ↗ should also make sure that we can

3:19:44 ↗ minimize the impact and minimize the

3:19:48 ↗ negative effects of our actions as we

3:19:51 ↗ proceeded to get hundreds

3:19:52 ↗ five affordable units we should still

3:19:56 ↗ make sure that we're being very

3:19:59 ↗ cognizant of the impacts that will be

3:20:03 ↗ taking place on that at the RV park and

3:20:05 ↗ I am interested in exploring whether we

3:20:07 ↗ could use part of the cases-- Road site

3:20:09 ↗ and I'm also interested in whether

3:20:12 ↗ council would consider long-term plan to

3:20:15 ↗ support the RV sites to make sure that

3:20:19 ↗ we continue to have the RV park as an

3:20:22 ↗ affordable as an option of affordable

3:20:25 ↗ housing for folks that choose that as

3:20:28 ↗ well so I do remain supportive of the

3:20:32 ↗ Tod I will be voting in support of it

3:20:33 ↗ but this issue has gotten that much more

3:20:35 ↗ complex for me and it's a very complex

3:20:38 ↗ issue to begin with and I think we

3:20:41 ↗ should we do have more decisions in

3:20:44 ↗ front of us but I think that in my

3:20:46 ↗ opinion we should proceed and then

3:20:47 ↗ continue to work through these issues as

3:20:50 ↗ we go on Thank You council president ray

3:20:56 ↗ there's really fastening when the first

3:20:58 ↗ votes I took when I was on council was

3:21:00 ↗ around approving the transit oriented

3:21:03 ↗ development and there was certainly for

3:21:06 ↗ the transit oriented development there

3:21:08 ↗ was Universal consensus that this is

3:21:10 ↗ something we needed to do clearly the

3:21:13 ↗ the inability to use the King County

3:21:17 ↗ Road site became quite a blocker and

3:21:20 ↗ then you know hats off to Jen and Andrea

3:21:22 ↗ and at all for coming up with a solution

3:21:25 ↗ and getting creative and figuring out

3:21:26 ↗ how to move this thing forward so that's

3:21:29 ↗ that was no small feat so thank you for

3:21:31 ↗ doing that we do have some short-term

3:21:35 ↗ complications that are associated with

3:21:37 ↗ relocating the RV park and long-term

3:21:40 ↗ complications associated with the need

3:21:42 ↗ for Public Works operations facilities

3:21:45 ↗ and I have the same confidence in this

3:21:48 ↗ team to solve that problem that they

3:21:51 ↗ applied to solving the location for

3:21:54 ↗ CenturyLink so I know that we will be

3:21:56 ↗ able to get to a solution that's going

3:21:58 ↗ to work for everybody in the long term

3:22:02 ↗ that being said I'm

3:22:03 ↗ I am very hopeful that we have a

3:22:04 ↗ solution that meets Centrelink needs and

3:22:06 ↗ that we can move forward with this

3:22:09 ↗ project and you know it's the

3:22:12 ↗ culmination of a an awful lot of effort

3:22:14 ↗ and a lot of work by a lot of people and

3:22:17 ↗ the perseverance is amazing

3:22:22 ↗ deputy council president any other

3:22:24 ↗ comments

3:22:24 ↗ councilmember Goodman thank you so I too

3:22:29 ↗ have make no mistake have been very

3:22:33 ↗ supportive of the Tod project all along

3:22:36 ↗ and because of the great affordable

3:22:39 ↗ housing that it will provide for our

3:22:42 ↗ community that's badly needed and so I

3:22:44 ↗ commend all of the partners and the

3:22:46 ↗ contributors for the long long long hard

3:22:49 ↗ work and the patience that for this

3:22:51 ↗ project as we heard tonight and we've

3:22:54 ↗ heard before and I passed a couple of

3:22:56 ↗ meetings that things changed for the

3:22:58 ↗ Public Works operations expansion

3:23:00 ↗ primarily because Lahani was not annexed

3:23:04 ↗ so then of course things also changed

3:23:06 ↗ for the RV park which means there was no

3:23:08 ↗ longer the need to think of that our p

3:23:14 ↗ RV park as we always thought of it as

3:23:17 ↗ not always but had thought of it because

3:23:20 ↗ of the expansion project we had thought

3:23:22 ↗ of it as being temporary and we've heard

3:23:24 ↗ that word temporary I don't think about

3:23:28 ↗ it as temporary any longer because our

3:23:30 ↗ plans changed for the Public Works

3:23:31 ↗ operations expansion so I am very

3:23:35 ↗ troubled by the thought of displacing

3:23:37 ↗ the RV park residents and I - thank you

3:23:40 ↗ for coming to the meeting and sharing

3:23:42 ↗ your perspective and that's very

3:23:45 ↗ important to me there is a need for our

3:23:48 ↗ V parks for the reasons that we heard

3:23:49 ↗ tonight and some of those reasons were

3:23:51 ↗ very enlightening to me because I didn't

3:23:53 ↗ know though so again I thank you for

3:23:54 ↗ coming to our meeting what I haven't

3:23:59 ↗ been supportive of is the arrangement

3:24:04 ↗ the lease and financial arrangement for

3:24:07 ↗ the just one particular part of the Tod

3:24:11 ↗ project mouths Opportunity Center we

3:24:13 ↗ have looked for space for a Human

3:24:15 ↗ Services camp

3:24:16 ↗ this off and on over a period of about

3:24:20 ↗ 10 years this is not a human services

3:24:22 ↗ campus I personally don't think that the

3:24:25 ↗ city should own this space I think the

3:24:28 ↗ city should not be in the landlord

3:24:29 ↗ business certainly - not not at this

3:24:31 ↗ level and I also don't think the city

3:24:33 ↗ should be a lender to the degree that

3:24:37 ↗ this project would require us to be a

3:24:40 ↗ lender however I will support moving

3:24:45 ↗ forward to negotiate the next step being

3:24:49 ↗ negotiation but I will be looking very

3:24:51 ↗ carefully at the terms of that

3:24:52 ↗ negotiation and I'm also as was

3:24:56 ↗ mentioned by deputy council president

3:25:01 ↗ Ray that's a DCP I'll be very interested

3:25:10 ↗ in they go to negotiations and also as

3:25:13 ↗ mentioned interested in working out some

3:25:16 ↗ way they were not displacing people

3:25:18 ↗ thank you thank you and I'm assuming

3:25:20 ↗ councilmember Hall has some comments for

3:25:22 ↗ us yes thank you very much first and

3:25:27 ↗ foremost I just wanted to thank how and

3:25:30 ↗ dannan Jen and Andrea for jumping on the

3:25:33 ↗ phone with us council newbies to walk us

3:25:37 ↗ through the entire history and timeline

3:25:39 ↗ of this project I found it incredibly

3:25:41 ↗ helpful in just framing the project in

3:25:47 ↗ my head so thank you very much

3:25:50 ↗ I will also be supporting this agenda

3:25:53 ↗ bill I'm not willing to see this

3:25:56 ↗ opportunity pass us by and I've heard

3:25:58 ↗ loud and clear now several times that

3:26:00 ↗ it's really now or never with transit

3:26:03 ↗ oriented development for this particular

3:26:07 ↗ project and I do think that it's

3:26:11 ↗ frustrating you know we've heard several

3:26:13 ↗ concerns about displacement

3:26:14 ↗ environmental concerns that we heard at

3:26:17 ↗ our last study session which is our last

3:26:19 ↗ touch with this but I just think that

3:26:23 ↗ there are so many families and

3:26:24 ↗ individuals here in Asarco that would

3:26:25 ↗ benefit from

3:26:26 ↗ access to affordable units especially

3:26:29 ↗ transit-oriented in transit accessible

3:26:32 ↗ affordable units and Opportunity Center

3:26:34 ↗ and I think that it meets so many of the

3:26:37 ↗ other service needs that was identified

3:26:39 ↗ in the community needs assessment access

3:26:43 ↗ to health care other behavioral health

3:26:44 ↗ services that gets me to yes

3:26:48 ↗ I'm encouraged to hear the

3:26:50 ↗ administration and staff are already

3:26:53 ↗ have plans for relocation assistance and

3:26:54 ↗ and helping folks out there I'd like

3:26:57 ↗ more information about this process and

3:26:59 ↗ your vision for this process as soon as

3:27:02 ↗ possible if that's appropriate and if

3:27:05 ↗ that's something you think you could do

3:27:06 ↗ it's I'll just say it's a up most

3:27:09 ↗ importance to me I'd also like to know

3:27:13 ↗ more about how we can use remaining

3:27:16 ↗ property the remaining property the King

3:27:18 ↗ County roads property for other uses

3:27:20 ↗ with whether it be the RV park expansion

3:27:24 ↗ if necessary for Public Works this is

3:27:26 ↗ all been said before

3:27:29 ↗ a couple more things to echo and I've

3:27:33 ↗ been told to never say the word echo

3:27:35 ↗ before but I'm just gonna do it also I'd

3:27:40 ↗ also like us to start an ongoing

3:27:42 ↗ conversation I'm just echoing council

3:27:45 ↗ president right now about how RV Park

3:27:48 ↗ living can support our affordable

3:27:50 ↗ housing goals

3:27:51 ↗ so I'll just chime in there as well and

3:27:52 ↗ then I wanted to end by saying I

3:27:54 ↗ absolutely loved deputy council

3:27:57 ↗ president raised earlier comments I'm

3:27:59 ↗ not having a hard time saying now it's

3:28:01 ↗ fine

3:28:04 ↗ comments confidence in city staff I have

3:28:08 ↗ most confidence that you guys will be

3:28:10 ↗ able to find the best path forward with

3:28:14 ↗ all these challenging issues that we're

3:28:16 ↗ facing now and yeah I did there thank

3:28:23 ↗ you

3:28:23 ↗ if there are no other comments I will

3:28:25 ↗ read the motion again before the vote

3:28:30 ↗ all those in favor of proceeding to

3:28:32 ↗ negotiate a property agreement with

3:28:34 ↗ CenturyLink to use a portion of the

3:28:35 ↗ city-owned property currently utilized

3:28:37 ↗ as an RV park at 6:50 1st Avenue north

3:28:40 ↗ east for a relocation site for

3:28:42 ↗ CenturyLink as part of the transit

3:28:45 ↗ oriented development and Opportunity

3:28:47 ↗ Center project and to bring back the

3:28:49 ↗ negotiated agreement to the City Council

3:28:51 ↗ for a final review and approval signify

3:28:53 ↗ by saying aye there's a post thank you

3:28:57 ↗ that carries unanimously

3:28:59 ↗ we have a couple more items on the

3:29:01 ↗ agenda this evening the next one is good

3:29:03 ↗ at the order does any council member

3:29:05 ↗ have anything for good of the order and

3:29:07 ↗ if not I will go over some up come

3:29:11 ↗ upcoming council meetings I'm February

3:29:13 ↗ 25th there will be a council study

3:29:15 ↗ session at 6:30 p.m. and the potential

3:29:17 ↗ at agenda items include Old Town land

3:29:21 ↗ use code amendments Old Town sub area

3:29:24 ↗ design standards and architectural

3:29:26 ↗ guidelines Old Town traffic-calming

3:29:28 ↗ there is a theme here Title 18 land use

3:29:31 ↗ code update this is the ad-hoc planning

3:29:34 ↗ committee report out and at the March

3:29:36 ↗ 2nd regular City Council meeting at 7

3:29:38 ↗ p.m.

3:29:38 ↗ the potential agenda items are park

3:29:41 ↗ impact fees and the KFOR cjoynt the king

3:29:45 ↗ county cities climate collaboration

3:29:48 ↗ commitments update so those are the

3:29:53 ↗ meetings that are coming up and the last

3:29:54 ↗ thing we have on our agenda this evening

3:29:57 ↗ is an executive session as earlier

3:30:00 ↗ announced there will be an executive

3:30:02 ↗ session this evening to discuss pending

3:30:04 ↗ and potential litigation for RCW 42.3

3:30:07 ↗ 0.11 o paren one brand I and I'm just

3:30:11 ↗ going to maybe not go for the full 50

3:30:15 ↗ minutes right now and say that we'll

3:30:16 ↗ start with 30 minutes no action is

3:30:20 ↗ anticipated to follow an open session we

3:30:22 ↗ will extend if necessary

3:30:25 ↗ and so we're recessing into executive

3:30:27 ↗ session at 10:30 to

3:30:41 ↗ you

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Council / Members (6)

Barbara de Michele

Stacy Goodman

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Excused

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (3)

Authorize the Mayor to enter into and execute the Cemetery Management Agreement with Flintoft's Funeral Home to delineate the roles and responsibilities of each party in the management of the Hillside Cemetery. . b) AB 7924 - 2021-2022 Human Services Grant Funding Approach

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

Carried 6-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh

1) Proceed with the recommended funding approach to the 2021-2022 Human Services grants cycle, including a contract for targeted services, a grassroots grant and traditional human services funding; and 2) Proceed with utilizing the allocated funds for designated services to support local outreach se…

Moved by HUNT · seconded by DE MICHELE

Carried 6-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh

Proceed to negotiate a property agreement with Century Link to use a portion of the City- owned property currently utilized as an RV Park at 650 1st Ave NE for a relocation site for Century Link as part of the Transit-Oriented Development & Opportunity Center (TOD + OC) project and to bring back the…

Moved by HUNTS · seconded by REH

Carried 6-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh