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Monday, March 16, 2020

7:00 PM · 1h 32m · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Section
Topic
3. SPECIAL BUSINESS
3a
Mayor's COVID-19 Update ID 0671
packet pp.5
Staff report:
CiTY OF ISSAQUAH Mayor's Office 130 E. Sunset Way P.O. Box 1307 WASHINGTON Issaquah, WA 98027 425-837-3020 issaquahwa.gov
7. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES
7a
Title 18 Land Use Code Update Ad Hoc Planning Committee Report-Out ID 0621
packet pp.7–9
Topics: Land UseBoards & Commissions
Staff report:
The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the work of the Title 18 Council Ad Hoc Committee and inform City Council of anticipated next steps.
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
8b
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, March 2, 2020
Carried 7-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.41–44
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 03-02-20 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele (In Person), Stacy Goodman (In Person), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8d
Land Use Code (Title 18) Planning Ad Hoc Committee AB 7899
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.63–64
Topics: Land UseBoards & Commissions
Staff report:
The City Council received a presentation on the update to Title 18 at the Nov. 26, 2019 Council Study Session, and was asked to provide feedback on the process moving forward. The City Council provided direction to proceed with establishment of the ad hoc committee to assist in planning for this significant work plan item.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele (In Person), Stacy Goodman (In Person), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8e
Amendment of Easement on King County Housing Authority Property for Monitoring Wells & Sampling AB 7913
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.65–75
Topics: Housing
Staff report:
On Dec. 2, 2019, the City Council authorized the City to enter into an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with Eastside Fire and Rescue associated with the continuation of the investigation of Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Lower Issaquah Valley Aquifer. The investigation workplan required the installation of a monitoring well on the Gilman Square Apartment property at 360 NW Dogwood St., which is owned by King County Housing Authority (KCHA) for the purpose of sampling groundwater under the surface of the land and testing the same for the presence of PFAS in the soil or groundwater underlying the property.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele (In Person), Stacy Goodman (In Person), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8f
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee AB 7920
Carried 7-0
Confirm · packet pp.77–88
Topics: BudgetTourism
Staff report:
The Administration recommends confirming the 2020 Lodging Tax Advisory Committee appointments as presented.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele (In Person), Stacy Goodman (In Person), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8g
Purchase of Sanitary Sewer & Stormwater Pipe Closed-Circuit TV Inspection Van and Equipment AB 7927
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.89–92
Topics: Water
Staff report:
SUMMARY STATEMENT
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele (In Person), Stacy Goodman (In Person), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8h
Imposing a Local Sales and Use Tax for Affordable and Supportive Housing AB 7931
Carried 7-0
Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.93–101
Topics: HousingLand UseBudget
Staff report:
The State Legislature passed Substitute House Bill (SHB) 1406 during the 2019 session. This law encourages city and county governments to invest in affordable and supportive housing by providing a share of the State sales tax revenue to participating local governments. While the mechanism for accessing this revenue is adopting a sales and use tax, it is actually a reallocation of the State's portion of existing sales tax revenue. This reallocation will not result in any additional sales tax being imposed on consumers. The sales tax credit will be available for 20 years.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele (In Person), Stacy Goodman (In Person), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8i
AARP Community Challenge Grant for Tibbetts Valley Park Tennis Courts AB 7933
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.103–104
Topics: Parks
Staff report:
The AARP Community Challenge grant is open to 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and 501(c)(6) nonprofits and government entities.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele (In Person), Stacy Goodman (In Person), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
10. GOOD OF THE ORDER
10a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:21 welcome everyone I'm calling the March
0:23 16th City Council meeting to order since
0:27 our last council meeting I have issued
0:29 an emergency proclamation declaring a
0:31 civil emergency in the city due to the
0:33 Cova 19 outbreak due to this emergency
0:36 and in consideration for the health and
0:39 safety of our council members and staff
0:40 and public we have made significant
0:43 changes to tonight's meeting format
0:45 members of the City Council have been
0:47 encouraged to participate remotely if
0:49 they can at this point we'll take a
0:52 moment to take roll call you say here
0:55 when I call your name
0:57 councilmember dee Michelle councilmember
1:01 Goodman your councilmember Hall here
1:06 council president hunt here
1:10 councilmember marks pregnant deputy
1:15 counsel president Rea here and
1:18 councilmember Walsh here and just for
1:23 the record councilmember Dee Michelle
1:26 has joined us in chambers and I am just
1:28 doing the roll call and that is fine
1:33 councilmember Dee Michelle is present we
1:37 had several people well let's just start
1:40 with the council members we have two
1:41 councilmen
1:42 council members with us tonight in
1:43 chambers and we have five that are
1:45 working remotely we have staff in the
1:48 Chamber's with us this evening besides
1:51 myself we have our city's long range
1:54 pioneer Kristen Lisa our city clerk Tina
1:56 Eggers our deputy city clerk tisha
1:59 Geezer our deputy City Administrator
2:01 Andrea Snyder our city administrator
2:05 Wally Bob Choate's
2:06 is attending remotely and our city
2:08 attorney Jim Haney is also attending
2:11 remotely for those in person the room
2:14 has been physically modified to promote
2:16 the safety of those attending the city
2:19 is remaining in compliance with the
2:20 state's open public meetings laws and
2:22 the Attorney General's copepod 19
2:24 guidance these changes will continue
2:27 throughout the duration of the civil
2:29 see regarding public comment this
2:32 evening we encourage our residents to
2:34 provide comments by email to City
2:37 Council at Issaquah walk of however
2:39 public comments will still continue to
2:42 be accepted in person this evening our
2:45 meetings will continue to be televised
2:47 streamed live and available for later
2:49 viewing on the city's YouTube channel
2:51 for those of you participating remotely
2:54 please indicate when you wish to speak
2:57 using the meeting Skype messenger
2:59 conversation for those on the phone I
3:02 will pause at the appropriate time so
3:04 you can indicate that you want to speak
3:05 and please mute your microphones when
3:08 you are not speaking for all meeting
3:11 attendees please state your name each
3:13 time before speaking speak clearly and
3:15 pause frequently and so for council
3:19 members that means for stating a comment
3:22 a question or much emotion each time you
3:25 should start off by identifying yourself
3:27 so I would like to ask those that are
3:30 here and those that are joining us
3:32 remotely to join me in the Pledge of
3:34 Allegiance please stand here those of
3:56 you that are not in the room it does
3:58 sound a little odd having remote
4:01 participation I said earlier to stuff it
4:03 sounds like they're floating around the
4:05 room with us but this is just our new
4:08 reality under special business this
4:10 evening I'd like to give a mayor
4:12 update on kovat 19 I want to start my
4:16 update on his clothes response to the
4:18 Cova 19 outbreak with a reminder to our
4:21 whole community please stay calm and
4:23 stay in touch with us locally so we can
4:26 provide the most current information for
4:28 you and your family or your business we
4:31 are a strong and caring community and we
4:33 will get through this together as King
4:35 County Executive Dow Constantine said
4:37 earlier today people must assume that
4:39 they and everyone they meet are infected
4:43 that's why social distancing is so
4:46 important social distancing means
4:48 limiting contact of people within six
4:50 feet from each other for 10 minutes or
4:52 longer today to help limit the spread of
4:55 kovat 19 can county executive and health
4:59 officer announced a new local health
5:01 order that prohibits all gatherings with
5:03 more than 50 people prohibits gatherings
5:06 of less than 50 people unless kovat 19
5:09 prevention measures are met indoor
5:12 venues like restaurants bars and fitness
5:14 clubs much must cease operations until
5:18 March 31st
5:19 restaurants and food service
5:21 establishments can remain open only for
5:24 drive-through delivery and pickup until
5:27 March 31st though she stirs pharmacies
5:31 banks gas stations hardware stores and
5:33 shopping centers can stay open as long
5:36 as they meet public health directives
5:39 these don't buy more medical and health
5:41 supplies than you need and consider
5:43 making a donation to our emergency
5:45 workers if you have extras Eastside Fire
5:48 & Rescue has volunteered to collect
5:50 nitrile gloves and 95 masks hand
5:54 sanitizer
5:55 or cleaning products like Clorox wipes
5:57 ether will put them into the hands of
6:00 those people that really need them
6:01 whether that is our own emergency
6:03 responders or those they take care of
6:05 who need those supplies supplies can be
6:08 dropped off at Easter efore headquarters
6:10 at 175 new part way we are so fortunate
6:14 in Issaquah to have a robust medical
6:16 network including Swedish hospital
6:18 please preserve the emergency room
6:21 capacity for those with the most
6:22 critical health needs at this time
6:25 emergency rooms are
6:27 so please do not go to the emergency
6:28 room unless you are having an immediate
6:30 medical emergency there is also a
6:33 serious shortage of blood in the region
6:35 please consider making a blood donation
6:37 this week if you can if you need to call
6:40 911 for something other than kovat 19
6:42 symptoms it's still critical to tell the
6:45 dispatcher if you have cough fever or
6:48 difficulty breathing so they can respond
6:50 with the appropriate equipment we have
6:53 dramatically shifted our typical city
6:55 city operations to focus on our most
6:57 important services during this response
7:00 including police and emergency response
7:03 communications with our community water
7:06 sewer storm water and roadway safety and
7:09 supporting and coordinating with local
7:10 social services while our public
7:14 facilities counters are closed if you
7:16 have questions please reach out by via
7:19 email to help at itapua gov we are here
7:23 to help you King County is working on a
7:25 range of temporary housing options for
7:27 people exposed to at risk of exposure or
7:30 becoming ill with kovat 19 as part of
7:34 that effort King County recently
7:35 announced the lease of the Holiday Inn
7:37 in Issaquah over the weekend I heard
7:40 from many community members who
7:41 supported this effort to slow the spread
7:44 of kovat 19 and I also received good
7:47 questions about what security would be
7:49 provided on-site please be assured we
7:51 are coordinating closely with facility
7:53 planners as well as local police and
7:56 firefighters to keep our community safe
7:58 meanwhile King County's lease of the
8:00 Issaquah facilities short-term and the
8:02 owner intends to reopen following a
8:04 renovation of the hotel social
8:07 distancing does not mean social
8:09 isolation I am so grateful to hear our
8:11 community members and neighbors are
8:12 checking in with each other to run
8:14 errands or simply to keep each other's
8:16 spirits up if possible please support
8:19 our local businesses many of which are
8:21 closed and will face lost revenues a
8:24 great idea is to purchase gift cards
8:27 online this supports businesses now and
8:29 cards can be used later when
8:30 restrictions are lifted and
8:32 recommendations around social distancing
8:34 have changed many of our local
8:36 nonprofits and other organizations that
8:38 serve our community
8:39 also need assistance especially
8:41 financial assistance you can find
8:44 details of their requests on our city's
8:46 website this is a very very quickly
8:50 evolving situation and I encourage our
8:52 community to stay updated for breaking
8:55 news check the city's Twitter account
8:57 and we are also updating our website
8:59 every day
9:00 a disco wad of slash kovat 19 I want to
9:05 thank you the Issaquah community for
9:07 staying calm and being prepared and
9:10 practicing safe behaviors I want you all
9:13 to stay safe we will make it through
9:15 this challenging time together at this
9:19 portion of the meeting we move to
9:21 audience comments and this is the time
9:23 audience members may address the council
9:24 the guidelines for public participation
9:27 are included in the meeting agenda and
9:29 people are asked to limit their comments
9:31 to 5-minutes those who signed up will be
9:34 called first and if you did not sign up
9:35 I will ask for others speakers before
9:37 closing this portion of the meeting
9:39 before we begin I'd like to acknowledge
9:41 that comments have been received from
9:43 the following individuals regarding
9:45 tonight's agenda Ann Fletcher
9:48 representing the Issaquah people for
9:50 climate action sent correspondence
9:52 regarding continuation of the land use
9:54 code Title 18 ad hoc committee and Jen
9:57 Boone representing imagine housing sent
10:00 comments regarding the arch 2019 trust
10:04 fund tisha has anyone signed up to speak
10:08 this evening no would anyone like to
10:12 take the opportunity to speak who has
10:14 not signed up this evening asking a
10:20 second time the third and final time if
10:24 anyone would like to address the council
10:25 this evening with that I'll close
10:27 audience comments we'll move on to
10:29 committee and regional reports and we'll
10:32 start with councilmember hull hi this is
10:38 Zach Hall I have three quick reports for
10:41 the council last Thursday the Eastside
10:45 Fire and Rescue Board of Directors held
10:47 a meeting at 4:00 p.m.
10:49 I wasn't able to make it so I'll let
10:51 deputy council president Ray speak to
10:53 that meeting the next meeting of the
10:56 regional affordable housing committee
10:57 will be on Monday March 30th from 1:00
11:00 to 3:00 p.m. we were originally
11:02 scheduled to meet at the Puget Sound
11:04 Regional Council building in Seattle but
11:07 for obvious reasons we're transitioning
11:09 to a video conference or conference call
11:12 that's still TBD this will be one of the
11:15 last opportunities for us sound cities
11:18 association delegates to provide
11:21 feedback to committee staff regarding an
11:23 update to the countywide planning
11:25 policies which help instruct and inform
11:28 how cities like ours should update their
11:31 own comprehensive plans and then lastly
11:35 I also serve as an alternate member on
11:37 that cascade water Alliance board of
11:39 directors in the King County cities
11:41 climate collaboration I'm looking
11:43 forward to my onboarding in both these
11:45 organizations and I'll keep you all in
11:47 the loop moving forward that's the end
11:49 of my report Thank You councilmember
11:51 Hall councilmember Dee Michelle thank
11:54 you on March 5th I attended a remote
11:58 meeting of the healthier hear me aboard
12:01 and we spent an hour and a half hearing
12:05 from patty Hays is the director of
12:07 Seattle King County Public Health on the
12:10 coronavirus crisis and and of course
12:14 everything she told us that day is now
12:16 out of date so I won't take time
12:18 reporting on that we will continue to
12:23 hold remote meetings in the future and
12:26 next week on March 19th the Eastside
12:29 Human Services forum will hold a meeting
12:31 and again it will be a remote callin
12:33 meaning and they're going to continue
12:35 forward in that format for as long as it
12:38 takes
12:38 so those are my two reports Thank You
12:42 councilmember councilmember Walsh hello
12:46 this is Lindsey Walsh my last meeting
12:49 with the Economic Development District
12:51 board was supposed to be a bus tour
12:55 going around to different cities to
12:58 learn about their economic development
13:01 was supposed to be last week and
13:02 obviously got cancelled so other than
13:05 that I have no reporter thank you
13:07 Thank You councilmember Goodman thank
13:09 you madam ma'am no report tonight Thank
13:12 You councilmember murders thank you
13:15 madam mayor this is councilman marks the
13:17 Puget Sound Regional Council growth
13:19 management policy board was supposed to
13:21 hold a meeting on Thursday March 5th
13:23 that meeting was canceled The Sound City
13:26 two Association public issues committee
13:28 held a meeting last Wednesday March 11th
13:30 at 7 p.m. in Breton city hall there were
13:33 many things on the agenda but we
13:34 basically spent the entire time
13:36 discussing kovat 19 and municipal
13:39 responses to Cove it 19 including its a
13:42 quasi una T outreach efforts which was
13:45 then shared with the other cities it was
13:48 a useful if challenging meeting to
13:51 wrangle 30 people all calling in but I
13:55 look for two I think it's valuable to
13:58 hear how other municipalities are doing
13:59 it and as long as it continues to go on
14:03 it'll be valuable to hold that meeting
14:05 and to participate in that meeting this
14:07 concludes my report
14:08 Thank You deputy council president ray
14:11 Thank You mayor Polly the eastern Fire
14:14 and Rescue Board of Directors met on
14:16 March 12th at 4 o'clock at these sites
14:19 headquarters on Newport the board
14:21 received a briefing associated with the
14:23 insurance renewal process EFR receive a
14:27 certificate appreciation from the FIS
14:31 solutions who is our insurance carrier
14:33 the ongoing safety of the organization
14:36 and the limited number of claims VR is
14:38 indicated that eeper is doing the right
14:42 things and continues of the best
14:43 practices representatives from the state
14:47 auditor's office providing a briefing on
14:49 the 2016 to 2018 audit the audit
14:53 concluded that the F&R is operating
14:55 operations complied in all material
14:58 respects with applicable state law
15:00 regulation and its own policies and
15:02 provide adequate controls over the
15:04 safeguarding of public resources the she
15:07 provided a briefing that included a
15:09 update on pit boss
15:12 some discussions occurring with the city
15:14 of this is part related to c4 Hall
15:17 Northwest and the potential of some
15:19 colocation and then on a disappointing
15:23 note fire ground 101 may be canceled
15:25 this year as resources are needed to
15:29 respond to the köppen 19 situation I
15:34 distributed and memo from the chief
15:37 earlier today that summarizes the work
15:40 that eva is doing relative to coab in
15:43 nineteen she also wanted to know the
15:47 leadership and planning and best
15:48 practices exhibited by this quad nursing
15:51 and rehabilitation center and the
15:54 excellent job they are doing in
15:55 containing the outbreak and then finally
15:58 deputy chief Ben Lane is leading the
16:02 coab 819 task force for EF and our just
16:05 want to note that there were a number of
16:07 planned agenda items that were deferred
16:09 to future meetings to permit the
16:12 Eastside Fire and Rescue staff to focus
16:14 on more pressing issues related to the
16:18 köppen 19 situation that concludes my
16:20 report this evening
16:21 Thank You deputy council ray tells the
16:23 president hunt thank you my Tamara this
16:27 is council president hunt I have two
16:29 reports this evening one is on the title
16:32 18 land use code ad-hoc committee this
16:35 is a committee that meets with council
16:40 members and staff to discuss our land
16:41 use code and we met on March 5th there
16:45 are also several items related to the
16:48 work of that hoc committee and related
16:51 to title 18 in our packet this evening
16:55 briefly the ad-hoc committee continues
16:58 to believe so this is a big opportunity
17:00 to align our land use with our strategic
17:04 plan and vision for the city and so
17:05 we're looking forward to broader
17:08 discussions around how we can do that
17:10 and engage the public in the process in
17:12 our packet this evening there is ID 0 61
17:17 which will describe more about the work
17:20 of that hoc committee and where we are
17:22 and then there's also eighty seven eight
17:24 nine nine which is a bill that allows
17:27 the ad hoc committees to continue
17:29 working on scoping and on the Public
17:33 Engagement plan for this work the second
17:37 report that I have is about a joint
17:40 planning meeting between the City
17:42 Council and members of the it's across
17:45 school district board
17:47 councilmember Rey and I met with city
17:51 administrator Bob quits
17:52 it's equesticles district superintendent
17:54 Ron feely and a sequest will board
17:57 president Marnie morale doe and its
17:59 quest Boulevard director Harland
18:00 Gallinger this was on March 10th we
18:04 discussed a number of topics and this
18:08 meeting will serve as a springboard for
18:10 many future discussions on those topics
18:14 but importantly we committed to
18:16 continuing such meetings in the future
18:17 and we agreed to continue talking on
18:22 items such as future school siting and
18:24 working together to address community
18:26 concerns on issues such as traffic and
18:29 communication around development use
18:31 their community facilities and planning
18:34 for early education and transit oriented
18:36 development so we will continue to
18:39 discuss all of these things we also did
18:41 discuss the district's response to Coba
18:43 19 and the district's response as well
18:47 as the phase response have changed
18:48 considerably in the meantime we jointly
18:51 decided we would meet regularly to
18:53 discuss topics of mutual importance in
18:56 the future and this will and also that a
19:00 council member and as I'm doing this
19:03 evening will report back to Council on
19:05 these meetings so that council is
19:07 informed and conclude my report
19:10 Thank You council president hon next
19:13 item on the agenda would normally be the
19:14 mayor's report but I will not be
19:16 providing additional information other
19:18 than what was covered under special
19:19 business so we will move to the
19:21 informational updates id0 61 Title 18
19:24 land-use code update ad-hoc planning
19:28 committee report out this
19:30 informational item there is no counsel
19:33 action requested this evening and I'd
19:36 like to ask deputy City Administrator
19:37 Andrea Schneider to give us some details
19:41 thank you madam mayor I think that
19:44 council president hunt summed it up very
19:46 beautifully so I'm gonna keep my
19:48 comments pretty short this evening the
19:52 there's additional information in the
19:54 packet for this evening but over the
19:56 past year staff and the consultant team
19:58 have been able to identify what gaps
20:02 there are in the title 18 land use code
20:04 what sections may require significant
20:08 work and also identify any substance of
20:12 substantive topics in late 2019 Council
20:16 authorized council ad hoc committee to
20:19 work with staff on the project scope
20:22 timelines and to inform on public
20:25 outreach see council president hunt and
20:28 council members Goodman and Walsh are
20:31 part of that committee and the committee
20:34 is still working on this assignment as
20:36 council president Hunt indicated I think
20:38 this is an opportunity for us to ensure
20:41 that the work that's being done within
20:43 the scope of the title 18 update is in
20:48 line with count with community's goals
20:50 with a strategic plan and other planning
20:53 documents that we've had over the past
20:54 couple of years that we've developed
20:56 over the past couple of years so we're
20:58 still in the process of doing that and
21:01 discussing scope with the council ad hoc
21:03 committee and we will return to full
21:06 council for more discussion once the
21:08 committee has formed a recommendation so
21:11 additionally the council ad hoc
21:13 committee wishes to continue to meet
21:15 throughout this project the title 18
21:16 update so you will see an agenda bill
21:19 authorizing them to continue to meet on
21:22 the consent agenda for tonight's meeting
21:23 and that concludes my update are there
21:26 any questions Thank You council members
21:28 are there any questions and I'm going to
21:32 look to the councilmember ray does have
21:35 a question Thank You councilmember right
21:38 I'm glad to hear
21:40 and all kids making great progress can
21:43 you talk a little bit about what our
21:44 thinking is about how to engage the
21:46 community or in in this discussion thank
21:51 you for that question this is Andrea
21:53 again yeah I think that we're still in
21:57 the very early stages I think first
21:58 we're trying to figure out exactly what
22:01 are these more substantive and meaty
22:03 issues I think there's a few that staff
22:06 have identified and as we work with the
22:08 council ad hoc committee once we
22:11 identify what those issues are that will
22:13 help drive the public process and how we
22:16 engage the public I think that we can
22:20 agree that there's no no real desire to
22:24 just land big complicated chapters of
22:30 code and ask public to react and have
22:32 that be our only type of engagement I
22:34 think we're trying to engage public in a
22:36 meaningful way share information as much
22:39 as we can but also make sure that we are
22:42 engaging public in a way that's going to
22:45 be easier for them to provide input and
22:49 feedback on what we're developing but
22:53 more to come councilmember Walsh was
22:57 inquiring consum I'm Ross thank you this
23:03 is Lindsey Walsh to add to that idea I
23:07 think one of the things that the ad hoc
23:10 committee has come up with is that we've
23:13 had a lot of community feedback over the
23:16 recent years between the strategic plan
23:20 and the moratorium everything in that
23:23 has kind of brought us to this point of
23:27 wanting to update the code and so I
23:32 think our general feel is we don't want
23:35 to go back to the drawing board we feel
23:37 like the clear understanding of the
23:40 direction of the community so we want to
23:43 bring them in at an appropriate time so
23:46 that things don't get bogged down
23:48 because our community speaks with a very
23:51 clear voice
23:52 and we don't want to ignore that and go
23:56 back to them and say please tell us
23:58 again when they've said it already and
24:02 we've listened and need to show that
24:04 thank you Thank You councilmember Walsh
24:07 I do council members have any other
24:10 questions or comments I'm not seeing any
24:17 in the room and I'm not seeing any from
24:19 the remote participants so with that we
24:25 will move on to the consent calendar
24:27 thank you very much
24:29 deputy City Administrator Snyder you
24:32 didn't do to tonight's meeting format we
24:34 will be taking all votes as roll call
24:37 votes the clerk will call each of your
24:39 names in alphabetical order please state
24:41 it I are nay after your name is called
24:44 we will rotate who starts first with
24:47 each vote if you are remote please be
24:49 sure to unmute your microphone after
24:51 your name is called the consent calendar
24:54 was distributed to council in advance if
24:56 they authorize the items on the consent
24:58 calendar will be considered together and
25:00 approved by one motion have the payables
25:03 and payroll been reviewed they have yes
25:08 thank you there's any council member
25:11 desire to remove any item from the
25:13 consent calendar and consider it under
25:14 regular business is there a motion to
25:21 approve the consent calendar
25:27 this is council president huh I moved to
25:30 adopt the consent calendar as listed in
25:32 tonight's published agenda this is Chris
25:35 Rea I will second that it's been moved
25:39 in second the clerk will now proceed
25:40 with the roll call vote councilmember
25:43 Dee Michelle aye
25:45 councilmember Goodman I counsel member
25:49 Hall aye
25:51 council president hunt aye
25:55 councilmember Mart's hi
25:58 a beauty council president ray all right
26:01 I'm so member Walsh
26:04 I the total of seven eyes
26:08 no names thank you so that passes
26:11 unanimously
26:12 we now move on to our regular business
26:15 item which is a be seven eight seven
26:17 five arch 2019 trust fund recommend
26:20 recommendations the action before the
26:23 council this evening is to approve the
26:25 resolution and this is the first time
26:26 this item is coming before the City
26:28 Council I'd like to ask crystal Eason
26:31 Senior Planner to give us the
26:33 presentation good evening this is
26:36 Kristen lime this is I am Kristen Lisa
26:38 with the development services department
26:40 and this agenda bill is to talk about
26:42 the arch housing trust fund it's an
26:44 annual fund where by we provide or
26:48 allocate previously budgeted funds to
26:51 proposed affordable housing projects so
26:53 with this agenda bill we are seeking the
26:56 council approval for resolution the
26:58 resolution would allocate approximately
27:00 just over one hundred ninety nine
27:01 thousand dollars toward the city's
27:04 Housing Trust Fund money's towards six
27:06 proposed projects each of these projects
27:09 comes with a list of conditions
27:11 associated with them so it would also
27:13 authorize regional coalition for housing
27:15 to execute these agreements and ensure
27:18 that the conditions are met the arch
27:21 executive board is recommending funding
27:23 funding for six of nine projects that
27:26 were submitted this year the
27:27 applications that were submitted I would
27:30 like to I will in a moment to introduce
27:32 Lindsay masters who is the executive
27:34 manager for arch and she will present
27:37 information about arch what is on the
27:41 some of the 2019 highlights that we've
27:43 had some local or regional
27:45 accomplishments that arch has seen and
27:48 the 2020 work program in budget which
27:50 will soon appear on a consent agenda and
27:53 an upcoming council meeting so with that
27:55 I'd like to hand it over to Lindsay
27:57 masters hi this is Clerk gator speaking
28:01 guests Lindsay masters if you are on the
28:05 line can you unmute and we do have TAC
28:12 reaching out to her directly to see if
28:15 they can reconnect
28:22 did we have her connected for a bit of
28:25 time we did yes
28:43 hi Tina I'm talking to Lindsay and she
28:47 would like to be unmuted
29:03 could she call back in I don't see an
29:06 option for unmuting and what I
29:09 right-click on it it there is no change
29:18 yes I recall back in thank you
29:55 thanks for being patient while we sort
29:57 this out
30:15 hello welcome right you can hear me okay
30:22 yes we can
30:24 Lindsay this is the the mayor and I hope
30:27 you've been able to watch in here
30:29 Kristen Leeson's presentation so we are
30:31 now ready for your portion of the
30:33 presentation and we can hear you just
30:35 fine great
30:38 and I understand everybody has the
30:40 PowerPoint that we shared in front of
30:43 them and someone there in the chambers
30:45 flew advance the slides as I talk
30:48 through each one so I'll just get
30:53 started can everyone see the
30:57 presentation okay or maybe just say if
30:59 you can't you know those in chambers can
31:02 see it can we get a positive
31:06 confirmation from the five remote
31:08 council members that you can see the
31:10 presentation materials mrs. Toland here
31:13 I can see it
31:23 and the rest of those remote can you see
31:26 the presentation materials
31:36 a few of them have confirmed they can
31:39 see the materials can you give you the
31:42 names I just want to make sure that we
31:43 make sure all five have it
31:46 councilmembers Rey Hall Walsh and hunt
31:54 great thank you so it does sound like
31:58 our remote members can also see the
32:01 materials you're good to go then see
32:12 if we have Lindsay yes
32:50 Lyndsay we're just checking in to see if
32:53 you can hear us
33:00 really our DNA is set up in an
33:03 interlocal agreement this is the
33:05 agreement that it's a claw and other
33:07 cities enter into to establish what what
33:11 really the undertaking of arch is all
33:12 about so that lays out a lot of our key
33:15 responsibilities ice master
33:18 use me what's lighter you one applied
33:23 for alright so we are just now picking
33:25 up with your presentation so would you
33:28 like me to move to slide four would you
33:29 like to start over oh okay so you did
33:34 not see the first three slides or did we
33:37 did nothing either okay did you hear
33:43 what I said we did not okay
33:47 oh no all right I'll try again and I'm
33:53 gonna I'll pause after the first one to
33:54 make sure you can hear me so I'm back on
33:57 slide 2 which is the agenda perfect can
34:03 everybody hear yes yes we can okay so
34:09 the agenda is is covering our work
34:12 program and budget we'll talk a little
34:15 bit about arch background some of our
34:17 program areas and highlights from 2019
34:22 give you a snapshot of our impact at the
34:25 regional level as well as at the local
34:27 level in Issaquah we'll share a little
34:30 bit about the homeownership program
34:32 assessment and some of the work that
34:33 we've been doing coming out of that will
34:37 briefly talk about our 2020 work program
34:40 and budget and then I'll shift over to
34:43 Housing Trust Funds recommendations next
34:47 slide five three yep slide three this
34:54 slide shows you a geographic map of the
34:59 arch member cities and our sphere of
35:01 influence so we were established in 1993
35:04 through an interlocal agreement by a
35:06 handful of cities and that membership
35:07 has brought to now include 15 cities and
35:11 the King County
35:12 and the purpose of this coalition is for
35:15 cities to try to come together and
35:17 cooperatively plan for and provide
35:20 affordable housing next slide
35:25 we are governed by an interlocal
35:27 agreement this agreement really sets
35:30 forth how we go about doing our work and
35:33 what your collective undertaking is with
35:35 other cities so it includes all of our
35:40 key areas of responsibility and
35:42 authority I won't read them all off the
35:45 slides that you have them there in front
35:46 of you and obviously the one we are here
35:48 for tonight is to recommend funding for
35:51 affordable housing next slide slide five
35:58 this slide just gives you a very
36:02 high-level overview of how we're
36:04 organized and how we go about
36:05 accomplishing all the work that is set
36:08 forth in our interlocal agreement so we
36:11 are governed directly by an executive
36:13 board with each University having
36:17 representation on that board and so
36:20 we're pleased to have Issaquah
36:22 participate on that we also work
36:25 directly with a citizen advisory board
36:28 and that board is important tonight
36:32 because they are the board that comes up
36:34 with recommendations for funding that
36:37 are also vetted by city staff and our
36:39 staff and are adopted by our Executive
36:43 Board before they come to you you as a
36:46 member City Council have really key
36:48 responsibilities each year you are asked
36:52 to approve our work program and budget
36:55 to approve specific allocations for
36:59 funding for projects and occasionally to
37:03 consider policy recommendations that
37:05 come out of our board and then finally
37:07 there's our staff who are the engine of
37:10 ours day-to-day we have seven full-time
37:13 staff now and they are there to
37:15 implement the day-to-day work program
37:17 and we really view ourselves as your
37:20 staff as an extension of city staff that
37:24 work collaboratively with your other
37:26 city staff on housing efforts next slide
37:31 slide six I'll try to pick up the pace a
37:36 little bit I know it's a long
37:37 presentation so first program area we
37:41 wanted to share some highlights and is
37:43 investment in the affordable housing we
37:46 had a couple new projects open in 2019
37:49 we were able to release a larger funding
37:54 announcement because of the lack of
37:56 applications in 2018 so we did a lot of
37:59 work to try to solicit new interest and
38:03 new development partners coming in to
38:06 apply for funding the trust fund and we
38:09 received a record level of requests
38:11 which we'll get into those
38:13 recommendations later but the request
38:16 amounted to 19 million dollars in
38:20 support of projects that collectively
38:23 contained over a thousand units of
38:25 housing and/or shelter beds and then we
38:29 also spend a lot of time working with
38:32 cities and transit agencies and others
38:35 on opportunities for transit oriented
38:37 development next slide so slide 7 this
38:44 slide shows you one of the two projects
38:47 that opened last year the 30 Bellevue
38:50 apartments developed by imagine housing
38:53 in partnership with st. Luke's Lutheran
38:55 Church I won't read off all the fly but
38:59 it was a it's a fantastic project open
39:02 and leased up extremely quickly a huge
39:04 demand for those apartments when they
39:06 became available the next slide slide 8
39:12 this project was the other projects open
39:15 last year and they had a dedication in
39:19 cement city of Sammamish this was a
39:21 cottage development constructed by
39:24 Habitat for Humanity and they obviously
39:29 have a unique model for home ownership
39:32 they serve families at the lower end of
39:35 the income spectrum and then as a part
39:37 of those families
39:39 coming into homeownership they put many
39:42 many hours of sweat equity into
39:43 constructing their home so it was a very
39:48 happy day when that development opens
39:50 I'll keep going to the next slide slide
39:54 9 this was one of two groundbreakings
39:58 that we had last year this was for a
40:01 major transit oriented development
40:02 projects and Redmon's in the Xterra Park
40:05 neighborhood this was a project that was
40:08 originally conceived to have a hundred
40:10 and thirty units of affordable housing
40:13 and through the process development
40:16 process we found opportunities to double
40:18 that over two hundred and sixty units of
40:22 affordable workforce housing and there
40:25 will be a partnership at the YMCA there
40:27 to host an Early Childhood Development
40:30 Center on the ground floor next slide
40:37 the other important project to break
40:40 ground last year was the women and
40:42 family shelter located in city of
40:44 Kirkland and that they are well underway
40:48 into construction now I expect to be
40:50 opening late summer early fall of 2020
40:54 this year
40:58 keep going next slide 11 in addition to
41:03 funding arch has always played a role in
41:05 supporting cities and housing policy and
41:08 planning a lot of this work centers
41:11 around the adoption and design of
41:14 incentive programs so either land use
41:18 incentives development agreements
41:21 increasingly the multifamily tax
41:23 exemption as an incentive tool as well
41:27 as trying to share best practices around
41:30 things like accessory dwelling units
41:34 let's keep going to the next slide
41:39 another big and growing area of work for
41:43 us is housing program administration and
41:46 stewardship kind of it's in part
41:51 responsibilities that we undertake on
41:53 behalf of cities one is really taking
41:59 what you establish in policy in terms of
42:01 requirements for affordable housing and
42:04 making that a reality so doing the
42:07 contracting and writing the covenants
42:10 working directly with developers to
42:13 identify the affordable units that they
42:15 will build and then helping them get
42:17 either leased up or sold and in quotes
42:20 with those agreements and then long-term
42:25 which is the stewardship piece making
42:28 sure that we're monitoring those so that
42:30 they stay in compliance with those
42:32 contracts and covenants and that looks
42:35 very different on the rental side as
42:36 compared to the ownership side which
42:38 I'll talk more about a little bit so
42:45 let's move on to slide 13 so our last
42:51 program area that we engage in is
42:54 education and outreach and this this
42:57 means a number of different things first
43:00 and foremost we are helping people who
43:03 come directly to us looking for housing
43:06 and that's hundreds if not thousands of
43:09 people every year who are looking for
43:13 referrals they're looking to know what
43:15 affordable options exist on the east
43:17 side they're looking to be notified when
43:20 there are new projects available so we
43:22 maintain an active mailing list with
43:25 many many people on it to share those
43:27 notifications we also try to partner
43:31 with other community groups with cities
43:33 to plan events that bring people
43:36 together and create momentum and
43:41 interest and inspiration for people to
43:43 do more on affordable housing so last
43:46 year our focus was collaborating with
43:49 the east side and if a social concerns
43:51 council to host a workshop for faith
43:54 communities that might be interested in
43:57 partnering or making land available for
43:59 affordable housing okay next slide
44:07 this just gives you a high-level picture
44:09 of what the housing trust fund itself
44:12 has produced in its lifetime the
44:17 distribution of those housing projects
44:20 which we strive to distribute broadly
44:24 across the Eastside the different
44:26 populations that are serves and then
44:30 significantly how we are able to
44:32 leverage your local investments with
44:34 other funds and we've we've come pretty
44:37 close to achieving a 10 to 1 ratio of
44:41 leverage for look local to other funds
44:45 the next slide 15 this is a a similar
44:51 snapshot but rather than production
44:54 through direct funding this has been
44:56 this is what we've been able to assist
44:58 cities to accomplish in terms of
45:01 production through even incentive
45:03 programs or inclusionary housing
45:05 programs come and have accomplished
45:08 quite a bit in Issaquah and you can see
45:12 kind of at that chart at the bottom
45:14 right that there's really been an uptick
45:16 in the last few years and that
45:18 corresponds directly with the amount of
45:21 development that's been undertaken as
45:26 well as the number of cities that have
45:29 now adopted programs that we have at
45:32 least 10 cities now that have adopted
45:33 some kind of incentives either in their
45:36 land use or other forms next slide
45:43 so this slide shifts to focus on what
45:47 has been accomplished in Issaquah and so
45:50 there's a lot of numbers on here but the
45:53 idea is to give you a picture of the
45:55 range of affordability levels the
45:58 balance between rental and ownership
46:00 housing as well as the balance between
46:05 projects produced with direct funding
46:07 versus through incentives and so not
46:13 only have we've done all those contracts
46:14 and covenants we are continuing to
46:16 monitor all those developments
46:18 on an ongoing basis and we are
46:20 continuing to work to bring additional
46:23 projects in the pipeline online next
46:28 slide
46:30 these next two I think don't have
46:33 numbers so but this is a map that you
46:36 may be familiar with it as we've created
46:38 when you adopted your housing strategy I
46:41 believe the majority of these projects
46:46 with city of City covenants I think
46:48 there are some that do not have City
46:49 covenants that we don't monitor but the
46:52 vast majority our projects that arch
46:55 monitors for you next slide
46:59 same thing but how this is housing above
47:02 80 percent AMI next slide so shifting
47:12 gears a little bit to talk about our
47:14 homeownership program we do have a
47:16 significant number of affordable
47:18 homeownership units in Issaquah we were
47:22 we became aware of issues in the program
47:25 in the fall of 2018 right when I came
47:29 tardes
47:29 and so we undertook a an in-depth
47:33 assessment of the program we brought a
47:36 consultant on board to help us with that
47:37 evaluation and we also did a
47:40 comprehensive audit of the program so we
47:42 looked at each each individual home to
47:47 try to determine if homeowners were in
47:49 compliance with our owner occupancy
47:51 requirements and I believe there was a
47:55 question about the percentage of units
47:59 that were discovered so our process was
48:02 that we looked at all units in the
48:05 program which total approximately 700
48:08 units we determined that we wanted to do
48:13 further investigation into about 50 of
48:15 those based on the information we saw
48:17 that was publicly available not all of
48:21 those we determined we're actually out
48:23 of compliance some of them had good
48:24 explanations for what we were seeing but
48:28 about half of those that we look deeper
48:30 into we did conclude
48:32 compliance and that that came to about
48:34 3.6 percent of all the homes in the
48:37 program but some of the key positive
48:42 findings that we that also came out of
48:44 that are that we have had some successes
48:48 we've largely been able to serve the
48:51 target income households that the
48:54 program was intended to find that to
48:57 serve we've also provided ample
49:01 opportunities for homeowners to build
49:03 equity on the downside we had not
49:08 obviously stacked the program to the
49:10 level that would keep up with the growth
49:12 in the number of homes that we were
49:14 overseeing so we'd had pretty much the
49:17 same level of Z this is the mayor
49:19 council member Hall would like to ask
49:21 you a quick question okay that's a
49:24 member Hall thank you very much that was
49:31 one of my questions about the
49:33 homeownership programs
49:35 audit in the follow-up investigation so
49:38 I appreciate you bringing that up can
49:41 you speak a little bit more to how what
49:46 went into the selection criteria for
49:48 deciding to investigate those 50 units
49:52 the hope I sure it's a rate it was a
49:57 range of things what we did for every
50:00 unit was we looked at publicly available
50:03 information from the county assessor to
50:06 determine where people were listing
50:08 their mailing address and to see if
50:12 there was a discrepancy in the mailing
50:13 address versus the home address Dow to
50:18 all of the homeowner associations to
50:22 request that they share any information
50:24 with us about homeowners that were
50:27 leasing we followed up as well on a
50:31 number of tips we received from
50:33 neighbors and other sources of
50:34 information so that added to the number
50:38 that we looked into and then we also
50:41 paid for some data out of the I forget
50:46 the name of the database it's the
50:47 database where you can set up to have
50:49 your mail forwarded when you move so
50:52 those are kind of our key data points
50:54 that we looked at to try to determine
50:57 who was not occupying their homes thank
51:03 you sure okay so to get back to the some
51:13 of the recommendations from the
51:15 consultant there's a much longer report
51:17 with many more recommendations and we've
51:19 students created kind of a detailed
51:21 tracker to make sure that we are not
51:26 neglecting to implement all the things
51:29 that were recommended and we have kind
51:31 of a plan over the over the coming years
51:33 to implement as many of those
51:35 recommendations as we can but first and
51:37 foremost to be able to do all the things
51:41 that are considered best practices we
51:43 have to expand staffing so we got some
51:47 interim funding to be able to bring an
51:50 additional staff person on full-time
51:53 dedicated to the program last year and
51:56 that has made a huge difference and has
51:58 been a big relief to the existing staff
52:01 who all had many other duties besides
52:04 home ownership in addition we are going
52:11 to be looking at or we have made some
52:14 progress on instituting regular
52:18 procedures for monitoring so that's
52:20 something that we developed a program
52:23 manual and pollen formal policies and
52:26 procedures had those adapted by the
52:28 board and are now implementing those on
52:30 an ongoing basis we also had a several
52:35 recommendations just around improving
52:36 our systems and technology so we did
52:40 complete the purchase of a brand new
52:42 database platform and that has also made
52:44 a huge difference in the workflow and
52:48 the consistency and the documentation
52:50 that we have for the program
52:54 next slide so this slide just gives you
53:00 kind of a visual picture there's a lot
53:02 going on here but it shows you
53:04 approximately what the growth in the
53:08 portfolio has been those are those two
53:10 lines there those are the number of
53:13 units in created for incentives and
53:15 through-and-through funding so there's
53:18 been a big uptick there since the year
53:21 2000 and we pretty much had this we had
53:25 until last year had the same amount of
53:27 staff during that time so we never never
53:30 added staff to our administrative budget
53:33 until now which were really happy about
53:37 next slide so this is a one page
53:44 snapshot of our 2020 work program and
53:48 budget it's mostly highlighting the
53:50 things that were new and different
53:51 compared to previous years so again we
53:55 did add have actually two new positions
53:57 the other new position is focused on
54:00 rental compliance monitoring that's been
54:04 another growing need and demand that we
54:08 needed more dedicated capacity for we
54:13 added some administrative support in the
54:15 form of student interns we we are now
54:19 budgeting for all that important
54:21 software licenses that we need and as
54:25 well some consultant support to
54:27 implement all those things and then as
54:30 far as the work program we're going to
54:33 continue to be focused on that
54:35 stewardship aspect of our work program
54:39 we are also in the process of developing
54:43 specific measurable goals for housing
54:47 that's something that we hope the board
54:50 will be able to reach a consensus on and
54:52 make recommendations back to you as
54:55 number City Council's we are also
55:01 interested in trying to advance all all
55:05 opportunities for transit or
55:07 development on the east side of which
55:09 there are many that are timely and we
55:15 have opportunities to include the
55:17 portable housing in and then we are
55:21 going to continue to discuss
55:22 opportunities to try to dedicate revenue
55:25 sources for housing since as you'll see
55:28 when we talk about the funding
55:29 recommendations that the demand is the
55:32 need for those resources is far greater
55:34 than what we are able to fund finally
55:40 and these elements with a star are those
55:42 that were elevated by the board as
55:45 priorities for the year the board did
55:49 determine that it was important to take
55:51 a step back in the same way that we did
55:54 looking at our monitoring and our
55:56 stewardship function but looking at all
55:58 of the work program areas that we have
56:01 in our mission and the value at our
56:04 capacity and look at options for
56:05 expanding our capacity for that over
56:07 time next slide 22 so this is just a
56:16 snapshot of what the city of Issaquah
56:18 included in our work program every city
56:21 has the opportunity to identify work
56:25 program items that they would like arch
56:27 support with and so these were the ones
56:30 elevated by a and that is the end
56:35 of work program and budget I'll pause
56:38 there in case there were any other
56:40 questions that I missed
56:42 Thank You Lindsey are there any
56:45 questions for Lindsey none from those on
56:50 the dials and I am looking to see if
56:53 there are any from those remotely
57:00 councilmember Walsh okay when you're
57:12 talking about the management and
57:15 monitoring of the
57:18 properties is there any kind of a
57:21 service level agreement or some way that
57:25 we measure the effectiveness of managing
57:29 those properties against expectations
57:32 either from arch or from the city
57:35 members we don't have anything like a
57:40 service level agreement what we have our
57:44 primary documents that were accountable
57:47 for is one our our interlocal agreement
57:50 which that's more of a high level broad
57:52 framework but two is our work program so
57:56 what are required to report on a
57:58 quarterly basis on our work program and
58:02 in the last year we've tried to create
58:05 more measurable metrics in in those
58:10 reports so that our our board is seeing
58:14 more facts and statistics about what
58:16 those activities result in but there is
58:20 no kind of xander that were necessarily
58:24 trying to meet part of the goal in
58:28 developing housing goals was to start
58:32 building in some of those expectations
58:34 we started with sort of focusing on
58:38 goals for production but I think you
58:40 could probably extend that to other
58:43 areas of our work over time thank you
58:48 Thank You councilmember Walsh council
58:51 member Hall within the work plan you had
58:58 talked about this consultant and I
59:02 remember reading in the agenda packet
59:05 that that consulted had recommended that
59:07 March develop a plan for implementing
59:10 new fees at the time of resale forgive
59:14 my ignorance but what exactly does that
59:16 mean and who pays these fees sure so
59:20 this is a really common feature of home
59:23 ownership programs like arches as a way
59:27 for programs to be sustainable
59:30 they often assess a fee at the time of
59:33 resale that has paid either by the home
59:36 owner or the home buyer who is
59:39 purchasing the home and so we we
59:42 actually have a provision and most of
59:45 our covenants that allows for a resale
59:48 fee to be collected from the owner who
59:52 is selling so it comes out of the
59:54 portion of the purchase price that goes
59:56 to them to recoup our expenses for
1:00:01 administering that resale
1:00:04 that's not something arch ever chose to
1:00:06 do in the past even though the agreement
1:00:08 allows for it but that was a
1:00:10 recommendation as a way for the program
1:00:12 to start being more sustainable
1:00:14 financially all right this is alcohol
1:00:18 again as a quick follow-up was their
1:00:20 intent behind arches decision not to
1:00:26 originally have feet at the time of
1:00:29 resale yeah I mean I think while not
1:00:43 trying to you know guess at what all the
1:00:46 past decision-makers were thinking I
1:00:48 think our goal has always been to
1:00:50 operate as efficiently as possible and
1:00:53 that's probably why our staffing did not
1:00:56 grow with with the growth of the
1:00:58 portfolio and so I think probably the
1:01:03 the attitude was we've been able to
1:01:06 operate without a whole lot of costs and
1:01:11 so we don't wouldn't necessarily need to
1:01:13 assess fees to be able to to pay for
1:01:17 those but obviously there's also a
1:01:20 natural tension with we're trying to
1:01:23 promote wealth building and equity for
1:01:26 homeowners also any any kind of fee is
1:01:30 going to be have some tension with that
1:01:33 right exactly as long as we're being
1:01:35 mindful of that and I appreciate your
1:01:37 answer thank you thank you are there any
1:01:39 more questions
1:01:42 if there are no questions is anyone
1:01:46 prepared to make a motion
1:01:49 this is council president hon I'd like
1:01:51 to thank motion here excuse me
1:01:55 this is Clerk Baker speaking there may
1:02:00 be an additional comments and
1:02:02 presentation yes may we proceed there
1:02:12 the presentations not finished
1:02:15 oh sorry okay Lindsay you are still on
1:02:19 we do not already have the graphics for
1:02:22 the presentation by video stream anymore
1:02:25 so it's just going to be your voice for
1:02:28 now oh okay
1:02:32 I will reconnect I think I'm catching
1:02:35 what you're saying but for some reason
1:02:38 when someone in the that's present there
1:02:41 speaks it's very garbled mm-hmm so are
1:02:45 you are you saying I should continue the
1:02:48 presentation but no one will be seeing
1:02:50 the slides yes okay okay well I'll just
1:02:57 keep going hopefully my voice is
1:02:59 interesting enough to keep keep you
1:03:02 focused though Lindsay just an update
1:03:06 the slides are back up oh okay so our
1:03:13 folks able to see the slides for the
1:03:17 housing trust fund recommendations I'm
1:03:19 currently on slide 23 so they will see
1:03:23 what I'm sharing but they will not have
1:03:25 the in camera view of the room
1:03:28 and that could also be impacting the
1:03:31 sounds that you hear okay so we can go
1:03:38 to slide 24 this slide is just a quick
1:03:43 recap of what the interlocal agreement
1:03:46 lays out as our basic responsibilities
1:03:50 for recommending funding
1:03:53 we again rely on a citizen advisory
1:03:56 board that's made up of wonderful
1:03:59 members of the community who dedicate
1:04:01 their time and their spare time to
1:04:05 provide direct recommendations around
1:04:07 affordable housing mechanically we rely
1:04:12 on the city of Bellevue to be the agents
1:04:15 the legal entity to do the contracting
1:04:18 so we're the staff support for that but
1:04:20 all of your financial accounts sit with
1:04:23 us in within the city of Bellevue next
1:04:27 slide this is a high-level overview of
1:04:34 the process we go through to develop
1:04:37 recommendations and ultimately to fund
1:04:39 projects so each year you determine in
1:04:43 your budget process what you want to
1:04:46 make available and we then announce that
1:04:50 collective amount in a set of funding
1:04:52 guidelines in cooperation with other
1:04:56 state funders across the state we also
1:05:00 collaborate on all of the technical
1:05:03 application forms and requirements so
1:05:06 that development partners have a single
1:05:09 application that they have to do for
1:05:11 every single fund source of the state we
1:05:15 have a pre application process to try
1:05:18 courage interest to give guidance to
1:05:21 applicants as they're putting their
1:05:24 proposals together and then we have a
1:05:27 formal review process after applications
1:05:32 are submitted usually in September so
1:05:35 our staff thoroughly review those we
1:05:39 also invite member city staff to weigh
1:05:43 in on the proposals and then we have
1:05:46 obviously our citizen advisory board
1:05:49 deliberate over the course of three to
1:05:52 four different meetings based on to come
1:05:57 up with recommendations that meet what
1:05:59 the Executive Board has set out as their
1:06:01 priorities and their evaluation criteria
1:06:05 it is
1:06:07 it is a challenging process because we
1:06:11 have a lot of moving pieces as I
1:06:14 mentioned before local resources are
1:06:17 only a small portion of what actually
1:06:19 funds the project fully so we're doing a
1:06:23 lot of coordination with other public
1:06:26 funders we are trying to validate all
1:06:30 the assumptions around private funding
1:06:32 that go into projects and those then
1:06:34 inform the ultimate recommendations that
1:06:37 go through our Executive Board and then
1:06:39 finally get advanced to you once city
1:06:45 councils have approved funding then we
1:06:48 go and contract for those funds directly
1:06:51 we develop all the legal documents loan
1:06:54 documents and work with the other
1:06:57 lenders and investors in the project we
1:07:00 disburse funds through construction and
1:07:03 then we obviously monitor the occupancy
1:07:06 on a on a long-term basis next slide 26
1:07:13 so there are a lot of key principles
1:07:16 that have driven the trust fund and I
1:07:19 think may continue to make it a really
1:07:23 relevant and excellent strategy for
1:07:26 cities to do investment there are a lot
1:07:29 of jurisdictions around the country that
1:07:33 looked at this as a model knowing that
1:07:36 it's really difficult to do this on your
1:07:38 own as a single city if you are a
1:07:40 smaller or mid-sized city so one of
1:07:44 those always quickly run through the
1:07:45 principles there is a philosophy of
1:07:49 supporting across jurisdictions so that
1:07:53 you are getting credit for any
1:07:55 investment that you make in the region
1:07:57 we have a lot we are able to create a
1:08:00 large enough pool of competition that
1:08:02 way so that we can have a rigorous
1:08:05 competition that advances the best
1:08:06 projects each year we are able to do
1:08:10 that coordination I think because of the
1:08:13 scale that we can achieve regionally so
1:08:16 that we are maximizing the return on
1:08:18 investment and we also are ensuring that
1:08:22 there is generally Geographic equity
1:08:26 across the east side so that not all of
1:08:29 the affordable housing is concentrated
1:08:31 in any one particular area we have again
1:08:36 the citizen advisory board that ensures
1:08:38 projects are shaped by community
1:08:40 perspectives and additional professional
1:08:44 expertise we've got lawyers architects
1:08:48 other folks from the lending and other
1:08:51 parts of the real estate industry who
1:08:53 are on our board and really grateful for
1:08:56 their expertise we also place great
1:09:01 importance on sustainability there I
1:09:05 believe there was a question about
1:09:07 capital investment versus long-term
1:09:10 operating support for some of these
1:09:12 projects that is always a consideration
1:09:15 in the underwriting process when we look
1:09:16 at any proposal so we are actively
1:09:20 trying to vet the assumptions that
1:09:22 developers are making about those
1:09:25 resources with folks and that work in
1:09:28 human services and other and other
1:09:31 potential sources of funds long term and
1:09:36 then finally we really try to elevate
1:09:40 east side projects so in that
1:09:42 coordination I talked about with other
1:09:45 public lenders we are doing our best to
1:09:48 make sure that East Side projects are
1:09:51 competitive for those County resources
1:09:54 and those statewide resources and Z we
1:09:57 have a question from councilmember Walsh
1:10:00 okay thank you this is councilmember
1:10:03 Walsh the question about infrastructure
1:10:07 versus operation funding was mine and
1:10:09 that is actually more about I know in
1:10:15 many of our instances as a city we can
1:10:18 potentially get money from certain
1:10:21 funding sources whether that state or
1:10:23 federal tied to infrastructure projects
1:10:26 we can build a road
1:10:28 but there's never money that I'd for
1:10:32 maintenance and operations and those
1:10:34 types of things and I think I'm seeing a
1:10:37 similar instance here where you can get
1:10:42 money you can get money for building the
1:10:47 building where you're struggling is
1:10:50 being able to afford ten and do the
1:10:55 operations of are wondering if you could
1:10:59 talk about the difference between those
1:11:02 sets of monies and whether there are
1:11:04 that type restriction because one of the
1:11:08 things you talked about was potentially
1:11:10 taking and adding a fee on to the
1:11:15 selling homeowners as a way to fund
1:11:19 operations but I'm wondering if there's
1:11:22 English to take money from the
1:11:25 infrastructure side of things and maybe
1:11:27 build one less housing unit in order to
1:11:30 operate the program efficiently overall
1:11:35 yeah that's a that's a good question and
1:11:38 I think my original answer was was
1:11:40 focused on the operational cost for that
1:11:44 agencies that own and operate the
1:11:47 housing we are more in a oversight and
1:11:51 monitoring role so we don't have primary
1:11:55 responsibility for like replacing the
1:11:57 roof like that so if you're talking
1:12:01 about our operations interestingly arch
1:12:06 is unlike other funders in that the
1:12:11 funds we put into capital investments
1:12:14 are almost all local general fund
1:12:18 dollars so they're flexible funds it can
1:12:21 be used either for operations or for or
1:12:27 for capital investments and so I think
1:12:31 it's a decision on an annual basis how
1:12:34 cities want to balance where they put
1:12:37 their funding we I think I mentioned
1:12:40 earlier there's there's always been
1:12:41 added
1:12:42 to keep our staffing cost low so that
1:12:44 any new funding can go into projects but
1:12:48 we've obviously been kind of
1:12:49 reevaluating the importance of the
1:12:52 stewardship component of what we do and
1:12:55 making sure that all the products we've
1:12:58 helped to create our sustainable
1:13:00 long-term so yes we could the money can
1:13:05 be shifted one way or another but we
1:13:07 always kind of want to maximize what is
1:13:10 available for building new projects as
1:13:12 well thank you sure shall I continue yes
1:13:22 please
1:13:23 okay so now I'll run through the
1:13:27 projects and I'll just preface this by
1:13:29 saying usually we have classmate house
1:13:32 who's our Senior Planner present this
1:13:35 part of the presentation so I'll do my
1:13:37 best to represent for him but any
1:13:40 questions I can't answer we'll be happy
1:13:42 to follow up afterwards so the first
1:13:46 project that was recommended for funding
1:13:49 is a senior housing project this is
1:13:52 slide 27 proposed by imagine housing and
1:13:57 this is on land made available by the
1:14:00 city of Bothell the recommendation here
1:14:04 is for partially funding the request to
1:14:08 enable imagine to purchase the property
1:14:11 and then take a little bit more time
1:14:14 during the next year to further develop
1:14:17 the project there were some goals to try
1:14:21 to better maximize the site and possibly
1:14:24 increase the number of units that could
1:14:26 be built there and so those are things
1:14:28 they'll be evaluating in the next year
1:14:31 but this funding will enable them to
1:14:34 advance and at least purchase the
1:14:36 property slide 28 so this is a proposal
1:14:43 that is not new is a refresh and
1:14:49 evolution of a proposal that our cities
1:14:52 previously funded
1:14:54 I want to say in 2014 or 2015 and this
1:15:00 is for development of a permanent men's
1:15:03 shelter year-round operated by
1:15:07 congregations for the homeless so they
1:15:10 obviously had fighting challenges the
1:15:12 first time around have since found a new
1:15:15 location to fight the shelter which is
1:15:19 great news on a piece of property owned
1:15:21 by King County solid waste and they went
1:15:27 through a thorough process to identify
1:15:29 all the potential sites and landed on
1:15:31 this one it is a large site it is much
1:15:37 larger than the sheltered needs so they
1:15:39 part of obtaining site control for this
1:15:42 site was locating a development partner
1:15:47 to help them serve as the master
1:15:49 developer and make sure that they could
1:15:52 move forward with their piece for the
1:15:53 shelter and so this recommendation would
1:15:57 fully fund the construction of the
1:15:59 shelter
1:16:00 they've also received full funding
1:16:02 awards from all the other public funding
1:16:04 partners for the project I'm next slide
1:16:11 so this is the companion project for the
1:16:15 shelter
1:16:16 it's called Polaris at Eastgate it is
1:16:20 being developed by inland group out of
1:16:23 Spokane they are a for-profit
1:16:26 development company that specializes in
1:16:28 affordable workforce housing they are
1:16:32 able to they are vertically integrated
1:16:34 so they're able to achieve significant
1:16:37 efficiencies and construction that allow
1:16:40 them to build at a greater scale which
1:16:42 is exciting because they will be able to
1:16:45 deliver approximately 300 units of
1:16:48 workforce housing on this site next next
1:16:53 slide slide 30 so you see us you see a
1:16:59 similar line up here this is a
1:17:01 partnership with the together Center who
1:17:06 also just elected to partner with inland
1:17:09 group and horizon Housing Alliance this
1:17:13 is the result of many years of visioning
1:17:17 and strategic planning for the together
1:17:19 Center to redevelop their campus in
1:17:22 Redmond not only to expand and improve
1:17:29 all of the spaces for the social
1:17:32 services and other tenants and together
1:17:35 Center but also to use the air space
1:17:37 that they have above them to build a
1:17:39 significant amount of affordable housing
1:17:41 and so they've created a really strong
1:17:44 partnership there they'll be working
1:17:47 with hope link to provide services to
1:17:51 approximately 60 homeless families that
1:17:55 will have access to units in the nine
1:17:58 percent portion of the project and they
1:18:03 are working on obtaining the remainder
1:18:07 of the funding that we weren't able to
1:18:08 fully fund so we have fully funded the
1:18:11 first phase and a portion of that second
1:18:13 phase which is the 4% phase and that's
1:18:16 the larger building you see in the
1:18:18 picture there and we're working on
1:18:20 helping them to obtain the rest of that
1:18:22 funding
1:18:23 so that the whole project can move
1:18:25 forward next slide so these are the last
1:18:33 two projects these are a smaller scale
1:18:36 projects developed by community homes a
1:18:40 longtime partner of arch they have a
1:18:44 model of serving individuals with
1:18:47 developmental disabilities that creates
1:18:50 a really supportive living environment
1:18:53 that has a live-in caretaker they have
1:18:57 two homes that they're that we're
1:19:00 proposing to fund one is a model that
1:19:02 they have done seven times prior this
1:19:06 would be their eighth adult family home
1:19:10 and so they're able to serve five
1:19:12 individuals in one home with that with
1:19:14 that caretaker and then they're also
1:19:18 expanding to another model called their
1:19:21 shared living model which serves
1:19:23 individuals with higher needs at a lower
1:19:27 ratio so three individuals in one home
1:19:30 and they also were successful in
1:19:34 obtaining the other funding Awards they
1:19:36 need in addition to arches award the
1:19:41 next slide so this gives you a picture
1:19:46 of all the projects together the number
1:19:49 of affordable units and shelter beds
1:19:52 that are impacted by this collective
1:19:55 funding the ranges of affordability
1:19:58 provided within those projects and then
1:20:02 final slide 533 this is a detailed
1:20:08 breakdown of each city's contribution to
1:20:11 each project there is then at first
1:20:15 column you'll see a portion that the
1:20:17 total five million is coming from
1:20:20 Community Development Block Grant funds
1:20:23 which is broken out between directs
1:20:27 earmarks from Kirkland Redmond but also
1:20:29 a set-aside for all of the Northeast
1:20:32 consortium cities including Issaquah
1:20:35 and that I'll end it and if there and
1:20:38 happy to take any questions you can then
1:20:41 Z any more questions from Council
1:20:44 members in attendance that's a member D
1:20:48 Michelle Thank You Lindsay that was a
1:20:51 great presentation and the projects that
1:20:57 are being recommended are looked like
1:20:59 they're they've really been fully vetted
1:21:01 on the companion projects the Eastside
1:21:05 men's shelter and the Polaris at
1:21:06 Eastgate if it sounded like or looking
1:21:10 through the cons on or the challenges
1:21:14 being faced by those two developments if
1:21:18 they are failed to complete those
1:21:21 projects are is the funding then we turn
1:21:24 back to arch or how does that work yeah
1:21:29 it's a good question so obviously for
1:21:32 all of the ones that we are partially
1:21:35 funding and that have additional hurdles
1:21:38 to get over to become fully funded
1:21:41 we will not be releasing any of those
1:21:44 funds until they have secured their
1:21:49 other financing so until we have the
1:21:51 confidence that the projects can succeed
1:21:54 we are we have a condition that we won't
1:21:57 disperse the funds and at the end okay
1:22:01 thank you thank you any other questions
1:22:04 from those in chambers
1:22:06 I'm not noting any other questions from
1:22:09 those attending remotely but I will give
1:22:11 you a few seconds to chime in okay no
1:22:19 additional questions thank you for the
1:22:21 presentation Lindsay and Kristen is
1:22:24 there a motion
1:22:27 this is council president hunt I'd like
1:22:30 to make a motion I moved to approve
1:22:36 resolution number 20 20-5 authorizing
1:22:42 the duly appointed administering agency
1:22:44 for arch to execute all documents knows
1:22:47 enter into agreements for the funding of
1:22:49 affordable housing projects as
1:22:51 recommended by the arch executive for
1:22:53 and utilizing funds from the city's
1:22:55 Housing Trust Fund is there a second
1:22:58 councilmember Goodman second it's been
1:23:04 moved and seconded is there any council
1:23:06 discussion
1:23:11 I'm just delaying a little bit to see if
1:23:14 there is any more comments from those
1:23:15 that are remote
1:23:17 this is council president hands I'd like
1:23:19 to make a comment
1:23:20 go ahead please I just wanted to express
1:23:25 my gratitude to Lindsay for presenting
1:23:27 all about the work of arch and I wanted
1:23:31 to thank arch for working on this
1:23:34 important issue and partnering with the
1:23:35 city and I also wanted to acknowledge
1:23:39 some of the comments that we've received
1:23:41 from the community in support of this
1:23:45 arch funding and the mayor also the
1:23:49 mayor also spoke to those comments as
1:23:50 well so we did receive correspondence in
1:23:53 support of this arch funding from Jen
1:23:57 Boone of imagine housing and signed on
1:24:01 by Ric Tony and Mitra Mohan Bessie also
1:24:05 have imagined housing and then
1:24:07 previously this topic had been scheduled
1:24:11 for a discussion at a work session and
1:24:12 at that time we also received comments
1:24:15 from two community members Steve Pereira
1:24:17 and Elizabeth Mopan both supportive of
1:24:21 arch and also supportive of finding more
1:24:24 ways to improve housing affordability
1:24:27 and Elizabeth no pen specifically
1:24:30 speaking to home ownership any
1:24:32 importance of that so I wanted to thank
1:24:36 arch and I'm supportive this evening of
1:24:39 this and I look forward to discussing
1:24:42 other ways that we can as a city support
1:24:44 affordability in the future including
1:24:47 the use of a portion of the Washington
1:24:49 sales tax which will be a future
1:24:51 discussion but I look forward to
1:24:54 supporting arch as well as finding other
1:24:56 ways we can support the needs of our
1:24:58 community for affordable housing
1:25:00 Thank You council president hunt are
1:25:03 there any other council members that
1:25:04 would like to make a comment not seeing
1:25:09 any in the room and not seeing any
1:25:13 remotely if there's no further
1:25:15 discussion the motion before the council
1:25:17 is to approve resolution number 20 20-5
1:25:20 authorizing the duly appointed
1:25:22 administering agency for art to execute
1:25:25 all documents necessary to enter into
1:25:27 agreements for the funding of affordable
1:25:29 housing projects as recommended by the
1:25:32 arch executive board utilizing funds
1:25:34 from the city's Housing Trust Fund the
1:25:37 city clerk will now proceed with a roll
1:25:39 call vote councilmember Goodman I I'm so
1:25:44 member Hall aye
1:25:47 council president hunt i councilmember
1:25:53 marks I the beauty council president ray
1:25:58 okay councilmember Walsh aye
1:26:03 councilmember Dee Michelle I seven eyes
1:26:07 zero nays thank you that passes
1:26:10 unanimously
1:26:11 Thank You Lindsey and Thank You Kristen
1:26:13 we're gonna move on to the next item
1:26:15 which is good of the order and I'm
1:26:18 looking to see if any council members in
1:26:20 attendance have anything for a good of
1:26:21 the order that's member Goodman followed
1:26:24 by councilmember gimmie shell
1:26:26 thank you madam mayor I just wanted to
1:26:30 acknowledge and that all of the hard
1:26:33 work that's been going on in front of
1:26:37 the scenes behind the scenes in light of
1:26:40 unprecedented times and I've just been
1:26:44 very impressed with the the city has not
1:26:47 only been responsive but very proactive
1:26:49 and I want to stay on the on the on
1:26:51 behalf of the community that I really
1:26:52 appreciate it and thank you very much
1:26:53 for everybody at the city who's working
1:26:55 very very hard Thank You councilmember
1:26:56 Goodman
1:26:57 councilmember de Michelle I was I simply
1:27:01 echo of customer Goodman's comments it's
1:27:04 been incredibly impressive to receive
1:27:08 almost constant communication and that
1:27:12 going out to the public and
1:27:14 people working overtime to help us
1:27:17 adjust to this new reality and I'm just
1:27:21 incredibly proud of our staff and all of
1:27:24 the hard work that they've been doing so
1:27:25 and many thinks anything's thank you
1:27:28 that's lovely councilmember they also
1:27:30 see a councilmember Hall would like to
1:27:32 make comment yes thank you this is Zach
1:27:35 Hall I have two things that I wanted to
1:27:38 mention tonight for good of the order
1:27:40 one on kovat 19 I would just wanted to
1:27:44 reiterate a few important points from
1:27:48 governor Inslee County Executive
1:27:50 Constantine's press conference this
1:27:51 morning that I thought were particularly
1:27:54 helpful commentary first and I thought
1:27:58 the governor said it best if you're
1:27:59 thinking about having a group of 49
1:28:01 people in the same room because it's
1:28:03 fewer than 50 think again and I'm very
1:28:07 happy that most people understand this
1:28:09 important point now it's not just about
1:28:12 even I getting sick it's about I love
1:28:16 the ones getting sick or those who are
1:28:17 greater risk getting sick and it's about
1:28:19 not overwhelming and stressing our
1:28:21 health care system or our waste
1:28:23 management services in the way I see it
1:28:26 because of this it's really our civic
1:28:29 responsibilities as a citizen of this
1:28:32 state as and our country to practice
1:28:36 social distancing to stay at home more
1:28:38 often than you usually would and in
1:28:40 binge watch whatever you're watching on
1:28:43 TV for as much as you can for the next
1:28:45 two weeks second I think executive
1:28:49 constantine said it best this time when
1:28:51 he said our resilience should be
1:28:53 measured by the takeout box and during
1:28:57 these two weeks of social distancing and
1:28:59 and self-quarantine
1:29:01 I want to urge everyone to patronize the
1:29:04 takeout and delivery options of our
1:29:06 local restaurants and coffee shops here
1:29:08 in Issaquah I just want to urge everyone
1:29:10 to do their best to support the people
1:29:12 who support so well
1:29:15 then ii completely unrelated i also
1:29:19 wanted to thank the students and staff
1:29:22 Gibson at high school I was actually
1:29:25 pleasantly surprised to discover I was
1:29:27 given a community member of the Month
1:29:29 award by them and it's really me who
1:29:31 should be thanking them the students of
1:29:33 Gibson eck have such great can-do
1:29:36 attitudes and they're so full of an
1:29:37 eagerness for hands-on learning and it's
1:29:39 just very refreshing so after this
1:29:42 period of social distancing and when
1:29:45 schools have been reopened I'd encourage
1:29:47 businesses and organizations with local
1:29:50 opportunities for student internships to
1:29:54 reach out to give sénèque high school to
1:29:55 see how you can contribute to their
1:29:57 learning because it's just great and
1:29:59 that ends my remarks Thank You
1:30:01 councilmember Hall council president
1:30:03 Hunton thank you
1:30:08 I wanted to let Council and the
1:30:11 community know that one of my goals is
1:30:15 to make sure that correspondence that is
1:30:18 received by City Council continues to be
1:30:20 responded to in a timely fashion and I
1:30:23 wanted to let you know that I'm working
1:30:25 with the communications department at
1:30:28 the city and with the administration of
1:30:30 the city to make sure that we are
1:30:31 consistent in our messaging this side
1:30:33 come up last time council met because
1:30:37 it's really important that we have the
1:30:39 most up-to-date information about Cova
1:30:41 19 in particular and about what we can
1:30:44 do to support the safety of our
1:30:47 community right now so I will be
1:30:49 consistently working with the
1:30:50 administration to make sure that we have
1:30:52 the most up-to-date and consistent
1:30:53 messaging for any correspondence to city
1:30:56 council around or related to copa90 nor
1:31:00 the city's response to COBIT 19 Thank
1:31:04 You council president is there anyone
1:31:05 else who would like to speak at good of
1:31:07 the order I wanted to add a few comments
1:31:11 a shout out to some of our staff that
1:31:14 have worked very hard on this and are
1:31:16 not in the room but apparently gust I
1:31:19 wanna I may now be a council member
1:31:21 since this picture
1:31:25 so yeah we will work on that and make
1:31:29 sure that it's you're able to tell who's
1:31:31 Council and who step but thank you Gus
1:31:33 and thank you John from IT you've been a
1:31:36 part of this meeting while the public
1:31:37 can't see it you've been very helpful in
1:31:39 helping us troubleshoot and also Tim and
1:31:42 Wes who from our communications group
1:31:44 were doing the video work tonight it was
1:31:46 very difficult to put all these pieces
1:31:48 together and the next council meeting
1:31:52 may be different a game I'm not sure
1:31:54 that we will be having any of the
1:31:57 council members or mayor having the
1:31:59 opportunity to be in the room even with
1:32:01 social distancing so I want to thank you
1:32:04 all also for helping upcoming council
1:32:08 meetings due to the public health
1:32:10 recommendations concerning community
1:32:12 gatherings the City Council Reglan
1:32:14 meetings will continue to be held but in
1:32:17 a modified format and maybe even a
1:32:19 different format than we did this
1:32:20 evening if we need to a special meeting
1:32:23 may be scheduled April 6 is the next
1:32:26 regular City Council meeting at 7:00
1:32:28 p.m. and all other public meetings are
1:32:30 canceled for the foreseeable future
1:32:32 there is no executive session this
1:32:34 evening and we have thanks to all we are
1:32:37 adjourned
1:32:38 at 8:35

Attendance

Council / Members (7)
Barbara de Michele (In Person)
Stacy Goodman (In Person)
Zach Hall
Victoria Hunt
Tola Marts
Chris Reh
Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (2)

Approve Resolution No. 2020-05, authorizing the duly-appointed administering agency for ARCH to execute all documents necessary to enter into agreements for the funding of affordable housing projects, as recommended by the ARCH Executive Board, utilizing funds from the City’s Housing Trust Fund. .
Moved by HUNT · seconded by GOODMAN
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele (In Person), Stacy Goodman (In Person), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 0539 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Mar. 16, 2020, $2,890,464.81; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, March 2, 2020; Approved. c) AB 7768 - Grants for Lower Issaquah Creek Stream and Riparian Habitat Enhancement Project - King Count…
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele (In Person), Stacy Goodman (In Person), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh