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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

7:00 PM · 1h 3m
Topic tracked across meetings:
ArtsWA Creative Districts Capital Project Pilot Program Grant AB 8021 1/2
Section
Topic
1. CALL TO ORDER
1a
First for Roll Call Vote: Councilmember Walsh
6. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES
6a
Mobility Master Plan ID 0750
packet pp.5–250
Topics: Transportation
Staff report:
B. Mobility Master Plan C. MMP Appendices D. Table Feedback and Edits E. Table of Existing and Proposed Policies F. Transportation Advisory Board Letter of Support G. SEPA Checklist and Determination of Non-Significance
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
7a
Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Aug. 17 & Sept. 8, 2020, $14,034,897.39 ID 0674
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.251–294
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
7b
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, July 20, 2020
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.295–299
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 07-20-20 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
7c
Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, July 27, 2020
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.301–302
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR c) 07-27-20 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
7f
Minutes: City Council Study Session, Aug. 11, 2020
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.311–312
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR f) 08-11-20 Council Study Session Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Council Study Session 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting August 11, 2020 MINUTES
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
7g
Minutes: City Council Study Session, Aug. 25, 2020
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.313–316
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR g) 08-25-20 Council Study Session Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
7h
Amendments to IMC 13.70.040, Sewer Rates to Adopt King County Charge AB 7986
Carried 7-0
Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.317–333
Topics: Land UseWater
Staff report:
On May 26. 2020, the Metropolitan King County Council passed Ordinance 19106 (Exhibit B), setting sewer rates for 2021. In accordance with long term agreements for sewage disposal, King County (as successor to METRO) provides wastewater treatment and disposal service to cities and special utility districts, including Issaquah. The fees for such service are set and approved by King County, as reviewed and recommended by the Metropolitan Wastewater Pollution Abatement Advisory Committee (MWPAAC). The King County fees were last increased in 2019.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
7i
Tibbetts Crossing Recreational Trail Location (East-West) and Easement AB 8008
Carried 7-0
Approve; Authorize · packet pp.335–348
Topics: Parks
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR i) CITY COUNCIL NEW AGENDA BILL AB 8008 - City Council Regular Meeting - 08 Sep 2020 Consent Calendar
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
7j
2021 School Impact Fee Update AB 8010
Carried 7-0
Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.349–374
Topics: Land UseBudgetSchools
Staff report:
The Issaquah City Council adopted a School
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
7k
First Amendment to the WRIA 8 Interlocal Agreement AB 8012
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.375–379
Staff report:
The WRIA 8 ILA was first executed in 2001 in response to the 1999 listing of Puget Sound Chinook Salmon as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. To address the listing, WRIA 8 entities, which included both King and Snohomish Counties and cities within the WRIA 8 watershed, created the Salmon Recovery Council via the ILA to develop and implement the Chinook Salmon Conservation Plan (Plan). The goal of the Plan was to develop salmon recovery strategies including improving watershed health and to provide funding and implementation of various recovery activities and projects. The Plan was first ratified in 2006. To implement the Plan, the ILA was extended from 2007-2015. In 2016, the Plan was extended for another 10 years from 2016-2025 (see Interlocal Agreement).
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
7l
Amendment to 2020 Comprehensive Plan Docket re: Master Mobility Plan AB 8017
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.381–384
Topics: Land UseTransportation
Staff report:
Parcel 2724069056, the western parcel of the proposed CenturyLink site, was inadvertently omitted from the original Docket and needs to be included to be redesignated and rezoned. If not included on the Docket, this site will not be able to be reconsidered for redesignation and rezone until the end of 2021.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
7m
ArtsWA Creative Districts Capital Project Pilot Program Grant AB 8021
Carried 7-0
Authorize Submittal · packet pp.385–386
Staff report:
The purpose of the Creative Districts Capital Project Pilot Program is to enable Washington State’s eight certified Creative District communities to make small-scale capital investments within the boundaries of their Districts. These projects will better enable Districts to add community visibility, draw tourists, and bring in new activity and revenues. Projects include, but are not limited to, ready-to-go investments in wayfinding, lighting, signage, frontage improvements, electronic reader- board renovations, pathway connections, and more, all of which can be completed by June 30, 2021.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
7n
Amendment of the WA Dept. of Ecology Pollution Prevention Assistance Program Grant) Agreement AB 8023
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.387–391
Topics: Critical Areas
Staff report:
The Washington State Dept. of Ecology (Ecology) works in partnership with local governments in Puget Sound to reduce or eliminate hazardous waste and pollutants at businesses from entering stormwater, groundwater, and the sanitary sewer. Ecology currently provides inter-agency PPA agreements to a total of 22 local governments to fund staff who conduct technical assistance, site visits, education, outreach, reporting, and other tasks with the objective of reducing sources of pollutants.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
9. GOOD OF THE ORDER
9a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:01 good evening and welcome everyone i'm
0:03 calling the september 8th city council
0:05 meeting to order
0:06 uh this is a remote meeting this evening
0:09 so before we move on to tonight's agenda
0:12 i'd like to acknowledge
0:13 our remote meeting format on march 6th i
0:16 issued an emergency proclamation
0:17 declaring a civil emergency in the city
0:20 due to the covet 19 outbreak
0:22 on the 24th of march the governor issued
0:24 proclamation 20-28
0:27 prohibiting meetings that fall under the
0:28 open public meetings act such as our
0:30 city council meetings
0:32 from being conducted in person this
0:34 prohibition has been extended through
0:36 october 1st
0:37 tonight's meeting will be held entirely
0:39 remotely
0:40 the meeting will be recorded streamed
0:42 live and available for later viewing on
0:44 the city's youtube channel
0:45 a call-in number was provided on the
0:48 meeting agenda for members of the public
0:50 who wish to call in by phone to listen
0:51 live to the meeting or to make comments
0:54 and for those members of the public on
0:56 the call welcome connie for those of you
0:58 who submitted the online form to make
1:00 comments your name will be called under
1:02 the audience comment portion of the
1:03 meeting
1:04 if there is any if there is anyone
1:08 on the call who did not sign up and i
1:10 see some more people have
1:11 shown up but would like to make comments
1:13 tonight please pass star 3 on your phone
1:15 and we will add you to the speakers plus
1:18 at this point we'll take a moment to do
1:19 our roll call
1:20 of council members in attendance so
1:22 please stay here when i call your name
1:24 councilmember d michelle here council
1:27 member goodman
1:28 here council member hall here
1:31 council president hunt here council
1:35 member mart
1:36 here deputy council president ray here
1:40 and council member walsh here are all
1:43 seven council members here this evening
1:45 we also have some city staff with us
1:47 tonight including city administrator
1:48 wally bobquest deputy city administrator
1:50 andrea schneider
1:52 city transportation planner stephen
1:54 padua and city attorney
1:56 jim haney deputy city clerk fisher
2:00 bishop geezer um there may also be some
2:02 other city staff in attendance
2:04 so for our meeting this evening i'd like
2:06 to reiterate a few guidelines
2:08 for all meeting attendees please speak
2:10 clearly and pause frequently
2:12 state your name each time before
2:14 speaking mute your microphone when not
2:16 speaking and if you are also streaming
2:18 the live video feed please turn the
2:20 sound off as there is a delay
2:22 for council members please continue to
2:24 use the chat to indicate when you would
2:25 wish to speak and please identify
2:27 yourself before you ask the question
2:29 make a motion second emotion or
2:32 participate in debate
2:34 so the next item on the agenda this
2:36 evening is the pledge of allegiance and
2:37 if i could get you all to
2:39 mute your microphones i welcome you to
2:41 join in with me on the pledge of
2:42 allegiance
2:44 i pledge allegiance to the flag of the
2:46 united states of america
2:48 and to the republic for which it stands
2:50 one nation
2:51 under god indivisible with liberty and
2:54 justice for all
2:56 thank you the next item on the agenda is
2:58 audience comment
2:59 and i know we have at least one person
3:01 signed up
3:04 so uh city clerk who is our first guest
3:07 tonight
3:09 uh our first guest tonight is david
3:12 kepler
3:15 dave i will unmute you now
3:18 hold on just a moment here um while
3:21 you're doing that
3:22 i will make some i realize i did not
3:25 go through the guidelines i'll go
3:27 through the guidelines before we bring
3:28 mr kaplan
3:30 um please make sure to direct your
3:31 comments to the whole council and not
3:33 individuals
3:34 and while this is not a question and
3:35 answer session we will contact you to
3:38 follow up if needed
3:39 when recognized please unmute your
3:41 microphone star six may be an option for
3:43 that
3:43 on your phone and state your name
3:45 address and relationship to the city
3:47 speak clearly and pause frequently limit
3:50 your comments to five minutes and
3:51 re-mute your microphone when done
3:54 if you do not respond after your name or
3:56 phone number is called or if your
3:57 connection is lost unexpectedly the
3:59 meeting will need to proceed
4:00 and you are encouraged to rejoin the
4:02 meeting of fable
4:03 again for those who have joined us
4:05 tonight and would like to speak but did
4:06 not sign up in advance please press star
4:09 on your phone we'll call the first six
4:11 digits of your phone number when it's
4:12 your turn
4:13 to make comments um personal attacks
4:16 obscene language derogatory remarks and
4:18 disruptive behavior will not be
4:20 permitted and if someone is out of order
4:23 i will ask them to stop and mute their
4:25 microphone if they do not comply i may
4:27 direct staff to mute their microphone
4:28 and if the description
4:30 continues the meeting and
4:33 the meeting order could not be restored
4:34 i may direct the staff to remove you
4:36 from the call
4:37 citizen comments written in verbal are
4:39 important aspect of the public process
4:41 and the city takes comments seriously we
4:43 thank you for taking the
4:44 time to come and address us tonight now
4:46 we can start with mr kapler
4:50 hello is this working out right it
4:52 sounds great dave
4:55 great this is my first time to call into
4:57 a city council meeting so thank you
4:59 uh two items the the tibbetts crossing
5:02 the issue here is that the plat is fine
5:05 and that and they're
5:06 doing a good work on the the trail
5:08 system there
5:09 i just wanted to call attention to the
5:11 city to the
5:12 the trail that's been in the works um
5:15 slowly
5:16 for almost 40 years there were two
5:18 trails proposed almost 40 years ago one
5:20 was the lakes the mamas trail
5:21 which eastlake's miami's trail which had
5:23 the advantage of a railroad grade
5:25 the other one was the cedar river lake
5:28 samamish trail
5:29 and little pieces of this ladder trail
5:32 the
5:32 lake samamish cedar river trail have
5:35 been acquired
5:36 we have a little bit more of it being
5:38 acquired through this plant
5:39 but i'd like the city to to think about
5:42 that a little more aggressively perhaps
5:44 and see if we can
5:45 get some connections there we're not
5:46 going to get to the cedar river very
5:48 soon
5:48 but if we can get the central area and
5:51 in issaquah
5:52 or even from talus and connect to
5:56 the um squawk mountain the great palace
5:59 the open space
6:00 and then all of the county and state
6:03 open space on talos
6:04 on squawk mountain so um let's um
6:08 think a little bit more about those
6:09 connections there they'd be a great
6:11 service to
6:12 our population especially future
6:14 population in the central issequal
6:16 planning area
6:18 the um want to complement the city on
6:20 their work so far on the newport slide
6:22 kind of interesting you got the federal
6:24 money state involved
6:26 and you have um two different
6:28 jurisdictions covering the
6:30 the ground that slide is on was part of
6:33 it being an unincorporated king county
6:35 with the county and
6:36 part of it being on incorporated city
6:39 issaquah
6:40 and looks like everybody's working
6:42 together i think we have an opportunity
6:46 reroute some trails come up with some
6:48 new trails and do some better things
6:50 in that general area as we pursue um
6:53 this uh solving the the slide problem i
6:56 just see is a great step um
6:58 to uh to get into some other needed
7:01 improvements in that area that we are
7:04 certainly able
7:05 to pull off as the quad does great work
7:07 on the trail and park issues and
7:09 king county is a great partner as well
7:11 thank you
7:13 thank you david i just want to let you
7:14 know your correspondence with graphics
7:16 was also received by council this
7:18 afternoon by email thank you very much
7:19 for that
7:20 city clerk next up on our list
7:24 next we have connie marsh and i
7:28 have unmuted you connie go ahead
7:31 okay i'm assuming you can hear me yes we
7:34 can
7:37 so yeah you know i'm going to bounce off
7:39 dave
7:40 oh connie marsh i live on squawk
7:42 mountain
7:44 i am going to bounce off dave just for a
7:47 minute about the tibbetts trail
7:49 thing that went to river and streams
7:53 board
7:54 and there were comments made and changes
7:57 were
7:58 made in order to accommodate river and
8:01 streams
8:01 board's comments for example the trail
8:05 ends up in the uh outer part of the
8:07 buffer
8:08 which i personally think is just code
8:10 but
8:13 one thing that is not clear to me for
8:15 that is who
8:16 is responsible for maintaining the trail
8:19 this was another conversation at the
8:21 board
8:23 who who's responsible for the replanting
8:26 and the maintenance
8:28 of all of this and who's funding it if
8:32 it's
8:32 a public uh responsibility
8:35 and maybe it's in the fine print there i
8:37 must admit i didn't read all of the fine
8:40 print so most of my weekend has been
8:43 about
8:44 systems right because interestingly this
8:48 master mobility plan
8:50 and the environmental board
8:53 to me are about systems we have these
8:57 overlays in our town where we are
8:59 looking at the environment and we're
9:01 looking at transportation
9:03 and they basically have fingers all
9:05 through town
9:06 and what we don't have is we don't have
9:09 elegant and functioning systems
9:12 that provide the interconnection between
9:15 public and private and community
9:19 and staff to make sure that all of the
9:22 voices are heard and that we get a
9:24 quality product in the end so when i
9:28 read the update on the master mobility
9:30 plan
9:32 you know it's it's like the system is
9:35 the same i sent an email and i got the
9:37 email back saying well the system is the
9:39 same
9:40 basic has been we have
9:44 these new maybe you'd call them
9:47 priorities that things are going to
9:48 funnel through and that might change the
9:51 standards
9:52 but it's not necessarily going to change
9:55 the system by which transportation
9:58 projects flow through public
10:01 and private so without that
10:05 change we're going to end up with the
10:07 same ungainly process that we had along
10:09 newport way
10:11 and a newport way has been a total pain
10:14 for people who have lived there for
10:16 years and years now
10:18 and an ungainly mess between public
10:21 and private and so we all know that the
10:24 city has a list of
10:26 all of the people who are interested in
10:29 newport whey
10:30 yet when a product comes up project
10:33 comes up
10:35 they aren't sent an email
10:38 asking them what they think or getting
10:41 input on that
10:42 in advance for scoping and um
10:47 it seems like the city is continuing
10:51 a system that leaves the community out
10:53 of the process
10:55 and it puzzles me because the council
10:58 talks about
11:00 the community a lot and engaging the
11:02 community
11:03 and so why
11:06 why don't we have a system
11:10 that works and this is for the
11:12 environment this is for transportation
11:14 this is for parks this is for a broad
11:17 spectrum of our issues and so
11:21 i guess that to me has been not to crack
11:24 because if we can crack that nut we can
11:26 solve the problems that we have with
11:28 each of those topics of conversation
11:31 so i i don't know if that rings a bell
11:35 with any of your brains
11:37 but um i think that's our basic
11:41 problem there and we won't make progress
11:43 until we solve it
11:44 so anyway thank you enjoy the smokiness
11:47 and
11:48 i will see you and talk to you all soon
11:50 bye
11:52 thank you connie and tisha do we have
11:54 anyone else signed up to speak this
11:55 evening
11:58 no one else has signed to speak and i
12:00 don't see any other members of the
12:02 public
12:02 on the line at this time okay thank you
12:06 um on both of our speakers this evening
12:08 we're talking about
12:10 um a bit about newport and some trail
12:13 work
12:13 on down at tibbetts crossing but also
12:16 about the systems and processes we use
12:18 to engage the public
12:20 in our the community work that we do
12:23 thank you both for coming in this
12:25 evening
12:26 as a reminder written comments could
12:28 always be submitted to your city council
12:30 at any time at city council at
12:32 issaquah.gov
12:33 and in addition comments received by
12:36 email
12:37 on any of tonight's agenda topics will
12:39 be acknowledged by the council president
12:42 under the relevant agenda item so the
12:45 next item of business
12:46 is committee regional reports and we
12:48 will start with council member hall
12:54 uh thank you mayor paulie i have no
12:56 report at this time
12:57 thank you councilmember d michelle
13:04 there we go this is council member d
13:07 michelle
13:08 um i have three reports tonight uh the
13:10 first one
13:11 is i met with the healthier here board
13:14 of governors on august 6th and september
13:17 the third
13:19 there are many many projects happening
13:21 but for the sake of time i'm going to
13:23 highlight
13:24 only one of those uh the community
13:27 information exchanges
13:29 this is a project which was postponed
13:31 due to covet but is now moving forward
13:34 the community information exchanges or
13:37 cies
13:38 seek to de-silo physical and mental
13:41 health care
13:42 and provide safe and secure platforms so
13:44 physicians
13:45 and counselors could share information
13:48 and this project has the potential to
13:49 revolutionize medical and mental health
13:51 service delivery
13:53 our region is one of only two pilot
13:55 programs in the united states which is
13:58 authorized by the federal government
14:00 and healthier here is in the process of
14:02 forming a cie community advisory group
14:05 and because of the kovid situation they
14:08 are also applying for a one-year
14:10 extension which
14:11 uh they i they think is probably very
14:14 favorably going to happen
14:16 so this is a very important fact
14:20 factor of moving forward on this
14:22 particular project so
14:24 very happy to be able to announce that
14:26 the next meeting of healthier here is
14:28 scheduled for october 1st
14:30 then i met with the eastside
14:31 transportation program and the combined
14:33 regional transportation groups on august
14:36 7th
14:37 and as of that date metro had returned
14:39 to 62
14:40 of its useful service from a low of 20
14:43 percent
14:44 after the governor's proclamation metro
14:47 expects to be back to 85 percent of
14:49 regular service the third week of
14:51 september when there is a scheduled
14:53 service change
14:54 uh the barriers to full restoration of
14:57 service include
14:58 social distancing requirements a massive
15:00 loss of revenue since the shutdown
15:03 and the impacts of telecommuting and
15:06 because
15:06 issaquah is one of the areas where
15:08 service has been most
15:09 impacted due to increased telecommuting
15:12 i was heartened to hear that metro has
15:14 been conducting extensive discussions
15:16 with area employers to gauge how many
15:19 employees will be returning to work
15:20 sites
15:21 when we enter phase three they are also
15:24 trying to gauge the flow of riders
15:26 during the work week
15:27 and how that might impact the number of
15:29 buses and metro drivers needed each day
15:32 it's a huge logistics puzzle that
15:34 they're working on
15:36 there's some other big news from metro
15:38 and that is that there is a new interim
15:40 general manager
15:42 terry white started with metro nearly 30
15:44 years ago as a dispatcher
15:46 and has been second in command at the
15:48 agency for the past four years
15:50 and mr white is assuming his new
15:52 position following the resignation of
15:54 rob
15:54 gannon who is moving to his hometown of
15:56 missoula montana to lead the transit
15:59 agency there
16:00 and the next meeting of etp is in the
16:03 combined
16:04 transportation groups is on september
16:06 15th
16:08 and then finally i met with eastside
16:10 human services forum on august 26th
16:13 in a joint meeting with the association
16:14 of eastside agencies for a community
16:17 meeting focused on
16:18 human services legislative priorities
16:21 82 agency representatives attended
16:24 and i will continue to work with the
16:26 eastside human services forum
16:28 legislative committee
16:29 to refine east side human services goals
16:32 before the beginning of the legislative
16:34 session
16:35 and our next meeting of the east side
16:37 human services forum board of directors
16:39 is september
16:40 17th and that completes my reports
16:44 thank you thank you councilmember d
16:46 michelle councilmember walsh
16:49 thank you this is councilmember walsh um
16:52 the
16:52 last friday in august i met with the
16:55 chamber of commerce to brief them on the
16:59 budget um primarily the what our
17:02 baseline budget
17:03 looked like going into this let them
17:06 know about the schedule
17:08 and brief them on a few of the bills
17:10 coming up including
17:11 well at the time it was a bill master
17:13 mobility plan
17:15 and the some of the other things that
17:18 might be
17:19 interesting to businesses and so i think
17:22 they're
17:23 they're very interested in seeing our
17:25 budget they were very appreciative
17:28 that we have been fiscally
17:31 responsible um as they said and that we
17:34 have
17:34 a good general fund so they were very
17:37 very much praising us for that
17:38 um going forward uh i will be
17:42 attending the thursday the business
17:44 summit of
17:45 several chambers um seeing what i can
17:47 hear about that
17:48 and then the puget sound regional
17:51 council economic development district
17:53 board
17:54 uh meets every three months and so the
17:56 next meeting of that
17:58 is supposed to be october 7th and we
18:00 have not received an agenda yet
18:02 that concludes my report thank you
18:04 councilmember welsh
18:05 councilmember goodman uh thank you madam
18:08 mayor councilmember goodman here
18:10 um the lodging tax advisory
18:13 committee met on august 12th
18:16 and the committee unanimously
18:20 approved the following from its budget
18:24 100 thousand dollars for direct business
18:26 support
18:27 fifty thousand dollars of that uh to be
18:31 requested in applications uh now and
18:34 i'll talk about that in a moment and
18:35 then fifty thousand dollars for
18:37 next march 125 thousand dollars for
18:41 promotion and visitor attraction
18:42 services for
18:44 2021 which would not be limited to visit
18:47 issaquah
18:48 and 125 000 to be retained in the fund
18:51 balance for 2022 and beyond
18:54 on september 1st the committee met again
18:58 we provided feedback on the applications
19:01 and review
19:02 process regarding the direct business
19:04 support
19:05 and the committee will review the
19:08 applications
19:09 for recommendation to the full council
19:11 in early october
19:13 the applications are posted
19:17 sorry the announcement for applications
19:19 as posted on the city's website
19:22 and the deadline for those is october
19:25 5th the east side fire and rescue board
19:28 of directors will meet this thursday
19:30 at 4 p.m at headquarters and
19:33 the topical items on the agenda are
19:37 budget and the um
19:40 the new nonprofit formation
19:44 proposal that we will continue to talk
19:46 about it's my understanding also that
19:48 um chief clark will be coming to a
19:52 council meeting toward the end of the
19:53 month
19:54 to talk about that proposed budget for
19:56 next year
19:57 and that concludes my report thank you
19:59 thank you councilmember goodman
20:01 councilmember mertz thank you madam
20:04 mayor this is councilmember martz um
20:06 sound cities association public issues
20:08 committee will be meeting
20:09 tomorrow at 7 p.m in cyberspace
20:12 uh on the agenda is the 2021
20:16 sca legislative agenda as potential
20:19 future action i'll be coming back to
20:21 talk to council about that
20:23 uh there'll be a general discussion on
20:25 affordable housing and a general
20:27 discussion
20:28 on the vision 2050 plan update
20:31 additionally the puget sound regional
20:33 council growth management policy board
20:35 will be meeting thursday september 17th
20:38 from 10 am until noon
20:40 also in cyberspace and i do not have an
20:42 agenda for that yet
20:43 this concludes my report thank you
20:45 councilmember marth
20:46 deputy council president ray thank you
20:49 mayor paulie this is chris wray i have
20:51 no report this evening
20:53 thank you council president hunt
20:57 thank you this is council president hunt
21:00 i have two reports this evening
21:02 the first one is um regarding the
21:04 kokanee
21:05 interlocal agreement management
21:06 committee copney are a
21:08 very endangered type of local salmon
21:11 and at this management committee meeting
21:15 reviewed the work plan for 2021 and the
21:18 budget and the cost share
21:19 and the action that we took was to
21:22 approve the budget and the cost share
21:24 but then for we also
21:27 chose a option to not include a
21:30 inflationary increase for 2021
21:33 um and so issaquah's cost share is
21:36 30 945
21:40 for 2021 and so that will not include
21:43 a inflationary increase and this is in
21:46 line with
21:47 what we've been requesting other
21:49 partners considered
21:50 given the given the city's financial
21:54 situation and given
21:55 that current economy um so that work
21:59 will continue
22:00 for the kokanee work group and they have
22:02 a lot of exciting
22:04 studies and information about the work
22:06 that they're doing but
22:07 it's all about conservation of kokanee
22:09 in the next few years
22:11 and then i and that committee does not
22:14 have a
22:14 future planned meeting my second report
22:18 is for the
22:19 housing stability ad hoc which is a ad
22:21 hoc
22:22 committee formed of three council
22:24 members to
22:25 look more at the eviction local defense
22:29 against eviction
22:30 as well as other potential housing
22:31 stability and between
22:33 august 25th and today the council
22:36 the ad hoc committee went focused on
22:41 doing outreach and researching more
22:44 mediation
22:44 or the meet and confer process and how
22:47 that might be included into a local
22:49 defense against eviction
22:51 on september 2nd the
22:55 ad-hoc committee met with the
22:56 administration and met with the city
22:58 attorney
22:58 jim haney and then following that we
23:01 provided our thoughts on an annotated we
23:04 annotated a version of the
23:05 meeting minutes from the august 25th
23:07 meeting to fill in some of
23:09 our comments on different things that
23:12 were not
23:13 completely fleshed out during the august
23:15 25th meeting
23:16 so for instance we considered and it
23:19 seems that council
23:21 was interested in adding whereas causes
23:24 to the wording to um
23:27 to give more context about both the
23:30 effects on tenants and landlords and so
23:32 we provided some of that
23:33 wording and additional recommendations
23:35 for drafting and this will all come back
23:37 to council at the next study session on
23:39 september 15th
23:41 uh in addition to this we did outreach
23:44 for a number to a number of individuals
23:46 and housing organizations to get
23:48 feedback on the mediation
23:50 idea that includes the rental housing
23:52 association of washington
23:55 arch imagine housing and then also
23:58 multiple individuals at
24:00 the east side legal assistance program
24:02 the executive director as well as a
24:04 member of their board
24:06 and um further we've received new
24:08 information from
24:09 our the city's lobbyist shelly helder
24:12 regarding
24:13 a process that will be a meet-and-confer
24:17 process for multiple counties and so i
24:19 forwarded that to the full council and
24:22 generally to summarize those
24:24 conversations generally the individuals
24:26 we spoke with did not have a concern
24:27 about including
24:28 something like mediation although they a
24:31 number of them stress that they use
24:32 other things like negotiation and less
24:36 formal than mediation and that that
24:37 should be an option as well
24:42 and then our recommendation from that is
24:44 that the ordinance should be compliant
24:45 with the meet and confer process but
24:47 should include that mediation
24:49 and um this concludes the work of the ad
24:52 hoc committee the housing
24:54 stability ad hoc committee we were
24:56 tasked with returning to the full
24:57 council honor before september 9
24:59 2020 and that concludes my report
25:02 thank you council president hunt the
25:04 next thing on the agenda
25:06 this evening is the mayor's report first
25:08 up there will not be an executive
25:10 session this evening
25:11 and september is a month where we
25:14 usually have a proclamation or two so i
25:16 have several that i will be reading into
25:18 the record
25:19 of this evening the first one is for
25:20 national recovery month
25:22 whereas behavioral health is an
25:24 essential part of health and one's
25:26 overall wellness
25:27 and whereas prevention of mental and or
25:30 substance use disorders works
25:32 treatment is effective and people and
25:35 people's recovery is possible
25:37 and whereas recovery is a process and
25:39 that people
25:40 recover in our local area and around the
25:42 nation and whereas we must encourage
25:45 relatives and friends of people with
25:46 mental and or substance use disorders
25:49 to implement preventative measures
25:51 recognize the signs of a problem and
25:53 guide those in need to appropriate
25:55 treatment
25:56 and recovery support services i call
25:58 upon community members to join me in
26:00 observing this month the month of
26:01 september 2020
26:03 with appropriate programs activities and
26:06 ceremonies supporting this year's
26:07 recovery month this is
26:10 also suicide prevention month
26:13 whereas suicidal thoughts can affect
26:15 anyone regardless of age gender
26:17 race orientation income level religion
26:21 or background
26:22 and whereas according to the cdc the
26:24 age-adjusted suicide rate in the u.s
26:27 increased by 33 from 1999
26:30 through 2017 and 47
26:34 173 people died by suicide in 2019
26:38 and whereas mental health is as
26:40 important as physical health and many
26:42 people are experiencing increased
26:44 anxiety
26:45 and depression during the coronavirus
26:47 epidemic and whereas
26:49 every member of our community should
26:50 understand that throughout life
26:52 struggles we all need the occasional
26:54 reminder
26:55 that we are all silently fighting our
26:57 own battles i urge all community members
26:59 to join me in raising awareness
27:01 to prevent suicide in our community
27:05 the third the third of fourth
27:08 is uh child cancer awareness month uh
27:11 which is also september
27:13 whereas pediatric cancer is the leading
27:15 cause of death by disease in children
27:17 and whereas one in 285 children in the
27:20 united states
27:21 will be diagnosed by their 20th birthday
27:24 and whereas
27:25 80 of childhood cancer cases are
27:27 diagnosed only after the disease has
27:29 metastasized
27:30 and spread to other parts of the body
27:32 and whereas
27:34 two-thirds of childhood cancer patients
27:36 will have long-lasting chronic
27:38 conditions
27:39 as a result of the treatment they go
27:40 through and whereas there has been
27:43 a 24 increase in pediatric cancer
27:46 cases over the last 40 years equal to 43
27:49 children per day
27:50 or 15 780 children a year
27:54 diagnosed with cancer in the united
27:55 states i encourage all community members
27:58 to join in the activities that will
27:59 increase awareness
28:00 and prevent childhood cancer
28:04 and welcoming week also occurs in
28:06 september from september 18th
28:07 to 27th and whereas the east side cities
28:10 of bellevue
28:11 issaquah kirkland redmond and sammamish
28:13 have jointly celebrated east side
28:15 welcoming
28:16 league for the past four years and
28:18 whereas these cities recognize the
28:19 importance of ensuring that all
28:21 residents feel safe
28:22 secure and welcome and whereas east
28:24 county east king county is one of the
28:26 most
28:27 racially and ethnically diverse regions
28:29 in washington state
28:31 and whereas realizing our vision for a
28:33 welcoming community requires
28:35 actively addressing the lived
28:37 experiences of those in our community
28:39 who do not feel welcome safe valued or
28:42 included
28:43 and whereas recent events have
28:44 highlighted the historic and current
28:46 impacts of individual
28:48 institutional and systemic racism that
28:50 result in harmful
28:52 disparities in education employment
28:55 income
28:56 housing criminal justice and quality of
28:59 life as well as a sense of belonging
29:01 and whereas our community like others
29:03 across the nation
29:04 has structured systems and policies that
29:07 contribute to injustice
29:09 racial inequality and discriminatory
29:11 treatment against residents
29:14 who were born in another country are
29:17 black
29:18 indigenous other people of color lgbtq
29:22 and other identities and whereas to
29:24 capitalize on diversity as an asset
29:27 our community must strive to create a
29:29 cultural a culture and policies
29:31 that ensure that everyone can belong and
29:34 thrive by addressing disparities
29:36 countering hate understanding history
29:38 and helping neighbors come together
29:40 the city of issaquah is partnering with
29:42 a number of local organizations to
29:44 celebrate welcoming week from september
29:46 12th to 20th
29:47 activities include community photo
29:49 submissions
29:50 cultural panels a family story stroll
29:54 and virtual dance and music watch party
29:56 for details
29:57 go to issaquahwa.gov welcomingweek
30:01 i invite the community to engage in
30:02 opportunities during eastside welcoming
30:04 week and beyond
30:05 to learn to connect across differences
30:08 to take joint action to achieve a
30:10 welcoming
30:11 equitable and inclusive community and
30:13 reaffirm their commitment to continue to
30:15 examine
30:16 and adopt programs policies and
30:18 practices that improve our efforts
30:20 towards achieving equity for all
30:22 now and in the future that is the last
30:26 proclamation for this evening i do want
30:28 to just add a little note of explanation
30:30 that
30:31 many of our partner organizations
30:33 request
30:34 these proclamations just to make sure
30:36 that the council in the community
30:38 is aware of these important activities
30:39 that are going on the days or weeks that
30:42 they are celebrated or the months
30:43 that they are recognized so thank you
30:47 for that the last item i had this
30:49 evening is
30:49 on the environmental board and i want to
30:51 provide a brief update
30:53 on its formation following the august
30:55 13th planning policy commission meeting
30:58 the administration received several
30:59 comments and suggestions from both
31:01 commissioners and members of the public
31:02 for further details on the formation of
31:04 the board
31:05 the commission moved to continue
31:06 discussion to allow time for revisions
31:09 and additional information to be
31:10 presented at a later meeting
31:12 the administration is working to
31:13 integrate comments received from the
31:15 city council
31:16 planning policy commission and the
31:17 public including revisions to the
31:19 ordinance objective
31:21 and several of the duties and
31:22 responsibilities we are also working on
31:24 a draft environmental checklist and a
31:26 process for community review
31:28 projects there will be a new public
31:30 hearing on the creation of the board at
31:31 the planning policy commission meeting
31:33 on september 24th
31:35 and then the ordinance will come to
31:36 council for action on october 5th
31:38 there is a lot of opportunity for this
31:40 board to help shape the policies plans
31:42 and regulations that guide the city's
31:44 work
31:44 and its impact on our climate
31:46 environment and future
31:47 the city has prioritized taking time to
31:49 work with the community including
31:51 residents commissions and council to
31:53 create a board that will help ensure the
31:54 protection
31:55 of our environment here in issaquah and
31:58 that concludes the mayor's report
32:01 the next item on our agenda this evening
32:04 is informational updates
32:06 uh id0750 mobility master plan and this
32:10 item was last before council at the july
32:13 council study session and i'd like to
32:15 ask senior transportation planner
32:17 stephen padua to present this item
32:26 stephen
32:44 stephen this is tisha i'm not able to
32:47 hear you
32:47 is anyone else having that issue
32:50 yep same issue yes okay yes
32:57 no we can't hear you now
33:02 how about now yes okay
33:07 all right thank you madam mayor members
33:09 city council good evening
33:11 the purpose of tonight's update is
33:13 provide a brief summary of the mobility
33:14 match plan final draft
33:16 next slide please and to cover what
33:18 implementation is expected to look like
33:21 next year
33:21 when we potentially move to incorporate
33:23 the master plan into
33:25 the capital improvement plan next slide
33:28 please
33:29 just as a quick reminder the master plan
33:31 was originally discussed back in 2015
33:34 as part of the city council goals which
33:36 resulted in adding the task
33:38 to the comprehensive plan city council
33:41 then budgeted for the master plan and
33:42 formalized the transportation advisory
33:44 board
33:44 with the intention of using this board
33:46 to support the development
33:48 and implementation of the master plan
33:50 the city then recruited for the board
33:52 hired additional staff and contracted
33:54 with a professional planning consultant
33:56 to help us get to where we're at today
33:59 as part of the consent agenda for
34:00 tonight's meeting
34:02 the the administration is proposing to
34:04 add the mobility match plan to the
34:05 comprehensive
34:06 plan docket so that the master plan can
34:08 be fully adopted
34:09 as the transportation element at the end
34:11 of this year
34:13 prior to tonight's meeting city council
34:14 last discussed the match plan at the
34:16 july 28 study session
34:17 where staff received several comments
34:19 and edits next slide please
34:25 the plan that was provided for tonight's
34:27 meeting is a revised version
34:28 that incorporates feedback from the city
34:31 council
34:32 the transportation advisory board and
34:34 staff since the planned draft was
34:36 publicly released in july i'm not going
34:38 to go through all the edits but i'll
34:40 highlight the major changes that were
34:41 made since then
34:42 a full list of the revisions can be
34:44 found in the attachment to you for
34:45 tonight's update
34:47 one of the bigger revision staff
34:48 completed was a reworked section for
34:50 climate change to identify
34:51 transportation's larger role
34:53 in meeting our goals to reduce
34:55 greenhouse gas emissions
34:57 project team also landed language
35:00 related to the coordination with school
35:01 district
35:03 we also stated that stated more on the
35:06 realities of the globe in 19 pandemics
35:08 impact
35:09 on the transportation system and how it
35:11 is changing and will change in the near
35:13 future
35:15 the project team also reviewed the
35:16 financial component for additional edits
35:18 and restructured the plan to improve
35:20 readability and clarity on what we're
35:21 trying to achieve
35:23 i'll speak to this a little bit later
35:25 but the administration plans to complete
35:26 a more substantial financial assessment
35:28 for transportation
35:29 as part of next year's capital
35:31 improvement plan
35:33 next slide please
35:36 looking at next year we'll be taking all
35:38 the initial steps
35:39 to implement the match plan and build it
35:41 into the city systems
35:42 first half of 2021 will be conducting a
35:45 special process to incorporate the
35:46 master plan
35:48 into the capital improvement plan which
35:50 will start in january
35:51 january which is early compared to
35:54 previous sessions
35:56 and we'll be starting those discussions
35:58 with the transportation advisory board
35:59 on the discussion of the cip
36:00 projects the administration will return
36:03 to city council in early 2021 to
36:05 initiate discussions on the cip
36:07 also to summarize discussions with the
36:09 transstate advisory board
36:11 the other components of implementation
36:12 include updates to related policies
36:15 engineering standards but also
36:16 exploration of small projects that help
36:18 support the mere
36:19 near-term implementation of the master
36:21 plan
36:23 next slide please that i helped
36:27 explain that how the master plan will
36:28 get incorporated into the cip process
36:31 i first want to walk through the
36:32 previous process in 2019
36:34 as many of you know this typically
36:36 starts by carrying over the previous
36:38 year's transportation improvement plan
36:40 which includes committed projects that
36:42 have already started or include
36:44 significant city or
36:45 external investments it also includes
36:48 other near-term projects that haven't
36:50 started yet or projected to start in the
36:53 six year planning time frame
36:55 the cmp also includes future projects
36:57 that have been identified to be
36:58 significant for a future system
37:01 or ultimately are unfunded with no
37:03 specific time frame for implementation
37:06 staff then conducts an evaluation which
37:08 typically includes
37:09 updates to specific project budgets
37:12 addition of new funding opportunities
37:14 balancing of project schedules with
37:16 staff capacity and then feedback from
37:18 city council
37:19 following the evaluation proposal is
37:22 made to city council
37:23 and then it is after adoption is
37:26 included as part of the city budget
37:27 process
37:30 this process typically starts around
37:31 march and ends around june or july
37:35 next slide please
37:39 for next year there's a lot to take on
37:40 so we're actually starting discussions
37:42 with the advisory board in january two
37:45 things are going to be
37:46 different from the previous cip
37:48 processes instead of taking
37:50 all the previous years tip we're only
37:53 taking the committed projects that have
37:54 investments that we need to stay
37:56 committed to
37:57 we'll remove the near term projects that
37:59 haven't started yet
38:00 and remove the future funded projects
38:02 with no
38:03 no implementation timelines we're adding
38:06 the layer of the master plans prioritize
38:08 project list for staff evaluation
38:11 it's important to note that in the
38:13 master plans project list
38:15 is also the list of the projects that
38:17 are in the tip
38:18 but with an extra layer of
38:20 prioritization
38:22 so in the staff evaluation of the
38:23 projects we'll identify all the
38:25 near-term midterm and long-term projects
38:27 and include in the project
38:28 justifications how well each of the
38:30 projects
38:32 addresses the guiding principles and
38:33 meeting city goals for transportation
38:36 we're starting this process early
38:37 because it's brand new to staff in the
38:39 city but it also gives us time to
38:41 further evaluate the project list with
38:43 the transstation advisory board
38:45 slide please
38:49 so in 2023 we'll take on a
38:52 hopefully smoother but more typical
38:55 process for
38:56 cip so it it'll likely start closer to
38:59 march rather than in january
39:01 and in the future process we'll carry
39:03 over the previous translation
39:04 improvement plan
39:05 and make similar adjustments as we've
39:07 done in the past with the added layer
39:09 within the staff evaluations to use the
39:11 guiding principles
39:12 as the evaluation criteria this will
39:14 help staff ensure our projects
39:16 identify how well our projects meet with
39:18 the transportation
39:19 goals next slide please
39:23 following tonight's meeting will be
39:25 bringing the master plan policies to the
39:26 planning
39:27 policy commission on september 10th
39:31 assuming city council approves the
39:33 addition of the mobility match plan to
39:34 the comprehensive docket tonight
39:36 this will go to the public hearing right
39:38 here the study session
39:54 please
40:03 to conclude my presentation i'd like to
40:06 recognize
40:06 that other staff that have supported the
40:10 development of the master plan
40:12 up until now i've raised the work of the
40:14 translation advisory board
40:16 as they contributed to the development
40:18 of the master plan
40:19 and have not really spoken individually
40:23 the staff that have supported the
40:24 project which has broadened the
40:26 perspective for the mobility master plan
40:29 i also want to recognize the hard work
40:31 of our consulting group of therum peers
40:32 for supporting staff
40:34 through the plan's development
40:40 and madame that concludes my
40:41 presentation thank you steven we were
40:44 starting to lose your feed a little bit
40:46 at the end so i think you timed that
40:48 nicely and it was good to have the city
40:49 clerk
40:50 work the slides for you um before we go
40:53 questions answers comments i'm gonna go
40:55 to council president hunt to see if
40:57 there were any email comments that you
40:58 would like to share with the council
41:01 thank you yes this is council president
41:03 hunt
41:04 um we did receive two email comments on
41:07 this
41:11 one um i'm sorry i have an echo
41:16 that's interesting we're not i'm not
41:18 hearing the echo
41:20 okay um we had one email that
41:24 had was concerned about adhering to
41:27 the gma requirements
41:30 um uh
41:35 adhering to the gma requirements if this
41:37 replaced the transportation chapter of
41:38 the comprehensive plan
41:40 and then a email from a transportation
41:43 advisory board member
41:45 confirming that they did not discuss
41:47 concurrency in any sort of
41:50 meaningful way and the first email
41:52 referenced
41:53 also concerns about concurrency and how
41:55 that was addressed in the plan
41:57 and that concludes the that concludes
42:00 the
42:01 report could you hear the beginning of
42:02 my comments
42:05 uh yes um but some others are shaking
42:08 their head and saying no
42:09 so if you want to refresh a little bit
42:12 on the beginning that would probably be
42:14 helpful
42:15 okay great um so we received two
42:17 comments
42:18 on the master mobility plan the first
42:20 one was concerned
42:21 about adhering to the
42:24 gma requirements the growth management
42:27 act requirements
42:29 if this master mobility plan were to
42:31 replace the transportation chapter of
42:33 our comprehensive plan
42:35 and to make sure that we take that into
42:37 account the growth management act
42:39 requirements and then also concern in
42:41 that same vein concern about concurrency
42:43 which would be the requirements for
42:46 building out the transportation system
42:48 with growth
42:50 and concurrently and then
42:53 a email from a transportation advisory
42:56 board member responding
42:58 and building on that to reply that the
43:01 transportation advisory board had not
43:03 discussed in a substantive way the
43:06 concurrency issue
43:07 and that concludes the report or the
43:10 correspondence
43:11 correspondence that we received on this
43:12 item thanks
43:14 thank you council president hunt um
43:17 before we go to
43:19 uh council comments or questions i'm not
43:22 sure if it showed up
43:23 in the information presented before or
43:25 not but the origin of this master
43:28 mobility plan
43:29 was the council goal i believe from six
43:32 seven years ago i believe council member
43:34 goodman and
43:35 former councilmember winterstein
43:37 proposed that our city move in this
43:39 direction
43:39 and here we are probably took a little
43:42 longer than it ought to have but here we
43:44 are
43:45 so uh let's move on to comments and
43:47 questions and i will look in the chat
43:49 box to see
43:50 um if any council members have any
43:52 questions
44:01 that's remember goodman thank you
44:05 councilmember goodman here
44:06 i was just wondering um stephen um if
44:09 you could address the
44:10 two questions that or comments that
44:13 council president hunt
44:14 referred to that we received the public
44:16 one is about gma
44:19 compliance and one the other one about
44:21 concurrency
44:24 thanks
44:28 yes thank you councilmember goodman uh
44:30 can you hear me
44:32 okay okay so
44:35 uh in response to the email question
44:38 about the growth management
44:39 requirements if you look at uh
44:41 attachment e
44:43 or um appendix e in the plan itself
44:47 actually or appendix f i'm apologize uh
44:50 there's a concurrency checklist which is
44:51 actually the growth management act
44:53 checklist that i went through with
44:56 our consultant to make sure that we are
44:59 actually
44:59 abiding by all the requirements by the
45:01 growth management act and what's
45:02 required for
45:03 the transportation element in the
45:04 comprehensive plan um so we're
45:06 confident that we are actually meeting
45:08 those requirements in response to the
45:10 second question
45:11 on concurrency the translation advisory
45:15 board and staff did not
45:16 spend the time on updating concurrency
45:19 that is actually a task that we're
45:20 actually wanting to take on the next
45:23 year
45:24 um potentially looking at 2022
45:28 as a task to take on with the
45:29 translation advisory board
45:34 thank you stephen council remember
45:35 goodman did that answer your questions
45:37 um yes thank you
45:40 thank you council president hunt
45:44 thank you this is council president hunt
45:47 um can you explain with the scoring
45:49 system that's applied to
45:51 the projects if the project's
45:54 ranking in order if that would be used
45:57 or if there's a tiered
45:59 system where you go through a scoring
46:01 process but then you
46:03 prioritize a section of projects because
46:05 it seems to me
46:07 like the latter was the
46:10 guidance that was in the transportation
46:11 advisory board meeting and so i just
46:13 wanted to
46:14 clarify that and yeah
46:17 ask how that plan would be used and how
46:18 the prioritized projects would be
46:21 used yes uh thank you for the question
46:24 council president at the
46:25 scoring system where the evaluation
46:27 criteria is based on the
46:29 guiding principles that are defined in
46:31 the mobility master plan
46:33 and we're using that to evaluate the
46:35 projects on how
46:36 best they're meeting those guiding
46:37 principles not necessarily as a
46:40 priorization system saying
46:41 the the top 27 projects that
46:44 show the most of the guiding principles
46:47 are going to be the ones that are
46:48 those are going to happen in that order
46:50 by the ranking it's more of these are
46:52 the projects that are really
46:54 reflecting what this the community wants
46:56 out of our transportation system so
46:58 we're going to look at those first
46:59 but through the staff evaluations
47:01 through the cip process
47:03 we're really going to be looking at what
47:04 the funding opportunities are what staff
47:06 capacity are
47:07 and maybe projects that are lower than
47:09 those top 27
47:10 might actually move up based on funding
47:13 availability staff capacity
47:15 or the ability to actually construct as
47:17 part of another project
47:19 to be able to complete those projects
47:24 thank you thank you council president
47:27 council member walsh
47:30 thank you this is councilmember wilsh i
47:31 have uh two questions
47:34 uh steven can you talk about the
47:37 project list and scoring criteria and
47:40 what the involvement
47:41 will be with tab the transportation
47:44 advisory board
47:45 in doing that review
47:48 is is the project list and scoring
47:50 criteria something that's going to
47:52 happen
47:53 internally with staff and then will be
47:56 um brought to council or
47:59 is tab going to be involved in that
48:01 process
48:04 thank you for the question just from
48:05 walsh the intention as
48:08 through next year cip process is to
48:10 actually
48:11 walk through the entire project list
48:12 with the advisory board
48:14 as well as the create the application of
48:17 the evaluation criteria so how
48:19 each of those projects reflect the
48:21 guiding principles
48:22 to first talk about is the guiding
48:25 principles now that it's being used
48:27 reflecting what we want out of these
48:29 projects but also looks on the other
48:30 side of
48:31 well now that we have these guiding
48:33 principles are these
48:34 projects actually reflecting what the
48:36 community wants out of our
48:38 transportation system and
48:39 um in future years it won't take as long
48:42 to go through the cip process but next
48:44 year
48:44 since it's our first time we're wanting
48:46 to spend the time to
48:48 to have those conversations with the
48:49 advice report so yes
48:52 great and then
48:56 there we go thanks mayor um i have one
48:58 more question
48:59 um can you talk about some of the kind
49:02 upcoming um kind of post-adoption ideas
49:06 that came out of this plan primarily
49:09 complete streets and the street
49:12 standards
49:13 what the plan is for those the
49:16 timeline and any impact that you each
49:19 see
49:19 on this schedule or what's going to come
49:22 out of it
49:24 yes thank you so the
49:27 post adoption we are planning to make an
49:29 update to our complete streets policy
49:31 which is something that has actually
49:33 been part of a parallel process with
49:35 staff with
49:36 the same consultant fair and peers to
49:38 help us better define what complete
49:40 streets actually looks like for issaquah
49:42 but also how we can better apply the
49:44 complete streets policy to meet other
49:46 city goals
49:47 uh that being health and equity access
49:50 and being able to build out a system
49:52 that's usable but also comfortable for
49:54 community members and that's going to be
49:56 a policy that's going to be actually one
49:57 of the first policies we'll bring back
49:59 to the city council post-adoption
50:01 with the street standards it's going to
50:04 likely a multi-phase approach where as
50:06 soon as we get a public works director
50:09 there's
50:09 there's some very outdated street
50:11 standards we need to update right away
50:13 and then after we have a public works
50:15 director and this week as we have these
50:17 discussions with the transportation
50:18 advisory board
50:19 about the policies the police use
50:22 policies the crossing guidelines
50:24 as well as traffic calming we'll have
50:26 further updates to bring to city council
50:28 or to discuss with city council on
50:31 approaches we want to make with the
50:32 street standard updates
50:36 thank you thank you council member walsh
50:39 um before we go to comments are there
50:41 any other questions i will wait a few
50:43 seconds to see if anything shows up in
50:45 the chat box and then we'll just move on
50:47 to comments
50:53 okay let's start with council president
50:55 president hunt and comment
50:58 thank you this is council president hunt
51:00 i think that it would be
51:01 helpful to have a section um
51:05 near the project the prioritized project
51:09 list explaining
51:10 the how the plan and how that list will
51:13 used and how it fits into our other
51:15 processes um
51:17 i both in your explanation just now as
51:20 well as in the
51:22 tab meeting explanation i think there's
51:24 more
51:25 nuance there as far as these are
51:27 projects that have risen to the top
51:29 because they score highly in these goal
51:32 areas that we're prioritizing through
51:34 this plan
51:35 but then there are so many other
51:36 considerations that will come up in a
51:38 given year as we actually
51:39 go to implement individual projects and
51:42 so i think that
51:43 explaining that and explaining how this
51:46 prioritization process and that
51:50 system fits into our other processes in
51:52 the plan would be really helpful because
51:54 as we go to implement this
51:56 i think that's that's critical um
51:59 so if that section could be added i
52:01 think it would be
52:03 useful thanks
52:06 comment from councilmember walsh
52:10 thank you this is councilmember walsh um
52:13 stephen i just wanted to say thank you
52:14 so much for the
52:15 reorganization and clarity
52:18 that comes from this document compared
52:20 to what we saw before
52:22 i think it is readable it is clear
52:25 it conveys the message and it really
52:28 displays the work
52:30 that the transportation advisory board
52:32 and you and other staff members have
52:34 done
52:35 over the last year um it made it a lot
52:39 easier to see
52:40 the direction that this was going with
52:42 things
52:44 that being said i do still have some
52:46 concerns
52:47 about the scoring criteria
52:50 and the projects that that's going to
52:54 raise up but i see that there is a
52:58 of the um of the projects that have come
53:02 out of that there is a variation you
53:05 know a variety of different
53:07 types of projects and so knowing that
53:11 tab
53:11 is going to do a full review of this and
53:14 that this is going to be in the light of
53:15 day
53:16 i am willing to let the scoring criteria
53:20 lie
53:20 and see how everything falls out
53:25 and i guess i'm glad that there's a
53:27 scoring criteria in the first place and
53:29 that gives us a chance to
53:30 take a look at um our projects and how
53:33 we want to
53:34 approach uh transportation as a
53:36 community so
53:38 i will be watching and we will see how
53:40 it goes
53:41 but overall just wanted to say good job
53:44 thank you
53:48 thank you councilmember walsh one thing
53:50 i think
53:51 i want to make sure just to add on to
53:53 steven's comments is the ultimate
53:55 decider any year of capital
53:56 which capital projects are done as the
53:58 council you do that in your budget
54:00 so the scoring criteria will get us to a
54:02 certain point but the ultimate decision
54:04 always will lie
54:05 with you as a body um it looks like
54:07 council member goodman has commented
54:10 uh thank you councilmember goodman here
54:13 it's just a very general comment and
54:15 that is this has been a long time
54:17 uh coming as the mayor mentioned earlier
54:19 and uh the extraordinary amount of work
54:22 that went into this
54:24 can't be understated and the number of
54:26 people including
54:27 staff and tab so i am
54:31 excited that we are at this point um
54:33 realizing that nothing is ever
54:35 perfect but i am excited to uh move this
54:38 to the
54:38 next level and uh work on this you know
54:42 next year with implementation um and i
54:45 realize it's got a little
54:46 bit more um process this year but
54:49 uh it's just i just think it's really
54:51 exciting exciting this you know
54:53 transportation issues have been our
54:54 number one
54:55 for 25 years and uh
54:58 so this is this um i'm just glad that we
55:02 now have a guiding document so thank you
55:04 very much for everybody who was involved
55:09 thank you councilmember goodman at this
55:12 time i am not seeing anyone else
55:14 in the chat box and i did want to let
55:17 the
55:18 community know that there is no formal
55:20 council action being requested
55:22 at tonight's meeting the amount the
55:24 mobility master plan will next be
55:26 reviewed by the planning policy
55:27 commission
55:28 as part of the 2020 comprehensive plan
55:30 update process
55:31 and stephen i want to thank
55:34 you and your team thank you for listing
55:36 them out it's good to
55:38 show the community all of those
55:39 different staff
55:42 departments that had input in to in your
55:45 team so thank you for that
55:46 cross-departmental
55:48 thank you that was really nice and also
55:49 just for the public watching the tab
55:51 the transportation advisory board in
55:53 case folks don't know it's citizens
55:55 right it's residents it's residents of
55:57 issaquah like
55:58 you know everybody watching here this is
56:02 it's a great combination of community
56:03 work and staff work together it's a
56:04 two-year process thank you for
56:06 everything you've done
56:07 look forward to the next time it comes
56:09 back to council so thank you
56:11 and thank your team
56:16 the next item of business tonight is the
56:17 consent calendar and the consent
56:19 calendar was distributed to council in
56:20 advance
56:21 and if authorized the items on the
56:23 consent calendar will be considered
56:24 together and approved by one motion
56:26 have the payables and payrolls been
56:28 reviewed
56:36 deputy council president ray thank you
56:38 very much
56:40 fantastic does any council member desire
56:42 to remove any item from the consent
56:44 calendar and consider it under regular
56:46 business
56:47 i'm sorry i'm going to go back to the
56:49 chat for a minute i see that council
56:51 president hunt
56:52 i skipped over whether or not she had
56:54 any
56:55 comments to summarize on this item sorry
56:58 council president hunt
56:59 email comments on the master mobility
57:02 mobility master plan
57:09 madam mayor we had some comments on
57:10 consent items if there's opportunity to
57:12 summarize those
57:15 okay yes please
57:19 okay this council president hunt we
57:21 received a number of emails
57:23 regarding two consent items so the first
57:26 item that we received emails
57:29 correspondence on was the newport way
57:31 landslide stabilization project
57:34 this is ab-8025
57:37 and we received eight emails on this
57:40 topic
57:41 uh with concerns about the need for a
57:44 community review the need for
57:46 environmental review of this project
57:48 and also concern about the plan for
57:52 trees and planting um if there was the
57:55 need to remove
57:56 trees or planting in that area and then
57:58 also concern about coordinating with the
58:01 building of a trail
58:02 which is in the surrounding area plans
58:05 for being in the surrounding area
58:08 also concerned about coordination and
58:10 relationship with other
58:11 work and construction that's going on in
58:13 this area which again is
58:15 around newport way
58:18 and then we also received a email on a
58:20 separate topic which
58:22 was ab-8010 the 2021 school impact fee
58:26 update
58:27 and this was a correspondence from a
58:30 residence that was
58:31 opposed or asked us rather to postpone
58:35 this impact fee update until after
58:39 um the worst impacts of covid were over
58:41 and that concludes the summary of
58:43 correspondence
58:44 thanks thank you council president hunt
58:48 i did not see any council member raising
58:51 their hands to
58:52 remove anything from the consent
58:54 calendar so is there um
58:56 somebody to make a motion council
58:58 president hunt
59:00 thank you this is council president i
59:02 moved to adopt the consent calendar as
59:04 it appears in this evening's agenda that
59:07 is great deputy council president ray
59:09 this is chris for a second dimension
59:13 so it has been moved and seconded and
59:15 we'll go to the clerk for a roll call
59:17 vote
59:19 first we have council member walsh
59:23 aye councilmember d michelle
59:29 i council member goodman
59:32 aye councilmember hall
59:36 aye council president hunt
59:42 aye council member marx
59:46 aye deputy council president ray
59:49 aye that's seven i zero nays
59:55 thank you that passes unanimously
59:59 the next item of business is regular
1:00:01 business but we do not have any schedule
1:00:03 items for this evening so we'll move to
1:00:05 good of the order
1:00:06 if someone has anything for good of the
1:00:08 order could you please indicate in the
1:00:10 chat box and i'll call upon you
1:00:14 council president hunt
1:00:19 thank you this is council president hunt
1:00:22 um i do
1:00:22 have one thing that i would like to
1:00:25 bring to council's attention and i'd
1:00:27 like to bring it to council's attention
1:00:28 because it's
1:00:30 something that will be added to our
1:00:32 september 15th
1:00:33 study session agenda which is coming
1:00:36 right up and
1:00:37 i wanted to make sure that everybody was
1:00:39 aware that we were going to be adding
1:00:41 item so earlier today i had a
1:00:44 conversation
1:00:45 with the school issue school district
1:00:48 board
1:00:49 president marnie muraldo and we had a
1:00:52 very good conversation
1:00:53 they are approaching the point where
1:00:56 they will put in a project
1:00:58 application for the providence
1:01:01 the the schools that will be built on
1:01:04 the site
1:01:04 of the former provident heights college
1:01:07 and so
1:01:08 um we discussed
1:01:12 a little bit about where that is in the
1:01:14 process there was a
1:01:15 development commission community
1:01:16 conference recently
1:01:18 on that topic and council has not
1:01:21 discussed this topic
1:01:23 in many months i think since the
1:01:25 beginning of 2020.
1:01:27 so we will put that topic on the
1:01:30 calendar for 20 for september 15th so
1:01:34 that council can
1:01:35 discuss because once that project
1:01:38 application
1:01:39 does go is in
1:01:42 is applied to the city then it becomes
1:01:45 quasi-judicial and council will be
1:01:47 much more limited in what we can and
1:01:49 can't discuss especially what we can't
1:01:51 discuss with the
1:01:52 community so i wanted to let you know
1:01:55 that that will be on the september 15th
1:01:57 uh discussion or september 15th
1:02:01 calendar for discussion for council and
1:02:04 we can have an opportunity to review
1:02:06 the past discussions and update on the
1:02:10 plan that was presented at that
1:02:11 community conference as well
1:02:16 thank you council council president hunt
1:02:19 i am looking and do not see anything in
1:02:21 the chat box on
1:02:22 additional good of the order so i will
1:02:25 give it a few seconds before we move to
1:02:27 the next item
1:02:35 the next item on our agenda this evening
1:02:36 is upcoming council meetings and the
1:02:38 following upcoming meetings will be held
1:02:40 virtually
1:02:41 the city council study session that the
1:02:43 council president just referenced
1:02:44 tuesday september 15th
1:02:46 potential agenda items include the item
1:02:50 on providence heights property that the
1:02:52 council president just mentioned
1:02:54 housing stability a local defense
1:02:56 against evictions
1:02:57 2021 budget calendar and a second
1:03:00 performance
1:03:01 measurement workshop the city council
1:03:03 regular meeting is on monday september
1:03:06 and the potential agenda items for that
1:03:09 include the public hearing on the
1:03:10 six-year transportation improvement
1:03:12 program
1:03:13 and corona coronavirus aid relief and
1:03:16 economic security act funding allocation
1:03:19 and there is no executive session this
1:03:22 evening
1:03:22 so we are now moving to adjournment
1:03:25 there being no further media
1:03:27 uh for the business the meeting is
1:03:29 adjourned at 805.
1:03:32 thank you all have a good night

Attendance

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

Motions and votes (1)

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 0674 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Aug. 17 & Sept. 8, 2020, $14,034,897.39; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, July 20, 2020; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, July 27, 2020; Approved. d) Minutes: City Council St…
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh