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City Council Regular Meeting

Monday, September 21, 2020

7:00 PM
Topic tracked across meetings:
2021-2026 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program AB 8031 2/3
Section
Topic
1. CALL TO ORDER
1a
First for Roll Call Vote: Councilmember de Michele
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
6a
Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Sept. 21, 2020, $ 5,075,608.54 ID 0675
Approve · packet pp.5–49
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov
6b
Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Aug. 10, 2020
Approve Resolution · packet pp.51–52
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 08-10-20 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page 8436
7. PUBLIC HEARING
7a
2021-2026 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program AB 8031
Conduct Public Hearing · packet pp.105–156
Topics: Transportation
Staff report:
RCW 35.77.010 requires all cities to develop and adopt a six-year TIP consistent with the comprehensive plan. State law requires the City review and update its TIP every year, following one or more public hearings. The deadline for adoption is July 1. Within 30 days of adoption, the TIP is required to be filed with the Washington State Secretary of Transportation.
8. REGULAR BUSINESS
8a
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) Funding Allocation AB 8032
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.157–168
Topics: BudgetEconomic Development
Staff report:
The CARES Act was enacted March 27, 2020, to provide immediate relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its unprecedented economic impacts. The CARES Act provides a $150 billion fund distributed to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, tribal governments, and territories. Distributed by the U.S. Treasury, these funds are for necessary expenditures incurred in responding to the coronavirus outbreak.
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
0:00 one i call the september 21st city
0:02 council meeting to order
0:04 we are doing a remote meeting this
0:06 evening
0:07 and before we move on to tonight's
0:09 agenda items i'd like to
0:10 not acknowledge what our remote meeting
0:12 format looks like
0:14 on march 6 i issued an emergency
0:16 proclamation declaring a civil emergency
0:18 in the city
0:19 due to the covid19 outbreak on march
0:22 24th the governor issued proclamation
0:24 20-28 prohibiting meetings that fall
0:27 under the open public meetings act such
0:29 as our city council
0:30 meetings from being conducted in person
0:32 the prohibition has been extended
0:34 through october 1st
0:36 the tonight's meeting will be held
0:37 entirely remotely the meeting will be
0:39 recorded
0:40 streamed live and available for later
0:42 viewing on the city's youtube channel
0:44 a call-in number was provided on the
0:45 meeting agenda for members of the public
0:47 who wish to call in by phone
0:49 to listen live to the meeting or make
0:51 comments with those members of the
0:53 public on the call
0:54 welcome and for those of you who have
0:57 submitted
0:58 the online form to make comments your
1:00 name will be called
1:01 under the audience comments portion of
1:03 this meeting and if there is anyone on
1:05 the call who did not
1:06 sign up but would like to make comments
1:08 tonight
1:10 please press star 3 on your phone and we
1:12 will add you to our speakers list this
1:14 evening
1:16 i am going to check in on the attendance
1:19 of our council members and we'll be
1:20 taking a roll call of the council
1:22 members in attendance so
1:23 please stay here when i call your name
1:26 councilmember d michelle
1:28 here thank you councilmember goodman
1:31 here
1:32 councilmember hall here council
1:35 president hunt
1:37 here councilmember marks yes
1:41 deputy council president ray here
1:44 and council member walsh here
1:47 all seven council members are here this
1:49 evening we also have various staff
1:51 participating in tonight's meeting
1:53 including city administrator wally
1:54 bopkowicz
1:55 deputy city administrator andrea snyder
1:58 i did see
1:58 our director of parks and community
2:00 services jeff watling is on
2:02 transportation manager john mortensen
2:04 economic development manager jen davis
2:06 hayes
2:07 human services and social sustainability
2:09 coordinator monica negrilla
2:11 city attorney jim haney and deputy city
2:13 clerk trisha geezer
2:15 other city staff may also be in
2:17 attendance this evening
2:19 i'd like to reiterate some meeting
2:21 guidelines
2:22 please remember to speak clearly and
2:25 pause frequently
2:27 state your name each time before
2:29 speaking mute your microphone
2:31 when you're not speaking and for members
2:34 of the public if you're also streaming
2:36 the live video feed
2:37 please turn down the sound off please
2:39 turn the sound off
2:41 as there is a bit of a delay on the next
2:44 item on the agenda for this evening is
2:46 the pledge of allegiance and i would ask
2:48 if your microphones could be muted
2:50 but please feel free to join me in the
2:53 pledge of allegiance
2:55 i pledge allegiance to the flag of the
2:57 united states of america
2:59 and to the republic for which it stands
3:02 one nation
3:03 under god indivisible with liberty and
3:05 justice for all
3:08 the next item on the agenda this evening
3:10 is audience comment
3:11 and i know we have people signed up to
3:14 speak this evening
3:15 so um i want to
3:18 make sure that i provide a little
3:22 guidance before we start
3:23 so um please make sure to direct your
3:26 comments to the whole council
3:28 and not individuals and while this
3:30 audience comments is not a question and
3:32 answer session we will contact you to
3:34 follow up if needed
3:35 when you are recognized please unmute
3:37 your microphone and on your phone star
3:39 sticks
3:40 may be that option state your name and
3:43 address
3:43 and relationship to the city speak
3:46 clearly and pause frequently
3:48 uh please limit your comments to five
3:50 minutes and re-mute your microphone when
3:52 done
3:53 there's also public hearing this evening
3:55 on ab7993
3:57 temporary regulatory relief for
3:59 businesses
4:00 use of sidewalk private property and
4:02 signage interim zoning regulations
4:04 if you would like to make comments on
4:06 this topic you will have an opportunity
4:08 later in the meeting
4:10 if you do not respond after your name or
4:12 phone number is called or if your
4:13 connection is lost unexpectedly
4:16 the meeting will need to proceed so i'm
4:19 getting a note from the clerk
4:21 that there may have been a person in
4:23 here under the public hearing that is
4:25 not for this evening
4:27 yes mayor polly i'm sorry i'd like to
4:29 clarify that was
4:30 my mistake on the public hearing the
4:32 public hearing being held tonight is on
4:34 the topic of the transportation
4:36 improvement program
4:37 thank you
4:40 thank you very much for that um
4:45 so if you did not respond after your
4:47 name or phone number has been called or
4:49 if your connection is lost unexpectedly
4:51 the meeting will still need to proceed
4:53 and you are encouraged to rejoin the
4:54 meeting if you are able to
4:56 again for those who have joined us
4:57 tonight and would like to speak but did
4:59 not sign up in advance
5:00 please press star 3 now on your phone
5:02 and we will call the first six digits of
5:04 your phone number when it's your turn to
5:05 make comments
5:07 personal attacks obscene language
5:09 derogatory remarks and disruptive
5:11 behavior will not be permitted and if a
5:14 speaker is out of order i will ask them
5:15 to stop and meet their microphone if the
5:17 speaker does not comply i may have to
5:19 direct staff to mute their microphone
5:21 and if a disruption to the meeting
5:22 occurs an order cannot be restored i may
5:24 direct staff to remove you from the call
5:27 citizens comments both written and
5:29 verbal are an important aspect of the
5:30 public process
5:31 and the city takes these comments
5:33 seriously we thank you for taking the
5:35 time to come in tonight and to address
5:38 so city clerk could you please identify
5:40 the first person who signed up to speak
5:42 this evening
5:44 yes i don't see the first person who had
5:46 signed up which was beth
5:47 jayvin's best i don't see your number
5:49 here if you are on the call
5:51 please press star three to raise your
5:53 hand and let us know you're here
5:55 the next speaker signed up is sharon
5:57 freya's sharon i'm on muting you now
6:04 thank you very much my name is sharon
6:06 fries
6:08 the owner of art by fire along with my
6:11 husband
6:11 at 195 front street north i'm also the
6:15 vice president of dia
6:18 um i'd like to thank the city council
6:20 for their
6:21 consideration and all the hard work
6:23 they've put in during this pandemic
6:26 this is not easy times it calls for much
6:28 wisdom and decision making
6:30 and thank you for your service i wanted
6:33 to speak tonight
6:34 in support of the cares act bill that
6:37 has been put
6:38 in front of city council this
6:42 strikes what i believe is a good
6:44 balanced approach for issaquah
6:47 it does provide money for human services
6:51 it also provides money for economic
6:54 support
6:56 the best thing we can do for all of us
6:59 is to move forward on trying to get back
7:02 on a more
7:02 even normal keel and create that
7:06 feeling of normalcy for the community
7:09 supporting our businesses and providing
7:13 this the environment like we have with
7:16 the streetery where people can feel a
7:18 sense of community
7:20 and feel a chance to engage and relax
7:23 and feel a little more
7:25 close to a normal life is
7:28 in my opinion the best thing we can do
7:30 to move things forward
7:32 and make life better for everyone in
7:35 issaquah
7:37 creating that sense of normalcy and
7:40 attracting
7:41 people to the downtown will help
7:44 stabilize our tax base and having
7:48 a good strong tax base is the best thing
7:50 we can do
7:52 to support the city and its ability to
7:55 be able to provide
7:56 additional human services for everyone
8:00 so thank you very much i'm very proud to
8:02 be part of dia
8:04 and this i'm extremely thrilled with how
8:08 the city
8:08 india have worked together to pull this
8:10 together
8:12 and create a good community program for
8:15 the whole community to feel like we are
8:18 truly welcome and
8:22 getting somewhat back to normal so
8:25 thank you for your consideration tonight
8:28 and i appreciate the time to speak
8:30 thank you thank you sharon city claire
8:33 who's next up on our list this evening
8:35 the next speaker is art freeze and
8:39 art i've unmuted you hello this is art
8:42 freeze
8:43 also owner of art by fire
8:46 um at 195 uh north front street
8:50 um if we're going to recover from the
8:54 the pandemic we need to have that
8:57 business space to be there
8:58 that business base depends on each of
9:01 the businesses making it through
9:03 and from the people side that we have
9:06 four employees in our business we have
9:08 people who make glass
9:10 we have people who run our gallery we
9:12 have people who
9:13 help us with our marketing and
9:17 you know this program is going to help
9:20 the other businesses
9:21 bring people down into the town it may
9:23 help our business directly
9:26 and that's that's really critical that
9:28 we survive this because
9:30 we serve the people as well in in
9:32 interesting ways
9:34 we got a email the other day
9:37 of sony begging us you know like how can
9:40 i come down and make an ornament with my
9:42 wife
9:43 we've done this for 12 years you know we
9:45 we want to keep that alive
9:48 and to be there when things
9:51 open back up the businesses need to
9:54 survive this tough time
9:56 um we make a lot of our
9:59 you know yearly income for the business
10:02 is made
10:02 from you know events bringing people in
10:05 to make ornaments
10:07 um and it just for all these businesses
10:10 on front street and
10:11 gilman and throughout the town they've
10:14 got to make it through this time because
10:16 all their businesses are you know our
10:19 way down
10:20 um the street area has been really good
10:22 and you know there's been a godsend
10:25 in helping us in this summer
10:28 but as the weather gets colder we're not
10:30 going to have the
10:31 the streetery you know all you know all
10:34 year
10:34 or through december or january probably
10:38 you know we're going to need other help
10:40 to get it through those those tough
10:41 times
10:43 and i don't want to see you know
10:46 i want to see front street be that
10:48 vibrant place that
10:49 you know made us decide to contin
10:53 by the business and continue art by fire
10:56 is part of the community
10:58 and i really want to thank the city for
11:00 being a partner to us
11:01 through this difficult time thank you
11:04 very much
11:06 and um that's it for me
11:09 thank you art did you cut our coup next
11:11 up on our list this evening
11:12 next we have rick reagan rick i've
11:15 unmuted you
11:18 thank you i appreciate you guys giving
11:20 me a few minutes to talk i feel like
11:22 i'll be saying some of the same things
11:23 that other members and other
11:25 merchants have already said but i want
11:27 to first start off by saying thank you
11:29 to all the volunteers
11:31 you know i'm out there setting up
11:32 outside the restaurant
11:34 um on a weekly basis and they are so
11:37 open to coming in
11:38 and helping and and doing what is
11:41 whatever
11:42 is needed to make sure that we have a a
11:44 really successful streetery event on
11:46 that friday and saturday
11:47 sunday night um i can tell you that in
11:51 past experience i did a lot of event
11:52 planning and uh so i have a
11:54 understanding of what it takes to
11:57 organize such an event and execute it
11:59 and execute it flawlessly and and safely
12:01 and
12:02 and the team that's been in charge of
12:03 doing so has just done a fantastic job
12:06 a big thank you to the city of issaquah
12:09 to the downtown association and to all
12:11 the merchants working together
12:13 i think some really solid relationships
12:15 have been formed
12:16 um over the summer both between
12:20 the association and the americans and
12:22 between the merchants as well
12:24 so it's been a real pleasure
12:27 i also have been a great opportunity to
12:29 get feedback from a lot of our citizens
12:32 since i interact with quite a few of
12:34 them on a daily basis in the restaurant
12:37 i try to table touch just about every
12:39 table and i've gotten a really
12:41 consistent message
12:42 of hope and i think that's really
12:44 powerful a message of
12:46 we're all in this together what can we
12:48 do to
12:49 make sure that the streetery or
12:52 something similar continues on
12:55 not only is it good for the merchants
12:57 it's good for and
12:58 the restaurant merchants and the other
12:59 merchants surrounding but i truly feel
13:02 that it's good for the overall health of
13:03 our community
13:05 it brings all of us together in these
13:07 troubled times
13:08 so from my standpoint in my little
13:10 business i can tell you that the street
13:12 area has brought apart
13:13 uh about a 55 overall increase in in my
13:17 revenue
13:18 uh that's enabled me to bring back two
13:22 full-time employees back to the
13:25 restaurant
13:26 you know and be able to so they can
13:28 provide for their families which is just
13:30 wonderful
13:31 it's also provided much needed cash flow
13:33 for myself and my family
13:36 if but it's troubling as we get towards
13:38 the end of
13:39 summer of what we're going to do if if
13:42 we still remain
13:43 in the same phase as we are right now
13:47 i'm deeply troubled with what the fall
13:49 and winter could bring to all of us
13:52 so i i really am available to brainstorm
13:55 on ideas
13:57 of how we can all work together and
13:59 continue the positive
14:02 um progress that we've made
14:07 uh i'd also want to take a moment to
14:11 just remind all of us and this is
14:12 a reminder for me and my wife reese as
14:14 well that you know it's got to be a
14:16 single vision
14:17 for all of us it can't just be a vision
14:20 that works for the restaurants but
14:21 doesn't work for the merchants or vice
14:23 versa
14:23 it's really got to be a vision that we
14:25 create the reason i bought and i might
14:27 have said this last time the reason i
14:28 bought that business and this
14:30 was one i fell in love with the food and
14:31 i fell in love with the team but i fell
14:33 in love with this little community and i
14:35 just feel blessed to be a part of it
14:37 each and every day so i look forward to
14:39 it i thank everyone who's been involved
14:41 please let's all be open and really
14:44 really brainstorm on how we can and what
14:46 we can do to continue the motive
14:48 momentum that we've gotten over the the
14:50 summer and bring that into the fall so
14:52 it's just been a pleasure and i look
14:53 forward to working with all of you
14:54 thank you rick thank you um and before
14:58 we go to the next speaker
14:59 um it is fine if you want to reiterate
15:03 that
15:03 you support the comments that you've
15:05 heard already
15:06 that's great and then just feel free to
15:08 add on anything new that you want to add
15:10 the rick you
15:12 you did both we heard some new things
15:13 from you as well so
15:15 uh next speaker city clerk yes the next
15:18 speaker who's raised their hand
15:20 is the caller with the last two digits
15:22 one nine
15:24 i've unmuted you hi
15:27 i think that's me i'm shawna london and
15:30 um i'm a long time issaquah resident and
15:33 i'm a dia volunteer
15:35 and i'm also a mental health
15:38 psychotherapist
15:39 practicing busier than i've ever been
15:42 during this trying time so i speak from
15:45 all those places i i too am very proud
15:48 to be connected to this city
15:50 and what we have done to get through
15:53 this together
15:54 is just i i eat at this reedery probably
15:57 every weekend and i just
15:58 feel good on so many levels good about
16:01 my community good about myself
16:04 good about the helping the restaurants
16:06 it's just a great thing but truly as a
16:08 mental health
16:09 practitioner i will tell you that
16:11 particularly after the smoke thing and
16:14 everything
16:15 people are just needing to have
16:18 safer places to go this is not something
16:21 that's going to end soon we are in it
16:23 for the long haul and
16:24 and encourage issaquah to extend the
16:27 streetery as long as it's
16:28 viable and then to keep thinking of
16:31 ideas that can help people to get out
16:33 and feel like we're connected it really
16:36 is going to help
16:36 us all get through thank you again
16:40 for all that you do and for just making
16:43 things like this possible
16:44 appreciate your time
16:47 thank you shawna and who is our next
16:50 speaker this evening
16:52 our next speaker is the phone and caller
16:54 with the last two-digit zero
16:56 seven i've unmuted you
17:02 hi this is bob hanna i'm a volunteer
17:05 with the dia uh been
17:09 doing it uh since the inception of this
17:11 3d streetery
17:12 and years before with our
17:15 jazz sessions and other other projects
17:19 just to reiterate what rick and
17:23 daniel sharon has said
17:26 there are a lot of
17:30 merchants and restaurant owners and
17:33 people that really haven't talked with
17:35 each other
17:36 that haven't come together until we were
17:39 faced with these trying times and
17:43 the sense of community that
17:46 i've seen and how it's grown since we
17:50 first started this is very impressive
17:52 i've
17:53 been in the area i've taught paragliding
17:56 since 1992
17:57 at tiger mountain and very much
18:01 feel like i'm a part of the community i
18:03 know that there are alternatives that we
18:05 can
18:06 do as a community hopefully with funds
18:09 that are available
18:10 to keep the streetery going
18:14 increase the possibility of
18:17 more days in the week and
18:21 just make it so that people like rick
18:23 and all our other
18:25 merchants have a place that people know
18:28 that they can come to
18:30 and be able to enjoy themselves and
18:34 as our mental health professional just
18:36 said just
18:37 have a sense of well-being and
18:41 the number of smiles that we've seen and
18:43 the number of people
18:44 that we've seen from out of our
18:46 community that actively
18:48 uh made it a point to come to issaquah
18:51 just because of that feeling i think is
18:53 is wonderful so thank you very much for
18:55 allowing me to speak
18:57 i look forward to doing whatever i can
19:00 to help implement some sort of a
19:04 semi-permanent temporary solution
19:07 to the problems we have with our
19:11 rainy weather season and for what i've
19:13 seen in other parts of the world i know
19:15 that we can certainly do something
19:19 that would be appropriate for our rainy
19:21 seasons that
19:22 would still allow the merchants to have
19:26 the people come and be a part of our
19:29 community
19:29 thank you very much thank you bob
19:32 uh city clerk who do we have next up to
19:34 speak
19:36 our next caller is the individual with
19:38 the last
19:39 two digits zero four i've unmuted you
19:46 i think that's me is that correct we can
19:49 hear you coming through yes all right
19:52 thank you so much
19:53 um just wanted to say good evening uh
19:56 council and mary lou
19:58 my name is kim christensen i live on
20:01 gibson lane
20:02 off wildwood on the back side of squat
20:05 mountain i've been there for 26 years
20:08 and like bob i'm a volunteer for the
20:10 downtown isquad association
20:13 and if you've been to the screenery bob
20:16 and i
20:17 typically man that front
20:20 and sunset vehicle the the black
20:24 vehicle that the the black suv
20:28 on sunset and front street for the
20:30 emergency purposes
20:32 uh first thing i want to say is thank
20:34 you
20:35 to um the the um approval
20:40 by the um council for when we did our
20:43 first two-week
20:50 um issue with with the the pilot program
20:54 and the council approved us continuing
20:56 forward
20:57 and i sure thank them and uh thank you
21:00 so much
21:02 being at the position i'm at i have an
21:04 opportunity to speak to a lot of people
21:06 a lot of people coming
21:08 into the streetery or exiting the
21:11 streetery
21:13 and i probably speak to i'm guessing
21:16 probably 20 people on a weekend i'm
21:19 there
21:19 friday saturday and sunday spend about
21:22 30 hours
21:24 every weekend and not one person has had
21:27 a negative
21:28 comment everybody has been very positive
21:32 of thank you
21:33 great thing do it again continue after
21:37 the virus
21:38 we're very positive on this you know
21:42 thank you for volunteering and
21:44 this is a great thing and everybody has
21:46 been very positive
21:48 i know ken of jax pretty well
21:52 and he at jacks and l42
21:57 and they have been so positive of god
22:00 thank you so much
22:01 this has been a really good opportunity
22:04 for us to increase our revenue
22:07 and um very very positive so i would
22:10 just say that
22:12 if we can do you know whatever we can do
22:14 and work together with the city
22:16 is if we can extend to some degree
22:21 our our tenting
22:25 whatever we can kind of do to continue
22:29 the streetery i think that the um
22:32 merchants would be very positive to that
22:34 effect
22:36 and you know we will do that dia of
22:38 course whatever we can do
22:40 to entertain that and be positive and
22:43 and be
22:44 be helpful on that so i i just i thank
22:48 you so much so
22:49 anyway thank you so much take care
22:54 thank you kim and thank you for all of
22:56 the speakers for volunteering we
22:58 appreciate that
23:00 uh to the career cause there's someone
23:01 else on the line our audience comments
23:03 at this time no one else has indicated a
23:06 desire to speak but one last call
23:08 out if there's anyone else on the line
23:09 who'd like to make comments this evening
23:11 and hasn't already please press star 3
23:13 on your phone
23:14 that's star 3 to let us know you'd like
23:17 to speak
23:19 and i'm just taking a quick look here i
23:21 see one more caller
23:23 two more callers who've indicated a
23:25 desire to speak the first one
23:27 is the caller with the last two digits
23:29 zero four
23:30 i've unmuted you
23:34 hi thank you very much for the
23:35 opportunity to speak real quick um
23:37 my name is ken from jack's grill and
23:39 from l42 canteen and sunset hill house
23:41 and
23:42 thank you kim for the very nice comments
23:44 and thank you very much to
23:46 everybody from the city of and the
23:48 downtown squat association for
23:50 everything that they've done to
23:53 make the streetery happen and all the
23:56 volunteers and
23:58 just the incredible like
24:01 just effort to come together to just to
24:03 make it happen i know
24:04 that there's a lot of red tape that has
24:06 to happen to allow
24:08 something of that magnitude happen and
24:10 it really has been
24:12 an incredible um it's been an incredible
24:16 way for us to
24:18 welcome back a lot of our guests who are
24:21 unwilling to dine indoors for um
24:24 for various reasons and i and that's
24:27 great
24:28 and to be able to get a lot of them back
24:31 and see their faces and to be able to
24:33 serve them and take care of them
24:36 with the ability to seat outdoors has
24:37 been incredible
24:39 it's it's allowed me with the
24:42 restaurants on front street and also
24:44 with the city's um kindness to allow
24:48 some help over at the at the ale house
24:51 where we're
24:52 in a parking lot and have some outdoor
24:54 seating has really allowed not just our
24:56 our issaquah businesses to survive but
24:59 we have two businesses in seattle that
25:01 do not have any outdoor seating did not
25:03 get the kind of support that we've had
25:04 in issaquah
25:07 with the streets being able to be closed
25:09 and the red tape to be able to be
25:11 gotten through in order to help those
25:13 businesses
25:14 um uh the way that the issaquah has come
25:17 together to do it so it's
25:18 it's been able to continue to bolster my
25:21 ability to keep all my staff
25:22 that i have on at the seattle stores not
25:25 just just aqua so i want you to know
25:26 that the impact is farther reaching than
25:28 just the community that it serves and i
25:31 live out here
25:31 my all my business partners live on the
25:34 east side
25:35 and um we can't thank you enough so uh
25:38 whatever we can do
25:39 to move forward and help both the
25:42 streetery and the city of issaquah
25:44 to help make decisions that do the kind
25:47 of things
25:48 this has done we're all for it and i'm
25:51 easy to reach i'm always around
25:52 and i just really want to say thank you
25:55 for everything so that's
25:56 it thank you that's great so declare we
25:59 have one more
26:01 we do the next speaker is christina
26:03 bruning christine i have unmuted you
26:07 okay thank you this is christina bruning
26:10 of the board president of the downtown
26:12 issaquah association and madame mayor
26:16 and members of the council on behalf of
26:19 the downtown issaquah association which
26:21 includes
26:22 merchants and members of the community i
26:25 personally have the pleasure
26:27 of extending our sincere gratitude to
26:29 all of you for your support
26:31 our mission is to cultivate a thriving
26:34 old town
26:35 that builds community and celebrates our
26:37 charm
26:39 the regulatory relief and the streetery
26:42 have made a significant
26:44 and positive impact on the quality of
26:46 life
26:47 during these uncertain times
26:53 numerous businesses have leveraged the
26:55 sidewalk and private lot use
26:58 this treatery footprint and even a local
27:01 park
27:01 to expand their business service areas
27:05 about 80 percent or 19
27:09 of the eateries in the heart of old town
27:12 have participated in the streetery and
27:14 private law use
27:17 of the five non-participating
27:20 two eateries remain closed and two are
27:23 continuing
27:24 a take-out business model at this
27:26 particular time
27:29 countless volunteers have dedicated
27:33 themselves to being good neighbors and
27:36 lending a helping hand
27:38 a generous smile and deep gratitude to
27:41 support our community in surviving
27:44 all with the simple hope that the fabric
27:48 of our historic district remains strong
27:52 and has the potential of thriving in the
27:54 future
27:56 the straitery itself is a true community
28:00 collaboration merchant teams community
28:03 members
28:04 and city staff have all rolled up their
28:06 sleeves
28:08 with competing priorities across the
28:12 city for both human services
28:14 and economic development we recognize
28:16 the challenge to meet all the needs
28:20 we're recommending the city council
28:22 support agenda bill
28:24 8032 and allocating funds to both
28:27 important needs in our great city
28:31 supporting the straightery supports 19
28:34 eateries plus retail and service
28:37 businesses
28:38 as well as the health of our community
28:43 historic downtown issaquah boasts a
28:45 strong
28:46 community of business and
28:49 people who live work and play stretching
28:52 the value of our dollars beyond
28:54 the benefit of a single business
29:00 the pedestrian way has been embraced by
29:02 the community
29:03 as a safe place to stroll
29:07 and recreate enjoy family and pets
29:10 and support restaurants retail and
29:13 service businesses
29:14 in a healthy way outside
29:17 among our issaquah treasures and with
29:20 the mountains as a backdrop
29:23 as the seasons shift the district
29:26 the district is continuing to look for
29:28 creative ways
29:29 to remain open during the next six
29:32 months
29:34 we asked the city of issaquah to
29:35 continue to support the regulatory
29:37 relief efforts
29:38 established earlier this year to ease
29:41 doing business in issaquah
29:44 again it's my pleasure to thank you all
29:46 for your leadership
29:47 of our community and support of a
29:50 historic downtown district that is alive
29:53 inviting and vibrant thank you so much
29:57 for all of your service
30:00 thank you christina i'm going to check
30:02 in with the city clerk and see if there
30:04 is anyone else signed up and then i will
30:06 summarize if not
30:08 no one else has signed up or indicated a
30:10 desire to speak
30:12 thank you city clerk so we heard from
30:16 a lot of the partners tonight that work
30:19 with the city on trying
30:20 these innovative and creative ideas
30:23 during a very difficult time
30:24 so thank everybody for coming we heard
30:26 about the benefit to the businesses the
30:28 benefit to the community
30:30 and creating those community connections
30:32 where people can actually
30:34 see their friends and look at them eye
30:35 to eye and we've also heard from some
30:37 retailers down
30:39 in old town as well thank you all for
30:41 coming in this evening
30:42 and sharing your thoughts with our city
30:44 council and my administrative team
30:46 please stay around with us for the rest
30:48 of the meeting or you're
30:49 able to drop off and watch it on home
30:51 and video if you'd like
30:53 thank you all
30:57 i also want to remind viewers and those
31:00 that are here tonight
31:01 that written comments can also be
31:03 submitted at any time to the city
31:05 council at their email address
31:07 city council at isco issaquah.gov
31:13 in addition any comments that were
31:14 received by email on any of tonight's
31:16 agenda topics will be acknowledged by
31:18 the council president
31:19 count by council president hunt under
31:21 the relevant agenda item
31:23 the next item of business this evening
31:25 is committee and regional reports
31:27 and i will start by calling on council
31:29 member hall
31:33 thank you mayor paulie this is zach hall
31:35 just pull over my notes real quick i
31:37 have three quick reports uh for council
31:39 today
31:40 uh first um the next meeting of the king
31:43 county affordable housing committee is
31:46 wednesday september 30th at 1pm
31:49 unfortunately though i don't have an
31:50 agenda for that meeting yet so i'm not
31:51 able to share
31:52 but if you're interested in the ongoing
31:54 work of the affordable housing committee
31:56 let me know and i'll let you know first
31:57 thing
31:58 when i know um
32:01 the next meeting of the king county
32:04 city's climate collaboration
32:05 uh is an elected official's work session
32:08 on thursday october 8th at 3 p.m
32:11 during that time the group hopes to
32:13 discuss shared climate priorities ahead
32:15 of the
32:16 2021 legislative session uh here
32:19 highlights from king county's 2020
32:21 strategic climate action plan
32:23 and then also see the final version of
32:25 the climate action toolkit so
32:27 long-awaited toolkit so feel free to let
32:29 me know if you'd like to tune in
32:31 city council or community members
32:34 and then lastly the next meeting of the
32:37 cascade water alliance board of
32:39 directors
32:40 is this coming wednesday at 3 30 pm
32:43 uh we'll again be discussing the
32:45 organization's 2021-22 budget and rates
32:49 options
32:50 uh and at the last board meeting we were
32:52 presented with a number of policy
32:53 questions that will help guide our
32:55 conversation about budgets
32:56 and rates and earlier today i forwarded
32:59 that information on
33:01 those items to the city council and i'll
33:03 be asking for your guidance
33:05 you may have for mayor paulie or mayor
33:07 paulie and i during tonight's
33:09 good of the order and that concludes my
33:11 reports
33:13 thank you councilmember hall next up is
33:15 councilmember d michelle
33:18 thank you mr paulie this is
33:20 councilmember d michelle i have two
33:22 reports
33:22 tonight first i attended the east side
33:25 transportation partnership on september
33:28 the 15th
33:29 and during our regular metro transit
33:31 briefing we learned that there has been
33:33 a gradual increase in metro service
33:36 to meet increased demand as of last
33:39 tuesday the agency was up to 73 percent
33:41 of its pre-coveted bus trips
33:44 uh remember back in march uh they fell
33:46 to 20
33:47 of their usual trip and passenger load
33:50 the east side transportation partnership
33:52 has been meeting with combined regional
33:54 transportation groups for the past
33:56 four months uh the group voted on
33:59 tuesday to continue
34:00 our monthly combined meetings to january
34:03 but with the addition of zoom breakout
34:05 rooms for the three
34:07 regional groups starting in october
34:10 in addition to etp i attended a meeting
34:12 of the east side transportation
34:14 association
34:15 on september 16th and report number two
34:19 is i attended the east side human
34:21 services forum board of directors on
34:23 september the 17th
34:24 the group is conducting an
34:26 organizational review
34:28 and that discussion took up most of the
34:30 meeting
34:31 on september 29th there will be a
34:33 special eastside human services forum
34:36 meeting focused on further discussion
34:38 of the organizational plan thank you
34:41 that's
34:41 my report for tonight thank you
34:44 councilmember d michelle
34:46 councilmember walsh thank you this is
34:49 councilmember walsh i have three quick
34:51 reports
34:52 um first we still have not had an
34:54 economic
34:55 development district board meeting the
34:57 next one is
34:58 october 7th and we don't have an agenda
35:02 yet on friday i attended the
35:05 chamber of commerce's meeting continued
35:08 to brief them
35:09 on budget situation and answer questions
35:13 that they may have
35:14 about that and some of the upcoming
35:17 bills
35:17 and so just keeping in contact and then
35:21 finally
35:22 the um title 18 ad hoc
35:25 committee has resumed meeting which
35:28 we're very eager to do
35:30 yes um so the
35:33 we have now met i guess technically
35:35 three
35:36 times um once just to get our bearings
35:40 then the three council members met as an
35:43 aside to kind of
35:44 refresh where we're at um make some
35:47 recommendations and then finally we met
35:50 again with
35:51 staff to go over that um what we've
35:54 kind of come to the conclusion is we
35:55 want to start back where we were
35:58 in february and march really focus in
36:01 on the outcomes goals um
36:04 and those things so what we're doing
36:05 right now is council members
36:07 from the alpha committee are reviewing
36:10 that we're going to give feedback to
36:12 staff and then we know it's
36:15 obviously going to come up during budget
36:18 season
36:19 we are still reviewing what our options
36:22 are before
36:23 being able to really come to a
36:25 conclusion between the three of us
36:27 so i think you'll see a placeholder
36:29 number there in the budget that we could
36:32 then
36:33 talk more about as we get a little bit
36:35 more information on that
36:37 and that's what i had written down on
36:39 the notes if any of the other
36:41 ad hoc members want to add anything um
36:45 certainly be willing to but i'm glad
36:46 that we are meeting again and making
36:48 progress and that concludes my report
36:51 thank you councilmember walsh
36:52 councilmember goodman thank you madam
36:55 mayor this is councilmember goodman
36:57 um the east side fire and rescue board
36:59 of directors
37:00 um committee finance administrative
37:03 committee
37:04 will meet this wednesday at noon and on
37:07 the agenda is continued discussion of
37:09 the proposed budget
37:11 which will be a recommendation to the
37:14 full board on october
37:15 8th and
37:18 i believe we have the chief
37:22 coming to a council meeting i think it's
37:25 next week but i can't remember the exact
37:26 date i apologize
37:28 so if somebody wants to fill that maybe
37:31 um maybe administrator bob quits knows
37:34 that date
37:35 but anyway that is my report and thank
37:37 you council member
37:39 walsh i thought you did a fine job of
37:40 updating everybody on where the title 18
37:42 ad hoc committee is
37:43 thank you did the administrator bob
37:45 quits you know the date
37:46 that is coming to our meeting yes ma'am
37:49 next
37:50 tuesday the 29th thank you very much
37:55 uh next up is council member mark thank
37:58 you
37:59 thank you madam mayor this is council
38:00 member mark the sound cities association
38:03 public issues committee
38:04 met on wednesday september 9th from 7 to
38:06 9 pm
38:08 no action was taken the puget sound
38:10 regional council growth management
38:12 policy board
38:13 met on thursday september 17th from 10
38:15 am until noon
38:17 uh the only action that was taken was
38:19 the board recommended that the psrc
38:22 executive board certify uh the sub-area
38:25 plans for
38:27 city of bellevue downtown city of burien
38:29 urban center
38:31 to the puyallup downtown and city of
38:33 puyallup
38:34 south hill no other actions were taken
38:36 this concludes my report
38:38 thank you councilmember mertz deputy
38:40 council president ray
38:42 thank you mayor pauline this is chris
38:44 ray um
38:46 the king county growth management
38:47 planning council will meet on
38:50 september 30th at four o'clock p.m
38:53 via zoo meeting and the agenda for that
38:56 meeting has not yet been published
38:58 and that concludes my report for this
38:59 evening
39:01 thank you council president hunt thank
39:04 you madam mayor
39:05 the wyra8 salmon recovery council met on
39:08 september 17th
39:09 wyra8 stands for water resource
39:11 inventory area
39:12 8 and that's the technical name for our
39:14 watershed
39:16 at the meeting we reviewed our
39:18 legislative priorities and a draft
39:20 letter to
39:21 governor inslee regarding those
39:22 legislative priorities and funding
39:24 priorities for salmon recovery for
39:26 our watershed we also received a status
39:29 update on the salmon return
39:30 so far for 2020 and
39:34 we reviewed the salmon recovery
39:36 council's funding guidance for the
39:38 project subcommittee which will be
39:40 reviewing
39:41 project proposals to fund as well as
39:45 we discuss the communications and
39:46 outreach plan for the coming year
39:48 the next meeting is november 19th at
39:51 2 to 4 15 pm and will be
39:54 conducted by zoom and that concludes my
39:56 report thank you council president hunt
40:00 i'm going to move to the next item which
40:02 is the mayor's report and ask if our
40:04 city
40:05 clerk can share her screen because we
40:07 have a few pictures to go along with the
40:09 reports
40:13 thank you tisha
40:19 the first thing under the mayor's report
40:20 this evening is that we will be having
40:22 an executive session to discuss pending
40:24 in potential litigation for rcw
40:27 42.30 0.110 per n1 for an i
40:30 and the item is expected to last 30
40:32 minutes and no action is anticipated
40:34 this evening
40:35 when we come back into open session i
40:38 want to talk a little bit about the
40:40 mallard bay
40:41 trail agreement laughing jacobs creek
40:43 trail has been a regional vision of
40:45 trail planners in king county for
40:47 over 20 years its trail that would
40:49 connect providence point
40:51 and this mammoth plateau to the east
40:53 lake sammamish trail
40:54 a 12 foot wide have public trail has
40:57 been constructed along southeast 43rd
41:00 as part of the mallard bay development
41:01 project
41:03 though small this little piece of public
41:05 infrastructure
41:06 plays a big role in the potential of
41:08 this long envisioned trail corridor
41:10 as the first parcel on the south side of
41:12 43rd this portion of public trail will
41:14 serve as the gateway
41:16 of the potential future laughing jacobs
41:19 creek trail
41:20 as it heads east from east lakes mamash
41:22 parkway
41:24 rather than end up with a choppy and or
41:26 disjointed trail segment this 12-foot
41:28 wide trail segment was created
41:29 now that was created now has the
41:31 potential to link directly with the
41:34 future trail that could run along the
41:35 abandoned rail corridor through state
41:37 park property up towards providence
41:39 point and the plateau
41:41 it has been a real team effort and i'd
41:43 like to thank the developer burmstead
41:45 construction
41:46 king county parks our city attorney jim
41:48 haney and the city staff and parks
41:50 planning public works for all the
41:53 collaborative effort that
41:54 had to occur in order for this to happen
41:58 i also would like to have some comments
41:59 make a few comments on the passing of
42:01 supreme court justice
42:02 ruth vader ginsburg last friday we
42:05 learned of the passing of supreme court
42:07 justice ruth bader ginsburg
42:09 a lifelong champion for gender equality
42:12 and his chief justice john roberts
42:14 described her a tireless
42:16 and resolute champion of justice there
42:19 have been
42:19 quiet candlelight vigils in many cities
42:21 and towns throughout the country through
42:23 this weekend including on the steps of
42:25 vistaqua city hall last night
42:27 her 50 years of advocacy on gender
42:30 equality broke down the barriers for
42:31 women
42:32 and strengthened women's rights creating
42:34 opportunity and equality for women
42:37 u.s and washington state flags will be
42:39 at half staff
42:40 until the day of justice internment
42:43 bader ginsburg leaves behind
42:45 an incredible legacy and she will be
42:47 missed
42:49 and that concludes the mayor's report
42:51 for this evening
42:52 the next item on our agenda is the
42:54 council consent calendar and it was
42:56 distributed in advance
42:58 to council if authorized the items on
43:00 the consent calendar will be considered
43:02 together
43:03 and approved by one motion have the
43:05 payer
43:06 payables and payroll been reviewed
43:12 mayor probably this is chris ray they
43:14 have
43:16 i was glad to to let councilmember ray
43:19 go first
43:20 yes they have thank you thank you both
43:24 does any council member desire to move
43:26 any item from the consent calendar and
43:28 consider it under regular business
43:34 and i would like to go to the city not
43:37 hearing none
43:38 i would like to go to the city clerk for
43:40 a quick clarification
43:43 yes thank you i just wanted to clarify
43:45 that on the consent calendar agenda item
43:47 see
43:47 the september 8th regular meeting
43:49 minutes we received a correction from
43:50 council member d michelle
43:52 the minutes were corrected and reposted
43:54 earlier today
43:55 it was a small correction under
43:57 committee reports and
43:58 with approval of the consent calendar
44:00 you would be approving the revised
44:01 corrected minutes
44:03 thank you very much for that so i'm
44:05 still not seeing anything
44:07 in the chat about anybody wishing to
44:09 pull something down so before we move to
44:11 the motion i'd like to ask council
44:12 president hunt if she had any emails or
44:14 comments to share on any of the items
44:17 on the consent calendar that may have
44:18 been submitted by the public
44:20 thank you madam mayor we did not receive
44:22 any emails on the consent calendar
44:25 this evening that is great thank you
44:27 would anybody
44:28 prepare to make a motion council
44:30 president hunt
44:32 thank you madam mayor this is council
44:33 president hunt i move to adopt the
44:34 consent calendar as it appears in this
44:36 evening's agenda
44:38 this is chris ray i'll second the motion
44:41 thank you it's been
44:43 moved and seconded i will ask the city
44:45 clerk to
44:46 please do a roll call vote yes beginning
44:49 with council member d michelle
44:52 aye councilmember goodman aye
44:56 councilmember hall aye
45:00 council president hunt hi
45:04 councilmember martz aye
45:07 deputy council president ray aye
45:11 council member walsh aye
45:14 that's 7i zero nays thank you that
45:17 passes unanimously
45:19 next item on our agenda this evening is
45:21 a public hearing
45:22 and i'm sure our staff that is here is
45:25 glad that it was corrected when i made
45:27 the
45:28 original announcement earlier the public
45:30 hearing is actually
45:32 for ab-8031 the 2021
45:35 to 2026 six-year transportation
45:38 improvement program
45:40 this is the first time this item is
45:41 coming before council tonight
45:43 and it is the required first time is
45:46 coming before council and tonight is the
45:48 required public
45:49 hearing that we will be conducting no
45:51 council action
45:52 is being sought so i'd like to invite
45:55 transportation manager john martinson
45:57 to make a presentation john thank you
46:00 very much mary
46:01 uh mayor paulie
46:16 before you uh while you're setting up
46:18 your presentation i'd just like to stay
46:20 on camera congratulations on your
46:23 promotion
46:24 glad to see you here tonight um
46:27 very excited thank you very much
46:33 all right the purpose of tonight's
46:35 presentation
46:36 and the item that we're talking about is
46:39 to present the
46:40 22 to 2026 transportation
46:44 improvement program to conduct a public
46:48 hearing
46:49 and to come back to the council on
46:50 october 5th to ask for adoption
47:02 there are several reasons why the city
47:05 prepares and adopts
47:06 a transportation improvement program the
47:09 first one
47:10 is that it's good policy to have in good
47:12 practice to have a six-year planning
47:14 document
47:15 the other reason is it allows the city
47:17 to receive funding
47:18 this is how the designs in the two
47:21 newport way projects
47:22 were funded and how the city
47:26 funded the construction of the east
47:28 lakes mamas parkway widening
47:30 the southeast 62nd extension and the
47:33 dogwood
47:34 bridge project and the final reason
47:38 is that it is
47:41 the revised code of washington 35.77.010
47:48 requires that the city prepares and
47:50 adopts
47:52 a six-year transportation program that
47:55 is consistent with the city's
47:57 comprehensive plan
48:10 every two years the city prepares a
48:12 capital improvement plan
48:14 and the capital improvement plan
48:17 includes
48:17 a variety of capital assets
48:21 such as the utilities parks facilities
48:24 technology and equipment and the
48:26 transportation
48:27 improvement program is a component of
48:30 the
48:31 capital improvement plan
48:36 this year's update to the transportation
48:39 improvement program
48:41 is a minor update from last year's
48:43 transportation improvement program
48:47 it is consistent with the city's current
48:49 comprehensive plan
48:51 the mobility master plan
48:55 is something that the city has been
48:56 working on and
48:58 the policies from the mobility master
49:00 plan are being considered
49:02 as an update to the comprehensive plan
49:06 next year a major work plan will be to
49:08 incorporate
49:10 any changes to the transportation
49:13 element of the comprehensive plan
49:15 into the transportation improvement
49:17 program
49:18 and we're expecting to do a major
49:20 overhaul of the transportation
49:21 improvement program
49:25 this slide is a visual representation of
49:28 what the previous slide
49:31 explained that this year for the
49:33 transportation improvement program
49:35 it is based on the existing
49:36 comprehensive plan
49:39 and the transportation policies
49:43 in the future the mobility master plan
49:47 will be
49:50 considered for the an update in the
49:53 comprehensive plan
49:55 and the transportation policies and then
49:58 the outcome of that
49:59 will guide the future transportation
50:01 improvement program
50:02 which will then be entered into the
50:04 capital improvement plan
50:08 over the rest of the presentation i'm
50:10 going to give a
50:11 summary of some of the changes from the
50:14 2020 to
50:15 2025 transportation improvement program
50:18 as well as talk a little bit about the
50:20 work that
50:21 the city will be working on during the
50:24 2021 year
50:28 of the changes and this is a partial
50:31 list there's a
50:32 exhibit b is a memo inside the agenda
50:34 packet which gives a full
50:36 more detailed list of the changes from
50:38 last year's transportation improvement
50:40 program
50:41 but this is some of the more major ones
50:43 and the first project is the second
50:45 avenue
50:46 southeast sidewalk project that was one
50:49 where the work plan was to apply for
50:51 safe routes to school grant last spring
50:55 and with changes in the work plan due to
50:57 covet and the pandemic
51:01 the city did not apply for a safe routes
51:03 to school
51:04 grant and that project has been moved to
51:06 the future years the next
51:08 change is for the project the tr-003
51:13 a crossing of i-90 somewhere
51:16 around 10th or 12th avenue northwest
51:20 and that project was moved out into the
51:22 future by two years
51:24 to allow more planning and coordination
51:26 with potential
51:28 locations of the light rail station
51:34 the central park traffic signal and mini
51:36 roundabout
51:37 was originally on the list of projects
51:39 that were being considered
51:41 for a transportation benefit district
51:44 sales tax increase that would support
51:49 debt and the city has did not pursue
51:53 an increase to the sales tax this year
51:55 and
51:56 as a result this project was moved
51:59 into the future in the transportation
52:02 improvement program
52:04 the northwest gilman boulevard
52:06 improvements
52:07 project is one that due to
52:11 staffing due to changes in work plan due
52:14 to covet
52:15 and the 2020 under spend plan
52:18 has did not happen and it's currently
52:22 not proceeding
52:23 and that is a project that we'll need to
52:26 identify
52:26 funding for in order to move it forward
52:28 again and then the final project
52:30 on the list that i want to talk about
52:32 tonight is the tibbetts valley frontage
52:34 improvements
52:35 that is a we've delayed that project one
52:39 year
52:40 in order to allow the parks department
52:42 to complete the
52:43 tibbetts valley master plan which will
52:45 then
52:46 help guide this project
52:50 this map shows the locations of the
52:52 projects that
52:54 will be worked on in 2021 and you can
52:57 use it as a reference to see
52:59 where the different projects are located
53:01 at as i talk about them
53:03 the first project is the
53:07 turn lane capacity project at the
53:09 location of 12th
53:11 avenue northwest and sr 900
53:14 this is the third and final project in
53:16 the costco development agreement
53:18 design began last spring
53:22 work during the 2021 year will be to
53:25 complete the design work on the wetland
53:29 study and obtain
53:30 the core of engineers wetlands permits
53:33 and acquire right-of-way for the project
53:35 with the plan to begin construction in
53:37 spring of 2022
53:41 the newport way sr 900 to 54th
53:45 project is close to 90
53:48 design but we have a few other things
53:50 that are going to happen along this
53:51 corridor
53:53 the first one is
53:56 a speed table and pedestrian bridge will
54:00 designed and constructed near the king
54:02 county trailhead
54:04 work will take place to repair the
54:06 landslide that also
54:08 occurred near the king county property
54:10 the
54:11 environmental approvals for the corridor
54:14 project between sr 954th will be
54:17 approved
54:18 and then the final thing for this
54:19 project is last spring
54:21 the city applied for a right-of-way
54:23 grant and
54:26 the city was awarded this grant and will
54:28 have
54:29 money to acquire right-of-way in the
54:31 year 2024.
54:36 the newport way maple to sunset project
54:39 is about 30
54:40 designed work during the 2021 year
54:44 will be to continue the design and
54:46 acquire some of the right-of-way for the
54:50 project
54:52 the northwest samamish road
54:54 non-motorized improvement project
54:57 is a project that will connect lakes
55:00 provide a non-motorized connection
55:02 between lake sammamish state park
55:04 and the neighborhoods south of lake
55:07 sammamish
55:09 currently washdot is moving
55:12 a retaining wall in order to make room
55:14 for this project
55:15 during 2021 design will begin
55:18 and design during the 2021 year
55:22 will involve community input and
55:29 creating a project concept that will be
55:31 approved for the project
55:33 and identifying potential funding
55:36 sources
55:37 and this is a project that council
55:39 member d michelle
55:40 had a question about and actually found
55:42 an error
55:44 and in the current transportation
55:46 improvement program
55:47 we're showing money from the school's
55:50 own
55:50 safety fund to construct this project in
55:52 2022 and 2023
55:54 and there is not enough money in this
55:57 fund
55:58 and this project will be updated before
56:00 this item comes back to the council on
56:02 october 5th
56:05 the pavement management program extends
56:08 the life
56:09 of pavements throughout the city
56:14 a variety of treatments are used to
56:16 preserve the pavement
56:18 on arterials crack seals and overlays
56:21 are performed
56:22 and the life of residential streets is
56:24 extended
56:25 through installing cape seals
56:30 the southeast 43rd and providence point
56:33 traffic signal project is currently
56:35 under construction work began this
56:37 spring
56:38 currently the contractor is nearing
56:40 completion of the underground utilities
56:42 and retaining walls the next work on the
56:45 project will involve
56:47 installing the real aligned driveways
56:50 and the traffic signal
56:52 paving and installing the landscaping
56:57 work is expected to begin in early 20th
56:59 sorry
57:00 work is expected to be completed in
57:02 early 2021.
57:07 the southeast 43rd and east lake
57:09 sammamish parkway
57:11 roundabout modifications project is a
57:13 safety project
57:16 that will enhance pedestrian facilities
57:20 and remove the southbound through lane
57:22 the interim
57:23 improvements have been completed and the
57:25 design is currently underway
57:27 this project will be under construction
57:29 in 2021
57:34 and the final project is tr 058
57:37 strategic small capital projects this is
57:40 a result of the mobility
57:42 or the strategic plan's mobility goal to
57:45 create near-term connections and
57:46 efficiencies
57:48 it might involve improving a crossing or
57:51 filling in a gap of
57:52 sidewalk during 2021
57:58 small projects will be identified
58:00 designed
58:01 and constructed these are small scale
58:03 projects meant to have a big impact
58:05 on the people who live work and play in
58:07 essequa
58:10 the next steps are following this
58:12 presentation there will be a public
58:14 hearing to receive
58:16 feedback from the community on october
58:19 5th
58:20 we will ask the council to adopt the
58:22 transportation improvement program
58:24 and beginning in january 2021 work
58:28 will begin with the transportation
58:30 advisory board
58:31 to incorporate the adopted
58:33 transportation policies of the
58:35 comprehensive
58:36 plan into the 2022-2027
58:40 transportation improvement program and
58:42 capital improvement plan
58:45 and that concludes my presentation and
58:48 there are any questions thank you very
58:51 much john
58:52 i'm going to go back to council
58:54 president hunt first to see if the
58:56 public had sent in any comments on this
58:58 item
58:59 mr president thank you madam mayor we
59:01 did not receive any email comments on
59:03 this item
59:05 great then we are going to move into
59:08 questions
59:09 and i see in the chat box that council
59:10 member walsh has some questions
59:13 thank you um so i noticed that this
59:17 year's
59:18 tip is a lot shorter than
59:21 our previous tip and
59:24 the things that i notice are missing
59:27 are things that were on the previous tip
59:31 for
59:32 future years so the previous tip was
59:35 2018 to 2022
59:37 and then also in many cases
59:40 didn't have progress on items in those
59:43 years but had
59:44 a dollar value attached to them on
59:47 future years
59:48 i'm not seeing that in this case
59:51 so does that was there a reason for the
59:54 shift and is there a way that we're
59:56 keeping track
59:57 of other projects that
1:00:00 we still have future needs but which
1:00:03 we're not
1:00:04 necessarily planning to make progress on
1:00:06 during
1:00:07 the time period of this tip
1:00:11 thank you councilmember walsh i'll have
1:00:13 to double check
1:00:14 i thought we did include the future
1:00:17 years project
1:00:18 and if we didn't i will revise it and
1:00:20 include those into the transportation
1:00:22 improvement program
1:00:24 it came towards the end okay and i would
1:00:27 clarify that there is a future years
1:00:30 column um to track
1:00:33 costs on the ones that are included in
1:00:36 this year's tip
1:00:37 but like for example there was a
1:00:41 previous project
1:00:43 tro29 old town parking structure
1:00:46 for 10 million dollars that was
1:00:49 something that isn't
1:00:50 something that you know we necessarily
1:00:53 are planning to
1:00:55 make progress on but it kind of lists
1:00:57 out future
1:00:58 needs that we as a community have
1:01:01 identified i'm not saying that one's on
1:01:04 the top of my list but
1:01:05 um there are many items on there that
1:01:08 i'm just not seeing on this year's tip
1:01:11 so um and then i have another question
1:01:13 if that's okay mayor
1:01:15 okay fantastic um
1:01:19 one of the things i notice is uh project
1:01:22 tro33 black nugget again
1:01:25 looking back at the previous year's tip
1:01:29 the black nugget retaining wall
1:01:32 repair was listed
1:01:36 with 2 million dollars to be spent in
1:01:39 2022 and a total project cost
1:01:41 of almost 2.6 million i'm looking at
1:01:45 this new
1:01:46 tip i see the project the first project
1:01:49 cost is
1:01:50 in 2026 and it's for five million
1:01:54 dollars
1:01:54 wondering if we can get some information
1:01:57 about first of all
1:01:58 why the difference in cost between the
1:02:01 two of those
1:02:02 and also what what
1:02:06 gives us the feeling that that wall can
1:02:09 that much longer and why that
1:02:13 project would happen in 2026 rather than
1:02:16 earlier
1:02:18 okay that is one i'd like to provide
1:02:21 more information
1:02:22 before the october 5th meeting if that
1:02:24 would be okay
1:02:26 fantastic and then i will throw one more
1:02:29 in there
1:02:30 um what's the difference between the
1:02:32 concrete maintenance
1:02:34 and the pavement management line items
1:02:37 on here
1:02:39 the concrete maintenance item would be
1:02:41 to repair
1:02:43 the curb and gutter or the sidewalk to
1:02:45 make improvements
1:02:47 repairs to the the concrete next to the
1:02:50 and the pavement management program
1:02:51 takes care of in most cases the asphalt
1:02:54 pavement
1:02:54 or if we had concrete pavement it could
1:02:57 be used to repair that item as well
1:03:02 thank you councilmember walsh uh deputy
1:03:05 council president right
1:03:08 thank you mayor paulie this is chris ray
1:03:10 just a couple of
1:03:11 questions for you john and i'm just
1:03:13 gonna
1:03:14 highline congratulations on the
1:03:15 promotion well deserved
1:03:17 um first um
1:03:20 the non-motorized transportation project
1:03:23 for southco
1:03:25 when we were contemplating that we
1:03:27 funded uh watchdog
1:03:28 with a three million dollar um
1:03:33 something i'll allocation so that if
1:03:37 they had overruns that that would cover
1:03:38 the cost that do you know what the
1:03:40 status of that is and if we
1:03:41 know if that three million dollars might
1:03:43 come back to us do you have any insights
1:03:44 into that yet
1:03:47 yes thank you for the question and
1:03:49 congratulations
1:03:50 uh council deputy council president ray
1:03:55 to answer your question the project is
1:03:57 under construction
1:03:58 and we've asked washed out about it
1:04:02 knock on wood so far it's looking good
1:04:05 they don't want to get our hopes up yet
1:04:07 that we'll get that three million back
1:04:10 um can i add to that as well john this
1:04:13 is the mayor
1:04:13 um i believe when i checked in with
1:04:15 director goldberg and the city
1:04:17 administrator can correct me if it's
1:04:18 wrong
1:04:19 we haven't actually given them three
1:04:21 million dollars we've made sure that we
1:04:23 borrowing capacity to borrow it if we
1:04:26 needed this
1:04:26 so if you if it is not required it means
1:04:30 you have the capacity to borrow
1:04:32 additional money
1:04:34 for other projects yeah that makes
1:04:37 perfect sense and it's the allocation of
1:04:39 it when does that
1:04:41 that hold come off so that we can use
1:04:43 that for um
1:04:44 potentially other um improvement
1:04:46 opportunities my second one
1:04:48 question i have is a little bit
1:04:50 different and it's
1:04:52 what's the alignment between the master
1:04:54 mobility plan
1:04:55 and the current tip that we're going to
1:04:57 be voting on here in a couple weeks
1:05:00 um and and what do we see as the areas
1:05:03 that are likely to change in the
1:05:05 next update to the tip
1:05:08 to reflect what's in the master mobile
1:05:10 phone
1:05:13 okay i think in a lot of ways this
1:05:18 current transportation improvement
1:05:20 program does align with
1:05:22 a lot of what the mobility master plan
1:05:25 has although this transportation
1:05:27 improvement program
1:05:29 aligns with the current comprehensive
1:05:32 and the transportation element of it
1:05:36 and so going forward
1:05:39 as the mobility master plan policies are
1:05:42 considered
1:05:43 as part of a comprehensive plan adoption
1:05:49 the the outcome of the tip
1:05:52 will really vary depending on if those
1:05:55 policies are adopted as is or if there
1:05:57 are any revisions
1:05:58 but i think one of the biggest things
1:06:00 will be a strong priority
1:06:02 in non-motorized and transit
1:06:05 i think that'll be the biggest
1:06:06 difference
1:06:09 deputy council president ray did that
1:06:11 answer your question or do you
1:06:13 know thank you very much oh great thank
1:06:17 i am not seeing any other questions in
1:06:20 the chat at this point in time
1:06:22 i'll give it a few seconds to let people
1:06:25 fill in if they have any
1:06:32 okay so seeing no further questions the
1:06:35 guidelines for citizen comments also
1:06:37 apply to those
1:06:39 that would be making comments under this
1:06:40 public hearing and i'm opening the
1:06:42 public hearing
1:06:43 at 809 pm and for those who have joined
1:06:46 us tonight and would like to speak but
1:06:48 did not sign up in advance
1:06:50 i would ask you to please test star 3 on
1:06:52 your phone
1:06:53 we will call the last two digits of your
1:06:56 phone number when it is your turn to
1:06:57 make comments
1:06:59 city clerk has anyone signed up or
1:07:01 indicated a desire to speak this evening
1:07:06 no madam mayor no one has signed up in
1:07:08 advance i see that we've just had one
1:07:10 member of the public
1:07:11 uh join our call
1:07:14 if you are interested in making comments
1:07:17 uh phone in caller please
1:07:19 press star 3 on your phone
1:07:22 that's star 3 and let us know if you'd
1:07:24 like to make comments under the public
1:07:26 hearing
1:07:28 okay and i do see that they've raised
1:07:29 their hand so i will unmute you
1:07:32 uh go ahead and make your comments
1:07:36 hi this is council hunt i apologize but
1:07:38 my internet is out so i'm calling him oh
1:07:42 that is a great surprise thank you
1:07:45 council president hunt for letting us
1:07:48 um so i do not believe the council
1:07:50 president raised her hand to provide
1:07:51 comments
1:07:53 but she has let us know that that is
1:07:56 uh her call-in number thank you very
1:07:58 much so city cleric i would assume that
1:08:00 means we do not have anybody signed up
1:08:02 for comment this evening
1:08:03 that's correct and there are no other
1:08:05 members of the public on the line
1:08:08 great uh is there any objection to my
1:08:11 closing the public hearing i'll look in
1:08:13 chat box to see
1:08:16 i do see council member walsh's question
1:08:20 um i think we should get through the
1:08:21 public hearing closure and then sure you
1:08:22 can ask another question that would be
1:08:24 great
1:08:25 okay hearing none i now close the public
1:08:28 hearing at 8 11 pm
1:08:31 the administration proposes that the
1:08:33 transportation improvement program
1:08:34 will return to council for adoption at
1:08:36 the october 5th council meeting
1:08:38 on the consent calendar potentially
1:08:41 depending we've heard a lot of requests
1:08:43 for information tonight
1:08:45 so first what i'd like to do before we
1:08:48 move through the next question i'd like
1:08:51 to go back to
1:08:52 council member walsh and see what the
1:08:53 additional question is councilman walsh
1:08:56 thank you this is councilmember walsh i
1:08:57 just wanted to check in
1:08:59 on the providence point intersection
1:09:01 that was listed as
1:09:03 tro31 um and
1:09:06 just see where the status of that
1:09:09 project is and whether or not the 300
1:09:13 there covers that through the end of the
1:09:16 project
1:09:17 and mr martinson if you have that
1:09:19 information tonight great if you don't
1:09:21 you can provide it in a response and
1:09:24 we'll make sure we
1:09:25 reiterate that at the next opportunity
1:09:30 yes i i do have that information and it
1:09:33 so we're
1:09:34 currently under construction the
1:09:38 work to locate relocate the utilities
1:09:42 is underway and
1:09:48 then the traffic signal will start going
1:09:50 in pretty soon and then the work to
1:09:51 realign the driveways
1:09:54 it looks like that i don't want to get
1:09:58 too far ahead but it looks like
1:10:00 we will be coming in under budget and
1:10:04 that 300 000 that's budgeted for 2021
1:10:08 will be enough to complete the project
1:10:09 with the current amounts of money that
1:10:11 have been budgeted for the project
1:10:16 thank you councilmember walsh i'm going
1:10:19 um cross my fingers
1:10:22 since we saw it a few months ago and
1:10:24 some weather but thank you for that
1:10:26 john so the original proposal was to
1:10:30 have it on the consent calendar and i
1:10:32 just want to check in with the council
1:10:33 and give you an opportunity to comment
1:10:35 on the agenda timing or placement
1:10:38 meaning coming back on october 5th and
1:10:41 being on consent a regular business so
1:10:43 if you would like to provide some input
1:10:46 on that please use the chat box and i'll
1:10:47 call on you
1:10:55 and madam mayor this is the clerk here i
1:10:57 just wanted to let council president
1:10:59 hunt know that
1:11:00 her line is open since she can't enter
1:11:03 anything into the chat
1:11:04 council president you do have an open
1:11:06 mic currently
1:11:10 thank you for letting me know
1:11:14 uh council member that's the uh
1:11:17 council deputy council president ray
1:11:19 followed by council member health
1:11:21 thank you mayor paulie this is chris
1:11:23 wright just a quick comment and since
1:11:25 since this update to the transportation
1:11:28 improvement
1:11:29 program is a minor update and
1:11:32 it appears to be that most of the
1:11:33 changes that we're seeing from previous
1:11:35 years have been to push out
1:11:36 the the work because of financial
1:11:39 extensions
1:11:40 my preference is that and
1:11:44 unless something changes between now and
1:11:46 then that we take this up at our next
1:11:47 council meeting and that i would be fine
1:11:49 if it was on the consent
1:11:51 calendar thank you deputy council
1:11:53 president ray uh council member hall
1:11:57 thanks mary paul this is zack call yeah
1:11:59 i was just gonna generally say the same
1:12:01 thing although if it does seem like
1:12:03 there are a lot of long-term projects
1:12:05 that seem to have been missed off i
1:12:07 are missed i think that that's something
1:12:10 we should probably not have
1:12:11 a consent just so that we can talk
1:12:13 through the ones that that didn't make
1:12:15 that haven't carried over to this plan
1:12:17 and i haven't had a chance to look at
1:12:18 previous year's tip yet either so okay
1:12:22 thank you so we'll take that into
1:12:24 consideration because we did have some
1:12:25 questions this evening
1:12:27 so thank you both for that if i
1:12:31 don't have anybody else wanting to weigh
1:12:33 in on that at this point in time i'll
1:12:34 give it a few
1:12:36 seconds i will move to the regular
1:12:39 business item for the evening which is
1:12:42 ab8032 and oh sorry i would like to say
1:12:45 thank you john for the presentation and
1:12:46 thank you for answering the questions
1:12:48 this evening
1:12:49 so the regular business item is ab-8032
1:12:52 coronavirus aid relief
1:12:54 and economic security act cares act
1:12:56 funding allocation
1:12:58 and the action before council this
1:13:00 evening would be to authorize that
1:13:02 and i'd like to invite seat
1:13:03 administrator wally bobkowitz to
1:13:05 introduce this item
1:13:07 yes thank you madam mayor members of the
1:13:09 council good evening
1:13:11 we are fortunate to report this evening
1:13:13 that the state of washington
1:13:15 has allocated additional dollars from
1:13:17 their cares
1:13:18 allocation to the cities throughout the
1:13:21 state
1:13:22 and our additional allocation according
1:13:24 to the state of washington will be 563
1:13:28 850 mayor paulie upon uh
1:13:32 receiving this information at the end of
1:13:33 august wanted to make sure
1:13:35 uh that we spend the money uh uh
1:13:38 expeditiously to help our
1:13:39 our community and so we are before you
1:13:41 this evening with a proposal
1:13:43 for the allocation of those dollars um
1:13:46 i'm joined
1:13:47 by jen davis hayes our economic
1:13:49 development manager
1:13:50 jeff watling our parks and community
1:13:52 services director and monica de grilla
1:13:54 are our human services coordinator and
1:13:57 they're each going to detail
1:13:58 uh some of the spending the majority of
1:14:00 the spending
1:14:01 that mayor paulie is proposing but let
1:14:03 me just go through this
1:14:05 in in a broad stroke uh first 250
1:14:08 000 for business assistance uh the
1:14:10 initial allocation of business
1:14:12 assistance i think has been very well
1:14:13 received
1:14:14 and jen is here in a moment to detail
1:14:16 the proposals on how this
1:14:18 next 250 000 will be spent uh secondly
1:14:21 uh 250 000 for assistance for human
1:14:24 services agencies
1:14:25 this would be the third allocation that
1:14:27 we've made toward human services
1:14:30 first being a general fund allocation
1:14:32 made by the council very early on during
1:14:34 the pandemic
1:14:35 and then of course there was a second
1:14:36 trance of money with the first cares act
1:14:39 allocation from the state of washington
1:14:41 and then finally uh the administration
1:14:43 is proposing that the the balancing
1:14:45 number sixty three thousand
1:14:46 eight hundred and fifty dollars uh be
1:14:48 allocated uh two expenses already
1:14:50 incurred by the city of issaquah
1:14:52 to fight the pandemic we have expenses
1:14:54 into the hundreds of thousands
1:14:56 of dollars which we have not had
1:14:57 reimbursed uh rightfully the council
1:15:00 has decided to take the lion's share of
1:15:02 the carriage dollars uh be allocated to
1:15:04 assist the community
1:15:06 uh but we feel it would be appropriate
1:15:07 uh to withhold that 63
1:15:10 850 madam mayor before
1:15:13 i have monica and jen uh give their
1:15:16 report i think it's important
1:15:17 for the community uh to understand that
1:15:21 the the congress of the united states
1:15:22 has not allocated any money
1:15:24 uh to cities under five hundred thousand
1:15:27 dollars in the united states
1:15:29 so unless a city has received funds uh
1:15:32 from a county over five hundred thousand
1:15:34 or their state
1:15:35 uh they have not received that dollar so
1:15:37 there are hundreds and hundreds of
1:15:38 cities
1:15:39 throughout america who have fought this
1:15:42 pandemic without any assistance from the
1:15:44 federal government
1:15:45 the national league of cities the united
1:15:47 states conference of mayors
1:15:48 and other local government associations
1:15:51 have worked hard
1:15:52 in washington to convince the need
1:15:55 certainly we have
1:15:56 laid off staff members we have cutlings
1:15:58 as you've heard
1:15:59 of this evening an impact on our capital
1:16:01 improvement program
1:16:03 but the congress of the united states
1:16:05 has not deemed to allocate any dollars
1:16:07 uh to uh local governments under 500 000
1:16:10 in the united states
1:16:12 so we are fortunate that the state of
1:16:14 washington has made this allocation
1:16:16 it is helpful to us as a municipal
1:16:18 government it is also helpful to our
1:16:20 communities
1:16:21 but again there are many many hundreds
1:16:23 and hundreds of communities around
1:16:25 america
1:16:26 city governments who have received no
1:16:28 funding from that
1:16:29 so again communities uh
1:16:32 under 500 000 uh there are 35 i think
1:16:36 cities in america over 500 000 that have
1:16:38 received funding
1:16:39 all the 50 states about all the
1:16:43 other 4 000 local governments in america
1:16:46 have not received funding
1:16:47 so with that unless there's any uh
1:16:49 preliminary questions madam mayor
1:16:51 i'd like to introduce jen davis hayes uh
1:16:53 to give an overview of what we're
1:16:55 proposing for this next tranche of money
1:16:57 250 000 for business assistance just one
1:17:00 little this is
1:17:01 there just one little correction i want
1:17:03 to make sure it's clear to everybody who
1:17:04 might be watching that it's a population
1:17:07 of five hundred thousand
1:17:08 it's not that your annual budget is 500
1:17:13 so um i believe the only city
1:17:16 in washington state that qualified for
1:17:17 direct care exact funding with seattle
1:17:19 if i'm not mistaken
1:17:20 so that shows you how many other cities
1:17:23 and towns in washington
1:17:24 did not um jen welcome
1:17:28 thank you madam mayor and good evening
1:17:30 city council members
1:17:31 um as um uh
1:17:35 city administrator bob kowitz mentioned
1:17:37 our recommendation is to
1:17:39 allocate 250 000 to help support our
1:17:42 city's economy through
1:17:44 our businesses two hundred thousand
1:17:46 dollars of that
1:17:47 will be to award additional business
1:17:49 grant funding so that's from the
1:17:51 existing pool
1:17:52 we would be able to fund an additional
1:17:54 17 businesses from our original small
1:17:57 business
1:17:58 response grant that was done in july and
1:18:01 an additional
1:18:02 five businesses from our business
1:18:04 reinvention grant pool that was done in
1:18:07 august
1:18:09 and we are also looking to as you heard
1:18:12 some concerns tonight from some of the
1:18:14 uh public comment to create a new grant
1:18:17 program for restaurants throughout the
1:18:20 for thirty thousand dollars total pool
1:18:24 they can apply for grants from as low as
1:18:26 five hundred dollars to five thousand
1:18:27 dollars to either extend outdoor seating
1:18:30 eating options
1:18:31 or address indoor eating uh public
1:18:34 public health and social distancing
1:18:36 needs
1:18:37 so we have heard over and over again the
1:18:39 concern about restaurants as people are
1:18:41 no longer
1:18:42 able to eat outside or that they're not
1:18:45 well prepared
1:18:46 to provide those things indoors we want
1:18:48 to provide that opportunity for
1:18:50 our restaurants and other food service
1:18:52 businesses throughout the city
1:18:54 and then the last twenty thousand
1:18:56 dollars would be to extend the streetery
1:18:58 and to winterize it through
1:19:00 october and again that will help the
1:19:02 restaurants
1:19:03 in downtown uh issaquah to to allow them
1:19:06 to continue
1:19:07 that successful program if there's any
1:19:10 questions
1:19:11 i'll take them an hour wait until the
1:19:12 end i think if it's okay jen
1:19:15 we'll get through monica's side of the
1:19:17 presentation as well
1:19:19 and then if the council members have a
1:19:21 question just indicate in the chat
1:19:24 and i'll call on you after monica
1:19:26 welcome
1:19:28 thank you madam mayor good evening
1:19:31 council members so following jen's
1:19:35 presentation
1:19:36 for human services um our recommendation
1:19:39 tonight follows a similar model with the
1:19:42 first round of allocation
1:19:44 as a brief reminder um in june the
1:19:47 council
1:19:47 authorized two hundred thousand dollars
1:19:49 for human services
1:19:51 and this was distributed to five
1:19:52 organizations providing food and basic
1:19:55 needs uh services as well as housing
1:19:58 related legal assistance
1:20:00 um so this time around we follow a
1:20:03 similar model
1:20:04 um focusing on food and housing
1:20:07 stability
1:20:08 as these were priorities of our city
1:20:10 during the covet 19 response
1:20:13 um this time though we are also adding
1:20:16 in our proposal mental health services
1:20:19 due to the increased need and projected
1:20:22 long-term
1:20:23 impact on mental health
1:20:26 again similar with last time depending
1:20:28 on the agency's abilities to spend the
1:20:31 funds in this
1:20:32 very short time frame provided by the
1:20:34 cares act
1:20:36 we would like to seek council approval
1:20:38 to allow for
1:20:39 just the limited flexibility to make
1:20:41 adjustments as necessary
1:20:43 reading the allocations proposed
1:20:47 to ensure that we can spend the money
1:20:49 and especially the organizations can can
1:20:51 spend those funds in the
1:20:54 time allotted um so specifically we are
1:20:57 proposing to
1:20:59 allocate a hundred thousand dollars for
1:21:01 the issaquah food and clothing bank
1:21:04 um the food bank during the covet um
1:21:07 crisis uh they have increased their
1:21:10 operations and in addition to just a
1:21:13 regular model they also provide um
1:21:16 emergency food deliveries to seniors and
1:21:18 then other residents in need
1:21:21 now they're also they continue to
1:21:23 provide food to
1:21:24 students um especially trying to
1:21:27 complement
1:21:28 um the meal and nutrition program that
1:21:30 the school district offers
1:21:32 focusing on school breaks and weekends
1:21:35 um and so we we thought that um
1:21:39 money will be well spent by the food
1:21:43 um and then the second bucket
1:21:47 um housing and this we propose
1:21:50 120 000 to be
1:21:54 allocated to on one end we would like to
1:21:58 set aside
1:21:59 some limited funds um towards mediation
1:22:03 services
1:22:04 depending on what council decides in the
1:22:07 next couple of weeks
1:22:09 we know that again we need to spend the
1:22:10 money in a short period of time
1:22:12 and we only have a couple of months to
1:22:14 do so but if council will move forward
1:22:16 with mediation services we would like to
1:22:18 set aside
1:22:20 at least 10 20 or even 30 000 for that
1:22:24 um and then in addition uh we would like
1:22:26 to propose to
1:22:28 um distribute funds to uh supportive
1:22:32 housing services to alpha supported
1:22:33 living
1:22:34 um they are an organization that work
1:22:40 individuals with developmental
1:22:41 disabilities they have four housing
1:22:43 units
1:22:44 in issaquah that provides 24 7 care
1:22:48 and they've been um really really uh
1:22:51 struggling
1:22:52 during the covet response in providing
1:22:55 those services
1:22:57 to residents and then finally uh the
1:23:00 other two
1:23:01 um organizations proposed under the
1:23:03 housing
1:23:04 providers are the ywca issaquah family
1:23:08 village and imagine housing
1:23:10 as our two low-income housing providers
1:23:13 in the city
1:23:14 and we are working on trying to contract
1:23:17 and we are pursuing a
1:23:19 flat collaborative approach with them um
1:23:22 one of the proposed models would be to
1:23:25 cover
1:23:26 40 of the households rent
1:23:29 from the city from through the cares act
1:23:31 funds
1:23:32 and with 30 percent uh being covered
1:23:36 by the uh low-income housing providers
1:23:40 uh with the remaining 30
1:23:44 balance um that would have to be covered
1:23:47 through a payment plan by the residents
1:23:49 this is just one of the options that we
1:23:51 are considering
1:23:52 uh we are also working again just um um
1:23:56 with the low-income housing providers in
1:23:58 looking at
1:23:59 what can um residents realistically
1:24:03 provide
1:24:04 um and working through a payment plan
1:24:07 with them
1:24:07 also um and so finally we are also
1:24:11 proposing thirty thousand dollars to go
1:24:13 towards mental health services
1:24:15 specifically to friends of youth which
1:24:17 a local organization here in issaquah
1:24:20 providing a comprehensive array of
1:24:22 services
1:24:23 to children and family families of youth
1:24:28 18 to 24 and children as early as birth
1:24:32 to 18. um and
1:24:35 i think with that i'm gonna stop here
1:24:38 and i'm available for questions as well
1:24:41 um that is great thank you monica i'm
1:24:44 going to give the council a few seconds
1:24:45 standard in the chat and i just wanted
1:24:47 to echo
1:24:48 something that the city administrator
1:24:50 had said
1:24:51 which is that uh we have not directly
1:24:53 received cares act funding
1:24:55 if there is an opportunity in the next
1:24:56 few weeks as congress and the senate
1:24:58 consider
1:24:59 a package i will be poking council
1:25:02 members to help
1:25:03 sign or write letters with me to our
1:25:05 congresswoman i have been
1:25:06 updating her congresswoman schreier with
1:25:09 business information
1:25:10 and food and housing security
1:25:14 needs by sharing the dashboard for
1:25:16 monica and information from jen
1:25:18 constantly through this period of time
1:25:20 and so the need is great
1:25:22 cities do not have a revenue source to
1:25:24 pay for this it's going to be ongoing
1:25:26 and it's going to go for a longer time
1:25:28 we need their help we really need their
1:25:30 help so
1:25:32 it looks like deputy council president
1:25:33 ray has the first question
1:25:36 actually sorry if i may can i go to
1:25:38 council president hunt first to see if
1:25:40 there were any comments
1:25:42 yes thank you madam mayor we did receive
1:25:44 two comments by email on this
1:25:47 topic both of the residents who emailed
1:25:51 us on this topic were broadly supportive
1:25:53 of the streetery
1:25:54 and specifically of the work that dia
1:25:56 has been doing
1:25:57 in support of the streetery and would
1:25:59 support continuing it and one of the
1:26:01 residents who wrote to us
1:26:02 specifically supported continuing it
1:26:04 throughout the month of august
1:26:08 thank you very much council president
1:26:09 hunt where your signal is getting a
1:26:11 little choppy again though
1:26:13 but we heard october i think yes i think
1:26:16 we heard it quite clearly
1:26:17 deputy council president ray thank you
1:26:20 mayor paulie this is chris ray just
1:26:22 a couple of quick questions and one just
1:26:23 my own clarification
1:26:25 um this funding needs to be spent by
1:26:28 who's ever going to spend it by the
1:26:30 november 30th is that correct yes
1:26:34 yes um can can we um
1:26:39 or our grant recipients can they pre-pay
1:26:41 for services and
1:26:43 count that as spent by november 30th or
1:26:45 does it actually have to be services
1:26:47 paid for and rendered by november
1:26:51 and then monica all right jen go ahead
1:26:53 that's okay so
1:26:54 i'm sorry for the business grants um the
1:26:57 actual eligibility time frame is march
1:26:59 1st through november so
1:27:01 they can pre have already paid and
1:27:03 that's similar to the other
1:27:04 grants that we did so we because we
1:27:07 already have applications in hand we can
1:27:08 know we can quickly get that informati
1:27:10 information out and also get the
1:27:12 reporting and the receipts back which
1:27:14 are also important for us to have
1:27:18 uh and i'm just gonna add it's very
1:27:20 similar for human services as well
1:27:21 in terms of um start today of march
1:27:24 first
1:27:25 and the only difference is that for
1:27:26 human services organizations that
1:27:28 they cannot use the money uh to account
1:27:31 for budget losses
1:27:33 and so that makes it a little bit more
1:27:34 difficult especially since they had
1:27:38 quite a bit quite a bit yes
1:27:42 um so i think this is back to you monica
1:27:46 can we do direct rental assistance can
1:27:48 we use the funds for rental assistance
1:27:50 or there will have to be reimbursement
1:27:54 provider's expenses um so
1:27:57 yes uh the intent of
1:28:00 will be to account the money towards
1:28:02 rental assistance
1:28:03 um for the two low-income housing
1:28:05 providers
1:28:07 um it's just we are gonna try to do it
1:28:09 in bulk rather than trying to go
1:28:11 resident by resident just again to buy
1:28:14 some time
1:28:17 seriously my last question this one back
1:28:19 to you
1:28:20 jen is um
1:28:23 the the standard grants would be the
1:28:25 same as we did last time
1:28:28 at the ten thousand dollar maximum level
1:28:30 and but there would be more flexibility
1:28:32 around the
1:28:33 grants that we beam towards uh
1:28:35 restaurants and food
1:28:36 our food service providers is that is
1:28:38 that correct
1:28:41 so if we would um approve this the 200
1:28:45 would go for grants that were up to ten
1:28:47 thousand dollars for
1:28:48 the two different programs we've already
1:28:50 done and then the that we would do a new
1:28:52 grant
1:28:52 that would be up to five thousand
1:28:54 dollars for restaurants so that would be
1:28:56 separate and we'd reduce that amount a
1:28:58 bit because
1:28:58 realizing it may not cost as much to buy
1:29:00 tents and and heat lamps and that type
1:29:03 of thing and we want to help as many
1:29:04 restaurants throughout the city as we
1:29:07 do we have any data about how many
1:29:09 grants we gave to restaurants in the
1:29:10 first round of funding
1:29:12 and or how many grants would we be
1:29:14 giving to restaurants through the
1:29:15 current round of funding
1:29:18 i can count that up as we continue to
1:29:20 ask questions because they
1:29:21 in your packet is the list of all the
1:29:22 rest the businesses that receive grants
1:29:24 through the two
1:29:25 programs and so no i haven't looked at
1:29:27 that what i what i will say is in the
1:29:29 winterization grant we're saying we will
1:29:31 give priority to those who have not
1:29:33 received the city of this law grant
1:29:35 so if we get you know 100 000 worth of
1:29:38 uh requests
1:29:39 we will first uh provide resources to
1:29:41 those who did not receive a grant
1:29:43 um previously that makes good sense i
1:29:46 guess what i'm poking at is
1:29:47 is the allocation right between the 200
1:29:51 general purpose business grants and 30
1:29:54 for restaurant
1:29:56 winterization support grants or or would
1:29:59 it make sense to
1:30:00 swing some money from the general
1:30:02 purpose grants into
1:30:05 the restaurant winterization where it's
1:30:07 because it touches more people
1:30:08 so that's that that's the question i'm i
1:30:11 personally am wrestling with
1:30:12 so for right now i'll just stop thank
1:30:14 you very much
1:30:16 thank you council president ray um
1:30:19 i just want to check in with jen did you
1:30:24 in regards to the deputy's uh question
1:30:26 chris did you need to uh
1:30:28 ask it to get the information you need
1:30:32 are you thinking of suggesting moving
1:30:34 between
1:30:35 two allocated amounts 250
1:30:39 um i can probably um
1:30:43 i'll listen to the rest of the comments
1:30:44 and questions and then i'll come back if
1:30:46 that's okay thank you yep
1:30:47 yep it looks like city administrator bob
1:30:50 bobquest wants to make a comment and
1:30:52 then we'll go to council member hall
1:30:54 yes thank you mayor mayor deputy council
1:30:56 president ray uh
1:30:58 we we thought very carefully about the
1:31:00 allocation for
1:31:01 the winterization we have been talking
1:31:04 with restaurants
1:31:04 outside of front street since the
1:31:07 beginning of the pandemic
1:31:08 to try to get a sense of interest in
1:31:11 doing more
1:31:11 outside and quite honestly we have not
1:31:14 heard
1:31:15 as much interest as we might have
1:31:16 thought we continue to talk to those
1:31:19 restaurants
1:31:20 uh either there they don't have the
1:31:22 ability with their
1:31:23 property owners to use the private
1:31:25 property for parking
1:31:26 uh on the outside so we are kind of
1:31:30 erroring on the side of putting more
1:31:31 money in the hands of more businesses
1:31:33 uh knowing that perhaps there is not
1:31:36 every restaurant in issaquah has the
1:31:38 ability
1:31:38 uh to go outside for lots of different
1:31:40 reasons so that's the reason we made
1:31:42 of the allocation proposal as we have
1:31:45 thank you
1:31:46 city administrator that that was very
1:31:48 helpful
1:31:50 great let's go to council member hall
1:31:54 thank you mayor paul this is alcohol i
1:31:56 had a similar question along the lines
1:31:58 of the
1:31:58 thirty thousand dollar grant full for
1:32:00 restaurants to extend outdoor seating
1:32:02 um so it's good to hear that we'll be
1:32:04 prioritizing new businesses but
1:32:06 is it um still a random lottery
1:32:09 or what's the system for awarding
1:32:13 um grants out of that point
1:32:17 um yes and so that would be our uh
1:32:21 our process if we receive grants more
1:32:23 than thirty thousand dollars and again
1:32:25 we're not really sure that we'll have
1:32:26 received
1:32:27 um as as much as thirty thousand dollars
1:32:29 of grants
1:32:30 and then so we would random randomly
1:32:32 order them
1:32:33 um and then uh go down and if someone
1:32:35 again has received funding before we
1:32:38 would go to the next person until we get
1:32:39 to the thirty thousand dollars and i
1:32:41 just counted up real quick
1:32:43 so there were eight businesses oh no
1:32:45 sorry ten businesses currently
1:32:46 that received them and then the new
1:32:48 allocation it'll be two additional ones
1:32:51 we um i did reach out to property
1:32:53 managers
1:32:54 um when we were exploring this option
1:32:56 for the winterization because again we
1:32:57 wanted to make sure that it made sense
1:33:00 um and um you know there are some places
1:33:03 like gilman village which has been very
1:33:05 easier to do those outdoor seating we've
1:33:08 heard back
1:33:09 from several of those we've heard from
1:33:12 some property on on
1:33:13 over on mall street and some restaurants
1:33:15 in some other areas but it's not
1:33:17 as wide of as a
1:33:20 city administrator bob quits mentioned
1:33:22 it's not as wide as
1:33:24 a an opportunity so we you know
1:33:27 the other thing is people were thinking
1:33:29 yeah that might be good for a few months
1:33:31 you know whether or not in december the
1:33:33 those investments
1:33:34 um will still make sense but
1:33:37 they will have them for early spring as
1:33:40 well if we're still in this
1:33:42 situation
1:33:45 thank you jen i am not seeing any other
1:33:49 questions at this time and i'm wondering
1:33:50 if someone is prepared to make a motion
1:33:53 actually yeah sorry that would be
1:33:56 appropriate because if council member
1:33:57 ray has additional
1:33:59 um conversation he can have it then
1:34:02 council president hunt
1:34:06 thank you this is councilor president
1:34:07 hunt i moved to authorize the allocation
1:34:15 850 designated to the city by the state
1:34:17 of washington from the coronavirus
1:34:26 security chairs restaurant
1:34:29 weatherization assistance and 250 000
1:34:33 for assistance to human services
1:34:35 agencies serving into our residents and
1:34:39 850 to be used for reimbursement of
1:34:42 expenses incurred by the city related to
1:34:44 the pandemic
1:34:46 and direct the finance director to
1:34:48 include the revenue and related
1:34:49 expenditures in a subsequent 2020 budget
1:34:52 amendment
1:34:54 and is there oh i see deputy council
1:34:56 president right
1:34:57 this is chris wray i second the motion
1:35:00 thank you
1:35:01 so council president we got about 98 of
1:35:04 your words
1:35:05 so i think we have most of it but after
1:35:08 comments and discussion i will make sure
1:35:10 to read the whole motion
1:35:12 so thank you uh it looks like council
1:35:15 president
1:35:16 uh sorry deputy council council
1:35:19 president hunt would like to make a
1:35:21 comment come to president
1:35:23 thank you this is council president hunt
1:35:25 um i apologize for my
1:35:27 internet problems hopefully you can
1:35:30 understand me i i wanted to indicate my
1:35:33 support of the motion i did make the
1:35:35 motion that appears
1:35:36 in our agenda pack good
1:35:40 and um i also wanted to thank the
1:35:42 administration and the multiple
1:35:44 departments
1:35:44 that have worked on getting this funding
1:35:47 allocated and out the door to people
1:35:48 that need it so quickly
1:35:49 thank you thank you very much
1:35:53 i'm not seeing unveiled the chat box but
1:35:55 i know there we go
1:35:56 council member do michelle you're up
1:35:59 thank you this is councilmember d
1:36:01 michelle um
1:36:03 i uh i admit to be into
1:36:07 becoming a little eclipt i think is the
1:36:11 you say that word when i was reading our
1:36:14 council
1:36:14 packet and reading the letters and
1:36:17 emails that we received from
1:36:19 small business owners who had received
1:36:21 previous grants
1:36:24 the need is great and i think one of the
1:36:28 things that i took away from all those
1:36:30 letters and emails was
1:36:32 that each business is a very individual
1:36:36 business
1:36:36 and they were given an amount of money
1:36:39 that they needed and were able to use it
1:36:41 specifically for what they needed in
1:36:43 their businesses
1:36:44 and i think it's a wonderful uh thing
1:36:46 that we've done
1:36:47 i'm very proud that issaquah has put
1:36:50 people
1:36:51 first and um
1:36:54 these are tough times and we cannot
1:36:57 afford to meet all the need but we are
1:37:00 doing what we can
1:37:01 and i am proud of that and i'm getting
1:37:05 you clapped again however you say that
1:37:09 uh i will stop because uh it makes me
1:37:12 teary to
1:37:13 hear uh how grateful people are how
1:37:15 appreciative
1:37:16 and i think how well thought out this
1:37:18 package is and i
1:37:19 too will be supporting it thank you
1:37:22 thank you councilmember d michelle
1:37:24 deputy council president ray
1:37:27 thank you mayor paulie this is chris ray
1:37:29 uh thank
1:37:30 you to the team for pulling this
1:37:33 together in the allocations i
1:37:35 would appreciate the legwork that was
1:37:37 done so that we could understand really
1:37:38 what the need is and
1:37:40 how best to use the limited resources we
1:37:42 have to make the greatest impact
1:37:44 um so i think this is a
1:37:47 really good approach but i would like to
1:37:51 see some data coming back as we move
1:37:53 forward with the
1:37:54 grants so we can see where that money is
1:37:56 going
1:37:57 and um you know learn learn from this
1:37:59 and make sure that we are
1:38:01 if we have another chance in a position
1:38:02 to help those
1:38:04 with the greatest need and helping to
1:38:06 create that sense of community that
1:38:07 makes it such a great place to live
1:38:11 thank you deputy council president ray
1:38:13 i'll give a few moments to see if any
1:38:15 other council members would like to
1:38:16 speak to it before i
1:38:18 reread the motion
1:38:24 all right the proposed motion before the
1:38:28 council that has been moved and seconded
1:38:30 is to authorize the allocation of 563
1:38:34 850 designated dollars dollars
1:38:37 designated to the city
1:38:39 by the state of washington from the
1:38:40 corona virus aid relief and economic
1:38:43 security
1:38:44 act as follows 250 000 for economic
1:38:47 development assistance
1:38:48 including business grants and restaurant
1:38:51 weatherization assistance
1:38:53 and 250 000 for assistance to human
1:38:56 services agencies serving issaquah
1:38:58 residents
1:38:59 and sixty-three thousand eight hundred
1:39:01 and fifty dollars to be used for
1:39:02 reimbursement of expenses incurred by
1:39:05 the city related to the pandemic
1:39:07 and direct the finance director to
1:39:09 include the revenue and related
1:39:10 expenditures in a subsequent 2020 budget
1:39:13 amendment
1:39:16 i will move to the city clerk
1:39:20 for our roll call vote
1:39:23 starting with council member goodman aye
1:39:27 councilmember hall aye
1:39:30 council president hunt i
1:39:34 council member martz aye
1:39:37 deputy council president ray aye
1:39:40 councilmember walsh
1:39:46 councilmember d michelle aye
1:39:50 7i zero nays that passes unanimously
1:39:54 i i have to say when council member d
1:39:56 michelle says that
1:39:57 this can make her feel quite emotional
1:40:00 um i got
1:40:01 different down my fine that we got this
1:40:03 good work done tonight because this
1:40:04 makes a really really big difference so
1:40:06 thank you very very much
1:40:09 the next item on our agenda this evening
1:40:11 is good of the order and i do know that
1:40:13 councilmember hall has anything so has
1:40:16 something
1:40:17 so i will let him start and see who else
1:40:19 signs up in the chat councilmember hall
1:40:23 thank you mayor paulie this is zach call
1:40:24 now on to the fun stuff
1:40:26 um so
1:40:29 um i guess i'll start you know just for
1:40:33 the public and for the city council i
1:40:34 would like to bring up
1:40:36 a number of policy questions that have
1:40:38 been raised the cascade water alliance
1:40:40 board of directors
1:40:41 for feedback and discussion amongst us
1:40:43 all here
1:40:44 i did i was able to send out
1:40:48 some language earlier today um but i'll
1:40:51 ask you
1:40:52 in the mayor if if you'd like i'll read
1:40:54 through it all
1:40:55 we can go through question by question
1:40:58 i just saw a shake and a nod so i'm not
1:41:02 perhaps we could ask that question to
1:41:03 the council mayor and secretary
1:41:06 that sounds good there was um
1:41:10 there was a significant amount of
1:41:12 information in detail passed today i
1:41:14 would suggest
1:41:15 that it would make sense um for the
1:41:19 council member hall just to introduce
1:41:21 the question and if you had any
1:41:23 uh follow-up questions or comments on
1:41:25 the information you provided great
1:41:27 um we're really just looking for general
1:41:29 direction on
1:41:31 how our council as a member of cascade
1:41:33 water feels about this so i would
1:41:34 suggest you ask the questions
1:41:36 and um the council will follow up if
1:41:39 they have any comments or questions
1:41:41 okay so then i'll start with the
1:41:45 uh first policy question um
1:41:48 before cascade water alliance board and
1:41:50 that has to do with the setting of new
1:41:52 rates in the coming years so i'll just
1:41:53 read off this first
1:41:55 um couple bits which kind of wraps up
1:41:57 most of the arguments so um
1:42:01 staff for cascade water alliance um had
1:42:04 presented us with several different
1:42:05 scenarios
1:42:06 um for rate increasements uh great
1:42:09 increases in the coming years
1:42:11 and has recommended a um an
1:42:14 option that would follow a 2.2 annual
1:42:18 increase for five years
1:42:20 uh and another option that we studied
1:42:22 was setting a zero percent increase
1:42:25 uh in 2021 followed by a four percent
1:42:28 increase in 2022
1:42:29 and three percent increases in 2023 and
1:42:32 2024 so that's zero
1:42:34 four three for the next two years um
1:42:40 mayor paulie and i have been supportive
1:42:44 uh zero percent increase in 2021 for a
1:42:46 number of reasons but the majority of
1:42:49 the cascade water alliance board
1:42:52 supports a 2.2
1:42:54 annual increase over five years uh for a
1:42:57 couple of reasons
1:42:57 one um well i should say primarily
1:43:01 because
1:43:02 if the economy is still struggling next
1:43:04 next year the board might not be
1:43:06 interested in having
1:43:07 a 4.4 or sorry a 4
1:43:11 increase in 2022 uh in this other option
1:43:15 um would make it a 2.2 increase in 2022.
1:43:20 um so if council would like any
1:43:24 additional
1:43:24 information through that section i can
1:43:26 walk through
1:43:28 um some more arguments in favor opposed
1:43:31 each one but we kind of just wanted to
1:43:34 better understand your general thoughts
1:43:36 on rates moving forward
1:43:40 at cascade
1:43:44 and i just add a little bit too this is
1:43:47 the mayor which councilmember hall said
1:43:48 and that is that we think both options
1:43:51 are good
1:43:52 um as members of the board we believe
1:43:55 the zero um four percent
1:43:59 and then three three three has a couple
1:44:01 benefits to it
1:44:02 our city staff says that either rate
1:44:05 structure is fine so it's kind of
1:44:07 more along the line of this council has
1:44:10 been working hard and lobbying through
1:44:13 not to have increases next year this is
1:44:16 just a question
1:44:17 are you comfortable uh with the
1:44:20 increases
1:44:21 did you want us to advocate for the zero
1:44:23 percent and four percent and by the way
1:44:25 those are across cascade members and do
1:44:27 not necessarily mean that
1:44:28 issaquah water users that use cascade
1:44:31 water would get those increases so it's
1:44:32 just sort of a
1:44:34 political question of whether where your
1:44:36 heads are on that
1:44:37 uh council member goodman followed by
1:44:39 council president hunt
1:44:44 ah thank you councilmember goodman here
1:44:47 have they put forth any um
1:44:50 any ways to save any money
1:44:54 or will they are there just what the
1:44:57 rates are in order to cover capital
1:45:00 i think that this is the mayor i believe
1:45:02 the original proposal was to do some
1:45:05 flat three percent increases through the
1:45:07 next year so the 2.2
1:45:09 is a lower increase than what they were
1:45:12 originally
1:45:12 proposing have they included
1:45:16 uh other cost-saving measures such as
1:45:21 staff reductions counseling
1:45:24 other removing other expenditures they
1:45:27 have not
1:45:28 they have not and that is similar to
1:45:30 many of the organizations that we work
1:45:31 with that are not directly
1:45:34 um accountable to the repair or the
1:45:36 taxpayer
1:45:38 okay um thank you
1:45:42 i want questions and comments at the
1:45:44 same time
1:45:45 or questions and then comments what do
1:45:47 you want to do
1:45:49 they're really only this is the mayor
1:45:50 again there really only are
1:45:52 a couple of significant policy questions
1:45:54 the other ones we think are fairly
1:45:55 straightforward so um councilmember hall
1:45:57 maybe we should go through one at a time
1:45:59 anybody else with compliments and i do
1:46:01 see that um
1:46:03 council president hunt and deputy
1:46:04 council president ray also have
1:46:06 questions in common council president
1:46:10 um thank you this is council president
1:46:13 um i was formerly the alternate for
1:46:16 cascade water alliance i'm so
1:46:18 i'm familiar with some of the
1:46:32 hopefully you can hear me um the initial
1:46:34 demand estimates
1:46:35 were for um developed in the
1:46:38 late 1990s and then the demand has
1:46:40 actually not met
1:46:43 those and people will have been
1:46:44 conserving a lot more and so i think
1:46:46 depending on what happens in the future
1:46:48 we might continue to see savings in
1:46:50 those
1:46:50 ways and we might be able to delay
1:46:54 uh um
1:46:55 [Music]
1:47:01 you want to try turning up your rate
1:47:04 increase as well
1:47:08 economic hardship right now yeah we're
1:47:11 only getting part of what you're saying
1:47:13 sorry about that um i'm going to go to
1:47:16 deputy council president ray
1:47:20 so thank you uh mayor paul this is chris
1:47:23 i just have a question in in a
1:47:25 clarification so the two point
1:47:28 two percent or whatever rate those are
1:47:31 increases to the wholesale rate for
1:47:32 water right
1:47:34 correct what have we analyzed what the
1:47:37 impact of this would be on our water
1:47:38 system plants since we just adopted a
1:47:40 water system plan based on
1:47:42 an increase in cascade water um i'm just
1:47:44 wondering
1:47:45 was this in our what we were factoring
1:47:48 and what impacted will it have on our
1:47:49 rates because
1:47:50 i think it's all fine well what what
1:47:52 happens well was not
1:47:54 intended as a play on words but i'm
1:47:55 gonna take it anyway
1:47:57 um i think it's all fine that you know
1:48:00 whatever the rate increase is but i'd
1:48:02 like to
1:48:03 um if we could arm you with a
1:48:06 some insights into what the impact is
1:48:08 going to be
1:48:09 on our rate payers and what's going to
1:48:12 do to their
1:48:14 um the water part of their bill if
1:48:16 there's a percent or a four percent
1:48:18 or whatever percent increase in the
1:48:19 whole sale rates great
1:48:22 that is great thank you they are two
1:48:25 separate issues so the purchase of
1:48:28 wholesale water
1:48:30 is set at one price but the purchase of
1:48:33 surplus water my as far as my limited
1:48:36 understanding is at a different price
1:48:38 and so what we will do is provide some
1:48:39 information to council we'll get um
1:48:42 interim public works director mr york to
1:48:45 tell you what the other prices are so
1:48:47 i'm not sure that it
1:48:49 has a significant impact on that because
1:48:50 that water pricing is discounted
1:48:53 and council member hall did collect some
1:48:55 information
1:48:56 on if it's a zero first year four
1:49:00 percent second year or
1:49:01 two point two two point two what the
1:49:03 impact is to our current
1:49:05 um water uses around cascade water what
1:49:07 they would pay in issaquah and
1:49:09 councilmember paul did you wanna share
1:49:10 that information
1:49:14 yes and no it's a little confusing for
1:49:16 next year um
1:49:17 because no matter what our ratepayers
1:49:21 will see a significant amount of savings
1:49:23 due to a one-time
1:49:24 kind of unique true up um but it
1:49:28 um let me actually pull up the chart
1:49:31 that shows
1:49:32 the impact to city visit law so i'll
1:49:34 expand on that um
1:49:38 we pay a rate based on an estimated
1:49:40 usage
1:49:42 and when it's all started out at the end
1:49:44 there's a true up that happens
1:49:46 and so um the true ups sometimes go in
1:49:50 your favor and sometimes go against you
1:49:52 issaquah is using less cascade water now
1:49:55 than it was um i'm not sure if it's
1:49:57 related to the
1:49:58 fifa tissue there was a specific
1:50:01 um i think it was related to talus sorry
1:50:05 sorry so and so our usage has gone
1:50:09 down and therefore uh the amount that
1:50:12 we're paying has gone down some mammoths
1:50:14 the spanish plateau water and school
1:50:16 district has decided to purchase more
1:50:17 water in a blending
1:50:19 operation and they see significant
1:50:22 increases
1:50:23 in it so this is this true up that
1:50:25 happens and so our
1:50:26 residents won't really see it
1:50:30 other members of cascade water alliance
1:50:32 their users will see it
1:50:39 um sorry i think i'm missing on
1:50:40 questions here
1:50:43 mayor paulie did um you still want me
1:50:45 and deputy council president ray did you
1:50:47 still want me to expand on
1:50:49 some of the savings under each scenario
1:50:51 for issaquah or
1:50:52 deputy council president ray was that
1:50:54 sufficient for you no i'm great thank
1:50:57 okay and i'm going to move to council
1:51:01 member marks
1:51:05 thank you madam thank you madam mayor
1:51:07 this is council member mark
1:51:09 a couple things um first thing
1:51:12 is that i would get nervous when we talk
1:51:14 about
1:51:15 potential benefits down the road from
1:51:17 conservation
1:51:19 because unfortunately a lot of times
1:51:21 with things like water
1:51:22 it actually has a weird net effect right
1:51:25 because the operating costs are what
1:51:27 they are
1:51:28 and they're not necessarily volume
1:51:30 dependent so as you get conservation
1:51:32 hooray the resource lasts
1:51:34 longer but the actual per unit costs to
1:51:37 uh billable uh folks can actually go up
1:51:42 uh so we need to be careful on the
1:51:44 assumptions that we
1:51:45 that we hope to see you've certainly
1:51:46 seen great increases in conservation in
1:51:49 the area
1:51:50 over the last 20 years but it hasn't
1:51:51 necessarily resulted in a lot better
1:51:54 uh then keeping costs down i'm
1:51:57 i'm all for it but i think
1:52:01 you know we need to start asking
1:52:02 ourselves it's quite possible that
1:52:05 um you know from everything that we hear
1:52:07 uh there are going to be challenges in
1:52:09 just like there are in 2020 so
1:52:12 we need to understand if we think that
1:52:16 is going to continue to be a difficult
1:52:18 year if we think that
1:52:20 um the uh pandemic will continue to be
1:52:23 an issue through 2021
1:52:25 we need to ask ourselves if going to
1:52:26 zero this year and four percent next
1:52:29 year versus 2.2 and 2.2 is
1:52:32 is it actually a better option i'm not
1:52:35 positive
1:52:36 it is i just feel like more and more we
1:52:39 have to assume
1:52:40 unfortunately i couldn't envision six
1:52:43 months ago that this wasn't going to be
1:52:45 over by the end of the year but
1:52:46 everything we hear
1:52:48 seems that this is going to be a
1:52:49 substantial issue in 2021 i want to be
1:52:51 careful that we don't just
1:52:53 pile a big increase on people next year
1:52:57 that concludes my comments thank you
1:52:59 good comment
1:53:00 thank you i think uh
1:53:03 on the rape issue uh one other point
1:53:06 that councilmember hall and i were
1:53:09 interested in sharing with you
1:53:10 is that the timeline for converting lake
1:53:14 to a water source may or may not
1:53:18 extend but at the point in time that
1:53:20 they're doing project planning right now
1:53:22 these rate increases contribute partly
1:53:25 to that new capital
1:53:26 project and 2.2
1:53:29 2.2 over five years and will generate
1:53:32 about 15 million dollars less
1:53:34 it's a one billion dollar project that's
1:53:37 a big project
1:53:38 most of the members are not worried that
1:53:40 it generates less
1:53:42 we brought up the fact that we thought
1:53:44 50 million dollars was not
1:53:46 small change we've been on a big price
1:53:49 item ticket item
1:53:51 but our public internet public works
1:53:54 director is fine with either options but
1:53:56 just want to make sure you have all the
1:53:57 information
1:53:58 and i'm kind of hearing that there isn't
1:54:01 a big excitement to go one way or the
1:54:03 other
1:54:03 so we will just continue at cascade on
1:54:06 that one
1:54:07 saying that we're in support of either
1:54:08 option and we see pros and cons for both
1:54:11 options
1:54:11 if that makes sense that's where we'll
1:54:13 go on the first one
1:54:16 not seeing anybody else wanting to
1:54:18 comment council member hall would you
1:54:19 like to go to the next
1:54:20 policy question absolutely i would this
1:54:23 is zach hall
1:54:23 and uh if you have any additional
1:54:26 feedback maybe
1:54:28 it strikes you mid sleep sometime
1:54:31 between now and wednesday
1:54:33 feel free to call me i'm usually up but
1:54:36 we can talk through that then too all
1:54:38 right so rates that was the biggest one
1:54:40 um the next one regards the use of
1:54:44 something called rcfcs which
1:54:46 are um regional capital facilities
1:54:48 charges
1:54:50 which are new charges are charges to new
1:54:54 customers for new connections i wanted
1:54:56 to make that specific reference in the
1:54:57 email that i sent you
1:54:59 i defined an rcfc as a charge to a new
1:55:01 member
1:55:02 for newcomer new connections which would
1:55:04 refer to like the city of issaquah as a
1:55:06 member but rcfcs are actually charmers
1:55:09 who have a new connection or want to
1:55:12 expand on their connections
1:55:14 and um then that goes through the city
1:55:17 of visquad
1:55:18 to cascade water lines so i just wanted
1:55:19 to make that quick clarification
1:55:22 so it has to do with committing the use
1:55:24 of rcfcs for construction projects only
1:55:29 in fact we had a conversation with city
1:55:31 staff and it's actually preferred that
1:55:32 these costs
1:55:34 are used for capital costs and instead
1:55:36 of operational costs and i believe
1:55:38 um we've been using it for debt service
1:55:40 too mayor paulie feel free to
1:55:42 correct me there but um mayor paulie and
1:55:45 i are supportive of this change and we
1:55:46 just wanted to
1:55:48 see if anyone on council had any
1:55:49 thoughts about that one and i would
1:55:51 suggest
1:55:52 that if you have thoughts please put
1:55:54 something in the chat box
1:55:55 and otherwise we'll assume that you are
1:55:57 in agreement and we'll move to the next
1:55:58 policy question and just a correction it
1:56:01 is a regional connection facility
1:56:03 chart oh not seeing anything
1:56:06 what could be a regional connection
1:56:08 facility starts i just pulled this from
1:56:09 the powerpoint
1:56:11 my apologies no worries um so
1:56:13 councilmember hall i'm not seeing any
1:56:15 comments
1:56:15 uh let's move on to the next policy
1:56:17 question perfect um
1:56:19 so the next one has to do with um
1:56:22 adopting a two-year cycle
1:56:24 for rates and rcfcs uh instead of our
1:56:28 current one-year cycle
1:56:29 so um the mayor and i are actually
1:56:31 supportive of this
1:56:32 uh transitioning to a two-year cycle and
1:56:34 it might even
1:56:36 match up nicely should we decide to
1:56:39 move to a two-year budget cycle for our
1:56:41 own budget so
1:56:42 we wanted to see if there are any other
1:56:45 comments or feedback on that one
1:56:47 thank you councilmember hall i am not
1:56:49 seeing anybody in the chat box at this
1:56:50 point in time
1:56:51 so i'll keep my eye on it and you can
1:56:53 move on to the next policy question
1:56:55 it looks like council member goodman
1:56:56 doesn't count there you go
1:56:58 council member goodman uh thank you
1:57:01 councilmember goodman here uh
1:57:04 was that the last one councilmember hall
1:57:07 uh the second to last one we have uh
1:57:10 the policy question of the late taps
1:57:13 i'll wait till you're done thank you
1:57:14 okay the last policy question
1:57:18 yeah so this one has to do with this is
1:57:21 that call sorry uh this has to do with
1:57:23 finding a lake taps
1:57:24 equity fund to quote safeguard funds
1:57:27 monitor progress and provide
1:57:29 transparency and accountability for the
1:57:31 cascade water alliance's
1:57:33 long-term interests in lake taps
1:57:36 and our this is the mayor our city staff
1:57:39 is supportive of this
1:57:41 very supportive business not seeing
1:57:43 anything in the chat box right now
1:57:45 except council member goodman so
1:57:46 councilmember goodman we'll go back to
1:57:50 thank you councilmember goodman here um
1:57:52 my my general comment
1:57:54 was um just that i wanted to thank you
1:57:57 councilmember hall
1:57:58 and um for bringing this up and bringing
1:58:02 um the detail that we need to
1:58:06 um provide in um informed
1:58:10 feedback um i just want to show my
1:58:12 appreciation and say thank you
1:58:15 that's really nice mr mayor thank you
1:58:17 very much i am not seeing anything else
1:58:20 in the chat box
1:58:21 council member hal do you feel like you
1:58:22 have everything you need to report back
1:58:24 out at the board meeting
1:58:26 mayor paulie this is that call i think
1:58:28 um i think i have every
1:58:30 everything we need uh let's touch face
1:58:32 before wednesday and if anyone has any
1:58:34 additional comments moving forward
1:58:36 um that'd be great and thank you
1:58:38 councilmember goodman i
1:58:40 i appreciate you saying that i spent a
1:58:41 lot of today trying to
1:58:43 end last night trying to make this make
1:58:45 sense in my mind because i thought if it
1:58:47 made sense in my mind it would
1:58:48 definitely make sense
1:58:50 so good to know
1:58:53 great great feedback thank you i'm not
1:58:55 seeing anybody else indicating anything
1:58:57 for good of the order
1:58:58 so i will move down to the upcoming
1:59:00 council meetings
1:59:02 the following upcoming meetings will be
1:59:03 held virtually the city council special
1:59:05 meeting on tuesday september 29th at 6
1:59:08 with potential agenda items including
1:59:10 the mayor's budget presentation
1:59:13 and the 2019 financial statement audit
1:59:16 exit conference the city council study
1:59:19 session
1:59:20 on tuesday september 29th at 7 pm has
1:59:23 the following potential agenda items
1:59:25 the east side fire and rescue governance
1:59:27 model changes and the east side fire and
1:59:29 rescue budget
1:59:30 and the city council regular meeting on
1:59:32 monday october 5th has potential
1:59:35 agenda items of the dog park an update
1:59:38 on the dog park
1:59:39 affordable housing efforts establishing
1:59:42 environmental
1:59:43 the environmental board and repealing
1:59:46 regarding the river 18.03 regarding the
1:59:49 rivers and streams board
1:59:50 and a franchise agreement with video
1:59:53 communications
1:59:55 so those are our meetings that are
1:59:56 coming up i'm going to suggest that we
1:59:59 take a five-minute break
2:00:02 before we start the executive session so
2:00:04 we'll be taking a break
2:00:06 now at 902 i will see you around 907
2:00:10 thank you

Attendance

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

Motions and votes (1)

Authorize the allocation of $563,850 designated to the City by the State of Washington from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act as follows: • $250,000 for economic development assistance, including business grants and restaurant weatherization assistance; and • $250,000 fo…
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