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Monday, April 19, 2021

7:00 PM · 2h 9m
Topics tracked across meetings:
Title 18 Land Use Code: Consolidated Draft [2 hrs.] ID 1273 1/7
2022-2027 Capital Improvement Plan, including Transportation Improvement Program AB 8123 3/9
Environmental Awards 1/2
Section
Topic
1. CALL TO ORDER
1a
First for Roll Call Vote: de Michele
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
6a
Accounts: Payables and Payroll of April 19, 2021, $ 7,276,383.87 ID 0782
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.5–36
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
6b
Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, March
Carried 6-0
Adopt Findings & Conclusions · packet pp.37
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 03-23-21 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
6e
Port of Seattle Economic Development Partnership Program Grant AB 8141
Carried 6-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.319–330
Topics: Economic Development
Staff report:
The Port of Seattle has partnered with King County cities via its Economic Development Partnership Program since 1996 to provide non-competitive economic development grants. The City of Issaquah is eligible to receive up to $38,690, based on a $1 per capita allocation. This grant requires a 50% match.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
6f
2021 Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Funding Recommendations AB 8145
Carried 6-0
Approve · packet pp.331–387
Topics: BudgetTourism
Staff report:
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the City recognizes that tourism and tourism-related industries have been greatly impacted. These businesses and not-for-profit organizations are integral to the local economy and community. Upon
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
6g
Boards & Commissions Annual Appointments AB 8147
Carried 6-0
Receive · packet pp.389–392
Topics: Boards & Commissions
Staff report:
Confirm appointments as presented.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
6i
Title 18 Update Professional Services Contract AB 8166
Carried 6-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.459–475
Topics: Land Use
Staff report:
The Administration issued the first request for proposals (RFP) for consultants to assist in updating the land use component of the Issaquah Municipal Code, or Title 18, in December 2018. In February 2019, the City entered into a contract with Makers Architecture & Urban Design of Seattle (Makers) to begin this work. Makers chose to include the Berger Partnership on their team as they were the landscape design consultants who worked with the Parks and Community Services Department to develop the Parks Strategic Plan and the more-detailed vision for the Green Necklace. Makers’ team also included BHC Consultants and land use attorney Ryan Walters.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8. GOOD OF THE ORDER
8a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:05 good evening everyone
0:07 i'm calling the april 19th city council
0:09 meeting to order
0:10 due to the governor's proclamation 20-28
0:13 relating to the coveted 19
0:15 emergency and open public meetings this
0:18 meeting will be held entirely remotely
0:20 tonight
0:22 at this moment i will take some time to
0:24 do a roll call of the council members in
0:26 attendance
0:27 please say here when i call your name
0:29 i'll start off with
0:30 council member martz who has an excused
0:32 absence
0:33 and moves to council member g michelle
0:36 here
0:37 thank you councilmember goodman here
0:40 thank you
0:40 councilmember hall here thanks
0:44 council president hunt here
0:47 thank you deputy council president ray
0:49 yeah
0:50 great and council member walsh here
0:55 thank you that six of our seven council
0:57 members this evening the next item on
0:59 the agenda is the pledge of allegiance
1:01 and i would ask you if you could all
1:02 mute your microphones
1:04 but please join me in the pledge of
1:06 allegiance
1:08 i pledge allegiance to the flag of the
1:11 united states
1:12 of america and to the republic for which
1:15 it stands
1:16 one nation under god indivisible
1:19 with liberty and justice for all
1:23 just be my screen here a little bit um
1:26 the next item on our agenda this evening
1:28 is audience comments
1:29 and for those of you who have submitted
1:31 our online form to make comments we will
1:33 call your name shortly
1:34 for those of you who have who have
1:36 joined us tonight and would like to make
1:38 comments that did not sign up in advance
1:40 there is a way for you to raise your
1:42 virtual hand if you're on the phone
1:44 please press star three if you have
1:47 joined by computer or smartphone
1:49 look for a hand icon this can vary by
1:52 device
1:53 one option may be to go to the
1:54 participant panel
1:56 and choose the raised hand icon in the
1:58 lower right hand corner
2:00 keep in mind we will not be getting
2:01 public comments regarding ab-8136
2:05 the consolidated appeal of a hearing
2:07 examiner's denial of the preliminary
2:09 plot
2:10 of the high street collection at isco
2:11 highlands as that item
2:13 is the quasi-judicial closed record of
2:15 appeal
2:17 city clerk has anyone signed up to speak
2:18 this evening for general audience
2:20 comments
2:22 yes we have four individuals signed up
2:23 to speak
2:25 that is great let me go through a few
2:27 more items for those making comments and
2:29 then we can start
2:31 so for those who signed up to speak
2:33 please make sure to direct your comments
2:34 to the whole council and not to
2:36 individuals
2:37 and while this is not a question and
2:38 answer session we will contact you to
2:40 follow up if needed
2:42 when you are recognized unmute your
2:44 microphone
2:46 state your name address relationship to
2:48 the city speak clearly and pause
2:51 frequently
2:52 and please limit your comments to five
2:54 minutes when you're done please remove
2:56 your microphone
2:57 if you do not respond after your name or
2:59 phone number is called or if your
3:01 connection is lost
3:02 unexpectedly the meeting will still need
3:04 to proceed and you are encouraged to
3:05 rejoin the meeting if able
3:07 personal attacks obscene language
3:09 derogatory remarks and disruptive
3:11 behavior will not be permitted
3:13 citizen comments written and verbal are
3:15 an important aspect of the public
3:17 process the city
3:18 takes comments seriously and we thank
3:20 you for taking the time to come and
3:22 address us this evening
3:23 so city clerk if you can identify the
3:25 first person who signed up to speak this
3:27 evening
3:30 yes mayor give me just a moment here
3:36 to identify our first caller
3:42 the first individual who signed up to
3:44 speak tonight
3:45 was doreen russell however i'm not
3:48 seeing doreen with us at the moment
3:51 i do see one calling user if that's you
3:54 doreen please
3:55 raise your virtual hand by pressing star
3:58 otherwise we'll move on to our next
4:01 commenter which is dave wagner dave
4:04 i'm going to make you a panelist now in
4:07 just a moment you should have an
4:08 option to turn on your video if you'd
4:10 like and unmute
4:21 all right dave you have the floor
4:26 okay let me i'm still trying to get the
4:29 video going here
4:30 all right can you hear me okay we can
4:33 hear you but it's way more fun when we
4:35 can see you too
4:37 well there it is uh hi council my name
4:40 is david wagner
4:42 i'm with a vfw 3436
4:46 in isoqua washington uh my address is
4:50 360 northwest dogwood street i've been a
4:53 resident
4:53 of uh is aqua questions 1945 before many
4:57 of you were born
5:00 this saturday you have the wonderful
5:03 opportunity to come
5:05 to our annual flag disposal
5:08 at the flintoff beach property
5:12 we'll start about nine o'clock come on
5:14 down for
5:16 uh whatever time you can afford our
5:19 illustrious mayor has been there before
5:22 and it's kind of fun you will get to see
5:25 what we've been doing for our city now
5:27 for over 16 years i just did some math
5:31 today
5:32 that means we have disposed of over 6
5:35 400 flags in the last 16 years
5:39 city flags property owner flags
5:43 all kinds of u.s flags and we teach
5:46 our wonderful boy scouts cub scouts girl
5:49 scouts
5:49 how to properly dispose of those flags
5:53 you will even get the opportunity
5:56 opportunity to put one in a fire
5:58 yourself so
5:59 make sure you wear some old grubby
6:02 clothes
6:03 i wanted to pass this on as a wonderful
6:05 opportunity
6:06 to get all smoky uh for me it will be a
6:10 weekend of
6:11 feeling like a roasted marshmallow by
6:14 the time the
6:15 weekend is over with but
6:18 please come down and see what we do we
6:20 do this for our community
6:22 eastside fire and rescue has two trucks
6:24 there so we make sure that the kids are
6:26 safe
6:27 um and we love doing this and
6:31 i think we probably have over 400 flags
6:34 to dispose of
6:35 at the beach and it can be a fun day
6:38 even if it rains and by the way rain is
6:41 expected so
6:42 uh wear uh your
6:45 hat your rain hat and bring your
6:48 galoshes
6:49 um that's what i wanted to do
6:53 before we got started and i will now uh
6:57 end the conversation and take my seat as
7:00 a transportation advisory board member
7:03 and i thank you for your attention
7:06 thank you mr wagner um city clerk
7:10 i think the next person you have on your
7:11 list the name is listed wrong i believe
7:13 it's right
7:14 knoll if you care first name right
7:18 thank you mayor right noel is here let
7:22 make him a panelist now
7:31 right in just a moment here you should
7:33 have an option to turn on your video
7:35 and unmute
7:42 you have the floor
7:48 thank you it's good to
7:51 be with all of you and good to see faces
7:53 i think last time i
7:55 spoke here it was via phone and it was
7:59 not nearly as exciting because i
8:00 couldn't see all of you
8:02 uh as has been stated my name is wright
8:04 noel
8:05 i'm a business owner in essequa
8:08 carsonal law firm we've been in business
8:11 started in issaquah
8:12 pride ourselves in being active in the
8:14 squad community
8:16 and have been in business 15 in 14 or 15
8:19 years now
8:20 um i am also wearing the hat of
8:25 the issaquah chamber of commerce chair
8:28 of explored this year and last year
8:32 and in that capacity i want to thank
8:36 you and the council the council as a
8:38 whole for the support of businesses
8:41 um you know we it's
8:44 tough decisions on where to spend money
8:47 and who gets money and
8:48 lots of people at the table that want
8:50 money and
8:51 i want to thank you for the business
8:53 grants that have been given i know that
8:54 they've had a multiplying effect
8:56 um they've helped not only businesses
8:59 stay in business
9:00 but employees stay employed people stay
9:03 in their housing
9:04 and it really has a big impact
9:10 the chamber wants to be and is trying to
9:15 more active and a more uh
9:18 engaged partner with the city uh in the
9:20 city council we're
9:22 actively taking steps that way we
9:26 think that issaquah is a wonderful place
9:28 our members
9:30 are supportive of the city they're
9:33 supportive of
9:34 lots of things that are going on and
9:36 when we
9:37 participate in the process when the
9:39 business participates in the process i
9:40 think we get a better product
9:43 i want to thank our better product in
9:45 the laws and audiences that are passed
9:48 i want to thank those members of the
9:49 city council that responded to my email
9:51 on the
9:51 dvd charging stations
9:55 i think we
9:58 weren't an active participant in that
10:00 process i think part of that was our
10:02 problem
10:03 uh we didn't monitor it and keep it the
10:04 way we should have uh it was evident
10:06 when it was passed that some
10:09 constituents were sought out uh and
10:12 sought their opinions on those
10:14 and were just sad that we weren't sought
10:17 out more but
10:18 uh and as i said we we should have been
10:21 more active in it but
10:22 um we do feel a little sad that we
10:24 weren't sought out
10:25 uh it does i think place a burden on
10:28 some businesses
10:30 that will end up in very little if any
10:33 benefit
10:34 daycare centers churches retail
10:37 establishments that are going to have to
10:38 put in ev
10:39 charging stations at significant cost
10:42 where we know the data shows nobody
10:44 really charges at those places so
10:47 um we you know in my email i ask you to
10:51 reconsider or
10:52 delay that until 18 but um you know
10:57 i think it's a byproduct of when we're
10:59 not actively engaged and so
11:00 we are very much trying to be more
11:02 actively engaged in the process and
11:04 appreciate
11:05 you guys listening to our voice in that
11:08 respect there's two things that
11:10 we're excited to share with you the
11:13 chamber coming to the city council is
11:15 going to be a regular thing
11:17 we're going to have board members
11:18 regularly come and participate
11:21 uh which i think will help us keep
11:24 better track of
11:25 what's going on and allow us to be a
11:27 regular voice here
11:29 the other thing we're excited to share
11:30 with you is um we are going to be
11:32 endorsing candidates
11:34 for city council there will be
11:37 interviews we have a
11:38 government affairs committee that has
11:40 set up questions that will be asked
11:43 every candidate will be asked the same
11:45 questions they will then vote on
11:47 endorsements
11:48 and that's for city council and king
11:50 county council
11:51 and then state well this year not the
11:54 state but
11:55 in future years so we're excited to be
11:57 more active and involved in that process
11:59 um and we've now as
12:03 as a policy matter uh changed our
12:05 membership so any business that's part
12:07 of issaquah is now a member of the
12:08 chamber of commerce
12:10 they get different benefits if they buy
12:13 into things they get to advertise but
12:16 every
12:17 business will now get our letters and
12:19 our emails
12:21 which will do two things one we send out
12:24 and
12:24 request information from our members so
12:26 that we can come and share information
12:28 with you
12:28 hopefully it will make us a better
12:30 conduit of providing information for the
12:32 hundreds of businesses that are uh in
12:35 issaquah
12:36 and then it also allows us to share
12:39 information with them
12:40 so business grants uh one of the things
12:43 that we're very proud of
12:44 that we've been able to do with the
12:45 pandemic is share information with
12:47 businesses
12:48 with regard to the business grants with
12:50 regard to personal
12:51 protective equipment that we passed out
12:54 uh with regard to interacting with the
12:56 city on
12:57 front streets and other places where the
13:00 city has
13:00 been very creative and opportunities for
13:03 the city and
13:04 for which we very much appreciate
13:08 the city's help lastly
13:12 we want you to know we're still planning
13:13 on doing salmon days some people don't
13:15 know that the chamber sponsors salmon
13:17 days
13:19 it is our event we're happy to do it we
13:21 love doing it
13:22 uh we hope we'll be able to do it in as
13:24 big a capacity as we can
13:26 um and encourage you all to keep it on
13:28 your calendars and
13:30 and we're going to look and see what
13:31 we're able to do safely um finally as
13:34 the substantive things that you'll be
13:35 considering today
13:37 uh the capital improvement projects
13:40 we've been on record before and we
13:42 continue to be on record that the
13:44 water system should be something that's
13:45 prioritizing that process um
13:48 and with that i thank you for your time
13:51 uh appreciate the involved the efforts
13:54 you guys put in and the effort you put
13:56 in to
13:56 consider our voice and other voices when
13:59 you make decisions
14:01 thanks
14:04 thanks very much right great comments
14:07 glad to know you guys will be here with
14:09 us more
14:09 that's wonderful i'm going to check back
14:12 in with city clerk to see if dorina
14:14 showed up or if anybody else has
14:15 indicated that they
14:16 oh yeah that they would like to make
14:18 comments today
14:21 thank you mayor i don't see that doreen
14:23 has joined us
14:24 but ashwin would like to make comments
14:26 asked when i'm going to
14:27 move you up as a panelist this time in
14:30 just a moment you should have the option
14:32 to turn on your video and unmute
14:37 you have the floor
14:42 um hi can you hear me i can hear you
14:45 very well ashman
14:47 oh thank you so much um first of all
14:49 thank you mayor and the council
14:51 uh for you know giving me an opportunity
14:53 to talk uh talk today
14:56 uh i'm coming here in front of you as a
14:58 business
14:59 uh business owner in issaquah i
15:02 i own the chevron at the intersection of
15:04 brent and gilman
15:06 uh we've been in operation for quite a
15:08 while
15:09 and i've been running that business for
15:11 since 2013.
15:13 i also am a member in the economic
15:15 vitality commission as well
15:18 so i understand how
15:21 we all have to work together to make uh
15:24 our businesses succeed so i totally get
15:26 that
15:27 but i'm here today to talk to you about
15:30 my concerns huge concerns
15:34 about uh the street area program uh the
15:37 street program
15:38 is a great intention it's it's been run
15:40 to the great intention
15:42 of helping local restaurant businesses
15:45 and i understand that in 2020
15:49 due to clovid this treated the program
15:52 came in existence and
15:54 uh for the team we all
15:58 uh worked together and some of the
16:01 retailers
16:02 including myself we knew it's going to
16:04 have an economic impact and business
16:06 impact
16:07 on ourselves and we took the hit for the
16:10 team
16:11 in 2020 i want to take this opportunity
16:14 to explain to you
16:16 to help understand the pain points that
16:18 i face
16:20 due to street closures or any economic
16:24 or any traffic diversion on front street
16:28 uh let's start with what happens at that
16:30 intersection the intersection of front
16:32 and gilman
16:33 it's a very important intersection right
16:35 off of exit 17 or 990
16:38 and there are three gas stations right
16:41 there
16:42 shell chevron and arco i am at a very
16:46 important intersection
16:48 where my customers are coming in
16:51 from i-90 and customers going
16:55 to highway 18 to issaquah road
16:58 uh as well as our local uh asap traffic
17:02 as well as this managed traffic as well
17:05 trying to get to the plateau
17:06 through front street so
17:10 uh as well as through uh you know east
17:12 lake samantha
17:13 so this is kind of the traffic that's
17:15 coming into mice
17:16 coming into my business there's also
17:18 this also holds good for that
17:20 intersection as well
17:22 getting on to gilman and getting on to
17:24 front street from that intersection
17:26 so it's a very important intersection as
17:28 you can imagine
17:30 any changes in traffic pattern at that
17:32 intersection
17:33 has a huge impact in the backlog in a
17:36 backups
17:37 on i-90 on east lake sammamish
17:41 as well as uh on on gilman as well
17:45 so commuters have a a horrible time
17:49 trying to
17:50 wade through the traffic when it's a
17:52 backup and they don't want to come into
17:54 local businesses
17:55 especially stores like mine right so
17:59 imagine this happening over the entire
18:02 summer
18:03 during the weekends weekends are our
18:06 busiest time for our retailers
18:09 for especially stores like mine right
18:13 um and so i want i want you all to
18:16 understand
18:17 uh that we did take a huge business
18:20 impact
18:21 last year and i i went along with
18:25 the entire team knowing that this would
18:27 have an impact on me
18:29 and i am trying to recover from the
18:32 korean 19 impact from last year and i'm
18:36 trying to go
18:36 forward and i don't want to have
18:40 another economic impact due to these
18:43 street closures of traffic diversion and
18:45 truck stream
18:46 hear me out please i am all in for
18:50 supporting the street tree program i'm
18:52 totally hundred percent with you all to
18:54 do that
18:55 but impacting other businesses
18:58 to make some of the street uh restaurant
19:00 businesses successful
19:02 is not fair and i also want to make sure
19:06 that you understand that i had an
19:09 opportunity
19:10 along with a few of the retailers who
19:12 expressed
19:13 displeasure as well as shared
19:16 the business impact of street closures
19:19 with downtown insecure association dia
19:22 this was a few weeks ago
19:25 and for example i just want a quote
19:28 from the restaurant owner from jack's
19:30 grill she stood up and he said
19:33 i don't want to take business negatively
19:37 impacting some other business
19:38 this is exactly what he said and if you
19:41 can understand a restaurant
19:43 on front street speaking on it on the
19:46 impact because
19:47 these people don't know and i we all
19:50 have the opportunity to discuss about it
19:52 and we expressed our displeasure on
19:54 diverting traffic
19:55 or having any street closures on front
19:57 street and
19:59 in spite of that i'm hearing that 3d
20:02 program is going to go control forward
20:05 with street closures and diversions i
20:08 was
20:08 very disappointed uh with with how
20:11 how the actions went forward although we
20:14 expressed
20:15 you know our displeasure
20:18 and uh our uh concern
20:22 that it will impact us negatively on the
20:24 business side
20:25 and i heard yeah this is this is the
20:28 clerk just letting you know you've
20:30 reached your five-minute comment
20:31 period time if you could summarize
20:33 please yes my summary
20:35 is uh i'm pleading you
20:39 to not street have street closures on
20:42 front street
20:43 as well as diverting traffic on front
20:45 street to support eight or ten
20:47 restaurant businesses out there
20:50 in the name of in in ineffective
20:53 affecting other retail businesses so
20:55 that's my plea
20:56 here and i hope you get my message thank
20:58 you very much
21:00 thank you ashman city clerk is there
21:03 anyone else that has signed up or
21:04 indicated the desire to speak this
21:06 evening
21:08 uh yes doreen russell has joined us uh
21:11 so in just a moment durian i'll move you
21:13 up as a panelist you'll have the option
21:15 to turn your video on
21:16 and unmute and if there's anyone else on
21:19 the call who'd like to make comments
21:21 under public comment please raise your
21:23 virtual hand
21:24 if you're on the phone press star 3
21:27 if you're not on the phone there's a
21:28 variety of ways but you'll be looking
21:30 for a small
21:31 hand icon and
21:44 all right unfortunately it doesn't look
21:46 like i'll be able to
21:47 bring doreen up to the panelist area so
21:50 we won't be able to
21:51 get video but doreen i will go ahead and
21:53 unmute you now
21:58 you have the floor okay can you hear me
22:02 yes yes you can okay so i was
22:06 at the same meeting um that ashwan
22:09 was at and we had exactly the same
22:12 experience
22:13 last year um the week before
22:17 um the streetery started
22:20 i went back to completely after being
22:24 closed for three months like everybody
22:26 else i went back to completely
22:29 normal pre-covered business
22:33 prior to the streetery shutting down
22:36 front street
22:37 so i know that after 50 years in
22:40 business
22:41 that my gallery means get zen gallery
22:44 was able to
22:45 attract um my clients back
22:49 and i i was doing just fine and the
22:53 streeter restarted
22:55 and i immediately plummeted to
22:58 less than 10 percent of my business
23:02 um the entire time i suffered tremendous
23:06 losses
23:07 i could not get my customers no matter
23:10 what i did or said
23:11 to come past the barricades there was no
23:15 signage of course
23:16 other than street closed
23:21 and um i had to fight with the
23:25 employees and the owners of the
23:27 surrounding restaurants
23:30 every single day on the weekends like
23:32 ash when
23:34 my business is dependent on the weekends
23:38 um friday saturday sunday is uh
23:42 probably 80 90
23:45 of my business because that's when
23:47 couples can come in
23:49 um and again for
23:52 um the
23:56 i don't know if it's nine or 11
23:58 restaurants
23:59 all the rest of the retail except
24:03 for art by fire because they were right
24:06 next to the closing and there wasn't any
24:08 restaurant right before their
24:12 um location
24:15 that would block them from people being
24:18 able to see them
24:19 so basically from the time the street is
24:23 closed until the restaurants
24:25 opened um nobody's on the street
24:29 and so friday until
24:33 there's some umbrellas out and it's
24:35 dinner time
24:36 the restaurants aren't even except for
24:39 yummy yogurt
24:40 the restaurants aren't even benefiting
24:43 from
24:44 the time that i cannot do business and
24:47 then the same thing pretty much on
24:49 saturdays there's only a few restaurants
24:51 that are open
24:52 so i'm losing business um as well as the
24:55 rest of the retail that was there
24:58 but the other two retailers that were
25:00 across the street for me
25:02 closed within two or three months al's
25:05 folly that had been in business for
25:07 quite a while
25:08 had to close because they too couldn't
25:10 do any business
25:12 the new little darling store workshop
25:14 that was right across for me had to
25:16 close
25:17 um the workshop space is still vacant
25:21 um the wax salon that opened i believe
25:25 is now the sixth
25:27 salon type
25:31 hair salon type beauty salon type
25:34 store on front street i don't think we
25:37 needed another one of those
25:39 so the beautiful
25:42 arts district cultural historic district
25:48 if i go out there will be very few of
25:51 those
25:51 after working very hard and again
25:55 the restaurants got the lion's share of
25:58 the money
25:59 um i was willing to give it a go last
26:02 year to try to help the community
26:05 take one for the team whatever you want
26:07 to say to be a good
26:09 um merchant and member of the street
26:13 but the restaurants are all recovering
26:16 we're
26:16 in the process of recovering and to have
26:19 to take
26:20 um the losses uh i had
26:24 a huge loss the entire time of the
26:26 streetery last year
26:28 and to have to go through this again
26:30 this year really is going to put
26:33 the nail in the coffin for myself and
26:35 the rest of the businesses we're we're
26:37 all gonna suffer
26:39 for the restaurants and and
26:42 again uh i think his name is keith
26:45 at jack's um he does the 509 three
26:48 restaurants
26:50 um for for the
26:54 mostly evenings for for only
26:57 those restaurants to be to supported
27:00 to have the street and to have it for so
27:03 long i mean
27:04 even if it was just for a short period
27:08 of time i could understand
27:10 some type of
27:14 street fair but to have it for five
27:17 months again
27:18 is going to kill the rest of the street
27:21 it literally kills the street
27:24 and i had people that live right in
27:27 issaquah
27:28 not understand at all why the street was
27:31 closed
27:33 captioning not
27:47 to happen available never happened dia
27:49 i'm on the board of dia
27:51 dia never carried through despite all
27:53 the promises last year so i'm sorry
27:56 i don't believe the promises this year
28:00 and um if anyone doesn't understand that
28:04 the people on the board did not vote
28:07 were not presented with
28:09 any of the details for this year and
28:12 um i think we've gotten way ahead of our
28:15 ski
28:16 excuse me our skis you can tell i'm
28:18 upset about this
28:20 our skis on touring this yes
28:23 i know i'm near the five minutes yeah if
28:26 if you were on the city council
28:30 if you were sitting on the other side
28:33 and you had a business
28:34 and you knew that it was imminent
28:38 that you were going to lose another
28:42 you were going to lose your business
28:43 your business is going to be threatened
28:45 after going through what you did last
28:48 year not because
28:49 just because of covid but because
28:52 you knew that this was going to be the
28:55 nail
28:55 in the coffin and you had to fight along
28:58 with people
28:59 on the street that are being quiet
29:02 because
29:03 they don't want to be retaliated against
29:07 for not supporting the restaurants and
29:10 only a few people are willing to come
29:12 forward
29:13 you would be pretty vocal too so i'm
29:16 imploring you
29:17 just as ashwin did please don't lock us
29:21 please don't close us off please
29:23 consider
29:24 the traffic the parking all the issues
29:28 that we face as merchants we just want
29:31 to survive
29:32 and closing us in at this point
29:35 when the restaurants are doing business
29:37 and we are
29:38 on the slow road to recovery please just
29:42 if nothing else delay and let there be
29:44 more input in the community
29:47 thank you doreen citycraft is there
29:50 anyone else
29:56 yes uh kathy mcquarrie
30:00 kathy in just a moment here i will be
30:02 making you a panelist you should have
30:04 the option to turn your video on if
30:06 you'd like and unmute
30:13 you have the floor
30:16 thank you uh just quickly you've already
30:19 heard
30:20 from right now our chairman of the board
30:21 this evening i actually just wanted to
30:24 share with you the great
30:25 experience and my sincere gratitude
30:29 for our drive-through vaccination clinic
30:34 as soon as it was up and running i went
30:36 on to the snoqualmie tribe website
30:39 made an appointment very easily and i
30:42 had my first shot last wednesday
30:45 so i went to the drive-thru everyone was
30:47 very
30:48 courteous and helpful and smiling and
30:51 friendly and
30:52 we waited patiently in our cars for our
30:54 30 minutes to make sure none of us were
30:56 going to have a bad reaction
30:58 we got little goodie bags and bottles of
31:01 water so
31:02 i just wanted to thank the city thank
31:05 snoqualmie tribe
31:06 and thank east side fire and rescue for
31:08 bringing us to our community
31:10 i couldn't have been more proud than i
31:13 was to go through it myself last
31:15 wednesday and experience it firsthand
31:18 that's all i really wanted to share with
31:19 you tonight great job
31:21 thank you again thank you kathy uh tisha
31:25 i'm just checking my microphone because
31:26 i had to switch can you still hear me
31:29 okay well kathy thank you for sharing
31:31 that because i feel a lot better that
31:33 you got your first shot this is great
31:35 wonderful um city clerk is there anyone
31:37 else who wishes to speak this evening
31:42 no one else has indicated the desire to
31:44 make comments
31:46 thank you well i'd like to thank
31:48 everybody that came tonight
31:49 um it was good to hear information about
31:51 what the flag retirement ceremonies are
31:53 like and that there is something
31:55 available at the beach this weekend for
31:56 council members if they want to go
31:59 also from both of our chamber speakers
32:01 tonight talking about
32:03 business support during the coveted
32:05 crisis as well as some updates
32:06 on their roles and relationship with the
32:08 city
32:09 and shared comments on the ev ordinance
32:12 that was recently passed
32:15 and also a comment on a capital
32:17 improvement
32:18 system plan and promoting water works
32:22 there were also some business owners
32:23 that joined this evening and talked
32:24 about
32:25 impacts from the streetery and our last
32:28 speaker also spoke
32:29 about the lakes of amish vaccine uh
32:32 joint partnership
32:33 city of samamish north bend e for
32:36 uh the tribe it's quite a big theme
32:38 thank you all for coming tonight
32:40 that was great uh as a reminder if there
32:44 is anybody watching who would also like
32:46 to comment
32:47 uh you can always email your counsel at
32:49 city council at ithacawad.gov
32:52 city council at issaquah.gov and council
32:55 president hunt
32:56 i would like to turn it over to you to
32:58 see if there were any email comments
33:00 that you would like to summarize
33:01 on any of tonight's agenda items
33:04 thank you madam mayor this is council
33:06 president hunt we did receive
33:08 emails on several topics that are on
33:11 our agenda this evening and while we're
33:13 having virtual meetings i
33:15 am summarizing those email comments
33:18 the first one individual emailed us
33:21 and commented on multiple items so i
33:24 will summarize those per item
33:26 on ab-8145 which is the 2021 lodging tax
33:30 advisory committee
33:31 funding recommendations this individual
33:34 expressed that they
33:35 would have liked many of these
33:36 recommendations to have been considered
33:38 in the initial funding round
33:39 and also had questions about what
33:42 happens when the reserve funds are spent
33:45 regarding ab-8147 we had
33:48 one email that referenced this item
33:49 that's the boards and commission's
33:51 annual appointments
33:52 and on this item they expressed thanks
33:55 to the
33:56 people who apply for and serve on our
33:58 boards and commissions
34:00 on ab-8163 which is the first quarter
34:03 reports
34:04 citywide work plan capital projects 2020
34:07 year-end financials
34:08 and performance measurements expressed
34:11 that they liked the charts and
34:13 measurements and
34:14 also expressed concern that the list of
34:16 needs
34:18 is greater than the funding available
34:19 and suggested strategically removing
34:21 some items
34:22 to better have matching between the
34:24 needs and the funding
34:26 and then on ab-8166 which is title 18
34:29 update
34:30 professional services contract one
34:33 individual directly referenced this
34:35 topic and thought that uh
34:38 expressed that they were not convinced
34:40 that this was the best current use of
34:41 the funds
34:43 and was concerned about um
34:46 was concerned about also that in the
34:48 scope of the contract it should also
34:50 include
34:51 title 15 signs and title 16 buildings
34:53 and construction
34:54 and i will note too we have received
34:56 some emails that are on specific parts
34:58 of the title
34:59 up to 18 update process but not on the
35:02 not on the um ab-8166 which is the
35:06 professional services contract so i'll
35:08 summarize those as we
35:10 discuss specific parts of title 18 and
35:12 make decisions on those things
35:15 um and then on regular business we
35:17 received
35:19 um an email two
35:22 two emails that referenced this one was
35:24 support for
35:25 the community engagement and the process
35:28 for the capital improvement plan
35:29 including transportation improvement
35:31 program which is ab-8123
35:34 and we also received an email comments
35:36 expressing
35:37 uh concern that there are more items
35:39 overall than there is possible funding
35:40 to match
35:42 and that concludes email uh summary of
35:45 emails that we received on
35:47 items that are um on our agenda for this
35:50 evening
35:51 thank you council president huh we'll
35:52 move on to committee and regional
35:54 reports and we'll start with council
35:55 member hall
35:59 uh thank you mayor paulie this is
36:00 councilmember hall um
36:02 no reports today did just want to
36:05 because we didn't have any meetings um
36:07 between now and the last city council
36:09 meeting but just to announce a couple
36:10 upcoming meetings
36:12 the cascade water alliance board of
36:14 directors
36:15 will meet next next wednesday april 28th
36:19 at 3 30 pm and then the growth
36:22 management planning council's affordable
36:23 housing committee
36:25 will meet on wednesday may 19th a month
36:28 from today
36:29 at 12 p.m and so far no agendas have
36:32 been set for either of those meetings so
36:33 stay tuned
36:35 on that and i look forward to briefing
36:36 you all soon
36:38 thank you councilmember councilmember d
36:40 michelle
36:42 thank you mayor paulie this is
36:43 councilmember d michelle
36:45 i attended the east side transportation
36:47 partnership meeting on friday
36:49 april 9th we elected kirkland deputy
36:52 council president jay arnold as chair of
36:54 the group and put together a work plan
36:57 for the remainder of the year
36:59 this week i will also attend the connect
37:01 to community advisory group on tuesday
37:04 and the east side human services
37:06 legislative committee
37:07 on thursday and that ends my report
37:10 thank you
37:11 thank you councilmember dean michelle
37:12 councilmember walsh
37:14 thank you this is councilmember walsh i
37:16 have three reports
37:17 today um the title 18 ad hoc
37:20 met last thursday we reviewed the
37:23 contract
37:24 with uh bhc consultants including the
37:26 scope of work a phased approach
37:29 and the technical sub-consultant work
37:31 plan
37:32 that is that contract is on the consent
37:35 agenda tonight
37:36 for approval during that meeting we also
37:38 revisited the draft
37:40 table of content for title 18 which is
37:43 our land use code
37:45 along with the responsibility matrix
37:48 and a listing of plans and regulations
37:50 that will be incorporated into that new
37:52 code
37:54 then at the same day on thursday the
37:56 15th i also attended the
37:58 council rules and procedures ad hoc
38:01 there members goodman d michelle and
38:04 myself
38:05 met with for an initial meeting joined
38:08 city administrator bob quits and clerks
38:10 eggers and
38:11 gazer we um discussed the council member
38:16 agenda bill liaison role and got into a
38:19 few other
38:20 conversations no decisions really
38:24 happening
38:25 um at this point and uh
38:28 staff did note that they're preparing a
38:30 separate agenda bill
38:32 for our may 3rd meeting regarding the
38:34 agenda setting process
38:36 since the feedback in our full council
38:38 meeting was clear
38:40 and so that's on a different track than
38:43 what the
38:43 ad hoc is reviewing which plans to
38:46 return to full council on or before
38:48 july 6 with a formal uh recommendation
38:52 and our next meeting is being scheduled
38:55 right now so i don't yet have a date
38:57 and then um last friday i attended the
39:01 issaquah chamber of commerce meeting uh
39:04 there we discussed upcoming council
39:06 areas that might be of interest to them
39:08 including tonight's capital improvement
39:10 plan
39:11 along with the american recovery act
39:15 funding
39:16 and our upcoming side
39:19 sign code adoption
39:22 we also provided information about the
39:24 snoqualmie vaccine partnership
39:27 and noted that any issaquah businesses
39:29 with staff
39:30 who are looking for vaccine appointments
39:32 and would prefer
39:34 to have that happen in issaquah rather
39:36 than
39:37 where they might live they can contact
39:39 kathy mccorry the ceo of the chamber who
39:42 is on
39:42 earlier and she will work with the city
39:45 to get those appointments scheduled
39:47 and then i also received feedback much
39:50 of which i think we heard here tonight
39:52 about the potential 2021 front street
39:55 streetery
39:56 project including concern from village
39:59 theater about their plans for
40:01 upcoming youth shows this summer and the
40:04 inability to
40:06 have access for those shows so while
40:08 they're not going to have
40:09 their adult
40:13 their adult programs they will be having
40:15 several kids shows
40:16 that will be happening on weekends so
40:18 they wanted to let us know about that
40:20 and that concludes my report for tonight
40:23 thank you councilmember walsh
40:24 councilmember goodman
40:26 uh thank you madam mayor um just two
40:28 very brief
40:29 reports tonight uh eastside fire and
40:31 rescue board of directors met on april
40:33 8th
40:34 it might have been the shortest eastside
40:37 fire meeting i've ever been to
40:39 there were not a whole lot to report out
40:41 except that drive
40:42 through vaccine clinic at lakes member
40:44 state park which um
40:47 we all here know opened on april 12th so
40:50 we heard about
40:50 that in anticipation of it opening four
40:52 days later which is now
40:54 behind us and it's open and super
40:57 exciting
40:59 they're still operating their mobile
41:00 vaccine clinic
41:02 and anticipating pop-up clinics around
41:05 the around the area
41:07 so though i think those pop-up clinics
41:12 would be on uh either the cities or
41:14 eastside fires uh
41:15 website uh also lodging tax advisory
41:19 committee met
41:20 last thursday and made
41:23 recommendations for the funding of the
41:26 applications for the 50 000
41:28 spring spring grants that we
41:31 had approved last fall for
41:34 uh two phases fifty thousand last fall
41:36 and fifty thousand this spring
41:38 and that is agenda bill 8145 on the
41:41 consent agenda tonight
41:42 and that's my report thanks thank you
41:45 councilmember goodman deputy council
41:47 president ray
41:48 thank you mayor paulie this is chris
41:49 wray i have no report this evening
41:52 that was brief thank you council
41:54 president hunt
41:56 thank you madam mayor of two reports
41:57 this evening the king conservation
41:59 district advisory committee met on
42:02 april 13th king conservation district
42:04 does conservation work throughout
42:06 king county mostly focusing on work with
42:10 private landowners and we were updated
42:13 on the results from their recent
42:14 election
42:16 they elected a new board supervisor and
42:19 with 9509 votes cast this election was a
42:23 record turnout for
42:24 king conservation district um the
42:26 advisory board
42:27 is involved in supporting the election
42:30 process going forward and making it
42:32 making sure that they continue to have
42:34 this kind of participation and hopefully
42:35 even more participation in future
42:37 elections
42:38 and then we also heard from the interim
42:41 executive director of king conservation
42:43 district about their
42:44 search for the executive director and
42:46 the advisory committee will
42:48 also be in the advisory role for that
42:51 search
42:52 the next meeting will be on june 8th
42:55 my second report is that the kokanee
42:57 interlocal agreement
43:00 management committee met on april 7.
43:02 kokanee is a
43:03 very endangered kind of salmon
43:07 and this committee meets just about two
43:09 times a year
43:10 we received an update on kokanee status
43:12 and we
43:13 ultimately approve uh we approved the
43:15 draft 2021
43:17 ila work plan budget and cost share
43:20 um and i did want to update the council
43:24 on the company status
43:26 in the 2020 to 2021 season it is
43:29 estimated that 82
43:31 kokanee returns to spawn in local creeks
43:34 that's laughing jacobs lewis e bright
43:36 and issaquah crete
43:37 and this is a low number but it is an
43:40 improvement on the estimated
43:42 19 cockney that returned to spawn three
43:45 years ago
43:46 while coconut recovery will take a few
43:48 years the coconut
43:49 management committee and the
43:52 professionals that are working on this
43:54 are hopeful that the company numbers
43:55 will improve as early as fall
43:57 of 2021 as we begin to see the benefits
44:00 of our ila funded emergency actions
44:02 and habitat restoration projects around
44:04 the watershed
44:06 and also i just wanted to note that
44:08 population numbers fluctuate your tier
44:10 due to many
44:10 factors um but hopefully we will see an
44:14 improvement due to the management
44:15 actions that the ila and other
44:17 groups are taking to
44:20 support this local salmon population
44:23 that concludes my report
44:25 thank you council president hunt i will
44:27 take up some of
44:28 deputy council presidents ray unused
44:30 time the very very long mayor's report
44:32 this evening
44:34 first item there will not be an
44:36 executive session this evening
44:38 and i did want to provide some
44:40 introductory comments on the first
44:41 quarter reports
44:43 um the packet for tonight's meeting
44:44 contains the administration's first
44:46 quarter reports which include
44:49 these reports which the city council
44:51 will formally receive through the
44:52 consent agenda include
44:54 the city work plan the capitals prop
44:56 projects list
44:58 a report on 2020 year-end financials
45:01 including reports showing monthly
45:02 financial results for year end 2020 and
45:05 the first two months of 2021
45:07 and the first report on the performance
45:09 measurement plan
45:10 and while there will not be a formal
45:12 presentation on these reports this
45:14 evening i did want to provide a few
45:16 highlights
45:17 and the reason is we are doing this a
45:19 different way this time so we're trying
45:21 uh this out and we'll see how it goes
45:24 for the citywide work plan which is
45:25 organized according to our strategic
45:27 plan
45:28 here are the significant updates since
45:30 the last report in january
45:32 in the mobility goal area the city
45:33 council completed the adoption of the
45:35 master mobility plan
45:37 in the city leadership and services goal
45:39 area staff are working on the near-term
45:41 return to office
45:42 following the covet 19 pandemic and
45:45 midterm requirements for facilities as
45:47 staff transition
45:48 out of city hall northwest further
45:51 updates on this item will be
45:53 provided next week at the april 26
45:56 special counsel study session
45:58 equity training has continued for both
45:59 the council and city staff and another
46:02 update on the police accountability
46:04 human services and equity action plan is
46:06 scheduled for the may 25th study session
46:10 in the infrastructure goal the
46:11 administration reviewed a draft policy
46:13 that would provide
46:14 a framework for evaluating city real
46:16 properties for surplus
46:18 and for the social and economic vitality
46:20 goal area
46:21 the city has taken a number of steps to
46:23 address the covet 19 pandemic
46:25 these steps include the opening of the
46:27 snoqualmie tribe vaccine partnership
46:29 at lakes and mama state park a fifth
46:32 round of funding business assistance
46:33 that allocated 250
46:35 000 and in total 1.55 million dollars
46:40 has been allocated
46:41 for this business assistance effort in
46:44 the environmental stewardship goal area
46:46 the city council adopted the ordinance
46:48 for electric vehicle infrastructure
46:51 the parks and community services
46:52 department continues to develop the
46:54 green isoqua partnership
46:56 this collaborative effort between the
46:57 city of issaquah fortera and community
47:00 groups
47:01 trains volunteers to help steward our
47:03 forwarded forested parks
47:04 and open spaces and under the growth and
47:07 development goal area staff discuss the
47:09 next round of regional growth targets
47:12 that we are required to work on with the
47:15 county
47:16 and those targets are going to be shared
47:18 with the city council
47:20 the contract with the consultant team
47:21 for title 18 update
47:23 is being finalized and staff will soon
47:25 commence the significant overhaul
47:27 of the city's land use code for the
47:30 capital project report that is included
47:32 the vast majority of the projects
47:34 continue to progress
47:35 well as 41 out of 47
47:38 are considered on track we are nearing
47:41 completion on one project as
47:42 construction of the southeast 43rd
47:44 signal
47:45 will finish this month and then we'll
47:47 have a year-long
47:48 uh plant establishment period for the
47:51 2020 year-end financial report
47:53 the city's general fund ended 2020
47:55 better than anticipated
47:57 adding roughly 2.2 million dollars to
47:59 fund balance
48:01 a capital improvement plan which will be
48:02 presented later this evening recommends
48:04 a plan for deploying these fund balance
48:06 dollars
48:08 the year-end financial strength is
48:10 welcome and signals there may be reason
48:12 for optimism in 2021.
48:14 much of the revenue strength in 2020 was
48:17 from one-time sources
48:18 staff will continue to monitor our
48:20 financial position as we
48:22 receive our data for 2021. there's also
48:26 a performance measurement report
48:28 the first quarter performance
48:30 measurement report presents data on 23
48:32 performance measures
48:34 one measure that i would like to
48:35 highlight is the number of trees
48:37 planted on city property thanks to a
48:39 king county grant under the 1 million
48:41 tree initiative
48:42 we planted over 9 000 trees last year
48:45 the plantings were focused on riparian
48:47 areas and six sites the border isla
48:49 creek or tibbetts creek
48:51 this is three to four times more trees
48:54 than the annual total from the previous
48:56 six years and represents a good start
48:58 toward a more focused
48:59 annual program of tree succession
49:02 planting for the years to come
49:04 for the remaining measures staff
49:05 continue to work to gather historical
49:07 data
49:08 and set targets for the full list of
49:10 performance measures
49:11 and anticipates being in a position to
49:13 report additional data
49:14 in subsequent quarterly reports i have a
49:17 few proclamations for this evening as
49:19 well
49:21 whereas in 1872 j sterling martin
49:24 proposed to the nebraska board of
49:26 agriculture
49:27 that a special day will be set aside for
49:29 the planting of trees
49:31 and whereas this holiday called arbor
49:33 day was first observed with the planting
49:35 of more than a million trees in nebraska
49:38 and whereas trees product produce
49:42 life giving oxygen provide habitat for
49:45 wildlife
49:46 beautify our city increase property
49:49 values
49:49 and enhance economic vitality and
49:52 whereas trees wherever they are planted
49:54 are a source of joy
49:55 and spiritual renewal and whereas the
49:58 city of issaquah is an active tree city
50:00 usa
50:01 designated for 28 years and whereas the
50:04 city of issaquah is celebrating its
50:06 annual arbor day
50:07 on saturday april 24th 2021
50:11 i urge all citizens to celebrate and
50:13 support efforts to protect our trees and
50:16 woodlands
50:17 further i urge all citizens to plant
50:19 trees to create a healthier community
50:21 and promote the well-being of future
50:23 generations
50:24 i'll also be delivering a proclamation
50:26 for hope link this evening
50:28 whereas hope link began in boston
50:30 washington in april 1971
50:32 when a group of laid off workers
50:34 responded to a devastating economic
50:36 downturn
50:37 by banding together to help their
50:39 neighbors find jobs
50:41 and whereas by 1984 the organization had
50:44 expanded to cover most of east king
50:46 county
50:47 opening centers in kirkland snoqualmie
50:49 valley valley
50:51 bellevue and redmond to provide food and
50:53 other emergency assistance
50:55 while also opening the first emergency
50:57 shelter in north and east king county
51:00 and whereas in 1990 hope lee became the
51:04 first
51:04 medicaid transportation brokerage
51:07 serving king county
51:08 and within three years had expanded to
51:10 serve more than 25 000 people
51:13 every year and whereas hope link
51:16 expanded into north king county in 2006
51:19 opening its first emergency service
51:22 center in shoreline
51:23 and whereas hope link currently serves
51:25 65 000 people
51:27 every year providing a network of
51:29 services through nine programs that help
51:31 families
51:32 children seniors and people with
51:35 disabilities
51:36 gain stability and when possible to exit
51:39 poverty
51:40 as well as directs transportation
51:42 services
51:43 in king and snohomish county and whereas
51:46 hope
51:46 plink's vision of a community free of
51:48 poverty includes a commitment to
51:50 addressing
51:51 systemic racism and the inequities and
51:53 circumstances that drive poverty
51:56 and whereas for 50 years hopelink has
51:59 served as not only a vital resource in
52:01 our community
52:02 but a beacon of hope for our neighbors
52:04 who are experienced
52:05 and experiencing poverty and
52:08 homelessness
52:09 i along with 13 other mayors in king
52:11 county county
52:13 join me proclaim april 21st 2021 to be
52:16 hopeless day
52:17 and invite the community to celebrate
52:19 the organization as it continues its
52:21 essential mission
52:22 of helping people and changing lives for
52:25 the better in our community
52:28 may 1st is wildfire community
52:30 preparedness day
52:31 and i encourage all issaquah residents
52:33 to reduce their wildfire risks
52:36 every year devastating wildfires burn
52:38 across the united states
52:39 at the same time a growing number of
52:41 people are living where wildfires
52:43 are real risk while these fires will
52:46 continue to happen there are things that
52:48 you can do to protect your home and
52:49 neighborhood as well as your family's
52:51 safety
52:52 here are a few few tips to get you
52:54 started
52:55 always make sure to clean roofs and
52:57 gutters of dead leaves debris and pine
52:59 needles that could catch embers
53:01 make sure to trim branches that overhang
53:03 your home porch
53:04 and deck and to prune branches of large
53:07 trees
53:08 move any flammable material away from
53:10 wall exteriors
53:12 that includes mulch flammable plant
53:14 plants
53:15 leaves and needles firewood piles just
53:17 anything that can burn
53:19 and remove anything stored underneath
53:21 decks or
53:22 torches use fire resistive construction
53:25 materials on your home and develop and
53:27 discuss and
53:28 practice an emergency action action plan
53:31 with everyone in your home ensure your
53:34 home
53:34 has legible and clearly marked address
53:37 numbers
53:38 if you want more information there's a
53:40 lot available at
53:41 firewise.org
53:44 and i believe it's the last one yes here
53:46 we go the last one on the long list
53:48 issaquah community vaccine partnership
53:51 we've talked about it a lot tonight
53:53 but i still want to provide a little bit
53:55 more of an update
53:57 great thanks for the this partnership
53:59 between snoqualmie tribe the cities of
54:01 issaquah and sammamish and eastside fire
54:03 and rescue
54:04 this drive-through coven 19 vaccination
54:07 site is available at lake samama state
54:09 park
54:10 new appointments dates and times are
54:12 typically released every monday and
54:14 during our first full week of operation
54:16 close to
54:16 1800 doses were administered starting
54:20 may 10th
54:20 we will be providing up to 600 doses of
54:23 the covid19 vaccine to community members
54:25 each day after reviewing statistics of
54:28 who is visiting the site
54:30 i'm happy to report almost everyone
54:32 lives or works in our east side
54:33 community
54:34 issaquah is also partnering with
54:36 eastside fire and rescue to offer
54:37 limited mobile
54:38 covet 19 vaccination clinics to eligible
54:41 residents who are not physically able to
54:43 travel outside of their home
54:45 if you need special assistance please
54:48 call us at 425
54:50 837
54:57 we are here to help you can learn more
55:00 at isabella.gov
55:02 vaccine and that closes out the mayor's
55:04 report for this evening
55:07 the next item on our agenda is the
55:08 consent calendar and it was distributed
55:10 to council in advance
55:12 if authorized the items on the consent
55:14 calendar will be considered together
55:16 and approved by one motion have the
55:18 payables and payroll
55:20 been reviewed
55:23 uh yes yes thank you very much
55:26 does any council member desire to remove
55:28 any item from the consent calendar
55:30 and consider it under regular business
55:37 okay is there a motion to approve
55:41 okay i see council president hunt thank
55:43 you this is council president hunt
55:45 i moved to approve the consent calendar
55:47 as it appears in this evening's agenda
55:51 is there a second second
55:54 thank you deputy council president right
55:58 it has been moved to approve the consent
56:00 calendar it has been moved and seconded
56:02 so uh city clerk can you please call the
56:04 role
56:06 yes beginning with council member d
56:08 michelle
56:10 hi council member goodman
56:14 hi council member hall
56:17 aye council president hunt
56:20 aye deputy council president ray
56:23 aye council member walsh
56:31 that's six i zero nays thank you that
56:34 passes six to o
56:36 we're gonna now move into the regular
56:38 business portion of our meeting
56:41 ab8123 this is the 2022
56:46 capital improvement plan including the
56:48 transportation improvement program
56:51 for this agenda the city council is
56:53 being joined by members of the
56:54 environmental board
56:56 park board any policy commission in the
56:59 transportation
57:00 advisory board um this is a new step
57:04 that we are taking
57:05 and uh it's going to be an interesting
57:07 night
57:08 so we're going to take a short two to
57:10 three minute break so that we can make
57:12 sure we get everyone into the right
57:14 place so this will allow the city clerk
57:17 to stop bri start bringing people up
57:19 we're not in recess though
57:20 so i'll have to be patient until
57:22 everybody gets in the room
57:23 thank you city clerk thank you i'll
57:26 begin
57:27 moving folks over
57:39 and at this time those members uh
57:42 or staff that have been shifted have the
57:44 ability to
57:45 turn on cameras uh for
57:49 for anyone uh remaining as in in the
57:52 green room or the attendee list
57:54 if you feel that you logged on
57:58 in a way that i can't recognize you and
58:00 believe that you should be
58:02 promoted up to the panelists please
58:05 indicate by raising your hand r3 or
58:20 virtually
58:28 and it looks like we are successful with
58:32 our promotions
58:35 i'll keep an eye on late arriving
58:38 attendees
58:39 and promote as needed thank you
58:43 thank you city kirk claire almost
58:45 feeding back to order and
58:47 this is pretty exciting this is the
58:49 biggest speed
58:50 we've had in a very very long time
58:53 thank you all for trying this out with
58:55 us i'm very excited and
58:57 man is it my favorite faces this is
59:00 great
59:01 um before we get into the presentation
59:03 i'm going to share a few introductory
59:05 remarks
59:06 hopefully a framework for what we're
59:08 trying to accomplish tonight
59:10 and what you'll be tasked with doing
59:12 when you get back to your regular boards
59:14 and commissions
59:14 again thank you so much for coming if
59:17 you
59:18 are not speaking at this moment and you
59:21 should be muted
59:21 it will help reduce some of the feedback
59:24 we might be hearing
59:26 so tonight i am pleased to transmit my
59:28 proposed 2022-2027 capital improvement
59:31 plan
59:32 as required by the state of washington's
59:34 growth management act
59:36 the plan includes 96 projects every six
59:38 years totaling nearly
59:40 189 million dollars including a number
59:43 of high priority projects
59:45 like northwest samamish road the initial
59:48 work on a new i-90 crossing
59:50 and new parkway street improvements as
59:52 well as pavement management
59:54 the plan also advances a number of parks
59:57 and trail projects
59:59 i want to take a moment to welcome
1:00:00 members of the environmental board the
1:00:02 park board
1:00:03 planning policy commission and the
1:00:04 transportation advisory board who have
1:00:06 asked to join us this evening
1:00:08 to hear this capital improvement plan
1:00:10 presentation
1:00:11 this is an additional step that i have
1:00:13 included in this year's process
1:00:15 in order to facilitate broader community
1:00:18 input
1:00:18 into the review of the capital
1:00:20 improvement plan i appreciate the work
1:00:22 that all of you do as volunteers
1:00:24 many people don't know you're all
1:00:26 volunteers in providing insight and
1:00:29 recommendations in our community policy
1:00:31 decisions
1:00:32 the capital improvement plan is another
1:00:34 area where your boards and commissions
1:00:36 can provide
1:00:36 high-level direction to my team and to
1:00:39 the city council
1:00:40 i will be asking each of these bodies to
1:00:42 review the capital improvement plan and
1:00:44 offer general feedback to the city
1:00:46 council prior to the adoption of the
1:00:48 plan on may 17th
1:00:51 in preparing this year's capital
1:00:53 improvement plan as with last
1:00:55 year we focus most closely on
1:00:57 identifying funding sources for projects
1:00:59 that are slated
1:01:00 in the first two years of the plan the
1:01:03 final four years of the plan
1:01:05 include a mix of funded and unfunded
1:01:07 projects
1:01:08 like many local governments our city's
1:01:10 capital needs exceed the resources
1:01:12 available
1:01:14 in order to address a broader array of
1:01:16 capital needs i am suggesting that the
1:01:18 city council begin
1:01:19 discussions about potential new revenues
1:01:22 in 2022
1:01:24 large projects are typically funded
1:01:26 through grants and revenue-backed city
1:01:28 bonds
1:01:29 city bonds require us to have ongoing
1:01:31 revenue sources to pay them down over a
1:01:33 longer time frame
1:01:34 and existing city revenues are not
1:01:37 sufficient to support these debt costs
1:01:39 i'm highlighting a full array of needs
1:01:42 in the capital improvement plan to
1:01:43 create awareness about what we can do
1:01:45 with existing resources and to show
1:01:48 where we come short
1:01:49 i have included a full gamut of needs in
1:01:51 the plan that could make some of the
1:01:53 projects eligible for grants
1:01:55 and other external funding by listing a
1:01:58 project in the plan
1:01:59 we are able to request grants from other
1:02:01 agencies and partners
1:02:03 in order to begin work unlisted projects
1:02:06 are not eligible that is why you may see
1:02:09 some projects
1:02:10 within without an identified funding
1:02:12 source at this time
1:02:13 in the outer years of the plan i also
1:02:16 want to highlight that the cip
1:02:18 makes select use of some general fund
1:02:20 balance
1:02:21 which is comparable to using the city's
1:02:23 savings account
1:02:25 to advance some of our critical capital
1:02:27 needs
1:02:28 this is made possible by better than
1:02:30 anticipated revenue performance in 2020
1:02:33 as well as the opportunity to use some
1:02:35 of the federal american rescue plan
1:02:37 monies to offset revenues lost
1:02:39 because of the covert pandemic in
1:02:42 replacing these lost revenues we can
1:02:44 generate fund balance to support our
1:02:46 capital needs tonight's presentation
1:02:49 is intended to be a high-level overview
1:02:51 of the plan
1:02:52 the city council and the boards and
1:02:54 commissions will have the opportunity to
1:02:56 drill down
1:02:57 into the details of the plan in your own
1:02:59 subsequent meetings of your respective
1:03:01 bodies
1:03:02 in addition to tonight's presentation
1:03:04 city administrator bob kowitz will also
1:03:06 provide an overview
1:03:08 of the capital improvement plan tomorrow
1:03:11 night
1:03:11 for interested residents at a community
1:03:13 meeting i also wanted to take
1:03:16 a minute or two to describe our
1:03:17 council's deliberative process
1:03:20 for the tonight the presentation will
1:03:22 focus mostly on the categories of
1:03:24 spending
1:03:25 and the revenue sources to support them
1:03:27 not necessarily the
1:03:29 specific projects listed if you
1:03:32 as a board member would like more
1:03:34 specific information on a project
1:03:36 prior to your own meeting please note
1:03:38 that in the chat
1:03:40 and we will have staff prepare written
1:03:42 question and answers and
1:03:43 included in each of your meeting packets
1:03:46 it is very easy to get lost in the long
1:03:49 list of projects and funding schedules
1:03:51 presented
1:03:52 and our charge for you at your meeting
1:03:55 will be to try and stay at that 30 000
1:03:58 foot level for example you may see many
1:04:01 transportation projects that are
1:04:02 unfunded
1:04:03 or funded in out years you may wish to
1:04:06 recommend to the council to adopt
1:04:08 new transportation benefit district
1:04:10 revenues
1:04:11 in 2022 or beyond to accelerate the
1:04:14 completion of some of these projects
1:04:16 while the cip does not recommend the
1:04:19 allocation of transportation benefit
1:04:20 district revenues now
1:04:22 i hope that the city council will begin
1:04:24 discussing how to leverage these new
1:04:26 revenues
1:04:27 in 2022. we will work tonight to present
1:04:30 all the information
1:04:32 to open the floor to general high-level
1:04:34 questions on the buckets of projects and
1:04:36 the strengths and limitations of the
1:04:38 different funding sources
1:04:40 and then we will wrap up and continue
1:04:42 with the next process steps
1:04:44 we will answer your specific project
1:04:46 questions in writing from your notes
1:04:49 just a reminder to put those in the chat
1:04:52 include them in the we will include them
1:04:54 in the meeting materials for your next
1:04:55 discussion
1:04:56 and we will listen to your thoughts on
1:04:58 direction for counsel and compile
1:05:00 them for the council's consideration we
1:05:03 are also as mentioned earlier holding a
1:05:05 community listening session tomorrow
1:05:06 night
1:05:08 if you do have a high level question for
1:05:10 this evening's conversation there's no
1:05:12 need to write it all
1:05:13 out in the chat please just type in
1:05:15 question
1:05:16 or comment and i will call on you in the
1:05:19 order
1:05:21 that you have entered it in the chat
1:05:22 chat box after our presentation is
1:05:25 completed
1:05:26 just to put a bow on everything i would
1:05:28 like to share how council uses the plan
1:05:31 during its fall budget sessions as a
1:05:33 start
1:05:35 year one of the approved capital
1:05:36 improvement plan is added to the
1:05:38 proposed budget by the administration
1:05:41 and the additions to the proposed budget
1:05:43 may include projects that have
1:05:45 identified grant funding between now and
1:05:48 the fall
1:05:49 that we are currently not aware of for
1:05:51 example
1:05:52 i currently have a request into
1:05:53 congresswoman schreier's office for the
1:05:55 federal infrastructure package
1:05:57 i'm hoping to get funding for two
1:05:59 sections of newport way and the i-90
1:06:01 over under crossing
1:06:03 if any of these grant funds can be
1:06:05 secured it can inform and change
1:06:07 what you will see in the false budget
1:06:10 conversations by council
1:06:12 so this document you're looking at
1:06:13 tonight is not a budget
1:06:15 it is a plan and again i want to thank
1:06:18 all for coming this evening and
1:06:20 participating in this process with us
1:06:23 i have a few additional reminders
1:06:27 um i think i already talked about if you
1:06:29 have a question a high level question
1:06:31 please just indicate the word question
1:06:33 to all panelists if you take a look at
1:06:36 the bottom of your chat you will notice
1:06:37 there is a two box
1:06:39 and you may have to select all panelists
1:06:41 or you will all be just talking to the
1:06:42 city clerk
1:06:44 i'll keep my eye on the chat and call on
1:06:47 you at the appropriate time
1:06:49 make sure that when you address the
1:06:50 group tonight please state your name and
1:06:52 the border commission you're a member of
1:06:55 if you have a project specific funding
1:06:57 question please type that question in
1:06:59 the chat and we will follow up at your
1:07:01 regular meeting
1:07:02 with a written response from staff it's
1:07:05 also okay not to have any questions
1:07:07 it's also okay to use this tonight as a
1:07:09 learning moment
1:07:11 of listening i know as new council
1:07:13 members have experienced
1:07:15 this is a big elephant this is really
1:07:18 so it's okay just to listen um
1:07:21 but if you've got a question please make
1:07:23 sure you indicate in the chat
1:07:25 i'm now going to hand this over to susie
1:07:27 mansell who is our senior budget analyst
1:07:29 and she will walk you through tonight's
1:07:31 presentation
1:07:33 uh thank you mayor paulie um can you
1:07:36 hear me
1:07:39 great if you'll just allow me one moment
1:07:41 to pull up the
1:07:42 presentation
1:07:49 oh right um
1:07:52 are you able to see the
1:07:56 presentation and not the slide side of
1:07:58 the presentation
1:07:59 we can see it as a presentation thank
1:08:02 you susie
1:08:03 wonderful thank you mayor paulie um
1:08:06 i am a senior budget analyst susie
1:08:08 monsell
1:08:09 and i am here to give the preliminary
1:08:12 presentation
1:08:13 on the proposed 2022-2027 capital
1:08:17 improvement plan
1:08:20 uh the purpose of tonight's presentation
1:08:22 is to provide background and summary
1:08:24 information
1:08:25 to prepare the city council the boards
1:08:27 and commissions and the community
1:08:29 as you review the proposed 2022-2027
1:08:32 capital improvement plan
1:08:34 or as i will be calling it pretty much
1:08:35 the rest of this process the cip
1:08:38 um this is the first of several meetings
1:08:40 for the deliberation and ultimate
1:08:42 adoption
1:08:42 of the cip and tonight's presentation
1:08:46 is really meant to serve as as the mayor
1:08:48 said at that 30 000 foot view
1:08:50 of the um
1:08:53 there will be opportunities at future
1:08:55 council deliberations
1:08:56 to engage at the more project specific
1:08:58 level um as well as the boards and
1:09:00 commissions in their uh individual
1:09:02 uh meetings um to get into that project
1:09:04 specific level but
1:09:06 tonight uh we just want to make sure
1:09:08 that everyone is armed with the relevant
1:09:09 information
1:09:11 to review the proposed document over the
1:09:12 coming weeks
1:09:14 uh i'd also like uh to do a plus one
1:09:17 uh with the mayor's comments and take
1:09:19 this opportunity to thank the members of
1:09:21 the board of commissions attending
1:09:22 tonight's meeting
1:09:23 for their participation in the process
1:09:26 while i know this is not the first time
1:09:28 that many of you have seen some of these
1:09:30 projects
1:09:31 we really appreciate your involvement in
1:09:33 getting projects to this point
1:09:34 as well as your continued involvement in
1:09:36 the process as we as the city
1:09:39 plans for long-term capital needs
1:09:42 we have a fair amount of information to
1:09:44 cover tonight
1:09:45 it will start with a look at where we
1:09:47 are in the cip process
1:09:49 as well as taking a little peek at where
1:09:51 we go following tonight's presentation
1:09:54 then we'll discuss what the cip actually
1:09:56 is why we build one
1:09:58 and how it fits into the city's other
1:10:00 planning processes
1:10:02 we will then discuss the larger policy
1:10:05 perspectives that informed which
1:10:06 projects are included in this cip
1:10:08 proposal
1:10:09 next we'll provide an overview of the
1:10:11 various revenue sources that are
1:10:12 utilized by capital projects and how we
1:10:15 propose deploying them
1:10:16 in this vip we'll take a look at
1:10:20 each of the asset categories or the
1:10:21 types of projects
1:10:23 included in this proposed eip and
1:10:26 highlight a few projects contained in
1:10:27 each category
1:10:29 and finally we'll finish up by looking
1:10:30 at where we go following tonight's
1:10:32 presentation
1:10:33 and provide an opportunity to ask those
1:10:35 those questions
1:10:37 and with that uh oh here's our
1:10:40 anticipated city council schedule
1:10:43 for this vip we are here on april 19th
1:10:47 for the overview presentation and the
1:10:50 the document itself is now posted on the
1:10:52 city's website
1:10:54 and it was also sent out to the city
1:10:55 council and the boards and commissions
1:10:57 attending tonight's meeting earlier this
1:10:59 afternoon
1:11:00 looking ahead we'll begin the city
1:11:02 council deliberations at
1:11:04 next week's study session on the 27th
1:11:07 we'll conduct the first public hearing
1:11:09 for the cip on may 3rd
1:11:11 we have an additional deliberation on
1:11:13 may 11th with the
1:11:14 second public hearing final council
1:11:16 deliberations and then
1:11:18 adoption anticipated for may 17th and
1:11:21 i'll have a little more detail
1:11:22 on what we're proposing for those
1:11:24 deliberation sessions those council
1:11:26 deliberation sessions
1:11:27 at the end of this presentation as well
1:11:32 all right so uh we'll start by looking
1:11:34 at what
1:11:35 is a cip
1:11:39 as the mayor said uh first and foremost
1:11:41 the cip is
1:11:42 a planning document uh it is based on
1:11:44 the best information that we have
1:11:46 at this moment in time and it is still
1:11:49 subject to change
1:11:50 as we get new or updated information
1:11:53 new revenues may become available
1:11:58 project cost assumptions may change or
1:12:00 new priorities may emerge
1:12:02 the cip does not appropriate any
1:12:05 any funding the appropriation comes as
1:12:09 part of that annual budget process
1:12:11 and so all of the assumptions in the cip
1:12:14 for a given year will be reevaluated as
1:12:16 part of that annual budget process
1:12:20 the cip is a six-year plan which we
1:12:23 fully update every other year
1:12:26 it is an element of the city's
1:12:27 comprehensive plan and i'll have a
1:12:29 little more on this in the next couple
1:12:30 slides
1:12:31 it also informs the annual
1:12:33 transportation improvement program or
1:12:35 tip essentially the transportation
1:12:38 portion of the cip
1:12:40 serves as the tip which is then
1:12:43 submitted to
1:12:44 the state department of transportation
1:12:46 the cip is also the mechanism that
1:12:48 allows projects to utilize
1:12:50 certain restricted revenue sources and
1:12:52 we'll have more on these
1:12:54 revenue sources a little later in the
1:12:55 presentation as well
1:12:57 and as i mentioned on the last slide the
1:12:59 cip is always subject to change as new
1:13:01 information becomes available
1:13:03 and finally what the cip is not it is
1:13:06 not a budget commitment
1:13:08 as i said the the cip is simply a plan
1:13:10 it allows the city to plan out the use
1:13:12 of limited revenues
1:13:14 over a six-year period and by planning
1:13:17 ahead like this we can ensure that
1:13:18 funds can be available for prioritizing
1:13:21 projects that
1:13:22 aren't just in that next budget year
1:13:26 as i mentioned the cip is one element of
1:13:29 the city's comprehensive plan the state
1:13:32 growth management act
1:13:33 requires communities to plan for capital
1:13:35 facilities and transportation elements
1:13:38 to ensure that we have an adequate level
1:13:40 of services and facilities in place to
1:13:42 support development
1:13:44 that said the cip also includes projects
1:13:47 that support our existing infrastructure
1:13:49 as well
1:13:50 as i mentioned the transportation
1:13:52 element of the cip also serves as the
1:13:54 city's
1:13:54 pip that transportation improvement
1:13:56 program
1:13:57 and all of these plans the tip the cip
1:14:01 and the comprehensive plan are also
1:14:03 informed by
1:14:04 numerous other city planning documents
1:14:07 such as the mobility master plan the
1:14:09 park strategic plan
1:14:11 the utility rate study other community
1:14:14 engagement efforts such as the old town
1:14:15 traffic calming work
1:14:17 and other project specific studies and
1:14:19 analyses
1:14:21 if we look at this relationship a little
1:14:23 bit differently
1:14:24 the city starts its capital planning
1:14:27 through community engagement and
1:14:28 documents such as the
1:14:30 strategic plan and mobility master plan
1:14:32 these plans then
1:14:33 inform which projects get included in
1:14:36 the cip
1:14:37 prioritizing limited revenues over that
1:14:40 six year period
1:14:42 the transportation specific portion of
1:14:43 the cip then serves as the
1:14:45 tip and the cip then serves as that
1:14:49 long-term capital planning element
1:14:51 of the comprehensive plan
1:14:55 uh for in terms of what's actually in
1:14:57 the cip itself
1:14:58 each project that is included in the cip
1:15:01 will include
1:15:02 uh the following information it will
1:15:04 include a summary and justification for
1:15:07 the project
1:15:08 the estimated cost of each year of the
1:15:11 six-year cip
1:15:12 as well as the anticipated revenue
1:15:14 source for those costs
1:15:16 uh it will include the estimated ongoing
1:15:18 and operational costs for each project
1:15:21 and finally the strategic plan goal or
1:15:23 goals
1:15:24 served by that project and a quick note
1:15:27 on the estimated operational
1:15:29 operating costs these are intended to
1:15:32 represent an estimate for the ongoing
1:15:34 operations and maintenance costs
1:15:36 once the project is completed these
1:15:38 estimates are
1:15:39 very preliminary and are subject to
1:15:42 change as the project moves forward
1:15:43 but the assumptions made for these
1:15:45 estimates are project specific
1:15:47 and are really just intended to
1:15:48 demonstrate the magnitude of the annual
1:15:50 ongoing costs associated with each
1:15:52 project
1:15:55 looking at this proposed cip the
1:15:58 proposal before you assumes no new
1:16:01 revenue sources
1:16:03 and focuses on what we can do with
1:16:04 existing revenues
1:16:06 it then also has this also helped
1:16:09 highlight the unfunded needs in the
1:16:10 outer years of the cip as well
1:16:13 this proposal also programs out annual
1:16:16 revenues
1:16:17 or the revenues that we expect to
1:16:18 collect each year of the cip planning
1:16:20 horizon
1:16:22 along with the estimated fund balances
1:16:24 for those revenues
1:16:26 and it also notates the selection
1:16:29 criteria for each project
1:16:31 and to do that we utilized a selection
1:16:35 criteria matrix
1:16:36 and project managers considered each
1:16:38 project to determine if it met these
1:16:40 criteria
1:16:42 is the project identified via another
1:16:44 planning document such as that park
1:16:46 strategic plan the utility rate study or
1:16:48 mobility master plan
1:16:50 or other forms of community engagement
1:16:52 does the project repair or replace
1:16:54 existing city infrastructure does the
1:16:57 project have its own dedicated funding
1:16:59 source
1:17:00 such as a grant or a developer
1:17:02 contribution
1:17:03 is the project addressing an
1:17:05 environmental concern or
1:17:07 would not completing the project result
1:17:08 in a detrimental environmental impact
1:17:11 is the project in direct response to a
1:17:13 strategic plan priority
1:17:15 or does it sit does it directly meet
1:17:18 a strategic plan goal and finally is the
1:17:21 project intended to address
1:17:23 concerns of life and safety or will
1:17:25 there be a detrimental impact
1:17:27 to life and safety if it's not completed
1:17:30 and these are not in any particular
1:17:31 order they're not ranked one above the
1:17:33 other
1:17:34 but each project is measured against
1:17:36 each of these criteria
1:17:38 just answering that yes or no question
1:17:43 like the last cip this cip still
1:17:46 balances project costs with funding
1:17:48 for the first two years in this case
1:17:50 2022 and 2023
1:17:53 we do this since those years are closer
1:17:57 the revenue picture and project needs
1:17:59 are a little clearer
1:18:00 as you move further into the future the
1:18:02 picture becomes a bit fuzzier
1:18:04 the cost and funding assumptions
1:18:06 proposed in the cip for each
1:18:08 year um including 2022 and 2023 will
1:18:11 still be re-evaluated prior to be
1:18:13 uh being included in a proposed annual
1:18:16 budget
1:18:17 uh to confirm that the cost estimates
1:18:19 are still accurate and that the revenues
1:18:21 have materialized as forecasted
1:18:24 for 2024 and beyond some projects are
1:18:27 partially or fully unfunded
1:18:29 in many cases we will need to identify
1:18:32 additional revenue sources to bring
1:18:33 2024 and beyond into balance or consider
1:18:37 pushing out the timeline until existing
1:18:38 revenues become available
1:18:40 or find a way to reduce the cost of the
1:18:42 project mix in that particular year
1:18:44 and we'll have a bit more on this
1:18:46 further into the presentation
1:18:48 as well
1:18:51 the next section here looks at the
1:18:54 larger policy perspectives that informed
1:18:56 which projects are included in this cip
1:19:01 first this cip prioritizes the repair
1:19:04 and maintenance of existing city assets
1:19:06 and infrastructure and some of the
1:19:09 projects addressing
1:19:11 this are the pavement management program
1:19:13 which includes significant investments
1:19:15 in 2022 and 2023
1:19:17 the concrete maintenance program and the
1:19:20 trail repair program
1:19:22 which is intended to augment the park
1:19:24 operations cost in
1:19:25 on the operating budget side
1:19:30 this vip also reflects the priorities
1:19:32 identified through community engagement
1:19:35 again such as the mobility master plan
1:19:36 and park strategic plan
1:19:39 that said identified priorities exceed
1:19:42 available
1:19:42 revenues in the out years or of the plan
1:19:46 or are pushed out
1:19:47 into future years and for reference here
1:19:50 we're using out years that term to
1:19:52 describe 2024 to 2027
1:19:55 in the cip so just not those first two
1:19:57 years
1:19:59 and future years refers to beyond 2027.
1:20:03 some of the projects addressing these
1:20:04 priorities include
1:20:06 many of the the projects noted by the
1:20:08 mayor at the beginning including the
1:20:09 i-90 crossing
1:20:11 between 10th and 12th north as northwest
1:20:14 newport way sr 900 southeast 54th street
1:20:17 improvements
1:20:18 northwest mammoth road non-motorized
1:20:20 improvements bike skills elements
1:20:22 veterans memorial field depot park
1:20:24 pedestrian park and the wayfinding and
1:20:26 park signage
1:20:29 and finally this gip is intended to
1:20:32 serve as a roadmap for future
1:20:33 discussions
1:20:34 identifying unfunded projects and
1:20:36 priorities will help inform future
1:20:38 revenue discussions
1:20:40 and while we don't expect these
1:20:43 the council to make decisions on
1:20:44 potential new revenue sources as part of
1:20:46 this cip
1:20:47 process we hope that the identified
1:20:49 projects and priorities that it contains
1:20:51 will serve as a roadmap for those
1:20:53 discussions
1:20:55 and additionally including unfunded
1:20:58 needs in the cip
1:20:59 as the mayor also mentioned also get
1:21:01 some projects in the queue for future
1:21:03 grant funding or federal funding
1:21:07 and as i said earlier in the
1:21:08 presentation we've also
1:21:10 noted the strategic plan goal or goal
1:21:13 supported by
1:21:14 each project the first chart here shows
1:21:17 the percent of total project cost that
1:21:20 addresses each goal
1:21:22 and the second chart shows the percent
1:21:25 by total project
1:21:26 count and it's worth noting that
1:21:29 projects can address
1:21:30 more than one strategic plan goal at
1:21:33 once so
1:21:35 the there are additional tables in the
1:21:37 document that provide a little more
1:21:39 detail around that
1:21:40 but as you can see both slices of the
1:21:43 information
1:21:45 show that the infrastructure and
1:21:46 mobility goals are strongly represented
1:21:49 as well as environmental stewardship
1:21:51 growth and development social and
1:21:53 economic vitality and city leadership
1:21:55 and services
1:21:56 see a little less representation here
1:21:58 but those goals are also strongly
1:22:00 supported by the activities in the
1:22:01 operating budget
1:22:02 and are not typically addressed by
1:22:04 capital activity
1:22:05 which is exclusively in this plan
1:22:10 uh this next section will examine the
1:22:12 various revenue sources that are
1:22:14 utilized by capital projects and how we
1:22:16 propose deploying them
1:22:17 in this vip
1:22:21 this table shows the proposed use of the
1:22:25 major revenue sources utilized for
1:22:26 capital projects
1:22:29 and the amount in this proposed cip
1:22:32 specifically between 2022 and 2027
1:22:35 and i'll be giving a brief overview of
1:22:37 each of these sources in the following
1:22:38 slides
1:22:40 the other category here includes
1:22:42 revenues from the school's
1:22:43 own safety fund the general fund fund
1:22:46 balance as well as a couple of other
1:22:48 smaller project specific revenue sources
1:22:50 and all of some information on the
1:22:52 general fund and the school zone safety
1:22:54 fund coming in the slides ahead
1:22:55 but i wanted to provide a little further
1:22:57 detail on what's included in that other
1:22:59 category i also wanted to note that
1:23:02 while i'll be giving an overview of most
1:23:03 of these revenue sources
1:23:05 the cip document itself includes cash
1:23:07 flow analyses
1:23:08 over the six-year period of the cip
1:23:11 considering the impact on the various
1:23:14 fund balances
1:23:15 based on the project assumptions
1:23:16 proposed in the cip
1:23:18 but since today's presentation is more
1:23:20 of that 30 000 foot
1:23:22 foot view more of that detail will be
1:23:25 provided in the document
1:23:27 it's important to note too that some
1:23:29 projects utilize multiple funding
1:23:30 sources
1:23:31 um the project pages in the proposed
1:23:33 document will list the sources
1:23:35 anticipated for each project
1:23:37 but it's an important factor to keep in
1:23:39 mind as we go through each of these
1:23:40 revenue sources
1:23:44 uh so where the city sees most uh
1:23:47 the most competition or limited
1:23:49 resources
1:23:50 is in the area of general government
1:23:53 capital investments such as
1:23:54 parks transportation facilities and
1:23:57 information technology so in other words
1:24:00 the non-utility related projects
1:24:03 these revenues include that are in the
1:24:06 high competition
1:24:07 include the real estate excise taxes
1:24:09 general fund dollars
1:24:11 mitigation and impact fees and the
1:24:13 school zone safety fund
1:24:15 and these revenues are more finite um
1:24:17 and they can be more general or
1:24:19 restricted in their use
1:24:20 so for example general fund dollars are
1:24:22 the least restricted here
1:24:24 um in what they can be used for and i'd
1:24:27 say mitigation and impact fees
1:24:29 are more restrictive in their use
1:24:32 and the following slides will provide a
1:24:34 bit more information on each of these
1:24:36 revenue sources
1:24:39 looking first at real estate excise
1:24:41 taxes or reit
1:24:43 washington state authorizes cities to
1:24:45 levy two taxes on the sale of real
1:24:47 estate
1:24:48 providing guidance on the specific uses
1:24:50 for each type
1:24:52 when the city receives this revenue the
1:24:55 total amount is automatically split into
1:24:57 the two types read one and read two
1:24:58 50 50. rate one funds
1:25:01 may be used for pretty much any purpose
1:25:04 identified in a capital improvement plan
1:25:06 and rate two funds are primarily used
1:25:09 for transportation improvements
1:25:11 it's worth noting that refunds can also
1:25:13 be used
1:25:14 for some maintenance costs but the
1:25:16 annual amount
1:25:18 permitted for such purposes is limited
1:25:21 several years now the city has been
1:25:22 utilizing refunding to support
1:25:24 operations and maintenance costs in the
1:25:26 street operating fund
1:25:28 specifically for activities that repair
1:25:29 and maintain
1:25:31 capital assets
1:25:35 mitigation and impact fees are collected
1:25:37 per the issaquah municipal code to
1:25:40 offset city costs
1:25:41 associated with serving the increase in
1:25:43 population from new development
1:25:46 it's important to note that these
1:25:47 revenues can really only be used to
1:25:49 support capacity building projects
1:25:51 or part of a project that increases
1:25:54 capacity
1:25:55 in other words in most cases these funds
1:25:57 can't be used for repair or replacement
1:25:59 of existing infrastructure
1:26:01 the city collects and aggregates these
1:26:04 fees into six
1:26:05 types street traffic traffic impact fees
1:26:09 general government building mitigation
1:26:11 uh police mitigation
1:26:13 park impact fees fire impact fees
1:26:17 and bike and pedestrian mitigation fees
1:26:20 most mitigation and impact fees are also
1:26:22 required to be spent within 10 years of
1:26:24 being received
1:26:29 the school zone safety fund was created
1:26:32 in 2017
1:26:33 to collect revenues generated by the
1:26:35 city school zone speed
1:26:37 camera program these revenue support
1:26:40 transportation
1:26:41 mobility and traffic safety related
1:26:43 capital improvements
1:26:45 as well as the the cost to support and
1:26:47 enforce the cameras themselves the
1:26:50 projects proposed to be supported by
1:26:52 these revenues in this cip
1:26:54 include the newport way maple the sunset
1:26:56 improvements the northwest of mamish
1:26:58 road non-motorized improvement project
1:27:00 the intelligent transportation system or
1:27:02 its program
1:27:04 the annual concrete maintenance program
1:27:06 and the strategic small capital project
1:27:09 which is specifically in relation to
1:27:10 transportation projects
1:27:14 and uh finally the of these uh
1:27:18 more general government types of funding
1:27:20 sources the
1:27:22 2022-2027 cip proposes deploying
1:27:25 3.25 million dollars of general fund
1:27:28 fund balance
1:27:30 that has become available through a
1:27:31 combination of better than anticipated
1:27:33 2020 revenue performance
1:27:36 and the american rescue plan replacement
1:27:39 of general fund revenues lost as a
1:27:40 result of the coven 19 pandemic
1:27:43 general fund dollars are also proposed
1:27:46 to continue to support the annual
1:27:48 concrete maintenance program
1:27:49 as was discussed as part of the 2021
1:27:52 budget deliberations last fall
1:27:55 the project proposed to utilize general
1:27:57 fund dollars in
1:27:58 this cip include the gilman boulevard
1:28:01 improvement
1:28:02 newport way sr 900 to southeast 54th
1:28:04 street improvement
1:28:06 the northwest of mammoth road
1:28:07 non-motorized improvement project
1:28:09 the pavement management program and as i
1:28:12 mentioned the annual concrete
1:28:14 maintenance program
1:28:17 and final utility revenues
1:28:20 city water sewer and storm water utility
1:28:24 capital projects are funded primarily by
1:28:26 their own utility revenues
1:28:29 which are generally user fees to support
1:28:30 each utility infrastructure
1:28:33 utility rates are established by the
1:28:35 city council in five-year increments
1:28:37 and are set at levels to ensure that the
1:28:39 capital asset investment needs
1:28:41 are met the city council last adopted
1:28:45 utility rates last year in 2020 and set
1:28:47 which set rates through
1:28:49 2025. so the utility projects proposed
1:28:52 in this cip
1:28:53 through 2025 are supported by the
1:28:56 current rate structure
1:28:57 but a new utility rate study will be
1:28:59 conducted in 2025
1:29:01 covering projects anticipated for 2026
1:29:04 and beyond
1:29:08 uh and this next section uh we'll take a
1:29:11 look at the actual projects proposed in
1:29:13 this cip
1:29:14 um mainly to highlight the types of
1:29:17 projects in each asset category
1:29:20 um and as i mentioned this will be more
1:29:22 of that higher level overview
1:29:24 and there'll be opportunities in other
1:29:26 meetings to get into more project
1:29:28 specifics
1:29:30 projects are divided into eight asset
1:29:32 categories there's capital equipment
1:29:35 municipal facilities parks and trails
1:29:37 technology and systems
1:29:39 transportation and then water sewer and
1:29:42 storm water utilities
1:29:44 and i just want to note that this vip
1:29:47 combines what was previously two asset
1:29:50 categories in the last eip which were
1:29:52 parks and trails into one asset category
1:29:57 this table summarizes what's included in
1:30:00 the proposed cip for each asset category
1:30:03 that first column notes the number of
1:30:06 active projects in each asset category
1:30:08 active projects referring to the
1:30:10 projects with anticipated cost within
1:30:12 the cip
1:30:13 planning period so 2022-2027
1:30:17 the second column notes the number of
1:30:19 future year projects in each asset
1:30:21 category future year projects referring
1:30:23 to projects
1:30:24 with anticipated costs beyond 2027
1:30:27 but nothing within that planning period
1:30:30 of the cip
1:30:32 and the final column totals the cost
1:30:35 uh with each asset category proposed in
1:30:39 the cip
1:30:40 specifically those costs between 2022
1:30:43 and 2027.
1:30:47 and the following slides will provide a
1:30:50 little summary
1:30:51 for each asset category noting the total
1:30:54 project costs for 2022
1:30:56 and 2023 specifically as these will be
1:30:59 the first two years
1:31:01 before we'll do another cip so since we
1:31:04 do a cip every two years
1:31:06 these first two years will
1:31:10 will occur before we do another cip
1:31:14 then i'll also highlight a few notable
1:31:17 projects in each asset category
1:31:19 um just again to highlight uh the types
1:31:21 of projects that are included
1:31:23 as well as the main funding sources that
1:31:25 are used to support the project
1:31:27 in that aspect category so starting with
1:31:30 capital equipment
1:31:32 the proposed cip includes two active
1:31:36 capital equipment projects and zero
1:31:38 future year projects
1:31:40 with the 2022 total project cost at 225
1:31:44 000 and nothing in 2023 the notable
1:31:48 projects
1:31:49 being the only two projects are the
1:31:51 street division utility trucks purchase
1:31:54 and the trailer motor mounted vacuum
1:31:56 excavator
1:31:57 that's in the water utility so the main
1:32:00 funding sources here
1:32:01 are reach and the utility revenues that
1:32:05 are used for
1:32:06 that water equipment
1:32:10 the next category is municipal
1:32:12 facilities uh there are 12
1:32:14 active facility projects with two future
1:32:16 year projects
1:32:17 the 2022 total project cost
1:32:20 is about 1.3 million 2023 is about 2.8
1:32:24 million and the notable projects here
1:32:27 include the hvac roof and flooring
1:32:30 capital replacement program
1:32:32 the parking building expansion at the
1:32:34 public works
1:32:35 operations facility the new fire station
1:32:39 the fire alarm panel replacement at the
1:32:41 main city hall and the police department
1:32:44 and upgrading the public works
1:32:45 operations hvac control system
1:32:48 the main funding sources here are reits
1:32:51 mitigation and impact fees
1:32:53 and the utility revenues for the public
1:32:56 works related
1:32:57 facilities the next category is parks
1:33:01 and trails
1:33:02 there are 21 active park and trail
1:33:04 projects proposed in the cip
1:33:06 with 32 future year projects the 2022
1:33:09 anticipated cost is about 2 million
1:33:12 2023 is about 2.6 million
1:33:15 and the notable projects here include
1:33:17 dog the dog park
1:33:18 veterans memorial field depot park and
1:33:20 pedestrian park
1:33:22 uh wayfinding and park signage as well
1:33:24 as the trail repair program
1:33:26 and the main funding source for parks
1:33:27 and trail projects is once again route
1:33:30 mitigation and impact fees as well as
1:33:33 grants and the king county parks levy
1:33:38 the technology and systems has nine
1:33:41 active projects proposed and zero future
1:33:44 year projects
1:33:46 2022 anticipated cost is about 1.1
1:33:49 million 2023 is about 885 000
1:33:53 the notable projects here include the
1:33:55 electronics records
1:33:57 electronic records management software
1:34:00 maintenance management software
1:34:01 replacement that final piece of the
1:34:04 munis reimplementation
1:34:07 and the remote site utility cyber
1:34:09 security hardening
1:34:11 and the main funding sources for
1:34:12 technology and systems projects are once
1:34:14 again reach
1:34:16 the ic cost allocation and while i won't
1:34:18 be really getting into what that
1:34:20 uh how that works in tonight's
1:34:22 presentation there's some information in
1:34:24 the document of what the it cost
1:34:26 allocation is and how it works
1:34:28 as well as utility revenues in
1:34:30 particular for the maintenance
1:34:32 management software
1:34:35 transportation there are 18 active
1:34:38 projects
1:34:39 proposed in the cip and 31 future year
1:34:42 projects
1:34:43 with an estimated 2022 cost of about 6.8
1:34:46 million
1:34:47 2023 at about 8.1 million
1:34:50 um and these notable projects at this
1:34:52 point should sound very familiar
1:34:54 um with the i-90 crossing the
1:34:58 12th avenue northwestern sr 917th ave
1:35:01 northwest
1:35:02 newport way sr 900 to southeast 54th
1:35:04 street improvements the northwest of
1:35:06 vanish road non-motorized improvements
1:35:08 the pavement management program program
1:35:12 the southeast black nugget retaining
1:35:14 wall repair
1:35:15 the main funding sources for
1:35:17 transportation projects
1:35:19 is once again reach mitigation and
1:35:21 impact fees
1:35:22 the school zone safety fund general fund
1:35:25 dollars
1:35:26 as well as grants
1:35:29 and moving into the utilities there are
1:35:33 16 proposed water utility project active
1:35:35 projects
1:35:36 and 14 future year projects 2022
1:35:40 anticipated cost at about 6.8 million
1:35:43 2023 at about 1.7 million
1:35:47 the notable projects here include the
1:35:50 spa booster pump station
1:35:52 the water main replacement program and
1:35:54 the water system
1:35:55 improvement which is really uh upgrades
1:35:58 that are necessary as part of the
1:36:00 alternative to building a new water
1:36:02 treatment plant that was discussed as
1:36:03 part of the utility rate study
1:36:05 last year and of course the main funding
1:36:08 source here is water utility revenue
1:36:12 the sewer utility there are five active
1:36:14 projects proposed
1:36:16 and five future year projects 2022
1:36:19 anticipated cost is 491 000
1:36:22 2023 is about 1.3 million
1:36:26 um the notable projects here include the
1:36:29 sewer rehabilitation program
1:36:31 the highland sewer main capacity and
1:36:32 redundancy project the front street lift
1:36:35 station improvements
1:36:36 and the main funding source here is uh
1:36:38 again sewer utility revenues
1:36:42 and finally uh in the stormwater utility
1:36:46 there are 13 proposed active projects
1:36:49 with three future year projects
1:36:51 the anticipated 2022 cost is around 3.2
1:36:54 million
1:36:55 2023 is about 2.4 million
1:36:59 the notable projects here include the
1:37:01 lower issaquah creek stream and riparian
1:37:03 enhancement
1:37:04 the squawk valley park south creek
1:37:06 restoration storm and surface water
1:37:08 master plan implementation
1:37:10 the old town storm water improvements
1:37:12 and the pickering ditch flood control
1:37:15 and the main funding sources for you for
1:37:17 storm water utilities
1:37:19 are the stormwater utility revenues as
1:37:21 well as
1:37:22 a few grants
1:37:26 next steps looking ahead from where we
1:37:29 go from here
1:37:32 bringing back that anticipated council
1:37:34 schedule
1:37:35 uh i am uh getting ready to wrap up
1:37:37 tonight's presentation
1:37:39 um but of course uh i'll be prepared to
1:37:42 take any questions
1:37:43 after this um and next week on the 27th
1:37:48 we'll be returning for the first city
1:37:50 council deliberations on the cip
1:37:52 and at this meeting we'll have
1:37:54 department staff on hand to answer
1:37:55 questions around the non-utility asset
1:37:58 categories
1:37:59 and generally hoping to receive council
1:38:01 feedback on those particular projects
1:38:04 we'll then return on may 3rd and after
1:38:06 the public hearing
1:38:07 we'd like to continue council
1:38:09 deliberations with the utility asset
1:38:11 categories
1:38:13 and then on may 11 will return for
1:38:16 continued council deliberations
1:38:18 following up on items in the prior
1:38:20 meetings and looking for any changes the
1:38:22 council would like to see to the
1:38:24 proposed document
1:38:25 including from any feedback received
1:38:27 from the boards and commissions
1:38:28 attending tonight's meeting
1:38:30 and finally we will return again on may
1:38:34 for the second public hearing for final
1:38:37 comments
1:38:38 and the anticipated adoption of this cip
1:38:44 and with that that concludes my
1:38:47 presentation so i'm going to go ahead
1:38:49 and take it down
1:38:51 but of course i am open for any
1:38:54 additional questions
1:38:56 that folks may have i can figure out how
1:39:00 to take it down
1:39:02 there we go suzy thank you for that
1:39:05 presentation
1:39:06 for those of you who are not that
1:39:08 familiar with our um
1:39:10 webex meeting format if you look down in
1:39:13 the lower right hand corner you will see
1:39:16 blue buttons for participants and chat
1:39:21 if you haven't found that those yet that
1:39:23 is where you can either see who's in the
1:39:25 meeting or
1:39:26 put in your question or comment so
1:39:30 um thank you very much for that susie we
1:39:32 are going to it was a great presentation
1:39:34 theory cereal i hope we got seemed to me
1:39:37 like we got a lot of the wonkiness and
1:39:39 the acronyms out of there so that's
1:39:41 really great
1:39:42 um so we'll start taking some questions
1:39:44 and it looks like first up
1:39:46 is danielle
1:39:50 hi yes this is danielle gibson so i'm on
1:39:52 the park board and i appreciate
1:39:54 um the opportunity to kind of listen in
1:39:56 today and
1:39:57 get this high level review um and i had
1:40:02 question with respect to um i saw that
1:40:04 there was
1:40:05 um work that was going to be done on the
1:40:09 public public works building
1:40:10 and i'm assuming that's the one um
1:40:13 that's on the
1:40:14 opposite side of the creek as confluence
1:40:17 and one of our um i'm just wondering if
1:40:20 there's any
1:40:23 if the cip includes
1:40:27 any money for or if the city is planning
1:40:30 at all to relocate
1:40:31 that facility so that and the reason i
1:40:35 is because the confluence park master
1:40:38 includes kind of a development of that
1:40:40 um of that piece of property and
1:40:42 bringing it into that plan
1:40:43 so it's something that's kind of outside
1:40:45 of what we usually look at for parks but
1:40:48 is related great question danielle so i
1:40:51 think one thing that we will be
1:40:52 providing you all with
1:40:54 is a map that will show you
1:40:57 where the different referenced projects
1:40:59 or facilities are so the yard that
1:41:01 you're referring to is actually our
1:41:02 parks maintenance yard and not the one
1:41:04 that we're working on
1:41:05 uh and so jeff walter is here to talk
1:41:09 about that
1:41:09 so um jeff uh do you want to talk
1:41:13 about the potential future relocation of
1:41:14 the park street
1:41:18 you bet mayor thank you danielle great
1:41:20 question
1:41:21 um just to confirm what the mayor said
1:41:23 yeah this project
1:41:24 is the other public workshop site which
1:41:26 is um
1:41:28 located north of i-90 um in terms of
1:41:32 any future or planned uh relocation of
1:41:35 the parks and facilities shop
1:41:37 site is what you're referencing which is
1:41:38 across the east torch of issachar creek
1:41:40 from confluence park
1:41:42 there are not funds identified in this
1:41:45 six-year cip
1:41:47 for that for that relocation
1:41:50 thanks danielle uh deputy council
1:41:52 president ray
1:41:54 thank you mayor paulie chris wray um
1:41:56 susie always a great
1:41:58 great presentation thank you for that um
1:42:01 i was curious about
1:42:02 any debt funding it looked like that the
1:42:04 plan for this cip
1:42:05 was to do everything out of uh kind of a
1:42:08 pay-as-you-go kind of model so
1:42:10 any thoughts about debt funding do we
1:42:13 have any debt capacity with our give
1:42:15 given current revenues and um
1:42:19 i'll start there and i have another one
1:42:21 for you
1:42:22 sure um thank you for that question uh
1:42:26 so you are correct the the proposed cip
1:42:28 does not anticipate
1:42:30 any new debt finance projects um at
1:42:33 least out of general fund dollars um
1:42:35 the uh 20 we had a
1:42:38 pretty significant bond sale or
1:42:42 debt sale last year funding quite a few
1:42:45 projects that had been identified
1:42:47 in for 2020 in the last vip which
1:42:50 pretty much absorbed most of our
1:42:53 debt capacity um there uh
1:42:56 i may open it up to uh finance director
1:43:00 goldberg who i also see is on the line
1:43:01 in case she wants to add any additional
1:43:03 comments
1:43:04 to that um but that sort of gives the
1:43:07 gist of
1:43:08 the the why we're not including them in
1:43:10 this in this proposed
1:43:12 cip and i see director goldberg
1:43:16 hello everyone my name is beth goldberg
1:43:18 i'm the finance director
1:43:20 and um deputy council president ray
1:43:23 um we could follow up with some
1:43:24 additional information
1:43:27 debt capacity is a complicated question
1:43:30 um there's actually a lot of debt
1:43:33 capacity
1:43:34 not a lot of ability to pay the debt
1:43:37 that we would incur so um
1:43:40 i in future years and part of future
1:43:44 discussions
1:43:45 um and you may recall this from the
1:43:46 transportation benefit district
1:43:48 discussion
1:43:49 uh there was talk about leveraging that
1:43:52 revenue
1:43:52 to um to facilitate uh the issuance of
1:43:57 um but as uh as susie pointed out
1:44:00 the current plan and in the first two
1:44:03 years the funded items in the first two
1:44:05 years
1:44:06 are not contemplating any debt
1:44:09 but more directly lots of debt capacity
1:44:12 not a lot ability to pay with existing
1:44:14 resources
1:44:16 thanks beth my second question deals
1:44:19 with grants there's a number to council
1:44:21 president ray before we go to your
1:44:22 second question
1:44:23 i'd like to add a piece just for our
1:44:25 non-council member members here today
1:44:29 um just want to make sure it's clear
1:44:32 i had mentioned earlier in the
1:44:33 introductory remarks that i would be
1:44:35 coming to council in 2022
1:44:36 to explore revenue options that would be
1:44:40 that we could um have some more ongoing
1:44:43 revenues to
1:44:44 to use additional debt to be able to
1:44:47 fund additional
1:44:48 projects just to tie those pieces
1:44:49 together deputy council president ray
1:44:51 your question on grounds
1:44:53 uh thanks mayor pauline nice uh
1:44:54 appreciate your clarification
1:44:57 there are a number of projects that
1:45:00 identify grants are those identifi have
1:45:03 we identified the grants or those
1:45:05 anticipated grants
1:45:08 just trying to understand the level of
1:45:11 confidence and certainty we should have
1:45:12 in those grants materializing sure
1:45:16 yes and thank you for that question it
1:45:18 is uh something that we were very
1:45:20 conscious of
1:45:21 as part of the development process the
1:45:24 instructions given to departments and
1:45:27 project managers as they were putting
1:45:28 their projects forward
1:45:30 was to only take into account grants
1:45:32 that they were confident
1:45:33 very confident were going to come
1:45:35 through and
1:45:37 it's this is another good opportunity to
1:45:39 note that this is one of the reasons why
1:45:41 we re-evaluate the cip assumptions every
1:45:44 year before
1:45:45 including them in an annual budget it
1:45:48 gives us that opportunity to make sure
1:45:50 that what we a grant that we assumed in
1:45:52 the cip
1:45:54 we're actually getting before we go
1:45:56 ahead and include it in a budget
1:45:59 great thanks susie appreciate it thank
1:46:02 you deputy council president
1:46:03 councilmember walsh
1:46:05 thank you this is councilmember walsh i
1:46:07 will plus one
1:46:08 to the kudos to uh susie for the
1:46:12 presentation very
1:46:13 very thorough and yet also
1:46:16 understandable which
1:46:18 you know says something when it comes to
1:46:19 the cip
1:46:21 um so i wanted to ask a question about
1:46:23 the project selection criteria matrix
1:46:26 which
1:46:26 uh looking at for the first time and i
1:46:29 love the concept of it
1:46:31 but i'm wondering if you can talk
1:46:33 through
1:46:35 how and i don't know whether this goes
1:46:37 back to you suzy or somebody else but
1:46:39 how do you anticipate the boards and
1:46:41 commissions and the council
1:46:43 using that information as we evaluate
1:46:46 the cip
1:46:48 is there a sense that you know we would
1:46:50 like to only fund or
1:46:52 only plan to fund projects that have
1:46:56 three out of the six or more um or is
1:46:59 there
1:47:00 is there a sense of direction there or
1:47:02 is it more
1:47:03 informational and we can use it how we
1:47:06 see fit
1:47:09 um thank you for that question um
1:47:12 i will uh vamp a little bit in case
1:47:15 uh uh city administrator bob kuitz wants
1:47:18 to jump in on this
1:47:19 but i i would say um that
1:47:23 it would be for how you would see fit in
1:47:25 in using it so
1:47:26 the document has some fairly
1:47:31 detailed charts where it's basically a
1:47:33 giant matrix and there's a check mark
1:47:35 for each project
1:47:36 under each category um and
1:47:40 if there are questions on those those
1:47:42 might be um
1:47:44 great to bring to the more project
1:47:47 specific
1:47:47 deliberative sessions coming up um as
1:47:50 those were
1:47:51 really at the discretion of the project
1:47:53 managers as they are
1:47:55 particularly familiar with their project
1:47:57 um but yeah i would say
1:47:59 however the boards and commissions and
1:48:01 the city council would see sit on
1:48:03 interpreting those and making use of
1:48:05 them um i would say that's at
1:48:06 your discretion and i see administrator
1:48:08 bob quits has his camera on
1:48:11 and and thank you susie uh members of
1:48:13 the council boards and commissions good
1:48:14 evening
1:48:15 uh i think the only thing that i would
1:48:17 add is that the the capital improvement
1:48:20 program process
1:48:21 really is an evolving one and i think
1:48:22 mayor paulie's direction to our staff
1:48:25 has been to you know continue to expand
1:48:28 uh the involvement of the community the
1:48:29 boards and commission so while the
1:48:30 matrix
1:48:32 can have uses this time around i think
1:48:34 we're looking at
1:48:35 how we can expand the process earlier uh
1:48:38 the next time around and so have these
1:48:40 discussions
1:48:41 about regarding what what are those
1:48:43 points in that matrix
1:48:45 prior to seeing a document so please use
1:48:49 as you see fit this time around but i
1:48:51 think the next time we're going to want
1:48:52 to have even earlier discussions
1:48:54 and so that matrix plays even a greater
1:48:56 role in the creation
1:48:57 of the document that you see tonight
1:49:01 that is a great answer thank you city
1:49:03 administrator bob quits and for
1:49:05 those on our boards of commissions who
1:49:07 maybe don't watch us every other monday
1:49:09 surprisingly um over the last three
1:49:12 years what we have been doing is trying
1:49:14 to pull apart
1:49:15 the pile on of processes we have for
1:49:18 doing things and to reorganize them and
1:49:20 simplify them and we're hoping to have
1:49:22 an operating budget that is only
1:49:26 required to be lifted every two years it
1:49:28 so that we can
1:49:29 offset it with the capital improvement
1:49:32 um program
1:49:33 in the opposite year therefore allowing
1:49:35 more time for thoughtful discussion and
1:49:37 analysis
1:49:38 right now as new requirements got added
1:49:40 we just sort of lump them all together
1:49:42 so we are definitely in an evolving
1:49:43 process as the city administrator said
1:49:46 okay i am watching the chat i am not
1:49:49 seeing
1:49:49 any additional questions which is not an
1:49:52 issue
1:49:53 um if anybody has any comments they
1:49:56 would like to share
1:49:57 about the process or any additional
1:49:59 questions go ahead and
1:50:00 do so in the chat i'll keep oh i see
1:50:03 councilmember hall has a question
1:50:06 uh thank you mayor paulie this is
1:50:08 councilmember hall um i have a quick
1:50:10 question for the administration
1:50:12 uh and the um the answer might be that
1:50:14 it's baked into this process you've
1:50:15 built
1:50:16 through you know coming to the boards
1:50:18 and commissions for their input going to
1:50:19 the community and
1:50:20 through council deliberations but
1:50:23 my question is how kind of the concept
1:50:26 of equity has been taken into
1:50:27 consideration in formulating the cip
1:50:30 and um how we should consider equity
1:50:34 from a council perspective board and
1:50:35 commission perspective
1:50:37 as we consider cip investments around
1:50:40 town and
1:50:40 and maybe a good question for wally too
1:50:42 is um
1:50:44 what are how are other regional
1:50:46 communities addressing
1:50:48 equity concept when it comes to cips
1:50:52 uh great question councilmember hall uh
1:50:55 members of the council on the boards
1:50:57 uh they're the equity lens that we are
1:51:00 working on the council
1:51:01 uh uh discussed briefly at its training
1:51:04 and may even we'll discuss at the
1:51:05 conclusion of this meeting this evening
1:51:07 uh it's still a work in progress for us
1:51:09 here in this squad
1:51:11 so i i cannot tell you that this
1:51:14 document these projects were
1:51:17 put together using any kind of formal
1:51:19 equity lens
1:51:20 but i think as we continue to work to
1:51:22 include that in everything that we do
1:51:25 this will continue to be a work in
1:51:26 progress
1:51:28 so i i would hope that as the boards and
1:51:31 commissions are looking at this if they
1:51:32 have any comments
1:51:33 along those lines i think that'd be very
1:51:35 important uh for the administration to
1:51:37 hear from the city council to hear
1:51:39 but again my hope is that this process
1:51:41 as it continues over the next couple of
1:51:42 years
1:51:43 that use of an equity lens is going to
1:51:44 be a major piece of that
1:51:46 as far as our neighbors um i i think
1:51:48 different communities
1:51:49 do different things as far as that um i
1:51:52 don't i don't
1:51:53 certainly know a rule of thumb among the
1:51:56 communities of king county
1:51:57 uh that do this i i think the bellevue
1:52:00 kirkland uh used as a equity lens now
1:52:03 i'm not sure how they use it quite
1:52:05 honestly for their capital improvement
1:52:06 process but i know it's a component of
1:52:08 their operating budget
1:52:10 uh so i think we're all trying to be as
1:52:12 thoughtful as we can
1:52:13 and i know that mayor paulie is
1:52:15 committed to continue that work moving
1:52:17 forward
1:52:18 anticipating administrative bob quits
1:52:19 council member hall do you mind if i add
1:52:21 a little bit to that just from my
1:52:23 mayor's perspective
1:52:24 in some of our meetings what we're
1:52:26 hearing so far that cities are
1:52:27 how they're using an equity lens not all
1:52:30 cities are the same
1:52:31 and issaquah did not build out and
1:52:33 develop the same as some
1:52:35 other cities in our region that are next
1:52:37 to industrial lands
1:52:39 so the kinds of things that they're
1:52:40 using when they're filtering projects
1:52:42 is there a combined sewer outflow within
1:52:44 a residential neighborhood
1:52:46 that could be um reworked um
1:52:50 is there something you can do along the
1:52:52 amish waterway
1:52:54 where you have uh industry right next to
1:52:57 housing to ensure that any capital
1:52:59 projects that you do
1:53:00 don't do harm to those who reside there
1:53:04 so i've heard that through just
1:53:06 different mayor's discussions
1:53:08 and also working on the king county
1:53:10 waterworks grants right now
1:53:12 um using that lens of looking for those
1:53:14 kinds of projects that are creating
1:53:16 negative impacts
1:53:17 and proposing adjustments like getting
1:53:20 rid of a cso by
1:53:22 diverting the stormwater somewhere else
1:53:25 so that there is less pollution going in
1:53:27 to this right the waterway right by a
1:53:29 residential neighborhood
1:53:33 thank you councilmember hall looking
1:53:35 over not seeing any additional questions
1:53:38 tonight susie certainly has
1:53:40 given an awful lot for you to digest
1:53:44 uh this is the first time we're trying
1:53:46 this process
1:53:47 so we're very interested to hear how
1:53:50 your conversations go when you bring it
1:53:52 back to your boards and commissions
1:53:54 um the ex the expectations right now are
1:53:58 kind of all over the place
1:53:59 you may come back and say this being our
1:54:01 first year going through the process
1:54:04 i guess it looks okay you may come back
1:54:06 and say
1:54:08 with all of our talk about the
1:54:09 environment i feel like there should be
1:54:11 more of a focus
1:54:12 on water projects you may come back and
1:54:15 you don't have enough money to do these
1:54:17 things and you're never going to have
1:54:19 enough money
1:54:20 unless you have a conversation in a
1:54:22 different year about how you might want
1:54:23 to do it
1:54:24 all of those are acceptable and anything
1:54:26 else that comes to you is acceptable you
1:54:28 are going to be feeding your thoughts
1:54:29 directly into the
1:54:31 the council members so that they can put
1:54:34 those into the hopper when they're
1:54:35 evaluating an adopting
1:54:37 plan so i'm not seeing anything else in
1:54:41 the box tonight so what i will do is go
1:54:43 through a few next steps
1:54:45 um the board and commission input will
1:54:48 be received through april 22nd to may
1:54:51 the council deliberations will be on
1:54:53 april 27th
1:54:54 at a begin at a council study session
1:54:58 the public hearing will be may 3rd at
1:55:00 the may 3rd
1:55:01 city council meeting and the adoption is
1:55:04 anticipated at the may
1:55:06 17th council meeting um
1:55:09 so before we go to the next item on the
1:55:11 agenda
1:55:12 i just want to say thank you again it is
1:55:15 really awesome to see this many of our
1:55:17 amazing
1:55:18 volunteers in a virtual room
1:55:21 but in our room together step forward
1:55:24 so thank you all for joining us and we
1:55:27 will now be moving into our next item on
1:55:29 the agenda which is good of the order
1:55:32 um and council president hunt i'm
1:55:34 struggling to remember i did think we
1:55:36 had one thing at least
1:55:37 for good of the order thank you
1:55:40 mayor bali um this is council president
1:55:43 hunt and yes we do have one item
1:55:45 for at least one item for good of the
1:55:47 order um
1:55:48 at our equity training we
1:55:52 uh proposed that we would consider what
1:55:55 next steps
1:55:56 for equity training the council would
1:55:58 like to
1:56:00 pursue and we wanted to give ourselves a
1:56:02 little bit of time to consider that
1:56:04 between the equity training and we
1:56:06 we proposed that we would have that
1:56:07 discussion at the good of the order this
1:56:09 evening
1:56:10 so i wanted to open it up for council's
1:56:12 discussion on what
1:56:15 next steps you think
1:56:18 you would be interested in and i would
1:56:19 also mention that i
1:56:21 checked in with the administration
1:56:23 earlier today and
1:56:24 there is not a formal direction from the
1:56:26 administration or proposal from the
1:56:28 administration
1:56:32 um i was a little distracted i apologize
1:56:36 i thought that i saw danielle's hand
1:56:38 raised
1:56:39 was that a leftover or um
1:56:42 did danielle is it possible to bring
1:56:45 danielle back in if she had another
1:56:47 comment or a question
1:56:48 it showed up yeah so it's been up for
1:56:51 some time that was from earlier
1:56:53 okay great thanks um sorry council
1:56:56 president hunt um
1:56:57 was that directed at the this is for the
1:57:00 the council body okay yes that's right
1:57:04 um for council to consider what next
1:57:06 step next steps for equity training
1:57:09 we might want to pursue that is great
1:57:12 thanks first up is councilmember walsh
1:57:15 thank you this is councilmember walsh um
1:57:17 i'm at the point where
1:57:19 i want to start having community
1:57:20 conversations i think
1:57:22 training is good but um
1:57:25 i i feel like getting into the
1:57:28 nitty-gritty about
1:57:30 what our particular issues are
1:57:33 for the city of issaquah what our
1:57:35 residents and
1:57:36 business owners and people in the city
1:57:40 um i feel like that's important
1:57:44 um and would help direct
1:57:48 that next set i guess of
1:57:51 actions rather than training or
1:57:53 discussions at the very least
1:57:55 so that's kind of where i'm at i'm not
1:57:58 opposed to training
1:57:59 but i want to be able to customize it
1:58:01 for our city
1:58:03 and i think we have particular issues
1:58:05 that we need to
1:58:07 bring in a larger conversation for
1:58:14 any other comments from any of the other
1:58:15 council members
1:58:17 council member hall uh yeah this is uh
1:58:20 council member hall i think that's an
1:58:22 excellent point i wasn't even thinking
1:58:24 about that just then
1:58:25 um i was thinking it would be helpful as
1:58:28 racial equity framework is developed
1:58:32 once a draft is developed that we put it
1:58:34 through some real life examples
1:58:37 and see kind of how it shakes out and i
1:58:40 think councilmember walsh's idea
1:58:42 of maybe shopping out to the community
1:58:45 might even be
1:58:46 a good step there too to make sure we're
1:58:48 not missing anything
1:58:49 in our racial equity framework um to
1:58:52 ensure we're not missing anything in our
1:58:53 policy
1:58:54 so um i think that that would be kind of
1:58:57 a logical next step
1:58:59 just to make sure that we're finishing
1:59:01 out the framework so we can start
1:59:02 applying it to policy
1:59:06 and then that being said i guess i'd be
1:59:07 interested to um
1:59:09 and what other council members think and
1:59:11 maybe
1:59:12 after we've done that first step and
1:59:14 have this framework in front of us and
1:59:16 had conversations with the community
1:59:18 we'll have
1:59:19 new ideas of what we want to do next in
1:59:21 terms of equity
1:59:22 but i thought it was really helpful to
1:59:25 think
1:59:26 about racial equity from a historical
1:59:27 context about
1:59:29 specific situations like our first
1:59:31 training was about housing
1:59:32 and redlining and i thought that context
1:59:35 was really
1:59:36 important for us as policy makers to
1:59:39 understand the historical context and
1:59:40 then be able to see that
1:59:42 in our policy if that's happening or if
1:59:44 it ever anything
1:59:46 the same theme comes up that we're able
1:59:48 to recognize and pick up on historical
1:59:50 contexts
1:59:52 so if we were to have any additional
1:59:53 trainings beyond the framework
1:59:56 i guess i might advocate that we have
1:59:58 kind of policy specific
2:00:01 uh trainings
2:00:05 any other council members
2:00:11 you give it a minute to look in the chat
2:00:16 not see anybody oh sorry there we go um
2:00:20 came through twice council member d
2:00:21 michelle came through twice at the same
2:00:26 i just wanted to say i like the i like
2:00:28 very much the idea of
2:00:29 going out and talking uh or reaching out
2:00:33 and talking to people in our community
2:00:35 um and i like council member hall's idea
2:00:38 uh possibly framing that around
2:00:42 i think is i think we're talking about
2:00:43 the same thing but an equity lens
2:00:46 um i the most uh useful thing that i got
2:00:50 out of the last training
2:00:52 was taking a simple equity lens and
2:00:55 running it through a practical
2:00:57 situation and so the idea that possibly
2:01:01 we could
2:01:02 now start looking at exact examples in
2:01:04 our community i think it's a very good
2:01:07 and i think eye-opening to us as well we
2:01:10 may have assumptions that we don't know
2:01:12 that we have
2:01:13 and uh bringing the community into the
2:01:17 conversation would help
2:01:19 help us adjust our thinking um
2:01:22 and help train us but in real life
2:01:25 problems so
2:01:26 um yeah i would just uh agree with
2:01:28 everything that's been said so far
2:01:31 thank you council mayor dean michelle
2:01:33 councilmember hall did you uh have a
2:01:34 question
2:01:36 uh yeah mayor paulie this is councilman
2:01:38 hall just a quick question um
2:01:39 either for the council president or for
2:01:41 administration um
2:01:42 you know we just had a bunch of board
2:01:44 and commission members here and i
2:01:46 remember there was some talk about
2:01:48 them going through some racial equity
2:01:50 training too and so i was just wondering
2:01:52 what the status was on that
2:01:56 i will refer to the city administrator
2:01:58 yes thank you madam mayor
2:02:00 members of the council council member
2:02:01 hall we are just beginning to roll out
2:02:04 the beginnings of training for staff and
2:02:06 i think our uh
2:02:07 expectation was to get that done first
2:02:10 uh and then perhaps
2:02:12 based on that come up with some training
2:02:14 for boards and commissions
2:02:15 uh my guess is that we would not get to
2:02:18 that until third or fourth quarter also
2:02:20 probably fourth quarter
2:02:21 uh of this year based on um
2:02:24 how the the training we do with the
2:02:26 staff works the uh
2:02:28 the executive management team uh just
2:02:30 went through that training last week
2:02:32 so we're getting ready now to beginning
2:02:34 to roll that out it's a three-hour
2:02:36 course um so we'll we'll have we'll work
2:02:39 through the rest of staff
2:02:40 this spring and summer so that we'll be
2:02:42 able to do that i would imagine
2:02:43 again third or fourth quarter
2:02:46 thank you councilmember hall any other
2:02:49 questions or comments
2:02:52 council president did you get what you
2:02:54 needed
2:02:56 yes i believe so i think um and i'll
2:02:59 i'll summarize just in case i misheard
2:03:02 anything
2:03:03 but i heard from the council members
2:03:05 that that spoke
2:03:06 that there is an interest in applying
2:03:08 some real-life policy examples
2:03:11 and using an equity lens and also to
2:03:14 work with the community
2:03:16 as we implement that equity lens
2:03:20 thank you councilmember goodman
2:03:25 uh thank you so um i don't want to lose
2:03:29 thought but i also acknowledge before i
2:03:32 say it that it's not
2:03:33 um directly on point but before i lose
2:03:37 it i just wanted to
2:03:38 um say it um because i'm not sure
2:03:40 there's another opportunity to say it in
2:03:42 the very near future
2:03:43 when we talk i realized that um the
2:03:46 equity lens the equity lens that we're
2:03:48 talking about
2:03:49 um is um
2:03:53 is not super broad and you know we've
2:03:55 talked about um
2:03:56 racial inequities and um i think we also
2:03:59 talk a little
2:04:01 also about vulnerable populations
2:04:03 equities
2:04:04 but i would hope that we expand that a
2:04:07 little bit
2:04:08 as part of our policy making to
2:04:11 encompass
2:04:12 the phrase or the um
2:04:16 how do i say it maybe the term equitable
2:04:19 under the circumstances
2:04:20 because all of our policies should we
2:04:22 should be looking at them about whether
2:04:24 they are equitable under the
2:04:26 circumstances
2:04:28 um we had a recent one that um
2:04:31 has generated a little bit of conference
2:04:33 controversy over the last couple weeks
2:04:35 and um i think it would have
2:04:38 behooved us to consider whether it is
2:04:41 equitable under uh the circumstances
2:04:45 um so that's i think that's really what
2:04:48 i wanted to say just
2:04:49 i realize it's not quite on point but i
2:04:51 didn't want to lose my
2:04:52 thought that i think we can look at
2:04:54 equity from um
2:04:56 different points of view and make sure
2:04:57 that we're making policy in a way that's
2:04:59 equitable thanks thank you councilmember
2:05:03 goodman councilmember d michelle
2:05:08 uh one of the things i liked about the
2:05:11 equity lens that bonita worked with us
2:05:15 on was
2:05:16 that it was very simple and um
2:05:20 you know i i think that was expressed
2:05:22 that maybe at some point we would know
2:05:24 it so well that we wouldn't have to have
2:05:26 even a piece of paper so
2:05:28 uh and if i remember correctly the
2:05:30 questions were who
2:05:31 who does this benefit and who does this
2:05:36 and i think those are two just really
2:05:38 basic questions that apply to almost any
2:05:40 situation
2:05:41 and if we can figure out who a
2:05:44 particular policy or a particular action
2:05:46 who does it benefit who does it harm i
2:05:48 think those are two really basic
2:05:50 questions that would apply
2:05:52 under any circumstances so i liked the
2:05:54 direction that she was taking
2:05:57 in that equity lens uh i
2:06:00 i think we should talk about it more
2:06:02 because we only had the one look at it
2:06:05 um i like that idea of broad questions
2:06:08 that could apply to many many different
2:06:09 groups
2:06:12 and council member goodman thank you
2:06:13 councilmember james hi councilmember
2:06:15 goodman here thanks for that reminder
2:06:17 um i would agree with that thank you
2:06:18 councilmember demonstrate with a
2:06:19 reminder
2:06:23 uh that is great i think that was um
2:06:26 nice to hear a conversation on camera
2:06:27 about how the council
2:06:29 wants to do their approach to using an
2:06:32 active events and they were going for it
2:06:33 and i also do
2:06:35 as uh mayor want to stress too that we
2:06:38 are having some community conversations
2:06:40 so we are still
2:06:41 a little bit in the problem
2:06:43 identification
2:06:44 stage of hearing from folks who
2:06:46 experience situations that are
2:06:48 inequitable
2:06:49 who will drive not just the policy work
2:06:52 we're doing
2:06:53 that you're putting through a lens but
2:06:55 some policy work they may want us to do
2:06:58 that we don't know about yet because
2:06:59 they're going to inform that
2:07:01 for us and um i'll give an example of
2:07:05 is we have heard conversations about
2:07:09 sros in schools and as councilmember
2:07:12 michelle cohen said who are we harming
2:07:15 and who are we can't remember what the
2:07:17 other question was but anyway good
2:07:18 questions
2:07:19 so um part of what i think you're going
2:07:21 to get from the community conversations
2:07:22 with some things to work on that we're
2:07:25 currently aware of so anyway it's a good
2:07:28 combination of work that's going on both
2:07:30 at the council level and out in the
2:07:31 community
2:07:32 it's really nice um okay were there any
2:07:36 other items for good of the order
2:07:40 i will go on to the upcoming council
2:07:43 meetings
2:07:44 on monday april 26 there are two
2:07:46 meetings a 6 p.m special city council
2:07:48 meeting to conduct an executive session
2:07:50 and a 6 30 p.m
2:07:51 special city council study session with
2:07:53 some potential agenda
2:07:55 agenda items including the federal
2:07:57 relief funding
2:07:59 return to office facility plan
2:08:01 discussion
2:08:02 the city council study session on
2:08:04 tuesday april 27th
2:08:06 has some potential agenda items they
2:08:08 will be the 2022-2027 capital
2:08:11 improvement plan including
2:08:12 transportation improvement plan
2:08:14 program social and economic vitality
2:08:17 slash recovery task force
2:08:19 update and downtown screed read which we
2:08:21 heard a bit about tonight
2:08:22 from the public the city council meeting
2:08:25 on may 3rd has a couple of potential
2:08:27 agenda items
2:08:28 a public hearing on the 2022-2027
2:08:31 capital improvement plan
2:08:33 including the tip and amending city
2:08:35 council rules of procedure
2:08:37 our e adding council new business
2:08:40 there is no executive session this
2:08:42 evening
2:08:43 uh so therefore no further business we
2:08:46 are adjourned at 908.
2:08:48 thank you great night

Attendance

Council / Members (6)
Barbara de Michele
Stacy Goodman
Zach Hall
Victoria Hunt
Chris Reh
Lindsey Walsh
Excused
Tola Marts

Motions and votes (1)

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 0782 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of April 19, 2021, $ 7,276,383.87; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, March 23; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, March 29; Approved. Page 48 of 179 CONSENT CALENDAR f) 04-19-21 Ci…
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
Carried 6-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh