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Monday, June 7, 2021

7:00 PM · 1h 29m
Topics tracked across meetings:
Capital Financing Task Force, (I) ID 0915 1/2
2022-2027 Capital Improvement Plan, including Transportation Improvement Program AB 8123 9/9
Non-Profit Relief Grant Funding AB 8139 4/4
Section
Topic
1. CALL TO ORDER
1a
First for Roll Call Vote: Walsh
6. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES
6a
End of 2021 Legislative Session Report ID 0880
packet pp.5–36
Staff report:
The purpose of this informational update is to provide a review of the 2021 State Legislative Session and how the City’s priorities identified in the Legislative Agenda were incorporated into the State budgets.
6b
Update on Capital Financing Community Task Force ID 0915
packet pp.37–38
Staff report:
The purpose of this update is provide the City Council information on the Mayor’s appointment and convening of the Capital Financing Community Task Force.
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
7c
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, May 17, 2021
Approve · packet pp.61–65
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR c) 05-17-21 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Virtual Meeting May 17, 2021 MINUTES
7d
Lower Reid Infiltration Gallery AB 7385
Accept Project · packet pp.67–68
Staff report:
The Administration recommends acceptance of the Lower Reid Infiltration Gallery (LRIG) Mitigation project and release of the retainage to the contractor.
7e
Puget Sound Energy Contract for SPAR Water Project AB 8092
Authorize · packet pp.69–77
Topics: ClimateWater
Staff report:
On May 17, 2021, Council awarded the construction bid for the SPAR Water System Project (AB 8179). The City's contractor will install most of the system components, including the conduits and other infrastructure to facilitate power to be fed to the new pump station. However, as is typical in this type of project, PSE will actually install the wiring, transformer, and meters under a separate contract.
7f
Non-Profit Relief Grant Funding AB 8139
Receive & File · packet pp.79–80
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
The Administration recommends postponing the non-profit relief funding
7g
Memorandum of Understanding with the Issaquah Police Officers' Association Ratify AB 8168
packet pp.81–87
Topics: Public Safety
Staff report:
Police officer recruitment has become increasingly challenging in recent years due to diminishing candidate pools, increasing causes of attrition, and broadening police responsibilities. The City has struggled to attract sufficient candidates to fill vacancies due to retirements, change in profession, and lateral career moves. Lateral police officers are particularly difficult to attract as candidates, as many incur moving expenses, loss of seniority, and other detriments when they consider an opportunity at a new jurisdiction.
7h
Washington State Department of Agriculture COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Grant for Farmers Market AB 8182
Accept Grant · packet pp.89–91
Staff report:
The coronavirus pandemic has affected small businesses and local food supply chains in different ways. The WSDA in partnership with the Washington State Department of Commerce is awarding grants that specifically aim to help farmers market organizations, agritourism farms, craft beverage producers, and shellfish growers. These sectors are important parts of the agriculture economy that experienced economic hardship due to the pandemic and faced limitations in accessing relief.
9. REGULAR BUSINESS
9a
2022-2027 Capital Improvement Plan, including Transportation Improvement Program AB 8123
Carried 7-0
Approve Resolution · packet pp.119–336
Topics: TransportationBudget
Staff report:
The CIP is a multi-year plan for the acquisition, expansion, or rehabilitation of land, buildings, and other major infrastructure over a six-year period, and beyond. The plan reflects expected start and completion dates, estimated costs, and proposed financing for the City's capital investment priorities. The plan is reviewed and updated biennially factoring in availability of resources, changes in City policy and community needs, unexpected emergencies and events, and changes in cost and financial strategies. The CIP incorporates City Council priorities, long-range community objectives, and projects that improve City operational efficiency. The plan represents the City's current estimates of needs, costs, potential funding sources, and timelines.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
10. GOOD OF THE ORDER
10a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:01 so welcome everyone i'm calling the june
0:03 7 city council meeting to order and due
0:06 to the governor's proclamation 20-28
0:08 relating to the covet-19 emergency
0:11 and open public meetings this meeting
0:13 will be held entirely remotely at this
0:16 point we'll take a moment to take a roll
0:17 call of the council members in
0:18 attendance
0:19 we stay here when i call your name
0:21 councilmember d michelle
0:22 here thank you councilmember goodman
0:25 yeah
0:26 thank you councilmember hall here
0:30 council president hunt here thank you
0:34 council member marks
0:35 here thanks deputy council president ray
0:39 here thank you and council member walsh
0:42 here
0:43 that is all seven of our council members
0:45 in attendance
0:46 so the next item on the agenda this
0:48 evening is the pledge of allegiance and
0:49 please feel free to join me but i will
0:51 be asking everybody to
0:53 mute themselves right now as well
0:57 i pledge allegiance to the flag of the
1:00 united states of america
1:01 and to the republic for which it stands
1:04 one nation
1:04 under god indivisible with liberty and
1:07 justice for all next item on our agenda
1:13 this evening is audience comments and if
1:15 you
1:16 have submitted the online form to make
1:18 comments we'll call your name
1:19 shortly and if you are have joined us
1:21 tonight and you would like to make
1:23 comments but did not sign up in advance
1:25 please raise your virtual hand so our
1:27 city clerk can see you
1:29 if you are on the phone that could be
1:31 pressing star 3
1:32 if you join by computer or smartphone
1:34 look for a hand icon
1:36 and this can vary by device one option
1:39 may be to go to the participant panel
1:41 and choose the raise hand icon in the
1:43 lower right hand corner
1:44 we are also going to have a public
1:46 hearing tonight on ab-8152
1:49 the public benefit rating system
1:51 application for 2.76 acres of open space
1:55 at 5805 229th avenue southeast
1:59 in the overdale homeowners association
2:03 area and if you would like to make
2:05 comments on this topic you'll have an
2:06 opportunity to do that later in this
2:08 meeting
2:09 um so city clerk has anyone signed up
2:11 for general audience comments or
2:12 indicated a desire to speak this evening
2:17 mayor no one has signed up to make
2:18 comments i do see we have
2:22 like one member of the public on the
2:24 line with us
2:28 i can just ask that if anyone is wishing
2:31 to make comments
2:32 that they raise their virtual hand
2:35 on the phone you can press star 3 as the
2:37 mayor noted
2:40 or you can visit the participant panel
2:43 and raise your virtual hand
2:47 just monitoring here for a moment
2:51 it doesn't appear anyone's wishing to
2:52 make comments this evening
2:54 thank you city clerk so just as a
2:56 reminder
2:57 written comments can always be submitted
2:59 to your city council at city council at
3:01 isquad.gov
3:02 and council president hunt do you have
3:04 any emails to summarize on tonight's
3:06 agenda topics
3:09 thank you madam mayor this is council
3:10 president hunt and while we're doing
3:12 virtual meetings we have been
3:14 summarizing emails that have come to
3:16 council
3:17 on topics that are on the agenda for
3:20 this evening and that
3:21 for items that we've discussed on
3:23 multiple evenings
3:25 has have come since the last time we've
3:28 discussed them
3:29 so we have received several emails on
3:31 topics
3:32 where tonight several emails came in are
3:34 about ab-8123 which is
3:37 the 2022-2027 capital improvement plan
3:40 including transportation
3:41 improvement program one
3:45 uh concern that the way we
3:48 uh the way that the
3:52 non-pip so the non-transportation
3:54 improvement
3:55 parts of things in the cip makes it seem
3:57 as though things are
3:59 many things are possible that are
4:02 separate from the funding of what's
4:04 possible
4:06 generally express concern that's the
4:08 plan is separate from
4:09 funding and things that
4:13 expressed that the planning should be
4:16 more
4:16 connected to what people would be or
4:19 community members would be willing to
4:20 pay for
4:21 and also express support for the
4:24 creekside restoration project which is
4:25 in the capital improvement
4:27 plan then we received a
4:31 email in support of memo
4:34 two there are two memos in our packet so
4:36 this one expressed support from
4:38 memo2 including that also uh stressed
4:42 the importance
4:43 due to the safety implications of
4:44 sidewalk completions on squawk mountain
4:47 and um expressed concern about the
4:51 feasibility of
4:52 walk and roll which is another plan that
4:54 we have for
4:56 transportation improvements we received
4:59 another email
5:01 that's supported including the draft
5:03 mmo2
5:05 and
5:08 and explains the reasoning for that and
5:10 then uh we received another email about
5:13 the ecological benefits of
5:15 beavers in king county and this um based
5:17 on prior correspondence with this
5:19 community member who
5:20 shared this article this relates to
5:23 project
5:24 uh st 048
5:28 i believe which is the pickering ditch
5:29 flood control project which does
5:31 in the project justification it does
5:33 refer to beaver dams
5:35 and that summarizes emails that we
5:37 received on
5:38 agenda items for this evening
5:49 mayor you're muted
5:52 that pizza jar is overflowing with
5:54 dollars from the mayor that's an
5:56 absolute for sure
5:58 um just one thank you council president
6:00 hunt for that
6:01 they're just a final reminder you can
6:03 write your counsel at any time
6:05 when you have comments you do not
6:06 necessarily need to come to a council
6:08 meeting
6:08 so the next item of business this
6:10 evening is committee and regional
6:11 reports and we'll call
6:12 i will call each council member by name
6:14 and we'll be starting with council
6:15 member hall this evening
6:17 what a surprise um thank you mayor
6:19 paulie this is councilmember hall
6:21 a couple quick updates first and
6:24 foremost the affordable housing
6:25 committee of the growth management
6:26 planning council
6:28 met last wednesday may 19th of
6:32 particular importance i wanted to
6:33 highlight that the committee rolled out
6:35 its regional affordable housing
6:37 dashboard
6:38 which is a new tool for decision makers
6:40 and community members alike
6:42 to study the data around affordable
6:44 housing in our region here in king
6:46 county
6:47 so i've already shared this new tool
6:48 with uh you all here on council with the
6:50 administration and with a
6:52 handful of uh community and non-profit
6:54 and business leaders within issaquah but
6:56 i did want to just make an announcement
6:57 this meeting tonight
6:58 that if there's anyone in the community
7:00 who's interested in seeing
7:02 the data i would highly recommend
7:04 googling
7:05 or binging or whatever search browser
7:08 you prefer
7:09 uh regional affordable housing dashboard
7:12 king county or you can email me and i'll
7:14 send you the link and i'd be happy to
7:15 chat with you about it too
7:17 we're trying to get this out as far and
7:19 wide as possible and then just a quick
7:20 clarification
7:22 at our last council meeting i had
7:24 referred to this committee just as the
7:25 affordable housing committee so i just
7:26 want to make the distinction that this
7:28 is not a city committee it's a regional
7:30 committee of
7:31 a lot of different representatives from
7:33 all across the region including builders
7:35 cities nonprofits and and the king
7:37 county council
7:38 so just a clarification there uh and
7:41 then finally
7:43 um i wanted to just give everyone on
7:45 council a heads up that
7:46 at the next meeting i'll probably have a
7:48 much longer report for cascade water
7:50 alliance and be asking for some feedback
7:53 at the
7:54 good of the order mayor paulie and i
7:55 will be so stay tuned for that we'll
7:57 probably have an email go out before the
7:59 next meeting
8:00 with that information and with that that
8:02 concludes my report
8:05 thank you councilmember hall next up we
8:08 have council member du michelle
8:12 you mayor paulie this is councilmember d
8:13 michelle uh first of all i
8:15 i want to say that i've tried that
8:17 affordable housing dashboard and it's
8:19 fabulous so
8:20 thank you for for distributing that
8:22 information
8:24 um last thursday june 2nd i attended the
8:26 healthier here governing board meeting
8:29 the first hour of the meeting was
8:30 focused on internal governance issues
8:32 including the election of a new co-chair
8:35 we received a report on a successful
8:37 public engagement
8:38 pilot program aimed at minority and
8:41 immigrant communities that was initiated
8:43 in response to copenhagen
8:45 and then finally we acknowledged the
8:47 many contributions of patty hayes
8:49 who has retired from her position as
8:51 director of seattle king county public
8:53 health
8:54 and we received a coven 19 update from
8:57 public health policy director
8:59 ingrid ulray and then on another note a
9:02 meeting of the east side transportation
9:04 partnership
9:05 is scheduled for this friday june 11th
9:07 and that concludes my report
9:11 thank you councilmember d michelle next
9:14 we have council member walsh
9:16 thank you madam mayor this is council
9:17 member walsh
9:19 on tuesday i attended the
9:23 chamber israeli chamber of commerce
9:25 meeting and
9:26 briefed them on a few things going on in
9:28 the city including
9:29 the sign code update
9:33 that took a little turn um and asked
9:36 them for
9:37 any feedback that they might have at
9:39 this point um to still engage with us on
9:42 that
9:42 i briefed them on the title 18 and that
9:45 had come
9:46 to ppc the day before the planning
9:49 policy commission
9:50 um and just kind of this public
9:52 reopening of that concept and wanted to
9:54 make sure that they were aware
9:56 we also had a brief conversation about
9:59 school resource officers where that
10:02 community conversation is coming through
10:04 and that
10:06 the council is going to receive the
10:08 presentation of community feedback on
10:10 june 15th
10:11 and then we ended with a conversation
10:13 about the city facility reopening plan
10:16 and how we're also going to be briefed
10:19 on that on june 15th
10:21 um and so that was our conversation
10:24 um and that concludes my report thanks
10:27 thank you councilmember walsh
10:28 councilmember goodman
10:30 uh thank you madam mayor councilmember
10:32 goodman here i'm eastside fire at
10:34 um board of directors meets this
10:36 thursday june 10th at 4pm it's a
10:39 virtual meeting um and i just
10:42 see um sort of nothing unusual on the
10:45 agenda some typical outstanding items
10:47 um but there are uh recruits graduating
10:50 on june 17th
10:51 so if you're interested in attending
10:53 that virtually um then i would suggest
10:55 um connecting with east side fire and
10:58 either
10:59 on the other website or give them a call
11:01 and see if
11:02 um anybody here or the public would like
11:04 to attend that you can give a link to
11:06 attend that
11:07 that's my report thank you thank you
11:09 councilmember goodman
11:11 next up is councilmember martz
11:15 thank you madam mayor this is council
11:16 member marks the puget sound
11:18 regional council growth management
11:20 policy board met on thursday june
11:22 3rd no actions were contemplated or
11:25 taken
11:26 the sound cities association public
11:28 issues committee
11:29 will meet wednesday june 9th at 7 pm
11:32 online and currently no action is being
11:34 contemplated this concludes my report
11:37 thank you councilmember mertz next up we
11:41 have deputy council president ray
11:43 thank you mayor paulie this is chris ray
11:45 the king county growth management
11:46 planning council the gmpc met on may
11:48 26th
11:50 in a virtual meeting the gmpc discussed
11:52 the county-wide planning policies
11:54 or cpps and reviewed comments on those
11:57 drafts
11:58 cpps have been received from the public
12:01 gmpc
12:02 also reviewed a draft of the urban
12:03 growth capacity report
12:06 gmpc took no action at this meeting the
12:09 gmpc
12:10 is scheduled to meet again on june 23rd
12:12 at that meeting final action will be
12:13 taken on the 2021
12:16 county-wide planning policy update
12:18 including growth targets and final
12:20 action will also be taken on the urban
12:22 growth
12:23 capacity report and that concludes my
12:25 report this evening
12:33 thank you deputy council president now
12:35 we have council president hunt up next
12:38 thank you madam mayors council president
12:39 hunt i have several reports
12:42 today the king conservation district
12:46 election reform committee which is a
12:48 subcommittee of the king conservation
12:50 district advisory committee met on
12:52 may 27th we are going to be recommending
12:55 to the advisory committee
12:57 that we are wanting to support
13:00 the boards the king conservation
13:02 district board statement regarding
13:05 getting the election for king
13:07 conservation district on a
13:08 regular ballot so there's a number of
13:10 issues to work through for that
13:12 but the the main
13:16 problem that we're working on here is
13:18 that the conservation districts
13:20 have elections that occur at a different
13:21 time from all the other elections
13:23 but they are elected positions and so
13:26 for those
13:27 board members that are elected despite
13:29 sending out postcards to all of the
13:31 residents this last year
13:32 still less than one percent of eligible
13:34 voters participated in that election
13:36 because it is a unique time and so we're
13:38 continuing to work on that issue and we
13:40 will
13:41 potentially also be working with our
13:42 state legislature on this
13:44 during the upcoming summer months um the
13:48 title 18 ad hoc committee met on may
13:50 27th we primarily discussed the sign
13:52 code which
13:53 the council had discussed on may 25th
13:57 in our study session and we discussed
13:59 the feedback from that meeting and
14:01 the sign code with that feedback taken
14:04 into consideration a draft of that will
14:06 come back to
14:07 the ad hoc committee at our next meeting
14:12 we also discussed a
14:15 wireless communication facility's code
14:18 update
14:19 as a potential item for putting this
14:22 code update on a separate track from the
14:23 rest of title 18 the ad hoc committee at
14:25 this time
14:26 did not support putting recommending to
14:30 council that we put that on a separate
14:31 track from the rest of title 18 and
14:33 we can uh address any questions about
14:36 that go to the order if there aren't
14:38 are any questions but at this time we
14:40 didn't recommend taking that action
14:44 the salmon recovery council for wyra8
14:47 which is the technical name for our
14:48 watershed met
14:50 um on may 20th
14:54 uh we approved a letter so the action
14:56 taken was that we approved
14:58 a letter with strengthened language um
15:00 regarding a proposed asphalt plant along
15:03 sr169 in the cedar river basin
15:06 this proposed asphalt plants um there
15:08 are concerns about the impacts that that
15:10 could have on salmon habitat it's right
15:12 on the
15:13 river um and so this letter will go from
15:16 wyra8
15:17 salmon recovery council to the king
15:19 county department of local services and
15:21 emphasizes the importance
15:23 of avoiding adverse impacts to salmon
15:24 and salmon habitat in their review of
15:26 the permits for that
15:28 plant and it also talks about how
15:32 mitigation or compensation will not
15:35 protect the salmon and so we really need
15:37 to make sure that there aren't
15:39 adverse impacts from that plant on the
15:41 salmon
15:42 we also approved the 2021 cooperative
15:45 watershed management grant round funding
15:48 um and then lastly the salmon recovery
15:51 management
15:52 committee um which is a subcommittee of
15:55 the family recovery council
15:56 for wyrah8 today earlier today and we
16:00 will be recommending approval of the
16:02 budget
16:02 to the full council with a 2.5 increase
16:05 for
16:06 the cpiw or consumer price index and
16:09 this has been typical
16:10 in all years except for last year where
16:12 we made an exception due to
16:13 covet and budget uncertainty that
16:16 concludes my report
16:19 thank you council president hunt the
16:21 next item on this evening's agenda is
16:23 the mayor's report
16:26 start off there will be an executive
16:28 session held this evening
16:29 to discuss pending and potential
16:34 litigation for rcw 42.30.110 paren one
16:40 parent i
16:41 and performance of public employees for
16:43 rcw 42.30.110 for n1 prangie
16:47 and these items are expected to last 40
16:50 minutes
16:50 no action is anticipated in the open
16:53 session
16:55 last week i issued a proclamation for
16:57 june 4th 2021
16:59 to be gun violence awareness day in the
17:01 city of issaquah
17:02 i encourage all community members to
17:04 support efforts to prevent the tragic
17:06 effects of gun violence and to honor
17:08 and value human lives i'd also like to
17:12 do a pride month proclamation as part of
17:14 my report
17:16 whereas the month of june was designated
17:18 pride month to commemorate the stonewall
17:20 riots which occurred in june of 1969
17:23 and are generally recognized as the
17:25 catalyst of the lgbtqia plus
17:28 rights movement and whereas city council
17:31 and staff
17:32 committed to make issaquah an inclusive
17:34 and welcoming community for all
17:36 including the lgbtqia plus community
17:39 and whereas all members of the issaquah
17:42 community including those who are
17:43 lesbian gay bisexual transgender
17:46 queer or questioning intersex or asexual
17:48 have the right to feel
17:50 safe not to be discriminated against and
17:52 to live without the threat of violence
17:54 or harassment
17:56 and whereas supporting issaquah's
17:58 lgbtqia plus community
18:00 also aligns with the city's strategic
18:02 plan guiding principles
18:04 of both people and equity and whereas
18:07 the lgbtqia plus community has made
18:10 great strides
18:11 however work remains in order to achieve
18:13 full equality
18:14 inclusion and acceptance whereas
18:17 issaquah is strengthened by
18:19 and thrives upon the rich diversity of
18:20 ethnic cultural racial
18:22 gender and sexual identities of all its
18:24 residents
18:25 all of which contribute to the vibrant
18:27 character of our city
18:29 the month of june will be lbgtqia plus
18:33 pride month in the city of issaquah and
18:35 i encourage all residents to eliminate
18:37 prejudice
18:37 everywhere it exists respect the rights
18:39 of all people
18:41 recognize the contributions and
18:42 achievements of the lgbtqia plus
18:45 community
18:45 and to celebrate the great diversity of
18:47 our city
18:49 i'm also going to be making a juneteenth
18:51 proclamation this evening
18:53 whereas juneteenth recognizes and
18:55 commemorates the day of june 19
18:57 1865 when enslaved african americans in
19:00 texas were informed
19:02 by major general gordon granger that
19:04 they were free
19:06 ending 246 years of chattel slavery and
19:10 whereas on june 19
19:12 1866 one year after major granger's
19:15 announcement
19:16 the freed african-american men and women
19:18 in the states of texas
19:20 held the first june teen or
19:22 african-american
19:23 independence day celebration in june
19:26 juneteenth celebrations would later
19:28 spread to all corners of the country
19:30 and whereas we acknowledge the evils of
19:33 slavery and its aftermath
19:35 and whereas we acknowledge
19:36 african-american contributions and
19:38 achievements within this community
19:39 both past and present and whereas during
19:43 this student team's event we celebrate
19:45 our african-american community members
19:47 and whereas we commit to working
19:49 together towards equity for all
19:51 in expanding economic educational and
19:54 career opportunities
19:55 for everyone in our community june 19th
19:58 will be the juneteenth day in the city
20:00 of issaquah
20:01 and i encourage all residents to
20:02 eliminate prejudice everywhere and join
20:05 me in this celebration
20:07 i also want to give the council and the
20:08 community an update on the issaquah
20:11 community vaccine partnership
20:13 in conjunction with president biden's
20:14 goal to vaccinate 70 percent of
20:16 americans by the 4th of july
20:18 the u.s conference of mayors announced
20:20 last week a month of action
20:22 with the white house and department of
20:23 health and human services
20:25 to increase vaccinations in cities
20:27 across the country
20:29 mayors across the country are
20:30 participating in a mayor's challenge to
20:32 increase vaccination rates and ensure
20:34 equitable access to the vaccine
20:36 by mobilizing their communities to do
20:38 their part and get involved
20:39 i have signed on to that challenge and
20:41 commit to continuing outreach and
20:43 education on vaccine safety
20:45 and why it's important for issaquah
20:46 residents to do our part to help stop
20:48 the pandemic
20:49 meanwhile the snoqualmie tribe vaccine
20:51 partnership continues to administer
20:53 second dose vaccines at lake samamish
20:55 state park
20:56 as vaccines are now widely available in
20:58 our communities mass vaccination sites
21:01 like ours will begin to close once the
21:03 second doses are completed later this
21:05 month
21:05 i am so grateful for our team and
21:07 volunteers for this massive
21:08 undertaking to vaccinate 15 000 of our
21:12 community members
21:14 i have a short strategic plan update as
21:17 well
21:18 it's been two years since we adopted our
21:20 issaquah the city's first strategic plan
21:23 and as we mark this anniversary we're
21:25 looking back to celebrate what has been
21:26 accomplished and sharing our plans
21:28 moving forward
21:30 while we continue to pursue the goals
21:32 that our community prioritized two years
21:34 ago
21:34 unforeseen challenges have also emerged
21:36 including the pandemic
21:38 we have made meaningful strides toward
21:40 our desired outcomes but we know that
21:42 important work remains to be done
21:44 our plan is based on a plan due check
21:47 and adjust cycle to ensure that there is
21:50 a focus on continuous improvements and
21:52 that the actions
21:53 objectives and goals are in alignment
21:55 with the current conditions and
21:56 community priorities
21:58 starting this week we will be sharing
21:59 our accomplishment accomplishments from
22:01 the past two years
22:02 with the community via videos social
22:05 media and a postcard
22:06 and asking for their feedback as we look
22:08 ahead to 2022 and beyond
22:10 the city council will also review the
22:12 results of our recent
22:13 community survey during its june 15th
22:16 meeting and then hold a strategy and
22:18 budget planning workshop
22:19 on july 13th and you can learn more
22:23 at issaquah.gov our issaquah about our
22:27 strategic plan
22:28 and our process that concludes the
22:31 mayor's report and we're going to move
22:33 into the next item on our agenda this
22:34 evening which is
22:35 informational updates the first one we
22:38 have tonight
22:39 is id0880 and it's the end of 2021
22:43 legislative session report
22:45 and i'd like to invite brianna murray
22:48 she's the vice president and shelly
22:49 helder senior consultant of gordon
22:51 thomas honeywell governmental affairs
22:53 to present this item welcome ladies
22:57 good evening thank you mayor and council
22:59 i'm brianna murray with gordon thomas
23:01 honeywell government affairs
23:02 um shelly helder will be joining um
23:05 hopefully
23:06 before i conclude tonight's presentation
23:09 that she's just a little bit delayed
23:12 um i do have a powerpoint presentation
23:14 to walk through this evening
23:16 i think as most of you know um
23:18 throughout the legislative session
23:20 shelly helder was on maternity leave
23:22 and i was pinch-hitting doing my best to
23:25 fill her shoes
23:26 i'm very pleased to have her back and
23:28 again she'll be joining us later this
23:30 evening
23:30 i'm here to provide an update on what
23:33 occurred this past legislative session
23:35 and i'm going to move through a lot of
23:37 material very quickly
23:39 um in hopes that it will leave time for
23:41 you to ask any questions
23:44 so with that um we'll go to the first
23:46 slide
23:48 this evening i'm going to provide you
23:49 with a broad overview of what occurred
23:51 throughout the 2021 legislative session
23:54 and then hone in more specifically on
23:56 your adopted 2021
23:58 city of issaquah legislative priorities
24:01 we'll conclude the presentation by
24:03 talking about next steps
24:05 um advance to the next slide we'll start
24:08 with
24:09 the overview of the 2021 legislative
24:12 session
24:12 uh the legislature operates on a
24:15 two-year
24:16 cycle this was this legislative session
24:18 was the first year of that two-year
24:20 cycle
24:21 that two-year cycle does align with the
24:24 state's biennial budgets
24:27 as the first year of the two-year
24:29 legislative biennium
24:30 was scheduled to be a long legislative
24:32 session which means
24:33 it lasted 105 consecutive days including
24:37 holidays and sundays
24:39 uh we of course work all of those days
24:42 the unique this year the legislative
24:45 session was conducted
24:46 almost entirely in a virtual format um
24:49 there were a handful of senators able to
24:52 be on the senate floor any given time
24:54 but all public hearings were conducted
24:56 virtually
24:57 this allowed people to participate in
25:00 the public hearing process with greater
25:02 ease
25:02 and i'm very pleased to share that for
25:05 the city of isaqah it meant that you all
25:07 participated in the legislative
25:09 process with a greater zealousness that
25:11 i think was very effective
25:13 mayor and council um and and really
25:16 especially the mayor testified on
25:18 um over a dozen different occasions
25:20 whereas the tip in a typical format
25:23 um the number of times you all as
25:24 elected officials would be able to
25:26 testify
25:26 is more in the realm of three to five so
25:29 the virtual format did offer that
25:31 benefit
25:33 democrats held the majority in both the
25:34 house and the senate
25:36 this allowed them to establish the
25:38 agenda for the legislative session and
25:41 they focused on four different
25:42 items they focused on covert response
25:47 economic recovery uh
25:50 climate change and equity and all four
25:53 of those
25:54 items saw significant policy advancement
25:57 this session
25:58 because of the virtual format
26:00 legislators were encouraged to limit the
26:02 number of bills that they introduced
26:03 into the process
26:05 as a result a total of 1075 bills were
26:08 introduced
26:09 that is about half as many bills as we
26:11 would typically see
26:13 introduced into the legislative process
26:16 with that being said
26:17 334 bills passed the legislature
26:20 and that is almost what we would see in
26:24 a typical year in a typical year we
26:26 usually see around 400
26:28 so while there were significantly fewer
26:30 bills introduced
26:32 roughly the same number ended up passing
26:34 into law
26:36 this legislative session was marked by
26:38 some very significant policy decisions
26:40 that many would describe as being
26:41 historic
26:42 the legislature chose to enact a capital
26:45 gains tax which will now be
26:47 challenged in the court system um that
26:50 capital gains tax is anticipated to
26:52 generate 415 million dollars of biennium
26:56 if it is upheld the legislature on the
26:59 environmental front
27:00 passed a low carbon fuel standard and a
27:03 cap and trade or cap and invest
27:04 system those will be implemented over
27:08 the next
27:09 two years they approved over a dozen
27:12 different police reform bills
27:14 and they tackled the blake supreme court
27:17 decision which came out in the middle of
27:19 the legislative
27:20 session finding the statute making the
27:22 possession of controlled substances of
27:24 felony
27:24 to be unconstitutional they passed
27:27 legislation making it a misdemeanor
27:30 rather than a felony
27:31 so so really significant policy
27:34 decisions
27:36 were made this session in addition to
27:39 a lot of policy work the legislature
27:42 also adopted biennial
27:43 operating capital and transportation
27:45 budgets
27:46 for the operating budget they were
27:48 anticipating a significant revenue
27:50 shortfall going into the legislative
27:52 session
27:53 however the march revenue forecast
27:56 indicated that
27:57 state revenue collections had returned
27:59 to pre-pandemic levels
28:01 that coupled with the federal government
28:04 approving the american rescue plan act
28:06 which provided the state with 4.25
28:08 billion dollars
28:10 and the um and enacting the capital
28:13 gains tax
28:14 meant that the operating budget at the
28:16 end of the legislative session was one
28:18 of the most robust
28:20 investment packages in in state history
28:24 similarly the capital budget was a 3.9
28:28 billion dollar budget
28:29 and utilized just over 500 million of
28:32 the federal arpa funds to make
28:34 significant investments
28:36 the most challenging of the three
28:38 budgets was the transportation budget
28:40 unlike the operating budget
28:42 transportation budget revenues
28:44 did not return and still have not
28:46 returned to pre-pandemic levels
28:48 uh this meant that in order for the
28:51 state to deliver the projects that had
28:53 already been
28:53 uh committed funding they had a fairly
28:56 significant revenue shortfall
28:58 they used 1 billion of that 4.25 billion
29:02 dollars in federal funds
29:04 to just balance the transportation
29:06 budget and continue to deliver projects
29:08 that had already
29:10 been committed funds and to
29:13 um fund state culverts
29:17 in response to a supreme court mandate
29:21 there because of the revenue shortfall
29:23 and the demand
29:24 for new investments in transportation
29:27 there was a lot of discussion
29:29 around a transportation revenue package
29:31 and if you read my weekly reports
29:33 throughout session you followed along as
29:36 that conversation
29:37 continued there was a lot of discussion
29:40 about a grand bargain which of it would
29:42 have included the passage of a low
29:44 carbon fuel standard
29:45 the cap and invest system and a
29:47 transportation revenue package
29:50 while an agreement was reached on the
29:51 first two of those three items
29:54 an agreement was not reached on a
29:56 revenue package
29:58 the legislature approved versions of the
30:00 low-carbon fuel standard and cap and
30:02 trade
30:02 that had language that would have made
30:05 them not effective
30:06 until the legislature adopted a five
30:08 cent gas tax package
30:10 however the governor vetoed that
30:12 language
30:13 which uh many would argue
30:16 took the pressure off the legislature to
30:18 adopt a transportation revenue package
30:21 here in the short term
30:22 with that being said i'm happy to report
30:25 to you all that
30:26 really the discussions around a
30:28 transportation revenue package
30:30 have continued in earnest since the
30:32 conclusion of the legislative session
30:34 there is an active dialogue around how
30:37 to reach an agreement on a package
30:39 perhaps prior to the 2022 legislative
30:42 session
30:43 and if an agreement were to be reached
30:45 they would be called into a special
30:46 session to
30:48 adopt that transportation revenue
30:49 package
30:51 um so um that is a a
30:54 lot of trying to cover a lot of material
30:58 that occurred in 105 action-packed days
31:00 in one slide
31:02 um and um i think with that we can move
31:05 on to
31:06 the next slide where we hone in a bit
31:08 more
31:09 specifically on your state legislative
31:12 priorities
31:13 um you had four main state legislative
31:16 priorities
31:17 to secure funding to widen state route
31:20 secure funding for the i-90 under over
31:24 under over crossing secure capital
31:27 funding for the issaquah food and
31:29 clothing bank
31:30 and finally fiscal sustainability i'm
31:32 going to go over each of these
31:34 uh in a bit of detail so we'll we'll
31:37 start with the first one there
31:39 uh if you go to the next slide thank you
31:42 to widen state route 18. this is an item
31:45 that has been on the city's legislative
31:47 agenda now for several years
31:50 and the the this request builds on an
31:54 existing project
31:56 so the legislature has already funded a
31:59 project to replace the i-90 state route
32:02 interchange however there is a section
32:05 of steroid 18 that needs to be widened
32:09 so that it is not a two-lane road
32:11 our previous efforts to secure that that
32:14 funding for this portion of the project
32:16 led to securing 26 million dollars which
32:18 is adequate funding to get the funding
32:20 to be
32:21 to get the project to be construction
32:23 ready or shovel ready
32:25 however there's no construction funding
32:28 identified for the project
32:30 prior to the beginning of the
32:32 legislative session
32:34 we'd requested an updated cost
32:36 construction cost estimate
32:38 from the washington state department of
32:40 transportation
32:42 the updated construction cost estimate
32:44 was
32:45 uh extremely high
32:48 and so we've been working with our
32:51 legislators particularly our fifth
32:53 district legislator
32:54 senator mullet and representative ramos
32:57 to see if we can get a reduced
32:59 cost estimate for the project
33:03 the the legislators did land
33:08 on allocating 500 million dollars
33:12 in any of the proposed package proposals
33:15 that came forward so we saw the senate
33:17 release a proposed transportation
33:19 revenue package and we saw the house
33:20 release
33:21 a proposed transportation revenue
33:23 package both of those package proposals
33:26 include 500 million dollars for the
33:29 project
33:30 um you all adopted a resolution in the
33:33 middle of the legislative session
33:34 in support of the legislature adopting a
33:37 revenue package
33:39 and if a revenue package were to be
33:41 adopted based on the house and senate
33:43 proposals
33:44 it's highly likely that 500 million
33:46 would be allocated to
33:48 this project but as i shared before
33:50 there's a lot of discussion
33:52 but no agreement yet on the revenue
33:54 package um so we'll need to keep
33:56 working ahead working on on this item
33:59 um i will also note that it's unclear
34:01 whether 500 million dollars would
34:03 actually construct
34:04 the entire project that may not be the
34:06 full amount of funding needed in order
34:09 to complete the project
34:11 but our legislators did feel like it was
34:13 a significant investment in moving the
34:14 project forward
34:17 the next item and moving on to the next
34:20 slide is the
34:21 i-90 under over crossing this is also a
34:23 transportation funding request
34:26 for 3.4 million dollars for pre-design
34:29 and environmental documentation for this
34:31 project
34:33 as i described earlier there's really no
34:35 funding available even for
34:37 a project in the early stages like this
34:39 and at a price tag of 3.4 million
34:42 within the transportation budget so we
34:44 focused our efforts on the revenue
34:46 package discussions
34:48 3.4 million was included in the senate
34:51 proposed
34:52 package but no funding was included in
34:55 the house proposed package
34:57 we heard pretty early on feedback from
35:00 our legislative delegation that their
35:02 priority was
35:03 our previous item that we discussed to
35:05 the widening of state route 18.
35:08 and i think the emphasis on that project
35:11 is what has made it challenging to get
35:12 this 3.4 million
35:14 included in both the house and senate
35:16 proposals
35:18 brianna i'm just gonna sorry to
35:20 interrupt you um
35:21 city minister bob quits would like to
35:23 make a comment yes
35:24 uh thank you very many members of the
35:26 council briana we really appreciate
35:29 all these detailed uh overviews uh
35:32 if we could ask you perhaps
35:35 to speed it up just a little bit we have
35:38 a full agenda before us this evening
35:39 thank you
35:40 absolutely so um i think the message on
35:44 this one is that there's more work to do
35:46 we can move on to the next item which is
35:49 the
35:50 food and clothing bank request so for
35:53 this one we requested
35:54 um 1 million dollars in capital funding
35:58 with the food and clothing bank and
35:59 eastside fire and rescue
36:01 the capital budget was pretty
36:03 straightforward and the final capital
36:05 budget included
36:07 just over 1 million dollars for the
36:09 project the additional
36:10 30 000 that was included there goes to
36:13 pay the department of commerce
36:15 admin fee so this item we were able to
36:18 fully accomplish and i encourage you all
36:20 to express
36:21 great thanks to the fifth district
36:24 legislators
36:26 can move on to the last of the
36:27 legislative agenda items and that is
36:29 fiscal sustainability
36:31 this is another item where we saw a
36:33 great deal of success
36:35 first state shared revenues were fully
36:37 funded and also
36:38 increased for the first time in many
36:40 years marijuana revenue sharing was
36:43 increased and additional funding was
36:45 provided to cities to implement
36:47 police reform bills we saw streamlined
36:49 sales tax
36:50 mitigation funding mitigation
36:54 payments fully funded um not just for
36:57 the future but also
36:58 in for the past year where we saw the
37:01 governor veto
37:03 the mitigation payments for the 2021
37:05 fiscal year
37:08 those payments will continue until 2026.
37:11 one item that's left undone is the one
37:13 percent property tax cap
37:16 being adjusted for inflation we saw
37:19 house bill 1362 get introduced
37:22 and have a very positive hearing in the
37:23 house finance committee
37:25 but it otherwise did not advance so
37:27 there's more work to do on that
37:28 item with that i think we can
37:32 advance to the next steps
37:35 slide um and um
37:39 don't see i i think shelley has been
37:42 able to join us
37:43 so i'm going to turn it over to her to
37:45 do this last slide
37:46 since with her back from maternity leave
37:48 i will be passing the baton back to her
37:51 great thanks brianna and thanks um
37:53 council
37:54 good to be with you this evening i know
37:56 we are running short on time so i'll
37:58 just keep this really brief
38:00 first off the legislative session is the
38:02 busy time of year but it is
38:05 um just one part of the overall process
38:07 lobbying really is a year-round effort
38:10 and so the first thing that i want to
38:11 encourage us to do as we head into the
38:13 interim is to thank our legislators
38:16 they had a really long session and
38:18 accomplished a lot
38:19 um so i think our first and foremost
38:21 priority of the city is to thank them
38:23 um both when you see them hopefully in
38:26 person
38:27 um but also through some type of formal
38:29 recognition
38:30 that we can work with city staff to
38:32 identify
38:33 and then as brianna mentioned there are
38:35 some items that are left undone
38:38 primarily the development of a
38:39 transportation revenue package which of
38:41 course we have two priorities for
38:43 inclusion in that
38:44 um uniquely to this interim there is a
38:47 redistricting commission meeting
38:49 or i guess redistricting commission that
38:51 is taking place
38:52 um and we are going to be tracking those
38:54 activities closely
38:56 and then before you know it uh this
38:58 legislative session for 2022 will be
39:01 here
39:01 it's scheduled to begin on january 10th
39:03 so we'll be updating the city's
39:05 legislative agenda and policy manual to
39:07 prepare for that
39:09 and i think with that we are happy to
39:12 answer any questions
39:15 thank you shelley thank you brianna
39:17 thank you for all the great work you did
39:19 down there
39:19 and for the summer you provided today
39:21 and to remind us to continue to say
39:24 thank you to our fifth district
39:25 representative
39:26 that was great i'm actually not seeing
39:28 any questions in the chat i'll give it a
39:30 second or two to see
39:32 um very thorough uh it was a good year
39:36 for issaquah
39:37 there's a lot of things that were in the
39:40 approved legislation that are direct
39:41 benefit for our communities so we're
39:42 very grateful
39:44 and i still don't see any comments so
39:46 just want to thank you for everything
39:48 that you do and welcome back
39:49 shelly we missed you so glad you're back
39:53 thank you brianna thank you shelly that
39:55 was great
39:58 the second informational update is id
40:01 0915 and this is an update on capital
40:03 financing community
40:05 task force and i'd like to invite city
40:07 administrator wally bobquist to
40:08 introduce this item
40:10 yeah thank you man and mayor members of
40:11 the council good evening um you have in
40:14 your packet some information about
40:15 a task force that mayor paulie is moving
40:18 forward with
40:18 dealing with capital financing this was
40:21 something that was discussed a few weeks
40:23 ago at council
40:24 but just to present what the makeup of
40:27 that group will be
40:29 the mayor is asking the two council
40:30 members to serve on that and she will
40:32 work with council president hunt
40:34 on designating those two council members
40:36 and then
40:37 of the mayors asking various boards and
40:39 commissions
40:40 for a single representative from their
40:42 group to be served as a part of this
40:44 group
40:45 and that would include a representative
40:46 from the transportation advisory board
40:48 the parks board environment board the
40:51 economic vitality commission the human
40:53 services commission and the youth
40:54 advisory board
40:56 in addition we will go forward with a
40:58 community call
41:00 for at-large members and there are three
41:02 positions there
41:04 the mayor is asking this task force to
41:05 meet and look at options
41:07 uh for financing and to provide a report
41:10 back to her
41:10 and the city council in january so we'll
41:13 begin the process of that solicitation
41:15 of members
41:16 over the next uh several days a couple
41:18 of weeks and our hope would be by
41:20 the summer have everyone in place uh so
41:22 that we can begin meeting at the end of
41:23 august the first part of september
41:25 happy to answer any questions
41:28 thank you see mr bob crips i'm going to
41:31 give it a second or two in the chat to
41:32 see if there's any questions on this
41:34 item
41:35 oh no oh sorry
41:38 uh let's start with council member d
41:40 michelle and then we'll go to council
41:41 president hunt
41:44 yes i sent that to the host and not to
41:47 all panelists sorry about that um
41:50 on the at large positions are we going
41:54 are we hoping that we can use those
41:56 positions as well to balance
41:58 um racial and minority um representation
42:02 on the
42:03 on this task force absolutely
42:08 and and are those going to be solicited
42:10 then and you said it's
42:11 just a general outreach that we're
42:13 asking people to step forward
42:15 that's correct okay
42:18 thank you councilmember dear michelle
42:19 council president hunt
42:21 thank you this is council president hunt
42:23 um as was
42:24 mentioned there's a line in the memo
42:27 about
42:28 that the council president has requested
42:29 to make appointments and so
42:31 um i
42:34 typically when we have the regional
42:37 committees we do an email survey and we
42:40 determine who
42:41 all is interested and so just wanted to
42:44 make sure that if you are interested in
42:46 those um to let me know so i can know
42:48 who's interested and able to or likely
42:50 to be able to
42:51 attend those um and you can either let
42:54 me know
42:54 um by email like we do with regional um
42:57 and and committee
42:59 um interest or uh you could also
43:02 let me know as good of the order if you
43:04 already know and
43:06 just wanted to let you all know that and
43:08 then i'll i'll um
43:09 hear from you thanks thank you council
43:12 president
43:13 the administrator those are the only two
43:15 comments that i saw in the chat
43:18 so with that thank you thank you
43:22 we will move to the consent calendar
43:23 which was distributed to council in
43:25 advance
43:26 and if it's authorized the items on the
43:27 consent calendar will be considered
43:29 together and approved by one motion
43:31 first i'd like to check if the payables
43:33 and payroll have been reviewed
43:36 this council member hall they have mr
43:39 president hunt they have
43:40 thank you does any council member desire
43:43 to remove any item from the consent
43:44 calendar and consider it under regular
43:46 business
43:50 and i'm not seeing any indication to do
43:52 that
43:54 so i would be looking for a motion to
43:56 approve the consent calendar
43:59 counsel president hunt thank you i moved
44:01 to approve the consent calendar as it
44:03 appears in this evening's agenda
44:05 thank you deputy council president ray
44:07 second
44:08 thank you very much um we will get the
44:10 clerk to take the roll call vote
44:13 starting with council member walsh aye
44:17 council member d michelle aye council
44:20 member goodman
44:23 councilmember hall aye
44:26 council president hunt aye
44:30 councilmember martz aye deputy council
44:33 president ray
44:35 right that's seven eyes zero nays
44:43 mayor you're muted
44:47 oh my goodness okay thank you that
44:49 passes unanimously
44:51 and the next item of business on our
44:53 agenda this evening is
44:54 public hearing uh this is a public
44:56 benefit rating system application for
44:59 2.76 acres of open space
45:01 at 5805 229th avenue south at
45:04 east this is in the overdale
45:06 neighborhood requested from the overdale
45:08 hoa
45:09 and this is the first time this item is
45:11 coming before the city council and i'd
45:13 like to ask
45:14 kristen leason our senior planner to
45:15 provide a brief brief
45:17 presentation before we have the public
45:19 hearing kristin
45:20 welcome thank you good evening madam
45:23 mayor and council members yes i'm
45:25 kristin leeson senior planner with the
45:26 community planning and development
45:28 department
45:29 i am going to share a screen with you
45:31 before i get started
45:39 okay so tonight i will present and
45:43 council will deliberate on a request by
45:46 the overdale homeowners association to
45:48 reassess
45:49 tax incentives on this four acre
45:51 property through king county's
45:53 public benefit rating system
45:56 washington state's open space taxation
45:59 act gives authority to counties to
46:01 provide tax incentives to
46:02 property owners who voluntarily preserve
46:05 open space
46:06 farmland and forest land on their
46:08 property the public benefit rating
46:10 system
46:11 oops sorry the public benefit rating
46:14 system
46:14 or pbrs is one of four taxation programs
46:18 offered by king county
46:21 i apologize
46:24 trying to move your faces there we go um
46:28 once enrolled in this program a property
46:30 is assessed at its current market value
46:33 rather than its highest and best value
46:36 say for example a property is zoned
46:38 multi-family
46:39 and it is not included in this program
46:42 then it is
46:42 but it may be used as open space it is
46:44 still taxed as a multi-family property
46:47 however if included in this program it's
46:49 not a multi-family but it's used as open
46:51 space it is then taxed as open space
46:54 so the tax reduction reductions are
46:55 based on a point system
46:57 points are awarded for each pbrs
46:59 category for which a property is
47:01 eligible
47:02 these could include protection of
47:04 buffers streamlin
47:05 streams wetlands maybe historic
47:07 landmarks which the city has done in the
47:09 past
47:10 total points could result anywhere from
47:12 fifty percent to ninety percent of a
47:14 reduction
47:15 in the assessed land value of the
47:17 portion of the property that is enrolled
47:20 so tonight as i mentioned we're looking
47:22 at this four 4.06
47:24 acre parcel however only 2.676 acres are
47:28 eligible for the tax incentives
47:30 so these 1.3 acres right here contain
47:33 two soccer fields picnic tables and a
47:35 bench
47:36 the other 2.76 acres contain a trail
47:40 and a bench and views and can
47:43 also deer birds and other wildlife can
47:45 often be spotted here
47:48 so in 2015 overdue park applied for ism
47:51 and was awarded
47:52 pbrs status it received 30 points for
47:56 five different categories
47:57 resulting in an 80 percent tax reduction
48:01 and a tax assessment of 20 percent of
48:03 its current use value
48:05 the property was also approved to
48:06 receive the resource
48:08 restoration category which would have
48:10 meant an additional five points
48:13 this category was dependent on submittal
48:15 of a restoration plan by the homeowners
48:17 association
48:18 and approval of the plan by king county
48:20 by december of 2015.
48:22 the additional five points would have
48:24 resulted in 35 total points
48:26 and a tax assessment of 10 percent of
48:28 its current use market value
48:31 however a restoration plan was never
48:32 submitted so the additional tax
48:34 incentive was not applied
48:36 and the property is still assessed at 20
48:38 rather than 10 percent of its current
48:40 value
48:42 in 2017 the property was re-zoned from
48:45 single-family suburban to conservancy
48:47 recreation
48:48 the purpose of the conservancy
48:50 recreation zoning district
48:52 is to protect environmentally critical
48:54 areas such as hillsides and wildlife
48:56 from impacts associated with more dense
48:58 development now recreational
49:00 opportunities can be included here
49:02 as long as the critical areas are
49:04 protected
49:06 so in december 2020 the hoa resubmitted
49:09 or reapplied for the resource
49:11 restoration category and then this past
49:14 june
49:15 representatives from king county the hoa
49:17 and the city
49:18 went out and visited the site and
49:20 determined that indeed
49:22 these 2.7 acres need improvements to
49:24 protect the health and diversity of this
49:26 forest
49:27 this includes the removal of invasive
49:29 species and restoration with native
49:31 plants and shrubs
49:33 again like last time the application of
49:37 the additional five points is dependent
49:39 on submittal of a restoration
49:41 plan by december 31st 2021
49:45 so talking numbers um the total tax
49:47 applied
49:48 to this property in 2021 based on the
49:50 eligible
49:51 80 reduction that it currently has was
49:53 reported
49:54 at 621.48 cents this is distributed
49:59 among several entities including king
50:01 county the school district and the city
50:04 if the resource restoration category is
50:07 approved
50:07 and then applied the city would receive
50:09 about 8.86
50:11 less in annual tax revenue based on an
50:14 eligible 90
50:15 reduction the property tax tax reduction
50:18 would not start until the fiscal year
50:20 2022.
50:22 so if the council chooses not to approve
50:24 the restoration
50:25 category king county will not approve it
50:27 either they both have to affirm the
50:28 application
50:30 however the other five categories would
50:32 still apply to the property
50:33 and the property would still be assessed
50:35 at twenty percent of its current use
50:36 value
50:38 king county is going to hold a public
50:40 hearing on june 23rd
50:42 to hear the same request and a decision
50:44 must be made by july 1st
50:47 so the administration recommends the
50:49 city council approve the resolution as
50:51 presented
50:52 related to overdale homeowners
50:54 association's request for the additional
50:56 resource restoration credit
50:58 pending submittal of a restoration plan
51:00 by november 1st
51:02 and king county approval by december
51:03 31st of 2021
51:06 so that's the end of my presentation i
51:08 do have megan kim
51:09 and bill bernstein present from king
51:12 county to help answer questions
51:13 that i am unable to answer thank you
51:17 thank you kristen and thank you for
51:19 introducing your king county team
51:22 as well i'm not seeing right now that
51:24 there are any questions in the chat box
51:26 but i'll keep my eye on for a second
51:28 deputy council president ray thank you
51:31 mayor paulie this uh
51:32 i am intrigued by this and the
51:34 requirement for a restoration plan
51:37 by date certain what about restoration
51:39 activity
51:40 activities uh as outlined in the plan
51:43 what is the timeline
51:44 for doing that and what happens if it
51:46 doesn't occur
51:48 so those are monitored for about five
51:51 years the
51:52 uh over deal homeowners association
51:54 would require would be required to
51:56 submit reports along with photographs of
51:58 the property
51:59 if the property if no work is done
52:03 and the property stays as is they could
52:05 lose
52:06 the restoration status if the pop
52:10 if the property degrades below what it
52:12 is now there would be conversations
52:13 about removing the tax reduction
52:16 altogether
52:19 great thank you thank you i'm not saying
52:22 any other uh questions
52:24 kristen but i do know that uh we are
52:26 going to open the public hearing shortly
52:28 and we do have somebody that's coming to
52:30 uh talk today so
52:34 the guidelines for citizen comments for
52:36 the public hearing
52:38 also apply for or so sorry the
52:40 guidelines for citizen comments
52:42 also apply to those that are made under
52:44 the public hearing
52:45 i'm going to open the public hearing at
52:48 7 53 p.m
52:49 and if you have joined us and would like
52:51 to make a comment but didn't sign up in
52:53 advance
52:54 please raise your virtual hand you can
52:56 do that by pressing star 3 on your phone
52:59 if you join by a computer or smart book
53:01 look for a hand icon
53:03 this can vary by device so one option
53:05 may be to go to the lower
53:06 go to the participant panel and choose
53:08 the raise your hand icon in the lower
53:10 right hand corner
53:11 um clerk i know we have at least one
53:14 person signed up to speak this evening
53:17 yes janet wall has signed up to speak
53:21 janet i'm going to make you a panelist
53:23 in just a moment you'll then see the
53:25 option
53:25 to unmute and you may also choose to
53:28 turn your video on
53:38 janet are you there yes
53:42 great you have the floor yes i'm
53:45 uh janet wall and
53:49 i live at 22740 southeast 56th street
53:53 and i'm also a member of the uh
53:58 a resident of overdale park
54:02 and i just wanted to let let you know
54:04 that
54:05 i am available to
54:08 answer questions uh regarding what
54:12 our plans are i had been working on
54:16 doing
54:16 restoration so a lot of the restoration
54:19 has been done uh but there's still more
54:24 that can be done and especially
54:29 remove adding some native plants which i
54:33 will supply
54:35 so um and also
54:39 a difficult part is is uh
54:42 there's a uh chain-link fence that the
54:46 adjacent
54:46 property owners belong to to overdale
54:50 and they
54:55 put in their own fence and
54:59 lay our fence down and blackberries grew
55:02 up through it
55:04 so i have to somehow cut off
55:07 pieces of the chain-link fence
55:10 and uh in order to be able to remove the
55:13 blackberries
55:15 but anyway that's one of the i will be
55:18 submitting the uh restoration plan
55:21 uh before no november first which will
55:24 uh outline what
55:25 we propose to do and and what i propose
55:28 to plant
55:31 and i'll i'll try to get members of the
55:34 overdale
55:35 park community involved in the
55:37 restoration so that they have a
55:42 stake in the in the process
55:48 dana thank you very much did you have
55:49 anything else to add
55:52 no that's it well thank you for all your
55:55 work
55:55 you're a familiar face to counsel and we
55:57 all know um
55:58 your passion about this topic and what
56:01 you've done on your own property as well
56:02 as supporting this project so thank you
56:04 for coming and speaking tonight
56:06 um i want to see if uh
56:10 council is ready to make a motion
56:13 mayor paulie uh yes you should close the
56:16 public hearing
56:17 and i can confirm with you that uh no
56:20 one else has indicated a desire to make
56:22 comments
56:23 night thank you city clerk so we are
56:25 closing the public hearing at 7
56:27 56 p.m and would entertain a motion
56:32 i wonder city clerk if you're able to
56:34 plop that into the chat
56:46 i have the motion there we go council
56:49 president
56:50 okay i move to approve resolution number
56:53 2021 dash
56:56 08 approving the public benefit rating
56:59 system reclassification of the overdale
57:02 homeowners association property parcel
57:05 number
57:06 [Music]
57:08 2224069057
57:10 to include the status of resource
57:12 restoration subject to the conditions
57:14 enumerated in the king county revised
57:16 staff report dated may 24
57:18 2021 and authorizing filing of the
57:22 approval
57:23 with the king county council for the
57:25 county held public hearing
57:28 deputy council president right second
57:31 it has been moved and seconded is if you
57:33 have a council comments or questions can
57:36 you put them in the chat
57:43 at this point in time i'm not seeing any
57:45 in the chat
57:48 so if there is no discussion to the
57:50 clerk can you do the roll call vote
58:00 yes beginning with council member d
58:01 michelle
58:03 i council member goodman
58:07 council member hall aye
58:10 council president hunt aye
58:14 council member mart aye
58:17 deputy council president ray aye
58:20 council member walsh aye
58:23 that's seven eye zero nays great
58:27 thank you that passes unanimously um
58:29 kristen and team and
58:31 janet thank you all for coming tonight
58:33 for that item
58:35 the next item on our agenda this evening
58:37 is regular business
58:38 ab-8123 it is the 2022-2027 capital
58:43 improvement plan
58:44 or cip and it includes the
58:46 transportation
58:48 improvement plan a public hearing
58:51 oh the ask of the council this evening
58:53 is to approve the resolution
58:54 so a public hearing was held on this
58:56 item uh
58:58 on at the may 17th council meeting and
59:01 at that
59:02 meeting the council moved to postpone
59:04 the cip adoption to tonight's meeting
59:06 and directed the administration to
59:08 prepare a letter on behalf of the city
59:10 council
59:11 to accompany the cip there are two
59:13 letters provided in tonight's agenda
59:15 materials
59:16 the first was prepared by the city
59:17 administration based on city council
59:19 feedback
59:20 through the various cip discussions this
59:22 year and while it is new to include a
59:25 letter with our final document
59:27 we're starting out this year we used a
59:29 template from our operating budget
59:31 process
59:31 as a starting point and the second
59:34 letter is the final version and it
59:35 includes edits from the council
59:37 president
59:38 so the council has several options you
59:40 may review and discuss the memo or you
59:42 can
59:42 move just to have the memo signed and
59:44 included with the with the cip
59:46 and you may suggest edits if necessary
59:48 the intent with this new addition to our
59:50 process
59:51 is that the memo reflects the discussion
59:53 of the body and provides some context on
59:55 what has changed between the draft cip
59:58 and the final cip so there will be no
1:00:01 staff presentation this evening
1:00:03 and the action before you is for the
1:00:05 city council
1:00:07 to approve the 2022 through 2027 capital
1:00:10 improvement plan
1:00:11 and just to start before
1:00:14 um we look at council con is there any
1:00:17 questions
1:00:18 or comments that anyone would like to
1:00:20 make i'll keep my eye on the chat
1:00:25 otherwise i'll be looking for a motion
1:00:35 oh i missed that council president i'm
1:00:38 not seeing anything
1:00:39 in the chat as far as questions go but
1:00:41 council president hunt can make a motion
1:00:45 thank you i president hunt i move to
1:00:48 approve finalization and transmittal
1:00:51 oh sorry i moved to approve resolution
1:00:53 number 2021-09 adopting the capital
1:00:56 improvement plan for
1:00:59 2022-2027 including the six-year
1:01:01 transportation improvement program
1:01:06 deputy council president ray
1:01:10 second it's been moved and seconded
1:01:14 is there discussion
1:01:19 i'll just check the chat to see
1:01:24 does not look like it um city clerk
1:01:26 could you do
1:01:27 the roll call vote
1:01:31 nope there's an emotion on the table
1:01:34 oh sorry
1:01:38 um so it's been moved and seconded
1:01:42 um so now i'm seeing an optional motion
1:01:44 in there as well
1:01:45 is that so you're gonna have to help me
1:01:48 navigate this tisha
1:01:53 uh the optional motion is is
1:01:56 optional um and so there is there is one
1:02:00 motion on the floor to approve the
1:02:01 resolution uh
1:02:03 if council wishes to approve a
1:02:05 transmittal memo which is reflected in
1:02:07 the optional
1:02:08 motion it may be preferable to
1:02:11 to do that in tandem with
1:02:14 this motion so potentially before so
1:02:19 the body could withdraw this motion and
1:02:22 address the memo first if they'd like
1:02:24 that's one path forward i think that
1:02:26 makes sense i'll go to council president
1:02:27 do we want to go to the optional motion
1:02:29 first council president
1:02:33 um this council president if that's the
1:02:34 preferred procedure i can
1:02:36 do that second degrees absolutely
1:02:40 thank you okay so uh council president
1:02:43 would you care to make the
1:02:44 optional motion yes thank you i moved to
1:02:48 approve finalization and trends middle
1:02:50 of memo number two regarding the
1:02:52 2022-2027 capital improvement plan
1:02:56 if you cancel president ray second
1:02:59 okay it's been moved and seconded the
1:03:02 approved finalization
1:03:03 and transmittal of memo number two
1:03:05 regarding the 2022-2027 cip
1:03:07 do we have any comments any questions
1:03:10 any discussion
1:03:13 council president hunt thank you this
1:03:15 counts president hunt
1:03:17 um on the may 17th meeting i
1:03:20 talked about how my intent with
1:03:23 proposing that we postponed to this
1:03:26 meeting and
1:03:27 have a letter included with the cip
1:03:30 would be to document our ongoing
1:03:33 conversations that we have with the cip
1:03:36 the cip is something that we do every
1:03:38 two years
1:03:39 and we have a lot of conversations that
1:03:42 continue from one process
1:03:46 to the next and i think that documenting
1:03:49 our intent and documenting where we are
1:03:51 with some of these conversations
1:03:53 would be beneficial and we also have a
1:03:55 precedent with
1:03:56 the budget letter that accompanies the
1:03:59 budget and documenting our process there
1:04:01 and lessons learned there um one thing
1:04:05 that's occurred to me is that in this
1:04:08 because we um because the
1:04:12 consideration of whether to include a
1:04:14 letter occurred at the very end of our
1:04:15 process we didn't have
1:04:17 um we didn't flag things in our
1:04:20 deliberations as we went
1:04:22 that we would include in the letter so
1:04:24 in this case um
1:04:26 and if we continue with this process
1:04:28 which i uh
1:04:29 strongly support then in the next cip
1:04:32 process like we do with the budget
1:04:34 if council has um if there is a
1:04:37 point in time and deliberation where
1:04:39 there is a
1:04:40 discussion and a consensus and the
1:04:43 intent is important
1:04:45 and the conversation is important and
1:04:48 perhaps there isn't a change made in the
1:04:51 cip itself but still that
1:04:54 conversation is important then that
1:04:56 could be flagged by
1:04:57 council like we do with budget so i
1:05:00 think in the future that would be
1:05:02 the way that we would align our
1:05:05 cip letter memo writing with the way we
1:05:08 do the budget letter and i think that
1:05:10 would be
1:05:10 that would be really beneficial in this
1:05:14 case which we discussed on in the may
1:05:16 17th meeting
1:05:17 director goldberg drafted a letter it
1:05:20 had a lot of the
1:05:21 changes that council had made and really
1:05:24 served as the backbone
1:05:26 for the letter that i drafted and i
1:05:29 included that information and then as i
1:05:33 had discussed at the may 17th meeting
1:05:37 i also felt that it was important to um
1:05:40 go back
1:05:40 and review the conversations that we've
1:05:44 had that didn't directly translate into
1:05:46 changes so the sorts of things that i
1:05:49 talked about in
1:05:51 that may 17th meeting we for example had
1:05:54 a lot of conversations about the need to
1:05:56 proactively steward our infrastructure
1:05:58 that is reflected in the pavement
1:06:00 management program changes
1:06:02 i think it's a broader issue that we
1:06:04 will need to continue to
1:06:06 discuss in the in the next cip um
1:06:09 also long-standing safety concerns from
1:06:11 the community and
1:06:13 um also echoed in the commission's
1:06:15 review of the cip
1:06:16 and how to explore how to
1:06:20 align those issues with our planning
1:06:23 process
1:06:24 there are some deviations between for
1:06:27 example the
1:06:28 master mobility plan that we have
1:06:30 adopted and
1:06:31 what's in the cip and so how to best
1:06:33 align those
1:06:34 the other thing that i thought was um
1:06:37 important is that
1:06:39 we had the commissions for the first
1:06:41 time give us feedback and that was
1:06:43 really beneficial and they gave us great
1:06:46 high quality feedback i think that
1:06:49 including them in the next
1:06:51 process would be excellent as well
1:06:54 i do think that including them earlier
1:06:56 in the process as council has discussed
1:06:58 previously would be beneficial if they
1:07:00 could be brought in at the policy level
1:07:02 so i sort of expanded
1:07:04 on that and discussed also some of the
1:07:07 feedback that we received from them
1:07:09 about how they would
1:07:11 they would benefit from better
1:07:13 understanding our prioritization process
1:07:15 and how their feedback could influence
1:07:17 so i reviewed not only our conversations
1:07:20 but also i reviewed the
1:07:22 the summaries that were from the
1:07:23 different commissions of which we had
1:07:25 several
1:07:26 review the cip this year which was great
1:07:35 and then lastly
1:07:38 in the 17th meeting we discussed how
1:07:40 this would come before council and
1:07:41 council could
1:07:42 discuss it and this would be the first
1:07:44 time that we've
1:07:46 had this particular sort of letter so
1:07:49 i did go back through our conversations
1:07:51 and tried to document what i thought
1:07:53 were the most
1:07:53 important things that are these ongoing
1:07:57 conversations from
1:07:58 my two eips that i've been on council
1:08:02 um and and then again use the
1:08:05 information that director goldberg
1:08:06 provided
1:08:09 which was very helpful in the drafting
1:08:11 of the letter
1:08:12 and so i believe that including the
1:08:15 letter will provide context for the next
1:08:16 council
1:08:17 and that um people taking up the cip
1:08:20 two years from now which won't be this
1:08:22 exact group but which will be a future
1:08:24 council that we will
1:08:26 benefit from starting in a place where
1:08:28 we've
1:08:29 where we can review that letter and then
1:08:32 take up those conversations again
1:08:34 so i think that would be beneficial to
1:08:36 the community
1:08:39 thank you council president hunt any
1:08:41 questions or
1:08:42 comments
1:08:46 councilmember goodman has a question uh
1:08:49 thank you madam mayor
1:08:51 so the um the memo
1:08:54 one that um director goldberg drafted
1:08:57 um and the memoir two um there are a
1:09:00 fair number of differences
1:09:03 and so um i wanted to know if the
1:09:06 administration
1:09:08 had any i don't know that concerns is
1:09:10 the right word but i want to know
1:09:12 the administration whether that would be
1:09:16 um administrator vodka bob kowitz or
1:09:18 director goldberg has
1:09:20 any um
1:09:23 uh feedback or um suggestions for the
1:09:27 council about
1:09:29 what um
1:09:32 i don't really really what my question
1:09:33 is about like maybe what
1:09:36 potentially is maybe not a good idea for
1:09:39 a letter or not
1:09:40 appropriate in a letter um i'm just
1:09:43 curious what the
1:09:45 feedback might be on that looks like
1:09:47 city administrator bob kowitz wants to
1:09:49 start
1:09:51 uh thank you madam mayor members of the
1:09:52 council um
1:09:54 i'm still new here um i i don't know
1:09:57 anything is necessarily inappropriate um
1:09:59 i think
1:10:00 council president hunt gave a a fair uh
1:10:03 recitation of the process that she went
1:10:06 through as i understand it
1:10:07 um so i i think if the council is
1:10:09 comfortable with
1:10:11 what director or excuse me what the
1:10:12 council president hunt has prepared
1:10:15 that's appropriate i think mayor
1:10:16 paulie's point with this is that it is a
1:10:19 little bit of a departure
1:10:20 from how the letter has been prepared uh
1:10:23 in the past
1:10:24 and so i think her her concern was just
1:10:26 to make sure that that was noted
1:10:27 to the council
1:10:31 thank you city administrator thank you
1:10:34 for that
1:10:34 pretty echoey uh councilmember goodman
1:10:37 did that answer your question i can also
1:10:38 give director goldberg an opportunity as
1:10:40 well to weigh
1:10:41 in um i just if director goldberg has
1:10:44 any additional comments i'd
1:10:45 be happy to hear those things okay
1:10:48 uh director goldberg did you want to add
1:10:50 anything
1:10:55 uh no i don't have anything to add
1:11:00 i probably made you run from one room to
1:11:01 another sorry about that
1:11:04 okay thank you i'm not seeing i'm gonna
1:11:08 council member goodman didn't need her
1:11:10 microphone because i think that might be
1:11:11 the source of the
1:11:13 reverb there we go uh councilmember
1:11:16 walsh says comment
1:11:18 thank you this is councilmember wolf um
1:11:21 appreciate this i think the addition
1:11:24 of a letter from the council's
1:11:27 perspective
1:11:27 to bridge the gap between what will be
1:11:30 this council
1:11:31 and a future council to keep things top
1:11:34 of mind
1:11:35 is a great idea i'm so glad we're doing
1:11:38 it i love that we are
1:11:40 nimble and adjust as needed and so
1:11:43 i very much appreciate it i um
1:11:46 like what was written in the letter too
1:11:50 and i think it
1:11:51 gives our perspective not as a
1:11:54 administration council but just to say
1:11:56 hey here's what was on our mind while we
1:11:58 were discussing this and here's the
1:12:00 strings that were maybe left undone
1:12:04 that we need to make sure are top of
1:12:06 mind for the next
1:12:08 period and i i think that just makes
1:12:09 everybody's work easier
1:12:11 so very much approved thanks thank you
1:12:14 councilmember walsh and i do think
1:12:16 um as we work our way through new steps
1:12:18 like this i think council president had
1:12:19 some good suggestions about
1:12:21 how to be able to do this so that it can
1:12:23 be tracked all the way through
1:12:25 which is great i'm not seeing any other
1:12:28 comments
1:12:28 so i'm going oh councilmember goodman
1:12:32 sorry um i my one comment i'm glad that
1:12:35 council president
1:12:36 raised it is that um as i said
1:12:40 at the may 17th meeting i think it's a
1:12:41 good idea um
1:12:43 and the initial letter that uh was
1:12:46 drafted by director
1:12:47 goldberg goldberg i think was an
1:12:49 accurate portrayal of the council
1:12:50 conversation
1:12:51 um what i am not particularly
1:12:55 a fan of is the council
1:12:59 leadership not any particular leadership
1:13:03 figuring out what to put in that letter
1:13:06 and putting
1:13:07 pulling things from conversations i
1:13:09 liked that
1:13:10 council president had raised that um
1:13:13 that these things that would go in a
1:13:16 letter
1:13:17 just like they are when we have our
1:13:18 budget deliberations should be flagged
1:13:20 at the time of deliberation
1:13:21 um and not just simply pull together in
1:13:23 that letter later i think we all should
1:13:26 when the letter is being drafted what's
1:13:29 going to go
1:13:30 in the letter um that's not a knock on
1:13:32 what ended up in
1:13:33 memo number two but i think we should if
1:13:35 we're trying to mimic what we do
1:13:37 during the um during budget um
1:13:40 then it should be we should know what's
1:13:44 going to go
1:13:44 into the letter before it's drafted i'm
1:13:46 hoping i'm making myself clear
1:13:48 um but i understand what council
1:13:51 president trump was trying to
1:13:52 do and we're starting a new process here
1:13:54 with uh cip
1:13:56 um so i'm supportive of it but i think
1:14:00 she is right and then the next year
1:14:01 those items are that
1:14:03 we're going to go in the letter should
1:14:04 be flagged first thank you
1:14:08 thank you council member goodman and
1:14:11 i am not seeing any additional comments
1:14:14 so i think we'll go to
1:14:16 the motion that has been approved and
1:14:18 seconded which is
1:14:19 a motion that has been made and seconded
1:14:21 which is to approve finalization and
1:14:23 transmittal of memo number two regarding
1:14:25 the 2022-2027
1:14:28 improvement plan and i'll turn it back
1:14:30 over to the city clerk for a roll call
1:14:33 beginning with council member goodman hi
1:14:37 councilmember hall aye
1:14:41 council president hunt aye
1:14:44 council member martz aye deputy council
1:14:48 president ray
1:14:49 aye council member walsh
1:14:52 aye council member d michelle
1:14:55 hi that's seven eyes your own a's
1:14:59 thank you that passes unanimously and
1:15:02 now we will be looking at someone for
1:15:04 someone to make the main
1:15:05 another motion
1:15:11 council president if you have that
1:15:13 scrolled back up
1:15:16 go ahead um i moved to approve
1:15:20 resolution number 2021-09 adopting the
1:15:23 capital improvement plan for 2022 to
1:15:25 2027 including the six-year
1:15:27 transportation improvement program
1:15:29 and deputy council president ray second
1:15:32 thank you it's been moved and seconded
1:15:34 and we'll get
1:15:35 is there any discussion on that motion
1:15:37 i'll give it a second or two to keep my
1:15:39 eye on the chat
1:15:43 does not look like it okay um city clerk
1:15:46 if you could do the roll call vote
1:15:48 sorry i have a comment from
1:15:50 councilmember goodman
1:15:52 uh yeah thank you i um i have a couple
1:15:54 comments one i want to thank the
1:15:56 administration
1:15:57 for all the work you did to pull
1:15:59 together comments from other boards and
1:16:00 commissions
1:16:01 i really appreciate i really appreciate
1:16:03 that a lot
1:16:04 and the other thing that i wanted to
1:16:06 point out is i
1:16:07 um through the process and this is my
1:16:11 own perception through the process it
1:16:13 felt to me as if um
1:16:17 the cip was either understood or
1:16:21 portrayed as or um
1:16:25 i don't know what the right word to use
1:16:26 as somehow different than before
1:16:29 and um that is not my experience um the
1:16:32 experience always is that we have more
1:16:33 projects than we have money for
1:16:35 we do the best that we can we use
1:16:37 opportunities during the year to
1:16:39 find money um and so to the extent that
1:16:43 um my my words
1:16:46 to the extent that there is some
1:16:48 understanding that this is different
1:16:50 um or something unusual about this cip
1:16:54 process other than gathering more input
1:16:56 from more than commissions than we ever
1:16:57 have before
1:16:59 that's not my understanding um we have
1:17:02 other difficulties uh facing us um
1:17:05 but i i do think that it was actually a
1:17:08 very good cmp process this year um so i
1:17:11 will be
1:17:12 supportive thanks thank you and uh we
1:17:17 council member marks with a comment
1:17:19 thank you madam mayor
1:17:20 um one thing about uh
1:17:24 where we're at as a body currently
1:17:28 um one of the things about having been
1:17:30 on council for a while
1:17:32 is back when we had committee structure
1:17:35 i wound up serving and chairing uh all
1:17:38 the different committees
1:17:39 at different times um i think
1:17:43 capital improvement plans received
1:17:46 a more thorough
1:17:49 it depends on what your definition of
1:17:51 thorough is i guess
1:17:53 any given issue three of seven council
1:17:56 members
1:17:57 wound up delving deeper into
1:18:01 any given facet of the capital
1:18:03 improvement plan
1:18:04 the other four didn't uh on on
1:18:08 particular facets and so you wound up
1:18:11 hearing more about the things that
1:18:13 the committees that you are on but i
1:18:16 i do think the community would be served
1:18:19 by getting more detail i found there
1:18:22 were a number of things
1:18:23 this year that i wanted more details on
1:18:26 um you know wayfinding as an example
1:18:30 uh is it is something that if we had
1:18:32 committees
1:18:33 i think we would have delved further
1:18:34 into to understand better
1:18:36 and so um you know uh this is
1:18:40 uh you know i'm happy with this capital
1:18:42 improvement plan
1:18:43 um i think the process was a very good
1:18:46 safe effort and i
1:18:47 applaud the broader engagement
1:18:50 um with some of the uh commissions and
1:18:53 boards
1:18:54 um that we saw here and and i this is a
1:18:56 good product
1:18:57 and uh i will be proud to support it
1:19:00 but i i think we should consider the
1:19:02 next time this comes around
1:19:05 um i think we should we can reopen
1:19:08 the committee structure i think that
1:19:11 it serves us better to get in the kind
1:19:15 nitty-gritty detail that committees
1:19:18 allow
1:19:19 i also think that committee structures
1:19:21 if well
1:19:23 uh if well put together
1:19:27 would also allow a certain kind of
1:19:28 transparency that
1:19:30 that we don't have right now when i
1:19:33 chaired
1:19:34 services and safety if somebody wanted
1:19:36 to come in and ask a question i
1:19:38 you know we ran questions through the
1:19:40 committee members but you know if
1:19:41 somebody in the public had a question
1:19:42 and they asked us the question
1:19:44 sometimes i said you know that's a great
1:19:46 question let's ask director so and so
1:19:49 the answer to that question and that's
1:19:51 something that doesn't really
1:19:52 uh lend itself to a full regular
1:19:56 council meeting you know three four plus
1:19:59 uh meeting so uh i i i i don't intend to
1:20:04 uh hope i didn't ramble but
1:20:08 all this to say i do believe we should
1:20:10 consider
1:20:11 uh returning to a committee structure
1:20:13 and i think that
1:20:14 things like capital improvement plans
1:20:16 would be well served
1:20:18 to have that granular level of detail by
1:20:21 a subset of council members
1:20:23 each and every time we do it thank you
1:20:25 thank you councilmember meretz i'm
1:20:26 actually going to
1:20:28 get director goldberg to come on and
1:20:32 expand a little bit about what i'm going
1:20:34 to say next
1:20:36 i asked that question of the director to
1:20:38 see what past practice has been and
1:20:40 while projects were discussed in
1:20:42 different committees
1:20:43 the cip document didn't move through
1:20:45 those committees
1:20:46 and so yes you are right
1:20:49 that the projects could be discussed and
1:20:52 questions could be asked but the cip
1:20:54 was not chopped up and sent through to
1:20:57 different
1:20:58 city committees so i'll let her weigh in
1:21:00 on that having said that
1:21:01 i do believe that you could absolutely
1:21:04 establish
1:21:05 three council members to do the deep
1:21:07 dive into the cip
1:21:08 i'm not sure if it's possible to do it
1:21:11 this is just mechanics
1:21:12 um but anyway i'll just let director
1:21:14 goldberg
1:21:15 provide some more detail
1:21:19 so i hello good evening this is
1:21:22 beth goldberg i've only been through one
1:21:25 cip process here
1:21:27 at the city of issaquah so i'm not sure
1:21:31 am the best uh historical keeper but my
1:21:33 understanding is that
1:21:35 uh the cip did typically go
1:21:38 to the full council two years ago
1:21:42 we took a subset of the cip the
1:21:44 transportation subset
1:21:46 and that went to the ad hoc finance
1:21:48 committee um
1:21:49 but i i am not um
1:21:52 familiar with that process being used
1:21:56 um in other years i believe
1:21:59 uh in previous years the whole cip uh
1:22:02 went to the full the full council but um
1:22:05 there are others
1:22:06 um who have been uh involved with the
1:22:09 city much longer
1:22:10 than i am that may have um may have
1:22:12 other perspectives
1:22:14 and i i thank you and i think council
1:22:16 member mart's takeaway is that
1:22:18 there is discussion to be had amongst
1:22:20 the council again about committees
1:22:22 so whether or not it's a capital
1:22:24 planning
1:22:26 issue or item or not that there sounds
1:22:28 like there's some
1:22:29 retreat or workshop material in here for
1:22:33 council member hall has a comment
1:22:36 uh hi this is councilmember hall just a
1:22:38 quick one um
1:22:40 i'm still a new councilmember this
1:22:42 having been my first
1:22:44 uh cip round i'm reasonably sure this is
1:22:46 the best cip process i've ever been a
1:22:48 part of
1:22:49 um but um all joking aside my uh tipped
1:22:52 my hat to the mayor
1:22:54 to the city council for great
1:22:55 conversations to the city administration
1:22:57 um for keeping it very orderly uh and
1:23:00 easy for us to digest
1:23:01 i want to particularly thank director
1:23:02 york and a few of his staff for kind of
1:23:04 diving deeper with me
1:23:06 on all the water sewer and stormwater
1:23:08 utility projects in particular just
1:23:09 because i
1:23:10 took an interest to those over the cip
1:23:12 so i want to thank him
1:23:14 i think it's a good mix of projects and
1:23:16 the magical thing i've come to learn
1:23:18 about this
1:23:18 is that two years from now we get to
1:23:20 review it again and some things might
1:23:22 have changed costs might have changed
1:23:24 community interests might have changed
1:23:25 so another thing for us to keep in mind
1:23:28 moving forward and just thank you all
1:23:29 very much
1:23:31 thank you councilmember hall and i think
1:23:33 you wrapped us up i'm going to re-read
1:23:35 the motion that is on the table and it
1:23:39 been moved and seconded to approve
1:23:40 resolution number 2021-09 adopting the
1:23:45 capital improvement plan
1:23:46 for 2022 through 2027
1:23:51 including the six-year transportation
1:23:53 improvement program
1:23:55 and city clerk let's do a roll call vote
1:24:00 starting with council member hall aye
1:24:04 council president hunt aye
1:24:07 council member mark aye deputy council
1:24:10 president ray
1:24:12 aye council member walsh
1:24:15 council member d michelle hi
1:24:19 councilmember goodman that's 7i
1:24:22 zero nays
1:24:27 thank you tisha that passes unanimously
1:24:30 7-0 and the next item of business is
1:24:33 good of the order and does anyone have
1:24:35 anything for good of the order
1:24:38 put my eye on the chat
1:24:45 while you are thinking about it there
1:24:47 are a few meetings coming up the city
1:24:49 council study session on tuesday june
1:24:52 potential agenda items include the
1:24:54 community survey results
1:24:56 school resource officers police
1:24:59 operations
1:25:00 and 2021 legislative impacts there is a
1:25:04 city council regular meeting on june
1:25:06 the potential agenda items include the
1:25:08 american rescue plan act
1:25:10 funding allocation and non-profit relief
1:25:13 grant funding
1:25:14 and the water system improvement updates
1:25:17 and it looks like council president hunt
1:25:19 does have a quick comment for good of
1:25:21 the order
1:25:23 thank you madam mayor just a quick
1:25:25 reminder to counsel that if you are
1:25:27 interested in serving as one of the two
1:25:29 members on the finance
1:25:30 task force to let me know one way or
1:25:32 another however is convenient for you
1:25:34 thanks thank you
1:25:38 council member hall uh thank you mayor
1:25:40 paulie this is councilmember hall
1:25:42 um i just wanted to bring up um council
1:25:44 president hunt had brought up during
1:25:46 um her report uh for the ad hoc
1:25:50 title 18 committee that um you were you
1:25:53 were presented with an option to have
1:25:55 something split off and i think i missed
1:25:58 part of that i was wondering if you
1:25:59 could
1:26:00 repeat that part of your report
1:26:05 thank you for the question this is
1:26:06 council president hunt um
1:26:08 yes so we had a
1:26:11 we had a discussion about whether or not
1:26:14 to split off from the rest of the title
1:26:16 18 process wireless communication
1:26:18 facilities code update
1:26:20 this is something that council did have
1:26:23 update um to this part of the code about
1:26:26 two years ago
1:26:27 so one of the things we discussed in
1:26:28 that was that we had
1:26:30 had that conversation two years ago and
1:26:32 we also
1:26:34 discussed the the uh
1:26:38 criteria for pulling something out of
1:26:40 title 18 and
1:26:41 um at this time didn't feel that this
1:26:44 needed to be
1:26:45 pulled out um and put on a separate
1:26:47 track
1:26:48 so we we got a lot of good information
1:26:51 about
1:26:52 um about the code update and what it
1:26:54 would be
1:26:55 and um and we ultimately decided that we
1:26:57 weren't recommending that it go on a
1:26:59 separate track
1:27:05 and i i'll say too if any of my fellow
1:27:09 uh ad hoc committee members wants to
1:27:12 chime in
1:27:12 i think for me the the thing was that we
1:27:15 we want to make sure that we're
1:27:19 that we are selective about what we put
1:27:21 on a separate track
1:27:23 um you know this has been title 18 is a
1:27:25 long complicated process and we
1:27:27 have a timeline that we are trying to
1:27:29 adhere to and it's a very
1:27:30 important process for the community and
1:27:34 so we went through the checklist and
1:27:35 didn't feel that this was
1:27:37 uh that this was that the urgency of
1:27:39 this made it
1:27:40 such that it couldn't be done in the
1:27:42 rest of the title 18 process at this
1:27:44 point
1:27:44 and then the other thing was there are
1:27:47 also some other cities that
1:27:48 are looking at updating this part of
1:27:49 their code and so we also thought we
1:27:51 could
1:27:51 stay tuned and see what those other
1:27:53 cities were doing
1:27:56 thank you council president that looks
1:27:58 like the last piece of good of the order
1:28:00 so i'll move down the agenda to the
1:28:01 executive session
1:28:02 as earlier announced there will be an
1:28:04 executive session held this evening to
1:28:06 discuss
1:28:07 pending potential litigation for rcw
1:28:10 42.30
1:28:11 0.110 for n1 for an i and performance
1:28:14 of public employees per rcw 42.30.110
1:28:19 brand one per ng and these items are
1:28:21 expected to last
1:28:22 40 minutes no action is anticipated to
1:28:26 follow in open session as a reminder
1:28:28 executive sessions are closed to the
1:28:30 public and we will now recess into the
1:28:32 executive session
1:28:33 at 8 28 pm and i'll ask the city clerk
1:28:36 to move the city council into a separate
1:28:38 session within this meeting
1:28:42 anyone who is not part of the closed
1:28:44 session
1:28:45 will remain in the main meeting and you
1:28:46 are welcome to stay in the meeting
1:28:48 until it is reconvened

Attendance

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

Motions and votes (3)

Approve Resolution No. 2021-08, approving the Public Benefit Rating System Re-Classification of the Overdale Homeowners Association Property, Parcel #2224069057, to include the status of Resource Restoration, subject to the conditions enumerated in the King County revised staff report dated May 24, …
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
Approve finalization and transmittal of memo Version #2 regarding the 2022-2027 Capital Improvement Plan. .
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
Approve Resolution No. 2021-09, adopting the Capital Improvement Plan for 2022-2027, including the Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program. .
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh