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as i call the june 21st city council
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meeting to order
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due to the governor's proclamation 20-28
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relating to the covet 19 emergency
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and open public meetings this meeting
1:30
will be held entirely remotely
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at this point in time we'll take a
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moment to take roll call of the council
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members in attendance
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please stay here when i call your name
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councilmember d michelle
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here thank you councilmember goodman
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here
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thank you councilmember hall here thank
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you council president hunt
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here thank you councilmember marks here
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thank you deputy council president ray
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here thank you and council member walsh
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here thank you that's all seven council
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members in attendance
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um i'd like to invite you to join me in
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the pledge of allegiance but i'd ask you
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to mute your microphone
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i pledge allegiance to the flag of the
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united states of america
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and to the republic for which it stands
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one nation
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under god indivisible with liberty and
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justice for all
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thank you the next item on our agenda
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this evening is audience comments and
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for those of you who have submitted our
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online form to make comments your name
2:34
will be called shortly
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for those who have joined us tonight and
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would like to make comments but did not
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sign up in advance
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please raise your virtual hand if you
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are on the phone
2:44
try pressing star 3 if you have joined
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by computer or smartphone
2:49
look for a hand icon this can vary by
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device
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one option may be to go to the
2:54
participant panel and choose the raised
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hand icon
2:58
in the lower right hand corner
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there at tonight's council meeting an
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informational presentation will be
3:07
provided
3:08
on an upcoming ballot item i'd like to
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remind members of the public
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that comments related to a ballot
3:13
measure or individual candidacy
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candidacy are not allowed during public
3:19
comments if the council wishes to
3:20
consider formally supporting or opposing
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a ballot measure
3:24
a public hearing will be scheduled and
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the public would be provided with an
3:27
opportunity to comment in accordance
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with state law
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city clerk has anyone signed up to speak
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this evening
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yes thank you
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so for those making comments please make
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sure to direct your comments to the
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whole council and not to individuals
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and while this is not a question and
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answer session we will contact you to
3:49
follow up if needed
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when you are recognized please unmute
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your microphone
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state your name address and relationship
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to the city
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and speak clearly and pause frequently
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please limit your comments to five
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minutes and re-mute your microphone when
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you're done
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if you do not respond after your name or
4:08
phone number is called
4:09
or if your connection is lost
4:10
unexpectedly the meeting will need to
4:12
proceed
4:13
you are encouraged to rejoin the meeting
4:15
if you are able
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personal attacks obscene language
4:18
derogatory remarks and disruptive
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behavior will not be permitted
4:22
citizens comments written and verbal are
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an important aspect of the public
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process
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the city takes these comments seriously
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and we thank you for taking the time to
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address us this evening
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city clerk can you please identify the
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first person who has signed up to speak
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yes kathy mcquarrie kathy i'm going to
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unmute you now
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you have the floor thank you
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good evening madam mayor and city
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council
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great to be here on this warm happy
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monday
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uh just a couple of quick items today
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um first oh i'm sorry let me back up
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kathy mccrory greater
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issaquah chamber of commerce i'm the ceo
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there and i have an exciting
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announcement to make
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this week we are launching
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issaquahjobs.com
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we have been in touch with the business
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community
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about all the hiring and the jobs that
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are available
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in ithaca right now and we have come up
5:27
with
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a website that will allow businesses to
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post their jobs
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and residents whether they're looking
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for um
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uh returning to work a new career shift
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a part-time job
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they will have a site geared
5:43
specifically for issaquah jobs
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so that they can go and find some
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new exciting career path or job close to
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where they live
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and again we're excited to be launching
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that this week
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our other um is just a comment of
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support
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on one of the agenda items this evening
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a b
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8193 obviously we are we will be in
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support of that and also
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in support of allocating 45 000
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for the recovery coordinator position
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we realize that the 11 million dollars
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is not much when it comes to the city's
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overall budget
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however it it can be quite substantial
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to us and
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in the deliberations moving forward as
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opportunities identify themselves we ask
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that the city continues to research
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as they have already begun to do so and
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let's not just
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recover what was lost during the
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pandemic but
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let's truly imagine reimagine what we
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need moving forward
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to remain the best place
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on the east side to live work and play
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let's be innovative and together we can
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rebuild
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a better future with that one-time money
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i'd like to thank you again for all the
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work you do for
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our business community and our residents
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we all appreciate you very much thank
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you
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thank you kathy city clerk do we have
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anyone else signed up to speak this
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evening
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no one else has indicated a desire to
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speak well it was nice to hear from our
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chamber
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about the new job finder website that
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they have up and also their support of
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the arpa funding recommendations that
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are on the council's agenda this evening
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as a reminder you can also submit
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written comments at any time to city
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council at issaquah.gov
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council president hunt do you have any
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email comments that you would like to
7:54
summarize on tonight's
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agenda topics thank you madam mayor
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we did receive one email that
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specifically referenced
8:03
items that are on our agenda this
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evening and while we're doing virtual
8:06
meetings i have been summarizing emails
8:08
that we receive
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specifically on agenda items and in this
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email
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um the community member asked regarding
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ab8158 which is amend 2021 salary
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ordinance ask
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that council ask questions confirming
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the need for
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effectively funding a new position and
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then regarding ab-8192
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which is confirmation of mayor's
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appointment of city clerk express
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support and that concludes emailed
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comments on tonight's agenda items
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thank you council president hunt the
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next item on our agenda this evening is
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committee and regional reports
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and i will be calling each council
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member by name starting with council
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member hall
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uh thank you mayor paulie this is
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councilmember hall i have two quick
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reports for the council this evening
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uh first for cascade water alliance
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the next board meeting is virtually this
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wednesday at 3 30 p.m
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i'll note that i'll give you a more
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in-depth update at tonight's good of the
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order
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mayor paulie and i would like to get
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your feedback uh over the next couple
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months regarding
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uh the lake tabs reservoir project so
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this will be fun
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um so stay tuned for that later tonight
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affordable housing committee the
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affordable housing committee of the
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growth management planning council is
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meeting next
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wednesday july 21st at noon and there's
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no agenda there yet so stay tuned
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and with that that concludes my report
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thank you council member hall council
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member d michelle
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thank you mr pauline this is
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councilmember d michelle
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on june 9th i attended the connect ii
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community advisory group which is
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charged with
9:47
overseeing the development of a health
9:49
community information exchange network
9:52
for king county we continued our
9:54
dialogue on how to protect privacy at
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the same time we make information more
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available
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and accessible to both patients and
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practitioners
10:02
on june 10th i attended the east side
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transportation park
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partnership we met with congresswoman
10:08
del benny for a report on the biden
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administration
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infrastructure initiatives and then
10:15
finally a meeting of the east side human
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services forum board of directors
10:18
is scheduled for this thursday june 24th
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and that concludes my report
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hey cue council member dean michelle
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council member walsh
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thank you this is councilmember walsh on
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wednesday the 9th
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the council rules ad hoc committee met
10:34
discuss the council new business action
10:37
and form along with several housekeeping
10:39
changes
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those changes are set to come back to
10:43
the full council during our meeting on
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july 6.
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we also recognize that there was
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potentially a future discussion about
10:51
the remote meeting participation
10:54
and since that covered council members
10:56
staff and the public
10:58
we decided that or recommended that the
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conversation belonged
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in a public meeting with the full
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council and not the ad hoc committee
11:06
or council rules committee on
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the 10th the title 18 ad hoc committee
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met that's our group of three council
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members
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working on title 18 which is our land
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use and
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zoning code we discuss the next
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iteration of the sign code
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that iteration continues with our
11:25
feedback and is scheduled to return
11:27
to full council during the study session
11:30
on july 27th
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we also discussed ppc the planning
11:34
policy commission's feedback from their
11:37
initial title 18 overview
11:39
and the need for an upcoming ppc
11:42
discussion on land use sustainability
11:44
and equity which i believe has now been
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scheduled
11:47
and on friday the 18th i attended the
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sap chamber of commerce board meeting
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and reviewed with them
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the school resource officer conversation
11:59
um the upcoming sign code uh
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meeting with the the council and then
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uh city administrator bob quits also um
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provided information on the city hall
12:12
reopening plan
12:14
and the chamber asked questions about
12:15
the equity board
12:17
and what their focal area
12:18
responsibilities would be
12:20
and that concludes my report thanks
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councilmember walsh uh the first ad hoc
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reference back to july
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6th is likely july 19th because the city
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council meeting for this six
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has been cancelled thanks for giving me
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an opportunity to say that councilmember
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goodman
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uh thank you councilmember goodman here
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no report
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thank you councilmember marks thank you
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madam mayor this is councilmember martz
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the puget sound regional council growth
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management policy board
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will be meeting on thursday july 1st
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from 10 a.m until noon
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and the agenda has not been published
12:54
for that meeting yet
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the sound cities association public
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issues committee
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met wednesday june 9th at 7 pm online
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and no action was taken
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this concludes my report thank you
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councilmember martz
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deputy council president ray now thank
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you mayor paulie this is chris ray
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the king county growth management
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planning council will be meeting this
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wednesday
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june 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m in a virtual
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format
13:20
there are two significant agenda items
13:23
on this meeting one is the draft urban
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growth capacity report
13:28
which is proposed to be adopted and also
13:30
the proposed 2021
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countywide planning policies that were
13:34
also planning to be adopted
13:36
at that time that concludes my report
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this evening
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thank you deputy council president ray
13:42
and council president hunt
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thank you madam mayor this is council
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president hunt i have one report this
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evening
13:48
the king conservation district advisory
13:50
committee met
13:51
on june 8th we took one action at that
13:54
meeting which was
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to approve a statement in support of
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working towards
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having the king county um the king
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conservation district advisory
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sorry king conservation district um
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board of supervisors election be on a
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regular ballot
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and so we approved a statement to that
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effect and we'll work with the state
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legislature
14:17
on that over the summer and in the
14:19
coming months because that would require
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a state action
14:22
and the next meeting for this advisory
14:26
committee has not yet been set
14:29
thank you council thank you council
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president hunt
14:32
the next item on our agenda this evening
14:34
is the mayor's report
14:36
so earlier this evening we did have an
14:38
executive session with
14:40
it was held to discuss collective
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bargaining for rcw
14:44
42.3.14 paran4 and pending potential
14:47
litigation per rcw
14:49
42.30 0.110 paren one for an
14:52
i i one of my newsy items is i'd like to
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say thank you for the invitation to
14:58
attend last friday night's juneteenth
15:00
celebration in the issaquah highlands
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highlands council member kimberly i'm
15:05
going to get this wrong maybe
15:06
councilmember walsh can help me
15:08
happenstein they get it okay kimberly
15:11
kappestein organized issaquah's first
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ever community juneteenth remembrance in
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highlands park near blakely hall
15:18
the event offered information on the
15:20
history of juneteenth
15:22
a local band and barbecue food truck
15:24
encouraging families to stay and picnic
15:26
as we honor and celebrate the
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contributions of black americans to our
15:30
community
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and our country i'm going to do a
15:34
proclamation this evening on immigration
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reform
15:37
whereas the city of issaquah advocates
15:39
for a just inhumane immigration system
15:42
and calls on the united states congress
15:44
to enact and prioritize
15:45
updated immigration policies to reflect
15:48
current times and needs
15:50
and whereas covet 19 has magnified the
15:53
disproportionate inequities that exist
15:55
for refugees and immigrants who call
15:57
this country their home
15:59
and whereas it is a legislative
16:01
responsibility
16:03
to ensure that covet 19 relief and
16:05
recovery programs are available and
16:07
accessible to
16:08
all without discrimination or barriers
16:10
based on citizenship
16:12
english proficiency income religious
16:15
belief
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race ethnicity gender and sexual
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identity
16:19
and whereas one in four esqua residents
16:22
is foreign born
16:23
and our diversity will continue to grow
16:25
as issaquah is currently expanding
16:28
at a rate of 0.0.70
16:31
annually and its overall population has
16:34
increased by 31.6
16:36
in the last 10 years and whereas
16:39
issaquah thrives as a welcoming and
16:41
inclusive community
16:42
that is committed to foster a safe
16:45
vibrant
16:46
livable and hate-free environment and
16:48
therefore denounces hateful rhetoric
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against
16:51
immigrant and refugee communities and
16:53
whereas the city of issaquah invites
16:55
business leaders
16:56
civic groups community institutions
16:59
legislators and residents to join in a
17:01
community-wide effort to adopt practices
17:03
and policies
17:04
that promote integration inclusion and
17:07
equity
17:08
we at the city of issaquah are committed
17:10
to supporting refugees and immigrant
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communities
17:12
are zero tolerance towards hateful
17:15
rhetoric against immigrants
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and i call on the united states congress
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to prioritize
17:19
a comprehensive legislation on
17:22
immigration
17:23
that reflects current times and needs
17:26
i'd also like to give an update on the
17:29
city hall facilities reopening plan
17:32
since the third of the pandemic city
17:34
offices have been closed to the public
17:36
and we have been providing service over
17:38
email
17:39
the phone or other teleconferencing
17:41
platforms
17:42
with almost eighty percent of issaquah
17:44
residents fully vaccinated
17:46
it's the cause emerging from the
17:47
pandemic and i'm excited to announce
17:49
that starting july 6
17:51
city hall will be open for in-person
17:53
services
17:54
with some improvements to how we serve
17:56
the issua community
17:57
we are moving our permit center out of
17:59
city hall northwest to consolidate with
18:02
our downtown city hall
18:03
this should help reduce confusion and
18:06
travel for community members accessing
18:08
these services
18:09
our new hours for in-person services
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starting on july 6
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will be monday through thursday from 9am
18:15
to 1pm
18:17
we will continue to provide services
18:19
over email phone and teleconferencing
18:21
outside of those hours as part of our
18:23
normal operations
18:25
a few weeks ago we conducted a customer
18:27
survey
18:28
and heard from you the issue community
18:30
that this hybrid service model
18:32
offering in-person services as well as
18:35
virtual service
18:36
is what you want more choices for
18:38
accessing city services
18:40
we will re-evaluate our service model
18:42
and ours at the end of august
18:44
and may make changes to ensure we are
18:46
providing responsive
18:47
and quality services throughout the
18:49
pandemic some city services were put on
18:52
hold
18:52
so that we could focus on our pandemic
18:54
response and reducing the spread
18:56
i'm pleased to announce that starting
18:58
july 6 the following services
19:00
will once again be available in person
19:03
over-the-counter permitting services and
19:05
in-person meetings to discuss projects
19:07
and permits
19:08
utility billing concealed weapons permit
19:11
applications
19:12
public record requests and citizen
19:14
clearance letters
19:16
our parks and recreation programs in the
19:18
municipal court have already been
19:20
offering in-person services
19:21
and will continue to do so upgrades are
19:24
also underway in city buildings to allow
19:26
for the first time
19:27
in-person and virtual participation in
19:30
city council and city board and
19:32
commission meetings
19:33
pending public health guidelines we
19:35
anticipate meeting in person regularly
19:37
again in september
19:39
i would like to take this opportunity to
19:40
thank and recognize our employees who
19:42
have continued to serve the community
19:44
in person throughout the pandemic
19:46
navigating pandemic protocols and taking
19:48
on a greater risk to themselves and
19:50
their families
19:51
than those of us who were able to work
19:52
from home this includes our police
19:55
our public works staff parks any sites
19:58
fire and rescue staff
19:59
thank you very much and thank you to
20:02
issaquah for your patience
20:04
diligence and care for one another that
20:06
i have seen demonstrated time and time
20:08
again over the past year and a half
20:10
as we emerge from the pandemic i look
20:12
forward to seeing all of you in person
20:14
again
20:15
thank you and that concludes the mayor's
20:17
report
20:19
the next item on our agenda this evening
20:21
are informational updates and we'll be
20:23
starting with id
20:24
0929 best starts for kids levy
20:28
king county proposition 1. this is a
20:30
regular property tax levy for children
20:32
youth families and communities at the
20:35
may 17
20:36
2021 council meeting under good of the
20:38
order city council requested an
20:40
informational briefing
20:41
from king county regarding the upcoming
20:43
best starts for kids levee renewal
20:46
as a reminder in accordance with state
20:48
law council is limited to hearing only
20:50
factual information at this time
20:53
council's discussion is also limited to
20:55
general questions
20:56
not for making statements in support of
20:59
or opposition to the ballot item
21:01
if council wishes to take a formal
21:03
position on this item
21:04
direction can be provided to prepare a
21:06
resolution in support or
21:08
opposition and to schedule a related
21:11
public hearing for july 19th
21:13
this direction can be provided following
21:15
the presentation or
21:16
under good of the order this evening
21:18
otherwise this item
21:19
remains as informational only i'd like
21:22
to invite marcy miller seattle and king
21:24
county's public health policy manager
21:26
to present this item mercy
21:35
hi thank you so much for having me today
21:38
my name is
21:39
um for the record my name is marcy
21:40
miller i'm the
21:42
policy manager at seattle king county
21:44
public health um
21:45
and look forward to chatting with you
21:47
all tonight um
21:49
so we can go the next slide
21:54
so best starts for kids is our mission
21:57
is happy healthy safe and thriving we
22:00
want all we want to see all babies born
22:02
healthy kids thrive and young people
22:03
grow up to be happy healthy successful
22:05
adults
22:06
next slide
22:10
we do this um using four principle basic
22:13
principles around promotion
22:15
prevention early intervention and policy
22:17
and systems change
22:18
we really work to seek we really seek to
22:20
increase the good for our children and
22:22
families
22:23
decrease the bad intervene when we need
22:25
when there's extra support needed
22:27
and thinking about how do we change the
22:28
systems and policies that really affect
22:30
our children and youth today
22:32
next slide so our current levy was
22:36
passed by the voters in 2015
22:39
and expires on december 31st of 2020
22:42
um so we can go to the next slide
22:47
i wanted to show you what the current
22:50
levy
22:50
is doing um so it was 411 million
22:54
dollars
22:55
over um the life of the levy for the
22:57
past six years past and again in 2015
22:59
so really 2016 to now um
23:03
we have heard uh we've been providing
23:05
homelessness prevention support for 21
23:07
million dollars
23:09
and this has take um supported 900
23:12
9500 kids on the verge of homelessness
23:14
keeping out of homelessness
23:16
um through uh quality um
23:20
engagement and um car payments or
23:23
whatever it would take to
23:24
keep people out of the homelessness
23:26
system 50
23:28
of the money has been investing early
23:30
supporting
23:31
parents and families and children where
23:33
they're at in their homes
23:35
in community virtually now of course and
23:39
supporting early intervention when more
23:40
support is needed
23:42
35 percent has been to sustain the gain
23:45
from ages 5 to 24
23:46
so programming that ranges all the way
23:48
from out of school time
23:50
school-based health centers um thinking
23:53
about
23:54
um all middle schools were offered
23:57
support around esper which is a
23:59
screening and referral to training or
24:02
to referrals um looking at what do
24:05
middle school kids need and or
24:07
what do middle school kids need in order
24:09
to succeed communities matter
24:11
so thinking about specific place-based
24:14
focus on place-based learning in
24:17
communities getting together
24:18
and thinking about how do they support
24:21
um health inequities within their own
24:24
community
24:25
and data and evaluation so five percent
24:27
of the levy has gone to tell the story
24:29
next slide
24:32
so evaluation has been really important
24:36
to the work of best starts for kids
24:38
we are currently using a res we are
24:40
using a results-based accountability
24:41
approach
24:42
so for every program that's funded we
24:45
ask three key
24:46
questions how much do we do how well do
24:48
we do it and is anyone better off
24:50
and we use that data to tell um through
24:52
quantitative and qualitative data to
24:54
really think about
24:56
using it for quality improvement all of
24:59
our
25:00
um programs we partner with them and
25:03
they have um
25:04
they're pushing on headline indicators
25:06
which would be
25:08
reducing infant mortality that kind of
25:10
work
25:11
at a really high level secondary
25:14
indicators
25:15
how many screenings were happening
25:16
within your program
25:18
and then every program has performance
25:20
measures so we can tell within every
25:22
program
25:22
where they what success they have how
25:25
many kids they've been
25:26
serving and what do they need in order
25:28
to um and
25:29
what's been working well and what's been
25:31
not working well within that program
25:33
next slide
25:36
so i wanted to show you an overview of
25:38
by the numbers we've um
25:40
funded over 654 different kinds of
25:43
programming
25:44
um partnered with over 360
25:46
community-based partners
25:48
um in order for people to apply we
25:52
for the program and we had 7 000 hours
25:54
of technical assistance over five
25:56
hundred thousand youth and children have
25:58
benefited over this pro
26:00
through this work and over 24 000
26:03
um people who work with kids and
26:05
families have
26:06
received training to support their
26:09
equity lens
26:10
and to be thinking about trauma and
26:11
foreign work so next slide
26:18
so i want to tell you a little bit about
26:19
what i know about issaquah um
26:22
in 2020 just under a thousand children
26:24
youth and parents and
26:25
caregivers were funded by bus starts in
26:28
98027
26:29
and 98029 zip codes um examples of
26:32
programs were play and learn groups
26:34
um so families getting together um help
26:37
me grow
26:38
washington which is really thinking
26:39
about referrals we had youth development
26:41
programs for the youth
26:43
um and home visiting which would go into
26:45
the homes and support families
26:47
parents and caregivers um
26:50
and i want to just say this is likely an
26:52
under count i can explain more but we're
26:54
getting
26:55
better um as we move forward and there's
26:57
going to be more zip code reporting so
26:59
not all programs actually
27:00
engaged in zip code level reporting but
27:03
this is what we know today
27:05
next slide
27:11
so i want to show you we had over 39
27:13
partners on the east side
27:15
um all of them had to apply for funding
27:19
so the money we would put on an rfp and
27:22
people would apply
27:23
we'd provide that technical assistance
27:25
to help with writing we know that can be
27:26
cumbersome
27:27
and now not all organizations actually
27:29
have access to that
27:30
um what i do know is that on the east
27:33
side just to be transparent there were
27:35
less
27:35
applications than some of our other
27:38
areas but we are really committed to
27:40
partnering with community to understand
27:43
that better
27:44
and do better outreach moving forward
27:46
and thinking about some of our
27:47
partnerships
27:48
today we met with east side pathways we
27:50
met with nourishing networks here at
27:51
essa class so really trying to
27:53
understand
27:54
how to even do that better next slide
28:00
and just to give you an idea of some of
28:02
the strategies that were funded
28:03
um so this just gives you a wide range
28:05
so it's really
28:06
ranging from prenatal all the way up to
28:08
that age 24
28:10
um so all kinds of different programming
28:13
here to benefit
28:14
youth children and families next slide
28:19
so i want to share with you um on
28:23
the executive's proposal for because
28:25
best starts does expire
28:27
at the end of the um well in the end of
28:29
the year
28:30
we're um it will be on the ballot um and
28:32
this is what reflects what's on the
28:34
ballot that was put forth um based upon
28:36
community feedback that we received um
28:38
in order to move this forward
28:40
so we can go to the next slide
28:43
community really shared with us that we
28:45
need to maintain what we're doing
28:47
we have really good programming that's
28:48
happening um in our investing earlier
28:51
prenatal to five that five to 24
28:53
communities of opportunity and that
28:54
youth and family homelessness prevention
28:56
so we are going to maintain that work um
28:59
and it will be
29:01
all of it will have to be re-r feed um
29:03
if the levy were to pass
29:05
so um we can talk about that more
29:08
next slide
29:12
we want to build upon what we were doing
29:14
one thing that i think i heard you
29:16
mention a little bit here is just the
29:17
pandemic
29:19
really has highlighted lots of different
29:20
challenges and
29:22
we know that youth are really suffering
29:24
there's more suicide
29:25
ideation there's more need in our youth
29:28
so
29:28
um we heard overwhelmingly increasing
29:31
support for youth so we're
29:32
thinking about out of school time
29:34
programming for five to twelve-year-olds
29:36
increasing the opportunity for up to
29:38
four's new school-based health centers
29:39
across king county
29:41
and having more work in our transitions
29:43
to
29:44
adulthood so thinking about ages 14 to
29:46
24
29:47
and that post-secondary completion
29:51
employment training ged also um
29:55
youth internships which we heard have
29:56
been really important for our youth
29:58
specifically during the pandemic so um
30:01
that's we'll do we'll increase the levy
30:03
will
30:03
increase to support that next slide
30:08
and during the pandemic um actually the
30:11
first best starts for kids lovely we
30:12
heard loud and clear that child care was
30:14
a
30:14
challenge um it continues to remain a
30:16
challenge
30:17
has been a broken system for some time
30:19
and i would say the
30:21
pandemic just highlighted that for i
30:23
think a lot of different people
30:25
so we are going to be looking at
30:27
creating 3 000 new slots
30:29
for making child care more affordable
30:32
through subsidy program
30:33
we recognize that there has been a levy
30:35
that or a um
30:37
state just passed some exciting
30:39
legislation to have
30:41
subsidies for um child care in um
30:45
subsidies as well but we know that that
30:47
won't make it all the way through the
30:48
need for king county so this is going to
30:50
really complement that work and we're
30:52
committed to partnering with our state
30:53
partners to make sure that we
30:55
are not duplicating and making sure that
30:57
it's really fitting the needs of king
30:58
county
30:59
also looking at a wage increase project
31:01
pilot project
31:03
our child care workers um have are not
31:05
paid well and there's a lot of turnover
31:07
in our child care system
31:09
so i'm looking at that next slide
31:12
and and marcy this is city administrator
31:14
wally bobquest i just need to interrupt
31:16
for a second we're having a little bit
31:17
of a technical
31:18
difficulty for those who are watching
31:20
the meeting either on youtube or on
31:22
cable television
31:23
that we're not seeing the presentation
31:25
so i just wanted to
31:26
let the council know and let you know uh
31:28
that for those who are not
31:30
on the webex meeting that they're not
31:32
seeing presentation we're working to
31:34
to fix the technical glitch and uh just
31:37
wanted to make those who are watching at
31:38
home
31:39
we rep we know we've got a problem and
31:40
we're working to fix it thanks
31:42
thank you okay
31:46
so um when we transmitted this um over
31:49
to council
31:49
in um april of 2021 um the council um
31:53
supported some really great ads so i
31:55
want to share those with you as well so
31:56
you can go to the next slide
31:58
um when we when we
32:01
created our levy um proposal it was for
32:05
820 or i'm sorry 811 million dollars
32:08
based on an awful report
32:10
um or a housing tax report and that
32:14
um report um the net after we
32:16
transmitted there was more money the
32:18
projections were higher the next time
32:20
in march so what we are um i'm sorry in
32:23
august so what we ended up doing
32:25
um i'm sorry in july or or april so what
32:29
we ended up doing
32:30
is um the council puts
32:33
forth an ad for expansion of facilities
32:37
for new facilities for facilities that
32:39
are um to
32:40
support new construction and also
32:42
repairs we know that
32:43
people need places to gather for really
32:46
with a focus on housing
32:47
child care early learning and
32:49
recreational facilities
32:50
so um our base work would start be
32:53
available first and then there could be
32:55
up to 50 million dollars available for
32:57
capital investment
32:59
next slide please
33:03
um to get back to my point about zip
33:05
code we know that
33:06
one of the council ads will be reporting
33:08
by zip code currently we are only
33:10
um reporting by our council districts
33:14
and um some of our programs have been
33:16
reporting by zip code that's where i got
33:18
that thousand um
33:19
number for you but we know and are
33:22
committed to doing more of that so next
33:23
time all programs will be required
33:27
um but keeping in mind that safety issue
33:30
around domestic violence or citizenship
33:33
i'm making sure that we can
33:35
with those caveats next slide
33:40
so the proposed levy moving forward is a
33:42
in total um
33:44
872 million dollars like i said
33:47
200 million over the life of the levy
33:49
would go to child care
33:50
up to 50 million to capital projects
33:53
i didn't have a slide in this but 10
33:55
million dollars for capacity building
33:57
and this is to make sure that anyone
33:59
funded by best starts
34:00
or others can apply to get support to do
34:04
two things to stabilize their
34:06
organization through
34:07
getting support around data support
34:09
evaluation support
34:12
fiscal monitoring all the things you
34:14
need to do
34:15
board support to be a really good
34:16
organization and then also even to build
34:19
an
34:20
organization if you needed one in an
34:22
area we've heard there's some gaps
34:24
we're going to continue that
34:25
homelessness prevention and the rest all
34:27
of that comes off the top of the levy
34:29
and then next um
34:30
50 will go to early learning 35
34:33
or 37 percent with that increase to
34:36
sustain the gain
34:37
communities matter which is that
34:38
partnership between the seattle um
34:40
foundation
34:41
and uh and best starts
34:44
will remain the same dollar amount be
34:46
eight percent of the levy
34:47
and data and evaluation for five percent
34:50
next slide please
34:52
so it's a six year property tax um 19
34:55
cents on the thousand dollars assessed
34:57
value
34:58
um average home in king county is 600
35:02
000 um dollars so that would cost the
35:05
person
35:05
um owning that home 114 dollars per year
35:09
on their um property tax and of course
35:12
that varies depending on where you live
35:14
for me it varies on my street i'm sure
35:16
you've experienced the same
35:18
um that march awful report projected
35:20
revenue with 700
35:21
or 872 million up from the 811
35:25
original million when we submitted and
35:27
last slide
35:31
just as a timeline um we're in we
35:34
did a lot of um work for the levy
35:37
in february through april april um 21st
35:41
the ballot measure ordinance
35:42
was approved the 31st we are writing an
35:46
implementation plan now that it's a high
35:48
level
35:48
and we will continue to do ongoing
35:50
community engagement as i spoke about to
35:52
really understand
35:54
um what's new in each community before
35:56
an rfp is released
35:58
august 3rd is election day september
36:00
through november
36:01
king county council will deliberate on
36:03
the implementation plan if
36:04
the best start speaking or if the levy
36:06
award was approved by voters
36:09
and if not approved the department will
36:12
develop a sunset plan
36:14
in order to support the
36:17
support the levy if not approved so
36:20
new levy begins in january of 2022 and
36:23
most strategies will be
36:24
rfp again in 2022 and 2023
36:30
thank you marcie yeah i'm going to
36:33
great presentation i'm going to check
36:35
with the staff
36:36
our staff i'm going to check with the
36:37
council members to see if any of them
36:39
have questions
36:40
which they may enter in the chat i think
36:42
you did touch uh
36:44
yeah i knew councilmember eisen so you
36:45
touched a little bit on a christian
36:46
council member hall head
36:48
so here we go council member hall
36:51
uh thank you this is councilmember hall
36:53
and thank you very much for the
36:54
presentation appreciate you coming out
36:56
um
36:58
i appreciate uh to you mentioning kind
37:01
of the new state investments in
37:02
childcare and early learning
37:04
capital investments uh the subsidy rates
37:07
um
37:09
can you speak a little bit more about
37:12
how
37:12
that action fair start for kids and best
37:15
starts for kids meshed together
37:17
and kind of um because i assume the
37:20
process was all right the state has this
37:22
new investment
37:23
now what is the need in the county how
37:25
do we fill the rest of the need
37:27
um so can you walk through that kind of
37:28
process and how they fit together
37:30
no it's a great question um get it i
37:33
love that question this is so exciting
37:35
the fair start act of course
37:36
um is supporting subsidies it's
37:39
supporting
37:40
um head start early head start
37:43
programming
37:44
and home visiting lots of early learning
37:46
programming
37:47
what we know is that um with
37:50
specifically ourselves we
37:51
we were really um thoughtful about what
37:54
do we need to do with our
37:56
our work around child care um
37:57
specifically
37:59
and what we know as the ami um is higher
38:02
in king county than most areas across
38:04
the state
38:05
so we know that even if
38:09
the benefit program of fair start will
38:11
be great but we also know if
38:13
a perhaps a worker at a child care
38:16
center gets a dollar raised that
38:18
actually often puts them
38:19
off the benefit cliff so putting them at
38:21
a higher um that where they won't
38:23
qualify for subsidies and they really
38:25
still can't afford it so that's where
38:26
we're thinking about our work is that
38:28
that higher
38:29
it's not higher and that's probably the
38:31
in incorrect term
38:33
but that benefit cliff is not high
38:35
enough but really making sure that
38:37
people don't fall off the benefit cliff
38:39
because of the cost of living in king
38:41
county and we also have a child care
38:43
task force that's made up of 40 experts
38:45
within king county that's been making
38:48
recommendations and we will continue to
38:50
partner with them partner with the state
38:52
to ensure that those are all in sync and
38:54
working together so that we can have
38:56
some flexibility if we need to
38:58
pivot because we want but we also know
39:01
recognize there's not even the states
39:03
that
39:03
subsidy work will not cover king county
39:06
does that make sense
39:10
looks like council member hall is
39:11
nodding his head
39:13
at this point in time mercy i'm not
39:16
seeing any additional questions i'll
39:18
give the council members a second or two
39:20
253 other additional questions
39:26
with this presentation this evening
39:27
there is no action requested of counsel
39:30
uh but council may choose to provide
39:32
direction to schedule a public hearing
39:34
and prepare a resolution in support of
39:35
the opposition
39:36
so that conversation has yet to happen
39:40
um marcy no question oh here we go
39:42
councilmember mertz
39:43
kristen uh just wondering if we have
39:46
draft language that
39:48
would enable a conversation about uh
39:52
basically a draft agend a draft motion
39:55
that would uh language for draft motion
39:57
that would accomplish what you just said
39:59
should someone choose to make such a
40:01
motion
40:04
yeah it could have been ordered this
40:05
evening i think you can
40:07
um discuss whether or not you want to
40:09
have that and make it you're going to
40:11
have to have the public hearing as well
40:13
in order to take the vote so i think uh
40:15
that's a good thing
40:16
i'll just make a note that we're talking
40:18
about it go to the order
40:19
thank you thank you councilmember marks
40:22
well thank you marcy for coming and
40:24
thank you for the presentation council
40:25
has no additional questions this evening
40:27
appreciate your time wonderful thank you
40:31
really appreciate being here
40:33
now go enjoy yourself this evening
40:35
beautiful souls this evening okay the
40:38
next item
40:39
on the agenda this evening is the
40:40
consent calendar and it was distributed
40:42
to council in advance
40:43
if authorized the items on the consent
40:45
calendar will be considered together and
40:47
approved by one motion
40:49
have the payables and payroll been
40:51
reviewed
40:53
they have they have thank you
40:57
does any council member desire to remove
41:00
any item from the consent calendar and
41:02
consider it under regular business
41:03
i'll just look at the chat to see if
41:05
anybody enters anything
41:10
okay is there someone prepared to make a
41:12
motion this evening
41:17
council president hunt thank you this is
41:19
council president hunt i move to approve
41:21
the consent calendar as it appears in
41:22
this evening's agenda
41:24
thank you deputy council president ray
41:26
second
41:27
thank you very much it's been moved and
41:29
seconded and i'll get to city clerk to
41:30
take the roll call vote
41:33
beginning with council president hunt
41:36
aye
41:37
council member mart aye deputy
42:20
26 2021 council meeting
42:23
council study session and there is a
42:26
request this evening to
42:27
authorize i'd like to invite city
42:29
administrator wally bob kurds to present
42:31
this item
42:32
wally yeah thank you madam mayor members
42:35
of the council good evening again
42:36
uh we continue to have some difficulties
42:40
with
42:40
the presentation going out on our
42:42
various video feeds
42:44
um so we'll see i my understanding was
42:47
we were going to try
42:48
to see if the presentation looked any
42:50
different
42:51
and so we'll we'll we'll keep you posted
42:54
uh as
42:54
we're working through the technology as
42:56
the mayor mentioned uh i'm here with
42:58
lindsay misben our our senior accountant
43:01
to talk a little bit about the latest
43:03
with the american rescue plan act
43:04
next slide please
43:08
the purpose of the presentation this
43:10
evening is to update you on the funding
43:12
amount that we're receiving
43:14
uh through the state of washington uh to
43:16
summarize our best understanding
43:18
of the arpa spending guidelines as they
43:20
fit today
43:22
to authorize the mayor to accept the
43:24
fund
43:25
talk a little bit about our funding
43:27
strategy for arpa
43:29
and to allocate forty five thousand
43:31
dollars for a recovery coordinator
43:33
position
43:34
which i'll talk about a little bit
43:35
further in a moment and then also
43:37
finally to get
43:38
additional council feedback on next
43:40
steps in dealing with arpa next slide
43:49
next slide
43:52
uh we have talked a few times about the
43:56
recovery act funds uh and mayor paulie's
43:58
vision
43:59
really is a very simple one uh and that
44:01
is uh recover rebuild and reimagine
44:04
um the uh the point of the recovery act
44:08
really is just not to recover but
44:11
certainly we've i think been more
44:13
fortunate than many communities already
44:14
in issaquah as as restrictions for the
44:19
pandemic continue to change
44:22
we are beginning to recover but really
44:24
the point of the money
44:25
uh from the mayor's perspective is the
44:27
rebuild and reimagine what can we do
44:30
with these funds to move forward and
44:32
really be transformative in the monies
44:34
that we're receiving from the federal
44:35
government so
44:37
these three uh visions of the mayor
44:39
really remain
44:40
uh i think what has changed uh has been
44:43
the dollar amount and i think the timing
44:45
of how we proceed with all this next
44:46
slide
44:49
so we uh finally have received a final
44:52
dollar amount of through the state of
44:53
washington and that
44:54
dollar amount is eleven million twenty
44:56
eight thousand eight hundred and fifty
44:57
seven dollars
44:59
um the uh the number that we were
45:02
working with for some time was 8.6
45:04
million dollars best that we can tell uh
45:07
is
45:07
that there were formulas used for
45:09
communities 50 000
45:11
in population and greater uh and then
45:13
formulas that were used by the states
45:15
uh for passing through uh from funds for
45:18
those communities 50 000 unless we are
45:20
on the very high end of communities uh
45:23
in the state of washington i think
45:24
there's only two or three other
45:26
like communities larger than this squad
45:28
in that 50
45:29
000 and below so we are getting a lot of
45:32
a fairly large amount for among the
45:35
dollars that are being allocated through
45:36
the state of washington
45:37
uh as we understand from the state of
45:40
washington once they receive
45:42
the documents that we're asking
45:44
authority for the council this evening
45:45
for the mayor to sign
45:46
we will receive approximately five and a
45:48
half million dollars
45:50
in the next couple of weeks uh then the
45:52
remaining dollars
45:53
will come to the city in 2022 um
45:56
next slide
46:00
we have spent a lot of time uh trying to
46:03
better understand the spending
46:04
guidelines if you recall from previous
46:06
uh
46:07
council discussions we have language
46:09
that was in the enabling legislation
46:11
which was passed by the u.s congress
46:13
uh since then the treasury department
46:15
has come up with lots of guidelines
46:17
and so at this point i'd like to
46:19
introduce lindsay misbin uh
46:21
you know lindsay from the outstanding
46:23
work that she does
46:24
with our audits every year but she's
46:27
also taken on an additional role
46:29
this year with being the point person in
46:32
our finance department to
46:34
try to understand where we stand with
46:36
the spending guidelines so lindsay
46:38
i'm going to turn over the next part of
46:40
the presentation to you good evening
46:42
great good evening thank you city
46:44
administrator bob kowitz and good
46:45
evening council members
46:47
um the us treasury established the
46:51
spending guidance
46:52
guidelines on the arpa funds on may 17th
46:56
and they are referred to as the interim
46:58
final rule these guidelines are
47:00
currently in draft form
47:02
and they will become final on july 17th
47:05
thereby allowing a 60-day open comment
47:08
period for treasury to hear from local
47:10
jurisdictions
47:12
um as needed based on feedback on the
47:15
guidance
47:16
these rules are complex and they
47:18
continue to be clarified as people are
47:20
reviewing and digesting all the material
47:23
included we are closely monitoring
47:26
this these clarities as they are
47:28
provided to us to ensure that we have
47:30
the most
47:30
updated and relevant information
47:34
the use of these funds by and large is
47:36
forward facing
47:38
which means they are to be used on
47:41
expenditures incurred between march
47:43
3rd 2021 and december 31st
47:46
2024 under these guidelines an expense
47:51
is considered incurred
47:52
when it is either contracted or
47:55
the goods are purchased or the services
47:59
are um purchased as well
48:03
in turn treasury then has allowed a
48:05
subsequent two-year period
48:07
for those obligated expenditures to
48:11
be spent and that really allows for the
48:14
time
48:14
necessary if infrastructure projects are
48:17
undertaken under these guidelines to set
48:20
up
48:20
the necessary contractual requirements
48:22
and then spend the funding
48:24
by december 31st 2026.
48:27
we must adhere to these strict legal
48:30
regulatory
48:31
and accounting guidelines that have been
48:33
set by treasury
48:34
but of note any funding that we provide
48:38
to individuals to run programs on our
48:40
behalf
48:42
they are referred to as sub-recipients
48:44
and they are also required
48:46
um to adhere to these strict guidelines
48:49
as well
48:50
this is not unusual in a federal award
48:53
um all federal awards have to abide by
48:56
this
48:57
but i think it's of importance to note
48:59
here just due to the complexity of these
49:01
rules
49:04
so what we can't use this funding on
49:08
are expenses incurred prior to that
49:10
march 3rd 2021 date in most instances
49:13
there is some flexibility in the
49:15
guidance
49:16
to expend prior to that date but by and
49:19
large
49:20
we're looking at that march 3rd 2021
49:22
date
49:23
we are not able to use the funding to
49:27
deposit amounts into pension funds which
49:30
is
49:31
not really applicable to us but it's
49:32
more applicable at the state level
49:34
nor are we allowed to use it for
49:36
non-federal matches for federal grant
49:38
programs
49:38
in principle or interest on debt service
49:41
or replenishing or rebuilding reserves
49:44
rainy day funds or contingency funds
49:48
what we are allowed to spend it on has
49:50
been organized by the u.s treasury
49:53
in four overarching categories
49:56
category one has to do with expenditures
49:59
related to responding to the coven 19
50:01
pandemic and the negative economic
50:03
impact related to the pandemic
50:05
the key thing there is that the expenses
50:08
need to be direct
50:09
and it is on their their recipient which
50:12
is us the city
50:13
to document and justify our analysis to
50:16
ensure that those expenditures
50:17
are eligible under these guidelines
50:21
category b uh it relates to premium pay
50:24
for eligible workers
50:26
under the guidelines uh the us treasury
50:29
does allow for
50:30
up to 13 dollars per hour
50:34
for eligible workers that are considered
50:37
essential during the pandemic
50:39
and those were folks that did not have
50:42
the ability to telework that were
50:44
on the front lines interacting with the
50:46
public continuously putting themselves
50:48
at greater risk
50:49
handling goods that other folks were
50:51
also handling
50:53
of interest there uh treasury
50:56
recommends or strongly recommends
50:59
retrospective premium pay
51:01
to go back to the onset of the pandemic
51:03
which is considered january 27
51:05
2020 however under washington state
51:09
guidelines
51:10
washington state does disallow
51:12
retrospective pay for work performed
51:15
so within our state any jurisdiction
51:18
would have to use these funds forward
51:20
facing if they want to expend them under
51:23
category b
51:24
which would also include some type of
51:26
policy development as well
51:28
category c which is the most flexible
51:32
and broadest category by design within
51:34
the guidance
51:36
u.s treasury provided a revenue loss
51:39
calculation
51:40
which entities can perform to determine
51:42
the amount of revenue loss due to the
51:44
pandemic
51:45
and then in turn we are allowed to spend
51:48
the funding
51:50
on governmental services up to that
51:52
amount of lost revenue and we'll touch
51:53
more on that in subsequent slides
51:55
because i think that's a really
51:56
important piece
51:57
of the guidelines category d is
52:00
investments in water
52:02
sore and broadband infrastructure i
52:04
think one of the most notable items
52:06
there
52:07
is that if a recipient chooses to pursue
52:10
broadband infrastructure
52:12
it must be designed so that way it
52:14
serves both the underserved or unserved
52:17
communities within a jurisdiction
52:19
and treasury has provided specific
52:21
download and upload speeds
52:23
that would define those underserved
52:27
populations
52:28
so before pursuing a project within that
52:30
realm
52:32
the recipient would have to perform some
52:34
type of analysis
52:35
or review to determine that those
52:37
populations were being served by this
52:39
project
52:42
so focusing a little bit more attention
52:44
on category
52:46
c the revenue loss category as i
52:49
hit on before this this category really
52:52
provides the greatest flexibility to
52:53
recipients
52:55
uh the revenue loss calculation that
52:58
treasury provided is very generous
53:00
and based on that calculation that we
53:03
performed in accordance with this
53:04
guidance
53:05
we can claim as much as a 12 million
53:07
dollar loss in revenue
53:09
through december 31st 2020. so
53:12
essentially
53:13
we could take the entire 11 million
53:16
dollars amount in our funding allocation
53:19
and spend it all through category c up
53:21
to the 12 million dollars
53:23
if that was so chosen um one of the
53:26
important points there as well
53:28
is that the revenue loss calculation is
53:30
entity wide it's not fund specific
53:33
so you're not um restricted from
53:37
spending in a certain fund
53:40
up to revenue loss by fund you can
53:42
really calculate it at the entity wide
53:44
level
53:44
and then choose to spend it on anything
53:47
identified as a government service
53:49
and government services are anything
53:52
that are direct services or aid to city
53:54
residents
53:55
pay as you go infrastructure so the
53:57
non-finance portion of an infrastructure
54:00
project
54:01
which also includes roads and
54:03
transportation
54:04
it's important to note here too that
54:06
this is really the only area of the
54:08
guidance that offers that broad
54:09
flexibility
54:11
to invest in roads and transportation
54:13
infrastructure
54:14
the guidelines also specifically
54:17
mentioned cyber security healthcare
54:19
education and public safety expenses
54:24
so within those four broad categories
54:27
that we just mentioned there are
54:29
numerous roles and eligibility
54:31
requirements that the city must still
54:32
adhere to
54:34
so this would likely mean that as the
54:36
city moves forward
54:38
in developing the arpa spending plan
54:41
there would need to be a careful review
54:43
to evaluate those spending plan
54:45
decisions against this guideline
54:47
these guidelines to ensure that we
54:50
are expending it in a way that makes it
54:53
eligible and compliant under the
54:55
guidelines
54:56
and we in finance are definitely
54:58
prepared to assist with that review as
55:00
well as coordinating with other subject
55:02
matter experts in the city
55:04
who might be administering the programs
55:06
or expending the funds
55:08
as well as the city attorney to make
55:10
sure we're adhering to any legal and
55:11
contractual requirements as well
55:14
and lastly i just want to conclude by
55:17
saying that uh
55:18
treasury did build in an accountability
55:21
element
55:21
to the use of these funds on an annual
55:24
basis
55:25
we must report to treasury um
55:28
how we've expended these funds and
55:31
the report is through expenses as of
55:34
september 30th of each year
55:35
due on october 31st of each year so the
55:38
first report will be coming up on
55:40
october 31st of 2021
55:43
and with that um that concludes my
55:45
portion of the presentation so i'll go
55:48
ahead and turn it back over to city
55:49
administrator boxwood
55:53
great thank you thank you very much
55:55
lindsay
55:56
so this next slide talks about some of
55:58
the feedback
55:59
that we had the last time we spoke about
56:02
the
56:03
the arpa funds and i just wanted to put
56:05
that up to
56:06
remind uh the council of your discussion
56:09
and also the
56:10
feedback that we got from the mayor's
56:12
recovery task force
56:14
first was the need to determine what
56:16
acute urgent needs of the community and
56:18
city partners are and we'll talk more
56:20
about that in a moment
56:21
um also the emphasis that there's time
56:24
to spend the money so that there's also
56:25
time to plan for use for
56:27
uh funds uh the council's input was
56:31
a portion where the push for non-urgent
56:33
needs should really go to the 2022
56:35
budget process and the administration
56:37
concurs with that um the support for
56:40
restoring lost city revenues as you
56:41
heard from ms nisben
56:43
you know there's much more flexibility
56:46
with that
56:47
than we initially thought and really
56:49
frees up
56:50
the entire amount of money uh to be put
56:52
under that category and then allow the
56:54
city council
56:55
uh to allocate those funds in a much
56:57
broader way than
56:58
what we previously anticipated um ideas
57:02
of working with funding partners
57:03
uh important to mod or possible delayed
57:06
impact of the pandemic
57:07
again i think we're very much in the
57:10
a reopening phase uh in all parts of the
57:13
country certainly here in this spa
57:15
king county uh but i think they're if
57:17
we're not out of the woods completely
57:19
and that's important to remember
57:20
and then uh there was some mention uh
57:22
from the council regarding uh
57:24
specific support for investing in the
57:26
arts uh and the newly approved creative
57:28
arts district is to help with the
57:30
economic recovery so that's just a quick
57:32
summary
57:33
of those discussion points for april
57:35
26th next flight
57:38
so with all that said uh the
57:40
administration is here this evening
57:42
uh to put forward a strategy
57:45
moving forward the first point uh is to
57:48
create a single point of contact for all
57:50
arca programs
57:51
uh to support the isquad residents
57:53
businesses and we'll talk a little bit
57:55
about more about that in a moment
57:58
with that position to evaluate current
58:01
immediate needs in the community
58:03
the council had talked a several weeks
58:05
ago about funding for nonprofits uh that
58:08
item was continued while we waited
58:10
uh to get a final dollar amount the
58:12
administration this evening is
58:13
recommending
58:14
uh that rather than come up with a
58:16
specific program for nonprofits that we
58:18
go through this evaluation
58:20
of community needs and report back to
58:22
you at the beginning of august
58:24
with that information uh third point
58:27
would be to continue to evaluate
58:29
lost revenue i i think just even in the
58:32
last several days we feel
58:33
uh very comfortable with the analysis
58:36
that misbend has given
58:37
there continues to be additional
58:39
guidance coming out from the treasury
58:41
department so we want to certainly keep
58:42
an eye on that
58:43
uh but uh it would look as if the lost
58:46
revenue that we have exceeds
58:48
uh the money that we've been allocated
58:50
from the federal government
58:52
uh next would be uh to come back to the
58:54
council
58:55
on august 6th with a review of what
58:58
immediate needs we've identified and
59:00
perhaps
59:00
move forward with some specific funding
59:02
recommendations but otherwise
59:04
the last point to develop a longer term
59:06
funding strategy
59:08
to be considered with the proposed fy
59:10
2022 budget
59:11
next slide
59:15
so in order to move this forward we're
59:18
recommending
59:19
uh that forty five thousand dollars of
59:21
the recovery act dollars be
59:23
allocated for a recovery coordinator
59:25
position and
59:26
we've asked uh benton kobolist our
59:28
economic development specialist to take
59:30
this
59:30
on so what this money represents is
59:34
basically the half a year of his salary
59:37
so that we would
59:38
reallocate his time as a recover as the
59:41
recovery coordinator
59:42
for the balance of the fiscal year his
59:45
job would be to connect with businesses
59:47
and non-profits
59:48
to connect with the federal resources
59:51
that are available
59:52
for recovery that are in addition to the
59:54
monies that the city has received
59:56
certainly
59:56
king county state of washington federal
59:59
agencies of all
1:00:00
stripe have received arpa money and we
1:00:03
want to make sure that we
1:00:04
get a sense of what's needed in the
1:00:07
community and how we can connect
1:00:08
community members
1:00:09
business owners uh with funds outside of
1:00:12
the allocation of the city of isquad
1:00:14
has received and again that we would
1:00:16
come back
1:00:17
in august with any immediate needs but
1:00:19
otherwise continue to focus on spending
1:00:22
uh with the 2022 budget and as
1:00:25
misbehaving indicated we believe very
1:00:27
comfortably that that forty five
1:00:28
thousand dollars would be allowable
1:00:30
under the category a requirements next
1:00:33
slide
1:00:36
so the next steps um we would with the
1:00:39
council's
1:00:40
approval of the actions before you this
1:00:42
evening uh
1:00:44
authorizing the mayor to submit the
1:00:46
appropriate documentation to the state
1:00:47
of washington to receive the funds
1:00:49
and to move forward with the 45 000
1:00:52
allocation we would come back on august
1:00:53
2nd
1:00:54
with an update from the recovery
1:00:56
coordinator with potential funding
1:00:58
recommendations and then otherwise
1:01:00
come back as part of the budget next
1:01:02
slide
1:01:04
let me once again uh reinforce mayor
1:01:07
paulie's vision
1:01:08
of the spending of these funds recover
1:01:10
rebuild and reimagine
1:01:12
i think we've learned a lot uh in the
1:01:14
few months since the congress
1:01:16
and or approved this package and was
1:01:18
signed by president biden
1:01:20
many of our neighbor communities are
1:01:22
still in the midst of
1:01:24
flirting through this and i think that
1:01:25
we have time
1:01:27
we want to make sure that any other
1:01:28
immediate needs are met of our residents
1:01:30
but really
1:01:32
the administration is proposing that we
1:01:33
take the time to be thoughtful
1:01:35
on those last two elements to rebuild
1:01:38
and reimagine that this is
1:01:39
a once in our professional lifetime
1:01:41
windfall
1:01:42
we will never see something of this
1:01:44
magnitude again i would imagine
1:01:46
certainly not from the federal
1:01:47
government
1:01:48
and so the opportunity to be thoughtful
1:01:50
and make sure that money
1:01:52
is being used to rebuild and especially
1:01:55
to reimagine to make sure that
1:01:57
we're leveraging these funds to make a
1:01:59
squad an even greater stronger place
1:02:01
than it already is
1:02:02
next slide
1:02:06
the recommendation is to authorize the
1:02:08
mayor to accept the arpa funds and to
1:02:10
allocate the 45 000
1:02:11
those are the two actions before you i
1:02:13
believe that is the last slide
1:02:16
lindsay if it is
1:02:21
and let's go ahead and take down the
1:02:23
presentation
1:02:25
um and madam mayor members of the
1:02:27
council mrs misman and i
1:02:29
are ready to answer any questions that
1:02:31
you may have
1:02:33
thank you for the administrator bob
1:02:34
coretz uh i see deputy council president
1:02:37
ray has a question
1:02:39
thank you mayor paul this is chris ray
1:02:40
uh two questions actually
1:02:42
and i i know you said this and i just
1:02:44
missed it when do we expect that the
1:02:46
money
1:02:46
the first tranche of money from the from
1:02:49
the uh
1:02:50
arpa would be arriving here at the city
1:02:54
uh deputy council president members of
1:02:57
the council
1:02:58
our understanding from the state of
1:02:59
washington is that they will be able to
1:03:02
process the money
1:03:03
uh within uh several days after
1:03:06
receiving the uh
1:03:07
documents from us so we we would expect
1:03:09
to see it
1:03:11
i'll pay the next week or two several
1:03:13
days seems awfully optimistic but
1:03:15
the next week or two so imminently okay
1:03:17
pretty pretty immediately
1:03:18
we're not talking into the or anything
1:03:20
like that that's correct great
1:03:21
and then um are there plans to backfill
1:03:24
our economic development specialist
1:03:27
yes that would be the reason for the the
1:03:29
allocation
1:03:30
so uh in talking with uh miss davis
1:03:33
hayes um we want to make sure she has
1:03:35
the flexibility it would likely be
1:03:37
contract work we
1:03:39
we've not we don't really know uh you
1:03:42
know how much
1:03:43
of betten's time this will take we're
1:03:45
assuming it's going to be 100
1:03:46
it may not be we just want to have that
1:03:48
flexibility we don't want to lose any
1:03:51
uh momentum with our other economic
1:03:53
development initiatives so this would
1:03:54
make sure that there's funds available
1:03:56
to keep those going right thank you
1:04:00
thank you deputy council president ray
1:04:02
i'm not seeing any other questions in
1:04:04
the chat but i will give
1:04:05
a few minutes or a minute for council to
1:04:09
decide if they have more questions and
1:04:11
if not
1:04:12
i would be looking for somebody to make
1:04:13
a motion
1:04:18
and let's see council president hunt
1:04:22
thank you this is council president hunt
1:04:24
i moved to authorize the mayor
1:04:26
to enter into and execute the necessary
1:04:28
documents authorizing
1:04:30
the washington state office of financial
1:04:32
management to transfer american rescue
1:04:34
plan
1:04:35
act funds to the city of issaquah and
1:04:38
authorize the allocation of 45 000 of
1:04:41
american rescue plan act funds for the
1:04:44
recovery coordinator position
1:04:45
and direct the finance director to
1:04:48
include 45
1:04:49
000 for the recovery coordinator
1:04:51
position in a subsequent 2021 budget
1:04:53
amendment
1:04:54
thank you and deputy council president
1:04:56
ray second
1:04:58
thank you it's been moved and seconded
1:05:00
discussion
1:05:02
keeping my eye on the chat again
1:05:10
thank you this is council president hunt
1:05:12
i do support the actions that are before
1:05:15
us this evening
1:05:16
and on the broader discussion about
1:05:19
the use of the funds i wanted to only
1:05:23
add that we do have the strategic plan
1:05:25
and i think that having some of the
1:05:29
bigger conversations through the budget
1:05:30
process which we will also be discussing
1:05:33
the strategic plan
1:05:35
check-in of the of the strategic plan
1:05:38
during that budget process i think that
1:05:40
will allow us to
1:05:42
incorporate those actions but i think
1:05:44
that the use of the strategic plan
1:05:46
is really important for how we consider
1:05:48
the ways in which we
1:05:50
rebuild and recover going forward
1:05:53
thank you thank you council president
1:05:55
hunt would anybody else
1:05:57
have a comment or
1:06:00
discussion i'll give it a few seconds
1:06:05
sometimes we have a delay
1:06:08
okay i'm not seeing any other comments
1:06:11
at this time
1:06:12
so if there is no further discussion the
1:06:14
motion before counsel is to authorize
1:06:17
the mayor to enter
1:06:18
into and execute the necessary documents
1:06:20
authorizing the washington state office
1:06:22
of financial management to transfer
1:06:24
american rescue plan act funds to the
1:06:27
city of issaquah
1:06:28
and authorize the allocation of forty
1:06:30
five thousand dollars
1:06:31
of american rescue plan act funds for
1:06:34
the recovery coordinator position
1:06:36
and direct the finance director to
1:06:37
include forty five thousand dollars for
1:06:39
the recovery coordinator position in a
1:06:41
subsequent 2021 budget amendment
1:06:44
city clerk can you call the roll uh the
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vote
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yes beginning with council member martz
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aye
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deputy council president ray aye
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council member walsh i
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council member d michelle aye
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councilmember goodman
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aye councilmember hall aye
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council president hunt aye
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that's seven eyes zero nays
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thank you city cleric that passes
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unanimously
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we are now moving into the good of the
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order and i did hear
1:07:20
two different requests this evening in
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um councilmember hall's
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committee reports he talked about
1:07:27
providing a cascade update and
1:07:29
a potential future request for feedback
1:07:31
from the council
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and councilmember mars indicated a
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desire to discuss a potential
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endorsement of the best starts for kids
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levy so council member hall did you want
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to start
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uh sure thanks mayor paulie this is
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councilmember hall i'm happy to start
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tonight
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um so uh just kind of an update on
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what's been going on in the cascade
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world
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um because we're hoping to get your
1:07:58
feedback not just tonight but over the
1:08:00
next few months
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uh and into the fall um so the board
1:08:05
is um kind of approaching an important
1:08:07
decision
1:08:08
about the future of the lake taps
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reservoir project
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and we wanted to keep you updated along
1:08:15
the process so if you have any questions
1:08:17
or comments we could
1:08:18
make sure to bring those up at future
1:08:19
board meetings and then come back
1:08:22
so by way of a brief background just in
1:08:24
case you don't already know back in 2009
1:08:26
cascade purchased the lake taps
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reservoir project from puget sound
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energy
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uh it's intended to serve as municipal
1:08:33
drinking water supply for our future
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um and it's about a uh
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billion dollar capital utility project
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um
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a few other quick notes um that we've
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learned
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uh the model for some utility
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jurisdictions
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when it comes to capital financing is to
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put away 20
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in revenues to fund the project uh and
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that's what cascade staff would like to
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do and they've told the board that
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um we need to start doing that soon so
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we're beginning
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um that discussion this week and it
1:09:06
should run through september i think
1:09:08
mayor paulie feel free to correct me if
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that's wrong
1:09:10
um there are some concerns at the board
1:09:13
level we wanted to highlight with you
1:09:15
uh one regarding one water supply and
1:09:17
one regarding
1:09:18
rate payers so first um you know it's
1:09:21
possible our region may never need
1:09:23
um that water supply in lake taps or at
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least not in our lifetimes
1:09:27
especially if seattle continues to have
1:09:29
an abundance
1:09:31
of clean affordable drinking water and
1:09:32
continues to sell directly to cascade
1:09:34
into the future
1:09:36
so that's one concern and the second
1:09:37
concern is you know there are concerns
1:09:39
around
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collecting funds from ratepayers
1:09:43
now for a project that might not
1:09:45
necessarily be built
1:09:47
in the future so then the questions
1:09:49
would be
1:09:50
um you know what do we do with those
1:09:51
collected dollars if not
1:09:53
lake tabs reservoir project can
1:09:56
collected dollars
1:09:58
even be returned is there a way to put
1:10:00
restrictions around those dollars so
1:10:02
they don't fall back into
1:10:03
you know cascade fund balance or
1:10:04
something like that so anyways that's
1:10:06
where
1:10:07
we're just starting to get into that at
1:10:09
the board level
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um so if you have any kind of questions
1:10:14
about any of that
1:10:14
any comments on the concerns that the
1:10:17
board has laid out so far
1:10:19
any additional comments you might have
1:10:20
thought of that we didn't think of yet
1:10:22
um we have about three months we'll be
1:10:25
discussing this so if you can't think of
1:10:27
anything right now that's fine
1:10:29
you can always email us to if a concern
1:10:32
or an idea strikes you in the middle of
1:10:34
the night
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um mayor paulie was there anything else
1:10:38
you wanted
1:10:38
the middle of the night thing is no no
1:10:40
no people tell us that
1:10:43
will email or text us the next day just
1:10:45
kidding
1:10:46
um that was a really great summary i
1:10:48
think the reality is
1:10:50
that cascade has multiple choices
1:10:53
for our future water source including
1:10:56
connecting to different pipelines that
1:10:57
already exist
1:10:58
one in the north and one down in pierce
1:11:00
county and so there should there
1:11:02
would be construction of some form of
1:11:05
some capital asset
1:11:06
so the board is noodling around over the
1:11:09
possibility of having
1:11:11
the proposals reviewed or the fund the
1:11:14
fund
1:11:15
balance reviewed every two years in
1:11:18
conjunction with the budget
1:11:19
so while this is not project approval
1:11:21
that we'd be coming back to you for but
1:11:23
more approval of this development fund
1:11:26
that would allow a touch point every two
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years and then if the project changes
1:11:30
from lake cap
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to the pierce county cross
1:11:34
county connection that would have a
1:11:36
lower price tag and the accumulation of
1:11:38
funds
1:11:39
could be slowed down so those are kind
1:11:41
of the
1:11:42
the swirling issues right now and it
1:11:44
looks like we do have
1:11:45
a question from deputy council president
1:11:47
ray
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thank you mayor paulie this is chris
1:11:51
wright uh council president hunt was in
1:11:53
front of me though
1:11:55
oh comment first from council president
1:11:58
hunt and then a question
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come to uh president hunt thank you um
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thank you councilmember hall for the
1:12:06
update on this
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i formally served on the cascade water
1:12:11
alliance board as the
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alternates to mayor paulie and i think
1:12:15
from my perspective that one of the
1:12:17
important components here is that
1:12:19
there were very different projections
1:12:22
for
1:12:22
the demands for water when the lake taps
1:12:26
reservoir project was first contemplated
1:12:29
then what the projections for
1:12:30
the demand for water look like now and
1:12:33
part of that is people are using less
1:12:35
water and part of that too is
1:12:37
people in multi-family buildings and
1:12:40
just a shift
1:12:40
of of how much water each person is
1:12:42
expected to be using in the future
1:12:44
and so um what i think would be useful
1:12:47
and you mentioned
1:12:48
this that that we expect that if we were
1:12:51
to need this it might not be for a long
1:12:52
time i think
1:12:53
to put a finer point on that what would
1:12:55
be useful is to have some
1:12:57
updated projections about with the
1:12:59
reduced demands
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on water in our region including seattle
1:13:03
where we're
1:13:04
currently able to acquire
1:13:07
water at a good rate as you mentioned
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what are the
1:13:11
what are the projections for the future
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and
1:13:14
how many years out are we talking and
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what do the current
1:13:18
demands profiles look like i think
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that's an important part and i think
1:13:22
that's
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that's something that we've we've talked
1:13:25
about and i think it would
1:13:26
help clarify some of these decision
1:13:29
making
1:13:31
council president hunt that's excellent
1:13:33
um uh
1:13:34
council member hall and i'll be going to
1:13:36
a cascade retreat where we talk about
1:13:38
this
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and we have seen some updated um
1:13:41
projections and i think we can ask
1:13:43
cascade to come
1:13:45
and show those production projections as
1:13:47
well
1:13:48
so that would that would be helpful and
1:13:50
deputy council president ray
1:13:52
i am so glad that i deferred to council
1:13:55
president because that was
1:13:56
that was my question that she quite well
1:13:59
addressed so
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um thank you very much that's great
1:14:03
councilmember goodman
1:14:06
uh thank you stacey goodman here i think
1:14:09
the mayor
1:14:10
um made a comment that was exactly the
1:14:13
same as my comment
1:14:14
um and that is um can cascade come here
1:14:17
and make the presentation about what the
1:14:18
projections are
1:14:20
and um along with that um
1:14:23
and maybe now is not exactly the time
1:14:25
since you're going to be talking about
1:14:26
it for three months
1:14:27
um so maybe not next i don't i don't
1:14:30
know but at a
1:14:31
before everything is formed i think
1:14:34
maybe they should take their
1:14:36
um pony show out to their members and
1:14:39
get some direct feedback thank you
1:14:42
councilmember goodman that's great
1:14:43
comment
1:14:44
um when this was circulating through the
1:14:46
board
1:14:47
the there was the intention of just
1:14:49
calling for the vote on the development
1:14:50
fund
1:14:52
uh at the board and there were several
1:14:55
cities that said
1:14:56
no like of course the vote can be here
1:14:58
but you know we have to go home and talk
1:15:00
to
1:15:00
our team about a billion dollar project
1:15:02
so
1:15:03
you gotta you gotta have you gotta come
1:15:05
out and show them some stuff so
1:15:07
um council member hall do you have
1:15:09
everything you need
1:15:10
to comfortably relay back that there are
1:15:13
some additional concerns and a request
1:15:15
for some a presentation i think so mayor
1:15:18
paul this is councilmember hall so kind
1:15:19
of what i'm hearing is you know
1:15:21
trying to get more in depth on
1:15:22
projections for water demand given a lot
1:15:25
of different variables
1:15:26
and also having them come out sometime
1:15:29
when we're closer to
1:15:30
the end to give a presentation on that
1:15:32
and everything else
1:15:34
that's everything i am not seeing any
1:15:38
other comments in the chat
1:15:39
uh but i'll give it a second uh
1:15:43
councilmember goodman yeah i council
1:15:46
member hall mentioned something
1:15:47
i think you said closer to the end um i
1:15:50
don't know what that means
1:15:51
but it just means i think we need to
1:15:53
have it soon enough so before they start
1:15:55
getting set in their ways regarding
1:15:58
their what they would like to propose
1:15:59
that they're
1:16:00
hearing from all their members so maybe
1:16:02
tomorrow's not the right day but i'm not
1:16:03
sure that the end of three months is
1:16:05
right either so i'll leave that up to
1:16:06
you in the mayor to decide thanks
1:16:08
thank you any other comments or
1:16:11
questions on that other ways we'll move
1:16:13
to council member
1:16:14
martz's good of the order
1:16:18
you're on thank you madam mayor so
1:16:21
procedurally uh do i need to move
1:16:25
something before we discuss it or can we
1:16:26
discuss it before i
1:16:27
move something i think that right now
1:16:30
you can just
1:16:32
discuss it and the clerk or the city
1:16:34
manager can advise after the discussion
1:16:36
what type of action you might need she
1:16:39
actually was kind enough to already
1:16:41
said something should we be so inclined
1:16:43
um
1:16:44
so so i mean just a question from my
1:16:47
fellow council members whether we want
1:16:48
to hear
1:16:49
pros and cons of this um and consider
1:16:53
um we i believe supported the last one
1:16:57
four years ago um so
1:17:00
i'm interested in hearing from my fellow
1:17:03
council members i'm not
1:17:05
looking to take a pro or a con physician
1:17:08
uh this evening but
1:17:13
i'm interested in knowing if we if we
1:17:14
want to do that we've got a
1:17:16
potential motion before as if we want to
1:17:19
great i will go to council member d
1:17:21
michelle
1:17:24
thank you mayor paulie i would like to
1:17:27
have the council
1:17:28
consider this at a future meeting as
1:17:31
well and i know that there's uh
1:17:33
time sensitivity here but i believe that
1:17:37
this would fit in well with uh with the
1:17:40
um schedule that was put before us
1:17:43
tonight
1:17:44
so i would support the idea of uh
1:17:47
listening to our community and getting
1:17:48
both pro and con
1:17:50
comments before us and uh moving forward
1:17:53
with the resolution
1:17:54
thank you great so
1:17:58
i may have missed that council member
1:18:00
mart's but he's been the chat
1:18:02
the actual motion no she actually sent
1:18:05
it via
1:18:06
email okay great
1:18:10
okay is there anyone who would like to
1:18:12
make a motion
1:18:14
uh i'll make a motion uh i'd like to
1:18:17
move to direct administration to prepare
1:18:19
a resolution
1:18:20
in support of the best starts for kids
1:18:22
lefty for consideration
1:18:23
by the council at the july 19th council
1:18:26
meeting and schedule
1:18:27
a related public hearing for the july 19
1:18:30
2021 council meeting
1:18:32
uh thank you council member mertz and
1:18:34
council member g michelle
1:18:36
second it's been moved and seconded is
1:18:39
there any
1:18:40
additional discussion or comments on the
1:18:42
motion
1:18:47
council member goodman and councilmember
1:18:50
hall
1:18:51
thank you councilmember goodman here so
1:18:54
this is just a
1:18:55
procedural question directing the
1:18:57
administration to prepare a resolution
1:18:58
in support of um before we hear the
1:19:04
before we have the hearing in the pros
1:19:05
and cons um that just sounds
1:19:09
i don't remember what we've done before
1:19:11
maybe that's what we've done before it
1:19:12
sounds like the cart before the horse
1:19:14
but
1:19:16
so maybe somebody can respond to that
1:19:18
sure i'll let um
1:19:20
the city clerk um explain why it's
1:19:23
written that way or
1:19:23
what might have been passed past
1:19:25
practice or administrator bob quits
1:19:28
either one of you can take the questions
1:19:29
i think there's a couple different ways
1:19:30
to do this
1:19:34
disha clark keyser wants to sign in
1:19:37
otherwise i will
1:19:39
sure council member goodman we are
1:19:41
limited in the amount of time
1:19:43
before the election so uh while a public
1:19:47
hearing is our
1:19:48
recommended course of action to ensure
1:19:50
we're hearing from both sides i think
1:19:52
um due to timing it would be beneficial
1:19:54
to have a resolution
1:19:56
prepared for council consideration and
1:19:58
potential amendment
1:20:00
at the same meeting on july 19th
1:20:05
so um to the clerk just to clarify this
1:20:07
motion could just be
1:20:08
amended uh to say to not support
1:20:12
or to do something different
1:20:15
well i i what i was saying is that uh we
1:20:19
would prepare
1:20:20
based on this motion that's before the
1:20:22
council now there'd be a resolution
1:20:23
prepared in support
1:20:25
but at that meeting following the public
1:20:27
hearing the council
1:20:29
would have that resolution before them
1:20:31
and could choose to
1:20:32
modify it at that time
1:20:37
councilmember goodman does that answer
1:20:38
your question or concern
1:20:42
um yes um i don't remember like i said i
1:20:46
don't remember what we've done in the
1:20:47
past but
1:20:48
and i understand the i think the
1:20:50
election is what the third or something
1:20:52
august 3rd
1:20:52
i understand the timing it just seems to
1:20:56
put it out in a packet says it almost
1:20:58
says we're going to support it anyway
1:21:00
that's that's all i'm saying um
1:21:04
i wish there was a different way we
1:21:05
could do it but
1:21:08
okay thank you uh councilmember hall
1:21:12
with a question
1:21:12
and council president hunt with a
1:21:14
question
1:21:15
uh thank you this is councilmember hall
1:21:17
just a quick um
1:21:19
process question um because i heard it
1:21:22
was like you know we would get
1:21:23
some pros and con speakers can someone
1:21:27
walk us through kind of what that
1:21:29
evening would look like
1:21:31
um from a presentation
1:21:34
perspective are we finding pro and con
1:21:36
speakers from out in the community how
1:21:38
are they
1:21:39
do they are they already selected are we
1:21:41
just relying on folks to
1:21:43
to join and then we have equal numbers
1:21:45
how does that work
1:21:47
madam mayor members of the council let
1:21:49
me maybe take a crack at this uh
1:21:51
uh what we would need to do is uh there
1:21:54
is
1:21:54
already a group organized that is the in
1:21:57
favor of the initiative we would offer
1:21:59
them an opportunity to speak
1:22:01
we would also look to see if there's
1:22:02
organized opposition if there's
1:22:04
organized opposition
1:22:05
we would we would have them speak i
1:22:08
think if we are unable to find
1:22:09
organized opposition we would just have
1:22:11
an opportunity
1:22:13
uh if someone were to use a step forward
1:22:15
as an individual
1:22:16
who wish to speak in opposition then
1:22:18
they would we would have that
1:22:19
opportunity but first we would look
1:22:20
for any organized opposition i don't
1:22:22
believe that there is any for this
1:22:24
initiative
1:22:24
but i think if the statute is
1:22:26
contemplated in many cases there is
1:22:29
um a vote no and about yes on any
1:22:32
particular initiative so
1:22:34
we'll do that well those presentations
1:22:35
will be made there'll be public comment
1:22:37
available under the public hearing and
1:22:40
then the council connect on the
1:22:41
resolution and if the council
1:22:43
is so persuaded by the arguments as
1:22:46
the city clerk indicated that resolution
1:22:48
could easily be
1:22:49
amended to change what the council is
1:22:53
considering but i i don't think that
1:22:55
it's an unusual thing
1:22:57
to ask for something uh to be prepared
1:22:59
in
1:23:00
in support or opposition uh prior to
1:23:03
this
1:23:04
public hearing i i don't think that
1:23:05
there's any transparency issues or
1:23:09
pre-supposition issues i i think that's
1:23:10
a fairly standard practice
1:23:14
thank you uh mr president
1:23:18
thank you this is council president hunt
1:23:20
quick question on timing
1:23:22
i i do believe that um while this is
1:23:25
before
1:23:25
the end of the election that that ballot
1:23:28
ballots will
1:23:29
have gone out already by the time of
1:23:31
this july 19 meeting and just wanted to
1:23:33
make sure that that
1:23:34
isn't a issue
1:23:38
is that a question of whether or not
1:23:40
it's an issue for issuing the resolution
1:23:42
or whether or not the council
1:23:45
has a concern with issuing it after
1:23:49
well i guess uh my question
1:23:52
was meant to be a question for the
1:23:56
probably city clerks or city
1:23:57
administration about if it's
1:24:00
um taking a position
1:24:03
after the ballots have been mailed out
1:24:04
is um okay
1:24:06
and then if there is an issue with
1:24:09
council but i was meaning it for the
1:24:10
administration
1:24:11
okay so we'll do um city clerk
1:24:15
or jim haney turned his camera on jim
1:24:19
i was just gonna say that there is
1:24:20
nothing um
1:24:22
that prevents you from taking a position
1:24:24
after the ballots are mailed out
1:24:27
there's nothing in the law that prevents
1:24:28
you from doing that
1:24:31
you're the mystery above quotes
1:24:34
you know thank you okay
1:24:37
uh i'm not saying anything else in the
1:24:39
chat
1:24:41
so i will reread the motion
1:24:44
to direct the administration to prepare
1:24:45
a resolution in support of the best
1:24:47
starts for kids levy for consideration
1:24:49
by the council at the july 19 council
1:24:51
meeting
1:24:52
and schedule a related public hearing
1:24:54
for the july 19
1:24:55
2021 council meeting and
1:24:58
i will turn it over to the city clerk
1:25:00
for a roll call vote
1:25:02
starting with deputy council president
1:25:04
ray aye
1:25:06
council member walsh aye councilmember d
1:25:10
michelle
1:25:11
aye councilmember goodman aye
1:25:15
councilmember hall aye council president
1:25:19
hunt
1:25:20
aye councilmember martz aye
1:25:24
seven eyes zero nays thank you that
1:25:27
passes unanimously
1:25:28
um are there any other items for good of
1:25:31
the order before i asked the city
1:25:33
administrator to make a comment on penn
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a which is a reference to the capital
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finance community task force which
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caused a little confusion today
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any other items
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okay student minister bob kurtz there
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were some questions today about the item
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under grid of the order
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uh yes madam mayor members the council
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the item was posted to the agenda
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prematurely
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so there are not appointments ready to
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be made okay
1:25:57
thank you for clarifying that um there
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are some upcoming council meetings city
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council study session is on tuesday june
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29th with potential agenda items
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including a mobility overview
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king county metro update squawk and
1:26:10
talus shuttle
1:26:12
intelligent transportation systems
1:26:13
program and the newport way
1:26:15
maple to sunset project on july 6th the
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regular city council meeting has been
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cancelled
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people can go to concerts on the green
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instead city council study session of
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tuesday july 13th the potential agenda
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items include the equity board
1:26:29
proposal and the equity lens discussion
1:26:32
there was an executive session held
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prior to tonight's meeting
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and there being no further business on
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our agenda this evening
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this uh june 21st solstice council
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meeting is adjourned
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at 6 21. go enjoy what's left of it have
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a good night
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you