City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, July 19, 2021 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

First for Roll Call Vote: Councilmember Walsh

6. CONSENT CALENDAR

Minutes: City Council Study Session, May 11, 2021

Carried 5-0

Approve · packet pp.57–59

Open packet at p.57 ↗

Staff report:

Page 57 of 377 CONSENT CALENDAR b) 05-11-21 Council Study Session Minutes Page 0000

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

Minutes: City Council Study Session, June 15, 2021

Carried 5-0

Approve · packet pp.61–62

Open packet at p.61 ↗

Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 06-15-21 Council Study Session Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Council Study Session 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting June 15, 2021 MINUTES

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, June 21, 2021

Carried 5-0

Approve · packet pp.63

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 7, 2021

Open packet at p.63 ↗

Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 06-21-21 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting June 21, 2021 MINUTES

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, June 21, 2021

Carried 5-0

Accept; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.65–68

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jun 7, 2021

Open packet at p.65 ↗

Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR e) 06-21-21 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Virtual Meeting June 21, 2021 MINUTES

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

Second Quarter Reports: City Work Plan, Capital Projects, and Performance Measurements AB 8181

Carried 5-0

Receive · packet pp.105–167

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jan 30, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 23, 2021

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Staff report:

The Administration first presented the 2021 Work Plan to the City Council at the January 30, 2021 City Council retreat. Prior to the first quarter of 2021, the City Council received verbal updates on the attached reports. For first quarter 2021, it was recommended that the Administration forego a formal presentation. At the April 19, 2021 City Council meeting, the Council accepted the reports under the Consent Calendar.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

RH2 Engineering Contract Amendment AB 8186

Carried 5-0

Authorize · packet pp.169–189

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Staff report:

The City entered into a contract with RH2 initially in 1995 to provide engineering staff services as part of the City's Major Development Review Team (MDRT). In December 2016, the Administration issued a Request for Proposals to consider alternative consulting firms for providing this service to the City. As part of that process, the Administration decided to continue utilizing RH2 for staff services and has continued to do so with an average base contract amount of approximately $400,000, representing approximately 2,400 hours of service per year since 2017.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) Grant (12th Ave NW and SR AB 8194

Carried 5-0

Authorize Submittal · packet pp.191–194

Topics: Transportation

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Staff report:

B. Project Location

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

Dept. of Homeland Security Grant AB 8197

Carried 5-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.195–201

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Staff report:

The United States Dept. of Homeland Security provides federal grants to agencies in need of police equipment. The Seattle Police Department is a sub-recipient to receive the police equipment and distribute the equipment to agencies who request them. The Issaquah Police Department has previously received this grant from the Seattle Police Department.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

Level 3 Franchise Agreement AB 8201

Carried 5-0

Introduce · packet pp.203–246

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · May 4, 2015

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Staff report:

Level 3’s original five-year telecommunication franchise was adopted by Ordinance No. 2739 and expired in 2020. Renewal negotiations for a new franchise were put on hold while the City Council reviewed and adopted a new telecommunications code in January 2020.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

RV Park Management Agreement AB 8202

Carried 5-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.247–259

Topics: Parks

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Feb 1, 2021

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Staff report:

The Issaquah Village RV Park at 650 1st Ave. NE was purchased by the City of Issaquah in 1994 to provide for a future expansion of its Public Works facilities and has been operated by Midwest Members Only LLC since that time. The previous management agreement between the City and Midwest Members Only LLC was approved by the City Council on February 1, 2021 and extended through June 30, 2021. The previous agreement was only 5 months long in order to allow time to negotiate with Lumen for a portion of the site that would be exchanged for the future site of a transit-oriented development with affordable housing. In May 2021, Lumen announced they would no longer need a relocation site, but are still interested in providing their current location on Newport Way to support of the TOD project.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

2021 Arts Grant Recommendations AB 8210

Carried 5-0

Approve · packet pp.287–289

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Staff report:

The City supports arts and culture programs and projects in and for the community through an annual arts granting program administered by the Arts Commission. Due to the impacts of COVID 19 on the local arts sector and the challenges of producing public programming, the annual granting process is being administered in two grant application rounds in 2021. This change allows the program to respond to evolving needs of the community and capabilities of the local arts sector, given the challenges of delivering public programming in a pandemic.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

7. PUBLIC HEARING

Consideration to Support Best Start for Kids Levy, King County Prop. 1 Youth, Families and Communities) AB 8203

Carried 4-1

Conduct Public Hearing; Approve Resolution · packet pp.291–299

Topics: BudgetArts & Culture

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Staff report:

At the Council Meeting of June 21, 2021, Council was provided an Informational Presentation from King County regarding the upcoming Best Starts for Kids levy renewal (Exhibit B).

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by DE MICHELE

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

Opposed: Goodman

8. REGULAR BUSINESS

City Council Hybrid Meetings Plan AB 8204

Carried 5-0

Direct Administration · packet pp.367–377

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Staff report:

In March 2020, the City Council quickly transitioned to virtual Council meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic and, eventually, the Governor's Proclamation 20-28, requiring meetings that fall under the Open Public Meetings Act, such as City Council meetings, be conducted remotely. The state legislature eventually extended the proclamation. It is now in place until rescinded or until termination of the state of emergency. Throughout this time, the City Council has conducted its meetings entirely remotely. Under the proclamation, in person meetings were prohibited under certain phases of the Governor's Safe Start Plan. In other phases, in addition to a virtual meeting, a concurrent in person meeting could be held if all meeting attendees had the ability to hear each other at the same time and numerous health and safety requirements were met.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by HALL

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:00 ↗ and due to the governor's proclamation

0:03 ↗ 20-28 relating to the covet 19 emergency

0:06 ↗ and open public meetings this meeting

0:08 ↗ will be held entirely remotely this

0:10 ↗ evening

0:11 ↗ so at this point i'd like to take a

0:13 ↗ moment and do a roll call of the council

0:15 ↗ members that are in attendance so please

0:16 ↗ stay here when i call your name

0:18 ↗ councilmember martz and deputy council

0:21 ↗ president ray have an excused absence

0:23 ↗ this evening

0:24 ↗ councilmember d michelle cheer thank you

0:27 ↗ councilmember goodman yeah councilmember

0:30 ↗ hall

0:31 ↗ here council president hunt here

0:35 ↗ and council member walsh here thank you

0:38 ↗ we have five

0:39 ↗ of our council members here this evening

0:41 ↗ the next item on the agenda is the

0:43 ↗ pledge of allegiance and i would welcome

0:45 ↗ you to join me in it but i'm also going

0:47 ↗ to ask you to mute

0:49 ↗ i'll give you a second to do that

0:53 ↗ i pledge allegiance to the flag of the

0:55 ↗ united states of america

0:57 ↗ and to the republic for which it stands

1:00 ↗ one nation

1:01 ↗ under god indivisible with liberty and

1:03 ↗ justice for all

1:07 ↗ thank you the next item on our agenda

1:09 ↗ this evening is audience comments

1:11 ↗ and for those of you who have submitted

1:13 ↗ the online form to make your comments

1:15 ↗ your name will be called shortly

1:17 ↗ for those who have joined us tonight and

1:18 ↗ would like to make comments but did not

1:20 ↗ sign up in advance

1:21 ↗ you can raise your virtual hand if

1:23 ↗ you're on the phone

1:25 ↗ by pressing star three and if you have

1:27 ↗ joined by a computer or smartphone

1:29 ↗ look for a hand icon this can vary by

1:32 ↗ device

1:32 ↗ one option may be to go to the

1:34 ↗ participant panel and choose the raise

1:36 ↗ hand icon icon in the lower right hand

1:39 ↗ corner

1:40 ↗ there is also going to be a public

1:42 ↗ hearing tonight on ab8203

1:45 ↗ consideration to support best start for

1:48 ↗ kids levy

1:49 ↗ king county proposition number one

1:52 ↗ comments on this topic must be made

1:54 ↗ under the public hearing which is

1:56 ↗ occurring later in the meeting

1:58 ↗ and city clerk has anyone signed up to

1:59 ↗ speak for general audience comments or

2:02 ↗ indicated a desire to speak this evening

2:06 ↗ yes

2:11 ↗ so for those making remarks i want to

2:13 ↗ remind you to please

2:14 ↗ direct your comments to the whole

2:16 ↗ council and not to individuals

2:17 ↗ and while this is not a question and

2:19 ↗ answer session we will contact you to

2:22 ↗ follow up if needed

2:23 ↗ when you are recognized please unmute

2:25 ↗ your microphone

2:26 ↗ state your name and address and

2:28 ↗ relationship to the city

2:30 ↗ and speak clearly and pause frequently

2:32 ↗ please limit your comments to five

2:34 ↗ minutes and re-mute your microphone when

2:36 ↗ you're done

2:37 ↗ if you do not respond after your name or

2:39 ↗ phone number is called or if the

2:41 ↗ connection is lost

2:42 ↗ unexpectedly the meeting will still need

2:44 ↗ to proceed

2:45 ↗ you are encouraged to rejoin the meeting

2:47 ↗ if able personal attacks obscene

2:50 ↗ language derogatory remarks and

2:52 ↗ disruptive behavior will not be

2:53 ↗ permitted

2:54 ↗ citizen comments written and verbal are

2:57 ↗ an important aspect of the public

2:58 ↗ process

2:59 ↗ and the city takes these comments

3:00 ↗ seriously and we thank you for taking

3:02 ↗ the time to address us

3:04 ↗ declare can you please identify the

3:06 ↗ first person who has signed up to speak

3:08 ↗ tonight

3:11 ↗ yes the first person who has signed up

3:12 ↗ to speak is douglas evans

3:14 ↗ douglas in just a moment you should see

3:17 ↗ an option to

3:18 ↗ unmute and you may also choose to turn

3:19 ↗ your video on

3:26 ↗ you have the floor thank you

3:31 ↗ so i'll make this brief thank you mayor

3:33 ↗ paul and council members

3:35 ↗ i did prepare something in writing to

3:37 ↗ try and make this go quickly i know it's

3:39 ↗ a nice summer evening and no one wants

3:40 ↗ to be

3:41 ↗ sitting in front of their computers

3:42 ↗ doing this on a nice day like today so

3:45 ↗ i'll try and be brief so my issue

3:47 ↗ relates to the permit review process

3:49 ↗ and the cost and some of the absurd

3:51 ↗ requirements that are being made to do

3:53 ↗ to replace a boat lift on lake sammamish

3:57 ↗ uh i own a small home on lake simulation

3:59 ↗ the south cove area

4:00 ↗ there's a dock and a boat lift i've

4:02 ↗ owned it for about

4:04 ↗ uh nine years now it's a really small

4:06 ↗ house we use it more of a summer cottage

4:09 ↗ so it's not a big five million dollar

4:11 ↗ mansion

4:12 ↗ but last year during a wind storm uh we

4:15 ↗ have a canopy over the boat lift and it

4:18 ↗ got caught in the wind and it ended up

4:20 ↗ causing the

4:21 ↗ boat lift itself to be damaged the

4:23 ↗ canopy

4:24 ↗ now sits halfway in the water so it's

4:27 ↗ been an eyesore since then

4:29 ↗ back in march i went ahead and started

4:32 ↗ the process

4:33 ↗ trying to figure out whether i wanted to

4:34 ↗ replace it or whether i wanted to try

4:36 ↗ and fix it

4:37 ↗ because it's so old it's a water driven

4:40 ↗ boat lift as well and we've had issues

4:42 ↗ where the water was left on and

4:44 ↗ uh had some substantial bills to the

4:46 ↗ water department as a result we decided

4:48 ↗ to go ahead and replace it

4:50 ↗ and that's where things have gotten kind

4:52 ↗ of funny the

4:53 ↗ and i don't know if anybody's ever gone

4:54 ↗ through the permit process city

4:56 ↗ or any city before but it's not a very

4:58 ↗ fun process especially for someone who's

5:00 ↗ kind of a lay person like i am

5:03 ↗ um so far uh you know one of the main

5:05 ↗ things we had to do is get what they

5:06 ↗ call an

5:07 ↗ exemption to the shoreline substantial

5:08 ↗ development permit that's 525

5:11 ↗ i understand why they do that in order

5:14 ↗ to proceed with the washington

5:16 ↗ department of fish and wildlife or the

5:17 ↗ corps of engineers i need that permit

5:19 ↗ though

5:20 ↗ and so i submitted at the end of april

5:22 ↗ uh for that permit

5:24 ↗ i heard nothing i went online at the

5:26 ↗ about mid

5:29 ↗ june and found out that it had been

5:30 ↗ approved by several of the people that

5:32 ↗ had to do it but one particular planner

5:34 ↗ wasn't available to do it i found out

5:36 ↗ she'd been on vacation for a couple

5:38 ↗ weeks

5:39 ↗ uh after some prodding and finally

5:40 ↗ apparently when she got back from

5:42 ↗ vacation she

5:43 ↗ went ahead and did her work on the

5:45 ↗ permit

5:46 ↗ the problem is that there was 13

5:48 ↗ conditions assigned to it

5:51 ↗ a couple of those included getting a

5:52 ↗ building permit which is not a big deal

5:54 ↗ except that

5:55 ↗ all the building risks regard require a

5:57 ↗ topography

6:00 ↗ by a surveyor uh in checking i'm looking

6:03 ↗ at another 2500 to 3000 for that and

6:05 ↗ we're eight to ten weeks out to do that

6:07 ↗ i'm replacing a lift that is already

6:10 ↗ there

6:12 ↗ um i submitted a bunch of questions and

6:15 ↗ follow-up because they also wanted to

6:16 ↗ flood hazard permit

6:18 ↗ and i got over the next three weeks got

6:20 ↗ no responses

6:22 ↗ um finally and i will give a shout out

6:25 ↗ to your director minnie

6:27 ↗ uh dollywall because she has been great

6:30 ↗ she's talked to me a couple times today

6:32 ↗ but i copied her finally on some of the

6:34 ↗ um

6:35 ↗ on some of the correspondence and she's

6:37 ↗ been great trying to do some of the work

6:38 ↗ that i think her staff should have done

6:40 ↗ for me

6:41 ↗ uh she's promised to get back to you

6:42 ↗ tomorrow after she's done some more

6:44 ↗ homework on the issue

6:45 ↗ but i just wanted to kind of let let the

6:48 ↗ council and the mayor know that

6:49 ↗ this process you know for replacing a

6:51 ↗ boat lift has just gotten so cumbersome

6:53 ↗ and so expensive

6:55 ↗ that i understand now why my neighbors

6:56 ↗ were laughing at me

6:58 ↗ when i started the process because they

7:00 ↗ said that no one gets permits for it

7:02 ↗ even though it's required and i just i

7:04 ↗ think i don't know i know that the city

7:06 ↗ has limited control with some of the

7:08 ↗ other agencies that are involved in this

7:10 ↗ but i think you should know that this is

7:11 ↗ just terrible and it's just

7:13 ↗ and i and i and and i think most

7:15 ↗ homeowners don't follow the process

7:17 ↗ anymore so i'll stop with that i'll let

7:20 ↗ you go on to the

7:21 ↗ more important things in life but uh you

7:24 ↗ know i do

7:24 ↗ again thank you for your director for

7:26 ↗ getting involved and i'm hoping that

7:27 ↗ we'll have some resolution

7:29 ↗ in the next couple days thank you

7:31 ↗ douglas

7:32 ↗ um very important comments glad that you

7:35 ↗ came tonight and shared them with us

7:37 ↗ all right take care everyone thank you

7:39 ↗ thank you

7:40 ↗ city clerk do we have anyone else signed

7:42 ↗ to speak this evening

7:46 ↗ mayor we have an individual who signed

7:48 ↗ up to make comments under the public

7:50 ↗ hearing

7:50 ↗ so i'll just ask again if there's anyone

7:53 ↗ else

7:53 ↗ on the call who would like to make

7:55 ↗ comments at this time

7:57 ↗ under general audience comments as the

7:59 ↗ mayor said you can raise your virtual

8:00 ↗ hand if you're on the phone by pressing

8:02 ↗ star 3

8:03 ↗ or on a computer opening your

8:05 ↗ participant panel

8:07 ↗ and raising your virtual hand

8:14 ↗ all right and i don't see that anyone

8:16 ↗ else is indicating a

8:17 ↗ desire to speak

8:20 ↗ that is great thank you city clerk i

8:23 ↗ want to thank

8:24 ↗ douglas for coming in this evening it's

8:26 ↗ especially important to hear these kinds

8:28 ↗ of things when the council is actually

8:29 ↗ looking at title 18 and

8:31 ↗ other codes right now so um but that was

8:34 ↗ all we had for tonight

8:36 ↗ um just as a reminder if somebody does

8:38 ↗ want to send comments into the council

8:39 ↗ at any time they can submit them to city

8:41 ↗ council

8:42 ↗ at isapawa.gov i also wanted to go to

8:45 ↗ council president hunt and see if there

8:47 ↗ were any emails that the council

8:48 ↗ president had received related to

8:51 ↗ comments or comments on anything on

8:54 ↗ tonight's agenda topics

8:57 ↗ thank you madam mayor this is council

8:58 ↗ president hunt um while we've been

9:00 ↗ having virtual meetings i've been

9:02 ↗ summarizing

9:03 ↗ emails that we received that

9:04 ↗ specifically reference items on

9:07 ↗ our agendas and on tonight's agenda we

9:10 ↗ did receive one email that specifically

9:12 ↗ referenced

9:13 ↗ ab-8181 which is the second quarter

9:16 ↗ reports

9:16 ↗ city work plan capital projects and

9:18 ↗ performance measurements

9:21 ↗ and this is an item on consent in this

9:24 ↗ email the community member that wrote to

9:25 ↗ us

9:26 ↗ expressed that they disagreed with the

9:28 ↗ foregoing of a formal presentation of

9:30 ↗ the material

9:31 ↗ and they also provided comments on

9:32 ↗ multiple topics that were related to the

9:34 ↗ work plan and that concludes emailed

9:37 ↗ comments

9:37 ↗ specifically on tonight's agenda items

9:40 ↗ thank you council president hunt

9:42 ↗ the next item we'll be going to is

9:44 ↗ committee and regional reports and we'll

9:46 ↗ start tonight with councilmember hall

9:50 ↗ thank you this is councilmember hall uh

9:52 ↗ two quick reports tonight

9:54 ↗ um first for cascade water alliance

9:57 ↗ mayor paulie and i attended a cascade

9:59 ↗ board workshop

10:00 ↗ on wednesday june 30th we were actually

10:03 ↗ presented with a lot of the information

10:05 ↗ that you all asked for

10:07 ↗ including some of the updated water

10:09 ↗ demand projections

10:11 ↗ you know feedback that we that we asked

10:13 ↗ from you last month and

10:15 ↗ cascade staff has agreed to come present

10:18 ↗ at a future study session to be

10:20 ↗ determined so

10:21 ↗ stay tuned on that and the next board

10:24 ↗ meeting is next wednesday july 28th

10:26 ↗ at 3 30. um the next meeting of the

10:30 ↗ growth management planning council's

10:32 ↗ affordable housing committee is this

10:34 ↗ wednesday july 21st at noon

10:37 ↗ we're going to be getting a number of

10:38 ↗ briefings that day including an update

10:40 ↗ on the county-wide planning policies

10:42 ↗ that were just adopted by the growth

10:43 ↗ management planning council

10:45 ↗ an update on how partners are using

10:48 ↗ their new

10:49 ↗ affordable housing sales tax dollars and

10:51 ↗ an update on what we're calling

10:53 ↗ the community partners roundtable which

10:56 ↗ is essentially a forum

10:57 ↗ for the community to better engage in

11:00 ↗ the regional work that we're doing as a

11:01 ↗ committee

11:02 ↗ and with that that concludes my report

11:06 ↗ thank you next up is council member d

11:08 ↗ michelle

11:10 ↗ thank you mayor paulie on july

11:14 ↗ 9th i attended the east side

11:15 ↗ transportation partnership meeting

11:18 ↗ uh sound transit presented its

11:19 ↗ realignment plan for

11:21 ↗ comment and those commenting including

11:23 ↗ myself

11:24 ↗ urged sound transit not to delay the 405

11:27 ↗ north project which includes a

11:29 ↗ significant bus

11:30 ↗ rapid transit implementation we were

11:33 ↗ pointing out that a delay would

11:35 ↗ adversely impact transit recovery for

11:37 ↗ the entire east side

11:39 ↗ during the meeting we were joined by

11:40 ↗ king county council president and sound

11:42 ↗ transit board member claudia balducci

11:45 ↗ who supported our position and said she

11:47 ↗ is working hard to find ways to get the

11:49 ↗ project back on track

11:51 ↗ there will be important opportunities

11:53 ↗ for council members from east side

11:54 ↗ cities to comment on the sound transit

11:56 ↗ realignment

11:57 ↗ during the month of august and we will

11:59 ↗ keep you informed of those dates and

12:01 ↗ times

12:02 ↗ on friday july the 15th sound transit

12:05 ↗ received a revenue forecast with a 1.4

12:08 ↗ billion

12:09 ↗ decrease in the affordability gap with

12:11 ↗ the caution that there are still many

12:13 ↗ unknowns

12:14 ↗ and the current gap means that many

12:15 ↗ projects are still

12:17 ↗ unaffordable however the conversation at

12:19 ↗ the sound transit board indicated

12:21 ↗ support for moving the tier 2 projects

12:24 ↗ which includes the 405 north project one

12:27 ↗ year forward on the proposed schedule

12:29 ↗ so this was this is a

12:32 ↗ item that we will be watching really

12:34 ↗ closely also on july 7th and the 13th i

12:38 ↗ attended meetings of the eastside human

12:39 ↗ service forum

12:40 ↗ legislative committee and executive

12:42 ↗ search committee respectfully

12:44 ↗ respectively so thank you that ends my

12:48 ↗ report

12:50 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle next

12:52 ↗ we have council member walsh

12:55 ↗ thank you this is councilmember walsh um

12:57 ↗ on july 7th

12:58 ↗ i attended the puget sound regional

13:01 ↗ council's economic development district

13:03 ↗ board

13:04 ↗ um there we continue the conversation

13:07 ↗ about regional workforce recovery

13:09 ↗ planning

13:10 ↗ um and talking about the outreach that's

13:14 ↗ going to happen

13:14 ↗ in that conversation especially with

13:18 ↗ um

13:21 ↗ people who are not involved in the

13:23 ↗ process as much

13:24 ↗ um and then we also received a

13:27 ↗ an update on the economic development

13:30 ↗ guide

13:30 ↗ which they are promoting which similar

13:33 ↗ to

13:34 ↗ the um k for c

13:37 ↗ tool kit which is meant to as something

13:40 ↗ that's

13:41 ↗ developed regionally to help

13:44 ↗ localities do their own planning this is

13:48 ↗ uh for the economic development element

13:51 ↗ of the

13:55 ↗ comprehensive plan and so it's kind of a

13:57 ↗ guide for

13:58 ↗ helping cities and localities create

14:01 ↗ their plan along with some metrics so

14:02 ↗ i'm really excited about

14:04 ↗ that coming out and i've already talked

14:06 ↗ to jen davis hayes about it

14:07 ↗ um but we'll see what it is we just got

14:10 ↗ a presentation that is coming so

14:13 ↗ that concludes my report thanks thank

14:16 ↗ you councilmember walsh

14:18 ↗ next up councilmember goodman thank you

14:20 ↗ madam mayor

14:21 ↗ um i apologize for my froggy throat um

14:26 ↗ last thursday i think that's july 15th

14:28 ↗ the east side fire rescue

14:30 ↗ board of directors held a special

14:32 ↗ meeting during that meeting the board

14:34 ↗ approved a contract to provide

14:36 ↗ fire and emergency services to

14:38 ↗ approximately 30 square miles

14:39 ↗ within the city of woodenville and areas

14:42 ↗ and incorporated unincorporated king

14:43 ↗ county

14:44 ↗ uh this is really big and exciting news

14:47 ↗ and it's a great

14:47 ↗ opportunity for eastern fire and rescue

14:50 ↗ and uh i'll provide some

14:51 ↗ details now the first thing is that this

14:54 ↗ is a contract for

14:55 ↗ services between eastside fire and

14:57 ↗ woodenville fire

14:58 ↗ there would be um there are no voting

15:00 ↗ rights or official participation

15:02 ↗ of woodenville fire at the east side

15:04 ↗ fire board level

15:05 ↗ this is a 10-year contract for service

15:07 ↗ with automatic 10-year renewals

15:10 ↗ terms that match the current partner

15:12 ↗ shop ship

15:13 ↗ in our local agreement eastside fire and

15:15 ↗ rescue essentially will operate

15:17 ↗ woodenville fire

15:18 ↗ using wooden build fires existing

15:20 ↗ personnel equipment and facilities

15:23 ↗ on october 1st eastside fire will begin

15:25 ↗ operating the three woodenville fire

15:27 ↗ stations

15:28 ↗ at woodenville's stated service level

15:31 ↗ and woodenville

15:32 ↗ and at woodenville's expense woodenville

15:34 ↗ will

15:35 ↗ experience cost savings and east side

15:37 ↗ fire will collect a 10 percent

15:39 ↗ administrative charge that will be

15:41 ↗ treated as

15:42 ↗ non-partner revenue non-partner revenue

15:45 ↗ will go toward reducing east side fire

15:47 ↗ expenses

15:48 ↗ before the remaining expenses are passed

15:50 ↗ on to the partner agencies

15:52 ↗ for year one the site fire will collect

15:56 ↗ 1.179

15:57 ↗ million dollars in non-partner revenue

16:00 ↗ in addition

16:00 ↗ wooden build fire will be paying for all

16:02 ↗ personnel operations

16:04 ↗ equipment replacement and capital

16:06 ↗ facility charges

16:08 ↗ the addition of more than 1.1 million

16:10 ↗ dollars in non-partner revenue

16:12 ↗ will go a long way to covering personnel

16:14 ↗ related cost increases

16:16 ↗ that would otherwise need to be covered

16:18 ↗ by our existing partners

16:20 ↗ especially in light of the current spike

16:22 ↗ in inflation that we have been

16:23 ↗ experiencing

16:25 ↗ windville fire has expressed an interest

16:27 ↗ to chief clark in evaluating the

16:28 ↗ possibility

16:29 ↗ of becoming a partner with each side

16:32 ↗ fire in the future

16:33 ↗ but to do so there would be several

16:34 ↗ steps first woodenfield fire would need

16:36 ↗ to first

16:38 ↗ officially express its interest to the

16:40 ↗ eastside fire board

16:42 ↗ and then the board would need to direct

16:43 ↗ the chief to conduct a business analysis

16:45 ↗ and then at the end of that analysis at

16:48 ↗ the conclusion of it if the board makes

16:50 ↗ a

16:50 ↗ recommendation to just pursue adding

16:52 ↗ wooden bill fire

16:54 ↗ as a partner to east side fire then each

16:56 ↗ of the current partner elected bodies

16:58 ↗ would have to consider the request and

16:59 ↗ vote to approve the request for

17:01 ↗ partnership

17:02 ↗ and then if all five parties approve

17:05 ↗ then it would come back to the east side

17:06 ↗ fire

17:07 ↗ board for final approval this process

17:10 ↗ would take at least a year

17:11 ↗ from the time time woodenville fire

17:13 ↗ decides that it would like to be

17:15 ↗ considered um to be considered

17:19 ↗ for the process as a program and again

17:21 ↗ this is only a contract

17:23 ↗ and that there's been no um express

17:26 ↗ interest

17:27 ↗ or intention expressed just interest at

17:29 ↗ this time as just uh

17:30 ↗ it's just a contract for service however

17:33 ↗ um it is a new contract with woodenville

17:36 ↗ and it's a tremendous compliment whether

17:38 ↗ or not windville fire

17:39 ↗ actually ultimately joins eastside fire

17:42 ↗ as a partner

17:43 ↗ and it speaks volumes for the unique

17:45 ↗ government governance model that

17:46 ↗ eastside fire has created

17:48 ↗ and um i personally think that

17:50 ↗ congratulations congratulations are in

17:52 ↗ order for the

17:53 ↗ entire eastside fire administration

17:55 ↗ administrative

17:56 ↗ team that helped um put this contract

17:59 ↗ together

18:00 ↗ so that's my big exciting news for the

18:02 ↗ night um

18:03 ↗ eastside farm board will not meet in

18:06 ↗ august we have the month off

18:07 ↗ and we will meet i believe it will be

18:10 ↗ the first thursday

18:11 ↗ fourth or second thursday in september

18:13 ↗ and that's my report thanks so much

18:16 ↗ exciting news thank you councilmember

18:18 ↗ goodman

18:19 ↗ next up we have council president hunt

18:24 ↗ thank you madam mayor this is council

18:26 ↗ president hunt i have a few reports

18:27 ↗ this evening the kokanee ila interlocal

18:31 ↗ agreement

18:32 ↗ management committee met on june 28th

18:34 ↗ kokanee is a non-migrating type of

18:37 ↗ salmon and they're very important in our

18:38 ↗ region and the lake sammamish population

18:40 ↗ of kokanee

18:41 ↗ is near extinction so conserving

18:44 ↗ conserving this population is very

18:46 ↗ important

18:46 ↗ and this group works together to do that

18:49 ↗ i want to thank larry franks for serving

18:51 ↗ as my alternate at this

18:53 ↗ committee and he served in my place at

18:54 ↗ the meeting the committee

18:56 ↗ took several actions at the meeting they

18:58 ↗ approved the 2019-2020 ila biennial

19:02 ↗ report which documented their

19:03 ↗ deliverables over those two years

19:06 ↗ and they also approved the 2020 ila work

19:08 ↗ plan budget and cost share

19:11 ↗ the next meeting of this committee has

19:12 ↗ not yet been sent

19:14 ↗ then the yura 8 salmon recovery council

19:16 ↗ met on july 15th

19:19 ↗ this is a technical name for our

19:21 ↗ watershed

19:22 ↗ and the salmon recovery council had two

19:25 ↗ action items we approved the 2020

19:27 ↗ wyra 8 budget and work plan and we also

19:30 ↗ approved salmon recovery

19:32 ↗ funding board grant round funding

19:34 ↗ recommendations

19:36 ↗ and i'm happy to report that of those

19:38 ↗ funding recommendations the lower

19:40 ↗ issaquah creek

19:41 ↗ fame and riparian restoration project

19:43 ↗ which was

19:44 ↗ put forward by the city of issaquah was

19:46 ↗ recommended for

19:47 ↗ almost the complete amount that was

19:49 ↗ requested it was 450 000

19:52 ↗ requested for this restoration and of

19:54 ↗ that 435

19:57 ↗ 235 was what was recommended um so i

20:00 ↗ wanted to thank the city of issaquah

20:02 ↗ team for putting together that

20:03 ↗ successful application for that project

20:07 ↗ uh the next meeting of the wire eight

20:08 ↗ salmon recovery council will be

20:10 ↗ september

20:10 ↗ 16th and then lastly the title 18

20:14 ↗ ad hoc committee met on july 8th this is

20:17 ↗ an ad hoc committee meeting of council

20:19 ↗ members that meets to discuss

20:20 ↗ title 18 which is our land use code and

20:24 ↗ we discussed and reviewed the

20:25 ↗ draft sign code which council will be

20:28 ↗ reviewing

20:29 ↗ at our next study session on july 27th

20:32 ↗ the next ad hoc council the next title

20:35 ↗ 18 ad hoc meeting is scheduled for

20:37 ↗ thursday

20:38 ↗ um july 22nd and that concludes my

20:40 ↗ report

20:42 ↗ thank you council president hunt next

20:44 ↗ item on the agenda this evening is the

20:46 ↗ mayor's report and because we have

20:48 ↗ included those quarterly

20:50 ↗ city reports in the consent calendar i'm

20:52 ↗ going to be highlighting a few of those

20:53 ↗ items

20:54 ↗ which will make my report a little bit

20:56 ↗ longer tonight so first up there will be

20:58 ↗ an executive session held this evening

21:00 ↗ to discuss

21:00 ↗ pending and potential litigation per rcw

21:03 ↗ 42.30

21:05 ↗ 0.110 paran1 for an i this item is

21:08 ↗ expected to last 20 minutes and no

21:10 ↗ action is anticipated at this time to

21:12 ↗ occur

21:13 ↗ in the open session uh it is parks and

21:16 ↗ community services month

21:18 ↗ every day our parks and community

21:19 ↗ services team works to maintain our

21:21 ↗ excellent quality of life here in

21:23 ↗ issaquah

21:24 ↗ and with great appreciation for the work

21:26 ↗ they do in serving our community i have

21:28 ↗ proclaimed july

21:29 ↗ parks and community services month thank

21:32 ↗ you to our parks and community services

21:34 ↗ team

21:34 ↗ for your essential service to our

21:36 ↗ community please join me this month in

21:38 ↗ celebrating

21:39 ↗ by taking a hike enrolling in a program

21:41 ↗ or just simply picnicking in a local

21:43 ↗ park

21:44 ↗ the second quarter reports are included

21:46 ↗ on the consented end of this evening

21:49 ↗ this is the admin these reports provide

21:52 ↗ updates to council and to the community

21:54 ↗ on the work we are doing in 2021

21:57 ↗ as well as providing updates on some

21:58 ↗ performance metrics

22:00 ↗ associated with our city strategic plan

22:02 ↗ these reports which the city council

22:04 ↗ will formally receive through the

22:06 ↗ consent agenda

22:07 ↗ include the city-wide work plan the

22:10 ↗ capital projects list

22:12 ↗ the second report on the performance

22:13 ↗ measurement plan and while there will

22:15 ↗ not be a formal presentation on these

22:17 ↗ reports

22:18 ↗ i did want to provide a few highlights

22:21 ↗ for the citywide work plan

22:23 ↗ which is organized according to our

22:24 ↗ strategic plan here are the significant

22:27 ↗ updates since the last report in april

22:29 ↗ in general there was a sustained

22:31 ↗ progress or improvement for all of the

22:33 ↗ actions on the work plan

22:35 ↗ the improvement was primarily due to

22:36 ↗ four actions under the growth and

22:38 ↗ development and environmental

22:40 ↗ stewardship goal areas

22:41 ↗ that are associated with the title 18

22:43 ↗ update these four actions shifted from

22:46 ↗ the major challenges classification to

22:49 ↗ on track

22:50 ↗ as that work now progresses other

22:52 ↗ highlights from the environmental

22:53 ↗ stewardship goal include

22:55 ↗ the parks and community services

22:57 ↗ department continues to develop the

22:58 ↗ greenest support partnership

23:00 ↗ this collaborative effort between the

23:02 ↗ city of issaquah fortera

23:04 ↗ and community groups trains volunteers

23:06 ↗ to help steward our forested parks and

23:08 ↗ open spaces

23:10 ↗ the 20-year implementation guide for the

23:12 ↗ program has been published and is

23:13 ↗ available on the city website

23:16 ↗ also work on the climate action plan

23:18 ↗ began earlier in the second quarter and

23:19 ↗ will create a roadmap for reducing

23:21 ↗ city-wide greenhouse gas emissions

23:23 ↗ and preparing for the impacts of climate

23:25 ↗ change

23:27 ↗ in the mobility goal area work has

23:28 ↗ resumed on two actions that were

23:30 ↗ previously on hold

23:32 ↗ the administration is working on the

23:33 ↗ squat callus community connections

23:35 ↗ partnership

23:36 ↗ and the regional employers transit group

23:39 ↗ which the council received an

23:40 ↗ update on at the june 29th city council

23:43 ↗ study session

23:45 ↗ in the social and economic vitality goal

23:47 ↗ area

23:48 ↗ the healthy community strategy that was

23:49 ↗ on hold has been restructured as a human

23:52 ↗ services strategic plan

23:54 ↗ this planning effort which will include

23:56 ↗ the healthy community

23:58 ↗ housing and homelessness policy

23:59 ↗ conversations began with a needs

24:02 ↗ assessment to inform future work

24:04 ↗ and finally the snoqualmie tribe vaccine

24:06 ↗ partnership at lake smamish state park

24:09 ↗ concluded in june

24:10 ↗ was very successful for the capital

24:13 ↗ projects update

24:14 ↗ in april 41 of 47 projects were

24:17 ↗ considered on

24:18 ↗ track since april nine of those projects

24:20 ↗ previously considered on track have been

24:22 ↗ reclassified

24:24 ↗ three projects are now complete these

24:26 ↗ include the southeast 43rd waste signal

24:28 ↗ improvements

24:29 ↗ and two water utility projects the

24:32 ↗ forest rim reservoirs and cougar ridge

24:34 ↗ isolation valve

24:35 ↗ one project the newport way landslide

24:38 ↗ repair has been

24:38 ↗ postponed construction from q3 2021

24:42 ↗ until 2022. five other projects are now

24:45 ↗ classified as minor challenges because

24:47 ↗ the project timelines have been delayed

24:49 ↗ by one quarter

24:50 ↗ these projects include the newport way

24:52 ↗ improvements from maple to sunset

24:54 ↗ the northwest sammamish road

24:56 ↗ non-motorized improvements

24:58 ↗ the southeast 43rd way and east lakes

25:00 ↗ mamash parkway roundabout project

25:02 ↗ and the newport pedestrian bridge and

25:04 ↗ old town traffic calming

25:06 ↗ from the performance measurement report

25:08 ↗ the second quarter update contained

25:12 ↗ in exhibit c presents the changes to

25:14 ↗ seven performance measures based on data

25:16 ↗ from the 2021 community survey

25:19 ↗ the report provides a summary of these

25:21 ↗ high level outcome measures

25:22 ↗ along with graphics and a brief

25:24 ↗ discussion of trends

25:26 ↗ and performance against internal goals

25:28 ↗ and regional benchmarks

25:31 ↗ that is the summary of highlights for

25:33 ↗ the

25:34 ↗ quarterly reports that were included on

25:36 ↗ the consent calendar i also wanted to

25:38 ↗ talk about the 2021 arts

25:40 ↗ grant another item on tonight's consent

25:42 ↗ agenda is ab-8210

25:44 ↗ the arts grants recommendations and i'd

25:47 ↗ like to highlight the following

25:49 ↗ the round two arts funding will provide

25:51 ↗ forty four thousand one hundred and

25:52 ↗ fifty dollars for nine projects that

25:54 ↗ will reach broadly

25:55 ↗ across the community through visual

25:57 ↗ performing

25:58 ↗ and literary art experiences issaquah's

26:01 ↗ art

26:02 ↗ organizations are demonstrating

26:04 ↗ creativity and flexibility in how to

26:06 ↗ deliver arts opportunities for the

26:07 ↗ community during the pandemic

26:09 ↗ with an increased usage of technology

26:11 ↗ and virtual programming

26:13 ↗ trends that are likely to continue for a

26:15 ↗ while

26:16 ↗ they are conducting multiple rounds of

26:18 ↗ flexible arts funding

26:20 ↗ requires less application lead time and

26:22 ↗ is helping remove barriers

26:24 ↗ for smaller less formalized community

26:26 ↗ groups

26:27 ↗ more than 30 percent of the 2021 arts

26:29 ↗ grants

26:30 ↗ applicants were new to the city's earth

26:32 ↗ funding process

26:33 ↗ that's the last item i'll be reporting

26:35 ↗ out on tonight in the mayor's report

26:38 ↗ and we will move on to the consent

26:39 ↗ calendar

26:41 ↗ the consent calendar was distributed to

26:43 ↗ council in advance

26:44 ↗ and if authorized the items on the

26:46 ↗ consent calendar will be considered

26:47 ↗ together and approved by one motion

26:50 ↗ council member d michelle there is a

26:53 ↗ comment or statement that i believe you

26:54 ↗ would like to make before we move into

26:56 ↗ our approval process so you have the

26:58 ↗ floor

27:00 ↗ uh thank you very much mayor paulie i do

27:03 ↗ have a statement

27:05 ↗ i would like to state for the record

27:07 ↗ that i am currently employed with an

27:08 ↗ entity that is included in the city's

27:11 ↗ payables

27:12 ↗ influence the choice i currently fill

27:14 ↗ the role of temporary

27:16 ↗ executive director of influence of

27:17 ↗ choice the city serves as a fiscal agent

27:20 ↗ for this agency

27:21 ↗ in the disbursement of a federal fund

27:24 ↗ grant funds are being disbursed under

27:26 ↗ this month's accounts payable

27:28 ↗ i have asked for advice from the city

27:30 ↗ attorney as to whether this warrants a

27:32 ↗ conflict of interest and have been

27:34 ↗ informed that i am not

27:35 ↗ legally required to be excused from

27:37 ↗ voting as the city is carrying out a

27:40 ↗ decision that was previously made by the

27:42 ↗ council

27:43 ↗ however for the sake of transparency i

27:46 ↗ would like to declare this employment

27:47 ↗ and have my statement

27:49 ↗ entered on the minutes thank you thank

27:52 ↗ you councilmember d michelle

27:54 ↗ have the payables and payroll been

27:56 ↗ reviewed

27:58 ↗ this is councilmember hall they have

28:01 ↗ thank you does any council member desire

28:04 ↗ to remove

28:04 ↗ any item from the consent calendar and

28:06 ↗ consider it under regular business

28:08 ↗ and i will turn on my chat which i have

28:10 ↗ not actually done yet

28:15 ↗ okay i'm not seeing any indication

28:19 ↗ um so is there a motion

28:22 ↗ to approve the consent calendar and it

28:24 ↗ looks like council president hunt you'd

28:26 ↗ like to make a motion

28:27 ↗ thank you this is council president hunt

28:29 ↗ i move to approve the consent calendar

28:31 ↗ as it appears in this evening's agenda

28:34 ↗ thank you and council member walsh i'll

28:36 ↗ second that

28:38 ↗ thank you so motion has been made and

28:40 ↗ seconded to approve

28:42 ↗ the consent calendar and i'm going to

28:44 ↗ get the city clerk to do

28:46 ↗ a rule called vote

28:49 ↗ yeah starting with council member walsh

28:52 ↗ i council member d michelle

28:55 ↗ i council member goodman

29:00 ↗ councilmember hall aye

29:04 ↗ council president hunt aye

29:07 ↗ that's five i zero nays

29:10 ↗ thank you very much so that passes five

29:12 ↗ to oh

29:14 ↗ the next item of business this evening

29:15 ↗ is the public hearing ab-8203

29:18 ↗ consideration to support best start for

29:21 ↗ kids levy

29:22 ↗ king county proposition one this is a

29:24 ↗ regular property tax levy for children

29:26 ↗ youth

29:27 ↗ families and communities there was an

29:30 ↗ informational

29:31 ↗ presentation provided on this topic at

29:33 ↗ the june 21st council meeting

29:35 ↗ this evening we will be conducting the

29:37 ↗ public hearing and council will be

29:39 ↗ asked to consider approval of a

29:40 ↗ resolution

29:43 ↗ at the meeting on the 21st the council

29:44 ↗ directed the administration to prepare a

29:46 ↗ resolution in support of the proposition

29:49 ↗ and to schedule a public hearing for

29:50 ↗ tonight's council meeting

29:52 ↗ at tonight's public hearing both

29:54 ↗ proponents and opponents of the

29:55 ↗ proposition will be provided an equal

29:57 ↗ opportunity to make comments

29:59 ↗ there is not going to be a staff

30:01 ↗ presentation on this item this evening

30:04 ↗ and before i open the hearing are there

30:06 ↗ any council member questions

30:08 ↗ you can add note in the chat if you

30:11 ↗ would like to be recognized

30:16 ↗ while i'm waiting to see if anybody has

30:18 ↗ any questions i also want to let

30:20 ↗ everybody know that marcy miller

30:22 ↗ seattle and king county's public health

30:24 ↗ policy manager will be on hand if the

30:26 ↗ council does have any questions

30:28 ↗ and it would be great if we would do any

30:30 ↗ questions that you have before we start

30:32 ↗ the public hearing

30:36 ↗ and i'm not seeing any

30:39 ↗ questions at this point in time so i

30:41 ↗ will

30:42 ↗ open the public hearing at 7 31

30:46 ↗ and i'm asking the city clerk to help

30:48 ↗ manage the time to ensure that we

30:49 ↗ provide an equal opportunity to hear

30:51 ↗ from both opponents

30:52 ↗ and proponents of the proposition again

30:55 ↗ for those of you who have joined us

30:56 ↗ tonight and would like to make comments

30:58 ↗ but did not sign up in advance

31:00 ↗ please raise your virtual hand if you're

31:02 ↗ on the phone that could be press star

31:03 ↗ three

31:04 ↗ and if you've joined by computer or

31:06 ↗ smartphone you can look for the hand

31:08 ↗ icon

31:09 ↗ and this does vary from device to device

31:12 ↗ one option maybe go to the participant

31:14 ↗ panel and choose the raise hand icon in

31:16 ↗ the lower right hand corner

31:17 ↗ city clerk has anyone signed up to speak

31:19 ↗ or indicated a desire to speak this

31:21 ↗ evening

31:24 ↗ yes kaylee jake has indicated a desire

31:26 ↗ to speak

31:27 ↗ kaylee in just a moment i'll move you up

31:29 ↗ as a panelist you should then have an

31:31 ↗ option to unmute and may also choose to

31:33 ↗ turn your video on

31:40 ↗ you have the floor okay

31:43 ↗ hi um everyone uh so my name is kaylee

31:46 ↗ jake

31:47 ↗ uh i live at 24706 southeast 30th street

31:50 ↗ smamish 98075 and i'm the executive

31:54 ↗ director of the garage at team cafe

31:57 ↗ and um i wanted to

32:01 ↗ speak to you all tonight to encourage

32:03 ↗ you to

32:04 ↗ to approve and endorse the renewal of

32:07 ↗ the best starts for kids levy

32:10 ↗ um and i would imagine that you've

32:13 ↗ gotten a lot of

32:15 ↗ of the statistics and um and that kind

32:18 ↗ of information from

32:20 ↗ best starts for kids um and so i wanted

32:22 ↗ to talk to you

32:23 ↗ in a in a more personal way um

32:27 ↗ you know our kids are the

32:30 ↗ most vulnerable in my mind um in our

32:33 ↗ community

32:34 ↗ and they often find themselves in

32:36 ↗ situations that they have no control

32:38 ↗ over

32:38 ↗ whatsoever and a lot

32:42 ↗ of our um a lot of our community

32:45 ↗ is able to provide resources um

32:48 ↗ when they are experiencing challenges uh

32:51 ↗ but

32:51 ↗ but some can't and i feel it's a

32:54 ↗ community's responsibility

32:56 ↗ um when our when a parent or a guardian

33:00 ↗ is unable to provide those resources for

33:02 ↗ whatever reason

33:04 ↗ and during covet we have lots of reasons

33:06 ↗ right now

33:08 ↗ um and so i feel it again it's our

33:11 ↗ community's responsibility to provide

33:13 ↗ those resources

33:14 ↗ and best arts for kids has done an

33:16 ↗ incredible job

33:18 ↗ of really building up our youth and

33:20 ↗ creating opportunities for them to

33:22 ↗ thrive

33:24 ↗ the national forum of early education

33:26 ↗ says that for every dollar you invest in

33:28 ↗ our youth

33:29 ↗ you yield up to nine dollars of return

33:32 ↗ so i want you to think about it this

33:34 ↗ this renewal of the levy

33:36 ↗ it's 872 million dollars

33:39 ↗ so we're talking upwards of seven

33:42 ↗ billion dollars that will be returned

33:46 ↗ in in our investment it's so worth it

33:49 ↗ and and our community knows that kids

33:52 ↗ are worth it

33:53 ↗ you all support them all the time in so

33:56 ↗ many ways

33:57 ↗ and this is just another way that we can

33:59 ↗ do that for them

34:01 ↗ so um you know the garage has

34:04 ↗ increased our mental health counseling

34:06 ↗ and our tutoring

34:08 ↗ by hundreds of percentage points

34:12 ↗ as we have moved into coped and it's

34:15 ↗ just going to get worse

34:17 ↗ the need as all of our kids go back to

34:20 ↗ school in the fall

34:21 ↗ and navigating this new normal is really

34:24 ↗ difficult

34:25 ↗ and i think best starts for kids just

34:27 ↗ continues to provide opportunities

34:29 ↗ for organizations like the garage that

34:31 ↗ are working to ensure that our

34:33 ↗ our youth are thriving which is really

34:36 ↗ important to our community and keeps it

34:38 ↗ the amazing place that we all want it to

34:40 ↗ be so i

34:41 ↗ i strongly strongly encourage you to

34:43 ↗ endorse this

34:45 ↗ thank you thank you kaylee

34:48 ↗ city clerk is there anyone else signed

34:49 ↗ up to speak this evening or indicating a

34:51 ↗ desire to speak

34:55 ↗ yes uh dela pereira would like to make

34:59 ↗ comments stephen just a moment i'll move

35:01 ↗ you up as a panelist you will then

35:03 ↗ have the option to unmute and can choose

35:05 ↗ to turn your video on

35:17 ↗ you have the floor

35:30 ↗ we're not able to hear you

35:36 ↗ you can hear me now

35:39 ↗ great um my name is dila pereira and i'm

35:42 ↗ volunteering as the campaign co-chair

35:44 ↗ for the renewal of best arts for kids

35:47 ↗ and mayor paulie council president hunt

35:49 ↗ members of the council

35:50 ↗ thank you for the opportunity to speak

35:51 ↗ with you today and to seek your support

35:54 ↗ from the renewal of best arts for kids

35:56 ↗ i think kaylee spoke so eloquently about

35:59 ↗ the impact of the garage and the work

36:01 ↗ that they've been doing to promote

36:02 ↗ mental health and issaquah

36:04 ↗ and around issaquah and i really can't

36:06 ↗ um

36:07 ↗ i can't add any more to that and to say

36:10 ↗ that part of the reason i'm volunteering

36:11 ↗ in the role that i am

36:13 ↗ is that i'm the executive director of an

36:15 ↗ organization that promotes

36:16 ↗ maternal health and i can tell you just

36:19 ↗ how much of an impact best starts for

36:21 ↗ kids has had on us

36:22 ↗ and our ability to provide services to

36:25 ↗ pregnant and parenting families

36:26 ↗ throughout the east side and

36:28 ↗ including in king county communities

36:31 ↗ like issaquah

36:32 ↗ one of the things that i know that best

36:34 ↗ arts has done just in the last year in

36:36 ↗ 2020

36:38 ↗ was that best arts for kids was able to

36:40 ↗ reach a thousand children and

36:41 ↗ youth living in the 98027 and 98029 zip

36:45 ↗ codes

36:47 ↗ so far nearly half a million children

36:49 ↗ and youth have benefited from esk

36:51 ↗ programs

36:52 ↗ over 24 000 health care providers and

36:55 ↗ other essential workers were supported

36:57 ↗ by bsk programs

36:59 ↗ and as kaylee mentioned i am certain

37:01 ↗ that the ability of our children and

37:02 ↗ youth

37:03 ↗ in our communities to whether the covin

37:06 ↗ 19 pandemic is greater

37:08 ↗ because of the services and support that

37:09 ↗ best starts for kids

37:11 ↗ has been able to provide that's why it's

37:14 ↗ essential that best starts for kids is

37:16 ↗ renewed

37:17 ↗ on our ballots and that is why we're

37:19 ↗ seeking your support

37:21 ↗ one of the greatest things that best

37:23 ↗ arts for kids has done is to expand

37:24 ↗ mental health supports and school-based

37:26 ↗ health programs

37:27 ↗ which are going to be essential before

37:30 ↗ they were essential before the pandemic

37:32 ↗ they were essential during and they will

37:33 ↗ be essential after for years to come

37:36 ↗ as we recover from the trauma that our

37:38 ↗ children and

37:39 ↗ our communities have experienced renewal

37:42 ↗ continues outreach and partnerships for

37:44 ↗ these types of health care centers for

37:46 ↗ pregnant parenting families

37:48 ↗ and programs for use and one of the

37:50 ↗ things that i'm most excited about

37:52 ↗ is that the renewal will help to provide

37:55 ↗ 3000 low-income families with access to

37:57 ↗ child care

37:58 ↗ and that is going to be critical for

38:00 ↗ economic recovery family stability

38:02 ↗ and gender equity especially for the

38:05 ↗ moms who had to leave the workforce

38:07 ↗ during the pandemic levee dollars have

38:10 ↗ already helped over 10 000 families to

38:12 ↗ avoid homelessness

38:14 ↗ and renewal will continue rental

38:16 ↗ assistance and prevention strategies

38:18 ↗ that eastside partners like hopelink

38:20 ↗ youth decide services friends of youth

38:22 ↗ and others are using to prevent

38:24 ↗ homelessness throughout the county as a

38:27 ↗ leader of a community based organization

38:29 ↗ i know firsthand that we

38:30 ↗ as community organizations rely on

38:33 ↗ strong government partnerships

38:34 ↗ to tackle multifaceted challenges like

38:37 ↗ homelessness

38:38 ↗ it has to be a county-wide effort that

38:40 ↗ will continue with strong examples

38:42 ↗ in communities like issaquah bellevue

38:45 ↗ and throughout the county

38:48 ↗ so now is the time to continue this

38:49 ↗ groundbreaking levy success

38:51 ↗ and to continue to transform the

38:54 ↗ transformative work that it started

38:56 ↗ and to bring services to even more

38:58 ↗ families in asia and around the county

39:00 ↗ we would be honored if the issaquah city

39:02 ↗ council joined executive

39:04 ↗ constantine along with every county

39:06 ↗ council member mayors and organizations

39:08 ↗ serving children and families across the

39:10 ↗ county

39:10 ↗ to support the renewal of best arts for

39:13 ↗ kids

39:14 ↗ as the seattle times wrote in their

39:16 ↗ endorsement

39:18 ↗ best arts for kids has made a difference

39:20 ↗ in the lives of hundreds of thousands of

39:22 ↗ children young adults and families

39:24 ↗ it deserves to be renewed thank you for

39:27 ↗ your time

39:29 ↗ thank you city clerk is there anyone

39:32 ↗ else indicating a desire to speak this

39:34 ↗ evening

39:37 ↗ mayor uh we took about seven minutes of

39:39 ↗ comments and support of the proposition

39:42 ↗ so now is an opportunity for anyone on

39:44 ↗ the call in opposition

39:46 ↗ or additionally in support to make

39:47 ↗ comments i see a few

39:49 ↗ members of the public if you'd like to

39:50 ↗ make comments please raise your virtual

39:52 ↗ hand by pressing star 3

39:55 ↗ or finding the small raised hand icon

39:59 ↗ in the participant panel or elsewhere

40:02 ↗ on your device and i'm just taking a

40:06 ↗ quick look here

40:11 ↗ and i'm not seeing anyone else indicated

40:13 ↗ desire to speak

40:15 ↗ thank you for that and checking to see

40:17 ↗ that we had fair access for both those

40:20 ↗ in favor and those opposed to the

40:21 ↗ measure

40:23 ↗ so if there is no objection to closing

40:28 ↗ the public hearing

40:31 ↗ so i'm checking in and if i don't hear

40:34 ↗ any

40:34 ↗ we'll move to close you can use the chat

40:37 ↗ if you're opposed

40:40 ↗ hearing none the public hearing is

40:42 ↗ closed at 7 41 pm

40:44 ↗ and is there a council member that would

40:47 ↗ like to make a motion

40:57 ↗ looking in the chat not able to see him

40:59 ↗ okay there we go council member

41:01 ↗ uh council president hunt thank you this

41:05 ↗ is council president hunt

41:06 ↗ i move to approve resolution number

41:11 ↗ 2021-11

41:13 ↗ supporting king county proposition

41:15 ↗ number one regular

41:17 ↗ property tax levy for children youth

41:19 ↗ families and communities

41:20 ↗ best starts for kids initiative and

41:24 ↗ councilmember d michelle

41:26 ↗ i second the motion thank you is there

41:29 ↗ any council discussion

41:30 ↗ and i'll be looking in the chat to see

41:32 ↗ if anybody would like to make comments

41:43 ↗ give it another second council president

41:46 ↗ hunt

41:48 ↗ thank you this is council president hunt

41:50 ↗ i am

41:51 ↗ uh supportive i think that this

41:53 ↗ initiative has

41:54 ↗ supported many families and individuals

41:57 ↗ and

41:58 ↗ um should be allowed to continue the

42:00 ↗ good work that it's doing in our

42:02 ↗ communities

42:03 ↗ i'll keep it brief but supportive of

42:05 ↗ this

42:06 ↗ thank you very much is there any other

42:09 ↗ discussion

42:10 ↗ any other comments councilmember g

42:12 ↗ michelle

42:14 ↗ uh i too will be supporting this motion

42:17 ↗ and

42:18 ↗ uh as has been stated very eloquently

42:21 ↗ this um this uh levy has

42:25 ↗ done enormous good for a great number of

42:27 ↗ young people in

42:29 ↗ our county who have needed that support

42:33 ↗ and as executive jake said

42:36 ↗ [Music]

42:38 ↗ the need is even greater at this point

42:40 ↗ because

42:41 ↗ of the past year and what that

42:44 ↗ impact has been on youth mental health

42:47 ↗ and

42:48 ↗ also joblessness among parents that is

42:52 ↗ impacting young people

42:53 ↗ significantly so many needs and

42:57 ↗ i think it's justified to renew it and

43:00 ↗ to renew it at a higher

43:01 ↗ higher rate so i will be supporting the

43:03 ↗ motion thank you

43:05 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle

43:07 ↗ looking in the chat to see if there any

43:09 ↗ other council members who would like to

43:12 ↗ discuss or make a comment

43:16 ↗ and i will give it a few more seconds

43:24 ↗ so the motion on the floor is to move to

43:26 ↗ approve resolution number 2021 dash

43:29 ↗ oh sorry councilmember goodman that was

43:31 ↗ a little too quick

43:36 ↗ oh sorry um so

43:40 ↗ i wanted to just briefly explain um

43:43 ↗ while i was not why i'm not going to

43:44 ↗ vote in support

43:46 ↗ um i'm just um really not

43:49 ↗ comfortable as the ordinance is that

43:52 ↗ um says to urge

43:55 ↗ voters to vote in support um i think i'm

43:59 ↗ really feeling more comfortable

44:00 ↗ preferring that voter do their own

44:02 ↗ reading and their own research

44:03 ↗ and decide for themselves rather than

44:07 ↗ relying on on us because that's

44:10 ↗ a little bit what the effect of this is

44:14 ↗ um we've seen we have seen and i have

44:16 ↗ seen a lot of

44:18 ↗ data points um a lot of numbers

44:21 ↗ um not nearly as much in terms of

44:24 ↗ outcomes

44:25 ↗ and that's not to say that um it's not

44:29 ↗ been positive or helpful or

44:32 ↗ good but i would prefer to

44:35 ↗ let voters make up their own mind the

44:38 ↗ sales times has published a couple of

44:39 ↗ articles and also

44:41 ↗ an editorial so it's pretty easy for

44:44 ↗ voters to

44:44 ↗ do a little bit of their own reading for

44:46 ↗ themselves

44:48 ↗ for themselves so um so that's really

44:50 ↗ the only reason that i'm not going to

44:52 ↗ support it

44:52 ↗ um because i really think that with

44:55 ↗ something this large

44:56 ↗ um and with uh um

45:00 ↗ two or three hundred dollars it could

45:01 ↗ cost um you know

45:03 ↗ even a 900 000

45:06 ↗ home in the area i really think that

45:08 ↗ people should make their

45:10 ↗ voters should make up their own minds so

45:12 ↗ that's why i'm going to be supporting

45:14 ↗ no thanks thank you councilmember

45:18 ↗ goodman

45:19 ↗ i'll give it another 30 seconds or so to

45:21 ↗ see if there's any other council member

45:23 ↗ who would like to

45:25 ↗ participate in the discussion or make

45:26 ↗ comments

45:30 ↗ and i won't rush it this time

45:36 ↗ okay not seeing any others the motion on

45:40 ↗ the floor

45:41 ↗ is to move to approve resolution number

45:43 ↗ 2021-11

45:44 ↗ supporting king county proposition

45:46 ↗ number one regular property tax levy for

45:49 ↗ children

45:49 ↗ youth families and communities best

45:51 ↗ starts for kids initiative

45:53 ↗ and city clerk do you want to do a roll

45:55 ↗ call vote

45:58 ↗ yes starting with council member d

45:59 ↗ michelle

46:02 ↗ hi councilmember goodman

46:05 ↗ hello councilmember hall

46:08 ↗ aye council president hunt

46:13 ↗ i council member walsh

46:17 ↗ aye aye that's four eyes

46:20 ↗ one nay thank you

46:24 ↗ uh the motion passes four to one and the

46:27 ↗ next item

46:28 ↗ of business this evening on the agenda

46:30 ↗ under regular business is ab-8161

46:33 ↗ council rules of procedure ad-hoc

46:35 ↗ committee and the action before council

46:37 ↗ this evening will be to adopt the

46:39 ↗ ordinance prove the resolution

46:41 ↗ and this topic was last before council

46:43 ↗ at the april 5th

46:44 ↗ council meeting and i'd like to invite

46:46 ↗ city clerk tasha gizer to

46:48 ↗ present this item

46:55 ↗ thank you mayor give me just a moment to

46:57 ↗ share my screen

47:38 ↗ okay there we go

47:41 ↗ okay so uh my name is tisha geezer city

47:44 ↗ clerk i'm going to

47:46 ↗ share a brief summary of the

47:48 ↗ recommendation of the council rules of

47:50 ↗ procedure ad hoc committee

47:52 ↗ and expect that committee members may

47:54 ↗ choose to

47:55 ↗ elaborate on the presentation and

47:57 ↗ respond

47:58 ↗ to questions

48:04 ↗ so the ad hoc committee was established

48:06 ↗ by the city council

48:08 ↗ at the april 5th council meeting this

48:10 ↗ was in response to some

48:13 ↗ items related to the city council rules

48:15 ↗ of procedure that were discussed

48:17 ↗ at the january 30th council retreat and

48:19 ↗ the march 29 study session

48:21 ↗ which led to the council delegating a

48:24 ↗ recommendation on

48:26 ↗ four items to the council rules ad hoc

48:30 ↗ committee

48:30 ↗ the committee was established of council

48:33 ↗ members

48:34 ↗ d michelle goodman and walsh there was

48:37 ↗ not a chair

48:38 ↗ designated among the three as i

48:40 ↗ mentioned four

48:41 ↗ items were referred to the committee

48:43 ↗ initially with a fifth item

48:45 ↗ the council business the city council

48:48 ↗ new business request process

48:51 ↗ being referred to the ad hoc committee

48:53 ↗ at the may 3rd council meeting

48:57 ↗ all five items were determined to be

49:00 ↗ reported back with a recommendation from

49:03 ↗ the committee at the july 6 meeting

49:05 ↗ because that meeting was cancelled the

49:07 ↗ recommendation is being provided tonight

49:12 ↗ here is a list of the five items that

49:15 ↗ the committee provided

49:16 ↗ a recommendation on there's a note here

49:19 ↗ that

49:20 ↗ as you'll hear in just a few moments

49:22 ↗ there are also some

49:24 ↗ suggestions made regarding hybrid

49:26 ↗ meetings and some

49:28 ↗ miscellaneous cleanup items throughout

49:30 ↗ the council rules

49:31 ↗ at the recommendation of the clerk's

49:33 ↗ office

49:35 ↗ and now i'll provide a real brief

49:38 ↗ summary of the

49:39 ↗ recommendation made on each of these

49:41 ↗ items

49:43 ↗ so one of the items referred was

49:46 ↗ a potential for a council member agenda

49:49 ↗ bill liaison role

49:51 ↗ let me just stop here to say that on all

49:53 ↗ of these items

49:54 ↗ uh the ad hoc committee um

49:58 ↗ reviewed the input that they had heard

50:00 ↗ from their

50:01 ↗ colleagues on these topics and in some

50:03 ↗ cases looked to city staff to provide

50:05 ↗ some

50:06 ↗ additional information about city

50:08 ↗ processes

50:09 ↗ or best practices so with that

50:12 ↗ regarding the agenda bill liaison role

50:15 ↗ the committee

50:15 ↗ at this time recommends that that not be

50:18 ↗ added to the council rules uh

50:20 ↗ again at this time

50:25 ↗ the second item referred to the

50:26 ↗ committee was regarding

50:28 ↗ um creating more clarity around touch

50:31 ↗ points for council study sessions

50:33 ↗ and uh specifically also

50:36 ↗ providing a requiring a process for

50:39 ↗ summarizing

50:40 ↗ council feedback and consensus provided

50:42 ↗ at council study sessions

50:44 ↗ in response the committee recommended uh

50:48 ↗ the addition of a sentence to the study

50:50 ↗ sessions section that

50:51 ↗ states that the presiding officer of a

50:54 ↗ study session

50:55 ↗ or a staff that they designate will

50:58 ↗ provide

50:59 ↗ a summary of the council consensus or

51:01 ↗ feedback

51:02 ↗ received at a study session and the

51:05 ↗ committee also

51:07 ↗ provided some suggestions to the

51:09 ↗ administration

51:10 ↗ some guidelines regarding the study

51:13 ↗ session process

51:14 ↗ so there aren't any specific changes

51:17 ↗ proposed to the rules other than the

51:18 ↗ minor change i mentioned

51:20 ↗ but there was some feedback and and

51:22 ↗ direction provided

51:24 ↗ um essentially to to stick with the

51:26 ↗ process

51:27 ↗ of moving policy items through

51:30 ↗ a council study session so starting them

51:33 ↗ as an id

51:34 ↗ at a study session rather than as an

51:37 ↗ agenda bill

51:38 ↗ and there was a request that if the

51:40 ↗ administration needs to depart from that

51:42 ↗ process

51:42 ↗ which is often due to a time sensitive

51:45 ↗ issue

51:46 ↗ that that needs to be clarified in the

51:48 ↗ written materials there was also a

51:50 ↗ request

51:51 ↗ to increase communication

51:54 ↗ on these processes i of the sense being

51:57 ↗ that at times

51:59 ↗ this information about exceptions might

52:01 ↗ be communicated to some council members

52:04 ↗ such as the council leadership but may

52:06 ↗ not be shared with

52:08 ↗ all council members in advance those

52:11 ↗ specific guidelines are included

52:12 ↗ in the committee's recommendation which

52:14 ↗ is attached to the agenda bill

52:18 ↗ the third item was regarding guidance on

52:21 ↗ boards and commissions and the city

52:23 ↗ council's interaction

52:25 ↗ with the advisory boards and commissions

52:28 ↗ the committee discussed this and felt

52:30 ↗ that there wasn't necessarily a need for

52:32 ↗ any new

52:33 ↗ process here but a better better

52:35 ↗ communication and documentation

52:37 ↗ of the existing processes related to the

52:40 ↗ city interacting with the boards and

52:42 ↗ commissions and so you'll see a new

52:44 ↗ section 7 in the council rules that talk

52:46 ↗ a little bit about

52:47 ↗ the city council's role in the

52:49 ↗ confirmation of appointments

52:51 ↗ um methods of communicating or sort of

52:54 ↗ monitoring the work plans of the boards

52:55 ↗ and commissions

52:56 ↗ and communicating with the respective

52:58 ↗ staff liaisons on items of interest

53:01 ↗ and then also clarifying the ability of

53:03 ↗ the council

53:04 ↗ as a group at study sessions to

53:06 ↗ potentially relay

53:08 ↗ questions for boards and commissions to

53:10 ↗ consider

53:11 ↗ again the specific language is provided

53:14 ↗ in the

53:14 ↗ draft rules that are attached to the new

53:17 ↗ section 7.

53:20 ↗ the fourth item was to address the ands

53:22 ↗ and orrs throughout the council rule

53:25 ↗ there were five that the committee

53:27 ↗ removed and

53:28 ↗ just provided some alternative language

53:31 ↗ two instances were left as is and these

53:34 ↗ are the instances that refer to the

53:35 ↗ council president

53:36 ↗ and or mayor approving agenda items

53:40 ↗ and they are essentially quotes

53:43 ↗ of uh a provision in the issaquah

53:46 ↗ municipal code

53:47 ↗ modifying them would require an

53:49 ↗ ordinance and

53:51 ↗ the committee uh felt that it was a

53:54 ↗ a bit more of an uh considerable change

53:58 ↗ than the other instances and so um

54:00 ↗ propose

54:01 ↗ leaving those two cases as is

54:06 ↗ the fifth item that the committee

54:07 ↗ provided a recommendation on

54:09 ↗ is the council new business request

54:11 ↗ process and because it's been a couple

54:12 ↗ of months since the

54:14 ↗ council received an uh summary on that

54:17 ↗ process i just wanted to

54:18 ↗ quickly provide a few slides from that

54:20 ↗ may 3rd presentation

54:21 ↗ which summarizes process which is

54:24 ↗ essentially

54:25 ↗ that a form is submitted by a council

54:28 ↗ member

54:31 ↗ there is some written material provided

54:32 ↗ to be included in the agenda packet

54:35 ↗ in that form and a verbal presentation

54:38 ↗ is provided

54:39 ↗ under a new new business

54:42 ↗ section of the council agenda which

54:45 ↗ would fall before good of the order

54:47 ↗ at that time after the verbal

54:49 ↗ presentation the council would

54:51 ↗ would vote whether to approve proceeding

54:54 ↗ to the next step

54:55 ↗ with that additional work plan item that

54:58 ↗ next step being step two the returning

55:00 ↗ proposal

55:01 ↗ this would get the item on the next

55:03 ↗ council agenda

55:05 ↗ and would allow staff the opportunity to

55:08 ↗ provide a bit of a response

55:09 ↗ to what the city is doing other

55:12 ↗ considerations for this item

55:14 ↗ after that second touch point by the

55:16 ↗ council there would be another

55:18 ↗ opportunity to vote to approve moving

55:20 ↗ the item forward

55:21 ↗ if there was a majority of the council

55:23 ↗ supporting that

55:24 ↗ then the item would become an additional

55:26 ↗ work plan item and be scheduled

55:28 ↗ appropriately

55:33 ↗ uh this slide shows a form a

55:36 ↗ potential form used for the council new

55:39 ↗ business request

55:40 ↗ process at this time we have a form

55:42 ↗ drafted on the city website that would

55:44 ↗ be

55:44 ↗ specifically for city council members to

55:46 ↗ use the form would need to be submitted

55:48 ↗ seven days in advance of the next

55:50 ↗ council meeting so

55:51 ↗ to be included on that agenda

55:56 ↗ so the ad hoc committee

55:59 ↗ reviewed this process and did make some

56:01 ↗ changes

56:02 ↗ one of those changes and this was an

56:04 ↗ addition since your packet was produced

56:06 ↗ was adding a policy question to the

56:08 ↗ guidelines

56:09 ↗ um to just prompt that to be one of the

56:12 ↗ topics that's addressed by the

56:13 ↗ requesting council members is what is

56:15 ↗ the policy question

56:17 ↗ other changes were to identify some

56:19 ↗ other options the council has to add a

56:21 ↗ new business item

56:23 ↗ and these are these have always been

56:24 ↗ options amending the

56:26 ↗ council agenda or providing direction

56:28 ↗ under

56:29 ↗ a existing work plan item that's related

56:32 ↗ to a next step or

56:33 ↗ an element of that item so those are now

56:36 ↗ called out

56:37 ↗ in the policy and the policy was also

56:41 ↗ the committee also recommended policy be

56:43 ↗ clear that this is a preferred process

56:46 ↗ but it doesn't

56:47 ↗ preempt any other ability of the council

56:49 ↗ to

56:51 ↗ add a an item to a meeting agenda or

56:56 ↗ otherwise

56:59 ↗ and then um on to the two additional

57:01 ↗ items these weren't directly referred to

57:03 ↗ the committee but given the timeliness

57:05 ↗ of um uh just the kovid 19 pandemic and

57:08 ↗ the

57:09 ↗ you know the shift to by some agencies

57:11 ↗ to in-person meetings

57:12 ↗ um uh we suggested the committee um

57:15 ↗ consider hybrid meetings and they

57:17 ↗ asked that the discussion be brought

57:19 ↗ forward to the full council due to the

57:20 ↗ impacts not only to the council but to

57:22 ↗ the public and so

57:23 ↗ that is the next item on the council

57:26 ↗ agenda this evening

57:29 ↗ and lastly are some minor cleanup

57:30 ↗ provisions and these are brought forward

57:32 ↗ by the clerk's office um

57:34 ↗ they are are very minor in nature and

57:36 ↗ just are some cleanup provisions

57:38 ↗ to document current practice and

57:43 ↗ really truly clean up provision so with

57:45 ↗ that

57:46 ↗ the recommendation tonight by the ad hoc

57:48 ↗ committee is to approve the proposed

57:50 ↗ revised rules

57:52 ↗ and also adopt an ordinance which would

57:55 ↗ uh

57:55 ↗ makes the corresponding changes that are

57:57 ↗ needed to um

57:59 ↗ the order of business the city council's

58:02 ↗ regular meeting order of business is

58:03 ↗ established in the municipal code so

58:05 ↗ this change would

58:06 ↗ add the new business section make some

58:07 ↗ other minor cleanup provisions

58:11 ↗ and that concludes my presentation

58:14 ↗ mayor and it may be that the other

58:16 ↗ committee members would like to add

58:18 ↗ something additional

58:20 ↗ that is great thank you city clerk i

58:22 ↗ also want to thank you and chief of

58:23 ↗ staff

58:24 ↗ tina eggers for actually getting this

58:26 ↗ original document put together a few

58:28 ↗ years ago we were really working in the

58:30 ↗ woods for a really long time

58:32 ↗ so thank you for that thank you for the

58:34 ↗ presentation um

58:36 ↗ so ad hoc committee members would you

58:38 ↗ like to add some comments

58:39 ↗ uh before we go to uh questions and

58:42 ↗ answers

58:44 ↗ if so if you want to indicate for me in

58:45 ↗ the chat that'd be great

58:53 ↗ and if not oh there we go council member

58:56 ↗ d michelle

58:58 ↗ well i'll just add that it was a really

59:00 ↗ good process a lot of discussion

59:02 ↗ and thanks to tina and tisha and to

59:05 ↗ wally bobkowicz as well for supporting

59:08 ↗ us

59:08 ↗ uh through uh the process of discussing

59:12 ↗ these items one by one in really logical

59:14 ↗ order

59:15 ↗ and so i really appreciate all of the

59:17 ↗ support we got

59:19 ↗ thank you that was great any other

59:22 ↗ comments from ad hoc i am going to also

59:24 ↗ open it up to questions

59:26 ↗ for the non-ad hoc members as well

59:32 ↗ okay well let's do q and a before we get

59:34 ↗ to

59:35 ↗ the um motion so council member hall has

59:38 ↗ a question

59:40 ↗ thank you this is councilmember hall

59:42 ↗ just a quick clarifying question so this

59:44 ↗ new section 7 on

59:46 ↗ boards and commissions is this just

59:48 ↗ existing

59:49 ↗ practice but just we wanted to document

59:52 ↗ it

59:52 ↗ so that way it's written down

59:55 ↗ is that right and if not correct me but

59:58 ↗ that's why i thought i heard

1:00:04 ↗ misha

1:00:08 ↗ uh mayor i'll give a short answer and

1:00:10 ↗ then i see councilmember walsh has a

1:00:11 ↗ comment so she may want to add to my

1:00:13 ↗ response but

1:00:14 ↗ it it is essentially um some of the

1:00:18 ↗ practices

1:00:19 ↗ um the sort of bulleted points about how

1:00:21 ↗ a council member can

1:00:22 ↗ um monitor the work of aborted

1:00:25 ↗ commission

1:00:26 ↗ by reaching out directly to the staff

1:00:28 ↗ liaison um

1:00:29 ↗ or providing the uh direct

1:00:33 ↗ uh sort of ask of the boarding

1:00:34 ↗ commission at a study session those have

1:00:36 ↗ been things that have been communicated

1:00:38 ↗ and done

1:00:39 ↗ but just haven't been in a written

1:00:41 ↗ policy

1:00:43 ↗ and council member welsh thanks

1:00:46 ↗ councilmember walsh

1:00:47 ↗ um i i just wanted to say it kind of

1:00:50 ↗ also came out of a conversation of what

1:00:52 ↗ should be the process

1:00:54 ↗ of putting um an

1:00:57 ↗ idea through the board and commission

1:01:00 ↗ and council and kind of when should

1:01:04 ↗ council put its ideas out there and so

1:01:06 ↗ we wanted to be cautious about the idea

1:01:08 ↗ of

1:01:10 ↗ well the we want the council to be able

1:01:13 ↗ to

1:01:14 ↗ ask questions of board so that the

1:01:17 ↗ council

1:01:17 ↗ gets its questions asked and doesn't

1:01:20 ↗ have to punt it back to a board because

1:01:22 ↗ that's not

1:01:23 ↗ the ideal situation not respectful and

1:01:25 ↗ not great for time

1:01:26 ↗ we also didn't want to presuppose

1:01:30 ↗ you know what we were going to think

1:01:31 ↗ about it and so part of it was

1:01:34 ↗ just a a caution of if you're going to

1:01:37 ↗ ask questions

1:01:38 ↗ the goal isn't to

1:01:41 ↗ lead the conversation the goal is to

1:01:46 ↗ make sure that there are questions that

1:01:48 ↗ are considered um so that the council

1:01:50 ↗ can have answers

1:01:52 ↗ and so that was just part of the the

1:01:54 ↗ conversation about that particular point

1:01:57 ↗ thank you councilmember walsh it also um

1:01:59 ↗ helps avoid

1:02:01 ↗ having to redo a public hearing when the

1:02:02 ↗ public's primary

1:02:04 ↗ opportunity might be at a border

1:02:06 ↗ commission you're making sure that

1:02:07 ↗ questions that you know

1:02:09 ↗ are going to come to mind are getting

1:02:10 ↗ dealt with which is great

1:02:12 ↗ um i do not see any other comments i'll

1:02:15 ↗ give it a few more seconds i do see

1:02:17 ↗ council member goodman's ready to make a

1:02:18 ↗ motion

1:02:22 ↗ no additional questions or comments

1:02:25 ↗ councilmember goodman

1:02:28 ↗ thank you madam councilmember goodman

1:02:29 ↗ here i would

1:02:31 ↗ move to approve resolution number

1:02:35 ↗ 2021-12 amending the city council rules

1:02:38 ↗ of procedure

1:02:39 ↗ to amend various sections as recommended

1:02:41 ↗ by the council rules

1:02:42 ↗ of procedure ad hoc committee including

1:02:45 ↗ adding a new section 4.17

1:02:48 ↗ new business request and section 7

1:02:50 ↗ boards and commissions

1:02:51 ↗ and adopt ordinance number 2945 amending

1:02:54 ↗ imc

1:02:57 ↗ 2.06.110 adding new business as an order

1:02:59 ↗ of business at city council meetings

1:03:01 ↗ and identifying certain orders of

1:03:03 ↗ business as only being used as immediate

1:03:06 ↗ thank you and councilmember walsh

1:03:09 ↗ second great it has been moved and

1:03:12 ↗ seconded

1:03:13 ↗ is there any further discussion

1:03:19 ↗ again i'll be looking at the chats

1:03:24 ↗ councilmember goodman okay i'll put in

1:03:28 ↗ the chat

1:03:32 ↗ right here um i just wanted to reiterate

1:03:34 ↗ what councilmember d michelle said

1:03:36 ↗ um this was just a it was just a great

1:03:39 ↗ um committee process and experience

1:03:43 ↗ in my opinion we talked a lot

1:03:46 ↗ we talked thoroughly we talked in detail

1:03:48 ↗ we had some

1:03:50 ↗ i don't know that i would call them

1:03:51 ↗ difficult conversations but i think we

1:03:54 ↗ talked things out very well

1:03:58 ↗ and listen to each other and um

1:04:01 ↗ and we just had great um

1:04:06 ↗ leader guidance i would say in from the

1:04:08 ↗ clerk's office and from

1:04:10 ↗ um city administrator so i'm

1:04:13 ↗ i do enthusiastically support this and i

1:04:16 ↗ do

1:04:17 ↗ um support all of the specific

1:04:21 ↗ changes that are being made thank you

1:04:23 ↗ very much

1:04:24 ↗ the only reason i make you use the chat

1:04:26 ↗ is because my script covers

1:04:28 ↗ all of your faces i can't see you

1:04:31 ↗ council president hunt thank you this is

1:04:34 ↗ council president hunt i wanted to

1:04:36 ↗ thank the members of the ad hoc

1:04:38 ↗ committee that worked on this

1:04:40 ↗ i think a lot of thought went into the

1:04:43 ↗ work that you did

1:04:44 ↗ and that really shows i'm looking

1:04:46 ↗ forward to seeing especially how the new

1:04:49 ↗ the clarifications about how to have a

1:04:51 ↗ new business

1:04:52 ↗ item how that works out i think it makes

1:04:56 ↗ clarifications that will be really

1:04:57 ↗ useful to us going forward

1:05:00 ↗ we could previously have there were ways

1:05:03 ↗ that council could advance

1:05:04 ↗ a new business item previously but it

1:05:06 ↗ wasn't as clear

1:05:08 ↗ from our rules of procedure how one

1:05:10 ↗ would go about doing that and so i think

1:05:12 ↗ these clarifications are

1:05:14 ↗ going to be really useful to us and i

1:05:16 ↗ will be supporting this

1:05:19 ↗ thank you any other comments

1:05:26 ↗ i'm going to reread the motions

1:05:31 ↗ make sure i haven't missed anybody

1:05:34 ↗ so it's been moved and seconded to

1:05:35 ↗ approve resolution number 2021-12

1:05:38 ↗ amending the city council rules or

1:05:40 ↗ procedure to amend various sections as

1:05:42 ↗ recommended by the council rules or

1:05:44 ↗ procedure ad hoc committee

1:05:45 ↗ including adding a new section 4.17 new

1:05:48 ↗ business request

1:05:49 ↗ and section 7 boards and commissions and

1:05:52 ↗ adopting ordinance number 2495

1:05:55 ↗ mending imc 2.0 6.110 adding new

1:05:58 ↗ business

1:05:59 ↗ as an order of business at city council

1:06:01 ↗ meetings and identifying certain orders

1:06:03 ↗ of business

1:06:04 ↗ is only being used as needed and i'm

1:06:06 ↗ going to ask the city clerk to do the

1:06:08 ↗ roll call vote

1:06:11 ↗ yes starting with councilmember goodman

1:06:14 ↗ hi

1:06:16 ↗ councilmember hall aye

1:06:20 ↗ council president hunt aye

1:06:25 ↗ council member walsh aye

1:06:28 ↗ and council member d michelle aye

1:06:32 ↗ that's five i zero days thank you that

1:06:35 ↗ passes unanimously 5-0

1:06:37 ↗ we're going to move on to the next item

1:06:39 ↗ of business which is ab-8204

1:06:41 ↗ city council hybrid meetings plan and uh

1:06:45 ↗ we're looking for

1:06:46 ↗ some direction for the administration

1:06:48 ↗ and this is the first time that this

1:06:49 ↗ item is coming before council

1:06:51 ↗ i'd like to invite our city clerk back

1:06:53 ↗ to present this item

1:06:58 ↗ tasha

1:07:02 ↗ yes this is a tisha geezer city clerk

1:07:06 ↗ again

1:07:06 ↗ um tonight i'm going to talk a little

1:07:08 ↗ bit about um the city

1:07:10 ↗ city's proposed hybrid beatings plan and

1:07:13 ↗ its

1:07:14 ↗ impacts to our city council meetings

1:07:19 ↗ so uh we have been doing these remote

1:07:21 ↗ meetings for a while

1:07:23 ↗ as you recall the proven 19

1:07:26 ↗ state of emergency was declared at the

1:07:28 ↗ very end of february 2020

1:07:30 ↗ and the following month the governor

1:07:32 ↗ issued proclamation 20-28 which

1:07:35 ↗ prohibited any in-person meeting

1:07:38 ↗ of an entity that falls under the open

1:07:40 ↗ public meetings act which includes the

1:07:42 ↗ city council and our boards and

1:07:44 ↗ commissions

1:07:45 ↗ initially if you recall the city council

1:07:48 ↗ was restricted

1:07:49 ↗ on what sort of issues it could consider

1:07:51 ↗ at its uh remote meetings and and then

1:07:54 ↗ it expanded to be

1:07:55 ↗ become our norm uh

1:07:58 ↗ this past legislative session the

1:08:00 ↗ legislature

1:08:01 ↗ uh formally ratified this proclamation

1:08:05 ↗ 20-28 which means it's currently in

1:08:07 ↗ effect

1:08:08 ↗ until rescinded by the legislature or

1:08:11 ↗ until the state of emergency

1:08:13 ↗ is ended the proclamation has been

1:08:16 ↗ modified

1:08:16 ↗ numerous times throughout kovid and

1:08:19 ↗ eventually the proclamation did allow

1:08:21 ↗ for

1:08:22 ↗ in-person an in-person component at

1:08:25 ↗ two meetings depending on the

1:08:28 ↗ phase of the governor's uh safe start

1:08:32 ↗ uh plan however there were numerous

1:08:35 ↗ restrictions

1:08:36 ↗ around uh the safety requirements around

1:08:39 ↗ that in-person component

1:08:41 ↗ throughout kovid and today there is a

1:08:45 ↗ required

1:08:45 ↗ remote meeting component to all meetings

1:08:48 ↗ of

1:08:49 ↗ entities that fall under the opma

1:08:52 ↗ but as of june 30th a number of those

1:08:56 ↗ in-person meeting component restrictions

1:08:58 ↗ have been

1:08:59 ↗ uh reduced and so currently in this

1:09:02 ↗ slide is intended to sort of show

1:09:04 ↗ this point in time summary currently

1:09:07 ↗ there is not

1:09:08 ↗ a social distancing requirement for an

1:09:11 ↗ in-person component of a meeting

1:09:13 ↗ nor is there an occupancy requirement

1:09:18 ↗ given this um the city is interested in

1:09:20 ↗ pursuing

1:09:21 ↗ uh transitioning to hybrid virtual

1:09:24 ↗ in-person meetings

1:09:25 ↗ a couple of the other boxes shown on

1:09:28 ↗ this slide

1:09:28 ↗ um show the sort of mask status as of

1:09:31 ↗ today

1:09:32 ↗ for these meetings the

1:09:35 ↗ city staff including city council

1:09:37 ↗ members

1:09:38 ↗ must meet the labor and industry math

1:09:41 ↗ standards which mean

1:09:42 ↗ that any of us who have shown proof of

1:09:45 ↗ vaccination can be unmasked

1:09:47 ↗ at these meetings for the public

1:09:50 ↗ um i should say so for staff and council

1:09:54 ↗ members who don't share that status they

1:09:55 ↗ would be wearing a mask

1:09:57 ↗ and for members of the public who are

1:10:00 ↗ unvaccinated they would also be required

1:10:03 ↗ to wear a mask

1:10:04 ↗ however the city is not required to view

1:10:07 ↗ proof of their vaccination status it

1:10:09 ↗ would essentially be an honor system

1:10:12 ↗ under our proposed hybrid meeting plan

1:10:14 ↗ and we would have some signage at the

1:10:15 ↗ entrance to the meeting rooms that we

1:10:17 ↗ would be using for these meetings

1:10:20 ↗ providing this information and free math

1:10:24 ↗ we also are not required but are

1:10:26 ↗ encouraged to provide a sort of a sign

1:10:28 ↗ up sheet

1:10:29 ↗ that the members of the public would

1:10:31 ↗ fill out in the event that contract

1:10:33 ↗ tracing was needed

1:10:35 ↗ and then again as i mentioned earlier

1:10:37 ↗ there would not be any capacity

1:10:39 ↗ or social distancing requirements

1:10:44 ↗ so our current um proposal is to

1:10:47 ↗ transition to this hybrid

1:10:49 ↗ virtual in-person meeting um beginning

1:10:51 ↗ with the

1:10:52 ↗ count city council study session on july

1:10:54 ↗ 30th and

1:10:55 ↗ at all uh city council meetings from

1:10:57 ↗ then on

1:10:58 ↗ and you'll be hearing more about our

1:11:00 ↗ proposed plans for the city's boards and

1:11:02 ↗ commissions

1:11:04 ↗ at the july 27th council study session

1:11:07 ↗ but i will mention that we are working

1:11:09 ↗ to

1:11:10 ↗ retrofit two facilities currently for

1:11:13 ↗ either city council or board and

1:11:15 ↗ commission use and that is the city

1:11:17 ↗ council chambers

1:11:18 ↗ and tibbetts creek manor

1:11:21 ↗ so what does this meeting type look like

1:11:25 ↗ uh the city council chambers do look a

1:11:27 ↗ little differently um the municipal

1:11:29 ↗ court has

1:11:30 ↗ uh been uh operating throughout covid

1:11:32 ↗ and have

1:11:33 ↗ uh initiated a number of virtual

1:11:36 ↗ protocols and so there is some different

1:11:38 ↗ equipment in the room but by and large

1:11:40 ↗ the room looks very similar to how it

1:11:41 ↗ did pre-covered and the city council

1:11:43 ↗ members and attending a

1:11:45 ↗ regular council meeting would as usual

1:11:48 ↗ be seated up at the diocese with staff

1:11:50 ↗ and members of the public down on the

1:11:51 ↗ floor and to the side

1:11:54 ↗ uh for this virtual meeting uh the

1:11:57 ↗ room being used would essentially be one

1:11:59 ↗ member

1:12:00 ↗ of the webex event so we would schedule

1:12:04 ↗ a webex event just like we do now and

1:12:06 ↗ the council chambers would be one of the

1:12:08 ↗ attendees

1:12:09 ↗ the in-room video would be controlled by

1:12:12 ↗ ictv staff just as it was pre-covered

1:12:15 ↗ which means sometimes there'd be a wide

1:12:16 ↗ shot of the room and all council members

1:12:19 ↗ or there would be a close-up on the

1:12:20 ↗ council member speaking or the staff or

1:12:22 ↗ member of the public speaking

1:12:24 ↗ the ictv staff would also be handling

1:12:27 ↗ the in-room audio

1:12:28 ↗ so this means that city council members

1:12:30 ↗ would not need to even bring a laptop

1:12:32 ↗ necessarily and certainly would not need

1:12:34 ↗ to join the webex event

1:12:38 ↗ the city clerk's office and ictv staff

1:12:41 ↗ would be managing the virtual aspect of

1:12:43 ↗ the meeting

1:12:44 ↗ for those who are attending virtually

1:12:46 ↗ such as members of the public

1:12:48 ↗ city staff and potentially uh council

1:12:50 ↗ members

1:12:51 ↗ they would show up as an entity in a

1:12:53 ↗ virtual meeting just like they do today

1:12:55 ↗ and they would be viewable in the

1:12:57 ↗ council chambers or the

1:12:59 ↗ tibbetts creek manor either from the

1:13:00 ↗ screen that's behind the council members

1:13:02 ↗ of the diocese or from the small

1:13:04 ↗ and from the small screens in front of

1:13:06 ↗ each council member

1:13:08 ↗ any presentations would also be viewable

1:13:11 ↗ there as well so what this means is it

1:13:14 ↗ would be a return to some of our

1:13:16 ↗ in-meeting protocols

1:13:18 ↗ so we wouldn't be using chat to indicate

1:13:20 ↗ a desire to speak but rather a return to

1:13:22 ↗ the

1:13:23 ↗ lifting of the microphones similarly we

1:13:26 ↗ could return

1:13:27 ↗ to voice votes it may be that if there's

1:13:30 ↗ some remote participation particularly

1:13:32 ↗ by council members that we would have

1:13:33 ↗ some modified

1:13:35 ↗ protocols for the

1:13:38 ↗ webex events portion i think i just

1:13:40 ↗ hopefully i described that

1:13:42 ↗ fairly well the idea would be to sort of

1:13:45 ↗ focus on the council chambers as much as

1:13:47 ↗ possible assuming that most of the

1:13:49 ↗ council attendees are in person

1:13:52 ↗ and as i mentioned city staff would be

1:13:54 ↗ managing

1:13:56 ↗ the virtual meeting components

1:14:01 ↗ i want to talk about a little bit about

1:14:03 ↗ the proposed plans meeting attendance

1:14:05 ↗ um the council if you recall you amended

1:14:09 ↗ your rules of procedure back in

1:14:10 ↗ september of 2020

1:14:12 ↗ and so now they state that uh council

1:14:14 ↗ members may attend meetings remotely

1:14:17 ↗ while the city has is in a state of

1:14:19 ↗ emergency so it's tied to the city's

1:14:21 ↗ emergency declaration um of course as i

1:14:24 ↗ mentioned earlier currently

1:14:26 ↗ everyone is able to attend meetings

1:14:28 ↗ remotely

1:14:29 ↗ while a proclamation 20-28 is in place

1:14:33 ↗ uh as a reminder the council rules say

1:14:36 ↗ if you're attending remotely you'll

1:14:37 ↗ provide advance notice

1:14:38 ↗ ideally five days and then there's some

1:14:41 ↗ specifics around how you'll participate

1:14:43 ↗ in the meeting

1:14:45 ↗ we are proposing both now and moving

1:14:47 ↗ forward that city staffing consultants

1:14:49 ↗ or other outside presenters could attend

1:14:52 ↗ remotely or in person to present to the

1:14:55 ↗ council

1:14:56 ↗ and certainly the public could have the

1:14:57 ↗ option to attend in person

1:14:59 ↗ or uh virtually and

1:15:03 ↗ their virtual participation would very

1:15:05 ↗ closely resemble how it is today

1:15:10 ↗ uh in addition to us looking for your um

1:15:14 ↗ endorsement of our proposed hybrid

1:15:16 ↗ meetings plan uh we also

1:15:18 ↗ just wanted to sort of share the

1:15:20 ↗ perspective that we feel that the public

1:15:22 ↗ participation

1:15:23 ↗ remotely is beneficial to the community

1:15:26 ↗ we feel that

1:15:27 ↗ there has been strong consistent if not

1:15:29 ↗ strong participation by the public

1:15:31 ↗ in this virtual meeting format we've

1:15:33 ↗ also made investments in technology

1:15:36 ↗ equipment staff training and feel that

1:15:38 ↗ it

1:15:40 ↗ it would be fairly easy to continue this

1:15:42 ↗ remote meeting aspect

1:15:44 ↗ not just now but even into the future

1:15:50 ↗ so again our our basic ask tonight is

1:15:53 ↗ endorsement of this plan to move to the

1:15:55 ↗ hybrid meeting format on july 30th but

1:15:58 ↗ there are some additional options here

1:16:00 ↗ um you could let us know that you would

1:16:02 ↗ prefer to stay remote

1:16:04 ↗ um while you can for the foreseeable

1:16:07 ↗ future

1:16:08 ↗ uh while the state of emergency is in

1:16:09 ↗ place uh you could also direct us

1:16:12 ↗ to um pursue sort of increasing the

1:16:15 ↗ city council's ability to participate

1:16:17 ↗ remotely beyond

1:16:18 ↗ the state of emergency similarly

1:16:21 ↗ with the public we could sort of you

1:16:25 ↗ could provide direction

1:16:26 ↗ for us to formalize that remote

1:16:28 ↗ participation by the public

1:16:30 ↗ in the city council rules of procedure

1:16:33 ↗ or we can uh you can choose to let us

1:16:36 ↗ know that you would

1:16:37 ↗ like to have those conversations um but

1:16:40 ↗ maybe

1:16:40 ↗ once we sort of have an end of sight at

1:16:42 ↗ this point in time we have not been able

1:16:44 ↗ to get any indication

1:16:45 ↗ of when of the when the state of

1:16:47 ↗ emergency will be terminated

1:16:52 ↗ and here again is our proposed

1:16:54 ↗ recommendation tonight

1:16:55 ↗ and with that i'm happy to answer any

1:16:58 ↗ questions

1:17:01 ↗ thank you city clerk uh it looks like a

1:17:04 ↗ council member hall has a question

1:17:07 ↗ uh thank you councilmember hall here

1:17:09 ↗ just a quick one and uh

1:17:11 ↗ first thank you very much for all the

1:17:12 ↗ hard work that went into

1:17:14 ↗ putting together this proposal really

1:17:16 ↗ appreciate it um and it does seem like

1:17:18 ↗ the direction a lot of other

1:17:19 ↗ jurisdictions are going but my question

1:17:21 ↗ is just

1:17:22 ↗ with um a lot of you know you've got

1:17:25 ↗ it laid out here and i just want to

1:17:27 ↗ confirm that we would have the staff

1:17:29 ↗ capacity whether i see tv

1:17:31 ↗ or city staff to manage a hybrid

1:17:35 ↗ work plan

1:17:38 ↗ thank you council member hall um yes you

1:17:42 ↗ know at

1:17:42 ↗ this as i mentioned this has become our

1:17:45 ↗ our norm and we've made

1:17:46 ↗ numerous investments um to make this

1:17:48 ↗ happen so certainly

1:17:50 ↗ in the near term and as i mentioned it

1:17:52 ↗ looks like city administrator bob quits

1:17:53 ↗ might have a comment here we

1:17:55 ↗ we do feel like we could manage this for

1:17:57 ↗ the city council

1:17:58 ↗ on an ongoing basis see the

1:18:00 ↗ administrator did you want to add

1:18:03 ↗ uh yes uh madam mayor members of the

1:18:05 ↗ council good evening uh

1:18:07 ↗ thanks to the the city clerk uh and our

1:18:10 ↗ rit staff they're doing a tremendous job

1:18:12 ↗ i guess i just want to add the caveat

1:18:14 ↗ that you know this is a lot of work um

1:18:17 ↗ and this is certainly

1:18:18 ↗ a dimension that we didn't have 15

1:18:21 ↗ months ago

1:18:23 ↗ through our talents and staff they have

1:18:25 ↗ made it

1:18:26 ↗ as easy as possible i am concerned that

1:18:29 ↗ once we're back in the room there's

1:18:30 ↗ going to be a lot of things to juggle

1:18:32 ↗ and so i guess i would just put the

1:18:34 ↗ caveat there that we want

1:18:35 ↗ the experience to be as similar to the

1:18:39 ↗ previous experience

1:18:40 ↗ before march 2020 as possible but

1:18:43 ↗ there's a lot more components and so

1:18:44 ↗ we'll do our best i think we

1:18:46 ↗ we're leveraging technology uh to the

1:18:48 ↗ greatest extent possible but they're

1:18:50 ↗ still as human beings that are needed

1:18:52 ↗ to make all this run and so we'll keep

1:18:54 ↗ the council posted

1:18:55 ↗ uh i think the timing of this will give

1:18:57 ↗ us uh a nice dry run

1:18:59 ↗ um uh at a regular meeting on like a

1:19:02 ↗ second that'll give us a few weeks to

1:19:05 ↗ work on any issues that arise so as we

1:19:07 ↗ go into the september

1:19:08 ↗ lots of meetings budget uh some land use

1:19:11 ↗ things coming up toward the end of the

1:19:12 ↗ year

1:19:13 ↗ uh we're going to need to be as nimble

1:19:14 ↗ as possible so

1:19:16 ↗ i just added that caveat but the work

1:19:18 ↗ that uh

1:19:19 ↗ the city clerk has done the work that

1:19:21 ↗ rit staff our

1:19:22 ↗ our tv staff have done has been

1:19:24 ↗ outstanding

1:19:28 ↗ thank you city administrator i'm not

1:19:29 ↗ seeing any other

1:19:31 ↗ questions in the chat i'll give it a few

1:19:34 ↗ seconds and if somebody is

1:19:39 ↗ intending to make a motion please let me

1:19:41 ↗ know that in the chat as well council

1:19:50 ↗ member

1:19:50 ↗ walsh with a comment in a question

1:19:56 ↗ i guess i'm trying to decide if i want

1:19:57 ↗ to i guess i can wait until after the

1:20:00 ↗ motion because it's kind of a discussion

1:20:02 ↗ point so oh wait

1:20:04 ↗ uh relevant to the motion or something

1:20:06 ↗ else something different

1:20:08 ↗ um well relevant to the

1:20:11 ↗ conversation but not necessarily it's

1:20:13 ↗ not an amendment to the motion or

1:20:15 ↗ anything like that

1:20:17 ↗ okay uh let's go to council president

1:20:20 ↗ hunt

1:20:23 ↗ thank you this is council president hunt

1:20:25 ↗ i move to direct

1:20:26 ↗ the administration to proceed with the

1:20:28 ↗ proposed hybrid in-person virtual

1:20:30 ↗ meeting plan as presented and returned

1:20:32 ↗ to the city council with minor

1:20:34 ↗ modifications

1:20:35 ↗ the city council rules a procedure to

1:20:37 ↗ reflect the ability of the public to

1:20:38 ↗ make

1:20:39 ↗ comments virtually on an ongoing basis

1:20:43 ↗ and council member hall second that

1:20:46 ↗ motion

1:20:47 ↗ that's great um councilmember walsh

1:20:49 ↗ would you want to

1:20:51 ↗ start this conversation then or do you

1:20:52 ↗ want me to go to the motion maker

1:20:55 ↗ start with the motion maker okay council

1:20:58 ↗ president

1:20:58 ↗ uh hunt did you have any comments

1:21:01 ↗ um thank you this is council president

1:21:03 ↗ hunt i do think that

1:21:05 ↗ having the public be able to make

1:21:08 ↗ virtual

1:21:10 ↗ comments and to attend meetings

1:21:12 ↗ virtually

1:21:13 ↗ will allow more people that aren't able

1:21:17 ↗ to

1:21:17 ↗ imper to come in person to to

1:21:19 ↗ participate

1:21:20 ↗ in the process and so i think that um is

1:21:23 ↗ a

1:21:23 ↗ is a benefit i also thank all the staff

1:21:26 ↗ that i know it will be extra work

1:21:28 ↗ um as the administrator bob quits

1:21:30 ↗ mentions it's it's a lot of work to make

1:21:32 ↗ that

1:21:33 ↗ um happen so i appreciate that and um

1:21:36 ↗ i i do think it's beneficial for people

1:21:38 ↗ that

1:21:39 ↗ have to work in you know at their job

1:21:42 ↗ site in close proximity to the time of

1:21:43 ↗ the meeting for example they can't

1:21:45 ↗ physically get here they would still be

1:21:46 ↗ able to comment and

1:21:47 ↗ there are many sorts of circumstances

1:21:49 ↗ like that so i think

1:21:51 ↗ i think this would benefit those folks

1:21:53 ↗ while still allowing

1:21:54 ↗ people that can come to comment in

1:21:55 ↗ person to come in person

1:21:58 ↗ um so i think those would be my comments

1:22:01 ↗ on the in-person

1:22:02 ↗ public participation point i also think

1:22:05 ↗ that

1:22:06 ↗ there may be times where council members

1:22:10 ↗ due to unforeseen circumstances and sort

1:22:13 ↗ of rare but reasonable

1:22:16 ↗ exceptions to the rule might be

1:22:18 ↗ considered to

1:22:20 ↗ attend virtually so i'd be interested to

1:22:23 ↗ hear what my fellow council members

1:22:24 ↗ think about that

1:22:25 ↗ i understand that in person um is is

1:22:28 ↗ much easier to facilitate

1:22:29 ↗ a good conversation in person and i i

1:22:31 ↗ understand that

1:22:32 ↗ um i also think there might be

1:22:33 ↗ exceptions to that that we could

1:22:35 ↗ consider

1:22:36 ↗ and i'm looking forward to hearing what

1:22:38 ↗ uh all of my fellow council members

1:22:40 ↗ think on this including council member

1:22:42 ↗ walsh who i know has a comment

1:22:44 ↗ thanks okay i'm going to give council

1:22:46 ↗ member hal

1:22:47 ↗ seconder a chance to comment if he wants

1:22:49 ↗ to and then i'll go to councilman walsh

1:22:54 ↗ uh sure this is councilmember hall and

1:22:56 ↗ just real quick um

1:22:57 ↗ uh all of your cameras have turned off

1:22:59 ↗ on my screen i seem to be experiencing

1:23:01 ↗ some internet difficulties at the moment

1:23:03 ↗ so i'm just gonna assume you're all

1:23:04 ↗ still there um

1:23:06 ↗ i heard the council president hunt's

1:23:08 ↗ comments though

1:23:09 ↗ and i agree i think this is an excellent

1:23:11 ↗ opportunity

1:23:12 ↗ for us to bring in some best practices

1:23:16 ↗ from the pandemic in terms of how are we

1:23:19 ↗ breaking down barriers for people to

1:23:20 ↗ participate in the public process

1:23:23 ↗ um so um very encouraged

1:23:27 ↗ to see that as part of this proposal and

1:23:29 ↗ then also i mean the same goes for

1:23:32 ↗ city staff's ability to not return home

1:23:34 ↗ past midnight

1:23:36 ↗ so um i see that also as a net benefit

1:23:38 ↗ too

1:23:39 ↗ um i will be supporting the motion this

1:23:44 ↗ evening

1:23:44 ↗ thanks thank you councilmember

1:23:46 ↗ councilmember walsh

1:23:48 ↗ thank you um so much

1:23:52 ↗ like uh council president pent and

1:23:54 ↗ council member hall

1:23:55 ↗ i appreciate the um

1:23:59 ↗ the increase in potential increase in

1:24:01 ↗ engagement

1:24:02 ↗ um for public being able to attend

1:24:05 ↗ virtually whether that's

1:24:07 ↗ parents who have to care for children or

1:24:09 ↗ people who have to

1:24:10 ↗ work i also think this is a great

1:24:13 ↗ opportunity

1:24:14 ↗ to support our staff um in not having to

1:24:17 ↗ stay

1:24:18 ↗ late not only after their working hours

1:24:21 ↗ but

1:24:22 ↗ into the night for meetings for the most

1:24:24 ↗ part

1:24:25 ↗ um i guess the the area that i'm looking

1:24:29 ↗ to have a discussion on is

1:24:33 ↗ um council members and kind of that

1:24:36 ↗ virtual attendance because i think we've

1:24:39 ↗ seen

1:24:40 ↗ in certain cities around the region that

1:24:45 ↗ you know they've run into some problems

1:24:47 ↗ with this

1:24:48 ↗ um whether it was you know people moving

1:24:51 ↗ out of the area or going on extended

1:24:53 ↗ vacations and things like that

1:24:56 ↗ um and so i'm wondering what

1:25:00 ↗ we're looking at as a way to

1:25:05 ↗ kind of free handle some of those

1:25:08 ↗ situations whether it would be a limited

1:25:11 ↗ number of

1:25:13 ↗ virtual meetings or only by

1:25:17 ↗ you know late notice or something like

1:25:19 ↗ that

1:25:20 ↗ i think in general we've certainly

1:25:24 ↗ handled virtual quite well

1:25:27 ↗ um from staff and council member um

1:25:30 ↗ experience but i wonder how that would

1:25:32 ↗ work if it's just

1:25:34 ↗ one council member um off to the side

1:25:37 ↗ and so i wonder

1:25:39 ↗ what um what other council members

1:25:43 ↗ think because i'm not i think it's

1:25:46 ↗ it could be a good opportunity but i see

1:25:48 ↗ some potential pitfalls that i want to

1:25:50 ↗ make sure we're

1:25:52 ↗ considering thank you councilmember

1:25:55 ↗ walsh

1:25:55 ↗ i'm going to look to council member d

1:25:58 ↗ michelle or goodman

1:25:59 ↗ to see if they want to comment before we

1:26:01 ↗ circle back around

1:26:03 ↗ uh councilmember d michelle and then

1:26:04 ↗ councilmember goodman

1:26:08 ↗ uh thank you mayor paulie uh just just

1:26:11 ↗ some

1:26:11 ↗ uh general comments um i've

1:26:14 ↗ personally been experiencing hybrid

1:26:16 ↗ meetings for about four weeks now with

1:26:18 ↗ the kiwanis

1:26:20 ↗ club of this aqua has been doing it and

1:26:23 ↗ uh city administrator bob schwitz is

1:26:26 ↗ absolutely right it takes a lot more

1:26:28 ↗ time setting up the technology and

1:26:30 ↗ making sure

1:26:31 ↗ the technology is working well and

1:26:33 ↗ everybody can hear each other

1:26:35 ↗ but that said the meetings have gone

1:26:38 ↗ surprisingly well

1:26:39 ↗ we have between 25 and 35

1:26:43 ↗ people who attend those meetings and

1:26:44 ↗ we've been able to hold conversations

1:26:46 ↗ and discussions and

1:26:49 ↗ small group get-togethers and we've done

1:26:52 ↗ many things

1:26:53 ↗ through the hybrid method and they've

1:26:55 ↗ worked well

1:26:56 ↗ and we've had ability for all of us to

1:26:59 ↗ talk to each other so

1:27:01 ↗ i think this is going to go better than

1:27:03 ↗ we think it might

1:27:05 ↗ and i also think it's a learning

1:27:06 ↗ experience just like when we first got

1:27:08 ↗ on virtual meetings we're going to be

1:27:11 ↗ learning for

1:27:12 ↗ the first few meetings um that we're

1:27:14 ↗ doing hybrids

1:27:15 ↗ so um i do think that if there's

1:27:19 ↗ anything good that came out of the kovit

1:27:22 ↗ 19 experience for us it was the fact

1:27:25 ↗ that more and more people have been able

1:27:27 ↗ to

1:27:27 ↗ participate in government and i'm

1:27:30 ↗ i understand my understanding is that

1:27:33 ↗ the state legislature

1:27:34 ↗ has definitely pledged that they will be

1:27:36 ↗ doing hybrid meetings well into the

1:27:38 ↗ future so that

1:27:40 ↗ people across the state can participate

1:27:42 ↗ uh

1:27:43 ↗ in the deliberations in olympia and i

1:27:45 ↗ think

1:27:46 ↗ uh there are many many options for

1:27:49 ↗ allowing more people to participate in

1:27:51 ↗ our meetings so i

1:27:52 ↗ i really support this um in terms of

1:27:55 ↗ um councilmember

1:27:59 ↗ uh council members uh coming in remotely

1:28:02 ↗ in the future

1:28:03 ↗ uh i think uh councilman walsh raises a

1:28:05 ↗ lot of good questions

1:28:07 ↗ i think there are certain i think we

1:28:08 ↗ should just carefully define

1:28:10 ↗ the circumstances under which

1:28:13 ↗ we can have that option but i think

1:28:15 ↗ there are some

1:28:17 ↗ cases where it would be very appropriate

1:28:20 ↗ and again

1:28:21 ↗ allow for more participation uh even

1:28:24 ↗ among council members

1:28:26 ↗ in meetings that they might not be able

1:28:28 ↗ to attend otherwise

1:28:30 ↗ um so i think that if we could proceed

1:28:32 ↗ forward with defining

1:28:34 ↗ what uh what those uh circumstances are

1:28:37 ↗ that we think are appropriate

1:28:39 ↗ for remote attendance i think it would

1:28:41 ↗ be a good thing for us to explore

1:28:44 ↗ um so i would support uh doing that in

1:28:47 ↗ the future as well

1:28:48 ↗ so i support the motion and and i

1:28:51 ↗ i think we're we're venturing into brand

1:28:55 ↗ new territory here we go again

1:28:59 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle

1:29:00 ↗ councilmember goodman

1:29:02 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman here um

1:29:05 ↗ i support

1:29:06 ↗ the definitely support um

1:29:09 ↗ the allowing the public to um

1:29:12 ↗ participate um in these

1:29:16 ↗ remote ways i think that's been great

1:29:17 ↗ and i would hope that we would continue

1:29:19 ↗ that

1:29:20 ↗ um it's you know also people

1:29:23 ↗ don't sometimes can't leave their house

1:29:26 ↗ can't get down to council chambers

1:29:28 ↗ so it's not just um whether they have to

1:29:30 ↗ take care of the kids or they're

1:29:32 ↗ working late or something some people

1:29:34 ↗ just can't leave and if you don't have

1:29:36 ↗ the remote option then they can't

1:29:37 ↗ participate

1:29:38 ↗ in terms of council members

1:29:43 ↗ my thought is that it's not set in stone

1:29:46 ↗ but

1:29:47 ↗ my i kind of feel like council members

1:29:50 ↗ should attend in person

1:29:52 ↗ um when they're in town

1:29:55 ↗ and i think if we're on vacation

1:29:58 ↗ generally we're on vacation um i'm not

1:30:02 ↗ at this point super supportive of

1:30:05 ↗ providing

1:30:06 ↗ a whole lot of flexibility to council

1:30:07 ↗ members that so said

1:30:09 ↗ um you know there's a lot in the news

1:30:11 ↗ about um

1:30:12 ↗ states that are having a mask up again

1:30:14 ↗ and then delta variant and so

1:30:16 ↗ we don't know that this is going to be

1:30:17 ↗ where we're going to be in another eight

1:30:18 ↗ weeks or three months or whatever it is

1:30:21 ↗ it's just very hard to predict so um

1:30:24 ↗ as we move forward towards

1:30:27 ↗ the idea of hopefully getting back to

1:30:30 ↗ normal

1:30:31 ↗ um those would be my thoughts once we're

1:30:34 ↗ back

1:30:34 ↗ to normal um um

1:30:38 ↗ you already know that i can't attend

1:30:40 ↗ that retreat on the 30th

1:30:42 ↗ um because i had something else on my

1:30:43 ↗ calendar um

1:30:45 ↗ so i would appreciate being able to

1:30:47 ↗ monitor that remotely

1:30:49 ↗ um but we're not quite to september yet

1:30:51 ↗ so hopefully

1:30:52 ↗ um you'll allow me to do that but i

1:30:54 ↗ think when we're all done and out of the

1:30:56 ↗ emergency

1:30:57 ↗ state and we are comfortable being back

1:31:00 ↗ to normal

1:31:01 ↗ and being in person i do think that

1:31:03 ↗ council members

1:31:04 ↗ when they're in town should go to the

1:31:05 ↗ meetings and i think that would probably

1:31:07 ↗ eliminate

1:31:08 ↗ most of the concerns about moving away

1:31:11 ↗ and

1:31:12 ↗ extended vacations and things like that

1:31:14 ↗ anyway those are just my thoughts for

1:31:15 ↗ now thank you

1:31:17 ↗ thank you councilman goodman city clerk

1:31:19 ↗ i have a question for you

1:31:21 ↗ and that is um there was several changes

1:31:24 ↗ recommended

1:31:25 ↗ and then a discussion about um

1:31:29 ↗ council member in person attendance what

1:31:32 ↗ do you need from the council this

1:31:33 ↗ evening on

1:31:33 ↗ council member in person attendance

1:31:37 ↗ thank you mayor um i've been making

1:31:39 ↗ notes of your comments and i think

1:31:41 ↗ what we would propose is returning at a

1:31:43 ↗ at a future meeting

1:31:45 ↗ potentially potentially a study session

1:31:48 ↗ or council meeting to put together a

1:31:51 ↗ proposal

1:31:52 ↗ on the council remote attendance so i

1:31:54 ↗ don't

1:31:55 ↗ think there needs to be a modified

1:31:56 ↗ motion at this time i've noted the

1:31:58 ↗ feedback

1:31:59 ↗ that's great thank you very much um

1:32:02 ↗ council member hall i see that you are

1:32:03 ↗ not going to be making a comment right

1:32:05 ↗ now

1:32:05 ↗ and i'm just looking to see if there are

1:32:08 ↗ any more comments or questions before

1:32:10 ↗ someone would like to make a motion

1:32:13 ↗ if you could put that in the chat that

1:32:14 ↗ would be great

1:32:23 ↗ and mayor this is pisa clarify that the

1:32:26 ↗ motion is on the floor

1:32:29 ↗ oh sorry lost my way no more comments or

1:32:32 ↗ questions before we vote on the motion

1:32:35 ↗ okay looking for comments or questions

1:32:37 ↗ otherwise i'll reread the motion for

1:32:38 ↗ everybody

1:32:40 ↗ not seeing any more so the motion that

1:32:43 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is to

1:32:44 ↗ direct the administration to proceed

1:32:46 ↗ with the proposed hybrid in-person slash

1:32:49 ↗ virtual meeting plan as presented

1:32:51 ↗ and returned to the city council with

1:32:52 ↗ minor modifications to the city council

1:32:54 ↗ rules of procedure

1:32:56 ↗ to reflect the ability of the public to

1:32:58 ↗ make comments virtually on an ongoing

1:32:59 ↗ basis and i'll turn it back over to the

1:33:01 ↗ city clerk for a roll call vote

1:33:06 ↗ beginning with council member hall

1:33:09 ↗ aye council president hunt

1:33:13 ↗ i council member walsh

1:33:17 ↗ i council member d michelle

1:33:20 ↗ i council member goodman

1:33:26 ↗ that's five eyes zero nays thank you

1:33:30 ↗ that passes unanimously

1:33:32 ↗ the next item on our agenda this evening

1:33:34 ↗ is good of the order

1:33:35 ↗ and if you have something for good of

1:33:37 ↗ the order please indicate in the chat

1:33:39 ↗ and while i'm waiting to see if there's

1:33:41 ↗ anything i'll go over a couple of

1:33:42 ↗ upcoming council meetings

1:33:44 ↗ so there will be a city council study

1:33:46 ↗ session tuesday july 27th with potential

1:33:49 ↗ agenda items including the sign code

1:33:51 ↗ city leadership and services update

1:33:54 ↗ munis reimplementation

1:33:56 ↗ and the boards and commission's future

1:33:58 ↗ meetings format

1:34:00 ↗ there is a city council special study

1:34:02 ↗ session

1:34:03 ↗ on strategy and budget planning a

1:34:06 ↗ strategy and budget planning workshop

1:34:08 ↗ on friday july 30th dinner will be

1:34:11 ↗ provided for council members at 5 30 pm

1:34:13 ↗ and the meeting will begin at 6 pm city

1:34:16 ↗ clerk can i confirm that that

1:34:18 ↗ one is likely to be at tibbetts creek

1:34:20 ↗ manor or is it council chambers

1:34:23 ↗ if it's creek manor thank you

1:34:26 ↗ and on august 2nd the regular city

1:34:29 ↗ council meeting

1:34:30 ↗ willing potential agenda items including

1:34:32 ↗ the revenue forecast

1:34:34 ↗ the recovery coordinator update on the

1:34:37 ↗ american rescue plan act funding

1:34:40 ↗ snoqualmie tribe ancestral land lands

1:34:43 ↗ movement update

1:34:44 ↗ and the establishment of the equity

1:34:46 ↗ board

1:34:47 ↗ and i'm not seeing anything else for

1:34:49 ↗ good of the order in the chat

1:34:51 ↗ so we will move on to our next item

1:34:53 ↗ which is an executive session

1:34:55 ↗ and as earlier mentioned there will be

1:34:57 ↗ an executive session held this evening

1:34:59 ↗ to discuss

1:35:00 ↗ pending or potential litigation for rcw

1:35:03 ↗ 42.30

1:35:05 ↗ 0.110 paren one for an

1:35:08 ↗ i and the item is expected to last 20

1:35:10 ↗ minutes no

1:35:11 ↗ action is anticipated to follow an open

1:35:14 ↗ session

1:35:15 ↗ as a reminder executive sessions are

1:35:17 ↗ closed to the public and we will now

1:35:18 ↗ recess

1:35:19 ↗ into the executive session at 8 35 pm

1:35:22 ↗ and i'd ask the city clerk to move the

1:35:24 ↗ city council

1:35:25 ↗ into a separate session within this

1:35:27 ↗ meeting anyone who's not part of the

1:35:29 ↗ closed session will remain in the main

1:35:31 ↗ can may remain in the main meeting

1:35:33 ↗ you're welcome to stay in the meeting

1:35:35 ↗ until it is reconvened

1:35:37 ↗ uh so city clerk are we um

1:35:42 ↗ removing attendees from the meeting

1:35:46 ↗ yes give me just one more moment thank

1:35:54 ↗ you

1:36:03 ↗ you

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Council / Members (5)

Barbara de Michele

Stacy Goodman

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Lindsey Walsh

Excused

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Motions and votes (4)

Approve Resolution No. 2021-11, supporting King County Proposition No. 1, regular property tax levy for children, youth, families and communities ('Best Starts for Kids' Initiative). (

Moved by HUNT · seconded by DE MICHELE

Carried 4-1

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

Opposed: Goodman

Approve Resolution No. 2021-12, amending the City Council Rules of Procedure to amend various sections as recommended by the Council Rules of Procedure Ad Hoc Committee, including adding a new Section 4.17, New Business Request and Section 7, Boards and Commissions; and Adopt Ordinance No. 2945, ame…

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by WALSH

Carried 5-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

Direct Administration to proceed with the proposed hybrid in-person/virtual meeting plan as presented, and return to the City Council with minor modifications to the City Council Rules of Procedure to reflect the ability of the public to make comments virtually on an on-going basis. .

Moved by HUNT · seconded by HALL

Carried 5-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. b) ID 0839 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of July 19, 2021, $7,907,065.66; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Study Session, May 11, 2021; Approved. d) Minutes: City Council Study Session, June 15, 2021; Approved. e) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, J…

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

Carried 5-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh