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Monday, August 2, 2021

7:00 PM · 2h 10m · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Topics tracked across meetings:
Recognition of Ryan Reamy, Association of Washington Cities Scholarship Winner ID 1209 1/2
Level 3 Franchise Agreements AB 8201 2/2
Section
Topic
1. CALL TO ORDER
1a
First for Roll Call Vote: Hall
3. SPECIAL BUSINESS
3a
Recognition of Service
7. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES
7a
Snoqualmie Tribe Ancestral Lands Movement Update ID 0940
packet pp.5–14
Staff report:
The purpose of this informational update is to introduce the Snoqualmie Tribe Ancestral Land Movement and the Tribe’s efforts to bring communities, visitors, businesses, and organizations together—whether individually or in partnership—to foster respect, restoration, and protection of ancestral lands.
7b
Revenue Forecast ID 0912
packet pp.15–58
Staff report:
B. Real Estate Excise Tax (REET) Forecast C. 2022 Budget Schedule
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
8a
Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Aug. 2, 2021, $4,499,269.25 ID 0884
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.59–97
Topics: Budget
Staff report:
Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8b
Minutes: City Council Study Session, June 29, 2021
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.99–101
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 06-29-21 Council Study Session Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Council Study Session – Special Meeting 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting June 29, 2021 MINUTES
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8c
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, July 19, 2021
Carried 7-0
Approve · packet pp.103–107
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR c) 07-19-21 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000)
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8d
Interagency Agreement with the City of Snoqualmie for Jail Services AB 8118
Carried 7-0
Approve Resolutions · packet pp.109–120
Staff report:
The Issaquah Jail serves the City of Snoqualmie with jail confinement needs.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8f
Level 3 Franchise Agreements AB 8201
Carried 7-0
Adopt Ordinances · packet pp.143–183
Topics: Land Use
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 REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8g
Memorandum of Understanding with Eastside Fire & Rescue for Improvements to Fire Station 71 AB 8208
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.185–189
Topics: Public Safety
Staff report:
Fire Station 71, located at 190 E Sunset Way, was constructed in 1965 and lightly remodeled in 1988 and 2014. Station 71 is nearing the end of its useful life and EF&R has identified a need to adjust to population growth in the City by constructing a new station in north Issaquah. This need was presented at the Sept. 3, 2019 City Council meeting through ID 0517. As described in that presentation, the City and EF&R desired to locate a temporary fire station in north Issaquah to provide service while a new Station 71 was being planned and constructed.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8h
King County Independent Force Investigation Team Interlocal Agreement First Modification AB 8215
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.191–197
Staff report:
On Jan. 30, 2019, the Washington State Legislature unanimously approved the requirement of an independent investigation of any police use of force that results in death, great bodily injury, or substantial bodily injury. The independent investigation is to be performed by a law enforcement agency not involved in the incident and is required to decide whether, under all the facts, circumstances, and information known to the officer at the time, a similarly situated reasonable officer would have believed that the use of deadly force was necessary to prevent death or serious physical harm to the officer or another individual.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
8i
Association of Washington Cities Kids (SEEK) Grant (Portable Stage) AB 8216
Carried 7-0
Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.199–219
Staff report:
In June 2021, the Washington Recreation & Park Association (WRPA), in collaboration with the Association of Washington Cities (AWC), offered a $12 million funding program made possible by federal COVID-19 relief funds provided to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). The OPSI program, Summer Enrichment and Experiences for Kids (SEEK), aims to increase access to quality, outdoor summer programming for youth and communities who have historically been underserved and who have been most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This grant opportunity had a brief application window and a quick decision timeline, with applications due by July 2 and decisions announced July 12.
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
9. REGULAR BUSINESS
9a
Establishment of Equity Board AB 8213
Carried 6-1
Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.221–241
Topics: Land UseEquity
Staff report:
REGULAR BUSINESS a) CITY COUNCIL NEW AGENDA BILL AB 8213 - City Council Regular Meeting - 02 Aug 2021 Regular Business
Roll call:
Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
Opposed: Reh
9b
Recovery Coordinator Update & Funding Allocation Request - Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery AB 8223
Carried 7-0
Authorize · packet pp.243–264
Topics: WaterBudget
Staff report:
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) into law. ARPA provided $1.9 trillion in funding for a variety of areas, including $410 billion in direct payments to individuals, $289 billion in expanded unemployment insurance, and $50 billion in small business support grants and loans to small businesses. The second largest bucket of funding – totaling $350 billion – was direct aid for State and local governments, of which the City of Issaquah is set to receive a little more than $11 million.
Roll call:
Moved by REH · seconded by MARTS
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
10. GOOD OF THE ORDER
10a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:00 welcome everyone i'm calling the august
0:02 2nd city council meeting to order
0:04 and tonight is our first night back in
0:07 council chambers since march of 2020
0:10 and it is wonderful to see all of you in
0:12 person and to see members from the
0:13 community here as well
0:15 and staff we will also continue to have
0:18 a remote aspect to our meetings in
0:20 compliance with the governor's
0:21 proclamation 20-28
0:24 relating to the covet-19 emergency and
0:26 open public meetings
0:28 we may have council members staff and
0:30 members of the public participating in
0:32 tonight's meeting
0:33 in person or remotely via webex
0:36 all of us in this room will be captured
0:38 by the fixed cameras
0:40 and represented as one participant in
0:42 the virtual meeting
0:43 other remote participants will be
0:45 featured on the large screen behind me
0:47 and the council members individual
0:48 screens when they are addressing the
0:50 council
0:52 as we have a council member attending
0:53 remotely tonight we will
0:55 continue to take roll call votes if you
0:58 wish to speak at any time during the
1:00 meeting
1:00 simply raise your mic clerk and i will
1:03 check in with our remote council member
1:05 to determine
1:05 when she wishes to speak at this point
1:08 we'll take a moment
1:09 to do a roll call of the council members
1:11 in attendance so please stay here when i
1:14 call your name
1:15 councilmember d michelle here
1:17 councilmember goodman
1:19 here councilmember hall here
1:22 council president hunt here council
1:25 member marks
1:26 here deputy council president ray
1:29 and council member walsh here all seven
1:32 council members are in attendance this
1:34 evening
1:35 the next item on the agenda is this
1:37 evening the next item on the agenda is
1:39 this evening
1:41 the next item on the agenda is this
1:43 evening the next item on the agenda is
1:45 this evening
1:46 the next item on the agenda is this
1:48 evening the next
1:53 one item under god indivisible
1:56 with liberty and justice strong
2:04 we do have some special business this
2:06 evening
2:08 i would like to go up to the podium and
2:11 address the council in the community
2:12 about two changes that we've had in our
2:14 administration
2:15 uh one being tina eggers our city clerk
2:18 moving on to a new position
2:20 and also our finance director beth
2:22 goldberg who is
2:23 moving on to a new city i'm going to do
2:26 that
2:26 up at the podium
2:37 but first i'd like to talk about tina
2:39 eggers our city clerk
2:41 what i know
2:54 i want to recognize tina for her 17
2:56 years of service in the city
2:58 as our city clerk he began working with
3:01 the city in 2004
3:02 and since that time she is tired of
3:04 higher listening work
3:06 to support city staff the city council
3:09 and volunteer do you want me to start
3:11 over okay thanks
3:13 and volunteer boards and commissions and
3:16 the public
3:17 tina has numerous accomplishments during
3:19 her tenure as clerk
3:20 including digitizing the city's historic
3:23 minutes resolutions and ordinances
3:25 implementing electronic data management
3:28 and public records software
3:30 supporting the city's boards and
3:31 commissions and serving a staff liaison
3:33 to the sister cities commission
3:35 we are so grateful tina that to have you
3:38 as our city clerk for that time
3:40 and really looking forward to working
3:42 with you in your new role as chief of
3:43 staff at the city
3:44 if you'd like to come up i have a small
3:46 small gift for you
3:49 any council members who would like to
3:51 make comments or free
3:52 to join in or raise your hand and thank
3:54 you thank you
3:56 thank you
4:02 thank you wasn't planning on it but yes
4:06 um thank you uh yeah who knew and uh
4:09 let's see 28 years ago i started in
4:11 local government and
4:13 you know israel has been my home here
4:15 for the past 17 and it has just been a
4:17 great place to work
4:18 so thank you and you have a an excellent
4:21 clerk to pass the baton to
4:24 thanks again thank you tina thank you
4:25 for everything
4:27 anyone else wanting to add some bummer
4:28 [Applause]
4:33 the second recognition i'd like to do
4:35 tonight is for beth goldberg
4:37 our finance director beth is moving to
4:40 the city of kirkland as the deputy
4:42 city administrator our city manager and
4:46 it has been my great pleasure to work
4:47 with her her entire
4:49 time here at the city she joined us as
4:51 an interim finance director when we were
4:53 going through quite a twist and tumble
4:55 of financial issues that had to be
4:57 worked out
4:58 i really enjoyed working with her as an
5:01 interim
5:01 and remember going into her office when
5:03 the posting was up saying please
5:05 please take this job you are a fabulous
5:08 fit for our team
5:09 you know how to do this work and we
5:12 it this city needs to be able to address
5:16 the issues that we were being challenged
5:17 with at the time
5:19 so it has been a pleasure to work with
5:21 beth over these past three years
5:22 and i know she's going to do fantastic
5:24 at the city of kirkland
5:26 beth thank you for everything you've
5:27 done for us and come on up i have
5:29 something for you too
5:30 [Applause]
5:34 okay it will be engraved but right now
5:36 it's just
5:48 thank you everyone it has been um i'll
5:50 echo what tina said a pleasure to work
5:53 here
5:53 um what mayor paulie did not say is when
5:57 came to issaquah as the interim finance
5:59 director
6:00 i was actually thinking about leaving
6:02 local government i was exploring
6:05 what i was going to do with the rest of
6:06 my life and issaquah came
6:09 calling and i'm like what do i have to
6:10 lose it's interim i
6:12 will go in then i'll be out of there um
6:15 and
6:16 i i fell in love with this city and it
6:19 has
6:20 renewed my um my passion for local
6:24 government
6:24 um i was not looking to leave um
6:28 kirkland came calling it seems like a
6:30 fantastic opportunity to further grow
6:33 but this is a great team there's a great
6:35 finance team in place
6:37 and have been very appreciative of the
6:39 support of the administration and the
6:41 city council
6:42 for all of the changes that
6:45 have been needed so i wish nothing but
6:47 the best to all of you
6:49 and i will miss working with all of you
6:51 thank you congratulations
6:53 thank you
7:02 the next item on our agenda this evening
7:05 um audience comments and it's so much
7:08 fun to be able to do this
7:09 in this room again with you members of
7:13 the public may address
7:14 council at this time in person or
7:16 virtually and those who signed up in
7:18 advance to make comments will be called
7:20 on first
7:21 if you are joining us virtually and
7:23 would like to make comments please raise
7:24 your virtual hand
7:26 if you are on the phone that could be
7:28 pressing star 3
7:30 if you have joined by a computer or
7:31 smartphone look for a hand icon and this
7:34 can vary by device
7:36 one option may be to go to the
7:37 participant panel and choose the raise
7:40 hand icon in the lower right hand corner
7:42 and if you are in the room and did not
7:44 sign up
7:45 i will ask for other speakers before
7:46 closing that portion of the meeting
7:48 city clerk has anyone signed to speak up
7:50 for the general audience comments or
7:52 indicated a desire to speak this evening
7:57 yes just one moment mayor
8:14 give me just a moment as i balance this
8:16 dual roll here
8:20 of course the first individual who
8:22 signed up to speak is susan leonelli
8:25 susan in just a moment you'll be made a
8:26 panelist and you should have the option
8:28 to unmute and turn your video on
8:32 mayor i'm realizing do you have some
8:33 additional comments i do
8:35 yes so thank you for that and before we
8:37 start
8:39 for those making comments this evening
8:41 please direct your comments to the whole
8:42 council
8:43 and not to individuals and while this is
8:45 not a question and answer session we
8:47 will contact you
8:48 and follow up if needed when you are
8:50 recognized
8:52 for virtual attendees please unmute your
8:54 microphone and for
8:56 in-person attendees please step up to
8:58 the lectern
8:59 state your name and address relationship
9:01 to the city and speak clearly and pause
9:03 frequently
9:04 please limit your comments to five
9:06 minutes if you are attending virtually
9:08 and do not respond after your name or
9:10 phone number is called
9:11 or if your connection is lost
9:13 unexpectedly the meeting still needs to
9:15 proceed and you are encouraged to rejoin
9:17 the meeting if able
9:19 personal attacks obscene language
9:21 derogatory remarks and disruptive
9:22 behavior will not be permitted
9:25 citizen comments written and verbal are
9:27 an important aspect of the public
9:28 process
9:29 the city takes comments seriously and we
9:32 thank you for taking the time to address
9:35 now we can go to susan leonelli
9:55 i'm having some trouble promoting susan
9:58 so susan i'm gonna go ahead and unmute
10:00 you
10:01 you won't have the option to turn your
10:03 video on unfortunately
10:04 you have the floor
10:07 thank you very much i appreciate it um
10:11 my name is susan leonelli i'm an
10:13 issaquah highlands resident
10:15 for 15 years and chair of the issaquah
10:18 human services commission
10:20 i would like to make a public comment
10:22 regarding
10:23 an item up for consideration this
10:25 evening item number ab-8213
10:28 establishment of an equity board
10:32 on behalf of myself and my fellow human
10:34 services commissioners
10:35 i'd like to start out by thanking our
10:38 mayor city council
10:40 and other city leaders for entrusting
10:42 our commission
10:43 with this important topic with the help
10:45 of city staff
10:46 and several expert advisors our
10:48 commission spent almost
10:50 an entire year developing a plan to
10:53 engage with our community
10:55 listen to their needs and devise a
10:57 thoughtful and effective approach to
10:59 addressing the challenges and
11:00 opportunities around equity
11:03 some of you have actually had a chance
11:04 to follow along with us
11:06 have met some of our commissioners and
11:08 our citizens and heard them tell their
11:10 own inspiring and sometimes painful
11:13 stories
11:14 for many of us this has been a
11:16 transformational
11:18 task requiring equal amounts of passion
11:21 and due diligence to ensure that we
11:24 landed on the right solution for this
11:26 city
11:27 at this moment in time our focus has
11:30 been on prioritizing
11:31 impact so that investments of time and
11:34 resources pay the dividends we need them
11:38 starting an equity board is just that
11:40 it's a start to make an important change
11:43 tonight as you consider establishing an
11:45 equity board
11:46 as proposed we sincerely appreciate your
11:48 guidance
11:49 and leadership with your help 2021
11:53 becomes the year when issaquah moves to
11:55 the forefront
11:56 and ensures we are effectively serving
11:58 all of our citizens
12:00 thank you very much for this opportunity
12:02 to comment
12:03 thank you susan city clerk who's next
12:06 signed up to speak the next person
12:09 signed up as an
12:10 in-room attendee larry franks
12:18 good evening i'm larry franks in spite
12:21 of the fact that i am not in my
12:23 iconic t-shirt done by ray troll i
12:27 thought a little more formal attire was
12:29 appropriate for this evening um i've
12:32 been a
12:33 49-year resident in issaquah at 24001
12:37 southeast 103rd street
12:40 i'm here to plead on behalf of fish
12:43 you can either hear that as lowercase
12:45 meaning the salmon that are iconic to
12:47 our town
12:48 or uppercase the friends of issaquah
12:50 salmon hatchery
12:52 and i'm here to celebrate the fact that
12:56 the american recovery act has something
12:58 to do for
12:59 us it is looks like it is
13:02 an opportunity to recover from covet
13:06 to bring more people to our
13:09 our town educate them about fish help us
13:12 figure out how to
13:14 keep these iconic fish in this city
13:18 so i know it's coming up as a an agenda
13:20 item later and i ask for your support on
13:23 thank you so much thank you very much
13:25 larry
13:26 eddie carr anyone else signed up to
13:28 speak this evening
13:30 yes and before we go to them i would
13:31 like to remind the members of the public
13:33 on the virtual call that if you'd like
13:35 to make comments tonight please raise
13:37 your virtual hand
13:38 if you're on the phone you can press
13:40 star 3
13:41 if you are joining by computer please
13:43 look for the small hand icon
13:45 you may find that under the participant
13:48 panel
13:49 and the next person who signed up to
13:51 speak is kelly richardson
13:53 kelly in just a moment here you should
13:55 have an option to unview and turn your
13:56 video on
14:09 thank you so much good evening city
14:11 council and mayor my name is kelly
14:13 richardson
14:15 i live at 14910 262nd
14:18 avenue southeast in issaquah and i'm the
14:22 board president for fish
14:25 a fish's mission is protecting our
14:27 salmon and ensuring their survival for
14:29 future generations through education
14:32 advocacy and outreach we protect and
14:36 enhance issaquah's treasures
14:39 the salmon run and the issaquah creek
14:42 as the number one educational hatchery
14:44 in the state
14:46 and the most visited hatchery in the
14:48 state
14:49 fish provides outreach and education to
14:52 thousands of students and adults
14:54 each year through our tours and in
14:56 classroom presentations
14:58 to around 185 different schools
15:02 we have adults that we tour
15:05 throughout the year and we also give
15:08 in-class
15:09 presentations we are designated as an
15:12 urban wildlife
15:14 center and one of the only places you
15:16 can get nose to nose
15:18 with the salmon in an urban environment
15:22 last year with the staff reductions the
15:25 requests for our
15:26 services were beyond our means
15:29 we are seeking support to expand our
15:32 offerings and increase
15:33 that staff time to plan promote
15:37 recruit and train volunteers to meet
15:39 demand
15:40 we truly appreciate this consideration
15:44 education is power and creates
15:47 responsible stewards for the environment
15:50 by increasing support we will bring more
15:52 visitors to the hatchery
15:55 and enhance practical environmental
15:57 education
15:59 our visitors leave with a sense of
16:01 wonder about our amazing iconic salmon
16:04 and they learn how they can help keep
16:06 the salmon coming home
16:09 we do this through our volunteers and
16:11 staff
16:12 so we look forward to reinstituting our
16:14 classroom presentations
16:16 reengaging classrooms coming to the
16:18 hatchery
16:20 and our community celebrating the salmon
16:23 coming home
16:24 thank you so much thank you kelly
16:27 city clerk who else has signed up this
16:29 evening next person signed up to make
16:32 comments is kathy mcquarrie kathy in
16:34 just a moment you should have the option
16:36 to unmute and may turn your video on
16:51 good evening
16:56 hi kathy we can hear you thank you
16:59 uh my name is kathy mccrory i'm with the
17:01 greater issaquah chamber of commerce at
17:03 155
17:04 north northwest gilman boulevard
17:08 and just a couple brief announcements
17:10 from the chamber today
17:11 um you know sometimes it's confusing for
17:14 the general public
17:16 knowing that a chamber is a membership
17:19 organization but i just want to clarify
17:22 a few things along with some exciting
17:24 news is
17:25 that chambers of commerce always promote
17:27 the entire business community that is
17:29 our job is to take care of all
17:30 businesses regardless
17:32 it's just that we are funded by the
17:35 businesses
17:36 um that choose to be members because
17:39 they believe in the work we do
17:40 and they they pay those memberships to
17:43 keep us doing the great work
17:45 and one of the things we've been busy
17:47 doing is working on our website which
17:49 has resulted in two new products
17:51 and one i think i've mentioned before
17:52 and i just want to update um
17:55 give you an update about but the other
17:57 one is is that we now have
17:59 every single business in the city of
18:02 issaquah that
18:03 has their business license and their
18:05 issaquah endorsement
18:07 listed on the chamber website so we are
18:09 now searchable
18:11 for over 2 hundred and some odd
18:14 businesses all located in whit issaquah
18:17 so we're promoting
18:18 all of those businesses on
18:20 issaquahchanford.com
18:21 website and if you um want to
18:25 check out your business listing and make
18:26 sure we have the information
18:28 correct we encourage all business owners
18:30 to do so and let us
18:32 know if there's any updates or
18:33 information that we might
18:35 have that's incorrect from the
18:38 washington
18:39 state business license office
18:42 but we're very proud to make sure that
18:43 we are inclusive and representing
18:45 all of those businesses in issaquah and
18:49 the other quick thing is just an update
18:51 is the quadjobs.com is going strong we
18:54 now have
18:55 companies represented on issaquah.com
18:58 issaquahjobs.com
19:00 including jobs that the city has open
19:02 and so we're very pleased with that and
19:04 just
19:05 again encouraging everyone if you have
19:07 an opening
19:08 please go to issaquahjobs.com and post
19:11 posting is free and we are in the middle
19:14 of a
19:15 social media campaign pushing that
19:17 website out
19:18 to people all over the region recruiting
19:21 great people for our great jobs that we
19:24 have here in issaquah
19:25 and that's it for this evening from the
19:27 chamber thank you very much
19:29 thank you kathy city clerk has anyone
19:31 else signed up
19:33 yes the next speaker is ted lucas ted in
19:36 just a moment
19:36 you should have the option to unmute and
19:38 turn your video on
19:45 [Music]
19:50 well good evening everyone my name is
19:52 ted lucas i live in
19:54 issaquah for many years now and i'm a
19:56 member
19:57 of the baha'i faith and of the local
19:59 baha'i community
20:01 we've been very grateful and happy to
20:03 support the initiative this year and
20:06 over the last year
20:06 of the city both in the mayor's office
20:09 and
20:10 the human services commission and now at
20:13 the city council
20:14 we are squarely in support of this
20:17 wonderful
20:18 recommendation to establish an equity
20:20 board now
20:21 and for the long term in the city of
20:23 issaquah
20:25 and to be very brief uh we think it does
20:27 many things not only
20:29 will the board be a valuable resource to
20:31 city leadership
20:32 in the years to come but it will also
20:34 put a spotlight
20:35 on unity in diversity in our community
20:38 on equity and learning that is so
20:40 important
20:42 next it will also give a voice to
20:44 members of the community from all races
20:46 and backgrounds
20:47 to come to the uh to the uh equity board
20:50 to also be members of the
20:51 equity board an important voice with
20:53 visibility
20:55 and third of course or fourth it will
20:57 send a message
20:58 clearly uh to everyone in issaquah that
21:01 the city is indeed committed
21:03 to diversity equity inclusion
21:06 respect and opportunity for all members
21:08 of our community for the long run
21:10 not just for now that becomes a part of
21:13 our culture
21:14 it becomes that is sustained and is
21:16 supported uh and bring
21:18 really uh the richness and the beauty of
21:20 diversity to uh issaquah
21:22 uh forever i think that's a big reason
21:25 to be hopeful and to be grateful and
21:29 in short the members of the community as
21:31 so many others
21:33 are strongly in support of this
21:34 recommendation thank you
21:36 thank you so much ted clark is there
21:39 anyone else signed up
21:41 i don't see that anyone else has signed
21:43 up to speak
21:45 uh one more call out if anyone else on
21:47 the call has interested in making
21:48 comments please rate your
21:50 raise your virtual hand
21:53 we do have an audience member who would
21:55 like to step up wonderful
22:03 thank you madam mayor and issaquah
22:05 council my name is robin kelly
22:07 i'm the executive director of friends of
22:09 the isoqua salmon hatchery
22:11 my address is 445 mountain park
22:13 boulevard southwest
22:15 issaquah and i'm here tonight of
22:18 thanking you for considering funding
22:20 fish
22:21 and i also want to share with you the
22:25 professional and delightful
22:29 experience i had with your economic
22:31 staff
22:33 benton he came and was considerate
22:37 and listened and really spent time
22:39 understanding what our issues were
22:41 and i want to share that with you
22:43 because it's not necessarily what you
22:45 have you get to see him do but he
22:47 represented the city
22:48 in such a great way that i i want to
22:52 share that
22:53 so as described in my letter that
22:55 appeared in your packets
22:57 fish has been dramatically impacted by
22:59 the kova 19 pandemic
23:01 by the closure of the hatchery site and
23:04 by diminished activities and subsequent
23:06 income
23:08 recently we received good news that we
23:11 would be able
23:12 to open for spawning season i was
23:15 overcome with excitement
23:17 and then anxiety i was
23:21 the opportunity to again educate and
23:24 advocate for our salmon
23:26 was just what we'd been waiting for and
23:28 wanting to do
23:30 as the sole remaining staff i was
23:34 hard-pressed to strategize how
23:36 that would be possible how to catch up
23:39 clean up and spruce up for guests
23:45 from the native plant garden overgrown
23:48 and neglected and
23:49 recently dramatically impacted by the
23:51 heatwave
23:52 to the brochures and videos that would
23:55 welcome guests
23:56 and offer an introduction to the salmon
23:58 hatchery
23:59 those were all things that had not been
24:02 given any attention since
24:04 january of 2020. the last day in our
24:07 guestbook
24:08 in the aquarium room at the salmon
24:10 hatchery was march 9th
24:12 it closed then the hatchery grounds
24:14 closed and
24:15 since that time we've been trying to
24:18 discover ways to connect
24:20 with the public in virtual presentations
24:23 which has pushed us and we've leaned
24:26 into it and we've been successful
24:28 but there's nothing like personal
24:30 one-to-one
24:31 eye-to-eye contact with visitors and
24:34 guests
24:35 so this special funding will allow fish
24:37 not only to hire additional staff
24:40 it will provide supplemental support to
24:43 prepare
24:44 again to greet the public and welcome
24:46 the salmon home
24:47 thank you for your time and
24:49 consideration i asked the council
24:51 support to approve the funding proposal
24:54 thank you thank you robin he declared
24:58 has anybody indicated a desire to speak
25:00 no thank you so that concludes our
25:02 audience comments for this evening i
25:04 thank you all for coming it is really
25:06 nice
25:07 to hear your voices see your faces and
25:09 see some of you in person
25:11 we had several speakers talk about some
25:12 of the items that are on the agenda
25:14 council's agenda this evening
25:16 the support for fish and also the
25:19 establishment of the equity board
25:21 and also the chamber sharing some news
25:23 on their website developments
25:25 so that was great thank you all very
25:27 much for that
25:28 next item uh oh sorry uh not quite done
25:32 here
25:32 um you can always send in comments later
25:36 at city council discwo law.gov and i am
25:38 going to ask the
25:39 city council president whether or not
25:41 she has any email comments that she will
25:43 summarize on tonight's agenda topic
25:46 mr president thank you madam mayor we
25:49 did receive
25:50 five emails in support of passage of
25:54 ab822
25:55 through recovery coordinator update and
25:57 funding allocation request
25:59 friends of issaquah salmon hatchery
26:01 these were in support of
26:02 passing the motion for funding for phish
26:06 and we also received a email also on
26:08 this topic
26:09 that had information about arpa
26:12 and about nonprofits and that concludes
26:16 the emails that were specifically sent
26:19 to us on items that we're discussing
26:21 tonight and that came to us between
26:23 now and the last time that we discussed
26:25 the topics that are on tonight's agenda
26:28 thank you council president next item on
26:31 our agenda this evening is committee and
26:32 regional reports and we will start
26:34 tonight with councilmember hall
26:37 thank you mayor paulie i just have a
26:39 quick uh note for the council
26:41 uh to close the loop um with regard to
26:44 something regarding cascade water
26:46 alliance so cascade water alliance staff
26:48 will be joining our september 7th
26:49 regular city council meeting
26:51 to present and answer uh questions about
26:53 the water supply development fund
26:55 proposal that i mentioned
26:56 uh a few months ago so i'll be sure to
26:58 remind you all again before that
27:00 presentation in advance so we can
27:02 collect questions in advance
27:04 and i know that there was a specific
27:05 request for updated water projection
27:07 metrics and so that's been included in
27:09 the presentation
27:10 and that concludes my report thank you
27:11 council member hall council member d
27:13 michelle
27:15 thank you mayor paulie um i do not have
27:17 a formal report tonight but i do want to
27:20 report
27:20 that this afternoon the east side human
27:22 services forum board
27:24 held a special meeting to interview the
27:26 final two candidates for the first ever
27:28 executive director position
27:30 for the forum this is an exciting step
27:33 forward for eastside human services
27:35 foreman
27:36 forum and another special board meeting
27:38 will be held on wednesday and we expect
27:40 a decision to be announced by the end of
27:42 august
27:43 so this is just a really interesting and
27:47 and wonderful pivotal point for that
27:49 organization
27:50 my other report is that the healthier
27:52 here board will be meeting this
27:54 thursday thank you thank you
27:56 councilmember d michelle councilmember
27:57 walsh
27:58 thank you on uh july 21st the title 18
28:02 ad hoc group met we discussed the public
28:06 participation plan
28:08 including the planning policy
28:12 commission's public hearing that was
28:14 going to happen the next day on the 22nd
28:17 we've heard some feedback from the
28:19 public about that meeting
28:20 and we'll discuss it in our next ad hoc
28:23 meeting
28:24 which is this thursday on august 5th
28:27 that concludes my report thank you
28:29 councilmember walsh councilmember
28:31 goodman
28:33 uh thank you councilmember goodman here
28:34 i have no report this evening
28:36 thank you councilmember martz thank you
28:39 madam mayor
28:40 i also have no report because psrc gmpb
28:44 and sca pic are both uh shut down for
28:47 the month of august
28:48 that's true thank you uh deputy council
28:50 president ray thank you mayor paulie i
28:52 have no report this evening
28:54 thank you council president hunt no
28:55 report this evening thank you this truly
28:57 is summer break isn't it
28:59 the next item is the mayor's report and
29:02 i do have a few items to share tonight
29:04 there will be an executive session held
29:05 this evening to discuss
29:07 pending and potential litigation for rcw
29:10 42.30 per n1 for ni
29:14 the item is expected to last 40 minutes
29:16 and no
29:17 action is anticipated to follow in open
29:19 session
29:20 there are some community events that are
29:22 going on so along with the issaquah
29:24 police department i'm excited to
29:26 participate in several
29:28 neighborhood national night out events
29:30 tomorrow august 3rd
29:32 national night out is an annual
29:34 community building campaign that
29:35 promotes police community partnerships
29:38 and neighborhood camaraderie to make our
29:40 neighborhoods safer
29:42 better places to live i thank the
29:44 neighborhoods who are hosting some
29:45 events this year it's going to be fun
29:48 concerts on the green is also continuing
29:50 this month um
29:51 tomorrow at 7 p.m at the isqua community
29:54 center you can come and join us for the
29:55 25th annual
29:57 concert on the green series and a
29:59 reminder that this class farmers market
30:01 is still running uh
30:02 9 a.m to 2 p.m on saturdays rain or
30:05 shine through september 25th the
30:08 snoqualmie tribe vaccination clinic that
30:10 was held earlier this year was made
30:12 possible through a partnership between
30:14 the snoqualmie tribe
30:16 a sovereign nation and the city of
30:17 issaquah eastside fire and rescue
30:20 and the city of sammamish on august 12th
30:23 a celebration will honor the many
30:24 volunteers who participated
30:27 we are thankful and grateful for the 200
30:29 volunteers
30:30 that provided service to our community
30:33 those volunteers contributed their time
30:35 over a 52-day period
30:37 with a combined total of over 4 100
30:40 volunteer hours
30:42 and my last item is on community budget
30:45 session
30:46 as i begin to prepare the 2022 proposed
30:49 budget
30:50 we are looking for some community
30:51 feedback and the city will be hosting a
30:53 community meeting at 6 p.m
30:55 on august 4th for those who are
30:57 interested in learning more about the
30:59 city's financial forecast
31:01 and to provide input on future
31:03 priorities and that concludes
31:05 my report so we're going to move into
31:08 the informational updates that we have
31:09 for tonight and the first one is
31:12 id0940 a snoqualmie tribe ancestral
31:16 lands movement
31:17 update and i'm inviting chief of staff
31:19 to the mayor tina eggers to introduce
31:21 this item
31:22 tina hi thank you yes i'll briefly
31:25 introduce
31:26 the snoqualmie tribes especially land
31:28 movement and the tribe's efforts
31:30 to bring communities visitors businesses
31:34 and
31:34 organizations together whether that's
31:36 individually or in a partnership
31:38 to foster respect restoration protection
31:42 of these lands so here this evening is
31:45 virtually
31:47 jamie martin she's the tribe's executive
31:50 director
31:51 specifically in the government affairs
31:54 division
31:55 and i have a short presentation to pull
31:58 up on her behalf
32:01 let me navigate to that
32:07 here we go
32:17 thank you and i um have the presentation
32:19 on screen
32:20 uh if jamie's available to step forward
32:23 this
32:23 this would be the time hey tina can you
32:27 hear me
32:28 we can hear you just fine thank you
32:30 jamie hi um i was actually going to ask
32:33 um assistant director mckenna sweet
32:35 dorming could give the presentation but
32:37 i'm not sure if she's able to unmute
32:39 herself or if she has to be invited to
32:40 unmute herself
32:42 thank you yes we can certainly uh do
32:44 that on our end
32:47 mckenna you should have the option to
32:49 unmute and turn your video on
32:56 good evening everyone can you hear me
32:57 all right we here just fine
32:59 thank you mckenna
33:02 well um thank you uh council for giving
33:05 us the time
33:06 to share a little bit more about our
33:08 snoqualmie tribe at the school lands
33:09 movement
33:10 and we can move to the next slide
33:15 so this is um a movement that we
33:19 launched
33:20 this year in may we've realized
33:23 that with the increased growth in
33:25 population
33:26 and increased recreational activities
33:30 that have been happening
33:31 um for a long time in this region with
33:34 areas that are very special
33:36 to the tribe we've seen an increase
33:37 unfortunately
33:39 in degradation of very special areas
33:43 and so we realized that with
33:46 awareness we're hoping to foster some
33:49 change
33:49 in these activities and create a deep
33:52 meaningful
33:53 understanding in our surrounding
33:55 communities about the tribe's connection
33:57 to these places get moved on to
34:00 please
34:03 one of the things that we're asking
34:05 people to do
34:07 is uh to practice land acknowledgement
34:10 so moving past
34:12 just stating or writing land
34:14 acknowledgements but
34:15 living that meaning in their activities
34:18 every day
34:19 the one that you're looking at right
34:21 here is the one that we've
34:22 encouraged and many people have actually
34:25 adopted
34:26 use in the sonoma corridor area which
34:29 includes
34:30 suspension issaquah and
34:34 it acknowledges our ancient and unbroken
34:37 connections
34:38 to these lands next slide please
34:44 so we've had quite a bit of momentum
34:47 since our launch in may
34:48 of this year we've met with so many
34:51 different group
34:52 and non-profits and businesses in this
34:54 aquamany corridor area and region
34:57 there you can see some of them listed
34:59 below
35:00 we've provided them with additional
35:02 information and
35:04 many of them have taken next steps in
35:06 partnership
35:07 you can move on to the next slide
35:11 this partnership has looked um in many
35:14 different
35:14 aspects depending on the individual or
35:17 business or organization
35:18 that would like to partner we have a
35:20 pledge that
35:22 people can sign we've had 8 500 people
35:25 to date and that's growing we've also
35:28 asked for folks to follow and help
35:30 amplify the messaging that we're sharing
35:32 in this facebook campaign
35:34 we right now i think have over 2 000
35:37 people following that page
35:39 and we've also partnered with local
35:40 businesses to help distribute materials
35:43 for trash cleanup and also just kind of
35:45 sharing that messaging
35:47 in a different way we've had stickers
35:49 and gloves and dry bags that we've
35:51 offered at these locations for free
35:54 hoping that people
35:55 will go out in a mindful way when
35:57 they're on these trails
35:59 next slide please
36:03 we're also launching a new tool so this
36:06 is a
36:07 digital tool reporting tool it's
36:10 called survey123 that's the name of
36:12 application and there's a survey
36:14 in this application where folks can
36:17 while they're out on the trail if they
36:19 see something they would like to report
36:22 a degradation it allows you to
36:26 upload a photo or a comment on these
36:28 areas where you might see
36:30 trash or overflow of bathrooms or trash
36:33 cans
36:34 or dumping or pet waste so
36:38 we've just launched this recently and
36:40 there's more information on our website
36:42 next slide please
36:46 and this is how you can reach us or
36:48 engage
36:49 more with this movement the facebook
36:51 page is where you'll find a lot of the
36:53 information that we've been sharing
36:55 and if you have any questions after this
36:57 day please
36:58 feel free to reach out to us at our gasp
37:01 even through the facebook page we've
37:03 been getting back to those comments and
37:04 those messages as well
37:07 thank you very much mckenna and jamie
37:09 and thank you for coming and doing the
37:10 presentation a lot of great information
37:13 in there
37:13 um i'm gonna open it up now to council
37:15 to see if there are any questions on
37:17 what we've heard tonight
37:20 and i'll keep my eye on councilmember
37:21 goodman as well
37:24 okay well thank you for all of the
37:27 information
37:28 and um now i'd like to check in with the
37:31 chief of staff
37:32 the proclamation um would you like me to
37:35 read the draft that i have
37:37 uh yes um before you do that i just
37:39 wanted to echo that the
37:41 that this movement you know it's twofold
37:43 as you heard it's education and
37:45 awareness
37:46 and it's something that we are behind um
37:49 and committed to doing we want to
37:52 further our partnership with the tribe
37:54 and we are committed to widely promoting
37:57 this
37:58 educational and awareness opportunities
38:00 and materials where we can
38:02 we want to inform the sports and
38:04 recreation businesses that we partner
38:06 with
38:06 on how they can
38:10 help share that message and work with
38:11 their customers and
38:14 it's also important for us to look for
38:15 meaningful ways that we can share it in
38:17 the programs that that we do here at the
38:19 city
38:20 and so this important call to action is
38:23 reinforced by the mayor's proclamation
38:26 which uh i turn the floor over to you
38:28 madam mayor
38:29 thank you tina great information
38:33 so i'm just gonna read through um some
38:36 highlights from the proclamation whereas
38:38 the snokami tribe as a sovereign tribal
38:40 nation
38:41 signed the treaty of point elliot on
38:43 january 22nd
38:44 1855 and by signing this treaty the
38:47 united states government
38:49 affirmed and recognized the snokami
38:51 tribe's alienable
38:52 inherent status as a separate sovereign
38:55 nation
38:55 that has existed since time immemorial
38:58 in return for extensive concessions by
39:01 the snoqualmie people the united states
39:03 recognized and promised to respect
39:06 and protect the snoqualmie tribe's
39:07 reserved rights including the ability to
39:10 fish
39:10 hunt and gather in their ancestral
39:12 homeland as they had done for thousands
39:15 of years before
39:16 and whereas the salish sea region has
39:18 grown in population
39:20 the snoqualmie tribes ancestral lands
39:22 have been heavily impacted by recreation
39:25 including the issaquah alps and tiger
39:27 mountain land
39:28 and whereas declared in the city of
39:30 issaquah's adopted strategic plan
39:32 the city will effectively steward our
39:34 natural environment
39:35 to ensure a sustainable legacy for
39:38 future generations
39:39 and whereas in may 2021 the snoqualmie
39:42 tribe launched its official
39:44 ancestral lands movement to bring
39:46 communities
39:47 visitors businesses and organizations
39:49 together
39:50 whether individually or in a partnership
39:53 to foster respect
39:55 restoration and protection of ancestral
39:58 lands
39:58 and now therefore i mary lee paulie
40:01 mayor of the city of issaquah
40:03 do hereby proclaim and acknowledge
40:05 snoqualmie tribe
40:06 ancestral lands in the city of issaquah
40:09 and i encourage all individuals to
40:10 pledge support
40:12 for the snoqualmie tribe ancestral lands
40:14 movement and demonstrate respect
40:16 through personal recreational practices
40:19 and experiences that help in protecting
40:21 and restoring these lands for
40:23 generations to come
40:25 so thank you very much for coming this
40:26 evening i'll give council another
40:28 check in to see if there's any questions
40:30 or comments before we move on
40:33 great jamie mckenna thank you for
40:37 joining us tonight
40:39 thank you everyone have a great evening
40:44 next informational item on our agenda
40:46 this evening is id
40:47 0912 which is the revenue forecast and
40:50 i'd like to invite
40:50 finance director beth goldberg to
40:52 present this item
40:57 good evening everyone just give me a
41:01 moment
41:04 let's here
41:31 all right
41:36 just one moment i'm having some
41:37 technical difficulties i jinxed myself
41:40 earlier this evening
41:42 i'll fill in the awkward silence okay i
41:44 just want to thank everybody for being
41:46 patient tonight we're trying out
41:48 another new system and you know it took
41:51 us a little while to nail down the zoom
41:53 the
41:53 you know our um remote meetings
41:57 so we're gonna have a few hiccups but
41:59 we'll get through it and also
42:01 very grateful to our i
42:04 technology teams and all that they've
42:06 been able to do to allow us to have
42:08 people in the room
42:08 and have people join us remotely so this
42:11 is great
42:12 yeah okay technical issues resolved the
42:15 other technical issue is going to be how
42:17 many times my classes fog up
42:19 during this this discussion um so
42:22 uh good evening everyone um as uh
42:25 mayor paulie mentioned uh we are giving
42:28 um our annual revenue update in
42:32 preparation for the 2022 proposed budget
42:36 and the presentation tonight is going to
42:38 focus
42:39 primarily on the general fund but we're
42:41 also going to spend a little bit of time
42:43 talking about real estate excise tax
42:47 so one of the things that you may have
42:50 picked up
42:52 during my time here is that i love
42:54 reading articles about the economy
42:56 namely because i like the adjectives
42:59 that um that writers use to describe
43:02 what is going on with the economy so
43:04 this one
43:06 this one caught my attention i sent it
43:08 to wally
43:09 early one morning and we both declared
43:12 that we enjoy the word
43:13 haywire to describe the economy so
43:16 this was a new york times article the
43:18 headline was the economic gauges are
43:20 going nuts
43:21 and then it concludes with data being
43:25 haywire
43:26 so the point of this slide being that um
43:30 similar to last year it was hard to
43:33 figure out what was going on
43:34 this year we have not um in modern
43:37 history
43:38 ever experienced a recovery from a
43:40 pandemic
43:41 so what that means for the economic
43:43 trajectory
43:45 is um is the vexing problem
43:48 of the year um so what we are seeing
43:52 is um an improvement
43:55 to our revenues um and in some and some
43:58 revenue lines as you will see
44:00 a pretty dramatic improvement in our
44:02 revenues
44:04 when you put it all together and net it
44:06 all out
44:07 as i will explain through this
44:08 presentation we anticipate
44:11 roughly 1.3 million available
44:15 to allow the city to expand ongoing
44:17 costs
44:18 and as much as 8.5 million in one time
44:21 costs
44:22 this is in addition to the arpa funds
44:25 that
44:26 will be the topic of discussion later
44:28 this evening and i'm sure
44:29 for many meetings to come as well
44:33 as some relatively new revenues that
44:36 have come to the city
44:38 for affordable housing so um
44:41 a lot of decisions to be made this year
44:44 um as you all deliberate the 2022 budget
44:49 uh so first
44:50 the general fund um and this is
44:53 um a slide actually i pulled from last
44:55 year's presentation
44:57 i'm talking about the uh the baseline
44:59 process so
45:00 last year we went through a formal
45:02 baseline process that included the
45:03 revenue forecast
45:05 but also went and looked at removing
45:07 one-time
45:08 costs um were there were there
45:11 um what are the what's the trajectory
45:13 for salary and benefit costs things of
45:15 that nature
45:17 and when you put this all together
45:21 we're trying to answer the question do
45:23 we have a surplus or do we have a
45:24 deficit
45:25 um and i am pleased to report this year
45:29 that we have a surplus
45:31 [Music]
45:32 so um how do we how did we arrive at
45:35 this conclusion
45:36 um this slide provides a summary of
45:40 where we anticipate things to be now
45:43 august relative to where we were
45:47 in march um we did an update to the
45:49 council in march
45:51 primarily focusing on year-end uh 2020
45:54 activity
45:55 which ended stronger than anticipated as
45:57 well as
45:58 a preview of this year and what you will
46:00 see from this slide
46:02 is that revenues have
46:05 um are performing much better than we
46:08 anticipated
46:09 and our fund balance has grown
46:13 fairly substantially so i'm going to go
46:16 through and explain
46:17 the why behind all of this
46:21 so in terms of revenue outlook
46:27 the big driver of the change is
46:30 improvement in
46:31 sales tax performance as well as our
46:34 business and occupation tax performance
46:37 and sales tax in particular has um
46:41 increased uh quite dramatically um
46:44 uh but um it's being offset particularly
46:48 for 2022
46:50 with um a reduction some reductions in
46:54 the
46:54 the other revenues category and this is
46:57 primarily
46:59 as a result of a loss of one-time
47:01 revenues that i will talk about
47:04 as we go through tonight's presentation
47:09 um and now i'm going to go one by one
47:12 through
47:13 kind of the broad uh taxing or revenue
47:16 categories
47:16 um the first of which is property tax um
47:20 property tax is one of the easiest
47:23 revenues
47:24 for us to forecast um and um
47:27 it is performing in 2021 on target and
47:30 we anticipate
47:31 that it will grow by roughly 300 000
47:35 in 2022 which is kind of the historical
47:38 trajectory of property tax
47:40 um growth in the city um and this is
47:43 assuming that the city is going to levy
47:45 the one percent
47:47 um allowed under uh by state law
47:51 sales tax um sales tax sales tax sales
47:54 tax
47:55 um uh what you will see
47:59 uh from this slide is that we are
48:01 bringing the sales tax forecast
48:03 up um pretty significantly for uh
48:06 2021 um and then another increment for
48:10 for 2022 and um this
48:14 is based on um off the charts
48:17 performance of sales tax
48:18 this year um in many respects unlike
48:22 anything
48:23 we have seen um in terms of of the
48:25 forecasting model
48:27 and the rationale behind this is um we
48:30 have data going back sales tax data
48:32 going back to 2006.
48:34 and what that shows is that on average
48:38 we collect
48:39 roughly 30 of sales tax through april
48:42 of our total and if you look year after
48:45 year
48:46 that there's there's some fluctuation
48:49 but it's a fairly
48:50 narrow band um so that's unless
48:54 like the bottom drops out of the economy
48:56 um never say never but hopefully not
48:58 this year
48:59 it's a pretty good predictive model so
49:01 that's the basis of the 19.7 million
49:04 and then again historically going back
49:06 to 2006
49:08 uh sales tax has grown year over year
49:12 by an average of about 3.47 so that's
49:15 what we applied here
49:16 um i there this one's a little bit
49:19 harder to predict
49:20 and uh you know i think i said at my
49:22 first city council meeting
49:24 um to to those of you that were on the
49:26 council at the time there's one thing i
49:28 can guarantee about the forecast
49:30 and it will be wrong um sales tax
49:33 um sales tax particularly year over year
49:36 is hard to predict the swings of since
49:39 2006 have been wild there's been years
49:41 where it's dropped by 15
49:43 and there have been years where it's
49:44 grown by 15 so
49:46 um this average is a proxy um but this
49:49 is something
49:50 um that's going to be worth watching um
49:52 as things develop
49:55 um so here's here's where the word
49:58 haywire comes into play
50:00 um the dark green bar on this chart
50:03 shows sales tax performance
50:05 through april um and it's
50:08 it's dramatically greater than
50:12 other years it's running a million
50:13 dollars ahead of the next best year
50:16 which was 2018 that was
50:18 a record-setting sales tax year for the
50:20 city so
50:21 just phenomenal growth in sales tax that
50:24 we're seeing
50:27 in terms of sectors
50:30 it is primarily driven by the
50:32 construction
50:33 and retail trade sectors or what is
50:35 primarily driving this
50:38 retail is shown um in the yellow bar
50:40 there
50:41 and then the the brownish maroonish bar
50:44 is constru
50:44 or i'm sorry uh the orange bar is
50:47 construction and you'll see
50:49 those percentages are just phenomenal um
50:52 the question with this forecast is is
50:54 that sustainable
50:55 um have people's behaviors
50:58 changed are they permanent changes are
51:00 they not permanent changes
51:02 construction of course is being driven
51:04 by a number of large
51:05 projects that are underway in the city
51:08 they're
51:09 we're expecting large projects next year
51:11 so this will likely sustain
51:13 but if those large construction projects
51:15 start to
51:16 um to wane we might see some some
51:19 weakness there
51:20 um and then the last area that i wanted
51:22 to highlight is
51:23 the green line accommodations and food
51:25 services
51:26 this was hit really hard um by the covid
51:29 pandemic
51:30 hotels shut down restaurants weren't in
51:32 business
51:33 um this is up which is good news and
51:36 we're seeing it pick up
51:38 um each month so as the economy opens up
51:41 as things open up again although here we
51:43 are again in masks but
51:44 um you know hopefully hopefully better
51:47 days
51:47 are ahead i would expect that there will
51:50 be some additional strength
51:52 in the accommodations and food services
51:55 sectors so business and occupation tax
52:00 is another uh revenue that is performing
52:03 phenomenally well um up 23 from 2020
52:07 um 2020 uh this is year to date through
52:10 april
52:11 2020 it was depressed in the first
52:14 quarter because the city
52:15 offered some extensions so in summer's
52:17 fix this is an artificial measure
52:19 but if you look at the chart even
52:21 compared to 2018 and 2019
52:24 uh business and occupation tax is up
52:27 um is up significantly
52:30 so in terms of the forecast we're
52:32 bringing um the 2021 forecast
52:35 up by um 800 000
52:38 and then 2022 up by another uh 200 000.
52:44 uh utility tax um is
52:48 um improving slightly
52:52 um and what we are seeing uh in 2021
52:56 is the lingering effects of the utility
52:59 tax increase adopted by the city council
53:02 in uh 2019 for 2020
53:05 it was because of the billing cycle it
53:07 was only in place for 10 months
53:08 this year we'll have it for 12 months so
53:11 that's what's driving some of the
53:12 increase
53:13 but then for 2022 we're expecting
53:17 it to be flat or to drop off a little
53:19 bit because
53:20 we're continuing to see um
53:23 declining usage of telephone and cable
53:26 and things of that nature and
53:28 um very quickly i won't spend a lot of
53:30 time on this but this chart
53:32 shows um telephone um and cable the
53:35 scale's not quite right for cable but
53:38 all of those are declining the biggest
53:40 contributor to this is electricity
53:42 and that's been essentially flat
53:47 so this is not this is not what could be
53:50 described as a growing revenue stream
53:54 in terms of other revenues the big story
53:57 here
53:58 is um the community planning and
54:01 development revenues
54:02 and um this is not to pick on our
54:04 forensic community planning and
54:06 development
54:07 um but this is an area that
54:10 the work fluctuates so as big projects
54:13 are coming down the pike
54:14 um we see boosts in revenue um as
54:17 as those projects are completed we might
54:20 see those revenues leaning
54:21 and that's really the big story about
54:24 what is going on here
54:25 is that we've got a number of big
54:27 projects for example
54:29 costco last year we were anticipating
54:31 that to come in
54:32 year end 2020 um
54:35 it was delayed it came in early 2021
54:38 so that's boosting that number up there
54:41 there's not going to be another you know
54:43 major costco headquarters so that that
54:45 revenue wanes
54:46 um school district work is is underway
54:49 also so we're anticipating that revenue
54:52 that's that's kind of the the big story
54:55 um what's going on with other revenues
55:01 um we are this forecast is anticipating
55:04 two and i talked about this a little bit
55:06 earlier uh two major one-time revenues
55:09 um first we're anticipating later this
55:12 year receiving a 1.9 million dollar
55:15 uh grant from the state to offset uh our
55:18 bergsma costs fantastic news um that was
55:21 something we anticipated
55:22 when we made that purchase that is
55:24 coming uh to to for
55:26 what we believe it's coming to fruition
55:28 later this year so that's great
55:29 um and then arpa um you know the word of
55:33 the year arpa
55:34 um this this forecast
55:37 is assuming 1.3 million dollars of arpa
55:40 funds
55:41 um in recognition that the adopted cip
55:45 allocated that amount of money to two
55:47 projects newport way and northwest
55:49 demamish road
55:50 so we're programming out those revenues
55:53 there's an additional 9.7 million
55:55 dollars
55:55 that the council will need to decide how
55:58 to allocate
55:59 so um that i'm sure there will be a lot
56:01 of discussions about that
56:06 um and then uh affordable housing
56:08 revenues
56:09 so over the last two years uh the city
56:12 has been in receipt of two new
56:15 affordable housing revenues
56:17 first is a state a small state
56:20 pass-through amount
56:21 and we're anticipating by the end of
56:23 2022
56:24 the city will have 373 thousand dollars
56:28 of that revenue stream
56:30 and then uh the city council enacted the
56:32 0.1 percent sales tax
56:34 went into effect january 1st of this
56:36 year uh we're forecasting by the end of
56:39 2022 that that will generate
56:42 about 3.7 million dollars so
56:44 collectively between those two
56:46 there's four million dollars of
56:48 dedicated uh
56:49 revenues for affordable housing and as
56:52 part of the 2022 proposed budget
56:55 the administration will be recommending
56:57 how to allocate
56:58 those revenues but for the time being
57:01 we're holding them
57:02 is as a designation within fund balance
57:04 to ensure that
57:06 it's not spent on other items
57:11 um in terms of the expenditure outlook
57:14 um we are expecting that to
57:17 uh increase for both 2021 and 2022
57:21 um when i was um here last week talking
57:25 about the munis implementation
57:27 there were some questions about what
57:28 what are we doing with um
57:30 for the expenditure forecast so the 2021
57:34 expenditure forecast shown here um
57:37 takes into account um approved and
57:40 anticipated budget amendments
57:42 um and reauthorizations
57:46 this is a very conservative number um we
57:48 have taken the universe of potential
57:51 budget amendment items
57:53 and we put them in that 55.3 million
57:55 dollars to be
57:56 conservative i would imagine by the end
57:59 of the year some of that's going to fall
58:01 off and i'll i'll give you
58:02 an example so for example we've got a
58:05 request from ifer
58:07 some arpa funds there are some questions
58:10 about whether we're going to be able to
58:12 use arpa funds for that to be
58:14 conservative
58:15 we've put that on the general fund we
58:17 think there might be other avenues
58:19 fema reimbursement there might be other
58:21 ways of structuring the agreement
58:23 to allow us to maybe um alleviate the
58:26 general fund obligation but this is an
58:28 example of us being conservative and as
58:31 the year unfolds
58:32 um susie monsell's keeping her lists and
58:35 we'll be
58:36 adding things taking things off um as we
58:39 so um that's that's the 21 expenditure
58:42 outlook
58:43 in terms of 2022 um it takes into
58:46 account
58:47 um ongoing aspects of budget amendments
58:50 that have been approved
58:51 um and then it eliminates one-time
58:54 expenses that we anticipated this year
58:57 um and it increases salary and benefit
59:01 costs so
59:01 includes cola increases um and
59:05 the the growth rate of health benefit
59:08 costs
59:09 um and then as i mentioned we're
59:10 programming out that arpa money for the
59:13 cip
59:14 and reflection that that is in the
59:15 adopted cip
59:20 so what does this mean for fund balance
59:22 um and there's a lot going on on this
59:24 chart the main thing is to look at if
59:26 the green bars
59:27 and what you will see from the the green
59:30 lines
59:30 is that fun balance um is
59:34 up from what we were originally
59:35 anticipating
59:37 and um is is in the 35
59:40 36 of expenditures um the city council
59:43 will recall that our target is 15 to 20
59:47 so the 2022 proposed budget will be
59:50 recommending
59:50 spending down this fund balance to get
59:52 this more in alignment with that 15 to
59:56 target so
59:59 uh what does this all mean for uh the
1:00:03 uh decisions that you will all be making
1:00:05 um this fall
1:00:06 so um i said at the outset of the
1:00:09 presentation
1:00:10 that uh we're forecasting about 1.3
1:00:13 million dollars
1:00:14 worth of um or the ability to
1:00:18 expand ongoing costs by 1.3 million
1:00:20 dollars
1:00:21 and then another 8.5 million and one
1:00:23 type cost so the question is how did we
1:00:25 get to that number
1:00:26 so um the the red arrows up above
1:00:31 is looking at the difference between
1:00:33 ongoing uh baseline revenues
1:00:35 and ongoing expenditures the difference
1:00:38 between those two numbers is 1.3 million
1:00:40 dollars so that's where that comes
1:00:42 from um and that's circled that's the
1:00:45 um number circled um kind of halfway
1:00:48 down the sheet
1:00:49 um then the question is where do we come
1:00:51 up with the 8.5 million dollars
1:00:53 so that's a backed into number so if
1:00:56 that assumes
1:00:58 um there's an there's a there's a
1:01:01 kind of confusing relationship between
1:01:03 expenditures and fund balance so the
1:01:05 target is 15 to 20
1:01:07 of expenditures is expenditures increase
1:01:10 even if you're spending down fund
1:01:11 balance your fund balance requirement
1:01:14 also increases so looked at how much
1:01:18 could you spend
1:01:19 if you decided to drop fund balance to
1:01:23 you might want to do that you might not
1:01:24 want to do that um but if you dropped it
1:01:26 to 15
1:01:28 you spent roughly 2 million dollars on
1:01:30 affordable housing you would have about
1:01:32 8.5 million dollars worth of fund
1:01:34 balance you could spend
1:01:35 so that's how we get to that 8.5 million
1:01:38 dollars
1:01:38 and that's going to be a policy call
1:01:41 that you will all
1:01:43 um be discussing i'm sure quite a bit
1:01:45 this fall
1:01:48 um next i want to move on to our real
1:01:51 estate excise tax
1:01:53 and like sales tax real estate excise
1:01:57 has um been vexing um
1:02:01 so uh the chart you'll see there on the
1:02:04 is reit collections reit revenues
1:02:06 through june
1:02:08 uh similar to sales tax it is blowing
1:02:11 previous years completely out of the
1:02:13 water
1:02:14 um but uh which is is good
1:02:17 um and interesting but what is even more
1:02:19 interesting is when you compare it to
1:02:21 the chart on the right here
1:02:23 um which which is the number of real
1:02:25 estate transactions
1:02:27 and the number of real estate
1:02:29 transactions is actually
1:02:30 um decree it's it's over 2020 but 2020
1:02:34 was weird
1:02:35 um it's downed significantly from 2018
1:02:38 and 2019
1:02:40 which means there are fewer real estate
1:02:42 transactions happening
1:02:44 and what is driving the revenue increase
1:02:46 is property values um
1:02:48 so um and you know we've been reading
1:02:50 about this in the newspaper of what's
1:02:52 happening with property values
1:02:54 and it's it's definitely playing out um
1:02:57 in our data so
1:03:01 forecasting rate this is an inherently
1:03:04 volatile revenue source
1:03:06 um recent volatility has been driven
1:03:09 primarily by large commercial
1:03:12 transactions
1:03:13 the routine transactions what we call
1:03:15 routine transactions
1:03:17 have actually been fairly stable in the
1:03:19 3.7 to 3.9 million range
1:03:22 until this year um and what you will see
1:03:25 is that the routine transactions have
1:03:27 grown from the
1:03:28 3.8 ish million up to 5.4 million
1:03:32 um which is which is phenomenal
1:03:35 um and so the question is what does this
1:03:38 mean for the future
1:03:39 and um that i don't have an answer to
1:03:43 that but what i am recommending
1:03:45 um through this forecast is that we
1:03:48 slightly
1:03:48 increase our reit revenue forecast to
1:03:51 take that into account
1:03:53 so when i say we're increasing the
1:03:55 forecast the first thing that comes to
1:03:56 mind is oh we could spend more
1:03:59 um unfortunately um
1:04:02 that's not quite the case here and this
1:04:04 is a very small chart
1:04:06 the details may matter
1:04:09 in in your private time i'm not going to
1:04:11 go into a lot of the details here but i
1:04:12 will remind you
1:04:14 that when the city council adopted
1:04:17 the cip based on the administration's
1:04:21 proposal
1:04:21 the out years were allocating more reit
1:04:24 revenues than were available
1:04:27 the improved revenue forecast helps but
1:04:30 over the six-year cip um assuming this
1:04:33 forecast holds which
1:04:35 maybe it will maybe it won't um
1:04:38 the the fund is still running negative
1:04:40 it's not running as negative
1:04:42 um but it doesn't necessarily mean that
1:04:44 there is there is
1:04:45 um based on current estimates that there
1:04:47 is is more money to allocate
1:04:49 so um that's uh the message with this
1:04:52 slide
1:04:54 um in terms of what is to come
1:04:59 the administration is preparing the 2020
1:05:02 proposed budget
1:05:03 um and the proposed budget will make
1:05:05 recommendations for how to allocate
1:05:07 ongoing general fund revenues
1:05:09 as well as one-time general fund
1:05:11 revenues
1:05:12 as i mentioned earlier we'll be
1:05:15 developing plans for the arpa funds
1:05:17 as well as the affordable housing
1:05:19 revenues
1:05:21 we will also be exploring additional
1:05:23 opportunities to leverage
1:05:25 additional revenues because 1.3 million
1:05:29 in ongoing costs in the whole scheme of
1:05:31 things could be spent
1:05:33 pretty darn quickly so additional
1:05:36 revenue flexibility might
1:05:38 might be something that the city council
1:05:40 would want to consider
1:05:41 and then as with past years the
1:05:44 strategic plan
1:05:46 will guide the administration's
1:05:48 recommendations
1:05:51 in terms of the budget schedule the
1:05:53 mayor will be transmitting her proposed
1:05:55 budget on september 20th
1:05:58 council will deliberate on the budget on
1:06:01 september through november and the
1:06:03 schedule has the city council
1:06:05 adopting the budget on november 15th
1:06:09 as the mayor mentioned in her opening
1:06:11 comments tonight there's going to be a
1:06:13 community engagement session
1:06:15 on wednesday and then we're anticipating
1:06:17 another one
1:06:18 at the end of september after the mayor
1:06:20 transmits her budget
1:06:23 and then the last thing i will say
1:06:25 before i turn it over to all of you for
1:06:27 questions and discussions
1:06:28 is that um we have a phenomenal budget
1:06:31 team in place
1:06:32 and um i know they will
1:06:35 serve all of you very well as you go
1:06:38 through the budget process
1:06:40 this year so that is my
1:06:43 my parting my parting words i guess
1:06:47 thank you beth um i think it's pretty
1:06:49 obvious this year that
1:06:51 bad news beth has changed her vocabulary
1:06:53 significantly
1:06:54 and you probably have never heard so
1:06:56 many positive
1:06:57 descriptive words before but that is and
1:07:00 because of that i'm leaving
1:07:02 because i don't know what to do with
1:07:03 myself
1:07:05 there's been a big change and so this is
1:07:08 sort of the key message going into this
1:07:10 budget cycle a good a big change for the
1:07:13 so questions
1:07:17 that counts on number one i forget how
1:07:20 ask the questions um
1:07:24 so director goldberg one of the things
1:07:27 talked about was you threw every
1:07:30 potential budget amendment
1:07:32 in there as far as expenditures and thus
1:07:35 what we're looking at is an expenditure
1:07:38 number that increased from
1:07:40 45 million to 55 million
1:07:43 it based on 20
1:07:47 20 actuals yeah although
1:07:50 expenditures in the adopted budget if
1:07:53 i'm going off of a little bit of memory
1:07:54 we're at 53
1:07:56 million so so the
1:07:59 the the budget amendment and those
1:08:01 changes
1:08:02 is is is really the difference between
1:08:06 what it was anticipated for this year so
1:08:08 it's more like in the two million range
1:08:10 certainly compared to you know we we
1:08:13 scaled back in 2020
1:08:15 um and then the 2021 adopted budget
1:08:20 deployed quite a bit of one-time
1:08:22 revenues
1:08:23 um which is is how that the history of
1:08:27 worked i see okay i'm
1:08:30 trying to so we have an adopted
1:08:32 financial policy
1:08:33 of only holding 15
1:08:37 i believe it is or is it 15 to 20 15 to
1:08:40 yeah in our general fund which obviously
1:08:43 depends very much on the expenditure so
1:08:46 how do
1:08:47 we as council look at
1:08:51 evaluating that and how much
1:08:54 money we think there's going to be
1:08:58 considering there's so many things in
1:09:00 that expenditure column that
1:09:02 might not come to pass yes so
1:09:06 you know that's that's part of the work
1:09:09 of the proposed budget and certainly the
1:09:12 work of
1:09:13 of the adopted budget so you you might
1:09:15 recall that last year
1:09:18 we did another revenue forecast um at
1:09:20 the end of october beginning of november
1:09:22 to inform
1:09:24 uh budget decisions so that
1:09:27 i would anticipate this year that there
1:09:30 another look at what's happening
1:09:34 um in at the end of october including
1:09:37 you know as the year goes on you have
1:09:38 more certainty about what's going to
1:09:40 happen
1:09:40 so um at that point you know would
1:09:43 recommend
1:09:44 um to um to my colleagues that will see
1:09:48 this through
1:09:49 that um that that another forecast be
1:09:53 at that time um look at how our revenue
1:09:56 is performing are they
1:09:57 you know close to what we forecast here
1:09:59 are they changing
1:10:01 and then looking at those expenditures
1:10:02 um and we should have
1:10:04 a lot more clarity at that time um
1:10:08 so that that could that could change the
1:10:10 picture
1:10:11 um i will say with those budget
1:10:13 amendments most of those are one time
1:10:16 so to the extent that perhaps you don't
1:10:20 those um budget amendments it's gonna
1:10:22 free up
1:10:23 more one-time money rather than ongoing
1:10:25 money
1:10:27 so to continue on that path when when
1:10:30 we're looking at that
1:10:31 15 percent of undesignated
1:10:34 general fund now we've started talking
1:10:37 about
1:10:38 the arpa funds that are going to come in
1:10:41 we've also started talking about the
1:10:44 affordable housing
1:10:46 funds and all of that so i'm
1:10:49 trying to wrap my head around whether
1:10:52 those sets of expenditures should be
1:10:56 considered part of the
1:10:59 general fund expenditure which then we
1:11:02 back out to the 15
1:11:04 or whether they should be considered
1:11:07 elsewise because otherwise what we're
1:11:09 looking at is if we end up spending 11
1:11:11 million
1:11:12 dollars in arpa funds
1:11:15 our 15 that we need to hold on to
1:11:19 remains very high for the next year yes
1:11:22 so and that's
1:11:23 kind of the to use
1:11:26 strange adjectives that's the weirdness
1:11:28 of the fund balance policy
1:11:30 um is the kind of the the the
1:11:33 counter-intuitive inverse i'm not even
1:11:36 sure what the right adjective is but
1:11:38 it's not it's a little counter-intuitive
1:11:40 at least in my mind
1:11:41 um so um
1:11:44 so in terms of of where
1:11:48 you spend those out and we had this the
1:11:49 year that we did the berg's my purchase
1:11:52 it was eight million dollars and all of
1:11:53 a sudden you know we were using fund
1:11:55 balance but also had to increase the
1:11:57 amount of fund balance we were holding
1:11:59 because of that 15 20 15 to 20
1:12:02 target so um for the affordable housing
1:12:05 that revenue is sitting in the general
1:12:07 fund so you are going to have to spend
1:12:09 it out of the general fund i don't
1:12:12 i don't know not off the top of my head
1:12:14 i can't think of a way
1:12:16 around that the arpa dollars there are
1:12:18 some choices there
1:12:20 um you could funnel it through the
1:12:21 general fund you could have it in a
1:12:23 dedicated fund
1:12:24 um it kind of depends what you're going
1:12:26 to spend it on um
1:12:28 and that hasn't been decided but that
1:12:31 might be
1:12:31 something that the administration and
1:12:34 the council
1:12:35 want to factor in um when making
1:12:38 decisions about how to handle
1:12:40 how to handle those those dollars the
1:12:43 other question is
1:12:44 will all of those arpa funds be spent
1:12:46 next year or will it be over time
1:12:49 and if it's over time then the impact
1:12:51 might be
1:12:53 on on the fund balance requirement might
1:12:55 be more might be
1:12:56 uh neutralized a bit so um
1:12:59 you know as i said in in the memo that
1:13:02 accompanied this presentation
1:13:04 um that that fun it's that fun balance
1:13:06 is a moving target and so
1:13:08 you know the numbers that i provided
1:13:10 here were more
1:13:11 mainly to give you kind of a ballpark
1:13:13 but you know councilmember walsh is your
1:13:16 very you know astutely pointing out
1:13:18 these
1:13:19 these are that this that's kind of the
1:13:21 vexing the vexing nature of fund balance
1:13:24 um that will be something that the
1:13:26 administration will need to to
1:13:27 strategize about and then i'm sure
1:13:29 you'll have a lot of discussions about
1:13:30 it too
1:13:32 thank you any other questions councilman
1:13:34 walsh
1:13:36 looking to see if any other council
1:13:38 members have questions or if
1:13:40 councilmember goodman has any questions
1:13:44 okay thank you very much finance
1:13:47 director goldberg
1:13:48 thank you next item on the agenda this
1:13:52 evening is the consent calendar
1:13:54 and it was distributed to council in
1:13:56 advance and so if
1:13:57 authorized the items on the consent
1:13:59 calendar will be considered together and
1:14:01 approved by one
1:14:02 motion have the pamples and payroll been
1:14:05 reviewed
1:14:06 yes they have thank you does any council
1:14:10 member desire to remove any item from
1:14:12 the consent calendar and consider it
1:14:14 under regular business
1:14:19 okay um would someone care to make a
1:14:22 motion
1:14:24 president hunt i move to approve the
1:14:26 consent calendar as it appears in this
1:14:27 evening's agenda
1:14:28 second it has been moved and seconded
1:14:32 and i'm going to ask
1:14:33 our city clerk to do the roll call vote
1:14:37 council member hall aye
1:14:40 council member all right council
1:14:42 president hunt aye
1:14:45 council member goodman aye
1:14:49 councilmember martz aye council member
1:14:52 sorry deputy council president ray
1:14:54 aye council member walsh aye
1:14:57 council member d michelle hi seven eyes
1:15:00 your own a's
1:15:02 thank you that passes unanimously
1:15:05 next item of business we are now getting
1:15:07 into some of those items that the public
1:15:10 was commenting on
1:15:11 is ab-8213 establishment
1:15:15 of an equity board and the ask before
1:15:18 the council is to
1:15:19 adopt an ordinance this item was last
1:15:22 before council on july 13th at the study
1:15:24 session
1:15:25 and i'd like to invite human services
1:15:27 manager monica negrilla to present this
1:15:29 item welcome monica
1:15:33 good evening madam mayor and members of
1:15:34 the council thank you for having us back
1:15:37 tonight
1:15:38 please allow me a moment to share my
1:15:50 screen
1:15:52 and i believe you can see my screen now
1:16:01 i hope and can you hear me see me
1:16:06 we can see it and we can hear you really
1:16:08 clearly thanks
1:16:09 awesome thank you so much once again um
1:16:12 i'm monica nguyen the human services
1:16:15 manager here at the city
1:16:17 and i'm also the staff is on to the
1:16:19 human services commission
1:16:22 so tonight we are returning to city
1:16:24 council
1:16:25 with the topic of establishing an equity
1:16:27 board in our city
1:16:29 and specifically we are seeking city
1:16:31 council's adoption
1:16:33 of an ordinance establishing an issaquah
1:16:36 equity board
1:16:38 next i'm going to provide a brief
1:16:41 overview of the steps that we took so
1:16:44 far in this process
1:16:46 beginning with august of 2020
1:16:49 the police accountability equity and
1:16:51 human services action plan
1:16:53 tasked the human services commission
1:16:56 with reviewing the role of residents in
1:16:58 the city's equity initiatives
1:17:01 following that task assignment between
1:17:04 march
1:17:04 between september and march of 2021
1:17:08 and the human services commission
1:17:10 engaged in training
1:17:12 research and a series of community
1:17:14 conversations
1:17:16 that led to the proposed recommendation
1:17:18 of establishing an equity board
1:17:21 as a formal ongoing mechanism for
1:17:24 residents to provide
1:17:26 input in the city's equity initiatives
1:17:30 the human services commission finalized
1:17:33 its recommendations in april of this
1:17:36 which was then followed by two council
1:17:39 study sessions
1:17:40 on may 25th and july 13th
1:17:45 um and so at the may 25th city council
1:17:49 study session
1:17:50 as you know that the human services
1:17:52 commission
1:17:53 presented its first draft recommendation
1:17:56 to establish an equity
1:17:58 board and at that time
1:18:01 a feedback obtained from city council
1:18:04 included agreement on the need and
1:18:06 interest to create an equity board
1:18:09 to help advise the city council and the
1:18:11 mayor
1:18:12 and then in addition based on feedback
1:18:16 obtained from council
1:18:18 we made the following revisions
1:18:21 we defined the scope of work and the
1:18:23 authority of the board we provided
1:18:26 additional
1:18:27 information for a stipend program
1:18:31 this was a preliminary information to
1:18:34 consider a policy
1:18:37 on this we also discussed alternative
1:18:40 options to creating a board
1:18:42 and we also discussed the rationale for
1:18:45 the proposed ordinance
1:18:48 next at the july 13 city council study
1:18:51 session
1:18:53 we saw direction from city council on
1:18:56 the proposed draft ordinance that we
1:18:58 brought
1:18:59 for review and we also saw a direction
1:19:02 on regarding preliminary information
1:19:06 that we proposed for the stipend program
1:19:09 at that time city council's feedback
1:19:11 included agreement
1:19:13 to return to a regular meeting to seek
1:19:16 council adoption
1:19:19 of the proposed ordinance and also we
1:19:22 heard from city council
1:19:23 direction that the administration should
1:19:26 return to city council with a policy
1:19:29 regarding a stipend program for all
1:19:32 boards and commissions
1:19:35 so based on that feedback we made the
1:19:37 following
1:19:38 um edits again to the draft ordinance
1:19:42 um so we removed the language regarding
1:19:44 stipend since this will be addressed as
1:19:46 a separate policy
1:19:48 and will be expanded to all boards and
1:19:50 commissions not just to the equity board
1:19:52 um we clarified wording to states that
1:19:55 the equity board will review policies
1:19:58 with an equity lens at the mayor and
1:20:00 city council's request
1:20:02 we also provided information regarding
1:20:04 the work plan development which i'm
1:20:06 going to address in just a few minutes
1:20:09 um we clarified language regarding
1:20:11 participation of members on select
1:20:13 interviews
1:20:14 um then we made some grammatical edits
1:20:17 ensured some language consistency and
1:20:20 also as you probably saw in the staff
1:20:22 report
1:20:23 we addressed an outreach related
1:20:25 question
1:20:26 specifically ensuring that we expand
1:20:30 our outreach to include
1:20:33 community members of east asian
1:20:37 community members
1:20:40 and so with that on to the actual uh
1:20:43 proposed equity board the ordinance in
1:20:46 your packet tonight
1:20:49 includes information about the board
1:20:51 membership
1:20:52 roles and responsibilities as well as
1:20:55 rules and
1:20:56 flow of work or work plan items
1:21:00 for the board membership the ordinance
1:21:03 proposes
1:21:05 um a board with nine regular members and
1:21:07 three alternates
1:21:08 including two student representatives
1:21:12 and we also include included um
1:21:14 information regarding
1:21:16 um the diversity on the proposed board
1:21:20 specifically we know that that members
1:21:22 of the equity board will include
1:21:24 diversity of racial ethnic and cultural
1:21:27 backgrounds
1:21:28 on diversity of ages live experiences
1:21:32 disability gender sexual orientation
1:21:35 religion diversity of professional
1:21:37 backgrounds and so forth
1:21:39 and then we also know that the majority
1:21:41 of the members on the board will be
1:21:43 representatives of the black indigenous
1:21:46 and people of color members of our
1:21:47 community
1:21:50 under the roles and responsibilities the
1:21:54 proposed board
1:21:55 will consult and advise the mayor and
1:21:58 city council
1:21:59 on assigned policies plans
1:22:02 regulations and codes the board will
1:22:05 also develop recommendations on
1:22:07 programs services practices and
1:22:10 priorities related to equity diversity
1:22:13 and inclusion
1:22:16 the other role of the board will be to
1:22:17 foster relationships with
1:22:19 service delivery departments to provide
1:22:22 support
1:22:23 and advice
1:22:26 next the board will develop
1:22:28 relationships with the issaquah
1:22:29 community
1:22:31 will participate in annual and ongoing
1:22:33 equity training
1:22:35 and will provide an annual report to the
1:22:37 mayor and city council
1:22:39 on work plan activities and achievements
1:22:43 and just a few words um regarding the
1:22:47 work planner
1:22:47 as for how the work plan will be
1:22:50 developed
1:22:51 um i would like to highlight that
1:22:53 similar with other boards and commission
1:22:56 um in the city uh the work plan is a
1:22:58 result of three different processes
1:23:01 on one end um it comes the work plan is
1:23:04 developed
1:23:04 based on the specific duties and
1:23:06 responsibilities
1:23:08 as established in the ordinance and then
1:23:11 in the issaquah municipal code
1:23:14 secondly the work plan comes from the
1:23:18 annual
1:23:18 city work plan which is a result of the
1:23:22 strategic plan and the annual budget
1:23:24 process
1:23:25 and then um thirdly the
1:23:28 plan may include additional items that
1:23:32 are referred
1:23:32 to the board on a one-time basis
1:23:36 during the year by the mayor or city
1:23:39 council
1:23:42 and so in summary um
1:23:45 the options that we are proposing in
1:23:48 front of you tonight
1:23:49 are to adopt the ordinance proposed
1:23:53 or to make amendments to the ordinance
1:23:57 to not create a board at this time for
1:23:59 the city
1:24:01 of course the recommendations put
1:24:03 forward by the human services commission
1:24:05 um are to establish an equity board that
1:24:08 would advise the mayor and city council
1:24:11 on equity related initiatives and
1:24:14 policies
1:24:15 and would help build relationships with
1:24:17 these our community
1:24:20 in terms of next steps if a city council
1:24:24 approves the ordinance tonight we would
1:24:27 like to begin recruitment for the new
1:24:29 board members
1:24:30 and following the recruitment process
1:24:33 and the media appointments
1:24:34 we would like to return to city council
1:24:36 for confirmation of the new members
1:24:39 as a side note with council approval
1:24:43 we could during the recruitment process
1:24:46 promote the fact that city council is
1:24:49 considering a policy
1:24:51 on stipends and
1:24:55 we can report back on on that as well
1:24:59 and with that um i think this concludes
1:25:03 um presentation tonight i am open for
1:25:06 questions where i can dive
1:25:08 deeper on any of the items that perhaps
1:25:12 i just provided the light overview on
1:25:15 um and before i um hand over the
1:25:18 microphone
1:25:19 i would like to take the opportunity to
1:25:21 thank again
1:25:22 the human services commission for the
1:25:24 really hard work over the last year
1:25:26 um i know that many are watching tonight
1:25:29 or are also on the call
1:25:31 and definitely last but not least i
1:25:33 would also like to
1:25:35 excuse me thank our community members
1:25:38 whether they are representing an
1:25:41 organization such as the baha'i
1:25:42 community as you heard earlier tonight
1:25:44 or whether they are individual residents
1:25:47 are just passionate and
1:25:48 involved in this work over the last year
1:25:51 i just want to thank them for their
1:25:52 commitment for their passion and for
1:25:55 just loving issaquah and wanting this
1:25:57 place to be a welcoming
1:25:59 community for all and with that thank
1:26:01 you so much for your time i'm
1:26:03 available for questions thank you monica
1:26:07 your passion shows through as well when
1:26:09 you're doing your presentation
1:26:10 thank you very much for that i'm going
1:26:12 to go to council and see if there are
1:26:13 any questions on the presentation
1:26:20 oh sorry council member hall uh thank
1:26:22 you mayor paul just a quick one
1:26:25 one of the changes that was in response
1:26:27 to the feedback
1:26:28 you received from our last study session
1:26:32 that the board would provide feedback on
1:26:34 city policies plans regulations and
1:26:36 codes when requested
1:26:37 to do so by the mayor or city council i
1:26:40 just wanted to ask if um
1:26:41 is that consistent with how it's
1:26:43 structured in other boards and
1:26:44 commissions
1:26:45 in the city right now administrator bob
1:26:48 quits
1:26:48 yes sir thank you
1:26:52 councilmember martz thank you madam
1:26:54 mayor um i appreciate that the
1:26:55 administration is going to look to do
1:26:57 some specific outreach
1:26:59 um i i just want to clarify
1:27:02 that i think that the south asian
1:27:05 southeast asian and east asian
1:27:08 communities
1:27:08 are all somewhat different and all need
1:27:11 outreach
1:27:13 and uh adding up to something like 25
1:27:16 of our city's population but they're
1:27:18 they're very different and have very
1:27:19 different uh organizations so
1:27:21 um i i i'm sure the administration will
1:27:24 be comprehensive but i wanted to mention
1:27:26 that lest anybody think that i was
1:27:28 just targeting one of those three
1:27:30 regions
1:27:31 that's great and very helpful i know in
1:27:33 monica's work through coved
1:27:35 we've learned that our communication
1:27:37 strategies need to be a really diverse
1:27:40 kit there's many different ways that we
1:27:41 have to go about it so thank you for
1:27:43 that reminder
1:27:44 any other comments or questions
1:27:48 did someone care to make a motion
1:27:50 council president
1:27:52 i moved to adopt ordinance number 2948
1:27:56 establishing an equity board in 2.94
1:27:59 administration of the isquad municipal
1:28:05 that's it is there a second
1:28:08 council member walsh second wait
1:28:12 it's been moved and seconded and uh
1:28:14 council president hunt would you like to
1:28:16 address the motion
1:28:18 yes thank you i am in support of this
1:28:22 establishment of the equity board i also
1:28:24 appreciate that we will be
1:28:26 um that council will have an opportunity
1:28:28 in the future to consider
1:28:29 the stipend and i do think that when we
1:28:32 considering recruitment for this board
1:28:35 and for the other boards in the future
1:28:37 that it's important
1:28:39 that we let people know that we are
1:28:42 trying to
1:28:43 overcome any barriers that they might
1:28:44 have such as child care or
1:28:46 transportation and
1:28:47 that the stipend would be available to
1:28:49 them if they would
1:28:50 need it and i wanted to thank the human
1:28:53 services commission
1:28:54 and all of the people that have spoke at
1:28:56 our previous study sessions and meetings
1:28:58 on this
1:28:59 topic explaining why this equity board
1:29:02 is so important to them individually
1:29:04 we've had a lot of a lot of very
1:29:07 meaningful and personal comments on this
1:29:10 topic in the past
1:29:11 and i really appreciate hearing from
1:29:14 from people about why this is important
1:29:16 to them and again i will be in support
1:29:18 thanks thank you council president
1:29:20 councilmember walsh would you like to
1:29:22 provide some comments yes thank you um
1:29:25 i also would like to just thank the
1:29:28 human services commission for the
1:29:30 hard work over almost the last year on
1:29:34 i've said it many times in our
1:29:35 discussions that i did not want
1:29:38 the human services commission to have to
1:29:40 take on this body of work
1:29:42 they already provide an essential
1:29:45 valuable
1:29:46 service to the community in the city and
1:29:49 asking them to take something on that is
1:29:53 so important
1:29:54 i just felt would hinder their work
1:29:57 product
1:29:57 that they already do just such a great
1:29:59 job on so i am
1:30:01 absolutely in support of this i'm
1:30:03 looking forward to
1:30:04 getting started and
1:30:08 seeing how we can move this forward not
1:30:11 as a check mark we've done that
1:30:14 but as a true product that will
1:30:18 help us consider many of the aspects of
1:30:22 our community
1:30:23 and the equity and the diversity um
1:30:26 within our community
1:30:27 so thank you thank you councilmember
1:30:29 walsh deputy council president ray
1:30:31 i'd like to offer an amendment to the
1:30:33 ordinance
1:30:34 amendment to the motion amendment to the
1:30:36 uh well yes amendment to the ordinance
1:30:38 2948 striking from the third whereas
1:30:41 clause
1:30:42 following the tragic death of george
1:30:44 floyd in minneapolis in may of
1:30:47 is 2020. a second do you want to
1:30:51 do you want to repeat that when debbie
1:30:52 council press array yes
1:30:54 striking from the third warehouse clause
1:30:58 the text following the tragic death of
1:31:00 george floyd in minneapolis in may of
1:31:05 so is there a second
1:31:09 there being no second the amendment
1:31:11 doesn't move forward
1:31:13 are there any more comments amendments
1:31:16 discussion council member marks
1:31:19 thank you madam mayor uh i'm very
1:31:21 excited about this
1:31:22 i think that the city first
1:31:26 took concrete steps with the police
1:31:28 accountability equity and human
1:31:30 services action plan when there was
1:31:33 much uh conversation we started putting
1:31:37 things in place that actually
1:31:39 uh monitored and got data that we could
1:31:41 use to get back to the community
1:31:44 now with this equity board i feel
1:31:47 we're more concretely engaging
1:31:50 our communities in the city i was very
1:31:53 moved
1:31:54 by the conversations about the
1:31:56 difference between
1:31:58 statements and actions and what the
1:32:01 community wants to see
1:32:04 going forward so i'm very excited to see
1:32:07 what the equity board
1:32:08 does after it's been constituted i'm
1:32:11 also excited about the idea of stipend
1:32:13 i have felt for a long time that we need
1:32:17 to do more especially as it gets harder
1:32:20 and harder to afford to live in the city
1:32:23 it's more and more of a challenge to
1:32:26 our you know our residents who aren't
1:32:29 affluent
1:32:30 uh to get by in the city and so the more
1:32:33 that we can do to help encourage
1:32:35 uh their engagement in the city the
1:32:36 richer we will be
1:32:38 thank you thank you councilmember mertz
1:32:39 deputy council president ray
1:32:41 and then council member do you michelle
1:32:43 thank you mayor paulie i'm
1:32:44 um excited about the prospect of an
1:32:47 equity board and i think that
1:32:48 is something important that we need to
1:32:50 do in the city um
1:32:52 quite honestly unfortunately i cannot
1:32:53 support the um
1:32:55 ordinance and the agenda bill as written
1:32:59 i believe that the texas says the city
1:33:01 of isquad expressed a commitment to
1:33:02 listening
1:33:03 to diverse range of opinions stories and
1:33:05 perspectives
1:33:06 and continuing the dialogue ensuring
1:33:08 what we've heard implementing changes in
1:33:10 our community
1:33:10 to more accurately affect the reasons
1:33:12 for an equity board is
1:33:14 exactly right on but the reference to
1:33:17 the death of george floyd is
1:33:18 was tr his death was tragic and
1:33:20 unacceptable but i don't believe
1:33:22 it captures why we're considering an
1:33:23 equity board there are hundreds of
1:33:25 external events
1:33:26 that we can point to that highlight
1:33:28 inequities in our country in our city
1:33:30 and across the world
1:33:32 but including the reference to george
1:33:34 floyd george floyd i believe sends an
1:33:37 incorrect message it implies that george
1:33:38 floyd
1:33:39 was somehow connected to issaquah it
1:33:41 also implies that his tragic death
1:33:44 had not occurred we would not be
1:33:45 considering this equity board and i
1:33:46 don't believe that's true
1:33:48 as importantly the reference to george
1:33:50 floyd implies that our police department
1:33:52 is somehow prone to acts of
1:33:54 acts to act in a manner similar to eric
1:33:57 chauvin
1:33:58 and that's just not the case and it
1:34:00 doesn't accurately portray our police
1:34:02 department
1:34:02 i don't understand why we'd include the
1:34:04 reference
1:34:06 i don't think it's important to the
1:34:07 ordinance i think the ordinance or the
1:34:09 equity board being contemplated is not
1:34:11 in minneapolis or any other community
1:34:12 it's our equity board and it's in our
1:34:14 community
1:34:14 and the inclusion to this reference
1:34:16 sends the wrong message and i don't see
1:34:18 how it ends
1:34:19 adds clarity or contacts to the
1:34:21 ordinance or to the mission of the
1:34:22 equity board
1:34:23 thank you deputy council president ray
1:34:25 council member michelle
1:34:28 thank you mayor paulie i'm very proudly
1:34:31 going to support
1:34:32 this motion and i'm looking at the
1:34:35 comments that were provided by mr lucas
1:34:37 in which he said
1:34:39 that the adoption of this measure will
1:34:42 send a message that the city is
1:34:44 dedicated to inclusion and that is
1:34:46 becoming part of our
1:34:47 culture and i think that's what we're
1:34:49 looking for is this transformation
1:34:52 so that and i think this sport will have
1:34:55 impact for years to come i think this is
1:34:58 one of the most significant votes that
1:35:01 any of us will take
1:35:03 i'm hopeful that five years from now a
1:35:05 decade from now
1:35:07 that our boards and our commission and
1:35:08 our city council reflect
1:35:10 the ethnic and racial diversity that is
1:35:13 becoming
1:35:14 a part of our community and part of our
1:35:16 culture and i think that an equity board
1:35:19 be a significant contribution to that
1:35:22 so i will be supporting it
1:35:25 just a few comments on stipends which i
1:35:28 know are not
1:35:28 discussing tonight i do have concerns
1:35:31 i'm hoping that we can make stipends
1:35:33 as a much or as reduced a barrier as we
1:35:38 that they are open to everyone and i'll
1:35:41 be advocating for that
1:35:43 when we bring that discussion to the
1:35:44 table but tonight i'm very proudly
1:35:46 supporting this motion
1:35:48 thank you thank you councilmember d
1:35:50 michelle is there anyone else who would
1:35:52 like to comment
1:35:56 i'm council president thank you i wanted
1:36:00 make one additional comment which is
1:36:02 that for me
1:36:04 the whereas clause that reads following
1:36:06 the tragic death of george floyd in
1:36:07 minneapolis in may of 2020 the city of
1:36:10 issaquah has expressed commitment to
1:36:11 listening to a diverse range of opinions
1:36:13 stories and perspectives
1:36:14 continuing the dialogue and sharing what
1:36:16 we have heard and implementing change as
1:36:18 a community
1:36:19 is actually very important context for
1:36:22 this equity board and i think it's
1:36:24 important that we acknowledge that
1:36:26 context and for that reason
1:36:29 i strongly support the entire ordinance
1:36:33 including that section thanks thank you
1:36:35 council president
1:36:36 are there any other comments
1:36:42 thank you very much i'll re-read the
1:36:43 motion it is to adopt
1:36:45 ordinance number 2948
1:36:48 establishing an equity board in 2.9
1:36:52 administration of the issaquah municipal
1:36:55 code and i'll turn it over to the city
1:36:56 clerk
1:36:57 to call the roll
1:37:02 beginning with council president hunt hi
1:37:05 councilmember goodman
1:37:08 hi councilmember martz
1:37:12 aye deputy council president ray no
1:37:16 councilmember walsh aye council member d
1:37:20 michelle
1:37:20 hi council member hall
1:37:24 aye at six eyes one day
1:37:27 thank you so that passes six to one
1:37:30 thank you for um all of the discussion
1:37:33 the next item of business this evening
1:37:35 is ab8223
1:37:38 recovery coordinator update and funding
1:37:41 allocation request
1:37:42 uh friends of the squad salmon hatchery
1:37:44 and the request before council this
1:37:46 evening is for authorization
1:37:48 um i just wanted to let everybody know
1:37:50 on the council and
1:37:52 here tonight and in the audience that i
1:37:54 also serve on the friends of issaquah
1:37:56 salmon hatchery board and i'm very
1:37:58 familiar with robin and larry
1:38:01 and just to make sure that we want to
1:38:04 make sure there's no appearance of a
1:38:06 conflict of interest i've asked council
1:38:08 president hunt to serve as presiding
1:38:10 officer for this agenda item
1:38:12 and i'm going to turn it over to her
1:38:13 with the gavel that we don't have
1:38:15 tonight
1:38:16 so you're on thank you madam mayor
1:38:20 i'd like to invite recovery coordinator
1:38:22 benton koblenz to present this item
1:38:25 awesome good evening members of the
1:38:27 council madam mayor
1:38:29 my name is benton kovlans i'm the
1:38:30 economic development coordinator for the
1:38:33 and i'm coming to you tonight as the
1:38:35 recovery coordinator for the city of
1:38:38 issaquah
1:38:40 and if i may just take a moment of
1:38:42 personal privilege and say that
1:38:44 i joined the city in july of 2020 and so
1:38:49 i've spent the past year working for the
1:38:51 city of issaquah from my home in tucuela
1:38:55 and it's been a really great year we've
1:38:57 been able to do a lot to keep a lot of
1:38:59 businesses afloat
1:39:00 and so i want to thank you all and and
1:39:03 just express
1:39:04 the extraordinary honor that it is to
1:39:06 join you on this the first
1:39:08 in-person regular meeting of the city
1:39:10 council
1:39:11 tonight so with that as i mentioned
1:39:15 i'm giving tonight an update about my
1:39:18 efforts as recovery coordinator
1:39:20 for the city of issaquah so the purpose
1:39:24 is to provide that update about the work
1:39:26 that i have been doing to seek input on
1:39:29 planned
1:39:30 next steps the prioritization and the
1:39:33 suitability
1:39:34 of those possible next steps and then of
1:39:37 course
1:39:38 to provide a funding recommendation for
1:39:40 your consideration tonight
1:39:44 so the
1:39:47 my work as the recovery coordinator is
1:39:50 of course anchored and buttressed
1:39:52 by the american rescue plan act which
1:39:54 was passed
1:39:55 by the united states congress and signed
1:39:57 into law by president biden in
1:39:59 march of 2021 it provided 1.9
1:40:03 trillion dollars in federal spending
1:40:06 the bulk of which went to direct
1:40:08 assistance
1:40:09 to americans the largest single tranche
1:40:13 of course was for the direct
1:40:16 economic impact payments to the american
1:40:18 public
1:40:19 but the second largest batch of funding
1:40:22 was of course
1:40:23 the 350 billion dollars allocated to
1:40:26 state
1:40:26 and local governments which was
1:40:29 distributed
1:40:30 approximately proportionally to
1:40:32 population
1:40:34 so issaquah will end up receiving um
1:40:36 just over
1:40:37 11 million dollars in two tranches in
1:40:40 2021 and 2022
1:40:42 to be allocated by the end of 2024
1:40:45 and spent by the end of 2026.
1:40:49 so the american rescue plan act created
1:40:51 a number of federal programs
1:40:54 and so when
1:40:58 a bill of that size gets passed by
1:41:00 congress there can sometimes be millions
1:41:02 or even billions of dollars that are
1:41:04 on the table by communities across the
1:41:06 country and so one of our
1:41:08 big goals as a city is of course to
1:41:10 leave no
1:41:11 dollar on the table for our community
1:41:13 and to make sure that we can take
1:41:15 advantage of all that we can
1:41:18 so the bill was passed in march and the
1:41:21 city spent
1:41:21 uh wasted no time in starting to plan
1:41:25 our efforts on how to use the uh a
1:41:27 little over 11 million dollars so there
1:41:29 was a council study session
1:41:31 on april the 26th and these on your
1:41:33 screen
1:41:34 are the main points that were kind of
1:41:37 the conclusions from that study session
1:41:39 and i want to draw your attention to a
1:41:41 couple of them so
1:41:44 the one is to utilize the valuable time
1:41:47 that we have as a city so again we have
1:41:49 until 2024
1:41:51 to allocate this funding and this is
1:41:53 really once in a lifetime
1:41:56 levels of funding direct from the
1:41:57 federal government
1:41:59 and so it's important to utilize the
1:42:01 time that we have
1:42:03 to make really smart and thoughtful
1:42:06 decisions
1:42:06 but at the same time we want to make
1:42:10 sure that we don't leave
1:42:11 a stone unturned and that we are able to
1:42:14 determine
1:42:14 what the acute and urgent needs of the
1:42:16 community are
1:42:18 so that we don't miss an opportunity to
1:42:21 make a really smart investment
1:42:24 but also to monitor the impacts of the
1:42:27 pandemic
1:42:28 there certainly will be delayed impacts
1:42:30 of the pandemic
1:42:32 the future is unknowable but i think we
1:42:34 know that there are
1:42:35 things yet unknown to come and so
1:42:38 it's important to continue to monitor
1:42:41 the state of the community and the needs
1:42:42 of the community
1:42:44 as time passes so
1:42:47 with those conclusions from that council
1:42:50 study session in mind
1:42:51 the council allocated up to forty five
1:42:53 thousand dollars for the position of
1:42:55 recovery coordinator
1:42:57 with the express purpose of having this
1:43:00 position meet with community members
1:43:02 determine urgent financial needs
1:43:04 associated with the covet 19 pandemic
1:43:07 research available federal resources and
1:43:09 match those needs
1:43:11 with those resources
1:43:14 and so on june the 22nd i stepped into
1:43:17 the position
1:43:17 of recovery coordinator for the city of
1:43:20 course i'd been prepping a little bit
1:43:22 before that as well
1:43:24 but i've spent this past month
1:43:27 working to meet with as many members of
1:43:30 the community as i can
1:43:32 and to start this effort in earnest
1:43:35 all of course under the framework of
1:43:38 this three-legged stool
1:43:39 of recovering rebuilding and
1:43:41 re-imagining
1:43:44 tonight of course just given the nature
1:43:47 of my work i think we'll talk a little
1:43:48 bit more
1:43:49 about recovering and rebuilding than we
1:43:51 will reimagining but
1:43:53 there will be a little bit of all in it
1:43:55 tonight
1:43:57 so to start off with of course i wanted
1:44:00 to understand a little bit better
1:44:02 about what the federal programs are that
1:44:04 are available
1:44:06 so here's three to highlight to the
1:44:08 council here tonight so of course
1:44:10 the payroll protection program which
1:44:14 ended up
1:44:14 with a total funding of just under 800
1:44:17 billion dollars that was distributed
1:44:19 to small businesses across the country
1:44:22 it ended in may of 2021
1:44:26 and we know that many businesses here in
1:44:28 israel were able to take
1:44:30 advantage of the ppp program in order to
1:44:33 keep their staff on
1:44:34 and keep their businesses afloat
1:44:37 in the american rescue plan act in
1:44:40 particular
1:44:42 congress established the shuttered venue
1:44:44 operators grant program
1:44:46 with a total funding of about a billion
1:44:49 and a
1:44:50 one 1.25 billion dollars
1:44:53 and that goes of course to those venues
1:44:56 that were forced to close theaters and
1:44:59 opera houses and of course village
1:45:02 theater here
1:45:03 in issaquah was able to apply for that
1:45:06 grant program
1:45:07 and it still hasn't technically ended
1:45:09 and notifications
1:45:11 are being made as we speak the other big
1:45:14 program
1:45:15 that was established for restaurants in
1:45:18 particular
1:45:19 was 28.6 billion dollars
1:45:23 for the right restaurant revitalization
1:45:26 that fund was exhausted by june 30 2021
1:45:29 so you can imagine the bill passes
1:45:31 in march sba is able to establish the
1:45:34 program
1:45:35 in a month or two and by the end of june
1:45:38 it was already exhausted with several
1:45:40 billion dollars worth of unfunded
1:45:42 applications but about 3.4 million
1:45:46 dollars
1:45:47 came to issaquah restaurants based on
1:45:50 public reporting
1:45:51 about the restaurant revitalization fund
1:45:55 and and there's been some pressure
1:45:58 to fulfill those unfunded applications
1:46:02 so those are just three programs that
1:46:05 were established or
1:46:06 had increased funding through the rescue
1:46:08 plan act
1:46:10 there's many many others including
1:46:12 direct payments to individuals
1:46:15 to help them with rental assistance or
1:46:18 or utility bills or indirect
1:46:22 payments like housing counseling grants
1:46:25 that may not come directly to
1:46:26 individuals or directly to the isoqua
1:46:29 community but that will fund
1:46:33 larger organizations that have partners
1:46:36 here in issaquah that hopefully will be
1:46:38 to take advantage of that funding
1:46:43 in conjunction with those federal
1:46:44 programs there are a myriad
1:46:46 of state and county programs that have
1:46:49 been or will be
1:46:50 established so there's going to be
1:46:52 another round
1:46:53 of statewide business grants the working
1:46:56 washington round five grants
1:46:58 whose application still has yet to open
1:47:00 that will be 50 million dollars worth
1:47:03 of grants to small businesses across
1:47:05 washington state
1:47:07 there's also increased rental assistance
1:47:10 when you take the numbers that have been
1:47:11 allocated washington state
1:47:13 you add the numbers that the state has
1:47:16 invested in
1:47:16 in rental assistance it covers
1:47:18 approximately about 90 percent of
1:47:21 residential rental arrears and of course
1:47:24 that's a very timely discussion as the
1:47:27 eviction moratorium
1:47:28 just ended and the housing stability
1:47:32 bridge
1:47:32 proclamation takes effect and so we'll
1:47:35 see if
1:47:36 the state and county programs are able
1:47:40 deliver and distribute those funds in a
1:47:42 timely manner to help
1:47:44 avoid what many have predicted it will
1:47:47 an eviction cliff
1:47:51 also the state has established a small
1:47:53 business flex fund to provide low
1:47:55 interest loans
1:47:56 to small businesses paired with
1:47:58 technical assistance
1:48:00 and that is a pseudo revolving loan fund
1:48:03 where the state hopes that the payments
1:48:05 back to the fund will be reinvested into
1:48:08 a true
1:48:08 revolving law fund that will be able to
1:48:11 help small businesses for many many
1:48:13 years to come
1:48:15 so with that assistance and those
1:48:19 programs
1:48:20 in mind of course i ventured to reach
1:48:23 out to as many people
1:48:24 and as many organizations as i could
1:48:28 get on the phone and so in partnership
1:48:30 with our human services staff so with
1:48:32 monica
1:48:32 negrila and hannah roberts i was able to
1:48:36 sit in and interview more than 19
1:48:39 non-profits serving the israel community
1:48:41 and that very much is more than i'll
1:48:43 just venture to say
1:48:44 um so mainly human services
1:48:48 organizations that serve or are funded
1:48:51 the city of issaquah in addition
1:48:56 you know outside the the the co-working
1:48:58 with the human services staff i was able
1:49:00 to sit down with
1:49:02 other organizations like the issaquah
1:49:04 history museums cougar mountain zoo
1:49:06 uh friends of lake samama state park and
1:49:08 of course friends of the
1:49:09 issaquah salmon hatchery i was also able
1:49:13 to speak with more than 18 local
1:49:16 small business owners including seven
1:49:17 in-depth interviews
1:49:19 alongside economic vitality commission
1:49:21 members which was a really
1:49:23 great experience i'll just note
1:49:26 and i was also able to present to
1:49:29 the arts commission and the economic
1:49:31 vitality commission
1:49:32 as well as the mayor's recovery task
1:49:34 force to talk about
1:49:36 the work that i'm doing as well as we
1:49:39 have regular meetings with our city's
1:49:40 vision partners so that is the downtown
1:49:42 issaquah association
1:49:44 uh the greater squad chamber of commerce
1:49:46 visit issaquah
1:49:47 highlands council and the gilman village
1:49:50 merchants association so i was able
1:49:52 to talk with all of them about the work
1:49:54 that i'm doing the questions that i'm
1:49:55 asking
1:49:56 and i was also able to sit down with
1:49:58 their executive directors and their
1:50:00 boards and and committees
1:50:02 um to talk more in depth with some of
1:50:04 their
1:50:05 the internal leaders in their
1:50:06 organization so
1:50:09 i met with just about everybody again i
1:50:12 could get on the phone
1:50:14 and i think the the resounding message
1:50:17 was a positive one that most
1:50:19 organizations and most
1:50:21 businesses have been able to come out of
1:50:25 come out the other end of this pandemic
1:50:27 and they're able to continue
1:50:28 to serve their clients and their
1:50:30 customers they've been able to reopen
1:50:32 their doors keep their staff keep their
1:50:36 volunteers um
1:50:38 but of course we're at a time when
1:50:42 the acute crisis is transitioning back
1:50:45 kind of the chronic hindrances that
1:50:47 affected
1:50:48 the operations of these organizations
1:50:50 and these businesses
1:50:53 and those hindrances have been
1:50:57 really dramatically impacted and
1:51:00 transformed
1:51:01 by the pandemic itself and so
1:51:04 you know organizations are seeing
1:51:06 increased needs
1:51:08 for for a wide variety of different
1:51:10 services
1:51:11 businesses have seen demand
1:51:14 rise for their products and services
1:51:18 as well as some of the the issues that
1:51:19 they face uh continue on
1:51:21 into the recovery um
1:51:25 but it's all not it's not just um the
1:51:28 chronic issues that
1:51:29 that they dealt with uh before the
1:51:31 pandemic there's also some
1:51:33 immediate concerns and some needs that
1:51:36 our community has
1:51:38 that are impacted or caused directly by
1:51:40 this transition to
1:51:41 the recovery so one theme
1:51:45 that i heard directly from businesses
1:51:49 small and large from
1:51:50 non-profit organizations small and large
1:51:53 was the issue with
1:51:54 the lack of available and qualified
1:51:56 workers
1:51:58 so that runs the gamut from folks uh
1:52:02 working in uh restaurants as as wait
1:52:05 staff
1:52:06 to um folks uh trying to find workers to
1:52:10 provide
1:52:11 mental and behavioral health services
1:52:13 right so from on
1:52:14 you know quote unquote unskilled to
1:52:16 quote unquote skilled labor
1:52:18 shortages um and so a lack of
1:52:22 of available workforces is a common
1:52:24 issue
1:52:25 for for just about everybody for small
1:52:27 businesses
1:52:28 um access to capital is a major need
1:52:32 so they're been able to come through the
1:52:35 pandemic
1:52:36 but now they need to adjust to a much
1:52:39 changed landscape
1:52:40 whether they're you know they need to
1:52:42 reconfigure
1:52:44 their storefront um or expand their
1:52:46 capacity
1:52:47 to serve new demand um they have
1:52:51 they're able to to pay their expenses
1:52:53 but they're not able
1:52:54 to invest in their business and so
1:52:57 access to low interest capital is
1:52:59 is an important need for a lot of
1:53:01 businesses as they try to take advantage
1:53:03 of the recovery for non-profits
1:53:08 the kind of analog is of course capacity
1:53:12 so after a year and a half
1:53:15 where non-profit capacity was decimated
1:53:17 where
1:53:19 donations shrank where organizations had
1:53:22 to let go of their staff
1:53:24 many non-profits now see the same demand
1:53:28 or increased demand
1:53:29 and they're looking to grow their
1:53:31 capacity and build their capacity
1:53:33 as an organization again for that
1:53:35 long-term recovery
1:53:38 in our community we see access to mental
1:53:41 and behavioral health as a
1:53:43 as a big need of course we've all been
1:53:45 affected by
1:53:46 this pandemic and in a multitude of ways
1:53:50 whether it was losing our jobs or having
1:53:53 to stay at home
1:53:54 and so mental health has been
1:53:57 a real serious
1:54:00 concern for a lot of our residents and
1:54:03 access
1:54:04 is now limited either through the lack
1:54:06 of available
1:54:07 workforce for those nonprofits that
1:54:09 provide mental and behavioral health
1:54:11 services
1:54:12 or inability to pay
1:54:16 for private mental and behavioral health
1:54:19 that's that's a major concern for for
1:54:21 our population
1:54:22 um and of course connection to human
1:54:25 services so
1:54:26 what we're seeing is that it's not just
1:54:29 one thing you know if it were just
1:54:31 rental assistance it might be easy to
1:54:33 well let's provide some money to to
1:54:35 rental assistance but it's not just
1:54:37 rental assistance it's not just
1:54:39 mental and behavioral health it's
1:54:41 connection to a wide variety of human
1:54:43 services
1:54:44 that our residents need as you know
1:54:46 their needs change
1:54:47 dramatically over the course of this
1:54:49 recovery and so
1:54:51 connection to human services
1:54:55 is is a really really important need for
1:54:57 our community
1:54:58 today so those are those are the themes
1:55:02 that came through
1:55:04 the interviews and discussions that that
1:55:07 i've had
1:55:08 and so in in talking with my fellow
1:55:12 city staff the city leadership here are
1:55:15 some possible next steps
1:55:17 and opportunities for investment so one
1:55:20 a non-profit capacity building grant
1:55:24 program to help non-profits
1:55:27 through the recovery second
1:55:30 a resident resource center to fulfill
1:55:33 that need for connection uh to human
1:55:36 services so that
1:55:37 residents could come in and and speak
1:55:40 with a qualified professional and get
1:55:42 connected to
1:55:43 the services they need parks program
1:55:46 expansion in particular for before and
1:55:50 after school programs the idea there
1:55:52 um being that one of the major
1:55:54 hindrances for
1:55:56 the availability of the workforce is
1:55:59 that people are
1:56:00 at home needing to take care of their
1:56:02 kids and so
1:56:04 if we can take a little bit of pressure
1:56:06 off of the child care service sector
1:56:09 on the margin we may be able to help
1:56:11 more people get back to work
1:56:14 and then fourth an investment in the
1:56:17 flex fund
1:56:18 so many of our peer cities
1:56:21 see the same need that we do for access
1:56:23 to capital
1:56:24 and are considering investments in the
1:56:26 in the states small business
1:56:28 flex fund and so the range kind of given
1:56:32 those conversations for
1:56:34 for us given our size as a city would be
1:56:36 about 300 to
1:56:37 600 000 if we chose to go that way
1:56:42 but of course the the
1:56:46 one outlier organization that i'm here
1:56:49 to talk to you about tonight is the
1:56:50 friends of the
1:56:51 issaquah salmon hatchery so they've been
1:56:54 in a really
1:56:55 unique situation in terms of
1:56:58 of organizations because they're located
1:57:01 in a state facility
1:57:02 they've had very limited public access
1:57:06 and they've seen their revenues decline
1:57:10 dramatically and they need to prepare
1:57:14 a busy the busy season where they make
1:57:17 most of their revenue and yet they
1:57:20 certainly do not have the capacity
1:57:22 that they need to take advantage of that
1:57:24 and reopen
1:57:26 and and be whole for the long-term
1:57:29 recovery since they're down
1:57:30 to staff and so tonight
1:57:34 we're recommending to you um
1:57:38 a funding recommendation of up to fifty
1:57:40 five thousand dollars
1:57:42 um of non-federal funds to the friends
1:57:44 of the isoqua salmon hatchery
1:57:46 um to help with those very special
1:57:48 circumstances that they're in
1:57:50 to allow them to step up to required
1:57:52 levels like many of their peer
1:57:53 organizations have been able to do
1:57:56 to reprint and update materials to
1:57:58 prepare the grounds to pay for
1:58:00 the janitorial services they need we
1:58:02 think that this will
1:58:04 bring them up to par with where their
1:58:06 peers
1:58:07 are at in the nonprofit sector and and
1:58:09 allow them
1:58:10 to reopen and and become whole again
1:58:14 as an organization and of course at this
1:58:18 we're not recommending that we directly
1:58:20 appropriate
1:58:22 a portion of our allocation from the
1:58:25 american rescue plan act
1:58:28 staff are still trying to understand
1:58:32 a little bit better the reporting
1:58:33 requirements um and what this
1:58:35 type of relationship uh would uh would
1:58:38 require of us
1:58:39 and and of them in terms of reporting um
1:58:42 and so
1:58:42 we're we're hoping to be able to pursue
1:58:44 that as those
1:58:46 uh guidelines and and requirements
1:58:48 become
1:58:49 a little bit clearer
1:58:53 so that is our recommendation is to
1:58:55 authorize
1:58:56 um that funding allocation and then
1:58:59 asking
1:59:00 um the the members of the council
1:59:02 tonight to provide
1:59:03 some initial input on next on those next
1:59:06 steps proposed
1:59:08 and based on that initial input staff
1:59:11 go back to understand and and wait for
1:59:15 clear guidance from the treasury
1:59:17 department as to the utilization
1:59:19 of those federal dollars and
1:59:22 uh begin to understand what the contours
1:59:25 of those programs might be like
1:59:27 to match both those guidelines and staff
1:59:31 capacity to return at a september or
1:59:34 october study session for
1:59:36 further discussion
1:59:40 and there there's the proposed motion
1:59:43 and the initial direction needed
1:59:46 so i want to thank you again for for
1:59:48 your time tonight um
1:59:50 and i'm here to answer any and all
1:59:52 questions that you might have
1:59:53 thank you councilmember marks
1:59:57 thank you madam council president uh
1:59:59 what had there been
2:00:00 uh a dollar amount request from fish and
2:00:03 if so what was that amount
2:00:05 yeah so you'll see um in the agenda bill
2:00:08 um and you'll forgive me for not
2:00:10 remembering the letter but
2:00:12 i believe it's so fish provided a letter
2:00:15 explaining their circumstances i believe
2:00:17 that was
2:00:18 attachment a and then attachment b
2:00:22 is the breakdown of what those expenses
2:00:24 might be
2:00:25 and you'll see that those uh total up to
2:00:28 about uh 55 thousand dollars
2:00:32 to exactly 55 000 yeah yeah yeah but was
2:00:35 the amount requested or was was there an
2:00:38 amount requested and was it 55 or is 55
2:00:41 a number
2:00:42 that the city arrived at after reviewing
2:00:44 the request
2:00:45 um uh 55 was
2:00:49 the the number arrived at based on the
2:00:52 individual expenses
2:00:54 that fish requested support for
2:00:57 there was not a request for more than 55
2:00:59 that's my question
2:01:00 oh no okay thank you okay
2:01:04 thank you um does council have any other
2:01:07 questions
2:01:09 what's remember hall uh thank you this
2:01:11 is oh
2:01:12 i was about to say this is council
2:01:13 member hall um just quick clarifying
2:01:16 question and thank you by the way
2:01:17 um it was good to hear from a member of
2:01:19 the public that your services were
2:01:21 grateful and it's always good to hear
2:01:22 that from a city staffer so
2:01:24 um but with regard to next steps um and
2:01:28 opportunities for investment
2:01:29 just to clarify these are all this would
2:01:31 be with one-time funds
2:01:32 right not routine funds yes yeah
2:01:36 thank you
2:01:43 council deputy president ray or
2:01:46 more comments i was going to make a
2:01:47 motion i'll just check with
2:01:50 councilmember goodman
2:01:52 okay i moved authorized an additional
2:01:55 allocation of 55 000 to the friends of
2:01:58 the esquad salmon hatchery
2:01:59 fish to assist with the costs associated
2:02:02 with reopening
2:02:04 decade has been moved and seconded is
2:02:07 there any council discussion
2:02:10 that's a deputy president right honest
2:02:13 to god i don't know how we could have
2:02:14 salmon days
2:02:15 without the salmon hatchery and and so
2:02:18 uh that and a host of other
2:02:22 equally important reasons and the good
2:02:23 work that fish has done and the
2:02:25 integral part they are of our community
2:02:29 um and the identity of the city
2:02:32 helping fish and the salmon hatchery to
2:02:34 thrive
2:02:35 is i think an important thing for us to
2:02:38 do and a good use of these funds
2:02:42 council member martz thank you old town
2:02:45 is the heart of issaquah
2:02:47 and the hatchery is the heart of old
2:02:50 and fish is the heart of the hatchery
2:02:53 so uh it's it's my favorite place
2:02:56 in the city it's it's where i went when
2:03:00 uh decided to run for city council 12
2:03:03 years ago
2:03:03 it's where i went to record a picture
2:03:06 when i was
2:03:07 joining the seattle times effort
2:03:10 to support same-sex marriage and wanted
2:03:13 to add my voice to that
2:03:15 it's where i take family when they come
2:03:17 from out of town
2:03:18 and it just it it fills me with so much
2:03:21 pride what
2:03:22 fish does uh for this community and so
2:03:26 uh this is such a no-brainer and such a
2:03:28 joy to support this evening
2:03:29 thank you
2:03:33 hey councilmember walsh thank you um
2:03:37 gosh i don't think i could say it better
2:03:39 than either of you so i'll put a plus
2:03:42 one to all of that um
2:03:45 in support of this idea and i guess i do
2:03:48 have a question for you benton which is
2:03:51 what's next so we have four hundred
2:03:54 thousand dollars in
2:03:56 what we designated as council as a
2:03:58 community recovery fund
2:04:01 and gosh darn it we have gotten
2:04:05 more than halfway through the year and
2:04:07 this is the first time we're
2:04:08 getting a chance to spend this so
2:04:12 i mean i'm totally enthusiastic about
2:04:16 all of the information that you've
2:04:18 brought excuse me
2:04:19 now i have a microphone that i have to
2:04:24 um i'm i'm very enthusiastic about
2:04:28 the research that you've done i see a
2:04:30 lot of work there i see a lot of work
2:04:33 in reaching out to community members and
2:04:36 non-profits and businesses
2:04:38 that's fantastic you've brought us
2:04:41 one what's next what else can we do
2:04:48 yeah i think um you know part of the
2:04:51 part of the next steps um you know would
2:04:54 be that non-profit
2:04:55 capacity um building um i think that
2:04:58 would be the most
2:04:59 right analogous i'm not i'm i'm not sure
2:05:02 that we would use
2:05:02 um the dollars that we're using tonight
2:05:04 or or we would
2:05:06 continue certainly to explore the
2:05:08 utilization of the of the rescue plan
2:05:10 act dollars
2:05:11 but yeah i think i think that program
2:05:15 investigating kind of what that might
2:05:16 look like would be
2:05:18 the next step great well i am very much
2:05:21 looking forward to hearing what
2:05:23 other contacts you can make with the
2:05:26 community members and non-profits so
2:05:29 that we can see
2:05:30 more out of that program the
2:05:33 administrator banquets
2:05:35 yes uh thank you council president
2:05:36 members of the council uh
2:05:38 there has been other spending that the
2:05:39 council has made which we'd hoped
2:05:41 the arpa funding would be able to
2:05:43 reimburse us and we don't believe that
2:05:44 will be the case so the 250 000 dollars
2:05:47 uh that the council allocated from the
2:05:49 general fund uh we may come back to you
2:05:51 and and substitute that out
2:05:53 from the from the 400 because as benton
2:05:55 has indicated
2:05:56 um we're not getting lots of good
2:05:59 information from the federal government
2:06:00 um the record reporting requirements
2:06:02 about how many businesses
2:06:04 got that tarantula funds approximately
2:06:06 um just about 50.
2:06:08 so to have to go back to those 50 folks
2:06:11 amend their agreements with the language
2:06:13 from the federal government
2:06:14 and then get those reports it's probably
2:06:15 not something that's doable so
2:06:17 um we'll spend every penny of that 400
2:06:21 this year that's good thank you
2:06:25 councilmember d michelle just very
2:06:28 briefly
2:06:28 uh i'll make the point again that
2:06:30 non-profit businesses
2:06:32 are businesses and um
2:06:35 and we need to look at what we do to
2:06:38 help them stay afloat
2:06:40 in this particular case fish is business
2:06:43 model was
2:06:44 absolutely decimated by the by the
2:06:47 pandemic
2:06:48 and i really don't see how they could
2:06:50 have recovered
2:06:51 uh the funds uh as robin said you know
2:06:55 they leaned into uh alternate
2:06:58 means of communicating with the public
2:07:01 but basically their
2:07:04 business model was destroyed so i'm very
2:07:07 happy to support
2:07:08 the motion and continue the good
2:07:11 work that's been done for decades now by
2:07:15 and just all of our thanks for
2:07:18 everything that you've done
2:07:19 so i will be supporting the motion
2:07:24 thank you is there any further
2:07:26 discussion
2:07:31 okay um if there is no further
2:07:33 discussion the motion before council is
2:07:35 to authorize an additional allocation of
2:07:38 000 to the friends of issaquah salmon
2:07:40 hatchery
2:07:41 fish to assess to assist with costs
2:07:44 associated with reopening
2:07:46 clerk user if you could please call the
2:07:47 roll call vote
2:07:49 yes starting with council member goodman
2:07:53 i council member martz
2:07:56 aye deputy council president ray aye
2:08:00 council member walsh aye council member
2:08:03 d michelle
2:08:04 aye councilmember hall aye council
2:08:08 president hunt
2:08:09 aye seven eye zero nays
2:08:13 thank you that passes unanimously and at
2:08:16 this point i will
2:08:17 return the symbolic caval good mayor
2:08:20 paulie
2:08:22 thank you council president and thank
2:08:24 you for the presentation benton it's
2:08:26 been i've been just not waiting for you
2:08:28 to be able to come in
2:08:29 in the room with the council it's really
2:08:31 odd to work with somebody for a year and
2:08:33 you guys have never even met him so
2:08:35 thank you for your presentation this
2:08:36 evening next item on our agenda this
2:08:39 evening is good of the order
2:08:40 does anyone have anything for good of
2:08:42 the order
2:08:46 all right um the city council will be
2:08:50 taking a summer break
2:08:51 as many of you sort of hinted at when
2:08:54 you had no report for your other
2:08:56 meetings so our council is also taking a
2:08:58 summer break
2:09:00 for the remainder of august and the next
2:09:02 city council meeting will be tuesday
2:09:04 september 7th at 2021.
2:09:07 uh next on our agenda is the executive
2:09:09 session and as earlier announced
2:09:11 there'll be an executive session held
2:09:13 this evening to discuss
2:09:14 pending potential litigation for rcw
2:09:18 42.30.110 per n1 for an i
2:09:21 this item is expected to last 40 minutes
2:09:24 and no action is anticipated to follow
2:09:26 an open session
2:09:28 as a reminder executive sessions are
2:09:30 closed to the public and we will now
2:09:32 recess
2:09:33 recess into executive session at 9 10
2:09:37 i will ask the city clerk to clear the
2:09:39 room except for the relevant staff
2:09:42 and move the city council into a
2:09:43 separate virtual session
2:09:45 no is that a
2:09:48 virtual session okay anyone who is
2:09:51 attending virtually and who is not part
2:09:53 of the closed session will remain in the
2:09:55 main meeting
2:09:56 you are welcome to stay in the meeting
2:09:58 until it is recon
2:09:59 reconvened thank you all for coming
2:10:01 tonight
2:10:04 and i will offer up a restroom break
2:10:07 right now

Attendance

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

Motions and votes (3)

Adopt Ordinance No. 2948, establishing an Equity Board in Chapter 2.94, Administration, of the Issaquah Municipal Code. ( b)
Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH
Carried 6-1
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Lindsey Walsh
Opposed: Reh
Authorize an additional allocation of $55,000 to the Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery (FISH) to assist with costs associated with reopening. . Mayor Pauly resumed her role as presiding officer.
Moved by REH · seconded by MARTS
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 0884 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Aug. 2, 2021, $4,499,269.25; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Study Session, June 29, 2021; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, July 19, 2021; Approved. d) AB 8118 - Interagency Agreement with t…
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
Carried 7-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman (Attended virtually), Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh