The purpose of this informational update is to provide the Issaquah City Council with background information about the Cascade Water Alliance (Cascade) and recent Cascade Board decisions regarding future water supply scenarios and costs. Ray Hoffman, Cascade’s Chief Executive Officer, and Ed Cebron, Cascade’s Chief Economist, are scheduled to provide a PowerPoint presentation on September 7.
On June 17, 2021, the Metropolitan King County Council passed Ordinance 19294 (Exhibit B), setting sewer rates for 2022. In accordance with long term agreements for sewage disposal, King County (as successor to METRO) provides wastewater treatment and disposal service to cities and special utility districts, including Issaquah. The fees for such service are set and approved by King County, as reviewed and recommended by the Metropolitan Wastewater Pollution Abatement Advisory Committee (MWPAAC). The King County fees were last increased in 2020.
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Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
On April 15, 2019, the Council awarded the construction contract for the Holiday Inn Lift Station Revisions Project (SEWR 15001) to Road Construction Northwest in the amount of $768,531.50 (including sales tax).
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Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
Purpose: The purpose of overhauling the City's Sign Code is: 1. Consolidation and Consistency. The City has two sign codes and one sign design section which will be combined into a single integrated sign code. These codes are: IMC 18.11, Signs; Central Issaquah Development and Design Standards, or CIDDS, Chapter 9, Signs; and the Sign Design section of the Olde Town Design Standards. In merging the various codes into a single, unified code, the approach is generally to create consistency across similar areas, while preserving differences that reinforce neighborhood character. 2. Compliance. In 2015, the US Supreme Court decided the Reed versus the Town of Gilbert, Arizona case, also known as Reed v Gilbert. The decision changed the way temporary signs, especially non-commercial signs, may be regulated to preserve freedom of speech. Content may no longer be used in determining which sign…
Budget amendments are required when the expenditures of a fund are forecast to exceed appropriation level. This budget amendment includes adjustments for 10 of the City's 30 funds. In total, these adjustments account for $1,083,400 in adjusted revenues and $2,673,680 in adjusted expenditures for a net decrease in fund balance to all City funds of $1,590,280. The General Fund accounts for $229,100 of the increased revenues and $1,510,219 of the increased expenditures, resulting in a net decrease of $1,281,119 to General Fund fund balance. This amendment also includes the addition of three new full time positions and one new limited term position.
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Council President Appointments to Capital Financing Community Task Force
Adopt Ordinance No. 2951, amending the 2021 budget as set forth in Ordinance No. 2927 and amended in Ordinance No. 2939 concerning revenues, expenditures, and fund balance for various funds for the year 2021. (
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
Carried 5-1
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
Opposed: Marts
APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 0890 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Sept. 7, 2021, $15,021,316.93; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Study Session, July 13, 2021; Approved. c) AB 8103 - 2021 Carpet Replacement Project (Police Flooring); Accepted the completion of the flooring re…
Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH
Carried 6-0
In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh