City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, November 15, 2021 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

First for Roll Call Vote: Walsh

6. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Nov. 15, 2021, $ 4,405,804.70 ID 0895

Approve · packet pp.5–38

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov

Minutes: City Council Study Session, Sept. 14, 2021

Accept Project · packet pp.39–41

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 09-14-21 Council Study Session Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Council Study Session 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting September 14, 2021 MINUTES

2021 Strategic Plan Adjustments AB 8252

Approve · packet pp.77–111

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · May 6, 2019

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Staff report:

The Administration and City Council, in concert with the community, developed the City's first-ever Strategic Plan from March 2018 to May 2019. The development of the Strategic Plan followed a three phase approach focusing on "Who We Are, Where We Want to Go, and How We Will Get There." Throughout development, extensive community engagement occurred with dozens of engagement activities in a variety of forms and more than 1,600 survey responses. The plan produced by this process reflected the City's desire for a more focused and disciplined approach to meeting community goals. The City Council adopted this plan through Resolution 2019-04on May 6, 2019.

Memorandum of Understanding with Teamsters 117 representing Police Sergeants Ratify AB 8276

packet pp.113–117

Topics: Public Safety

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

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Staff report:

The City and the Teamsters 117 representing Police Sergeants, have an existing collective bargaining agreement ("CBA") in place that is set to expire at the end of 2022. The MOU proposed herein creates a short-term referral and retention incentive program that will expire in line with expiration of the current CBA. In the past year, the City has struggled to both recruit and retain commissioned law enforcement officers, despite offering wages and benefits in line with surrounding jurisdictions. The City's initial focus was on getting in place recruitment and retention efforts for police officers, such as the lateral officer hiring bonus approved by the City Council in June of 2021 and training, referral, and retention bonuses for police officers approved by the City Council on November 1, 2021. The City is now turning focus to retention of police supervisory positions, including Police…

Memorandum of Understanding with Teamsters 117 representing Police Commanders Ratify AB 8277

packet pp.119–123

Topics: Public Safety

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

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Staff report:

The City and the Teamsters 117 representing Police Commanders have an existing collective bargaining agreement ("CBA") in place that is set to expire at the end of 2022. The MOU proposed herein creates a short-term referral and retention incentive program that will expire in line with expiration of the current CBA. In the past year, the City has struggled to both recruit and retain commissioned law enforcement officers, despite offering wages and benefits in line with surrounding jurisdictions. The City's initial focus was on getting in place recruitment and retention efforts for police officers, such as the lateral officer hiring bonus approved by the City Council in June of 2021 and training, referral, and retention bonuses for police officers approved by the City Council on November 1, 2021. The City is now turning focus to retention of police supervisory positions, including Police…

2021 Unclaimed Property Report Unredeemed City Checks AB 8280

Approve Resolution · packet pp.125–129

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Staff report:

On an annual basis, RCW 63.29 requires the City of Issaquah to report to the Washington State Department of Revenue (DOR) all checks that meet the definition of unclaimed property. Unredeemed checks are considered cancelled by statute (RCW 39.56.040) after one year and the underlying liability due the owner of the unredeemed check is reportable as unclaimed property after two years. Utility refunds and payroll checks are reportable after one year. All checks listed in Exhibit A to the proposed resolution are older than one year.

Donation Acceptance: King County Metro Commute Trip Reduction Funds AB 8284

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.131–134

Topics: Land UseTransportationBudget

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Staff report:

To support regional Commute Trip Reduction programs, King County Metro typically offers strategic subsidies and incentives to alleviate the strain on local resources and demand on parking lots. These subsidies offer direct financial benefits for employer's to lower employee's costs of commuting. One of these subsidies is to offer free gift cards for CTR and vanpool formations throughout the region.

Conforming Amendments to IMC 18 re: Sign Code AB 8285

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.135–146

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

The Sign Code IMC 18.11 was adopted on Sept 20, 2021 and went into effect Sept 28, 2021. In the codification process, the City's codifier, Code Publishing, and City staff identified a few provisions of other IMC chapters (18.07, 18.19B, 18.19C) that have cross references that are no longer correct or sign code language that duplicates provisions in the new Sign Code.

7. PUBLIC HEARING

Proposed 2022 Budget & Salary Ordinance AB 8198

Carried 7-0

Conduct Public Hearing; Adopt Ordinances · packet pp.147–378

Topics: Land UseBudget

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Sep 28, 2021

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Staff report:

The Administration recommends the City Council conduct the public hearings and adopt the budget and salary ordinances.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

8. REGULAR BUSINESS

New City Attorney Appointment & Contract for Services w/Madrona Law Group AB 8241

Confirm; Authorize · packet pp.379–416

Topics: Boards & Commissions

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Staff report:

of onboarding (transitioning) legal services as needed.

2022 Legislative Agenda AB 8265

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.417–436

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Dec 7, 2020

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Staff report:

The legislative agenda is a tool that communicates priorities and policy positions externally to the State Legislature and the Governor, as well as internally to the Administration and City lobbyists. The Administration has prepared, and the City Council has adopted, a legislative agenda annually for the past nine years. The 2022 Legislative Agenda will be the fourth produced with the City’s current governmental affairs consultants from Gordon Thomas Honeywell.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Title 18 Ad Hoc Committee Discharge AB 8291

Carried 7-0

packet pp.437–439

Topics: Land UseBoards & Commissions

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Apr 19, 2021

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Staff report:

This agenda bill seeks City Council direction on the future of the Title 18 Ad Hoc Committee in response to the City Council

Roll call:

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by REH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:06 ↗ welcome everyone i'm calling the

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0:11 ↗ due to the governor's proclamation 20-28

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0:22 ↗ at this point in time i'm going to take

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0:26 ↗ council members in attendance so please

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0:30 ↗ councilmember d michelle

0:32 ↗ here thank you councilmember goodman

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0:45 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman

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0:50 ↗ council president hunt

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1:04 ↗ thank you all uh the next item on our

1:07 ↗ all seven council members are here this

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1:36 ↗ thank you

1:38 ↗ the next item on tonight's agenda is

1:40 ↗ audience comments and for those of you

1:42 ↗ who have submitted the online form to

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3:17 ↗ citizen comments written in verbal are

3:19 ↗ an important aspect of the public

3:21 ↗ process and the city takes comments

3:23 ↗ seriously and we thank you for taking

3:25 ↗ the time to address us

3:26 ↗ city claire can you please identify the

3:28 ↗ first person who has signed up to speak

3:30 ↗ this evening

3:32 ↗ yes the first person who signed up to

3:34 ↗ speak is nicole miller nicole in just a

3:36 ↗ moment i'll make you a panelist you'll

3:38 ↗ then see an option to unmute yourself

3:41 ↗ and can also turn your video on

3:49 ↗ you have the floor

3:51 ↗ uh thank you very much uh good evening

3:54 ↗ to the mayor and to the council

3:56 ↗ and thank you for allowing me

3:58 ↗ the time to address a concern that i

4:00 ↗ have

4:01 ↗ um as uh the host stated my name is

4:04 ↗ nicole miller i'm a resident and

4:06 ↗ homeowner here in issaquah

4:08 ↗ my husband mike and i live up in the

4:10 ↗ isla highlands

4:12 ↗ we have one son who is a sophomore at

4:14 ↗ esqua high school and a recent graduate

4:16 ↗ of this squad high school who's in

4:18 ↗ college

4:19 ↗ because the allotted time is fairly

4:21 ↗ small i want to jump right to my bottom

4:23 ↗ line

4:25 ↗ based on my observations over the past

4:27 ↗ three plus years of living here in

4:29 ↗ issaquah i think it is pretty obvious

4:32 ↗ that we have a serious crime problem

4:35 ↗ theft has been and continues to be a

4:37 ↗ source of stress irritation

4:40 ↗ frustration and loss for so many of our

4:43 ↗ residents

4:44 ↗ but also one that we as a community seem

4:46 ↗ to have grown desensitized to and i

4:49 ↗ include myself in that group

4:51 ↗ without deterrence in place to reduce

4:53 ↗ theft and you know i understand that it

4:55 ↗ can't be completely eliminated

4:57 ↗ i really fear that issaquah will

4:59 ↗ continue to feel welcoming not only the

5:01 ↗ families who desire a beautiful place to

5:03 ↗ live

5:04 ↗ but also to criminals who view it as an

5:06 ↗ opportunity to take and to take whatever

5:09 ↗ they want whenever they want to

5:12 ↗ give you a little bit of background

5:13 ↗ about myself i'm a military brat which

5:15 ↗ means i grew up as

5:16 ↗ a child of somebody who served in the

5:18 ↗ military i served in the u.s air force

5:21 ↗ for seven years

5:22 ↗ i'm married to an air force pilot who

5:24 ↗ served for 23 years

5:26 ↗ i've lived in 10 states and two foreign

5:29 ↗ countries and i've moved 18 times over

5:31 ↗ the course of my adult life

5:33 ↗ i'm almost 50 years old and i can tell

5:36 ↗ you that i have never in all the places

5:38 ↗ that i've lived witness the amount of

5:40 ↗ preventable crime

5:42 ↗ that i have seen here in issaquah

5:44 ↗ and what has shocked me more than the

5:46 ↗ crime itself is the response to it there

5:49 ↗ doesn't appear to be any outrage there's

5:51 ↗ no calls to the police there just seems

5:54 ↗ to be this acceptance

5:56 ↗ acceptance by store managers acceptance

5:58 ↗ by neighbors i'm not quite sure i

6:00 ↗ understand why

6:02 ↗ um

6:04 ↗ about two weeks ago now i stepped out of

6:07 ↗ that

6:08 ↗ acceptance role and

6:10 ↗ that happened because i was at the

6:12 ↗ target in issaquah on october 28th and i

6:15 ↗ witnessed four people

6:17 ↗ all men in the span of an hour still

6:19 ↗ hundreds if not thousands of dollars

6:21 ↗ worth of electronics and alcohol from

6:23 ↗ target

6:25 ↗ i confronted the first thief just as he

6:27 ↗ was leaving the store

6:29 ↗ another who left the store about 10

6:31 ↗ minutes after the first one while i was

6:33 ↗ speaking with the store manager and she

6:35 ↗ was explaining to me

6:36 ↗ why she couldn't intercede or why she

6:39 ↗ couldn't call 9-1-1

6:41 ↗ and then

6:42 ↗ i actually confronted

6:44 ↗ the third criminal who i saw that day

6:47 ↗ and as embarrassing as it may sound i'm

6:50 ↗ going to admit that i verbally harassed

6:52 ↗ him in the alcohol aisle

6:54 ↗ i harassed him as he exited the store

6:58 ↗ around the registers and out into the

7:00 ↗ parking lot where i told him that if he

7:02 ↗ proceeded out of the store i would call

7:04 ↗ 9-1-1

7:05 ↗ he didn't seem to care and i did call

7:08 ↗ 9-1-1

7:09 ↗ so there i was in the parking lot of

7:11 ↗ target shouting for someone to come and

7:13 ↗ stop the thieves soak to the bone

7:15 ↗ because it was raining and all i could

7:17 ↗ think of is how can this be happening

7:20 ↗ the 9-1-1 operator is telling me that

7:23 ↗ she cannot send the police

7:25 ↗ and what i screamed into the phone at

7:28 ↗ her is that this is anarchy

7:30 ↗ and the definition of anarchy is a state

7:32 ↗ of disorder due to the absence or

7:34 ↗ non-recognition of authority

7:37 ↗ so i'm very close to the end of my

7:39 ↗ allotted time

7:41 ↗ i hope with that story

7:44 ↗ and some of the background information

7:46 ↗ that i provided

7:47 ↗ um

7:48 ↗ you can allow me to ask the following

7:51 ↗ four questions of the council

7:53 ↗ and i know that this is something that

7:55 ↗ can't be addressed in one meeting

7:58 ↗ and i know that it's not fully

8:00 ↗ your responsibility that we as citizens

8:03 ↗ of iskwa and the city council and the

8:05 ↗ mayor and the police force all have a

8:07 ↗ role to play

8:08 ↗ my first question is this

8:10 ↗ what is the city council's position on

8:12 ↗ the amount of theft in our stores and

8:13 ↗ neighborhoods

8:15 ↗ and are you at all concerned that we are

8:16 ↗ following in the footsteps of

8:18 ↗ well-publicized cities like seattle and

8:20 ↗ san francisco or seeing businesses

8:22 ↗ shuttered

8:23 ↗ knowing that that leads to a decrease in

8:25 ↗ tax revenue

8:26 ↗ and a loss of gainful employment for our

8:28 ↗ citizens

8:30 ↗ the second

8:31 ↗ do we even know how much crime is

8:32 ↗ occurring if no reports are being filed

8:34 ↗ because police aren't responding

8:38 ↗ third are we allowing an underground

8:40 ↗ market if you will of goods to be sold

8:42 ↗ on the internet

8:44 ↗ i'm pretty sure i that we are doing that

8:46 ↗ by the amount of alcohol i saw lead

8:48 ↗ target that day

8:50 ↗ and fourth

8:52 ↗ why are the police not pursuing

8:53 ↗ criminals because the store won't

8:55 ↗ prosecute

8:56 ↗ as i understand it the job of the police

8:58 ↗ force is to serve and protect

9:01 ↗ i have never heard of a caveat and again

9:04 ↗ i'm you know i'm not in criminal justice

9:05 ↗ so i don't know but i'm not familiar

9:08 ↗ with the caveat

9:09 ↗ that

9:11 ↗ the police only respond if there's going

9:13 ↗ to be a prosecution

9:14 ↗ i believe that the presence of an

9:16 ↗ officer a threat of an arrest sends a

9:18 ↗ powerful message to a criminal

9:20 ↗ so in conclusion i really feel that it

9:22 ↗ is a responsibility of the mayor this

9:24 ↗ council the police force and the

9:26 ↗ citizens of iskwa

9:28 ↗ to be united on how to confront this

9:30 ↗ problem and we need the leadership of

9:32 ↗ this council to get the message to the

9:34 ↗ citizens and criminals alike that crime

9:36 ↗ will not be tolerated in a cigua

9:39 ↗ thank you very much for your time

9:42 ↗ nicole thank you for coming in and

9:43 ↗ sharing your story tonight that's really

9:46 ↗ tough to listen to

9:47 ↗ if you are still staying around at the

9:49 ↗ meeting i have asked our city

9:51 ↗ administrator to provide some additional

9:53 ↗ information during the mayor's report

9:55 ↗ but if not you can follow us on tv or

9:58 ↗ catch up on

9:59 ↗ um youtube but there there have been

10:02 ↗ some action taking we'd like to give a

10:04 ↗ little bit more information out to the

10:05 ↗ public thank you so much for sharing

10:07 ↗ your story tonight

10:11 ↗ city clerk do we have anyone else signed

10:12 ↗ up for comment or anyone else indicating

10:15 ↗ a desire to talk to their city council

10:18 ↗ mayor no one else has signed up but i do

10:20 ↗ see some other members of the public

10:23 ↗ have joined us tonight if anyone would

10:24 ↗ like to make comments

10:26 ↗ please press star 3 if you've dialed in

10:28 ↗ by phone or press the raise hand icon

10:32 ↗ or you're also welcome to send me the

10:34 ↗ hosted chat

10:36 ↗ and i'll just monitor this for a moment

10:46 ↗ and i'm not seeing anyone else indicate

10:48 ↗ a desire to speak

10:50 ↗ hey katisha

10:52 ↗ so i want here

10:54 ↗ i'm so sorry just just as i made that

10:57 ↗ statement i do see that we have um

11:00 ↗ a member of the public susan neville who

11:02 ↗ was having some technical issues but

11:04 ↗ would like to make comments

11:06 ↗ that sounds great thank you

11:09 ↗ great uh susan i will make you a

11:11 ↗ panelist now you should then see the

11:13 ↗ option to unmute and can also choose to

11:15 ↗ turn your video on

11:20 ↗ okay

11:21 ↗ hello everybody um

11:23 ↗ sorry about that issue

11:25 ↗ uh thank you council members and mayor

11:27 ↗ paulie for being here this evening

11:29 ↗ i would like to address agenda bill 821

11:32 ↗ the title

11:33 ↗ 18 ad hoc committee

11:35 ↗ and as a member

11:37 ↗ of the community i've been following the

11:38 ↗ land use code change process

11:41 ↗ since may

11:42 ↗ and i applaud all the work the ad hoc

11:45 ↗ committee has devoted to this process

11:47 ↗ but i am in full support of the proposal

11:51 ↗ to eliminate the title 18 adopt

11:52 ↗ committee

11:54 ↗ and as noted by the community and staff

11:57 ↗ one of the big concerns is increasing

11:59 ↗ public transparency but without adding

12:02 ↗ any extra administrative support and i

12:04 ↗ and i believe this option works the best

12:08 ↗ in addition

12:09 ↗ the title 18 change issues of importance

12:12 ↗ we go directly to city council work

12:14 ↗ sessions which are public and very

12:17 ↗ inclusive

12:18 ↗ and i i really want to say i am very

12:21 ↗ grateful to the ad hoc committee for

12:22 ↗ creating a strong framework to begin the

12:24 ↗ title 18 process

12:26 ↗ but adopting this new approach to

12:28 ↗ eliminate the committee would be in the

12:30 ↗ interest of all and that would be the

12:32 ↗ administration

12:33 ↗ the various committees

12:35 ↗ all the council members and the public

12:37 ↗ and i appreciate your consideration

12:39 ↗ thank you

12:42 ↗ thank you susan city clerk is there

12:44 ↗ anyone else who's indicated a desire to

12:45 ↗ speak

12:46 ↗ no

12:49 ↗ okay thank you very much for both of um

12:51 ↗ all those residents who came in to speak

12:53 ↗ this evening

12:54 ↗ first on

12:56 ↗ crime issues in issaquah the need for

13:00 ↗ additional deterrence and the need for a

13:02 ↗ focused plan on how to proceed

13:05 ↗ also uh comments on the title 18 ad hoc

13:08 ↗ grateful for their work um and believing

13:11 ↗ their work is wrapped up

13:13 ↗ um

13:14 ↗ and recommends having future work done

13:16 ↗ at study sessions so thank you both for

13:19 ↗ coming in to talk this evening

13:21 ↗ just anybody else who might be watching

13:23 ↗ or watching on video i want to remind

13:25 ↗ you all that you can write comments at

13:27 ↗ any time to your city council at city

13:28 ↗ council edisaquah.gov

13:32 ↗ council president hunt i'd like to take

13:34 ↗ the opportunity right now to see if you

13:35 ↗ have any email comments that you wish to

13:37 ↗ summarize on tonight's agenda topics

13:40 ↗ thank you madam mayor we do have one

13:43 ↗ email comments that is specific to

13:45 ↗ tonight's agenda items and um while

13:48 ↗ we've been having virtual meetings i've

13:49 ↗ been summarizing those email comments

13:51 ↗ that comment was regarding ab-8291 title

13:55 ↗ 18 ad hoc committee the residents

13:58 ↗ spoke to a preference for

14:00 ↗ focused council committees also spoke to

14:02 ↗ the benefits of sending items to council

14:06 ↗ work sessions and dissolving the title

14:07 ↗ 18 ad hoc committee

14:09 ↗ and that that was the only comment that

14:11 ↗ specifically referenced tonight's items

14:13 ↗ thanks

14:14 ↗ thank you council president hunt

14:16 ↗ so we will now move on to committee and

14:18 ↗ regional reports and let's start with

14:20 ↗ council member hall

14:23 ↗ thank you mayor paulie this is council

14:25 ↗ member zach hall

14:27 ↗ i have a somewhat lengthy report tonight

14:29 ↗ so apologies to the council in advance

14:32 ↗ um so first off last wednesday i

14:35 ↗ attended an east side fire and rescue

14:37 ↗ board meeting

14:38 ↗ uh significant agenda items included

14:40 ↗ moving forward with a contract to

14:42 ↗ provide interim fire administrative

14:44 ↗ services to the city of mercer island

14:46 ↗ reviewing the board's draft legislative

14:48 ↗ agenda for the 2022 legislative session

14:51 ↗ a briefing on the progress of efer's

14:53 ↗ pfox committee and a briefing on efer's

14:57 ↗ new narcan leave behind kit pilot

15:00 ↗ program that will begin soon

15:02 ↗ and there are just two things that i

15:03 ↗ want to

15:04 ↗ highlight um for the council because i

15:06 ↗ think that they're

15:07 ↗ important for astaqa to know

15:09 ↗ first with regard to pfos we've been

15:12 ↗ officially notified by the state that

15:14 ↗ pfos is now categorized as a hazardous

15:16 ↗ substance

15:17 ↗ meaning we'll be expected to follow

15:19 ↗ what's called the model toxics control

15:21 ↗ act or modka

15:23 ↗ in our mitigation work

15:25 ↗ so we're just beginning to get into what

15:27 ↗ that means with our attorneys but one

15:29 ↗ outcome is that we'll have access to new

15:31 ↗ macca specific grant funding

15:33 ↗ opportunities that we didn't have

15:36 ↗ available to us in the past so that's

15:38 ↗ interesting to note um

15:41 ↗ i was also really impressed and moved by

15:44 ↗ the staff presentation on our new

15:47 ↗ naloxone or narcan leave behind kit

15:49 ↗ pilot program

15:51 ↗ so just some data i want to run by you

15:53 ↗ all that i thought was um

15:55 ↗ interesting to note

15:56 ↗ in 2020 the number of overdose deaths

15:59 ↗ involving fentanyl in king county was

16:01 ↗ 171

16:02 ↗ and as of last week the number of

16:05 ↗ overdose deaths this year was already at

16:07 ↗ 282

16:09 ↗ 100 more and we haven't even finished

16:11 ↗ out the calendar year

16:12 ↗ so this obviously highlighted in

16:14 ↗ emergent and large need in king county

16:17 ↗ and efer is stepping up for the plate so

16:20 ↗ this leave behind pilot program was

16:22 ↗ modeled after successful pilot programs

16:24 ↗ both in tacoma and in maryland in the

16:26 ↗ state of maryland

16:27 ↗ and efer will now be the only fire

16:29 ↗ department in king county to be working

16:31 ↗ in this specific leave behind space so

16:33 ↗ what does that mean so essentially

16:36 ↗ narcon kit snark hand kits will be

16:39 ↗ on every front line efer unit and after

16:41 ↗ responding to an overdose call kits will

16:44 ↗ be offered to surviving patients

16:46 ↗ bystanders and family members and those

16:48 ↗ kids will also include information on

16:50 ↗ how to connect with substance use

16:52 ↗ prevention resources but the really

16:54 ↗ amazing thing that they mentioned to the

16:55 ↗ board was that in maryland studies show

16:58 ↗ that the kits that were left behind with

17:00 ↗ families of surviving individuals led to

17:03 ↗ a five times greater likelihood that

17:05 ↗ that individual would seek treatment and

17:07 ↗ recovery services

17:08 ↗ um so that's pretty outstanding

17:11 ↗ uh so after a year we'll evaluate our

17:13 ↗ data and consider future programming

17:15 ↗ like potentially providing narcan kits

17:17 ↗ for city halls libraries or other public

17:19 ↗ spaces but

17:21 ↗ i wanted to make sure everyone here knew

17:23 ↗ about this exciting program and also the

17:24 ↗ active leadership from eva in our

17:26 ↗ community

17:28 ↗ uh next up for the next meeting of the

17:31 ↗ growth management planning council's

17:32 ↗ affordable housing committee is this

17:34 ↗ wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m over zoom

17:38 ↗ some significant agenda items include

17:40 ↗ adopting the committee's legislative

17:41 ↗ agenda for the 2022 legislative session

17:45 ↗ in olympia we're going to get a briefing

17:47 ↗ on the housing chapter of the

17:48 ↗ county-wide planning policies uh and

17:50 ↗ then we're going to have a discussion

17:52 ↗ about drafting what's what they're

17:54 ↗ calling a challenge letter to

17:56 ↗ jurisdictions regarding the 2024

17:58 ↗ comprehensive plan update cycle and the

18:01 ↗ opportunity that it presents localities

18:03 ↗ to scale up their response to the

18:05 ↗ affordable housing crisis in the region

18:07 ↗ so i think that this last topic in

18:09 ↗ particular would be really interesting

18:10 ↗ to bring back to the council the mayor

18:12 ↗ and the administration so stay tuned uh

18:14 ↗ for my notes and comments from that

18:16 ↗ discussion

18:17 ↗ um

18:19 ↗ and then the next meeting of the cascade

18:20 ↗ water alliance board is also this

18:22 ↗ wednesday uh but from 3 30 to 5 pm over

18:25 ↗ zoom

18:26 ↗ the most significant agenda item

18:27 ↗ includes a discussion about the proposed

18:30 ↗ water supply development fund which we

18:32 ↗ discussed here um at a study session

18:34 ↗ earlier this year but mayor paulie and i

18:36 ↗ did want uh to give you all a heads up

18:38 ↗ that there are some evolving issues

18:39 ↗ around um from other cascade partners

18:42 ↗ regarding this fund and after our

18:44 ↗ wednesday discussion it's possible we

18:46 ↗ may return to inform you about an

18:48 ↗ updated approach

18:50 ↗ so stay tuned on how that plays out and

18:52 ↗ then the last thing i just wanted to say

18:54 ↗ with regard to reports is that this week

18:56 ↗ i am attending the

18:58 ↗ national league of cities

19:00 ↗ city summit which is a week-long like

19:03 ↗ virtual summit of city council members

19:05 ↗ and mayors from across the country um so

19:08 ↗ i'm hoping to take notes on interesting

19:10 ↗ things that might be we want to bring

19:12 ↗ back here to issaquah and i'll be sure

19:13 ↗ to share that all with you when it's

19:15 ↗ finished and that concludes my report

19:17 ↗ thanks

19:18 ↗ thank you councilmember hall

19:19 ↗ councilmember d michelle

19:22 ↗ thank you mayor paulie um

19:24 ↗ on thursday november 4th i attended the

19:27 ↗ healthier here governing board and we

19:29 ↗ had a discussion about a new movie

19:31 ↗ entitled power to heal

19:34 ↗ this movie documents the decades-long

19:36 ↗ efforts to integrate hospital services

19:39 ↗ and staff in the united states

19:41 ↗ culminating in the introduction of

19:43 ↗ medicare during the johnson

19:44 ↗ administration

19:46 ↗ president johnson declared that medicare

19:48 ↗ reimbursement funding would only be

19:50 ↗ provided to hospitals that convincingly

19:52 ↗ demonstrated that they were integrated

19:54 ↗ and thus within a single year nearly 90

19:57 ↗ of us hospitals integrated both staff

20:00 ↗ and patient services

20:02 ↗ the movie's producer barbara bernie was

20:04 ↗ our guest speaker and it was a

20:05 ↗ fascinating discussion about a history

20:08 ↗ of our medical

20:11 ↗ services that very few people know and

20:14 ↗ if you can catch that movie on netflix

20:18 ↗ again it's called the power to heal it's

20:20 ↗ very well worth watching

20:22 ↗ um and then on friday november 12th uh

20:25 ↗ last friday i attended the eastside

20:27 ↗ transportation partnership

20:29 ↗ and we had a presentation on the k4c

20:31 ↗ climate action plan items related to

20:33 ↗ transportation a presentation on the

20:36 ↗ electrification of metro's bus fleet

20:39 ↗ in the placement of electric vehicle

20:41 ↗ charging stations in the puget sound

20:43 ↗ region and then finally a presentation

20:45 ↗ from washington state university's green

20:47 ↗ washington program

20:49 ↗ and that program is working with

20:51 ↗ the office of superintendent of public

20:53 ↗ construction

20:55 ↗ to begin the dialogue about the

20:57 ↗ electrification of school bus fleets

21:00 ↗ so it was a very informative meeting

21:03 ↗ with lots of lots of uh good information

21:08 ↗ and then finally tomorrow at uh tomorrow

21:10 ↗ afternoon there will be a connect to

21:12 ↗ community meeting that i'll be attending

21:14 ↗ and that concludes my report

21:17 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle

21:18 ↗ councilmember walsh i'm seeing you're

21:20 ↗ having some connectivity issues so if we

21:23 ↗ lose you during your

21:25 ↗ um update i'll come back to you but it

21:27 ↗ is your turn so let's let's try

21:31 ↗ thanks i didn't know i was having issues

21:33 ↗ so i appreciate you mentioning i thought

21:35 ↗ it was all on your guys's side

21:38 ↗ um i have a really short report in that

21:41 ↗ um this friday the 19th i will attend

21:43 ↗ the esquire chamber of commerce meeting

21:45 ↗ um representing council and no agenda

21:48 ↗ has been released yet and that concludes

21:50 ↗ my report

21:51 ↗ thank you councilmember walsh

21:52 ↗ councilmember goodman

21:54 ↗ uh thank you councilmember goodman here

21:56 ↗ my report is short as well the lodging

21:58 ↗ tax advisory committee will meet um this

22:01 ↗ thursday on the 18th at 10 a.m in the

22:03 ↗ morning i do not have an agenda yet it

22:06 ↗ has a virtual meeting so anybody who's

22:08 ↗ interested can check the city

22:10 ↗ calendar and join that meeting thank you

22:13 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman

22:15 ↗ councilmember martz

22:16 ↗ thank you madam mayor this is

22:18 ↗ councilmember martz the puget sound

22:20 ↗ puget sound regional council growth

22:23 ↗ management policy board met on thursday

22:25 ↗ november 3rd from 10 until noon we did

22:28 ↗ not have any action items discussed or

22:31 ↗ contemplated

22:33 ↗ the sound cities association public

22:35 ↗ issues committee did not meet in

22:36 ↗ november because it's november

22:38 ↗ this concludes my report

22:40 ↗ thank you councilmember mertz deputy

22:42 ↗ council president ray thank you mayor

22:44 ↗ paulie this is chris wray i have no

22:46 ↗ report this evening

22:48 ↗ thank you and council president hunt

22:50 ↗ thank you madam mayor i have um one

22:53 ↗ report and one upcoming meeting

22:56 ↗ um the title 18 ad hoc committee which

22:59 ↗ is a title 18 is our municipal land use

23:02 ↗ code the title 18 land use committee met

23:04 ↗ on

23:05 ↗ november 10th 2021 and we started the

23:09 ↗ meeting at 4 15. the attendees were

23:11 ↗ andrea snyder minnie daly wall and lucy

23:14 ↗ sloman from the

23:16 ↗ city staff and then council attendees

23:18 ↗ were council members goodman walsh and

23:19 ↗ hunt who are the three

23:21 ↗ members of the title 18 ad hoc committee

23:23 ↗ we had three topics the topic one was

23:26 ↗ code amendments for the tod project

23:29 ↗ specifically we discussed

23:31 ↗ the discussion was limited to whether

23:33 ↗ these can or should be processed on a

23:35 ↗ separate schedule and track than the

23:37 ↗ comprehensive title 18 updates

23:40 ↗ um per resolution 2021.06 the ad-hoc

23:43 ↗ committee will make a recommendation to

23:45 ↗ the council before any topics within

23:47 ↗ title 18 scope of work will be placed on

23:48 ↗ a separate schedule of track which is

23:50 ↗ why we were talking about this

23:52 ↗ and the council members on the committee

23:54 ↗ agreed that in our opinion this topic

23:56 ↗ does meet the criteria for considering

23:58 ↗ it on a separate track those committee

24:00 ↗ those criteria are

24:02 ↗ public

24:03 ↗ and um

24:04 ↗ we

24:05 ↗ are now making that recommendation to

24:07 ↗ the council this be on a separate track

24:09 ↗ um

24:10 ↗ this presentation and committee comments

24:13 ↗ took about 20 minutes then topic two was

24:15 ↗ the sign code uh there were some minor

24:17 ↗ edits that are needed to different

24:19 ↗ sections of the sign code

24:21 ↗ um these were identified by the code

24:22 ↗ publishing

24:24 ↗ um the people that publish the code and

24:26 ↗ we

24:27 ↗ unanimously agreed that in our opinion

24:29 ↗ these changes are not substantive and

24:31 ↗ are basically housekeeping and are

24:32 ↗ appropriate for being on the consent

24:34 ↗ agenda where they are this evening

24:36 ↗ so they are on our consent agenda as

24:39 ↗ item j

24:41 ↗ and this topic took about 10 minutes and

24:43 ↗ then topic three andrea describes the

24:46 ↗ agenda bill that will be on tonight's

24:48 ↗ agenda this evening regarding the future

24:50 ↗ of the ad hoc committee this is regular

24:52 ↗ business

24:53 ↗ item c on our agenda and the committee

24:56 ↗ received this information we didn't we

25:00 ↗ knew that this was coming to council so

25:01 ↗ council will discuss it this evening

25:03 ↗ looking forward to hearing that

25:04 ↗ discussion that topic took about five

25:05 ↗ minutes

25:06 ↗ and the committee adjourned 10 minutes

25:09 ↗ before 5 pm

25:11 ↗ we do not have any upcoming meetings

25:13 ↗ scheduled the november 25th meeting of

25:15 ↗ the title 18 ad hoc committee is

25:17 ↗ cancelled due to the holiday and there

25:19 ↗ are no other meetings for 2021 for this

25:21 ↗ committee that have been scheduled as of

25:23 ↗ today

25:24 ↗ and then i have one upcoming meeting the

25:26 ↗ rye eight salmon recovery council

25:28 ↗ meeting will be

25:29 ↗ this thursday on the 18th

25:32 ↗ and that concludes my report

25:35 ↗ thank you council president hunt

25:37 ↗ the next item on the agenda this evening

25:39 ↗ is the mayor's report and i would like

25:41 ↗ the

25:43 ↗ city administrator to come on camera for

25:46 ↗ a bit and talk about

25:48 ↗ we heard from nicole miller

25:51 ↗ during public uh comments this evening

25:53 ↗ about her encounters with

25:56 ↗ theft in issaquah and her observations

25:59 ↗ about what's going on and she also had

26:02 ↗ four questions for the council

26:04 ↗ which i think will be a little staff

26:05 ↗ assignment for council president and

26:08 ↗ to work on to make sure we get those

26:10 ↗ questions answered and sent back out in

26:11 ↗ writing but this has been an ongoing

26:14 ↗ issue over the last eight weeks and has

26:16 ↗ been reported by numerous residents and

26:18 ↗ i wonder if you could take this

26:19 ↗ opportunity to provide the community

26:21 ↗ information

26:22 ↗ on what has been going on and what steps

26:25 ↗ have been taken in the last little while

26:27 ↗ the administrator

26:29 ↗ yes thank you mayor members of the

26:30 ↗ council good evening uh yes

26:32 ↗ unfortunately we have seen a

26:35 ↗ a rash of shoplifting at some of our

26:37 ↗ large national retailers

26:40 ↗ we have spoken

26:42 ↗ the police department has spoken with

26:43 ↗ those national retailers and we've

26:45 ↗ learned a lot

26:47 ↗ we've learned that mostly national

26:49 ↗ retailers have a much higher tolerance

26:51 ↗ of this kind of activity than i think

26:53 ↗ any of us would likely imagine and and

26:56 ↗ the reasons for it as you learned about

26:57 ↗ them kind of make sense that they are

26:59 ↗ first and foremost concerned about the

27:01 ↗ safety of their employees

27:03 ↗ of their customers and

27:05 ↗ their general direction to their local

27:08 ↗ store managers from their regional and

27:09 ↗ national offices are not to confront

27:12 ↗ shoplifters

27:14 ↗ we of course are concerned by this as a

27:16 ↗ community because as the public speaker

27:19 ↗ mentioned there has been a rash of this

27:21 ↗ and so mayor paulie and our police chief

27:23 ↗ have bet with regional

27:25 ↗ leaders of at least one of those

27:27 ↗ national retailers target

27:29 ↗ and really have expressed the concern

27:31 ↗ that while they may have policies that

27:33 ↗ work regionally and nationally under

27:35 ↗ particular circumstances here in isqua

27:38 ↗ you know they need to call 9-1-1 and

27:40 ↗ they need to

27:41 ↗ file charges if individuals are

27:44 ↗ apprehended with stolen goods

27:47 ↗ these stores have been very reluctant in

27:49 ↗ the past to do that and i think as the

27:52 ↗ public speaker had mentioned um

27:55 ↗ she witnessed this firsthand

27:58 ↗ we continue to work with target we have

28:00 ↗ been called now

28:01 ↗ by target

28:03 ↗ management

28:04 ↗ we have confronted individuals we have

28:06 ↗ arrested individuals

28:08 ↗ so that is now happening unfortunately

28:10 ↗ because

28:12 ↗ those national chains have to weigh the

28:14 ↗ safety of their employees and their

28:15 ↗ customers

28:16 ↗ they see this as largely a

28:19 ↗ cost of doing business certainly what

28:20 ↗ we're seeing however it is quite beyond

28:22 ↗ that and i think we've been getting some

28:24 ↗ good cooperation

28:26 ↗ from

28:27 ↗ the national retailers against specific

28:29 ↗ to target on this and so madam mayor if

28:31 ↗ i maybe just quickly go through the four

28:33 ↗ questions that you may save having to

28:35 ↗ provide uh answers in writing you know

28:37 ↗ first was are we concerned and the

28:39 ↗ answer is of course we're concerned uh

28:41 ↗ but it's important for everyone to

28:42 ↗ remember

28:44 ↗ that

28:45 ↗ for a crime to happen there has to be a

28:48 ↗ complaint

28:49 ↗ the property that's being stolen the

28:51 ↗ owner of that property in the case of a

28:53 ↗ retail store the management of that

28:55 ↗ store has to be willing to file charges

28:57 ↗ if they're unwilling to file charges

28:59 ↗ that there is nothing the police can can

29:02 ↗ do there's no arrest that can be made

29:04 ↗ certainly when a police officer arrives

29:06 ↗ at a store

29:07 ↗ and confronts an individual

29:09 ↗ many times that individual very smartly

29:12 ↗ says yes and leaves the property and

29:15 ↗ leaves the premises and so the issue is

29:17 ↗ is taken care of but you know an arrest

29:19 ↗ cannot be made unless there is a

29:21 ↗ complaint filed

29:22 ↗ and that and that has not happened but

29:25 ↗ is happening more now with our national

29:26 ↗ retailers so certainly we are concerned

29:29 ↗ second question do we know how much

29:31 ↗ crime is occurring in this squad

29:34 ↗ you know that that's a difficult

29:35 ↗ question on any day

29:37 ↗ we certainly encourage people to call

29:39 ↗ 9-1-1 always if they feel that there's a

29:41 ↗ crime in progress if they've had a

29:43 ↗ property crime we want them to call we

29:45 ↗ want to be able to file the report we

29:46 ↗ want to be able to gather information

29:49 ↗ that is a long-standing policy of the

29:51 ↗ esquire police department and we want

29:52 ↗ people to do that um

29:55 ↗ have some individuals uh taking this as

29:57 ↗ a cost of doing business if you have an

30:00 ↗ amazon package lifted from your uh porch

30:03 ↗ do people every time call the police

30:05 ↗ department my guess is probably not

30:07 ↗ again we would encourage people to do

30:09 ↗ that

30:10 ↗ it's important that we understand what

30:11 ↗ these trends are it's important for our

30:13 ↗ officers to investigate because we do

30:15 ↗ find people we do arrest people

30:18 ↗ and that is a great deterrent if people

30:21 ↗ don't report these crimes that makes it

30:23 ↗ very difficult for us to enforce

30:26 ↗ the next question regarding an allowing

30:28 ↗ an underground market

30:30 ↗ you know that's probably something

30:32 ↗ beyond

30:33 ↗ our our ability to to regulate

30:36 ↗ individuals

30:38 ↗ take property and do things with it

30:41 ↗ outside the jurisdiction and it's very

30:44 ↗ difficult for us to manage that again as

30:45 ↗ we've said we're certainly aware this is

30:47 ↗ going on we're working closely with

30:49 ↗ those businesses to make sure

30:52 ↗ that that that's taken care of and then

30:54 ↗ finally

30:55 ↗ why aren't police making an arrest just

30:57 ↗ because they see someone go down the

30:58 ↗ street

30:59 ↗ with a basket full of televisions again

31:02 ↗ we need to have someone that's be able

31:04 ↗ to press charges we are all often able

31:06 ↗ uh to

31:08 ↗ engage with the individual and that

31:11 ↗ engagement oftentimes will lead to that

31:13 ↗ person

31:14 ↗ either leaving the material as we find

31:17 ↗ it or

31:18 ↗ we then return that material other times

31:20 ↗ they

31:21 ↗ will say i bought it and move on and so

31:23 ↗ our police officers have limited ability

31:26 ↗ beyond that again unless the store is

31:28 ↗ prepared to to enforce that so we are

31:31 ↗ taking this very seriously we are taking

31:33 ↗ steps i really commend our acting chief

31:35 ↗ paul schlond she's been very aggressive

31:37 ↗ uh in working with those national

31:39 ↗ retailers she has instructed our

31:41 ↗ officers uh to respond to every single

31:43 ↗ call uh that has received and if we are

31:46 ↗ able to do something um without charges

31:49 ↗ being filed uh we can and certainly the

31:51 ↗ information that i've heard and i've

31:52 ↗ also seen on social media and many of

31:54 ↗ you may have as well individuals in the

31:56 ↗ community who have seen our police

31:58 ↗ officers confront individuals leaving

32:00 ↗ the store and those those individuals

32:02 ↗ then

32:04 ↗ died not to take the goods so

32:06 ↗ it's a complicated situation we're going

32:07 ↗ to continue to be aggressive madam mayor

32:09 ↗ i hope i think that answers the question

32:11 ↗ of the public commenter and hopefully

32:13 ↗ that covers the issue

32:15 ↗ thank you wally i just want to add one

32:17 ↗ personal note from the mayor is that i

32:19 ↗ have reached out to economic development

32:21 ↗ staff and to our police force and said

32:23 ↗ that i'm willing to participate in any

32:25 ↗ conversation

32:26 ↗ where the story or the the reason we're

32:29 ↗ coming up against is because it's a

32:31 ↗ corporate policy

32:32 ↗ um

32:33 ↗ i think this was an amazing place i

32:35 ↗ think the businesses we have here are

32:36 ↗ amazing

32:37 ↗ but it's not acceptable to have a

32:40 ↗ corporate policy that allows this kind

32:42 ↗ of activity to occur and that's been my

32:44 ↗ message and it will continue to be my

32:45 ↗ message so i want to thank not only

32:48 ↗ nicole for coming and sharing her story

32:50 ↗ tonight but i have spoken to does a

32:53 ↗ dozen other folks who have provided

32:56 ↗ anecdotal information or called the

32:57 ↗ police or made observations

33:00 ↗ and i appreciate that eyes on the street

33:02 ↗ is what we need and as our city

33:04 ↗ administrator said please please if you

33:06 ↗ see something say something sometimes we

33:09 ↗ can connect the dots because

33:11 ↗ three of you are calling about the same

33:13 ↗ thing and it it helps everything that

33:15 ↗ you can do to help us is so much

33:17 ↗ appreciated but also thank you so much

33:18 ↗ for keeping your eyes on our wonderful

33:20 ↗ community

33:21 ↗ i appreciate it

33:22 ↗ i'm going to move on to the mayor's

33:25 ↗ report for this evening

33:27 ↗ as soon as i find it

33:30 ↗ there it is

33:32 ↗ uh there will not be an executive

33:34 ↗ session scheduled to see there is no

33:36 ↗ executive session scheduled this evening

33:38 ↗ they'd want to talk a little bit about

33:40 ↗ some weather related events because

33:42 ↗ we're at that time of year i wanted to

33:44 ↗ thank our staff and partner agencies for

33:47 ↗ their efforts that

33:49 ↗ over veterans day and over the weekend

33:51 ↗ and into today in response to various

33:54 ↗ weather related events

33:56 ↗ and again thank you to emergency

33:58 ↗ management our communications team

34:01 ↗ public works police parks and community

34:04 ↗ services eastside fire and rescue and

34:07 ↗ king county emergency management

34:10 ↗ last week the house passed the largest

34:13 ↗ infrastructure bill in american history

34:15 ↗ which will invest 1.2 trillion over 10

34:18 ↗ years

34:19 ↗ much of this funding will be provided to

34:21 ↗ cities and states through competitive

34:22 ↗ grants then this bill will help issaquah

34:25 ↗ continue to build renew and plan our

34:27 ↗ infrastructure for the future

34:30 ↗ the capital finance community task force

34:32 ↗ last met on november 2nd to discuss

34:34 ↗ infrastructure priorities across

34:36 ↗ israel's needs in transportation

34:39 ↗ parks and trails and facilities

34:42 ↗ the task force will continue to develop

34:44 ↗ its recommendations and priority on

34:46 ↗ priorities at the next meeting which is

34:48 ↗ tomorrow november 16th at 6 p.m

34:52 ↗ and the city of issaquah's community is

34:55 ↗ emergency response team or also known as

34:58 ↗ cert

34:58 ↗ provided 26 volunteers and

35:01 ↗ 159 hours of support to the children

35:04 ↗ vaccination site sponsored by costco and

35:08 ↗ the esqua school district

35:09 ↗ the cert volunteers help with reception

35:12 ↗ and attestation

35:14 ↗ check-in areas line control management

35:17 ↗ recovery room and goodie bag handout

35:20 ↗ at this recent multi-day event

35:22 ↗ approximately 2300 children between the

35:25 ↗ ages of 5 and 12 received their first

35:27 ↗ dose of the coven 19 vaccine and a

35:30 ↗ second dose is scheduled in early

35:31 ↗ december we are so grateful for the work

35:34 ↗ of our cert volunteers their high energy

35:37 ↗ professionalism and enthusiasm was

35:39 ↗ noticed by our partners thank you again

35:42 ↗ all cert members for your outstanding

35:44 ↗ contribution to our community

35:46 ↗ there are a couple of upcoming events

35:48 ↗ there is a virtual job fair issaquah is

35:51 ↗ partnering with worksource seattleking

35:53 ↗ county and other eastside cities to

35:55 ↗ bring a virtual job fair to the east

35:57 ↗ side on november 18th from 10 a.m to 2

36:00 ↗ p.m

36:01 ↗ and you can visit the city of issaquah's

36:02 ↗ event page to learn more and register

36:05 ↗ at issaquah.gov

36:07 ↗ job fair

36:09 ↗ and registration has opened for the

36:11 ↗ issaquah food bank's annual turkey trot

36:13 ↗ multiple courses are available

36:15 ↗ throughout the weekend of november 25th

36:17 ↗ to 28th fill out for social distancing

36:20 ↗ you can learn more and register at

36:22 ↗ disappoint

36:23 ↗ turkeytrot.org and that concludes the

36:26 ↗ mayor's report

36:29 ↗ the next item on our agenda this evening

36:32 ↗ is the consent calendar and the calendar

36:34 ↗ was distributed to council in advance

36:36 ↗ and if authorized the items on this

36:39 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

36:41 ↗ approved in one motion i'm going to ask

36:44 ↗ council member d michelle if she needs

36:47 ↗ to make a statement before we move on

36:49 ↗ with the vote

36:51 ↗ thank you mayor follower i

36:53 ↗ do indeed

36:54 ↗ need to make a statement um i would like

36:57 ↗ to state for the record that i am

36:58 ↗ currently employed with an entity that

37:00 ↗ is included in the city's payables

37:03 ↗ influence of choice i currently

37:06 ↗ fill the role of temporary executive

37:08 ↗ director of influence of choice although

37:11 ↗ that position has come to an end i am

37:14 ↗ still receiving payments the city serves

37:16 ↗ as a fiscal agent for this agency in the

37:18 ↗ disbursement of a federal grant grant

37:21 ↗ funds are being dispersed under this

37:23 ↗ month's accounts payable i have asked

37:25 ↗ for advice from the city attorney as to

37:27 ↗ whether this warrants a conflict of

37:28 ↗ interest and have been informed that i

37:30 ↗ am not legally required to be excused

37:33 ↗ from voting as the city is carrying out

37:35 ↗ a decision that was previously made by

37:37 ↗ the council however for the sake of

37:39 ↗ transparency i would like to declare

37:41 ↗ this employment and have my statement

37:43 ↗ entered in the minutes thank you

37:45 ↗ thank you councilmember dean michelle

37:47 ↗ have the payables and payroll been

37:49 ↗ reviewed

37:50 ↗ they have

37:52 ↗ they have

37:54 ↗ thank you very much

37:56 ↗ does any council member desire to remove

37:58 ↗ any items from the consent calendar and

38:00 ↗ consider it under regular business

38:02 ↗ and if so can you please indicate in the

38:04 ↗ chat and i'll keep my eye on the chat

38:13 ↗ i'm not seeing anyone registering that

38:16 ↗ they would like to move something and so

38:18 ↗ council president hunt for a motion

38:21 ↗ thank you i moved to approve the consent

38:22 ↗ calendar as it appears in this evening's

38:24 ↗ agenda

38:25 ↗ thank you and deputy council president

38:27 ↗ ray second

38:29 ↗ thank you both it's been moved and

38:31 ↗ seconded to approve as submitted um city

38:34 ↗ clerk can you please call the rule

38:37 ↗ yes starting with council member walsh

38:40 ↗ i

38:41 ↗ council member d michelle

38:44 ↗ aye

38:45 ↗ council member goodman hi

38:47 ↗ councilmember hall

38:49 ↗ aye

38:50 ↗ council president hunt

38:52 ↗ aye

38:54 ↗ council member marks

38:55 ↗ aye

38:56 ↗ deputy council president ray aye that's

38:59 ↗ seven i zero nays

39:02 ↗ thank you that passes unanimously

39:05 ↗ the next item of business this evening

39:07 ↗ is a public hearing

39:09 ↗ ab-8198 which is the proposed 2022

39:12 ↗ budget and salary ordinance

39:14 ↗ and the action this evening will be to

39:17 ↗ conduct the public hearing and to adopt

39:20 ↗ the ordinances

39:21 ↗ this item came before council at the

39:23 ↗ october 4th council meeting for the

39:25 ↗ first public hearing and was deliberated

39:27 ↗ at council study sessions on october 12

39:30 ↗ 26 and november 9th and i'd like to

39:33 ↗ invite interim finance director autumn

39:35 ↗ monahan to present this item autumn

39:38 ↗ thank you madam merriman members of the

39:40 ↗ city council

39:51 ↗ all right so tonight is the second

39:53 ↗ public hearing on our proposed 2022

39:55 ↗ budget

39:56 ↗ along with the proposed adoption of the

39:58 ↗ budget and salary ordinances

40:01 ↗ so rcw requires cities to hold two

40:03 ↗ public hearings prior to adopting the

40:05 ↗ budget the preliminary public hearing

40:07 ↗ was on october 4th and the final public

40:09 ↗ hearing is this evening

40:12 ↗ here is our timeline that we've seen

40:14 ↗ throughout the budget process and we are

40:15 ↗ at the end on november 15th

40:19 ↗ a quick overview of the budget the 2022

40:22 ↗ proposed budget now totals

40:24 ↗ 149.3 million dollars

40:28 ↗ the largest uh fund of the city is the

40:30 ↗ general fund it's also the most flexible

40:32 ↗ this is where the city accounts for most

40:34 ↗ of its day-to-day government services

40:36 ↗ such as public safety and parks and

40:38 ↗ community services

40:40 ↗ the 2022 proposed general fund totals

40:42 ↗ 62.8 million dollars

40:46 ↗ the proposed budget adds 18.5 ftes and

40:49 ↗ reclassifies others the 2021 adopted

40:52 ↗ budget had us at 250 ftes right around

40:56 ↗ our post-recession minimum of 250 back

40:59 ↗ in 2016.

41:00 ↗ and the 2022 proposed budget brings us

41:02 ↗ back up to 269

41:05 ↗ though that's still below our

41:06 ↗ pre-pandemic maximum 285

41:09 ↗ and below the pre-recession maximum of

41:12 ↗ 278.

41:15 ↗ following deliberations as well as

41:17 ↗ updates to the forecasts during our

41:19 ↗ budget season there were several

41:21 ↗ adjustments made to the proposed budget

41:22 ↗ including some increases to several

41:24 ↗ general fund revenues

41:26 ↗ the addition of the police

41:27 ↗ communications coordinator as a limited

41:29 ↗ term position

41:30 ↗ the reduction of employee medical

41:32 ↗ premium costs

41:33 ↗ the partial payoff of the berg's my debt

41:37 ↗ and the reduction of the proposed

41:38 ↗ one-time investment fund from 1.25

41:40 ↗ million to 300 000

41:42 ↗ and that money would be allocated for

41:44 ↗ employees who served during the pandemic

41:46 ↗ with the rest of those funds going back

41:47 ↗ into the uh to the ending fund balance

41:50 ↗ so following those adjustments the total

41:53 ↗ undesignated fund balance as a

41:54 ↗ percentage of expenditures is now at 19

41:57 ↗ for next year

42:00 ↗ and that concludes my brief presentation

42:02 ↗ i'm here to answer any questions before

42:04 ↗ uh the public hearing

42:07 ↗ thank you autumn

42:09 ↗ uh does council have any questions

42:11 ↗ before i open the public hearing and i

42:14 ↗ will keep an eye on the chat before i do

42:16 ↗ that

42:23 ↗ i'm not seeing any questions so i will

42:26 ↗ open the public hearing at 7 42 p.m for

42:30 ↗ those of you who have joined us tonight

42:32 ↗ and would like to make some comments but

42:34 ↗ did not sign up in advance please raise

42:36 ↗ your virtual hand

42:38 ↗ as i said earlier you could do this on

42:39 ↗ your phone by pressing star 3

42:42 ↗ if you have joined by computer or

42:43 ↗ smartphone look for a hand icon this

42:46 ↗ varies by device one option may be to go

42:48 ↗ to the participant panel and choose the

42:50 ↗ raise hand icon in the lower right hand

42:53 ↗ corner

42:54 ↗ pretty clear because anyone signed up to

42:56 ↗ speak or indicated a desire to speak

42:59 ↗ yes steve pereira would like to make a

43:00 ↗ comment steve in just a moment i'll make

43:03 ↗ you a panelist you'll then have the

43:04 ↗ option to unmute and can also turn your

43:07 ↗ video on

43:12 ↗ you have the floor

43:24 ↗ welcome steve we can't hear you

43:27 ↗ oh there you go

43:28 ↗ or not but let's go for this so i meant

43:31 ↗ i

43:32 ↗ i basically commented

43:39 ↗ couple months ago i don't know that i

43:40 ↗ see it in the current budget proposal so

43:42 ↗ i apologize it might be a little bit out

43:43 ↗ of date

43:44 ↗ initial but first of all i

43:47 ↗ send an improvise down by that i don't

43:48 ↗ want to talk about what i've already

43:49 ↗ talked about

43:50 ↗ um

44:01 ↗ this is tisha it's difficult to hear you

44:04 ↗ i'd actually suggest turning your video

44:06 ↗ off if you can and speaking a little

44:08 ↗ louder

44:17 ↗ it's a little hard to hear you i think

44:18 ↗ the internet is struggling so i turn

44:21 ↗ your camera off

44:24 ↗ if you can it'll give you some more

44:28 ↗ bandwidth and then if you could speak up

44:30 ↗ a little louder

44:37 ↗ okay i'm turning my video off i don't

44:39 ↗ know if that helps any with the

44:40 ↗ connection

44:41 ↗ it helps a lot thank you

44:45 ↗ sure

44:46 ↗ so

44:47 ↗ as i was saying i predicted previously

44:50 ↗ faced these comments on the

44:52 ↗ initial budget that came out so this

44:53 ↗ makes a little bit out of date so i

44:55 ↗ apologize if that's the case in the

44:57 ↗ initial budget though there was a

44:58 ↗ proposal to reduce city staffing for the

45:03 ↗ be streets management and have that

45:04 ↗ outsource

45:08 ↗ my concern with that is i guess two-fold

45:11 ↗ ones and contacts of city staff had

45:14 ↗ count numbers uh that

45:16 ↗ we seem to be increasing city staff from

45:18 ↗ professional services to

45:20 ↗ um

45:22 ↗ general steep speedscape but also we

45:24 ↗ talked about providing a one-time

45:26 ↗ staffing budget for hundreds of dollars

45:28 ↗ as a temporary thank you city staff at

45:30 ↗ the same time we're outsourcing the city

45:31 ↗ to afghanistan

45:33 ↗ as well so

45:37 ↗ maybe a possibility of the standard if

45:40 ↗ some may think that this is just a city

45:41 ↗ administration issue

45:43 ↗ and not a city policy issue and

45:45 ↗ therefore not an issue for city council

45:47 ↗ that will determine if the city council

45:49 ↗ doesn't weigh in on that decision if

45:51 ↗ there's good decisions aid with the

45:52 ↗ decency staff

45:54 ↗ for city street upkeep and whichever

45:56 ↗ department you talk to

45:58 ↗ so

45:59 ↗ i would ask these counsel to review and

46:02 ↗ consider

46:04 ↗ the insanely staffing positions if that

46:06 ↗ is going to be proposed to reduce the

46:09 ↗ attacking for that function

46:12 ↗ that's pretty much suggested my

46:14 ↗ input at this point thank you time and

46:16 ↗ service

46:19 ↗ good luck

46:22 ↗ thank you steve and thank you for

46:24 ↗ participating throughout our budget

46:26 ↗ process city clerk is there anyone else

46:29 ↗ signed up or indicating a desire to

46:31 ↗ speak during the public hearing

46:35 ↗ mayor i don't see that anyone else

46:37 ↗ wishes to speak

46:40 ↗ uh is there any objection to closing the

46:44 ↗ public hearing i'll keep an eye on the

46:46 ↗ chat

46:50 ↗ hearing none the public hearing is

46:52 ↗ closed at 7 47 p.m

46:57 ↗ and we're looking to see if somebody is

47:00 ↗ ready to prepare a motion

47:10 ↗ council president hunt

47:13 ↗ thank you i moved to adopt ordinance

47:15 ↗ number 2961 adopting the 2022 budget

47:18 ↗ setting forth the estimated revenues and

47:20 ↗ appropriations for each separate fund

47:22 ↗ and estimated

47:23 ↗ impact on ending fund balances for all

47:25 ↗ such funds combined of the city for the

47:28 ↗ fiscal year commencing january 1st 2022

47:30 ↗ and establishing an effective date and

47:33 ↗ adopt ordinance number 2962

47:35 ↗ adopting a 2022 salary schedule for all

47:38 ↗ city employees

47:41 ↗ uh deputy council president ray second

47:45 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there

47:47 ↗ any council discussion and again i'll

47:49 ↗ just keep my eye on the chat

47:52 ↗ council president hunt

47:54 ↗ thank you um very briefly uh

47:57 ↗ councilmember martz spoke to this at our

47:59 ↗ last

48:01 ↗ study session on this topic but i think

48:03 ↗ this has been a smooth budget process

48:06 ↗ and you

48:07 ↗ have been able to incorporate the

48:09 ↗ comments including the early comments

48:11 ↗ from council into the budget so i

48:13 ↗ appreciate that and just wanted to

48:14 ↗ express my appreciation

48:16 ↗ also

48:17 ↗ there is for council there is a budget

48:20 ↗ letter this is um the first time that

48:23 ↗ council will have uh have that budget

48:25 ↗ letter um because it was written

48:28 ↗ after the study session and between

48:30 ↗ between the study session and this

48:31 ↗ meeting

48:33 ↗ i reviewed our past

48:36 ↗ meeting minutes meeting notes

48:39 ↗ and

48:39 ↗ also the last conversations that we had

48:43 ↗ up when council members

48:45 ↗ indicated what they thought should be in

48:46 ↗ the letter and then i also looked at our

48:49 ↗ last letter and followed up on any items

48:51 ↗ that were remaining that were policy

48:53 ↗ direction from last year um so i uh

48:57 ↗ i

48:58 ↗ and then lastly just process wise um

49:01 ↗ we also i also reviewed it with

49:04 ↗ council deputy president ray

49:07 ↗ and worked with autumn as far as

49:08 ↗ tracking down the information uh from

49:11 ↗ that last budget letter so appreciate

49:13 ↗ all of their

49:14 ↗ help with it and hopefully it meets

49:17 ↗ council's intent and if not i am open to

49:19 ↗ hearing

49:21 ↗ proposed changes and thanks again for

49:23 ↗ all the work from council on the budget

49:25 ↗ this year

49:27 ↗ thank you council president hunt thank

49:28 ↗ you for your work on the letter

49:30 ↗ let's move to council member walsh

49:34 ↗ thank you madam mayor this is council

49:36 ↗ member walsh

49:37 ↗ i similarly wanted to

49:39 ↗ give some appreciation to the

49:41 ↗ administration on how smooth of a budget

49:43 ↗ cycle this has been and particularly um

49:47 ↗ some kudos and props to

49:49 ↗ the interim finance director and the

49:52 ↗ team that just picked things up

49:56 ↗ and moved them forward and i'm sure

49:58 ↗ there were many long hours weekends

50:01 ↗ nights that we didn't get a chance to

50:04 ↗ see that i do want to appreciate

50:06 ↗ um

50:07 ↗ for just making this a smooth

50:10 ↗ budget process

50:12 ↗ despite all of the changes

50:15 ↗ in employment and so just kudos to the

50:17 ↗ team there as well so thank you

50:20 ↗ very much appreciate council member

50:21 ↗ walsh council member d michelle

50:25 ↗ so i'm just uh thirteen uh everybody's

50:28 ↗ comments and uh just wanna be sure that

50:30 ↗ i got my voice in an appreciation

50:33 ↗ to the staff and the administration as

50:36 ↗ well it's uh i this is my second uh

50:39 ↗ budget process and so i think i'm

50:41 ↗ getting very spoiled because it was a

50:44 ↗ very good process last year and now i'm

50:46 ↗ hearing that this is the best

50:48 ↗ process that's ever been and so um

50:52 ↗ i think it's it's been great i want to

50:54 ↗ commend um

50:56 ↗ i think that people uh

50:58 ↗ listened very very well and i enjoyed

51:01 ↗ the discussions we had

51:03 ↗ and the the uh changes that were made i

51:06 ↗ think reflected the comments from the

51:08 ↗ council and i just

51:11 ↗ i think that is part of why it has been

51:13 ↗ such a very productive

51:15 ↗ uh process and such a satisfying process

51:18 ↗ so i will be uh happy to support this

51:22 ↗ budget in adoption so thanks to

51:24 ↗ everybody and again

51:27 ↗ uber kudos to the staff for an excellent

51:30 ↗ job

51:31 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle i

51:33 ↗ think there are a few vacations planned

51:36 ↗ councilmember goodman

51:38 ↗ uh thank you councilmember goodman here

51:40 ↗ um so i uh

51:43 ↗ um

51:44 ↗ i feel the same um and

51:47 ↗ all the comments that i've made so thus

51:49 ↗ far and not only was it smooth but i

51:51 ↗ would like to add some time periods to

51:53 ↗ it not only is it the

51:55 ↗ um

51:56 ↗ the

51:57 ↗ my word best um budget process we've had

52:01 ↗ in all my years on council it's also the

52:03 ↗ best best but budget process that

52:06 ↗ um

52:08 ↗ i have been

52:09 ↗ um

52:10 ↗ attending

52:12 ↗ since uh including my nine years on

52:13 ↗ council so that's i counted it's either

52:15 ↗ 19 or 20 years so i would like to uh

52:19 ↗ and as

52:20 ↗ um as tedious as it is sometimes sitting

52:22 ↗ in these meetings um i sat in on nine of

52:25 ↗ them in the audience and that is

52:26 ↗ incredibly tedious so um this is

52:29 ↗ actually more fun than sitting around

52:30 ↗ going oh if i could just say something

52:32 ↗ um

52:34 ↗ so anyway

52:35 ↗ it's it's just been great and i want to

52:37 ↗ commend the mayor for

52:38 ↗ just the

52:40 ↗ very

52:41 ↗ um

52:42 ↗ significant improvements that have been

52:44 ↗ made in the budget process in the past

52:45 ↗ four years thank you

52:47 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman very

52:48 ↗ generous

52:50 ↗ the council's been fantastic about

52:51 ↗ providing feedback and i think that's

52:53 ↗ why we end up where we do

52:55 ↗ so thank you all for that

52:57 ↗ not seeing any more comments and because

52:59 ↗ it's been a few minutes

53:01 ↗ i am going to move back up in the chat

53:04 ↗ and reread the motion

53:06 ↗ the motion is to adopt ordinance number

53:08 ↗ 2961 adopting the 2022 budget setting

53:12 ↗ forth the estimated revenues and

53:14 ↗ appropriations

53:15 ↗ for each separate fund and estimated

53:18 ↗ impact on ending fund balances for all

53:20 ↗ such funds combined of the city for the

53:22 ↗ fiscal year commencing january 1st 2022

53:26 ↗ and establishing an effective date

53:29 ↗ and adopt ordinance number 2962 adopting

53:32 ↗ a 2022 salary schedule for all city

53:36 ↗ employees

53:38 ↗ um

53:39 ↗ city clerk could you please call the

53:41 ↗ roll

53:42 ↗ yes starting with councilmember d

53:44 ↗ michelle

53:46 ↗ hi

53:47 ↗ councilmember goodman aye

53:50 ↗ councilmember hall

53:52 ↗ aye

53:53 ↗ council president hunt

54:09 ↗ thank you city clerk that passes

54:11 ↗ unanimously

54:14 ↗ very excited to be able to go and tell

54:17 ↗ my fellow mayors about the amazing work

54:20 ↗ that you all have done here

54:22 ↗ uh the next item under regular business

54:24 ↗ is ab82 oh sorry i have a comment here

54:28 ↗ uh city administrator bob quits

54:31 ↗ yes thank you madam mayor members of the

54:32 ↗ council if you'll just allow me a moment

54:35 ↗ um first let me thank all of you for

54:38 ↗ your

54:39 ↗ your patience your

54:41 ↗ regular comments your

54:43 ↗ questions that you've had

54:46 ↗ you made this process from a staff

54:48 ↗ perspective great

54:50 ↗ because you were willing at the very

54:51 ↗ front end to get involved to make your

54:54 ↗ desires known and i think quite honestly

54:55 ↗ the strategic plan gets a vote of thanks

54:57 ↗ because the strategic plan had a very uh

55:00 ↗ specific process that this was the first

55:02 ↗ year we had an opportunity to follow and

55:04 ↗ so thank you to the council for that um

55:07 ↗ we've had an interim finance director uh

55:10 ↗ you think back to all of the challenges

55:12 ↗ that the community has had with budgets

55:16 ↗ many of you have said this is the best

55:17 ↗ budget you've ever seen

55:19 ↗ led by a team with an interim finance

55:22 ↗ director in otto monahan autumn is

55:25 ↗ an exceptional professional when i knew

55:27 ↗ that beth was going to be leaving spoke

55:29 ↗ with the mayor and i was only one person

55:31 ↗ that i had in mind that could lead this

55:33 ↗ process and that was out of monahan she

55:35 ↗ has such

55:37 ↗ good experience working with all of the

55:39 ↗ principals here in the city

55:41 ↗ she has seen a lot

55:43 ↗ she also has a tremendous tremendous

55:45 ↗ judgment and i think was able to step

55:48 ↗ into something she's never done before a

55:50 ↗ lead an excellent team the finance staff

55:53 ↗ is truly an excellent team um and i just

55:56 ↗ want to say thank you autumn

55:58 ↗ you didn't hesitate oh maybe a little

56:00 ↗ hesitation but not much hesitation uh to

56:04 ↗ take this on and so i appreciate that

56:05 ↗ very much uh lots of folks in the city

56:08 ↗ worked on the budget uh but i really

56:10 ↗ need to recognize two additional staff

56:12 ↗ members dale markey krim who joined us

56:15 ↗ at the beginning of the process provided

56:17 ↗ lots of support

56:19 ↗ with the details

56:21 ↗ but there's really one additional person

56:23 ↗ that i think we must recognize and

56:25 ↗ that's the interim budget manager susie

56:27 ↗ monsall

56:28 ↗ susie uh

56:30 ↗ had the uh the uh pleasure of doing the

56:33 ↗ capital improvement program uh turned

56:35 ↗ around had beth announced her departure

56:38 ↗ and then uh had the uh

56:40 ↗ the task of really being the staff lead

56:43 ↗ with the operating budget this year so

56:46 ↗ my thanks to susie she's a remarkable

56:48 ↗ individual she works extraordinarily

56:50 ↗ hard

56:52 ↗ while i think many many people were

56:53 ↗ involved and through autumn's excellent

56:56 ↗ leadership

56:57 ↗ susie gets a lot of the credit for

56:59 ↗ making sure that the documents and the

57:01 ↗ completeness of the answers to all of

57:03 ↗ your questions came at the time that

57:05 ↗ they did so amanda mayor members of the

57:06 ↗ council let me again thank autumn dale

57:09 ↗ and especially susie monsell for their

57:11 ↗ excellent work it's our pleasure to

57:13 ↗ provide a budget that is complete and

57:15 ↗ transparent so that the community knows

57:18 ↗ how their money is being spent how

57:20 ↗ that's aligned with strategic plan

57:22 ↗ i'm also happy to announce that we have

57:24 ↗ selected and appointed a new finance

57:26 ↗ director and so that individual who will

57:28 ↗ get a proper introduction here in a

57:30 ↗ couple of weeks um uh will be able to

57:33 ↗ lead this this great team and will allow

57:35 ↗ autumn to transition to a brand new

57:38 ↗ position within the city and that's our

57:40 ↗ director of administrative services so

57:42 ↗ again madam mayor members of the council

57:43 ↗ thank you for your support through this

57:46 ↗ process and thank you for letting me

57:47 ↗ take a few minutes to recognize a truly

57:50 ↗ outstanding team that worked on this

57:51 ↗ year's budget

57:53 ↗ thank you city administrator bob quits

57:55 ↗ um lots of kudos all around council and

57:58 ↗ staff fabulous job this year um you did

58:00 ↗ omit one thing

58:02 ↗ and that is that susie is also

58:06 ↗ our local baker and she brought in

58:08 ↗ uh her own homemade macaroons today so

58:13 ↗ nice to work in the office building

58:14 ↗ sometimes and get those treats so she's

58:17 ↗ a fabulous fabulous baker

58:19 ↗ so thank you everyone we're going to

58:21 ↗ move on to the next item uh

58:24 ↗ 8 a regular business

58:27 ↗ ab8241 news city attorney appointment

58:30 ↗ and contract for services with madrona

58:32 ↗ law group

58:33 ↗ the action requested action before

58:35 ↗ council this evening is to confirm and

58:37 ↗ authorize and i would like to invite

58:39 ↗ city administrator wally bob quits to

58:41 ↗ present this item to the administrator

58:45 ↗ yes thank you mayor mayor members of the

58:46 ↗ council

58:47 ↗ i'm pleased to present this evening uh

58:50 ↗ to the council the mayor's

58:52 ↗ recommendation uh for the appointment of

58:54 ↗ rachel uh turban uh as the new uh city

58:58 ↗ attorney uh rachel's here and you see

59:00 ↗ her boy it's da it's day daytime

59:02 ↗ wherever she's sitting but uh

59:05 ↗ we're happy to have rachel here we

59:06 ↗ provided her background uh with the

59:09 ↗ madrona law group in the packet um would

59:12 ↗ ask madam mayor if i may just to let

59:14 ↗ rachel say a few words

59:16 ↗ and then the requested action before the

59:18 ↗ council is to authorize an agreement uh

59:21 ↗ that would begin november first uh to

59:24 ↗ allow some onboarding time and then

59:26 ↗ rachel's appointment as the city

59:28 ↗ attorney uh beginning on january first

59:31 ↗ thank you city administrator bob quits

59:33 ↗ of course

59:34 ↗ welcome rachel

59:35 ↗ thank you good evening mayor council

59:38 ↗ members city administrator and staff

59:40 ↗ thanks for having me here tonight my

59:42 ↗ name is rachel turpin and i am an

59:44 ↗ attorney with madrona law group a local

59:46 ↗ municipal law firm

59:48 ↗ i've been practicing municipal law for

59:51 ↗ almost 14 years

59:53 ↗ and i genuinely love what i do which is

59:55 ↗ why i'm very excited excited and honored

59:58 ↗ to have been selected to

1:00:01 ↗ serve the city of issaquah as your city

1:00:04 ↗ attorney

1:00:05 ↗ uh

1:00:06 ↗ i am very familiar with the city of

1:00:08 ↗ issaquah i actually worked in old town

1:00:10 ↗ for over 10 years so

1:00:13 ↗ it is a charming city that i am looking

1:00:17 ↗ very for very much forward to serving

1:00:19 ↗ and i'm very much looking forward to

1:00:21 ↗ working with each and every one of you

1:00:22 ↗ so

1:00:23 ↗ um

1:00:25 ↗ please let me know if you have any

1:00:26 ↗ questions but otherwise i can't wait to

1:00:28 ↗ get to work and be a part of your team

1:00:31 ↗ um helping the city do all of the great

1:00:33 ↗ things that you're working on

1:00:36 ↗ thank you rachel and welcome

1:00:38 ↗ thanks

1:00:39 ↗ not seeing that there are any questions

1:00:41 ↗ or comments in the chat so i'd be

1:00:43 ↗ looking to see if there's anyone

1:00:44 ↗ interested in making a motion

1:00:48 ↗ uh council president hunt

1:00:51 ↗ thanks i authorize

1:00:53 ↗ i move to authorize the mayor to enter

1:00:55 ↗ into and execute the contract for city

1:00:57 ↗ attorney services with madrona law group

1:01:00 ↗ effective november 1st 2021 and confirm

1:01:02 ↗ the appointment of ms turpin as city

1:01:04 ↗ attorney effective january 1st 2022

1:01:08 ↗ deputy council president ray second

1:01:11 ↗ thank you both it has been moved and

1:01:13 ↗ seconded i'm going to keep an eye on the

1:01:15 ↗ chat to see if there is any council

1:01:17 ↗ discussion before we consider a vote

1:01:19 ↗ i'll give it a few seconds

1:01:24 ↗ councilmember goodman

1:01:26 ↗ uh thank you councilmember goodman here

1:01:28 ↗ um so in a moment we'll vote on this one

1:01:31 ↗ a new city attorney and uh uh welcome my

1:01:34 ↗ joint law group but i just didn't want

1:01:36 ↗ this moment

1:01:37 ↗ to go

1:01:38 ↗ by without at least

1:01:41 ↗ publicly stating my appreciation for

1:01:43 ↗ decades-long service that

1:01:47 ↗ that ogden murphy wallace and wayne

1:01:49 ↗ tanaka and

1:01:51 ↗ jim haney have provided to our city

1:01:54 ↗ it's just been

1:01:56 ↗ a very long time and it's a big change

1:01:58 ↗ and i just wanted to uh to thank them

1:02:00 ↗ for their service

1:02:02 ↗ very appropriate thank you councilmember

1:02:04 ↗ goodman

1:02:05 ↗ i give it another second to see if there

1:02:07 ↗ are any additional comments

1:02:13 ↗ and seeing none i will reread the motion

1:02:18 ↗ it was moved to authorize the mayor to

1:02:20 ↗ enter into and execute the contract for

1:02:22 ↗ city attorney services with madrona law

1:02:24 ↗ group effective november 1st 2021

1:02:28 ↗ and confirm the appointment of ms

1:02:30 ↗ trippin as city attorney effective

1:02:31 ↗ january 1st 2022

1:02:35 ↗ uh city clerk can you call the roll

1:02:38 ↗ yes starting with council member goodman

1:02:41 ↗ aye

1:02:42 ↗ council member hall

1:02:44 ↗ aye

1:02:45 ↗ council president hunt

1:02:47 ↗ aye

1:02:48 ↗ council member marx

1:02:51 ↗ deputy council president ray

1:02:53 ↗ aye

1:02:54 ↗ council member walsh

1:02:56 ↗ aye

1:02:57 ↗ councilmember d michelle

1:02:59 ↗ aye that's 7i zero knees

1:03:02 ↗ thank you city clerk that passes

1:03:04 ↗ unanimously

1:03:06 ↗ and welcome rachel

1:03:07 ↗ thank you so much um i'm excited to be

1:03:09 ↗ here and i will see you all again in uh

1:03:12 ↗ next year 2022.

1:03:15 ↗ oh my gosh it's that close okay very

1:03:18 ↗ close

1:03:20 ↗ hey okay the next item on our agenda

1:03:23 ↗ this evening is ab-8265

1:03:25 ↗ it is the 2022 legislative agenda

1:03:29 ↗ this item was last before council at the

1:03:31 ↗ october 26 2021

1:03:34 ↗ council study session and i would like

1:03:37 ↗ to invite chief of staff tina eggers and

1:03:39 ↗ senior governmental affairs consultant

1:03:41 ↗ shelly helder to present this item

1:03:44 ↗ welcome ladies

1:03:48 ↗ thank you madam mayor and city council

1:03:50 ↗ members tina aker speaking i'm pleased

1:03:52 ↗ to be here this evening

1:03:54 ↗ jean paul is absent he is traveling and

1:03:57 ↗ unable to attend tonight

1:04:00 ↗ and uh just confirming that you can see

1:04:02 ↗ what's on my screen yes we can perfect

1:04:05 ↗ thank you

1:04:06 ↗ uh tonight we're gonna just look back

1:04:08 ↗ briefly at the direction that you

1:04:09 ↗ provided at the october 26 study session

1:04:13 ↗ and we ask for your approval of the

1:04:15 ↗ legislative agenda excuse me the

1:04:17 ↗ legislative agenda that is provided in

1:04:19 ↗ your packet

1:04:22 ↗ for background your legislative agenda

1:04:24 ↗ is made with two parts the first being

1:04:26 ↗ the legislative priorities this section

1:04:28 ↗ highlights two projects as part of the

1:04:31 ↗ transportation funding package

1:04:34 ↗ specifically the widening of state route

1:04:36 ↗ 18 from issaquah hobart the raging river

1:04:39 ↗ and an additional interstate 90 under

1:04:42 ↗ overcrossing

1:04:45 ↗ the second component of the legislative

1:04:47 ↗ agenda is the policy manual this

1:04:49 ↗ document was revised to remove or update

1:04:52 ↗ items that were accomplished in the 2021

1:04:55 ↗ legislative session such as streamlined

1:04:58 ↗ sales tax mitigation multi-family

1:05:00 ↗ property tax exemption

1:05:02 ↗ pension contribution tax increment

1:05:05 ↗ financing and arts law funding request

1:05:08 ↗ in addition statements were added in

1:05:10 ↗ response to what's that what was passed

1:05:13 ↗ in 2020 one session such as providing

1:05:16 ↗ clarification on police reform policies

1:05:19 ↗ funding for diversion related activities

1:05:22 ↗ and open public meetings act for

1:05:24 ↗ flexibility during emergencies

1:05:26 ↗ at this point i'll ask our lobbyist

1:05:29 ↗ shelly hebler to speak to the next

1:05:31 ↗ slides and recap the additional changes

1:05:33 ↗ to the policy manual

1:05:36 ↗ ellie

1:05:37 ↗ thank you good evening mayor and council

1:05:40 ↗ i am shelley helder the city's

1:05:41 ↗ government affairs consultant and i'm

1:05:43 ↗ going to review the changes that have

1:05:45 ↗ been made to the policy manual based on

1:05:48 ↗ the feedback that was received during

1:05:49 ↗ the october 26th study session

1:05:53 ↗ so there are three changes uh one

1:05:55 ↗ substantive and two

1:05:57 ↗ non-substantive changes

1:05:59 ↗ for the first change we added a

1:06:02 ↗ statement of support for

1:06:04 ↗ unanticipated state marijuana revenues

1:06:07 ↗ to be dedicated to youth substance abuse

1:06:09 ↗ and prevention programs

1:06:12 ↗ the two non-substantive changes were

1:06:15 ↗ merging to existing statements

1:06:17 ↗ for simplification and those changes

1:06:19 ↗ were made in the environment section and

1:06:21 ↗ in the water section

1:06:24 ↗ during the study session council

1:06:27 ↗ requested more information on three

1:06:29 ↗ topics

1:06:30 ↗ which are listed on the screen

1:06:32 ↗ i'm going to provide some brief comments

1:06:34 ↗ on the first two since they're not

1:06:36 ↗ connected to a recommended change in the

1:06:39 ↗ policy manual

1:06:40 ↗ and then we'll dive a little bit deeper

1:06:41 ↗ into the third

1:06:44 ↗ on the first topic of zoning and equity

1:06:47 ↗ there was a question raised about how

1:06:49 ↗ zoning practices are connected to equity

1:06:52 ↗ and this is a

1:06:54 ↗ complex policy discussion that's

1:06:56 ↗ happening at the national

1:06:58 ↗ and the state level um about how

1:07:00 ↗ historic zoning

1:07:02 ↗ and land use decisions have had

1:07:04 ↗ inequitable impacts on certain

1:07:06 ↗ communities

1:07:08 ↗ and there's

1:07:09 ↗ somewhat i would argue of a false

1:07:12 ↗ narrative being presented and that is

1:07:15 ↗ if the state implements certain land use

1:07:17 ↗ policies for example requiring accessory

1:07:20 ↗ dwelling units on all lots

1:07:23 ↗ um that that will result in more adus

1:07:26 ↗ being built and

1:07:27 ↗ more equity

1:07:29 ↗ but there are communities that allow

1:07:31 ↗ adus on every lot and adus aren't being

1:07:35 ↗ built

1:07:35 ↗ in the quantity anticipated and that's

1:07:38 ↗ just one example

1:07:40 ↗ based on previous legislation that we've

1:07:42 ↗ seen introduced

1:07:43 ↗ and there's much more to land use

1:07:46 ↗ planning than simply changing the

1:07:48 ↗ allowable uses for certain zones

1:07:51 ↗ um so if equity is the goal then that

1:07:55 ↗ needs to be incorporated into the

1:07:57 ↗ planning policies

1:07:59 ↗ so this is i think a topic that warrants

1:08:01 ↗ um

1:08:02 ↗ a thoughtful conversation with the

1:08:05 ↗ community and again is not recommended

1:08:07 ↗ for any change to the policy manual at

1:08:09 ↗ this time

1:08:12 ↗ the second question was about school

1:08:14 ↗ citing and specifically if there were

1:08:16 ↗ any plans for amendments to the growth

1:08:18 ↗ management act to accommodate school

1:08:20 ↗ sighting

1:08:21 ↗ um and i i just want to note that the

1:08:23 ↗ gma does not prohibit the sighting of

1:08:26 ↗ schools outside the urban growth area

1:08:28 ↗ but it does limit the extension of

1:08:31 ↗ certain utilities outside the uga

1:08:34 ↗ um thereby making it difficult to cite

1:08:36 ↗ outside

1:08:38 ↗ there was an amendment to address this

1:08:40 ↗ issue several years ago

1:08:42 ↗ but it was very narrowly crafted to

1:08:45 ↗ apply only to pierce county

1:08:47 ↗ and i

1:08:48 ↗ did some sleuthing and i am not aware of

1:08:52 ↗ any plans to bring forward legislation

1:08:55 ↗ on school siding in the 2022 legislative

1:08:58 ↗ session

1:08:59 ↗ and so there is not any recommendation

1:09:01 ↗ for any change to the policy manual to

1:09:03 ↗ address that topic

1:09:06 ↗ um the third area where more information

1:09:09 ↗ was requested was climate change and the

1:09:11 ↗ growth management act

1:09:13 ↗ specifically what the

1:09:14 ↗ implications are for the city if house

1:09:18 ↗ bill 1099 were to pass into law

1:09:22 ↗ um next slide

1:09:24 ↗ the house bill 1099 was introduced in

1:09:27 ↗ the 2021 session and it advanced nearly

1:09:30 ↗ all the way through the process

1:09:32 ↗ but ran out of time at the end in the

1:09:34 ↗ senate so it will be automatically

1:09:36 ↗ reintroduced in the 2022 session

1:09:40 ↗ and many legislators have already

1:09:41 ↗ indicated a desire to see it get across

1:09:44 ↗ the finish line

1:09:46 ↗ the bill adds climate change as a goal

1:09:49 ↗ of the growth management act and would

1:09:51 ↗ require cities to add climate change

1:09:54 ↗ resiliency as an element to

1:09:56 ↗ comprehensive plans

1:09:58 ↗ so issaquah has already done much

1:10:01 ↗ of the planning work that would be

1:10:02 ↗ required for house bill 1099

1:10:06 ↗ and it's reflected in the city's

1:10:08 ↗ draft climate action plan

1:10:10 ↗ for cities that have not yet done this

1:10:12 ↗ planning work the bill would require

1:10:15 ↗ them to do so

1:10:16 ↗ and there's a common understanding that

1:10:19 ↗ um there would be funding provided along

1:10:22 ↗ with the bill it's not written into the

1:10:24 ↗ bill itself but there's an expectation

1:10:26 ↗ that funding would accompany the bill's

1:10:28 ↗ passage

1:10:29 ↗ because otherwise it would be considered

1:10:31 ↗ an unfunded mandate

1:10:34 ↗ since issaquah has

1:10:36 ↗ essentially fulfilled the planning

1:10:37 ↗ requirements of house bill 1099 the

1:10:41 ↗ city's support of this bill would uh

1:10:44 ↗ communicate an importance for all gma

1:10:47 ↗ cities to adopt climate action plans um

1:10:50 ↗ or the equivalent as it's being

1:10:52 ↗ referenced in the bill

1:10:54 ↗ and it would also be an opportunity to

1:10:56 ↗ highlight the need for state funding for

1:10:59 ↗ implementation of local climate action

1:11:02 ↗ plans

1:11:04 ↗ as many of you know the climate

1:11:06 ↗ commitment act is anticipated to

1:11:08 ↗ generate revenue for tackling climate

1:11:11 ↗ change and in promoting resilience

1:11:14 ↗ but there is no statutory designation

1:11:16 ↗ for funding um for implementation of

1:11:20 ↗ local climate action plans so that is

1:11:22 ↗ something that we could call attention

1:11:24 ↗ to

1:11:26 ↗ next slide

1:11:28 ↗ the direction that's needed from council

1:11:31 ↗ is whether we should include a statement

1:11:33 ↗ on climate change and the gma in the

1:11:35 ↗ city's policy manual

1:11:37 ↗ so a draft statement for the council to

1:11:39 ↗ consider is on the screen and it says

1:11:42 ↗ issaquah supports updates to the growth

1:11:44 ↗ management act that align with the

1:11:46 ↗ city's climate action plan as outlined

1:11:48 ↗ in house bill 1099 as well as funding to

1:11:51 ↗ implement to implement mitigation

1:11:54 ↗ actions

1:11:55 ↗ and i'm going to

1:11:56 ↗ pause here for a council discussion and

1:11:58 ↗ then have a few more comments to make

1:12:00 ↗ before we um

1:12:03 ↗ wrap up the presentation

1:12:06 ↗ thank you

1:12:06 ↗ shelly uh comments from council members

1:12:09 ↗ on the um

1:12:11 ↗ draft the inclusion of the draft

1:12:13 ↗ statement that shelley's recommended up

1:12:15 ↗ on the

1:12:17 ↗ on the powerpoint

1:12:20 ↗ council president hunt

1:12:23 ↗ um thank you this council president hunt

1:12:25 ↗ i raised this um at our city session i

1:12:28 ↗ appreciate the information that's been

1:12:30 ↗ provided my

1:12:32 ↗ um i

1:12:33 ↗ am there is an optional amendment so i

1:12:35 ↗ think

1:12:36 ↗ i'll save my comments i plan on making

1:12:39 ↗ the optional amendment at least for

1:12:40 ↗ council's discussion um

1:12:42 ↗ so

1:12:43 ↗ yeah i think it would probably be more

1:12:45 ↗ appropriate to

1:12:46 ↗ comment once there's a motion on the

1:12:48 ↗ table but i just also wanted to say

1:12:50 ↗ thank you for

1:12:51 ↗ following up with this information

1:12:54 ↗ it's great any other comments

1:13:00 ↗ i just have a procedural question for

1:13:03 ↗ shelley i'm assuming since the current

1:13:06 ↗ manual does not include the statement

1:13:10 ↗ that what you have on the screen is a

1:13:12 ↗ potential draft motion if one of the

1:13:15 ↗ council members would like to do that

1:13:16 ↗ because i am not seeing that that is

1:13:18 ↗ included in

1:13:19 ↗ the motions that are in our packet is

1:13:21 ↗ that correct

1:13:22 ↗ that is correct yes it's not included so

1:13:25 ↗ um we would be looking for council to

1:13:27 ↗ make that motion to have it included

1:13:30 ↗ if they you so choose

1:13:32 ↗ thank you and i'm also not seeing that

1:13:34 ↗ anybody else is requesting uh comment

1:13:37 ↗ time so if you want to continue that

1:13:38 ↗ would be great

1:13:40 ↗ great

1:13:40 ↗ okay

1:13:42 ↗ so as i've previously mentioned the

1:13:44 ↗ city's policy manual is a reference

1:13:47 ↗ document and that's helpful for city

1:13:49 ↗ staff and for myself as as your

1:13:51 ↗ lobbyists to weigh in in support or

1:13:54 ↗ opposition to policies as they're

1:13:56 ↗ considered during a legislative session

1:13:59 ↗ and although we aim for the document to

1:14:01 ↗ be comprehensive it's

1:14:03 ↗ likely not exhaustive so i want to just

1:14:05 ↗ briefly review what our firm recommends

1:14:08 ↗ as best practices for cities to engage

1:14:11 ↗ if there's

1:14:13 ↗ a bill or a policy that comes up during

1:14:15 ↗ the session that's not directly aligned

1:14:17 ↗ with a statement that is already in the

1:14:19 ↗ policy manual

1:14:21 ↗ first i'll just say that consensus is

1:14:24 ↗ always the goal

1:14:26 ↗ as far as i'm aware the documents before

1:14:28 ↗ you this evening reflect the consensus

1:14:30 ↗ of counsel and and that is important to

1:14:32 ↗ be able to speak with a unified voice

1:14:35 ↗ and to be an effective advocate

1:14:37 ↗ um if we as a city are divided it's not

1:14:40 ↗ likely that we'll get our local

1:14:42 ↗ legislators support uh much less

1:14:44 ↗ legislators that are outside our region

1:14:48 ↗ and then second it's important that any

1:14:50 ↗ city position on state policies also

1:14:53 ↗ align with city goals and any previously

1:14:56 ↗ identified priorities

1:14:59 ↗ we wouldn't want to support a proposed

1:15:01 ↗ state policy that conflicts with

1:15:03 ↗ anything that the city has already

1:15:05 ↗ identified as a priority

1:15:07 ↗ um that especially something that has

1:15:09 ↗ input from the county or from the

1:15:10 ↗ community

1:15:12 ↗ um so our recommended process for

1:15:14 ↗ proposing changes is to first share any

1:15:17 ↗ relevant information with your

1:15:19 ↗ government affairs consultant and

1:15:20 ↗ relevant city staff

1:15:22 ↗ and that's because we may have awareness

1:15:24 ↗ of local or state politics that would be

1:15:27 ↗ important to consider

1:15:29 ↗ and then after that information should

1:15:30 ↗ be shared with your fellow council

1:15:32 ↗ members

1:15:34 ↗ and if an additional discussion is

1:15:35 ↗ needed which may be the case um we do

1:15:38 ↗ encourage that substantive policy

1:15:40 ↗ discussions

1:15:41 ↗ um occur through work groups or

1:15:43 ↗ committees when possible

1:15:45 ↗ and then on items where there is not

1:15:47 ↗ consensus

1:15:49 ↗ our recommendation is to remain silent

1:15:51 ↗ or neutral

1:15:53 ↗ and allow others to engage in the debate

1:15:57 ↗ and that's because it harms the city's

1:15:59 ↗ credibility and could detract from

1:16:02 ↗ accomplishing other priorities

1:16:05 ↗ um in the event there is consensus then

1:16:08 ↗ i recommend that it be brought forward

1:16:10 ↗ for the city to take a position

1:16:13 ↗ um so next slide this evening we are

1:16:16 ↗ hoping for approval for the city's

1:16:18 ↗ legislative documents

1:16:20 ↗ um and this is an important step to take

1:16:22 ↗ prior to the december first

1:16:25 ↗ date since we've scheduled a virtual

1:16:28 ↗ meeting with the city's legislative

1:16:30 ↗ delegation on

1:16:31 ↗ wednesday december 1st from 8 to 9 a.m

1:16:35 ↗ and this is the opportunity for

1:16:38 ↗ you all as the city's elected officials

1:16:40 ↗ to brief the fifth and the 41st district

1:16:43 ↗ legislators

1:16:44 ↗ on issaquah's priorities for the coming

1:16:46 ↗ session um and then following the

1:16:50 ↗ legislative meeting um the next

1:16:52 ↗ important date is monday january 10th

1:16:54 ↗ and that's when the 2022 legislative

1:16:57 ↗ session begins

1:16:59 ↗ um and with that um

1:17:02 ↗ is the last slide of the presentation

1:17:04 ↗ and a recommendation

1:17:06 ↗ is for approval of

1:17:08 ↗ the city's legislative agenda

1:17:11 ↗ thank you shelley um just a clarifying

1:17:13 ↗ question here before uh council

1:17:16 ↗ i want to give council an opportunity to

1:17:18 ↗ ask questions as well

1:17:20 ↗ um when you talk about consensus to add

1:17:22 ↗ a new item i assume that means seven

1:17:26 ↗ thumbs up on putting something in adding

1:17:28 ↗ something new that hadn't been in in the

1:17:33 ↗ booklet daca before

1:17:34 ↗ um the second part to the question was

1:17:38 ↗ we always have council members who have

1:17:41 ↗ um

1:17:42 ↗ issues that they independently as a

1:17:45 ↗ council person but not as a

1:17:46 ↗ representative city

1:17:48 ↗ do advocacy work down in olympia where

1:17:50 ↗ they speak to as a member of the council

1:17:53 ↗ and not for the council to a specific

1:17:55 ↗ issue this doesn't preclude a council

1:17:57 ↗ member from doing that it just means if

1:17:59 ↗ it's added to the manual we should have

1:18:02 ↗ seven thumbs up is that a correct

1:18:03 ↗ interpretation that's correct yes thank

1:18:06 ↗ you for that clarification there that is

1:18:08 ↗ that is accurate

1:18:11 ↗ so uh before

1:18:14 ↗ we go to the motion

1:18:17 ↗ um

1:18:18 ↗ i wanna check in with council and see if

1:18:20 ↗ there are any questions so i'm keeping

1:18:21 ↗ my eye on the chat before we go to

1:18:23 ↗ emotion

1:18:27 ↗ any questions for shelley or tina

1:18:33 ↗ okay anyone prepared to make a

1:18:38 ↗ motion mr president hunt

1:18:42 ↗ thank you i moved to approve the 2022

1:18:44 ↗ legislative agenda as presented

1:18:49 ↗ deputy council president ray

1:18:52 ↗ second

1:18:54 ↗ it's been moved and seconded to approve

1:18:57 ↗ the legislative agenda did you want to

1:19:00 ↗ speak to that council president hunt

1:19:06 ↗ um miss council president hence i yes i

1:19:08 ↗ will speak to it and i also as i

1:19:10 ↗ indicated earlier earlier i will also

1:19:12 ↗ make the um optional amendment motion um

1:19:16 ↗ so thank you to shelley for um the

1:19:18 ↗ information

1:19:20 ↗ and uh i think that um also very

1:19:23 ↗ important that the mayor pointed out

1:19:26 ↗ that council members do

1:19:29 ↗ as part of our

1:19:30 ↗ as part of our enthusiasm i think for

1:19:32 ↗ different um

1:19:35 ↗ different topics council members do

1:19:37 ↗ choose to sometimes advocate for

1:19:39 ↗ different items um

1:19:41 ↗ that they feel passionately about on

1:19:42 ↗ their own behalf and that is our

1:19:45 ↗ prerogative so i think it's important to

1:19:46 ↗ point that out um i will now make the

1:19:51 ↗ optional amendments um

1:19:53 ↗ and that is i move to amends the policy

1:19:56 ↗ manual by adding the following statement

1:19:58 ↗ to the policy manual under the land use

1:20:01 ↗ gross management act gma housing section

1:20:04 ↗ issaquah supports updates to the growth

1:20:05 ↗ management act that align with the

1:20:07 ↗ city's climate action plan as outlined

1:20:09 ↗ in house bill 1099 as well as funding to

1:20:12 ↗ implement mitigation actions

1:20:17 ↗ and is there a second

1:20:22 ↗ deputy council president right sorry i

1:20:24 ↗ missed you

1:20:25 ↗ second

1:20:27 ↗ uh council president do you want to

1:20:29 ↗ speak to the

1:20:30 ↗ amendment thank you this is council

1:20:32 ↗ president hunt i'll speak briefly i am

1:20:35 ↗ in support of this i think it aligns

1:20:36 ↗ with our climate action plan which we

1:20:39 ↗ are about to

1:20:41 ↗ consider for adoption next month um and

1:20:44 ↗ so i think it aligns well with our goals

1:20:46 ↗ and with our

1:20:48 ↗ cities

1:20:49 ↗ um with our community's enthusiasm for

1:20:52 ↗ um

1:20:53 ↗ environmental protection of our natural

1:20:55 ↗ spaces and also with our city's climate

1:20:57 ↗ action plan and the other reason why i

1:20:58 ↗ think it's a good idea is because this

1:21:02 ↗ uh bill and in the statement it it talks

1:21:05 ↗ about the need for funding so

1:21:08 ↗ more funding for this work would help us

1:21:10 ↗ achieve our goals

1:21:12 ↗ thanks

1:21:13 ↗ deputy council president ray did you

1:21:14 ↗ want to speak to it i if i could just

1:21:16 ↗ have a quick second i i agree with the

1:21:19 ↗ council president this is very much

1:21:21 ↗ aligned with

1:21:22 ↗ the values and and state of direction of

1:21:25 ↗ both this council and the city as a

1:21:26 ↗ whole

1:21:28 ↗ but what i'm particularly fond of is the

1:21:30 ↗ funding to implement the action plans is

1:21:32 ↗ not only a benefit to the city of israel

1:21:34 ↗ but since we share this environment and

1:21:36 ↗ we share climate change with everybody

1:21:38 ↗ around us making it easier for other

1:21:40 ↗ communities to take the actions that we

1:21:42 ↗ already have is

1:21:43 ↗ in all of our best interests

1:21:48 ↗ uh council member hall

1:21:50 ↗ uh thank you councilmember hall here um

1:21:53 ↗ just real quickly to say uh with regard

1:21:55 ↗ to both this

1:21:57 ↗ amendment and the underlying motion just

1:21:59 ↗ as it was last year i hope the council

1:22:01 ↗ is comfortable with me refusing myself

1:22:02 ↗ from this vote just as a reminder

1:22:05 ↗ that as an employee of the state

1:22:06 ↗ legislature myself i've been advised by

1:22:08 ↗ the state legislature

1:22:10 ↗ that state legislative ethic guidelines

1:22:13 ↗ asked me not to lobby the state

1:22:14 ↗ legislature so due to those policies

1:22:16 ↗ i'll be recusing myself from voting on

1:22:18 ↗ this amendment or the underlying agenda

1:22:20 ↗ bill and appreciate you all for

1:22:22 ↗ understanding and hopefully one year

1:22:23 ↗ i'll be able to join you all

1:22:26 ↗ thank you councilmember hall um at this

1:22:29 ↗ point in time i wonder if it's

1:22:30 ↗ appropriate to have our lobbyists um

1:22:33 ↗ provide some feedback pro con about why

1:22:38 ↗ what the differences are between the

1:22:40 ↗ proposed motion that was in the

1:22:41 ↗ presentation and the proposed motion

1:22:44 ↗ that was presented

1:22:46 ↗ to see if there are any significant

1:22:48 ↗ differences that the council would like

1:22:49 ↗ to discuss or consider

1:22:51 ↗ shelly

1:22:54 ↗ yes um and it's i was actually reading

1:22:57 ↗ and as far as i can tell the

1:22:59 ↗ optional amendment is the language that

1:23:01 ↗ was in the presentation unless i'm um

1:23:05 ↗ mistaking something but i think it i

1:23:06 ↗ think it is right you could be right i

1:23:09 ↗ don't have both documents open thanks

1:23:11 ↗ limited space on my little laptop here

1:23:14 ↗ council president that is the language

1:23:16 ↗ from the slide deck that was presented

1:23:18 ↗ earlier yes this council doesn't hunt

1:23:21 ↗ but that's the amendment that is both in

1:23:24 ↗ our packaging

1:23:25 ↗ okay

1:23:26 ↗ thank you without having it i wasn't

1:23:28 ↗ aware if you were proposing something

1:23:29 ↗ different it's exactly what was there

1:23:31 ↗ okay are there any other comments from

1:23:33 ↗ any other council members before we vote

1:23:35 ↗ on the amendment

1:23:40 ↗ and are there uh any comments or

1:23:43 ↗ questions about consensus voting and

1:23:45 ↗ whether or not uh how the council

1:23:49 ↗ feels about that or any comments or

1:23:51 ↗ questions on that

1:23:55 ↗ that's my remarks

1:23:57 ↗ thank you madam mayor um i appreciate

1:24:01 ↗ the wisdom of our of our lobbyists i

1:24:04 ↗ always asked myself about

1:24:08 ↗ policies around the idea

1:24:11 ↗ of what if we didn't have such a

1:24:15 ↗ collaborative and consensus-driven

1:24:17 ↗ council

1:24:18 ↗ i

1:24:20 ↗ on a different day

1:24:22 ↗ i would hate to have a policy

1:24:25 ↗ that was supported in the community and

1:24:28 ↗ let's say six of the seven council

1:24:30 ↗ members

1:24:31 ↗ not move forward because there was one

1:24:33 ↗ council member that didn't support it so

1:24:37 ↗ i i see the value in having a strong

1:24:40 ↗ consensus statement coming out of the

1:24:42 ↗ council but i wouldn't want to

1:24:44 ↗ have that be an absolute requirement in

1:24:47 ↗ a situation like this like i said um we

1:24:50 ↗ have a we have a very thoughtful council

1:24:53 ↗ but you know some councils

1:24:56 ↗ will have one or two members that just

1:24:59 ↗ really want to zig where everyone else

1:25:01 ↗ is lagging and um like i said i i don't

1:25:04 ↗ think i think if you got five to two or

1:25:06 ↗ six to one in a situation like that you

1:25:09 ↗ might want to continue moving ahead even

1:25:11 ↗ if you didn't have a claim

1:25:14 ↗ with your with your council members

1:25:16 ↗ thank you

1:25:17 ↗ thank you councilmember mert

1:25:18 ↗ councilmember walsh

1:25:21 ↗ thank you this is councilmember walsh uh

1:25:23 ↗ i quite agree i think

1:25:26 ↗ as a community um

1:25:29 ↗ the values that

1:25:31 ↗ we as seven members um

1:25:34 ↗ represent

1:25:36 ↗ are quite aligned

1:25:38 ↗ at this point but that's not always

1:25:40 ↗ going to be the case and i think

1:25:42 ↗ representative government allows for

1:25:46 ↗ some disagreement but still

1:25:49 ↗ presenting and putting forth um

1:25:52 ↗ you know a

1:25:54 ↗ not united as in the individual's voting

1:25:57 ↗ but a united

1:25:59 ↗ sense of this is our community's values

1:26:01 ↗ um which is represented in the

1:26:03 ↗ legislative agenda so i i don't know

1:26:06 ↗ that i um feel

1:26:09 ↗ strongly that we should be moving in the

1:26:11 ↗ direction of just providing consensus

1:26:13 ↗ thank you thank you very much council

1:26:15 ↗ president hunt and then council member d

1:26:17 ↗ michelle

1:26:19 ↗ thank you council president hunt i

1:26:21 ↗ completely agree with council member

1:26:23 ↗ martz thank you

1:26:25 ↗ thank you council member to michelle

1:26:28 ↗ uh thank you uh this is councilmember d

1:26:31 ↗ michelle i have never heard that

1:26:33 ↗ a definition of consensus as uh

1:26:36 ↗ unanimity

1:26:38 ↗ and i just googled it and consensus is a

1:26:41 ↗ quote unquote general agreement and

1:26:43 ↗ that's the meaning that i've always used

1:26:47 ↗ and in addition at king county when i

1:26:49 ↗ was with the king county

1:26:52 ↗ department of uh transportation we use

1:26:55 ↗ the definition of this is what we agree

1:26:57 ↗ with or that we can live with

1:27:00 ↗ uh in reaching consensus it wasn't

1:27:03 ↗ necessarily that we all 100

1:27:06 ↗ agreed

1:27:07 ↗ uh but that we could live with whatever

1:27:10 ↗ uh was the issue in front of us so i

1:27:12 ↗ think if we can say that it's a general

1:27:15 ↗ agreement but not necessarily a

1:27:18 ↗ unanimous agreement then i think that's

1:27:20 ↗ the

1:27:21 ↗ definition of consensus that i am able

1:27:24 ↗ to live with

1:27:27 ↗ thank you

1:27:28 ↗ thank you for sharing that councilmember

1:27:29 ↗ d michelle and thank you shelley for

1:27:31 ↗ sharing uh practices that are occurring

1:27:34 ↗ out in the region i think this council

1:27:36 ↗ is fortunate to have mostly everyone

1:27:39 ↗ here participating in the strategic

1:27:40 ↗ planning process and so they have a

1:27:42 ↗ check and balance in there with their

1:27:43 ↗ community desires but it is very

1:27:46 ↗ interesting to know

1:27:48 ↗ what practices are going on elsewhere so

1:27:50 ↗ thank you very much for that any other

1:27:52 ↗ comments before we go to the vote

1:27:57 ↗ so this is a vote let me make sure um is

1:28:01 ↗ this a

1:28:02 ↗ vote

1:28:03 ↗ um city clerk on an amendment or is it

1:28:06 ↗ an amendment to them can it be combined

1:28:07 ↗ with the main motion to approve the 2020

1:28:10 ↗ to legislative agenda

1:28:14 ↗ and

1:28:15 ↗ include

1:28:16 ↗ the proposed motion that

1:28:18 ↗ council president made

1:28:22 ↗ to do it properly we'd vote on the

1:28:24 ↗ amendment first

1:28:26 ↗ great let's do that so if you could read

1:28:28 ↗ back the amendment

1:28:32 ↗ yes the amendment is to amend the policy

1:28:34 ↗ manual by adding the following statement

1:28:36 ↗ to the policy manual under the land use

1:28:38 ↗ growth management act housing section is

1:28:40 ↗ across supports updates to the growth

1:28:42 ↗ management act that align with the

1:28:44 ↗ city's climate action plan is outlined

1:28:46 ↗ in house bill 1099 as well as funding to

1:28:48 ↗ implement mitigation actions

1:28:51 ↗ great thank you very much and that has

1:28:54 ↗ been moved and seconded could you do a

1:28:56 ↗ roll call vote

1:28:58 ↗ yes uh councilmember hall is recused so

1:29:01 ↗ starting with council president hunt

1:29:05 ↗ aye

1:29:06 ↗ councilmember marks

1:29:08 ↗ aye

1:29:09 ↗ deputy council president ray aye

1:29:12 ↗ councilmember walsh

1:29:14 ↗ i

1:29:15 ↗ council member d michelle

1:29:17 ↗ aye

1:29:18 ↗ councilmember goodman

1:29:20 ↗ aye that's six eyes zero knees

1:29:23 ↗ thank you that passes six nothing with

1:29:25 ↗ one recu recruit recusal that's a hard

1:29:28 ↗ one for me

1:29:29 ↗ uh thank you for all that discussion

1:29:31 ↗ the and thank you shelley for coming and

1:29:33 ↗ joining us tonight and tina for standing

1:29:35 ↗ in for gene that's great

1:29:38 ↗ uh

1:29:40 ↗ i see council president pointing at

1:29:42 ↗ something did i not vote on the main

1:29:44 ↗ motion

1:29:45 ↗ okay thanks

1:29:47 ↗ it's always good to have people watching

1:29:48 ↗ over your shoulder

1:29:49 ↗ um so the main motion now would be to

1:29:52 ↗ approve the 2022 legislative agenda as

1:29:55 ↗ amended

1:29:57 ↗ is there any more discussion before we

1:29:58 ↗ call for the vote and i'll keep my eye

1:30:00 ↗ on the chat

1:30:06 ↗ city clerk

1:30:07 ↗ oh uh council president

1:30:11 ↗ council member d michelle

1:30:13 ↗ oh sorry that's the last one in line yes

1:30:15 ↗ council member d michelle

1:30:17 ↗ thank you this is councilmember d

1:30:19 ↗ michelle

1:30:20 ↗ very briefly again i want to thank staff

1:30:23 ↗ and the administration for listening so

1:30:25 ↗ well i appreciate the inclusion of the

1:30:29 ↗ statement on

1:30:32 ↗ unanticipated marijuana revenues

1:30:34 ↗ and

1:30:35 ↗ i'm looking forward to

1:30:38 ↗ being able to comment more on that topic

1:30:40 ↗ in the future so at any rate thank you

1:30:42 ↗ so much for listening and thank you for

1:30:44 ↗ including that in the

1:30:45 ↗ in the final document and i will be

1:30:48 ↗ supporting this uh adoption thank you

1:30:51 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle

1:30:53 ↗ i'm not seeing any other commenters so

1:30:56 ↗ again the motion would be to approve the

1:30:58 ↗ 2022 legislative agenda as amended uh

1:31:02 ↗ city clerk would you like to call the

1:31:03 ↗ roll

1:31:04 ↗ starting with council member marks

1:31:06 ↗ aye

1:31:07 ↗ deputy council president ray aye

1:31:10 ↗ council member walsh

1:31:12 ↗ aye

1:31:13 ↗ council member d michelle

1:31:15 ↗ aye

1:31:16 ↗ councilmember goodman aye

1:31:18 ↗ councilmember hall is recused council

1:31:20 ↗ president hunt

1:31:22 ↗ aye

1:31:23 ↗ at 6i zero nays

1:31:25 ↗ thank you that passes unanimously and

1:31:27 ↗ i'll repeat my thank yous to shelly and

1:31:30 ↗ tina

1:31:31 ↗ thanks for all the hard work on this

1:31:33 ↗ nice job

1:31:34 ↗ the next item of business tonight is

1:31:36 ↗ ab-8291 title 18 land use code ad hoc

1:31:40 ↗ committee

1:31:41 ↗ and the recommendation before the

1:31:44 ↗ council this evening is to discharge the

1:31:46 ↗ ad hoc and i'd like to invite deputy

1:31:48 ↗ city administrator andrea snyder to

1:31:50 ↗ introduce this item andrea

1:31:53 ↗ thank you mayor paulie and good evening

1:31:55 ↗ members of city council i'm andrea

1:31:57 ↗ snyder the deputy city administrator

1:32:00 ↗ and we're really following up from

1:32:02 ↗ direction that council provided at the

1:32:04 ↗ november first meeting for the

1:32:05 ↗ administration to return

1:32:07 ↗ with options for how to proceed with the

1:32:09 ↗ title 18 ad hoc committee as you may

1:32:12 ↗ recall there were a couple of concerns

1:32:14 ↗ that were brought up during good of the

1:32:15 ↗ order in that city council meeting

1:32:18 ↗ one concern is that the

1:32:21 ↗ way that the ad hoc committee is

1:32:22 ↗ currently structured that it could

1:32:23 ↗ result in

1:32:24 ↗ three members or a minority of city

1:32:26 ↗ council providing direction to the

1:32:28 ↗ administration

1:32:30 ↗ that it could result in prematurely

1:32:32 ↗ narrowing policy options

1:32:34 ↗ presented to the planning policy

1:32:36 ↗ commission

1:32:37 ↗ and there was also concern that there's

1:32:40 ↗ a

1:32:41 ↗ lack of transparency to both members of

1:32:44 ↗ the public and city council

1:32:47 ↗ preferences were also raised that

1:32:48 ↗ evening to

1:32:50 ↗ regarding a council committee structure

1:32:53 ↗ and at this time the administration

1:32:56 ↗ recommends further discussion on the

1:32:57 ↗ council committee structure

1:32:59 ↗ to occur

1:33:00 ↗ in january during the city council

1:33:02 ↗ retreat

1:33:03 ↗ the question for tonight

1:33:05 ↗ is how would council like to proceed

1:33:07 ↗ with the title 18 ad hoc committee

1:33:11 ↗ in the agenda bill provided in your

1:33:12 ↗ packet this evening the background

1:33:15 ↗ discusses

1:33:16 ↗ why the committee was formed in the

1:33:18 ↗ first place and what tasks the committee

1:33:20 ↗ was assigned to do by council

1:33:23 ↗ including a summary of the committee's

1:33:25 ↗ accomplishments to date

1:33:27 ↗ and

1:33:28 ↗ in summary the administration believes

1:33:30 ↗ that the ad hoc committee has

1:33:33 ↗ accomplished most of the tasks

1:33:35 ↗ that were assigned to them except

1:33:37 ↗ providing ongoing policy guidance as we

1:33:39 ↗ progress through the title 18

1:33:42 ↗ update and we'd also like to thank

1:33:45 ↗ the council members that's council

1:33:47 ↗ president hunt councilmember goodman and

1:33:49 ↗ councilmember walsh

1:33:51 ↗ who are on the committee and for all

1:33:52 ↗ their time spent over the past two years

1:33:54 ↗ in helping this

1:33:55 ↗ large land use code update project

1:33:58 ↗ progress

1:34:00 ↗ in the agenda bill you'll also see a

1:34:03 ↗ couple of options to address the

1:34:04 ↗ concerns raised by some of the members

1:34:07 ↗ of council

1:34:09 ↗ the administration recommends as the

1:34:11 ↗ mayor indicated disbanding the ad hoc

1:34:13 ↗ committee

1:34:15 ↗ at this time instead the administration

1:34:17 ↗ would provide

1:34:19 ↗ monthly updates to council

1:34:21 ↗ including uh quarterly presentations

1:34:24 ↗ and would bring away um

1:34:26 ↗ bring any issues

1:34:28 ↗ to city council study sessions that it

1:34:30 ↗ would otherwise have brought to the ad

1:34:31 ↗ hoc committee

1:34:34 ↗ we believe this option best addresses

1:34:35 ↗ all the concerns raised on november 1st

1:34:39 ↗ there are other options as presented in

1:34:41 ↗ the agenda bill that include

1:34:43 ↗ having the committee meet very similarly

1:34:45 ↗ as it does today

1:34:47 ↗ but that they would not be discussing

1:34:49 ↗ policy matters

1:34:52 ↗ and then

1:34:53 ↗ the third option

1:34:55 ↗ as depicted in the agenda bill is

1:34:57 ↗ [Music]

1:34:58 ↗ that we would have the ad hoc committee

1:35:01 ↗ meetings continue as they have been but

1:35:04 ↗ that we would record those meetings and

1:35:06 ↗ make them viewable to the public

1:35:08 ↗ so as far as next steps go pending

1:35:10 ↗ council direction this evening the

1:35:12 ↗ administration may need to return to

1:35:14 ↗ council to update a resolution

1:35:16 ↗ pertaining to the ad hoc's role

1:35:19 ↗ and

1:35:20 ↗ any other direction that council would

1:35:22 ↗ provide

1:35:23 ↗ and so at this time i ask if there are

1:35:25 ↗ any questions

1:35:28 ↗ and if you have questions can you please

1:35:30 ↗ indicate in the chat thank you for the

1:35:31 ↗ presentation andrea

1:35:36 ↗ deputy council president ray

1:35:38 ↗ thank you mayor paulie and i think

1:35:40 ↗ i think this may have already been

1:35:42 ↗ answered but what is the meeting plan

1:35:44 ↗ now going forward for the ad hoc just to

1:35:47 ↗ put it in context i mean i was under the

1:35:49 ↗ impression we weren't going to do

1:35:51 ↗ anything right away and

1:35:52 ↗ are there any more meetings planned and

1:35:54 ↗ scheduled or where are we at with that

1:35:59 ↗ uh the ad hoc committee has um it falls

1:36:02 ↗ on a lot of holidays that are upcoming

1:36:05 ↗ so i don't believe there's any meetings

1:36:06 ↗ that are currently scheduled for the ad

1:36:08 ↗ hoc committee um just i think

1:36:12 ↗ mostly due to the nature of uh the

1:36:14 ↗ holiday schedule over the next couple of

1:36:16 ↗ weeks

1:36:18 ↗ are there any any meetings scheduled in

1:36:20 ↗ the first part of next year

1:36:22 ↗ after the holidays no okay i don't

1:36:24 ↗ believe that great thank you

1:36:27 ↗ that was that was my thinking i just

1:36:29 ↗ wanted to confirm it before i thought it

1:36:34 ↗ thank you looking for additional

1:36:36 ↗ questions in the chat

1:36:43 ↗ and if there are no questions looking

1:36:45 ↗ for emotion

1:36:49 ↗ oops

1:36:50 ↗ okay it jumped a little much here for me

1:36:53 ↗ hang on one sec

1:36:58 ↗ so i have two uh

1:37:02 ↗ city clerk i'll need your help um

1:37:06 ↗ sorry

1:37:08 ↗ um asking uh in the chat i see that

1:37:10 ↗ council member d michelle has an

1:37:11 ↗ alternate motion and that council member

1:37:14 ↗ goodman wanted to move the motion what

1:37:15 ↗ would be the appropriate order for that

1:37:21 ↗ mayor i'd suggest that they be called on

1:37:23 ↗ in chronological order and we'll see

1:37:26 ↗ we'll see where we go

1:37:27 ↗ okay let's start with council member d

1:37:29 ↗ michelle

1:37:32 ↗ thank you mayor paulie i would like to

1:37:33 ↗ move to postpone

1:37:35 ↗ ab-8291 to a city council meeting

1:37:38 ↗ in february 2022 following a broader

1:37:41 ↗ conversation on the city council's

1:37:43 ↗ legislative structure at the january

1:37:46 ↗ 2022 city council retreat

1:37:50 ↗ and is there a second

1:37:56 ↗ deputy council president ray seconds and

1:37:58 ↗ council member d michelle would you like

1:38:00 ↗ to speak to the motion

1:38:02 ↗ thank you mayor paulie yes um i was

1:38:06 ↗ somewhat surprised to see this um moving

1:38:09 ↗ forward so quickly when i received the

1:38:11 ↗ packet and

1:38:12 ↗ i felt like there had not been enough

1:38:15 ↗ discussion among the council members and

1:38:18 ↗ i don't think that there's any reason

1:38:20 ↗ that we should rush into discharging

1:38:22 ↗ this group

1:38:23 ↗ um i would i'm looking forward to having

1:38:25 ↗ a broader discussion at our retreat in

1:38:27 ↗ january and i think at that point we

1:38:29 ↗ could take

1:38:30 ↗ this motion if it fits in with the

1:38:32 ↗ overall plan that the council puts

1:38:34 ↗ together

1:38:35 ↗ through that discussion

1:38:37 ↗ um

1:38:38 ↗ uh

1:38:39 ↗ i i know that there's a lot of uh

1:38:44 ↗ interest in going back to council

1:38:46 ↗ committees

1:38:47 ↗ and um and if that's the case but as a

1:38:49 ↗ person who just joined the council a

1:38:51 ↗ couple of years ago never really

1:38:54 ↗ experienced the council committee

1:38:56 ↗ process i'd really like to have us have

1:38:58 ↗ that broader discussion before we make a

1:39:00 ↗ decision on this particular group so and

1:39:03 ↗ the fact that there are no meetings

1:39:06 ↗ scheduled um

1:39:07 ↗ and so

1:39:08 ↗ i'm not understanding any reason to rush

1:39:11 ↗ forward and make a decision tonight so

1:39:14 ↗ that's my reasoning for putting forward

1:39:16 ↗ the motion thank you

1:39:18 ↗ thanks uh deputy council president ray

1:39:19 ↗ did you want to speak to the

1:39:21 ↗ motion thank you mayor paul this is

1:39:23 ↗ chris wray and council number team

1:39:25 ↗ council member d michelle said it

1:39:27 ↗ brilliantly there is no there is no rush

1:39:30 ↗ to do this so let's take our time we

1:39:33 ↗ also have plans to

1:39:34 ↗ uh look at this in the larger context so

1:39:37 ↗ let's um let's understand the landscape

1:39:39 ↗ of where we're going and february seems

1:39:42 ↗ like a perfectly reasonable time for it

1:39:44 ↗ to me

1:39:45 ↗ so i think this makes

1:39:47 ↗ the best sense to do it once and do it

1:39:49 ↗ right instead of

1:39:50 ↗ reworking

1:39:52 ↗ it thank you any other comments from

1:39:55 ↗ councilmember hall

1:39:58 ↗ uh thank you uh this is councilmember

1:39:59 ↗ hall you know i i'm not sure where i was

1:40:01 ↗ going to end up tonight but i was eager

1:40:03 ↗ to hear um from all

1:40:05 ↗ of the other council members on what

1:40:07 ↗ they were thinking

1:40:08 ↗ um and try to find is there a path that

1:40:11 ↗ gets us

1:40:12 ↗ to um

1:40:15 ↗ you know agreement here and it meets all

1:40:17 ↗ of our needs that um were discussed at

1:40:19 ↗ the good of the order you know so

1:40:21 ↗ there's the transparency aspect there

1:40:23 ↗ was

1:40:24 ↗ the policy discussion aspect um and then

1:40:27 ↗ there's this new aspect that's been

1:40:29 ↗ introduced the conversation tonight now

1:40:30 ↗ of um having a broader discussion about

1:40:34 ↗ how we work as a city council and

1:40:35 ↗ whether or not we want to just include

1:40:37 ↗ that as one element of a broader

1:40:38 ↗ conversation so i think this meets all

1:40:41 ↗ of our needs especially because there

1:40:42 ↗ aren't going to be any uh meetings in

1:40:45 ↗ the near future that we're able to meet

1:40:47 ↗ kind of check off all three of those

1:40:48 ↗ boxes and honor all three of those

1:40:51 ↗ aspects so i think

1:40:52 ↗ i'll be voting in favor of this tonight

1:40:56 ↗ any other council member comments and

1:40:58 ↗ keep my eye on the chat

1:41:03 ↗ councilmember goodman

1:41:05 ↗ uh thank you councilmember goodman here

1:41:07 ↗ um

1:41:08 ↗ i

1:41:10 ↗ it's not something i'm gonna follow my

1:41:12 ↗ sword on

1:41:13 ↗ um i just think it's a little bit weird

1:41:16 ↗ that um

1:41:19 ↗ the i think we're conflating a whole

1:41:20 ↗ bunch of things here

1:41:22 ↗ i think one of the if one of the issues

1:41:24 ↗ is

1:41:25 ↗ transparency

1:41:26 ↗ um okay

1:41:28 ↗ um

1:41:29 ↗ if we're not gonna have any meetings

1:41:30 ↗ then there's nothing to be not

1:41:32 ↗ transparent about but if we're not going

1:41:34 ↗ to have any meetings

1:41:36 ↗ then

1:41:38 ↗ and almost everything on the

1:41:40 ↗ list of the scope of work that the ad

1:41:42 ↗ hoc was going to complete is done

1:41:44 ↗ with the exception of some policy

1:41:46 ↗ correction which isn't going to happen

1:41:49 ↗ until way after january or february

1:41:51 ↗ then

1:41:53 ↗ um i don't understand why

1:41:56 ↗ we would postpone an agenda bill until

1:42:00 ↗ february

1:42:01 ↗ when there isn't any work happening for

1:42:03 ↗ ad hoc anyway so again like i said i

1:42:05 ↗ think it's a

1:42:07 ↗ um

1:42:08 ↗ kind of an

1:42:09 ↗ odd

1:42:10 ↗ position to take

1:42:12 ↗ and an odd

1:42:14 ↗ motion to make

1:42:16 ↗ um but

1:42:17 ↗ i'm not going to be around for you all

1:42:19 ↗ to figure out what you want to do in

1:42:20 ↗ january and so

1:42:23 ↗ um

1:42:24 ↗ i think i

1:42:25 ↗ raise the issues that i want to raise i

1:42:27 ↗ think you've also heard from a couple

1:42:29 ↗ people in the public that they have

1:42:30 ↗ concerns about the transparency of a two

1:42:33 ↗ year long ad hoc committee which i would

1:42:36 ↗ agree with

1:42:37 ↗ and in

1:42:39 ↗ less than two months i will be a regular

1:42:44 ↗ person living in the city and so i would

1:42:46 ↗ hope that you would all choose great

1:42:48 ↗ transparency over a two year long ad hoc

1:42:51 ↗ in the future

1:42:52 ↗ so if this is what

1:42:53 ↗ um if this is what you you want to do

1:42:56 ↗ then i'm fine with it but i just think

1:42:58 ↗ it's really odd

1:43:01 ↗ thank you councilmember walsh

1:43:04 ↗ thank you this is councilmember walsh um

1:43:07 ↗ i really appreciate the opportunity to

1:43:09 ↗ have a larger conversation

1:43:11 ↗ about

1:43:13 ↗ transparency

1:43:15 ↗ i think we could certainly have that and

1:43:19 ↗ find a way

1:43:20 ↗ that

1:43:22 ↗ works toward

1:43:23 ↗ a need for transparency works toward a

1:43:26 ↗ need for

1:43:28 ↗ the council to understand what our goals

1:43:31 ↗ and objectives are

1:43:34 ↗ and also

1:43:36 ↗ goes through an understanding of

1:43:39 ↗ you know how do we want to work as an

1:43:42 ↗ organization how do we want to consider

1:43:45 ↗ options and

1:43:47 ↗ how do we want to take

1:43:49 ↗ a very important piece of our work plan

1:43:52 ↗ and make sure that it gets varied

1:43:54 ↗ forward

1:43:56 ↗ in a way that

1:43:57 ↗ you know meets that need and meets the

1:44:00 ↗ transparency needs so i look forward to

1:44:02 ↗ having that conversation

1:44:04 ↗ next year should we support this bill

1:44:06 ↗ thank you

1:44:08 ↗ thank you councilmember walsh um council

1:44:10 ↗ member mark i don't see anybody wanting

1:44:12 ↗ to comment a second time i just wanted

1:44:13 ↗ to give you an opportunity to comment if

1:44:15 ↗ you wanted to

1:44:17 ↗ her uh thank you madden mayor he's

1:44:19 ↗ councilmember martz uh yeah i i don't

1:44:22 ↗ see any harm in holding off i i think

1:44:26 ↗ the i'm

1:44:28 ↗ one of the people that's very very

1:44:29 ↗ excited to have a conversation about

1:44:32 ↗ uh what our review process will look

1:44:35 ↗ like

1:44:36 ↗ for the next year or two or more

1:44:39 ↗ and how we felt about moving from

1:44:41 ↗ standing committees to

1:44:44 ↗ study sessions and

1:44:46 ↗ i think waiting a little bit

1:44:49 ↗ to see how that conversation goes before

1:44:51 ↗ finishing uh the work

1:44:53 ↗ of the current ad hoc committee

1:44:56 ↗ would not harm either transparency or

1:45:01 ↗ the business of the city so i i see the

1:45:03 ↗ merit in it and i'll be supporting it

1:45:05 ↗ thank you

1:45:07 ↗ thank you

1:45:08 ↗ not seeing any other comments in the

1:45:11 ↗ chat

1:45:12 ↗ i will go back and read the motion

1:45:14 ↗ that's on the floor

1:45:16 ↗ uh the motion is to postpone

1:45:19 ↗ ab-8291 to a city council meeting in

1:45:21 ↗ february 2022 following a broader

1:45:24 ↗ conversation on the city council's

1:45:26 ↗ legislative structure at the january

1:45:28 ↗ 22 2022 city council retreat

1:45:33 ↗ as

1:45:35 ↗ it's uh missing something

1:45:38 ↗ i think i caught everybody

1:45:42 ↗ okay

1:45:44 ↗ as

1:45:45 ↗ city clerk do you want to call the role

1:45:48 ↗ yes starting with deputy council

1:45:50 ↗ president ray aye

1:45:53 ↗ council member walsh

1:45:55 ↗ i

1:45:56 ↗ council member d michelle

1:45:58 ↗ aye

1:45:59 ↗ councilmember goodman aye

1:46:01 ↗ councilmember hall

1:46:03 ↗ aye

1:46:04 ↗ council president hunt

1:46:07 ↗ aye

1:46:08 ↗ councilmember martz

1:46:10 ↗ aye

1:46:11 ↗ that's seven eyes zero nays

1:46:14 ↗ thank you that passes unanimously we're

1:46:17 ↗ moving into good of the order and if you

1:46:19 ↗ have any items for it please put it put

1:46:22 ↗ your name in that chat and i'll call on

1:46:24 ↗ you i'm gonna go through a couple little

1:46:26 ↗ upcoming meetings that i have here

1:46:29 ↗ on november 23rd the city council is

1:46:31 ↗ having a study session and the potential

1:46:33 ↗ agenda items include storm and surface

1:46:36 ↗ water and wastewater master plans

1:46:38 ↗ the metro discussion on east link and

1:46:41 ↗ 2022 downtown issaquah association

1:46:44 ↗ memorandum of understanding

1:46:46 ↗ on december 1st the council will be

1:46:47 ↗ holding a special council meeting at 8am

1:46:50 ↗ it will be our legislative breakfast

1:46:53 ↗ and on december 6th regular council

1:46:55 ↗ meeting the potential agenda items

1:46:57 ↗ include issaquah creek flood studies and

1:46:59 ↗ strategy and the climate action plan

1:47:02 ↗ i see that council member goodman has a

1:47:06 ↗ comment for good of the order

1:47:09 ↗ uh thank you councilmember goodman here

1:47:11 ↗ it's kind of a question it's it's a

1:47:13 ↗ follow-up question to the

1:47:15 ↗ um

1:47:16 ↗ the

1:47:17 ↗ comments that nicole miller raised and

1:47:20 ↗ then the comments that administrator

1:47:22 ↗ bobkowitz made after that

1:47:24 ↗ around the mayor's report time and that

1:47:26 ↗ is

1:47:27 ↗ um

1:47:28 ↗ the

1:47:30 ↗ the

1:47:31 ↗ information we heard tonight about the

1:47:32 ↗ national retailers

1:47:35 ↗ and their policies about

1:47:37 ↗ shoplifting so what i think is

1:47:39 ↗ interesting and um and maybe in your

1:47:42 ↗ talks with the national retailers you

1:47:44 ↗ found to answer this question but um

1:47:47 ↗ that is a seems to be a recent change

1:47:51 ↗ and um

1:47:53 ↗ four years ago i

1:47:55 ↗ was in the middle of like physically in

1:47:58 ↗ the middle of a scuffle in the safeway

1:48:00 ↗ parking lot of the highlands with

1:48:01 ↗ somebody coming out of the store trying

1:48:03 ↗ to steal like a 12 pack or

1:48:06 ↗ pack of coke and the security person in

1:48:09 ↗ the store

1:48:10 ↗ um trying to stop that person from

1:48:12 ↗ stealing it we were right outside

1:48:14 ↗ just as the parking lot

1:48:17 ↗ transition from the sort of

1:48:19 ↗ where you drive and then you park and um

1:48:22 ↗ before i even left the parking lot um uh

1:48:25 ↗ two issaquah police officers responded

1:48:28 ↗ um so at that point clearly safeway was

1:48:30 ↗ still calling issaquah police

1:48:32 ↗ and then in the

1:48:34 ↗ um

1:48:36 ↗ boy how many

1:48:37 ↗ years 1989 you do the math um since i've

1:48:40 ↗ been here you couldn't go to target

1:48:44 ↗ ever really and be there and not have an

1:48:46 ↗ issaquah police um car in the parking

1:48:49 ↗ lot because we had been called for

1:48:50 ↗ shoplifting so it's interesting to me

1:48:54 ↗ that in a very short period of time

1:48:57 ↗ the policy has changed from um from

1:49:00 ↗ calling on

1:49:02 ↗ very small thefts you know like how much

1:49:04 ↗ is a 12 pack of coke well it's more

1:49:06 ↗ today than it was four years ago but

1:49:08 ↗ it's not very much it's certainly not a

1:49:10 ↗ felony and um

1:49:12 ↗ and

1:49:13 ↗ you know now they're not even calling on

1:49:15 ↗ big things and you know i'm

1:49:18 ↗ up here in the highlands and every

1:49:20 ↗ single time i go to the store

1:49:22 ↗ um i see

1:49:23 ↗ uh somebody with shopping carts putting

1:49:26 ↗ things in the cards exactly what what

1:49:28 ↗ nicole miller was talking about i think

1:49:30 ↗ i may have been at target the day she

1:49:32 ↗ was there because i think i saw that

1:49:33 ↗ person with the cart in the alcohol

1:49:35 ↗ aisle so

1:49:38 ↗ i would just be interested to know

1:49:39 ↗ specifically

1:49:41 ↗ what what caused that policy to change

1:49:43 ↗ nationally nationally

1:49:45 ↗ um and why

1:49:47 ↗ um i just think that's

1:49:48 ↗ um i think that's interesting and i

1:49:51 ↗ think you know we had heard something

1:49:52 ↗ from the

1:49:53 ↗ from

1:49:54 ↗ um well it was from connie about our

1:49:57 ↗ losing history when we have a lot of

1:49:58 ↗ turnover and um that's this is something

1:50:01 ↗ that's i don't want us to lose the

1:50:03 ↗ history on that this is not a national

1:50:05 ↗ policy that has always been the national

1:50:07 ↗ policy has always been or at least the

1:50:08 ↗ local policy was we're calling on every

1:50:11 ↗ six pack of coke that gets stolen so i

1:50:13 ↗ think it's a very important question to

1:50:15 ↗ add to to figure out the answer to um

1:50:18 ↗ anyway that was just my question and i

1:50:20 ↗ wanted to to throw a little bit of

1:50:21 ↗ history there because this is all very

1:50:23 ↗ new that we just stand back and you

1:50:25 ↗ stand in a parking lot and you watch

1:50:26 ↗ somebody at marshalls or home goods or

1:50:30 ↗ dicks or safeway or target just throwing

1:50:32 ↗ stuff in carts and nobody does anything

1:50:33 ↗ it's it's

1:50:34 ↗ shocking

1:50:36 ↗ so anyway thank you councilmember

1:50:37 ↗ goodman i think we can provide and go to

1:50:39 ↗ the order a little bit of information

1:50:41 ↗ tonight because it is an emerging issue

1:50:43 ↗ and it does involve changes and so i

1:50:45 ↗ will let miss peter bobkowitz um give

1:50:48 ↗ you some general information that we've

1:50:50 ↗ received over the last eight weeks or so

1:50:54 ↗ yeah thank you madam mayor councilmember

1:50:55 ↗ goodman

1:50:56 ↗ you know the information i'm going to

1:50:58 ↗ share is is not specific policy to any

1:51:01 ↗ one

1:51:02 ↗ store but really just some comments that

1:51:04 ↗ we have heard and talking

1:51:05 ↗ with folks and it really comes down to

1:51:08 ↗ the issue of safety and liability

1:51:11 ↗ many of these national chains as we have

1:51:13 ↗ talked to them have have told stories of

1:51:16 ↗ when employees have confronted

1:51:19 ↗ potential shoplifters of those employed

1:51:21 ↗ then

1:51:23 ↗ you know being threatened

1:51:25 ↗ verbally and with the weapons

1:51:27 ↗ in the store

1:51:28 ↗ they've had instances where individuals

1:51:31 ↗ have confronted folks and also have been

1:51:34 ↗ threatened verbally or with weapons

1:51:36 ↗ i think the stores have just decided

1:51:39 ↗ that the costs associated with the

1:51:40 ↗ safety of their employees and their

1:51:43 ↗ customers versus the cost of the items

1:51:45 ↗ being the taken

1:51:47 ↗ they don't match and i think that's been

1:51:50 ↗ the the change is that

1:51:53 ↗ there's a certain allowance for that in

1:51:55 ↗ order to keep the customers and the

1:51:57 ↗ employees safe

1:51:59 ↗ certainly what we're seeing like and as

1:52:01 ↗ we've talked with representatives of

1:52:03 ↗ late uh the the the amount of theft is

1:52:06 ↗ certainly beyond uh those those general

1:52:09 ↗ criteria and so that is what we've tried

1:52:11 ↗ to point out to these uh

1:52:14 ↗ businesses quite honestly they're also

1:52:16 ↗ also struggling with staffing also

1:52:18 ↗ struggling at all levels including

1:52:20 ↗ management um and so uh i think things

1:52:23 ↗ have changed a little bit recently and

1:52:25 ↗ mayor paulie has had discussions with at

1:52:27 ↗ least one of those national retailers at

1:52:29 ↗ the regional management level

1:52:31 ↗ they understand our community concern

1:52:33 ↗ for this theft

1:52:35 ↗ and we're all working together to try to

1:52:36 ↗ stop it

1:52:39 ↗ so in short

1:52:42 ↗ council member goodman this is new

1:52:45 ↗ it is new it is not something that has

1:52:47 ↗ been in the background and not been

1:52:49 ↗ enforced before cities

1:52:51 ↗ um

1:52:52 ↗ these regional retailers are adjusting

1:52:55 ↗ to what they consider to be very

1:52:57 ↗ difficult times but the impacts on the

1:52:59 ↗ community and the number of calls that

1:53:01 ↗ we receive about shoplifting and carts

1:53:04 ↗ being left at the transit center etc is

1:53:06 ↗ significantly on the rise

1:53:09 ↗ so i feel like it's in our best interest

1:53:12 ↗ right now to get the correct information

1:53:14 ↗ out there and to work with the national

1:53:16 ↗ realtors and say

1:53:18 ↗ not okay here not okay here what are we

1:53:21 ↗ all together going to do differently

1:53:23 ↗ because this is not okay

1:53:26 ↗ well thank you and i appreciate the

1:53:28 ↗ additional information and that was my

1:53:29 ↗ point this is not

1:53:31 ↗ um

1:53:32 ↗ this is new it's and it's

1:53:35 ↗ new recently um

1:53:37 ↗ and uh so i appreciate you all working

1:53:40 ↗ on it and i appreciate nicole miller

1:53:42 ↗ coming forward um and acknowledging it

1:53:44 ↗ publicly thank you

1:53:47 ↗ so do i i guess when uh i'm going to go

1:53:49 ↗ to councilmember march next but one

1:53:51 ↗ other quick word is if anybody is still

1:53:53 ↗ watching us tonight at 8 54

1:53:56 ↗ is um

1:53:57 ↗ please call

1:53:58 ↗ and don't interject yourself into these

1:54:00 ↗ situations

1:54:02 ↗ if the retailers are deciding is because

1:54:04 ↗ it could be potentially harmful to their

1:54:06 ↗ employees i'm concerned that it can be

1:54:08 ↗ potentially harmful to anybody who

1:54:10 ↗ intercedes you just need to call the

1:54:12 ↗ police and provide the information that

1:54:14 ↗ you have and

1:54:16 ↗ not put yourself in any sort of personal

1:54:18 ↗ danger

1:54:19 ↗ uh councilman remarks

1:54:21 ↗ thank you madam mayor just to follow up

1:54:23 ↗ on that i would be very interested to

1:54:26 ↗ hear from

1:54:27 ↗ our interim chief

1:54:29 ↗ as to whether there are

1:54:32 ↗ opportunities or emerging

1:54:35 ↗ thoughts in public safety on how to

1:54:37 ↗ address this i totally get that we

1:54:39 ↗ shouldn't ask

1:54:41 ↗ a sales clerk

1:54:42 ↗ who's working at target to

1:54:46 ↗ endanger themselves to necessarily get a

1:54:49 ↗ 12-pack of coke although i applaud

1:54:51 ↗ councilmember goodman's willingness to

1:54:53 ↗ mix it up uh to help try to keep her

1:54:55 ↗ community safe oh maybe she wasn't maybe

1:54:57 ↗ maybe she wasn't we've heard that rock

1:55:00 ↗ but um

1:55:02 ↗ oh i see gotcha um but i do wonder i

1:55:05 ↗ mean the police are very good at

1:55:07 ↗ managing risk and de-escalating um i you

1:55:10 ↗ know i recently saw then get somebody

1:55:13 ↗ who was very angry by the time they were

1:55:15 ↗ done he was fine with them putting the

1:55:17 ↗ cuffs on him and putting him in the back

1:55:19 ↗ of the car so i do wonder if if there

1:55:22 ↗ are emerging i have to think the police

1:55:24 ↗ have seen this elsewhere and there are

1:55:26 ↗ ideas on how to address it and i wonder

1:55:28 ↗ if we bring the ipd together with some

1:55:31 ↗ of these businesses i think what we want

1:55:33 ↗ to do is

1:55:34 ↗ um you know just get if anybody's

1:55:37 ↗ thinking about doing this they they

1:55:38 ↗ shouldn't and they particularly

1:55:40 ↗ shouldn't do it in issaquah so we'd love

1:55:42 ↗ to would love to hear more from the ipd

1:55:44 ↗ on this subject on a later date sure

1:55:45 ↗ thank you we'll get an update for you i

1:55:48 ↗ mean i think some of our recent

1:55:49 ↗ successes are because we agree that

1:55:52 ↗ um the asset managers

1:55:54 ↗ that do protect the

1:55:56 ↗ assets of the store can only go so far

1:55:59 ↗ but they have to know that we're we're

1:56:01 ↗ there with them

1:56:02 ↗ and so i think some of the outreach that

1:56:05 ↗ um acting interim chief schwann has done

1:56:08 ↗ has been amazing so and it's shown some

1:56:10 ↗ results which is great but we're not

1:56:13 ↗ there yet we're not all the way there

1:56:15 ↗ thank you

1:56:16 ↗ um i also had an item for good of the

1:56:18 ↗ order it's kind of a fast one but i just

1:56:20 ↗ want to let you know come january 1st um

1:56:23 ↗ king county district 3 we'll have a new

1:56:25 ↗ council member

1:56:26 ↗ um we have seven mayors within this

1:56:29 ↗ district and uh about um back in august

1:56:33 ↗ we started to have uh some wednesday

1:56:35 ↗ morning meetings to talk about common

1:56:37 ↗ administrative issues that we've had

1:56:40 ↗ we had a luncheon on december 11th and

1:56:42 ↗ that would be duvall redmond carnations

1:56:45 ↗ mokwami north bend spamish and issaquah

1:56:48 ↗ to talk about what a collective agenda

1:56:51 ↗ for our king county council member might

1:56:53 ↗ look like

1:56:54 ↗ we share many common interests in terms

1:56:56 ↗ of transportation projects environmental

1:56:59 ↗ um

1:57:01 ↗ preservation and also flooding issaquah

1:57:04 ↗ you know got flooding history very

1:57:06 ↗ different than our neighbors to the west

1:57:08 ↗ and very similar to our neighbors to the

1:57:10 ↗ east although maybe not at scale

1:57:12 ↗ so we will be coming back

1:57:14 ↗ to echoing the order to our various

1:57:16 ↗ councils and sharing that draft list and

1:57:19 ↗ using that sort of as our our template

1:57:22 ↗ or our playbook within the county to

1:57:23 ↗ make sure that our new county council

1:57:26 ↗ member has a good understanding of the

1:57:27 ↗ needs of the seven cities within our

1:57:30 ↗ district so

1:57:32 ↗ i've gotten information from two cities

1:57:34 ↗ so far and putting it together and at

1:57:36 ↗ some point we'll come back and talk

1:57:37 ↗ about the general strategies and also

1:57:39 ↗ the

1:57:40 ↗ um

1:57:42 ↗ some of the individual items that are

1:57:43 ↗ showing up for different cities but it's

1:57:45 ↗ not something that needs to be formally

1:57:47 ↗ adopted it's just sort of a heads up of

1:57:49 ↗ this is what we're hoping our council

1:57:51 ↗ member can do for us as a district

1:57:55 ↗ and i am not seeing any other comments

1:57:58 ↗ under good of the order there is no

1:58:00 ↗ executive session

1:58:02 ↗ this evening

1:58:03 ↗ and there being no further business the

1:58:06 ↗ meeting is adjourned at 8 58. have a

1:58:08 ↗ great night

1:58:20 ↗ you

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Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Stacy Goodman

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (6)

Adopt Ordinance No. 2961, adopting the 2022 budget; setting forth the estimated revenues and appropriations for each separate fund, and estimated impact on ending fund balances for all such funds combined of the City for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2022 and establishing an effective date; …

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

Carried 7-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Authorize the Mayor to enter into and execute the contract for City Attorney services with Madrona Law Group effective Nov. 1, 2021; and confirm the appointment of Ms. Turpin as City Attorney effective Jan. 1, 2022. . b) AB 8265 - 2022 Legislative Agenda

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

Carried 7-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Approve the 2022 Legislative Agenda as amended.

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

Amend the Policy Manual by adding the following statement to the Policy Manual under the "Land-Use/Growth Management Act (GMA)/Housing" section: • Issaquah supports updates to the Growth Management Act that align with the City’s Climate Action Plan, as outlined in House Bill 1099, as well as funding…

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

Carried 6-0

Postpone AB 8291 to a City Council meeting in Feb. 2022 following a broader conversation on the City Council’s legislative structure at the January 2022 City Council retreat. .

Moved by DE MICHELE · seconded by REH

Carried 7-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

Main motion as amended: Amend the Policy Manual by adding the following statement to the Policy Manual under the "Land-Use/Growth Management Act (GMA)/Housing" section: • Issaquah supports updates to the Growth Management Act that align with the City’s Climate Action Plan, as outlined in House Bill …

Moved by (main motion as amended) · seconded by

Carried 6-0