City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, December 6, 2021 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

First for Roll Call Vote: Councilmember Walsh

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Recognition of King County Councilmember Lambert, City Councilmember Goodman, IT Manager John Traeger, & City Attorney Jim Haney ID 0986

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7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Minutes: City Council Study Session, Sept. 28, 2021

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.55–56

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 09-28-21 Council Study Session Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Council Study Session 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting September 28, 2021 MINUTES

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

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

Minutes: City Council Study Session, Oct. 12, 2021

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.57–59

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Staff report:

d) Good of the Order

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

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

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Oct. 12, 2021

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.61

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 10-12-21 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 9:00 PM Virtual Meeting October 12, 2021 MINUTES

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

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

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Oct. 18, 2021

Carried 6-0

Approve · packet pp.63–69

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR e) 10-18-21 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Virtual Meeting October 18, 2021 MINUTES

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

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

2021 Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map Amendments AB 8191

Carried 6-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.77–111

Topics: Land Use

Previously discussed: Planning Policy Commission · Jan 28, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting · Feb 16, 2021 Planning Policy Commission · Oct 14, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting · Nov 9, 2021

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Staff report:

According to state law, Comprehensive Plan amendments may only be done once a year and a docket (list) of amendments must be established by the City Council. This is to ensure that all the items on the Docket of Comprehensive Plan Amendments ("Docket") are reviewed together in a thoughtful way, not piecemeal as requests trickle in throughout the year.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

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

Amendment to Personnel Policies AB 8209

Carried 6-0

Adopt Ordinance; Approve Resolution · packet pp.113–205

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

The City approved Resolution No. 2001-01 on Jan. 16, 2001 establishing Personnel Policies to provide for the legal and efficient administration of the personnel affairs of the City. The Mayor as the Chief Administrative Officer of the Personnel Code has the authority to prepare and submit to the City Council any proposed amendments to the Personnel Policies that are deemed necessary or desirable.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

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

Third 2021 Budget Amendment AB 8281

Carried 6-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.207–215

Topics: Land UseBudget

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Nov 16, 2020

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Staff report:

Budget amendments are required when the expenditures of a fund are forecast to exceed appropriation level. This budget amendment includes adjustments for 8 of the City's 30 funds. In total, these adjustments account for $11,203,142 in adjusted revenues and $6,644,013 in adjusted expenditures for a net increase in fund balance to all City funds of $4,559,129. The General Fund accounts for $5,535,816 of the increased revenues and $3,069,977 of the increased expenditures, resulting in a net increase of $2,465,839 to General Fund fund balance.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

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

Memorandum of Agreement with King County for Jail Diversion and Reentry Services & Data Sharing AB 8287

Carried 6-0

Authorize · packet pp.217–229

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Staff report:

The City has had an agreement with King County for jail diversion and reentry services since 2017. The previous agreement expired in Dec. 2020.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

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

Amendments to Memorandum of Understanding with Eastside Fire & Rescue for Improvements to Fire Station 71 AB 8288

Carried 6-0

Authorize · packet pp.231–238

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

Fire Station 71, located at 190 E Sunset Way, was constructed in 1965 and lightly remodeled in 1988 and 2014. Station 71 is nearing the end of its useful life and EF&R has identified a need to adjust to population growth in the City by constructing a new station in north Issaquah. This need was presented at the Sept. 3, 2019 City Council meeting through ID 0517. As described in that presentation, the City and EF&R desired to locate a temporary fire station in north Issaquah to provide service while a new Station 71 was being planned and constructed.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

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

Washington Courts Therapeutic Courts Grant AB 8289

Carried 6-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.239–248

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Staff report:

In recognition of an immediate need to bring the Courts most at-risk clients, primarily those suffering from addiction and mental health issues, together with resources already available in the community, the Municipal Court launched a community court model on August 5, 2021. Community Court is a weekly calendar that provides qualified non-violent offenders, on-site access to services specializing in housing, healthcare, chemical dependency, mental health, education, employment, licensing, veteran services, etc. This program was implemented without a budget, without a community court manager and in recognition that this would potentially

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

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

Contract for Legal Services w/Ogden Murphy Wallace AB 8298

Carried 6-0

Authorize · packet pp.249–256

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Staff report:

Mayor Pauly recently issued a request for proposals for City Attorney services. From this process, Rachel Turpin of Madrona Law Group was appointed City Attorney effective January 1, 2022.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

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

Agreement with Hopelink for Low Income Home Water Assistance Program AB 8299

Carried 6-0

Authorize Submittal · packet pp.257–261

Topics: Water

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Staff report:

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. Law. No. 116-260), signed on December 27, 2020, included funding with instructions for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out grants to assist low-income households, particularly those with the lowest incomes, that pay a high proportion of household income for drinking water and wastewater services. The program provides funds to owners or operators of public water systems or treatment works to reduce arrearages of and rates charged to such households for such services.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

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

8. REGULAR BUSINESS

Climate Action Plan AB 8256

Approve · packet pp.265–361

Topics: Climate

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

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Staff report:

D. Presentation

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:16 ↗ welcome everyone i'm going to call to

0:19 ↗ order the monday december

0:22 ↗ 6 2021 city council meeting

0:25 ↗ uh welcome everybody

0:27 ↗ due to the governor's proclamation 28-28

0:30 ↗ relating to the coveted 19 emergency and

0:33 ↗ open public meetings this meeting is

0:35 ↗ being held remotely

0:37 ↗ at this point we'll take a moment to

0:39 ↗ take roll call of the council members in

0:41 ↗ attendance so please stay here when i

0:43 ↗ call your name councilmember d michelle

0:46 ↗ here

0:47 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman here

0:50 ↗ thank you councilmember hall

0:52 ↗ here

0:53 ↗ thank you council president hunt

0:55 ↗ here

0:56 ↗ thank you council member mertz here

0:59 ↗ thank you

1:00 ↗ uh deputy council president ray has an

1:02 ↗ excused absence this evening council

1:04 ↗ member walsh

1:06 ↗ here

1:08 ↗ it's great thank you six in attendance

1:10 ↗ tonight

1:11 ↗ the next item on our agenda is the

1:13 ↗ pledge of allegiance so

1:15 ↗ i would like you to join me but can you

1:17 ↗ please keep your microphone muted

1:22 ↗ i pledge allegiance to the flag of the

1:25 ↗ united states of america

1:27 ↗ and to the republic for which it stands

1:29 ↗ one nation under god indivisible with

1:33 ↗ liberty and justice for all

1:39 ↗ the next item on our meeting tonight

1:42 ↗ which is the last council meeting of the

1:44 ↗ year we think is a special business item

1:48 ↗ uh we're going to do some recognition of

1:50 ↗ our local electives

1:52 ↗ and council members and staff and city

1:54 ↗ attorney and so i'd like to start off

1:57 ↗ first tonight to emphasize councilman

1:59 ↗ lambert who is in

2:01 ↗ the hall please come and join me

2:07 ↗ welcome councilmember lambert welcome

2:11 ↗ councilmember lambert is the current

2:13 ↗ third district uh representative and

2:16 ↗ issaquah is in the king county third

2:17 ↗ district and i want to

2:19 ↗ thank her tonight kathy has served as

2:22 ↗ the king county council member for

2:24 ↗ district 3 for 20 years she has been

2:26 ↗ instrumental in facilitating many

2:28 ↗ projects in issaquah

2:30 ↗ in particular councilmember lambert has

2:32 ↗ been a huge supporter of the issaquah

2:34 ↗ senior center

2:35 ↗ recently she helped the city obtain a

2:37 ↗ second van for the senior center through

2:39 ↗ the casey metro surplus program

2:42 ↗ she also helped provide grant funding

2:44 ↗ that replaced agent equipment

2:46 ↗ aging kitchen equipment that is

2:49 ↗ essential to the success of the meals

2:51 ↗ program at the senior center

2:52 ↗ council member lambert also helped

2:54 ↗ procure and distribute masks for

2:56 ↗ essential workers

2:58 ↗ vulnerable populations and the business

3:00 ↗ community in issaquah during the height

3:02 ↗ of the pandemic

3:03 ↗ we are also very grateful for her

3:05 ↗ assistance in securing a 10 million

3:08 ↗ dollar grant for the proposed city of

3:10 ↗ issaquah transit oriented development

3:12 ↗ project near state route 900 and newport

3:15 ↗ way

3:15 ↗ this mixed-use housing project could

3:18 ↗ provide fifty percent of the units to

3:20 ↗ residents who make less than eighty

3:22 ↗ percent of the average mean income of

3:24 ↗ king county residents council member

3:26 ↗ lambert thank you for your work in the

3:28 ↗ third district and for your many

3:30 ↗ years of service to our region and would

3:32 ↗ you like to say a few words

3:34 ↗ thank you well thank you very much for

3:36 ↗ that introduction it has been a true

3:38 ↗ honor to represent all the people of

3:40 ↗ this district and during the 20 years

3:42 ↗ before the new redistricting in 2010

3:47 ↗ um you weren't in my district and so it

3:49 ↗ was a pleasure to get to know my new

3:51 ↗ members

3:52 ↗ during that time so i thank you so much

3:55 ↗ i think you've had a very successful

3:57 ↗ year

3:58 ↗ during a time that was very unusual in

4:01 ↗ history and i'd like to say that i think

4:03 ↗ that your leadership your mayor and your

4:05 ↗ council and your city employees have

4:08 ↗ done an incredible job of navigating and

4:11 ↗ during the pandemic when we had regular

4:13 ↗ meetings about vaccinations your entire

4:16 ↗ staff

4:17 ↗ did an amazing job

4:19 ↗ and it was just a pleasure to see how

4:21 ↗ well they coordinated and all the things

4:23 ↗ that they did together

4:25 ↗ the mayor went through many of the

4:27 ↗ partnerships that we have done with the

4:29 ↗ county and the city i am very pleased

4:32 ↗ that you're going to be in urban center

4:33 ↗ and i hope that the transit that you

4:35 ↗ need for that will be forthcoming so

4:38 ↗ that it makes it an easy transition for

4:40 ↗ you you are a wonderful city and very

4:43 ↗ glad that um you were in my district i

4:46 ↗ want to wish good um wishes to

4:49 ↗ councilmember goodman as she goes on

4:52 ↗ and

4:53 ↗ thank all the members of working so

4:55 ↗ closely and serving your constituents so

4:59 ↗ very well

5:00 ↗ um in the last comments i would like to

5:03 ↗ make are that there are some really

5:05 ↗ important decisions ahead in the next

5:07 ↗ year

5:08 ↗ and so i hope that the city of issaquah

5:10 ↗ will be a leader in some of those

5:11 ↗ decisions

5:13 ↗ and as we look at the staffing ratio of

5:16 ↗ the sheriff's department in this area

5:19 ↗ you have your own police department but

5:21 ↗ the sheriff backs you up and so i think

5:23 ↗ it's going to be really important for

5:24 ↗ your deputies to know that there's a

5:27 ↗ strong backup in the county and so

5:29 ↗ looking at that ratio is going to be

5:31 ↗ very important and lastly

5:33 ↗ the executive has now said that he will

5:36 ↗ open up a biosolid study

5:39 ↗ and i think that's going to be very

5:40 ↗ important and i hope tola your expertise

5:43 ↗ in science will be there to look at the

5:46 ↗ suppositions and i hope that all these

5:49 ↗ very important but some call nerdy

5:52 ↗ topics will be led

5:54 ↗ in great part by the wonderful

5:56 ↗ leadership of istanbul so thank you so

5:58 ↗ much

6:00 ↗ thank you councilmember and thank you

6:02 ↗ for your service and please stay join us

6:04 ↗ for the rest of the special

6:05 ↗ presentations i'd like to thank you so

6:07 ↗ much

6:11 ↗ the next special celebration

6:15 ↗ sorry this is tisha i'm not sure if

6:17 ↗ you're able to see the chat so i wanted

6:19 ↗ to share with you that council member

6:20 ↗ mart has interest in making comments

6:23 ↗ that would be great thank you i can now

6:25 ↗ but i did miss it thank you very much

6:27 ↗ city clerk that's my remarks

6:29 ↗ thank you madam mayor there's a council

6:31 ↗ member mark uh i just really want to

6:33 ↗ thank outgoing county councilmember

6:34 ↗ lambert for the many great years that

6:37 ↗ she and i spent together working on

6:39 ↗ important issues on gmpc and then on

6:41 ↗ gmtv

6:43 ↗ and i want to thank her particularly for

6:44 ↗ her leadership on waste management

6:47 ↗ technology i'm confident that in 20 or

6:50 ↗ 30 years i'll be standing at a

6:52 ↗ groundbreaking ceremony for a king

6:54 ↗ county incinerator and i hope to see

6:56 ↗ county council member there the county

6:58 ↗ council member lambert mayor thank you

7:01 ↗ thank you very much uh once the

7:04 ↗ executive said in a joke

7:06 ↗ that um he would name it after me the

7:10 ↗ lambert dump and i said well i'd rather

7:12 ↗ be called the energy center because i

7:14 ↗ have lots of energy but the subtitle

7:16 ↗ will be the most important and he said

7:18 ↗ what subtitle i said the one that says

7:20 ↗ when you're hot you're hot

7:23 ↗ thank you council member lambert thank

7:25 ↗ you councilmember martz i can now see

7:27 ↗ this hat as well i've got my notes moved

7:30 ↗ over to the side

7:32 ↗ uh the next uh special presentation i

7:34 ↗ would like to do tonight is for outgoing

7:36 ↗ council member councilmember goodman and

7:38 ↗ i wish i could do this and see her face

7:41 ↗ at the same time as i'm talking so i'm

7:43 ↗ moving my notes again

7:46 ↗ councilmember goodman's involvement in

7:47 ↗ our city began in 1996 as an

7:50 ↗ award-winning reporter of the issofar

7:52 ↗ press she has practiced law at the

7:54 ↗ issoqua firm of carson knoll pllc since

7:57 ↗ 2007.

7:59 ↗ councilmember goodman was appointed to

8:01 ↗ the city council in 2011.

8:04 ↗ she had two very tough challengers that

8:07 ↗ day future council members paul

8:09 ↗ winterstein and future council member

8:11 ↗ mary lou paulie were also

8:13 ↗ vying for that very same seat

8:16 ↗ maybe it was her experience in

8:18 ↗ journalism

8:19 ↗ or in her law practice or the fact that

8:21 ↗ she drew number one and got to go first

8:24 ↗ but it was pretty clear after she spoke

8:26 ↗ that day who was going to be appointed

8:28 ↗ to that seat

8:30 ↗ i have had the great pleasure of working

8:31 ↗ with councilmember gibbon for the last

8:33 ↗ eight years and i have learned

8:35 ↗ invaluable lessons about good policy

8:38 ↗ making

8:39 ↗ do your homework

8:41 ↗ come ready to share and explore

8:44 ↗ don't make up your mind until all the

8:46 ↗ questions have been asked and answered

8:48 ↗ and everybody has been heard

8:51 ↗ always invite the stranger to the table

8:54 ↗ meaning whoever may be impacted or

8:56 ↗ affected by this decision

8:59 ↗ make sure they're all voices are in the

9:01 ↗ conversation

9:03 ↗ make sure you explain your decision make

9:05 ↗ decision making on camera to the people

9:07 ↗ who have elected you to serve this

9:10 ↗ community

9:11 ↗ and meet the people where the people are

9:14 ↗ and that is not typically at our council

9:16 ↗ meetings

9:17 ↗ i am grateful for serving in council

9:19 ↗ leadership with stacy for two years and

9:21 ↗ in her commitment to responding to all

9:24 ↗ resident and community comments that

9:26 ↗ were sent to the council email address

9:28 ↗ so let them know

9:30 ↗ we hear you

9:32 ↗ and we will do what we can do to help

9:34 ↗ i am grateful that councilmember goodman

9:36 ↗ had the resolve to propose the very

9:38 ↗ difficult decision

9:39 ↗ to place a short-term moratorium on

9:41 ↗ central issaquah development until

9:43 ↗ emerging issues were addressed and all

9:46 ↗ of the hard work that followed in the

9:48 ↗ next year and a half to clarify

9:50 ↗ community expectations and outcomes

9:53 ↗ i appreciated her responsiveness to

9:55 ↗ resident concerns about excessive truck

9:57 ↗ traffic on east sunset way and her

10:00 ↗ willingness to propose revisiting the

10:02 ↗ truck route designations

10:04 ↗ also her proposal to restrict revenues

10:06 ↗ that we receive as a city

10:08 ↗ for school traffic speed camera

10:10 ↗ violations and allocate those strictly

10:13 ↗ for safety improvements versus just

10:15 ↗ placing them in the general fund

10:17 ↗ she is a creative and a responsive

10:20 ↗ problem solver

10:21 ↗ it has been an incredible learning

10:23 ↗ opportunity for me to work with council

10:26 ↗ member goodman and i appreciate all the

10:28 ↗ effort thoughtfulness and care for the

10:30 ↗ community that goes into great policy

10:33 ↗ making for that experience i am

10:35 ↗ eternally grateful

10:37 ↗ stacey i'd like to present you

10:39 ↗ with a couple of things

10:41 ↗ obviously virtually

10:43 ↗ but first off

10:45 ↗ i feel like i'm doing a little bit of a

10:47 ↗ vanna white but we have a plaque for you

10:49 ↗ thanking you for your years of service

10:52 ↗ 2011 to 2021.

10:55 ↗ and in addition we started a few years

10:57 ↗ ago

10:58 ↗ where we take some of the beautiful

11:00 ↗ beautiful salmon days art that we've

11:02 ↗ received over the years

11:04 ↗ um there's they've always sent two

11:06 ↗ copies not really sure why and this will

11:08 ↗ be able to go home with you and

11:09 ↗ hopefully remind you of all the

11:12 ↗ wonderful benefit and the amazing amount

11:14 ↗ of work that you did to make this

11:16 ↗ community an amazing place

11:18 ↗ i just want to thank you so much for

11:20 ↗ your service

11:22 ↗ thank you stacy

11:26 ↗ and i'm just uh again moving my script

11:29 ↗ around to make sure i am not missing

11:30 ↗ anything

11:33 ↗ okay oh councilmember goodman did i miss

11:35 ↗ you wanting to make a comment earlier if

11:37 ↗ so i apologize

11:40 ↗ uh

11:41 ↗ yeah that's okay i just want to thank

11:43 ↗ kathy lambert for um the things we've

11:46 ↗ worked on together and one of the things

11:47 ↗ that we worked on together is the um

11:50 ↗ the king county's adoption day um

11:53 ↗ every fall and uh she and i were there

11:56 ↗ have been there together at the

11:57 ↗ courthouse on that very very special

11:59 ↗ occasion and um her leadership and her

12:02 ↗ compassion

12:03 ↗ um are just unmatched in that arena i

12:06 ↗ just wanted to thank her for all that

12:07 ↗ she's done

12:09 ↗ in that area too

12:10 ↗ kathy and i are still here together so

12:12 ↗ thank you for sharing that that's

12:13 ↗ fantastic

12:17 ↗ oh councilmember martz would like to

12:18 ↗ make a comment

12:20 ↗ thank you madam mayor um so

12:22 ↗ councilmember griffin knows that i like

12:24 ↗ numbers more than just about anything

12:27 ↗ um she's been on council

12:30 ↗ 3927 days that would be 10 years eight

12:33 ↗ months and 29 days and i realized when i

12:37 ↗ coming up with that number i've actually

12:39 ↗ worked with stacy longer than i've

12:41 ↗ worked with anyone else ever in my

12:43 ↗ career i worked eight and a half years

12:45 ↗ at blue origin in seven and a half years

12:47 ↗ at iv

12:48 ↗ so 39 27 days 39 27 issues probably 39

12:54 ↗ 27 opportunities for collaboration

12:57 ↗ i didn't always avail myself of that

12:59 ↗ collaboration which is unfortunate

13:01 ↗ because councilmember goodman was always

13:03 ↗ prepared always had a well-considered

13:05 ↗ and well-thought-out position and those

13:08 ↗ positions always considered community

13:10 ↗ concerns and aspirations

13:12 ↗ we didn't always agree but i always

13:14 ↗ wanted to know what councilmember

13:15 ↗ goodman thought before taking a vote i

13:17 ↗ want to thank her for that

13:19 ↗ thank you councilmember mertz

13:21 ↗ finally oops sorry

13:23 ↗ go ahead

13:25 ↗ councilmember goodman was appointed on

13:27 ↗ march 7th 2011 to replace council member

13:29 ↗ and former council president marine

13:31 ↗ mccarry i was lucky enough to be good

13:33 ↗ friends with maureen

13:35 ↗ and i knew how excited she was about

13:38 ↗ councilmember goodman's appointment

13:40 ↗ former council member mccary passed away

13:42 ↗ in 2013 but i'm confident she would be

13:45 ↗ pleased and proud of the decades of

13:46 ↗ leadership that council member goodman

13:48 ↗ has provided to the city and to this

13:50 ↗ body thank you

13:52 ↗ that's lovely thank you councilmember

13:53 ↗ mertz councilmember d michelle

13:57 ↗ thank you i i too would like to praise

14:00 ↗ councilmember goodman

14:02 ↗ uh we've known each other for a long

14:04 ↗ time uh

14:05 ↗ uh probably i'm guessing around 25 years

14:09 ↗ i was on the school board and stacy was

14:11 ↗ a reporter and

14:13 ↗ all of the wonderful uh items that

14:16 ↗ council member marks mentioned were very

14:18 ↗ evident when she was a reporter for the

14:20 ↗ issaquah press the fairness and the

14:22 ↗ accuracy and the preparedness

14:25 ↗ that we knew then and then over the

14:27 ↗ years i've known her because she's been

14:29 ↗ very active in so many

14:31 ↗ so many

14:33 ↗ uh activities that support our community

14:36 ↗ but stacy what i'm going to take forward

14:39 ↗ i'm sorry councilmember goodman what i'm

14:41 ↗ going to take forward is

14:43 ↗ uh you're wonderful i i hear it in my

14:46 ↗ head all the time now what problem are

14:48 ↗ we trying to solve

14:51 ↗ and i promise that i will take that

14:53 ↗ forward in the work that we continue to

14:55 ↗ do

14:56 ↗ um i think that's it's going to be one

14:59 ↗ of your many many legacies to this group

15:01 ↗ and uh just uh best wishes uh on your

15:05 ↗ journey forward

15:07 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle

15:09 ↗ councilmember goodman you're our

15:10 ↗ treasurer

15:12 ↗ so thank you all that was very nice

15:14 ↗ councilmember goodman would you like to

15:16 ↗ address us now that i've thoroughly

15:18 ↗ embarrassed you when i told you i

15:20 ↗ wouldn't do that

15:22 ↗ um

15:24 ↗ no probably not because i'll just start

15:26 ↗ crying okay

15:28 ↗ you know people

15:30 ↗ um ask me are you excited are you

15:32 ↗ excited to have all this time

15:34 ↗ no i'm not excited um this has been

15:38 ↗ um just the most incredible experience

15:46 ↗ and i just want to

15:51 ↗ thank the

15:52 ↗ community so

15:56 ↗ thanks the community for letting me

15:58 ↗ serve them

16:03 ↗ on behalf of the community thank

16:06 ↗ you oh hope we got all the clears out

16:09 ↗ with that one wow that was tough

16:11 ↗ okay next up um i'd also like to do some

16:14 ↗ special recognition for one of our

16:17 ↗ employees

16:18 ↗ who has also served as a council member

16:21 ↗ who has also volunteered on boards and

16:23 ↗ commissions

16:24 ↗ and he's probably the only other person

16:26 ↗ in the city that can challenge me for

16:28 ↗ almost 30 years of service to the city

16:32 ↗ so john trager

16:34 ↗ john has been our i.t manager and he is

16:38 ↗ retiring at the end of the year he has

16:40 ↗ served our community in so many

16:42 ↗ capacities including city council member

16:44 ↗ from 2008 to 2011 he was the vice chair

16:48 ↗ of the economic vitality commission from

16:50 ↗ 2012 to 2015 and most recently as

16:54 ↗ issaquah's i.t manager since 2015

16:58 ↗ john has implemented and supported new

17:00 ↗ technologies to help the city become

17:02 ↗ more efficient

17:03 ↗ and high performing as an organization

17:06 ↗ john has built and mentored an excellent

17:09 ↗ i.t team committed to customer service

17:12 ↗ security and serving issaquah

17:14 ↗ john i have a couple of gifts for you as

17:17 ↗ well

17:18 ↗ first off

17:21 ↗ again another service plaque and this is

17:24 ↗ pretty good in recognition of nearly 30

17:26 ↗ years of dedicated service to the city

17:28 ↗ of issaquah

17:29 ↗ very few of these i'm sure

17:33 ↗ so thank you for all your service in all

17:35 ↗ varying capacities and because we

17:37 ↗ started this tradition before you left

17:39 ↗ as council member we've also picked a

17:42 ↗ selection of cinnamon day's art that we

17:44 ↗ hope that you and annette enjoy in your

17:46 ↗ house as well

17:48 ↗ and john um congratulations it's

17:51 ↗ retirement this is fantastic we thank

17:53 ↗ you for all your service in so many ways

17:56 ↗ and

17:57 ↗ would you like to say anything to the

17:59 ↗ council in the audience

18:02 ↗ sure um well i think everybody here on

18:05 ↗ the council is relatively familiar with

18:06 ↗ me

18:07 ↗ uh i do remember when stacy

18:10 ↗ first showed up in 96 and was covering

18:13 ↗ the development commission

18:16 ↗ and then tried to convince her that she

18:18 ↗ could definitely do counsel and then

18:19 ↗ sure enough

18:21 ↗ she was one of the best so it was pretty

18:23 ↗ awesome

18:25 ↗ um

18:26 ↗ yeah and it's been a real honor to serve

18:28 ↗ the city in the last six years

18:30 ↗ um you know the great efforts of both

18:32 ↗ the i.t team and the city staff and all

18:35 ↗ departments

18:36 ↗ uh really managed to transform the city

18:38 ↗ from what was a really paper bound green

18:40 ↗ screen non-secure 1990s

18:44 ↗ state of technology

18:46 ↗ and that i found when i got here in 2015

18:49 ↗ to modern efficient and secure

18:51 ↗ technology platform that puts the stay

18:53 ↗ in a position for a really good future

18:56 ↗ you know as a technology leader in a

18:58 ↗ city you inevitably end up playing a

19:00 ↗ role in just about every department and

19:02 ↗ every function

19:03 ↗ and

19:04 ↗ doing that i met all kinds of great

19:06 ↗ staff in the city

19:08 ↗ and have seen you know new staff learn

19:11 ↗ and grow and become leaders themselves

19:13 ↗ just under six years

19:15 ↗ and i'm continually impressed by in our

19:17 ↗ dedication to service that comes from

19:19 ↗ everybody that works in the city

19:22 ↗ and so we've come a long ways in the

19:24 ↗ last six years there's been a lot of

19:25 ↗ change not just technology

19:27 ↗ and i'm grateful for any small part that

19:30 ↗ i had and have been making that happen

19:33 ↗ and so i think the future of the city

19:35 ↗ looks really good

19:36 ↗ and i'm excited about it and i'm not

19:38 ↗ going anywhere i am retiring from trying

19:41 ↗ to make a buck

19:43 ↗ and uh just going to enjoy having fun

19:45 ↗ and stay in issaquah it's a great place

19:47 ↗ to live

19:48 ↗ that's fantastic thank you john

19:51 ↗ um a city ministry of bad quits like to

19:53 ↗ add comment

19:54 ↗ yes thank you madam mayor um you know

19:56 ↗ john's very modest um i've been in local

19:59 ↗ government working in various

20:00 ↗ communities in various states through

20:02 ↗ the better part of 30 years and i have

20:04 ↗ never met a more tenacious

20:06 ↗ i.t manager

20:08 ↗ john does not accept no for an answer

20:11 ↗ and he doesn't normally have to because

20:13 ↗ he's usually right

20:15 ↗ and that's only with my two years being

20:17 ↗ here you know he he set us up

20:20 ↗ for

20:21 ↗ the horrors of a pandemic

20:23 ↗ and we hardly broke a sweat where it

20:26 ↗ took months and months of our neighbor

20:28 ↗ communities some of them very very large

20:31 ↗ to sort out how to operate

20:33 ↗ you know john and his team

20:36 ↗ you know they had it all figured out

20:37 ↗ very quickly either with technology we

20:39 ↗ were using and could use better uh with

20:41 ↗ things that were on a shelf ready to go

20:44 ↗ with laptops for nearly all employees

20:47 ↗ before we before the pandemic started uh

20:49 ↗ you know john we owe you a tremendous

20:51 ↗ debt of gratitude for all of your years

20:53 ↗ of service but especially these last two

20:56 ↗ that you and your team really allowed us

20:58 ↗ to continue to serve the residents of

21:00 ↗ this squad uh in some really

21:03 ↗ truly unheard of unexpected situations

21:06 ↗ uh the tech that we had ready to go

21:08 ↗ really made a difference so again on

21:10 ↗ behalf of all of us who've had the

21:11 ↗ opportunity to work with you over the

21:13 ↗ years uh thank you very much and best

21:15 ↗ wishes

21:16 ↗ thank you city that's great at bob quits

21:19 ↗ john i just want to do one more thank

21:21 ↗ you personally friend to friend

21:23 ↗ john and i met very very early on in the

21:26 ↗ 90s

21:27 ↗ when just after my family had moved here

21:29 ↗ and was really interested in learning

21:31 ↗ about the outdoors

21:32 ↗ and our families have been skiing

21:34 ↗ together for almost three decades so

21:37 ↗ boys going off with fathers to different

21:39 ↗ ski vacations

21:41 ↗ john probably going with me on the first

21:43 ↗ day i tried back country skiing yeah it

21:45 ↗ was hard um so just really glad that you

21:48 ↗ and annette are staying in town thank

21:50 ↗ you for the wonderful work you did here

21:52 ↗ thank you for your volunteerism in the

21:53 ↗ community and just re really wishing you

21:56 ↗ the best for your retirement

21:58 ↗ yeah thank you you know public service

22:00 ↗ just uh happens you know you get asked

22:03 ↗ and you just answer

22:05 ↗ and it started that way with the

22:06 ↗ development commission i called up to

22:08 ↗ complain about something they asked me

22:10 ↗ if i could read a blueprint next thing

22:12 ↗ you know i want to develop a commission

22:14 ↗ and then later i get cornered by some

22:15 ↗ council members and say i think you

22:17 ↗ should run for council

22:18 ↗ and then later after i left the council

22:21 ↗ i was an i.t consultant and i got

22:23 ↗ approached

22:24 ↗ by a city administrator said help

22:27 ↗ we need help

22:28 ↗ we need to change how we use technology

22:30 ↗ and so i decided

22:31 ↗ take the plunge back into government so

22:33 ↗ it's been interesting and fun and never

22:34 ↗ a dull moment for sure

22:36 ↗ no there hasn't thank you and thank you

22:38 ↗ for helping us for the last two years

22:39 ↗ it's been really hard and your team has

22:41 ↗ just been outstanding

22:43 ↗ thank you john i have one more special

22:46 ↗ presentation this evening monday if jim

22:49 ↗ haney could turn on his camera for us

22:55 ↗ hi jim

22:59 ↗ ogden murphy wallace has provided legal

23:01 ↗ services to the city since 1983 and

23:04 ↗ prior to jim haney's service as city

23:06 ↗ attorney he served in many roles he

23:08 ↗ began his service to the city of

23:10 ↗ issaquah as a prosecuting attorney for

23:13 ↗ many years he worked on land use issues

23:15 ↗ for the city he is well practiced on all

23:17 ↗ facets of municipal representation and

23:20 ↗ has represented washington cities and

23:22 ↗ special purpose districts for more than

23:24 ↗ 50 years

23:26 ↗ jim i'm not sure about that number i

23:27 ↗ don't think

23:28 ↗ it's

23:29 ↗ here okay there you go typo we gave you

23:31 ↗ 10 more years it didn't seem right

23:34 ↗ jim has served as issaquah city attorney

23:36 ↗ since 2016 and will continue to work on

23:39 ↗ select projects into 2022 as noted by

23:43 ↗ ab-8298 which was on which is on

23:46 ↗ tonight's consent agenda jim

23:49 ↗ we also have a plaque for you i do not

23:51 ↗ have it with me tonight but we'll make

23:53 ↗ sure to get it to you and i just wanted

23:56 ↗ to thank you for your dedication to the

23:58 ↗ city of issaquah over such a long long

24:01 ↗ long period of time thank you very much

24:05 ↗ thank you mayor and if i could i'd just

24:07 ↗ like to say that

24:09 ↗ i want to say thanks to all members of

24:11 ↗ the council and to you for your support

24:13 ↗ over the last

24:14 ↗ six years or so that i've been five or

24:16 ↗ six years that i've been the city

24:18 ↗ attorney

24:19 ↗ and

24:21 ↗ succeeding wayne tanaka in that role

24:24 ↗ i'd also like to thank you on behalf of

24:26 ↗ the firm for the 38 years

24:29 ↗ that

24:30 ↗ you've contracted with us for your city

24:32 ↗ attorney services and as the mayor said

24:35 ↗ uh i started with the city of issaquah

24:38 ↗ where i started with ogden murphy

24:40 ↗ wallace on march 1 1983

24:43 ↗ and one of my first assignments was to

24:45 ↗ be the city prosecutor so i've had a

24:48 ↗ long history with the city and have

24:49 ↗ enjoyed every minute of it

24:52 ↗ it's been my honor and privilege to

24:54 ↗ serve as your city attorney i've

24:56 ↗ thoroughly enjoyed working with all of

24:58 ↗ you and with your excellent staff

25:02 ↗ and i look forward to the changing role

25:05 ↗ that we'll have and to continuing to

25:07 ↗ work with you on some issues so i wish

25:10 ↗ you all the best as you move into 2022

25:12 ↗ and beyond thank you very much

25:15 ↗ thank you jim

25:16 ↗ if you had 50 years of service you'd

25:18 ↗ just have started with us when you were

25:20 ↗ a baby so that number really didn't look

25:22 ↗ quite right to me

25:24 ↗ it feels like 15 years sometimes but

25:27 ↗ okay that makes sense uh city

25:29 ↗ administrator bob comitz

25:31 ↗ yes thank you madam mayor i just want to

25:32 ↗ add on behalf of the staff the city of

25:35 ↗ isquad our thanks to jim and abdu murphy

25:37 ↗ wallace for their uh representation uh

25:40 ↗ you know the role of the contract city

25:42 ↗ attorney uh is sometimes either phishing

25:44 ↗ or foul they're not a city employee but

25:46 ↗ certainly uh have the responsibilities

25:48 ↗ to

25:50 ↗ protect and uh

25:51 ↗ you know keep us in good stead and jim

25:54 ↗ again on behalf of all of us here

25:56 ↗ you've worked with the city over your

25:58 ↗ six years as city attorney i want to

26:00 ↗ thank you

26:01 ↗ for your representation and wish you all

26:02 ↗ the best in the future

26:06 ↗ very nice thank you city administrator

26:08 ↗ bob kuitz

26:09 ↗ i'd like to ask the council's permission

26:11 ↗ for a two-minute recess so i can

26:13 ↗ reposition myself into a different

26:15 ↗ office again

26:16 ↗ okay it is 7 41 and we'll be back on

26:20 ↗ screen

26:21 ↗ uh let's say at 7 45.

31:06 ↗ thank you very much travis

31:08 ↗ um welcome back it is 7 46 we're

31:11 ↗ returning from our break and our

31:12 ↗ christmas photo opportunity i really

31:15 ↗ enjoyed that last part of the meeting

31:17 ↗ getting to provide recognition to those

31:20 ↗ that have served so long in so many

31:21 ↗ different capacities to the benefit of

31:23 ↗ our community

31:24 ↗ we're moving on now into audience

31:26 ↗ comments and for those of you who

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31:55 ↗ city clerk has anyone signed up to speak

31:57 ↗ for general audience comments are

31:59 ↗ indicated a desire to speak this evening

32:02 ↗ yes

32:04 ↗ thank you

32:05 ↗ for those making comments i have a few

32:07 ↗ guidelines

32:08 ↗ please make sure to direct your comments

32:09 ↗ at the whole city council and not

32:11 ↗ individuals

32:12 ↗ and while this is not a question and

32:14 ↗ answer session we will contact you to

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32:23 ↗ and relationship to the city

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32:28 ↗ please limit your comments to five

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32:44 ↗ if able

32:45 ↗ personal attacks obscene language

32:47 ↗ derogatory remarks and disruptive

32:49 ↗ behavior will not be permitted

32:52 ↗ citizen comments written and verbal are

32:54 ↗ an important aspect of the public

32:55 ↗ process and the city takes comments

32:58 ↗ seriously we thank you for taking the

33:00 ↗ time to address us this evening

33:02 ↗ city clerk can you please identify the

33:04 ↗ first person who has signed up to speak

33:07 ↗ yes larry franks larry in just a minute

33:09 ↗ here i'll make you a panelist you should

33:11 ↗ then have the option to unmute and can

33:13 ↗ also turn your video on if you'd like

33:21 ↗ i'll stick to the just the verbal part

33:24 ↗ my name is larry franks i've been a

33:26 ↗ resident of the city of issaquah for 49

33:29 ↗ years at 24001

33:32 ↗ southeast 103rd street

33:34 ↗ my message is brief

33:36 ↗ thank you thank you for passing the

33:38 ↗ climate action plan in front of you the

33:41 ↗ city of israel is leading the way thank

33:43 ↗ you i'm done

33:46 ↗ thank you very much larry

33:48 ↗ uh the next

33:50 ↗ person to make comments

33:55 ↗ yes next we have mega mishra

33:59 ↗ mega in just a moment i'll move you up

34:01 ↗ as a panelist you then should see the

34:02 ↗ option to unmute and can choose to turn

34:04 ↗ your video on

34:20 ↗ good evening my name is megamischer and

34:22 ↗ i'm a resident of sammamish i also am a

34:25 ↗ student at gibson neck here in issaquah

34:27 ↗ as well as a member of sustainability

34:28 ↗ ambassadors a professional development

34:31 ↗ program for student leaders teacher

34:32 ↗ leaders and community leaders committed

34:34 ↗ to rapidly advancing a sustainable

34:36 ↗ future

34:37 ↗ at sustainability ambassadors we design

34:39 ↗ and implement projects at the individual

34:41 ↗ community and city level all of these

34:43 ↗ projects align with the goals and

34:45 ↗ actions of king county city's climate

34:47 ↗ collaboration we plan to create a more

34:50 ↗ specific alignment table for the city of

34:52 ↗ issaquah once the climate action plan is

34:55 ↗ passed this is what i came to speak with

34:57 ↗ you about the imperative for this

34:59 ↗ council to adopt the strongest possible

35:01 ↗ climate action plan for our city in our

35:03 ↗ current world it is becoming

35:05 ↗ increasingly urgent to take climate

35:07 ↗ action if we do nothing our future

35:09 ↗ generations will be left with a world

35:10 ↗ that is unlivable we must take

35:12 ↗ accountability for our past actions and

35:14 ↗ ownership of our future actions

35:17 ↗ issaquah's climate action plan sets the

35:19 ↗ guidelines for establishing a better

35:20 ↗ world starting with one city our climate

35:23 ↗ action plan will not only provide for

35:25 ↗ future generations but set an example

35:27 ↗ for surrounding cities we at

35:29 ↗ sustainability ambassadors are

35:30 ↗ incredibly passionate about taking steps

35:33 ↗ large and small to reach regional

35:34 ↗ sustainability goals by approving

35:37 ↗ issaquah's climate action plan we can

35:38 ↗ turn around the damage that has been

35:40 ↗ caused by our past short-sighted

35:42 ↗ decisions we appreciate your time

35:45 ↗ dedication to your city and willingness

35:47 ↗ to learn thank you

35:48 ↗ thank you megan

35:50 ↗ hey declare

35:51 ↗ next person signed up to speak

35:54 ↗ next we have paul winterstein

35:57 ↗ paul in just a moment here you'll be

35:59 ↗ moved up as a panelist you'll have the

36:01 ↗ option to unmute and can choose to turn

36:03 ↗ your video on

36:14 ↗ hello can you hear me

36:16 ↗ yes we can

36:17 ↗ great thank you

36:20 ↗ hello mayor paulie members of the

36:22 ↗ council my name is paul winterstein i

36:23 ↗ live on mount logan drive on squawk

36:25 ↗ mountain here in issaquah

36:27 ↗ i came here tonight to express my

36:28 ↗ gratitude to councilmember lambert for

36:30 ↗ her hard work and leadership and 20

36:32 ↗ years of determined service to her

36:34 ↗ constituents and the people of king

36:36 ↗ county as a whole i thank you council

36:38 ↗ member lambert i may you enjoy life and

36:40 ↗ the love of family as never before

36:43 ↗ i also want to thank the good public

36:44 ↗ servants jim haney and john trager

36:47 ↗ you're both professionals and it was

36:49 ↗ clear to me when i was on council that

36:50 ↗ you always gave your best

36:52 ↗ you both made a positive impact on those

36:55 ↗ that you assisted

36:57 ↗ finally i want to give a plus one to

36:59 ↗ mayor paulie's and council members

37:00 ↗ marx's and andy michelle's earlier

37:02 ↗ comments about councilmember goodman but

37:04 ↗ i want to express my own deepest

37:07 ↗ gratitude to councilmember goodman you

37:09 ↗ know one of the best things that ever

37:11 ↗ happened to me

37:12 ↗ was to lose the appointment to the open

37:14 ↗ council seat to her in 2011

37:17 ↗ that gave me the opportunity to sit in

37:19 ↗ the audience during council committee

37:21 ↗ meetings and watch and frankly marvel at

37:24 ↗ her hard work determination and tenacity

37:27 ↗ as she led the council to the

37:28 ↗ establishment of the rally development

37:30 ↗ agreement a piece of legislation that

37:32 ↗ became the foundation for the later

37:34 ↗ central issaquah plan and then as

37:36 ↗ already mentioned then years later and

37:38 ↗ from a seat on the council i watched and

37:40 ↗ admired as council member goodman in

37:42 ↗ response to the central issaquah plan

37:44 ↗ that wasn't living up to exp

37:46 ↗ expectations she took the initiative

37:49 ↗ rallied the whole council and led us

37:50 ↗ through a moratorium that in the end

37:53 ↗ vastly improved the plan's outcomes for

37:55 ↗ the greater long-term benefit of our

37:57 ↗ city

37:58 ↗ that was the sausage making of good

38:00 ↗ governance it's not always pretty but it

38:02 ↗ has to get done even though years later

38:05 ↗ almost no one will remember or know that

38:07 ↗ it took someone with courage and grit to

38:09 ↗ do the right thing

38:11 ↗ as noted earlier those are just a

38:13 ↗ fraction of the notable achievements and

38:15 ↗ council members time in service to the

38:17 ↗ people of issaquah i will wrap up with a

38:19 ↗ few other thoughts about her impact

38:22 ↗ stacy takes the fight to the injustice

38:24 ↗ wherever she sees it never giving ground

38:26 ↗ always standing for what is right she

38:28 ↗ opens eyes and minds and is a role model

38:31 ↗ and inspiration

38:32 ↗ some people just assume that opportunity

38:35 ↗ is their privilege theirs for the taking

38:37 ↗ council member can see that mirage in

38:39 ↗ the minds of others and sets out to

38:41 ↗ smash it to pieces and in doing so

38:43 ↗ knocks the shingles from our eyes

38:45 ↗ inspires and becomes a role model that

38:47 ↗ we need

38:48 ↗ this doesn't have to do with

38:50 ↗ infrastructure transportation planning

38:52 ↗ parks public safety or budgets or

38:54 ↗ moratoriums

38:56 ↗ it's about service to others about

38:58 ↗ service that transcends

39:00 ↗ it's about service that transforms

39:03 ↗ and that's how i will remember council

39:04 ↗ member goodman's service to me

39:06 ↗ personally and to the people of issaquah

39:09 ↗ thank you

39:10 ↗ thank you paul that was lovely

39:13 ↗ um city clerk who's next signed up to

39:15 ↗ speak tonight

39:18 ↗ next we have anne newcomb

39:20 ↗ and in just a moment here you'll be

39:22 ↗ moved up as a panelist you can unmute

39:24 ↗ and may choose to turn your video on

39:37 ↗ hello

39:39 ↗ i am

39:40 ↗ good to see everyone my name is anne

39:42 ↗ newcomb

39:43 ↗ i am sorry i'm

39:46 ↗ getting rid of some stuff on my screen

39:48 ↗ i live at 16650 246 place southeast

39:51 ↗ issaquah washington

39:53 ↗ it's on the south end of town

39:56 ↗ um

39:57 ↗ so as you vote tonight on the issaquah

40:00 ↗ climate action plan

40:02 ↗ please remember that the climate crisis

40:05 ↗ is urgent and we need

40:07 ↗ to take meaningful action now

40:10 ↗ some voices are calling for delay and

40:13 ↗ additional research

40:14 ↗ but those voices are part of an old

40:17 ↗ narrative which has played a big part in

40:19 ↗ getting us

40:20 ↗ into this sad mess

40:23 ↗ as our climate heats up due to increased

40:25 ↗ greenhouse gas emissions we are seeing

40:28 ↗ the following disasters unfold

40:30 ↗ more droughts

40:32 ↗ extreme forests grass and bushfires

40:35 ↗ leading to death to dislike placement

40:38 ↗ and respiratory disease as well as the

40:41 ↗ accumulation of black soot on glaciers

40:43 ↗ creating faster melt

40:46 ↗ and of course carbon is released in the

40:48 ↗ atmosphere as trees vegetation burn

40:52 ↗ other disasters more disasters floods

40:55 ↗ and landslides

40:57 ↗ extreme heat leading to heat related

41:00 ↗ deaths

41:01 ↗ reduced snowpack leading to less water

41:04 ↗ in streams and aquifers

41:06 ↗ crop failures sea level rise leading to

41:09 ↗ displaced

41:11 ↗ communities

41:13 ↗ earth's history tells us the safe level

41:16 ↗ of atmospheric co2 is 350 parts per

41:19 ↗ million

41:20 ↗ but we passed that safe mark years ago

41:22 ↗ and are currently at 420 parts per

41:25 ↗ million

41:26 ↗ earth has not had co2 levels this high

41:29 ↗ in millions of years

41:32 ↗ issaquah has been talking about reducing

41:34 ↗ greenhouse gas emissions for years

41:37 ↗ now we need strong and swift action to

41:39 ↗ make it happen

41:42 ↗ issaquah has put

41:44 ↗ a lot of thoughtful and expert time

41:46 ↗ into the icap

41:49 ↗ and the thoroughness is reflected

41:52 ↗ to meet our important k-4c goals of

41:56 ↗ reduced sources of greenhouse gas

41:58 ↗ emissions compared to 2007 baseline by

42:00 ↗ 25

42:03 ↗ by 20 by 2020 50

42:06 ↗ by 2030 and 80 by 2050 we will need

42:09 ↗ meaningful action

42:11 ↗ as you know we did not reach the first

42:14 ↗ goal of 2025 reduction

42:18 ↗ or

42:18 ↗ 25 reduction by 2020 so reaching our

42:22 ↗ second goal in 2030 is even

42:24 ↗ more of a challenge

42:26 ↗ but we can do it and the icap is an

42:28 ↗ excellent guide to the following

42:31 ↗ to to follow to get us there

42:35 ↗ and by the way i'm so proud of you all

42:38 ↗ and your amazing leaders and

42:41 ↗ i know you will vote to pass the

42:44 ↗ issaquah climate action plan tonight

42:46 ↗ and

42:48 ↗ i'm just really proud to live in

42:49 ↗ issaquah because you're all such amazing

42:52 ↗ leaders and people and so

42:54 ↗ really

42:55 ↗ have grasped all of this environmental

42:57 ↗ stuff so thank you

43:00 ↗ thank you for your comments anne

43:02 ↗ city clerk do we have anyone else signed

43:03 ↗ up to speak this evening

43:05 ↗ we do christy gerard christie i will

43:08 ↗ make you a panelist now

43:18 ↗ good evening my name is christy gerard i

43:20 ↗ am the executive director for issaquah

43:23 ↗ highlands council and a proud resident

43:26 ↗ of the issaquah highlands urban village

43:28 ↗ and just wanted to take a brief moment

43:30 ↗ on behalf of the issaquah highlands

43:32 ↗ community to thank stacy goodman and

43:34 ↗ kathy lambert for your many years of

43:36 ↗ service and leadership

43:39 ↗ stacy is an issaquah highlands neighbor

43:41 ↗ we look so forward to working with you

43:43 ↗ in the new year and in the years to come

43:47 ↗ and kathy we are grateful for your

43:48 ↗ support of the squad highlands over the

43:50 ↗ years and wish you the best in this next

43:53 ↗ live chapter

43:54 ↗ thank you

43:56 ↗ christy thank you for the time to coming

43:57 ↗ to for coming tonight city clerk we have

44:00 ↗ anyone else signed up for comments

44:03 ↗ we do we have two more people signed up

44:04 ↗ for comments and if there's anyone else

44:06 ↗ on the call who'd like to make comments

44:08 ↗ please send me the host a chat message

44:10 ↗ or raise your virtual hand

44:12 ↗ by finding the small hand icon in the

44:15 ↗ participant panel the next person who

44:17 ↗ signed up to speak is ann fletcher

44:21 ↗ and i will make you a panelist now

44:33 ↗ greetings everyone

44:35 ↗ my name is ann fletcher

44:37 ↗ i'm a long time resident of issaquah

44:40 ↗ and a people for climate action leader

44:45 ↗ i already sent

44:47 ↗ you a petition

44:49 ↗ of 60 area residents who urge you to

44:52 ↗ approve this climate action plan

44:56 ↗ and a number of residents are also

44:59 ↗ attending the meeting

45:01 ↗ in support of this plan

45:04 ↗ i want to reiterate

45:06 ↗ my thanks to all the members of the

45:08 ↗ community

45:10 ↗ and the boards and the commissions

45:13 ↗ the mayor administration and staff

45:17 ↗ they have worked jointly to create a

45:20 ↗ high quality plan

45:23 ↗ and this plan is a living document i

45:27 ↗ love that about it its implementation

45:29 ↗ guide will allow it to be further

45:31 ↗ developed as we learn more and try

45:34 ↗ things out a real scientific approach

45:39 ↗ and then we will truly be able to meet

45:42 ↗ and achieve these crucial goals

45:47 ↗ i do want to point out one potential gap

45:52 ↗ and i haven't succeeded in getting it

45:54 ↗ across yet

45:56 ↗ i'd like you to consider it

46:00 ↗ the transition to clean

46:02 ↗ renewable energy in existing

46:05 ↗ buildings

46:07 ↗ is not listed as a measurable target

46:12 ↗ it seems we would want to measure how we

46:16 ↗ are doing on existing buildings

46:18 ↗ which are a large contributor to

46:20 ↗ greenhouse gas

46:22 ↗ emissions

46:24 ↗ and to ensure we reach that overarching

46:27 ↗ goal that ann newcomb

46:30 ↗ mentioned

46:32 ↗ the building and energy goal and the

46:34 ↗ strategies and actions include existing

46:37 ↗ buildings

46:40 ↗ but

46:41 ↗ a target and metric

46:43 ↗ are missing

46:46 ↗ i believe this should be added and rep

46:48 ↗ and repeated if needed in the comp plan

46:52 ↗ if you can't do that then just measure

46:55 ↗ it anyway it's really important and i

46:57 ↗ don't think we should wait until 2024

47:01 ↗ to reconsider i think that's too late

47:04 ↗ but whatever you decide tonight on that

47:08 ↗ don't delay approving the plan

47:12 ↗ as we meet tonight shoreline city

47:15 ↗ council is voting on their building

47:18 ↗ electrification ordinance for commercial

47:20 ↗ and large multi-family homes

47:24 ↗ are so excited

47:26 ↗ for them

47:27 ↗ and we hope for positive outcomes

47:30 ↗ as so many cities

47:32 ↗ are starting to

47:36 ↗ plan and work towards these goals

47:40 ↗ and

47:40 ↗ we hope the same for

47:42 ↗ issaquah's climate action plan

47:44 ↗ so it's now up to you

47:47 ↗ to show leadership

47:48 ↗ on this crucial issue thank you thank

47:52 ↗ you anne

47:53 ↗ city clerk is there anyone else signed

47:55 ↗ up to speak this evening or having

47:57 ↗ indicated that they would like to speak

48:00 ↗ yes the last person who's indicated a

48:02 ↗ desire to speak is dave kepler

48:04 ↗ dave i will make you a panelist now

48:25 ↗ you have the floor dave

48:30 ↗ okay hopefully i'm now properly hooked

48:33 ↗ up here

48:34 ↗ um i'd like to thank stacy for her

48:37 ↗ service not just on the

48:39 ↗ on the city council but her work as a

48:41 ↗ reporter and then as an editor at the

48:44 ↗ issaquah press was really important and

48:47 ↗ the ability to get

48:48 ↗ attention just very important topics in

48:51 ↗ front of the city

48:52 ↗ was something she was really

48:55 ↗ accurately and thoroughly

48:58 ↗ accomplished and i much appreciate that

49:00 ↗ from

49:00 ↗ pre-council service

49:03 ↗ um i do also with kathy lambert do hope

49:06 ↗ that finally um we're going to get a

49:08 ↗ serious look at waste energy out at

49:12 ↗ the

49:13 ↗ huge landfill we have south of town

49:18 ↗ in terms of climate two words salmon and

49:21 ↗ wildfire

49:23 ↗ talk about salmon we talk about floods

49:25 ↗ we talk about droughts we talk about

49:27 ↗ water quality huge issues to issaquah

49:31 ↗ uh bellevue likes to advertise that

49:33 ↗ they're a city in a park

49:35 ↗ we are a city in a park slash forest in

49:38 ↗ some cases more forests than

49:40 ↗ than anything and i really think um it's

49:44 ↗ an issue that um wildfire is something

49:46 ↗ that um

49:48 ↗ is really needs to be strongly addressed

49:50 ↗ um this last summer of the family we did

49:53 ↗ a lot of walking up on squawk

49:55 ↗ and uh so a lot of those houses used to

49:57 ↗ have views now they got huge big trees

50:00 ↗ and there's a lot of them up there and

50:02 ↗ um

50:03 ↗ we i just hope the city is really

50:06 ↗ working with our our fire people and our

50:09 ↗ everybody else code enforcement and the

50:11 ↗ rest to uh to deal with the threat we

50:13 ↗ face um with fire

50:16 ↗ thank you for your hard work on climate

50:18 ↗ action thank you

50:21 ↗ thank you david

50:22 ↗ city clerk is there anyone else who

50:24 ↗ would like to speak this evening

50:26 ↗ i don't see that there is

50:28 ↗ that's great thank you well i'd like to

50:30 ↗ thank everybody who chose to speak to

50:31 ↗ council tonight

50:33 ↗ we had many speakers uh speak about the

50:36 ↗ one of the votes that's on for tonight

50:38 ↗ which is the ethical climate action plan

50:40 ↗ a plan that had fantastic outreach

50:42 ↗ during

50:43 ↗ coven and we were still able to come up

50:46 ↗ with a fabulous document

50:49 ↗ um the

50:50 ↗ many of our other speakers also echoed

50:52 ↗ some of the earlier appreciation for

50:54 ↗ council member lambert and councilmember

50:56 ↗ goodman as they leave public service so

50:59 ↗ again that was fantastic to hear from

51:01 ↗ people tonight

51:04 ↗ um

51:06 ↗ i'm going to

51:08 ↗ uh remind everybody that if you do want

51:11 ↗ to submit comments to your counsel you

51:13 ↗ can always write them at any time at

51:15 ↗ city council that is kuawa.gov

51:18 ↗ and council president hunt i'd like to

51:21 ↗ pass it over to you to see if there were

51:22 ↗ any email comments to summaries

51:25 ↗ summarize on tonight's agenda topics

51:28 ↗ thank you madam mayor um

51:30 ↗ we have received several comments on

51:33 ↗ tonight's agenda items and while we've

51:35 ↗ been doing virtual meetings i have been

51:37 ↗ summarizing emails comments that we

51:39 ↗ receive

51:40 ↗ that are specific to comments on the

51:43 ↗ agenda this evening so

51:45 ↗ for

51:46 ↗ abh-256 which is the climate action plan

51:49 ↗ we received

51:51 ↗ multiple emails in support those

51:53 ↗ individuals also spoke to us today

51:56 ↗ at public comments earlier and one of

51:58 ↗ them

51:59 ↗ one of those emails also had an

52:01 ↗ attachment with this petition that was

52:03 ↗ mentioned in public comments with the 60

52:05 ↗ um

52:06 ↗ with the 60

52:09 ↗ signees that were in support of the

52:11 ↗ climate action plan

52:13 ↗ so both of those emails were in support

52:14 ↗ and urging us to adopt that plan we also

52:17 ↗ received a email um from a

52:20 ↗ representative on behalf of puget sound

52:21 ↗ energy it had it was a very detailed

52:25 ↗ letter it recognized that climate change

52:27 ↗ wasn't actually an existential threat

52:29 ↗ and they um it ended with looking

52:31 ↗ forward to working with us on

52:33 ↗ implementing the plan

52:35 ↗ and also stress the need to keep energy

52:38 ↗ both affordable and reliable

52:40 ↗ and then on ab-8303

52:43 ↗ we receive which is the separate track

52:46 ↗ for central issaquah setback standards

52:48 ↗ in title 18. we received a email opposed

52:52 ↗ to um to this and uh expressing concerns

52:56 ↗ about making code changes

52:58 ↗ um for one development was the concern

53:01 ↗ expressed by the

53:02 ↗ person who wrote that to us and that

53:04 ↗ concludes emails comments specific to

53:06 ↗ tonight's agenda items

53:08 ↗ thank you council member council

53:10 ↗ president hunt

53:11 ↗ the next item on our

53:13 ↗ business this evening is committee and

53:15 ↗ regional reports and i will call each

53:18 ↗ council member by name starting with

53:19 ↗ council member hall

53:22 ↗ uh thank you this is councilmember hall

53:24 ↗ here just a couple quick reports um

53:26 ↗ first uh for cascade water alliance um

53:30 ↗ at our last city council meeting i

53:31 ↗ notified you all of this evolving

53:33 ↗ discussion about

53:34 ↗ member concerns with the water supply

53:36 ↗ development fund proposal and i just

53:38 ↗ wanted to close the loop with you

53:40 ↗ as of now those concerns have been

53:41 ↗ resolved in the water supply development

53:43 ↗ proposals moving forward

53:46 ↗ there were some issaquah

53:48 ↗ initiated and supported elements that

53:50 ↗ were included in the proposal including

53:53 ↗ a bi-annual every other year review of

53:55 ↗ the water supply alternatives out there

53:57 ↗ and then also the ability for the board

53:59 ↗ to update our water supply development

54:01 ↗ fund vision uh should alternatives

54:03 ↗ become more feasible so that's the last

54:05 ↗ you'll hear from us about the water

54:06 ↗ supply development fund for a while

54:09 ↗ thank you for your engagement on that

54:11 ↗ issue

54:12 ↗ um and then for the growth management

54:14 ↗ planning council's affordable housing

54:15 ↗ committee

54:16 ↗ i wanted to circle back with you all

54:18 ↗ briefly uh so on wednesday november 17th

54:21 ↗ i attended

54:23 ↗ um the affordable housing committee

54:25 ↗ meeting uh councilmember walsh was there

54:27 ↗ in attendance too in the audience

54:28 ↗ listening in so it's nice to see her

54:30 ↗ um but we did i did want to circle back

54:33 ↗ with you about a discussion that we had

54:35 ↗ at the last council meeting and that is

54:37 ↗ that the committee was considering

54:38 ↗ drafting a challenge letter to

54:40 ↗ jurisdictions regarding the 2024 com

54:43 ↗ comprehensive plan update cycle and the

54:45 ↗ opportunity it presents localities to

54:47 ↗ scale up their response to the

54:49 ↗ affordable housing crisis in the region

54:50 ↗ so um the sound cities association

54:53 ↗ caucus met on this before the committee

54:56 ↗ meeting and um

54:58 ↗ it was our um

55:01 ↗ kind of deliberation that

55:03 ↗ there were a number of concerns that

55:05 ↗ cities would

55:07 ↗ that would bring up with the challenge

55:08 ↗ letter it was um pretty focused on

55:11 ↗ one-size-fits-all approach to affordable

55:12 ↗ housing in the region and we weren't

55:14 ↗ convinced that it would be effective so

55:16 ↗ i just wanted to let you all know that

55:17 ↗ staff for the affordable housing

55:19 ↗ committee are going to go back

55:20 ↗ to try to take more city engagement into

55:23 ↗ that process um moving forward and you

55:26 ↗ will likely see the challenge letter

55:28 ↗ we'll likely see the child twitter come

55:29 ↗ through to issaquah and other king

55:31 ↗ county cities in the new year

55:33 ↗ unfortunately i won't be able to track

55:34 ↗ that as closely anymore because i'll be

55:36 ↗ rolling off the affordable housing

55:38 ↗ committee uh next year i've really

55:40 ↗ enjoyed um my time over the last two

55:42 ↗ years working on regional affordable

55:44 ↗ housing issues but i'm hoping another

55:46 ↗ issaquah council member will be able to

55:48 ↗ fill my spot so stay tuned on all that

55:51 ↗ and that concludes my report

55:53 ↗ thank you councilmember hall

55:54 ↗ councilmember d michelle

55:57 ↗ uh thank you mr paulie

56:00 ↗ pulling up my screen here um

56:03 ↗ first the connect to community advisory

56:05 ↗ group met on november 16th with a

56:07 ↗ presentation from the san diego

56:10 ↗ community information exchange

56:12 ↗ about how they are incorporating equity

56:14 ↗ into their virtual health information

56:16 ↗ exchange platform

56:18 ↗ second the healthier here governing

56:20 ↗ board met on december 2nd with a year in

56:23 ↗ wrap-up and progress report

56:25 ↗ healthier here committed over five

56:27 ↗ million dollars to co-wood prevention

56:29 ↗ and vaccination activities over the past

56:31 ↗ two years and at the same time earned a

56:34 ↗ full federal bonus for excellent

56:36 ↗ performance in meeting all of its goals

56:39 ↗ attendees also received a monthly

56:41 ↗ coveted 19 report with king county

56:43 ↗ markers much improved but everyone

56:46 ↗ holding their breath waiting to see the

56:47 ↗ impact of the omicron variant king

56:50 ↗ county has vaccinated 89 percent of all

56:53 ↗ eligible adults and teens by far the

56:55 ↗ highest percentage for a county in the

56:57 ↗ united states the focus right now of

57:00 ↗ course is on vaccinating 5 to 11 year

57:02 ↗ olds

57:04 ↗ and then finally the east side

57:05 ↗ transportation partnership will meet

57:08 ↗ this friday december the 10th and that

57:10 ↗ ends my report thank you councilmember

57:12 ↗ dave michelle councilmember walsh

57:16 ↗ thank you madam mayor this is

57:17 ↗ councilmember walsh

57:18 ↗ um on november 19th i attended along

57:21 ↗ with city administrator wally bob quits

57:23 ↗ the escort chamber of commerce board

57:25 ↗ meeting

57:26 ↗ we discussed the city employment related

57:28 ↗ to the vaccine mandate recent crime

57:31 ↗ businesses our city budget and answered

57:34 ↗ other questions that the chamber members

57:36 ↗ had

57:37 ↗ i also attended the puget sound regional

57:40 ↗ center

57:42 ↗ regional council's economic development

57:44 ↗ district board

57:45 ↗ man those

57:47 ↗ psrca ddp

57:50 ↗ acronyms um

57:52 ↗ so i attended the meeting on december

57:53 ↗ 1st

57:54 ↗ there we adopted the 2022 to 2027

57:58 ↗ regional economic strategy as well as

58:01 ↗ the 2022 economic development focus

58:04 ↗ areas

58:05 ↗ and that concludes my report

58:07 ↗ thank you councilmember walsh

58:08 ↗ councilmember goodman

58:10 ↗ uh thank you um i have a brief report um

58:13 ↗ eastside fire and rescues board of

58:14 ↗ directors will meet this thursday the

58:16 ↗ 9th

58:17 ↗ at 4 pm we're still meeting virtually um

58:20 ↗ i don't see anything uh remarkable on

58:22 ↗ the agenda but we will be

58:24 ↗ um

58:26 ↗ reviewing and adopting our 2022

58:27 ↗ legislative agenda

58:29 ↗ and then um

58:31 ↗ next week i don't remember which day of

58:34 ↗ the week it is i will be hoping staff

58:35 ↗ interview applicants for

58:37 ↗ next year's

58:39 ↗ lodging tax advisory committee members

58:44 ↗ and

58:45 ↗ that concludes my

58:47 ↗ last report for the council

58:50 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman

58:52 ↗ councilmember marks

58:53 ↗ thank you madam mayor this is councilman

58:55 ↗ remarks

58:56 ↗ the puget sound regional council growth

58:58 ↗ management policy board did not meet in

59:01 ↗ december

59:02 ↗ however the sound cities association

59:04 ↗ public issues committee will be meeting

59:06 ↗ uh this wednesday uh from seven to nine

59:09 ↗ pm online

59:11 ↗ and there's three

59:13 ↗ eight actions or potential actions the

59:15 ↗ regional board and committee

59:17 ↗ appointments

59:18 ↗ will be voted upon

59:20 ↗ everyone should have received the draft

59:22 ↗ report coming from the nominating

59:24 ↗ committee

59:26 ↗ if it's accepted if the slate is

59:29 ↗ accepted

59:30 ↗ council members hall's wish to have

59:32 ↗ someone from issaquah on the affordable

59:34 ↗ housing commission will get granted

59:38 ↗ if the slate is adopted

59:40 ↗ i'll get to move up in gmpb from

59:42 ↗ alternate to voting member

59:45 ↗ which would be swell

59:47 ↗ please take a look if there's anything

59:49 ↗ that looks out of whack and if you want

59:51 ↗ me to nominate you from the floor for a

59:53 ↗ position

59:55 ↗ we can talk about that but hopefully

59:57 ↗ people will view the nine uh

59:59 ↗ recommendations in there for our city is

1:00:02 ↗ a pretty good swing for a city of our

1:00:04 ↗ size

1:00:05 ↗ and uh there will also be an election of

1:00:08 ↗ a 2022 pick chair and vice chair and

1:00:11 ↗ then there will be first touch on a 2022

1:00:14 ↗ fca state legislative agenda i will take

1:00:17 ↗ a look and if anything on it looks

1:00:19 ↗ uh

1:00:20 ↗ crosswise to what we're trying to do i

1:00:22 ↗ will bring it up at a future for good of

1:00:24 ↗ the order that concludes my report

1:00:27 ↗ thank you councilmember martz uh council

1:00:29 ↗ president hunt

1:00:31 ↗ thank you madam mayor i have um one

1:00:34 ↗ report this evening

1:00:35 ↗ the wyra eight salmon recovery council

1:00:38 ↗ met on november 18th the yra 8 is the

1:00:41 ↗ technical name for our watershed

1:00:43 ↗ we had one

1:00:45 ↗ decision topic and we decided to draft

1:00:49 ↗ we decided to send a letter to

1:00:50 ↗ washington fish and wildlife regarding

1:00:53 ↗ encouraging them to approve a non-native

1:00:55 ↗ game fish policy that prioritizes

1:00:57 ↗ protection of native salmon populations

1:00:59 ↗ um also as a discussion topic but very

1:01:02 ↗ likely an upcoming decision we

1:01:05 ↗ discussed adding the city of everett to

1:01:08 ↗ our local agreement which would be great

1:01:11 ↗ um

1:01:12 ↗ and then we also had a discussion on the

1:01:14 ↗ tribal treaty rights and cultural value

1:01:16 ↗ of salmon and this was really

1:01:18 ↗ interesting and

1:01:21 ↗ i certainly learned a lot one of the

1:01:23 ↗ presenters on this topic was warren king

1:01:25 ↗ george a historian for the muckleshoot

1:01:27 ↗ indian tribe preservation department

1:01:29 ↗ and

1:01:31 ↗ warren king george collects and records

1:01:32 ↗ oral history from tribal and community

1:01:34 ↗ members and works with government

1:01:35 ↗ agencies museums colleges and private

1:01:38 ↗ parties to ensure tribal treaty rights

1:01:40 ↗ and tribal cultural resources are

1:01:42 ↗ protected and preserved and he presented

1:01:45 ↗ his

1:01:45 ↗ perspective on protecting and

1:01:47 ↗ integrating tribal cultural legacy

1:01:49 ↗ traditional knowledge and cultural

1:01:51 ↗ resources into famine recovery

1:01:54 ↗ and it was it was a very informative

1:01:57 ↗ presentation and also

1:01:59 ↗ drove home the importance of salmon from

1:02:02 ↗ a cultural perspective that i hadn't

1:02:03 ↗ known as much about so i really

1:02:05 ↗ appreciated that

1:02:06 ↗ and uh the next meeting of the wire

1:02:09 ↗ eight salmon recovery council will be

1:02:10 ↗ january 20th um

1:02:13 ↗ at two o'clock and it will be a virtual

1:02:15 ↗ meeting and then i have one other

1:02:17 ↗ upcoming meeting which will be next week

1:02:18 ↗ and that is for the king conservation

1:02:20 ↗ district advisory

1:02:23 ↗ committee meeting and that will be on

1:02:25 ↗ december 14th at 10 am that concludes my

1:02:27 ↗ report

1:02:28 ↗ thank you council president hunt

1:02:31 ↗ the next item on the agenda is the

1:02:33 ↗ mayor's report and because this is our

1:02:36 ↗ last council meeting of the year it's a

1:02:38 ↗ little bit long

1:02:40 ↗ so bear with me

1:02:42 ↗ um to start off there was an executive

1:02:44 ↗ session held earlier this evening to

1:02:46 ↗ discuss attending potential litigation

1:02:48 ↗ for rcw

1:02:51 ↗ 42.30.110 for n1 for ni

1:02:55 ↗ i wanted to mention some personnel

1:02:57 ↗ policies around juneteenth i am

1:03:00 ↗ proposing adding juneteenth as a city

1:03:02 ↗ observed holiday in 2022

1:03:05 ↗ this item is in the personnel policy

1:03:07 ↗ updates and the consent agenda this

1:03:09 ↗ evening under eb8209

1:03:12 ↗ juneteenth is the oldest nationally

1:03:14 ↗ celebrated commemoration of the ending

1:03:18 ↗ of slavery in the united states

1:03:20 ↗ in the 2021 legislative session the

1:03:23 ↗ washington legislature made june's best

1:03:25 ↗ state holiday

1:03:26 ↗ during june we recognized the history of

1:03:29 ↗ african americans in the us and we

1:03:31 ↗ celebrate the inclusion of all races

1:03:33 ↗ ethnicities and nationalities

1:03:36 ↗ juneteenth is celebrated each year on

1:03:38 ↗ june 19th for 2022 this will fall on a

1:03:42 ↗ sunday so it will be observed as a city

1:03:44 ↗ closure day on monday june 20th 2022.

1:03:50 ↗ capital finance community task force

1:03:52 ↗ last met on november 16th to discuss

1:03:55 ↗ infrastructure priorities across

1:03:56 ↗ issaquah's needs in transportation

1:03:59 ↗ parks and trails and facilities

1:04:02 ↗ the task force will continue to develop

1:04:04 ↗ its recommendations and rule out its

1:04:06 ↗ framework for prioritizing projects at

1:04:09 ↗ the next meeting tomorrow december 7th

1:04:11 ↗ at 6 pm

1:04:13 ↗ last wednesday the city of issaquah held

1:04:16 ↗ a meeting with issaquah's legislators to

1:04:18 ↗ discuss the city's priorities for the

1:04:20 ↗ 2022 legislative session

1:04:22 ↗ transportation was a high priority for

1:04:24 ↗ the meeting and we specifically

1:04:26 ↗ discussed widening state route 18

1:04:29 ↗ and increasing interest rate under over

1:04:31 ↗ crossings

1:04:32 ↗ other priorities discussed included

1:04:34 ↗ public safety the growth management act

1:04:37 ↗ climate change and state marijuana

1:04:40 ↗ revenues to read the full text of

1:04:42 ↗ issaquah's legislative priorities please

1:04:44 ↗ visit issaquah.gov

1:04:48 ↗ legislative agenda

1:04:51 ↗ there are some new holiday lights on

1:04:53 ↗ front street in an effort to create a

1:04:55 ↗ festive holiday environment and

1:04:57 ↗ encourage small business shopping the

1:05:00 ↗ issaquah creative district expanded this

1:05:02 ↗ year's downtown holiday lighting display

1:05:04 ↗ to include the illumination of several

1:05:06 ↗ business storefronts to support

1:05:08 ↗ businesses with the cost of the lights

1:05:11 ↗ and installation the creative district

1:05:13 ↗ advisory board recruited sponsorships

1:05:15 ↗ from puget sound energy

1:05:16 ↗ and virginia mason franciscan health we

1:05:19 ↗ want to thank these generous sponsors

1:05:21 ↗ and we hope that you all will enjoy the

1:05:23 ↗ beauty of the lights in this squad this

1:05:25 ↗ year

1:05:27 ↗ last month i had the pleasure of

1:05:28 ↗ observing a community court session an

1:05:31 ↗ issaquah community court session

1:05:33 ↗ community court is a non-traditional

1:05:35 ↗ therapeutic approach

1:05:37 ↗ that works to provide practical

1:05:39 ↗ targeted solutions rather than

1:05:41 ↗ traditional punishment in cases

1:05:43 ↗ involving low-level offenses

1:05:45 ↗ it supplies leading the region with this

1:05:47 ↗ innovative approach to reduce recidivism

1:05:50 ↗ and provide restorative services to

1:05:52 ↗ low-level offenders i encourage all of

1:05:55 ↗ my colleagues to visit these sessions

1:05:57 ↗ online on thursday afternoons for those

1:05:59 ↗ interested please contact my office so

1:06:02 ↗ that we can help you schedule a viewing

1:06:04 ↗ issue has further expanded community

1:06:06 ↗ court services because issaquah has been

1:06:08 ↗ awarded the washington court's

1:06:10 ↗ therapeutic courts grant this item is in

1:06:13 ↗ the consent agenda tonight under ab-8289

1:06:18 ↗ and as you heard earlier tonight the

1:06:20 ↗ proposed action before council is to

1:06:21 ↗ adopt issaquah's climate action plan i'm

1:06:24 ↗ pleased that the council is considering

1:06:26 ↗ approving the climate action plan

1:06:27 ↗ tonight this plan is critical and i want

1:06:30 ↗ to thank especially megan curtis murphy

1:06:32 ↗ for her instrumental work to create the

1:06:35 ↗ strategic plan for our city's future

1:06:37 ↗ megan is no longer with the city of

1:06:39 ↗ issaquah but she stayed on as a

1:06:41 ↗ consultant to complete the plan

1:06:43 ↗ megan began at the city in 2014 and we

1:06:46 ↗ wish her well in her new role as

1:06:49 ↗ sustainability manager for northeastern

1:06:51 ↗ university

1:06:53 ↗ i'd also like to introduce issaquah's

1:06:55 ↗ newest sustainability manager please

1:06:57 ↗ join me tonight in welcoming stacy vin

1:07:00 ↗ mckinstry issaquah's new sustainability

1:07:03 ↗ manager

1:07:04 ↗ cece grew up on the east side and

1:07:05 ↗ currently lives in issaquah since 2012.

1:07:09 ↗ stacy has worked for state agencies on

1:07:12 ↗ puget sound salmon and streamflow

1:07:14 ↗ restoration and we're excited to have

1:07:17 ↗ her join the team

1:07:18 ↗ cool shout out here to see administrator

1:07:20 ↗ bob coetz um do we have uh stacy with us

1:07:24 ↗ tonight

1:07:27 ↗ uh we do madame air and she can put on

1:07:29 ↗ her camera

1:07:31 ↗ and perhaps she could say a word or two

1:07:38 ↗ great thank you not sure if you're able

1:07:40 ↗ to see me or hear me you're a little bit

1:07:43 ↗ blurry but we can hear it perfectly

1:07:45 ↗ great thank you yeah i'm really excited

1:07:48 ↗ to start this position today was my

1:07:49 ↗ first day so um starting off big here

1:07:53 ↗ with the hopeful adoption of the climate

1:07:55 ↗ action plan

1:07:56 ↗ just really grateful for all the work

1:07:58 ↗ that megan's done i told her i feel like

1:08:00 ↗ i have very big shoes to fill

1:08:03 ↗ just for the amazing work she's been

1:08:04 ↗ doing at the city over the last few

1:08:06 ↗ years but really excited to be starting

1:08:08 ↗ this position and working with all of

1:08:10 ↗ you

1:08:11 ↗ as we move forward on implementation

1:08:14 ↗ welcome stacy we're so glad to have you

1:08:16 ↗ on the team

1:08:20 ↗ i also want to introduce tonight another

1:08:23 ↗ new person to issaquah is supposed to

1:08:25 ↗ chief financial officer please join me

1:08:28 ↗ in welcoming robert hammoud issaquah's

1:08:30 ↗ new chief financial officer robert has

1:08:33 ↗ worked in the public sector for over 17

1:08:35 ↗ years and most recently as the finance

1:08:37 ↗ director for the city of tsukumi we're

1:08:40 ↗ excited to have him welcome robert and

1:08:42 ↗ again do we have oh we do have i see

1:08:44 ↗ robert hi robert do you want to say a

1:08:47 ↗ few words

1:08:48 ↗ yes thank you mayor probably i

1:08:50 ↗ appreciate it um

1:08:52 ↗ i

1:08:53 ↗ look forward to working with all of you

1:08:55 ↗ i look forward to hopefully more

1:08:57 ↗ positive times coming out of

1:08:59 ↗ the events of 2020 and 21

1:09:02 ↗ and um

1:09:03 ↗ came from next door did come from

1:09:05 ↗ snoqualmie so it came down 990 a little

1:09:07 ↗ bit but really excited about the

1:09:08 ↗ opportunity this is a great community

1:09:11 ↗ um very you know innovative ideas like

1:09:13 ↗ the climate action plan

1:09:15 ↗ and just a lot of you know

1:09:17 ↗ smart ideas in the city very good people

1:09:19 ↗ and i'm really looking forward to this

1:09:21 ↗ position i have a great team uh with me

1:09:23 ↗ in the finance department and um

1:09:25 ↗ look forward to many years with you

1:09:26 ↗ thank you

1:09:27 ↗ welcome robert we're really glad to have

1:09:29 ↗ you on the team

1:09:32 ↗ hang on i have two more items and then

1:09:34 ↗ i'm finally done i wanted to talk about

1:09:36 ↗ a few upcoming events

1:09:39 ↗ uh swedish

1:09:42 ↗ um swedish in the issaquah highlands is

1:09:44 ↗ holding a job fair on december 9th from

1:09:47 ↗ 10 a.m to 4 30 p.m and they're hiring

1:09:50 ↗ for multiple positions you can learn

1:09:52 ↗ more on swedish's website and as i

1:09:55 ↗ learned today you can also look at the

1:09:57 ↗ amazing

1:09:59 ↗ trees that they have decorated in their

1:10:00 ↗ lobby for a

1:10:03 ↗ employee contest that will just light up

1:10:06 ↗ your heart when you see it it's quite

1:10:07 ↗ fantastic

1:10:08 ↗ on thursday december 9th the issaquah

1:10:10 ↗ depot museum will host caroling at the

1:10:13 ↗ depot from 6 to 7 30

1:10:15 ↗ hot chocolate and candy canes will be

1:10:17 ↗ provided masks are required and

1:10:19 ↗ admittance will be restricted but an

1:10:22 ↗ outdoor option is available

1:10:24 ↗ the holiday shop at the historic shell

1:10:26 ↗ station is open now through december

1:10:28 ↗ 31st from 12 to 6 pm

1:10:31 ↗ and the isobar reindeer festival is

1:10:33 ↗ happening now through december 30th at

1:10:35 ↗ cougar mountain zoo attendance is

1:10:37 ↗ limited and pre-purchased admission is

1:10:39 ↗ required for entry don't forget to visit

1:10:41 ↗ cougar mountain city's website for more

1:10:43 ↗ information

1:10:44 ↗ finally

1:10:46 ↗ uh city hall closures the city offices

1:10:49 ↗ will be closed for the holidays on

1:10:50 ↗ december 23rd

1:10:52 ↗ 24th

1:10:54 ↗ and 34th 31st

1:10:56 ↗ 34th and this concludes the final

1:10:59 ↗ mayor's report for 2021.

1:11:04 ↗ the next item on our agenda this evening

1:11:06 ↗ is the consent calendar and it was

1:11:07 ↗ distributed to council in advance

1:11:11 ↗ if authorized the items on the consent

1:11:13 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

1:11:15 ↗ approved in one motion and i'd like to

1:11:18 ↗ turn it over to uh council member d

1:11:20 ↗ michelle who would like to make a

1:11:21 ↗ statement before we go through our

1:11:23 ↗ approval process that's merging thank

1:11:26 ↗ you mayor paulie

1:11:29 ↗ um

1:11:31 ↗ sorry there we go

1:11:33 ↗ i would like to state for the record

1:11:35 ↗ that i was employed with an entity that

1:11:37 ↗ is included in the city's payables

1:11:39 ↗ influence the choice

1:11:41 ↗ i filled the role of temporary executive

1:11:44 ↗ director of influence of choice the city

1:11:46 ↗ serves as a fiscal agent for this agency

1:11:49 ↗ in the disbursement of a federal grant

1:11:51 ↗ grant funds are being dispersed under

1:11:53 ↗ this month's accounts payable i have

1:11:56 ↗ asked for advice from the city attorney

1:11:58 ↗ as to whether this warrants a conflict

1:11:59 ↗ of interest and have been informed that

1:12:02 ↗ i am not legally required to be excused

1:12:04 ↗ from voting as the city is carrying on a

1:12:07 ↗ decision that was previously made by the

1:12:09 ↗ council

1:12:10 ↗ however for the sake of transparency i

1:12:13 ↗ would like to declare this employment

1:12:14 ↗ and have my statement entered in the

1:12:16 ↗ minutes thank you

1:12:18 ↗ thank you councilmember dean michelle

1:12:20 ↗ have the p payables and payroll been

1:12:22 ↗ reviewed

1:12:27 ↗ they have

1:12:29 ↗ thank you

1:12:30 ↗ does any council member desire to remove

1:12:32 ↗ any item from the consent calendar and

1:12:34 ↗ consider it under regular business and i

1:12:37 ↗ will look for an indication in the chat

1:12:39 ↗ if you would like to do that

1:12:45 ↗ i'm not seeing any uh comments would

1:12:48 ↗ somebody care to make a motion

1:12:51 ↗ because president

1:12:53 ↗ thank you i moved to approve the consent

1:12:55 ↗ calendar as it appears on this evening's

1:12:57 ↗ agenda

1:12:58 ↗ that's remember welsh

1:13:00 ↗ second

1:13:02 ↗ it's been moved and seconded i'm going

1:13:03 ↗ to ask the city clerk to call the roll

1:13:05 ↗ call vote

1:13:08 ↗ starting with council member walsh

1:13:10 ↗ i

1:13:11 ↗ council member d michelle

1:13:13 ↗ i

1:13:14 ↗ council member goodman

1:13:16 ↗ aye

1:13:17 ↗ councilmember hall

1:13:19 ↗ aye

1:13:20 ↗ council president hunt

1:13:22 ↗ aye

1:13:24 ↗ councilmember martz aye

1:13:26 ↗ that's six eyes zero nays

1:13:29 ↗ thank you uh that passes unanimously

1:13:32 ↗ the next item our first item under

1:13:34 ↗ regular business is ab-8256

1:13:37 ↗ issaquah's climate action plan and the

1:13:39 ↗ request before council this evening is

1:13:41 ↗ to approve the resolution

1:13:43 ↗ this item was last before council at the

1:13:45 ↗ september 28 2021 council study session

1:13:50 ↗ oh that's so funny is megan really doing

1:13:53 ↗ the presentation tonight

1:13:55 ↗ just checking in okay there she is wow

1:13:58 ↗ megan so many your ears must have been

1:14:00 ↗ burning today there was a lot of talk

1:14:02 ↗ about all the good work you have done

1:14:04 ↗ so uh megan curtis murphy our current

1:14:06 ↗ consultant is here to present the item

1:14:08 ↗ welcome back

1:14:10 ↗ thank you

1:14:13 ↗ go ahead and share my screen here

1:14:26 ↗ right

1:14:27 ↗ well good evening

1:14:28 ↗ city council members i'm megan curtis

1:14:30 ↗ murphy and i'm here to present the final

1:14:32 ↗ climate action plan

1:14:34 ↗ it's been a great experience working

1:14:36 ↗ with the community to develop the plan

1:14:38 ↗ and i'm excited for all the work the

1:14:39 ↗ city will do to implement it and reduce

1:14:42 ↗ our community's emissions

1:14:48 ↗ as you know we've received a lot of

1:14:49 ↗ input on the plan to date and the

1:14:51 ↗ purpose of the meeting tonight is to

1:14:53 ↗ present the final plan for adoption so

1:14:55 ↗ we can begin implementation right away

1:14:57 ↗ in 2022

1:15:00 ↗ we started this process back in the

1:15:01 ↗ spring with a baseline analysis of where

1:15:04 ↗ we were with existing plans identifying

1:15:06 ↗ other regional efforts and conducting

1:15:08 ↗ our ghg inventory

1:15:10 ↗ we use this information to develop the

1:15:12 ↗ framework of the plan including the

1:15:14 ↗ overall emissions reduction targets we

1:15:16 ↗ want to reach and the strategies that

1:15:18 ↗ we'll use to get there

1:15:20 ↗ from there we incorporate this framework

1:15:22 ↗ into the final plan that we're

1:15:23 ↗ discussing tonight

1:15:25 ↗ throughout the entire process we've been

1:15:27 ↗ engaging both city staff and community

1:15:30 ↗ members through meetings and workshops a

1:15:33 ↗ survey that had nearly 300 responses

1:15:36 ↗ targeted focus groups and other

1:15:37 ↗ engagement efforts

1:15:39 ↗ the goal of these engagements was to

1:15:41 ↗ ensure that we developed a plan that

1:15:43 ↗ fits issaquah specifically and aligns

1:15:45 ↗ with our community's priorities

1:15:49 ↗ this is a visual of the engagement

1:15:50 ↗ efforts for the climate action plan

1:15:53 ↗ as you can see it was a pretty busy

1:15:55 ↗ summer as well as a pretty active fall

1:15:58 ↗ we visited numerous boards and

1:15:59 ↗ commissions and hosted two community

1:16:01 ↗ convenings on climate

1:16:04 ↗ a community engagement summary was

1:16:05 ↗ included in the materials for the plan

1:16:07 ↗ that captures the input received at each

1:16:09 ↗ of these meetings

1:16:11 ↗ the plan itself outlines some of the

1:16:13 ↗ high level input and shows how it was

1:16:15 ↗ integrated throughout the plan

1:16:17 ↗ i'll review some of the updates we made

1:16:18 ↗ based on this input in a moment

1:16:23 ↗ the environmental board served as the

1:16:24 ↗ main advisory group on the plan

1:16:26 ↗ providing input at each stage of the

1:16:28 ↗ process

1:16:29 ↗ they reviewed the goals targets and

1:16:31 ↗ strategies they suggested specific

1:16:33 ↗ actions and they helped inform the

1:16:35 ↗ details of the implementation plan

1:16:38 ↗ the board reviewed the final plan at the

1:16:40 ↗ at their november meeting and

1:16:42 ↗ recommended it for adoption with four

1:16:44 ↗ recommendations for changes

1:16:47 ↗ the first was to have the plan reviewed

1:16:49 ↗ in 2024 and then every five years after

1:16:52 ↗ the icap was designed to be a five-year

1:16:55 ↗ plan however there will be opportunities

1:16:57 ↗ annually for the board to review and

1:16:59 ↗ provide input on the implementation plan

1:17:01 ↗ as it will be a living document

1:17:03 ↗ however the board thought it would be

1:17:05 ↗ important for city council to have a

1:17:06 ↗ formal review of the plan before the

1:17:08 ↗ five years is up

1:17:10 ↗ so with this we added a mid-year plan

1:17:13 ↗ review for city council by june 30 2024

1:17:16 ↗ in response to this recommendation

1:17:19 ↗ the board was also interested in having

1:17:21 ↗ a website dedicated to the climate

1:17:23 ↗ action plan on the city's website it

1:17:25 ↗ would help the public access information

1:17:27 ↗ on the plan and how they can get

1:17:28 ↗ involved as well as provide recommended

1:17:31 ↗ resources and status updates on the

1:17:33 ↗ plan's progress

1:17:34 ↗ so we've added this as a year one action

1:17:36 ↗ in the icap as well

1:17:38 ↗ similar requests from city council in

1:17:41 ↗ september there was a specific request

1:17:43 ↗ to strengthen the wording on an action

1:17:45 ↗ about the city's energy efficiency codes

1:17:47 ↗ and we've made that change to the plan

1:17:50 ↗ and last there was a request to add a

1:17:52 ↗ specific partner to a couple of the

1:17:53 ↗ actions so we've also made that update

1:17:59 ↗ these next two slides provide an

1:18:00 ↗ overview of the biggest updates to the

1:18:02 ↗ icap since the last city council meeting

1:18:04 ↗ in september

1:18:06 ↗ the changes are based on input from the

1:18:07 ↗ meeting as well as feedback from the

1:18:09 ↗ environmental board and the community

1:18:11 ↗ convening that we had in october

1:18:14 ↗ the first is a new icap vision page as

1:18:17 ↗ well as new graphics and restructuring

1:18:18 ↗ of the plan which enhance the

1:18:20 ↗ connections and improve the overall

1:18:22 ↗ readability

1:18:24 ↗ along these lines we added an executive

1:18:26 ↗ summary at the request of the community

1:18:28 ↗ which will allow people at all levels to

1:18:30 ↗ engage in the plan and a message from

1:18:32 ↗ the mayor as a welcoming introduction

1:18:35 ↗ we also heard a desire from the

1:18:37 ↗ community to understand how they can

1:18:39 ↗ help so we added resident driven actions

1:18:42 ↗ in each focus area and highlighted the

1:18:44 ↗ actions where community members can get

1:18:46 ↗ involved in the implementation

1:18:49 ↗ we made some simple yet meaningful word

1:18:51 ↗ changes such as changing the first focus

1:18:53 ↗ area from cross cutting to overarching

1:18:57 ↗ we updated action language including one

1:18:59 ↗ on supporting climate and sustainability

1:19:01 ↗ education in schools and strengthening

1:19:04 ↗ the wording on another

1:19:06 ↗ and last we update the resiliency target

1:19:08 ↗ to better define its purpose

1:19:12 ↗ the other major update to the plan was

1:19:14 ↗ the addition of the implementation plan

1:19:17 ↗ this section provides a detailed roadmap

1:19:19 ↗ that will help city staff the

1:19:20 ↗ environmental board and city council

1:19:23 ↗ ensure the plan is successfully

1:19:24 ↗ implemented

1:19:26 ↗ it includes sections on oversight and a

1:19:28 ↗ robust monitoring and evaluation plan

1:19:32 ↗ and then at the last city council

1:19:33 ↗ meeting there was some discussion about

1:19:35 ↗ the use of incentives

1:19:37 ↗ so in response we add a new section on

1:19:39 ↗ incentives which outlines the key

1:19:41 ↗ considerations that we'll use for

1:19:43 ↗ including incentives in action

1:19:46 ↗ so this includes promoting partner

1:19:47 ↗ incentives first and factoring in equity

1:19:50 ↗ to ensure that incentives are targeted

1:19:52 ↗ to reach those who need them most

1:19:55 ↗ and last the appendix includes an

1:19:58 ↗ action-specific matrix with

1:19:59 ↗ implementation considerations

1:20:01 ↗ including timing of the action cost

1:20:04 ↗ considerations

1:20:05 ↗ key partners and mitigation of

1:20:07 ↗ unintended consequences

1:20:12 ↗ so illustrate some of the new components

1:20:14 ↗ of the plan here's a general overview of

1:20:16 ↗ its structure and how the pieces all

1:20:19 ↗ work together so first we have the

1:20:21 ↗ executive summary that includes the icap

1:20:23 ↗ vision

1:20:24 ↗ we have some background on the plan and

1:20:26 ↗ information specific to issaquah's

1:20:28 ↗ climate impacts and ghg emissions then

1:20:32 ↗ it shows how the various components of

1:20:33 ↗ the plan work together to reach our

1:20:35 ↗ overarching emissions reduction target

1:20:38 ↗ and then the last section is the

1:20:40 ↗ implementation plan which we just

1:20:42 ↗ discussed

1:20:45 ↗ here's just a quick slide of the overall

1:20:47 ↗ new vision document or graphic that was

1:20:50 ↗ embedded within the executive summary

1:20:53 ↗ it pulls the targets directly from the

1:20:54 ↗ plan and it's meant to visually depict

1:20:56 ↗ where we're headed and the type of

1:20:58 ↗ community that we want to live in

1:21:00 ↗ it's also a good example of some of the

1:21:02 ↗ graphic enhancements made to the plan

1:21:04 ↗ since the last meeting

1:21:08 ↗ with that i'd like to review the options

1:21:10 ↗ before council this evening

1:21:12 ↗ the first is to adopt the climate action

1:21:14 ↗ plan as presented

1:21:16 ↗ the second is not adopt the plan and

1:21:18 ↗ then the last is to adopt the plan with

1:21:21 ↗ changes

1:21:24 ↗ the recommendation from the

1:21:26 ↗ administration is to approve the

1:21:27 ↗ resolution and adopt the issaquah

1:21:29 ↗ climate action plan

1:21:34 ↗ as we know stacy is now on board and

1:21:36 ↗ well-equipped to start implementing the

1:21:38 ↗ plan following adoption

1:21:40 ↗ she'll be busy meeting both staff in the

1:21:42 ↗ city as well as the partners that will

1:21:44 ↗ help in implementing several of these

1:21:45 ↗ actions

1:21:47 ↗ and here are just a few of the sample

1:21:49 ↗ actions that we'll be able to begin work

1:21:51 ↗ on in 2022 including the community

1:21:54 ↗ climate challenge an electric heat pump

1:21:56 ↗ campaign

1:21:57 ↗ developing the climate action webpage

1:21:59 ↗ and starting on the city operations ghg

1:22:02 ↗ inventory as well as staying involved in

1:22:04 ↗ the title 18 updates

1:22:07 ↗ and it sounds like a lot and it is but

1:22:09 ↗ we do have budget allocated for several

1:22:12 ↗ of these actions

1:22:13 ↗ and we also have law partners in

1:22:15 ↗ neighboring jurisdictions that are

1:22:17 ↗ already working on some and are ready to

1:22:19 ↗ partner with issaquah as we start to

1:22:21 ↗ implement

1:22:25 ↗ so again the recommendation this evening

1:22:27 ↗ is to adopt the plan so we can move into

1:22:30 ↗ action

1:22:31 ↗ and i'd also just like to say thank you

1:22:33 ↗ to the city council it's been great

1:22:35 ↗ working with you all on the development

1:22:37 ↗ of this plan and really appreciate all

1:22:39 ↗ the support you've provided to it um and

1:22:42 ↗ that concludes my presentation this

1:22:43 ↗ evening

1:22:46 ↗ thank you megan i know we're probably

1:22:48 ↗ keeping you up late it's about 11 40

1:22:50 ↗ where you are right now

1:22:52 ↗ uh okay i'm gonna look at the chat uh

1:22:55 ↗ for questions and comments and it looks

1:22:57 ↗ like council president hunt would like

1:22:58 ↗ to start us off

1:23:00 ↗ thank you and thank you megan

1:23:02 ↗ um so i had a question regarding

1:23:06 ↗ um

1:23:07 ↗ one of the things that was raised in

1:23:08 ↗ public comments and it also came to us

1:23:11 ↗ as a question via email with the

1:23:13 ↗ petition from 60 people and that is

1:23:15 ↗ regarding the um

1:23:18 ↗ the target for existing buildings and so

1:23:21 ↗ i wanted to know if you could give us

1:23:23 ↗ some information about

1:23:25 ↗ um if that was a deliberate um omission

1:23:28 ↗ or or not or what the

1:23:30 ↗ context of that ask is and then also

1:23:34 ↗ if council were to consider adding a

1:23:36 ↗ target in that area

1:23:38 ↗ what what would be

1:23:40 ↗ reasonable thanks

1:23:44 ↗ sure thank you

1:23:45 ↗ this is megan

1:23:47 ↗ i don't think it was a deliberate

1:23:48 ↗ mission i think what we have in the plan

1:23:51 ↗ is we have an overall target to

1:23:54 ↗ um

1:23:55 ↗ to reduce energy use in both new and

1:23:58 ↗ existing buildings

1:24:00 ↗ so overall energy use is both

1:24:02 ↗ electricity and natural gas so we have

1:24:04 ↗ that current target um but i think the

1:24:07 ↗ one that the public comment was

1:24:09 ↗ referring to was looking to make sure

1:24:11 ↗ that all

1:24:13 ↗ all energy use in

1:24:15 ↗ in existing buildings could be renewable

1:24:18 ↗ so

1:24:19 ↗ with that as as we know we have the

1:24:22 ↗ clean electricity act in

1:24:25 ↗ washington state so our electricity grid

1:24:27 ↗ will be cleaned by 2030. 2030

1:24:30 ↗ so we're working to reduce overall

1:24:32 ↗ energy use but still natural gas will

1:24:35 ↗ still

1:24:36 ↗ be fossil

1:24:37 ↗ fossil fuel

1:24:39 ↗ energy past 2030. so i think that ask

1:24:42 ↗ was looking at is there a way to

1:24:44 ↗ specifically measure

1:24:46 ↗ that use in existing buildings

1:24:49 ↗ so i looked at a couple other plans and

1:24:52 ↗ king county does have a target related

1:24:54 ↗ to this

1:24:56 ↗ so they have one to reduce natural gas

1:24:58 ↗ and other fossil fuel use in existing

1:25:01 ↗ buildings by at least 20 by 2030 and 80

1:25:05 ↗ by 2050

1:25:07 ↗ which is compared to 2017 levels which

1:25:10 ↗ is uh the same baseline as our as our

1:25:12 ↗ other pieces

1:25:13 ↗ um this this target comes from the um

1:25:17 ↗ king county joint climate commitments uh

1:25:19 ↗ which is aqua signed on to and a few of

1:25:22 ↗ the other targets that we have

1:25:23 ↗ uh are also aligned with that so i think

1:25:26 ↗ if council is interested in adding a

1:25:28 ↗ target that might be a good one to

1:25:30 ↗ reference

1:25:34 ↗ looking at the chat to see if there's

1:25:36 ↗ any more questions

1:25:41 ↗ if not would somebody care to make a

1:25:43 ↗ motion

1:25:51 ↗ let's go to council president hunt

1:25:56 ↗ i move to approve resolution number

1:25:58 ↗ 2021-18

1:26:00 ↗ adopting the issaquah climate action

1:26:02 ↗ plan

1:26:03 ↗ and council member d michelle

1:26:06 ↗ i second

1:26:08 ↗ it has been moved and seconded is there

1:26:10 ↗ any additional council discussion and if

1:26:12 ↗ so please indicate in the chat

1:26:15 ↗ actually i'll go to council president

1:26:17 ↗ hunt you move the motion would you like

1:26:18 ↗ to start

1:26:20 ↗ yes thank you madam mayor well i wanted

1:26:22 ↗ to appreciate all of the

1:26:25 ↗ evident hard work that went into this uh

1:26:28 ↗ plan it's very thoughtful very detailed

1:26:31 ↗ um and also i think very actionable

1:26:34 ↗ that's been one of the things that i've

1:26:37 ↗ brought up repeatedly is that

1:26:41 ↗ it's very important for me that this

1:26:43 ↗ plan b feasible actionable implementable

1:26:46 ↗ so when we start actually getting to you

1:26:49 ↗ know how do we achieve these targets and

1:26:51 ↗ goals how do we how do we do it so i

1:26:53 ↗ appreciate that a lot and i think that

1:26:55 ↗ the community

1:26:57 ↗ business community

1:26:58 ↗ uh energy community as well as

1:27:01 ↗ groups like the people for climate

1:27:02 ↗ action and the community at large has

1:27:05 ↗ all been brought into the process and

1:27:07 ↗ that's also very evident from the way

1:27:09 ↗ that this was presented in our packet

1:27:11 ↗ this evening i really appreciated

1:27:13 ↗ that there was um the specific

1:27:17 ↗ way that feedback had been addressed in

1:27:20 ↗ the current plan that we're looking at

1:27:22 ↗ so there was a table where you know you

1:27:24 ↗ had received this feedback and you had

1:27:25 ↗ taken into account and made the

1:27:27 ↗ following changes

1:27:28 ↗ so i think that was that was really

1:27:30 ↗ excellent and

1:27:32 ↗ sets us up for

1:27:34 ↗ potential success when we when we come

1:27:36 ↗ back to implement this plan and to

1:27:37 ↗ understand why

1:27:38 ↗ actions are in the sequence that they

1:27:40 ↗ are

1:27:41 ↗ um and and how to go about achieving

1:27:43 ↗ these targets

1:27:44 ↗ uh i i am

1:27:47 ↗ also uh

1:27:49 ↗ you know i think we're at a really

1:27:51 ↗ important

1:27:53 ↗ we have an important position to

1:27:56 ↗ both um turn around uh

1:28:00 ↗ make some meaningful change but you know

1:28:02 ↗ we also recognize that we're we're

1:28:04 ↗ behind and this is um a really important

1:28:07 ↗ to both the community and also

1:28:09 ↗ important just in general that we

1:28:11 ↗ address climate change and take action

1:28:14 ↗ on this uh i think we've

1:28:16 ↗ been increasingly that it impacts

1:28:18 ↗ people's lives directly at this point

1:28:20 ↗ including with the recent heat dome or

1:28:22 ↗ heat waves and

1:28:24 ↗ we are also at the border of forests and

1:28:28 ↗ wildfire risk is certainly exacerbated

1:28:30 ↗ by climate change as well so

1:28:32 ↗ there's huge potential here but i i

1:28:34 ↗ recognize also that there's

1:28:36 ↗ huge pressure to make positive

1:28:40 ↗ change in this area so i think this plan

1:28:41 ↗ sets us up for that and then we have to

1:28:43 ↗ go and implement it

1:28:45 ↗ i would ask that the community hold us

1:28:47 ↗ accountable in that and we will also

1:28:50 ↗ i think have

1:28:51 ↗ a lot of work to do with

1:28:53 ↗ other levels of government because this

1:28:55 ↗ is not something that one city can do

1:28:57 ↗ alone we need to work with our

1:28:58 ↗ representatives at

1:29:00 ↗ the state level the county level

1:29:03 ↗ and make sure that we have our voice

1:29:06 ↗ heard and that we can work with them on

1:29:07 ↗ solutions

1:29:10 ↗ at other levels of government as well

1:29:11 ↗ it's going to take

1:29:12 ↗ a lot of actions at a lot of levels so

1:29:15 ↗ i'm in strong support i i am interested

1:29:18 ↗ in making this one

1:29:20 ↗ um addition for a target because it

1:29:23 ↗ feels like if we don't have a metric

1:29:26 ↗ in that area and a target it would be

1:29:28 ↗ useful to have it is

1:29:29 ↗ existing buildings are

1:29:31 ↗ an important part of our current

1:29:35 ↗ inventory of emissions and so i would be

1:29:38 ↗ interested in moving that but i wanted

1:29:40 ↗ to start off by just saying that

1:29:41 ↗ this is a really good start i'm really

1:29:44 ↗ interested in the years ahead when we

1:29:47 ↗ put this into action

1:29:49 ↗ thank you council president

1:29:50 ↗ councilmember d michelle

1:29:53 ↗ thank you mayor paulie um

1:29:56 ↗ first of all this is a

1:29:58 ↗ a really beautiful and really impressive

1:30:02 ↗ plan

1:30:03 ↗ and

1:30:04 ↗ everybody who worked on it should be

1:30:07 ↗ feel very very proud of the product that

1:30:10 ↗ uh has emerged from a very

1:30:13 ↗ long but very thorough process

1:30:16 ↗ i know we've heard from some people who

1:30:17 ↗ would like us to delay

1:30:21 ↗ because there might be unintended

1:30:23 ↗ consequences

1:30:25 ↗ i think that the plan puts in place a

1:30:27 ↗ monitoring system that as it's described

1:30:30 ↗ in the plan it's very robust

1:30:33 ↗ and in addition we will have staff uh

1:30:36 ↗ i'm sure on a daily basis

1:30:38 ↗ uh watching for those unintended uh

1:30:40 ↗ consequences so i think that we will be

1:30:43 ↗ able to identify and correct any

1:30:45 ↗ unintended

1:30:46 ↗ consequences but my worry is not so much

1:30:49 ↗ with adverse impacts instead i worry

1:30:52 ↗ that we

1:30:53 ↗ have delayed taking action for too long

1:30:56 ↗ approving the issaquah climate action

1:30:58 ↗ plan tonight is a giant step

1:31:01 ↗ but it will be meaningless if we don't

1:31:03 ↗ transform our words into action

1:31:06 ↗ just today i visited my doctor over at

1:31:08 ↗ the issaquah medical center and while i

1:31:11 ↗ was driving into the medical center i

1:31:14 ↗ happened to notice that there were two

1:31:15 ↗ cherry trees along the driveway

1:31:18 ↗ that are in full bloom on december the

1:31:22 ↗ 6th

1:31:23 ↗ trees that we usually would expect to

1:31:25 ↗ bloom in march or april are on full

1:31:27 ↗ bloom today

1:31:29 ↗ so these

1:31:30 ↗ we can see all around us that climate

1:31:32 ↗ change is here

1:31:34 ↗ and we've already seen the impacts with

1:31:36 ↗ hundred year floods and the summer heat

1:31:38 ↗ dome

1:31:38 ↗ and the perpetual threat of wildfires

1:31:41 ↗ destroying this beautiful city

1:31:43 ↗ so for the sake of the planet and future

1:31:45 ↗ generations we have to reduce greenhouse

1:31:47 ↗ gas emissions protect our forests and

1:31:50 ↗ learn how to live in concert with nature

1:31:53 ↗ so again i want to give thanks to all

1:31:55 ↗ the people who came forward hundreds of

1:31:57 ↗ people were involved in putting this

1:31:59 ↗ plan together and giving us really

1:32:02 ↗ really good solid input and of course

1:32:05 ↗ many many thanks to megan for your

1:32:07 ↗ leadership just superb

1:32:09 ↗ um this will make an impact in issaquah

1:32:12 ↗ for decades to come

1:32:14 ↗ um i too will proudly vote this is again

1:32:18 ↗ i said when we adopted the equity board

1:32:21 ↗ that that was probably one of the most

1:32:23 ↗ significant votes that we would take

1:32:25 ↗ this is certainly right up there

1:32:28 ↗ in terms of significance and i will

1:32:30 ↗ proudly vote to adopt the issaquah

1:32:32 ↗ climate action plan thank you

1:32:35 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle

1:32:37 ↗ councilmember

1:32:38 ↗ walsh

1:32:40 ↗ thank you madam mayor this is

1:32:41 ↗ councilmember walsh um first i'd like to

1:32:44 ↗ join my colleagues in thanking the

1:32:46 ↗ community for first pushing forward this

1:32:49 ↗ issue the environmental board for so

1:32:52 ↗ very much hard work that's evidence in

1:32:54 ↗ this plan

1:32:55 ↗ and megan curtis murphy for just

1:32:58 ↗ such diligent focus on this issue over

1:33:00 ↗ the years

1:33:02 ↗ um

1:33:03 ↗ that being said i have to say that i

1:33:05 ↗ kind of hate plans i mean hate may be

1:33:09 ↗ too strong of a word but as a policy

1:33:11 ↗ maker

1:33:12 ↗ i dislike the act of creating and

1:33:15 ↗ improving a plan

1:33:16 ↗ because it often comes apart it comes

1:33:20 ↗ across as a win or a finish line

1:33:23 ↗ but

1:33:24 ↗ plans are just the start and so i would

1:33:28 ↗ really ask that we not congratulate

1:33:30 ↗ ourselves too much for reading this

1:33:32 ↗ particular starting line

1:33:36 ↗ we really need to use that energy toward

1:33:38 ↗ the actual actions that will make a

1:33:41 ↗ difference so toward that idea here's

1:33:43 ↗ what i will be looking for as we

1:33:46 ↗ implement this plan

1:33:48 ↗ so first additions to the cip some of

1:33:51 ↗ the examples from the plan included

1:33:54 ↗ fleet electrification solar and other

1:33:57 ↗ renewable electricity for municipal

1:33:59 ↗ buildings

1:34:00 ↗ the title 18 land use and zoning changes

1:34:03 ↗ around parking missing middle housing

1:34:06 ↗ low income impact development and more

1:34:09 ↗ upcoming action on overhauling our

1:34:12 ↗ business building codes

1:34:14 ↗ budget updates many budget updates for

1:34:18 ↗ outreach incentives and policy items

1:34:21 ↗ that are listed in the short-term

1:34:23 ↗ timeline

1:34:24 ↗ our waste management contract addressing

1:34:26 ↗ the items listed in the icap

1:34:29 ↗ and then

1:34:30 ↗ every year the annual environmental

1:34:32 ↗ board report on the actions taken each

1:34:35 ↗ year i want to know what's worked and

1:34:36 ↗ what hasn't

1:34:38 ↗ and i expect the environmental board and

1:34:41 ↗ the community to hold us accountable to

1:34:43 ↗ actually taking the actions to implement

1:34:46 ↗ this plan

1:34:48 ↗ so that we don't continue standing on a

1:34:50 ↗ starting line

1:34:51 ↗ where

1:34:52 ↗ we're already behind

1:34:54 ↗ so yes i support

1:34:57 ↗ you know voting for this plan but

1:35:00 ↗ i'm not going to count it as a success

1:35:02 ↗ unless

1:35:04 ↗ we take the steps forward on that so

1:35:06 ↗ thank you

1:35:08 ↗ councilmember walsh councilmember hall

1:35:11 ↗ uh thank you councilmember hall here

1:35:13 ↗ i've got a few comments that i wanted to

1:35:14 ↗ say about the ischool climate action

1:35:16 ↗ plan some of which are duplicative so

1:35:19 ↗ apologies in advance

1:35:21 ↗ um

1:35:22 ↗ but first and foremost i want to thank

1:35:24 ↗ staff for doing such a great job

1:35:26 ↗ incorporating our earlier feedback the

1:35:28 ↗ feedback of the environmental board and

1:35:29 ↗ planning policy commission

1:35:31 ↗ and the feedback of the community during

1:35:33 ↗ our community convenings on climate and

1:35:34 ↗ i want to join

1:35:36 ↗ uh others uh in thanking megan curtis

1:35:38 ↗ murphy in particular for her commitment

1:35:40 ↗ to the issues of environmental

1:35:42 ↗ sustainability climate change and also

1:35:44 ↗ her commitment to

1:35:45 ↗ the participation and the vision of the

1:35:48 ↗ escort community along the way so thank

1:35:49 ↗ you very much

1:35:51 ↗ um

1:35:52 ↗ some things i like about this plan um

1:35:54 ↗ you know this plan is our response to

1:35:56 ↗ the challenge of climate change here in

1:35:58 ↗ isoqua it's focused on

1:36:00 ↗ vision

1:36:02 ↗ multi-benefit actions equity and

1:36:04 ↗ education

1:36:05 ↗ it's a living document ready to be

1:36:07 ↗ regularly reviewed by the council by the

1:36:10 ↗ environmental board into the future

1:36:12 ↗ i like that it's interactive and it's

1:36:14 ↗ very accessible to the community and

1:36:17 ↗ like we've heard earlier too it's an

1:36:18 ↗ active leadership in the greater region

1:36:20 ↗ i'm very happy with where the plans act

1:36:23 ↗ and i'll be voting in favor of its

1:36:24 ↗ adoption tonight i'd also be

1:36:27 ↗ supportive if there's a motion amending

1:36:28 ↗ the plan to add an additional metric

1:36:30 ↗ around renewable energy usage in

1:36:32 ↗ existing buildings if it's aligned with

1:36:34 ↗ the

1:36:34 ↗ county city's climate action plan

1:36:37 ↗ um our clean climate

1:36:39 ↗ king county city's climate partnership

1:36:42 ↗ collaboration yes collaboration thank

1:36:44 ↗ you um and i you know what i um

1:36:48 ↗ love where councilmember walsh's head's

1:36:50 ↗ at that we need to be thinking about the

1:36:51 ↗ future too but i would like us all to

1:36:53 ↗ take a moment to celebrate

1:36:55 ↗ um i'll take a note out of councilmember

1:36:57 ↗ mark's books and quote a leader i think

1:36:59 ↗ it was benjamin franklin you said by

1:37:01 ↗ failing to prepare you're preparing to

1:37:02 ↗ fail so i think maybe we're

1:37:05 ↗ one percent of the way there maybe let's

1:37:07 ↗ celebrate this one percent

1:37:09 ↗ and then look forward to the 99 that

1:37:11 ↗ come afterwards

1:37:12 ↗ um those are my comments and i'll be

1:37:14 ↗ voting a favor thanks

1:37:16 ↗ thank you councilmember hall

1:37:17 ↗ i am not seeing any comments megan i

1:37:19 ↗ wonder if you could clarify you had made

1:37:21 ↗ some comments um

1:37:23 ↗ earlier about

1:37:25 ↗ the metric and whether or not our plan

1:37:28 ↗ was in compliance with kc4 so could you

1:37:31 ↗ um maybe expand on that a little bit are

1:37:34 ↗ we in compliance with kc4 and is this

1:37:37 ↗ metric above and beyond kc4 and is it

1:37:39 ↗ something that we would be able to add

1:37:41 ↗ tonight or something that we would need

1:37:43 ↗ to research

1:37:45 ↗ this is megan um this is the the target

1:37:48 ↗ that i mentioned about um natural gas is

1:37:52 ↗ in the 2019 joint climate commitments

1:37:55 ↗ that we signed on to um early 2020.

1:37:59 ↗ a few of the other targets also come

1:38:01 ↗ from that as well so i think it would be

1:38:02 ↗ in line with uh with those and and

1:38:06 ↗ adopting it

1:38:08 ↗ that's so clear so

1:38:11 ↗ you

1:38:12 ↗ believe we have

1:38:14 ↗ matched casey for or you believe that we

1:38:16 ↗ need to have a proposed amendment to add

1:38:19 ↗ a metric that matches kc4

1:38:23 ↗ we do not have this

1:38:25 ↗ exact target that

1:38:27 ↗ k4c has

1:38:29 ↗ we do not have that in our plan we have

1:38:32 ↗ similar ones but we don't have this

1:38:34 ↗ specific one we do have other ones on

1:38:36 ↗ existing building energy usage but not

1:38:39 ↗ specifically on natural gas reduction

1:38:42 ↗ okay and so you as staff are in favor of

1:38:45 ↗ adding this one

1:38:47 ↗ yes

1:38:48 ↗ thanks

1:38:49 ↗ uh council president hunt would like to

1:38:51 ↗ make motion

1:38:53 ↗ thank you um i moved to

1:38:57 ↗ amend the plan to add the following

1:38:59 ↗ targets which is

1:39:02 ↗ reduce natural gas and other fossil fuel

1:39:04 ↗ use in existing buildings by at least 20

1:39:07 ↗ percent by 2030 and

1:39:09 ↗ 80 percent by 2050 compared to his 2017

1:39:12 ↗ baseline

1:39:13 ↗ and i will put that in the chat

1:39:18 ↗ is there a second

1:39:21 ↗ that's a member hall

1:39:23 ↗ oh thank you councilmember hall i'll

1:39:24 ↗ second that motion

1:39:28 ↗ so it has been moved and seconded to

1:39:29 ↗ reduce natural gas and other fossil fuel

1:39:31 ↗ use in existing buildings by at least 20

1:39:33 ↗ percent by 2030 and 80 by 2050 compared

1:39:37 ↗ to a 27 baseline uh comments and

1:39:41 ↗ questions and actually i'm first going

1:39:42 ↗ to ask megan a question

1:39:44 ↗ this is um private buildings

1:39:49 ↗ um yes well this would be looking at our

1:39:51 ↗ full community wide so it would be

1:39:55 ↗ not necessarily separating out public

1:39:57 ↗ and private it would just be the full

1:39:58 ↗ community wide

1:40:00 ↗ okay

1:40:01 ↗ thanks councilmember goodman

1:40:03 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman here um

1:40:05 ↗ i would like to ask

1:40:06 ↗ megan is this

1:40:08 ↗ um

1:40:09 ↗ the motion is this something that was

1:40:12 ↗ vetted as part of the plan was this out

1:40:13 ↗ in the community when the plan was being

1:40:16 ↗ commented on

1:40:18 ↗ this specific

1:40:19 ↗ we did not talk about this specific

1:40:21 ↗ target now

1:40:23 ↗ so we talked a lot about wanting to

1:40:25 ↗ include existing buildings so we

1:40:26 ↗ included them in

1:40:28 ↗ a different target but it's a little bit

1:40:31 ↗ different from this one

1:40:32 ↗ so i think this one is coming because

1:40:35 ↗ we are looking at our our fuel use we

1:40:38 ↗ have both electricity and natural gas

1:40:41 ↗ electricity will be clean natural gas

1:40:43 ↗ does not have that um adopted law to be

1:40:46 ↗ clean so this is kind of hammering in a

1:40:48 ↗ little bit more on the details from what

1:40:50 ↗ we've been hearing from the community

1:40:53 ↗ in wanting to have

1:40:55 ↗ wanting to reduce our emissions and

1:40:56 ↗ working towards electrification

1:40:59 ↗ we also have a few actions that speak to

1:41:02 ↗ this target so we do have um

1:41:06 ↗ a strategy that's looking at

1:41:07 ↗ electrification and then actions to have

1:41:09 ↗ a heat pump campaign

1:41:12 ↗ which would be targeting its existing

1:41:14 ↗ buildings so we do have actions speaking

1:41:16 ↗ to that that we're definitely

1:41:18 ↗ well supported by the community we just

1:41:20 ↗ didn't have this specific target in

1:41:22 ↗ there

1:41:23 ↗ okay thanks

1:41:25 ↗ uh councilmember hall

1:41:28 ↗ uh thank you this councilmember hall um

1:41:31 ↗ question for megan so can you clarify

1:41:33 ↗ again so this is a

1:41:36 ↗ um

1:41:37 ↗ part of what we signed as a as a member

1:41:40 ↗ city of the k4c

1:41:42 ↗ um is this also part of

1:41:45 ↗ the state's

1:41:46 ↗ recent response to climate change

1:41:49 ↗ with the state electrification plan or

1:41:53 ↗ are they monitoring this metric at all

1:41:54 ↗ do you know

1:41:57 ↗ this is megan

1:41:58 ↗ i'm not sure exactly if the state has

1:42:00 ↗ this as a metric or not um king county

1:42:03 ↗ does have it in there in their climate

1:42:05 ↗ action plan

1:42:07 ↗ um i was

1:42:08 ↗ quickly looking over a few of our other

1:42:10 ↗ neighboring jurisdiction plans this

1:42:12 ↗ evening as well i believe redmond has a

1:42:14 ↗ similar one

1:42:16 ↗ but i'm not sure if the state has it

1:42:18 ↗ specifically in an adopted language

1:42:24 ↗ any other questions on the amendment i

1:42:27 ↗ was going to

1:42:28 ↗ just ask the process question uh

1:42:41 ↗ mayor foreign is to show your audio uh

1:42:44 ↗ cut out a little bit at your last

1:42:46 ↗ comment

1:42:48 ↗ okay thank you i have uh just got a

1:42:49 ↗ process question and want to know if

1:42:51 ↗ city administrator bob quits is

1:42:52 ↗ available to maybe provide an opinion

1:42:57 ↗ yes ma'am what would you like

1:42:59 ↗ um just want to make sure that with all

1:43:02 ↗ of the good work that megan and the

1:43:03 ↗ staff did in community outreach that

1:43:06 ↗ doing

1:43:07 ↗ a revision at the last minute like this

1:43:09 ↗ adding a metric really is um

1:43:13 ↗ a

1:43:14 ↗ i don't want to say appropriate or

1:43:16 ↗ inappropriate um but there have been

1:43:18 ↗ many touches on this before and so just

1:43:21 ↗ want to make sure that this makes sense

1:43:25 ↗ i i think i think it does make sense i

1:43:27 ↗ think the you know the plan is much

1:43:29 ↗ broader

1:43:30 ↗ i think the metrics are really to make

1:43:32 ↗ this accountable and so

1:43:34 ↗ one additional metric just makes us that

1:43:36 ↗ much more accountable it's uh it's

1:43:38 ↗ something that we've already signed on

1:43:40 ↗ to for k4c it's already been described

1:43:42 ↗ um as many members of the council

1:43:44 ↗ tonight have said uh this is just the

1:43:46 ↗ beginning and so as we move forward with

1:43:49 ↗ this quite honestly the more metrics

1:43:50 ↗ that we have to make us accountable the

1:43:52 ↗ better um so i don't think there's any

1:43:54 ↗ problem that's a great answer thank you

1:43:57 ↗ are there any other members i'm just

1:43:58 ↗ going to check the chat again uh i had

1:44:01 ↗ council member hall covered

1:44:04 ↗ okay um if there's no more comments or

1:44:07 ↗ questions i'm going to get the city

1:44:08 ↗ clerk to vote on the amendment

1:44:11 ↗ call the roll call vote on the amendment

1:44:15 ↗ yes starting with council member d

1:44:17 ↗ michelle

1:44:19 ↗ hi

1:44:21 ↗ councilmember goodman

1:44:22 ↗ nay

1:44:24 ↗ councilmember hall

1:44:26 ↗ aye

1:44:27 ↗ council president hunt

1:44:30 ↗ aye

1:44:31 ↗ council member martz

1:44:33 ↗ aye

1:44:35 ↗ councilmember walsh

1:44:37 ↗ aye

1:44:38 ↗ that's five eyes one nay

1:44:41 ↗ thank you that passes five to one

1:44:43 ↗ is there any more comments or questions

1:44:45 ↗ or amendments proposed and i'll keep my

1:44:48 ↗ eye on the chat for a second

1:44:52 ↗ that's remember goodman

1:44:54 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman here i

1:44:56 ↗ do want to thank megan for all the work

1:44:58 ↗ obviously there's been a lot of work

1:45:01 ↗ and all the community members who have

1:45:03 ↗ participated i'm the only reason i

1:45:05 ↗ didn't support the amendment is um

1:45:08 ↗ probably what the mayor alluded to and

1:45:10 ↗ that is it makes me a little bit

1:45:12 ↗ concerned to vote on something

1:45:13 ↗ substantive at the last amendment it's

1:45:15 ↗ something that we could amend

1:45:17 ↗ um the plan later if we wanted to

1:45:20 ↗ but that doesn't distract from my

1:45:22 ↗ support of the plan and i am excited to

1:45:24 ↗ vote yes thanks

1:45:26 ↗ thank you council member goodman any

1:45:28 ↗ more comments any more questions

1:45:30 ↗ keep my eye on the chat

1:45:36 ↗ okay

1:45:39 ↗ if there are no more comments or

1:45:40 ↗ questions um the most should be for

1:45:42 ↗ council that has been moved and seconded

1:45:44 ↗ is to adopt resolution number 2021-18

1:45:48 ↗ adopting the issue of climate accident

1:45:50 ↗ plan and city kirk can you take call

1:45:55 ↗ yes starting with council member goodman

1:45:58 ↗ aye

1:45:59 ↗ councilmember hall

1:46:01 ↗ aye

1:46:02 ↗ council president hunt

1:46:04 ↗ i

1:46:05 ↗ council member martz

1:46:07 ↗ aye

1:46:08 ↗ councilmember walsh

1:46:11 ↗ council aye

1:46:11 ↗ d michelle

1:46:13 ↗ aye

1:46:15 ↗ that's six eyes zero nays

1:46:17 ↗ thank you that passes unanimously so

1:46:19 ↗ again i just wanted to recognize megan

1:46:21 ↗ curtis murphy megan thank you for

1:46:23 ↗ stewarding the climate action plan and

1:46:25 ↗ for all your excellent work on green

1:46:27 ↗ building and environment and climate

1:46:28 ↗ policy

1:46:30 ↗ we wish you all the best in your new

1:46:31 ↗ role

1:46:32 ↗ thanks for coming tonight thank you

1:46:36 ↗ the next item of business this evening

1:46:38 ↗ is ab-8292

1:46:40 ↗ front-line worker incentive pay

1:46:42 ↗ ordinance this is for non-representative

1:46:44 ↗ staff and memorandums of understanding

1:46:47 ↗ for

1:46:48 ↗ afsme

1:46:50 ↗ ipoa ipssa

1:46:52 ↗ teamsters117 police sergeants and

1:46:54 ↗ teamsters 117 and police commanders and

1:46:57 ↗ teamsters 763 the action before the

1:47:00 ↗ council this evening is to adopt the

1:47:02 ↗ ordinance and ratify i'd like to invite

1:47:04 ↗ human resources director stephanie

1:47:06 ↗ johnson to present this item stephanie

1:47:09 ↗ and actually madam mayor you're going to

1:47:10 ↗ get me tonight stephanie's available for

1:47:12 ↗ questions but

1:47:14 ↗ i'm going to go ahead and take the lead

1:47:16 ↗ madam mayor members of the council

1:47:18 ↗ this is this is quite something

1:47:21 ↗ we uh we put this together over the last

1:47:24 ↗ uh uh few months and i see stephanie's

1:47:27 ↗ on camera now i want to thank her for

1:47:29 ↗ her diligence with this

1:47:31 ↗ we want to recognize our employees for

1:47:33 ↗ their excellent work during the pandemic

1:47:36 ↗ there are very strict laws in the state

1:47:37 ↗ of washington over gifts of public funds

1:47:40 ↗ and so what we needed to do is to come

1:47:41 ↗ up with a program

1:47:43 ↗ that made sense

1:47:45 ↗ that would be lawful but also make sure

1:47:47 ↗ that we recognize our employees so what

1:47:49 ↗ you have before you is that in order to

1:47:52 ↗ operationalize it there are uh

1:47:55 ↗ mous with our representative employees

1:47:58 ↗ and then the ordinance before you uh

1:48:00 ↗ also in acts the ability for us to do

1:48:02 ↗ this or for our non-representative

1:48:04 ↗ employees

1:48:06 ↗ you know simply stated what we're

1:48:08 ↗ offering is payments up to two thousand

1:48:10 ↗ dollars for employees who have provided

1:48:12 ↗ in-person services during the pandemic

1:48:15 ↗ and will continue to perform insert

1:48:17 ↗ person services

1:48:18 ↗ through february 28 2022

1:48:22 ↗ for those employees that

1:48:24 ↗ could do their jobs

1:48:26 ↗ not in person there is a separate

1:48:27 ↗ increment available for that the program

1:48:31 ↗ in your packet goes through the

1:48:33 ↗ particulars and i won't read through

1:48:34 ↗ every single one of them but this will

1:48:36 ↗ be money that will be paid

1:48:38 ↗ into next year

1:48:39 ↗ um we have also some adjustments to two

1:48:43 ↗ of the mousse for additional items one

1:48:46 ↗ is for the isquad police officers

1:48:48 ↗ association uh to increase callback from

1:48:50 ↗ one and a half times of the employee's

1:48:52 ↗ hourly rate to two and a half times the

1:48:54 ↗ employees hourly rate of pay through

1:48:56 ↗ april 30th 2022

1:48:59 ↗ we are concerned continue to be

1:49:00 ↗ concerned with staffing levels uh this

1:49:02 ↗ incentive which is used by other

1:49:04 ↗ jurisdictions

1:49:05 ↗ hopefully will keep us from forcing

1:49:07 ↗ anyone to come to work especially with

1:49:09 ↗ the holidays with vacations uh we wanted

1:49:12 ↗ to make sure that that was was the case

1:49:15 ↗ and then with the teamster 763

1:49:18 ↗ we are increasing the standby pay from

1:49:20 ↗ three dollars an hour

1:49:21 ↗ to six dollars an hour through april

1:49:23 ↗ 30th again uh similarly concerned about

1:49:26 ↗ the holiday period also with the coming

1:49:29 ↗ inclement weather we want people to be

1:49:32 ↗ willing to be available for us we have

1:49:34 ↗ had some staffing reductions in our

1:49:36 ↗ public works operations

1:49:38 ↗ staff largely because of the kova 19

1:49:41 ↗ vaccine mandate and so as we work

1:49:44 ↗ through the first quarter to restaff

1:49:46 ↗ some of those positions we think that

1:49:48 ↗ will make sense um we are also

1:49:50 ↗ increasing what is known as disaster pay

1:49:53 ↗ in the mou from 350 an hour to seven

1:49:56 ↗ dollars an hour

1:49:57 ↗ and so certainly if we were to get a

1:49:59 ↗ heavy snowfall that pay is already in

1:50:01 ↗ existence but through the mlu this will

1:50:03 ↗ be increasing the pay again we want to

1:50:05 ↗ make sure

1:50:06 ↗ to incentivize

1:50:08 ↗ people coming to work when we need them

1:50:10 ↗ especially when we are short-handed uh

1:50:12 ↗ going into the first quarter so we will

1:50:14 ↗ be very diligent in moving forward with

1:50:16 ↗ uh re-staffing the positions that have

1:50:19 ↗ been vacated uh because of the vaccine

1:50:21 ↗ mandate uh but we hope and believe that

1:50:23 ↗ these changes will help with that uh so

1:50:26 ↗ madam mayor members of the council uh

1:50:28 ↗ really happy to answer any additional

1:50:30 ↗ questions you may have um this is

1:50:32 ↗ frontline worker pay

1:50:35 ↗ a plan

1:50:36 ↗ we think is the broadest available uh in

1:50:39 ↗ the state of washington there have been

1:50:40 ↗ other jurisdictions um that have done it

1:50:43 ↗ perhaps for one or two bargaining units

1:50:45 ↗ but we are reaching out really to a

1:50:48 ↗ large number of our employees

1:50:50 ↗ who really stepped up during the

1:50:51 ↗ pandemic uh graded it based on those

1:50:54 ↗ that you know came in every day uh had

1:50:57 ↗ no choice to get their work done and

1:50:59 ↗ then also those who came in but also had

1:51:01 ↗ the opportunity to work with them

1:51:03 ↗ so

1:51:04 ↗ again stephanie's here and i want to

1:51:05 ↗ thank her for all her excellent work on

1:51:07 ↗ this we're both able to answer any

1:51:08 ↗ questions

1:51:11 ↗ thank you city administrator um so the

1:51:13 ↗ motion has been put into the chat

1:51:15 ↗ i'm uh keeping my eye on it to see if

1:51:17 ↗ there's any questions or comments

1:51:20 ↗ and if not if somebody would care to

1:51:21 ↗ make a motion

1:51:25 ↗ councilmember goodman

1:51:28 ↗ ah thank you

1:51:30 ↗ i would make a motion to

1:51:32 ↗ adopt ordinance number 2966 regarding

1:51:35 ↗ frontline worker incentive pay for

1:51:37 ↗ non-represented employees and ratify and

1:51:39 ↗ authorize the mayor to enter into and

1:51:41 ↗ execute the memorandums of understanding

1:51:44 ↗ with

1:51:44 ↗ the american federation of state county

1:51:46 ↗ and municipal employees issaquah police

1:51:48 ↗ officers association the issaquah police

1:51:51 ↗ support staff association teamsters 117

1:51:54 ↗ representing police commanders teamsters

1:51:56 ↗ 117 representing police sergeants and

1:51:59 ↗ teamsters

1:52:00 ↗ 763. councilmember walsh

1:52:04 ↗ second

1:52:06 ↗ it's been moved and seconded uh council

1:52:09 ↗ member goodman would you like to speak

1:52:11 ↗ to this first

1:52:13 ↗ um well i just i think it's a fine move

1:52:17 ↗ to

1:52:18 ↗ um show our appreciation for

1:52:21 ↗ um all of the

1:52:22 ↗ work

1:52:23 ↗ during um

1:52:25 ↗ certainly

1:52:26 ↗ one of the

1:52:28 ↗ maybe two most uncertain times in my

1:52:31 ↗ lifetime um

1:52:33 ↗ and uh

1:52:34 ↗ to all the folks who

1:52:36 ↗ um

1:52:39 ↗ did what they needed to do

1:52:43 ↗ thank you very much councilmember walsh

1:52:45 ↗ did you have a comment

1:52:47 ↗ yes thank you um yeah i not only support

1:52:50 ↗ this concept as far as

1:52:53 ↗ um

1:52:54 ↗ you know really rewarding and showing

1:52:57 ↗ appreciation for all of our frontline

1:52:59 ↗ workers that

1:53:00 ↗ did come in and continue to come in

1:53:03 ↗ but i also want to just take a moment to

1:53:05 ↗ thank the

1:53:07 ↗ administration and the hr team and

1:53:10 ↗ stephanie johnson just for the hard work

1:53:13 ↗ in

1:53:15 ↗ navigating all of these issues that

1:53:18 ↗ nobody anticipated would be coming our

1:53:20 ↗ way

1:53:21 ↗ um and to have done so

1:53:23 ↗ in

1:53:24 ↗ such a great way um i know it has not

1:53:27 ↗ been easy and i just also want to add in

1:53:30 ↗ a little bit of thank you there on that

1:53:32 ↗ as well thanks

1:53:34 ↗ thank you councilmember walsh it has not

1:53:36 ↗ been easy

1:53:38 ↗ i am not seeing any other um

1:53:41 ↗ folks indicating in the chat that they

1:53:43 ↗ would like to comment

1:53:45 ↗ uh i can read the motion again it is

1:53:50 ↗ to adopt earnings number two 966

1:53:52 ↗ regarding frontline worker incentive pay

1:53:54 ↗ for non-represented employees and ratify

1:53:56 ↗ an authorized mayor to enter into and

1:53:58 ↗ execute the memorandums of understanding

1:54:01 ↗ with the american federation of state

1:54:02 ↗ county and municipal employees this club

1:54:04 ↗ police officers association music club

1:54:07 ↗ police support staff association

1:54:09 ↗ teamsters 117 representing police

1:54:11 ↗ commanders and teamsters 117

1:54:13 ↗ representing police sergeants and

1:54:15 ↗ teamster 763.

1:54:17 ↗ um go to the clerk for a

1:54:19 ↗ roll call vote

1:54:21 ↗ with council member hall

1:54:24 ↗ aye

1:54:25 ↗ council president hunt

1:54:27 ↗ i

1:54:28 ↗ council member martz

1:54:31 ↗ council member walsh

1:54:32 ↗ i

1:54:34 ↗ council member d michelle hi

1:54:37 ↗ councilmember goodman hi

1:54:40 ↗ that's six eyes zero nays

1:54:42 ↗ thank you that passes unanimously

1:54:45 ↗ um i just want to do a check in with

1:54:46 ↗ council i know we have captured your

1:54:48 ↗ attention since 6 pm this evening and

1:54:50 ↗ you did have one short break would you

1:54:52 ↗ like a five minute break at this point

1:54:54 ↗ before we get on to the last item or

1:54:56 ↗ would you like to just keep moving

1:54:57 ↗ forward

1:54:58 ↗ thumbs up or down it for me it's fine

1:55:04 ↗ down

1:55:06 ↗ looks like we're

1:55:07 ↗ going through okay the next item on the

1:55:09 ↗ agenda this evening and the last under

1:55:11 ↗ regular business

1:55:13 ↗ is ab-8303

1:55:15 ↗ it's separate track for central isaf

1:55:17 ↗ step back standards in title 18 and the

1:55:20 ↗ request before council tonight is to

1:55:21 ↗ approve it and i'd like to invite

1:55:23 ↗ management analyst gene paul to present

1:55:25 ↗ this item gene

1:55:34 ↗ thank you madam mayor and good evening

1:55:35 ↗ members of the council i'm gene paul the

1:55:38 ↗ management analyst in the executive

1:55:39 ↗ office and tonight we'll be presenting

1:55:40 ↗ on the separate track for step back

1:55:42 ↗ standards in title 18.

1:55:50 ↗ the purpose of this evening's

1:55:51 ↗ presentation is to seek the city

1:55:53 ↗ council's approval to place the step

1:55:55 ↗ back standards found in the central

1:55:57 ↗ issaquad development and design

1:55:58 ↗ standards on a separate track from the

1:56:01 ↗ title 18 land use code update project

1:56:04 ↗ although i'll provide some descriptions

1:56:06 ↗ of the current code and what the

1:56:07 ↗ administration invis envisions as a

1:56:10 ↗ possible amendment we are not asking for

1:56:12 ↗ approval of any code changes this

1:56:14 ↗ evening we are simply asking you to

1:56:16 ↗ consider placing this item on a separate

1:56:18 ↗ and more advanced track than the rest of

1:56:20 ↗ title 18.

1:56:24 ↗ as background the transit oriented

1:56:26 ↗ development or tod project would be the

1:56:28 ↗ first mixed use project developed since

1:56:31 ↗ the adoption of the central isquad

1:56:33 ↗ development and design standards or sids

1:56:36 ↗ the tod project concept was also

1:56:39 ↗ developed prior to the sids so the

1:56:41 ↗ project development team has identified

1:56:43 ↗ a number of challenges with the project

1:56:45 ↗ concept and those standards

1:56:48 ↗ the administration has evaluated all of

1:56:50 ↗ the developer requests and is only

1:56:52 ↗ proposing to consider one code change

1:56:54 ↗ since that change may better fit the

1:56:56 ↗ intent of the code

1:57:02 ↗ the change the administration is

1:57:03 ↗ proposing to consider relates to the

1:57:05 ↗ step back standards

1:57:07 ↗ step back is an architectural design

1:57:08 ↗ element that is typically applied to the

1:57:10 ↗ upper story of a development

1:57:13 ↗ step back requires that any portion of a

1:57:15 ↗ building above a certain height is

1:57:17 ↗ pushed in towards the center of the

1:57:18 ↗ property

1:57:20 ↗ although there will be a picture on the

1:57:21 ↗ next slide you can think of step back as

1:57:23 ↗ similar to the tiers on a wedding cake

1:57:26 ↗ there are two current standards that

1:57:27 ↗ apply to the tod project

1:57:29 ↗ the first requires that northwest

1:57:31 ↗ contemporary style buildings if taller

1:57:33 ↗ than five floors step back above the

1:57:36 ↗ fifth floor the second standard for the

1:57:39 ↗ natural contact zone requires a step

1:57:41 ↗ back of 10 to 20 feet for all floors

1:57:44 ↗ above the fourth floor that face the

1:57:46 ↗ natural area

1:57:50 ↗ this slide contains the visualization

1:57:52 ↗ for the tod project concept

1:57:54 ↗ the developers currently envision a

1:57:56 ↗ concept with a step back beginning after

1:57:58 ↗ 25 feet or the first three floors

1:58:01 ↗ a five foot step back is depicted on the

1:58:04 ↗ right hand side of the drawing

1:58:06 ↗ to help understand the tod project

1:58:08 ↗ concept and how step back affects it

1:58:10 ↗ modern mixed-use developments above four

1:58:13 ↗ stories will commonly have a concrete

1:58:15 ↗ podium for the first one or two stories

1:58:17 ↗ and then wooden construction above in

1:58:20 ↗ the tod concept that concrete podium is

1:58:22 ↗ the first three floors before

1:58:24 ↗ transitioning with a step back to wooden

1:58:27 ↗ frame construction for the rest of the

1:58:28 ↗ building

1:58:30 ↗ the most cost effective construction

1:58:32 ↗ would be to stack the residential units

1:58:34 ↗ and maintain uniform walls throughout

1:58:36 ↗ the upper building

1:58:38 ↗ accommodating another step back at a

1:58:39 ↗ different level than the third would

1:58:41 ↗ decrease the size and the number of both

1:58:44 ↗ affordable and market rate residential

1:58:46 ↗ units and increase construction costs

1:58:50 ↗ the step back at a higher floor

1:58:52 ↗ decreases the size of the floor plate

1:58:54 ↗ which would also likely mean that

1:58:56 ↗ planned family size units would be

1:58:58 ↗ converted to one bedroom or studio

1:59:00 ↗ apartments

1:59:04 ↗ the administration believes a step back

1:59:05 ↗ at the third floor would better achieve

1:59:07 ↗ the code's objective of using

1:59:09 ↗ articulation to reduce the perceived

1:59:11 ↗ building massing and enhance the

1:59:13 ↗ pedestrian experience

1:59:15 ↗ therefore the administration intends to

1:59:17 ↗ propose a code amendment similar to the

1:59:19 ↗ city of redmond's overlake village zone

1:59:21 ↗ standards

1:59:23 ↗ in redmond for buildings over six

1:59:24 ↗ stories the step back shall begin by

1:59:27 ↗ floor seven and may begin as low as

1:59:30 ↗ floor 2.

1:59:31 ↗ applying this flexibility to step backs

1:59:33 ↗ in the sids would allow step backs to

1:59:35 ↗ begin at the fourth or fifth floor but

1:59:37 ↗ also at the third

1:59:39 ↗ during the process of the code revision

1:59:41 ↗ the administration will also explore

1:59:43 ↗ whether the community goals of reduced

1:59:45 ↗ perceived building mask could still be

1:59:47 ↗ achieved by a 5 foot step back instead

1:59:50 ↗ of the current 10 feet

1:59:55 ↗ at the march 15 council meeting the

1:59:57 ↗ council adopted resolution

1:59:59 ↗ 2021-06 which established criteria and a

2:00:03 ↗ procedure for considering changes to

2:00:05 ↗ title 18 outside of the update project

2:00:08 ↗ this procedure was a three-step process

2:00:11 ↗ that included the administration

2:00:13 ↗ providing information to the ad hoc

2:00:14 ↗ committee based on the established

2:00:16 ↗ criteria

2:00:18 ↗ the ad hoc committee making a

2:00:19 ↗ recommendation based on those criteria

2:00:21 ↗ and finally the city council ultimately

2:00:23 ↗ approving denying or approving the

2:00:25 ↗ recommendation with modifications

2:00:30 ↗ the administration presented this item

2:00:32 ↗ to the title 18 ad hoc committee on

2:00:34 ↗ november 10th

2:00:35 ↗ to briefly summarize the criteria and

2:00:37 ↗ the information presented starting with

2:00:39 ↗ urgency or time sensitivity the current

2:00:41 ↗ tod project timeline expects the

2:00:43 ↗ purchase and sale agreement or psa to

2:00:46 ↗ close in the january or february time

2:00:48 ↗ frame

2:00:49 ↗ following the psa the developers will

2:00:51 ↗ update designs before applying for

2:00:53 ↗ permits in the june to july time frame

2:00:56 ↗ therefore there is time sensitivity as

2:00:58 ↗ the developers need clarity around the

2:01:00 ↗ design standards in the first quarter of

2:01:01 ↗ 2022

2:01:03 ↗ construction financing timelines

2:01:05 ↗ generally do not allow for a six month

2:01:07 ↗ or more delay in the design phase

2:01:10 ↗ for the second and third criteria the

2:01:12 ↗ work will be accomplished with existing

2:01:14 ↗ staff and the administration believes

2:01:15 ↗ there will be minimal impact to plan to

2:01:17 ↗ work on the rest of the title 18 update

2:01:20 ↗ for the fourth bullet on public benefits

2:01:23 ↗ other future projects and the community

2:01:25 ↗ could also benefit from the code that

2:01:26 ↗ preserves the pedestrian experience and

2:01:29 ↗ views that the original code intended

2:01:32 ↗ while also providing increased

2:01:33 ↗ flexibility to developers in central

2:01:35 ↗ issaquah

2:01:37 ↗ in terms of what could be lost by not

2:01:39 ↗ pulling the topic out the tod project

2:01:41 ↗ would likely face increased construction

2:01:43 ↗ costs as well as decreased size and

2:01:45 ↗ number for both affordable and market

2:01:47 ↗ rate residential units

2:01:50 ↗ for the fifth bullet no other trade-offs

2:01:52 ↗ for potential conflicts with other parts

2:01:53 ↗ of title 18 had been identified

2:01:56 ↗ based on the information provided the ad

2:01:58 ↗ hoc committee unanimously recommended

2:02:00 ↗ the separate track for step back

2:02:02 ↗ revisions

2:02:05 ↗ this evening the administration is

2:02:07 ↗ proposing that the council approved the

2:02:09 ↗ ad hoc's recommendation and placed the

2:02:11 ↗ step back standards on a separate track

2:02:13 ↗ from the title 18 update

2:02:18 ↗ in terms of timing and next steps if the

2:02:20 ↗ council approves this item for a

2:02:21 ↗ separate track it would go to ppc in

2:02:24 ↗ january and pending the outcome of ppc

2:02:26 ↗ could return for adoption later in the

2:02:28 ↗ first quarter of next year

2:02:33 ↗ finally the administration is

2:02:34 ↗ recommending that the council approve

2:02:36 ↗ the placement of the step back standards

2:02:38 ↗ found in the sids on a separate track

2:02:40 ↗ from the title 18 update

2:02:42 ↗ that concludes my presentation and with

2:02:43 ↗ that i'm happy to answer any questions

2:02:47 ↗ thank you jane

2:02:50 ↗ are there any questions on the

2:02:52 ↗ presentation keep my own chat

2:02:59 ↗ and if there are none would somebody

2:03:01 ↗ care to make a motion

2:03:06 ↗ that's president

2:03:09 ↗ i moved to approve the placement of the

2:03:12 ↗ step back standards found in the central

2:03:14 ↗ issaquad development and design

2:03:16 ↗ standards on a separate track from the

2:03:18 ↗ title 18 land use code update project

2:03:22 ↗ thank you and council member walsh

2:03:25 ↗ second

2:03:27 ↗ it's been moved and seconded to approve

2:03:28 ↗ the placement of the step back standards

2:03:30 ↗ found in central school development

2:03:32 ↗ science standards on a separate track

2:03:33 ↗ from thailand manages code update

2:03:35 ↗ project council president hunt would you

2:03:37 ↗ like to speak to the motion

2:03:41 ↗ thank you um well i i do support this

2:03:45 ↗ and i just wanted to make it clear that

2:03:47 ↗ um we aren't

2:03:49 ↗ because there was some information

2:03:50 ↗ presented about what the code

2:03:53 ↗ um is doing i just wanted to make it

2:03:55 ↗ clear that here we are

2:03:58 ↗ considering putting

2:04:00 ↗ considering

2:04:01 ↗ making this code change

2:04:03 ↗ separate from another larger process to

2:04:08 ↗ overhaul

2:04:09 ↗ title 18 which is our land use code um

2:04:12 ↗ and so we aren't actually with this vote

2:04:14 ↗ we aren't actually considering or

2:04:16 ↗ approving the changes that were

2:04:18 ↗ discussed as far as the um

2:04:20 ↗ those impacts with the step backs so i

2:04:23 ↗ just wanted to make that clear thank you

2:04:25 ↗ thank you for the clarification

2:04:27 ↗ councilmember walsh did you want to

2:04:28 ↗ speak to this

2:04:29 ↗ thank you yes as much as i do

2:04:32 ↗ also approve of the

2:04:35 ↗ adjustments i would highlight that yes

2:04:38 ↗ we are just looking to answer the

2:04:40 ↗ questions um that was posed by the title

2:04:43 ↗ 18

2:04:44 ↗ um ad hoc group that you know is there

2:04:47 ↗ an urgent change is there um a sense of

2:04:52 ↗ you know is this going to cause problems

2:04:53 ↗ conflicts with other things in title 18

2:04:56 ↗ and it was the view of the ad hoc

2:05:00 ↗ committee that there weren't any

2:05:02 ↗ problems in

2:05:04 ↗ considering this on a separate track so

2:05:07 ↗ thanks

2:05:08 ↗ that's mr goodman

2:05:11 ↗ uh thank you councilmember goodman here

2:05:13 ↗ um

2:05:14 ↗ so uh i too want to reiterate um because

2:05:17 ↗ the

2:05:18 ↗ agenda bill was confusing and at one

2:05:20 ↗ point it said um

2:05:23 ↗ the language was about approving the

2:05:26 ↗ uh change

2:05:28 ↗ so i think we need to be sensitive uh

2:05:31 ↗ to the public and respectful to ppc that

2:05:34 ↗ this is a procedural

2:05:38 ↗ sort of a procedural vote this is not a

2:05:40 ↗ substantive vote in terms of what the

2:05:42 ↗ change would be

2:05:44 ↗ how what change would be proposed

2:05:46 ↗ although as council president hunt said

2:05:48 ↗ we did get information on tonight which

2:05:50 ↗ only makes sense that you would

2:05:52 ↗ need to know

2:05:53 ↗ kind of

2:05:54 ↗ what we're talking about before you take

2:05:56 ↗ a vote um one of my concerns is that

2:05:58 ↗ this would go to

2:06:00 ↗ ppc um

2:06:03 ↗ just from here just kind of pop up on an

2:06:05 ↗ agenda

2:06:07 ↗ and i'm not sure that technically

2:06:10 ↗ it is wrong that something can just pop

2:06:13 ↗ up on a ppc agenda

2:06:16 ↗ but i would like to make a

2:06:18 ↗ friendly amendment if i could to the

2:06:19 ↗ motion

2:06:21 ↗ and i would move to add

2:06:23 ↗ that this that the administration is

2:06:25 ↗ directed to

2:06:27 ↗ add this item

2:06:28 ↗ to

2:06:30 ↗ um

2:06:32 ↗ the uh

2:06:33 ↗ uh

2:06:34 ↗ what do we call it sorry after all these

2:06:36 ↗ years i've forgotten to the consent

2:06:38 ↗ calendar at the first meeting in january

2:06:40 ↗ um for referral to ppc i think that

2:06:43 ↗ would

2:06:44 ↗ give it well somebody can second if they

2:06:46 ↗ want and then i will say why

2:06:50 ↗ uh so the motion is to add it to the

2:06:54 ↗ consent calendar calendar in january

2:06:57 ↗ to move it into ppc

2:07:00 ↗ and it looks like it has a second

2:07:02 ↗ council member mark so councilmember

2:07:04 ↗ goodman do you want to tell us why you

2:07:05 ↗ want to do that

2:07:07 ↗ yes thank you i think that

2:07:09 ↗ gives as much transparency as we could

2:07:12 ↗ possibly give

2:07:15 ↗ so that it would pop up at a meeting in

2:07:16 ↗ january on the consent calendar the

2:07:19 ↗ public has an opportunity to know that

2:07:21 ↗ this is going to be considered at a ppc

2:07:23 ↗ meeting later in january and then when

2:07:25 ↗ the ppc meeting agenda comes out it's

2:07:28 ↗ not the first time it's

2:07:29 ↗ um

2:07:30 ↗ it's

2:07:31 ↗ come out

2:07:34 ↗ thank you for that

2:07:36 ↗ and

2:07:38 ↗ was were you looking for the terms it's

2:07:41 ↗ not on the docket so people wouldn't

2:07:43 ↗ know it's coming because you do approve

2:07:44 ↗ the docket of changes that are going

2:07:46 ↗ through planning policy and this one

2:07:48 ↗ would not be on it this is a way of

2:07:49 ↗ giving it some visibility is that the

2:07:51 ↗ point

2:07:54 ↗ uh

2:07:55 ↗ yes do we have a docket that we're going

2:07:56 ↗ to approve is the council going to

2:07:58 ↗ approve a docket in

2:07:59 ↗ early january that would have this on

2:08:02 ↗ there

2:08:03 ↗ for ppc

2:08:05 ↗ out of my wheelhouse city administrator

2:08:08 ↗ at what point in time in the year is the

2:08:10 ↗ planning policy looking at their draft

2:08:12 ↗ docket

2:08:13 ↗ um

2:08:15 ↗ i'm going to ask for

2:08:17 ↗ friends to help so many of you could get

2:08:19 ↗ on while i

2:08:20 ↗ begin the answer to this question um you

2:08:23 ↗ know the the com plan daca for 22 is

2:08:26 ↗ still always away um i think the

2:08:29 ↗ referral and the transparency that

2:08:31 ↗ council member goodman is looking at is

2:08:33 ↗ something a little different uh just to

2:08:35 ↗ make sure that uh uh the community is

2:08:38 ↗ well aware of what we're doing that

2:08:40 ↗ there is no action being taken that this

2:08:42 ↗ is a procedural vote and uh um you know

2:08:46 ↗ the action of placing it on the consent

2:08:47 ↗ calendar on january 3

2:08:49 ↗ would be that and

2:08:51 ↗ miss dollywall asked if i

2:08:55 ↗ said that correctly or there's anything

2:08:56 ↗ else you'd like to add

2:09:00 ↗ and you're on mute minnie

2:09:06 ↗ still and you're still unmuted

2:09:13 ↗ how about thumbs up or thumbs down

2:09:17 ↗ thank you

2:09:20 ↗ so much mayor we have no objection i i i

2:09:23 ↗ speaking with councilmember goodman

2:09:24 ↗ earlier um

2:09:26 ↗ i i think this is a transparency

2:09:28 ↗ question a good government question and

2:09:30 ↗ we're happy the administration should be

2:09:32 ↗ happy to

2:09:33 ↗ agree with the friendliness

2:09:35 ↗ thank you and we do have some comments

2:09:37 ↗ and questions i just want to verify with

2:09:39 ↗ councilmember goodman if i look at the

2:09:41 ↗ original motion i would be adding at the

2:09:43 ↗ end and to add to the consent count to a

2:09:46 ↗ consent calendar

2:09:47 ↗ in january for referral to the ppc for

2:09:50 ↗ review and recommendation

2:09:52 ↗ yeah and um i see quizzical faces and

2:09:54 ↗ i'm going to

2:09:56 ↗ assume that maybe i wasn't clear not the

2:10:00 ↗ referral to ppc would be the substantive

2:10:03 ↗ step back proposal not referring to ppc

2:10:07 ↗ whether or not we should do this on a

2:10:09 ↗ separate track

2:10:11 ↗ so

2:10:12 ↗ so the council with this motion if

2:10:15 ↗ everybody if we got a unanimous or sorry

2:10:17 ↗ if we got a majority vote it would

2:10:19 ↗ approve it for a second track

2:10:21 ↗ and it would direct the administration

2:10:23 ↗ to put the proposed

2:10:25 ↗ um the topic of the proposed change

2:10:28 ↗ on the consent calendar in january

2:10:31 ↗ for referral to ppc later in january

2:10:36 ↗ okay i'm still working on the words but

2:10:38 ↗ thank you for the clarification we'll go

2:10:40 ↗ and take some questions let's start with

2:10:42 ↗ council president hunt

2:10:45 ↗ thank you and thank you for the

2:10:46 ↗ clarification that did help my question

2:10:49 ↗ is if this affects the timing um because

2:10:52 ↗ one of the reasons why we're considering

2:10:54 ↗ putting this on a separate track is

2:10:57 ↗ um because of the urgency so i wondered

2:11:00 ↗ um if this affects timing

2:11:04 ↗ uh and mad mayor mr wall do you have

2:11:07 ↗ your microphone back

2:11:08 ↗ can you guys hear me yes we can

2:11:11 ↗ sorry about that

2:11:12 ↗ um

2:11:14 ↗ so i'm not sure you know i fully

2:11:16 ↗ understand what's going what the action

2:11:19 ↗ for council is er in early part of

2:11:21 ↗ january

2:11:23 ↗ when you talk about the docket you may

2:11:25 ↗ you know there's a requirement to put

2:11:27 ↗ stuff on the docket for comprehensive

2:11:29 ↗ plan amendments

2:11:30 ↗ this is a code amendment not necessarily

2:11:33 ↗ a comprehensive plan amendment

2:11:35 ↗ so so there is no requirement to have it

2:11:38 ↗ on the docket for it to if in general so

2:11:42 ↗ so i'm you know it's not needed per se

2:11:45 ↗ but i don't know procedurally if council

2:11:47 ↗ at the beginning of the year

2:11:49 ↗ does something in terms of sending it

2:11:51 ↗ over to

2:11:53 ↗ uh to planning a policy commission

2:11:56 ↗ that's a great clarification thank you

2:11:58 ↗ director um no i think i think what has

2:12:01 ↗ been proposed by the council member

2:12:02 ↗ makes sense

2:12:03 ↗ um so let me go back in uh

2:12:07 ↗ let's see

2:12:08 ↗ is it council member mertz that is up

2:12:10 ↗ next

2:12:11 ↗ thank you madam mayor this is council

2:12:13 ↗ member marks um you know i think that uh

2:12:16 ↗ i'm so i'm i seconded this and support

2:12:19 ↗ this because i think that we continue to

2:12:22 ↗ be in an extraordinary time when it's

2:12:24 ↗ more challenging for our community to to

2:12:27 ↗ be engaged with what we're doing we see

2:12:29 ↗ lower

2:12:30 ↗ uh engagement from the community than we

2:12:32 ↗ did in pre-coveted times and so

2:12:35 ↗ taking a little bit more time to inform

2:12:37 ↗ them of

2:12:38 ↗ uh the routing of

2:12:40 ↗ uh decisions that affect the public

2:12:42 ↗ seems like a reasonable move thank you

2:12:45 ↗ sounds great and i'm going to go to

2:12:49 ↗ councilmember walsh

2:12:52 ↗ thank you um

2:12:54 ↗ i don't think i support this because

2:12:58 ↗ i don't see how putting something on the

2:13:01 ↗ consent agenda

2:13:03 ↗ where

2:13:04 ↗ it is not read out at a meeting

2:13:06 ↗ it's just in a list of various budget

2:13:09 ↗ and grant items

2:13:12 ↗ i don't see how that is more transparent

2:13:14 ↗ than

2:13:15 ↗ having a conversation

2:13:17 ↗ on camera

2:13:18 ↗ and

2:13:19 ↗ having an agenda

2:13:23 ↗ item

2:13:24 ↗ in regular business that members of the

2:13:27 ↗ public can

2:13:28 ↗ track

2:13:29 ↗ so i'm not sure

2:13:32 ↗ i'm getting the same sense that

2:13:36 ↗ making this change would be more

2:13:37 ↗ transparent than not

2:13:42 ↗ thank you for that council president

2:13:44 ↗ hunt

2:13:47 ↗ thank you i i may have missed the answer

2:13:49 ↗ to my question and i apologize would

2:13:52 ↗ would this

2:13:54 ↗ uh amendment

2:13:55 ↗ change the timing for example chain like

2:13:58 ↗ postpone that this would be going to a

2:14:00 ↗ later meeting of the ppc if we approve

2:14:03 ↗ this amendment or would it be going to

2:14:04 ↗ the same meeting of the ppc anyway

2:14:09 ↗ and madame maybe if i can jump in and

2:14:12 ↗ ask mr wall a question uh has there been

2:14:15 ↗ a has there been a contemplation of when

2:14:17 ↗ this item would be before ppc

2:14:20 ↗ yes so we have three meetings in january

2:14:23 ↗ with ppc and development commission

2:14:25 ↗ combined meetings all three of them and

2:14:28 ↗ the topic that we're discussing with

2:14:29 ↗ them are building and design standards

2:14:32 ↗ um so this fits in uh you know we can

2:14:35 ↗ fit in on any three of those meetings so

2:14:38 ↗ each any action that the council wants

2:14:40 ↗ to take uh earlier in january should not

2:14:43 ↗ impact that schedule

2:14:46 ↗ and i think that's a more precise answer

2:14:49 ↗ president is that correct

2:14:50 ↗ do you have your answer council

2:14:51 ↗ president

2:14:53 ↗ yes i understand that it wouldn't affect

2:14:56 ↗ the timing going to ppc

2:15:01 ↗ uh so

2:15:02 ↗ um

2:15:03 ↗ looking at the amendment to the original

2:15:05 ↗ motion the original motion um is the

2:15:08 ↗ council providing direction to do a

2:15:10 ↗ separate track the amendment that has

2:15:12 ↗ been made and seconded it's more

2:15:14 ↗ specific oh sorry did i miss you barb

2:15:18 ↗ i'm sorry uh councilman michelle

2:15:21 ↗ yes

2:15:22 ↗ goodman also has a comment following him

2:15:26 ↗ so um uh i think i'm in an agreement

2:15:29 ↗ with uh councilman walsh and i i

2:15:31 ↗ appreciate the

2:15:33 ↗ intent of this motion but i don't see

2:15:36 ↗ that it's going to make any difference

2:15:37 ↗ and

2:15:39 ↗ i

2:15:41 ↗ agree that putting it on the consent

2:15:43 ↗ agenda is a good way to bury it for most

2:15:45 ↗ of the public and we are we're talking

2:15:48 ↗ about it right now and we received an

2:15:50 ↗ email

2:15:51 ↗ uh questioning um

2:15:54 ↗ this item already so there is public

2:15:57 ↗ awareness of what's happening uh i i

2:16:00 ↗ personally don't see any reason why we

2:16:02 ↗ can't just take a vote tonight and get

2:16:03 ↗ it moving on so

2:16:05 ↗ that's my comment thank you i just want

2:16:07 ↗ to provide a clarification um

2:16:09 ↗ councilmember d michelle it's not an

2:16:11 ↗ alternate motion you are moving it on

2:16:14 ↗ the amendment just provides specificity

2:16:16 ↗ for any member of the public to know

2:16:18 ↗ when it will be going to planning policy

2:16:20 ↗ so it's not changing the original motion

2:16:22 ↗ of moving it on it's moving it on

2:16:26 ↗ next is council member goodman

2:16:30 ↗ thank you councilmember goodman here

2:16:31 ↗ yeah the email with that we received

2:16:33 ↗ from somebody um it's is from connie and

2:16:37 ↗ she follows everything we do um so she's

2:16:39 ↗ gonna know but for most of the folks

2:16:41 ↗ they won't um over the years and council

2:16:44 ↗ member marks can weigh in on this um

2:16:47 ↗ uh

2:16:48 ↗ and maybe this is a good thing that it's

2:16:50 ↗ coming up during my last meeting you

2:16:52 ↗ know we've talked a lot over the years

2:16:54 ↗ about council touches and how many

2:16:56 ↗ council touches something should have

2:16:58 ↗ before

2:16:59 ↗ it gets voted on so this is in keeping

2:17:02 ↗ with what i would call our historic

2:17:04 ↗ notion that something should have

2:17:06 ↗ um

2:17:08 ↗ uh

2:17:10 ↗ not as many touches that's not that's

2:17:12 ↗ not what i want to say that you know we

2:17:14 ↗ should strive to have touches so the

2:17:16 ↗ public can have an opportunity to see

2:17:18 ↗ something it's about transparency and so

2:17:21 ↗ while i um while i agree that if you

2:17:27 ↗ aren't usually in touch with the council

2:17:29 ↗ you're probably not going to run to the

2:17:31 ↗ consent

2:17:33 ↗ um the list of consent items and find

2:17:35 ↗ something there that's meaty and

2:17:36 ↗ interesting to you

2:17:38 ↗ um but it

2:17:39 ↗ does more for transparency to have it on

2:17:42 ↗ there then it doesn't all it does is

2:17:44 ↗ notify the public in a technical way

2:17:48 ↗ that something

2:17:49 ↗ new is going to ppc that's the only goal

2:17:52 ↗ it doesn't delay anything

2:17:53 ↗ it just

2:17:54 ↗ and keeps with our historic tradition of

2:17:57 ↗ trying to have things have council

2:17:59 ↗ touches

2:18:00 ↗ um that's all it's intended to do

2:18:02 ↗ so it still moves it forward it doesn't

2:18:04 ↗ delay anything um it just has it beyond

2:18:06 ↗ the consent calendar so that in early

2:18:09 ↗ january the first meeting in january

2:18:12 ↗ so it just gets an extra council touch

2:18:14 ↗ that's it

2:18:15 ↗ thank you council president hunt

2:18:20 ↗ um thank you i i wanted to just explain

2:18:23 ↗ why i'm not going to support it and i

2:18:26 ↗ and it's partly because one of the

2:18:28 ↗ reasons why we have this process which

2:18:31 ↗ involves which

2:18:32 ↗ previously involved going to the ad hoc

2:18:34 ↗ ad hoc made a recommendation

2:18:35 ↗ recommendation came to council council

2:18:37 ↗ discusses at a meeting like this um

2:18:39 ↗ putting something on a different track

2:18:40 ↗ one of those reasons is urgency and i

2:18:42 ↗ would not want to um

2:18:45 ↗ i if it's urgent then i think we

2:18:48 ↗ and i think we have fulfilled the

2:18:50 ↗ transparency brief as far as having this

2:18:52 ↗ conversation

2:18:53 ↗ and then all of the materials would be

2:18:55 ↗ public going to

2:18:56 ↗ ppc so i think that adding an extra step

2:19:00 ↗ especially if the reason is around

2:19:01 ↗ urgency

2:19:03 ↗ in this case i don't think it affects

2:19:04 ↗ timing but i wouldn't i think it could

2:19:06 ↗ affect timing in other cases and um

2:19:10 ↗ i think there are there are definitely i

2:19:12 ↗ appreciate the sentiment about making

2:19:14 ↗ sure the community understands what's

2:19:16 ↗ being presented and we do have a web

2:19:17 ↗ page so i would i would say that i think

2:19:20 ↗ um

2:19:21 ↗ you know the web page about title 18

2:19:23 ↗ explaining more and adding to that is

2:19:26 ↗ probably a good place for people to get

2:19:27 ↗ information um like council members

2:19:30 ↗ walsh and gay michelle i i don't know

2:19:33 ↗ that i think we have other options

2:19:35 ↗ um for people to let them know about

2:19:37 ↗ what's uh these sorts of things and i

2:19:39 ↗ think we are also already covered in

2:19:41 ↗ this council meeting so thank you

2:19:44 ↗ thank you and just just a little point

2:19:48 ↗ about practice

2:19:49 ↗ committees and study sessions um

2:19:52 ↗ this is the tool

2:19:54 ↗ again don't worry about that not sure i

2:19:56 ↗ keep checking out this is the tool that

2:19:59 ↗ the council uses with

2:20:01 ↗ email

2:20:02 ↗ to do

2:20:03 ↗ immediately

2:20:04 ↗ is that you tell the public that this is

2:20:06 ↗ what you're sending

2:20:08 ↗ still

2:20:09 ↗ oh my goodness

2:20:12 ↗ that's that i think you're covering your

2:20:14 ↗ mic somehow with a piece of paper or

2:20:16 ↗ something yeah

2:20:18 ↗ there's it's just the computer

2:20:21 ↗ can you guys hear me now

2:20:23 ↗ okay

2:20:24 ↗ um

2:20:25 ↗ just want to make sure that it's clear

2:20:26 ↗ with council because i know many council

2:20:28 ↗ members have only worked under the study

2:20:30 ↗ session model but this is the practice

2:20:32 ↗ that we use with committees this is the

2:20:35 ↗ way that you provided transparency is

2:20:37 ↗ assignments that went down to committees

2:20:40 ↗ came through on your council consent

2:20:42 ↗ calendar do not add it to the consent

2:20:44 ↗ calendar would actually not be following

2:20:46 ↗ your past practice and the fact that

2:20:48 ↗ it's not actually creating a delay

2:20:51 ↗ um

2:20:52 ↗ this

2:20:53 ↗ vote to just have it go directly would

2:20:55 ↗ be

2:20:56 ↗ a little

2:20:57 ↗ different than pro past council practice

2:21:00 ↗ so

2:21:01 ↗ um but anyway it looks like everybody

2:21:03 ↗ has made their comments so we'll call

2:21:05 ↗ for the vote

2:21:06 ↗ the amendment uh was to a friendly

2:21:09 ↗ amendment that the administration agreed

2:21:11 ↗ with was to direct the administration to

2:21:13 ↗ add the topic of the proposed change on

2:21:15 ↗ the consent calendar at the first

2:21:16 ↗ meeting in january for referral to the

2:21:18 ↗ ppc

2:21:20 ↗ and uh clerk if you could call the roll

2:21:22 ↗ call oh sorry zach did i miss you

2:21:24 ↗ council member hall if that's okay mayor

2:21:26 ↗ paulie uh this council member hall i

2:21:27 ↗ just wanted to make a quick comment um

2:21:29 ↗ so the other council members know where

2:21:30 ↗ my head's at but i guess i'm just not

2:21:32 ↗ tracking

2:21:33 ↗ with the people who've spoken against

2:21:36 ↗ the amendment why

2:21:39 ↗ why you're against the amendment i guess

2:21:40 ↗ i'm just not following why we wouldn't

2:21:42 ↗ do this so um

2:21:44 ↗ i wanted to give council members who are

2:21:46 ↗ in opposition to the amendment to an

2:21:48 ↗ opportunity to clarify if they want to

2:21:50 ↗ um and now you know where my head is

2:21:54 ↗ i'll keep my eye on that

2:22:00 ↗ council president hunt thank you um

2:22:03 ↗ well i am not in strong

2:22:06 ↗ opposition by any means i just um

2:22:10 ↗ i think probably this is something that

2:22:11 ↗ we should clarify when we go to our

2:22:14 ↗ discussion which we've talked about

2:22:15 ↗ before when we talk about you know how

2:22:16 ↗ we work and

2:22:18 ↗ what we do with committees and um

2:22:20 ↗ uh i

2:22:23 ↗ think that um

2:22:26 ↗ like i said so i think this is kind of a

2:22:29 ↗ well for me anyway because we are in the

2:22:30 ↗ study session and have been in for the

2:22:32 ↗ last two years i think this current is

2:22:35 ↗ current thing is a bit of a procedural

2:22:38 ↗ gray area um i think we could discuss it

2:22:41 ↗ uh i think we should evidently discuss

2:22:43 ↗ it um when we have the bigger discussion

2:22:45 ↗ about how we work and you know just

2:22:46 ↗ depending on what we do as far as

2:22:48 ↗ committees and and such and sending

2:22:51 ↗ things back but one of the things that

2:22:52 ↗ um was actually an issue with the

2:22:54 ↗ committees was

2:22:56 ↗ that we would send things to a

2:22:59 ↗ consent calendar and that created a

2:23:01 ↗ delay sometimes and so i think that's

2:23:03 ↗ something we should discuss but um it

2:23:05 ↗ was

2:23:06 ↗ uh there was that i recall that being

2:23:08 ↗ one of the concerns that was with

2:23:10 ↗ regards to the study session versus uh

2:23:13 ↗ committees versus study session so in

2:23:15 ↗ any event i'm not strongly opposed i

2:23:17 ↗ just think that it's a little bit of a

2:23:19 ↗ procedural gray area i think we should

2:23:20 ↗ have a discussion about it once we know

2:23:22 ↗ whether we're going to committees or not

2:23:23 ↗ but i wouldn't want to create a delay

2:23:25 ↗ especially when we are

2:23:27 ↗ bringing things forward in this case

2:23:29 ↗ because of urgency so that's all you see

2:23:32 ↗ the state of clerk has turned your

2:23:33 ↗ camera on is that for um the vote city

2:23:36 ↗ clerk or is there a clarification you

2:23:37 ↗ wanted to add

2:23:39 ↗ just for the vote mayor oh thank you

2:23:41 ↗ very much uh council member dean

2:23:43 ↗ michelle our council member wald did you

2:23:45 ↗ have any comments for councilmember hall

2:23:50 ↗ okay city clerk could you call the rule

2:23:52 ↗ caller

2:23:55 ↗ yes starting with council president hunt

2:24:04 ↗ council member walsh

2:24:05 ↗ nay

2:24:07 ↗ council member d michelle

2:24:09 ↗ mary

2:24:11 ↗ councilmember goodman

2:24:13 ↗ aye

2:24:14 ↗ council member hall

2:24:16 ↗ aye

2:24:18 ↗ that's three eyes three nays

2:24:21 ↗ the amendment fails

2:24:23 ↗ thank you so uh unless there's further

2:24:25 ↗ comments or questions i can read the

2:24:27 ↗ main motion again

2:24:30 ↗ and

2:24:31 ↗ uh oh council member marks point of

2:24:33 ↗ order

2:24:34 ↗ madam mayor uh do you have the option of

2:24:38 ↗ exercising a tie-breaking vote in this

2:24:40 ↗ situation

2:24:44 ↗ city clerk

2:24:47 ↗ there are very few circumstances where i

2:24:49 ↗ can vote but the city clerk absolutely

2:24:50 ↗ knows every one of them oh and i well i

2:24:53 ↗ might have to confirm with jim i this

2:24:55 ↗ doesn't involve the the payment of of

2:24:58 ↗ monies um so i know you're clear on that

2:25:00 ↗ count

2:25:01 ↗ um

2:25:03 ↗ jim can you help me out here

2:25:04 ↗ is the mayor clear in this case

2:25:08 ↗ sure um yes the mayor is clear to break

2:25:11 ↗ the tie-breaking or to cast the

2:25:13 ↗ tie-breaking vote the mayor can't vote

2:25:15 ↗ on any ordinance

2:25:17 ↗ any resolution for the payment of money

2:25:19 ↗ in any grant or revocation of any

2:25:21 ↗ franchise it's none of those things so

2:25:23 ↗ the mayor should be able to vote under

2:25:25 ↗ the circumstances

2:25:27 ↗ council member martz

2:25:29 ↗ funny funny point of order good for you

2:25:31 ↗ um didn't even cross my mind

2:25:34 ↗ um i'm very much in favor of having

2:25:37 ↗ things go through the consent calendar i

2:25:39 ↗ know as a person who participated in

2:25:41 ↗ council and prior to council i read the

2:25:43 ↗ consent calendar and i know that we have

2:25:45 ↗ advocates out in the business community

2:25:47 ↗ who read the consent calendar so i don't

2:25:49 ↗ believe we're hiding things when we put

2:25:51 ↗ it on consent i believe it's just a way

2:25:53 ↗ of notifying people of the timeliness of

2:25:55 ↗ what we're doing and so i would vote in

2:25:57 ↗ favor of the amendment

2:26:00 ↗ with the amendment carrying city clerk

2:26:03 ↗ do i have a revised motion to read

2:26:11 ↗ yes mayor if you don't mind i can read

2:26:13 ↗ it for you

2:26:14 ↗ that would be great thank you city clerk

2:26:17 ↗ so the motion on the floor is to approve

2:26:19 ↗ the placement of the step-back standards

2:26:21 ↗ found in the central isoqua development

2:26:24 ↗ and design standards on a separate track

2:26:26 ↗ from the title 18 land use code update

2:26:29 ↗ project

2:26:30 ↗ and direct the administration to add the

2:26:32 ↗ topic of the proposed change on the

2:26:34 ↗ consent calendar at the first meeting in

2:26:36 ↗ january for referral to the ppc

2:26:40 ↗ thank you so that is the new motion on

2:26:42 ↗ the table just checking the chat one

2:26:45 ↗ last time

2:26:49 ↗ and city clerk can you do a roll call

2:26:51 ↗ vote

2:26:54 ↗ yes starting with council member marks

2:26:57 ↗ i

2:26:58 ↗ council member walsh

2:27:00 ↗ aye

2:27:02 ↗ councilmember d michelle

2:27:04 ↗ aye

2:27:06 ↗ councilmember goodman aye

2:27:09 ↗ councilmember hall

2:27:10 ↗ aye

2:27:12 ↗ council president hunt

2:27:13 ↗ aye

2:27:14 ↗ that's six i zero nays thank you city

2:27:17 ↗ clerk that passes unanimously

2:27:20 ↗ the next item and the last item of

2:27:22 ↗ business on our agenda this evening for

2:27:25 ↗ 2021

2:27:26 ↗ is good of the order and i know council

2:27:28 ↗ president hunt had some comments you'd

2:27:30 ↗ like to make

2:27:33 ↗ thank you madam mayor

2:27:35 ↗ well i wanted to take a moment to

2:27:38 ↗ express my gratitude to council for your

2:27:40 ↗ work over the last year there's been a

2:27:42 ↗ lot of thanks um and gratitude expressed

2:27:45 ↗ during this meeting because it's the

2:27:46 ↗ last meeting of our of the year um but i

2:27:50 ↗ i wanted to take a minute just to thank

2:27:52 ↗ council it's been uh these last two

2:27:54 ↗ years um and continuing to this year has

2:27:56 ↗ been very uncertain unprecedented times

2:27:59 ↗ we've had

2:28:00 ↗ a lot of challenges and a lot of our

2:28:03 ↗ community has experienced a lot of

2:28:04 ↗ challenges as well and i think it's

2:28:06 ↗ really a testament to

2:28:08 ↗ your dedication and your hard work which

2:28:11 ↗ i have so appreciated that we um have

2:28:13 ↗ been able to make progress on the

2:28:15 ↗ strategic plan and that we've been able

2:28:17 ↗ to make progress even this evening on

2:28:19 ↗ things like the climate action plan as

2:28:21 ↗ well as the frontline workers

2:28:23 ↗ pay so i i think we have

2:28:26 ↗ been able to

2:28:28 ↗ persevere

2:28:29 ↗ and get things done this year i wanted

2:28:32 ↗ to thank you all for that and for your

2:28:34 ↗ dedication and for serving the community

2:28:36 ↗ with such thoughtful dedication as you

2:28:38 ↗ have

2:28:40 ↗ thank you very much council president

2:28:42 ↗ hunt um everybody sitting up here knows

2:28:44 ↗ what these last years have been like and

2:28:47 ↗ it has been astounding

2:28:49 ↗ um i'm going to see if there's anything

2:28:51 ↗ else for good of the order otherwise i

2:28:53 ↗ have some upcoming council meeting notes

2:28:55 ↗ to make

2:28:57 ↗ okay i'll start reading uh the remaining

2:28:59 ↗ regular council meeting and both uh

2:29:02 ↗ council study sessions in december are

2:29:04 ↗ cancelled so on december 14th

2:29:20 ↗ but that's fine maybe it's hovering over

2:29:22 ↗ the space bar

2:29:24 ↗ um

2:29:25 ↗ starting from the beginning upcoming

2:29:27 ↗ council meetings

2:29:29 ↗ the remaining regular council meeting

2:29:31 ↗ and both council study sessions in

2:29:32 ↗ december are cancelled this is our last

2:29:35 ↗ regularly scheduled meeting

2:29:37 ↗ on december 14 the city council will

2:29:39 ↗ meet socially to share a meal at the

2:29:41 ↗ local restaurant big fish grill in the

2:29:43 ↗ highlands this is being noticed as a

2:29:46 ↗ special city council meeting the city

2:29:48 ↗ council will have its first regular

2:29:50 ↗ meeting of 2022

2:29:52 ↗ on january 3rd

2:29:54 ↗ there was an executive session held

2:29:56 ↗ earlier this evening and none other is

2:29:58 ↗ planned and there being no further

2:30:00 ↗ business in

2:30:01 ↗ 2021

2:30:03 ↗ this meeting is adjourned at 9 45

2:30:06 ↗ happy holidays everyone

Approved minutes

Extracted from the next meeting's packet, where this meeting's minutes were approved as a consent-calendar attachment.

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Attendance

Council / Members (6)

Barbara de Michele

Stacy Goodman

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Lindsey Walsh

Excused

Chris Reh

Motions and votes (8)

Adopt Resolution No. 2021-18, adopting the Issaquah Climate Action Plan.

Moved by HUNT · seconded by DE MICHELE

Amend the plan to add the following target: Target: Reduce natural gas and other fossil fuel use in existing buildings by at least 20% by 2030 and 80% by 2050, compared to a 2017 baseline. MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED CARRIED, 6-0. ( 12-06-21 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page 8673 b)

Moved by HUNT · seconded by HALL

Carried 5-1

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

Opposed: Goodman

Adopt Ordinance No. 2966, regarding Frontline Worker Incentive Pay for non-represented employees; and Ratify and authorize the Mayor to enter into and execute the Memorandums of Understanding with: the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; the Issaquah Police Officers' Associ…

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by WALSH

Carried 6-0

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

Approve the placement of the step back standards found in the Central Issaquah Development & Design Standards on a separate track from the Title 18 land use code update project.

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

Amend the motion to add: Direct the Administration to add the topic of the proposed change on the Consent Calendar at the first meeting in January for referral to the PPC [Planning Policy Commission]. TIE VOTE ON AMENDMENT, 3-3 ( Councilmember Marts rose to a point of order, questioning whether the …

Moved by GOODMAN · seconded by MARTS

Carried 4-3

In favor: Goodman, Hall, Marts

Opposed: Barbara de Michele, Victoria Hunt, Lindsey Walsh

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 0896 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Dec. 6, 2021, $6,415,498.26; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Study Session, Sept. 28, 2021; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Study Session, Oct. 12, 2021; Approved. d) Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, …

Moved by HUNT · seconded by WALSH

Carried 6-0

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

Main motion as amended: APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 0896 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Dec. 6, 2021, $6,415,498.26; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Study Session, Sept. 28, 2021; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Study Session, Oct. 12, 2021; Approved. d) Minutes: City C…

Moved by (main motion as amended) · seconded by

Carried 5-1

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

Opposed: Goodman

Moved by (main motion as amended) · seconded by

Carried 6-0

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