City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, January 3, 2022 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

First for Roll Call Vote: Councilmember de Michele

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

Swearing in Ceremony, Oaths of Office ID 0987

packet pp.5

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Staff report:

City Clerk's Office 130 E. Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 425-837-3000 issaquahwa.gov

Election of Council President and Deputy Council President for 2022 AB 8300

Conduct Election · packet pp.7–8

Topics: Elections

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Staff report:

Conduct election of positions.

7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Jan. 3, 2022, $6,443,845.26 ID 0966

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.9–65

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

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

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Minutes: City Council Study Session, Nov. 23, 2021

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.79–81

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 11-23-21 Council Study Session Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Council Study Session 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting November 23, 2021 MINUTES

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Dec. 1, 2021

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.83–84

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR e) 12-01-21 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting – Legislative Breakfast 8:00 AM Virtual Meeting December 1, 2021 MINUTES

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Dec. 6, 2021

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.85

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR f) 12-06-21 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting 6:00 PM Virtual Meeting December 6, 2021 MINUTES

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, Dec. 14, 2021

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.87

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR g) 12-14-21 City Council Special Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Special Meeting – Social Gathering 6:30 PM Big Fish Grill December 14, 2021 MINUTES 984 NE Park Dr.

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:00 ↗ well welcome everyone and happy new year

0:03 ↗ this is the city council's first meeting

0:05 ↗ of

0:06 ↗ 2022 and i'm calling it to order monday

0:09 ↗ january the 7 pm

0:12 ↗ uh due to the governor's proclamation

0:14 ↗ 20-28 relating to the 19 emergency and

0:18 ↗ open public meetings this meeting is

0:20 ↗ being held remotely

0:21 ↗ and at this point we'll take a moment to

0:23 ↗ take a roll call of the council members

0:25 ↗ in attendance please say here when i

0:27 ↗ call your name

0:29 ↗ councilmember g michelle

0:30 ↗ here

0:31 ↗ thank you councilman paul

0:34 ↗ here

0:35 ↗ thank you council president hunt

0:37 ↗ here

0:38 ↗ thank you and welcome to council member

0:40 ↗ elect joe

0:42 ↗ here thank you councilmember mertz

0:45 ↗ here

0:46 ↗ deputy council president ray here

0:50 ↗ and council member walsh

0:52 ↗ here

0:53 ↗ welcome everyone uh first item on our

0:56 ↗ this evening is the pledge of allegiance

0:58 ↗ and i would ask if you could all hear

1:00 ↗ microphones muted but i do welcome you

1:02 ↗ to join me in the pledge

1:05 ↗ i pledge allegiance to the flag of the

1:07 ↗ united states of america and to the

1:10 ↗ republic for which it stands

1:12 ↗ one name

1:13 ↗ under god indivisible with liberty and

1:16 ↗ justice for all

1:18 ↗ thank you

1:20 ↗ the next item on the agenda this evening

1:22 ↗ is special business this is id 0987 and

1:25 ↗ it is the swearing-in ceremony for the

1:27 ↗ oaths of office tonight judge stewart

1:30 ↗ has joined us

1:31 ↗ to swear in myself and the four council

1:33 ↗ members who were elected in the 2021

1:35 ↗ general elections

1:37 ↗ council member chris wray was elected

1:40 ↗ council position number one

1:42 ↗ council member barb d michelle was

1:43 ↗ elected to council position number three

1:46 ↗ russ joe

1:47 ↗ is newly elected to council position

1:49 ↗ number five and tola martz was elected

1:51 ↗ to council position number seven the

1:54 ↗ clerk will facilitate the physical sign

1:56 ↗ of the oasis of office following

1:58 ↗ tonight's meeting and for those of you

2:00 ↗ being sworn in tonight you will have an

2:02 ↗ opportunity following the oath to make

2:04 ↗ comments and introduce any special

2:06 ↗ guests that you have with you here this

2:08 ↗ evening

2:09 ↗ and judge stewart let's get things

2:11 ↗ rolling could you begin by swearing in

2:13 ↗ me the mayor thank you ollie could you

2:16 ↗ raise your hand

2:18 ↗ beat after me

2:19 ↗ i am mary lou paulie hi mary lou paul

2:23 ↗ having been duly elected to the office

2:25 ↗ of

2:26 ↗ having been duly elected to the office

2:28 ↗ of city disappointment

2:30 ↗ city of issaquah mayor term expire

2:33 ↗ december 31st

2:34 ↗ 2025 term expiring december 31st 2025

2:40 ↗ swear or firm

2:41 ↗ do you solemnly swear or affirm i will

2:44 ↗ faithfully and impartially

2:46 ↗ did i faithfully and impersonally

2:48 ↗ discharge the duties of these as

2:50 ↗ prescribed by law

2:52 ↗ discharge the duty office as prescribed

2:54 ↗ by law and to the best of my ass

2:57 ↗ and to the best of my abilities and i

2:59 ↗ will support and maintain

3:01 ↗ that i will support and maintain the

3:03 ↗ constitution of the state of washington

3:05 ↗ the constitution of the state of

3:07 ↗ washington and the united states of

3:09 ↗ america

3:10 ↗ and of the united states of america

3:12 ↗ congratulations

3:13 ↗ thank you judge

3:17 ↗ so for everyone that's joining us this

3:19 ↗ evening

3:20 ↗ never done this before

3:22 ↗ and what may feel a little strange to do

3:24 ↗ a swearing-in ceremony um by a virtual

3:28 ↗ meeting

3:29 ↗ i have to say i feel that this is a

3:32 ↗ really great new thing that we have

3:35 ↗ added it allows us to

3:37 ↗ invite our friends and family whether

3:39 ↗ they're in issaquah or afar to join us

3:42 ↗ for

3:43 ↗ the event

3:44 ↗ so um being the first one up um i just

3:47 ↗ want to say very very very heartfelt

3:49 ↗ thank you to the community that has

3:51 ↗ selected me to serve this uh

3:54 ↗ wonderful town as the mayor for another

3:56 ↗ four years

3:58 ↗ um i spend a lot of my time talking on

4:00 ↗ camera about policy or activities things

4:03 ↗ that are happening but tonight i get to

4:05 ↗ talk to the people

4:06 ↗ many that you may not know who are the

4:08 ↗ ones that have really enabled me to be

4:10 ↗ here

4:11 ↗ i can't see all of who is on camera but

4:14 ↗ i i will go through a list of the

4:16 ↗ friends that invited friends and family

4:18 ↗ starting with friends first i started my

4:20 ↗ very first campaign in the house of jeff

4:23 ↗ and james daring not only were they on

4:25 ↗ my campaign team they stood by me every

4:28 ↗ inch of the way

4:29 ↗ um and even went that extra mile knowing

4:31 ↗ that because we were not currently in a

4:33 ↗ home that i needed a wardrobe and was

4:35 ↗ kind enough to be

4:37 ↗ closed so that i could do photo shoots

4:39 ↗ so that i could put material out

4:42 ↗ i'm as close as i could be to them as i

4:44 ↗ am to family i love you guys thank you

4:46 ↗ for everything that you have done for me

4:49 ↗ tonight i also invited

4:51 ↗ former retired city council member stacy

4:53 ↗ goodman and by retired i mean three days

4:56 ↗ retired i had

4:58 ↗ amazing

5:00 ↗ of working with her for eight years and

5:03 ↗ through that time

5:04 ↗ i learned

5:06 ↗ the difference between the kind of work

5:08 ↗ i was doing on a boarding commission

5:10 ↗ and the kind of policy work that is put

5:12 ↗ upon the shoulders of the city council

5:14 ↗ it's hard it's really

5:17 ↗ you are in the hot seat a lot of the

5:18 ↗ time these decisions are not

5:20 ↗ straightforward they require a lot of

5:24 ↗ a lot of discussion and um i learned an

5:27 ↗ innumerable number of things that i

5:29 ↗ hadn't imagined i did i needed to know

5:31 ↗ to do the job i have throughout the last

5:34 ↗ six months as much as i could written

5:36 ↗ letters written cards

5:38 ↗ and held special celebrations for she

5:40 ↗ has been my mentor and my friend

5:43 ↗ and uh i i hope that i have her for both

5:46 ↗ bill she's been amazing thank you so

5:48 ↗ much stacy

5:49 ↗ if it got some

5:51 ↗ family from seattle that's kind of i'm

5:53 ↗ not sure if i can see them on screen or

5:55 ↗ not but i'll do a quick check

5:58 ↗ uh i have

6:00 ↗ kayla and her partner angie who are in

6:02 ↗ seattle and i'm sure they're two little

6:05 ↗ pups

6:06 ↗ uh coop and miley are with them the

6:08 ↗ newly adopted dogs my son

6:11 ↗ carl and his wife courtney and my brand

6:13 ↗ new be my grandnew grandbaby kai for

6:16 ↗ grand baby on my side of the family

6:19 ↗ grandma kai's other grandma molly uh is

6:22 ↗ here and uh

6:24 ↗ uncle connor as well

6:26 ↗ and then because we're doing it by

6:28 ↗ virtual i am ever at this time to be

6:31 ↗ able to do this in front of

6:33 ↗ family um

6:35 ↗ my dad's wife jane from florida is

6:37 ↗ joining us my brother jim and lisa are

6:39 ↗ joining us from whistler and my sister

6:41 ↗ anna pete are joining us from ontario

6:44 ↗ uh and last but not least he's seen me

6:47 ↗ all the time on camera and watches all

6:49 ↗ of my meetings but the reason i really

6:50 ↗ get to do what i get to do is because of

6:52 ↗ my amazing husband carl pauly who's

6:54 ↗ allowed me to volunteer

6:56 ↗ in service to the issaquah community for

6:59 ↗ 29 years

7:01 ↗ night meetings weekend

7:03 ↗ whatever it is um you don't get to do

7:06 ↗ this i'm a wonderful person standing

7:09 ↗ behind you encouraging you and giving

7:11 ↗ you the freedom to go out and do these

7:13 ↗ jobs these jobs are so hard so i'm very

7:16 ↗ glad that you all joined tonight and see

7:17 ↗ me in with the second swearing-in of me

7:20 ↗ being mayor of this wonderful city of

7:22 ↗ the squad and thank you for a few

7:23 ↗ moments to speak

7:24 ↗ could you stewart

7:28 ↗ council member ray

7:31 ↗ i just i define you on my screen raise

7:33 ↗ your right hand

7:34 ↗ you

7:35 ↗ repeat after me

7:37 ↗ i almost swore you in as a witness

7:40 ↗ i would do that too and she told me

7:42 ↗ swear i chris wray chris ray having been

7:45 ↗ newly elected to the office of

7:47 ↗ having been newly elected of the office

7:49 ↗ of city of issaquah council position

7:51 ↗ number one city of this council position

7:54 ↗ number one term expiring december

7:56 ↗ 2025

7:58 ↗ term expiring december 31st 2025 do you

8:01 ↗ solemnly swear or refer to solemnly

8:04 ↗ swear

8:06 ↗ faithfully and impartially

8:08 ↗ faithfully in part

8:10 ↗ discharge the duties of this office

8:12 ↗ discharge the duties of this office as

8:14 ↗ prescribed by law as prescribed by law

8:17 ↗ and to the best of my ability and to the

8:19 ↗ best of me that i will support and

8:21 ↗ maintain

8:23 ↗ support and maintain constitution of the

8:25 ↗ state of washington constitution of the

8:27 ↗ state of washington and the united

8:29 ↗ states of america and the united states

8:30 ↗ of america congratulations

8:43 ↗ well i will take advantage of my uh my

8:46 ↗ brief

8:47 ↗ moments of uh of of uh open mic um and i

8:51 ↗ will start by saying um what an honor it

8:54 ↗ is to be

8:55 ↗ um

8:56 ↗ with all and what an honor it is to

9:00 ↗ be able to serve the people of issaquah

9:02 ↗ for another four

9:03 ↗ i will also say that it is really really

9:06 ↗ really hard to follow mayor paulie in

9:08 ↗ the speaking order on this event so i

9:12 ↗ will be uh very brief and just uh thank

9:14 ↗ you all for all that you have done for

9:16 ↗ me over the last four years and i look

9:19 ↗ forward to

9:20 ↗ serving with you all for the next four

9:22 ↗ years

9:30 ↗ council member d michelle if you can

9:31 ↗ raise your right hand

9:33 ↗ repeat after me

9:35 ↗ i'm barbara d michelle

9:37 ↗ i'm barbara d michelle having been newly

9:40 ↗ elected to the office of

9:42 ↗ having been duly elected to the office

9:44 ↗ of city eviscerate council position

9:46 ↗ number three

9:47 ↗ city of issaquah council position number

9:50 ↗ three term expiring december 31st 2025

9:54 ↗ term expiring december 31st 2025 we

9:58 ↗ solemnly swear or affirm

10:00 ↗ do solidly swear

10:02 ↗ i will faithfully and partially

10:03 ↗ discharge the duties

10:05 ↗ i will flee and impartially discharge

10:08 ↗ the duties of this office of this office

10:12 ↗ as prescribed by law

10:13 ↗ as prescribed by law and the best of my

10:16 ↗ ability

10:17 ↗ and to the best of my ability that i

10:19 ↗ will support and maintain that i will

10:21 ↗ support and maintain constitution of the

10:24 ↗ state of washington the constitution

10:26 ↗ state of washington and the united

10:28 ↗ states of america

10:30 ↗ and of the united states of america

10:32 ↗ congratulations

10:33 ↗ thank you

10:39 ↗ i want to i want to

10:41 ↗ thank everyone

10:43 ↗ who is here and judge stewart i want to

10:45 ↗ say it's an honor to be sworn in by you

10:48 ↗ thank you so much

10:51 ↗ first of all i want to thank the voters

10:52 ↗ who supported my election to a full

10:54 ↗ four-year term

10:56 ↗ great experience to work with mayor

10:58 ↗ paulie and with my fellow council

11:00 ↗ members with city administrator bob

11:02 ↗ kowitz

11:03 ↗ city administrative leadership and our

11:05 ↗ fabulous staff members over the past two

11:08 ↗ years

11:09 ↗ a very challenging two years

11:12 ↗ but we

11:13 ↗ still accomplished some very great

11:15 ↗ things and i'm pretty much looking

11:17 ↗ forward to continuing our good work

11:19 ↗ i do have some people here i would very

11:21 ↗ much like to acknowledge uh tomorrow my

11:24 ↗ son

11:24 ↗ john d michelle um john you can wave a

11:27 ↗ little bit

11:29 ↗ it's the fourth time that john has been

11:31 ↗ at one of my swearing in sir and he's

11:33 ↗ he's been there

11:34 ↗ every time when i was uh sworn in as a

11:37 ↗ school board member and earlier when i

11:39 ↗ was born in as a city council member and

11:42 ↗ tonight is lunch on couldn't do it

11:44 ↗ without you and i believe

11:47 ↗ over jon's shoulder is my grandson

11:50 ↗ and robbie it's so great to have you

11:52 ↗ and then i know that my daughter-in-law

11:54 ↗ diane nagasaka is here and her camera

11:56 ↗ working but i believe my granddaughter

11:58 ↗ aiko is also her

12:00 ↗ so it's wonderful to have um family here

12:05 ↗ my sister joanne ryan is here and this

12:07 ↗ is the wonder of a remote um

12:14 ↗ she is

12:15 ↗ in spokane right now and i'm really

12:18 ↗ thrilled that she was able to be here

12:21 ↗ because i've shared so much of the

12:23 ↗ council with her

12:25 ↗ and this i think is the first time she's

12:27 ↗ been able to actually see

12:29 ↗ this in action so thank you joanne for

12:31 ↗ being here

12:32 ↗ and then i see my nephew mark and his

12:37 ↗ wife nicola wright

12:39 ↗ and mark

12:40 ↗ are actually constituents they live in

12:43 ↗ the south uh lakes mammas area and

12:46 ↗ uh it's really really great to have them

12:48 ↗ here and with us tonight so i'm glad

12:52 ↗ that nobody had to go through rain snow

12:54 ↗ sleet

12:56 ↗ dark of night to be here to watch the

12:58 ↗ swearing in so thanks to everybody who

13:01 ↗ has been with me and supported me over

13:03 ↗ the years and i'm just looking forward

13:05 ↗ to another four years of working with

13:07 ↗ everybody thank you so much

13:14 ↗ councilmember joe

13:20 ↗ eat after me i russell joe

13:22 ↗ hi russell

13:23 ↗ having been newly elected to the office

13:25 ↗ of

13:26 ↗ having been duly elected to the office

13:28 ↗ of city of issaquah position number five

13:31 ↗ city of issaquah

13:33 ↗ position number five

13:34 ↗ term expiring december 31 2025.

13:38 ↗ term expiring

13:40 ↗ 31st 2025. we solemnly swear our firm

13:43 ↗ do solemnly swear

13:45 ↗ and i will faithful and if immortally

13:47 ↗ discharge

13:48 ↗ that i will faithfully and impartially

13:50 ↗ discharge the duties of this office

13:53 ↗ duties of this office as prescribed by

13:55 ↗ law

13:56 ↗ prescribed by law and the best of my

13:58 ↗ ability and best for my ability that i

14:01 ↗ will support and maintain

14:03 ↗ that i will support and maintain the

14:05 ↗ constitution of the state of washington

14:08 ↗ the constitution of the state of

14:09 ↗ washington

14:10 ↗ and the united states of america and of

14:12 ↗ the united states of america

14:14 ↗ congratulations thank you

14:21 ↗ so uh i i really have the pleasure

14:24 ↗ tonight of being sworn in by a former

14:26 ↗ boss

14:26 ↗ um scott stewart jud stewart was my boss

14:30 ↗ and swore me in as a judge when i was

14:32 ↗ substituting as a pro tem

14:34 ↗ on the bench for the city of business so

14:36 ↗ i appreciate you being here and it's a

14:38 ↗ pleasure and an honor to be uh to do a

14:41 ↗ different swearing-in with the uh that

14:45 ↗ will help serve the city of

14:47 ↗ i'm i'm replacing a great council member

14:50 ↗ stacy goodman and

14:51 ↗ um i

14:53 ↗ remember the days when i was first on

14:56 ↗ council in the early 2000s and stacy was

14:58 ↗ a member of the press she was a remember

15:00 ↗ the issaquah press and was attending our

15:03 ↗ meetings at our commission

15:04 ↗ at our sub uh at our

15:07 ↗ other meetings and always ask those hard

15:09 ↗ questions those good questions that were

15:11 ↗ necessary to make sure that the public

15:12 ↗ knew what was going on in our city

15:16 ↗ stacey i'll try to live up to the

15:18 ↗ standard that you set

15:21 ↗ i don't have any guests tonight uh

15:23 ↗ hopefully my two young children that are

15:26 ↗ eleven or hard at work on their homework

15:29 ↗ um but i would like to just say that

15:31 ↗ it's a great honor to

15:33 ↗ be elected to position number five

15:36 ↗ and uh

15:37 ↗ i hope to be able to uh put in the hard

15:40 ↗ work to make sure that

15:42 ↗ we as a are

15:44 ↗ making sound decisions that will help

15:46 ↗ shape the future of issaquah i look

15:48 ↗ forward to working with all my fellow

15:50 ↗ members with mayor paulie and with the

15:52 ↗ administration uh to make this a great

15:54 ↗ place to live work and play

16:02 ↗ council member marks

16:05 ↗ raise your right hand repeat after me

16:08 ↗ i told him arts

16:13 ↗ muted

16:14 ↗ i'm sorry i i've

16:16 ↗ had a single challenge i'm here now

16:18 ↗ i told him

16:20 ↗ i told him arts having been duly elected

16:22 ↗ to the oz

16:24 ↗ having been duly elected to the office

16:26 ↗ of city missouri council position number

16:28 ↗ seven

16:30 ↗ council position number seven turn

16:33 ↗ firing december 31 2025

16:36 ↗ expiring december 31st 2025 you solemnly

16:40 ↗ swear or affirm

16:42 ↗ you follow there

16:44 ↗ that i will faithfully and impartially

16:46 ↗ do the duties

16:48 ↗ that i will faithfully and empowerly

16:50 ↗ discharge the duties of this office

16:53 ↗ of this office as prescribed by law

16:56 ↗ as prescribed by law and the best of my

16:58 ↗ ability

16:59 ↗ and to the best of my ability that i

17:01 ↗ will support and maintain the

17:02 ↗ constitution

17:04 ↗ that i will support and maintain the

17:06 ↗ constitution of the state of washington

17:09 ↗ of the state of washington and the

17:11 ↗ united states of america

17:12 ↗ and the united states of america

17:16 ↗ congratulations thank you judge stewart

17:22 ↗ uh and thank you voters of issaquah for

17:24 ↗ reelecting me uh this year

17:27 ↗ i don't actually have any of my family

17:30 ↗ on the call here tonight but i i always

17:32 ↗ feel like up on the dais and this this

17:35 ↗ feeling just grows and as i enter my

17:37 ↗ fourth term i feel it very very strongly

17:40 ↗ um i feel the presence either literal or

17:43 ↗ metaphoric of the leaders that i've

17:45 ↗ gotten to work with over the last 12

17:47 ↗ years um folks like mayor fizzinger and

17:51 ↗ former council president kerry

17:53 ↗ and fred butler and paul winterstein and

17:56 ↗ yesterday who is on the call and and all

17:59 ↗ the folks that

18:01 ↗ worked so hard

18:03 ↗ um over these over these last dozen

18:05 ↗ years

18:06 ↗ they are all

18:08 ↗ either some of them are no longer

18:10 ↗ um but

18:12 ↗ you know i feel uh the weight of

18:15 ↗ uh their expectations and all that they

18:17 ↗ taught me that i hope to pay forward um

18:22 ↗ in this new council 2020 and 2021 were

18:26 ↗ ordinarily hard

18:28 ↗ and you know having been on the council

18:31 ↗ for 12 years they were much harder than

18:33 ↗ anything that came before it and 2022

18:36 ↗ yet be very difficult as well

18:39 ↗ but i'm really really looking forward uh

18:42 ↗ to working with mystic's council members

18:44 ↗ with mayor pauley

18:46 ↗ judy maynard city administrator bob

18:48 ↗ kuetz and with the entire city staff

18:52 ↗ we have an extraordinary group of

18:54 ↗ elected officials and

18:58 ↗ city employees and public servants in

19:01 ↗ this city and it's just such uh

19:03 ↗ such a blessing and such a pleasure to

19:05 ↗ work with all of you and i'm so looking

19:07 ↗ forward to the next four years thank you

19:14 ↗ well thank you very much judgester you

19:17 ↗ know it's been an interesting time

19:19 ↗ switching over to

19:21 ↗ remote and then hybrid meetings but i

19:23 ↗ have to say i love it that

19:26 ↗ pens could come tonight i think this is

19:29 ↗ one of the

19:30 ↗ um the nicest most heartwarming uh

19:33 ↗ turning in ceremonies i've ever seen i

19:35 ↗ do want to acknowledge that i have one

19:37 ↗ relative who is uh

19:39 ↗ on the call but unable to be promoted as

19:42 ↗ a panelist i have to thank my older

19:45 ↗ sister kathy and her bob who are calling

19:47 ↗ in from snowy snowy

19:50 ↗ ontario

19:51 ↗ the artist in the family who the

19:53 ↗ beautiful picture behind me i put it

19:55 ↗ here so she would see it

19:58 ↗ but uh she is unable to be promoted as a

20:00 ↗ panelist the woes of technology but

20:02 ↗ kathy love you and i'm so glad that you

20:04 ↗ came as well so congratulations everyone

20:07 ↗ we start a new year 2022 this was a

20:11 ↗ really great way to do it for all those

20:13 ↗ that joined us tonight this is a regular

20:15 ↗ council meeting

20:16 ↗ we will take a one or two minute pause

20:18 ↗ in our business uh for those that want

20:21 ↗ to get on with their lives and leave the

20:23 ↗ meeting so feel feel free to

20:26 ↗ anytime but thank you all for showing

20:29 ↗ your support of the amazing council

20:31 ↗ members and and mayor that you all

20:34 ↗ showed up for tonight it's really really

20:35 ↗ impressive and very very grateful

20:38 ↗ okay

20:39 ↗ moving on into our regular business for

20:41 ↗ tonight and there is not a lot

20:44 ↗ we will goodbye we will be starting with

20:47 ↗ av

20:48 ↗ 8300 the election council president and

20:51 ↗ deputy council president for 2022

20:54 ↗ the council will be electing those this

20:56 ↗ evening the issaquah municipal code

20:58 ↗ provides that a council president and a

21:00 ↗ deputy council president be elected at

21:02 ↗ the first meeting in january for a

21:04 ↗ one-year term a summary of their

21:06 ↗ responsibilities was provided in the

21:08 ↗ agenda bill

21:10 ↗ the following process will be used to

21:11 ↗ elect the officers first i will call for

21:14 ↗ nominations

21:15 ↗ then when all the nominations have been

21:17 ↗ made i will close the nominations

21:20 ↗ council members will then be provided an

21:22 ↗ opportunity to discuss nominees i will

21:25 ↗ then ask council members to cast votes

21:27 ↗ on the nominees in order that they were

21:29 ↗ nominated by roll call vote council

21:31 ↗ members may vote for themselves and may

21:33 ↗ vote for one

21:35 ↗ only one nominee

21:37 ↗ the council member receiving the

21:39 ↗ majority of the votes is declared

21:41 ↗ council president the process will then

21:43 ↗ be repeated for the deputy council

21:45 ↗ president

21:49 ↗ uh we will begin with the nominations

21:52 ↗ for council president

21:53 ↗ i do have my

21:55 ↗ chat open so

21:57 ↗ please indicate in the chat and i will

21:59 ↗ call on you as i see it

22:08 ↗ um

22:10 ↗ apparently i'm not showing up there but

22:12 ↗ i am not i am nominating someone

22:15 ↗ thanks barb uh and thanks for speaking

22:17 ↗ up because it's hard with the single

22:19 ↗ screen to be able to see

22:21 ↗ uh if someone's put their hand up please

22:23 ↗ go ahead

22:24 ↗ uh thank you i would like to nominate uh

22:27 ↗ lindsay walsh as council president

22:31 ↗ thank you

22:35 ↗ and either by chat or vote is there

22:37 ↗ anyone else pursuing to make a

22:38 ↗ nomination

22:48 ↗ you will give it a second

22:52 ↗ hearing none the nominations are

22:55 ↗ closed

22:57 ↗ is there any discussion of the nominee

22:59 ↗ barb would you like to say a few words

23:03 ↗ i certainly would thank you so much

23:04 ↗ mayor paulie

23:06 ↗ i'm very pleased to nominate lindsay um

23:09 ↗ councilmember walsh sorry

23:12 ↗ and uh

23:13 ↗ i think that um i first of all let me

23:16 ↗ say a few words about our outgoing

23:19 ↗ president who i think has been a superb

23:21 ↗ leader for the council and

23:22 ↗ and i want to thank her for all that

23:24 ↗ she's given it's a very very big uh duty

23:28 ↗ um and i feel that council bourbon walsh

23:30 ↗ will easily step into those leadership

23:33 ↗ shoes

23:34 ↗ and

23:35 ↗ has demonstrated leadership on

23:37 ↗ subcommittees and uh through other

23:40 ↗ means on the council and i

23:42 ↗ am very happy to nominate her to become

23:45 ↗ our next council president

23:55 ↗ it's hard without two screens thank you

23:56 ↗ very much councilmember t michelle is

23:59 ↗ there anyone else wishing to make

24:00 ↗ comments at this time

24:06 ↗ that's a member walsh

24:09 ↗ thanks i

24:10 ↗ figure i should probably say something

24:12 ↗ at this point and uh thank you

24:14 ↗ councilmember d michelle for

24:16 ↗ those words um i too want to thank uh

24:20 ↗ council

24:21 ↗ president hunt for

24:23 ↗ just the great leadership and the whole

24:26 ↗ leadership team our staff as well i

24:29 ↗ don't see this as too much of a

24:32 ↗ departure from

24:33 ↗ what we have been experiencing the last

24:36 ↗ few years

24:37 ↗ because i don't think we need that i

24:39 ↗ think we as a

24:41 ↗ team of council members work

24:44 ↗ very very well together

24:46 ↗ and continuing that um

24:49 ↗ i think i'm looking forward to

24:52 ↗ um

24:53 ↗ just more interaction between council

24:56 ↗ leadership and council members you know

24:59 ↗ asking you guys the questions what's

25:01 ↗ working what's not working what changes

25:03 ↗ can we make and just

25:05 ↗ you know taking the lessons that we've

25:07 ↗ learned from uh city administrator bob

25:10 ↗ quits with his weekly check-in calls

25:13 ↗ just shows the connectivity and the

25:15 ↗ importance of that i want to do more of

25:17 ↗ that with our council and i'm sure i'll

25:20 ↗ talk to you guys

25:21 ↗ each more about it but also just a

25:24 ↗ strategic regional representation um so

25:28 ↗ that we can better support ourselves

25:30 ↗ even though we do punch above our

25:32 ↗ belt uh out in the region i want to do

25:35 ↗ more and make sure that we are

25:37 ↗ advocating for our city positions there

25:39 ↗ so let's just keep talking about that um

25:42 ↗ i very much appreciate

25:45 ↗ the support and i look forward to uh

25:48 ↗ working with everyone in the next year

25:51 ↗ thank you councilmember walsh is there

25:53 ↗ anyone else wishing to make a comment

25:59 ↗ okay

26:01 ↗ if there's no further discussion the

26:03 ↗ council will now vote on whether to

26:05 ↗ elect

26:06 ↗ councilmember walsh as the 2022 council

26:08 ↗ president uh clerk can you please call

26:10 ↗ the roll call vote

26:13 ↗ yes starting with council member d

26:14 ↗ michelle

26:19 ↗ sorry i

26:21 ↗ council member hall

26:22 ↗ i

26:24 ↗ council member hunt

26:26 ↗ aye

26:28 ↗ council member joe

26:30 ↗ i

26:32 ↗ council member martz

26:34 ↗ i

26:35 ↗ council member ray aye

26:38 ↗ council member walsh

26:40 ↗ aye

26:42 ↗ that's 7i zero nays

26:49 ↗ thank you very much city clerk uh that

26:52 ↗ is unanimous

26:54 ↗ and congratulations council president

26:57 ↗ walsh

26:58 ↗ we will now move on to nominations for

27:00 ↗ deputy council president and i will look

27:03 ↗ into the chat are there any nominations

27:05 ↗ for the position of deputy council

27:07 ↗ president council member d michelle

27:11 ↗ thank you mayor paulie i am very happy

27:13 ↗ to nominate

27:16 ↗ councilmember hall for deputy council

27:18 ↗ president

27:20 ↗ thank you keeping my eye on the chat are

27:23 ↗ there any other nominations for deputy

27:25 ↗ council president

27:33 ↗ hearing none uh the nominations are

27:35 ↗ closed

27:36 ↗ uh councilmember t michelle would you

27:38 ↗ like to have any comments

27:41 ↗ uh yes thank you so much first of all

27:43 ↗ again thank you so much chris ray for

27:46 ↗ his time as our deputy council president

27:49 ↗ as councilmember martz noted during

27:52 ↗ probably two of the toughest years in

27:54 ↗ issaquah's history

27:56 ↗ um so thank you so much for your time uh

27:59 ↗ there chris and and for your leadership

28:02 ↗ i'm very happy to nominate councilmember

28:05 ↗ hall

28:06 ↗ i believe he was the youngest person to

28:10 ↗ be elected to the city council i'm sure

28:12 ↗ he is now the youngest person to ever be

28:15 ↗ nominated for deputy council president

28:17 ↗ and i think it speaks very well to his

28:19 ↗ leadership skills that uh he is ready to

28:22 ↗ assume that position and i know that we

28:25 ↗ have a great team with councilmember

28:27 ↗ walsh and councilmember hall in charge

28:30 ↗ so very happy to nominate

28:33 ↗ councilmember hall

28:36 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle any

28:37 ↗ other comments

28:42 ↗ looking at the cat and not seeing any

28:52 ↗ and i lost my place there we go

28:57 ↗ um if there's no further discussion the

28:59 ↗ council will not now vote on whether or

29:01 ↗ not to elect council member hall as the

29:04 ↗ 2022 deputy council president and clerk

29:07 ↗ can you please call the rule

29:10 ↗ yes starting with council member hall

29:13 ↗ hi

29:15 ↗ council member hunt

29:17 ↗ hi

29:18 ↗ council member joe

29:21 ↗ hi

29:22 ↗ councilmember martz

29:24 ↗ aye

29:25 ↗ councilmember ray hi

29:28 ↗ councilmember walsh

29:29 ↗ aye

29:30 ↗ councilmember d michelle

29:32 ↗ aye

29:34 ↗ that's seven eyes zero nays

29:36 ↗ thank you deputy council president hall

29:39 ↗ congratulations you have been elected

29:40 ↗ unanimously

29:43 ↗ so thank you both it's going to be an

29:45 ↗ exciting year no doubt

29:48 ↗ as people have already said it's been a

29:50 ↗ tough two years but i think even 2022 is

29:53 ↗ going to be a bit of a strange one so

29:55 ↗ welcome glad to have you in leadership

29:57 ↗ the next item on our agenda this evening

30:00 ↗ is audience comments and for those of

30:02 ↗ you who submitted the online form to

30:04 ↗ make your comments we'll call your name

30:06 ↗ shortly

30:07 ↗ for those of you who have joined us

30:08 ↗ tonight and would like to make comments

30:10 ↗ but did not sign up in advance you can

30:12 ↗ raise your virtual hand if you're on a

30:14 ↗ phone press star three

30:16 ↗ if you've done by a computer or

30:18 ↗ smartphone look for a hand icon and this

30:20 ↗ can vary by device and one option may be

30:23 ↗ to go to the participant panel and

30:25 ↗ choose the raise hand icon in the lower

30:27 ↗ right hand corner city clerk has anyone

30:29 ↗ signed up to speak for general audience

30:31 ↗ comments or indicated a desire to speak

30:34 ↗ this evening

30:36 ↗ mayor no one signed up in advance and

30:38 ↗ i'm just monitoring

30:40 ↗ the attendee list for just a moment here

30:43 ↗ see if i see any raised hands

30:49 ↗ i don't see anyone indicating a desire

30:51 ↗ to speak

30:52 ↗ thank you very much city clerk

30:54 ↗ just as a reminder if um

30:56 ↗ folks do have comments you can always

30:59 ↗ write them and submit them at any time

31:01 ↗ to city council at issaquah.com

31:05 ↗ the next item on our agenda this evening

31:07 ↗ is committee and regional reports and

31:10 ↗ there has not been an awful lot going on

31:12 ↗ through december so this may not be a

31:14 ↗ particularly long item

31:16 ↗ and let's start first with council

31:18 ↗ member joe

31:22 ↗ no report thank you

31:24 ↗ thank you council member uh council

31:26 ↗ deputy council president hall

31:30 ↗ uh that's gonna take some getting used

31:31 ↗ to uh thank you mayor paulie this is um

31:35 ↗ deputy council president hall uh just a

31:37 ↗ couple quick ones

31:38 ↗ um first uh council member goodman and i

31:42 ↗ attended an eastside fire and rescue

31:43 ↗ board meeting on thursday december 9th

31:45 ↗ at 4 pm

31:47 ↗ um a couple things of interest i wanted

31:49 ↗ to report back

31:51 ↗ first chief clark announced that

31:53 ↗ eastside fire rescue or efer

31:55 ↗ had extended conditional offers of

31:57 ↗ employment to 25 applicants so we'll

31:59 ↗ have some new firefighters joining the

32:00 ↗ efer family which is good news

32:03 ↗ a heads up to the council that a new

32:06 ↗ wildfire prevention program proposal is

32:08 ↗ making its way to an upcoming e for

32:10 ↗ board meeting we're all really looking

32:12 ↗ forward to this presentation and council

32:14 ↗ member ray and i will be sure to share

32:16 ↗ those details with you at a future

32:17 ↗ council meeting

32:19 ↗ and then finally there were lots of

32:21 ↗ thanks and gratitude shared by many for

32:23 ↗ council member goodman's many years of

32:25 ↗ service to both the city of issaquah and

32:27 ↗ the eastside fire and rescue

32:29 ↗ organization

32:31 ↗ and then just a few announcements the

32:32 ↗ next eastside fine rescue board meeting

32:34 ↗ is scheduled for next thursday january

32:37 ↗ 13th at 4 pm

32:38 ↗ and the next cascade water alliance

32:40 ↗ board meeting is scheduled for wednesday

32:42 ↗ january 26th at 3 30 pm and that

32:45 ↗ concludes my report

32:47 ↗ thank you council member d michelle

32:50 ↗ thank you mayor paulie on december 10th

32:53 ↗ i attended the east side transportation

32:55 ↗ partnership

32:56 ↗ uh chair jay arnold and co-chair janice

32:59 ↗ zhan requested signatures on a letter

33:01 ↗ supporting completion of the i-405

33:04 ↗ sr 167 project

33:07 ↗ after review by shelly hilder to ensure

33:10 ↗ compatibility with our legislative

33:12 ↗ agenda mayor paulie signed the letter

33:14 ↗ however it is still in process i checked

33:18 ↗ with shelley

33:19 ↗ today and is still in process

33:22 ↗ and

33:23 ↗ so the council will see a copy of that

33:26 ↗ as soon as it is ready to be transmitted

33:29 ↗ uh by the group um

33:31 ↗ we also received a presentation on metro

33:33 ↗ policy updates and psrc project

33:36 ↗ evaluation process

33:39 ↗ then on december 10th and 17th i

33:41 ↗ attended the east side human services

33:43 ↗ forum december meeting and annual

33:45 ↗ meeting respectively the forum

33:47 ↗ legislative agenda was adopted by the

33:50 ↗ board

33:51 ↗ the annual meeting featured an excellent

33:53 ↗ discussion by four eastside social

33:55 ↗ service agencies regarding the

33:57 ↗ challenges they faced during the past

33:58 ↗ two years

34:00 ↗ recruiting and retaining staff was by

34:02 ↗ far the greatest challenge reported by

34:03 ↗ the speakers

34:05 ↗ also i was elected secretary treasurer

34:07 ↗ of eastside human services forum so

34:10 ↗ you'll be hearing more about that later

34:12 ↗ thank you

34:13 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle

34:15 ↗ council president walsh

34:19 ↗ thank you i have a very short report um

34:22 ↗ in december the escort chamber of

34:24 ↗ commerce meeting was cancelled for the

34:26 ↗ holidays the next meeting is scheduled

34:29 ↗ for friday the 21st

34:31 ↗ and at the end of last year i was also

34:33 ↗ appointed to the king county affordable

34:35 ↗ housing committee

34:37 ↗ that meeting schedule hasn't been set

34:39 ↗ yet though they're scheduling something

34:42 ↗ for january february um to do somewhat

34:46 ↗ of a retreat style to

34:48 ↗ pull together some of the ideas of the

34:50 ↗ new members but i will report back on

34:52 ↗ that once that gets scheduled and set

34:54 ↗ that concludes my report

34:56 ↗ thank you council president council

34:58 ↗ member hunt

35:00 ↗ thank you madam mayor the king

35:02 ↗ conservation district advisory committee

35:04 ↗ met on december 14th

35:07 ↗ and um we did not have any items that we

35:10 ↗ took action on but we did receive a

35:12 ↗ financial update about the king

35:13 ↗ conservation district's budget reserves

35:15 ↗ and financial statements and um gave

35:19 ↗ feedback on their annual report which is

35:21 ↗ one of the deliverables of this group

35:24 ↗ or this agency and i also

35:28 ↗ wanted to let you all know and anybody

35:30 ↗ viewing know

35:32 ↗ that the king conservation district will

35:34 ↗ have an election

35:35 ↗ in the past the king conservation

35:37 ↗ district has had very low turnout for

35:39 ↗ their elections because they have them

35:41 ↗ at a time when there's not other

35:43 ↗ elections going on and they're also all

35:45 ↗ online so this is

35:47 ↗ something that they are trying to raise

35:48 ↗ awareness of and try to have

35:51 ↗ more

35:52 ↗ people

35:52 ↗ know that there's an election happening

35:55 ↗ ballots will be available to eligible

35:56 ↗ voters online from january 18th to

36:00 ↗ february 8th

36:02 ↗ and

36:02 ↗ you can also do

36:05 ↗ paper ballots as well but they mostly do

36:07 ↗ online and then i also just wanted to

36:09 ↗ let anybody know that

36:11 ↗ that would be interested in voting in

36:13 ↗ this that the king conservation district

36:14 ↗ is a special purpose district committed

36:16 ↗ to helping people engage in stewardship

36:18 ↗ and conservation of natural resources

36:20 ↗ serving over 2 million people in 34

36:22 ↗ cities in and unincorporated king county

36:25 ↗ um

36:26 ↗ and it is funded primarily by a per

36:29 ↗ parcel assessment fee so this is

36:31 ↗ something that is an important agency in

36:34 ↗ our county and they do hold elections so

36:38 ↗ you can look up more information at

36:39 ↗ their website

36:40 ↗ and the next meeting of the king

36:42 ↗ conservation district will be february

36:44 ↗ 8th that concludes my report

36:46 ↗ thank you council member hat council

36:47 ↗ member ray

36:50 ↗ thank you mayor paulie i have no report

36:52 ↗ this evening thank you councilmember

36:54 ↗ martz

36:56 ↗ thank you madam mayor this is

36:57 ↗ councilmember martz uh the puget sound

36:59 ↗ regional council growth management

37:01 ↗ policy board will be meeting this

37:03 ↗ thursday january 6th from 10 until 11 30

37:06 ↗ a.m it is expected to be a hybrid

37:09 ↗ meeting um

37:11 ↗ it may be partially on site it may be

37:14 ↗ partially remote they're actually still

37:16 ↗ sort of figuring that out

37:18 ↗ with everything that's going on with

37:19 ↗ omicron

37:21 ↗ the agenda includes the 2023-20

37:24 ↗ pardon me 2022 legislative overview

37:28 ↗ an industrial land analysis update

37:30 ↗ uh draft supplemental biannual budget

37:33 ↗ and work program for fiscal years 22 23

37:37 ↗ and then a review of the year's gmtb

37:40 ↗ calendar the sound cities association

37:42 ↗ public issues committee is going to be

37:44 ↗ meeting on wednesday january 12th from 7

37:47 ↗ to 9 we

37:48 ↗ continue to be online the highlights

37:52 ↗ will include a pick 101 orientation for

37:54 ↗ new pic members and then

37:56 ↗ a review of the 2022 fca legislative

38:00 ↗ agenda

38:01 ↗ it will include potential action on that

38:03 ↗ legislative agenda it's drafted to

38:05 ↗ reflect legislative legislative

38:07 ↗ priorities found common

38:09 ↗ in common into the agendas across the

38:11 ↗ fca membership

38:14 ↗ draft fca legislative priorities were

38:16 ↗ reviewed december 8th

38:18 ↗ pick members provided feedback which was

38:20 ↗ incorporated into revised draft

38:22 ↗ legislative

38:23 ↗ agenda

38:25 ↗ i will be

38:26 ↗ sending that out and if there's any

38:29 ↗ feedback

38:31 ↗ from my fellow council members

38:33 ↗ i don't expect this to be a contentious

38:35 ↗ item

38:36 ↗ i it has not been in the past it's all

38:38 ↗ been stuff that we've said was important

38:40 ↗ to us and that is reflected in our

38:42 ↗ legislative agenda um and i know uh the

38:46 ↗ mayor sits on the sca board and she's

38:48 ↗ involved in that process as well so um

38:51 ↗ but if there should be anything in there

38:52 ↗ that um anybody has any questions or

38:54 ↗ concerns about uh please do let me know

38:57 ↗ that concludes my report

38:59 ↗ thank you councilmember martz

39:01 ↗ next up is the mayor's report there will

39:04 ↗ be no executive session scheduled for

39:06 ↗ this evening

39:07 ↗ i wanted to talk a little bit about

39:09 ↗ recent weather related events so a big

39:12 ↗ big thank you to our staff and partner

39:14 ↗ agencies for their efforts over the past

39:16 ↗ week in response to various weather

39:19 ↗ related events

39:21 ↗ emergency management communications

39:23 ↗ public works police parks and community

39:26 ↗ services east side fire and rescue

39:28 ↗ and king county emergency management

39:30 ↗ thank you for your work and your

39:32 ↗ outstanding service to our community

39:34 ↗ there were also some cold weather human

39:37 ↗ services provided during the last couple

39:40 ↗ of weeks

39:41 ↗ in response to the severe weather we

39:43 ↗ experienced over the last couple of

39:44 ↗ weeks our human services divisions parks

39:47 ↗ and recreations

39:48 ↗ and parks operations divisions in

39:50 ↗ collaboration with the city emergency

39:52 ↗ services

39:53 ↗ worked on supporting the most vulnerable

39:55 ↗ members of our community with securing

39:57 ↗ temporary housing and basic needs and

40:00 ↗ resources

40:02 ↗ 20 community members experiencing

40:04 ↗ homelessness were housed for 12 days at

40:06 ↗ motel 6. two more days were extended

40:09 ↗ today to allow for temperatures to

40:11 ↗ increase and for a smooth transition

40:13 ↗ other community members were transported

40:15 ↗ to nearby emergency shelters as capacity

40:18 ↗ allowed

40:19 ↗ warm meals were provided by the

40:21 ↗ community meals program on weekends and

40:23 ↗ the islam meals program on weekdays

40:26 ↗ and the issaquah food and clothing bank

40:28 ↗ and community volunteers also provided

40:30 ↗ food to help supplement the need

40:32 ↗ whenever possible

40:33 ↗ we would like to thank the dedicated

40:35 ↗ community providers who tirelessly

40:37 ↗ provided meals and food despite the cold

40:40 ↗ temperatures and heavy snow

40:42 ↗ in particular marilyn auditor

40:44 ↗ and kieran shaw from the weekend

40:47 ↗ community meals program

40:48 ↗ griffin cole

40:50 ↗ adria brielle

40:51 ↗ david trax and gary schoenlein from the

40:55 ↗ issaquah meals program catholic

40:56 ↗ community services and dwayne and

40:59 ↗ angelique cadwall wallader for

41:02 ↗ from the seventh-day adventist church in

41:04 ↗ issaquah and renton and staff from the

41:07 ↗ issaquah food and clothing bank

41:09 ↗ a day warming center was also open

41:11 ↗ between december 26th and december 31st

41:14 ↗ at the issaquah senior center

41:16 ↗ my appreciation to the dedicated staff

41:18 ↗ who worked very hard to make all this

41:20 ↗ happen

41:22 ↗ a note on our 2020 annual audit the

41:25 ↗ washington state auditor's office

41:27 ↗ recently presented the results of the

41:29 ↗ city's 2020 financial statement

41:31 ↗ single and accountability audits during

41:33 ↗ an exit conference which included myself

41:36 ↗ city administrator wally bob quits and

41:38 ↗ city council president victoria hunt

41:41 ↗ overall the audits were extremely

41:42 ↗ positive and reflect the great work of

41:44 ↗ our finance team to responsibly steward

41:47 ↗ public funds

41:48 ↗ while the city received one audit fining

41:51 ↗ related to its financial statement it is

41:53 ↗ important to note that the state

41:55 ↗ auditor's office found no

41:57 ↗ evidence of malfeasance or loss of funds

42:00 ↗ rather the finding was related to a

42:01 ↗ single complex land tracks transaction

42:05 ↗ with gateway now named anthology

42:07 ↗ developer in 2020. the auditor's office

42:10 ↗ found the city incorrectly recorded the

42:12 ↗ 2020 land purchase by netting it against

42:14 ↗ revenues rather than reporting it as a

42:17 ↗ capital expenditure in the fund

42:18 ↗ financial statements the city has

42:21 ↗ modified its 2020 financial statements

42:23 ↗ to reflect the audit finding and this

42:25 ↗ reporting variation did not impact the

42:27 ↗ city's overall fund balance

42:29 ↗ the full audit reports are on our

42:31 ↗ website at issaquah.gov

42:34 ↗ financial reports

42:36 ↗ i'm going to talk a few minutes about

42:38 ↗ retail theft as well this is the topic

42:40 ↗ that has come up a couple of times at

42:42 ↗ council and i want to provide an update

42:45 ↗ we are working with multiple retailers

42:47 ↗ in the city to address increased retail

42:50 ↗ crime

42:51 ↗ in these conversations the police

42:52 ↗ department has offered information on

42:54 ↗ what is necessary to press charges and

42:57 ↗ has offered other solutions to address

42:59 ↗ the issues

43:00 ↗ this month we will be bringing together

43:02 ↗ retail asset protection staff with the

43:05 ↗ police to discuss tips and to share

43:07 ↗ trends

43:08 ↗ at the next council meeting the

43:10 ↗ administration will present changes to

43:12 ↗ our code to require shopping cart

43:14 ↗ retrieval plans from the stores as well

43:17 ↗ as stronger language in our business

43:19 ↗ license section to take action if

43:21 ↗ business actions are causing a nuisance

43:24 ↗ my message to retailers is that we want

43:26 ↗ to be a partner in this effort and i

43:28 ↗ expect this partnership to be two-way

43:31 ↗ we encourage all retailers to call 9-1-1

43:34 ↗ to report shoplifting and for every

43:36 ↗ resident and visitor shopping in our

43:38 ↗ city please do not attempt to take

43:41 ↗ action yourself

43:42 ↗ but instead contact 9-1-1 if you witness

43:44 ↗ a crime

43:45 ↗ together i believe we can solve this

43:47 ↗ problem

43:49 ↗ there was a recent landmark designation

43:52 ↗ in issaquah of the koote's garage

43:53 ↗ building the coot's garage is located at

43:56 ↗ 35 west sunset way and it has been

43:59 ↗ designated a historical landmark by the

44:01 ↗ issaquah landmarks commission

44:03 ↗ the building held an important

44:05 ↗ commercial and service role in israel's

44:07 ↗ early automobile

44:08 ↗ era

44:09 ↗ it has a strong association with early

44:11 ↗ networks of regional transportation and

44:14 ↗ the rise in automobile use

44:16 ↗ infrastructure and community development

44:18 ↗ in issaquah

44:20 ↗ i'm going to give a little update on the

44:22 ↗ capital finance community task force the

44:24 ↗ capital tasks community finance

44:27 ↗ the capital finance community task force

44:29 ↗ last met on december 7th to discuss

44:31 ↗ infrastructure priorities across issac's

44:34 ↗ needs in transportation parks and trails

44:37 ↗ and facilities

44:38 ↗ the task force will continue to develop

44:40 ↗ its recommendations for council on the

44:42 ↗ priorities at the next meeting tomorrow

44:45 ↗ january 4th at 6 pm

44:47 ↗ and there are

44:48 ↗ a couple of upcoming community events

44:51 ↗ vaccine booster clinic appointment times

44:53 ↗ are available the city of issaquah and

44:55 ↗ costco are partnering to offer a covet

44:57 ↗ 19 vaccine booster dose clinic at the

45:00 ↗ issaquah community center on january 6th

45:03 ↗ and 7th from 9 a.m to 3 p.m

45:05 ↗ spots are limited and for more

45:07 ↗ information and to register please visit

45:09 ↗ the city website

45:11 ↗ due to the increase in

45:14 ↗ cases from new variants

45:16 ↗ city hall in-person services have been

45:18 ↗ temporarily suspended

45:20 ↗ in-person services are anticipated to

45:22 ↗ reopen on january 18th with a tuesday

45:25 ↗ thursday schedule of 9 a.m to 1 p.m

45:28 ↗ city administrator bob kowitz will now

45:30 ↗ provide an update regarding pandemic

45:32 ↗ impacts on city services administrator

45:34 ↗ bob quits

45:37 ↗ yes thank you madam mayor members of the

45:39 ↗ council good evening and happy new year

45:41 ↗ um before i start i want to echo mayor

45:44 ↗ paulie's comments regarding the work our

45:46 ↗ city staff has done during the holidays

45:48 ↗ um we i think at all hope that the the

45:51 ↗ two weeks uh between the christmas and

45:53 ↗ new year's

45:54 ↗ time frame were going to be an

45:56 ↗ opportunity for people to rest and

45:57 ↗ recharge unfortunately that wasn't the

45:59 ↗ case for many many of our city staff

46:02 ↗ our our public works crews as the mayor

46:04 ↗ mentioned

46:05 ↗ working 12-hour shifts our human

46:07 ↗ services staff working very diligently

46:09 ↗ to take care of those in need so i

46:11 ↗ really want to add my thanks to mayor

46:13 ↗ paulies to you know the dozens of our

46:16 ↗ staff members who instead of spending

46:17 ↗ the holidays with their families

46:19 ↗ uh were out there helping our community

46:22 ↗ in the midst of yet another uh spike in

46:24 ↗ kobe cases here in issaquah and around

46:27 ↗ the country um that's really the point

46:30 ↗ of my comments this evening are where we

46:32 ↗ stand with the omicron variant and what

46:35 ↗ we can expect to see as far as community

46:38 ↗ services and potential impacts to

46:40 ↗ community services um the variant is

46:42 ↗ here in esqua we are seeing uh employees

46:46 ↗ come down with the cobia 19 virus in

46:49 ↗ numbers we have not seen in the nearly

46:51 ↗ two years

46:52 ↗ that we have been working through

46:55 ↗ these challenges

46:57 ↗ we have employees currently off in our

46:59 ↗ police public works and parks recreation

47:02 ↗ and community services department

47:04 ↗ fortunately everyone is doing well

47:06 ↗ but the impact

47:07 ↗ to the city's work and the city staff is

47:10 ↗ the people are not uh here uh able to

47:13 ↗ help the work that we do

47:15 ↗ our police department i think has been

47:17 ↗ challenged

47:18 ↗ previously uh the work that acting chief

47:21 ↗ paul schwann is doing is absolutely

47:22 ↗ extraordinary she's working very

47:24 ↗ diligently to bring on board people we

47:27 ↗ had two lateral police officers start

47:29 ↗ today we are hiring dispatchers we're

47:32 ↗ doing everything we need to do

47:35 ↗ to bring staffing up at the police

47:36 ↗ department the challenge now is coveted

47:39 ↗ and the impacts it is having not only in

47:41 ↗ our patrol but on our jail our records

47:44 ↗ and our dispatch operations uh keith

47:46 ↗ swann believes that the staff that we

47:48 ↗ have

47:49 ↗ working overtime will be able to keep

47:51 ↗ our minimum staffing but i want to give

47:54 ↗ you the city council and the community a

47:56 ↗ warning that you know this is a day by

47:58 ↗ day thing

47:59 ↗ we are working very hard to manage

48:02 ↗ as people are off or what's now five

48:05 ↗ days if they are uh if they've come down

48:08 ↗ with the cobia 19 virus uh so it's going

48:10 ↗ to be a continue to be a work in

48:11 ↗ progress and uh we are committed uh to

48:14 ↗ keeping the community safe but it's a

48:16 ↗ very tall order uh given what's going on

48:18 ↗ with covid well the same is true with

48:20 ↗ our public works field operations uh

48:23 ↗ certainly they've come off of uh two

48:25 ↗ weeks of very heavy uh weather related

48:28 ↗ issues uh hopefully they're resting

48:29 ↗ we're repairing equipment but we're also

48:32 ↗ trying to be vigilant with covid

48:35 ↗ encouraging folks to come to work at

48:36 ↗ different times not have folks

48:38 ↗ congregate and prove the math that

48:40 ↗ people are wearing so hopefully again

48:43 ↗ with the next batch of snow that we we

48:46 ↗ may see as soon as this week we'll be

48:49 ↗ able to have people out there plowing

48:51 ↗ the streets and taking care of the

48:52 ↗ community our parks recreation and

48:54 ↗ community services staff uh continue uh

48:57 ↗ to you know monitor uh things with so

49:00 ↗ far we've been able to keep facilities

49:01 ↗ open again i would warn you the council

49:04 ↗ and the community that that's going to

49:05 ↗ likely be a very day-to-day thing over

49:07 ↗ the next

49:08 ↗ couple of weeks and so we encourage

49:10 ↗ people to follow us on twitter follow us

49:12 ↗ on facebook

49:14 ↗ sign up for our e-news alerts and we'll

49:16 ↗ continue to keep people updated uh

49:18 ↗ within our parks recruitment services

49:20 ↗ department is our human services team

49:22 ↗ and they are exhausted

49:23 ↗ they have worked nearly every day

49:26 ↗ through

49:27 ↗ the holidays taking care of people

49:30 ↗ people are still in need of care the

49:32 ↗ challenge is

49:34 ↗ the available shelters emergency

49:36 ↗ shelters are full they're experiencing

49:38 ↗ cobid

49:40 ↗ and so we are having difficulty finding

49:42 ↗ places

49:43 ↗ for people to stay who are homeless so

49:45 ↗ as you as community members may see

49:48 ↗ homeless individuals on the street they

49:50 ↗ may see the occasional tent

49:52 ↗ know that we see them too know that we

49:54 ↗ are reaching out and working with

49:56 ↗ individuals who have needs but the real

49:58 ↗ challenge right now is emergency shelter

50:02 ↗ and taking a bit being able to take

50:04 ↗ advantage of the limited spots there and

50:06 ↗ that's going to continue certainly

50:08 ↗ for the foreseeable future our community

50:10 ↗ planning and development department are

50:11 ↗ inspectors so we're trying to keep them

50:13 ↗ safe as they work in the community and

50:16 ↗ thank director minnie dollywall and her

50:18 ↗ team for that and then finally eastside

50:21 ↗ fire and rescue another important part

50:23 ↗ of the public service team here in this

50:25 ↗ spa they too

50:26 ↗ are seeing

50:27 ↗ certainly significant numbers of their

50:30 ↗ members come down with kobit and so they

50:32 ↗ are having to work very diligently to

50:33 ↗ make sure that they have staffing

50:35 ↗ but rest assured from fire chief clark

50:38 ↗ that we don't anticipate any uh

50:41 ↗ significant issues but there's a lot of

50:43 ↗ work going on behind the scenes to make

50:45 ↗ sure that we continue to keep issaquah

50:47 ↗ residents safe with all of the municipal

50:50 ↗ services

50:51 ↗ the madame members of the council i'm

50:52 ↗ sorry with a very joyous evening this

50:54 ↗ evening

50:55 ↗ to come with

50:57 ↗ some less joyous news but i think it's

50:59 ↗ important for you

51:00 ↗ members of the council and the community

51:02 ↗ to know

51:03 ↗ that you have a very dedicated team of

51:05 ↗ city staff members

51:06 ↗ folks who work at ether certainly are

51:08 ↗ partners at king county uh at the

51:11 ↗ library

51:12 ↗ everyone is working hard to make sure

51:14 ↗ that the municipal services can be

51:16 ↗ provided but the reality is

51:19 ↗ it's a day-to-day thing that we're

51:20 ↗ seeing numbers of copic cases not only

51:23 ↗ in king county but throughout the

51:24 ↗ throughout the world at record numbers

51:27 ↗ and so we just ask for your patience we

51:29 ↗ ask for our community members patients

51:31 ↗ know that we're doing everything in our

51:33 ↗ power

51:34 ↗ to provide quality municipal services

51:36 ↗ but the reality is if people are

51:37 ↗ homesick we want them to stay home get

51:40 ↗ better before they come back to work

51:42 ↗ madam mayor thank you for taking letting

51:43 ↗ me take some time uh this evening to

51:46 ↗ again deliver perhaps not such pleasant

51:48 ↗ news

51:49 ↗ but certainly be happy to answer any

51:50 ↗ questions that members of the council

51:52 ↗ may have

51:53 ↗ thank you administrator i'll keep my eye

51:55 ↗ on the chat to see maybe go to the order

51:57 ↗ they may have some others as well but

51:59 ↗ thank you for that very thorough summary

52:01 ↗ i think you accurately

52:03 ↗ portrayed our plan and what we are

52:07 ↗ planning for and how difficult it may be

52:09 ↗ so fingers crossed that our predictions

52:12 ↗ don't come true but thank you very much

52:14 ↗ for that

52:15 ↗ uh the next item on the agenda this

52:16 ↗ evening is the consent calendar and it

52:18 ↗ was distributed to council in advance if

52:20 ↗ authorized the items on the consent

52:22 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

52:24 ↗ approved by one motion

52:26 ↗ have the payables and payroll been

52:27 ↗ reviewed

52:29 ↗ they have they have thank you

52:33 ↗ does any council member desire to remove

52:35 ↗ any item from the consent counter and

52:37 ↗ consider it under regular business and

52:39 ↗ if so could you please indicate it in

52:40 ↗ the chat

52:46 ↗ not seeing any notes is there someone

52:48 ↗ prepared to make a motion

52:55 ↗ council president walsh

52:59 ↗ i have to say i have not received the

53:02 ↗ motion in the chat is it just

53:06 ↗ i move

53:09 ↗ move to approve the consent calendar

53:10 ↗ would work

53:11 ↗ okay i move to approve the set consent

53:13 ↗ calendar

53:15 ↗ council member deputy council president

53:17 ↗ hall

53:18 ↗ i'll second that motion

53:20 ↗ thank you it's been moved and seconded

53:21 ↗ and city clerk can you please call the

53:23 ↗ rule

53:26 ↗ yes starting with

53:28 ↗ council member hunt

53:31 ↗ i

53:32 ↗ council member joe

53:34 ↗ aye

53:36 ↗ council member martz

53:38 ↗ aye

53:39 ↗ council member ray aye

53:42 ↗ councilmember walsh

53:44 ↗ aye

53:45 ↗ council member d michelle

53:47 ↗ aye

53:49 ↗ councilmember hall

53:50 ↗ aye

53:52 ↗ that's seven eyes zero nays

53:54 ↗ thank you city clerk that passes

53:56 ↗ unanimously

53:58 ↗ the next item of business is regular

54:00 ↗ business but we have no items this

54:01 ↗ evening listed so we'll move to go to

54:03 ↗ the order and i will keep my eye on the

54:05 ↗ chat i know at least council member mark

54:07 ↗ says one thing that he would like to

54:09 ↗ share with everyone

54:10 ↗ the upcoming city council meetings are

54:12 ↗ january 11th there is a city council

54:15 ↗ study session and the potential agenda

54:17 ↗ items include the human services

54:19 ↗ strategic plan update

54:21 ↗ recreation scholarship program and the

54:24 ↗ city council retreat planning

54:26 ↗ tuesday january 18th we have a regular

54:29 ↗ meeting and i'll make a note that is a

54:31 ↗ tuesday monday is a holiday the

54:33 ↗ potential agenda items include state

54:36 ↗ route route 18 widening issaquah hobart

54:39 ↗ road to raging river

54:41 ↗ an abandoned shopping cart regulation

54:44 ↗ update which is something that i had

54:45 ↗ mentioned in my mayor's report

54:48 ↗ and i will go back to council member

54:49 ↗ marks

54:51 ↗ thank you madam mayor i just want to

54:52 ↗ point out that the sound cities

54:54 ↗ association is having its regional board

54:56 ↗ and committee appointee orientation this

54:59 ↗ wednesday it's kind of at a

55:02 ↗ atypical time it's going to be 3 30 to

55:04 ↗ 5.

55:05 ↗ you all should have received an

55:07 ↗ inventory invitation to register for it

55:10 ↗ if you've registered you should get a

55:12 ↗ link link from leah

55:14 ↗ that allows you to participate

55:17 ↗ this fca does consider this mandatory as

55:20 ↗ part of representing sca

55:22 ↗ on boards and commissions so

55:24 ↗ although

55:25 ↗ most of you like me this is not your

55:27 ↗ first rodeo representing sca regionally

55:30 ↗ it is an opportunity uh to gather and uh

55:33 ↗ understand and honestly um doing this

55:36 ↗ for 11 years um this will be the 12th

55:39 ↗ year um

55:41 ↗ representing regionally i always learn

55:43 ↗ something at one at these meetings and

55:45 ↗ uh so it's always a good use of time so

55:48 ↗ please please do register thank you

55:51 ↗ well said councilmember martz thank you

55:53 ↗ uh not saying anything else for good of

55:55 ↗ the order there is no executive section

55:57 ↗ this evening and there being no further

55:59 ↗ business the meeting oh i have another

56:02 ↗ good of the order let's go to

56:03 ↗ councilmember walsh

56:04 ↗ thank you i just realized i should

56:07 ↗ probably ask um as we will be doing some

56:11 ↗ shuffling of

56:13 ↗ local committees and things like that

56:16 ↗ including east side fire and rescue

56:18 ↗ um isc chamber of commerce uh

56:22 ↗ ltac the lodging tax advisory

56:25 ↗ committee

56:26 ↗ if you have any interest in serving

56:28 ↗ those if you would send me an email

56:31 ↗ or a text something that we can start a

56:35 ↗ conversation about that i'm not quite

56:37 ↗ sure what our timeline is for making

56:40 ↗ those appointments but it is something i

56:42 ↗ would love to gather some interest if

56:44 ↗ there is any thank you

56:46 ↗ so council member well our council

56:48 ↗ president walsh i'll just add on to that

56:49 ↗ we do have a matrix that the city clerk

56:52 ↗ can spread uh or just distribute by

56:55 ↗ email allowing people to put their first

56:57 ↗ second and third choices on it for you

56:59 ↗ and submit it to you

57:00 ↗ um i'm just looking at uh

57:03 ↗ clerk geisha is that something that

57:05 ↗ could go out this week

57:08 ↗ yes mayor i was planning to get that

57:10 ↗ sent out

57:12 ↗ by wednesday of this week and then

57:14 ↗ request responses by january 10th

57:17 ↗ does that work for you council president

57:20 ↗ great

57:22 ↗ uh and councilmember d michelle

57:24 ↗ i just need to jump in i realized uh

57:28 ↗ when council member

57:29 ↗ council president walsh was speaking

57:31 ↗ um eastside transportation partnership

57:33 ↗ we actually are eligible for two

57:36 ↗ representatives on that group

57:38 ↗ and i've been serving on that for the

57:40 ↗ past year uh we certainly would welcome

57:44 ↗ a second representative because we are

57:46 ↗ eligible for that so if someone would

57:48 ↗ want to consider um that as a position

57:51 ↗ as well um be sure and let uh council

57:53 ↗ president walsh know

57:55 ↗ sure that's a great suggestion we can

57:57 ↗ add it to the spreadsheet as position

57:59 ↗ one and two if that would help

58:02 ↗ that's great and if if folks think of

58:04 ↗ other ones that ought to be on the on

58:06 ↗ the the sheet that we normally just toss

58:08 ↗ around let's get it all in one place to

58:10 ↗ make it easier for our council

58:11 ↗ leadership

58:12 ↗ that would be great so thank you for

58:14 ↗ that suggestion

58:16 ↗ so there is no executive session tonight

58:18 ↗ and there being no further business no

58:20 ↗ more good of the order

58:22 ↗ uh council member hall deputy council

58:25 ↗ president is pointing at something

58:27 ↗ i'm sorry paulie didn't um councilmember

58:29 ↗ marks have something to do with the

58:31 ↗ order or did i hear that wrong

58:32 ↗ he did was there something more

58:34 ↗ councilmember martin sorry if i missed

58:36 ↗ you

58:36 ↗ no that's that the uh fca uh orientation

58:41 ↗ was with the item that i had but thank

58:43 ↗ you uh deputy council president better

58:45 ↗ safe than sorry no worries i love having

58:47 ↗ a second set of eyes on the chat for

58:49 ↗ anybody that runs meetings you know how

58:51 ↗ hard it is to read a script look at

58:53 ↗ faces and go through the chat so thank

58:54 ↗ you council deputy cab president

58:57 ↗ uh

58:58 ↗ meaning no further business then we're

58:59 ↗ joining our meeting our first meeting of

59:01 ↗ 2022 at 802 pm happy new year welcome

59:05 ↗ back

59:06 ↗ take care

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Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (1)

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. a) ID 0966 - Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Jan. 3, 2022, $6,443,845.26; Approved. b) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Nov. 1, 2021; Approved. c) Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, Nov. 15, 2021; Approved. d) Minutes: City Council Study Session, …

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 7-0

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