City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, March 21, 2022 · City Council Digest

6. CONSENT CALENDAR

Minutes: City Council Study Session, Jan. 25, 2022

Approve · packet pp.41–46

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 01-25-22 Council Study Session Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Council Study Session 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting January 25, 2022 MINUTES

Minutes: City Council Study Session, Feb. 15, 2022

Approve · packet pp.47–49

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 02-15-22 Council Study Session Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Council Study Session 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting February 15, 2022 MINUTES

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, March 7, 2022

Approve · packet pp.51–55

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR d) 03-07-22 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers March 7, 2022 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Informational Update: Solid Waste Collection & Hauling Contract Status Report ID 1074

Award Bid · packet pp.57–60

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Oct 4, 2021

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Staff report:

The purpose of this informational update is to provide City Council with a status report on the 2023-35 Solid Waste Collection and Hauling contract process.

Lower Issaquah Creek Stream and Riparian Habitat Enhancement Project AB 8334

Award Bid; Authorize Funding · packet pp.69–73

Topics: WaterBudget

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Highlands Signal Pole Painting Project AB 8349

Award Bid · packet pp.75–77

Topics: Transportation

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Amending Financial Policies to remove the Ad Hoc Long Term Financial Committee AB 8353

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.79–107

Topics: Land UseBoards & Commissions

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Jan 21, 2020

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Staff report:

The Ad Hoc Long Term Financial Committee was established in 2017 to, "provide recommendations to the City Council and Mayor related to the long-term financial interests of the City of Issaquah". These included identifying potential financial threats and opportunities, making recommendations to maintain a balance budget and reviewing Capital Improvement Plan recommendations, debt obligations and fund accounting recommendations. In March 2019 the Committee provided transportation capital project funding recommendations to the City Council. The Committee has been dormant in recent years during which the issues pertaining to the Committee have largely been addressed by the City Council as well as the Capital Finance Community Task Force.

7. REGULAR BUSINESS

Statement Regarding War on Ukraine AB 8355

Carried 6-0

Approve Resolution · packet pp.109–116

Previously discussed: Equity Board · Mar 14, 2022

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Staff report:

B. Proposed Resolution

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

First 2022 Budget Amendment AB 8339

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.147–161

Topics: Land UseBudget

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Nov 15, 2021

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Staff report:

Budget amendments are required when the expenditures of a fund are forecast to exceed the adopted appropriation level or when changes are needed to interfund transfers - or transfers between funds. This budget amendment includes 21 items adjusting 10 of the City's 22 financial funds. In total, these adjustments account for $1,170,860 in increased revenues and $3,637,282 in increased expenditures. The amendments to the General Fund total $1,250,811 of the increased expenditures and $192,575 of the increased revenues.

8. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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10. REGULAR BUSINESS - CONTINUED

10a

Motion Postponed from March 15, 2022 Special Council Meeting: Approve settlement agreement related to ORA Talus litigation as discussed in Executive Session

Carried 6-0

Topics: Land Use

Roll call:

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

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

10b

Potential Action on Property Acquisition

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0:02 ↗ good evening everyone i'm going to call

0:04 ↗ to order the march 21st city council

0:07 ↗ meeting

0:08 ↗ and as a reminder we are continuing to

0:10 ↗ have a remote aspect to our meetings

0:13 ↗ both staff and members of the public may

0:15 ↗ be participating in tonight's meeting

0:17 ↗ remotely via webex

0:19 ↗ council member ray has been ex has an

0:21 ↗ excused absence this evening

0:24 ↗ so the first item on the agenda is the

0:25 ↗ pledge of allegiance and i welcome you

0:27 ↗ all to join me

0:31 ↗ i pledge allegiance to the flag of the

0:35 ↗ united states of america and see the

0:37 ↗ republic for which it stands

0:40 ↗ one nation under god indivisible with

0:43 ↗ liberty and justice for all

0:48 ↗ the next item on our agenda this evening

0:50 ↗ is audience comments and members of the

0:53 ↗ public may address council at this time

0:55 ↗ in person or virtually those who signed

0:57 ↗ up in advance to make comments will be

0:59 ↗ called on first

1:01 ↗ if you are joining us virtually and you

1:02 ↗ would like to make comments please raise

1:05 ↗ your virtual hand and you can do this on

1:07 ↗ your phone by pressing star 3. if you

1:10 ↗ had joined by computer or smartphone

1:12 ↗ look for a hand icon this can vary by

1:15 ↗ device and one option may be to go to

1:17 ↗ the participant panel and choose the

1:20 ↗ raise hand icon in the lower right hand

1:22 ↗ corner

1:23 ↗ if you're in the room and you did not

1:25 ↗ sign up i will ask for other speakers

1:27 ↗ before closing that portion of the

1:29 ↗ meeting city clerk has anyone signed up

1:31 ↗ this evening to provide general audience

1:33 ↗ comments or indicated a desire to speak

1:35 ↗ this evening

1:37 ↗ no one has

1:38 ↗ no one has signed up in advance to speak

1:40 ↗ and let me monitor do you have

1:43 ↗ one member of the public on with us

1:46 ↗ so i will wait to see if i see a raised

1:48 ↗ hand

1:53 ↗ i don't see anyone indicating a desire

1:55 ↗ to speak thank you city clerk so as a

1:58 ↗ reminder for those that are watching and

2:00 ↗ those that are here written comments can

2:01 ↗ be submitted at any time to your city

2:04 ↗ council by emailing to city council at

2:07 ↗ issaquah.gov

2:08 ↗ i'd like to now to turn it over to

2:10 ↗ council president walsh and see if there

2:12 ↗ have been any emails that were submitted

2:14 ↗ to council and whether she could

2:16 ↗ summarize them on tonight's agenda

2:18 ↗ topics thank you madam mayor we did not

2:20 ↗ have any emails on tonight's agenda

2:22 ↗ topics

2:24 ↗ thank you very much

2:26 ↗ the next item of business this evening

2:28 ↗ is committee and regional reports and

2:30 ↗ we'll start with council member joe

2:32 ↗ thank you madam mayor

2:34 ↗ first cascade water alliance will have

2:37 ↗ their board meeting

2:39 ↗ on the 23rd

2:41 ↗ and uh i understand mayor paulie will be

2:44 ↗ attending

2:45 ↗ that meeting

2:47 ↗ also we met with the

2:48 ↗ chamber board on friday

2:51 ↗ and they expressed some concern about

2:53 ↗ the upcoming licensing bill that's going

2:55 ↗ through the process right now with the

2:57 ↗ equity

2:58 ↗ excuse me the economic economic

3:02 ↗ vitality board i get them mixed up a

3:04 ↗ little bit thank you

3:05 ↗ and their concern uh is

3:08 ↗ basically around the

3:10 ↗ over broad language that uh is in the

3:13 ↗ statute concerning uh preventing

3:16 ↗ a criminal offense

3:18 ↗ on the property as being one of the

3:20 ↗ reasons that their license could be

3:22 ↗ pulled so

3:24 ↗ the administration certainly is well

3:26 ↗ aware of that and we're going to work on

3:28 ↗ that language and see what we can do to

3:30 ↗ make sure it's more concise and does

3:32 ↗ meet the needs that

3:34 ↗ have been expressed to us from our

3:36 ↗ citizens and from our local retailers

3:38 ↗ that concludes my report

3:42 ↗ thank you councilmember joe next up is

3:44 ↗ councilmember d michelle

3:47 ↗ thank you mayor paulie on march 10th i

3:49 ↗ attended the monthly eastside human

3:51 ↗ services forum business meeting followed

3:53 ↗ immediately by committee work sessions

3:56 ↗ and this is the new eastside forum's new

3:58 ↗ government governance model which

4:00 ↗ appears to be working very well

4:02 ↗ we had a very very good exchange of

4:04 ↗ ideas between east side elected

4:06 ↗ officials so it appears to be a better

4:08 ↗ format for achieving the forum's mission

4:10 ↗ of serving as a convening organization

4:14 ↗ focused on human services on the east

4:16 ↗ side

4:18 ↗ on march 11th the east side

4:19 ↗ transportation partnership held its

4:21 ↗ monthly meeting attendees received

4:23 ↗ briefings on the results of metro's

4:25 ↗ community engagement on east link

4:28 ↗ connections

4:29 ↗ as well as an overview of east side

4:31 ↗ candidates for psrc federal highway

4:34 ↗ administration grant programs our own

4:37 ↗ transportation engineering manager john

4:39 ↗ mortensen did a fantastic great job of

4:42 ↗ presenting the i-90 overpass project

4:45 ↗ and then on march the 16th i attended

4:48 ↗ the king county regional transit

4:50 ↗ committee meeting there was a robust

4:52 ↗ discussion of metro's new safety

4:54 ↗ security and fair enforcement or safe

4:58 ↗ implementation report

5:00 ↗ the report which was transmitted to the

5:02 ↗ king county council in february of this

5:03 ↗ year

5:04 ↗ addresses a range of bus and transit

5:06 ↗ center safety issues resulting from the

5:09 ↗ pandemic as well as systemic racism and

5:12 ↗ disproportionate enforcement practices

5:14 ↗ within the agency

5:16 ↗ the report is 200 pages in length with a

5:18 ↗ wide range of proposed solutions

5:21 ↗ and presenters stress that the plan

5:23 ↗ needs to be prioritized and continual

5:25 ↗ community engagement will be part of the

5:27 ↗ implementation

5:29 ↗ that said concern was expressed by

5:31 ↗ myself and every eastside elected

5:33 ↗ official about the urgency of the

5:35 ↗ curtain situation and the need to tailor

5:37 ↗ the implementation plan to the

5:39 ↗ individual needs of urban suburban and

5:42 ↗ rural east side cities

5:44 ↗ anyone who is interested in getting a

5:46 ↗ copy of that report which is a very

5:48 ↗ fascinating report i would be happy to

5:50 ↗ give them the link and get to get that

5:53 ↗ to them so that they can read the safe

5:55 ↗ report for themselves and that concludes

5:57 ↗ my um report thank you thank you

6:00 ↗ councilmember d michelle councilmember

6:01 ↗ hunt

6:02 ↗ thank you madam mayor i have three

6:04 ↗ reports and two upcoming meeting

6:06 ↗ announcements last thursday on march

6:08 ↗ 17th i attended the salmon recovery

6:10 ↗ council for wyra8 which is the technical

6:13 ↗ term for our watershed and we had two

6:15 ↗ discussion items one was on integrating

6:18 ↗ diversity equity and inclusion into

6:20 ↗ salmon recovery and conservation and we

6:23 ↗ heard an update from the dei uh

6:25 ↗ subcommittee's work on this some of the

6:27 ↗ actions that we're taking

6:29 ↗ are revising grant materials to

6:31 ↗ strengthen the dei emphasis and

6:33 ↗ incorporating dei principles into our

6:35 ↗ outreach materials as well as

6:36 ↗ strengthening connections with community

6:38 ↗ organizations that focus on

6:40 ↗ environmental justice and equity we also

6:43 ↗ reviewed and provided feedback on the

6:45 ↗ themes and topics that we'll be working

6:47 ↗ on in the salmon recovery council for

6:49 ↗ this next year

6:50 ↗ and one of the ones that i wanted to

6:52 ↗ highlight for us this evening is that

6:54 ↗ one of the things we will work on is to

6:56 ↗ work with local government and community

6:58 ↗ partners to integrate findings into

7:00 ↗ local codes regulations and outreach and

7:02 ↗ incentive

7:04 ↗ programs so this is part of the ongoing

7:06 ↗ push to actually use the science that is

7:09 ↗ being generated by the good work at

7:10 ↗ salmon recovery council and get that

7:12 ↗ best available science into our policy

7:14 ↗ at the local level we also have

7:16 ↗ artificial light on that topic and this

7:18 ↗ is something that we are working on on

7:20 ↗ the

7:21 ↗ lake sammamish to reduce artificial

7:23 ↗ light there and potentially

7:24 ↗ create

7:26 ↗ a

7:27 ↗ model program that would be used on

7:29 ↗ other sites both on lakes managed and

7:32 ↗ elsewhere

7:33 ↗ and then last wednesday on march 16th i

7:35 ↗ attended the king conservation district

7:36 ↗ advisory committee and we discussed a

7:39 ↗ potential changes to kcd's

7:42 ↗ member jurisdiction grant program this

7:44 ↗ is a program that issaquah takes place

7:46 ↗ and takes part in and so do many other

7:49 ↗ cities in our region

7:50 ↗ and in the sound cities association

7:53 ↗ one of the

7:54 ↗ main changes that we talked about is

7:56 ↗ that several years ago

7:59 ↗ both

8:00 ↗ equity and evaluation

8:02 ↗ elements were removed from the grant

8:04 ↗ process and so we as a committee are

8:07 ↗ looking to how we can integrate those

8:09 ↗ elements back into the grant process and

8:11 ↗ make them meaningful but also not

8:13 ↗ burdensome on cities

8:15 ↗ because this is a very important grant

8:16 ↗ program for the cities that are within

8:18 ↗ the king conservation district advisory

8:20 ↗ or within the king conservation district

8:23 ↗ so we will be making recommendations

8:25 ↗ back to the group and potentially these

8:27 ↗ recommendations will then go to the

8:29 ↗ public issues committee

8:30 ↗ once we have finalized those since they

8:32 ↗ affect so many cities

8:35 ↗ and then march 11th mayor paulie and i

8:37 ↗ attended a special training event on

8:39 ↗ indigenous land acknowledgments this was

8:41 ↗ a training that was organized for

8:42 ↗ elected officials that are serving in

8:44 ↗ the k4c outreach committee

8:47 ↗ k4c stands for king county city's

8:49 ↗ climate collaborative

8:51 ↗ and we found this training to be very

8:53 ↗ valuable and we had a subsequent meeting

8:55 ↗ with city staff and

8:56 ↗ i i think that city staff will

9:00 ↗ take our feedback and also they have

9:02 ↗ been working on this issue as well and

9:04 ↗ so i expect that this will come back to

9:06 ↗ council with recommendations about how

9:08 ↗ we can

9:09 ↗ improve and and do land acknowledgements

9:12 ↗ differently in the future using lessons

9:15 ↗ learned

9:16 ↗ and then two upcoming meetings this

9:18 ↗ wednesday i will attend the kokanee ila

9:20 ↗ management committee cockney interlocal

9:22 ↗ agreement management committee um

9:24 ↗ coconier is a special kind of endangered

9:27 ↗ salmon

9:28 ↗ and so we will have two items two main

9:31 ↗ items update on cocanee returns and

9:33 ↗ reviewing the 2023 ila budget and then

9:36 ↗ lastly the council rules ad hoc

9:37 ↗ committee will meet at 2 pm on march

9:39 ↗ wednesday the 30th this will be the

9:41 ↗ first meeting of that group

9:42 ↗ and

9:44 ↗ we will report out after that meeting

9:46 ↗ that concludes my report

9:48 ↗ thank you councilmember hunt

9:49 ↗ councilmember marks thank you madam

9:51 ↗ mayor the puget sound regional council

9:53 ↗ growth management policy board will next

9:55 ↗ meet thursday april 7th from 10 till

9:58 ↗ noon that agenda is still being

9:59 ↗ determined the sound cities association

10:02 ↗ public issues committee however did meet

10:04 ↗ wednesday march 9th from seven till nine

10:06 ↗ uh still meeting online uh no actions

10:09 ↗ were taken but i will point out to my

10:11 ↗ fellow council members that

10:13 ↗ er first time in two years sca is having

10:17 ↗ a networking event this is an awesome

10:19 ↗ opportunity to

10:21 ↗ get to break bread with your fellow

10:23 ↗ elected officials and find out the

10:25 ↗ secrets of how they do what they do

10:28 ↗ again wednesday march 30th 6 to 8 pm and

10:31 ↗ the renton pavilion and juliana with

10:34 ↗ juliana sorry the mayor's office can

10:36 ↗ help us with the registration this

10:38 ↗ concludes my report

10:40 ↗ thank you

10:41 ↗ council deputy council president hall

10:43 ↗ thank you mayor paulie just really

10:44 ↗ quickly to announce that the next

10:46 ↗ meeting of the eastside fire and rescue

10:47 ↗ board of directors is scheduled for

10:49 ↗ thursday april 14th at 4 pm in person at

10:52 ↗ the efer headquarters which is our first

10:54 ↗ in-person board meeting in a very long

10:56 ↗ time so i'm looking forward to that

10:57 ↗ thank you

10:59 ↗ that's great news council president

11:00 ↗ walsh

11:01 ↗ thank you i also just have a meeting

11:03 ↗ announcement the next affordable housing

11:05 ↗ committee meeting is on friday april 8th

11:07 ↗ at 1 30 p.m still virtual um and no

11:11 ↗ agenda's been released at this time

11:14 ↗ thank you council president next item on

11:16 ↗ the agenda is the mayor's report uh

11:19 ↗ there will be an executive session this

11:21 ↗ evening to discuss property acquisition

11:23 ↗ per rcw

11:25 ↗ 42.30.220 n1 paren b

11:28 ↗ and pending and potential litigation per

11:31 ↗ rcw 42.30

11:33 ↗ 0.220 per n1 per mi the items are

11:36 ↗ expected to take approximately 20

11:38 ↗ minutes and action is anticipated to

11:41 ↗ follow an open session

11:44 ↗ two weeks ago we raised the ukrainian

11:46 ↗ flag at issaquah city hall and we

11:49 ↗ continue to mourn the loss of life in

11:51 ↗ ukraine and to condemn russia's

11:54 ↗ unjustified invasion

11:56 ↗ if you wish to send financial support to

11:58 ↗ those in ukraine usa aid at the state

12:02 ↗ department recommends sending cash

12:04 ↗ donations to reputable relief

12:06 ↗ organizations working on the ground

12:09 ↗ usaid's webpage on the uk

12:12 ↗ ukraine crisis

12:14 ↗ provides links to over 23 international

12:16 ↗ organizations responding in ukraine

12:19 ↗ i hope that you will use the list and

12:21 ↗ the other information on this page to

12:23 ↗ encourage city residents businesses and

12:27 ↗ other organizations to support the

12:28 ↗ people

12:29 ↗ and the leaders of ukraine

12:32 ↗ if you take a glance over at the far

12:35 ↗ right hand side of our chamber this

12:37 ↗ evening you will see a beautiful blanket

12:40 ↗ i want to talk a little bit about that

12:42 ↗ uh i am so very honored that our city

12:46 ↗ has received this blanket from the

12:48 ↗ snoqualmie tribe on behalf of the city

12:50 ↗ of issaquah last year the snoqualmie

12:53 ↗ tribe vaccination clinic was made

12:55 ↗ possible through the partnership between

12:57 ↗ the snoqualmie tribe

12:59 ↗ a sovereign nation

13:00 ↗ and the city of issaquah eastside fire

13:03 ↗ and rescue and the city of sammamish

13:05 ↗ over 200 volunteers came together to

13:08 ↗ provide service to our community these

13:10 ↗ volunteers contributed their time over a

13:12 ↗ 52-day period with a combined total of 4

13:16 ↗ 100 volunteer hours

13:18 ↗ in recognition of our successful

13:20 ↗ partnership the snoqualmie tribe

13:22 ↗ presented us with this blanket created

13:24 ↗ by eighth generation

13:26 ↗ thank you snoqualmie tribe for this

13:28 ↗ beautiful and meaningful gift it is an

13:31 ↗ honor to accept it and to display it in

13:33 ↗ our community

13:34 ↗ we plan to display the blanket in

13:36 ↗ various community spaces throughout the

13:38 ↗ year

13:40 ↗ last week i met with a chapter of the

13:43 ↗ church of jesus christ of latter-day

13:45 ↗ saints to learn about opportunities for

13:47 ↗ collaboration in emergency situations

13:51 ↗ one resource that emerged from this

13:52 ↗ meeting was just serve

13:55 ↗ which is a website used by faith

13:58 ↗ nonprofit community and government

14:00 ↗ organizations to post service

14:02 ↗ opportunities

14:04 ↗ i encourage you to join me in spreading

14:07 ↗ the word about this free community

14:09 ↗ resource

14:11 ↗ and coming up is our 2021

14:14 ↗ community oh i forgot that date right

14:17 ↗ 2022 community awards ceremony

14:20 ↗ as a reminder issaquel will soon present

14:23 ↗ its honored hall of fame award please

14:25 ↗ join us as we honor the recipient at the

14:27 ↗ chamber of commerce's annual issaquah

14:29 ↗ community awards event on march 31st at

14:32 ↗ 6 pm

14:33 ↗ the event is virtual and free to attend

14:35 ↗ but registration is required you can

14:37 ↗ learn more about this on the issaquad

14:39 ↗ chamber commerce website

14:42 ↗ and i just going to go through a few fun

14:44 ↗ activities that are happening in town

14:46 ↗ kiwanis will be hosting the boots

14:48 ↗ barrels and brews kiwanis club is

14:50 ↗ hosting a country-themed event featuring

14:52 ↗ live country music food beverages

14:55 ↗ dessert a raffle and line dance lessons

14:58 ↗ bring your boots and join the kiwanis

15:00 ↗ club at pickering barn from 6 30 to 9 30

15:03 ↗ p.m on friday advanced tickets are 45

15:06 ↗ dollars per person or 55 the day of and

15:10 ↗ include three drinks brats and more

15:12 ↗ participants must be 21 years or older

15:15 ↗ and for more information please visit

15:17 ↗ bootsbarrelsandbrews.com

15:20 ↗ we also have a farm fresh market going

15:22 ↗ on downtown issaquah association is

15:24 ↗ hosting a market with seasonal flower

15:26 ↗ and flowers and food at the historic

15:28 ↗ shell station

15:30 ↗ the event will run on saturdays from

15:31 ↗ march 26 through april 30th from 9 a.m

15:34 ↗ to 2 p.m

15:36 ↗ and cascade alliance is running a

15:38 ↗ gardner springs series gardening for

15:40 ↗ wildlife cascade water alliance is

15:43 ↗ sponsoring a free webinar on march 26th

15:45 ↗ at 10 am and participants will learn

15:48 ↗ lower maintenance gardening techniques

15:50 ↗ that attract wildlife registration is

15:52 ↗ required through brown paper tickets

15:55 ↗ and finally just want to let everybody

15:57 ↗ know that city hall is currently open to

16:00 ↗ the public monday through thursday 9 a.m

16:03 ↗ to 4 p.m

16:04 ↗ it's anticipated that open hours will

16:06 ↗ resume

16:07 ↗ a monday through friday schedule

16:09 ↗ beginning on april 11th and that

16:11 ↗ concludes the mayor's report

16:14 ↗ the next item of business for us this

16:16 ↗ evening is the consent calendar and the

16:18 ↗ consent calendar was distributed to

16:20 ↗ council in advance if authorized the

16:23 ↗ items on the consent calendar will be

16:25 ↗ considered together and approved in one

16:27 ↗ motion

16:28 ↗ have the payables and payrolls been

16:30 ↗ reviewed yes

16:32 ↗ thank you

16:34 ↗ does any council member desire to remove

16:36 ↗ any item from the consent calendar and

16:38 ↗ consider it under regular business

16:43 ↗ uh is there somebody prepared to make a

16:45 ↗ motion

16:48 ↗ yes uh council president thank you uh i

16:52 ↗ would like to move to approve the

16:54 ↗ consent calendar as written in our

16:56 ↗ agenda

16:58 ↗ second

16:59 ↗ it's been moved and seconded to approve

17:01 ↗ the consent calendar

17:04 ↗ uh

17:04 ↗ is there any discussion

17:09 ↗ hearing none let's go for the vote all

17:11 ↗ those in favor signify by saying aye

17:25 ↗ still learning the microphones okay

17:28 ↗ the next item of business this evening

17:30 ↗ is regular business ab-8355

17:33 ↗ it's a statement regarding the war on

17:36 ↗ ukraine the ask before the council this

17:38 ↗ evening is to adopt this resolution and

17:40 ↗ i'd like to invite human services

17:42 ↗ manager monica negrilla to make a

17:45 ↗ presentation

17:46 ↗ we also have equity board member tony is

17:49 ↗ here with us this evening tony curry and

17:51 ↗ he will also be joining monica for a

17:53 ↗ portion of the presentation welcome

17:55 ↗ monica welcome tony

17:57 ↗ thank you so much madam mayor

17:59 ↗ and members of the council good evening

18:02 ↗ thank you so much for having us here

18:04 ↗ tonight it's so so nice to see you all

18:05 ↗ in person

18:07 ↗ so yes as mayor said i'm monica nguyen

18:09 ↗ i'm the human services manager i'm also

18:11 ↗ the staff liaison to the equity board

18:13 ↗ and

18:14 ↗ in person here with me tonight is tony

18:16 ↗ curry the vice chair of the equity board

18:19 ↗ also online with us it's the chair of

18:22 ↗ the equity board

18:23 ↗ shea fleming

18:25 ↗ i think she might be still in the

18:26 ↗ attendee section thank you tisha there

18:29 ↗ might be some other equity board members

18:31 ↗ in the attendee section or watching

18:33 ↗ online so thank you again for having us

18:36 ↗ and so tonight before i'm going to

18:38 ↗ invite tony here to to read the

18:40 ↗ statement and just want to say a few

18:41 ↗ words

18:43 ↗ we are here to secure authorization to

18:46 ↗ approve

18:47 ↗ a statement

18:48 ↗ proposed by the equity board regarding

18:50 ↗ the war in ukraine

18:53 ↗ and so

18:54 ↗ our hope um is that he will consider and

18:57 ↗ approve

18:59 ↗ the resolution um that um

19:04 ↗ is with the statement

19:07 ↗ um and so i think with that i'm just

19:09 ↗ gonna invite tony to read the statement

19:11 ↗ for you

19:12 ↗ shay thank you for coming too i didn't

19:14 ↗ mean to miss you welcome so glad to have

19:16 ↗ you

19:17 ↗ thank you monica um esteem council madam

19:20 ↗ mayor my name is tony curry i am a i'm

19:23 ↗ the vice chair of the equity board i'm

19:25 ↗ glad to be here meeting everyone in

19:27 ↗ person so uh thank you for having me um

19:30 ↗ so the equity board

19:32 ↗ would like to recommend to city council

19:34 ↗ uh the adoption of the following

19:35 ↗ statement regarding the war in ukraine

19:37 ↗ so it aligns with our feelings in the

19:40 ↗ equity board about

19:41 ↗ of course equity we're passionate about

19:43 ↗ as well as justice for all

19:46 ↗ the city of issaquah's equity board is

19:48 ↗ heartbroken to learn of the atrocities

19:49 ↗ in ukraine as we have seen in

19:51 ↗ international news millions of

19:53 ↗ ukrainians have left their country

19:55 ↗ seeking refuge and an additional 2

19:57 ↗ million are internally displaced while

20:00 ↗ thousands of russian allies have been

20:02 ↗ arrested for protesting the war in

20:04 ↗ russia

20:05 ↗ knowledge of profane horrific war crimes

20:08 ↗ committed against ukrainian civilians as

20:10 ↗ well as inhumane practices of racism and

20:13 ↗ bigotry committed against south asians

20:16 ↗ and africans attempting to flee

20:17 ↗ alongside ukrainian citizens

20:20 ↗ have been worrisome

20:22 ↗ our equity board stands for justice fair

20:25 ↗ and equitable treatment for all of

20:27 ↗ humanity

20:28 ↗ the mission of the board is to unify our

20:30 ↗ community therefore condemnation of

20:33 ↗ these actions comes with the

20:34 ↗ understanding that our outrage is

20:36 ↗ against the war

20:38 ↗ and not against the russian community

20:40 ↗ as we lift our voices

20:42 ↗ our hearts

20:43 ↗ and our minds and support

20:46 ↗ of our fellow neighbors we call upon the

20:48 ↗ community of issaquah to stand up for

20:50 ↗ justice

20:51 ↗ stand up for peace

20:53 ↗ we call on the community to stand up for

20:55 ↗ equity in our homes

20:58 ↗ our places of business

20:59 ↗ and our places of worship

21:01 ↗ the help where our heart leads us

21:03 ↗ and the gentle peaceful voice

21:06 ↗ where our mind takes us

21:08 ↗ and extend a helping hand to our

21:10 ↗ community

21:11 ↗ i'm going to reintroduce monica to talk

21:13 ↗ about ways you can help or resources

21:17 ↗ thank you so much tony so um city

21:19 ↗ council in addition to the statement

21:21 ↗ recommended by the board

21:23 ↗ the board also thought that it would be

21:25 ↗ nice to add a call to action where

21:28 ↗ community members can really take some

21:30 ↗ actionable steps

21:32 ↗ and there are three that they're

21:33 ↗ proposing and i know that shea would

21:35 ↗ like to

21:37 ↗ join us in in sharing those three

21:39 ↗ resources

21:43 ↗ hello monica and thank you for

21:45 ↗ introducing me hello mayor polly and

21:47 ↗ fellow city council members i'm so happy

21:50 ↗ to be here tonight and thank you tony

21:51 ↗ for taking the time to read that

21:53 ↗ statement um you did a wonderful job so

21:55 ↗ thank you so much

21:56 ↗ um

21:57 ↗ so essentially we wanted to propose a

21:59 ↗ few actions that people would have in

22:01 ↗ order to help them through determining

22:04 ↗ some reliable resources

22:06 ↗ uh in order to make donations or

22:09 ↗ um to show their support so

22:12 ↗ following

22:13 ↗ exhibit b of the actual statement we're

22:17 ↗ going to also offer

22:19 ↗ an option for some reliable resources

22:22 ↗ that they can use

22:24 ↗ related to financial support

22:26 ↗ volunteerism and um

22:29 ↗ and

22:30 ↗ voicing their support for um helping

22:34 ↗ folks who are leaving refugees in

22:37 ↗ ukraine that are leaving ukraine or

22:39 ↗ still there

22:44 ↗ thank you very much shay um so with that

22:47 ↗ in summary the the three areas uh in

22:50 ↗ addition to supporting um

22:55 ↗ community members in ukraine

22:57 ↗ residents may also choose self-care

22:59 ↗ options especially for mental health and

23:01 ↗ also they may choose to learn more about

23:04 ↗ racism across the globe and how it is

23:07 ↗ portrayed and the war is portrayed in um

23:09 ↗ in the media

23:12 ↗ so with that council members

23:14 ↗ the administration recommends

23:16 ↗ the author for you to

23:19 ↗ approve the resolution that would

23:23 ↗ adopt the statement

23:26 ↗ of course as options you always have the

23:28 ↗ option to adopt it which we hope that

23:30 ↗ you would you'll always have the option

23:32 ↗ not to adopt it or to

23:35 ↗ make recommendations for us to consider

23:36 ↗ a different option um

23:40 ↗ we are available for questions with that

23:42 ↗ thank you so much again for having us

23:44 ↗ thank you any questions

23:48 ↗ i have a process question

23:50 ↗ do you want the council to take the vote

23:53 ↗ and then to read the proclamation or do

23:56 ↗ you want the proclamation read prior to

23:59 ↗ the council taking vote

24:03 ↗ prior prior yeah thank you

24:06 ↗ fantastic

24:08 ↗ let's get tony back up then

24:24 ↗ okay

24:25 ↗ whereas on february 24th 2022 russia

24:28 ↗ began a military invasion of ukraine and

24:32 ↗ whereas millions of ukrainians have left

24:34 ↗ their country seeking refuge and an

24:36 ↗ additional 2 million are internally

24:37 ↗ displaced while thousands of russian

24:39 ↗ allies have been arrested for protesting

24:42 ↗ the war in russia and

24:44 ↗ whereas knowledge of profane horrific

24:46 ↗ war crimes committed against ukrainian

24:48 ↗ citizens as well as inhumane practices

24:51 ↗ of racism and bigotry committed against

24:53 ↗ south asians and africans attempting to

24:55 ↗ flee alongside ukrainian citizens have

24:58 ↗ been worrisome and whereas the city of

25:00 ↗ issaquah equity board met on march 14

25:03 ↗ 2022 and recommended that the city

25:06 ↗ council adopt a statement regarding the

25:07 ↗ war on ukraine now therefore the city

25:11 ↗ council

25:12 ↗ of the city of issaquah washington

25:14 ↗ hereby resolves as follows section one

25:17 ↗ statement on the war in ukraine the city

25:19 ↗ of issaquah believes in justice fair and

25:22 ↗ equitable treatment for all of humanity

25:24 ↗ therefore condemnation of these actions

25:27 ↗ comes with the understanding that our

25:28 ↗ outrage is against the war and not

25:31 ↗ against the russian community

25:33 ↗ as we lift our voices our hearts and our

25:36 ↗ minds in support of our fellow neighbors

25:38 ↗ we call upon the community of issaquah

25:41 ↗ to stand up for justice stand up for

25:43 ↗ peace

25:44 ↗ we call on the community to stand up for

25:46 ↗ equity in our homes our places of

25:48 ↗ business and of worship to help where

25:50 ↗ our heart leads us

25:52 ↗ lend a gentle peaceful voice to where

25:53 ↗ our mind takes us and extend a helping

25:56 ↗ hand to our community

25:58 ↗ section two informational resources

26:00 ↗ resources on the way to help receive

26:02 ↗ support and further learn our provided

26:06 ↗ and exhibit a to the resolution

26:08 ↗ and hopefully passed on city council

26:10 ↗ this day of 2022.

26:13 ↗ thank you tony you're welcome

26:16 ↗ is there a motion

26:20 ↗ council president

26:21 ↗ thank you i would move to approve

26:23 ↗ resolution number

26:26 ↗ 2022-07

26:29 ↗ 2022-07 adopting a statement on the war

26:32 ↗ in ukraine as recommended by the equity

26:34 ↗ board

26:35 ↗ second it's been moved in second

26:37 ↗ discussion

26:40 ↗ go to council member joe followed by

26:42 ↗ councilmember martz

26:43 ↗ thank you madam mayor

26:45 ↗ um i appreciate the work the equity

26:46 ↗ board has done on this

26:49 ↗ it's

26:50 ↗ very well stated and i want to point out

26:52 ↗ a couple of things i think are important

26:54 ↗ it calls on our fellow neighbors to take

26:56 ↗ action and the list you provided is is

26:58 ↗ excellent

26:59 ↗ it's a way that we can

27:01 ↗ reach out and help as we feel helpless

27:03 ↗ sitting there watching the newsreel

27:05 ↗ going over and over again

27:07 ↗ also i like the fact that uh it points

27:09 ↗ out that

27:10 ↗ the statement is uh

27:13 ↗ concerned about the the war going on but

27:16 ↗ not condemning the russian people at all

27:18 ↗ and i appreciate that because

27:21 ↗ after pearl harbor

27:23 ↗ my japanese american

27:26 ↗ family was

27:27 ↗ you know of course interned in minidoka

27:30 ↗ but before that happened you know they

27:31 ↗ lost their businesses no one came to

27:34 ↗ shop at their stores

27:35 ↗ they were generally shunned so what i'd

27:38 ↗ like for us to also think about is

27:40 ↗ continuing to

27:42 ↗ frequent

27:43 ↗ places that are serve russian food

27:46 ↗ russian

27:47 ↗ uh businesses that are are um owned by

27:50 ↗ our ukrainian friends as well um those

27:52 ↗ are the people that have come over to

27:54 ↗ america

27:55 ↗ un under the promise and guys of

27:57 ↗ building a better life and those are the

27:59 ↗ people that we certainly need to support

28:00 ↗ in this time of such stress in our

28:03 ↗ community so again i complement the

28:05 ↗ equity board on this this uh fine piece

28:08 ↗ of work and i look forward to voting yes

28:10 ↗ for it thank you

28:11 ↗ thank you councilmember joe

28:12 ↗ councilmember mertz

28:15 ↗ thank you madam mayor i'll also be

28:17 ↗ supporting this resolution this evening

28:19 ↗ you know when extraordinary situations

28:22 ↗ arise there are sometimes questions in

28:26 ↗ the community why municipalities get

28:28 ↗ involved in these sort of issues but i

28:30 ↗ think it's obvious in what we've seen

28:33 ↗ over the last month

28:35 ↗ that some of the response in the world

28:36 ↗ has just been a visceral reaction at the

28:39 ↗ community level in seeing what's

28:42 ↗ happened in eastern europe and i think

28:44 ↗ that

28:45 ↗ local leaders can have a role in

28:48 ↗ sustaining and

28:51 ↗ validating and supporting those sorts of

28:53 ↗ reactions that influence i've been

28:56 ↗ struck by generally the bipartisan

28:58 ↗ nature of the response here in the

29:00 ↗ united states and it seems to have

29:02 ↗ brought us together

29:03 ↗ at least temporarily in a way that we

29:05 ↗ haven't been in quite some time

29:07 ↗ and hopefully it will

29:09 ↗ get resolved

29:11 ↗ in the spectrum of resolutions that can

29:13 ↗ happen at the more peaceful end but but

29:16 ↗ certainly a

29:18 ↗ consistent and

29:20 ↗ bipartisan and overwhelming

29:24 ↗ statement of support and continued

29:26 ↗ support for the ukrainian people will

29:28 ↗ help us resolve it or help them resolve

29:30 ↗ it um at the more peaceful end of the

29:32 ↗ spectrum rather than the less peaceful

29:34 ↗ end so at the extent that we as a

29:36 ↗ community can be a small

29:39 ↗ but enthusiastic part of forming that

29:41 ↗ response then it is a it is a real

29:45 ↗ honor to be able to be part of it so

29:46 ↗ thank you for this resolution thank you

29:48 ↗ councilmember martin deputy council

29:50 ↗ president hall

29:52 ↗ thank you mayor paulie i just want to

29:53 ↗ reread one section again uh to help

29:56 ↗ where our heart leads us lend a gentle

29:59 ↗ peaceful voice to where our mind takes

30:01 ↗ us and extend a helping hand to our

30:02 ↗ community

30:04 ↗ wow

30:05 ↗ really really well written i want to

30:07 ↗ thank our equity board for their

30:08 ↗ thoughtful recommendation and their

30:10 ↗ ability to speak to the best in people

30:12 ↗ uh it's clear to me that the actors

30:14 ↗ behind the russian invasion of ukraine

30:16 ↗ have a lot to learn from leaders like

30:18 ↗ you and with that in mind i'm in strong

30:20 ↗ support thanks thank you

30:23 ↗ councilmember j michelle

30:25 ↗ thank you mayor paulie

30:28 ↗ i want to commend the equity board for

30:29 ↗ bringing this resolution before us

30:43 ↗ oh there we go thank you

30:47 ↗ there we go

30:48 ↗ so

30:49 ↗ um following up on councilmember mart's

30:51 ↗ comments i did

30:53 ↗ i didn't really struggle but i did

30:55 ↗ consider over the weekend why i as an

30:57 ↗ elected official in a small city in

30:59 ↗ western washington

31:01 ↗ uh not responsible for foreign policy or

31:04 ↗ defense

31:06 ↗ would vote for this resolution but i do

31:08 ↗ think that there is a bedrock reason why

31:12 ↗ elected officials should support a

31:14 ↗ resolution of this kind the ukrainians

31:17 ↗ have made it abundantly clear over

31:19 ↗ several decades while enduring earlier

31:21 ↗ invasions participating in elections and

31:24 ↗ thwarting attempts to install a puppet

31:26 ↗ government that they do not want to be

31:28 ↗ governed by the nation of russia and it

31:30 ↗ goes to the heart of the right of people

31:33 ↗ to choose uh their government freely and

31:36 ↗ fairly

31:37 ↗ um this aspect of the war against

31:39 ↗ ukraine is one reason why nearly the

31:41 ↗ entirety of the world including many

31:43 ↗ nations with not so perfect human rights

31:46 ↗ records are standing against the nation

31:48 ↗ of russia those elected officials

31:51 ↗ including myself who enjoy the support

31:53 ↗ of an electorate

31:55 ↗ that freely chooses its leaders

31:58 ↗ through fear fair and free elections

32:01 ↗ should condemn the nation of russia's

32:03 ↗ attempt to rule a people through

32:04 ↗ violence fear suppression of the vote

32:07 ↗ silency of communications destruction of

32:10 ↗ property and the killing and maiming of

32:12 ↗ innocent soldiers and civilians

32:15 ↗ and i say innocent soldiers and as well

32:17 ↗ as innocent civilians because the

32:20 ↗ ukrainians didn't ask for this war they

32:22 ↗ didn't start this war and they have

32:24 ↗ every right to defend themselves against

32:26 ↗ it

32:27 ↗ i also want to comment as councilmember

32:30 ↗ joe did

32:32 ↗ some may find it controversial that the

32:34 ↗ resolution does not explicitly condemn

32:36 ↗ the russian people

32:37 ↗ we had a very similar situation on

32:40 ↗ september 11 2001 when the united states

32:43 ↗ was attacked by

32:45 ↗ hijacked airplanes piloted by muslim

32:47 ↗ pilots

32:48 ↗ from president bush in his speech on

32:50 ↗ september 12th to here in issaquah on

32:53 ↗ the very day of the attack steps were

32:56 ↗ taken to protect our muslim residents

32:58 ↗ from harm

32:59 ↗ similarly there should be no reason to

33:01 ↗ turn against people of russian descent

33:03 ↗ or people who have immigrated here from

33:05 ↗ russia during this period of

33:07 ↗ international turmoil and i too as

33:10 ↗ members of my own extended family

33:13 ↗ suffered from the incarceration of

33:14 ↗ americans of japanese descent following

33:17 ↗ pearl harbor we must ensure over and

33:19 ↗ over that those kinds of overreactions

33:21 ↗ never happen again i absolutely commend

33:25 ↗ the equity

33:26 ↗ board for calling it out and making it

33:29 ↗ very explicit of your statement and i

33:31 ↗ will proudly support this resolution

33:33 ↗ thank you

33:34 ↗ any other comments i have a quick

33:36 ↗ comment i want to add at the end but i

33:37 ↗ just want to make sure you see a chance

33:39 ↗ okay

33:41 ↗ it is so nice to see the two of you i

33:43 ↗ only see you on video when i'm snooping

33:46 ↗ in on your meetings but i just wanted to

33:48 ↗ tell you from past practice um

33:50 ↗ our administration our city frequently

33:54 ↗ adopted the words of others and and

33:57 ↗ tweaked it a little bit to have the

33:58 ↗ issaquah flavor to it you wrote this

34:01 ↗ from your hearts

34:02 ↗ it's fantastic it gave the council an

34:05 ↗ opportunity to really reflect on what

34:07 ↗ you said

34:09 ↗ it's fantastic and it's actionable thank

34:11 ↗ you for making it more than just words

34:13 ↗ thank you for

34:14 ↗ making it actionable so great job

34:17 ↗ shay

34:18 ↗ tony thank you guys for coming tonight i

34:20 ↗ appreciate it and now we'll get back to

34:24 ↗ the motion at hand which is to approve

34:27 ↗ resolution number 2022-07

34:32 ↗ adopting a statement on the war in

34:33 ↗ ukraine as recommended by the equity

34:35 ↗ board it's been moved and seconded any

34:38 ↗ additional council discussion

34:40 ↗ seeing none i'll call for the vote all

34:42 ↗ those in favor signify by saying i i

34:46 ↗ those opposed that passes unanimously

34:49 ↗ thank you so much

34:51 ↗ the next item of business this evening

34:53 ↗ we have two items that are in tandem we

34:57 ↗ have ab-8338

34:59 ↗ which is the 2021

35:01 ↗ 2022 budget reauthorizations

35:04 ↗ and ab339 which is the first 2022

35:11 ↗ budget amendment the action before the

35:13 ↗ council this evening is to adopt the

35:15 ↗ ordinance and i'd like to have senior

35:17 ↗ budget analyst susie monsal

35:19 ↗ start with a presentation

35:22 ↗ i see susie on the camera

35:31 ↗ apologies um can you uh hear me now

35:36 ↗ we can yes we can

35:37 ↗ great thank you i had to uh remind

35:39 ↗ myself how to share in webex

35:43 ↗ you mayor paulie uh good evening i am

35:46 ↗ susie mansell i'm the senior budget

35:47 ↗ analyst and i am here tonight to give a

35:50 ↗ brief presentation

35:51 ↗ on the 2021 to 2022 budget

35:54 ↗ reauthorizations as well as the first

35:56 ↗ 2022 budget amendment

36:00 ↗ so this presentation will address both

36:03 ↗ items the reauthorizations of certain

36:06 ↗ funds previously budgeted in 2021 for

36:09 ↗ expenditure in 2022

36:12 ↗ as well as the first 2022 budget

36:14 ↗ amendment and this follows a similar

36:16 ↗ process that we've utilized in the past

36:18 ↗ where the two items are proposed in one

36:21 ↗ agenda or in two agenda bills but action

36:24 ↗ is taken on both of those avs by way of

36:26 ↗ just the one ordinance

36:30 ↗ uh so starting with the proposed

36:33 ↗ 2021-2022 reauthorizations uh since this

36:36 ↗ is a process that is only undertaken

36:38 ↗ once a year

36:40 ↗ we wanted to start with a very brief

36:42 ↗ refresher on what reauthorizations are

36:45 ↗ and really what they aren't

36:47 ↗ so reauthorizations are for all intents

36:50 ↗ and purposes annual budgetary

36:52 ↗ housekeeping

36:53 ↗ they are one-time items that are

36:55 ↗ budgeted and approved in the prior year

36:57 ↗ in this case 2021

37:00 ↗ but were not able to be completed or

37:02 ↗ spent by year-end

37:03 ↗ so eligible items include

37:06 ↗ primarily capital projects or one-time

37:08 ↗ operating programs or projects that have

37:11 ↗ a clear end point

37:13 ↗ so typical operating expenses such as

37:15 ↗ personnel costs or anything intended to

37:17 ↗ be an annual activity is not eligible

37:20 ↗ for reauthorization

37:23 ↗ in terms of why the proposed

37:25 ↗ reauthorizations were not able to be

37:27 ↗ completed by year-end 2021

37:31 ↗ we placed each proposed item into

37:33 ↗ various

37:34 ↗ what i'm calling rationale buckets

37:36 ↗ um so these buckets include

37:39 ↗ staff capacity um which is primarily due

37:42 ↗ to vacancies or delays

37:44 ↗ in other projects that caused

37:46 ↗ a delayed start and the proposed

37:48 ↗ reauthorizations

37:50 ↗ uh it includes supply chain delays so

37:52 ↗ primarily items that were ordered in

37:55 ↗ 2021 but due to supply chain issues were

37:58 ↗ not able to be delivered

38:00 ↗ before the end of the year

38:01 ↗ but this category may also include

38:03 ↗ construction projects that encountered

38:05 ↗ shortages and materials or equipment

38:09 ↗ the covid related delays are primarily

38:13 ↗ delays of community engagement efforts

38:16 ↗ due to the pandemic or reduced staffing

38:18 ↗ capacity from outside organizations that

38:21 ↗ resulted from the pandemic as opposed to

38:23 ↗ our own

38:24 ↗ um internal staff capacity

38:27 ↗ and multi-year projects

38:29 ↗ are projects that were

38:31 ↗ intended to be conducted over multiple

38:33 ↗ years but were originally budgeted under

38:35 ↗ one calendar year

38:37 ↗ primarily to capture the acceptance of

38:39 ↗ grant funding to kind of carry those

38:41 ↗ expenditures along with the grant

38:43 ↗ funding

38:45 ↗ and in the meeting packet for this item

38:47 ↗ we included a matrix listing

38:50 ↗ in which bucket each of the proposed

38:52 ↗ reauthorizations fall

38:54 ↗ and

38:55 ↗ it's important to note that some items

38:57 ↗ may fall into more than one bucket

39:00 ↗ depending on the particular

39:01 ↗ circumstances

39:04 ↗ and this table summarizes the total

39:07 ↗ amount of the proposed reauthorizations

39:09 ↗ by fund

39:11 ↗ and since there is a lot of material

39:13 ↗ provided in the packet for tonight's

39:14 ↗ meeting we will not be going through

39:16 ↗ each item

39:18 ↗ as part of the presentation tonight but

39:20 ↗ as you can see from this table the vast

39:22 ↗ majority of the proposed

39:23 ↗ reauthorizations

39:25 ↗ are capital projects in the capital

39:27 ↗ project fund

39:28 ↗ the it fund and the utility funds

39:32 ↗ and as you'll also see there are some

39:35 ↗ revenue reauthorizations as well

39:37 ↗ and these represent reimbursement type

39:40 ↗ grants where the city has not received

39:42 ↗ the revenue backing the of the

39:44 ↗ expenditures that are requesting the

39:46 ↗ reauthorization

39:47 ↗ so once that work is performed the city

39:49 ↗ can then bill

39:51 ↗ the grants to receive that revenue

39:53 ↗ so this follows past practice

39:55 ↗ ensuring that we're monitoring the the

39:57 ↗ revenue that is still anticipated to

39:59 ↗ support these expenditures

40:03 ↗ shifting now to the proposed first 2022

40:07 ↗ budget amendment

40:09 ↗ like amendments proposed to the council

40:11 ↗ in the past these requests are grouped

40:12 ↗ into three categories

40:14 ↗ there are previously approved requests

40:17 ↗ or items that were already approved at

40:19 ↗ least in concept by the city council via

40:21 ↗ other agenda bills

40:23 ↗ and this amendment includes six

40:24 ↗ previously approved items

40:27 ↗ the

40:28 ↗ budget corrections are items that are

40:30 ↗ really just technical corrections to the

40:33 ↗ 22 adopted budget that were identified

40:35 ↗ subsequent to the city council adopting

40:37 ↗ the budget

40:38 ↗ but do not constitute a policy change

40:41 ↗ and this

40:42 ↗ budget amendment contains six budget

40:44 ↗ corrections

40:46 ↗ and finally budget adjustments

40:49 ↗ represent new projects or activities

40:51 ↗ that were not included

40:53 ↗ in the 22 adopted budget

40:55 ↗ and this amendment contains nine budget

40:58 ↗ adjustments

41:01 ↗ this table summarizes the

41:03 ↗ total amount of the proposed amendments

41:05 ↗ by fund and again since there is a lot

41:08 ↗ of material provided in the packet for

41:09 ↗ tonight's meeting

41:11 ↗ we will not be going through each item

41:13 ↗ as part of the presentation tonight but

41:15 ↗ as you can see from the table this

41:16 ↗ amendment includes both revenue and

41:18 ↗ expenditures across numerous city funds

41:22 ↗ but again the full list of items

41:23 ↗ included in this proposed amendment are

41:25 ↗ included in the packet along with brief

41:27 ↗ summaries of each item

41:31 ↗ and to close out this

41:33 ↗ overview presentation this table

41:35 ↗ summarizes the impact to the general

41:37 ↗ fund specific fund balance should the

41:40 ↗ council approve these reauthorizations

41:42 ↗ and amendments as proposed

41:44 ↗ and as a reminder the 22 adopted budget

41:47 ↗ at the time of adoption anticipated a 19

41:50 ↗ undesignated ending fund balance as a

41:53 ↗ percent of expenditures

41:54 ↗ and uh with the city's financial policy

41:57 ↗ setting a 15 to 20 percent target

42:00 ↗ and we closed the books on 2021

42:03 ↗ just last week uh so we will be

42:05 ↗ returning to the council

42:06 ↗ in april for a more in-depth analysis of

42:09 ↗ 2021 financials

42:11 ↗ but generally we will be adding two

42:13 ↗ general fund fund balance over what was

42:15 ↗ forecast in october so when these

42:17 ↗ reauthorizations and amendments are

42:19 ↗ taken into account for 2022

42:22 ↗ we'd now be estimating ending 2022 with

42:25 ↗ a 26 undesignated fund balance as a

42:27 ↗ percent of expenditures

42:29 ↗ so we provide this here mostly to

42:31 ↗ demonstrate that the adoption of these

42:33 ↗ items would not be dipping us below 15

42:36 ↗ financial policy

42:38 ↗ but again we'll be returning next month

42:40 ↗ for a detailed overview of the 2021

42:43 ↗ financials

42:46 ↗ and that ends my formal presentation but

42:49 ↗ i am happy to take any questions that

42:51 ↗ the council may have

42:56 ↗ looking for questions

42:59 ↗ either on the presentation or the

43:01 ↗ material package materials

43:07 ↗ just for fun come on one at least

43:09 ↗ council member hun

43:11 ↗ thank you i think um this is a question

43:14 ↗ that probably would best be answered by

43:17 ↗ director watling if he is available i'm

43:19 ↗ not sure

43:20 ↗ um but i i had sent this question it's

43:23 ↗ regarding some of the budget amendments

43:25 ↗ um

43:26 ↗ that are that the actual

43:28 ↗ changes so not the corrections but the

43:30 ↗ budget adjustment items

43:32 ↗ um and

43:34 ↗ several of them have to do with

43:36 ↗ uh the mask the park master planning

43:39 ↗ funding that was

43:40 ↗ previously going to go into planning and

43:42 ↗ is now going into projects and so i

43:45 ↗ guess my question is

43:47 ↗ around

43:48 ↗ um around that and what is the plan then

43:52 ↗ for the master parks plan going forward

43:58 ↗ thanks i'm not sure if we have director

44:00 ↗ do we have director rob fantastic

44:03 ↗ we can't see him on our screen yet

44:13 ↗ hi nice to see you jeff i'm sure good

44:15 ↗ evening thank you thank you for making

44:18 ↗ me a panelist um

44:19 ↗ thank you councilmember hunt for the

44:21 ↗ earlier question

44:22 ↗ um and uh just i guess reiterate my

44:24 ↗ email response uh yeah within the

44:27 ↗ reauthorizations

44:29 ↗ uh there are uh specific requests for

44:32 ↗ park master planning this is in

44:36 ↗ coordination with finance department and

44:38 ↗ to complete the

44:40 ↗ three

44:41 ↗ master planning efforts that we

44:43 ↗ initiated pretty pandemic those as you

44:45 ↗ recall were master planning efforts for

44:47 ↗ tibbetts valley park

44:49 ↗ veterans memorial park and the issaquah

44:51 ↗ creek corridor

44:52 ↗ this reauthorization request also

44:55 ↗ breaks that funding out into those

44:58 ↗ specific projects

45:00 ↗ any future master planning

45:03 ↗ would need to be a separate budget

45:04 ↗ request

45:06 ↗ in the future but

45:08 ↗ this request is really pertaining to

45:11 ↗ completing the work that was interrupted

45:14 ↗ or that we paused

45:16 ↗ due to the pandemic and uh not

45:18 ↗ necessarily feeling like it was the

45:19 ↗ right time to have this level of uh

45:21 ↗ community engagement um these last two

45:23 ↗ years

45:24 ↗ do you want to ask a backup um yeah i

45:27 ↗ think so thank you for that i think my

45:30 ↗ question i wasn't specific enough but i

45:32 ↗ think my question is more

45:34 ↗ not about the reauthorization but about

45:36 ↗ it's item 16 and the budget adjustment

45:39 ↗ item so this is where

45:40 ↗ it says the 2021 budget included 185

45:45 ↗ 000 dollars for park master planning and

45:48 ↗ then through its planning efforts now

45:49 ↗ these will be better allocated to two

45:51 ↗ park capital projects

45:54 ↗ um

45:54 ↗ so is that that we we now expect that

45:57 ↗ the parks master the master parks

45:59 ↗ planning will will cost less and so that

46:01 ↗ money is no longer needed for that but

46:03 ↗ can go towards these capital projects

46:09 ↗ uh not necessarily this would be part of

46:12 ↗ again

46:13 ↗ taking those

46:15 ↗ taking that planning work and

46:18 ↗ budgeting it specifically to the capital

46:20 ↗ project the site-specific capital

46:22 ↗ project

46:26 ↗ i think that confusion director bottling

46:28 ↗ is is it going to construction or

46:31 ↗ continued planning are we separating

46:33 ↗ them into two projects and using it for

46:35 ↗ the planning

46:37 ↗ not the construction

46:39 ↗ thank you for that mayor it is going for

46:41 ↗ completing first completing the planning

46:44 ↗ work that needs to be done okay

46:46 ↗ okay so i think so my question is really

46:48 ↗ if we're deviating from the plan um

46:51 ↗ because we and it sounds like this is

46:53 ↗ not really deviant from the plan but

46:55 ↗ rather

46:57 ↗ specifying within the plan where these

46:59 ↗ funds will go as part of the

47:01 ↗ reauthorization so that sounds correct

47:04 ↗ that that is correct as we as we

47:07 ↗ move this reauthorization forward and

47:09 ↗ did our work with finance um correct

47:12 ↗ i think in our original presentations to

47:14 ↗ council these came as a package

47:16 ↗ now it's time to just call them each

47:18 ↗ their own thing but

47:20 ↗ that was a great question okay

47:23 ↗ any other questions

47:26 ↗ okay thank you susie thank you jeff is

47:29 ↗ there a motion

47:31 ↗ council president hunt

47:33 ↗ i move to adopt ordinance number

47:36 ↗ 2970 2970 reauthorizing the remaining

47:40 ↗ 2021 funds for certain projects and

47:44 ↗ amending the 2022 budget as set forth in

47:47 ↗ ordinance number

47:48 ↗ 2961 concerning revenues expenditures

47:52 ↗ and fund balance for various funds

47:54 ↗ second

47:55 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there

47:57 ↗ any discussion

48:00 ↗ council member hop deputy council

48:02 ↗ president hall

48:04 ↗ thank you very much mayor paulie um

48:07 ↗ very quick uh comments as always susie

48:10 ↗ you're a rock star i want to thank you

48:12 ↗ very much for

48:13 ↗ opting to give us lots of information

48:14 ↗ here is super helpful as we prepared for

48:16 ↗ the meeting over the weekend um

48:19 ↗ i'm happy to support this ordinance

48:21 ↗ tonight but just for the record um i

48:23 ↗ would like to learn more about how we

48:24 ↗ can do a better job

48:25 ↗ uh phasing multi-year capital projects

48:28 ↗ when we budget seems to me

48:31 ↗ that reauthorizing this much funding

48:33 ↗ authority could be avoided at least in

48:35 ↗ part

48:36 ↗ if we describe the phase or the scope of

48:37 ↗ work we hope to accomplish in a given

48:39 ↗ year so if possible i was hoping the

48:41 ↗ administration could include something

48:42 ↗ about this in our

48:44 ↗ our april briefing on the biennial

48:46 ↗ budget process which i'm very much

48:48 ↗ looking forward to and i'm sure everyone

48:49 ↗ else on council is too

48:51 ↗ so if it's possible to include that in

48:52 ↗ that that would be great and thank you

48:54 ↗ again susie i appreciate it

48:56 ↗ thank you deputy council president hall

48:57 ↗ any other comments

48:58 ↗ council president

49:01 ↗ thank you um gosh i have very similar

49:04 ↗ comments coming through but um i really

49:06 ↗ appreciate the detailed list of the

49:09 ↗ items and how it was broken down giving

49:12 ↗ the reason for the delay i think my

49:15 ↗ first reaction in looking at 28 million

49:18 ↗ dollars worth of reauthorizations was to

49:21 ↗ panic and go oh my goodness what are we

49:23 ↗ doing

49:24 ↗ um having gone through that list i

49:28 ↗ understand the rationale and

49:30 ↗ how

49:32 ↗ somewhat this year is different and i

49:34 ↗ appreciated pointing that out but as

49:37 ↗ deputy council president hall said

49:40 ↗ some of this happens to us every year

49:42 ↗ and it doesn't just happen to us on

49:44 ↗ capital projects it also happens to us

49:47 ↗ on operations budget and staffing

49:49 ↗ and so i too

49:52 ↗ think as a city we just we need to get

49:55 ↗ better at spending what is allocated

49:59 ↗ um

50:00 ↗ and

50:01 ↗ this you know this comes up particularly

50:03 ↗ because these were such large budget

50:05 ↗ items and so it's very important

50:08 ↗ i guess i would just say if we can't do

50:10 ↗ this well how can the community

50:14 ↗ expect us to hold ourselves accountable

50:16 ↗ for effective budgeting project

50:18 ↗ management and responsive governing this

50:20 ↗ is the core of what we do and we need to

50:24 ↗ get better at it whether it's at a

50:27 ↗ department level of understanding how

50:28 ↗ much we can get done whether it's at a

50:31 ↗ financial management level of

50:34 ↗ taking on you know phased projects and

50:37 ↗ understanding how we can do that so

50:40 ↗ i will absolutely support this agenda

50:42 ↗ bill i think it states the things that

50:44 ↗ we want to continue doing

50:47 ↗ and that we weren't able to get done

50:49 ↗ last year but i really

50:51 ↗ as we go into this biennial budget i

50:53 ↗ really want to see a way that we can

50:56 ↗ handle this both for capital projects

50:58 ↗ and operations budget so that we are

51:02 ↗ doing

51:03 ↗ a very diligent job and checking in

51:05 ↗ regularly on what we budgeted what we

51:08 ↗ were able to spend what we have left

51:10 ↗ over and how we're going to manage that

51:12 ↗ so that we don't get to

51:14 ↗ budgets or budget reauthorization and go

51:17 ↗ we have this big pot of money um it

51:20 ↗ doesn't need to be that way thank you

51:21 ↗ great i'm city manager uh city minister

51:24 ↗ bob quits

51:25 ↗ when i was first on council

51:28 ↗ uh i was absolutely floored that months

51:30 ↗ after we did a budget that we were asked

51:32 ↗ to do a reauthorization

51:34 ↗ or a reallocation

51:36 ↗ and i spent a lot of time with director

51:38 ↗ marcotte at the time trying to

51:40 ↗ understand

51:41 ↗ why it's different than my world which

51:43 ↗ was private sector

51:45 ↗ i think it would be good when we talk

51:47 ↗ about the bi-annual budget that we bring

51:49 ↗ in some practices and norms for

51:51 ↗ municipal governments because

51:53 ↗ reallocations and reauthorizations

51:56 ↗ do occur in all cities and for example

51:59 ↗ if we were to buy a project that was 54

52:02 ↗ million dollars which we wouldn't but if

52:04 ↗ we did you would have a budget

52:05 ↗ authorization for that amount and so i

52:08 ↗ think what we can't take this

52:10 ↗ opportunity to do is say

52:12 ↗ council wants us to be as efficient

52:16 ↗ and thorough in spending what's been

52:17 ↗ allocated that's very clear

52:20 ↗ but in terms of setting the goal at not

52:22 ↗ having significant allocations that may

52:24 ↗ be beyond the capability of what we can

52:26 ↗ provide so let's take time during that

52:29 ↗ two-year budget discussion and go

52:30 ↗ through some of that so that we kind of

52:32 ↗ know what the

52:33 ↗ the norm in municipal practices and we

52:35 ↗ try and stay within that that boundary i

52:37 ↗ think that would be helpful

52:39 ↗ okay any other comment uh councilmember

52:42 ↗ mertz

52:44 ↗ thank you um uh in having watched this

52:48 ↗ for 13 years uh

52:50 ↗ you know we always don't spend as much

52:53 ↗ as we plan on spending and so at some

52:57 ↗ point uh

52:58 ↗ if it if we're really serious about

53:02 ↗ being deterministic on our spend we

53:05 ↗ have to look at doing something

53:07 ↗ different and an example would be

53:10 ↗ if you're shooting at a target and

53:11 ↗ you're always shooting right where the

53:12 ↗ target is by the time your bullet gets

53:14 ↗ to it the target is moved so you're

53:15 ↗ always lagging right so what you do is

53:17 ↗ you shoot ahead and um you can do that

53:19 ↗ right you can do that with budgets uh

53:22 ↗ you know we talk about 16 to 20 or 15 to

53:25 ↗ 20 percent you know if you really want

53:28 ↗ to get to

53:29 ↗ uh

53:30 ↗ under 20 you probably have to actually

53:32 ↗ shoot for a number that's quite a bit

53:33 ↗ lower and so the question is um there's

53:36 ↗ risk risks associated with that because

53:38 ↗ heaven forbid the one time that you

53:39 ↗ actually get it accurate so i guess what

53:41 ↗ i'm saying is i share the council

53:43 ↗ president's concern i've always said

53:45 ↗ that keeping

53:46 ↗ you know

53:47 ↗ i don't lose any sleep if we're between

53:49 ↗ like 20 and 25 percent on ending fund

53:51 ↗ balance but north of 25 i start to feel

53:54 ↗ like i

53:56 ↗ maybe i'm not doing my job right so as

53:58 ↗ we go to do this biennial budget process

54:00 ↗ i love the idea of hearing how other

54:02 ↗ municipalities do it

54:04 ↗ and see if there's a way to be a little

54:06 ↗ bit more deterministic and to drive that

54:08 ↗ number

54:09 ↗ to a value where we feel like we're

54:11 ↗ running a little bit later that is a

54:13 ↗ great point and also to take into

54:15 ↗ consideration what the capital financing

54:17 ↗ task force said

54:18 ↗ which is maybe you want to consider

54:21 ↗ pushing the borrower down to 15 and

54:23 ↗ actually planning project spent uh

54:26 ↗ between a certain percentage and that

54:28 ↗ definitely might be one way to gain that

54:29 ↗ edge that you're talking about i agree

54:31 ↗ with you i think that

54:33 ↗ the reserve should cover us in an

54:35 ↗ emergency but when it's excessive the

54:38 ↗ people that are here deserve to have

54:39 ↗ things that they've paid taxes for us so

54:42 ↗ great points great points all around any

54:44 ↗ other comments before we go to the vote

54:49 ↗ great i will reread

54:51 ↗ the mo it's been moved and seconded to

54:53 ↗ adopt ordinance number 29-70

54:55 ↗ reauthorizing remaining 2021 funds for

54:58 ↗ certain projects and amending the 2022

55:01 ↗ budget as set forth in ordinance number

55:03 ↗ 2961

55:05 ↗ concerning revenues expenditures and

55:07 ↗ fund balance for various funds

55:09 ↗ if there's no further discussion i'll

55:11 ↗ call for the vote all those in favor

55:13 ↗ please say aye

55:14 ↗ aye

55:15 ↗ those opposed

55:17 ↗ that carries unanimously 6-0

55:20 ↗ uh just a question for the clerk the one

55:23 ↗ ordinance does cover both of the abs so

55:25 ↗ there's no additional motion thank you

55:27 ↗ the next item of business tonight is

55:29 ↗ good of the order and if you have an

55:31 ↗ item for good of the order please let me

55:33 ↗ know and as you're thinking about it

55:35 ↗ i'll talk about some upcoming meetings

55:37 ↗ march 29th is a special study session

55:39 ↗ with the title 18 land use code natural

55:42 ↗ environment review

55:43 ↗ and amending imc 5.02 business licenses

55:48 ↗ april 4th is a regular council meeting

55:51 ↗ with potential agenda items including

55:54 ↗ amending imc

55:55 ↗ 5.02 business licenses

55:58 ↗ and is there any

56:00 ↗ others for good of the order

56:03 ↗ seeing none

56:04 ↗ as earlier announced there will be an

56:06 ↗ executive session held this evening to

56:08 ↗ discuss property acquisition per rcw

56:10 ↗ 42.30

56:12 ↗ 0.220 paren one parent b and pending

56:15 ↗ potential litigation per rcw 42.30 0.220

56:20 ↗ per n1 parani the items are expected to

56:23 ↗ take approximately 20 minutes and action

56:25 ↗ is anticipated to follow an open session

56:28 ↗ as a reminder executive sessions are

56:30 ↗ closed to the public and we will now

56:33 ↗ recess into executive session at 7 57 pm

56:37 ↗ for those participating virtually

56:39 ↗ anyone who's not part of the closed

56:40 ↗ session will remain in the main meeting

56:42 ↗ and you are welcome to stay until the

56:44 ↗ meeting is reconvened

56:59 ↗ looks like we are thank you city clerk

57:02 ↗ so we are back out of executive session

57:04 ↗ at 8 15 p.m

57:06 ↗ and um is someone prepared to make a

57:09 ↗ motion

57:12 ↗ do we want to receive oh excuse me

57:15 ↗ that's for the next one yes i would like

57:16 ↗ to move to postpone the motion regarding

57:19 ↗ the ora talus settlement agreement to a

57:22 ↗ special meeting on tuesday march 29th at

57:25 ↗ 8 30 pm or immediately following the

57:27 ↗ study session occurring that evening

57:29 ↗ whichever is later

57:31 ↗ second okay it's been moved and seconded

57:33 ↗ is there any discussion

57:37 ↗ uh all those in favor of moving it to

57:39 ↗ the march 29th meeting at 8 30 or

57:41 ↗ immediately following the study session

57:43 ↗ occurring that evening say aye

57:46 ↗ aye

57:50 ↗ that carries unanimously 6-0

57:53 ↗ the second item is there a motion

58:00 ↗ yeah there's a brief staff presentation

58:02 ↗ before we have motion

58:03 ↗ director wildling glad you're here

58:08 ↗ mayor thank you so much good evening

58:10 ↗ council jeff watling parks and community

58:12 ↗ services director

58:14 ↗ um

58:15 ↗ happy to provide a quick staff report uh

58:18 ↗ forgive me as i transition to sharing my

58:21 ↗ screen here

58:25 ↗ as we've had the opportunity to

58:33 ↗ provide an overview for you

58:35 ↗ of a

58:36 ↗ strategic acquisition opportunity i want

58:38 ↗ to take the time here to

58:40 ↗ present this publicly

58:43 ↗ and and seek your authorization to

58:47 ↗ authorize the mayor to enter into a

58:48 ↗ purchase and sale agreement for

58:50 ↗ this parcel

58:52 ↗ as the city has sought

58:56 ↗ a strategic acquisition approach one of

58:58 ↗ the the clear goals of both the mayor

59:00 ↗ and you city council have been to seek

59:02 ↗ acquisitions that have multiple benefits

59:05 ↗ the property before you

59:07 ↗ is a 20 acre piece on the northeast

59:09 ↗ corner of squawk mountain

59:12 ↗ it's been known in the community as

59:14 ↗ squawk mountain estates

59:16 ↗ this 20-acre piece uh does meet uh

59:19 ↗ numerous acquisition goals that we have

59:21 ↗ within various planning documents uh

59:24 ↗ certainly from a park trails an open

59:26 ↗ space standpoint uh this 20-acre piece

59:29 ↗ really provides an opportunity

59:32 ↗ to serve as a gateway

59:34 ↗ into

59:35 ↗ the public lands to the south of us

59:37 ↗ squawk mountain state park

59:39 ↗ and some really important

59:41 ↗ and opportunistic trail connections

59:43 ↗ there environmentally

59:45 ↗ clearly one of our

59:47 ↗ goals as a city is to look at

59:50 ↗ protecting forested hillsides

59:52 ↗ and where we have opportunities to

59:55 ↗ protect the urban forest

59:59 ↗ and uh certainly ensure

1:00:01 ↗ um healthy open space wildlife habitat

1:00:04 ↗ um

1:00:05 ↗ this property certainly meets numerous

1:00:07 ↗ environmental goals the recent climate

1:00:09 ↗ action plan also

1:00:11 ↗ calls for goals

1:00:12 ↗ preserving tree canopy

1:00:15 ↗ and as well supporting

1:00:18 ↗ healthy climate

1:00:20 ↗ in a number of ways that this 20 acres

1:00:23 ↗ would provide opportunity to do that

1:00:26 ↗ as well

1:00:27 ↗ this 20-acre piece with

1:00:29 ↗ cabin creek being on this site as well

1:00:31 ↗ as its adjacency near adjacency to the

1:00:34 ↗ main stem of issaquah creek um

1:00:36 ↗ by preserving uh forested hillsides

1:00:39 ↗ there's certainly benefit to the

1:00:40 ↗ watershed

1:00:42 ↗ and salmon

1:00:43 ↗ and habitat protection goals within

1:00:47 ↗ raya 8's

1:00:49 ↗ goals

1:00:50 ↗ a little bit of an overview of the site

1:00:52 ↗ itself as i mentioned earlier this is a

1:00:54 ↗ 20 acre piece

1:00:55 ↗ that really

1:00:58 ↗ is on and serves as the northeast

1:01:01 ↗ edge of squawk mountain as it as it

1:01:03 ↗ touches the city of issaquah

1:01:05 ↗ as i said earlier it's adjacent to

1:01:07 ↗ squawk mountain state park to the south

1:01:09 ↗ of us

1:01:10 ↗ as we've explored this

1:01:12 ↗ acquisition

1:01:14 ↗ we've been in contact with state parks a

1:01:16 ↗ number of times they not only support

1:01:19 ↗ this potential land acquisition but also

1:01:21 ↗ would support the opportunity for

1:01:24 ↗ a more direct

1:01:25 ↗ trail connection

1:01:27 ↗ from our city system into

1:01:29 ↗ the the trail system on that state park

1:01:32 ↗ property

1:01:34 ↗ as that connection we feel is so

1:01:36 ↗ opportunistic in that we could then

1:01:39 ↗ create a connection

1:01:40 ↗ from the state park through the site

1:01:43 ↗ and connect to old town

1:01:45 ↗ via the mine hill trail and the squawk

1:01:47 ↗ mountain access trail

1:01:49 ↗ that currently both already exist we

1:01:52 ↗ began discussions with the owner last

1:01:55 ↗ summer

1:01:56 ↗ through a series of of conversations uh

1:01:59 ↗ through these uh months

1:02:01 ↗ as well as uh an appraisal that was

1:02:03 ↗ completed a number of conversations

1:02:05 ↗ around negotiation

1:02:07 ↗ we have reached this point as we've

1:02:10 ↗ updated you an executive session

1:02:13 ↗ that

1:02:14 ↗ the owner is

1:02:15 ↗ certainly ready and agrees upon a

1:02:17 ↗ purchase to the city for 2.5 million

1:02:20 ↗ dollars

1:02:22 ↗ a little bit about the funding strategy

1:02:24 ↗ itself uh this 2.5 million dollars

1:02:28 ↗ could be achieved with existing city

1:02:30 ↗ funds existed existing budgeted funds

1:02:33 ↗ that the city has for acquisition uh

1:02:35 ↗ thank you council i

1:02:37 ↗ i would be remiss not to mention both um

1:02:40 ↗ the mayor and council your support

1:02:42 ↗ since 2019 within our capital budget of

1:02:47 ↗ investing or placing some acquisition

1:02:49 ↗ dollars each year so that

1:02:52 ↗ knowing that conversations and

1:02:54 ↗ negotiations and opportunities for

1:02:56 ↗ acquisition sometimes take multiple

1:02:57 ↗ years

1:02:59 ↗ and having the opportunity with existing

1:03:01 ↗ funds

1:03:03 ↗ to consider these acquisitions is

1:03:05 ↗ certainly a proactive and strategic

1:03:08 ↗ move so appreciate that

1:03:10 ↗ this the funding itself in this case uh

1:03:12 ↗ would be some existing king county

1:03:14 ↗ conservation futures grant funds

1:03:17 ↗ coupled with an additional conservation

1:03:19 ↗ king county conservation futures grant

1:03:21 ↗ that we're going to pursue this year

1:03:24 ↗ as you may recall with king county

1:03:26 ↗ conservation futures grant funding they

1:03:28 ↗ could they um pay up to 50

1:03:32 ↗ of a purchase so we're seeking 1.25

1:03:34 ↗ million dollars of the 2.5 from

1:03:37 ↗ that grant funding source

1:03:39 ↗ the city also has

1:03:42 ↗ an open space mitigation fund um a

1:03:44 ↗ amount of 250 000

1:03:47 ↗ that as we've discussed with finance um

1:03:49 ↗ needs to be spent on a

1:03:52 ↗ um an acquisition and uh needs to be

1:03:54 ↗ spent by the end of this year so uh

1:03:57 ↗ that's funding that could go towards

1:03:58 ↗ this acquisition

1:04:00 ↗ leaving a million dollars that would

1:04:03 ↗ come from as i mentioned earlier

1:04:05 ↗ that capital project pko onto some

1:04:08 ↗ existing city funds that are in that

1:04:10 ↗ budget

1:04:11 ↗ i note also in the in the funding

1:04:13 ↗ strategy there's about ten thousand

1:04:15 ↗ dollars in closing costs that would be

1:04:17 ↗ covered in combination uh with the king

1:04:19 ↗ county grant

1:04:21 ↗ and some additional uh pko one two funds

1:04:25 ↗ something else we wanted to explore and

1:04:27 ↗ and

1:04:29 ↗ provide

1:04:31 ↗ an overview on is estimated operations

1:04:33 ↗ and maintenance costs from this

1:04:34 ↗ acquisition uh should we proceed with

1:04:36 ↗ this acquisition we estimate about eight

1:04:39 ↗ thousand dollars a year

1:04:41 ↗ in maintenance

1:04:42 ↗ as an undeveloped site

1:04:45 ↗ we also see opportunities uh with our

1:04:49 ↗ recently formed green issaquah

1:04:52 ↗ initiative opportunities for some

1:04:54 ↗ potential stewards um maybe multiple

1:04:56 ↗ stewards and key areas of this parcel

1:04:59 ↗ that could certainly assist with ongoing

1:05:02 ↗ maintenance

1:05:03 ↗ and

1:05:05 ↗ understory management

1:05:09 ↗ should we consider future phase

1:05:12 ↗ trail work

1:05:13 ↗ at least initial some trail maintenance

1:05:15 ↗ we estimated about five thousand dollars

1:05:17 ↗ a year as we would work with

1:05:19 ↗ should we should we purchase this as we

1:05:21 ↗ work with

1:05:22 ↗ community planning and development there

1:05:24 ↗ are some existing

1:05:27 ↗ roadways that were built into this site

1:05:29 ↗ that provide a

1:05:32 ↗ terrific series of loops should those be

1:05:34 ↗ converted to trails on an interim basis

1:05:37 ↗ we would see that

1:05:39 ↗ maintenance investment about five

1:05:40 ↗ thousand dollars a year

1:05:43 ↗ excuse me i'm sorry

1:05:45 ↗ uh both of those estimated

1:05:47 ↗ maintenance costs we feel like we could

1:05:48 ↗ absorb within our operating budget

1:05:51 ↗ should we in the future

1:05:53 ↗ pursue more formal trail development or

1:05:56 ↗ when we pursue more formal trail

1:05:58 ↗ development on this site

1:06:00 ↗ with that capital budget request for

1:06:02 ↗ that trail work we would also

1:06:05 ↗ work on any additional

1:06:07 ↗ anticipated o m

1:06:09 ↗ in more of a developed state for this

1:06:13 ↗ for this site

1:06:16 ↗ a couple of quick slides um or quick

1:06:20 ↗ visuals uh this is a visual thank you to

1:06:22 ↗ uh brian in our

1:06:25 ↗ gis department working with jennifer

1:06:27 ↗ fink our park planner

1:06:29 ↗ is a visual that looks a little

1:06:31 ↗ different direction this is looking

1:06:32 ↗ southwest

1:06:33 ↗ just showing a little bit of the the

1:06:35 ↗ topography and really this important

1:06:38 ↗ connection

1:06:39 ↗ uh from the state park

1:06:41 ↗ property which is just south of us

1:06:44 ↗ down into the city you'll notice south

1:06:47 ↗ of sunrise

1:06:49 ↗ is the kokari development this is where

1:06:51 ↗ the squawk mountain access trail

1:06:54 ↗ could join into this

1:06:56 ↗ site

1:06:58 ↗ last slide

1:06:59 ↗ is just a couple of visuals we wanted to

1:07:01 ↗ share with you as we've been out on site

1:07:04 ↗ with um

1:07:06 ↗ both the environmental consultant doing

1:07:08 ↗ the level one environmental as well as

1:07:11 ↗ the owner

1:07:12 ↗ the site

1:07:13 ↗ is really from a forest health

1:07:15 ↗ standpoint relatively very healthy not a

1:07:17 ↗ lot of invasive understory

1:07:20 ↗ a visual there of cabin creek

1:07:23 ↗ the big picture on the right

1:07:25 ↗ is a view looking south towards squawk

1:07:27 ↗ mountain state park

1:07:29 ↗ there is

1:07:30 ↗ just given the topography some some real

1:07:34 ↗ um opportunities for

1:07:36 ↗ despite the the terrain on this site and

1:07:38 ↗ the state park site

1:07:41 ↗ but some real um

1:07:44 ↗ terrific opportunities uh to work with

1:07:47 ↗ with some easier grade to make that

1:07:49 ↗ connection into the state park

1:07:54 ↗ with that quick overview um

1:07:57 ↗ myself or jennifer fink are available

1:07:59 ↗ for any questions you might have um as

1:08:02 ↗ well as

1:08:03 ↗ a proposed motion for you to consider

1:08:05 ↗ should you

1:08:06 ↗ want to proceed

1:08:08 ↗ thank you thank you thank you jeff uh

1:08:11 ↗ questions

1:08:15 ↗ not seeing any questions is someone

1:08:18 ↗ prepared to make a motion

1:08:20 ↗ council president walsh

1:08:22 ↗ thank you i moved to authorize the mayor

1:08:25 ↗ to execute

1:08:26 ↗ execute a purchase and sale agreement

1:08:28 ↗ and other documents necessary to

1:08:30 ↗ purchase the property located at 10 xx

1:08:33 ↗ sunrise place southwest also known as

1:08:36 ↗ king county tax parcel 332406

1:08:42 ↗ 9058

1:08:44 ↗ from squawk mountain estates llc for the

1:08:46 ↗ amount of 2.5 million dollars plus

1:08:49 ↗ closing costs

1:08:51 ↗ second

1:08:52 ↗ it's been moved and seconded is there

1:08:54 ↗ any discussion

1:08:58 ↗ seeing none uh let's call for the vote

1:09:01 ↗ all those in favor signify by saying aye

1:09:12 ↗ don't know why it keeps going on

1:09:15 ↗ i do have a question for the

1:09:15 ↗ administration so there is some very

1:09:17 ↗ interesting information that was

1:09:19 ↗ presented in the public portion of the

1:09:20 ↗ meeting tonight that is not part of the

1:09:22 ↗ package

1:09:23 ↗ how does that information get shared

1:09:25 ↗ with the public

1:09:28 ↗ we could either amend the agenda packet

1:09:31 ↗ and or do a news item at the appropriate

1:09:34 ↗ time so the community is aware of this

1:09:36 ↗ moving forward that's great thank you

1:09:38 ↗ very much

1:09:40 ↗ so there being no further business we

1:09:42 ↗ are adjourned this evening at 8 27 pm

1:09:55 ↗ you

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

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Russell Joe

Tola Marts

Lindsey Walsh

Excused

Chris Reh

Motions and votes (4)

Approve Resolution No. 2022-07, adopting a statement on the war in Ukraine as recommended by the Equity Board. . b) AB 8338 - 2021-2022 Budget Reauthorizations c)

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 6-0

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

Adopt Ordinance No. 2970, reauthorizing remaining 2021 funds for certain projects; and amending the 2022 budget as set forth in Ordinance No. 2961 concerning revenues, expenditures, and fund balance for various funds. .

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 6-0

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

Postpone the motion re: the ORA Talus settlement agreement to a Special meeting on Tuesday, March 29 at 8:30 pm or immediately following the study session occurring that evening, whichever is later. . b) Potential Action on Property Acquisition

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 6-0

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

Authorize the Mayor to execute a purchase and sale agreement and other documents necessary to purchase the property located at 10XX Sunrise Place SW, also known as King County Tax Parcel 3324069058, from Squak Mountain Estates, LLC, for the amount of $2,500,000.00 plus closing costs. .

Moved by WALSH · seconded by HALL

Carried 6-0

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