City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, April 4, 2022 · City Council Digest

3. SPECIAL BUSINESS

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week Proclamation ID 1060

packet pp.5

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

WHEREAS, when an emergency occurs the prompt response of police officers is critical to the protection of life and preservation of property; and

Introduction of Issaquah Police Department New Hires ID 1071

packet pp.7

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

Police Department 130 E. Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3200 issaquahwa.gov

7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of April 4, 2022, $3,635,383.87 ID 0994

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.9–39

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 HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Minutes: City Council Study Session, March 1, 2022

Carried 7-0

Approve · packet pp.41–42

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 03-01-22 Council Study Session Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH Council Study Session 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting March 1, 2022 MINUTES

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, March 21, 2022

Carried 7-0

Receive Report · packet pp.43–46

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 7, 2022

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR c) 03-21-22 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000) CITY OF ISSAQUAH City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 PM Council Chambers March 21, 2022 MINUTES 135 E. Sunset Way

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Water System Improvements AB 8315

Carried 7-0

Award Bid · packet pp.49–54

Topics: Water

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Staff report:

C. WT 050 CIP Project

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Department of Ecology Water Quality Stormwater Capacity Grant AB 8335

Carried 7-0

Accept Grant; Authorize Agreement · packet pp.55–76

Topics: WaterCritical Areas

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Staff report:

The Administration recommends Council authorize acceptance of the Department of Ecology's Water Quality Stormwater Capacity Grant funds in the amount of $50,000 and execution of the grant agreement.

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Department of Ecology Inter Agency Agreement for PFAS AB 8348

Carried 7-0

Authorize · packet pp.77–91

Topics: WaterCritical Areas

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Staff report:

After PFOS (one of the PFASs) was detected in the City water supply in 2015, the City has responded in multiple ways, including installing a treatment system on Well 4 which has consistently produced high quality drinking water. In 2018, the City entered into an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with Eastside Fire and Rescue (EFR), in partnership with Ecology to complete a Phase 1 investigation of the nature and extent of PFAS in the Issaquah Valley Area. In December 2019, another ILA with EFR and an Interagency Agreement (IAA) with Ecology were approved formalizing the Partnership and establishing an Executive Committee and Scope of Phase 2 of the investigation. These phases of work are now complete and have been almost completely funded through various state agencies. Phase 3 work, led by EFR, which involved a field scale pilot remediation trial, was also recently completed.

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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

Newport and SR-900 Intertie Project AB 8358

Carried 7-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.93–97

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

C. Excerpt from the 2021-2022 reauthorization AB 8338

Roll call:

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

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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0:01 ↗ okay

0:03 ↗ welcome everyone i call the april 4th

0:05 ↗ city council meeting to order mayor

0:07 ↗ paulie has an excused absence tonight so

0:10 ↗ i will be serving as mayor pro tem

0:12 ↗ as a reminder we continue to have a

0:14 ↗ remote aspect to our meetings both staff

0:17 ↗ and members of the public may

0:18 ↗ participate in tonight's meeting

0:20 ↗ remotely via webex

0:22 ↗ the first item on the agenda is pledge

0:24 ↗ of allegiance i welcome you to join me

0:26 ↗ in the pledge of allegiance

0:30 ↗ i pledge allegiance to the flag of the

0:33 ↗ united states of america and to the

0:36 ↗ republic for which it stands

0:38 ↗ one nation under god indivisible with

0:41 ↗ liberty and justice for all

0:50 ↗ thank you the next item on the agenda is

0:54 ↗ special bit business so id 1060 we've

0:58 ↗ got national public safety

0:59 ↗ telecommunicators week proclamation so

1:02 ↗ tonight i'll be issuing the proclamation

1:04 ↗ on behalf of mayor paulie however i'm

1:07 ↗ going to do this as a part of the second

1:08 ↗ item on the agenda which is id 1071

1:12 ↗ the introduction of the issaquah police

1:14 ↗ department new hires so i'd like to ask

1:17 ↗ interim chief paula chief of police

1:19 ↗ paula schwan to and the esquile police

1:21 ↗ department dispatch staff who are here

1:24 ↗ to go up to the podium and chief schwann

1:27 ↗ is going to introduce the dispatch staff

1:30 ↗ who will then introduce themselves

1:32 ↗ briefly so that we can get to know you

1:33 ↗ guys

1:50 ↗ council members

1:54 ↗ communicators

1:58 ↗ voices

2:21 ↗ thankful

2:29 ↗ you've been here

2:39 ↗ go ahead we're getting recognition that

2:41 ↗ we have new hires that have been on

2:43 ↗ staff and joined the police department

2:46 ↗ for six months

2:47 ↗ i'm going to give them a brief moment

2:50 ↗ elves and give a little

2:54 ↗ act about themselves

3:22 ↗ value about myself

3:38 ↗ hello i am holly lebron i'm originally

3:41 ↗ from south carolina

3:43 ↗ my husband and i honeymooned in seattle

3:45 ↗ and we just fell in love with washington

3:47 ↗ immediately and inevitably my entire

3:50 ↗ family has followed me here my brother

3:51 ↗ my mom

3:53 ↗ having a baby will do that

3:56 ↗ i

3:57 ↗ love issaquah because it's beautiful and

3:59 ↗ picturesque it reminds me exactly when i

4:01 ↗ think of washington this is exactly what

4:02 ↗ i think of is here and i enjoy working

4:05 ↗ for issaquah being a part of positive

4:08 ↗ change and something bigger than myself

4:10 ↗ and fun fact i have four dogs

4:18 ↗ my name is rachel brown i've been

4:20 ↗ working for the city physique since

4:22 ↗ october

4:23 ↗ i joined issaquah because i really

4:25 ↗ valued the commitment that the city had

4:28 ↗ to its citizens

4:29 ↗ and a fun fact about myself is that i'm

4:31 ↗ a single mom and my kid loves to play in

4:33 ↗ the parks here

4:38 ↗ hey i'm grace ballach i joined estoqual

4:41 ↗ just because how wonderful everybody was

4:43 ↗ um i'm entry level and this was kind of

4:45 ↗ one of my first interviews that i did

4:47 ↗ and just fell in love with the people

4:48 ↗ and how wonderful everybody was

4:51 ↗ i'm originally from california and fun

4:53 ↗ fact about me is i love to travel thank

4:56 ↗ you

5:00 ↗ hi there i'm karina keen

5:02 ↗ born and raised in anchorage alaska i

5:04 ↗ moved down to washington to go to

5:06 ↗ university where i met my husband

5:08 ↗ we have three sons and two great danes

5:12 ↗ i came to issaquah following several

5:15 ↗ other previous employees i spent 12

5:17 ↗ years at snohomish county

5:20 ↗ dispatching there as well

5:22 ↗ i find

5:24 ↗ i was looking for an agency whose values

5:26 ↗ more aligned with my own and i found

5:29 ↗ that in issaquah

5:31 ↗ my goal is to be a catalyst in the

5:33 ↗ rebuild and

5:35 ↗ be a positive

5:37 ↗ changed moving forward

5:38 ↗ and my fun fact is that i've run a

5:40 ↗ marathon

5:45 ↗ thank you ladies

5:47 ↗ mayor pro tem now will give the

5:48 ↗ proclamation as well as the swearing-in

5:53 ↗ excellent

5:56 ↗ these things around i'm not as tall as

5:58 ↗ mayor paulias so you know

6:01 ↗ um

6:02 ↗ so i know that we've got several other

6:05 ↗ hires who

6:06 ↗ are previous hires who weren't here

6:07 ↗ tonight so we will welcome them at that

6:10 ↗ point

6:11 ↗ but

6:12 ↗ this week

6:14 ↗ is

6:15 ↗ national

6:16 ↗ public safety telecommunications week

6:19 ↗ and so we have a proclamation which i'm

6:21 ↗ going to read and then give to the chief

6:23 ↗ and each of you will also get copies

6:25 ↗ so whereas emergencies can occur at any

6:28 ↗ time that require police services and

6:31 ↗ whereas when an emergency occurs the

6:33 ↗ prompt response of police officers is

6:35 ↗ critical to the protection of life and

6:38 ↗ preservation of property and whereas the

6:40 ↗ safety of our police officers is

6:42 ↗ dependent on upon the quality and

6:44 ↗ accuracy of information obtained from

6:47 ↗ citizens who telephone the issaquah

6:49 ↗ communications center

6:51 ↗ and whereas

6:52 ↗ professional public safety

6:54 ↗ telecommunicators are a vital link for

6:56 ↗ our community and are the first and most

6:58 ↗ critical contact our citizens have with

7:01 ↗ emergency services

7:02 ↗ and whereas public safety

7:04 ↗ telecommunicators are the single vital

7:06 ↗ link for our police officers by

7:08 ↗ monitoring their activities by radio

7:10 ↗ providing them information and ensuring

7:12 ↗ their safety and whereas public safety

7:15 ↗ telecommunicators of the issaquah

7:17 ↗ communications center have contributed

7:19 ↗ substantially to the apprehension of

7:21 ↗ criminals and whereas each dispatcher

7:24 ↗ has exhibited compassion understanding

7:27 ↗ and professionalism during the

7:29 ↗ performance of their job in the past

7:30 ↗ year

7:31 ↗ now therefore mary lou paulie mayor of

7:34 ↗ the city of issaquah does hereby

7:35 ↗ proclaim the week of april 10th to 16th

7:38 ↗ 2022 to be national public safety

7:41 ↗ telecommunications week

7:43 ↗ and so

7:45 ↗ chief i would like to give you this

7:47 ↗ version and then you've got versions to

7:49 ↗ hand to

7:50 ↗ your members

7:52 ↗ um so at this time um

7:56 ↗ we are going to swear in our staff so i

8:00 ↗ would ask our new hires to raise their

8:02 ↗ right hand

8:03 ↗ and repeat after me

8:05 ↗ i state your name

8:10 ↗ recognize this badge

8:13 ↗ as a symbol of public faith

8:17 ↗ and i accept it as a public trust to be

8:20 ↗ held

8:22 ↗ as a public trust to be held

8:24 ↗ so long as i am true to the ethics of

8:27 ↗ this department

8:32 ↗ on my honor

8:34 ↗ i will never betray our badge

8:39 ↗ my integrity

8:41 ↗ my character my character or the public

8:44 ↗ trust

8:46 ↗ i will always have the courage

8:50 ↗ to hold myself and others

8:54 ↗ accountable for our actions

8:58 ↗ i will always uphold the constitution

9:03 ↗ my community

9:05 ↗ and the issaquah police department

9:10 ↗ thank you everyone

9:12 ↗ um so at this time

9:14 ↗ um let's see we'd like to give the

9:16 ↗ dispatch staff an opportunity to greet

9:18 ↗ each of the council members at the dios

9:21 ↗ take a group photo and then allow time

9:23 ↗ for our guest to exit before we proceed

9:26 ↗ with the rest of the meeting so if

9:28 ↗ there's no objection i'll call for a

9:30 ↗ short five minute break

9:32 ↗ hearing no objection will stand at ease

9:34 ↗ for five minutes

9:36 ↗ so if you would go ahead and

9:38 ↗ join the members up there you can say

9:41 ↗ hello

13:03 ↗ order

13:04 ↗ so

13:05 ↗ the next item on the agenda is audience

13:08 ↗ combat comments members of the public

13:10 ↗ may address counsel at this time either

13:12 ↗ in person or virtually

13:14 ↗ those who signed up in advance to make

13:16 ↗ comments will be called on first if

13:18 ↗ you're joining us virtually and would

13:19 ↗ like to make a comment please raise your

13:21 ↗ virtual hand

13:23 ↗ if you're on the phone you'll press star

13:25 ↗ three

13:26 ↗ if you've joined by computer smartphone

13:28 ↗ you're gonna look for the hand icon

13:30 ↗ which varies by device one option may be

13:33 ↗ to go to the participant panel and

13:35 ↗ choose the raise hand icon in the lower

13:37 ↗ right hand corner

13:38 ↗ if you're in the room and did not sign

13:40 ↗ up i will ask for other speakers before

13:42 ↗ closing this portion of the meeting so

13:44 ↗ clerk has anyone signed up to speak for

13:46 ↗ the general audience comments or

13:48 ↗ indicated a desire to speak this evening

13:51 ↗ yes diana

13:53 ↗ schwetz tonight in just a moment

14:09 ↗ before

14:14 ↗ hello

14:16 ↗ thank you very much for um inviting me i

14:18 ↗ wanted to appreciate the council and

14:20 ↗ recognition of

14:22 ↗ the sexual assault awareness month in

14:25 ↗ partnership with the king county sexual

14:27 ↗ assault resource center it's so

14:29 ↗ important to the work that we do

14:31 ↗ that we have the support of our

14:32 ↗ leadership in all of our municipalities

14:34 ↗ and so i appreciate that you are being

14:37 ↗ intentional about recognizing this

14:39 ↗ important activity and supporting all of

14:41 ↗ us

14:41 ↗ i've been the vice president of the

14:43 ↗ board here at k-star for three years and

14:46 ↗ i can tell you that

14:48 ↗ issaquah is a good place to be knowing

14:50 ↗ that we have your support and our

14:52 ↗ community support behind this important

14:53 ↗ work

14:56 ↗ thank you diana and clerk do we have

14:59 ↗ anyone else signed up to speak or

15:01 ↗ indicating a desire to speak

15:06 ↗ president i

15:08 ↗ i'm not sure if your mic is on or not i

15:12 ↗ don't know

15:15 ↗ okay

15:16 ↗ um

15:17 ↗ you've had a really helpful audience

15:19 ↗ here

15:20 ↗ giving us feedback on our audio great

15:23 ↗ so uh i no one else has signed up to

15:25 ↗ speak

15:31 ↗ okay

15:33 ↗ and let's see

15:39 ↗ i was going to see anybody in person

15:41 ↗ want to make any comments

15:44 ↗ no okay it looks like we're good so we

15:47 ↗ want to thank everyone who shows up and

15:49 ↗ provides comments but as a reminder

15:51 ↗ written comments are always

15:54 ↗ able to be submitted at any time you can

15:57 ↗ email us at city council at issaquah.gov

16:02 ↗ and the next part of audience comments i

16:05 ↗ would usually summarize any email

16:07 ↗ comments that we received on tonight's

16:09 ↗ agenda item but given we only have the

16:10 ↗ one item we have not received any emails

16:13 ↗ on that since the last time

16:16 ↗ we

16:17 ↗ we summarized comments so

16:20 ↗ the next item of business is committee

16:22 ↗ and regional reports so council member

16:25 ↗ joe

16:27 ↗ thank you

16:29 ↗ the ltch committee is working on the

16:32 ↗ application for the spring 2022

16:37 ↗ projects and we're currently

16:39 ↗ wordsmithing that our next meeting is

16:41 ↗ may 20th

16:43 ↗ for that

16:46 ↗ also the

16:47 ↗ cascade water alliance board met on

16:49 ↗ wednesday the 23rd the mayor attended

16:53 ↗ i did not attend so i'll we'll have to

16:55 ↗ circle back with the mayor to get some

16:57 ↗ notes on that meeting

16:59 ↗ but we'll fill you in on that i did send

17:01 ↗ out a newsletter that was sent to us by

17:04 ↗ the staff

17:05 ↗ if you have questions about that

17:07 ↗ let me know and

17:08 ↗ after you hear the mayor's report if you

17:10 ↗ have any questions of course we would be

17:12 ↗ happy to answer those that concludes my

17:14 ↗ report thank you

17:15 ↗ thank you councilmember d michelle

17:18 ↗ thank you very briefly the healthier

17:20 ↗ here governing board will hold a meeting

17:22 ↗ this thursday afternoon

17:24 ↗ and east side transportation partnership

17:26 ↗ will meet friday morning and that

17:29 ↗ concludes my report

17:31 ↗ thank you council member hun

17:34 ↗ um thank you i have one upcoming meeting

17:36 ↗ and um two reports

17:38 ↗ upcoming meeting this wednesday at april

17:40 ↗ 6th at 3 p.m there will be a rwqc

17:43 ↗ regional water quality committee meeting

17:45 ↗ and the agenda includes briefings on the

17:47 ↗ sewer rate capacity charge status and

17:49 ↗ decennial flow monitoring conveyance

17:51 ↗ system improvement programs

17:54 ↗ then i have two reports the kokanee ila

17:57 ↗ management committee met on march 23rd

18:00 ↗ kokane is an endangered

18:02 ↗ kind of salmon that spawns in lake

18:04 ↗ spanish or around lake sammamish and

18:07 ↗ there was a request at this meeting to

18:09 ↗ fund an additional fifty thousand

18:12 ↗ dollars

18:13 ↗ in the inter-local agreement so this

18:15 ↗ would affect the city's budget it

18:17 ↗ affects

18:19 ↗ the city's portion of the ila by about

18:21 ↗ ten thousand dollars so this increases

18:24 ↗ the amount that we would pay into the

18:25 ↗ ila from thirty five thousand dollars

18:28 ↗ annually to about forty five thousand

18:30 ↗ dollars annually um this would support

18:33 ↗ part of the uh kokanee recovery manager

18:37 ↗ position who chairs this meeting and who

18:39 ↗ i think does an excellent job leading

18:41 ↗ the work for kokanee recovery

18:44 ↗ so i am generally supportive we did in

18:46 ↗ the meeting talk about needing to bring

18:47 ↗ this to our council since it does affect

18:49 ↗ the uh budget so i wanted to let all my

18:53 ↗ fellow council members know about this

18:55 ↗ but i will be supportive of that and if

18:57 ↗ you have any questions or comments

18:59 ↗ for me

19:00 ↗ please let me know

19:01 ↗ i also wanted to report that we did see

19:03 ↗ good signs that the work of this group

19:05 ↗ is having an impact in 2017 there were

19:08 ↗ fewer than 20 kokanee returned to the

19:10 ↗ creeks around lake sammamish so 20 to

19:13 ↗ zero

19:14 ↗ and this past year the kokanee work

19:16 ↗ group counts at about 2 000. so this is

19:19 ↗ a big increase and this is really a good

19:21 ↗ sign because they are a very endangered

19:24 ↗ population and salmon are so important

19:26 ↗ to us in this region

19:28 ↗ uh i also

19:30 ↗ uh wanted to let this group know that we

19:32 ↗ also heard a presentation from

19:34 ↗ issaquah's planning manager lucy sloman

19:36 ↗ on the dock lighting work that the city

19:37 ↗ has been doing as part of title 18 and

19:40 ↗ title 18 is our land use code update and

19:42 ↗ this presentation was very well received

19:44 ↗ by the group and um i just wanted to

19:47 ↗ thank lucy for presenting on this

19:51 ↗ other cities will probably be able to

19:52 ↗ use our work in their cities with along

19:54 ↗ lake sammamish to improve their dock

19:56 ↗ lighting for salmon survival which is

19:58 ↗ great the next meeting of the kokanee

20:00 ↗ ila work group has not been set but will

20:02 ↗ be in april

20:04 ↗ and then lastly the council rules ad hoc

20:06 ↗ committee met on march 30th from 2 to 3

20:09 ↗ p.m this is the first of what will be

20:11 ↗ two meetings that the ad hoc has

20:14 ↗ council members ray martz and i

20:17 ↗ met and we are the three members of the

20:18 ↗ counselor on committee we also met with

20:20 ↗ city administrator bob quits and clerk

20:22 ↗ grabowski and clerk geezer

20:24 ↗ and we made a number of recommendations

20:26 ↗ including that appointments will be

20:28 ↗ appointments for committees will be made

20:30 ↗ by council president

20:31 ↗ the committee chairs will serve on only

20:33 ↗ one committee and that leadership won't

20:35 ↗ serve as standing committee chairs these

20:38 ↗ were summarized in an email that went

20:39 ↗ out and then this and other

20:41 ↗ recommendations that we have will be

20:43 ↗ formalized in the rules and then we will

20:45 ↗ review that at our next meeting which

20:48 ↗ will be wednesday april 6th let's be the

20:50 ↗ second and final

20:52 ↗ planned committee meeting for this

20:53 ↗ committee so we will report back

20:55 ↗ with our final recommendation after that

20:58 ↗ that concludes my report

21:00 ↗ thank you councilmember ray

21:02 ↗ uh thank you council president

21:04 ↗ um the next meeting of the eastside fire

21:06 ↗ and rescue board of directors will be

21:07 ↗ held on april 14th at 4 pm at

21:10 ↗ east side fire and rescue headquarters

21:12 ↗ this meeting will be held in person and

21:14 ↗ the agenda has not been set at this time

21:16 ↗ east side fire and rescue is developing

21:18 ↗ a strategic plan this year and the

21:20 ↗ process is going to involve a series of

21:22 ↗ public meetings the first of which is

21:24 ↗ this wednesday april 6th that will

21:26 ↗ occur at station 73 which is in issaquah

21:29 ↗ island there will be a meeting on april

21:31 ↗ 20th in

21:34 ↗ north bend a meeting on april 13th in

21:37 ↗ incarnation a meeting on april 26th in

21:40 ↗ some amish and a meeting on

21:43 ↗ april 19th in woodenville in a meeting

21:45 ↗ on april 27th in

21:48 ↗ may valley

21:50 ↗ deputy council president hall council

21:51 ↗ member marks and i will be attending the

21:53 ↗ meeting this wednesday at station 73 and

21:56 ↗ that concludes my report

21:59 ↗ thank you councilmember martz

22:01 ↗ thank you

22:02 ↗ madam mayor pro tem which sounds like a

22:04 ↗ superhero title or super villain

22:07 ↗ uh the puget sound regional council

22:09 ↗ growth management policy board will be

22:11 ↗ meeting this thursday from 10 until noon

22:13 ↗ uh there's an action item on the

22:15 ↗ certification of canyon park rgc sub

22:18 ↗ area should you have an opinion about

22:20 ↗ that feel free to share it with me

22:21 ↗ although as it's not in king county

22:23 ↗ i would be surprised if anyone has an

22:25 ↗ opinion on that

22:26 ↗ there's also a certification of

22:28 ↗ snohomish county countywide planning

22:30 ↗ policies

22:31 ↗ and a bunch of discussion items the sca

22:35 ↗ public issues committee

22:36 ↗ meeting is next wednesday from 7 till 9

22:40 ↗ pm

22:41 ↗ bunch of stuff

22:42 ↗ action on a psrc executive board

22:44 ↗ appointment discussion of affordable

22:46 ↗ housing county-wide policies hazardous

22:48 ↗ waste management coordination local

22:51 ↗ actions on climate change an update on

22:53 ↗ solid waste and sewer rates an update on

22:55 ↗ regional transportation plan a lot

22:58 ↗ a big juicy agenda this month in pick

23:01 ↗ this concludes my report

23:03 ↗ oh thank you

23:05 ↗ and deputy council president

23:08 ↗ thank you no report this evening

23:10 ↗ too easy okay and for my report

23:13 ↗ i will attend the king county affordable

23:15 ↗ housing committee meeting on thursday

23:18 ↗ from 1 30 to

23:20 ↗ 4 pm it's a virtual meeting and we're

23:23 ↗ going to get it the first

23:25 ↗ overview of the accountability freedom

23:28 ↗ work that we owe to the growth

23:30 ↗ management planning council gmpc

23:34 ↗ we'll discuss that and then we also have

23:36 ↗ a state legislative session wrap up to

23:39 ↗ hear about the bills related to

23:40 ↗ affordable housing and which ones passed

23:43 ↗ and didn't and understanding the

23:45 ↗ outcomes of that legislation

23:47 ↗ and so that concludes my report

23:50 ↗ the

23:51 ↗ next item is the mayor's report which i

23:55 ↗ will also give

23:56 ↗ there will be an executive session this

23:58 ↗ evening to discuss potential litigation

24:00 ↗ per rcw

24:02 ↗ 42.30.110

24:04 ↗ paren one paren i

24:06 ↗ the items are expected to take

24:07 ↗ approximately 30 minutes no action is

24:10 ↗ anticipated to follow an open session

24:13 ↗ this month mayor paulie signed a

24:15 ↗ proclamation designating april 2022 as

24:18 ↗ sexual assault awareness month in the

24:20 ↗ city of issaquah

24:21 ↗ we can all take actions to make our

24:23 ↗ community a safer place and to help

24:25 ↗ victims heal from their trauma help is

24:28 ↗ available for anyone who has experienced

24:30 ↗ sexual abuse the non-profit king county

24:33 ↗ sexual assault resource center operates

24:35 ↗ a 24-hour resource line at 1-888-99

24:40 ↗ voice that's v-o-i-c-e

24:44 ↗ further resources can be found at

24:47 ↗ kcsarc.org

24:51 ↗ earlier this evening we heard um

24:53 ↗ kaysark's board vice president dianna

24:56 ↗ shoots

24:57 ↗ to acknowledge the proclamation and so

24:59 ↗ we want to thank diana and kate sarks

25:02 ↗ for your work

25:04 ↗ to make our community a safer place

25:07 ↗ next the lifetime achievement award

25:10 ↗ proclamation the city of issaquah

25:12 ↗ partnered with the greater issaquah

25:14 ↗ chamber of commerce to present the 2021

25:16 ↗ lifetime achievement award this award

25:19 ↗ recognizes individuals who have made a

25:21 ↗ significant contribution to our

25:23 ↗ community through leadership service

25:26 ↗ economic growth and sustainability

25:28 ↗ the 2021 award winner is rob hunt since

25:33 ↗ 1979 rob has worked tirelessly to grow

25:36 ↗ village theater and make it into the

25:38 ↗ cultural and artistic powerhouse that it

25:41 ↗ is today issaquah's economic vitality

25:43 ↗ and downtown core has been greatly

25:46 ↗ enhanced by robb's career of service so

25:48 ↗ please join me in honoring him and

25:50 ↗ thanking rob hunt

25:53 ↗ last week the city of issaquah also

25:55 ↗ presented its hall of fame award to

25:57 ↗ former count city council member stacy

25:59 ↗ goodman and former issaquah history

26:01 ↗ museum executive director erica manas

26:04 ↗ please join me in congratulating these

26:06 ↗ award winners and thanking them for

26:08 ↗ their many years of service to our

26:10 ↗ community

26:12 ↗ next the 2022 down home 4th of july so

26:16 ↗ we're delighted to announce that this

26:18 ↗ year the down-home 4th of july parade

26:21 ↗ and family activities are back so mark

26:24 ↗ your calendars for the parade and family

26:26 ↗ fun on the 4th of july from 11am to 2pm

26:30 ↗ we've got a few upcoming community

26:32 ↗ events the cascade gardener spring

26:34 ↗ series heavenly h-plants

26:37 ↗ cascade water alliance is sponsoring a

26:39 ↗ free webinar on april 9th at 10 a.m

26:41 ↗ participants will learn more about

26:43 ↗ growing hydrangeas hellebores

26:46 ↗ and who cheris i should have read this

26:48 ↗ ahead of time

26:50 ↗ from marianne benetti

26:52 ↗ a northwest horticulture expert

26:54 ↗ registration is free but required

26:56 ↗ through brown paper tickets

26:58 ↗ the issaquah wine and art walk

27:00 ↗ the art walk is back on april 15th join

27:03 ↗ the downtown issaquah association to sip

27:06 ↗ stroll and shop around old towns

27:08 ↗ galleries boutiques and businesses you

27:10 ↗ can purchase your tickets in advance

27:12 ↗ it's thirty dollars for ten tasting

27:14 ↗ tokens one token per taste or at the

27:17 ↗ door for forty dollars wine tasting

27:19 ↗ participants must be 21 or older details

27:22 ↗ and registration can be found on the

27:23 ↗ city's website

27:25 ↗ and keep issaqua beautiful day join us

27:28 ↗ on saturday april 23rd as we work to

27:31 ↗ keep our favorite town clean and

27:32 ↗ beautiful rain or shine volunteers will

27:35 ↗ help pick up trash maintain vegetation

27:37 ↗ and plant flowers afterwards

27:39 ↗ participants will enjoy live music and

27:41 ↗ pizza at the historic shell station

27:44 ↗ learn more on the downtown issaquah

27:46 ↗ association's website

27:48 ↗ the farm fresh market the downtown esque

27:51 ↗ association is hosting a market with

27:52 ↗ seasonal flowers and foods at the

27:54 ↗ historic shell station the event will

27:56 ↗ run saturdays through april 30th from 9

27:59 ↗ a.m to 2 p.m

28:01 ↗ and finally city hall is currently open

28:03 ↗ to the public monday through thursday 9

28:05 ↗ a.m to 4 p.m it's anticipated that open

28:08 ↗ hours will resume monday through friday

28:10 ↗ schedule beginning april 11th

28:14 ↗ and that concludes the mayor's report

28:17 ↗ the next item of business is the consent

28:20 ↗ calendar the consent calendar was

28:21 ↗ distributed to council and in advance if

28:24 ↗ authorized the items on the consent

28:26 ↗ calendar will be considered together and

28:28 ↗ approved by one motion have the payables

28:31 ↗ and payroll been reviewed

28:33 ↗ yes

28:34 ↗ yes

28:35 ↗ great

28:36 ↗ does any council member desire to remove

28:38 ↗ any items from the consent calendar and

28:40 ↗ consider it under regular business

28:45 ↗ okay

28:46 ↗ and is there a motion

28:50 ↗ i move to approve the consent calendar

28:52 ↗ as presented in tonight's agenda packet

28:54 ↗ is there a second second

28:56 ↗ thank you the motion to approve the

28:58 ↗ consent calendar as presented has been

29:00 ↗ moved and seconded is there any council

29:03 ↗ discussion

29:05 ↗ hearing none the motion before council

29:07 ↗ is to approve the consent calendar as

29:09 ↗ presented all those in favor signify by

29:12 ↗ saying aye

29:20 ↗ my mic went off um

29:22 ↗ those opposed

29:24 ↗ that passes unanimously

29:26 ↗ the next item of business is regular

29:29 ↗ business

29:30 ↗ ab-8363

29:33 ↗ amendments to imc 5.02 business licenses

29:38 ↗ this item was last before council at the

29:41 ↗ march 29th council study session

29:43 ↗ and i'd like to invite uh city attorney

29:46 ↗ rachel bender turpin to introduce this

29:48 ↗ item rachel

29:52 ↗ hello good evening everyone i hope you

29:55 ↗ can hear me okay my my power went out

29:58 ↗ shortly before the meeting so i am

30:01 ↗ working off of my

30:03 ↗ phone hotspot so let me know if you need

30:06 ↗ me to repeat myself but i'm i'm here

30:09 ↗ um attached to the my phone audio so i

30:12 ↗ think that we can hear you just fine

30:13 ↗ rachel thank you

30:16 ↗ okay well if i'm going in and out

30:18 ↗ because i'm i'm sitting in the dark here

30:20 ↗ so that's why i have half of a head so

30:23 ↗ um yes i have my little lamp here but

30:26 ↗ anyway i can still guide you through

30:28 ↗ this because i've worked a lot on it so

30:30 ↗ i know it well and i have it in front of

30:32 ↗ me

30:33 ↗ um as we discussed at the

30:37 ↗ city council study session last tuesday

30:40 ↗ the 29th

30:41 ↗ this is a complete overhaul of chapter

30:46 ↗ 5.02 of the issaquah municipal code

30:49 ↗ which sets forth the general regulations

30:52 ↗ for the city's

30:54 ↗ general business licenses

30:56 ↗ the city uses the state's

30:59 ↗ business licensing services

31:02 ↗ to

31:03 ↗ regulate business licenses or i guess

31:05 ↗ regulate isn't exactly the right word

31:07 ↗ but to process business license

31:09 ↗ applications in other words when folks

31:12 ↗ go to

31:13 ↗ apply for a business license they

31:15 ↗ essentially

31:16 ↗ use the same portal that they do to get

31:18 ↗ their state business license but they

31:20 ↗ request an endorsement that gives them a

31:23 ↗ city of issaquah business license in

31:26 ↗ addition to the state business license

31:28 ↗ requirement the state then sends their

31:31 ↗ application to the city to review and

31:33 ↗ for the city to essentially sign off on

31:36 ↗ for the state bls

31:38 ↗ and then the city of course can set its

31:40 ↗ own fees

31:41 ↗ and have its own criteria for

31:44 ↗ how to review

31:46 ↗ uh

31:47 ↗ applicants for licenses

31:50 ↗ the old chapter hadn't been

31:52 ↗ uh updated in quite some time a lot of

31:55 ↗ it had been written in

31:57 ↗ the mid or early 80s

31:59 ↗ and it hadn't been updated

32:02 ↗ thoroughly since the city switched to

32:04 ↗ the bls system around 20

32:08 ↗ 2019

32:10 ↗ there were certain parts that were

32:12 ↗ required to be updated and those

32:14 ↗ portions had been had been done properly

32:17 ↗ but there were some areas in the code

32:19 ↗ where it reflected old processes

32:22 ↗ for instance

32:23 ↗ paper applications that the city no

32:25 ↗ longer uses

32:27 ↗ temporary licenses that

32:29 ↗ are actually not available through bls

32:32 ↗ and so the city hasn't been issuing

32:33 ↗ those for several years so we wanted to

32:37 ↗ make sure that we were actually

32:39 ↗ we had a code that really reflected what

32:42 ↗ the processes are that the city

32:43 ↗ currently uses

32:45 ↗ and while we did that we also looked at

32:48 ↗ the

32:49 ↗ revocation

32:50 ↗ and suspension criteria more closely

32:53 ↗ following our conversation in january

32:57 ↗ regarding the amendments to those

32:59 ↗ criteria that were made then as

33:02 ↗ the council and community may recall

33:05 ↗ when those amendments were adopted in

33:08 ↗ january they were adopted with a sunset

33:11 ↗ provision

33:12 ↗ that uh means that the ordinance

33:15 ↗ and the those amendments expire

33:18 ↗ on april 18th

33:20 ↗ so coming up soon and so unless the

33:22 ↗ council adopts

33:24 ↗ new

33:25 ↗ regulations prior to that date the code

33:28 ↗ will revert to how it was written prior

33:30 ↗ to then

33:32 ↗ so

33:33 ↗ we worked extensively myself and jen

33:35 ↗ davis hayes in economic development with

33:39 ↗ the business community and as well as

33:41 ↗ staff who administer this code

33:44 ↗ to

33:45 ↗ find a code that would be

33:47 ↗ workable for staff but that would also

33:49 ↗ be more appealing to the business

33:52 ↗ community we had several meetings with

33:53 ↗ the economic vitality commission

33:56 ↗ we received input from the chamber of

33:59 ↗ commerce

34:00 ↗ and we then

34:02 ↗ received more input from the city

34:03 ↗ council at the study session and

34:07 ↗ that input was

34:09 ↗ was

34:10 ↗ taken into account

34:12 ↗ in the drafting of the version that is

34:14 ↗ in front of you this evening and i'm

34:16 ↗ happy to answer any questions that you

34:17 ↗ have about

34:18 ↗ it thank you rachel um does council have

34:22 ↗ any questions

34:24 ↗ okay councilmember hunt

34:27 ↗ thank you um i had a question about the

34:30 ↗ rental properties

34:33 ↗ part of the business license code so

34:36 ↗ this is

34:37 ↗ something that we talked about at the

34:39 ↗ study session which was that we have a

34:43 ↗ exemption for any residential rental or

34:45 ↗ leasing activity which does not involve

34:47 ↗ more than

34:48 ↗ nine residential units at any one

34:50 ↗ location with the city

34:52 ↗ um so first of all i wanted to ask you

34:55 ↗ about

34:56 ↗ um

34:57 ↗ if you had a chance to look at what

34:58 ↗ other cities codes

35:00 ↗ do for this and how how does our code

35:03 ↗ compare

35:05 ↗ yes i actually looked very extensively

35:07 ↗ at what other cities do and

35:10 ↗ there are

35:11 ↗ very few cities that have

35:14 ↗ any form of exemption actually

35:17 ↗ there i found that

35:21 ↗ renton

35:22 ↗ rented has an exemption for rental

35:25 ↗ units

35:27 ↗ that

35:28 ↗ are registered through their

35:31 ↗ uh their rental

35:33 ↗ licensing program so they have they have

35:35 ↗ a separate

35:37 ↗ rental registration and uh inspection

35:41 ↗ program so a totally separate rental

35:44 ↗ housing

35:45 ↗ licensing program like some

35:47 ↗ jurisdictions have implemented and so if

35:51 ↗ uh

35:52 ↗ if a unit has already been

35:55 ↗ kind of permitted through that that

35:57 ↗ takes the place of the business license

35:59 ↗ requirement essentially so that they

36:01 ↗ don't require a separate business

36:02 ↗ license then

36:04 ↗ uh

36:05 ↗ redmond exempts four units or fewer

36:09 ↗ from the requirement to have a business

36:11 ↗ license

36:12 ↗ those are residential units and then

36:14 ↗ maple valley has some strange language

36:17 ↗ it says it exempts persons whose sole

36:20 ↗ activity

36:21 ↗ is

36:22 ↗ the rental of real property

36:25 ↗ i i don't think that's very great

36:27 ↗ drafting but i i can only assume that

36:29 ↗ means that their sole activity

36:32 ↗ in the city of maple valley is rental

36:36 ↗ activity not that that's their sole

36:38 ↗ occupation period it's not exactly the

36:41 ↗ wording i would have used but i think

36:43 ↗ that's what it means so i think that i

36:45 ↗ would interpret that to be a

36:48 ↗ a blanket

36:50 ↗ exemption for rental activity as long as

36:52 ↗ that's

36:53 ↗ all you do but once again it's kind of

36:55 ↗ hard to tell because that language isn't

36:57 ↗ isn't really very clear but other than

37:00 ↗ that i did not see

37:02 ↗ any other cities and i looked at

37:06 ↗ seattle world view snoqualmie sammamish

37:10 ↗ kirkland

37:11 ↗ um bothell

37:14 ↗ let's see i have wrote them all down

37:16 ↗ here too there were i looked at quite a

37:18 ↗ few

37:20 ↗ it was

37:23 ↗ new castle was another one yeah i looked

37:26 ↗ at every pretty much everyone that was

37:27 ↗ kind of in our general area and

37:30 ↗ nobody else did those were the only

37:32 ↗ three

37:33 ↗ okay

37:34 ↗ um well thank you for doing that

37:36 ↗ research and and my other question was

37:38 ↗ the way i

37:40 ↗ read the exemption is you could have an

37:42 ↗ unlimited number of residential units

37:45 ↗ within the city

37:46 ↗ as long as they aren't nine more than

37:49 ↗ nine at any one

37:50 ↗ spot in the city any one location in the

37:53 ↗ city is that correct

37:55 ↗ that is correct yeah that that is

37:57 ↗ correct and that just comes directly

37:58 ↗ from the existing code

38:01 ↗ okay and does location here mean one

38:03 ↗ address

38:06 ↗ yes that is what the intent is to mean

38:08 ↗ one address they actually used

38:10 ↗ contiguous

38:12 ↗ parcels or parcel or contiguous parcels

38:16 ↗ in the existing code but

38:18 ↗ i didn't like that because

38:22 ↗ i think that becomes it gets a little

38:23 ↗ bit

38:24 ↗ i think they can get a little bit too

38:26 ↗ broad

38:27 ↗ an address can actually encompass

38:29 ↗ multiple parcels so i thought that that

38:31 ↗ made made more sense to use rather than

38:35 ↗ you know multiple parcels which could

38:38 ↗ start to kind of get carried away

38:41 ↗ okay thank you so i guess my question is

38:45 ↗ um i i understand that this wasn't the

38:47 ↗ main

38:48 ↗ this exemption came up as something

38:50 ↗ that's different than most of our

38:52 ↗ neighboring cities but it wasn't the

38:54 ↗ purpose of this particular review to

38:56 ↗ it's just something that we found so i

38:58 ↗ wondered if you could give me a sense of

39:00 ↗ how we might

39:02 ↗ address this issue perhaps get feedback

39:04 ↗ on it and revisit this particular part

39:06 ↗ of the code to

39:07 ↗ if we were to to consider making changes

39:10 ↗ to this what that timeline could look

39:12 ↗ like

39:13 ↗ yeah actually i do have a recommendation

39:15 ↗ for that

39:16 ↗ so this when this came up i brought this

39:18 ↗ up at the economic vitality commission

39:20 ↗ and there was really mixed

39:22 ↗ uh feedback on it

39:24 ↗ um some folks felt like we should just

39:27 ↗ i'd say in general they kind of just

39:29 ↗ didn't want to touch it and wanted to

39:31 ↗ defer to council which is why

39:33 ↗ i really just left it the way it is and

39:36 ↗ deferred to the council on it but there

39:39 ↗ seemed to be a sense that

39:41 ↗ short-term rentals at least should be

39:44 ↗ included

39:46 ↗ however

39:48 ↗ the reasoning for the inclusion of the

39:50 ↗ short-term rentals

39:52 ↗ was

39:54 ↗ to be able to control the behavior of

39:56 ↗ short-term rentals and the problem with

39:58 ↗ that is that a business license alone is

40:01 ↗ not going to have that effect

40:03 ↗ if the city wants to regulate short-term

40:06 ↗ rentals

40:07 ↗ it's going to have to do that through

40:09 ↗ separate

40:10 ↗ short-term rental regulations which is a

40:13 ↗ topic that has already come up in

40:15 ↗ community planning and development

40:18 ↗ so

40:19 ↗ i think that the city should

40:22 ↗ look at short-term rental regulations in

40:26 ↗ the future

40:27 ↗ whether it's as part of title 18

40:30 ↗ or as a separate project either

40:34 ↗ you know

40:34 ↗ contemporaneously with or shortly

40:37 ↗ thereafter

40:38 ↗ and that you should address this whole

40:41 ↗ topic of rentals

40:43 ↗ at that time

40:45 ↗ because

40:46 ↗ you will want to make some changes to

40:49 ↗ the business

40:50 ↗ licensing code depending on what you

40:53 ↗ decide to do

40:54 ↗ with short-term rentals but it probably

40:57 ↗ doesn't make a lot of sense to

41:00 ↗ mess around too much with the business

41:02 ↗ license code until you figure out what

41:05 ↗ you want to do with short-term rentals

41:07 ↗ because what will happen is

41:10 ↗ residents will

41:12 ↗ be upset because they will want you to

41:14 ↗ be able to do more

41:16 ↗ with

41:17 ↗ the business license and to be able to

41:19 ↗ take action against these short-term

41:21 ↗ rentals but you really won't be able you

41:23 ↗ won't have any means to unless you have

41:25 ↗ regulations that they are

41:27 ↗ supposed to follow and they are not

41:33 ↗ thank you does that make sense yeah that

41:35 ↗ does make sense thank you that's the end

41:36 ↗ of my questions but the very thorough

41:39 ↗ answer is thanks

41:41 ↗ okay do we have any other council

41:43 ↗ questions at this time

41:46 ↗ okay i'm not seeing any do you have a

41:50 ↗ motion

41:53 ↗ i move to adopt ordnance number

41:59 ↗ repealing and replacing chapter 5.02 of

42:02 ↗ the isqua municipal code regarding city

42:05 ↗ business licenses

42:06 ↗ second

42:08 ↗ thank you is there

42:11 ↗ the motion to adopt ordinance number

42:13 ↗ 2972 repealing and replacing chapter

42:16 ↗ 5.02 of the sql municipal code regarding

42:19 ↗ city business licenses has been moved

42:21 ↗ and seconded is there any council

42:23 ↗ discussion

42:26 ↗ okay

42:27 ↗ thank you very much first and foremost

42:29 ↗ again i want to thank our city attorney

42:31 ↗ rachel

42:32 ↗ uh councilmember joe our economic

42:35 ↗ development manager jen

42:37 ↗ the economic vitality commission and our

42:39 ↗ business community for coming together

42:41 ↗ to update

42:42 ↗ this chapter of our code with

42:43 ↗ readability and public safety in mind

42:46 ↗ um

42:46 ↗ i think that this update gets us what we

42:48 ↗ want which is you know a mechanism to

42:51 ↗ manage public safety issues that can't

42:53 ↗ already uh be addressed through

42:55 ↗ or resolved through collaboration and of

42:58 ↗ course just to reiterate our first step

43:00 ↗ when issues like this arise will always

43:02 ↗ be to connect and problem solve directly

43:05 ↗ with our businesses

43:07 ↗ i'm definitely pleased with how this

43:09 ↗ turned out

43:10 ↗ how this turned out but given some

43:11 ↗ additional feedback from the chamber in

43:13 ↗ the downtown isquar association i'm

43:15 ↗ offering a small amendment um after and

43:18 ↗ i'll offer that after some initial

43:20 ↗ initial comments from council this

43:21 ↗ evening and that amendment would simply

43:23 ↗ change the amount of time businesses can

43:25 ↗ file an appeal after they've received an

43:27 ↗ official notice from 10 days to 14 days

43:29 ↗ so a full two weeks

43:31 ↗ and that language has been shared with

43:33 ↗ you all and i think there's a paper copy

43:34 ↗ in front of you as well

43:36 ↗ with that i will be supporting this

43:38 ↗ motion tonight and those are my comments

43:40 ↗ thanks

43:43 ↗ any other comments

43:45 ↗ councilmember hunt

43:47 ↗ thank you um i agree with all of the

43:50 ↗ comments by deputy council president

43:52 ↗ hall and on the specific issue of the

43:55 ↗ rental properties i think anytime we're

43:58 ↗ looking at code and do come across some

44:00 ↗ part of the code that in this case it uh

44:03 ↗ doesn't align with our neighboring

44:05 ↗ cities

44:06 ↗ and there are potential issues with the

44:08 ↗ existing code that have been flagged by

44:10 ↗ our city attorney i think it is

44:12 ↗ best practice to

44:15 ↗ make sure that we put a

44:17 ↗ time frame on when we're going to

44:18 ↗ revisit it even if it isn't exactly

44:20 ↗ tonight because we don't have enough

44:22 ↗ feedback or information about what all

44:24 ↗ would be in that process of updating in

44:26 ↗ a more holistic way

44:28 ↗ as city attorney turpin um described

44:32 ↗ looking at the regulations more broadly

44:33 ↗ for rentals so i would urge council to

44:37 ↗ consider this as part of the work plan

44:39 ↗ to make sure that we do revisit the

44:41 ↗ rental issue aside from that i

44:44 ↗ agree

44:45 ↗ with all of the previous comments about

44:47 ↗ you know thank you to the commissions

44:49 ↗ and thank you to the business community

44:51 ↗ who provided feedback that i think

44:52 ↗ really strengthens this

44:54 ↗ code

44:57 ↗ thank you any other comments

45:01 ↗ i'll just chime in real quickly to say i

45:03 ↗ think this was a very smooth process and

45:06 ↗ something where we brought together

45:08 ↗ quite a few elements from

45:11 ↗ the

45:11 ↗ commissions to the business community

45:14 ↗ staff members who are involved in all of

45:16 ↗ the process

45:17 ↗ and really just

45:19 ↗ all work together with a goal of making

45:22 ↗ something better easier to use

45:25 ↗ and so i do appreciate identifying some

45:29 ↗ key areas that we want to follow up on

45:32 ↗ but to get

45:34 ↗ a whole section of code rewritten

45:37 ↗ in a way that

45:39 ↗ everyone checks everyone's boxes in

45:42 ↗ under 90 days is

45:44 ↗ impressive and deserves kudos and really

45:48 ↗ shows what we can accomplish as a group

45:51 ↗ so i will definitely be supporting this

45:55 ↗ and any other comment deputy council

45:57 ↗ president hall

45:59 ↗ uh thank you then i'll make

46:01 ↗ my underlying or motion to the

46:03 ↗ underlying motion uh which is i move to

46:06 ↗ amend section 5.02.140

46:10 ↗ notification of suspension revocation or

46:12 ↗ denial of the ordinance to

46:14 ↗ strike 10 in both instances and insert

46:17 ↗ 14

46:18 ↗ and amend subsection 5.02.150

46:22 ↗ c

46:23 ↗ time and place to appeal appeal fee to

46:26 ↗ strike 10 and insert 14.

46:30 ↗ second

46:31 ↗ thank you

46:33 ↗ the amendment has been moved and

46:36 ↗ seconded are there any comments any

46:38 ↗ council discussion

46:41 ↗ uh council member joe

46:43 ↗ thank you

46:45 ↗ i appreciate the

46:47 ↗ extension of time to 14 days

46:50 ↗ as many of you know i used to be a code

46:52 ↗ review attorney

46:53 ↗ for a local code publishing company

46:57 ↗ and when i reviewed the codes i often

46:59 ↗ wanted to make sure there was adequate

47:00 ↗ time for due process so the businesses

47:02 ↗ could actually get the notice

47:05 ↗ talk to council if needed

47:07 ↗ and respond in a thoughtful way it also

47:09 ↗ gives the city a little bit more time to

47:11 ↗ negotiate with the business business

47:13 ↗ owner to try to reach a conclusion

47:15 ↗ without having to go to an appeal so i'm

47:17 ↗ fully in support of this amendment thank

47:19 ↗ you

47:22 ↗ okay do we have any other comments or

47:25 ↗ discussion

47:27 ↗ okay and so making sure our next order

47:30 ↗ there is to ask for a vote and are we

47:33 ↗ okay for a verbal vote okay

47:36 ↗ um oh let's see i should probably read

47:39 ↗ the proposed amendment again so the

47:41 ↗ motion on the table

47:42 ↗ is the

47:44 ↗ amendment to section

47:47 ↗ 5.02.140 notification of suspension

47:50 ↗ revocation or denial of the ordinance to

47:53 ↗ strike 10 in both instances and insert

47:56 ↗ 14

47:57 ↗ and amend subsection 5.02 0.150 paren c

48:02 ↗ time and place to appeal appeal fee to

48:06 ↗ strike 10 and insert 14

48:09 ↗ and the motion is on the table all those

48:11 ↗ in favor say aye

48:13 ↗ aye

48:18 ↗ goes off again those opposed

48:20 ↗ uh passes unanimously so that was we now

48:24 ↗ have an amended motion

48:27 ↗ and so if there's no further discussion

48:31 ↗ the motion before council is to adopt

48:34 ↗ ordinance number

48:36 ↗ 2972 as amended repealing and replacing

48:40 ↗ chapter 5.02 of the escrow municipal

48:43 ↗ code regarding the iss

48:45 ↗ regarding city business license

48:48 ↗ all those in favor signify by saying aye

48:51 ↗ aye

48:53 ↗ got it those opposed

48:56 ↗ okay that passes unanimously

49:00 ↗ and

49:01 ↗ the next item of business is good of the

49:04 ↗ order and i think we've got a few items

49:07 ↗ on go to the order tonight um i guess we

49:10 ↗ can say thank you to rachel so that she

49:11 ↗ can enjoy

49:13 ↗ her time in the dark

49:16 ↗ okay oh that's right she is coming back

49:18 ↗ for later so um anything for good of the

49:20 ↗ order

49:21 ↗ uh councilmember hunt

49:23 ↗ thank you um

49:25 ↗ i had a question for the administration

49:28 ↗ which is around

49:30 ↗ during our last ad hoc committee meeting

49:32 ↗ one of the things that we discussed was

49:34 ↗ the connection between committees and so

49:37 ↗ council committees doing our work and

49:39 ↗ the volunteer commissions which are a

49:40 ↗ really important part of the work that

49:42 ↗ we do in which we have several volunteer

49:44 ↗ commissions that support different

49:46 ↗ aspects of city business and

49:49 ↗ that got me thinking about commissions

49:51 ↗ and one of the commissions will be is in

49:53 ↗ the work plan to be sunsetted this year

49:55 ↗ which is the

49:57 ↗ cable tv commission and so i wanted to

49:59 ↗ ask the administration about what the

50:01 ↗ process is for the city council to be um

50:04 ↗ involved in that

50:06 ↗ decision making and also what are

50:09 ↗ how we can be involved in thanking this

50:10 ↗ commission and and

50:12 ↗ making sure that they're sunset in a way

50:14 ↗ that respects the hard work that they've

50:16 ↗ done

50:20 ↗ city administrator bob quits good

50:22 ↗ evening everyone

50:23 ↗ council president councilmember hunt it

50:25 ↗ is in the work plan uh we have been

50:27 ↗ waiting for the committee structure to

50:29 ↗ take hold so we're on track to do that

50:31 ↗ may 1.

50:32 ↗ so

50:33 ↗ with the the the tentatively titled i

50:36 ↗ think park services and safety committee

50:38 ↗ or services safety and parks committee

50:40 ↗ we'll

50:41 ↗ we'll put that on their agenda here

50:42 ↗ probably in the next 60-90 days

50:46 ↗ thank you

50:48 ↗ okay do we have any other items for go

50:50 ↗ to the order

50:53 ↗ now okay i've just got a few

50:56 ↗ um or

50:57 ↗ one item just to remind everyone if you

51:00 ↗ haven't already to reply to the

51:02 ↗ committee preferences survey um i

51:05 ↗ believe that's due on wednesday so that

51:07 ↗ we can get all of our planning ready so

51:10 ↗ that we are then ready with the

51:12 ↗ assignments

51:13 ↗ and when we pass that or when we uh

51:17 ↗ look through the ad hoc recommendations

51:19 ↗ report

51:20 ↗ okay and then a few other items there

51:22 ↗ we've got upcoming council meetings um

51:25 ↗ april 12th we've got a special study

51:27 ↗ session on the agenda is the amendments

51:30 ↗ to title 16 regarding the stormwater

51:33 ↗ manual and floodplain code the biennial

51:36 ↗ budget

51:37 ↗ and the munis update

51:38 ↗ april 18th we've got a regular council

51:41 ↗ meeting with potential agenda items

51:43 ↗ including the council rules of procedure

51:45 ↗ ad hoc committee report out

51:48 ↗ and the next item of business is an

51:51 ↗ executive session as earlier announced

51:53 ↗ there will be an executive session held

51:55 ↗ this evening to discuss pending

51:57 ↗ potential litigation per rcw

52:01 ↗ 42.30.220 paren one paren i the item is

52:04 ↗ expected to take approximately 30

52:06 ↗ minutes no

52:08 ↗ action is anticipated to follow

52:10 ↗ as a reminder the executive sessions are

52:13 ↗ closed to the public so we will now

52:15 ↗ receive recess into executive session at

52:18 ↗ 7 54 pm

52:21 ↗ for those participating virtually anyone

52:23 ↗ who is not part of the closed session

52:25 ↗ will remain in the main meeting you're

52:26 ↗ welcome to stay in the meeting until it

52:28 ↗ is reconvened

Approved minutes

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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 (4)

Adopt Ordinance No. 2972 repealing and replacing Chapter 5.02 of the Issaquah Municipal Code, regarding City business licenses.

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

Carried 7-0

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

Amend Section 5.02.140, Notification of suspension, revocation, or denial, of the ordinance to: Strike “ten (10)” in both instances and Insert “fourteen (14)” And amend Subsection 5.02.150(C), Time and Place to Appeal; Appeal Fee, to: Strike “ten (10)” and Insert “fourteen (14)” .

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

Carried 7-0

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

APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

Carried 7-0

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

Main motion as amended: Adopt Ordinance No. 2972 repealing and replacing Chapter 5.02 of the Issaquah Municipal Code, regarding City business licenses.

Moved by HALL · seconded by MARTS

Carried 7-0

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